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 Well, good morning, everyone.

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 My name's Steve, if I've not met you before.

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 And if this is the first time you've been here at St. Paul's,

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 so you've just joined in, tuned in at the moment.

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 We have been, over the course of a couple of months,

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 working our way through the second half of John's biography

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 on the life of Jesus.

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 And we did the first half early this year.

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 What we've been really the undercurrent all the way through

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 is really just showing out here again and again

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 from the text of John's Gospel,

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 how the Christian faith is relevant, it's reasonable, and it's good,

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 and that ultimately it leads to abundant life.

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 That's the undercurrent.

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 Today's passage is really getting to the crux of it all.

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 It's like Jesus' whole life and ministry is coming to this point,

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 and this is what, this crucifixion of Jesus, as we've just read,

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 is what Christianity offers a world that is losing hope

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 in its ability to fix itself.

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 That's what we're looking at today.

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 It's what Christianity offers you,

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 who are struggling to change,

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 for you who are looking for peace,

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 who cannot find security,

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 for you who are looking for hope.

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 And it's crucial, this message,

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 because over two centuries now,

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 Western societies like us here in Australia

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 have put our hope in the progressiveness of history.

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 We've held this strong belief for over two centuries

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 that every generation will experience a better world

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 than the one before it.

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 We've held out this hope that it's just a matter of time,

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 just a matter of time,

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 and we'll be able to solve our greatest ills.

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 We've assumed that human reason,

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 ingenuity,

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 science,

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 once it's freed from superstitious beliefs,

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 and especially anything to do with religious belief,

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 we will have a much better world,

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 a much better world,

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 a better future.

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 And the reality is,

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 over the last couple of centuries,

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 there's a number of good things that have come our way.

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 But the reality is,

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 that the first four decades of the 20th century,

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 last century,

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 should have been enough

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 to wipe out the illusion of the progressiveness of history.

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 In the space of four decades,

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 our world faced two world wars,

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 a pandemic,

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 and a Great Depression.

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 What followed that was the Cold War,

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 and the threat of nuclear holocaust.

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 Holocaust.

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 It seems the greatest threat to our hope for a better world,

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 in the end,

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 is not the natural environment,

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 but the various forms of evil that spring from the human heart.

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 You see, science can come up with a vaccine.

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 We're thankful for that.

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 And we've got a bunch of technology.

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 And 16's coming out.

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 That's sure to make life better for everyone.

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 There's a heap of stuff.

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 That's sarcasm, in case you didn't pick that up.

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 But what it can't do,

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 it can't eradicate human evil.

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 It still exists.

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 The ordinary cruelties of self-interest in business,

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 racism,

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 arrogance,

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 pride,

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 dishonesty,

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 corruption,

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 abuse,

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 sexism,

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 bullying,

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 bullying,

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 the countless acts of selfishness

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 that we witness,

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 and, dare I say,

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 we even practice day by day ourselves.

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 And so John 19 offers us our deepest hope.

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 The word that the Bible uses for hope

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 is a word that means profound certainty.

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 Christianity offers a profound certainty

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 about our future,

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 and even about our presence,

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 even during evil and suffering,

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 a profound certainty that God is guiding

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 every twist and turn

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 in our life towards the resurrection

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 of our bodies and our souls

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 to a new,

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 perfect,

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 and eternal world

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 where there is no more pain,

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 no more death,

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 no more tears.

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 In fact,

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 Christianity

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 is the only worldview

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 that has ever existed

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 in society,

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 anywhere in the world

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 in history,

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 that offers

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 a perfect new world

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 with new bodies

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 as our ultimate hope.

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 It's the only one.

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 all founded on the resurrection

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 of one person.

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 But that's next week.

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 It's really all founded here

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 in these explosive three days of history

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 that are the death and resurrection

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 of Jesus and Nazareth

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 2,000 years ago in Israel.

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 And today I want to focus on

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 just two things on this passage

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 just read out to you.

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 Open your Bibles,

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 John 19.

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 Two things

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 that Jesus said on the cross

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 those two things reveal

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 firstly of all

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 the nature

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 of the hope

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 that Jesus offers us

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 and secondly

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 how do we take up,

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 how do we accept

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 this offer of hope?

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 That's in these two points

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 and if you've got the St. Paul's app

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 you can follow along in there

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 if you like

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 and take some notes.

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 So first of all

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 the nature

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 of his offer of hope.

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 At the end of the crucifixion account

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 in John 19

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 we read this in verse 28.

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 Later

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 knowing that everything

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 had now been finished

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 and so that scripture

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 would be fulfilled

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 Jesus said

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 I am thirsty.

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 Now our first reaction

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 to hearing Jesus say that

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 is you go

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 well of course he's thirsty

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 you know like he's

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 he's out there

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 exposed

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 you know

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 crucified

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 under the

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 hot Middle Eastern sun

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 losing bodily fluids

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 he's got no

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 sun protection

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 and of course he's thirsty.

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 But I think

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 we need to dwell on it

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 just a little bit more

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 than that.

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 because think about it

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 up to this point

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 Jesus has suffered

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 an awful lot.

