WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.960 The World Cup is on. 00:00:09.839 --> 00:00:14.660 I have to confess that at first I was going to cheer for the Australian team. 00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:19.120 That's not only because we have at least three Australians who attend this church, 00:00:19.260 --> 00:00:22.900 but who couldn't cheer for a team called the Socceroos? 00:00:22.899 --> 00:00:31.239 I mean, only the Australians would think of a name which is just so sort of both endearing and ridiculous at the same time. 00:00:31.339 --> 00:00:33.700 I think it's part of their culture to like stuff like that. 00:00:34.539 --> 00:00:39.399 And so I was going to cheer for the Socceroos and probably England, 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:46.000 but I met Victor from our 11 o'clock service at a funeral this week, 00:00:46.039 --> 00:00:49.299 and he said, George, George, George, you should be cheering for Brazil. 00:00:49.299 --> 00:00:53.239 And he said that because he said Brazil's going to win, 00:00:53.939 --> 00:00:56.939 and if you cheer for Brazil, you'll end up being happy, 00:00:57.780 --> 00:01:01.619 and you'll be able to just sort of watch them go from victory to victory. 00:01:03.699 --> 00:01:05.679 But then I was thinking after talking to him, 00:01:05.739 --> 00:01:09.259 maybe I would just cheer for the different teams that, you know, 00:01:09.340 --> 00:01:12.739 like parishioners have come from different countries to be here, 00:01:12.780 --> 00:01:15.299 and maybe I would just choose cheer for those teams. 00:01:15.299 --> 00:01:19.039 And then as I was thinking about that and thinking about John 3.16, 00:01:19.299 --> 00:01:22.099 if I've forgotten somebody, please forgive me, 00:01:22.159 --> 00:01:26.359 but here's a list of countries, people who come to this church, 00:01:26.620 --> 00:01:29.060 either have come here as immigrants from these countries, 00:01:29.579 --> 00:01:31.640 or are first-generation Canadians. 00:01:31.879 --> 00:01:33.700 Their parents have come from these countries. 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:38.079 Listen to the different range of people who come to this church. 00:01:38.859 --> 00:01:42.179 We have people in this church from Sri Lanka, Rwanda, 00:01:42.180 --> 00:01:46.640 Canada, Kenya, Ojibwe First Nation people, 00:01:47.200 --> 00:01:51.600 Poland, Ukraine, Ireland, both South and North, 00:01:52.100 --> 00:01:58.000 Italy, Egypt, Australia, England, Philippines, China, 00:01:58.640 --> 00:02:00.580 Czech Republic, Malaysia. 00:02:02.260 --> 00:02:03.740 I'm going to include Newfoundland, 00:02:03.880 --> 00:02:07.180 because Bob was born before Newfoundland joined Confederation. 00:02:07.180 --> 00:02:11.120 So Newfoundland, if you're older than... 00:02:11.120 --> 00:02:12.140 When did Newfoundland join? 00:02:12.860 --> 00:02:13.460 49. 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:17.319 So if you're here from Newfoundland and you were born before 1949, 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:20.740 you're included in that category of the nations. 00:02:21.480 --> 00:02:26.719 Bermuda, Barbados, Sierra Leone, Lebanon, Korea, 00:02:27.240 --> 00:02:30.580 the United States of America, Netherlands, Greece, 00:02:31.020 --> 00:02:33.600 and Anglophone and Francophone Canadians. 00:02:34.260 --> 00:02:35.000 Isn't that amazing? 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:41.340 And, you know, that's... 00:02:41.340 --> 00:02:46.219 It's really a testimony to the wonder of John 3.16, 00:02:47.020 --> 00:02:50.219 which is the gospel text which we began with today. 00:02:50.319 --> 00:02:51.900 For God so loved the world 00:02:51.900 --> 00:02:55.379 that he gave his one and only son 00:02:55.379 --> 00:02:56.840 that whoever believes in him 00:02:56.840 --> 00:02:59.400 shall not perish but have eternal life. 00:02:59.879 --> 00:03:02.479 God gave his son for the world. 00:03:02.479 --> 00:03:06.500 And, you know, the wonderful thing is that God has no grandchildren. 00:03:06.759 --> 00:03:07.780 He just has children. 00:03:08.340 --> 00:03:08.819 And God doesn't... 00:03:09.620 --> 00:03:13.699 You know, if one of us have come from a long line of godly parents, 00:03:14.219 --> 00:03:17.319 or if one of us have come from a long line 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:19.979 of completely and utterly ungodly parents, 00:03:20.359 --> 00:03:22.620 or if we've come from a long line of Buddhists 00:03:22.620 --> 00:03:25.239 or pagans or Hindus or Muslims, 00:03:25.459 --> 00:03:27.919 the fact of the matter is for every single one of us, 00:03:27.919 --> 00:03:30.339 there is one saviour and his name is Jesus. 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:34.060 And we have been invited to come to him in faith. 00:03:34.639 --> 00:03:37.579 And God does not sort of look more kindly on those 00:03:37.579 --> 00:03:39.359 who come from Anglican backgrounds 00:03:39.359 --> 00:03:42.639 and less kindly on those who come from maybe Buddhist backgrounds. 00:03:43.179 --> 00:03:45.379 He looks at the entire world and he says, 00:03:45.899 --> 00:03:49.199 this world needs a saviour and I have sent my son. 00:03:49.199 --> 00:03:55.619 And I hope that these men and women on the planet Earth 00:03:55.619 --> 00:03:57.280 will say yes to Jesus. 00:03:57.959 --> 00:03:59.919 And our church, in a sense, is a testimony 00:03:59.919 --> 00:04:02.879 to how the gospel has gone throughout the world. 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:06.599 Now, I could just end right now 00:04:06.599 --> 00:04:10.280 and it would be a very Canadian moment. 00:04:10.979 --> 00:04:13.579 And it would be sort of not much different 00:04:13.579 --> 00:04:15.879 than just a nice multicultural message. 00:04:15.879 --> 00:04:18.519 And we could all feel really good 00:04:18.519 --> 00:04:20.259 about the cultural smorgasbord. 00:04:20.839 --> 00:04:26.279 We could look forward to a multicultural buffet 00:04:26.279 --> 00:04:29.040 or something at some time we have a potluck. 00:04:29.560 --> 00:04:33.240 But in fact, the text is hard for us today. 00:04:33.319 --> 00:04:34.899 The gospel text is hard for us today 00:04:34.899 --> 00:04:37.060 because it is profoundly un-Canadian. 00:04:37.980 --> 00:04:41.719 And it is because the text is so profoundly un-Canadian 00:04:41.719 --> 00:04:44.000 that as we approach the text, 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:46.959 our mind wants to either start to turn off 00:04:46.959 --> 00:04:48.819 and just sort of glide through 00:04:48.819 --> 00:04:50.500 or it wants to just sort of, 00:04:50.500 --> 00:04:52.879 it rebels or chafes against the text 00:04:52.879 --> 00:04:56.019 because the text challenges fundamental things 00:04:56.019 --> 00:04:58.160 about how we as Canadians think. 00:04:58.660 --> 00:05:03.180 And so much in this would be considered problem texts. 00:05:03.740 --> 00:05:06.379 Turn with me in your Bibles to page 920. 00:05:06.379 --> 00:05:10.139 And once again, I'm going to be reading 00:05:10.139 --> 00:05:14.560 from a fairly accurate version of the Bible. 00:05:15.040 --> 00:05:17.519 I don't want to undermine your confidence in the Bible. 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:20.199 You know, you can read all of the versions of the Bible 00:05:20.199 --> 00:05:22.839 that are sold in the main Christian bookstores. 00:05:23.339 --> 00:05:25.240 They will all give you the basic story. 00:05:25.379 --> 00:05:27.019 But as you know, sometimes when you get down 00:05:27.019 --> 00:05:28.740 to very, very specific words, 00:05:29.180 --> 00:05:31.680 some translations are stronger than others 00:05:31.680 --> 00:05:35.480 and just really protecting the accuracy of the Greek text. 00:05:35.480 --> 00:05:37.960 And it's why I'm doing something a bit unusual today 00:05:37.960 --> 00:05:41.660 and reading from a slightly more accurate version 00:05:41.660 --> 00:05:44.840 because there's a couple of nuances in the text 00:05:44.840 --> 00:05:47.240 which this more accurate version brings out 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:50.720 and might be missed in your version. 00:05:51.259 --> 00:05:54.360 So John 3.16, we'll start reading there, page 920, 00:05:54.540 --> 00:05:57.259 and I'm reading from the TNIV version. 00:05:57.259 --> 00:06:01.800 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son 00:06:01.800 --> 00:06:04.839 that whoever believes in him shall not perish 00:06:04.839 --> 00:06:06.259 but have eternal life. 00:06:06.719 --> 00:06:09.339 For God did not send his Son into the world 00:06:09.339 --> 00:06:12.439 to condemn the world but to save the world through him. 00:06:13.180 --> 00:06:15.539 Whoever believes in him is not condemned 00:06:15.539 --> 00:06:18.860 but whoever does not believe stands condemned already 00:06:18.860 --> 00:06:21.459 because they have not believed in the name 00:06:21.459 --> 00:06:23.579 of God's one and only Son. 00:06:24.579 --> 00:06:26.079 I just sort of want to pause there. 