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 We'll begin our reading with the last two verses of chapter 14,

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 and then we'll go through verse 11 of chapter 15.

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 So John 14, starting at verse 30,

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 and to John chapter 15, we'll end at verse 11.

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 You can follow along in whatever English translation you have.

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 I like to read from the King James,

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 but then I'll make sure to exposit using, I think, more of the ESV as well

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 so that you can make sure to find where we are.

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 I think it's really good for us to hear this same Greek text

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 and a lot of different English translations.

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 So if you please follow along, and as I read this, remember,

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 this is God's inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, and sufficient word.

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 It's God's very own word for you, His people.

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 If you believe that, you belong to God through Jesus Christ.

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 And when we're done with the reading, I'll say,

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 this is the word of the Lord, and you respond, thanks be to God.

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 John chapter 14, verse 30.

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 Hereafter I will not talk much with you,

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 for the Prince of this world cometh,

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 and hath nothing in me.

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 But that the world may know that I love the Father,

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 and as the Father gave me commandment, so I do.

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 Arise, let us go hence.

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 15.1

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 Verse 3.

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 Now you are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

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 Abide in me, and I in you.

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 As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it abide in the vine,

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 no more can you except you abide in me.

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 Verse 5.

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 I am the vine.

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 You are the branches.

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 He that abides in me, and I in him,

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 the same brings forth much fruit.

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 For without me you can do nothing.

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 If a man abide not in me,

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 he is cast forth as a branch and is withered.

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 And men gather them and cast them into the fire,

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 and they are burned.

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 If you abide in me and my word abides in you,

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 you shall ask what you will,

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 and it shall be done unto you.

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 Herein is my Father glorified,

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 that you bear much fruit.

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 So shall you be my disciples.

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 As the Father has loved me,

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 so I have loved you.

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 Continue in my love.

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 If you keep my commandments,

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 you shall abide in my love,

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 even as I have kept my Father's commandments,

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 and I abide in his love.

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 These things I have spoken unto you,

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 that my joy may remain in you,

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 and that your joy may be full.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Thanks be to God indeed.

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 You may be seated.

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 The Bible says that the grass withers,

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 and the flower fades,

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 but it's the word of the Lord that endures forever.

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 Would you pray with me?

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 Would you pray with me?

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 Would you pray with me?

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 Father, may your word,

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 may Jesus Christ,

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 the true vine,

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 abide richly in your people.

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 Teach us what it means to abide in our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 For your glory today we ask.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 how can you have joy in the battle?

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 Is it possible to go through the trenches of warfare

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 and still have joy?

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 And if so, how?

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 In 1895, a missionary from Ireland to India named Amy Carmichael.

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 She traveled on a ship, arrived in India.

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 The first 40 years of being a missionary there,

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 she never went back to visit family or relatives,

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 never went home.

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 20 years before she ended her ministry there,

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 she had fallen into an uncovered pit,

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 and she fell so badly that it hurt her back,

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 and she had to become bedridden.

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 So the next 20 years of ministry,

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 she was laid up in a bed in India.

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 She saw the spiritual battle,

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 the wickedness, the violence all around her.

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 And yet she knew,

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 even being bedridden and in chronic pain,

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 she knew a deeper joy,

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 even deeper than the battle that she had to endure.

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 Listen to what she wrote.

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 What prodigal waste it appears

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 to see scattered on the floor

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 the bright green leaves

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 and the bare stem bleeding

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 in a hundred places from the sharp knife.

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 But with a tried and trusted vine dresser,

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 there is not a random stroke in it all.

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 Listen to this.

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 Nothing cut away,

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 which it would not have been

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 a loss to keep or gain to lose.

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 There's a deep battle we live in.

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 Amy Carmichael testifies,

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 there is a deeper joy.

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 In this wonderful little passage of John 15,

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 Jesus tells His disciples,

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 Satan is coming.

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 Abide in Me.

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 My Father will prune you.

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 Abide in Me.

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 Apart from Me,

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 you can do nothing.

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 Abide in Me.

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 Jesus tells us the purpose

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 for this teaching.

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 Look at verse 11.

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 These things I have spoken to you.

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 Why?

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 That My joy may be in you

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 and that your joy may be full.

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 That's where this ends up.

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 That's verse 11.

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 Let's walk through the verses

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 between the end of 14

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 to arrive at that point

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 and see how this promise

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 of our Lord Jesus

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 is trustworthy.

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 How can you have His joy,

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 His deep joy,

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 even in the battle?

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 I got eight points to get us there.

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 Number one,

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 you and I were born

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 into a spiritual battle.

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 We were entering this world

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 in the midst of a war

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 that's already going on

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 long before we were part of it

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 and that will continue to go on

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 until the Lord returns.

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 And the moment you are born

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 into this world,

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 there is one person

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 who has more of a claim on you

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 than anyone else.

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 More than your parents

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 have a claim on you,

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 more than your country

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 can claim you,

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 and it's Satan himself.

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 You are claimed.

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 Born into this world

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 that's at war,

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 you are claimed by Satan.

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 Look at chapter 14,

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 verse 30.

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 There in the upper room,

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 Jesus tells His disciples,

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 I will no longer

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 talk much more with you

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 for the ruler

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 of this world

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 is coming.

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 We get a description

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 of what this will look like

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 in a couple chapters.

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 It's chapter 18,

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 verse 3,

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 that says,

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 there will be a band of soldiers,

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 officers from the chief priests

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 and Pharisees,

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 and they will show up

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 in the garden

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 where Jesus and His disciples

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 are with lanterns

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 and torches

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 and weapons.

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 The disciples know

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 there's going to be

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 a confrontation.

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 Peter has his sword

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 ready to go.

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 However,

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 when the darkness

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 of the ruler of this world,

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 when Satan himself

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 through those men

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 encounter Christ

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 and his disciples,

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 the spiritual weight

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 of this war,

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 it makes all those

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 brave disciples

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 who are speaking

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 these bold words

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 just hours prior

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 in the upper room

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 flee.

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 That's the weight

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 of Satan

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 coming to fight Christ.

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 Ephesians 6,

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 verse 12,

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 confirms this.

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 We battle

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 not against

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 flesh and blood,

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 but against the rulers,

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 against the authorities,

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 against the cosmic powers

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 over this present darkness,

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 against the spiritual forces

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 of evil

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 in the heavenly places.

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 So before you

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 have any business

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 understanding

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 the joy

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 that a person

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 can have

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 in the midst

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 of a spiritual battle,

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 you need to

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 understand the reality

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 you're born into.

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 There is a great battle

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 over your life.

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 And unless you belong

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 to the kingdom of Christ,

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 Satan has a claim

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 on you.

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 Satan

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 has you

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 under his rule.

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 He is the ruler

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 of this world.

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 That's what Jesus

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 calls him.

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 Unless you are

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 ransomed out of that.

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 Because of Adam's sin,

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 the whole world

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 is under the curse

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 and under the dominion

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 of the devil

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 in this present evil age.

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 Satan has a claim

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 on anyone

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 who is still under Adam.

