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 I suppose one of the responsibilities that rests on me, and I am a preacher by God's appointment,

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! One of the responsibilities that rests on me is to make clear what preaching is.

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! And so before we actually look at the passage, what I want you to turn in your Bible to 1 Corinthians 2.

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 I am going to, by the enabling of the Spirit I trust in your prayer and my prayer, and relying upon the Word of God,

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 I'm going to preach the Word, but I do want you to know what preaching is. I want you to remember that.

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 1 Corinthians 2, let me read the passage. It says,

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 And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom.

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 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

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 And I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling.

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 Now the next part. And my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom,

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 but in demonstration of the Spirit and in power.

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 Now listen carefully.

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 I cannot guarantee that today I can preach with the power of the Spirit.

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 Do you understand that? He chooses to do as he sees fit.

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 But it is my prayer.

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 I trust it's your prayer.

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 And we are desperately dependent upon the enabling of the Spirit of God in preaching the Word.

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 And you have a responsibility to engage in that task.

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 Amen?

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 With prayer.

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 Amen.

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 John chapter 3, verse 9 through 15.

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 You who know me know that I'm given to hyperbole.

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 That means exaggeration a little bit when it comes to the matter of preaching.

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 And I have to tell you that there are many Sundays or there are many weeks in the process of studying

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 that I will at one point or another say to the rest of the staff,

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 Man, this is a phenomenal text.

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 This is excellent.

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 And there are just times where my heart, when I'm bubbling in the office,

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 it's like I cannot, I'm an emotional person, just, you know, don't know me.

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 I am.

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 That's the way I am.

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 Hardwired.

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 And it just kind of comes out of me and it's like,

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 Oh, man, that's good.

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 And then I've got to wait until Sunday.

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 I mean, it's hard.

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 But I've got to tell you, this is one of the best passages.

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 It really is.

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 And this morning, what we are going to see in our study in John chapter 3,

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 beginning there in verse 9,

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 is the man who had come to Jesus kind of trying to understand.

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 He had a spiritual emptiness.

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 And so Nicodemus came to Jesus by night and he said,

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 Hey, talk to me about the kingdom.

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 And Jesus really cuts to the chase and nails him, right?

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 And then Jesus, as we will find in this passage, opens up

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 and he answers the simple question,

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 So how does a person get saved?

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 How does a person get saved?

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 And I have to tell you, there are some of you sitting here today

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 that are not saved.

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 There are some of you that are sitting here today.

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 I don't know where you are spiritually.

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 And some of you may have made a variety of different professions.

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 You said certain prayers or whatever.

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 But really, there is no evidence of a life's transforming power

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 that is a mark of the work of God.

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 And without question, one of the ambitions of a pastor's heart

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 is to bring the gospel with clarity and simplicity

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 and to do so with the enabling of the Spirit of God

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 so that people who are struggling in the dark hopelessness of their sin

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 would be drawn to the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 As we look at John 3, verse 9,

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 let me begin by tracking the passage with you there in verse 9.

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 Nicodemus said to him,

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 How can these things be?

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 And Jesus answered him,

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 Are you the teacher of Israel?

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 And yet you do not understand these things?

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 we speak of what we know and bear witness to what we have seen,

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 but you do not receive our testimony.

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 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe,

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 how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

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 No one has ever ascended into heaven

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 except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.

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 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,

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 so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

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 that whosoever believes in him may have eternal life.

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 Will you join me in prayer?

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 Father God, it is our privilege this morning to gather freely

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 and to gather with just an unbelievable comfort

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 in the practical, physical issues.

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 But more importantly, we gather because of the work of your grace.

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 You're the one who in so many of our lives,

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 first of all, gave us that deep abiding sense of guilt and shame

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 and led us by conviction to the foot of the cross

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 where looking up we saw the Lord Jesus who had died in our place

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 and we understood that we, justly condemned,

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 had no hope except in him.

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 And you in your infinite mercy and love

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 were willing to sacrifice your own Son

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 to be the full payment for our sins.

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 And we believed and have everlasting life.

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 And you have taken us from being idolaters and pagans

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 to being worshipers of the one true God.

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 And as we study the Scriptures this morning,

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 we want our hearts to be filled,

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 to be joyful, to be encouraged.

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 And we pray, Lord, that those that are here today

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 that do not know Christ will be drawn by your grace

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 to know complete forgiveness for all of their sins

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 because of what Christ has done

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 and to trust him as their Lord and Savior.

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 And we're dependent upon you to do a great work today

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 in the preaching of your Word.

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 And it's application in the life of people.

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 And we ask this in Jesus' name.

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 Well, as we move our way through this text,

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 let me kind of break it down

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 and explain that the first part

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 is actually going to be some background,

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 and there's a reason for that.

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 I think it's always important for us

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 when we are studying Scripture

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 to take the time to get the frame

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 around which the lesson sits.

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 And if this is a superbly,

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 supremely important lesson,

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 and it is,

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 it's always very important to take some time

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 to get our hands around,

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 okay, where is the passage set?

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 And so, as we look this morning,

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 we're going to look, first of all,

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 at the fact that salvation

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 is the supernatural work of God.

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 And that is actually what chapter 3,

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 verse 1 through 8 is all about.

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 You'll remember that in John chapter 1,

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 or John chapter 3, verse 1 through 3,

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 we have the account of Nicodemus

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 coming to Jesus by night,

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 and he comes with some spiritual concern.

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 Evidently, there was a prompting of the Spirit

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 to recognize a vacancy, an emptiness,

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 and there was nothing that he could really fill it with.

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 He was a supremely accomplished leader of the Jews.

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 He was a man who understood

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 the Old Testament completely,

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 and yet, despite all this,

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 he had it all together on the outside.

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 Inside, there was an emptiness.

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 And so, we find here that he comes,

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 and one of the things that we understand

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 is that he makes it clear

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 that the religion of self-help

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 will really never offer lasting spiritual comfort.

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 And that's what Nicodemus does

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 at the very beginning.

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 He comes, and he says,

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 hey, listen, let me ask you about the kingdom.

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 And despite the fact that he was on the Sanhedrin,

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 he was a Pharisee,

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 he was the top teacher,

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 or one of them anyway,

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 here he comes to Jesus,

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 and he says, listen,

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 I need to understand a little bit more.

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 And we read in verse 3

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 that true conversion

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 is more than improved behavior.

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 Hey, we've all decided on one occasion or another

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 that we need to do something

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 to clean up the mess.

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 Haven't we?

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 We've all looked at the ugliness

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 of what's going on in our life,

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 and we may on occasion

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 kind of excuse the fact

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 that we're not as bad

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 as some of the other people we know,

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 but the truth of the matter is

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 is that in the quiet inner part of our heart,

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 we know we're not where we need to be,

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 and so, all right,

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 I need to make some improvement,

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 go buy a couple self-help books,

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 and off I go.

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 Well, I want you to understand

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 that what Jesus makes clear here

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 is that true conversion

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 is a complete restart or a new birth.

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 It's the supernatural work of God alone.

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 And here was Nicodemus coming to Jesus,

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 and he said, hey,

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 why don't we talk a little bit about the kingdom?

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 And Jesus says, hey,

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 let's cut to the chase.

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 You can't get there from here.

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 You need to be reborn.

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 And in saying that,

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 he was talking to a person

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 who had reached the very pinnacle

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 of religious excellence.

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 He was top shelf.

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 And yet for all of that,

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 when he comes to Jesus

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 with this inner emptiness,

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 Jesus says,

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 you have to start all over again

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 because you can't make it by yourself.

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 And that brings us to another truth

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 in relationship to salvation

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 that we see in verse 7 and 8.

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 And I want you to mark what it says there.

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 It says,

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 do not marvel that I say to you,

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 you must be born again.

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 The wind blows

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 where it wishes

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 and you hear it sound.

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 You do not know

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 where it comes from

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 or where it goes.

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 So,

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 it is with everyone

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 that's born of the Spirit.

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 Now, here's the point

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 that Jesus is making.

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 He's saying,

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 you don't understand

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 all the ramifications

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 and dynamics

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 of the way

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 in which the wind functions.

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 How many of you here

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 are meteorologists?

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 Anybody here

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 a meteorologist?

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 I remember

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 a number of years ago

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 there was a young man

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 that was going to OSU

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 to be a meteorologist

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 and we always just tease him

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 of the fact

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 that someday

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 he was going to be on TV.

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 I don't see him there.

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 Chris, where are you?

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 You do this for a living, right?

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 Not on TV,

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 but Chris is a meteorologist

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 for AEP.

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 And here's how that plays out.

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 Chris has to predict

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 what the weather is

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 ahead of time

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 so that AEP knows

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 whether or not

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 they need to buy extra power.

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 And if he messes up,

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 it's not just an oh-so

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 it's okay.

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 If he messes up,

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 AEP ends up

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 with not enough electricity

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 for you to stay cool

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 or not enough gas

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 for you to stay warm.

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 And when that happens,

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 Chris is in trouble.

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 You got that?

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 Well, Jesus is talking

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 about meteorology here.

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 He says,

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 you know,

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 you don't understand

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 all about the wind

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 and all how it happens

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 and blah, blah, blah.

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 But you do at least

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 see the evidence

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 that the wind is there.

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 And he says,

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 let me help you

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 understand something.

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 There are some parts

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 of spiritual conversion

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 that you just,

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 you'll never get.

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 But you can see

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 the evidence, right?

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 You don't understand,

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 how did it happen?

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 I mean,

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 how many of you

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 figured out

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 why God chose you?

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 Anybody have that one down?

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 No.

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 But when Christ

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 in his grace

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 has called you

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 to the cross,

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 one of the undeniable

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 things that changes

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 is that you are

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 not the same person

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 that you used to be.

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 Right?

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 And Jesus there

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 in seven and eight

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 is making this point.

