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 Our Father God, we thank you so much for your many gifts to us.

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 We thank you, Father, for the gift of people.

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 And not least, we do thank you, Father, for our mothers,

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 for those who have cared for us over many years,

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 who provide for us, who sacrifice their lives, giving their time and energies.

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 Father, we thank you so much, and we pray that for every mother here today,

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 that they would know your help and your grace

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 to be instruments of your love and your kindness

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 to their children and to their families.

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 Father, encourage them greatly.

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 And Father, would you please encourage us all this morning

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 that by your Holy Spirit's power,

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 you would open up our minds to have the capacity to understand your word.

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 But we also want to experience it and feel it in our hearts.

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 We want to meet God today.

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 So Father, help us.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, when I was a single guy, many moons ago,

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 in college, one of my housemates came back

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 very, very excited.

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 Johnny, he says, I found the right woman for you.

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 She's tall.

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 She's got brown eyes.

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 She's sporty.

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 Don't know what happened there.

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 She wants to serve God.

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 But after a week of doing absolutely nothing,

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 he arranged for Kirsty to meet me.

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 You see, the best way to get to know someone

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 is to be introduced to them in person.

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 That's the only way we will fully and completely know who they are.

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 Well, in a sense, that's what God has been doing for us.

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 Throughout the story, God has been gradually revealing and introducing

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 who he is and what he is like.

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 In fact, God has been promising all the way along

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 that one day he will come in person into the world.

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 One of those promises is found in Isaiah chapter 7 and verse 14.

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 Here's the promise.

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 Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign.

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 What is the sign that God's coming?

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 Here it is.

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 The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son

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 and will be called Emmanuel.

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 Emmanuel.

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 The promise continues.

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 Chapter 9, verse 6.

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 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given,

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 and the government will be on his shoulders

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 and he will be called Wonderful Counselor,

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 Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

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 And so with great expectation,

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 the people, as they heard the promises,

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 looked forward to the coming of God.

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 And as we turn the pages of the story,

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 we are brought to a nervous teenager,

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 a young, unknown girl called Mary.

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 And in Matthew's Gospel,

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 God promises that she will have a child.

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 Look at Matthew chapter 1, verse 21.

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 Matthew chapter 1, verse 21.

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 God has come to Mary by the angel.

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 And we read in verse 21,

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 She, that's Mary, will give birth to a son

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 and you are to give him the name Jesus.

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 Jesus means the Lord or God saves

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 because he will save his people from their sins.

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 This great saving God that we've seen

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 throughout the story

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 who intervenes time and time again

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 in the lives of so many people

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 and throughout history

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 is going to come in person

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 to save us,

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 to save the nations.

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 Verse 22.

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 All this took place to fulfill

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 what the Lord had said through the prophet,

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 the prophet Isaiah that we've just read of.

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 The virgin will be with child

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 and will give birth to a son

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 and they will call him Emmanuel,

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 which means God with us.

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 It's what theologians have come to call

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 the incarnation.

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 Jesus, the God-man.

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 Not 50% God and 50% man.

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 No, Jesus is fully 100% God

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 and 100% man.

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 Listen to how the New Testament writers

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 have understood it.

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 Who, speaking of Jesus,

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 being in very nature God,

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 but being made in human likeness

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 and being.

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 He, that's Jesus,

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 is the image

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 of the invisible God.

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 For in Christ,

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 all the fullness of the deity

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 lives in bodily form.

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 The Son, Jesus,

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 is the radiance of God's glory

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 and the exact representation

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 of his being.

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 Jesus is fully God

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 and fully man.

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 One writer put it like this.

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 Jesus is one person

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 in two natures,

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 God and man.

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 The two natures

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 are united in Jesus

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 without mixture,

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 confusion,

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 separation,

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 or division.

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 And each nature

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 retains its own attributes.

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 All that is in us

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 and all that is in God

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 is and always will be

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 truly and indistinguishably

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 present in the one Christ.

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 That's why we need to pray

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 to ask God

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 to help us comprehend.

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 So why did Jesus,

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 the God-man,

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 come to us?

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 Well, first,

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 Jesus comes

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 to reveal God

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 to us.

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 Have a look at John's Gospel.

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 John chapter 1.

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 John chapter 1,

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 verse 1.

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 Throughout the story

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 and in the past,

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 God's introduction to us

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 has been partial

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 and incomplete.

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 But now God has fully

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 and completely introduced us

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 to himself in Jesus.

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 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, do you remember

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 how the story

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 of the Bible starts?

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 It's very similar,

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 isn't it?

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 The very first sentence,

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 the very first verse

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 in the Bible

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 is this.

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 In the beginning,

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 God

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 created the heavens

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 and the earth.

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 How did God

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 create?

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 By His Word.

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 God spoke His words

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 into the vast emptiness

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 and He spoke the universe

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 into existence.

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 There was nothing

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 and He spoke

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 and it came to be.

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 By His Word

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 He formed the planet

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 and He began

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 to fill each space.

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 He filled the universe

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 with the sun

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 and the moon

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 and the stars

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 and the planets.

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 He filled this earth

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 with the mountains

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 and the rivers.

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 He filled the seas

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 with fish.

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 He filled the skies

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 with the birds

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 and He filled the earth

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 with people

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 because God's Word

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 is living.

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 It is powerful.

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 It is active.

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 But more than this,

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 the Word

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 is a person.

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 Read again 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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 He, this person

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 was with God

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 in the beginning.

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 This Word

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 is a person

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 but is also

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 identified as God.

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 You see,

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 Jesus didn't suddenly exist

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 as He was born

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 from Mary.

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 Jesus has existed

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 from before time began.

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 So just as God

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 existed from eternity past,

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 the Word existed

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 from eternity past.

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 Just as God

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 created the world,

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 the Word

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 created the world.

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 Look at verse 3.

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 through Him,

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 through the Word,

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 through the person

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 of Jesus,

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 all things were made.

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 Without Him

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 nothing was made

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 that has been made.

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 Everything that God is,

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 the Word is.

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 And look what happens

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 to this Word.

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 Verse 14.

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 The Word

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 became flesh

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 and made His dwelling

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 among us.

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 The Word

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 that created

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 the universe

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 takes on Himself

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 flesh and bone,

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 joint and sinew.

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 God takes on

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 human form.

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 He clothes Himself

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 in humanity

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 and He has given

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 the name

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 Jesus.

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 Jesus.

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 I love the way

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 the author,

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 Philip Yancey,

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 puts it.

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 Unimaginably,

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 the maker

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 of all things

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 shrank down

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 and down

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 and down

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 so small

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 as to become

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 an ovum,

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 a single fertilized

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 egg,

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 barely visible

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 to the naked eye,

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 an egg

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 that would divide

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 and re-divide

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 until a fetus

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 took shape,

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 enlarging cell

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 by cell

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 inside

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 a nervous

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 teenager.

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 All of God

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 in His vastness

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 and greatness

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 is squeezed

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 down

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 into the person

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 of Jesus.

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 The all-powerful,

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 almighty God

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 cries

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 and needs

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 His nappy

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 changed.

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 The all-knowing,

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 all-sustaining,

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 all-providing

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 God

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 needs fed

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 and cradled

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 to sleep.

