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 I ask those of you who are here on Wednesday to pray for me because I thought the week was not going that well.

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! Last night when John called I knew it was going worse than I thought. So I really need you to pray for me now.

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 But you know what? The passage that we're going to look at this morning...

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 It's the best.

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 Perfect. A couple of months ago, Pastor asked me to speak this morning so he could go hunting.

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 We talked about my topic and decided that I would just simply do the next passage in John.

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 And looking at the schedule, he told me that would be John 3.16.

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 At first I thought that would be fine.

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 Then I spent the last...

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 Since then...

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 Turning it over and over in my mind and struggling with this message.

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 In the last week I came across a commentary by A.W. Tozer on the book of John and I turned to 3.16.

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 And I want to read what he said there.

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 It's from A.W. Tozer's book and he dwelled amongst us.

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 As far as I can remember, I've never preached a sermon on John 3.16.

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 Nor have I devoted an entire article or essay to it.

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 It's not that I do not like the text, for I do.

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 It is simply that the text has been too big for me.

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 I've instinctively quoted this, often in times of prayer and testimony and writing and preaching.

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 I was beginning to feel a little uncomfortable about this and confused as to why I could not get a handle on this text.

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 Then I was reading one of Charles Ellicott's noble old commentaries of a hundred or more years ago.

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 When the wise old saint of God came to John 3.16, he said something to this effect.

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 I don't tend to say much about this text.

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 It's a favorite of young preachers.

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 But older preachers feel that it's better felt than talked about.

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 So I'm going to confine my comments on this text to the minimum.

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 And he did.

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 I knew exactly what he meant and began understanding my reluctance in tackling this text.

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 I believe that more than ever, anyone attempting to deal with John 3.16 undertakes an almost insurmountable task.

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 Requiring a great deal of sympathy and generous love for God and men.

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 No person should do this hastily.

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 This text should be approached as Moses approached the burning bush in his day.

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 It's a sacred confrontation with God.

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 As you recall, Moses was required to remove his sandals as he approached this burning bush.

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 Whatever that act meant, like Moses, we must approach this text with unhurried solicitude.

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 So I approached this text as one filled with a great fear, great fascination, and an overwhelming sense of inadequacy.

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 Almost a despair.

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 The thought of the presence of God before me.

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 Let's pray.

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 Let's pray.

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 Almighty God, the message of this text is the comfort and encouragement to all of our souls.

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 It's the challenge to the unbeliever.

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 Lord, it's the most wonderful words that we could hear.

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 It's the words of the children's song.

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 Jesus loves me.

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 This I know.

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 For the Bible tells me so.

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 That's the passage we look at this morning.

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 Lord, help us to grow in our appreciation for your holy, wonderful love for us.

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 And let that be the comfort that we need today.

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 The view of the events of last week.

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 And what we do not know comes this week.

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 We ask it in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 Turn with me, please, to John 3.16.

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 It's hardly a place in the world to which the gospel of Jesus Christ has gone that this verse has not become almost instantly known.

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 It's the first verse that translators translate into a new language.

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 And it's been translated into over 1,100 different languages.

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 Millions of people have been taught to recite it.

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 It's inscribed in books and buildings.

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 It's reflected in songs.

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 It's been held up on posters at nearly every significant sporting event in recent days.

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 But is it simply the cover child of Christianity?

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 Is it just a verse to be printed on coffee cups, poster boards?

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 I almost asked some people to hold up poster boards that said John 3.16 on it.

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 And after I read Tozers, I decided I wasn't going to do that.

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 Is it a verse that we throw at unbelievers like a Christian hand grenade?

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 Or is it more?

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 Follow along as I read beginning in verse 14.

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 The demonstration, the extent, and the result of God's love.

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 First, the demonstration.

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 It says,

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 As Moses lift up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up.

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 For God so loved the world.

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 This passage could have been translated,

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 For this is how God loved the world, or in this way God loved the world.