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 True salvation

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 brings true change

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 that can be seen,

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 can be evidenced.

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 Now,

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 I want you to understand

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 that not all

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 the evidence

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 of grace

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 is manifested

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 in a moment.

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 But just as

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 Jesus' miraculous

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 healings

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 did leave

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 undeniable evidence

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 of the fact

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 that something

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 supernatural

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 had happened,

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 so you can be

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 certain of this,

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 genuine conversion

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 brings change

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 that can be noticed.

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 I can remember

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 on more than one occasion

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 praying for my grandchildren

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 and saying,

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 they need to be saved.

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 Do you know

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 what I was saying?

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 Does anybody have

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 an idea?

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 They needed

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 a little bit of help

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 besides just

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 parental encouragement.

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 Parents can deal

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 with the outside.

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 How many of you

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 understand that?

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 But at the end

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 of the day,

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 one of the greatest

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 allies in bringing

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 about genuine

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 change in a child's

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 life is not

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 good parenting,

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 good parenting

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 is important,

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 but the work

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 of the Holy Spirit.

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 Would you agree?

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 And so it's reasonable

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 for a grandparent

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 to pray,

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 oh,

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 they need

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 to be saved.

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 I want you

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 to understand

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 that this is important.

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 Jesus,

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 here in this passage,

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 is pointing out

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 that genuine conversion

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 brings undeniable evidence

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 of something being

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 different in our life.

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 So,

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 let me say this.

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 If you're here

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 this morning

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 as a professing believer

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 and you cannot

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 see any of the evidence

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 of the power

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 of the cross

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 playing out

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 in your life,

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 it would not

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 be wrong

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 for you to go back

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 and revisit

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 the question

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 of the authenticity

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 of your conversion.

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 Do you follow that?

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 I'm not all

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 that I

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 will be,

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 but because

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 of Christ,

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 I am not

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 who I used

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 to be.

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 And one of the

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 blessings that I

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 can track

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 in my life,

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 now 66,

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 is kind of look

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 at the fact

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 that even there

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 have been undulations.

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 How many of you

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 wouldn't know

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 what I mean

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 by undulations?

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 There have been

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 ups and downs.

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 But I can tell you,

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 I'm moving uphill

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 and that's the work

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 of God.

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 And Jesus says,

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 you know,

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 you don't understand

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 the wind,

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 but you do

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 see the evidence.

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 You don't understand

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 all about salvation,

00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:33.599
 but you can track

00:15:33.599 --> 00:15:34.459
 the evidence.

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 Well,

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 that brings us

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 to the question

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 that Nicodemus

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 asks

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 in verse 9.

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 How?

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 How?

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 How?

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 How can this

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 happen?

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 And what we find,

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 Jesus say,

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 second,

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 is very,

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 very important

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 because he's going

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 to come to the

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 answer later.

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 But the first thing

00:16:00.319 --> 00:16:00.859
 he wants us

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 to understand

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 is the authority

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 on which he gives

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 us the insight.

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 Salvation

00:16:07.580 --> 00:16:08.580
 salvation

00:16:08.580 --> 00:16:09.940
 is supernaturally

00:16:09.940 --> 00:16:10.680
 revealed.

00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:12.440
 Salvation

00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:14.560
 is supernaturally

00:16:14.560 --> 00:16:15.100
 revealed.

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 Look there.

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 Nicodemus

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 asked the question,

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 how can

00:16:18.259 --> 00:16:19.139
 these things

00:16:19.139 --> 00:16:19.600
 be?

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 Jesus answered

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 him,

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 are you

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 the,

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 the,

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 the,

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 the,

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 the,

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 the,

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 the,

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 the,

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 the,

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 come on,

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 help me out

00:16:28.780 --> 00:16:29.000
 here,

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 are you a teacher?

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 We got plenty

00:16:32.779 --> 00:16:33.100
 of them.

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 Are you

00:16:34.340 --> 00:16:35.439
 the teacher?

00:16:35.579 --> 00:16:36.019
 What's that?

00:16:36.220 --> 00:16:36.980
 You're the top

00:16:36.980 --> 00:16:38.000
 of the food chain.

00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:39.019
 Okay?

00:16:39.319 --> 00:16:40.000
 And Jesus

00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:41.319
 says to Nicodemus,

00:16:41.419 --> 00:16:42.059
 are you

00:16:42.059 --> 00:16:42.919
 the

00:16:42.919 --> 00:16:44.159
 teacher

00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:44.939
 of Israel?

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 This guy

00:16:45.959 --> 00:16:46.879
 was way up

00:16:46.879 --> 00:16:47.120
 there.

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 And here was a guy,

00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:50.100
 and by the way,

00:16:51.439 --> 00:16:51.799
 you know,

00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:52.980
 we were talking

00:16:52.980 --> 00:16:53.779
 with Pastor Andrew

00:16:53.779 --> 00:16:54.899
 about ordination.

00:16:55.500 --> 00:16:56.220
 He's not here

00:16:56.220 --> 00:16:56.919
 to defend himself

00:16:56.919 --> 00:16:57.399
 this morning,

00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:58.259
 so you can tell him

00:16:58.259 --> 00:16:58.779
 I said this,

00:16:58.840 --> 00:16:59.340
 but eventually,

00:16:59.779 --> 00:17:00.379
 Lord willing,

00:17:00.379 --> 00:17:01.220
 we will go about

00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:02.019
 having an ordination

00:17:02.019 --> 00:17:02.639
 council here,

00:17:02.659 --> 00:17:03.419
 and I can tell you

00:17:03.419 --> 00:17:04.539
 that the review

00:17:04.539 --> 00:17:05.200
 and the preparation

00:17:05.200 --> 00:17:06.339
 for his ordination

00:17:06.339 --> 00:17:07.059
 will be worse

00:17:07.059 --> 00:17:07.920
 than what he will

00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:08.299
 go through

00:17:08.299 --> 00:17:09.779
 when he's examined

00:17:09.779 --> 00:17:10.720
 by other pastors

00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:14.440
 because the inside

00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:15.359
 work is going to be

00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:16.039
 heavy lifting

00:17:16.039 --> 00:17:17.279
 for our young man,

00:17:17.359 --> 00:17:17.579
 right?

00:17:17.700 --> 00:17:17.839
 Okay?

00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:19.559
 But in the old days,

00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:20.619
 ordination councils

00:17:20.619 --> 00:17:21.119
 were just,

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 I mean,

00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:22.859
 here's what they would do.

00:17:22.940 --> 00:17:23.440
 They would say,

00:17:23.680 --> 00:17:23.819
 well,

00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:24.299
 you know what?

00:17:25.019 --> 00:17:25.819
 We would like you

00:17:25.819 --> 00:17:26.839
 to recite

00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:29.079
 Psalm 109.

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 The guy was expected

00:17:31.259 --> 00:17:31.659
 to be able

00:17:31.659 --> 00:17:32.720
 to do that cold turkey.

00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:35.619
 The expectations

00:17:35.619 --> 00:17:36.419
 and ordination

00:17:36.419 --> 00:17:37.119
 were phenomenal,

00:17:37.379 --> 00:17:39.199
 but that even paled

00:17:39.199 --> 00:17:40.699
 in relationship

00:17:40.699 --> 00:17:42.399
 to what a teacher

00:17:42.399 --> 00:17:43.000
 in Israel

00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:43.679
 was expected

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 to know

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 about the Old Testament.

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 Rumor has it

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 that,

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 and by the way,

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 they didn't want

00:17:50.839 --> 00:17:51.460
 to mess with

00:17:51.460 --> 00:17:52.980
 the scrolls,

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 but rumor has it

00:17:54.240 --> 00:17:55.579
 that if a rabbi

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 took a pin,

00:17:57.039 --> 00:17:57.839
 remember scrolls?

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 They were sheepskins.

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 They were kind of

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 sewed together

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 and they were

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 on these big rolls,

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 right?

00:18:02.860 --> 00:18:03.539
 And they would

00:18:03.539 --> 00:18:04.460
 take a little needle

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 and they would

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 kind of bore through

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 about four pages

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 and then they would

00:18:08.700 --> 00:18:09.539
 say to the rabbi,

00:18:09.940 --> 00:18:10.559
 what letter

00:18:10.559 --> 00:18:11.960
 of the Hebrew alphabet

00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:13.120
 is this pin

00:18:13.120 --> 00:18:13.900
 resting on?

00:18:14.200 --> 00:18:15.200
 They had to know

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 it pretty well.

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 You get that?

00:18:17.480 --> 00:18:18.579
 And so here

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 is Jesus,

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 and this is kind

00:18:21.640 --> 00:18:22.980
 of a backhanded slap.

00:18:23.059 --> 00:18:23.559
 Do you follow me?

00:18:24.279 --> 00:18:24.640
 Pow!

00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:26.740
 Are you the teacher

00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:27.500
 of Israel

00:18:27.500 --> 00:18:29.660
 and yet

00:18:29.660 --> 00:18:30.480
 you do not

00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:31.600
 understand these things?

00:18:31.700 --> 00:18:31.860
 Now,

00:18:32.120 --> 00:18:32.900
 verse 11,

00:18:33.259 --> 00:18:33.560
 truly,

00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:34.000
 truly,

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 pay attention.

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 When you see

00:18:36.280 --> 00:18:36.759
 a truly,

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 truly,

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 or if you're

00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:38.480
 in the King James,

00:18:38.580 --> 00:18:39.080
 it's verily,

00:18:39.180 --> 00:18:39.460
 verily,

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 do you know

00:18:40.080 --> 00:18:40.759
 what that is?

00:18:42.520 --> 00:18:43.540
 That's a little bit

00:18:43.540 --> 00:18:44.460
 like the teacher

00:18:44.460 --> 00:18:47.860
 who grabs

00:18:47.860 --> 00:18:48.780
 the chalk

00:18:48.779 --> 00:18:50.599
 and says,

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 this will be

00:18:52.099 --> 00:18:53.899
 on the test.

