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 Spirit of living God, would you fall afresh upon us now.

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 That we would see and treasure Jesus.

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! That we would see and treasure Jesus.

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 and that we would hold his words to heart.

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 All for the glory of you, Father.

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 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory

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 because of your steadfast love and faithfulness.

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 And God, I just want to say thank you so much

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 for giving us eyes to see the goodness of the gospel

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 which is you.

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 You are our treasure.

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 You may be seated.

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 Kiddos, you're with us this morning.

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 I'll try to keep you enraptured.

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 If you'd open up your Bibles to John chapter 15,

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 we've been making our way through the gospel of John.

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 That's our typical practice here at Christ the King Church.

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 It's preaching through books of the Bible.

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 And as you're turning there, John 15, 18 through 27,

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 it's on page 1072,

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 I've got a pressing question for you.

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 How do you handle being hated?

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 How do you handle hate towards you?

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 Now, sometimes that hate can be an explosive hate

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 like a volcanic eruption.

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 It's heat.

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 It's bright.

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 You've got lava spewing all over you.

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 It burns you.

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 Other times that hate can be a smoldering heat.

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 It's kind of like glowing embers of a campfire

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 that you don't know that they're there

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 until you kind of step in it.

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 There's another kind of heat that I'll share with you later.

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 But how do you handle heat?

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 Whether eruptive or whether it is smoldering

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 that is directed at you.

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 And some of you are like,

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 what?

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 What are you talking about?

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 Nobody hates me.

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 I am so nice.

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 How can I ever be hated?

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 I can't think of anyone who hates me.

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 Oh, unhated one.

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 I know you hate.

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 Whether that is explosive or smoldering.

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 I know you resent.

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 I know you gossip.

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 I know you avoid.

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 I know you have hard feelings towards other people,

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 which is all not loving.

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 I know because I know myself.

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 How would you respond to your own hatred towards yourself?

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 Most of us, when hated,

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 it's either fight or flight.

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 If you're hated,

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 you want to put up the dukes and fight back,

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 knuckle sandwiches,

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 let the fists fly,

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 maybe it's not an actual knuckle sandwich,

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 but maybe it's a verbal knuckle sandwich.

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 Others of us,

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 when the heat comes,

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 we're like,

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 where's the exit?

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 We want to split.

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 We want to get out of there.

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 Because with the heat of hate,

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 we start to feel threatened.

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 We start going self-preservation.

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 How do you handle heat?

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 The heat of hate.

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 Do you know what I find really interesting about the passage we're about to look at this morning?

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 Here it is.

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 Jesus has just talked to us about abiding in him.

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 He's the vine.

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 We're the branches.

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 We're to bear much fruit to the glory of God the Father,

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 and experience fullness of joy.

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 Do I have an amen?

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 Amen.

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 And that means that when I am abiding in Christ,

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 everybody's going to think I'm really nice.

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 You know what's striking about this passage?

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 He makes a pivot.

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 In verse 18,

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 he makes a pivot.

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 You abide in me, Christian,

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 and the world will hate you.

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 Abiding in Christ

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 results in being hated by the world.

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 How do you deal with being hated, Christian?

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 In 1965,

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 the Surgeon General of the United States

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 started stamping

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 a kind of like caution

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 on cigarette boxes,

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 and it read like this.

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 Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health.

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 But then in 1969,

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 it went from a caution

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 to a warning.

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 And now it reads,

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 the Surgeon General of the United States

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 has determined that cigarette smoking

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 is dangerous to your health.

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 This morning we have a Savior General warning

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 that abiding in Christ

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 is dangerous to your reputation.

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 It's dangerous to your well-being.

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 And if you're not a Christian in the room,

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 this Savior General

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 is being very clear to you.

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 It will cost you to follow Jesus.

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 So this morning,

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 we're going to look at this passage,

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 and I want you to see

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 three groups of people,

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 the hated,

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 the haters,

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 and the Helper.

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 Read with me verses 18 through 27.

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 If the world hates you,

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 since the world hates you,

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 know that it has hated me

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 before it hated you.

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 This is Jesus speaking.

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 If you were of the world,

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 the world would love you as its own.

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 But because you're not of the world,

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 but I chose you out of the world,

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 therefore the world hates you.

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 Remember the word that I said to you,

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 a servant is not greater than his master?

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 If they persecuted me,

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 they will also persecute you.

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 If they kept my word,

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 they will also keep yours.

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 But all these things

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 they will do to you

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 on account of my name,

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 because they do not know

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 him who sent me.

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 If I had not come and spoken to them,

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 they would not have been guilty of sin.

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 But now they have no excuse for their sin.

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 Whoever hates me hates my Father also.

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 If I had not done among them

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 the works that no one else did,

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 they would not be guilty of sins.

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 But now they have seen and hated

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 both me and the Father.

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 But the word that is written in their law,

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 Psalm 69, must be fulfilled.

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 They hated me without a cause.

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 But when the Helper comes,

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 whom I will send to you from the Father,

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 the Spirit of truth,

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 who proceeds from the Father,

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 he will bear witness about me.

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 And you also will bear witness.

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 Because you have been with me

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 from the beginning.

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 The hated, the haters, and the Helper.

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 Let's start with the hated.

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 Who are the hated in verses 18 through 21?

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 There's a New Testament scholar,

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 his name is Robert Yarborough,

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 and in his commentary on the Gospel of John,

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 that he argues that the word if in verse 18,

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 that starts verse 18,

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 should be since.

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 Since the world hates you.

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 He's talking to his disciples.

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 This is just hours before Jesus is crucified.

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 The Last Supper has taken place.

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 Judas has been possessed by Satan

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 and has gone off into the night.

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 Now Jesus is getting his disciples ready.

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 This is the farewell discourse.

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 He's preparing for them

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 for when he's absent from them.

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 In 14.1, he says,

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 let not your hearts be troubled.

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 And then he exhorts them

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 to abide in him,

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 to bear much fruit.

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 And then here he pivots,

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 and you'll be hated by the world.

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 And just a reminder of who the world is.

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 It's not the planet.

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 Jesus is speaking about sinful humanity

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 in organized rebellion against God.

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 Those who are dead in their sins.

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 Those who are following

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 the prince of the power of the air.

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 Those who are under God's wrath,

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 just wrath for their sins.

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 Those whom we once were among.

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 You're going to be hated by the world.

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 Not just the disciples,

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 but those who would follow

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 after the disciples.

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 Us.

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 Not the OG disciples.

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 Us too.

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 Whether it is some kind of

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 explosive hate,

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 or smoldering hate,

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 or another hate,

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 then I'm going to tell you,

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 Jesus says that the disciples

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 will both experience

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 fruitful abiding in him

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 that is full of joy

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 and hatred from the world.

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 That's extraordinary to me.

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 But you know what?

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 That speaks of reality to me.

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 All who are abiding in Christ

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 and bearing fruit for the glory

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 of the Father

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 by the power of the Holy Spirit

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 will be hated by the world.

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 The question is why?

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 Why will the world hate us?

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 Well, Jesus gives us

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 some reasons here.

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 In verse 19,

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 he says this.

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 If you were of the world,

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 the world would love you

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 as its own.

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 If you are still

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 in the world, Christian,

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 the world would be like,

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 we love you.

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 You're part of the family.

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 Then he says,

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 but because you're not

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 of the world,

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 but I chose you out of the world,

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 therefore the world hates you.

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 You once were of the world,

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 but now you're not of the world.

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 You're out of the world

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 because I chose you

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 and because you're out of the world

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 that you used to be in,

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 the world's going to hate you for that.

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 How does that work?

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 Here's how it works.

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 Well, we once were of the world.

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 Before we were regenerated

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 by the Holy Spirit

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 and before we repented of our sins,

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 before we put our trust in Jesus,

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 we used to be numbered

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 with the world.

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 We fit right in.

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 We were gladly living for sin.

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 We were gladly,

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 though not aware,

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 following the prince

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 of the power of the air.

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 We were fine with all that stuff.

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 But when Jesus saved us,

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 he called us out of the world

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 to himself.

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 And now we are no longer

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 of the world,

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 though we are still living

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 in the world,

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 but now we stand out

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 from the world.

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 Here's how that shakes out.

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 Here's how,

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 here's why you're hated for that.

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 You make crazy claims.

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 Jesus said,

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 I'm the way,

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 the truth,

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 and life.

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 No one comes to the Father

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 but through me.

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 It's an exclusive claim

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 of salvation.

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 There's forgiveness

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 in no one else.

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 There's no other name

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 given among men

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 by which we can be saved.

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 It's only the name of Jesus.

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 And so that means

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 all Muslims

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 are out of the running

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 to be saved.

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 All Jews

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 are out of the running

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 to be saved.

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 All DYI,

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 do-it-yourself

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 kind of religions

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 are out of the running.

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 It is offensive

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 to people.

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 When you make this claim,

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 yeah,

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 what I believe

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 is the only way

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 to heaven,

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 people are offended

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 by that.

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 But it's just not that.

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 When you start

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 saying things

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 to other people

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 about Jesus'

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 sexual ethics,

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 I believe that

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 homosexuality

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 is grievous

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 in God's sight.

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 It's sinful.

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 Because Jesus

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 in Matthew 19,

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 he lays out

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 what human sexuality

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 should be,

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 how it should be experienced.

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 One man,

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 one woman,

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 four life,

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 joined together by God

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 in marriage.

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 And so that means

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 adultery is wrong.

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 That means cohabitating

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 before you're married

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 is sinful

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 and wrong

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 in God's sight.

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 You say that enough

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 around people

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 and they will avoid you

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 and hate you.

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 And then there's just

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 the awkwardness.

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 Oh, here comes Mike

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 to the family gathering again.

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 I wonder what he's

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 going to preach on today.

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 Oh, look it.

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 Here comes rainy cloud, Mike.

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 He's going to rain

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 on our sin parade.

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 You know what it's like.

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 You're just trying

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 to be faithful

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 and you get avoided.

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 You get talked about

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 behind your back.

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 You don't get invited

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 to stuff.

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 When I was a freshman

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 in college,

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 I did,

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 I made a bold move

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 as a freshman football player.

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 Bold move,

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 maybe dumb,

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 but bold.

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 And nobody invited

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 to the mic

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 at any parties.

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 I've seen as a freak.

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 Your non-Christian friends say,

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 hey, let's get drunk

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 this weekend.

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 You're like,

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 no,

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 no thank you.

