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 Why don't we pray together, and then we'll get started.

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 Our Father in Heaven, we come to you, Lord, on the basis of Christ and His wonderful love for us.

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! Lord, we love you because you first loved us.

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 We pray, Lord, that in this time together we would glory in that great love.

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 With the great love, Christ made us alive.

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 We pray we would look into that great love and be encouraged that your love for us is unique and you know us intimately.

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 Father, we pray that you would be glorified in this time together.

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 In Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Well, we've been thinking and discussing in this class about the glorious topic of the doctrines of grace.

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 John has been our guide, and I'll be taking the next two weeks, and then John will conclude our journey three weeks from now, Lord willing.

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 And we have focused on the streams of mercy, the doctrines of grace.

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 But this morning we'll turn our attention to the very fountain of this grace.

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 We turn our attention to the atonement.

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 And the atonement has its origins not only in God's justice, but in the sovereign love of God.

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 A great love, Paul says in Ephesians 2, verse 4.

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 The source and proof of God's unwavering love toward you, brother and sister.

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 And my prayer in this class will just glory in His love together.

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 And so to get at the heart of the atonement, you can ask yourself this question.

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 Why was Jesus of Nazareth executed on a shameful Roman cross?

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 To ask that question is to begin to gaze at the atonement, to gaze at the heart of Christianity.

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 Paul would say this question is of first importance, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures.

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 Why does Christ die for our sins?

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 In earlier weeks, we saw our calamitous condition.

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 Remember, we stand guilty before a good God, as those represented in Adam.

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 God is good, unimaginably so.

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 His holiness is good and pure.

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 His justice unflinchingly righteous.

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 God must punish sin.

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 And so the question the scripture asks isn't, how could a good God send us to hell?

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 The question is, how can He not, if He is good?

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 And because all that is true, we are in danger.

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 John 3, 36, the wrath of God remains on all who are outside of Christ.

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 Enter the atonement.

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 Christ died for our sins.

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 If you ask Paul what that meant, he would point you and I to the mercy seat.

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 The place in the temple, remember, where God ordained sacrifices that would graphically portray the truth of Hebrews 9, verse 22.

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 Without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sins.

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 Once a year on the Day of Atonement, the entire floor of the temple would be covered in blood.

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 And at the center of the scene stood the high priest.

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 Does anyone know what role the high priest played in the Day of Atonement?

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 Ivor?

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 He used to go into the inner court and the homily of bullies.

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 And he would sacrifice a goat.

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 Put the blood of the sacrifice on the goat and release the goat.

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 Yeah, so he would offer the sacrifice.

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 On behalf of the people.

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 On behalf of the people.

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 Right.

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 Yes.

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 So he was a representative of Israel.

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 And that's an important detail that we'll return to at the end of our class.

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 Once a year, the sacrifice was presented at the mercy seat, as Ivor said, as a substitute by the high priest.

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 And God's wrath would be assuaged for his people.

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 What the Bible calls propitiation.

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 When you hear propitiation, think wrath remover or wrath absorber.

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 Year after year, God's people were reminded.

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 The appointed sacrifice would be the wrath remover, a mediator between a sinful humanity and a holy God.

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 In the fullness of time, God provided the once for all sacrifice.

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 Jesus, the wrath remover, the propitiator, the substitute, the God man, the lamb slain for sinners.

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 Hell was put into his cup and he drank it dry.

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 Every last drop.

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 He drank the cup the father gave him to drink.

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 And Jesus, as Peter writes, he himself bore our sins in his body on the tree.

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 So this is the atonement.

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 The work of God to deal with our sin, to purchase and procure the blessings for God's people.

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 And every Christian will give a hearty amen to this.

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 The issue we discussed this morning, however, is narrower.

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 Christians all agree on the necessity of the atonement.

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 Today we'll discuss its design.

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 Whom exactly did Christ intend to purchase with his blood?

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 Did he intend to purchase everyone or a specific people?

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 Was it the eternal design of God that the cross should redeem every human being?

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 Or was it his design to redeem God's chosen ones?

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 A multitude so vast that no one can possibly count them all.

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 Revelation 7.

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 The first view is called universal or general atonement.

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 That God intended to save all without exception.

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 So when Christ died on the cross, he died for every man, every woman, every child.

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 Past, present, future.

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 You can go to anyone on planet earth and say,

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 Christ bore the wrath that your sins deserve on the cross.

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 The second view is called definite atonement or particular redemption.

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 Christ, by his blood, purchased an eternal redemption for those whom his father chose to save,

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 and only those his father chose to save.

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 He died for a specific people.

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 And as you can see, I will suggest definite atonement is definitely the view that you ought to take.

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 But before we begin, let's remember that there are precious gospel companions that differ on this question.

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 And these companions are indwelt by the Holy Spirit, genuinely seeking these things out in the scripture.

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 And so no matter where we land, we land charitably.

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 Amen.

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 Christ has died for those of us who disagree with you on this question.

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 We can all agree on that.

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 Christ has died for our brothers and sisters who might disagree with us.

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 And I actually love George Whitefield and John Wesley's friendship.

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 These are two brothers who disagreed on these kinds of issues.

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 Whitefield once wrote to his friend Wesley.

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 He says this,

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 Amen to that.

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 One day we'll have perfect unity on this question.

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 Now, I trust that your heart is open and my heart is open to those who disagree.

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 But we will argue in this class that definite atonement is the scriptural approach.

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 And, you know, normally when people are talking about this question, you know, we resort to straw manning.

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 You know, we go for shock value rather than representing each other accurately.

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 You know, check out the world's biggest lie.

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 You know, gets clicks on the internet.

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 And who doesn't love the clicks?

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 Because of that, I'm sure we've all walked around with certain caricatures in our minds about the other side.

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 So hopefully this class will display some of that.

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 So we're going to ask three questions together.

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 Question number one, why might faithful Christians deny definite atonement?

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 Question number two, we'll do a brief cross-examination.

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 And then question number three, we'll consider Christ's special love secures the salvation of his people.

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 Why it's gloriously true.

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 Let's start with question number one.

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 So why might Christians deny definite atonement?

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 Let's look at the arguments for what we call universal or unlimited atonement.

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 That Christ died for all without exception.

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 Let me give you five reasons.

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 What is that?

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 It would be the universalists.

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 Some, not all.

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 I mean, we'll talk about that.

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 Yeah.

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 Not all who are, if you believe this truth, doesn't necessarily mean you're a universalist.

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 But let me give you five scriptural reasons why people would deny definite atonement.

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 And at first glance, this view seems fairly obvious.

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 And any contrary view, implausible.

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 First, doesn't scripture very straightforwardly teach that God loves the world and that Christ died for the world.

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 John the Baptist, heralding Jesus' arrival, says,

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 Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

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 Or take John 3.16, maybe the best known verse in the Bible.

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 For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son.

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 Isn't there a certain universality to these statements about God's love?

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 God loves the world.

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 Whosoever believes will not perish but have eternal life.

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 You know, the arguments that the word world mean only God's chosen ones seem pretty unconvincing.

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 And doesn't God love everyone in the entire world?

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 Roger Olson, a strong proponent of unlimited atonement, says to take any other view means you cannot avoid limiting the love of God.

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 Who wants to do that?

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 We certainly don't want to limit God's love.

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 Who wants to portray God as cold and narrow when his beating heart is one of mercy and love?

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 And normally when people talk about this, definite atonement sounds like a scarcity issue.

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 You go to the restaurant, you try to get a table, and the hostess says,

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 Well, let me see if your name is on the list.

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 Oh, nope, you can't come in.

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 God says, I know you want it, but there's not enough for you here.

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 That's certainly not right.

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 God overflows with grace for sinners that come to him.

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 Second, the argument goes we should never separate God's desires, his aspirations, with his actions.

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 1 Timothy 2.4, Paul writes,

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 God desires, quote, all people to be saved.

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 His aspiration, then, must not be separated from his action.

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 If he desires all, then we shouldn't limit his actions when he sends his son to die.

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 Third, doesn't there seem to be a difficulty in the free offer of the gospel if Christ did not die for everyone?

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 I mean, what good is an atonement that you can't be sure applies to you?

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 Is that sincere?

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 The thought is we should be able to say to everyone on planet Earth, Christ died for you.

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 Therefore, the atonement must be unlimited.

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 Fourth, Peter speaks of some who are even denying the master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

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 And Jude has a similar statement in that book.

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 This very much sounds like a universal intention that when Christ, when Jesus died,

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 he died to buy, to redeem every single person, sadly, even some who will be lost in the end.

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 And finally, and fifth, aren't there passages that plainly say Christ died for all people?

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 Take 1 John 2, verse 2.

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 He is of appreciation for our sins, the wrath remover, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

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 Paul writes to Timothy,

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 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

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 who gave himself as a ransom for all.

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 Isn't that all we need?

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 I mean, this is the plain meaning of the passage, people claim.

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 One memorable slogan is,

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 All means all, and that's all it means.

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 So, the argument goes,

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 He must have died for all, without exception, for everyone who ever lived.

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 Now again, this seems fairly straightforward.

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 And anything opposing seems fairly implausible.

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 And friend, if these were the only scripture passages, I would agree with you.

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 Right?

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 The evidence has been presented, let's just cast the verdict.

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 But friend, let's pump the brakes.

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 One of my favorite genres of movies and books is a British murder mystery.

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 And I love it when everyone's ready to cast the verdict.

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 Right?

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 If Sherlock Holmes comes in and begins to notice clues that maybe were missed, that weren't noticed.

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 Maybe there's a dust print of a cup that's missing on the bedside table.

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 And when you're expecting noise, no one heard the dog bark at night.

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 All right, that was Agatha Christie, but you get my point.

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 So, if you're here and you are adamantly for that first view,

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 my goal isn't really to persuade you this morning,

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 but rather it's to maybe have you second guess the certainty of your position.

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 Proverbs 18, verse 17 says,

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 One who states his case first seems right until the other comes and cross-examines it.

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 So, question number two, let's do a brief cross-examination

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 of this first view of universal atonement.

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 Friend, is it possible that we are mistaken about the meaning of these passages?

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 Could it be that universal language doesn't mean a universal atonement?

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 For example, in 1 John 2, verse 2,

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 when it says he died for the entire world,

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 could it be that we interpret the entire world

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 as that he did not die for all without exception,

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 but all without distinction?

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 An ethnic universalism.

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 In John's immediate context,

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 could it mean that Jesus died for the world,

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 for Jews and Gentiles,

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 and Germans and Jamaicans

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 and Nigerians, Eskimos?

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 Not just for Gnostics in John's day,

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 but for all the nations?

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 He died for all kinds of people.

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 We might think this is the plain meaning of the passage,

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 but to say all without exception,

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 but that's not the way Augustine understood that verse.

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 And many Christians,

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 after Augustine,

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 in the medieval time,

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 to the Reformation,

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 to the modern day,

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 have understood that verse not to mean all without exception,

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 but all without distinction,

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 as referring to the church across all nations.

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 God's people scattered across every region.

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 You'll find a parallel verse in John 11,

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 verse 51 to 52,

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 same pattern of wording from the same author.

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 Caiaphas, speaking, says this,

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 he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,

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 and not for the nation only,

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 but also to gather into one the children of God

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 who are scattered abroad.

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 Maybe.

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 And we could easily spend the next hour

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 talking about the all passages.

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 And these are highly complex passages.

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 And, you know,

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 it tends to be a merry-go-round,

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 you know,

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 where each side is unpersuaded.

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 We go back and forth.

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 So we're going to move off of the all passages,

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 and let's continue our cross-examination.

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 And we're going to bring in two interlocutors,

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 conversation partners,

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 John Owen and Spurgeon.

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 Owen raises the issue.

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 If the atonement is universal,

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 and Jesus paid for everyone's sins,

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 I mean, Jesus says it is finished, right?

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 The work is complete.

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 That debt is paid in full.

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 Nothing more needs to be added.

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 If that is so,

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 wouldn't that bring salvation and forgiveness to everyone?

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 Owen writes,

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 If Jesus died for all men,

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 quote,

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 why then are not all freed from punishment of all their sins?

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 You will say,

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 because of their unbelief.

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 They will not believe.

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 But this unbelief,

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 is it sin or not?

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 If it be sin,

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 then Christ underwent the punishment due to it.

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 If this is so,

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 then why must unbelief

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 hinder them more than their other sins for which he died?

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 If he did not die for their unbelief,

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 then he did not die for all their sins.