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 It's pay attention time.

00:18:56.339 --> 00:18:57.099
 Jesus says,

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 I say to you,

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 we speak of what

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 we know

00:19:00.099 --> 00:19:01.399
 and bear witness

00:19:01.399 --> 00:19:02.660
 of what we have seen,

00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:03.859
 but you do not

00:19:03.859 --> 00:19:04.940
 receive our testimony.

00:19:06.460 --> 00:19:06.859
 Now,

00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:07.639
 let's go back

00:19:07.639 --> 00:19:09.139
 and let's pay

00:19:09.139 --> 00:19:09.720
 a little attention

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 because it helps

00:19:10.700 --> 00:19:11.680
 to pay attention.

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 Earlier in John

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 chapter 3,

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 Jesus in verse 3

00:19:16.319 --> 00:19:16.660
 says,

00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:16.960
 truly,

00:19:17.099 --> 00:19:17.299
 truly,

00:19:17.299 --> 00:19:18.700
 I say to you,

00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:21.259
 and then in verse 5,

00:19:21.399 --> 00:19:21.639
 truly,

00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:22.019
 truly,

00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:23.440
 I say to you,

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 and we find

00:19:25.059 --> 00:19:26.039
 that he is speaking

00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:27.000
 in the first person.

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 Now,

00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:28.799
 he goes to the plural,

00:19:28.899 --> 00:19:29.099
 we.

00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:31.039
 Who's the we?

00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:34.720
 There are times

00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:35.460
 when my wife

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 will say,

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 we need to pick that up

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 and I say,

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 we do?

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 I go ahead

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 and pick it up,

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 but I want you

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 to understand

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 that sometimes

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 the other side of me

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 says,

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 do you have a mouse

00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:46.799
 in your pocket?

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 You know,

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 it's like,

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 where's the we?

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 When Jesus says,

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 we,

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 he is not just using

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 the divine plural,

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 he is speaking clearly

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 and accurately

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 for our sake.

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 Where's the we?

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 In the Old Testament,

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 in order to have

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 a matter verified,

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 you had to have

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 more than what?

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 One witness.

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 We meets the requirement.

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 Who are the witnesses?

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 As you look at this passage,

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 here is the Old Testament

00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:17.019
 scholar saying,

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 how does a man get saved?

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 And Jesus says,

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 what's the problem

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 with you,

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 Bubba?

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 Don't you understand

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 that there are ample

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 witnesses to this issue

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 of salvation?

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 Well,

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 let's deal with the facts.

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 The we

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 is the two-fold testimony

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 on salvation.

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 First of all,

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 the Bible reveals the truth.

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 And we know this

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 because of what we find

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 there in verse 10 and 11.

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 Here was a teacher

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 of the Old Testament,

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 particularly one who was

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 atop of the heap,

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 and Jesus says,

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 you ought to have got

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 this by now.

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 Now,

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 I want you to understand

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 that earlier

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 in John 3,

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 you'll remember in verse 6,

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 and let's go back

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 just for a moment

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 to verse 6,

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 when Jesus says this,

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 that which is born

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 of the flesh

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 is flesh,

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 and that which is born

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 of the Spirit

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 is Spirit.

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 You remember also

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 that he said,

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 that which is born

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 of water

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 and of the Spirit.

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 And when he makes

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 that statement,

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 Jesus,

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 speaking to the

00:21:20.099 --> 00:21:21.819
 Old Testament scholar,

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 was making a recitation,

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 or he was relying

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 upon Ezekiel chapter 36.

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 And he expected

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 Nicodemus

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 to understand

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 that reference.

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 So now here he says,

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 hey, listen,

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 we,

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 for one,

00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:40.919
 the Old Testament

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 speaks of salvation

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 through faith alone.

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 But there's a second testimony

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 that has to be accepted

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 or understood

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 or at least heard,

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 and that is that

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 the Son of Man

00:21:54.059 --> 00:21:55.000
 or Son of God

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 reveals the truth.

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 What we have next

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 in verse 13

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 is here is Jesus

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 pointing out

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 that he,

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 in his divine nature,

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 is allowed to speak

00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:06.000
 with authority

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 about what heaven is.

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 Verse 13,

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 No one has ascended

00:22:10.520 --> 00:22:11.600
 into heaven

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 except he who descended

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 from heaven,

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 and who does he say

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 that is?

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 The Son of Man.

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 He's talking about himself.

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 He says,

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 I'm the one.

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 We got the Old Testament

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 who's telling you

00:22:23.460 --> 00:22:24.600
 the truth about salvation,

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 but there is another person,

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 and it's me

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 and who I am.

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 I'm the Son of Man,

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 Son of God,

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 and I have authority

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 to speak about heaven

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 because I came down

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 from there.

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 A little side shot.

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 How many of you,

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 well,

00:22:47.759 --> 00:22:48.460
 I don't want to have you

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 raise your hands,

00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:49.660
 so let's just kind of

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 stay with it this way.

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 Any of you heard

00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:55.680
 of Don Piper?

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 Not John Piper,

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.420
 Don Piper.

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 Don Piper wrote

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 a very popular,

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 it was a bestseller

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 for a little while.

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 You can find it

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 on the used discounts,

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 and you know,

00:23:07.620 --> 00:23:08.400
 it's where those books

00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:09.779
 now go after they're done

00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:11.259
 making money.

00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:12.920
 And Don Piper,

00:23:13.120 --> 00:23:14.160
 had a bad accident,

00:23:14.299 --> 00:23:15.279
 and he had a dream

00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:16.019
 that he went to heaven,

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 and so, hey,

00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:18.240
 if you want to sell books,

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 have some kind

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.799
 of catastrophic event,

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 and then say you came

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 back from the dead,

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 and people will buy

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.299
 your book.

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 And then there's

00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:25.200
 a better one,

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:26.559
 well, it's a newer one.

00:23:27.100 --> 00:23:28.680
 We have Todd Burpo.

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 Anybody heard Todd Burpo?

00:23:30.860 --> 00:23:32.079
 I mean, there's a movie,

00:23:32.380 --> 00:23:32.980
 Todd Burpo.

00:23:33.840 --> 00:23:34.720
 Heaven is for real.

00:23:35.759 --> 00:23:36.539
 I want to tell you

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:37.019
 a little secret.

00:23:37.360 --> 00:23:38.400
 If you believe the Bible,

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:39.600
 you can't believe Todd Burpo.

00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:40.940
 Let me say that again slowly

00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:42.220
 because I said it too fast.

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:46.120
 If you believe the Bible,

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:49.559
 you can't believe Todd Burpo's

00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:51.500
 explanation of what heaven is.

00:23:53.120 --> 00:23:54.220
 Why would I say that?

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.799
 Well, take your finger.

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:59.039
 I'm being a little testy here,

00:23:59.100 --> 00:23:59.980
 but bear with me, okay?

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:02.160
 I want you to put your finger

00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:02.940
 on verse 13

00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:04.440
 and read that in the English

00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:05.259
 to yourself.

00:24:06.319 --> 00:24:07.440
 No one has ascended

00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:08.019
 into heaven

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:09.319
 except he who descended

00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:09.940
 from heaven,

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:10.740
 the Son of Man.

00:24:13.140 --> 00:24:14.279
 What does that tell you

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:15.319
 about what Todd Burpo

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:15.860
 wrote about?

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.319
 Hello?

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:22.259
 It's a great fantasy.

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:25.120
 What I think heaven's like.

00:24:25.119 --> 00:24:29.119
 Would that sell books?

00:24:29.199 --> 00:24:29.639
 What do you think?

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.359
 Nah.

00:24:32.479 --> 00:24:33.359
 But when you say,

00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:34.039
 I died,

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:35.039
 I went there,

00:24:35.179 --> 00:24:36.619
 I see a big blue Holy Spirit

00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:37.599
 and I see blah, blah, blah.

00:24:38.079 --> 00:24:38.959
 I was like, yeah.

00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:40.059
 You know what?

00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:41.319
 You can stack them all together.

00:24:42.699 --> 00:24:43.719
 Jesus on this side says,

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:44.699
 nobody else has been there.

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.199
 I came down

00:24:46.199 --> 00:24:46.759
 and I'm going to tell you

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.159
 the truth.

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.639
 So you got your choice.

00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:50.579
 Just don't go buy

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:51.259
 the extra books.

00:24:51.459 --> 00:24:52.019
 Stick with this one.

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:53.900
 So here we are.

00:24:54.879 --> 00:24:55.539
 Jesus says,

00:24:55.639 --> 00:24:56.579
 I want you to understand

00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:57.680
 this is how

00:24:57.680 --> 00:24:59.259
 you understand

00:24:59.259 --> 00:25:01.039
 the issue of salvation.

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:02.579
 You've got the word of God

00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.740
 and you've got me.

00:25:05.420 --> 00:25:06.500
 I want you to turn back

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:07.160
 just for a moment

00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:08.240
 to John chapter 1,

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:09.019
 verse 18.

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:11.240
 John chapter 1,

00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:11.779
 verse 18,

00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.079
 it says,

00:25:12.220 --> 00:25:14.759
 no one has ever seen God.

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:16.660
 There's another shot

00:25:16.660 --> 00:25:17.480
 for Don Piper

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.299
 and Todd Burpo.

00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:21.039
 No one has ever seen God,

00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:21.799
 the only God

00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:23.139
 who is at the Father's side.

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:24.879
 He has made him known.