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 Non-Christian friends say,

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 man,

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 it's been rough.

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 You want to go

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 get high?

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 You're like,

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 no, no, no,

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 no thank you.

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 When someone like,

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 hey, let's go.

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 Everybody is working

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 for the weekend.

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 Everybody's looking

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 for a new romance.

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 Let's get lucky.

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 No, no, no,

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 no thank you.

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 Look at this porn thing.

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 No, no, no,

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 no thank you.

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 Do you mind lying

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 on your expense report?

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 We got to make things work.

00:14:44.320 --> 00:14:44.960
 Hey,

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 I didn't study

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 for my test.

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 Can I look over

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 on yours?

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 Cheat, cheat,

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 never be.

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 No.

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 Can't do that

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 because it's going

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 to grieve my king.

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 You do that enough

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 and you know what?

00:15:07.160 --> 00:15:07.760
 People are going

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 to hate you.

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 Who made you

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 judge and jury?

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 You know what

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 I'm talking about.

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 You're looking

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 to abide

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 in the vine.

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 Let his word

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 abide in you.

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 You're just like,

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 I want to experience

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 the fullness of joy

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 of living for Jesus

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 and you get hated.

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 It's where we live,

00:15:31.800 --> 00:15:32.040
 folks.

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 We've been called out

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 by Jesus,

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 by his grace,

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 by his initiating grace.

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 He has called us

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 out of sinful humanity

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 in organized rebellion

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 against God

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 and he has called us

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 into redeemed humanity

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 in organized worship

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 of the living God

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 to bear fruit,

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 to bring glory

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 to his name.

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 Once you were

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 of the world,

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 but now by God's grace

00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:04.980
 you have been called

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 out of the world,

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 yet you still

00:16:07.379 --> 00:16:09.200
 live in the world,

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 so you're going

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 to catch heat.

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 This is Jesus

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 telling me that.

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 This is what

00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:24.320
 conversion does.

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 When you put your faith

00:16:27.180 --> 00:16:27.780
 in Jesus,

00:16:28.860 --> 00:16:29.759
 he brings about

00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:30.740
 this radical change

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 of who you are

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 at the heart level.

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 Not just behaviors,

00:16:35.419 --> 00:16:35.620
 behaviors,

00:16:36.120 --> 00:16:37.079
 but behaviors

00:16:37.079 --> 00:16:37.719
 that change

00:16:37.719 --> 00:16:38.199
 because he's

00:16:38.199 --> 00:16:39.159
 changed your heart.

00:16:39.479 --> 00:16:40.240
 The spirit of God

00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:41.379
 has changed your heart.

00:16:41.719 --> 00:16:42.219
 Now you want

00:16:42.219 --> 00:16:43.360
 to obey him.

00:16:43.740 --> 00:16:44.240
 Now you want

00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:45.219
 to live for him

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 and it's going

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 to cause you

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 to stand out

00:16:47.479 --> 00:16:48.159
 from those

00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:48.759
 who you've been

00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:49.319
 living with

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 for years.

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 Another reason

00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:56.079
 Jesus gives

00:16:56.079 --> 00:16:57.439
 is he says,

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 you're not greater

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 than me,

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 remember?

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 If they persecuted me,

00:17:02.779 --> 00:17:02.959
 they're going

00:17:02.959 --> 00:17:03.759
 to persecute you.

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 18,

00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:08.299
 if the world

00:17:08.299 --> 00:17:08.839
 hates you,

00:17:08.859 --> 00:17:09.339
 since the world

00:17:09.339 --> 00:17:09.779
 hates you,

00:17:09.859 --> 00:17:10.019
 hey,

00:17:11.279 --> 00:17:12.140
 it hated me first.

00:17:12.259 --> 00:17:12.640
 You know what

00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:13.440
 one of the greatest

00:17:13.440 --> 00:17:14.539
 consolations is

00:17:14.539 --> 00:17:15.359
 when you are

00:17:15.359 --> 00:17:16.680
 suffering the heat

00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:17.200
 of hate

00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:18.660
 from non-Christians?

00:17:19.619 --> 00:17:20.740
 It's knowing this.

00:17:21.420 --> 00:17:22.079
 You're seeking

00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:22.900
 to abide in Jesus

00:17:22.900 --> 00:17:23.500
 in the moment

00:17:23.500 --> 00:17:24.779
 and you're like,

00:17:24.819 --> 00:17:25.400
 oh Lord Jesus,

00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:26.819
 you know this

00:17:26.819 --> 00:17:27.220
 firsthand.

00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:29.240
 You are a sympathetic

00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:29.960
 high priest.

00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:31.299
 You've been hated

00:17:31.299 --> 00:17:31.539
 too.

00:17:31.539 --> 00:17:33.940
 You know this.

00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:37.460
 There is great

00:17:37.460 --> 00:17:38.019
 assurance

00:17:38.019 --> 00:17:39.379
 in these words.

00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:40.579
 He's the first

00:17:40.579 --> 00:17:41.119
 to be hated.

00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:43.940
 He knows the hate.

00:17:44.579 --> 00:17:45.200
 You can summarize

00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:46.420
 this in verse 21.

00:17:47.019 --> 00:17:48.639
 It's this,

00:17:49.680 --> 00:17:50.839
 but all these things

00:17:50.839 --> 00:17:51.700
 they will do

00:17:51.700 --> 00:17:52.200
 to you

00:17:52.200 --> 00:17:52.759
 on account

00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:53.579
 of my name.

00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:56.519
 On account

00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:57.279
 of my name.

00:17:57.720 --> 00:17:58.339
 And that's just

00:17:58.339 --> 00:17:59.180
 more than the name

00:17:59.180 --> 00:17:59.579
 of Jesus.

00:17:59.579 --> 00:18:00.599
 when the Bible

00:18:00.599 --> 00:18:01.139
 talks about

00:18:01.139 --> 00:18:02.259
 the name

00:18:02.259 --> 00:18:02.839
 of someone,

00:18:03.099 --> 00:18:03.500
 they're talking

00:18:03.500 --> 00:18:04.759
 about all

00:18:04.759 --> 00:18:05.619
 of who they are.

00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:07.159
 All of what

00:18:07.159 --> 00:18:07.720
 they've done.

00:18:08.579 --> 00:18:09.819
 It's what

00:18:09.819 --> 00:18:10.339
 that name

00:18:10.339 --> 00:18:11.240
 represents.

00:18:12.139 --> 00:18:12.659
 And what Jesus

00:18:12.659 --> 00:18:13.299
 is saying is

00:18:13.299 --> 00:18:13.939
 when you catch

00:18:13.939 --> 00:18:15.659
 heat for me,

00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:17.980
 it's for me.

00:18:17.980 --> 00:18:22.079
 it's for who I

00:18:22.079 --> 00:18:22.620
 am,

00:18:23.180 --> 00:18:24.240
 God in the flesh,

00:18:24.660 --> 00:18:25.360
 the Son of Man,

00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:26.220
 the Son of God,

00:18:26.299 --> 00:18:27.059
 the Savior of the

00:18:27.059 --> 00:18:27.339
 world,

00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:29.420
 our risen King,

00:18:30.660 --> 00:18:31.160
 catching heat

00:18:31.160 --> 00:18:31.880
 for me,

00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:34.319
 for my sake.

00:18:34.319 --> 00:18:38.079
 So to abide

00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:39.139
 in Christ

00:18:39.139 --> 00:18:41.059
 will result

00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:42.740
 in you

00:18:42.740 --> 00:18:43.439
 bearing fruit

00:18:43.439 --> 00:18:43.939
 for the living

00:18:43.939 --> 00:18:44.359
 God,

00:18:44.539 --> 00:18:45.439
 and part of that

00:18:45.439 --> 00:18:46.159
 is joy

00:18:46.159 --> 00:18:46.740
 and the fullness

00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:47.339
 of God,

00:18:47.539 --> 00:18:48.059
 and yet you

00:18:48.059 --> 00:18:48.720
 will be hated

00:18:48.720 --> 00:18:49.079
 too.

00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:53.779
 The haters,

00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:54.779
 well,

00:18:55.419 --> 00:18:56.079
 we're the hated,

00:18:56.839 --> 00:18:58.339
 and it's a result

00:18:58.339 --> 00:18:58.839
 of abiding

00:18:58.839 --> 00:18:59.339
 in Jesus.

00:19:01.059 --> 00:19:01.939
 Are you abiding

00:19:01.939 --> 00:19:02.359
 in Jesus?

00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:02.480
 Jesus?

00:19:02.480 --> 00:19:02.559
 Are you?

00:19:04.319 --> 00:19:05.200
 So we now

00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:05.960
 move from

00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:06.839
 those who are

00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:07.200
 hated

00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:10.179
 to the haters.

00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:13.079
 You want to

00:19:13.079 --> 00:19:13.559
 start fighting?

00:19:15.099 --> 00:19:15.679
 Yeah,

00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:16.059
 let's talk

00:19:16.059 --> 00:19:16.599
 about the haters.

00:19:18.460 --> 00:19:19.240
 A word

00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:19.619
 about the

00:19:19.619 --> 00:19:19.919
 haters.

00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:22.059
 Those who

00:19:22.059 --> 00:19:22.839
 will hate us

00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:23.419
 on account

00:19:23.419 --> 00:19:24.399
 of the name

00:19:24.399 --> 00:19:24.899
 of Jesus.

00:19:26.700 --> 00:19:27.539
 Who are

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 the haters?

00:19:30.619 --> 00:19:31.359
 In verse

00:19:31.359 --> 00:19:31.819
 21,

00:19:31.819 --> 00:19:32.200
 at the end

00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:32.819
 of verse 21,

00:19:32.980 --> 00:19:33.619
 we're told

00:19:33.619 --> 00:19:34.240
 who the haters

00:19:34.240 --> 00:19:34.559
 are.

00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:35.400
 Look at

00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:36.000
 the end

00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:36.640
 of verse 21.

00:19:40.140 --> 00:19:40.740
 Because they

00:19:40.740 --> 00:19:41.299
 do not know

00:19:41.299 --> 00:19:41.660
 him who

00:19:41.660 --> 00:19:42.079
 sent me.