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 So Owen is asking,

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 did Jesus die for only some of the sins of all people?

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 Well, no, surely not.

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 Well, I think the reply is this.

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 Yes, it's universal in extent,

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 but its application is limited.

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 You see,

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 Jesus has done his part.

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 Now you must do yours.

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 God intended to save all, yes,

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 but it was not efficient to save all.

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 The atonement is limited by individual choice to believe.

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 So Jesus died for all.

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 He opened the door,

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 but there's nothing that guarantees the salvation of anyone.

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 Enter Spurgeon,

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 the second interlocutor.

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 He writes,

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 they will say Christ died for all men.

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 Ask them what they mean by it.

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 Did Christ die so as to secure the salvation of all men?

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 They say,

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 no, no, no, certainly not.

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 We ask them the next question.

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 Did Christ die so as to secure the salvation of any man in particular?

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 They answer, no.

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 They're obliged to admit this if they are consistent.

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 No, they say,

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 no, Christ has died

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 that any man may be saved if,

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 and then they follow certain conditions of salvation.

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 We say then,

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 we will go back to the old statement,

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 Christ did not die

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 so as to,

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 beyond a doubt,

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 secure the salvation of anybody,

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 did he?

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 And he asks at the end,

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 now who is it that limits the death of Christ?

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 So you see what he's saying.

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 He's pointing that Jesus did not die to save actually,

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 but only to make you savable.

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 The ultimate distinguishing factor

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 is your spiritual impulse,

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 the impulse of the depraved sinner,

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 to be spiritually discerning

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 and to choose Christ.

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 Well done to you.

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 So I very intentionally avoided using the term

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 limited atonement

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 because it's a little misleading.

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 It's not that one view wants to limit the atonement

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 and the other doesn't.

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 No, in fact,

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 unless you're a universalist,

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 which is plainly unscriptural,

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 everyone believes in some kind of limitation.

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 To quote John Murray,

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 an old professor,

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 he says,

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 these limitations will either be related to God's power

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 or God's purpose.

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 Consider,

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 God declares he is all-powerful,

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 omnipotent.

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 God says,

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 I declare the end from the beginning

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 and from ancient times,

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 things not yet done,

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 saying,

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 my counsel shall stand

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 and I will accomplish all my purpose.

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 Isaiah 46,

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 verse 10.

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 But maybe God's power is limited.

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 I desire all to be saved.

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 And God says,

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 you know,

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 I tried my best.

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 My plans to save were frustrated.

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 I saved as many as I possibly could.

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 You know,

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 maybe God is like a Wizard of Oz.

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 You know,

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 you pull back the curtain

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 and he's really not as powerful as he claims to be.

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 You know,

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 hiding behind a curtain

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 using a booming voice to project power.

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 But the true power

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 comes from within Dorothy.

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 to tap her red slippers of faith three times.

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 Is that how the God of the Bible

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 is to be understood?

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 No, no,

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 a thousand times no.

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 No.

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 God's plans are never frustrated.

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 He accomplishes all his purpose.

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 The power lies in God's hands alone.

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 The Father's plan to save will never be defeated.

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 God has the divine prerogative in his own hands

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 to have mercy on whom he will have mercy,

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 as we've heard in previous weeks.

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 J.R. Packer,

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 in his short intro on John Owen's work on this subject,

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 which is a great essay,

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 you should read it.

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 He writes this,

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 One makes salvation depend on the work of God,

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 the other on a work of man.

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 One regards faith as part of God's gift of salvation,

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 the other as man's own contribution to salvation.

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 One gives all the glory of saving believers to God.

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 The other divides the praise between God,

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 who, so to speak,

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 built the machinery of salvation,

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 and man who, by believing it,

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 operated it.

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 Let's move to our third point.

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 Let's get into the scripture.

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 Christ's special love secures the salvation of his people.

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 Now, definite atonement doesn't deny

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 God's universal loving stance

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 and his yearning heart for the entire world.

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 It recognizes that God provides a savior

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 that is sufficient to save all.

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 He sends out his ambassadors to persuade,

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 to pray, and even to plead

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 that every human being come to accept

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 this all-sufficient savior.

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 We can say,

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 he will save everyone who comes to Christ by faith.

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 Everyone.

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 Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord

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 will be saved.

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 You know, for work,

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 I negotiate contracts as an attorney.

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 And toward the end of the day,

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 it feels like when I'm reading a document,

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 I have to get the magnifying glass out

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 because you always have to read the fine print.

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 You know, you'll find language like this.

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 You know, notwithstanding the foregoing,

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 the following exceptions apply.

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 There is no exception clause here.

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 There is no fine print.

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 Everyone, without exception,

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 who calls on Christ will be saved.

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 There's enough for everyone in the entire world.

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 And if human beings live on other planets,

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 it's enough for them too.

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 But definite atonement believes more than that.

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 It believes that Christ did not die

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 for a nameless blob of people.

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 And definite atonement recognizes

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 that this lover had a distinguishing love,

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 a special love toward a certain people.

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 God shows you and set his love on you.

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 And God's love for you,

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 brother and sister, is unique.

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 He has a care, a love,

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 a particular knowledge from eternity past.

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 And the success of this divine effort

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 was never in doubt.

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 There's a t-shirt that says,

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 Jesus loves you.

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 But then again,

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 Jesus loves everybody.

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 Maybe that's how we think about God's love for us.

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 You know, God loves me.

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 But then again, that's kind of his job, right?

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 God loves the world.

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 I'm part of the world,

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 so I guess God loves me too.

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 Doesn't he love everyone?

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 Nothing special about that.

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 Oh, friend, but this is like a husband

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 who seeks his beloved bride

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 who wandered away,

00:23:33.079 --> 00:23:34.299
 finds her deep in sin,

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 a prisoner of this world.

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 And it's not only that he secured

00:23:37.620 --> 00:23:40.200
 the opportunity for her release from prison,

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 but because of God's amazing love for her,

00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:45.940
 he reaches into the prison cell

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 and by grace grabs her out

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 into his everlasting arms.

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 And he will never let her go.

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 That love actually exists.

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 And that's why this is a beautiful doctrine.

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 It is a large jewel

00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:02.620
 in the crown of doctrines of grace.

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 That this love,

00:24:04.860 --> 00:24:05.980
 specific love,

00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:07.039
 had no beginning

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 and will have no end.

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 Paul can write,

00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:11.640
 before the stars were ever created,

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 before the planets were orbiting the sun,

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 God delighted and loved you.

00:24:19.079 --> 00:24:19.720
 Ephesians 1,

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:21.039
 when he chose us in him

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 before the foundation of the world,

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 that we should be holy

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 and blameless before him.

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 In love,

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:28.200
 he predestined us for adoptions as sons.

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 You see,

00:24:29.460 --> 00:24:30.400
 in eternity past,

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:32.680
 his heart was wedded

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:34.360
 to his bride in devotion.

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 And God distinguished her

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 and set her apart.

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 And for her sake,

00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:41.000
 secures her salvation.

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 So your very name

00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:46.099
 was written on his heart

00:24:46.099 --> 00:24:47.900
 as he goes to the cross.

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 The names of countless millions,

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 a countless multitude

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 from every tribe,

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 tongue,

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 and nation.

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 scripturally,

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.619
 where do we see this?

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 Let me give you four reasons.

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 Four reasons.

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 Number one,

00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:04.539
 Christ's love

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:05.980
 for a specific people.

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 In fact,

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 the scripture repeatedly

00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:09.379
 hits this note.

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 It emphasizes

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 that the atonement

00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:12.500
 had an aim.

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 There was a special design.

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 There was a relationship

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 between the mission of Christ

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 and that it was oriented

00:25:20.639 --> 00:25:21.680
 toward a certain people.

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 And while God has a general love

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 for all people,

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 and the gospel call

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 is freely preached

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 and offered to all,

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 he has a special,

00:25:29.899 --> 00:25:30.579
 saving,

00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:32.299
 covenantal love

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 for his own bride.

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 Consider some verses with me.

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 Matthew 1,

00:25:37.980 --> 00:25:38.319
 21,

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 Jesus will save

00:25:39.639 --> 00:25:41.039
 his people

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:42.179
 from their sins.

00:25:43.179 --> 00:25:43.960
 John 15,

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:44.539
 verse 13,

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:45.980
 greater love

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 know no man than this.

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.539
 Christ laid down

00:25:48.539 --> 00:25:49.159
 his life

00:25:49.159 --> 00:25:50.599
 for his friends.

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:53.199
 The Son of Man

00:25:53.199 --> 00:25:53.839
 came to give

00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:54.379
 his life

00:25:54.379 --> 00:25:54.959
 as a ransom

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 for many.

00:25:56.179 --> 00:25:56.619
 Mark 10,

00:25:56.679 --> 00:25:57.319
 verse 45.

00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.639
 We can reach

00:25:58.639 --> 00:25:59.359
 further back.

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 Isaiah writes

00:26:00.699 --> 00:26:01.139
 to the Messiah

00:26:01.139 --> 00:26:02.119
 in chapter 53,

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 yet he bore

00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:04.220
 the sin of many

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:05.879
 and makes intercession

00:26:05.879 --> 00:26:07.799
 for the transgressors.

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:09.919
 John 10,

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 the shepherd

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:12.539
 lays down

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.399
 his life

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 in the place

00:26:14.439 --> 00:26:15.059
 of his sheep.

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.759
 John 10,

00:26:16.819 --> 00:26:17.220
 verse 11,

00:26:17.459 --> 00:26:18.279
 I am the good shepherd.

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 The good shepherd

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:20.279
 lays down his life

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:20.779
 for the sheep.

00:26:20.879 --> 00:26:21.379
 Verse 15,

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 just as the Father

00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:23.180
 knows me

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 and I know the Father

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 and I lay down

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 my life for the sheep.

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 The shepherd dies

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.640
 so his sheep

00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:29.120
 can live.

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 He loves them.

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 He cares for them

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.200
 uniquely.

00:26:33.120 --> 00:26:33.660
 In that chapter,

00:26:33.760 --> 00:26:34.140
 Jesus says,

00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:35.720
 my sheep hear my voice

00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:36.400
 and I know them

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:37.140
 and they follow me.

00:26:38.300 --> 00:26:39.600
 He knows them.

00:26:39.800 --> 00:26:40.220
 That's like

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:41.900
 a covenantal language.

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 It's rich

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:43.580
 with intimacy.

00:26:44.280 --> 00:26:45.180
 The way a husband

00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:46.780
 knows his bride.

00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:48.420
 The apple of his eye,

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:50.180
 faithful to her forever.

00:26:51.100 --> 00:26:51.820
 Hosea 13

00:26:51.820 --> 00:26:53.180
 is a great example

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:53.940
 of this knowledge,

00:26:54.060 --> 00:26:54.580
 this intimacy.

00:26:54.860 --> 00:26:55.440
 Verse 5,

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.500
 but I am the Lord

00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.039
 your God

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.960
 from the land of Egypt.

00:26:58.340 --> 00:26:59.220
 You know no God

00:26:59.220 --> 00:26:59.539
 but me

00:26:59.539 --> 00:27:00.200
 and besides me

00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:01.120
 there is no Savior.

00:27:01.560 --> 00:27:02.180
 It was I

00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:03.580
 who knew you

00:27:03.580 --> 00:27:04.180
 in the wilderness,

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:05.700
 in the land of drought.

00:27:06.120 --> 00:27:07.120
 God knows his people

00:27:07.120 --> 00:27:07.820
 in an intimate,

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:08.620
 loving way.

00:27:09.560 --> 00:27:10.160
 Galatians 4,

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:11.180
 9 speaks of salvation

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:11.759
 in this way.

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.560
 But know that you

00:27:12.560 --> 00:27:13.380
 have come to know God

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:14.600
 or rather to be known

00:27:14.600 --> 00:27:15.380
 by God.

00:27:15.380 --> 00:27:19.960
 Don't rob yourself

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.540
 of this love,

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.420
 beloved.

00:27:22.920 --> 00:27:23.920
 You are an object

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:25.520
 of distinguishing love,

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:27.000
 a unique love.

00:27:27.580 --> 00:27:28.280
 You love him

00:27:28.280 --> 00:27:29.880
 because he first loved you.

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.800
 The Jews in John 10

00:27:31.800 --> 00:27:32.660
 didn't believe Jesus.

00:27:33.560 --> 00:27:34.360
 Speak plainly,

00:27:34.400 --> 00:27:34.880
 they say.

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:36.460
 Tell us if you are the Christ.

