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 Okay, well, good morning everyone. Lovely to see you today and brilliant to see so many new faces as well.

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 My name is Graeme, I'm the pastor of the church here and here's what I'd love you to do.

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 I'd love you to turn back to those verses in John chapter 5, if you have them there in your Bibles.

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 And know that as you're doing that, you are looking at, according to the Guinness Book of Records,

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 you're looking at the best-selling book of all time.

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 Three quick fun facts for you.

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 Five billion Bibles have been sold to date.

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 Apparently, 1.6 million Bibles are sold around the world every month.

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 And somebody's worked out and calculated that that works out as something like 6.4 Bibles per second around the world right now are flying off the shelves.

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 Now, longevity like that, you have to say, is pretty extraordinary.

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 And maybe you hear those stats and to be honest, you're completely baffled.

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 Why would anyone be interested in this dated, cold and constraining book that Christians call the Bible?

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 Surely in 2023, we've moved on from all that kind of religious stuff.

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 What was it Boris said to us?

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 Every night during lockdown, we'll be guided by the science.

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 Why do we need this book?

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 Why do people get into this book?

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 Which is a great question.

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 Maybe it's one you've got here today.

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 It's a wonderful question.

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 And because it's a wonderful question, my invitation to you is to come to this passage today

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 and see the wonderful answer that's there for us.

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 You see, if all this was was a self-help book, the kind that offers us pearls of wisdom,

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 the kind of book that provides almost some spiritual caffeine to propel us into our days,

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 honestly, this book wouldn't get past the publishers.

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 And the answer, because of that, is because it does a pretty lousy job at being a self-help book, if we're honest.

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 Okay, no one's asking themselves, should I take that new job?

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 And it's going to find the immediate answer in one of the genealogies that you find in the Bible.

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 It's not a self-help book.

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 If that's what you're after, then can I recommend you flick over to Oprah,

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 because she does a far better job than the Bible does at that.

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 Let me put it to you that the answer to the question, what do people see in this book,

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 is not primarily what it says.

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 It's primarily who it reveals.

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 For if you come with me to our passage today, here is Jesus' claim about the Bible, and it's a biggie.

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 And taking these five words in English, verse 39,

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 the scriptures testify about me.

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 Which is either the most vain thing I think I've ever heard somebody say,

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 right, like something that someone on an audition tape for The Apprentice would come out with,

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 it's all about me,

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 or

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 he's right.

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 It's true, isn't it, in our own Christian walks at times,

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 that so often our problem is that we go looking at this book,

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 we come at it,

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 thinking it's about us.

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 When actually, the way more satisfying,

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 eye-opening, and life-changing experience

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 is to come at it looking for

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 him.

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 Or more precisely,

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 how he, Jesus Christ,

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 the great king,

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 is the glorious climax to God's promised plan

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 to rescue

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 guilty,

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 sinful,

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 clueless,

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 and weary human beings

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 like you and like me,

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 win them to himself,

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 and bless the nations of the world.

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 Now, let's we think that this is simply a matter of facts,

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 as if comprehension

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 is the barrier,

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 like to be a Christian is to find yourself entered in some kind of

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 biblical spelling bee.

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 Come with me to this passage,

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 and be sure to see

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 that Jesus is here

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 speaking to people who have all

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 the Old Testament

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 biblical knowledge they could ever need

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 at their fingertips.

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 So when Jesus says,

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 and look at it with me,

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 verse 39,

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 that you study the scriptures

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 because you think

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 that in them

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 you have eternal life.

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 That's what he means.

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 These religious leaders

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 are committed to learning

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 what the scriptures say.

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 I'm sure they could have

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 said it to us,

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 recited it almost verbatim.

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 Okay?

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 Like, if you think about it,

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 if Bible knowledge came up as a category

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 and mastermind,

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 these guys were sitting in a chair,

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 they would be rubbing their hands

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 with glee.

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 They're committed to learning what it says.

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 And they're committed to doing what scripture says.

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 And yet Jesus,

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 as in this passage today,

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 says you've completely missed the point.

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 See, here's what these men teach us.

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 That you can have both of those things,

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 learning and doing,

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 and still miss the point

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 that's the central point of the Bible.

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 I wonder if that rings true for you.

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 I remember playing football at university

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 with a ton of boys

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 who were from the western isles of Scotland.

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 And they put me as a new Christian to shame

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 because they knew their Bible off by heart.

