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 I, some of you know that I used to have hair that went down to my waist, down to my belt,

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 and a big bushy beard sort of looking like a cross between, I don't know, somebody with

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 really long hair and Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

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 And I used to be sort of very much into radical politics, and I've demonstrated in my wayward

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 youth, I've demonstrated on Parliament Hill and on the Spark Street Mall and in front of

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 the War Memorial and Department of National Defense Headquarters and in front of embassies,

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 and I'm probably missing some, oh, Queen's Park, I can't forget Queen's Park.

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 And I have to, if I was doing confession to you folks, I'd say, you know what, I was probably

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 wrong on virtually every issue as well, but that's a whole topic for another sermon.

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 But one time, and I have repented of some of those things, you know, just one thing, you

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 know, I think that more Vietnamese people died in the first year of Viet Cong rule, in the

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 first two years of Viet Cong rule, more Vietnamese people died than in decades of civil war.

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 And I just, every time I think about it, I repent of demonstrating against that war, but

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 that's a whole other topic of conversation.

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 One time, I was with, at a demonstration in front of the Department of National Defense

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 headquarters, and very few people showed up, but the press showed up.

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 And this is like 29 years ago or something like that, a long time ago, and the press,

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 the reporter and the photographer were very sympathetic to us.

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 So they said to us, after they'd interviewed us, they said, listen, if you folks could just

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 sort of demonstrate in this type, just line yourselves up this way, and we'll stand with

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 our camera here, and that'll make it look like there's lots of people demonstrating.

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 And we went along with it.

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 And sure enough, in the press, they gave us a very, very favorable view, gave us exaggerated

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 numbers, and the picture gave us exaggerated numbers.

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 And I thought about that a lot this week, as there's been lots of things in the press about

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 how the press has been lying, with a lot of its pictures about what went on in Lebanon,

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 and how it's been distorted.

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 And you know, there's nothing new under the sun.

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 That's what the book of Ecclesiastes said a long time ago.

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 And today, in our ninth of our ten sermons on the Ten Commandments, we come to the commandment

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 that says, you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

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 And the false witness, it could also be said, you shall not bear untruthful witness about

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 your neighbor.

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 You shall not lie, give a lying witness about your neighbor.

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 You shall not do anything which is a falsehood, an untruth, or a lie.

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 And as I was thinking about how to try to preach about this today, I was thinking at first,

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 you know, I could try to deal with how do you do this and this and this and different examples

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 and stuff.

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 And then it really struck me in prayer.

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 You know, we are inundated in our social context with a culture that violates this all the time.

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 Like, how many of us believe the advertising?

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 I'm not going to pick on anybody here, folks.

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 This isn't like, you know, radical politics 101 revisited George Havina, you know, now that

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 he's turned 50, pretending he's young again and ranting against the man or anything like

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 that.

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 But, you know, you think about it, you know, advertisements, you know, by their very nature

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 are trying to make things look far better often than they really are.

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 And they're trying to convince us of needs that we don't really have or tell us that we

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 have needs that we don't really have.

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 And how many of us really believe the politicians when they speak?

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 And how many of us believe everything that we hear in newspapers and televisions?

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 And to be honest, how much do we believe what's said by our leaders or by our church?

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 And on and on and on and on.

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 And in fact, we are completely and utterly inundated because very few cultures in the

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 history of the of the earth have been as bombarded with words and images as ours.

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 I mean, you think about it in Jesus's time or in Moses's time when the Ten Commandments

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 were said.

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 I mean, there could have been little nomadic tribes that other than the couple of people

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 in the family, they would have seen nobody or no no image other than just natural world.

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 And they could maybe go weeks and weeks and months and years, maybe being in the desert

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 or being in other places and seeing virtually no people.

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 And our culture, we are completely and utterly inundated with words, with songs, with images.

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 And in the midst of all of this, time after time after time, our culture wants to exaggerate,

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 manipulate, undercut, tell a lie, slander, position themselves this way, spin this, spin

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 that, spin that.

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 And then it dawned on me, you know, we live in a culture which is so much at variance often

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 with this commandment that we are inevitably blunted to the force of this commandment.

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 And so I said to myself, how on earth can I unblunt myself?

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 Well, let's look at Jesus.

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 And I'm going to take a bit of a risk today.

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 Those of you who are in our TESO, I am doing, I'm going to flunk Sermon 101 by having us jump

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 around in the Bible, and I'm going to start backwards in the Gospel of John.

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 So you need your Bibles this morning for sure.

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 If you haven't brought your own, use the Pew Bible.

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 We're going to look at the end of John's Gospel, close to the ends of John's Gospel, and we're

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 going to work backwards from this.

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 John's Gospel is constantly mentioning the truth.

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 I think true or truth is mentioned, I don't know, it's like 30 times, lots and lots of times

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 in John's Gospel.

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 But we're going to begin with one of the last times that truth is mentioned in John's

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 Gospel, and it's right towards the end.

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 It's John chapter 18, verse 37.

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 And it's page 939 if you're using your Pew Bibles.

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 And this is the famous story, famous for Christians, of Jesus before Pilate.

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 And Jesus is before Pilate in a sense.

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 He is before Rome.

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 And Roman power, secular power, is standing before Jesus.

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 He's being examined.

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 His life is hanging in the balance.

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 And this is how the conversation continues.

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 Pilate therefore said to him, verse 37,

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 Are you a king then?

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 Jesus answered, You say rightly that I am a king.

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 Now listen to this.

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 This is really significant.

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 Jesus is on trial before Rome.

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 And he is on trial before the civil power.

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 And listen to how he describes his purpose to Rome.

