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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace.

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 Join us.

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 We're back in John's Gospel this morning.

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 We've been encountering Jesus there time and time again, learning who he is, seeing

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 most recently Jesus as the good shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep and then

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 takes it up again in resurrected glory to give life forever to us.

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 We're going to read the rest of John chapter 10 this morning.

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 But before we do, I want us to notice something that Jesus mentions in this passage almost

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 as an aside.

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 It is a fundamental premise that he states in his argument to make a different point,

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 but it's really important for us to consider briefly because it shows us Jesus' view of

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 the Bible.

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 What develops in this passage that we're about to read is that Jesus is about to be stoned.

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 And just like in that difficult trial of his temptation by Satan, when the going gets tough,

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 Jesus quotes Scripture.

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 In fact, in an effort to hold off his potential murderers, Jesus quotes that famous line of

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 the rarely mentioned Psalm by the really unknown guy, Asaph, Psalm 82.

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 Is that what's on the tip of your tongue?

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 You were thinking, that's where I would go in that moment, Psalm 82.

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 No, I don't know if that would be my go-to.

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 And then what Jesus states is the foundational premise of his whole argument.

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 He says, and Scripture cannot be broken.

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 Every jot and tittle of every word on every line of God's word is completely certain.

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 It is utterly infallible.

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 It is absolutely true, Jesus says.

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 It is his view of the Bible.

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 It's the way he uses the Bible in every situation, counting on it.

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 Do you approach God's word that way?

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 Followers of Jesus?

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 Do you follow him only in his loving example, his wise teaching, his gracious forgiveness?

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 Or do you follow his view of the Bible, too?

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 It cannot be broken.

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 Not one word, even Old Testament words, not one will misguide you.

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 You can stake your life on it.

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 He does.

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 You must order your life by it.

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 He does.

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 He came, he says, to fulfill the law and the prophets, not to abolish any of it.

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 So yes, we may need to study its appropriate application.

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 But not in order to avoid submitting ourselves to its authority.

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 In order to trust the authority of our own wisdom or our own culture.

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 No.

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 Does God's word guide our lives the way it did Jesus' life?

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 Is it on our lips the way it was on his every time he was squeezed?

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 That's what came out.

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 Does it examine us rather than the other way around?

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 If we say we follow Jesus, it must.

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 And that is part of why we read it together every week.

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 Read it personally every day.

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 God, thank you for your word.

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 God, thank you for your word.

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 It is truth.

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 It is truth.

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 If we come to you this morning and ask that you would teach us your truth.

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 That you would transform us then by your truth.

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 Your word is truth, Father.

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 And we ask you to do that in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 John 10 at verse 22.

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 The word of God.

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 The word of God which cannot be broken.

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 At that time the feast of dedication took place at Jerusalem.

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 It was winter and Jesus was walking in the temple in the colonnade of Solomon.

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 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him,

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 How long will you keep us in suspense?

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 If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.

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 Jesus answered them, I told you and you do not believe.

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 The works that I do in my father's name bear witness about me.

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 But you do not believe because you are not part of my flock.

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 My sheep hear my voice and I know them and they follow me.

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 I give them eternal life and they will never perish.

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 And no one will snatch them out of my hand.

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 My father who has given them to me is greater than all.

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 And no one is able to snatch them out of the father's hand.

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 I and the father are one.

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 The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.

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 And Jesus answered them, I have shown you many good works from the father.

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 For which of them are you going to stone me?

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 The Jews answered him, it is not for a good work that we are going to stone you.

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 But for blasphemy.

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 Because you being a man make yourself God.

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 Jesus answered them, is it not written in your law?

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 I said you are gods.

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 If he called them gods to whom the word of God came.

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 And scripture cannot be broken.

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 Do you say of him whom the father consecrated and sent into the world you are blaspheming?

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 Because I said I am the son of God?

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 If I am not doing the works of my father then do not believe me.

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 But if I do them even though you do not believe me.

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 Believe the works that you may know and understand.

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 That the father is in me.

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 And I am in the father.

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 Again they sought to arrest him.

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 But he escaped from their hands.

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 He went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first.

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 And there he remained.

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 And many came to him.

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 And they said John did no sign.

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 But everything that John said about this man was true.

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 And many believed in him there.

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 Thus far God's holy word.

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 It is yet another encounter with Jesus.

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 Where John wants us to consider who he is.

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 And whether we believe him.

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 The story centers around the identity of Jesus.

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 Doesn't it?

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 It is what they ask him about.

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 At the beginning of the conversation.

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 It is what they start to stone him for.

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 In the middle of it.

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 It is what many believe in him.

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 About by the end of it.

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 Jesus identity.

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 Particularly as divine.

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 Is crucial.

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 But Jesus doesn't enter into merely theoretical discussions about nuanced theology.

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 He also shows here why his identity matters.

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 He teaches doctrine that makes a difference.

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 Let me give us a picture of this that we'll come back to some this morning.

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 Imagine that you are hiking up on a mountain near some steep and dangerous looking cliffs.

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 You can't even see how far the fall is below.

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 Maybe you are up on the local land trust trails.

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 Maybe you have taken a visit to Chattanooga.

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 And you are there at Rock City.

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 And you are coming to enjoy the beautiful views.

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 But you look up and you see near the edge of the cliff a toddler and an adult.

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 Okay.

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 The toddler looks excited and energetic.

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 And he is running around at the edge of the cliff.

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 And you look and you see them.

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 And they are hand in hand.

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 Okay.

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 Now let me ask you something.

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 You start to wonder.

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 Who is holding whom?

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 In this toddler and adult situation.

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 And by the way does it matter?

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 Does it make any difference who is holding whom?

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 Let me ask you that.

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 Does it make any difference if the adult is merely standing there with hand available?

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 It's there in case you need it.

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 But it's just hanging limply while the adult distractedly looks all around.

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 And presently the toddler is holding on to that hand.

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 But at any moment the toddler could decide to let go, run off, frolic and go anywhere to his own danger.

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 Or would it make a difference if in fact the toddler who seems to know nothing of the dangers around him is actually being held, this is likely, in a vice grip by an adult who says,

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 I am holding you and you are going nowhere whether you want to or not.

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 I'd suggest it makes all the difference in the world.

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 Who is holding whom?

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 Even if the toddler stumbles then, even if the toddler falls, even if the toddler tries to run off, he will be safe.

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 The distinction in who is holding whom makes all the difference in the world.

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 Jesus doesn't want us to miss the glorious doctrine or the great difference that it makes in this passage.

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 The overarching doctrine will start there.

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 Another issue here in Jesus' teaching is his unity with his father.

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 We've seen Jesus' divine nature come up repeatedly in John's gospel.

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 It's on almost every page, but perhaps never so directly to this point as verse 30 of chapter 10.

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 I and the father are one.

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 Clearly here, God the father and the son are two distinct persons.

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 They interact with one another in relationship here, fulfilling different roles.

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 They're even referred to in the plural.

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 I and the father are one.

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 But the two are mysteriously united.

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 Are said to be one.

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 In what ways, we might ask?

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 What does Jesus mean here?

