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 Good morning again.

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 Welcome to our gathering as a church family.

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 For those that may not know me, my name is John.

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 I'm a regular member of this church and currently training in a theology college

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 to know God more and to better serve all of you.

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 So each year, as part of our training, the students have opportunity to team up with churches

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 and organizations for a week of intense ministry and mission works.

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 So last week, the students were all around Australia and also overseas to spread the good news of God.

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 We had teams in Melbourne, northwestern Australia.

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 We have people in the Bible College in South Africa and a couple of Anakin churches and schools in Hong Kong

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 and all over Sydney, with the closest one being Ataman and the Shores School.

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 I myself joined 12 students, one faculty and one lady chaplain in Hong Kong

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 to partner with St. Andrew's Kowloon.

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 We were involved in kids and youth ministry, men's breakfast, women ministry, home workers' devotion.

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 We visited three universities to reach out to the students.

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 And we also get a bit of sightseeing around Hong Kong and we actually joined the gaily dance,

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 which is a Scottish dance that you go around and around like that.

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 So for those of you that have kept me in your prayer, I really want to thank you for your support.

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 I would also like to especially thank my wife, Vivian, because she took a look after our two kids while I was away.

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 The team in Hong Kong had a very encouraging time.

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 It was mostly encouraging, but we had a very encouraging time because we actually had a lot of chance to speak to people around in Hong Kong.

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 But personally, I was most encouraged because I got to catch up with three friends that is from high school,

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 which I haven't seen for 30 years.

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 And it was very encouraging because we were able to speak from our heart and I was able to share my faith with them,

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 get to know them more.

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 And I guess when I left Hong Kong, we were sort of on a good friendship already.

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 So I was able to rekindle that friendship and hopefully maintain that friendship.

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 It was very encouraging to me.

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 And also to actually find out that a lot of my old high school classmates are actually believers,

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 faithful believers, brother and sister in Christ, that we are serving the same God.

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 It's also very encouraging to me.

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 So if you have a chance to catch up with some long-lost friend,

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 what would you be focusing on with your conversation?

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 What would you hope to happen during that meeting?

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 Are there issues that you might have left and dealt with that need to be resolved?

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 And what would you celebrate about?

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 Nick already shared that since last few weeks ago and leading up to Easter,

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 we as a church family have been looking into the book of John

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 to actually see Jesus' interaction with his follower

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 before his imminent departure from earth to go back to God's side.

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 We saw how Jesus reassure and encouraged his follower,

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 promising the sending of the Holy Spirit after his departure

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 to remind them of things that he has spoken to them until he returned.

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 Jesus then pointed out that as someone follows him and do his command,

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 that person will be transformed to be his friend

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 and the transformed life will be a fruitful life.

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 This new life that he gives will also be an uncomfortable one

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 because the world hates and will persecute those that follow Jesus.

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 However, he also pointed out that he has overcome the world

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 and his followers will live a joyful life

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 when they see the return of Christ Jesus their King.

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 In all this conversation,

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 Jesus has been using a future tense when he referred to his departure.

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 But now we come to chapter 17.

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 At the very beginning, Jesus says,

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 the hour has come.

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 The hour for his arrest and to face his death

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 and his resurrection is only a few hours away.

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 And Jesus takes this time to speak with his Father.

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 In this chapter, we can see what concerns Jesus the most.

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 We can see what is on Jesus' heart.

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 As we drop in on Jesus' conversation with God,

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 we will know Jesus more.

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 A German reformer that worked with Martin Luther

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 and had contributed a lot towards the Reformation

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 is Philip Malenthin.

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 And he said this about this chapter.

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 There is no voice which has ever been heard,

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 either in heaven or in earth,

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 more exalted, more holy, more fruitful,

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 more sublime than this prayer

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 offered up by the Son of God himself.

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 Most scholars and commentators would say

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 this is where we are given

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 the most profound revelation

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 of the very heart of our Lord Jesus.

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 If you have been a Christian for a while,

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 I encourage you to take some time

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 to read through this chapter again after today.

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 And if you do not know who is Jesus

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 that many people have decided to follow,

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 you should also read this chapter.

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 This chapter provides the best evidence

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 of the deity of Jesus Christ,

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 his self-consciousness of his identity,

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 the claim that he made about himself,

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 especially of his universal dominant,

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 his reference to a previous existence

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 in living unity with the eternal God.

