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 So if you have a Bible, perhaps you want to turn back with me to John chapter 10 on page 1076.

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 We have concerns for home security and personal security.

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 The very word conjures up ideas of protection, safety, perhaps having a safeguard, a form of a guarantee.

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 It's always a relevant topic.

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 I think it's really timely just now because we seem to be moving into a time of insecurity.

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 Certainly globally, we think about the situation developing with Iran and there's the fear of it escalating,

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 but nobody quite seems to know where that's going to go.

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 We're already beginning to anticipate, aren't we, the knock-on effects?

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 What's it going to mean even for our energy supplies?

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 What's it going to mean for our travel plans?

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 What's the impact going to be on our finances, never mind thinking about what happens anywhere else?

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 Sometimes, though, that sense of insecurity might come because of a different factor.

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 There's been a number of reports recently about the rapid rise of AI,

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 and then the impact that that is having on job sectors.

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 So that can spark a sense of insecurity.

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 We've maybe seen the effect on our culture, our culture makers.

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 Again, sense of insecurity.

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 What does it mean for my intellectual property or even for my identity?

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 Perhaps we feel somewhat insecure if we're less tech savvy.

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 Will I be taken in by fake news or by scams developed by increasingly elaborate AI?

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 Security functions often for us like our walls and our foundations.

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 And when those start to crack, we can feel somewhat exposed and unprotected,

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 uncertain about our present and about the future.

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 And if we find ourselves in that place, and perhaps we do, perhaps we've been there recently,

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 or if we know people in our lives who wrestle with anxiety and fears and uncertainty,

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 then it's good for us to spend some time here.

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 It's good for us to think together and to hear from the Bible, to hear from Jesus

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 about the real and the lasting security that he offers.

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 So we're going to ask ourselves some questions about this topic of security.

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 We're going to explore some of the ways that we find ourselves searching for security,

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 some of the challenges and the weaknesses to our different approaches,

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 and we'll turn to hear what Jesus says about himself

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 and the promise of security that's found in him.

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 And as I said at the beginning, there'll be a chance for us to chat afterwards over tea and coffee

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 if you have time to stick around.

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 So the first question I suppose that we need to address is what is security for you?

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 Because I think it's fair to say there's no one-size-security-fits-all.

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 There are different ways that we look to find security,

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 different ways that we feel either secure or insecure.

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 I was thinking personally this week and recognizing that at different times

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 and different phases of life, security looks different.

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 So perhaps in sort of childhood and teenage years especially,

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 security comes if I had a group of friends who were there

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 and who liked me and who I could spend time with.

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 Perhaps later it became, well, do I have enough money in the bank

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 to make sure that all those bills get met?

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 Sometimes it's finding security and having a family around.

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 What is security for you?

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 Perhaps it's a freedom from fear.

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 The fear of illness or failure.

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 The fear of losses.

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 If we could live without those, then we'd feel secure.

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 Perhaps security comes from reliable resources.

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 It comes from having money in the bank.

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 The house that's getting paid up.

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 The job that has a decent salary and a level of stability.

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 Perhaps it's reserves in case there are those crashes that come.

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 For others of us, we may think about security in terms of the people in our lives.

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 We may think about predictable relationships.

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 Two of, I guess, the classic sitcoms of all times very much played on that.

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 Friends theme tune, I'll be there for you.

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 And cheers.

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 You want to be where everybody knows your name.

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 That idea of here is a group of people I can trust.

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 They will show up when I need them.

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 Sometimes we can find security in our plans.

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 The plans that we have after we finish school or after we finish university.

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 Perhaps we find security if we feel that our retirement is well cared for.

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 Maybe we find security in just the idea of knowing a five-year plan.

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 And so we find ourselves thinking and saying things like,

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 if I just had that thing, then I'd be okay.

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 You know, if I get the right product or if I make the right investment,

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 if I land the right job or achieve in my career,

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 if I belong to the right group or raise the right family,

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 or if I have the right work-life balance

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 and I can control my environment and my schedule,

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 then I'll have security.

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 So it's important from the outset to ask ourselves the question,

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 what do we think security looks like?

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 And that in part will take us to the second question,

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 how do we try to fulfill the desire for security?

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 This week I've been asking church members,

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 in what way do we feel Jesus provides security?

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 Because one of the things that we believe as Christians

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 is that our faith offers us a unique power and stability.

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 We have a security both in the present,

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 knowing God is with us and for us,

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 but security eternally.

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 And it's been interesting to have those conversations

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 and to hear themes reappearing,

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 themes that actually very much link to this shepherd theme

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 we've been considering.

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 That sense of, in everyday experience,

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 well, I know God is present to protect me and guide me.

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 When I need help and wisdom,

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 I know that I can pray.

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 And I sense his love.

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 There's a real security in that.

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 And then people are talking about,

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 well, in times of difficulty,

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 times when perhaps those foundations were shaken.

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 Still to know God is in control,

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 to be able to rest in God keeps his promises,

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 to have that reality that as we pray and connect with God,

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 that brings a measure of peace.

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 And even being able to keep going,

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 knowing it's not in my strength,

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 but it's God's strength.

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 So there are remarkable resources

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 within the Christian faith.

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 Some of you may have seen the interview

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 of Ben Ganondoke, the Scottish footballer.

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 He's returned back to his childhood faith.

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 And it was a really interesting interview.

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 He's had a very prolonged and difficult injury recently.

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 And he was reflecting on it saying setbacks,

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 setbacks, they're part of God's plan.

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 He spoke about relying heavily on God to keep him strong.

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 He said this, he said,

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 when you have God on your side,

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 you know he's never going to forget about you

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 and he's not going to abandon you.

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 There is strength and security in God.

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 And there seems to be common threads

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 within Christian experience.

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 And it's interesting to share our stories

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 of how we see God provide security.

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 But how do we search for security

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 outside of and apart from God?

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 I suspect it often involves one or a combination of these.

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 And we probably find ourselves

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 leaning into our possessions.

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 There's a Bible proverb,

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 I think it's in Proverbs 18,

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 that says,

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 the wealth of the rich is their fortified city.

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 They imagine it a wall too high to scale.

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 So picture a city under siege,

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 but the residents feeling secure

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 because they have strong walls and high walls.

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 And the idea that money provides a safeguard,

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 a protective wall from the shocks that might come.

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 Another way that we search for security

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 is in the people in our lives.

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 There's lots of studies that speak about the early years,

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 developmental stages,

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 and when there is strong investment in those early years,

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 good support networks,

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 stable family,

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 good nursery provision,

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 it tends towards more stable,

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 more confident,

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 more resilient children.

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 When we have people who love us,

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 people we can trust,

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 people we can rely on,

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 that tends to bring

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 an inner confidence

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 and a security.

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 It allows us perhaps to provide

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 and build a stable identity.

