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 I would like you to turn this morning in your Bible, if you would, to John chapter 1.

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! We are going to study John chapter 1 verse 1.

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 And as we begin this morning, I'm going to ask that you join me in prayer

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 and that through the remainder of our time together that you continue in prayer.

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 That means multitasking.

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 You pray, I will preach, and we will rely upon the Spirit of God to work in us

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 that we might rejoice in the Lord Jesus Christ

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 and have delight in the one that someday we are going to see face to face.

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 Let us pray.

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 Precious Father, this morning we who are your children,

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 blessed beyond our full comprehension with salvation, with the indwelling Spirit,

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 with the companions of people that love the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 and with the written Word of God, which is the revelation that you have given to us of your Son,

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 we who are richly blessed as we are come again to ask that your Spirit would work in us,

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 that the Lord Jesus might be exalted,

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 and that we would grow in our affection for Him and our likeness to Him.

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 And we ask this in your precious name.

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 Amen.

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 I want you to listen as I read John chapter 1, verse 1,

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 and just have it framed in your mind, if you would, with me.

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 It says,

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 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

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 As we look at that opening statement,

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 I want you to understand that the Apostle is doing what is an important feature in good teaching.

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 He begins by telling you what he's going to say.

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 And then you can expect that in the remainder of the book,

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 for pretty much the entire book,

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 he is going to lay out various pieces of information that bear in on what we are going to see and understand in John chapter 1, verse 1.

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 And as you might suppose,

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 at the close of the book of John,

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 he comes back around,

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 and in John chapter 20, verse 30 and 31,

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 he says,

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 Listen, there's a lot I could tell you about,

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 about the ministry and the testimony of Christ,

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 but the things that I've chosen,

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 they are the things that are going to focus in,

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 so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ,

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 and believing in Him,

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 you may have life.

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 And as we look at this passage this morning,

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 one of the things that I want you to understand at the very outset,

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 is that as we take up the book of John,

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 one of the things that I always want to have fixed in our minds,

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 and be thinking about,

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 is the fact that where we are today is not the end of the story.

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 I want you to have that clear in your mind.

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 The fact of the matter is,

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 is that every single one of us here this morning,

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 will someday stand before God,

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 and give an account for our life,

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 and those of us who have come by faith,

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 to know the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 as our personal Savior,

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 will enjoy eternity forever with Him,

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 and we are going to delight in His presence,

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 and the blessing of being there with Him.

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 For those of you who are here today,

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 and do not know the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 I have no doubt that there will be moments in eternity,

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 where you will perhaps think back,

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 and remember,

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 I remember hearing the gospel,

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 I remember hearing about the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 and oh,

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 the wretchedness of my heart,

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 that hearing the sweetness of who Jesus is,

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 I turned away,

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 and rebelled,

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 and walked out into the darkness,

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 and ultimately into eternity of suffering and hardship.

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 I want you to understand,

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 as we take up this book this morning,

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 in John chapter 1,

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 we are looking at a very,

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 very central statement,

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 about who the Lord Jesus Christ is.

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 And as we consider what it says here in this passage,

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 I want you to recognize that we who know Christ

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 are dependent this morning on the Spirit of God

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 helping us to comprehend,

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 and then apply the sweet truth that we find here.

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 I want to draw attention in this one verse

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 to four truths that the Spirit of God tells us about Christ.

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 Let's begin by recognizing that John the Apostle

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 says something about Jesus repetitiously in verse 1

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 that we're going to use as a starting point.

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 It says,

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 In the beginning was the Word,

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 and the Word was with God,

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 and the Word was God.

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 And so I want you to recognize this morning,

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 as you take this passage in hand,

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 that Jesus is the Word.

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 When it says,

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 In the beginning was the Word,

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 John is the only one of the apostles

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 and the writers of the Gospels

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 that refers to Christ by this title.

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 And as the title repeats itself

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 over and over again in the first verse,

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 it is fitting for us to ask the question,

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 So what is John saying?

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 What's the point

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 that he actually wants us to pick up on

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 and have stuck in my mind?

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 Allow me to go back just for a moment

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 to something I said last week.

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 And it was this,

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 that as a person reads through John,

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 one of the repeated questions that should be asked

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 is,

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 Okay, who is Jesus,

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 and who is he to me?

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 And as we have this little statement

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 that John makes again and again,

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 Jesus is the Word,

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 Jesus is the Word,

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 the question then is,

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 Okay, what does this tell us about Christ?

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 Now, we have a tendency sometimes

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 just to think that words are just blah, blah, blah.

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 In fact, you may have grown up as a child

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 and your mother or father

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 wanted to kind of soften

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 some of the criticisms of life

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 and so they taught you that little ditty.

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 Sticks and stones may break my bones,

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 but words will never hurt me.

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 And that, is that true?

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 Not at all.

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 Not at all.

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 Words have far greater impact

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 than we may want to admit on the surface,

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 but the truth of the matter is,

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 words are very, very significant.

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 And I want you to understand

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 that words really,

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 and this is something

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 that I want you to recognize

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 and identify and accept.

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 Words give expression

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 to the inner thought

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 that someone else is having.

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 I want you to turn just for a moment.

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 You're there in John chapter 1,

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 but I want you to turn,

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 if you will,

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 over to 1 Corinthians chapter 2.

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 1 Corinthians chapter 2.

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 Give me just a second

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 to get there myself.

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 1 Corinthians chapter 2 verse 11 says,

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 For who knows a person's thoughts

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 except the spirit of that person

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 which is in him?

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 I don't know what you're thinking.

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 I may on occasion say,

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 I know what you're thinking,

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 and I may be able,

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 on the basis of recurring experience,

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 say, I think I've got a reasonable guess

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 at what you're thinking,

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 but the truth of the matter is,

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 I don't know what you're thinking

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 unless you, what?

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 Open your mouth

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 and out come indications

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 of what's really going on in your mind.

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 And that's the reason

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 that I think for one thing,

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 we who are believers,

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 listen to me carefully,

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 need to be more careful

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 about what we say with our lips.

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 Isn't that right?

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 Because the things we say

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 should reflect favorably

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 on the Lord Jesus Christ

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 in every instance

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 when we open our mouth.

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 Words tell other people

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 what is inside.

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 And words tell us

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 things about the speaker.

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 Furthermore,

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 going back to John chapter 1,

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 I want you to recognize

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 that in the case of God,

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 His words don't just tell us

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 about His character,

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 and that is true.

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 His words do tell us

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 about His character,

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 but His words are also powerful

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 to accomplish things.

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 You and I,

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 we can't do anything

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 other than put out

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 a little bit of hot air

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 and maybe influence

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 other people's thinking,

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 whatever,

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 but our words don't have

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 the same kind of power

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 that God's words have,

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 do they?

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 My word,

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 when I say,

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 brakes be fixed,

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 the car looks at me

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 and says,

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 yeah,

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 what's going on?

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 No,

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 I can't change anything

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 by virtue of my mere words

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 in a physical sense,

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 but God,

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 when He says something,

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 it actually takes place.

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 We understand

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 that the worlds were created,

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 the world was created

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 by God,

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 what?

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 Merely speaking it

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 into being.

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 And not only

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 did He speak it

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 into being,

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 but He did so

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 out of nothing.

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 Not just,

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 well,

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 I'm going to take

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 a little bit of this

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 and a little bit of that

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 and I'm going to make

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 something out of it.

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 God,

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 by virtue of His word,

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 created all

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 that we see around us

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 and we understand

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 that God's word

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 is powerful,

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 it is active,

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 it accomplishes

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 what He intends

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 to accomplish

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 and we recognize

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 also that by His word

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 the universe

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 is sustained.

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 By His word,

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 sinners are converted.

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 By His word,

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 those who were rebels

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 and enemies of God

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 become the children

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 of God

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 and by His word,

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 we receive

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 eternal life

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 and the blessings

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 that are full

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 for us who are

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 His children.

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 So when John

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 calls Jesus

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 the word of God

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 or the word,

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 he is announcing

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 several very important

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 facts that I want

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 you to fix in your mind

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 and have there

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 locked in.

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 Number one,

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 Jesus is the complete

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 revelation of God

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 the Father.

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 When John says

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 in John chapter 1

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 verse 1,

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 in the beginning

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 was the word,

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 the word,

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 the word,

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 he is telling us

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 that Jesus Christ

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 is the full,

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 complete,

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 accurate revelation

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 of who God

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 the Father is.

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 In relationship

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 to this,

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 I want you to look

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 at a couple

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 different passages

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 that are going

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 to amplify this

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 in your thinking

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 and so turn over

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 to Colossians chapter 1

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 verse 15 through 19.

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 By the way,

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 as we are going

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 to this passage,

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 let me explain

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 one of the characteristics

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 of learning

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 to be a good

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 Bible student.

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 You recognize

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 that the scriptures

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 are entirely reliable

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 and we can gain

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 further understanding

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 of one scriptural truth

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 by looking to see

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 where else

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 that scriptural truth

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 appears in scripture

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 and putting those

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 things together

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 helps us gain

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 a greater

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 and more complete

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 understanding

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 of whatever the point

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 is that we're seeking.

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 So when I say to you

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 that Jesus is the

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 complete revelation

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 of God the Father

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 and I have you turn

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 to Colossians chapter 1,

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 my purpose is to kind

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 of hammer the point

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 down and get you

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 to understand it

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 more clearly.

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 He, verse 15,

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 is the image

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 of the invisible God,

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 the firstborn

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 of all creation

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 for by him

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 all things were created

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 in heaven and on earth,

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 visible, invisible,

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 whether thrones

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 or dominions

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 or rulers

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 or authorities,

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 all things were created

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 through him

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 and for him

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 and he is before

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 all things

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 and in him

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 all things

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 are held together

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 and he is the head

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 of the body,

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 the church.

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 He is the beginning

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 of the firstborn

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 from the dead

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 that in everything

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 he might be preeminent

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 and then verse 19,

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 well worth underlining

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 and remembering

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 in your heart,

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 it says this,

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 for in him

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 all the fullness,

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 all the fullness

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 of God

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 was pleased

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 to dwell

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 and that word

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 that is used there,

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 fullness,

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 is saying it's all there.

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 In Jesus

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 is the entire

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 complete revelation

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 of God the Father.

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 Have you look

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 at another passage

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 in relationship

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 to this same point

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 and turn over

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 to Hebrews chapter 1,

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 Hebrews chapter 1,

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 verse 2 and 3.

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 In these last days

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 he has spoken to us

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 by his Son

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 whom he appointed

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 the heir of all things

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 through whom also

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 he created the world.

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 He is the radiance

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 of the glory of God

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 and the exact imprint

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 of his nature

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 and he upholds

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 the universe

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 by the word

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 of his power.

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 As we look

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 at this passage

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 coupled with

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 the Colossians

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 passage,

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 we understand

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 that when

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 John penned

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 that statement,

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 Jesus Christ

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 is the word,

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 he was telling us

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 that Jesus

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 is the complete

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 revelation

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 of God the Father.

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 Furthermore,

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 Jesus is the

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 perfect expression

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 of the will

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 of God.

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 Not only does

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 he tell us

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 or Jesus serve

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 as a revelation

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 of the character

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 and nature

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 of God,

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 but he also

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 serves to tell us

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 exactly what

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 the will of God

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 is.

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 Now,

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 let me back that up

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 when I say

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 exactly.

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 Are there parts

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 about the will

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 of God

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 that I will

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 never understand?

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 The answer

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 is yes.

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 However,

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 that which is

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 given to us,

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 revealed in the

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 scriptures,

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 about the will

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 of God,

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 Jesus explains

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 in its entirety.

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 And Jesus

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 shows us

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 what love is.

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 He shows us

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 how love acts.

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 He tells us

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 what lengths

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 grace will go

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 to to accomplish

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 salvation.

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 He makes

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 his heart

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 and his affection

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 for his children

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 evident.

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 He also makes

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 it clear

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 what it is

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 to fall

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 under the judgment

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 and condemnation

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 of God.

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 I want you to

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 recognize one

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 of the interesting

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 truths about

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 the Lord Jesus

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 Christ is that

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 most of what

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 the Bible

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 tells us

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 about hell

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 was actually

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 told from

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 the mouth

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 of Jesus

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 himself.

