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 We're taking a short hiatus from our sermon series in the Book of Proverbs,

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 you know, to do a six-week sermon series through 1 John, John's first letter.

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 We decided to do this for a number of reasons in light of what is happening with COVID-19,

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 and since we have been displaced from our usual meeting space,

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 it's a great opportunity for us to hone in on some of the fundamentals of the Christian faith

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 and discipleship in a more intimate setting.

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 The aim of 1 John is to reassure us in our faith by reaffirming the person and work of Jesus Christ, the gospel,

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 and by emphasizing the importance of Christian obedience and love.

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 And so this series lines up really well with the upcoming Holy Week as well, with Easter and Good Friday.

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 And 1 John is one of the three letters in the Bible authored by Apostle John,

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 and the letters are known as the Johannine Epistles.

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 And specific and explicit personal references and historical references scattered throughout the letter

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 suggest that this is a letter, but it's missing some of the usual characteristics of a letter,

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 like an opening salutation or a closing remark.

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 And that atypical structure suggests that maybe this was intended to be a general letter

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 that would be circulated among the churches in Asia Minor, modern-day Turkey.

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 And this was probably written in the late first century after Apostle John wrote the Gospel of John.

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 And the situation on the ground is that there were some false teachers

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 that were denying that Christ had come in the flesh,

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 and their theology promoted sinful living.

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 It condoned sinful living because they denied that as people who had true knowledge of God

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 that they could be affected by sin, as we'll see in chapter 1.

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 These false teachers were dividing the church,

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 and some Christians had already seceded from the church, separated from the church.

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 And so Apostle John is addressing some of these issues.

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 So turn with me to 1 John.

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 And before I proceed, I'm going to pray for us,

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 for the reading and preaching of God's Word.

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 Heavenly Father, we are so grateful to be able to gather in Your name,

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 in Your presence.

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 Lord, we long to be with those who are not able to be here.

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 We pray, Lord, that You would curb the spread of this virus,

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 that You would protect our loved ones, our church family,

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 that You would guard our city,

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 so that soon we'll be able to gather all again face to face.

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 Oh, Lord, minister to us.

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 Speak to us from Your Word.

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 Lord, build us up as Your people.

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 Fill us with Your Holy Spirit.

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 Impress upon us deeply the good news of Jesus Christ.

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 In Jesus' name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 1 John chapter 1.

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 We'll go to chapter 2, verse 2.

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 That which was from the beginning,

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 which we have heard,

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 which we have seen with our eyes,

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 which we looked upon and have touched with our hands,

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 concerning the Word of Life.

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 The life was made manifest,

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 and we have seen it,

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 and testified to it,

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 and proclaimed to You the eternal life,

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 which was with the Father,

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 and was made manifest to us.

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 That which we have seen and heard,

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 we proclaim also to You,

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 so that You too may have fellowship with us.

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 And indeed,

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 our fellowship is with the Father,

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 and with His Son, Jesus Christ.

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 And we are writing these things,

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 so that our joy may be complete.

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 This is the message we have heard from Him,

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 and proclaimed to you,

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 that God is light,

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 and in Him is no darkness at all.

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 If we say we have fellowship with Him,

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 while we walk in darkness,

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 we lie and do not practice the truth.

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 But if we walk in the light,

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 as He is in the light,

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 we have fellowship with one another,

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 and the blood of Jesus, His Son,

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 cleanses us from all sin.

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 If we say we have no sin,

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 we deceive ourselves,

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 and the truth is not in us.

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 If we confess our sins,

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 He is faithful and just,

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 to forgive us our sins,

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 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

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 If we say we have not sinned,

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 we make Him a liar,

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 and His Word is not in us.

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 My little children,

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 I am writing these things to you,

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 so that you may not sin.

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 But if anyone does sin,

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 we have an advocate with the Father,

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 Jesus Christ, the righteous.

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 He is the propitiation for our sins,

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 and not for us only,

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 but also for the sins of the whole world.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative Word.

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 Apostle John begins this letter

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 in much the same way

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 that he begins his Gospel.

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 He says,

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 That which was from the beginning,

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 you'll probably know in John's Gospel,

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 it begins,

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 In the beginning was the Word,

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 and the Word was with God,

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 and the Word was God.

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 And that, of course,

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 is echoing Genesis 1, verse 1,

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 with the first book of the Bible,

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 which says,

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 In the beginning,

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 God created the heavens and the earth.

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 So, Genesis 1, 1 says,

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 In the beginning, God.

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 And then John 1, 1 says,

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 In the beginning, Word.

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 So, John's making the point

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 that before anything else existed,

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 God was there,

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 and with God,

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 the Word of God was there,

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 by which He created the world.

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 And there was never a time

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 when the Word of God didn't exist.

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 And in John 1, verse 14,

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 Apostle John made a shocking statement.

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 He said,

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 And the Word became flesh

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 and dwelt among us.

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 And we have seen His glory,

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 glory as of the only Son from the Father,

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 full of grace and truth.

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 So, John told us there in his Gospel

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 that the Word,

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 the pre-existent,

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 the Word became incarnated.

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 He took on human flesh

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 and lived among us,

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 and that this incarnate Word

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 is Jesus Christ,

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 the Son of God,

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 the second person of the Trinity.

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 And John's making that same

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 shocking theological statement

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 in a slightly different manner

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 in the beginning of this letter.

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 He says,

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 That which was from the beginning,

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 God was in the beginning.

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 That which was from the beginning,

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 which we have heard.

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 This implies that

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 that which was from the beginning

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 was a message.

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 It was the Word.

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 Something you can hear.

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 But then he continues in verse 1,

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 Which we have seen with our eyes.

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 Which we looked upon

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 and have touched with our hands

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 concerning the Word of life.

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 So somehow,

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 this Word of life,

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 the message that we can hear,

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 the Word by which God created the world,

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 can be seen and touched.

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 He's talking about Jesus' incarnation.

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 It was made manifest physically

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 and took on flesh.

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 And this is really a shocking truth

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 if you think about it,

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 because the creator of the world

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 became part of his creation.

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 It's like the author of a book

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 becoming a character in the book.

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 It's maybe like Stan Lee

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 appearing in Marvel films.

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 Except he doesn't appear as a cameo.

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 Jesus appears as the main protagonist

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 of human history.

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 And the creator who created it all

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 became part of human history.

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 And verse 2 continues,

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 The life was made manifest

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 and we have seen it

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 and testified to it

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 and proclaimed to you

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 the eternal life

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 which was with the Father

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 and was made manifest to us.

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 So John's proclaiming

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 the message of salvation,

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 the offer of eternal life.

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 And this eternal life

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 is not an abstract,

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 impersonal thing,

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 but it's a person.

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 It's the word of life

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 who was with the Father

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 and was made manifest to us.

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 That's why eternal life

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 is found in the Son of God.

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 John 3.16, as you know,

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 For God so loved the world

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 that He gave His only Son

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 that whoever believes in Him

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 should not perish

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 but have eternal life.

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 And John, along with Jesus'

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 many disciples,

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 personally, with His own eyes,

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 witnessed this word of life.

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 They saw Him with their own eyes

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 and touched Him with their own hands.

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 And note the repetition of words

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 that pertain to eyewitnesses.

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 Three times John says,

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 We have seen the word of life.

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 In other parts of the letter,

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 when referring to himself

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 as the author of the letter,

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 John regularly uses

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 the first person singular pronouns.

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 I, my.

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 But here, when he's writing

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 about having been eyewitnesses

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 of Jesus,

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 he refers to himself

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 in the first person plural,

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 the we.

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 And that's intentional

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 because he's communicating to us

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 that he was not a lone witness.

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 The person and work of Jesus Christ

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 that he's proclaiming

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 now to his audience

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 and through this letter to us

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 now is authoritative.

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 It's the authoritative apostolic message.

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 Has the backing of all the apostles

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 of Jesus Christ

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 who witnessed Him behind it.

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 It's the unified testimony

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 of all people

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 who witnessed personally

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 the life, death, and resurrection,

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 and ascension of Jesus.

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 And John tells us

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 his purpose is for writing

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 in verses 3 to 4,

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 So that you too

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 may have fellowship with us.

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 And indeed,

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 our fellowship

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 is with the Father

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 and with His Son,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 And we are writing these things

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 so that our joy

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 may be complete.

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 The first purpose

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 is fellowship.

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 So that you too

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 may have fellowship with us.

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 Keeping in mind

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 that some have already

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 strayed from the apostolic faith

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 and have separated themselves

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 from the church,

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 this first century church,

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 John wants to ensure

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 that those who remain

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 will persevere in faith

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 and continue in fellowship

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 with them.

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 And the word fellowship

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 means a little more

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 than, you know,

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 time for snacks

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 or chit-chat

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 in some church circles,

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 right?

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 The way we think about it.

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 Fellowship time

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 or fellowship hall.

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 It's the place

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 for refreshments.

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 But it means

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 so much more than that.

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 Scripturally speaking,

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 the word fellowship

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 refers to how people

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 are bound together

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 relationally

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 around the common cause

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 or a mission.

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 How we're bound together

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 relationally

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 around the common cause

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 or a mission.

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 It's similar to how

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 in the Lord of the Rings

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 trilogy,

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 in the film trilogy,

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 when the fellowship

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 of the ring

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 is formed.

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 It's called the fellowship,

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 right?

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 And people come together

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 to destroy

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 Dark Lord Sauron's

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 one ring

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 to save Middle-earth

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 and representatives

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 from all the races

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 gather,

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 hobbits,

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 man,

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 elf,

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 dwarf,

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 and wizard.

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 And they all swear

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 to bond together

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 as a brotherhood

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 in order to fulfill

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 this mission.

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 Aragorn says,

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 to Frodo,

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 right?

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 If by my life

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 or death

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 I can protect you,

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 I will.

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 You have my sword.

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 And Legolas says,

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 you have my bow.

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 And Gimli says,

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 and my axe.

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 The fellowship

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 of the saints,

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 likewise,

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 is a binding relationship

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 formed around

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 a common bond,

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 a common mission,

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 God-given mission.

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 and church membership

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 that is not like

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 a gym membership

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 or a club membership

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 that you use

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 at your convenience

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 and leave

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 when you don't feel like it.

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 it's a fellowship.

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 And amazingly,

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 this fellowship

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 with us,

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 John says,

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 is fellowship

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 with the Father

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 and with His Son,

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 Jesus Christ.

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 Jesus is described

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 here as the Son of God.

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 Apostle Paul uses

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 the word Son

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 to refer to

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 our Sonship,

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 our adoption

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 as sons

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 to God,

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 the Father as well.

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 But Apostle John

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 never uses

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 the word Son

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 that way.

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 He never uses

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 the Son

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 to refer to

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 children of God.

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 That's the expression

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 he prefers

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 to refer to

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 God's people,

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 children of God.

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 Only time he uses

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 the word Son

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 is in reference

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 to Jesus

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 because He is

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 the unique Son.

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 He is the only

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 begotten Son.

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 He is the only Son

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 that shares

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 the divine nature

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 of God,

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 His Father.

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 And He is the Son of God

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 and this Jesus

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 is the Christ.

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 And Christ means

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 His Anointed One,

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 the Messiah,

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 the promised Savior King

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 of God's people.

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 And so that's the first purpose

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 in John's writing

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 so that

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 you too may have

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 fellowship with us

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 and indeed

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 our fellowship

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 is with the Father

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 and with the Son

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 Jesus Christ.

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 That's a powerful

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 statement.

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 Remember again

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 the context of the letter.

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 Some people have already

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 seceded from the church.

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 And John is saying here

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 that the only way

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 you have fellowship

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 with God

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 is by having fellowship

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 with us.

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 Those who proclaim

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 the word of life.

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 No one

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 apart from

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 the fellowship

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 of people

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 who hold fast

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 to the apostolic faith

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 in Jesus Christ

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 can say

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 to those who secede

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 from it

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 that they have

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 fellowship with God.

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 It's only the local churches

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 that hold fast

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 to this historic

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 apostolic faith

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 that can say

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 to people

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 who secede from it

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 there is no fellowship

00:14:31.399 --> 00:14:32.019
 with God

00:14:32.019 --> 00:14:33.120
 apart from fellowship

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 with us.

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 Because we are

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 in fellowship

00:14:36.539 --> 00:14:37.100
 with God

00:14:37.100 --> 00:14:39.180
 to be in fellowship

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 with God

00:14:39.820 --> 00:14:41.040
 is to be in fellowship

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 with us.

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 Just as a person

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 cannot be united

00:14:44.899 --> 00:14:45.480
 to Christ

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 our head

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 without being united

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 to the church

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 which is the body

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 of Christ

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 a person cannot

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 be married

00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:53.000
 to Christ

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 our bridegroom

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 without being part

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 of the church

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 which is the bride

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 of Christ.

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 And this is why

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 it's inconsistent

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 and unbiblical

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 for people to say

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 I'm a Christian

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 but I'm not a member

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 of any church.

