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 If you have your Bible with you, please open it up to John chapter 10.

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 John chapter 10, we are coming down to verse 22 here, a new section.

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 John chapter 22, John chapter 10 verse 22.

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 Let me read the first couple of verses for us this morning.

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 Then came the festival of dedication at Jerusalem.

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 It was winter, and Jesus was in the temple courts, walking in Solomon's colonnade.

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 So John now gives us a sense of the timeline here in his account of the story of Jesus.

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 And the last clear indication that we had of that was back in chapter 7 verse 1,

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 where he told us it was the Feast of Tabernacles.

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 And it seems that most of what's happened in between then and now happened closer to the Feast of Tabernacles.

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 But now John kind of fast forwards a few months.

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 The Feast of Tabernacles happened in the fall.

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 And this is now another festival, the Festival of Dedication happening in Jerusalem,

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 which happens in kind of our calendar in December.

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 And there's another major event that comes in the story of Jesus here.

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 So I'm going to just share with you a little bit of what the Festival of Dedication is about.

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 It's not a festival that was commanded in the Old Testament.

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 In fact, it only started being celebrated 200 years or so before Jesus.

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 It's known today as Hanukkah.

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 And it marked the date that the Jews revolted against an oppressive ruler,

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 the Syrian Antiochus Epiphanes.

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 They regained independence.

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 They recaptured the temple and they reconsecrated it and rededicated it to God.

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 And then every year after that, they began to celebrate this.

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 It was also called the Feast of Lights.

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 There's lots more that could be said about it, but that's the gist.

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 And John tells us that this is the occasion of the next part of the story of Jesus.

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 This festival is on and the people, again, as they usually do,

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 all kind of converge on Jerusalem to celebrate and mark the festival.

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 It's now winter.

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 And Jesus, John tells us, was in the temple courts walking in Solomon's colonnade.

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 That was kind of a covered part of the temple, like a portico with large pillars.

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 So Jesus is walking there.

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 And John tells us in verse 24,

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 The Jews who were there gathered around Jesus, saying,

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 How long will you keep us in suspense?

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 If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.

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 This is somewhat amusing to read in the original language.

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 A little more literally, they say,

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 How long will you take away our lives?

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 Tell us plainly if you are the Christ, the Messiah.

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 In other words, stop wasting our time and just tell us.

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 Are you the Messiah or aren't you?

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 Verse 25,

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 Jesus answered,

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 I did tell you,

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 but you do not believe.

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 The works I do in my Father's name testify about me,

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 but you do not believe because you are not my sheep.

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 My sheep listen to my voice.

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 I know them,

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 and they follow me.

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 So the Jews gathered around him.

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 They're asking Jesus to tell them plainly whether he is the Messiah.

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 And Jesus says,

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 I already told you,

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 and you do not believe.

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 Notice that it's the present tense,

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 like you do not believe in me.

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 Even now, in this moment,

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 you still do not believe.

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 And we might be tempted to think,

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 well,

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 that's a pretty reasonable question

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 that they're asking.

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 Like,

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 Jesus,

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 we've been waiting patiently for a long time now.

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 We've been following your story.

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 How long are you going to leave us wondering?

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 But judging by what Jesus says to them in response,

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 this is not the kind of question that they're asking.

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 Jesus makes it crystal clear.

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 They have already heard the things that he's been saying.

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 I did tell you.

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 They have already seen the works that he's been doing,

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 the miracles,

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 the signs,

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 the things I do in my Father's name.

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 They bear witness about me.

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 And yet they are still refusing to believe Jesus.

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 More likely,

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 this question that they're asking

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 is an attempt to subtly pressure Jesus

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 into making the claim outright,

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 publicly,

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 to be the Messiah.

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 And they're hoping to use that against him.

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 to accuse him,

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 to go after him.

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 Jesus says to them,

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 I did tell you.

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 Now,

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 it's not as though Jesus has publicly said,

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 I am the Messiah.

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 He did say that,

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 pretty much word for word,

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 in private,

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 to various individuals.

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 the woman at the well,

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 in John chapter 4.

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 He said,

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 not quite in word for word,

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 but basically said,

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 I am the Messiah to his disciples,

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 in Matthew 16.

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 He said,

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 what equates to,

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 I am the Messiah,

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 to the man who had been born blind,

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 when he tells him that he's the Son of Man,

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 just a couple chapters ago.

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 But Jesus has never publicly,

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 and openly declared word for word,

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 I am the Messiah.

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 In the more public settings,

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 he often uses metaphors,

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 and analogies.

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 But to anybody who's been listening,

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 it's pretty obvious,

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 that in all these metaphors,

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 and analogies,

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 Jesus is basically saying,

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 I am the Messiah.

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 He's told them that he's been sent from heaven.

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 He's told them that he speaks for his father,

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 God.

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 He's told them that he's the Son of Man,

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 and all the messianic meaning,

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 that goes with that,

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 we've talked about.

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 He's told them that he's the bread of life,

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 the bread of heaven,

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 the light of the world.

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 Back in John chapter 5,

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 he's told them that he's the one,

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 who will judge at the end,

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 with the authority given to him by God.

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 And now here in John chapter 10,

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 he's told them that he is the true shepherd,

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 of God's flock.

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 The one who will shepherd,

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 and lead God's sheep.

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 Just like King David,

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 was God's chosen shepherd,

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 and king long ago.

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 So,

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 I did tell you,

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 says Jesus.

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 Not only did I tell you,

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 but the works that I am doing,

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 in my father's name,

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 testify about me.

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 You want some evidence?

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 Some proof that I am the Messiah?

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 Look at the things that I've been doing.

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 The miracles,

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 the healings,

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 the signs.

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 They're things only God can do.

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 You've heard all I've done,

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 and you've seen all I've done,

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 all I've done,

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 and yet you do not believe me.

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 And then Jesus goes a step further,

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 in verse 26,

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 and tells them why they don't believe.

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 You do not believe,

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 because you are not my sheep.

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 Or as some translations say,

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 because you are not of,

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 you are not among my sheep.

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 We're going to leave that one alone for today.

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 It's not the first time we've heard something like that,

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 that Jesus said,

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 and it requires careful consideration.

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 We might come back to it in the weeks ahead.

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 But for today,

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 it's enough simply to say,

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 the reason they refuse to believe in Jesus,

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 even though they've seen his works,

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 and heard his words,

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 is that they are not his sheep.