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 Leave us with no match,

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 not much choice.

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 We can either decide that he's a lunatic,

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 he's insane, or he's God.

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 Even if you're not interested

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 in who Jesus really is,

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 but interested in what life is about

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 if someone decided to follow Jesus

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 and become a Christian,

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 you can also find the answer here

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 by Jesus' own words

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 as he prayed for those that were following him

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 and for those that would believe in him

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 through the message of those followers.

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 So please open your Bible to John 17 again

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 and let's walk through this chapter together

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 to see what it has to offer to us.

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 We'll begin from verse 1 to 5.

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 After Jesus said this,

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 he looked towards heaven and prayed,

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 Father, the hour has come.

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 Glorify your Son,

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 that your Son may glorify you.

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 For you grant him authority over all people,

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 that he may give eternal life

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 to all those you have given him.

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 Now this is eternal life,

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 that they know you,

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 the only true God,

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 and Jesus Christ,

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 whom you have sent.

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 I have brought you glory on earth

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 by finishing the work you have gave me to do.

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 And now, Father,

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 glorify me in your presence

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 with the glory I have with you

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 before the world began.

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 As I'm meeting up with my old school friends,

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 in our polite nature,

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 the question of

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 who's your best friend at school

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 has often come up.

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 But we rarely ask them,

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 like,

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 who upsets you the most

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 or who you dislike the most.

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 I guess it goes without saying

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 that the kind of student

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 that we dislike the most

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 would be those teacher's pets,

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 self-glorifying and self-centered people.

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 As you read this passage,

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 it comes across Jesus as a bit selfish

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 by starting praying for himself.

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 But however,

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 it's furthest removed from selfishness

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 as possible.

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 Jesus prayed

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 to be glorified

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 in order that

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 he might glorify his Father.

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 And there's a reason

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 that he can offer

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 eternal life

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 to his follower.

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 First one,

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 he says,

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 Father,

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 the hour has come.

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 Glorify your Son

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 that your Son may glorify you.

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 For you grant him authority

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 over all people

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 that he might give eternal life

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 to all those

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 you have given him.

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 By his request

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 to be glorified,

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 Jesus referred

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 to his crucifixion

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 that is going to happen

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 within a few hours.

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 His triumph over the grave

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 after three days,

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 his ascension,

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 and supremely

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 his outpouring

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 To glorify someone

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 is to make that someone known.

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 Jesus decided to be known

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 in his true character

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 as an obedient,

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 divine Son of God,

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 as a gracious Messiah,

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 as a merciful Savior

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 of the world.

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 All these attributes

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 were manifest

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 in the hour

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 which had come

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 and extended

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 to the time

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 when all the believers

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 gather together

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 and receive the gift

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 This gift

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 constitutes

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 or secure

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 the answer

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 to his prayer.

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 by the glory

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 of the Son,

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 by Jesus making

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 the true character

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 and identity

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 of himself

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 known to the world,

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 people will come

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 to know the Father

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 and the glory

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 of the Father

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 was secured.

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 God was never

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 so fully refilled

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 in all his justice

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 and love

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 and holiness

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 and grace

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 as by the hour

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 with which

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 we are focusing

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 our current

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 preaching series on.

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 In addition,

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 eternal life

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 was also secure

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 for the follower

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 of Christ.

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 In verse 3,

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 it says,

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 this is eternal life

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 that they know you,

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 the only true God

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 and Jesus Christ

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 whom you have sent.

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 To know

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 is not just

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 an act of mind.

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 It's not just

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 a head knowledge

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 because in that sense,

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 demons know God.

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 But to know

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 it represents

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 love,

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 obedience,

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 faith,

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 the response

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 of an entire

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 human being.

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 To know

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 is to be intimate

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 and have close

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 relationship

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 with someone.

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 Therefore,

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 the eternal life

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 that is referred to

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 is not only

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 a future event

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 but a present

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 experience.

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 It means

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 endless

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 existence

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 in the future

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 but also

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 a present

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 heavenly blessedness.

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 We know

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 we can go to heaven

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 but at this stage

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 right here

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 we can experience

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 the blessedness

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 that God gave us.

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 Jesus

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 prays this prayer

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 based on

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 the fact that

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 his entire

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 earthly task

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 was completed.

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 First of all,

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 he says,

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 I have brought you

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 glory on earth

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 by finishing

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 the work

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 you have gave me

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 to do.

