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 Let's turn back now to that passage of scripture we read to the first epistle of John chapter number four and we can read at verse number 10 taken in the previous verses from verse seven but let's read verse 10 and this is love not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent a son to be the propitiation for our sins and so on.

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 When we met last Lord's Day we were looking at Paul's second letter to Corinthians and chapter five and I made it clear that morning that we are going to be looking at some of the benefits of the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ and to do so to kind of build up a picture of the significance of the cross for our own personal experience and not only to be informed by what the Bible says about the cross,

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 but to learn to appreciate the great need that we have of the finished work of the Lord Jesus and we saw the way in which God reconciles us to himself by making Jesus the one in you know sin to be sin and that we those who do not know righteousness become the righteousness of God in him.

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 There is that transfer.

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 There is that transfer.

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 This evening we want to look at these verses and this whole book written by John.

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 It's a very warm letter that he writes.

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 It's full of a sense of the love of God and it's full of a sense of the church being the family of God.

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 And as we read through the letter, John has a particular focus in mind and perhaps there are two things in particular that he wants to bear in mind as he writes this letter to them.

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 And as we read at the beginning of the letter, we see that he refers to fellowship or communion, the fellowship that he has himself with the Father and with the Son, Jesus Christ,

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 and writing so that they may also have the same communion and the same fellowship.

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 And that kind of understanding of the church as the family of God is sharing in the very things that John himself shared in as somebody who experienced the life and witness of the Lord Jesus.

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 When we come to chapter 5, we see once more that he has the desire to write these things to them at verse 13,

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 so that you will know that you have eternal life.

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 What a great purpose.

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 We have the whole word of God and it is for that purpose.

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 But specifically in this letter, John makes it clear that he wants his hearers, as God wants us this evening,

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 to know that we have eternal life.

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 And as he writes the letter, perhaps we can notice by way of an adduction that in order to help them to understand

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 that they are the children of God, that they belong to God's family.

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 There are three particular tests that he pulls together through this letter to show to them what must be true

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 if they are the genuine children of God.

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 And there is the theology test or the Christology test,

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 the test of their understanding who the Lord Jesus is.

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 A crucial test.

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 If they get that wrong, and if you and I get that wrong,

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 then everything else is going to be a model.

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 But if we understand something about who Christ is and what God has done in him,

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 then we have the foundation for a life lived as the children of God.

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 The second or third test, the second we can look at as the kind of moral test,

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 how do you live your life if you're the child of God?

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 How do you live your life as the light of the world?

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 Your life must be different.

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 There is a moral test.

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 And thirdly, there is a social test which connects with the passage this evening.

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 That is that they are to live together as the people of God in a particular way.

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 And if these three things, if they pass these three tests,

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 then they can be assured that they are the people of God.

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 And for ourselves, as we worship God this evening,

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 if we ourselves pass these three tests,

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 we can go home with the confidence that God is telling us

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 that we are the children of God.

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 And so against that background, we want to think this evening of the cross of Jesus Christ

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 and the message of propitiation.

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 I want to think, first of all, of the design.

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 God is the great designer.

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 He has designed what the church should look like.

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 And as we read from verse 7 onwards,

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 we see something of God's design for his church.

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 And the design comes before us with this exhortation by John in verse number 7.

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 Let us love one another.

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 And just like Paul speaking about love,

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 we understand and believe that John will understand love in the context of the Old Testament

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 and not so much from the culture in which he was writing this letter.

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 The Old Testament love that speaks of the free movement of God,

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 of searching an object to love,

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 of spending his energy, as it were,

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 for the good and well-being of that object,

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 and in self-sacrifice,

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 ensuring the well-being of the person now chosen as the object of love.

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 Let us love.

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 But here the love is not for us to love God in return for his love for us,

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 but it is to love one another.

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 And he is speaking to the community of faith.

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 He is speaking to the family of God.

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 He is speaking to the church of Jesus Christ,

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 for them to love the people next to themselves,

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 those who share family membership with them,

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 those who are themselves the children of God.

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 And as we think of ourselves as the church of Jesus Christ this evening,

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 here is an exhortation for us to take on board

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 and to allow our hearts to be examined by what the Word of God is saying

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 when it's telling you and I to love one another.

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 And it may, on the surface, be quite a simple test.

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 But if we do allow the Word of God to examine us as we should,

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 then what appears simple is actually quite searching.

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 that you tonight and I tonight can say with regard to all of the people of God

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 that we love them as we love ourselves, as we love our Savior.

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 It's a high standard.

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 It's a standard that God expects us to reach.

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 It is the standard that works in the family of God.

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 And the reason why it is, the standard,

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 or the first reason why it is the standard is

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 because love is from God.

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 We are the children of God this evening

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 because God has poured His love into our hearts,

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 according to Paul in Romans 5, by His Holy Spirit.

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 There is an invisible channel from God in heaven

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 into the hearts of His children,

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 an invisible channel through which floods into their hearts

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 the very love of God itself.

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 It's a generous supply of the love that there is in God.

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 And tonight, as the children of God,

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 we are recipients of that love.

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 Connected to God.

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 But these verses tell us,

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 as so much of the Bible tell us,

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 that we are not just to be recipients.

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 That we ourselves are to be conduits or channels

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 for the love to reach others.

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 And it is such a beautiful thing

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 to experience the love of God in Jesus Christ.

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 And to be caught up with my Savior

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 and all of His preciousness

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 and in all of His beauty.

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 It's a great place to be in.

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 But we are not to stop in that place.

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 We are not going to forget that place,

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 but we are not to stop there.

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 Tonight, God requires you and I

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 to be the conduit,

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 the channel through which that love

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 touches other people.

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 And that makes the test of our love for others

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 the question to be answered not by ourselves,

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 but to be answered by the other person.

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 Are we conduits of God's love to others?

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 How much does the person next to me

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 feel that God's love flows through me

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 and touches their lives?

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 God's design, that's how it should be.

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 That's how it is in the natural family.

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 And much more so now,

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 it should be in the family of God.

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 God, that our family membership

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 ensures that we have family relationships

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 and that these relationships

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 are bound together

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 with the love that is from God.

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 And when John is setting the standard for them

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 in God's design for his church,

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 he reverses his argument

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 in order to show that

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 if they're not loving,

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 then certain things

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 are simply not true.

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 Anyone who does not love

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 does not know God

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 because God is love.

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 If we're not loving one another this evening,

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 if we're not loving the other person,

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 it means that we don't know God.

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 We may know about God.

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 We may learn a lot of detail

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 and have a lot of knowledge about God,

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 but we don't know God relationally

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 as his children

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 who are born into his family

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 by the power of his spirit

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 and because of his love.

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 If we don't love,

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 we don't know God.

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 And that turns the whole picture

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 into you and I

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 examining this evening

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 whether we do have that

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 living, personal relationship with God,

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 that relationship of faith

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 and of love

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 and of trust

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 that's living

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 and that's real.

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 And because of that,

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 anyone who does not love,

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 does not know God

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 because

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 God is

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 love.

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 If we're born of God,

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 we know God.

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 We are

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 the product of the love of God.

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 And as

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 John says in the beginning of chapter 5,

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 if we love

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 the Father that has begotten us

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 through whom we are born ourselves,

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 then we love

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 all of the other people

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 who are born into his family.

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 Love

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 is from God

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 and God

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 is love.

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 His very

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 existence

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 is a

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 continuous,

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 constant

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 being

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 that is love.

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 all of his actions

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 are loving.

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 And the God

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 who is love

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 in that way

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 is the God

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 who channels

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 his love

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 into the hearts

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 and lives

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 of his own people.

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 To the extent

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 that we can nearly

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 say

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 that the child

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 of God

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 is love also.

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 Because the love

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 that is

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 now channeled

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 into our hearts

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 as the children of God,

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 God,

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 it is the eternal

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 love of God

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 that will never

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 come to an end.

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 And because

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 it's that kind of love,

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 then our hearts

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 must be loving.

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 Loving God

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 who loved us first

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 and loving

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 brothers and sisters

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 in the Lord.

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 God

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 is love.

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 He is the

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 spring

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 and the source

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 of all the love

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 that works

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 in the church.

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 And that love

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 now evidences

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 itself

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 by showing

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 itself

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 in the lives

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 of the children

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 of God

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 who love

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 each other.

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 And as we

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 mentioned

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 in chapter 5

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 verse 13,

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 he's writing

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 to them

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 that they may know

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 that they have

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 everlasting life.

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 And in chapter 3

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 we read

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 that John

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 is saying

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 to them

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 that we know

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 we have passed

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 from death

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 to life

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 because we love

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 the brethren.