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 Well, first, they are united in grace.

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 They're specifically united in the giving of the gift of salvation.

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 Life eternal with God, giving that gift to undeserving people.

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 Referred to here as sheep in Jesus' analogy.

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 Jesus' sheep hear his voice and follow him.

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 And verse 28, I give them eternal life.

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 Jesus is giving a gift.

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 Now keep looking.

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 Who else is giving gifts?

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 Verse 29, my father, who has, same verb, given them to me.

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 What great gifts are being given here by the father and the son.

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 Just ponder it for a second.

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 This is eternal life.

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 Relationship with God as a free gift.

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 Salvation by grace alone.

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 These are called the doctrines of grace because they flow to undeserving sinners.

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 From the unending supply of love in the heart of the triune God himself.

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 We've read it in chapter 1.

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 To those who received him.

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 Who received the gift.

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 Not earned it.

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 Who merely believed in his name.

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 John says, Jesus gave the right to become children of God.

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 Listen, I don't want you to miss this.

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 There's only a few words in the passage.

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 But brothers and sisters, let your heart soar to this for just a minute, okay?

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 We are brothers and sisters because God the father and God the son together in eternity past

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 decided for their grace and love to overflow to us.

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 That they decided they were going to rescue us and adopt us into their family.

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 The father said something like, son, my love is so overflowing and so full that I've got a gift to give to you.

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 A people.

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 A bride.

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 Lost sheep to bring into our fold.

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 And Jesus the son responded and said, oh father, my love too is so overflowing that I will be the good shepherd.

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 And I will go lay down my life for those sheep so that I may bring them into our family.

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 That's how they're going to be saved.

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 They'll become my brothers and sisters.

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 They'll become sons and daughters of God.

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 Wow.

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 Father and son in covenant together for our sakes.

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 Who deserve nothing.

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 Grace flows and flows and flows.

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 It's gifts.

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 Gifts all over the place.

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 Gifts to our unending blessing.

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 Right?

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 I say unending blessing because father and son grasp onto us and won't let go.

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 Verse 28.

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 No one will snatch them out of my hand.

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 No one is able to snatch them out of the father's hand.

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 Both of those.

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 Now we have, as it were, the toddler teetering on the cliff grasped tightly by two adults.

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 That's the way you would do it, isn't it?

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 Two adults grasping on two mighty hands that will never let go.

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 The father and the son united in their grip on us.

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 Who is holding on to whom?

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 Wonderfully.

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 Reassuringly.

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 Graciously.

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 His is the love that will not let me go.

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 Amen?

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 Listen, some of you talk theology.

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 You talk about the perseverance of the saints.

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 That's us making it to heaven.

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 It is not something that should be credited to our account.

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 We persevere because of the preservation of the saints by our mighty God and Savior.

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 It was never my strength to grab hold of him in the first place, was it?

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 It was grace, grace, grace.

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 And so it's not up to me to hang on or else.

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 No, no one is able to snatch us out of his hand.

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 And that is wonderful.

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 But we can't stop there in understanding the unity of the father and the son.

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 It's not only in grace, but also in glory.

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 It's not only in action and purpose that they decide to come rescue us,

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 but it's also in being and divinity.

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 See, some of you, like me, have had conversations with people who've come and knocked on your door.

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 And you've talked with a Mormon or a Jehovah's Witness

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 who would like to take you to John 10, 30

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 and explain to you at great length how this is a unity merely of action.

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 Jesus does things that God does.

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 He gives.

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 He saves.

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 He holds us.

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 But Jesus is not claiming to be divine, they say.

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 He's not fully God.

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 He's just God-like or godly.

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 Please, please, please don't stop there and miss the full glory of the Savior, okay?

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 There is so much more than unity in action and purpose.

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 Now, I will admit to you, the grammar of the sentence itself doesn't demand our understanding it that way.

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 It certainly allows for the understanding that I and the Father are one means in our very essence

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 as we believe Jesus, the Son, very God of very God.

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 But the context does demand this very straightforward reading of Jesus' words,

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 I and the Father are one.

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 Just a couple of points here to help you.

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 First, when someone tells you it's merely a unity of action,

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 just consider what those actions are that Jesus and God the Father are united in.

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 The clearest one is giving life,

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 which throughout the Bible is the prerogative of Yahweh alone and no one else.

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 And then it is preserving life eternally.

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 That's another God job in case you're unclear on that.

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 You can't claim to do those things without claiming to be divine.

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 It's not as though Jesus is saying that God, by the word of his power, speaks the Son into existence.

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 And over here we have a child who picks up a yellow crayon and some paper

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 and draws a round picture with rays coming out from it.

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 And now we say, oh, look, you both made the Son.

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 You're one.

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 It's not the same thing.

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 The actions themselves here are uniquely divine.

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 Next, when Jesus comes back to this teaching, this point he's making,

00:19:13.619 --> 00:19:15.359
 he comes back to it in verse 38.

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 He says that the things he does, the works, the actions,

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 are to demonstrate the reality of his union with the Father.

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 There's something else they're pointing to that clearly predates and undergirds his powerful actions.

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 The Father in me and I in the Father, two in one.

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 By the way, we will see the Spirit in this relationship later in John.

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 I know it's three in one.

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 But listen, one difficult, glorious concept at a time, okay?

00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:49.440
 Just one for this morning.

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 Last, in case you're still wondering how to take Jesus' words here,

00:19:56.320 --> 00:19:59.940
 both times he says this about being one with God,

00:20:00.100 --> 00:20:02.220
 what do the people listening to him do?

00:20:03.860 --> 00:20:08.460
 Pick up stones to kill this blasphemer?

00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:09.740
 Right?

00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:12.100
 Let's arrest him.

00:20:13.080 --> 00:20:14.960
 They don't miss it.

00:20:14.960 --> 00:20:20.079
 You, being a man, make yourself God.

00:20:21.779 --> 00:20:24.460
 Yep, he doesn't correct them on that.

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 Except, just notice this for a second,

00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:30.420
 they miss the glorious, the wonderful reality

00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:33.180
 that actually, what's really happening here,

00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:36.700
 Jesus, being God,

00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:40.259
 made himself man.

00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:44.980
 Plenty of men claimed to be doing things

00:20:44.980 --> 00:20:46.619
 that would further God's purposes.

00:20:47.180 --> 00:20:48.680
 They were claiming to be godly.

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 That was no problem.

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 Jews loved that.

00:20:52.879 --> 00:20:55.019
 This one, Jesus,

00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:59.000
 was claiming to be one with God.

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 That we can't have.

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 We won't tolerate it.

00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:06.839
 Indeed, as John keeps showing us in so many ways,

00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:09.119
 the word was with God,

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:12.179
 and the word was God.

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 One in grace,

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 one in glory.

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 Fully, fully God.

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 Glorious truths, right?

00:21:22.179 --> 00:21:23.480
 Glorious truths.

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 And,

00:21:25.119 --> 00:21:28.319
 let's not miss what Jesus would have us hear.

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 The difference

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 that these wonderful doctrines make in our lives.

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 first,

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 they should lead us to

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 unusual humility.