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 They tried their best to live according to it.

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 They were cracking guys.

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 But let me just tell you,

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 they had zero interest in knowing the God

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 at the heart of it.

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 It is possible to do it.

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 And Jesus knows it.

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 You see, according to him,

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 when it comes to life,

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 it's not so much what we know,

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 it's who we know.

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 In immediate context,

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 Jesus has just healed a man

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 and told him to carry his mat on the Sabbath.

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 That's where we've been as a church

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 over the last couple of weeks

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 in John chapter five.

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 And that's the thing

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 that's caused a stir in Jerusalem.

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 So again, we've been thinking about the fact

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 that Jesus hasn't just posted a blog post

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 about who he is.

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 Okay, he's in conversation with creatures.

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 Again, you think about that,

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 that's incredible.

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 The creator of all things

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 come down in the person of Jesus

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 and he's dialoguing with people.

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 And in so doing, verse 18,

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 because he's healed that man on the Sabbath

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 and because he's told that man

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 to lift up his mat and walk,

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 verse 18, he's made a claim

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 to be equal to God.

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 And we saw that Jesus went on

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 to explain who he is, right?

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 The son of God,

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 the apple of the father's eye,

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 the one who has seen the father

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 since before the beginning of the world.

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 And he's come to reveal him

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 and his heart to a dying world

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 that's lost in the sinking sand

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 of our sin and death.

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 Which is why if you're here today

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 and you're wondering

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 who is this God and what he is like,

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 our passage last week said to us,

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 clearly, look at Jesus.

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 He reveals the father.

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 Look at Jesus.

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 And now Jesus gives them

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 almost three bits of evidence

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 to give that claim,

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 credibility,

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 credibility in the eyes

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 of the watching world.

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 And I guess this is what we might know today

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 as corroborating evidence.

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 You heard of that?

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 Corroborating evidence.

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 You know, I've got a friend called Bob.

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 Bob is a lecturer

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 at Edinburgh Theological Seminary.

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 Bob is also a chaplain

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 at Edinburgh's biggest prison

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 out of Sotten.

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 And I remember vividly him once telling me,

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 he said,

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 see when three guys come up to me

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 in his lovely New Jersey accent,

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 okay,

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 when three guys come up to me

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 and they give me precisely

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 the same tale of events,

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 precisely the same running order

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 of what happened,

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 I'm immediately smelling a rat.

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 Okay?

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 And that's where corroborating evidence

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 is very persuasive and convincing

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 because it's evidence

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 that's been gathered

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 from different sources

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 but comes together

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 to provide you

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 with a consistent

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 and full picture.

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 It's very persuasive.

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 It's why when I was in law,

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 remember,

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 this is what you looked for

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 for evidence,

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 corroboration.

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 Corroboration.

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 And that's what we have here.

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 And in keeping with Jewish law

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 that looked for exactly

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 the same thing,

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 Jesus says,

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 here are three bits of evidence

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 that back up my claim to divinity.

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 Now, we'll go through these

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 really quickly,

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 but come with me

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 and you'll see

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 that this stuff stacks up.

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 Here's the first one.

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 Jesus says,

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 verse 33,

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 how about you trust

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 the man who announced me?

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 Okay?

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 John the Baptist is here.

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 This great

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 and predicted

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 forerunner

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 to Jesus

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 who would come on the scene

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 just before

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 the Lord himself would come,

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 according to scripture.

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 And we met this guy

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 back at chapter one.

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 He arrived on the scene

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 in the region

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 causing a stir

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 because he was telling people

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 to leave behind

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 their old sinful ways,

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 come out,

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 allow God

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 to transform your heart

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 and like a moth

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 to a flame

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 be led towards the light.

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 That was John the Baptist.

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 And Jesus calls him here

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 a burning

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 and a shining lamp.

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 You see it?

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 In other words,

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 this guy,

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 John,

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 was a man

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 in the pitch black

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 with a flashlight

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 in his hand

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 and he was shining

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 it straight at me,

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 says Jesus.

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 And secondly,

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 says Jesus,

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 how about you trust

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 the works

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 that affirm me?

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 You see,

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 every single miracle

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 that Jesus does,

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 the type that defies

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 all human logic

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 and expectations

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 is a megaphone

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 announcing to the world

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 the breaking in

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 of God's rule

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 and reign.

