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 All right, let's pray before we begin.

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 Father God, it is not common that we have this undivided heart

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 towards the Lord Jesus Christ, towards you.

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 We have granted this hour that we might have such a heart

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 to focus on you.

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 To enjoy your presence.

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 To marvel at all your doings.

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 Thank you, Father, for we pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 The title of the talk is Zoe for Zero,

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 the King of Life for the People of Lot.

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 I'm going to pronounce Zoe as Zoe

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 so that we don't confuse it with Zoe.

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 Zoe, one of our Bernard's girls.

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 Zoe is the way the Greeks would pronounce.

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 All right.

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 Last week, Rob talked about the King of Love,

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 and so this week I'd like to talk about the King of Life.

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 In chapter 14, Jesus tells his disciples about him leaving

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 and about sending another helper for the disciples.

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 And then in chapter 14, Jesus also said that he is the way,

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 the truth, and the life.

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 So in chapter 15, we are going to think about this life,

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 and Jesus explains how the coming of the helper would help the disciples

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 to know him as this life.

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 So the original Greek work for life here is Zoe.

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 Zoe means a life of abundance,

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 fruitfulness, and everlasting.

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 So the ultimate purpose of God's salvation work

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 is for his own glory

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 through the fruitful life of his own people.

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 And how does a person have a fruitful life?

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 So that is what the purpose of John is writing,

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 as he read in John 20, verse 31.

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 So he said,

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 But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ,

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 the Son of God,

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 and that by believing,

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 you may have life.

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 There is Zoe in his name.

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 Okay.

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 So the book of John talks a lot about this fruitful life,

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 a supernatural kind of life,

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 Zoe.

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 So in his introduction in John 1, 4,

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 he wrote,

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 In him, that Jesus,

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 was life, that is Zoe,

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 and the life,

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 Zoe was the light of man.

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 John is saying that this Zoe gives us light,

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 helps us to see who God is,

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 who we are,

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 where we come from,

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 and where we are heading to,

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 so we know how to live.

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 So on this topic of life,

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 I think John 12, 25,

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 gives us the clearest understanding.

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 And Jesus said,

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 Whoever loves his life,

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 that's Suhey,

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 I don't pronounce it as psychic,

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 it's a Greek pronunciation,

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 Suhey,

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 whoever loves his life,

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 loses it,

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 and whoever hates his life,

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 Suhey,

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 in this world,

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 will keep it for Zoe.

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 All right.

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 So there's a very clear contrast to us

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 that when we have,

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 when we live in this world,

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 we all have this Suhey,

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 or the natural life.

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 But Jesus wants us to have

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 this Zoe,

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 eternal life.

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 So with just this natural life,

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 we are like people who live in the dark.

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 So we all try to live,

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 make a living,

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 but do not know the purpose of living,

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 and could not see the glory of living.

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 When we believe that Jesus is the Christ,

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 the Son of God,

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 we begin to realize that there's much more to life,

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 because Jesus is the Zoe.

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 Zoe,

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 without believing in him,

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 there's no other way to know

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 what Zoe is.

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 Chapter 15 tells us how this Zoe is developed in us,

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 by abiding in Jesus.

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 If we live without abiding in Jesus Christ,

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 we can do nothing.

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 Therefore,

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 the meaning of zero

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 in the title of this sermon,

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 Zoe,

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 for zero.

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 Without Christ,

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 we are zero.

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 And also Paul said in 1 Corinthians 13,

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 2,

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 And if I have prophetic powers

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 and understand all mysteries

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 and all knowledge,

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 and if I have all faith

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 as to remove mountains,

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 but have not love,

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 I am nothing.

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 So Paul is talking about this love

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 that will only come with Zoe.

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 So Paul is saying that

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 without Zoe,

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 we not only can do nothing,

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 we are nothing.

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 Nothing of eternal value,

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 nothing of meaning,

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 nothing of significance.

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 One of the marks of natural life,

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 Suhei,

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 is the need of love and joy.

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 So most of our resources

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 is to gain love and joy for ourselves.

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 We can think about what we do each day.

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 Why do we do them?

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 A lot of times you can think that

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 because we want to be loved

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 or to be happy.

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 So we abide ourselves

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 to different activities,

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 projects,

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 missions,

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 philosophies,

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 religions,

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 to try to get some love and joy.

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 And when we do not get enough love and joy,

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 we would think that our lives

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 are not worth living.

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 In verse 11,

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 Jesus said,

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 These things I have spoken to you,

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 that my joy may be in you,

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 and that your joy may be full.

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 So in here we see that

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 God has the same aim for us,

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 that is for us to have a joyful life.

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 However, there is no lasting

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 or true joy in our natural life.

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 True love and joy comes with Zoe.

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 So we cannot have true love and joy

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 without having Zoe.

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 And we cannot have Zoe

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 without also having true love and joy.

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 So in chapter 14,

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 the Lord Jesus talks about

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 God the Father

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 and God the Holy Spirit.

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 And now we come to the part

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 when he talks about

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 how this triune God,

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 God the Father,

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 the Son,

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 and the Holy Spirit

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 work for God's glory

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 through the fruitful life

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 of God's people.

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 And this fruitful life

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 flows to us from Jesus,

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 the true vine.

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 So this Zoe is flowing

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 from the true vine.

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 Jesus said,

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 I am the true vine.

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 True vine brings true life.

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 In the Old Testament,

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 the nation of Israel

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 was often referred to

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 as God's vineyard.

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 However,

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 God found no authentic fruit

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 from any of these wines

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 or any of the vines

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 in the vineyard.

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 In Isaiah 5,

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 3-4 be read,

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 And now,

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 all inhabitants

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 of Jerusalem

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 and men of Judah,

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 judge between me

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 and my vineyard.

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 What more was there

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 to do for my vineyard

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 that I have not done in it?

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 When I look for it

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 to yield grapes,

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 why did it yield

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 wild grapes?

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 So,

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 the nation of Israel

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 refused to submit

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 to the word

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 of the wine dresser.

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 It wanted to be

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 independent from God.

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 And the Old Testament

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 talks a lot about

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 the kings of Israel.

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 So,

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 how the kings

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 relate,

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 related to God,

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 influence how God

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 would relate

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 to the nation.

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 So,

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 the kings are like

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 the vines

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 in the vineyard.

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 If the wines

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 are not faithful

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 to God,

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 then they won't be

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 producing any fruit.

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 So,

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 for example,

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 in 1 Kings 6,

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 12-13,

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 God told King Solomon,

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 If you will walk

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 in my statues

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 and obey my rules

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 and keep my commandments

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 and walk in them,

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 then I will establish

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 my work with you,

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 which I spoke to

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 David your father,

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 and I will dwell

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 among the children

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 of Israel

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 and not forsake

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 my people Israel.

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 So,

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 there are only

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 a handful of kings

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 who almost approach

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 to this

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 true wine

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 or the true king,

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 but none was consistent.

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 None loved God

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 consistently.

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 None obeyed God

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 consistently.

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 Jesus,

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 being the true wine,

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 is also the true king,

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 fully submitted himself

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 to the wine dresser.

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 So,

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 as

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 just now,

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 Gareth,

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 talk about Jesus

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 as the lamb of God

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 and also the vine,

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 you can imagine

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 that both of the images

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 give us this idea.

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 The lamb

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 and the vine,

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 they both need

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 somebody to care

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 for them,

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 to depend on

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 the master.

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 Without that,

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 they cannot survive

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 or they cannot grow

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 properly.

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 So,

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 the image

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 also tells us

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 that Jesus,

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 as the vine

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 or as a sheep,

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 is fully dependent

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 on the father.

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 And that is

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 the picture of

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 the true king

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 that God

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 was looking for

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 or establishing

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 for his people.

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 A king

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 that would not

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 seek glory

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 for themselves,

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 but a king

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 seeks glory

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 for God.

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 So,

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 being the branches

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 of this true wine,

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 then we can,

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 therefore,

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 enjoy God's presence

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 and God's cultivation.

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 That's like Israel

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 would have enjoyed

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 if their kings

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 were obedient.

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 Great wine

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 is a unique

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 fruit plant.

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 It has the potential

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 to produce more fruit

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 than any other plant.

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 That's why

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 the image of the vine

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 is being used.

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 However,

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 its branches

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 are not used

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 for any other purpose.

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 So,

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 a fruitless branch

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 is therefore

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 cut down

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 and burned.

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 It can't be used

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 for any other purpose.

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 So,

00:10:42.500 --> 00:10:43.000
 a great wine

00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:44.399
 needs skillful pruning

00:10:44.399 --> 00:10:44.920
 for it

00:10:44.920 --> 00:10:46.120
 to produce good fruit.

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 A true wine

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 shares the same mind

00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:50.680
 as a wine dresser

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 to produce good fruit.

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 A true wine

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 therefore obeys

00:10:54.539 --> 00:10:55.379
 the wine dresser

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 joyfully.

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 It's not

00:10:56.460 --> 00:10:57.560
 begrudgingly,

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 but joyfully,

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 the true wine

00:11:00.200 --> 00:11:01.100
 and the wine dresser

00:11:01.100 --> 00:11:01.779
 work together.

00:11:02.680 --> 00:11:03.680
 Another characteristic

00:11:03.680 --> 00:11:04.580
 of the true wine

00:11:04.580 --> 00:11:05.639
 is that the true wine

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 is active

00:11:06.360 --> 00:11:07.440
 in growing branches

00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:08.300
 that will produce

00:11:08.300 --> 00:11:09.159
 good fruit.

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 So,

00:11:10.120 --> 00:11:10.840
 in verse 16,

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 we read,

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 you did not choose me,

00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:14.259
 but I chose you

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 and appoint you

00:11:15.840 --> 00:11:17.460
 that you

00:11:17.460 --> 00:11:18.680
 should go

00:11:18.680 --> 00:11:19.500
 and bear fruit

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 and that your fruit

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 should abide

00:11:21.539 --> 00:11:22.759
 so that whatever

00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:23.759
 you ask the Father

00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:24.500
 in my name,

00:11:24.759 --> 00:11:26.019
 he might give it to you.