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 Or our family or our friends

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 might become a form of an anchor

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 when storms come

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 so that we don't collapse under the pressure.

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 There's a goodness, isn't there,

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 when we have friends,

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 when we have family,

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 when we have a social group who stick by us.

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 The Bible tells us that community is God's good design.

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 Family is God's good design.

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 There's a verse that we maybe have heard at a wedding,

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 Ecclesiastes 4,

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 though one may be overpowered,

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 two can resist.

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 Moreover, a cord of three strands is not easily broken.

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 That sense of resilience from togetherness.

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 So we might well find ourselves looking to people for security.

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 We may, on the other hand,

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 turn towards performance.

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 Because one way that we can seek to find security

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 is in our doing,

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 our achieving,

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 in our abilities.

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 We might find job security

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 knowing that we will,

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 if we outperform others

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 in our team

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 or in our company.

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 So long as we hit the right targets,

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 if we perform,

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 we can probably hope for security.

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 Or maybe we imagine

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 financial security

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 if I have the wisdom

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 and the prudence

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 to make the right,

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 careful investments.

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 And so we can

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 gain a sense of security

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 from ourselves

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 and our own abilities.

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 Now,

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 each of these,

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 you know,

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 people,

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 possessions,

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 the ability to perform,

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 those are

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 good things.

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 Of course they are.

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 But it's important for us

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 to recognize

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 there are limitations.

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 That each of these

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 can provide,

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 they can provide

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 at very least

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 a temporary fix.

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 But it's fair to say

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 that they cannot remove

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 every threat

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 that we experience

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 to our security.

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 People will still leave

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 and contracts will still end

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 and oil prices

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 will still spike.

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 And more significantly

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 than that,

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 as we consider

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 all the challenges

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 that we face,

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 none of these

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 are able to offer

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 any help

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 when faced with

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 the ultimate source

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 of insecurity,

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 which is our great enemy,

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 death.

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 And so as we're thinking

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 about what gives us security,

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 we need to think

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 beyond,

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 well,

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 where do I look today

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 to where do I hope

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 will give me strength

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 in that day?

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 A third question is this,

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 how can some of our strategies

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 produce unhelpful results?

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 Because it is important

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 to recognize

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 that in striving

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 for security,

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 sometimes that can lead us

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 down unhelpful paths,

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 unhelpful attitudes

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 or patterns of behavior.

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 For example,

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 if I imagine

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 that I will be secure

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 if I have money,

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 then that might tend

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 towards my greed.

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 Perhaps I will hoard

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 instead of being generous.

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 Perhaps it means

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 I will live

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 to consume

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 rather than recognizing

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 life is about more than.

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 it may lead us

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 to try and control

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 and manipulate.

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 If our performance

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 is really important

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 to our sense of security,

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 then we might want

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 to insist

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 that everything

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 and everyone around us

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 is just so.

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 And we can put a lot

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 of pressure

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 on other people

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 demanding

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 that everything

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 be just right.

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 there might be a pride

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 that forms

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 in our heart

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 if security

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 is found

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 in my performance,

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 striving to try

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 and prove

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 and justify myself

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 compared to others.

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 On the flip side,

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 there might be despair

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 when we find

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 our security fails,

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 when all our best efforts

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 come to nothing.

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 It was striking

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 to see

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 after the last,

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 I guess,

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 big global economic

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 crash in 2008,

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 the number

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 of bank executives,

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 people within

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 the financial industry

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 who committed suicide.

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 Their security

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 was gone.

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 Their sense of identity

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 was gone.

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 We see it all too often

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 as well

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 with retired sports people

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 when the fame

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 is gone

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 and they struggle.

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 Some of our strategies

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 can produce

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 even the unhelpful result

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 of

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 idolatry.

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 It's a Bible idea

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 that I think

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 we can all recognize

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 when I place

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 my ultimate trust

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 in someone

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 or something

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 for security

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 rather than

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 in the one

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 true

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 and living God.

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 So just to pause

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 for a moment

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 to take stock.

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 I imagine

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 each one of us here,

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 we both value

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 and we want security.

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 We will all try

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 and find it

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 in different ways.

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 But what I hope

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 we're beginning to see

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 is that when we try

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 and do that ourselves

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 without God,

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 without Jesus,

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 there are at least

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 some times

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 where we will find

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 ourselves heading

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 down the wrong roads.

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 That we may find

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 ourselves pursuing

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 solutions that

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 don't satisfy

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 and there may still

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 be that nagging feeling

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 that something

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 is still missing.

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 Where we can't

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 really rest

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 because there's

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 no sense

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 of permanent

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 security.

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 And so it's

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 important for us

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 to have a chance

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 to hear

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 from Jesus.

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 So turn with me

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 to John chapter 10

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 to think about

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 this image

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 that he uses

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 of himself

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 as the shepherd

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 as we ask

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 ourselves

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 one more question

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 together.

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 And the question

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 is this,

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 how does Jesus

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 promise to fulfill

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 our longing

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 for security?

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 So we have

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 Jesus in verse 11

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 saying,

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 I am the good shepherd.

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 Verse 14,

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 I am the good shepherd.

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 That image

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 was an image

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 used by God

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 in the Old Testament

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 also.

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 It contains

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 within it

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 that idea

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 of a covenant

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 commitment

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 to rescue

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 and to bring

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 a people

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 to himself.

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 It's a picture

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 that's applied

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 to kings.

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 Here is God,

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 the powerful,

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 loving king

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 who is committed

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 to restoring people

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 and ruling

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 for their good

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 and Jesus

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 comes along

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 and says,

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 I am

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 the good shepherd.

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 So he's making

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 a big claim

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 about himself.

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 He's claiming

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 a title of God.

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 And John

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 is revealing

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 to us

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 that Jesus

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 is none other

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 than the son

00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:33.759
 of God.

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 And so as we

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 listen in

00:16:36.039 --> 00:16:36.480
 as Jesus

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 speaks about himself

00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:38.379
 and what he offers

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 we need to recognize

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 he's speaking

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 to us

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 not just

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 as any old

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 person,

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 he's speaking

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 to us

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 as the son

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 of God.

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 And in this

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 little section

00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:47.939
 that we've read

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 we discover

00:16:49.059 --> 00:16:49.879
 three qualities

00:16:49.879 --> 00:16:50.600
 of Jesus

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 the good shepherd

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 that all connect

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 with this idea

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 of security.

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 So we'll think

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 briefly about

00:16:56.220 --> 00:16:57.199
 the personal

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 relationship

00:16:57.879 --> 00:16:59.580
 with Jesus

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 that he offers

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 the sacrificial

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 salvation

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 that he came

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 to bring

00:17:04.579 --> 00:17:06.160
 and the safety

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 of belonging.

