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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace.

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 Join us.

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 We've been studying John's gospel to encounter Jesus, to know who he is, what he says, what

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 he does, how he impacts us.

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 This is someone that nearly everyone agrees is one of the most influential people in all

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 of human history.

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 What does that mean for me, for my family, for my neighbors?

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 We're going to encounter Jesus again today in Jerusalem for the Feast of Booths.

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 He's been there, as we've studied, offering himself as the solution to the thirst of the

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 hearts of the people there, as the light of the world shining in their darkness, the deliverer

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 to set them free from their bondage to sin.

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 And the response has been split.

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 Some talking of killing him.

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 Others, we're told, believing in him at some level.

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 Now he's finishing up this interaction with people in many ways like us.

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 People interested in Jesus, gathered in the temple talking about God.

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 And Jesus has some really challenging words for them, for us.

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 We're going to pick up the reading of God's holy word in John 8 at verse 39, reading just

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 the first portion of this now and the rest of the chapter later.

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 The people have just said, Jesus, we are children of Abraham, so we don't really need to be set

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 free.

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 And Jesus has responded, I know you come from Abraham, but you're trying to kill me.

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 You're doing what you have heard from your father.

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 Verse 39, they answered him, Abraham is our father.

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 Jesus said to them, if you were Abraham's children, you would be doing what Abraham did.

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 But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God.

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 This is not what Abraham did.

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 You are doing what your father did.

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 They said to him, we were not born of sexual immorality.

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 We have one father, even God.

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 Jesus said to them, if God were your father, you would love me.

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 For I came from God and I am here.

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 I came not of my own accord, but he sent me.

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 Why do you not understand what I say?

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 It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.

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 You are of your father, the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires.

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 He was a murderer from the beginning and has nothing to do with the truth because there

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 is no truth in him.

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 When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

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 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me.

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 Which one of you convicts me of sin?

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 If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?

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 Whoever is of God hears the words of God.

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 The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.

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 Pray with me.

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 Father, would you give us ears to hear?

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 To hear your voice.

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 To hear words that could even feel like words of death to us.

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 Would they be by your spirit this morning?

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 Words of life.

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 Speak, Jesus.

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 And help us to listen.

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 We ask in your name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 I was getting my hair cut a few months ago when it came out that I was a pastor.

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 Happens sometimes.

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 My stylist asked, what kind?

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 I love that question.

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 The kind that needs Jesus a lot.

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 That kind.

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 It's awkward, yeah.

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 Yeah, but like do you have a church nearby?

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 Oh, yeah.

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 Yeah, it's just over the hill.

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 Southwood Presbyterian.

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 Oh, that was the answer he was looking for.

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 You know, my grandfather was a Methodist pastor for many years.

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 Several different churches here in Alabama.

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 In fact, I was just at one of them not long ago.

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 So I said, oh, that's so cool.

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 You're a Christian too?

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 He looked at me as though I had three heads.

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 I think that what he was thinking was, are you not listening to me?

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 I just told you that I lived in Alabama, that my grandfather was a pastor, and that I've been in a church building recently.

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 What are you not hearing?

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 How could I make it any clearer to you that I'm a Christian?

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 I think the crowds in this passage are feeling something very similar.

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 Jesus, are you not listening?

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 Abraham is our father.

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 We're good.

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 And then Jesus presses more, and they say, okay, listen, we have one father, even God.

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 It's another version of what we'll call this morning natural Christianity.

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 I'm good with God because of my proximity to the things of God.

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 Near the temple, being near the promises, near the people of God.

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 Abraham doesn't get any closer than that, right?

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 I came by this naturally.

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 I'm born into it, they're saying.

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 Natural Christianity claims God by association.

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 We run in the same circles, so to speak.

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 It's a cultural Christianity based largely on being around the right sorts of things and the right kinds of people.

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 And I don't think I have to tell you, this is all around us still today in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 How did you become a Christian?

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 Just naturally because you started hanging around some church people?

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 How would you describe your relationship with God?

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 Has it just been in the family for generations?

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 Listen to what they say to Jesus, verse 41.

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 Hey, it is your heritage, not ours, that's questionable.

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 Do you hear what they're saying?

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 We are okay on our own with God.

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 Just like we don't need to be set free, we don't need help to get in with God.

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 We are already associated with Him.

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 Maybe you just don't know us well enough.

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 Maybe when I ask how you are a Christian, you think,

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 I'm connected to the right political party.

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 I mean, I send my kids to the right school.

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 Listen, pastor, of course I'm a Christian.

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 I'm not a Muslim or a Hindu.

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 I don't even look like...

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 Watch out.

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 Watch out, Jesus says.

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 Being in with God is not about appearances.

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 It's not about associations.

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 It's about your heart.

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 Verse 42.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 If God were your father,

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 here's what would happen.

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 You would love me.

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 Natural, okay on my own Christianity,

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 talks about God,

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 but doesn't love what God loves,

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 especially whom?

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 Jesus.

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 You can't even bear to hear His word, He says.

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 To submit to His direction.

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 You're not doing the works of Abraham.

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 What did Abraham do?

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 He believed God.

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 Right?

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 And he followed after God,

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 even when he was called to go to an uncertain future

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 in a land that he'd never seen,

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 he believed and followed God,

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 even when it seemed crazy.

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 Do you love following Jesus,

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 even when it's hard?

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 Finding comfort and life in God's word.

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 See, it's not merely a natural association.

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 Something has to change about what you love.

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 Kids, I want to talk to you

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 for a couple of minutes this morning.

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 You can listen the whole time,

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 but I especially want you to listen right now.

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 Especially if you've grown up in the church.

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 Many of you have been baptized

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 like little Jimmy was here this morning.

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 A whole bunch of you have just recently

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 finished the communicants class.

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 And so you're spending a lot of time right now

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 thinking about your own relationship with God.

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 And that is awesome.

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 I'm so excited about that.

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 You need to remember that Jesus loves you.

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 And Jesus wants a relationship with you

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 where it doesn't just happen in one moment,

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 but where it continues growing every day

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 the rest of your life.

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 You learn more of how he loves you.

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 And he grows in you a love for him.

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 That's what Jesus wants for you this morning.

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 But that's not just automatic.

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 That doesn't just happen automatically

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 because you sit in this church building

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 or because you get water poured on your head

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 or because you know lots of information

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 and sit in a class and learn stuff about God.

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 I want you to imagine that you're born

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 into an Auburn family, okay?