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 The kings of Israel

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 were busy

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 choosing men

00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:31.180
 and horses

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 to establish

00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:33.180
 their own kingdom,

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 their own glory.

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 The true king

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 takes initiative

00:11:37.500 --> 00:11:38.100
 and actively

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 chooses his people

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 to establish

00:11:40.240 --> 00:11:41.360
 their godly

00:11:41.360 --> 00:11:42.019
 characters

00:11:42.019 --> 00:11:42.740
 for the glory

00:11:42.740 --> 00:11:43.240
 of God.

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 So,

00:11:44.460 --> 00:11:44.980
 the life

00:11:44.980 --> 00:11:46.580
 of the true wine

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 flows through

00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:47.960
 its branches

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 to produce fruit

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 and this flow

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 also tells us

00:11:51.659 --> 00:11:52.240
 the work

00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:53.220
 of the Holy Spirit.

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 Zoya is cultivated

00:11:56.379 --> 00:11:58.139
 by the wine dresser.

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 So,

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 in verse 1,

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 he says,

00:12:01.819 --> 00:12:02.759
 I am the true wine

00:12:02.759 --> 00:12:03.519
 and my father

00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:04.480
 is a wine dresser.

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 He tells us

00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:06.419
 that both the wine

00:12:06.419 --> 00:12:07.259
 and the wine dresser

00:12:07.259 --> 00:12:07.960
 work together

00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:09.019
 to ensure

00:12:09.019 --> 00:12:09.699
 the production

00:12:09.699 --> 00:12:10.899
 of fruit

00:12:10.899 --> 00:12:11.539
 in the branches.

00:12:13.419 --> 00:12:14.460
 Israel of old

00:12:14.460 --> 00:12:15.279
 failed to produce

00:12:15.279 --> 00:12:15.799
 good fruit.

00:12:16.199 --> 00:12:17.100
 The new Israel

00:12:17.100 --> 00:12:18.240
 is not going to

00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:19.340
 repeat the same failure.

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 So,

00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:21.019
 in verse 2,

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 he says,

00:12:22.179 --> 00:12:22.819
 every branch

00:12:22.819 --> 00:12:23.179
 in me

00:12:23.179 --> 00:12:23.819
 that does not

00:12:23.819 --> 00:12:24.720
 bear fruit,

00:12:25.039 --> 00:12:25.860
 he takes away

00:12:25.860 --> 00:12:27.080
 and every branch

00:12:27.080 --> 00:12:27.700
 that does

00:12:27.700 --> 00:12:28.759
 bear fruit,

00:12:29.740 --> 00:12:30.659
 he prunes

00:12:30.659 --> 00:12:31.759
 that it might

00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:32.539
 bear more fruit.

00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:33.740
 So,

00:12:33.860 --> 00:12:34.259
 this verse

00:12:34.259 --> 00:12:34.759
 tells us

00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:35.220
 the work

00:12:35.220 --> 00:12:36.180
 of the wine dresser.

00:12:36.480 --> 00:12:37.200
 The wine dresser

00:12:37.200 --> 00:12:37.700
 is determined

00:12:37.700 --> 00:12:38.259
 to harvest

00:12:38.259 --> 00:12:38.840
 good fruit.

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 He's not going

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 to tolerate

00:12:40.680 --> 00:12:41.379
 any branch

00:12:41.379 --> 00:12:42.120
 that produce

00:12:42.120 --> 00:12:42.919
 no fruit

00:12:42.919 --> 00:12:45.639
 or he will

00:12:45.639 --> 00:12:46.220
 also prune

00:12:46.220 --> 00:12:47.039
 those branches

00:12:47.039 --> 00:12:48.279
 that produce fruit.

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 When I started

00:12:50.759 --> 00:12:52.120
 doing gardening,

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 I thought

00:12:53.460 --> 00:12:54.159
 I should leave

00:12:54.159 --> 00:12:54.920
 the fruit trees

00:12:54.920 --> 00:12:55.639
 alone for them

00:12:55.639 --> 00:12:56.480
 to develop

00:12:56.480 --> 00:12:57.120
 naturally.

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 But after some years,

00:12:59.039 --> 00:12:59.659
 I learned

00:12:59.659 --> 00:13:00.500
 that this is not

00:13:00.500 --> 00:13:01.220
 the case.

00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:01.899
 If we leave

00:13:01.899 --> 00:13:03.299
 those fruit trees

00:13:03.299 --> 00:13:03.679
 alone,

00:13:03.779 --> 00:13:04.720
 they don't produce

00:13:04.720 --> 00:13:05.419
 good quality

00:13:05.419 --> 00:13:06.500
 or quantity

00:13:06.500 --> 00:13:06.980
 of fruit.

00:13:08.080 --> 00:13:08.220
 So,

00:13:08.319 --> 00:13:08.720
 similarly,

00:13:09.580 --> 00:13:10.159
 God does not

00:13:10.159 --> 00:13:10.819
 stop pruning

00:13:10.819 --> 00:13:11.639
 and cutting

00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:12.699
 until we are

00:13:12.699 --> 00:13:13.279
 perfect

00:13:13.279 --> 00:13:15.100
 like Jesus Christ.

00:13:16.659 --> 00:13:16.799
 So,

00:13:16.919 --> 00:13:17.319
 verse 2

00:13:17.319 --> 00:13:17.779
 is a bit

00:13:17.779 --> 00:13:18.460
 more challenging

00:13:18.460 --> 00:13:19.620
 for us to understand.

00:13:20.220 --> 00:13:20.679
 Who are

00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:21.340
 these branches

00:13:21.340 --> 00:13:22.080
 in the vine

00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:22.659
 that do not

00:13:22.659 --> 00:13:23.399
 bear fruit?

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 I think

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 we can apply

00:13:26.459 --> 00:13:26.980
 primarily

00:13:26.980 --> 00:13:27.860
 this word,

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 first of all,

00:13:28.799 --> 00:13:29.279
 it can apply

00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:29.819
 to Judas

00:13:29.819 --> 00:13:30.539
 primarily

00:13:30.539 --> 00:13:31.959
 because Judas

00:13:31.959 --> 00:13:32.740
 is one of the

00:13:32.740 --> 00:13:33.240
 disciples

00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:34.059
 that Jesus

00:13:34.059 --> 00:13:35.220
 chose

00:13:35.220 --> 00:13:37.559
 but he was

00:13:37.559 --> 00:13:37.980
 going to

00:13:37.980 --> 00:13:38.939
 betray Jesus.

00:13:40.399 --> 00:13:41.000
 Secondary,

00:13:41.259 --> 00:13:41.899
 it can be

00:13:41.899 --> 00:13:42.840
 applied to

00:13:42.840 --> 00:13:43.199
 the nation

00:13:43.199 --> 00:13:43.779
 of Israel

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 who consider

00:13:44.779 --> 00:13:45.299
 themselves

00:13:45.299 --> 00:13:45.939
 as the chosen

00:13:45.939 --> 00:13:47.439
 people of God.

00:13:49.840 --> 00:13:50.699
 It might also

00:13:50.699 --> 00:13:51.179
 be applied

00:13:51.179 --> 00:13:51.659
 to people

00:13:51.659 --> 00:13:52.059
 who say

00:13:52.059 --> 00:13:52.339
 that they

00:13:52.339 --> 00:13:52.759
 are in

00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:53.279
 the vine

00:13:53.279 --> 00:13:54.079
 but produce

00:13:54.079 --> 00:13:54.639
 no fruit.

00:13:55.799 --> 00:13:56.219
 However,

00:13:56.819 --> 00:13:57.279
 the emphasis

00:13:57.279 --> 00:13:57.799
 of this

00:13:57.799 --> 00:13:58.100
 verse

00:13:58.100 --> 00:13:58.500
 is not

00:13:58.500 --> 00:13:58.879
 so much

00:13:58.879 --> 00:13:59.100
 about

00:13:59.100 --> 00:13:59.339
 whether

00:13:59.339 --> 00:13:59.860
 a believer

00:13:59.860 --> 00:14:01.799
 could lose

00:14:01.799 --> 00:14:02.399
 his salvation.

00:14:02.919 --> 00:14:03.339
 The emphasis

00:14:03.339 --> 00:14:03.819
 is on

00:14:03.819 --> 00:14:04.199
 the work

00:14:04.199 --> 00:14:04.459
 of the

00:14:04.459 --> 00:14:05.159
 wine dresser.

00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:06.279
 It is

00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:06.740
 saying that

00:14:06.740 --> 00:14:07.500
 the wine dresser

00:14:07.500 --> 00:14:08.419
 means business.

00:14:08.819 --> 00:14:09.179
 He would not

00:14:09.179 --> 00:14:09.620
 let any

00:14:09.620 --> 00:14:10.120
 fruitless

00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:10.939
 branch

00:14:10.939 --> 00:14:11.500
 remain in

00:14:11.500 --> 00:14:12.000
 the vine

00:14:12.000 --> 00:14:13.360
 as doing

00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:13.779
 so

00:14:13.779 --> 00:14:14.339
 affect

00:14:14.339 --> 00:14:14.759
 the

00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:15.139
 fruitfulness

00:14:15.139 --> 00:14:15.639
 of other

00:14:15.639 --> 00:14:16.100
 branches.

00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:16.860
 So,

00:14:17.019 --> 00:14:17.360
 God's

00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:17.620
 glory

00:14:17.620 --> 00:14:18.059
 is at

00:14:18.059 --> 00:14:18.379
 stake

00:14:18.379 --> 00:14:18.860
 here.

00:14:18.860 --> 00:14:21.500
 We can

00:14:21.500 --> 00:14:22.039
 think further

00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:22.500
 about

00:14:22.500 --> 00:14:23.320
 these words.

00:14:23.980 --> 00:14:24.879
 Last week

00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:25.899
 in John

00:14:25.899 --> 00:14:26.379
 14,

00:14:26.500 --> 00:14:27.139
 15,

00:14:27.360 --> 00:14:27.680
 we have

00:14:27.680 --> 00:14:28.080
 considered

00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:28.700
 the statement,

00:14:29.340 --> 00:14:29.600
 if you

00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:30.180
 love me,

00:14:30.360 --> 00:14:30.860
 you will

00:14:30.860 --> 00:14:31.379
 keep my

00:14:31.379 --> 00:14:31.800
 commandments.

