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 If I decide it's true, then it must be true.

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 Now, I want to say, there is some strength found here,

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 and that is that postmoderns don't wholeheartedly accept everything that's thrown their direction.

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 Postmodern thinkers, even if they see the experts say or the data shows,

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 are still going to tend to go, yeah, but is that accurate?

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 Like, show me the methodology at which we arrived at this given truth.

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 So there is a strength to be found there, and whether or not you want to accept it,

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 most of you, myself included, are postmodern thinkers.

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 It's the way we tend to gather information and arrive at conclusions.

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 Now, just as a little side note, there also is, people are talking now about the post-postmodern era,

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 I told you everything revolves around modernism.

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 Post-postmodern, I can't think of a possible strength to it, but time will tell.

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 Post-postmoderns tend to think that no truth can possibly be arrived at.

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 The internet and the way the internet functions feeds this type of thinking.

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 Now, here is the case that I am seeking to make to you.

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 Why?

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 Spend any time thinking about this at all.

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 If we are to know the things that matter most,

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 all of these methods fail us.

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 They all have a weakness.

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 But what must we ultimately know?

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 Now, if you were to compress, compress all classical apologetics,

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 take all of the questions that classical apologetics ask,

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 and compress them down, you could ask four questions.

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 First, origin.

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 Where do we come from?

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 How did we get here?

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 Second, meaning.

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 Why are we here?

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 What is the purpose for our existence?

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 Third, morality.

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 How are we to know right and wrong, right from wrong?

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 And fourth, destiny.

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 Where are we going?

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 What happens after this life?

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 Origin, meaning, morality, destiny.

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 Four questions that need answers.

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 In order to rightly answer any of these questions,

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 here's what I'm saying,

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 any of these ways of thinking,

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 any of these epistemologies are going to fail us.

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 What we need is revelation.

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 What we need is revelation.

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 Now, don't hear me arguing against classical apologetics.

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 I'm a big fan.

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 But, at the end of the day,

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 we need spirit-discerned understanding of the Bible.

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 We need the spirit to work in us to confirm that it is, in fact, God's Word,

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 and that everything that it says is true.

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 It's inerrant in that it doesn't err,

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 and it's infallible in that it can't err,

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 because it is God's Word.

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 If you know the answers to any of my aforementioned questions,

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 I hope that you did.

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 I hope that your mind started accessing information to those questions.

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 Praise God that you do.

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 We have no reason to boast.

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 God has taught us any meaningful, right answers to those questions.

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 If you do not,

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 pray that God would open the eyes of your heart to discern your origin,

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 your worth,

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 God's good commands,

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 and your final destiny.

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 I said that we live in a day of post-modernism.

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 It's the water that we swim in,

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 and too sadly we've seen lots of what's called deconstruction in the church.

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 To be clear, the people who deconstruct their faith never really believed in Jesus to begin with.

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 But this problem is partly a problem of their mind.

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 They see something that they don't like about Christianity.

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 Whether fair or not,

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 there are some fair objections to the Christianity that we can observe,

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 and they begin to walk it back and to unravel it,

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 peace by peace by peace.

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 Pray for spiritual discernment.

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 Pray for spiritual discernment this morning,

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 that we might rightly behold the Jesus of the Bible.

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 So let's pray together to that end.

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 Father God, we humbly recognize,

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 that as I have laid out the way in which people have thought,

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 that the curse of this world has also affected our thinking faculty.

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 None of us think as clearly as we think we do,

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 or ought to.

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 But we also recognize that we need the revelation of your Spirit

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 to help us understand the words of the Scripture,

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 to believe that they're true,

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 and to respond accordingly to them.

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 We want this morning to rightly understand your Word.

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 We humbly recognize it was written,

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 ultimately, for your glory,

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 and also for our good.

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 And so pray that you would help us to this end.

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 Amen.

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 John 8, beginning in verse 12.

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 Again, Jesus spoke to them, saying,

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 I am the light of the world.

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 Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness,

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 but will have the light of life.

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 So the Pharisee said to him,

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 You are bearing witness about yourself.

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 Your testimony is not true.

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 Jesus answered,

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 Even if I do bear witness about myself,

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 my testimony is true,

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 for I know where I came from and where I am going.

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 But you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

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 You judge according to the flesh.

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 I judge no one.

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 Yet even if I do judge,

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 my judgment is true,

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 for it is not I alone who judge,

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 but I and the Father who sent me.

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 In your law it is written

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 that the testimony of two people is true.

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 I am the one who bears witness about myself,

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 and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.

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 They said to him,

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 Therefore,

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 Where is your Father?

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 Jesus answered,

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 You know neither me nor my Father.

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 If you knew me,

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 you would know my Father also.

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 These words he spoke in the treasury

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 as he taught in the temple,

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 but no one arrested him

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 because his hour had not yet come.

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 Now let's first take a look

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 at the setting of this passage.

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 I made the case some weeks ago

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 that I do not believe,

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 and I am in good company

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 in believing so,

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 that chapter 7, verse 53,

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 through chapter 8, verse 11,

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 belong in the text

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 as these verses are not

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 in the early and most reliable manuscripts.

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 I think they should be footnoted.

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 I said when we talked about it,

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 you are welcome to disagree with me,

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 but I told you why

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 we would not preach that text.

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 I only preach the Bible.

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 So,

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 that purpose,

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 but also because

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 the literary structure

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 of John's gospel

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 trends me off

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 in this direction.

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 So,

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 note with me just for a moment

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 what is happening.

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 Early in chapter 7,

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 Jesus has traveled to Jerusalem

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 and taught in the temple,

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 causing a stir

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 amongst the people.

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 So,

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 notice in John 7,

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 and verse 30,

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 So,

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 they,

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 this is the Jews,

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 John refers to,

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 were seeking

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 to arrest him,

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 but no one laid a hand on him

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 because his hour

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 had not yet come.

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 We see this repeated

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 as the fervency

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 of this conflict

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 over who Jesus is

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 rises.

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 There's these attempts

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 to arrest him,

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 but his hour

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 had not yet come.

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 If you doubt

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 at any moment

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 that God governs

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 over the affairs

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 of man,

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 doubt it no more.

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 Read through John

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 and see how often

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 there's a divine timeline

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 taking place

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 in the text.

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 And you can read

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 a little bit further down

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 in verse 32,

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 The Pharisees

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 heard the crowd

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 muttering these things

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 about him,

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 and the chief priests

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 and Pharisees

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 sent officers

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 to arrest him.

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 And it's in this setting,

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 they're seeking him,

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 we read in verse 37,

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 On the last day

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 of the feast,

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 the great day,

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 Jesus stood up

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 and cried out,

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 If anyone thirsts,

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 let him come to me

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 and drink.

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 And so a division arises

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 amongst the people

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 over him,

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 verse 43.

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 Some of them

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 wanted to arrest him,

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 but no one

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 laid hands on him.

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 And we know

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 contextually why,

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 because his hour

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 had not yet come.

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 But in verse 45,

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 those officers

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 that were sent

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 back in verse 32

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 come to the chief priests

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 and Pharisees

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 who said to them,

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 Why did you not

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 bring him?

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 And their response is,

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 Because no one speaks

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 like this man.

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 They're not sure

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 what to do

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 with him.

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 Now remember,

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 I'm making the case

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 that the internal evidence,

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 the context of what's going on,

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 I think places Jesus

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 still in this setting.

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 This report has gone

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 to the chief priests

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 and to the Pharisees.

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 And then we pick up

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 verse 20,

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 These words,

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 He spoke in the treasury

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 as he taught

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 in the temple.

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 But no one arrested him

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 because his hour

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 had not yet come.

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 Verse 12,

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 Again Jesus spoke

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 to them,

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 saying,

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 Now we do not get

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 any indication

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 of how much

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 time has passed

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 from this

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 last day of the feast

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 Jesus cries out,

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 If anyone thirsts,

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 let him come to me

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 and drink.

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 And then verse 12

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 where he makes

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 this other statement.

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 But I think that we are

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 meant to read it

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 tightly connected

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 to all that has

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 happened previously.

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 And so,

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 I want to spend

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 a little bit of time

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 reminding you

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 how culturally charged

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 this week was.

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 I don't think

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 that we need to hear

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 Jesus saying,

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 I am the light

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 of the world

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 far removed

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 from this week,

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 the week of

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 the Feast of Booths.

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 So briefly,

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 this is what I shared

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 with you previously

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 about the feast.

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 The Feast of Booths

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 was one of three

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 great pilgrimage

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 feasts of Israel.

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 Every Jewish male

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 was expected

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 to go up to Jerusalem.

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 It occurred in the fall

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 after the harvest

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 and it lasted

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 seven days

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 followed by

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 a solemn

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 eighth day.

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 During his feast,

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 the people of Israel

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 lived in temporary

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 shelters or booths,

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 some of your Bibles

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 may say tabernacles,

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 made of branches.

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 They did this

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 to remember

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 how their fathers

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 had lived in tents

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 during the wilderness

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 wanderings after the Exodus.

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 But this feast

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 was more than just

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 a history lesson.

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 It was a celebration

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 of God's provision,

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 God's presence,

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 and God's promises.

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 It looked backward

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 to the wilderness

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 where God provided

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 food from heaven

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 and water from the rock.

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 It looked upward

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 in thanksgiving

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 for the harvest

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 God had just given,

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 this present provision.

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 And it looked forward

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 in hope to the day

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 when God would again

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 dwell with his people

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 in glory.

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 It was a week

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 just packed full

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 of meaning.

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 The Old Testament

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 gives few instructions

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 for what this feast

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 must look like,

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 but they had developed

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 some tradition

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 that had rich

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 ceremonial meaning.