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 He's been beaten

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 in the face

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 with fists

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 he's been lashed

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 with a whip

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 in such a way

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 that his back

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 would have been

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 looked like a chunk

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 of raw meat

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 his ribs

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 would have been

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 exposed from behind

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 he's had

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 tent pegs

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 driven

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 through

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 his wrists

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 and his feet

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 a crown

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 of thorns

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 squeezed

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 over his head

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 he's endured

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 all of that

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 and he's not

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 said a single

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 word

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 nothing

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 not even

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 an oof

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 ow

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 that hurt

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 nothing

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 he accepted

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 it

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 and he has

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 submitted to it

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 so why now

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 does he say

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 actually I'm thirsty

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 something deeper

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 is happening here

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 than mere physical

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 thirst

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 and so what you need

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 to do is you need

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 to read the

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 I am thirsty

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 in the context

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 of everything

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 that John's

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 already written

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 in his gospel

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 earlier John

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 records Jesus

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 encountering a

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 woman at a

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 well

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 she's a Samaritan

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 woman a first

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 century

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 mortal enemy

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 of the Jewish

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 people

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 and she is

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 surprised that

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 Jesus who's a Jew

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 asks her for a drink

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 and then Jesus

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 says to her

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 in John 4 verse 13

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 everyone who drinks

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 this water

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 will be thirsty

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 again

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 talking about the

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 water that's in

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 the well

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 but whoever

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 drinks the water

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 that I give them

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 will never thirst

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 indeed the water

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 that I give them

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 will become

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 in them

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 a spring

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 of water

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 welling up

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 to eternal

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 life

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 so Jesus

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 in this

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 encounter

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 is talking

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 about something

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 much more

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 significant

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 than drinking

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 water

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 out of a

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 water bottle

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 out of a

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 well

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 you see

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 in the

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 Bible

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 thirst

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 is a

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 metaphor

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 for the

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 spiritual

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 emptiness

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 that comes

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 when God

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 is not the

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 centre of

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 our life

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 Psalm 42

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 another one

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 of the

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 famous

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 Psalms

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 as the

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 deer

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 pants

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 for

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 streams

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 of

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 water

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 so my

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 soul

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 pants

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 for

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 you

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 my

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 God

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 my

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 soul

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 thirsts

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 for

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 God

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 for the

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 living

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 God

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 where

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 can I

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 go

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 and meet

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 with

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 God

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 you see

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 it's one

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 thing to

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 believe

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 that God

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 exists

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 it's another

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 thing

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 entirely

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 different

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 to have

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 him as

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 the central

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 reality

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 of your

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 life

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 it's not

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 belief

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 in God

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 that our

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 soul

00:09:55.580 --> 00:09:56.240
 needs

00:09:56.240 --> 00:09:57.060
 so much

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 as

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 meeting

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 God

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 as

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 knowing

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 God

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 as

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 experiencing

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 God

00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:03.560
 you see

00:10:03.560 --> 00:10:03.840
 without

00:10:03.840 --> 00:10:04.159
 God

00:10:04.159 --> 00:10:04.580
 being the