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:28.240 You know, one of the things which is, 00:06:28.759 --> 00:06:30.539 verse 17, listen to that again, 00:06:30.620 --> 00:06:32.899 for God did not send his Son into the world 00:06:32.899 --> 00:06:36.639 to condemn the world but to save the world through him. 00:06:37.279 --> 00:06:41.199 One of the things which underlies this test, 00:06:41.719 --> 00:06:42.839 this text of scripture, 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:44.599 is that the Bible is telling us 00:06:44.599 --> 00:06:46.639 that the world is not neutral 00:06:46.639 --> 00:06:48.579 and that the world is not good 00:06:48.579 --> 00:06:52.019 but that in effect the people who make up the world, 00:06:52.279 --> 00:06:53.740 they're neither neutral or good, 00:06:53.740 --> 00:06:55.560 that the people who make up the world, 00:06:55.939 --> 00:06:59.259 that we are rebels against the true God 00:06:59.259 --> 00:07:00.879 and that we, in a sense, 00:07:01.340 --> 00:07:04.699 deserve God's wrath and judgment. 00:07:06.780 --> 00:07:09.740 It's a very, very un-Canadian way of looking at the text. 00:07:09.740 --> 00:07:12.259 For many of us as Canadians, 00:07:12.480 --> 00:07:14.000 maybe we would see that the world, 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:15.259 all of the people in the world, 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:17.360 that they're sort of somehow neutral 00:07:17.360 --> 00:07:19.800 and maybe then, 00:07:19.900 --> 00:07:21.660 because the world is sort of neutral, 00:07:22.400 --> 00:07:24.259 maybe we want to say that 00:07:24.259 --> 00:07:27.040 Jesus has to sort of fit into this neutral world 00:07:27.040 --> 00:07:28.879 and just sort of become a bit of a, 00:07:29.319 --> 00:07:31.240 maybe a bit of a guide to us 00:07:31.240 --> 00:07:33.519 because the world is a bit of good 00:07:33.519 --> 00:07:34.340 and a bit of evil 00:07:34.339 --> 00:07:36.179 and overall unbalance. 00:07:36.739 --> 00:07:37.939 Well, we might, on a good day, 00:07:38.019 --> 00:07:39.379 think overall unbalance, it's good 00:07:39.379 --> 00:07:41.179 and overall unbalance, it's a bad, 00:07:41.919 --> 00:07:43.399 you know, depending on how we're feeling. 00:07:43.519 --> 00:07:45.259 But that, we just sort of see the world 00:07:45.259 --> 00:07:46.359 as basically neutral, 00:07:46.479 --> 00:07:47.959 the people in the world as neutral. 00:07:48.479 --> 00:07:51.139 And so all of this talk of needing a saviour 00:07:51.139 --> 00:07:52.539 and condemning, 00:07:52.679 --> 00:07:54.719 it just sounds like it's so completely 00:07:54.719 --> 00:07:56.079 and utterly foreign and odd. 00:07:56.679 --> 00:07:57.799 And in fact, fundamentally, 00:07:57.979 --> 00:07:59.179 I think for most Canadians, 00:07:59.299 --> 00:08:00.939 at least most educated Canadians, 00:08:01.120 --> 00:08:02.439 the fundamental understanding 00:08:02.439 --> 00:08:03.680 of the people of the world 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:04.839 is that the people of the world 00:08:04.839 --> 00:08:05.939 are basically good. 00:08:06.459 --> 00:08:07.579 The world is evolving. 00:08:08.259 --> 00:08:09.399 Technology is evolving. 00:08:09.579 --> 00:08:10.319 We're going to solve, 00:08:10.579 --> 00:08:12.199 we're going to eventually solve cancer. 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:13.839 We're going to eventually solve AIDS. 00:08:13.899 --> 00:08:16.459 We're going to eventually solve pollution. 00:08:16.879 --> 00:08:17.899 We'll even eventually, 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:19.680 maybe not be able to have people live forever, 00:08:19.779 --> 00:08:21.100 but be able to have people live 00:08:21.100 --> 00:08:22.659 for a very, very long time. 00:08:23.240 --> 00:08:25.800 And eventually, we'll be able to deal with poverty. 00:08:26.540 --> 00:08:27.420 And, you know, 00:08:27.519 --> 00:08:29.959 just as problem after problem comes, 00:08:30.040 --> 00:08:30.779 it's just obvious 00:08:30.779 --> 00:08:32.439 that just as science and technology 00:08:32.439 --> 00:08:33.600 is developing and evolving, 00:08:33.980 --> 00:08:34.939 we as a human race 00:08:34.939 --> 00:08:36.559 are developing and evolving. 00:08:37.039 --> 00:08:38.959 And so if Jesus has any place at all 00:08:38.959 --> 00:08:39.579 in this world, 00:08:39.839 --> 00:08:41.100 it really is that he has to come 00:08:41.100 --> 00:08:42.220 to add some value. 00:08:43.319 --> 00:08:44.919 He has to come to add value. 00:08:45.019 --> 00:08:46.100 It's sort of a little bit like, 00:08:46.159 --> 00:08:47.459 not that David is Jesus, 00:08:47.919 --> 00:08:50.159 but David Alexander coming to our church. 00:08:50.839 --> 00:08:52.000 And, you know, we can say, 00:08:52.079 --> 00:08:53.360 well, our church has been developing 00:08:53.360 --> 00:08:54.559 and developing and developing, 00:08:54.679 --> 00:08:56.079 and some good things have been happening 00:08:56.079 --> 00:08:56.839 in our church. 00:08:57.220 --> 00:08:58.559 And the really wonderful thing 00:08:58.559 --> 00:09:00.679 about having David Alexander come on staff 00:09:00.679 --> 00:09:02.459 is that now he can add some value 00:09:02.459 --> 00:09:03.319 to our church. 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:04.459 And he's going to be able 00:09:04.459 --> 00:09:05.619 to come alongside us 00:09:05.619 --> 00:09:07.679 and help us with a whole pile of ministries 00:09:07.679 --> 00:09:08.719 and community building 00:09:08.719 --> 00:09:10.899 and help us to follow Jesus. 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:12.599 And in some ways, 00:09:12.659 --> 00:09:13.699 for the average Canadian, 00:09:13.879 --> 00:09:15.239 they think of the world 00:09:15.239 --> 00:09:17.219 as somehow progressing like this 00:09:17.219 --> 00:09:19.239 so that if Jesus is to have 00:09:19.239 --> 00:09:20.559 any place in the world, 00:09:20.659 --> 00:09:22.619 it has to be something that he does 00:09:22.619 --> 00:09:25.279 which adds a little bit of value 00:09:25.279 --> 00:09:26.799 or maybe a lot of value 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:30.019 to a project that's already going pretty good. 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:32.519 And in the midst of this, 00:09:32.819 --> 00:09:35.459 we have chapter 3, verse 17, 00:09:35.459 --> 00:09:37.579 which says something quite different. 00:09:38.879 --> 00:09:41.199 For God did not send his son into the world 00:09:41.199 --> 00:09:42.139 to condemn the world, 00:09:42.220 --> 00:09:44.079 but to save the world through him. 00:09:44.600 --> 00:09:47.000 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, 00:09:47.439 --> 00:09:48.799 but whoever does not believe 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:50.779 stands condemned already. 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:52.419 Even before Christ, 00:09:52.639 --> 00:09:53.519 they stood condemned. 00:09:53.519 --> 00:09:55.579 Because they have not believed 00:09:55.579 --> 00:09:57.720 in the name of God's one and only Son. 00:09:57.840 --> 00:09:58.279 In other words, 00:09:58.379 --> 00:09:59.360 because they haven't believed 00:09:59.360 --> 00:10:00.659 in God's one and only Son, 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:03.480 they can't escape the condemnation, 00:10:03.639 --> 00:10:04.759 the being condemned, 00:10:05.199 --> 00:10:07.980 which exists even before Jesus came 00:10:07.980 --> 00:10:09.379 to the world. 00:10:10.340 --> 00:10:12.079 See, the text implies 00:10:12.079 --> 00:10:14.419 that we as a human race are rebels, 00:10:15.259 --> 00:10:17.799 that we have rebelled against God. 00:10:18.299 --> 00:10:20.819 And this rebellion doesn't just refer 00:10:20.819 --> 00:10:22.360 to street people 00:10:22.360 --> 00:10:25.200 or the people who are wildly profligate 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:25.759 in some way. 00:10:25.860 --> 00:10:28.039 It includes middle-class Canadians. 00:10:28.259 --> 00:10:30.279 It includes professors and politicians, 00:10:30.879 --> 00:10:32.360 successful business people, 00:10:32.919 --> 00:10:34.300 doctors and lawyers, 00:10:34.700 --> 00:10:36.740 people who live in perfect houses 00:10:36.740 --> 00:10:38.019 with perfect lawns, 00:10:38.080 --> 00:10:39.300 with perfect families, 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:41.120 are just as much rebels 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:42.519 and need the gospel 00:10:42.519 --> 00:10:44.480 as the worst street person 00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:46.100 we'll see on Rideau Street 00:10:46.100 --> 00:10:47.899 if we go down Rideau Street today. 00:10:47.899 --> 00:10:49.819 So, I mean, 00:10:49.860 --> 00:10:52.059 this is a profoundly un-Canadian text, 00:10:52.500 --> 00:10:54.179 but that's what the text is saying. 