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 In our Bibles, please, to Genesis chapter 1.

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 We have two readings today, and the first one is in Genesis.

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 Genesis.

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 Genesis chapter 1.

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 Genesis chapter 1.

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 We are starting a new series, The Gospel of John.

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 You may be wondering why we're starting in Genesis.

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 Well, you'll see in just a minute, so be patient.

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 But there's a little booklet here which will give you a summary of the whole gospel.

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 So you don't have to read it all at once, but you can take your copy on your way out,

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 read a section at a time, and dip into it at any time through our series just to remind

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 ourselves of what the big picture is, what it's all about.

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 So that's John's Gospel.

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 It'll be sitting on the table as you leave this morning.

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 So Genesis 1, you'll see the connection in just a minute.

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 We're going to read the first few verses.

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 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

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 Now the earth was formless and empty.

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 Darkness was over the surface of the deep.

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 And the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

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 And God said, let there be light.

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 And there was light.

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 Now let's turn to John's Gospel, Chapter 1.

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 John's Gospel, Chapter 1, starting at verse 1 through to 18.

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 And see if you can make the connection.

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 In the beginning was the Word.

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 And the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

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 He was with God in the beginning.

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 Through him, all things were made.

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 Without him, nothing was made that has been made.

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 In him was life.

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 And that life was the light of all mankind.

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 The light shines in the darkness.

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 And the darkness has not overcome it.

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 There was a man sent from God whose name was John.

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 Now this John is not to be confused with the writer of John's Gospel.

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 John's Gospel, the writer, was a disciple of Jesus.

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 This John here in verse 6 is John the Baptist.

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 The last prophet who came speaking about Jesus.

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 Verse 7.

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 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light,

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 so that through him all might believe.

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 He himself was not the light.

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 He came only as a witness to the light.

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 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.

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 He was in the world.

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 And though the world was made through him,

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 the world did not recognize him.

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 He came to that which was his own,

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 but his own did not receive him.

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 Yet to all who did receive him,

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 to those who believed in his name,

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 he gave the right to become children of God.

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 Children born not of natural descent,

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 nor of human decision,

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 or a husband's will,

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 but born of God.

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 The Word became flesh

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 and made his dwelling among us.

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 We have seen his glory,

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 the glory of the one and only Son

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 who came from the Father

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 full of grace and truth.

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 John, that's John the Baptist,

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 testified concerning him.

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 He cried out saying,

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 This is the one I spoke about when I said,

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 He who comes after me

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 has surpassed me

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 because he was before me.

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 Out of his fullness,

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 we have all received grace

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 in place of grace

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 already given.

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 For the law was given through Moses.

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 Grace and truth

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 came through Jesus Christ.

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 No one has ever seen God,

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 but the one and only Son

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 who is himself God

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 and is in the closest relationship

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 with the Father

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 has made him known.

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 Well, let's pray.

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 Our Father God,

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 we ask for one simple thing,

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 that through your Word now

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 and by your Spirit,

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 you would reveal afresh to us

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 who you are,

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 how we can know you

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 and what you have done for us.

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 Be our teacher

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 and help us, we pray.

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 Amen.

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 I want you to think

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 and imagine with me.

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 Suppose for a moment

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 you don't know me.

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 You don't know

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 there is a Johnny Grant.

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 Think about it.

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 You could spend

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 your whole life

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 oblivious

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 of my existence.

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 Now, some of you

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 might be thinking

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 that's a wonderful thing.

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 I would disagree.

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 As far as you are concerned,

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 I'm just not here.

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 You see,

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 the only way

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 for you to know me

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 is if I am to

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 introduce myself to you,

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 to tell you something

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 about myself.

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 I reveal myself

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 to you

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 by my

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 word,

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 by what I

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 say.

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 Now, think about this.

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 Is there a God?

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 If there is a God,

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 how do you know?

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 Is it possible

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 to even know

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 this God?

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 And is there any way

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 at all of finding out

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 anything

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 about God?

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 Well, John helps us

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 because he begins

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 his gospel

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 by introducing

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 God

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 to us.

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 Look at verse 1.

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 In the beginning

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 was the word

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 and the word

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 was with God

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 and the word

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 was God.

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 Now, it seems

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 a little complex.

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 Why does he keep

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 saying word?

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 Why couldn't John

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 just simply say

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 in the beginning

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 was God?

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 Well, the word

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 is God's

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 self-revelation

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 of himself.

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 God makes

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 himself known

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 to us

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 through his

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 word.

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 word.

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 And that word,

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 the word

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 that he speaks,

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 is not just

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 spoken word

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 or speech

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 or language.

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 That very

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 word

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 is a person.

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 Verse 14.

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 The word

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 became

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 flesh,

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 became a

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 human being

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 and made

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 his dwelling

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 among us.

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 Who is

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 that word?

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 Well, look

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 at verse 18.

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 No one

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 has ever

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 seen God

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 but the one

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 and only

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 Son,

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 that's Jesus

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 Christ,

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 who is

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 himself God

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 and is in

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 the closest

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 relationship

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 with the

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 Father,

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 has made

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 God

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 known.

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 You see,

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 God introduces

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 himself to

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 us by

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 introducing

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 himself to

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 us through

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 Jesus,

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 who is

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 the word.

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 So three

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 things we're

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 going to look

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 at through

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 this introduction.

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 Jesus is

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 our God,

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 Jesus reveals

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 God to

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 us,

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 and Jesus

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 makes us

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 children

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 of God.

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 God.

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 So first,

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 Jesus

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 is our

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 God.

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 John gives

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 us four

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 stunning

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 truths about

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 Jesus for

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 us to

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 reflect on

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 together.

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 First,

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 Jesus is

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 our eternal

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 God.

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 John begins

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 this gospel,

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 doesn't he,

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 with the

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 familiar phrase,

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 in the

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 beginning.

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 He's taking

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 us right

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 back,

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 all the way

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 back,

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 to the

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 very first

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 words of

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 the Bible,

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 which we

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 read just

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 a moment

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 ago,

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 Genesis

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 1,

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 verse 1,

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 in the

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 beginning,

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 God.

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 Now as

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 mind-boggling

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 as that is,

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 the Bible

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 is telling

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 us straight

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 out that

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 before

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 anything

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 existed,

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 there was

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 God.

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 God

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 simply

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 exists.

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 There was

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 never a

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 time,

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 no matter

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 how far

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 you could

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 travel back,

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 that God

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 was not

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 there,

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 that God

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 did not

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 exist.

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 He has

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 always

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 been.

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 Now John

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 wants us

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 to know

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 that that's

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 exactly the

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 same with

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 Jesus.

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 Look at

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 verse 1,

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 in the

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 beginning

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 was the

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 word.

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 Jesus

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 isn't

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 created,

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 he

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 exists,

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 he has

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 no beginning

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 and no

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 end,

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 he is

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 our

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 eternal

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 God.

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 God.

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 But he's

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 not just

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 our

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 eternal

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 God,

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 he's

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 also

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 our

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 creator

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 God.

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 Genesis

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 tells us

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 that in

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 the beginning

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 God

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 created the

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 heavens and

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 the earth.

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 He brought

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 things into

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 existence by

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 speaking his

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 word.

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 Remember

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 what we

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 read,

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 God said,

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 let there

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 be light.

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 And there

00:11:49.639 --> 00:11:50.600
 was light.

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 light.

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 Now John

00:11:52.759 --> 00:11:53.279
 makes it

00:11:53.279 --> 00:11:54.300
 clear that

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 the word

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 that God

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 spoke at

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 the very

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 beginning of

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 creation is

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 not just

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 language,

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 but is

00:12:02.700 --> 00:12:03.519
 also a

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 person.

00:12:04.720 --> 00:12:05.320
 Verse 3,

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 through

00:12:07.379 --> 00:12:10.000
 him all

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 things were

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 made.

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 Without

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 him nothing

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 was made

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 that has

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 been made.

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 Now it's a

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 bit mind

00:12:18.540 --> 00:12:18.980
 bending,

00:12:19.160 --> 00:12:19.480
 isn't it,

00:12:19.480 --> 00:12:20.060
 all of this

00:12:20.060 --> 00:12:20.420
 thought?

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 Jesus

00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:23.480
 designed and

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 shaped and

00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:25.779
 formed all

00:12:25.779 --> 00:12:26.259
 things.

00:12:26.740 --> 00:12:27.820
 Jesus created

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 the vastness

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 of the

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 universe.

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 The sun

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 that we

00:12:32.600 --> 00:12:33.139
 feel,

00:12:34.680 --> 00:12:35.759
 that object,

00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:36.899
 burning object

00:12:36.899 --> 00:12:37.600
 behind the

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 clouds that

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 we get to

00:12:38.720 --> 00:12:39.980
 experience once

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 a month,

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 is only

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 one of

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 a hundred

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 thousand

00:12:45.920 --> 00:12:46.840
 million

00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:48.540
 star-like

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 suns

00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:50.460
 in our

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 galaxy.

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 Wow!

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 In fact,

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 our galaxy

00:12:56.740 --> 00:12:58.180
 is only

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 one of

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 a hundred

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 thousand

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 million

00:13:01.580 --> 00:13:02.680
 galaxies.

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 Now I know

00:13:04.580 --> 00:13:05.180
 that's blowing

00:13:05.180 --> 00:13:05.820
 your mind.