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 But notice what Jesus says

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 in verse 30.

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 Chapter 14,

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 verse 30.

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 He has no claim

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 on me.

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 Jesus was born

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 of Virgin Mary.

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 He did not inherit

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 sin from Adam.

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 Jesus is the only one

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 who was born

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 not being claimed

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 by the ruler

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 of this world.

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 He could have lost that

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 with one sin,

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 one false inclination

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 of his heart.

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 But Jesus,

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 at the end

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 of his ministry,

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 before he marches

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 to the cross,

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 he can say,

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 Satan still

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 has no claim

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 on me.

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 Is that good news

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 for you?

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 No one takes

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 the life

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 of the Son of God,

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 Jesus preached.

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 He lays it down

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 willingly

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 for his sheep.

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 We saw

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 in John chapter 12,

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 verse 31,

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 that when the Son of Man

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 will be lifted up,

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 that's a reference

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 to him being put

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 on the cross.

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 Jesus said,

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 the ruler

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 of this world

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 will be cast out.

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 That same reference,

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 the ruler

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 of this world,

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 the ruler

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 of this world.

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 Christ knows

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 exactly how

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 he will defeat

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 the ruler

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 of this world,

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 and it will take

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 him being lifted up.

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 We're going to see

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 in the next chapter,

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 John 16,

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 verse 11,

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 that when Christ

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 ascends to his

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 Father's right hand,

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 the ruler

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 of this world

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 will be judged

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 and condemned.

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 That's good news

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 if you belong

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 to Christ.

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 That means you,

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 you are in Christ.

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 You are not under

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 the dominion

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 of the ruler

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 of this world

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 any longer.

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 You're not under

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 the sin of Adam's curse.

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 You have been united

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 to Christ.

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 And Satan

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 has no claim

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 on those

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 who belong

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 to Christ.

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 When you are united

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 to Christ,

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 then and only then

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 can you have joy

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 in your battle

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 against sin,

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 Satan,

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 worldliness,

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 and wolves.

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 There is joy

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 for those united

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 to Christ,

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 even in the worst,

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 most ugly parts

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 of this battle

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 we see here on earth.

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 Does Satan

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 have a claim

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 on you?

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 Or do you belong

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 to Christ?

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 Because if Christ

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 has a claim

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 on you,

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 Satan cannot

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 touch you.

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 number two,

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 the mission

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 of King Jesus

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 was to love

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 the Father

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 perfectly

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 as a man

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 so that you

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 can share

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 in the joy

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 of God's love.

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 The love between

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 Father, Son,

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 and Spirit.

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 That's a love

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 that bubbles over

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 into fullness

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 of joy.

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 God wants that

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 for you,

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 but it's only possible

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 if King Jesus

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 takes on that mission

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 to love the Father

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 perfectly

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 as a man,

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 as your second

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 and final

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 representative head,

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 the new Adam.

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 Notice what Jesus said.

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 This is so cool

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 when I learn this.

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 In 1430,

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 he says,

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 the ruler of this world

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 is coming.

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 Satan is coming.

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 Jesus says,

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 he has no claim on me.

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 I do not obey him.

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 I'm not enslaved

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 to the ruler

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 of this world.

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 Look at verse 30 still.

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 I do

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 as the Father

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 has commanded me

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 so that the world

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 may know

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 that I love

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 the Father.

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 Then he says,

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 rise.

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 Let us go up

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 from here.

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 So you've got to

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 picture this scene.

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 They're in this upper room

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 in Jerusalem.

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 Most likely,

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 the place where they're at

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 is near the east side

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 of the temple.

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 So as you come out,

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 you look

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 and you see the entrance

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 to the temple.

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 Remember how it faces east?

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 So those taken into captivity

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 pray facing back

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 looking at that entrance

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 as if they could,

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 wishing they could be

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 back in the Holy of Holies

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 with God.

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 And as they come out,

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 they don't go toward

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 the temple,

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 they go away.

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 They go to the Garden

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 of Gethsemane.

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 The Garden of Gethsemane,

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 it sits at the base

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 of the Mount of Olives.

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 So if you hear those two,

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 it's really the same place.

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 It just depends

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 how high up you're going.

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 We read in John 18,

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 1 through 3

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 that there was a garden

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 which he and his disciples

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 entered.

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 And this is where

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 the encounter happens.

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 Judas,

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 who betrayed him,

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 also knew the place

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 for Jesus often met there

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 with his disciples.

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 So Jesus just said,

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 the ruler of this world

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 is coming.

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 Now he tells his disciples,

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 rise up,

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 let us go.

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 Sinclair Ferguson

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 helped me understand

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 that that term,

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 rise up,

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 let us go,

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 is a military term.

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 Ferguson wrote,

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 he's not talking

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 only about a physical departure

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 from the upper room

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 to the garden.

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 This is a spiritual

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 call to arms.

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 Up and at them

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 is what Jesus is saying.

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 Since the enemy is coming,

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 let us go and meet him.

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 Jesus calls his disciples

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 to follow him

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 out of the light

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 of that upper room

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 where they broke bread,

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 they drank the vine,

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 the fruit of the vine,

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 to march out,

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 glance at the temple,

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 and go meet the enemy

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 in the darkness

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 on his own terms,

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 on enemy territory.

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 It's an away game.

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 I'm not sure if it's because

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 they had just had the bread

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 and drank the wine

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 or if it's because

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 they saw looking at the temple

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 what was called the,

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 make sure I get it right,

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 it's called the temple vine

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 and it was this golden piece

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 of artwork

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 that formed the arch.

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 You know,

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 as you're approaching

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 the temple grounds

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 and people would make vows

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 and they would promise

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 things to God

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 and then they would attach

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 their promise like,

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 God, if you help me

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 with have a good harvest,

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 I'll give you a bunch of grapes

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 and they would then

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 take those grapes

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 and attach them

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 to this golden archway

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 in the temple.

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 So either with that

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 within their eyesight

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 or because they just

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 celebrated the Passover

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 and that was the flavor

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 left in their mouth

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 was the fruit of the vine.

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 King Jesus is ready for war.

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 He knows exactly

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 what this war requires

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 and this is number three.

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 The mission of King Jesus

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 was to become,

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 look at 15.1,

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 the true vine

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 so that you could bear fruit

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 for his father.

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 Now Jesus could have said,

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 I am the true lamb of God.

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 That would have been true.

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 We know that's who he was.

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 But a lamb is slaughtered.

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 A lamb is an image of death

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 and defeat and sacrifice.

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 A penal substitutionary sacrifice.

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 And in this moment,

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 going out to meet

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 the ruler of the world,

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 he doesn't want them

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 thinking about him

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 as the sacrifice.

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 He wants them to know

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 I am the true vine.

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 It's an image of joy

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 and abundance

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 and victory and life.

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 The enemy will come

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 and plunder the goods

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 of a nation.

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 But I am the true vine.

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 Verse 1 of 15,

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 he says,

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 I am the true vine

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 and my father

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 is the vine dresser.