00:10:54.959 --> 00:10:56.519 In fact, the text is telling us 00:10:56.519 --> 00:10:59.139 not that the world is so fantastic 00:10:59.139 --> 00:11:01.419 that God just wanted to send his Son 00:11:01.419 --> 00:11:02.480 to add some value, 00:11:02.759 --> 00:11:05.059 but that God is so fantastic 00:11:05.059 --> 00:11:07.199 and so unfailingly merciful 00:11:07.199 --> 00:11:08.899 that when we rebelled 00:11:09.439 --> 00:11:11.600 and when we continue in our rebellion, 00:11:12.120 --> 00:11:13.799 that God's response to that 00:11:13.799 --> 00:11:16.360 was not instantly just to cut us off 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:18.340 and to execute, so to speak, 00:11:18.480 --> 00:11:19.680 judgment against us, 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:23.100 but that in looking at the tragic situation 00:11:23.100 --> 00:11:24.080 of the human race 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:25.560 and our powerlessness 00:11:25.560 --> 00:11:27.379 to be anything other than rebels, 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:29.539 out of love for you and me, 00:11:29.659 --> 00:11:32.180 out of an unfailing love of Almighty God, 00:11:32.440 --> 00:11:34.500 he sends his very Son, Jesus, 00:11:34.500 --> 00:11:35.700 to save us. 00:11:36.759 --> 00:11:38.460 That's the message of the gospel. 00:11:41.300 --> 00:11:43.180 You know, one of the things 00:11:43.179 --> 00:11:46.359 which distinguishes liberal Christians 00:11:46.359 --> 00:11:47.620 from Orthodox Christians, 00:11:47.819 --> 00:11:49.059 and I'm not making this up. 00:11:50.259 --> 00:11:52.099 Many of them maybe won't articulate it 00:11:52.099 --> 00:11:53.739 so plainly and clearly as this, 00:11:54.199 --> 00:11:55.899 but liberal Christians believe 00:11:55.899 --> 00:11:58.079 that the world sets the agenda 00:11:58.079 --> 00:11:58.959 for the church. 00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:01.339 That would be a theological motto 00:12:01.339 --> 00:12:03.839 or slogan for theological liberals. 00:12:04.000 --> 00:12:05.859 The world sets the agenda 00:12:05.859 --> 00:12:06.659 for the church. 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:10.079 And Orthodox Christians would say, 00:12:10.080 --> 00:12:12.400 the world is rebel. 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:14.920 The world is a rebellious place. 00:12:15.500 --> 00:12:17.040 And the gospel sets the agenda 00:12:17.040 --> 00:12:17.780 for the church. 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:20.580 That the gospel is what needs 00:12:20.580 --> 00:12:21.879 to be spoken and proclaimed 00:12:21.879 --> 00:12:22.860 to the world. 00:12:24.180 --> 00:12:26.160 Now, let's just continue reading 00:12:26.160 --> 00:12:28.460 at verse 19 and following. 00:12:29.240 --> 00:12:30.960 Here's what the text goes on to say 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:33.620 a little bit more about this rebellion. 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:34.620 Verse 19, 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:35.980 this is the verdict. 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:38.240 Light has come into the world, 00:12:38.240 --> 00:12:40.360 but people loved darkness instead of light 00:12:40.360 --> 00:12:42.740 because their deeds were evil. 00:12:43.779 --> 00:12:45.279 Let's sort of pause there for a second. 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:48.440 One of my favorite shows is Law & Order, 00:12:48.639 --> 00:12:50.259 the original Law & Order show. 00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:52.820 And if you've watched that Law & Order show, 00:12:52.840 --> 00:12:53.740 I know it's a formula. 00:12:53.879 --> 00:12:55.360 It always sort of follows the same thing. 00:12:55.419 --> 00:12:57.100 It begins with them finding a body. 00:12:57.960 --> 00:12:59.519 And then the question is, 00:12:59.539 --> 00:13:01.320 the first half hour is consumed 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:02.039 with the question, 00:13:02.379 --> 00:13:03.899 who might the guilty one be? 00:13:04.460 --> 00:13:06.060 And so the police follow 00:13:06.059 --> 00:13:07.299 all of these different leads 00:13:07.299 --> 00:13:08.199 to try to figure out 00:13:08.199 --> 00:13:09.419 who the guilty person 00:13:09.419 --> 00:13:10.879 might possibly be. 00:13:11.559 --> 00:13:13.199 And then the question becomes, 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:16.039 and early on in that first half hour, 00:13:16.139 --> 00:13:17.000 the question comes 00:13:17.000 --> 00:13:18.039 as they start to suspect 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:19.619 who the guilty person will be 00:13:19.619 --> 00:13:21.739 from maybe a quarter of the way 00:13:21.739 --> 00:13:22.359 into the show 00:13:22.359 --> 00:13:24.039 until right until the end, 00:13:24.099 --> 00:13:25.299 the question will always be, 00:13:25.379 --> 00:13:26.619 can the case be made? 00:13:27.239 --> 00:13:28.339 Can they collect evidence 00:13:28.339 --> 00:13:29.919 that can be administered in court? 00:13:30.259 --> 00:13:31.739 And will the lawyers be able 00:13:31.739 --> 00:13:33.719 to keep that evidence in court? 00:13:33.720 --> 00:13:36.840 And will they be able to show the jury 00:13:36.840 --> 00:13:38.580 that in fact this is good evidence? 00:13:39.379 --> 00:13:41.700 And that becomes the dram of the show. 00:13:42.200 --> 00:13:42.940 And then one of the things 00:13:42.940 --> 00:13:44.019 about Law & Order 00:13:44.019 --> 00:13:45.200 is that most weeks, 00:13:45.399 --> 00:13:47.160 the guilty person is found guilty. 00:13:47.820 --> 00:13:48.980 But if it was always, 00:13:49.080 --> 00:13:50.040 if they were always found guilty, 00:13:50.139 --> 00:13:50.540 the show would be 00:13:50.540 --> 00:13:51.680 a little bit less interesting. 00:13:51.980 --> 00:13:53.519 So you know that some weeks, 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:55.040 the guilty people are going to get away. 00:13:55.600 --> 00:13:56.399 And so there's always 00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:57.759 this little bit of a question, 00:13:57.759 --> 00:14:02.080 will the jury accept the verdict, 00:14:02.740 --> 00:14:03.919 accept the evidence, 00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:06.439 and will they declare the person guilty 00:14:06.439 --> 00:14:07.879 or set them free? 00:14:09.139 --> 00:14:10.539 And in Canada, 00:14:12.539 --> 00:14:16.319 the Bible says here 00:14:16.319 --> 00:14:17.759 that God's verdict 00:14:17.759 --> 00:14:19.299 against the human race 00:14:19.299 --> 00:14:20.700 has already been set. 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:22.740 In other words, 00:14:22.939 --> 00:14:23.919 to be a human being 00:14:23.919 --> 00:14:25.240 isn't like Law & Order. 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:26.299 It isn't as if, 00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:26.860 you know, 00:14:26.899 --> 00:14:28.100 we're going through our lives 00:14:28.100 --> 00:14:29.080 and, you know, 00:14:29.139 --> 00:14:30.779 some things we're doing are good 00:14:30.779 --> 00:14:31.360 and some things 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:32.440 that we're doing are bad. 00:14:32.940 --> 00:14:34.940 And God is sort of up there in heaven 00:14:34.940 --> 00:14:36.019 and He's looking at George 00:14:36.019 --> 00:14:37.259 and He's trying to figure out 00:14:37.259 --> 00:14:37.720 whether there, 00:14:38.060 --> 00:14:38.240 you know, 00:14:38.279 --> 00:14:38.639 there's a, 00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:38.980 you know, 00:14:39.299 --> 00:14:41.019 should George get a guilty, 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:41.860 you know, 00:14:41.879 --> 00:14:42.899 should George be getting 00:14:42.899 --> 00:14:44.340 a guilty verdict 00:14:44.340 --> 00:14:44.820 or a, 00:14:45.240 --> 00:14:45.539 you know, 00:14:46.039 --> 00:14:48.019 a not guilty verdict? 00:14:48.139 --> 00:14:49.440 Has he been a pretty good guy 00:14:49.440 --> 00:14:50.779 or a pretty bad guy? 00:14:50.940 --> 00:14:53.000 And my life is progressing 00:14:53.000 --> 00:14:54.480 and evidence is accumulating 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:55.420 and maybe the angels 00:14:55.420 --> 00:14:56.039 are sort of trying 00:14:56.039 --> 00:14:57.120 to sort a little bit of it out 00:14:57.120 --> 00:14:58.860 and at the judgment seat, 00:14:59.039 --> 00:14:59.240 you know, 00:14:59.259 --> 00:15:00.080 we'll sort of figure out 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:00.620 whether or not 00:15:00.620 --> 00:15:02.480 how it's all worked in balance. 00:15:03.139 --> 00:15:04.240 And what I've just described 00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:05.420 maybe very poorly 00:15:05.420 --> 00:15:07.340 is the way the average person 00:15:07.340 --> 00:15:08.100 thinks about God. 00:15:09.340 --> 00:15:09.879 In fact, 00:15:09.920 --> 00:15:10.200 actually, 00:15:10.259 --> 00:15:10.820 if we're honest, 00:15:10.940 --> 00:15:11.720 the average person 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:12.500 thinks about God 00:15:12.500 --> 00:15:14.300 in a more skeptical way 00:15:14.300 --> 00:15:14.720 than this. 