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 We can't

00:13:06.780 --> 00:13:07.920
 comprehend the

00:13:07.920 --> 00:13:08.500
 vastness,

00:13:09.019 --> 00:13:09.820
 but God,

00:13:10.200 --> 00:13:10.580
 Jesus,

00:13:10.840 --> 00:13:11.540
 spoke it,

00:13:11.680 --> 00:13:12.200
 brought it

00:13:12.200 --> 00:13:12.940
 all into

00:13:12.940 --> 00:13:13.540
 existence.

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 humans.

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 But he

00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:16.419
 also created

00:13:16.419 --> 00:13:17.360
 the invisible

00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:18.240
 to the

00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:18.939
 naked eye,

00:13:19.419 --> 00:13:20.019
 tiny

00:13:20.019 --> 00:13:21.079
 algae-like

00:13:21.079 --> 00:13:21.679
 creatures.

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 If you

00:13:23.500 --> 00:13:23.779
 were to

00:13:23.779 --> 00:13:24.319
 take a

00:13:24.319 --> 00:13:24.839
 teaspoon

00:13:24.839 --> 00:13:26.099
 from a

00:13:26.099 --> 00:13:26.500
 lake of

00:13:26.500 --> 00:13:26.959
 water,

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 you would

00:13:28.519 --> 00:13:29.740
 count one

00:13:29.740 --> 00:13:30.379
 million

00:13:30.379 --> 00:13:31.139
 algae

00:13:31.139 --> 00:13:32.980
 in that

00:13:32.980 --> 00:13:33.219
 little

00:13:33.219 --> 00:13:33.740
 teaspoon.

00:13:35.319 --> 00:13:35.799
 And yet,

00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:36.500
 gather them

00:13:36.500 --> 00:13:37.360
 all together

00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:38.019
 around the

00:13:38.019 --> 00:13:38.319
 world.

00:13:38.320 --> 00:13:38.920
 they

00:13:38.920 --> 00:13:39.480
 produced

00:13:39.480 --> 00:13:40.560
 35%

00:13:40.560 --> 00:13:41.000
 of the

00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:41.440
 world's

00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:42.000
 oxygen.

00:13:42.900 --> 00:13:43.260
 Jesus

00:13:43.260 --> 00:13:43.940
 made the

00:13:43.940 --> 00:13:44.600
 planets,

00:13:45.640 --> 00:13:46.600
 and he

00:13:46.600 --> 00:13:47.100
 made the

00:13:47.100 --> 00:13:47.800
 unseen

00:13:47.800 --> 00:13:48.620
 algae.

00:13:49.680 --> 00:13:50.379
 He's our

00:13:50.379 --> 00:13:51.440
 creator

00:13:51.440 --> 00:13:52.060
 God.

00:13:53.660 --> 00:13:54.940
 And he's

00:13:54.940 --> 00:13:56.660
 our life-giving

00:13:56.660 --> 00:13:57.240
 God.

00:13:57.920 --> 00:13:58.560
 Verse 4,

00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:00.919
 in him

00:14:00.919 --> 00:14:01.799
 was life,

00:14:02.619 --> 00:14:03.159
 and that

00:14:03.159 --> 00:14:04.500
 life was

00:14:04.500 --> 00:14:05.119
 the light

00:14:05.119 --> 00:14:06.079
 of mankind.

00:14:06.979 --> 00:14:07.599
 Light is

00:14:07.599 --> 00:14:08.219
 needed for

00:14:08.219 --> 00:14:08.799
 life.

00:14:09.219 --> 00:14:09.459
 Without

00:14:09.459 --> 00:14:10.239
 light,

00:14:10.699 --> 00:14:11.119
 everything

00:14:11.119 --> 00:14:12.059
 falls apart.

00:14:12.579 --> 00:14:12.799
 So,

00:14:13.059 --> 00:14:13.839
 when Jesus

00:14:13.839 --> 00:14:14.799
 is described

00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:15.479
 in verse

00:14:15.479 --> 00:14:16.500
 4 as

00:14:16.500 --> 00:14:17.979
 life and

00:14:17.979 --> 00:14:18.559
 light,

00:14:19.279 --> 00:14:19.799
 it's telling

00:14:19.799 --> 00:14:20.379
 us that he

00:14:20.379 --> 00:14:20.799
 is the

00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:22.259
 source of

00:14:22.259 --> 00:14:22.759
 all life,

00:14:22.839 --> 00:14:23.179
 that in

00:14:23.179 --> 00:14:23.659
 him is

00:14:23.659 --> 00:14:24.019
 life,

00:14:24.259 --> 00:14:24.679
 and that

00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:25.759
 he sustains

00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:26.659
 all of

00:14:26.659 --> 00:14:26.959
 life.

00:14:27.439 --> 00:14:27.739
 Jesus

00:14:27.739 --> 00:14:28.219
 doesn't

00:14:28.220 --> 00:14:29.120
 just create

00:14:29.120 --> 00:14:29.879
 everything,

00:14:30.220 --> 00:14:30.899
 he also

00:14:30.899 --> 00:14:31.720
 keeps

00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:32.639
 everything

00:14:32.639 --> 00:14:33.279
 going.

00:14:34.300 --> 00:14:34.759
 He is

00:14:34.759 --> 00:14:35.180
 the one

00:14:35.180 --> 00:14:36.080
 who created

00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:37.259
 the sun,

00:14:37.420 --> 00:14:37.920
 that great

00:14:37.920 --> 00:14:38.759
 ball of

00:14:38.759 --> 00:14:39.820
 fire way

00:14:39.820 --> 00:14:40.440
 out there

00:14:40.440 --> 00:14:41.779
 that provides

00:14:41.779 --> 00:14:43.060
 just the

00:14:43.060 --> 00:14:43.840
 right amount

00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:44.680
 of light

00:14:44.680 --> 00:14:46.360
 to keep

00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:47.200
 the algae

00:14:47.200 --> 00:14:48.000
 producing

00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:49.000
 the oxygen

00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:50.680
 that you

00:14:50.680 --> 00:14:51.340
 and I

00:14:51.340 --> 00:14:52.759
 are breathing

00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:53.700
 right now

00:14:53.700 --> 00:14:55.040
 to live.

00:14:55.039 --> 00:14:58.379
 if Jesus

00:14:58.379 --> 00:14:59.379
 stopped,

00:15:00.439 --> 00:15:01.019
 the

00:15:01.019 --> 00:15:01.779
 universe

00:15:01.779 --> 00:15:02.860
 would

00:15:02.860 --> 00:15:03.360
 collapse

00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:03.779
 into

00:15:03.779 --> 00:15:04.719
 nothingness.

00:15:05.719 --> 00:15:06.159
 You and

00:15:06.159 --> 00:15:06.659
 I would

00:15:06.659 --> 00:15:07.219
 cease

00:15:07.219 --> 00:15:08.779
 to exist.

00:15:11.319 --> 00:15:12.500
 But more

00:15:12.500 --> 00:15:13.339
 than this,

00:15:14.120 --> 00:15:14.740
 and perhaps

00:15:14.740 --> 00:15:15.799
 more amazingly,

00:15:17.059 --> 00:15:17.740
 Jesus is

00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:18.719
 our relational

00:15:18.719 --> 00:15:19.319
 God.

00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:20.539
 Look at

00:15:20.539 --> 00:15:20.980
 verse 1

00:15:20.980 --> 00:15:21.360
 with me

00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:21.719
 again.

00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:22.720
 in the

00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:23.040
 beginning

00:15:23.040 --> 00:15:23.560
 was the

00:15:23.560 --> 00:15:24.060
 word,

00:15:25.060 --> 00:15:25.560
 and the

00:15:25.560 --> 00:15:25.980
 word was

00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:26.800
 with God,

00:15:27.800 --> 00:15:28.460
 and the

00:15:28.460 --> 00:15:29.200
 word was

00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:29.660
 God.

00:15:30.660 --> 00:15:31.440
 It's telling

00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:32.100
 us Jesus

00:15:32.100 --> 00:15:33.620
 is God,

00:15:34.460 --> 00:15:35.320
 and yet he

00:15:35.320 --> 00:15:35.899
 is also

00:15:35.899 --> 00:15:36.720
 distinct

00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:38.320
 from God.

00:15:39.779 --> 00:15:40.340
 But yet at

00:15:40.340 --> 00:15:40.820
 the same

00:15:40.820 --> 00:15:41.820
 time, he

00:15:41.820 --> 00:15:42.540
 is with

00:15:42.540 --> 00:15:42.920
 God,

00:15:43.019 --> 00:15:43.500
 verse 2,

00:15:43.800 --> 00:15:44.440
 he was

00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:45.860
 with God

00:15:45.860 --> 00:15:46.620
 in the

00:15:46.620 --> 00:15:47.000
 beginning.

00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:48.980
 There is

00:15:48.980 --> 00:15:50.100
 only one

00:15:50.100 --> 00:15:50.700
 God.

00:15:51.659 --> 00:15:52.279
 But here

00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:52.879
 we're told

00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:53.720
 that Jesus,

00:15:54.019 --> 00:15:54.860
 who is

00:15:54.860 --> 00:15:55.440
 God,

00:15:56.420 --> 00:15:57.379
 enjoys a

00:15:57.379 --> 00:15:58.019
 relationship

00:15:58.019 --> 00:15:59.399
 with God

00:15:59.399 --> 00:16:00.120
 the Father.

00:16:00.399 --> 00:16:00.920
 We see

00:16:00.920 --> 00:16:01.940
 that explicitly

00:16:01.940 --> 00:16:02.820
 in verse

00:16:02.820 --> 00:16:03.399
 18.