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 So first of all

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 to think about

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 a personal

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 relationship

00:17:11.900 --> 00:17:13.580
 that Jesus

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 offers

00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:14.900
 a secure

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 relationship

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 that no one

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 else

00:17:16.900 --> 00:17:18.019
 in this world

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 can match.

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 Look at our

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 verses

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 we'll see a few

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 ways this is true.

00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:24.420
 Verse 12

00:17:24.420 --> 00:17:25.960
 of John chapter 10

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 Jesus compares

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 himself with a

00:17:28.220 --> 00:17:29.100
 hired hand

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 someone who

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 works as a

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 shepherd

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 for pay

00:17:32.780 --> 00:17:33.340
 but the sheep

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 don't belong to him.

00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:35.140
 The hired hand

00:17:35.140 --> 00:17:35.960
 is not the shepherd

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 and does not

00:17:36.560 --> 00:17:37.200
 own the sheep

00:17:37.200 --> 00:17:38.440
 so when he sees

00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:39.259
 the wolf coming

00:17:39.259 --> 00:17:40.360
 he abandons

00:17:40.360 --> 00:17:40.700
 the sheep

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 and runs away.

00:17:41.900 --> 00:17:42.759
 Then the wolf

00:17:42.759 --> 00:17:43.780
 attacks the flock

00:17:43.780 --> 00:17:44.740
 and scatters it.

00:17:45.180 --> 00:17:45.900
 The man runs

00:17:45.900 --> 00:17:46.500
 away because

00:17:46.500 --> 00:17:47.220
 he is a hired

00:17:47.220 --> 00:17:47.940
 hand and cares

00:17:47.940 --> 00:17:48.860
 nothing for

00:17:48.860 --> 00:17:49.400
 the sheep.

00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:51.240
 By contrast

00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:53.420
 Jesus says

00:17:53.420 --> 00:17:54.019
 I am the good

00:17:54.019 --> 00:17:54.360
 shepherd

00:17:54.360 --> 00:17:55.700
 and I lay

00:17:55.700 --> 00:17:56.340
 down my life

00:17:56.340 --> 00:17:56.820
 for the sheep.

00:17:57.580 --> 00:17:58.340
 So Jesus

00:17:58.340 --> 00:17:59.380
 is committed

00:17:59.380 --> 00:18:00.400
 to us

00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:01.840
 compared to

00:18:01.840 --> 00:18:02.320
 this hired

00:18:02.320 --> 00:18:02.640
 hand.

00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:03.360
 There is a

00:18:03.360 --> 00:18:04.640
 deeper relationship

00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:06.560
 there is a

00:18:06.560 --> 00:18:08.000
 selfless service

00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:09.440
 that Jesus

00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:10.300
 is the kind

00:18:10.299 --> 00:18:10.819
 who will

00:18:10.819 --> 00:18:11.659
 not turn

00:18:11.659 --> 00:18:12.519
 and run

00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:13.440
 when the

00:18:13.440 --> 00:18:13.859
 wolves

00:18:13.859 --> 00:18:14.359
 come.

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 When the

00:18:15.899 --> 00:18:16.539
 trials

00:18:16.539 --> 00:18:17.240
 come

00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:18.359
 rather

00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:18.819
 Jesus

00:18:18.819 --> 00:18:19.559
 will place

00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:20.180
 himself

00:18:20.180 --> 00:18:21.500
 in harm's

00:18:21.500 --> 00:18:21.919
 way

00:18:21.919 --> 00:18:22.740
 for the

00:18:22.740 --> 00:18:23.539
 good of

00:18:23.539 --> 00:18:24.099
 his

00:18:24.099 --> 00:18:24.759
 sheep.

00:18:26.299 --> 00:18:26.899
 He is

00:18:26.899 --> 00:18:27.419
 committed to

00:18:27.419 --> 00:18:27.579
 us

00:18:27.579 --> 00:18:27.980
 and he

00:18:27.980 --> 00:18:28.500
 knows

00:18:28.500 --> 00:18:28.919
 us.

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 He continues

00:18:29.940 --> 00:18:30.379
 in verse

00:18:30.379 --> 00:18:30.839
 14

00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:31.359
 I am the

00:18:31.359 --> 00:18:32.000
 good shepherd

00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:33.119
 I know

00:18:33.119 --> 00:18:33.680
 my sheep

00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:34.039
 and my

00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:34.579
 sheep know

00:18:34.579 --> 00:18:34.899
 me

00:18:34.899 --> 00:18:35.940
 just as

00:18:35.940 --> 00:18:36.480
 the father

00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:37.079
 knows me

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 and I

00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:37.859
 know the

00:18:37.859 --> 00:18:38.339
 father.

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 And so

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 there is

00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:40.079
 another

00:18:40.079 --> 00:18:40.759
 comparison

00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:41.199
 here.

00:18:41.339 --> 00:18:41.720
 So just

00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:42.459
 as the

00:18:42.459 --> 00:18:43.259
 father and

00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:43.740
 the son

00:18:43.740 --> 00:18:44.240
 within the

00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:44.720
 eternal

00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:45.339
 trinity

00:18:45.339 --> 00:18:46.000
 they know

00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:46.539
 one another

00:18:46.539 --> 00:18:47.299
 and they

00:18:47.299 --> 00:18:48.019
 love one

00:18:48.019 --> 00:18:48.279
 another

00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:48.659
 and they

00:18:48.659 --> 00:18:49.480
 delight in

00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:49.899
 each other

00:18:49.899 --> 00:18:50.339
 and they

00:18:50.339 --> 00:18:50.720
 can't be

00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:51.539
 separated

00:18:51.539 --> 00:18:52.099
 from each

00:18:52.099 --> 00:18:52.339
 other

00:18:52.339 --> 00:18:53.259
 and they're

00:18:53.259 --> 00:18:53.519
 in the

00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:53.980
 closest

00:18:53.980 --> 00:18:54.779
 possible

00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:55.539
 relationship

00:18:55.539 --> 00:18:56.019
 to one

00:18:56.019 --> 00:18:56.399
 another

00:18:56.399 --> 00:18:58.119
 Jesus

00:18:58.119 --> 00:18:58.599
 says the

00:18:58.599 --> 00:18:58.980
 same is

00:18:58.980 --> 00:18:59.519
 true between

00:18:59.519 --> 00:18:59.859
 me and

00:18:59.859 --> 00:19:00.419
 my people.

00:19:01.539 --> 00:19:02.079
 He's

00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:02.359
 committed

00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:02.759
 to us

00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:03.259
 he knows

00:19:03.259 --> 00:19:03.740
 us

00:19:03.740 --> 00:19:05.240
 and in

00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:05.759
 verse 16

00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.179
 he also

00:19:06.179 --> 00:19:07.079
 calls us

00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:08.319
 I have

00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:08.759
 other sheep

00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:09.019
 that are

00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:09.359
 not of

00:19:09.359 --> 00:19:09.559
 this

00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:10.220
 sheepfold

00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:10.679
 I must

00:19:10.679 --> 00:19:11.359
 bring them

00:19:11.359 --> 00:19:11.960
 also

00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:13.179
 they too

00:19:13.179 --> 00:19:13.659
 will listen

00:19:13.659 --> 00:19:14.119
 to my

00:19:14.119 --> 00:19:14.659
 voice

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 and there

00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:15.939
 shall be

00:19:15.939 --> 00:19:16.759
 one flock

00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:18.019
 and one

00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:18.799
 shepherd.