00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:38.720
 Jesus' track record

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.360
 up to this point

00:27:39.360 --> 00:27:40.060
 about his identity,

00:27:40.600 --> 00:27:40.940
 let's just say

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.600
 it's been pretty solid.

00:27:42.840 --> 00:27:44.200
 But why do they not believe?

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:46.059
 Verse 25,

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:46.799
 Jesus answered them,

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.900
 I told you

00:27:47.900 --> 00:27:49.039
 and you do not believe

00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:50.400
 the work that I do

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:51.160
 in my Father's name

00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:52.240
 bear witness about me.

00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:54.200
 But you do not believe

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:54.840
 because

00:27:54.840 --> 00:27:57.840
 you are not among my sheep.

00:27:59.380 --> 00:28:00.640
 And the logic is striking.

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.460
 Did you hear that?

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:03.779
 It's not that you don't believe

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:05.400
 therefore you're not my sheep.

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.200
 It's the opposite.

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:08.680
 Because you are not my sheep

00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:10.559
 therefore you do not believe.

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:13.500
 My sheep hear my voice.

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:14.500
 I know them

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:15.660
 and they follow me.

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:19.480
 I was at the trampoline park

00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:20.339
 with my kids this week.

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.799
 For those of you

00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:23.279
 who haven't been to a place like that,

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.480
 it's chaotic.

00:28:25.160 --> 00:28:26.960
 There's a cacophony of noises.

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.839
 It's loud.

00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.539
 It's crowded.

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:31.039
 Kids are yelling and screaming.

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:32.200
 They're running into each other.

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:34.380
 The music is blasting in your ears.

00:28:35.460 --> 00:28:36.279
 When I was there,

00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:38.039
 I faintly heard a child cry.

00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:40.220
 And I immediately knew

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:41.220
 that's my child.

00:28:41.220 --> 00:28:42.980
 I know my child.

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:45.660
 I know them in a personal way.

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:47.519
 It's the same way

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.059
 for you,

00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:49.000
 brother and sister.

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:51.240
 Jesus knows his sheep.

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.940
 And he has other sheep

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.539
 of this fold.

00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:55.000
 All the Father

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:56.079
 has given him

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:57.180
 will come to him.

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.720
 Parents,

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.279
 this is the difference

00:28:59.279 --> 00:28:59.900
 between the love

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:01.539
 you have

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:02.380
 for all the kids

00:29:02.380 --> 00:29:02.880
 in the nursery.

00:29:03.480 --> 00:29:04.200
 You love them.

00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:05.779
 You do good to them.

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:06.960
 You care for them.

00:29:07.860 --> 00:29:08.420
 But there's a difference

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:09.160
 between that

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:10.039
 and the love you have

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.880
 for your own child.

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:13.340
 You hear the cacophony

00:29:13.340 --> 00:29:13.880
 of crying

00:29:13.880 --> 00:29:15.220
 and then you recognize

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:16.819
 their voice in the crowd.

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:18.180
 Husbands,

00:29:18.420 --> 00:29:18.700
 wives,

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.019
 again,

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.600
 this is the difference

00:29:20.600 --> 00:29:21.319
 between your love

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:21.880
 for others.

00:29:22.860 --> 00:29:24.460
 You sincerely love them.

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.200
 You do good to them.

00:29:25.539 --> 00:29:26.500
 But you love

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.460
 your spouse

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:27.940
 differently,

00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:28.380
 don't you?

00:29:28.860 --> 00:29:29.200
 Husbands,

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:30.039
 you love your bride.

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.400
 She's distinguished.

00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:32.140
 She's set apart.

00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:33.580
 And that love

00:29:33.580 --> 00:29:34.120
 is higher,

00:29:34.320 --> 00:29:34.540
 deeper,

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.060
 wider

00:29:35.060 --> 00:29:36.780
 than your love

00:29:36.780 --> 00:29:37.240
 for others.

00:29:38.580 --> 00:29:39.580
 When Jesus' audience

00:29:39.580 --> 00:29:40.580
 heard him say,

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:42.000
 the good shepherd

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:43.360
 lays down his life

00:29:43.360 --> 00:29:44.220
 for the sheep,

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:46.020
 no one in the audience

00:29:46.020 --> 00:29:46.520
 is asking,

00:29:46.780 --> 00:29:47.100
 you know,

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:47.360
 I wonder,

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:47.960
 does he mean

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:49.060
 only his sheep

00:29:49.060 --> 00:29:50.680
 or all sheep?

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:53.440
 It only makes sense

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:55.100
 for him to speak

00:29:55.100 --> 00:29:56.340
 of specific sheep.

00:29:56.339 --> 00:30:00.259
 Now,

00:30:00.919 --> 00:30:01.639
 it is true

00:30:01.639 --> 00:30:03.240
 that logically speaking,

00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:04.740
 his only dying

00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.220
 for the sheep

00:30:05.220 --> 00:30:06.299
 doesn't automatically

00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:07.000
 mean he didn't die

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.859
 for all the other sheep.

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:08.759
 So I want to be careful

00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.199
 not to make

00:30:09.199 --> 00:30:10.199
 sweeping conclusions.

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:13.119
 But I think

00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:13.659
 if you look at

00:30:13.659 --> 00:30:14.839
 the other scriptural witness,

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:16.099
 it's pretty clear

00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:17.019
 he's talking about

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:18.579
 his sheep only.

00:30:19.699 --> 00:30:21.019
 Doesn't he make that point

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.579
 in the parable

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:22.179
 of the lost sheep

00:30:22.179 --> 00:30:22.899
 of his intention?

00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:24.359
 The good shepherd

00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:25.619
 responds to one

00:30:25.619 --> 00:30:26.299
 missing sheep

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:28.240
 by leaving the 99,

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.639
 he goes out

00:30:29.639 --> 00:30:30.740
 until he finds

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:32.559
 the missing sheep.

00:30:33.159 --> 00:30:33.899
 And when he finds

00:30:33.899 --> 00:30:34.579
 this missing sheep,

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:35.899
 was it an invitation,

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.339
 you know,

00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:37.220
 a mere possibility?

00:30:37.639 --> 00:30:37.899
 Sheep,

00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:39.419
 I invite you

00:30:39.419 --> 00:30:40.019
 to travel back

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.659
 on your own legs.

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.139
 No,

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:42.819
 he doesn't do that.

00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:43.879
 He doesn't say,

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.720
 I've done my part,

00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:44.940
 sheep,

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:45.639
 now you do yours.

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:46.700
 No,

00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:47.379
 the shepherd finds

00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:47.740
 the sheep,

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:49.079
 he takes her,

00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:50.940
 lays her upon his shoulder,

00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:52.740
 and brings her home rejoicing.

00:30:53.419 --> 00:30:54.500
 Not one would be lost.

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:56.160
 Of course,

00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:56.900
 one more passage

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:57.740
 we must mention.

00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.799
 Ephesians 5,

00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:00.180
 25.

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:02.019
 Christ loved the church

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:03.559
 and gave himself up

00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:04.440
 for her.

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.779
 The special love

00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:08.119
 where a loving bridegroom

00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:09.160
 gives himself

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:10.559
 for his bride.

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.539
 So,

00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:12.980
 you see,

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:14.140
 while the scripture

00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:16.019
 speaks about Christ's death

00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:17.279
 for the entire world,

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:19.400
 it also speaks of Christ's death

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:20.359
 for a people.

00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:22.659
 And scripture

00:31:22.659 --> 00:31:24.179
 cannot contradict scripture.

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:25.619
 And when rightly understood,

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:27.159
 this opens a door

00:31:27.159 --> 00:31:28.339
 to an ocean of love

00:31:28.339 --> 00:31:29.099
 that you'll swim in

00:31:29.099 --> 00:31:30.079
 your whole life

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:30.779
 into eternity.

00:31:31.879 --> 00:31:32.039
 You know,

00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:33.359
 we might get a small taste now,

00:31:33.679 --> 00:31:34.779
 but you cannot exhaust

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.419
 the depth of it.

00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:36.479
 The greatness

00:31:36.479 --> 00:31:37.339
 and majesty

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:39.619
 of this great love.

00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:41.319
 As if you're a small guppy

00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:42.240
 swimming in an ocean

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:43.019
 of God's love,

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:44.019
 you're never going to get

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:44.819
 to the bottom of it.

00:31:45.219 --> 00:31:46.039
 There's always

00:31:46.039 --> 00:31:47.259
 more to discover.

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:49.279
 Christ has a love

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:50.839
 for you uniquely.

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:52.839
 Second reason.

00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:55.579
 Salvation is secured.

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:57.640
 The scripture tells us

00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:58.200
 that salvation

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:59.900
 has been secured.

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.160
 Christ says,

00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:01.759
 Even so,

00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:02.559
 it is not the will

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:03.200
 of my Father

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:03.859
 who is in heaven

00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:05.299
 that one of these

00:32:05.299 --> 00:32:06.400
 little ones should perish.

00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:08.400
 All that the Father

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:08.879
 gives me

00:32:08.879 --> 00:32:09.740
 will come to me.

00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:11.259
 And whoever comes to me

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:12.619
 I will never cast out.

00:32:13.000 --> 00:32:13.660
 John 6.

00:32:15.420 --> 00:32:16.599
 My sheep hear my voice.

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:17.759
 I give them eternal life

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.859
 and they will never perish.

00:32:19.439 --> 00:32:20.639
 And no one will snatch

00:32:20.639 --> 00:32:22.379
 you out of his hand.

00:32:23.199 --> 00:32:24.219
 No power of hell

00:32:24.219 --> 00:32:24.740
 can pluck you

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:25.240
 from his hand.

00:32:25.859 --> 00:32:26.799
 That is a promise.

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:28.579
 Christ will give an account

00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:29.399
 to his Father

00:32:29.399 --> 00:32:30.959
 for each one of his sheep

00:32:30.959 --> 00:32:31.359
 that the Father

00:32:31.359 --> 00:32:31.939
 had given him.

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:33.919
 Not one of them

00:32:33.919 --> 00:32:35.039
 would be lost.

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.359
 None of the language

00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:38.079
 in the New Testament

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:39.439
 refers to something potential.

00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:39.859
 You know,

00:32:39.859 --> 00:32:40.699
 a mere possibility.

00:32:42.139 --> 00:32:43.339
 I think you and I

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:44.539
 should have that same conviction

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:45.439
 in our ministries.

00:32:45.440 --> 00:32:47.420
 whether it be at home

00:32:47.420 --> 00:32:47.980
 or at work

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.700
 or in the church.

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:49.600
 You know,

00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:50.940
 our confidence

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:52.120
 is not in good marketing.

00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:52.960
 You know,

00:32:53.100 --> 00:32:55.160
 maximizing the psychological pressure

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:56.120
 to get people

00:32:56.120 --> 00:32:56.860
 to make a decision

00:32:56.860 --> 00:32:57.460
 for Christ.

00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.080
 You know,

00:32:59.600 --> 00:33:00.180
 the music,

00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:01.240
 the lights,

00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:03.180
 try to get people

00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:05.640
 to make a decision,

00:33:05.799 --> 00:33:06.440
 walk the aisle,

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.440
 embrace pragmatism.

00:33:08.440 --> 00:33:10.019
 We judge our ministry method

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:11.320
 by the whether it produces

00:33:11.320 --> 00:33:12.380
 immediate decisions.

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:14.519
 Show me the cash value

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:15.059
 of decisions.

00:33:16.139 --> 00:33:16.400
 No,

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:16.920
 none of that.

00:33:17.059 --> 00:33:17.619
 Like Jesus,

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:18.319
 our confidence

00:33:18.319 --> 00:33:19.680
 is in the Father,

00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:21.539
 drawing his people.

00:33:22.859 --> 00:33:23.200
 And friend,

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:24.240
 that fuels missions.

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:26.019
 That's what empowered

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:27.259
 evangelism for

00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:28.359
 a young man

00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:29.680
 who's known as

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:31.099
 the father of modern missions,

00:33:31.639 --> 00:33:32.339
 William Carey.

00:33:33.019 --> 00:33:33.839
 It empowered

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:34.940
 John Patton

00:33:34.940 --> 00:33:36.440
 in the South Sea Islands,

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:38.279
 George Leal

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:38.859
 in Jamaica,

00:33:38.859 --> 00:33:41.939
 the first African-American

00:33:41.939 --> 00:33:43.139
 missionary from America,

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:44.159
 but maybe even the first

00:33:44.159 --> 00:33:45.759
 missionary at all

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:47.159
 going from America,

00:33:48.139 --> 00:33:48.699
 George Leal.