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 I have a relationship

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 with Christ

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 but I don't really

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 have relationships

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 with Christians.

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 I've committed

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 my life to Christ

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 but I refuse

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 to commit myself

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 to a church.

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 That kind of thinking

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 is completely

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 foreign to scripture.

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 So the first purpose

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 in John's writing

00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:25.319
 is that people

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 might have

00:15:25.839 --> 00:15:27.579
 fellowship with Christ

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 and His church

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 and that's why

00:15:29.419 --> 00:15:30.099
 this gathering

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 is so precious.

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 This is the fellowship

00:15:34.740 --> 00:15:35.360
 with God.

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 Apart from which

00:15:38.000 --> 00:15:38.879
 there is no

00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:40.220
 fellowship with God.

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 That's how significant

00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:43.379
 the church is

00:15:43.379 --> 00:15:43.919
 in the way God

00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:44.480
 views it.

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 And the second purpose

00:15:48.060 --> 00:15:48.980
 is given in verse 4

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 and we are writing

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 these things

00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:51.600
 so that our joy

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 may be complete.

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 John feels

00:15:54.240 --> 00:15:55.120
 such love

00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:56.419
 and sense of responsibility

00:15:56.419 --> 00:15:57.639
 for the churches

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 to whom he is writing

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 that apart from them

00:16:00.580 --> 00:16:01.220
 continuing

00:16:01.220 --> 00:16:02.240
 in this fellowship

00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:02.799
 with him.

00:16:03.180 --> 00:16:03.820
 His joy

00:16:03.820 --> 00:16:04.799
 would be incomplete.

00:16:05.919 --> 00:16:06.940
 He longs for them

00:16:06.940 --> 00:16:07.980
 to remain in fellowship,

00:16:08.659 --> 00:16:09.680
 stay with us,

00:16:09.899 --> 00:16:10.940
 worship with us,

00:16:11.899 --> 00:16:13.539
 love one another.

00:16:14.620 --> 00:16:15.500
 Only then

00:16:15.500 --> 00:16:16.279
 will my joy

00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:16.960
 be complete.

00:16:18.220 --> 00:16:18.639
 Likewise,

00:16:18.779 --> 00:16:19.600
 we too should long

00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:20.340
 for this completion

00:16:20.340 --> 00:16:20.860
 of joy

00:16:20.860 --> 00:16:22.039
 that every single

00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:23.120
 one of our church members

00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:24.100
 would continue

00:16:24.100 --> 00:16:24.600
 in faith,

00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:25.740
 persevere in faith,

00:16:26.019 --> 00:16:26.320
 that we might

00:16:26.320 --> 00:16:27.100
 earnestly pray

00:16:27.100 --> 00:16:27.700
 for one another

00:16:27.700 --> 00:16:28.360
 to maintain

00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:29.039
 this fellowship

00:16:29.039 --> 00:16:29.699
 of the saints

00:16:29.699 --> 00:16:30.539
 so that we might

00:16:30.539 --> 00:16:31.579
 last till the end

00:16:31.579 --> 00:16:34.799
 and that our joy

00:16:34.799 --> 00:16:35.620
 might be complete.

00:16:38.620 --> 00:16:39.439
 And so having spoken

00:16:39.439 --> 00:16:40.779
 of the word of life

00:16:40.779 --> 00:16:42.399
 in verses 1 to 4,

00:16:43.019 --> 00:16:43.500
 John speaks

00:16:43.500 --> 00:16:44.419
 of the God of light

00:16:44.419 --> 00:16:45.659
 in verses 5

00:16:45.659 --> 00:16:46.699
 and following.

00:16:47.819 --> 00:16:49.059
 He says in verse 5,

00:16:49.159 --> 00:16:50.159
 this is the message

00:16:50.159 --> 00:16:51.099
 we have heard from him

00:16:51.099 --> 00:16:52.699
 and proclaimed to you

00:16:52.699 --> 00:16:54.360
 that God is light

00:16:54.360 --> 00:16:55.000
 and in him

00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:56.000
 is no darkness

00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:56.579
 at all.

00:16:56.580 --> 00:16:59.540
 In the preceding verses,

00:16:59.660 --> 00:17:00.820
 John said he is an eyewitness

00:17:00.820 --> 00:17:01.460
 and a herald

00:17:01.460 --> 00:17:02.440
 of the word of life.

00:17:02.800 --> 00:17:03.740
 Now he defines

00:17:03.740 --> 00:17:04.380
 the content

00:17:04.380 --> 00:17:05.259
 of the message

00:17:05.259 --> 00:17:06.500
 that he is proclaiming.

00:17:07.420 --> 00:17:08.319
 And this is the message

00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:09.880
 that God is light

00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:10.940
 and in him

00:17:10.940 --> 00:17:12.100
 is no darkness

00:17:12.100 --> 00:17:12.600
 at all.

00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:15.000
 Many people

00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:15.860
 have speculated

00:17:15.860 --> 00:17:17.240
 about the metaphysical

00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:18.680
 nature of God

00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:19.779
 but that's not

00:17:19.779 --> 00:17:20.819
 what John is after

00:17:20.819 --> 00:17:21.420
 when he says

00:17:21.420 --> 00:17:22.299
 God is light.

00:17:23.259 --> 00:17:24.220
 The following verses

00:17:24.220 --> 00:17:25.079
 show that John

00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:26.100
 is concerned here

00:17:26.099 --> 00:17:26.859
 not with the

00:17:26.859 --> 00:17:27.719
 metaphysical nature

00:17:27.719 --> 00:17:28.139
 of God

00:17:28.139 --> 00:17:28.839
 but with the

00:17:28.839 --> 00:17:29.759
 moral character

00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:30.219
 of God.

00:17:30.939 --> 00:17:31.779
 God is light.

00:17:32.539 --> 00:17:33.240
 That means there is

00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:34.039
 no darkness

00:17:34.039 --> 00:17:35.099
 in him at all.

00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:35.799
 That's phrased

00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:36.599
 in an intentionally

00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:37.579
 emphatic

00:17:37.579 --> 00:17:38.679
 and categorical way.

00:17:39.059 --> 00:17:40.219
 There is no darkness

00:17:40.219 --> 00:17:40.879
 in him,

00:17:41.019 --> 00:17:41.779
 nothing at all.

00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:44.419
 Habakkuk chapter 1

00:17:44.419 --> 00:17:45.319
 verse 13 says

00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:45.939
 of God,

00:17:46.159 --> 00:17:46.879
 you who are

00:17:46.879 --> 00:17:48.119
 of purer eyes

00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:49.379
 than to see evil

00:17:49.379 --> 00:17:50.500
 and cannot

00:17:50.500 --> 00:17:51.659
 look at wrong.

00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:53.819
 James 1.13

00:17:53.819 --> 00:17:54.699
 says God cannot

00:17:54.700 --> 00:17:55.340
 be tempted

00:17:55.340 --> 00:17:55.960
 with evil

00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:57.120
 and he himself

00:17:57.120 --> 00:17:58.440
 tempts no one.

00:17:59.059 --> 00:18:00.460
 There is no darkness

00:18:00.460 --> 00:18:00.960
 in God

00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:01.940
 and God cannot

00:18:01.940 --> 00:18:02.420
 sin.

00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:03.700
 He can do

00:18:03.700 --> 00:18:04.460
 no evil.

00:18:05.180 --> 00:18:05.940
 God cannot

00:18:05.940 --> 00:18:06.500
 lie.

00:18:07.700 --> 00:18:08.279
 It's such a

00:18:08.279 --> 00:18:08.900
 simple truth

00:18:08.900 --> 00:18:09.380
 but it has

00:18:09.380 --> 00:18:09.940
 far-reaching

00:18:09.940 --> 00:18:10.460
 implications

00:18:10.460 --> 00:18:11.120
 if we really

00:18:11.120 --> 00:18:11.740
 believe it

00:18:11.740 --> 00:18:12.420
 and live with it

00:18:12.420 --> 00:18:12.819
 in mind

00:18:12.819 --> 00:18:14.059
 because that means

00:18:14.059 --> 00:18:15.160
 God has never

00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:16.259
 done a single

00:18:16.259 --> 00:18:16.980
 one of us

00:18:16.980 --> 00:18:17.779
 any wrong.

00:18:17.779 --> 00:18:21.139
 God is not

00:18:21.139 --> 00:18:22.539
 doing anything

00:18:22.539 --> 00:18:24.160
 evil or wrong

00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:24.879
 even in what's

00:18:24.879 --> 00:18:25.559
 happening right now

00:18:25.559 --> 00:18:26.379
 with the COVID-19.

00:18:31.420 --> 00:18:32.500
 All the suffering

00:18:32.500 --> 00:18:33.119
 in your life,

00:18:33.299 --> 00:18:34.319
 all the tragedies

00:18:34.319 --> 00:18:34.960
 in your life,

00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:36.799
 all the difficulties

00:18:36.799 --> 00:18:38.059
 and disappointments

00:18:38.059 --> 00:18:38.639
 in your life,

00:18:38.940 --> 00:18:40.000
 they were not

00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:41.639
 evil from God.

00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:44.820
 We might not

00:18:44.820 --> 00:18:45.420
 be able to see

00:18:45.420 --> 00:18:46.780
 God's providence

00:18:46.780 --> 00:18:49.480
 with the naked eye

00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:51.720
 but we have to

00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:52.440
 look with eyes

00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:53.000
 of faith

00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:54.540
 to believe

00:18:54.540 --> 00:18:57.040
 that God is light

00:18:57.040 --> 00:18:57.420
 and in Him

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 is no darkness

00:18:58.140 --> 00:18:58.680
 at all.

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 And another

00:19:00.700 --> 00:19:01.500
 implication of the

00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:02.200
 reality that God

00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:02.940
 is light is that

00:19:02.940 --> 00:19:03.860
 those who have

00:19:03.860 --> 00:19:04.860
 fellowship with

00:19:04.860 --> 00:19:06.300
 God who is light

00:19:06.300 --> 00:19:08.440
 cannot walk

00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:09.100
 in darkness.

00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:15.640
 You can't carry

00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:16.120
 a flashlight

00:19:16.120 --> 00:19:16.880
 with you

00:19:16.880 --> 00:19:17.460
 and expect

00:19:17.460 --> 00:19:19.580
 to find darkness

00:19:19.580 --> 00:19:22.700
 because it's

00:19:22.700 --> 00:19:23.380
 going to light up

00:19:23.380 --> 00:19:24.240
 wherever you go.

00:19:27.720 --> 00:19:28.240
 Likewise,

00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:29.360
 no Christian

00:19:29.360 --> 00:19:30.900
 persists

00:19:30.900 --> 00:19:32.220
 in unrepentant

00:19:32.220 --> 00:19:32.539
 sin

00:19:32.539 --> 00:19:34.539
 because to do

00:19:34.539 --> 00:19:35.299
 so is to prove

00:19:35.299 --> 00:19:36.019
 that one does not

00:19:36.019 --> 00:19:36.539
 have fellowship

00:19:36.539 --> 00:19:37.059
 with God

00:19:37.059 --> 00:19:39.099
 only those

00:19:39.099 --> 00:19:39.700
 who walk

00:19:39.700 --> 00:19:40.220
 in the light

00:19:40.220 --> 00:19:40.579
 of God

00:19:40.579 --> 00:19:41.319
 partake in

00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:41.799
 the fellowship

00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:42.539
 between God

00:19:42.539 --> 00:19:43.159
 and His people.

00:19:44.139 --> 00:19:44.740
 In the following

00:19:44.740 --> 00:19:45.000
 verses,

00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:45.899
 John fleshes out

00:19:45.899 --> 00:19:46.700
 the practical

00:19:46.700 --> 00:19:47.279
 implications

00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:48.240
 of this theological

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 truth by using

00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:49.720
 a series of

00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:50.659
 conditional statements.

00:19:51.339 --> 00:19:51.740
 He mentions

00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:52.639
 three false

00:19:52.639 --> 00:19:53.379
 claims that

00:19:53.379 --> 00:19:54.919
 the false

00:19:54.919 --> 00:19:55.460
 teachers were

00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:55.919
 teaching

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 and after

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 mentioning each

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 one,

00:20:00.940 --> 00:20:01.579
 he counters

00:20:01.579 --> 00:20:02.000
 them with

00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:03.759
 the application

00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:04.299
 of the truth

00:20:04.299 --> 00:20:04.679
 that God

00:20:04.679 --> 00:20:05.079
 is light.

00:20:07.059 --> 00:20:08.119
 First one we see

00:20:08.119 --> 00:20:08.779
 in verse 6,

00:20:09.299 --> 00:20:10.079
 if we say

00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:10.480
 we have

00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:10.839
 fellowship

00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:11.399
 with Him

00:20:11.399 --> 00:20:12.480
 while we

00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:13.179
 walk in

00:20:13.179 --> 00:20:13.619
 darkness,

00:20:13.919 --> 00:20:14.599
 we lie

00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:15.059
 and do not

00:20:15.059 --> 00:20:15.399
 practice

00:20:15.399 --> 00:20:15.879
 the truth.