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:16.060 That's how the average 00:15:16.060 --> 00:15:16.899 religious person 00:15:16.899 --> 00:15:17.680 thinks about God 00:15:17.680 --> 00:15:18.200 but probably 00:15:18.200 --> 00:15:19.500 for the average person 00:15:19.500 --> 00:15:20.639 who doesn't have much 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:21.399 to do with religion, 00:15:21.539 --> 00:15:22.039 they'd say 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:24.000 that God is the one 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:25.559 whom we're trying 00:15:25.559 --> 00:15:26.039 to figure out 00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:27.039 what the verdict is. 00:15:27.459 --> 00:15:28.339 We're trying to figure out 00:15:28.339 --> 00:15:29.399 whether there's enough evidence 00:15:29.399 --> 00:15:30.059 to figure out 00:15:30.059 --> 00:15:32.779 whether he exists. 00:15:33.259 --> 00:15:34.360 And if he does exist, 00:15:34.459 --> 00:15:35.139 whether a case 00:15:35.139 --> 00:15:35.799 can be made 00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:36.819 that he's a good God 00:15:36.819 --> 00:15:37.799 or a bad God. 00:15:38.299 --> 00:15:39.339 And so for the average 00:15:39.339 --> 00:15:40.579 Canadian, 00:15:41.199 --> 00:15:42.120 we stand 00:15:42.120 --> 00:15:43.599 in judgment on God 00:15:43.599 --> 00:15:44.559 trying to figure out 00:15:44.559 --> 00:15:45.120 whether or not 00:15:45.120 --> 00:15:45.939 God exists, 00:15:46.099 --> 00:15:46.500 whether or not 00:15:46.500 --> 00:15:47.120 he is good 00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:48.199 and whether or not 00:15:48.199 --> 00:15:48.879 he is worthy 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:49.759 of being praised 00:15:49.759 --> 00:15:50.339 or followed 00:15:50.340 --> 00:15:51.120 and whether or not 00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:52.720 Jesus is his son. 00:15:53.259 --> 00:15:54.340 And because we are 00:15:54.340 --> 00:15:55.300 in the judge's seat 00:15:55.300 --> 00:15:56.560 and God is on trial, 00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:57.800 if God is very, 00:15:57.920 --> 00:15:58.340 very lucky 00:15:58.340 --> 00:15:58.740 and very, 00:15:58.840 --> 00:15:59.480 very fortunate, 00:15:59.700 --> 00:16:00.379 we'll eventually 00:16:00.379 --> 00:16:01.100 give him a very, 00:16:01.180 --> 00:16:02.320 very favorable sentence. 00:16:03.399 --> 00:16:04.500 And it's because 00:16:04.500 --> 00:16:05.680 we carry one of those 00:16:05.680 --> 00:16:06.639 two attitudes 00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:08.420 basically in our hearts 00:16:08.420 --> 00:16:09.560 and in our minds 00:16:09.560 --> 00:16:10.920 that when we come 00:16:10.920 --> 00:16:12.019 to the Bible text, 00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:14.000 it comes as a complete 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:14.860 and utter shock. 00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:15.960 Listen again 00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:17.019 to verse 19. 00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:19.000 This is the verdict. 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:21.799 Light has come 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:22.440 into the world 00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:23.320 but people love 00:16:23.320 --> 00:16:24.559 darkness instead of light 00:16:24.559 --> 00:16:25.419 because their deeds 00:16:25.419 --> 00:16:26.000 were evil. 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:28.019 All those who do evil 00:16:28.019 --> 00:16:28.779 hate the light 00:16:28.779 --> 00:16:29.720 and will not come 00:16:29.720 --> 00:16:30.379 into the light 00:16:30.379 --> 00:16:31.639 for fear that their deeds 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:32.600 will be exposed. 00:16:33.340 --> 00:16:34.220 But those who live 00:16:34.220 --> 00:16:34.960 by the truth, 00:16:35.340 --> 00:16:36.100 and later on 00:16:36.100 --> 00:16:37.019 at the end of chapter 3 00:16:37.019 --> 00:16:38.279 we'll see what that means, 00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:39.940 come into the light 00:16:39.940 --> 00:16:41.320 so that it may be seen 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:42.279 plainly that what 00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:43.019 they have done 00:16:43.019 --> 00:16:44.039 has been done 00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:45.080 in the sight of God. 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:47.240 This text tells us 00:16:47.240 --> 00:16:48.340 the shocking piece 00:16:48.340 --> 00:16:48.980 of news. 00:16:52.180 --> 00:16:53.560 Apart from Christ, 00:16:54.580 --> 00:16:55.280 God's verdict 00:16:55.280 --> 00:16:55.920 has already been 00:16:55.920 --> 00:16:56.660 set on you 00:16:56.660 --> 00:16:58.340 and on me 00:16:58.340 --> 00:16:59.700 before I came to Christ. 00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:02.060 Like the verdict 00:17:02.060 --> 00:17:02.759 is already set. 00:17:02.820 --> 00:17:03.220 It's not like 00:17:03.220 --> 00:17:03.740 Law and Order. 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:04.220 We're not like 00:17:04.220 --> 00:17:05.140 in the first one minute 00:17:05.140 --> 00:17:05.840 of Law and Order 00:17:05.840 --> 00:17:07.740 that for every single one 00:17:07.740 --> 00:17:08.700 apart from Christ 00:17:08.700 --> 00:17:09.480 God has already 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:10.440 declared the verdict. 00:17:11.340 --> 00:17:12.720 And the verdict is 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:14.079 that we are ones 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:15.140 who hate the light, 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:16.519 that we are ones 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:17.380 who turn our back 00:17:17.380 --> 00:17:18.060 on the light, 00:17:18.620 --> 00:17:19.760 that we are ones 00:17:19.760 --> 00:17:22.140 who prefer to do evil 00:17:22.140 --> 00:17:23.500 when we see fit 00:17:23.500 --> 00:17:24.560 and good 00:17:24.560 --> 00:17:25.760 when we see fit, 00:17:25.900 --> 00:17:26.820 but we desire 00:17:26.820 --> 00:17:27.460 to be the ones 00:17:27.460 --> 00:17:28.100 to determine 00:17:28.100 --> 00:17:29.260 when we want to do 00:17:29.260 --> 00:17:29.760 one thing 00:17:29.760 --> 00:17:30.580 rather than the other, 00:17:30.580 --> 00:17:31.480 and it means 00:17:31.480 --> 00:17:32.300 that we have turned 00:17:32.300 --> 00:17:32.960 our back 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:34.160 from the light, 00:17:34.520 --> 00:17:35.700 and God 00:17:35.700 --> 00:17:36.800 has already declared 00:17:36.800 --> 00:17:37.660 the verdict 00:17:37.660 --> 00:17:38.780 on your life 00:17:38.780 --> 00:17:39.400 and mine. 00:17:39.400 --> 00:17:41.920 that is profoundly 00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:42.920 un-Canadian. 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:46.120 Let's continue 00:17:46.120 --> 00:17:47.740 reading the text. 00:17:48.680 --> 00:17:49.720 We're going to sort of 00:17:49.720 --> 00:17:50.860 skip to verse 31. 00:17:51.380 --> 00:17:52.160 John the Baptist 00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:52.860 describes 00:17:52.860 --> 00:17:53.900 there's a conflict 00:17:53.900 --> 00:17:55.000 between John the Baptist 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:58.160 and some Jewish people, 00:17:58.320 --> 00:17:59.120 and there's a conflict 00:17:59.120 --> 00:18:00.160 between John the Baptist 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:01.140 and his own disciples, 00:18:01.840 --> 00:18:03.600 and John the Baptist 00:18:03.600 --> 00:18:04.380 is quite willing 00:18:04.380 --> 00:18:05.400 to accept the fact 00:18:05.400 --> 00:18:06.120 that the crowds 00:18:06.120 --> 00:18:07.060 are going to increase 00:18:07.059 --> 00:18:07.679 for Jesus 00:18:07.679 --> 00:18:08.839 and the crowds 00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:09.599 are going to decrease 00:18:09.599 --> 00:18:10.200 for him, 00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:12.019 and in verse 30 00:18:12.019 --> 00:18:13.819 he says this famous line, 00:18:13.919 --> 00:18:14.559 John the Baptist, 00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:16.179 he must become greater, 00:18:16.579 --> 00:18:17.779 I must become less. 00:18:18.500 --> 00:18:19.879 The one who comes 00:18:19.879 --> 00:18:20.659 from above 00:18:20.659 --> 00:18:21.539 is above all. 00:18:22.019 --> 00:18:22.940 The one who is 00:18:22.940 --> 00:18:23.659 from the earth 00:18:23.659 --> 00:18:24.940 belongs to the earth 00:18:24.940 --> 00:18:26.720 and speaks as one 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:27.740 from the earth. 