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 He was the

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 one who

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 talked about

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 hell more

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 than anybody

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 else.

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 And so

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 Jesus is

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 not only

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 the complete

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 revelation

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 of God

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 the Father

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 but he's

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 also the

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 perfect

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 expression

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 of the

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 will of

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 the Father.

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 I want you

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 to look at

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 a little

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 statement

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 that Philip

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 made in

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 John chapter

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 14.

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 You're there

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 in John

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 chapter 1

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 but go to

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 John chapter

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 14 if you

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 will just

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 for a

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 moment.

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 In John

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 chapter 14

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 verse 8

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 Philip said

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 to him

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 Lord show

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 us the

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 Father

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 and it's

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 enough for

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 us.

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 Say hey

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 listen the

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 one thing

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 we want

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 we want

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 to see

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 the Father.

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 And how

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 did Jesus

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 respond?

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 Well wait

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 a minute

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 I've got a

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 little more

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 to teach

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 you.

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 That's not

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 what he

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 said.

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 He said

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 have I

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 been with

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 you so

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 long and

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 you still

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 do not

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 know me

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 Philip?

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 Now remember

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 what Philip

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 had said

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 is we

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 want to

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 see the

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 Father.

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 And Jesus

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 immediately

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 responds and

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 says hey

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 have I

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 been with

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 you so

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 long and

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 you still

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 do not

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 know me?

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 Whoever

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 has seen

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 me has

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 seen the

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 Father.

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 How can

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 you say

00:16:07.400 --> 00:16:08.400
 show us

00:16:08.400 --> 00:16:08.879
 the Father?

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 Do you

00:16:09.139 --> 00:16:09.600
 understand that

00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:09.920
 point?

00:16:09.919 --> 00:16:10.819
 Jesus

00:16:10.819 --> 00:16:11.419
 is saying

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 to

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 Philip

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 don't

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 you

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 get

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 it?

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 I

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 am

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 the

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 complete

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 and

00:16:16.860 --> 00:16:17.799
 satisfying

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 revelation

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 of who

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 the

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 Father

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 is

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 and

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 when

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 you

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 know

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 me

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 you

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 know

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 the

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 Father.

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 Going

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 back to

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 John

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 chapter

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 1 I

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 want us

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 to

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 recognize

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 secondly

00:16:29.559 --> 00:16:29.899
 that

00:16:29.899 --> 00:16:30.279
 Jesus

00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:30.819
 is

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 eternal.

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 In

00:16:33.419 --> 00:16:33.579
 the

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 beginning

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 was

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 the

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 word.

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 And

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 as

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 John

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 opens

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 up

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 his

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 gospel

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 if

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 you

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 know

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 much

00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:41.820
 about

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 the

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 scriptures

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 at

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 all

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 that

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 little

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 statement

00:16:44.180 --> 00:16:44.480
 in

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 the

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 beginning

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 takes

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 you

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 back

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 to

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 which

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 other

00:16:46.460 --> 00:16:46.860
 book?

00:16:48.139 --> 00:16:48.680
 Takes

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 you

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 back

00:16:49.019 --> 00:16:49.340
 to

00:16:49.340 --> 00:16:50.200
 Genesis.

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 In

00:16:51.700 --> 00:16:51.899
 the

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 beginning

00:16:52.340 --> 00:16:53.620
 God

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 created

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 the

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 heavens

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 and

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 the

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 earth.

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 And

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 here

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 as

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 John

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 begins

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 to

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 open

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 up

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 his

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 gospel

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 for

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 us

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 he

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 says

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 hey

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 listen

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 I

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 want

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 to

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 remind

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 you

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 of

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 who

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 Jesus

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 is

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 and

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 set

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 him

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 against

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 the

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 backdrop

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 of

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 creation

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 because

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 he

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 indeed

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 is

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 God

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 he

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 is

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 eternal

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 and

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 when

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 that

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 little

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 statement

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 is

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 made

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 in

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 the

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 beginning

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 the

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 intention

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 of

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 the

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 apostle

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 is

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 to

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 remind

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 us

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 good

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 Bible

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 students

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 that

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 we

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 are

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 of

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 the

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 fact

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 that

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 there

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 is

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 that

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 connection

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 between

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 Christ

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 as

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 the

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 creator

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 and

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 God

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 of

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 this

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 universe

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 and

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 in

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 speaking

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 about

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 the

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 beginning

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 John

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 is

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 not

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 using

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 the

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 term

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 to

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!