00:33:49.439 --> 00:33:49.679
 Now,

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:50.959
 Christ will have the prize

00:33:50.959 --> 00:33:52.079
 for which he died,

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:53.399
 an inheritance of people

00:33:53.399 --> 00:33:54.659
 out of every nation,

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.399
 tribe,

00:33:55.399 --> 00:33:56.179
 and nation,

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:57.240
 and tongue.

00:33:58.079 --> 00:33:59.039
 When Jesus makes you

00:33:59.039 --> 00:34:00.099
 a fisher of men and women,

00:34:00.679 --> 00:34:01.759
 he doesn't send you out

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.859
 with potentiality.

00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:04.819
 When we hold up

00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.899
 the gospel of grace,

00:34:06.439 --> 00:34:07.240
 there are fish

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:08.400
 who will bite

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:09.819
 the bait of the gospel.

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:11.839
 His death and resurrection

00:34:11.839 --> 00:34:12.900
 guarantee it.

00:34:13.739 --> 00:34:14.960
 Not a mere possibility.

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:16.299
 That was Paul's confidence.

00:34:16.839 --> 00:34:17.519
 God says,

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:18.480
 I have many people

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:19.420
 appointed in this city.

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:20.279
 Go on preaching.

00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:21.980
 Go on teaching.

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:24.000
 Every one of God's elect

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:25.359
 and every dunghill

00:34:25.359 --> 00:34:26.480
 will be found.

00:34:26.859 --> 00:34:27.739
 Not one

00:34:27.739 --> 00:34:28.779
 will be lost.

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.739
 And the apostles

00:34:30.739 --> 00:34:31.460
 learned from Jesus

00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:32.460
 how they were to understand

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:33.720
 salvation is death

00:34:33.720 --> 00:34:34.320
 on the cross.

00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:35.940
 The apostles used images

00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:37.800
 to convey the reality

00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:38.320
 to us.

00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:40.139
 Jesus as a sacrifice,

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:41.480
 a reconciliation,

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:43.519
 a military victory,

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:44.720
 and redemption.

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:46.500
 And each image

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:48.639
 conveys the reality

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.360
 that salvation

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:49.880
 is something

00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:50.720
 that was secured.

00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:51.760
 It accomplished

00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:52.440
 its ends.

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:54.260
 Listen to Colossians 1,

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:54.780
 verse 20.

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.800
 Speaking of Jesus,

00:34:56.960 --> 00:34:57.740
 Paul writes this,

00:34:58.220 --> 00:34:59.139
 For through him

00:34:59.139 --> 00:35:00.260
 to reconcile

00:35:00.260 --> 00:35:00.860
 to himself

00:35:00.860 --> 00:35:02.119
 all things

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:03.539
 whether on heaven

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:04.259
 or on earth,

00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:05.619
 making peace

00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:06.519
 by the blood

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:07.199
 of his cross.

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:11.159
 How can we say

00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:12.179
 that God and sinners

00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:13.199
 are reconciled

00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:15.839
 if these reconciled

00:35:15.839 --> 00:35:16.099
 sinners

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:17.199
 are then cast

00:35:17.199 --> 00:35:18.099
 into hell?

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:20.219
 Is that a true

00:35:20.219 --> 00:35:20.719
 reconciliation?

00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:20.859
 reconciliation?

00:35:23.359 --> 00:35:24.359
 What kind of redemption

00:35:24.359 --> 00:35:24.919
 would it be

00:35:24.919 --> 00:35:25.639
 if the hostages

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:26.519
 aren't set free?

00:35:27.359 --> 00:35:27.719
 In fact,

00:35:27.799 --> 00:35:28.480
 Revelation 5,

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:29.279
 verse 9,

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:30.639
 Jesus redeemed

00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:31.159
 or ransomed

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:32.559
 people for God

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.539
 from every tribe,

00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:33.919
 tongue,

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.379
 people,

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:34.959
 and nation.

00:35:36.459 --> 00:35:37.419
 Christ secures

00:35:37.419 --> 00:35:38.139
 their salvation.

00:35:39.139 --> 00:35:40.119
 Ambrose of Milan,

00:35:41.259 --> 00:35:42.379
 one great teacher

00:35:42.379 --> 00:35:42.919
 who produced

00:35:42.919 --> 00:35:43.619
 another great teacher

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:44.079
 in the church,

00:35:44.259 --> 00:35:44.699
 Augustine,

00:35:45.739 --> 00:35:47.019
 Ambrose wrote this,

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:48.239
 Can he damn

00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:48.800
 you

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:50.000
 whom he has

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:50.940
 redeemed from death?

00:35:51.739 --> 00:35:52.639
 For whom he

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:53.539
 offered himself?

00:35:54.179 --> 00:35:54.960
 Whose life

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.500
 he knows

00:35:55.500 --> 00:35:56.639
 is the reward

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:57.340
 of his own death?

00:35:59.300 --> 00:36:00.039
 The answer is,

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:00.199
 no,

00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:00.880
 of course not.

00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:02.340
 He has died

00:36:02.340 --> 00:36:02.739
 for you.

00:36:03.340 --> 00:36:04.039
 You are an object

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:05.360
 of special love,

00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:06.420
 a daughter,

00:36:06.780 --> 00:36:07.619
 a son of love,

00:36:07.659 --> 00:36:08.440
 a special love.

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:08.940
 He will not

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:09.659
 cast you away.

00:36:10.699 --> 00:36:11.579
 He did not die.

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:12.759
 Not one drop

00:36:12.759 --> 00:36:13.219
 of his blood

00:36:13.219 --> 00:36:13.759
 was in vain.

00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:17.300
 Christ secures

00:36:17.300 --> 00:36:17.780
 the salvation

00:36:17.780 --> 00:36:18.200
 of his people.

00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:18.900
 Two more reasons.

00:36:19.040 --> 00:36:19.320
 Third,

00:36:19.680 --> 00:36:20.820
 assurance is grounded

00:36:20.820 --> 00:36:22.180
 in definite atonement.

00:36:22.900 --> 00:36:23.800
 It's grounded

00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:25.540
 in definite atonement.

00:36:26.120 --> 00:36:26.580
 And this is the

00:36:26.580 --> 00:36:27.440
 rock solid assurance

00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:28.260
 in Romans chapter 8.

00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:29.480
 It's not based

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:30.500
 on a potential salvation,

00:36:30.720 --> 00:36:31.720
 but a definite one.

00:36:32.040 --> 00:36:32.580
 Verse 32,

00:36:33.100 --> 00:36:33.920
 He who did not

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.840
 spare his own son,

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:36.460
 but gave him up

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:37.500
 for us all,

00:36:38.160 --> 00:36:39.120
 how will he not

00:36:39.120 --> 00:36:39.760
 also with him

00:36:39.760 --> 00:36:40.540
 graciously give us

00:36:40.540 --> 00:36:41.060
 all things?

00:36:41.900 --> 00:36:43.300
 If he died for us,

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:44.360
 everything else

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:44.740
 follows,

00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:45.380
 brothers and sisters.

00:36:45.820 --> 00:36:46.320
 He has done

00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:47.380
 greater things for us,

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:48.320
 will he not do less?

00:36:49.140 --> 00:36:49.940
 If he gave us

00:36:49.940 --> 00:36:50.760
 the greatest thing,

00:36:50.860 --> 00:36:51.320
 his son,

00:36:52.120 --> 00:36:52.560
 he will give us

00:36:52.560 --> 00:36:53.160
 all things.

00:36:54.060 --> 00:36:54.740
 Will he give you

00:36:54.740 --> 00:36:55.500
 faith and repentance?

00:36:56.600 --> 00:36:57.080
 Of course,

00:36:57.180 --> 00:36:57.800
 those are a gift.

00:36:59.220 --> 00:36:59.620
 Perseverance?

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:00.420
 Yes.

00:37:01.160 --> 00:37:02.480
 Nothing can separate us

00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:03.980
 from the love of God.

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:05.660
 Will he condemn

00:37:05.660 --> 00:37:08.380
 those whom he died for?

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:08.740
 No.

00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:10.120
 Who will bring any

00:37:10.120 --> 00:37:11.140
 charge against God's elect?

00:37:11.600 --> 00:37:12.519
 Will they be defeated?

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:13.119
 No.

00:37:13.239 --> 00:37:14.000
 In all these things,

00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:15.699
 we are more than conquerors

00:37:15.699 --> 00:37:16.639
 through him who loved us.

00:37:17.179 --> 00:37:18.199
 This all flows

00:37:18.199 --> 00:37:18.900
 from the cross,

00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:19.860
 brothers and sisters.

00:37:20.239 --> 00:37:20.840
 If he has done

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:21.719
 the greatest thing,

00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:24.019
 will he send someone

00:37:24.019 --> 00:37:24.780
 to tell you about it?

00:37:27.320 --> 00:37:28.039
 John Owen makes

00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:28.440
 this point.

00:37:30.139 --> 00:37:31.039
 What if God died

00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:31.559
 for everyone,

00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:32.840
 but doesn't bother

00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:33.880
 to send someone

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:34.579
 to tell you about it?

00:37:34.980 --> 00:37:35.880
 Is it wise of God

00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:36.579
 to send Christ

00:37:36.579 --> 00:37:37.360
 to die for men

00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:38.960
 that they might be saved

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:39.679
 and never cause

00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:40.400
 these men to hear

00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:41.039
 of any such thing?

00:37:41.039 --> 00:37:42.719
 What wise man

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:43.480
 would pay a ransom

00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:44.119
 for the delivery

00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:44.840
 of those captives,

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:45.860
 which he is sure

00:37:45.860 --> 00:37:46.519
 shall never come

00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:47.079
 to the knowledge

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:48.340
 of such payment made?

00:37:49.039 --> 00:37:50.139
 And so never be better

00:37:50.139 --> 00:37:50.820
 for it.

00:37:51.219 --> 00:37:52.000
 Was this the mind

00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:52.340
 and will,

00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:53.539
 the design and purpose

00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:54.739
 of our merciful high priest?

00:37:56.139 --> 00:37:57.019
 I don't think so.

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:59.340
 We have a merciful high priest,

00:37:59.460 --> 00:38:00.440
 one who never sleeps

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:01.159
 nor slumbers.

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:02.639
 He daily watches

00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:03.519
 over his people,

00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:04.920
 provides for them

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:05.960
 with unfailing care.

00:38:06.759 --> 00:38:07.440
 Jesus is able

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:08.619
 to save to the uttermost

00:38:08.619 --> 00:38:09.940
 who come unto God

00:38:09.940 --> 00:38:10.519
 by him

00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:11.880
 because he has ever lived

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:12.579
 to make intercession

00:38:12.579 --> 00:38:13.039
 for them.

00:38:14.300 --> 00:38:15.860
 Christ's intercessory work,

00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:18.559
 he's interceding for us

00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:19.780
 because of the right hand

00:38:19.780 --> 00:38:20.219
 of God.

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:22.039
 Let's turn to his last,

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.619
 the last point,

00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:23.659
 his intercessory work.

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:25.199
 And this is the strongest

00:38:25.199 --> 00:38:26.599
 argument, I think,

00:38:27.239 --> 00:38:28.199
 for this.

00:38:29.719 --> 00:38:30.739
 We could talk about

00:38:30.739 --> 00:38:32.159
 the previous ones I made,

00:38:32.239 --> 00:38:32.719
 but this one's

00:38:32.719 --> 00:38:33.500
 the strongest argument.

00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:35.859
 Referring to Jesus

00:38:35.859 --> 00:38:36.960
 as the high priest.

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:38.279
 Recall we said

00:38:38.279 --> 00:38:38.739
 in the beginning

00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:40.319
 how Jesus,

00:38:40.719 --> 00:38:41.440
 as the high priest,

00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:41.839
 would be,

00:38:42.359 --> 00:38:43.639
 he would offer the sacrifice

00:38:43.639 --> 00:38:44.519
 and he would represent

00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:44.960
 the people.

00:38:45.779 --> 00:38:46.579
 And recall his

00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:47.739
 high priestly prayer

00:38:47.739 --> 00:38:48.719
 in John 17,

00:38:49.339 --> 00:38:50.619
 the longest recorded

00:38:50.619 --> 00:38:51.359
 prayer of Jesus

00:38:51.359 --> 00:38:51.899
 in the Bible.