00:18:28.220 --> 00:18:29.379 The one who comes 00:18:29.379 --> 00:18:30.000 from heaven 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:31.299 is above all. 00:18:32.019 --> 00:18:33.000 He testifies 00:18:33.000 --> 00:18:34.059 to what he has seen 00:18:34.059 --> 00:18:34.659 and heard, 00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:36.220 but no one accepts 00:18:36.220 --> 00:18:37.019 his testimony 00:18:37.019 --> 00:18:38.579 the person 00:18:38.579 --> 00:18:39.779 who has accepted it 00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:40.639 has certified 00:18:40.639 --> 00:18:42.099 that God is truthful, 00:18:42.639 --> 00:18:43.420 for the one 00:18:43.420 --> 00:18:44.599 whom God has sent 00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:45.940 speaks the words 00:18:45.940 --> 00:18:46.539 of God, 00:18:46.879 --> 00:18:47.720 for God gives 00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:48.779 the Holy Spirit 00:18:48.779 --> 00:18:50.420 without limit. 00:18:51.879 --> 00:18:52.980 What this text 00:18:52.980 --> 00:18:53.599 is saying 00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:54.740 is that Jesus 00:18:54.740 --> 00:18:55.599 alone 00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:57.519 is from above. 00:18:58.619 --> 00:18:59.799 Bob might tell you 00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:00.720 if you talk to Bob 00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:01.099 later on, 00:19:01.139 --> 00:19:01.940 if you're in Newfoundland, 00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:02.740 they refer to people 00:19:02.740 --> 00:19:03.579 being from away. 00:19:04.440 --> 00:19:05.960 And there's Newfoundlanders 00:19:05.960 --> 00:19:06.440 and then there's 00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:07.059 those who are 00:19:07.059 --> 00:19:07.759 from away. 00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:10.000 And this Bible text 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:10.779 is saying that 00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:12.620 the normal Canadian 00:19:12.620 --> 00:19:13.519 habit of wanting 00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:14.380 to place Jesus 00:19:14.380 --> 00:19:15.519 as one of the prophets 00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:17.180 or as a great 00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:18.180 religious leader 00:19:18.180 --> 00:19:19.779 is fundamentally 00:19:19.779 --> 00:19:20.600 at odds 00:19:20.600 --> 00:19:21.740 with who Jesus 00:19:21.740 --> 00:19:23.140 claims that he is. 00:19:23.579 --> 00:19:24.460 And the gospel 00:19:24.460 --> 00:19:25.380 message claims 00:19:25.380 --> 00:19:27.340 that John the Baptist, 00:19:27.579 --> 00:19:28.539 he is from the earth 00:19:28.539 --> 00:19:29.160 and he speaks 00:19:29.160 --> 00:19:30.059 as one from the earth. 00:19:30.420 --> 00:19:30.840 Isaiah, 00:19:31.079 --> 00:19:31.819 he is from the earth, 00:19:31.900 --> 00:19:32.779 he speaks as one 00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:33.619 who is from the earth. 00:19:34.059 --> 00:19:35.180 And whether you use 00:19:35.180 --> 00:19:37.359 any of the Jewish prophets, 00:19:37.579 --> 00:19:38.559 whether you even use 00:19:38.559 --> 00:19:40.039 important religious figures 00:19:40.039 --> 00:19:41.259 from other faiths, 00:19:41.399 --> 00:19:42.500 in every case, 00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:43.500 each and every one 00:19:43.500 --> 00:19:44.240 of these people 00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:45.519 is from the earth 00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:46.399 and they speak 00:19:46.399 --> 00:19:46.940 as one 00:19:46.940 --> 00:19:48.119 who is from the earth. 00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:49.799 And Jesus 00:19:49.799 --> 00:19:51.279 is not like 00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:52.240 any of these 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:53.259 other characters 00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:54.799 because Jesus 00:19:54.799 --> 00:19:55.460 alone 00:19:55.460 --> 00:19:57.079 is from above. 00:19:59.000 --> 00:20:00.079 Jesus alone 00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:01.099 is from above. 00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:02.459 And because Jesus 00:20:02.459 --> 00:20:02.939 alone 00:20:02.939 --> 00:20:03.779 is ultimately 00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:04.500 from above, 00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:05.319 from heaven, 00:20:05.659 --> 00:20:06.879 from God himself, 00:20:07.399 --> 00:20:08.240 he alone 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:09.099 is the one 00:20:09.099 --> 00:20:10.240 who can speak 00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:10.859 truly 00:20:10.859 --> 00:20:12.439 with a true 00:20:12.439 --> 00:20:13.980 perspective of God 00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:15.259 into our human race. 00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:16.919 The Bible here 00:20:16.919 --> 00:20:17.639 is telling us 00:20:17.639 --> 00:20:18.719 that Jesus alone 00:20:18.719 --> 00:20:19.399 is the one 00:20:19.399 --> 00:20:20.159 who speaks 00:20:20.159 --> 00:20:21.339 the complete 00:20:21.339 --> 00:20:22.619 and utter truth. 00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:23.919 That the words 00:20:23.919 --> 00:20:24.419 of Jesus 00:20:24.419 --> 00:20:25.439 aren't opinions 00:20:25.439 --> 00:20:26.779 that we can weigh 00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:27.779 and decide 00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:28.399 whether or not 00:20:28.399 --> 00:20:29.639 they are smart opinions 00:20:29.639 --> 00:20:30.659 or wise opinions 00:20:30.660 --> 00:20:31.620 or good opinions 00:20:31.620 --> 00:20:32.640 that they are 00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:33.660 in fact not even 00:20:33.660 --> 00:20:34.940 statements that ultimately 00:20:34.940 --> 00:20:35.820 that our minds 00:20:35.820 --> 00:20:36.660 can judge 00:20:36.660 --> 00:20:37.840 but that 00:20:37.840 --> 00:20:38.740 his 00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:40.500 speaking 00:20:40.500 --> 00:20:42.080 is making 00:20:42.080 --> 00:20:42.840 clear 00:20:42.840 --> 00:20:44.080 in an 00:20:44.080 --> 00:20:44.820 unadulterated 00:20:44.820 --> 00:20:45.400 form 00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:46.640 the very mind 00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:47.180 of God. 00:20:48.540 --> 00:20:49.180 Because 00:20:49.180 --> 00:20:49.840 Jesus 00:20:49.840 --> 00:20:50.600 alone 00:20:50.600 --> 00:20:51.940 is from above, 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:53.200 he alone 00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:53.980 is the one 00:20:53.980 --> 00:20:55.080 who can give us 00:20:55.080 --> 00:20:55.800 a new birth. 00:20:55.940 --> 00:20:56.360 Last week, 00:20:56.420 --> 00:20:56.820 those of you 00:20:56.820 --> 00:20:57.259 who were here, 00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:58.500 I said that 00:20:58.500 --> 00:20:59.519 the Bible text 00:20:59.519 --> 00:21:00.279 was pushing us 00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:01.019 to understand 00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.519 that we had 00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:01.940 to become 00:21:01.940 --> 00:21:02.379 in a sense 00:21:02.379 --> 00:21:03.200 pregnant with 00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:03.799 a new life 00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:04.460 that can only 00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:05.379 come from God. 00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:06.119 That in a sense 00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:07.379 to be a Christian 00:21:07.379 --> 00:21:07.920 is to be 00:21:07.920 --> 00:21:09.180 spiritually pregnant. 00:21:09.579 --> 00:21:10.339 That we need 00:21:10.339 --> 00:21:11.339 to have God 00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:12.680 intervene in our lives 00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:13.299 in a dramatic 00:21:13.299 --> 00:21:14.420 and powerful way 00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:15.759 and create within us 00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:17.039 a new nature, 00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:18.379 a new being 00:21:18.379 --> 00:21:19.220 so to speak 00:21:19.220 --> 00:21:20.039 that only God 00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:20.400 can do. 00:21:20.539 --> 00:21:21.720 God has to 00:21:21.720 --> 00:21:22.440 intervene 00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:23.460 if we are 00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:24.180 to know him. 00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:25.680 and it is 00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:26.360 because 00:21:26.360 --> 00:21:27.660 Jesus 00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:29.120 is from above 00:21:29.120 --> 00:21:30.279 that we can 00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:30.840 be born 00:21:30.840 --> 00:21:31.920 from above. 