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 We just heard

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 from Isaiah 5

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 how God gave

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 the nation of Israel

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 every loving care

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 that they could ever hope for

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 and yet they bore

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 sour fruit,

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 sour grapes.

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 That's not the only place

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 we get this image of Israel

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 as God's vineyard.

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 Another place is Psalm 80.

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 In verse 8,

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 Psalm 80 says,

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 you brought a vine

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 out of Egypt.

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 You drove out the nations

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 and planted it.

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 You cleared the ground

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 for it.

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 But Israel did not bear

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 the fruit.

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 So Jesus says,

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 I am the true vine.

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 I am the fulfillment

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 of all that God

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 has always promised

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 for His people.

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 It's only in me

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 and it's only through me

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 that God's people

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 can do that exact purpose

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 for which He brought them

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 into existence.

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 Psalm 80 goes on to say

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 that the vine of God

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 would take deep root

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 and it would fill the land

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 and the mountains

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 would be covered

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 with its shade

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 and the mighty cedars

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 with its branches.

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 And it sent out

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 its branches to the sea

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 and it shoots to the river.

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 It's the image

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 of this vine

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 sending branches out

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 until God's entire dominion

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 is filled

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 to the very borders

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 all around.

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 That never happened

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 with national Israel.

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 Jesus says,

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 I am the true vine.

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 I am the one

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 who will fulfill Isaiah 5.

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 I'm the one

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 who will fulfill Psalm 80.

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 And I will do it

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 through you.

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 In chapter 15, verse 2,

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 Jesus says,

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 Every branch in me

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 that does not bear fruit,

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 He takes away.

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 And every branch

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 that does bear fruit,

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 He prunes

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 that it may bear

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 more fruit.

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 If you had a vineyard

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 in ancient Israel,

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 the owner of the vineyard

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 himself would be

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 very careful.

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 He would not want

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 to let anyone

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 destroy the vine.

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 So he personally

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 would go through

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 and clip and trim

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 just right.

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 And then his children

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 or other servants

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 would follow along.

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 And their job

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 was to pick up

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 everything he trimmed,

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 leave it in a pile,

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 give it a week,

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 now it's dry,

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 and you set fire to it

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 and you're done

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 with what was keeping

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 the vine from being

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 as productive

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 as it could have been.

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 And that's the image

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 Jesus is recalling

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 for his disciples now.

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 It's Christ's fruit

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 inside of his people

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 that brings glory to God.

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 And that's why Satan

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 wants to battle

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 so much

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 against the fruitfulness

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 of God's people.

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 Satan does not want

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 God to get glory.

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 Satan wants to injure

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 the glory of God

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 as if that were possible.

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 Satan does not want you

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 to bear the fruit

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 of Christ in your life

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 because that would

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 bring glory to God.

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 That's exactly

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 what Jesus says.

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 That's why

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 God the Father

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 is the vine dresser.

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 It brings him glory

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 to see you

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 bearing fruit,

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 even if that means

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 trimming away

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 and pruning you.

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 A pastor in the 1800s,

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 Westcott,

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 he said,

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 when God is the vine dresser,

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 everything is removed

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 from the branch

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 that diverts

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 the productive power

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 of the vine

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 to bear fruit.

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 By cutting away

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 what hinders our growth,

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 God makes us

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 more like his son,

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 more fruitful

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 to serve him

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 and to bring him

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 more glory.

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 See,

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 the triune God,

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 Father,

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 Son,

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 and Spirit

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 uses the pruning,

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 even uses the battle

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 that we're in

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 to bring God glory.

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 The fruit of the Spirit

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 is God's purpose

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 for your life.

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 That's the purpose

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 of your life,

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 your sanctification.

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 But it's the righteousness

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 of the Son

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 that is the source

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 of God's fruit

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 in your life.

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 It is the pruning

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 of the Father

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 that is the means

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 he uses

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 to increase

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 your fruitfulness.

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 And that's how

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 the Holy Spirit

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 carries out

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 the purpose of God

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 in bearing fruit,

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 the fruit of Christ's

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 righteousness

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 slowly,

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 gradually,

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 increasingly

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 in our lives

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 in a way that brings

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 zero glory to you

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 and all the glory

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 to God.

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 Number four,

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 Christ justifies you

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 by your union

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 to Christ,

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 not by the fruit

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 of your life.

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 See, we're only two

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 verses into chapter 15

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 and Jesus already

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 has to bring this

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 important correction

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 to where their minds

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 might be going.

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 They're just like you

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 and I,

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 our flesh wants to creep in,

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 but look at what Jesus

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 says in verse 3.

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 Already you are clean.

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 How?

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 How are you clean already?

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 Because of the word

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 that I have spoken

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 to you.

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 Now,

00:21:54.340 --> 00:21:55.080
 he's talking about

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 being clean.

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 That's a different metaphor

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 than bearing fruit.

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 These disciples

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 would have just

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 walked down

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 the upper room,

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 stepped onto

00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:04.220
 the dusty roads again,

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 walking into the darkness.

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 From their perspective,

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 their feet

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 would have been

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 very clean

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 until they just now

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 started following Jesus

00:22:16.140 --> 00:22:16.860
 one more time

00:22:16.860 --> 00:22:17.860
 to do battle

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 in the darkness.

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 You know why their feet

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 would have been clean,

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 right?

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 What did Jesus do

00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:24.200
 in the upper room?

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 He got down.

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 He washed the dirt

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 off of their feet

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 and took it onto

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 his own body

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 as a servant

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 and he dried them

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 and he wore their dirt

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 on himself.

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 That's why he can tell them,

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 you are already clean.

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 I cleaned you.

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 And as he's doing that,

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 he taught them.

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 What he taught Peter

00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:49.279
 was in chapter 13,

00:22:49.360 --> 00:22:49.819
 verse 8,

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 unless I wash you,

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.559
 you have no share

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.059
 with me.

00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:54.799
 What makes you clean

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 is if Jesus Christ himself

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 washed you clean,

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 then and only then

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 can you have

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 a share in him.

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 Jesus takes your dirt

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 and he puts it

00:23:05.399 --> 00:23:06.539
 on himself.

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 You are justified

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 by faith

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 upon one condition.

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 It's Christ's work,

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:15.179
 not your own.

00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:17.359
 You are sanctified,

00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.259
 preserved,

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:19.579
 and finally saved

00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:21.159
 into the age to come

00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:23.800
 by his washing you,

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 not by your own fruit.

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 Romans 8, 32 says that

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 he spared not his own son,

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 but delivered him up

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 for us all.

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 How then,

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:35.440
 how shall he not

00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:38.160
 also freely give us

00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:38.860
 all things?

00:23:40.600 --> 00:23:41.740
 It's God himself

00:23:41.740 --> 00:23:42.700
 who gave his son

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.680
 to bear your sin,

00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:44.779
 to make you clean.

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:46.700
 Of course he will preserve you

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:47.640
 to the very end.

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:49.259
 How could he not?