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 Why

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 would God

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 do that?

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 Well,

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 first,

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 so that we

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 could know

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 God.

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 Look at

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 verse 18.

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 No one,

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 throughout the

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 whole story

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 that we've

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 been looking at,

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 no one

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 has ever

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 seen

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 God.

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 But God,

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 the one

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 and only,

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 the Son

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 who is at

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 the Father's

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 side,

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 has made

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 Him known.

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 That's the

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 primary reason

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 Jesus came,

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 so that we

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 can know

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 God

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 intimately

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 and personally.

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 In Jesus,

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 the invisible

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 God is made

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 visible.

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 So,

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 in Jesus,

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 we see

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 all of

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 God's

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 greatness

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 and His

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 power

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 and His

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 beauty

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 and His

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 authority

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 is all

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 on display.

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 As Jesus

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 goes about

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 His life

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 and His

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 ministry,

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 God is

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 tangibly

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 present.

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 Well,

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 you say,

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 that's great.

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 That was

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 great

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 for the

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 people

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 then.

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 What about

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 now?

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 How do

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 I get

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 to see

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 Jesus?

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 how can

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 I see

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 God

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 myself?

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 Well,

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 keep your

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 finger in

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 John chapter

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 one and

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 go to

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 the very

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 end of

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 the book

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 because

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 he tells

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 us

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 how we

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 can

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 know

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 God

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 and

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 see

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 God.

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 Throughout

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 John's

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 gospel,

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 Jesus has

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 been

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 performing

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 all his

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 signs,

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 his

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 wonders.

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 And this

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 is after

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 his

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 resurrection,

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 after his

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 death,

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 and Thomas

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 verse 28

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 said to

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 him,

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 when he

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 sees the

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 risen

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 Jesus,

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 he says,

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 my

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 Lord

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 and my

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 God.

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 Then

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 Jesus

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 told him,

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 because you

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 have seen

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 me,

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 you have

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 believed.

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 Blessed

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 are those

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 who have

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 not seen

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 me

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 and yet

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 have

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 believed.

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 And

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 Jesus

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 did

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 many

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 other

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 miraculous

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 signs

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 in the

00:14:11.379 --> 00:14:11.740
 presence

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 of his

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 disciples,

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 which are

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 not

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 recorded

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 in this

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 book,

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 but these

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 are written

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 that you,

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 people like

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 us,

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 may believe

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 that Jesus

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 is the

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 Christ,

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 the Son

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 of God,

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 and that by

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 believing you

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 may have

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 life in

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 his name.

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 You see,

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 the disciples

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 were the

00:14:31.680 --> 00:14:33.040
 first eyewitnesses

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 of Jesus.

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 They heard

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 him,

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 they saw

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 him,

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 they touched

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 him,

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 they ate

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 with him.

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 And all

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 that they

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 saw and

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 heard,

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 they wrote

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 down so

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 that we

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 too can

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 know God.

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 You see,

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 everything that

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 God has to

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 say about

00:14:47.820 --> 00:14:49.019
 himself has

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 been revealed

00:14:49.920 --> 00:14:50.779
 in the

00:14:50.779 --> 00:14:51.440
 person of

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 Jesus.

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 And everything

00:14:53.259 --> 00:14:54.019
 that we need

00:14:54.019 --> 00:14:54.899
 to know about

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 Jesus has

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 been recorded

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 for us in

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 scripture.

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 In other

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 words,

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 there's nothing

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 more to know

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 about God

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 than what we

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 see in

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 Jesus.

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 Jesus.

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 And there

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 is nothing

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 more that

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 we can

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 ever know

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 about Jesus

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 than what

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 we read

00:15:10.060 --> 00:15:10.800
 in the

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 Bible.

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 So it's

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 as we

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 engage with

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 God's

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 word,

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 as we

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 read it,

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 the Holy

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 Spirit of

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 God takes

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 that word

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 and he

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 gives us

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 that experience

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 of God

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 himself in

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 Christ.

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 If you

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 want to

00:15:25.300 --> 00:15:25.879
 know God,

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 if you

00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:26.940
 want to

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 see him

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 and understand

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 him,

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 it's as

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 we read

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 his word

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 that we

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 encounter

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 the living

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 God,

00:15:34.500 --> 00:15:34.920
 the Lord

00:15:34.920 --> 00:15:35.300
 Jesus

00:15:35.300 --> 00:15:35.879
 Christ.

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 So Jesus

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 came so

00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:41.700
 that we

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 might know

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 him for

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 ourselves.

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 But he

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 came second

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 so that we

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 can experience

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 God's love

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 and grace.

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 Go back

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 to the

00:15:54.960 --> 00:15:55.480
 beginning of

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 John's

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 Gospel,

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 chapter 1

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 and verse

00:15:57.420 --> 00:15:58.040
 14.

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 the word

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 Jesus

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 became

00:16:06.420 --> 00:16:07.200
 flesh

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 and made

00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:09.120
 his dwelling

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 among us.

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 It's like

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 God has

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 come and

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 he's moved

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 into our

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 neighbourhood.

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 God is

00:16:18.300 --> 00:16:19.240
 not far

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 and distant

00:16:20.220 --> 00:16:21.160
 and removed

00:16:21.160 --> 00:16:22.300
 and uncaring

00:16:22.300 --> 00:16:23.480
 and uninvolved.

00:16:23.820 --> 00:16:24.560
 God loves

00:16:24.560 --> 00:16:25.300
 us so

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 much that

00:16:26.160 --> 00:16:26.800
 he came

00:16:26.800 --> 00:16:27.500
 to live

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 among people

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 like you

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 and me.

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 he moves

00:16:31.259 --> 00:16:31.940
 into the

00:16:31.940 --> 00:16:32.399
 mess of

00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:32.940
 our world

00:16:32.940 --> 00:16:33.399
 and into

00:16:33.399 --> 00:16:34.299
 the brokenness

00:16:34.299 --> 00:16:34.600
 of our

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 lives.

00:16:35.259 --> 00:16:35.679
 He's not

00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:36.659
 immune from

00:16:36.659 --> 00:16:37.539
 the sufferings

00:16:37.539 --> 00:16:37.860
 and the

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 struggles

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 that each

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 one of

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 us face.

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 And because

00:16:41.419 --> 00:16:42.299
 God took

00:16:42.299 --> 00:16:43.299
 on flesh,

00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:45.299
 he understands

00:16:45.299 --> 00:16:45.919
 us.

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 He identifies

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 with us.

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 And as we

00:16:51.159 --> 00:16:51.799
 follow the

00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:52.519
 story of

00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:52.840
 Jesus,

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 we see

00:16:53.659 --> 00:16:54.060
 that he

00:16:54.060 --> 00:16:55.299
 experienced

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 the same

00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:56.200
 kind of

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 things that

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 we experience

00:16:57.460 --> 00:16:58.100
 in life.

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 He felt

00:16:59.080 --> 00:17:00.259
 the frustrations

00:17:00.259 --> 00:17:00.820
 and the

00:17:00.820 --> 00:17:01.500
 limitations

00:17:01.500 --> 00:17:02.320
 of a

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 human being.