00:38:51.900 --> 00:38:54.200
 right before God's wrath

00:38:54.200 --> 00:38:55.380
 comes crashing down,

00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:56.220
 his arrest,

00:38:56.320 --> 00:38:56.840
 his trial,

00:38:56.920 --> 00:38:57.760
 his crucifixion,

00:38:57.900 --> 00:38:59.059
 only hours away,

00:38:59.820 --> 00:39:01.039
 Jesus begins to pray.

00:39:02.660 --> 00:39:03.500
 And in his office

00:39:03.500 --> 00:39:03.960
 of priests,

00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:05.119
 he represents the people.

00:39:06.700 --> 00:39:07.340
 And Jesus in the

00:39:07.340 --> 00:39:08.119
 high priestly prayer

00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:09.400
 intercedes for the world,

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:09.680
 right?

00:39:10.760 --> 00:39:11.180
 No.

00:39:12.059 --> 00:39:12.660
 Verse 9,

00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:13.800
 Jesus says,

00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:14.460
 I am not praying

00:39:14.460 --> 00:39:14.980
 for the world,

00:39:15.579 --> 00:39:16.280
 but for those

00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:17.119
 whom you have given me,

00:39:17.700 --> 00:39:18.700
 for they are yours.

00:39:19.400 --> 00:39:20.019
 And the focus

00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:20.619
 in verse 9

00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:22.159
 extends to his disciples.

00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:23.440
 He later extends that

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:24.659
 to all who believe

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:25.460
 through the witness

00:39:25.460 --> 00:39:25.980
 of the disciples

00:39:25.980 --> 00:39:26.619
 in verse 20.

00:39:28.199 --> 00:39:28.299
 So,

00:39:28.480 --> 00:39:29.359
 in his office

00:39:29.359 --> 00:39:30.099
 of high priest,

00:39:31.059 --> 00:39:32.199
 if Jesus had indeed

00:39:32.199 --> 00:39:32.980
 died for all,

00:39:33.839 --> 00:39:34.519
 why is he now

00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:35.539
 only interceding

00:39:35.539 --> 00:39:35.960
 for some?

00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:38.719
 Why is he not

00:39:38.719 --> 00:39:39.519
 praying for everyone

00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:40.239
 in the world?

00:39:40.679 --> 00:39:41.779
 Why pray only

00:39:41.779 --> 00:39:42.239
 for those

00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:42.699
 whom the Father

00:39:42.699 --> 00:39:43.279
 had given him?

00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:46.759
 John Bunyan,

00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:47.880
 the author

00:39:47.880 --> 00:39:48.659
 of Pilgrim's Progress,

00:39:48.659 --> 00:39:51.159
 one book I love.

00:39:51.739 --> 00:39:52.559
 How many thousands

00:39:52.559 --> 00:39:53.199
 are there

00:39:53.199 --> 00:39:54.159
 for whom Christ

00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:55.879
 doth not

00:39:55.879 --> 00:39:56.960
 so much

00:39:56.960 --> 00:39:57.799
 as open his mouth,

00:39:58.599 --> 00:39:59.519
 but leaves them

00:39:59.519 --> 00:40:00.219
 to the accusations

00:40:00.219 --> 00:40:00.739
 of Satan

00:40:00.739 --> 00:40:02.359
 and to Ahab's judgment

00:40:02.359 --> 00:40:02.759
 and Ahab's

00:40:02.759 --> 00:40:04.299
 because there is none

00:40:04.299 --> 00:40:05.460
 to plead their cause.

00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:06.799
 And why does he not

00:40:06.799 --> 00:40:07.719
 concern himself

00:40:07.719 --> 00:40:08.139
 with them?

00:40:11.420 --> 00:40:12.059
 It would seem

00:40:12.059 --> 00:40:12.579
 pretty odd

00:40:12.579 --> 00:40:13.019
 if he was going

00:40:13.019 --> 00:40:13.759
 to die for them,

00:40:13.839 --> 00:40:14.480
 not even to pray

00:40:14.480 --> 00:40:14.819
 for them

00:40:14.819 --> 00:40:15.440
 before he goes

00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:16.000
 to the cross.

00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:17.940
 But remember,

00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:19.199
 in the Old Testament,

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:20.000
 in the office

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:20.400
 of priests,

00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:20.880
 he would offer

00:40:20.880 --> 00:40:21.579
 the sacrifice

00:40:21.579 --> 00:40:22.239
 on behalf

00:40:22.239 --> 00:40:23.820
 of God's people,

00:40:24.260 --> 00:40:25.320
 not the Moabites,

00:40:25.860 --> 00:40:26.960
 not the Malachites,

00:40:27.380 --> 00:40:28.320
 but a particular

00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:29.320
 people for Israel.

00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:31.199
 And this same pattern

00:40:31.199 --> 00:40:32.420
 seems to apply

00:40:32.420 --> 00:40:33.260
 to the high priestly

00:40:33.260 --> 00:40:33.639
 prayer.

00:40:34.219 --> 00:40:34.739
 The Son

00:40:34.739 --> 00:40:36.480
 gives eternal life

00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:37.900
 to those

00:40:37.900 --> 00:40:38.400
 whom the Father

00:40:38.400 --> 00:40:38.960
 had given him.

00:40:39.280 --> 00:40:39.940
 The Father

00:40:39.940 --> 00:40:40.840
 had not given him

00:40:40.840 --> 00:40:41.239
 the world,

00:40:41.900 --> 00:40:42.780
 but only those

00:40:42.780 --> 00:40:43.679
 sheep whom the Father

00:40:43.679 --> 00:40:45.960
 had given to the Son.

00:40:47.519 --> 00:40:48.279
 Jesus continues,

00:40:48.699 --> 00:40:49.339
 for their sake,

00:40:49.460 --> 00:40:50.000
 his disciples,

00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:50.699
 those sheep,

00:40:50.879 --> 00:40:52.119
 I consecrate myself.

00:40:52.739 --> 00:40:53.379
 Jesus died

00:40:53.379 --> 00:40:54.139
 to accomplish

00:40:54.139 --> 00:40:54.779
 a definite,

00:40:55.279 --> 00:40:55.539
 full,

00:40:55.940 --> 00:40:56.519
 irreversible

00:40:56.519 --> 00:40:57.859
 atonement

00:40:57.859 --> 00:40:58.899
 for his people.

00:41:00.239 --> 00:41:01.059
 So, friend,

00:41:01.579 --> 00:41:02.859
 this is the depths

00:41:02.859 --> 00:41:03.619
 of Christ's love

00:41:03.619 --> 00:41:04.039
 for you.

00:41:04.879 --> 00:41:05.500
 Because we know

00:41:05.500 --> 00:41:06.319
 the meaning of his death,

00:41:06.379 --> 00:41:06.719
 we can know

00:41:06.719 --> 00:41:07.159
 the meaning

00:41:07.159 --> 00:41:08.059
 and the depths

00:41:08.059 --> 00:41:09.079
 of his great love

00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:09.579
 for us.

00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:11.840
 So,

00:41:12.199 --> 00:41:13.500
 my prayer

00:41:13.500 --> 00:41:14.119
 is that

00:41:14.119 --> 00:41:15.599
 you would know

00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:16.880
 that God

00:41:16.880 --> 00:41:17.460
 has had

00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:18.440
 an eternal love

00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:18.880
 for you.

00:41:19.579 --> 00:41:20.440
 It's eternal.

00:41:20.779 --> 00:41:21.619
 It had no beginning

00:41:21.619 --> 00:41:22.340
 and it will have

00:41:22.340 --> 00:41:22.860
 no end.

00:41:23.279 --> 00:41:23.819
 And for those

00:41:23.819 --> 00:41:24.719
 whom Christ loves,

00:41:24.799 --> 00:41:25.199
 he loves

00:41:25.199 --> 00:41:26.019
 until the very end.

00:41:27.259 --> 00:41:27.500
 Okay.

00:41:28.059 --> 00:41:28.279
 Well,

00:41:28.340 --> 00:41:29.699
 let's have a hearty

00:41:29.699 --> 00:41:30.119
 discussion

00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:31.099
 about this

00:41:31.099 --> 00:41:32.119
 topic.

00:41:34.219 --> 00:41:35.039
 Next week,

00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:35.960
 just so we're

00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:39.579
 put the path

00:41:39.579 --> 00:41:40.179
 markers out.

00:41:40.260 --> 00:41:40.480
 We're going

00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:41.300
 to talk about

00:41:41.300 --> 00:41:42.460
 assurance

00:41:42.460 --> 00:41:44.400
 and Christ's love

00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:45.280
 until the very end.

00:41:46.220 --> 00:41:46.639
 Richard.

00:41:48.880 --> 00:41:49.559
 I've heard

00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:50.420
 it said that

00:41:50.420 --> 00:41:52.720
 in this respect,

00:41:52.800 --> 00:41:53.240
 with respect

00:41:53.240 --> 00:41:53.820
 to a definite

00:41:53.820 --> 00:41:54.360
 atonement,

00:41:54.440 --> 00:41:55.360
 even John Calvin

00:41:55.360 --> 00:41:56.360
 wasn't a Calvinist.

00:41:58.340 --> 00:41:59.139
 He doesn't

00:41:59.139 --> 00:42:00.139
 reject a definite

00:42:00.139 --> 00:42:01.400
 atonement outright,

00:42:01.699 --> 00:42:02.960
 but he does

00:42:02.960 --> 00:42:03.880
 not affirm it

00:42:03.880 --> 00:42:04.240
 either.

00:42:04.239 --> 00:42:06.519
 Yeah,

00:42:06.679 --> 00:42:07.659
 certainly I don't

00:42:07.659 --> 00:42:09.779
 know specifically

00:42:09.779 --> 00:42:11.519
 his view.

00:42:11.719 --> 00:42:13.079
 And if he didn't,

00:42:13.359 --> 00:42:14.679
 I'm not going

00:42:14.679 --> 00:42:15.839
 based on a teacher.

00:42:16.059 --> 00:42:17.839
 I'm trying to stick

00:42:17.839 --> 00:42:19.059
 to what I believe

00:42:19.059 --> 00:42:19.699
 the Word of God

00:42:19.699 --> 00:42:20.099
 teaches.

00:42:21.879 --> 00:42:22.159
 Well,

00:42:22.299 --> 00:42:22.919
 from an Armenian.

00:42:24.000 --> 00:42:24.339
 Yeah.

00:42:24.639 --> 00:42:24.859
 Yeah.

00:42:25.859 --> 00:42:26.339
 Yeah.

00:42:26.459 --> 00:42:27.119
 I don't know

00:42:27.119 --> 00:42:27.539
 what Calvin

00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:28.219
 believed on that.

00:42:28.739 --> 00:42:29.959
 I didn't consult

00:42:29.959 --> 00:42:31.059
 Calvin when I was

00:42:31.059 --> 00:42:31.959
 preparing for this.

00:42:32.859 --> 00:42:33.599
 He's dead.

00:42:33.599 --> 00:42:34.699
 He's dead.

00:42:34.799 --> 00:42:35.500
 Jesus is alive.

00:42:36.119 --> 00:42:36.279
 Yeah.

00:42:37.380 --> 00:42:38.460
 Certainly Ambrose

00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:39.159
 and Augustine,

00:42:39.579 --> 00:42:40.360
 Aquinas,

00:42:41.179 --> 00:42:41.759
 many of the

00:42:41.759 --> 00:42:42.480
 Reformers

00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:45.319
 believe this,

00:42:45.380 --> 00:42:45.739
 but it would be

00:42:45.739 --> 00:42:47.159
 anachronistic

00:42:47.159 --> 00:42:47.860
 to say they

00:42:47.860 --> 00:42:49.219
 used the term

00:42:49.219 --> 00:42:49.880
 unlimited atonement

00:42:49.880 --> 00:42:50.639
 before the Reformation.

00:42:51.199 --> 00:42:51.599
 But I think

00:42:51.599 --> 00:42:52.039
 if you look

00:42:52.039 --> 00:42:53.039
 in the writings

00:42:53.039 --> 00:42:54.199
 of someone

00:42:54.199 --> 00:42:54.639
 like Augustine,

00:42:54.679 --> 00:42:55.139
 you'll see

00:42:55.139 --> 00:42:56.639
 the special love

00:42:56.639 --> 00:42:57.360
 that Christ

00:42:57.360 --> 00:42:58.059
 had for his people.

00:42:58.059 --> 00:42:59.320
 I'm sure

00:42:59.320 --> 00:43:00.480
 that didn't

00:43:00.480 --> 00:43:01.519
 escape Calvin's

00:43:01.519 --> 00:43:01.920
 notice.