00:25:29.980 --> 00:25:31.399
 In John's opening lesson,

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.319
 what we find here

00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:33.319
 is that Jesus says,

00:25:33.399 --> 00:25:33.539
 you know,

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:34.099
 I'm the light,

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:34.559
 the truth,

00:25:35.019 --> 00:25:36.059
 and I'm the one,

00:25:36.180 --> 00:25:37.099
 I am the only one

00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:38.159
 who reveals the truth

00:25:38.159 --> 00:25:39.659
 of salvation

00:25:39.659 --> 00:25:40.419
 and eternity.

00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:42.700
 Christ is the only one

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.399
 who has descended

00:25:43.399 --> 00:25:43.919
 from heaven

00:25:43.919 --> 00:25:45.139
 and so can speak

00:25:45.139 --> 00:25:45.940
 accurately.

00:25:47.139 --> 00:25:47.940
 And so I want you

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:48.440
 to understand

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:50.960
 as Jesus begins

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:52.279
 to answer the question

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:54.680
 that Nicodemus asked,

00:25:54.820 --> 00:25:56.120
 how do you get saved?

00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:01.600
 Nicodemus hears this response.

00:26:01.820 --> 00:26:02.500
 Well, number one,

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:03.160
 you have to believe

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:04.400
 what the Old Testament says

00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:05.580
 and number two,

00:26:05.620 --> 00:26:06.059
 you better believe

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.920
 what I have to tell you.

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:09.299
 So let's move forward

00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:11.039
 into what we understand now

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:12.620
 in the remaining part

00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:13.180
 of the passage

00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:14.220
 where we find Jesus

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:15.059
 to make it clear

00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:16.380
 that salvation

00:26:16.380 --> 00:26:18.039
 is something

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:19.019
 that starts with sin

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:19.900
 and looks to Jesus.

00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:22.160
 And so I want you

00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:22.539
 to look

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:25.180
 at Numbers chapter 21,

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:26.779
 verse 1 through 9.

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:30.620
 I saw a picture

00:26:30.620 --> 00:26:33.079
 on Facebook

00:26:33.079 --> 00:26:35.400
 of a friend of mine

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:36.019
 who's a pastor.

00:26:36.440 --> 00:26:37.339
 He'd gone to

00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:39.860
 Answers in Genesis

00:26:39.860 --> 00:26:42.539
 and he and his grandchildren

00:26:42.539 --> 00:26:43.180
 were down there

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:44.039
 and I guess they have

00:26:44.039 --> 00:26:45.420
 a pet boa constrictor

00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:46.720
 that is down there

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.480
 for entertainment.

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:47.860
 You know,

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.900
 there were about

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.920
 six or seven of them

00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:51.060
 holding this pet boa

00:26:51.060 --> 00:26:53.080
 and this large snake

00:26:53.080 --> 00:26:53.860
 was draped over

00:26:53.860 --> 00:26:54.720
 all their shoulders

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.420
 and they were sitting

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:56.140
 there grinning.

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:58.900
 I do not grin

00:26:58.900 --> 00:27:00.120
 when I am in the proximity

00:27:00.120 --> 00:27:00.680
 of snakes.

00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:01.600
 Snakes and me

00:27:01.600 --> 00:27:02.539
 are like death.

00:27:03.220 --> 00:27:03.980
 One of us

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.860
 is going to die.

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.039
 Now you know

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:08.000
 I grew up in India

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:09.920
 and growing up in India

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:10.620
 there was never

00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:11.320
 any question

00:27:11.320 --> 00:27:12.360
 when you saw a snake,

00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:13.859
 are you one of those

00:27:13.859 --> 00:27:15.779
 that causes death

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.719
 or are you just

00:27:16.719 --> 00:27:17.579
 one of these little things

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.179
 that goes around

00:27:18.179 --> 00:27:19.359
 eating eggs and bugs

00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:20.240
 and stuff like that?

00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:21.679
 When you saw a snake

00:27:21.679 --> 00:27:23.279
 you grabbed something long

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:24.619
 and you kept on hitting it

00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:25.799
 until it was dead.

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:27.519
 Snakes were hated.

00:27:30.659 --> 00:27:32.359
 Numbers chapter 21.

00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:32.939
 verse 21.

00:27:36.679 --> 00:27:37.959
 We kind of pick up here

00:27:37.959 --> 00:27:40.359
 after verse 3.

00:27:42.099 --> 00:27:42.939
 They had a little bit

00:27:42.939 --> 00:27:43.479
 of difficulty

00:27:43.479 --> 00:27:44.179
 in the journey

00:27:44.179 --> 00:27:46.139
 and in this particular case

00:27:46.139 --> 00:27:47.219
 it says from Mont Hor

00:27:47.219 --> 00:27:48.099
 verse 4

00:27:48.099 --> 00:27:49.099
 they set out

00:27:49.099 --> 00:27:50.179
 by the way of the Red Sea

00:27:50.179 --> 00:27:50.819
 to go around

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.559
 the land of Edom

00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:52.019
 and the people

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:52.879
 became impatient

00:27:52.879 --> 00:27:53.479
 on the way.

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:54.639
 Hello?

00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:56.500
 How many would like

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.299
 to get there already?

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:58.299
 Okay.

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.319
 I would.

00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:05.319
 And verse 5

00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:06.399
 when we get impatient

00:28:06.399 --> 00:28:07.339
 there is a tendency

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:08.500
 to do verse 5.

00:28:09.159 --> 00:28:09.700
 And the people

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.779
 spoke against God

00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.619
 and against Moses.

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.519
 Now listen to what

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:13.279
 they had to say.

00:28:13.639 --> 00:28:14.559
 Why have you brought us

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:16.220
 out up out of Egypt

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:17.539
 to die in the wilderness

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:19.680
 and for there is no food

00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.379
 and no water

00:28:20.379 --> 00:28:22.480
 there is no food

00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:25.119
 and we loathe this food.

00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:26.899
 Now how can you put

00:28:26.899 --> 00:28:27.579
 those two together

00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.239
 logically?

00:28:28.399 --> 00:28:28.899
 Do you follow me?

00:28:29.459 --> 00:28:30.559
 We have no food

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:31.500
 we have no water

00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:32.539
 and we hate the stuff

00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:33.379
 you're feeding us.

00:28:35.199 --> 00:28:35.699
 How many of you

00:28:35.699 --> 00:28:36.479
 understand the logic

00:28:36.479 --> 00:28:37.079
 that's kind of

00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:38.239
 not working?

00:28:39.899 --> 00:28:40.079
 Who?

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.619
 Verse 6

00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:46.039
 So then the Lord

00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:47.239
 sent fiery serpents

00:28:47.239 --> 00:28:47.919
 among the people

00:28:47.919 --> 00:28:48.879
 and they bit the people

00:28:48.879 --> 00:28:50.319
 so that many people

00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:51.399
 of Israel died.

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:54.079
 Now this was

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:56.500
 a supernatural

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:58.220
 snake rodeo.

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.899
 Do you follow that?

00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.740
 I mean they came out

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:00.779
 of all over the place.

00:29:01.179 --> 00:29:01.939
 Remember the quail

00:29:01.939 --> 00:29:02.379
 that came?

00:29:02.659 --> 00:29:03.179
 They were fussing

00:29:03.179 --> 00:29:04.039
 about not having meat

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.960
 and God just brought

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:07.039
 just a whole flock.

00:29:07.159 --> 00:29:08.379
 I mean it says

00:29:08.379 --> 00:29:09.779
 that they ate meat

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.799
 until they kind of

00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:11.759
 got sick of it.

00:29:13.199 --> 00:29:13.839
 Some of them

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:14.460
 died there too.

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:15.720
 So here they are.

00:29:15.879 --> 00:29:16.339
 We have all

00:29:16.339 --> 00:29:17.599
 how many of you

00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:18.339
 just love snakes?

00:29:20.659 --> 00:29:21.579
 Put your hand down.

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:27.299
 I hate snakes.

00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:27.980
 Do you hate snakes?

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.619
 All the snake haters

00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:30.059
 stand up.

00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:30.559
 No forget it.

00:29:30.619 --> 00:29:30.939
 That's alright.

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:31.819
 Okay listen.

00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:33.859
 I mean here they are

00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:34.720
 out of nowhere

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.980
 snakes all over the place

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:36.879
 and biting people

00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:37.819
 and people dying.

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.619
 How many of you

00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:41.319
 remember the old

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:42.139
 black and white movies

00:29:42.139 --> 00:29:42.919
 when a guy got bit

00:29:42.919 --> 00:29:43.379
 by a snake

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:44.139
 and he took his knife

00:29:44.139 --> 00:29:44.799
 and he cut himself

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.659
 and just sucked the blood out

00:29:45.659 --> 00:29:46.379
 and spit it over

00:29:46.379 --> 00:29:46.859
 to the side?

00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:48.039
 Doesn't work.

00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:50.799
 Does not work.

00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:54.240
 And before Hollywood

00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:55.180
 people just died.

00:29:55.399 --> 00:29:55.839
 You know it's like

00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:56.599
 just dead.

00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:57.859
 Snake bite.

00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:59.339
 Left and right.

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.879
 And so the people

00:30:01.879 --> 00:30:03.180
 this is nice.

00:30:04.139 --> 00:30:04.819
 Verse 7

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.359
 look at it.

00:30:06.799 --> 00:30:07.740
 The people came to Moses

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.000
 and said

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:10.039
 we have sinned.

00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:12.419
 Hello.

00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:14.079
 Have you ever

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:14.599
 wondered

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:16.019
 why God brings

00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.539
 some things

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.500
 into some of our lives

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:17.940
 that sometimes

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:18.720
 to get our attention?

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:20.779
 And this time

00:30:20.779 --> 00:30:21.640
 the people at least

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:22.299
 did the math

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:23.019
 and they figured out

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.940
 that what was going on

00:30:23.940 --> 00:30:25.100
 was because of their sin

00:30:25.100 --> 00:30:25.400
 and they said

00:30:25.400 --> 00:30:25.960
 yeah yeah

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.700
 we've done wrong.