00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:47.799
 What I mean by that is that the picture here

00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:51.279
 of Jesus giving eternal life to his sheep

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:55.039
 is not of sheep competing to win the prize,

00:21:55.120 --> 00:21:56.299
 of best sheep.

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 It's not what happens, is it?

00:21:57.900 --> 00:21:59.839
 We're not receiving a reward.

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 We are recipients of grace.

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 Palms up, right?

00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:06.980
 Empty-handed,

00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:09.519
 grateful recipients,

00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:11.740
 more interested in the greatness

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:13.740
 and glory of the giver

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 than in anything about us.

00:22:17.059 --> 00:22:19.740
 That grateful humility will always be

00:22:19.740 --> 00:22:22.819
 warm and welcoming to others

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 because you don't think you're any better than they are.

00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:30.640
 These doctrines of grace ought to make a difference

00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:34.060
 in that normally achievement-oriented,

00:22:35.340 --> 00:22:37.060
 task-rewarding,

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:40.540
 success-honoring people like you and me,

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 isn't that how you spend most of your weeks?

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 We now delight in,

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 we now seek out,

00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:51.500
 we are now exceedingly patient with

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:53.220
 those who don't achieve,

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:55.839
 those who fail to perform,

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:59.119
 those who get overlooked by everyone else

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 because all of a sudden we're not so high and mighty,

00:23:02.140 --> 00:23:02.819
 down here,

00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:03.440
 humble,

00:23:03.720 --> 00:23:04.200
 dependent,

00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:04.940
 needy,

00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:06.099
 receiving grace.

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 Nobody looks lower than us.

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 There's nobody beneath me.

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 I so need what you need.

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 Isn't that the way God loved and welcomed you

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 into his family,

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 isn't it?

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 I dare say it's the way he is showing us

00:23:21.899 --> 00:23:24.319
 that the love of the Father and the Son

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 flows to us

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 and then through us

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 to many,

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 many others.

00:23:30.699 --> 00:23:32.019
 As many have said,

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 gratitude is the current

00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:35.859
 of the river of grace.

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 When you marvel

00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:42.439
 at God's amazing grace to you,

00:23:42.819 --> 00:23:43.859
 sing it,

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 shout it,

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 show it

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 in a life

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 of humility.

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 But when I say humility,

00:23:54.379 --> 00:23:55.659
 please don't hear

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 wimpy,

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 fearful,

00:23:59.639 --> 00:24:01.079
 woe is me.

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 It's not at all what Jesus is talking about.

00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:06.759
 Jesus is telling us

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:08.519
 that the glorious truth

00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:10.460
 of his unity with the Father

00:24:10.460 --> 00:24:11.960
 is to inspire

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 unusual security

00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:16.599
 in his sheep.

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 It's not just enough

00:24:19.059 --> 00:24:21.079
 to know that he is divine,

00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:22.519
 that he's part

00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:24.779
 of the eternal Godhead,

00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:26.660
 the second person

00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:27.779
 of the Trinity,

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 that his is the mighty hand

00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:33.099
 that flung out the stars,

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 that it's his outstretched arm

00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:37.059
 that parted the Red Sea

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 and delivered his people

00:24:38.379 --> 00:24:39.639
 from Egypt.

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 No,

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:41.059
 that's not enough.

00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.980
 Jesus wants you to know

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.539
 something more.

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:44.279
 Jesus wants you to know

00:24:44.279 --> 00:24:46.559
 that that almighty hand

00:24:46.559 --> 00:24:49.099
 is holding you

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 and it won't let go.

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 Hear it again.

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:54.879
 I give them eternal life

00:24:54.879 --> 00:24:56.839
 and they will never perish.

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 No one

00:24:58.279 --> 00:25:00.039
 will snatch them

00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:01.399
 out of my hand.

00:25:01.400 --> 00:25:02.340
 My Father

00:25:02.340 --> 00:25:03.640
 who has given them to me

00:25:03.640 --> 00:25:04.780
 is greater than all

00:25:04.780 --> 00:25:06.340
 and no one

00:25:06.340 --> 00:25:07.240
 is able

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:08.560
 to snatch them

00:25:08.560 --> 00:25:10.860
 out of the Father's hand.

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:12.860
 That is the difference

00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:14.340
 that the glory

00:25:14.340 --> 00:25:15.580
 and grace

00:25:15.580 --> 00:25:16.200
 of Jesus

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:17.519
 make for us.

00:25:17.780 --> 00:25:18.259
 We're now

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.040
 the toddlers,

00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:19.500
 aren't we?

00:25:19.940 --> 00:25:21.680
 We're on the cliff's edge.

00:25:22.180 --> 00:25:23.380
 We're playing around.

00:25:23.600 --> 00:25:24.220
 We're having fun.

00:25:24.360 --> 00:25:26.320
 We're completely oblivious

00:25:26.320 --> 00:25:27.540
 to anything

00:25:27.540 --> 00:25:28.460
 that might

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.220
 could happen,

00:25:29.220 --> 00:25:30.360
 the danger

00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:31.160
 that could come

00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:31.860
 to us.

00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:33.380
 No fear

00:25:33.380 --> 00:25:34.480
 in the world

00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:36.120
 about what could come next

00:25:36.120 --> 00:25:37.019
 and the uncertainties

00:25:37.019 --> 00:25:37.740
 that lie ahead

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:39.539
 because we are grasped

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:40.740
 tightly

00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:42.600
 by God

00:25:42.600 --> 00:25:43.740
 the Father,

00:25:44.019 --> 00:25:45.200
 by God

00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:46.160
 the Son,

00:25:46.460 --> 00:25:48.120
 by a strong

00:25:48.120 --> 00:25:48.600
 Savior

00:25:48.600 --> 00:25:49.640
 who will not

00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:50.579
 let us

00:25:50.579 --> 00:25:51.400
 go.

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:51.960
 See,

00:25:52.000 --> 00:25:52.480
 the picture

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.480
 of security

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.160
 is not

00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:55.920
 people cowering down,

00:25:56.240 --> 00:25:57.400
 curled up in a ball,

00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:58.380
 deep underground

00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:59.540
 in a cement bunker

00:25:59.540 --> 00:26:00.620
 surrounded by

00:26:00.620 --> 00:26:01.680
 the most amazing

00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.840
 system of vaults

00:26:02.840 --> 00:26:03.380
 in the world

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:05.080
 just trying to survive

00:26:05.080 --> 00:26:06.080
 to get through

00:26:06.080 --> 00:26:08.040
 one more dangerous day.

00:26:09.360 --> 00:26:10.120
 No, no, no, no, no.

00:26:11.100 --> 00:26:12.260
 Jesus wants those

00:26:12.260 --> 00:26:13.420
 who believe in him

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:16.140
 to hear his voice,

00:26:16.600 --> 00:26:17.840
 to follow him

00:26:17.840 --> 00:26:18.900
 confidently

00:26:18.900 --> 00:26:20.120
 into the world

00:26:20.120 --> 00:26:21.600
 with nothing to lose,

00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:23.200
 with eternal life

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:24.720
 secure forever

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.500
 with him

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.640
 and a whole creation

00:26:26.640 --> 00:26:27.320
 in front of you

00:26:27.320 --> 00:26:28.460
 to enjoy him in

00:26:28.460 --> 00:26:29.480
 and to share him with.