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 For this cause I was born.

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 This is why I was born.

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 For this cause I have come into the world.

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 This is why I have come.

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 That I should bear witness to the truth.

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 Everyone who is of the truth hears my voice.

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 Pilate said to him, What is truth?

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 What is truth?

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 And then Pilate just figures out ways the balance of this probability and that probability.

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 And then he has Jesus put to death.

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 Jesus' purpose is to witness to the truth.

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 And given that that is one of Jesus' purposes, it should be one of ours.

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 And we see in this text the murderous purposes and the harmful purposes that come when we ask the question,

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 What is truth?

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 And dismiss it and choose something which is untruth as the way that is going to guide our behavior.

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 And to choose that which is untruth as the way forward effortlessly and easily coexists with murderous intent.

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 And we see it perfectly put to the person of Jesus.

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 John 17, 17.

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 This is the reason I'm saying that.

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 I'm flunking Sermon 101.

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 We're looking at seven of the key texts.

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 And I'm not going to spend a long time in each of them.

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 It's just a matter of trying to bring us before the word of God time after time after time.

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 And by going beginning at the end and moving to the beginning, see how the truth is constantly pushed to us.

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 And the truth is trying to, God who speaks truth to us is trying to clarify what we should understand as truth.

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 Inflame within us a desire for that which is true.

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 Inflame within us a repulsion of that which is lie and untruth and falsehood.

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 In a sense, the scripture here can heal us.

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 Or can begin the process of healing us.

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 John 17, 17.

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 It's just the page earlier.

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 It's page 937 if you're using your pew Bibles.

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 Those of you who are familiar with the gospels will know that this is John's gospel.

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 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17 are all Jesus' final words to his disciples.

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 It's Maundy Thursday.

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 Shortly after Jesus says these words, he's going to be betrayed by Judas.

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 He is going to be brought up on false charges.

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 And I don't know what it is, 12 hours or something like that, or 16 hours after this event,

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 Pilate is going to say, what is truth?

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 And have Jesus crucified.

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 And Jesus here ends his words with his disciples by what is called the high priestly prayer.

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 It's Jesus praying for his disciples.

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 Friends, if you are in Jesus, he's praying for you.

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 If you want to have a bit of a sense as to how does Jesus intercede to the Father for you and me, listen to this.

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 You know, if you can just imagine Jesus up there in heaven all the time, he's saying,

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 Oh, Father, this is what I hope for George.

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 This is what I hope for the people of St. Albans who have come to know me.

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 This is what I hope for my followers and my friends and my disciples here on earth.

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 And listen to what Jesus says, what he prays.

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 Verse 17 of chapter 17.

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 Sanctify them by your truth.

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 Your word is truth.

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 Sanctify them by your truth.

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 Your word is truth.

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 Sanctify means to become holy.

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 It means to become set aside for God to use us as we desire.

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 It means that not only are we his precious treasure and his precious possession,

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 but that we become more and more one that God can use us as he desires,

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 and that we more and more can say, not my will, but your will be done in my life.

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 And that's the heart of sanctity.

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 And here we see that God is truth.

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 Sanctify them by the truth.

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 Your word is truth.

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 God can only speak the truth.

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 If God had a DNA, truth is part of God's DNA.

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 There is nothing in God that is not true.

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 He is true in his judgment, in his mercy.

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 He is pure, unadulterated, unending truth.

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 And so to become like God, to be set aside for God's use,

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 is to have to know the truth,

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 and to be in the truth, and to be people of the truth.

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 Those of you who are in university,

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 and many university professors mockingly say,

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 like a pilot, what is truth?

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 Do not despair.

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 All the professors, and all the theologians, and all the editorial writers,

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 and all of the people in the world can say what is truth,

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 but God is truth, and that cannot stop that.

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 And it's woven right into the fabric of the universe.

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 Do not despair.

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 Seek truth.

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 The third thing.

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 John 16, verse 13.

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 We don't have to even turn our pages if you're using the Pew Bibles.

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 John 16, verse 13.

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 And here's Jesus still in the upper room,

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 still his final moments of teaching with his disciples.

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 And here Jesus says,

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 Listen again to the first part of the verse.

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 Friends, the Holy Spirit has come.

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 Hallelujah.

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 Isn't that fantastic?

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 The Holy Spirit has come.

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 Jesus did triumph over sin and death and hell and the evil one,

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 and he poured out his Holy Spirit upon those who are his people.

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 Not only is the Holy Spirit come,

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 the Holy Spirit is the one who is in our midst.

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 And he only leads one way.

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 He only leads towards truth.

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 To choose untruth,

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 to choose lies,

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 to choose falsehoods,

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 to choose slander,

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 to choose exaggeration,

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 to choose flattery,

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 to choose character assassination,

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 to choose any of these things

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 is to step out of the Holy Spirit.

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 It is to quench the Holy Spirit.

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 It is to resist the Holy Spirit.

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 It is to feed a contrary impulse

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 than what the Holy Spirit is trying to put into us.

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 It would be as if we go to a doctor

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 who's giving us medicine to heal us,

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 and then at the same time,

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 as soon as we leave the doctor

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 who's putting in medicine to heal us,

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 we immediately go across the street

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 to take poison to kill us.

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 And the Holy Spirit is like the doctor

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 who is in our lives,

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 moving in our lives,

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 and he moves in our lives

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 to foster within us

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 a longing for truth,

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 a yearning for truth,

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 a desire for truth.

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 He heals us

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 so that we can start to recognize

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 what is lie and falsehood and untruth

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 and what is truth,

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 to hunger for truth,

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 to be able to receive truth,

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 to be able to speak truth,

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 to live by truth.

