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 You guys may have seen this book kind of making a circuit in your news feeds or wherever you get your media.

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 But Rod Dreher, senior editor of The American Conservative, recently published a book called The Benedict Option.

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 Any of you guys heard of that?

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 Maybe I didn't.

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 This is not a good.

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 Steve's heard of it.

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 You will hear about it if you haven't yet because it's making a pretty big splash.

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 Even though he's a conservative writer, David Brooks, a New York Times columnist, said this is the most important religious book of the last decade.

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 And the reason why is that he argues in a provocative and compelling way that Christian belief and practice has begun to crumble in the U.S. and much the Western world.

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 And that's not really a new observation.

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 But he proves that in a way that and calls for action.

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 So what he's saying is that the attempt to preserve Christian faith through politics has failed.

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 Through popular culture, it has failed.

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 And that he predicts that if we stay on this trajectory, Christianity as we know it will not exist anymore in a generation.

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 And he says that in order to respond to that and also in anticipation of the increasing hostility that he predicts with legal restrictions or however the ability for Christians to practice openly their faith in public forums,

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 he believes that Christians need to strategically withdraw from the world in order to basically shore up their faith in order to strengthen Christian discipleship.

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 Because as Christianity as it stands now is totally useless to the world is what he's saying.

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 You need to strengthen the church in order for the church to do any good to the world.

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 So that's his argument.

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 So he's not calling for literal physical removal like Benedict who started the monastic movement.

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 But he's calling for some kind of strategic withdrawal so that we're not so inculcated in the culture in the popular world and the way the society is run.

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 And they're able to strengthen discipleship and then from there go out to the world.

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 So this is making a big splash.

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 And however, whether it's true or not, whether his prescription is accurate or not, we won't know until maybe another two decades to see what people do, how the church responds.

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 But some of the fundamental principles that he lays out are not new, right?

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 It's, he's not the first one to come up with it.

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 Benedict was not the first one to come up with it.

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 It's in John 17.

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 And he talks about in this passage how Jesus, and Jesus prays for us in this passage, but in his prayer he sets apart and sends his followers to bring all those who would believe into union with God.

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 This is what Jesus does in his prayer.

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 He sets apart and then sends into the world his followers in order to bring all those who would believe into union with God.

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 And Jesus' prayer is divided into three sections.

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 And the first is prayer for himself, prayer for the Son, and he prays for his glory.

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 And then secondly, he prays for the apostles, his immediate disciples, the 12, and he prays for their sanctity.

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 And then finally, he prays for the church that will come to faith on account of the apostles' witness, and he prays for their unity.

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 So the prayer for the Son, the apostles of the church, for glory, sanctity, and unity.

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 And Jesus begins by praying for himself because the fact that he is set apart and sent by the Father to glorify him is the reason why he's able to set apart and send his disciples to glorify him.

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 And so verses 1 to 2, read it with me.

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 Father, the hour has come.

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 Glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

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 So the hour of his glorification, which the whole book has been talking about, of his life, death, resurrection, and ascension, that hour, climactic hour has come.

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 And that awareness doesn't lead Jesus to resignation, to faith.

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 It's like, well, it's here, so here I go.

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 But no, he prays for it.

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 He prays that God will do what he has intended to do.

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 So glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you.

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 And then verse 2 explains how exactly Jesus intends to do this because he explains,

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 Since you have given him authority over all flesh to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.

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 So the word since there is kind of an over-translation because it literally, the word is just, just as.

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 That's the word.

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 That's what it means.

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 And that's how the NASB renders it.

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 It says,

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 Glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, even as you gave him authority over all flesh, that to all whom you have given him he may give eternal life.

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 So verse 2 is given there to clarify the relationship of the prayer in verse 1.

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 That means the way Jesus prays for his glory is patterned after how the Father gave him authority in eternity past to impart eternal life to those who would believe in him.

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 And it's only because the Father in eternity past gave the Son authority to do this that he could impart eternal life.

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 And in the same way that Jesus is now asking, just as, in that way,

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 Now glorify me, he said to the Father, so that I can glorify you.

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 Because Jesus needs to be glorified, set apart, and display God's glory in order for the Father to be glorified.

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 And so the Son asks for his glory, but it's not self-serving.

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 The end of it is not his own glory, but the glory of the Father.

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 The Son is glorified in order to glorify the Father.

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 And then verse 3 explains what this eternal life that he gives is.

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 And this is eternal life that they know you, the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

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 Eternal life consists in knowing God, right?

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 Because God alone has life in himself.

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 All other life we see around us is derivative life, right?

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 Only God has life in himself.

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 And so it's in knowing God, not just knowing about him, but knowing him personally, that we receive eternal life.

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 And when we receive that life from him, when we know him, we see his glory.

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 Because you can't know him without seeing his glory.

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 That's why Habakkuk 2.14 had prophesied,

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 The earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.

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 And because the Father sent Jesus as the ultimate revelation of himself,

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 Only through Jesus can we see the Father's glory.

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 And that's why he said, not only do we have to believe in the Father,

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 But we need to believe in Jesus Christ whom he has sent.

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 And so it's by imparting eternal life that Jesus glorified the Father.

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 And having faithfully done his work, he continues his prayer in verses 4 to 5.

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 I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.

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 And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.

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 And Jesus is, obviously, this is before his death.

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 But he has his death and resurrection in mind as he's already talking about the work that he's accomplished.

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 And we know that because later he says, you know, I'm no longer in the world,

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 Which is not entirely true because he's still in the world.

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 So he's speaking kind of in anticipation of all that will happen, what's about to happen.

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 And so he's saying he accomplished the work that the Father gave him to do.

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 And that includes his death, resurrection, the culmination of all that he's been doing.

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 And so Jesus has glorified the Father.

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 And now he's asking him to restore him to the glory that he had with the Father before the world began.

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 And so that reveals to us what this glory that he's referring to is.

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 Because in a real way, even though Jesus was the Son of God and Son of Man in his incarnation,

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 when he took on human flesh and became man,

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 he in a real way divested himself of divine glory.

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 And because of that, he prays now that he would be returned to the eternal glory he had with the Father before the incarnation.

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 So that's really what Paul talks about in Philippians 2, right?

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 Christ Jesus, even though he was in very nature God,

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 he emptied himself, taking on the nature of a servant.

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 Being made an appearance as a man, being found in human appearance,

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 he humbled himself and became obedient to death, even death on the cross.

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 And then it says,

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 Therefore, for that reason, God exalted him to the highest place.

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 Bestowed on him the name that is above every name.

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 And then the end of all of that is to the glory of God the Father, Philippians 2.11.

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 So we see that the exact prayer answered precisely in Paul's writing in Philippians 2.

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 But this leads us to ask, what is glory?

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 Because we talk about glory quite a bit.

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 And we always say as Christians, we need to glorify God.

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 But we rarely talk about what it actually means.

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 And because in one sense, of course, to glorify something just simply means to praise or honor something.

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 And that is true.

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 So Isaiah 42.8, God says,

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 So glory and praise are in parallel construction.

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 So there is a sense in which to glorify someone means to praise and honor that person.

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 But I think the word is used that way throughout the Bible because praising and honoring someone is an entailment.

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 It's an implication of glory.

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 Not because it's in the core idea of glory itself.

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 Because Jesus clearly says, you know, that he would praise that he would be returned to the glory he had with the Father before the world was created.

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 But if glory is simply the praise or honor that someone else bestows on someone, then he could not possibly have had glory before the world began.

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 Because there's nothing to praise him and honor him.

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 And so that's the glory.

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 So the idea of honoring and praising is an entailment of glory.

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 But that's not in the definition of glory itself.

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 Rather, I think we need to define glory in this way.

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 And I think some other passages in Scripture give us a clue.

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 Psalm 19, 1 says that the heavens declare the glory of God.

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 And we might ask, how do the heavens declare the glory of God?

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 Paul says in Romans 1, 19 to 20,

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 What can be known about God is plain to them because God has shown it to them.

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 For his invisible attributes, namely his eternal power and divine nature,

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 have been clearly perceived ever since the creation of the world in the things that have been made.

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 That's how the heavens declare the glory of God.

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 They display his invisible attributes, his divine qualities, his power, his infinite perfections.

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 So the glory of God really is the manifestation of his godness.

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 It's deity on display.

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 That's what glory is.

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 And so if that's the case, glory is unique to God.

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 Only he is glorious in an intrinsic way, in a true way.

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 Everything else in the world, everyone else in the world only possess glory in a derivative way,

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 insofar as they point and display God's glory.

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 So when we look at a sunset and say, wow, that's a glorious sunset,

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 we mean that it displays God's beauty.

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 So when we look at a mountain range and say that, wow, that's a glorious mountain range,

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 that means we're saying, no, that displays God's magnificence, his bigness, his largeness.

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 When we say, you know, that a friend who lays down his life for a friend to save that person is a glorious man or a glorious woman,

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 we say that because that person reflects God's sacrificial love.

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 When we say that a king is glorious, we're saying that he reflects and displays God's authority.

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 Glory.

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 So glory is always about God.

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 And so he is really the only person that deserves glory from us and to be recognized.

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 So when we glorify him, then we're not really giving him anything he doesn't have.

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 Rather, we're simply recognizing, acknowledging the glory that has always been his.

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 That's what we do when we glorify him.

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 And so Jesus is asking for something that's staggering when he says,

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 Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.

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 That means he's saying that glory that the Father has is rightly his and has been his.

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 He's saying, now return me to that glory.

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 Now, this understanding of glory is confirmed in the following verse when Jesus transitions from praying for himself,

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 for his glory, to praying for his followers and for their sanctity.

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 So that's the second point, verse 6.

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 He says, I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world.

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 Yours they were and you gave them to me and they have kept your word.

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 So he says he manifested his name to the people.

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 That's the same thing as glorifying the Father.

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 Because the name in Hebrew conception represents the entire character of the person.

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 So to manifest God's name is to reveal his attributes, who he is, his glory.

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 So that's what Jesus did for his followers.

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 We see this idea further in verses 11 and 12, if you want to read with me.

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 And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you.

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 Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.

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 While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me.

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 I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, that the scripture might be fulfilled.

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 So this is how we know that he's praying here immediately for his 12 disciples.

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 Because he mentions that he kept them all except for one, which is Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him.

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 And he kept them in God's name, he says, while he was with them.

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 And because he knows he's leaving, he prays that the Father would continue to keep them in his name.

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 And what does it mean to keep the word?

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 Because Jesus says that his disciples kept the Father's word.

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 And the word, it's kind of a, that might be confusing to us, because the disciples don't even know what Jesus is going to do, right?

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 They don't even fully understand the significance of the cross, his death, and the resurrection.

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 So what do you mean he kept your word?

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 And then later he uses words, right?

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 The plural in verse 8.

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 And those are actually two different words.

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 So word in the singular is a different Greek word than the words in the plural in this passage.

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 And so the singular word throughout the Gospel of John refers to really the news, the person and work of Jesus Christ.

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 The gospel, the good news of Jesus Christ.

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 Jesus is himself the word, the incarnate, right?

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 John 1, 1 said the word was with God, right?

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 And the word was God.

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 And, but words, plural here, just refers to his sayings, his teachings, his commands, right?

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 And so they kept the word, and that means they stayed with the Father.

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 They stayed with Jesus.

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 They aligned themselves unreservedly with Jesus.

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 That's what that means.

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 Even though they were kind of, they're portrayed in this gospel as a bumbling set of disciples.

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 They're making mistakes.

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 They, you know, don't understand everything.

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 But they did one thing right, and that's very commendable of them.

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 It's that when everyone else deserted Jesus, even after his controversial teachings, these disciples stayed with him.

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 They aligned themselves with him.

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 And that's what it means.

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 They kept his word.

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 And I hope that's encouraging to all of you, because for those who have not publicly aligned themselves with Jesus, this is an encouragement.

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 And then, because it doesn't mean that you're ready to, you know everything about Jesus or everything he teaches.

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 It doesn't mean that you're really going to get everything right right when you start to follow Jesus.

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 No, it means that, you know, you're going to stumble.

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 You're going to make mistakes.

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 And you might even have doubts.

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 And you might even have fears.

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 But you are committing unreservedly to follow him on that journey and saying that, you know what, no matter what happens, I'm going to stay with him, even though I know I'm going to fail, even though there are going to be difficulties.