00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:45.059
 What Jesus

00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:45.640
 is saying

00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:45.960
 is you

00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:46.240
 will be

00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:46.559
 hated

00:19:46.559 --> 00:19:47.539
 because

00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:48.480
 your haters

00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:49.339
 do not

00:19:49.339 --> 00:19:49.960
 know

00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:50.900
 the one

00:19:50.900 --> 00:19:51.519
 who sent

00:19:51.519 --> 00:19:52.120
 Jesus,

00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:53.319
 which kind

00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:53.839
 of sounds

00:19:53.839 --> 00:19:54.359
 innocent.

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 Oh,

00:19:54.819 --> 00:19:55.160
 they just

00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:55.700
 don't know.

00:19:56.160 --> 00:19:56.539
 And so

00:19:56.539 --> 00:19:57.599
 we're being

00:19:57.599 --> 00:19:57.980
 hated

00:19:57.980 --> 00:19:59.339
 because of

00:19:59.339 --> 00:19:59.720
 people's

00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:00.039
 ignorance.

00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:00.180
 ignorance.

00:20:01.379 --> 00:20:02.220
 It's not

00:20:02.220 --> 00:20:02.579
 that.

00:20:04.579 --> 00:20:05.240
 This isn't

00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:05.720
 some kind

00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.039
 of like

00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:06.619
 innocent

00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:07.180
 ignorance.

00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:09.559
 These people

00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:10.460
 who don't

00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:11.019
 know

00:20:11.019 --> 00:20:11.700
 him who

00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:12.059
 sent

00:20:12.059 --> 00:20:13.200
 Jesus,

00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:14.099
 they are

00:20:14.099 --> 00:20:15.000
 people who

00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:15.940
 have rejected

00:20:15.940 --> 00:20:17.079
 him who

00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:17.920
 sent Jesus.

00:20:18.319 --> 00:20:18.940
 This is

00:20:18.940 --> 00:20:20.019
 conscience

00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:20.980
 rejection.

00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:21.120
 rejection.

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 You're

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 catching

00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:23.940
 heat by

00:20:23.940 --> 00:20:24.920
 people who

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 don't agree

00:20:25.640 --> 00:20:26.160
 with you.

00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:29.860
 They've

00:20:29.860 --> 00:20:30.259
 rejected

00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:30.779
 Jesus,

00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:32.360
 the Son of

00:20:32.360 --> 00:20:32.620
 God,

00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:33.279
 the Christ,

00:20:33.839 --> 00:20:34.380
 and the

00:20:34.380 --> 00:20:35.099
 Father who

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 sent him.

00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:36.400
 What they're

00:20:36.400 --> 00:20:36.900
 doing is

00:20:36.900 --> 00:20:37.160
 they're

00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:37.680
 rejecting

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 God's

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:39.940
 plan for

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 the fullness

00:20:40.500 --> 00:20:41.079
 of time,

00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:42.259
 his fullness

00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.779
 of time

00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:43.440
 plan of

00:20:43.440 --> 00:20:43.940
 salvation.

00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:44.539
 They are

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 rejecting

00:20:45.240 --> 00:20:45.680
 it.

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 And in

00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:50.480
 verse

00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:53.019
 22 we

00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:53.240
 read,

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 if I had

00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.120
 not come

00:20:54.120 --> 00:20:54.539
 and spoken

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 to him,

00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:55.220
 they would

00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:55.600
 not have

00:20:55.600 --> 00:20:56.039
 been guilty

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 of sin.

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 Oh man,

00:20:57.400 --> 00:20:57.660
 what does

00:20:57.660 --> 00:20:58.220
 that mean?

00:20:58.380 --> 00:20:58.840
 What sin

00:20:58.840 --> 00:20:59.060
 is he

00:20:59.060 --> 00:20:59.340
 talking

00:20:59.340 --> 00:20:59.720
 about?

00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:01.580
 It's the

00:21:01.580 --> 00:21:01.940
 sin of

00:21:01.940 --> 00:21:02.340
 rejecting

00:21:02.340 --> 00:21:02.759
 Jesus.

00:21:04.840 --> 00:21:05.019
 I mean,

00:21:05.519 --> 00:21:06.740
 they have,

00:21:07.320 --> 00:21:07.920
 they don't

00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:08.360
 know the

00:21:08.360 --> 00:21:08.740
 one who

00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:09.039
 sent

00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:09.320
 Jesus.

00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:10.019
 They don't

00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:11.420
 know God,

00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:12.259
 the Father,

00:21:12.820 --> 00:21:13.720
 and they

00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:14.580
 have rejected

00:21:14.579 --> 00:21:15.779
 his sending

00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:16.419
 of the

00:21:16.419 --> 00:21:16.799
 Son.

00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:18.439
 That's the

00:21:18.439 --> 00:21:18.960
 sin Jesus

00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:19.480
 is talking

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:19.699
 about.

00:21:19.779 --> 00:21:20.059
 They are

00:21:20.059 --> 00:21:20.539
 without

00:21:20.539 --> 00:21:21.159
 excuse.

00:21:28.220 --> 00:21:28.740
 Jesus

00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:30.119
 had

00:21:30.119 --> 00:21:30.799
 clearly

00:21:30.799 --> 00:21:32.639
 revealed

00:21:32.639 --> 00:21:33.099
 who he

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 is.

00:21:34.939 --> 00:21:35.439
 He'd

00:21:35.439 --> 00:21:35.819
 made some

00:21:35.819 --> 00:21:36.259
 crazy

00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:36.779
 claims.

00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:37.679
 Remember

00:21:37.679 --> 00:21:38.079
 this one

00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:38.279
 at the

00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:38.480
 end of

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:38.899
 John 8,

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:39.859
 before

00:21:39.859 --> 00:21:40.240
 Abraham

00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:40.779
 was,

00:21:41.099 --> 00:21:41.379
 I am?

00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:43.439
 And

00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:45.039
 he was

00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:45.420
 rejected

00:21:45.420 --> 00:21:45.900
 for that.

00:21:47.100 --> 00:21:47.480
 So what

00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:47.779
 this is

00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:48.039
 talking

00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:48.240
 about

00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:48.580
 is the

00:21:48.580 --> 00:21:48.880
 sin of

00:21:48.880 --> 00:21:49.539
 unbelief.

00:21:50.080 --> 00:21:51.400
 The sin

00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:52.880
 that goes,

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:53.600
 it's not

00:21:53.600 --> 00:21:54.340
 believing that

00:21:54.340 --> 00:21:55.180
 Jesus is

00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:55.960
 God incarnate,

00:21:56.080 --> 00:21:56.420
 the good

00:21:56.420 --> 00:21:56.920
 shepherd who

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 laid down

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:57.720
 his life

00:21:57.720 --> 00:21:58.500
 for the

00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:58.759
 sheep.

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 It's a

00:21:59.120 --> 00:21:59.600
 rejection

00:21:59.600 --> 00:22:00.160
 of that.

00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:00.500
 You see,

00:22:00.600 --> 00:22:00.900
 here's what

00:22:00.900 --> 00:22:01.220
 you need to

00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:01.600
 understand,

00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:02.000
 Christian.

00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:02.740
 Our

00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.580
 haters are

00:22:03.580 --> 00:22:04.100
 actually

00:22:04.100 --> 00:22:04.700
 haters of

00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:04.980
 heaven.

00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:07.100
 Their

00:22:07.100 --> 00:22:07.539
 hatred for

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:07.799
 you is

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:07.980
 just

00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:08.640
 symptomatic

00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:09.380
 of a

00:22:09.380 --> 00:22:09.640
 greater

00:22:09.640 --> 00:22:09.980
 hate.

00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:12.279
 And they're

00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:12.600
 without

00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:13.059
 excuse.

00:22:13.159 --> 00:22:13.399
 We see

00:22:13.399 --> 00:22:13.639
 it again

00:22:13.639 --> 00:22:13.919
 in verse

00:22:13.919 --> 00:22:14.539
 24.

00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:15.719
 Jesus

00:22:15.719 --> 00:22:16.219
 says to

00:22:16.219 --> 00:22:16.459
 them,

00:22:17.219 --> 00:22:17.439
 if I

00:22:17.439 --> 00:22:17.740
 had not

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.179
 done among

00:22:18.179 --> 00:22:18.639
 them the

00:22:18.639 --> 00:22:19.199
 works that

00:22:19.199 --> 00:22:19.500
 no one

00:22:19.500 --> 00:22:20.159
 else did,

00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:20.859
 they would

00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:21.279
 not be

00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:21.879
 guilty of

00:22:21.879 --> 00:22:22.039
 sin.

00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:22.419
 But he

00:22:22.419 --> 00:22:22.980
 did do

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:23.199
 these

00:22:23.199 --> 00:22:23.579
 works.

00:22:24.159 --> 00:22:24.799
 And they

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.759
 are responsible

00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.579
 for that.

00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:27.980
 He's the

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:28.299
 one,

00:22:28.639 --> 00:22:28.779
 do you

00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:28.919
 remember

00:22:28.919 --> 00:22:29.219
 this?

00:22:29.319 --> 00:22:30.159
 He healed

00:22:30.159 --> 00:22:30.659
 the guy

00:22:30.659 --> 00:22:30.959
 on the

00:22:30.959 --> 00:22:31.679
 Sabbath by

00:22:31.679 --> 00:22:32.199
 the pool

00:22:32.199 --> 00:22:32.759
 of Shalom.

00:22:34.959 --> 00:22:35.219
 Do you

00:22:35.219 --> 00:22:35.399
 remember

00:22:35.399 --> 00:22:35.679
 this?

00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:37.099
 He gave

00:22:37.099 --> 00:22:37.699
 sight to

00:22:37.699 --> 00:22:38.179
 a man

00:22:38.179 --> 00:22:39.139
 born blind.

00:22:40.859 --> 00:22:41.099
 Do you

00:22:41.099 --> 00:22:41.279
 remember

00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:41.619
 this?

00:22:41.619 --> 00:22:42.679
 He raised

00:22:42.679 --> 00:22:43.519
 Lazarus

00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:44.319
 from the

00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:44.659
 dead?

00:22:45.699 --> 00:22:46.179
 Nobody

00:22:46.179 --> 00:22:46.639
 else has

00:22:46.639 --> 00:22:47.079
 done anything

00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:47.539
 like it.

00:22:48.179 --> 00:22:49.439
 He himself

00:22:49.439 --> 00:22:50.259
 said he

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:50.739
 would die

00:22:50.739 --> 00:22:51.079
 and be

00:22:51.079 --> 00:22:51.500
 raised on

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:51.779
 the third

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.159
 day and

00:22:52.159 --> 00:22:53.079
 he was

00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:53.619
 raised on

00:22:53.619 --> 00:22:53.959
 the third

00:22:53.959 --> 00:22:54.279
 day.