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 Some of you don't even have to imagine.

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 Your parents love Auburn

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 and they tell you stories of the kick six

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 and how great Auburn is

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 and they teach you to say war eagle.

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 But then as you grow up,

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 you become an Alabama fan

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 and you start yelling roll tide

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 during the Iron Bowl.

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 Can you imagine?

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 That can happen, doesn't it?

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 Just growing up around Auburn stuff

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 doesn't automatically make you love Auburn, does it?

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 Being born into a Christian family

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 and around Christian stuff

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 doesn't automatically make you love Jesus.

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 Okay?

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 Kids, you have been brought up

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 in the story of the God who loves you so much

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 that he sent his only begotten son

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 to save you

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 so that you could be with him forever.

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 What a great gift it is.

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 Praise Jesus

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 that you've been born into this family

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 where you don't have to wonder

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 what to do when you fail

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 or does anyone love me

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 or is there a group that I can really belong with?

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 Is there any hope in this world?

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 You've been living in that your whole life.

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 You know someone loves you.

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 You know you belong here in the family of God.

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 But being born into this family

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 doesn't automatically make you love Jesus.

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 God doesn't have a relationship with you

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 because of how many times you've gone to Sunday school

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 or how many answers you can give to Bible questions.

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 That's not how it works.

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 He is calling you, not your parents,

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 he is calling you to trust him,

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 to follow him

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 and we celebrate when you follow Jesus yourself,

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 when you trust him,

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 when you confess your sins

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 and receive his forgiveness,

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 when you read his word,

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 when you shine his light,

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 we celebrate that with you.

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 You know that?

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 Oh, Father,

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 keep working in our children.

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 Keep working in their hearts

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 that they might see you and love you

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 and know more tomorrow than they do today

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 how much you love them.

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 Please, Father,

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 for Jesus' sake,

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 show them more of yourself.

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 Give them joy in following you.

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 Sorry, I didn't mean to pray that long

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 and a false end to the sermon

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 tricked some of you.

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 No matter how old you are,

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 Jesus is not trying to scare you off from him

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 with strong words this morning.

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 He is about to tell the same crowd

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 hearing these hard words

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 how they can know life forever.

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 So language like,

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 verse 44,

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 you are of your father,

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 the devil,

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 should never be weaponized

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 against Jewish people specifically

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 as it sadly has been.

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 It is about any

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 who reject Jesus,

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 who lie about him

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 in order to kill him.

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 That's what he's talking about.

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 It's just in this conversation

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 they also happen to be Jews

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 that he's talking with.

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 What we need to hear

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 is that Jesus is actually calling

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 all of us

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 to consider our hearts.

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 That's my desire this morning.

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 It's not to create crippling doubt

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 in those of you

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 who already know

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 and love and trust Jesus,

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 but to push all of us

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 to Jesus

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 so that we talk with him honestly

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 about whether or not

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 we are Christians.

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 He and I are pushing us

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 not to be good enough

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 or to check our associations with God

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 and see if they're strong enough

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 and up to date,

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 but rather to come to Jesus

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 and look at what he says

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 is true Christianity.

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 The strong warnings here

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 that we need to hear

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 are to expose false hope.

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 And so when they do that,

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 they show us how much we need

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 the real thing,

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 which is what Jesus offers.

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 Okay, that's why he speaks

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 so directly.

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 If we're going to call ourselves

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 Christians,

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 what does Christ say that means?

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 I'll call it supernatural Christianity

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 in contrast with the born into it

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 by association version

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 that we've been talking about.

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 Listen to the rest of this interaction

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 as the crowd turns its focus on Jesus

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 and his identity.

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 Verse 48.

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 The Jews answered him,

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 Are we not right in saying

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 that you are a Samaritan

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 and have a demon?

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 Jesus answered,

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 I do not have a demon,

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 but I honor my father

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 and you dishonor me.

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 Yet I do not seek my own glory.

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 There is one who seeks it

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 and he is the judge.

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

00:16:43.439 --> 00:16:44.919
 if anyone keeps my word,

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 he will never see death.

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 The Jews said to him,

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 Now we know that you have a demon.

00:16:52.500 --> 00:16:53.879
 Abraham died,

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 as did the prophets.

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 Yet you say,

00:16:56.639 --> 00:16:57.940
 If anyone keeps my word,

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 he will never taste death.

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 Are you greater than our father Abraham

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 who died?

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 And the prophets died.

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 Who do you make yourself out to be?

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 Jesus answered,

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 If I glorify myself,

00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:14.000
 my glory is nothing.

00:17:14.380 --> 00:17:17.039
 It is my father who glorifies me,

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 of whom you say,

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 He is our God.

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 But you have not known him.

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 I know him.

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 If I were to say that I do not know him,

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 I would be a liar like you.

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 But I do know him

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 and I keep his word.

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 Your father Abraham rejoiced

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 that he would see my day.

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 He saw it and was glad.

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 So the Jews said to him,

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 You are not yet 50 years old

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 and have you seen Abraham?

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 Jesus said to them,

00:17:47.660 --> 00:17:49.420
 Truly, truly, I say to you,

00:17:49.540 --> 00:17:51.580
 before Abraham was,

00:17:52.380 --> 00:17:53.860
 I am.

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 So they picked up stones

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 to throw at him.

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 But Jesus hid himself

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 and went out of the temple.

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 Two key questions there

00:18:06.619 --> 00:18:07.739
 in verse 53,

00:18:07.979 --> 00:18:10.379
 from the crowd.

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 Are you greater than the prophets?

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 Who do you make yourself out to be?

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 It's a good question.

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 Supernatural Christianity

00:18:23.500 --> 00:18:25.939
 focuses on Jesus.

00:18:25.940 --> 00:18:26.620
 Jesus.

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 His association with,

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 even we'll see,

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 identification with God.

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 And says,

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 that's what it's all about.

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 That's how Jesus can say

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 in verse 51

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 that anyone

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 connected to him

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 is connected to God.

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 Listen, friends,

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 please don't miss this.

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 This is such good news,

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 especially if you're not

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 particularly religious

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 or churchy.

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 If that's how you wouldn't

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 describe yourself,

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 you don't even need

00:19:01.980 --> 00:19:03.840
 association with God

00:19:03.840 --> 00:19:04.660
 by birth,

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 by culture,

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 by morality.

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 That's not what's required.