00:43:03.920 --> 00:43:04.639
 Yeah.

00:43:08.000 --> 00:43:08.980
 I'll ask

00:43:08.980 --> 00:43:09.820
 just for

00:43:09.820 --> 00:43:12.139
 simplifying,

00:43:12.500 --> 00:43:13.960
 you mentioned

00:43:13.960 --> 00:43:14.519
 Whitfield

00:43:14.519 --> 00:43:15.380
 and

00:43:15.380 --> 00:43:17.380
 Wesley.

00:43:17.380 --> 00:43:18.139
 Who else

00:43:18.139 --> 00:43:19.440
 in the beginning

00:43:19.440 --> 00:43:20.340
 and which

00:43:20.340 --> 00:43:22.940
 who's in which

00:43:22.940 --> 00:43:23.259
 camp?

00:43:23.260 --> 00:43:24.060
 Oh,

00:43:24.120 --> 00:43:24.280
 yeah.

00:43:24.400 --> 00:43:25.300
 So John Whitfield

00:43:25.300 --> 00:43:26.720
 was firmly

00:43:26.720 --> 00:43:27.360
 in this camp

00:43:27.360 --> 00:43:29.180
 and John Wesley,

00:43:30.040 --> 00:43:31.220
 Wesleyanism

00:43:31.220 --> 00:43:32.980
 was in another camp.

00:43:32.980 --> 00:43:33.200
 Yeah.

00:43:33.200 --> 00:43:33.700
 Yeah.

00:43:33.700 --> 00:43:34.460
 Yeah.

00:43:44.460 --> 00:43:45.800
 Any thoughts,

00:43:45.920 --> 00:43:46.340
 questions?

00:43:46.340 --> 00:43:51.500
 Just that

00:43:51.500 --> 00:43:52.720
 when I

00:43:52.720 --> 00:43:53.760
 first learned

00:43:53.760 --> 00:43:54.300
 about this,

00:43:54.820 --> 00:43:55.480
 it was surprising

00:43:55.480 --> 00:43:55.860
 to me,

00:43:55.940 --> 00:43:56.120
 but

00:43:56.120 --> 00:43:58.039
 the

00:43:58.039 --> 00:43:59.360
 kind of

00:43:59.360 --> 00:43:59.940
 the conclusion

00:43:59.940 --> 00:44:01.240
 that it gave

00:44:01.240 --> 00:44:01.840
 me was

00:44:01.840 --> 00:44:02.519
 kind of

00:44:02.519 --> 00:44:03.160
 this security

00:44:03.160 --> 00:44:03.880
 in God's love

00:44:03.880 --> 00:44:04.240
 as well.

00:44:05.019 --> 00:44:05.579
 Not

00:44:05.579 --> 00:44:06.800
 that

00:44:06.800 --> 00:44:11.900
 Christ's love

00:44:11.900 --> 00:44:12.640
 is just

00:44:12.640 --> 00:44:13.019
 kind of

00:44:13.019 --> 00:44:13.460
 scattered

00:44:13.460 --> 00:44:14.000
 liberally

00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:14.340
 and all

00:44:14.340 --> 00:44:15.260
 be

00:44:15.260 --> 00:44:16.260
 gathered up

00:44:16.260 --> 00:44:16.740
 in heaven

00:44:16.740 --> 00:44:17.820
 whether or

00:44:17.820 --> 00:44:18.180
 not he

00:44:18.180 --> 00:44:18.760
 feels any

00:44:18.760 --> 00:44:19.320
 particular

00:44:19.320 --> 00:44:19.640
 kind of

00:44:19.640 --> 00:44:20.060
 way about

00:44:20.060 --> 00:44:20.300
 me,

00:44:20.320 --> 00:44:20.480
 right?

00:44:20.540 --> 00:44:21.180
 Like sometimes

00:44:21.180 --> 00:44:22.260
 I get this

00:44:22.260 --> 00:44:22.960
 idea of

00:44:22.960 --> 00:44:24.840
 being the

00:44:24.840 --> 00:44:25.440
 last in the

00:44:25.440 --> 00:44:25.700
 game.

00:44:26.300 --> 00:44:26.740
 Jesus is

00:44:26.740 --> 00:44:27.020
 there with

00:44:27.020 --> 00:44:27.320
 his arms

00:44:27.320 --> 00:44:27.860
 cross-line.

00:44:27.960 --> 00:44:28.100
 Yeah,

00:44:28.160 --> 00:44:28.500
 I guess you

00:44:28.500 --> 00:44:28.860
 can do it.

00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:29.420
 It's like,

00:44:29.700 --> 00:44:30.160
 no,

00:44:30.480 --> 00:44:30.680
 no.

00:44:30.920 --> 00:44:31.420
 It's like,

00:44:32.020 --> 00:44:33.840
 none of us

00:44:33.840 --> 00:44:34.520
 deserve this.

00:44:35.020 --> 00:44:35.180
 Yeah.

00:44:35.360 --> 00:44:36.040
 So the fact

00:44:36.040 --> 00:44:36.780
 that he chose

00:44:36.780 --> 00:44:37.540
 any of us

00:44:37.540 --> 00:44:38.660
 is

00:44:38.660 --> 00:44:39.960
 staggering.

00:44:41.280 --> 00:44:41.620
 And

00:44:41.620 --> 00:44:43.080
 that means

00:44:43.080 --> 00:44:45.180
 he was

00:44:45.180 --> 00:44:45.640
 intentional,

00:44:45.639 --> 00:44:46.400
 he purposed

00:44:46.400 --> 00:44:46.659
 it.

00:44:46.859 --> 00:44:47.659
 He said,

00:44:47.819 --> 00:44:48.539
 I choose

00:44:48.539 --> 00:44:48.819
 you.

00:44:49.119 --> 00:44:50.960
 And I'm

00:44:50.960 --> 00:44:51.159
 like,

00:44:51.259 --> 00:44:51.599
 why?

00:44:51.920 --> 00:44:52.119
 He's

00:44:52.119 --> 00:44:52.279
 like,

00:44:52.759 --> 00:44:53.299
 no reason.

00:44:53.819 --> 00:44:54.059
 I just

00:44:54.059 --> 00:44:54.460
 wanted to.

00:44:54.859 --> 00:44:55.500
 You know,

00:44:55.599 --> 00:44:55.819
 like,

00:44:56.079 --> 00:44:56.559
 there's

00:44:56.559 --> 00:44:57.799
 nothing you

00:44:57.799 --> 00:44:58.259
 can claim.

00:44:59.259 --> 00:44:59.900
 That's what

00:44:59.900 --> 00:45:00.359
 I ask

00:45:00.359 --> 00:45:01.000
 every day.

00:45:01.799 --> 00:45:02.619
 How could

00:45:02.619 --> 00:45:02.799
 you?

00:45:03.559 --> 00:45:03.980
 I'm just

00:45:03.980 --> 00:45:04.779
 so worthless.

00:45:06.819 --> 00:45:07.539
 He gives

00:45:07.539 --> 00:45:08.059
 me just the

00:45:08.059 --> 00:45:08.339
 opposite.

00:45:08.940 --> 00:45:09.319
 He gives

00:45:09.319 --> 00:45:09.819
 me the,

00:45:10.239 --> 00:45:10.639
 you know,

00:45:11.539 --> 00:45:11.819
 not,

00:45:12.159 --> 00:45:13.159
 but we'll get

00:45:13.159 --> 00:45:13.599
 to that next

00:45:13.599 --> 00:45:13.920
 week with

00:45:13.920 --> 00:45:14.299
 the assurance.

00:45:15.579 --> 00:45:16.019
 Yeah,

00:45:16.019 --> 00:45:16.399
 we'll talk

00:45:16.399 --> 00:45:16.920
 about that.

00:45:17.739 --> 00:45:18.159
 Yeah,

00:45:18.199 --> 00:45:18.619
 I think

00:45:18.619 --> 00:45:19.139
 you're right,

00:45:19.839 --> 00:45:20.099
 Josh,

00:45:20.239 --> 00:45:21.980
 that I think

00:45:21.980 --> 00:45:22.559
 Christians walk

00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:23.859
 around and

00:45:23.859 --> 00:45:24.299
 they think,

00:45:24.359 --> 00:45:24.480
 you know,

00:45:24.480 --> 00:45:24.799
 God,

00:45:25.579 --> 00:45:25.839
 yeah,

00:45:25.920 --> 00:45:26.599
 he loves me.

00:45:26.819 --> 00:45:27.460
 He's kind of

00:45:27.460 --> 00:45:28.239
 merely tolerating

00:45:28.239 --> 00:45:28.539
 me.

00:45:29.339 --> 00:45:29.879
 He hasn't

00:45:29.879 --> 00:45:30.359
 really delighted

00:45:30.359 --> 00:45:30.980
 me at all.

00:45:31.539 --> 00:45:32.339
 But I think

00:45:32.339 --> 00:45:32.960
 if you realize

00:45:32.960 --> 00:45:34.899
 that if God

00:45:34.899 --> 00:45:35.460
 knew the worst

00:45:35.460 --> 00:45:36.019
 about you

00:45:36.019 --> 00:45:36.980
 and died for

00:45:36.980 --> 00:45:37.659
 you specifically

00:45:37.659 --> 00:45:38.460
 on the cross,

00:45:38.799 --> 00:45:39.399
 of course he

00:45:39.399 --> 00:45:39.799
 loves you.

00:45:39.800 --> 00:45:40.800
 of course he's

00:45:40.800 --> 00:45:41.140
 going to give

00:45:41.140 --> 00:45:41.660
 you everything.

00:45:42.660 --> 00:45:42.980
 And I think

00:45:42.980 --> 00:45:43.900
 that's...

00:45:43.900 --> 00:45:45.160
 If his son's

00:45:45.160 --> 00:45:46.720
 record of

00:45:46.720 --> 00:45:47.740
 perfection has

00:45:47.740 --> 00:45:48.400
 been imputed

00:45:48.400 --> 00:45:48.940
 to me,

00:45:49.039 --> 00:45:49.400
 that's when

00:45:49.400 --> 00:45:50.400
 God looks at

00:45:50.400 --> 00:45:50.680
 me,

00:45:51.200 --> 00:45:51.820
 he sees

00:45:51.820 --> 00:45:52.360
 nothing but

00:45:52.360 --> 00:45:52.720
 delight.

00:45:52.860 --> 00:45:53.580
 He's delighted

00:45:53.580 --> 00:45:54.480
 because he

00:45:54.480 --> 00:45:55.320
 sees perfection.

00:45:55.780 --> 00:45:56.380
 He sees it.

00:45:56.420 --> 00:45:56.860
 That the son

00:45:56.860 --> 00:45:57.460
 gave him.

00:45:57.780 --> 00:45:58.060
 Yeah,

00:45:58.140 --> 00:45:58.519
 amen.

00:45:58.840 --> 00:45:59.960
 It's like...

00:45:59.960 --> 00:46:00.340
 Beth.

00:46:02.000 --> 00:46:03.120
 How do you

00:46:03.120 --> 00:46:04.900
 guide and

00:46:04.900 --> 00:46:05.980
 respond to

00:46:05.980 --> 00:46:07.660
 people who

00:46:07.660 --> 00:46:08.539
 hear this and

00:46:08.539 --> 00:46:09.100
 they kind of

00:46:09.099 --> 00:46:10.239
 produces survivor

00:46:10.239 --> 00:46:10.659
 guilt?

00:46:12.739 --> 00:46:13.559
 Can you

00:46:13.559 --> 00:46:14.239
 explain survivor

00:46:14.239 --> 00:46:14.579
 guilt?

00:46:15.779 --> 00:46:17.039
 That God

00:46:17.039 --> 00:46:18.000
 might choose

00:46:18.000 --> 00:46:18.639
 them and

00:46:18.639 --> 00:46:19.219
 grant them

00:46:19.219 --> 00:46:20.039
 saving faith

00:46:20.039 --> 00:46:21.440
 over someone

00:46:21.440 --> 00:46:22.480
 else when

00:46:22.480 --> 00:46:24.759
 there's no

00:46:24.759 --> 00:46:25.759
 reason.

00:46:26.659 --> 00:46:26.920
 Yeah,

00:46:27.039 --> 00:46:27.360
 that's a

00:46:27.360 --> 00:46:28.079
 great question.