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 central

00:10:05.139 --> 00:10:05.659
 reality

00:10:05.659 --> 00:10:05.980
 of our

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 life

00:10:06.600 --> 00:10:08.060
 we

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 die

00:10:09.259 --> 00:10:10.360
 of

00:10:10.360 --> 00:10:10.919
 thirst

00:10:10.919 --> 00:10:11.659
 spiritual

00:10:11.659 --> 00:10:12.259
 thirst

00:10:12.259 --> 00:10:13.560
 that is

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 it's

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 actually

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 possible

00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:16.360
 to believe

00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:16.779
 that God

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 exists

00:10:17.399 --> 00:10:18.120
 but have

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 something

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 entirely

00:10:19.279 --> 00:10:19.740
 different

00:10:19.740 --> 00:10:20.279
 as the

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 central

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 driving

00:10:21.720 --> 00:10:22.299
 reality

00:10:22.299 --> 00:10:22.580
 of our

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 life

00:10:23.039 --> 00:10:23.919
 if I

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 may

00:10:24.100 --> 00:10:24.580
 continue

00:10:24.580 --> 00:10:24.960
 to

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 use

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 the

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 metaphor

00:10:26.039 --> 00:10:26.679
 here

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 these

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 other

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 things

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 they might

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 be

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 success

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 approval

00:10:32.080 --> 00:10:32.860
 comfort

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 friendship

00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:34.820
 family

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 sex

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 romance

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 influence

00:10:36.960 --> 00:10:37.460
 it might

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 be money

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 are the

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 actual

00:10:40.019 --> 00:10:40.700
 drink

00:10:40.700 --> 00:10:41.980
 that we

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 are consistently

00:10:43.180 --> 00:10:44.200
 pouring

00:10:44.200 --> 00:10:45.200
 into our

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 lives

00:10:45.879 --> 00:10:46.960
 in order

00:10:46.960 --> 00:10:48.020
 to satisfy

00:10:48.020 --> 00:10:49.080
 a soul

00:10:49.080 --> 00:10:49.680
 quench

00:10:49.680 --> 00:10:50.800
 that we

00:10:50.800 --> 00:10:51.420
 constantly

00:10:51.420 --> 00:10:52.379
 feel inside

00:10:52.379 --> 00:10:53.100
 the emptiness

00:10:53.100 --> 00:10:54.780
 the void

00:10:54.780 --> 00:10:55.120
 that we

00:10:55.120 --> 00:10:55.920
 feel inside

00:10:55.920 --> 00:11:00.280
 the point

00:11:00.280 --> 00:11:00.620
 Jesus

00:11:00.620 --> 00:11:00.920
 is getting

00:11:00.920 --> 00:11:01.340
 to is

00:11:01.340 --> 00:11:01.700
 this

00:11:01.700 --> 00:11:03.360
 if we

00:11:03.360 --> 00:11:03.740
 attempt

00:11:03.740 --> 00:11:04.340
 to quench

00:11:04.340 --> 00:11:04.900
 the thirst

00:11:04.900 --> 00:11:05.259
 of our

00:11:05.259 --> 00:11:05.600
 soul

00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:06.460
 with anything

00:11:06.460 --> 00:11:07.020
 other

00:11:07.020 --> 00:11:07.879
 than the

00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:08.379
 love

00:11:08.379 --> 00:11:09.379
 and the

00:11:09.379 --> 00:11:09.879
 beauty

00:11:09.879 --> 00:11:11.100
 and the

00:11:11.100 --> 00:11:11.540
 comfort

00:11:11.540 --> 00:11:12.400
 of God

00:11:12.400 --> 00:11:13.240
 in Jesus

00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:14.820
 then we

00:11:14.820 --> 00:11:15.680
 will thirst

00:11:15.680 --> 00:11:16.399
 again

00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:17.799
 and again

00:11:17.799 --> 00:11:19.159
 and again

00:11:19.159 --> 00:11:20.500
 and again

00:11:20.500 --> 00:11:21.740
 and again

00:11:21.740 --> 00:11:23.080
 until we

00:11:23.080 --> 00:11:23.480
 thirst

00:11:23.480 --> 00:11:24.039
 forever

00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:28.440
 only God

00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:29.120
 in Jesus

00:11:29.120 --> 00:11:30.159
 can fully

00:11:30.159 --> 00:11:31.820
 and completely

00:11:31.820 --> 00:11:32.659
 satisfy

00:11:32.659 --> 00:11:35.200
 that thirst

00:11:35.200 --> 00:11:35.740
 of emptiness

00:11:35.740 --> 00:11:38.120
 everything else

00:11:38.120 --> 00:11:38.919
 is like drinking

00:11:38.919 --> 00:11:39.720
 seawater

00:11:39.720 --> 00:11:41.279
 momentarily

00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:41.839
 makes you

00:11:41.839 --> 00:11:42.639
 feel okay

00:11:42.639 --> 00:11:43.919
 until you

00:11:43.919 --> 00:11:44.879
 just thirst

00:11:44.879 --> 00:11:45.519
 again

00:11:45.519 --> 00:11:46.199
 and again

00:11:46.199 --> 00:11:47.019
 until it

00:11:47.019 --> 00:11:47.839
 kills you

00:11:47.839 --> 00:11:50.299
 so what

00:11:50.299 --> 00:11:50.919
 Jesus does

00:11:50.919 --> 00:11:51.319
 here is he

00:11:51.319 --> 00:11:51.799
 offers this

00:11:51.799 --> 00:11:52.360
 woman something

00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:52.759
 better

00:11:52.759 --> 00:11:54.419
 the water

00:11:54.419 --> 00:11:55.480
 I give them

00:11:55.480 --> 00:11:56.000
 will become

00:11:56.000 --> 00:11:56.480
 in them a

00:11:56.480 --> 00:11:57.100
 spring of

00:11:57.100 --> 00:11:57.339
 water

00:11:57.339 --> 00:11:57.860
 welling up

00:11:57.860 --> 00:11:58.339
 to eternal

00:11:58.339 --> 00:11:58.899
 life

00:11:58.899 --> 00:12:00.319
 this woman

00:12:00.319 --> 00:12:00.799
 replies

00:12:00.799 --> 00:12:01.240
 sir

00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:02.139
 give me

00:12:02.139 --> 00:12:02.879
 this water

00:12:02.879 --> 00:12:03.759
 so that I

00:12:03.759 --> 00:12:04.579
 won't get thirsty

00:12:04.579 --> 00:12:05.100
 and won't have to

00:12:05.100 --> 00:12:05.779
 keep coming back

00:12:05.779 --> 00:12:06.259
 here to draw

00:12:06.259 --> 00:12:06.720
 water

00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:09.779
 Jesus

00:12:09.779 --> 00:12:11.240
 wants to

00:12:11.240 --> 00:12:11.620
 give it

00:12:11.620 --> 00:12:12.620
 she

00:12:12.620 --> 00:12:13.360
 immediately

00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:14.160
 wants it

00:12:14.160 --> 00:12:15.820
 but Jesus

00:12:15.820 --> 00:12:17.040
 doesn't

00:12:17.040 --> 00:12:18.019
 give it

00:12:18.019 --> 00:12:18.560
 to her

00:12:18.560 --> 00:12:21.460
 instead

00:12:21.460 --> 00:12:23.500
 it appears

00:12:23.500 --> 00:12:23.740
 that he

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 entirely

00:12:24.100 --> 00:12:24.519
 changed the

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 subject

00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:25.259
 altogether

00:12:25.259 --> 00:12:26.759
 go and

00:12:26.759 --> 00:12:27.000
 get your

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 husband

00:12:27.399 --> 00:12:30.540
 well

00:12:30.540 --> 00:12:31.100
 actually

00:12:31.100 --> 00:12:31.480
 I don't

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 have a

00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:32.100
 husband

00:12:32.100 --> 00:12:33.759
 and Jesus

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 says you

00:12:34.379 --> 00:12:34.980
 are right

00:12:34.980 --> 00:12:35.360
 when you

00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:35.700
 say you

00:12:35.700 --> 00:12:36.060
 have no

00:12:36.060 --> 00:12:36.320
 husband

00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:36.740
 in fact

00:12:36.740 --> 00:12:37.420
 you have

00:12:37.420 --> 00:12:38.080
 had five

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 husbands

00:12:38.540 --> 00:12:39.280
 and the

00:12:39.280 --> 00:12:39.740
 man you

00:12:39.740 --> 00:12:40.600
 now have

00:12:40.600 --> 00:12:41.280
 is not

00:12:41.280 --> 00:12:41.540
 your

00:12:41.540 --> 00:12:41.960
 husband

00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:43.800
 so she

00:12:43.800 --> 00:12:44.340
 wants to

00:12:44.340 --> 00:12:45.140
 take up

00:12:45.140 --> 00:12:46.140
 his offer

00:12:46.140 --> 00:12:47.460
 of this

00:12:47.460 --> 00:12:48.780
 water

00:12:48.780 --> 00:12:49.740
 of life

00:12:49.740 --> 00:12:51.640
 and he

00:12:51.640 --> 00:12:52.860
 changes the

00:12:52.860 --> 00:12:53.400
 subject

00:12:53.400 --> 00:12:55.340
 and brings

00:12:55.340 --> 00:12:55.780
 up her

00:12:55.780 --> 00:12:56.360
 broken

00:12:56.360 --> 00:12:57.080
 messed up

00:12:57.080 --> 00:12:57.640
 life

00:12:57.640 --> 00:12:59.759
 it's a

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 little bit

00:13:00.000 --> 00:13:00.360
 harsh

00:13:00.360 --> 00:13:00.640
 isn't it

00:13:00.640 --> 00:13:00.940
 Jesus

00:13:00.940 --> 00:13:05.040
 but he

00:13:05.040 --> 00:13:05.300
 isn't

00:13:05.299 --> 00:13:05.679
 changing

00:13:05.679 --> 00:13:06.439
 the subject

00:13:06.439 --> 00:13:07.339
 at all

00:13:07.339 --> 00:13:09.759
 he's

00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:09.959
 being

00:13:09.959 --> 00:13:10.659
 incredibly

00:13:10.659 --> 00:13:11.279
 tender

00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:12.479
 with this

00:13:12.479 --> 00:13:12.740
 woman

00:13:12.740 --> 00:13:13.139
 in this

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 moment

00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:16.159
 he's

00:13:16.159 --> 00:13:16.479
 pointing

00:13:16.479 --> 00:13:16.919
 out to

00:13:16.919 --> 00:13:17.240
 her

00:13:17.240 --> 00:13:18.219
 that all

00:13:18.219 --> 00:13:18.479
 her

00:13:18.479 --> 00:13:19.079
 messed up

00:13:19.079 --> 00:13:19.459
 love

00:13:19.459 --> 00:13:20.019
 life

00:13:20.019 --> 00:13:21.000
 is

00:13:21.000 --> 00:13:21.579
 simply

00:13:21.579 --> 00:13:22.479
 a result

00:13:22.479 --> 00:13:23.319
 of her

00:13:23.319 --> 00:13:24.339
 looking

00:13:24.339 --> 00:13:25.159
 for men

00:13:25.159 --> 00:13:25.699
 to give

00:13:25.699 --> 00:13:26.139
 her what

00:13:26.139 --> 00:13:27.039
 only God

00:13:27.039 --> 00:13:27.620
 can give

00:13:27.620 --> 00:13:27.979
 her

00:13:27.979 --> 00:13:31.379
 to use

00:13:31.379 --> 00:13:31.779
 the metaphor

00:13:31.779 --> 00:13:32.359
 again

00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:33.580
 her

00:13:33.580 --> 00:13:33.980
 life

00:13:33.980 --> 00:13:34.240
 has

00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:34.820
 revealed

00:13:34.820 --> 00:13:35.379
 that she

00:13:35.379 --> 00:13:35.840
 has been

00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:36.279
 drinking

00:13:36.279 --> 00:13:37.440
 the seawater

00:13:37.440 --> 00:13:38.639
 all her

00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:39.300
 life

00:13:39.300 --> 00:13:40.840
 the seawater

00:13:40.840 --> 00:13:41.840
 of romance

00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:42.899
 and relationships