00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:05.000
 Read with

00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:05.440
 me verse

00:16:05.440 --> 00:16:05.860
 18.

00:16:06.220 --> 00:16:06.920
 No one

00:16:06.920 --> 00:16:07.399
 has ever

00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:08.560
 seen God,

00:16:09.320 --> 00:16:10.000
 but the

00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:10.420
 one and

00:16:10.420 --> 00:16:11.379
 only Son,

00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:12.519
 who is

00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:13.220
 himself

00:16:13.220 --> 00:16:13.879
 God,

00:16:14.659 --> 00:16:15.480
 and is

00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:15.960
 in the

00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:16.620
 closest

00:16:16.620 --> 00:16:17.620
 relationship

00:16:17.620 --> 00:16:18.379
 with the

00:16:18.379 --> 00:16:18.899
 Father,

00:16:18.980 --> 00:16:20.759
 has made

00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:21.259
 him known.

00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:23.800
 So,

00:16:24.019 --> 00:16:24.920
 from before

00:16:24.920 --> 00:16:25.980
 time began,

00:16:26.560 --> 00:16:27.420
 before there

00:16:27.420 --> 00:16:28.180
 was anything,

00:16:28.740 --> 00:16:29.340
 God the

00:16:29.340 --> 00:16:29.800
 Father,

00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:31.300
 was in

00:16:31.300 --> 00:16:32.279
 enjoying a

00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:32.899
 relationship

00:16:32.899 --> 00:16:33.980
 with God

00:16:33.980 --> 00:16:35.000
 the Son.

00:16:35.800 --> 00:16:36.379
 They lived

00:16:36.379 --> 00:16:37.399
 in communion

00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:38.120
 with each

00:16:38.120 --> 00:16:38.460
 other,

00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:40.080
 relating

00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:40.700
 to one

00:16:40.700 --> 00:16:41.080
 another.

00:16:42.420 --> 00:16:42.800
 Jesus

00:16:42.800 --> 00:16:43.779
 is our

00:16:43.779 --> 00:16:45.139
 relational

00:16:45.139 --> 00:16:46.379
 God.

00:16:47.420 --> 00:16:47.840
 You see,

00:16:47.940 --> 00:16:48.519
 the word

00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:49.240
 is the

00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:49.860
 eternal,

00:16:50.139 --> 00:16:50.699
 creating,

00:16:50.899 --> 00:16:51.460
 life-giving

00:16:51.460 --> 00:16:51.799
 God.

00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:52.500
 He's not

00:16:52.500 --> 00:16:53.000
 just a

00:16:53.000 --> 00:16:53.579
 thought or

00:16:53.579 --> 00:16:54.139
 an idea

00:16:54.139 --> 00:16:54.779
 or the

00:16:54.779 --> 00:16:55.439
 result of

00:16:55.439 --> 00:16:55.620
 our

00:16:55.620 --> 00:16:56.419
 imaginations.

00:16:56.819 --> 00:16:57.159
 He is

00:16:57.159 --> 00:16:58.259
 God who

00:16:58.259 --> 00:16:58.779
 has always

00:16:58.779 --> 00:16:59.980
 existed and

00:16:59.980 --> 00:17:00.639
 the God

00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:01.240
 who made

00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:01.759
 you and

00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:02.059
 I.

00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:03.840
 But more

00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:04.639
 wonderful than

00:17:04.639 --> 00:17:05.279
 all of these

00:17:05.279 --> 00:17:06.200
 big ideas

00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:07.379
 is that God

00:17:07.379 --> 00:17:07.900
 is both

00:17:07.900 --> 00:17:08.700
 personal

00:17:08.700 --> 00:17:10.079
 and relational.

00:17:10.619 --> 00:17:11.099
 He's not

00:17:11.099 --> 00:17:12.059
 some distant

00:17:12.059 --> 00:17:12.660
 way out

00:17:12.660 --> 00:17:13.539
 there force.

00:17:13.539 --> 00:17:14.920
 He exists

00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:15.839
 in community

00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:16.779
 with himself

00:17:16.779 --> 00:17:17.960
 and amazingly

00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:19.059
 invites you

00:17:19.059 --> 00:17:19.599
 and I to

00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:19.859
 say,

00:17:20.259 --> 00:17:22.019
 come and

00:17:22.019 --> 00:17:22.899
 be part

00:17:22.899 --> 00:17:24.279
 of that

00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:25.019
 relationship

00:17:25.019 --> 00:17:26.480
 with the

00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:27.819
 Father and

00:17:27.819 --> 00:17:28.339
 with the

00:17:28.339 --> 00:17:29.720
 Son and

00:17:29.720 --> 00:17:30.259
 as we will

00:17:30.259 --> 00:17:30.779
 see in

00:17:30.779 --> 00:17:31.200
 time,

00:17:31.920 --> 00:17:32.319
 by the

00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:32.700
 Spirit.

00:17:34.159 --> 00:17:34.980
 So first,

00:17:35.180 --> 00:17:36.139
 big idea

00:17:36.139 --> 00:17:36.819
 that John

00:17:36.819 --> 00:17:37.460
 wants to

00:17:37.460 --> 00:17:38.000
 get across

00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:38.759
 to us is

00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:39.819
 Jesus

00:17:39.819 --> 00:17:42.099
 is our

00:17:42.099 --> 00:17:43.379
 God.

00:17:44.900 --> 00:17:45.940
 And related

00:17:45.940 --> 00:17:46.460
 to that,

00:17:46.619 --> 00:17:46.920
 second,

00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:48.579
 is Jesus

00:17:48.579 --> 00:17:49.879
 reveals God

00:17:49.879 --> 00:17:50.879
 to us.

00:17:51.900 --> 00:17:52.200
 You see,

00:17:52.259 --> 00:17:52.720
 the wonderful

00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:53.440
 truth is

00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:54.500
 God doesn't

00:17:54.500 --> 00:17:55.440
 wait for us

00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:56.500
 scurrying

00:17:56.500 --> 00:17:57.180
 around here

00:17:57.180 --> 00:17:57.680
 on planet

00:17:57.680 --> 00:17:58.539
 earth to

00:17:58.539 --> 00:17:59.039
 come up

00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:00.059
 and find

00:18:00.059 --> 00:18:00.640
 God.

00:18:01.299 --> 00:18:01.640
 No,

00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:02.420
 he's the

00:18:02.420 --> 00:18:02.940
 God who

00:18:02.940 --> 00:18:03.539
 made us

00:18:03.539 --> 00:18:03.980
 and takes

00:18:03.980 --> 00:18:04.640
 the initiative

00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:05.519
 to come

00:18:05.519 --> 00:18:05.960
 to us

00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:06.460
 so that

00:18:06.460 --> 00:18:07.019
 we can

00:18:07.019 --> 00:18:07.460
 be in

00:18:07.460 --> 00:18:08.000
 relationship

00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:08.619
 with him.

00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:11.079
 three things

00:18:11.079 --> 00:18:11.839
 show this.

00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:13.799
 First,

00:18:14.220 --> 00:18:15.700
 light for

00:18:15.700 --> 00:18:16.259
 the world.

00:18:17.339 --> 00:18:18.180
 Verse 9,

00:18:20.700 --> 00:18:21.599
 the true

00:18:21.599 --> 00:18:23.240
 light that

00:18:23.240 --> 00:18:23.960
 gives light

00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:24.859
 to everyone

00:18:24.859 --> 00:18:26.500
 was coming

00:18:26.500 --> 00:18:27.579
 into the

00:18:27.579 --> 00:18:27.980
 world.

00:18:29.799 --> 00:18:30.420
 A couple

00:18:30.420 --> 00:18:30.799
 of years

00:18:30.799 --> 00:18:31.019
 ago,

00:18:31.099 --> 00:18:31.539
 I had the

00:18:31.539 --> 00:18:32.519
 great experience

00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:32.980
 of going

00:18:32.980 --> 00:18:34.460
 caving in

00:18:34.460 --> 00:18:35.039
 the Burren,

00:18:35.740 --> 00:18:36.539
 led by an

00:18:36.539 --> 00:18:37.420
 experienced

00:18:37.420 --> 00:18:38.019
 guide.

00:18:38.019 --> 00:18:39.099
 as we

00:18:39.099 --> 00:18:39.819
 descended

00:18:39.819 --> 00:18:40.559
 down into

00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:41.220
 that cave,

00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:41.940
 the light

00:18:41.940 --> 00:18:42.940
 became less

00:18:42.940 --> 00:18:44.160
 and the

00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:44.619
 darkness

00:18:44.619 --> 00:18:46.240
 became more.

00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:48.240
 And once

00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:48.740
 we were in

00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:49.240
 the belly

00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:49.619
 of the

00:18:49.619 --> 00:18:49.980
 cave,

00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:51.139
 what we

00:18:51.139 --> 00:18:51.460
 had to

00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:51.779
 do was

00:18:51.779 --> 00:18:52.400
 turn off

00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:53.400
 our torches

00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:54.859
 and it

00:18:54.859 --> 00:18:55.240
 became

00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:55.920
 pitch

00:18:55.920 --> 00:18:56.960
 black.

00:18:57.900 --> 00:18:58.119
 You

00:18:58.119 --> 00:18:58.639
 couldn't see

00:18:58.639 --> 00:18:59.240
 your hand

00:18:59.240 --> 00:18:59.660
 in front

00:18:59.660 --> 00:18:59.879
 of your

00:18:59.879 --> 00:19:00.139
 face.