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 Jesus then goes on to tell us,

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 what is true about his sheep,

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 again,

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 here in verse 27.

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 Three things.

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 He says,

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 my sheep listen to my voice.

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 I know them,

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 and they follow me.

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 They listen to my voice.

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 And here,

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 listening implies more than just listening.

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 It implies faith.

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 It implies obedience.

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 It's not just that they hear what Jesus is saying,

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 like these Jews that he's talking to right now.

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 It's that they listen.

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 They really listen to him.

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 They accept his words.

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 They obey them.

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 They follow me,

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 says Jesus.

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 They do what I ask them to do.

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 They recognize me as their leader,

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 their shepherd,

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 their Messiah.

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 Verse 28.

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 Jesus goes on.

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 He says,

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 I give them,

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 that's my sheep,

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 I give my sheep eternal life,

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 and they shall never perish.

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 No one will snatch them out of my hand.

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 Here it is again.

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 Jesus declares plainly

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 that he will give eternal life

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 to his people.

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 Life that lasts forever.

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 He says that for his sheep,

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 they will never perish.

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 And this translation in English

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 is a little bit flat.

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 Literally,

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 it's,

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 they will not ever perish

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 unto the ages.

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 It's a very emphatic way of saying it.

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 They will live forever and ever

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 and never.

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 Not die,

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 but perish.

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 He's not saying they will never die,

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 but rather that he will give to them

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 everlasting life.

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 Life that goes on forever.

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 And we know from other places

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 in this gospel

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 that that everlasting part

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 of this life

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 will begin after they die.

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 When Jesus,

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 as he said earlier,

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 raises them

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 back to life from the dead

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 at the last day.

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 And we'll hear more about the resurrection

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 in the chapter ahead.

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 I give them eternal life

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 and they shall never perish.

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 No one will snatch them

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 out of my hand.

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 I love this statement

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 that Jesus makes.

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 This is Jesus' way of saying,

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 you see these sheep of mine,

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 these followers of mine,

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 you can't touch them.

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 Let's think about these words.

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 These words about snatching the sheep

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 take us back to what Jesus said

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 a few months earlier,

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 earlier in chapter 10.

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 He was telling us there,

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 really likening the Pharisees

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 to thieves and robbers.

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 Talking about how

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 the true shepherd uses the gate,

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 but those who aren't

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 the true shepherd,

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 they go in another way.

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 Like they climb over the wall

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 to try and snatch the sheep.

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 He talked about how

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 thieves and robbers

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 only really come around

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 for one purpose.

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 To steal.

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 To kill.

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 To destroy.

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 They come to snatch

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 the sheep for themselves.

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 To steal them away

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 from their true shepherd.

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 He also likened

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 the religious leaders,

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 the Pharisees,

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 to the wolf.

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 He talked about

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 how the wolf comes around

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 and when he does,

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 the hired hand runs away

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 and then the wolf

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 attacks the sheep.

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 That's actually the same word

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 for snatch.

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 It literally means

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 to make off

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 with someone's property

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 by attacking,

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 by seizing,

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 by stealing,

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 carrying off,

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 dragging away.

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 And here Jesus says,

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 no one will snatch them.

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 my sheep

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 from my hand.

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 And to really appreciate this,

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 I think we need to put ourselves

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 as best we can

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 in the shoes

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 of Jesus' disciples

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 right now.

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 Imagine that you're

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 one of them.

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 You're standing there

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 right now

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 in Solomon's portico

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 watching this unfold

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 between Jesus

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 and these Jews,

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 probably many of them

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 Pharisees

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 or religious leaders.

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 here in this moment,

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 the sparks are flying

00:12:41.879 --> 00:12:43.560
 between Jesus

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 and the religious leaders.

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 They want Jesus dead.

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 They hate him.

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 They've been plotting

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 and scheming

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 for some time now

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 about how to take

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 this guy out.

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 How do you think

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 the disciples of Jesus

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 are feeling right now

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 in the midst of this?

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 Do you think

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 they feel safe?

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 Do you think

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 they feel safe?

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 their master,

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 who they know

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 is the Messiah,

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 is a wanted man.

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 And he's a little bit

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 outnumbered,

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 it seems.

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 Even though he's managed

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 to avoid arrest

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 so far,

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 even though he's been able

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 to outmaneuver

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 the Pharisees

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 in all of these

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 public encounters

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 up to this point,

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 things are continuing

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 to heat up.

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 the tension is rising

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 between Jesus

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 and the religious leaders.

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 In fact,

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 in just the next chapter

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 after Lazarus dies,

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 Jesus will say

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 to his disciples,

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 let's go back

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 to Judea,

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 to Bethany,

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 the village of Lazarus,

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 which is like

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 right next door

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 to Jerusalem.

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 And what does

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 the disciples say

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 when Jesus says

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 this to them?

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 They say,

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 but Rabbi,

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 a short while ago,

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 the Jews there

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 tried to stone you.

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 Like,

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 we can't go back there.

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 It's not safe.

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 Thomas,

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 one of Jesus' disciples,

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 actually said,

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 great,

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 let's go

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 and we'll all die

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 with him.

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 So what's unfolding

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 right now

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 that we're hearing

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 is the reason

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 why the disciples

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 are afraid.

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 They don't feel safe.

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 this situation

00:14:26.839 --> 00:14:27.620
 between Jesus

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 and the Jews,

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 the Pharisees,

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 the religious leaders,

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 it feels dangerous.

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 And yet,

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 what does Jesus say

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 in the midst of all this?

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 He says,

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 no one

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 will snatch

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 my sheep

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 out of my hand.

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 This is a word

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 both for his disciples

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 and for his opponents.

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 to his disciples,

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 it means,

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 don't worry about them.

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 Don't fret about them.

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 They will not get you.

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 Your life

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 is in my hand

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 and it's safe

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 in my hand.

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 This is a word

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 for his disciples.

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 But it's also a word

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 to these Jews

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 who aren't his sheep,

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 Jesus' opponents.

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 to them,

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 it means,

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 you can try

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 your hardest

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 to go after

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 my sheep,

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 my people.

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 You can try

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 to draw them away.

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 You can try

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 to poison them

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 against me.

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 You can try

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 to hurt them.

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 But no matter

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 how hard you try,

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 you will fail.