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 There's an assurance

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 in loving

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 the brethren.

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 There may be

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 some here tonight

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 and myself

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 one of them

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 and one of

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 the first

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 tokens

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 or evidences

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 of God

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 working in life

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 is a love

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 for the people

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 of God.

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 We cannot be

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 the children

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 of God

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 without loving

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 the people

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 of God.

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 God's

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 design

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 to know

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 in our heart

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 that we love

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 the people

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 of God

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 and to know

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 because we love

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 that we know

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 we have passed

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 from death

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 to life.

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 The design.

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 Secondly

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 I want us

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 to think of

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 disorder.

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 Something is wrong

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 and something

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 has gone wrong

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 and verse 10

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 refers to the

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 thing that has

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 gone wrong.

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 Here's the

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 propitiation

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 for our

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 sins.

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 Here is

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 disorder

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 in God's

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 creation.

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 John tells us

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 in chapter 3

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 that sin

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 is lawlessness.

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 It's rebellion

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 against God.

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 It disrupts

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 our relationship

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 with God.

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 It's an

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 inner attitude

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 through which

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 we want to

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 serve ourselves

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 and to not

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 God

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 sin is

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 lawlessness.

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 And that

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 sin has

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 come into

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 the world

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 that God

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 created in

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 all of its

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 beauty.

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 In the

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 beginning

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 the earth

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 was without

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 form and

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 void

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 and darkness

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 covered the

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 face of the

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 deep

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 and then

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 God said

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 let there be

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 light

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 and there

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 was light.

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 chaos

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 becomes

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 order

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 in accordance

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 with God's

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 design.

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 The beauty

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 of God's

00:16:25.539 --> 00:16:26.360
 creation.

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 But sin

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 intruded

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 that world

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 of perfect

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 beauty.

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 That world

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 of perfect

00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:34.700
 environment

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 for us to

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 live in.

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 Sin intruded

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 through the

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 sin of Adam.

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 And the

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 Bible makes

00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:42.759
 it clear

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 in Romans

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 5

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 that

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 because of

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 that

00:16:48.580 --> 00:16:49.980
 intrusion

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 of sin

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 that we

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 are all

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 sinners.

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 One man

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 sinned

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 death

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 entered

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 and death

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 came upon

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 all because

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 all have

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 sinned.

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 And this

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 evening as

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 we think

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 of our

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 responsibility

00:17:06.220 --> 00:17:06.960
 to love

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 God and

00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:07.720
 to love

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 the people

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 of God

00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:09.500
 we have

00:17:09.500 --> 00:17:09.779
 to come

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 face to

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 face with

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 our

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 sinnership

00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:14.079
 and with

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 the fact

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 that there

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 is no

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 neutrality.

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 There's no

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 one here

00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:19.559
 sitting on

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 the fence

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 and deciding

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 what to do

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 with the

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 gospel because

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 they have

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 the free

00:17:24.019 --> 00:17:24.659
 choice just

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 to dismiss

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 or to

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 accept.

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 It's not

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 like that.

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 All of us

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 together

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 are listed

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 as those

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 who have

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 sinned

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 against God.

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 and when

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 I see

00:17:39.679 --> 00:17:40.039
 the way

00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:40.379
 in which

00:17:40.379 --> 00:17:41.059
 sin

00:17:41.059 --> 00:17:41.579
 intruded

00:17:41.579 --> 00:17:42.019
 God's

00:17:42.019 --> 00:17:42.399
 perfect

00:17:42.399 --> 00:17:42.919
 environment

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 two

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 particular

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 things

00:17:44.539 --> 00:17:45.639
 stand out

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 for me

00:17:46.079 --> 00:17:47.019
 in that

00:17:47.019 --> 00:17:47.899
 account

00:17:47.899 --> 00:17:48.179
 in the

00:17:48.179 --> 00:17:48.519
 Bible.

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 The first

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 is that

00:17:51.059 --> 00:17:51.919
 it has

00:17:51.919 --> 00:17:52.519
 affected

00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:53.819
 man's

00:17:53.819 --> 00:17:54.299
 relationship

00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:54.959
 with God.

00:17:55.659 --> 00:17:56.059
 Adam is

00:17:56.059 --> 00:17:56.639
 hiding from

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 God.

00:17:57.619 --> 00:17:58.000
 There is

00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:58.619
 disorder.

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 It also

00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:00.980
 affects

00:18:00.980 --> 00:18:02.059
 Adam's

00:18:02.059 --> 00:18:02.519
 relationship

00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:03.139
 with Eve.

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 They are

00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:04.980
 covering

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 themselves

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 because

00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:06.400
 they are

00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:06.779
 ashamed.

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 What was

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 beautiful

00:18:09.460 --> 00:18:10.200
 and in

00:18:10.200 --> 00:18:10.680
 order

00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:11.620
 has been

00:18:11.620 --> 00:18:12.259
 turned into

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 chaos

00:18:12.779 --> 00:18:13.920
 because of

00:18:13.920 --> 00:18:14.440
 the sin

00:18:14.440 --> 00:18:15.120
 of Adam

00:18:15.120 --> 00:18:15.799
 and the

00:18:15.799 --> 00:18:16.120
 sin that

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 becomes

00:18:16.460 --> 00:18:16.980
 the sin

00:18:16.980 --> 00:18:17.259
 of

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 humankind.

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 And let's

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 tonight

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 absorb

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 that simple

00:18:27.420 --> 00:18:28.019
 truth

00:18:28.019 --> 00:18:30.120
 that we

00:18:30.120 --> 00:18:31.279
 are all

00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:32.299
 sinners

00:18:32.299 --> 00:18:33.400
 before God.

00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:36.100
 the rest

00:18:36.100 --> 00:18:36.420
 of the

00:18:36.420 --> 00:18:36.759
 Bible

00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:37.400
 means

00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:37.680
 nothing

00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:38.279
 to us

00:18:38.279 --> 00:18:39.240
 unless

00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:40.140
 we

00:18:40.140 --> 00:18:40.720
 absorb

00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:41.080
 that

00:18:41.080 --> 00:18:41.660
 and

00:18:41.660 --> 00:18:42.240
 embrace

00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:42.640
 that.

00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:44.880
 The

00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:45.360
 disorder.

00:18:47.299 --> 00:18:48.160
 And the

00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:48.580
 key thing

00:18:48.580 --> 00:18:49.799
 is what

00:18:49.799 --> 00:18:50.720
 is God's

00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:51.440
 response

00:18:51.440 --> 00:18:52.140
 to the

00:18:52.140 --> 00:18:52.580
 disorder?

00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:55.120
 Is God

00:18:55.120 --> 00:18:56.320
 with all

00:18:56.320 --> 00:18:56.799
 respect

00:18:56.799 --> 00:18:58.620
 sitting as

00:18:58.620 --> 00:18:59.720
 a bystander

00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:01.059
 and watching

00:19:01.059 --> 00:19:01.480
 the world

00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:01.860
 go into

00:19:01.860 --> 00:19:02.500
 chaos and

00:19:02.500 --> 00:19:03.840
 is unaffected

00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:04.179
 by what

00:19:04.179 --> 00:19:04.619
 happens?

00:19:06.299 --> 00:19:06.659
 Well the

00:19:06.659 --> 00:19:07.359
 Bible tells

00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:08.079
 us that

00:19:08.079 --> 00:19:08.679
 is not

00:19:08.679 --> 00:19:09.199
 the case.

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 And the

00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:10.899
 God who

00:19:10.899 --> 00:19:11.299
 is love

00:19:11.299 --> 00:19:11.819
 in these

00:19:11.819 --> 00:19:13.299
 verses is

00:19:13.299 --> 00:19:13.659
 the God

00:19:13.659 --> 00:19:14.039
 in chapter

00:19:14.039 --> 00:19:14.539
 one who

00:19:14.539 --> 00:19:15.319
 is the

00:19:15.319 --> 00:19:15.720
 God who

00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:16.259
 is light.

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 And light

00:19:17.659 --> 00:19:18.199
 speaks to

00:19:18.199 --> 00:19:18.599
 me of

00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:19.939
 the salvation

00:19:19.939 --> 00:19:20.539
 of God

00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:21.839
 shining into

00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:22.199
 a dark

00:19:22.199 --> 00:19:22.639
 world.

00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:24.359
 But light

00:19:24.359 --> 00:19:25.459
 also speaks

00:19:25.459 --> 00:19:26.319
 to me of

00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:27.039
 the holiness

00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:27.720
 of God.