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 That's the direction of the Holy Spirit.

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 There's no other direction that he has.

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 The fourth text,

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 John 14, verse 6.

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 Those of you who are Bible scholars

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 know that that's the verse

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 that I just quoted to the little children

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 before I prayed to them.

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 It's on page 934,

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 John 14, verse 6.

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 And here we see Jesus

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 talking about himself.

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 As I said,

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 he's describing himself,

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 and he says to his disciples,

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 he's still in the upper room,

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 final teaching with his disciples,

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 he says,

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 I am the way,

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 the truth,

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 and the life.

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 No one comes to the Father

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 except through me.

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 Jesus said to him,

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 that's Thomas,

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 who's asked him a question,

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 I am the way,

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 the truth,

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 and the life.

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 No one comes to the Father

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 except through me.

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 You know,

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 one of the first names

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 for the Christians,

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 or one of the first ways

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 that the Christians

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 described themselves,

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 if you read the book of Acts,

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 is that they were followers

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 of the way.

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 That's who they were.

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 They were followers

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 of the way.

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 And in a sense,

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 this text then

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 is asking us to choose,

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 to we choose

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 to be people of the way

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 or people not of the way.

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 And if we choose

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 to be people of the way,

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 we are choosing

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 to be people of the truth.

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 And we cannot choose

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 to be people of the lie,

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 people of the untruth,

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 people of the falsehood.

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 We are invited

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 to be the people

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 of the truth.

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 And like God,

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 the Father,

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 Jesus is only truth.

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 You know,

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 I could try to describe

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 to you complicated

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 ethical dilemmas.

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 You know,

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 what do you do

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 if the Nazis

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 are knocking on your door

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 and you're hiding

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 Jewish people?

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 You know,

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 gosh,

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 I'm a fallen human being

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 and I live

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 in a fallen world

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 and I don't possess

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 the wisdom of Jesus

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 and I don't possess

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 the foresight of Jesus

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 and I don't abide

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 in the Father's will

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 like Jesus does.

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 And Jesus,

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 because he's pure truth

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 and not only pure truth,

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 but purely

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 and utterly obedient

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 to his heavenly Father

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 and purely

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 and utterly obedient

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 to the leading

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 and the guiding

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 and pure goodness

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 and all of those things.

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 I mean,

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 you know,

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 he just went through

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 his life

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 that there was nothing

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 ever that he did

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 that was in contradiction

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 between mercy

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 and justice

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 and love

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 and goodness

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 and purity

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 and the truth

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 and all of those things

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 and we're disjointed

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 and broken people

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 until we come

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 to know Jesus

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 and throw our lives

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 into his hands

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 and trust him

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 and ask the Holy Spirit

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 to start to work

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 a work of healing

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 in our lives

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 and submit to his word

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 that we can start

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 to be healed

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 and all I want to tell you,

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 I'm not going to try

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 to analyze

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 for you complex

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 moral questions.

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 I'm going to say to you

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 that Jesus is the way,

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 the truth,

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 and the life

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 and that truth

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 is not thin

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 or narrow

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 or abstract

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 or disjointed

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 but when Jesus says

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 that he is the way,

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 the truth,

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 and the life,

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 he is telling us

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 that the truth is real,

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 that it is pure,

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 that it is thick,

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 it is deep,

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 it is powerful,

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 it is living,

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 and it is a person.

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 In a sense,

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 the truth is a face,

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 the face

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 that we were built

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 to know,

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 the face

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 that we truly

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 were made

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 to long for

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 and yearn for,

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 that everything

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 within us

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 was designed

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 that we would see

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 the face of God

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 through the person

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 and the face

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 of Jesus Christ

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 and friends,

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 I urge you

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 to do what you need

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 to do

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 to be right with God

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 so that at the end

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 of your life

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 when you appear

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 face to face

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 with God,

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 you will see

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 the face of Jesus

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 and see him smile

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 and you will say

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 to him,

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 I have been longing

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 to see you

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 all of my life

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 and he will say

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 to you,

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 well done,

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 my good and faithful servant,

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 come into the kingdom

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 prepared for you

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 from all eternity.

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 The fifth passage

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 of scripture

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 tells us

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 of that,

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 of another face

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 and it's John

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 chapter 8

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 verse 44,

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 it's page 928

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 and gosh,

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 this is a powerful text,

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 it's part of a

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 controversy

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 with the religious leaders,

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 the leaders

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 of culture,

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 the leaders

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 of religion,

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 the people

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 who get on the cover

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 of People magazine,

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 the movers

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 and the shakers

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 of Jerusalem

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 and at the end

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 of this long conversation

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 in verse 59,

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 they took up stones

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 to throw at him

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 because they wanted

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 to kill him

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 and here's what

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 Jesus says to them

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 in verse 44,

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 talking to these people,

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 you are of your father

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 the devil

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 and the desires

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 of your father

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 you want to do.

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 He was a murderer

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 from the beginning

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 and does not stand

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 in the truth

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 because there is

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 no truth in him.

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 When he speaks

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 a lie,

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 he speaks

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 from his own resources

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 according to his own nature

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 for he is a liar

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 and the father

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 of lies.

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 Whoa!

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 Listen to that again.

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 You are of your father

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 the devil

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 and the desires

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 of your father

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 you want to do.

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 In fact,

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 these are the people

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 who are going to conspire

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 with false charges

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 to have Jesus

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 put to death

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 and are going to

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 put pressure

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 on a man

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 who says,

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 what is truth?

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 So that he will agree

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 to have Jesus

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 put to death.