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 No one

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 can snatch them

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 from my hand.

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 No one

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 can steal them

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 away from me.

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 They are my sheep.

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 I am their shepherd

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 and they are secure

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 in my hand.

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 And then Jesus

00:15:52.840 --> 00:15:53.639
 takes it a step

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 beyond that.

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 In case there's

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 any doubt,

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 verse 29,

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 Jesus says,

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 my father

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 who has given

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 them to me

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 is greater

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 than all.

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 No one

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 can snatch

00:16:05.379 --> 00:16:05.700
 them out

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 of my father's

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 hand.

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 I love this.

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 It reminds me

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 of all those

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 silly little arguments

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 I had with other

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 kids at the playground.

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 background.

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 This is probably

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 more a thing

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 for boys,

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 but maybe you

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 remember those

00:16:17.860 --> 00:16:19.080
 little things.

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 Like,

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 you better stop

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 trying to hurt

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 my friend.

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 I'm going to

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 punch you

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 in the face.

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 Well,

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 if you do that,

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 I'm going to

00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:27.320
 get my dad

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 and he's going

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 to come

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 and he's going

00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:28.899
 to punch

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 you in the head.

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 Well,

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 then I'll get

00:16:31.019 --> 00:16:31.539
 my dad

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 and my dad

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 knows karate

00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:33.360
 and he'll

00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:34.460
 block your dad's

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 punch and

00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:35.560
 punch him

00:16:35.560 --> 00:16:36.399
 right out.

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 All the things

00:16:39.180 --> 00:16:39.639
 that we said

00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:40.139
 to each other

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 when we were

00:16:40.560 --> 00:16:40.940
 kids,

00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:41.700
 at least us

00:16:41.700 --> 00:16:42.080
 boys.

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 this is a

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 little bit

00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:46.259
 like that,

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 but this is

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 the holy

00:16:47.280 --> 00:16:47.860
 and righteous

00:16:47.860 --> 00:16:48.580
 version of

00:16:48.580 --> 00:16:48.900
 that.

00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:49.660
 You can

00:16:49.660 --> 00:16:50.120
 try to

00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:50.820
 snatch them

00:16:50.820 --> 00:16:51.620
 out of my

00:16:51.620 --> 00:16:52.060
 hand,

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 but let me

00:16:53.340 --> 00:16:54.259
 tell you a

00:16:54.259 --> 00:16:54.840
 little secret.

00:16:55.040 --> 00:16:55.940
 My father,

00:16:56.720 --> 00:16:57.180
 God,

00:16:57.420 --> 00:16:58.220
 is holding

00:16:58.220 --> 00:16:59.000
 them too

00:16:59.000 --> 00:17:00.460
 in his

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 hand.

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 And he's

00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:02.060
 the greatest

00:17:02.060 --> 00:17:02.560
 that there

00:17:02.560 --> 00:17:02.920
 is.

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 He's the

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 strongest,

00:17:05.019 --> 00:17:05.299
 he's the

00:17:05.299 --> 00:17:06.000
 most powerful.

00:17:06.900 --> 00:17:07.259
 Nobody

00:17:07.259 --> 00:17:08.240
 can snatch

00:17:08.240 --> 00:17:08.559
 them out

00:17:08.559 --> 00:17:08.900
 of his

00:17:08.900 --> 00:17:09.220
 hand.

00:17:09.220 --> 00:17:12.339
 I hold

00:17:12.339 --> 00:17:12.860
 my sheep

00:17:12.860 --> 00:17:13.360
 safe and

00:17:13.360 --> 00:17:13.839
 secure and

00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:14.120
 at the

00:17:14.120 --> 00:17:14.799
 same time,

00:17:15.180 --> 00:17:15.539
 so does

00:17:15.539 --> 00:17:15.779
 he.

00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:17.720
 And then

00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:18.360
 Jesus says

00:17:18.360 --> 00:17:19.299
 it in

00:17:19.299 --> 00:17:19.880
 verse 30.

00:17:22.279 --> 00:17:23.299
 I and

00:17:23.299 --> 00:17:23.839
 the father

00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:25.339
 are one.

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 I love

00:17:28.019 --> 00:17:28.220
 it.

00:17:29.039 --> 00:17:30.059
 The ultimate

00:17:30.059 --> 00:17:30.720
 statement

00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:32.680
 of unity

00:17:32.680 --> 00:17:33.360
 between

00:17:33.360 --> 00:17:34.000
 father and

00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:35.059
 son said

00:17:35.059 --> 00:17:35.799
 by anyone

00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:36.299
 else,

00:17:37.819 --> 00:17:38.360
 absolute

00:17:38.360 --> 00:17:39.160
 blasphemy,

00:17:39.220 --> 00:17:40.319
 but by

00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:40.920
 the divine

00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:41.460
 son of

00:17:41.460 --> 00:17:41.839
 God,

00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:42.700
 the word

00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:43.400
 who became

00:17:43.400 --> 00:17:44.059
 flesh.

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 This is

00:17:45.220 --> 00:17:45.860
 the truth

00:17:45.860 --> 00:17:46.700
 about who

00:17:46.700 --> 00:17:47.539
 Jesus is.

00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:48.059
 It's as

00:17:48.059 --> 00:17:48.600
 though Jesus

00:17:48.600 --> 00:17:49.259
 is saying,

00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:50.279
 not only do

00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:50.860
 we work

00:17:50.860 --> 00:17:51.460
 together,

00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:52.299
 my father

00:17:52.299 --> 00:17:52.819
 and I,

00:17:53.539 --> 00:17:55.700
 but we

00:17:55.700 --> 00:17:56.019
 are

00:17:56.019 --> 00:17:57.000
 together

00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:57.920
 one.

00:17:58.900 --> 00:17:59.559
 One

00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:00.279
 and the

00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:00.640
 same

00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:01.360
 God.

00:18:06.860 --> 00:18:07.539
 Again,

00:18:07.779 --> 00:18:08.380
 his Jewish

00:18:08.380 --> 00:18:08.900
 opponents

00:18:08.900 --> 00:18:09.760
 picked up

00:18:09.760 --> 00:18:10.260
 stones

00:18:10.260 --> 00:18:11.360
 to stone

00:18:11.360 --> 00:18:12.000
 him.

