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 Well, let's begin our worship today. We're singing in Psalm 103, Psalm 103 in the Sing

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 Psalms version, and that's on page 135. The tune is Herongate. We're singing verses 1

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 to 11, one of the great Psalms of praise, where God is praised by the Psalmist as he

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 actually looks into his own soul and calls upon his very inner being to praise the Lord.

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 With all his heart. Praise God, my soul, with all my heart. Let me exalt his holy name.

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 Forget not all his benefits. His praise, my soul, in song proclaim. Verses 1 to 11 to God's

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 praise. And we'll stand. If you're able to stand, please stand to sing.

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 Praise God, my soul, with all my heart.

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 Let me exalt his holy name. Forget not all his benefits. His praise, my soul, in song proclaim.

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 The Lord forgives you all your sins. And heals your sickness and distress. Your life he rescues

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 from the grave. And crowns you in his tenderness. He satisfies your deep desires. From his

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 name and grace, my soul, with all my heart. He satisfies your deep desires. He satisfies your

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 heart. And he satisfies your deep desires. From his unending stores of good. So he

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 He satisfies your deep desires

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 From His unending stores of good

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 So that just like the eagle's strength

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 Your youthful vigor is renewed

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 The Lord is known for righteous acts

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 And justice too, downtrodden ones

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 To Moses He made known His ways

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 His mighty deeds to Israel's sons

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 The Lord is merciful and kind

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 To anger slow and full of grace

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 He will not constantly reprove

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 For in His anger hide His face

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 He does not punish our misdeeds

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 Or give our sins their just reward

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 Our greatest love as I attend

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 Towards all those who fear the Lord

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 Let's now join together in prayer briefly

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 O Lord, our God, as we give thanks once again

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 Like the psalmist for all the good things

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 That you give to us day by day

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 We come before you now to worship you

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 And we pray for your help as we do so

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 That our hearts too may be stirred up

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 Like David's was

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 So that we may come to call upon the Lord

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 In praise and thanksgiving

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 We pray especially now for our children

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 We thank you, Lord, for those who are here today

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 For the creche, for the Sunday school, for tweenies

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 We thank you for all the children who belong to us

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 As a congregation

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 And for the special place they have in our hearts

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 We pray for them, O Lord, at this time

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 And we pray for them

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 That as they continue to grow up in years

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 That they will grow in the knowledge of the Lord

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 And we pray for them today, Lord

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 As they receive teaching from your word

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 That you would truly bless them

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 And bless that to them

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 We pray for your protective care of them

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 In every way, morally and physically and spiritually

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 We ask, Lord, that you would shield them about

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 With your own power

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 As they go from day to day in this world

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 As they attend school

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 As they come to other activities as well

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 We pray for them

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 As they do these things

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 That they will know the blessing of the Lord

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 Remember today also those who teach them

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 Those in our Sunday school classes

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 We thank you for them

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 And for the Bible class too

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 And we pray

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 That in all of these areas, Lord

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 That you would bless our young people

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 And go before them

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 And teach them your ways

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 Hear us now, we pray

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 And pardon our sin

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 For Jesus' sake

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Okay, children

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 It's good to see you all out today

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 And I'm going to say something

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 Is that at the end of the service?

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 Buddy

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 End of the service?

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 Okay

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 Okay

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 Okay

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 Minister always needs directions from church officers

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 So

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 I'm going to speak to you today

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 A bit about Bluetooth

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 Hands up

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 Don't have to say anything

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 But hands up

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 Those who know what Bluetooth is

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 Or where you'd find Bluetooth

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 Some of the older ones probably know

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 Maybe some of the younger ones as well

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 Hands up those who know what Bluetooth is

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 Hands up those of the adults

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 Who know what Bluetooth is

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 Okay

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 There's quite a decent percentage of you

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 Well Bluetooth

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 Is a wireless system

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 By which you can join together

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 Mobile phones

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 Or your mobile phone with a speaker

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 Or your mobile phone with headphones

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 So that you don't need wires

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 It's very handy

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 You just connect them together wirelessly

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 And actually

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 I just discovered

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 Looking at this

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 That it takes its name

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 Bluetooth

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 From a Danish king

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 Way back in the 900s

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 And he united

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 Denmark together

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 And he united

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 Norway under his

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 His rule as well

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 And when the person who invented

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 Bluetooth in the 1990s

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 I think it was

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 Was looking for a name

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 For this wireless system

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 He came across this name

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 Harold Bluetooth

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 The name of this king

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 Who united these people

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 Of

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 Of

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 Denmark

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 And took Norway in as well

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 And he said

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 That would be a great name

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 For my wireless system

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 Because it unites

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 Various

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 Um

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 Various phones

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 Or other

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 Other

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 Electronic devices

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 Together

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 So what happens

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 In Bluetooth

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 You can actually set

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 Your phone

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 Let's just keep it to the phone

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 For a moment

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 You can set your phone

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 With the Bluetooth

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 On it

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 Live

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 You have to have

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 The Bluetooth

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 Active on it

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 You can shut it off

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 But if you want to

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 Use it

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 You need to put it on

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 And the thing is

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 If you want to

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 Communicate

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 Your phone

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 With another phone

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 Or with another device

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 They also must have

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 Their Bluetooth on

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 Because that way

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 They communicate

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 To each other

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 And

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 Bluetooth

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 As you need

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 To have that on

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 Makes your phone

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 Discoverable

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 Other phones

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 That have Bluetooth

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 Can then discover

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 Your phone

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 As long as it's

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 No more than

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 About 10 meters away

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 It doesn't work

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 Any further away

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 Than that

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 But through Bluetooth

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 You can actually

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 Then transfer

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 Photos

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 Music

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 Files

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 Whether they're

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 Typed up files

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 Or photos

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 Whatever

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 You can transfer

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 That very quickly

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 Through Bluetooth

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 And it reminded me

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 Of how God

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 Has made himself

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 Known to us

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 In Jesus Christ

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 That's how we come

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 To know God

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 And we wouldn't

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 Be able to know God

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 Unless God

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 Had made himself

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 Discoverable to us

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 And just like

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 Bluetooth on your phone

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 The Bible is

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 God's word

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 Where he has

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 Made himself

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 Known to us

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 Where we can

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 Find out about him

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 And more importantly

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 Where we can

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 Communicate with him

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 Now just like

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 If you're going to

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 Use Bluetooth

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 You must have it

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 On on your phone

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 So to communicate

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 With God

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 You must have

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 Your mind

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 And your soul

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 Switched on

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 I'm going to

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 Speak in the

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 Sermon today

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 About people

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 Who don't have

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 That

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 Who don't want

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 God

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 Who don't want

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 To communicate

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 With God

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 But for all of us

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 Here

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 For all you

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 Young folks as well

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 I'm quite sure

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 You want to

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 Communicate with God

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 You want to

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 Speak to God

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 You want to

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 Hear God's voice

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 Speaking to you

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 And that's what

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 You do

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 When you come

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 To pray to God

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 You're communicating

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 With God

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 So it's important

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 That our souls

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 If you like

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 Are switched on

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 That we have

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 The desire

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 In our hearts

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 To communicate

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 With God

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 To meet with God

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 To get to know God

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 To tell God

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 About our concerns

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 To ask him

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 To forgive our sins

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 To ask him

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 To guide us

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 Through the things

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 Of life

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 And in every other way

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 In which we can

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 Communicate with God

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 We hear God's voices

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 Also speaking to us

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 Through his word

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 So Bluetooth

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 It's important

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 You have it switched on

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 And it's important

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 Our souls

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 Are switched on today

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 Not just to young folks

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 But ourselves

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 As older ones too

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 That we are switched on

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 If you like

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 To hear God's voice

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 To be able

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 To communicate with him

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 And to hear him

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 Communicating with us

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 That's why

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 Jesus came into the world

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 So that we would come

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 To know God

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 Through him

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 And in knowing God

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 Through him

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 Come to enjoy

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 Eternal

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 Life

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 Well you can

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 Google Bluetooth

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 And you'll find out

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 A lot more about it

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 Than I've said today

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 And it's very interesting

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 Especially

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 That it goes back

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 To such a long time

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 And we're back

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 In the 900s

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 Okay now

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 We're going to say

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 The Lord's Prayer together

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 So let's just say

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 The Lord's Prayer

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 Our Father

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 Our Father

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 Which art in heaven

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 Hallowed be thy name

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 Thy kingdom come

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 Thy will be done

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 On earth

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 As it is in heaven

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 Give us this day

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 Our daily bread

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 And forgive us

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 Our debts

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 As we forgive

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 Our debtors

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 And lead us not

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 Into temptation

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 But deliver us

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 From evil

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 For thine is the kingdom

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 The power

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 And the glory

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 Forever

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 Amen

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 Now the children

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 Leave through

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 The side door

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 As well

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 Please

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 To go to your classes

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 Today

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 Because the front door

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 Is very windy

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 Or it's very windy

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 At the front door

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 I should say

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 We're going to praise God

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 Now from Psalm 31

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 Psalm 31

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 On page 243

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 The tune is

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 Spore

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 And we're singing

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 From verse

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 19 to 24

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 How great's the goodness

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 Thou for them

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 That fear thee

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 Keep'st in store

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 And wrought's for them

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 That trust in thee

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 The sons of men before

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 In secret of thy presence

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 Thou shalt hide them

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 From man's pride

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 From strife of tongues

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 Thou closely shalt

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 As in a tent

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 Them hide

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 Verses 19

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 To 24

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 To God's praise

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 Amen

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 There's the goodness

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 Thou for them

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 That fear thee

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 Keep'st in store

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 And rose for them

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 That trust in thee

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 The sons of men before

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 In secret of thy presence

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 Thou shalt hide

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 Shall hide them

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 From man's pride

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 From strife of tongues

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 Thou closely shalt

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 As in a tent

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 Them hide

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 All praise and thanks

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 Be to the Lord

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 For he hath magnified

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 His wondrous love

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 His wondrous love

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 To be within

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 A city fortified

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 For from thy night

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 For from thy night

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 God of I am

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 I hear in my ears

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 Christ has said

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 My voice

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 It hurts

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 The wind

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 To thee

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 With Christ

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 My moon

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 My moon

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 My way

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 My way

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 O love

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 The Lord

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 All ye

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 His names

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 Because the Lord

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 God

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 God

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 The faithful

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 Lamb

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 He blen

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 Justly

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 Thou

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 Ears

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 Thou

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 Reward

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 Lord

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 그래

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 doth on the Lord depend.

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 Let's turn to read God's word now as we find that in John's gospel,

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 gospel of John chapter 3.

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 We're reading from the beginning, down as far as verse 21.

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 John 3, from the beginning of the chapter.

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 There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

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 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him,

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 Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God,

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 for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.

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 Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

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 Nicodemus said to him, How can a man be born when he is old?

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 Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?

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 Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 unless one is born of water and the Spirit,

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 he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

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 That which is born of the flesh is flesh,

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 and that which is born of the Spirit is Spirit.

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 Do not marvel that I said to you,

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 You must be born again.

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 The wind blows where it wishes,

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 and you hear its sound,

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 but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes.

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 So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.

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 Nicodemus said to him, How can these things be?

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 Jesus answered him, Are you the teacher of Israel,

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 and yet you do not understand these things?

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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

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 but you do not receive our testimony.

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 If I have told you earthly things,

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 and you do not believe,

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 how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

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 No one has ascended into heaven

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 except he who descended from heaven,

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 the Son of Man.

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 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,

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 so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

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 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.

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 For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son,

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 that whoever believes in him should not perish,

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 but have eternal life.

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 For God did not send his Son into the world

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 to condemn the world,

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 but in order that the world might be saved through him.

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 Whoever believes in him is not condemned,

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 but whoever does not believe is condemned already,

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 because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

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 And this is the judgment.

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 The light has come into the world,

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 and people loved the darkness rather than the light,

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 because their deeds were evil.

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 But everyone who does wicked things hates the light,

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 and does not come to the light,

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 lest his deeds should be exposed.

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 But whoever does what is true comes to the light,

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 so that it may be clearly seen

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 that his deeds have been carried out in God.

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 Amen.

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 May God follow with his blessing our reading of his word today.

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 Let's again call upon him in prayer.

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 Our gracious God and our Father in heaven,

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 we thank you for the light that your word brings to us,

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 for the way that you, yourself in it,

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 are the light of the world.

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 We thank you today, O Lord,

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 as we give thanks for the privilege of being here to worship you.

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 We thank you for the way in which your word of truth guides our thoughts.

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 We pray today, Lord, for a receptive heart.

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 We pray that you would give to us by your Holy Spirit

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 the ability that is not of ourselves

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 to receive the things of God gladly,

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 to hide them in our hearts so that we might live by them,

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 that they may be shown forth in the life we live.

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 Lord, we thank you today for the many privileges

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 that are ours in your providence.

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 We know that there are so many things that disturb us

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 and cause us disquiet in the world

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 and in the generation that we live in.

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 And yet we know that we have so many benefits,

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 so many advantages as your people,

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 as your church in the world,

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 so much freedom to enjoy,

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 so much, Lord, of a knowledge of your own truth

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 in the midst of the darkness that surrounds us so much.

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 Lord, help us, we pray today,

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 to be honest with you,

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 to be honest with ourselves.

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 Help us to be honest with your written word.

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 Help us to handle it aright in speaking and in hearing.

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 And give us, we pray,

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 to have our minds shaped by it as the truth of God.

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 We ask today that your blessing will be here with us as a people.

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 We give thanks, O Lord,

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 for all who come to worship you here week by week,

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 for all who join us online,

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 especially those, Lord,

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 who are unable themselves physically to be here.

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 We give thanks that they are able to participate

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 in the worship services

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 through the live stream

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 that we are privileged to have.

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 We pray today for each and every family,

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 each and every home

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 belonging to us as a congregation.

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 We thank you again for our children and young people.

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 Lord, we give thanks for the number of them

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 that we've seen going through to Bible class

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 and to the tweenies

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 and to Sunday school today.

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 We pray, gracious one, for them once again

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 and ask that you would bless them

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 as they develop in their years.

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 We pray, too,

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 that you'd grant your blessing

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 to all our activities as a congregation,

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 in addition to our services of worship, O Lord.

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 Remember all that we anticipate

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 in this week ahead, God willing.

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 And we pray that you would bless every venture

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 that seeks to make you known

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 and make the gospel known

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 amongst ourselves and in our community.

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 And we ask today, O Lord,

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 that your blessing will accompany

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 all of these efforts,

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 that they may be used to further your kingdom,

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 to advance your glory in the world.

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 And we pray, O Lord,

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 that we may take such an interest in that

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 as we ourselves, if we don't attend yet.

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 O Lord, we pray that you would bless

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 each and all of these activities.

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 And we pray for the Hope Explored sessions

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 that are about to start.

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 We pray for them and for those who lead.

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 We pray that many will come, Lord,

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 to hear of the death and the resurrection,

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 the exaltation of our Lord.

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 Lord, we ask, Lord,

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 that you would give us especially

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 to have an interest in that above all else,

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 for this is how you have come

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 to provide salvation for us.

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 We pray, Lord, today that you would bless

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 all in the congregation

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 and of our friends and neighbors

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 who are unwell at this time.

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 We pray that you bless those

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 who are recovering from illness,

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 those recovering from treatment,

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 those anticipating treatment or surgery

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 in days to come.

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 We pray your blessing for them.

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 We pray for all, O Lord,

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 who have other trials in life

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 to contend with,

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 those especially, Lord,

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 who have difficulties in their families

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 and tensions.

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 We pray for those who have

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 various aspects of addiction

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 to contend with.

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 We ask that you would bless those

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 who seek to help them from week to week.

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 We pray for Road to Recovery.

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 We pray for our street pastors.

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 We pray that you'd bless them

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 as they interact with people

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 from week to week.

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 Lord, bless them, we pray,

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 and protect themselves

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 as they go about their work.

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 We pray for all in our health service,

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 hospital, care homes, Bethesda.

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 We ask, Lord,

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 that you would continue to bless us

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 through these means.

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 Grant to us, O Lord,

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 we pray that as we give thanks

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 for these facilities

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 so that you would bless them

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 with further resources

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 and enable them to use their resources

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 well and wisely

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 in the benefit of others.

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 We pray that your blessing

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 will be with all our medical practices

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 and doctors and practitioners.

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 We pray your blessing for them,

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 for all who attend to care

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 in our hospital as nurses, consultants.

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 We pray for them, Lord, as well.

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 We pray that you will bless those

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 who are in charge over us

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 in government.

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 And Lord, while we do lament

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 the failures in many ways

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 of those who lead us

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 and different ways

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 in which that failure

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 is shown to us

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 in their lives

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 and in their day-to-day

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 carrying out of their duties

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 and their confessions,

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 we lament especially, Lord,

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 the fact that so few of them

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 seem to look to your ways

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 and so many of them

00:25:50.080 --> 00:25:51.040
 seem to have rejected

00:25:51.040 --> 00:25:52.920
 the light of your truth.

00:25:53.520 --> 00:25:54.860
 Lord, we pray that you would

00:25:54.860 --> 00:25:56.200
 turn us into your ways.

00:25:57.040 --> 00:25:58.360
 We pray that you would forgive

00:25:58.360 --> 00:25:59.920
 our many sins as a people.

00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:02.340
 We pray that throughout our land,

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:03.580
 throughout our communities,

00:26:04.320 --> 00:26:05.560
 the light of the gospel

00:26:05.560 --> 00:26:06.860
 may powerfully shine.

00:26:07.620 --> 00:26:09.060
 We ask, Lord, for ourselves

00:26:09.060 --> 00:26:10.700
 that we may give more place

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:13.140
 to prayer and to supplication

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:14.980
 for your blessing to come,

00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:17.980
 for your power to be shown

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:20.259
 turning people to yourself

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:22.039
 and empowering us as your people

00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:23.779
 to be living witnesses

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:25.019
 for you in the world.

00:26:25.820 --> 00:26:27.700
 We ask now that you would

00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:29.779
 continue, Lord, to bless us here

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:31.680
 as we turn to your word.

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:33.480
 We pray that you would help us

00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:34.400
 in our understanding

00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:35.580
 and application of it

00:26:35.580 --> 00:26:37.200
 and all with the forgiveness

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:38.000
 of our sin.

00:26:38.420 --> 00:26:39.519
 For Jesus' sake.

00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:40.259
 Amen.

00:26:42.299 --> 00:26:43.319
 Well, before we turn

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:44.740
 to that passage in God's word,

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:45.740
 let's sing once again.

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:48.720
 We're going to sing in Psalm 26.

00:26:51.720 --> 00:26:53.720
 Psalm 26, page 30.

00:26:53.720 --> 00:27:00.600
 We'll sing verses 1 to 6,

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:01.839
 not verses 1 to 9.

00:27:01.940 --> 00:27:03.900
 We'll just sing the four stanzas,

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:05.100
 verses 1 to 6.