00:21:32.860 --> 00:21:33.840 He alone 00:21:33.840 --> 00:21:34.360 can give 00:21:34.360 --> 00:21:35.000 that which 00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:35.700 is completely 00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:36.279 different 00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:37.080 from any 00:21:37.080 --> 00:21:37.779 other prophet. 00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:39.240 See, 00:21:40.060 --> 00:21:41.160 that is why 00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:44.960 we don't 00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:45.539 form the 00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:46.080 gospel. 00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:48.400 The gospel 00:21:48.400 --> 00:21:49.220 forms us. 00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:50.700 We don't 00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:51.140 ultimately 00:21:51.140 --> 00:21:52.420 form truths 00:21:52.420 --> 00:21:53.299 about God 00:21:53.299 --> 00:21:54.700 we are 00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:55.359 invited to 00:21:55.359 --> 00:21:56.480 hear truth 00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:57.559 from God 00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:58.379 and to be 00:21:58.379 --> 00:21:58.879 formed by 00:21:58.879 --> 00:21:59.480 that truth. 00:22:00.139 --> 00:22:00.940 It doesn't 00:22:00.940 --> 00:22:01.440 mean that we 00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:01.899 don't use 00:22:01.899 --> 00:22:02.659 our minds, 00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:03.240 that we 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:04.359 don't muse 00:22:04.359 --> 00:22:05.139 and meditate 00:22:05.139 --> 00:22:06.220 and question 00:22:06.220 --> 00:22:07.480 and put 00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:08.359 things together. 00:22:08.819 --> 00:22:09.379 There's a 00:22:09.379 --> 00:22:10.159 difference between 00:22:10.159 --> 00:22:10.879 questioning 00:22:10.879 --> 00:22:12.099 which stands 00:22:12.099 --> 00:22:12.919 in judgment 00:22:12.919 --> 00:22:14.399 and questioning 00:22:14.399 --> 00:22:15.339 which uses 00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:16.039 the normal 00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:16.859 process of 00:22:16.859 --> 00:22:17.379 doubt 00:22:17.379 --> 00:22:18.779 and insight 00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:20.399 and noticing 00:22:20.399 --> 00:22:21.359 of contrast 00:22:21.359 --> 00:22:22.460 to go deeper 00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:23.039 and deeper 00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:23.640 and deeper 00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:24.120 and deeper 00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:24.440 in. 00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:25.500 At the end 00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:25.840 of the day 00:22:25.840 --> 00:22:26.380 the difference 00:22:26.380 --> 00:22:26.920 is between 00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:27.420 whether we 00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:27.920 use our 00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:28.680 mind to 00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:30.440 fortify our 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:31.299 mind as a 00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:32.420 God or 00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:33.019 whether or not 00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.600 we use our 00:22:33.600 --> 00:22:34.340 mind because 00:22:34.340 --> 00:22:35.240 we desire to 00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:36.299 submit completely 00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:36.779 and utterly 00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:37.559 to the truth. 00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:39.039 And so the 00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:39.720 truth of the 00:22:39.720 --> 00:22:40.500 gospel is not 00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.120 something that 00:22:41.120 --> 00:22:42.759 we form by 00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.840 religious committees 00:22:43.840 --> 00:22:44.700 or by 00:22:44.700 --> 00:22:46.880 declarations of 00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:47.559 synods. 00:22:48.120 --> 00:22:49.319 The truth of the 00:22:49.319 --> 00:22:50.100 gospel is not 00:22:50.099 --> 00:22:51.219 formed by us 00:22:51.219 --> 00:22:52.099 we are to 00:22:52.099 --> 00:22:52.759 be formed 00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.639 by the 00:22:53.639 --> 00:22:54.119 truth of 00:22:54.119 --> 00:22:54.719 the gospel 00:22:54.719 --> 00:22:55.740 into a 00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.579 gospel people. 00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:58.939 Listen finally 00:22:58.939 --> 00:23:00.339 to verse 36. 00:23:02.399 --> 00:23:03.679 Whoever believes 00:23:03.679 --> 00:23:04.259 in the Son 00:23:04.259 --> 00:23:04.959 has eternal 00:23:04.959 --> 00:23:06.159 life but 00:23:06.159 --> 00:23:07.079 whoever rejects 00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:07.500 the Son 00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:07.919 will not 00:23:07.919 --> 00:23:08.659 see life 00:23:08.659 --> 00:23:09.759 for God's 00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.179 wrath 00:23:10.179 --> 00:23:11.559 remains on 00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:11.959 them. 00:23:13.039 --> 00:23:13.759 You'll notice 00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.659 here that the 00:23:14.659 --> 00:23:15.379 text does not 00:23:15.379 --> 00:23:16.279 provide a third 00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:16.799 option. 00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:19.500 and it also 00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:20.359 tells us that 00:23:20.359 --> 00:23:20.879 there is a 00:23:20.879 --> 00:23:21.819 possibility of a 00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.500 different verdict 00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:22.960 about our 00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.519 lives. 00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:26.019 Whoever believes 00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.740 in the Son 00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:27.899 has eternal 00:23:27.899 --> 00:23:28.339 life. 00:23:28.919 --> 00:23:29.859 For us to 00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:30.779 call out to 00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.759 Jesus and put 00:23:31.759 --> 00:23:32.680 our trust in 00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:34.259 him when we 00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:35.339 put our trust 00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:36.379 in him and 00:23:36.379 --> 00:23:37.099 say Jesus 00:23:37.099 --> 00:23:38.200 you are the 00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:38.819 Son of God 00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:39.339 you are the 00:23:39.339 --> 00:23:39.819 one who is 00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.480 from above 00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:41.339 you are the 00:23:41.339 --> 00:23:42.059 one who has 00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:43.000 taken away my 00:23:43.000 --> 00:23:43.759 sin by your 00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.379 death upon the 00:23:44.379 --> 00:23:44.759 cross. 00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:45.500 You are the 00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.220 one who speaks 00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:46.620 the very 00:23:46.620 --> 00:23:47.240 truth of 00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.579 God. 