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.920
 That's the life

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:33.040
 Jesus is offering us.

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:36.460
 The underground

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:37.140
 zip lines

00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:38.080
 of the Louisville

00:26:38.080 --> 00:26:39.400
 Mega Cavern

00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:40.640
 have been there

00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:41.040
 recently.

00:26:42.080 --> 00:26:42.360
 They're about

00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:43.400
 a hundred feet

00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:44.080
 above

00:26:44.080 --> 00:26:45.800
 a rock floor.

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:47.780
 Several hundred

00:26:47.780 --> 00:26:48.560
 feet

00:26:48.560 --> 00:26:50.300
 of zip lines

00:26:50.300 --> 00:26:51.900
 stretched across

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:53.220
 this dark

00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:54.300
 cave,

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:55.159
 darkness

00:26:55.159 --> 00:26:56.480
 everywhere.

00:26:57.680 --> 00:26:58.759
 It's a bit scary.

00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:01.599
 One of our guides

00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:02.319
 through the dark

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:03.240
 cave was a young

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:04.000
 woman who was

00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:05.460
 joyfully zipping

00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:06.740
 around from line

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:07.299
 to line.

00:27:07.559 --> 00:27:08.159
 She was joking

00:27:08.159 --> 00:27:08.899
 around as she

00:27:08.899 --> 00:27:09.980
 invited others

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.700
 into the fun

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:11.639
 that she was having.

00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:13.419
 She was screaming

00:27:13.419 --> 00:27:14.539
 with delight

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.460
 as she flew

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.259
 several hundred

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:17.460
 feet across

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.559
 the zip line

00:27:18.559 --> 00:27:19.200
 and her voice

00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:20.240
 was echoing

00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.960
 off the rock

00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:22.180
 walls all around us.

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:23.740
 after watching

00:27:23.740 --> 00:27:24.340
 her for a while

00:27:24.340 --> 00:27:24.880
 another man

00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:25.560
 in our party

00:27:25.560 --> 00:27:26.940
 chuckled and

00:27:26.940 --> 00:27:27.440
 said to her

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:28.360
 you always

00:27:28.360 --> 00:27:29.019
 wanted to do

00:27:29.019 --> 00:27:29.620
 this job

00:27:29.620 --> 00:27:30.180
 didn't you?

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.900
 She said this

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.220
 she said

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.740
 actually

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.640
 no

00:27:35.640 --> 00:27:37.000
 actually

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.460
 I've been

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:38.259
 really afraid

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:38.820
 of heights

00:27:38.820 --> 00:27:39.580
 my entire

00:27:39.580 --> 00:27:40.080
 life.

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:42.140
 In fact

00:27:42.140 --> 00:27:42.420
 I really

00:27:42.420 --> 00:27:43.140
 wasn't sure

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:43.840
 my first time

00:27:43.840 --> 00:27:44.120
 in here

00:27:44.120 --> 00:27:44.400
 I'd ever

00:27:44.400 --> 00:27:44.940
 come back

00:27:44.940 --> 00:27:47.660
 but I've

00:27:47.660 --> 00:27:48.320
 learned to

00:27:48.320 --> 00:27:48.740
 trust

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.539
 what's

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:50.120
 holding me.

00:27:50.119 --> 00:27:52.639
 I've

00:27:52.639 --> 00:27:52.979
 learned

00:27:52.979 --> 00:27:53.419
 to

00:27:53.419 --> 00:27:53.879
 trust

00:27:53.879 --> 00:27:55.619
 what's

00:27:55.619 --> 00:27:56.179
 holding me.

00:27:57.879 --> 00:27:58.799
 Are you

00:27:58.799 --> 00:27:59.259
 learning

00:27:59.259 --> 00:28:00.259
 to

00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.939
 trust

00:28:00.939 --> 00:28:02.459
 what's

00:28:02.459 --> 00:28:02.759
 holding

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.139
 you?

00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:05.319
 Who

00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:07.019
 is

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.539
 holding

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:07.939
 you?