00:18:13.280 --> 00:18:14.020
 But Jesus

00:18:14.020 --> 00:18:14.460
 said to

00:18:14.460 --> 00:18:14.660
 them,

00:18:15.660 --> 00:18:16.120
 I have

00:18:16.120 --> 00:18:16.500
 shown you

00:18:16.500 --> 00:18:17.120
 many good

00:18:17.120 --> 00:18:17.620
 works from

00:18:17.620 --> 00:18:18.140
 the father.

00:18:19.140 --> 00:18:19.720
 For which

00:18:19.720 --> 00:18:20.260
 of these

00:18:20.260 --> 00:18:20.640
 do you

00:18:20.640 --> 00:18:21.160
 stone me?

00:18:22.660 --> 00:18:23.260
 We are

00:18:23.260 --> 00:18:23.860
 not stoning

00:18:23.860 --> 00:18:24.280
 you for

00:18:24.280 --> 00:18:24.740
 any good

00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:25.120
 work,

00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:25.760
 they replied,

00:18:26.080 --> 00:18:26.780
 but for

00:18:26.780 --> 00:18:27.500
 blasphemy,

00:18:28.220 --> 00:18:29.000
 because you,

00:18:29.140 --> 00:18:29.980
 a mere man,

00:18:30.300 --> 00:18:31.000
 claim to be

00:18:31.000 --> 00:18:31.480
 God.

00:18:31.480 --> 00:18:31.519
 God,

00:18:31.960 --> 00:18:34.799
 the Jews

00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:35.079
 who were

00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:35.539
 there that

00:18:35.539 --> 00:18:36.259
 day understood

00:18:36.259 --> 00:18:37.180
 perfectly well

00:18:37.180 --> 00:18:37.779
 what Jesus

00:18:37.779 --> 00:18:38.460
 was claiming

00:18:38.460 --> 00:18:39.480
 when he

00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:39.660
 said,

00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:40.120
 I and the

00:18:40.120 --> 00:18:40.640
 father are

00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:40.960
 one.

00:18:42.180 --> 00:18:43.000
 It was a

00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:43.539
 claim to

00:18:43.539 --> 00:18:44.120
 share in

00:18:44.120 --> 00:18:44.599
 the same

00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:45.480
 divine nature

00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:46.279
 as God,

00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:48.059
 to be

00:18:48.059 --> 00:18:48.539
 united,

00:18:48.839 --> 00:18:49.120
 to be

00:18:49.120 --> 00:18:49.920
 one with

00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:50.460
 God,

00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:51.860
 the father.

00:18:53.440 --> 00:18:54.240
 I asked a

00:18:54.240 --> 00:18:54.680
 little earlier

00:18:54.680 --> 00:18:55.200
 if you thought

00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:55.759
 the disciples

00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:56.319
 of Jesus

00:18:56.319 --> 00:18:57.299
 felt safe.

00:18:57.299 --> 00:18:58.980
 how about

00:18:58.980 --> 00:18:59.339
 now?

00:19:01.119 --> 00:19:01.480
 Jesus'

00:19:01.680 --> 00:19:01.960
 opponents

00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:03.440
 now have

00:19:03.440 --> 00:19:04.519
 stones in

00:19:04.519 --> 00:19:05.220
 their hand

00:19:05.220 --> 00:19:06.339
 and they're

00:19:06.339 --> 00:19:06.839
 ready to

00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:07.460
 let fly.

00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:10.180
 I can only

00:19:10.180 --> 00:19:10.759
 imagine the

00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:11.119
 disciples'

00:19:11.299 --> 00:19:12.319
 hearts probably

00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:13.180
 pounding,

00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:14.599
 racing,

00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:15.980
 and their

00:19:15.980 --> 00:19:16.359
 thoughts,

00:19:16.559 --> 00:19:16.940
 what do we

00:19:16.940 --> 00:19:17.159
 do?

00:19:17.240 --> 00:19:17.779
 Do we run?

00:19:18.740 --> 00:19:19.200
 Where are we

00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:19.599
 going to meet

00:19:19.599 --> 00:19:20.480
 up later with

00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:21.119
 Jesus if we

00:19:21.119 --> 00:19:21.599
 get away?

00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:22.259
 What do we

00:19:22.259 --> 00:19:22.579
 do?

00:19:24.700 --> 00:19:25.519
 Well, for the

00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:26.159
 moment, Jesus

00:19:26.159 --> 00:19:27.079
 manages to hold

00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:27.740
 the stones at

00:19:27.740 --> 00:19:28.919
 bay simply

00:19:28.919 --> 00:19:30.039
 by speaking.

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 He asks them

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 a question.

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 He calls

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 them to

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 consider again

00:19:35.299 --> 00:19:36.220
 the good

00:19:36.220 --> 00:19:36.779
 works that

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 he has been

00:19:37.299 --> 00:19:37.659
 doing.

00:19:39.720 --> 00:19:40.379
 Could he

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 be doing

00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:42.240
 such things,

00:19:42.539 --> 00:19:43.039
 the things

00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:43.679
 of God,

00:19:44.199 --> 00:19:44.720
 while at

00:19:44.720 --> 00:19:45.259
 the same

00:19:45.259 --> 00:19:46.579
 time blaspheming

00:19:46.579 --> 00:19:48.059
 God and

00:19:48.059 --> 00:19:48.759
 trying to steal

00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:49.339
 his glory?

00:19:51.659 --> 00:19:52.539
 But sadly,

00:19:52.699 --> 00:19:52.919
 Jesus'

00:19:53.099 --> 00:19:54.559
 opponents don't

00:19:54.559 --> 00:19:55.079
 seem to care

00:19:55.079 --> 00:19:55.799
 too much about

00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:56.659
 the countless

00:19:56.660 --> 00:19:58.240
 signs and

00:19:58.240 --> 00:19:58.880
 miracles that

00:19:58.880 --> 00:19:59.160
 he's been

00:19:59.160 --> 00:19:59.420
 doing.

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 It's just

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 like earlier,

00:20:00.580 --> 00:20:01.180
 the Pharisees,

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 they didn't

00:20:01.540 --> 00:20:02.019
 give a rip

00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:02.460
 about the

00:20:02.460 --> 00:20:02.840
 man who

00:20:02.840 --> 00:20:03.259
 had been

00:20:03.259 --> 00:20:03.980
 born blind

00:20:03.980 --> 00:20:04.279
 that was

00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:04.900
 now healed.