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 He is completely

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 and utterly bang on.

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 You are of your father

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 the devil

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 and the desires

00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:53.339
 of your father

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 you want to do.

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 He was a murderer

00:20:55.840 --> 00:20:56.620
 from the beginning

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 and does not stand

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 in the truth

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 because there is

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 no truth in him.

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 When he speaks a lie

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 he speaks

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 really I should say

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 he speaks his own

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 native language.

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 He speaks according

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 to his nature

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 for he is a liar

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 and the father

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 of lies.

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 To choose untruth

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 to choose lies

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 or falsehoods

00:21:16.560 --> 00:21:17.100
 slander

00:21:17.100 --> 00:21:19.200
 character assassination

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 to use language

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 to manipulate

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 to belittle

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 to hurt

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 is to step

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 towards hostile

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 spiritual powers

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 and persons.

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 It does not mean

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 in this text

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 that every time

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 one of us

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 say we have a lie

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 or an untruth

00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:37.799
 we have a demon

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 not saying that at all

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 but it does mean

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 that demons

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 always lie

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 and those

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 who are afflicted

00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:51.080
 with the demonic

00:21:51.080 --> 00:21:52.340
 harassed

00:21:52.340 --> 00:21:53.400
 by demons

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 oppressed

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 by demons

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 possessed

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 by demons

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 believe lies

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 and tell lies

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 and that when

00:22:01.020 --> 00:22:01.880
 we lie

00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:03.220
 and tell untruth

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 we are not

00:22:04.220 --> 00:22:05.260
 learning the language

00:22:05.260 --> 00:22:06.020
 of heaven

00:22:06.020 --> 00:22:07.380
 but the language

00:22:07.380 --> 00:22:08.120
 of the demonic.

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 That's a very hard word

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 and friends

00:22:11.320 --> 00:22:12.380
 before we leave this

00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:13.380
 let me tell you this

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 those of you

00:22:15.140 --> 00:22:15.720
 who have ever had

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.340
 any dealings

00:22:16.340 --> 00:22:17.020
 with the demonic

00:22:17.020 --> 00:22:18.020
 demons always

00:22:18.020 --> 00:22:19.720
 begin by telling you

00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:20.820
 something like

00:22:20.820 --> 00:22:22.700
 come with me

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:23.560
 and you will be

00:22:23.560 --> 00:22:24.220
 like God

00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:26.520
 and they end

00:22:26.520 --> 00:22:27.460
 when they have

00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:28.240
 power in you

00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:29.140
 by telling you

00:22:29.140 --> 00:22:30.520
 you are worse

00:22:30.520 --> 00:22:31.320
 than dirt

00:22:31.320 --> 00:22:33.080
 and you are

00:22:33.080 --> 00:22:33.840
 completely

00:22:33.840 --> 00:22:34.600
 and utterly

00:22:34.600 --> 00:22:35.940
 under my thumb

00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:37.400
 and to leave me

00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:38.520
 who is really God

00:22:38.520 --> 00:22:39.660
 will be the end

00:22:39.660 --> 00:22:40.000
 of you.

00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:43.799
 Jesus says

00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:45.920
 come to me

00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:47.319
 all who are broken

00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:48.940
 and heavy hearted

00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:49.359
 and weary

00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:51.039
 and I will give you rest

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:52.859
 take my yoke upon you

00:22:52.859 --> 00:22:53.799
 and learn from me

00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:54.799
 for I am gentle

00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.779
 and humble of heart

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:57.180
 and you will find rest

00:22:57.180 --> 00:22:57.900
 for your soul

00:22:57.900 --> 00:22:59.539
 for my yoke is easy

00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:01.000
 and my burden is light

00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:02.779
 and the work of Jesus

00:23:02.779 --> 00:23:03.500
 in our lives

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:04.059
 is sometimes

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:05.039
 he confronts us

00:23:05.039 --> 00:23:06.240
 of our brokenness

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:07.900
 sometimes he comes

00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:08.960
 to us in despair

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:10.720
 sometimes he comes

00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:11.460
 to us in the midst

00:23:11.460 --> 00:23:12.160
 of consciousness

00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:12.860
 of sin

00:23:12.860 --> 00:23:14.539
 time after time

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:15.779
 he comes to us

00:23:15.779 --> 00:23:16.860
 when we feel

00:23:16.860 --> 00:23:17.500
 that things are

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.380
 out of control

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 and that maybe

00:23:19.120 --> 00:23:20.480
 we are worse than dust

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:21.579
 and about to be

00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:22.140
 oppressed

00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:23.120
 and destroyed

00:23:23.120 --> 00:23:23.880
 or broken

00:23:23.880 --> 00:23:24.720
 by powers

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.779
 far greater than us

00:23:25.779 --> 00:23:26.759
 and Jesus

00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:27.900
 comes to us

00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:28.740
 unlike a demon

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.720
 and reaches down

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:30.400
 to us

00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:31.200
 in that state

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:31.700
 of affairs

00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:32.779
 and when we place