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 Two rituals

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 in particular

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 dominated

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 the celebration.

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 First,

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 there was the water

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 ceremony.

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 Each of the first

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 six days,

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 a priest would draw

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 water from the

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 pool of Siloam

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 and lead a procession

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 back to the temple.

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 As they approached

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 the water gate

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 on the south side

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 of the inner court,

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 a shofar would be

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 blown three times

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 as a pronouncement

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 of joy,

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 and the people

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 would recite

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 Isaiah 12,

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 verse 3.

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 With joy,

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 you will draw water

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 from the wells

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 of salvation.

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 Significant text.

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 While the people

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 watched,

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 the priest would

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 march around the

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 altar while the

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 singing of the

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 Hillel was led

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 by the temple

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 choir.

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 And this is

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 Psalm 113

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 through 118.

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 And back when we

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 were in that text,

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 I read the entirety

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 of that to you.

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 It was quite an

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 ordeal that they

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 went through.

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 At the conclusion

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 of the singing,

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 the people would

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 all cry out

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 three times,

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 give thanks to

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 the Lord,

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 and the water

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 was poured

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 onto the altar.

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 This ceremony

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 commemorated the

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 water God

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 provided in the

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 wilderness and

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 expressed hope

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 for the coming

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 messianic age

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 when God would

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 pour out his

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 spirit.

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 Second,

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 there was an

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 illumination ceremony.

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 Massive lamps

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 were lit in the

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 temple courts,

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 casting light

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 over the city,

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 and people would

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 dance in the

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 temple.

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 This recalled the

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 pillar of fire that

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 guided Israel through

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 the wilderness and

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 symbolized the hope

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 that God's glory

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 would again shine

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 upon his people.

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 So the Feast of

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 Booths was a

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 celebration of

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 light, life,

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 provision, and

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 divine presence.

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 And it's into

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 this setting,

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 charged with

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 expectation,

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 saturated with

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 symbolism,

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 overflowing with

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 religious meaning,

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 that Jesus

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 steps.

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 Jesus.

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 What makes all of

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 this so striking

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 is that Jesus

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 does not merely

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 attend the

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 feast, as his

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 brothers requested

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 of him at the

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 beginning of the

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 chapter, but he

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 interprets the

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 feast.

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 He says, this is

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 what all of this

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 really means.

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 He takes the

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 central symbols of

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 Israel's hope and

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 claims to be their

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 fulfillment.

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 He says, I, I am

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 actually the hope

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 that this is all

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 about.

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 So, with all of

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 that, for our

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 text, I've got a

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 three-point outline

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 for you.

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 Number one,

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 Jesus is the

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 light.

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 We see this in

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 verse 12, and

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 we will spend

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 most of our

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 time here, so

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 if you're a

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 clock watcher,

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 don't fret.

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 First point will

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 take up the

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 majority of our

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 time.

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 Again, Jesus

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 spoke to them

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 saying, I am

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 the light of

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 the world.

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 Whoever follows

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 me will not

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 walk in darkness,

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 but will have

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 the light of

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 life.

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 Can you just

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 imagine him

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 saying that with

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 everything that

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 would have

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 happened in the

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 preceding week?

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 Once again, I

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 don't think we're

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 very far away

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 from that.

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 So, these

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 people have been

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 thinking about

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 light in a very

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 particular way,

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 thinking about

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 God's presence,

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 the hope that

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 will come, and

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 then Jesus says

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 this.

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 This is the

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 first time that

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 Jesus has used

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 the light

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 metaphor to

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 speak of

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 himself in

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 John's gospel.

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 This is the

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 second of

00:16:34.439 --> 00:16:35.620
 Jesus' seven

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 I am

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 statements in

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 John.

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 He has

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 declared, I am

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 the bread of

00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:43.599
 life in chapter

00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:44.820
 six, and

00:16:44.820 --> 00:16:45.600
 here he says,

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 I am the

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 light of the

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 world.

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 Now, I want to

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 read to you

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 something brief

00:16:52.040 --> 00:16:54.080
 from D.A.

00:16:54.120 --> 00:16:54.500
 Carson's

00:16:54.500 --> 00:16:55.340
 commentary on

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 this.

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 If you like to

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 study things

00:16:58.040 --> 00:16:58.639
 deeply, I would

00:16:58.639 --> 00:16:59.259
 really recommend

00:16:59.259 --> 00:16:59.960
 this particular

00:16:59.960 --> 00:17:01.620
 commentary to

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 you.

00:17:03.019 --> 00:17:03.940
 He says this,

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 the light

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 metaphor is

00:17:07.259 --> 00:17:08.559
 steeped in

00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:09.519
 Old Testament

00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:10.920
 allusions.

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 I'm reading

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 this to you

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 because their

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 minds would

00:17:14.120 --> 00:17:14.759
 have been very

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 alive as he

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 says this.

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 The glory of

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 the very

00:17:18.940 --> 00:17:19.600
 presence of

00:17:19.600 --> 00:17:20.279
 God in the

00:17:20.279 --> 00:17:21.080
 cloud led

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 the people in

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 the promised

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 land, Exodus

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 13, and

00:17:24.940 --> 00:17:25.559
 protected them

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 from those who

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 would destroy

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 them, Exodus

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 14.

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 The Israelites

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 were trained

00:17:31.460 --> 00:17:32.319
 to sing,

00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:33.379
 The Lord is

00:17:33.379 --> 00:17:34.240
 my light and

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 my salvation,

00:17:35.879 --> 00:17:36.740
 Psalm 27,

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 verse 1.

00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:39.399
 The word of

00:17:39.399 --> 00:17:40.559
 God, the law

00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:41.480
 of God, is a

00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:42.519
 light to guide

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 the path of

00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:44.019
 those who

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 cherish

00:17:44.619 --> 00:17:45.740
 instruction,

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 Psalm 119,

00:17:48.099 --> 00:17:49.419
 Proverbs 6,

00:17:49.539 --> 00:17:50.059
 23.

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 God's light

00:17:51.879 --> 00:17:52.220
 is shed

00:17:52.220 --> 00:17:53.319
 abroad in

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 Revelation,

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 Ezekiel 1,

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 verse 4,

00:17:55.919 --> 00:17:57.000
 verse 13,

00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:57.900
 and verse 26

00:17:57.900 --> 00:17:58.619
 through 28,

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 and salvation,

00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:01.160
 Habakkuk 3,

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 verse 3

00:18:02.019 --> 00:18:02.619
 through 4.

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 Light is

00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:06.079
 Yahweh in

00:18:06.079 --> 00:18:06.920
 action,

00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:08.359
 Psalm 44,

00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:09.319
 verse 3.

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 Isaiah tells

00:18:11.099 --> 00:18:11.539
 us that the

00:18:11.539 --> 00:18:12.140
 servant of the

00:18:12.140 --> 00:18:12.519
 Lord was

00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:13.240
 appointed as

00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:13.920
 a light to

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 the Gentiles,

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 that he might

00:18:14.980 --> 00:18:15.799
 bring God's

00:18:15.799 --> 00:18:16.900
 salvation to

00:18:16.900 --> 00:18:18.039
 the ends of

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 all the earth,

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 Isaiah 49,

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 verse 6.

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 The coming

00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:23.480
 eschatological

00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:24.180
 age would be

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 a time when

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 the Lord

00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:25.900
 himself would

00:18:25.900 --> 00:18:26.519
 be the light

00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:27.139
 for his

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 people.

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 Isaiah

00:18:28.700 --> 00:18:29.920
 chapter 60,

00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:30.700
 Revelation

00:18:30.700 --> 00:18:31.799
 chapter 21.

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 Perhaps

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 Zechariah

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 14 is

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 especially

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 significant with

00:18:37.379 --> 00:18:37.980
 its promise

00:18:37.980 --> 00:18:38.819
 of continual

00:18:38.819 --> 00:18:39.379
 light on

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 the last

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 day,

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 followed by

00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:41.740
 the promise

00:18:41.740 --> 00:18:42.359
 of living

00:18:42.359 --> 00:18:43.319
 waters flowing

00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:44.819
 from Jerusalem.

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 This passage

00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:47.099
 probably forming

00:18:47.099 --> 00:18:48.279
 part of the

00:18:48.279 --> 00:18:48.700
 liturgical

00:18:48.700 --> 00:18:49.920
 readings of

00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:51.240
 this feast.

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 Christ.

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 The great

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 burning lights

00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:55.440
 of the

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 feast of

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 tabernacles

00:18:56.539 --> 00:18:58.099
 resonate with

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 such

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 strains.

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 It's into

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 that that

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 Jesus

00:19:02.859 --> 00:19:05.140
 says this.

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 But this

00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:06.940
 is not the

00:19:06.940 --> 00:19:07.859
 first time

00:19:07.859 --> 00:19:08.319
 that we have

00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:08.740
 heard this

00:19:08.740 --> 00:19:09.660
 metaphor in

00:19:09.660 --> 00:19:10.700
 John's

00:19:10.700 --> 00:19:11.640
 writings.

00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:12.980
 Turn back

00:19:12.980 --> 00:19:13.359
 to John

00:19:13.359 --> 00:19:14.500
 chapter 1.

00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:16.700
 John begins

00:19:16.700 --> 00:19:18.319
 this work.

00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:18.740
 In the

00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:18.960
 beginning

00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:19.359
 was the

00:19:19.359 --> 00:19:19.720
 Word,

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 and the

00:19:20.099 --> 00:19:20.439
 Word was

00:19:20.439 --> 00:19:21.200
 with God,

00:19:21.259 --> 00:19:21.579
 and the

00:19:21.579 --> 00:19:22.259
 Word was

00:19:22.259 --> 00:19:22.659
 God.