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:06.620
 The tune is Balerma.

00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:09.140
 Declare me innocent, O Lord,

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:10.940
 I've walked in blameless ways,

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:13.180
 and I have trusted in the Lord,

00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:14.860
 not wavering all my days.

00:27:15.620 --> 00:27:16.579
 Test me, O Lord,

00:27:16.620 --> 00:27:17.660
 and try my heart.

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:19.720
 My inmost thoughts survey.

00:27:19.720 --> 00:27:21.680
 Your love surrounds me.

00:27:22.120 --> 00:27:23.620
 From your truth my feet

00:27:23.620 --> 00:27:25.380
 will never stray.

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:28.460
 Verses 1 to 6 of Psalm 26.

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:42.579
 Declare me innocent, O Lord,

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:50.519
 I've walked in blameless ways,

00:27:50.519 --> 00:28:00.200
 and I have trusted in the Lord,

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:08.339
 not wavering all my days.

00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:13.819
 Test me, O Lord,

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:18.839
 and try my heart.

00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:25.579
 My inmost thoughts survey.

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:36.819
 Your love surrounds me from your truth.

00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:44.079
 My feet will never stray.

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:56.059
 I do not sit with worthless woe.

00:28:56.059 --> 00:29:04.199
 I shun the hypocrite.

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:09.940
 I hate the wind.

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:14.200
 His gatherings.

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:22.200
 With them I will not sit.

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:28.940
 I wash my hands.

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:29.940
 I wash my hands.

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:33.940
 In illicit.

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 And when blessed is my heart,

00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:48.120
 I go apart.

00:29:48.120 --> 00:29:52.640
 Your altar, Lord,

00:29:52.860 --> 00:29:59.520
 the place you set upon.

00:30:03.120 --> 00:30:05.820
 Let's turn now to John chapter 3

00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:09.259
 and reading at verse 19.

00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:16.299
 And this is the judgment.

00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:18.960
 The light has come into the world,

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:20.899
 and people love the darkness

00:30:20.899 --> 00:30:21.939
 rather than the light

00:30:21.939 --> 00:30:23.319
 because their deeds were evil.

00:30:24.159 --> 00:30:25.720
 For everyone who does wicked things

00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:26.539
 hates the light

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:28.079
 and does not come to the light,

00:30:28.679 --> 00:30:30.500
 lest his deeds should be exposed.

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:33.180
 But whoever does what is true

00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:34.839
 comes to the light

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:37.039
 so that it may be clearly seen

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:39.460
 that his deeds have been carried out

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:41.240
 in God.

00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:45.980
 When I was in secondary school,

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:49.240
 there was a time when activities

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.900
 were available

00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:52.240
 for the last two sessions

00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:54.119
 on a Friday each week.

00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:55.779
 Various kinds of activities,

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:57.279
 sporting activities,

00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:59.559
 other kinds of craft activities.

00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:00.799
 At one time,

00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:01.899
 I and a few friends

00:31:01.899 --> 00:31:03.440
 decided to take up oil painting

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:05.179
 for these activities.

00:31:06.379 --> 00:31:07.399
 And I remember the first time

00:31:07.399 --> 00:31:08.359
 we went into the class

00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:09.119
 with the art teacher.

00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:11.720
 He handed out these large books

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:13.740
 with oil paintings in them.

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:15.019
 They were actually paintings

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:17.220
 mostly of Impressionist paintings,

00:31:17.720 --> 00:31:19.899
 by Impressionist painters.

00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:21.399
 So they weren't the kind of thing

00:31:21.399 --> 00:31:22.379
 that we were expecting.

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:25.960
 We were expecting nice landscapes

00:31:25.960 --> 00:31:26.879
 or something like that.

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:29.360
 And one of my pals,

00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:30.760
 not knowing the teacher

00:31:30.760 --> 00:31:31.740
 was standing behind him,

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.560
 behind him said,

00:31:32.820 --> 00:31:34.620
 this is just rubbish.

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:37.940
 And the teacher stood and said,

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:40.000
 that's not rubbish, boys.

00:31:40.080 --> 00:31:41.160
 These are masterpieces.

00:31:42.560 --> 00:31:43.020
 And of course,

00:31:43.060 --> 00:31:43.900
 what the boy was showing

00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:45.160
 was his own ignorance.

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.900
 He was really bringing judgment

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:49.060
 upon himself for his ignorance

00:31:49.060 --> 00:31:50.500
 because he just didn't know

00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:52.320
 anything much about these paintings.

00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:53.439
 But he decided nevertheless

00:31:53.439 --> 00:31:54.480
 to give his opinion.

00:31:55.179 --> 00:31:56.220
 And his opinion, of course,

00:31:56.259 --> 00:31:57.099
 was not right.

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:59.939
 Well, in a spiritual sense,

00:32:00.379 --> 00:32:02.099
 that's something of what you find here

00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:03.359
 in verse 19 onwards.

00:32:03.899 --> 00:32:05.019
 This is the judgment.

00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:07.279
 The light has come into the world

00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:08.679
 and people love the darkness

00:32:08.679 --> 00:32:10.319
 rather than the light

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:12.379
 because their deeds were evil.

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:15.200
 The light has come into the world.

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:17.919
 God has revealed himself to us.

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:19.159
 That's what we're trying to say

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:19.759
 to the children

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:21.800
 through the illustration of Bluetooth.

00:32:22.800 --> 00:32:24.259
 Light has come into the world,

00:32:24.360 --> 00:32:25.500
 but that doesn't mean

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:26.600
 the light was accepted

00:32:26.600 --> 00:32:28.100
 or even welcomed

00:32:28.100 --> 00:32:32.340
 because people turned from the light

00:32:32.340 --> 00:32:33.680
 and still turn from the light

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:36.259
 and they're really bringing judgment

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:37.120
 upon themselves.

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:38.580
 They're evaluating the light

00:32:38.580 --> 00:32:40.340
 and then they dismiss the light

00:32:40.340 --> 00:32:41.340
 and reject the light.

00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:42.019
 And what they're doing

00:32:42.019 --> 00:32:42.800
 is really saying,

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:45.040
 that's not according to

00:32:45.040 --> 00:32:46.920
 my better understanding

00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:48.519
 of what human life should be.

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:49.540
 And of course,

00:32:49.580 --> 00:32:50.660
 that's just bringing judgment

00:32:50.660 --> 00:32:51.519
 upon themselves

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:53.340
 because speaking out of

00:32:53.340 --> 00:32:55.200
 our own natural ignorance

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:56.140
 as sinners.

00:32:57.380 --> 00:33:00.140
 And it's rejecting God's masterpiece

00:33:00.140 --> 00:33:02.460
 of salvation that this is about.

00:33:03.120 --> 00:33:04.380
 Light has come into the world.

00:33:04.540 --> 00:33:06.360
 We'll see that that's especially so

00:33:06.360 --> 00:33:07.860
 in the person of Jesus

00:33:07.860 --> 00:33:10.100
 and in the work that Jesus has done

00:33:10.100 --> 00:33:10.920
 and accomplished

00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:12.720
 through his life,

00:33:12.820 --> 00:33:13.480
 through his death,

00:33:13.560 --> 00:33:14.340
 through his resurrection.

00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:16.940
 Light has come into the world,

00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:19.259
 but people loved darkness

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:20.960
 rather than light

00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:23.360
 because their deeds were evil.

00:33:23.779 --> 00:33:24.420
 God is saying,

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:26.320
 here is my masterpiece.

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:29.039
 Here is what nobody else

00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:30.259
 could have provided

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:31.299
 but myself.

00:33:32.220 --> 00:33:33.160
 And yet people say,

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:34.180
 no, I don't want that.

00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:37.120
 I don't think that's attractive at all.

00:33:37.779 --> 00:33:39.940
 It doesn't fit with my expectations.

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:43.660
 I can do better than that myself.

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:47.700
 And you can see,

00:33:47.880 --> 00:33:48.340
 first of all,

00:33:48.380 --> 00:33:49.220
 in verse 19,

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:51.500
 that John speaks about

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:53.180
 the condemnation.

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:55.600
 This is the condemnation.

00:33:56.320 --> 00:33:57.240
 That's really judgment

00:33:57.240 --> 00:33:58.539
 that's used here in the translation,

00:33:58.779 --> 00:34:00.580
 but it's more than just judgment.

00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:01.360
 The word used

00:34:01.360 --> 00:34:03.940
 actually means judgment

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:07.400
 after examination of something.

00:34:07.400 --> 00:34:08.980
 It means condemnation

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:10.360
 as a result of rejection.

00:34:11.240 --> 00:34:12.519
 This is the condemnation.

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:14.099
 The light has come into the world.

00:34:14.519 --> 00:34:15.539
 People love the darkness

00:34:15.539 --> 00:34:16.320
 rather than the light.

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:17.820
 So there's the condemnation

00:34:17.820 --> 00:34:19.539
 spoken of in verse 19.

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:22.559
 And then verses 20 to 21

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:24.740
 speaks of two contrasts

00:34:24.740 --> 00:34:25.680
 or a contrast between

00:34:25.680 --> 00:34:27.440
 two types of people.

00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:29.639
 Those who hate the light

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:31.220
 and those who hate the light,

00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:31.880
 it says there,

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:33.440
 are those who do wicked things.

00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:35.000
 They don't come to the light

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:37.039
 and they do not come to the light

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:38.679
 in case their deeds should be

00:34:38.679 --> 00:34:39.659
 or so that their deeds

00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:40.820
 would not be exposed.

00:34:41.820 --> 00:34:43.279
 But the contrast with that

00:34:43.279 --> 00:34:44.699
 is those who do the truth

00:34:44.699 --> 00:34:45.559
 or what is true.

00:34:46.259 --> 00:34:47.659
 They come to the light

00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:49.219
 so that their deeds

00:34:49.219 --> 00:34:50.659
 may be clearly seen

00:34:50.659 --> 00:34:52.239
 that they've been carried out

00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:53.239
 in God

00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:55.259
 or in relation to God

00:34:55.259 --> 00:34:56.639
 or to the honor of God.

00:34:57.360 --> 00:34:58.579
 That's basically the outline

00:34:58.579 --> 00:34:59.960
 of our study today.

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:01.000
 And I want to do that

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:04.039
 in relation to the kind of situation

00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:05.820
 we face in our society.

00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:07.880
 I mean, I need not tell you,

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:09.800
 you can see it very clearly yourselves,

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:11.420
 that our society

00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:13.519
 is steadily breaking up.

00:35:14.559 --> 00:35:15.519
 There are so many things

00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:16.880
 about our society

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:18.779
 that really makes us say that.

00:35:18.840 --> 00:35:19.980
 When you consider, for example,

00:35:20.739 --> 00:35:21.900
 all the attacks

00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:23.000
 and the disintegration

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.679
 that has happened

00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:25.199
 even in such things,

00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:25.960
 I'm just going to mention

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:27.039
 a few examples.

00:35:27.179 --> 00:35:28.420
 You'll know about them yourselves.

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:29.779
 Marriage,

00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:31.039
 gender confusion,

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:32.779
 gender transition,

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:34.860
 the life of the unborn,

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:36.460
 family values,

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:38.019
 what family should be about,

00:35:38.539 --> 00:35:40.199
 sex education materials,

00:35:41.039 --> 00:35:42.300
 violence in schools,

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:43.900
 various addictions,

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:45.920
 health service concerns,

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:48.019
 and that's not saying anything

00:35:48.019 --> 00:35:49.340
 about the disintegration

00:35:49.340 --> 00:35:50.840
 of the Lord's Day itself.

00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:53.440
 You can see from that

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:54.619
 and you could add to that list

00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:56.099
 many ways in which

00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.980
 our society

00:35:56.980 --> 00:35:59.159
 is breaking up around us.

00:35:59.159 --> 00:36:01.159
 And I want to try and

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:02.259
 get from this,

00:36:02.819 --> 00:36:04.619
 see from this passage today,

00:36:05.299 --> 00:36:07.079
 how this rejection of the light,

00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:08.500
 how this hatred of the light

00:36:08.500 --> 00:36:11.099
 really stands as a basic factor

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:12.719
 in that breakup.

00:36:13.699 --> 00:36:15.319
 There are many other factors, yes,

00:36:15.759 --> 00:36:18.019
 but this is one of the most basic factors

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:19.559
 as to why this is happening

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:20.799
 in our society,

00:36:20.879 --> 00:36:21.960
 amongst us as a people.

00:36:22.299 --> 00:36:23.619
 Why is all this taking place?

00:36:23.699 --> 00:36:25.199
 What's the underlying reason?

00:36:25.679 --> 00:36:26.719
 Well, here is a prominent

00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:27.839
 underlying reason

00:36:27.839 --> 00:36:30.879
 that light has come into the world

00:36:30.879 --> 00:36:33.279
 and people love the darkness

00:36:33.279 --> 00:36:35.539
 rather than the light.

00:36:35.939 --> 00:36:36.559
 See, the Bible

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:38.599
 is always straight talking.

00:36:39.679 --> 00:36:41.579
 And we don't like straight talking

00:36:41.579 --> 00:36:42.480
 when it's the truth

00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:43.699
 that's been spoken of.

00:36:43.839 --> 00:36:45.839
 But God does the straight talking

00:36:45.839 --> 00:36:48.399
 and we really should be listening.

00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:49.239
 We are listening.

00:36:49.359 --> 00:36:51.299
 I know in terms of our own

00:36:51.299 --> 00:36:52.459
 situation here,

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:53.759
 but so many people in the world

00:36:53.759 --> 00:36:55.239
 don't want to receive

00:36:55.239 --> 00:36:56.399
 or to listen to that.

00:36:56.919 --> 00:36:58.199
 So what is this saying to us?

00:36:58.399 --> 00:36:59.119
 Well, first of all,

00:36:59.419 --> 00:37:00.259
 the condemnation.

00:37:00.659 --> 00:37:02.659
 The light has come into the world.

00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:04.239
 And you notice the definite article there.

00:37:04.399 --> 00:37:05.479
 It's the light.

00:37:06.299 --> 00:37:07.239
 This is the judgment.

00:37:07.819 --> 00:37:09.099
 This is the condemnation.

00:37:09.419 --> 00:37:11.199
 The light has come into the world.

00:37:11.239 --> 00:37:12.439
 And in the Gospel of John,

00:37:12.939 --> 00:37:15.419
 that is pretty obviously referring

00:37:15.419 --> 00:37:17.039
 to the light that has come

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:18.739
 from God in Christ.

00:37:18.879 --> 00:37:19.879
 Jesus spoke himself.

00:37:20.459 --> 00:37:20.979
 And for example,

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:21.800
 in chapter 8,

00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:25.579
 one of the I am's of John's Gospel

00:37:25.579 --> 00:37:27.139
 in chapter 8, verse 12,

00:37:27.820 --> 00:37:29.619
 where Jesus there spoke of himself.

00:37:30.179 --> 00:37:31.199
 Jesus spoke to them saying,

00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:33.039
 I am the light of the world.

00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:34.460
 Whoever follows me

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:35.840
 will not walk in darkness,

00:37:35.840 --> 00:37:38.099
 but will have the light of life.

00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:39.480
 And then you flick forward

00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:41.740
 to chapter 12 as well.

00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:43.719
 You find verse 46 there

00:37:43.719 --> 00:37:44.820
 near the end of the chapter

00:37:44.820 --> 00:37:46.980
 where you find Jesus again saying,

00:37:47.139 --> 00:37:49.000
 I have come into the world.

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:50.300
 Very similar to the words

00:37:50.300 --> 00:37:51.320
 in chapter 3.

00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:53.280
 I have come into the world

00:37:53.280 --> 00:37:54.659
 as light,

00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:57.659
 so that whoever believes in me

00:37:57.659 --> 00:38:00.320
 may not remain in darkness.

00:38:00.880 --> 00:38:02.400
 If anyone hears my words,

00:38:02.699 --> 00:38:03.519
 does not keep them,

00:38:03.539 --> 00:38:03.980
 and so on.

00:38:04.260 --> 00:38:05.219
 It's all tied together,

00:38:05.300 --> 00:38:05.559
 isn't it,

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:07.119
 with the light that has appeared

00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:07.900
 in Jesus.

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:09.659
 God revealed himself

00:38:09.659 --> 00:38:10.800
 and is revealing himself

00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:12.000
 through the Gospel,

00:38:12.219 --> 00:38:13.139
 through Jesus Christ,

00:38:13.219 --> 00:38:14.260
 in the person of Christ.

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:15.300
 That's the light

00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:16.739
 that has come into the world.

00:38:17.139 --> 00:38:18.619
 God has made himself known

00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:21.359
 as more than just being discoverable.

00:38:21.599 --> 00:38:22.559
 He's actually saying,

00:38:22.819 --> 00:38:23.799
 this is who I am.

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:25.440
 This is what I am like.

00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:30.139
 And yet people loved the darkness

00:38:30.139 --> 00:38:32.839
 rather than the light.

00:38:34.299 --> 00:38:35.259
 And notice,

00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:36.799
 there's a definite article

00:38:36.799 --> 00:38:38.539
 with the darkness as well,

00:38:39.159 --> 00:38:40.159
 because it's telling us

00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:41.739
 that this is the polar opposite

00:38:41.739 --> 00:38:43.019
 of the light

00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:44.420
 that has come into the world.

00:38:44.880 --> 00:38:46.579
 The darkness that people love

00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:48.159
 is the exact opposite.

00:38:48.840 --> 00:38:49.900
 It is all that's opposite

00:38:49.900 --> 00:38:51.519
 to the light

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:52.319
 that has come

00:38:52.319 --> 00:38:53.460
 in the person of Christ,

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:55.519
 especially into the world.

00:38:56.279 --> 00:38:57.159
 And that means that

00:38:57.159 --> 00:38:59.239
 what is opposite to the light,

00:38:59.420 --> 00:39:00.319
 all the activity

00:39:00.319 --> 00:39:01.880
 of sinful behavior,

00:39:02.239 --> 00:39:02.920
 all the activity

00:39:02.920 --> 00:39:04.079
 of what he says here

00:39:04.079 --> 00:39:05.759
 are those who do wicked things

00:39:05.759 --> 00:39:06.960
 or evil things.

00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:10.219
 Those who do these things,

00:39:10.779 --> 00:39:11.599
 they're not living

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:13.799
 in a kind of spiritual neutrality.

00:39:13.800 --> 00:39:16.100
 The darkness is not

00:39:16.100 --> 00:39:17.900
 a spiritual neutrality.

00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:19.720
 It's not as if it's just neutral

00:39:19.720 --> 00:39:21.380
 compared to the positive elements

00:39:21.380 --> 00:39:22.039
 of the light.

00:39:22.560 --> 00:39:24.320
 The darkness has its own

00:39:24.320 --> 00:39:26.840
 positive attributes.