00:13:42.899 --> 00:13:44.120
 and she

00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:45.120
 is thirsty

00:13:45.120 --> 00:13:46.560
 and thirsty

00:13:46.560 --> 00:13:47.440
 and thirsty

00:13:47.440 --> 00:13:48.060
 and it will

00:13:48.060 --> 00:13:48.860
 never satisfy

00:13:48.860 --> 00:13:51.860
 and so

00:13:51.860 --> 00:13:52.240
 Jesus

00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:52.899
 offers her

00:13:52.899 --> 00:13:53.340
 the fresh

00:13:53.340 --> 00:13:53.659
 water

00:13:53.659 --> 00:13:54.039
 that will

00:13:54.039 --> 00:13:54.460
 fill her

00:13:54.460 --> 00:13:54.680
 up

00:13:54.680 --> 00:13:55.240
 and satisfy

00:13:55.240 --> 00:13:55.519
 her

00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:55.899
 forever

00:13:55.899 --> 00:13:58.940
 the reason

00:13:58.940 --> 00:13:59.580
 her life

00:13:59.580 --> 00:13:59.980
 is going

00:13:59.980 --> 00:14:00.960
 so poorly

00:14:00.960 --> 00:14:03.320
 so poorly

00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:06.080
 is because

00:14:06.080 --> 00:14:06.659
 when we

00:14:06.659 --> 00:14:07.080
 look to

00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:07.740
 someone

00:14:07.740 --> 00:14:09.419
 or something

00:14:09.419 --> 00:14:10.919
 other than

00:14:10.919 --> 00:14:11.360
 God

00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:11.840
 for our

00:14:11.840 --> 00:14:12.279
 love

00:14:12.279 --> 00:14:12.720
 and our

00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:13.279
 significance

00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:14.080
 and our

00:14:14.080 --> 00:14:14.620
 identity

00:14:14.620 --> 00:14:15.259
 and our

00:14:15.259 --> 00:14:15.779
 security

00:14:15.779 --> 00:14:16.320
 and our

00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:16.700
 hope

00:14:16.700 --> 00:14:17.440
 we will

00:14:17.440 --> 00:14:18.020
 simply

00:14:18.020 --> 00:14:18.759
 thirst

00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:19.460
 over

00:14:19.460 --> 00:14:20.840
 and over

00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:21.740
 and over

00:14:21.740 --> 00:14:22.480
 again

00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:27.820
 until we

00:14:27.820 --> 00:14:28.160
 thirst

00:14:28.160 --> 00:14:28.820
 eternally

00:14:28.820 --> 00:14:32.259
 what she

00:14:32.259 --> 00:14:32.700
 needed

00:14:32.700 --> 00:14:34.660
 was God

00:14:34.660 --> 00:14:35.180
 as the

00:14:35.180 --> 00:14:36.080
 living reality

00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:36.460
 at the

00:14:36.460 --> 00:14:36.759
 centre of

00:14:36.759 --> 00:14:37.379
 her life

00:14:37.379 --> 00:14:38.920
 she needed

00:14:38.920 --> 00:14:39.440
 to have

00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:40.180
 the love

00:14:40.180 --> 00:14:40.780
 of God

00:14:40.780 --> 00:14:41.379
 at the

00:14:41.379 --> 00:14:41.740
 centre

00:14:41.740 --> 00:14:42.379
 of her

00:14:42.379 --> 00:14:42.860
 life

00:14:42.860 --> 00:14:44.280
 so that

00:14:44.280 --> 00:14:44.960
 she didn't

00:14:44.960 --> 00:14:45.540
 need to

00:14:45.540 --> 00:14:46.000
 look to

00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:46.500
 the love

00:14:46.500 --> 00:14:47.139
 of a

00:14:47.139 --> 00:14:47.460
 man

00:14:47.460 --> 00:14:47.840
 in her

00:14:47.840 --> 00:14:48.340
 case

00:14:48.340 --> 00:14:49.080
 to give

00:14:49.080 --> 00:14:49.200
 her

00:14:49.200 --> 00:14:49.779
 what only

00:14:49.779 --> 00:14:50.740
 the love

00:14:50.740 --> 00:14:51.100
 of God

00:14:51.100 --> 00:14:51.559
 could give

00:14:51.559 --> 00:14:51.840
 her

00:14:51.840 --> 00:14:53.879
 and so

00:14:53.879 --> 00:14:54.220
 Jesus

00:14:54.220 --> 00:14:54.620
 was not

00:14:54.620 --> 00:14:54.980
 so much

00:14:54.980 --> 00:14:55.659
 confronting

00:14:55.659 --> 00:14:56.080
 her

00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:56.779
 as he

00:14:56.779 --> 00:14:57.200
 was

00:14:57.200 --> 00:14:58.559
 lovingly

00:14:58.559 --> 00:14:59.080
 convicting

00:14:59.080 --> 00:14:59.500
 her

00:14:59.500 --> 00:15:01.360
 this is a

00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:01.720
 woman

00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:02.799
 who we

00:15:02.799 --> 00:15:03.299
 see in the

00:15:03.299 --> 00:15:03.639
 text

00:15:03.639 --> 00:15:04.019
 had a

00:15:04.019 --> 00:15:04.399
 belief

00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:05.200
 in God

00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:06.899
 but the

00:15:06.899 --> 00:15:07.139
 belief

00:15:07.139 --> 00:15:07.440
 wasn't

00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:07.879
 enough

00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:09.639
 God

00:15:09.639 --> 00:15:09.940
 wasn't

00:15:09.940 --> 00:15:10.399
 the centre

00:15:10.399 --> 00:15:10.759
 of her

00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:11.080
 life

00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:11.879
 and Jesus

00:15:11.879 --> 00:15:12.539
 helped her

00:15:12.539 --> 00:15:13.179
 see it

00:15:13.179 --> 00:15:15.899
 helped her

00:15:15.899 --> 00:15:16.299
 see that

00:15:16.299 --> 00:15:16.899
 other things

00:15:16.899 --> 00:15:17.479
 were in fact

00:15:17.479 --> 00:15:18.079
 more important

00:15:18.079 --> 00:15:18.559
 to her

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 so

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 that's the

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 back story

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 let's jump

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 back into

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 John 19

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 to the

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 crucifixion

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 of Jesus

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 that's the

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 reason why

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 Jesus says

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 I am thirsty

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 his thirst

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 is a

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 picture

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 of what

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 he is

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 really

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 going

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 through

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 on the

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 cross

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 as he

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 experienced

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 ultimate

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 thirst

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 for us

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 the old

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 testament

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 the book

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 of Nahum

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 puts it

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 like this

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 who can

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 withstand

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 his

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 indignation

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 this is

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 talking about

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 God

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 who can

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 endure

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 his

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 fierce

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 anger

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 his

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 wrath

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 is poured

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 out like

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 fire

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 as

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 I said

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 last week

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 on the

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 cross

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 Jesus

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 is here

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 getting

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 what the

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 whole human

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 race

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 deserved

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 for our

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 evil

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 in putting

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 everything

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 else but

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 God

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 our creator

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 God

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 is the

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 centre

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 controlling

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 influence

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 of our

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 life

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 he's

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 getting

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 what we

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 deserve

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 our

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 life

00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:32.279
 our

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 creator

00:16:32.740 --> 00:16:33.199
 God

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 he was

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 experiencing

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 divine

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 justice

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 it was

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 like in

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 that moment

00:16:41.340 --> 00:16:41.960
 the white

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 hot anger

00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:43.300
 of God

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 like a

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 million

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 suns

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 burning

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 down

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 on him

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 he is

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 thirsting

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 thirsting

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 and thirsting

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 so that

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 we could

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 receive

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 living

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 water

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 he is

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 dying for

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 our

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 spiritual

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 thirst

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 he is

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 experiencing

00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:02.379
 the agony

00:17:02.379 --> 00:17:03.060
 of being

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 separated

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 from God

00:17:04.440 --> 00:17:05.440
 the fountain

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 of living

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 water

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 so that

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 we can

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 have access

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 to the

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 fountain

00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:10.139
 of living

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 water

00:17:10.579 --> 00:17:11.619
 for all

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 of eternity

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 he experienced

00:17:15.899 --> 00:17:16.679
 the agony

00:17:16.679 --> 00:17:17.559
 of separation

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 from the love

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 of his

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 father

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 the experience

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 of his

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 fire of

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 judgment

00:17:23.019 --> 00:17:24.740
 so that

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 we can

00:17:25.059 --> 00:17:25.619
 experience

00:17:25.619 --> 00:17:25.839
 his

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 love

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 and the

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 never ending

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 refreshment

00:17:30.940 --> 00:17:31.620
 of the water

00:17:31.620 --> 00:17:32.259
 of eternal

00:17:32.259 --> 00:17:32.779
 life

00:17:32.779 --> 00:17:37.640
 he got

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 what we

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 deserve

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 so that

00:17:38.840 --> 00:17:39.140
 we can

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 get

00:17:39.400 --> 00:17:40.039
 what he

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 deserves

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 he

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 suffered

00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:43.539
 so that

00:17:43.539 --> 00:17:44.100
 we can

00:17:44.100 --> 00:17:44.539
 have a

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 river

00:17:44.740 --> 00:17:45.259
 of life

00:17:45.259 --> 00:17:45.620
 welling

00:17:45.620 --> 00:17:46.279
 up in

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 us

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 that is

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 another way

00:17:49.059 --> 00:17:49.380
 of saying

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 his

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 favour

00:17:50.140 --> 00:17:50.980
 his

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 love

00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:52.220
 his

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 approval

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 his

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 acceptance

00:17:54.079 --> 00:17:55.639
 that's

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 the nature

00:17:56.319 --> 00:17:57.960
 of his

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 offer

00:17:58.240 --> 00:17:58.720
 to us