00:22:56.039 --> 00:22:56.799
 No one

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.139
 else has

00:22:57.139 --> 00:22:57.719
 done anything

00:22:57.719 --> 00:22:58.299
 like that.

00:22:59.659 --> 00:23:00.339
 And they

00:23:00.339 --> 00:23:00.939
 still rejected

00:23:00.939 --> 00:23:01.239
 him.

00:23:03.059 --> 00:23:03.859
 Brothers and

00:23:03.859 --> 00:23:04.139
 sisters,

00:23:04.500 --> 00:23:05.459
 the people

00:23:05.459 --> 00:23:06.379
 who we

00:23:06.379 --> 00:23:07.199
 will experience

00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:07.840
 the heat

00:23:07.840 --> 00:23:08.440
 of hate

00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:08.920
 from,

00:23:11.120 --> 00:23:12.140
 they're

00:23:12.140 --> 00:23:12.420
 without

00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:12.980
 excuse.

00:23:14.319 --> 00:23:14.860
 Romans 1.

00:23:17.080 --> 00:23:17.500
 They've

00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:18.240
 rejected the

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:18.580
 God of

00:23:18.580 --> 00:23:18.819
 heaven.

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.360
 And God

00:23:21.360 --> 00:23:21.740
 has handed

00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:22.140
 them over

00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:22.500
 to their

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:22.759
 sin.

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.819
 Which brings

00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.440
 me to

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:30.039
 a kind

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.519
 of heat.

00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:30.559
 heat.

00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.460
 It's

00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:33.839
 not the

00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:34.980
 explosive

00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:35.519
 heat.

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:38.460
 It's not

00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:40.460
 the smoldering

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:40.799
 heat.

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:43.119
 It's the

00:23:43.119 --> 00:23:43.660
 seductive

00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.000
 heat of

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:44.339
 the world.

00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:47.019
 It's 1

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.599
 John 2,

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.599
 15-17.

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:50.839
 It's the

00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:51.660
 world trying

00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:52.279
 to woo

00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:52.980
 you away

00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.400
 from your

00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:53.980
 God

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:57.279
 to delight

00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:57.559
 in the

00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:58.019
 things that

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.339
 grieve

00:23:58.339 --> 00:23:58.680
 God.

00:23:58.680 --> 00:24:02.620
 if you're

00:24:02.620 --> 00:24:03.019
 a married

00:24:03.019 --> 00:24:03.580
 person in

00:24:03.580 --> 00:24:03.940
 the room

00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:06.060
 and someone

00:24:06.060 --> 00:24:06.519
 tried to

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:07.340
 seduce your

00:24:07.340 --> 00:24:07.820
 spouse,

00:24:09.060 --> 00:24:09.980
 you would

00:24:09.980 --> 00:24:10.820
 not say

00:24:10.820 --> 00:24:12.279
 that that

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:13.759
 person is

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.420
 loving you

00:24:14.420 --> 00:24:14.840
 or your

00:24:14.840 --> 00:24:15.200
 spouse,

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:15.600
 would you?

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.420
 You'd say

00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:17.840
 they're hating

00:24:17.840 --> 00:24:18.140
 you.

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:21.320
 The world

00:24:21.320 --> 00:24:22.200
 hates in a

00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:22.640
 variety of

00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:22.940
 ways.

00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.380
 One of

00:24:25.380 --> 00:24:25.960
 them is to

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.539
 pull you

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.560
 into its

00:24:27.560 --> 00:24:28.160
 own way

00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:28.660
 of being

00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:30.600
 in their

00:24:30.600 --> 00:24:30.920
 rebellion

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.279
 against

00:24:31.279 --> 00:24:31.620
 God.

00:24:34.320 --> 00:24:35.140
 They have

00:24:35.140 --> 00:24:35.680
 rejected

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:36.100
 God.

00:24:37.600 --> 00:24:38.620
 God has

00:24:38.620 --> 00:24:39.700
 put on the

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:40.400
 conscience of

00:24:40.400 --> 00:24:41.019
 all men.

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:43.220
 His law

00:24:43.220 --> 00:24:43.740
 has been

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.100
 written on

00:24:44.100 --> 00:24:44.600
 their hearts

00:24:44.600 --> 00:24:45.000
 and they

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.960
 willingly

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.779
 reject it.

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:48.940
 That's why

00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:49.580
 Jesus starts

00:24:49.580 --> 00:24:50.140
 talking about

00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:50.779
 whoever hates

00:24:50.779 --> 00:24:51.220
 me hates

00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:51.740
 the Father.

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.620
 You reject

00:24:54.620 --> 00:24:54.980
 me, you

00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.680
 reject him.

00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:58.060
 God loves

00:24:58.060 --> 00:24:58.120
 God.

00:24:58.120 --> 00:24:58.600
 Last week I

00:24:58.600 --> 00:24:58.960
 tried to

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.400
 show you

00:24:59.400 --> 00:25:02.200
 that this

00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:03.100
 chain reaction

00:25:03.100 --> 00:25:03.700
 of God's

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.880
 love like a

00:25:04.880 --> 00:25:05.440
 cascading

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:05.960
 waterfall.

00:25:06.360 --> 00:25:07.140
 It's God

00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:07.720
 the Father

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.299
 loves God

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:08.860
 the Son

00:25:08.860 --> 00:25:09.580
 and God

00:25:09.580 --> 00:25:10.140
 the Son

00:25:10.140 --> 00:25:10.940
 loves you

00:25:10.940 --> 00:25:11.400
 and me

00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:12.400
 individually,

00:25:12.620 --> 00:25:12.980
 Christians,

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:14.340
 and that

00:25:14.340 --> 00:25:15.180
 cascading

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:15.920
 love then

00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.779
 moves out

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.360
 from us

00:25:17.360 --> 00:25:17.840
 to other

00:25:17.840 --> 00:25:18.279
 Christians.

00:25:18.840 --> 00:25:19.580
 It's the

00:25:19.580 --> 00:25:20.400
 opposite with

00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:20.820
 the world.

00:25:20.819 --> 00:25:21.539
 the world

00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:22.439
 hates you

00:25:22.439 --> 00:25:23.619
 because the

00:25:23.619 --> 00:25:24.139
 world hates

00:25:24.139 --> 00:25:24.759
 Jesus,

00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:25.779
 because the

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.200
 world hates

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:26.839
 the Father.

00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:30.079
 They would

00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:30.659
 never say

00:25:30.659 --> 00:25:30.899
 it.

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.859
 The world's

00:25:40.859 --> 00:25:41.379
 hatred for

00:25:41.379 --> 00:25:41.720
 you,

00:25:41.939 --> 00:25:42.299
 brother and

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.579
 sister,

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:43.919
 is just

00:25:43.919 --> 00:25:44.899
 symptomatic of

00:25:44.899 --> 00:25:45.460
 the rejection

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:46.039
 of God.

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:53.019
 unbelief

00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:55.700
 is not

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:56.119
 neutral.

00:25:59.399 --> 00:26:00.119
 Unbelief

00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:01.599
 is not

00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:02.639
 neutral.

00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:03.960
 It's going

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.519
 to show up

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:05.000
 in some

00:26:05.000 --> 00:26:05.440
 form of

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:05.779
 heat,

00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:06.379
 whether

00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:07.579
 explosive

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:09.099
 or smoldering

00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:10.839
 or seductive.

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.539
 So how

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:12.839
 do we

00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:13.920
 respond to

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:14.639
 our haters,

00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:16.800
 those who

00:26:16.800 --> 00:26:17.160
 are dead

00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:17.640
 to God,

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.000
 who are

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.520
 following the

00:26:18.520 --> 00:26:18.860
 prince of

00:26:18.860 --> 00:26:19.200
 the power

00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:19.440
 of the

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:19.640
 air,

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.080
 whether they

00:26:20.080 --> 00:26:20.340
 know it

00:26:20.340 --> 00:26:20.700
 or not,

00:26:21.320 --> 00:26:21.640
 who are

00:26:21.640 --> 00:26:22.360
 under God's

00:26:22.360 --> 00:26:22.780
 wrath?

00:26:23.520 --> 00:26:24.780
 How do we

00:26:24.780 --> 00:26:25.920
 respond to

00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:26.160
 them?

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.440
 We love

00:26:27.440 --> 00:26:28.520
 those who

00:26:28.520 --> 00:26:29.320
 hate us.

00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:31.280
 We love

00:26:31.280 --> 00:26:31.520
 them.

00:26:32.800 --> 00:26:33.440
 We don't

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:34.100
 hate back.

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:36.400
 Do you

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:36.660
 remember

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:38.500
 the story

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.259
 of Paul's

00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:39.660
 conversion

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:40.220
 in Acts

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:40.580
 9?

00:26:42.600 --> 00:26:43.120
 Paul,

00:26:43.119 --> 00:26:44.719
 the apostle

00:26:44.719 --> 00:26:45.079
 Paul,

00:26:45.159 --> 00:26:45.599
 before he

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:45.879
 was an

00:26:45.879 --> 00:26:46.299
 apostle,

00:26:47.979 --> 00:26:49.679
 he was

00:26:49.679 --> 00:26:50.119
 an apostle

00:26:50.119 --> 00:26:50.759
 of hate.

00:26:51.719 --> 00:26:52.259
 He was

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:53.099
 sent forth

00:26:53.099 --> 00:26:53.919
 to persecute

00:26:53.919 --> 00:26:54.539
 the church,

00:26:54.659 --> 00:26:55.079
 the redeemed

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:55.619
 of God.

00:26:55.919 --> 00:26:56.479
 And then

00:26:56.479 --> 00:26:57.359
 Jesus shows

00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:58.179
 up and

00:26:58.179 --> 00:26:59.559
 totally flips

00:26:59.559 --> 00:26:59.759
 him.

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.379
 He repose

00:27:01.379 --> 00:27:01.579
 him.

00:27:02.799 --> 00:27:03.279
 He was

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:04.599
 doing the

00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:04.979
 deeds of

00:27:04.979 --> 00:27:05.439
 darkness

00:27:05.439 --> 00:27:07.559
 murderous,

00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:09.099
 destructive,

00:27:09.899 --> 00:27:10.839
 and then

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:12.419
 Jesus flips

00:27:12.419 --> 00:27:12.639
 him.