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 And Jesus says,

00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:51.779
 you are already clean

00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:52.599
 by my word,

00:23:52.900 --> 00:23:54.319
 by my finished work.

00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:56.140
 He taught them

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:57.339
 in John chapter 14,

00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:58.000
 verse 20.

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 You are in me

00:23:59.660 --> 00:24:00.900
 as I am in the Father.

00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:02.299
 And the Father

00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:03.379
 is in you.

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:04.339
 You are with God.

00:24:04.420 --> 00:24:05.680
 You are united to God

00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:06.619
 through Christ.

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:07.859
 That's the ministry

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.420
 of the Spirit.

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:09.339
 You are united

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:10.559
 with me already.

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.619
 My righteousness

00:24:11.619 --> 00:24:13.160
 covers you already.

00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:17.080
 You can have joy

00:24:17.080 --> 00:24:17.640
 in the battle.

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.680
 And when the remaining

00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.820
 flesh of your own sin

00:24:20.820 --> 00:24:21.720
 deceives you

00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:22.920
 into feeling that

00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:23.960
 you are meriting

00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:24.960
 more of God's favor

00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:25.700
 for yourself,

00:24:26.040 --> 00:24:26.820
 remember this is

00:24:26.820 --> 00:24:27.580
 the same God

00:24:27.580 --> 00:24:28.460
 who delivered up

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:30.279
 his own son freely.

00:24:31.060 --> 00:24:32.800
 He freely gives you

00:24:32.800 --> 00:24:33.740
 all things.

00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:36.680
 The promise of God's

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:37.420
 rich grace

00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:39.220
 is only for you

00:24:39.220 --> 00:24:41.019
 who receive it freely.

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:42.900
 Not by adding your good works

00:24:42.900 --> 00:24:44.099
 or your fruit to it.

00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:44.839
 You receive

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:45.920
 his righteousness

00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:47.039
 freely.

00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:50.180
 You can pray

00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:51.160
 in the words of

00:24:51.160 --> 00:24:51.720
 Milton Vincent

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.720
 the gospel poem

00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:54.039
 in saving God

00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:56.000
 you also have justified me

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:57.559
 accounting me righteous

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.920
 by your own decree

00:24:58.920 --> 00:25:00.799
 declaring me guiltless

00:25:00.799 --> 00:25:02.240
 of all of my sin

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:03.700
 and bringing your wrath

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.480
 against me

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:05.400
 to an end.

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.200
 This wrath

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:08.639
 Christ appeased

00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:09.639
 in full brunt

00:25:09.639 --> 00:25:10.559
 on the tree

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.919
 when in bearing

00:25:11.919 --> 00:25:12.960
 my sin

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:14.399
 he endured it

00:25:14.399 --> 00:25:15.259
 for me.

00:25:16.639 --> 00:25:17.919
 Christ justifies you

00:25:17.919 --> 00:25:19.059
 by your union to him

00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:21.179
 not by the fruit

00:25:21.179 --> 00:25:21.940
 that he bears

00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:22.639
 in your life.

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:24.759
 Number five

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:26.200
 abide in Christ

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:28.019
 because apart from him

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:29.059
 you can do

00:25:29.059 --> 00:25:29.839
 nothing.

00:25:30.619 --> 00:25:31.639
 You can have joy

00:25:31.639 --> 00:25:32.299
 in this battle

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:34.079
 if you abide in Christ.

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.779
 You can have joy

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.379
 in this battle

00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:37.799
 when you are

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:39.259
 not relying on yourself

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:40.460
 to bear the good fruit

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:41.420
 because that will

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:43.099
 result in frustration

00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:44.000
 there will be no joy.

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:45.940
 But Jesus says

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.579
 in verse four

00:25:46.579 --> 00:25:47.539
 abide in me

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.700
 and I in you

00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:50.099
 as the branch

00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:51.059
 cannot bear fruit

00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:51.720
 by itself

00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.640
 unless it abides

00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:53.200
 in the vine

00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:54.339
 neither can you

00:25:54.339 --> 00:25:55.579
 unless you abide in me.

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.900
 I am the vine

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:58.200
 you are the branches

00:25:58.200 --> 00:25:59.839
 whoever abides in me

00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:00.740
 and I in him

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.940
 he it is

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.539
 that bears

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:03.519
 much fruit

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.720
 for apart from me

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.460
 you can do

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:06.379
 nothing.

00:26:06.380 --> 00:26:09.020
 What does it mean

00:26:09.020 --> 00:26:09.860
 to abide

00:26:09.860 --> 00:26:11.200
 when Jesus uses

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.920
 this word here

00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:13.460
 starting in verse four?

00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:15.200
 To abide means

00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:17.320
 to live in Christ.

00:26:17.820 --> 00:26:19.000
 It means to dwell

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:19.900
 in Christ.

00:26:20.960 --> 00:26:22.240
 It means to conduct

00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:23.300
 your life

00:26:23.300 --> 00:26:24.160
 in accordance

00:26:24.160 --> 00:26:25.260
 with Christ.

00:26:26.340 --> 00:26:27.600
 If you don't

00:26:27.600 --> 00:26:28.400
 abide in Christ

00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:30.100
 you are choosing

00:26:30.100 --> 00:26:31.880
 to instead

00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:33.020
 abide in this world

00:26:33.020 --> 00:26:33.740
 under the domain

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:35.320
 of the evil ruler.

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:36.500
 you are choosing

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:38.200
 instead the eternal fire

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:40.159
 along with your true master

00:26:40.159 --> 00:26:40.939
 who is the devil.

00:26:42.159 --> 00:26:42.980
 That's what Jesus says

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.599
 in verse six

00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:44.960
 if anyone does not

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.659
 abide in me

00:26:45.659 --> 00:26:47.159
 he is thrown away

00:26:47.159 --> 00:26:48.240
 like a branch

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:49.000
 and withers

00:26:49.000 --> 00:26:49.980
 and the branches

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.720
 are gathered

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:52.319
 thrown into the fire

00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:53.460
 and burned.

00:26:56.159 --> 00:26:57.859
 If you abide in Christ

00:26:57.859 --> 00:26:59.079
 he will bear

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.759
 his fruit in you.

00:26:59.879 --> 00:27:00.720
 You're attached to him.

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:02.279
 It's the sap of the vine

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:03.960
 that finds life

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.539
 and blossoms

00:27:04.539 --> 00:27:05.360
 and bears fruit

00:27:05.360 --> 00:27:05.980
 in the branches.

00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:07.299
 But if you're

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:08.740
 not attached to Christ

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.720
 that's how

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:11.039
 that's how despairing

00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.920
 your life should be.

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.420
 You have only death.

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:14.819
 You are dried up.

00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:16.000
 You will wither away.

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:17.600
 You have nothing good

00:27:17.600 --> 00:27:18.700
 coming from inside

00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.319
 of yourself.

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:22.500
 But he says

00:27:22.500 --> 00:27:23.500
 in me

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:24.779
 you will bear much fruit.