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 He was in

00:19:23.939 --> 00:19:24.480
 the beginning

00:19:24.480 --> 00:19:25.439
 with God.

00:19:26.159 --> 00:19:26.960
 All things

00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:27.339
 were made

00:19:27.339 --> 00:19:28.000
 through him,

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 and without

00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:29.179
 him was not

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 anything made

00:19:30.299 --> 00:19:31.259
 that was

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 made.

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 In him

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 was life,

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 and the

00:19:36.019 --> 00:19:37.240
 life was

00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:37.859
 the light

00:19:37.859 --> 00:19:38.939
 of men.

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 The light

00:19:40.220 --> 00:19:41.220
 shines in

00:19:41.220 --> 00:19:41.779
 the darkness,

00:19:42.359 --> 00:19:42.879
 and the

00:19:42.879 --> 00:19:43.759
 darkness has

00:19:43.759 --> 00:19:45.439
 not overcome

00:19:45.439 --> 00:19:45.759
 it.

00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:46.759
 light.

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 Our minds

00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:48.900
 ought to be

00:19:48.900 --> 00:19:50.920
 full as

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 we hear

00:19:51.339 --> 00:19:52.500
 Jesus say

00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:53.519
 that he

00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:53.960
 is the

00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:55.240
 light of

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 the world.

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 The word

00:19:58.019 --> 00:19:58.700
 light appears

00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.819
 24 times in

00:19:59.819 --> 00:20:00.339
 John's

00:20:00.339 --> 00:20:01.119
 gospel.

00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.299
 Light by

00:20:02.299 --> 00:20:03.539
 its nature

00:20:03.539 --> 00:20:04.579
 causes

00:20:04.579 --> 00:20:05.519
 darkness

00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:07.059
 to scatter.

00:20:08.140 --> 00:20:08.579
 Darkness

00:20:08.579 --> 00:20:09.579
 cannot be

00:20:09.579 --> 00:20:10.839
 quantifiably

00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:11.339
 measured.

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 It is

00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:12.299
 merely

00:20:12.299 --> 00:20:13.819
 the absence

00:20:13.819 --> 00:20:15.140
 of light.

00:20:16.460 --> 00:20:16.819
 Now,

00:20:16.900 --> 00:20:18.059
 we tend

00:20:18.059 --> 00:20:18.400
 to take

00:20:18.400 --> 00:20:19.339
 light for

00:20:19.339 --> 00:20:19.599
 granted,

00:20:20.359 --> 00:20:21.039
 but if you

00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:21.460
 lived in a

00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:22.599
 time when

00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:23.279
 the only

00:20:23.279 --> 00:20:23.759
 source of

00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.099
 light was

00:20:24.099 --> 00:20:24.440
 from a

00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:25.000
 flame,

00:20:25.619 --> 00:20:25.879
 and it

00:20:25.879 --> 00:20:26.660
 was dangerous

00:20:26.660 --> 00:20:27.160
 to not

00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:28.180
 have light

00:20:28.180 --> 00:20:28.960
 at night,

00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:29.420
 this is

00:20:29.420 --> 00:20:31.220
 when children

00:20:31.220 --> 00:20:31.740
 were snatched

00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:32.299
 out of tents

00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:32.779
 by wild

00:20:32.779 --> 00:20:33.279
 animals.

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 This is

00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:34.379
 when the

00:20:34.379 --> 00:20:34.960
 marauders

00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:35.819
 came at

00:20:35.819 --> 00:20:37.079
 night.

00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:39.599
 We have

00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:40.099
 a property

00:20:40.099 --> 00:20:41.000
 north of

00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:41.460
 Dahlonega,

00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:42.420
 and it is

00:20:42.420 --> 00:20:42.940
 really,

00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:44.059
 really dark

00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:44.680
 out there

00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:45.460
 at night.

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 And these

00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:48.039
 days,

00:20:48.099 --> 00:20:48.420
 I've got

00:20:48.420 --> 00:20:49.079
 a flashlight

00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:49.400
 in my

00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:50.000
 back pocket

00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:50.640
 all of

00:20:50.640 --> 00:20:51.119
 the time.

00:20:52.019 --> 00:20:52.359
 But I can

00:20:52.359 --> 00:20:52.539
 remember

00:20:52.539 --> 00:20:53.359
 earlier days

00:20:53.359 --> 00:20:54.379
 when my

00:20:54.379 --> 00:20:54.779
 parents owned

00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:55.200
 the property,

00:20:55.379 --> 00:20:55.859
 being out

00:20:55.859 --> 00:20:56.299
 there and

00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:56.720
 having to

00:20:56.720 --> 00:20:57.240
 get from

00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:57.940
 the driveway

00:20:57.940 --> 00:20:58.539
 to the

00:20:58.539 --> 00:20:59.180
 top of

00:20:59.180 --> 00:20:59.660
 our driveway

00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:00.039
 where I

00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:00.379
 typically

00:21:00.379 --> 00:21:01.319
 park,

00:21:01.500 --> 00:21:01.700
 and I

00:21:01.700 --> 00:21:01.900
 had to

00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:02.099
 do it

00:21:02.099 --> 00:21:02.619
 by shuffling

00:21:02.619 --> 00:21:02.960
 my feet

00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:03.180
 on the

00:21:03.180 --> 00:21:03.480
 gravel,

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.240
 and if

00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:04.539
 my feet

00:21:04.539 --> 00:21:04.740
 stopped

00:21:04.740 --> 00:21:04.980
 making

00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.339
 gravel

00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:05.619
 sounds,

00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:05.859
 I knew

00:21:05.859 --> 00:21:06.079
 I was

00:21:06.079 --> 00:21:06.400
 off into

00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:06.759
 the woods,

00:21:06.859 --> 00:21:06.980
 and I

00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.079
 had to

00:21:07.079 --> 00:21:07.379
 go back

00:21:07.379 --> 00:21:07.740
 to the

00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:08.079
 gravel

00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:08.460
 and shuffle

00:21:08.460 --> 00:21:08.900
 my feet

00:21:08.900 --> 00:21:09.480
 and just

00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:10.279
 stumble

00:21:10.279 --> 00:21:10.940
 toward my

00:21:10.940 --> 00:21:11.500
 vehicle until

00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:11.920
 I ran

00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:12.319
 into it.

00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:12.439
 It would

00:21:12.439 --> 00:21:13.099
 be that

00:21:13.099 --> 00:21:14.079
 dark.

00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.059
 And I

00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:15.500
 must admit,

00:21:15.819 --> 00:21:16.139
 there were

00:21:16.139 --> 00:21:17.000
 times that

00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.639
 things snapped

00:21:17.639 --> 00:21:18.259
 in the woods,

00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:19.099
 and I

00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:19.539
 got a little

00:21:19.539 --> 00:21:20.759
 scared and

00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:21.099
 moved a

00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:21.619
 little quicker

00:21:21.619 --> 00:21:22.259
 up that

00:21:22.259 --> 00:21:22.740
 dark,

00:21:22.819 --> 00:21:23.319
 dark

00:21:23.319 --> 00:21:24.519
 driveway.

00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.579
 It would

00:21:25.579 --> 00:21:26.839
 have likely

00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:27.339
 been more

00:21:27.339 --> 00:21:28.379
 felt than

00:21:28.379 --> 00:21:28.759
 it maybe

00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:29.240
 is felt

00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:30.639
 for us.

00:21:31.659 --> 00:21:32.079
 Where there

00:21:32.079 --> 00:21:32.759
 is light,

00:21:33.319 --> 00:21:34.200
 there is

00:21:34.200 --> 00:21:34.700
 not

00:21:34.700 --> 00:21:35.939
 darkness.

00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:37.299
 The two

00:21:37.299 --> 00:21:38.099
 are opposites,

00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:38.980
 and one

00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:40.859
 has expulsory

00:21:40.859 --> 00:21:42.699
 power over

00:21:42.699 --> 00:21:43.139
 the other.

00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:45.299
 Now,

00:21:45.379 --> 00:21:45.679
 if we

00:21:45.679 --> 00:21:46.379
 back up

00:21:46.379 --> 00:21:46.639
 in a

00:21:46.639 --> 00:21:48.000
 bit from

00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:49.259
 our text,

00:21:49.339 --> 00:21:49.619
 but go

00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:50.179
 forward from

00:21:50.179 --> 00:21:50.799
 John 1

00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:51.740
 to chapter

00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:52.199
 3,

00:21:52.299 --> 00:21:52.539
 we can

00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:52.979
 see this

00:21:52.979 --> 00:21:53.619
 idea at

00:21:53.619 --> 00:21:54.959
 work in

00:21:54.959 --> 00:21:55.439
 the negative.

00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:56.399
 John 3

00:21:56.399 --> 00:21:56.740
 in verse

00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.240
 20.

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:58.119
 For

00:21:58.119 --> 00:21:58.759
 everyone who

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.779
 does wicked

00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.579
 things,

00:22:01.219 --> 00:22:01.759
 hates the

00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:02.099
 light,

00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:02.699
 and does

00:22:02.699 --> 00:22:03.439
 not come

00:22:03.439 --> 00:22:03.839
 to the

00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:04.219
 light,

00:22:04.799 --> 00:22:05.899
 lest his

00:22:05.899 --> 00:22:06.679
 works

00:22:06.679 --> 00:22:07.799
 should be

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.539
 exposed.