00:17:04.860 --> 00:17:05.200
 Jesus

00:17:05.200 --> 00:17:06.319
 got tired

00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:06.700
 and he

00:17:06.700 --> 00:17:07.000
 needed

00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:07.700
 sleep.

00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:09.039
 He was

00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:09.500
 hungry

00:17:09.500 --> 00:17:09.900
 and he

00:17:09.900 --> 00:17:10.660
 was thirsty.

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 He felt

00:17:12.360 --> 00:17:13.180
 alone and he

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 was isolated,

00:17:14.700 --> 00:17:15.480
 homeless and

00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:16.000
 ignored.

00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:16.799
 He was

00:17:16.799 --> 00:17:17.360
 misunderstood

00:17:17.360 --> 00:17:18.420
 by people,

00:17:18.799 --> 00:17:19.600
 abandoned by

00:17:19.600 --> 00:17:20.299
 his friends,

00:17:20.660 --> 00:17:21.740
 considered mad

00:17:21.740 --> 00:17:22.299
 by his

00:17:22.299 --> 00:17:22.799
 family.

00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:22.879
 body.

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 He

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 wept at

00:17:25.899 --> 00:17:26.440
 the grave

00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:26.819
 of his

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 friends and

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 he grieved

00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:29.259
 over those

00:17:29.259 --> 00:17:30.079
 who rejected

00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:30.839
 God his

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 father.

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 He faced

00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:33.180
 opposition and

00:17:33.180 --> 00:17:33.700
 persecution.

00:17:34.359 --> 00:17:34.919
 He suffered

00:17:34.919 --> 00:17:35.960
 physically and

00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:36.740
 mentally and

00:17:36.740 --> 00:17:37.339
 emotionally.

00:17:37.879 --> 00:17:38.619
 He faced

00:17:38.619 --> 00:17:40.200
 physical suffering

00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:40.960
 to a degree

00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:41.680
 we will never

00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:42.720
 have to and

00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:43.839
 he experienced

00:17:43.839 --> 00:17:44.980
 the pain of

00:17:44.980 --> 00:17:46.379
 death itself.

00:17:46.380 --> 00:17:49.360
 God is

00:17:49.360 --> 00:17:50.180
 not distant

00:17:50.180 --> 00:17:52.220
 and unremoved

00:17:52.220 --> 00:17:52.760
 from your

00:17:52.760 --> 00:17:54.220
 life and

00:17:54.220 --> 00:17:55.060
 what you go

00:17:55.060 --> 00:17:56.040
 through yourself

00:17:56.040 --> 00:17:56.780
 right now.

00:17:57.740 --> 00:17:58.460
 And because

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 he is God,

00:18:00.300 --> 00:18:01.260
 he understands

00:18:01.260 --> 00:18:01.980
 us better than

00:18:01.980 --> 00:18:02.700
 we understand

00:18:02.700 --> 00:18:03.100
 or know

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 ourselves.

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 He loves

00:18:05.340 --> 00:18:06.500
 us so much

00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:07.300
 that he

00:18:07.300 --> 00:18:08.320
 enters into

00:18:08.320 --> 00:18:09.080
 our sin

00:18:09.080 --> 00:18:09.940
 cursed

00:18:09.940 --> 00:18:11.260
 world to

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 walk with

00:18:12.040 --> 00:18:13.020
 us so that

00:18:13.020 --> 00:18:13.900
 we can

00:18:13.900 --> 00:18:15.040
 experience his

00:18:15.040 --> 00:18:16.160
 grace in

00:18:16.160 --> 00:18:17.100
 our lives.

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 Look at

00:18:18.620 --> 00:18:19.420
 verse 16,

00:18:19.519 --> 00:18:20.200
 it's just a

00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:20.860
 snippet but

00:18:20.860 --> 00:18:21.480
 it tells us

00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:22.120
 something of

00:18:22.120 --> 00:18:23.320
 him from

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 the fullness

00:18:24.140 --> 00:18:25.400
 of his

00:18:25.400 --> 00:18:26.040
 grace.

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 We have

00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:28.080
 all received

00:18:28.080 --> 00:18:28.900
 one blessing

00:18:28.900 --> 00:18:30.200
 after another.

00:18:31.300 --> 00:18:31.940
 The grace

00:18:31.940 --> 00:18:32.640
 of God

00:18:32.640 --> 00:18:33.620
 ministers

00:18:33.620 --> 00:18:35.060
 to us as

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 he identifies

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 with us in

00:18:36.860 --> 00:18:37.400
 our life.

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 And Hebrews

00:18:39.320 --> 00:18:40.240
 tells us that

00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:40.860
 we can now

00:18:40.860 --> 00:18:41.660
 go through

00:18:41.660 --> 00:18:42.800
 Jesus to

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 the Father

00:18:43.460 --> 00:18:44.860
 and receive

00:18:44.860 --> 00:18:45.720
 the grace

00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:46.279
 and mercy

00:18:46.279 --> 00:18:46.720
 that we

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 need in

00:18:47.559 --> 00:18:48.059
 our time

00:18:48.059 --> 00:18:48.559
 of help.

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 And God

00:18:49.819 --> 00:18:50.299
 himself,

00:18:50.500 --> 00:18:50.880
 because he

00:18:50.880 --> 00:18:51.620
 knows what

00:18:51.620 --> 00:18:52.200
 we need,

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 will pour

00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:53.940
 out his

00:18:53.940 --> 00:18:55.420
 grace into

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 your life

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 and into

00:18:57.279 --> 00:18:57.960
 my life.

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 So,

00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:02.079
 Jesus reveals

00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:04.120
 God to

00:19:04.120 --> 00:19:04.759
 us.

00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:06.779
 Second,

00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:09.180
 Jesus came

00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:10.220
 to represent

00:19:10.220 --> 00:19:12.120
 us before

00:19:12.120 --> 00:19:12.580
 God.

00:19:15.080 --> 00:19:16.100
 In the

00:19:16.100 --> 00:19:16.440
 beginning,

00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:18.019
 when God

00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:18.860
 created the

00:19:18.860 --> 00:19:19.180
 world,

00:19:20.259 --> 00:19:21.039
 the pinnacle

00:19:21.039 --> 00:19:21.500
 of his

00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:22.960
 creation was

00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:23.660
 to create

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 mankind.

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 And the

00:19:26.340 --> 00:19:27.259
 first man

00:19:27.259 --> 00:19:27.740
 that God

00:19:27.740 --> 00:19:28.259
 created

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 was Adam.

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 And from

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 Adam comes

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 the whole

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 human race.

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 if we

00:19:36.939 --> 00:19:37.480
 go back

00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:38.139
 far enough

00:19:38.139 --> 00:19:38.480
 in our

00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:38.839
 own

00:19:38.839 --> 00:19:39.339
 family

00:19:39.339 --> 00:19:39.859
 history

00:19:39.859 --> 00:19:40.779
 and follow

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 the line,

00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:42.599
 we discover,

00:19:43.019 --> 00:19:43.119
 well,

00:19:43.179 --> 00:19:43.720
 we're actually

00:19:43.720 --> 00:19:44.700
 all related

00:19:44.700 --> 00:19:46.059
 to Adam.