00:19:28.619 --> 00:19:29.139
 Of the

00:19:29.139 --> 00:19:29.559
 light that

00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:30.019
 came down

00:19:30.019 --> 00:19:30.279
 in the

00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:30.980
 Old Testament

00:19:30.980 --> 00:19:31.700
 and the

00:19:31.700 --> 00:19:32.160
 people of

00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:32.420
 God

00:19:32.420 --> 00:19:33.180
 weren't

00:19:33.180 --> 00:19:33.759
 allowed to

00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:34.700
 touch or

00:19:34.700 --> 00:19:35.120
 come near

00:19:35.120 --> 00:19:35.579
 the mountain

00:19:35.579 --> 00:19:36.819
 in case

00:19:36.819 --> 00:19:37.180
 they were

00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:37.839
 destroyed.

00:19:39.539 --> 00:19:40.099
 The

00:19:40.099 --> 00:19:40.559
 holiness

00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:41.440
 of God.

00:19:42.779 --> 00:19:43.660
 God is

00:19:43.660 --> 00:19:44.319
 light.

00:19:45.700 --> 00:19:46.279
 And I

00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:46.779
 need to

00:19:46.779 --> 00:19:48.120
 be aware

00:19:48.120 --> 00:19:48.880
 as we read

00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:49.240
 the word

00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:49.640
 of God

00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:50.720
 that God

00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:51.200
 is not

00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:51.960
 the unmoved

00:19:51.960 --> 00:19:52.599
 mover of

00:19:52.599 --> 00:19:53.079
 everything

00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:54.740
 but that

00:19:54.740 --> 00:19:55.039
 he is

00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:55.700
 moved by

00:19:55.700 --> 00:19:56.259
 everything

00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:57.319
 that happens

00:19:57.319 --> 00:19:57.759
 in his

00:19:57.759 --> 00:19:58.160
 own

00:19:58.160 --> 00:19:59.039
 creation.

00:19:59.039 --> 00:20:00.839
 that when

00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:01.279
 he created

00:20:01.279 --> 00:20:01.680
 the world

00:20:01.680 --> 00:20:02.279
 at first

00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:04.240
 he saw

00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:04.639
 everything

00:20:04.639 --> 00:20:05.359
 including

00:20:05.359 --> 00:20:05.920
 humankind

00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:07.000
 and God

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.879
 saw everything

00:20:07.879 --> 00:20:09.059
 and it

00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:10.019
 was all

00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:11.299
 very good.

00:20:12.539 --> 00:20:13.279
 As soon

00:20:13.279 --> 00:20:13.700
 as God

00:20:13.700 --> 00:20:14.159
 created

00:20:14.159 --> 00:20:14.859
 there are

00:20:14.859 --> 00:20:15.059
 new

00:20:15.059 --> 00:20:15.720
 relationships

00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:16.819
 that belong

00:20:16.819 --> 00:20:17.559
 to the

00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:17.960
 creation

00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:18.299
 in which

00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:18.779
 we live

00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:20.279
 and there

00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:20.720
 is this

00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:21.319
 relationship

00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:22.460
 of delight

00:20:22.460 --> 00:20:24.559
 in what

00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:24.940
 God

00:20:24.940 --> 00:20:25.519
 himself

00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:26.579
 has done

00:20:26.579 --> 00:20:29.039
 and

00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:29.359
 now

00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:31.279
 I'm

00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:31.859
 expecting

00:20:31.859 --> 00:20:32.439
 that there's

00:20:32.439 --> 00:20:32.879
 a different

00:20:32.879 --> 00:20:33.480
 response

00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:35.319
 because of

00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:35.579
 your

00:20:35.579 --> 00:20:36.319
 sinnership

00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:36.879
 and mine

00:20:36.879 --> 00:20:38.659
 and what

00:20:38.659 --> 00:20:39.079
 is that

00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:39.399
 different

00:20:39.399 --> 00:20:39.939
 response?

00:20:41.579 --> 00:20:42.199
 It's what's

00:20:42.199 --> 00:20:42.500
 at the

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:43.099
 center of

00:20:43.099 --> 00:20:43.220
 our

00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:43.899
 understanding

00:20:43.899 --> 00:20:44.220
 of

00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:45.019
 verse 10

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:46.000
 it is

00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:46.759
 the wrath

00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:47.319
 of God

00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:48.839
 and as

00:20:48.839 --> 00:20:49.359
 Paul says

00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:49.740
 in Romans

00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:50.000
 1

00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:51.180
 the wrath

00:20:51.180 --> 00:20:51.700
 of God

00:20:51.700 --> 00:20:52.359
 is revealed

00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:53.720
 from heaven

00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:55.339
 against all

00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:56.160
 and godliness

00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:57.779
 and righteousness

00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:59.000
 of men.

00:21:00.640 --> 00:21:01.099
 There is

00:21:01.099 --> 00:21:01.859
 a breaking

00:21:01.859 --> 00:21:02.420
 forth

00:21:02.420 --> 00:21:03.980
 of another

00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:04.519
 channel

00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:05.779
 and it's

00:21:05.779 --> 00:21:06.180
 the channel

00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:06.880
 of the wrath

00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:07.440
 of God

00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:09.519
 a wrath

00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:10.420
 that is there

00:21:10.420 --> 00:21:10.900
 because of

00:21:10.900 --> 00:21:11.519
 his holiness

00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:13.660
 a wrath

00:21:13.660 --> 00:21:14.200
 that is now

00:21:14.200 --> 00:21:15.440
 focused on

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.279
 every sinner

00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:16.839
 in the world

00:21:16.839 --> 00:21:17.960
 as the object

00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:18.680
 of his divine

00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:19.099
 wrath

00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:21.240
 and the wrath

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:21.819
 that speaks

00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:22.439
 of

00:21:22.439 --> 00:21:26.779
 destruction.

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 The writer

00:21:28.819 --> 00:21:29.179
 to Hebrews

00:21:29.179 --> 00:21:29.639
 says that

00:21:29.639 --> 00:21:30.059
 our God

00:21:30.059 --> 00:21:30.439
 is a

00:21:30.439 --> 00:21:31.119
 consuming

00:21:31.119 --> 00:21:31.819
 fire

00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:33.299
 and that

00:21:33.299 --> 00:21:33.740
 we are all

00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:34.240
 waiting for

00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:34.939
 the day

00:21:34.939 --> 00:21:35.240
 of the

00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:35.639
 judgment

00:21:35.639 --> 00:21:36.199
 of God

00:21:36.199 --> 00:21:36.759
 and the

00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:37.240
 revelation

00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:37.679
 of the

00:21:37.679 --> 00:21:38.139
 divine

00:21:38.139 --> 00:21:38.759
 wrath.

00:21:41.699 --> 00:21:42.299
 God

00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:42.740
 is

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.839
 moved

00:21:43.839 --> 00:21:45.500
 by our

00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:45.859
 sin

00:21:45.859 --> 00:21:47.159
 and he

00:21:47.159 --> 00:21:47.740
 is moved

00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:49.299
 in his

00:21:49.299 --> 00:21:49.880
 wrath.

00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:52.140
 There emerges

00:21:52.140 --> 00:21:53.519
 something new

00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:54.740
 in our

00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:55.200
 relationship

00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:55.859
 with God

00:21:55.859 --> 00:21:57.259
 because of

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:57.740
 the entrance

00:21:57.740 --> 00:21:58.299
 of something

00:21:58.299 --> 00:21:58.759
 new which

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.200
 is our

00:21:59.200 --> 00:21:59.559
 sin

00:21:59.559 --> 00:22:00.940
 and that

00:22:00.940 --> 00:22:01.599
 something new

00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:02.799
 is the

00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:03.200
 wrath

00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:04.759
 of God.

00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:06.160
 God

00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:07.259
 and we

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:07.759
 can remind

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.119
 ourselves

00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:08.339
 that

00:22:08.339 --> 00:22:09.099
 wrath

00:22:09.099 --> 00:22:09.400
 is not

00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:09.819
 the opposite

00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.579
 of love.

00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:11.819
 Hate

00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:12.099
 is the

00:22:12.099 --> 00:22:12.339
 opposite

00:22:12.339 --> 00:22:12.920
 of love.

00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:13.920
 There is

00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:14.299
 the God

00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:14.879
 who is

00:22:14.879 --> 00:22:15.200
 love

00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:16.319
 constantly

00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:17.059
 continually

00:22:17.059 --> 00:22:17.799
 forever

00:22:17.799 --> 00:22:18.799
 but there

00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:19.039
 is the

00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:19.279
 God

00:22:19.279 --> 00:22:19.579
 now

00:22:19.579 --> 00:22:20.119
 who is

00:22:20.119 --> 00:22:20.480
 holy

00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:20.980
 who is

00:22:20.980 --> 00:22:21.740
 angry

00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:24.660
 with us

00:22:24.660 --> 00:22:25.240
 because

00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:26.319
 of our

00:22:26.319 --> 00:22:26.599
 sin.