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:48.740 I welcome 00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:48.980 you. 00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:49.620 I need 00:23:49.620 --> 00:23:49.839 you. 00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.539 I invite 00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:50.839 you. 00:23:50.940 --> 00:23:51.259 I give 00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.839 you permission 00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:52.360 to have 00:23:52.360 --> 00:23:52.759 your way 00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.339 in my 00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:53.660 life. 00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.579 I ask 00:23:54.579 --> 00:23:54.839 that you 00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:55.480 plant that 00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:56.240 eternal life 00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:56.539 in me. 00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:56.960 When we 00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:57.680 do that 00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:58.940 we get 00:23:58.940 --> 00:23:59.519 to hear 00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:00.680 God's 00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:01.259 verdict about 00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:02.100 our lives 00:24:02.100 --> 00:24:03.000 right now 00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.500 and live 00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:04.019 our lives 00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:04.319 in light 00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:04.579 of his 00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:04.839 verdict. 00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:07.059 I don't 00:24:07.059 --> 00:24:07.380 have the 00:24:07.380 --> 00:24:07.880 authority to 00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:08.160 tell you 00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:08.400 that. 00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.240 All I can 00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:09.700 do is tell 00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:09.940 you that 00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:10.360 this is what 00:24:10.360 --> 00:24:10.779 the Bible 00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.220 has just 00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:11.519 said. 00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:14.120 That God 00:24:14.120 --> 00:24:14.920 himself has 00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:15.299 made the 00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:15.720 connection 00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:16.140 between 00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:16.700 belief in 00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.220 Christ and 00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:17.500 the gift 00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:17.940 of eternal 00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:18.300 life. 00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:18.920 It's not 00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:19.340 the result 00:24:19.340 --> 00:24:19.640 of a 00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:19.940 committee. 00:24:20.360 --> 00:24:20.680 It's not 00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:21.080 the result 00:24:21.080 --> 00:24:21.660 of prejudice. 00:24:22.100 --> 00:24:22.500 It's not 00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:22.920 the result 00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:23.340 of human 00:24:23.340 --> 00:24:23.800 declaration. 00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:24.900 It is the 00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:25.540 very message 00:24:25.540 --> 00:24:26.120 of Jesus. 00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:27.060 And the 00:24:27.060 --> 00:24:27.759 question before 00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.280 you and me 00:24:28.280 --> 00:24:28.780 is this. 00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:29.580 Do you 00:24:29.580 --> 00:24:30.259 believe this? 00:24:31.120 --> 00:24:31.820 Do I 00:24:31.820 --> 00:24:32.560 believe this? 00:24:34.020 --> 00:24:34.680 Do I 00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:35.220 believe that 00:24:35.220 --> 00:24:35.840 Jesus only 00:24:35.840 --> 00:24:36.480 speaks the 00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:36.800 truth? 00:24:37.620 --> 00:24:38.280 Do I 00:24:38.280 --> 00:24:38.740 believe that 00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.020 he has 00:24:39.020 --> 00:24:39.480 come to 00:24:39.480 --> 00:24:40.040 speak the 00:24:40.040 --> 00:24:41.000 truth so 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:41.240 that I 00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.540 will no 00:24:41.540 --> 00:24:42.240 longer be a 00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:42.860 rebel and 00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:43.420 suffer a 00:24:43.420 --> 00:24:43.780 rebel's 00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:44.500 consequences, 00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:45.720 but that 00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.019 as a 00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.680 complete and 00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.259 utter sheer 00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:48.299 gift from 00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:49.779 him, I 00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:50.200 might have 00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:50.940 eternal life 00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.519 and may 00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:52.139 hear God's 00:24:52.139 --> 00:24:53.019 final words 00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:53.700 spoken to 00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.240 me even 00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:54.859 this day 00:24:54.859 --> 00:24:55.779 and every 00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.160 day that 00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:56.599 I live. 00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.319 A person 00:24:59.319 --> 00:24:59.680 who has 00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:01.000 cancer would 00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.660 be a fool 00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:02.559 if they 00:25:02.559 --> 00:25:03.399 said when a 00:25:03.399 --> 00:25:03.799 cure for 00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:04.519 cancer has 00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.440 come that 00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:05.720 they will 00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.379 not accept 00:25:06.379 --> 00:25:06.759 the cure 00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.319 for cancer 00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:07.819 because they 00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.180 think there 00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:08.519 should be 00:25:08.519 --> 00:25:09.480 23 cures 00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:10.160 for cancer 00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:10.960 and it's 00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.600 arrogant to 00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:11.980 believe there 00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.380 can only be 00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:12.980 one cure. 00:25:13.300 --> 00:25:13.740 You'd be a 00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:14.160 fool to 00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:14.720 reject the 00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.120 cure for 00:25:15.120 --> 00:25:15.640 cancer if 00:25:15.640 --> 00:25:15.920 you have 00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:16.460 cancer. 00:25:18.300 --> 00:25:19.360 Jesus has 00:25:19.360 --> 00:25:20.120 broken into 00:25:20.120 --> 00:25:20.880 this world 00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:22.759 so that God 00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.660 will offer 00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.480 us a new 00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:25.140 verdict of 00:25:25.140 --> 00:25:25.620 our life, 00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.140 a new 00:25:26.140 --> 00:25:26.740 eternal 00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.480 destiny, 00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:29.180 a complete 00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:29.800 and utter 00:25:29.800 --> 00:25:30.259 gift. 00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.320 Let's bow 00:25:31.320 --> 00:25:31.660 our heads 00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:32.100 in prayer. 00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:43.540 Father, 00:25:43.660 --> 00:25:44.000 thank you 00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.300 for the 00:25:44.300 --> 00:25:44.880 presence of 00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:45.300 children. 