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 And if you're ready to take that step, then you're ready to follow Jesus.

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 And that's an encouragement for those who have not made that public profession to do so.

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 And if you are a believer, this is an encouragement also, right?

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 Because as we grow closer to the Lord, we are more keenly aware of our weaknesses and failures, because we see God's perfect holiness in brighter light.

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 And as that happens, we can be discouraged.

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 But we see, as Jesus says here of his disciples, they kept my word.

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 If you're with Jesus and continue to go into him with all your struggles and sins, then he will say of you in the same way he said of his disciples, they kept my word.

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 Now, this doesn't mean that Christian discipleship is easy, right?

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 Or the expectations are not very high.

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 It's very high, right?

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 In fact, there's a world of difference, literally, between the rest of the world and believers.

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 In verses 6 to 7, Jesus says,

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 I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world.

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 Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word, right?

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 So, as I mentioned, this refers immediately to the 12 disciples.

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 But they are the representatives of the church.

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 And you will see later, he's also praying this for those who believe on account of them.

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 So, this applies to us as well.

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 And Jesus is saying that in a real way, even before Jesus' ministry, these people belonged to the Father to begin with.

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 And so he gave them, the Father gave them to him.

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 And because they were his, Jesus pursued them and saved them out of the world.

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 Verses 9 to 10 make this contrast even sharper.

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 Jesus says,

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 I am praying for them.

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 I am not praying for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.

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 All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.

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 The syntax in the word and language is even more emphatic.

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 It's just like,

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 Not for the world, I pray, but for those you have given me.

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 Right?

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 And the reason for this is that they are the fathers.

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 Right?

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 So, it's not that in John's construction, in John's theological framework,

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 that his view of God's sovereign choice is so high,

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 that praying for the world is really, you know, blasphemous.

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 Because the world is condemned.

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 There's no hope for the world.

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 There's only hope for those whom God gives out of the world.

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 And he prays for those people.

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 Right?

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 So, that's the,

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 And this is actually something that informs and stirs our evangelism,

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 and our outreach toward people.

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 And the reason for that is that,

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 because if you walk around the streets,

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 and sometimes I see missing signs,

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 maybe it's for a dog,

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 or sometimes even worse,

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 it's for your child.

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 Right?

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 Now, if it's not your child,

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 if it's not your dog that's missing,

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 right,

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 then you might, you know,

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 just pass by,

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 not do anything about it.

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 But imagine if that was your child,

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 your dog on that thing,

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 you would do everything in your power.

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 You would use,

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 exhaust all your resources,

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 expend all your time and energy

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 to find the missing child.

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 Because that's your child.

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 So, that's Jesus' passion,

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 his zeal for the lost,

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 is that,

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 you know,

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 they belong to my Father,

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 so I'm going to go and get them.

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 Because He has given them to me,

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 and they are my responsibility.

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 So, this doesn't prevent us from going out.

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 Rather, it forces,

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 it pushes us to go

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 and to grab those people

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 whom God has chosen and given.

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 And for us,

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 of course,

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 Jesus had,

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 He knew whom God had called.

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 We don't know that.

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 So, for us,

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 we go to everyone,

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 and we pray,

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 and follow the Spirit's leading.

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 Who are the people

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 whom you have given?

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 And we minister to those people.

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 Right?

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 And this,

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 and how do we know

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 who's in the world,

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 and whom the Father gave out of the world?

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 And that's,

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 the dividing line will be drawn

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 by the proclamation

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 of the good news of Jesus.

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 It says in verse 14,

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 I have given them your word,

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 and the world has hated them,

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 because they are not of the world.

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 Just as I am not of the world.

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 Right?

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 The difference in the response

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 will be so stark

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 that you can,

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 the Scripture says

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 that they will hate

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 those who follow Jesus.

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 And you don't have to understand

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 this primarily

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 in an emotional way.

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 They're going to hate you

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 with an anger,

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 or just that kind of hatred.

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 Because the language of love and hate

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 through our Scripture

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 is covenantal language.

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 It refers to

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 a settled opposition

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 to God's will

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 when it says

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 that they will hate believers.

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 And every unbeliever,

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 everyone who is not given

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 out of the world,

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 do this.

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 They oppose the Lord,

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 and in some way or another,

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 they are minimizing God

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 and marginalizing Him.

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 And that is the hatred

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 that He speaks of.

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 And so,

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 having distinguished,

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 right,

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 those whom the Father gave

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 out of the world,

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 and then,

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 from the world itself,

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 Jesus now proceeds

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 to the crux of His petition

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 for His followers,

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 His apostles.

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 Verses 15 to 18.

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 I do not ask

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 that you take them out of the world,

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 but that you keep them

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 from the evil one.

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 They are not of the world,

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 just as I am not of the world.

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 Sanctify them in the truth.

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 Your word is truth.

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 As you sent me into the world,

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 so I have sent them into the world.

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 And for their sake,

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 I consecrate myself,

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 that they also may be sanctified

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 in truth.

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 And so,

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 He prayed for His glory.

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 Now,

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 He prays for His disciples' sanctity.

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 And so,

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 it's not by mistake

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 that He addresses His Father

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 as Holy Father,

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 because He's asking

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 for His disciples' holiness.

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 And that holiness

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 is enjoined to us

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 precisely because

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 God is holy.

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 He's the one

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 that is set apart

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 or sanctified,

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 which is really

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 the literal definition

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 of holy.

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 And this holiness

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 is kind of similar to glory.

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 We think of holy

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 as, you know,

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 kind of doing the right things,

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 doing God's will.

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 But really,

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 at the basic level,

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 holiness means that

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 this person is set apart,

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 distinct,

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 different.

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 So when the Bible describes

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 God as holy,

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 it's referring to

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 His transcendence,

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 that He is completely different

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 from the rest of the world,

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 the rest of creation.

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 He's set apart.

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 He's God.

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 And that's really similar to,

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 holiness is in the

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 entailment of God's glory

00:24:00.080 --> 00:24:00.760
 we talked about,

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 because that's why

00:24:01.720 --> 00:24:02.780
 in Isaiah 6, 3,

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:03.640
 the angels cry,

00:24:04.040 --> 00:24:05.600
 Holy, holy is the Lord.

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 Holy, holy, holy is the

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 Lord of hosts.

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 And then it doesn't say

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:09.900
 the whole earth

00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:10.860
 is full of His holiness.

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 It says the whole earth

00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:13.480
 is full of His glory.

00:24:14.040 --> 00:24:14.480
 Now holiness,

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 because God set apart

00:24:16.060 --> 00:24:16.860
 His transcendence,

00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:17.460
 His divinity,

00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:19.000
 reveals His glory.

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 Holy, holy.

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 And by extension then,

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 because God is set apart,

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:26.119
 people and things

00:24:26.119 --> 00:24:27.619
 that are set apart for God

00:24:27.619 --> 00:24:29.099
 are also called holy

00:24:29.099 --> 00:24:30.839
 because they're set apart

00:24:30.839 --> 00:24:31.920
 and sacred,

00:24:32.119 --> 00:24:32.599
 sanctified.

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 And so the Old Testament

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 priests were sanctified

00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:37.119
 or consecrated.

00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:39.039
 The temple was called holy,

00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:39.980
 set apart,

00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:41.240
 sanctified.

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 And so Jesus' prayer

00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:45.500
 for them,

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:47.599
 sanctify them in the truth.

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 Your word is truth.

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 Then is in substance

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:51.660
 the same as His prayer

00:24:51.660 --> 00:24:52.380
 in verse 10,

00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:52.960
 which said,

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:54.500
 keep them in your name

00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:55.559
 which you have given me

00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:56.579
 that they may be one

00:24:56.579 --> 00:24:57.779
 even as we are one.

00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:59.380
 Because Jesus is the word,

00:24:59.720 --> 00:24:59.880
 right,

00:24:59.920 --> 00:25:00.920
 the word of God incarnate.

00:25:00.980 --> 00:25:02.660
 He's the one that displays

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.660
 the Father,

00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:04.740
 reveals the Father,

00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:05.220
 His name.

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:05.960
 And so He says,

00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:06.839
 keep them in your name.

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:08.140
 Now sanctify them in the truth.

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:09.460
 Your word is truth.

00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:10.279
 Jesus is the way,

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:10.720
 the truth,

00:25:10.779 --> 00:25:11.220
 and the life.

00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.460
 Right?

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:15.279
 So He prays for sanctity

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:16.640
 for His believers.

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 And this is a really

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:20.140
 important point,

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:20.420
 I think,

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:21.000
 for us to get,

00:25:21.099 --> 00:25:23.019
 especially in this day and age.

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 And I just,

00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:26.299
 and I think this is

00:25:26.299 --> 00:25:27.420
 the part of our calling

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:29.880
 that generally speaking,

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:31.120
 the younger generation,

00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:32.400
 maybe people who were born

00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:34.120
 in the early,

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.059
 you know,

00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:37.779
 1980s and later

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:40.579
 have a harder time

00:25:40.579 --> 00:25:41.619
 adhering to,

00:25:41.619 --> 00:25:41.639
 adhering to,

00:25:41.779 --> 00:25:43.199
 that is being set apart

00:25:43.199 --> 00:25:44.240
 and being distinct

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:45.779
 from the world.

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 But if we're Christians,

00:25:48.379 --> 00:25:49.179
 then we are not

00:25:49.179 --> 00:25:50.240
 of the world.

00:25:50.699 --> 00:25:52.599
 We have to be set apart

00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:53.720
 for God.

00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:55.019
 And everything we do

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:56.019
 and say and think

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:57.659
 has to give evidence

00:25:57.659 --> 00:25:58.159
 to the fact

00:25:58.159 --> 00:25:59.199
 that we're not

00:25:59.199 --> 00:26:00.339
 given to anyone else.

00:26:00.419 --> 00:26:01.419
 We belong to God.

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.519
 We're set apart for Him.

00:26:03.199 --> 00:26:03.399
 Right?

00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:06.940
 And maybe a few things

00:26:06.940 --> 00:26:08.920
 that just examples

00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:10.220
 that maybe we have

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:11.060
 a harder time

00:26:11.060 --> 00:26:12.380
 reconciling this command

00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:13.700
 with is your speech

00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.960
 set apart for God.

00:26:16.540 --> 00:26:16.680
 Right?

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:18.360
 Because Ephesians 4, 29 says,

00:26:18.560 --> 00:26:19.860
 Let no corrupting talk

00:26:19.860 --> 00:26:20.620
 come out of your mouths,

00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:22.019
 but only such as is good

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.860
 for building up

00:26:22.860 --> 00:26:24.340
 as fits the occasion

00:26:24.340 --> 00:26:25.800
 it may give grace

00:26:25.800 --> 00:26:27.160
 to those who hear.

00:26:27.640 --> 00:26:28.380
 Is your speech

00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:30.120
 always building people up?

00:26:30.600 --> 00:26:30.880
 Always.

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:31.940
 Everything you say.

00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:34.460
 giving grace

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.299
 to those who hear.

00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:37.860
 Or is it characterized

00:26:37.860 --> 00:26:39.140
 by corrupting talk,

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:41.380
 vulgarity, profanity,

00:26:42.080 --> 00:26:43.019
 gossip, slander,

00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:44.980
 thoughtless words

00:26:44.980 --> 00:26:46.460
 that tear down people

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:47.539
 rather than building them up.

00:26:49.600 --> 00:26:51.200
 We'll have to give an account

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:52.660
 for every careless word

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:53.259
 we speak.

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:56.620
 Matthew 12, 36 says that.

00:26:58.480 --> 00:27:00.259
 So if our speech,

00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:00.980
 the way we speak,

00:27:00.980 --> 00:27:01.960
 is indistinguishable

00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:03.680
 from the way the world speaks,

00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.680
 then there is a problem.

00:27:04.819 --> 00:27:05.759
 We're not set apart.

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.240
 How about the way

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:08.940
 we use our money?

00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:12.140
 Jesus taught in Matthew 6, 21

00:27:12.140 --> 00:27:13.339
 that where your treasure is,

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:14.620
 there your heart will be also.

00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:15.940
 Where is your heart?

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.240
 Where do you put

00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:18.240
 your treasure and money?