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:10.819
 Wickedness

00:22:10.819 --> 00:22:11.839
 is associated

00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:13.339
 with darkness

00:22:13.339 --> 00:22:14.059
 in this

00:22:14.059 --> 00:22:14.460
 text.

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:15.519
 A darkness

00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:16.159
 that does

00:22:16.159 --> 00:22:17.019
 not want

00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:18.139
 the exposure

00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:19.599
 of light.

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.159
 Wickedness

00:22:21.159 --> 00:22:22.240
 produces shame,

00:22:22.939 --> 00:22:23.659
 and it

00:22:23.659 --> 00:22:23.980
 produces

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.960
 death.

00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:26.059
 It is the

00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:26.439
 opposite,

00:22:26.599 --> 00:22:27.539
 the antithesis

00:22:27.539 --> 00:22:28.759
 of the

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.639
 light of

00:22:29.639 --> 00:22:30.859
 life.

00:22:32.439 --> 00:22:32.899
 Let's

00:22:32.899 --> 00:22:33.559
 push the

00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:34.079
 metaphor just

00:22:34.079 --> 00:22:34.379
 a bit

00:22:34.379 --> 00:22:35.119
 further and

00:22:35.119 --> 00:22:35.460
 a bit

00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:36.159
 clearer.

00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:37.579
 Note

00:22:37.579 --> 00:22:38.240
 especially

00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:39.880
 who the

00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:40.220
 light

00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:41.339
 is.

00:22:41.620 --> 00:22:42.140
 It's in

00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:42.680
 our text

00:22:42.680 --> 00:22:43.160
 that Jesus

00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:44.500
 says he

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.240
 is the

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:45.960
 light

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:47.200
 of

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:48.460
 the

00:22:48.460 --> 00:22:48.880
 world.

00:22:50.339 --> 00:22:50.859
 Then go

00:22:50.859 --> 00:22:51.579
 forward to

00:22:51.579 --> 00:22:52.120
 John chapter

00:22:52.120 --> 00:22:52.680
 11,

00:22:52.859 --> 00:22:53.480
 verse 9 and

00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:53.900
 following.

00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:54.940
 Jesus said,

00:22:55.620 --> 00:22:56.000
 are there not

00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:57.079
 twelve hours in

00:22:57.079 --> 00:22:57.440
 the day?

00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:57.799
 If anyone

00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.700
 walks in the

00:22:58.700 --> 00:22:58.920
 day,

00:22:59.019 --> 00:22:59.519
 he does not

00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:00.180
 stumble because

00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:01.460
 he sees the

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:02.359
 light of this

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:02.759
 world.

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:04.000
 But if anyone

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.720
 walks in the

00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.099
 night,

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:06.299
 he stumbles

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:07.379
 because the

00:23:07.379 --> 00:23:08.399
 light is

00:23:08.399 --> 00:23:10.099
 not in

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:10.359
 him.

00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:12.240
 I suggest

00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:12.779
 to you that

00:23:12.779 --> 00:23:13.879
 the stumbling

00:23:13.879 --> 00:23:14.379
 that Jesus

00:23:14.379 --> 00:23:14.940
 here refers

00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:15.559
 to is not

00:23:15.559 --> 00:23:16.159
 a slight

00:23:16.159 --> 00:23:16.500
 trip,

00:23:16.619 --> 00:23:16.879
 but a

00:23:16.879 --> 00:23:17.460
 stumble that

00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:18.200
 causes one

00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:18.759
 to fall

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:20.079
 headlong

00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:21.240
 and not

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:22.559
 rise again.

00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:25.259
 Back to

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.720
 John chapter

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.159
 1,

00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.579
 verse 9 and

00:23:27.579 --> 00:23:28.000
 following.

00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.359
 John there

00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:29.659
 writes,

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.240
 the true

00:23:30.240 --> 00:23:30.759
 light which

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.319
 gives light

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:31.919
 to everyone

00:23:31.919 --> 00:23:32.559
 was coming

00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:33.079
 into the

00:23:33.079 --> 00:23:33.480
 world.

00:23:34.359 --> 00:23:35.099
 He was in

00:23:35.099 --> 00:23:35.659
 the world

00:23:35.660 --> 00:23:36.100
 and the

00:23:36.100 --> 00:23:36.580
 world was

00:23:36.580 --> 00:23:37.120
 made through

00:23:37.120 --> 00:23:37.420
 him,

00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:37.860
 yet the

00:23:37.860 --> 00:23:38.620
 world did

00:23:38.620 --> 00:23:39.279
 not know

00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:39.580
 him.

00:23:40.340 --> 00:23:40.840
 He came

00:23:40.840 --> 00:23:41.140
 to his

00:23:41.140 --> 00:23:42.160
 own and

00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:42.440
 his own

00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:42.920
 people did

00:23:42.920 --> 00:23:43.420
 not receive

00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:43.740
 him.

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:44.779
 But to

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.040
 all who

00:23:45.040 --> 00:23:45.640
 did receive

00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:45.900
 him,

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:46.740
 who believed

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.060
 in his

00:23:47.060 --> 00:23:47.340
 name,

00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:48.019
 he gave

00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.700
 the right

00:23:48.700 --> 00:23:49.200
 to become

00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:50.519
 children of

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:50.920
 God,

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:51.720
 who were

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.160
 born,

00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:53.140
 not of

00:23:53.140 --> 00:23:53.580
 blood,

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.300
 nor of

00:23:54.300 --> 00:23:54.560
 the will

00:23:54.560 --> 00:23:54.800
 of the

00:23:54.800 --> 00:23:55.240
 flesh,

00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:55.960
 nor of

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:56.200
 the will

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:56.779
 of man,

00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:58.519
 but of

00:23:58.519 --> 00:23:59.800
 God.

00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:01.400
 John at

00:24:01.400 --> 00:24:02.140
 the outset

00:24:02.140 --> 00:24:03.779
 sets forth

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:05.340
 the problem

00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:05.859
 of

00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:06.379
 humanity.

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:07.619
 Jesus

00:24:07.619 --> 00:24:08.199
 Christ came

00:24:08.199 --> 00:24:08.459
 into the

00:24:08.459 --> 00:24:08.799
 world,

00:24:09.199 --> 00:24:09.500
 he is

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.139
 the light,

00:24:10.419 --> 00:24:10.959
 and yet

00:24:10.959 --> 00:24:11.859
 he will

00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:12.959
 be rejected

00:24:12.959 --> 00:24:13.759
 by some

00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:14.779
 and received

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:16.500
 by others.

00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:17.299
 I'm positive

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:17.659
 to you that

00:24:17.659 --> 00:24:18.019
 we see this

00:24:18.019 --> 00:24:18.779
 pattern exist

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.659
 all throughout

00:24:19.659 --> 00:24:20.079
 John.

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:20.539
 Those who

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:22.039
 receive and

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:22.699
 those who

00:24:22.699 --> 00:24:24.259
 reject.

00:24:25.679 --> 00:24:26.319
 One to

00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:26.619
 eternal

00:24:26.619 --> 00:24:27.179
 damnation,

00:24:27.359 --> 00:24:27.939
 one to

00:24:27.939 --> 00:24:28.439
 eternal

00:24:28.439 --> 00:24:29.500
 glory.

00:24:29.859 --> 00:24:30.500
 He sets

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:31.599
 it out

00:24:31.599 --> 00:24:33.980
 as a

00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.720
 dichotomous

00:24:34.720 --> 00:24:35.200
 problem,

00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:35.859
 as one

00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:36.740
 or the

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.619
 other.

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.640
 No shade

00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:39.539
 in between.

00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.059
 We have

00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:40.759
 light and

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.519
 we have

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:42.940
 darkness.

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.559
 So Jesus

00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:47.759
 asks people

00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:48.220
 to come

00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:48.779
 to him,

00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:49.380
 and he

00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:49.700
 gives us

00:24:49.700 --> 00:24:50.759
 the ability

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.380
 to come

00:24:51.380 --> 00:24:51.960
 to him.

00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:53.200
 He births

00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:53.660
 in us,

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:55.119
 born not

00:24:55.119 --> 00:24:55.819
 of blood,

00:24:55.900 --> 00:24:56.380
 or will

00:24:56.380 --> 00:24:56.619
 of the

00:24:56.619 --> 00:24:56.880
 flesh,

00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:57.200
 or the

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:57.559
 will of

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:57.859
 man,

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:58.839
 but of

00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:59.659
 God.

00:24:59.740 --> 00:25:00.119
 He makes

00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:00.639
 these things

00:25:00.639 --> 00:25:01.419
 spiritually

00:25:01.419 --> 00:25:02.119
 discernible

00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:02.639
 to us

00:25:02.639 --> 00:25:03.220
 that we

00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:03.799
 would receive

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:05.119
 Jesus as

00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:05.659
 he presents

00:25:05.659 --> 00:25:06.980
 himself here

00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:08.039
 in John's

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.379
 gospel.

00:25:09.519 --> 00:25:10.200
 He says

00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:10.460
 in verse

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:10.919
 12,

00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.299
 whoever

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:14.119
 follows me

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:15.399
 will not

00:25:15.399 --> 00:25:15.799
 walk in

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.159
 darkness,

00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.339
 but will

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:18.799
 have the

00:25:18.799 --> 00:25:20.379
 light of

00:25:20.379 --> 00:25:20.759
 life.