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.419
 Maybe

00:28:10.419 --> 00:28:10.719
 you're not

00:28:10.719 --> 00:28:11.059
 so much

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:11.500
 afraid of

00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:11.919
 heights

00:28:11.919 --> 00:28:14.059
 or the

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:14.319
 edge of

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:14.739
 a cliff

00:28:14.739 --> 00:28:17.679
 but you're

00:28:17.679 --> 00:28:18.439
 afraid of

00:28:18.439 --> 00:28:18.979
 your sin

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:21.360
 your

00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:21.880
 weakness

00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:24.519
 your

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.039
 death

00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:27.740
 your

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.279
 world

00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:28.839
 falling

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.460
 apart

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:31.460
 with a

00:28:31.460 --> 00:28:31.740
 war

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:34.480
 your

00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:35.019
 family

00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:35.720
 falling

00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:36.200
 apart

00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:37.860
 with

00:28:37.860 --> 00:28:38.420
 arguments

00:28:38.420 --> 00:28:41.539
 you're

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.079
 afraid of

00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:42.400
 your

00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:43.200
 failing

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:44.480
 your

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:44.759
 not

00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:45.480
 being

00:28:45.480 --> 00:28:45.960
 enough

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.920
 your

00:28:46.920 --> 00:28:47.559
 missing

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:48.059
 out

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:48.599
 your

00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:49.339
 grip

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:50.359
 slipping

00:28:50.359 --> 00:28:52.899
 friend

00:28:52.899 --> 00:28:53.299
 listen

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:55.059
 listen

00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:55.299
 to

00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:55.759
 Jesus

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:57.500
 it's

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:57.839
 not

00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:58.240
 about

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:58.919
 the

00:28:58.919 --> 00:28:59.440
 strength

00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:00.139
 of your

00:29:00.139 --> 00:29:00.519
 grip

00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:01.980
 it's

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.399
 about

00:29:02.399 --> 00:29:03.519
 his

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.539
 and

00:29:04.539 --> 00:29:05.440
 nothing

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:06.259
 can

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:06.899
 separate

00:29:06.899 --> 00:29:07.480
 you

00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:07.940
 from

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.200
 the

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.539
 love

00:29:08.539 --> 00:29:08.919
 of

00:29:08.919 --> 00:29:09.299
 God

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:09.700
 in

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:10.119
 Christ

00:29:10.119 --> 00:29:10.579
 Jesus

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:11.039
 your

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.419
 Lord

00:29:11.419 --> 00:29:12.440
 nothing

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:13.299
 can

00:29:13.299 --> 00:29:14.079
 snatch

00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:14.460
 you

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:15.139
 out

00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:15.600
 of

00:29:15.600 --> 00:29:16.100
 his

00:29:16.100 --> 00:29:17.020
 hands

00:29:17.020 --> 00:29:18.580
 yes

00:29:18.580 --> 00:29:18.900
 it is

00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:19.440
 we sing

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:19.680
 it

00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:20.480
 prone

00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:21.180
 to

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:21.880
 wander

00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:23.060
 Lord

00:29:23.060 --> 00:29:23.420
 I feel

00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:23.600
 it

00:29:23.600 --> 00:29:24.259
 prone

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:24.840
 to

00:29:24.840 --> 00:29:25.480
 leave

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:25.940
 the

00:29:25.940 --> 00:29:26.320
 God

00:29:26.320 --> 00:29:26.520
 I

00:29:26.520 --> 00:29:26.840
 love

00:29:26.840 --> 00:29:27.420
 I

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:27.880
 understand

00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:28.259
 you're

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:28.420
 being

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:28.860
 afraid

00:29:28.860 --> 00:29:29.580
 you're

00:29:29.580 --> 00:29:29.759
 going to

00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:29.980
 run

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.259
 off

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.500
 from

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:30.800
 him

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:32.740
 but

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:32.960
 I

00:29:32.960 --> 00:29:33.339
 know

00:29:33.339 --> 00:29:33.940
 whom

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.200
 I

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.720
 have

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.200
 believed

00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:36.399
 and

00:29:36.399 --> 00:29:36.659
 am

00:29:36.659 --> 00:29:37.279
 persuaded

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:37.740
 that

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.099
 he

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:38.339
 is

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:38.700
 able

00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:39.799
 to

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.200
 keep

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:40.639
 that

00:29:40.639 --> 00:29:40.960
 which

00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.500
 I've

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.059
 committed

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:43.259
 unto

00:29:43.259 --> 00:29:44.039
 him

00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.799
 against

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.419
 that

00:29:45.419 --> 00:29:45.799
 day

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.259
 we sing

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.519
 that

00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:46.980
 too

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:48.240
 oh

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:48.720
 love

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.000
 that

00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.279
 will

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:49.559
 not

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:49.859
 let

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.180
 me

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.960
 go

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:52.720
 I

00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:53.500
 rest

00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:54.180
 my

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:54.779
 weary

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.539
 soul

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:55.920
 in

00:29:55.920 --> 00:29:57.259
 thee

00:29:57.259 --> 00:30:00.180
 it

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:00.500
 is

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:01.360
 well

00:30:01.360 --> 00:30:02.400
 it

00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:02.940
 is

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:04.000
 well

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:05.039
 with

00:30:05.039 --> 00:30:06.500
 my

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.700
 soul

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:12.620
 sing

00:30:12.620 --> 00:30:12.860
 those

00:30:12.860 --> 00:30:13.100
 two

00:30:13.100 --> 00:30:16.400
 resting

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:16.819
 in his

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.160
 strong

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:17.500
 grip

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:20.400
 trusting

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:20.960
 what

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.500
 holds

00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:21.880
 me

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:23.740
 I

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.039
 can

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:24.579
 zip

00:30:24.579 --> 00:30:25.039
 around

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:26.039
 joyfully

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:26.700
 I

00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:26.920
 can

00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:27.900
 savor

00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:28.420
 the

00:30:28.420 --> 00:30:28.880
 view

00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:29.299
 it's

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:29.980
 glorious

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.779
 for me

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:30.920
 or

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.259
 Jesus

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:33.119
 I

00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:33.299
 can

00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:33.640
 point

00:30:33.640 --> 00:30:33.980
 others

00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:34.480
 to the

00:30:34.480 --> 00:30:34.819
 path

00:30:34.819 --> 00:30:35.000
 of

00:30:35.000 --> 00:30:35.539
 life

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:37.579
 and

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:37.700
 I

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:37.859
 can

00:30:37.859 --> 00:30:38.180
 quit

00:30:38.180 --> 00:30:38.599
 chasing

00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:39.259
 security

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:39.660
 everywhere

00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:40.299
 else

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:50.259
 Thursday