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:21.339
 What portion of it

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:23.059
 goes to God's causes?

00:27:23.799 --> 00:27:24.720
 To the church?

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:25.620
 To the poor?

00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:30.559
 Does it go primarily

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:31.279
 to yourself?

00:27:32.979 --> 00:27:33.879
 Your house,

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.479
 your car,

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.119
 your clothes,

00:27:35.239 --> 00:27:35.699
 your food,

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.339
 your gadgets,

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.139
 your entertainment?

00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:40.779
 If you're spending habits,

00:27:40.899 --> 00:27:41.699
 as you look around

00:27:41.699 --> 00:27:42.199
 your friends,

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:42.939
 unbelieving neighbors

00:27:42.939 --> 00:27:43.359
 and friends,

00:27:43.419 --> 00:27:44.199
 if you're spending habits

00:27:44.199 --> 00:27:45.579
 are not distinguishable

00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:47.019
 from your neighbors,

00:27:47.179 --> 00:27:47.579
 the world,

00:27:47.719 --> 00:27:48.619
 then there's something

00:27:48.619 --> 00:27:49.259
 wrong with that.

00:27:49.459 --> 00:27:50.559
 It's not set apart

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:51.119
 for God.

00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:55.639
 Your work and leisure.

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:58.839
 2 Thessalonians 3, 11

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.619
 warns of those

00:27:59.619 --> 00:28:00.659
 who walk in idleness,

00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:01.759
 not busy at work,

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:02.639
 but busy bodies.

00:28:03.439 --> 00:28:04.539
 Are you diligent

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:05.679
 in your workplaces?

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:08.339
 Do you work heartily

00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:09.359
 as for the Lord

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:10.339
 and not for men?

00:28:12.379 --> 00:28:13.779
 And how do you rest?

00:28:14.939 --> 00:28:16.459
 Is it characterized

00:28:16.459 --> 00:28:18.059
 by idle surfing

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:19.539
 and indiscriminate

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.500
 media consumption?

00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:25.379
 I'm not calling us

00:28:25.379 --> 00:28:26.339
 to be legalistic,

00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:26.839
 right?

00:28:27.659 --> 00:28:28.159
 But

00:28:28.159 --> 00:28:30.599
 if

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:32.339
 the way we rest

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:33.299
 and the way we work

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:34.519
 is indistinguishable

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:35.439
 from the world,

00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:37.019
 then we are not

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:38.119
 set apart for Him.

00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:42.819
 And your attitudes,

00:28:43.179 --> 00:28:43.419
 right,

00:28:44.979 --> 00:28:45.939
 are they set apart

00:28:45.939 --> 00:28:46.359
 for God?

00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:48.899
 1 Thessalonians 5, 16-18

00:28:48.899 --> 00:28:49.459
 says,

00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:50.140
 Rejoice,

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:51.940
 always pray without ceasing,

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:53.779
 give thanks in all circumstances,

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:55.360
 for this is the will of God

00:28:55.360 --> 00:28:58.000
 in Christ Jesus for you.

00:28:58.380 --> 00:28:59.180
 Is your attitude

00:28:59.180 --> 00:28:59.920
 and posture

00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:00.700
 at all times

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.059
 characterized

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:02.500
 by constant rejoicing,

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.880
 prayerful dependence

00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:04.360
 on the Lord,

00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:04.720
 and thanksgiving

00:29:05.360 --> 00:29:06.720
 no matter the circumstance?

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:08.920
 or is it characterized

00:29:08.920 --> 00:29:09.740
 by bitterness,

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:11.120
 cynicism,

00:29:12.100 --> 00:29:13.240
 self-centered independence?

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:16.600
 If our attitudes

00:29:16.600 --> 00:29:17.700
 are indistinguishable

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.960
 from the world's,

00:29:19.200 --> 00:29:20.220
 then we are not

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:21.180
 set apart,

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:21.900
 friend.

00:29:23.160 --> 00:29:24.200
 So let's be honest

00:29:24.200 --> 00:29:24.700
 with ourselves

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:26.059
 and I'm doing the same thing

00:29:26.059 --> 00:29:26.799
 as I'm preaching this

00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:27.180
 to you guys

00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:27.779
 with myself.

00:29:28.039 --> 00:29:29.160
 Are we sanctified?

00:29:29.660 --> 00:29:30.640
 Are we set apart

00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:31.880
 for God

00:29:31.880 --> 00:29:33.079
 from the world,

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:33.759
 out of the world?

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:37.099
 And we'd be fools

00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:37.519
 to think

00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:38.420
 that we're impervious

00:29:38.420 --> 00:29:39.440
 to the world's influence.

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:40.119
 That's certainly

00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:40.799
 not the case.

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:43.000
 And especially nowadays

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.740
 in the sense of,

00:29:43.879 --> 00:29:44.220
 I don't know if

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:46.220
 you guys have seen

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:47.480
 Daniel Kahneman's book

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:48.660
 Thinking Fast and Slow.

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.619
 That's another one

00:29:49.619 --> 00:29:50.299
 that's made of experience.

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:51.240
 It talks about

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:52.519
 how with the rise

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.579
 of behavioral sciences,

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:54.799
 people are able

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.279
 to predict

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:56.599
 not just our rational decisions

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:58.099
 but also our irrational decisions

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:59.740
 because irrational decisions

00:29:59.740 --> 00:30:00.799
 are based on a predictable

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:01.679
 set of biases.

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:02.859
 And so nowadays

00:30:02.859 --> 00:30:03.539
 companies,

00:30:03.879 --> 00:30:04.419
 governments,

00:30:04.679 --> 00:30:05.379
 Amazon, Facebook,

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:06.339
 they all use

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:08.699
 these subconscious nudges

00:30:08.699 --> 00:30:09.919
 to direct us

00:30:09.919 --> 00:30:10.659
 in a certain way

00:30:10.659 --> 00:30:12.319
 to buy us certain things.

00:30:12.959 --> 00:30:13.259
 In fact,

00:30:13.419 --> 00:30:14.000
 in a letter

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.779
 to shareholders,

00:30:15.199 --> 00:30:16.599
 the Amazon CEO,

00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.299
 Jeff Bezos,

00:30:17.439 --> 00:30:17.959
 wrote that,

00:30:18.159 --> 00:30:18.519
 boasted

00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:19.719
 that they have

00:30:19.719 --> 00:30:20.679
 70 million

00:30:20.679 --> 00:30:22.679
 of these subconscious nudges

00:30:22.679 --> 00:30:23.779
 a week

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:25.279
 to get people

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:26.019
 to buy stuff.

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:26.980
 and how,

00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:27.759
 that's why he says,

00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:28.799
 that's why this is the best place

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.400
 to sell your stuff

00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:30.579
 because no one else has this.

00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:33.240
 So we are fools

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:33.839
 if we think

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:34.539
 that we're not going

00:30:34.539 --> 00:30:35.180
 to be influenced

00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:36.200
 by the world.

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:37.980
 We need to constantly

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:39.039
 be set ourselves,

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:40.619
 consecrate ourselves

00:30:40.619 --> 00:30:41.779
 and be set apart

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:43.099
 to pursue him

00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:43.779
 and to honor him

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:44.259
 and all that we do,

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:45.220
 be conformed

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.900
 not to the world,

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.579
 patterns of this world,

00:30:46.619 --> 00:30:47.379
 but be transformed

00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:48.579
 by the renewing

00:30:48.579 --> 00:30:49.079
 of our minds.

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.920
 That's the call

00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:50.859
 to be set apart.

00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:55.500
 And we can do this

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:56.319
 because Jesus

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:57.059
 is the one

00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:58.339
 that consecrated himself.

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:59.180
 It's the same word

00:30:59.180 --> 00:30:59.779
 as sanctify.

00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:01.160
 He consecrated himself

00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:01.680
 for us

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:03.279
 so we can be sanctified

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:05.259
 in truth.

00:31:07.619 --> 00:31:08.059
 Now,

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:10.140
 having emphasized

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:10.720
 that part,

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:11.339
 the set apart,

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:12.460
 you would think

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:13.400
 that Jesus would pray,

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.539
 take them out

00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:14.980
 of the world,

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:17.180
 keep them safe

00:31:17.180 --> 00:31:17.700
 over here,

00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:19.660
 but that's not

00:31:19.660 --> 00:31:20.359
 what he prays.

00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:23.519
 So he says

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:24.679
 in verse 18,

00:31:24.959 --> 00:31:26.559
 as you sent me

00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:27.579
 into the world,

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:30.259
 so I have sent them

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:31.959
 into the world.

00:31:32.959 --> 00:31:34.419
 He says in verse 15,

00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:35.659
 I do not ask

00:31:35.659 --> 00:31:36.459
 that you take them

00:31:36.459 --> 00:31:37.319
 out of the world,

00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:38.819
 but that you keep them

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:40.899
 from the evil one.

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.079
 Right?

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:44.139
 So Jesus decisively

00:31:44.139 --> 00:31:45.539
 disarms the evil one,

00:31:45.639 --> 00:31:45.899
 Satan,

00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:46.339
 right?

00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:47.539
 And he defeats him

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:48.500
 so that he has

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:50.179
 no dominion over us.

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:50.899
 Right?

00:31:51.859 --> 00:31:53.119
 But he's not powerless.

00:31:53.220 --> 00:31:53.859
 He's still the ruler

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:54.679
 of this world.

00:31:56.099 --> 00:31:57.119
 He's not the ruler

00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:57.579
 over those

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:58.079
 who are in the kingdom

00:31:58.079 --> 00:31:58.599
 of God.

00:31:58.599 --> 00:31:59.000
 Right?

00:31:59.439 --> 00:32:00.459
 But he still has

00:32:00.459 --> 00:32:01.459
 influence in this world.

00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:02.319
 And God prays

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:03.720
 that he doesn't try to,

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:04.459
 he doesn't pray

00:32:04.459 --> 00:32:05.319
 that we'd be extracted

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:06.019
 from the world,

00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:06.619
 but that rather

00:32:06.619 --> 00:32:07.619
 in the world

00:32:07.619 --> 00:32:08.679
 we'd be protected

00:32:08.679 --> 00:32:10.139
 from this evil influence.

00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:15.519
 And what's remarkable

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:16.500
 is that we're sent

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:17.460
 in the same way

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:18.500
 that Jesus is sent.

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:18.920
 Right?

00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:22.379
 Jesus describes himself

00:32:22.379 --> 00:32:23.279
 in chapter 10,

00:32:23.339 --> 00:32:24.039
 verse 36,

00:32:24.139 --> 00:32:24.539
 as the one

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:25.220
 whom the Father

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:26.579
 consecrated,

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:27.259
 same word,

00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:29.319
 and sent into the world.

00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:32.359
 And why was Jesus

00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:32.879
 set apart

00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:33.920
 and sent into the world?

00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:34.299
 You guys,

00:32:34.359 --> 00:32:34.839
 all of you guys

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:35.279
 know the answer

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:35.879
 to this question.

00:32:36.879 --> 00:32:38.279
 John 3, 16, right?

00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:40.819
 For God so loved the world

00:32:40.819 --> 00:32:42.599
 that he gave his only son.

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:44.639
 And the later verse

00:32:44.640 --> 00:32:45.780
 John 3, 17,

00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:47.400
 said God did not send

00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:48.580
 his son into the world

00:32:48.580 --> 00:32:50.060
 to condemn the world,

00:32:50.160 --> 00:32:51.400
 but to save the world

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:51.860
 through him.

00:32:52.280 --> 00:32:53.400
 That's the reason why

00:32:53.400 --> 00:32:54.600
 Jesus was set apart

00:32:54.600 --> 00:32:55.300
 and sent.

00:32:55.540 --> 00:32:56.540
 And in the same way,

00:32:56.620 --> 00:32:58.300
 that's why we are set apart

00:32:58.300 --> 00:33:00.320
 and sent into the world

00:33:00.320 --> 00:33:01.900
 to be agents

00:33:01.900 --> 00:33:03.300
 of this good news,

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:04.520
 to bring salvation,

00:33:04.780 --> 00:33:05.680
 to bear witness

00:33:05.680 --> 00:33:06.780
 to Christ.

00:33:09.040 --> 00:33:10.220
 And those two things,

00:33:10.280 --> 00:33:11.100
 we have to hold

00:33:11.100 --> 00:33:12.000
 those two things together.