00:25:21.940 --> 00:25:22.279
 And this

00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:22.519
 is what

00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:22.740
 Jesus'

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.519
 words are

00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:24.579
 pressing us

00:25:24.579 --> 00:25:24.960
 to,

00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:25.839
 as original

00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:26.339
 hearers

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:26.659
 hear,

00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:27.500
 and us

00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.359
 today,

00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:29.940
 that we

00:25:29.940 --> 00:25:30.579
 would follow

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:30.960
 him,

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:31.500
 that we

00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:32.160
 would walk

00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:33.079
 in his

00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:34.420
 ways,

00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:35.519
 that we

00:25:35.519 --> 00:25:35.880
 might not

00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:36.279
 walk in

00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:36.700
 darkness,

00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:37.839
 but have

00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:39.059
 the light

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:41.140
 of life.

00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:44.119
 Spurgeon

00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:44.640
 once said

00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:44.900
 this,

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:45.299
 this is in

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:45.740
 your bulletin

00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:45.920
 if you

00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:46.180
 care to

00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:47.140
 follow along,

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:48.640
 as a

00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:49.079
 preacher,

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:50.200
 Jesus

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:50.920
 was

00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:52.180
 luminous.

00:25:53.819 --> 00:25:54.299
 He

00:25:54.299 --> 00:25:55.019
 expounded

00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:55.700
 the spirituality

00:25:55.700 --> 00:25:56.779
 of the law,

00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.960
 light

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:59.039
 penetrated

00:25:59.039 --> 00:25:59.899
 the precept

00:25:59.899 --> 00:26:00.519
 through and

00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:00.960
 through as

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.220
 he made

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.619
 the very

00:26:01.619 --> 00:26:02.359
 essence

00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:03.240
 of purity

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:03.879
 apparent.

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.700
 His light

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.319
 cleared the

00:26:06.319 --> 00:26:06.980
 law of the

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:07.539
 mist and

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:08.220
 fogs that

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.759
 the rabbinical

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.319
 writers had

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:10.180
 gathered around

00:26:10.180 --> 00:26:10.480
 it.

00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:11.859
 He shed

00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:12.139
 light,

00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:12.480
 too,

00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:12.980
 upon the

00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:13.259
 covenant

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:14.019
 of grace.

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.119
 He

00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:15.899
 promulgated

00:26:15.899 --> 00:26:16.480
 the gospel

00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.079
 of peace

00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:17.619
 among the

00:26:17.619 --> 00:26:18.099
 sons of

00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:18.440
 men.

00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:19.740
 He told

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.220
 of God

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:20.819
 the Father

00:26:20.819 --> 00:26:21.660
 willing to

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:22.319
 receive his

00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:22.799
 prodigal

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.639
 children back

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:24.140
 into his

00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:24.540
 bosom.

00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:25.840
 His

00:26:25.840 --> 00:26:26.240
 parables

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.520
 threw

00:26:26.520 --> 00:26:27.200
 wondrous

00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:28.000
 light upon

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.220
 the

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:28.880
 dispensation

00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:29.300
 of the

00:26:29.300 --> 00:26:29.820
 kingdom of

00:26:29.820 --> 00:26:30.100
 heaven.

00:26:31.160 --> 00:26:31.420
 His

00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:32.220
 counsels

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.600
 and his

00:26:32.600 --> 00:26:33.160
 cautions

00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:33.820
 brought the

00:26:33.820 --> 00:26:34.200
 final

00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:34.900
 destinies

00:26:34.900 --> 00:26:35.300
 of the

00:26:35.300 --> 00:26:35.680
 righteous

00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:36.680
 and the

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:36.960
 wicked

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.800
 into

00:26:37.800 --> 00:26:38.340
 full

00:26:38.340 --> 00:26:39.480
 view.

00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:42.380
 Jesus

00:26:42.380 --> 00:26:42.800
 says,

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.280
 I am

00:26:44.280 --> 00:26:44.780
 the light

00:26:44.780 --> 00:26:45.940
 of the

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.340
 world.

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:47.680
 Whoever

00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:48.500
 follows me

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.140
 will not

00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:49.820
 walk in

00:26:49.820 --> 00:26:50.240
 darkness,

00:26:50.240 --> 00:26:50.740
 but will

00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.240
 have

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:52.259
 the

00:26:52.259 --> 00:26:52.599
 light

00:26:52.599 --> 00:26:53.640
 of

00:26:53.640 --> 00:26:53.980
 life.

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:57.019
 Secondly,

00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:57.559
 we see,

00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.359
 and briefly,

00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:00.180
 Jesus is

00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:00.339
 the

00:27:00.339 --> 00:27:00.759
 trustworthy

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:02.519
 witness.

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:03.400
 We see

00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:03.700
 this in

00:27:03.700 --> 00:27:03.880
 verses

00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:05.079
 13 and

00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:06.000
 14 as

00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.920
 well as

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.819
 verses

00:27:07.819 --> 00:27:09.559
 18 and

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:10.059
 19.

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.240
 If you

00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:11.940
 are new

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.279
 to our

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.720
 study of

00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:13.019
 John,

00:27:13.359 --> 00:27:13.819
 the reason

00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:14.039
 we're

00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.559
 seeing this

00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:15.720
 point split

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.160
 apart like

00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:16.460
 this is

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:16.920
 because the

00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:17.400
 text is

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:17.759
 a

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:19.220
 chiasm.

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:20.100
 It sure

00:27:20.100 --> 00:27:20.480
 is.

00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:20.880
 We won't

00:27:20.880 --> 00:27:21.180
 spend a

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:21.360
 lot of

00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:21.660
 time on

00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:22.600
 that today.

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:23.539
 But you

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:23.680
 know,

00:27:23.759 --> 00:27:24.240
 verse 13

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:24.779
 and 14,

00:27:24.860 --> 00:27:25.059
 so the

00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.460
 Pharisees

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:25.900
 said to

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.240
 him,

00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:27.059
 you are

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.299
 bearing

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:27.880
 witness

00:27:27.880 --> 00:27:28.319
 about

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:28.980
 yourself.

00:27:29.120 --> 00:27:29.240
 Your

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:29.819
 testimony

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.559
 is not

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:30.779
 true.

00:27:30.860 --> 00:27:31.140
 This is

00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:31.319
 their

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:32.140
 response

00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:32.860
 to him

00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:33.220
 saying,

00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:33.579
 I am

00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:33.839
 the light

00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:34.039
 of the

00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.240
 world.

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:34.500
 Whoever

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.000
 follows

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:35.160
 me

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:35.440
 will

00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:35.660
 not

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:35.920
 walk

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.059
 in

00:27:36.059 --> 00:27:36.339
 darkness,

00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:36.799
 but

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:36.940
 will

00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:37.259
 have

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.440
 the

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:37.759
 light

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.579
 of

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:38.920
 life.

00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:39.339
 The

00:27:39.339 --> 00:27:39.579
 place

00:27:39.579 --> 00:27:39.700
 that

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:39.839
 he's

00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:40.100
 doing

00:27:40.100 --> 00:27:40.460
 this

00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:41.559
 would

00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:41.680
 have

00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:41.900
 been

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:42.220
 one

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:42.279
 of

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:42.420
 the

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:42.700
 outer

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.100
 parts

00:27:43.100 --> 00:27:43.420
 of the

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:49.400
 country

00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:49.880
 and

00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:50.000
 they

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.120
 could

00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:50.600
 likely

00:27:50.600 --> 00:27:51.279
 overhear

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:51.640
 him.

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.180
 The

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:52.900
 council

00:27:52.900 --> 00:27:53.220
 that's

00:27:53.220 --> 00:27:53.519
 meeting

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:53.720
 and

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.019
 gathering

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:54.240
 can

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:54.779
 overhear

00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.039
 him

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.559
 make

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:55.759
 this

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.100
 claim.

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.279
 And

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:56.420
 their

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:57.200
 response

00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:57.819
 has

00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:58.799
 nothing

00:27:58.799 --> 00:27:59.220
 to do

00:27:59.220 --> 00:27:59.400
 with

00:27:59.400 --> 00:27:59.559
 what

00:27:59.559 --> 00:27:59.779
 he's

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.200
 saying

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:00.759
 except

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:00.940
 that

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:01.039
 he

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.220
 has

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:01.579
 said,

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.240
 I

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:03.079
 am

00:28:03.079 --> 00:28:04.160
 claiming

00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:04.799
 equality

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.019
 with

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.380
 God.

00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:05.799
 They

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.039
 say,

00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:06.299
 you

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:06.480
 are

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:06.720
 bearing

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.019
 witness

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.299
 about

00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:07.819
 yourself.

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.380
 Your

00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:08.880
 testimony

00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:09.700
 is

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.039
 not

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.880
 true.

00:28:11.620 --> 00:28:11.720
 And

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:11.880
 Jesus

00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:12.339
 answers

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:12.660
 them,

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:12.920
 even

00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:13.180
 if I

00:28:13.180 --> 00:28:13.440
 do

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:13.680
 bear

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:13.940
 witness

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.180
 about

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:14.559
 myself,

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:14.799
 my

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.200
 testimony

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:15.860
 is

00:28:15.860 --> 00:28:16.339
 true,

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:17.039
 for I

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:17.379
 know

00:28:17.379 --> 00:28:17.919
 where

00:28:17.919 --> 00:28:18.139
 I

00:28:18.139 --> 00:28:18.439
 came

00:28:18.439 --> 00:28:18.799
 from

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.240
 and

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:19.599
 where

00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:19.799
 I

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:19.959
 am

00:28:19.959 --> 00:28:20.339
 going,

00:28:20.639 --> 00:28:20.919
 but

00:28:20.919 --> 00:28:21.220
 you

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:21.419
 do

00:28:21.419 --> 00:28:21.679
 not

00:28:21.679 --> 00:28:22.000
 know

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.240
 where

00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:22.379
 I

00:28:22.379 --> 00:28:22.639
 come

00:28:22.639 --> 00:28:22.939
 from

00:28:22.939 --> 00:28:23.119
 or

00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:23.480
 where

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.459
 I

00:28:24.459 --> 00:28:24.619
 am

00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:24.980
 going.