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:27.519
 We've sinned.

00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:29.720
 And he said

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:30.519
 pray to the Lord

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.600
 that he would take away

00:30:31.600 --> 00:30:32.680
 the serpents from us.

00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.819
 So Moses prayed

00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:34.400
 for the people

00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:36.180
 and the Lord said

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.579
 to Moses

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:38.220
 make a fiery serpent

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:39.339
 and set it on a pole

00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:40.900
 everybody who is bitten

00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:41.839
 when he sees it

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.660
 shall live.

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:45.480
 I've got to speed forward

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:45.960
 a little bit.

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:46.880
 In this case

00:30:46.880 --> 00:30:47.380
 what happened

00:30:47.380 --> 00:30:49.080
 is that Moses

00:30:49.080 --> 00:30:50.800
 made a serpent

00:30:50.800 --> 00:30:52.080
 kind of a

00:30:52.080 --> 00:30:53.200
 facsimile

00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:53.640
 or whatever

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:54.260
 of a snake

00:30:54.260 --> 00:30:55.080
 and put it up

00:30:55.080 --> 00:30:55.640
 on a pole

00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:56.300
 high

00:30:56.300 --> 00:30:58.580
 and then he went

00:30:58.580 --> 00:30:59.320
 through the camp

00:30:59.320 --> 00:30:59.640
 and he said

00:30:59.640 --> 00:30:59.940
 listen

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.700
 if you've been bit

00:31:00.700 --> 00:31:01.380
 by a snake

00:31:01.380 --> 00:31:03.360
 look at this

00:31:03.360 --> 00:31:05.980
 and you won't die.

00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:14.320
 And those

00:31:14.320 --> 00:31:15.140
 who looked

00:31:15.140 --> 00:31:16.160
 lived.

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:17.740
 now

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.500
 let's

00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:19.340
 take that

00:31:19.340 --> 00:31:19.800
 picture

00:31:19.800 --> 00:31:20.759
 and go back

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.560
 if you will

00:31:21.560 --> 00:31:23.900
 to John

00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:24.620
 chapter 3

00:31:24.620 --> 00:31:25.540
 because it's important

00:31:25.540 --> 00:31:26.200
 for us to make

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:26.960
 this connection.

00:31:27.580 --> 00:31:27.920
 Now listen

00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:29.759
 here is

00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:30.480
 Nicodemus

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:31.360
 coming to Jesus

00:31:31.360 --> 00:31:31.779
 and he said

00:31:31.779 --> 00:31:33.680
 help me understand

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:34.500
 you mean

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:35.160
 I can't work

00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:35.960
 my way into heaven

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.940
 by being a good Jew

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.860
 and keeping the law

00:31:37.860 --> 00:31:38.740
 and you know

00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.680
 being a Pharisee

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:40.480
 and being a teacher

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:41.540
 and you know

00:31:41.540 --> 00:31:42.420
 I'm a pretty good person

00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:43.040
 at least I'm better

00:31:43.040 --> 00:31:43.400
 than the guy

00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:44.120
 across the street

00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:44.379
 you know

00:31:44.379 --> 00:31:45.619
 I'm alright

00:31:45.619 --> 00:31:46.099
 and he says

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:46.579
 no no no

00:31:46.579 --> 00:31:47.139
 you can't do it

00:31:47.139 --> 00:31:47.519
 that way

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:49.239
 well how

00:31:49.239 --> 00:31:49.519
 how

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:51.459
 oh

00:31:51.459 --> 00:31:52.859
 do you remember

00:31:52.859 --> 00:31:53.559
 Nicodemus

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:54.239
 the story

00:31:54.239 --> 00:31:55.259
 about the time

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:56.279
 that God sent

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:57.119
 serpents

00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:57.939
 into the camp

00:31:57.939 --> 00:31:59.699
 and a lot of them

00:31:59.699 --> 00:32:00.379
 were dying

00:32:00.379 --> 00:32:03.000
 and Moses

00:32:03.000 --> 00:32:04.459
 made a bronze

00:32:04.459 --> 00:32:05.039
 snake

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:05.719
 and put it up

00:32:05.719 --> 00:32:06.539
 on a stick

00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:08.279
 remember that story