00:20:16.579 --> 00:20:17.279
 If we claim

00:20:17.279 --> 00:20:18.119
 to know God,

00:20:18.379 --> 00:20:18.960
 to possess

00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:19.639
 the word of

00:20:19.639 --> 00:20:19.940
 life,

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 and yet

00:20:20.639 --> 00:20:21.259
 simultaneously

00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:22.079
 walk in

00:20:22.079 --> 00:20:22.480
 darkness,

00:20:22.619 --> 00:20:22.879
 we are

00:20:22.879 --> 00:20:23.339
 guilty of

00:20:23.339 --> 00:20:24.019
 two offenses.

00:20:24.259 --> 00:20:24.500
 First,

00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:25.059
 we lie.

00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:26.539
 We are

00:20:26.539 --> 00:20:26.980
 hypocrites

00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:27.599
 who lie

00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:28.159
 about the

00:20:28.159 --> 00:20:28.500
 fact that

00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:28.879
 we have

00:20:28.879 --> 00:20:29.299
 fellowship

00:20:29.299 --> 00:20:29.679
 with God

00:20:29.679 --> 00:20:29.940
 when we

00:20:29.940 --> 00:20:30.200
 actually

00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:30.619
 don't.

00:20:32.059 --> 00:20:32.539
 Since

00:20:32.539 --> 00:20:32.980
 there is

00:20:32.980 --> 00:20:33.500
 no darkness

00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:33.919
 in God

00:20:33.919 --> 00:20:34.240
 at all,

00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:34.659
 those who

00:20:34.659 --> 00:20:35.480
 walk in

00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:36.039
 the darkness

00:20:36.039 --> 00:20:36.299
 cannot

00:20:36.299 --> 00:20:36.899
 possibly

00:20:36.899 --> 00:20:37.119
 have

00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:37.399
 fellowship

00:20:37.399 --> 00:20:37.859
 with God.

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 And notice

00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:40.799
 how Apostle

00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:41.720
 John doesn't

00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:43.000
 say demurely,

00:20:43.119 --> 00:20:43.399
 well,

00:20:43.680 --> 00:20:44.559
 I don't know

00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:45.059
 what's going

00:20:45.059 --> 00:20:45.500
 on in their

00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:45.960
 hearts,

00:20:46.399 --> 00:20:48.039
 whether they

00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:48.700
 have real

00:20:48.700 --> 00:20:49.200
 faith or

00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:49.579
 not,

00:20:50.019 --> 00:20:50.740
 that's between

00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:51.319
 them and

00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:51.659
 God.

00:20:52.539 --> 00:20:52.980
 No,

00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:53.440
 he doesn't

00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:54.000
 say that.

00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:56.460
 He says

00:20:56.460 --> 00:20:57.720
 unapologetically

00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:59.500
 and assuredly

00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:00.339
 that those

00:21:00.339 --> 00:21:01.279
 who say

00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:01.720
 that they

00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:02.180
 have fellowship

00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:02.759
 with God

00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:04.200
 while walking

00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:04.839
 in darkness

00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:05.699
 are lying

00:21:05.699 --> 00:21:08.279
 because you

00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:09.399
 cannot do

00:21:09.399 --> 00:21:09.599
 that.

00:21:09.659 --> 00:21:09.859
 It is

00:21:09.859 --> 00:21:10.439
 impossible

00:21:10.439 --> 00:21:11.359
 for you

00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:11.720
 to do

00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.019
 that

00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:12.579
 while you

00:21:12.579 --> 00:21:12.980
 are walking

00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:13.419
 in fellowship

00:21:13.419 --> 00:21:13.919
 with God.

00:21:16.939 --> 00:21:17.439
 Either

00:21:17.439 --> 00:21:18.000
 they're lying

00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:18.459
 or God

00:21:18.459 --> 00:21:18.919
 is and

00:21:18.919 --> 00:21:19.299
 God

00:21:19.299 --> 00:21:19.779
 cannot

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.599
 lie.

00:21:21.679 --> 00:21:22.139
 By no

00:21:22.139 --> 00:21:22.419
 means

00:21:22.419 --> 00:21:22.919
 let God

00:21:22.919 --> 00:21:23.459
 be true

00:21:23.459 --> 00:21:24.279
 though everyone

00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:24.879
 were a liar.

00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:25.299
 Romans

00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:25.859
 chapter 3

00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:26.299
 verse 4.

00:21:27.199 --> 00:21:27.679
 That's the

00:21:27.679 --> 00:21:28.319
 first offense

00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:28.639
 that we

00:21:28.639 --> 00:21:28.980
 lie.

00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:29.819
 The second

00:21:29.819 --> 00:21:30.720
 offense in

00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:31.179
 making such

00:21:31.179 --> 00:21:31.559
 a claim

00:21:31.559 --> 00:21:31.919
 is this,

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:32.199
 that we

00:21:32.199 --> 00:21:32.720
 do not

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.539
 practice the

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:33.819
 truth.

00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:35.180
 This isn't

00:21:35.180 --> 00:21:35.819
 speaking merely

00:21:35.819 --> 00:21:37.279
 of not

00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:37.720
 telling the

00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:38.059
 truth.

00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:39.599
 The phrase

00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:40.220
 practice the

00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:40.619
 truth is

00:21:40.619 --> 00:21:41.299
 also used

00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:42.039
 in the

00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:42.539
 gospel of

00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:42.740
 John

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.379
 chapter 3

00:21:43.379 --> 00:21:44.139
 verses 19

00:21:44.139 --> 00:21:44.859
 to 21.

00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.420
 And it

00:21:47.420 --> 00:21:47.519
 says,

00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:47.980
 And this

00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:48.299
 is the

00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:48.680
 judgment.

00:21:49.639 --> 00:21:50.059
 The light

00:21:50.059 --> 00:21:50.579
 has come

00:21:50.579 --> 00:21:51.000
 into the

00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:51.619
 world and

00:21:51.619 --> 00:21:52.420
 people love

00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:53.019
 the darkness

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:53.639
 rather than

00:21:53.639 --> 00:21:54.079
 the light

00:21:54.079 --> 00:21:55.039
 because their

00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:55.619
 works were

00:21:55.619 --> 00:21:55.980
 evil.

00:21:56.659 --> 00:21:56.920
 For

00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:57.619
 everyone who

00:21:57.619 --> 00:21:58.440
 does wicked

00:21:58.440 --> 00:21:59.299
 things hates

00:21:59.299 --> 00:21:59.799
 the light

00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:00.440
 and does

00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:01.079
 not come

00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:01.460
 to the

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:01.759
 light,

00:22:02.339 --> 00:22:02.740
 lest his

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.220
 works should

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:03.779
 be exposed.

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:05.059
 But whoever

00:22:05.059 --> 00:22:05.819
 does what

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:06.299
 is true

00:22:06.299 --> 00:22:06.880
 comes to

00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:07.259
 the light

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:07.839
 so that

00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:08.200
 it may

00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:08.759
 be clearly

00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:09.420
 seen that

00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:09.940
 his works

00:22:09.940 --> 00:22:10.400
 have been

00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:11.000
 carried out

00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:11.480
 in God.

00:22:11.920 --> 00:22:12.380
 So the

00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:12.779
 phrase

00:22:12.779 --> 00:22:13.460
 does what

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:13.920
 is true

00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:14.720
 is exactly

00:22:14.720 --> 00:22:15.120
 the same

00:22:15.120 --> 00:22:15.759
 phrase as

00:22:15.759 --> 00:22:16.400
 practice the

00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:16.940
 truth in

00:22:16.940 --> 00:22:17.519
 1 John.

00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:19.579
 And those

00:22:19.579 --> 00:22:20.620
 phrases are

00:22:20.620 --> 00:22:21.559
 contrasted in

00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:22.039
 John chapter

00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:23.240
 3 with

00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:25.059
 doing wicked

00:22:25.059 --> 00:22:25.579
 things.

00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:26.940
 So to

00:22:26.940 --> 00:22:27.799
 not practice

00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.380
 the truth,

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:29.100
 not practice

00:22:29.100 --> 00:22:29.480
 the truth,

00:22:29.579 --> 00:22:30.240
 to not do

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:30.759
 the truth,

00:22:31.140 --> 00:22:31.799
 is to fail

00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:32.279
 to live

00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:32.980
 in accordance

00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:33.619
 with the

00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:33.940
 truth.

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:34.579
 It means

00:22:34.579 --> 00:22:35.200
 to violate

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.619
 the truth

00:22:35.619 --> 00:22:36.440
 by sinning.

00:22:37.839 --> 00:22:38.279
 And then

00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:38.559
 in verse

00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:39.059
 7 John

00:22:39.059 --> 00:22:39.759
 counters this

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.379
 false conditional

00:22:40.379 --> 00:22:40.879
 statement with

00:22:40.879 --> 00:22:41.259
 the true

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:41.559
 one.

00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:42.839
 But if

00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:43.440
 we walk

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:43.740
 in the

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.599
 light as

00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:45.339
 he is

00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:45.740
 in the

00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:46.019
 light,

00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:46.720
 we have

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.099
 fellowship

00:22:47.099 --> 00:22:47.740
 with one

00:22:47.740 --> 00:22:48.200
 another and

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:48.579
 the blood

00:22:48.579 --> 00:22:49.079
 of Jesus

00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:49.659
 his son

00:22:49.659 --> 00:22:50.539
 cleanses

00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:51.079
 us from

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:51.639
 all sin.

00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.579
 In verse

00:22:53.579 --> 00:22:54.240
 6 John

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:54.579
 said that

00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:54.879
 those who

00:22:54.879 --> 00:22:55.480
 walk in

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:55.940
 darkness

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.759
 do not

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:57.279
 have fellowship

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:57.799
 with God.

00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:58.480
 So you'd

00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:59.000
 expect him

00:22:59.000 --> 00:22:59.460
 here in

00:22:59.460 --> 00:22:59.840
 verse 7

00:22:59.840 --> 00:23:00.200
 to say

00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:00.620
 that those

00:23:00.620 --> 00:23:01.059
 who walk

00:23:01.059 --> 00:23:01.319
 in the

00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:01.539
 light

00:23:01.539 --> 00:23:01.980
 will have

00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.220
 fellowship

00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:02.900
 with God.

00:23:03.600 --> 00:23:04.400
 But instead

00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:04.819
 he says

00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:05.120
 that those

00:23:05.120 --> 00:23:05.559
 who walk

00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:05.799
 in the

00:23:05.799 --> 00:23:05.980
 light

00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:06.200
 have

00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:06.559
 fellowship

00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:07.220
 with

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:08.259
 one

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:08.740
 another.

00:23:11.140 --> 00:23:11.620
 Again,

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.579
 that reiterates

00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:13.019
 what John

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:13.680
 said earlier,

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:14.160
 namely,

00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:15.240
 that true

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:15.680
 fellowship

00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:16.319
 with God

00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:17.500
 is always

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.660
 expressed

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:19.759
 in fellowship

00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.559
 with one

00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:20.920
 another,

00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:22.039
 with God's

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:22.360
 people.

00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:24.519
 But what

00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:25.000
 does it mean

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.559
 to walk

00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:25.799
 in the

00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:26.079
 light?

00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:27.960
 This

00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:28.359
 verse is

00:23:28.359 --> 00:23:28.579
 also

00:23:28.579 --> 00:23:29.019
 informed

00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:29.480
 by the

00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:29.819
 passage

00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:30.019
 from

00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:30.259
 John

00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:30.559
 3

00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:30.779
 I

00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.039
 read

00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:31.460
 earlier.

00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:31.839
 In that

00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:32.319
 passage,

00:23:32.679 --> 00:23:33.119
 to come

00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:33.500
 to the

00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:33.779
 light

00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:34.199
 or to

00:23:34.199 --> 00:23:34.539
 walk

00:23:34.539 --> 00:23:34.779
 in the

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.019
 light

00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:35.679
 means to

00:23:35.679 --> 00:23:36.220
 receive

00:23:36.220 --> 00:23:36.559
 the

00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:36.899
 person

00:23:36.899 --> 00:23:37.079
 and

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:37.339
 work

00:23:37.339 --> 00:23:37.480
 of

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:37.720
 Jesus

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:38.179
 Christ,

00:23:38.439 --> 00:23:38.859
 to

00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:39.240
 believe

00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:39.720
 in the

00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:40.039
 gospel

00:23:40.039 --> 00:23:40.259
 of

00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.480
 Jesus

00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:40.899
 Christ.

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 It's

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:41.419
 the

00:23:41.419 --> 00:23:41.899
 opposite

00:23:41.899 --> 00:23:42.579
 of

00:23:42.579 --> 00:23:42.960
 remaining

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.240
 in

00:23:43.240 --> 00:23:43.679
 darkness

00:23:43.679 --> 00:23:44.279
 in

00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:44.439
 order

00:23:44.439 --> 00:23:44.659
 to

00:23:44.659 --> 00:23:45.019
 hide

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.519
 one's

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:45.740
 sin.