00:33:12.160 --> 00:33:12.720
 Set apart,

00:33:13.040 --> 00:33:14.259
 then sent, right?

00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:16.319
 Because if you forfeit

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:17.119
 any of those things,

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:18.099
 neither one works.

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:20.200
 Because if we're not

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:22.059
 set apart from the world,

00:33:22.140 --> 00:33:22.879
 then we're no good

00:33:22.879 --> 00:33:23.420
 for the world.

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:24.119
 And that's exactly

00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:25.200
 what Jesus talks about

00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:25.900
 in Matthew 5

00:33:25.900 --> 00:33:26.420
 when he talks about

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:27.400
 the salt of the earth.

00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:28.519
 What good is it

00:33:28.519 --> 00:33:29.940
 if the salt loses its taste?

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:31.019
 It's useless

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:32.339
 except to be trampled on

00:33:32.339 --> 00:33:32.779
 by men.

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:36.339
 If we don't look

00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:36.799
 any different

00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.700
 from the rest of the world,

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.680
 if we don't carry

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:39.740
 the scent of Christ

00:33:39.740 --> 00:33:41.319
 in our daily living,

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:42.700
 then the world

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:43.519
 will look at us

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:44.299
 and judge

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:45.220
 that we have nothing

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:45.939
 to offer

00:33:45.939 --> 00:33:47.439
 and they will be right.

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:49.839
 We need to be set apart.

00:33:52.220 --> 00:33:53.439
 But it's also no good

00:33:53.439 --> 00:33:53.980
 for the world

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:55.539
 if we remain safely

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:56.579
 in the salt shaker, right?

00:33:58.200 --> 00:33:59.460
 Nice, set apart salt

00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:00.259
 in the salt shaker.

00:34:01.419 --> 00:34:02.939
 No, like that popular

00:34:02.939 --> 00:34:03.899
 evangelism book,

00:34:03.939 --> 00:34:05.000
 out of the salt shaker

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:06.439
 and into the world.

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:07.439
 We need to go.

00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:08.200
 We need to be applied

00:34:08.200 --> 00:34:08.720
 to the world.

00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:13.559
 So,

00:34:14.179 --> 00:34:15.500
 and this part,

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:15.880
 I think,

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.400
 is the part

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:18.039
 of our Christian call

00:34:18.039 --> 00:34:19.579
 that the older generation,

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:20.400
 so people born

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:21.800
 before the 1980s

00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:23.340
 have harder time with.

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:26.019
 It's not enough

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:26.740
 to be set apart.

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:28.099
 Generally speaking,

00:34:28.200 --> 00:34:28.579
 I'm generalized.

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:29.940
 It's not enough

00:34:29.940 --> 00:34:30.500
 to be set apart.

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:31.400
 We need to be sent

00:34:31.400 --> 00:34:32.480
 into the world.

00:34:32.619 --> 00:34:32.740
 So,

00:34:33.059 --> 00:34:33.720
 if you think

00:34:33.720 --> 00:34:34.360
 you have a great

00:34:34.360 --> 00:34:35.280
 personal relationship

00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:35.880
 with Jesus

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:37.079
 but you're not actively

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:38.700
 engaging with unbelievers,

00:34:39.180 --> 00:34:40.420
 if you're not

00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:41.160
 bearing witness

00:34:41.160 --> 00:34:41.900
 to the world,

00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:43.920
 then that's

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:44.900
 an anemic Christianity.

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:48.760
 We have to be set apart

00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:49.960
 to be sent in.

00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:52.200
 So,

00:34:52.300 --> 00:34:53.519
 let's not be a church

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:54.460
 that's satisfied

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:55.840
 with this little Christianity

00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:56.900
 for you and me.

00:34:59.420 --> 00:35:00.140
 Let's pray

00:35:00.140 --> 00:35:01.000
 for the conversion

00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:01.619
 of our friends

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:02.059
 and neighbors.

00:35:02.300 --> 00:35:02.559
 Let's pray

00:35:02.559 --> 00:35:03.720
 that we'll have baptisms

00:35:03.720 --> 00:35:05.059
 for Easter Sunday

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:05.660
 coming up.

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:09.539
 pray for revival

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:10.320
 in East Cambridge.

00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:11.920
 Every single

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.680
 great revival

00:35:12.680 --> 00:35:13.260
 in the United States

00:35:13.260 --> 00:35:14.280
 started here

00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:14.940
 in Boston.

00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:15.720
 Let's pray

00:35:15.720 --> 00:35:16.280
 for a third

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:17.099
 great awakening

00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:22.519
 because Jesus said

00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:23.059
 that we will do

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:24.380
 greater works

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:25.140
 than he did.

00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:35.299
 so we are set apart

00:35:35.299 --> 00:35:36.559
 from the world

00:35:36.559 --> 00:35:37.619
 so that we can be sent

00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:38.940
 into the world

00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:41.079
 to bear witness.

00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:44.159
 And that's why

00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:45.579
 Jesus also prays

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:46.379
 in his final phase

00:35:46.379 --> 00:35:46.900
 of his prayer

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.980
 for those who will

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.639
 come to believe

00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:49.599
 because he expects

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:50.379
 that people will

00:35:50.379 --> 00:35:51.079
 come to believe

00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:52.759
 on account of our witness,

00:35:52.940 --> 00:35:53.480
 on account of the

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:54.119
 church's witness.

00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:55.380
 so verses 20

00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:55.880
 to 21.

00:35:56.299 --> 00:35:56.400
 It says,

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:57.359
 I do not ask

00:35:57.359 --> 00:35:58.380
 for these only

00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:59.819
 but also for those

00:35:59.819 --> 00:36:00.480
 who will believe

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:01.359
 in me through their

00:36:01.359 --> 00:36:01.719
 word

00:36:01.719 --> 00:36:03.219
 that they may all

00:36:03.219 --> 00:36:03.659
 be one

00:36:03.659 --> 00:36:04.400
 just as you

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:05.679
 father are in me

00:36:05.679 --> 00:36:06.579
 and I in you

00:36:06.579 --> 00:36:07.420
 that they also

00:36:07.420 --> 00:36:08.179
 may be in us

00:36:08.179 --> 00:36:08.699
 so that the world

00:36:08.699 --> 00:36:09.339
 may believe

00:36:09.339 --> 00:36:10.579
 that you have sent

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:10.960
 me.

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:13.320
 so he prays

00:36:13.320 --> 00:36:14.119
 for his glory

00:36:14.119 --> 00:36:15.019
 now he prays

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.679
 for his disciples

00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:16.519
 sanctity

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:17.280
 and now he prays

00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:18.800
 for the future

00:36:18.800 --> 00:36:20.400
 church's unity

00:36:20.400 --> 00:36:23.260
 and they're all

00:36:23.260 --> 00:36:23.880
 kind of

00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:24.720
 integrally related

00:36:24.720 --> 00:36:24.980
 right?

00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:25.639
 It's different words

00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:26.159
 but they're all

00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:26.619
 really pointing

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:28.220
 to the same realities

00:36:28.220 --> 00:36:29.619
 and the reason

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:30.280
 the purpose

00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:30.920
 for this unity

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:31.599
 once again

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:32.639
 is so that

00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:33.360
 the world

00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:34.199
 may believe

00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:35.320
 that God

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:36.500
 sent Jesus.

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:37.659
 The unity

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:38.360
 much like

00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:38.960
 the love

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:39.880
 for one another

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:40.599
 that Jesus said

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:41.360
 that by that

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:42.199
 people will know

00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:42.460
 that you are

00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:43.000
 my disciples

00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:44.099
 John 13 35

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:45.099
 in a similar way

00:36:45.099 --> 00:36:45.679
 our unity

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:46.280
 is going to

00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:46.800
 it's going to be

00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:48.079
 so otherworldly

00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:49.039
 so different

00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:49.559
 from anything

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:50.179
 you see out

00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:50.639
 in the world

00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:51.440
 our unity

00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:52.099
 will attest

00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:52.800
 to the fact

00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:53.300
 that Christ

00:36:53.300 --> 00:36:53.720
 is the one

00:36:53.720 --> 00:36:54.159
 that God

00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:54.619
 sent

00:36:54.619 --> 00:36:56.900
 and that we

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:57.740
 are his disciples.

00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.760
 Now this

00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:00.760
 doesn't mean

00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:01.619
 that we

00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:02.880
 have to make

00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:04.099
 you know

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:04.960
 doctrinal

00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:06.159
 compromises

00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:07.480
 in order

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:08.639
 to preserve

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:09.579
 a semblance

00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:10.139
 of unity.

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:12.440
 At times

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:12.980
 in history

00:37:12.980 --> 00:37:13.420
 the church

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:14.299
 has done

00:37:14.299 --> 00:37:15.119
 exactly this

00:37:15.119 --> 00:37:16.079
 they sought

00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:16.460
 unity

00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:17.879
 at the expense

00:37:17.879 --> 00:37:18.719
 of theological

00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:19.480
 integrity

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:24.179
 and in doing

00:37:24.179 --> 00:37:24.519
 so they

00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:24.980
 undermined

00:37:24.980 --> 00:37:25.279
 the very

00:37:25.279 --> 00:37:25.639
 missional

00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:26.039
 purpose

00:37:26.039 --> 00:37:26.619
 of unity

00:37:26.619 --> 00:37:27.799
 of bearing

00:37:27.799 --> 00:37:28.059
 witness

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:28.539
 to Jesus.

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:31.059
 So this

00:37:31.059 --> 00:37:31.219
 is what

00:37:31.219 --> 00:37:31.480
 happened

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:32.039
 in the 20th

00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:32.279
 century

00:37:32.279 --> 00:37:32.599
 with the

00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:33.119
 ecumenical

00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:33.519
 movement

00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:34.460
 it had a

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:35.079
 great start

00:37:35.079 --> 00:37:35.659
 ecumenism

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:36.199
 refers to

00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:36.659
 a movement

00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:37.239
 that tries

00:37:37.239 --> 00:37:38.079
 to bring

00:37:38.079 --> 00:37:38.500
 together

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:38.860
 churches

00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:39.099
 from

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:39.360
 different

00:37:39.360 --> 00:37:39.840
 traditions

00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:40.739
 and denominations