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 Christianity,

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 focused on Jesus,

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 says if anyone,

00:19:14.560 --> 00:19:15.259
 anyone,

00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:16.900
 keeps my word,

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 believes in me,

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 he will never see death.

00:19:21.160 --> 00:19:22.259
 What a promise.

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 What amazing hope

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 if you came in with none

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 and thought you were going to

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 have to find some somewhere,

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 some relative

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 who used to do something for God.

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 No.

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 You find Jesus

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 to be the only one

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 you need.

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 See, what Jesus is saying

00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:41.259
 is that supernatural Christianity,

00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:44.060
 Christianity focused on Jesus,

00:19:44.560 --> 00:19:46.200
 claims God only

00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:47.860
 by adoption.

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 We don't deserve to be in.

00:19:51.340 --> 00:19:53.299
 We don't naturally belong

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 in God's family,

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 even if we hang around a lot,

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 but he graciously

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 welcomes us in

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 because of our relationship

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 with his one and only

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 true son.

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 That's how it works.

00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:10.240
 This true Christianity

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 not only focuses on Jesus,

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 but also loves the Jesus

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 that the Father loves.

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 What I mean by that

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 is a Jesus

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 who is the divine,

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 eternal son of God.

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 It's not just

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 who he makes himself out to be,

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 it's who he is.

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 Friends, look at the miracles,

00:20:34.679 --> 00:20:35.599
 the signs,

00:20:36.339 --> 00:20:37.419
 the loving,

00:20:37.420 --> 00:20:39.039
 pure,

00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:40.200
 righteous

00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:41.340
 life.

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 He says,

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 you can't even

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 convict me of sin,

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 so why would you

00:20:46.820 --> 00:20:48.340
 suspect that I'm lying

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 to you now

00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:50.340
 when I say these things?

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 He's so good.

00:20:53.840 --> 00:20:54.700
 Whom else

00:20:54.700 --> 00:20:56.160
 could the Father

00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:56.900
 himself

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 seek

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 to glorify?

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 Verse 54,

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 can you believe it?

00:21:03.099 --> 00:21:04.779
 The Father

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 and the Son

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 here are clearly

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 not the same,

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 but clearly

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 equal

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 in glory.

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 The Father

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 is glorifying

00:21:12.939 --> 00:21:13.799
 the Son.

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 That's how

00:21:14.259 --> 00:21:15.359
 Jesus can say

00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:16.059
 that Abraham

00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:17.219
 rejoiced

00:21:17.219 --> 00:21:18.559
 at seeing his day.

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 He's the promised

00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:20.679
 seed

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 to bless the nations.

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 Abraham heard about him.

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 This is the one

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 to fulfill

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 all of God's promises.

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 And Jesus says,

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 let me tell you

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 how that's possible.

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 Before Abraham

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 was,

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 not

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 I was,

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 he could have said that,

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 but what?

00:21:41.159 --> 00:21:41.839
 I

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 am.

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 As the crowd

00:21:45.959 --> 00:21:47.079
 clearly recognizes,

00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:48.199
 Jesus has taken him

00:21:48.199 --> 00:21:49.039
 all the way back

00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:49.619
 to Exodus,

00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:51.099
 to Exodus 3,

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 the name of Yahweh,

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 God's personal name

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 by which he introduced

00:21:56.899 --> 00:21:57.679
 himself

00:21:57.679 --> 00:21:59.179
 to his people.

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 This guy

00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:01.220
 is claiming

00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:02.819
 equality with God

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 and the crowd

00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:04.259
 says,

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.579
 blasphemy.

00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:08.679
 They're now hearing

00:22:08.679 --> 00:22:09.359
 Jesus clearly,

00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:09.779
 aren't they?

00:22:10.879 --> 00:22:12.319
 He is tying together

00:22:12.319 --> 00:22:13.740
 everything that he's

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:14.419
 been telling them

00:22:14.419 --> 00:22:14.899
 at this feast

00:22:14.899 --> 00:22:15.659
 that we've been talking

00:22:15.659 --> 00:22:16.720
 about the last few weeks.

00:22:17.059 --> 00:22:17.659
 This feast

00:22:17.659 --> 00:22:18.559
 where they have gathered

00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:19.419
 to celebrate

00:22:19.419 --> 00:22:20.359
 God's deliverance

00:22:20.359 --> 00:22:20.839
 in the past,

00:22:21.139 --> 00:22:21.740
 to celebrate

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:22.639
 God's promise

00:22:22.639 --> 00:22:23.439
 of a deliverer

00:22:23.439 --> 00:22:24.399
 coming in the future.

00:22:24.819 --> 00:22:25.679
 And Jesus stands

00:22:25.679 --> 00:22:26.099
 and says,

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 not only am I

00:22:27.179 --> 00:22:28.059
 the bread of life

00:22:28.059 --> 00:22:28.879
 more fulfilling

00:22:28.879 --> 00:22:29.419
 than anything

00:22:29.419 --> 00:22:30.179
 your fathers ate

00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:30.660
 in the wilderness,

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 not only am I

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 the source

00:22:32.580 --> 00:22:33.700
 of living waters

00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:35.240
 pictured by the water

00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:36.700
 flowing out of that

00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:38.200
 rock that Moses struck,

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.539
 not only am I

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:40.660
 the light of the world

00:22:40.660 --> 00:22:41.320
 to guide you

00:22:41.320 --> 00:22:42.480
 like the pillar of fire

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:43.640
 in the dark wilderness,

00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:44.580
 but also

00:22:44.580 --> 00:22:46.160
 I am

00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:47.220
 Yahweh

00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:48.279
 himself.

00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:49.320
 God

00:22:49.320 --> 00:22:50.360
 has come

00:22:50.360 --> 00:22:51.240
 to be

00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:52.420
 with you.

00:22:54.220 --> 00:22:55.039
 The one who

00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:56.360
 appeared in the burning bush

00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:58.000
 to Moses

00:22:58.000 --> 00:23:00.479
 who powerfully

00:23:00.479 --> 00:23:01.599
 delivered his people

00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:03.359
 across the Red Sea

00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:05.619
 who tabernacled

00:23:05.619 --> 00:23:06.419
 with them

00:23:06.419 --> 00:23:07.639
 as they wandered

00:23:07.639 --> 00:23:08.699
 who finally brought

00:23:08.699 --> 00:23:09.639
 them all the way

00:23:09.639 --> 00:23:11.379
 to the promised land.