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 Whoever we

00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:48.240
 are, no

00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:48.700
 matter the

00:19:48.700 --> 00:19:49.119
 colour of

00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:49.639
 our skin,

00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:51.039
 our nationality,

00:19:51.700 --> 00:19:52.500
 we go back

00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:53.059
 to Adam.

00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:53.980
 He is the

00:19:53.980 --> 00:19:54.759
 father of

00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:55.299
 the nations.

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 But there's

00:19:58.859 --> 00:19:59.220
 a huge

00:19:59.220 --> 00:20:00.039
 problem with

00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:00.339
 that.

00:20:01.419 --> 00:20:01.819
 There's a

00:20:01.819 --> 00:20:02.539
 huge problem

00:20:02.539 --> 00:20:03.200
 being related

00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:03.740
 to Adam.

00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:05.160
 Have a

00:20:05.160 --> 00:20:05.440
 look at

00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:05.819
 Romans

00:20:05.819 --> 00:20:06.859
 chapter 5

00:20:06.859 --> 00:20:08.539
 verse 12.

00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:10.900
 Romans

00:20:10.900 --> 00:20:11.799
 chapter 5

00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:12.559
 verse 12.

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 We trace

00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:21.240
 our line

00:20:21.240 --> 00:20:21.839
 back far

00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:22.099
 enough,

00:20:22.220 --> 00:20:22.640
 we come

00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:23.180
 to Adam.

00:20:23.839 --> 00:20:24.359
 We're

00:20:24.359 --> 00:20:25.039
 related to

00:20:25.039 --> 00:20:25.319
 him.

00:20:26.539 --> 00:20:27.140
 But there's

00:20:27.140 --> 00:20:27.680
 a problem

00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:28.440
 verse 12.

00:20:29.660 --> 00:20:30.220
 Therefore,

00:20:31.420 --> 00:20:32.460
 just as

00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:33.599
 sin entered

00:20:33.599 --> 00:20:34.179
 the world

00:20:34.179 --> 00:20:35.019
 through one

00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:35.480
 man,

00:20:36.719 --> 00:20:37.059
 Adam,

00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:38.419
 and death

00:20:38.419 --> 00:20:39.139
 through sin.

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 And in

00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:40.859
 this way,

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:41.599
 death came

00:20:41.599 --> 00:20:42.679
 to all

00:20:42.679 --> 00:20:43.559
 people,

00:20:44.259 --> 00:20:45.679
 because all

00:20:45.679 --> 00:20:46.619
 sinned.

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 You remember

00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:49.419
 how the story

00:20:49.419 --> 00:20:50.299
 started at the

00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:50.599
 beginning?

00:20:50.959 --> 00:20:51.679
 The beautiful

00:20:51.679 --> 00:20:52.219
 garden,

00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.480
 Adam living

00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:54.299
 in relationship

00:20:54.299 --> 00:20:55.059
 with God,

00:20:55.219 --> 00:20:56.240
 and then Adam

00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:57.539
 rebelled

00:20:57.539 --> 00:20:58.480
 against God.

00:20:59.139 --> 00:20:59.779
 Adam wanted

00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:00.619
 to get rid

00:21:00.619 --> 00:21:01.159
 of God

00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:01.900
 and say,

00:21:02.320 --> 00:21:02.940
 I want

00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:03.560
 to be like

00:21:03.560 --> 00:21:03.800
 him.

00:21:04.120 --> 00:21:04.740
 I want

00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:05.140
 to be the

00:21:05.140 --> 00:21:05.519
 one who

00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:06.279
 has authority.

00:21:06.740 --> 00:21:07.220
 I want

00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:07.620
 to be the

00:21:07.620 --> 00:21:07.960
 one who

00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:08.360
 has the

00:21:08.360 --> 00:21:08.800
 rules.

00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:09.660
 And they

00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:10.200
 get rid

00:21:10.200 --> 00:21:10.779
 of God

00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:11.540
 by saying

00:21:11.540 --> 00:21:12.080
 no to

00:21:12.080 --> 00:21:12.440
 God.

00:21:13.740 --> 00:21:14.340
 But the

00:21:14.340 --> 00:21:15.200
 problem was,

00:21:15.320 --> 00:21:15.900
 as we have

00:21:15.900 --> 00:21:16.200
 seen,

00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:16.620
 as we've

00:21:16.620 --> 00:21:17.080
 gone through

00:21:17.080 --> 00:21:17.700
 the story,

00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:18.460
 it didn't

00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:19.019
 stop with

00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:19.279
 Adam.

00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:20.279
 His children

00:21:20.279 --> 00:21:21.279
 followed suit.

00:21:21.660 --> 00:21:22.220
 They said

00:21:22.220 --> 00:21:22.700
 no to

00:21:22.700 --> 00:21:23.040
 God.

00:21:24.080 --> 00:21:24.620
 And what

00:21:24.620 --> 00:21:25.080
 has happened

00:21:25.080 --> 00:21:25.600
 is Adam

00:21:25.600 --> 00:21:26.340
 has produced

00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:27.079
 a family

00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:27.939
 of rebels.

00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:29.720
 The whole

00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:31.179
 human race

00:21:31.179 --> 00:21:32.659
 over the

00:21:32.659 --> 00:21:33.279
 history and

00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:33.759
 the course

00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:34.500
 of time

00:21:34.500 --> 00:21:36.119
 has rejected

00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:36.639
 God.

00:21:38.099 --> 00:21:38.720
 Adam's

00:21:38.720 --> 00:21:39.399
 first sin

00:21:39.399 --> 00:21:39.720
 in the

00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:40.059
 garden

00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:40.839
 was like

00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:41.359
 the first

00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:42.000
 rumble

00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:42.359
 in the

00:21:42.359 --> 00:21:42.699
 deep

00:21:42.699 --> 00:21:43.379
 that causes

00:21:43.379 --> 00:21:44.139
 a tsunami.

00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:45.220
 And throughout

00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:46.079
 history and

00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:46.659
 with every

00:21:46.659 --> 00:21:47.799
 new generation,

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:49.000
 this tsunami

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.619
 has gained

00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:50.240
 momentum,

00:21:50.679 --> 00:21:51.319
 bringing with

00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:52.319
 it devastation

00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:53.039
 and destruction

00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:54.099
 as people

00:21:54.099 --> 00:21:55.279
 live sinful

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:55.799
 lives,

00:21:55.799 --> 00:21:56.579
 ruining this

00:21:56.579 --> 00:21:57.180
 world and

00:21:57.180 --> 00:21:57.859
 ruining their

00:21:57.859 --> 00:21:58.460
 lives and

00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:59.339
 ruining everything

00:21:59.339 --> 00:21:59.819
 that God

00:21:59.819 --> 00:22:00.220
 has given

00:22:00.220 --> 00:22:00.599
 to them.

00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:01.279
 And this

00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:01.859
 wave of

00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:03.059
 human rebellion,

00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:03.919
 it seems,

00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:04.440
 is just

00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:05.359
 unstoppable.