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:09.379
 yeah yeah yeah

00:32:09.380 --> 00:32:10.540
 oh okay

00:32:10.540 --> 00:32:11.280
 we got that one

00:32:11.280 --> 00:32:12.460
 and then Jesus

00:32:12.460 --> 00:32:13.220
 says this

00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:13.800
 look there

00:32:13.800 --> 00:32:15.240
 as Moses

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:16.000
 lifted up

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.480
 the serpent

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:17.100
 in the wilderness

00:32:17.100 --> 00:32:18.080
 so must

00:32:18.080 --> 00:32:18.800
 the son

00:32:18.800 --> 00:32:19.560
 of man

00:32:19.560 --> 00:32:20.720
 be lifted up

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:23.340
 that whosoever

00:32:23.340 --> 00:32:24.160
 believes

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:25.040
 on him

00:32:25.040 --> 00:32:26.000
 may have

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.880
 eternal life

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:30.960
 so what really

00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:31.640
 was happening

00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:34.380
 in the old

00:32:34.380 --> 00:32:34.780
 testament

00:32:34.780 --> 00:32:36.760
 when the Jew

00:32:36.760 --> 00:32:37.640
 looked at that

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:38.080
 snake

00:32:38.079 --> 00:32:38.899
 on a stick

00:32:38.899 --> 00:32:41.419
 on a pole

00:32:41.419 --> 00:32:42.359
 some of you

00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:42.599
 are thinking

00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:43.039
 hot dog

00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:43.480
 on a stick

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:43.919
 so that's why

00:32:43.919 --> 00:32:44.599
 he changed it

00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:45.399
 so you know

00:32:45.399 --> 00:32:45.960
 when you looked

00:32:45.960 --> 00:32:46.960
 at a snake

00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.579
 on a pole

00:32:47.579 --> 00:32:48.699
 what was happening

00:32:48.699 --> 00:32:50.980
 what was the

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.960
 significance of that

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:56.839
 I want you to

00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:57.220
 understand

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.799
 first of all

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.240
 there was an

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:59.000
 admission of guilt

00:32:59.000 --> 00:33:02.899
 many many

00:33:02.899 --> 00:33:03.460
 people

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:04.699
 had been bitten

00:33:04.699 --> 00:33:05.579
 by the snakes

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:07.000
 all over the place

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:08.859
 and Moses

00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.480
 said to them

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:10.700
 if you are

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.660
 willing to look

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:12.720
 at that snake

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.480
 up there on the

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:13.819
 pole

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:14.859
 you'll live

00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:16.599
 in essence

00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:17.500
 what looking at

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:17.940
 the snake

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:18.559
 represented

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:19.200
 is saying

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:19.819
 hey

00:33:19.819 --> 00:33:21.359
 I have sinned

00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:22.460
 and I deserve

00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:23.819
 death by snake

00:33:23.819 --> 00:33:27.660
 but amazingly

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:29.759
 they also

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.220
 understood

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:31.000
 that there was

00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.500
 faith

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:32.579
 in God's

00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:33.119
 promise

00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:33.779
 of undeserved

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.279
 grace

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:35.980
 now can you

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:36.539
 understand

00:33:36.539 --> 00:33:37.619
 the simplicity

00:33:37.619 --> 00:33:39.099
 the absolute

00:33:39.099 --> 00:33:39.899
 almost

00:33:39.899 --> 00:33:41.399
 illogical

00:33:41.399 --> 00:33:42.019
 connection

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.519
 between

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:43.680
 getting bit

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:44.399
 by a snake

00:33:44.399 --> 00:33:45.240
 which is very

00:33:45.240 --> 00:33:45.839
 real

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:47.839
 and looking

00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:49.759
 at something

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.519
 in the air

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:51.720
 and being

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:52.160
 saved

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:54.759
 it seems

00:33:54.759 --> 00:33:55.480
 counterintuitive

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:56.139
 doesn't it

00:33:56.139 --> 00:33:57.740
 so what do I

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:58.099
 have to do

00:33:58.099 --> 00:33:58.700
 to be saved

00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:59.899
 I've been bit

00:33:59.899 --> 00:34:00.559
 by a snake

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:01.639
 you got to do

00:34:01.639 --> 00:34:02.539
 something for me

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.980
 and we do

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:04.500
 understand

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:04.839
 that the

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:05.519
 Hollywood deal

00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.159
 of cutting

00:34:06.159 --> 00:34:06.659
 your skin

00:34:06.659 --> 00:34:07.079
 and spitting

00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:07.579
 out the blood

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:08.259
 doesn't work

00:34:08.259 --> 00:34:09.079
 so what do I

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:09.440
 do

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:11.199
 you look

00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:12.860
 all you do

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.380
 is look

00:34:13.380 --> 00:34:17.599
 I want you

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:18.119
 to turn to

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:18.500
 one other

00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:19.019
 passage

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:19.940
 this morning

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:21.880
 I love

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.340
 this one

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:24.519
 this is a

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:24.980
 great one

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:25.800
 Luke chapter

00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:26.400
 23

00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:28.139
 verse 40

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:29.400
 and 43

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:31.139
 Jesus is

00:34:31.139 --> 00:34:31.500
 hanging

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:32.579
 on the

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:33.019
 cross

00:34:33.019 --> 00:34:34.460
 he is

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:34.760
 hanging

00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:35.139
 between

00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:36.059
 two thieves

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:36.400
 do you

00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:36.860
 follow that

00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:40.180
 I want you

00:34:40.180 --> 00:34:40.340
 to look

00:34:40.340 --> 00:34:40.539
 in your

00:34:40.539 --> 00:34:40.740
 Bible

00:34:40.740 --> 00:34:41.059
 I want you

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.240
 to put

00:34:41.240 --> 00:34:41.639
 your eyes

00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:42.240
 on this

00:34:42.240 --> 00:34:45.840
 Luke

00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:46.680
 put your

00:34:46.680 --> 00:34:46.920
 eyes

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:47.260
 on this

00:34:47.260 --> 00:34:47.740
 passage

00:34:47.740 --> 00:34:50.400
 one of the

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:50.700
 criminals

00:34:50.700 --> 00:34:51.440
 verse 39

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:51.940
 this is one

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:52.099
 of the

00:34:52.099 --> 00:34:52.440
 criminals

00:34:52.440 --> 00:34:53.800
 one of the

00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:54.139
 criminals

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:54.480
 who were

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:54.940
 hanged

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.320
 railed

00:34:55.320 --> 00:34:55.599
 at him

00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:55.900
 saying

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:56.360
 are you

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:56.860
 not the

00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:57.180
 Christ

00:34:57.180 --> 00:34:57.599
 save

00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:57.960
 yourself

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.480
 and us

00:34:58.480 --> 00:35:00.780
 but the

00:35:00.780 --> 00:35:00.960
 other

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.420
 rebuked

00:35:01.420 --> 00:35:01.539
 him

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:01.860
 saying

00:35:01.860 --> 00:35:02.380
 do you

00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:03.000
 not fear

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:03.380
 God

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:03.900
 since you

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:04.380
 are under

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:05.240
 the same

00:35:05.240 --> 00:35:05.840
 sentence

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:06.860
 of condemnation

00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:07.280
 now listen

00:35:07.280 --> 00:35:08.039
 to verse 41

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:09.920
 we indeed

00:35:09.920 --> 00:35:11.240
 justly

00:35:11.240 --> 00:35:13.159
 for we

00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:13.820
 are receiving

00:35:13.820 --> 00:35:14.519
 the due

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.139
 reward

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:15.619
 of our

00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:16.380
 deeds

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:17.699
 do you

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:17.860
 know what

00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:18.019
 he was

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:18.280
 saying

00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:19.960
 we deserve

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:20.199
 to be

00:35:20.199 --> 00:35:20.519
 on this

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:20.900
 cross

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:22.900
 because

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.380
 what has

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:23.699
 happened

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:24.240
 to us

00:35:24.240 --> 00:35:24.940
 is justice

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:27.039
 we're

00:35:27.039 --> 00:35:27.460
 receiving

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:27.820
 the

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:29.619
 right

00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:30.760
 and truthful

00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:31.320
 penalty

00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:31.920
 for our

00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:32.760
 rebellious

00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:33.380
 behavior

00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:35.539
 but not

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:36.000
 Jesus

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:38.800
 and then

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:39.179
 he says

00:35:39.179 --> 00:35:39.579
 there in

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:40.220
 verse 42

00:35:40.220 --> 00:35:40.519
 he says

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:40.840
 Jesus

00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:41.360
 remember

00:35:41.360 --> 00:35:41.700
 me

00:35:41.700 --> 00:35:43.300
 when you

00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:43.659
 come into

00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:43.820
 your

00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:44.119
 kingdom

00:35:44.119 --> 00:35:47.139
 so

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:48.179
 what

00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:48.539
 Jesus

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:49.099
 is saying

00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:49.519
 over there

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:49.920
 in John

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.700
 chapter 3

00:35:50.700 --> 00:35:53.519
 follows this

00:35:53.519 --> 00:35:53.920
 pattern

00:35:53.920 --> 00:35:56.880
 he says

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:57.280
 listen