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 The supreme

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 sacrifice

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 seems to him

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 to have been made.

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 His work

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 was finished.

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 He would

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 therefore pray

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 and now

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 Father

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 glorify me

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 in your presence

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 with the glory

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 I have with you

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 before the world

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 began.

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 If you are told

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 your death

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 is only a few

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 hours away,

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 will you have

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 the confidence

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 to say

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 my life

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 is complete

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 and his work

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 is finished.

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 To many of us,

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 life seems to be

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 a pathetic series

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 of beginnings

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 and failures

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 and imperfect

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 strife

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 and endeavours.

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 However,

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 if we do

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 the will of God,

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 the symbol

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 of our life

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 need not to be

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 some broken columns.

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 for someone

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 who had only

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 three years

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 of ministry,

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 only healed a few

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 sick people,

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 preached only a few

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 sermons,

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 only 11 followers

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 secured

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 and many

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 deserters,

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 no book

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 have written,

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 no church

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 or organisation

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 established,

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 it seems a bit

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 premature to say

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 my work on earth

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 is finished.

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 But the hour

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 has come,

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 his work on earth

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 about to finish

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 and he need not

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 to linger anymore,

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 only the cross

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 remains

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 and the glory

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 fulfilled.

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 We follow on

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 in this passage,

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 Jesus pray for,

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 pray next

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 for his immediate

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 disciples,

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 for the twelve

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 who have followed

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 him and been

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 with him.

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 this is a very

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 special group

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 of people

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 that have the

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 privilege

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 to be the eyewitnesses

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 of Jesus'

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 ministry on earth.

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 However,

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 the term

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 disciples

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 is not just

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 reserved for them.

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 Anyone can be

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 Jesus' disciples,

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 anyone can be

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 counted as a

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 Christian.

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 So have you

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 ever asked

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 who is a

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 disciple?

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 What does it

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 mean to be a

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 Christian

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 or a follower

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 of Christ?

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 Jesus has

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 provided the

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 answer personally

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 in this prayer

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 for these

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 questions.

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 In verse 6

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 to 8,

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 he identified

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 his followers

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 as those

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 whom God

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 gave him

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 out of the

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 world,

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 whom have

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 obeyed God's

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 word.

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 There are those

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 that accepted

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 the words of God

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 that were given

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 through Jesus

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 and they believed

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 that God

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 sent Jesus

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 and knew with

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 certainty that

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 Jesus came

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 from God.

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 So a disciple

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 or follower

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 of Jesus,

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 a Christian,

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 is one

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 who got

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 taken out

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 of the world

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 to believe

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 God sent

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 Jesus and

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 believe that

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 Jesus came

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 from God.

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 This belief

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 came from

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 accepting and

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 obeying the

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 word of God

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 that was

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 presented through

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 Jesus.

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 At this

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 special moment,

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 Jesus prays

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 specifically for

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 his immediate

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 disciples and

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 asked two

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 specific things

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 for them.

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 First,

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 he prayed that

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 they may be

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 kept from

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 evil.

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 In verse 11,

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 it read,

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 I will remain

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 in the world

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 no longer,

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 but they are

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 still in the

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 world,

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 and I am

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 coming to you.

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 Holy Father,

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 protect them

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 by the power

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 of your name,

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 or Father,

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 keep them

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 faithful to

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 your name,

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 the name you

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 gave me,

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 so that they

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 may be one

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 as we are

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 one.

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 It is because

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 Jesus is

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 leaving them

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 that he

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 prays for

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 his

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 disprotection.

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 While Jesus

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 was with

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 them,

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 he protected

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 them,

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 but now

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 he is

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 leaving,

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 and he

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 knows that

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 the world

00:16:01.560 --> 00:16:02.080
 will hate

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 them.

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 He

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 commits

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 them to

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 the care

00:16:04.139 --> 00:16:04.540
 of his

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 Father.

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 It is

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 at this

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 verse and

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 previous

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 verse that

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 we also

00:16:09.160 --> 00:16:09.759
 see what

00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:10.100
 Jesus

00:16:10.100 --> 00:16:10.759
 claimed about

00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:11.280
 himself.