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 today

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 as it

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 was to

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 this

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 woman

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 at the

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 well

00:18:02.179 --> 00:18:02.899
 in

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 John 4

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 so how

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 do we

00:18:05.679 --> 00:18:06.179
 if that's

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 the offer

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 how do we

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 take up

00:18:07.639 --> 00:18:08.000
 the offer

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 and that's

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 that's the

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 next point

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 I want to

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 go to the

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 next thing

00:18:11.460 --> 00:18:12.319
 Jesus says

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 the last

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 thing he

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 says

00:18:14.059 --> 00:18:14.359
 as he

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 breathes

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 out his

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 last

00:18:15.500 --> 00:18:15.799
 is in

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 verse 30

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 it

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 is

00:18:18.419 --> 00:18:19.919
 finished

00:18:19.919 --> 00:18:21.019
 it is

00:18:21.019 --> 00:18:21.480
 finished

00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:24.079
 Jesus

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 is using

00:18:24.599 --> 00:18:25.079
 a word

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 here

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 in the

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 original

00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:27.420
 language

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 means

00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:28.740
 totally

00:18:28.740 --> 00:18:29.839
 paid

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 it's a

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 word

00:18:31.640 --> 00:18:32.079
 you'd

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 write

00:18:32.259 --> 00:18:32.660
 across

00:18:32.660 --> 00:18:32.819
 an

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 account

00:18:33.299 --> 00:18:34.160
 in

00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:34.660
 the

00:18:34.660 --> 00:18:35.000
 original

00:18:35.000 --> 00:18:35.400
 language

00:18:35.400 --> 00:18:35.620
 in the

00:18:35.620 --> 00:18:35.839
 Greek

00:18:35.839 --> 00:18:36.339
 language

00:18:36.339 --> 00:18:36.640
 it would

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 be

00:18:36.880 --> 00:18:37.539
 it is

00:18:37.539 --> 00:18:38.000
 finished

00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:38.360
 it is

00:18:38.360 --> 00:18:38.759
 totally

00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:39.440
 paid

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 paid

00:18:40.120 --> 00:18:40.360
 in

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 full

00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:42.440
 one of

00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:42.559
 the

00:18:42.559 --> 00:18:42.980
 wonderful

00:18:42.980 --> 00:18:43.480
 and

00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:43.940
 great

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 paradoxes

00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:44.900
 of

00:18:44.900 --> 00:18:45.360
 history

00:18:45.360 --> 00:18:47.000
 is

00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:47.240
 that

00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:48.279
 here

00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:48.519
 is

00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:48.779
 the

00:18:48.779 --> 00:18:49.599
 helpless

00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:50.839
 and

00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:51.579
 powerless

00:18:51.579 --> 00:18:53.459
 and

00:18:53.459 --> 00:18:54.980
 dependent

00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:55.859
 Jesus

00:18:55.859 --> 00:18:57.299
 dying

00:18:57.299 --> 00:18:58.179
 on a

00:18:58.179 --> 00:18:58.939
 cross

00:18:58.939 --> 00:19:00.500
 and

00:19:00.500 --> 00:19:00.799
 his

00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:01.459
 last

00:19:01.459 --> 00:19:02.319
 words

00:19:02.319 --> 00:19:04.259
 are

00:19:04.259 --> 00:19:04.539
 I

00:19:04.539 --> 00:19:05.059
 did

00:19:05.059 --> 00:19:05.419
 it

00:19:05.419 --> 00:19:08.399
 I

00:19:08.399 --> 00:19:08.679
 did

00:19:08.679 --> 00:19:08.939
 it

00:19:08.939 --> 00:19:10.199
 I've

00:19:10.199 --> 00:19:10.980
 triumphed

00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:11.220
 I've

00:19:11.220 --> 00:19:11.839
 accomplished

00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:12.339
 it

00:19:12.339 --> 00:19:13.259
 it's

00:19:13.259 --> 00:19:13.799
 finished

00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:14.099
 it's

00:19:14.099 --> 00:19:14.579
 done

00:19:14.579 --> 00:19:15.720
 victory

00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:19.559
 and

00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:19.799
 what

00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:20.100
 he's

00:19:20.100 --> 00:19:20.620
 described

00:19:20.620 --> 00:19:21.000
 what

00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:21.360
 he is

00:19:21.360 --> 00:19:22.059
 his

00:19:22.059 --> 00:19:22.539
 accomplishment

00:19:22.539 --> 00:19:23.100
 here

00:19:23.100 --> 00:19:24.079
 is what

00:19:24.079 --> 00:19:24.380
 a little

00:19:24.380 --> 00:19:25.000
 bit later

00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:25.220
 in the

00:19:25.220 --> 00:19:25.400
 New

00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:25.799
 Testament

00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:26.039
 is

00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:26.420
 described

00:19:26.420 --> 00:19:26.660
 by

00:19:26.660 --> 00:19:27.039
 in

00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:27.220
 1

00:19:27.220 --> 00:19:27.420
 Peter

00:19:27.420 --> 00:19:27.799
 3

00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:28.620
 Christ

00:19:28.620 --> 00:19:29.160
 also

00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:29.680
 suffered

00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:30.039
 once

00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:30.240
 for

00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:30.500
 sin

00:19:30.500 --> 00:19:30.720
 the

00:19:30.720 --> 00:19:31.100
 righteous

00:19:31.100 --> 00:19:31.339
 for

00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:31.500
 the

00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:32.120
 unrighteous

00:19:32.120 --> 00:19:32.920
 to bring

00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:33.460
 you

00:19:33.460 --> 00:19:33.980
 to

00:19:33.980 --> 00:19:34.440
 God

00:19:34.440 --> 00:19:35.360
 I've

00:19:35.360 --> 00:19:35.600
 done

00:19:35.600 --> 00:19:35.819
 it

00:19:35.819 --> 00:19:38.539
 the

00:19:38.539 --> 00:19:38.980
 way

00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:39.259
 is

00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:39.500
 now

00:19:39.500 --> 00:19:40.039
 open

00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:42.519
 there

00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:42.720
 is

00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:42.920
 this

00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:43.700
 infinite

00:19:43.700 --> 00:19:44.559
 chasm

00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:45.259
 between

00:19:45.259 --> 00:19:45.759
 us

00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:45.960
 and

00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:46.139
 our

00:19:46.139 --> 00:19:46.519
 creator

00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:46.980
 God

00:19:46.980 --> 00:19:47.539
 and

00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:48.019
 Jesus

00:19:48.019 --> 00:19:48.599
 has

00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:48.940
 done

00:19:48.940 --> 00:19:49.779
 absolutely

00:19:49.779 --> 00:19:50.879
 everything

00:19:50.879 --> 00:19:52.000
 that's

00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:52.659
 required

00:19:52.659 --> 00:19:53.539
 he has

00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:53.879
 paid

00:19:53.879 --> 00:19:55.079
 every

00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:55.480
 single

00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:55.879
 debt

00:19:55.879 --> 00:19:56.680
 that we

00:19:56.680 --> 00:19:56.920
 owe

00:19:56.920 --> 00:19:57.099
 to

00:19:57.099 --> 00:19:57.500
 God

00:19:57.500 --> 00:19:58.000
 dealt

00:19:58.000 --> 00:19:58.200
 with

00:19:58.200 --> 00:19:58.759
 every

00:19:58.759 --> 00:19:59.099
 single

00:19:59.099 --> 00:19:59.279
 bit

00:19:59.279 --> 00:19:59.500
 of

00:19:59.500 --> 00:19:59.940
 shame

00:19:59.940 --> 00:20:00.259
 and

00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:00.539
 guilt

00:20:00.539 --> 00:20:00.819
 and

00:20:00.819 --> 00:20:01.159
 sin

00:20:01.159 --> 00:20:01.639
 he's

00:20:01.639 --> 00:20:02.099
 accomplished

00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:02.399
 it

00:20:02.399 --> 00:20:03.019
 all

00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:07.720
 there's

00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:07.980
 nothing

00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:08.500
 more

00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:09.339
 that we

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 must

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 do

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 to

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 bridge

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 the

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 gap

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 between

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 us

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 and

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 God

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 that's

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 his

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 last

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 words

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 it's

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 finished

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 a

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 word

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 to my

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 Asian

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 friends

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 and

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 elite

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 western

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 people

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 can

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 contrast

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 the

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 last

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 words

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 of

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 Jesus

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 with

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 the

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 last

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 words

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 of

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 Buddha

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 do

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 you know

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 what

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 his

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 last

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 words

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 were

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 strive

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 without

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 ceasing

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 strive

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 without

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 ceasing

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 Jesus

00:20:56.399 --> 00:20:57.159
 I

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 have

00:20:57.359 --> 00:20:57.839
 thirst

00:20:57.839 --> 00:20:58.119
 for

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 you

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 it

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 is

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 done

00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:00.519
 it

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 is

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 finished

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 it

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 is

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 accomplished

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 Buddha

00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:05.980
 Buddha

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 says

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 keep

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 working

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 keep

00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:09.720
 going

00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:10.000
 keep

00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:10.319
 going

00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:10.579
 keep

00:21:10.579 --> 00:21:10.899
 going

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 and you

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 may

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 get

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 there

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 now let

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 me say

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 there is a

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 whole lot

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 of admirable

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 things about

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 Buddhism

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 like the

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 self-denial

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 and the

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 recognition

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 that selfishness

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 is in fact

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 a major

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 problem

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 but the

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 eightfold

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 path of

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 Buddhism

00:21:29.420 --> 00:21:30.079
 is

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 incredibly