00:37:40.739 --> 00:37:41.260
 and saying

00:37:41.260 --> 00:37:41.699
 let's be

00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:42.460
 united together

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:42.880
 in serving

00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:43.199
 God

00:37:43.199 --> 00:37:44.099
 and that's

00:37:44.099 --> 00:37:44.659
 wonderful

00:37:44.659 --> 00:37:45.159
 right

00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:45.559
 it's a

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:46.159
 great idea

00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:48.300
 but it

00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:48.920
 went awry

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:49.619
 when people

00:37:49.619 --> 00:37:50.860
 started saying

00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:51.519
 things like

00:37:51.519 --> 00:37:52.300
 love unites

00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:52.980
 but doctrine

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:53.579
 divides

00:37:53.579 --> 00:37:55.900
 it went awry

00:37:55.900 --> 00:37:56.280
 when they

00:37:56.280 --> 00:37:56.699
 started

00:37:56.699 --> 00:37:59.340
 trying to

00:37:59.340 --> 00:37:59.900
 find the

00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:00.280
 lowest

00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:01.059
 possible

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.360
 common

00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:01.940
 denominator

00:38:01.940 --> 00:38:04.019
 that

00:38:04.019 --> 00:38:04.300
 in fact

00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:04.519
 they

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:04.860
 lost

00:38:04.860 --> 00:38:05.139
 so

00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:05.500
 much

00:38:05.500 --> 00:38:05.920
 of

00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:06.559
 the

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:07.039
 truth

00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:09.039
 that

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.200
 they

00:38:09.200 --> 00:38:09.800
 forfeited

00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:10.099
 what

00:38:10.099 --> 00:38:10.340
 the

00:38:10.340 --> 00:38:10.619
 gospel

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:10.980
 itself

00:38:10.980 --> 00:38:11.139
 and

00:38:11.139 --> 00:38:11.380
 forgot

00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:11.780
 what

00:38:11.780 --> 00:38:12.119
 love

00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:12.500
 itself

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:12.860
 is

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:13.480
 right

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:13.780
 because

00:38:13.780 --> 00:38:14.179
 love

00:38:14.179 --> 00:38:14.619
 according

00:38:14.619 --> 00:38:14.820
 to

00:38:14.820 --> 00:38:15.220
 1 John

00:38:15.220 --> 00:38:15.420
 3

00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:15.800
 16

00:38:15.800 --> 00:38:16.000
 is

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:16.179
 by

00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:16.559
 this

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:16.760
 we

00:38:16.760 --> 00:38:16.960
 know

00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:17.280
 love

00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:17.659
 that

00:38:17.659 --> 00:38:18.099
 Christ

00:38:18.099 --> 00:38:18.519
 laid

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:18.860
 down

00:38:18.860 --> 00:38:19.240
 his

00:38:19.240 --> 00:38:19.599
 life

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:19.900
 for

00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:20.220
 us

00:38:20.219 --> 00:38:20.819
 that's

00:38:20.819 --> 00:38:20.939
 how

00:38:20.939 --> 00:38:21.059
 we

00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:21.159
 know

00:38:21.159 --> 00:38:21.299
 what

00:38:21.299 --> 00:38:21.519
 love

00:38:21.519 --> 00:38:21.699
 is

00:38:21.699 --> 00:38:21.819
 and

00:38:21.819 --> 00:38:21.959
 they

00:38:21.959 --> 00:38:22.199
 couldn't

00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:22.379
 even

00:38:22.379 --> 00:38:22.679
 agree

00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:22.899
 that

00:38:22.899 --> 00:38:23.219
 Christ

00:38:23.219 --> 00:38:23.939
 laid

00:38:23.939 --> 00:38:24.119
 down

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:24.239
 his

00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:24.459
 life

00:38:24.459 --> 00:38:24.619
 for

00:38:24.619 --> 00:38:24.919
 us

00:38:24.919 --> 00:38:28.419
 but

00:38:28.419 --> 00:38:28.599
 we

00:38:28.599 --> 00:38:28.779
 are

00:38:28.779 --> 00:38:28.959
 to

00:38:28.959 --> 00:38:29.159
 seek

00:38:29.159 --> 00:38:29.539
 unity

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:29.799
 among

00:38:29.799 --> 00:38:30.019
 those

00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:30.139
 who

00:38:30.139 --> 00:38:30.679
 abide

00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:30.939
 in

00:38:30.939 --> 00:38:31.059
 the

00:38:31.059 --> 00:38:31.239
 word

00:38:31.239 --> 00:38:31.359
 of

00:38:31.359 --> 00:38:31.619
 Christ

00:38:31.619 --> 00:38:31.799
 as

00:38:31.799 --> 00:38:32.019
 this

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:32.459
 passage

00:38:32.459 --> 00:38:32.619
 is

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:32.859
 talking

00:38:32.859 --> 00:38:33.139
 about

00:38:33.139 --> 00:38:34.059
 that's

00:38:34.059 --> 00:38:34.239
 why

00:38:34.239 --> 00:38:34.439
 as

00:38:34.439 --> 00:38:34.559
 a

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:34.859
 church

00:38:34.859 --> 00:38:35.139
 we

00:38:35.139 --> 00:38:35.339
 take

00:38:35.339 --> 00:38:35.739
 time

00:38:35.739 --> 00:38:36.359
 every

00:38:36.359 --> 00:38:36.679
 Sunday

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:36.859
 to

00:38:36.859 --> 00:38:37.039
 pray

00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:37.319
 for

00:38:37.319 --> 00:38:37.659
 other

00:38:37.659 --> 00:38:37.959
 local

00:38:37.959 --> 00:38:38.319
 churches

00:38:38.319 --> 00:38:39.119
 that

00:38:39.119 --> 00:38:39.500
 are

00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:39.759
 centered

00:38:39.759 --> 00:38:40.079
 around

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:40.239
 the

00:38:40.239 --> 00:38:40.539
 gospel

00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:40.959
 around

00:38:40.959 --> 00:38:41.299
 Jesus

00:38:41.299 --> 00:38:41.579
 and

00:38:41.579 --> 00:38:41.759
 his

00:38:41.759 --> 00:38:42.059
 word

00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:44.019
 and

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:44.159
 as

00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:44.359
 much

00:38:44.359 --> 00:38:44.480
 as

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:44.619
 we

00:38:50.219 --> 00:38:54.759
 and

00:38:54.759 --> 00:38:54.980
 our

00:38:54.980 --> 00:38:55.339
 unity

00:38:55.339 --> 00:38:55.619
 among

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:55.980
 believers

00:38:55.980 --> 00:38:56.239
 is

00:38:56.239 --> 00:38:56.599
 so

00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:57.439
 real

00:38:57.439 --> 00:38:58.079
 it's

00:38:58.079 --> 00:38:58.519
 not

00:38:58.519 --> 00:38:58.779
 just

00:38:58.779 --> 00:38:59.599
 an

00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:00.059
 abstract

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:00.419
 thing

00:39:00.419 --> 00:39:00.579
 it's

00:39:00.579 --> 00:39:00.739
 so

00:39:00.739 --> 00:39:01.219
 concrete

00:39:01.219 --> 00:39:01.480
 so

00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:02.239
 substantial

00:39:02.239 --> 00:39:03.619
 that

00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:03.980
 it's

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:04.579
 analogous

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:04.739
 to

00:39:04.739 --> 00:39:04.879
 the

00:39:04.879 --> 00:39:05.099
 very

00:39:05.099 --> 00:39:05.500
 unity

00:39:05.500 --> 00:39:05.799
 within

00:39:05.799 --> 00:39:06.000
 the

00:39:06.000 --> 00:39:06.399
 triune

00:39:06.399 --> 00:39:06.919
 Godhead

00:39:06.919 --> 00:39:07.099
 he

00:39:07.099 --> 00:39:07.239
 says

00:39:07.239 --> 00:39:07.899
 I

00:39:07.899 --> 00:39:08.119
 do

00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:08.459
 not

00:39:08.459 --> 00:39:08.819
 ask

00:39:08.819 --> 00:39:08.980
 for

00:39:08.980 --> 00:39:09.239
 these

00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:09.539
 only

00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:09.679
 but

00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:10.000
 also

00:39:10.000 --> 00:39:10.199
 for

00:39:10.199 --> 00:39:10.359
 those

00:39:10.359 --> 00:39:10.459
 who

00:39:10.459 --> 00:39:10.839
 believe

00:39:10.839 --> 00:39:10.980
 in

00:39:10.980 --> 00:39:11.119
 me

00:39:11.119 --> 00:39:11.339
 through

00:39:11.339 --> 00:39:11.599
 their

00:39:11.599 --> 00:39:11.859
 word

00:39:11.859 --> 00:39:12.119
 that

00:39:12.119 --> 00:39:12.480
 they

00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:12.799
 may

00:39:12.799 --> 00:39:13.039
 all

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.199
 be

00:39:13.199 --> 00:39:13.500
 one

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:13.980
 just

00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:14.359
 as

00:39:14.359 --> 00:39:14.799
 you

00:39:14.799 --> 00:39:15.639
 father

00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:16.099
 are

00:39:16.099 --> 00:39:16.339
 in

00:39:16.339 --> 00:39:16.699
 me

00:39:16.699 --> 00:39:17.219
 and

00:39:17.219 --> 00:39:17.639
 I

00:39:17.639 --> 00:39:17.980
 in

00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:18.439
 you

00:39:18.439 --> 00:39:18.939
 that

00:39:18.939 --> 00:39:19.139
 they

00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:19.579
 also

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:19.879
 may

00:39:19.879 --> 00:39:20.039
 be

00:39:20.219 --> 00:39:20.339
 in

00:39:20.339 --> 00:39:20.619
 us

00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:20.799
 so

00:39:20.799 --> 00:39:20.919
 that

00:39:20.919 --> 00:39:21.039
 the

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:21.239
 world

00:39:21.239 --> 00:39:21.459
 may

00:39:21.459 --> 00:39:21.839
 believe

00:39:21.839 --> 00:39:22.059
 that

00:39:22.059 --> 00:39:22.319
 you

00:39:22.319 --> 00:39:22.839
 have

00:39:22.839 --> 00:39:23.319
 sent

00:39:23.319 --> 00:39:24.159
 me

00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:29.000
 so

00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:29.259
 this

00:39:29.259 --> 00:39:29.539
 is