00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.200
 They're

00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:06.779
 focused on

00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:07.460
 one thing,

00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:10.100
 taking Jesus

00:20:10.100 --> 00:20:10.800
 out.

00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:14.400
 Verse 33,

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 we are not

00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:17.060
 stoning you

00:20:17.060 --> 00:20:17.500
 for any

00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:18.160
 good work,

00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:19.180
 but for

00:20:19.180 --> 00:20:19.820
 blasphemy

00:20:19.820 --> 00:20:20.519
 because you,

00:20:20.680 --> 00:20:21.140
 a mere

00:20:21.140 --> 00:20:22.040
 man,

00:20:22.900 --> 00:20:24.040
 claim to

00:20:24.040 --> 00:20:24.600
 be God.

00:20:26.280 --> 00:20:27.140
 This is at

00:20:27.140 --> 00:20:27.600
 the heart of

00:20:27.600 --> 00:20:28.060
 the issue.

00:20:29.040 --> 00:20:30.060
 In the eyes

00:20:30.060 --> 00:20:30.460
 of these

00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:30.940
 Jews,

00:20:32.100 --> 00:20:33.300
 Jesus is

00:20:33.300 --> 00:20:33.820
 just a

00:20:33.820 --> 00:20:34.120
 man,

00:20:34.880 --> 00:20:35.980
 a mere

00:20:35.980 --> 00:20:36.640
 man,

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 and therefore

00:20:38.980 --> 00:20:39.600
 they accuse

00:20:39.600 --> 00:20:39.880
 him of

00:20:39.880 --> 00:20:40.460
 blasphemy,

00:20:41.180 --> 00:20:41.880
 despite the

00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:42.400
 fact that he

00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:42.840
 is doing

00:20:42.840 --> 00:20:43.360
 the things

00:20:43.360 --> 00:20:44.100
 that only

00:20:44.100 --> 00:20:44.900
 God can

00:20:44.900 --> 00:20:45.240
 do.

00:20:49.060 --> 00:20:49.700
 So the

00:20:49.700 --> 00:20:50.160
 stones are

00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:50.500
 ready to

00:20:50.500 --> 00:20:50.900
 fly at

00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:51.220
 Jesus.

00:20:53.860 --> 00:20:54.519
 And let's

00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:55.200
 imagine for a

00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:56.120
 moment again

00:20:56.120 --> 00:20:57.100
 that you are

00:20:57.100 --> 00:20:57.560
 one of his

00:20:57.560 --> 00:20:58.040
 disciples.

00:20:59.259 --> 00:21:00.000
 Let me ask

00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:00.300
 you again,

00:21:00.380 --> 00:21:00.759
 do you feel

00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:01.720
 safe in this

00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:02.060
 moment?

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:04.880
 And yet,

00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:05.320
 even though

00:21:05.320 --> 00:21:05.840
 they might not

00:21:05.840 --> 00:21:06.580
 feel safe,

00:21:07.580 --> 00:21:08.800
 they are

00:21:08.800 --> 00:21:09.200
 safe.

00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:11.299
 even though

00:21:11.299 --> 00:21:11.740
 they might

00:21:11.740 --> 00:21:13.340
 feel threatened

00:21:13.340 --> 00:21:13.860
 and in

00:21:13.860 --> 00:21:14.220
 danger,

00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:14.779
 are they

00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.240
 in danger?

00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:17.779
 No.

00:21:19.580 --> 00:21:20.240
 What did

00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:20.819
 Jesus just

00:21:20.819 --> 00:21:21.080
 say?

00:21:22.080 --> 00:21:23.120
 I give

00:21:23.120 --> 00:21:23.840
 my sheep

00:21:23.840 --> 00:21:24.420
 eternal

00:21:24.420 --> 00:21:25.240
 life,

00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:26.319
 and they

00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:27.220
 shall never

00:21:27.220 --> 00:21:27.900
 perish.

00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:29.420
 No one

00:21:29.420 --> 00:21:30.259
 will snatch

00:21:30.259 --> 00:21:30.759
 them out of

00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:31.279
 my hand.

00:21:32.140 --> 00:21:32.980
 My Father

00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:33.539
 who has given

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:34.100
 them to me

00:21:34.100 --> 00:21:34.840
 is greater

00:21:34.840 --> 00:21:35.299
 than all.

00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:36.019
 No one

00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:36.680
 can snatch

00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:37.000
 them out

00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:37.299
 of my

00:21:37.299 --> 00:21:37.819
 Father's

00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:38.160
 hand.

00:21:39.200 --> 00:21:41.100
 what's the

00:21:41.100 --> 00:21:41.460
 worst they

00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:41.960
 can do?

00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:43.720
 Pelt us

00:21:43.720 --> 00:21:44.319
 with stones?

00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:47.059
 Destroy our

00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:47.860
 reputations?

00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:49.840
 Make life

00:21:49.840 --> 00:21:50.600
 miserable for

00:21:50.600 --> 00:21:51.080
 us and our

00:21:51.080 --> 00:21:51.500
 families?

00:21:53.100 --> 00:21:53.860
 Arrest us?

00:21:55.340 --> 00:21:56.240
 Kill us?

00:21:58.819 --> 00:21:59.640
 I give

00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:00.539
 them eternal

00:22:00.539 --> 00:22:01.400
 life,

00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:03.500
 and they

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:04.680
 shall never

00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:05.480
 perish.

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:05.519
 snatch.

00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:08.440
 No one

00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:09.079
 can snatch

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:10.380
 them out

00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:10.680
 of my

00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:11.019
 hand.

00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:14.240
 Even

00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:14.579
 though in

00:22:14.579 --> 00:22:15.039
 this moment

00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:15.599
 the disciples

00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:16.120
 do not

00:22:16.120 --> 00:22:16.960
 feel safe

00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:18.200
 and secure,

00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:19.000
 the truth

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.380
 is they

00:22:19.380 --> 00:22:19.680
 are,

00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:21.360
 because Jesus

00:22:21.360 --> 00:22:22.079
 holds their

00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:23.400
 lives in

00:22:23.400 --> 00:22:23.920
 his hand,

00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:25.700
 and he is

00:22:25.700 --> 00:22:26.440
 very capable.

00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:27.200
 He is the

00:22:27.200 --> 00:22:27.799
 good shepherd.