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 And not only

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 are they

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 wonderful foretastes

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 of what will be true

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 physically

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 and emotionally

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 for every believer

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 one day

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 when Jesus returns,

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 but every work

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 is also

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 the Father's

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 stamp of approval

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 on the person

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 of Jesus

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 and his claims.

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 And thirdly,

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 Jesus says,

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 how about you trust

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 the voice

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 that adores me?

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 You see verse 37?

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 Jesus says,

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 the Father

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 bore witness

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 about me.

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 Genuinely understood

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 there to be a reference

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 to Jesus' baptism

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 when the Father's

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 voice

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 thundered

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 from heaven

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 and when

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 he came up

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 out of the water

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 said,

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 this is

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 my

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 son.

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 With him

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 I am

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 well pleased.

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 So there's

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 your three bits

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 of evidence

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 says Jesus,

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 the man

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 that announces

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 me,

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 the works

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 that affirm

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 me,

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 and the voice

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 that adores

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 me.

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 Now what connects

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 those three things?

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 I've been thinking

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 about this all week.

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 What connects

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 those three things?

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 Well,

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 I take it

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 it's that all

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 three of these

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 things are not

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 like random

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 shooting stars

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 we would see

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 in an evening,

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 right?

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 Never saw that

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 coming.

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 If only someone

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 had said.

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 I take it

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 all of these

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 three things

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 are right

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 there in

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 the scriptures.

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 Okay,

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 John the Baptist

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 that the voice

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 in the wilderness

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 saying make

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 straight the

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 path for the

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 Lord.

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 Again,

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 he's not

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 come out

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 of nowhere.

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 It's Isaiah

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 chapter 40

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 you read about

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 him there.

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 The works

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 that the one

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 God's promised

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 one would

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 come and

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 his arrival

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 would cause

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 the lame

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 to leap for

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 joy and

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 who would

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 take the

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 infirmities

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 of God's

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 people on

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 himself.

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 It's Isaiah

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 53.

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 The father

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 who delights

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 in his son

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 his heart

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 is bursting

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 with emotion

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 as he looks

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 at him

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 and considers

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 what he's

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 come to do.

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 The servant

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 is talked

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 about in

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 Isaiah 42.

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 It's all

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 right there

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 which makes

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 you wonder

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 if these guys

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 have all the

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 Bible knowledge

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 at their

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 disposal

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 why are they

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 not seeing

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 it?

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 And you

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 see it's

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 not a

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 matter of

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 them not

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 having quite

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 joined the

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 dots yet.

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 It's more

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 that they

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 won't join

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 the dots.

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 I think this

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 is really

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 insightful.

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 And why?

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 Well John

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 gives us two

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 reasons.

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 They're kind

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 of wrapped

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 up in this

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 one verse.

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 And here's

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 reason number

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 one verse

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 44.

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 That they

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 love the

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 glory that

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 comes from

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 men.

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 Okay.

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 If these

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 guys were

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 around today

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 they'd be

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 following

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 each other

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 on Twitter

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 they'd be

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 liking each

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 other's

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 tweets

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 they'd be

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 retweeting

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 each other's

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 tweets

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 in some

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 kind of

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 religious

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 echo

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 chamber.

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 They love

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 and they

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 exist for

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 their own

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 glory.

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 You get

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 this description

00:13:24.360 --> 00:13:24.960
 of the

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 Pharisees as

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 we move

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 through the

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 Gospels.

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 Right?

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 Just think

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 about two

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 longs.

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 They have

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 long robes

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 so that

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 everyone can

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 see how

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 important they

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 are and

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 they love

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 long prayers

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 so that

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 everyone can

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 hear their

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 eloquence.

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 They live

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 for the

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 praise of

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 men.

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 They love

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 the praise

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 of men

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 over and

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 above the

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 praise of

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 God.

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 So they're

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 glory stealers.

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 And reason

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 number two

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 verse 45

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 is that they

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 love self

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 justifying.

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 And if you

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 listen carefully

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 enough you'll

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 see how both

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 of these things

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 line up in what

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 Bogdan has just

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 shared with us.

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 That's why

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 verse 45 they

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 love the law

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 of Moses which I

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 take it is code

00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:07.000
 there for the

00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:08.419
 Ten Commandments.

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 How God had

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 told his

00:14:10.220 --> 00:14:11.220
 people having

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 saved them by

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 his power by

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 his grace to

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 live for him

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 and said that's

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 how I want you

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 to live for

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 me.