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 identify

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 a

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 beginning

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 rather

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 he

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 is

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 marking

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 the

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 fact

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 that

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 Jesus

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 existed

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 from

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 all

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 eternity

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 past

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 and

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 even

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 at

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 the

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 start

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 of

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 all

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 known

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 history

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 Jesus

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 was

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 already

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 present

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 already

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 active

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 already

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 engaged

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 and

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 in

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 communion

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 with

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 the

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 father

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 in

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 other

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 words

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 when

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 that

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 little

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 statement

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 is

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 made

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 in

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 the

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 beginning

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 was

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 the

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 word

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 that

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 little

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 word

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 there

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 that

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 is

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 used

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 could

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 be

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 put

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 this

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 way

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 was

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 continuing

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 the

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 word

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 actually

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 was

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 already

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 there

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 and

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 was

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 continuing

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 Christ

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 from

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 the

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 very

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 beginning

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 of

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 not

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 just

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 recorded

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 history

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 but

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 from

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 the

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 beginning

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 in

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 terms

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 of

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 eternity

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 past

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 Jesus

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 is

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 actually

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 there

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 and

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 it

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 is

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 a

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 recognition

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 that

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 he

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 is

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 part

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 of

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 the

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 triune

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 God

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 John

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 makes

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 it

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 clear

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 that

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 Jesus

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 is

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 God

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 who

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 alone

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 is

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 eternal

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 all

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 other

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 things

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 have

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 a

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 beginning

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 in

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 the

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 creative

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 work

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 of

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 God

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 look

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 forward

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 just

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 a

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 little

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 bit

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 if you

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 will

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 to

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 verse

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 two

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 and

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 three

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 he

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 was

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 in

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 the

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 beginning

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 with

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 God

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 all

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 things

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 were

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 made

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 through

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 him

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 and

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 without

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 him

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 was

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 not

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 anything

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 made

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 that

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 was

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 made

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 only

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 God

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 is

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 not

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 a

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 created

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 being

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 do you

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 understand

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 that

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 was

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 engaged

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 and

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 part

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 of

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 the

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 creation

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 of

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 all

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 things

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 and

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 he

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 alone

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 is

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 God

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 and

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 we

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 recognize

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 that

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 I

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 particularly

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 love

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 the way

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 Jesus

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 nails

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 his

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 eternality

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 over

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 in

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 John

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 chapter

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 8

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 verse

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 58

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 and

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 so

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 turn

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 forward

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 just a

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 little

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 bit

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 if you

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 will

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 to

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 John

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 chapter

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 8

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 verse

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 58

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 in

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 John

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 chapter

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 8

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 we

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 find

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 Jesus

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 having

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 one

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 of

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 those

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 famous

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 discourses

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 with

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 his

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 adversaries

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 particularly

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 with

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 the

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 Pharisees

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 and

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 in

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 the

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 course

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 of

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 conversation

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 they

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 accuse

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 him

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 of being

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 a

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 Samaritan

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 and

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 having

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 a

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 demon

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 and

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 he

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 goes

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 on

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 and

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 explains

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 hey

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 listen

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 you're

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 not

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 interested

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 at

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 all

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 in

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 what

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 I

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 have

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 to

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 say

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 and

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 he

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 goes

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 on

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 and

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 nails

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 it

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 down

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 this

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 way

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 there

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 in

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 verse

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 58

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 he

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 says

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 truly

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 truly

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 I

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 say

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 to

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 you

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 before

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 Abraham

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 was

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 what's

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 he

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 say

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 next

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 I

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 am

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 can

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 anybody

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 think

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 of

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 where

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 else

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 we

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 hear

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 that

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 phrase

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 I

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 am

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 remember

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 when

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 Moses

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 in

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 the

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 wilderness

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 at

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 the

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 burning

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 bush

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 said

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 hey

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 by

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 the

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 way

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 who

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 shall

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 I

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 tell

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 them

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 you

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 are

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 who

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 shall

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 I

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 explain

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 has

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 sent

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 me

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 he

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 says

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 well

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 you

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 can

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 refer

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 to

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 me

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 as

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 I

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 am

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 I

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 am

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 God

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 and

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 here

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 is

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 Jesus

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 taking

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 that

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 little

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 phrase

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 that

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 every

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 good

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 Jew

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 would

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 have

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 known

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 quite

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 well

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 from

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 Exodus

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 and

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 he

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 says

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 hey

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 before

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 Abraham

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 was

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 I

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 am

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 an

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 excellent

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 declaration

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 of the

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 deity

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 of

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 Christ

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 and

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 how

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 did

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 the

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 Jews

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 respond

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 you

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 look

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 there

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 in

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 the

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 passage

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 verse

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 59

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 so

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 they

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 picked

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 up

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 stones

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 to

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 throw

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 at

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 him

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 but

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 Jesus

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 hid

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 himself

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 and

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 went

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 out of

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 the

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 temple

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 the

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 reason

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 is

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 they

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 understood

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 that

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 Jesus

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 was

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 saying

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 I

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 am

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 God

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 I'm

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 God

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 so

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 as we

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 look at

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 this

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 passage

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 I want

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 you to

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 recognize

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 that

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 Jesus

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 is

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 telling

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 us

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 not only

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 that

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 that

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 he

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 is

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 the

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 revelation

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 of

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 God

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 but

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 he

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 also

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 is

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 eternal

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 God

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 eternal

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 further

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 more

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 as you

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 look

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 at

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 the

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 passage

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 in

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 John

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 chapter

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 1

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 we

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 find

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 another

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 fact

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 stated

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 about

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 Christ

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 it

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 says

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 and

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 the

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 word

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 was

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 with

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 God

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 the

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 word

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 was

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 with

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 God

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 it's

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 amazing

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 that

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 the

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 doctrine

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 of the

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 trinity

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 is

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 not

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 an easy

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 one

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 to

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 understand

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 we

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 accept

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 it

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 the

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 only

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 reason

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 I

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 believe

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 in

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 the

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 trinity

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 is

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 because