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 I am the one

00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:14.299
 you're gathered here

00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:15.279
 to celebrate

00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:16.399
 Jesus says.

00:23:16.719 --> 00:23:17.119
 God

00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:18.079
 come to you

00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:19.459
 tabernacling now

00:23:19.459 --> 00:23:21.279
 in the flesh.

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.500
 Do you hear

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:23.979
 what I'm saying?

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:26.559
 truly, truly

00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:27.579
 I am the one

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:29.059
 who gives life.

00:23:30.360 --> 00:23:30.660
 God

00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:31.160
 the Father

00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:32.019
 is glorifying

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.640
 me.

00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:34.160
 Truly, truly

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:35.299
 before Abraham

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:35.920
 was,

00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:37.519
 I am.

00:23:37.819 --> 00:23:38.640
 The divine

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 claims

00:23:39.339 --> 00:23:40.380
 Jesus is making

00:23:40.380 --> 00:23:41.240
 could not

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:42.500
 be clearer.

00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:45.920
 Are you hearing

00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:46.599
 what he's saying?

00:23:48.339 --> 00:23:49.400
 What he's telling you

00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:50.519
 is that he existed

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:52.360
 in perfect relationship

00:23:52.360 --> 00:23:53.480
 with the Father

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:53.960
 and King

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.559
 of the universe

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 before the world

00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:56.140
 began,

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.779
 before time

00:23:57.779 --> 00:23:58.220
 began.

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.480
 He's telling you

00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:00.579
 that he is the one

00:24:00.579 --> 00:24:02.299
 who spoke the universe

00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:02.980
 into existence,

00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:04.900
 who shaped the sun,

00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:06.120
 who called the stars

00:24:06.120 --> 00:24:06.740
 out by name,

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:08.120
 who breathed life

00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:09.140
 into mankind.

00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:11.000
 And then

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:12.059
 he entered

00:24:12.059 --> 00:24:13.059
 this creation

00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:14.220
 so that anyone

00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:15.140
 who believed

00:24:15.140 --> 00:24:15.720
 in him

00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:16.539
 would become

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:17.319
 a child

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:18.860
 of God,

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:19.779
 brought into

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.400
 the family

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:21.660
 not by natural

00:24:21.660 --> 00:24:22.460
 association,

00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:23.559
 but by

00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:24.279
 supernatural

00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:25.579
 intervention,

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.160
 born,

00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:26.720
 remember,

00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:28.279
 of God.

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 Not by human

00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:30.539
 achievement,

00:24:30.819 --> 00:24:32.079
 but by divine

00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:33.000
 adoption.

00:24:33.660 --> 00:24:34.319
 There is now

00:24:34.319 --> 00:24:35.279
 no other name

00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:36.059
 under heaven

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.960
 given to men

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:38.000
 by which we

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:39.079
 must be saved.

00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:40.440
 Praise

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:41.600
 the name

00:24:41.600 --> 00:24:42.840
 of Jesus.

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 There's

00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:45.779
 something about

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.920
 that name,

00:24:46.920 --> 00:24:48.620
 the only

00:24:48.620 --> 00:24:49.600
 name

00:24:49.600 --> 00:24:50.140
 whereby

00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:51.039
 we must

00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:51.680
 be saved.

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:52.480
 Give

00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.259
 me

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:54.340
 Jesus.

00:24:55.100 --> 00:24:55.700
 Oh,

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.900
 how I love

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:57.640
 Jesus

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:58.620
 because he

00:24:58.620 --> 00:25:00.100
 first loved

00:25:00.100 --> 00:25:00.440
 me.

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.039
 Without

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:02.019
 his love

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.640
 I am

00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:03.420
 lost.

00:25:03.420 --> 00:25:03.720
 I am

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:03.740
 lost.

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.880
 What Jesus

00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:09.660
 does here

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:10.420
 intentionally

00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:12.840
 is leave us

00:25:12.840 --> 00:25:13.580
 with very few

00:25:13.580 --> 00:25:14.259
 options

00:25:14.259 --> 00:25:15.839
 in regard

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:16.299
 to him.

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.579
 His claims

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:19.200
 to deity

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.879
 are so

00:25:19.879 --> 00:25:20.559
 clear

00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.400
 and so

00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:22.720
 fantastical

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:23.500
 that the

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.339
 response of

00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:24.900
 this crowd

00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:25.379
 is what?

00:25:27.140 --> 00:25:28.019
 Kill him.

00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:31.119
 And he slips

00:25:31.119 --> 00:25:31.460
 away.

00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:32.839
 We already

00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:33.299
 know when

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:33.920
 his hour

00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:34.539
 comes he

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:34.879
 will be

00:25:34.879 --> 00:25:35.700
 lifted up

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.460
 to die.

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:39.200
 But as

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:39.759
 Pastor Tim

00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:40.079
 Keller

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:41.019
 often said

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:41.600
 echoing

00:25:41.600 --> 00:25:42.360
 centuries

00:25:42.360 --> 00:25:42.799
 of

00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:43.579
 theologians

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:44.640
 it's

00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:45.340
 kill him

00:25:45.340 --> 00:25:47.660
 or crown

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:47.920
 him.

00:25:48.840 --> 00:25:49.299
 There is

00:25:49.299 --> 00:25:49.700
 no middle

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.160
 ground

00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:51.700
 with Jesus.

00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:53.460
 No

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:54.240
 natural

00:25:54.240 --> 00:25:55.279
 cultural

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:55.860
 Christianity

00:25:55.860 --> 00:25:56.759
 option

00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.480
 remaining

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:58.019
 to us

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.340
 because

00:25:58.340 --> 00:25:59.059
 cultural

00:25:59.059 --> 00:25:59.700
 Christianity

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:00.579
 rejects

00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:00.960
 this

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.420
 Jesus.

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.019
 Remember

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.799
 we don't

00:26:02.799 --> 00:26:03.500
 need him

00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:03.920
 there.

00:26:04.340 --> 00:26:05.079
 We're in

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:05.680
 naturally

00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:06.980
 by association.

00:26:08.060 --> 00:26:08.360
 So at

00:26:08.360 --> 00:26:08.960
 best we're

00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.279
 kind of

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.180
 okay with

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.980
 Jesus.

00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:12.519
 But thinking

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:12.980
 about him

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:13.420
 is mostly

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:13.980
 a Sunday

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.680
 activity.