00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:14.799
 and makes

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.079
 him an

00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:15.659
 apostle of

00:27:15.659 --> 00:27:16.159
 the gospel.

00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:17.939
 That's

00:27:17.939 --> 00:27:18.459
 extraordinary.

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.439
 God

00:27:22.439 --> 00:27:24.319
 loved

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:25.259
 the apostle

00:27:25.259 --> 00:27:26.779
 Paul more

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:28.199
 than Paul

00:27:28.199 --> 00:27:29.599
 hated

00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:30.519
 Christians.

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:30.720
 Christians.

00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:36.920
 And we

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.440
 are to

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:37.940
 love

00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.359
 those

00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:38.559
 who

00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:38.879
 hate

00:27:38.879 --> 00:27:39.279
 us.

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.359
 Do you

00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:41.559
 remember

00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:41.900
 Jesus

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:42.379
 teaching

00:27:42.379 --> 00:27:44.259
 about how

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:44.779
 to respond

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.079
 to our

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:45.460
 enemies

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:46.200
 in Matthew

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.700
 5?

00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:48.019
 We are

00:27:48.019 --> 00:27:48.420
 to love

00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:48.900
 our enemies

00:27:48.900 --> 00:27:49.740
 just as

00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.319
 God

00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:51.359
 has loved

00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:52.480
 us when

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:53.619
 we were

00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:54.359
 his enemies.

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.440
 One of the

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:55.879
 things that

00:27:55.879 --> 00:27:57.079
 I've been

00:27:57.079 --> 00:27:57.460
 waiting to

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:58.079
 tell you is

00:27:58.079 --> 00:27:59.039
 never

00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.579
 forget that

00:27:59.579 --> 00:27:59.839
 you were

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.039
 numbered

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:00.460
 among the

00:28:00.460 --> 00:28:00.720
 world.

00:28:01.399 --> 00:28:01.759
 Never

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.099
 forget

00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:02.399
 that.

00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:03.879
 You

00:28:03.879 --> 00:28:04.539
 too

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:06.799
 used to

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.639
 be dead

00:28:07.639 --> 00:28:08.220
 to God,

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:09.059
 alive to

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.619
 your sin,

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.539
 following the

00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:10.879
 prince of

00:28:10.879 --> 00:28:11.259
 the power

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.460
 of the

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:11.639
 air.

00:28:11.639 --> 00:28:12.240
 You were

00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:13.019
 under God's

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.319
 wrath.

00:28:13.439 --> 00:28:13.740
 You were

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:14.519
 a happy

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:15.759
 non-Christian

00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:16.859
 and then

00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:17.619
 Jesus interrupted

00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:18.159
 all that

00:28:18.159 --> 00:28:19.799
 because his

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:20.899
 love was

00:28:20.899 --> 00:28:21.339
 greater

00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:22.519
 than your

00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:23.299
 sinfulness.

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:25.299
 God's

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:25.579
 God's

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:26.079
 grabbed you.

00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.720
 He chose

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:28.240
 you out of

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:28.740
 the world

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.919
 and that

00:28:29.919 --> 00:28:30.279
 has a

00:28:30.279 --> 00:28:30.960
 tenderizing

00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:31.460
 effect.

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:32.119
 It must

00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:32.419
 have a

00:28:32.419 --> 00:28:32.879
 tenderizing

00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:33.399
 effect on

00:28:33.399 --> 00:28:34.139
 us when

00:28:34.139 --> 00:28:34.639
 we are on

00:28:34.639 --> 00:28:35.139
 the receiving

00:28:35.139 --> 00:28:35.500
 end of

00:28:35.500 --> 00:28:36.579
 heat from

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:37.740
 non-Christians

00:28:37.740 --> 00:28:39.279
 that some

00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:39.720
 we love,

00:28:39.919 --> 00:28:40.740
 some we don't

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.359
 have relationships

00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:41.779
 with.

00:28:42.399 --> 00:28:43.480
 We must

00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:44.019
 love them.

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.480
 This is the

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:44.859
 way of the

00:28:44.859 --> 00:28:45.139
 gospel.

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:46.859
 This is

00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:47.799
 gospel love.

00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:50.119
 This is how

00:28:50.119 --> 00:28:50.940
 we love in

00:28:50.940 --> 00:28:51.500
 the spirit

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:51.960
 those who

00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.480
 hate us.

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:56.980
 in the

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.299
 heat of

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:57.579
 hate,

00:28:58.339 --> 00:29:00.099
 we love

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:00.579
 in return.

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:03.059
 We love

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.539
 our haters

00:29:03.539 --> 00:29:05.700
 for the

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.079
 glory of

00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.299
 God.

00:29:10.399 --> 00:29:10.919
 The

00:29:10.919 --> 00:29:11.200
 hated,

00:29:12.659 --> 00:29:13.159
 the

00:29:13.159 --> 00:29:13.559
 haters,

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:16.000
 and now

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.399
 the helper.

00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:21.440
 In

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.099
 verses 26

00:29:22.099 --> 00:29:22.740
 and 27,

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:24.819
 Jesus circles

00:29:24.819 --> 00:29:25.519
 back to the

00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:26.039
 Holy Spirit.

00:29:26.640 --> 00:29:27.279
 Now, you may

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:28.920
 be sitting in

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.259
 your pew

00:29:29.259 --> 00:29:29.700
 thinking,

00:29:30.140 --> 00:29:30.579
 wait, hold

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:31.039
 on a second.

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.799
 You want me

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.480
 to love

00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:35.920
 those who

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.460
 hate me?

00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.519
 How can I

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:38.880
 do that?

00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:40.859
 I'm living

00:29:40.859 --> 00:29:41.180
 with them.

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:43.079
 How does

00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:43.680
 that work?

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.620
 You can't

00:29:45.620 --> 00:29:46.059
 do that.

00:29:47.339 --> 00:29:47.960
 The Holy

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.680
 Spirit can.

00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.680
 love you.

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:50.960
 You need

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:52.420
 an empowerment

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:53.259
 by the Holy

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:53.740
 Spirit

00:29:53.740 --> 00:29:55.960
 to enable

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.560
 you

00:29:56.560 --> 00:29:58.100
 to love

00:29:58.100 --> 00:29:58.960
 like Jesus.

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:03.519
 If you're

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.039
 feeling the

00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:04.380
 heat of

00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:04.680
 hate,

00:30:06.360 --> 00:30:07.600
 help has

00:30:07.600 --> 00:30:08.140
 already

00:30:08.140 --> 00:30:08.660
 arrived,

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.080
 Christian.

00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.740
 The Holy

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:12.420
 Spirit who

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:12.980
 has indwelt

00:30:12.980 --> 00:30:13.400
 you,

00:30:14.299 --> 00:30:14.779
 is eager

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:15.500
 to fill you

00:30:15.500 --> 00:30:17.500
 afresh so

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:17.900
 that you

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:18.740
 can respond

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.180
 to your

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:19.839
 haters in a

00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:20.200
 way that

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:21.119
 pleases God.

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:21.859
 A couple

00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:22.299
 weeks ago,

00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:22.960
 I gave you

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:23.859
 a crash

00:30:23.859 --> 00:30:24.339
 course in

00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:24.619
 the Holy

00:30:24.619 --> 00:30:24.980
 Spirit.

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:26.619
 The Holy

00:30:26.619 --> 00:30:27.099
 Spirit is

00:30:27.099 --> 00:30:27.619
 not an it,

00:30:27.700 --> 00:30:28.119
 but a who,

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:28.839
 a person.

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:30.960
 He's a he.

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:33.619
 He's present.

00:30:33.619 --> 00:30:35.899
 when Jesus

00:30:35.899 --> 00:30:36.299
 is talking

00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.879
 about here

00:30:36.879 --> 00:30:38.099
 of him,

00:30:38.699 --> 00:30:39.299
 he and the

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:40.000
 Father sending

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.359
 the Holy

00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:41.119
 Spirit to

00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:41.439
 us.

00:30:41.579 --> 00:30:42.500
 He's coming

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:43.059
 to indwell

00:30:43.059 --> 00:30:43.819
 each of

00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:44.319
 us.

00:30:46.439 --> 00:30:47.079
 He's

00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:47.599
 powerful.

00:30:49.119 --> 00:30:50.059
 He bears

00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:51.199
 the fruit

00:30:51.199 --> 00:30:52.739
 that is

00:30:52.739 --> 00:30:53.699
 like Jesus.

00:30:55.059 --> 00:30:55.699
 Love,

00:30:56.119 --> 00:30:56.519
 joy,

00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:57.319
 peace,

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:59.159
 and he

00:30:59.159 --> 00:30:59.879
 brings peace.

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:02.159
 So when you

00:31:02.159 --> 00:31:02.879
 encounter the

00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:04.260
 heat of

00:31:04.260 --> 00:31:05.940
 hate from

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:06.340
 the world,

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:07.000
 whether that's

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:08.060
 explosive,

00:31:08.560 --> 00:31:09.160
 whether that is

00:31:09.160 --> 00:31:09.780
 smoldering,

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.980
 if that's

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.860
 seductive,

00:31:12.940 --> 00:31:13.600
 the Spirit

00:31:13.600 --> 00:31:14.400
 is your

00:31:14.400 --> 00:31:15.440
 ever-present

00:31:15.440 --> 00:31:16.260
 help in

00:31:16.260 --> 00:31:16.680
 time of

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:16.980
 trouble.

00:31:17.660 --> 00:31:18.840
 Psalm 46.1,

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:20.200
 God is our

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:20.720
 ever-present

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.040
 help.

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:22.100
 The Holy

00:31:22.100 --> 00:31:22.640
 Spirit is

00:31:22.640 --> 00:31:23.160
 like the

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:23.640
 ultimate

00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:24.420
 ever-present

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:24.740
 help.

00:31:24.820 --> 00:31:25.340
 He's on

00:31:25.340 --> 00:31:25.800
 board,

00:31:26.800 --> 00:31:28.060
 wanting to

00:31:28.060 --> 00:31:29.200
 help you

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:30.980
 resist

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:31.120
 Christ.

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.640
 Here's how

00:31:35.640 --> 00:31:35.960
 the Holy

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:37.039
 Spirit helps.

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.259
 One,

00:31:39.339 --> 00:31:39.759
 he helps

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:41.279
 us bear

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:42.019
 Christ-like

00:31:42.019 --> 00:31:42.680
 fruit in

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:43.079
 the heat

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:43.519
 of hate.