00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:00.599
 You

00:19:00.599 --> 00:19:00.940
 couldn't

00:19:00.940 --> 00:19:01.339
 guess

00:19:01.339 --> 00:19:01.779
 who

00:19:01.779 --> 00:19:02.160
 anyone

00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:02.759
 was.

00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:03.579
 We

00:19:03.579 --> 00:19:04.079
 would bump

00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:04.680
 into each

00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:05.099
 other and

00:19:05.099 --> 00:19:05.539
 touch and

00:19:05.539 --> 00:19:05.700
 feel.

00:19:05.879 --> 00:19:06.279
 Who is

00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:06.539
 this?

00:19:06.940 --> 00:19:07.259
 We

00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:07.559
 didn't

00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:07.879
 know.

00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:09.240
 We

00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:09.660
 became

00:19:09.660 --> 00:19:10.879
 disorientated

00:19:10.879 --> 00:19:11.879
 walking into

00:19:11.879 --> 00:19:12.539
 the sides

00:19:12.539 --> 00:19:12.819
 of the

00:19:12.819 --> 00:19:13.319
 cave and

00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:13.839
 into each

00:19:13.839 --> 00:19:14.099
 other.

00:19:14.099 --> 00:19:15.180
 But then

00:19:15.180 --> 00:19:15.899
 turning on

00:19:15.899 --> 00:19:16.619
 the torch,

00:19:16.940 --> 00:19:17.240
 ha,

00:19:17.639 --> 00:19:19.259
 I can

00:19:19.259 --> 00:19:19.759
 see.

00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:22.740
 Now we're

00:19:22.740 --> 00:19:23.599
 all in the

00:19:23.599 --> 00:19:25.379
 dark about

00:19:25.379 --> 00:19:25.980
 God.

00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:28.160
 None of us

00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:28.720
 can know

00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:30.500
 him unless

00:19:30.500 --> 00:19:31.119
 he gives

00:19:31.119 --> 00:19:32.899
 us light.

00:19:32.900 --> 00:19:34.240
 without

00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:35.100
 the light

00:19:35.100 --> 00:19:35.560
 coming,

00:19:36.080 --> 00:19:36.680
 we just

00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:37.480
 stumble

00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:38.860
 about in

00:19:38.860 --> 00:19:39.740
 the darkness,

00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:41.280
 trying to

00:19:41.280 --> 00:19:42.040
 figure things

00:19:42.040 --> 00:19:42.480
 out.

00:19:43.220 --> 00:19:43.840
 We become

00:19:43.840 --> 00:19:45.100
 disorientated.

00:19:46.340 --> 00:19:46.519
 Well,

00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:47.800
 God provides

00:19:47.800 --> 00:19:48.700
 the light

00:19:48.700 --> 00:19:49.519
 that we

00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:50.240
 need so

00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:50.920
 we can

00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:51.600
 know him.

00:19:51.960 --> 00:19:52.500
 And what

00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:53.040
 is that

00:19:53.040 --> 00:19:53.540
 light?

00:19:55.620 --> 00:19:56.259
 Well,

00:19:56.560 --> 00:19:57.240
 it becomes

00:19:57.240 --> 00:19:57.860
 clear in

00:19:57.860 --> 00:19:58.640
 verse 14,

00:19:58.759 --> 00:19:59.220
 doesn't it?

00:19:59.340 --> 00:19:59.640
 Second,

00:19:59.900 --> 00:20:01.100
 God becomes

00:20:01.100 --> 00:20:02.300
 man.

00:20:02.900 --> 00:20:04.380
 Verse 14,

00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:05.820
 the word

00:20:05.820 --> 00:20:06.420
 became

00:20:06.420 --> 00:20:07.340
 flesh

00:20:07.340 --> 00:20:09.220
 and made

00:20:09.220 --> 00:20:10.000
 his dwelling

00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:11.140
 among us.

00:20:12.460 --> 00:20:13.700
 The word

00:20:13.700 --> 00:20:15.440
 that spoke

00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:16.140
 the light

00:20:16.140 --> 00:20:17.300
 into existence

00:20:17.300 --> 00:20:18.920
 is the

00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:19.740
 light that

00:20:19.740 --> 00:20:20.540
 now comes

00:20:20.540 --> 00:20:21.000
 into the

00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:21.320
 world.

00:20:21.800 --> 00:20:22.800
 Jesus is

00:20:22.800 --> 00:20:23.600
 the light.

00:20:25.080 --> 00:20:25.960
 He reveals

00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:26.840
 God to us.

00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:27.920
 He is

00:20:27.920 --> 00:20:28.860
 God in

00:20:28.860 --> 00:20:29.460
 human

00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:30.480
 form.

00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:33.000
 God

00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:33.380
 One writer

00:20:33.380 --> 00:20:33.819
 put it

00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:34.480
 like this,

00:20:35.759 --> 00:20:37.980
 the word

00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:39.140
 became

00:20:39.140 --> 00:20:39.819
 flesh,

00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:41.559
 a real

00:20:41.559 --> 00:20:42.519
 human

00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:43.220
 baby.

00:20:44.299 --> 00:20:44.860
 He had

00:20:44.860 --> 00:20:45.579
 not ceased

00:20:45.579 --> 00:20:46.299
 to be

00:20:46.299 --> 00:20:46.759
 God.

00:20:47.640 --> 00:20:48.240
 He was

00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:48.819
 no less

00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:49.460
 God than

00:20:49.460 --> 00:20:50.019
 before,

00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:50.980
 but he

00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:51.960
 had begun

00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:52.599
 to be

00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:53.259
 a man.

00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:54.779
 He was

00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:55.539
 not God

00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:56.500
 minus

00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:57.940
 some elements

00:20:57.940 --> 00:20:58.340
 of his

00:20:58.340 --> 00:20:59.080
 deity or

00:20:59.080 --> 00:20:59.299
 his

00:20:59.299 --> 00:20:59.960
 godness,

00:21:00.779 --> 00:21:02.019
 but God

00:21:02.019 --> 00:21:02.779
 plus

00:21:02.779 --> 00:21:04.220
 all that

00:21:04.220 --> 00:21:04.840
 is

00:21:04.840 --> 00:21:05.860
 humanity.

00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:07.960
 It's

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:08.660
 extraordinary,

00:21:09.080 --> 00:21:09.600
 isn't it?

00:21:10.320 --> 00:21:11.660
 The eternal

00:21:11.660 --> 00:21:12.360
 God

00:21:12.360 --> 00:21:14.759
 enters into

00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.440
 the history

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.720
 and time.

00:21:17.779 --> 00:21:18.620
 The creator

00:21:18.620 --> 00:21:19.279
 God

00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:20.140
 becomes a

00:21:20.140 --> 00:21:20.559
 baby

00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:21.440
 in the womb

00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:21.799
 of his

00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:22.059
 mother

00:21:22.059 --> 00:21:22.519
 Mary.

00:21:23.539 --> 00:21:23.960
 The

00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:25.000
 life-giving

00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.600
 God

00:21:25.600 --> 00:21:26.759
 cries out

00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:27.660
 for food

00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:28.600
 and water.

00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.299
 The

00:21:30.299 --> 00:21:30.980
 relational

00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:31.580
 God

00:21:31.580 --> 00:21:32.160
 becomes

00:21:32.160 --> 00:21:32.680
 one of

00:21:32.680 --> 00:21:32.860
 us.

00:21:33.180 --> 00:21:33.320
 He

00:21:33.320 --> 00:21:33.900
 moves

00:21:33.900 --> 00:21:34.420
 into

00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:34.980
 our

00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:36.299
 neighbourhoods.

00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:38.500
 And as

00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:39.080
 the word

00:21:39.080 --> 00:21:39.620
 became

00:21:39.620 --> 00:21:40.160
 flesh,

00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:41.600
 so God

00:21:41.600 --> 00:21:42.100
 was on

00:21:42.100 --> 00:21:42.660
 display

00:21:42.660 --> 00:21:43.380
 in human

00:21:43.380 --> 00:21:44.000
 form.

00:21:45.340 --> 00:21:45.519
 Verse

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:46.039
 14,

00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:47.059
 the word

00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:47.519
 became

00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:48.019
 flesh

00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:48.500
 and made

00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:48.960
 his dwelling

00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:49.500
 among us.

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:50.240
 We,

00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:50.960
 says John,

00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:51.579
 have seen

00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:52.340
 his glory,

00:21:52.840 --> 00:21:53.460
 the glory

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:53.920
 of the

00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:54.400
 one and

00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:55.019
 only Son

00:21:55.019 --> 00:21:55.579
 who came

00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:56.000
 from the

00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:56.360
 Father,

00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.640
 full of

00:21:57.640 --> 00:21:58.259
 grace

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:59.799
 and truth.

00:22:01.620 --> 00:22:02.340
 God

00:22:02.340 --> 00:22:04.240
 became

00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:05.240
 one of

00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:05.740
 us.

00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.559
 Flesh

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:08.660
 that you

00:22:08.660 --> 00:22:09.319
 could poke

00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:10.079
 and feel

00:22:10.079 --> 00:22:11.880
 in the

00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:12.579
 person of

00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:13.620
 Jesus so

00:22:13.620 --> 00:22:14.120
 that we

00:22:14.120 --> 00:22:14.980
 could see

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.660
 God

00:22:15.660 --> 00:22:17.319
 and know

00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:17.720
 him.