00:26:17.019 --> 00:26:17.299
 Only

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:18.860
 fanatics

00:26:18.860 --> 00:26:19.860
 would follow

00:26:19.860 --> 00:26:20.640
 after him

00:26:20.640 --> 00:26:21.580
 in daily

00:26:21.580 --> 00:26:22.720
 sacrifice.

00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:24.720
 Oh yeah

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.019
 and if you

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:25.620
 want to find

00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:26.160
 God and

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.640
 hope and

00:26:26.640 --> 00:26:27.480
 life some

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:27.940
 other way

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.700
 with other

00:26:28.700 --> 00:26:29.080
 religious

00:26:29.080 --> 00:26:29.799
 associations

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.220
 that you

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.640
 have more

00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:31.039
 naturally

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.720
 no problem

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.220
 Jesus is

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.720
 cool with

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.120
 that.

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:33.799
 No big

00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.160
 deal.

00:26:35.340 --> 00:26:35.660
 No.

00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:36.640
 No.

00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:38.160
 That is

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.580
 not a

00:26:38.580 --> 00:26:39.140
 Christianity

00:26:39.140 --> 00:26:39.860
 that Jesus

00:26:39.860 --> 00:26:40.539
 or the

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:40.820
 Bible

00:26:40.820 --> 00:26:41.600
 recognizes.

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:43.779
 If we

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.100
 don't

00:26:44.100 --> 00:26:45.039
 kill Jesus

00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:45.620
 for his

00:26:45.620 --> 00:26:46.460
 blasphemy

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:48.299
 we must

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:49.720
 crown him

00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:50.740
 king.

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:52.140
 Bow at

00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:52.840
 his feet

00:26:52.840 --> 00:26:53.519
 and in

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:54.100
 humble

00:26:54.100 --> 00:26:54.560
 worship

00:26:54.560 --> 00:26:55.799
 live by

00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:56.660
 his word

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:57.759
 for his

00:26:57.759 --> 00:26:58.539
 glory.

00:26:59.320 --> 00:26:59.840
 That is

00:26:59.840 --> 00:27:00.360
 the first

00:27:00.360 --> 00:27:01.259
 difference

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:02.100
 that

00:27:02.100 --> 00:27:02.840
 supernatural

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:03.699
 Christianity

00:27:03.699 --> 00:27:04.819
 makes.

00:27:04.939 --> 00:27:05.699
 It removes

00:27:05.699 --> 00:27:06.539
 the option

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:07.299
 of our

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:08.299
 being okay

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:08.779
 on our

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.179
 own

00:27:09.179 --> 00:27:10.579
 finding the

00:27:10.579 --> 00:27:11.139
 God of

00:27:11.139 --> 00:27:11.699
 the Bible

00:27:11.699 --> 00:27:12.480
 apart from

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:12.919
 Jesus

00:27:12.919 --> 00:27:13.619
 some other

00:27:13.619 --> 00:27:13.959
 way.

00:27:16.959 --> 00:27:17.839
 Now if we

00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:18.339
 stop to

00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:18.819
 think about

00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:19.539
 that question

00:27:19.539 --> 00:27:20.519
 what difference

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:21.579
 does it

00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:22.000
 make?

00:27:23.159 --> 00:27:23.459
 I'm

00:27:23.459 --> 00:27:23.980
 gods by

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.839
 association

00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:25.519
 versus

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.539
 I'm gods

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:27.419
 by adoption.

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.599
 The answer

00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:29.439
 is all

00:27:29.439 --> 00:27:30.059
 the difference

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.379
 in the

00:27:30.379 --> 00:27:30.740
 world.

00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:32.159
 It's

00:27:32.159 --> 00:27:32.619
 life or

00:27:32.619 --> 00:27:32.879
 death

00:27:32.879 --> 00:27:33.500
 difference.

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.019
 There's

00:27:34.019 --> 00:27:34.379
 so many

00:27:34.379 --> 00:27:34.859
 ways that

00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:35.059
 we could

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:35.539
 talk about

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.019
 the difference

00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.339
 it makes

00:27:36.339 --> 00:27:36.879
 but Jesus

00:27:36.879 --> 00:27:37.619
 highlights

00:27:37.619 --> 00:27:38.079
 one in

00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:38.599
 this passage

00:27:38.599 --> 00:27:38.919
 that I

00:27:38.919 --> 00:27:39.119
 want to

00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:39.759
 reflect on

00:27:39.759 --> 00:27:40.159
 briefly

00:27:40.159 --> 00:27:41.059
 as we

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.519
 close.

00:27:41.679 --> 00:27:41.799
 It's

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.500
 verse 51.

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.000
 Truly

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.379
 truly

00:27:45.379 --> 00:27:45.919
 I say

00:27:45.919 --> 00:27:46.399
 to you

00:27:46.399 --> 00:27:47.799
 if anyone

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.440
 keeps my

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:48.980
 word he

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.839
 will never

00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:50.919
 see

00:27:50.919 --> 00:27:52.059
 death.

00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:55.200
 What's

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:55.480
 Jesus

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.099
 promising

00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:56.819
 those who

00:27:56.819 --> 00:27:57.879
 come to

00:27:57.879 --> 00:27:58.179
 him?

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:59.960
 that what

00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:00.560
 we think

00:28:00.560 --> 00:28:01.100
 of as

00:28:01.100 --> 00:28:01.880
 death

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:02.640
 life

00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:03.500
 ending

00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:05.240
 will

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:05.720
 never

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.200
 happen

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:07.240
 to those

00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.940
 who receive

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:08.759
 the life

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.880
 that he

00:28:09.880 --> 00:28:10.460
 gives us.

00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:10.840
 The life

00:28:10.840 --> 00:28:11.259
 he's been

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.980
 talking about

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.920
 because that

00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:13.920
 life is

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:14.779
 now defined

00:28:14.779 --> 00:28:15.560
 by Jesus

00:28:15.560 --> 00:28:16.560
 as knowing

00:28:16.560 --> 00:28:17.539
 God.

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.660
 Living in

00:28:18.660 --> 00:28:19.539
 relationship

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.299
 with him

00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:21.480
 being free

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:22.080
 from the

00:28:22.080 --> 00:28:22.740
 power of

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.220
 sin to

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.680
 live the

00:28:23.680 --> 00:28:24.279
 way that

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:24.580
 we were

00:28:24.580 --> 00:28:25.580
 created to

00:28:25.580 --> 00:28:26.180
 live and

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:26.539
 when our

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:27.820
 hearts stop

00:28:27.820 --> 00:28:28.120
 beating

00:28:28.119 --> 00:28:28.579
 here in

00:28:28.579 --> 00:28:29.119
 this world

00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:30.239
 that life

00:28:30.239 --> 00:28:30.839
 doesn't

00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:31.439
 stop.