00:27:25.840 --> 00:27:26.740
 It's the fruit

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.600
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:30.879
 And abide

00:27:30.879 --> 00:27:31.939
 is such a perfect word

00:27:31.939 --> 00:27:32.480
 to describe

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.579
 our union to Christ

00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:34.199
 and how it is

00:27:34.199 --> 00:27:34.740
 that the Spirit

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.419
 bears fruit

00:27:35.419 --> 00:27:36.699
 because abiding

00:27:36.699 --> 00:27:37.299
 on one hand

00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:38.599
 is relaxed.

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:39.379
 It's resting.

00:27:40.419 --> 00:27:41.559
 It's not laboring.

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.599
 But it's also

00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:43.439
 not passive.

00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:45.579
 It's not rebellious.

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.699
 You are abiding.

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.980
 You are living.

00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:49.159
 You're resting

00:27:49.159 --> 00:27:50.480
 in Christ.

00:27:53.919 --> 00:27:54.959
 This is a hard thing

00:27:54.959 --> 00:27:55.899
 for us to understand

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:56.980
 but I think it's

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:58.200
 the key to sanctification.

00:27:58.380 --> 00:27:59.100
 If you're in this battle

00:27:59.100 --> 00:28:00.380
 against the remaining flesh

00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:02.019
 the sin in your body

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:04.259
 because the fruit

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:04.720
 of the Spirit

00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:05.980
 according to 2 Corinthians

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:07.640
 it includes self-control.

00:28:08.840 --> 00:28:09.580
 How can it be

00:28:09.580 --> 00:28:10.500
 the fruit of the Spirit

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:11.800
 but it's also self-control?

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:13.060
 Who's doing the work here?

00:28:13.840 --> 00:28:14.060
 Well,

00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:15.240
 you could not have

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.920
 self-control

00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:17.420
 if you're apart from Christ.

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.640
 You can't.

00:28:19.360 --> 00:28:20.519
 Our curse from Adam

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:21.360
 and the remaining flesh

00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:22.540
 it's so twisted

00:28:22.540 --> 00:28:23.040
 and broken.

00:28:24.100 --> 00:28:25.040
 But the Spirit

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:27.039
 is that source

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:28.539
 that allows you

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:29.599
 to then practice

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:30.440
 that fruit of the Spirit

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:31.220
 of self-control.

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:34.460
 Jerry Bridges

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:35.259
 helped me with this.

00:28:35.339 --> 00:28:35.700
 He said,

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:37.339
 think about sin.

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:38.799
 It's not that final act.

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.339
 It's not even,

00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:40.279
 really that's not

00:28:40.279 --> 00:28:40.819
 where the battle

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.700
 is won or lost.

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.700
 Take it way,

00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.759
 way back to the source.

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:45.240
 What's really going on

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.759
 in your soul,

00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:46.299
 in your heart,

00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:47.200
 in your mind.

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:49.059
 Jerry Bridges wrote

00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.720
 that the mind

00:28:49.720 --> 00:28:51.579
 is like a mental garden

00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:53.859
 of unlawful thoughts.

00:28:55.859 --> 00:28:56.759
 And when a thought

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.960
 pops into your mind

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:59.079
 you haven't sinned,

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.319
 that just shows you

00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:00.819
 you're in the middle

00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:01.379
 of a battle

00:29:01.379 --> 00:29:02.919
 in this world.

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.699
 We always will be

00:29:03.699 --> 00:29:04.299
 fighting sin

00:29:04.299 --> 00:29:05.299
 until our last breath.

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:06.699
 He says,

00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:07.960
 our sinful actions

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:09.139
 are savored in

00:29:09.139 --> 00:29:10.259
 your mind

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:11.659
 long before they are

00:29:11.659 --> 00:29:12.939
 tasted in reality.

00:29:13.679 --> 00:29:14.519
 Your thought life

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.500
 is your first

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.839
 line of defense

00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:17.939
 in the battle

00:29:17.939 --> 00:29:19.019
 for self-control.

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:25.259
 When you have

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:25.900
 these thoughts,

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:27.500
 abide in Christ.

00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:29.859
 When your mind

00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:31.039
 and your remaining sin

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:32.240
 wants to indulge

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:33.420
 in the fallen curse

00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:33.859
 of the world,

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:35.119
 the ruler of this world

00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:35.900
 no longer has

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:36.900
 dominion over you.

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.779
 Abide in Christ.

00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:40.720
 Think of His goodness.

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:42.359
 Think of His loveliness.

00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:43.619
 Think of His righteousness.

00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:46.240
 Think of His perfect love

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:47.019
 for His Father.

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.740
 Think of His coming

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.160
 judgment.

00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:50.180
 Think of the fire.

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:51.720
 Think of those branches

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:53.279
 thrown into the fire.

00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:54.680
 And then how Christ

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:55.599
 Himself was put

00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:56.660
 into the fire

00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:57.640
 in your place.

00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.700
 Think about that

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:01.299
 and pray for the fruit

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:01.940
 of the Spirit

00:30:01.940 --> 00:30:02.559
 in your life.

00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.660
 Pray for God

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.220
 to give you

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:05.039
 the self-control

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:06.000
 that you and I,

00:30:06.120 --> 00:30:06.920
 we don't have it.

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:08.180
 We need it to give

00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:09.299
 a free gift

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:10.279
 that God will put

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:11.200
 in us instead.

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:13.019
 And then we can pray

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:14.420
 like Amy Carmichael again.

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:14.980
 She said,

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.259
 Rid me,

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:17.920
 good Lord

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:20.079
 of every diverting thing.

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.779
 Cut it off.

00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:21.779
 Strip it away.

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:23.920
 May I be in you instead.

00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:27.680
 Abide in Christ.

00:30:28.599 --> 00:30:29.279
 John Owen said,

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:30.619
 Be killing sin,

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:33.000
 lest sin be killing you.

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:35.039
 Number six,

00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:36.220
 As you abide in Christ,

00:30:36.319 --> 00:30:37.680
 His word abides in you

00:30:37.680 --> 00:30:39.339
 and transforms you

00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:40.879
 for God's glory.

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:43.200
 Verse seven says,

00:30:43.760 --> 00:30:44.640
 If you abide in me

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:46.120
 and my words abide in you,

00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:47.660
 ask whatever you wish

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:49.240
 and it will be done

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.940
 for you.

00:30:50.700 --> 00:30:51.120
 By this,

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:52.480
 my Father is glorified

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:53.260
 that you bear

00:30:53.260 --> 00:30:54.460
 much fruit

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:56.000
 and so prove

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.940
 to be

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:58.100
 my disciples.

00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:02.320
 One pastor commented

00:31:02.320 --> 00:31:03.740
 on a very hard life

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.240
 he lived

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:05.340
 and he was a man

00:31:05.340 --> 00:31:06.060
 who also wrote

00:31:06.060 --> 00:31:06.940
 some of the most

00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:07.640
 beautiful hymns

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:08.080
 we have

00:31:08.080 --> 00:31:09.860
 named Horatius Bonar,

00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:11.099
 Scottish pastor

00:31:11.099 --> 00:31:12.219
 in the 1800s.