00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:33.660
 our hands

00:23:33.660 --> 00:23:34.420
 in his

00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:36.680
 we find this

00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:37.500
 wonderful

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:38.840
 unbelievable

00:23:38.840 --> 00:23:39.840
 shocking

00:23:39.840 --> 00:23:41.460
 pronouncement

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:43.680
 you will be

00:23:43.680 --> 00:23:44.420
 like me

00:23:44.420 --> 00:23:48.880
 the most broken

00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:49.440
 person

00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:50.920
 the most sinful

00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:51.500
 person

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:52.380
 the weakest

00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:52.960
 person

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:55.120
 you like me

00:23:55.120 --> 00:23:55.960
 will be like

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:56.440
 Jesus

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:57.840
 not by works

00:23:57.840 --> 00:23:58.640
 but by grace

00:23:58.640 --> 00:24:01.039
 those lies

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:01.620
 are terrible

00:24:01.620 --> 00:24:02.180
 folks

00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:04.640
 just in the same

00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:05.400
 passage

00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:05.860
 the same

00:24:05.860 --> 00:24:06.640
 conversation

00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:07.680
 John chapter 8

00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.360
 verse 32

00:24:08.360 --> 00:24:09.860
 and you know

00:24:09.860 --> 00:24:10.299
 one of the things

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:10.700
 I found

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:11.120
 is when I was

00:24:11.120 --> 00:24:11.980
 working backwards

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.560
 in John

00:24:12.560 --> 00:24:13.560
 earlier things

00:24:13.560 --> 00:24:13.980
 in John

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.500
 made more

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.360
 and more sense

00:24:15.360 --> 00:24:17.019
 you're able

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:17.940
 to understand

00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:18.320
 things

00:24:18.320 --> 00:24:18.980
 in the case

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:19.440
 of John's

00:24:19.440 --> 00:24:19.700
 gospel

00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.120
 when you know

00:24:20.120 --> 00:24:20.660
 the end

00:24:20.660 --> 00:24:21.080
 and you go

00:24:21.080 --> 00:24:21.539
 backwards

00:24:21.539 --> 00:24:22.340
 you can understand

00:24:22.340 --> 00:24:22.900
 the beginning

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:23.700
 better and better

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.120
 and better

00:24:24.120 --> 00:24:24.960
 and listen

00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:25.259
 to what

00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:25.620
 John

00:24:25.620 --> 00:24:26.620
 Jesus says

00:24:26.620 --> 00:24:26.960
 oh you have

00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:27.680
 to turn the page

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.980
 John chapter 8

00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:29.799
 verse 32

00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:31.379
 and you shall

00:24:31.379 --> 00:24:32.339
 know the truth

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:33.659
 and the truth

00:24:33.659 --> 00:24:34.720
 shall make you

00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:35.039
 free

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:36.899
 come to me

00:24:36.899 --> 00:24:37.500
 all who labor

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.159
 and are heavy laden

00:24:38.159 --> 00:24:38.839
 and I will give you

00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:39.039
 rest

00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.659
 take my yoke

00:24:39.659 --> 00:24:40.119
 upon you

00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:40.859
 and learn from me

00:24:40.859 --> 00:24:41.519
 for I am gentle

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:42.319
 and lowly of heart

00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:42.899
 and you will find