00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:18.720
 God

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:20.720
 and

00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:21.100
 God

00:22:21.100 --> 00:22:21.600
 and

00:22:21.600 --> 00:22:22.100
 God

00:22:22.100 --> 00:22:24.400
 was

00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:24.980
 alive

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.339
 when

00:22:25.339 --> 00:22:26.100
 Jesus

00:22:26.100 --> 00:22:26.559
 walked

00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:26.740
 the

00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:26.940
 earth.

00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.100
 He

00:22:27.100 --> 00:22:27.299
 could

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:27.579
 sit

00:22:27.579 --> 00:22:27.900
 down

00:22:27.900 --> 00:22:28.039
 and

00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:28.200
 have

00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:28.380
 a

00:22:28.380 --> 00:22:28.579
 meal

00:22:28.579 --> 00:22:28.860
 with

00:22:28.860 --> 00:22:29.019
 him.

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:29.480
 He

00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:29.660
 could

00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:29.880
 go

00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:30.339
 swimming

00:22:30.339 --> 00:22:30.680
 with

00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:30.860
 him.

00:22:31.100 --> 00:22:31.299
 He

00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:31.500
 could

00:22:31.500 --> 00:22:31.779
 have

00:22:31.779 --> 00:22:32.259
 food

00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:32.519
 with

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:32.759
 him.

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:33.380
 But

00:22:33.380 --> 00:22:34.100
 I

00:22:34.100 --> 00:22:34.259
 mean,

00:22:34.339 --> 00:22:34.480
 what

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:34.759
 about

00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:35.059
 us

00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:35.539
 today?

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:36.720
 How

00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:36.920
 do

00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:37.140
 we

00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:37.400
 get

00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:37.600
 to

00:22:37.600 --> 00:22:37.799
 see

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.100
 God?

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:38.539
 How

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:38.779
 can

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.039
 we

00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:39.299
 know

00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:39.720
 God?

00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:42.480
 Well,

00:22:42.779 --> 00:22:43.120
 I've

00:22:43.120 --> 00:22:43.339
 jumped

00:22:43.339 --> 00:22:43.640
 ahead.

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:43.799
 You

00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:43.960
 can

00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:44.160
 see

00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:44.279
 it

00:22:44.279 --> 00:22:44.480
 there

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:44.680
 on

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:44.880
 the

00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:45.380
 screen.

00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:46.460
 We

00:22:46.460 --> 00:22:46.900
 see

00:22:46.900 --> 00:22:47.380
 Jesus

00:22:47.380 --> 00:22:47.940
 in

00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:48.220
 the

00:22:48.220 --> 00:22:48.700
 scriptures.

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.019
 We

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:50.400
 can't

00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:50.600
 see

00:22:50.600 --> 00:22:50.920
 God

00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:51.100
 in

00:22:51.100 --> 00:22:51.259
 the

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:51.700
 flesh.

00:22:52.600 --> 00:22:52.839
 We're

00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:53.039
 not

00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:53.279
 going

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:53.460
 to

00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:53.700
 meet

00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:54.079
 Jesus

00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:54.360
 if

00:22:54.360 --> 00:22:54.500
 we

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:54.740
 went

00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:54.980
 down

00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:55.180
 to

00:22:55.180 --> 00:22:55.440
 Barry

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:55.920
 Collins

00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:56.200
 for

00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:56.420
 our

00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:56.819
 shopping.

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.400
 But

00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:58.620
 we

00:22:58.620 --> 00:22:59.000
 can

00:22:59.000 --> 00:22:59.140
 and

00:22:59.140 --> 00:22:59.319
 we

00:22:59.319 --> 00:22:59.559
 do

00:22:59.559 --> 00:22:59.940
 meet

00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:00.160
 him

00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:00.460
 in

00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:00.759
 the

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.200
 Bible.

00:23:02.100 --> 00:23:02.460
 Jump

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:02.680
 with

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 me

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 please

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 to

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 chapter

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 20.

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 Towards

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 the

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 end.

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 here

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 Thomas

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 who

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 was

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 to

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 become

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 one

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 of

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 Jesus'

00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:15.720
 disciples

00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:18.779
 has

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 known

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 and

00:23:19.360 --> 00:23:19.660
 heard

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:19.980
 that

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 Jesus

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 has

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 died

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 and

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 some

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 have

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 come

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 to

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 tell

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 Thomas

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 that

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 Jesus

00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:30.559
 has

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 risen

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 and

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 here

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 Thomas

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 has

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 an

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 encounter

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 with

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 the

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 risen

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 Jesus.