00:14:32.560 --> 00:14:32.860
 Now we

00:14:32.860 --> 00:14:33.240
 come to

00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:33.800
 John 15,

00:14:33.899 --> 00:14:34.200
 2,

00:14:34.639 --> 00:14:36.560
 it seems

00:14:36.560 --> 00:14:36.960
 to be

00:14:36.960 --> 00:14:37.340
 saying that

00:14:37.340 --> 00:14:37.580
 you need

00:14:37.580 --> 00:14:37.820
 to be

00:14:37.820 --> 00:14:38.100
 fruitful,

00:14:38.759 --> 00:14:39.120
 otherwise

00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:39.519
 you will

00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:40.019
 be removed

00:14:40.019 --> 00:14:40.419
 from me.

00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:42.240
 How to

00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:44.240
 respond to

00:14:44.240 --> 00:14:44.860
 these seemingly

00:14:44.860 --> 00:14:45.680
 conditional

00:14:45.680 --> 00:14:46.379
 statements

00:14:46.379 --> 00:14:47.480
 in the

00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:47.700
 New

00:14:47.700 --> 00:14:48.159
 Testament?

00:14:48.860 --> 00:14:49.899
 How we

00:14:49.899 --> 00:14:50.460
 respond to

00:14:50.460 --> 00:14:50.820
 them is

00:14:50.820 --> 00:14:52.340
 dependent on

00:14:52.340 --> 00:14:52.800
 if we

00:14:52.800 --> 00:14:53.440
 read them

00:14:53.440 --> 00:14:54.500
 with the

00:14:54.500 --> 00:14:55.700
 mind of

00:14:55.700 --> 00:14:56.320
 Suhei,

00:14:56.659 --> 00:14:57.240
 the natural

00:14:57.240 --> 00:14:58.120
 life,

00:14:58.700 --> 00:14:59.519
 or the

00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:00.000
 mind of

00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:00.320
 Zoe,

00:15:00.759 --> 00:15:01.320
 the supernatural

00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:02.039
 life.

00:15:02.840 --> 00:15:03.480
 So,

00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:03.940
 with just

00:15:03.940 --> 00:15:04.800
 natural life,

00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:06.039
 we will

00:15:06.039 --> 00:15:06.919
 treat statements

00:15:06.919 --> 00:15:07.600
 like this,

00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:08.159
 like the

00:15:08.159 --> 00:15:08.639
 Old Testament

00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:09.139
 laws.

00:15:10.460 --> 00:15:11.279
 We will

00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:11.820
 live in

00:15:11.820 --> 00:15:12.200
 fear,

00:15:12.960 --> 00:15:13.480
 despair,

00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:14.899
 or pride.

00:15:15.840 --> 00:15:16.180
 Fear,

00:15:16.680 --> 00:15:17.000
 because

00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:17.779
 for not

00:15:17.779 --> 00:15:18.959
 we fear

00:15:18.959 --> 00:15:19.199
 that we

00:15:19.199 --> 00:15:19.419
 may not

00:15:19.419 --> 00:15:19.659
 be able

00:15:19.659 --> 00:15:19.959
 to keep

00:15:19.959 --> 00:15:20.159
 the

00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:20.620
 commandments.

00:15:21.959 --> 00:15:22.519
 Despair,

00:15:22.779 --> 00:15:23.120
 if we

00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:23.259
 have

00:15:23.259 --> 00:15:23.639
 repeated

00:15:23.639 --> 00:15:25.120
 fail,

00:15:25.559 --> 00:15:26.100
 we fail

00:15:26.100 --> 00:15:26.779
 to keep

00:15:26.779 --> 00:15:27.039
 them

00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:27.679
 repeatedly.

00:15:29.019 --> 00:15:29.500
 Pride,

00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:30.159
 when we

00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:30.500
 think that

00:15:30.500 --> 00:15:30.759
 we can

00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:31.220
 do better

00:15:31.220 --> 00:15:31.600
 than other

00:15:31.600 --> 00:15:32.019
 people.

00:15:33.199 --> 00:15:33.439
 So,

00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:33.819
 that is

00:15:33.819 --> 00:15:34.559
 the natural

00:15:34.559 --> 00:15:35.659
 life,

00:15:35.819 --> 00:15:36.139
 a natural

00:15:36.139 --> 00:15:36.720
 mind,

00:15:36.899 --> 00:15:37.679
 to treat

00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:38.740
 a statement

00:15:38.740 --> 00:15:39.179
 like this.

00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:40.139
 But if

00:15:40.139 --> 00:15:40.500
 we have

00:15:40.500 --> 00:15:40.759
 Zoe,

00:15:41.199 --> 00:15:41.899
 a supernatural

00:15:41.899 --> 00:15:42.519
 life,

00:15:44.279 --> 00:15:44.799
 a living

00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:45.199
 water,

00:15:45.379 --> 00:15:45.959
 this life

00:15:45.959 --> 00:15:46.480
 will start

00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:46.879
 to flow

00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:47.480
 within us.

00:15:48.500 --> 00:15:48.959
 We will

00:15:48.959 --> 00:15:49.600
 start to

00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:50.139
 believe and

00:15:50.139 --> 00:15:51.559
 obey God's

00:15:51.559 --> 00:15:52.759
 command joyfully.

00:15:53.299 --> 00:15:53.759
 We start

00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:54.299
 to love

00:15:54.299 --> 00:15:55.220
 actively and

00:15:55.220 --> 00:15:55.939
 sacrificially.

00:15:56.799 --> 00:15:57.199
 We want

00:15:57.199 --> 00:15:57.720
 to serve

00:15:57.720 --> 00:15:58.279
 because there

00:15:58.279 --> 00:15:58.799
 is this

00:15:58.799 --> 00:15:59.419
 living water

00:15:59.419 --> 00:16:00.120
 overflowing

00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:00.759
 from within

00:16:00.759 --> 00:16:01.100
 us.

00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:01.899
 And we

00:16:01.899 --> 00:16:02.259
 can see

00:16:02.259 --> 00:16:02.559
 that in

00:16:02.559 --> 00:16:03.159
 our church.

00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:04.019
 We can

00:16:04.019 --> 00:16:04.559
 see the

00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:06.120
 people who

00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:06.980
 just take

00:16:06.980 --> 00:16:07.500
 the initiative

00:16:07.500 --> 00:16:08.459
 to do

00:16:08.459 --> 00:16:08.879
 things,

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 to talk

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 to people

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 who seem

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 to be

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 sitting by

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 themselves,

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 if we

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 observe.

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 and we

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 can see

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 this thing

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 that's very

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 beautiful.

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 It's not

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 because of

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 compassion,

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 there is a

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 duty,

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 but there is

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 a love

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 that is

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 flowing in

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 God's

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 people.

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 And with

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 this

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 mind,

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 we have

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 more concern

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 for God's

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 glory than

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 our own

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 comfort or

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 status.

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 We want

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 God to

00:16:40.920 --> 00:16:41.480
 prune away

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 all our

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 pride,

00:16:42.940 --> 00:16:43.440
 laziness,

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 and

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 idolatry.

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 We start

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 to see

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 that our

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 happiness is

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 dependent on

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 God's

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 glory.

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 The more

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 God is

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 glorified,

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 the happier

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 we are.

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 So we

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 will not

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 have problem

00:16:55.300 --> 00:16:56.539
 reading verses

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 like John

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 15,

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 2.

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 We might

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 even want

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 God to

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 cut us

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 away if

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 we are

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 in any

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 way

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 diminishing

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 God's

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 glory.

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 We don't

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 say that,

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 God

00:17:08.220 --> 00:17:08.480
 shouldn't

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 say that,

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 but we

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 should agree

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 with God

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 because we

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 have the

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 mind of

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 God or

00:17:13.899 --> 00:17:14.419
 the life

00:17:14.419 --> 00:17:15.000
 that flows

00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:15.459
 from God.

00:17:16.339 --> 00:17:16.819
 So when

00:17:16.819 --> 00:17:17.139
 this is

00:17:17.139 --> 00:17:17.939
 always cultivated

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 by God

00:17:18.439 --> 00:17:18.819
 and us,

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 our belief

00:17:20.119 --> 00:17:21.079
 begins to

00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:22.539
 transform from

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 self-centered

00:17:23.379 --> 00:17:24.619
 belief to

00:17:24.619 --> 00:17:25.219
 God-centered

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 belief.

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 If you

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 remember in

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 John 2,

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 the last few

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 verses,

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 there are

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 people who

00:17:31.240 --> 00:17:31.699
 believe in

00:17:31.699 --> 00:17:32.539
 Jesus and

00:17:32.539 --> 00:17:33.259
 it says that

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 Jesus did

00:17:34.279 --> 00:17:35.539
 not trust

00:17:35.539 --> 00:17:36.399
 or put their

00:17:36.399 --> 00:17:36.839
 trust on

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 those people

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 because he

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 knows what

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 was in

00:17:40.460 --> 00:17:42.160
 man or

00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:42.860
 there's a

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 natural life

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 in man.

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 What man

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 was thinking

00:17:45.120 --> 00:17:45.700
 with their

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 natural life,

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 the belief

00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:47.539
 that they

00:17:47.539 --> 00:17:48.600
 had was

00:17:48.600 --> 00:17:49.640
 to gain

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 something for

00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:50.680
 themselves

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 purely.

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 However,

00:17:53.640 --> 00:17:54.200
 when this

00:17:54.200 --> 00:17:55.079
 new life

00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:55.700
 comes in,

00:17:56.460 --> 00:17:57.000
 we can see

00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:57.660
 the change

00:17:57.660 --> 00:17:57.900
 in the

00:17:57.900 --> 00:17:58.360
 disciples.

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 They don't

00:17:58.840 --> 00:17:59.259
 care about

00:17:59.259 --> 00:17:59.759
 their life.

00:18:00.360 --> 00:18:01.360
 They preach

00:18:01.360 --> 00:18:02.079
 even under

00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:02.700
 persecution.

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 And that

00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:04.500
 is a different

00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:05.000
 thing because

00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:05.420
 they see

00:18:05.420 --> 00:18:06.220
 things differently.