00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.519
 And as

00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:31.039
 surely

00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:33.019
 as there

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.420
 is no

00:22:33.420 --> 00:22:33.859
 place

00:22:33.859 --> 00:22:34.059
 of

00:22:34.059 --> 00:22:34.839
 neutrality

00:22:34.839 --> 00:22:36.019
 as far

00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:36.440
 as our

00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:36.960
 sinnership

00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:37.119
 is

00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:37.559
 concerned.

00:22:38.059 --> 00:22:38.400
 There is

00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:38.619
 no

00:22:38.619 --> 00:22:38.920
 place

00:22:38.920 --> 00:22:39.079
 of

00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:39.680
 neutrality

00:22:39.680 --> 00:22:40.160
 as far

00:22:40.160 --> 00:22:40.440
 as the

00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:40.700
 wrath

00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.119
 of God

00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:41.319
 is

00:22:41.319 --> 00:22:41.839
 concerned.

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:43.940
 His

00:22:43.940 --> 00:22:44.220
 wrath

00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:44.559
 is not

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:45.059
 diverted

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.740
 from you

00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:46.079
 unto the

00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:46.319
 next

00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:46.700
 person

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.339
 and you

00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:47.480
 are to

00:22:47.480 --> 00:22:47.639
 be

00:22:47.639 --> 00:22:48.000
 left

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.680
 without

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.259
 any

00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:49.740
 sign

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.059
 of the

00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:50.240
 wrath

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:50.539
 of God

00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:50.920
 resting

00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:51.259
 upon

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:51.599
 you.

00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:53.519
 Each

00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:54.160
 and every

00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:54.579
 one of

00:22:54.579 --> 00:22:54.799
 us

00:22:54.799 --> 00:22:55.460
 together

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:55.779
 this

00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:56.019
 evening

00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.720
 because

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.319
 of our

00:22:57.319 --> 00:22:57.579
 sin

00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:58.559
 we are

00:22:58.559 --> 00:22:59.119
 the

00:22:59.119 --> 00:22:59.859
 objects

00:22:59.859 --> 00:23:00.339
 of the

00:23:00.339 --> 00:23:00.660
 wrath

00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:01.200
 of God.

00:23:03.019 --> 00:23:03.579
 And that's

00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:04.180
 why Paul

00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:04.660
 says in

00:23:04.660 --> 00:23:05.359
 Ephesians 2

00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:06.379
 that we

00:23:06.379 --> 00:23:07.220
 are by

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:07.900
 our very

00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:08.519
 nature

00:23:08.519 --> 00:23:09.759
 the

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.180
 children

00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:10.980
 of

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:12.019
 wrath.

00:23:12.619 --> 00:23:13.119
 The

00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:13.720
 wrath of

00:23:13.720 --> 00:23:14.059
 God

00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:15.299
 is resting

00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:16.740
 upon us.

00:23:19.879 --> 00:23:20.819
 And what

00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:21.160
 does that

00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:21.559
 make us

00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:21.819
 see?

00:23:23.420 --> 00:23:24.200
 The

00:23:24.200 --> 00:23:24.700
 wonder

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.660
 of the

00:23:25.660 --> 00:23:26.099
 mystery

00:23:26.099 --> 00:23:26.700
 of God.

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:29.240
 The

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:29.700
 God who

00:23:29.700 --> 00:23:30.400
 is love

00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:31.639
 unchangeably.

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.720
 the God

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.119
 who is

00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:34.639
 holy

00:23:34.639 --> 00:23:35.819
 unchangeably.

00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:38.039
 It's the

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:38.599
 God now

00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:39.799
 who is

00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:40.500
 expressing

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.079
 himself

00:23:41.079 --> 00:23:41.980
 in a

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:42.700
 new way

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:43.960
 toward

00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:44.359
 us

00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:45.460
 because

00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:46.160
 of our

00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:46.500
 sin.

00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:47.779
 It doesn't

00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:48.279
 change his

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:48.539
 love.

00:23:48.859 --> 00:23:49.180
 It doesn't

00:23:49.180 --> 00:23:49.700
 change his

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.039
 holiness.

00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:51.740
 But there

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:53.079
 is a

00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:53.400
 new

00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:54.960
 relationship.

00:23:56.599 --> 00:23:56.859
 The

00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:57.420
 disorder

00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:58.980
 and the

00:23:58.980 --> 00:23:59.920
 impact of

00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:00.359
 the

00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:01.019
 disorder

00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:02.240
 on

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:03.400
 God.

00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:07.599
 And perhaps

00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:09.079
 at this

00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:09.940
 very moment

00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:12.099
 it's a

00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:12.759
 moment for

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:14.200
 contemplation.

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:15.759
 A moment

00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:16.900
 for silence

00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:19.099
 because this

00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:19.579
 is what

00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:20.099
 God is

00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:20.559
 saying.

00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:22.539
 And this

00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:22.859
 is how

00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:23.500
 he sees

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:23.879
 us

00:24:23.879 --> 00:24:25.700
 because of

00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:26.480
 who we

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:26.980
 are.

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:29.559
 And a

00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.039
 moment of

00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:30.740
 contemplation

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.879
 to allow

00:24:31.879 --> 00:24:33.039
 the voice

00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:33.879
 and the

00:24:33.879 --> 00:24:34.879
 being of

00:24:34.879 --> 00:24:35.399
 God to

00:24:35.399 --> 00:24:36.779
 shine into

00:24:36.779 --> 00:24:36.960
 our

00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:37.480
 darkness

00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:39.240
 and to

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:40.079
 awaken us

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:41.259
 to the

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:41.940
 reality of

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.659
 our plight

00:24:42.659 --> 00:24:44.680
 as those

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.879
 who have

00:24:45.879 --> 00:24:46.420
 sinned,

00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:47.920
 as those

00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:48.299
 who are

00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:49.319
 the objects

00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:49.680
 of his

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:50.039
 wrath,

00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:51.619
 and as

00:24:51.619 --> 00:24:52.180
 those who

00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:53.420
 are hissing

00:24:53.420 --> 00:24:54.279
 through this

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:55.259
 world at

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:56.000
 what sometimes

00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:57.039
 feels like

00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.279
 some

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.740
 horrific

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:58.200
 rate

00:24:58.200 --> 00:24:59.839
 into

00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.619
 an

00:25:00.619 --> 00:25:01.200
 eternity

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.940
 when we

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:02.139
 will

00:25:02.139 --> 00:25:02.639
 meet

00:25:02.639 --> 00:25:03.039
 with

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:03.700
 God.

00:25:06.159 --> 00:25:07.059
 Can you

00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:08.960
 tonight be

00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:10.259
 disinterested

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:11.940
 in the

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.420
 message of

00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:12.940
 the gospel?

00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:13.980
 Is it

00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.659
 possible for

00:25:14.659 --> 00:25:16.379
 you to

00:25:16.379 --> 00:25:17.700
 listen and

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.119
 not to be

00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:18.619
 moved and

00:25:18.619 --> 00:25:18.940
 not to

00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:19.500
 think?

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:21.139
 To think

00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:22.240
 about who

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:22.880
 you are

00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:24.259
 and to

00:25:24.259 --> 00:25:24.880
 think about

00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:26.859
 who God

00:25:26.859 --> 00:25:27.220
 is.

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:28.839
 The

00:25:28.839 --> 00:25:29.400
 design,

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:32.980
 the

00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:33.539
 disorder,

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:37.079
 and thirdly,

00:25:38.079 --> 00:25:38.839
 the

00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:39.740
 demonstration,

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:40.779
 the show,

00:25:41.539 --> 00:25:42.420
 the display

00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:44.960
 of God's

00:25:44.960 --> 00:25:45.559
 response.

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:46.740
 What will

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.380
 God's love

00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:49.099
 do in the

00:25:49.099 --> 00:25:49.740
 light of your

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.240
 plight?

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:51.220
 what will

00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:51.759
 God's love

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.319
 do in the

00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.700
 light of

00:25:52.700 --> 00:25:53.019
 his own

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:53.559
 wrath?

00:25:54.539 --> 00:25:55.140
 Is God's

00:25:55.140 --> 00:25:55.539
 love going

00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:55.980
 to cease

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:57.099
 working because

00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:57.559
 of the

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:58.339
 intrusion of

00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:58.660
 sin?

