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 All right, so this is the point in our service where we open up the Word of God.

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 This is our opportunity to hear what the Lord Jesus has said.

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 We're going to be looking at His own words.

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 And so I encourage you, if you have a Bible, to open it up to John chapter 6.

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 This morning we're going to be looking at something that Jesus said that seems a little strange,

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 at least at first.

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 I know that we had said we would look at the response of the crowd to Jesus

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 after He had said that the bread of life was His flesh,

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 and whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life.

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 We are going to get to that, but we're actually going to look at that next Sunday.

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 It's a pretty wild thing that Jesus said.

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 This morning we're going to look at something else that is strange that Jesus said

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 that came up in this conversation in John chapter 6.

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 So let's read it together, starting in verse 35.

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 And maybe before I read it, I'll just say, you know,

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 one of the things we're going to focus on a little bit in this is,

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 what is Jesus' relationship to the Father?

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 It's something that we've talked about a little before,

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 but just maybe look into that as we read it,

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 because we've heard these words before, but there's more here.

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 So verse 35,

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 Then Jesus declared,

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 I am the bread of life.

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 Whoever comes to me will never go hungry,

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 and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

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 But as I told you, you have seen me,

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 and still you do not believe.

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 All those the Father gives me will come to me,

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 and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.

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 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will,

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 but to do the will of him who sent me.

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 And this is the will of him who sent me,

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 that I shall lose none of all those he has given me,

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 but raise them up at the last day.

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 For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son

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 and believes in him shall have eternal life,

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 and I will raise them up at the last day.

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 So there's a lot in here,

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 but we're just going to focus on the relationship of Jesus

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 with his Father.

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 We've talked about some of the other things.

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 Last Sunday we talked about eternal life.

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 The Sunday before that we talked about Jesus' statement,

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 I will raise them up at the last day.

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 We want to focus in on this relationship

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 that Jesus has with the Father.

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 And we've heard a little bit about this already

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 in the Gospel of John.

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 We heard about it right at the beginning.

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 In John 1, verse 14,

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 John described Jesus, this man,

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 as the Son who came from the Father.

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 A little bit later in verse 18,

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 he said,

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 No one has ever seen God,

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 but the one and only Son,

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 who is himself God,

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 and is in closest relationship with the Father,

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 has made him known.

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 So there's this special relationship

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 between Jesus, the Son,

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 and his Father.

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 We only see glimpses of it

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 or mentions of it

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 in the first part of Jesus' story.

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 We heard Nathaniel make that declaration,

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 Rabbi, you are the Son of God.

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 But did Nathaniel really know

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 what he was affirming?

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 We saw it...

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 We saw it when Jesus got to the temple in Jerusalem.

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 He was flipping the tables

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 on those who were selling.

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 And he said,

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 the temple,

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 he referred to it as,

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 my Father's house.

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 But it doesn't seem that the people

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 really caught on to that.

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 It wasn't until later in chapter 5

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 that this whole relationship

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 between Jesus and his Father

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 really came to the forefront.

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 If you remember those messages,

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 Jesus had a lot to say

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 about his relationship with the Father.

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 He...

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 If you caught those messages,

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 we heard him making

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 some very interesting statements

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 like,

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 my Father is always at his work

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 to this very day

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 and I too am working.

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 This was after he had healed

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 a man on the Sabbath

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 and the religious leaders

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 were going after Jesus

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 for doing that.

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 And Jesus began to explain

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 a little bit about

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 his relationship with the Father.

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 We're always at work.

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 He referred to himself

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 as doing nothing on his own.

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 I do nothing by myself.

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 I only do what I see

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 my Father doing.

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 He stated that his Father

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 loves him.

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 That his Father shows him

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 everything he does.

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 Jesus talked about

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 how the Father would show him

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 even greater things

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 than what they'd already seen

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 earlier that day.

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 How one day

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 they would see him,

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 the Son,

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 do some of the most amazing works

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 in human history.

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 Raising the dead

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 back to life

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 and the final judgment.

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 He said,

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 these works

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 have been entrusted to me

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 by my Father

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 on purpose

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 so that people

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 will come to honor

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 the Son,

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 me,

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 as they honor

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 my Father.

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 And we talked back then

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 about how this relationship

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 between Jesus

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 and his Father

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 is very mysterious.

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 glorious.

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 It's unlike anything

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 that we know.

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 We talked about

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 how there's this oneness

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 and unity

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 between the Father

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 and the Son.

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 There's a togetherness

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 and a unison

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 in their working.

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 We heard how Jesus

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 describes

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 his Father

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 as sending him

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 into the world

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 and giving him

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 works to do

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 and works

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 to finish.

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 Testifying about

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 his Son

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 through those works.

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 And then we hear

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 on Jesus' side

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 of the relationship

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 about how his aim

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 and his mission

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 is to do

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 those works

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 that he's been

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 given

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 by his Father

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 to finish that work

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 to not just

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 please himself

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 but to please

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 the Father

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 who sent him.

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 And in the midst

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 of all this

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 we saw the religious leaders

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 having a very hard time

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 with the way

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 that Jesus talked

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 about this special

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 relationship

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 that he has

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 with his Father.

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 They understood

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 Jesus is making himself

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 out to be equal

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 with God

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 and they were hearing

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 words of blasphemy.

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 So here we are again

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 in this conversation

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 in John chapter 6

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 with the crowd.

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 This is after the feeding

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 of the 5,000

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 and some of the feeding

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 of the 5,000 crowd

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 are here.

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 And this topic

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 of Jesus'

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 special relationship

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 with the Father

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 again comes

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 to the forefront.

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 So it starts

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 in verse 35.

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 Let me just read it again.

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 Then Jesus declared,

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 I am the bread of life.

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 Whoever comes to me

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 will never go hungry

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 and whoever believes

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 in me

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 will never be thirsty.

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 And we talked about this

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 a couple weeks ago.

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 Jesus is holding out

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 this incredible promise

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 of eternal life.

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 That the deepest needs

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 that you have

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 can be satisfied,

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 your thirst can be quenched

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 forever.

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 All you need to do

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 to receive this

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 is two things.