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 it's

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 in

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 the

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 Bible

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 it

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 doesn't

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 make

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 logic

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 that

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 3

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 1

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 right

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 and

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 here

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 is

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 Jesus

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 saying

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 I

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 am

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 God

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 and

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 I

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 am

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 with

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 God

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 when

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 he

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 makes

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 that

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 statement

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 the

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 word

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 was

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 with

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 God

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 he

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 is

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 pointing

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 out

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 that

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 he

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 and

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 the

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 father

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 have

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 this

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 interaction

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 with

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 one

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 another

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 and

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 relate

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 to

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 one

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 another

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 inequality

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 from

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 the

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 beginning

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 the

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 word

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 with

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 that

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 is

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 used

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 here

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 in

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 the

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 Greek

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 carries

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 the

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 idea

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 of

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 nearness

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 and

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 communion

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 in

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 other

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 words

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 what

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 Jesus

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 is

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 saying

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 is

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 that

00:22:18.959 --> 00:22:19.579
 I

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 am

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 in

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 communion

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 with

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 the

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 father

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 in

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 complete

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 equality

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 and

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 nearness

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 and

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 closeness

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 because

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 of my

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 relationship

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 with

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 him

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 and

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 I

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 want

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 you

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 to

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 understand

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 that

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 Jesus

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 who

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 is

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 our

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 savior

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 is

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 not

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 some

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 kind

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 of

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 senior

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 created

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 being

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 like

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 the

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 Mormons

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 would

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 recommend

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 the idea

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 is

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 well

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 Jesus

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 kind of

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 worked up

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 the ladder

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 and he's

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 ahead of us

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 a little bit

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 no the fact

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 of the matter

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 is is Jesus

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 makes it clear

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 that he is

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 God

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 the son

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 and equal

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 to the father

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 in every aspect

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 I want

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 I want you to

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 recognize

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 also that

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 when Jesus

00:22:56.620 --> 00:22:57.340
 saved us

00:22:57.340 --> 00:22:57.920
 and called

00:22:57.920 --> 00:22:58.320
 us

00:22:58.320 --> 00:22:59.320
 his own

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 he draws

00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:01.800
 us into

00:23:01.800 --> 00:23:02.440
 communion

00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:03.400
 and relationship

00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:04.560
 with him

00:23:04.560 --> 00:23:05.540
 and with the

00:23:05.540 --> 00:23:05.880
 father

00:23:05.880 --> 00:23:07.140
 in very much

00:23:07.140 --> 00:23:07.780
 the same

00:23:07.780 --> 00:23:08.220
 way

00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:09.100
 in which

00:23:09.100 --> 00:23:09.760
 he is in

00:23:09.760 --> 00:23:10.140
 communion

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 with his

00:23:10.660 --> 00:23:11.020
 father

00:23:11.020 --> 00:23:12.140
 I want you

00:23:12.140 --> 00:23:12.460
 to turn

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:13.020
 over if you

00:23:13.020 --> 00:23:13.480
 will to

00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:14.220
 John chapter

00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:14.760
 17

00:23:14.760 --> 00:23:16.080
 and take a

00:23:16.080 --> 00:23:16.720
 look at this

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:17.340
 issue of

00:23:17.340 --> 00:23:18.280
 union

00:23:18.280 --> 00:23:19.060
 with the

00:23:19.060 --> 00:23:19.460
 father

00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:20.539
 that appears

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:21.299
 over and

00:23:21.299 --> 00:23:22.039
 over again

00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:22.559
 in John

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:23.220
 17

00:23:23.220 --> 00:23:24.840
 John chapter

00:23:24.840 --> 00:23:25.299
 1 verse

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:25.900
 1 it says

00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:27.840
 the word

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 was with

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 God

00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:30.440
 in communion

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 closeness

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 unity

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 and in

00:23:35.240 --> 00:23:35.860
 John chapter

00:23:35.860 --> 00:23:36.840
 17 as

00:23:36.840 --> 00:23:37.299
 Jesus

00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:38.200
 prays his

00:23:38.200 --> 00:23:39.039
 high priestly

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.480
 prayer

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.700
 he wants

00:23:40.700 --> 00:23:42.200
 all of us

00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:43.039
 to understand

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:44.100
 that he

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 is interested

00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:46.600
 in the unity

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 of the body

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 of Christ

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.880
 together

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 because of

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 our relationship

00:23:50.840 --> 00:23:51.340
 with him

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 look at

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 if you will

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 at verse

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 11

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 I am no

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 longer in the

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 world but

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 they are in

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 the world

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 and I'm

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 coming to

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 you holy

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 father

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 keep them

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 in your

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 name

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 which you

00:24:01.360 --> 00:24:01.780
 have given

00:24:01.780 --> 00:24:02.720
 me that

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 they may

00:24:03.380 --> 00:24:04.320
 be one

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 how

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 even as

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 we are

00:24:07.920 --> 00:24:08.240
 one

00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.600
 now let's

00:24:08.600 --> 00:24:09.000
 stop just

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 for a moment

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 and think

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:10.260
 about this

00:24:10.260 --> 00:24:11.260
 how easy

00:24:11.260 --> 00:24:11.740
 is it to

00:24:11.740 --> 00:24:12.200
 be one

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:14.620
 how easy

00:24:14.620 --> 00:24:15.040
 is it to

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 be one

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 it's a

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 whole lot

00:24:18.020 --> 00:24:18.420
 easier to

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 talk about

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 than to

00:24:19.060 --> 00:24:19.420
 do it

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 why is

00:24:20.400 --> 00:24:20.680
 that

00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:23.160
 does anybody

00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:23.539
 have an

00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:23.860
 idea

00:24:23.860 --> 00:24:25.560
 it's because

00:24:25.560 --> 00:24:25.940
 of our

00:24:25.940 --> 00:24:26.600
 nasty little

00:24:26.600 --> 00:24:27.180
 old problem

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.820
 called what

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 self

00:24:29.600 --> 00:24:30.200
 sin

00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:30.920
 pride

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 whatever it

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 is

00:24:31.860 --> 00:24:33.019
 and here

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.480
 is Jesus

00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:33.880
 praying

00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:34.300
 listen

00:24:34.300 --> 00:24:35.240
 father I

00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:35.560
 want you

00:24:35.560 --> 00:24:36.019
 to work

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:36.320
 in them

00:24:36.320 --> 00:24:36.700
 so they

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:37.060
 can be

00:24:37.060 --> 00:24:37.680
 one like

00:24:37.680 --> 00:24:38.240
 you and

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:38.840
 I are

00:24:38.840 --> 00:24:39.279
 one

00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:42.000
 follow along

00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.480
 if you will

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:42.980
 also

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:45.180
 in John

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:46.059
 chapter 17

00:24:46.059 --> 00:24:46.860
 verse 21

00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.779
 that they

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.460
 may all

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 be one

00:24:49.140 --> 00:24:49.860
 just as

00:24:49.860 --> 00:24:50.480
 you father

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:51.079
 are in

00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:51.559
 me and

00:24:51.559 --> 00:24:51.920
 I in

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 you

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:54.660
 then again

00:24:54.660 --> 00:24:55.240
 in verse

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:55.940
 22 the

00:24:55.940 --> 00:24:56.360
 glory that

00:24:56.360 --> 00:24:56.779
 you've given

00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:57.200
 me I've

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:57.539
 given to

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:57.960
 them that

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.360
 they may

00:24:58.360 --> 00:24:58.920
 be one

00:24:58.920 --> 00:25:00.400
 even as

00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:00.700
 we are

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.039
 one

00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:01.860
 verse 23

00:25:01.860 --> 00:25:03.220
 I in

00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:04.339
 them and

00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:04.740
 you in

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.240
 me that

00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.559
 they may

00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:05.900
 become

00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.660
 perfectly

00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:07.980
 one so

00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.339
 that the

00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:08.819
 world may

00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:09.180
 know that

00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:09.579
 you sent

00:25:09.579 --> 00:25:09.880
 me and

00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:10.319
 love them

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:10.799
 even as

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.120
 you love

00:25:11.120 --> 00:25:11.420
 me

00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:12.480
 what is

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:12.600
 the

00:25:12.600 --> 00:25:13.140
 relationship

00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:13.800
 that believers

00:25:13.800 --> 00:25:14.380
 are supposed

00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:14.860
 to have

00:25:14.860 --> 00:25:15.259
 with one

00:25:15.259 --> 00:25:15.600
 another

00:25:15.600 --> 00:25:16.100
 what is

00:25:16.100 --> 00:25:16.279
 it

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:17.660
 it is

00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:17.980
 something

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.600
 completely

00:25:18.600 --> 00:25:19.080
 different

00:25:19.080 --> 00:25:19.759
 from what

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:19.920
 the

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.420
 unbelieving

00:25:20.420 --> 00:25:20.740
 world

00:25:20.740 --> 00:25:21.340
 experiences

00:25:21.340 --> 00:25:22.860
 the only

00:25:22.860 --> 00:25:23.660
 time the

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.160
 unbelieving

00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:24.820
 world really

00:25:24.820 --> 00:25:25.420
 has any

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:25.920
 kind of

00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:26.320
 unity

00:25:26.320 --> 00:25:27.180
 is when

00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:27.560
 there is

00:25:27.560 --> 00:25:27.740
 some

00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.500
 self-serving

00:25:28.500 --> 00:25:28.860
 purpose

00:25:28.860 --> 00:25:29.460
 behind the

00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:29.740
 scene

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.740
 right

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.740
 yeah

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.240
 we're

00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:32.640
 interested

00:25:32.640 --> 00:25:33.360
 in accomplishing

00:25:33.360 --> 00:25:33.779
 something

00:25:33.779 --> 00:25:34.560
 and so we

00:25:34.560 --> 00:25:34.860
 kind of

00:25:34.860 --> 00:25:35.340
 partner to

00:25:35.340 --> 00:25:35.640
 pull it

00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:35.840
 off

00:25:35.840 --> 00:25:36.440
 but there

00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:36.920
 is not

00:25:36.920 --> 00:25:37.220
 that

00:25:37.220 --> 00:25:37.860
 affinity

00:25:37.860 --> 00:25:38.740
 and that

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:39.200
 union

00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:39.720
 that really

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.440
 comes out

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:41.000
 of a

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:41.340
 genuine

00:25:41.339 --> 00:25:41.980
 relationship

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.459
 with one

00:25:42.459 --> 00:25:42.779
 another

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.319
 and with

00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:43.579
 the Lord

00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:43.879
 Jesus

00:25:43.879 --> 00:25:44.419
 Christ

00:25:44.419 --> 00:25:46.179
 and as

00:25:46.179 --> 00:25:46.659
 we look

00:25:46.659 --> 00:25:47.139
 at the

00:25:47.139 --> 00:25:47.799
 foundational

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.379
 issue

00:25:48.379 --> 00:25:49.119
 of the

00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:49.639
 character

00:25:49.639 --> 00:25:50.179
 of Christ

00:25:50.179 --> 00:25:50.839
 we understand

00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:51.539
 that he

00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:51.919
 is in

00:25:51.919 --> 00:25:52.439
 union

00:25:52.439 --> 00:25:53.179
 with God

00:25:53.179 --> 00:25:53.720
 the Father

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.899
 and as a

00:25:54.899 --> 00:25:55.279
 result

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:56.579
 we who are

00:25:56.579 --> 00:25:57.099
 his children

00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:57.939
 are to be

00:25:57.939 --> 00:25:58.419
 in union

00:25:58.419 --> 00:25:58.919
 with one

00:25:58.919 --> 00:25:59.259
 another

00:25:59.259 --> 00:26:01.039
 I want you

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.240
 to look

00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:01.659
 at another

00:26:01.659 --> 00:26:02.500
 fact here

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:02.779
 if you

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.079
 will

00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:04.459
 Jesus is

00:26:04.459 --> 00:26:05.059
 with God

00:26:05.059 --> 00:26:05.579
 but then we

00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.079
 come to one

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:06.659
 other point

00:26:06.659 --> 00:26:07.559
 and there in

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.119
 John chapter

00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:08.740
 1 it says

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.359
 and the

00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:09.699
 word

00:26:09.699 --> 00:26:10.500
 was

00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.240
 God

00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:13.779
 when John

00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.319
 wrote those

00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:14.640
 words

00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:15.220
 the word

00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:16.279
 was

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:16.839
 God

00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:18.319
 John

00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:18.880
 was not

00:26:18.880 --> 00:26:19.400
 declaring

00:26:19.400 --> 00:26:19.839
 that

00:26:19.839 --> 00:26:21.119
 Jesus

00:26:21.119 --> 00:26:22.160
 is one

00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:22.799
 of God's

00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.720
 subordinates

00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:26.059
 God's

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.460
 how many

00:26:26.460 --> 00:26:26.620
 of you

00:26:26.620 --> 00:26:26.880
 have ever

00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:27.220
 had

00:26:27.220 --> 00:26:27.720
 Jehovah

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:27.980
 Witness

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.279
 knock

00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:28.539
 on your

00:26:28.539 --> 00:26:28.779
 door

00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:30.299
 ever

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:30.480
 had

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:30.720
 that

00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:32.220
 one

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.440
 of the

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:32.700
 things

00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:32.920
 that

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.220
 Jehovah

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:33.740
 Witnesses

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.079
 struggle

00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:34.460
 with

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.120
 Morim

00:26:35.120 --> 00:26:35.519
 struggle

00:26:35.519 --> 00:26:35.980
 with

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:37.279
 Muslims

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:37.799
 struggle

00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:38.140
 with

00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:38.500
 is the

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.000
 idea

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.799
 of

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.160
 the

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:40.839
 Trinity

00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:41.799
 the idea

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.360
 in their

00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:42.700
 thinking

00:26:42.700 --> 00:26:43.039
 is that

00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:43.539
 there really

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:43.860
 is

00:26:43.860 --> 00:26:44.380
 only

00:26:44.380 --> 00:26:44.819
 one

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:45.319
 God

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:46.240
 and

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:46.740
 they

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.480
 argue

00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:48.180
 and try

00:26:48.180 --> 00:26:49.019
 to mess

00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:49.339
 with the

00:26:49.339 --> 00:26:49.640
 scriptures

00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:50.120
 and don't

00:26:50.120 --> 00:26:50.500
 get very

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:50.759
 far

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.160
 with it

00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:51.880
 I want

00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:52.060
 you to

00:26:52.060 --> 00:26:52.500
 understand

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:52.720
 that

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:52.940
 here

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:53.220
 in the

00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:53.460
 very

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:54.120
 opening

00:26:54.120 --> 00:26:55.380
 verse

00:26:55.380 --> 00:26:55.759
 of

00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.140
 John

00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:56.519
 chapter

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:57.000
 one

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:58.000
 the

00:26:58.000 --> 00:26:58.440
 apostle

00:26:58.440 --> 00:26:59.019
 nails

00:26:59.019 --> 00:26:59.279
 the

00:26:59.279 --> 00:26:59.620
 issue

00:26:59.620 --> 00:26:59.860
 of

00:26:59.860 --> 00:27:00.180
 Jesus

00:27:00.180 --> 00:27:01.240
 absolute

00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:02.040
 relationship

00:27:02.040 --> 00:27:03.100
 and equality

00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:03.480
 with the

00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:03.740
 father

00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.160
 he says

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:04.480
 Jesus

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:04.720
 is

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.100
 God

00:27:05.100 --> 00:27:06.540
 Jesus

00:27:06.540 --> 00:27:07.100
 Christ

00:27:07.100 --> 00:27:07.700
 is

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:08.040
 God

00:27:08.040 --> 00:27:09.240
 I

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:09.680
 love

00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:10.160
 the way

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:10.720
 in which

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.700
 John's

00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:12.160
 gospel

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:12.779
 will back

00:27:12.779 --> 00:27:13.200
 up that

00:27:13.200 --> 00:27:13.519
 opening

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:14.140
 declaration

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 of the

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 deity

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 of Christ