00:14:20.679 --> 00:14:21.299
 They had

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 become not a

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 means by which

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 they saw the

00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:25.340
 brokenness of

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 their own

00:14:25.700 --> 00:14:26.139
 hearts.

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 How just our

00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:27.980
 inability to

00:14:27.980 --> 00:14:28.740
 live up to

00:14:28.740 --> 00:14:29.320
 this holy

00:14:29.320 --> 00:14:29.960
 life that God

00:14:29.960 --> 00:14:30.539
 has called us

00:14:30.539 --> 00:14:31.960
 to and their

00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:32.740
 desperate need

00:14:32.740 --> 00:14:33.159
 of him.

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 But actually

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 they resorted

00:14:36.220 --> 00:14:37.799
 to being a

00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:38.440
 tick-bock

00:14:38.440 --> 00:14:40.259
 exercise by

00:14:40.259 --> 00:14:40.700
 which they

00:14:40.700 --> 00:14:41.180
 could say

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 done that,

00:14:42.419 --> 00:14:43.039
 not done

00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:43.980
 that, not

00:14:43.980 --> 00:14:44.519
 done that,

00:14:44.820 --> 00:14:45.500
 not committed

00:14:45.500 --> 00:14:46.320
 murder today.

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 And they

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 give the

00:14:50.139 --> 00:14:50.700
 impression that

00:14:50.700 --> 00:14:51.000
 they're good

00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:51.419
 with God

00:14:51.419 --> 00:14:51.840
 because they

00:14:51.840 --> 00:14:52.240
 haven't done

00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:52.700
 those certain

00:14:52.700 --> 00:14:53.240
 things.

00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:54.899
 And Jesus

00:14:54.899 --> 00:14:55.519
 sees straight

00:14:55.519 --> 00:14:56.019
 through it.

00:14:57.039 --> 00:14:57.340
 And there's

00:14:57.340 --> 00:14:57.720
 maybe something

00:14:57.720 --> 00:14:58.120
 you've got in

00:14:58.120 --> 00:14:58.440
 your mind

00:14:58.440 --> 00:14:58.759
 today.

00:14:58.940 --> 00:14:59.060
 You say

00:14:59.060 --> 00:14:59.600
 well religion

00:14:59.600 --> 00:15:00.139
 Christianity

00:15:00.139 --> 00:15:00.820
 is full of

00:15:00.820 --> 00:15:01.480
 hypocrisy.

00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:02.920
 And friends,

00:15:02.960 --> 00:15:03.480
 know how God

00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:03.960
 feels about

00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:04.259
 that.

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 When you

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 read the

00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:06.600
 Gospels,

00:15:06.680 --> 00:15:07.019
 what you'll

00:15:07.019 --> 00:15:08.080
 see is that

00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:08.600
 Jesus has

00:15:08.600 --> 00:15:09.060
 some of his

00:15:09.060 --> 00:15:10.460
 sharpest words

00:15:10.460 --> 00:15:11.539
 of rebuke,

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 not for the

00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:13.480
 moral failures,

00:15:14.300 --> 00:15:15.240
 but rather for

00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:15.740
 the religious

00:15:15.740 --> 00:15:16.399
 hypocrites.

00:15:17.580 --> 00:15:18.039
 He sees

00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:18.920
 straight through

00:15:18.920 --> 00:15:19.060
 it.

00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:19.620
 And Jesus

00:15:19.620 --> 00:15:20.279
 outs them on

00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:20.779
 it here.

00:15:21.080 --> 00:15:21.399
 And he

00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:22.379
 outs us on

00:15:22.379 --> 00:15:23.220
 it too.

00:15:23.300 --> 00:15:23.840
 Because here's

00:15:23.840 --> 00:15:24.399
 a confession.

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 I love my

00:15:25.800 --> 00:15:26.240
 own glory.

00:15:27.860 --> 00:15:28.800
 I love my

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 own praise.

00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:29.920
 I love it

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 when people

00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:31.019
 speak well of

00:15:31.019 --> 00:15:31.279
 me.

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 And I so

00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:33.700
 often trust

00:15:33.700 --> 00:15:34.560
 my attempts

00:15:34.560 --> 00:15:35.920
 at trying

00:15:35.920 --> 00:15:36.240
 to make

00:15:36.240 --> 00:15:36.800
 me good.