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 chapter

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 20

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 verse

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 28

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 and

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 upon

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 seeing

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 Jesus

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 verse

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 28

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 Thomas

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 said

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 to

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 him

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 my

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 Lord

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 and

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 my

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 God

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 then

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 Jesus

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 told

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 him

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 because

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 you

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 have

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 seen

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 me

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 you

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:01.460
 have

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 believed

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 blessed

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 are

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 those

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 who

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 have

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 not

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 seen

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 and

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 yet

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 have

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 believed

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 so

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 there

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 were

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 some

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 who

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 saw

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:12.500
 and

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 believed

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 and

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 now

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 he's

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 saying

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 Jesus

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 saying

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 well

00:24:15.519 --> 00:24:15.740
 look

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 there

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 are

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 those

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 who

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 won't

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 see

00:24:17.659 --> 00:24:18.019
 me

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 but

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 they

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 also

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:20.460
 will

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 believe

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 how's

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 that

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 possible

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 well

00:24:23.859 --> 00:24:24.139
 read

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 on

00:24:24.359 --> 00:24:24.599
 verse

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 30

00:24:25.000 --> 00:24:25.779
 Jesus

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 performed

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 many

00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:27.139
 other

00:24:27.139 --> 00:24:27.680
 signs

00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:28.059
 in the

00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.460
 presence

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:28.839
 of his

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 disciples

00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:30.099
 which

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 are not

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 recorded

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 in this

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 book

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 but

00:24:33.220 --> 00:24:33.599
 these

00:24:33.599 --> 00:24:33.819
 are

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 written

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:35.319
 and

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 have

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 been

00:24:35.700 --> 00:24:36.200
 recorded

00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:37.740
 that

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.000
 you

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.519
 may

00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:39.180
 believe

00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:39.480
 that

00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:39.940
 Jesus

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:40.440
 is

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:40.700
 the

00:24:40.700 --> 00:24:41.220
 Messiah

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:41.779
 the

00:24:41.779 --> 00:24:42.059
 Son

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:42.240
 of

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:42.500
 God

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:42.660
 and

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:42.819
 that

00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.059
 by

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.660
 believing

00:24:43.660 --> 00:24:44.019
 you

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:44.240
 may

00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:44.500
 have

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:44.980
 life

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.700
 in

00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:45.920
 his

00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:46.319
 name

00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:48.359
 John

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 was

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 one

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 of

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 the

00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:49.839
 first

00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:50.720
 eyewitnesses

00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:50.879
 of

00:24:50.879 --> 00:24:51.220
 Jesus

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:51.539
 who

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:51.899
 wrote

00:24:51.899 --> 00:24:52.240
 down

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.460
 what

00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:52.599
 he

00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:53.079
 saw

00:24:53.079 --> 00:24:53.579
 and

00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:53.740
 what

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:53.879
 he

00:24:53.879 --> 00:24:54.359
 heard

00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:54.960
 so

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.200
 that

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:55.539
 you

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:55.700
 and

00:24:55.700 --> 00:24:55.919
 I

00:24:55.919 --> 00:24:56.179
 here

00:24:56.179 --> 00:24:56.519
 today

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:56.819
 could

00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.059
 know

00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.439
 God

00:24:57.439 --> 00:24:57.859
 you

00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:58.099
 see

00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:58.659
 everything

00:24:58.659 --> 00:24:59.119
 that

00:24:59.119 --> 00:24:59.619
 God

00:24:59.619 --> 00:24:59.939
 has

00:24:59.939 --> 00:25:00.119
 to

00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:00.619
 say

00:25:00.619 --> 00:25:01.319
 about

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:01.879
 himself

00:25:01.879 --> 00:25:02.419
 is

00:25:02.419 --> 00:25:03.019
 revealed

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.279
 in

00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:03.419
 the

00:25:03.419 --> 00:25:03.779
 person

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.000
 of

00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.399
 Jesus

00:25:04.399 --> 00:25:05.779
 and

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.299
 everything

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:06.639
 that

00:25:06.639 --> 00:25:07.079
 we

00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:07.480
 need

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:07.679
 to

00:25:07.679 --> 00:25:07.919
 know

00:25:07.919 --> 00:25:08.259
 about

00:25:08.259 --> 00:25:08.740
 Jesus

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.399
 has

00:25:09.399 --> 00:25:09.619
 been

00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:10.259
 recorded

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:11.059
 in

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.700
 scripture

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:13.099
 in

00:25:13.099 --> 00:25:13.339
 other

00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:13.559
 words

00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:13.839
 there's

00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.139
 nothing

00:25:14.139 --> 00:25:14.519
 more

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:14.939
 we need

00:25:14.939 --> 00:25:15.099
 to

00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:15.279
 know

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:15.579
 about

00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:16.079
 God

00:25:16.079 --> 00:25:16.599
 than

00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:16.799
 what

00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:17.000
 we

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.480
 see

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:17.779
 in

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:17.919
 the

00:25:17.919 --> 00:25:18.240
 person

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:18.419
 of

00:25:18.419 --> 00:25:18.779
 Jesus

00:25:18.779 --> 00:25:19.319
 and

00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:19.559
 there's

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:19.859
 nothing

00:25:19.859 --> 00:25:20.259
 more

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:20.500
 to

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:20.720
 know

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.039
 about

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:21.460
 Jesus

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:21.740
 than

00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:21.919
 what

00:25:21.919 --> 00:25:22.099
 we

00:25:22.099 --> 00:25:22.559
 read

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:22.759
 in

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:22.919
 the

00:25:22.919 --> 00:25:23.339
 Bible

00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:26.679
 so

00:25:26.679 --> 00:25:27.220
 Jesus

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.960
 reveals

00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:28.480
 God

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:28.839
 to

00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:29.339
 us

00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:30.220
 he

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.659
 comes

00:25:30.659 --> 00:25:30.859
 in

00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:31.059
 the

00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:31.639
 flesh

00:25:31.639 --> 00:25:32.779
 and

00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:33.000
 his

00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:33.460
 account

00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:33.720
 his

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.240
 story

00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:34.539
 who

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:34.720
 he

00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:35.000
 is

00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.460
 is

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:35.799
 written

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:36.279
 down

00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:36.759
 so

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:36.980
 that

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:37.220
 you

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.419
 and

00:25:37.419 --> 00:25:37.659
 I

00:25:37.659 --> 00:25:38.159
 today

00:25:38.159 --> 00:25:38.519
 can

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.199
 personally

00:25:39.199 --> 00:25:39.980
 and

00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:40.939
 relationally

00:25:40.939 --> 00:25:41.899
 know

00:25:41.899 --> 00:25:43.259
 God

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:46.879
 well

00:25:46.879 --> 00:25:47.339
 how does

00:25:47.339 --> 00:25:47.779
 all that

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:48.160
 happen

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:49.700
 how can

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.200
 I know

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:50.700
 God

00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:52.319
 in a

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.839
 personal

00:25:52.839 --> 00:25:53.119
 and

00:25:53.119 --> 00:25:53.480
 intimate

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:53.940
 way

00:25:53.940 --> 00:25:55.799
 well

00:25:55.799 --> 00:25:56.319
 imagine

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:58.220
 imagine

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:59.160
 if Jesus

00:25:59.160 --> 00:25:59.759
 did

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.960
 turn up

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.160
 in

00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:01.940
 Carragaline

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.680
 this

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:03.180
 afternoon

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:05.819
 imagine

00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:07.019
 that

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.839
 Jesus

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:09.539
 moved

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:09.900
 into

00:26:09.900 --> 00:26:10.240
 number

00:26:10.240 --> 00:26:10.759
 12

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.599
 to drive

00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:12.439
 water

00:26:12.439 --> 00:26:12.939
 park

00:26:12.939 --> 00:26:15.279
 imagine

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:16.939
 if

00:26:16.939 --> 00:26:17.399
 Jesus

00:26:17.399 --> 00:26:17.879
 was

00:26:17.879 --> 00:26:18.399
 your

00:26:18.399 --> 00:26:19.219
 next

00:26:19.219 --> 00:26:19.500
 door

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:19.899
 neighbour

00:26:19.899 --> 00:26:20.179
 that

00:26:20.179 --> 00:26:20.339
 he

00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:21.079
 lived

00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:22.079
 next

00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.359
 door

00:26:22.359 --> 00:26:22.559
 to

00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:22.879
 you

00:26:22.879 --> 00:26:25.240
 imagine

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.459
 he

00:26:25.459 --> 00:26:25.619
 was

00:26:25.619 --> 00:26:25.859
 one

00:26:25.859 --> 00:26:26.000
 of

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.159
 your

00:26:26.159 --> 00:26:26.599
 work

00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:27.159
 colleagues

00:26:27.159 --> 00:26:27.699
 that

00:26:27.699 --> 00:26:27.859
 you

00:26:27.859 --> 00:26:28.099
 took

00:26:28.099 --> 00:26:28.339
 the

00:26:28.339 --> 00:26:28.639
 bus

00:26:28.639 --> 00:26:29.019
 with

00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.819
 every

00:26:29.819 --> 00:26:30.219
 day

00:26:30.219 --> 00:26:32.559
 imagine

00:26:32.559 --> 00:26:32.899
 that

00:26:32.899 --> 00:26:33.219
 he

00:26:33.219 --> 00:26:34.139
 was

00:26:34.139 --> 00:26:34.319
 your