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 The first

00:16:14.420 --> 00:16:15.100
 thing before

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 that is

00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:16.700
 verse 10,

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 he said,

00:16:17.060 --> 00:16:17.580
 all I have

00:16:17.580 --> 00:16:18.200
 is yours,

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 and all you

00:16:18.940 --> 00:16:19.400
 have is

00:16:19.400 --> 00:16:19.800
 mine.

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 So that

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 they may

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 be one

00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:22.240
 as we

00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:22.720
 are one.

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 Jesus is

00:16:24.139 --> 00:16:24.700
 claiming that

00:16:24.700 --> 00:16:25.240
 he is one

00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:25.940
 with God,

00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:26.840
 that he

00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:27.360
 and God

00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:28.000
 is one.

00:16:29.019 --> 00:16:29.759
 In his

00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:30.100
 prayer,

00:16:30.759 --> 00:16:31.139
 he does

00:16:31.139 --> 00:16:31.740
 not ask

00:16:31.740 --> 00:16:32.440
 that they

00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:32.759
 shall be

00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:33.240
 taken out

00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:33.480
 of the

00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:33.820
 world.

00:16:34.540 --> 00:16:35.080
 He does

00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:35.560
 not ask

00:16:35.560 --> 00:16:35.940
 that they

00:16:35.940 --> 00:16:36.259
 shall be

00:16:36.259 --> 00:16:36.680
 kept from

00:16:36.680 --> 00:16:37.560
 sorrow and

00:16:37.560 --> 00:16:38.139
 pain and

00:16:38.139 --> 00:16:38.660
 temptation.

00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:40.300
 But he

00:16:40.300 --> 00:16:40.920
 prays that

00:16:40.920 --> 00:16:41.440
 they will

00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:42.019
 be kept

00:16:42.019 --> 00:16:43.060
 from gloom

00:16:43.060 --> 00:16:43.600
 and

00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:44.320
 discouragement

00:16:44.320 --> 00:16:44.940
 and sin.

00:16:46.160 --> 00:16:46.860
 Verse 15,

00:16:46.980 --> 00:16:47.240
 it reads,

00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:48.139
 my prayer

00:16:48.139 --> 00:16:48.519
 is not

00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:48.860
 that you

00:16:48.860 --> 00:16:49.299
 take them

00:16:49.299 --> 00:16:49.639
 out of

00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:50.039
 the world,

00:16:50.039 --> 00:16:50.820
 but that

00:16:50.820 --> 00:16:51.440
 you protect

00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:51.919
 them from

00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:52.419
 the evil

00:16:52.419 --> 00:16:52.779
 one.

00:16:54.320 --> 00:16:54.919
 What is

00:16:54.919 --> 00:16:55.320
 the difference

00:16:55.320 --> 00:16:56.240
 between sorrow

00:16:56.240 --> 00:16:57.200
 and gloom?

00:16:58.320 --> 00:16:59.080
 Pain and

00:16:59.080 --> 00:16:59.840
 discouragement,

00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:01.299
 or temptation

00:17:01.299 --> 00:17:02.139
 and sin?

00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:04.140
 The differences

00:17:04.140 --> 00:17:04.720
 are very

00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:05.220
 similar.

00:17:07.160 --> 00:17:07.599
 Feeling

00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:08.359
 sad about

00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:09.440
 something or

00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:10.220
 some situation

00:17:10.220 --> 00:17:11.039
 is one thing,

00:17:11.039 --> 00:17:12.720
 but gloom

00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:15.839
 is hopelessness,

00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:16.940
 is giving

00:17:16.940 --> 00:17:17.519
 hope.

00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:19.599
 Feeling

00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:20.460
 pain is

00:17:20.460 --> 00:17:20.980
 a sign

00:17:20.980 --> 00:17:22.200
 of growth

00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:23.339
 and suffering

00:17:23.339 --> 00:17:24.180
 will eventually

00:17:24.180 --> 00:17:24.619
 make us

00:17:24.619 --> 00:17:25.059
 stronger.

00:17:25.799 --> 00:17:26.180
 However,

00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:27.399
 discouragement

00:17:27.399 --> 00:17:28.859
 only happens

00:17:28.859 --> 00:17:29.659
 when someone

00:17:29.659 --> 00:17:30.159
 gave up

00:17:30.159 --> 00:17:30.879
 their courage,

00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:32.099
 gave up

00:17:32.099 --> 00:17:32.619
 their vision

00:17:32.619 --> 00:17:33.299
 and focused

00:17:33.299 --> 00:17:33.759
 on what

00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:34.659
 is immediate.