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:09.000
 You see,

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:09.559
 we are all

00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:10.259
 just like

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:11.240
 Adam because,

00:22:11.559 --> 00:22:11.940
 look at

00:22:11.940 --> 00:22:12.599
 verse 12,

00:22:13.279 --> 00:22:14.000
 the very end,

00:22:14.059 --> 00:22:14.599
 because we

00:22:14.599 --> 00:22:15.440
 have all

00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:16.960
 sinned.

00:22:20.059 --> 00:22:20.859
 And so

00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:21.440
 Adam was

00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:22.220
 removed from

00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:22.759
 the garden,

00:22:23.859 --> 00:22:24.779
 separated from

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.180
 the very

00:22:25.180 --> 00:22:26.100
 presence of

00:22:26.100 --> 00:22:26.480
 God.

00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:28.460
 And likewise,

00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:29.360
 we too have

00:22:29.360 --> 00:22:30.400
 been separated

00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:31.120
 from God.

00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:32.680
 Like Adam,

00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:33.620
 we live now

00:22:33.620 --> 00:22:34.759
 in a sin-cursed

00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:35.200
 world.

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:36.820
 And now we

00:22:36.820 --> 00:22:37.519
 face the

00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:38.200
 judgment of

00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:38.539
 God.

00:22:39.140 --> 00:22:39.840
 And left to

00:22:39.840 --> 00:22:40.400
 ourselves,

00:22:41.100 --> 00:22:41.840
 we can do

00:22:41.840 --> 00:22:42.640
 nothing about

00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:42.920
 it.

00:22:43.140 --> 00:22:43.880
 Throughout the

00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:44.500
 course of

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.100
 history and

00:22:45.100 --> 00:22:45.640
 over the

00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:46.000
 time,

00:22:46.340 --> 00:22:46.799
 people have

00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.539
 tried to

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:48.120
 make lives

00:22:48.120 --> 00:22:48.380
 better.

00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:48.740
 They've

00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:49.340
 tried to

00:22:49.340 --> 00:22:49.660
 make the

00:22:49.660 --> 00:22:50.039
 world a

00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:50.620
 better place,

00:22:50.619 --> 00:22:51.639
 but still

00:22:51.639 --> 00:22:52.359
 it continues

00:22:52.359 --> 00:22:53.119
 in its

00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:53.619
 mess.

00:22:54.899 --> 00:22:55.819
 But that's

00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.379
 why Jesus

00:22:56.379 --> 00:22:58.199
 came, to

00:22:58.199 --> 00:22:59.539
 stop the

00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:00.379
 tsunami of

00:23:00.379 --> 00:23:02.019
 sin and

00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:02.819
 its destruction.

00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:05.199
 Jesus came

00:23:05.199 --> 00:23:05.659
 into the

00:23:05.659 --> 00:23:06.419
 world as

00:23:06.419 --> 00:23:07.619
 the new

00:23:07.619 --> 00:23:08.979
 Adam, the

00:23:08.979 --> 00:23:10.419
 perfect Adam,

00:23:10.859 --> 00:23:11.679
 the perfect

00:23:11.679 --> 00:23:12.339
 man who

00:23:12.339 --> 00:23:13.019
 comes to

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:14.239
 represent us

00:23:14.239 --> 00:23:16.299
 before God.

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:18.319
 let's see

00:23:18.319 --> 00:23:18.819
 how he

00:23:18.819 --> 00:23:19.559
 does this.

00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:21.460
 First, Jesus

00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:22.240
 dies our

00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:22.839
 death for

00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:23.039
 us.

00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:23.379
 Look at

00:23:23.379 --> 00:23:24.200
 verse 18.

00:23:28.639 --> 00:23:29.279
 Consequently,

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:31.960
 just as the

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.659
 result of

00:23:32.659 --> 00:23:34.079
 one trespass

00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:36.139
 was condemnation

00:23:36.139 --> 00:23:36.960
 for all

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.399
 men.

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.099
 You see,

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:39.259
 like Adam,

00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:40.700
 we're all

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:41.579
 under God's

00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:42.519
 just and

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:43.139
 fair

00:23:43.139 --> 00:23:44.059
 judgment.

00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:45.159
 We've all

00:23:45.159 --> 00:23:45.799
 added to

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.339
 the mess

00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:46.680
 and the

00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:47.240
 brokenness

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.579
 of this

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:47.960
 world.

00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:48.399
 Our

00:23:48.399 --> 00:23:49.139
 destiny,

00:23:49.639 --> 00:23:50.319
 God tells

00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:50.639
 us,

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:51.579
 is hell.

00:23:53.119 --> 00:23:53.960
 But God

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:55.000
 has intervened

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.680
 into our

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:56.519
 lives through

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.039
 Jesus.

00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:57.899
 Let's read

00:23:57.899 --> 00:23:58.579
 verse 18.

00:23:59.159 --> 00:23:59.799
 Consequently,

00:24:00.379 --> 00:24:01.099
 just as the

00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:01.759
 result of

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:03.139
 one trespass

00:24:03.139 --> 00:24:04.359
 was condemnation

00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:05.259
 for all,

00:24:06.139 --> 00:24:07.359
 so also the

00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:08.059
 result of

00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:09.480
 one act of

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:10.079
 righteousness

00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:11.740
 was justification

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:13.619
 that brings

00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:14.279
 life for

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:15.920
 all men.

00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:18.480
 That one

00:24:18.480 --> 00:24:19.920
 act of

00:24:19.920 --> 00:24:20.519
 righteousness,

00:24:21.639 --> 00:24:22.339
 that one

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:23.440
 great act,

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:24.079
 that one

00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:25.019
 great event

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:26.200
 was the

00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:26.799
 death of

00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.759
 Jesus Christ

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.559
 on the cross

00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:29.660
 for our

00:24:29.660 --> 00:24:30.240
 sins.

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:31.859
 Jesus

00:24:31.859 --> 00:24:32.759
 comes into

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.339
 the world

00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:34.799
 as the

00:24:34.799 --> 00:24:35.819
 second Adam.

00:24:36.859 --> 00:24:37.500
 He comes

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.059
 in to

00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:39.539
 represent us.

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:40.440
 He comes

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:40.940
 in and he

00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:41.440
 takes the

00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:42.359
 place of

00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:43.000
 Adam's

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.619
 children,

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:44.619
 people like

00:24:44.619 --> 00:24:45.000
 you and

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.240
 me,

00:24:45.439 --> 00:24:45.799
 and he

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:46.579
 takes on

00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:47.500
 himself the

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:48.179
 judgment that

00:24:48.179 --> 00:24:48.899
 we deserve

00:24:48.899 --> 00:24:49.639
 so that we

00:24:49.639 --> 00:24:50.359
 might receive

00:24:50.359 --> 00:24:50.799
 life.

00:24:51.859 --> 00:24:52.219
 Jesus,

00:24:52.399 --> 00:24:52.679
 who is

00:24:52.679 --> 00:24:54.259
 perfect and

00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:55.299
 without sin,

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:57.359
 becomes sin

00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:58.199
 for us.