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 hard

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 it is

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 demanding

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 and that's

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 why his

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 last words

00:21:36.460 --> 00:21:37.120
 were strive

00:21:37.120 --> 00:21:37.880
 without ceasing

00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:38.400
 if you want

00:21:38.400 --> 00:21:38.900
 to achieve

00:21:38.900 --> 00:21:39.559
 enlightenment

00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:42.480
 Jesus

00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:43.259
 last words

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 was I've

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 done

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 everything

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 I've

00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:46.140
 done all

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 the striving

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 for you

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 I've done

00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:50.799
 everything

00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:51.559
 that's required

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 to bring you

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 to salvation

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:55.279
 I've

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 thirsted

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 for you

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 so that

00:21:56.640 --> 00:21:56.960
 you can

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 be satisfied

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 religion

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 as I said

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 last week

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 is where

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 you give

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 God a

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 performance

00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:04.440
 and hope

00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:04.880
 that he will

00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:05.319
 bless you

00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:05.539
 on the

00:22:05.539 --> 00:22:05.940
 base of

00:22:05.940 --> 00:22:06.079
 your

00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:06.740
 performance

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:08.480
 the core

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:08.980
 message of

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 Christianity

00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:10.440
 is that

00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:11.240
 God blesses

00:22:11.240 --> 00:22:11.819
 us in

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 Jesus

00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:12.799
 Christ

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 and we

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 get to

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 live

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 to love

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 to serve

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 him

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 the one

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 who has

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 already

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 given us

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 the love

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 the blessing

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 and the

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 acceptance

00:22:23.860 --> 00:22:26.480
 Jesus

00:22:26.480 --> 00:22:26.940
 says

00:22:26.940 --> 00:22:27.180
 it's

00:22:27.180 --> 00:22:27.539
 done

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 any

00:22:29.180 --> 00:22:29.740
 effort

00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.819
 on our

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 behalf

00:22:31.360 --> 00:22:32.059
 to make

00:22:32.059 --> 00:22:32.840
 his

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 finished

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.299
 work

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:34.860
 better

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 does

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 not

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 in fact

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:38.380
 make it

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 better

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 in any

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 way

00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:40.200
 whatsoever

00:22:40.200 --> 00:22:41.100
 it

00:22:41.100 --> 00:22:41.600
 actually

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 makes

00:22:42.080 --> 00:22:42.279
 it

00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:42.799
 worse

00:22:42.799 --> 00:22:44.500
 any

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:44.980
 effort

00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:45.519
 at all

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 any

00:22:46.120 --> 00:22:46.860
 striving

00:22:46.860 --> 00:22:47.539
 at all

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:49.039
 when

00:22:49.039 --> 00:22:49.400
 Jesus

00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:49.819
 says

00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.340
 it is

00:22:50.340 --> 00:22:50.960
 finished

00:22:50.960 --> 00:22:51.860
 what he

00:22:51.860 --> 00:22:52.180
 meant

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:52.660
 to say

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:53.059
 was

00:22:53.059 --> 00:22:53.680
 it

00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:54.299
 is

00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:55.100
 finished

00:22:55.100 --> 00:22:59.500
 we

00:22:59.500 --> 00:23:00.059
 cannot

00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:00.579
 receive

00:23:00.579 --> 00:23:00.819
 his

00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:01.340
 salvation

00:23:01.340 --> 00:23:02.240
 and act

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:02.980
 as if

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.340
 we can

00:23:03.340 --> 00:23:03.960
 add to

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:04.100
 it

00:23:04.100 --> 00:23:04.340
 in

00:23:04.340 --> 00:23:04.680
 any

00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:04.880
 way

00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:05.460
 whatsoever

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:11.660
 and I

00:23:11.660 --> 00:23:11.819
 know

00:23:11.819 --> 00:23:12.039
 there's

00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:12.319
 a bunch

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:12.440
 of

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:12.740
 Christians

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.019
 sitting

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:13.279
 in the

00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:13.440
 room

00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:13.680
 going

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:13.920
 yeah

00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:15.640
 you know

00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:15.880
 I heard

00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:16.079
 this

00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:16.579
 30 years

00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:16.759
 ago

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:16.880
 I

00:23:16.880 --> 00:23:17.180
 understand

00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:17.420
 that

00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:17.759
 Steve

00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:19.519
 got this

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:19.740
 piece

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:19.880
 of

00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:20.400
 information

00:23:20.400 --> 00:23:22.920
 but

00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:23.340
 let me

00:23:23.340 --> 00:23:24.580
 speak

00:23:24.580 --> 00:23:25.220
 particularly

00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:25.960
 to the

00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:26.340
 Christians

00:23:26.340 --> 00:23:26.680
 in the

00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:26.880
 room

00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:27.120
 right

00:23:27.120 --> 00:23:27.500
 now

00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:29.640
 someone

00:23:29.640 --> 00:23:29.840
 who

00:23:29.840 --> 00:23:30.040
 says

00:23:30.040 --> 00:23:30.200
 I

00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:30.440
 follow

00:23:30.440 --> 00:23:30.960
 Jesus

00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:31.759
 there

00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:31.880
 are

00:23:31.880 --> 00:23:32.100
 two

00:23:32.100 --> 00:23:32.480
 kinds

00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:32.680
 of

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.300
 Christians

00:23:33.300 --> 00:23:33.640
 if you

00:23:33.640 --> 00:23:33.940
 like

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.120
 who

00:23:34.120 --> 00:23:34.420
 try

00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:34.800
 to

00:23:34.800 --> 00:23:35.340
 add

00:23:35.340 --> 00:23:35.780
 to

00:23:35.780 --> 00:23:36.480
 the

00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:36.759
 work

00:23:36.759 --> 00:23:36.940
 of

00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:37.320
 Jesus

00:23:37.320 --> 00:23:38.620
 one

00:23:38.620 --> 00:23:39.080
 kind

00:23:39.080 --> 00:23:39.740
 is

00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:39.960
 the

00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:40.320
 beat

00:23:40.320 --> 00:23:40.780
 myself

00:23:40.780 --> 00:23:41.180
 up

00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:41.720
 person

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:42.600
 and

00:23:42.600 --> 00:23:42.780
 the

00:23:42.780 --> 00:23:43.060
 other

00:23:43.060 --> 00:23:43.580
 is

00:23:43.580 --> 00:23:43.820
 to

00:23:43.820 --> 00:23:44.140
 prove

00:23:44.140 --> 00:23:44.519
 myself

00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:45.100
 person

00:23:45.099 --> 00:23:47.019
 the

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.339
 self

00:23:47.339 --> 00:23:47.740
 beater

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.139
 is

00:23:48.139 --> 00:23:48.339
 the

00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:48.740
 one

00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.139
 where

00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:49.579
 every

00:23:49.579 --> 00:23:50.039
 time

00:23:50.039 --> 00:23:50.459
 someone

00:23:50.459 --> 00:23:51.480
 criticizes

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:51.879
 them

00:23:51.879 --> 00:23:52.439
 they

00:23:52.439 --> 00:23:52.679
 are

00:23:52.679 --> 00:23:53.619
 devastated

00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:54.119
 and

00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:54.299
 they

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:54.759
 beat

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.199
 themselves

00:23:55.199 --> 00:23:55.599
 up

00:23:55.599 --> 00:23:56.779
 every

00:23:56.779 --> 00:23:57.139
 time

00:23:57.139 --> 00:23:57.279
 you

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:57.459
 do

00:23:57.459 --> 00:23:57.839
 something

00:23:57.839 --> 00:23:58.299
 wrong

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:58.459
 or

00:23:58.459 --> 00:23:58.679
 make

00:23:58.679 --> 00:23:58.799
 a

00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.219
 mistake

00:23:59.219 --> 00:23:59.719
 you

00:23:59.719 --> 00:24:00.179
 beat

00:24:00.179 --> 00:24:00.579
 yourself

00:24:00.579 --> 00:24:00.939
 up

00:24:00.939 --> 00:24:02.019
 in

00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.279
 fact

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:02.619
 you

00:24:02.619 --> 00:24:02.819
 did

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:03.139
 something

00:24:03.139 --> 00:24:03.639
 15

00:24:03.639 --> 00:24:04.039
 years

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.359
 ago

00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:04.519
 and

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:04.619
 you

00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:04.839
 still

00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:05.199
 can't

00:24:05.199 --> 00:24:05.359
 get

00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:05.799
 past

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.179
 it

00:24:06.179 --> 00:24:09.159
 always

00:24:09.159 --> 00:24:10.159
 the

00:24:10.159 --> 00:24:10.519
 need

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:10.679
 to

00:24:10.679 --> 00:24:10.839
 feel

00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.259
 bad

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:11.539
 about

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.139
 yourself

00:24:12.140 --> 00:24:16.120
 let

00:24:16.120 --> 00:24:16.259
 me

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:16.600
 just

00:24:16.600 --> 00:24:17.320
 tenderly

00:24:17.320 --> 00:24:17.540
 say

00:24:17.540 --> 00:24:17.800
 to you

00:24:17.800 --> 00:24:17.920
 in

00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:18.100
 this

00:24:18.100 --> 00:24:18.520
 moment

00:24:18.520 --> 00:24:19.300
 you

00:24:19.300 --> 00:24:19.540
 need

00:24:19.540 --> 00:24:19.720
 to

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.160
 know

00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:20.680
 and

00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:20.800
 you

00:24:20.800 --> 00:24:21.080
 probably

00:24:21.080 --> 00:24:21.340
 need

00:24:21.340 --> 00:24:21.480
 to

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:21.660
 know

00:24:21.660 --> 00:24:21.860
 this

00:24:21.860 --> 00:24:22.259
 every

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:22.660
 hour

00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:22.940
 of

00:24:22.940 --> 00:24:23.340
 every

00:24:23.340 --> 00:24:23.800
 day

00:24:23.800 --> 00:24:26.940
 Jesus

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:27.259
 was

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:27.600
 beaten

00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:27.880
 up

00:24:27.880 --> 00:24:28.060
 for

00:24:28.060 --> 00:24:28.340
 you

00:24:28.340 --> 00:24:30.360
 he

00:24:30.360 --> 00:24:30.540
 was

00:24:30.540 --> 00:24:30.860
 beaten

00:24:30.860 --> 00:24:31.040
 up

00:24:31.040 --> 00:24:31.200
 for

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:31.560
 you

00:24:31.560 --> 00:24:36.640
 and

00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:37.240
 good

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:37.620
 enough

00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:38.060
 for

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 you

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 he

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 paid

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 for

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 your

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 sins

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 stop

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 trying