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.419
 To

00:23:47.419 --> 00:23:47.859
 walk

00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:48.119
 in the

00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:48.379
 light

00:23:48.379 --> 00:23:48.779
 therefore

00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:49.199
 is to

00:23:49.199 --> 00:23:49.480
 bring

00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:49.720
 the

00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:50.079
 light

00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:50.279
 of

00:23:50.279 --> 00:23:50.619
 God

00:23:50.619 --> 00:23:50.859
 to

00:23:50.859 --> 00:23:51.139
 bear

00:23:51.139 --> 00:23:51.659
 upon

00:23:51.659 --> 00:23:52.199
 our

00:23:52.199 --> 00:23:52.460
 own

00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:52.879
 sins

00:23:52.879 --> 00:23:53.819
 so

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:56.559
 renounced.

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 I think

00:23:59.679 --> 00:24:00.059
 I've told

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:00.379
 the story

00:24:00.379 --> 00:24:00.720
 to some

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 of you.

00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:01.279
 When I

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:01.579
 was in

00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:02.019
 college,

00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:03.000
 I led

00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.379
 an

00:24:03.379 --> 00:24:04.019
 investigative

00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.339
 Bible

00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:04.619
 study

00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:05.259
 for some

00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:05.899
 non-Christian

00:24:05.899 --> 00:24:06.319
 friends.

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.720
 I had

00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.179
 a friend

00:24:08.179 --> 00:24:09.259
 who would

00:24:09.259 --> 00:24:09.799
 consistently

00:24:09.799 --> 00:24:10.399
 come to

00:24:10.399 --> 00:24:10.899
 every

00:24:10.899 --> 00:24:11.279
 Bible

00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:11.699
 study

00:24:11.699 --> 00:24:13.599
 and

00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:13.759
 then

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.000
 stay

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:14.899
 long

00:24:14.899 --> 00:24:15.179
 after

00:24:15.179 --> 00:24:15.799
 to have

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:15.980
 some

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.439
 intense

00:24:16.439 --> 00:24:17.099
 debates,

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:19.339
 philosophical

00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:19.960
 debates,

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:20.960
 theological

00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:21.439
 debates.

00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:22.500
 I would

00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.039
 reason with

00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:23.419
 him and

00:24:23.419 --> 00:24:23.839
 plead with

00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:24.460
 him for

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:24.960
 hours.

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 And one

00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:26.480
 day,

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 I thought

00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:28.500
 maybe one

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:28.799
 day he'll

00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:29.319
 come to

00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:29.480
 faith,

00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:29.900
 but after

00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:30.160
 one of

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:30.480
 these long

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:30.740
 debates,

00:24:30.819 --> 00:24:31.160
 my friend

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 said to

00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:31.740
 me,

00:24:32.319 --> 00:24:32.620
 Sean,

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 I understand

00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:34.160
 what you're

00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:35.059
 saying and

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:36.200
 understand all

00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:37.039
 the Christian

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:37.539
 arguments,

00:24:37.840 --> 00:24:38.600
 but the

00:24:38.600 --> 00:24:39.160
 crux of the

00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:39.600
 matter is

00:24:39.600 --> 00:24:39.920
 this,

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 I like

00:24:41.620 --> 00:24:43.120
 girls and

00:24:43.120 --> 00:24:43.420
 I like

00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:43.680
 sleeping

00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:44.120
 around with

00:24:44.120 --> 00:24:44.279
 them.

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:45.559
 And if I

00:24:45.559 --> 00:24:45.900
 become a

00:24:45.900 --> 00:24:46.140
 Christian,

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:46.480
 I have to

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:46.960
 stop doing

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.480
 that and

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:47.700
 I am

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.380
 not about

00:24:48.380 --> 00:24:48.700
 to do

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:48.940
 that.

00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:53.360
 I was

00:24:53.360 --> 00:24:53.779
 speechless.

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 Because he's

00:24:55.579 --> 00:24:56.039
 so brutally

00:24:56.039 --> 00:24:56.539
 honest.

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 But that's

00:24:57.880 --> 00:24:58.420
 actually more

00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:58.920
 honest than

00:24:58.920 --> 00:24:59.380
 a lot of

00:24:59.380 --> 00:25:00.460
 people who

00:25:00.460 --> 00:25:01.380
 reject Christ.

00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:03.779
 Because according

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.200
 to this

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:05.019
 passage, at

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:05.819
 the heart of

00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:06.799
 every rejection

00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:08.340
 of Christ is

00:25:08.340 --> 00:25:09.000
 a stubborn

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:10.079
 refusal to

00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:10.920
 conform to

00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:11.860
 God's ways

00:25:11.860 --> 00:25:12.559
 and to

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:13.400
 insist on

00:25:13.400 --> 00:25:14.140
 one's own

00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:14.620
 ways.

00:25:17.360 --> 00:25:18.299
 People reject

00:25:18.299 --> 00:25:18.819
 Christ because

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:19.299
 they don't want

00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:19.779
 to renounce

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.420
 their ways.

00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.600
 They don't

00:25:22.600 --> 00:25:23.220
 want to follow

00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:23.660
 Christ.

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:25.960
 they don't

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:26.460
 want to

00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:26.940
 bring their

00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.460
 lives into

00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:27.820
 the light

00:25:27.820 --> 00:25:28.279
 of Christ.

00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:30.740
 And we

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.040
 see the

00:25:31.040 --> 00:25:31.620
 second false

00:25:31.620 --> 00:25:32.100
 claim made

00:25:32.100 --> 00:25:32.540
 by those

00:25:32.540 --> 00:25:32.779
 who have

00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:33.240
 succeeded from

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:33.560
 the church

00:25:33.560 --> 00:25:33.880
 in verse

00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:34.200
 8.

00:25:34.820 --> 00:25:35.180
 If we

00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:35.759
 say we

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:36.380
 have no

00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:36.759
 sin,

00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:38.100
 we deceive

00:25:38.100 --> 00:25:38.700
 ourselves

00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.500
 and the

00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:40.120
 truth is

00:25:40.120 --> 00:25:40.740
 not in

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.080
 us.

00:25:42.300 --> 00:25:43.000
 This is a

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:43.779
 slight variation

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.240
 of verse

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:44.600
 6.

00:25:45.340 --> 00:25:45.860
 Some people

00:25:45.860 --> 00:25:46.360
 claim that

00:25:46.360 --> 00:25:47.080
 they have

00:25:47.080 --> 00:25:47.640
 no sin,

00:25:48.140 --> 00:25:48.940
 meaning they

00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.480
 claim to

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:50.140
 have not

00:25:50.140 --> 00:25:50.680
 sinned.

00:25:50.680 --> 00:25:52.380
 what they

00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:52.980
 probably mean

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.220
 is that

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:53.440
 they have

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:53.980
 not sinned

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.299
 since the

00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:54.700
 time they

00:25:54.700 --> 00:25:55.240
 came to

00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:56.180
 have this

00:25:56.180 --> 00:25:57.279
 so-called

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:57.900
 knowledge of

00:25:57.900 --> 00:25:58.240
 the truth

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.500
 or the

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:58.900
 knowledge of

00:25:58.900 --> 00:25:59.460
 God they

00:25:59.460 --> 00:25:59.820
 claim to

00:25:59.820 --> 00:26:00.100
 have.

00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:01.340
 But to

00:26:01.340 --> 00:26:02.259
 claim such

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:02.720
 things,

00:26:02.820 --> 00:26:03.279
 to say that

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:03.820
 I have

00:26:03.820 --> 00:26:04.320
 not sinned,

00:26:04.340 --> 00:26:04.700
 I do not

00:26:04.700 --> 00:26:05.060
 sin,

00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:06.220
 is to deceive

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:06.640
 ourselves,

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:06.960
 it says.

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.759
 It's to lie

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.480
 to ourselves.

00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:09.880
 Those who

00:26:09.880 --> 00:26:10.580
 claim to have

00:26:10.580 --> 00:26:11.240
 fellowship with

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:13.039
 God while

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.580
 walking in

00:26:13.580 --> 00:26:13.900
 darkness

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:14.360
 lie to

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:14.880
 others.

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.420
 Those who

00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:16.940
 say that they

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:17.740
 have no sin

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.920
 lie to

00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:19.539
 themselves.

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:23.140
 Because no

00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:23.620
 one can

00:26:23.620 --> 00:26:24.180
 claim to

00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:25.660
 be without

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:26.080
 sin,

00:26:26.620 --> 00:26:27.820
 without deceiving

00:26:27.820 --> 00:26:28.259
 themselves,

00:26:28.400 --> 00:26:29.140
 without either

00:26:29.140 --> 00:26:30.000
 minimizing or

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:30.920
 masking sin,

00:26:31.620 --> 00:26:32.860
 or denying

00:26:32.860 --> 00:26:34.380
 sin altogether,

00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:35.120
 that sin

00:26:35.120 --> 00:26:35.480
 is sin.

00:26:37.340 --> 00:26:38.220
 For example,

00:26:38.340 --> 00:26:39.019
 people commit

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:40.680
 fornication and

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.160
 adultery,

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.580
 and then they

00:26:42.580 --> 00:26:43.160
 say that it's

00:26:43.160 --> 00:26:43.920
 true love.

00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:48.400
 People live

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:49.200
 selfishly,

00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:51.880
 in a self-centered

00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:52.180
 way,

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:52.600
 and then they

00:26:52.600 --> 00:26:53.039
 say that

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:54.100
 that's self-care.

00:26:57.080 --> 00:26:58.059
 People abuse

00:26:58.059 --> 00:26:58.860
 others in the

00:26:58.860 --> 00:26:59.460
 home, in the

00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:00.140
 classroom, in the

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:01.600
 workplace, and

00:27:01.600 --> 00:27:02.120
 then they say

00:27:02.120 --> 00:27:02.920
 it's maintaining

00:27:02.920 --> 00:27:04.100
 discipline and

00:27:04.100 --> 00:27:04.440
 order.

00:27:06.620 --> 00:27:07.299
 People are

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:08.779
 lazy, and

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.259
 they call it

00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:09.640
 being laid

00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:10.000
 back.

00:27:11.380 --> 00:27:12.420
 People cast

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:13.180
 their lack of

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:13.940
 faith as

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.960
 reasonableness

00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:16.039
 and wisdom.

00:27:16.039 --> 00:27:18.759
 people are

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:20.079
 envious, and

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:20.720
 they pass it

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.180
 off as

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:21.579
 righteous

00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:22.279
 indignation.

00:27:23.619 --> 00:27:24.440
 People are

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:25.240
 pridefully and

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.700
 sinfully

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:27.039
 judgmental, and

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.539
 then they call

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:28.039
 it moral

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.619
 courage.

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.859
 They call

00:27:31.859 --> 00:27:32.559
 cowardice

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:34.559
 humility, and

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:35.139
 meekness.

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.359
 They call

00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:37.899
 gossip

00:27:37.899 --> 00:27:38.920
 concern.

00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:41.100
 they pass

00:27:41.100 --> 00:27:41.620
 off being a

00:27:41.620 --> 00:27:42.240
 mocker as

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.960
 being witty.

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:44.680
 They excuse

00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.759
 permissiveness and

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:47.080
 licentiousness as

00:27:47.080 --> 00:27:48.320
 progressiveness and

00:27:48.320 --> 00:27:48.860
 tolerance.

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:51.519
 They call

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:52.660
 selfish ambition

00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:54.100
 and greed

00:27:54.100 --> 00:27:56.000
 drivenness,

00:27:56.600 --> 00:27:56.920
 industriousness.

00:27:56.920 --> 00:28:01.740
 We deceive

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:03.539
 ourselves, that

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.120
 we have no

00:28:04.120 --> 00:28:04.460
 sin.

00:28:08.100 --> 00:28:08.860
 But when we

00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:09.180
 do, the

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:10.060
 truth is not

00:28:10.060 --> 00:28:10.720
 in us.

00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:12.200
 And that

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.620
 phrase is

00:28:12.620 --> 00:28:13.160
 parallel to

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:13.580
 verse 10,

00:28:13.660 --> 00:28:14.600
 His word is

00:28:14.600 --> 00:28:15.360
 not in us.

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:16.600
 To claim that

00:28:16.600 --> 00:28:17.220
 one has no

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.800
 sin is to

00:28:17.800 --> 00:28:18.420
 give evidence

00:28:18.420 --> 00:28:19.019
 of the fact

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.940
 that Jesus,

00:28:20.140 --> 00:28:20.539
 who is the

00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:21.000
 way, the

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.700
 truth, and

00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.220
 the life, is

00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:23.200
 not in us.

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:25.900
 That the

00:28:25.900 --> 00:28:26.360
 word of

00:28:26.360 --> 00:28:26.900
 life, the

00:28:26.900 --> 00:28:27.500
 Jesus Christ,

00:28:27.600 --> 00:28:28.140
 is not in

00:28:28.140 --> 00:28:28.480
 us.