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 You see, so often we think about, well, this is the extent of it.

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 But I included the two previous verses because while the word so here is used frequently in the New Testament,

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 and in fact it's used frequently in the Gospel of John,

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 it always, it never refers to the degree or how much,

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 but rather always into the manner or in this way.

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 If we look at what comes right before then,

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 which it always, this word always refers to what came right before it,

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 we see that pointed back to verse 14,

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 which tells us that the Son of Man must be lifted up.

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 It speaks of the cross.

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 In other words, the picture,

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 or the demonstration,

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 of God's love is always

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 wrapped up in the cross.

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 It's the same idea or connotation was in another one of the books of John,

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 and I won't ask you to turn to it this morning,

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 but in 1 John 4, 9 and 10,

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 it says,

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 In this the love of God was made manifest among us,

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 that God sent his only Son into the world

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 so that we might live through him.

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 And this is love, not that we have loved God,

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 but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

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 Propitiation is an old word, but it's a really good one.

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 It speaks of the fact that Christ took the wrath of God on himself,

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 and by doing so,

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 he became a sin offering

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 that satisfied that wrath of God

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 that should have been poured out on you and me.

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 In the dictionary, it's cross-referenced with the word atonement,

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 which speaks of the fact that because of Christ's payment,

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 we can be at one with the Father.

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 It's a solid and comforting support to rely on the death of Christ

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 as the only pledge of God's love.

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 The motivation for this is that he so loved the world.

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 God never saved the world by his love.

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 He provided the offer of salvation to the world

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 by pouring out all the divine wrath on the Son.

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 Back in my day, there was a song called,

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 All We Need Is Love.

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 It was a lie.

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 What we need is grace.

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 And grace comes to us through the cross,

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 through the work of God that is the picture

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 or the illustration of the love he had for us.

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 God so loved the world that he provided the cross.

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 The object of the love is the world.

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 But just what does he mean by this?

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 Well, first of all, it says whoever believes.

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 So it must be that it has to be people.

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 It can't be rocks and trees

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 and the other things that we would consider part of the world.

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 It also suggests that it refers to man who is sin-laden,

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 exposed to the judgment,

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 and in need of salvation,

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 but still the objects of his care.

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 By reason of the context and other passages

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 with a similar thought,

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 it is probable that the term indicates fallen man.

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 And it refers to all men, all nations, all peoples,

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 both Jews and Gentiles, men and women, boys and girls.

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 But it can't be teaching universal salvation

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 because in that same context,

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 it says that the unbelievers will perish

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 in eternal divine judgment.

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 All this being said,

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 it's important to recognize

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 that during his earthly ministry,

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 Jesus always dealt with individuals.

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 And the Christian message reflects that.

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 God does not love the masses.

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 He loves every individual in the masses.

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 He gave his only begotten son

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 that whosoever,

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 and with that we can put our name in that.

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 I can put my name in that.

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 It's whoever believes in him

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 should not perish but have everlasting life.

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 The word believe has the little preposition in.

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 In.

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 Which means to believe in Christ.

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 That is, we put trust in him

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 as the one who bore the penalty for our sin.

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 It's a personal thing.

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 We must each believe that he died in our place

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 and in our stead.

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 You must believe that he died for you.

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 The greatest application

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 that comes from this verse

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 is that God loves me.

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 God loves even me.

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 Would you indulge me this morning?

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 Would you say that with me?

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 God loves even me.

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 That's why this verse is one of the first ones

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 that's translated into a language.

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 Because at some moment in each of our lives

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 comes the feeling deep down inside us

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 of loneliness,

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 of lostness.

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 It's a thought that can plague our heart and our soul.

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 The thought that nobody really cares

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 about us.

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 That I matter to absolutely nobody.

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 Nobody cares about me.

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 And people search all over

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 for an answer for that.

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 That lostness.

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 They look to booze.

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 They look to drugs.

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 They look to sex.