00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:26.939
 The

00:28:26.939 --> 00:28:27.139
 first

00:28:27.139 --> 00:28:27.480
 reason

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:27.720
 that

00:28:27.720 --> 00:28:27.980
 Jesus

00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:28.220
 is

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.379
 the

00:28:28.379 --> 00:28:28.699
 trustworthy

00:28:28.699 --> 00:28:30.039
 witness,

00:28:30.399 --> 00:28:31.099
 this may

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.240
 be

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:32.399
 unsatisfying

00:28:32.399 --> 00:28:32.679
 to some

00:28:32.679 --> 00:28:32.939
 of you

00:28:32.939 --> 00:28:33.119
 who

00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:33.259
 may

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.459
 not

00:28:33.459 --> 00:28:33.779
 yet

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.720
 believe

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.139
 in

00:28:35.139 --> 00:28:35.559
 Christ,

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:36.980
 but

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.099
 yet

00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:37.299
 it's

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:37.539
 here.

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.199
 The

00:28:38.199 --> 00:28:38.439
 reason

00:28:38.439 --> 00:28:38.859
 is

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:39.679
 he

00:28:39.679 --> 00:28:40.319
 is

00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:41.199
 God.

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:42.500
 He's

00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:42.579
 a

00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:42.819
 trustworthy

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.259
 witness

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:43.799
 because

00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:44.059
 he

00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:44.439
 is

00:28:44.439 --> 00:28:45.399
 God.

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:45.579
 He

00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:46.159
 originated

00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:46.600
 in

00:28:46.600 --> 00:28:46.900
 heaven

00:28:46.900 --> 00:28:47.259
 and

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:47.440
 he

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:47.660
 was

00:28:47.660 --> 00:28:48.100
 going

00:28:48.100 --> 00:28:49.279
 to

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:50.420
 heaven.

00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:52.240
 Fully

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.540
 aware

00:28:52.540 --> 00:28:52.740
 of

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:52.960
 who

00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:53.320
 he

00:28:53.320 --> 00:28:53.740
 is.

00:28:53.820 --> 00:28:53.920
 He

00:28:53.920 --> 00:28:54.360
 can

00:28:54.360 --> 00:28:54.820
 bear

00:28:54.820 --> 00:28:55.800
 witness

00:28:55.800 --> 00:28:56.820
 to

00:28:56.820 --> 00:28:57.360
 himself.

00:28:59.100 --> 00:28:59.580
 He

00:28:59.580 --> 00:28:59.800
 says

00:28:59.800 --> 00:29:00.019
 this,

00:29:00.120 --> 00:29:00.340
 I am

00:29:00.340 --> 00:29:00.440
 the

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:00.680
 one,

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:00.860
 verse

00:29:00.860 --> 00:29:01.220
 18,

00:29:01.340 --> 00:29:01.440
 who

00:29:01.440 --> 00:29:01.680
 bears

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.060
 witness

00:29:02.060 --> 00:29:02.440
 about

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:03.040
 myself

00:29:03.040 --> 00:29:04.820
 and

00:29:04.820 --> 00:29:05.880
 the

00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:06.120
 father

00:29:06.120 --> 00:29:06.279
 who

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:06.540
 sent

00:29:06.540 --> 00:29:06.720
 me

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:06.940
 bears

00:29:06.940 --> 00:29:07.340
 witness

00:29:07.340 --> 00:29:08.000
 about

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.720
 me.

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:09.380
 This

00:29:09.380 --> 00:29:09.460
 is

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:09.580
 in

00:29:09.580 --> 00:29:10.240
 response

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:11.700
 to

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:11.840
 what

00:29:11.840 --> 00:29:11.940
 they

00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:12.060
 were

00:29:12.060 --> 00:29:12.340
 asking

00:29:12.340 --> 00:29:12.519
 of

00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:12.680
 him,

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.000
 right?

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:13.500
 You

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:13.740
 can't

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:13.960
 just

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.180
 say

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:14.340
 this

00:29:14.340 --> 00:29:14.540
 about

00:29:14.540 --> 00:29:14.880
 yourself.

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.060
 You

00:29:15.060 --> 00:29:15.220
 need

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:15.340
 at

00:29:15.340 --> 00:29:15.519
 least

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:15.740
 two

00:29:15.740 --> 00:29:16.019
 people

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.160
 to

00:29:16.160 --> 00:29:16.299
 say

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:16.559
 this

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.139
 about

00:29:17.139 --> 00:29:17.559
 yourself.

00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:17.859
 Jesus

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:18.299
 affirms

00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:18.539
 this

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:18.720
 in

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:18.980
 verse

00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:20.279
 17.

00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:21.740
 So I

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:21.879
 do

00:29:21.879 --> 00:29:22.039
 bear

00:29:22.039 --> 00:29:22.319
 witness

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:22.579
 about

00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:22.960
 myself,

00:29:23.079 --> 00:29:23.519
 but also

00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:23.759
 the

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.119
 father

00:29:24.119 --> 00:29:24.460
 who

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:25.460
 sent

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:25.779
 me

00:29:25.779 --> 00:29:26.240
 bears

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:26.859
 witness

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:28.339
 about

00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:28.619
 me.

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.240
 This is the

00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:30.460
 second

00:29:30.460 --> 00:29:30.879
 reason.

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.319
 God the

00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:32.720
 father

00:29:32.720 --> 00:29:33.660
 is the

00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:34.240
 second

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:36.539
 witness.

00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:38.980
 God the

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:38.980


00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.480
 to

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:41.039
 God the

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:41.879
 man

00:29:41.879 --> 00:29:42.359
 to

00:29:42.359 --> 00:29:43.240
 God the

00:29:43.240 --> 00:29:43.879
 man

00:29:43.879 --> 00:29:44.480
 to

00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:44.819
 make

00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:44.940
 a

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:45.839
 convincing

00:29:45.839 --> 00:29:46.980
 argument.

00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:48.240
 I

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:48.500
 want to

00:29:48.500 --> 00:29:48.779
 twist

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.180
 somebody's

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:49.420
 arm

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:49.700
 up

00:29:49.700 --> 00:29:49.980
 behind

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.180
 their

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.539
 back

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:50.720
 and

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:50.960
 say

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.500
 accept

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:51.960
 Jesus

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:52.480
 as

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:53.119
 the

00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:53.559
 Christ.

00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:55.259
 But

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:55.819
 here

00:29:55.819 --> 00:29:56.000
 is

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.299
 Jesus'

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:56.859
 answer

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:57.000
 and

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.099
 it's

00:29:57.099 --> 00:29:57.200
 where

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:57.379
 my

00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:57.759
 mind

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.680
 goes

00:29:58.680 --> 00:30:00.619
 epistemological.

00:30:01.099 --> 00:30:01.500
 How do

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:01.619
 we

00:30:01.619 --> 00:30:02.019
 arrive

00:30:02.019 --> 00:30:02.139
 at

00:30:02.139 --> 00:30:02.240
 the

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:02.500
 truths

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:02.659
 that

00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:02.860
 we

00:30:02.860 --> 00:30:03.660
 know

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:03.880
 we

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:04.580
 must

00:30:04.580 --> 00:30:05.540
 must

00:30:05.540 --> 00:30:06.279
 spiritually

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:07.400
 discern

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:07.680
 them.

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:08.940
 The

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.240
 evidence

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:09.580
 is all

00:30:09.580 --> 00:30:09.880
 here

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:10.220
 but we

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:10.440
 need

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:10.660
 help

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:10.840
 to

00:30:10.840 --> 00:30:11.019
 see

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.259
 it

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:11.779
 and

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.160
 faith

00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:12.380
 to

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:12.620
 grab

00:30:12.620 --> 00:30:12.900
 hold

00:30:12.900 --> 00:30:13.019
 of

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:13.240
 it

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:14.160
 in

00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:14.300
 a

00:30:14.300 --> 00:30:14.640
 saving

00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:15.620
 way.

00:30:17.540 --> 00:30:17.740
 His

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.120
 father

00:30:18.120 --> 00:30:19.000
 is

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.360
 the

00:30:19.360 --> 00:30:19.720
 second

00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:21.040
 witness.

00:30:22.860 --> 00:30:23.380
 Last

00:30:23.380 --> 00:30:23.600
 week

00:30:23.600 --> 00:30:23.980
 Zachary

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.380
 preached

00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:24.560
 from

00:30:24.560 --> 00:30:24.840
 Matthew

00:30:24.840 --> 00:30:25.140
 chapter

00:30:25.140 --> 00:30:25.600
 3

00:30:25.600 --> 00:30:26.340
 concerning

00:30:26.340 --> 00:30:27.440
 Jesus'

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:28.080
 baptism.

00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:29.200
 If

00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:29.340
 you

00:30:29.340 --> 00:30:29.660
 missed

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:29.860
 it

00:30:29.860 --> 00:30:30.180
 I

00:30:30.180 --> 00:30:30.500
 really

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:30.920
 encourage

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.080
 you

00:30:31.080 --> 00:30:31.259
 to

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:31.400
 give

00:30:31.400 --> 00:30:31.480
 it

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:31.580
 a

00:30:31.580 --> 00:30:31.600
!

00:30:31.600 --> 00:30:31.820
 listen.