00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:50.480
 I

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:50.639
 thought

00:30:50.639 --> 00:30:50.740
 I

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:50.879
 was

00:30:50.879 --> 00:30:51.039
 going

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.200
 to

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:53.720
 write

00:30:53.720 --> 00:30:53.980
 this

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.259
 sermon

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:54.559
 about

00:30:54.559 --> 00:30:54.879
 having

00:30:54.879 --> 00:30:55.539
 security

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:55.779
 in

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.299
 God's

00:30:56.299 --> 00:30:57.220
 strong

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:57.480
 grip

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:57.680
 on

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:57.839
 us

00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:58.000
 that

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.119
 was

00:30:58.119 --> 00:30:58.240
 the

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.480
 plan

00:30:58.480 --> 00:30:58.639
 for

00:30:58.639 --> 00:30:58.740
 the

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:58.899
 day

00:30:58.899 --> 00:30:59.079
 on

00:30:59.079 --> 00:30:59.419
 Thursday

00:30:59.419 --> 00:31:00.419
 I

00:31:00.419 --> 00:31:00.599
 wrote

00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:01.119
 zero

00:31:01.119 --> 00:31:01.720
 words

00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:03.819
 zero

00:31:03.819 --> 00:31:04.839
 didn't

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:05.000
 feel

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.259
 good

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:07.079
 instead

00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:09.359
 God

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:09.579
 took

00:31:09.579 --> 00:31:09.699
 me

00:31:09.699 --> 00:31:09.859
 by

00:31:09.859 --> 00:31:10.019
 the

00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:10.399
 hand

00:31:10.399 --> 00:31:14.960
 and

00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.159
 one

00:31:15.159 --> 00:31:15.439
 event

00:31:15.439 --> 00:31:15.759
 after

00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:16.079
 another

00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:16.279
 in

00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:16.519
 my

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:16.939
 life

00:31:16.939 --> 00:31:18.220
 and

00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:18.359
 in

00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:18.740
 others

00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:19.299
 lives

00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:19.839
 that

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:19.980
 I

00:31:19.980 --> 00:31:20.299
 love

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:22.220
 all

00:31:22.220 --> 00:31:22.480
 day

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:22.659
 he

00:31:22.659 --> 00:31:22.859
 just

00:31:22.859 --> 00:31:23.119
 kept

00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:23.579
 showing

00:31:23.579 --> 00:31:24.000
 me

00:31:24.000 --> 00:31:24.460
 the

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:24.879
 things

00:31:24.879 --> 00:31:25.119
 that

00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:25.379
 I

00:31:25.379 --> 00:31:26.179
 grasp

00:31:26.179 --> 00:31:26.720
 it

00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:27.460
 for

00:31:27.460 --> 00:31:28.460
 security

00:31:28.460 --> 00:31:29.359
 and

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:29.659
 how

00:31:29.659 --> 00:31:29.919
 they

00:31:29.919 --> 00:31:30.740
 vanish

00:31:30.740 --> 00:31:34.119
 as

00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:34.419
 quickly

00:31:34.419 --> 00:31:34.619
 as

00:31:34.619 --> 00:31:34.740
 I

00:31:34.740 --> 00:31:34.939
 reach

00:31:34.939 --> 00:31:35.119
 for

00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:35.379
 them

00:31:35.379 --> 00:31:36.879
 picture

00:31:36.879 --> 00:31:37.139
 a

00:31:37.139 --> 00:31:37.500
 vapor

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:38.699
 a

00:31:38.699 --> 00:31:39.199
 bubble

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:40.240
 that

00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:40.400
 you

00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:41.120
 grab

00:31:41.120 --> 00:31:41.259
 it

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:41.420
 and

00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:41.900
 as

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.140
 soon

00:31:42.140 --> 00:31:42.240
 as

00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:42.340
 your

00:31:42.340 --> 00:31:42.539
 hands

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:42.779
 around

00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:42.880
 it

00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:43.039
 it's

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.220
 gone

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:44.160
 or

00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:46.400
 if

00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:46.539
 you're

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:46.759
 with

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:46.920
 me

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:47.059
 in

00:31:47.059 --> 00:31:47.200
 the

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:47.580
 cliff

00:31:47.580 --> 00:31:48.100
 imagery

00:31:48.100 --> 00:31:48.380
 if

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:48.500
 you're

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:48.720
 still

00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:49.380
 dangling

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:49.600
 on

00:31:49.600 --> 00:31:49.740
 the

00:31:49.740 --> 00:31:50.200
 ledge

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:50.940
 these

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:51.059
 are

00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:51.200
 the

00:31:51.200 --> 00:31:51.900
 little

00:31:51.900 --> 00:31:52.600
 weeds

00:31:52.600 --> 00:31:52.880
 and

00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:53.640
 twigs

00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:53.819
 that

00:31:53.819 --> 00:31:53.960
 as

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.120
 we

00:31:54.120 --> 00:31:54.420
 start

00:31:54.420 --> 00:31:55.100
 falling

00:31:55.100 --> 00:31:55.380
 we're

00:31:55.380 --> 00:31:55.880
 grasping

00:31:55.880 --> 00:31:56.120
 for

00:31:56.120 --> 00:31:56.559
 everything

00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:56.819
 that

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:56.960
 we

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:57.299
 can

00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:57.460
 to

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:57.680
 hold

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:57.840
 us

00:31:57.840 --> 00:31:57.940
 and

00:31:57.940 --> 00:31:58.039
 it

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.220
 just

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.500
 leaves

00:31:58.500 --> 00:31:58.680
 us

00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:58.940
 empty

00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.259
 handed

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.440
 and

00:31:59.440 --> 00:31:59.580
 we

00:31:59.580 --> 00:32:00.500
 crushed

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:03.880
 I

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:04.160
 can't

00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:04.359
 share

00:32:04.359 --> 00:32:04.680
 most

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:04.839
 of

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:05.019
 the

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.500
 details

00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.000
 this

00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:06.400
 morning

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:06.720
 but

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.079
 God

00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:07.500
 showed

00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:07.900
 me

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:08.980
 how

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:09.200
 I

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.539
 look

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:09.819
 for

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:10.619
 security

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:11.400
 in

00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:12.039
 health

00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:15.380
 in

00:32:15.380 --> 00:32:15.779
 money

00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:19.220
 in

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.559
 job

00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:20.119
 security

00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:23.079
 in

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:23.400
 fitting

00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:23.819
 in

00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:24.839
 in

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.079
 being

00:32:25.079 --> 00:32:25.480
 right

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:27.259
 in

00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.900
 being

00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:28.099
 able

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:28.299
 to

00:32:28.299 --> 00:32:28.700
 fix

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:28.819
 in

00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:29.140
 my

00:32:29.140 --> 00:32:29.660
 commitment

00:32:29.660 --> 00:32:30.019
 and my

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:30.600
 resources

00:32:30.600 --> 00:32:30.880
 to

00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:31.120
 make

00:32:31.120 --> 00:32:31.240
 it

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.400
 all

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:31.680
 right

00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:34.800
 one

00:32:34.800 --> 00:32:35.279
 after

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:35.860
 another

00:32:35.860 --> 00:32:37.360
 after

00:32:37.360 --> 00:32:37.700
 another

00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:37.960
 what

00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:38.100
 are

00:32:38.100 --> 00:32:38.259
 you

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.980
 grasping

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.480
 at

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:41.779
 to

00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:42.040
 hold

00:32:42.040 --> 00:32:42.360
 you

00:32:42.360 --> 00:32:45.259
 friend

00:32:45.259 --> 00:32:45.420
 I

00:32:45.420 --> 00:32:45.860
 challenge

00:32:45.860 --> 00:32:46.120
 you

00:32:46.120 --> 00:32:46.440
 if you

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:46.840
 haven't