00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:44.559
 It's

00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:45.000
 extraordinary.

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:47.480
 When you

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:48.299
 are relying,

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:49.360
 abiding in

00:31:49.360 --> 00:31:50.380
 Christ and

00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:51.480
 being enabled

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.200
 by the Holy

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:53.279
 Spirit and

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:54.299
 things get

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.799
 hot,

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:56.680
 you're like,

00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:58.680
 I love

00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:59.060
 you back.

00:32:00.420 --> 00:32:01.080
 How can I

00:32:01.080 --> 00:32:01.400
 pray for

00:32:01.400 --> 00:32:01.539
 you?

00:32:03.340 --> 00:32:03.779
 You're

00:32:03.779 --> 00:32:04.100
 walking by

00:32:04.100 --> 00:32:04.539
 the Spirit.

00:32:05.600 --> 00:32:06.160
 If you're

00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:06.660
 taking notes,

00:32:06.840 --> 00:32:07.100
 would you

00:32:07.100 --> 00:32:07.580
 write down

00:32:07.580 --> 00:32:08.360
 Psalm 1?

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.660
 Would you

00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:10.080
 write down

00:32:10.080 --> 00:32:11.140
 Jeremiah 17,

00:32:11.360 --> 00:32:12.200
 5-8?

00:32:12.820 --> 00:32:13.440
 When we

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:14.140
 are abiding

00:32:14.140 --> 00:32:15.160
 in God,

00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:16.759
 these passages

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.519
 talk about

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:19.220
 heat coming

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:20.080
 upon us,

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.680
 and we

00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:21.320
 bear fruit

00:32:21.320 --> 00:32:21.720
 in the

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:21.980
 heat.

00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:24.720
 Under the

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.039
 heat of

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.320
 hate,

00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:27.559
 we can

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:27.899
 actually

00:32:27.899 --> 00:32:28.639
 experience

00:32:28.639 --> 00:32:29.200
 joy.

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.939
 Maybe you

00:32:31.939 --> 00:32:32.319
 remember

00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:33.359
 Paul and

00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:33.859
 Silas

00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:35.099
 singing

00:32:35.099 --> 00:32:35.799
 in the

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:36.279
 Philippian

00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:37.299
 jail cell

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:38.059
 with their

00:32:38.059 --> 00:32:38.700
 ankles in

00:32:38.700 --> 00:32:39.259
 stocks.

00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:41.000
 Midnight,

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.079
 they're

00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:42.559
 singing,

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:43.539
 Lord,

00:32:43.639 --> 00:32:43.879
 you're

00:32:43.879 --> 00:32:44.359
 awesome.

00:32:45.439 --> 00:32:45.839
 We are

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:46.740
 so happy.

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:49.379
 Joy.

00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:53.460
 Acts 5,

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:54.839
 the leaders

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:55.519
 of the

00:32:55.519 --> 00:32:55.879
 Jerusalem

00:32:55.879 --> 00:32:56.519
 church

00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.199
 have just

00:32:57.199 --> 00:32:57.939
 suffered for

00:32:57.939 --> 00:32:58.199
 Jesus,

00:32:58.299 --> 00:32:58.500
 and they

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.000
 come back

00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.319
 to the

00:32:59.319 --> 00:32:59.619
 church

00:32:59.619 --> 00:33:01.059
 rejoicing

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:02.019
 for

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.539
 suffering

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:02.859
 for

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:03.179
 Jesus.

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:04.019
 Okay,

00:33:04.179 --> 00:33:04.439
 I've been

00:33:04.439 --> 00:33:04.799
 waiting on

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.099
 this.

00:33:06.279 --> 00:33:06.579
 I've been

00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:06.879
 waiting to

00:33:06.879 --> 00:33:07.179
 bring you

00:33:07.179 --> 00:33:07.459
 here.

00:33:09.119 --> 00:33:09.720
 Remember the

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:10.059
 Sermon on the

00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:10.220
 Mount?

00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:13.220
 It starts

00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:13.899
 with Beatitudes.

00:33:17.019 --> 00:33:17.899
 Matthew 5,

00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:18.459
 10,

00:33:18.720 --> 00:33:19.059
 11,

00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:19.500
 and 12.

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:20.819
 blessed

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:23.099
 are those

00:33:23.099 --> 00:33:24.339
 who are

00:33:24.339 --> 00:33:25.019
 persecuted

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:26.180
 for

00:33:26.180 --> 00:33:26.740
 righteousness

00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:27.279
 sake,

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:27.779
 for theirs

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:28.059
 is the

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:28.480
 kingdom of

00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:28.700
 heaven.

00:33:29.140 --> 00:33:29.380
 Blessed

00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:29.960
 are you

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.519
 when others

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:31.400
 revile you

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:32.099
 and persecute

00:33:32.099 --> 00:33:32.400
 you and

00:33:32.400 --> 00:33:32.980
 utter all

00:33:32.980 --> 00:33:33.460
 kinds of

00:33:33.460 --> 00:33:34.119
 evil against

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:34.779
 you falsely

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:36.180
 on my

00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:36.619
 account,

00:33:36.859 --> 00:33:37.299
 for my

00:33:37.299 --> 00:33:37.960
 name's sake.

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:38.839
 Rejoice and

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.220
 be glad,

00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:39.619
 for your

00:33:39.619 --> 00:33:40.140
 reward is

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:40.559
 great in

00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:40.779
 heaven,

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:41.240
 for so

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:41.900
 they persecuted

00:33:41.900 --> 00:33:42.599
 the prophets

00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:43.279
 who were

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:43.900
 before you.

00:33:43.900 --> 00:33:44.480
 we,

00:33:44.700 --> 00:33:45.019
 when we

00:33:45.019 --> 00:33:45.400
 catch heat

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:45.920
 for Jesus,

00:33:46.540 --> 00:33:47.100
 we're like,

00:33:47.280 --> 00:33:47.920
 praise God,

00:33:48.140 --> 00:33:48.500
 thank you

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:48.800
 Jesus.

00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:51.120
 Qualification.

00:33:53.120 --> 00:33:53.380
 If,

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:56.540
 if your

00:33:56.540 --> 00:33:57.140
 non-Christian

00:33:57.140 --> 00:33:58.019
 supervisor

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:59.500
 is getting

00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:00.280
 mad at you

00:34:00.280 --> 00:34:00.780
 because you're

00:34:00.780 --> 00:34:01.300
 chronically

00:34:01.300 --> 00:34:01.720
 late,

00:34:03.100 --> 00:34:04.680
 or you

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:04.920
 are,

00:34:05.040 --> 00:34:05.600
 you are

00:34:05.600 --> 00:34:06.660
 being mean,

00:34:07.820 --> 00:34:08.240
 don't,

00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:09.180
 don't think

00:34:09.180 --> 00:34:09.519
 that you're

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:10.320
 being persecuted

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:10.960
 for Jesus.

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:15.260
 you're

00:34:15.260 --> 00:34:15.500
 not.

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.160
 But when

00:34:19.160 --> 00:34:19.420
 we can

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:19.980
 drive direct

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:21.320
 lines to

00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:21.740
 people's

00:34:21.740 --> 00:34:22.320
 hatred for

00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:22.880
 us,

00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:24.320
 because of

00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:24.740
 Jesus,

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:25.680
 we get to

00:34:25.680 --> 00:34:26.240
 rejoice.

00:34:29.240 --> 00:34:30.180
 The Holy

00:34:30.180 --> 00:34:31.619
 Spirit gives

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.240
 us joy,

00:34:32.500 --> 00:34:33.460
 he helps us

00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:34.139
 to love,

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:34.860
 he brings

00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:35.840
 about peace,

00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:37.400
 we can be

00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:38.400
 settled in

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:38.900
 God,

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.539
 knowing that

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:40.200
 we are

00:34:40.200 --> 00:34:40.639
 walking

00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:41.300
 faithfully

00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:41.940
 with him,

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:42.960
 even though

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.340
 we are

00:34:43.340 --> 00:34:43.800
 experiencing

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:44.280
 the heat

00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:44.680
 of hate.

00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:46.320
 The second

00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:46.960
 area the

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:47.580
 Spirit helps

00:34:47.580 --> 00:34:48.780
 us is to

00:34:48.780 --> 00:34:49.800
 bear bold

00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:50.800
 witness to

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:51.400
 Christ.

00:34:53.660 --> 00:34:54.300
 In the

00:34:54.300 --> 00:34:54.600
 heat.

00:34:57.660 --> 00:34:58.400
 The Holy

00:34:58.400 --> 00:34:59.980
 Spirit seeks

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:00.680
 to bear

00:35:00.680 --> 00:35:01.260
 witness to

00:35:01.260 --> 00:35:01.519
 Jesus.

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:02.580
 Has anybody

00:35:02.580 --> 00:35:03.380
 had to bear

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:04.240
 witness in a

00:35:04.240 --> 00:35:04.740
 court of law?

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:08.140
 You get up on

00:35:08.140 --> 00:35:08.500
 the stand,

00:35:09.360 --> 00:35:09.820
 and a bailiff

00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:10.140
 comes.

00:35:10.360 --> 00:35:10.760
 Do you swear

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:11.240
 to tell the

00:35:11.240 --> 00:35:11.600
 truth, the

00:35:11.600 --> 00:35:12.019
 whole truth,

00:35:12.100 --> 00:35:12.340
 and nothing

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:12.720
 but the

00:35:12.720 --> 00:35:13.120
 truth, so

00:35:13.120 --> 00:35:13.440
 help you

00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:13.639
 God?

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:14.179
 And you're

00:35:14.179 --> 00:35:14.960
 like, yes.

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:18.280
 The Spirit

00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:19.320
 of God is

00:35:19.320 --> 00:35:19.679
 going to bear

00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:20.360
 the truth,

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.240
 the whole

00:35:21.240 --> 00:35:22.139
 truth, and

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:22.840
 nothing but

00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:23.500
 the truth

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:24.440
 about Jesus

00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:25.079
 Christ.

00:35:26.119 --> 00:35:27.099
 The truth,

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:27.980
 the whole

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.480
 truth, and

00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:28.980
 nothing but

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:29.579
 the truth.