00:18:07.600 --> 00:18:07.900
 Also,

00:18:08.059 --> 00:18:08.600
 our love

00:18:08.600 --> 00:18:09.240
 begins to

00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:10.180
 be transformed

00:18:10.180 --> 00:18:11.160
 from self-centered

00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:11.980
 love to

00:18:11.980 --> 00:18:12.600
 God-centered

00:18:12.600 --> 00:18:13.039
 love.

00:18:14.120 --> 00:18:14.740
 In John

00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:15.640
 chapter 13,

00:18:16.140 --> 00:18:16.880
 we read that

00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:17.940
 Jesus loved

00:18:17.940 --> 00:18:19.000
 them and

00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:19.440
 he loved

00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:20.220
 them till

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 the end.

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 So there's

00:18:21.980 --> 00:18:22.860
 also two

00:18:22.860 --> 00:18:23.560
 different sort

00:18:23.560 --> 00:18:24.000
 of love.

00:18:25.120 --> 00:18:25.600
 Many a

00:18:25.600 --> 00:18:26.460
 time with a

00:18:26.460 --> 00:18:27.160
 natural life,

00:18:27.340 --> 00:18:28.039
 when we love,

00:18:28.560 --> 00:18:29.500
 usually we want

00:18:29.500 --> 00:18:30.799
 something for

00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:31.259
 return.

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 That's how we

00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:34.060
 love people.

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 But when we

00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:36.380
 have this joy in

00:18:36.380 --> 00:18:37.320
 us, our love

00:18:37.320 --> 00:18:37.900
 is different.

00:18:37.900 --> 00:18:39.600
 we love

00:18:39.600 --> 00:18:40.120
 just simply

00:18:40.120 --> 00:18:40.680
 because there's

00:18:40.680 --> 00:18:41.340
 love in us

00:18:41.340 --> 00:18:42.060
 to love.

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 And so

00:18:45.300 --> 00:18:47.340
 when we see

00:18:47.340 --> 00:18:48.560
 commands like

00:18:48.560 --> 00:18:49.180
 this, love

00:18:49.180 --> 00:18:50.060
 one another,

00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:51.420
 we do not

00:18:51.420 --> 00:18:52.019
 find it

00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:52.620
 surprising.

00:18:52.980 --> 00:18:53.640
 This is

00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:54.060
 natural.

00:18:54.220 --> 00:18:54.880
 We will do

00:18:54.880 --> 00:18:55.120
 it.

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 Okay.

00:18:57.100 --> 00:18:57.820
 So this joy

00:18:57.820 --> 00:18:58.540
 is manifested

00:18:58.540 --> 00:18:59.480
 by fruitfulness.

00:19:00.560 --> 00:19:01.360
 How do we

00:19:01.360 --> 00:19:01.900
 know we have

00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:02.220
 joy?

00:19:02.880 --> 00:19:03.660
 By the mark

00:19:03.660 --> 00:19:04.100
 of joy.

00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:04.199
 joy.

00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:05.199
 So one,

00:19:05.919 --> 00:19:06.279
 we have

00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:06.719
 fruit that

00:19:06.719 --> 00:19:07.159
 abides.

00:19:07.659 --> 00:19:08.019
 We come

00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:08.319
 back to

00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:09.000
 verse 16.

00:19:09.539 --> 00:19:10.399
 It says

00:19:10.399 --> 00:19:11.919
 that you

00:19:11.919 --> 00:19:12.399
 should bear

00:19:12.399 --> 00:19:13.000
 fruit and

00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:13.339
 that your

00:19:13.339 --> 00:19:13.879
 fruit should

00:19:13.879 --> 00:19:14.459
 abide.

00:19:15.399 --> 00:19:15.859
 So this

00:19:15.859 --> 00:19:16.319
 joy,

00:19:16.859 --> 00:19:17.219
 with the

00:19:17.219 --> 00:19:17.539
 fruit that

00:19:17.539 --> 00:19:17.859
 abide,

00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:18.599
 means that

00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:19.799
 our

00:19:19.799 --> 00:19:20.219
 character,

00:19:21.679 --> 00:19:22.119
 our

00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:24.059
 purpose in

00:19:24.059 --> 00:19:24.459
 the kingdom

00:19:24.459 --> 00:19:24.980
 of God

00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:26.579
 is consistent.

00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:27.559
 It's not

00:19:27.559 --> 00:19:28.379
 changing all

00:19:28.379 --> 00:19:28.859
 the time.

00:19:28.859 --> 00:19:31.399
 that is

00:19:31.399 --> 00:19:31.979
 because it's

00:19:31.979 --> 00:19:32.399
 natural,

00:19:32.579 --> 00:19:33.240
 part of us.

00:19:33.459 --> 00:19:33.839
 That's how

00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:34.339
 we live.

00:19:35.599 --> 00:19:36.299
 Number two,

00:19:36.919 --> 00:19:37.519
 that we have

00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:37.979
 the difference

00:19:37.979 --> 00:19:38.500
 of wisdom

00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:39.119
 and faith.

00:19:39.679 --> 00:19:40.179
 Back to

00:19:40.179 --> 00:19:41.139
 16 again,

00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:41.839
 it says that

00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:42.619
 whatever you

00:19:42.619 --> 00:19:43.079
 ask the

00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:43.500
 Father in

00:19:43.500 --> 00:19:44.059
 my name,

00:19:44.619 --> 00:19:44.899
 he may

00:19:44.899 --> 00:19:45.339
 give it

00:19:45.339 --> 00:19:45.819
 to you.

00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:47.479
 So that

00:19:47.479 --> 00:19:48.799
 is the

00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:49.599
 wisdom and

00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:50.059
 faith that

00:19:50.059 --> 00:19:50.519
 come into

00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:51.000
 this real

00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:51.279
 life,

00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:51.599
 that we

00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:52.139
 know what

00:19:52.139 --> 00:19:52.619
 to ask.

00:19:53.579 --> 00:19:54.859
 We ask

00:19:54.859 --> 00:19:55.699
 for things

00:19:55.699 --> 00:19:56.459
 that is

00:19:56.459 --> 00:19:57.059
 concerning with

00:19:57.059 --> 00:19:57.339
 God's

00:19:57.339 --> 00:19:57.839
 kingdom and

00:19:57.839 --> 00:19:58.359
 his glory.

00:19:58.859 --> 00:19:59.779
 And so

00:19:59.779 --> 00:20:00.359
 there's this

00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:01.059
 change in

00:20:01.059 --> 00:20:01.639
 our prayer,

00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:03.399
 in how we

00:20:03.399 --> 00:20:03.759
 pray,

00:20:04.539 --> 00:20:05.179
 because we

00:20:05.179 --> 00:20:05.659
 know God's

00:20:05.659 --> 00:20:06.000
 mind.

00:20:07.439 --> 00:20:08.099
 Number three

00:20:08.099 --> 00:20:09.079
 is that we

00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:09.459
 will have

00:20:09.459 --> 00:20:09.879
 this fruit

00:20:09.879 --> 00:20:10.679
 that edifies

00:20:10.679 --> 00:20:11.379
 or builds

00:20:11.379 --> 00:20:11.759
 up.

00:20:12.199 --> 00:20:12.500
 So in

00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:13.019
 Galatians

00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:14.099
 5,

00:20:14.159 --> 00:20:15.000
 22 to

00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:15.500
 23,

00:20:16.219 --> 00:20:16.539
 there is

00:20:16.539 --> 00:20:17.479
 the passage

00:20:17.479 --> 00:20:17.759
 that talks

00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:18.139
 about the

00:20:18.139 --> 00:20:18.379
 fruit,

00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:19.259
 what exactly

00:20:19.259 --> 00:20:19.579
 is the

00:20:19.579 --> 00:20:19.819
 fruit.

00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:20.599
 But the

00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:20.939
 fruit of

00:20:20.939 --> 00:20:21.439
 the Spirit

00:20:21.439 --> 00:20:22.099
 is love,

00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:22.599
 joy,

00:20:22.899 --> 00:20:23.240
 peace,

00:20:23.439 --> 00:20:23.839
 patience,

00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:24.899
 kindness,

00:20:25.119 --> 00:20:25.379
 goodness,

00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:26.419
 faithfulness,

00:20:26.959 --> 00:20:27.479
 gentleness,

00:20:27.979 --> 00:20:28.719
 self-control,

00:20:28.859 --> 00:20:29.859
 against such

00:20:29.859 --> 00:20:30.159
 things,

00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:30.500
 there is

00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:31.099
 no law.

00:20:31.479 --> 00:20:31.799
 So all

00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:32.459
 this is

00:20:32.459 --> 00:20:33.479
 the

00:20:33.479 --> 00:20:35.619
 virtues or

00:20:35.619 --> 00:20:36.479
 character that

00:20:36.479 --> 00:20:37.240
 in our

00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:37.740
 relationship,

00:20:38.019 --> 00:20:38.479
 how people

00:20:38.479 --> 00:20:40.039
 appreciate how

00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:40.439
 we can

00:20:40.439 --> 00:20:40.799
 build up

00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:41.219
 one another.

00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:41.559
 It's not

00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:41.839
 for our

00:20:41.839 --> 00:20:42.459
 own use,

00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:42.939
 and such.

00:20:43.199 --> 00:20:43.859
 It is how

00:20:43.859 --> 00:20:44.359
 we relate to

00:20:44.359 --> 00:20:44.779
 people,

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:45.359
 and that

00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:45.799
 change,

00:20:45.979 --> 00:20:46.219
 how we

00:20:46.219 --> 00:20:46.500
 relate to

00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:47.839
 people when

00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:48.579
 there's such

00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:49.039
 fruit in

00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:49.279
 us.

00:20:49.939 --> 00:20:50.479
 I don't

00:20:50.479 --> 00:20:50.899
 have time

00:20:50.899 --> 00:20:51.719
 to go

00:20:51.719 --> 00:20:52.159
 very deep

00:20:52.159 --> 00:20:52.819
 on this

00:20:52.819 --> 00:20:53.699
 part,

00:20:53.779 --> 00:20:54.039
 but I

00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:54.720
 think we

00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:55.159
 can

00:20:55.159 --> 00:20:57.819
 understand

00:20:57.819 --> 00:20:58.319
 how this

00:20:58.319 --> 00:20:59.500
 difference is,

00:20:59.579 --> 00:20:59.799
 hopefully.