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 He says,

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 whoever comes to me,

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 he says,

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 whoever believes in me.

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 So the invitation

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 is on the table.

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 He's just put it out there

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 in front of the crowd.

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 Come to me.

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 Believe in me.

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 But then the conversation

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 takes this turn

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 all of a sudden.

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 And we read it

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 in verse 36.

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 Jesus says this next,

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 but as I told you,

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 you have seen me

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 and still

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 you do not believe.

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 So it's like

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 they're seeing Jesus

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 do these works

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 of God among them

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 and yet they're not

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 believing in him.

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 And then this conversation

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 starts to get

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 a little strange

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 all of a sudden.

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 Jesus says this next.

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 He says,

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 all those the Father

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 gives me

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 will come to me.

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 And whoever comes to me,

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 I will never

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 drive away.

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 So we're still

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 talking about

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 people coming

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 to Jesus,

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 but now Jesus

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 brings this whole talk

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 about coming

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 to him

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 into a bigger

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 discussion

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 of what's going

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 on between him

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 and his Father.

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 He makes

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 this statement,

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 all those

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 the Father

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 gives me

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 will come

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 to me.

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 I don't know

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 about you,

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 but to me

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 that seems

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 a little bit

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 unexpected

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 of a thing

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 to say,

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 a little bit

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 strange.

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 Let's stop

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 and think

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 about it

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 for a minute.

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 We notice

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 that the Father

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 is giving

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 something

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 to the Son.

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 What is he

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 giving to him?

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 People.

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 It's kind

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 of weird.

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 This is something

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 we can't relate

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 to.

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 We don't

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 give people

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 to other

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 people.

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 But here

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 Jesus says

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 that God

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 the Father

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 is giving

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 people to

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 him.

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 The second

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 thing that's

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 strange is

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 how this

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 seems to

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 be an

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 explanation

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 of why

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 they don't

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 believe.

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 And maybe

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 it's helpful

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 at this point

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 to think

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 of the

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 disciples

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 who are

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 here

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 listening

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 to this.

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 Jesus

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 has just

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 put the

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 invitation

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 on the

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 table.

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 I am

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 the bread

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 of life.

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 Come to

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 me and

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 believe in

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 me.

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 And it's

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 like the

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 crowd you

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 can almost

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 imagine in

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 that moment

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 is silent.

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 As we

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 just read

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 Jesus says

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 you do

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 not

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 believe.

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 Nobody's

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 coming

00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:31.860
 forward.

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 Nobody's

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 moving.

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 You can

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 just almost

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 imagine maybe

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 the disciples

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 just off to

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 the side

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 like you

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 heard Jesus.

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 He just

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 put out the

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 altar call.

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 He just

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 gave the

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 invitation.

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 Who's

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 coming

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 first?

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 Come to

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 him.

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 And then

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 all of a

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 sudden the

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 moment drags

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 on and

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 maybe there's

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 a bit of

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 awkwardness

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 like is

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 nobody going

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 to come?

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 You can

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 almost imagine

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 them like

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 glancing over

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 at Jesus

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 like why is

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 nobody

00:11:02.320 --> 00:11:02.899
 coming?

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 Why is

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 nobody

00:11:04.440 --> 00:11:05.019
 responding?

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 You gave

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 the invitation.

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 What's

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 happening

00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:09.799
 here?

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 Jesus'

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 statement in

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 verse 37

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 seems to be

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 an answer to

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 that question.

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 it's almost

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 as if

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 Jesus is

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 saying

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 don't worry

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 if nobody

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 is coming

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 at this

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 moment.

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 All those

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 the father

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 gives me

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 will come

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 to me.

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 We remember

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 what Jesus

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 said earlier

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 that his

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 father is

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 always at

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 work.

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 Even now

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 my father

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 who is

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 unseen

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 is at

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 work.

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 He is

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 doing this

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 work of

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 giving

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 people

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 to me.

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 And

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 whoever he

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 is

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 intentionally

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 at work

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 in

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 will

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 come

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 to me.

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 Maybe

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 not at

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 this

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 instant.

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 Maybe

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 later

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 today.

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 Maybe

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 tomorrow.

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 But they

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 will

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 come

00:12:03.520 --> 00:12:04.060
 to me.

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 Perhaps

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 another way

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 to say it

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 might be

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 like this.

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 Nobody

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 that the

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 father

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 has

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 determined

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 to give

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 to his

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 son

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 will

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 miss

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 the

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 boat.

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 And as

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 soon as I

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 say that

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 I know

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 that I

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 have said

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 something that

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 doesn't sit

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 well with

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 some people.

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 Maybe some

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 of you here

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 this morning.

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 Hold on a

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 second here.

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 Are you

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 saying that

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 God has

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 decided to

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 give some

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 to his

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 son but

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 not others?

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 Or that

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 God gives

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 some to

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 his son

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 whether they

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 want to

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 come or

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 not?

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 Are you

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 saying that

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 some people

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 are saved

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 because God

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 has decided

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 to save

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 them and

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 others because

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 he has not

00:12:49.579 --> 00:12:50.319
 decided to

00:12:50.319 --> 00:12:50.799
 save them?

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 Are you

00:12:53.139 --> 00:12:53.620
 saying that

00:12:53.620 --> 00:12:54.039
 the people

00:12:54.039 --> 00:12:54.399
 in this

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 crowd who

00:12:55.139 --> 00:12:56.179
 don't

00:12:56.179 --> 00:12:56.779
 believe in

00:12:56.779 --> 00:12:57.740
 Jesus don't

00:12:57.740 --> 00:12:58.459
 believe because

00:12:58.459 --> 00:12:59.639
 God has not

00:12:59.639 --> 00:13:00.500
 decided to

00:13:00.500 --> 00:13:01.299
 give them

00:13:01.299 --> 00:13:02.539
 to the

00:13:02.539 --> 00:13:02.799
 son?

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 And if

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 those are

00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:06.340
 your questions

00:13:06.340 --> 00:13:06.779
 those are

00:13:06.779 --> 00:13:07.500
 good questions.