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:34.919
 football

00:26:34.919 --> 00:26:35.559
 coach

00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:37.679
 every

00:26:37.679 --> 00:26:38.119
 time

00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:38.379
 you

00:26:38.379 --> 00:26:38.859
 saw

00:26:38.859 --> 00:26:39.279
 him

00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:40.179
 you

00:26:40.179 --> 00:26:40.379
 would

00:26:40.379 --> 00:26:40.699
 be

00:26:40.699 --> 00:26:41.419
 looking

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:42.039
 at

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:43.000
 God

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:44.779
 every

00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:45.100
 time

00:26:45.100 --> 00:26:45.279
 you

00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:45.840
 talked

00:26:45.840 --> 00:26:46.100
 with

00:26:46.100 --> 00:26:46.380
 him

00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:47.259
 you

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:47.440
 would

00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:47.660
 be

00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:48.400
 hearing

00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:49.400
 God

00:26:49.400 --> 00:26:51.320
 would

00:26:51.320 --> 00:26:51.560
 you

00:26:51.560 --> 00:26:52.039
 would

00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:52.220
 you

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.620
 welcome

00:26:52.620 --> 00:26:53.000
 him

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:54.900
 would

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:55.200
 you

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:56.160
 believe

00:26:56.160 --> 00:26:56.420
 in

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:56.759
 him

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:58.580
 would

00:26:58.580 --> 00:26:58.759
 you

00:26:58.759 --> 00:26:59.200
 treat

00:26:59.200 --> 00:26:59.400
 him

00:26:59.400 --> 00:26:59.600
 as

00:26:59.600 --> 00:27:00.060
 God

00:27:00.060 --> 00:27:00.279
 of

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:00.539
 your

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:01.120
 life

00:27:01.120 --> 00:27:03.980
 well

00:27:03.980 --> 00:27:04.300
 as we

00:27:04.300 --> 00:27:04.519
 know

00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:04.779
 from

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.240
 John's

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.620
 gospel

00:27:05.620 --> 00:27:06.440
 Jesus

00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:06.940
 did

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.460
 once

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.220
 2000

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.880
 years

00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:09.160
 ago

00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:09.640
 come

00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:10.100
 into

00:27:10.100 --> 00:27:10.460
 this

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:10.880
 world

00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:11.340
 he

00:27:11.340 --> 00:27:11.740
 was

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.460
 somebody's

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:12.780
 neighbor

00:27:12.780 --> 00:27:13.320
 he

00:27:13.320 --> 00:27:13.700
 did

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:14.080
 sit

00:27:14.080 --> 00:27:14.320
 and

00:27:14.320 --> 00:27:14.720
 talk

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:14.960
 and

00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:15.280
 chat

00:27:15.280 --> 00:27:15.520
 and

00:27:15.520 --> 00:27:15.820
 eat

00:27:15.820 --> 00:27:16.100
 with

00:27:16.100 --> 00:27:16.520
 people

00:27:16.520 --> 00:27:17.120
 and

00:27:17.120 --> 00:27:17.400
 yet

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:18.100
 shockingly

00:27:18.100 --> 00:27:18.380
 and

00:27:18.380 --> 00:27:19.220
 surprisingly

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:21.740
 people

00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.740
 refused

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.820
 Jesus

00:27:23.820 --> 00:27:25.700
 look at

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:26.260
 verse 9

00:27:26.260 --> 00:27:26.740
 again

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:30.200
 the true

00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:30.740
 light

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.360
 that gives

00:27:31.360 --> 00:27:32.000
 light to

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:32.640
 everyone

00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:33.700
 was coming

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.220
 into the

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.720
 world

00:27:34.720 --> 00:27:36.420
 but surely

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:37.500
 if God

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.000
 came to

00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:38.460
 the world

00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:39.300
 everybody

00:27:39.300 --> 00:27:40.140
 would want

00:27:40.140 --> 00:27:40.680
 to follow

00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:43.259
 verse 10

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:44.560
 he was

00:27:44.560 --> 00:27:45.240
 in the

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.700
 world

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:47.180
 and

00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:47.519
 though

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:48.120
 the world

00:27:48.120 --> 00:27:49.259
 was made

00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:50.160
 through

00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:50.680
 him

00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:52.640
 the world

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:53.080
 didn't

00:27:53.080 --> 00:27:53.620
 recognize

00:27:53.620 --> 00:27:54.060
 him

00:27:54.060 --> 00:27:55.140
 they

00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:55.420
 didn't

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:55.720
 want

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.000
 him

00:27:56.000 --> 00:27:58.039
 he

00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.480
 came

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.140
 verse 11

00:27:59.140 --> 00:27:59.600
 to that

00:27:59.600 --> 00:28:00.080
 which was

00:28:00.080 --> 00:28:00.580
 his own

00:28:00.580 --> 00:28:01.279
 that is

00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:01.700
 to his

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:02.460
 own race

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:02.880
 to his

00:28:02.880 --> 00:28:03.100
 own

00:28:03.100 --> 00:28:03.600
 people

00:28:03.600 --> 00:28:05.620
 but even

00:28:05.620 --> 00:28:06.200
 his own

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:06.720
 people

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.160
 didn't

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:07.640
 receive

00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:07.940
 him

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:10.480
 how could

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:10.840
 that be

00:28:10.840 --> 00:28:11.360
 possible

00:28:11.360 --> 00:28:12.019
 as Jesus

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.720
 walked the

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.299
 streets of

00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:13.779
 Nazareth

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.460
 as he

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:15.299
 performed his

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:15.740
 miracles

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.799
 as he healed

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.240
 the sick

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:17.759
 and raised

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.279
 the dead

00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:19.220
 as Jesus

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:20.039
 called people

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:20.420
 and said

00:28:20.420 --> 00:28:21.720
 believe in me

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.259
 and you will

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.940
 have life

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.580
 in all its

00:28:23.580 --> 00:28:24.039
 fullness

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:26.120
 they didn't

00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:26.980
 recognize

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.460
 Jesus

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:29.440
 they didn't

00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:30.340
 receive him

00:28:30.340 --> 00:28:31.100
 as God

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:36.059
 well it's

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.519
 still the

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:36.740
 same

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.240
 today

00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:39.099
 people are

00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:39.859
 not bothered

00:28:39.859 --> 00:28:40.399
 with the

00:28:40.399 --> 00:28:40.939
 person of

00:28:40.939 --> 00:28:41.459
 Jesus

00:28:41.459 --> 00:28:42.799
 even when

00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.039
 they're

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.519
 confronted

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.039
 with his

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.519
 claims

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.299
 they do

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:45.939
 not want

00:28:45.939 --> 00:28:46.579
 Jesus to

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:47.119
 be God

00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:47.439
 of their

00:28:47.439 --> 00:28:47.819
 life

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.619
 and I'm

00:28:48.619 --> 00:28:49.179
 no different

00:28:49.179 --> 00:28:49.799
 and you

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.199
 are no

00:28:50.199 --> 00:28:50.639
 different

00:28:50.639 --> 00:28:51.439
 look at

00:28:51.439 --> 00:28:52.399
 chapter 3

00:28:52.399 --> 00:28:54.659
 verse 19

00:28:54.659 --> 00:28:56.659
 we'll get to

00:28:56.659 --> 00:28:57.659
 this later

00:28:57.659 --> 00:28:58.059
 in our

00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:58.480
 studies

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:59.079
 but just

00:28:59.079 --> 00:29:00.299
 very quickly

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:01.059
 chapter 3

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:01.960
 verse 19

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:05.700
 this is

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.039
 what he

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:06.659
 says about

00:29:06.659 --> 00:29:07.099
 us

00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:09.339
 this is

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:10.019
 the verdict

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:12.039
 light

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:12.740
 has come

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:13.220
 into the

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:13.679
 world

00:29:13.679 --> 00:29:15.940
 but people

00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:16.539
 loved

00:29:16.539 --> 00:29:17.379
 darkness

00:29:17.379 --> 00:29:18.759
 instead of

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.220
 light

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:20.980
 because their

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.599
 deeds were

00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:22.059
 evil

00:29:22.059 --> 00:29:24.779
 it's a

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.139
 damning

00:29:25.139 --> 00:29:25.559
 verdict

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:26.220
 isn't it

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:28.319
 we actually

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:29.220
 prefer to

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:30.019
 live in our

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:30.960
 own darkness

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:32.980
 wandering

00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.840
 around as it

00:29:33.840 --> 00:29:34.420
 were in the

00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:35.100
 belly of a

00:29:35.100 --> 00:29:35.539
 cave

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:37.819
 bumping into

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.819
 things trying to

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.539
 figure life

00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:39.940
 out

00:29:39.940 --> 00:29:41.819
 disorientated

00:29:41.819 --> 00:29:43.720
 living life as

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:44.720
 if I

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.900
 am God

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:49.900
 back to

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.660
 chapter 1

00:29:50.660 --> 00:29:53.759
 but

00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:56.019
 not everyone

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:57.100
 rejected him

00:29:57.100 --> 00:29:58.900
 verse 12

00:29:58.900 --> 00:30:00.620
 yet to all

00:30:00.620 --> 00:30:01.340
 who did

00:30:01.340 --> 00:30:02.259
 receive him

00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:03.240
 to those who

00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:03.940
 believed in his

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:04.640
 name he gave

00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:05.680
 the right to

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:06.460
 become children

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:07.060
 of God

00:30:07.060 --> 00:30:09.140
 many of you

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.940
 here today

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:11.500
 have believed

00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:12.340
 and trusted

00:30:12.339 --> 00:30:13.279
 and you

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:13.859
 have come to

00:30:13.859 --> 00:30:15.319
 experience life

00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:16.539
 with Jesus

00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.399
 a life that

00:30:17.399 --> 00:30:18.259
 is satisfying

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:19.019
 and fulfilling

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:20.179
 that you are

00:30:20.179 --> 00:30:20.980
 his child

00:30:20.980 --> 00:30:21.659
 and you have

00:30:21.659 --> 00:30:22.759
 that relationship

00:30:22.759 --> 00:30:23.319
 with the

00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:23.759
 father

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:28.699
 but how did

00:30:28.699 --> 00:30:29.279
 it happen

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:32.319
 well let's be

00:30:32.319 --> 00:30:33.099
 clear it's not

00:30:33.099 --> 00:30:34.000
 something that we

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:35.159
 just decided for

00:30:35.159 --> 00:30:36.139
 ourselves I

00:30:36.139 --> 00:30:36.939
 didn't wake up

00:30:36.939 --> 00:30:37.439
 one day and

00:30:37.439 --> 00:30:38.679
 decide you know

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:40.700
 what I think

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:42.340
 today I'm

00:30:42.340 --> 00:30:43.080
 going to become

00:30:43.080 --> 00:30:44.000
 God's child

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:46.519
 or I'm

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:47.220
 going to become

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:48.120
 part of God's

00:30:48.120 --> 00:30:48.600
 family

00:30:48.600 --> 00:30:51.000
 no becoming a

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.720
 child of God

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:52.900
 is something God

00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:53.840
 does for us

00:30:53.840 --> 00:30:54.700
 look at verse

00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:55.279
 13

00:30:55.279 --> 00:30:58.140
 pick it up

00:30:58.140 --> 00:30:58.720
 rather at the

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:59.180
 end of verse

00:30:59.180 --> 00:31:00.980
 12 he gave

00:31:00.980 --> 00:31:02.039
 the right to

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.860
 become children

00:31:02.860 --> 00:31:03.420
 of God

00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:04.640
 children born

00:31:04.640 --> 00:31:05.560
 not of natural

00:31:05.560 --> 00:31:07.539
 descent so

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:08.259
 not of our

00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:10.079
 own well

00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:10.879
 being or

00:31:10.879 --> 00:31:11.779
 our own

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.759
 ancestry or

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.359