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:30.419
 Jesus

00:39:30.419 --> 00:39:30.779
 said

00:39:30.779 --> 00:39:31.000
 that

00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:31.279
 he

00:39:31.279 --> 00:39:31.799
 only

00:39:31.799 --> 00:39:32.179
 did

00:39:32.179 --> 00:39:32.779
 whatever

00:39:32.779 --> 00:39:33.279
 he

00:39:33.279 --> 00:39:33.599
 saw

00:39:33.599 --> 00:39:33.779
 the

00:39:33.779 --> 00:39:34.019
 father

00:39:34.019 --> 00:39:34.259
 do

00:39:34.259 --> 00:39:34.579
 that's

00:39:34.579 --> 00:39:34.759
 how

00:39:34.759 --> 00:39:35.159
 close

00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:35.339
 the

00:39:35.339 --> 00:39:35.599
 union

00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:36.059
 was

00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:37.139
 Jesus

00:39:37.139 --> 00:39:37.459
 only

00:39:37.459 --> 00:39:37.939
 spoke

00:39:37.939 --> 00:39:38.219
 and

00:39:38.219 --> 00:39:38.619
 did

00:39:38.619 --> 00:39:39.039
 the

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:39.339
 things

00:39:39.339 --> 00:39:39.519
 that

00:39:39.519 --> 00:39:39.659
 he

00:39:39.659 --> 00:39:39.919
 heard

00:39:39.919 --> 00:39:40.079
 the

00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:40.279
 father

00:39:40.279 --> 00:39:40.599
 say

00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:40.819
 and

00:39:40.819 --> 00:39:41.059
 do

00:39:41.059 --> 00:39:41.559
 so

00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:41.799
 he

00:39:41.799 --> 00:39:42.000
 is

00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:42.279
 saying

00:39:42.279 --> 00:39:42.459
 that

00:39:42.459 --> 00:39:42.879
 his

00:39:42.879 --> 00:39:43.359
 prayer

00:39:43.359 --> 00:39:43.519
 is

00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:43.639
 that

00:39:43.639 --> 00:39:43.859
 our

00:39:43.859 --> 00:39:44.179
 union

00:39:44.179 --> 00:39:44.439
 would

00:39:44.439 --> 00:39:44.739
 also

00:39:44.739 --> 00:39:44.939
 be

00:39:44.939 --> 00:39:45.500
 perfected

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:45.619
 in

00:39:45.619 --> 00:39:45.799
 such

00:39:45.799 --> 00:39:46.119
 a way

00:39:46.119 --> 00:39:46.500
 that

00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:46.639
 we

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:46.779
 are

00:39:46.779 --> 00:39:47.139
 one

00:39:47.139 --> 00:39:47.279
 we

00:39:47.279 --> 00:39:47.379
 have

00:39:50.219 --> 00:39:50.259
 the

00:39:50.259 --> 00:39:50.419
 same

00:39:50.419 --> 00:39:51.039
 purpose

00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:52.539
 to

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:53.019
 serve

00:39:53.019 --> 00:39:53.239
 and

00:39:53.239 --> 00:39:53.339
 to

00:39:53.339 --> 00:39:53.459
 bear

00:39:53.459 --> 00:39:53.779
 witness

00:39:53.779 --> 00:39:53.980
 to

00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:54.299
 Jesus

00:39:54.299 --> 00:39:54.819
 and

00:39:54.819 --> 00:39:55.039
 how

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.139
 do

00:39:55.139 --> 00:39:55.239
 we

00:39:55.239 --> 00:39:55.699
 attain

00:39:55.699 --> 00:39:56.359
 this

00:39:56.359 --> 00:39:56.839
 unity

00:39:56.839 --> 00:39:57.719
 it's

00:39:57.719 --> 00:39:57.919
 not

00:39:57.919 --> 00:39:58.119
 by

00:39:58.119 --> 00:39:58.319
 seeking

00:39:58.319 --> 00:39:58.459
 to

00:39:58.459 --> 00:39:58.719
 become

00:39:58.719 --> 00:39:58.959
 more

00:39:58.959 --> 00:39:59.199
 like

00:39:59.199 --> 00:39:59.419
 each

00:39:59.419 --> 00:39:59.699
 other

00:39:59.699 --> 00:40:00.519
 it's

00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:00.759
 by

00:40:00.759 --> 00:40:01.019
 seeking

00:40:01.019 --> 00:40:01.159
 to

00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:01.439
 become

00:40:01.439 --> 00:40:01.719
 more

00:40:01.719 --> 00:40:02.019
 like

00:40:02.019 --> 00:40:02.399
 Jesus

00:40:02.399 --> 00:40:04.419
 and

00:40:04.419 --> 00:40:04.599
 that's

00:40:04.599 --> 00:40:04.699
 why

00:40:04.699 --> 00:40:04.959
 Jesus

00:40:04.959 --> 00:40:05.459
 continues

00:40:05.459 --> 00:40:05.659
 in

00:40:05.659 --> 00:40:05.839
 verses

00:40:05.839 --> 00:40:06.359
 22

00:40:06.359 --> 00:40:06.579
 to

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:07.019
 23

00:40:07.019 --> 00:40:07.480
 read

00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:07.659
 that

00:40:07.659 --> 00:40:07.859
 with

00:40:07.859 --> 00:40:08.039
 me

00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:08.500
 the

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:08.859
 glory

00:40:08.859 --> 00:40:09.039
 that

00:40:09.039 --> 00:40:09.159
 you

00:40:09.159 --> 00:40:09.299
 have

00:40:09.299 --> 00:40:09.579
 given

00:40:09.579 --> 00:40:09.779
 me

00:40:09.779 --> 00:40:10.000
 I

00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:10.239
 have

00:40:10.239 --> 00:40:10.519
 given

00:40:10.519 --> 00:40:10.759
 to

00:40:10.759 --> 00:40:11.079
 them

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:11.439
 that

00:40:11.439 --> 00:40:11.659
 they

00:40:11.659 --> 00:40:11.899
 may

00:40:11.899 --> 00:40:12.059
 be

00:40:12.059 --> 00:40:12.339
 one

00:40:12.339 --> 00:40:12.599
 even

00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:12.799
 as

00:40:12.799 --> 00:40:13.000
 we

00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:13.139
 are

00:40:13.139 --> 00:40:13.439
 one

00:40:13.439 --> 00:40:14.099
 I

00:40:20.219 --> 00:40:24.319
 when

00:40:24.319 --> 00:40:24.519
 you

00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:24.959
 go

00:40:24.959 --> 00:40:25.339
 to

00:40:25.339 --> 00:40:25.939
 symphony

00:40:25.939 --> 00:40:26.299
 hall

00:40:26.299 --> 00:40:26.899
 to

00:40:26.899 --> 00:40:27.379
 watch

00:40:27.379 --> 00:40:28.199
 or hear

00:40:28.199 --> 00:40:28.699
 an orchestra

00:40:28.699 --> 00:40:29.199
 play

00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:29.980
 before

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:30.219
 they

00:40:30.219 --> 00:40:30.559
 start

00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:31.159
 there's

00:40:31.159 --> 00:40:31.500
 always

00:40:31.500 --> 00:40:31.719
 the

00:40:31.719 --> 00:40:32.919
 oboe

00:40:32.919 --> 00:40:34.000
 they're

00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:34.759
 tuning

00:40:34.759 --> 00:40:35.000
 but

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:35.219
 they're

00:40:35.219 --> 00:40:35.279
 not

00:40:35.279 --> 00:40:35.899
 trying to

00:40:35.899 --> 00:40:36.099
 tune

00:40:36.099 --> 00:40:36.259
 to

00:40:36.259 --> 00:40:36.439
 each

00:40:36.439 --> 00:40:36.699
 other

00:40:36.699 --> 00:40:37.339
 that

00:40:37.339 --> 00:40:37.459
 would

00:40:37.459 --> 00:40:37.579
 be

00:40:37.579 --> 00:40:38.000
 chaotic

00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:38.179
 and

00:40:38.179 --> 00:40:38.239
 it

00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:38.339
 would

00:40:38.339 --> 00:40:38.500
 take

00:40:38.500 --> 00:40:38.899
 forever

00:40:38.899 --> 00:40:39.879
 but

00:40:39.879 --> 00:40:40.399
 instead

00:40:40.399 --> 00:40:40.899
 they have

00:40:40.899 --> 00:40:41.059
 the

00:40:41.059 --> 00:40:41.339
 oboe

00:40:41.339 --> 00:40:41.839
 play

00:40:41.839 --> 00:40:42.039
 a

00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:42.399
 single

00:40:42.399 --> 00:40:43.079
 key

00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:43.959
 concert

00:40:43.959 --> 00:40:44.279
 A

00:40:44.279 --> 00:40:44.619
 and

00:40:44.619 --> 00:40:45.000
 every

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:45.219
 other

00:40:45.219 --> 00:40:45.699
 instrument

00:40:45.699 --> 00:40:46.059
 tunes

00:40:46.059 --> 00:40:46.239
 to

00:40:46.239 --> 00:40:46.480
 that

00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:47.439
 and

00:40:47.439 --> 00:40:47.579
 the

00:40:47.579 --> 00:40:47.739
 reason

00:40:47.739 --> 00:40:48.000
 they

00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:48.159
 do

00:40:48.159 --> 00:40:48.299
 that

00:40:48.299 --> 00:40:48.419
 is

00:40:48.419 --> 00:40:48.619
 because

00:40:48.619 --> 00:40:48.799
 the

00:40:48.799 --> 00:40:49.119
 oboe

00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:49.639
 becomes

00:40:49.639 --> 00:40:50.079
 factory

00:40:50.079 --> 00:40:50.519
 tuned

00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:51.099
 doesn't

00:40:51.099 --> 00:40:51.239
 go

00:40:51.239 --> 00:40:51.460
 out

00:40:51.460 --> 00:40:51.599
 of

00:40:51.599 --> 00:40:51.840
 tune

00:40:51.840 --> 00:40:52.799
 it's

00:40:52.799 --> 00:40:53.279
 that's

00:40:53.279 --> 00:40:53.599
 and so

00:40:53.599 --> 00:40:53.880
 it's

00:40:53.880 --> 00:40:54.639
 unchanging

00:40:54.639 --> 00:40:55.739
 and that's

00:40:55.739 --> 00:40:56.239
 the best

00:40:56.239 --> 00:40:56.840
 way to

00:40:56.840 --> 00:40:57.159
 attain

00:40:57.159 --> 00:40:57.579
 unity

00:40:57.579 --> 00:40:57.900
 in the

00:40:57.900 --> 00:40:58.119
 same

00:40:58.119 --> 00:40:58.319
 way

00:40:58.319 --> 00:40:58.480
 we

00:40:58.480 --> 00:40:58.639
 don't

00:40:58.639 --> 00:40:58.960
 try to

00:40:58.960 --> 00:40:59.319
 conform

00:40:59.319 --> 00:40:59.519
 to

00:40:59.519 --> 00:40:59.779
 each

00:40:59.779 --> 00:41:00.119
 other

00:41:00.119 --> 00:41:00.759
 try to

00:41:00.759 --> 00:41:01.159
 accommodate

00:41:01.159 --> 00:41:02.019
 everyone's

00:41:02.019 --> 00:41:02.340
 you know

00:41:02.340 --> 00:41:02.679
 different

00:41:02.679 --> 00:41:03.099
 opinions

00:41:03.099 --> 00:41:03.460
 and whims

00:41:03.460 --> 00:41:04.039
 no we

00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:04.679
 all seek

00:41:04.679 --> 00:41:04.819
 to

00:41:04.819 --> 00:41:05.179
 conform

00:41:05.179 --> 00:41:05.920
 to

00:41:05.920 --> 00:41:06.340
 Jesus

00:41:06.340 --> 00:41:06.960
 and

00:41:06.960 --> 00:41:07.199
 what

00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:07.519
 he

00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:08.019
 proclaims

00:41:08.019 --> 00:41:08.099
 and

00:41:08.099 --> 00:41:08.239
 what

00:41:08.239 --> 00:41:08.480
 he

00:41:08.480 --> 00:41:08.940
 embodies

00:41:08.940 --> 00:41:09.319
 and

00:41:09.319 --> 00:41:09.440
 as

00:41:09.440 --> 00:41:09.579
 we're

00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:09.860
 united

00:41:09.860 --> 00:41:10.299
 around

00:41:10.299 --> 00:41:10.679
 him

00:41:10.679 --> 00:41:11.159
 that's

00:41:11.159 --> 00:41:11.500
 the

00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:11.900
 unity

00:41:11.900 --> 00:41:12.500
 that

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:12.639
 we

00:41:12.639 --> 00:41:12.819
 have

00:41:12.819 --> 00:41:13.039
 that's

00:41:13.039 --> 00:41:13.219
 the

00:41:13.219 --> 00:41:13.460
 unity

00:41:13.460 --> 00:41:13.719
 that

00:41:13.719 --> 00:41:14.659
 Jesus

00:41:14.659 --> 00:41:15.039