00:39:27.340 --> 00:39:28.500
 And the positive attributes

00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:30.000
 in John's gospel,

00:39:30.120 --> 00:39:31.420
 when you read through John's gospel

00:39:31.420 --> 00:39:32.140
 and what he says

00:39:32.140 --> 00:39:33.220
 about the light

00:39:33.220 --> 00:39:34.180
 and about its opposite

00:39:34.180 --> 00:39:34.960
 in the darkness,

00:39:35.519 --> 00:39:37.120
 it's the positive activity

00:39:37.120 --> 00:39:38.880
 of sin and of evil.

00:39:39.080 --> 00:39:39.980
 And it's especially

00:39:39.980 --> 00:39:41.140
 in John's teaching,

00:39:41.560 --> 00:39:42.180
 the darkness

00:39:42.179 --> 00:39:43.739
 that is antagonistic

00:39:43.739 --> 00:39:44.679
 to God.

00:39:45.619 --> 00:39:46.379
 It's the darkness

00:39:46.379 --> 00:39:47.480
 of the world

00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:48.379
 and its sinfulness,

00:39:48.739 --> 00:39:49.199
 the world

00:39:49.199 --> 00:39:50.379
 and its lostness.

00:39:51.139 --> 00:39:52.159
 You see what he's saying here.

00:39:52.980 --> 00:39:54.159
 Light has come

00:39:54.159 --> 00:39:56.639
 into the world

00:39:56.639 --> 00:39:58.639
 and yet people

00:39:58.639 --> 00:39:59.759
 love the darkness

00:39:59.759 --> 00:40:01.219
 rather than the light

00:40:01.219 --> 00:40:03.299
 because their deeds

00:40:03.299 --> 00:40:03.879
 were evil.

00:40:07.879 --> 00:40:09.199
 People loved

00:40:09.199 --> 00:40:09.919
 the darkness

00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:12.380
 rather than the light.

00:40:13.260 --> 00:40:14.579
 Now what's that saying to us?

00:40:15.940 --> 00:40:17.159
 It's saying that this is

00:40:17.159 --> 00:40:18.539
 something that is done

00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:19.700
 knowingly.

00:40:20.360 --> 00:40:21.460
 Something that is done

00:40:21.460 --> 00:40:22.099
 deliberately.

00:40:23.360 --> 00:40:24.420
 Something that is done

00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:25.740
 using the process

00:40:25.740 --> 00:40:27.180
 of reason and thought.

00:40:28.059 --> 00:40:28.920
 You don't actually

00:40:28.920 --> 00:40:30.059
 love something

00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:31.480
 without thinking about it.

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:33.500
 Without considering it.

00:40:34.380 --> 00:40:35.380
 And here he is saying

00:40:35.380 --> 00:40:36.380
 people loved

00:40:36.380 --> 00:40:37.200
 the darkness

00:40:37.200 --> 00:40:38.880
 rather than the light.

00:40:38.880 --> 00:40:40.099
 it's not something

00:40:40.099 --> 00:40:40.940
 they actually slipped

00:40:40.940 --> 00:40:42.019
 into accidentally.

00:40:42.640 --> 00:40:43.780
 When people reject

00:40:43.780 --> 00:40:44.380
 the gospel

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:45.099
 in the world

00:40:45.099 --> 00:40:46.019
 in which we live.

00:40:46.220 --> 00:40:47.019
 When you see

00:40:47.019 --> 00:40:48.539
 the elements of darkness,

00:40:48.680 --> 00:40:49.960
 the activities of darkness,

00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:51.920
 the darkness of our age,

00:40:52.260 --> 00:40:53.079
 it's not something

00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:54.380
 that's just done

00:40:54.380 --> 00:40:55.300
 as it were.

00:40:55.300 --> 00:40:56.300
 it's not...

00:40:56.300 --> 00:41:08.100
 Okay, I'm not sure

00:41:08.100 --> 00:41:08.720
 what's going on there

00:41:08.720 --> 00:41:09.840
 but it's obviously

00:41:09.840 --> 00:41:10.700
 to do with

00:41:10.700 --> 00:41:12.360
 the electronics.

00:41:13.539 --> 00:41:14.200
 The darkness

00:41:14.200 --> 00:41:15.539
 of our world

00:41:15.539 --> 00:41:16.900
 is a deliberate darkness.

00:41:17.160 --> 00:41:17.420
 People

00:41:17.420 --> 00:41:18.820
 love the darkness.

00:41:19.000 --> 00:41:19.640
 It's not something

00:41:19.640 --> 00:41:20.340
 that they just

00:41:20.340 --> 00:41:21.039
 do

00:41:21.039 --> 00:41:22.740
 without thinking about it.

00:41:22.739 --> 00:41:23.699
 It's a deliberate

00:41:23.699 --> 00:41:25.239
 knowing choice.

00:41:25.359 --> 00:41:25.839
 Why is that?

00:41:25.919 --> 00:41:27.299
 Because their deeds

00:41:27.299 --> 00:41:28.739
 are evil.

00:41:30.319 --> 00:41:30.879
 Well, John

00:41:30.879 --> 00:41:32.639
 is a wonderful gospel.

00:41:33.539 --> 00:41:34.339
 John has so

00:41:34.339 --> 00:41:35.699
 many wonderful

00:41:35.699 --> 00:41:36.399
 images

00:41:36.399 --> 00:41:38.139
 to present to us.

00:41:38.699 --> 00:41:39.159
 Many of them

00:41:39.159 --> 00:41:39.759
 are comforting

00:41:39.759 --> 00:41:40.339
 but this one

00:41:40.339 --> 00:41:41.399
 is very uncomfortable.

00:41:42.579 --> 00:41:43.099
 What he's saying

00:41:43.099 --> 00:41:43.839
 to us is that

00:41:43.839 --> 00:41:44.739
 people

00:41:44.739 --> 00:41:46.339
 reject the light.

00:41:46.839 --> 00:41:47.639
 People hate

00:41:47.639 --> 00:41:48.139
 the light.

00:41:48.759 --> 00:41:49.559
 People don't want

00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:49.859
 the light.

00:41:49.860 --> 00:41:50.120
 Why?

00:41:50.240 --> 00:41:51.740
 Because their deeds

00:41:51.740 --> 00:41:53.320
 are evil.

00:41:54.200 --> 00:41:55.380
 Their workings

00:41:55.380 --> 00:41:56.599
 are evil.

00:41:56.680 --> 00:41:57.340
 It's very similar

00:41:57.340 --> 00:41:58.160
 in many ways

00:41:58.160 --> 00:41:59.840
 to the teaching

00:41:59.840 --> 00:42:00.660
 of Romans 1

00:42:00.660 --> 00:42:01.400
 verses 18

00:42:01.400 --> 00:42:02.160
 to 32

00:42:02.160 --> 00:42:04.500
 where to reject

00:42:04.500 --> 00:42:05.000
 that

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:05.940
 people actually

00:42:05.940 --> 00:42:06.559
 choose to

00:42:06.559 --> 00:42:07.740
 live an alternate

00:42:07.740 --> 00:42:08.400
 lifestyle

00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:09.079
 to the one

00:42:09.079 --> 00:42:09.539
 that God

00:42:09.539 --> 00:42:10.160
 himself

00:42:10.160 --> 00:42:11.059
 actually says

00:42:11.059 --> 00:42:11.840
 is pleasing

00:42:11.840 --> 00:42:12.460
 to him

00:42:12.460 --> 00:42:13.500
 and that's not

00:42:13.500 --> 00:42:14.180
 something they do

00:42:14.180 --> 00:42:15.059
 unknowingly.

00:42:15.940 --> 00:42:16.420
 Paul is saying

00:42:16.420 --> 00:42:17.320
 just like John here

00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:17.940
 it's a deliberate

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:18.700
 choice.

00:42:18.699 --> 00:42:20.099
 it's a deliberate

00:42:20.099 --> 00:42:21.139
 rejection of the

00:42:21.139 --> 00:42:21.539
 light.

00:42:22.119 --> 00:42:22.819
 Now and again

00:42:22.819 --> 00:42:23.679
 it's not something

00:42:23.679 --> 00:42:24.199
 that happens

00:42:24.199 --> 00:42:24.980
 sporadically

00:42:24.980 --> 00:42:26.019
 or just once

00:42:26.019 --> 00:42:26.599
 in a while.

00:42:26.879 --> 00:42:27.439
 It's something

00:42:27.439 --> 00:42:28.539
 that characterizes

00:42:28.539 --> 00:42:29.460
 the life of

00:42:29.460 --> 00:42:30.079
 these people

00:42:30.079 --> 00:42:31.099
 constantly

00:42:31.099 --> 00:42:32.079
 in an ongoing

00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:32.439
 way.

00:42:32.579 --> 00:42:33.179
 It's a constant

00:42:33.179 --> 00:42:33.819
 with them.

00:42:35.179 --> 00:42:35.799
 Everyone who

00:42:35.799 --> 00:42:37.159
 does wicked

00:42:37.159 --> 00:42:38.019
 things.

00:42:38.539 --> 00:42:38.980
 But then you see

00:42:38.980 --> 00:42:39.639
 the question is

00:42:39.639 --> 00:42:40.699
 well what are

00:42:40.699 --> 00:42:41.619
 wicked things?

00:42:42.719 --> 00:42:43.819
 How do we know

00:42:43.819 --> 00:42:44.259
 what wicked

00:42:44.259 --> 00:42:45.239
 things are?

00:42:45.619 --> 00:42:46.279
 How do you

00:42:46.279 --> 00:42:47.299
 distinguish wicked

00:42:47.299 --> 00:42:48.059
 things from

00:42:48.059 --> 00:42:49.079
 good things?

00:42:50.199 --> 00:42:50.880
 People have

00:42:50.880 --> 00:42:51.719
 different opinions

00:42:51.719 --> 00:42:52.460
 about what is

00:42:52.460 --> 00:42:53.039
 wicked and what

00:42:53.039 --> 00:42:53.559
 is not.

00:42:54.179 --> 00:42:54.880
 And we've chosen

00:42:54.880 --> 00:42:55.820
 largely to

00:42:55.820 --> 00:42:58.119
 confine the

00:42:58.119 --> 00:42:59.420
 definition of

00:42:59.420 --> 00:43:00.799
 wicked to

00:43:00.799 --> 00:43:02.619
 gross crimes

00:43:02.619 --> 00:43:03.639
 or sins.

00:43:04.279 --> 00:43:05.079
 Things that are

00:43:05.079 --> 00:43:06.659
 really very

00:43:06.659 --> 00:43:07.699
 much to do

00:43:07.699 --> 00:43:08.460
 with open

00:43:08.460 --> 00:43:09.299
 corruption or

00:43:09.299 --> 00:43:09.639
 whatever.

00:43:10.279 --> 00:43:11.000
 But wickedness

00:43:11.000 --> 00:43:11.480
 in the Bible

00:43:11.480 --> 00:43:12.940
 takes in much

00:43:12.940 --> 00:43:13.659
 much more than

00:43:13.659 --> 00:43:14.000
 that.

00:43:14.659 --> 00:43:15.420
 In fact it's a

00:43:15.420 --> 00:43:16.639
 word that really

00:43:16.639 --> 00:43:17.460
 describes what

00:43:17.460 --> 00:43:18.139
 we are

00:43:18.139 --> 00:43:19.500
 without Christ.

00:43:20.299 --> 00:43:20.980
 What we are

00:43:20.980 --> 00:43:21.940
 without salvation.

00:43:22.799 --> 00:43:23.259
 We may not

00:43:23.259 --> 00:43:23.960
 see ourselves

00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:24.519
 as wicked.

00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:25.519
 People out

00:43:25.519 --> 00:43:25.920
 there today

00:43:25.920 --> 00:43:26.299
 would not

00:43:26.299 --> 00:43:26.980
 say that

00:43:26.980 --> 00:43:27.379
 they are

00:43:27.379 --> 00:43:27.699
 wicked.

00:43:28.099 --> 00:43:28.699
 But this is

00:43:28.699 --> 00:43:29.539
 God's definition

00:43:29.539 --> 00:43:30.279
 of how do

00:43:30.279 --> 00:43:30.719
 we know what

00:43:30.719 --> 00:43:31.299
 wicked things

00:43:31.299 --> 00:43:31.559
 are?

00:43:31.920 --> 00:43:32.639
 God has

00:43:32.639 --> 00:43:33.319
 defined them

00:43:33.319 --> 00:43:34.059
 for us in

00:43:34.059 --> 00:43:34.619
 the Bible.

00:43:35.299 --> 00:43:36.099
 God tells us

00:43:36.099 --> 00:43:36.659
 what is and

00:43:36.659 --> 00:43:37.460
 isn't acceptable

00:43:37.460 --> 00:43:38.139
 to him.

00:43:38.599 --> 00:43:39.319
 What is and

00:43:39.319 --> 00:43:39.980
 isn't wrong

00:43:39.980 --> 00:43:40.759
 with ourselves.

00:43:41.920 --> 00:43:42.719
 And that's

00:43:42.719 --> 00:43:43.000
 where he

00:43:43.000 --> 00:43:43.759
 describes for

00:43:43.760 --> 00:43:45.020
 us what

00:43:45.020 --> 00:43:45.760
 wicked things

00:43:45.760 --> 00:43:46.380
 are.

00:43:50.780 --> 00:43:51.720
 That's why

00:43:51.720 --> 00:43:53.300
 there is

00:43:53.300 --> 00:43:55.380
 such a

00:43:55.380 --> 00:43:56.020
 constant

00:43:56.020 --> 00:43:58.380
 attempt to

00:43:58.380 --> 00:43:59.000
 take the

00:43:59.000 --> 00:43:59.620
 Bible out

00:43:59.620 --> 00:44:00.040
 of human

00:44:00.040 --> 00:44:00.620
 life.

00:44:01.960 --> 00:44:02.920
 Because those

00:44:02.920 --> 00:44:03.840
 who love

00:44:03.840 --> 00:44:04.420
 the darkness,

00:44:05.140 --> 00:44:05.520
 those who

00:44:05.520 --> 00:44:05.820
 want to

00:44:05.820 --> 00:44:06.600
 promote the

00:44:06.600 --> 00:44:07.000
 darkness,

00:44:07.620 --> 00:44:07.980
 those who

00:44:07.980 --> 00:44:08.320
 think that

00:44:08.320 --> 00:44:08.860
 the darkness

00:44:08.860 --> 00:44:09.380
 is really

00:44:09.380 --> 00:44:09.900
 the light

00:44:09.900 --> 00:44:10.360
 that people

00:44:10.360 --> 00:44:10.920
 need,

00:44:11.900 --> 00:44:12.420
 whether it's

00:44:12.420 --> 00:44:12.640
 in the

00:44:12.640 --> 00:44:13.100
 teaching of

00:44:13.099 --> 00:44:13.679
 our children,

00:44:13.960 --> 00:44:14.420
 in medical

00:44:14.420 --> 00:44:14.819
 ethics,

00:44:14.940 --> 00:44:15.420
 wherever you

00:44:15.420 --> 00:44:16.119
 find it,

00:44:16.539 --> 00:44:17.099
 this is what

00:44:17.099 --> 00:44:17.739
 is really

00:44:17.739 --> 00:44:18.659
 of concern

00:44:18.659 --> 00:44:19.059
 to them,

00:44:19.219 --> 00:44:19.679
 that the

00:44:19.679 --> 00:44:20.420
 Bible really

00:44:20.420 --> 00:44:21.539
 shows up

00:44:21.539 --> 00:44:22.239
 that sort

00:44:22.239 --> 00:44:22.759
 of behavior

00:44:22.759 --> 00:44:23.299
 as wrong,

00:44:23.500 --> 00:44:23.699
 and the

00:44:23.699 --> 00:44:24.199
 word wrong

00:44:24.199 --> 00:44:24.659
 really is

00:44:24.659 --> 00:44:25.480
 not acceptable.

00:44:26.960 --> 00:44:28.019
 People who

00:44:28.019 --> 00:44:29.019
 actually love

00:44:29.019 --> 00:44:29.579
 the darkness

00:44:29.579 --> 00:44:30.099
 rather than

00:44:30.099 --> 00:44:30.519
 the light

00:44:30.519 --> 00:44:31.119
 because their

00:44:31.119 --> 00:44:31.539
 deeds are

00:44:31.539 --> 00:44:31.860
 evil,

00:44:32.159 --> 00:44:33.000
 they hate

00:44:33.000 --> 00:44:33.420
 the light

00:44:33.420 --> 00:44:33.659
 and they

00:44:33.659 --> 00:44:34.139
 don't come

00:44:34.139 --> 00:44:34.460
 to the

00:44:34.460 --> 00:44:34.799
 light.

00:44:36.559 --> 00:44:37.259
 It's a

00:44:37.259 --> 00:44:37.900
 constant

00:44:37.900 --> 00:44:39.420
 dismissal

00:44:39.420 --> 00:44:40.579
 of the

00:44:40.579 --> 00:44:41.039
 authority,

00:44:41.539 --> 00:44:41.799
 of the

00:44:41.799 --> 00:44:42.279
 teaching,

00:44:42.280 --> 00:44:43.980
 of the

00:44:43.980 --> 00:44:44.540
 words of

00:44:44.540 --> 00:44:44.680
 the

00:44:44.680 --> 00:44:45.060
 Bible.

00:44:46.340 --> 00:44:46.680
 You

00:44:46.680 --> 00:44:47.019
 think of

00:44:47.019 --> 00:44:47.240
 every

00:44:47.240 --> 00:44:47.700
 attempt

00:44:47.700 --> 00:44:49.019
 in your

00:44:49.019 --> 00:44:49.220
 own

00:44:49.220 --> 00:44:49.780
 lifetime

00:44:49.780 --> 00:44:51.000
 of having

00:44:51.000 --> 00:44:51.280
 this

00:44:51.280 --> 00:44:51.620
 Bible

00:44:51.620 --> 00:44:52.180
 removed

00:44:52.180 --> 00:44:52.380
 and

00:44:52.380 --> 00:44:52.560
 its

00:44:52.560 --> 00:44:52.900
 teaching

00:44:52.900 --> 00:44:53.360
 removed

00:44:53.360 --> 00:44:54.240
 from

00:44:54.240 --> 00:44:54.580
 various

00:44:54.580 --> 00:44:54.920
 areas

00:44:54.920 --> 00:44:55.600
 of our

00:44:55.600 --> 00:44:56.320
 society,

00:44:57.140 --> 00:44:57.400
 our

00:44:57.400 --> 00:44:57.960
 schools,

00:44:58.580 --> 00:44:58.840
 wherever

00:44:58.840 --> 00:44:59.320
 else you

00:44:59.320 --> 00:44:59.860
 think about

00:44:59.860 --> 00:45:00.000
 it,

00:45:00.040 --> 00:45:00.460
 universities,

00:45:00.680 --> 00:45:01.060
 schools,

00:45:01.480 --> 00:45:01.920
 places of

00:45:01.920 --> 00:45:02.280
 teaching,

00:45:02.460 --> 00:45:02.880
 places of

00:45:02.880 --> 00:45:03.260
 care,

00:45:04.720 --> 00:45:05.200
 where else

00:45:05.200 --> 00:45:05.440
 do you

00:45:05.440 --> 00:45:05.800
 find it?