00:24:42.899 --> 00:24:44.059
 rest for your souls

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:44.779
 for my yoke

00:24:44.779 --> 00:24:45.419
 is easy

00:24:45.419 --> 00:24:46.720
 and my burden

00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.639
 is light

00:24:47.639 --> 00:24:49.339
 truth here

00:24:49.339 --> 00:24:50.159
 we now see

00:24:50.159 --> 00:24:50.839
 is more than

00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:51.879
 two plus two

00:24:51.879 --> 00:24:53.539
 equals four

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.919
 but even

00:24:54.919 --> 00:24:56.139
 tiny tiny

00:24:56.139 --> 00:24:57.039
 tiny truths

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.639
 like that

00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:58.259
 give us some

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.680
 freedom

00:24:58.680 --> 00:24:59.980
 no if you're

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.420
 in Canada

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:00.960
 and you can't

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:01.220
 read

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:01.799
 and you can't

00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:02.100
 count

00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:02.640
 you aren't

00:25:02.640 --> 00:25:03.180
 free

00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:05.539
 even

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:06.460
 abstract

00:25:06.460 --> 00:25:07.019
 thin

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.720
 narrow

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.840
 truths

00:25:08.840 --> 00:25:09.720
 give us

00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.140
 freedom

00:25:10.140 --> 00:25:11.500
 but the deeper

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.240
 the truth

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:13.160
 the deeper

00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:13.799
 the freedom

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:15.299
 and friends

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:16.140
 you and I

00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:17.140
 we are very

00:25:17.140 --> 00:25:17.620
 deep

00:25:17.620 --> 00:25:18.700
 God has

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:19.420
 created us

00:25:19.420 --> 00:25:20.100
 not to be

00:25:20.100 --> 00:25:20.480
 shallow

00:25:20.480 --> 00:25:21.019
 but we

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.320
 in our

00:25:21.320 --> 00:25:22.019
 very nature

00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:23.000
 are very

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.539
 deep

00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:24.580
 and we

00:25:24.580 --> 00:25:25.320
 need

00:25:25.320 --> 00:25:26.039
 deep

00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:26.700
 truth

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:28.140
 not thin

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:28.759
 narrow

00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:29.380
 abstract

00:25:29.380 --> 00:25:29.960
 little

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:30.360
 bits

00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:30.920
 and pieces

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:31.540
 of truth

00:25:31.540 --> 00:25:33.000
 we need

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.500
 deep

00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:33.960
 truth

00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:34.460
 because

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:35.280
 we are

00:25:35.280 --> 00:25:35.740
 deep

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.540
 and there

00:25:36.540 --> 00:25:37.220
 is nothing

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:38.140
 deeper than

00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:38.620
 God

00:25:38.620 --> 00:25:39.020
 who is

00:25:39.020 --> 00:25:39.460
 truth

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:42.840
 nothing

00:25:42.840 --> 00:25:43.540
 deeper than

00:25:43.540 --> 00:25:43.860
 God

00:25:43.860 --> 00:25:44.180
 who is

00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:44.500
 truth

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.320
 friends

00:25:45.320 --> 00:25:46.520
 one of the

00:25:46.520 --> 00:25:46.960
 purposes

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.360
 of the

00:25:47.360 --> 00:25:47.540
 ten

00:25:47.540 --> 00:25:47.780
 commandments

00:25:47.780 --> 00:25:48.180
 there's two

00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:48.620
 purposes

00:25:48.620 --> 00:25:48.960
 in the

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:49.160
 ten

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.640
 commandments

00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:50.180
 the ten

00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:50.600
 commandments

00:25:50.600 --> 00:25:50.940
 are the

00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:51.340
 outline

00:25:51.340 --> 00:25:51.960
 of sanity

00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:54.000
 and they

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.280
 are the

00:25:54.280 --> 00:25:54.920
 outline of

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.300
 sanity

00:25:55.300 --> 00:25:55.980
 the outline

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.480
 of freedom

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:57.059
 the outline

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.599
 of truth

00:25:57.599 --> 00:25:58.220
 the outline

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.559
 of hope

00:25:58.559 --> 00:25:58.799
 they are

00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.259
 the outline

00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.799
 of sanity

00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:00.559
 and for

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.039
 those of

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.440
 us who

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:01.900
 have not

00:26:01.900 --> 00:26:02.400
 yet come

00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:02.759
 to know

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.160
 Jesus

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:05.339
 the fundamental

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:06.120
 purpose of

00:26:06.120 --> 00:26:06.440
 the ten

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:06.940
 commandments

00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:07.839
 is to

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:08.500
 make us

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:09.360
 realize that

00:26:09.360 --> 00:26:09.880
 we need

00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:10.559
 a savior

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:12.720
 like you

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.220
 take this

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.680
 one here

00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:14.160
 even this

00:26:14.160 --> 00:26:14.500
 ninth

00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:15.160
 commandment

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:15.720
 and maybe

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.480
 you hear

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.220
 this commandment

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.500
 and you say

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:17.880
 okay from

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:18.299
 now on

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:18.640
 I'm only

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:18.860
 going to

00:26:18.860 --> 00:26:19.380
 speak the

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:19.599
 truth

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:20.079
 know the

00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:20.299
 truth

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.740
 love the

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:20.940
 truth

00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:21.380
 yearn for

00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:21.759
 the truth

00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.579
 and if you

00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:23.039
 even made

00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.640
 that commitment

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:24.360
 today it would

00:26:24.360 --> 00:26:24.839
 not take

00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:25.360
 very long

00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:25.759
 if you have

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.240
 any type

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.619
 of self

00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:27.099
 examination

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:27.799
 before you

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.299
 fail

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:29.279
 but even

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.799
 if you had

00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.339
 sufficient

00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:31.039
 power to

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.779
 somehow or

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:32.399
 another only

00:26:32.399 --> 00:26:32.919
 live in the

00:26:32.919 --> 00:26:33.419
 truth for the

00:26:33.419 --> 00:26:33.839
 rest of your

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.559
 life what

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:35.339
 would possibly

00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:36.019
 atone for

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.779
 the lies and

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.379
 the deceptions

00:26:37.379 --> 00:26:37.759
 that have

00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:38.199
 characterized

00:26:38.199 --> 00:26:38.939
 your life

00:26:38.939 --> 00:26:39.859
 for the last

00:26:39.859 --> 00:26:40.539
 in my case

00:26:40.539 --> 00:26:41.479
 50 years

00:26:41.479 --> 00:26:42.359
 nothing that

00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:43.079
 I can do

00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:43.699
 can atone

00:26:43.699 --> 00:26:44.119
 for that

00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:44.779
 or change

00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:45.279
 that

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:46.500
 and so the

00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.139
 commandments

00:26:47.139 --> 00:26:48.419
 are pushing

00:26:48.419 --> 00:26:49.099
 us when we

00:26:49.099 --> 00:26:49.679
 see what

00:26:49.679 --> 00:26:50.740
 sanity means

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.179
 and our

00:26:51.179 --> 00:26:51.899
 inability to

00:26:51.899 --> 00:26:52.619
 hit sanity

00:26:52.619 --> 00:26:53.559
 by ourselves

00:26:53.559 --> 00:26:54.679
 to finally

00:26:54.679 --> 00:26:55.299
 call out to

00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:55.720
 God and

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.460
 say God

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.379
 I need

00:26:57.379 --> 00:26:58.159
 a savior

00:26:58.159 --> 00:27:00.460
 and then

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:01.359
 Jesus says

00:27:01.359 --> 00:27:01.859
 I am the

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:02.319
 way and the

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:02.779
 truth and the

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:03.480
 life come to

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.099
 me all who

00:27:04.099 --> 00:27:04.639
 labor and are

00:27:04.639 --> 00:27:05.279
 heavy laden and

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.980
 I will give you

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.819
 rest take my

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:07.539
 yoke upon you

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.559
 and learn from

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.099
 me for I am

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:09.639
 gentle and

00:27:09.639 --> 00:27:10.279
 humble of heart

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:10.659
 and you will

00:27:10.659 --> 00:27:11.319
 find rest for

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:11.940
 your souls