00:15:38.700 --> 00:15:39.259
 And dear

00:15:39.259 --> 00:15:39.519
 friends,

00:15:39.580 --> 00:15:39.920
 if that is

00:15:39.920 --> 00:15:40.440
 the hamster

00:15:40.440 --> 00:15:40.820
 wheel that

00:15:40.820 --> 00:15:41.360
 you're currently

00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:41.740
 on,

00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:42.920
 living for

00:15:42.920 --> 00:15:43.300
 the praise

00:15:43.300 --> 00:15:43.700
 of others,

00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:44.080
 trying to

00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:44.379
 get your

00:15:44.379 --> 00:15:44.840
 identity

00:15:44.840 --> 00:15:45.300
 from what

00:15:45.300 --> 00:15:45.800
 others think

00:15:45.800 --> 00:15:46.379
 about you,

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 then I'm

00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:48.659
 sure you'll

00:15:48.659 --> 00:15:49.060
 know that

00:15:49.060 --> 00:15:49.460
 that is a

00:15:49.460 --> 00:15:49.940
 lonely and

00:15:49.940 --> 00:15:50.300
 exhausting

00:15:50.300 --> 00:15:50.860
 place to

00:15:50.860 --> 00:15:51.139
 live your

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 life.

00:15:53.440 --> 00:15:53.980
 And the

00:15:53.980 --> 00:15:54.420
 message of

00:15:54.420 --> 00:15:54.920
 the gospel,

00:15:55.139 --> 00:15:55.519
 which is why

00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:55.860
 we're here

00:15:55.860 --> 00:15:56.139
 today,

00:15:56.220 --> 00:15:56.879
 to celebrate

00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:57.740
 yes,

00:15:57.800 --> 00:15:58.100
 what God

00:15:58.100 --> 00:15:58.379
 has done

00:15:58.379 --> 00:15:59.019
 in Bogdan's

00:15:59.019 --> 00:15:59.220
 life,

00:15:59.279 --> 00:15:59.840
 but more so

00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:00.340
 the Savior

00:16:00.340 --> 00:16:00.800
 who loves

00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:01.240
 us all.

00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:03.019
 Jesus comes

00:16:03.019 --> 00:16:03.519
 along,

00:16:04.599 --> 00:16:04.939
 and you've

00:16:04.939 --> 00:16:05.179
 got to get

00:16:05.179 --> 00:16:05.740
 this straight,

00:16:06.819 --> 00:16:07.500
 he doesn't

00:16:07.500 --> 00:16:08.319
 like me just

00:16:08.319 --> 00:16:08.819
 the way I

00:16:08.819 --> 00:16:09.120
 am.

00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:11.019
 That is the

00:16:11.019 --> 00:16:11.859
 gospel to

00:16:11.859 --> 00:16:12.439
 Lady Gaga.

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 It doesn't

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 work.

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 He doesn't

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 love me just

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 the way I

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 am.

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 He doesn't

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 like me just

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 the way I

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 am.

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 No,

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 Jesus goes

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 so much

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 better.

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 He loves

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 me despite

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 of who I

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 am.

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 And that's

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 the gospel

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 today.

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 spend any

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 time with

00:16:27.960 --> 00:16:28.580
 Jesus and

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 you'll soon

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 discover you

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 are dealing

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 with a

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 God who

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 doesn't just

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 tolerate people

00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:33.620
 who don't

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 like him.

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 You're dealing

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 with a God

00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:36.140
 who came to

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 die for his

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 enemies.

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 To the

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 extent that he

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 will offer

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 his life on

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 the cross

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 in the place

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 of death

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 that you and

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 I deserve

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 to die

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 to save

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 us from

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 our sin,

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 from an

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 eternal

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 existence,

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 facing his

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 wrath.

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 And so if

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 that's how

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 you and I

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 are saved,

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 then we've

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 got to

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 understand that

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 Jesus outed

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 us on the

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 cross as

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 people who

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 are in need

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 of that

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 salvation.

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 He outs

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 me as a

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 sinner and

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 he saves

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 me from

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 the vain

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 exercise that

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 is self-justifying.

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 And this is a

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 place where I

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 can be honest

00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:14.059
 about my

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 complete spiritual

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 need before

00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:16.079
 anyone in

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 the world.

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 Because it's

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 Jesus that

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 saved me.