00:22:28.759 --> 00:22:29.440
 He will

00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:29.980
 lay down

00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:30.700
 his life

00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:31.339
 for his

00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:31.620
 sheep,

00:22:31.619 --> 00:22:32.959
 and after

00:22:32.959 --> 00:22:33.539
 rising from

00:22:33.539 --> 00:22:33.919
 the dead,

00:22:34.379 --> 00:22:34.659
 Jesus,

00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:35.819
 just as he

00:22:35.819 --> 00:22:36.199
 promised,

00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:36.839
 will raise

00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:37.559
 all of us

00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:38.159
 who believe

00:22:38.159 --> 00:22:39.779
 back to life

00:22:39.779 --> 00:22:40.099
 from the

00:22:40.099 --> 00:22:40.379
 dead,

00:22:40.959 --> 00:22:41.919
 never to

00:22:41.919 --> 00:22:42.500
 die again.

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.279
 And so

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:43.959
 even if they

00:22:43.959 --> 00:22:44.739
 kill us,

00:22:44.959 --> 00:22:46.919
 through Jesus,

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:48.119
 our shepherd,

00:22:48.579 --> 00:22:49.219
 we win.

00:22:51.159 --> 00:22:51.799
 We have

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.319
 life

00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:53.899
 forever.

00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:55.820
 he will

00:22:55.820 --> 00:22:56.220
 raise us

00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:56.480
 up.

00:22:59.620 --> 00:23:00.220
 And so

00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:00.759
 these words

00:23:00.759 --> 00:23:01.280
 of Jesus

00:23:01.280 --> 00:23:02.460
 should put

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:03.120
 a boldness

00:23:03.120 --> 00:23:04.380
 and a

00:23:04.380 --> 00:23:04.800
 confidence

00:23:04.800 --> 00:23:05.400
 in our

00:23:05.400 --> 00:23:05.660
 hearts.

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:06.019
 They should

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.380
 give us

00:23:06.380 --> 00:23:06.860
 peace.

00:23:09.540 --> 00:23:10.040
 Our

00:23:10.040 --> 00:23:10.460
 ultimate

00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:11.000
 hope

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:14.320
 in

00:23:14.320 --> 00:23:14.880
 Jesus,

00:23:15.060 --> 00:23:15.440
 through

00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:16.000
 Jesus,

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:17.180
 we are

00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:17.960
 untouchable.

00:23:19.860 --> 00:23:20.340
 Nobody

00:23:20.340 --> 00:23:20.900
 can take

00:23:20.900 --> 00:23:21.200
 it away

00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:21.759
 from us,

00:23:22.080 --> 00:23:22.880
 this life.

00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:24.280
 no one

00:23:24.280 --> 00:23:24.980
 can snatch

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.440
 us

00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:27.560
 from our

00:23:27.560 --> 00:23:27.980
 Savior's

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.260
 hand.

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:30.060
 And there

00:23:30.060 --> 00:23:30.380
 are a couple

00:23:30.380 --> 00:23:30.980
 other places

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.420
 where this

00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:31.900
 comes out

00:23:31.900 --> 00:23:32.940
 so wonderfully.

00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:34.580
 I have to

00:23:34.580 --> 00:23:35.800
 highlight a

00:23:35.800 --> 00:23:36.180
 couple of

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.360
 them.

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:37.480
 Luke

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:38.340
 chapter 21

00:23:38.340 --> 00:23:39.220
 verse 16,

00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:40.680
 Jesus is

00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:41.160
 talking to

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:41.840
 his disciples

00:23:41.840 --> 00:23:42.780
 there about

00:23:42.780 --> 00:23:43.380
 how things

00:23:43.380 --> 00:23:43.600
 are going

00:23:43.600 --> 00:23:43.900
 to be at

00:23:43.900 --> 00:23:44.280
 the very

00:23:44.280 --> 00:23:45.120
 end of

00:23:45.120 --> 00:23:45.560
 the world.

00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:46.760
 And he

00:23:46.760 --> 00:23:47.200
 says this

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:47.540
 to them,

00:23:47.600 --> 00:23:47.920
 he says,

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.220
 you will

00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:48.840
 be betrayed

00:23:48.840 --> 00:23:50.160
 even by

00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:50.700
 parents,

00:23:51.800 --> 00:23:52.380
 brothers and

00:23:52.380 --> 00:23:52.800
 sisters,

00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:54.580
 relatives and

00:23:54.580 --> 00:23:55.100
 friends,

00:23:55.380 --> 00:23:55.800
 and they

00:23:55.800 --> 00:23:56.180
 will put

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:56.560
 some of

00:23:56.560 --> 00:23:56.860
 you to

00:23:56.860 --> 00:23:57.220
 death.

00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:59.060
 Everyone

00:23:59.060 --> 00:23:59.760
 will hate

00:23:59.760 --> 00:24:00.260
 you because

00:24:00.260 --> 00:24:00.740
 of me,

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:03.280
 but not

00:24:03.280 --> 00:24:04.120
 a hair

00:24:04.120 --> 00:24:04.940
 of your

00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:05.300
 head

00:24:05.300 --> 00:24:06.640
 will perish.

00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:08.240
 Stand

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.700
 firm

00:24:08.700 --> 00:24:10.260
 and you

00:24:10.260 --> 00:24:10.860
 will win

00:24:10.860 --> 00:24:11.340
 life.

00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:13.180
 I love

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:13.460
 that.

00:24:13.820 --> 00:24:14.380
 In the

00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:14.960
 same breath,

00:24:15.080 --> 00:24:15.760
 Jesus says,

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.140
 they will put

00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:17.600
 some of you

00:24:17.600 --> 00:24:18.120
 to death,

00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:20.199
 but not a

00:24:20.199 --> 00:24:21.239
 hair of

00:24:21.239 --> 00:24:21.739
 your head

00:24:21.739 --> 00:24:23.000
 will perish.

00:24:27.139 --> 00:24:27.699
 Nothing,

00:24:28.699 --> 00:24:29.519
 no one

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:30.799
 can snatch

00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:32.339
 my sheep

00:24:32.339 --> 00:24:32.859
 from my

00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:33.219
 hand.