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.059
 Instantly

00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:33.539
 that life

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:34.439
 continues with

00:28:34.439 --> 00:28:35.619
 Jesus forever

00:28:35.619 --> 00:28:36.439
 absent from

00:28:36.439 --> 00:28:36.879
 the body

00:28:36.879 --> 00:28:37.819
 present with

00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:38.219
 the Lord

00:28:38.219 --> 00:28:39.559
 alive forever

00:28:39.559 --> 00:28:40.639
 never more

00:28:40.639 --> 00:28:41.319
 to die.

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:45.059
 And that

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.599
 makes all the

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:46.019
 difference in

00:28:46.019 --> 00:28:46.379
 the world

00:28:46.379 --> 00:28:48.079
 now

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:50.639
 because we

00:28:50.639 --> 00:28:51.039
 know what

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:51.719
 it's like to

00:28:51.719 --> 00:28:52.279
 live with the

00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:53.000
 fear of death

00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.519
 don't we?

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:57.039
 to be anxious

00:28:57.039 --> 00:28:58.079
 about the

00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:58.720
 next cancer

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.139
 scan

00:28:59.139 --> 00:29:02.420
 to worry

00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:03.220
 about gun

00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:03.879
 violence

00:29:03.879 --> 00:29:06.099
 to try

00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:07.000
 desperately

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:08.139
 to forestall

00:29:08.139 --> 00:29:09.220
 aging in a

00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:10.099
 hundred ways

00:29:10.099 --> 00:29:11.079
 anything we

00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:11.559
 can come up

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:11.839
 with.

00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:12.819
 The Bible

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.440
 says we

00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:14.379
 all fear

00:29:14.379 --> 00:29:14.879
 death

00:29:14.879 --> 00:29:16.139
 and

00:29:16.139 --> 00:29:17.559
 Jesus

00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:18.900
 frees us

00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:19.700
 from it.

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.460
 Hebrews

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:22.240
 2.14

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.900
 Jesus

00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:23.860
 took on

00:29:23.860 --> 00:29:24.299
 flesh

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.840
 he actually

00:29:24.840 --> 00:29:25.880
 came so

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:26.640
 that through

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:27.120
 death

00:29:27.120 --> 00:29:27.880
 he might

00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:28.740
 destroy

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.660
 the devil

00:29:29.660 --> 00:29:30.460
 and deliver

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:31.319
 all those

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:31.759
 who through

00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:32.220
 the fear

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:32.579
 of death

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:33.259
 were subject

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:34.500
 to lifelong

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.840
 slavery.