00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:58.280
 in order

00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:58.639
 to be

00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:59.180
 saved

00:35:59.180 --> 00:36:01.059
 in order

00:36:01.059 --> 00:36:01.800
 to have

00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:03.079
 the burden

00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:03.940
 and the

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:04.519
 death

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:05.180
 that is

00:36:05.180 --> 00:36:05.700
 certain

00:36:05.700 --> 00:36:06.539
 because of

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:07.260
 your sin

00:36:07.260 --> 00:36:08.840
 in order

00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:09.260
 to have

00:36:09.260 --> 00:36:09.860
 the sting

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:10.380
 of sin

00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:10.920
 removed

00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:11.619
 and to

00:36:11.619 --> 00:36:12.119
 have new

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:12.559
 life

00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:13.159
 what you

00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:13.579
 have to

00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:13.760
 do

00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:14.300
 first of

00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:14.519
 all

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:15.519
 is look

00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:16.500
 to see

00:36:16.500 --> 00:36:17.659
 the clear

00:36:17.659 --> 00:36:19.340
 justice

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:20.519
 of God

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:21.400
 executed

00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:21.980
 against

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:22.440
 you

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:23.820
 you

00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:23.900
 know

00:36:23.900 --> 00:36:24.019
 where

00:36:24.019 --> 00:36:24.139
 the

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:24.420
 starting

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:24.659
 point

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:24.780
 of

00:36:24.780 --> 00:36:25.179
 salvation

00:36:25.179 --> 00:36:25.619
 is

00:36:25.619 --> 00:36:26.599
 it

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:26.780
 is

00:36:26.780 --> 00:36:27.059
 having

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:27.280
 the

00:36:27.280 --> 00:36:27.659
 humility

00:36:27.659 --> 00:36:27.940
 to

00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:28.179
 say

00:36:28.179 --> 00:36:28.700
 I

00:36:28.700 --> 00:36:28.900
 have

00:36:28.900 --> 00:36:29.360
 sinned

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:29.700
 against

00:36:29.700 --> 00:36:30.119
 God

00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:30.460
 and I

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:30.860
 deserve

00:36:30.860 --> 00:36:31.280
 eternal

00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:31.700
 death

00:36:31.700 --> 00:36:34.220
 there are

00:36:34.220 --> 00:36:34.579
 some of you

00:36:34.579 --> 00:36:34.980
 sitting here

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.480
 this morning

00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:36.320
 that have

00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:37.019
 never been

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.400
 willing

00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:37.980
 to say

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.400
 that

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:40.119
 I

00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:40.300
 have

00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:40.700
 sinned

00:36:40.700 --> 00:36:41.039
 against

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:41.539
 God

00:36:41.539 --> 00:36:43.260
 and I

00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:43.599
 deserve

00:36:43.599 --> 00:36:44.000
 eternal

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:44.420
 death

00:36:44.420 --> 00:36:47.760
 but that's

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:48.039
 not the

00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:48.300
 end of

00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:48.440
 the

00:36:48.440 --> 00:36:48.840
 story

00:36:48.840 --> 00:36:51.200
 because

00:36:51.200 --> 00:36:51.480
 when

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:51.820
 Jesus

00:36:51.820 --> 00:36:52.519
 says

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:52.820
 what he

00:36:52.820 --> 00:36:53.260
 does

00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:53.840
 in

00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:54.159
 John

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:54.559
 chapter

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:54.980
 3

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:56.159
 he

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:56.519
 points

00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:56.820
 out

00:36:56.820 --> 00:36:57.139
 that

00:36:57.139 --> 00:36:57.780
 those

00:36:57.780 --> 00:36:58.000
 who

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:58.180
 would

00:36:58.180 --> 00:36:58.500
 look

00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:58.700
 to

00:36:58.700 --> 00:36:58.980
 him

00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.440
 lifted

00:36:59.440 --> 00:36:59.780
 up

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:00.320
 and

00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:00.539
 would

00:37:00.539 --> 00:37:00.940
 believe

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.220
 on

00:37:01.220 --> 00:37:01.440
 him

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:01.619
 what

00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:01.740
 he

00:37:01.740 --> 00:37:01.920
 was

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:02.240
 saying

00:37:02.240 --> 00:37:02.440
 is

00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:02.720
 this

00:37:02.720 --> 00:37:02.900
 is

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:03.119
 that

00:37:03.119 --> 00:37:03.800
 those

00:37:03.800 --> 00:37:04.019
 who

00:37:04.019 --> 00:37:04.440
 come

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:04.720
 to

00:37:04.720 --> 00:37:05.200
 me

00:37:05.200 --> 00:37:07.559
 admit

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:07.840
 that

00:37:07.840 --> 00:37:08.000
 they

00:37:08.000 --> 00:37:08.180
 are

00:37:08.180 --> 00:37:08.720
 justly

00:37:08.720 --> 00:37:09.159
 judged

00:37:09.159 --> 00:37:09.360
 for

00:37:09.360 --> 00:37:09.579
 their

00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:09.960
 sin

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.900
 but

00:37:10.900 --> 00:37:11.059
 then

00:37:11.059 --> 00:37:11.200
 are

00:37:11.200 --> 00:37:11.440
 willing

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:11.639
 to

00:37:11.639 --> 00:37:11.780
 say

00:37:11.780 --> 00:37:12.039
 I

00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:12.420
 believe

00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:12.780
 Jesus

00:37:12.780 --> 00:37:13.079
 took

00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:13.280
 my

00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:13.599
 place

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:13.759
 and

00:37:13.759 --> 00:37:14.000
 died

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:14.199
 my

00:37:14.199 --> 00:37:14.440
 death

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:14.900
 when

00:37:14.900 --> 00:37:15.139
 he

00:37:15.139 --> 00:37:15.779
 was

00:37:15.779 --> 00:37:16.139
 hanging

00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:16.380
 on

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:16.539
 the

00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:16.860
 cross

00:37:16.860 --> 00:37:17.259
 he

00:37:17.259 --> 00:37:17.599
 wasn't

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:17.900
 dying

00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:18.099
 for

00:37:18.099 --> 00:37:18.380
 his

00:37:18.380 --> 00:37:18.599
 sins

00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:18.739
 he

00:37:18.739 --> 00:37:18.860
 was

00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:19.099
 dying

00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:19.279
 for

00:37:19.279 --> 00:37:19.819
 yours

00:37:19.819 --> 00:37:21.779
 and

00:37:21.779 --> 00:37:22.059
 there

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:22.299
 he

00:37:22.299 --> 00:37:22.779
 hung

00:37:22.779 --> 00:37:23.259
 a

00:37:23.259 --> 00:37:23.619
 willing

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:24.440
 sacrifice

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:25.039
 in

00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:25.619
 your

00:37:25.619 --> 00:37:26.440
 place

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:28.519
 and

00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:29.079
 salvation

00:37:29.079 --> 00:37:29.500
 means

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:29.819
 saying

00:37:29.819 --> 00:37:30.339
 first of

00:37:30.339 --> 00:37:30.480
 all

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:30.659
 I

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:31.079
 deserve

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.579
 that

00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:33.159
 but

00:37:33.159 --> 00:37:33.279
 I

00:37:33.279 --> 00:37:33.519
 look

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:33.639
 and

00:37:33.639 --> 00:37:33.779
 I

00:37:33.779 --> 00:37:33.980
 see

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:34.199
 that

00:37:34.199 --> 00:37:34.519
 Jesus

00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:34.799
 has

00:37:34.799 --> 00:37:35.139
 already

00:37:35.139 --> 00:37:35.799
 satisfied

00:37:35.799 --> 00:37:36.239
 my

00:37:36.239 --> 00:37:36.539
 debt

00:37:36.539 --> 00:37:36.699
 and

00:37:36.699 --> 00:37:36.880
 he's

00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:37.099
 paid

00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:37.319
 my

00:37:37.319 --> 00:37:37.739
 price

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:38.339
 and

00:37:38.339 --> 00:37:38.539
 I

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:39.000
 accept

00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:39.259
 that

00:37:39.259 --> 00:37:39.519
 he

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:39.799
 has

00:37:39.799 --> 00:37:40.219
 taken

00:37:40.219 --> 00:37:40.699
 my

00:37:40.699 --> 00:37:41.380
 place

00:37:41.380 --> 00:37:43.720
 and

00:37:43.720 --> 00:37:43.900
 I

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:44.200
 call

00:37:44.200 --> 00:37:44.400
 him

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:44.640
 to be

00:37:44.640 --> 00:37:44.840
 my

00:37:44.840 --> 00:37:45.160
 Lord

00:37:45.160 --> 00:37:46.039
 and

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.260
 my

00:37:46.260 --> 00:37:46.559
 Savior

00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:48.559
 do you

00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:48.740
 know why

00:37:48.740 --> 00:37:48.980
 I love

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:49.180
 this

00:37:49.180 --> 00:37:49.640
 passage

00:37:49.640 --> 00:37:51.599
 because

00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:52.160
 it is

00:37:52.160 --> 00:37:52.559
 so

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:53.000
 clear

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.180
 in

00:37:53.180 --> 00:37:53.360
 its

00:37:53.360 --> 00:37:53.740
 gospel

00:37:53.740 --> 00:37:54.420
 presentation

00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:58.079
 I

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:58.920
 a

00:37:58.920 --> 00:37:59.360
 sinner

00:37:59.360 --> 00:38:00.280
 stand

00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:00.960
 justly

00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:01.440
 condemned

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:01.820
 before

00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:02.019
 a

00:38:02.019 --> 00:38:02.240
 holy

00:38:02.240 --> 00:38:02.680
 God

00:38:02.680 --> 00:38:03.500
 for

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:03.780
 the

00:38:03.780 --> 00:38:04.740
 arrogant

00:38:04.740 --> 00:38:05.840
 stubborn

00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:06.880
 hardness

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:07.380
 of my

00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:07.880
 heart

00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:08.579
 against

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:08.960
 the

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.500
 righteousness

00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:10.800
 of a

00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:11.019
 holy

00:38:11.019 --> 00:38:11.420
 God

00:38:11.420 --> 00:38:13.740
 and

00:38:13.740 --> 00:38:13.920
 he

00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:14.400
 willingly

00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:15.960
 brought

00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:16.220
 his

00:38:16.220 --> 00:38:16.539
 son

00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:16.920
 down

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:17.180
 from

00:38:17.180 --> 00:38:17.440
 heaven

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:17.980
 and

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.300
 put

00:38:18.300 --> 00:38:18.519
 him

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:18.780
 on

00:38:18.780 --> 00:38:18.960
 the

00:38:18.960 --> 00:38:19.280
 cross

00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:19.539
 to be

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:19.720
 the

00:38:19.720 --> 00:38:20.099
 perfect

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:20.740
 sacrifice

00:38:20.740 --> 00:38:21.139
 for

00:38:21.139 --> 00:38:21.559
 my

00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:21.860
 sins

00:38:21.860 --> 00:38:22.099
 and

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.320
 for

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:22.619
 your

00:38:22.619 --> 00:38:23.119