00:24:35.719 --> 00:24:36.459
 Or take

00:24:36.459 --> 00:24:36.819
 the words

00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.079
 of the

00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:37.799
 apostle Paul

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:39.659
 in the

00:24:39.659 --> 00:24:39.939
 beloved

00:24:39.939 --> 00:24:40.459
 passage,

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:40.799
 Romans

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.479
 chapter 8

00:24:41.479 --> 00:24:42.319
 verse 35.

00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:43.939
 Who shall

00:24:43.939 --> 00:24:44.700
 separate us

00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:44.980
 from the

00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.299
 love of

00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:45.700
 Christ?

00:24:46.480 --> 00:24:47.039
 Shall

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:47.500
 trouble

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:48.379
 or

00:24:48.379 --> 00:24:48.980
 hardship?

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.339
 How about

00:24:50.339 --> 00:24:50.980
 persecution?

00:24:52.139 --> 00:24:52.759
 Or what

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.539
 about famine?

00:24:55.139 --> 00:24:55.859
 Nakedness?

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:57.460
 Danger?

00:24:58.519 --> 00:24:59.200
 What about

00:24:59.200 --> 00:24:59.679
 the sword?

00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.879
 As it is

00:25:01.879 --> 00:25:02.119
 written,

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.379
 for your

00:25:03.379 --> 00:25:03.740
 sake,

00:25:03.879 --> 00:25:04.319
 we face

00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:04.899
 death all

00:25:04.899 --> 00:25:05.379
 day long.

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.259
 We are

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:06.919
 considered as

00:25:06.919 --> 00:25:07.439
 sheep to be

00:25:07.439 --> 00:25:08.119
 slaughtered.

00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:09.719
 no,

00:25:10.139 --> 00:25:10.939
 in all

00:25:10.939 --> 00:25:11.919
 these things,

00:25:12.099 --> 00:25:12.739
 in all

00:25:12.739 --> 00:25:13.539
 these things,

00:25:13.919 --> 00:25:14.539
 we are

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:15.159
 more than

00:25:15.159 --> 00:25:15.799
 conquerors

00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.399
 through him

00:25:16.399 --> 00:25:17.239
 who loved

00:25:17.239 --> 00:25:17.619
 us.

00:25:18.859 --> 00:25:19.599
 For I'm

00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:20.000
 convinced,

00:25:20.179 --> 00:25:20.579
 said Paul,

00:25:20.819 --> 00:25:21.379
 that neither

00:25:21.379 --> 00:25:22.259
 death,

00:25:22.399 --> 00:25:22.739
 do you hear

00:25:22.739 --> 00:25:23.000
 that?

00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:23.659
 Neither

00:25:23.659 --> 00:25:24.339
 death

00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:25.719
 nor life,

00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:27.000
 neither

00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:27.679
 angels

00:25:27.679 --> 00:25:28.619
 nor demons,

00:25:29.179 --> 00:25:29.599
 neither the

00:25:29.599 --> 00:25:30.399
 present nor

00:25:30.399 --> 00:25:31.000
 the future,

00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:31.679
 nor any

00:25:31.679 --> 00:25:32.099
 powers,

00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:32.899
 neither height

00:25:32.899 --> 00:25:33.459
 nor depth,

00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:34.159
 nor anything

00:25:34.159 --> 00:25:34.919
 else in all

00:25:34.919 --> 00:25:35.639
 creation will

00:25:35.639 --> 00:25:36.339
 be able to

00:25:36.339 --> 00:25:37.319
 separate us

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:37.959
 from the

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.440
 love of

00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:39.900
 God that

00:25:39.900 --> 00:25:40.460
 is in

00:25:40.460 --> 00:25:41.640
 Christ Jesus,

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.940
 our Lord.

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.840
 Nothing,

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.460
 not even

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:48.799
 death,

00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:49.420
 can separate

00:25:49.420 --> 00:25:49.779
 us from

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.319
 the love

00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:51.200
 of our

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:51.860
 Lord Jesus.

00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:53.460
 If you

00:25:53.460 --> 00:25:54.140
 belong to

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:54.519
 Jesus,

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.620
 no one

00:25:55.620 --> 00:25:56.559
 and nothing

00:25:56.559 --> 00:25:57.500
 can snatch

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.860
 you from

00:25:58.860 --> 00:25:59.420
 his hand.

00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:04.920
 So how

00:26:04.920 --> 00:26:05.220
 do these

00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:05.860
 words speak

00:26:05.860 --> 00:26:06.220
 to us

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:06.579
 today?

00:26:07.960 --> 00:26:09.120
 Well,

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:09.559
 this good

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:10.140
 promise of

00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:10.720
 Jesus is

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.259
 only for

00:26:11.259 --> 00:26:12.980
 his sheep.

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.539
 So let me

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.000
 ask you,

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:16.600
 are you one

00:26:16.600 --> 00:26:16.880
 of them?

00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:20.160
 Do you

00:26:20.160 --> 00:26:20.840
 have Jesus

00:26:20.840 --> 00:26:21.460
 as your

00:26:21.460 --> 00:26:21.860
 shepherd?

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:23.799
 And if

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.160
 not,

00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:26.259
 I urge you

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.980
 to come to

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:28.960
 Jesus to

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:30.160
 repent of

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:31.019
 your sins and

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.680
 to believe in

00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:32.200
 his name.

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:32.299
 him?

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:34.440
 And if you

00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:34.620
 do,

00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:35.180
 his promise

00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:35.539
 is that

00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:35.920
 you will

00:26:35.920 --> 00:26:36.519
 be saved

00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:37.200
 and you

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:37.600
 will have

00:26:37.600 --> 00:26:38.259
 him as

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.600
 your good

00:26:38.600 --> 00:26:38.940
 shepherd.

00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.500
 Most of

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:41.980
 you here,

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:43.240
 I think,

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:43.720
 have already

00:26:43.720 --> 00:26:44.319
 done that.

00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:45.559
 And so for

00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:45.840
 you,

00:26:45.940 --> 00:26:46.580
 this morning I

00:26:46.580 --> 00:26:46.819
 have a

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:47.019
 different

00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.480
 question.

00:26:48.480 --> 00:26:48.880
 As you

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:49.420
 look around

00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:50.259
 at what's

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:50.900
 happening in

00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:51.380
 our world

00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:51.819
 today,

00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:53.899
 do you

00:26:53.899 --> 00:26:54.579
 feel safe?