00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:19.259
 So there's

00:19:19.259 --> 00:19:19.539
 another

00:19:19.539 --> 00:19:20.159
 comparison

00:19:20.159 --> 00:19:20.519
 Jesus

00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:20.960
 compares

00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:21.279
 himself

00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:21.519
 with

00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:21.699
 the

00:19:21.699 --> 00:19:22.299
 strangers

00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:23.460
 with

00:19:23.460 --> 00:19:23.899
 thieves

00:19:23.899 --> 00:19:24.720
 and robbers

00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:25.539
 who would

00:19:25.539 --> 00:19:26.179
 come along

00:19:26.179 --> 00:19:26.539
 and want

00:19:26.539 --> 00:19:27.259
 to take

00:19:27.259 --> 00:19:27.659
 the sheep

00:19:27.659 --> 00:19:28.019
 away

00:19:28.019 --> 00:19:29.839
 but the

00:19:29.839 --> 00:19:30.039
 sheep

00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:30.579
 recognize

00:19:30.579 --> 00:19:30.899
 that's

00:19:30.899 --> 00:19:31.359
 not a

00:19:31.359 --> 00:19:31.819
 voice

00:19:31.819 --> 00:19:32.619
 to be

00:19:32.619 --> 00:19:33.179
 trusted

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 rather

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 they will

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 listen

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 to the

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 shepherd

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 because

00:19:39.180 --> 00:19:39.519
 this

00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:39.900
 shepherd

00:19:39.900 --> 00:19:40.519
 invites

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 us

00:19:40.819 --> 00:19:41.379
 into

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 relationship

00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:42.619
 he is

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 the one

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 who has

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 our best

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 interest

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 at heart

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 he is

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 the one

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 who will

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 seek

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 and save

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 and call

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 to bring

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 into

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 his flock

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 and in

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 that flock

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 there is

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 safety

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 and there

00:19:57.799 --> 00:19:58.180
 is this

00:19:58.180 --> 00:19:58.799
 promise

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 that Jesus

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 voice is

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 powerful

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 and effective

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 and he

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 calls people

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 into

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 the security

00:20:06.399 --> 00:20:07.119
 of

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 relationship

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 with

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 himself

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 and so

00:20:11.019 --> 00:20:11.440
 in this

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 whole section

00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:13.240
 Jesus is

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 announcing

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 to us

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 that he

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 provides

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 personal

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 relational

00:20:17.180 --> 00:20:17.980
 security

00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:18.639
 the text

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 is full

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 of eyes

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 Jesus

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 personal

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 commitment

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 as the

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 shepherd

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 to his

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 people

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 his sheep

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 and that's

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 the story

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 that some

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 of you

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 have been

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 sharing

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 and it's

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 the story

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 that I

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 imagine

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 are the

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 testimony

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 of many

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 of us

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 who are

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 Christians

00:20:33.720 --> 00:20:35.080
 that we

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 go into

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 dark

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 places

00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:38.059
 and we

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 know

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 Jesus

00:20:38.620 --> 00:20:39.120
 is with

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 us

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 and for

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 us

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 and he's

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 actually

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 been there

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 first

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 of feeling

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 overwhelmed

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 but then

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 at the

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 same time

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 experiencing

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 a sense

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 of peace

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 and comfort

00:20:48.840 --> 00:20:49.600
 from knowing

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 Jesus is

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 there

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 even those

00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:53.640
 stories of

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 having

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 wandered

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 far away

00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:57.580
 those times

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 perhaps of

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 wanting nothing

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 to do

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 with Jesus

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 but still

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 patiently

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 persistently

00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:02.559
 searching

00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:03.079
 to bring

00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:03.680
 us back

00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:05.360
 and it's

00:21:05.360 --> 00:21:05.940
 this Jesus

00:21:05.940 --> 00:21:06.519
 who invites

00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:06.980
 each one

00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.620
 to trust

00:21:07.620 --> 00:21:08.039
 him for

00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:08.579
 security

00:21:08.579 --> 00:21:10.240
 to find

00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:10.799
 that one

00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.620
 relationship

00:21:11.620 --> 00:21:12.519
 that will

00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:13.640
 never end

00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:14.799
 that one

00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:15.519
 relationship

00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:16.140
 that cannot

00:21:16.140 --> 00:21:16.759
 be broken

00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:17.539
 even by

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 death

00:21:17.940 --> 00:21:19.920
 to place

00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:20.579
 our lives

00:21:20.579 --> 00:21:21.099
 in the hands

00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:21.460
 of one

00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:21.799
 who will

00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:22.440
 never leave

00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:22.819
 us

00:21:22.819 --> 00:21:24.240
 or fail

00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:24.660
 us

00:21:24.660 --> 00:21:25.620
 there is

00:21:25.620 --> 00:21:26.360
 security

00:21:26.360 --> 00:21:27.400
 in a

00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:27.799
 personal

00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:28.579