00:31:13.119 --> 00:31:13.659
 Looking back

00:31:13.659 --> 00:31:14.259
 on his own life

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:14.619
 he said,

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:16.279
 The road to the kingdom

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:17.619
 is not pleasant

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:18.219
 or comfortable

00:31:18.219 --> 00:31:19.159
 as many dream.

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:21.000
 The end is glory,

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:21.859
 honor, and peace

00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:22.679
 but the way

00:31:22.679 --> 00:31:23.919
 includes battle,

00:31:25.379 --> 00:31:26.319
 thorns in the flesh,

00:31:27.159 --> 00:31:27.699
 sackcloth,

00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:29.099
 and a cross.

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:31.119
 But this is the way

00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:32.500
 that bears much fruit.

00:31:33.779 --> 00:31:34.019
 See,

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:35.139
 God is glorified

00:31:35.139 --> 00:31:37.539
 when you bear fruit

00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:38.919
 in keeping with repentance.

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:40.640
 God is glorified

00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:42.380
 when the Father

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:43.080
 prunes you

00:31:43.080 --> 00:31:43.680
 and you see

00:31:43.680 --> 00:31:44.360
 even more

00:31:44.360 --> 00:31:44.880
 the Spirit

00:31:44.880 --> 00:31:45.860
 working the righteousness

00:31:45.860 --> 00:31:46.560
 of Christ

00:31:46.560 --> 00:31:47.440
 into your life

00:31:47.440 --> 00:31:47.960
 through that.

00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:49.800
 God is glorified

00:31:49.800 --> 00:31:51.320
 when His preserving grace

00:31:51.320 --> 00:31:52.660
 proves to you

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:53.740
 and to the world

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.440
 that you are

00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:55.519
 a true disciple

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:56.779
 of Christ.

00:31:57.300 --> 00:31:58.240
 And God is glorified

00:31:58.240 --> 00:31:58.940
 when you pass

00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.779
 through the fire

00:31:59.779 --> 00:32:01.300
 and Christ held you

00:32:01.300 --> 00:32:02.120
 all the way through it

00:32:02.120 --> 00:32:02.620
 and you come out

00:32:02.620 --> 00:32:03.500
 on the other side

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:04.920
 even more refined

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:06.539
 when the dross

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:07.460
 has been burnt away.

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:09.500
 Martin Luther

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:10.000
 was a man

00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:10.440
 who suffered

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:11.420
 much in his life.

00:32:11.880 --> 00:32:12.600
 He was exiled.

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:13.220
 He had to live

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:14.019
 in a different country.

00:32:14.140 --> 00:32:15.380
 He had to be in hiding

00:32:15.380 --> 00:32:16.299
 and disguised.

00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:17.900
 And he said,

00:32:19.180 --> 00:32:20.360
 where the battle rages,

00:32:21.559 --> 00:32:22.720
 there the loyalty

00:32:22.720 --> 00:32:23.840
 of a soldier

00:32:23.840 --> 00:32:24.799
 is proved.

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:28.720
 The one who saved you

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:29.160
 initially

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:30.400
 will preserve you

00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:31.340
 to the end.

00:32:31.460 --> 00:32:32.180
 We have this promise

00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:33.440
 in Ephesians 2.7

00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:34.940
 that in the ages

00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.580
 to come

00:32:35.580 --> 00:32:36.620
 He might show

00:32:36.620 --> 00:32:37.880
 the exceeding riches

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:39.299
 of His grace

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:40.480
 in His kindness

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:41.120
 toward us

00:32:41.120 --> 00:32:42.480
 through Jesus Christ.

00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:44.680
 You are saved

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:46.539
 for God's glory alone.

00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:48.900
 God will sanctify you

00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:50.340
 for God's glory

00:32:50.340 --> 00:32:51.460
 alone in your life.

00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:53.000
 God will preserve you

00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:55.059
 for His glory alone.

00:32:55.720 --> 00:32:57.299
 Do not let your heart

00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:58.160
 be troubled

00:32:58.160 --> 00:32:59.160
 in this battle.

00:32:59.340 --> 00:33:00.440
 Instead, rejoice.

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:02.100
 You are being saved.

00:33:02.099 --> 00:33:03.059
 You are being prepared

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:03.639
 for heaven.

00:33:04.039 --> 00:33:04.859
 You are being pruned

00:33:04.859 --> 00:33:05.519
 and refined

00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:07.459
 for God's glory.

00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:09.579
 You can have joy

00:33:09.579 --> 00:33:10.619
 in this battle.

00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:13.099
 Number seven,

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:16.099
 as you abide in Christ,

00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:18.059
 He works His loving

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:19.599
 obedience into you.

00:33:21.699 --> 00:33:23.099
 He's telling His disciples

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:24.099
 this as a promise.

00:33:24.379 --> 00:33:25.240
 As you abide in Me,

00:33:25.339 --> 00:33:27.159
 you will bear much fruit.

00:33:27.559 --> 00:33:28.500
 But what is this fruit

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.519
 that He's talking about?

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:32.299
 I believe these verses

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:32.980
 9 and 10,

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:33.920
 they show us

00:33:33.920 --> 00:33:34.859
 He's talking about

00:33:34.859 --> 00:33:36.220
 divine love.

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:38.519
 This fruit that He's talking about,

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:39.279
 like the sap

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:40.279
 going through a vineyard

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:41.039
 through the tree,

00:33:41.639 --> 00:33:42.980
 it's the sap

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:44.359
 that is sourced

00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:45.420
 by God Himself,

00:33:45.579 --> 00:33:46.619
 Father, Son, and Spirit,

00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:48.200
 running through the vine.

00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:50.220
 It's the love of God,

00:33:50.819 --> 00:33:51.799
 an otherworldly,

00:33:51.940 --> 00:33:52.740
 heavenly love.

00:33:53.639 --> 00:33:54.539
 And that love

00:33:54.539 --> 00:33:55.839
 pushes itself out

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:56.700
 through the branches,

00:33:56.839 --> 00:33:57.619
 and it transforms

00:33:57.619 --> 00:33:58.339
 those branches.

00:33:58.339 --> 00:33:59.519
 the ones that were

00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:00.579
 withering on their own.

00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:02.559
 His love pushes through,

00:34:02.679 --> 00:34:03.659
 and it makes them green,

00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:05.039
 and it makes them flower,

00:34:05.339 --> 00:34:06.259
 and it makes the fruit

00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:07.059
 start to grow

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:08.039
 and mature.

00:34:09.779 --> 00:34:10.920
 It's the only way

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:12.159
 that we can not bear

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:12.940
 sour grapes.

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:15.039
 Israel tried it.

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.699
 They tried it

00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:16.840
 with the external law.

00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:17.880
 If that's all you have,

00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:19.799
 you will drive yourself mad.

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:21.819
 But if it's the love of God

00:34:21.819 --> 00:34:22.659
 working itself

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.699
 into your life,

00:34:24.239 --> 00:34:24.500
 you know,

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:25.779
 like the vine and the branches,

00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.659
 it's that simple.