00:13:08.079 --> 00:13:08.439
 They're good

00:13:08.439 --> 00:13:09.299
 questions that

00:13:09.299 --> 00:13:10.240
 I'm not going

00:13:10.240 --> 00:13:10.620
 to try to

00:13:10.620 --> 00:13:11.259
 answer fully

00:13:11.259 --> 00:13:11.860
 this morning.

00:13:12.399 --> 00:13:13.079
 There's a

00:13:13.079 --> 00:13:13.779
 whole debate

00:13:13.779 --> 00:13:15.419
 over this

00:13:15.419 --> 00:13:16.459
 very verse

00:13:16.459 --> 00:13:17.659
 this very

00:13:17.659 --> 00:13:18.139
 thing that

00:13:18.139 --> 00:13:18.720
 Jesus said

00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:19.120
 but I will

00:13:19.120 --> 00:13:19.559
 say a few

00:13:19.559 --> 00:13:20.039
 things.

00:13:21.720 --> 00:13:22.519
 Is there

00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:23.159
 a chance

00:13:23.159 --> 00:13:24.360
 that Jesus

00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:25.539
 messed up

00:13:25.539 --> 00:13:26.279
 his words

00:13:26.279 --> 00:13:28.459
 or misspoke

00:13:28.459 --> 00:13:29.699
 when he

00:13:29.699 --> 00:13:30.379
 said this?

00:13:31.220 --> 00:13:32.279
 All those

00:13:32.279 --> 00:13:32.779
 the father

00:13:32.779 --> 00:13:33.539
 gives me

00:13:33.539 --> 00:13:35.019
 will come

00:13:35.019 --> 00:13:35.519
 to me.

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 Because you

00:13:37.319 --> 00:13:37.840
 know there's

00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:38.600
 something inside

00:13:38.600 --> 00:13:39.340
 all of us

00:13:39.340 --> 00:13:39.960
 that for some

00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:40.659
 reason we want

00:13:40.659 --> 00:13:41.419
 to flip that

00:13:41.419 --> 00:13:42.259
 statement around

00:13:42.259 --> 00:13:42.819
 or change

00:13:42.819 --> 00:13:43.259
 the words

00:13:43.259 --> 00:13:43.620
 in it.

00:13:44.879 --> 00:13:45.600
 We want

00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:46.000
 to say

00:13:46.000 --> 00:13:47.559
 Jesus you

00:13:47.559 --> 00:13:48.620
 must have

00:13:48.620 --> 00:13:49.559
 misspoken what

00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:50.419
 you meant to

00:13:50.419 --> 00:13:52.019
 say was

00:13:52.019 --> 00:13:54.000
 something like

00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:54.419
 this.

00:13:54.600 --> 00:13:55.399
 All those who

00:13:55.399 --> 00:13:56.319
 first come

00:13:56.319 --> 00:13:57.000
 to me

00:13:57.000 --> 00:13:58.919
 will then be

00:13:58.919 --> 00:13:59.799
 given to me

00:13:59.799 --> 00:14:00.719
 by my father.

00:14:02.000 --> 00:14:02.679
 Because I

00:14:02.679 --> 00:14:03.019
 got to make

00:14:03.019 --> 00:14:03.579
 that decision

00:14:03.579 --> 00:14:04.379
 first right?

00:14:04.839 --> 00:14:05.579
 But that's not

00:14:05.579 --> 00:14:06.039
 what Jesus

00:14:06.039 --> 00:14:06.500
 said.

00:14:07.339 --> 00:14:08.000
 Or we might

00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:08.399
 change it

00:14:08.399 --> 00:14:08.879
 all together

00:14:08.879 --> 00:14:09.259
 and make

00:14:09.259 --> 00:14:09.820
 Jesus say

00:14:09.820 --> 00:14:10.259
 this.

00:14:10.960 --> 00:14:11.620
 All those

00:14:11.620 --> 00:14:12.200
 who give

00:14:12.200 --> 00:14:12.740
 themselves

00:14:12.740 --> 00:14:13.340
 to me

00:14:13.340 --> 00:14:15.080
 will come

00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:15.519
 to me.

00:14:16.899 --> 00:14:17.539
 But Jesus

00:14:17.539 --> 00:14:18.059
 didn't say

00:14:18.059 --> 00:14:18.600
 that either.

00:14:19.720 --> 00:14:20.600
 He said

00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:21.340
 all those

00:14:21.340 --> 00:14:21.879
 the father

00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:22.879
 gives me

00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:25.179
 will come

00:14:25.179 --> 00:14:25.559
 to me.

00:14:25.740 --> 00:14:26.360
 And let's

00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:27.220
 remember who

00:14:27.220 --> 00:14:27.980
 Jesus is.

00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:28.580
 He is the

00:14:28.580 --> 00:14:29.360
 son of God

00:14:29.360 --> 00:14:30.500
 who speaks

00:14:30.500 --> 00:14:31.439
 only what he

00:14:31.439 --> 00:14:31.939
 hears from

00:14:31.939 --> 00:14:32.500
 his father.

00:14:32.919 --> 00:14:33.460
 He doesn't

00:14:33.460 --> 00:14:34.100
 misspeak.

00:14:34.799 --> 00:14:35.559
 He said it

00:14:35.559 --> 00:14:36.019
 this way

00:14:36.019 --> 00:14:36.699
 and this

00:14:36.699 --> 00:14:38.039
 is how

00:14:38.039 --> 00:14:38.559
 he intended

00:14:38.559 --> 00:14:39.019
 to say

00:14:39.019 --> 00:14:39.159
 it.

00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:39.939
 So the

00:14:39.939 --> 00:14:40.539
 big question

00:14:40.539 --> 00:14:40.980
 here of

00:14:40.980 --> 00:14:41.480
 course is

00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:42.659
 how does

00:14:42.659 --> 00:14:43.340
 the father's

00:14:43.340 --> 00:14:44.480
 giving of

00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:46.079
 people relate

00:14:46.079 --> 00:14:46.519
 to their

00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:47.720
 coming to

00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:48.059
 Jesus?

00:14:48.740 --> 00:14:49.460
 Which comes

00:14:49.460 --> 00:14:49.919
 first?