 anything else

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:14.559
 nor of human

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:16.940
 decision or

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.720
 a husband's

00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:19.680
 will but

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.619
 born of God

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:23.319
 just as I

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:24.759
 had no say

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:26.000
 in my

00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:27.079
 parents decision

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:28.579
 to have a

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:30.799
 child so I

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.359
 had no

00:31:31.359 --> 00:31:32.879
 influence in

00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:33.799
 becoming God's

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.220
 child

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:35.720
 child we

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.440
 must be

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:37.180
 end of verse

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:38.559
 13 be

00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.880
 born of

00:31:39.880 --> 00:31:41.539
 God God

00:31:41.539 --> 00:31:42.240
 must give

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:43.539
 us a new

00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:44.839
 spiritual life

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.759
 I cannot

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:46.720
 just make it

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.180
 happen

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:51.339
 on the

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:52.079
 14th of

00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:52.600
 December

00:31:52.600 --> 00:31:53.799
 1971

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:55.819
 a most

00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:56.860
 marvelous thing

00:31:56.860 --> 00:31:57.319
 happened

00:31:57.319 --> 00:31:59.500
 I was

00:31:59.500 --> 00:31:59.960
 born

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:02.299
 long before

00:32:02.299 --> 00:32:02.940
 I had a

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:03.360
 conscious

00:32:03.360 --> 00:32:05.240
 thought or

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:05.700
 made an

00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:06.080
 audible

00:32:06.080 --> 00:32:08.259
 sound my

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:09.539
 parents had

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:10.900
 decided to

00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:11.259
 have a

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:13.360
 child from

00:32:13.360 --> 00:32:14.000
 that very

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.880
 first moment

00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:15.820
 I was loved

00:32:15.820 --> 00:32:16.420
 and cared

00:32:16.420 --> 00:32:17.759
 for they

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.740
 provided for

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.460
 me they

00:32:19.460 --> 00:32:20.320
 made decisions

00:32:20.320 --> 00:32:21.220
 for my best

00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:22.420
 they sacrificed

00:32:22.420 --> 00:32:23.440
 and served

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:24.460
 they gave me

00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:25.360
 a name

00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:27.220
 Jonathan

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:29.200
 and they

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:30.180
 delighted over

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:31.960
 me I was

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:33.259
 treasured

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:34.400
 and nurtured

00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:35.740
 and blessed

00:32:35.740 --> 00:32:37.819
 I experienced

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.620
 their warmth

00:32:38.620 --> 00:32:39.220
 embrace

00:32:39.220 --> 00:32:40.380
 I was

00:32:40.380 --> 00:32:41.880
 their child

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:42.740
 and I

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.579
 received the

00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:44.200
 rights and

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:45.100
 privileges of

00:32:45.100 --> 00:32:45.920
 the family

00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:47.880
 I belonged

00:32:47.880 --> 00:32:49.160
 never to be

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:49.700
 disowned

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:51.079
 I was safe

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:52.460
 and secure

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:56.120
 now tell

00:32:56.120 --> 00:32:56.539
 me

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:58.880
 what part

00:32:58.880 --> 00:32:59.940
 did I

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.400
 play

00:33:00.400 --> 00:33:01.620
 in making

00:33:01.620 --> 00:33:02.100
 any of

00:33:02.100 --> 00:33:02.700
 that happen

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:06.460
 what did

00:33:06.460 --> 00:33:07.340
 I bring

00:33:07.340 --> 00:33:09.640
 to exchange

00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:10.279
 for such

00:33:10.279 --> 00:33:10.759
 love

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:14.420
 well it

00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:15.039
 was all

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:15.600
 freely

00:33:15.600 --> 00:33:16.079
 given

00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:18.100
 and all

00:33:18.100 --> 00:33:18.680
 freely

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.480
 received

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:21.160
 it was a

00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:21.640
 gift of

00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:22.160
 grace

00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:22.259
 grace

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:23.680
 and that

00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.300
 is just

00:33:24.300 --> 00:33:25.019
 a tiny

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.600
 glimpse

00:33:25.600 --> 00:33:26.440
 of what

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:27.100
 God does

00:33:27.100 --> 00:33:27.800
 for us

00:33:27.800 --> 00:33:30.220
 so if it

00:33:30.220 --> 00:33:30.840
 is God's

00:33:30.840 --> 00:33:31.279
 work

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:31.940
 that I

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.500
 become a

00:33:32.500 --> 00:33:33.000
 child of

00:33:33.000 --> 00:33:33.360
 God

00:33:33.360 --> 00:33:34.220
 well then

00:33:34.220 --> 00:33:34.900
 how do I

00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:35.519
 how do we

00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:35.920
 become

00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:36.360
 children

00:33:36.360 --> 00:33:37.200
 well it's

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:37.580
 simply

00:33:37.580 --> 00:33:38.160
 admitting

00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:39.220
 that I

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:39.779
 cannot

00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:40.340
 become

00:33:40.340 --> 00:33:40.840
 God's

00:33:40.840 --> 00:33:41.200
 child

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.720
 by my

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.040
 own

00:33:42.040 --> 00:33:42.360
 effort

00:33:42.360 --> 00:33:42.580
 and

00:33:42.580 --> 00:33:43.040
 desire

00:33:43.040 --> 00:33:44.680
 I

00:33:44.680 --> 00:33:45.019
 must

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:45.380
 come

00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:45.600
 in

00:33:45.600 --> 00:33:46.060
 humble

00:33:46.060 --> 00:33:46.720
 dependence

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:47.600
 on

00:33:47.600 --> 00:33:48.100
 God

00:33:48.100 --> 00:33:49.220
 and trust

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:49.860
 that he

00:33:49.860 --> 00:33:50.380
 alone

00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:51.700
 makes me

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.280
 his

00:33:52.280 --> 00:33:53.060
 own

00:33:53.060 --> 00:33:55.160
 there's

00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:56.100
 no pride

00:33:56.100 --> 00:33:58.040
 no arrogance

00:33:58.040 --> 00:34:00.200
 no superiority

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:03.279
 you see

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:03.779
 left to

00:34:03.779 --> 00:34:04.519
 ourselves

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:06.140
 we would

00:34:06.140 --> 00:34:07.080
 never know

00:34:07.080 --> 00:34:07.519
 God

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:07.920
 we would

00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:08.880
 be stumbling

00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:09.539
 about in

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:10.079
 the darkness

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:11.460
 but in

00:34:11.460 --> 00:34:11.980
 love

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:13.460
 God came

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:14.099
 to us

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.599
 in the

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.260
 person of

00:34:15.260 --> 00:34:15.599
 Jesus

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:16.199
 Christ

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:17.179
 the

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:17.800
 lights

00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.460
 shone

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.920
 so that

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:20.400
 we could

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:21.119
 see and

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:21.659
 believe

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.320
 and have

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:22.960
 the joy

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.400
 of being

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:24.079
 called

00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:25.139
 children

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:26.699
 of God

00:34:26.699 --> 00:34:28.139
 children

00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:28.679
 who are

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:29.279
 loved

00:34:29.279 --> 00:34:30.059
 by an

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.519
 eternal

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:30.980
 God

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:31.639
 children

00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:32.139
 who are

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:32.879
 treasured

00:34:32.879 --> 00:34:33.279
 by a

00:34:33.279 --> 00:34:33.819
 creating

00:34:33.819 --> 00:34:34.239
 God

00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:34.919
 children

00:34:34.919 --> 00:34:35.399
 who are

00:34:35.399 --> 00:34:35.939
 blessed

00:34:35.939 --> 00:34:36.480
 by a

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:37.039
 life-giving

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.419
 God

00:34:37.419 --> 00:34:38.460
 and children

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:39.000
 who are

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.719
 secure

00:34:39.719 --> 00:34:40.899
 and full

00:34:40.899 --> 00:34:42.139
 and complete

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:43.199
 forever

00:34:43.199 --> 00:34:45.659
 by our

00:34:45.659 --> 00:34:46.179
 relational

00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:46.719
 God

00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:49.119
 do you

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:49.639
 know him

00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:52.079
 I hope

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:52.539
 you do

00:34:52.539 --> 00:34:54.579
 and if

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:55.279
 you don't

00:34:55.279 --> 00:34:57.639
 ask him

00:34:57.639 --> 00:34:59.759
 ask him

00:34:59.759 --> 00:35:00.259
 to show

00:35:00.259 --> 00:35:00.579
 you

00:35:00.579 --> 00:35:01.980
 so that

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:02.579
 you too

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:03.980
 can become

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:05.179
 his child

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:07.119
 let's pray

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:17.480
 father your

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:19.559
 good word

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:20.320
 has taken

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:21.179
 our minds

00:35:21.179 --> 00:35:22.299
 to mind

00:35:22.299 --> 00:35:22.779
 blowing

00:35:22.779 --> 00:35:23.659
 places

00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:24.119
 of

00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:25.579
 vast

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:26.899
 expanses

00:35:26.899 --> 00:35:27.919
 of space

00:35:27.919 --> 00:35:29.059
 and time

00:35:29.059 --> 00:35:31.980
 and yet

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.399
 it all

00:35:32.399 --> 00:35:32.940
 boils

00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:33.500
 down

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:35.539
 to a

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:36.079
 personal

00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:36.739
 God

00:35:36.739 --> 00:35:37.179
 who has

00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:37.839
 come to

00:35:37.839 --> 00:35:38.359
 us

00:35:38.359 --> 00:35:40.619
 that I

00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:42.219
 that we

00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:43.899
 could become

00:35:43.899 --> 00:35:44.480
 your

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:45.339
 children

00:35:45.339 --> 00:35:47.659
 a relationship

00:35:47.659 --> 00:35:49.299
 with our

00:35:49.299 --> 00:35:49.819
 eternal

00:35:49.819 --> 00:35:50.319
 God

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:52.019
 life

00:35:52.019 --> 00:35:52.600
 with him

00:35:52.600 --> 00:35:54.220
 forever

00:35:54.220 --> 00:35:55.120
 and ever

00:35:55.120 --> 00:35:57.420
 thank you

00:35:57.420 --> 00:35:58.019
 God

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:59.920
 for coming

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.720
 to us

00:36:00.720 --> 00:36:02.440
 for making

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:03.059
 yourself

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:03.700
 known to

00:36:03.700 --> 00:36:04.240
 us so

00:36:04.240 --> 00:36:05.000
 that we

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:06.340
 can be

00:36:06.340 --> 00:36:07.140
 in your

00:36:07.140 --> 00:36:07.760
 family

00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:10.480
 thank you

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:13.200
 thank you

00:36:13.199 --> 00:36:14.799
 amen

00:36:14.799 --> 00:36:14.819
 amen

00:36:14.819 --> 00:36:19.359
 we're going

00:36:19.359 --> 00:36:19.799
 to sing

00:36:19.799 --> 00:36:21.619
 what is it

00:36:21.619 --> 00:36:21.919
 we're going

00:36:21.919 --> 00:36:22.319
 to sing

00:36:22.319 --> 00:36:28.159
 there we

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:28.480
 are

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:30.299
 here's a

00:36:30.299 --> 00:36:31.059
 great song

00:36:31.059 --> 00:36:31.460
 to

00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:33.539
 bring our

00:36:33.539 --> 00:36:34.279
 minds to

00:36:34.279 --> 00:36:34.919
 the great

00:36:34.919 --> 00:36:36.099
 creator God

00:36:36.099 --> 00:36:36.899
 but the

00:36:36.899 --> 00:36:37.799
 creator God

00:36:37.799 --> 00:36:38.519
 who came to

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:39.460
 die for us

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:39.980
 to give his

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:41.059
 life for us

00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:42.340
 so that we

00:36:42.340 --> 00:36:42.799
 could have

00:36:42.799 --> 00:36:43.679
 life for him

00:36:43.679 --> 00:36:44.279
 if you know

00:36:44.279 --> 00:36:44.779
 him you'll

00:36:44.779 --> 00:36:45.500
 want to sing

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:46.099
 this out

00:36:46.099 --> 00:36:47.599
 in praise

00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:48.699
 and celebration

00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:49.579
 I invite you to

00:36:49.579 --> 00:36:50.279
 stand if you

00:36:50.279 --> 00:36:50.579
 can

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:53.179
 sit

00:36:53.179 --> 00:37:06.299
 and

00:37:06.299 --> 00:37:06.319
 be

00:37:06.319 --> 00:37:06.579
 live