00:28:29.820 --> 00:28:30.720
 In contrast,

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.280
 it says in

00:28:31.280 --> 00:28:31.720
 verse 9,

00:28:32.100 --> 00:28:32.540
 if we

00:28:32.540 --> 00:28:33.560
 confess our

00:28:33.560 --> 00:28:34.800
 sins, He

00:28:34.800 --> 00:28:35.620
 is faithful

00:28:35.620 --> 00:28:36.780
 and just to

00:28:36.780 --> 00:28:37.420
 forgive us

00:28:37.420 --> 00:28:38.440
 our sins and

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.360
 to cleanse us

00:28:39.360 --> 00:28:40.240
 from all

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:41.580
 unrighteousness.

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:43.880
 What's in

00:28:43.880 --> 00:28:44.519
 view here is

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.160
 confessing our

00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:45.880
 sins to God,

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.640
 who alone can

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.480
 forgive sins.

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:49.160
 But in the

00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:49.800
 same way that

00:28:49.800 --> 00:28:50.480
 fellowship with

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:51.200
 God is

00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.980
 necessarily

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.580
 expressed in

00:28:52.580 --> 00:28:52.940
 our fellowship

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.300
 with one

00:28:53.300 --> 00:28:54.420
 another, our

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:55.060
 confession of

00:28:55.060 --> 00:28:55.460
 sins to

00:28:55.460 --> 00:28:56.280
 God also

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:56.960
 involves

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:57.660
 confessing

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.000
 our sins

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.319
 to one

00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:58.619
 another.

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:00.339
 That's why

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:01.180
 James 5,

00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:01.819
 verse 16

00:29:01.819 --> 00:29:02.059
 says,

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:02.399
 Therefore,

00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:03.299
 confess your

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:03.920
 sins to

00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:04.899
 one another

00:29:04.899 --> 00:29:06.000
 and pray

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.720
 for one

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.740
 another that

00:29:07.740 --> 00:29:08.579
 you may be

00:29:08.579 --> 00:29:09.059
 healed.

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:10.660
 The prayer

00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:10.980
 of a

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.259
 righteous

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:12.000
 person has

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.779
 great power

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.599
 as it is

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:13.960
 working.

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:17.079
 Only those

00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:17.619
 who declare

00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:18.460
 themselves sick

00:29:18.460 --> 00:29:19.220
 can be

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:19.539
 treated.

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:21.399
 Only those

00:29:21.399 --> 00:29:21.819
 who declare

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.599
 themselves dirty

00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:23.059
 can be

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.599
 cleansed.

00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:25.339
 only those

00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:25.839
 who declare

00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.359
 themselves

00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:27.079
 sinful

00:29:27.079 --> 00:29:28.339
 can be

00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:28.779
 forgiven

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:31.219
 because God

00:29:31.219 --> 00:29:32.019
 is faithful

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.799
 and just

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.419
 to forgive

00:29:33.419 --> 00:29:34.879
 us our

00:29:34.879 --> 00:29:35.599
 sins and

00:29:35.599 --> 00:29:36.019
 to cleanse

00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.379
 us from

00:29:36.379 --> 00:29:37.399
 all unrighteousness.

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:38.099
 God's

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:38.599
 faithfulness

00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:39.119
 refers to

00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:39.399
 His

00:29:39.399 --> 00:29:40.579
 trustworthiness

00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:41.359
 that He

00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:42.059
 will fulfill

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.579
 all of

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:43.139
 His promises

00:29:43.139 --> 00:29:43.899
 that He

00:29:43.899 --> 00:29:44.579
 will always

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:45.019
 be true

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.359
 to His

00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:45.639
 word.

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.639
 And God's

00:29:46.639 --> 00:29:47.139
 justice

00:29:47.139 --> 00:29:47.779
 elsewhere

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.599
 translated as

00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:49.219
 righteousness

00:29:49.219 --> 00:29:50.240
 refers to

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.679
 the fact that

00:29:50.679 --> 00:29:51.379
 God always

00:29:51.379 --> 00:29:52.059
 does what

00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:52.639
 is right.

00:29:55.799 --> 00:29:56.480
 And then

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:57.139
 in verse 10

00:29:57.139 --> 00:29:57.579
 gives us

00:29:57.579 --> 00:29:58.059
 the final

00:29:58.059 --> 00:29:58.440
 conditional

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:58.819
 statement

00:29:58.819 --> 00:29:59.279
 which seeks

00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.759
 to correct

00:29:59.759 --> 00:30:00.419
 the misconception

00:30:00.419 --> 00:30:01.500
 of the

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:01.700
 false

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.119
 teachers.

00:30:02.339 --> 00:30:02.659
 If we

00:30:02.659 --> 00:30:03.299
 say we

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:03.940
 have not

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:04.440
 sinned

00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:05.099
 we make

00:30:05.099 --> 00:30:05.379
 Him a

00:30:05.379 --> 00:30:05.679
 liar

00:30:05.679 --> 00:30:06.599
 and His

00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:07.059
 word is

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:07.539
 not in

00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:07.899
 us.

00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.700
 You

00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:09.960
 probably

00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.220
 noticed

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:10.519
 this is

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.000
 very similar

00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:11.319
 to verse

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:11.579
 8.

00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:12.500
 The only

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:12.899
 difference

00:30:12.899 --> 00:30:13.419
 between this

00:30:13.419 --> 00:30:13.740
 and verse

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.220
 8 is

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.919
 that in

00:30:14.919 --> 00:30:15.419
 verse 8

00:30:15.419 --> 00:30:15.619
 He's

00:30:15.619 --> 00:30:16.079
 saying we

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:17.119
 have no

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:17.659
 sin in

00:30:17.659 --> 00:30:18.119
 the present

00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:18.539
 tense

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.819
 indicating

00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:20.679
 an ongoing

00:30:20.679 --> 00:30:21.359
 achievement

00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:22.439
 of sinlessness

00:30:22.439 --> 00:30:23.759
 and then

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.240
 in verse

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:25.039
 10

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.699
 it's in

00:30:25.699 --> 00:30:26.219
 the perfect

00:30:26.219 --> 00:30:26.599
 tense

00:30:26.599 --> 00:30:26.859
 it's saying

00:30:26.859 --> 00:30:27.519
 we have

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:28.379
 not sinned

00:30:28.379 --> 00:30:29.339
 indicating the

00:30:29.339 --> 00:30:30.319
 condition of

00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:31.079
 being innocent

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:32.399
 of not having

00:30:32.399 --> 00:30:32.740
 sinned

00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.759
 a state of

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.119
 innocence.

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:35.119
 So verse 8

00:30:35.119 --> 00:30:35.740
 is saying I

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.519
 do not sin

00:30:36.519 --> 00:30:37.339
 verse 10

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:37.899
 is saying I

00:30:37.899 --> 00:30:38.459
 have not

00:30:38.459 --> 00:30:39.439
 sinned

00:30:39.439 --> 00:30:40.079
 but if we

00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:40.699
 say I

00:30:40.699 --> 00:30:41.279
 have not

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:41.579
 sinned

00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:42.059
 John argues

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:43.019
 we make

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.619
 God a

00:30:43.619 --> 00:30:44.519
 liar and

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.199
 His word

00:30:45.199 --> 00:30:45.740
 is not

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.519
 in us.

00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:48.719
 Verse 6

00:30:48.719 --> 00:30:49.099
 said that if

00:30:49.099 --> 00:30:49.619
 we claim to

00:30:49.619 --> 00:30:50.039
 have fellowship

00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:50.740
 with God

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.319
 but walk

00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:51.799
 in darkness

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.619
 we lie

00:30:52.619 --> 00:30:53.279
 to others.

00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:54.920
 Verse 10

00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:55.539
 tells us that if

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:56.119
 we claim to

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.579
 be without

00:30:56.579 --> 00:30:57.779
 sin we

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:58.859
 make God

00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.240
 out to be

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.579
 a liar.

00:31:00.139 --> 00:31:00.700
 Verse 8

00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:01.180
 says that if

00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:01.839
 we claim not

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:02.220
 to sin we

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:02.559
 lie about

00:31:02.559 --> 00:31:03.019
 ourselves.

00:31:03.379 --> 00:31:03.799
 Verse 10

00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:04.420
 says that if

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:05.279
 we claim to

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:06.039
 not sin to

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:07.059
 have no sin

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:08.299
 we make God

00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:08.720
 out to be a

00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:09.139
 liar because

00:31:09.139 --> 00:31:09.799
 God says in

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.399
 His word that

00:31:10.399 --> 00:31:10.839
 all have

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:11.279
 sinned and

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.879
 fall short of

00:31:11.879 --> 00:31:12.339
 the glory of

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:12.599
 God.

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:17.420
 Having addressed

00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:18.159
 the fallacies of

00:31:18.159 --> 00:31:18.440
 the false

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:18.980
 teachers John

00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:19.720
 transitions in

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.279
 chapter 2

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:20.960
 verse 1 to

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:21.620
 addressing the

00:31:21.620 --> 00:31:22.279
 recipients of

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.839
 his letter in

00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:23.519
 very personal

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:23.980
 terms.

00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:25.559
 Instead of

00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:26.200
 using we

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:26.980
 and are and

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.700
 including the

00:31:27.700 --> 00:31:28.660
 apostolic witnesses

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:29.640
 along with him

00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:30.259
 in the collective

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:31.579
 as he has done

00:31:31.579 --> 00:31:31.960
 up to this

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.779
 point he says

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:34.160
 in chapter 2

00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:34.740
 verse 1

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:35.920
 my little

00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:51.180
 by this point

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:53.819
 probably in the

00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:54.960
 90s this letter

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.740
 was written so

00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:56.339
 Apostle John

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:56.599
 would have been

00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:57.339
 quite old by

00:31:57.339 --> 00:31:58.640
 this time and

00:31:58.640 --> 00:31:59.579
 he is as an

00:31:59.579 --> 00:32:00.079
 elder of this

00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:00.700
 church writing

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:01.900
 very affectionately

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.559
 as a spiritual

00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:03.480
 father and

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:04.279
 exhorting the

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:05.759
 churches and

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.240
 he is telling

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:07.140
 them lest they

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:08.039
 think that all

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:08.779
 this talk about

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:10.039
 we all sin we

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:10.460
 need to confess

00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.099
 our sins to

00:32:11.099 --> 00:32:12.039
 one another lest

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:13.279
 they think that

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:14.519
 that means sin

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.039
 is okay.

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:17.839
 He tells them

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:18.480
 no I am writing

00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:19.099
 these things to

00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:20.160
 you so that you

00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:20.940
 may not sin.

00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:23.380
 Yes sin is a

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:24.380
 reality yes we

00:32:24.380 --> 00:32:25.160
 should confess our

00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:26.059
 sins but that

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:27.039
 does not mean we

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:28.039
 should condone sin

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.819
 or turn a blind

00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:29.620
 eye to sin or

00:32:29.620 --> 00:32:30.480
 minimize sin.

00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:31.720
 No we to bring

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.420
 sin into the

00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:33.220
 light of Christ

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:35.640
 is to expose

00:32:35.640 --> 00:32:36.519
 it for the

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:37.100
 heinous evil

00:32:37.100 --> 00:32:37.799
 that it is

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:39.579
 and ask Christ

00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:40.200
 to deal with it

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.680
 because we are

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.380
 unable to.

00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:43.420
 But because

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.059
 John does

00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:44.839
 acknowledge the

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:45.779
 reality of sin

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.440
 in the lives of

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:47.920
 believers he is

00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:48.819
 quick to remind

00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:50.299
 us but if

00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:51.480
 anyone does

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:52.900
 sin we have

00:32:52.900 --> 00:32:53.920
 an advocate with

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:54.500
 the father

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:56.059
 Jesus Christ

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:56.980
 the righteous.