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:03.019
 We see

00:26:03.019 --> 00:26:03.660
 love

00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:05.460
 working in

00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:06.039
 this new

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:06.799
 magnificent

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.359
 way,

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:08.640
 and that's

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:08.839
 what we

00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:09.200
 have in

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:09.720
 version number

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.039
 10.

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:11.620
 And this

00:26:11.620 --> 00:26:12.140
 is love,

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:13.299
 not that we

00:26:13.299 --> 00:26:13.960
 loved God,

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:14.839
 but that he

00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.400
 loved us

00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:16.039
 and sent

00:26:16.039 --> 00:26:16.799
 his Son.

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:19.819
 the

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.819
 response to

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.279
 his own

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:22.940
 wrath on

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.339
 the part

00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:23.799
 of God

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.859
 is not

00:26:24.859 --> 00:26:25.519
 to abandon

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:25.980
 us and

00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.899
 to leave

00:26:26.899 --> 00:26:27.500
 humankind

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:28.259
 into its

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:29.059
 lostness and

00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:30.539
 final judgment,

00:26:32.399 --> 00:26:33.099
 but as

00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:34.000
 the missionary

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.980
 God to

00:26:34.980 --> 00:26:35.460
 send his

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:35.839
 missionary

00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:36.779
 Son into

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.159
 the very

00:26:37.159 --> 00:26:37.740
 world of

00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.700
 disorder and

00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.519
 of chaos.

00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:41.839
 And the

00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:42.659
 holy and

00:26:42.659 --> 00:26:43.159
 the beautiful

00:26:43.159 --> 00:26:43.819
 Son of

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:44.940
 God becomes

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:45.839
 God's

00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:46.399
 missionary

00:26:46.399 --> 00:26:47.099
 ambassador

00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:48.199
 into God's

00:26:48.199 --> 00:26:49.220
 world in

00:26:49.220 --> 00:26:49.619
 order to

00:26:49.619 --> 00:26:50.139
 deal with

00:26:50.139 --> 00:26:50.779
 the disorder

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.599
 that sin

00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:52.059
 has brought

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:52.539
 into the

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:52.919
 world.

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.939
 And we

00:26:56.939 --> 00:26:57.319
 should never

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:58.279
 lose sight

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:59.679
 of the

00:26:59.679 --> 00:27:00.859
 significance

00:27:00.859 --> 00:27:02.079
 and the

00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:02.980
 mystery and

00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.579
 the beauty

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:03.939
 and the

00:27:03.939 --> 00:27:04.500
 glory of

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.459
 the Son

00:27:05.459 --> 00:27:05.839
 of God

00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:06.500
 coming into

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.099
 the world.

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:09.579
 His

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:10.220
 birth

00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:11.919
 in

00:27:11.919 --> 00:27:12.740
 Bethlehem.

00:27:13.699 --> 00:27:14.500
 Not any

00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.240
 other child

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:16.059
 that we

00:27:16.059 --> 00:27:16.819
 can celebrate

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:17.640
 their birth,

00:27:19.019 --> 00:27:19.740
 but the

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:21.779
 entrance of

00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.460
 the Son of

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:23.259
 God into

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:23.720
 the world

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:26.839
 because God

00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:27.960
 so loved

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:29.579
 the world.

00:27:31.299 --> 00:27:32.579
 God's love

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:34.900
 responds by

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:36.980
 sending his

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:37.339
 Son.

00:27:37.339 --> 00:27:39.000
 God sent

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:51.399
 his Son to

00:27:51.399 --> 00:27:52.019
 be the

00:27:52.019 --> 00:27:52.919
 God

00:27:52.919 --> 00:27:52.919


00:27:52.919 --> 00:27:53.599
 world.

00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:55.879
 And how

00:27:55.879 --> 00:27:56.359
 does this

00:27:56.359 --> 00:27:57.459
 channel work?

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.199
 What happens

00:27:58.199 --> 00:27:59.919
 when love

00:27:59.919 --> 00:28:00.559
 comes down

00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:00.879
 in this

00:28:00.879 --> 00:28:01.139
 way?

00:28:01.140 --> 00:28:04.000
 God sent

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.440
 his Son

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:06.300
 to be the

00:28:06.300 --> 00:28:08.720
 propitiation

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.840
 for our

00:28:09.840 --> 00:28:10.160
 sins.

00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:12.259
 A big

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.620
 word.

00:28:13.360 --> 00:28:14.320
 A word

00:28:14.320 --> 00:28:14.580
 that we

00:28:14.580 --> 00:28:15.740
 can shy

00:28:15.740 --> 00:28:16.380
 away from.

00:28:17.560 --> 00:28:18.540
 But it's

00:28:18.540 --> 00:28:18.960
 the word

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:19.820
 that God

00:28:19.820 --> 00:28:20.220
 uses.

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:22.160
 It's a

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.960
 crossword.

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:24.259
 It's a

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.740
 word that we

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:25.060
 need to

00:28:25.060 --> 00:28:26.020
 understand.

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:27.140
 If we are

00:28:27.140 --> 00:28:27.759
 to understand

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:28.740
 the love

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.299
 of God,

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:30.660
 the

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.660
 propitiation

00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:32.900
 concerning

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:33.879
 our sin.

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:36.299
 And in

00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:36.619
 John's

00:28:36.619 --> 00:28:37.039
 culture,

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:37.519
 and in the

00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:38.259
 pagan culture,

00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:39.779
 propitiation

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:40.559
 was something

00:28:40.559 --> 00:28:41.160
 that people

00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:41.900
 were familiar

00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:42.339
 with.

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:44.220
 And we're

00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.740
 familiar with

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.259
 it because

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:46.500
 propitiation

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.079
 is something

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:47.740
 that happened

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.140
 at the

00:28:48.140 --> 00:28:48.960
 pagan temple

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:50.839
 when something

00:28:50.839 --> 00:28:51.640
 went wrong

00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:53.660
 and the

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.119
 God needed

00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:54.400
 to be

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:55.160
 appeased.

00:28:55.779 --> 00:28:56.500
 The person

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:57.740
 who offended

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:59.500
 is to

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.240
 bring a

00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:00.799
 sacrifice

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.559
 or a

00:29:01.559 --> 00:29:01.900
 payment

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:02.799
 to the

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.079
 pagan

00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:03.519
 temple

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.220
 in order

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:05.059
 to appease

00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:05.599
 the wrath

00:29:05.599 --> 00:29:06.920
 of the

00:29:06.920 --> 00:29:07.440
 God who

00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:09.200
 is offended.

00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:12.579
 And so

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.680
 it is

00:29:13.680 --> 00:29:14.779
 the offender

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:16.099
 that brings

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:16.859
 the sacrifice

00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:18.180
 to the

00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:18.779
 person who

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:20.400
 is offended.

00:29:22.120 --> 00:29:23.019
 And that

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:24.259
 highlights

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:25.980
 the beauty

00:29:25.980 --> 00:29:26.759
 of this

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.319
 initiative

00:29:27.319 --> 00:29:27.980
 of God's

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:28.240
 love.

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.259
 That in

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.460
 our

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:30.980
 lostness

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:31.279
 and in

00:29:31.279 --> 00:29:31.420
 our

00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:31.680
 wrath

00:29:31.680 --> 00:29:31.980
 and our

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.599
 disorder,

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.539
 God does

00:29:34.539 --> 00:29:34.900
 not wait

00:29:34.900 --> 00:29:35.359
 for us

00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:35.740
 to take

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:35.900
 the

00:29:35.900 --> 00:29:36.299
 initiative

00:29:36.299 --> 00:29:37.740
 because

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.140
 if he

00:29:38.140 --> 00:29:38.319
 did,

00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:38.720
 nothing

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:38.940
 would

00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:39.200
 ever

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.740
 happen.

00:29:41.180 --> 00:29:41.799
 But God

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.220
 himself

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.799
 not only

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.519
 takes

00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:43.759
 the

00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:44.319
 initiative,

00:29:45.879 --> 00:29:46.180
 he

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:46.799
 himself

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.900
 makes

00:29:47.900 --> 00:29:48.160
 the

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:48.619
 provision

00:29:48.619 --> 00:29:49.980
 so that

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.579
 his own

00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:51.079
 wrath is

00:29:51.079 --> 00:29:51.500
 taken

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.039
 away.

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:54.899
 he provides

00:29:54.899 --> 00:29:55.579
 his son

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:56.759
 so that

00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.099
 the son

00:29:57.099 --> 00:29:57.539
 becomes

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:57.819
 the

00:29:57.819 --> 00:29:58.659
 sacrifice

00:29:58.659 --> 00:30:00.639
 who

00:30:00.639 --> 00:30:01.519
 suffers

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:02.299
 for sin

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:03.319
 and turns

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:04.240
 away his

00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:05.539
 wrath.