00:17:36.220 --> 00:17:36.680
 We may

00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:37.159
 be tempted

00:17:37.159 --> 00:17:38.039
 but not

00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:38.440
 sin.

00:17:39.159 --> 00:17:39.700
 To sin

00:17:39.700 --> 00:17:40.279
 is a

00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:40.779
 decision

00:17:40.779 --> 00:17:41.539
 to let

00:17:41.539 --> 00:17:41.960
 go of

00:17:41.960 --> 00:17:42.139
 our

00:17:42.139 --> 00:17:42.379
 true

00:17:42.379 --> 00:17:42.940
 identity

00:17:42.940 --> 00:17:43.819
 as the

00:17:43.819 --> 00:17:44.059
 children

00:17:44.059 --> 00:17:44.639
 of God

00:17:44.639 --> 00:17:45.839
 and give

00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:46.200
 in to

00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:46.680
 the world.

00:17:48.740 --> 00:17:49.059
 So,

00:17:49.160 --> 00:17:49.379
 Jesus

00:17:49.379 --> 00:17:49.779
 prayed

00:17:49.779 --> 00:17:50.339
 these first

00:17:50.339 --> 00:17:50.639
 things

00:17:50.639 --> 00:17:51.420
 for them

00:17:51.420 --> 00:17:52.319
 is for

00:17:52.319 --> 00:17:52.819
 the

00:17:52.819 --> 00:17:53.359
 disciples

00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:53.740
 to be

00:17:53.740 --> 00:17:53.960
 kept

00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:54.139
 from

00:17:54.139 --> 00:17:54.500
 evil.

00:17:55.420 --> 00:17:55.740
 Second

00:17:55.740 --> 00:17:55.980
 thing

00:17:55.980 --> 00:17:56.139
 that

00:17:56.139 --> 00:17:56.339
 Jesus

00:17:56.339 --> 00:17:56.660
 prayed

00:17:56.660 --> 00:17:56.839
 for

00:17:56.839 --> 00:17:57.099
 this

00:17:57.099 --> 00:17:58.119
 is

00:17:58.119 --> 00:17:58.660
 his

00:17:58.660 --> 00:17:59.160
 disciples

00:17:59.160 --> 00:17:59.420
 may

00:17:59.420 --> 00:17:59.599
 be

00:17:59.599 --> 00:18:00.240
 sanctified

00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:00.879
 in

00:18:00.879 --> 00:18:01.559
 verse 17

00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:02.200
 to 18.

00:18:03.420 --> 00:18:03.819
 Sanctify

00:18:03.819 --> 00:18:04.119
 them

00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:04.539
 by the

00:18:04.539 --> 00:18:04.960
 truth.

00:18:06.000 --> 00:18:06.139
 Your

00:18:06.139 --> 00:18:06.700
 word

00:18:06.700 --> 00:18:06.940
 is

00:18:06.940 --> 00:18:07.319
 truth.

00:18:07.819 --> 00:18:07.980
 As

00:18:07.980 --> 00:18:08.139
 you

00:18:08.139 --> 00:18:08.399
 send

00:18:08.399 --> 00:18:08.539
 me

00:18:08.539 --> 00:18:08.740
 into

00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:08.899
 the

00:18:08.899 --> 00:18:09.160
 world,

00:18:09.299 --> 00:18:09.399
 I

00:18:09.399 --> 00:18:09.559
 have

00:18:09.559 --> 00:18:09.819
 sent

00:18:09.819 --> 00:18:10.059
 them

00:18:10.059 --> 00:18:10.299
 into

00:18:10.299 --> 00:18:10.519
 the

00:18:10.519 --> 00:18:10.779
 world.

00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:12.379
 In

00:18:12.379 --> 00:18:12.740
 here,

00:18:13.579 --> 00:18:14.259
 sanctification

00:18:14.259 --> 00:18:14.879
 doesn't

00:18:14.879 --> 00:18:15.359
 mean making

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 them holy

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 because the

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 first part of

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 the prayer

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 already prayed

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 for that.

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 In

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 here,

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 sanctification

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 means more

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 about setting

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 a path

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 for service.

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 Because in

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 verse 18,

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 it says,

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 as you send

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 me into

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 the world,

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 I have

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 sent them

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 into the

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 world.