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 It's not just

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 like he topped

00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:23.059
 up my attempts

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 at good

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 works.

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 No, no, no.

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 Jesus saved

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 me completely.

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 And he saves

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 me out of

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 that lonely

00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:30.019
 self-absorbed

00:17:30.019 --> 00:17:33.139
 existence where

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 I live for

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 my own glory.

00:17:36.139 --> 00:17:36.819
 He saves me

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 out of it

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 and he puts

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 a new heart

00:17:40.099 --> 00:17:40.899
 of flesh

00:17:40.899 --> 00:17:41.759
 in me

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 and he turns

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 me and he's

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 shaping me

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 so that the

00:17:47.259 --> 00:17:48.079
 way I want

00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:48.639
 to live my

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 life, the

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 very reason

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 that you and

00:17:50.899 --> 00:17:51.859
 I were made

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 was to exist

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 for and

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 bask in the

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 glory of

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 Jesus who

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 loves us.

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 You see,

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 here's what

00:18:01.479 --> 00:18:02.059
 Jesus knows

00:18:02.059 --> 00:18:02.459
 has happened

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 to their

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 hearts.

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 Verse 42,

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 he says,

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 you do not

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 have the

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 love of God

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 within you.

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 Right?

00:18:11.879 --> 00:18:12.679
 Their hearts

00:18:12.679 --> 00:18:14.219
 have gone

00:18:14.219 --> 00:18:16.139
 really hard.

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 It's like if

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 you've ever

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 left the lid

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 off of Play-Doh

00:18:19.000 --> 00:18:19.639
 for any length

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 of time,

00:18:20.199 --> 00:18:20.740
 spot the life

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 stage I am

00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:21.939
 at what

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 happens to

00:18:22.700 --> 00:18:22.939
 it,

00:18:23.460 --> 00:18:24.679
 what happens

00:18:24.679 --> 00:18:24.960
 to it?

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 It just

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 goes hard.

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 Right?

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 Can't do

00:18:29.240 --> 00:18:29.740
 anything with it.

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 It just

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 goes brittle.

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 And that's

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 what Jesus

00:18:31.879 --> 00:18:32.240
 is saying

00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:32.619
 about their

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 hearts here.

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 I'll be

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 honest with

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 you,

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 here's my

00:18:36.419 --> 00:18:37.099
 greatest fear

00:18:37.099 --> 00:18:37.439
 for my

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 Christian life.

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 And Bogdan,

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 make this

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 your greatest

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 fear as well.

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 That my

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 heart just

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 goes cold

00:18:46.599 --> 00:18:48.319
 and it

00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:49.019
 goes brittle

00:18:49.019 --> 00:18:50.699
 to the

00:18:50.699 --> 00:18:51.079
 point where

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 I just

00:18:51.399 --> 00:18:52.299
 don't have

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 the love

00:18:52.719 --> 00:18:53.240
 of God

00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:54.559
 in my

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 heart.

00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:56.699
 That my

00:18:56.699 --> 00:18:57.579
 heart grows

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 callous and

00:18:58.619 --> 00:18:59.799
 stops being

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 thrilled with

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 and molded

00:19:02.139 --> 00:19:03.219
 by the

00:19:03.219 --> 00:19:04.059
 Jesus who

00:19:04.059 --> 00:19:04.799
 loved me

00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:05.500
 and who

00:19:05.500 --> 00:19:06.299
 gave himself

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 for me.

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 it was

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 late 20th

00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:10.819
 century

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 American

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 theologian

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 J.

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 Gresham

00:19:13.339 --> 00:19:13.940
 Mackin

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 who once

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 said that

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 Christianity

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 is the

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 religion of

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 the broken

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 heart.

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 You see,

00:19:23.299 --> 00:19:23.579
 the human

00:19:23.579 --> 00:19:24.700
 heart will

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 find itself

00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:27.819
 in losing

00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:28.339
 itself.

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 And when

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 you discover

00:19:30.859 --> 00:19:31.319
 the life

00:19:31.319 --> 00:19:31.740
 that's in

00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:32.099
 Jesus,

00:19:33.259 --> 00:19:34.079
 it is the

00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:34.900
 most liberating

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 place to

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 be.