00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:28.199
 You simply will bear

00:34:28.199 --> 00:34:29.579
 the fruit of His love

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:30.799
 in your life.

00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:32.719
 Notice the logic here

00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:33.779
 in verses 9 and 10.

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:34.859
 He says,

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:35.980
 the Father loved the Son.

00:34:37.379 --> 00:34:38.299
 How did the Father

00:34:38.299 --> 00:34:39.539
 show His love to His Son?

00:34:39.619 --> 00:34:40.199
 Well, He gave Him

00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:41.519
 a good moral law.

00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.819
 That's the very next thing

00:34:42.819 --> 00:34:43.299
 He says.

00:34:44.319 --> 00:34:45.039
 The moral law

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.839
 on the Son

00:34:45.839 --> 00:34:46.980
 was a good thing.

00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:51.880
 It was the loving rule

00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:52.860
 of His Father

00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:54.360
 that was the guide

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:54.920
 for Christ

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:55.480
 in His life

00:34:55.480 --> 00:34:56.139
 on this earth.

00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:57.780
 Christ could have joy,

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:58.559
 perfect joy,

00:34:59.039 --> 00:35:00.000
 a fullness of joy,

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:01.139
 while keeping

00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:02.019
 the moral law

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:02.860
 of His Father.

00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:04.460
 And then Jesus says

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:05.000
 in verse 9,

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:05.940
 in that same way,

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:07.300
 does the Son

00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:08.240
 love the disciples?

00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:10.559
 And He calls

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:11.199
 the law

00:35:11.199 --> 00:35:11.780
 that the Father

00:35:11.780 --> 00:35:12.480
 gave Him,

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:13.400
 He now calls it

00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:14.000
 His law

00:35:14.000 --> 00:35:15.059
 for His disciples.

00:35:15.059 --> 00:35:17.360
 You see how simple

00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:18.739
 but how powerful this is?

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:20.119
 That's how Christ

00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:20.799
 loves you.

00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:22.460
 His moral law,

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:23.000
 the same law

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:24.219
 He already fulfilled.

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.820
 He shows you

00:35:25.820 --> 00:35:26.820
 the Father's love

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.539
 by saying,

00:35:27.779 --> 00:35:28.840
 these are my commandments.

00:35:29.179 --> 00:35:29.779
 I'm the king

00:35:29.779 --> 00:35:30.500
 over my kingdom.

00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:31.900
 You obey me now.

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:33.019
 You don't obey

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:33.960
 to earn your favor

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.480
 of God

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:35.739
 or to escape the rash

00:35:35.739 --> 00:35:37.119
 by your own merits.

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:38.960
 You obey my moral law

00:35:38.960 --> 00:35:39.940
 because you love me.

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:41.340
 It's my good law.

00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:42.480
 I'm a good shepherd

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:43.259
 and it's for you

00:35:43.259 --> 00:35:44.360
 who belong to me

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:45.000
 as my sheep.

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:48.480
 In verse 10,

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:50.320
 He uses a phrase here.

00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:50.679
 He says,

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 just as I have kept the law.

00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:55.400
 When Jesus refers

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:56.099
 to Himself

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:57.719
 fulfilling this covenant

00:35:57.719 --> 00:35:58.239
 of works,

00:35:58.360 --> 00:35:58.840
 putting Himself

00:35:58.840 --> 00:35:59.920
 under the law

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.639
 of God perfectly,

00:36:00.779 --> 00:36:02.059
 He says in the past tense,

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:04.340
 I have kept it perfectly.

00:36:05.719 --> 00:36:06.539
 And now for us,

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:07.500
 the verb is different.

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:09.360
 It's a continual,

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:10.320
 active,

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:11.719
 abiding type

00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:12.320
 of keeping.

00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:14.099
 None of us

00:36:14.099 --> 00:36:14.579
 would be able to get

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:15.519
 to the end of our lives

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:16.539
 and say what Christ says,

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:17.299
 that I have kept

00:36:17.299 --> 00:36:18.340
 God's law perfectly.

00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:20.079
 But we can say,

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:22.000
 I learned throughout this life

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:23.799
 to abide in Christ

00:36:23.799 --> 00:36:26.380
 and to let His good law

00:36:26.380 --> 00:36:27.500
 teach me

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:28.159
 what it means

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:29.000
 to be keeping,

00:36:29.759 --> 00:36:30.559
 actively keeping,

00:36:30.699 --> 00:36:31.599
 actively repenting,

00:36:31.739 --> 00:36:33.559
 actively relying on Him

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:34.719
 because He is the one

00:36:34.719 --> 00:36:36.400
 who kept it perfectly.

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 number eight.

00:36:46.220 --> 00:36:47.720
 In the midst of this battle,

00:36:47.860 --> 00:36:48.920
 our Lord Jesus Christ

00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:49.860
 gives you joy

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:51.559
 through His word.

00:36:52.740 --> 00:36:53.880
 The people of Israel

00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:54.900
 did not want

00:36:54.900 --> 00:36:55.980
 to keep God's law.

00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:57.420
 They had no joy,

00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:58.220
 no delight

00:36:58.220 --> 00:37:00.119
 in trying to please

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:00.619
 their Lord

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:01.780
 and walking with Him.

00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:02.960
 Jesus says,

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:04.059
 that's what will change.

00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:05.699
 If you belong to me,

00:37:05.739 --> 00:37:06.820
 you're grafted into me.

00:37:07.279 --> 00:37:08.420
 It'll be my love

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:09.500
 and my joy in you.

00:37:09.619 --> 00:37:10.820
 It'll change your desires.

00:37:11.779 --> 00:37:12.519
 Look at what He says

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:13.199
 in verse 11.

00:37:13.340 --> 00:37:14.920
 These things I have spoken to you.

00:37:15.019 --> 00:37:15.840
 Everything He's taught

00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:16.539
 up to this point.

00:37:16.659 --> 00:37:16.840
 Why?

00:37:17.480 --> 00:37:18.360
 So that my joy

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:19.639
 may be in you

00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:20.960
 and your joy

00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:22.179
 may be full.

00:37:22.799 --> 00:37:23.639
 God wants you

00:37:23.639 --> 00:37:24.460
 to be full

00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:25.460
 of the joy.

00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:27.019
 And what joy is it?

00:37:27.059 --> 00:37:28.139
 It's the joy of the Son.

00:37:28.739 --> 00:37:29.599
 That's what He wants you

00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:30.400
 to be full of.

00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:33.300
 You can have joy

00:37:33.300 --> 00:37:34.400
 in this battle

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:36.320
 if it's the joy

00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:36.940
 of the Son

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:38.340
 put into you.

00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:39.660
 It's the love

00:37:39.660 --> 00:37:40.119
 that exists

00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:41.220
 between Father and Son

00:37:41.220 --> 00:37:42.099
 bound by the Spirit.

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:43.579
 It's applied to you.

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:45.460
 That can be your own joy

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:46.579
 in the battle.