00:45:05.820 --> 00:45:06.220
 I remember

00:45:06.220 --> 00:45:07.800
 quite a number

00:45:07.800 --> 00:45:08.120
 of years

00:45:08.120 --> 00:45:08.600
 back when

00:45:08.599 --> 00:45:08.900
 I was

00:45:08.900 --> 00:45:10.659
 part of

00:45:10.659 --> 00:45:10.900
 the

00:45:10.900 --> 00:45:11.819
 committee

00:45:11.819 --> 00:45:12.079
 of

00:45:12.079 --> 00:45:12.679
 Bethesda

00:45:12.679 --> 00:45:13.219
 hospice,

00:45:14.159 --> 00:45:14.500
 that a

00:45:14.500 --> 00:45:14.719
 certain

00:45:14.719 --> 00:45:15.279
 inspection

00:45:15.279 --> 00:45:15.799
 had come

00:45:15.799 --> 00:45:16.179
 up with

00:45:16.179 --> 00:45:16.839
 recommendations

00:45:16.839 --> 00:45:17.900
 and one

00:45:17.900 --> 00:45:18.099
 of the

00:45:18.099 --> 00:45:18.599
 recommendations

00:45:18.599 --> 00:45:19.500
 was that

00:45:19.500 --> 00:45:20.219
 the plaques

00:45:20.219 --> 00:45:20.500
 that had

00:45:20.500 --> 00:45:21.099
 been donated

00:45:21.099 --> 00:45:22.119
 to Bethesda

00:45:22.119 --> 00:45:22.659
 and were

00:45:22.659 --> 00:45:23.279
 actually shown

00:45:23.279 --> 00:45:23.539
 on the

00:45:23.539 --> 00:45:23.799
 walls

00:45:23.799 --> 00:45:24.139
 throughout

00:45:24.139 --> 00:45:25.500
 the building

00:45:25.500 --> 00:45:26.699
 that had

00:45:26.699 --> 00:45:27.259
 texts on

00:45:27.259 --> 00:45:27.599
 them should

00:45:27.599 --> 00:45:28.099
 actually be

00:45:28.099 --> 00:45:28.539
 removed

00:45:28.539 --> 00:45:30.339
 because these

00:45:30.339 --> 00:45:30.759
 texts would

00:45:30.759 --> 00:45:31.219
 be offensive

00:45:31.219 --> 00:45:31.679
 to certain

00:45:31.679 --> 00:45:32.299
 people and

00:45:32.299 --> 00:45:33.139
 Bethesda's

00:45:33.139 --> 00:45:34.000
 practice is that

00:45:34.000 --> 00:45:34.639
 there's no

00:45:34.639 --> 00:45:35.099
 prejudice,

00:45:35.239 --> 00:45:35.519
 there's no

00:45:35.519 --> 00:45:36.319
 discrimination as

00:45:36.319 --> 00:45:36.699
 to who can

00:45:36.699 --> 00:45:37.259
 get care

00:45:37.259 --> 00:45:37.460
 there,

00:45:37.539 --> 00:45:37.859
 whether they're

00:45:37.859 --> 00:45:38.399
 Christians or

00:45:38.399 --> 00:45:38.779
 not,

00:45:39.259 --> 00:45:40.019
 whether they're

00:45:40.019 --> 00:45:40.960
 believers or

00:45:40.960 --> 00:45:41.219
 not,

00:45:41.599 --> 00:45:42.639
 the hospice is

00:45:42.639 --> 00:45:43.159
 there for

00:45:43.159 --> 00:45:43.359
 them,

00:45:43.439 --> 00:45:43.960
 the facilities

00:45:43.960 --> 00:45:44.419
 are there

00:45:44.419 --> 00:45:44.779
 for them,

00:45:45.019 --> 00:45:45.519
 but this

00:45:45.519 --> 00:45:46.199
 inspection said

00:45:46.199 --> 00:45:46.759
 no you can't

00:45:46.759 --> 00:45:47.359
 have that

00:45:47.359 --> 00:45:48.859
 because that's

00:45:48.859 --> 00:45:49.439
 going to offend

00:45:49.439 --> 00:45:49.939
 people and

00:45:49.939 --> 00:45:51.159
 that's something

00:45:51.159 --> 00:45:51.699
 that people will

00:45:51.699 --> 00:45:52.460
 not agree with.

00:45:52.519 --> 00:45:52.899
 Well there you

00:45:52.899 --> 00:45:53.279
 see it's a

00:45:53.279 --> 00:45:53.899
 very small

00:45:53.899 --> 00:45:55.299
 example of

00:45:55.299 --> 00:45:55.659
 where you

00:45:55.659 --> 00:45:56.519
 find people

00:45:56.519 --> 00:45:57.599
 wanting to

00:45:57.599 --> 00:45:58.319
 remove the

00:45:58.319 --> 00:45:58.939
 influence of

00:45:58.939 --> 00:45:59.539
 the light,

00:46:00.119 --> 00:46:00.659
 the references

00:46:00.659 --> 00:46:01.539
 to the light

00:46:01.539 --> 00:46:02.839
 from human

00:46:02.839 --> 00:46:03.419
 life.

00:46:03.420 --> 00:46:06.700
 And you

00:46:06.700 --> 00:46:07.139
 see what it's

00:46:07.139 --> 00:46:07.559
 saying here?

00:46:08.159 --> 00:46:08.639
 Those who

00:46:08.639 --> 00:46:09.599
 hate the

00:46:09.599 --> 00:46:09.940
 light,

00:46:10.720 --> 00:46:11.559
 those who

00:46:11.559 --> 00:46:12.000
 do wicked

00:46:12.000 --> 00:46:13.119
 things as

00:46:13.119 --> 00:46:13.900
 God defines

00:46:13.900 --> 00:46:14.099
 them,

00:46:14.920 --> 00:46:15.619
 they hate

00:46:15.619 --> 00:46:16.180
 the light.

00:46:17.039 --> 00:46:17.320
 And you

00:46:17.320 --> 00:46:17.840
 couldn't put it

00:46:17.840 --> 00:46:18.760
 any stronger

00:46:18.760 --> 00:46:19.480
 than that because

00:46:19.480 --> 00:46:20.599
 that's really as

00:46:20.599 --> 00:46:21.680
 strong as John

00:46:21.680 --> 00:46:22.300
 could have put it.

00:46:22.360 --> 00:46:22.860
 Everyone who

00:46:22.860 --> 00:46:23.480
 does wicked

00:46:23.480 --> 00:46:24.639
 things hates

00:46:24.639 --> 00:46:25.039
 the light.

00:46:25.119 --> 00:46:25.480
 It's not a

00:46:25.480 --> 00:46:26.300
 matter of them

00:46:26.300 --> 00:46:27.480
 being unconcerned

00:46:27.480 --> 00:46:28.159
 about this thing

00:46:28.159 --> 00:46:28.619
 one way or

00:46:28.619 --> 00:46:28.760
 another.

00:46:28.860 --> 00:46:29.180
 It's not that

00:46:29.180 --> 00:46:29.539
 they couldn't

00:46:29.539 --> 00:46:30.380
 care less about

00:46:30.380 --> 00:46:30.579
 it.

00:46:30.760 --> 00:46:31.220
 It's that there's

00:46:31.220 --> 00:46:31.900
 a positive

00:46:31.900 --> 00:46:32.619
 hatred of it.

00:46:32.619 --> 00:46:32.880
 All you've

00:46:32.880 --> 00:46:33.319
 got to do

00:46:33.319 --> 00:46:33.920
 is really

00:46:33.920 --> 00:46:34.380
 stick your

00:46:34.380 --> 00:46:34.799
 head above

00:46:34.799 --> 00:46:35.460
 the parapet

00:46:35.460 --> 00:46:35.980
 on social

00:46:35.980 --> 00:46:36.679
 media today,

00:46:36.980 --> 00:46:37.319
 come out

00:46:37.319 --> 00:46:37.599
 with a

00:46:37.599 --> 00:46:37.960
 Christian

00:46:37.960 --> 00:46:38.539
 opinion

00:46:38.539 --> 00:46:39.460
 against

00:46:39.460 --> 00:46:39.900
 something

00:46:39.900 --> 00:46:40.239
 that you

00:46:40.239 --> 00:46:40.699
 know is

00:46:40.699 --> 00:46:41.420
 wickedness,

00:46:41.519 --> 00:46:41.960
 and you'll

00:46:41.960 --> 00:46:42.679
 soon find

00:46:42.679 --> 00:46:43.460
 the reaction

00:46:43.460 --> 00:46:43.940
 to that

00:46:43.940 --> 00:46:44.539
 is hatred.

00:46:45.460 --> 00:46:46.259
 They hate

00:46:46.259 --> 00:46:46.699
 the light.

00:46:46.960 --> 00:46:47.179
 They don't

00:46:47.179 --> 00:46:47.639
 want to see

00:46:47.639 --> 00:46:48.000
 the light.

00:46:48.099 --> 00:46:48.779
 They don't

00:46:48.779 --> 00:46:49.059
 want the

00:46:49.059 --> 00:46:49.339
 light to

00:46:49.339 --> 00:46:50.139
 shine upon

00:46:50.139 --> 00:46:50.539
 them at

00:46:50.539 --> 00:46:51.019
 all.

00:46:51.960 --> 00:46:52.299
 And that's

00:46:52.299 --> 00:46:53.019
 a characteristic

00:46:53.019 --> 00:46:53.799
 of our

00:46:53.799 --> 00:46:54.219
 society.

00:46:54.359 --> 00:46:54.539
 It's not

00:46:54.539 --> 00:46:55.219
 just confined

00:46:55.219 --> 00:46:55.779
 to Twitter.

00:46:56.199 --> 00:46:56.579
 This is

00:46:56.579 --> 00:46:57.859
 emblematic of

00:46:57.859 --> 00:46:58.359
 people's

00:46:58.359 --> 00:46:58.659
 thinking,

00:46:58.839 --> 00:46:59.179
 people's

00:46:59.179 --> 00:46:59.639
 reaction,

00:47:00.259 --> 00:47:00.639
 people's

00:47:00.639 --> 00:47:01.440
 insistence on

00:47:01.440 --> 00:47:02.199
 living their

00:47:02.199 --> 00:47:02.619
 way,

00:47:02.980 --> 00:47:03.599
 whatever else

00:47:03.599 --> 00:47:04.239
 people will

00:47:04.239 --> 00:47:04.519
 say,

00:47:04.619 --> 00:47:05.099
 whatever the

00:47:05.099 --> 00:47:05.619
 church says,

00:47:05.799 --> 00:47:06.279
 and especially

00:47:06.279 --> 00:47:06.699
 what the

00:47:06.699 --> 00:47:07.500
 church says.

00:47:09.899 --> 00:47:10.619
 And that's

00:47:10.619 --> 00:47:10.819
 really,

00:47:10.939 --> 00:47:11.099
 friends,

00:47:11.179 --> 00:47:11.779
 the main

00:47:11.779 --> 00:47:12.879
 factor behind

00:47:12.879 --> 00:47:14.299
 our society

00:47:14.299 --> 00:47:15.500
 falling apart.

00:47:16.039 --> 00:47:16.919
 The issues I've

00:47:16.919 --> 00:47:17.779
 mentioned already,

00:47:17.960 --> 00:47:18.619
 you can add to

00:47:18.619 --> 00:47:19.179
 them yourself,

00:47:19.239 --> 00:47:19.899
 as I've said.

00:47:20.179 --> 00:47:21.099
 But the reason

00:47:21.099 --> 00:47:21.539
 for that,

00:47:21.619 --> 00:47:22.299
 the underlying

00:47:22.299 --> 00:47:22.819
 reason,

00:47:23.059 --> 00:47:23.480
 one of the

00:47:23.480 --> 00:47:24.199
 main reasons,

00:47:24.239 --> 00:47:24.859
 if not the

00:47:24.859 --> 00:47:25.500
 main reason,

00:47:25.500 --> 00:47:26.820
 is because as

00:47:26.820 --> 00:47:27.320
 a people,

00:47:27.420 --> 00:47:27.980
 we've largely

00:47:27.980 --> 00:47:28.820
 turned away

00:47:28.820 --> 00:47:29.460
 from God,

00:47:29.800 --> 00:47:30.199
 turned away

00:47:30.199 --> 00:47:30.960
 from God's

00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:31.300
 way,

00:47:31.659 --> 00:47:32.099
 turned away

00:47:32.099 --> 00:47:32.480
 from the

00:47:32.480 --> 00:47:32.860
 things that

00:47:32.860 --> 00:47:33.400
 God says

00:47:33.400 --> 00:47:34.099
 is best for

00:47:34.099 --> 00:47:34.500
 us as a

00:47:34.500 --> 00:47:34.840
 people,

00:47:35.260 --> 00:47:35.780
 turned away

00:47:35.780 --> 00:47:36.239
 from the

00:47:36.239 --> 00:47:36.679
 light,

00:47:37.019 --> 00:47:37.500
 and instead

00:47:37.500 --> 00:47:38.159
 we've come

00:47:38.159 --> 00:47:38.800
 to love

00:47:38.800 --> 00:47:39.619
 the darkness.

00:47:41.880 --> 00:47:42.559
 Love the

00:47:42.559 --> 00:47:42.980
 darkness.

00:47:44.199 --> 00:47:44.980
 Not look at

00:47:44.980 --> 00:47:46.019
 it in a sort

00:47:46.019 --> 00:47:46.420
 of neutral

00:47:46.420 --> 00:47:47.000
 way or a

00:47:47.000 --> 00:47:47.739
 casual way.

00:47:48.559 --> 00:47:49.360
 We have come

00:47:49.360 --> 00:47:49.940
 as a people

00:47:49.940 --> 00:47:50.739
 to love it,

00:47:51.059 --> 00:47:51.780
 to love its

00:47:51.780 --> 00:47:52.340
 ways,

00:47:52.739 --> 00:47:53.260
 to love its

00:47:53.260 --> 00:47:53.920
 characteristics.

00:47:53.920 --> 00:47:54.340
 Of course

00:47:54.340 --> 00:47:54.619
 there are

00:47:54.619 --> 00:47:55.059
 exceptions.

00:47:55.220 --> 00:47:55.360
 You're

00:47:55.360 --> 00:47:55.780
 exceptions

00:47:55.780 --> 00:47:56.340
 yourselves.

00:47:57.200 --> 00:47:57.500
 There are

00:47:57.500 --> 00:47:58.220
 many exceptions

00:47:58.220 --> 00:47:58.700
 thankfully,

00:47:59.159 --> 00:47:59.840
 but by and

00:47:59.840 --> 00:48:00.360
 large what

00:48:00.360 --> 00:48:00.659
 you see

00:48:00.659 --> 00:48:01.200
 going on

00:48:01.200 --> 00:48:01.460
 in our

00:48:01.460 --> 00:48:01.960
 society

00:48:01.960 --> 00:48:02.539
 throughout

00:48:02.539 --> 00:48:03.000
 all the

00:48:03.000 --> 00:48:03.460
 levels of

00:48:03.460 --> 00:48:04.000
 our society

00:48:04.000 --> 00:48:04.619
 is hatred

00:48:04.619 --> 00:48:05.000
 of the

00:48:05.000 --> 00:48:06.059
 light and

00:48:06.059 --> 00:48:06.380
 a love

00:48:06.380 --> 00:48:06.980
 of darkness.

00:48:09.300 --> 00:48:09.840
 At the

00:48:09.840 --> 00:48:10.180
 end of our

00:48:10.180 --> 00:48:10.559
 study I'll

00:48:10.559 --> 00:48:10.980
 come to

00:48:10.980 --> 00:48:11.900
 apply this

00:48:11.900 --> 00:48:12.400
 to ourselves

00:48:12.400 --> 00:48:12.860
 and how we

00:48:12.860 --> 00:48:13.360
 should react

00:48:13.360 --> 00:48:13.860
 to that.

00:48:15.400 --> 00:48:15.639
 But you

00:48:15.639 --> 00:48:16.139
 see then

00:48:16.139 --> 00:48:17.059
 it says

00:48:17.059 --> 00:48:17.400
 those who

00:48:17.400 --> 00:48:17.800
 hate the

00:48:17.800 --> 00:48:18.059
 light,

00:48:18.740 --> 00:48:19.240
 they do

00:48:19.240 --> 00:48:19.960
 not come

00:48:19.960 --> 00:48:20.320
 to the

00:48:20.320 --> 00:48:20.680
 light.

00:48:21.400 --> 00:48:21.760
 They don't

00:48:21.760 --> 00:48:22.059
 want to

00:48:22.059 --> 00:48:22.639
 come near

00:48:22.639 --> 00:48:23.220
 the light.

00:48:23.920 --> 00:48:24.420
 That's why

00:48:24.420 --> 00:48:24.800
 the Bible

00:48:24.800 --> 00:48:25.180
 is so

00:48:25.180 --> 00:48:25.880
 distasteful

00:48:25.880 --> 00:48:26.280
 to them.

00:48:26.780 --> 00:48:27.119
 Why the

00:48:27.119 --> 00:48:27.599
 idea of

00:48:27.599 --> 00:48:28.079
 the gospel

00:48:28.079 --> 00:48:28.579
 and hearing

00:48:28.579 --> 00:48:29.340
 about sin

00:48:29.340 --> 00:48:29.680
 and the

00:48:29.680 --> 00:48:30.200
 salvation

00:48:30.200 --> 00:48:31.500
 from sin

00:48:31.500 --> 00:48:31.900
 is so

00:48:31.900 --> 00:48:32.659
 distasteful

00:48:32.659 --> 00:48:33.619
 because they

00:48:33.619 --> 00:48:34.099
 shun the

00:48:34.099 --> 00:48:34.320
 light.

00:48:34.440 --> 00:48:34.720
 They don't

00:48:34.720 --> 00:48:35.159
 like the

00:48:35.159 --> 00:48:35.300
 light.

00:48:35.380 --> 00:48:35.740
 They hate

00:48:35.740 --> 00:48:36.139
 the light.

00:48:36.420 --> 00:48:36.820
 They will

00:48:36.820 --> 00:48:37.260
 not come

00:48:37.260 --> 00:48:37.559
 to the

00:48:37.559 --> 00:48:37.760
 light.

00:48:37.840 --> 00:48:38.220
 It stands

00:48:38.220 --> 00:48:38.780
 to reason.