00:24:58.539 --> 00:24:59.359
 And on the

00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:00.000
 cross as we

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.959
 picture Jesus

00:25:00.959 --> 00:25:02.159
 with his arms

00:25:02.159 --> 00:25:02.959
 open wide,

00:25:03.299 --> 00:25:04.359
 he absorbs

00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:05.779
 the punishment

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:07.719
 that you

00:25:07.719 --> 00:25:08.159
 and I

00:25:08.159 --> 00:25:08.679
 deserve.

00:25:08.680 --> 00:25:10.299
 it's as if

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:11.220
 the tsunami

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:12.060
 of judgment

00:25:12.060 --> 00:25:13.519
 crashes in

00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:14.680
 upon Jesus

00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:15.140
 at that

00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:15.799
 moment in

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.160
 time.

00:25:17.320 --> 00:25:17.820
 And he

00:25:17.820 --> 00:25:18.400
 bears it

00:25:18.400 --> 00:25:19.019
 all for

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.940
 you and

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:20.420
 for me.

00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:21.340
 Every

00:25:21.340 --> 00:25:22.180
 rebellious

00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:23.480
 thought and

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:24.400
 word and

00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:25.299
 action has

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:26.120
 all been

00:25:26.120 --> 00:25:27.019
 taken on

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:27.980
 by Jesus.

00:25:28.320 --> 00:25:29.140
 He dies

00:25:29.140 --> 00:25:29.820
 our death

00:25:29.820 --> 00:25:31.220
 for us so

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:31.640
 that we

00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:32.440
 might receive,

00:25:32.560 --> 00:25:33.019
 as it says

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.440
 in verse

00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:33.880
 18,

00:25:34.360 --> 00:25:35.100
 justification,

00:25:35.840 --> 00:25:36.880
 that declaration

00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:37.620
 from God

00:25:37.620 --> 00:25:38.160
 to say,

00:25:38.160 --> 00:25:39.400
 you are

00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:40.380
 now right

00:25:40.380 --> 00:25:42.120
 before God.

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:44.120
 And you

00:25:44.120 --> 00:25:45.000
 can enter

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.680
 into his

00:25:45.680 --> 00:25:46.440
 presence

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:48.380
 without fear.

00:25:50.860 --> 00:25:51.820
 No one

00:25:51.820 --> 00:25:52.360
 in all of

00:25:52.360 --> 00:25:53.000
 history could

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.640
 do that.

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:55.279
 God had

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:55.900
 sent many

00:25:55.900 --> 00:25:56.400
 people,

00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:57.720
 people like

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.160
 Moses,

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:58.960
 people like

00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.480
 David,

00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:00.420
 people like

00:26:00.420 --> 00:26:01.000
 Joshua,

00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:02.100
 all these

00:26:02.100 --> 00:26:02.920
 great people

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.519
 all along,

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:03.860
 but they

00:26:03.860 --> 00:26:04.259
 could never

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:04.800
 deal with

00:26:04.800 --> 00:26:05.060
 it.

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:07.300
 Only Jesus,

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.619
 the God

00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:09.200
 man,

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.639
 can represent

00:26:10.639 --> 00:26:11.559
 us before

00:26:11.559 --> 00:26:13.079
 God and

00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:14.399
 deal with

00:26:14.399 --> 00:26:14.819
 all our

00:26:14.819 --> 00:26:15.099
 sin.

00:26:17.619 --> 00:26:18.460
 So he

00:26:18.460 --> 00:26:18.980
 dies our

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.339
 death,

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:21.379
 but he

00:26:21.379 --> 00:26:22.000
 comes to

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.440
 live the

00:26:22.440 --> 00:26:23.240
 perfect life

00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:23.859
 for us.

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.259
 Look at

00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:25.119
 verse 19.

00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:28.619
 for just

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:29.359
 as through

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:30.779
 the disobedience

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.339
 of the

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:32.119
 one man,

00:26:32.939 --> 00:26:33.639
 the many

00:26:33.639 --> 00:26:34.359
 were made

00:26:34.359 --> 00:26:34.919
 sinners.

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.639
 You see

00:26:36.639 --> 00:26:36.959
 again,

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.859
 our likeness,

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:38.619
 just like

00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:39.019
 Adam,

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:40.459
 disobedient.

00:26:41.139 --> 00:26:41.619
 We don't

00:26:41.619 --> 00:26:42.439
 live as God

00:26:42.439 --> 00:26:43.139
 intends.

00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:44.359
 We don't

00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:45.099
 do what he

00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:45.599
 wants.

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.659
 But Jesus

00:26:47.659 --> 00:26:48.659
 comes as the

00:26:48.659 --> 00:26:49.599
 perfect Adam

00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:50.359
 for us.

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:50.979
 Look at the

00:26:50.979 --> 00:26:51.379
 rest of

00:26:51.379 --> 00:26:52.119
 verse 19.

00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:53.039
 for just

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.379
 as through

00:26:53.379 --> 00:26:54.539
 the disobedience

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:55.059
 of the

00:26:55.059 --> 00:26:55.559
 one man,

00:26:55.639 --> 00:26:55.959
 the many

00:26:55.959 --> 00:26:56.439
 were made

00:26:56.439 --> 00:26:56.819
 sinners,

00:26:57.959 --> 00:26:58.839
 so also

00:26:58.839 --> 00:26:59.419
 through the

00:26:59.419 --> 00:26:59.919
 obedience

00:26:59.919 --> 00:27:00.579
 of the

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.259
 one man.

00:27:02.359 --> 00:27:02.819
 That's

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:03.259
 Jesus.

00:27:03.439 --> 00:27:04.000
 The many

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:05.059
 will be

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.500
 made

00:27:05.500 --> 00:27:06.219
 righteous.

00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:07.779
 You see,

00:27:07.859 --> 00:27:08.599
 Jesus comes

00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:08.979
 as that

00:27:08.979 --> 00:27:09.419
 great

00:27:09.419 --> 00:27:10.500
 representative

00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:11.319
 for us,

00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:11.939
 the one

00:27:11.939 --> 00:27:12.739
 who obeys

00:27:12.739 --> 00:27:13.119
 God

00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:14.039
 perfectly

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:15.000
 for us.

00:27:15.259 --> 00:27:16.239
 Where Adam's

00:27:16.239 --> 00:27:17.000
 children have

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:17.619
 failed and

00:27:17.619 --> 00:27:18.299
 fallen throughout

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:18.859
 history,

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.979
 Jesus has

00:27:19.979 --> 00:27:20.339
 followed

00:27:20.339 --> 00:27:21.399
 obediently.

00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:23.219
 Where Adam

00:27:23.219 --> 00:27:24.059
 failed in

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:24.619
 the garden

00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:25.259
 to obey

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:25.919
 God as he

00:27:25.919 --> 00:27:26.259
 should,

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.439
 Jesus in

00:27:27.439 --> 00:27:28.099
 the garden

00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:29.139
 of Gethsemane

00:27:29.139 --> 00:27:30.219
 obeyed God

00:27:30.219 --> 00:27:30.699
 and he says,

00:27:30.959 --> 00:27:31.359
 not my

00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:31.619
 will,

00:27:31.719 --> 00:27:32.239
 but your

00:27:32.239 --> 00:27:32.699
 will be

00:27:32.699 --> 00:27:32.939
 done.