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 And so

00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:37.920
 my question

00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:38.620
 to you as

00:19:38.620 --> 00:19:39.220
 we begin to

00:19:39.220 --> 00:19:39.799
 wrap up is

00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:40.299
 do you know

00:19:40.299 --> 00:19:40.539
 him?

00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:42.380
 Have you

00:19:42.380 --> 00:19:43.140
 considered him?

00:19:43.360 --> 00:19:43.980
 Have you read

00:19:43.980 --> 00:19:44.480
 about him?

00:19:44.640 --> 00:19:45.059
 Have you spent

00:19:45.059 --> 00:19:45.680
 time with

00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:45.920
 him?

00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:47.799
 The one who

00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:48.759
 can give you

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 and I

00:19:49.420 --> 00:19:49.960
 living in

00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:50.440
 this world

00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:51.680
 hope in

00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:52.120
 the midst

00:19:52.120 --> 00:19:52.819
 of despair

00:19:52.819 --> 00:19:54.740
 and purpose

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 in the midst

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 of confusion.

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 That's

00:19:58.620 --> 00:19:58.900
 Jesus.

00:20:01.420 --> 00:20:02.019
 So what

00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:02.240
 do people

00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:02.680
 see in

00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:03.140
 this book?

00:20:03.140 --> 00:20:05.680
 I take

00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:05.900
 it the

00:20:05.900 --> 00:20:06.480
 answer is

00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:06.780
 that the

00:20:06.780 --> 00:20:07.340
 spirit of

00:20:07.340 --> 00:20:07.680
 God

00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:09.720
 through the

00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:10.140
 word of

00:20:10.140 --> 00:20:10.560
 God

00:20:10.560 --> 00:20:11.840
 does the

00:20:11.840 --> 00:20:12.440
 work of

00:20:12.440 --> 00:20:12.860
 God

00:20:12.860 --> 00:20:13.759
 in

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 satisfying

00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:15.320
 our

00:20:15.320 --> 00:20:15.900
 thirsty

00:20:15.900 --> 00:20:16.640
 and needy

00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:17.220
 souls

00:20:17.220 --> 00:20:18.800
 with the

00:20:18.800 --> 00:20:19.300
 Christ of

00:20:19.300 --> 00:20:19.580
 God.

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 Who as we

00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:22.720
 encounter him

00:20:22.720 --> 00:20:23.280
 here says

00:20:23.280 --> 00:20:23.960
 verse 40

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 come to me

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 whoever you

00:20:26.400 --> 00:20:27.180
 are come to

00:20:27.180 --> 00:20:28.780
 me and

00:20:28.780 --> 00:20:29.400
 have life.

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 you know

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 just as we

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 close and

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 maybe to

00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:33.019
 help convince

00:20:33.019 --> 00:20:33.460
 you of the

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 truth of

00:20:33.840 --> 00:20:34.140
 this let

00:20:34.140 --> 00:20:34.340
 me just

00:20:34.340 --> 00:20:34.740
 tell you a

00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:35.180
 story I

00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:35.720
 heard recently

00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:36.120
 from a

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 man who

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 works down

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 in London

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 called

00:20:38.560 --> 00:20:39.019
 Richard

00:20:39.019 --> 00:20:39.759
 Burgonan

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 and he

00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:41.640
 travels around

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 the country

00:20:42.019 --> 00:20:42.660
 telling people

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 about the

00:20:43.160 --> 00:20:43.519
 word of

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 God and

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 why they

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 should read

00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:45.420
 it and I

00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:45.680
 was hearing

00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:46.259
 him talk

00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:46.519
 and he

00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:46.940
 was telling

00:20:46.940 --> 00:20:47.259
 me about

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:48.080
 this Chinese

00:20:48.080 --> 00:20:49.500
 woman who

00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:50.060
 once ran

00:20:50.060 --> 00:20:50.660
 up to him

00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:52.640
 and proceeded

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 to tell him

00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:54.040
 the story about

00:20:54.040 --> 00:20:54.759
 how she became

00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:55.200
 a Christian.