00:48:39.300 --> 00:48:39.940
 Nobody is

00:48:39.940 --> 00:48:40.559
 drawn to

00:48:40.559 --> 00:48:40.980
 what they

00:48:40.980 --> 00:48:41.539
 hate.

00:48:42.880 --> 00:48:43.220
 And if

00:48:43.220 --> 00:48:43.680
 you hate

00:48:43.680 --> 00:48:44.099
 the light

00:48:44.099 --> 00:48:44.720
 you're not

00:48:44.720 --> 00:48:45.059
 going to be

00:48:45.059 --> 00:48:45.659
 drawn to

00:48:45.659 --> 00:48:46.180
 the light

00:48:46.180 --> 00:48:47.039
 until God

00:48:47.039 --> 00:48:47.780
 changes your

00:48:47.780 --> 00:48:48.200
 heart.

00:48:50.700 --> 00:48:51.280
 There's an

00:48:51.280 --> 00:48:51.920
 aversion to

00:48:51.920 --> 00:48:52.260
 the light.

00:48:52.260 --> 00:48:52.440
 And I

00:48:52.440 --> 00:48:52.700
 want you

00:48:52.700 --> 00:48:54.260
 to see

00:48:54.260 --> 00:48:54.660
 how this

00:48:54.660 --> 00:48:55.040
 has been

00:48:55.040 --> 00:48:56.080
 a characteristic

00:48:56.080 --> 00:48:57.420
 of human

00:48:57.420 --> 00:48:58.160
 behavior and

00:48:58.160 --> 00:48:59.440
 human response

00:48:59.440 --> 00:49:00.100
 to God

00:49:00.100 --> 00:49:01.080
 ever since

00:49:01.080 --> 00:49:01.840
 man fell

00:49:01.840 --> 00:49:03.320
 as recorded

00:49:03.320 --> 00:49:03.900
 in Genesis

00:49:03.900 --> 00:49:04.360
 3.

00:49:06.020 --> 00:49:07.220
 And from

00:49:07.220 --> 00:49:07.820
 verse 3

00:49:07.820 --> 00:49:09.280
 to verse 10

00:49:09.280 --> 00:49:09.860
 of Genesis

00:49:09.860 --> 00:49:10.280
 3,

00:49:11.000 --> 00:49:11.400
 these are

00:49:11.400 --> 00:49:12.340
 important verses

00:49:12.340 --> 00:49:13.560
 in regard to

00:49:13.560 --> 00:49:13.820
 what we're

00:49:13.820 --> 00:49:14.240
 looking at

00:49:14.240 --> 00:49:14.800
 today as

00:49:14.800 --> 00:49:15.800
 well for

00:49:15.800 --> 00:49:16.960
 other reasons

00:49:16.960 --> 00:49:17.420
 too.

00:49:17.420 --> 00:49:18.619
 but you'll

00:49:18.619 --> 00:49:19.099
 find here

00:49:19.099 --> 00:49:20.099
 from verse

00:49:20.099 --> 00:49:20.980
 8 especially

00:49:20.980 --> 00:49:22.619
 where you

00:49:22.619 --> 00:49:23.579
 find they

00:49:23.579 --> 00:49:23.900
 heard,

00:49:23.980 --> 00:49:24.420
 that's Adam

00:49:24.420 --> 00:49:24.720
 and Eve,

00:49:24.780 --> 00:49:25.180
 they heard

00:49:25.180 --> 00:49:25.820
 the sound

00:49:25.820 --> 00:49:26.159
 of the

00:49:26.159 --> 00:49:26.940
 Lord God

00:49:26.940 --> 00:49:28.200
 walking in

00:49:28.200 --> 00:49:28.780
 the garden

00:49:28.780 --> 00:49:29.300
 in the

00:49:29.300 --> 00:49:29.700
 cool of

00:49:29.700 --> 00:49:30.119
 the day.

00:49:30.920 --> 00:49:31.300
 And the

00:49:31.300 --> 00:49:31.760
 man and

00:49:31.760 --> 00:49:32.220
 his wife

00:49:32.220 --> 00:49:32.559
 hid

00:49:32.559 --> 00:49:33.180
 themselves

00:49:33.180 --> 00:49:34.200
 from the

00:49:34.200 --> 00:49:34.579
 presence

00:49:34.579 --> 00:49:35.039
 of the

00:49:35.039 --> 00:49:35.760
 Lord God

00:49:35.760 --> 00:49:36.840
 among the

00:49:36.840 --> 00:49:37.320
 trees of

00:49:37.320 --> 00:49:37.659
 the garden.

00:49:37.700 --> 00:49:37.940
 What's

00:49:37.940 --> 00:49:38.260
 happening

00:49:38.260 --> 00:49:38.539
 there?

00:49:39.000 --> 00:49:39.680
 The light

00:49:39.680 --> 00:49:40.220
 has come.

00:49:40.559 --> 00:49:40.820
 God

00:49:40.820 --> 00:49:41.380
 has come

00:49:41.380 --> 00:49:42.200
 into the

00:49:42.200 --> 00:49:42.559
 garden.

00:49:42.900 --> 00:49:43.260
 Man has

00:49:43.260 --> 00:49:43.860
 now fallen.

00:49:44.039 --> 00:49:44.300
 Man has

00:49:44.300 --> 00:49:44.820
 become a

00:49:44.820 --> 00:49:45.059
 sinner.

00:49:45.579 --> 00:49:45.880
 Man has

00:49:45.880 --> 00:49:46.300
 turned his

00:49:46.300 --> 00:49:46.820
 back upon

00:49:46.820 --> 00:49:47.160
 God.

00:49:47.240 --> 00:49:47.500
 Man has

00:49:47.500 --> 00:49:48.019
 chosen his

00:49:48.019 --> 00:49:48.640
 own way.

00:49:49.360 --> 00:49:49.600
 So he

00:49:49.600 --> 00:49:50.019
 tries to

00:49:50.019 --> 00:49:50.400
 hide.

00:49:51.140 --> 00:49:51.460
 He doesn't

00:49:51.460 --> 00:49:51.800
 want the

00:49:51.800 --> 00:49:52.039
 light.

00:49:52.300 --> 00:49:52.500
 He doesn't

00:49:52.500 --> 00:49:52.740
 want to

00:49:52.740 --> 00:49:53.200
 come near

00:49:53.200 --> 00:49:53.680
 the light.

00:49:54.360 --> 00:49:54.700
 The light

00:49:54.700 --> 00:49:55.039
 is now

00:49:55.039 --> 00:49:55.680
 distasteful

00:49:55.680 --> 00:49:56.039
 to him.

00:49:56.840 --> 00:49:57.200
 The God

00:49:57.200 --> 00:49:57.519
 with whom

00:49:57.519 --> 00:49:57.860
 he wants

00:49:57.860 --> 00:49:58.320
 love to

00:49:58.320 --> 00:49:58.480
 have

00:49:58.480 --> 00:49:58.860
 fellowship

00:49:58.860 --> 00:50:00.080
 is now

00:50:00.080 --> 00:50:00.360
 the one

00:50:00.360 --> 00:50:00.620
 he wants

00:50:00.620 --> 00:50:00.980
 to be as

00:50:00.980 --> 00:50:01.400
 far away

00:50:01.400 --> 00:50:01.780
 from as

00:50:01.780 --> 00:50:02.260
 possible.

00:50:03.660 --> 00:50:04.000
 You see

00:50:04.000 --> 00:50:04.260
 what's

00:50:04.260 --> 00:50:04.600
 happened

00:50:04.600 --> 00:50:06.100
 in people's

00:50:06.100 --> 00:50:06.480
 hearts

00:50:06.480 --> 00:50:07.380
 and why

00:50:07.380 --> 00:50:07.980
 they love

00:50:07.980 --> 00:50:08.640
 the darkness

00:50:08.640 --> 00:50:09.559
 rather than

00:50:09.559 --> 00:50:09.860
 the light

00:50:09.860 --> 00:50:10.360
 that become

00:50:10.360 --> 00:50:10.900
 corrupt

00:50:10.900 --> 00:50:11.620
 inwardly.

00:50:12.080 --> 00:50:12.340
 And that

00:50:12.340 --> 00:50:12.920
 passage goes

00:50:12.920 --> 00:50:13.280
 on.

00:50:13.700 --> 00:50:14.160
 And God

00:50:14.160 --> 00:50:14.539
 said,

00:50:14.660 --> 00:50:14.920
 the Lord

00:50:14.920 --> 00:50:15.800
 God called

00:50:15.800 --> 00:50:16.120
 to the

00:50:16.120 --> 00:50:16.500
 man and

00:50:16.500 --> 00:50:16.720
 said,

00:50:16.820 --> 00:50:17.680
 where are

00:50:17.680 --> 00:50:17.940
 you?

00:50:18.780 --> 00:50:19.340
 And he

00:50:19.340 --> 00:50:19.600
 said,

00:50:19.940 --> 00:50:20.660
 I heard

00:50:20.660 --> 00:50:21.320
 the sound

00:50:21.320 --> 00:50:21.680
 of you

00:50:21.680 --> 00:50:22.100
 in the

00:50:22.100 --> 00:50:22.500
 garden

00:50:22.500 --> 00:50:24.100
 and I

00:50:24.100 --> 00:50:24.740
 was

00:50:24.740 --> 00:50:26.360
 afraid.

00:50:27.320 --> 00:50:28.059
 I was

00:50:28.059 --> 00:50:28.539
 afraid

00:50:28.539 --> 00:50:29.420
 and I

00:50:29.420 --> 00:50:30.360
 hid myself.

00:50:30.960 --> 00:50:31.160
 And you

00:50:31.160 --> 00:50:31.300
 see,

00:50:31.500 --> 00:50:32.039
 that's one

00:50:32.039 --> 00:50:32.340
 of the

00:50:32.340 --> 00:50:32.820
 reasons

00:50:32.820 --> 00:50:33.660
 that people

00:50:33.660 --> 00:50:34.320
 shun the

00:50:34.320 --> 00:50:34.580
 light.

00:50:34.800 --> 00:50:35.140
 They don't

00:50:35.140 --> 00:50:35.620
 want the

00:50:35.620 --> 00:50:35.960
 light.

00:50:36.240 --> 00:50:36.460
 They will

00:50:36.460 --> 00:50:36.960
 not come

00:50:36.960 --> 00:50:37.280
 to the

00:50:37.280 --> 00:50:38.160
 light because

00:50:38.160 --> 00:50:39.059
 they're afraid

00:50:39.059 --> 00:50:39.400
 of the

00:50:39.400 --> 00:50:39.600
 light.

00:50:39.880 --> 00:50:40.200
 They know

00:50:40.200 --> 00:50:40.640
 the light

00:50:40.640 --> 00:50:41.400
 exposes

00:50:41.400 --> 00:50:41.860
 sin.

00:50:42.260 --> 00:50:42.800
 They know

00:50:42.800 --> 00:50:43.220
 the light

00:50:43.220 --> 00:50:43.680
 puts us

00:50:43.680 --> 00:50:44.019
 to the

00:50:44.019 --> 00:50:44.440
 test.

00:50:44.800 --> 00:50:45.080
 They know

00:50:45.080 --> 00:50:45.480
 the light

00:50:45.480 --> 00:50:46.039
 contains

00:50:46.039 --> 00:50:46.500
 things

00:50:46.500 --> 00:50:47.119
 which

00:50:47.119 --> 00:50:47.300
 will

00:50:47.300 --> 00:50:47.679
 actually

00:50:47.679 --> 00:50:48.579
 call

00:50:48.579 --> 00:50:48.840
 upon

00:50:48.840 --> 00:50:49.019
 us

00:50:49.019 --> 00:50:49.159
 to

00:50:49.159 --> 00:50:49.599
 change

00:50:49.599 --> 00:50:49.780
 our

00:50:49.780 --> 00:50:50.019
 way

00:50:50.019 --> 00:50:50.179
 of

00:50:50.179 --> 00:50:50.679
 life.

00:50:52.900 --> 00:50:53.659
 And so

00:50:53.659 --> 00:50:54.800
 we shun

00:50:54.800 --> 00:50:55.079
 that.

00:50:55.179 --> 00:50:55.539
 We hide

00:50:55.539 --> 00:50:56.079
 from that.

00:50:56.900 --> 00:50:57.659
 It's not

00:50:57.659 --> 00:50:58.019
 to our

00:50:58.019 --> 00:50:58.539
 taste.

00:50:58.539 --> 00:50:59.920
 God

00:50:59.920 --> 00:51:00.539
 to our

00:51:00.539 --> 00:51:01.779
 people

00:51:01.779 --> 00:51:04.659
 do this

00:51:04.659 --> 00:51:06.360
 so that

00:51:06.360 --> 00:51:06.579
 their

00:51:06.579 --> 00:51:06.940
 deeds

00:51:06.940 --> 00:51:07.219
 should

00:51:07.219 --> 00:51:07.539
 not

00:51:07.539 --> 00:51:07.759
 be

00:51:07.759 --> 00:51:08.279
 exposed.

00:51:08.400 --> 00:51:08.599
 It's the

00:51:08.599 --> 00:51:08.820
 best

00:51:08.820 --> 00:51:09.279
 translation

00:51:09.279 --> 00:51:09.699
 I think.

00:51:10.340 --> 00:51:10.900
 It says

00:51:10.900 --> 00:51:11.139
 here,

00:51:11.259 --> 00:51:11.699
 lest their

00:51:11.699 --> 00:51:11.920
 deeds

00:51:11.920 --> 00:51:12.279
 should be

00:51:12.279 --> 00:51:12.900
 exposed,

00:51:13.059 --> 00:51:13.239
 but it's

00:51:13.239 --> 00:51:13.619
 more than

00:51:13.619 --> 00:51:13.779
 that,

00:51:13.860 --> 00:51:15.059
 so that

00:51:15.059 --> 00:51:15.300
 their

00:51:15.300 --> 00:51:15.639
 deeds

00:51:15.639 --> 00:51:16.219
 be not

00:51:16.219 --> 00:51:16.840
 exposed.

00:51:16.980 --> 00:51:17.139
 And the

00:51:17.139 --> 00:51:17.300
 word

00:51:17.300 --> 00:51:17.699
 exposed

00:51:17.699 --> 00:51:18.039
 means

00:51:18.039 --> 00:51:18.699
 much

00:51:18.699 --> 00:51:18.940
 more

00:51:18.940 --> 00:51:19.099
 than

00:51:19.099 --> 00:51:19.279
 just

00:51:19.279 --> 00:51:19.619
 brought

00:51:19.619 --> 00:51:19.820
 to

00:51:19.820 --> 00:51:20.119
 life

00:51:20.119 --> 00:51:20.300
 and

00:51:20.300 --> 00:51:20.539
 being

00:51:20.539 --> 00:51:21.079
 revealed.

00:51:21.079 --> 00:51:22.039
 It

00:51:22.039 --> 00:51:22.340
 actually

00:51:22.340 --> 00:51:22.880
 means

00:51:22.880 --> 00:51:24.539
 include

00:51:24.539 --> 00:51:24.860
 such

00:51:24.860 --> 00:51:25.239
 ideas

00:51:25.239 --> 00:51:25.480
 as

00:51:25.480 --> 00:51:26.119
 shame,

00:51:27.679 --> 00:51:28.299
 conviction,

00:51:29.440 --> 00:51:30.119
 condemnation,

00:51:30.239 --> 00:51:30.579
 the word

00:51:30.579 --> 00:51:31.039
 that's used

00:51:31.039 --> 00:51:31.960
 here in

00:51:31.960 --> 00:51:32.719
 verse 19.

00:51:33.639 --> 00:51:34.319
 That's

00:51:34.319 --> 00:51:34.559
 what the

00:51:34.559 --> 00:51:34.799
 light

00:51:34.799 --> 00:51:35.319
 does.

00:51:36.819 --> 00:51:37.480
 It

00:51:37.480 --> 00:51:38.039
 exposes

00:51:38.039 --> 00:51:38.659
 things

00:51:38.659 --> 00:51:39.920
 judgmentally.

00:51:41.119 --> 00:51:41.779
 You

00:51:41.779 --> 00:51:42.059
 can't

00:51:42.059 --> 00:51:42.380
 place

00:51:42.380 --> 00:51:42.900
 your life

00:51:42.900 --> 00:51:43.360
 under the

00:51:43.360 --> 00:51:43.779
 light of

00:51:43.779 --> 00:51:44.179
 God's

00:51:44.179 --> 00:51:44.519
 word,

00:51:44.639 --> 00:51:45.500
 of God's

00:51:45.500 --> 00:51:45.920
 truth,

00:51:46.579 --> 00:51:47.360
 and not

00:51:47.360 --> 00:51:48.019
 expect it

00:51:48.019 --> 00:51:48.679
 to bring

00:51:48.679 --> 00:51:49.340
 up things

00:51:49.340 --> 00:51:49.759
 which will

00:51:49.759 --> 00:51:50.639
 be distasteful

00:51:50.639 --> 00:51:51.059
 to you.

00:51:51.960 --> 00:51:52.719
 Which will

00:51:52.719 --> 00:51:53.079
 actually

00:51:53.079 --> 00:51:54.099
 initially

00:51:54.099 --> 00:51:54.719
 condemn

00:51:54.719 --> 00:51:56.139
 you until

00:51:56.139 --> 00:51:56.880
 God shows

00:51:56.880 --> 00:51:57.219
 you that

00:51:57.219 --> 00:51:57.420
 your

00:51:57.420 --> 00:51:58.139
 condemnation

00:51:58.139 --> 00:51:59.179
 has been

00:51:59.179 --> 00:51:59.819
 accounted for

00:51:59.819 --> 00:52:00.380
 in Jesus,

00:52:00.519 --> 00:52:00.739
 and you

00:52:00.739 --> 00:52:01.360
 accept him,

00:52:01.420 --> 00:52:01.639
 and your

00:52:01.639 --> 00:52:02.179
 condemnation

00:52:02.179 --> 00:52:02.559
 is then

00:52:02.559 --> 00:52:03.000
 removed.

00:52:05.799 --> 00:52:06.619
 But that's

00:52:06.619 --> 00:52:07.159
 what God's

00:52:07.159 --> 00:52:07.799
 truth does.

00:52:07.860 --> 00:52:08.500
 It tests,

00:52:09.119 --> 00:52:09.819
 it tries,

00:52:09.940 --> 00:52:10.860
 it convicts,

00:52:11.639 --> 00:52:12.059
 and so

00:52:12.059 --> 00:52:12.599
 those people

00:52:12.599 --> 00:52:13.119
 who hate

00:52:13.119 --> 00:52:13.579
 the light

00:52:13.579 --> 00:52:14.059
 shun it

00:52:14.059 --> 00:52:15.380
 and don't

00:52:15.380 --> 00:52:15.900
 want it.