00:14:51.120 --> 00:14:51.860
 Is one

00:14:51.860 --> 00:14:53.179
 dependent on

00:14:53.179 --> 00:14:53.600
 the other?

00:14:54.659 --> 00:14:55.419
 And we may

00:14:55.419 --> 00:14:55.919
 get to a

00:14:55.919 --> 00:14:56.299
 little bit of

00:14:56.299 --> 00:14:56.860
 an answer to

00:14:56.860 --> 00:14:57.279
 that in the

00:14:57.279 --> 00:14:57.779
 weeks ahead

00:14:57.779 --> 00:14:58.840
 but for this

00:14:58.840 --> 00:14:59.259
 morning I

00:14:59.259 --> 00:14:59.740
 want us to

00:14:59.740 --> 00:15:00.399
 focus on

00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:01.259
 this relationship

00:15:01.259 --> 00:15:02.179
 between father

00:15:02.179 --> 00:15:03.099
 and son

00:15:03.099 --> 00:15:03.439
 here.

00:15:04.799 --> 00:15:05.459
 Let me

00:15:05.459 --> 00:15:05.859
 point your

00:15:05.859 --> 00:15:07.239
 attention to

00:15:07.239 --> 00:15:07.959
 one word in

00:15:07.959 --> 00:15:08.859
 the statement.

00:15:09.459 --> 00:15:09.939
 That word

00:15:09.939 --> 00:15:10.519
 gives.

00:15:11.059 --> 00:15:11.739
 All those

00:15:11.739 --> 00:15:12.339
 the father

00:15:12.339 --> 00:15:15.139
 gives to

00:15:15.139 --> 00:15:17.259
 me will

00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:17.699
 come to

00:15:17.699 --> 00:15:17.939
 me.

00:15:19.099 --> 00:15:19.739
 There's

00:15:19.739 --> 00:15:19.979
 something

00:15:19.979 --> 00:15:20.759
 wonderful about

00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:21.339
 that word.

00:15:22.500 --> 00:15:23.139
 There's

00:15:23.139 --> 00:15:24.120
 something bigger

00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:24.759
 than just the

00:15:24.759 --> 00:15:26.279
 crowd and

00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:26.879
 Jesus and

00:15:26.879 --> 00:15:27.419
 the disciples

00:15:27.419 --> 00:15:28.159
 and what they

00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:28.759
 can see

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 going on

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 here.

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 those who

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 the father

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 gives to

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 me will

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 come to

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 me.

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 I want you

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 to think

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 about yourself.

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 If you are

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 a person who

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 would say I

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 have come to

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 Jesus, what

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 does this

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 statement say

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 about you

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 here this

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 morning?

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 Do you

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 know that

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 you are a

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 part of a

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 larger story?

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 Christmas is

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 coming not

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 too long from

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 now.

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 Starting to

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 feel it a

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 little more

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 now that

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 the snow

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 has come.

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 It's a

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 time that we

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 celebrate God's

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 gift of his

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 son to us.

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 But what

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 Jesus seems to

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 be saying here

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 is something

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 different.

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 He seems to

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 be saying that

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 we who have

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 come to

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 Jesus and

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 those who

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 will yet

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 come are

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 actually God's

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 gift to

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 his son.

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 God's

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 God's

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 gift.

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 Do you

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 see that in

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 these words?

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 Another way to

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 ask it would be

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 like this.

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 Who is the

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 giver in this

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 statement?

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 statement?

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 And then who

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 is the

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 recipient of

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 the gift in

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 this statement?

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 And finally,

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 what is the

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 gift?

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 gift?

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 Think about

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 this for a

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 moment.

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 Jesus is not

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 talking about a

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 gift that gives

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 itself.

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 He's talking

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 about a gift

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 given by

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 someone, the

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 father, to

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 someone, the

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 son.

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 In this

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 case, those

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 who come to

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 Jesus are the

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 gift.

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 Those who

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 have yet to

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 come to

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 Jesus are

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 part of those

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 who will be

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 given by

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 God to

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 his son.

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 And so

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 maybe it's

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 helpful to

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 think in

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 terms like

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 we often

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 do at

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 Christmas.

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 Those of

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 us who

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 have come

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 to Jesus

00:17:33.019 --> 00:17:33.600
 or will

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 yet come

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 to Jesus

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 are like

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 we're like

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 the ones

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 wrapped up

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 inside the

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 box being

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 given.

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 But we

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 should not

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 think that

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 God is a

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 thoughtless

00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:46.600
 gift giver

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 or that he

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 didn't know

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 what to

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 give to

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 his son.

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 We all

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 know what

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 it's like to

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 feel the

00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:54.400
 stress of

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 Christmas gift

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 giving.

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 Maybe some

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 of you are

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 already starting

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 to feel that

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 right now.

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 There's

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 often times an

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 expectation.

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 And it's

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 probably happened

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 to all of us

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 I'm sure that

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 you know

00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:07.920
 Christmas has

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 snuck up on

00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:10.100
 us and we

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 ran out of

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 time to get

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 a carefully

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 well thought

00:18:13.059 --> 00:18:13.680
 out gift

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 for someone

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 that we

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 love.

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 God

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 doesn't

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 give like

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 that.

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 God is the

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 most intentional

00:18:20.420 --> 00:18:21.460
 thoughtless

00:18:21.460 --> 00:18:22.460
 God is the

00:18:22.460 --> 00:18:22.720
 most intentional

00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:24.100
 thoughtless

00:18:24.100 --> 00:18:25.960
 God doesn't

00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:41.420
 give like that.

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 God is the

00:18:43.580 --> 00:18:44.500
 most intentional

00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:46.900
 thoughtful and

00:18:46.900 --> 00:18:47.700
 considerate

00:18:47.700 --> 00:18:49.460
 giver in the

00:18:49.460 --> 00:18:50.259
 universe who

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 always finds

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 nothing less

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 than the

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 perfect way to

00:18:56.220 --> 00:18:57.519
 express his

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 love.

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 The perfect

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 gift to give.

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 God is the

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 God.