00:32:56.980 --> 00:33:02.740
 we now he's

00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.339
 referring to

00:33:03.339 --> 00:33:04.519
 we John and

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:05.079
 the people that

00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:05.759
 are receiving

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.940
 his letter we

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:08.299
 have an advocate

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:09.120
 with the father

00:33:09.120 --> 00:33:11.099
 Jesus Christ

00:33:11.099 --> 00:33:11.860
 the righteous

00:33:11.860 --> 00:33:12.759
 we have an

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:13.620
 ancient enemy

00:33:13.620 --> 00:33:15.120
 Satan right

00:33:15.120 --> 00:33:16.360
 his name means

00:33:16.360 --> 00:33:17.259
 the accuser

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:19.579
 he accuses

00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:19.980
 us

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:21.579
 condemns

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:22.140
 us

00:33:22.140 --> 00:33:23.279
 slanders

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:23.779
 us

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:25.099
 but fear

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:25.639
 not because

00:33:25.639 --> 00:33:26.139
 it says we

00:33:26.139 --> 00:33:26.980
 also have

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.819
 an advocate

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:29.759
 the one

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.819
 who takes

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:31.220
 up our

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:31.599
 cause

00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:32.899
 defends

00:33:32.899 --> 00:33:33.339
 us in

00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:33.660
 the court

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:34.079
 of God's

00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:34.500
 justice

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:35.799
 the one

00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:36.339
 who speaks

00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:36.779
 for us

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.440
 when we

00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:37.960
 are stumbling

00:33:37.960 --> 00:33:38.539
 for words

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:38.879
 and are

00:33:38.879 --> 00:33:39.440
 unable to

00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:39.720
 defend

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:40.200
 ourselves

00:33:40.200 --> 00:33:41.819
 because

00:33:41.819 --> 00:33:42.420
 Jesus has

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:42.960
 ascended to

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:43.299
 the heavens

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:43.700
 and is at

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:44.059
 the seated

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:45.220
 at the right

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:45.539
 hand of

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:45.859
 God the

00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:46.180
 father

00:33:46.180 --> 00:33:46.819
 and he's

00:33:46.819 --> 00:33:47.519
 interceding

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:47.960
 for us

00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:48.879
 he's advocating

00:33:48.879 --> 00:33:49.460
 for us

00:33:49.460 --> 00:33:50.839
 defending us

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:51.579
 and that's

00:33:51.579 --> 00:33:51.980
 why Hebrews

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.679
 4 16

00:33:52.679 --> 00:33:53.179
 says let

00:33:53.179 --> 00:33:53.500
 us then

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.259
 with confidence

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:54.939
 draw near

00:33:54.939 --> 00:33:55.519
 to the throne

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:56.019
 of grace

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.659
 that we may

00:33:56.659 --> 00:33:57.619
 receive mercy

00:33:57.619 --> 00:33:58.439
 and find

00:33:58.439 --> 00:33:58.899
 grace

00:33:58.899 --> 00:33:59.759
 to help

00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:00.379
 in time

00:34:00.379 --> 00:34:00.980
 of need

00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:03.559
 but let me

00:34:03.559 --> 00:34:04.039
 ask you

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:05.839
 how can

00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:06.279
 Jesus

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:07.639
 advocate

00:34:07.639 --> 00:34:09.940
 for sinners

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:12.819
 for people

00:34:12.819 --> 00:34:13.759
 who are

00:34:13.759 --> 00:34:14.179
 guilty

00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:16.920
 people whose

00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:17.759
 verdict is

00:34:17.759 --> 00:34:18.159
 guilty

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:22.920
 how can

00:34:22.920 --> 00:34:23.299
 Jesus

00:34:23.299 --> 00:34:23.960
 advocate

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:24.799
 for sinners

00:34:24.799 --> 00:34:26.279
 in front

00:34:26.279 --> 00:34:26.539
 of an

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.239
 impartial

00:34:27.239 --> 00:34:28.460
 just

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.539
 judge

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:33.480
 there's

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:33.659
 something

00:34:33.659 --> 00:34:33.940
 that I

00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.460
 glossed over

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:35.000
 earlier in

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:35.519
 chapter 1

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:36.079
 verse 9

00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:37.079
 he said

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:37.460
 if we

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:38.139
 confess our

00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:38.500
 sins

00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:38.879
 he's

00:34:38.879 --> 00:34:39.239
 faithful

00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:39.559
 and

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:40.259
 just

00:34:40.259 --> 00:34:41.159
 to

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:41.539
 forgive

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:41.799
 us

00:34:41.799 --> 00:34:42.000
 our

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.279
 sins

00:34:42.279 --> 00:34:42.599
 and to

00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:42.980
 cleanse

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.199
 us

00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:43.460
 from

00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:43.719
 all

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:44.940
 unrighteousness

00:34:44.940 --> 00:34:46.179
 the word

00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:46.679
 just

00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:47.480
 there means

00:34:47.480 --> 00:34:48.139
 righteousness

00:34:48.139 --> 00:34:48.519
 it's the

00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:49.039
 same word

00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.359
 it's the

00:34:49.359 --> 00:34:49.920
 adjectival

00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.319
 form

00:34:50.319 --> 00:34:51.000
 of the

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:51.199
 word

00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:51.739
 righteousness

00:34:51.739 --> 00:34:53.599
 so then

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:54.099
 there's a

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:54.900
 contrast

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:55.199
 there

00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:55.900
 a word

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:56.139
 play

00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:56.319
 there

00:34:56.319 --> 00:34:56.719
 God

00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:56.940
 is

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.440
 righteous

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:58.279
 to

00:34:58.279 --> 00:34:58.799
 cleanse

00:34:58.799 --> 00:34:59.139
 us

00:34:59.139 --> 00:34:59.420
 from

00:34:59.420 --> 00:34:59.739
 all

00:34:59.739 --> 00:35:01.000
 unrighteousness

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:02.819
 but

00:35:02.819 --> 00:35:03.579
 how can

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:03.920
 it be

00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:04.460
 righteous

00:35:04.460 --> 00:35:04.900
 to

00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.379
 clear

00:35:05.379 --> 00:35:05.859
 the

00:35:05.859 --> 00:35:06.659
 unrighteous

00:35:06.659 --> 00:35:09.819
 x

00:35:09.819 --> 00:35:09.960
 exodus

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:10.519
 34

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:11.219
 verse 7

00:35:11.219 --> 00:35:11.579
 when

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:11.859
 god

00:35:11.859 --> 00:35:12.319
 reveals

00:35:12.319 --> 00:35:12.519
 his

00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:12.899
 character

00:35:12.899 --> 00:35:13.099
 to

00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:13.239
 his

00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:13.619
 people

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:14.119
 he

00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:14.539
 spoke

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:14.759
 of

00:35:14.759 --> 00:35:15.019
 his

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:15.539
 righteousness

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:15.899
 and

00:35:15.899 --> 00:35:16.279
 justice

00:35:16.279 --> 00:35:16.980
 and

00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.119
 he

00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:17.440
 said

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:17.639
 he

00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:17.960
 will

00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:18.339
 by

00:35:18.339 --> 00:35:18.759
 no

00:35:18.759 --> 00:35:19.480
 means

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:20.599
 clear

00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:20.799
 the

00:35:20.799 --> 00:35:21.139
 guilty

00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:24.119
 he

00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:24.619
 commanded

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:24.839
 his

00:35:24.839 --> 00:35:25.119
 people

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.259
 in

00:35:25.259 --> 00:35:25.579
 exodus

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:25.799
 chapter

00:35:25.799 --> 00:35:26.279
 23

00:35:26.279 --> 00:35:26.559
 verse

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:26.879
 7

00:35:26.879 --> 00:35:27.379
 do

00:35:27.379 --> 00:35:27.799
 not

00:35:27.799 --> 00:35:28.139
 kill

00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:28.359
 the

00:35:28.359 --> 00:35:28.719
 innocent

00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:29.099
 and

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:29.659
 righteous

00:35:29.659 --> 00:35:30.420
 for

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:30.699
 I

00:35:30.699 --> 00:35:31.039
 will

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.639
 not

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:32.399
 acquit

00:35:32.399 --> 00:35:32.799
 the

00:35:32.799 --> 00:35:33.119
 wicked

00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:36.239
 it

00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:36.420
 is

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:37.079
 inconsistent

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:37.619
 with

00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:37.880
 his

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:38.319
 character

00:35:38.319 --> 00:35:38.619
 to

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.019
 acquit

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.179
 the

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:39.420
 wicked

00:35:39.420 --> 00:35:40.900
 to

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:41.500
 clear

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:41.739
 the

00:35:41.739 --> 00:35:42.400
 unrighteous

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:43.199
 so

00:35:43.199 --> 00:35:43.599
 how

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:43.880
 is

00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:44.079
 it

00:35:44.079 --> 00:35:44.579
 just

00:35:44.579 --> 00:35:45.339
 for

00:35:45.339 --> 00:35:45.819
 god

00:35:45.819 --> 00:35:46.500
 to

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:47.039
 clear

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:47.659
 the

00:35:47.659 --> 00:35:48.199
 unrighteous

00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:48.480
 how

00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:48.679
 is

00:35:48.679 --> 00:35:48.819
 it

00:35:48.819 --> 00:35:49.159
 righteous

00:35:49.159 --> 00:35:49.420
 of

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:49.759
 god

00:35:49.759 --> 00:35:50.659
 to

00:35:50.659 --> 00:35:51.259
 cleanse

00:35:51.259 --> 00:35:51.940
 the

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.639
 unrighteous

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:54.859
 the

00:35:54.859 --> 00:35:55.179
 answer

00:35:55.179 --> 00:35:55.480
 is in

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:55.719
 this

00:35:55.719 --> 00:35:56.119
 verse

00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:57.799
 because

00:35:57.799 --> 00:35:57.960
 of

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:58.359
 jesus

00:35:58.359 --> 00:35:59.059
 christ

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.380
 the

00:35:59.380 --> 00:35:59.900
 righteous

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:02.279
 it

00:36:02.279 --> 00:36:02.420
 is

00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:02.579
 the

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:03.059
 righteousness

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:03.779
 of christ

00:36:03.779 --> 00:36:04.019
 that

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:04.320
 pleads

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:04.480
 for

00:36:04.480 --> 00:36:04.840
 us

00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:06.940
 verse

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:07.179
 2

00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:07.639
 explains

00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:07.820
 this

00:36:07.820 --> 00:36:08.039
 he

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:08.460
 is

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:08.980
 the

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.880
 propitiation

00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:10.199
 for

00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:10.400
 our

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:10.719