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 to

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 pay

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 for

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 them

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 yourself

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 it

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 is

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 finished

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 any

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 attempt

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 to

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 add

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 to

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 anything

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 that

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 he

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 has

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 done

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 is

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 simply

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 going

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 to

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 subtract

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 from

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 it

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 and

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 your

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 joy

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 in

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 it

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 the

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 other

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 person

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 is

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 the

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 self

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 prover

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 this

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 is

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 the

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 other

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 end

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 of

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 the

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 spectrum

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 they

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 usually

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 feel

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 much

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 better

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 about

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 themselves

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 they're

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 often

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 proud

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 self

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 made

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 person

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 you've

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 had

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 a bit

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 of

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 success

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 in

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 your

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 life

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 and

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 you

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 think

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 it

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 means

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 something

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 in

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 actual

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 fact

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 and

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 there's

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 the

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 need

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 to

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 have

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 the

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 money

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 there's

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 the

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 need

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 to

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 have

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 the

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 success

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 the

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 possessions

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 the

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 family

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 the

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 career

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 the

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 recognition

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 to

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 feel

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 secure

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 and

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 significant

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 means

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 you

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 are

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 constantly

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 adding

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 to

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 Jesus

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 work

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 he's

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 the

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 only

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 one

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 who

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 makes

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 you

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 feel

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 secure

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 and

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 significant

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 and

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 acceptable

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 the

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 message

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 of

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 Christianity

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:41.859
 is that

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 we are

00:25:42.380 --> 00:25:42.759
 all

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 sinners

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 saved

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 by

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 grace

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 and

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 if we

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 trust

00:25:46.839 --> 00:25:47.259
 in the

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.620
 finished

00:25:47.620 --> 00:25:48.019
 work

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.259
 of

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 Jesus

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 that's

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 it

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 it's

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 so

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 simple

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 and

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 it's

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 so

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 simple

00:25:57.160 --> 00:25:57.480
 that

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 our

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 rebellious

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 human

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 heart

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 hates

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 it

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 and

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 that's

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 why

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:01.900
 we

00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:02.139
 must

00:26:02.139 --> 00:26:02.440
 preach

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:02.619
 the

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 gospel

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 to

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 ourselves

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 every

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 single

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 day

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 as I

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 said

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 last

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 week

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:08.420
 our

00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:08.799
 hearts

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:08.960
 are

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.200
 more

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.619
 evil

00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:09.879
 than

00:26:09.879 --> 00:26:10.099
 we

00:26:10.099 --> 00:26:10.440
 ever

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 dare

00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:10.980
 to

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.519
 believe

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:12.799
 but

00:26:12.799 --> 00:26:13.019
 we

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.220
 are

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.460
 more

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:14.079
 loved

00:26:14.079 --> 00:26:15.099
 and

00:26:15.099 --> 00:26:15.240
 we

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:15.400
 are

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:15.639
 much

00:26:15.639 --> 00:26:15.980
 more

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:16.960
 affirmed

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:17.559
 and

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:18.299
 accepted

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:19.319
 than

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 we

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:19.839
 ever

00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:20.200
 dare

00:26:20.200 --> 00:26:20.579
 hope

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 or

00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:21.220
 imagine

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.799
 in

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 Jesus

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 the

00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:25.420
 person

00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:25.599
 who

00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:25.859
 tries

00:26:25.859 --> 00:26:26.059
 to

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.500
 prove

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.119
 themselves

00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:28.200
 doesn't

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:29.039
 understand

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:29.799
 they

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.180
 never

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.920
 can

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:32.759
 you

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.019
 never

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.680
 can

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:37.640
 I

00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:37.819
 remember

00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:38.160
 sitting

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.599
 with a

00:26:38.599 --> 00:26:39.059
 pastor

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 a few

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:41.980
 years ago

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.379
 now

00:26:42.379 --> 00:26:44.140
 and

00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:44.379
 we were

00:26:44.379 --> 00:26:44.900
 talking about

00:26:44.900 --> 00:26:45.379
 church

00:26:45.379 --> 00:26:45.859
 growth

00:26:45.859 --> 00:26:46.319
 and

00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:47.779
 so on

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.980
 he was

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.400
 a pastor

00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:49.640
 of a

00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:49.839
 church

00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:50.680
 of 15,000

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:51.160
 people

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:52.120
 and he

00:26:52.120 --> 00:26:52.300
 said

00:26:52.300 --> 00:26:52.460
 to

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:52.800
 me

00:26:52.800 --> 00:26:54.180
 Steve

00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:57.640
 you

00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:57.860
 know

00:26:57.860 --> 00:26:58.080
 it's

00:26:58.080 --> 00:26:58.300
 never

00:26:58.300 --> 00:26:58.779
 enough

00:26:58.779 --> 00:27:00.920
 the

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.240
 size

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.500
 of your

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:01.840
 church

00:27:01.840 --> 00:27:02.080
 is

00:27:02.080 --> 00:27:02.440
 never

00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:02.940
 enough

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:05.140
 never

00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:05.779
 satisfy

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:07.720
 only

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.200
 Christ

00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:08.740
 satisfies

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:12.600
 what

00:27:12.600 --> 00:27:12.840
 is it

00:27:12.840 --> 00:27:12.980
 that

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.240
 you're

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:13.640
 pursuing

00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:16.320
 the

00:27:16.320 --> 00:27:16.640
 person

00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:16.800
 who

00:27:16.800 --> 00:27:17.040
 tries

00:27:17.040 --> 00:27:17.220
 to

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.480
 prove

00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:17.940
 themselves

00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:18.440
 doesn't

00:27:18.440 --> 00:27:19.080
 understand

00:27:19.080 --> 00:27:19.300
 they

00:27:19.300 --> 00:27:19.580
 never