 speaks

00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:22.159
 and

00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:22.519
 Jesus

00:41:22.519 --> 00:41:24.000
 is such

00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:24.199
 a

00:41:24.199 --> 00:41:24.759
 wonderful

00:41:24.759 --> 00:41:26.059
 intercessor

00:41:26.059 --> 00:41:27.320
 right

00:41:27.320 --> 00:41:27.539
 like

00:41:27.539 --> 00:41:27.800
 whenever

00:41:27.800 --> 00:41:28.320
 you ask

00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:28.519
 someone

00:41:28.519 --> 00:41:28.820
 to pray

00:41:28.820 --> 00:41:29.179
 for you

00:41:29.179 --> 00:41:29.380
 right

00:41:29.380 --> 00:41:29.860
 you want

00:41:29.860 --> 00:41:30.579
 them to

00:41:30.579 --> 00:41:31.139
 you know

00:41:31.139 --> 00:41:31.539
 pray for

00:41:31.539 --> 00:41:32.099
 the best

00:41:32.099 --> 00:41:32.400
 right

00:41:32.400 --> 00:41:32.900
 the possible

00:41:32.900 --> 00:41:33.079
 thing

00:41:33.079 --> 00:41:33.599
 you want

00:41:33.599 --> 00:41:33.860
 them to

00:41:33.860 --> 00:41:34.099
 pray

00:41:34.099 --> 00:41:34.440
 with

00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:34.940
 faith

00:41:34.940 --> 00:41:35.199
 and

00:41:35.199 --> 00:41:36.019
 you know

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:36.259
 you don't

00:41:36.259 --> 00:41:36.420
 want

00:41:36.420 --> 00:41:36.739
 them to

00:41:36.739 --> 00:41:37.019
 you know

00:41:37.019 --> 00:41:37.360
 just

00:41:37.360 --> 00:41:37.639
 pray

00:41:37.639 --> 00:41:37.880
 like

00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:38.159
 oh

00:41:38.159 --> 00:41:38.500
 just

00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:38.759
 help

00:41:38.759 --> 00:41:38.920
 them

00:41:38.920 --> 00:41:39.159
 a little

00:41:39.159 --> 00:41:39.519
 bit

00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:39.719
 and

00:41:39.719 --> 00:41:40.400
 you know

00:41:40.400 --> 00:41:40.719
 like

00:41:40.719 --> 00:41:41.840
 that's

00:41:41.840 --> 00:41:42.480
 Jesus

00:41:42.480 --> 00:41:43.340
 is the

00:41:43.340 --> 00:41:43.820
 best

00:41:43.820 --> 00:41:44.679
 intercessors

00:41:44.679 --> 00:41:45.000
 because

00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:45.539
 what he

00:41:45.539 --> 00:41:45.860
 prays

00:41:45.860 --> 00:41:46.300
 for here

00:41:46.300 --> 00:41:46.599
 is

00:41:46.599 --> 00:41:47.579
 incredible

00:41:47.579 --> 00:41:48.380
 24 to

00:41:48.380 --> 00:41:48.679
 26

00:41:48.679 --> 00:41:49.139
 and he's

00:41:49.139 --> 00:41:49.380
 praying

00:41:49.380 --> 00:41:50.000
 for us

00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:50.320
 because

00:41:50.320 --> 00:41:50.539
 we're

00:41:50.539 --> 00:41:50.960
 the church

00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:51.340
 that came

00:41:51.340 --> 00:41:51.739
 to faith

00:41:51.739 --> 00:41:52.099
 on account

00:41:52.099 --> 00:41:52.980
 of the

00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:53.699
 apostles

00:41:53.699 --> 00:41:54.079
 witness

00:41:54.079 --> 00:41:54.860
 so

00:41:54.860 --> 00:41:55.340
 father

00:41:55.340 --> 00:41:55.980
 I

00:41:55.980 --> 00:41:56.599
 desire

00:41:56.599 --> 00:41:56.860
 that

00:41:56.860 --> 00:41:57.039
 they

00:41:57.039 --> 00:41:57.500
 also

00:41:57.500 --> 00:41:57.860
 whom

00:41:57.860 --> 00:41:58.019
 you

00:41:58.019 --> 00:41:58.199
 have

00:41:58.199 --> 00:41:58.460
 given

00:41:58.460 --> 00:41:58.759
 me

00:41:58.759 --> 00:41:59.259
 may

00:41:59.259 --> 00:41:59.420
 be

00:41:59.420 --> 00:41:59.759
 with

00:41:59.759 --> 00:42:00.099
 me

00:42:00.099 --> 00:42:00.440
 where

00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:00.679
 I

00:42:00.679 --> 00:42:00.960
 am

00:42:00.960 --> 00:42:02.099
 to

00:42:02.099 --> 00:42:02.599
 see

00:42:02.599 --> 00:42:02.960
 my

00:42:02.960 --> 00:42:03.559
 glory

00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:04.440
 that

00:42:04.440 --> 00:42:04.659
 you

00:42:04.659 --> 00:42:04.880
 have

00:42:04.880 --> 00:42:05.119
 given

00:42:05.119 --> 00:42:05.320
 me

00:42:05.320 --> 00:42:05.639
 because

00:42:05.639 --> 00:42:05.960
 you

00:42:05.960 --> 00:42:06.440
 loved

00:42:06.440 --> 00:42:06.679
 me

00:42:06.679 --> 00:42:07.079
 before

00:42:07.079 --> 00:42:07.300
 the

00:42:07.300 --> 00:42:07.800
 foundation

00:42:07.800 --> 00:42:08.139
 of the

00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:08.440
 world

00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:09.920
 oh

00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:10.420
 righteous

00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:11.119
 father

00:42:11.119 --> 00:42:11.860
 even

00:42:11.860 --> 00:42:12.179
 though

00:42:12.179 --> 00:42:12.400
 the

00:42:12.400 --> 00:42:12.639
 world

00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:12.860
 does

00:42:12.860 --> 00:42:13.079
 not

00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:13.340
 know

00:42:13.340 --> 00:42:13.599
 you

00:42:13.599 --> 00:42:13.980
 I

00:42:13.980 --> 00:42:14.240
 know

00:42:14.240 --> 00:42:14.440
 you

00:42:14.440 --> 00:42:14.619
 and

00:42:14.619 --> 00:42:14.820
 these

00:42:14.820 --> 00:42:15.059
 know

00:42:15.059 --> 00:42:15.220
 that

00:42:15.220 --> 00:42:15.320
 you

00:42:15.320 --> 00:42:15.460
 have

00:42:15.460 --> 00:42:15.740
 sent

00:42:15.740 --> 00:42:15.960
 me

00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:16.760
 I

00:42:16.760 --> 00:42:17.019
 made

00:42:17.019 --> 00:42:17.320
 known

00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:17.500
 to

00:42:17.500 --> 00:42:17.639
 them

00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:17.820
 your

00:42:17.820 --> 00:42:18.039
 name

00:42:18.039 --> 00:42:18.139
 and

00:42:18.139 --> 00:42:18.220
 I

00:42:18.220 --> 00:42:18.340
 will

00:42:18.340 --> 00:42:18.780
 continue

00:42:18.780 --> 00:42:19.039
 to

00:42:19.039 --> 00:42:19.240
 make

00:42:19.240 --> 00:42:19.340
 it

00:42:19.340 --> 00:42:19.559
 known

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:20.079
 that

00:42:20.079 --> 00:42:20.320
 the

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:20.780
 love

00:42:20.780 --> 00:42:21.639
 with

00:42:21.639 --> 00:42:22.099
 which

00:42:22.099 --> 00:42:22.519
 you

00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:22.920
 have

00:42:22.920 --> 00:42:23.300
 loved

00:42:23.300 --> 00:42:23.659
 me

00:42:23.659 --> 00:42:24.220
 may

00:42:24.220 --> 00:42:24.440
 be

00:42:24.440 --> 00:42:24.780
 in

00:42:24.780 --> 00:42:25.200
 them

00:42:25.200 --> 00:42:26.059
 and

00:42:26.059 --> 00:42:26.440
 I

00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:27.579
 in

00:42:27.579 --> 00:42:27.900
 them

00:42:27.900 --> 00:42:30.960
 so

00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:31.280
 Jesus

00:42:31.280 --> 00:42:31.619
 says

00:42:31.619 --> 00:42:31.860
 the

00:42:31.860 --> 00:42:32.099
 father

00:42:32.099 --> 00:42:32.480
 loved

00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:32.740
 him

00:42:32.740 --> 00:42:33.159
 from

00:42:33.159 --> 00:42:33.639
 eternity

00:42:33.639 --> 00:42:34.200
 past

00:42:34.200 --> 00:42:35.300
 perfect

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 eternal

00:42:36.019 --> 00:42:36.500
 love

00:42:36.500 --> 00:42:36.960
 with

00:42:36.960 --> 00:42:37.200
 which

00:42:37.200 --> 00:42:37.400
 the

00:42:37.400 --> 00:42:37.740
 father

00:42:37.740 --> 00:42:38.079
 loved

00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:38.239
 the

00:42:38.239 --> 00:42:38.480
 son

00:42:38.480 --> 00:42:38.920
 he

00:42:38.920 --> 00:42:39.400
 prays

00:42:39.400 --> 00:42:39.699
 that

00:42:39.699 --> 00:42:40.079
 that

00:42:40.079 --> 00:42:40.759
 love

00:42:40.759 --> 00:42:41.799
 would

00:42:41.799 --> 00:42:41.920
 be

00:42:41.920 --> 00:42:42.119
 in

00:42:42.119 --> 00:42:42.480
 us

00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:43.460
 he's

00:42:43.460 --> 00:42:43.920
 praying

00:42:43.920 --> 00:42:44.119
 that

00:42:44.119 --> 00:42:44.460
 we'd

00:42:44.460 --> 00:42:44.739
 be

00:42:44.739 --> 00:42:45.039
 taken

00:42:45.039 --> 00:42:45.400
 up

00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:45.819
 into

00:42:45.819 --> 00:42:46.059
 that

00:42:46.059 --> 00:42:46.319
 very

00:42:46.319 --> 00:42:46.759
 trying

00:42:46.759 --> 00:42:47.219
 eternal

00:42:47.219 --> 00:42:47.659
 love

00:42:47.659 --> 00:42:48.139
 that's

00:42:48.139 --> 00:42:48.980
 incredible

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:49.980
 love

00:42:49.980 --> 00:42:52.760
 he's

00:42:52.760 --> 00:42:53.420
 saying

00:42:53.420 --> 00:42:53.679
 that

00:42:53.679 --> 00:42:53.980
 the

00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:55.619
 eternal

00:42:55.619 --> 00:42:56.099
 glory

00:42:56.099 --> 00:42:56.320
 that

00:42:56.320 --> 00:42:56.639
 sets

00:42:56.639 --> 00:42:57.059
 creator

00:42:57.059 --> 00:42:57.360
 apart

00:42:57.360 --> 00:42:57.519
 from

00:42:57.519 --> 00:42:57.920
 creation

00:42:57.920 --> 00:42:58.139
 would

00:42:58.139 --> 00:42:58.280
 be

00:42:58.280 --> 00:42:58.780
 imparted

00:42:58.780 --> 00:42:59.000
 to

00:42:59.000 --> 00:42:59.320
 us

00:42:59.320 --> 00:42:59.519
 his

00:42:59.519 --> 00:42:59.960
 creatures

00:42:59.960 --> 00:43:01.659
 God

00:43:01.659 --> 00:43:02.099
 intends

00:43:02.099 --> 00:43:02.440
 to

00:43:02.440 --> 00:43:03.099
 make

00:43:03.099 --> 00:43:04.019
 princes

00:43:04.019 --> 00:43:04.480
 and

00:43:04.480 --> 00:43:05.219
 princesses

00:43:05.219 --> 00:43:05.400
 out

00:43:05.400 --> 00:43:05.539
 of

00:43:05.539 --> 00:43:06.119
 beasts

00:43:06.119 --> 00:43:07.360
 he

00:43:07.360 --> 00:43:07.659
 intends

00:43:07.659 --> 00:43:07.840
 to

00:43:07.840 --> 00:43:08.079
 make

00:43:08.079 --> 00:43:08.679
 saints

00:43:08.679 --> 00:43:08.920
 out

00:43:08.920 --> 00:43:09.079
 of

00:43:09.079 --> 00:43:09.380
 sinners

00:43:09.380 --> 00:43:10.260
 he

00:43:10.260 --> 00:43:10.519
 intends

00:43:10.519 --> 00:43:10.719
 to

00:43:10.719 --> 00:43:11.099
 make

00:43:11.099 --> 00:43:13.039
 beloveds

00:43:13.039 --> 00:43:13.240
 out

00:43:13.240 --> 00:43:13.500
 of

00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:14.440
 unlovable

00:43:14.440 --> 00:43:15.800
 people

00:43:15.800 --> 00:43:17.539
 he

00:43:17.539 --> 00:43:17.940
 intends

00:43:17.940 --> 00:43:18.139
 to

00:43:18.139 --> 00:43:18.380
 turn

00:43:18.380 --> 00:43:18.639
 the

00:43:18.639 --> 00:43:18.980
 shamed

00:43:18.980 --> 00:43:19.300
 ones

00:43:19.300 --> 00:43:19.519
 into

00:43:19.519 --> 00:43:20.119
 glorious

00:43:20.119 --> 00:43:20.539
 ones

00:43:20.539 --> 00:43:21.579
 and so

00:43:21.579 --> 00:43:21.780
 the

00:43:21.780 --> 00:43:22.000
 bible

00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:22.579
 commentator

00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:22.900
 D.A.