 sins

00:36:10.719 --> 00:36:11.239
 and

00:36:11.239 --> 00:36:11.539
 not

00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:11.820
 for

00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:12.119
 ours

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:12.579
 only

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:12.840
 but

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:13.179
 also

00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:13.400
 for

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:13.579
 the

00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:13.840
 sins

00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:13.960
 of

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:14.039
 the

00:36:14.039 --> 00:36:14.199
 whole

00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:14.579
 world

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:15.440
 just

00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:15.619
 to

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:16.000
 clarify

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.279
 that

00:36:16.279 --> 00:36:16.519
 not

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:16.860
 only

00:36:16.860 --> 00:36:17.079
 for

00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:17.239
 our

00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:17.420
 sins

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:17.539
 but

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:17.860
 also

00:36:17.860 --> 00:36:18.039
 for

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:18.179
 the

00:36:18.179 --> 00:36:18.360
 sins

00:36:18.360 --> 00:36:18.480
 of

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:18.559
 the

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:18.699
 whole

00:36:18.699 --> 00:36:19.000
 world

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:19.480
 that

00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:19.820
 doesn't

00:36:19.820 --> 00:36:20.119
 mean

00:36:20.119 --> 00:36:20.440
 that

00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:20.920
 everyone

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:21.119
 in

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:21.219
 the

00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:21.460
 world

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:22.019
 automatically

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.279
 is

00:36:22.279 --> 00:36:22.480
 saved

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:22.779
 because

00:36:22.779 --> 00:36:22.940
 of

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:23.259
 Jesus

00:36:23.259 --> 00:36:24.599
 that

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:25.199
 blatantly

00:36:25.199 --> 00:36:25.940
 contradicts

00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:26.360
 other

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:26.619
 parts

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:26.739
 of

00:36:26.739 --> 00:36:27.000
 scripture

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.340
 and

00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:27.579
 even

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:28.159
 things

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:28.460
 that

00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:28.679
 John

00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:28.900
 says

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.119
 later

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:29.279
 in

00:36:29.279 --> 00:36:29.440
 his

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:29.699
 letter

00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:30.179
 chapter

00:36:30.179 --> 00:36:30.579
 5

00:36:30.579 --> 00:36:32.139
 what

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:32.840
 he

00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:33.219
 means

00:36:33.219 --> 00:36:33.519
 here

00:36:33.519 --> 00:36:33.759
 is

00:36:33.759 --> 00:36:34.099
 that

00:36:34.099 --> 00:36:34.819
 Jesus

00:36:34.819 --> 00:36:35.559
 pays

00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:35.759
 for

00:36:35.759 --> 00:36:35.960
 the

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:36.239
 sins

00:36:36.239 --> 00:36:36.380
 of

00:36:36.380 --> 00:36:36.500
 the

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:36.679
 whole

00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:37.079
 world

00:36:37.079 --> 00:36:37.739
 without

00:36:37.739 --> 00:36:38.400
 distinction

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:39.179
 not

00:36:39.179 --> 00:36:39.519
 without

00:36:39.519 --> 00:36:40.079
 exception

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:42.119
 meaning

00:36:42.119 --> 00:36:42.559
 he does

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:42.920
 this

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.400
 for

00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:43.699
 all

00:36:43.699 --> 00:36:44.259
 peoples

00:36:44.259 --> 00:36:44.759
 Jews

00:36:44.759 --> 00:36:45.159
 and

00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:45.880
 Gentiles

00:36:45.880 --> 00:36:46.719
 Asian

00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:47.079
 people

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:47.519
 African

00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:48.019
 people

00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:48.940
 European

00:36:48.940 --> 00:36:49.480
 people

00:36:49.480 --> 00:36:49.960
 American

00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:50.500
 people

00:36:50.500 --> 00:36:52.579
 Australian

00:36:52.579 --> 00:36:53.119
 people

00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:55.000
 God

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:55.259
 does

00:36:55.259 --> 00:36:55.359
 it

00:36:55.359 --> 00:36:55.519
 for

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:56.000
 all

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:57.079
 peoples

00:36:57.079 --> 00:36:59.099
 Jesus

00:36:59.099 --> 00:36:59.339
 his

00:36:59.339 --> 00:36:59.819
 atonement

00:36:59.819 --> 00:37:00.039
 is

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:00.579
 sufficient

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:01.460
 for

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:01.900
 all

00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:03.319
 though

00:37:03.319 --> 00:37:03.420
 it

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:03.559
 is

00:37:03.559 --> 00:37:03.859
 only

00:37:03.859 --> 00:37:04.539
 efficient

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:05.219
 for

00:37:05.219 --> 00:37:05.699
 God's

00:37:05.699 --> 00:37:05.980
 chosen

00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.440
 people

00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:11.119
 John

00:37:11.119 --> 00:37:11.319
 3

00:37:11.319 --> 00:37:11.659
 16

00:37:11.659 --> 00:37:11.960
 also

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.359
 captures

00:37:12.359 --> 00:37:12.619
 this

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:12.920
 idea

00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:13.159
 right

00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:13.440
 for

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:13.839
 God

00:37:13.839 --> 00:37:14.159
 so

00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:14.719
 loved

00:37:14.719 --> 00:37:15.739
 the

00:37:15.739 --> 00:37:16.219
 world

00:37:16.219 --> 00:37:18.359
 that

00:37:18.359 --> 00:37:18.480
 he

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:18.880
 gave

00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:19.199
 his

00:37:19.199 --> 00:37:19.519
 only

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:19.960
 son

00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:21.099
 that

00:37:21.099 --> 00:37:21.460
 whoever

00:37:21.460 --> 00:37:22.219
 believes

00:37:22.219 --> 00:37:22.460
 in

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:22.759
 him

00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:24.120
 might

00:37:24.120 --> 00:37:24.360
 not

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:24.660
 perish

00:37:24.660 --> 00:37:24.840
 but

00:37:24.840 --> 00:37:25.040
 have

00:37:25.040 --> 00:37:25.320
 eternal

00:37:25.320 --> 00:37:25.680
 life

00:37:25.680 --> 00:37:27.480
 that

00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:27.840
 Jesus

00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:28.280
 is

00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:28.440
 the

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:29.200
 propitiation

00:37:29.200 --> 00:37:29.480
 for

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:29.680
 our

00:37:29.680 --> 00:37:29.980
 sins

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:30.320
 means

00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:30.580
 that

00:37:30.580 --> 00:37:30.920
 Jesus

00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:31.600
 was

00:37:31.600 --> 00:37:31.780
 the

00:37:31.780 --> 00:37:32.280
 atoning

00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:33.040
 sacrifice

00:37:33.040 --> 00:37:33.460
 for

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:33.660
 our

00:37:33.660 --> 00:37:33.960
 sins

00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:34.680
 by

00:37:34.680 --> 00:37:35.080
 dying

00:37:35.080 --> 00:37:35.260
 on

00:37:35.260 --> 00:37:35.400
 the

00:37:35.400 --> 00:37:35.680
 cross

00:37:35.680 --> 00:37:36.040
 Jesus

00:37:36.040 --> 00:37:36.540
 paid

00:37:36.540 --> 00:37:36.760
 the

00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:37.280
 penalty

00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:37.680
 of

00:37:37.680 --> 00:37:37.840
 our

00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:38.120
 sins

00:37:38.120 --> 00:37:38.540
 and

00:37:38.540 --> 00:37:38.640
 he

00:37:38.640 --> 00:37:39.240
 satisfied

00:37:39.240 --> 00:37:39.540
 in

00:37:39.540 --> 00:37:39.740
 doing

00:37:39.740 --> 00:37:39.980
 so

00:37:39.980 --> 00:37:40.140
 the

00:37:40.140 --> 00:37:40.520
 righteous

00:37:40.520 --> 00:37:40.980
 wrath

00:37:40.980 --> 00:37:41.140
 of

00:37:41.140 --> 00:37:41.380
 God

00:37:41.380 --> 00:37:41.720
 towards

00:37:41.720 --> 00:37:42.040
 sinners

00:37:42.040 --> 00:37:43.520
 that's

00:37:43.520 --> 00:37:43.680
 the

00:37:43.680 --> 00:37:43.960
 meaning

00:37:43.960 --> 00:37:44.200
 of

00:37:44.200 --> 00:37:45.120
 propitiation

00:37:45.120 --> 00:37:46.820
 satisfying

00:37:46.820 --> 00:37:47.160
 the

00:37:47.160 --> 00:37:47.360
 wrath

00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:47.520
 of

00:37:47.520 --> 00:37:47.820
 God

00:37:47.820 --> 00:37:49.440
 David

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:49.800
 Wells

00:37:49.800 --> 00:37:50.000
 a

00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.260
 Christian

00:37:50.260 --> 00:37:50.760
 theologian

00:37:50.760 --> 00:37:51.140
 puts it

00:37:51.140 --> 00:37:51.320
 this

00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:51.540
 way

00:37:51.540 --> 00:37:51.920
 in his

00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:52.140
 book

00:37:52.139 --> 00:37:52.639
 the search

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 for

00:37:52.839 --> 00:37:53.319
 salvation

00:37:53.319 --> 00:37:55.299
 man

00:37:55.299 --> 00:37:55.599
 is

00:37:55.599 --> 00:37:56.239
 alienated

00:37:56.239 --> 00:37:56.579
 from

00:37:56.579 --> 00:37:57.039
 God

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:57.480
 by

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:58.000
 sin

00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:58.940
 and

00:37:58.940 --> 00:37:59.440
 God

00:37:59.440 --> 00:37:59.719
 is

00:37:59.719 --> 00:38:00.440
 alienated

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:00.779
 from

00:38:00.779 --> 00:38:01.199
 man

00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:01.599
 by

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.179
 wrath

00:38:02.179 --> 00:38:03.500
 it

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:03.679
 is

00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:04.000
 in

00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:04.239
 the

00:38:04.239 --> 00:38:05.239
 substitutionary

00:38:05.239 --> 00:38:05.599
 death

00:38:05.599 --> 00:38:05.779
 of

00:38:05.779 --> 00:38:06.179
 Christ

00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:06.799
 that

00:38:06.799 --> 00:38:07.219
 sin

00:38:07.219 --> 00:38:07.460
 is

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:08.079
 overcome

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:08.460
 and

00:38:08.460 --> 00:38:08.920
 wrath

00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:09.379
 averted

00:38:09.379 --> 00:38:10.619
 so

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:10.799
 that

00:38:10.799 --> 00:38:11.119
 God

00:38:11.119 --> 00:38:11.359
 can

00:38:11.359 --> 00:38:11.619
 look

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:11.920
 on

00:38:11.920 --> 00:38:12.400
 man

00:38:12.400 --> 00:38:12.839
 without

00:38:12.839 --> 00:38:13.699
 displeasure

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:14.519
 and

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:14.819
 man

00:38:14.819 --> 00:38:15.039
 can

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.219
 look

00:38:15.219 --> 00:38:15.400
 on

00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:15.759
 God

00:38:15.759 --> 00:38:16.139
 without

00:38:16.139 --> 00:38:16.639
 fear

00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:18.239
 sin

00:38:18.239 --> 00:38:18.679
 is

00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:19.539
 expiated

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:20.179
 and

00:38:20.179 --> 00:38:20.679
 God

00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:21.059
 is

00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:22.059
 propitiated

00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:25.099
 this

00:38:25.099 --> 00:38:25.420
 doesn't

00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:25.639
 mean

00:38:25.639 --> 00:38:25.820
 that

00:38:25.820 --> 00:38:26.000
 God

00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:26.159
 the

00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:26.500
 father

00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:27.099
 hates

00:38:27.099 --> 00:38:27.559
 us

00:38:27.559 --> 00:38:28.320
 he

00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:28.599
 only

00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:28.860
 loves

00:38:28.860 --> 00:38:29.019
 us

00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:29.299
 after

00:38:29.299 --> 00:38:29.639
 Jesus

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:30.019
 dies

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:30.199
 for

00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:30.360
 us

00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:30.599
 no

00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:31.079
 God

00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:31.279
 the

00:38:31.279 --> 00:38:31.599
 father

00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:32.039
 loves

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:32.440
 us

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:33.179
 that's

00:38:33.179 --> 00:38:33.279
 why

00:38:33.279 --> 00:38:33.460
 he

00:38:33.460 --> 00:38:33.840
 himself

00:38:33.840 --> 00:38:34.239
 makes

00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:34.699
 way