 sins

00:38:23.119 --> 00:38:26.119
 but

00:38:26.119 --> 00:38:26.339
 that

00:38:26.339 --> 00:38:26.920
 sacrifice

00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:28.239
 is

00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:28.480
 not

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:29.079
 applied

00:38:29.079 --> 00:38:30.639
 apart

00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:31.019
 from

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:31.219
 a

00:38:31.219 --> 00:38:31.819
 humility

00:38:31.819 --> 00:38:32.219
 that

00:38:32.219 --> 00:38:32.659
 says

00:38:32.659 --> 00:38:33.500
 that's

00:38:33.500 --> 00:38:33.659
 what

00:38:33.659 --> 00:38:33.839
 I

00:38:33.839 --> 00:38:34.420
 deserve

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:35.960
 but

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:36.139
 I

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:36.480
 believe

00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:36.859
 God

00:38:36.859 --> 00:38:37.099
 in

00:38:37.099 --> 00:38:37.339
 his

00:38:37.339 --> 00:38:37.699
 mercy

00:38:37.699 --> 00:38:37.900
 and

00:38:37.900 --> 00:38:38.099
 his

00:38:38.099 --> 00:38:38.500
 kindness

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:39.319
 willingly

00:38:39.319 --> 00:38:39.739
 put

00:38:39.739 --> 00:38:40.119
 Jesus

00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:40.440
 in

00:38:40.440 --> 00:38:40.679
 my

00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:41.099
 place

00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:41.400
 and

00:38:41.400 --> 00:38:41.739
 Jesus

00:38:41.739 --> 00:38:42.339
 has

00:38:42.339 --> 00:38:43.079
 died

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:44.079
 for

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:44.440
 my

00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:44.920
 sins

00:38:44.920 --> 00:38:46.739
 and

00:38:46.739 --> 00:38:46.900
 I

00:38:46.900 --> 00:38:47.259
 believe

00:38:47.259 --> 00:38:47.539
 him

00:38:47.539 --> 00:38:48.759
 and

00:38:48.759 --> 00:38:48.920
 I

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.339
 receive

00:38:49.339 --> 00:38:49.579
 him

00:38:49.579 --> 00:38:49.759
 as

00:38:49.759 --> 00:38:49.940
 my

00:38:49.940 --> 00:38:50.159
 Lord

00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:50.359
 and

00:38:50.359 --> 00:38:50.639
 Savior

00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:52.219
 can

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:52.339
 I

00:38:52.339 --> 00:38:52.500
 tell

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:52.579
 you

00:38:52.579 --> 00:38:52.739
 the

00:38:52.739 --> 00:38:53.019
 purpose

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:53.219
 of

00:38:53.219 --> 00:38:53.539
 preaching

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:53.800
 is

00:38:53.800 --> 00:38:53.940
 to

00:38:53.940 --> 00:38:54.119
 put

00:38:54.119 --> 00:38:54.239
 you

00:38:54.239 --> 00:38:54.400
 on

00:38:54.400 --> 00:38:54.500
 the

00:38:54.500 --> 00:38:54.780
 spot

00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:54.920
 of

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 saying

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 yes

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 or

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 no

00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:56.099
 to

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:56.300
 God

00:38:56.300 --> 00:38:56.440
 does

00:38:56.440 --> 00:38:56.539
 that

00:38:56.539 --> 00:38:56.659
 make

00:38:56.659 --> 00:38:56.980
 sense

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:57.599
 huh

00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:58.480
 I

00:38:58.480 --> 00:38:58.619
 mean

00:38:58.619 --> 00:38:58.860
 here's

00:38:58.860 --> 00:38:58.960
 the

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 truth

00:38:59.219 --> 00:38:59.619
 there

00:38:59.619 --> 00:38:59.739
 are

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 some

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:00.039
 of

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 you

00:39:00.139 --> 00:39:00.280
 here

00:39:00.280 --> 00:39:00.460
 that

00:39:00.460 --> 00:39:00.679
 need

00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:01.219
 Christ

00:39:01.219 --> 00:39:02.259
 there

00:39:02.259 --> 00:39:02.380
 are

00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:02.519
 some

00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:02.639
 of

00:39:02.639 --> 00:39:02.739
 you

00:39:02.739 --> 00:39:02.900
 here

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:03.099
 that

00:39:03.099 --> 00:39:03.400
 know

00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:03.820
 Christ

00:39:03.820 --> 00:39:04.039
 but

00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:04.599
 your

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:05.039
 heart

00:39:05.039 --> 00:39:05.519
 has

00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:05.860
 grown

00:39:05.860 --> 00:39:06.280
 cold

00:39:06.280 --> 00:39:06.460
 to

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 the

00:39:06.679 --> 00:39:07.059
 beauty

00:39:07.059 --> 00:39:07.539
 and

00:39:07.539 --> 00:39:07.719
 the

00:39:07.719 --> 00:39:08.259
 simplicity

00:39:08.259 --> 00:39:08.780
 and

00:39:08.780 --> 00:39:08.920
 the

00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:09.480
 awesomeness

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:09.759
 of the

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 gospel

00:39:10.259 --> 00:39:13.860
 he

00:39:13.860 --> 00:39:14.119
 wants

00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:14.259
 us

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 to do

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 something

00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:15.099
 about

00:39:15.099 --> 00:39:15.400
 that

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 I'm

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 going

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 to

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 leave

00:39:17.900 --> 00:39:18.080
 that

00:39:18.080 --> 00:39:18.180
 in

00:39:18.180 --> 00:39:18.280
 the

00:39:18.280 --> 00:39:18.480
 hands

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:18.580
 of

00:39:18.580 --> 00:39:18.660
 the

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 Holy

00:39:18.840 --> 00:39:19.160
 Spirit

00:39:19.160 --> 00:39:19.360
 but

00:39:19.360 --> 00:39:19.480
 I

00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:19.640
 would

00:39:19.640 --> 00:39:19.900
 plead

00:39:19.900 --> 00:39:20.060
 with

00:39:20.060 --> 00:39:20.140
 you

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 this

00:39:20.340 --> 00:39:20.560
 morning

00:39:20.560 --> 00:39:20.800
 do

00:39:20.800 --> 00:39:21.080
 not

00:39:21.080 --> 00:39:21.360
 walk

00:39:21.360 --> 00:39:21.560
 out

00:39:21.560 --> 00:39:21.660
 of

00:39:21.660 --> 00:39:21.800
 here

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 and

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 say

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 no

00:39:22.580 --> 00:39:25.260
 when

00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:25.420
 the

00:39:25.420 --> 00:39:25.640
 spirit

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 of

00:39:25.760 --> 00:39:25.860
 the

00:39:25.860 --> 00:39:26.020
 living

00:39:26.020 --> 00:39:26.280
 God

00:39:26.280 --> 00:39:26.440
 is

00:39:26.440 --> 00:39:26.820
 prompting

00:39:26.820 --> 00:39:26.960
 your

00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:27.140
 heart

00:39:27.140 --> 00:39:27.280
 to

00:39:27.280 --> 00:39:27.480
 take

00:39:27.480 --> 00:39:27.680
 care

00:39:27.680 --> 00:39:27.800
 of

00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:27.900
 the

00:39:27.900 --> 00:39:28.140
 burden

00:39:28.140 --> 00:39:28.320
 you

00:39:28.320 --> 00:39:28.640
 have

00:39:28.640 --> 00:39:30.420
 let's

00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:30.680
 pray

00:39:30.679 --> 00:39:34.579
 father

00:39:34.579 --> 00:39:34.839
 God

00:39:34.839 --> 00:39:35.039
 this

00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:35.279
 morning

00:39:35.279 --> 00:39:35.619
 as we

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 study

00:39:35.879 --> 00:39:36.059
 the

00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:36.319
 scriptures

00:39:36.319 --> 00:39:36.759
 together

00:39:36.759 --> 00:39:37.039
 we

00:39:37.039 --> 00:39:37.259
 we

00:39:37.259 --> 00:39:37.659
 revel

00:39:37.659 --> 00:39:38.819
 we

00:39:38.819 --> 00:39:39.159
 glory

00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:39.319
 in

00:39:39.319 --> 00:39:39.419
 the

00:39:39.419 --> 00:39:39.859
 cross

00:39:39.859 --> 00:39:42.919
 that

00:39:42.919 --> 00:39:43.099
 you

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:43.279
 would

00:39:43.279 --> 00:39:43.639
 willingly

00:39:43.639 --> 00:39:44.119
 send

00:39:44.119 --> 00:39:44.319
 your

00:39:44.319 --> 00:39:44.619
 son

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 the

00:39:44.759 --> 00:39:44.940
 Lord

00:39:44.940 --> 00:39:45.259
 Jesus

00:39:45.259 --> 00:39:45.699
 Christ

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 to

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 die

00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:46.199
 in

00:39:46.199 --> 00:39:46.359
 our

00:39:46.359 --> 00:39:46.839
 place

00:39:46.839 --> 00:39:48.839
 to

00:39:48.839 --> 00:39:49.079
 die

00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:49.299
 our

00:39:49.299 --> 00:39:49.679
 death

00:39:49.679 --> 00:39:51.019
 to

00:39:51.019 --> 00:39:51.219
 bear

00:39:51.219 --> 00:39:51.419
 the

00:39:51.419 --> 00:39:51.819
 full

00:39:51.819 --> 00:39:52.359
 weight

00:39:52.359 --> 00:39:54.739
 of

00:39:54.739 --> 00:39:54.919
 our

00:39:54.919 --> 00:39:55.199
 wicked

00:39:55.199 --> 00:39:55.679
 rebellion

00:39:55.679 --> 00:39:56.099
 against

00:39:56.099 --> 00:39:56.460
 you

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:58.879
 and

00:39:58.879 --> 00:39:59.159
 you

00:39:59.159 --> 00:39:59.379
 and

00:39:59.379 --> 00:39:59.759
 your

00:39:59.760 --> 00:40:01.180
 unbelievable

00:40:01.180 --> 00:40:02.040
 kindness

00:40:02.040 --> 00:40:02.920
 and mercy

00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:03.880
 offer

00:40:03.880 --> 00:40:04.640
 salvation

00:40:04.640 --> 00:40:05.060
 to

00:40:05.060 --> 00:40:05.800
 whoever

00:40:05.800 --> 00:40:07.100
 will

00:40:07.100 --> 00:40:08.000
 believe

00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:09.660
 that

00:40:09.660 --> 00:40:09.840
 you're

00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:10.180
 a God

00:40:10.180 --> 00:40:10.540
 that is

00:40:10.540 --> 00:40:11.100
 that way

00:40:11.100 --> 00:40:13.420
 I

00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:13.780
 pray for

00:40:13.780 --> 00:40:14.080
 those

00:40:14.080 --> 00:40:14.360
 that are

00:40:14.360 --> 00:40:14.640
 here

00:40:14.640 --> 00:40:14.920
 this

00:40:14.920 --> 00:40:15.220
 morning

00:40:15.220 --> 00:40:15.500
 that

00:40:15.500 --> 00:40:15.760
 do

00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:16.100
 not

00:40:16.100 --> 00:40:16.340
 know

00:40:16.340 --> 00:40:16.760
 Christ

00:40:16.760 --> 00:40:17.000
 that

00:40:17.000 --> 00:40:17.320
 this

00:40:17.320 --> 00:40:17.640
 morning

00:40:17.640 --> 00:40:17.880
 your

00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:18.420
 spirit

00:40:18.420 --> 00:40:19.120
 would

00:40:19.120 --> 00:40:19.540
 break

00:40:19.540 --> 00:40:19.920
 through

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:20.260
 the

00:40:20.260 --> 00:40:21.160
 hard

00:40:21.160 --> 00:40:22.500
 veneer

00:40:22.500 --> 00:40:23.280
 of

00:40:23.280 --> 00:40:23.480
 their

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:24.020
 stubborn

00:40:24.020 --> 00:40:24.480
 self

00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:25.060
 righteousness

00:40:25.060 --> 00:40:26.940
 bring

00:40:26.940 --> 00:40:27.200
 them

00:40:27.200 --> 00:40:27.400
 to

00:40:27.400 --> 00:40:27.740
 see

00:40:27.740 --> 00:40:28.260
 the

00:40:28.260 --> 00:40:28.860
 hopelessness

00:40:28.860 --> 00:40:29.000
 of

00:40:29.000 --> 00:40:29.180
 their

00:40:29.180 --> 00:40:29.520
 sin

00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:31.000
 and

00:40:31.000 --> 00:40:31.179
 the

00:40:31.179 --> 00:40:31.659
 satisfaction

00:40:31.659 --> 00:40:32.159
 of

00:40:32.159 --> 00:40:32.699
 calvary

00:40:32.699 --> 00:40:33.940
 where

00:40:33.940 --> 00:40:34.300
 jesus

00:40:34.300 --> 00:40:34.659
 died

00:40:34.659 --> 00:40:34.820
 for

00:40:34.820 --> 00:40:35.039
 their

00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:35.340
 sin

00:40:35.340 --> 00:40:36.539
 and

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:36.900
 cause

00:40:36.900 --> 00:40:37.079
 them

00:40:37.079 --> 00:40:37.259
 to

00:40:37.259 --> 00:40:37.659
 cry

00:40:37.659 --> 00:40:38.099
 out

00:40:38.099 --> 00:40:39.719
 in

00:40:39.719 --> 00:40:40.159
 faith

00:40:40.159 --> 00:40:40.780
 believing

00:40:40.780 --> 00:40:41.300
 that

00:40:41.300 --> 00:40:41.759
 jesus

00:40:41.759 --> 00:40:42.159
 is

00:40:42.159 --> 00:40:42.679
 indeed

00:40:42.679 --> 00:40:43.340
 the

00:40:43.340 --> 00:40:44.179
 satisfaction

00:40:44.179 --> 00:40:45.340
 for

00:40:45.340 --> 00:40:45.500
 the

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:45.840
 penalty

00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:47.019
 and

00:40:47.019 --> 00:40:47.159
 to

00:40:47.159 --> 00:40:47.579
 receive

00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:47.840
 him

00:40:47.840 --> 00:40:48.039
 as

00:40:48.039 --> 00:40:48.360
 lord

00:40:48.360 --> 00:40:48.599
 and

00:40:48.599 --> 00:40:48.900
 savior

00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:49.980
 we

00:40:49.980 --> 00:40:50.259
 ask

00:40:50.259 --> 00:40:50.400
 this

00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:50.519
 in

00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:50.679
 your

00:40:50.679 --> 00:40:51.519
 precious

00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:52.000
 name

00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:52.639
 amen

00:40:52.639 --> 00:40:53.639
 to

00:40:53.639 --> 00:40:53.639


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 to

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 to

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!

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 to