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 the

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 service

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 that

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 is

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 required

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 of

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 Jesus'

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 follower

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 is

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 witnessing

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 to

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 the

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 truth

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 to be

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 Jesus'

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 messenger,

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 to testify

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 to the

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 truth.

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 The

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 truth of

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 God,

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 the

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 word of

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 God,

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 will

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 sanctify

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 those

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 who hear

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 the message

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 and believe

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 in Jesus.

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 And the

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 final section

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 of this

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 chapter shows

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 how Jesus

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 prayed for

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 all believers

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 for the

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 world.

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 And the

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 main focus

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 is that

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 all of

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 them may

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 be one,

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 and that

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 at last

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 they may

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 be with

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 him in

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 heavenly

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 glory.

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 The

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 oneness

00:19:15.099 --> 00:19:15.559
 that

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 share

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 among

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 the

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 Trinity,

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 the

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 three

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 persons

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 of God,

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 the

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 Father,

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 Son,

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 and Holy

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 Spirit,

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 is

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 emphasized

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 by

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 Jesus'

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 own

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 word.

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 In

00:19:29.639 --> 00:19:29.819
 this

00:19:29.819 --> 00:19:30.079
 last

00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:30.459
 session,

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 Jesus'

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 father,

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 just as

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 you are

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 in me

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 and I

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 am in

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 you,

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 I have

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 given

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 them

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 the

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 glory

00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:37.920
 that

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 you

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 gave

00:19:38.360 --> 00:19:38.640
 me,

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 that

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 they

00:19:39.579 --> 00:19:39.740
 may

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 be

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 one

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 as

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 we

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 are

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 one,

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 so

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 that

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 they

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 may

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 be

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 brought

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 to

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 complete

00:19:43.480 --> 00:19:44.059
 unity.

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 Righteous

00:19:45.420 --> 00:19:45.740
 Father,

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 though the

00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:47.200
 world does

00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:47.660
 not know

00:19:47.660 --> 00:19:47.960
 you,

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 I know

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 you.

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 Theologian

00:19:51.579 --> 00:19:52.039
 Charles

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 Edmund

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 says that

00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:54.840
 the oneness

00:19:54.840 --> 00:19:55.519
 mentioned in

00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:55.740
 this

00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:56.240
 chapter

00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:58.079
 contemplates

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 a

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 spiritual

00:19:59.299 --> 00:19:59.960
 unity,

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 which must

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 be given

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 visible

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 expression,

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 by which

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 in its

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 essence

00:20:06.019 --> 00:20:07.279
 consists of

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 a union

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 with Christ

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 and through

00:20:09.880 --> 00:20:10.660
 him with

00:20:10.660 --> 00:20:11.100
 God.

00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:13.400
 Jesus

00:20:13.400 --> 00:20:14.019
 prayed for

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 us,

00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:15.319
 his followers,

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 to be part of

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 that unity

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 that's shared

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 among the

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 Trinity,

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 that loving

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 relationship

00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:22.340
 that is between

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 the Father,

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 the Son,

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 and the Holy

00:20:24.500 --> 00:20:24.880
 Spirit.

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 if we

00:20:26.860 --> 00:20:27.640
 look through

00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:27.880
 this

00:20:27.880 --> 00:20:28.320
 section,

00:20:29.660 --> 00:20:29.980
 Jesus

00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:30.620
 said this,

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 may they

00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:31.760
 also be

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 in us,

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 so that

00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:33.420
 the world

00:20:33.420 --> 00:20:33.980
 may believe

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 that you

00:20:34.660 --> 00:20:35.140
 have sent

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 me.

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 Then the

00:20:37.380 --> 00:20:37.780
 world will

00:20:37.780 --> 00:20:38.360
 know that

00:20:38.360 --> 00:20:38.940
 you sent

00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:39.800
 me and

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 have loved

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 them even

00:20:41.140 --> 00:20:41.560
 as you

00:20:41.560 --> 00:20:42.080
 have loved

00:20:42.080 --> 00:20:42.360
 me.

00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:44.000
 I have

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 made you

00:20:44.360 --> 00:20:44.800
 known to

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 them and

00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:46.300
 will continue

00:20:46.300 --> 00:20:46.740
 to make

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 you known

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 in order

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 that the

00:20:48.980 --> 00:20:49.340
 love you

00:20:49.340 --> 00:20:49.720
 have for

00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:50.480
 me may

00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:50.940
 be in

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 them and

00:20:51.760 --> 00:20:52.260
 that I

00:20:52.260 --> 00:20:53.140
 myself may

00:20:53.140 --> 00:20:53.560
 be in

00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:53.779
 them.