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:05.680
 death.

00:30:07.980 --> 00:30:08.579
 And part

00:30:08.579 --> 00:30:08.960
 of the

00:30:08.960 --> 00:30:10.579
 miraculous

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:13.019
 event

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.539
 that takes

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:14.139
 place when

00:30:14.139 --> 00:30:14.779
 that happens

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:15.700
 is that

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:17.240
 the God

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:18.180
 who is

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:18.599
 to be

00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:19.700
 propitiated

00:30:19.700 --> 00:30:20.740
 is the

00:30:20.740 --> 00:30:21.200
 God who

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:21.839
 provides

00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:22.579
 the sacrifice

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:23.579
 and the

00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:24.000
 sacrifice

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.779
 is his

00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.159
 own

00:30:25.159 --> 00:30:25.960
 son.

00:30:28.139 --> 00:30:28.659
 And when

00:30:28.659 --> 00:30:29.720
 we read

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:33.720
 the story

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.220
 of the

00:30:34.220 --> 00:30:34.620
 cross,

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:36.620
 the only

00:30:36.620 --> 00:30:37.180
 begotten

00:30:37.180 --> 00:30:38.319
 son who

00:30:38.319 --> 00:30:38.720
 came into

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.460
 this world

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:41.140
 of disorder,

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.160
 he is

00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:45.059
 the son

00:30:45.059 --> 00:30:45.920
 upon whom

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:47.140
 God laid

00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:48.000
 the iniquity

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:49.240
 of us

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.920
 all.

00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:52.960
 That's

00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.319
 what we

00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:53.620
 read in

00:30:53.620 --> 00:30:53.920
 Isaiah

00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:54.880
 chapter 53.

00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:56.600
 And it

00:30:56.600 --> 00:30:57.460
 was the

00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:57.860
 will of

00:30:57.860 --> 00:30:58.200
 the Lord

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:59.039
 to crush

00:30:59.039 --> 00:30:59.519
 him,

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:01.019
 he was

00:31:01.019 --> 00:31:01.579
 crushed

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:02.079
 for our

00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:02.860
 iniquities.

00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:05.319
 That the

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:06.240
 channel of

00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.819
 the eternal

00:31:06.819 --> 00:31:07.559
 wrath of

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:07.900
 God

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:09.880
 is

00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:11.259
 redirected

00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:11.620
 so that

00:31:11.620 --> 00:31:12.220
 it lands

00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:12.600
 on the

00:31:12.600 --> 00:31:13.100
 passion of

00:31:13.100 --> 00:31:13.660
 his son

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:15.100
 and the

00:31:15.100 --> 00:31:15.720
 fullness of

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.220
 the wrath

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:16.700
 of God

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:17.500
 is poured

00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:17.880
 out on

00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:18.380
 the son

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:18.920
 of God

00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:19.680
 in order

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:20.420
 to appease

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:21.220
 the wrath

00:31:21.220 --> 00:31:21.700
 of God

00:31:21.700 --> 00:31:22.259
 and in

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.600
 order to

00:31:22.600 --> 00:31:23.180
 bring about

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:24.940
 the

00:31:24.940 --> 00:31:25.799
 calmness

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:27.279
 of our

00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:27.819
 restored

00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:29.279
 relationship.