00:46:29.519 --> 00:46:30.039
 It's certainly,

00:46:30.319 --> 00:46:30.699
 I think we

00:46:30.699 --> 00:46:31.420
 should follow the

00:46:31.420 --> 00:46:32.179
 Apostle Paul's

00:46:32.179 --> 00:46:32.779
 example in

00:46:32.779 --> 00:46:33.299
 Romans chapter

00:46:33.299 --> 00:46:34.239
 9 where he

00:46:34.239 --> 00:46:35.039
 is just broken

00:46:35.039 --> 00:46:37.460
 over the sin

00:46:37.460 --> 00:46:38.279
 of the unbelief

00:46:38.279 --> 00:46:38.679
 of Israel.

00:46:38.779 --> 00:46:38.940
 He's like,

00:46:38.940 --> 00:46:39.860
 I myself

00:46:39.860 --> 00:46:40.579
 wish myself

00:46:40.579 --> 00:46:41.500
 if I could

00:46:41.500 --> 00:46:42.119
 be accursed

00:46:42.119 --> 00:46:43.019
 if they

00:46:43.019 --> 00:46:43.740
 could come

00:46:43.740 --> 00:46:43.980
 in.

00:46:44.400 --> 00:46:45.039
 There should

00:46:45.039 --> 00:46:45.519
 be just a

00:46:45.519 --> 00:46:46.220
 brokenness

00:46:46.220 --> 00:46:50.700
 that everyone

00:46:50.700 --> 00:46:51.300
 comes to

00:46:51.300 --> 00:46:51.780
 know this

00:46:51.780 --> 00:46:52.440
 great love.

00:46:53.119 --> 00:46:53.280
 But I

00:46:53.280 --> 00:46:53.539
 never,

00:46:54.000 --> 00:46:54.400
 I don't

00:46:54.400 --> 00:46:54.800
 think that

00:46:54.800 --> 00:46:55.440
 the scripture

00:46:55.440 --> 00:46:56.500
 gives us

00:46:56.500 --> 00:46:57.800
 warrant to

00:46:57.800 --> 00:46:58.300
 ask the

00:46:58.300 --> 00:46:58.679
 question,

00:46:58.800 --> 00:46:59.099
 who are

00:46:59.099 --> 00:46:59.820
 God's chosen

00:46:59.820 --> 00:47:01.039
 ones when

00:47:01.039 --> 00:47:01.380
 we present

00:47:01.380 --> 00:47:01.880
 the gospel

00:47:01.880 --> 00:47:03.000
 to other

00:47:03.000 --> 00:47:03.360
 people?

00:47:03.360 --> 00:47:03.400
 people.

00:47:04.280 --> 00:47:04.620
 I think

00:47:04.620 --> 00:47:05.079
 Christ

00:47:05.079 --> 00:47:05.720
 holds out

00:47:05.720 --> 00:47:06.240
 his hands,

00:47:07.099 --> 00:47:07.720
 nail-scarred

00:47:07.720 --> 00:47:08.160
 hands and

00:47:08.160 --> 00:47:08.460
 said,

00:47:08.599 --> 00:47:08.920
 all who

00:47:08.920 --> 00:47:09.200
 come to

00:47:09.200 --> 00:47:09.360
 me,

00:47:09.460 --> 00:47:09.660
 I will

00:47:09.660 --> 00:47:09.840
 never

00:47:09.840 --> 00:47:10.120
 cast

00:47:10.120 --> 00:47:10.340
 out.

00:47:11.140 --> 00:47:11.440
 And so

00:47:11.440 --> 00:47:11.760
 that's the

00:47:11.760 --> 00:47:12.200
 message we

00:47:12.200 --> 00:47:12.519
 give to

00:47:12.519 --> 00:47:12.820
 people.

00:47:12.820 --> 00:47:13.740
 It's not,

00:47:13.960 --> 00:47:14.780
 am I part

00:47:14.780 --> 00:47:16.420
 of the chosen

00:47:16.420 --> 00:47:16.760
 ones?

00:47:16.820 --> 00:47:17.200
 Did he die

00:47:17.200 --> 00:47:17.559
 for me?

00:47:17.559 --> 00:47:17.940
 it's like,

00:47:18.000 --> 00:47:18.239
 if you

00:47:18.239 --> 00:47:18.619
 come to

00:47:18.619 --> 00:47:18.799
 me,

00:47:19.279 --> 00:47:19.539
 I will

00:47:19.539 --> 00:47:19.719
 never

00:47:19.719 --> 00:47:20.159
 cast you

00:47:20.159 --> 00:47:20.400
 out.

00:47:20.659 --> 00:47:20.820
 Yeah,

00:47:20.880 --> 00:47:21.179
 but if

00:47:21.179 --> 00:47:21.579
 you're dead

00:47:21.579 --> 00:47:22.059
 in your sins

00:47:22.059 --> 00:47:22.820
 and trespasses,

00:47:22.920 --> 00:47:23.400
 you can't

00:47:23.400 --> 00:47:23.759
 come to

00:47:23.759 --> 00:47:23.960
 him.

00:47:24.199 --> 00:47:24.539
 So he

00:47:24.539 --> 00:47:25.000
 has to

00:47:25.000 --> 00:47:25.420
 throw you

00:47:25.420 --> 00:47:26.179
 a lifeline.

00:47:27.239 --> 00:47:27.759
 And then

00:47:27.759 --> 00:47:28.179
 he pulls

00:47:28.179 --> 00:47:28.599
 you in.

00:47:29.199 --> 00:47:29.480
 But he

00:47:29.480 --> 00:47:29.940
 does all

00:47:29.940 --> 00:47:30.340
 the work.

00:47:30.420 --> 00:47:30.980
 He does.

00:47:31.340 --> 00:47:31.599
 Salvation

00:47:31.599 --> 00:47:32.039
 is from

00:47:32.039 --> 00:47:32.460
 the Lord.

00:47:32.759 --> 00:47:32.960
 Yeah,

00:47:33.019 --> 00:47:33.219
 I mean,

00:47:33.279 --> 00:47:33.639
 Paul says

00:47:33.639 --> 00:47:33.960
 we seek

00:47:33.960 --> 00:47:34.460
 to persuade,

00:47:34.639 --> 00:47:35.179
 right?

00:47:35.539 --> 00:47:35.860
 And we...

00:47:35.860 --> 00:47:36.079
 You don't

00:47:36.079 --> 00:47:36.500
 turn to

00:47:36.500 --> 00:47:36.799
 God.

00:47:37.759 --> 00:47:37.980
 No,

00:47:38.079 --> 00:47:38.739
 we pray,

00:47:39.039 --> 00:47:39.880
 we pray,

00:47:40.639 --> 00:47:40.900
 like,

00:47:40.980 --> 00:47:41.099
 you know,

00:47:41.139 --> 00:47:41.400
 before,

00:47:41.559 --> 00:47:42.059
 every time I,

00:47:42.719 --> 00:47:43.440
 before I teach

00:47:43.440 --> 00:47:44.279
 or I preach,

00:47:44.680 --> 00:47:45.900
 every step

00:47:45.900 --> 00:47:46.740
 in the Trinity

00:47:46.740 --> 00:47:46.980
 and the

00:47:46.980 --> 00:47:47.360
 sanctuary,

00:47:48.360 --> 00:47:49.380
 I say to

00:47:49.380 --> 00:47:49.680
 myself,

00:47:49.780 --> 00:47:50.100
 I believe

00:47:50.100 --> 00:47:50.400
 in the Holy

00:47:50.400 --> 00:47:50.700
 Spirit.

00:47:51.180 --> 00:47:51.580
 I believe

00:47:51.580 --> 00:47:51.960
 in the Holy

00:47:51.960 --> 00:47:52.280
 Spirit.

00:47:52.519 --> 00:47:52.940
 I believe

00:47:52.940 --> 00:47:53.360
 in the Holy

00:47:53.360 --> 00:47:53.680
 Spirit.

00:47:54.120 --> 00:47:54.720
 Because I

00:47:54.720 --> 00:47:55.980
 know what

00:47:55.980 --> 00:47:56.280
 you're saying,

00:47:56.380 --> 00:47:56.500
 Raul,

00:47:56.600 --> 00:47:56.780
 like,

00:47:57.220 --> 00:47:57.800
 I could

00:47:57.800 --> 00:47:59.360
 speak and

00:47:59.360 --> 00:48:00.500
 make a lot

00:48:00.500 --> 00:48:00.900
 of noise,

00:48:01.019 --> 00:48:01.460
 but the Holy

00:48:01.460 --> 00:48:01.940
 Spirit's not

00:48:01.940 --> 00:48:02.480
 in operation

00:48:02.480 --> 00:48:03.620
 in this room.

00:48:03.820 --> 00:48:03.860
 Like,

00:48:03.940 --> 00:48:04.300
 all of it's

00:48:04.300 --> 00:48:04.600
 for nothing.

00:48:05.080 --> 00:48:05.560
 I cannot

00:48:05.560 --> 00:48:06.760
 raise people

00:48:06.760 --> 00:48:07.200
 from death

00:48:07.200 --> 00:48:07.640
 to life.

00:48:08.200 --> 00:48:08.660
 But I think

00:48:08.660 --> 00:48:09.140
 it just gives

00:48:09.140 --> 00:48:10.400
 us a warrant

00:48:10.400 --> 00:48:10.860
 to pray.

00:48:12.600 --> 00:48:13.000
 And,

00:48:13.120 --> 00:48:13.460
 you know,

00:48:13.480 --> 00:48:13.820
 certainly

00:48:13.820 --> 00:48:14.440
 there's,

00:48:15.160 --> 00:48:15.500
 you know,

00:48:15.720 --> 00:48:16.240
 the most

00:48:16.240 --> 00:48:17.400
 unlikely person

00:48:17.400 --> 00:48:19.240
 is God

00:48:19.240 --> 00:48:19.780
 delights to

00:48:19.780 --> 00:48:20.240
 save those

00:48:20.240 --> 00:48:20.440
 who are

00:48:20.440 --> 00:48:20.720
 alone in

00:48:20.720 --> 00:48:21.019
 the world.

00:48:21.260 --> 00:48:21.400
 So,

00:48:21.920 --> 00:48:23.820
 I think

00:48:23.820 --> 00:48:24.440
 rather than

00:48:24.440 --> 00:48:25.280
 feeling guilty,

00:48:25.519 --> 00:48:25.920
 just feeling

00:48:25.920 --> 00:48:26.360
 gratitude

00:48:26.360 --> 00:48:27.180
 would be

00:48:27.180 --> 00:48:28.880
 the right

00:48:28.880 --> 00:48:29.400
 response.

00:48:35.220 --> 00:48:35.740
 Okay.

00:48:37.620 --> 00:48:38.559
 Last questions?

00:48:38.559 --> 00:48:42.279
 All right,

00:48:42.340 --> 00:48:42.460
 well,

00:48:42.539 --> 00:48:42.980
 next week

00:48:42.980 --> 00:48:43.420
 we'll talk

00:48:43.420 --> 00:48:43.880
 about

00:48:43.880 --> 00:48:45.299
 Christ's

00:48:45.299 --> 00:48:45.699
 love for us

00:48:45.699 --> 00:48:46.000
 until the

00:48:46.000 --> 00:48:46.279
 end,

00:48:46.320 --> 00:48:46.599
 and then

00:48:46.599 --> 00:48:47.099
 John will

00:48:47.099 --> 00:48:47.639
 conclude our

00:48:47.639 --> 00:48:48.039
 journey the

00:48:48.039 --> 00:48:48.619
 week afterward.

00:48:49.779 --> 00:48:50.199
 All right,

00:48:50.239 --> 00:48:50.420
 friends,

00:48:50.500 --> 00:48:50.940
 go in peace.

00:48:50.940 --> 00:49:16.880
 do you

00:49:16.880 --> 00:49:16.880


00:49:16.880 --> 00:49:16.880


00:49:16.880 --> 00:49:16.880


00:49:16.880 --> 00:49:46.860
 Thank you.

00:49:46.880 --> 00:50:16.860
 Thank you.

00:50:16.880 --> 00:50:18.880
 Thank you.

00:50:18.880 --> 00:50:22.880
 Thank you.

00:50:22.880 --> 00:50:24.880
 Thank you.

00:50:24.880 --> 00:50:39.880
 What I need is either the motivation and the time to...

00:50:39.880 --> 00:50:41.880
 Okay, just sit down.

00:50:41.880 --> 00:50:44.880
 They'll naturally drop.