00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:49.120 Thank you, 00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:49.460 Father, 00:25:49.600 --> 00:25:50.519 that you 00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:51.180 heard the 00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:51.980 deepest cry 00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.320 of our 00:25:52.320 --> 00:25:52.720 heart, 00:25:53.019 --> 00:25:55.420 that even 00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:55.900 Father, 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.360 while we 00:25:56.360 --> 00:25:56.840 try to 00:25:56.840 --> 00:25:57.240 amuse 00:25:57.240 --> 00:25:57.820 ourselves 00:25:57.820 --> 00:25:58.560 and distract 00:25:58.560 --> 00:25:59.240 ourselves 00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.960 and build 00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:01.300 respectability 00:26:01.300 --> 00:26:02.019 ourselves 00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:03.240 and manage 00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:03.840 ourselves 00:26:03.840 --> 00:26:04.180 and do 00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:04.540 all of 00:26:04.540 --> 00:26:05.080 these things, 00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:05.460 Father, 00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:06.320 even in 00:26:06.320 --> 00:26:06.680 the midst 00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.040 of our 00:26:07.040 --> 00:26:08.160 own God 00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:08.680 project 00:26:08.680 --> 00:26:09.220 and our 00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:10.019 own project 00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.819 of insulating 00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.279 our life 00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:11.960 against you, 00:26:12.420 --> 00:26:12.859 even in 00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:13.139 the midst 00:26:13.139 --> 00:26:13.460 of that, 00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:13.960 you heard 00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:14.700 far deeper 00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.160 that there 00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:15.619 is a great 00:26:15.619 --> 00:26:16.759 cry at 00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.200 the center 00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:17.539 of our 00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.059 lives, 00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:19.379 because each 00:26:19.379 --> 00:26:19.819 of us 00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.579 have a great 00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:21.160 wound at 00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:21.579 the center 00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:21.900 of our 00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:22.299 lives, 00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:22.839 because we 00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:23.379 are separate 00:26:23.379 --> 00:26:23.900 from you. 00:26:25.099 --> 00:26:25.619 Father, 00:26:26.099 --> 00:26:27.119 thank you 00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:27.460 that you 00:26:27.460 --> 00:26:28.599 look at 00:26:28.599 --> 00:26:29.059 us with 00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:29.599 love and 00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:30.400 with compassion 00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:30.740 and with 00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.119 mercy. 00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:33.139 Thank you 00:26:33.139 --> 00:26:33.539 that you 00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:34.240 have refrained 00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:35.000 from judgment 00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.879 but sent 00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:36.440 your Son, 00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:38.000 that you 00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.379 have set 00:26:38.379 --> 00:26:39.119 aside judgment 00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:39.920 for a season, 00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.980 to send 00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.500 your Son 00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:41.779 to be 00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:42.259 the Savior. 00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:43.879 Loving 00:26:43.879 --> 00:26:44.240 Father, 00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:44.639 may your 00:26:44.639 --> 00:26:45.240 Holy Spirit 00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:45.700 move and 00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:46.059 work in 00:26:46.059 --> 00:26:46.619 our lives 00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:47.240 so that we 00:26:47.240 --> 00:26:47.579 will be 00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.079 willing to 00:26:48.079 --> 00:26:48.700 say yes 00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.480 to this 00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:50.200 great offer 00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:50.900 of your 00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:51.180 Son, 00:26:51.259 --> 00:26:51.680 this great 00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:52.160 gift of 00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:52.639 your Son, 00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:53.660 that we 00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:54.259 might know 00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:55.200 the verdict 00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:56.680 has been 00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:57.359 set aside 00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:57.980 of guilty 00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:59.160 and that in 00:26:59.160 --> 00:26:59.579 your Son 00:26:59.579 --> 00:27:00.000 Jesus, 00:27:00.960 --> 00:27:02.379 we might 00:27:02.379 --> 00:27:03.660 be your 00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:04.480 adopted 00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.139 children, 00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.619 your precious 00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:07.119 treasure, 00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:08.460 your precious 00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:09.079 belongings, 00:27:09.079 --> 00:27:11.099 your precious 00:27:11.099 --> 00:27:11.699 children. 00:27:12.439 --> 00:27:12.740 Loving 00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:13.039 Father, 00:27:13.159 --> 00:27:13.720 help us 00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.480 to say 00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:15.359 yes with 00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:16.139 every ounce 00:27:16.139 --> 00:27:16.939 and stitch 00:27:16.939 --> 00:27:17.240 of our 00:27:17.240 --> 00:27:17.839 being to 00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:18.179 your Son, 00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:18.939 Jesus Christ. 00:27:19.399 --> 00:27:19.879 In Jesus' 00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:20.500 name we 00:27:20.500 --> 00:27:20.740 pray. 00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:21.599 Amen. 00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:21.740 Amen. 00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:22.119 Amen. 00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:22.359 Amen. 00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:22.559 Amen. 00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:22.720 Amen. 00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:22.919 Amen. 00:27:22.919 --> 00:27:23.740 Amen. 00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.779 Amen. 00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:25.859 Amen. 00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:25.919 Amen. 00:27:25.919 --> 00:27:27.839 Amen. 00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.919 Amen. 00:27:30.919 --> 00:27:31.859 Amen. 00:27:31.859 --> 00:27:33.799 Amen. 00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.480 Amen. 00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:34.799 Amen. 00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:35.299 Amen. 00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:36.319 Amen. 00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:38.819 Amen.