00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:56.019
 Now I don't

00:20:56.019 --> 00:20:56.259
 know if you

00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:56.660
 know the

00:20:56.660 --> 00:20:57.360
 history of

00:20:57.359 --> 00:20:58.299
 China but

00:20:58.299 --> 00:20:58.699
 it was in

00:20:58.699 --> 00:21:00.419
 the part of

00:21:00.419 --> 00:21:00.939
 that country's

00:21:00.939 --> 00:21:01.500
 history when

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:02.459
 Mao was in

00:21:02.459 --> 00:21:04.339
 power and he

00:21:04.339 --> 00:21:04.799
 wanted to put

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 an end to

00:21:05.199 --> 00:21:05.839
 the influence

00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:06.459
 and the spread

00:21:06.459 --> 00:21:07.219
 of Christianity

00:21:07.219 --> 00:21:07.759
 and one of the

00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:08.419
 ways he sought

00:21:08.419 --> 00:21:09.240
 to do that

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:10.479
 was to order

00:21:10.479 --> 00:21:10.919
 all the

00:21:10.919 --> 00:21:11.259
 Christian

00:21:11.259 --> 00:21:11.779
 missionaries

00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:12.359
 to get out

00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:14.339
 and so the

00:21:14.339 --> 00:21:14.639
 Christian

00:21:14.639 --> 00:21:15.099
 missionaries

00:21:15.099 --> 00:21:16.059
 left and

00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:16.319
 they took

00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:17.199
 everything with

00:21:17.199 --> 00:21:19.079
 them except

00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:19.959
 can you guess

00:21:19.959 --> 00:21:21.319
 it their

00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:23.299
 Bibles so

00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:24.199
 no missionaries

00:21:24.199 --> 00:21:24.559
 there but

00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:25.240
 tons of Bibles

00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:25.799
 there and the

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.319
 locals being

00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:27.019
 quite resourceful

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 people they

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 found these

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 Bibles and

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 they found

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 that they were

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 made of really

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 good quality

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 paper so what

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 they did again

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 being resourceful

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 people is they

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 ripped the pages

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 up and this

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 one lady was

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 telling us

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 telling him

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 about her

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 family used

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 it to use

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 it as

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 wallpaper on

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 the family

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 home and

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 she was the

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 fifth generation

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 of someone in

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 her family to

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 become a

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 Christian because

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 they'd first

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 read about

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 Jesus on

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 the wallpaper

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 in the family

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 home what

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 they nicknamed

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 the Bible

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 room

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 convinces us

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 doesn't it

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 that the

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 power is in

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 the word of

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 God as the

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 spirit of God

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 takes the word

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 of God and

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 reveals to us

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 the glorious

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 Christ of God

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 that's right at

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 the centre of

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 it see people

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 why do people

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 love this book

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 Jesus says

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 it's because the

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 scriptures testify

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 about me

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 it's him

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 for God who

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 said let light

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 shine out of

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 darkness

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 made his light

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 shine in our

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 hearts to give

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 us the light

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 of the knowledge

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 of God's glory

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 displayed in the

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 face of Christ

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 and that's the

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 call this morning

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 as God speaks

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 to us through

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 his word

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 have you met

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 his son

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 do you know

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 his son

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 friends today

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 would be a

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 great morning

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 as we've heard

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 as we've sung

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 and as we've

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 prayed and we've

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 heard from

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 Bogdan just

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 about the

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 difference that

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 Jesus makes

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 today would be a

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 great day to

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 explore him if you

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 haven't done that

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 already we'd love

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 to do that if you

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 want to explore him

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 you want to read

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 the Bible with

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 someone there's

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 tons of them at

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 the back please

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 take one that's

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 our gift to you

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 but if you have

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 any questions about

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 any of this stuff

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 please do come and

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 speak to anyone

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 you've seen up

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 the front today

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 it would be our

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 joy to introduce

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 you to him

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 let me pray

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 and so father

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 we're just so

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 thankful for

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 Jesus today

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 there is just

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 simply no one

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 like him who's

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 in the business

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 of saving people

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 from their sin

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 and transforming

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 them so that

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 they become more

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 like him

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 and so father

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 we thank you

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 for this morning

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 where we've just

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 been enjoying

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 hearing about

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 the new life

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 that Jesus

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 gives

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 and so lord

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 I pray that

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 in this moment

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 now as we

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 finish up our

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 time together

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 and as we

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 spend some time

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 together afterwards

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 that your spirit

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 would be moving

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 amongst us

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 and would he

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 in our conversations

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 in our minds

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 and as we go on

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 from here and

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 meditate and think

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 about these things

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 may your spirit

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 reveal to us

00:24:14.299 --> 00:24:14.919
 a glorious

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 Jesus

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 and it's in his

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 wonderful name

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 that we pray

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 amen