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 So we who

00:19:02.779 --> 00:19:03.220
 come to

00:19:03.220 --> 00:19:03.920
 Jesus are

00:19:03.920 --> 00:19:05.000
 we're not

00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:05.619
 like a gift

00:19:05.619 --> 00:19:06.059
 from the

00:19:06.059 --> 00:19:06.619
 father that

00:19:06.619 --> 00:19:07.240
 just one day

00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:07.899
 showed up on

00:19:07.899 --> 00:19:08.399
 the father's

00:19:08.399 --> 00:19:09.019
 doorstep and

00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:09.659
 said here I

00:19:09.659 --> 00:19:11.139
 am Lord send

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 me and then

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 he looked at

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 us and said

00:19:13.619 --> 00:19:15.980
 ah yes the

00:19:15.980 --> 00:19:16.740
 perfect gift

00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:17.500
 for my son.

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 No rather

00:19:20.639 --> 00:19:22.740
 all those who

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 have come to

00:19:23.299 --> 00:19:24.240
 Jesus and all

00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:25.220
 those who have

00:19:25.220 --> 00:19:26.500
 yet to come

00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:28.039
 to Jesus are

00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:28.619
 a gift that

00:19:28.619 --> 00:19:30.019
 the father has

00:19:30.019 --> 00:19:30.700
 been planning

00:19:30.700 --> 00:19:31.500
 and preparing

00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:32.139
 to give to

00:19:32.139 --> 00:19:33.319
 his son since

00:19:33.319 --> 00:19:33.879
 before the

00:19:33.879 --> 00:19:34.579
 creation of

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 the world.

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 And there are

00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:38.759
 numerous passages

00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:39.539
 we could go to

00:19:39.539 --> 00:19:40.160
 to demonstrate

00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:40.619
 that.

00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:41.319
 I think most

00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:42.200
 of you have

00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:42.599
 read your

00:19:42.599 --> 00:19:43.660
 Bibles know

00:19:43.660 --> 00:19:44.460
 those passages

00:19:44.460 --> 00:19:44.900
 that I'm

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 talking about.

00:19:46.740 --> 00:19:47.559
 But I think

00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:48.119
 we have trouble

00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:48.579
 with this

00:19:48.579 --> 00:19:51.039
 truth because

00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:52.599
 our view of

00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:53.359
 reality is

00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:53.920
 warped by

00:19:53.920 --> 00:19:54.259
 sin.

00:19:55.700 --> 00:19:56.799
 Sin causes

00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:58.220
 us to see

00:19:58.220 --> 00:20:00.000
 ourselves as

00:20:00.000 --> 00:20:00.720
 at the center

00:20:00.720 --> 00:20:01.559
 of the

00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:02.400
 grand story.

00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:04.539
 Yet Jesus

00:20:04.539 --> 00:20:06.259
 speaks here

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:07.799
 as if there

00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:08.299
 is a greater

00:20:08.299 --> 00:20:09.079
 story going

00:20:09.079 --> 00:20:09.420
 on.

00:20:10.920 --> 00:20:11.799
 He speaks

00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:12.140
 of this

00:20:12.140 --> 00:20:13.700
 dynamic love

00:20:13.700 --> 00:20:14.400
 relationship

00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:15.839
 between a

00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:16.859
 father and

00:20:16.859 --> 00:20:17.339
 a son.

00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:19.259
 A story in

00:20:19.259 --> 00:20:19.839
 which we are

00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:20.299
 neither the

00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:22.000
 giver nor

00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:22.640
 the recipient.

00:20:24.039 --> 00:20:24.859
 Instead we're

00:20:24.859 --> 00:20:25.480
 the one wrapped

00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:25.900
 up in the

00:20:25.900 --> 00:20:26.359
 box.

00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:28.379
 we're the

00:20:28.379 --> 00:20:29.039
 gift being

00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:29.579
 given from

00:20:29.579 --> 00:20:30.399
 one to the

00:20:30.399 --> 00:20:30.679
 other.

00:20:31.679 --> 00:20:32.539
 And not

00:20:32.539 --> 00:20:33.299
 because we're

00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:33.979
 supremely

00:20:33.979 --> 00:20:34.559
 valuable.

00:20:35.559 --> 00:20:36.479
 Not because

00:20:36.479 --> 00:20:37.539
 God went and

00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:38.299
 found us and

00:20:38.299 --> 00:20:38.939
 sought out this

00:20:38.939 --> 00:20:39.839
 rare treasure.

00:20:40.919 --> 00:20:41.479
 Truthfully,

00:20:42.199 --> 00:20:43.419
 God did not

00:20:43.419 --> 00:20:44.039
 find us

00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:45.619
 beautiful and

00:20:45.619 --> 00:20:47.079
 worthy and

00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:47.879
 fit to be

00:20:47.879 --> 00:20:48.479
 given to his

00:20:48.479 --> 00:20:48.759
 son.

00:20:49.839 --> 00:20:50.339
 Rather he

00:20:50.339 --> 00:20:51.599
 has chosen to

00:20:51.599 --> 00:20:52.759
 radically transform

00:20:52.759 --> 00:20:54.140
 us and to

00:20:54.140 --> 00:20:55.119
 make us

00:20:55.119 --> 00:20:57.180
 worthy and

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:58.379
 fit to be

00:20:58.379 --> 00:20:58.960
 given to his

00:20:58.960 --> 00:20:59.240
 son.

00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:01.519
 As they often

00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:02.200
 say, the best

00:21:02.200 --> 00:21:02.680
 gifts are

00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:04.740
 handmade and

00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:05.319
 can't be bought

00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:05.839
 in the store.

00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:08.519
 And so Jesus

00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:09.460
 is not worried

00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:10.440
 in this moment

00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:11.460
 that nobody is

00:21:11.460 --> 00:21:12.619
 coming forward

00:21:12.619 --> 00:21:12.980
 to him.

00:21:13.059 --> 00:21:13.519
 He's put the

00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:14.440
 invitation on

00:21:14.440 --> 00:21:15.140
 the table but

00:21:15.140 --> 00:21:15.720
 he's not

00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:16.140
 worried.