00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:01.399
 But how

00:21:01.399 --> 00:21:01.879
 does this

00:21:01.879 --> 00:21:02.859
 zoe replace

00:21:02.859 --> 00:21:03.619
 suhai?

00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:04.139
 That is,

00:21:04.420 --> 00:21:04.819
 how does

00:21:04.819 --> 00:21:05.759
 supernatural

00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:07.180
 life replace

00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:07.759
 our natural

00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:08.139
 life?

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:09.619
 We do not

00:21:09.619 --> 00:21:10.379
 contribute to

00:21:10.379 --> 00:21:10.720
 our own

00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:11.019
 birth,

00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:12.259
 either naturally

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 or supernaturally.

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 However,

00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:15.159
 we do

00:21:15.159 --> 00:21:15.839
 contribute to

00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:16.559
 our maturity,

00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:18.099
 because as

00:21:18.099 --> 00:21:18.839
 we contribute,

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:19.879
 we mature.

00:21:19.880 --> 00:21:21.540
 we take

00:21:21.540 --> 00:21:21.980
 part in

00:21:21.980 --> 00:21:22.100
 our

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 maturity.

00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:22.860
 If we

00:21:22.860 --> 00:21:23.100
 don't,

00:21:23.180 --> 00:21:23.320
 if we

00:21:23.320 --> 00:21:23.680
 sit back,

00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:23.940
 we will

00:21:23.940 --> 00:21:24.120
 never

00:21:24.120 --> 00:21:24.540
 mature.

00:21:25.420 --> 00:21:26.140
 So we

00:21:26.140 --> 00:21:26.660
 need to

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 do

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 something

00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:28.940
 for

00:21:28.940 --> 00:21:29.420
 maturity.

00:21:30.760 --> 00:21:31.540
 So our

00:21:31.540 --> 00:21:32.040
 supernatural

00:21:32.040 --> 00:21:32.820
 birth starts

00:21:32.820 --> 00:21:33.240
 when we

00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:33.820
 are cleansed

00:21:33.820 --> 00:21:34.180
 by the

00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:34.500
 word of

00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:34.820
 Jesus.

00:21:35.280 --> 00:21:35.600
 That is

00:21:35.600 --> 00:21:36.060
 in verse

00:21:36.060 --> 00:21:36.340
 3,

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 it says

00:21:36.660 --> 00:21:37.020
 already

00:21:37.020 --> 00:21:37.480
 you are

00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:37.840
 clean

00:21:37.840 --> 00:21:38.640
 because

00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:39.280
 of the

00:21:39.280 --> 00:21:39.660
 word that

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 has spoken

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 to you.

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 And then

00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:42.260
 we can

00:21:42.260 --> 00:21:42.640
 go to

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 John 5,

00:21:43.660 --> 00:21:44.220
 24.

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 Truly,

00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:45.620
 truly,

00:21:45.780 --> 00:21:45.960
 I say

00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:46.500
 to you,

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:47.260
 whoever

00:21:47.260 --> 00:21:47.940
 hears my

00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:48.780
 word and

00:21:48.780 --> 00:21:49.400
 believe him

00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:50.019
 who sends

00:21:50.019 --> 00:21:50.740
 me has

00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:51.160
 eternal

00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:51.600
 life,

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 has this

00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:52.860
 zoe.

00:21:53.120 --> 00:21:53.740
 He does

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 not come

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 into judgment

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 but has

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 passed from

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 death to

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 life.

00:21:59.440 --> 00:21:59.540
 Okay,

00:21:59.940 --> 00:22:00.680
 so to

00:22:00.680 --> 00:22:01.259
 start with,

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 there has

00:22:01.860 --> 00:22:03.259
 to be this

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.860
 supernatural

00:22:03.860 --> 00:22:04.340
 birth,

00:22:04.800 --> 00:22:05.340
 but after

00:22:05.340 --> 00:22:05.759
 that,

00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:06.900
 then we

00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:07.240
 start

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 mature.

00:22:08.360 --> 00:22:08.700
 First of

00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:08.960
 all,

00:22:09.280 --> 00:22:09.480
 there's

00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:09.980
 abiding,

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 that's what

00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:10.740
 we are

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.220
 talking about

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:11.660
 in this

00:22:11.660 --> 00:22:12.420
 chapter.

00:22:13.900 --> 00:22:14.300
 So can

00:22:14.300 --> 00:22:15.980
 a branch

00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:16.700
 not abide

00:22:16.700 --> 00:22:17.140
 in the

00:22:17.140 --> 00:22:17.460
 vine?

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 I mean,

00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:18.519
 the branch

00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:19.539
 is actually

00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:20.019
 attached to

00:22:20.019 --> 00:22:20.379
 the vine.

00:22:20.619 --> 00:22:21.139
 You can't

00:22:21.139 --> 00:22:21.799
 walk away,

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.339
 sort of.

00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:25.000
 But talking

00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:25.639
 about us

00:22:25.639 --> 00:22:26.460
 is that we

00:22:26.460 --> 00:22:27.039
 can definitely

00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:28.740
 do that,

00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:29.920
 like I

00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:30.379
 can talk

00:22:30.379 --> 00:22:30.900
 with you,

00:22:31.639 --> 00:22:32.160
 but my

00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:32.579
 mind is

00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:33.039
 not there.

00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.480
 That's quite

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:34.799
 common.

00:22:34.940 --> 00:22:35.299
 We can be

00:22:35.299 --> 00:22:35.759
 in church,

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:36.879
 but our

00:22:36.879 --> 00:22:37.319
 heart is

00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:37.660
 somewhere

00:22:37.660 --> 00:22:38.079
 else.

00:22:38.879 --> 00:22:40.299
 So that

00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:41.660
 part of

00:22:41.660 --> 00:22:42.680
 it is not

00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:43.160
 abiding.

00:22:43.420 --> 00:22:43.680
 But how

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.019
 can we

00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:44.440
 abide?

00:22:44.639 --> 00:22:45.180
 How can

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:45.799
 we abide

00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:46.759
 in Jesus?

00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.799
 Number one

00:22:48.799 --> 00:22:50.399
 is word.

00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:51.039
 Jesus

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.319
 said,

00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:52.039
 abide in

00:22:52.039 --> 00:22:52.220
 my

00:22:52.220 --> 00:22:52.599
 word.

00:22:54.639 --> 00:22:55.799
 So how

00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:56.059
 do we

00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:56.579
 abide in

00:22:56.579 --> 00:22:56.819
 Jesus'

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.240
 word?

00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:57.859
 We do

00:22:57.859 --> 00:22:58.299
 so by

00:22:58.299 --> 00:22:58.759
 reading,

00:22:58.980 --> 00:22:59.379
 reading the

00:22:59.379 --> 00:22:59.619
 Bible,

00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:00.039
 reading

00:23:00.039 --> 00:23:00.379
 Christian

00:23:00.379 --> 00:23:00.759
 books,

00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:01.579
 thinking,

00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:03.619
 listening,

00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:05.119
 teaching,

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.259
 singing,

00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.119
 applying.

00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:08.259
 I think

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:09.019
 also teaching

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:09.460
 is quite

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:10.119
 important.

00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:14.500
 when I

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:15.119
 prepare for

00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:15.859
 Bible studies,

00:23:16.259 --> 00:23:17.039
 for sermons,

00:23:17.379 --> 00:23:17.919
 I think the

00:23:17.919 --> 00:23:18.399
 one who

00:23:18.399 --> 00:23:19.299
 benefited the

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:19.659
 most would

00:23:19.659 --> 00:23:20.299
 be myself

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:22.879
 because when

00:23:22.879 --> 00:23:23.479
 I need to

00:23:23.479 --> 00:23:24.079
 teach other

00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:25.879
 people, I

00:23:25.879 --> 00:23:26.159
 need to

00:23:26.159 --> 00:23:26.799
 understand it

00:23:26.799 --> 00:23:27.159
 myself.

00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:27.559
 If I don't

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:28.099
 understand,

00:23:28.679 --> 00:23:29.319
 it's hard to

00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:29.579
 teach.

00:23:29.879 --> 00:23:31.399
 But if I

00:23:31.399 --> 00:23:31.799
 don't have the

00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:32.859
 pressure to

00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:33.599
 teach others,

00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:35.239
 I'm too

00:23:35.239 --> 00:23:35.599
 lazy.

00:23:35.959 --> 00:23:36.279
 You just

00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:37.099
 don't think

00:23:37.099 --> 00:23:38.019
 deep enough.

00:23:38.019 --> 00:23:40.500
 if you

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:40.720
 get a

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.339
 chance to

00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:42.200
 teach others

00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:43.039
 one to

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:43.799
 one in

00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:44.720
 the Bible

00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:45.299
 study group,

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.299
 it's actually

00:23:46.299 --> 00:23:47.200
 very good to

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:48.879
 help us to

00:23:48.879 --> 00:23:49.500
 abide in

00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:49.940
 the word.

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.559
 And singing,

00:23:52.379 --> 00:23:53.099
 also if you

00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:53.980
 sing songs

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:55.359
 that is

00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:56.759
 scriptural and

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.240
 help us to

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:57.799
 understand the

00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:58.139
 scripture,

00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:58.920
 that will help

00:23:58.920 --> 00:23:59.539
 us as well.

00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:00.500
 So in

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.980
 Colossians 3.16,

00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:02.839
 it says,

00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:03.660
 let the word

00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:04.099
 of Christ

00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:04.599
 join you

00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:05.160
 richly,

00:24:05.619 --> 00:24:05.900
 teaching,

00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.720
 admonishing,

00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.360
 one another

00:24:08.360 --> 00:24:08.799
 in all

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.160
 wisdom,

00:24:09.860 --> 00:24:10.120
 singing

00:24:10.120 --> 00:24:11.640
 psalms and

00:24:11.640 --> 00:24:12.220
 hymns and

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:13.100
 spiritual songs

00:24:13.100 --> 00:24:14.319
 with thanksgiving

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:15.519
 in your

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:15.980
 hearts to

00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.240
 God.