00:27:01.099 --> 00:27:01.879
 Do you

00:27:01.879 --> 00:27:02.539
 feel safe?

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:08.099
 Are you

00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:08.439
 worried?

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.819
 Are you

00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:12.240
 fretting?

00:27:14.679 --> 00:27:15.480
 Are you

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:16.099
 panicked?

00:27:16.679 --> 00:27:17.559
 Like Jesus'

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.419
 disciples are

00:27:18.419 --> 00:27:18.740
 in this

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.099
 moment.

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.439
 Do you

00:27:22.439 --> 00:27:23.059
 feel safe?

00:27:25.179 --> 00:27:26.179
 If Jesus

00:27:26.179 --> 00:27:27.259
 is your

00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:27.700
 shepherd,

00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:30.159
 you are.

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:34.339
 Let your

00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:34.879
 heart hear

00:27:34.879 --> 00:27:35.500
 these words

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.079
 one more

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:36.439
 time.

00:27:38.179 --> 00:27:39.240
 I give

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:39.980
 my sheep

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.679
 eternal

00:27:40.679 --> 00:27:41.519
 life.

00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:43.720
 They shall

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.619
 never perish.

00:27:45.859 --> 00:27:46.500
 No one

00:27:46.500 --> 00:27:47.480
 will snatch

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:48.779
 them out

00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.079
 of my

00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:49.419
 hand.

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:53.039
 my hope

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.299
 and my

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:53.720
 prayer is

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.039
 that these

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:54.519
 words will

00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:55.819
 sink deep

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:56.439
 into our

00:27:56.439 --> 00:27:56.799
 hearts.

00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:58.980
 And that

00:27:58.980 --> 00:28:00.220
 as a result

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:00.720
 we will have

00:28:00.720 --> 00:28:01.200
 peace.

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:03.019
 We will have

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.960
 a calm in

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:04.460
 our hearts.

00:28:04.539 --> 00:28:05.039
 Even as we

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.519
 look out at

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:05.960
 what's going

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:07.079
 on in our

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:08.159
 world today,

00:28:08.379 --> 00:28:09.480
 we are going

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:10.059
 to be just

00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:10.460
 fine.

00:28:12.639 --> 00:28:13.339
 We are in

00:28:13.339 --> 00:28:14.439
 the care of

00:28:14.439 --> 00:28:14.839
 our Lord

00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:15.299
 Jesus.

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:17.240
 We are in

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:18.139
 the care of

00:28:18.139 --> 00:28:18.980
 God,

00:28:19.539 --> 00:28:20.319
 the Father.

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:20.419
 Father,

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:23.599
 we don't

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:23.899
 need to

00:28:23.899 --> 00:28:24.299
 hide in

00:28:24.299 --> 00:28:24.779
 our homes.

00:28:26.439 --> 00:28:27.000
 We don't

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.279
 need to

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:27.740
 worry about

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.139
 what will

00:28:28.139 --> 00:28:28.919
 happen if

00:28:28.919 --> 00:28:32.139
 we can

00:28:32.139 --> 00:28:32.779
 have confidence,

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.460
 we can have

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:33.899
 boldness,

00:28:33.919 --> 00:28:34.460
 because this

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:34.879
 is the end

00:28:34.879 --> 00:28:35.139
 of our

00:28:35.139 --> 00:28:35.559
 story.

00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:38.139
 And my

00:28:38.139 --> 00:28:38.500
 hope and

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:38.919
 prayer is

00:28:38.919 --> 00:28:39.359
 that that

00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:39.919
 will enable

00:28:39.919 --> 00:28:40.819
 us to

00:28:40.819 --> 00:28:41.960
 continue to

00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.559
 reach out to

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:43.139
 the people in

00:28:43.139 --> 00:28:43.740
 this community,

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:45.119
 to love

00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:45.759
 them, to

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.179
 invite them

00:28:46.179 --> 00:28:46.619
 into our

00:28:46.619 --> 00:28:48.179
 homes, to

00:28:48.179 --> 00:28:48.599
 go over to

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:49.139
 their homes,

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:49.779
 knock on the

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:50.059
 door,

00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:53.480
 share with

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:53.799
 them the

00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.119
 love of

00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:56.059
 Jesus and

00:28:56.059 --> 00:28:56.439
 the truth

00:28:56.439 --> 00:28:56.939
 of Jesus.

00:28:59.319 --> 00:28:59.759
 Let's

00:28:59.759 --> 00:28:59.960
 pray.

00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:05.539
 Lord Jesus,

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.240
 thank you so

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.599
 much for

00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:07.220
 these words.

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:08.779
 You are the

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.119
 ultimate.

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.960
 Father, you

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.339
 are the

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:13.339
 ultimate, the

00:29:13.339 --> 00:29:14.299
 one true

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:14.700
 God.

00:29:17.439 --> 00:29:18.000
 Put our

00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:18.439
 hearts at

00:29:18.439 --> 00:29:18.919
 rest, we

00:29:18.919 --> 00:29:19.240
 ask.

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:22.279
 you know

00:29:22.279 --> 00:29:22.639
 the things

00:29:22.639 --> 00:29:22.879
 that we've

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:23.240
 been thinking

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:23.759
 about this

00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:24.139
 week, you

00:29:24.139 --> 00:29:24.379
 know the

00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:24.980
 news articles

00:29:24.980 --> 00:29:25.500
 that we've

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.379
 read, you

00:29:26.379 --> 00:29:26.659
 know the

00:29:26.659 --> 00:29:27.339
 media posts

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:27.799
 that we've

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.099
 seen.

00:29:28.639 --> 00:29:29.079
 Put our

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:29.500
 hearts at

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:30.059
 rest, Lord,

00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:30.500
 with these

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:30.839
 words.

00:29:33.639 --> 00:29:34.259
 Thank you

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:35.279
 for an

00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:36.399
 unshakable hope

00:29:36.399 --> 00:29:37.119
 and confidence

00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:39.859
 that will

00:29:39.859 --> 00:29:40.399
 come true

00:29:40.399 --> 00:29:43.299
 when you

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.679
 return.

00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:43.779
 Lord.

00:29:46.740 --> 00:29:47.580
 We pray this

00:29:47.580 --> 00:29:47.820
 in your

00:29:47.820 --> 00:29:48.080
 name.

00:29:48.080 --> 00:29:49.360
 Amen.