00:32:46.840 --> 00:32:47.400
 experienced

00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:48.140
 this

00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:49.120
 if you

00:32:49.120 --> 00:32:49.380
 haven't

00:32:49.380 --> 00:32:49.800
 lived

00:32:49.800 --> 00:32:50.080
 this

00:32:50.080 --> 00:32:50.480
 already

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.259
 try

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:51.600
 it

00:32:51.600 --> 00:32:52.500
 see

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:52.800
 how

00:32:52.800 --> 00:32:53.500
 quickly

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:54.519
 anything

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:55.040
 you

00:32:55.040 --> 00:32:55.420
 want

00:32:55.420 --> 00:32:55.640
 to

00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:56.400
 grasp

00:32:56.400 --> 00:32:56.800
 at

00:32:56.800 --> 00:32:57.540
 will

00:32:57.540 --> 00:32:58.560
 disappear

00:32:58.559 --> 00:33:03.159
 and that's

00:33:03.159 --> 00:33:03.480
 not what I

00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:03.740
 want you

00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:03.859
 to

00:33:03.859 --> 00:33:04.299
 experience

00:33:04.299 --> 00:33:04.980
 I

00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:05.079
 don't

00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:05.279
 want it

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:05.440
 to

00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:06.019
 stop

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.379
 there

00:33:06.379 --> 00:33:07.299
 experience

00:33:07.299 --> 00:33:07.679
 that

00:33:07.679 --> 00:33:08.279
 there

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:08.460
 you

00:33:08.460 --> 00:33:08.639
 are

00:33:08.639 --> 00:33:08.740
 and

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.139
 you're

00:33:09.139 --> 00:33:09.740
 frantically

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:10.819
 flying

00:33:10.819 --> 00:33:11.559
 off the

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:11.839
 cliff

00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:12.359
 and you're

00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:12.899
 grasping

00:33:12.899 --> 00:33:13.379
 an empty

00:33:13.379 --> 00:33:13.720
 hand

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:14.039
 and I've

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:14.259
 got

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:14.639
 nothing

00:33:14.639 --> 00:33:15.500
 and all

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:15.859
 of the

00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:16.279
 sudden

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:19.159
 a

00:33:19.159 --> 00:33:20.200
 strong

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:21.419
 hand

00:33:21.419 --> 00:33:23.319
 grasps

00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:23.759
 you

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.659
 it reaches

00:33:24.659 --> 00:33:25.379
 out to

00:33:25.379 --> 00:33:25.579
 you

00:33:25.579 --> 00:33:26.599
 it holds

00:33:26.599 --> 00:33:27.039
 on to

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.240
 you

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:27.740
 and it

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.119
 will

00:33:28.119 --> 00:33:28.500
 not

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.059
 let

00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:29.839
 go

00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:30.519
 my

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:31.279
 only

00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:31.939
 comfort

00:33:31.939 --> 00:33:33.339
 is that

00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:34.279
 I belong

00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:35.299
 body

00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:36.480
 and soul

00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:37.519
 in life

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:38.240
 and in

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.579
 death

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:39.199
 to my

00:33:39.199 --> 00:33:39.980
 faithful

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.839
 savior

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:41.740
 Jesus

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:42.859
 Christ

00:33:42.859 --> 00:33:44.199
 he's

00:33:44.199 --> 00:33:44.579
 holding

00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:45.000
 you

00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:46.559
 he is

00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:47.019
 fully

00:33:47.019 --> 00:33:47.500
 paid

00:33:47.500 --> 00:33:48.259
 for all

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:48.919
 my sins

00:33:48.919 --> 00:33:49.299
 with his

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:49.779
 precious

00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:50.240
 blood

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.879
 and set

00:33:50.879 --> 00:33:51.460
 me free

00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:52.099
 from the

00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:52.500
 tyranny

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:53.460
 of the

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:53.779
 devil

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:55.000
 in fact

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:57.460
 he also

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:58.140
 watches over

00:33:58.140 --> 00:33:58.480
 me in

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:58.839
 such a

00:33:58.839 --> 00:33:59.039
 way

00:33:59.039 --> 00:33:59.759
 that not

00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:00.359
 a hair

00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:01.180
 can fall

00:34:01.180 --> 00:34:01.660
 from my

00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:02.119
 head

00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:02.859
 apart

00:34:02.859 --> 00:34:04.259
 from the

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:04.579
 will of

00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:05.140
 my father

00:34:05.140 --> 00:34:05.700
 in heaven

00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:07.099
 in fact

00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:07.700
 all things

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:08.300
 must

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:09.619
 work together

00:34:09.619 --> 00:34:11.119
 for my

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:11.679
 salvation

00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:15.039
 I give

00:34:15.039 --> 00:34:15.440
 them

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:16.599
 eternal

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:17.219
 life

00:34:17.219 --> 00:34:18.699
 and they

00:34:18.699 --> 00:34:19.579
 will never

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:20.260
 perish

00:34:20.260 --> 00:34:21.659
 and no

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.360
 one will

00:34:22.360 --> 00:34:23.400
 snatch them

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:24.300
 out of my

00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:24.699
 hand

00:34:24.699 --> 00:34:25.619
 no one

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:26.879
 is able

00:34:26.879 --> 00:34:27.500
 to snatch

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:27.839
 them

00:34:27.839 --> 00:34:28.619
 out of my

00:34:28.619 --> 00:34:29.179
 father's

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:29.539
 hand

00:34:29.539 --> 00:34:30.379
 I

00:34:30.379 --> 00:34:31.119
 and the

00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:31.519
 father

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.899
 are one

00:34:32.899 --> 00:34:38.319
 let me ask

00:34:38.319 --> 00:34:38.699
 you something

00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:39.199
 as we

00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:40.239
 prepare to

00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:40.500
 come to

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:40.960
 this table

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.559
 if all

00:34:41.559 --> 00:34:41.960
 that is

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:42.319
 true

00:34:42.319 --> 00:34:45.239
 regardless

00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:45.919
 of me

00:34:45.919 --> 00:34:46.299
 and how

00:34:46.299 --> 00:34:47.179
 tightly I

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:47.639
 cling to

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:47.980
 Jesus

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.899
 then why

00:34:48.899 --> 00:34:49.679
 bother with

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:50.439
 this table

00:34:50.439 --> 00:34:51.000
 Jesus

00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:54.179
 why would

00:34:54.179 --> 00:34:54.920
 Jesus want

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:55.800
 us celebrating

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:56.659
 this sacrament

00:34:56.659 --> 00:34:57.300
 if he's

00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:57.539
 going to

00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:58.059
 hold on

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:58.559
 to us

00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:59.019
 forever

00:34:59.019 --> 00:34:59.980
 no matter

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:00.800
 what

00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:01.820
 whether we

00:35:01.820 --> 00:35:02.260
 hang on

00:35:02.260 --> 00:35:02.579
 to him

00:35:02.579 --> 00:35:03.139
 or not

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:05.780
 I think

00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:06.079
 at least

00:35:06.079 --> 00:35:06.599
 one of the

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:06.960
 reasons

00:35:06.960 --> 00:35:07.500
 at least

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:08.239
 part of

00:35:08.239 --> 00:35:09.280
 his view

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:10.280
 of this

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:10.739
 table

00:35:10.739 --> 00:35:11.960
 is that

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.679
 he wants

00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:13.719
 all of

00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:14.260
 us

00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:15.539
 always

00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:17.039
 to remember

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:18.279
 his grace

00:35:18.279 --> 00:35:20.300
 and his

00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:21.279
 grasp

00:35:21.279 --> 00:35:22.440
 both

00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:23.259
 of those

00:35:23.259 --> 00:35:23.739
 things

00:35:23.739 --> 00:35:24.779
 his grace

00:35:24.779 --> 00:35:25.460
 to give

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:26.279
 us life

00:35:26.279 --> 00:35:27.000
 and his

00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.739
 grasp

00:35:27.739 --> 00:35:28.800
 to keep

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:29.259
 us in