00:37:48.320 --> 00:37:49.380
 Amy Carmichael,

00:37:49.539 --> 00:37:50.480
 for the last time here,

00:37:50.579 --> 00:37:50.920
 she said,

00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:51.720
 thank God

00:37:51.720 --> 00:37:52.960
 for the battle verses

00:37:52.960 --> 00:37:53.720
 in the Bible.

00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:56.000
 We go into the unknown

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:57.099
 every day of our lives

00:37:57.099 --> 00:37:58.360
 to be a battlefield

00:37:58.360 --> 00:37:59.480
 outwardly.

00:37:59.480 --> 00:38:00.860
 And it's also

00:38:00.860 --> 00:38:01.960
 the unseen part

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.480
 of my life,

00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:03.139
 my spirit.

00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:04.260
 It's often where

00:38:04.260 --> 00:38:05.480
 the sternest battlefield

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:07.139
 is happening.

00:38:08.099 --> 00:38:08.780
 But the Lord,

00:38:08.860 --> 00:38:09.300
 your God,

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:10.300
 goes before you

00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:11.760
 and He shall fight

00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:12.719
 for you.

00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:16.860
 Satan is coming.

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:18.240
 Abide in me.

00:38:18.820 --> 00:38:19.699
 You can have joy

00:38:19.699 --> 00:38:21.500
 even under extreme pressure

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:22.019
 and attacks

00:38:22.019 --> 00:38:22.960
 by the enemy.

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:25.019
 My Father

00:38:25.019 --> 00:38:26.340
 is pruning you.

00:38:27.219 --> 00:38:28.219
 I know for a fact

00:38:28.219 --> 00:38:29.199
 some of you right now

00:38:29.199 --> 00:38:29.739
 are going through

00:38:29.739 --> 00:38:31.339
 a season of painful

00:38:31.339 --> 00:38:32.119
 pruning.

00:38:33.379 --> 00:38:34.739
 Abide in Christ.

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:36.399
 Abide in me,

00:38:36.460 --> 00:38:36.859
 He says,

00:38:36.919 --> 00:38:37.919
 and I will put

00:38:37.919 --> 00:38:39.819
 my joy inside of you.

00:38:40.359 --> 00:38:41.019
 You don't have it

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:41.539
 on your own.

00:38:42.099 --> 00:38:43.619
 Abide in His joy.

00:38:45.879 --> 00:38:46.619
 He says,

00:38:46.679 --> 00:38:47.359
 apart from me,

00:38:47.419 --> 00:38:49.439
 you can do nothing.

00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:51.339
 You look at your life

00:38:51.339 --> 00:38:52.460
 and you want to bear

00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:53.279
 more of His fruit.

00:38:53.379 --> 00:38:54.259
 You desire that.

00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:56.799
 Abide in Christ.

00:38:56.800 --> 00:38:58.940
 He will bear that fruit

00:38:58.940 --> 00:39:00.300
 for His Father's glory.

00:39:02.340 --> 00:39:03.680
 We have a great verse

00:39:03.680 --> 00:39:05.000
 in Hebrews 12

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:05.840
 that tells us

00:39:05.840 --> 00:39:07.080
 what was the joy

00:39:07.080 --> 00:39:07.580
 of the Son

00:39:07.580 --> 00:39:08.280
 because He says,

00:39:08.620 --> 00:39:09.480
 it will be my joy

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:10.280
 in you.

00:39:11.019 --> 00:39:11.740
 What was the joy

00:39:11.740 --> 00:39:12.260
 of the Son?

00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:13.980
 Hebrews 12, 2.

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:15.760
 It was for the joy

00:39:15.760 --> 00:39:17.519
 that was set before Him

00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:18.620
 that Jesus Christ

00:39:18.620 --> 00:39:20.080
 endured the cross,

00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:21.620
 despising the shame.

00:39:21.619 --> 00:39:23.199
 And Jesus Christ

00:39:23.199 --> 00:39:24.599
 is seated at the right hand

00:39:24.599 --> 00:39:26.420
 of the throne of God

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:29.500
 for the joy set before Him

00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:31.500
 to make you His own.

00:39:32.659 --> 00:39:34.619
 That is the joy of Christ

00:39:34.619 --> 00:39:35.940
 that He wants to put in you.

00:39:36.019 --> 00:39:36.599
 It's the joy

00:39:36.599 --> 00:39:38.659
 that you get to belong to Him.

00:39:39.960 --> 00:39:40.639
 That's the joy

00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:41.759
 that should fill our hearts.

00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:43.799
 How can the promise

00:39:43.799 --> 00:39:44.579
 for my soul

00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:46.000
 help me in the battle

00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:46.940
 against my flesh?

00:39:47.659 --> 00:39:48.659
 It's the joy

00:39:48.659 --> 00:39:50.159
 of being united to Christ.

00:39:50.159 --> 00:39:51.719
 That was His joy

00:39:51.719 --> 00:39:53.039
 to endure the cross

00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:54.579
 so that you could be His,

00:39:54.960 --> 00:39:56.899
 so that you could belong to Him.

00:39:57.500 --> 00:39:59.179
 So how do you abide in Christ?

00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:00.859
 That same verse,

00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:01.699
 Hebrews 12, 2,

00:40:01.799 --> 00:40:04.399
 tells us to look upon Him,

00:40:05.159 --> 00:40:07.739
 the founder and perfecter

00:40:07.739 --> 00:40:08.879
 of your faith.

00:40:09.859 --> 00:40:11.879
 As you abide in our Lord Jesus Christ,

00:40:12.379 --> 00:40:14.019
 He puts His joy in you

00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:16.299
 even in the deepest trenches

00:40:16.299 --> 00:40:17.440
 of spiritual battle

00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:18.940
 and He is the one

00:40:18.940 --> 00:40:21.519
 who makes your joy full.

00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:23.519
 You be full with the joy

00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:24.340
 of the Lord.

00:40:24.980 --> 00:40:25.639
 Let's pray.

00:40:29.119 --> 00:40:30.320
 Father, we praise You

00:40:30.320 --> 00:40:31.860
 for the loving righteousness

00:40:31.860 --> 00:40:32.639
 of Christ.

00:40:33.619 --> 00:40:34.579
 We praise You

00:40:34.579 --> 00:40:36.139
 that He is the source

00:40:36.139 --> 00:40:37.460
 of our love and our joy.

00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:38.960
 And we ask, Lord,

00:40:39.019 --> 00:40:40.400
 as empty vessels

00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:41.320
 to fill us

00:40:41.320 --> 00:40:42.800
 with that good wine.

00:40:43.800 --> 00:40:45.340
 Fill us with Christ's

00:40:45.340 --> 00:40:46.619
 love and joy.

00:40:46.619 --> 00:40:49.179
 May we drink deeply of Him

00:40:49.179 --> 00:40:51.900
 and be full of Your love.

00:40:52.159 --> 00:40:53.359
 For Your glory we ask.

00:40:53.880 --> 00:40:54.739
 For Christ's sake.

00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:55.420
 Amen.