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 with one

00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:16.880
 miracle

00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:17.560
 after another

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 in fact

00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:18.720
 as we

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 are working

00:27:19.340 --> 00:27:19.940
 our way

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.400
 through the

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:20.720
 book of

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 John

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:21.799
 one of the

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.159
 things you're

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 going to

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 recognize

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.339
 is that

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 after every

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 one of the

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 incidents or

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 pictures that

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 we're going

00:27:26.659 --> 00:27:27.059
 to see

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:28.079
 of Christ

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 the underlying

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 question is

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 yeah and

00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:31.759
 who is he

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 and guess what

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 the answer is

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 in every case

00:27:34.099 --> 00:27:36.259
 that Jesus

00:27:36.259 --> 00:27:37.460
 is God

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:38.879
 I shared

00:27:38.879 --> 00:27:39.480
 with you last

00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:40.059
 week that

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 the week

00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.379
 previous I

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 ended up in a

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 conversation with

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 a young lady

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 that was

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 interested in

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 having her

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 wedding performed

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 here and as I

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 was going

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.220
 through the

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 process of

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 what it

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 meant to

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:51.900
 have a

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 Christian

00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:52.480
 wedding

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 I ended

00:27:53.300 --> 00:27:53.980
 up sharing

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:54.480
 the gospel

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:54.900
 with her

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 and talking

00:27:55.340 --> 00:27:55.720
 to her

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:56.420
 about the

00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:56.940
 Lord Jesus

00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:57.380
 and I

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 shared in

00:27:58.080 --> 00:27:58.840
 that context

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 I said

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 listen one

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 of the things

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 I want you

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 to do

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:01.960
 is I want

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.420
 you to read

00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:03.000
 the gospel

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.720
 of John

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 by the way

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 I happen

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 to have

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:07.100
 a little

00:28:07.100 --> 00:28:07.840
 copy of

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 the gospel

00:28:08.340 --> 00:28:08.960
 of John

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:10.280
 I want

00:28:10.280 --> 00:28:10.860
 you to know

00:28:10.860 --> 00:28:11.540
 that Pastor

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 Saul has

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 ordered

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 100 of

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 them

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 and they

00:28:16.639 --> 00:28:17.579
 fit in

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.319
 your pocket

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 like this

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 pardon

00:28:20.659 --> 00:28:24.960
 yes he

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 will order

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 some more

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 why do

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 we want

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:30.019
 you to

00:28:30.019 --> 00:28:30.659
 carry a

00:28:30.659 --> 00:28:31.220
 copy of

00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:31.639
 John

00:28:31.639 --> 00:28:32.299
 it is

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:32.819
 not to

00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.279
 stop a

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:33.579
 bullet

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 I want

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.119
 you to

00:28:41.119 --> 00:28:41.500
 carry

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.299
 the gospel

00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:42.839
 of John

00:28:42.839 --> 00:28:43.139
 in your

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 pocket

00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:44.379
 prayerfully

00:28:44.379 --> 00:28:46.500
 so that

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:46.919
 you

00:28:46.919 --> 00:28:48.500
 prayerfully

00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:49.579
 looking for

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.339
 opportunities

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:51.399
 to talk

00:28:51.399 --> 00:28:51.859
 to people

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.379
 about the

00:28:52.379 --> 00:28:53.039
 sweet truth

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.319
 of who

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.659
 the Lord

00:28:53.659 --> 00:28:53.960
 Jesus

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.419
 is

00:28:54.419 --> 00:28:55.119
 when you

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:55.500
 end up

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:55.759
 in one

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.019
 of those

00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:56.740
 conversations

00:28:56.740 --> 00:28:57.659
 as the

00:28:57.659 --> 00:28:58.279
 conversation

00:28:58.279 --> 00:28:58.720
 kind of

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.079
 develops

00:28:59.079 --> 00:28:59.399
 you can

00:28:59.399 --> 00:28:59.619
 say

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 hey

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 why don't

00:29:02.119 --> 00:29:02.819
 you read

00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:04.000
 don't have

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.220
 to read

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:04.439
 the whole

00:29:04.439 --> 00:29:04.740
 Bible

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:05.839
 66 books

00:29:05.839 --> 00:29:06.899
 just do

00:29:06.899 --> 00:29:07.419
 John

00:29:07.419 --> 00:29:08.559
 and

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:09.279
 surprise

00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:10.279
 I have

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:10.519
 a little

00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:10.879
 copy

00:29:10.879 --> 00:29:11.379
 right here

00:29:11.379 --> 00:29:12.700
 in fact

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.559
 I'll share

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:13.939
 it with you

00:29:13.939 --> 00:29:14.299
 you can

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:15.000
 have it

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:16.220
 now the

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:16.919
 copies of

00:29:16.919 --> 00:29:17.220
 John

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:17.579
 that we

00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:17.960
 have

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.720
 these are

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:18.919
 pretty

00:29:18.919 --> 00:29:19.359
 slick

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:31.019
 these little

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.659
 gospel

00:29:31.659 --> 00:29:32.619
 copies

00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:33.739
 have all

00:29:33.739 --> 00:29:34.039
 different

00:29:34.039 --> 00:29:34.439
 kinds

00:29:34.439 --> 00:29:34.619
 of

00:29:34.619 --> 00:29:35.119
 fronts

00:29:35.119 --> 00:29:37.079
 you're

00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:37.879
 involved

00:29:37.879 --> 00:29:38.599
 in the

00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:38.879
 medical

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:39.299
 field

00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.739
 there's

00:29:39.739 --> 00:29:39.959
 one

00:29:39.959 --> 00:29:40.159
 for

00:29:40.159 --> 00:29:40.679
 doctors

00:29:40.679 --> 00:29:41.239
 or nurses

00:29:41.239 --> 00:29:42.019
 you're

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.439
 involved

00:29:42.439 --> 00:29:42.639
 in

00:29:42.639 --> 00:29:43.039
 trucking

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.299
 there's

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.519
 one

00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:43.699
 for

00:29:43.699 --> 00:29:44.219
 truckers

00:29:44.219 --> 00:29:44.799
 they're

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.219
 involved

00:29:45.219 --> 00:29:45.379
 in

00:29:45.379 --> 00:29:46.079
 HVAC

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:46.479
 there's

00:29:46.479 --> 00:29:46.679
 one

00:29:46.679 --> 00:29:46.859
 for

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:47.219
 Bob

00:29:47.219 --> 00:29:47.579
 we'll

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:47.799
 figure

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:47.959
 it

00:29:47.959 --> 00:29:48.179
 out

00:29:48.179 --> 00:29:50.079
 okay

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:51.199
 and

00:29:51.199 --> 00:29:52.879
 in fact

00:29:52.879 --> 00:29:53.359
 Jack

00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:53.959
 McEverican

00:29:53.959 --> 00:29:54.279
 is the

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:54.419
 one

00:29:54.419 --> 00:29:54.779
 that came

00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.159
 to me

00:29:55.159 --> 00:29:55.879
 and he

00:29:55.879 --> 00:29:56.299
 had one

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:56.500
 for

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:57.000
 golfing

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.659
 I'm not

00:29:57.659 --> 00:29:57.899
 doing

00:29:57.899 --> 00:29:58.139
 that

00:29:58.139 --> 00:29:58.399
 but

00:29:58.399 --> 00:29:59.259
 you know

00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.859
 they have

00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:00.119
 ones

00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:00.279
 for

00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:00.579
 hunters

00:30:00.579 --> 00:30:01.419
 and the

00:30:01.419 --> 00:30:01.759
 idea

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.240
 is that

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:03.220
 here you

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:03.519
 are

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.119
 you're

00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:04.460
 talking

00:30:04.460 --> 00:30:05.019
 with people

00:30:05.019 --> 00:30:05.500
 about the

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:06.039
 Lord Jesus

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:06.379
 and you

00:30:06.379 --> 00:30:07.059
 say I

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:07.339
 want you

00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:07.659
 to read

00:30:07.659 --> 00:30:08.039
 this little

00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:08.419
 book

00:30:08.419 --> 00:30:10.119
 and as

00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:10.339
 you're

00:30:10.339 --> 00:30:10.759
 reading it

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.059
 I want

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:11.259
 you to

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:11.579
 keep on

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:11.899
 asking

00:30:11.899 --> 00:30:12.240
 yourself

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:12.799
 the question

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:13.899
 who is

00:30:13.899 --> 00:30:14.379
 Jesus

00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:16.059
 who is

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.500
 Jesus

00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:18.059
 and

00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:18.779
 every

00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:19.500
 one

00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:20.699
 of the

00:30:20.699 --> 00:30:22.419
 stories

00:30:22.419 --> 00:30:23.019
 that the

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.579
 apostle

00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:24.539
 relates

00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.659
 to the

00:30:25.659 --> 00:30:26.059
 reader

00:30:26.059 --> 00:30:27.720
 put

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:28.079
 people

00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:28.500
 on the

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:28.960
 spot

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.359
 of

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:29.779
 either

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.579
 confessing

00:30:30.579 --> 00:30:30.819
 that

00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:31.200
 Jesus

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.740
 is the

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.119
 Christ

00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:32.879
 and the

00:30:32.879 --> 00:30:33.200
 savior

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:33.639
 of the

00:30:33.639 --> 00:30:33.980
 world

00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:34.679
 or they

00:30:34.679 --> 00:30:35.139
 put them

00:30:35.139 --> 00:30:35.480
 on the

00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:35.819
 spot

00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:36.119
 of

00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:36.779
 refusing

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.139
 to

00:30:37.139 --> 00:30:37.579
 believe

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:38.119
 the

00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:38.720
 evidence

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:40.259
 and denying

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:40.579
 his

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:41.019
 deity

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:42.279
 and his

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:42.740
 ministry

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:44.379
 and so

00:30:44.379 --> 00:30:44.779
 as we

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.000
 are

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:45.639
 working

00:30:45.639 --> 00:30:46.419
 our way

00:30:46.419 --> 00:30:46.779
 through

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.039
 the

00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:47.419
 gospel

00:30:47.419 --> 00:30:47.659
 of

00:30:47.659 --> 00:30:48.000
 John

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.720
 one

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:48.960
 of the

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:49.220
 things

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.539
 that you

00:30:49.539 --> 00:30:49.639
 are

00:30:49.639 --> 00:30:49.879
 going

00:30:49.879 --> 00:30:50.059
 to

00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:50.460
 find

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:51.000
 is

00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:51.379
 over

00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:51.519
 and

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:51.679
 over

00:30:51.679 --> 00:30:52.039
 again

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:52.599
 there's

00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:52.759
 going

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.019
 to be

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.480
 evidence

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:54.039
 this

00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:54.579
 is

00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:55.539
 God

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:56.000
 who

00:30:56.000 --> 00:30:56.200
 has

00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:56.599
 come

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:57.039
 to

00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:57.180
 be

00:30:57.180 --> 00:30:57.399
 our

00:30:57.399 --> 00:30:57.779
 savior

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:58.579
 let me

00:30:58.579 --> 00:30:58.839
 step

00:30:58.839 --> 00:30:59.379
 outside

00:30:59.379 --> 00:30:59.680
 of the

00:30:59.680 --> 00:30:59.859
 book

00:30:59.859 --> 00:31:00.019
 of

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.299
 John

00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:00.539
 just

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:00.839
 for a

00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:01.039
 moment

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:01.619
 to give

00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:01.799
 you a

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:01.940
 couple

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:02.579
 illustrations

00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:03.000
 of

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:04.399
 where

00:31:04.399 --> 00:31:04.879
 Jesus

00:31:04.879 --> 00:31:05.339
 did

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:05.720
 things

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.079
 and people

00:31:06.079 --> 00:31:06.220
 said

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:06.460
 wow

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:06.799
 look at

00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.019
 that

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.559
 that

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:07.779
 must

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.039
 be

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:08.619
 God

00:31:08.619 --> 00:31:09.460
 turn

00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:09.759
 in your

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.059
 Bible

00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:10.339
 you're

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:10.500
 in

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:10.839
 John

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:11.299
 so turn

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:11.599
 back

00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:11.839
 if you

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:12.019
 will

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:12.200
 to

00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:12.440
 Luke

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:12.759
 chapter

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.440
 5

00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:14.379
 verse

00:31:14.379 --> 00:31:14.899
 23

00:31:14.899 --> 00:31:16.659
 Luke

00:31:16.659 --> 00:31:17.019
 chapter

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.680
 5

00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:18.659
 verse

00:31:18.659 --> 00:31:19.240
 23

00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:28.920
 in

00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.140
 this

00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:29.480
 case

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:29.880
 Jesus

00:31:29.880 --> 00:31:30.359
 heals

00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:30.819
 a man

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:30.980
 who

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:31.140
 is

00:31:31.140 --> 00:31:31.519
 paralyzed

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:33.160
 and

00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:33.359
 you'll

00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:33.640
 remember

00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:33.859
 the

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:34.259
 story

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:34.620
 that

00:31:34.620 --> 00:31:35.539
 after

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:35.839
 the

00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:36.299
 man

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:36.500
 who

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:36.720
 had

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:36.920
 been

00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:37.240
 brought

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.460
 on

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:37.620
 the

00:31:37.620 --> 00:31:37.980
 bed

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:39.019
 is

00:31:39.019 --> 00:31:39.380
 brought

00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:39.680
 into

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:40.059
 Jesus

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:40.779
 presence

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:41.620
 instead

00:31:41.620 --> 00:31:41.880
 of

00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:42.299
 healing

00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:42.559
 the

00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:42.859
 man

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:43.120
 of

00:31:43.120 --> 00:31:43.339
 his

00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:43.819
 physical

00:31:43.819 --> 00:31:44.339
 affliction

00:31:44.339 --> 00:31:44.960
 what's

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.079
 the

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:45.319
 first

00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:45.500
 thing

00:31:45.500 --> 00:31:45.660
 that

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:45.920
 Jesus

00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:46.460
 does

00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:48.579
 he

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:48.840
 says

00:31:48.840 --> 00:31:49.160
 hey

00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:50.700
 I'll

00:31:50.700 --> 00:31:50.960
 forgive

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.180
 your

00:31:51.180 --> 00:31:51.700
 sins

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:52.840
 and

00:31:52.840 --> 00:31:53.079
 that

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:53.500
 really

00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:54.440
 rattles

00:31:54.440 --> 00:31:54.640
 the

00:31:54.640 --> 00:31:55.180
 chain

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.440
 of

00:31:55.440 --> 00:31:55.579
 the

00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:56.220
 Pharisees

00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:56.600
 because

00:31:56.600 --> 00:31:57.460
 who

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:57.740
 can

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.140
 forgive

00:31:58.140 --> 00:31:58.759
 sins

00:31:58.759 --> 00:32:00.480
 only

00:32:00.480 --> 00:32:00.900
 God

00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:02.400
 I

00:32:02.400 --> 00:32:02.640
 want

00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:02.759
 you

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:02.900
 to

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:03.180
 know

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:03.559
 that

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:04.299
 nobody

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:04.579
 has

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:04.779
 ever

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.100
 come

00:32:05.100 --> 00:32:05.279
 to

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:05.440
 me

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:05.600
 and

00:32:05.600 --> 00:32:05.779
 said

00:32:05.779 --> 00:32:06.279
 pastor

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:06.940
 will

00:32:06.940 --> 00:32:07.079
 you

00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:07.480
 please

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:07.880
 forgive

00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.039
 me

00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:08.220
 for

00:32:08.220 --> 00:32:08.420
 the

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:08.700
 sins

00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:08.980
 I've

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:09.319
 committed

00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:09.940
 I

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.200
 would

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:10.840
 never

00:32:10.840 --> 00:32:13.259
 suppose

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:13.940
 that I

00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:14.360
 have any

00:32:14.360 --> 00:32:14.860
 place

00:32:14.860 --> 00:32:15.519
 and authority

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:16.340
 of forgiving

00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:17.000
 anybody's

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.399
 sins

00:32:17.399 --> 00:32:18.980
 only

00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:20.019
 God

00:32:20.019 --> 00:32:20.379
 can

00:32:20.379 --> 00:32:20.759
 forgive

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.319
 sins

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:22.339
 and

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:22.639
 so

00:32:22.639 --> 00:32:23.019
 as

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.179
 you

00:32:23.179 --> 00:32:23.399
 look

00:32:23.399 --> 00:32:23.519
 in

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:23.699
 this

00:32:23.699 --> 00:32:24.199
 passage

00:32:24.199 --> 00:32:24.419
 in

00:32:24.419 --> 00:32:24.639
 Luke

00:32:24.639 --> 00:32:24.980
 chapter

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.419
 5

00:32:25.419 --> 00:32:25.599
 verse

00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:26.099
 23

00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:26.819
 we

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.220
 find

00:32:27.220 --> 00:32:27.779
 Jesus

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:28.439
 forgiving

00:32:28.439 --> 00:32:28.980
 the

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.339
 man

00:32:29.339 --> 00:32:29.639
 for

00:32:29.639 --> 00:32:29.839
 his

00:32:29.839 --> 00:32:30.220
 sins

00:32:30.220 --> 00:32:30.919
 and

00:32:30.919 --> 00:32:31.139
 then

00:32:31.139 --> 00:32:31.379
 while

00:32:31.379 --> 00:32:31.579
 the

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:32.059
 Pharisees

00:32:32.059 --> 00:32:32.220
 are

00:32:32.220 --> 00:32:32.399
 over

00:32:32.399 --> 00:32:32.579
 there

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:32.819
 kind

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:32.919
 of

00:32:32.919 --> 00:32:33.179
 biting

00:32:33.179 --> 00:32:33.439
 their

00:32:33.439 --> 00:32:33.779
 tongue

00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.259
 he

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:34.459
 says

00:32:34.459 --> 00:32:34.639
 hey

00:32:34.639 --> 00:32:34.879
 let's

00:32:34.879 --> 00:32:35.059
 try

00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:35.299
 this

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:35.480
 one

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:35.939
 which

00:32:35.939 --> 00:32:36.099
 is

00:32:36.099 --> 00:32:36.519
 easier

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:36.919
 to

00:32:36.919 --> 00:32:37.259
 forgive

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:37.619
 sins

00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:37.759
 or

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:37.939
 heal

00:32:37.939 --> 00:32:38.159
 this

00:32:38.159 --> 00:32:38.480
 man

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:40.000
 and

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:40.159
 what

00:32:40.159 --> 00:32:40.319
 does

00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:40.579
 Jesus

00:32:40.579 --> 00:32:40.899
 do

00:32:40.899 --> 00:32:41.919
 he

00:32:41.919 --> 00:32:42.119
 does

00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:42.259
 a

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:42.559
 slam

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:42.859
 dunk

00:32:42.859 --> 00:32:43.139
!