00:50:44.880 --> 00:50:46.880
 Gravity will take care of it.

00:50:46.880 --> 00:50:48.880
 Okay.

00:50:48.880 --> 00:50:53.880
 So, if we have that...

00:50:53.880 --> 00:51:12.880
 Let's see if when we turn it over if that will drop to hold it to place.

00:51:12.880 --> 00:51:17.880
 No, there's something wrong with this.

00:51:17.880 --> 00:51:19.880
 Yeah, let's maybe not use this one.

00:51:19.880 --> 00:51:21.880
 Yeah.

00:51:21.880 --> 00:51:23.880
 Golly.

00:51:23.880 --> 00:51:29.880
 Yeah, let's see if we can get another one out of it.

00:51:29.880 --> 00:51:31.880
 And we should mark it too.

00:51:31.880 --> 00:51:33.880
 Yeah, look at that.

00:51:33.880 --> 00:51:35.880
 It's not all...

00:51:35.880 --> 00:51:36.880
 Yeah.

00:51:36.880 --> 00:51:37.880
 So...

00:51:37.880 --> 00:51:38.880
 So it's supposed to...

00:51:38.880 --> 00:51:39.880
 Be straight.

00:51:39.880 --> 00:51:40.880
 Okay.

00:51:40.880 --> 00:51:41.880
 Okay.

00:51:41.880 --> 00:51:42.880
 Okay.

00:51:42.880 --> 00:51:43.880
 So when we turn it over, that ought to drop.

00:51:43.880 --> 00:51:44.880
 There we go.

00:51:44.880 --> 00:51:45.880
 There we go.

00:51:45.880 --> 00:51:46.880
 Yeah.

00:51:46.880 --> 00:51:46.880


00:51:46.880 --> 00:51:47.880
 Oh.

00:51:47.880 --> 00:51:48.880
 Thank you for the lovely...

00:51:48.880 --> 00:51:48.880


00:51:48.880 --> 00:51:49.880
 Good admin this year.

00:51:49.880 --> 00:51:50.880
 Great.

00:51:50.880 --> 00:51:51.880
 Great.

00:51:51.880 --> 00:51:52.880
 Great.

00:51:52.880 --> 00:51:53.880
 Great.

00:51:53.880 --> 00:51:54.880
 Thank you.

00:51:54.880 --> 00:51:55.880
 Great.

00:51:55.880 --> 00:51:56.880
 Thank you for the lovely...

00:51:56.880 --> 00:52:02.880
 Thank you for the admin this year.

00:52:02.880 --> 00:52:02.880


00:52:02.880 --> 00:52:03.880
 Great.

00:52:03.880 --> 00:52:04.880
 Thank you.

00:52:04.880 --> 00:52:05.880
 Thank you for the lovely...

00:52:05.880 --> 00:52:06.880
 Thank you for the admin this year.

00:52:06.880 --> 00:52:07.880
 Great.

00:52:07.880 --> 00:52:08.880
 Great.

00:52:08.880 --> 00:52:09.880
 So, only two...

00:52:09.880 --> 00:52:10.880
 And this one goes for the door.

00:52:10.880 --> 00:52:11.880
 Yeah.

00:52:11.880 --> 00:52:12.880
 Okay.

00:52:12.880 --> 00:52:13.880
 Yeah.

00:52:13.880 --> 00:52:14.880
 Okay.

00:52:14.880 --> 00:52:15.880
 Thank you for the lovely...

00:52:15.880 --> 00:52:16.880
 Thank you for the lovely...

00:52:16.880 --> 00:52:17.880
 Oh.

00:52:17.880 --> 00:52:18.880
 Thank you for the lovely...

00:52:18.880 --> 00:52:19.880
 Oh.

00:52:19.880 --> 00:52:20.880
 I'm an admin this year.

00:52:20.880 --> 00:52:21.880
 Great.

00:52:21.880 --> 00:52:22.880
 Thank you.

00:52:22.880 --> 00:52:23.880
 Thank you.

00:52:23.880 --> 00:52:24.880
 Thank you.

00:52:24.880 --> 00:52:25.880
 Thank you.

00:52:25.880 --> 00:52:26.880
 Thank you.

00:52:26.880 --> 00:52:27.880
 Thank you.

00:52:27.880 --> 00:52:28.880
 Thank you.

00:52:28.880 --> 00:52:29.880
 Thank you.

00:52:29.880 --> 00:52:30.880
 Thank you.

00:52:30.880 --> 00:52:31.880
 Thank you.

00:52:31.880 --> 00:52:32.880
 Thank you.

00:52:32.880 --> 00:52:33.880
 Thank you.

00:52:33.880 --> 00:52:34.880
 Thank you.

00:52:34.880 --> 00:52:35.880
 So, only two...

00:52:35.880 --> 00:52:37.880
 And this one goes for the door.

00:52:37.880 --> 00:52:38.880
 Yeah.

00:52:38.880 --> 00:52:39.880
 So this one's turned...

00:52:39.880 --> 00:52:40.880
 A little bothered.

00:52:40.880 --> 00:52:41.880
 No.

00:52:41.880 --> 00:52:42.880
 No.

00:52:42.880 --> 00:52:44.880
 All we need is...

00:52:44.880 --> 00:52:45.880
 One more in the hallway.

00:52:45.880 --> 00:52:46.880
 Yeah.

00:52:46.880 --> 00:52:48.880
 But all we need is two...

00:52:48.880 --> 00:52:49.880
 Four and six.

00:52:49.880 --> 00:52:50.880
 All we need is six.

00:52:50.880 --> 00:52:51.380
 Yeah.

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00:52:51.380 --> 00:53:21.360
 Thank you.

00:53:21.380 --> 00:53:51.360
 Thank you.

00:53:51.380 --> 00:54:21.360
 Thank you.

00:54:21.380 --> 00:54:23.380
 Thank you.

00:54:23.380 --> 00:54:25.380
 Thank you.

00:54:25.380 --> 00:54:25.380


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00:54:25.380 --> 00:54:27.380
 Thank you.

00:54:27.380 --> 00:54:29.380
 Thank you.

00:54:29.380 --> 00:54:29.380


00:54:29.380 --> 00:54:31.380
 Thank you.

00:54:31.380 --> 00:54:33.380
 Thank you.

00:54:33.380 --> 00:54:35.380
 Thank you.

00:54:35.380 --> 00:54:35.380


00:54:35.380 --> 00:54:37.380
 Thank you.

00:54:37.380 --> 00:54:39.380
 Thank you.

00:54:39.380 --> 00:54:41.380
 Thank you.

00:54:41.380 --> 00:54:41.380


00:54:41.380 --> 00:54:43.380
 Thank you.

00:54:43.380 --> 00:54:45.380
 Thank you.

00:54:45.380 --> 00:54:50.380
 like advent calendar like toys have been the thing.

00:54:50.380 --> 00:54:53.380
 Yeah, and so we're enjoying.

00:54:53.380 --> 00:54:55.380
 We didn't start the puzzle.

00:54:55.380 --> 00:55:06.380
 Jeff has something for you guys.

00:55:06.380 --> 00:55:07.380
 Oh, and congratulations.

00:55:07.380 --> 00:55:10.380
 Not that we aren't a rude flavor here.

00:55:10.380 --> 00:55:12.380
 Congratulations.

00:55:12.380 --> 00:55:15.380
 Thank you.

00:55:15.380 --> 00:55:27.380
 Now, if we need to do a certain thing in my head.

00:55:35.380 --> 00:55:37.380
 I was very good.

00:55:37.380 --> 00:55:41.380
 I was actually thinking of a movie.

00:55:41.380 --> 00:55:43.380
 I was thinking of a movie when they got that text.

00:55:43.380 --> 00:55:44.380
 That's great for him.

00:55:44.380 --> 00:55:45.380
 That is great.

00:55:45.380 --> 00:55:46.380
 That's great to think.

00:55:46.380 --> 00:55:47.380
 It came to ruin.

00:55:47.380 --> 00:55:48.380
 Yes, we are happy.

00:55:48.380 --> 00:55:51.380
 And now it's time for me to learn my way around.

00:55:51.380 --> 00:55:55.380
 I've not learned my way around because I keep thinking,

00:55:55.380 --> 00:55:57.380
 there's so much to me.

00:55:57.380 --> 00:55:58.380
 Yeah.

00:55:58.380 --> 00:55:59.380
 I don't know.

00:55:59.380 --> 00:56:00.380
 I don't know.

00:56:00.380 --> 00:56:03.380
 So I used my GPS to get everywhere.

00:56:03.380 --> 00:56:06.380
 And now I think I need to learn.

00:56:06.380 --> 00:56:08.380
 It's time.

00:56:08.380 --> 00:56:09.380
 It's time.

00:56:09.380 --> 00:56:10.380
 No, they're all up on that.

00:56:10.380 --> 00:56:11.380
 I was here.

00:56:11.380 --> 00:56:12.380
 I was here.

00:56:12.380 --> 00:56:13.380
 I was there.

00:56:13.380 --> 00:56:15.380
 Well, when you can't.

00:56:15.380 --> 00:56:17.380
 Other places are not like this.

00:56:17.380 --> 00:56:18.380
 Or at least not to me.

00:56:18.380 --> 00:56:19.380
 Savannah is Savannah.

00:56:19.380 --> 00:56:21.380
 All of it is Savannah.

00:56:21.380 --> 00:56:22.380
 Yeah.

00:56:22.380 --> 00:56:23.380
 But Milford is Milford.

00:56:23.380 --> 00:56:29.380
 And if you need the thing in orange, you have to go to a home in that little town.

00:56:29.380 --> 00:56:35.380
 Or to Westport, whatever.

00:56:35.380 --> 00:56:38.380
 It just feels completely disconnected to me.

00:56:38.380 --> 00:56:39.380
 Yeah.

00:56:39.380 --> 00:56:41.380
 That's not what I'm used to do.

00:56:41.380 --> 00:56:43.380
 But like, just saying, we are looking up in the summers.

00:56:43.380 --> 00:56:45.380
 And they would want to go get ice cream.

00:56:45.380 --> 00:56:51.380
 And we would drive to the road to this ice cream place and have a lot of help.

00:56:51.380 --> 00:56:54.380
 We really had to get on the highway to go through.

00:56:54.380 --> 00:56:55.380
 To get ice cream.

00:56:55.380 --> 00:56:57.380
 And you get all ice cream here.

00:56:57.380 --> 00:56:58.380
 Yeah.

00:56:58.380 --> 00:56:59.380
 Yeah.

00:56:59.380 --> 00:57:00.380
 Wow.

00:57:00.380 --> 00:57:01.380
 But they don't.

00:57:01.380 --> 00:57:02.380
 That's just what you do.

00:57:02.380 --> 00:57:03.380
 It's just.

00:57:03.380 --> 00:57:04.380
 So, whatever.

00:57:04.380 --> 00:57:05.380
 Anyway.

00:57:05.380 --> 00:57:08.380
 You just have to do it.

00:57:08.380 --> 00:57:10.380
 Well, you have to learn your way around.

00:57:10.380 --> 00:57:11.380
 Here.

00:57:11.380 --> 00:57:12.380
 By learning how.

00:57:12.380 --> 00:57:13.380
 I'm not going to take a different thing.

00:57:13.380 --> 00:57:15.380
 This is how I want to get some of these.

00:57:15.380 --> 00:57:16.380
 These are the things.

00:57:16.380 --> 00:57:17.380
 I like to go through the ice cream.

00:57:17.380 --> 00:57:18.380
 I like.

00:57:18.380 --> 00:57:21.380
 Like, now that you're kind of like learning where you're going around, I'm going to say,

00:57:21.380 --> 00:57:23.380
 like, this is a bonus thing.

00:57:23.380 --> 00:57:26.380
 Did you guys go out to your team?

00:57:26.380 --> 00:57:28.380
 These are like, fine.

00:57:28.380 --> 00:57:33.380
 I always realized that when I'm family from out of town.

00:57:33.380 --> 00:57:34.380
 And I, one, I think.

00:57:34.380 --> 00:57:36.380
 Well, sorry guys.

00:57:36.380 --> 00:57:37.380
 We were out.

00:57:37.380 --> 00:57:38.380
 I got to go out there.

00:57:38.380 --> 00:57:39.380
 I'm like, I'm on the phone for this.

00:57:39.380 --> 00:57:41.380
 We could walk and eat food.

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 But if you come see us.

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 But that might go away.

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 Come on.

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 Come on.

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 Come on.