00:21:17.180 --> 00:21:17.920
 He's here to

00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:18.779
 speak and to

00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:19.559
 do what God

00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:20.240
 has given him

00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:20.920
 to speak and

00:21:20.920 --> 00:21:21.279
 to do.

00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:22.579
 And whether

00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:23.339
 someone comes

00:21:23.339 --> 00:21:24.059
 to him is

00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:25.279
 his father's

00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:26.539
 gift to

00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:26.899
 give.

00:21:28.599 --> 00:21:29.399
 I don't know

00:21:29.399 --> 00:21:30.059
 about you but

00:21:30.059 --> 00:21:30.759
 I find it

00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:32.339
 humbling to

00:21:32.339 --> 00:21:33.220
 hear of myself

00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:34.079
 being spoken

00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:34.599
 of in the

00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:35.259
 third person

00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:36.639
 by Jesus as

00:21:36.639 --> 00:21:39.039
 the gift and

00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:39.740
 not the giver

00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:40.899
 or the

00:21:40.899 --> 00:21:41.279
 recipient.

00:21:42.660 --> 00:21:44.099
 To me, it

00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:44.759
 says that my

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:45.319
 coming to

00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:46.660
 Jesus and my

00:21:46.660 --> 00:21:47.379
 believing in

00:21:47.379 --> 00:21:48.000
 him is not

00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:48.779
 just something I

00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:49.319
 did on my

00:21:49.319 --> 00:21:49.579
 own.

00:21:49.579 --> 00:21:51.419
 It says to

00:21:51.419 --> 00:21:52.079
 me that God

00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:54.799
 was in my

00:21:54.799 --> 00:21:55.419
 coming to

00:21:55.419 --> 00:21:55.759
 Jesus.

00:21:55.919 --> 00:21:56.220
 He was

00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:57.439
 working in

00:21:57.439 --> 00:21:58.679
 it unseen

00:21:58.679 --> 00:22:01.079
 with intentional

00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:02.859
 purpose and

00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:04.500
 love right from

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 the start.

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 It's also

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:08.259
 humbling to me

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 because it

00:22:09.139 --> 00:22:09.839
 means that my

00:22:09.839 --> 00:22:10.419
 coming to

00:22:10.419 --> 00:22:11.019
 Jesus and

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.899
 being saved

00:22:11.899 --> 00:22:12.839
 from God's

00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:13.480
 wrath is not

00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:14.220
 just for me.

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 It's not just

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 for my sake.

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 it means I'm

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 also being

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 made into a

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 present, a

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 gift for the

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 Son, for

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 his sake, for

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 his pleasure and

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 honor.

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 And this

00:22:31.119 --> 00:22:32.019
 greater story

00:22:32.019 --> 00:22:32.940
 that we hear

00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:33.920
 Jesus refer to

00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:35.039
 here seems to

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.779
 be more about

00:22:35.779 --> 00:22:37.480
 the Son than

00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:38.019
 it is about

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.379
 me.

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 Now we

00:22:44.820 --> 00:22:45.360
 might still

00:22:45.360 --> 00:22:46.540
 wonder about

00:22:46.540 --> 00:22:47.200
 those questions

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:47.800
 that I posed

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 earlier.

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 We might

00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:50.000
 wonder, well

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.580
 what if God

00:22:50.580 --> 00:22:51.560
 hasn't chosen to

00:22:51.560 --> 00:22:52.660
 give me to

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:53.160
 his Son?

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 Does that mean

00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:55.340
 that I can't

00:22:55.340 --> 00:22:55.740
 come to

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.060
 Jesus?

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 And again, I'm

00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.100
 not going to

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 try to answer

00:22:59.800 --> 00:23:00.580
 that hypothetical

00:23:00.580 --> 00:23:01.620
 question because

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 there's mystery

00:23:03.260 --> 00:23:03.700
 here.

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 There's biblical

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:05.760
 truth that we

00:23:05.760 --> 00:23:06.620
 see here in the

00:23:06.620 --> 00:23:07.260
 scriptures, but

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:07.759
 where those

00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:09.160
 truths meet, it's

00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:10.299
 not easy to

00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:10.859
 understand.

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 We've got God's

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 work and we've

00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:14.319
 got our

00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:15.559
 responsibility and

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 those two

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 realities and

00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.740
 truths kind of

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 collide.

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 And just what

00:23:19.879 --> 00:23:21.259
 the result is, I

00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:22.420
 don't know exactly

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:23.339
 how they relate to

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 one another, except

00:23:24.879 --> 00:23:25.740
 for the clear

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.859
 anchoring truths that

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 we have in

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 scripture.

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 But one thing

00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:31.180
 that we can be

00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:31.940
 certain of is what

00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:33.299
 Jesus says to

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:34.859
 give assurance to

00:23:34.859 --> 00:23:35.640
 anyone who would

00:23:35.640 --> 00:23:36.460
 be worried about

00:23:36.460 --> 00:23:37.340
 being left out.

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 He says, all

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:40.680
 those the

00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:41.380
 Father gives

00:23:41.380 --> 00:23:43.180
 me will come

00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:43.600
 to me.

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 Nobody who

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.759
 God gives to

00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:47.440
 his Son will

00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:48.120
 tragically

00:23:48.120 --> 00:23:49.200
 misinterpret the

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:50.319
 signs or make

00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:50.980
 the mistake of

00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.720
 thinking that

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.559
 Jesus isn't the

00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:52.840
 one.

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:56.120
 The second

00:23:56.120 --> 00:23:56.980
 assurance we have

00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:57.539
 is what Jesus

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:58.440
 says right after

00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:58.840
 this.

00:23:59.059 --> 00:23:59.680
 All those the

00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:00.440
 Father gives

00:24:00.440 --> 00:24:01.559
 me will come

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:02.759
 to me and

00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:04.039
 whoever comes

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:05.299
 to me, I

00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:05.960
 will never

00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:06.940
 drive away.

00:24:09.019 --> 00:24:09.919
 Exactly how

00:24:09.919 --> 00:24:10.799
 the Father does

00:24:10.799 --> 00:24:11.599
 his giving

00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:12.359
 work behind

00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:13.559
 the scenes, we

00:24:13.559 --> 00:24:14.359
 may not know.