00:29:36.180 --> 00:29:36.860
 Lifelong

00:29:36.860 --> 00:29:37.420
 slavery

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:38.640
 because we

00:29:38.640 --> 00:29:39.700
 fear death

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:40.740
 all of us

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.579
 specifically

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:42.519
 so sweet

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:43.120
 in light of

00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:43.779
 our passage

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:45.579
 the offspring

00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:47.440
 of Abraham

00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:49.039
 need to be

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:49.799
 set free

00:29:49.799 --> 00:29:50.299
 us

00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:53.480
 listen

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:55.019
 it is the

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.619
 truth of

00:29:55.619 --> 00:29:55.940
 Jesus

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:57.740
 that sets

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.220
 us free

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:58.759
 when the

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.639
 son sets

00:29:59.639 --> 00:30:00.200
 you free

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:00.980
 you are

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.619
 free

00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:02.220
 indeed

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.899
 that is the

00:30:02.899 --> 00:30:03.720
 only way

00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.519
 to true

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:04.960
 freedom

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:05.480
 from this

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:06.019
 universal

00:30:06.019 --> 00:30:06.460
 fear

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:07.559
 because Jesus

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:08.379
 conquers

00:30:08.379 --> 00:30:09.000
 death

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.660
 on our

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:10.299
 behalf

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:10.899
 you got

00:30:10.899 --> 00:30:11.339
 that right

00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:12.059
 in Hebrews

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.339
 2

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:13.500
 the only way

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:13.839
 is that

00:30:13.839 --> 00:30:14.699
 through

00:30:14.699 --> 00:30:15.799
 death

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:17.039
 he could

00:30:17.039 --> 00:30:17.879
 conquer it

00:30:17.879 --> 00:30:18.559
 naturally

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:19.639
 on our

00:30:19.639 --> 00:30:20.139
 own

00:30:20.139 --> 00:30:20.759
 death

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.779
 haunts

00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.119
 us

00:30:22.119 --> 00:30:23.099
 the only

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:23.480
 way

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:24.079
 he can

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:24.559
 guarantee

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:25.039
 that we

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.539
 won't see

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:25.819
 death

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.139
 is that

00:30:26.139 --> 00:30:26.859
 he takes

00:30:26.859 --> 00:30:27.099
 it

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:28.459
 for us

00:30:28.459 --> 00:30:29.259
 so that

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.559
 we can

00:30:29.559 --> 00:30:30.039
 live

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:31.339
 with the

00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:31.779
 confidence

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.480
 of people

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:32.899
 who know

00:30:32.899 --> 00:30:33.240
 that no

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:33.699
 matter what

00:30:33.699 --> 00:30:34.379
 happens

00:30:34.379 --> 00:30:36.119
 our life

00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:37.399
 our true

00:30:37.399 --> 00:30:37.980
 life

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.799
 our

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.779
 abundant

00:30:39.779 --> 00:30:40.399
 life

00:30:40.399 --> 00:30:41.679
 our eternal

00:30:41.679 --> 00:30:42.259
 life

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:43.079
 goes

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:43.839
 on

00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:44.160
 oh

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:44.700
 death

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.379
 where is

00:30:45.379 --> 00:30:45.519
 your

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:46.019
 victory

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.740
 oh

00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:47.019
 death

00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:47.799
 where is

00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:48.019
 your

00:30:48.019 --> 00:30:48.779
 sting

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:51.799
 now listen

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.480
 of course

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:54.019
 we also

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:54.640
 grieve

00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:55.839
 the loss

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.339
 of loved

00:30:56.339 --> 00:30:56.879
 ones

00:30:56.879 --> 00:30:57.460
 here

00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:58.279
 so does

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:58.759
 Jesus

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.400
 by the way

00:30:59.400 --> 00:30:59.740
 we're getting

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.079
 to that

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:00.379
 in a few

00:31:00.379 --> 00:31:00.839
 weeks

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:02.700
 but what

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.440
 he's saying

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.119
 is that

00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:04.579
 those

00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:05.259
 left

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:05.980
 behind

00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.579
 are the

00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:06.960
 ones

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.240
 who

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:08.119
 grieve

00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:08.799
 the one

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:09.819
 who dies

00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:10.539
 keeps

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:11.119
 living

00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:12.199
 with me

00:31:12.199 --> 00:31:13.039
 forever

00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:14.639
 you will

00:31:14.639 --> 00:31:14.939
 never

00:31:14.939 --> 00:31:15.459
 see

00:31:15.459 --> 00:31:16.339
 death

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:16.859
 you'll

00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:17.219
 see the

00:31:17.219 --> 00:31:17.659
 lamb

00:31:17.659 --> 00:31:17.939
 who is

00:31:17.939 --> 00:31:18.119
 the

00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:18.779
 light

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.179
 of the

00:31:19.179 --> 00:31:19.599
 heavenly

00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:20.099
 city

00:31:20.099 --> 00:31:20.639
 you'll

00:31:20.639 --> 00:31:20.919
 taste

00:31:20.919 --> 00:31:21.819
 divine

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:22.759
 delight

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:23.279
 and a

00:31:23.279 --> 00:31:23.939
 perfectly

00:31:23.939 --> 00:31:24.699
 restored

00:31:24.699 --> 00:31:25.639
 creation

00:31:25.639 --> 00:31:26.339
 you'll

00:31:26.339 --> 00:31:26.759
 see a

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.479
 restored

00:31:27.479 --> 00:31:28.099
 body

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:28.959
 and all

00:31:28.959 --> 00:31:29.459
 those

00:31:29.459 --> 00:31:30.219
 tears

00:31:30.219 --> 00:31:31.199
 will be

00:31:31.199 --> 00:31:31.779
 wiped

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:32.379
 away

00:31:32.379 --> 00:31:33.319
 forever

00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:34.579
 by the

00:31:34.579 --> 00:31:34.919
 hands

00:31:34.919 --> 00:31:35.759
 that stretched

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.319
 out on the

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:36.979
 cross

00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:38.140
 to conquer

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:38.599
 death

00:31:38.599 --> 00:31:39.440
 to free

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:39.880
 you

00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:40.519
 from the

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:40.839
 fear

00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:41.519
 of death

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:42.900
 forever

00:31:42.900 --> 00:31:45.120
 so look

00:31:45.120 --> 00:31:45.420
 what he's

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:45.860
 offering

00:31:45.860 --> 00:31:46.460
 us

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:48.120
 freedom

00:31:48.120 --> 00:31:49.500
 from that

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:50.299
 big

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:51.200
 fear

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:51.920
 the fear

00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:52.400
 of death

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:53.140
 and therefore

00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:53.860
 all the

00:31:53.860 --> 00:31:54.640
 smaller

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:55.299
 fears

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:56.200
 beneath it

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.640
 today

00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:57.460
 now

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:58.180
 I am

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.700
 freed

00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.160
 from

00:31:59.160 --> 00:32:00.279
 safe

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:01.539
 self-centered

00:32:01.539 --> 00:32:02.799
 self-protective

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:03.160
 living

00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:03.839
 where I cling

00:32:03.839 --> 00:32:04.380
 desperately

00:32:04.380 --> 00:32:04.880
 to every

00:32:04.880 --> 00:32:05.160
 day

00:32:05.160 --> 00:32:05.660
 I can keep

00:32:05.660 --> 00:32:06.039
 myself

00:32:06.039 --> 00:32:06.420
 safe

00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:06.899
 and alive

00:32:06.899 --> 00:32:07.259
 and looking

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.740
 young

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:09.099
 freed

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:09.480
 to live

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:10.099
 boldly

00:32:10.099 --> 00:32:10.220
 and

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:11.440
 adventurously

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:12.379
 and risk

00:32:12.379 --> 00:32:13.059
 taking

00:32:13.059 --> 00:32:14.139
 for Jesus

00:32:14.139 --> 00:32:15.839
 to fail

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.359
 and still

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:17.299
 find hope

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:18.359
 I'm

00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:18.599
 freed

00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:19.139
 to slow

00:32:19.139 --> 00:32:19.559
 down

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:20.480
 with God