00:27:33.199 --> 00:27:33.599
 Here is

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:34.339
 the perfect

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:34.719
 Adam,

00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:35.439
 the perfect

00:27:35.439 --> 00:27:35.859
 man,

00:27:36.639 --> 00:27:37.379
 who did

00:27:37.379 --> 00:27:37.839
 everything

00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.399
 right.

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.419
 And Jesus

00:27:41.419 --> 00:27:42.159
 now takes

00:27:42.159 --> 00:27:42.879
 his perfect

00:27:42.879 --> 00:27:43.459
 obedience.

00:27:45.459 --> 00:27:46.259
 And just

00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:46.899
 as he was

00:27:46.899 --> 00:27:47.759
 clothed in

00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.339
 humanity,

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.379
 so he

00:27:49.379 --> 00:27:50.579
 clothes us

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:51.539
 with his

00:27:51.539 --> 00:27:52.119
 perfect

00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:52.679
 obedience,

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.839
 he wraps

00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:54.299
 us in

00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:54.619
 his

00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:55.199
 obedience,

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:57.199
 so that

00:27:57.199 --> 00:27:57.679
 we might

00:27:57.679 --> 00:27:58.439
 be accepted

00:27:58.439 --> 00:27:59.279
 and welcomed

00:27:59.279 --> 00:28:00.579
 and treasured

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:01.220
 by God,

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.240
 that we

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:02.839
 might become

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:03.599
 his children,

00:28:04.159 --> 00:28:04.879
 brothers and

00:28:04.879 --> 00:28:05.679
 sisters with

00:28:05.679 --> 00:28:06.119
 the Lord

00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:07.139
 Jesus Christ.

00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:10.699
 How on

00:28:10.699 --> 00:28:12.259
 earth is

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.980
 that possible?

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:13.980
 How could

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.839
 God do

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:15.619
 such a thing?

00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:17.419
 Well, you see,

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.259
 just as we are

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:19.299
 related to Adam

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:19.899
 because of

00:28:19.899 --> 00:28:20.440
 our sin,

00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:22.039
 we can now

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.779
 be related

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.460
 to Jesus,

00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:24.240
 the perfect

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:24.659
 Adam,

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:25.559
 through our

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.180
 faith.

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.220
 In Jesus

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.700
 is our

00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:29.059
 hope,

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:30.819
 simply by

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:31.740
 trusting him.

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.279
 You see,

00:28:33.399 --> 00:28:34.079
 through Jesus

00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:34.680
 the curse

00:28:34.680 --> 00:28:35.240
 is broken

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:36.319
 and the

00:28:36.319 --> 00:28:36.859
 blessings

00:28:36.859 --> 00:28:37.559
 continue

00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:38.740
 to flow.

00:28:39.859 --> 00:28:40.319
 Look at

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:41.099
 verse 21,

00:28:41.639 --> 00:28:42.339
 so that

00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:43.039
 just as

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:43.899
 sin reigned

00:28:43.899 --> 00:28:44.839
 in death,

00:28:45.899 --> 00:28:47.059
 so also

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.779
 grace

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:48.920
 might reign

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.220
 through

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.819
 righteousness

00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:50.579
 to bring

00:28:50.579 --> 00:28:51.279
 eternal

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:51.759
 life

00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.579
 through

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:53.319
 Jesus

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.940
 Christ

00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:54.259
 our

00:28:54.259 --> 00:28:54.559
 Lord.

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:55.079
 Through

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:55.639
 the whole

00:28:55.639 --> 00:28:56.319
 story,

00:28:56.639 --> 00:28:57.059
 it's just

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:57.599
 been this

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:58.160
 endless

00:28:58.160 --> 00:28:59.019
 cycle

00:28:59.019 --> 00:29:01.619
 of failure

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:02.720
 and disappointment

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:03.399
 and things

00:29:03.399 --> 00:29:04.139
 going wrong

00:29:04.139 --> 00:29:04.619
 and God

00:29:04.619 --> 00:29:05.180
 coming to

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.759
 save and

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.139
 it going

00:29:06.139 --> 00:29:06.839
 round and

00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:07.359
 round and

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:08.200
 round and

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.819
 then Jesus

00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:09.460
 comes

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:12.279
 because who

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:12.879
 him the

00:29:12.879 --> 00:29:13.599
 curse is

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:14.000
 broken

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:15.420
 and the

00:29:15.420 --> 00:29:15.859
 blessings

00:29:15.859 --> 00:29:16.680
 now begin

00:29:16.680 --> 00:29:17.279
 to flow.

00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:19.180
 Just as

00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.859
 that single

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.400
 act of

00:29:20.400 --> 00:29:21.119
 Adam caused

00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:21.640
 death and

00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:22.220
 destruction,

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:23.559
 so the

00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:24.380
 single act

00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:24.900
 of Jesus

00:29:24.900 --> 00:29:25.859
 brings life

00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:26.779
 and transformation.

00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:28.859
 No one in

00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:29.319
 the history

00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:30.140
 of the world

00:29:30.140 --> 00:29:30.900
 could do

00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:31.279
 that.

00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:32.680
 Only Jesus,

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.259
 the God

00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:33.640
 man,

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.759
 can represent

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.559
 us before

00:29:35.559 --> 00:29:36.539
 God and

00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:37.420
 live the

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:38.299
 perfect life

00:29:38.299 --> 00:29:39.440
 for us.

00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:43.279
 Jesus reveals

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:44.100
 God to

00:29:44.100 --> 00:29:45.299
 us so

00:29:45.299 --> 00:29:45.640
 that we

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:46.180
 can know

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:47.019
 him intimately

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.900
 and personally.

00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:49.980
 Jesus

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.660
 comes and

00:29:50.660 --> 00:29:51.299
 he represents

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:52.019
 us before

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.600
 God so

00:29:52.600 --> 00:29:53.420
 we can

00:29:53.420 --> 00:29:54.740
 get to

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.220
 know him.

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:57.240
 And where

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:57.640
 does that

00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.320
 leave us?

00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:00.160
 Well,

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:00.559
 we know

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.299
 God through

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:01.700
 him.

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:03.120
 But there

00:30:03.120 --> 00:30:03.779
 is a world

00:30:03.779 --> 00:30:04.259
 out there

00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:04.840
 that does

00:30:04.840 --> 00:30:05.320
 not know

00:30:05.320 --> 00:30:05.779
 God.

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:07.799
 And in

00:30:07.799 --> 00:30:08.259
 a sense,

00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:08.920
 we are to

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:09.259
 go,

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:10.039
 and to

00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:10.400
 live

00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:12.200
 incarnational

00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:13.580
 lives in

00:30:13.580 --> 00:30:14.080
 the world.

00:30:14.340 --> 00:30:15.019
 So where

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.700
 you go

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.299
 tomorrow,

00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:18.220
 if you

00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:18.620
 are with

00:30:18.620 --> 00:30:19.380
 your children

00:30:19.380 --> 00:30:19.960
 tomorrow,

00:30:21.240 --> 00:30:21.840
 if you

00:30:21.840 --> 00:30:22.200
 are in

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:22.660
 college

00:30:22.660 --> 00:30:23.100
 tomorrow

00:30:23.100 --> 00:30:23.559
 with your

00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:23.820
 fellow

00:30:23.820 --> 00:30:24.400
 students,

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:25.240
 where you

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:25.620
 are at

00:30:25.620 --> 00:30:26.039
 work

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.860
 tomorrow,

00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:28.840
 we are

00:30:28.840 --> 00:30:29.259
 to live

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:30.640
 incarnational

00:30:30.640 --> 00:30:31.120
 lives.