00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:17.339
 So that's

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:18.039
 abiding in

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:18.440
 the word,

00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:19.500
 then abiding

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:20.019
 in his

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.440
 love.

00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:21.880
 Verse 9,

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:22.900
 Jesus said,

00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:23.400
 as the

00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:23.880
 Father has

00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:24.380
 loved me,

00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:25.539
 so have

00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:25.980
 I loved

00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:26.160
 you.

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:27.059
 Abide in

00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:27.660
 my love.

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:28.600
 And

00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:29.460
 verse 13,

00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:30.759
 greater love

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:31.400
 has no one

00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:31.880
 than this,

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:32.480
 that someone

00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:32.980
 lay down

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.579
 his life

00:24:33.579 --> 00:24:34.519
 for his

00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:34.960
 friends.

00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:38.500
 How do

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:38.880
 we abide

00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:39.279
 in Jesus'

00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:39.700
 love?

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:40.900
 That is

00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:41.460
 the thing.

00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.279
 Every time

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:43.000
 in the

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.500
 New Testament,

00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.920
 almost every

00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:45.180
 time,

00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:45.579
 when it

00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:46.200
 says that

00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:46.600
 Jesus

00:24:46.600 --> 00:24:47.900
 loved us,

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:48.779
 he always

00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.740
 followed by

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.100
 the fact

00:24:50.100 --> 00:24:50.440
 that he

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:51.480
 died for

00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:51.920
 us.

00:24:52.779 --> 00:24:52.880
 Okay.

00:24:54.600 --> 00:24:55.259
 We don't

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:55.539
 look at

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:56.340
 the circumstances

00:24:56.340 --> 00:24:57.880
 that we

00:24:57.880 --> 00:24:58.340
 are sick,

00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.039
 we lost

00:24:59.039 --> 00:24:59.539
 our job,

00:24:59.759 --> 00:24:59.860
 oh,

00:24:59.940 --> 00:25:00.140
 Jesus

00:25:00.140 --> 00:25:00.519
 doesn't

00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:00.980
 love me.

00:25:01.360 --> 00:25:02.019
 The Bible

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.660
 doesn't say

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:02.960
 that.

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:04.100
 Jesus'

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:04.680
 love is

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:04.840
 not

00:25:04.840 --> 00:25:05.340
 conditional,

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.620
 doesn't

00:25:06.620 --> 00:25:08.059
 result in

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:08.579
 our life

00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.019
 being

00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:11.059
 easier or

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.360
 smooth.

00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:12.819
 The love

00:25:12.819 --> 00:25:13.220
 of Jesus

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:14.400
 is always

00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:15.180
 related to

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:15.740
 his death

00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:16.279
 for our

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:16.500
 sin.

00:25:17.840 --> 00:25:17.980
 Okay,

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:19.180
 so every

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:20.200
 time we

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:20.579
 remember

00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:21.220
 Jesus dying

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:22.400
 for my

00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:24.200
 sin,

00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:25.259
 then I

00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:25.920
 know that

00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:26.440
 Jesus loved

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:26.680
 me.

00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:28.100
 And that's

00:25:28.100 --> 00:25:28.440
 enough,

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:28.960
 and that's

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:29.259
 more than

00:25:29.259 --> 00:25:29.579
 enough.

00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:30.799
 And that's

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.220
 how we

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:31.779
 abide in

00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:31.960
 Jesus'

00:25:32.120 --> 00:25:32.340
 love.

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:33.579
 Number

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:34.200
 three is

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:35.299
 abiding in

00:25:35.299 --> 00:25:35.680
 Christ.

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.400
 Obviously,

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.900
 he already

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:38.420
 said abide

00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:38.920
 in me.

00:25:39.620 --> 00:25:40.240
 So how

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:40.460
 do we

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:40.960
 abide in

00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:41.340
 Christ?

00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:43.160
 We just

00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:43.840
 try to

00:25:43.840 --> 00:25:44.340
 think less

00:25:44.340 --> 00:25:45.019
 of ourselves

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:46.559
 and think

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:47.000
 more of

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.180
 him.

00:25:50.779 --> 00:25:51.480
 If we

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:51.759
 try,

00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:53.180
 we keep

00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:53.680
 trying to

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.160
 gain love

00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:54.539
 and joy

00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:55.259
 for ourselves,

00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:56.420
 doing all

00:25:56.420 --> 00:25:56.720
 sorts of

00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.140
 things,

00:25:58.059 --> 00:25:58.740
 most of

00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:58.960
 the time

00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.840
 we will

00:25:59.840 --> 00:26:00.000
 be

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.559
 disappointed.

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.700
 But if we

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.059
 keep our

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.500
 minds,

00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:03.279
 on

00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:03.779
 Christ,

00:26:05.079 --> 00:26:05.460
 we will

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:05.779
 have

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.319
 love and

00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:06.759
 joy as

00:26:06.759 --> 00:26:07.000
 well.

00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.380
 We will

00:26:07.380 --> 00:26:07.740
 come with

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:07.960
 him.

00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:09.120
 So abiding

00:26:09.120 --> 00:26:09.420
 in his

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:09.700
 word,

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.460
 his love,

00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:10.960
 and abiding

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.340
 in him.

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.700
 Number

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.360
 two for

00:26:14.360 --> 00:26:14.860
 maturity,

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:15.720
 for being

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.039
 fruitful,

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:16.660
 is to

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:17.220
 have this

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.779
 joyful

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:18.799
 obedience

00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:19.680
 to his

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.039
 word.

00:26:20.860 --> 00:26:21.380
 In

00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:22.680
 verses 14

00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:23.240
 to 15,

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:24.359
 you are

00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:24.559
 my

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:24.960
 friends,

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.299
 if you

00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:25.839
 do what

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:26.039
 I

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:26.440
 command

00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:26.740
 to.

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:27.460
 No

00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:27.720
 longer

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:28.120
 do I

00:26:28.120 --> 00:26:28.940
 call you

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:30.460
 servants,

00:26:30.700 --> 00:26:31.000
 for the

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.960
 servant does

00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:32.539
 not know

00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:32.980
 what his

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.519
 master is

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:33.900
 doing,

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:34.819
 but I

00:26:34.819 --> 00:26:34.980
 have

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.420
 called you

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:35.980
 friends,

00:26:36.200 --> 00:26:36.539
 for all

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:36.839
 that I

00:26:36.839 --> 00:26:37.420
 have heard

00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:37.799
 from my

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.099
 father,

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:38.400
 I have

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:38.940
 made known

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:40.359
 to you.

00:26:40.359 --> 00:26:44.299
 if all

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:44.740
 we have

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:44.939
 is

00:26:44.939 --> 00:26:45.379
 suhai,

00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:45.699
 this

00:26:45.699 --> 00:26:46.039
 natural

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:46.439
 life,

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:47.819
 we will

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:48.699
 obey

00:26:48.699 --> 00:26:49.679
 begrudgingly

00:26:49.679 --> 00:26:50.219
 a slave,

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:52.479
 because this

00:26:52.479 --> 00:26:52.899
 is what we

00:26:52.899 --> 00:26:53.219
 are told

00:26:53.219 --> 00:26:53.539
 to do,

00:26:53.619 --> 00:26:53.879
 we just

00:26:53.879 --> 00:26:54.240
 do it.

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.579
 But when

00:26:56.579 --> 00:26:56.939
 Zoe

00:26:56.939 --> 00:26:57.439
 comes to

00:26:57.439 --> 00:26:57.740
 us,

00:26:58.719 --> 00:26:59.059
 we could

00:26:59.059 --> 00:26:59.539
 start to

00:26:59.539 --> 00:26:59.959
 understand

00:26:59.959 --> 00:27:01.000
 Jesus as

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.879
 comrades,

00:27:02.159 --> 00:27:02.959
 as friends,

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:03.879
 and we

00:27:03.879 --> 00:27:04.240
 start to

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.679
 obey

00:27:04.679 --> 00:27:05.639
 joyfully.

00:27:06.699 --> 00:27:08.099
 So I

00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:08.839
 can use

00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:09.399
 the analogy

00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:10.880
 if you

00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:11.740
 are an

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:13.220
 employee

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:14.500
 of a

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:14.759
 firm,

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:17.660
 and your

00:27:17.660 --> 00:27:18.300
 boss tells

00:27:18.300 --> 00:27:18.720
 you to do

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.140
 something,

00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:21.400
 you will

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:21.840
 do it,

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.220
 because

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:22.860
 otherwise

00:27:22.860 --> 00:27:23.200
 you won't

00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.680
 get paid,

00:27:24.580 --> 00:27:25.060
 but even

00:27:25.060 --> 00:27:25.340
 though you

00:27:25.340 --> 00:27:25.720
 may not

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:27.100
 be happy,

00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:28.340
 you're not

00:27:28.340 --> 00:27:28.700
 happy to

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:29.160
 do that,

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.540
 but if

00:27:30.540 --> 00:27:30.880
 you are

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:31.420
 also a

00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:31.980
 shareholder

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.580
 of the

00:27:32.580 --> 00:27:33.019
 company,

00:27:34.800 --> 00:27:35.580
 then you

00:27:35.580 --> 00:27:36.080
 know that

00:27:36.080 --> 00:27:36.560
 whatever you

00:27:36.560 --> 00:27:37.080
 do is

00:27:37.080 --> 00:27:37.600
 going to

00:27:37.600 --> 00:27:38.240
 increase

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.780
 the profit

00:27:38.780 --> 00:27:39.000
 of the

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:39.380
 company,

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:41.200
 then when

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.560
 you do

00:27:41.560 --> 00:27:41.780
 it,

00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:42.720
 you have

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.200
 a different

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:43.860
 motivation,

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:44.660
 the joy

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:45.019
 in it.