00:32:43.139 --> 00:32:43.179
 he

00:32:43.179 --> 00:32:43.740
 he

00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:46.459
 try

00:32:46.459 --> 00:32:46.639
 the

00:32:46.639 --> 00:32:46.899
 healing

00:32:46.899 --> 00:32:47.319
 part

00:32:47.319 --> 00:32:47.899
 and

00:32:47.899 --> 00:32:48.819
 undeniable

00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:49.319
 evidence

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:49.740
 this

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:49.939
 is

00:32:49.939 --> 00:32:50.399
 God

00:32:50.399 --> 00:32:51.399
 let me

00:32:51.399 --> 00:32:51.519
 have

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:51.639
 you

00:32:51.639 --> 00:32:51.799
 look

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:51.899
 at

00:32:51.899 --> 00:32:52.159
 another

00:32:52.159 --> 00:32:52.799
 illustration

00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:53.759
 turn

00:32:53.759 --> 00:32:54.059
 over

00:32:54.059 --> 00:32:54.939
 back

00:32:54.939 --> 00:32:55.579
 actually

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:56.240
 to

00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:56.539
 Mark

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:56.939
 chapter

00:32:56.939 --> 00:32:57.599
 4

00:32:57.599 --> 00:32:58.379
 verse

00:32:58.379 --> 00:32:59.199
 39

00:32:59.199 --> 00:33:00.019
 through

00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:00.619
 41

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:05.139
 in

00:33:05.139 --> 00:33:05.419
 Mark

00:33:05.419 --> 00:33:05.759
 chapter

00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:06.119
 4

00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:06.339
 we

00:33:06.339 --> 00:33:06.679
 find

00:33:06.679 --> 00:33:07.240
 Jesus

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:08.240
 out

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.679
 on

00:33:08.679 --> 00:33:09.599
 the

00:33:09.599 --> 00:33:09.740
 sea

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:09.879
 of

00:33:09.879 --> 00:33:10.319
 Galilee

00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:10.759
 in

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:10.859
 the

00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:11.059
 boat

00:33:11.059 --> 00:33:11.259
 with

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.399
 his

00:33:11.399 --> 00:33:11.859
 disciples

00:33:11.859 --> 00:33:13.359
 and

00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:14.159
 amazingly

00:33:14.159 --> 00:33:14.679
 enough

00:33:14.679 --> 00:33:14.980
 he

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.179
 is

00:33:15.179 --> 00:33:15.579
 sleeping

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:18.339
 my

00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:18.759
 wife

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.779
 awakened

00:33:19.779 --> 00:33:20.000
 the

00:33:20.000 --> 00:33:20.179
 other

00:33:20.179 --> 00:33:20.539
 morning

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:20.720
 and

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:20.879
 said

00:33:20.879 --> 00:33:21.559
 man

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:21.759
 did

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:21.859
 you

00:33:21.859 --> 00:33:22.039
 hear

00:33:22.039 --> 00:33:22.279
 that

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:22.779
 storm

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:24.079
 you

00:33:24.079 --> 00:33:24.220
 know

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.539
 what

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.779
 no

00:33:25.779 --> 00:33:27.679
 I

00:33:27.679 --> 00:33:27.939
 mean

00:33:27.939 --> 00:33:28.119
 it

00:33:28.119 --> 00:33:28.319
 was

00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:28.639
 booming

00:33:28.639 --> 00:33:28.879
 and

00:33:28.879 --> 00:33:29.299
 clattering

00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:29.559
 and

00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:29.699
 there

00:33:29.699 --> 00:33:30.139
 were

00:33:30.139 --> 00:33:30.519
 bits

00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:30.799
 and

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:31.519
 things

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:31.720
 of

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.039
 trees

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:32.279
 all

00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:32.439
 over

00:33:32.439 --> 00:33:32.639
 my

00:33:32.639 --> 00:33:33.079
 neighbor's

00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:33.359
 lawn

00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:34.000
 didn't

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.199
 hear

00:33:34.199 --> 00:33:34.519
 it

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.740
 here's

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.039
 Jesus

00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:36.559
 asleep

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:37.659
 I

00:33:37.659 --> 00:33:37.899
 love

00:33:37.899 --> 00:33:38.039
 what

00:33:38.039 --> 00:33:38.460
 happens

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:40.720
 verse

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.179
 38

00:33:41.179 --> 00:33:41.359
 and

00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:41.619
 when he

00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:42.220
 was in

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:42.339
 the

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.579
 stern

00:33:42.579 --> 00:33:42.879
 asleep

00:33:42.879 --> 00:33:43.059
 on

00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:43.159
 the

00:33:43.159 --> 00:33:43.399
 cushion

00:33:43.399 --> 00:33:43.599
 and

00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:43.740
 they

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:44.039
 woke

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.199
 him

00:33:44.199 --> 00:33:44.339
 and

00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:44.500
 said

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:44.639
 to

00:33:44.639 --> 00:33:44.779
 him

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.159
 master

00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:45.840
 do

00:33:45.840 --> 00:33:46.019
 you

00:33:46.019 --> 00:33:46.279
 not

00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:46.660
 care

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:46.880
 that

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:47.060
 we

00:33:47.060 --> 00:33:47.240
 are

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:47.820
 perishing

00:33:47.820 --> 00:33:48.420
 now

00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:49.060
 in

00:33:49.060 --> 00:33:49.440
 that

00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:49.980
 statement

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.300
 what

00:33:50.300 --> 00:33:50.480
 were

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:50.660
 they

00:33:50.660 --> 00:33:51.040
 admitting

00:33:51.040 --> 00:33:51.259
 they

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.560
 thought

00:33:51.560 --> 00:33:51.779
 about

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.180
 Jesus

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:53.700
 they

00:33:53.700 --> 00:33:53.980
 thought

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.100
 he

00:33:54.100 --> 00:33:54.240
 could

00:33:54.240 --> 00:33:54.480
 do

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:54.800
 something

00:33:54.800 --> 00:33:55.100
 about

00:33:55.100 --> 00:33:55.220
 it

00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:55.340
 do

00:33:55.340 --> 00:33:55.380
 you

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:55.600
 follow

00:33:55.600 --> 00:33:55.980
 that

00:33:55.980 --> 00:33:58.080
 and

00:33:58.080 --> 00:33:58.180
 he

00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:58.620
 awoke

00:33:58.620 --> 00:33:59.640
 and he

00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:00.080
 rebuked

00:34:00.080 --> 00:34:00.540
 the wind

00:34:00.540 --> 00:34:01.279
 and said

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:01.759
 to the sea

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.259
 hey

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:02.980
 quiet

00:34:02.980 --> 00:34:03.279
 out

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:04.240
 something

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.500
 like

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:04.680
 that

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:04.920
 you know

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:05.040
 it's

00:34:05.040 --> 00:34:05.220
 like

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:05.900
 peace

00:34:05.900 --> 00:34:06.360
 be

00:34:06.360 --> 00:34:06.680
 still

00:34:06.680 --> 00:34:07.180
 and

00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:07.360
 the

00:34:07.360 --> 00:34:07.680
 wind

00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:08.099
 ceased

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.099


00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:08.420
 and there

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:08.619
 was

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:08.940
 great

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.360
 calm

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:10.059
 and he

00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:10.280
 said

00:34:10.280 --> 00:34:10.400
 to

00:34:10.400 --> 00:34:10.539
 them

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:10.780
 why

00:34:10.780 --> 00:34:11.019
 are you

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.700
!