 relationship

00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:29.299
 with Jesus

00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:32.619
 here is

00:21:32.619 --> 00:21:33.019
 a second

00:21:33.019 --> 00:21:33.399
 way that

00:21:33.399 --> 00:21:33.680
 Jesus

00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:34.200
 promises

00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:34.899
 to fulfill

00:21:34.899 --> 00:21:35.440
 our longing

00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:36.220
 for security

00:21:36.220 --> 00:21:37.519
 it's in

00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:37.779
 his

00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:38.619
 sacrificial

00:21:38.619 --> 00:21:40.259
 salvation

00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:43.339
 Jesus offers

00:21:43.339 --> 00:21:43.940
 to remove

00:21:43.940 --> 00:21:44.680
 threats

00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:45.559
 that no one

00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:46.220
 else can

00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:47.879
 three times

00:21:47.879 --> 00:21:48.940
 in our

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 verses

00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:50.279
 we heard

00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:51.180
 Jesus say

00:21:51.180 --> 00:21:52.399
 I lay

00:21:52.399 --> 00:21:52.859
 down my

00:21:52.859 --> 00:21:53.399
 life for

00:21:53.399 --> 00:21:53.759
 the sheep

00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.139
 it's there

00:21:54.139 --> 00:21:54.519
 in verse

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 11

00:21:55.099 --> 00:21:56.699
 it's there

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 in verse

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 15

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 and it's

00:21:59.319 --> 00:21:59.799
 there in

00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:00.839
 verse 17

00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:02.279
 let me read

00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:02.699
 it there in

00:22:02.699 --> 00:22:03.339
 verse 17

00:22:03.339 --> 00:22:03.919
 the reason

00:22:03.919 --> 00:22:04.659
 my father

00:22:04.659 --> 00:22:05.359
 loves me

00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:06.459
 is that I

00:22:06.459 --> 00:22:07.000
 lay down

00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:07.719
 my life

00:22:07.719 --> 00:22:08.759
 only to

00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:09.119
 take it

00:22:09.119 --> 00:22:09.679
 up again

00:22:09.679 --> 00:22:10.779
 no one

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.279
 takes it

00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:11.919
 from me

00:22:11.919 --> 00:22:12.659
 but I

00:22:12.659 --> 00:22:13.139
 lay it

00:22:13.139 --> 00:22:13.459
 down

00:22:13.459 --> 00:22:13.959
 of my

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 own

00:22:14.199 --> 00:22:14.740
 accord

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:15.459
 I have

00:22:15.459 --> 00:22:15.939
 authority

00:22:15.939 --> 00:22:16.480
 to lay

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:17.039
 it down

00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:18.059
 and authority

00:22:18.059 --> 00:22:18.679
 to take

00:22:18.679 --> 00:22:19.000
 it up

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.359
 again

00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:22.219
 and so

00:22:22.219 --> 00:22:22.659
 we're invited

00:22:22.659 --> 00:22:23.139
 to picture

00:22:23.139 --> 00:22:23.740
 the scene

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.859
 with Jesus

00:22:24.859 --> 00:22:26.359
 as he

00:22:26.359 --> 00:22:26.859
 uses this

00:22:26.859 --> 00:22:27.359
 image of

00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:27.819
 sheep

00:22:27.819 --> 00:22:28.079
 and a

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:28.319
 shepherd

00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:29.139
 to picture

00:22:29.139 --> 00:22:29.799
 flock

00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.240
 on a

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:30.759
 hillside

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:32.079
 and they're

00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:32.819
 being led

00:22:32.819 --> 00:22:33.299
 by a

00:22:33.299 --> 00:22:33.699
 shepherd

00:22:33.699 --> 00:22:34.779
 perhaps

00:22:34.779 --> 00:22:35.119
 they're

00:22:35.119 --> 00:22:35.659
 feeding on

00:22:35.659 --> 00:22:35.879
 good

00:22:35.879 --> 00:22:36.500
 pasture

00:22:36.500 --> 00:22:37.979
 but then

00:22:37.979 --> 00:22:38.539
 from the

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:38.859
 rocky

00:22:38.859 --> 00:22:39.500
 crags

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:40.099
 come the

00:22:40.099 --> 00:22:40.419
 wolves

00:22:40.419 --> 00:22:40.719
 and the

00:22:40.719 --> 00:22:40.959
 wolves

00:22:40.959 --> 00:22:41.699
 surround

00:22:41.699 --> 00:22:42.119
 the

00:22:42.119 --> 00:22:42.479
 sheep

00:22:42.479 --> 00:22:44.219
 and while

00:22:44.219 --> 00:22:44.699
 the hired

00:22:44.699 --> 00:22:45.059
 hand

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.599
 will turn

00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:46.139
 and run

00:22:46.139 --> 00:22:47.000
 we have

00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:47.519
 this picture

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:47.979
 that Jesus

00:22:47.979 --> 00:22:48.500
 gives of

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:48.939
 himself

00:22:48.939 --> 00:22:49.599
 the shepherd

00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:50.179
 who makes

00:22:50.179 --> 00:22:51.079
 his stand

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:52.559
 with club

00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:53.399
 in hand

00:22:53.399 --> 00:22:54.059
 perhaps with

00:22:54.059 --> 00:22:54.599
 a short

00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:55.199
 sword

00:22:55.199 --> 00:22:55.980
 drawn

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.959
 here is a

00:22:56.959 --> 00:22:57.199
 shepherd

00:22:57.199 --> 00:22:57.519
 who will

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:57.919
 fight

00:22:57.919 --> 00:22:58.779
 for his

00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.139
 sheep

00:22:59.139 --> 00:23:00.359
 and remarkably

00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:01.819
 dying

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:03.179
 so his

00:23:03.179 --> 00:23:03.480
 sheep

00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:04.139
 would live

00:23:04.139 --> 00:23:06.679
 this teaching

00:23:06.679 --> 00:23:07.099
 is in the

00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:07.639
 form of a

00:23:07.639 --> 00:23:08.119
 parable

00:23:08.119 --> 00:23:09.119
 and whenever

00:23:09.119 --> 00:23:09.759
 Jesus tells

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.279
 a parable

00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:10.819
 a story

00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:11.159
 and you

00:23:11.159 --> 00:23:11.539
 find a

00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:12.039
 surprising

00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:12.539
 detail

00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:12.859
 you know

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:13.259
 this is

00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:13.579
 where the

00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:13.819
 meaning

00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:14.500
 lies

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:15.959
 and so

00:23:15.959 --> 00:23:16.219
 Jesus

00:23:16.219 --> 00:23:16.659
 wants us

00:23:16.659 --> 00:23:17.099
 to take

00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:18.259
 us beyond

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:19.179
 the metaphor

00:23:19.179 --> 00:23:20.299
 of here's a

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:20.539
 shepherd

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:20.919
 here's a

00:23:20.919 --> 00:23:21.039
 sheep

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:21.960
 to think

00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:22.220
 about

00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:22.659
 Jesus

00:23:22.659 --> 00:23:23.279
 own

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:23.980
 mission

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:25.700
 to think

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.000
 about

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.299
 his

00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:26.879
 mission

00:23:26.879 --> 00:23:28.359
 of coming

00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:29.519
 to sacrifice

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:30.299
 himself

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:31.659
 in order

00:23:31.659 --> 00:23:32.500
 to save

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.359
 others

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:34.399
 that Jesus

00:23:34.399 --> 00:23:35.200
 uses this

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:35.599
 parable

00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:36.159
 actually to

00:23:36.159 --> 00:23:36.599
 speak to

00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:36.940
 us about

00:23:36.940 --> 00:23:37.720
 the cross

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:39.659
 think about

00:23:39.659 --> 00:23:40.299
 those words

00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:41.240
 in verse

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:41.799
 17

00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:43.019
 the father

00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:44.059
 Jesus says

00:23:44.059 --> 00:23:45.559
 he loves

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:46.339
 me because

00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:47.000
 what does

00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:47.740
 Jesus do

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.940
 the father

00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:49.500
 loves the

00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:49.920
 son because

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:50.400
 the son

00:23:50.400 --> 00:23:51.380
 lays down

00:23:51.380 --> 00:23:52.460
 his life