00:27:46.640 --> 00:27:47.540
 The glory

00:27:47.540 --> 00:27:48.080
 of God

00:27:48.080 --> 00:27:48.860
 is more

00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:49.340
 than the

00:27:49.340 --> 00:27:49.840
 profit of

00:27:49.840 --> 00:27:50.240
 company,

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:51.000
 much more,

00:27:51.620 --> 00:27:52.060
 and when

00:27:52.060 --> 00:27:52.460
 we can

00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:53.180
 see that,

00:27:53.320 --> 00:27:53.600
 when we

00:27:53.600 --> 00:27:53.940
 have this

00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:54.420
 joy in

00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:54.620
 us,

00:27:54.960 --> 00:27:55.440
 we will

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:55.920
 obey,

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:57.940
 not so

00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:58.300
 much as

00:27:58.300 --> 00:27:58.740
 slaves,

00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.340
 but as

00:27:59.340 --> 00:27:59.700
 friends,

00:27:59.820 --> 00:28:00.220
 we know

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.940
 what Jesus

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:01.540
 is about,

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:02.620
 and we

00:28:02.620 --> 00:28:02.980
 obey

00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.780
 joyfully,

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:05.080
 and that's

00:28:05.080 --> 00:28:06.180
 how we

00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:06.880
 contribute

00:28:06.880 --> 00:28:08.400
 to our

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:09.000
 growth,

00:28:09.120 --> 00:28:09.560
 maturity,

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:10.640
 and this

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.360
 new life.

00:28:13.260 --> 00:28:13.700
 Lastly,

00:28:14.020 --> 00:28:15.540
 is life

00:28:15.540 --> 00:28:15.960
 going to be

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:16.480
 easier or

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:17.040
 harder with

00:28:17.040 --> 00:28:17.300
 joy?

00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:18.860
 If we

00:28:18.860 --> 00:28:19.620
 change from

00:28:19.620 --> 00:28:21.040
 Suhey to

00:28:21.040 --> 00:28:21.340
 joy,

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:21.860
 would that

00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:22.660
 be easier

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:24.460
 or difficult?

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:26.640
 It is both

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:27.620
 easier and

00:28:27.620 --> 00:28:28.240
 harder.

00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:29.880
 Harder because

00:28:29.880 --> 00:28:30.440
 we need to

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:31.080
 deny our

00:28:31.080 --> 00:28:31.980
 natural self,

00:28:32.580 --> 00:28:33.180
 we take up

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:33.700
 the cross,

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:34.259
 and follow

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.720
 Christ.

00:28:35.340 --> 00:28:36.000
 Deny our

00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.539
 self is

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.319
 always hard.

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.500
 That's when

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:39.059
 God is

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:39.900
 doing the

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:40.259
 pruning,

00:28:40.840 --> 00:28:41.580
 and we

00:28:41.580 --> 00:28:42.880
 will go

00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:43.259
 through

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:44.319
 difficulties

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:45.340
 either from

00:28:45.340 --> 00:28:45.980
 other people

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:46.460
 or from

00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:47.059
 our own

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.660
 unfulfilled

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:48.880
 desire.

00:28:50.460 --> 00:28:50.900
 However,

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:52.220
 as we

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:52.799
 go in

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:54.440
 and follow

00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:54.819
 the Lord

00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:55.660
 Jesus Christ,

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.759
 it becomes

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.920
 easier because

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.559
 we will find

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:59.000
 that his

00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:00.799
 yoke is

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.580
 easy and

00:29:01.580 --> 00:29:02.140
 his burden

00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:02.640
 light.

00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:03.759
 So you

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.100
 need to

00:29:04.100 --> 00:29:04.560
 do that

00:29:04.560 --> 00:29:04.880
 step,

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:05.840
 and then

00:29:05.840 --> 00:29:06.140
 you will

00:29:06.140 --> 00:29:06.759
 find and

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.080
 we will

00:29:07.080 --> 00:29:08.720
 find that

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.440
 this new

00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:10.540
 life is

00:29:10.540 --> 00:29:11.540
 actually much

00:29:11.540 --> 00:29:13.300
 easier than

00:29:13.300 --> 00:29:13.920
 the old

00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:14.780
 life that we

00:29:14.780 --> 00:29:15.180
 try to

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:15.480
 live.

00:29:16.780 --> 00:29:17.140
 That is

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:18.020
 because his

00:29:18.020 --> 00:29:18.620
 grace is

00:29:18.620 --> 00:29:19.500
 always sufficient

00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:20.020
 for us,

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:21.100
 helping us to

00:29:21.100 --> 00:29:21.480
 be more

00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:21.840
 fruitful,

00:29:22.840 --> 00:29:23.780
 and the

00:29:23.780 --> 00:29:24.300
 Holy Spirit

00:29:24.300 --> 00:29:24.940
 helps us.

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:26.380
 I shall

00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:26.900
 end with

00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:27.840
 two stories.

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:29.000
 The first

00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:29.800
 story is

00:29:29.800 --> 00:29:30.520
 about

00:29:30.520 --> 00:29:31.660
 Kevin

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:32.920
 Kevin Carter.

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.640
 I'm not

00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:34.940
 sure whether

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:35.460
 you have

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:37.060
 seen this

00:29:37.060 --> 00:29:37.920
 picture before.

00:29:38.100 --> 00:29:38.420
 It was

00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:39.019
 very well

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.300
 known,

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.279
 and Kevin

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:41.160
 got the

00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:41.779
 prestigious

00:29:41.779 --> 00:29:42.980
 prize for

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.220
 it.

00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:44.720
 Kevin

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:46.580
 became famous

00:29:46.580 --> 00:29:47.259
 after he

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:48.880
 visited Africa

00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:49.960
 and took

00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:51.759
 many pictures

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:52.720
 of poverty,

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:53.720
 suffering,

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:57.380
 and after

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:58.380
 this picture

00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:58.980
 came out

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.180
 and he

00:29:59.180 --> 00:29:59.440
 got the

00:29:59.440 --> 00:29:59.880
 prize,

00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:00.860
 a lot of

00:30:00.860 --> 00:30:02.019
 people started

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.559
 to attack

00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:03.539
 him online

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:03.960
 or on

00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:05.059
 paper.

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:05.960
 Why did

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:06.299
 they attack

00:30:06.299 --> 00:30:06.539
 him?

00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:06.900
 He said

00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:07.339
 that he

00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:07.920
 is heartless.

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:09.019
 How could

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:10.079
 he take

00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:10.440
 a picture

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:10.920
 like this

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:11.360
 and not

00:30:11.360 --> 00:30:12.140
 caring for

00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:13.480
 the baby

00:30:13.480 --> 00:30:14.519
 who is

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:14.839
 suffering?

00:30:16.900 --> 00:30:17.759
 So Kevin

00:30:17.759 --> 00:30:18.480
 was very

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:18.960
 hurt by

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:19.160
 that.

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:19.620
 He actually

00:30:19.620 --> 00:30:20.900
 explained not

00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:21.400
 that he

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:22.220
 didn't care

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:23.140
 because he

00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:23.519
 was not

00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:24.000
 allowed to

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.860
 touch those

00:30:24.860 --> 00:30:25.640
 children because

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:25.900
 they were

00:30:25.900 --> 00:30:26.500
 soldiers with

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:27.779
 him because

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.420
 of disease.

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.660
 So the

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:30.200
 government

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:30.860
 allowed him

00:30:30.860 --> 00:30:31.120
 to take

00:30:31.120 --> 00:30:32.059
 picture and

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.480
 not to

00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:33.400
 touch any

00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:33.940
 of the

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:34.940
 subjects that

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:35.220
 he took

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.860
 picture for.

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:36.680
 But he

00:30:36.680 --> 00:30:36.940
 said he

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:37.920
 did chase

00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:38.339
 away that

00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:38.839
 voucher

00:30:38.839 --> 00:30:40.259
 after the

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:42.660
 shooting.

00:30:44.100 --> 00:30:44.579
 Actually,

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.259
 that child

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:46.779
 lived for

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.400
 14 more

00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:47.819
 years and

00:30:47.819 --> 00:30:49.279
 he died

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:50.100
 of malaria

00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:54.379
 is a

00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:54.639
 boy,

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:55.019
 not a

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.159
 girl,

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:55.599
 but they

00:30:55.599 --> 00:30:55.859
 thought it

00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:56.119
 was a

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.259
 girl,

00:30:56.339 --> 00:30:56.599
 so the

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:57.179
 title was

00:30:57.179 --> 00:30:57.699
 still called

00:30:57.699 --> 00:30:58.199
 The Voucher

00:30:58.199 --> 00:30:58.619
 and The

00:30:58.619 --> 00:30:59.480
 Little Girl.

00:31:00.659 --> 00:31:01.879
 So Kevin

00:31:01.879 --> 00:31:02.799
 committed suicide

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:03.899
 four months

00:31:03.899 --> 00:31:04.500
 after this

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:06.139
 picture was

00:31:06.139 --> 00:31:07.519
 taken at

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:09.000
 age 33.

00:31:10.379 --> 00:31:10.899
 He left

00:31:10.899 --> 00:31:11.559
 a suicide

00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:12.339
 load in

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:12.980
 his car.

00:31:13.219 --> 00:31:14.519
 He said,

00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:16.699
 I'm really,

00:31:16.919 --> 00:31:17.419
 really sorry.

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:18.359
 The pain of

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:19.319
 life overrides

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:20.179
 the joy to

00:31:20.179 --> 00:31:20.639
 the point

00:31:20.639 --> 00:31:23.200
 that joy

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:23.779
 does not

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.419
 exist.

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:27.139
 Depressed

00:31:27.139 --> 00:31:27.559
 without

00:31:27.559 --> 00:31:28.059
 phone,

00:31:28.639 --> 00:31:29.220
 money for

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.779
 rents,

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:30.379
 money for

00:31:30.379 --> 00:31:31.119
 child support,

00:31:31.659 --> 00:31:32.099
 money for

00:31:32.099 --> 00:31:32.419
 debts.

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:34.980
 I'm haunted

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.799
 by the vivid

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.599
 memories of

00:31:36.599 --> 00:31:38.019
 killings and

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.899
 corpses and

00:31:38.899 --> 00:31:39.480
 anger and

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:40.639
 pain, of

00:31:40.639 --> 00:31:41.740
 starving or

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.559
 wounded children,

00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:43.859
 of trigger-happy

00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:44.559
 madmen,

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:46.000
 often police,

00:31:46.399 --> 00:31:46.939
 of killer

00:31:46.939 --> 00:31:48.119
 executioners.