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 But on the

00:24:15.919 --> 00:24:17.799
 whole, this is

00:24:17.799 --> 00:24:18.159
 clear.

00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:19.680
 The invitation to

00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.879
 have Jesus as

00:24:20.879 --> 00:24:21.619
 the bread for

00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:23.559
 your life, to

00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:24.700
 have this gift

00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:25.259
 of eternal

00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:27.279
 life, never be

00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:27.940
 hungry again,

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:28.960
 never be thirsty

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.319
 again.

00:24:29.399 --> 00:24:30.399
 This invitation is

00:24:30.399 --> 00:24:31.279
 on the table for

00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:33.919
 whoever, for the

00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:38.080
 world, for you.

00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:40.440
 And Jesus wants

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:40.920
 you to know

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:41.220
 that.

00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:44.300
 If you sincerely

00:24:44.300 --> 00:24:47.060
 come to him and

00:24:47.060 --> 00:24:50.160
 believe in him, you

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:50.980
 will never find

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.700
 yourself in that

00:24:51.700 --> 00:24:52.620
 place where Jesus

00:24:52.620 --> 00:24:53.539
 says, get out.

00:24:54.120 --> 00:24:54.940
 You don't belong.

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:57.259
 Depart from me.

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.360
 Go away.

00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:02.799
 In other words, if

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.559
 you're worried that

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:06.159
 you're not chosen, or

00:25:06.159 --> 00:25:07.299
 that you are somehow

00:25:07.299 --> 00:25:09.479
 in spiritual danger of

00:25:09.479 --> 00:25:10.659
 being left behind or

00:25:10.659 --> 00:25:11.779
 left out, there is a

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.759
 solution that always

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.179
 works.

00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:14.599
 And it's simply this.

00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:16.740
 Come to Jesus and

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.599
 believe in him.

00:25:18.679 --> 00:25:19.819
 And if you sincerely

00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:20.719
 do that, you will

00:25:20.719 --> 00:25:22.539
 never come to that

00:25:22.539 --> 00:25:23.659
 moment where you

00:25:23.659 --> 00:25:24.500
 find out that you're

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:26.099
 rejected because you

00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:27.139
 weren't originally

00:25:27.139 --> 00:25:28.539
 intended to be part of

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:30.399
 the gift from the

00:25:30.399 --> 00:25:31.299
 father to the son.

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:32.519
 Whoever comes to

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:34.119
 me, I will never

00:25:34.119 --> 00:25:35.279
 drive away.

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.720
 That's a promise.

00:25:39.139 --> 00:25:41.279
 That's an anchor for

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.639
 us.

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:45.099
 Let's go on to

00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:46.500
 verse 38.

00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.920
 Jesus continues on.

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.980
 He says, for I have

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:50.220
 come down from heaven

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:52.639
 not to do my will,

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:54.579
 but to do the will of

00:25:54.579 --> 00:25:56.119
 him who sent me.

00:25:56.119 --> 00:25:59.119
 So the first part that

00:25:59.119 --> 00:26:00.459
 we just looked at was

00:26:00.459 --> 00:26:02.159
 all about God giving

00:26:02.159 --> 00:26:04.339
 people to his son.

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:06.539
 Now we're on the son

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:07.719
 side of this relationship

00:26:07.719 --> 00:26:08.199
 again.

00:26:09.199 --> 00:26:10.959
 And it's all about what

00:26:10.959 --> 00:26:12.779
 he has come to do for

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.399
 his father.

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:17.539
 God is giving people to

00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.059
 his son.

00:26:19.379 --> 00:26:21.479
 But now Jesus says, I am

00:26:21.479 --> 00:26:24.119
 here among you not to do

00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:24.859
 my will.

00:26:26.139 --> 00:26:27.699
 Not to do what I want,

00:26:28.179 --> 00:26:30.079
 but to do the will of

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:30.719
 my father.

00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:33.419
 To do what he wants.

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:35.799
 It's this incredible

00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:37.039
 statement of humble

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.979
 submission.

00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:41.000
 And it's hard enough for

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:42.039
 us to understand just

00:26:42.039 --> 00:26:43.979
 what Jesus wills or wants

00:26:43.979 --> 00:26:44.819
 for himself.

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:47.319
 That's maybe sometimes in

00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:48.299
 conflict with what the

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:49.479
 father wants.

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:50.959
 We get glimpses of it

00:26:50.959 --> 00:26:51.559
 here and there.

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:54.139
 Probably the most clear

00:26:54.139 --> 00:26:55.539
 picture we see of it is

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:56.559
 in the garden on the

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:57.779
 night of Jesus' arrest

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:59.879
 where Jesus prays to

00:26:59.879 --> 00:27:01.519
 his father, take this

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.379
 cup from me.

00:27:03.139 --> 00:27:06.019
 Yet not my will, but

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:07.220
 yours be done.

00:27:09.059 --> 00:27:11.079
 And that tension was

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:12.379
 probably sprinkled

00:27:12.379 --> 00:27:13.740
 throughout Jesus' life.

00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:16.759
 Where submission to the

00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:18.579
 father's will was not

00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:19.399
 always easy.

00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:21.940
 But as in the garden

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:23.759
 and in all of these

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:25.080
 times, there was always

00:27:25.080 --> 00:27:27.860
 this heartbeat of love

00:27:27.860 --> 00:27:29.519
 that we see.

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.680
 We see it here.

00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:32.960
 Perfect love for his

00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:33.320
 father.

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:35.160
 He has this unbreakable

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:37.220
 resolve and commitment

00:27:37.220 --> 00:27:40.019
 to love his father by

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:41.360
 doing what the father

00:27:41.360 --> 00:27:41.400
 wills.

00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:43.920
 By doing what the father

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:45.200
 has given him to do or

00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:46.840
 sent him to do, even to

00:27:46.840 --> 00:27:47.720
 the point of death.

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:47.779
 love.

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:50.980
 It's glorious.

00:27:52.400 --> 00:27:53.400
 It's beautiful.

00:27:56.100 --> 00:27:57.279
 Where have you seen that

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:59.500
 kind of love and loyalty

00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:01.480
 and commitment in our

00:28:01.480 --> 00:28:01.880
 world?