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:52.779
 and so

00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:54.059
 all of a

00:23:54.059 --> 00:23:54.779
 sudden we're

00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:55.140
 discovering

00:23:55.140 --> 00:23:55.700
 something about

00:23:55.700 --> 00:23:56.299
 the eternal

00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:56.799
 love of

00:23:56.799 --> 00:23:57.099
 God the

00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:57.920
 eternal plan

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:58.480
 of God

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:59.279
 that God

00:23:59.279 --> 00:23:59.759
 the father

00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.359
 will send

00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:00.819
 the son

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.099
 and that

00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:01.539
 God the

00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:02.500
 son will

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:03.680
 come in

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:04.539
 order to

00:24:04.539 --> 00:24:05.400
 suffer and

00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:05.779
 die

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:07.900
 in order to

00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:08.460
 save his

00:24:08.460 --> 00:24:08.859
 sheep to

00:24:08.859 --> 00:24:09.680
 save sinners

00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:10.299
 to provide

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:11.660
 eternal

00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:13.099
 security

00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:16.559
 the father

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:17.400
 loves this

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:19.160
 son who

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:19.740
 with all

00:24:19.740 --> 00:24:20.519
 authority

00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:22.460
 gladly

00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:23.900
 lovingly

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:25.120
 lays down

00:24:25.120 --> 00:24:25.780
 his life

00:24:25.780 --> 00:24:26.540
 for the

00:24:26.540 --> 00:24:26.900
 good of

00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:27.259
 others

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:30.259
 it's a

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:30.780
 remarkable

00:24:30.780 --> 00:24:31.440
 statement

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:32.580
 and within

00:24:32.580 --> 00:24:33.259
 verse 17

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:33.940
 there's another

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.940
 remarkable

00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:35.340
 statement

00:24:35.340 --> 00:24:35.800
 there's a

00:24:35.800 --> 00:24:36.620
 massive claim

00:24:36.620 --> 00:24:37.040
 that Jesus

00:24:37.040 --> 00:24:37.720
 has authority

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.280
 to lay

00:24:38.280 --> 00:24:38.740
 down his

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.980
 life only

00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.519
 to take

00:24:40.519 --> 00:24:40.860
 it up

00:24:40.860 --> 00:24:41.259
 again

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:43.320
 so we

00:24:43.320 --> 00:24:43.880
 find ourselves

00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:44.700
 on the way

00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:45.200
 to Easter

00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:45.800
 and Jesus

00:24:45.800 --> 00:24:46.259
 here is

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:46.860
 taking us

00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:47.399
 to the

00:24:47.399 --> 00:24:48.019
 events of

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:48.359
 Easter

00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:49.459
 reminding us

00:24:49.459 --> 00:24:49.759
 that he

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:50.579
 will die

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:51.699
 on that

00:24:51.699 --> 00:24:52.839
 Roman cross

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.799
 but he

00:24:53.799 --> 00:24:54.479
 will walk

00:24:54.479 --> 00:24:54.939
 free of

00:24:54.939 --> 00:24:55.399
 the tomb

00:24:55.399 --> 00:24:56.259
 on Easter

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:56.759
 Sunday

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.699
 and as we

00:24:57.699 --> 00:24:58.279
 put those

00:24:58.279 --> 00:24:59.240
 two truths

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.959
 together

00:24:59.959 --> 00:25:01.339
 the twin

00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:01.939
 truths of

00:25:01.939 --> 00:25:02.199
 Jesus

00:25:02.199 --> 00:25:02.779
 death and

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.399
 resurrection

00:25:03.399 --> 00:25:05.500
 we can see

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:05.939
 that there is

00:25:05.939 --> 00:25:06.519
 power in

00:25:06.519 --> 00:25:07.039
 Jesus to

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.639
 remove

00:25:07.639 --> 00:25:08.619
 some of

00:25:08.619 --> 00:25:09.279
 those ultimate

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:09.799
 threats

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:10.559
 against us

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:10.919
 one of

00:25:10.919 --> 00:25:11.439
 those

00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:12.440
 things

00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:13.440
 is the

00:25:13.440 --> 00:25:13.720
 guilt

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.039
 that we

00:25:14.039 --> 00:25:14.920
 experience

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:17.080
 whenever we

00:25:17.080 --> 00:25:18.000
 find ourselves

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:19.180
 recognizing

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:19.600
 that there

00:25:19.600 --> 00:25:19.940
 is a

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.340
 God

00:25:20.340 --> 00:25:21.340
 with whom

00:25:21.340 --> 00:25:21.740
 we have

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.259
 to deal

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:23.100
 and we

00:25:23.100 --> 00:25:23.460
 know that

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:23.820
 we have

00:25:23.820 --> 00:25:24.420
 done things

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:24.740
 that are

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.180
 wrong

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:26.000
 and that

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.279
 we have

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.600
 broken

00:25:26.600 --> 00:25:27.299
 his command

00:25:27.299 --> 00:25:27.759
 then we

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.820
 become aware

00:25:28.820 --> 00:25:29.740
 of our

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.660
 guilt

00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:32.420
 and the

00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:33.200
 wonderful news

00:25:33.200 --> 00:25:33.820
 about Jesus

00:25:33.820 --> 00:25:34.480
 is that he

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.019
 has come to

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:35.700
 be the answer

00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:36.559
 to our

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:36.900
 guilt

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:38.200
 because when

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:39.440
 Jesus dies

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:40.600
 and it's

00:25:40.600 --> 00:25:41.040
 here in the

00:25:41.040 --> 00:25:41.320
 image

00:25:41.320 --> 00:25:42.100
 he does

00:25:42.100 --> 00:25:42.640
 so as a

00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:43.220
 sacrifice

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:45.060
 and just as

00:25:45.060 --> 00:25:45.920
 the sacrifices

00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:46.700
 offered in the

00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:47.360
 Old Testament

00:25:47.360 --> 00:25:48.280
 were a way to

00:25:48.280 --> 00:25:49.100
 cover over

00:25:49.100 --> 00:25:49.700
 guilt and

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.220
 shame and

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:50.460
 sin

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:51.460
 so Jesus

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:52.180
 ultimate

00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:53.019
 sacrifice on

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.400
 the cross

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:54.640
 covers our

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:55.180
 guilt and

00:25:55.180 --> 00:25:55.680
 shame and

00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.140
 sin because

00:25:56.140 --> 00:25:57.000
 he does it

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:58.100
 not for

00:25:58.100 --> 00:25:58.960
 his sin

00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.340
 but for

00:25:59.340 --> 00:25:59.780
 ours and

00:25:59.780 --> 00:26:00.500
 he does it

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:01.480
 as a

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.000
 substitute

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:03.900
 Jesus the

00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:04.460
 judge is

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:05.280
 judged in

00:26:05.280 --> 00:26:06.360
 our place

00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:07.199
 so that

00:26:07.199 --> 00:26:07.819
 when our

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.599
 trust is

00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:09.299
 in Jesus

00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:11.419
 God's

00:26:11.419 --> 00:26:12.259
 verdict on

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:13.019
 our life

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:13.919
 must be a

00:26:13.919 --> 00:26:14.319
 positive

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:14.819
 verdict

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:16.579
 because Jesus

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:17.459
 has secured