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:49.980
 I've gone to

00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.599
 join Ken

00:31:50.599 --> 00:31:51.039
 if I'm

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.599
 that lucky.

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:54.339
 Ken was

00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:54.980
 his friend

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.379
 who committed

00:31:55.379 --> 00:31:56.960
 suicide a few

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:57.879
 months beforehand.

00:32:00.299 --> 00:32:00.980
 Kevin was

00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:01.639
 only 33.

00:32:02.439 --> 00:32:02.980
 He wanted to

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.619
 make a difference

00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:04.859
 to his life and

00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:05.460
 those who were

00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:05.839
 suffering.

00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.720
 But he doesn't

00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.799
 have the joy in

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.599
 him to enjoy

00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:10.159
 the suffering.

00:32:11.439 --> 00:32:12.779
 He just

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:13.419
 couldn't take it.

00:32:13.420 --> 00:32:14.700
 So he killed

00:32:14.700 --> 00:32:15.320
 himself by

00:32:15.320 --> 00:32:15.840
 inhaling

00:32:15.840 --> 00:32:20.220
 carbon monoside

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:21.200
 in the car.

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:24.019
 The next story

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.880
 is about

00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:26.140
 Michael and

00:32:26.140 --> 00:32:27.519
 Amy Rittering.

00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:29.400
 Michael and

00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:30.080
 Amy Rittering,

00:32:30.160 --> 00:32:30.519
 they heard

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:32.100
 about a poor

00:32:32.100 --> 00:32:32.640
 country in

00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:33.259
 West Africa

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:33.860
 called

00:32:33.860 --> 00:32:35.860
 Burkina Faso.

00:32:36.360 --> 00:32:37.019
 It's a

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:38.420
 Muslim country.

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:41.160
 Very poor.

00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:42.000
 So they

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.620
 went there

00:32:42.620 --> 00:32:43.420
 as missionaries

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.580
 in 2011

00:32:44.580 --> 00:32:47.160
 and

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:47.620
 established

00:32:47.620 --> 00:32:48.240
 churches,

00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:49.259
 ministries.

00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:50.480
 In 2013,

00:32:51.100 --> 00:32:52.200
 Burkina Faso

00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:52.900
 was considered

00:32:52.900 --> 00:32:53.680
 as one of the

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:54.440
 countries with

00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:55.259
 fastest growing

00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:56.140
 number of

00:32:56.140 --> 00:32:56.500
 Christians.

00:32:57.900 --> 00:32:58.279
 And in

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:59.420
 January 2016,

00:33:00.060 --> 00:33:00.640
 Michael Rittering

00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:01.240
 was gunned

00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:01.640
 down by

00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:02.660
 Muslim extremists.

00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:04.840
 He was

00:33:04.840 --> 00:33:05.580
 45 years

00:33:05.580 --> 00:33:05.900
 then.

00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:07.720
 Since then,

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:08.460
 many Christians

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:09.180
 and missionaries

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:09.660
 were killed.

00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:10.900
 The last

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.840
 killing happened

00:33:11.840 --> 00:33:12.300
 just two

00:33:12.300 --> 00:33:13.000
 Sundays ago.

00:33:13.920 --> 00:33:14.660
 14 people

00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:15.220
 in the church

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:15.560
 including

00:33:15.560 --> 00:33:16.060
 children

00:33:16.060 --> 00:33:16.840
 were gunned

00:33:16.840 --> 00:33:17.100
 down by

00:33:17.100 --> 00:33:17.519
 Muslims.

00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.560
 Amy Rittering

00:33:20.560 --> 00:33:21.240
 is still there

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.840
 running

00:33:21.840 --> 00:33:22.519
 orphanage,

00:33:23.560 --> 00:33:23.940
 women's

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.660
 crisis center

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:25.120
 and medical

00:33:25.120 --> 00:33:25.640
 clinic.

00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:27.120
 Michael's

00:33:27.120 --> 00:33:27.519
 brother,

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.240
 Jeff,

00:33:28.360 --> 00:33:28.700
 and his

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:29.279
 family also

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:29.840
 joined in

00:33:29.840 --> 00:33:30.380
 the ministry.

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:32.900
 Are these

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:33.640
 people crazy?

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.540
 They saw

00:33:35.540 --> 00:33:36.160
 sufferings.

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:37.019
 They suffered

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.540
 themselves.

00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:40.680
 And the

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:40.960
 churches

00:33:40.960 --> 00:33:41.300
 there

00:33:41.300 --> 00:33:41.779
 are growing

00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:42.420
 and they

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:43.400
 didn't

00:33:43.400 --> 00:33:43.940
 despite

00:33:43.940 --> 00:33:44.340
 the

00:33:44.340 --> 00:33:44.660
 killing

00:33:44.660 --> 00:33:45.920
 that

00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:46.340
 happens

00:33:46.340 --> 00:33:46.740
 almost

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.000
 every

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:47.380
 month.

00:33:52.840 --> 00:33:53.680
 There's

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:54.480
 a joy

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:55.240
 offering

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:55.480
 from

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:55.700
 within

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:56.080
 them.

00:33:57.100 --> 00:33:57.400
 And this

00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:57.700
 is the

00:33:57.700 --> 00:33:58.100
 fruit of

00:33:58.100 --> 00:33:58.420
 Zoe.

00:34:00.820 --> 00:34:01.540
 Revelation

00:34:01.540 --> 00:34:02.040
 12,

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:02.620
 11.

00:34:02.620 --> 00:34:04.380
 And they

00:34:04.380 --> 00:34:04.980
 have conquered

00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:05.640
 him by the

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:06.360
 blood of the

00:34:06.360 --> 00:34:07.100
 lamb and

00:34:07.100 --> 00:34:07.720
 by the word

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.000
 of their

00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:08.519
 testimony.

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:09.599
 for they

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.300
 love not

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:10.679
 their

00:34:10.679 --> 00:34:11.199
 suhai

00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:11.719
 even

00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:13.019
 until

00:34:13.019 --> 00:34:14.159
 death.

00:34:16.019 --> 00:34:16.800
 We can

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:17.320
 do nothing

00:34:17.320 --> 00:34:18.039
 glorious on

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:18.480
 our own.

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:20.719
 This

00:34:20.719 --> 00:34:21.199
 lamb of

00:34:21.199 --> 00:34:21.659
 God is

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.659
 also the

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.000
 king of

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:23.360
 life.

00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:24.179
 We do

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:24.679
 not need

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:25.000
 to hold

00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:25.300
 on to

00:34:25.300 --> 00:34:25.460
 our

00:34:25.460 --> 00:34:25.800
 natural

00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:26.239
 life.

00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:27.900
 We just

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:28.219
 need to

00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:28.800
 submit to

00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:29.340
 this king

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:30.019
 and abide

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.500
 in him.

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:31.800
 From

00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:32.059
 Jesus'

00:34:32.259 --> 00:34:32.659
 supernatural

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:33.300
 life,

00:34:33.960 --> 00:34:34.079
 we

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.559
 flow to

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:34.920
 us

00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:37.579
 so that

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:37.780
 we

00:34:37.780 --> 00:34:38.079
 could

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:39.220
 joyfully

00:34:39.220 --> 00:34:39.880
 live for

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:40.260
 God's

00:34:40.260 --> 00:34:40.579
 glory.

00:34:41.820 --> 00:34:42.320
 Let's

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:42.579
 pray.

00:34:50.579 --> 00:34:51.500
 Father God,

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:51.940
 as we

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:53.260
 think of

00:34:53.260 --> 00:34:54.659
 Christian

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:55.139
 brothers and

00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:55.920
 sisters who

00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.500
 have suffered

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:58.740
 for your

00:34:58.740 --> 00:34:59.139
 glory,

00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:02.039
 we know

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.420
 that there

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:02.920
 is this

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:04.180
 difference in

00:35:04.179 --> 00:35:04.440
 them.

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.699
 We know

00:35:07.699 --> 00:35:08.039
 that they

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:09.079
 are more

00:35:09.079 --> 00:35:09.440
 blessed

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:12.039
 because they

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:13.019
 have something

00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:14.940
 greater to

00:35:14.940 --> 00:35:15.559
 live for

00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:16.259
 and to

00:35:16.259 --> 00:35:16.759
 die for.

00:35:20.719 --> 00:35:21.199
 Father,

00:35:21.299 --> 00:35:21.579
 may you

00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:21.960
 keep

00:35:21.960 --> 00:35:22.339
 pruning

00:35:22.339 --> 00:35:23.239
 us

00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:26.539
 and make

00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:26.899
 us

00:35:26.899 --> 00:35:28.039
 fruitful

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.960
 for your

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:29.500
 own glory.

00:35:30.319 --> 00:35:30.739
 Thank you,

00:35:30.839 --> 00:35:31.179
 Father, for

00:35:31.179 --> 00:35:31.779
 in Jesus' name

00:35:31.779 --> 00:35:32.219
 we pray.

00:35:33.159 --> 00:35:33.480
 Amen.

00:35:34.179 --> 00:35:34.779
 Amen.

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:35.460
 Amen.

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:47.099
 Amen.

00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:47.519
 Amen.

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:49.079
 Amen.

00:35:51.559 --> 00:35:51.619
 Amen.

00:35:51.619 --> 00:35:51.719
 Amen.

00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:52.139
 Amen.

00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:52.179
 Amen.

00:35:52.179 --> 00:35:52.539
 Amen.

00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:52.619
 Amen.

00:35:54.659 --> 00:35:55.699
 Amen.

00:35:56.159 --> 00:35:56.259
 Amen.

00:35:56.259 --> 00:35:56.440
 Amen.

00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:56.559
 Amen.

00:35:57.579 --> 00:35:58.339
 Amen.

00:35:58.339 --> 00:35:58.779
 Amen.

00:35:58.799 --> 00:35:59.199
 Amen.

00:35:59.199 --> 00:35:59.359
 Amen.

00:35:59.359 --> 00:35:59.639
 Amen.

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.559
 Amen.

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:03.319
 Amen.

00:36:03.319 --> 00:36:04.139
 Amen.