00:52:16.980 --> 00:52:17.679
 That's the

00:52:17.679 --> 00:52:18.239
 contrast,

00:52:18.799 --> 00:52:19.139
 the first

00:52:19.139 --> 00:52:19.619
 contrast,

00:52:19.739 --> 00:52:20.019
 those who

00:52:20.019 --> 00:52:20.440
 hate the

00:52:20.440 --> 00:52:20.619
 light,

00:52:20.619 --> 00:52:20.859
 and it's

00:52:20.859 --> 00:52:21.420
 contrasted

00:52:21.420 --> 00:52:21.619
 with,

00:52:22.199 --> 00:52:22.460
 I went

00:52:22.460 --> 00:52:22.759
 through this

00:52:22.759 --> 00:52:23.339
 very quickly,

00:52:23.960 --> 00:52:24.380
 those who

00:52:24.380 --> 00:52:24.940
 approach the

00:52:24.940 --> 00:52:25.139
 light,

00:52:25.519 --> 00:52:26.619
 whoever does

00:52:26.619 --> 00:52:27.019
 what is

00:52:27.019 --> 00:52:27.319
 true,

00:52:27.420 --> 00:52:27.719
 and again

00:52:27.719 --> 00:52:28.380
 literally it's

00:52:28.380 --> 00:52:29.319
 whoever does

00:52:29.319 --> 00:52:30.019
 the truth,

00:52:30.339 --> 00:52:31.319
 the truth as

00:52:31.319 --> 00:52:31.940
 God has

00:52:31.940 --> 00:52:32.759
 revealed that

00:52:32.759 --> 00:52:33.579
 in Jesus,

00:52:33.699 --> 00:52:34.079
 the truth

00:52:34.079 --> 00:52:34.799
 that's revealed

00:52:34.799 --> 00:52:35.460
 in the light

00:52:35.460 --> 00:52:36.000
 that Christ

00:52:36.000 --> 00:52:36.380
 is,

00:52:36.440 --> 00:52:36.819
 the light

00:52:36.819 --> 00:52:37.779
 of God's

00:52:37.779 --> 00:52:38.119
 truth.

00:52:39.559 --> 00:52:40.079
 Whoever

00:52:40.079 --> 00:52:41.079
 does the

00:52:41.079 --> 00:52:41.500
 truth,

00:52:41.960 --> 00:52:42.480
 and you take

00:52:42.480 --> 00:52:43.299
 John 14

00:52:43.299 --> 00:52:43.920
 verse 6,

00:52:44.299 --> 00:52:44.759
 Jesus said,

00:52:44.880 --> 00:52:45.559
 I am the

00:52:45.559 --> 00:52:45.980
 way,

00:52:46.460 --> 00:52:47.099
 the truth,

00:52:47.099 --> 00:52:47.960
 and the

00:52:47.960 --> 00:52:48.440
 life.

00:52:49.319 --> 00:52:49.679
 You go to

00:52:49.679 --> 00:52:50.319
 John 17

00:52:50.319 --> 00:52:50.860
 where Jesus

00:52:50.860 --> 00:52:51.779
 prays to

00:52:51.779 --> 00:52:52.380
 the Father,

00:52:52.719 --> 00:52:53.719
 Father sanctify

00:52:53.719 --> 00:52:53.980
 them,

00:52:54.119 --> 00:52:54.679
 sanctify the

00:52:54.679 --> 00:52:55.179
 disciples,

00:52:55.339 --> 00:52:55.819
 your people,

00:52:57.159 --> 00:52:58.500
 through your

00:52:58.500 --> 00:52:59.039
 truth,

00:52:59.299 --> 00:53:00.159
 your word

00:53:00.159 --> 00:53:00.960
 is truth.

00:53:01.299 --> 00:53:01.719
 Jesus,

00:53:02.339 --> 00:53:02.759
 the person

00:53:02.759 --> 00:53:03.259
 of Jesus,

00:53:03.619 --> 00:53:04.159
 the word

00:53:04.159 --> 00:53:04.759
 of God,

00:53:05.099 --> 00:53:05.559
 the truth

00:53:05.559 --> 00:53:06.199
 of God,

00:53:06.599 --> 00:53:06.960
 this is what

00:53:06.960 --> 00:53:07.299
 he's saying,

00:53:07.380 --> 00:53:07.980
 those who do

00:53:07.980 --> 00:53:08.400
 the truth,

00:53:08.460 --> 00:53:08.900
 in other words,

00:53:09.059 --> 00:53:09.639
 what he means

00:53:09.639 --> 00:53:10.639
 by that is

00:53:10.639 --> 00:53:11.759
 those who

00:53:11.759 --> 00:53:12.279
 live in

00:53:12.279 --> 00:53:13.179
 obedience to

00:53:13.179 --> 00:53:13.699
 Christ.

00:53:13.699 --> 00:53:15.779
 that's the

00:53:15.779 --> 00:53:16.539
 big distinction,

00:53:16.699 --> 00:53:16.980
 that's the

00:53:16.980 --> 00:53:17.719
 big difference,

00:53:18.119 --> 00:53:18.480
 that's the

00:53:18.480 --> 00:53:19.379
 great contrast,

00:53:19.779 --> 00:53:20.500
 those who

00:53:20.500 --> 00:53:22.099
 reject the

00:53:22.099 --> 00:53:22.279
 light,

00:53:22.379 --> 00:53:22.659
 those who

00:53:22.659 --> 00:53:23.079
 love the

00:53:23.079 --> 00:53:23.480
 darkness,

00:53:23.919 --> 00:53:24.179
 those who

00:53:24.179 --> 00:53:24.639
 do wicked

00:53:24.639 --> 00:53:25.019
 things,

00:53:25.099 --> 00:53:25.359
 those who

00:53:25.359 --> 00:53:25.859
 don't come

00:53:25.859 --> 00:53:26.119
 to the

00:53:26.119 --> 00:53:26.399
 light,

00:53:26.899 --> 00:53:27.819
 these are

00:53:27.819 --> 00:53:28.439
 so much

00:53:28.439 --> 00:53:29.019
 a contrast

00:53:29.019 --> 00:53:29.599
 to those

00:53:29.599 --> 00:53:30.319
 who love

00:53:30.319 --> 00:53:30.759
 the light,

00:53:31.019 --> 00:53:31.339
 who want

00:53:31.339 --> 00:53:31.779
 more of

00:53:31.779 --> 00:53:32.199
 the light,

00:53:32.539 --> 00:53:32.859
 who draw

00:53:32.859 --> 00:53:33.439
 near to

00:53:33.439 --> 00:53:33.960
 the light,

00:53:34.779 --> 00:53:35.799
 so that

00:53:35.799 --> 00:53:36.799
 their deeds

00:53:36.799 --> 00:53:37.519
 may be seen

00:53:37.519 --> 00:53:38.579
 to be carried

00:53:38.579 --> 00:53:39.279
 out in

00:53:39.279 --> 00:53:39.759
 God.

00:53:40.939 --> 00:53:41.399
 It's the

00:53:41.399 --> 00:53:42.739
 doing that

00:53:42.739 --> 00:53:43.339
 pleases

00:53:43.340 --> 00:53:43.980
 God,

00:53:44.660 --> 00:53:45.200
 in contrast

00:53:45.200 --> 00:53:46.320
 with the

00:53:46.320 --> 00:53:47.559
 doing of

00:53:47.559 --> 00:53:48.100
 the previous

00:53:48.100 --> 00:53:48.440
 verse,

00:53:48.519 --> 00:53:48.800
 the doing

00:53:48.800 --> 00:53:49.059
 wicked

00:53:49.059 --> 00:53:50.160
 things that

00:53:50.160 --> 00:53:50.579
 please

00:53:50.579 --> 00:53:51.240
 themselves.

00:53:54.940 --> 00:53:55.539
 The

00:53:55.539 --> 00:53:56.160
 contrasts

00:53:56.160 --> 00:53:56.720
 are all

00:53:56.720 --> 00:53:56.980
 the way

00:53:56.980 --> 00:53:57.340
 through

00:53:57.340 --> 00:53:58.500
 every

00:53:58.500 --> 00:53:59.100
 strand,

00:53:59.300 --> 00:54:01.100
 every layer

00:54:01.100 --> 00:54:01.500
 of our

00:54:01.500 --> 00:54:02.100
 society

00:54:02.100 --> 00:54:02.600
 today.

00:54:05.920 --> 00:54:06.680
 So what

00:54:06.680 --> 00:54:07.059
 should our

00:54:07.059 --> 00:54:07.740
 reaction be

00:54:07.740 --> 00:54:08.300
 to this?

00:54:09.880 --> 00:54:10.559
 It's one

00:54:10.559 --> 00:54:10.880
 thing to

00:54:10.880 --> 00:54:11.360
 know all

00:54:11.360 --> 00:54:12.120
 about this,

00:54:12.119 --> 00:54:12.179
 things.

00:54:13.219 --> 00:54:13.579
 But where

00:54:13.579 --> 00:54:13.940
 does that

00:54:13.940 --> 00:54:14.159
 leave

00:54:14.159 --> 00:54:14.759
 ourselves

00:54:14.759 --> 00:54:15.599
 as a

00:54:15.599 --> 00:54:15.920
 Christian

00:54:15.920 --> 00:54:16.599
 congregation,

00:54:16.779 --> 00:54:17.199
 as Christian

00:54:17.199 --> 00:54:17.619
 people?

00:54:19.440 --> 00:54:19.799
 Well, of

00:54:19.799 --> 00:54:20.139
 course, it

00:54:20.139 --> 00:54:20.460
 means that

00:54:20.460 --> 00:54:21.139
 we ourselves

00:54:21.139 --> 00:54:22.119
 first of

00:54:22.119 --> 00:54:22.480
 all must

00:54:22.480 --> 00:54:23.039
 come to

00:54:23.039 --> 00:54:23.579
 the light,

00:54:24.299 --> 00:54:24.799
 must come

00:54:24.799 --> 00:54:25.139
 to the

00:54:25.139 --> 00:54:25.400
 Lord,

00:54:25.500 --> 00:54:25.960
 must come

00:54:25.960 --> 00:54:26.659
 to give

00:54:26.659 --> 00:54:27.099
 our life

00:54:27.099 --> 00:54:27.599
 over to

00:54:27.599 --> 00:54:27.920
 Jesus,

00:54:28.259 --> 00:54:28.500
 to the

00:54:28.500 --> 00:54:28.839
 light,

00:54:29.380 --> 00:54:29.759
 and not

00:54:29.759 --> 00:54:30.219
 shun it,

00:54:30.299 --> 00:54:30.619
 and not

00:54:30.619 --> 00:54:31.319
 put it

00:54:31.319 --> 00:54:31.679
 aside,

00:54:31.839 --> 00:54:32.239
 and not

00:54:32.239 --> 00:54:33.359
 be like

00:54:33.359 --> 00:54:33.880
 those here

00:54:33.880 --> 00:54:34.339
 who hate

00:54:34.339 --> 00:54:34.819
 the light.

00:54:35.579 --> 00:54:36.119
 But having

00:54:36.119 --> 00:54:36.679
 done that,

00:54:37.259 --> 00:54:37.699
 I want to

00:54:37.699 --> 00:54:38.799
 speak of

00:54:38.800 --> 00:54:39.360
 someone near

00:54:39.360 --> 00:54:39.780
 the beginning

00:54:39.780 --> 00:54:40.160
 of the

00:54:40.160 --> 00:54:40.440
 chapter,

00:54:40.600 --> 00:54:41.300
 Nicodemus.

00:54:42.300 --> 00:54:42.680
 Because it's

00:54:42.680 --> 00:54:43.280
 very interesting

00:54:43.280 --> 00:54:44.280
 that these

00:54:44.280 --> 00:54:45.200
 verses are

00:54:45.200 --> 00:54:45.420
 in the

00:54:45.420 --> 00:54:46.080
 context of

00:54:46.080 --> 00:54:46.900
 Nicodemus

00:54:46.900 --> 00:54:47.900
 being addressed

00:54:47.900 --> 00:54:48.500
 by the

00:54:48.500 --> 00:54:48.860
 Lord.

00:54:49.940 --> 00:54:50.160
 You see,

00:54:50.220 --> 00:54:50.700
 Nicodemus

00:54:50.700 --> 00:54:52.460
 came by

00:54:52.460 --> 00:54:53.120
 night.

00:54:53.260 --> 00:54:53.600
 And what's

00:54:53.600 --> 00:54:53.860
 night?

00:54:53.940 --> 00:54:54.180
 It's the

00:54:54.180 --> 00:54:55.060
 opposite of

00:54:55.060 --> 00:54:55.860
 daylight.

00:54:57.080 --> 00:54:57.340
 And it

00:54:57.340 --> 00:54:57.720
 doesn't just

00:54:57.720 --> 00:54:58.100
 mean this

00:54:58.100 --> 00:54:58.539
 literally.

00:54:58.700 --> 00:54:59.039
 I think in

00:54:59.039 --> 00:54:59.700
 the spiritual

00:54:59.700 --> 00:55:00.180
 meaning,

00:55:00.320 --> 00:55:00.560
 in the

00:55:00.560 --> 00:55:01.260
 theology of

00:55:01.260 --> 00:55:01.620
 John,

00:55:02.140 --> 00:55:02.640
 light and

00:55:02.640 --> 00:55:02.980
 darkness

00:55:02.980 --> 00:55:03.380
 have a

00:55:03.380 --> 00:55:03.900
 profound

00:55:03.900 --> 00:55:04.560
 theological

00:55:04.560 --> 00:55:05.220
 and spiritual

00:55:05.220 --> 00:55:05.660
 meaning.

00:55:05.659 --> 00:55:06.699
 So when

00:55:06.699 --> 00:55:07.359
 Nicodemus

00:55:07.359 --> 00:55:08.319
 came by

00:55:08.319 --> 00:55:09.079
 night to

00:55:09.079 --> 00:55:09.460
 Jesus,

00:55:09.839 --> 00:55:10.259
 it wasn't

00:55:10.259 --> 00:55:10.719
 just so that

00:55:10.719 --> 00:55:10.980
 he wouldn't

00:55:10.980 --> 00:55:11.779
 be seen by

00:55:11.779 --> 00:55:12.420
 his fellow

00:55:12.420 --> 00:55:13.299
 members of

00:55:13.299 --> 00:55:14.139
 the Sanhedrin,

00:55:14.480 --> 00:55:14.739
 the fellow

00:55:14.739 --> 00:55:15.379
 teachers of

00:55:15.379 --> 00:55:15.759
 Israel.

00:55:16.299 --> 00:55:16.659
 John is

00:55:16.659 --> 00:55:17.339
 really presenting

00:55:17.339 --> 00:55:17.980
 us with a

00:55:17.980 --> 00:55:18.799
 spiritual truth

00:55:18.799 --> 00:55:19.940
 in that he

00:55:19.940 --> 00:55:20.559
 was still in

00:55:20.559 --> 00:55:21.019
 darkness

00:55:21.019 --> 00:55:21.639
 spiritually.

00:55:21.759 --> 00:55:22.079
 He didn't

00:55:22.079 --> 00:55:22.500
 know the

00:55:22.500 --> 00:55:22.719
 Lord.

00:55:22.940 --> 00:55:23.239
 He was

00:55:23.239 --> 00:55:23.779
 interested.

00:55:24.139 --> 00:55:24.299
 He had

00:55:24.299 --> 00:55:24.599
 come to

00:55:24.599 --> 00:55:25.099
 take note

00:55:25.099 --> 00:55:25.460
 of him,

00:55:25.559 --> 00:55:26.099
 but now he

00:55:26.099 --> 00:55:26.480
 wants to

00:55:26.480 --> 00:55:26.879
 find out

00:55:26.879 --> 00:55:27.399
 something else

00:55:27.399 --> 00:55:27.940
 from him.

00:55:29.079 --> 00:55:29.679
 But he's

00:55:29.679 --> 00:55:30.039
 still in

00:55:30.039 --> 00:55:30.460
 darkness

00:55:30.460 --> 00:55:31.319
 spiritually and

00:55:31.319 --> 00:55:31.659
 morally.

00:55:32.739 --> 00:55:33.440
 And as you

00:55:33.440 --> 00:55:34.579
 trace Nicodemus

00:55:34.579 --> 00:55:35.319
 through John's

00:55:35.319 --> 00:55:35.619
 gospel,

00:55:35.659 --> 00:55:36.019
 you'll find

00:55:36.019 --> 00:55:36.559
 something very

00:55:36.559 --> 00:55:37.000
 interesting.

00:55:38.279 --> 00:55:39.099
 He appears

00:55:39.099 --> 00:55:39.539
 again in

00:55:39.539 --> 00:55:40.339
 chapter 7,

00:55:41.639 --> 00:55:42.119
 where he's

00:55:42.119 --> 00:55:42.839
 not yet

00:55:42.839 --> 00:55:44.079
 really set

00:55:44.079 --> 00:55:44.779
 out as a

00:55:44.779 --> 00:55:45.639
 true believer

00:55:45.639 --> 00:55:46.460
 in Christ,

00:55:47.019 --> 00:55:47.819
 but he is

00:55:47.819 --> 00:55:48.799
 actually speaking

00:55:48.799 --> 00:55:49.679
 against those

00:55:49.679 --> 00:55:50.659
 who want to

00:55:50.659 --> 00:55:51.279
 bring Christ

00:55:51.279 --> 00:55:52.059
 under arrest

00:55:52.059 --> 00:55:52.799
 and try him

00:55:52.799 --> 00:55:53.839
 and are

00:55:53.839 --> 00:55:54.279
 obviously

00:55:54.279 --> 00:55:55.339
 antagonistic

00:55:55.339 --> 00:55:55.839
 to him.

00:55:56.399 --> 00:55:56.699
 And what he

00:55:56.699 --> 00:55:57.179
 says there

00:55:57.179 --> 00:55:58.039
 near the end

00:55:58.039 --> 00:55:59.139
 of chapter 7,

00:55:59.219 --> 00:55:59.679
 as you have

00:55:59.679 --> 00:55:59.839
 it,

00:56:00.299 --> 00:56:00.980
 is Nicodemus

00:56:00.980 --> 00:56:01.639
 speaking up

00:56:01.639 --> 00:56:02.259
 against the

00:56:02.259 --> 00:56:02.799
 Pharisees,

00:56:02.899 --> 00:56:03.339
 against the

00:56:03.339 --> 00:56:03.679
 rulers,

00:56:03.679 --> 00:56:05.579
 and the

00:56:05.579 --> 00:56:06.399
 officers that

00:56:06.399 --> 00:56:07.639
 came back

00:56:07.639 --> 00:56:08.019
 with this

00:56:08.019 --> 00:56:08.779
 opinion about

00:56:08.779 --> 00:56:09.079
 Jesus,

00:56:09.219 --> 00:56:09.679
 no one ever

00:56:09.679 --> 00:56:10.219
 spoke like

00:56:10.219 --> 00:56:10.639
 this man.