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:13.480
 for my yoke is

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:14.000
 easy and my

00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:14.740
 burden is light

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:16.419
 for those of us

00:27:16.419 --> 00:27:17.200
 who have come to

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:17.819
 the person of

00:27:17.819 --> 00:27:19.339
 Jesus trusting

00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:20.019
 him as our

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:21.539
 savior committing

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:22.299
 to follow him

00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:22.919
 as Lord and

00:27:22.919 --> 00:27:23.500
 open to the

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:24.200
 Holy Spirit

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:26.039
 then we have

00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.879
 here before us

00:27:26.879 --> 00:27:27.960
 the outline of

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:28.960
 what it is

00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:29.960
 how it is

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.399
 that we are

00:27:30.399 --> 00:27:30.700
 to live

00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.680
 how are we

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.339
 to live as

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:32.980
 people of the

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.680
 truth and not

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:34.220
 as people of

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.539
 the lie

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:35.299
 learning the

00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:35.879
 language of

00:27:35.879 --> 00:27:36.659
 heaven not

00:27:36.659 --> 00:27:37.200
 the language

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:37.799
 of demons

00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:38.819
 learning that

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:40.200
 to love God

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:40.980
 who is truth

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.480
 learning the

00:27:41.480 --> 00:27:42.240
 truth is deep

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:43.220
 and so there

00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:43.899
 is within us

00:27:43.899 --> 00:27:44.339
 here something

00:27:44.339 --> 00:27:44.740
 that can

00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.899
 that's why

00:27:45.899 --> 00:27:46.319
 the prayer

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:46.940
 book go back

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.480
 and read page

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.419
 68 and 69

00:27:48.419 --> 00:27:48.819
 of the book

00:27:48.819 --> 00:27:49.180
 of common

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:49.519
 prayer the

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:49.879
 little red

00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:50.279
 books in

00:27:50.279 --> 00:27:51.359
 your pews

00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:51.819
 and after

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.259
 every one

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.479
 of the

00:27:52.479 --> 00:27:52.899
 commandments

00:27:52.899 --> 00:27:53.319
 there is

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:53.740
 a prayer

00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.139
 and the

00:27:54.139 --> 00:27:55.359
 prayer is

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:56.500
 Lord have

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.259
 mercy upon

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:58.119
 us and

00:27:58.119 --> 00:27:58.959
 incline our

00:27:58.959 --> 00:27:59.939
 hearts to

00:27:59.939 --> 00:28:00.459
 keep this

00:28:00.459 --> 00:28:00.779
 law

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:02.979
 praise God

00:28:02.979 --> 00:28:04.159
 final one

00:28:04.159 --> 00:28:06.459
 and this

00:28:06.459 --> 00:28:07.179
 all I can

00:28:07.179 --> 00:28:07.500
 really say

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 this really

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 all it teaches

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 us is to

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 adore

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 just to

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 adore

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 this

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 final passage

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 is just

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 teaching us

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 to be

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 thankful

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 to adore

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 God

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 to meditate

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:19.559
 upon his

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 son Jesus

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 Christ

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 to understand

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 that Jesus

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 is not only

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 full of truth

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 but he's full

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 of grace

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 that there's no

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 contradiction

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 between truth

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 and grace

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 between truth

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 and love

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 but that Jesus

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 is only grace

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 only mercy

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 only truth

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 and that he

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 comes to be

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 amongst us

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 so that we

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.579
 might know

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 the grace

00:28:42.119 --> 00:28:42.679
 and the truth

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 of God

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 through the

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:45.039
 mercy of God

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 he comes to

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 us

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 so that we

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.440
 may say

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:48.019
 yes to

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 him

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 and by

00:28:49.080 --> 00:28:49.740
 saying yes

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 to him

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 that we

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 might learn

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 to adore

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 John chapter

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 one

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 verse 14

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 actually you

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 know what

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 I think we

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 have time

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 we're going

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 to begin

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 verse one

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 John chapter

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 one

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.460
 verse one

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:03.860
 the beginning

00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.660
 of the gospel

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 see sometimes

00:29:06.120 --> 00:29:06.779
 it's worth it

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 to read the

00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.820
 book backwards

00:29:07.820 --> 00:29:09.940
 in the beginning

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:10.940
 was the word

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 and the word

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 was with God

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 and the word

00:29:14.039 --> 00:29:14.820
 was God

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 he was in

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:16.319
 the beginning

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 with God

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 all things

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 were made

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 through him

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 without him

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 nothing was

00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:22.399
 made that was

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 made

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 in him

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.779
 was life

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 and the life

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 was the light

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 of men

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 and women

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 and the light

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 shines in the

00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.179
 darkness

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 and the darkness

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 did not comprehend

00:29:32.139 --> 00:29:32.559
 it

00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:34.179
 there was a man

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 sent from God

00:29:35.139 --> 00:29:35.539
 whose name

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.099
 was John

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 this man

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 came for a

00:29:38.179 --> 00:29:38.480
 witness

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 to bear witness

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 of the light

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 that all through

00:29:41.659 --> 00:29:42.539
 him might believe

00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:43.819
 he was not

00:29:43.819 --> 00:29:44.480
 that light

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:45.240
 but was sent

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:46.059
 to bear witness

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:47.339
 of that light

00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:48.679
 that light

00:29:48.679 --> 00:29:49.639
 was the true light

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 which gives light

00:29:50.419 --> 00:29:51.200
 to every man

00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:52.240
 who comes into the world

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:53.439
 that light

00:29:53.439 --> 00:29:54.419
 was in the world

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 and the world

00:29:55.220 --> 00:29:56.399
 was made through him

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 and the world

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:58.299
 did not know him

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:59.659
 that light

00:29:59.659 --> 00:30:00.319
 that word

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:01.480
 came to his own

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:02.259
 and his own

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:03.439
 did not receive him