00:35:29.259 --> 00:35:30.000
 that life

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:31.179
 forever

00:35:31.179 --> 00:35:32.940
 it's why

00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:33.599
 as the

00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:34.000
 crowd

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.619
 gathers

00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:34.920
 around

00:35:34.920 --> 00:35:35.199
 Jesus

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:35.579
 in this

00:35:35.579 --> 00:35:35.940
 passage

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.159
 with

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:36.739
 stones

00:35:36.739 --> 00:35:37.039
 in their

00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:37.320
 hands

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:37.920
 to kill

00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:38.119
 him

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:38.579
 that he

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:38.920
 actually

00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:39.460
 keeps

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:40.099
 pleading

00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:40.599
 with them

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:41.699
 to understand

00:35:41.699 --> 00:35:42.139
 that they

00:35:42.139 --> 00:35:42.599
 would know

00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:43.119
 that he

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:43.980
 indeed is

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.320
 God

00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:44.559
 and that

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:44.700
 they

00:35:44.700 --> 00:35:45.120
 can find

00:35:45.120 --> 00:35:45.720
 life

00:35:45.720 --> 00:35:46.059
 in him

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:46.380
 that they

00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:47.000
 would come

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.620
 and believe

00:35:47.620 --> 00:35:48.059
 in him

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:48.380
 Jesus

00:35:48.380 --> 00:35:49.019
 keeps

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:49.360
 pleading

00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:49.840
 with them

00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:50.440
 that's

00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:50.660
 what he

00:35:50.660 --> 00:35:51.039
 would say

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:51.440
 to you

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:51.900
 this morning

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:52.700
 if you

00:35:52.700 --> 00:35:53.180
 are here

00:35:53.180 --> 00:35:53.460
 and you

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:54.200
 don't yet

00:35:54.200 --> 00:35:54.960
 trust

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.840
 in Jesus

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:57.380
 that could

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:57.680
 be for

00:35:57.680 --> 00:35:58.100
 any number

00:35:58.100 --> 00:35:58.780
 of reasons

00:35:58.780 --> 00:35:59.300
 if you're

00:35:59.300 --> 00:35:59.580
 here and

00:35:59.580 --> 00:35:59.900
 you don't

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:00.180
 believe

00:36:00.180 --> 00:36:00.460
 in him

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:00.600
 yet

00:36:00.600 --> 00:36:00.840
 maybe

00:36:00.840 --> 00:36:01.039
 it's

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.260
 because

00:36:01.260 --> 00:36:01.559
 this is

00:36:01.559 --> 00:36:01.920
 the first

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:02.180
 time

00:36:02.180 --> 00:36:02.360
 you've

00:36:02.360 --> 00:36:02.519
 ever

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:03.039
 heard

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:03.620
 the

00:36:03.620 --> 00:36:03.900
 good

00:36:03.900 --> 00:36:04.180
 news

00:36:04.180 --> 00:36:04.360
 of

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:04.660
 Jesus

00:36:04.660 --> 00:36:06.360
 maybe

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:06.600
 you're

00:36:06.600 --> 00:36:06.760
 here

00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:07.080
 and you've

00:36:07.080 --> 00:36:07.640
 been in

00:36:07.640 --> 00:36:07.840
 church

00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:08.180
 your whole

00:36:08.180 --> 00:36:08.480
 life

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:08.720
 you've

00:36:08.720 --> 00:36:09.080
 heard this

00:36:09.080 --> 00:36:09.800
 many times

00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:10.180
 but you're

00:36:10.180 --> 00:36:10.700
 just not

00:36:10.700 --> 00:36:11.400
 quite

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:12.060
 convinced

00:36:12.060 --> 00:36:12.500
 yet

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:14.300
 maybe

00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:14.580
 you're

00:36:14.580 --> 00:36:14.960
 a young

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:15.380
 person

00:36:15.380 --> 00:36:16.539
 and you've

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:17.060
 grown up

00:36:17.060 --> 00:36:17.560
 in church

00:36:17.560 --> 00:36:18.140
 but you

00:36:18.140 --> 00:36:18.880
 have never

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:20.060
 yet yourself

00:36:20.060 --> 00:36:20.960
 trusted

00:36:20.960 --> 00:36:22.019
 in Jesus

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.820
 confessed

00:36:22.820 --> 00:36:24.039
 your sins

00:36:24.039 --> 00:36:24.420
 to him

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:24.960
 received

00:36:24.960 --> 00:36:26.280
 his forgiveness

00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:28.080
 then to

00:36:28.080 --> 00:36:28.960
 all of you

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.480
 who fit

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:30.019
 those

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:30.620
 categories

00:36:30.620 --> 00:36:31.220
 let me

00:36:31.220 --> 00:36:31.740
 invite you

00:36:31.740 --> 00:36:32.220
 not to

00:36:32.220 --> 00:36:32.780
 come to

00:36:32.780 --> 00:36:33.900
 take bread

00:36:33.900 --> 00:36:34.800
 and wine

00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:35.440
 this morning

00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:36.860
 but come

00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:37.940
 receive

00:36:37.940 --> 00:36:38.880
 Jesus

00:36:38.880 --> 00:36:40.600
 he is the

00:36:40.600 --> 00:36:40.960
 one

00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:41.600
 who will

00:36:41.600 --> 00:36:42.300
 hold you

00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:43.360
 and never

00:36:43.360 --> 00:36:44.360
 let you

00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:44.860
 go

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:46.480
 he invites

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:46.840
 you

00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:47.920
 today

00:36:47.920 --> 00:36:48.860
 to come

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.560
 and trust

00:36:49.560 --> 00:36:49.840
 him

00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:50.360
 we would

00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:50.780
 love to

00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:51.140
 talk with

00:36:51.140 --> 00:36:51.420
 you more

00:36:51.420 --> 00:36:51.880
 about him

00:36:51.880 --> 00:36:53.960
 if you

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:54.500
 do trust

00:36:54.500 --> 00:36:54.700
 him

00:36:54.700 --> 00:36:55.620
 if that

00:36:55.620 --> 00:36:55.920
 is your

00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:56.240
 great

00:36:56.240 --> 00:36:56.960
 comfort

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:57.180
 your

00:36:57.180 --> 00:36:58.059
 only

00:36:58.059 --> 00:36:58.659
 comfort

00:36:58.659 --> 00:36:59.200
 then I

00:36:59.200 --> 00:36:59.480
 want you

00:36:59.480 --> 00:36:59.980
 to come

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.619
 this morning

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:01.579
 empty

00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:02.320
 handed

00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:03.300
 because you

00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:04.119
 are coming

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:05.720
 to receive

00:37:05.720 --> 00:37:06.400
 all that you

00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:06.720
 need

00:37:06.720 --> 00:37:07.500
 so you can

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:07.900
 let go

00:37:07.900 --> 00:37:08.380
 of all those

00:37:08.380 --> 00:37:09.079
 other things

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:09.820
 that you've

00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:10.579
 been grasping

00:37:10.579 --> 00:37:11.500
 at all over

00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:11.900
 the place

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.180
 you can

00:37:12.180 --> 00:37:13.099
 let them go

00:37:13.099 --> 00:37:13.440
 in fact you

00:37:13.440 --> 00:37:13.980
 have to

00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:14.500
 it's the only

00:37:14.500 --> 00:37:15.079
 way to come

00:37:15.079 --> 00:37:16.340
 you come

00:37:16.340 --> 00:37:17.059
 empty handed

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:18.599
 because you're

00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:18.900
 here to

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:19.659
 receive

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:21.260
 his grace

00:37:21.260 --> 00:37:22.539
 again

00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:24.559
 his grace

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:26.400
 and his

00:37:26.400 --> 00:37:27.199
 grasp

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:28.019
 he

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:28.860
 won't

00:37:28.860 --> 00:37:29.500
 let

00:37:29.500 --> 00:37:30.079
 you

00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:30.519
 go

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:30.840
 let's

00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:31.119
 pray

00:37:31.119 --> 00:37:34.360
 Jesus

00:37:34.360 --> 00:37:34.820
 thank you

00:37:34.820 --> 00:37:35.219
 for that

00:37:35.219 --> 00:37:35.820
 thank you

00:37:35.820 --> 00:37:36.159
 for that

00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:36.699
 promise

00:37:36.699 --> 00:37:37.860
 thank you

00:37:37.860 --> 00:37:38.639
 for the

00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:38.980
 fact that

00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:39.320
 you let

00:37:39.320 --> 00:37:39.679
 go of

00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:40.420
 your life

00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:41.799
 that you

00:37:41.799 --> 00:37:42.460
 would grab

00:37:42.460 --> 00:37:43.199
 onto us

00:37:43.199 --> 00:37:45.659
 use these

00:37:45.659 --> 00:37:46.619
 common elements

00:37:46.619 --> 00:37:47.380
 for a sacred

00:37:47.380 --> 00:37:47.840
 purpose

00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:48.279
 that we

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