00:38:34.699 --> 00:38:35.039
 for

00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:35.579
 reconciliation

00:38:35.579 --> 00:38:36.239
 by sending

00:38:36.239 --> 00:38:36.480
 his

00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:36.679
 son

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:36.940
 Jesus

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.299
 Christ

00:38:37.299 --> 00:38:37.599
 to die

00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:37.779
 for

00:38:37.779 --> 00:38:37.960
 our

00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:38.279
 sins

00:38:38.279 --> 00:38:40.539
 but

00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:40.699
 there

00:38:40.699 --> 00:38:40.860
 is

00:38:40.860 --> 00:38:41.259
 still

00:38:41.259 --> 00:38:42.639
 simultaneously

00:38:42.639 --> 00:38:42.960
 the

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:43.179
 love

00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:43.340
 of

00:38:43.340 --> 00:38:43.599
 God

00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:43.880
 and

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:44.059
 the

00:38:44.059 --> 00:38:44.340
 wrath

00:38:44.340 --> 00:38:44.500
 of

00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:44.679
 God

00:38:44.679 --> 00:38:44.940
 towards

00:38:44.940 --> 00:38:45.299
 sinners

00:38:45.299 --> 00:38:46.179
 it

00:38:46.179 --> 00:38:46.299
 is

00:38:46.299 --> 00:38:46.500
 that

00:38:46.500 --> 00:38:47.000
 wrath

00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:47.239
 that

00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:47.360
 is

00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:48.119
 propitiated

00:38:48.119 --> 00:38:48.739
 in

00:38:48.739 --> 00:38:48.920
 the

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.340
 atoning

00:38:49.340 --> 00:38:50.340
 death

00:38:50.340 --> 00:38:50.759
 of

00:38:50.760 --> 00:38:51.020
 Jesus

00:38:51.020 --> 00:38:51.520
 Christ

00:38:51.520 --> 00:38:53.160
 and

00:38:53.160 --> 00:38:53.800
 because

00:38:53.800 --> 00:38:54.320
 Jesus

00:38:54.320 --> 00:38:54.700
 the

00:38:54.700 --> 00:38:55.100
 righteous

00:38:55.100 --> 00:38:55.620
 one

00:38:55.620 --> 00:38:56.880
 he's

00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:57.000
 the

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:57.240
 one

00:38:57.240 --> 00:38:57.440
 that

00:38:57.440 --> 00:38:57.860
 should

00:38:57.860 --> 00:38:58.000
 have

00:38:58.000 --> 00:38:58.340
 lived

00:38:58.340 --> 00:38:58.780
 forever

00:38:58.780 --> 00:39:01.500
 but

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:01.720
 he

00:39:01.720 --> 00:39:02.220
 died

00:39:02.220 --> 00:39:03.300
 so

00:39:03.300 --> 00:39:03.460
 that

00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:03.700
 we

00:39:03.700 --> 00:39:03.940
 the

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.600
 unrighteous

00:39:04.600 --> 00:39:04.940
 ones

00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:05.180
 who

00:39:05.180 --> 00:39:05.580
 should

00:39:05.580 --> 00:39:05.920
 have

00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:06.440
 perished

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:06.860
 forever

00:39:06.860 --> 00:39:07.680
 can

00:39:07.680 --> 00:39:07.880
 now

00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:08.200
 live

00:39:08.199 --> 00:39:10.679
 Jesus

00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:11.480
 that's

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:11.599
 why

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:11.799
 he's

00:39:11.799 --> 00:39:11.919
 the

00:39:11.919 --> 00:39:12.179
 word

00:39:12.179 --> 00:39:12.319
 of

00:39:12.319 --> 00:39:12.659
 life

00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:13.259
 he's

00:39:13.259 --> 00:39:13.399
 the

00:39:13.399 --> 00:39:13.759
 righteous

00:39:13.759 --> 00:39:14.339
 sacrifice

00:39:14.339 --> 00:39:14.599
 he's

00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:14.699
 the

00:39:14.699 --> 00:39:14.879
 one

00:39:14.879 --> 00:39:15.079
 that

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:15.799
 secures

00:39:15.799 --> 00:39:16.659
 God's

00:39:16.659 --> 00:39:17.039
 mercy

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:17.379
 on the

00:39:17.379 --> 00:39:17.779
 cross

00:39:17.779 --> 00:39:18.659
 as

00:39:18.659 --> 00:39:18.839
 the

00:39:18.839 --> 00:39:19.639
 propitiation

00:39:19.639 --> 00:39:19.879
 for

00:39:19.879 --> 00:39:20.079
 our

00:39:20.079 --> 00:39:20.339
 sins

00:39:20.339 --> 00:39:20.879
 and

00:39:20.879 --> 00:39:21.119
 then

00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:21.359
 he

00:39:21.359 --> 00:39:21.659
 now

00:39:21.659 --> 00:39:22.199
 pleads

00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:22.739
 God's

00:39:22.739 --> 00:39:23.139
 mercy

00:39:23.139 --> 00:39:23.519
 on our

00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:23.960
 behalf

00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:24.639
 as

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:24.859
 our

00:39:24.859 --> 00:39:25.299
 advocate

00:39:25.299 --> 00:39:25.679
 for

00:39:25.679 --> 00:39:25.939
 sinners

00:39:25.939 --> 00:39:26.159
 in

00:39:26.159 --> 00:39:26.419
 heaven

00:39:26.419 --> 00:39:30.319
 that's

00:39:30.319 --> 00:39:30.439
 what

00:39:30.439 --> 00:39:30.779
 Romans

00:39:30.779 --> 00:39:31.079
 chapter

00:39:31.079 --> 00:39:31.439
 3

00:39:31.439 --> 00:39:31.719
 verses

00:39:31.719 --> 00:39:32.239
 21

00:39:32.239 --> 00:39:32.460
 to

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:32.939
 26

00:39:32.939 --> 00:39:33.739
 speak

00:39:33.739 --> 00:39:33.899
 of

00:39:33.899 --> 00:39:34.039
 that

00:39:34.039 --> 00:39:34.199
 we

00:39:34.199 --> 00:39:34.460
 read

00:39:34.460 --> 00:39:34.639
 for

00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:34.779
 the

00:39:34.779 --> 00:39:35.199
 assurance

00:39:35.199 --> 00:39:35.399
 of

00:39:35.399 --> 00:39:35.659
 pardon

00:39:35.659 --> 00:39:36.519
 but

00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:36.920
 now

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.199
 the

00:39:37.199 --> 00:39:37.739
 righteousness

00:39:37.739 --> 00:39:38.099
 of

00:39:38.099 --> 00:39:38.420
 God

00:39:38.420 --> 00:39:39.000
 has

00:39:39.000 --> 00:39:39.259
 been

00:39:39.259 --> 00:39:40.000
 manifested

00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:40.579
 apart

00:39:40.579 --> 00:39:40.879
 from

00:39:40.879 --> 00:39:41.039
 the

00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:41.299
 law

00:39:41.299 --> 00:39:42.119
 although

00:39:42.119 --> 00:39:42.539
 law

00:39:42.539 --> 00:39:42.699
 and

00:39:42.699 --> 00:39:42.819
 the

00:39:42.819 --> 00:39:43.119
 prophets

00:39:43.119 --> 00:39:43.699
 bear witness

00:39:43.699 --> 00:39:44.000
 to

00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:44.219
 it

00:39:44.219 --> 00:39:44.899
 the

00:39:44.899 --> 00:39:45.440
 righteousness

00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:45.779
 of

00:39:45.779 --> 00:39:46.059
 God

00:39:46.059 --> 00:39:46.299
 through

00:39:46.299 --> 00:39:46.899
 faith

00:39:46.899 --> 00:39:47.219
 in

00:39:47.219 --> 00:39:47.599
 Jesus

00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:48.099
 Christ

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:48.519
 for

00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:48.859
 all

00:39:48.859 --> 00:39:49.039
 who

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:49.500
 believe

00:39:49.500 --> 00:39:50.279
 for

00:39:50.279 --> 00:39:50.440
 there

00:39:50.440 --> 00:39:50.599
 is

00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:50.839
 no

00:39:50.839 --> 00:39:51.379
 distinction

00:39:51.379 --> 00:39:51.940
 for

00:39:51.940 --> 00:39:52.219
 all

00:39:52.219 --> 00:39:52.420
 have

00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:52.879
 sinned

00:39:52.879 --> 00:39:53.059
 and

00:39:53.059 --> 00:39:53.279
 fall

00:39:53.279 --> 00:39:53.639
 short

00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:53.759
 of

00:39:53.759 --> 00:39:53.859
 the

00:39:53.859 --> 00:39:54.099
 glory

00:39:54.099 --> 00:39:54.279
 of

00:39:54.279 --> 00:39:54.539
 God

00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:54.899
 and

00:39:54.899 --> 00:39:55.039
 are

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.539
 justified

00:39:55.539 --> 00:39:55.899
 by

00:39:55.899 --> 00:39:56.099
 his

00:39:56.099 --> 00:39:56.500
 grace

00:39:56.500 --> 00:39:56.839
 as

00:39:56.839 --> 00:39:57.039
 a

00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:57.379
 gift

00:39:57.379 --> 00:39:57.940
 through

00:39:57.940 --> 00:39:58.079
 the

00:39:58.079 --> 00:39:58.519
 redemption

00:39:58.519 --> 00:39:58.859
 that

00:39:58.859 --> 00:39:59.000
 is

00:39:59.000 --> 00:39:59.339
 in

00:39:59.339 --> 00:39:59.719
 Christ

00:39:59.719 --> 00:40:00.159
 Jesus

00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:00.799
 whom

00:40:00.799 --> 00:40:01.219
 God

00:40:01.219 --> 00:40:01.559
 put

00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:02.019
 forward

00:40:02.019 --> 00:40:02.259
 as

00:40:02.260 --> 00:40:02.400
 a

00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:03.320
 propitiation

00:40:03.320 --> 00:40:03.980
 by

00:40:03.980 --> 00:40:04.200
 his

00:40:04.200 --> 00:40:04.500
 blood

00:40:04.500 --> 00:40:04.940
 to

00:40:04.940 --> 00:40:05.060
 be

00:40:05.060 --> 00:40:05.640
 received

00:40:05.640 --> 00:40:06.020
 by

00:40:06.020 --> 00:40:06.520
 faith

00:40:06.520 --> 00:40:08.580
 this

00:40:08.580 --> 00:40:08.800
 was

00:40:08.800 --> 00:40:09.000
 to

00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:09.400
 show

00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:09.980
 God's

00:40:09.980 --> 00:40:10.460
 righteousness

00:40:10.460 --> 00:40:12.260
 because

00:40:12.260 --> 00:40:12.540
 in

00:40:12.540 --> 00:40:12.860
 his

00:40:12.860 --> 00:40:13.260
 divine

00:40:13.260 --> 00:40:13.880
 forbearance

00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:14.000
 he

00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:14.140
 had

00:40:14.140 --> 00:40:14.440
 passed

00:40:14.440 --> 00:40:14.780
 over

00:40:14.780 --> 00:40:15.160
 former

00:40:15.160 --> 00:40:15.580
 sins

00:40:15.580 --> 00:40:16.920
 it

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:17.100
 was

00:40:17.100 --> 00:40:17.280
 to

00:40:17.280 --> 00:40:17.580
 show

00:40:17.580 --> 00:40:17.840
 his

00:40:17.840 --> 00:40:18.380
 righteousness

00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:19.160
 at

00:40:19.160 --> 00:40:19.300
 the

00:40:19.300 --> 00:40:19.600
 present

00:40:19.600 --> 00:40:20.100
 time

00:40:20.100 --> 00:40:20.580
 so

00:40:20.580 --> 00:40:20.680
 that

00:40:20.680 --> 00:40:20.780
 he

00:40:20.780 --> 00:40:20.960
 might

00:40:20.960 --> 00:40:21.180
 be

00:40:21.180 --> 00:40:21.660
 just

00:40:21.660 --> 00:40:22.100
 and

00:40:22.100 --> 00:40:22.300
 the

00:40:22.300 --> 00:40:23.040
 justifier

00:40:23.040 --> 00:40:23.560
 of

00:40:23.560 --> 00:40:23.700
 the

00:40:23.700 --> 00:40:24.000
 one

00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:24.240
 who

00:40:24.240 --> 00:40:24.680
 has

00:40:24.680 --> 00:40:25.340
 faith

00:40:25.340 --> 00:40:25.940
 in

00:40:25.940 --> 00:40:26.460
 Jesus

00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:30.540
 in

00:40:30.540 --> 00:40:30.660
 a

00:40:30.660 --> 00:40:30.820
 real

00:40:30.820 --> 00:40:31.320
 sense

00:40:31.320 --> 00:40:32.120
 Jesus

00:40:32.120 --> 00:40:32.500
 came

00:40:32.500 --> 00:40:32.680
 to

00:40:32.680 --> 00:40:32.880
 die

00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:33.100
 for

00:40:33.100 --> 00:40:33.500
 us

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:35.420
 in

00:40:35.420 --> 00:40:35.539
 a

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:35.700
 real

00:40:35.700 --> 00:40:36.019
 sense

00:40:36.019 --> 00:40:36.360
 Jesus

00:40:36.360 --> 00:40:36.760
 also

00:40:36.760 --> 00:40:37.160
 came

00:40:37.160 --> 00:40:37.400
 to

00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:37.800
 die

00:40:37.800 --> 00:40:38.480
 for

00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:38.940
 God

00:40:38.940 --> 00:40:40.800
 to

00:40:40.800 --> 00:40:41.480
 vindicate

00:40:41.480 --> 00:40:41.720
 his

00:40:41.720 --> 00:40:42.260
 justice

00:40:42.260 --> 00:40:43.980
 to

00:40:43.980 --> 00:40:44.340
 prove

00:40:44.340 --> 00:40:44.519
 that

00:40:44.519 --> 00:40:44.760
 God

00:40:44.760 --> 00:40:44.900
 is

00:40:44.900 --> 00:40:45.220
 not

00:40:45.220 --> 00:40:45.420
 an

00:40:45.420 --> 00:40:46.059
 unfair

00:40:46.059 --> 00:40:46.920
 unjust

00:40:46.920 --> 00:40:47.400
 judge

00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:48.320
 because

00:40:48.320 --> 00:40:48.519
 we

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:48.800
 deserve

00:40:48.800 --> 00:40:48.960
 to

00:40:48.960 --> 00:40:49.100
 be

00:40:49.100 --> 00:40:49.480
 condemned

00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:50.300
 we

00:40:50.300 --> 00:40:50.559
 deserve

00:40:50.559 --> 00:40:50.760
 to

00:40:50.760 --> 00:40:50.920
 be

00:40:50.920 --> 00:40:51.300
 cast

00:40:51.300 --> 00:40:52.620
 into

00:40:52.620 --> 00:40:52.940
 hell

00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:53.160
 we

00:40:53.160 --> 00:40:53.700
 deserve

00:40:53.700 --> 00:40:53.960
 to

00:40:53.960 --> 00:40:54.140
 be

00:40:54.140 --> 00:40:54.480
 damned

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 but

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 to

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 prove

00:41:00.600 --> 00:41:00.840
 his

00:41:00.840 --> 00:41:01.260
 righteousness

00:41:01.260 --> 00:41:01.740
 in

00:41:01.740 --> 00:41:02.000
 showing

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 us

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 mercy

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 that's

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 why

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 Jesus

00:41:03.740 --> 00:41:03.980
 had

00:41:03.980 --> 00:41:04.100
 to

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 die

00:41:04.280 --> 00:41:04.400
 on

00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:04.500
 the

00:41:04.500 --> 00:41:04.780
 cross

00:41:04.780 --> 00:41:04.980
 for

00:41:04.980 --> 00:41:05.300
 us

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 and

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 it's

00:41:07.040 --> 00:41:07.200
 by

00:41:07.200 --> 00:41:07.680
 believing

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 that

00:41:08.060 --> 00:41:08.760
 by

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 having

00:41:09.120 --> 00:41:09.320
 the

00:41:09.320 --> 00:41:09.500
 word

00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:09.620
 of

00:41:09.620 --> 00:41:09.820
 life

00:41:09.820 --> 00:41:10.020
 the

00:41:10.020 --> 00:41:10.160
 son

00:41:10.160 --> 00:41:10.280
 of

00:41:10.280 --> 00:41:10.500
 God

00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:10.720
 that

00:41:10.720 --> 00:41:11.000
 we

00:41:11.000 --> 00:41:11.700
 have

00:41:11.700 --> 00:41:12.080
 fellowship

00:41:12.080 --> 00:41:12.380
 with

00:41:12.380 --> 00:41:12.580
 him

00:41:12.580 --> 00:41:13.100
 with

00:41:13.100 --> 00:41:13.340
 God

00:41:13.340 --> 00:41:13.460
 and

00:41:13.460 --> 00:41:13.580
 with

00:41:13.580 --> 00:41:13.740
 one

00:41:13.740 --> 00:41:14.040
 another

00:41:14.040 --> 00:41:19.000
 let me

00:41:19.000 --> 00:41:19.160
 pray

00:41:19.160 --> 00:41:19.640
 for us