00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.900
 Verse 39.

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:09.780
 And this is the will of

00:28:09.780 --> 00:28:11.960
 him who sent me, that I

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:14.560
 shall lose none of all

00:28:14.560 --> 00:28:17.200
 those he has given me, but

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:19.000
 raise them up at the last

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.320
 day.

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:21.700
 So here it is again.

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:24.200
 Those of us who come to

00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:26.120
 Jesus are being spoken of as

00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:28.640
 those who are given by the

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:30.560
 father to the son.

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:33.359
 It's the father's work to

00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:35.440
 give people to his son.

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:37.919
 And it's the son's

00:28:37.919 --> 00:28:41.200
 responsibility or work not

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:44.500
 to lose a single one of

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:45.980
 those who have been given

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:46.480
 to him.

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:49.440
 The picture of a shepherd

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:50.639
 fits well here.

00:28:52.899 --> 00:28:54.720
 My father's will is that I do

00:28:54.720 --> 00:28:57.379
 not lose a single one of the

00:28:57.379 --> 00:28:59.279
 sheep that he has given to my

00:28:59.279 --> 00:28:59.599
 care.

00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:02.379
 The picture of a king also

00:29:02.379 --> 00:29:02.779
 fits.

00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:05.660
 God's will is that I do not

00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:07.940
 lose a single citizen in the

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:09.879
 kingdom to the threats of

00:29:09.879 --> 00:29:10.299
 the enemy.

00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:14.460
 Jesus talks about being lost,

00:29:14.579 --> 00:29:17.899
 that I shall lose none of all

00:29:17.899 --> 00:29:19.119
 those he has given me.

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:21.460
 What's the danger?

00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:22.960
 What's the threat?

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:24.720
 Why might we be lost?

00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:28.779
 I think Jesus gives us the

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:30.980
 answer in verse 39 here.

00:29:32.360 --> 00:29:34.640
 That I shall lose none of all

00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:37.539
 those he has given me, but

00:29:37.539 --> 00:29:39.600
 raise them up at the last day.

00:29:41.140 --> 00:29:42.759
 So the thing that prevents us

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:44.600
 from being lost is the action

00:29:44.600 --> 00:29:47.500
 of Jesus, which raises us up

00:29:47.500 --> 00:29:48.700
 at the last day.

00:29:48.700 --> 00:29:51.819
 And so being lost, it seems,

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:54.279
 refers to that real danger

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:55.259
 that we all face.

00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:57.400
 Death.

00:29:59.279 --> 00:30:01.700
 The consequence for our sins

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.480
 against God.

00:30:02.600 --> 00:30:05.140
 It is the great enemy that

00:30:05.140 --> 00:30:06.039
 threatens us all.

00:30:07.720 --> 00:30:09.660
 How can we be the gift of the

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:12.440
 Father to the Son if we are on

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:15.200
 death row, awaiting our final

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:17.019
 sentence for breaking God's

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.599
 holy law?

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:22.599
 God's will, we see it in here.

00:30:22.740 --> 00:30:24.019
 This is the will of him who

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.400
 sent me.

00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:27.379
 God's will is that we not

00:30:27.379 --> 00:30:28.920
 perish and be lost.

00:30:30.379 --> 00:30:31.879
 And so he has given Jesus

00:30:31.879 --> 00:30:34.480
 important work that must be

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:37.940
 done to keep us, to prevent us

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:39.319
 from being lost.

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:45.859
 Jesus will go on to say this

00:30:45.859 --> 00:30:46.779
 later in the gospel.

00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:48.119
 I am the good shepherd.

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:51.379
 The good shepherd lays down

00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:53.420
 his life for the sheep.

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:58.099
 First, Jesus must clear our

00:30:58.099 --> 00:31:00.079
 legal debt with God and secure

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:02.720
 our just pardon with his own

00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:03.059
 death.

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:06.139
 And then he will do that great

00:31:06.139 --> 00:31:09.440
 work of undoing death itself

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:13.900
 and raise us up at the last day.

00:31:13.900 --> 00:31:18.240
 verse 40.

00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:21.280
 For my Father's will is that

00:31:21.280 --> 00:31:22.960
 everyone who looks to the Son

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:25.820
 and believes in him shall have

00:31:25.820 --> 00:31:28.400
 eternal life and I will raise

00:31:28.400 --> 00:31:29.519
 them up at the last day.

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:33.120
 So what do we take from all this?

00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:38.039
 there's a much greater story going on

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:39.559
 here than just a man named Jesus

00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:40.759
 talking to a crowd.

00:31:42.659 --> 00:31:46.019
 There's a loving father and his son.

00:31:46.859 --> 00:31:49.899
 There's a father who wills and a son

00:31:49.899 --> 00:31:53.519
 who humbly does what his father wills,

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 even when it's difficult.

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 There's a giver

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 and there's a recipient.

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 And caught up in the middle of all this,

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 there's a gift that's being prepared

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 and made

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 and given.

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 A gift that's in real danger of being lost

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 unless the Son who has been sent

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 carries out the mission that's been given

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 to him by his Father.

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 And in the midst of all this

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 comes this invitation from Jesus

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 to come to him

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 and believe in him

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 to receive eternal life.

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 And I will raise

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 those who come to me

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 and believe in me

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 up from the grave

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 at the last day.

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 So my simple question

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 to leave us all with this morning

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 is do you hear that invitation?

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 Have you accepted

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 that invitation?

00:32:51.460 --> 00:32:52.480
 Have you

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 come to Jesus

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 and sincerely

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 believed in him?

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 For my Father's will

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 is that everyone

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 who looks to the Son

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 and believes in him

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 shall have

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 eternal life.

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 And I will

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 raise them up

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 at the last day.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father in heaven

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 thank you for sending your Son.

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 Lord Jesus

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 thank you for speaking these words.

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 They are strange to us

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 and yet they are words of life.

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 They are words of love.

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 help us to know you more.

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 Reveal yourself to us

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 as we continue to look

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 and gaze on

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 the story of your Son

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 and the things that he said.

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 We ask this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.