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:33.140
 Jesus

00:31:33.140 --> 00:31:35.079
 on his

00:31:35.079 --> 00:31:35.480
 way

00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:36.480
 to the

00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:36.860
 cross

00:31:36.860 --> 00:31:39.440
 he had

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:40.880
 a prayer

00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:41.299
 which he

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:41.680
 repeated

00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:42.620
 three times

00:31:42.620 --> 00:31:44.100
 and the

00:31:44.100 --> 00:31:44.579
 prayer was

00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:45.019
 because

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.860
 there was

00:31:45.860 --> 00:31:46.240
 a cup

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:46.680
 the father

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:47.140
 was giving

00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:47.700
 to him

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:49.000
 a cup

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.299
 that's

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:50.120
 described

00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:50.620
 in Isaiah

00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:51.079
 52

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:52.019
 as the

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:52.539
 cup of

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:52.980
 wrath

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.819
 and as the

00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:54.160
 cup of

00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.839
 staggering

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:57.119
 staggering

00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:57.959
 because of

00:31:57.959 --> 00:31:58.899
 the eternal

00:31:58.899 --> 00:31:59.559
 wrath of

00:31:59.559 --> 00:31:59.899
 God

00:31:59.899 --> 00:32:01.419
 and God

00:32:01.419 --> 00:32:02.039
 is taking

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:02.639
 that cup

00:32:02.639 --> 00:32:03.679
 and going

00:32:03.679 --> 00:32:04.119
 to place

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:04.459
 it in the

00:32:04.459 --> 00:32:04.859
 hand of

00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:05.259
 his son

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:05.819
 as he

00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:06.259
 goes to

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:06.959
 Calvary's

00:32:06.959 --> 00:32:07.359
 cross

00:32:07.359 --> 00:32:10.980
 and Jesus

00:32:10.980 --> 00:32:11.619
 knows

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:13.659
 that the

00:32:13.659 --> 00:32:14.179
 cross will

00:32:14.179 --> 00:32:14.759
 be a

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.220
 staggering

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:16.039
 experience

00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:17.579
 he knows

00:32:17.579 --> 00:32:17.799
 that the

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:18.119
 cross will

00:32:18.119 --> 00:32:18.439
 be a

00:32:18.439 --> 00:32:18.839
 crushing

00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:19.619
 experience

00:32:19.619 --> 00:32:22.179
 because in

00:32:22.179 --> 00:32:23.439
 the words

00:32:23.439 --> 00:32:24.139
 of Revelation

00:32:24.139 --> 00:32:24.699
 14

00:32:24.699 --> 00:32:25.539
 he's going

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:26.119
 to drink

00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:26.859
 the cup

00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:27.639
 of God's

00:32:27.639 --> 00:32:28.039
 wrath

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:29.199
 poured

00:32:29.199 --> 00:32:30.339
 full strength

00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:31.479
 undiluted

00:32:31.479 --> 00:32:33.099
 he's going

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.679
 to drink

00:32:33.679 --> 00:32:35.199
 the cup

00:32:35.199 --> 00:32:36.039
 dry

00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:38.339
 and we

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:38.919
 go to

00:32:38.919 --> 00:32:40.099
 Calvary's

00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:40.459
 cross

00:32:40.459 --> 00:32:42.419
 and we

00:32:42.419 --> 00:32:42.859
 read Psalm

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.339
 22

00:32:43.339 --> 00:32:44.500
 and we

00:32:44.500 --> 00:32:45.099
 see something

00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:45.779
 of the

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:47.019
 staggering

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:47.739
 and the

00:32:47.739 --> 00:32:48.179
 crushing

00:32:48.179 --> 00:32:48.939
 of the

00:32:48.939 --> 00:32:49.279
 body

00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:49.680
 of the

00:32:49.680 --> 00:32:50.079
 son of

00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:50.379
 God

00:32:50.379 --> 00:32:50.579
 on

00:32:50.579 --> 00:32:51.139
 Calvary's

00:32:51.139 --> 00:32:51.480
 cross

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:53.180
 with his

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:53.440
 heart

00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:53.980
 melting

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:55.059
 with his

00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:55.700
 bones

00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.160
 being out

00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:56.700
 of joint

00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:58.660
 the sheer

00:32:58.660 --> 00:32:59.079
 weight

00:32:59.079 --> 00:32:59.940
 of the

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.619
 eternal

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:01.180
 wrath

00:33:01.180 --> 00:33:02.980
 of God

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:05.359
 and darkness

00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:06.519
 surrounds the

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:06.920
 cross

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:08.460
 that's what

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:09.240
 wrath means

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:13.240
 isolation

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:15.079
 is experienced

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:15.740
 in the cross

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.879
 separation

00:33:16.879 --> 00:33:17.759
 from God

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.920
 that's what

00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.720
 wrath means

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:21.900
 the depths

00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:23.460
 of the

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:24.140
 distance

00:33:24.140 --> 00:33:25.240
 that

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:26.140
 Jesus

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:27.140
 experienced

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:27.460
 between

00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:27.980
 himself

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.600
 and God

00:33:28.600 --> 00:33:29.100
 the father

00:33:29.100 --> 00:33:30.259
 on Calvary's

00:33:30.259 --> 00:33:30.539
 cross

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:31.720
 is the

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.300
 measure

00:33:32.300 --> 00:33:34.039
 of the

00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.460
 wrath

00:33:34.460 --> 00:33:35.880
 of God

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:38.000
 my God

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:39.860
 why have

00:33:39.860 --> 00:33:40.120
 you

00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:41.600
 forsaken

00:33:41.600 --> 00:33:41.960
 me

00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:44.180
 he suffered

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:45.200
 in her

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:45.620
 place

00:33:45.620 --> 00:33:46.660
 he suffered

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:47.880
 the wrath

00:33:47.880 --> 00:33:49.700
 of God

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:53.680
 and there

00:33:53.680 --> 00:33:54.180
 is a

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.660
 word

00:33:54.660 --> 00:33:56.140
 that Jesus

00:33:56.140 --> 00:33:57.160
 uttered on the

00:33:57.160 --> 00:33:57.519
 cross

00:33:57.519 --> 00:33:59.860
 and it's a

00:33:59.860 --> 00:34:00.320
 word that

00:34:00.320 --> 00:34:01.120
 speaks of

00:34:01.120 --> 00:34:01.660
 calm

00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:03.299
 it's a

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.620
 word that

00:34:03.620 --> 00:34:04.080
 speaks of

00:34:04.080 --> 00:34:04.680
 calm for

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.080
 him

00:34:05.080 --> 00:34:07.519
 but it's a

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:08.159
 word also

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:09.519
 that speaks

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:10.380
 of calm

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:10.980
 in God

00:34:10.980 --> 00:34:13.059
 the wrath

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:13.840
 is turned

00:34:13.840 --> 00:34:14.420
 away

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:15.980
 and when

00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:16.680
 Jesus said

00:34:16.680 --> 00:34:17.280
 it is

00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:17.920
 finished

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:19.559
 it was

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:19.940
 done

00:34:19.940 --> 00:34:21.700
 he had

00:34:21.700 --> 00:34:22.280
 drank the

00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:22.619
 cup

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:24.000
 to its

00:34:24.000 --> 00:34:24.860
 dregs

00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:26.160
 he had

00:34:26.160 --> 00:34:26.760
 satisfied

00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:27.960
 the wrath

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.640
 of God

00:34:28.640 --> 00:34:31.340
 and the

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:31.680
 God

00:34:31.680 --> 00:34:31.980
 whose

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:33.039
 response

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.539
 to the

00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:34.059
 disorder

00:34:34.059 --> 00:34:34.740
 of sin

00:34:34.740 --> 00:34:35.079
 and his

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:35.539
 own wrath

00:34:35.539 --> 00:34:36.180
 was to

00:34:36.180 --> 00:34:36.880
 sing to

00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.340
 son

00:34:37.340 --> 00:34:39.800
 it's

00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:40.160
 now the

00:34:40.160 --> 00:34:40.600
 God

00:34:40.600 --> 00:34:41.280
 if we

00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:41.780
 can speak

00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:42.260
 so with

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:42.760
 reverence

00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:43.500
 it's

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:43.900
 now the

00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.260
 God

00:34:44.260 --> 00:34:44.900
 himself

00:34:44.900 --> 00:34:47.620
 knows

00:34:47.620 --> 00:34:47.960
 what it

00:34:47.960 --> 00:34:48.440
 is to

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:48.860
 be

00:34:48.860 --> 00:34:50.519
 calm

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:52.019
 with regard

00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.380
 to his

00:34:52.380 --> 00:34:52.980
 relationship

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:54.120
 with those

00:34:54.120 --> 00:34:54.519
 who are

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:56.000
 his people

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:58.200
 and that's

00:34:58.200 --> 00:34:59.100
 what Isaiah

00:34:59.100 --> 00:34:59.720
 refers to

00:34:59.720 --> 00:35:00.079
 in chapter

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:00.539
 12

00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:01.820
 as we

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:02.200
 close

00:35:02.200 --> 00:35:03.039
 I will

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.740
 give thanks

00:35:03.740 --> 00:35:04.260
 to you

00:35:04.260 --> 00:35:04.800
 oh Lord

00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:06.180
 for though

00:35:06.180 --> 00:35:06.500
 you are

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:07.120
 angry with

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:07.319
 me

00:35:07.319 --> 00:35:07.920
 your anger

00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:08.559
 is turned

00:35:08.559 --> 00:35:08.880
 away

00:35:08.880 --> 00:35:10.019
 and you

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.679
 comforted

00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:11.079
 me

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:13.119
 where has

00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:13.679
 the change

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:14.500
 taken place

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:16.699
 has it not

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:17.400
 taken place

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:18.460
 in two

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:18.900
 places

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:20.819
 your anger

00:35:20.819 --> 00:35:22.019
 was turned

00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:22.539
 away from

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:22.779
 me

00:35:22.779 --> 00:35:24.099
 that's the

00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:24.539
 beauty of

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:25.000
 the cross

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.960
 that's what

00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:26.440
 it means

00:35:26.440 --> 00:35:26.819
 for you

00:35:26.819 --> 00:35:27.079
 and for

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:27.420
 me

00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:28.380
 who are

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:28.639
 under

00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:29.139
 the wrath

00:35:29.139 --> 00:35:29.619
 of God

00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:30.799
 that God's

00:35:30.799 --> 00:35:31.440
 anger

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:32.559
 is turned

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:32.980
 away

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:33.960
 we cannot

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.679
 ignore that

00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:35.480
 that's so

00:35:35.480 --> 00:35:36.039
 precious

00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:37.759
 but the

00:35:37.759 --> 00:35:38.079
 change

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:38.480
 also

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:39.139
 takes place

00:35:39.139 --> 00:35:40.320
 in the

00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:40.599
 prophet

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:41.440
 and in

00:35:41.440 --> 00:35:41.779
 the sinner

00:35:41.779 --> 00:35:42.099
 and the

00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:42.380
 person

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:43.139
 who comes

00:35:43.139 --> 00:35:43.559
 to Jesus

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:45.199
 you

00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:46.920
 comforted

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:47.880
 me

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:49.259
 with the

00:35:49.259 --> 00:35:49.579
 same

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:50.119
 calm

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:51.119
 with the

00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:51.360
 same

00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:51.940
 peace

00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:53.099
 with the

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:53.579
 same

00:35:53.579 --> 00:35:54.079
 sense

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:54.340
 of

00:35:54.340 --> 00:35:55.380
 being

00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:55.679
 the

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:56.500
 children

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:58.059
 of God

00:35:58.059 --> 00:36:00.099
 and tonight

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:00.559
 that's

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:01.159
 why

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:03.039