00:34:11.699 --> 00:34:12.739
 have you

00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:13.059
 still

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:13.319
 no

00:34:13.319 --> 00:34:13.619
 faith

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.339
 and they

00:34:14.339 --> 00:34:14.539
 were

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:14.879
 filled

00:34:14.879 --> 00:34:15.119
 with

00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:15.439
 what

00:34:15.439 --> 00:34:16.939
 great

00:34:16.939 --> 00:34:17.319
 fear

00:34:17.319 --> 00:34:17.719
 and said

00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:18.159
 one to

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:18.460
 another

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.119
 who

00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:19.539
 then

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:19.859
 is

00:34:19.859 --> 00:34:20.219
 this

00:34:20.219 --> 00:34:20.460
 that

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:20.819
 even

00:34:20.819 --> 00:34:21.439
 the wind

00:34:21.439 --> 00:34:22.179
 and the

00:34:22.179 --> 00:34:22.699
 sea

00:34:22.699 --> 00:34:23.500
 obey

00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:23.919
 him

00:34:23.919 --> 00:34:25.219
 do you

00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:25.339
 know

00:34:25.339 --> 00:34:25.500
 what

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:25.639
 the

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:25.980
 question

00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:26.359
 is

00:34:26.359 --> 00:34:27.359
 who

00:34:27.359 --> 00:34:27.599
 is

00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:27.799
 this

00:34:27.799 --> 00:34:28.159
 Jesus

00:34:28.159 --> 00:34:29.059
 he

00:34:29.059 --> 00:34:29.239
 is

00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:29.639
 God

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:30.419
 he

00:34:30.419 --> 00:34:30.599
 is

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:30.899
 God

00:34:30.899 --> 00:34:31.099
 the

00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:31.379
 son

00:34:31.379 --> 00:34:32.079
 and

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:32.179
 he

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:32.319
 has

00:34:32.319 --> 00:34:32.679
 complete

00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:33.139
 power

00:34:33.139 --> 00:34:34.239
 and so

00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:34.619
 as we

00:34:34.619 --> 00:34:35.000
 work

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:35.179
 our

00:34:35.179 --> 00:34:35.460
 way

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:35.759
 through

00:34:35.759 --> 00:34:36.299
 John

00:34:36.299 --> 00:34:36.980
 from

00:34:36.980 --> 00:34:37.199
 the

00:34:37.199 --> 00:34:37.619
 opening

00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:38.099
 text

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:38.420
 on

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:38.559
 we

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:38.679
 are

00:34:38.679 --> 00:34:38.839
 going

00:34:38.839 --> 00:34:39.000
 to

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.219
 find

00:34:39.219 --> 00:34:39.599
 one

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.239
 illustration

00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:40.579
 after

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:40.940
 another

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.539
 that

00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:42.139
 calls

00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:42.480
 us

00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:42.980
 to

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.339
 either

00:34:43.339 --> 00:34:44.279
 believe

00:34:44.279 --> 00:34:44.519
 the

00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:45.000
 facts

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.159
 and

00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:45.599
 evidence

00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:46.139
 that

00:34:46.139 --> 00:34:46.480
 Jesus

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:46.819
 is

00:34:46.819 --> 00:34:47.019
 the

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.420
 Christ

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:47.900
 and

00:34:47.900 --> 00:34:48.079
 the

00:34:48.079 --> 00:34:48.319
 savior

00:34:48.319 --> 00:34:48.539
 of

00:34:48.539 --> 00:34:48.659
 the

00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:48.900
 world

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.319
 or

00:34:49.319 --> 00:34:49.500
 to

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:49.859
 deny

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 it

00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:50.279
 and

00:34:50.279 --> 00:34:50.699
 refuse

00:34:50.699 --> 00:34:50.940
 and

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.119
 turn

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:51.400
 away

00:34:51.400 --> 00:34:51.900
 into

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:52.339
 eternal

00:34:52.339 --> 00:34:53.199
 condemnation

00:34:53.199 --> 00:34:55.639
 I

00:34:55.639 --> 00:34:55.779
 want

00:34:55.779 --> 00:34:55.879
 you

00:34:55.879 --> 00:34:56.019
 to

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:56.420
 recognize

00:34:56.420 --> 00:34:56.779
 that

00:34:56.779 --> 00:34:57.039
 as

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:57.619
 John

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:58.019
 works

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.219
 his

00:34:58.219 --> 00:34:58.480
 way

00:34:58.480 --> 00:34:58.819
 through

00:34:58.819 --> 00:34:59.400
 the

00:34:59.400 --> 00:34:59.839
 opening

00:34:59.839 --> 00:35:00.619
 sentence

00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:00.839
 he

00:35:00.839 --> 00:35:00.960
 is

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:01.199
 telling

00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:01.440
 us

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:03.779
 that

00:35:03.779 --> 00:35:04.099
 Jesus

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:04.339
 is

00:35:04.339 --> 00:35:04.480
 our

00:35:04.480 --> 00:35:04.839
 eternal

00:35:04.839 --> 00:35:05.179
 God

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:05.379
 and

00:35:05.379 --> 00:35:05.699
 savior

00:35:05.699 --> 00:35:07.079
 he

00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:07.239
 is

00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:07.500
 telling

00:35:07.500 --> 00:35:07.719
 us

00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:08.000
 also

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:08.239
 that

00:35:08.239 --> 00:35:08.539
 Jesus

00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:08.799
 is

00:35:08.799 --> 00:35:08.940
 in

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:09.420
 complete

00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:09.659
 and

00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:10.019
 perfect

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.519
 union

00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:11.159
 with

00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:11.319
 the

00:35:11.319 --> 00:35:11.679
 father

00:35:11.679 --> 00:35:12.659
 and

00:35:12.659 --> 00:35:12.779
 he

00:35:12.779 --> 00:35:12.920
 is

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:13.219
 telling

00:35:13.219 --> 00:35:13.619
 us

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:14.199
 that

00:35:14.199 --> 00:35:14.579
 Jesus

00:35:14.579 --> 00:35:14.920
 is

00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:15.379
 fully

00:35:15.379 --> 00:35:16.079
 divine

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:17.619
 and

00:35:17.619 --> 00:35:17.739
 so

00:35:17.739 --> 00:35:17.879
 you

00:35:17.879 --> 00:35:18.159
 cannot

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:18.539
 read

00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:18.779
 these

00:35:18.779 --> 00:35:19.119
 opening

00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:19.679
 statements

00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:20.000
 without

00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:20.440
 getting

00:35:20.440 --> 00:35:20.679
 a

00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:21.019
 sense

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:21.519
 of

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:22.119
 John's

00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:22.679
 passion

00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:23.299
 and

00:35:23.299 --> 00:35:23.480
 his

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:23.960
 desire

00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:24.279
 that

00:35:24.279 --> 00:35:24.480
 the

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:24.819
 reader

00:35:24.819 --> 00:35:25.480
 looking

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:25.739
 at

00:35:25.739 --> 00:35:25.980
 these

00:35:25.980 --> 00:35:26.420
 facts

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:27.139
 gets

00:35:27.139 --> 00:35:27.359
 his

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 hands

00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:28.000
 around

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.179
 the

00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:28.460
 truth

00:35:28.460 --> 00:35:29.239
 this

00:35:29.239 --> 00:35:29.799
 Jesus

00:35:29.799 --> 00:35:30.699
 is

00:35:30.699 --> 00:35:31.259
 the

00:35:31.259 --> 00:35:31.699
 savior

00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:32.139
 of the

00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:32.440
 world

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:32.940
 and

00:35:32.940 --> 00:35:33.079
 he

00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:33.220
 is

00:35:33.220 --> 00:35:33.400
 the

00:35:33.400 --> 00:35:33.780
 only

00:35:33.780 --> 00:35:34.159
 one

00:35:34.159 --> 00:35:34.579
 in

00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:34.880
 whom

00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:35.200
 I

00:35:35.200 --> 00:35:35.460
 may

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:35.800
 have

00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:36.159
 hope

00:35:36.159 --> 00:35:36.639
 and

00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:37.220
 confidence

00:35:37.220 --> 00:35:37.420
 of

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:37.559
 my

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:37.880
 eternal

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:38.400
 destiny

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:39.860
 so

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.000
 I

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.139
 want

00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:40.220
 you

00:35:40.220 --> 00:35:40.320
 to

00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:40.679
 understand

00:35:40.679 --> 00:35:40.920
 this

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:41.159
 morning

00:35:41.159 --> 00:35:41.380
 as

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:41.519
 you

00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:41.820
 look

00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:42.099
 at

00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:42.639
 the

00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:43.019
 gospel

00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:43.220
 of

00:35:43.220 --> 00:35:43.460
 John

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:43.619
 in

00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:43.780
 this

00:35:43.780 --> 00:35:44.220
 opening

00:35:44.220 --> 00:35:45.059
 passage

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.840
 I

00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:46.039
 want

00:35:46.039 --> 00:35:46.159
 you

00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:46.300
 to

00:35:46.300 --> 00:35:46.480
 come

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:46.639
 to

00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:46.860
 grips

00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:47.019
 with

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:47.159
 the

00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:47.400
 fact

00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:47.599
 that

00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:47.720
 it

00:35:47.720 --> 00:35:47.880
 is

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:48.260
 only

00:35:48.260 --> 00:35:48.679
 Jesus

00:35:48.679 --> 00:35:49.200
 Christ

00:35:49.200 --> 00:35:49.740
 who

00:35:49.740 --> 00:35:50.360
 alone

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:50.920
 he

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.460
 himself

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:52.000
 is

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.159
 the

00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:52.360
 one

00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:52.519
 who

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:52.720
 can

00:35:52.720 --> 00:35:53.119
 save

00:35:53.119 --> 00:35:53.260
 you

00:35:53.260 --> 00:35:53.480
 from

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:53.679
 your

00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:54.039
 sin

00:35:54.039 --> 00:35:54.619
 and

00:35:54.619 --> 00:35:54.940
 make

00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:55.619
 all

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:55.840
 the

00:35:55.840 --> 00:35:56.280
 difference

00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:56.460
 in

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:56.599
 the

00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:03.240
 you

00:36:03.240 --> 00:36:03.400
 the

00:36:03.400 --> 00:36:03.780
 question

00:36:03.780 --> 00:36:04.019
 is

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:04.280
 this

00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:04.840
 do

00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:05.019
 you

00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.360
 believe

00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:05.500
 in

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:05.619
 the

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:05.820
 Lord

00:36:05.820 --> 00:36:06.159
 Jesus

00:36:06.159 --> 00:36:06.619
 Christ

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:07.220
 as

00:36:07.220 --> 00:36:07.599
 your

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:08.079
 savior

00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:08.440
 not

00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:08.740
 just

00:36:08.740 --> 00:36:09.139
 the

00:36:09.139 --> 00:36:09.539
 fact

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:09.720
 that

00:36:09.720 --> 00:36:09.820
 he

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:10.119
 came

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:10.679
 but

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:11.059
 is

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:11.280
 he

00:36:11.280 --> 00:36:11.820
 your

00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:12.460
 savior

00:36:12.460 --> 00:36:13.159
 and

00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:13.500
 do

00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:13.880
 you

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:14.340
 have

00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:14.880
 a

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:15.679
 personal

00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:16.980
 genuine

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:18.280
 relationship

00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:18.820
 with

00:36:18.820 --> 00:36:19.079
 him

00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:20.840
 when

00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:21.019
 we

00:36:21.019 --> 00:36:21.300
 open

00:36:21.300 --> 00:36:21.480
 up

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:21.619
 the

00:36:21.619 --> 00:36:21.940
 book

00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:23.320
 when

00:36:23.320 --> 00:36:23.500
 we

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:23.760
 come

00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:23.960
 to

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:24.260
 grips

00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:24.599
 with

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:25.000
 the

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.679
 fact

00:36:25.679 --> 00:36:26.280
 that

00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:26.800
 Jesus

00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:27.460
 is

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:28.079
 indeed

00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:29.280
 God

00:36:29.280 --> 00:36:29.840
 and

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:30.480
 savior

00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:31.740
 then

00:36:31.740 --> 00:36:31.880
 it

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.240
 becomes

00:36:32.240 --> 00:36:32.679
 incumbent

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:33.019
 upon

00:36:33.019 --> 00:36:33.339
 you

00:36:33.339 --> 00:36:34.759
 you

00:36:34.759 --> 00:36:34.980
 who

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.219
 sit

00:36:35.219 --> 00:36:35.399
 here

00:36:35.399 --> 00:36:35.659
 this

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:35.980
 morning

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:37.239
 to

00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:37.460
 have

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:37.659
 your

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:38.079
 life

00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:38.679
 affected

00:36:38.679 --> 00:36:39.019
 by

00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:39.299
 that

00:36:39.299 --> 00:36:39.919
 reality

00:36:39.919 --> 00:36:40.639
 and

00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:40.819
 to

00:36:40.819 --> 00:36:41.159
 believe

00:36:41.159 --> 00:36:41.319
 in

00:36:41.319 --> 00:36:41.460
 the

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:41.679
 Lord

00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:42.019
 Jesus

00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:42.559
 Christ

00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:43.059
 or

00:36:43.059 --> 00:36:43.299
 to

00:36:43.299 --> 00:36:44.000
 consciously

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:44.779
 and

00:36:44.779 --> 00:36:45.440
 deliberately

00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:46.399
 refuse

00:36:46.399 --> 00:36:46.859
 to

00:36:46.859 --> 00:36:47.319
 confess

00:36:47.319 --> 00:36:47.539
 him

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:47.719
 as

00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:48.019
 Lord

00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:48.279
 and

00:36:48.279 --> 00:36:48.599
 savior

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:49.339
 and

00:36:49.339 --> 00:36:49.659
 then

00:36:49.659 --> 00:36:50.239
 wait

00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:50.599
 for

00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:50.819
 the

00:36:50.819 --> 00:36:51.259
 judgment

00:36:51.259 --> 00:36:51.799
 when

00:36:51.799 --> 00:36:52.059
 you

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:52.279
 will

00:36:52.279 --> 00:36:52.619
 stand

00:36:52.619 --> 00:36:52.940
 before

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:53.399
 God

00:36:53.399 --> 00:36:53.859
 and

00:36:53.859 --> 00:36:54.039
 pay

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:54.219
 the

00:36:54.219 --> 00:36:54.599
 penalty

00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:55.139
 for

00:36:55.139 --> 00:36:55.359