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:31.580
 That is,

00:30:31.840 --> 00:30:32.500
 just as

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:32.960
 Christ

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.460
 crossed

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:34.180
 over all

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:34.460
 those

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:34.940
 barriers

00:30:34.940 --> 00:30:35.759
 and entered

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.380
 into our

00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:37.160
 suffering and

00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:37.840
 frustrations

00:30:37.840 --> 00:30:38.640
 and difficulties,

00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:40.000
 so we

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:41.420
 identify with

00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:41.920
 the world

00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:42.259
 and the

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:42.920
 people around

00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:43.140
 us,

00:30:43.280 --> 00:30:43.820
 we get

00:30:43.820 --> 00:30:44.680
 close to

00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:44.920
 them,

00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:47.200
 so that we

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:47.620
 can bring

00:30:47.620 --> 00:30:48.080
 the hope

00:30:48.080 --> 00:30:48.759
 of Christ,

00:30:50.180 --> 00:30:50.780
 so that

00:30:50.780 --> 00:30:51.360
 people can

00:30:51.360 --> 00:30:52.140
 get to know

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:52.840
 this God,

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.280
 man,

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:54.660
 Jesus Christ,

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:56.420
 and see their

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:57.360
 lives changed

00:30:57.360 --> 00:30:58.180
 and transformed

00:30:58.180 --> 00:30:59.400
 as we bring

00:30:59.400 --> 00:30:59.920
 the hope

00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:01.100
 of God

00:31:01.100 --> 00:31:02.320
 with us.

00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:04.480
 Emmanuel,

00:31:05.559 --> 00:31:06.980
 God with

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.579
 us.

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.559
 May God

00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:09.980
 give us

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:10.460
 the grace

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:10.879
 that we

00:31:10.879 --> 00:31:11.439
 might bring

00:31:11.439 --> 00:31:11.960
 God

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:13.919
 to those

00:31:13.919 --> 00:31:14.279
 who need

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:14.619
 to know

00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:14.879
 him.

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:16.919
 Let's pray.

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:38.340
 our Father

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:38.700
 God,

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:39.279
 we are

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:41.960
 struggling at

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.640
 times to

00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.600
 find words

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:45.579
 and pictures

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:46.279
 to see

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:47.299
 and describe

00:31:47.299 --> 00:31:49.139
 all that

00:31:49.139 --> 00:31:49.619
 has taken

00:31:49.619 --> 00:31:50.319
 place and

00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:50.659
 all that

00:31:50.659 --> 00:31:50.980
 you have

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.279
 done.

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.459
 And so

00:31:53.459 --> 00:31:53.939
 we pray,

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.319
 Father,

00:31:54.459 --> 00:31:55.919
 that by

00:31:55.919 --> 00:31:56.559
 your Spirit

00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:57.119
 you would

00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:58.279
 breathe life

00:31:58.279 --> 00:31:59.039
 into it

00:31:59.039 --> 00:32:00.139
 and open

00:32:00.139 --> 00:32:00.539
 up our

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.319
 minds to

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:02.199
 grasp and

00:32:02.199 --> 00:32:03.959
 to know

00:32:03.959 --> 00:32:04.740
 and to see

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.019
 you.

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:07.519
 we pray

00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:08.039
 and ask

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:08.400
 that as

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:09.339
 we read

00:32:09.339 --> 00:32:09.839
 your word

00:32:09.839 --> 00:32:10.220
 and as

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:10.740
 we listen

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:11.379
 to it

00:32:11.379 --> 00:32:13.980
 that we

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.579
 would come

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:15.539
 and experience

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:16.339
 the living

00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:16.839
 God,

00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:19.160
 that we

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:20.259
 would experience

00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.819
 Jesus,

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:21.500
 the God

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:22.000
 man who

00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:22.400
 has come

00:32:22.400 --> 00:32:22.799
 to give

00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:23.240
 life.

00:32:25.420 --> 00:32:26.119
 And we

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:26.400
 ask,

00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:26.799
 Father,

00:32:28.139 --> 00:32:28.680
 that you

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:29.099
 would help

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:29.720
 us as we

00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:31.079
 go into

00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:31.720
 the world,

00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:34.359
 that you

00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:34.799
 would help

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.259
 us to

00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:35.939
 cross over

00:32:35.939 --> 00:32:36.740
 those barriers,

00:32:37.439 --> 00:32:39.279
 to enter

00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:40.119
 into people's

00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:40.759
 frustration

00:32:40.759 --> 00:32:41.559
 and suffering,

00:32:42.939 --> 00:32:43.759
 to show

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.099
 them a

00:32:44.099 --> 00:32:44.519
 God who

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:45.099
 cares and

00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:45.439
 a God

00:32:45.439 --> 00:32:46.000
 who loves,

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:47.379
 a God

00:32:47.379 --> 00:32:47.799
 who wants

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.199
 to know

00:32:48.199 --> 00:32:48.559
 them and

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:48.939
 for them

00:32:48.939 --> 00:32:49.339
 to know

00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:49.699
 God,

00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:52.359
 to show

00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:52.839
 them that

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:54.299
 their wildest

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.939
 dreams are

00:32:54.939 --> 00:32:55.639
 met fully

00:32:55.639 --> 00:32:56.339
 and completely

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:57.179
 in Jesus,

00:32:58.939 --> 00:32:59.299
 the one

00:32:59.299 --> 00:32:59.839
 who deals

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:00.240
 with the

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.839
 brokenness

00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:01.139
 and the

00:33:01.139 --> 00:33:01.659
 sin and

00:33:01.659 --> 00:33:02.359
 the heartache,

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:04.359
 the one

00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:04.879
 who comes

00:33:04.879 --> 00:33:05.319
 to give

00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:07.039
 life to

00:33:07.039 --> 00:33:07.500
 all who

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:07.979
 will trust

00:33:07.979 --> 00:33:08.259
 him.

00:33:10.099 --> 00:33:10.599
 Father,

00:33:10.719 --> 00:33:11.319
 help us,

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.659
 go with us

00:33:12.659 --> 00:33:13.059
 by the

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:13.619
 power of

00:33:13.619 --> 00:33:14.079
 your spirit,

00:33:14.199 --> 00:33:14.599
 we pray.

00:33:16.219 --> 00:33:16.619
 Amen.

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.500
 We're

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:24.759
 going to

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.099
 sing

00:33:25.099 --> 00:33:28.979
 a song

00:33:28.979 --> 00:33:29.740
 that reminds

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.419
 us that

00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:31.300
 in Christ

00:33:31.300 --> 00:33:32.980
 is our

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.660
 only hope.

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:34.920
 If you

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:35.200
 look at

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:35.620
 the second

00:33:35.620 --> 00:33:36.000
 verse

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.080
 of