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:21.299
 and be

00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:21.779
 with him

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.039
 since

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:23.159
 he made

00:32:23.159 --> 00:32:23.420
 me

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:24.119
 to live

00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:24.460
 with him

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:24.740
 I don't

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:25.079
 have to

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:25.319
 rush

00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:25.740
 around

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:26.599
 to find

00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:27.180
 something

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:27.659
 else

00:32:27.659 --> 00:32:28.839
 before it's

00:32:28.839 --> 00:32:29.220
 too late

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:29.659
 and I miss

00:32:29.659 --> 00:32:30.059
 out on

00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.619
 real life

00:32:30.619 --> 00:32:30.920
 no

00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:31.519
 I've

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.240
 got it

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:34.059
 freed

00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:34.899
 to sacrifice

00:32:34.899 --> 00:32:35.779
 in ways

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.960
 that inspire

00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:37.559
 to give

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:38.240
 generously

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:39.559
 to others

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:41.379
 it's two

00:32:41.379 --> 00:32:41.799
 for one

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.440
 orphan year

00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:43.099
 Southwood

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:43.379
 did you

00:32:43.379 --> 00:32:43.740
 forget

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:46.039
 if the

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.539
 father has

00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:47.099
 adopted

00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:47.799
 you into

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.700
 his family

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:50.099
 your resources

00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:51.079
 of life

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:52.160
 are endless

00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:52.960
 you will

00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:53.399
 never

00:32:53.399 --> 00:32:54.180
 taste

00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:54.899
 death

00:32:54.899 --> 00:32:57.180
 your resources

00:32:57.180 --> 00:32:58.399
 of time

00:32:58.399 --> 00:32:59.379
 are

00:32:59.379 --> 00:33:00.359
 endless

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:01.959
 it doesn't

00:33:01.959 --> 00:33:02.199
 feel

00:33:02.199 --> 00:33:02.559
 that way

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:02.839
 but it

00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:03.419
 is true

00:33:03.419 --> 00:33:04.000
 and you

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:04.559
 can use

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:04.899
 some of

00:33:04.899 --> 00:33:05.259
 your time

00:33:05.259 --> 00:33:05.879
 to listen

00:33:05.879 --> 00:33:06.319
 to

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:07.240
 to love

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:08.039
 to point

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:08.419
 others

00:33:08.419 --> 00:33:08.819
 to this

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.439
 glorious

00:33:09.439 --> 00:33:10.319
 divine

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:11.179
 eternal

00:33:11.179 --> 00:33:12.000
 Jesus

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.759
 see if

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:13.199
 you know

00:33:13.199 --> 00:33:13.619
 Jesus

00:33:13.619 --> 00:33:14.000
 then you

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.639
 find yourself

00:33:14.639 --> 00:33:15.059
 as a part

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.299
 of his

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:15.539
 church

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:15.859
 whether you

00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:16.179
 like it

00:33:16.179 --> 00:33:16.519
 or not

00:33:16.519 --> 00:33:18.179
 and so

00:33:18.179 --> 00:33:18.679
 you're going

00:33:18.679 --> 00:33:19.219
 to find

00:33:19.219 --> 00:33:19.959
 yourself

00:33:19.959 --> 00:33:20.759
 surrounded

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.439
 at times

00:33:21.439 --> 00:33:22.179
 by people

00:33:22.179 --> 00:33:22.899
 who know

00:33:22.899 --> 00:33:23.259
 Jesus

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:23.919
 only by

00:33:23.919 --> 00:33:24.740
 association

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:26.460
 they see

00:33:26.460 --> 00:33:26.960
 themselves

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.819
 as Christians

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:29.079
 by association

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:29.980
 and they're

00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.400
 going to keep

00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:30.900
 showing up

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.480
 in your life

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:32.480
 all the time

00:33:32.480 --> 00:33:33.339
 and you can

00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:34.079
 point them

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:34.759
 to the one

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.660
 who truly

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:36.799
 sets us

00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.160
 free

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:37.940
 and gives

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:38.519
 us life

00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:39.019
 can't you

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:40.539
 what a joy

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:43.319
 friends

00:33:43.319 --> 00:33:43.799
 some of you

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.359
 here today

00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:45.519
 need

00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:46.599
 to be set

00:33:46.599 --> 00:33:47.000
 free

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:47.940
 by this

00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:48.640
 supernatural

00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:49.900
 Jesus

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:52.200
 there's a

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:52.960
 life or death

00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:53.599
 distinction

00:33:53.599 --> 00:33:55.859
 between

00:33:55.859 --> 00:33:56.319
 being

00:33:56.319 --> 00:33:56.939
 assuming

00:33:56.939 --> 00:33:58.219
 that you're

00:33:58.219 --> 00:33:58.699
 in God's

00:33:58.699 --> 00:33:59.119
 family

00:33:59.119 --> 00:34:00.439
 by association

00:34:00.439 --> 00:34:02.000
 and being

00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:03.099
 in God's

00:34:03.099 --> 00:34:03.559
 family

00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:04.899
 by adoption

00:34:04.899 --> 00:34:06.059
 a distinction

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:07.259
 so significant

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:08.659
 that the only

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.420
 one who ever

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:10.039
 earned

00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.860
 life

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:12.139
 tasted

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:12.960
 death

00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.679
 himself

00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:14.739
 so that he

00:34:14.739 --> 00:34:15.739
 could give

00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:16.440
 us

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:17.319
 life

00:34:17.319 --> 00:34:18.759
 those of us

00:34:18.759 --> 00:34:19.619
 facing

00:34:19.619 --> 00:34:20.259
 death

00:34:20.259 --> 00:34:20.980
 fearing

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.539
 death

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:22.539
 could actually

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:23.319
 live

00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:24.140
 forever

00:34:24.140 --> 00:34:24.960
 he has

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:25.580
 already

00:34:25.580 --> 00:34:26.260
 been

00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:27.019
 killed

00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.800
 lifted

00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:28.260
 up

00:34:28.260 --> 00:34:29.320
 to die

00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:30.460
 he's

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:31.080
 already

00:34:31.080 --> 00:34:31.600
 been

00:34:31.600 --> 00:34:32.559
 crowned

00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:33.160
 risen

00:34:33.160 --> 00:34:34.200
 to the

00:34:34.200 --> 00:34:34.620
 highest

00:34:34.620 --> 00:34:35.500
 place

00:34:35.500 --> 00:34:38.160
 won't you

00:34:38.160 --> 00:34:38.519
 bow

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:41.400
 and be

00:34:41.400 --> 00:34:41.820
 free

00:34:41.820 --> 00:34:44.480
 and live

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:46.039
 let's pray

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.519
 amen

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:50.800
 to the

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:51.360
 Lord

00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:51.420
 oh Jesus

00:34:51.420 --> 00:34:54.159
 help us

00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:54.619
 hear your

00:34:54.619 --> 00:34:55.159
 voice

00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:56.279
 calling to

00:34:56.279 --> 00:34:56.679
 us

00:34:56.679 --> 00:34:58.340
 calling us

00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:58.820
 out of

00:34:58.820 --> 00:34:59.300
 darkness

00:34:59.300 --> 00:35:01.139
 into your

00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:01.619
 marvelous

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:02.300
 light

00:35:02.300 --> 00:35:03.659
 setting us

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.099
 free

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:06.019
 from the

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.420
 bondage

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:06.980
 of sin

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:08.380
 and fear

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:09.059
 of death

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:11.460
 oh we need

00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:11.719
 you

00:35:11.719 --> 00:35:13.579
 we love

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:13.959
 you

00:35:13.959 --> 00:35:15.399
 work that

00:35:15.399 --> 00:35:15.859
 love in our

00:35:15.859 --> 00:35:16.619
 hearts afresh

00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:17.299
 we ask in

00:35:17.299 --> 00:35:17.719
 your name

00:35:17.719 --> 00:35:18.639
 amen

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:20.439
 for more

00:35:20.439 --> 00:35:20.959
 information

00:35:20.959 --> 00:35:21.799
 visit us

00:35:21.799 --> 00:35:22.519
 online at

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:23.299
 southwood.org

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:24.300
енные

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:28.900
 güncü

00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:33.300
約

00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:33.539
 allowed

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:34.220
 to

00:35:34.220 --> 00:35:36.300
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00:35:36.300 --> 00:35:36.340
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