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:32.080
 I

00:30:32.080 --> 00:30:32.220
 think

00:30:32.220 --> 00:30:32.420
 you'll

00:30:32.420 --> 00:30:32.759
 really

00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:33.160
 appreciate

00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:33.340
 it.

00:30:33.380 --> 00:30:33.360
 You

00:30:33.360 --> 00:30:33.560
 did a

00:30:33.560 --> 00:30:33.759
 great

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.140
 job

00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:34.519
 with

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:34.779
 that

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:35.779
 text.

00:30:35.880 --> 00:30:35.980
 He

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.500
 spoke

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:37.640
 well

00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:38.019
 of

00:30:38.019 --> 00:30:38.400
 God

00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:38.600
 the

00:30:38.600 --> 00:30:39.320
 father's

00:30:39.320 --> 00:30:40.060
 confirmation

00:30:40.060 --> 00:30:40.800
 that

00:30:40.800 --> 00:30:41.320
 Jesus

00:30:41.320 --> 00:30:42.620
 is

00:30:42.620 --> 00:30:42.820
 the

00:30:42.820 --> 00:30:43.259
 Christ.

00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:43.480
 We

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:43.680
 see

00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:43.779
 in

00:30:43.779 --> 00:30:43.960
 that

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:45.300
 text

00:30:45.300 --> 00:30:45.539
 the

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:45.940
 spirit

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.120
 of

00:30:46.120 --> 00:30:46.519
 God

00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:47.560
 descends

00:30:47.560 --> 00:30:48.180
 like

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:48.460
 a

00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.039
 dove

00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:50.320
 rests

00:30:50.320 --> 00:30:50.920
 on

00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:51.500
 Jesus

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:52.259
 and

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:52.400
 then

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:52.620
 from

00:30:52.620 --> 00:30:53.519
 heaven

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:53.860
 the

00:30:53.860 --> 00:30:54.240
 father

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:54.779
 says

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.060
 this

00:30:55.060 --> 00:30:55.200
 is

00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:55.380
 my

00:30:55.380 --> 00:30:55.720
 beloved

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.060
 son

00:30:56.060 --> 00:30:56.279
 with

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:56.560
 whom

00:30:56.560 --> 00:30:56.940
 I

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:57.340
 am

00:30:57.340 --> 00:30:58.279
 well

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:59.480
 pleased.

00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:01.000
 We

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.400
 find

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:01.820
 that

00:31:01.819 --> 00:31:03.220
 similarly

00:31:03.220 --> 00:31:03.599
 in

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:03.879
 John

00:31:03.879 --> 00:31:04.099
 although

00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:04.359
 not

00:31:04.359 --> 00:31:04.619
 the

00:31:04.619 --> 00:31:05.679
 details

00:31:05.679 --> 00:31:06.019
 of

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.200
 it.

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:06.559
 There

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:06.740
 we

00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:06.980
 see

00:31:06.980 --> 00:31:07.299
 John

00:31:07.299 --> 00:31:07.480
 the

00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:07.919
 Baptist

00:31:07.919 --> 00:31:08.659
 in

00:31:08.659 --> 00:31:08.819
 verse

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.279
 32

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:09.539
 of

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:09.799
 chapter

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.339
 1

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:11.139
 bearing

00:31:11.139 --> 00:31:11.740
 witness

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:12.240
 I

00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:12.759
 saw

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.019
 the

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:13.480
 spirit

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:14.019
 descend

00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.299
 from

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:14.659
 heaven

00:31:14.659 --> 00:31:15.460
 like

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:15.639
 a

00:31:15.639 --> 00:31:16.079
 dove

00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:16.359
 and

00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:16.500
 it

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:17.099
 remained

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:18.339
 on

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:18.720
 him.

00:31:19.939 --> 00:31:20.240
 So

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:20.480
 Jesus

00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:20.779
 makes

00:31:20.779 --> 00:31:21.000
 this

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:21.579
 claim

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:22.079
 the

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:22.419
 father

00:31:22.419 --> 00:31:22.639
 who

00:31:22.639 --> 00:31:22.839
 sent

00:31:22.839 --> 00:31:22.980
 me

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.240
 bears

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.659
 witness

00:31:23.659 --> 00:31:24.399
 about

00:31:24.399 --> 00:31:24.759
 me

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.599
 and

00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:25.740
 you

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.079
 may

00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:26.460
 find

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:26.639
 some

00:31:26.639 --> 00:31:26.939
 sympathy

00:31:26.939 --> 00:31:27.359
 here

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:27.899
 with

00:31:27.899 --> 00:31:28.019
 the

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.519
 Pharisees

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.240
 he

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.279
!