 your

00:36:55.359 --> 00:36:55.899
 rejection

00:36:55.899 --> 00:36:56.159
 and

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:56.319
 your

00:36:56.319 --> 00:36:56.719
 hardness

00:36:56.719 --> 00:36:58.859
 and

00:36:58.859 --> 00:36:58.980
 so

00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.119
 I

00:36:59.119 --> 00:36:59.239
 want

00:36:59.239 --> 00:36:59.339
 to

00:36:59.339 --> 00:36:59.579
 appeal

00:36:59.579 --> 00:36:59.759
 to

00:36:59.759 --> 00:36:59.859
 you

00:36:59.859 --> 00:37:00.079
 this

00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:00.419
 morning

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:02.619
 I

00:37:02.619 --> 00:37:02.780
 want

00:37:02.780 --> 00:37:02.880
 to

00:37:02.880 --> 00:37:03.099
 appeal

00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:03.260
 to

00:37:03.260 --> 00:37:03.480
 you

00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:05.039
 if

00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:05.240
 you're

00:37:05.240 --> 00:37:05.460
 here

00:37:05.460 --> 00:37:05.619
 and

00:37:05.619 --> 00:37:05.760
 you

00:37:05.760 --> 00:37:05.940
 do

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:06.180
 not

00:37:06.180 --> 00:37:06.380
 know

00:37:06.380 --> 00:37:06.740
 Christ

00:37:06.740 --> 00:37:06.960
 as

00:37:06.960 --> 00:37:07.139
 your

00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:07.480
 savior

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:07.860
 this

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:08.180
 morning

00:37:08.180 --> 00:37:08.400
 where

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:08.599
 you

00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:08.900
 sit

00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:09.480
 I

00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:09.760
 want

00:37:09.760 --> 00:37:09.960
 to

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.280
 plead

00:37:10.280 --> 00:37:10.539
 with

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:10.780
 you

00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:11.340
 that

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:11.619
 you

00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:12.280
 believe

00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:12.659
 the

00:37:12.659 --> 00:37:13.220
 reality

00:37:13.220 --> 00:37:13.480
 of

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:13.900
 number

00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:14.360
 one

00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:15.079
 that

00:37:15.079 --> 00:37:15.460
 your

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:15.980
 heart

00:37:15.980 --> 00:37:16.360
 is

00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:16.980
 dark

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:17.340
 and

00:37:17.340 --> 00:37:17.900
 hard

00:37:17.900 --> 00:37:18.400
 and

00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:18.900
 marked

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:19.240
 by

00:37:19.240 --> 00:37:19.860
 sin

00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:21.700
 and

00:37:21.700 --> 00:37:21.900
 there

00:37:21.900 --> 00:37:22.099
 is

00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:22.460
 no

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:22.880
 remedy

00:37:22.880 --> 00:37:23.220
 for

00:37:23.220 --> 00:37:23.660
 sin

00:37:23.660 --> 00:37:26.620
 apart

00:37:26.620 --> 00:37:27.380
 from

00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:27.700
 what

00:37:27.700 --> 00:37:28.099
 Jesus

00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:28.620
 Christ

00:37:28.620 --> 00:37:29.079
 did

00:37:29.079 --> 00:37:29.680
 in

00:37:29.680 --> 00:37:30.059
 dying

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:30.280
 on

00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:30.440
 the

00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:30.760
 cross

00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:30.960
 to

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.579
 satisfy

00:37:31.579 --> 00:37:31.840
 the

00:37:31.840 --> 00:37:32.140
 judgment

00:37:32.140 --> 00:37:32.380
 of

00:37:32.380 --> 00:37:32.620
 God

00:37:32.620 --> 00:37:33.160
 and

00:37:33.160 --> 00:37:33.579
 offer

00:37:33.579 --> 00:37:33.900
 you

00:37:33.900 --> 00:37:34.599
 salvation

00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:35.240
 through

00:37:35.240 --> 00:37:35.460
 his

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:35.800
 blood

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:37.720
 can

00:37:37.720 --> 00:37:37.820
 I

00:37:37.820 --> 00:37:38.000
 tell

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:38.120
 you

00:37:38.120 --> 00:37:38.480
 something

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:41.000
 to

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:41.700
 turn

00:37:41.700 --> 00:37:42.039
 your

00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:42.720
 back

00:37:42.720 --> 00:37:44.400
 from

00:37:44.400 --> 00:37:44.620
 the

00:37:44.620 --> 00:37:45.019
 free

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:45.480
 gift

00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:45.760
 of

00:37:45.760 --> 00:37:46.380
 God

00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:48.720
 in

00:37:48.720 --> 00:37:48.900
 the

00:37:48.900 --> 00:37:49.220
 face

00:37:49.220 --> 00:37:49.380
 of

00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:49.519
 the

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:49.980
 convicting

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:50.320
 power

00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:50.460
 of

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:50.599
 the

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:50.880
 spirit

00:37:50.880 --> 00:37:51.119
 that

00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:51.380
 says

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:51.940
 you're

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:52.140
 a

00:37:52.140 --> 00:37:52.320
 sinner

00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:52.559
 and

00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:52.720
 you

00:37:52.720 --> 00:37:53.119
 need

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:53.780
 Christ

00:37:53.780 --> 00:37:55.720
 is

00:37:55.720 --> 00:37:55.920
 to

00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:56.780
 magnify

00:37:56.780 --> 00:37:57.039
 the

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:57.820
 consequences

00:37:57.820 --> 00:37:58.119
 in

00:37:58.119 --> 00:37:58.660
 eternity

00:37:58.660 --> 00:37:59.440
 for

00:37:59.440 --> 00:37:59.640
 that

00:37:59.640 --> 00:38:00.099
 rejection

00:38:00.099 --> 00:38:00.280
 do

00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:00.340
 you

00:38:00.340 --> 00:38:00.640
 understand

00:38:00.640 --> 00:38:00.940
 that

00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:02.220
 here's

00:38:02.220 --> 00:38:02.340
 what

00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:02.440
 the

00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:02.680
 Bible

00:38:02.680 --> 00:38:03.039
 says

00:38:03.039 --> 00:38:03.300
 unto

00:38:03.300 --> 00:38:03.519
 whom

00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:03.740
 much

00:38:03.740 --> 00:38:03.900
 is

00:38:03.900 --> 00:38:04.180
 given

00:38:04.180 --> 00:38:04.519
 much

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:04.840
 is

00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:06.119
 required

00:38:06.119 --> 00:38:07.480
 and

00:38:07.480 --> 00:38:07.640
 so

00:38:07.640 --> 00:38:07.780
 if

00:38:07.780 --> 00:38:07.880
 you

00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:08.019
 are

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.260
 here

00:38:08.260 --> 00:38:08.500
 this

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:08.820
 morning

00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:09.340
 and

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:09.599
 you've

00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:10.059
 never

00:38:10.059 --> 00:38:10.539
 come

00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:10.720
 to

00:38:10.720 --> 00:38:11.019
 grips

00:38:11.019 --> 00:38:11.500
 with

00:38:11.500 --> 00:38:11.660
 the

00:38:11.660 --> 00:38:12.160
 reality

00:38:12.160 --> 00:38:12.420
 that

00:38:12.420 --> 00:38:12.720
 Christ

00:38:12.720 --> 00:38:13.019
 Jesus

00:38:13.019 --> 00:38:13.320
 came

00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:13.480
 into

00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:13.640
 the

00:38:13.640 --> 00:38:13.940
 world

00:38:13.940 --> 00:38:14.400
 to

00:38:14.400 --> 00:38:14.700
 save

00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:15.059
 sinners

00:38:15.059 --> 00:38:15.500
 and

00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:15.699
 you

00:38:15.699 --> 00:38:15.899
 are

00:38:15.899 --> 00:38:16.139
 one

00:38:16.139 --> 00:38:16.259
 of

00:38:16.259 --> 00:38:16.439
 them

00:38:16.439 --> 00:38:17.599
 I

00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:17.759
 would

00:38:17.759 --> 00:38:17.980
 plead

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:18.139
 with

00:38:18.139 --> 00:38:18.219
 you

00:38:18.219 --> 00:38:18.439
 this

00:38:18.439 --> 00:38:18.679
 morning

00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:18.879
 to

00:38:18.879 --> 00:38:19.159
 trust

00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:19.279
 in

00:38:19.279 --> 00:38:19.379
 the

00:38:19.379 --> 00:38:19.519
 Lord

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:19.799
 Jesus

00:38:19.799 --> 00:38:20.199
 Christ

00:38:20.199 --> 00:38:20.739
 and

00:38:20.739 --> 00:38:21.139
 confess

00:38:21.139 --> 00:38:21.359
 him

00:38:21.359 --> 00:38:21.500
 as

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:21.639
 your

00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:21.859
 Lord

00:38:21.859 --> 00:38:22.039
 and

00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:22.319
 Savior

00:38:22.319 --> 00:38:22.919
 and

00:38:22.919 --> 00:38:23.239
 find

00:38:23.239 --> 00:38:23.819
 deliverance

00:38:23.819 --> 00:38:23.980
 from

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:24.119
 the

00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:24.339
 burden

00:38:24.339 --> 00:38:24.500
 of

00:38:24.500 --> 00:38:24.599
 your

00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:24.960
 life

00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:26.539
 let's

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:26.799
 close

00:38:26.799 --> 00:38:27.019
 our

00:38:27.019 --> 00:38:27.399
 eyes

00:38:27.399 --> 00:38:28.119
 bow

00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:28.279
 our

00:38:28.279 --> 00:38:28.619
 heads

00:38:28.619 --> 00:38:29.519
 and

00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:29.739
 come

00:38:29.739 --> 00:38:29.879
 to

00:38:29.879 --> 00:38:30.259
 Christ

00:38:30.259 --> 00:38:33.699
 our

00:38:33.699 --> 00:38:33.960
 Father

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:34.259
 God

00:38:34.259 --> 00:38:34.500
 this

00:38:34.500 --> 00:38:34.779
 morning

00:38:34.779 --> 00:38:35.000
 as

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.159
 we

00:38:35.159 --> 00:38:35.539
 consider

00:38:35.539 --> 00:38:35.759
 the

00:38:35.759 --> 00:38:36.199
 reality

00:38:36.199 --> 00:38:36.399
 of

00:38:36.399 --> 00:38:36.539
 what

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:36.679
 the

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:36.919
 scripture

00:38:36.919 --> 00:38:37.259
 tell

00:38:37.259 --> 00:38:37.519
 us

00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:39.039
 we

00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:39.439
 understand

00:38:39.439 --> 00:38:39.679
 that

00:38:39.679 --> 00:38:39.799
 the

00:38:39.799 --> 00:38:39.980
 Lord

00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:40.319
 Jesus

00:38:40.319 --> 00:38:40.659
 came

00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:40.859
 into

00:38:40.860 --> 00:38:41.019
 the

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:41.240
 world

00:38:41.240 --> 00:38:41.460
 to

00:38:41.460 --> 00:38:41.680
 save

00:38:41.680 --> 00:38:42.180
 sinners

00:38:42.180 --> 00:38:43.579
 we

00:38:43.579 --> 00:38:43.640
 are

00:38:43.640 --> 00:38:43.960
 thankful

00:38:43.960 --> 00:38:44.220
 that

00:38:44.220 --> 00:38:44.380
 he

00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:44.760
 indeed

00:38:44.760 --> 00:38:45.019
 is

00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:45.400
 God

00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:46.480
 and

00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:46.640
 that

00:38:46.640 --> 00:38:46.760
 he

00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:46.920
 is

00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:47.079
 the

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:47.360
 Savior

00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:47.599
 of

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:47.740
 the

00:38:47.740 --> 00:38:48.000
 world

00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:48.160
 and

00:38:48.160 --> 00:38:48.360
 this

00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:48.680
 morning

00:38:48.680 --> 00:38:48.920
 as

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:49.200
 we

00:38:49.200 --> 00:38:50.059
 ponder

00:38:50.059 --> 00:38:50.320
 that

00:38:50.320 --> 00:38:50.840
 reality

00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:51.019
 in

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:51.160
 our

00:38:51.160 --> 00:38:51.559
 lives

00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:52.160
 it

00:38:52.160 --> 00:38:52.720
 means

00:38:52.720 --> 00:38:52.960
 one

00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:53.079
 of

00:38:53.079 --> 00:38:53.240
 two

00:38:53.240 --> 00:38:53.519
 things

00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:53.720
 we

00:38:53.720 --> 00:38:53.960
 either

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:54.300
 know

00:38:54.300 --> 00:38:54.559
 him

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:54.700
 and

00:38:54.700 --> 00:38:55.220
 rejoice

00:38:55.220 --> 00:38:55.860
 at

00:38:55.860 --> 00:38:56.019
 the

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:56.420
 blessing

00:38:56.420 --> 00:38:56.660
 we

00:38:56.660 --> 00:38:56.960
 have

00:38:56.960 --> 00:38:57.120
 of

00:38:57.120 --> 00:38:57.360
 having

00:38:57.360 --> 00:38:57.780
 complete

00:38:57.780 --> 00:38:58.300
 forgiveness

00:38:58.300 --> 00:38:59.000
 through

00:38:59.000 --> 00:38:59.160
 the

00:38:59.160 --> 00:38:59.360
 Lord

00:38:59.360 --> 00:38:59.700
 Jesus

00:38:59.700 --> 00:38:59.960
 or

00:38:59.960 --> 00:39:00.140
 we

00:39:00.140 --> 00:39:00.700
 stand

00:39:00.700 --> 00:39:01.039
 and

00:39:01.039 --> 00:39:01.360
 sit

00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:01.820
 today

00:39:01.820 --> 00:39:02.500
 under

00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:02.740
 the

00:39:02.740 --> 00:39:03.079
 burden

00:39:03.079 --> 00:39:03.300
 of

00:39:03.300 --> 00:39:03.460
 our

00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:03.880
 sin

00:39:03.880 --> 00:39:06.079
 and

00:39:06.079 --> 00:39:06.200
 the

00:39:06.200 --> 00:39:06.500
 scriptures

00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:06.840
 make

00:39:06.840 --> 00:39:07.019
 it

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:07.280
 clear

00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:07.519
 that

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:07.679
 if

00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:07.880
 your

00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:08.260
 spirit

00:39:08.260 --> 00:39:08.480
 is

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:08.940
 prompting

00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:09.239
 us

00:39:09.239 --> 00:39:10.679
 that

00:39:10.679 --> 00:39:10.860
 we

00:39:10.860 --> 00:39:11.079
 may

00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:11.480
 cry

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:11.739
 out

00:39:11.739 --> 00:39:11.900
 and

00:39:11.900 --> 00:39:12.079
 say

00:39:12.079 --> 00:39:12.320
 I

00:39:12.320 --> 00:39:12.619
 need

00:39:12.619 --> 00:39:13.039
 Jesus

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.280
 to

00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:13.420
 be

00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:13.739
 my

00:39:13.739 --> 00:39:14.179
 Savior

00:39:14.179 --> 00:39:15.619
 and

00:39:15.619 --> 00:39:15.760
 if

00:39:15.760 --> 00:39:15.940
 that

00:39:15.940 --> 00:39:16.079
 is

00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:16.280
 our

00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:16.599
 prayer

00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:16.900
 this

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:17.260
 morning

00:39:17.260 --> 00:39:17.619
 Father

00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:17.820
 we

00:39:17.820 --> 00:39:17.960
 are

00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:18.380
 thankful

00:39:18.380 --> 00:39:19.039
 that

00:39:19.039 --> 00:39:19.179
 you

00:39:19.179 --> 00:39:19.579
 promise

00:39:19.579 --> 00:39:19.800
 that

00:39:19.800 --> 00:39:20.380
 whosoever

00:39:20.380 --> 00:39:20.900
 calls

00:39:20.900 --> 00:39:21.199
 upon

00:39:21.199 --> 00:39:21.420
 the

00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:21.639
 name

00:39:21.639 --> 00:39:21.760
 of

00:39:21.760 --> 00:39:21.880
 the

00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:22.119
 Lord

00:39:22.119 --> 00:39:22.619
 shall

00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:22.820
 be

00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:23.239
 saved

00:39:23.239 --> 00:39:24.659
 and

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:24.820
 we

00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:25.000
 pray

00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:25.260
 Lord

00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:25.460
 that

00:39:25.460 --> 00:39:25.960
 today

00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:27.320
 today

00:39:27.320 --> 00:39:28.699
 you

00:39:28.699 --> 00:39:28.900
 would

00:39:28.900 --> 00:39:29.179
 work

00:39:29.179 --> 00:39:29.360
 to

00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:29.679
 draw

00:39:29.679 --> 00:39:30.139
 those

00:39:30.139 --> 00:39:30.320
 who

00:39:30.320 --> 00:39:30.460
 are

00:39:30.460 --> 00:39:30.800
 in

00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:30.980
 our

00:39:30.980 --> 00:39:31.420
 fellowship

00:39:31.420 --> 00:39:32.119
 that

00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:32.460
 need

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:33.119
 Christ

00:39:33.119 --> 00:39:34.400
 to

00:39:36.500 --> 00:39:36.659
 the

00:39:36.659 --> 00:39:36.960
 Savior

00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:38.199
 we

00:39:38.199 --> 00:39:38.500
 ask

00:39:38.500 --> 00:39:38.659
 this

00:39:38.659 --> 00:39:38.820
 in

00:39:38.820 --> 00:39:39.079
 Jesus

00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:39.559
 name

00:39:39.559 --> 00:39:40.380
 amen

00:39:40.380 --> 00:39:41.639
 let's

00:39:41.639 --> 00:39:41.840
 stand

00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:42.139
 together

00:39:42.139 --> 00:39:42.360
 as

00:39:42.360 --> 00:39:42.639
 John

00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:42.920
 leads

00:39:42.920 --> 00:39:43.059
 us

00:39:43.059 --> 00:39:43.159
 in

00:39:43.159 --> 00:39:43.280
 our

00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:43.579
 closing

00:39:43.579 --> 00:39:43.980
 song

00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:44.880
 and

00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:45.079
 as

00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:45.199
 we

00:39:45.199 --> 00:39:45.300
 are

00:39:45.300 --> 00:39:45.579
 singing

00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:45.760
 this