00:26:17.459 --> 00:26:18.240
 that positive

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:18.939
 verdict through

00:26:18.939 --> 00:26:19.500
 his death

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.299
 and his

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.879
 resurrection

00:26:20.879 --> 00:26:21.500
 so when we

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:22.039
 trust in

00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:22.559
 Jesus we

00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:23.019
 can know

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:24.799
 today that

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.539
 we will not

00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:26.319
 be condemned

00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:27.919
 that we will

00:26:27.919 --> 00:26:28.639
 be welcomed

00:26:28.639 --> 00:26:29.639
 and accepted

00:26:29.639 --> 00:26:30.559
 into heaven

00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:31.759
 that we are

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.619
 as loved

00:26:32.619 --> 00:26:33.519
 as Jesus

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:34.519
 is loved

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:36.099
 there is

00:26:36.099 --> 00:26:37.160
 real security

00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:37.680
 in that

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:39.480
 there is

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:40.079
 security

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.960
 from Jesus

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:41.559
 death and

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:42.200
 resurrection

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:43.980
 from the

00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.420
 fear of

00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:44.839
 death

00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:47.019
 isn't this

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.700
 the ultimate

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.599
 storm that

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:49.220
 shakes our

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:49.879
 foundations

00:26:49.879 --> 00:26:51.900
 isn't this

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.480
 the great

00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:53.200
 wolf that

00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:54.059
 would destroy

00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:54.639
 all our

00:26:54.639 --> 00:26:55.500
 great plans

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.359
 and securities

00:26:56.359 --> 00:26:57.000
 it's the

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.980
 last enemy

00:26:57.980 --> 00:27:00.099
 how is it

00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:00.539
 that Jesus

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:01.200
 is able to

00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:01.940
 give security

00:27:01.940 --> 00:27:02.940
 even as we

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:04.000
 consider our

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.840
 own death

00:27:04.840 --> 00:27:07.440
 because he

00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:08.000
 has conquered

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.980
 death and

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.500
 the grave

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.460
 and his

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:11.000
 resurrection

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:11.799
 stands for

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.140
 us as

00:27:12.140 --> 00:27:12.500
 proof

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:14.180
 and now

00:27:14.180 --> 00:27:14.759
 where Jesus

00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:16.340
 is resurrected

00:27:16.340 --> 00:27:17.080
 to new life

00:27:17.080 --> 00:27:17.580
 and ascended

00:27:17.580 --> 00:27:18.180
 to the glory

00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:18.519
 of heaven

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.059
 where he

00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.640
 where he

00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:20.259
 Jesus is

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:20.720
 his people

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.320
 will follow

00:27:21.320 --> 00:27:23.160
 he is the

00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:23.600
 shepherd who

00:27:23.600 --> 00:27:24.000
 won't lose

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:24.580
 any of his

00:27:24.580 --> 00:27:24.980
 flock

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:26.400
 he will make

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:26.900
 sure that we

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:27.519
 are safely

00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:28.340
 brought into

00:27:28.340 --> 00:27:29.220
 pasture as it

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:29.700
 were from

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.539
 here until

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:31.139
 eternity

00:27:31.139 --> 00:27:31.619
 there is

00:27:31.619 --> 00:27:32.220
 security

00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:33.940
 a few

00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:34.740
 chapters later

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.139
 in John

00:27:35.139 --> 00:27:36.139
 chapter 14

00:27:36.139 --> 00:27:37.339
 Jesus speaks

00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:38.099
 to his

00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:39.099
 friends and

00:27:39.099 --> 00:27:39.720
 his disciples

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.079
 he says

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:40.420
 don't let

00:27:40.420 --> 00:27:40.839
 your hearts

00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.339
 be troubled

00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:43.099
 he knows

00:27:43.099 --> 00:27:43.799
 that they

00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:44.119
 know that

00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:44.599
 Jesus is

00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:45.019
 about to

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:45.379
 die and

00:27:45.379 --> 00:27:45.579
 they're

00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:45.920
 troubled

00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:46.399
 about what

00:27:46.399 --> 00:27:46.859
 that means

00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:47.379
 for Jesus

00:27:47.379 --> 00:27:47.740
 and for

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:47.920
 them

00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:48.339
 don't be

00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:48.619
 troubled

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:50.119
 and he

00:27:50.119 --> 00:27:50.599
 tells them

00:27:50.599 --> 00:27:51.379
 that his

00:27:51.379 --> 00:27:51.980
 journey will

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.299
 take him

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:52.740
 from the

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.079
 cross

00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:54.119
 to the

00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:54.559
 resurrection

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.240
 and back

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:55.539
 to his

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:55.960
 father's

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.119
 home

00:27:56.119 --> 00:27:56.339
 and he

00:27:56.339 --> 00:27:56.539
 says

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:56.799
 listen

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.159
 I'm

00:27:57.159 --> 00:27:57.740
 going back

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.059
 to my

00:27:58.059 --> 00:27:58.500
 father's

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:58.819
 home

00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:59.899
 and I'm

00:27:59.899 --> 00:28:00.460
 preparing a

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:01.079
 place for

00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:02.079
 you and

00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:02.500
 I'll come

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:02.960
 back and

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.319
 take you

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:03.839
 to be

00:28:03.839 --> 00:28:04.359
 with me

00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:04.740
 that you

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.179
 may be

00:28:05.179 --> 00:28:06.019
 where I

00:28:06.019 --> 00:28:06.619
 am

00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:10.299
 and so

00:28:10.299 --> 00:28:10.679
 the bible

00:28:10.679 --> 00:28:11.379
 allows us

00:28:11.379 --> 00:28:12.000
 to face

00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.639
 death

00:28:12.639 --> 00:28:13.839
 with a

00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.859
 sense of

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:16.339
 honest

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:16.919
 confidence

00:28:16.919 --> 00:28:17.799
 we are

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.220
 honest

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:18.639
 death is

00:28:18.639 --> 00:28:19.139
 a horrible

00:28:19.139 --> 00:28:19.859
 reality

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:21.039
 it is a

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.919
 great enemy

00:28:21.919 --> 00:28:23.220
 but for a

00:28:23.220 --> 00:28:23.700
 Christian

00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:24.619
 there is

00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:25.419
 that wonderful

00:28:25.419 --> 00:28:26.119
 security

00:28:26.119 --> 00:28:27.179
 from Jesus

00:28:27.179 --> 00:28:27.519
 that he

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.079
 will take

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:29.279
 us home

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:30.139
 to be

00:28:30.139 --> 00:28:30.720
 with himself

00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.339
 that truly

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:32.159