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:29.399
 can

00:31:29.399 --> 00:31:29.500
 say

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:29.700
 anything

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:29.839
 he

00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:30.039
 wants

00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:30.160
 to

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:30.359
 about

00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:30.799
 himself

00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.319
 but

00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:31.539
 this

00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:31.700
 had

00:31:31.700 --> 00:31:32.139
 happened

00:31:32.139 --> 00:31:32.980
 the

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:33.299
 spirit

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:33.500
 had

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:34.000
 descended

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.920
 God

00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:35.099
 had

00:31:35.099 --> 00:31:35.399
 spoken

00:31:35.399 --> 00:31:36.139
 from

00:31:36.139 --> 00:31:37.119
 heaven

00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:38.299
 about

00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:38.700
 Jesus

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.160
 and

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:39.319
 this

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:39.480
 was

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:40.039
 known

00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:40.379
 this

00:31:40.379 --> 00:31:40.539
 was

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:41.180
 traveling

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:41.700
 around

00:31:41.700 --> 00:31:42.740
 in

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:42.839
 the

00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:43.119
 day

00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:43.660
 they

00:31:43.660 --> 00:31:43.819
 were

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.420
 aware

00:31:44.420 --> 00:31:44.879
 of

00:31:44.879 --> 00:31:45.039
 this

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:45.519
 event

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:46.399
 that

00:31:46.399 --> 00:31:46.539
 had

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:46.960
 happened

00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:48.319
 Jesus

00:31:48.319 --> 00:31:48.779
 is

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.720
 trustworthy

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.139
 witness

00:31:50.139 --> 00:31:50.359
 to

00:31:50.359 --> 00:31:50.639
 who

00:31:50.639 --> 00:31:50.879
 he

00:31:50.879 --> 00:31:51.399
 is

00:31:51.399 --> 00:31:52.379
 and

00:31:52.379 --> 00:31:52.480
 he

00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:52.660
 should

00:31:52.660 --> 00:31:53.000
 be

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:54.559
 trusted

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:56.799
 notice

00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:57.220
 lastly

00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:57.399
 that

00:31:57.399 --> 00:31:57.619
 Jesus

00:31:57.619 --> 00:31:58.000
 is

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.799
 the

00:31:58.799 --> 00:31:59.319
 righteous

00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:00.139
 judge

00:32:00.139 --> 00:32:00.639
 verses

00:32:00.639 --> 00:32:01.319
 15

00:32:01.319 --> 00:32:02.519
 through

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:02.960
 17

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:04.099
 he

00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:04.440
 says

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:04.599
 you

00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:05.039
 judge

00:32:05.039 --> 00:32:05.379
 according

00:32:05.379 --> 00:32:05.779
 to

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:05.899
 the

00:32:05.899 --> 00:32:06.240
 flesh

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:08.079
 I

00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:08.319
 judge

00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:08.619
 no

00:32:08.619 --> 00:32:08.980
 one

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:10.359
 yet

00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:10.639
 even

00:32:10.639 --> 00:32:10.799
 if

00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:10.940
 I

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:11.339
 do

00:32:11.339 --> 00:32:11.839
 judge

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.099
 my

00:32:12.099 --> 00:32:12.659
 judgment

00:32:12.659 --> 00:32:12.940
 is

00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:13.379
 true

00:32:13.379 --> 00:32:13.639
 for

00:32:13.639 --> 00:32:13.740
 it

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:13.819
 is

00:32:13.819 --> 00:32:14.000
 not

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.339
 I

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:14.679
 alone

00:32:14.679 --> 00:32:14.879
 who

00:32:14.879 --> 00:32:15.259
 judge

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.440
 but

00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:15.940
 I

00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:16.579
 and

00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:16.720
 the

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.079
 father

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:18.839
 who

00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:19.119
 sent

00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:19.399
 me

00:32:19.399 --> 00:32:22.039
 now

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:22.139
 you

00:32:22.139 --> 00:32:22.460
 may

00:32:22.460 --> 00:32:23.200
 find

00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:23.440
 some

00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:24.359
 trouble

00:32:24.359 --> 00:32:24.679
 with

00:32:24.679 --> 00:32:24.979
 this

00:32:24.979 --> 00:32:25.299
 on

00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:25.699
 first

00:32:25.699 --> 00:32:26.500
 glance

00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:26.659
 in

00:32:26.659 --> 00:32:26.759
 fact

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:26.879
 I

00:32:26.879 --> 00:32:27.039
 hope

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.179
 you

00:32:27.179 --> 00:32:27.359
 do

00:32:27.359 --> 00:32:27.479
 I

00:32:27.479 --> 00:32:27.579
 hope

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:27.699
 you're

00:32:27.699 --> 00:32:28.019
 thinking

00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:28.179
 I

00:32:28.179 --> 00:32:28.279
 hope

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:28.399
 you're

00:32:28.399 --> 00:32:28.859
 engaged

00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:29.199
 enough

00:32:29.199 --> 00:32:29.339
 to

00:32:29.339 --> 00:32:29.459
 go

00:32:29.459 --> 00:32:29.659
 wait

00:32:29.659 --> 00:32:29.799
 a

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.119
 second

00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:31.240
 he

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.379
 just

00:32:31.379 --> 00:32:31.519
 said

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:31.619
 he

00:32:31.619 --> 00:32:31.799
 judges

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.179
 nowhere

00:32:32.179 --> 00:32:32.399
 but

00:32:32.399 --> 00:32:32.599
 yet

00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:33.119
 even

00:32:33.119 --> 00:32:33.259
 if

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:33.319
 he

00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:33.599
 does

00:32:33.599 --> 00:32:34.419
 judge

00:32:34.419 --> 00:32:34.619
 he

00:32:34.619 --> 00:32:34.819
 has

00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:35.000
 a

00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:35.699
 true

00:32:35.699 --> 00:32:36.699
 judgment

00:32:36.699 --> 00:32:37.139
 here's

00:32:37.139 --> 00:32:37.319
 what's

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:37.659
 happening

00:32:37.659 --> 00:32:38.899
 he

00:32:38.899 --> 00:32:39.199
 says

00:32:39.199 --> 00:32:39.339
 to

00:32:39.339 --> 00:32:39.599
 them

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:40.019
 you

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.539
 judge

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:41.059
 according

00:32:41.059 --> 00:32:41.719
 to

00:32:41.719 --> 00:32:42.439
 the

00:32:42.439 --> 00:32:42.779
 flesh

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:42.979
 you're

00:32:42.979 --> 00:32:43.179
 looking

00:32:43.179 --> 00:32:43.359
 at

00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:43.519
 the

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:43.919
 outward

00:32:43.919 --> 00:32:44.879
 appearance

00:32:44.879 --> 00:32:46.099
 you're

00:32:46.099 --> 00:32:46.379
 not

00:32:46.379 --> 00:32:47.059
 spiritually

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:47.740
 discerning

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:48.099
 who

00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:48.579
 I

00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:49.639
 am

00:32:49.639 --> 00:32:49.639


00:32:50.659 --> 00:32:50.719
 and

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:51.160
 I

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:51.420
 have

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:51.620
 no

00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:52.000
 part

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.259
 in

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:52.539
 that

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:53.059
 kind

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:53.299
 of

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:54.120
 judgment

00:32:54.120 --> 00:32:54.380
 it's

00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:54.539
 what's

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:54.680
 being

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:55.200
 communicated

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:55.380
 in

00:32:55.380 --> 00:32:55.660
 verse

00:32:55.660 --> 00:32:56.640
 15

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:57.700
 it's

00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:57.980
 that

00:32:57.980 --> 00:32:58.400
 sort

00:32:58.400 --> 00:32:58.559
 of

00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:58.880
 judgment

00:32:58.880 --> 00:32:59.079
 the

00:32:59.079 --> 00:32:59.380
 judgment

00:32:59.380 --> 00:32:59.740
 that is

00:32:59.740 --> 00:33:00.220
 according

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:01.039
 to the

00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:01.380
 flesh

00:33:01.380 --> 00:33:01.720
 that he

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:02.039
 does

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:02.700
 not

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.000
 do

00:33:03.000 --> 00:33:03.259
 but

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:03.579
 if

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:03.900
 he

00:33:03.900 --> 00:33:05.019
 does

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:05.640
 show

00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:05.740
 you

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:05.980
 why

00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.200
 yet

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:06.420
 even

00:33:06.420 --> 00:33:06.519
 if

00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:06.640
 I

00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:06.859
 do

00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:07.240
 judge

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:07.660
 my

00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:08.000
 judgment

00:33:08.000 --> 00:33:08.519
 is

00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:09.400
 true

00:33:09.400 --> 00:33:10.500
 because

00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:10.599
 he

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:10.720
 is

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.299
 God

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:12.140
 for

00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:12.279
 it

00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:12.359
 is

00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:12.559
 not

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:12.839
 I

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:13.460
 alone

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:13.740
 who

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:14.299
 judge

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:14.579
 but

00:33:14.579 --> 00:33:15.140
 I

00:33:15.140 --> 00:33:15.559
 and

00:33:15.559 --> 00:33:15.799
 the

00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:16.339
 father

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:17.460
 who

00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:17.799
 sent

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:17.960
 me

00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:18.160
 so

00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:18.500
 his

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:19.059
 judgment

00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.500
 is

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:19.779
 a

00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:20.700
 spiritual

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.980
 judgment

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.619
 spiritually

00:33:22.619 --> 00:33:23.480
 discerning

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:24.420
 judgment

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:25.059
 he

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.319
 and

00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:25.420
 the

00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:25.759
 father

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:27.299
 who

00:33:27.299 --> 00:33:27.579
 sent

00:33:27.579 --> 00:33:27.859
 him

00:33:27.859 --> 00:33:29.539
 we

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:29.720
 know

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:29.960
 that

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:31.279
 Jesus

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:31.539
 was

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:31.759
 sent

00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:32.279
 to

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:32.720
 judge

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:34.559
 John

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:34.759
 chapter

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.039
 5

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:35.200
 verse

00:33:35.200 --> 00:33:35.700
 27

00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:36.559
 and

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:36.640
 he

00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:36.759
 has

00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:36.980
 given

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:37.140
 him

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.579
 authority

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.000
 to

00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.440
 execute

00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:38.960
 judgment

00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.600
 because

00:33:39.600 --> 00:33:39.980
 he

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.380
 is

00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:40.559
 the

00:33:40.559 --> 00:33:40.880
 son

00:33:40.880 --> 00:33:41.460
 of

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.539
 man

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:42.759
 God

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:42.880
 the

00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:43.140
 father

00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:43.420
 given

00:33:43.420 --> 00:33:43.620
 to

00:33:43.620 --> 00:33:44.299
 the

00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:44.600
 son

00:33:44.600 --> 00:33:45.440
 authority

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:45.759
 to

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.480
 execute

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.839
 judgment

00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:48.819
 and

00:33:48.819 --> 00:33:48.960
 then

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:49.240
 John

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.660
 9

00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:49.799
 in

00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:49.980
 verse

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.400
 39

00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:51.000
 Jesus

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:51.500
 says

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:51.720
 for

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:52.259
 judgment

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.680
 I

00:33:52.680 --> 00:33:53.180
 came

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:53.519
 into

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:53.759
 this

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:54.200
 world

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:54.819
 that

00:33:54.819 --> 00:33:55.360
 those

00:33:55.360 --> 00:33:55.539
 who

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:55.759
 do

00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:56.000
 not

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.480
 see

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:57.100
 may

00:33:57.100 --> 00:33:57.600
 see

00:33:57.600 --> 00:33:58.299
 and

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:58.799
 those

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.019
 who

00:33:59.019 --> 00:33:59.519
 see

00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:00.720
 may

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.019
 become

00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:01.480
 blind

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:03.400
 on

00:34:03.400 --> 00:34:03.500
 the

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:03.740
 basis

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.079
 of

00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:04.839
 faith

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:05.779
 that

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:06.099
 he

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:06.680
 is

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:08.240
 the

00:34:08.240 --> 00:34:08.699
 Christ

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:11.559
 Jesus

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:13.340
 is

00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:13.480
 the

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:13.619
 light

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:13.699
 of

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:13.800
 the

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.099
 world

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:16.360
 would

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:16.460
 you

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:16.900
 follow

00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:17.240
 him

00:34:17.240 --> 00:34:17.440
 that

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:17.579
 you

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:17.780
 may

00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:18.099
 have

00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.320
 the

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:18.740
 light

00:34:18.740 --> 00:34:19.880
 of

00:34:19.880 --> 00:34:20.260
 life

00:34:20.260 --> 00:34:21.340
 he

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:21.460
 is

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:21.579
 a

00:34:21.579 --> 00:34:21.960
 trustworthy

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.559
 witness

00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:23.380
 to

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:23.500
 who

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:23.519
 he

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:23.679
 says

00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:23.820
 he

00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:24.179
 is

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:24.320
 and

00:34:24.320 --> 00:34:24.480
 he

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:24.880
 is

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.840
 the

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:26.079
 righteous

00:34:26.079 --> 00:34:26.480
 judge

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:26.639
 he

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:26.800
 will

00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:27.240
 return

00:34:27.240 --> 00:34:27.699
 one

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:28.000
 day

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:28.179
 and

00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:28.360
 he

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:28.760
 will

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:29.579
 judge

00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:30.539
 rightly

00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:31.699
 based

00:34:31.699 --> 00:34:31.860
 on

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:32.279
 faith

00:34:32.279 --> 00:34:33.519
 in

00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:33.820
 him

00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:35.619
 if

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:35.719
 you

00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:35.900
 have

00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:36.259
 yet

00:34:36.259 --> 00:34:36.759
 to

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 spiritually

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 discerned

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 this

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 pray

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 that

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 you

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 would

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 ask

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 for

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 God's

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 favor

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 on

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 you

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 that

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 he

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 would

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.340
 help

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 you

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 come

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 alive

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 and

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 see

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 the

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 Jesus

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 of

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 the

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 scripture

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 to

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 know

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 him

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 to

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 come

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 to

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 him

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 for

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 the

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 salvation

00:34:53.279 --> 00:34:53.960
 of

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 your

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:54.420
 soul

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 if

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 you

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 have

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 already

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 praise

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 God

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 this

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 was

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 not

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 our

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 own

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 doing

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 it's

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 not

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 our

00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:04.240
 wills

00:35:04.240 --> 00:35:04.360
 that

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:04.599
 got

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 us

00:35:04.740 --> 00:35:05.000
 there

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 but

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:05.380
 we

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:05.559
 were

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:06.079
 born

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:06.780
 of

00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:07.960
 him

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 let's

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 pray

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 together