00:20:55.899 --> 00:20:56.460
 Christian

00:20:56.460 --> 00:20:57.299
 exists to

00:20:57.299 --> 00:20:57.899
 make Christ

00:20:57.899 --> 00:20:58.619
 known to

00:20:58.619 --> 00:20:59.139
 the world

00:20:59.139 --> 00:20:59.940
 by the

00:20:59.940 --> 00:21:00.299
 spiritual

00:21:00.299 --> 00:21:01.419
 unity that

00:21:01.419 --> 00:21:01.919
 we share

00:21:01.919 --> 00:21:02.500
 with Christ

00:21:02.500 --> 00:21:03.200
 and with

00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:03.679
 our Father

00:21:03.679 --> 00:21:04.159
 in Heaven.

00:21:04.940 --> 00:21:05.619
 Becoming a

00:21:05.619 --> 00:21:06.200
 Christian is

00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:06.700
 not to have

00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:07.099
 a better

00:21:07.099 --> 00:21:07.500
 way of

00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:08.539
 life or

00:21:08.539 --> 00:21:08.919
 to give

00:21:08.919 --> 00:21:09.279
 us a

00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:10.179
 relief from

00:21:10.179 --> 00:21:10.700
 the pain

00:21:10.700 --> 00:21:11.579
 and sorrow

00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:12.339
 and temptation

00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:13.099
 and the

00:21:13.099 --> 00:21:13.599
 trouble of

00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:14.019
 the world.

00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:15.599
 Christianity

00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:16.519
 is not just

00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:17.419
 another religion

00:21:17.419 --> 00:21:18.299
 to try out.

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:19.960
 To be a

00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:20.440
 follower of

00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:21.419
 Christ is

00:21:21.419 --> 00:21:22.179
 to participate

00:21:22.179 --> 00:21:22.879
 into the

00:21:22.879 --> 00:21:23.539
 oneness of

00:21:23.539 --> 00:21:24.700
 God, to

00:21:24.700 --> 00:21:25.159
 share the

00:21:25.159 --> 00:21:25.759
 glory of

00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:26.539
 God that

00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:27.659
 existed before

00:21:27.659 --> 00:21:28.319
 the beginning

00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:28.680
 of the

00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:29.680
 world and

00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:30.019
 to make

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:30.639
 God known

00:21:30.639 --> 00:21:31.000
 to the

00:21:31.000 --> 00:21:31.740
 world through

00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:31.980
 that

00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:32.779
 participation.

00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:34.539
 To know

00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:35.460
 God and

00:21:35.460 --> 00:21:35.700
 to have

00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:36.519
 eternal life

00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:37.119
 is to

00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:37.859
 experience the

00:21:37.859 --> 00:21:38.460
 presence of

00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:39.379
 God and

00:21:39.379 --> 00:21:39.799
 the heavenly

00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:40.779
 blessedness in

00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.599
 your day-to-day

00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:43.000
 life, to

00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:43.539
 use the

00:21:43.539 --> 00:21:44.240
 glory that

00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:44.779
 is given

00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:45.460
 to you by

00:21:45.460 --> 00:21:46.279
 God to

00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:47.099
 glorify him.

00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:49.659
 Those that

00:21:49.659 --> 00:21:49.799
 have

00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:51.139
 understood and

00:21:51.139 --> 00:21:51.819
 accepted the

00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:52.119
 word of

00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:53.119
 God is

00:21:53.119 --> 00:21:54.359
 revealed by

00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:54.959
 Jesus.

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:58.119
 Those that

00:21:58.119 --> 00:21:58.339
 have

00:21:58.339 --> 00:21:59.399
 understood and

00:21:59.399 --> 00:22:00.000
 accepted the

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:00.339
 words of

00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:00.979
 God as

00:22:00.979 --> 00:22:01.619
 revealed by

00:22:01.619 --> 00:22:03.079
 Jesus, those

00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:03.619
 that make the

00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:04.339
 decision to

00:22:04.339 --> 00:22:04.979
 follow and

00:22:04.979 --> 00:22:05.679
 obey God's

00:22:05.679 --> 00:22:06.819
 word, knew

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.699
 with certainty

00:22:07.699 --> 00:22:08.419
 that Jesus

00:22:08.419 --> 00:22:09.079
 comes from

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:10.279
 God and

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:10.799
 believe that

00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:11.359
 God sent

00:22:11.359 --> 00:22:11.859
 Jesus.