00:35:29.840 --> 00:35:30.220
 He's going

00:35:30.220 --> 00:35:30.519
 to bear

00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:31.539
 witness to

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:32.500
 your spirit

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:33.360
 of the

00:35:33.360 --> 00:35:34.380
 truth, of

00:35:34.380 --> 00:35:34.920
 who Jesus

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.760
 is, the

00:35:35.760 --> 00:35:36.179
 truth, the

00:35:36.179 --> 00:35:36.559
 whole truth,

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:36.900
 and nothing

00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:37.320
 but the

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:37.780
 truth.

00:35:37.780 --> 00:35:39.519
 truth, and

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:40.220
 then you

00:35:40.220 --> 00:35:41.220
 will bear

00:35:41.220 --> 00:35:42.100
 witness to

00:35:42.100 --> 00:35:42.860
 Jesus, too.

00:35:44.120 --> 00:35:45.600
 The truth, the

00:35:45.600 --> 00:35:46.200
 whole truth,

00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:46.820
 nothing but

00:35:46.820 --> 00:35:48.840
 the truth, who

00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:49.519
 he is, of

00:35:49.519 --> 00:35:49.940
 what he's

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:50.260
 done.

00:35:50.680 --> 00:35:51.240
 Even in the

00:35:51.240 --> 00:35:51.940
 midst of heat,

00:35:52.180 --> 00:35:52.920
 it might get

00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:54.060
 hotter because

00:35:54.060 --> 00:35:54.800
 you're bearing

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:56.080
 bold witness to

00:35:56.080 --> 00:35:57.320
 Jesus, but your

00:35:57.320 --> 00:35:58.460
 date gives power.

00:35:58.720 --> 00:35:59.340
 The thing that he

00:35:59.340 --> 00:36:00.560
 wants you to do

00:36:00.560 --> 00:36:01.560
 because the Holy

00:36:01.560 --> 00:36:03.080
 Spirit, Acts 1, 8,

00:36:03.180 --> 00:36:04.640
 gives power for us

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:05.420
 to be witnesses

00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:06.599
 to him wherever

00:36:06.599 --> 00:36:07.379
 we are.

00:36:08.699 --> 00:36:09.279
 We're to bear

00:36:09.279 --> 00:36:10.900
 bold witness for

00:36:10.900 --> 00:36:11.359
 Jesus.

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:12.819
 What Jesus seems

00:36:12.819 --> 00:36:13.440
 to be saying

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:14.599
 here is that

00:36:14.599 --> 00:36:15.420
 the Holy Spirit,

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:16.219
 the helper, the

00:36:16.219 --> 00:36:17.139
 spirit of truth,

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:18.559
 will empower us

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:19.420
 not just to bear

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:20.799
 Christ-like fruit

00:36:20.799 --> 00:36:21.980
 when heating, but

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:23.299
 to bear Christ-

00:36:23.299 --> 00:36:24.559
 glorifying witness

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:25.239
 in the heat.

00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:26.859
 There's nothing

00:36:26.859 --> 00:36:27.559
 here that says

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:28.159
 about reducing

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:28.559
 the heat.

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:32.940
 This past

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:33.400
 Thursday,

00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:35.199
 Jenny and I

00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:35.539
 are in a life

00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:36.059
 group, and we

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:37.199
 are in our life

00:36:37.199 --> 00:36:37.679
 group together,

00:36:37.779 --> 00:36:38.059
 and a dear

00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:39.239
 sister was

00:36:39.239 --> 00:36:39.879
 wondering out

00:36:39.879 --> 00:36:40.440
 loud whether

00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:41.420
 she is being

00:36:41.420 --> 00:36:42.059
 faithful to

00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:43.079
 Jesus, whether

00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:44.019
 she's abiding in

00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:44.659
 Christ because

00:36:44.659 --> 00:36:45.259
 she wasn't

00:36:45.259 --> 00:36:46.819
 experiencing kind

00:36:46.819 --> 00:36:48.299
 of like the

00:36:48.299 --> 00:36:48.819
 heat of

00:36:48.819 --> 00:36:49.440
 persecution.

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:51.279
 And Jenny and

00:36:51.279 --> 00:36:51.719
 me, we know

00:36:51.719 --> 00:36:52.539
 this sister, and

00:36:52.539 --> 00:36:53.440
 she's like totally

00:36:53.440 --> 00:36:53.960
 legit.

00:36:55.379 --> 00:36:55.719
 You know what I

00:36:55.719 --> 00:36:56.019
 said to her?

00:36:56.059 --> 00:36:56.319
 You know what

00:36:56.319 --> 00:36:57.039
 your pastor said

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:57.219
 to her?

00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:01.639
 You're being

00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:02.339
 persecuted just

00:37:02.339 --> 00:37:02.679
 not to your

00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:02.960
 face.

00:37:04.639 --> 00:37:05.119
 People are

00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:05.599
 talking about

00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:05.960
 you behind

00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:06.339
 your back.

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:08.159
 There's no

00:37:08.159 --> 00:37:09.279
 way that you

00:37:09.279 --> 00:37:09.759
 can be living

00:37:09.759 --> 00:37:10.460
 the way you

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:11.539
 are without

00:37:11.539 --> 00:37:12.099
 ruffling

00:37:12.099 --> 00:37:12.559
 feathers.

00:37:13.799 --> 00:37:14.259
 They're just

00:37:14.259 --> 00:37:14.759
 not saying it

00:37:14.759 --> 00:37:15.359
 to your face.

00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:15.859
 And then she

00:37:15.859 --> 00:37:16.339
 shared a little

00:37:16.339 --> 00:37:16.819
 bit more.

00:37:17.219 --> 00:37:17.599
 I'm like, oh,

00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:18.039
 there it is.

00:37:18.059 --> 00:37:18.559
 You are getting

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:19.039
 persecuted.

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:20.839
 And you know

00:37:20.839 --> 00:37:21.460
 what she said at

00:37:21.460 --> 00:37:21.900
 the end of it

00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:22.079
 all?

00:37:23.299 --> 00:37:24.359
 I just want to

00:37:24.359 --> 00:37:25.139
 be bold for

00:37:25.139 --> 00:37:25.659
 Christ.

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:28.299
 Me too.

00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:31.039
 Brothers and

00:37:31.039 --> 00:37:31.640
 sisters, we

00:37:31.640 --> 00:37:32.220
 have a helper.

00:37:33.400 --> 00:37:33.820
 The third

00:37:33.820 --> 00:37:34.440
 person of the

00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:34.940
 Trinity, the

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:36.320
 Holy Spirit, the

00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:37.840
 greatest ever

00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:38.539
 present help in

00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:39.220
 time of trouble.

00:37:39.740 --> 00:37:41.000
 And he has been

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:42.700
 sent by both God

00:37:42.700 --> 00:37:43.380
 the Father and

00:37:43.380 --> 00:37:44.080
 God the Son,

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:44.980
 Trinity

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:46.160
 citing, he's

00:37:46.160 --> 00:37:49.620
 been sent, that

00:37:49.620 --> 00:37:50.400
 we would bear

00:37:50.400 --> 00:37:51.680
 fruit and bear

00:37:51.680 --> 00:37:52.200
 witness.

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:54.299
 So when you

00:37:54.299 --> 00:37:55.219
 experience the

00:37:55.219 --> 00:37:57.039
 heat, don't

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:58.519
 fight back.

00:37:59.679 --> 00:38:01.919
 Don't flee for

00:38:01.919 --> 00:38:02.980
 the exit door.

00:38:03.819 --> 00:38:04.899
 Don't frolic

00:38:04.899 --> 00:38:05.559
 with the world.

00:38:07.879 --> 00:38:09.099
 Be faithful.

00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:12.659
 Be faithful.

00:38:14.299 --> 00:38:15.359
 Bear fruit, bear

00:38:15.359 --> 00:38:16.319
 witness with the

00:38:16.319 --> 00:38:16.960
 Spirit's help.

00:38:18.379 --> 00:38:19.639
 It matters what

00:38:19.639 --> 00:38:20.559
 you say and how

00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:21.179
 you say it.

00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:24.000
 He's the

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.279
 helper.

00:38:26.439 --> 00:38:26.899
 Hated,

00:38:28.199 --> 00:38:28.779
 haters,

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:30.399
 the helper.

00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:31.859
 Here's the

00:38:31.859 --> 00:38:32.119
 point.

00:38:33.279 --> 00:38:33.919
 If you are

00:38:33.919 --> 00:38:34.519
 abiding in

00:38:34.519 --> 00:38:36.679
 Christ, you

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:37.399
 will be both

00:38:37.399 --> 00:38:38.219
 hated and

00:38:38.219 --> 00:38:38.539
 helped.

00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:40.699
 If you're

00:38:40.699 --> 00:38:41.259
 abiding in

00:38:41.259 --> 00:38:41.519
 Christ,

00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:42.119
 Christian, you

00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:43.839
 will both be

00:38:43.839 --> 00:38:44.980
 hated and

00:38:44.980 --> 00:38:45.199
 helped.

00:38:45.279 --> 00:38:46.079
 That applies to

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:46.480
 middle school

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:47.119
 students and

00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:47.559
 high school

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:49.419
 students, young

00:38:49.419 --> 00:38:51.019
 adults, whether

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:51.279
 you're in the

00:38:51.279 --> 00:38:52.159
 workplace or

00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:54.000
 college Carthage

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:54.779
 shout out,

00:38:55.639 --> 00:38:56.719
 clock it.

00:39:00.719 --> 00:39:01.839
 It'll be both.

00:39:04.859 --> 00:39:05.920
 So here's some

00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:06.359
 questions.

00:39:08.579 --> 00:39:09.739
 Are you willing to

00:39:09.739 --> 00:39:10.299
 be hated for

00:39:10.299 --> 00:39:10.539
 Jesus?

00:39:12.359 --> 00:39:13.399
 Are you willing?

00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:19.119
 Remember the

00:39:19.119 --> 00:39:19.820
 Surgeon General

00:39:19.820 --> 00:39:20.180
 Warning?

00:39:21.940 --> 00:39:22.660
 How about the

00:39:22.660 --> 00:39:23.280
 Savior General

00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:23.680
 Warning?

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:25.340
 If you're not a

00:39:25.340 --> 00:39:25.900
 Christian in the

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:26.619
 room, you need to

00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:27.519
 realize that becoming

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:28.300
 a follower of

00:39:28.300 --> 00:39:29.599
 Jesus isn't going

00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:30.820
 to be a walk in

00:39:30.820 --> 00:39:31.079
 the part.