00:56:11.239 --> 00:56:11.659
 Pharisees

00:56:11.659 --> 00:56:11.819
 said,

00:56:11.899 --> 00:56:12.219
 have you

00:56:12.219 --> 00:56:12.739
 also been

00:56:12.739 --> 00:56:13.239
 deceived?

00:56:13.839 --> 00:56:14.259
 Have any

00:56:14.259 --> 00:56:14.519
 of the

00:56:14.519 --> 00:56:14.980
 authorities

00:56:14.980 --> 00:56:15.299
 of the

00:56:15.299 --> 00:56:15.679
 Pharisees

00:56:15.679 --> 00:56:16.199
 believed in

00:56:16.199 --> 00:56:16.339
 him?

00:56:16.839 --> 00:56:17.539
 This crowd,

00:56:17.659 --> 00:56:18.359
 this rabble,

00:56:18.500 --> 00:56:18.859
 that's what it

00:56:18.859 --> 00:56:19.059
 means,

00:56:19.619 --> 00:56:20.079
 who don't

00:56:20.079 --> 00:56:20.699
 know the

00:56:20.699 --> 00:56:20.879
 law,

00:56:20.960 --> 00:56:21.179
 they're

00:56:21.179 --> 00:56:21.579
 cursed.

00:56:22.519 --> 00:56:22.960
 Nicodemus,

00:56:23.399 --> 00:56:23.819
 who had

00:56:23.819 --> 00:56:24.379
 gone to

00:56:24.379 --> 00:56:25.319
 him before,

00:56:25.879 --> 00:56:26.139
 and who

00:56:26.139 --> 00:56:26.519
 was one

00:56:26.519 --> 00:56:27.039
 of them,

00:56:27.219 --> 00:56:27.659
 one of the

00:56:27.659 --> 00:56:28.119
 Pharisees,

00:56:28.119 --> 00:56:28.379
 said,

00:56:28.380 --> 00:56:29.420
 does our

00:56:29.420 --> 00:56:30.300
 law judge

00:56:30.300 --> 00:56:30.740
 a man

00:56:30.740 --> 00:56:31.000
 without

00:56:31.000 --> 00:56:31.840
 first giving

00:56:31.840 --> 00:56:32.180
 him a

00:56:32.180 --> 00:56:32.500
 hearing,

00:56:32.720 --> 00:56:33.660
 and learning

00:56:33.660 --> 00:56:34.000
 what he

00:56:34.000 --> 00:56:34.240
 does?

00:56:34.280 --> 00:56:34.579
 And what's

00:56:34.579 --> 00:56:35.099
 the reaction?

00:56:35.960 --> 00:56:36.180
 Oh,

00:56:36.539 --> 00:56:36.920
 instant

00:56:36.920 --> 00:56:37.500
 opposition,

00:56:37.740 --> 00:56:38.059
 instant

00:56:38.059 --> 00:56:38.920
 antagonism.

00:56:39.400 --> 00:56:40.019
 They replied,

00:56:40.420 --> 00:56:41.000
 are you

00:56:41.000 --> 00:56:41.660
 also from

00:56:41.660 --> 00:56:42.059
 Galilee?

00:56:42.280 --> 00:56:42.599
 Do you

00:56:42.599 --> 00:56:43.079
 belong to

00:56:43.079 --> 00:56:43.360
 him as

00:56:43.360 --> 00:56:43.579
 well?

00:56:43.760 --> 00:56:44.079
 Are you

00:56:44.079 --> 00:56:44.619
 a disciple

00:56:44.619 --> 00:56:45.019
 of his

00:56:45.019 --> 00:56:45.500
 as well?

00:56:46.920 --> 00:56:47.340
 Search

00:56:47.340 --> 00:56:47.820
 and see

00:56:47.820 --> 00:56:48.960
 that no

00:56:48.960 --> 00:56:49.420
 prophet

00:56:49.420 --> 00:56:50.619
 arises from

00:56:50.619 --> 00:56:51.059
 Galilee.

00:56:51.720 --> 00:56:51.880
 There's

00:56:51.880 --> 00:56:52.320
 instant

00:56:52.320 --> 00:56:53.300
 hostility,

00:56:53.500 --> 00:56:53.800
 instant

00:56:53.800 --> 00:56:54.260
 rejection,

00:56:54.400 --> 00:56:54.780
 even at the

00:56:54.780 --> 00:56:55.840
 thought of

00:56:55.840 --> 00:56:56.180
 him being

00:56:56.180 --> 00:56:56.820
 associated

00:56:56.820 --> 00:56:57.500
 with Jesus.

00:56:58.380 --> 00:56:58.760
 And the

00:56:58.760 --> 00:56:58.980
 third

00:56:58.980 --> 00:56:59.519
 appearance,

00:57:00.220 --> 00:57:00.440
 well,

00:57:00.480 --> 00:57:00.680
 where's

00:57:00.680 --> 00:57:00.880
 that?

00:57:00.960 --> 00:57:01.180
 That's

00:57:01.180 --> 00:57:01.880
 in chapter

00:57:01.880 --> 00:57:02.619
 19 and

00:57:02.619 --> 00:57:03.500
 verse 39.

00:57:04.619 --> 00:57:05.220
 Joseph of

00:57:05.220 --> 00:57:05.760
 Arimathea,

00:57:06.539 --> 00:57:07.140
 Jesus has

00:57:07.140 --> 00:57:07.599
 died on

00:57:07.599 --> 00:57:08.079
 the cross,

00:57:09.119 --> 00:57:09.619
 and Joseph

00:57:09.619 --> 00:57:10.260
 came and

00:57:10.260 --> 00:57:11.260
 asked Pilate

00:57:11.260 --> 00:57:12.519
 to give him

00:57:12.519 --> 00:57:13.480
 permission to

00:57:13.480 --> 00:57:13.820
 take the

00:57:13.820 --> 00:57:14.240
 body of

00:57:14.240 --> 00:57:14.960
 Jesus away.

00:57:16.360 --> 00:57:16.920
 Nicodemus

00:57:16.920 --> 00:57:17.480
 also,

00:57:18.260 --> 00:57:18.980
 who earlier

00:57:18.980 --> 00:57:19.500
 had come

00:57:19.500 --> 00:57:20.180
 to Jesus

00:57:20.180 --> 00:57:22.000
 by night,

00:57:24.200 --> 00:57:25.300
 came bringing

00:57:25.300 --> 00:57:25.960
 a mixture of

00:57:25.960 --> 00:57:26.360
 myrrh and

00:57:26.360 --> 00:57:26.920
 aloes and

00:57:26.920 --> 00:57:27.880
 75 pounds

00:57:27.880 --> 00:57:28.300
 in weight,

00:57:28.380 --> 00:57:28.840
 they took

00:57:28.840 --> 00:57:29.340
 the body

00:57:29.340 --> 00:57:29.880
 of Jesus

00:57:29.880 --> 00:57:31.079
 bounded

00:57:31.079 --> 00:57:31.539
 in linen

00:57:31.539 --> 00:57:32.980
 cloths as

00:57:32.980 --> 00:57:33.460
 the burial

00:57:33.460 --> 00:57:34.079
 custom of

00:57:34.079 --> 00:57:34.640
 the Jews,

00:57:34.780 --> 00:57:35.019
 and they

00:57:35.019 --> 00:57:35.440
 buried him

00:57:35.440 --> 00:57:36.260
 in this

00:57:36.260 --> 00:57:36.880
 new tomb

00:57:36.880 --> 00:57:37.599
 in the

00:57:37.599 --> 00:57:37.960
 garden.

00:57:38.900 --> 00:57:39.160
 You see

00:57:39.160 --> 00:57:39.380
 what's

00:57:39.380 --> 00:57:39.680
 happened?

00:57:40.840 --> 00:57:41.320
 He's come

00:57:41.320 --> 00:57:41.820
 to be

00:57:41.820 --> 00:57:42.660
 interested in

00:57:42.660 --> 00:57:43.220
 Jesus in

00:57:43.220 --> 00:57:43.880
 chapter 3.

00:57:44.360 --> 00:57:44.880
 He's come

00:57:44.880 --> 00:57:45.640
 closer to

00:57:45.640 --> 00:57:46.340
 being a

00:57:46.340 --> 00:57:46.900
 follower of

00:57:46.900 --> 00:57:47.480
 Jesus in

00:57:47.480 --> 00:57:48.220
 chapter 7.

00:57:48.320 --> 00:57:48.680
 He speaks

00:57:48.680 --> 00:57:49.220
 up for

00:57:49.220 --> 00:57:49.440
 him,

00:57:49.980 --> 00:57:50.380
 or to an

00:57:50.380 --> 00:57:50.940
 extent in

00:57:50.940 --> 00:57:51.579
 defense for

00:57:51.579 --> 00:57:51.700
 him.

00:57:52.200 --> 00:57:52.700
 And then

00:57:52.700 --> 00:57:53.099
 in chapter

00:57:53.099 --> 00:57:53.579
 19,

00:57:53.760 --> 00:57:54.360
 he comes

00:57:54.360 --> 00:57:54.860
 out on

00:57:54.860 --> 00:57:55.400
 the side

00:57:55.400 --> 00:57:56.019
 of Jesus.

00:57:56.019 --> 00:57:57.239
 And he

00:57:57.239 --> 00:57:57.539
 comes out

00:57:57.539 --> 00:57:57.780
 on the

00:57:57.780 --> 00:57:58.119
 side of

00:57:58.119 --> 00:57:58.980
 Jesus with

00:57:58.980 --> 00:57:59.820
 his special

00:57:59.820 --> 00:58:00.920
 reference to

00:58:00.920 --> 00:58:01.599
 the cross and

00:58:01.599 --> 00:58:02.239
 to the death

00:58:02.239 --> 00:58:02.860
 of Christ.

00:58:05.500 --> 00:58:05.980
 Now,

00:58:06.539 --> 00:58:07.719
 where does

00:58:07.719 --> 00:58:08.300
 that leave us

00:58:08.300 --> 00:58:08.940
 in regard to

00:58:08.940 --> 00:58:09.920
 the disintegration

00:58:09.920 --> 00:58:10.300
 of our

00:58:10.300 --> 00:58:10.860
 society?

00:58:11.980 --> 00:58:12.800
 What is the

00:58:12.800 --> 00:58:13.320
 answer to

00:58:13.320 --> 00:58:13.639
 that?

00:58:15.199 --> 00:58:15.820
 Well, the

00:58:15.820 --> 00:58:16.280
 answer is

00:58:16.280 --> 00:58:16.960
 people's lives

00:58:16.960 --> 00:58:17.940
 being changed.

00:58:19.019 --> 00:58:19.840
 The answer

00:58:19.840 --> 00:58:20.659
 isn't people

00:58:20.659 --> 00:58:21.259
 coming to

00:58:21.259 --> 00:58:22.119
 experience what

00:58:22.119 --> 00:58:22.820
 Nicodemus

00:58:22.820 --> 00:58:23.680
 experienced in

00:58:23.680 --> 00:58:24.400
 being born

00:58:24.400 --> 00:58:24.940
 again.

00:58:27.039 --> 00:58:28.039
 Because society

00:58:28.039 --> 00:58:28.460
 will not

00:58:28.460 --> 00:58:29.240
 change until

00:58:29.240 --> 00:58:29.960
 the individuals

00:58:29.960 --> 00:58:30.840
 change.

00:58:32.240 --> 00:58:33.039
 And for the

00:58:33.039 --> 00:58:33.840
 individuals to

00:58:33.840 --> 00:58:35.080
 change takes

00:58:35.080 --> 00:58:36.080
 the power of

00:58:36.080 --> 00:58:36.640
 God.

00:58:38.160 --> 00:58:38.980
 The power

00:58:38.980 --> 00:58:39.539
 that brings

00:58:39.539 --> 00:58:40.340
 rebirth.

00:58:41.680 --> 00:58:42.140
 The power

00:58:42.140 --> 00:58:44.680
 that enables

00:58:44.680 --> 00:58:45.559
 us to turn

00:58:45.559 --> 00:58:46.980
 and move out

00:58:46.980 --> 00:58:47.440
 of the light

00:58:47.440 --> 00:58:48.100
 and come out

00:58:48.100 --> 00:58:48.620
 of the darkness

00:58:48.620 --> 00:58:49.280
 and come into

00:58:49.280 --> 00:58:49.880
 the light.

00:58:50.559 --> 00:58:51.580
 And to love

00:58:51.580 --> 00:58:52.120
 the light.

00:58:52.820 --> 00:58:53.460
 Instead of

00:58:53.460 --> 00:58:53.900
 loving the

00:58:53.900 --> 00:58:54.180
 darkness.

00:58:54.260 --> 00:58:54.539
 And that's

00:58:54.539 --> 00:58:54.900
 what needs

00:58:54.900 --> 00:58:55.400
 to happen.

00:58:57.100 --> 00:58:57.660
 That's what

00:58:57.660 --> 00:58:58.140
 we need to

00:58:58.140 --> 00:58:58.519
 pray for.

00:58:58.580 --> 00:58:59.059
 I know you're

00:58:59.059 --> 00:58:59.800
 praying for it,

00:59:00.100 --> 00:59:00.620
 but we need

00:59:00.620 --> 00:59:01.260
 to pray for it

00:59:01.260 --> 00:59:01.840
 with all the

00:59:01.840 --> 00:59:03.100
 more earnestness.

00:59:03.240 --> 00:59:03.660
 When we

00:59:03.660 --> 00:59:04.400
 realize that

00:59:04.400 --> 00:59:05.100
 this is one

00:59:05.100 --> 00:59:05.340
 of the

00:59:05.340 --> 00:59:05.840
 underlying

00:59:05.840 --> 00:59:06.539
 factors of

00:59:06.539 --> 00:59:06.780
 what's

00:59:06.780 --> 00:59:07.280
 happening in

00:59:07.280 --> 00:59:08.039
 our society,

00:59:08.720 --> 00:59:09.539
 our prayers

00:59:09.539 --> 00:59:10.200
 need to be

00:59:10.200 --> 00:59:11.380
 more consistent,

00:59:12.380 --> 00:59:13.280
 firmly fixed

00:59:13.280 --> 00:59:14.260
 upon the

00:59:14.260 --> 00:59:15.160
 situation as

00:59:15.160 --> 00:59:15.720
 it is,

00:59:16.160 --> 00:59:16.820
 convinced us

00:59:16.820 --> 00:59:17.380
 we should be

00:59:17.380 --> 00:59:17.980
 that only

00:59:17.980 --> 00:59:18.500
 God's

00:59:18.500 --> 00:59:19.420
 reviving power

00:59:19.420 --> 00:59:20.260
 is going to

00:59:20.260 --> 00:59:21.320
 change this.

00:59:21.920 --> 00:59:22.280
 That the

00:59:22.280 --> 00:59:22.680
 only thing

00:59:22.680 --> 00:59:22.960
 that's going

00:59:22.960 --> 00:59:23.420
 to change

00:59:23.420 --> 00:59:23.720
 us is

00:59:23.720 --> 00:59:24.220
 changed

00:59:24.220 --> 00:59:25.060
 people and

00:59:25.060 --> 00:59:25.820
 people changed

00:59:25.820 --> 00:59:26.160
 by the

00:59:26.160 --> 00:59:26.740
 power of

00:59:26.740 --> 00:59:27.220
 God.

00:59:28.180 --> 00:59:28.600
 Friends,

00:59:28.860 --> 00:59:29.880
 this is vital.

00:59:32.080 --> 00:59:33.019
 We have the

00:59:33.019 --> 00:59:33.980
 privileged position

00:59:33.980 --> 00:59:35.460
 of looking at

00:59:35.460 --> 00:59:36.000
 what's happening

00:59:36.000 --> 00:59:37.840
 around us and

00:59:37.840 --> 00:59:38.340
 having the

00:59:38.340 --> 00:59:39.340
 privilege of

00:59:39.340 --> 00:59:40.100
 calling upon

00:59:40.100 --> 00:59:40.940
 and beseeching

00:59:40.940 --> 00:59:41.900
 our God

00:59:41.900 --> 00:59:43.500
 to come to

00:59:43.500 --> 00:59:44.440
 actually intervene,

00:59:45.100 --> 00:59:45.840
 to come to

00:59:45.840 --> 00:59:46.560
 change things

00:59:46.560 --> 00:59:47.240
 by changing

00:59:47.240 --> 00:59:47.740
 people,

00:59:48.440 --> 00:59:49.420
 by giving

00:59:49.420 --> 00:59:50.019
 ourselves

00:59:50.019 --> 00:59:50.880
 further

00:59:50.880 --> 00:59:51.380
 impetus

00:59:51.380 --> 00:59:52.019
 spiritually,

00:59:52.320 --> 00:59:52.940
 to be on

00:59:52.940 --> 00:59:53.500
 our knees

00:59:53.500 --> 00:59:54.519
 more constantly,

00:59:54.619 --> 00:59:54.900
 and I'm

00:59:54.900 --> 00:59:55.420
 speaking to

00:59:55.420 --> 00:59:55.960
 myself,

00:59:56.720 --> 00:59:58.900
 to actually

00:59:58.900 --> 00:59:59.720
 appeal to

00:59:59.720 --> 01:00:00.119
 God,

01:00:00.940 --> 01:00:02.059
 because unless

01:00:02.059 --> 01:00:03.579
 that happens,

01:00:05.579 --> 01:00:06.059
 the darkness

01:00:06.059 --> 01:00:06.639
 is going to

01:00:06.639 --> 01:00:07.340
 actually grow.

01:00:08.880 --> 01:00:09.720
 More and more

01:00:09.720 --> 01:00:10.280
 people are going

01:00:10.280 --> 01:00:11.200
 to be enveloped

01:00:11.200 --> 01:00:11.760
 in the darkness.

01:00:13.360 --> 01:00:13.840
 Now,

01:00:13.860 --> 01:00:14.099
 we're not

01:00:14.099 --> 01:00:15.480
 saying this

01:00:15.480 --> 01:00:16.340
 to discourage

01:00:16.340 --> 01:00:16.579
 you,

01:00:17.660 --> 01:00:18.360
 so we become

01:00:18.360 --> 01:00:19.280
 despondent,

01:00:19.960 --> 01:00:20.559
 or reach a

01:00:20.559 --> 01:00:21.200
 level of near

01:00:21.200 --> 01:00:21.860
 despair.

01:00:23.460 --> 01:00:24.460
 This passage

01:00:24.460 --> 01:00:25.300
 is telling us,

01:00:26.000 --> 01:00:26.760
 this is why

01:00:26.760 --> 01:00:27.680
 things are as

01:00:27.680 --> 01:00:28.420
 they are.

01:00:29.519 --> 01:00:30.360
 But look at

01:00:30.360 --> 01:00:31.079
 Nicodemus.