00:30:03.439 --> 00:30:04.619
 but as many

00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:05.779
 as received him

00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:06.519
 that word

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:07.399
 that light

00:30:07.399 --> 00:30:08.539
 as many

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:09.599
 as received him

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:10.359
 to them

00:30:10.359 --> 00:30:11.279
 he gave

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.859
 the right

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 to become

00:30:12.419 --> 00:30:13.759
 children of God

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.879
 even to those

00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:15.319
 who believe

00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:16.000
 in his name

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:17.119
 who are born

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:17.740
 these new

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.299
 children

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 not of blood

00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:20.259
 nor of the will

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:20.839
 of the flesh

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:21.460
 nor of the will

00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:22.000
 of man

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:23.440
 but of God

00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:24.960
 and the word

00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:25.980
 became flesh

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.839
 and dwelt

00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:27.559
 among us

00:30:27.559 --> 00:30:29.059
 and we beheld

00:30:29.059 --> 00:30:29.799
 his glory

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:30.400
 the glory

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:31.200
 as of the only

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.779
 begotten

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.440
 of the father

00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:34.319
 full of grace

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:35.099
 and truth

00:30:35.099 --> 00:30:36.240
 John bore

00:30:36.240 --> 00:30:37.079
 witness of him

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:37.759
 and cried out

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.140
 saying

00:30:38.140 --> 00:30:39.480
 this was he

00:30:39.480 --> 00:30:40.720
 of whom I said

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:41.920
 he who comes

00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:42.519
 after me

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:43.200
 he has preferred

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:44.039
 before me

00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.779
 for he was

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.519
 before me

00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:47.599
 and of his

00:30:47.599 --> 00:30:48.039
 fullness

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:49.599
 we have all

00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:50.359
 received

00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:51.779
 grace

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.819
 for grace

00:30:52.819 --> 00:30:53.859
 for the law

00:30:53.859 --> 00:30:54.359
 was given

00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:55.000
 through Moses

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:56.420
 but grace

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:57.319
 and truth

00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:58.299
 came through

00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:59.240
 Jesus Christ

00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:00.599
 no one

00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:01.279
 has seen

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:01.660
 God

00:31:01.660 --> 00:31:02.539
 at any time

00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:03.579
 the only

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:04.559
 begotten son

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:05.400
 who is in the

00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:06.039
 bosom of the

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.400
 father

00:31:06.400 --> 00:31:08.259
 he has declared

00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:08.619
 him

00:31:08.619 --> 00:31:10.079
 let us pray

00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:23.079
 loving father

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:24.399
 we thank

00:31:24.399 --> 00:31:24.939
 and praise

00:31:24.939 --> 00:31:25.519
 you that you

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:26.019
 are filled

00:31:26.019 --> 00:31:26.779
 with mercy

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:28.179
 that you

00:31:28.179 --> 00:31:28.919
 see us

00:31:28.919 --> 00:31:29.519
 in our

00:31:29.519 --> 00:31:30.259
 time of

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:31.139
 deepest need

00:31:31.139 --> 00:31:31.859
 and you

00:31:31.859 --> 00:31:32.319
 do not

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:33.299
 despise us

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:34.399
 belittle us

00:31:34.400 --> 00:31:37.040
 but that you

00:31:37.040 --> 00:31:37.620
 send your

00:31:37.620 --> 00:31:38.380
 you sent your

00:31:38.380 --> 00:31:38.680
 son

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:39.240
 you send

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.800
 your son

00:31:39.800 --> 00:31:40.519
 to us

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:42.259
 as the

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:42.700
 savior

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:44.900
 loving father

00:31:44.900 --> 00:31:45.720
 may your son

00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.400
 truly be

00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:47.040
 our savior

00:31:47.040 --> 00:31:48.560
 may

00:31:48.560 --> 00:31:51.259
 we entrust

00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:51.800
 our lives

00:31:51.800 --> 00:31:52.280
 to him

00:31:52.280 --> 00:31:52.900
 and may

00:31:52.900 --> 00:31:53.580
 your holy

00:31:53.580 --> 00:31:54.040
 spirit

00:31:54.040 --> 00:31:54.660
 spirit

00:31:54.660 --> 00:31:55.400
 move and

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:55.800
 work in

00:31:55.800 --> 00:31:56.400
 our lives

00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:57.700
 leading us

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.200
 to a full

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.800
 confidence

00:31:58.800 --> 00:31:59.280
 in your

00:31:59.280 --> 00:31:59.700
 word

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.780
 a healing

00:32:00.780 --> 00:32:01.400
 of mind

00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:01.880
 and heart

00:32:01.880 --> 00:32:02.340
 and will

00:32:02.340 --> 00:32:03.800
 fan into flame

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.299
 within us

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:04.659
 father

00:32:04.659 --> 00:32:05.119
 a deep

00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:05.659
 longing

00:32:05.659 --> 00:32:06.299
 and yearning

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:06.659
 for the

00:32:06.659 --> 00:32:07.000
 truth

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:08.119
 heal us

00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:08.779
 that we

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.440
 might speak

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:10.059
 the language

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.779
 of truth

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:13.419
 heal us

00:32:13.419 --> 00:32:14.000
 that we

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.799
 might receive

00:32:14.799 --> 00:32:15.319
 truth

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:16.079
 and dwell

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:16.680
 in truth

00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:17.419
 and abide

00:32:17.419 --> 00:32:18.039
 in truth

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:19.759
 all this

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:20.259
 we ask

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.740
 in the name

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.220
 of Jesus

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:22.019
 your son

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:22.500
 and our

00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:22.899
 savior

00:32:22.899 --> 00:32:23.960
 amen