00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:23.200
 Carson

00:43:23.200 --> 00:43:23.920
 writes

00:43:23.920 --> 00:43:24.280
 about

00:43:24.280 --> 00:43:24.619
 this

00:43:24.619 --> 00:43:25.099
 passage

00:43:25.099 --> 00:43:25.420
 he says

00:43:25.420 --> 00:43:26.200
 the thought

00:43:26.200 --> 00:43:26.539
 is

00:43:26.539 --> 00:43:27.559
 breathtakingly

00:43:27.559 --> 00:43:28.519
 extravagant

00:43:28.519 --> 00:43:29.340
 it is

00:43:29.340 --> 00:43:29.700
 hard

00:43:29.700 --> 00:43:29.920
 to

00:43:29.920 --> 00:43:30.400
 imagine

00:43:30.400 --> 00:43:30.920
 a more

00:43:30.920 --> 00:43:31.559
 compelling

00:43:31.559 --> 00:43:32.880
 evangelistic

00:43:32.880 --> 00:43:33.659
 appeal

00:43:33.659 --> 00:43:36.840
 brothers

00:43:36.840 --> 00:43:37.200
 and sisters

00:43:37.200 --> 00:43:37.760
 this

00:43:37.760 --> 00:43:38.440
 is the

00:43:38.440 --> 00:43:38.920
 glorious

00:43:38.920 --> 00:43:39.519
 mission

00:43:39.519 --> 00:43:39.860
 to which

00:43:39.860 --> 00:43:40.119
 we are

00:43:40.119 --> 00:43:40.460
 called

00:43:40.460 --> 00:43:41.440
 to

00:43:41.440 --> 00:43:41.860
 bring

00:43:41.860 --> 00:43:42.119
 all

00:43:42.119 --> 00:43:42.240
 who

00:43:42.240 --> 00:43:42.639
 believe

00:43:42.639 --> 00:43:43.119
 into

00:43:43.119 --> 00:43:43.700
 union

00:43:43.699 --> 00:43:44.599
 with

00:43:44.599 --> 00:43:45.139
 God

00:43:45.139 --> 00:43:45.639
 his

00:43:45.639 --> 00:43:46.159
 eternal

00:43:46.159 --> 00:43:46.559
 love

00:43:46.559 --> 00:43:46.960
 offered

00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:47.199
 to

00:43:47.199 --> 00:43:47.439
 them

00:43:47.439 --> 00:43:49.719
 so

00:43:49.719 --> 00:43:50.079
 that's

00:43:50.079 --> 00:43:50.199
 why

00:43:50.199 --> 00:43:50.500
 Jesus

00:43:50.500 --> 00:43:51.079
 sets

00:43:51.079 --> 00:43:51.359
 us

00:43:51.359 --> 00:43:51.739
 apart

00:43:51.739 --> 00:43:51.980
 and

00:43:51.980 --> 00:43:52.159
 then

00:43:52.159 --> 00:43:52.619
 sends

00:43:52.619 --> 00:43:52.839
 us

00:43:52.839 --> 00:43:53.179
 into

00:43:53.179 --> 00:43:53.419
 the

00:43:53.419 --> 00:43:53.779
 world

00:43:53.779 --> 00:43:54.559
 to

00:43:54.559 --> 00:43:54.879
 bring

00:43:54.879 --> 00:43:55.119
 them

00:43:55.119 --> 00:43:55.339
 in

00:43:55.339 --> 00:43:58.919
 and

00:43:58.919 --> 00:43:59.059
 if

00:43:59.059 --> 00:43:59.179
 you

00:43:59.179 --> 00:43:59.359
 have

00:43:59.359 --> 00:43:59.639
 not

00:43:59.639 --> 00:43:59.839
 yet

00:43:59.839 --> 00:44:00.019
 made

00:44:00.019 --> 00:44:00.139
 a

00:44:00.139 --> 00:44:00.419
 decision

00:44:00.419 --> 00:44:00.619
 to

00:44:00.619 --> 00:44:00.919
 believe

00:44:00.919 --> 00:44:01.059
 in

00:44:01.059 --> 00:44:01.319
 Jesus

00:44:01.319 --> 00:44:01.519
 and

00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:01.819
 follow

00:44:01.819 --> 00:44:02.099
 him

00:44:02.099 --> 00:44:03.000
 unreservedly

00:44:03.000 --> 00:44:04.879
 never

00:44:04.879 --> 00:44:05.359
 has

00:44:05.359 --> 00:44:05.460
 there

00:44:05.460 --> 00:44:05.639
 been

00:44:05.639 --> 00:44:05.779
 a

00:44:05.779 --> 00:44:06.139
 greater

00:44:06.139 --> 00:44:06.619
 offer

00:44:06.619 --> 00:44:08.599
 and

00:44:08.599 --> 00:44:08.779
 a

00:44:08.779 --> 00:44:09.139
 surer

00:44:09.139 --> 00:44:09.839
 promise

00:44:09.839 --> 00:44:10.439
 than

00:44:10.439 --> 00:44:10.579
 what

00:44:10.579 --> 00:44:10.739
 we

00:44:10.739 --> 00:44:10.960
 see

00:44:10.960 --> 00:44:11.319
 here

00:44:11.320 --> 00:44:14.240
 so

00:44:14.240 --> 00:44:14.580
 hesitate

00:44:14.580 --> 00:44:14.840
 no

00:44:14.840 --> 00:44:15.180
 longer

00:44:15.180 --> 00:44:15.440
 be

00:44:15.440 --> 00:44:15.680
 set

00:44:15.680 --> 00:44:16.039
 apart

00:44:16.039 --> 00:44:16.900
 for

00:44:16.900 --> 00:44:17.200
 him

00:44:17.200 --> 00:44:17.640
 so

00:44:17.640 --> 00:44:17.760
 that

00:44:17.760 --> 00:44:17.860
 you

00:44:17.860 --> 00:44:17.980
 may

00:44:17.980 --> 00:44:18.120
 be

00:44:18.120 --> 00:44:18.420
 sent

00:44:18.420 --> 00:44:18.780
 in

00:44:18.780 --> 00:44:19.019
 to

00:44:19.019 --> 00:44:19.280
 join

00:44:19.280 --> 00:44:19.460
 this

00:44:19.460 --> 00:44:19.780
 mission

00:44:19.780 --> 00:44:20.300
 with

00:44:20.300 --> 00:44:20.580
 Jesus

00:44:20.580 --> 00:44:21.280
 let's

00:44:21.280 --> 00:44:21.440
 pray

00:44:21.440 --> 00:44:21.760
 together

00:44:21.760 --> 00:44:36.400
 God

00:44:36.400 --> 00:44:36.580
 we

00:44:36.580 --> 00:44:37.140
 desire

00:44:37.140 --> 00:44:38.200
 more

00:44:38.200 --> 00:44:38.440
 than

00:44:38.440 --> 00:44:38.920
 anything

00:44:38.920 --> 00:44:40.360
 to

00:44:40.360 --> 00:44:40.740
 see

00:44:40.740 --> 00:44:41.080
 your

00:44:41.080 --> 00:44:41.600
 glory

00:44:41.600 --> 00:44:42.360
 fill

00:44:42.360 --> 00:44:42.540
 the

00:44:42.540 --> 00:44:42.860
 earth

00:44:42.860 --> 00:44:44.020
 the

00:44:44.020 --> 00:44:44.440
 knowledge

00:44:44.440 --> 00:44:44.640
 of

00:44:44.640 --> 00:44:44.760
 the

00:44:44.760 --> 00:44:45.080
 glory

00:44:45.080 --> 00:44:45.220
 of

00:44:45.220 --> 00:44:45.320
 the

00:44:45.320 --> 00:44:45.540
 Lord

00:44:45.540 --> 00:44:45.760
 to

00:44:45.760 --> 00:44:46.140
 fill

00:44:46.140 --> 00:44:46.300
 the

00:44:46.300 --> 00:44:46.480
 earth

00:44:46.480 --> 00:44:46.640
 as

00:44:46.640 --> 00:44:46.800
 the

00:44:46.800 --> 00:44:47.180
 waters

00:44:47.180 --> 00:44:47.600
 cover

00:44:47.600 --> 00:44:47.800
 the

00:44:47.800 --> 00:44:48.100
 sea

00:44:48.100 --> 00:44:48.440
 that

00:44:48.440 --> 00:44:48.720
 is

00:44:48.720 --> 00:44:49.400
 our

00:44:49.400 --> 00:44:49.880
 desire

00:44:49.880 --> 00:44:51.660
 and

00:44:51.660 --> 00:44:51.880
 to

00:44:51.880 --> 00:44:52.200
 that

00:44:52.200 --> 00:44:52.640
 end

00:44:52.640 --> 00:44:52.860
 we

00:44:52.860 --> 00:44:53.420
 pray

00:44:53.420 --> 00:44:53.840
 Lord

00:44:53.840 --> 00:44:54.059
 that

00:44:54.059 --> 00:44:54.360
 you

00:44:54.360 --> 00:44:55.099
 continue

00:44:55.099 --> 00:44:55.340
 to

00:44:55.340 --> 00:44:55.720
 set

00:44:55.720 --> 00:44:55.960
 us

00:44:55.960 --> 00:44:56.420
 apart

00:44:56.420 --> 00:44:57.660
 so

00:44:57.660 --> 00:44:57.760
 that

00:44:57.760 --> 00:44:57.880
 it

00:44:57.880 --> 00:44:58.019
 will

00:44:58.019 --> 00:44:58.220
 be

00:44:58.220 --> 00:44:58.660
 so

00:44:58.660 --> 00:44:59.160
 clear

00:44:59.160 --> 00:44:59.680
 and

00:44:59.680 --> 00:45:00.019
 evident

00:45:00.019 --> 00:45:00.280
 to

00:45:00.280 --> 00:45:00.579
 all

00:45:00.579 --> 00:45:00.800
 those

00:45:00.800 --> 00:45:01.160
 around

00:45:01.160 --> 00:45:01.519
 us

00:45:01.519 --> 00:45:01.740
 that

00:45:01.740 --> 00:45:01.940
 we

00:45:01.940 --> 00:45:02.519
 belong

00:45:02.519 --> 00:45:03.119
 to

00:45:03.119 --> 00:45:03.579
 one

00:45:03.579 --> 00:45:04.059
 person

00:45:04.059 --> 00:45:04.260
 and

00:45:04.260 --> 00:45:04.599
 that's

00:45:04.599 --> 00:45:05.019
 you

00:45:05.019 --> 00:45:05.440
 Lord

00:45:05.440 --> 00:45:07.539
 that

00:45:07.539 --> 00:45:07.880
 all

00:45:07.880 --> 00:45:08.079
 that

00:45:08.079 --> 00:45:08.220
 we

00:45:08.220 --> 00:45:08.539
 say

00:45:08.539 --> 00:45:08.760
 and

00:45:08.760 --> 00:45:08.940
 do

00:45:08.940 --> 00:45:09.260
 all

00:45:09.260 --> 00:45:09.480
 our

00:45:09.480 --> 00:45:10.160
 plans

00:45:10.160 --> 00:45:11.900
 the

00:45:11.900 --> 00:45:12.440
 entirety

00:45:12.440 --> 00:45:12.660
 of

00:45:12.660 --> 00:45:12.780
 our

00:45:12.780 --> 00:45:13.200
 lives

00:45:13.200 --> 00:45:14.920
 are

00:45:14.920 --> 00:45:15.340
 given

00:45:15.340 --> 00:45:15.680
 to

00:45:15.680 --> 00:45:15.980
 you

00:45:15.980 --> 00:45:16.860
 so

00:45:16.860 --> 00:45:17.099
 set

00:45:17.099 --> 00:45:17.220
 us

00:45:17.220 --> 00:45:17.480
 apart

00:45:17.480 --> 00:45:17.640
 in

00:45:17.640 --> 00:45:18.000
 such

00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:18.160
 a

00:45:18.160 --> 00:45:18.300
 way

00:45:18.300 --> 00:45:18.660
 so

00:45:18.660 --> 00:45:18.880
 that

00:45:18.880 --> 00:45:19.059
 when

00:45:19.059 --> 00:45:19.200
 we

00:45:19.200 --> 00:45:19.360
 are

00:45:19.360 --> 00:45:19.760
 sent

00:45:19.880 --> 00:45:20.140
 in

00:45:20.140 --> 00:45:22.119
 we

00:45:22.119 --> 00:45:22.240
 may

00:45:22.240 --> 00:45:22.400
 be

00:45:22.400 --> 00:45:23.059
 effective

00:45:23.059 --> 00:45:23.980
 witnesses

00:45:23.980 --> 00:45:26.940
 able

00:45:26.940 --> 00:45:27.300
 to

00:45:27.300 --> 00:45:29.260
 give

00:45:29.260 --> 00:45:29.820
 a

00:45:29.820 --> 00:45:30.240
 reason

00:45:30.240 --> 00:45:31.059
 for

00:45:31.059 --> 00:45:31.240
 the

00:45:31.240 --> 00:45:31.599
 hope

00:45:31.599 --> 00:45:31.800
 that

00:45:31.800 --> 00:45:31.920
 we

00:45:31.920 --> 00:45:32.160
 have

00:45:32.160 --> 00:45:32.320
 in

00:45:32.320 --> 00:45:33.880
 you

00:45:33.880 --> 00:45:37.740
 Lord

00:45:37.740 --> 00:45:38.140
 use

00:45:38.140 --> 00:45:38.640
 this

00:45:38.640 --> 00:45:38.960
 church

00:45:38.960 --> 00:45:39.260
 in

00:45:39.260 --> 00:45:39.360
 that

00:45:39.360 --> 00:45:39.599
 way

00:45:39.599 --> 00:45:42.579
 in

00:45:42.579 --> 00:45:42.820
 Jesus

00:45:42.820 --> 00:45:43.079
 name

00:45:43.079 --> 00:45:43.220
 we

00:45:43.220 --> 00:45:43.440
 pray

00:45:43.440 --> 00:45:44.079
 amen