00:27:19.580 --> 00:27:20.019
 can

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:21.480
 be

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:22.200
 in

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:22.619
 factual

00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:23.000
 fact

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.240
 you're

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:23.460
 more

00:27:23.460 --> 00:27:23.920
 evil

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:24.180
 than

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.319
 you

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:24.539
 ever

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.139
 imagined

00:27:25.139 --> 00:27:26.200
 that's

00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:26.279
 a

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:27.079
 crowd

00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:28.900
 conversely

00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:29.400
 people

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:29.839
 constantly

00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:30.379
 trying to

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:30.900
 atone

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.259
 for their

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:31.680
 flaws

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.279
 by beating

00:27:32.279 --> 00:27:32.639
 themselves

00:27:32.639 --> 00:27:32.960
 up

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.619
 never

00:27:33.619 --> 00:27:34.039
 will

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:35.019
 because

00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:35.339
 you're

00:27:35.339 --> 00:27:35.639
 already

00:27:35.639 --> 00:27:35.920
 more

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.460
 loved

00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:36.639
 and

00:27:36.639 --> 00:27:37.319
 affirmed

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:38.240
 more

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.400
 than

00:27:38.400 --> 00:27:38.579
 your

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:39.059
 wildest

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:39.480
 dream

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:41.299
 God

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:41.799
 humbles

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.259
 one

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:44.240
 and he

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.639
 affirms

00:27:44.639 --> 00:27:44.799
 the

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.079
 other

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:47.579
 it

00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:48.500
 is

00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.439
 finished

00:27:49.439 --> 00:27:51.019
 it's

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:51.299
 done

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:53.439
 Jesus

00:27:53.439 --> 00:27:53.839
 death

00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:55.379
 doesn't

00:27:55.379 --> 00:27:56.039
 contribute

00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:58.480
 to

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:58.740
 our

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.299
 salvation

00:27:59.299 --> 00:28:02.079
 it is

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.299
 our

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:02.779
 salvation

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:05.919
 all of

00:28:05.919 --> 00:28:06.099
 our

00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:06.819
 overwork

00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:07.679
 and anxiety

00:28:07.679 --> 00:28:08.439
 and constant

00:28:08.439 --> 00:28:09.019
 striving

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:09.559
 and lack

00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:10.159
 of gratitude

00:28:10.159 --> 00:28:10.980
 and joy

00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.960
 is because

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:13.019
 we don't

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.400
 yet

00:28:13.400 --> 00:28:14.460
 realise

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:14.960
 it

00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:15.420
 is

00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:16.100
 finished

00:28:16.100 --> 00:28:19.920
 and

00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:20.340
 this is

00:28:20.340 --> 00:28:20.840
 the amazing

00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:21.420
 truth

00:28:21.420 --> 00:28:21.680
 of the

00:28:21.680 --> 00:28:21.960
 Christian

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.460
 faith

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:22.880
 as in

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.120
 is

00:28:23.120 --> 00:28:23.600
 central

00:28:23.600 --> 00:28:24.160
 to

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:24.319
 the

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:25.240
 events

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:25.440
 of

00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:25.940
 Easter

00:28:25.940 --> 00:28:26.840
 it's

00:28:26.840 --> 00:28:27.039
 so

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.680
 summarised

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:28.319
 succinctly

00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:28.519
 in the

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:28.680
 New

00:28:28.680 --> 00:28:29.000
 Testament

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.420
 writer

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:30.299
 this is

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:30.900
 1 Timothy

00:28:30.900 --> 00:28:31.559
 here is

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:31.980
 a trustworthy

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.519
 saying

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:32.980
 that deserves

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:33.380
 full

00:28:33.380 --> 00:28:34.100
 acceptance

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 Christ

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 Jesus

00:28:36.180 --> 00:28:36.840
 came into

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 the world

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 to save

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 sinners

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 is there

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 any

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 any more

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 wonderful

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.700
 news

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 for people

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 like us

00:28:46.120 --> 00:28:48.039
 who know

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 that we

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 cannot measure

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 up to the

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 demands of

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:50.799
 our own

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.319
 conscience

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 let alone

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 the demands

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 of our own

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 morality

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:56.779
 while living

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 in fear

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:57.839
 what the

00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:58.759
 future holds

00:28:58.759 --> 00:29:00.339
 Christianity

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:01.920
 is so

00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.700
 full of

00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:03.299
 hope

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 hope for

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.660
 the self

00:29:04.660 --> 00:29:05.180
 beaters

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.880
 hope for

00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:06.279
 the self

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:06.839
 provers

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 it is

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:08.019
 full of

00:29:08.019 --> 00:29:08.559
 hope for

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:08.740
 you

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 it is

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:10.059
 full of

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:10.740
 hope for

00:29:10.740 --> 00:29:11.279
 this

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:12.099
 world

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 let me

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:18.660
 just say

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 it's why

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.200
 we're

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:19.480
 raising

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:20.000
 funds

00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.400
 for

00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:20.960
 Burundi

00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:22.480
 for

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:22.920
 training

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.180
 of

00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:23.599
 theological

00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:24.000
 students

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.339
 this

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:24.819
 hope

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.059
 might

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:25.279
 go

00:29:25.279 --> 00:29:25.579
 out

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.059
 it's

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.339
 why

00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:26.599
 we're

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:26.880
 raising

00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:27.220
 funds

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:27.599
 for

00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:28.900
 Layla

00:29:28.900 --> 00:29:29.339
 Park

00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:33.000
 there's

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.299
 someone

00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:33.539
 there

00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:34.019
 already

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.599
 in the

00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:34.940
 role

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:36.480
 imagine

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:37.319
 an extra

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:37.839
 day

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:39.799
 and I

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.220
 suspect

00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:41.019
 that

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.980
 as

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.259
 this

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:42.599
 hope

00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:43.000
 wells

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.679
 in up

00:29:43.679 --> 00:29:44.839
 in us

00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:45.099
 more

00:29:45.099 --> 00:29:45.659
 and more

00:29:45.659 --> 00:29:46.859
 we would

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:47.220
 be like

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:47.379
 the

00:29:47.379 --> 00:29:48.220
 Thessalonians

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:48.619
 in 2

00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:49.000
 Corinthians

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.519
 8

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:50.639
 despite

00:29:50.639 --> 00:29:51.000
 our

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.500
 extreme

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.039
 poverty

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.859
 just

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:53.559
 overwhelmed

00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:53.839
 in

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.379
 generosity

00:29:54.379 --> 00:29:55.799
 why

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:57.000
 not

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.339
 because

00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:57.539
 they

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:57.779
 had

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.159
 to

00:29:58.159 --> 00:29:59.879
 but

00:29:59.879 --> 00:30:00.079
 Paul

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:00.459
 tells

00:30:00.459 --> 00:30:00.779
 us

00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:01.199
 it's

00:30:01.199 --> 00:30:01.419
 because

00:30:01.419 --> 00:30:01.559
 of

00:30:01.559 --> 00:30:01.980
 love

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:02.720
 love

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:02.880
 of

00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:03.220
 Christ

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:03.400
 has

00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:04.019
 flooded

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.279
 their

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.720
 hearts

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:07.019
 right

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:07.440
 now

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:07.860
 we

00:30:07.860 --> 00:30:08.120
 are

00:30:08.120 --> 00:30:08.440
 way

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:08.940
 behind

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.799
 on

00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:10.160
 both

00:30:10.160 --> 00:30:10.779
 targets

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.680
 way

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:12.180
 behind

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:15.200
 I'm

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:15.519
 not sure

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:15.819
 what you

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.039
 want to

00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:16.160
 do

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.400
 about

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:16.680
 that

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:18.400
 it

00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:18.579
 is

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:19.099
 finished

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:19.460
 in

00:30:19.460 --> 00:30:19.900
 Jesus

00:30:19.900 --> 00:30:20.960
 see

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.220
 your

00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:21.500
 need

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:21.799
 met

00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:22.000
 in

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.380
 him

00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:23.220
 and

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:23.480
 center

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:23.680
 your

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:23.960
 life

00:30:23.960 --> 00:30:24.259
 around

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.539
 him