01:00:32.100 --> 01:00:32.940
 This is how

01:00:32.940 --> 01:00:33.620
 things can be

01:00:33.620 --> 01:00:35.400
 changed from

01:00:35.400 --> 01:00:36.160
 what they are

01:00:36.160 --> 01:00:37.720
 to what they

01:00:37.720 --> 01:00:38.300
 should be.

01:00:39.320 --> 01:00:39.620
 May God

01:00:39.620 --> 01:00:40.840
 bless his

01:00:40.840 --> 01:00:41.559
 word to us.

01:00:41.660 --> 01:00:42.120
 Let's pray.

01:00:43.640 --> 01:00:44.160
 Lord,

01:00:44.220 --> 01:00:44.680
 our God,

01:00:44.780 --> 01:00:45.180
 you have

01:00:45.179 --> 01:00:47.000
 brought before

01:00:47.000 --> 01:00:47.519
 us in your

01:00:47.519 --> 01:00:48.019
 word how

01:00:48.019 --> 01:00:48.619
 your people

01:00:48.619 --> 01:00:50.039
 are described

01:00:50.039 --> 01:00:50.679
 by you as

01:00:50.679 --> 01:00:51.119
 the light

01:00:51.119 --> 01:00:51.699
 of the world.

01:00:52.679 --> 01:00:53.219
 And you

01:00:53.219 --> 01:00:53.899
 call upon us,

01:00:54.000 --> 01:00:54.099
 Lord,

01:00:54.159 --> 01:00:54.639
 to let our

01:00:54.639 --> 01:00:55.379
 light shine

01:00:55.379 --> 01:00:56.279
 before people,

01:00:56.719 --> 01:00:57.639
 so that they

01:00:57.639 --> 01:00:58.159
 may see our

01:00:58.159 --> 01:00:58.719
 good works

01:00:58.719 --> 01:00:59.539
 and bring glory

01:00:59.539 --> 01:00:59.980
 to our

01:00:59.980 --> 01:01:01.139
 Father who

01:01:01.139 --> 01:01:01.719
 is in heaven.

01:01:02.819 --> 01:01:03.440
 Forgive us,

01:01:03.539 --> 01:01:03.819
 we pray,

01:01:03.899 --> 01:01:04.299
 O Lord,

01:01:05.099 --> 01:01:05.679
 whenever we

01:01:05.679 --> 01:01:06.279
 fall short

01:01:06.279 --> 01:01:06.619
 of this,

01:01:06.639 --> 01:01:07.139
 as we often

01:01:07.139 --> 01:01:07.500
 do.

01:01:08.480 --> 01:01:08.980
 Forgive us

01:01:08.980 --> 01:01:09.339
 for our

01:01:09.339 --> 01:01:10.199
 reluctance.

01:01:11.119 --> 01:01:11.539
 Forgive us

01:01:11.539 --> 01:01:11.919
 for our

01:01:11.919 --> 01:01:12.759
 coziness with

01:01:12.759 --> 01:01:13.239
 the world.

01:01:14.399 --> 01:01:14.819
 Forgive us,

01:01:14.820 --> 01:01:15.059
 Lord,

01:01:15.160 --> 01:01:15.960
 for every

01:01:15.960 --> 01:01:16.460
 way in

01:01:16.460 --> 01:01:16.780
 which we

01:01:16.780 --> 01:01:17.460
 have failed

01:01:17.460 --> 01:01:18.800
 to live up

01:01:18.800 --> 01:01:19.100
 to the

01:01:19.100 --> 01:01:19.780
 standard of

01:01:19.780 --> 01:01:20.260
 being your

01:01:20.260 --> 01:01:21.440
 people as

01:01:21.440 --> 01:01:21.960
 lights in

01:01:21.960 --> 01:01:22.380
 the world.

01:01:23.519 --> 01:01:23.980
 Lord,

01:01:24.059 --> 01:01:24.840
 be merciful to

01:01:24.840 --> 01:01:25.660
 this generation,

01:01:25.860 --> 01:01:26.240
 we pray.

01:01:27.240 --> 01:01:27.780
 Bring about,

01:01:27.920 --> 01:01:28.260
 we pray,

01:01:28.340 --> 01:01:28.960
 that change

01:01:28.960 --> 01:01:29.600
 that only you

01:01:29.600 --> 01:01:29.940
 can.

01:01:31.019 --> 01:01:31.420
 Grant to

01:01:31.420 --> 01:01:31.820
 us the

01:01:31.820 --> 01:01:32.400
 power of

01:01:32.400 --> 01:01:33.000
 your spirit.

01:01:33.860 --> 01:01:34.200
 Grant to

01:01:34.200 --> 01:01:34.460
 us the

01:01:34.460 --> 01:01:34.900
 force of

01:01:34.900 --> 01:01:35.500
 your truth.

01:01:36.320 --> 01:01:36.720
 O give

01:01:36.720 --> 01:01:37.080
 people,

01:01:37.380 --> 01:01:37.420
 Lord,

01:01:37.500 --> 01:01:37.980
 to see

01:01:37.980 --> 01:01:39.460
 the wastage

01:01:39.460 --> 01:01:39.900
 of human

01:01:39.900 --> 01:01:40.519
 life without

01:01:40.519 --> 01:01:40.940
 you,

01:01:42.000 --> 01:01:42.880
 the grotesqueness

01:01:42.880 --> 01:01:43.820
 of ungodliness,

01:01:45.019 --> 01:01:45.480
 the way in

01:01:45.480 --> 01:01:45.900
 which it is

01:01:45.900 --> 01:01:46.660
 an affront to

01:01:46.660 --> 01:01:47.000
 you and

01:01:47.000 --> 01:01:47.640
 your eyes.

01:01:48.700 --> 01:01:49.000
 Lord,

01:01:49.059 --> 01:01:49.599
 we pray in

01:01:49.599 --> 01:01:50.059
 your mercy

01:01:50.059 --> 01:01:51.099
 that you

01:01:51.099 --> 01:01:51.579
 would indeed

01:01:51.579 --> 01:01:52.320
 turn us as

01:01:52.320 --> 01:01:52.780
 a people,

01:01:53.700 --> 01:01:54.180
 and to that

01:01:54.180 --> 01:01:54.760
 end we pray

01:01:54.760 --> 01:01:55.220
 again for

01:01:55.220 --> 01:01:55.599
 those who

01:01:55.599 --> 01:01:56.160
 rule over

01:01:56.160 --> 01:01:56.539
 us,

01:01:57.260 --> 01:01:57.800
 for the

01:01:57.800 --> 01:01:58.220
 governments

01:01:58.220 --> 01:01:58.579
 in our

01:01:58.579 --> 01:01:58.960
 land,

01:01:59.440 --> 01:02:00.000
 for the

01:02:00.000 --> 01:02:00.340
 king on

01:02:00.340 --> 01:02:00.780
 the throne,

01:02:01.780 --> 01:02:02.000
 for,

01:02:02.079 --> 01:02:02.240
 Lord,

01:02:02.300 --> 01:02:02.760
 all those

01:02:02.760 --> 01:02:03.160
 who have

01:02:03.160 --> 01:02:04.280
 such places

01:02:04.280 --> 01:02:04.920
 of eminence

01:02:04.920 --> 01:02:05.519
 and authority

01:02:05.519 --> 01:02:06.160
 and influence

01:02:06.160 --> 01:02:06.460
 in our

01:02:06.460 --> 01:02:06.800
 land.

01:02:07.840 --> 01:02:08.119
 Bring

01:02:08.119 --> 01:02:08.480
 them under

01:02:08.480 --> 01:02:09.019
 the influence

01:02:09.019 --> 01:02:09.360
 of the

01:02:09.360 --> 01:02:09.759
 gospel,

01:02:10.679 --> 01:02:11.159
 the influence

01:02:11.159 --> 01:02:11.559
 of your

01:02:11.559 --> 01:02:11.960
 truth,

01:02:12.719 --> 01:02:13.159
 the influence

01:02:13.159 --> 01:02:13.500
 of the

01:02:13.500 --> 01:02:13.880
 light,

01:02:14.500 --> 01:02:15.300
 and turn

01:02:15.300 --> 01:02:15.679
 them from

01:02:15.679 --> 01:02:16.079
 the love

01:02:16.079 --> 01:02:16.840
 of darkness

01:02:16.840 --> 01:02:18.119
 into the

01:02:18.119 --> 01:02:18.559
 love of

01:02:18.559 --> 01:02:19.019
 Christ.

01:02:19.480 --> 01:02:20.139
 We pray

01:02:20.139 --> 01:02:20.539
 in his

01:02:20.539 --> 01:02:20.860
 name.

01:02:21.400 --> 01:02:21.679
 Amen.

01:02:24.420 --> 01:02:24.920
 Now,

01:02:24.960 --> 01:02:25.239
 the final

01:02:25.239 --> 01:02:25.519
 singing

01:02:25.519 --> 01:02:26.139
 today is

01:02:26.139 --> 01:02:27.599
 Psalm 119,

01:02:29.259 --> 01:02:30.500
 Psalm 119,

01:02:30.619 --> 01:02:30.980
 and that's

01:02:30.980 --> 01:02:32.340
 at page

01:02:32.340 --> 01:02:33.539
 164.

01:02:39.019 --> 01:02:39.179
 We're

01:02:39.179 --> 01:02:39.420
 singing

01:02:39.420 --> 01:02:39.739
 verses

01:02:39.739 --> 01:02:40.860
 113

01:02:40.860 --> 01:02:41.800
 to

01:02:41.800 --> 01:02:42.460
 120.

01:02:44.300 --> 01:02:44.699
 And the

01:02:44.699 --> 01:02:45.039
 tune this

01:02:45.039 --> 01:02:45.380
 time is

01:02:45.380 --> 01:02:45.900
 Finart.

01:02:47.639 --> 01:02:48.139
 The

01:02:48.139 --> 01:02:48.699
 double-minded

01:02:48.699 --> 01:02:49.579
 I abhor,

01:02:49.659 --> 01:02:49.980
 but your

01:02:49.980 --> 01:02:50.699
 commands I

01:02:50.699 --> 01:02:51.039
 love,

01:02:51.159 --> 01:02:51.599
 O Lord.

01:02:52.199 --> 01:02:52.619
 You are

01:02:52.619 --> 01:02:53.179
 my refuge

01:02:53.179 --> 01:02:53.780
 and my

01:02:53.780 --> 01:02:54.139
 shield.

01:02:54.719 --> 01:02:55.059
 I've

01:02:55.059 --> 01:02:55.539
 set my

01:02:55.539 --> 01:02:56.699
 hope upon

01:02:56.699 --> 01:02:57.259
 your word.

01:02:57.380 --> 01:02:57.519
 You

01:02:57.519 --> 01:02:58.139
 evildoers,

01:02:58.239 --> 01:02:58.639
 leave me

01:02:58.639 --> 01:02:58.980
 now,

01:02:59.460 --> 01:03:00.159
 that God's

01:03:00.159 --> 01:03:00.800
 commands I

01:03:00.800 --> 01:03:01.500
 may obey.

01:03:02.579 --> 01:03:03.159
 By your

01:03:03.159 --> 01:03:04.019
 word keep

01:03:04.019 --> 01:03:04.219
 me,

01:03:04.400 --> 01:03:04.800
 I shall

01:03:04.800 --> 01:03:05.139
 live.

01:03:05.920 --> 01:03:06.420
 Let not

01:03:06.420 --> 01:03:07.079
 my hope

01:03:07.079 --> 01:03:08.400
 be swept

01:03:08.400 --> 01:03:09.260
 away.

01:03:09.720 --> 01:03:09.800
 The

01:03:09.800 --> 01:03:10.240
 psalmist's

01:03:10.240 --> 01:03:12.260
 concern to

01:03:12.260 --> 01:03:12.860
 be different,

01:03:13.019 --> 01:03:13.340
 to be an

01:03:13.340 --> 01:03:14.800
 alternative to

01:03:14.800 --> 01:03:15.539
 the ungodliness

01:03:15.539 --> 01:03:16.119
 of his own

01:03:16.119 --> 01:03:16.559
 age,

01:03:17.019 --> 01:03:18.019
 similar to

01:03:18.019 --> 01:03:18.380
 what we've

01:03:18.380 --> 01:03:18.760
 been thinking

01:03:18.760 --> 01:03:19.700
 of this

01:03:19.700 --> 01:03:20.039
 morning.

01:03:20.160 --> 01:03:20.260
 So,

01:03:20.340 --> 01:03:20.800
 these verses

01:03:20.800 --> 01:03:22.260
 113 to

01:03:22.260 --> 01:03:22.800
 120,

01:03:22.960 --> 01:03:23.059
 the

01:03:23.059 --> 01:03:23.720
 double-minded

01:03:23.720 --> 01:03:24.599
 I

01:03:24.599 --> 01:03:25.340
 abhor.

01:03:25.340 --> 01:03:25.440
 Amen.

01:03:29.440 --> 01:03:31.400
 The

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 double-minded

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 I

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 have

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 more,

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 but

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 your

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 commands

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 my

01:03:45.800 --> 01:03:47.000
 love,

01:03:47.280 --> 01:03:49.700
 O Lord.

01:03:50.079 --> 01:03:51.079
 You

01:03:51.079 --> 01:03:52.740
 are

01:03:52.740 --> 01:03:53.740
 my

01:03:53.740 --> 01:03:55.240
 refuge

01:03:55.240 --> 01:03:57.320
 and

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 my

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 shield.

01:04:00.079 --> 01:04:00.820
 I

01:04:00.820 --> 01:04:02.519
 set

01:04:02.519 --> 01:04:03.400
 my

01:04:03.400 --> 01:04:04.940
 hope

01:04:04.940 --> 01:04:05.940
 upon

01:04:05.940 --> 01:04:06.940
 your

01:04:06.940 --> 01:04:08.940
 word.

01:04:08.940 --> 01:04:10.940
 You

01:04:10.940 --> 01:04:11.940
 need

01:04:11.940 --> 01:04:12.940
 to

01:04:12.940 --> 01:04:16.940
 achieve

01:04:16.940 --> 01:04:17.940
 me

01:04:17.940 --> 01:04:18.940
 now,

01:04:18.940 --> 01:04:21.940
 that God's

01:04:23.059 --> 01:04:23.940
 promise

01:04:23.940 --> 01:04:26.260
 I

01:04:26.260 --> 01:04:26.940
 may

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 obey,

01:04:27.940 --> 01:04:30.940
 I

01:04:30.940 --> 01:04:31.940
 cure,

01:04:31.940 --> 01:04:32.940
 your

01:04:32.940 --> 01:04:33.840
 word,

01:04:33.940 --> 01:04:34.940
 give me

01:04:34.940 --> 01:04:36.940
 I

01:04:36.940 --> 01:04:37.940
 shall

01:04:37.940 --> 01:04:38.940
 live,

01:04:38.940 --> 01:04:40.940
 let

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 not

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 my

01:04:42.940 --> 01:04:43.940
 hope

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 be

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 swept

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 away.

01:04:46.940 --> 01:04:47.940
 upon

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 me

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 and I

01:04:50.940 --> 01:04:52.940
 shall

01:04:52.940 --> 01:04:54.940
 be

01:04:54.940 --> 01:04:56.940
 saved,

01:04:56.940 --> 01:04:58.940
 for

01:04:58.940 --> 01:04:59.940
 your

01:04:59.940 --> 01:05:00.940
 deeds

01:05:00.940 --> 01:05:01.940
 I

01:05:01.940 --> 01:05:02.940
 have

01:05:02.940 --> 01:05:03.940
 respect,

01:05:03.940 --> 01:05:05.940
 which I

01:05:05.940 --> 01:05:06.940
 have

01:05:06.940 --> 01:05:08.940
 respect,

01:05:08.940 --> 01:05:10.940
 all

01:05:10.940 --> 01:05:11.940
 those

01:05:11.940 --> 01:05:12.940
 who

01:05:12.940 --> 01:05:13.940
 stray

01:05:13.940 --> 01:05:14.940
 from

01:05:14.940 --> 01:05:16.940
 your

01:05:16.940 --> 01:05:17.940
 commands,

01:05:17.940 --> 01:05:18.940
 and

01:05:18.940 --> 01:05:20.940
 practice

01:05:20.940 --> 01:05:21.940
 all

01:05:21.940 --> 01:05:23.940
 to

01:05:23.940 --> 01:05:24.940
 do,

01:05:24.940 --> 01:05:25.940
 reject,

01:05:25.940 --> 01:05:26.940
 you

01:05:26.940 --> 01:05:27.940
 reject.

01:05:27.940 --> 01:05:30.940
 The

01:05:30.940 --> 01:05:31.940
 wicked

01:05:31.940 --> 01:05:32.940
 you

01:05:32.940 --> 01:05:33.940
 discard

01:05:33.940 --> 01:05:35.940
 my

01:05:35.940 --> 01:05:36.940
 cross,

01:05:36.940 --> 01:05:37.940
 therefore

01:05:37.940 --> 01:05:38.940
 I

01:05:38.940 --> 01:05:39.940
 love

01:05:39.940 --> 01:05:40.940
 your

01:05:40.940 --> 01:05:41.940
 holy

01:05:41.940 --> 01:05:42.940
 law,

01:05:42.940 --> 01:05:43.940
 my

01:05:43.940 --> 01:05:44.940
 holy

01:05:44.940 --> 01:05:45.940
 grace

01:05:45.940 --> 01:05:46.940
 for

01:05:46.940 --> 01:05:47.940
 your

01:05:47.940 --> 01:05:48.940
 holy

01:05:48.940 --> 01:05:49.940
 law,

01:05:49.940 --> 01:05:50.940
 my

01:05:50.940 --> 01:05:51.940
 holy

01:05:51.940 --> 01:05:52.940
 grace

01:05:52.940 --> 01:05:54.940
 grace

01:05:54.940 --> 01:05:55.940
 for

01:05:55.940 --> 01:05:56.940
 me

01:05:56.940 --> 01:05:57.940
 of

01:05:57.940 --> 01:05:58.940
 you,

01:05:58.940 --> 01:05:59.940
 of

01:05:59.940 --> 01:06:00.940
 your

01:06:00.940 --> 01:06:01.940
 all

01:06:01.940 --> 01:06:03.940
 hands

01:06:03.940 --> 01:06:04.940
 I

01:06:04.940 --> 01:06:05.940
 stand

01:06:05.940 --> 01:06:06.940
 in

01:06:06.940 --> 01:06:08.940
 all.

01:06:09.940 --> 01:06:10.940
 Now I

01:06:10.940 --> 01:06:11.940
 take it the

01:06:11.940 --> 01:06:14.940
 main door is actually being used to vacate the building, if not you'll be given

01:06:14.940 --> 01:06:20.940
 directions, yes it is open, okay, so that's fine. I'll go to this door to my right this morning.

01:06:20.940 --> 01:06:29.940
 Now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God the Father, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you now and evermore. Amen.