 for the

00:28:32.159 --> 00:28:32.519
 believer

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:33.079
 death is

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:33.879
 the last

00:28:33.879 --> 00:28:34.439
 enemy

00:28:34.439 --> 00:28:35.939
 there is a

00:28:35.939 --> 00:28:36.460
 promise of

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:37.279
 life after

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.779
 death that

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.199
 will be

00:28:38.199 --> 00:28:38.720
 perfect

00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.119
 that will

00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:39.659
 be without

00:28:39.659 --> 00:28:40.179
 enemies

00:28:40.179 --> 00:28:40.460
 that will

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:41.119
 be joyful

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:42.399
 and secure

00:28:42.399 --> 00:28:43.359
 and with

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:44.019
 Jesus

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:45.359
 forever

00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:49.480
 and so

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.179
 thirdly and

00:28:50.179 --> 00:28:50.659
 finally

00:28:50.659 --> 00:28:52.079
 we come to

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.839
 understand from

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:53.659
 Jesus words

00:28:53.659 --> 00:28:54.259
 and from the

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:54.859
 bible that

00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:56.099
 there is a

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:56.819
 safety

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:58.480
 a security

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:59.259
 that comes

00:28:59.259 --> 00:29:00.220
 from belonging

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:01.659
 to Jesus

00:29:01.659 --> 00:29:03.519
 I think it's

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:03.960
 part of the

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:04.759
 beauty of the

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:06.200
 shepherd image

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:07.319
 you know we

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:08.319
 can recognize

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:09.379
 by ourselves

00:29:09.379 --> 00:29:10.559
 how prone

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:11.500
 we are to be

00:29:11.500 --> 00:29:12.119
 like sheep

00:29:12.119 --> 00:29:12.919
 we can feel

00:29:12.919 --> 00:29:13.619
 weakness

00:29:13.619 --> 00:29:14.599
 we can feel

00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:15.359
 foolish

00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:15.960
 we can be

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:16.639
 prone to

00:29:16.639 --> 00:29:17.460
 wander

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:18.099
 sometimes we

00:29:18.099 --> 00:29:18.939
 will follow

00:29:18.939 --> 00:29:19.500
 the flock

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:19.939
 and we will

00:29:19.939 --> 00:29:20.619
 head for

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:21.359
 danger

00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:21.980
 but with

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 Jesus as

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 good shepherd

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 we know

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 that he will

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 always lead

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 us towards

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 life

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 that we will

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:31.420
 always experience

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 God's love

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 that we will

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 be part of

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 his family

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 forever

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 that nothing

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.740
 can separate

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.299
 us from

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 God's love

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 or God's

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 goodness

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 or God's

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 mercy

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 when we

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 know Jesus

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:47.240
 as our

00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.940
 good shepherd

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 and so he

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:50.360
 invites us

00:29:50.360 --> 00:29:51.039
 to swap

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:52.080
 our anxiety

00:29:52.080 --> 00:29:53.360
 and our

00:29:53.360 --> 00:29:54.360
 insecurity

00:29:54.360 --> 00:29:56.559
 to lay down

00:29:56.559 --> 00:29:57.400
 our consuming

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 our striving

00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:59.080
 our attempts

00:29:59.080 --> 00:29:59.960
 to control

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 and manage

00:30:01.120 --> 00:30:02.000
 our environment

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 to forge

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 a security

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:04.779
 for ourselves

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 and to

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 replace that

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 with a simple

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 reliance

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 and dependence

00:30:08.840 --> 00:30:09.559
 on Jesus

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:11.980
 to turn our

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:12.519
 back on

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.500
 those self

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.279
 made attempts

00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:14.980
 at security

00:30:14.980 --> 00:30:16.620
 from trusting

00:30:16.620 --> 00:30:17.380
 in other things

00:30:17.380 --> 00:30:18.300
 to save us

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 and instead

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:19.920
 to trust

00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:20.260
 in the one

00:30:20.260 --> 00:30:20.740
 who died

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.680
 to save us

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:24.140
 to believe

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:24.660
 that Jesus

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:25.420
 really is

00:30:25.420 --> 00:30:25.980
 the son of

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 God

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:27.840
 he really is

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 the promised

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:28.920
 saviour

00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:30.100
 he really is

00:30:30.100 --> 00:30:31.180
 a good shepherd

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:33.380
 and that in

00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:33.820
 Jesus

00:30:33.820 --> 00:30:35.200
 there is

00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:36.420
 present security

00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:37.960
 and there is

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:38.700
 the eternal

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.380
 security

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 that we all

00:30:41.120 --> 00:30:41.840
 long for

00:30:41.840 --> 00:30:42.920
 and it's

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.340
 found

00:30:43.340 --> 00:30:44.500
 in life

00:30:44.500 --> 00:30:45.040
 with Jesus

00:30:45.040 --> 00:30:46.860
 let's pray

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:47.299
 to

00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:47.299


00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:48.979
 He really is

00:30:48.979 --> 00:30:49.379
 a good shepherd

00:30:49.379 --> 00:30:48.979
 to

00:30:48.979 --> 00:30:49.379
 God

00:30:49.379 --> 00:30:51.159
 He really is

00:30:51.159 --> 00:30:51.779
 a good shepherd

00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:51.779


00:30:51.779 --> 00:30:52.939
 He really is

00:30:52.939 --> 00:30:53.479
 a good shepherd

00:30:53.479 --> 00:30:53.479


00:30:53.479 --> 00:30:54.879
 He really is

00:30:54.879 --> 00:30:54.879


00:30:54.879 --> 00:30:55.959
 of God

00:30:55.959 --> 00:30:55.959


00:30:55.959 --> 00:30:55.959


00:30:55.959 --> 00:30:55.959


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00:30:55.959 --> 00:30:55.959


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 and He really is

00:30:56.959 --> 00:30:57.559
 a good shepherd

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:57.559


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 and He really is

00:30:58.959 --> 00:30:58.959


00:30:58.959 --> 00:30:58.959


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00:30:58.959 --> 00:30:58.959


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 and He really is

00:31:00.659 --> 00:31:00.659


00:31:00.659 --> 00:31:00.659


00:31:00.659 --> 00:31:01.799
 and He really is

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:01.799


00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:02.779
 of God

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.219
 and He really is

00:31:03.219 --> 00:31:03.699
 a good shepherd

00:31:03.699 --> 00:31:05.019
 of God

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:05.019


00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:05.419
 a good shepherd

00:31:05.419 --> 00:31:05.019
 of God

00:31:05.019 --> 00:31:06.259
 and He really is

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:05.419
!

00:31:05.419 --> 00:31:06.259
 of God

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:08.099
 and He really is

00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.099