00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:16.319
 And also

00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:17.559
 are those

00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:18.440
 that through

00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:21.000
 whom glory

00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:21.720
 has come to

00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:22.059
 Jesus.

00:22:23.679 --> 00:22:24.399
 And they

00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:24.879
 will have the

00:22:24.879 --> 00:22:25.579
 full measure

00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:26.119
 of Jesus'

00:22:26.339 --> 00:22:27.039
 joy within

00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.339
 them.

00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:29.059
 And they

00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:29.639
 will also

00:22:29.639 --> 00:22:30.279
 experience the

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:31.099
 opposition of

00:22:31.099 --> 00:22:31.559
 the world.

00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:35.440
 So now

00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:35.819
 this is

00:22:35.819 --> 00:22:36.639
 eternal life,

00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:38.139
 that they

00:22:38.139 --> 00:22:39.399
 know God,

00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:39.940
 the only

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:40.639
 true God,

00:22:40.980 --> 00:22:41.480
 and Jesus

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:41.940
 Christ,

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.599
 whom God

00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:44.139
 has sent.

00:22:44.140 --> 00:22:46.100
 let's

00:22:46.100 --> 00:22:46.340
 pray.

00:22:46.339 --> 00:22:53.459
 Father,

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:53.899
 thank you

00:22:53.899 --> 00:22:54.359
 so much

00:22:54.359 --> 00:22:55.379
 for sending

00:22:55.379 --> 00:22:55.799
 Jesus.

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.439
 Thank you

00:22:58.439 --> 00:22:58.919
 so much

00:22:58.919 --> 00:23:00.459
 for Jesus'

00:23:00.659 --> 00:23:01.359
 obedience to

00:23:01.359 --> 00:23:01.699
 you,

00:23:02.579 --> 00:23:02.919
 that he's

00:23:02.919 --> 00:23:04.240
 willing to

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:05.599
 reveal the

00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:06.359
 fullness of

00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:07.139
 you to

00:23:07.139 --> 00:23:07.480
 us,

00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:09.299
 that he

00:23:09.299 --> 00:23:10.059
 has protected

00:23:10.059 --> 00:23:10.839
 us while

00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.139
 we're on

00:23:11.139 --> 00:23:11.439
 earth,

00:23:11.679 --> 00:23:12.220
 and now

00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:12.459
 he has

00:23:12.459 --> 00:23:12.859
 sent the

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:13.459
 Holy Spirit

00:23:13.459 --> 00:23:14.039
 to guide

00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:14.359
 us,

00:23:14.899 --> 00:23:15.240
 to live

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 our life,

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 that you

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 want us

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 to live.

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 God,

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 thank you

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 so much

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 that you

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 have called

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 us to

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 be your

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 follower,

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 to be your

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 children,

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 that you

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 didn't cut

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 our sin

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 against us,

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 but you

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 have gave

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 us eternal

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 life.

00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:33.860
 You gave

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 us a way

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 to know

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 you through

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 Jesus,

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 to learn

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 about you

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 through your

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 word.

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 You also

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 give us

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 the ability,

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 the strength

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 to carry out

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 your will,

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 God,

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 help us

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 to really

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 truly

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 understand

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 what it

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 means to

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 have a

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 relationship

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 with you.

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 Help us

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 to not

00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:54.059
 just live

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:54.779
 our religious

00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:55.360
 life,

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 but really

00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:57.440
 live our

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 a true

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 Christian

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 life,

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 that is

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 enjoying a

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 daily

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:01.900
 relationship

00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:03.279
 with the

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 hope of

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:04.940
 future

00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:06.440
 heavenly

00:24:06.440 --> 00:24:07.860
 life,

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 and live

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 our life

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:11.019
 in faith

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 according to

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:12.559
 your word.

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.640
 Thank you

00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:13.980
 so much

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 for what

00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:14.360
 you have

00:24:14.360 --> 00:24:14.759
 done for

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:14.980
 us.

00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:15.640
 In a

00:24:15.640 --> 00:24:16.279
 prayer of

00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:16.480
 this,

00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:17.200
 amen.