 the call

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:03.460
 for us

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:04.819
 to love

00:36:04.819 --> 00:36:05.480
 one another

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:07.440
 is important

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:09.019
 and it's

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.379
 important

00:36:09.379 --> 00:36:09.879
 because

00:36:09.879 --> 00:36:11.019
 no matter

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:12.000
 how a

00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:12.480
 relationship

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:13.019
 with other

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.480
 people

00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:14.420
 becomes

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:15.259
 disordered

00:36:15.259 --> 00:36:16.039
 by something

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.679
 going wrong

00:36:16.679 --> 00:36:18.480
 we have

00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:19.219
 the example

00:36:19.219 --> 00:36:20.019
 of God

00:36:20.019 --> 00:36:20.619
 our Father

00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:22.599
 that the

00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:23.399
 disorder

00:36:23.399 --> 00:36:23.980
 brought about

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.480
 by our

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:24.799
 sin

00:36:24.799 --> 00:36:25.759
 didn't bring

00:36:25.759 --> 00:36:26.339
 an end

00:36:26.339 --> 00:36:26.699
 to his

00:36:26.699 --> 00:36:27.000
 love

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:28.299
 but that

00:36:28.300 --> 00:36:29.000
 instead

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:30.860
 he showed

00:36:30.860 --> 00:36:31.340
 his love

00:36:31.340 --> 00:36:32.400
 in a new

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:33.660
 and unexpected

00:36:33.660 --> 00:36:34.380
 way

00:36:34.380 --> 00:36:36.160
 and tonight

00:36:36.160 --> 00:36:36.940
 we can go

00:36:36.940 --> 00:36:37.720
 from here

00:36:37.720 --> 00:36:39.260
 as those

00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:39.940
 who are

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:40.460
 beginning to

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:40.900
 appreciate

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:41.440
 more and

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:41.720
 more

00:36:41.720 --> 00:36:42.580
 what the

00:36:42.580 --> 00:36:42.920
 love of

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.180
 God

00:36:43.180 --> 00:36:44.180
 looks like

00:36:44.180 --> 00:36:47.060
 and when

00:36:47.060 --> 00:36:48.240
 something

00:36:48.240 --> 00:36:48.800
 happens

00:36:48.800 --> 00:36:49.200
 and when

00:36:49.200 --> 00:36:49.820
 things do

00:36:49.820 --> 00:36:50.320
 go wrong

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:50.760
 and when

00:36:50.760 --> 00:36:51.580
 somebody

00:36:51.580 --> 00:36:52.220
 hurts me

00:36:52.220 --> 00:36:52.539
 and when

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:53.320
 somebody

00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:54.180
 gives me

00:36:54.180 --> 00:36:54.860
 every good

00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:55.220
 reason

00:36:55.220 --> 00:36:56.039
 not to

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:56.560
 love them

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:58.219
 to come

00:36:58.219 --> 00:36:58.779
 back to

00:36:58.779 --> 00:36:59.360
 the cross

00:36:59.360 --> 00:37:01.599
 and to

00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:02.360
 see how

00:37:02.360 --> 00:37:02.799
 God's

00:37:02.799 --> 00:37:03.400
 love worked

00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:04.599
 it doesn't

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:05.599
 stop working

00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:07.079
 it finds

00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:07.880
 new ways

00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:09.299
 to overcome

00:37:09.299 --> 00:37:10.440
 and so

00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:10.920
 let's be

00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:11.840
 inspired this

00:37:11.840 --> 00:37:12.340
 evening as

00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:13.340
 we leave

00:37:13.340 --> 00:37:13.860
 here to

00:37:13.860 --> 00:37:15.299
 love the

00:37:15.299 --> 00:37:15.659
 Lord of

00:37:15.659 --> 00:37:15.940
 course in

00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:16.259
 the first

00:37:16.259 --> 00:37:16.579
 place

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:18.320
 and to

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:19.279
 love one

00:37:19.279 --> 00:37:19.599
 another

00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:21.320
 and through

00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:21.960
 the challenges

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.480
 of life

00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:23.440
 to have

00:37:23.440 --> 00:37:23.820
 our own

00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:24.500
 love working

00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:25.500
 in new

00:37:25.500 --> 00:37:25.940
 and different

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:26.340
 ways

00:37:26.340 --> 00:37:27.660
 as we

00:37:27.660 --> 00:37:28.340
 fulfill

00:37:28.340 --> 00:37:29.140
 God's

00:37:29.140 --> 00:37:29.680
 design

00:37:29.680 --> 00:37:30.160
 as the

00:37:30.160 --> 00:37:30.660
 people of

00:37:30.660 --> 00:37:30.920
 God

00:37:30.920 --> 00:37:31.740
 loving

00:37:31.740 --> 00:37:32.320
 one another

00:37:32.320 --> 00:37:33.860
 in the

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:34.900
 chaotic

00:37:34.900 --> 00:37:35.660
 world in

00:37:35.660 --> 00:37:36.180
 which we

00:37:36.180 --> 00:37:36.360
 live

00:37:36.360 --> 00:37:37.380
 and how

00:37:37.380 --> 00:37:37.840
 the world

00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:38.440
 needs

00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:39.720
 a church

00:37:39.720 --> 00:37:40.140
 that is

00:37:40.140 --> 00:37:40.820
 functioning

00:37:40.820 --> 00:37:41.640
 in accordance

00:37:41.640 --> 00:37:42.460
 with God's

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:42.940
 design

00:37:42.940 --> 00:37:44.420
 to see

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:45.000
 something

00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:46.039
 and perhaps

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.579
 to feel

00:37:46.579 --> 00:37:47.079
 something

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:48.200
 of the

00:37:48.200 --> 00:37:48.720
 love that

00:37:48.720 --> 00:37:49.120
 flows

00:37:49.120 --> 00:37:50.660
 from you

00:37:50.660 --> 00:37:51.740
 as a

00:37:51.740 --> 00:37:52.059
 close I

00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:52.300
 was going

00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:52.539
 to quote

00:37:52.539 --> 00:37:53.000
 this verse

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.800
 which I

00:37:53.800 --> 00:37:54.120
 just came

00:37:54.120 --> 00:37:54.620
 across today

00:37:54.619 --> 00:37:55.239
 it's from

00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:55.839
 the hymn

00:37:55.839 --> 00:37:56.279
 God is

00:37:56.279 --> 00:37:56.559
 love

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.279
 let heaven

00:37:57.279 --> 00:37:58.279
 adore him

00:37:58.279 --> 00:37:58.639
 and with

00:37:58.639 --> 00:37:58.880
 this I

00:37:58.880 --> 00:37:59.219
 close

00:37:59.219 --> 00:38:00.579
 God is

00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:00.980
 love

00:38:00.980 --> 00:38:01.839
 and though

00:38:01.839 --> 00:38:02.539
 with blindness

00:38:02.539 --> 00:38:04.299
 sin afflicts

00:38:04.299 --> 00:38:05.079
 the human

00:38:05.079 --> 00:38:05.579
 soul

00:38:05.579 --> 00:38:06.839
 God's

00:38:06.839 --> 00:38:07.279
 eternal

00:38:07.279 --> 00:38:08.219
 loving kindness

00:38:08.219 --> 00:38:09.440
 guides and

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:09.799
 heals

00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:10.880
 and makes

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:10.880


00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:11.519
 us whole

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:12.640
 sin and

00:38:12.640 --> 00:38:12.960
 death

00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:13.519
 and hell

00:38:13.519 --> 00:38:13.820
 shall

00:38:13.820 --> 00:38:14.200
 never

00:38:14.200 --> 00:38:15.620
 over us

00:38:15.620 --> 00:38:16.200
 final

00:38:16.200 --> 00:38:16.840
 triumph

00:38:16.840 --> 00:38:17.300
 gain

00:38:17.300 --> 00:38:18.560
 God is

00:38:18.560 --> 00:38:18.920
 love

00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:19.720
 so love

00:38:19.720 --> 00:38:20.140
 forever

00:38:20.140 --> 00:38:21.340
 over the

00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:21.760
 universe

00:38:21.760 --> 00:38:23.420
 must reign

00:38:23.420 --> 00:38:24.500
 may be so

00:38:24.500 --> 00:38:25.100
 in our hearts

00:38:25.100 --> 00:38:26.039
 may be so

00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:26.539
 in our world

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:27.500
 and may we

00:38:27.500 --> 00:38:28.080
 give glory

00:38:28.080 --> 00:38:28.680
 to God

00:38:28.680 --> 00:38:29.660
 by loving

00:38:29.660 --> 00:38:30.000
 him

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:31.080
 and loving

00:38:31.080 --> 00:38:31.820
 one another

00:38:31.820 --> 00:38:32.260
 may God bless

00:38:32.260 --> 00:38:32.560
 his word

00:38:32.560 --> 00:38:33.420
 let us pray

00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:36.139
 most gracious

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:36.800
 God we

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 worship your

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 name

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 the God

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 who has

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 things

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 who has

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 special way

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 in your

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 and help

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 us oh

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 Lord God

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 tonight

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 to love

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 and help

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 us to seek

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 you with all

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 of our hearts

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 that we may

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 find peace

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 and rest

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 in you

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 and know

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 the calm

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 of your

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 wrath being

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 and have the

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 knowing that

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 we are the

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 children of

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 God indeed

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 bless our

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 hearts in

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 that way

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 we pray

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 as we

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 journey on

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 from here

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 and bless

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 our hearts

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 as we

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 journey on

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 to the

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 week as

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 it unfolds

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 before us

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 have mercy

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 we pray

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 and hear

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 us

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 we pray

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 these things

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 for Jesus

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 sake

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 Amen

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 concluding

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 psalm is

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 psalm 122

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 in the

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 Scottish

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 Psalter

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 it's on

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 page 416

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 and we're

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 singing at

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 verse number

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 6

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 psalm 122

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 at verse

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 number 6

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 and the

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 tune is

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 Belmont

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 pray that

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 Jerusalem may

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 have

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 peace and

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 felicity

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 let them

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 that love

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 thee and

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 thy peace

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 have still

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 prosperity

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 we're singing

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 from verse 6

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 to the end

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 of the psalm

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 to God's

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 praise

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 In some felicity

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 Let them not love

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 Beyond thy peace

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 But still prosperity

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 And for thy wish

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 That peace may still

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 Within thy walls remain

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 And ever may

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 Thy policies

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 Prosperity retain

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 Now for my friends

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 And brethren see

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 Peace be in thee

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 I'll stay

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 And warm the hands

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 Of God our Lord

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 And sing thy good

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 Amen

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 I'll go to the main door

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 After the benediction

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 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ

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 The love of God the Father

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 And the fellowship of the Holy Spirit

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 Be with you all now and forevermore

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 Amen

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 Amen