00:39:31.180 --> 00:39:32.460
 I don't know who

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:33.220
 you've heard about

00:39:33.220 --> 00:39:34.780
 Jesus from, but if

00:39:34.780 --> 00:39:35.500
 they're saying to

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:36.200
 you, come to

00:39:36.200 --> 00:39:36.840
 Jesus and your

00:39:36.840 --> 00:39:37.360
 life will be

00:39:37.360 --> 00:39:38.940
 great, that's not

00:39:38.940 --> 00:39:39.240
 true.

00:39:39.239 --> 00:39:42.059
 You'll be hated.

00:39:43.759 --> 00:39:44.799
 Oh, but Jesus is

00:39:44.799 --> 00:39:45.239
 worth it.

00:39:48.199 --> 00:39:49.099
 Now, if you're a

00:39:49.099 --> 00:39:49.719
 Christian in the

00:39:49.719 --> 00:39:50.419
 room, let me, let

00:39:50.419 --> 00:39:51.419
 me just, let me, I

00:39:51.419 --> 00:39:52.059
 need to choose my

00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:52.599
 words carefully.

00:39:53.219 --> 00:39:53.899
 Nobody told me

00:39:53.899 --> 00:39:54.459
 about this.

00:39:55.759 --> 00:39:56.179
 What do you mean

00:39:56.179 --> 00:39:56.559
 I'm going to be

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:56.819
 hated?

00:39:57.619 --> 00:39:58.359
 I thought I just

00:39:58.359 --> 00:39:59.000
 need to be nice.

00:40:02.859 --> 00:40:03.559
 Does it change

00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:03.819
 anything?

00:40:03.820 --> 00:40:08.840
 Does it change

00:40:08.840 --> 00:40:10.740
 anything about the

00:40:10.740 --> 00:40:12.420
 Jesus you claim to

00:40:12.420 --> 00:40:13.420
 know that you'll be

00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:14.059
 hated for him?

00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:16.640
 Because if you're

00:40:16.640 --> 00:40:18.220
 saying, I don't know

00:40:18.220 --> 00:40:20.260
 about that, let's

00:40:20.260 --> 00:40:21.300
 save ourselves a

00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:21.800
 whole bunch of

00:40:21.800 --> 00:40:22.840
 heartache and you

00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:23.680
 just need to stop

00:40:23.680 --> 00:40:24.640
 professing to be a

00:40:24.640 --> 00:40:24.920
 Christian.

00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:28.880
 Because Jesus is

00:40:28.880 --> 00:40:30.240
 very clear, if you

00:40:30.240 --> 00:40:31.539
 are not willing to

00:40:31.539 --> 00:40:32.340
 suffer for him,

00:40:32.340 --> 00:40:34.960
 if you're ashamed

00:40:34.960 --> 00:40:38.500
 of him, he's

00:40:38.500 --> 00:40:38.980
 going to be ashamed

00:40:38.980 --> 00:40:39.280
 of you.

00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:43.240
 But here's what

00:40:43.240 --> 00:40:43.780
 this does.

00:40:45.920 --> 00:40:46.720
 If you have an

00:40:46.720 --> 00:40:47.740
 unwillingness to be

00:40:47.740 --> 00:40:48.760
 hated for Jesus, do

00:40:48.760 --> 00:40:49.180
 you know what it's

00:40:49.180 --> 00:40:50.079
 actually exposing?

00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:52.840
 Your true love.

00:40:56.700 --> 00:40:57.800
 Do you love what

00:40:57.800 --> 00:40:58.579
 people think about

00:40:58.579 --> 00:41:00.660
 you more than

00:41:00.660 --> 00:41:01.059
 Jesus?

00:41:02.340 --> 00:41:09.760
 Maybe you're in

00:41:09.760 --> 00:41:10.660
 your pew right now

00:41:10.660 --> 00:41:11.059
 and you're like,

00:41:11.180 --> 00:41:12.400
 man, that would be

00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:12.720
 hard.

00:41:13.000 --> 00:41:14.380
 If I got heat, man,

00:41:14.440 --> 00:41:15.240
 I want to.

00:41:16.059 --> 00:41:17.519
 I would want to be

00:41:17.519 --> 00:41:18.240
 hated for Jesus.

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:19.720
 I would want to

00:41:19.720 --> 00:41:21.059
 want to be hated

00:41:21.059 --> 00:41:21.820
 for Jesus.

00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:22.940
 I kind of want to

00:41:22.940 --> 00:41:24.440
 lean towards being

00:41:24.440 --> 00:41:25.680
 hated for Jesus, but

00:41:25.680 --> 00:41:26.480
 I'm a little scared.

00:41:27.140 --> 00:41:28.720
 I'm kind of willing.

00:41:28.719 --> 00:41:35.480
 Do you know how to be

00:41:35.480 --> 00:41:37.179
 willing to be hated

00:41:37.179 --> 00:41:38.019
 for Jesus?

00:41:39.379 --> 00:41:40.759
 You treasure Jesus

00:41:40.759 --> 00:41:41.779
 above all else.

00:41:43.500 --> 00:41:45.079
 You make Jesus your

00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:46.659
 first love, your

00:41:46.659 --> 00:41:48.039
 greatest treasure, and

00:41:48.039 --> 00:41:49.459
 out of the overflow of

00:41:49.459 --> 00:41:50.659
 your heart, you will

00:41:50.659 --> 00:41:53.259
 speak, and you will

00:41:53.259 --> 00:41:54.799
 suffer for it, and you'll

00:41:54.799 --> 00:41:56.079
 be like, wait, hold on a

00:41:56.079 --> 00:41:56.259
 second.

00:41:57.739 --> 00:41:58.719
 Greater, less than, or

00:41:58.719 --> 00:41:59.099
 equal to.

00:41:59.219 --> 00:42:00.420
 Is Jesus greater than,

00:42:00.519 --> 00:42:01.259
 less than, or equal to

00:42:01.259 --> 00:42:02.139
 what the world thinks

00:42:02.139 --> 00:42:02.659
 about me?

00:42:03.420 --> 00:42:03.819
 Greater.

00:42:04.599 --> 00:42:05.400
 By far.

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:07.699
 The world offers no

00:42:07.699 --> 00:42:08.219
 life.

00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:09.880
 The world cannot forgive

00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:10.699
 you of your sin.

00:42:11.139 --> 00:42:12.360
 The world cannot promise

00:42:12.360 --> 00:42:15.460
 you eternal life in

00:42:15.460 --> 00:42:16.679
 glory with God.

00:42:16.679 --> 00:42:17.880
 You can't do it.

00:42:17.880 --> 00:42:25.660
 Treasuring Jesus is

00:42:25.660 --> 00:42:26.760
 prioritizing Jesus.

00:42:26.900 --> 00:42:28.019
 It's abiding in Jesus.

00:42:28.720 --> 00:42:30.000
 And so, even in the

00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:31.880
 heat, Jesus is to a

00:42:31.880 --> 00:42:35.740
 Christian what oxygen is

00:42:35.740 --> 00:42:37.660
 to a firefighter in a

00:42:37.660 --> 00:42:38.240
 burning building.

00:42:39.619 --> 00:42:40.760
 He's your life.

00:42:40.760 --> 00:42:40.840
 breath.

00:42:42.640 --> 00:42:44.820
 And that breathing, the

00:42:44.820 --> 00:42:47.140
 actual O2, is Holy

00:42:47.140 --> 00:42:48.220
 Spirit breath.

00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:51.340
 Earring into you,

00:42:51.540 --> 00:42:52.580
 strengthening you.

00:42:56.320 --> 00:42:57.600
 Are you willing to

00:42:57.600 --> 00:42:58.320
 suffer for Jesus?

00:42:59.440 --> 00:43:00.380
 You can.

00:43:01.160 --> 00:43:02.720
 By abiding in Jesus.

00:43:05.500 --> 00:43:06.840
 Another application is

00:43:06.840 --> 00:43:08.720
 love your haters.

00:43:08.719 --> 00:43:10.139
 Another application is

00:43:10.139 --> 00:43:11.239
 be brave.

00:43:13.039 --> 00:43:14.599
 How do you deal with

00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:17.000
 being hated for Jesus?

00:43:18.259 --> 00:43:19.619
 Helped by the Holy

00:43:19.619 --> 00:43:20.059
 Spirit.

00:43:20.839 --> 00:43:22.379
 If you are abiding in

00:43:22.379 --> 00:43:25.719
 Christ, you will both

00:43:25.719 --> 00:43:28.559
 be hated and helped.

00:43:29.199 --> 00:43:32.579
 But remember, blessed

00:43:32.579 --> 00:43:35.039
 are you when others

00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:36.059
 revile you and

00:43:36.059 --> 00:43:37.339
 persecute you and utter

00:43:37.339 --> 00:43:38.319
 all kinds of evil

00:43:38.320 --> 00:43:40.380
 against you falsely on

00:43:40.380 --> 00:43:41.019
 my account.

00:43:41.760 --> 00:43:42.240
 Let's pray.

00:43:43.920 --> 00:43:45.120
 Lord Jesus, would you

00:43:45.120 --> 00:43:46.720
 count us worthy to

00:43:46.720 --> 00:43:48.059
 suffer for your name?

00:43:49.920 --> 00:43:50.920
 Not so that we can feel

00:43:50.920 --> 00:43:51.760
 good about ourselves,

00:43:52.420 --> 00:43:54.280
 but that we can be

00:43:54.280 --> 00:43:54.600
 faithful.

00:43:56.660 --> 00:43:57.580
 Father, would you pour

00:43:57.580 --> 00:43:58.380
 out the Holy Spirit

00:43:58.380 --> 00:43:59.960
 afresh and full that we

00:43:59.960 --> 00:44:01.220
 would magnify Jesus

00:44:01.220 --> 00:44:02.360
 among all people?

00:44:03.360 --> 00:44:04.700
 Would you add to our

00:44:04.700 --> 00:44:07.680
 number more men and

00:44:07.679 --> 00:44:08.839
 women who will

00:44:08.839 --> 00:44:10.619
 who will joyfully

00:44:10.619 --> 00:44:11.579
 suffer for your name?

00:44:11.659 --> 00:44:12.279
 In Jesus' name we

00:44:12.279 --> 00:44:12.539
 pray.

00:44:13.199 --> 00:44:13.460
 Amen.

00:44:13.460 --> 00:44:13.559
 Amen.