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 They look to success.

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 But all of those things wear off.

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 They all fade away.

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 And when they do,

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 the lostness simply returns.

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 It's only softened by the truth

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 that God loves us.

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 Even so,

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 God's love is to be admired

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 not because the world is so big,

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 includes so many lost people,

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 but it's to be admired

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 because the world is so bad.

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 And that's the customary idea

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 of the word cosmos,

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 the Greek word here.

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 The world is so wicked

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 that John elsewhere in his writings

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 forbids Christians to love it

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 or have anything to do with it.

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 This brings forth the depth of the truth

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 that we find in Romans 5.8.

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 But God shows his love for us

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 that while we were yet sinners,

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 Christ died for us.

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 The proof or the picture

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 of Christ lifted up on the cross

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 is also a picture of our need.

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 It makes perfectly clear

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 that I'm a sinner.

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 Remember Jesus' answer to Nicodemus?

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 What must he do?

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 Unless you are born again.

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 And Pastor pointed out

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 very clearly last week

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 that what Jesus was doing

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 was he was ripping apart

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 the works of man

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 and replacing them

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 with the grace of God

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 found in his love

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 demonstrated on the cross.

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 If there had been

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 any other possible way

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 for us to have obtained heaven

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 other than the cross

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 then the cross

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 is not something glorious

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 it's something

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 that is ridiculous.

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 Why would God do that

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 if we could have made it

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 on our own?

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 The fact that God

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 provided the cross

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 the fact that Jesus said

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 he must

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 suggests that there's nothing else

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 no other options

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 no other way.

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 You know I read something

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 several years ago

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 written by the Jehovah Witness

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 and they were making the point

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 that they thought

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 it was terrible

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 for people to have crosses

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 because for you

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 to have a cross

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 would be just like

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 carrying an image

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 of a gun

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 that your best friend

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 was shot with.

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 They missed the point.

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 the point is not

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 that my best friend

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 died on the cross

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 the point is

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 that my sin

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 was paid for

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 on the cross.

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 It's a reminder

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 that the cross

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 is the picture

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 of how much

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 God loves me.

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 So we turn to the extent

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 that he gave

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 his only son

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 we've already addressed

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 the fact that

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 when it speaks

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 of God giving his son

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 it's not speaking

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 like you give away

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 your daughter

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 at her wedding

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 but rather

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 it's pointing back

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 to the lifting up

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 of Jesus

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 which speaks

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 of the cross.

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 Some of the older

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 translations

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 you'll find

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 it says

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 the only begotten

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 and in fact

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 it's a term

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 that we use often

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 and with the understanding

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 it can be helpful

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 can also be

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 very misleading

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 because the idea

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 is not

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 begottenness

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 but the idea

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 is uniqueness

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 and so some

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 of the newer

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 translations

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 have the one

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 and only

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 and the point

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 is that Jesus Christ

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 is absolutely

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 unique

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 Jesus is unique

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 the unique

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 son of God

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 there's no one

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 like him

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 there's no others

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 there's no equals

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 there's no one

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 that's even close

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 he's absolutely

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 unique

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 in more ways

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 than I can

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 possibly share

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 this morning

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 but I'm going

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 to point out

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 four

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 and have you

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 turn to the passages

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 with me

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 the first one

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 is in John

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 you're in John

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 three

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 it's in John

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 one

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 chapter

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 chapter one

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 verse one

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 Christ

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 was the unique

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 in his eternality

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 in the beginning

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 was the word

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 and the word

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 was with God

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 and the word

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 was God

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 verse 14

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 and the word

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 became flesh

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 and dwelt

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 among us

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 and we've seen

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 his glory

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 glory is of the only

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 son from the father

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 full of grace

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 and truth

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 I still remember

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 the first time

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 I held my son

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 in my arms

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 but to say

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 that I understand

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 how God

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 felt

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 when he gave

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 his son

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 because I held

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 my son

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 is blasphemy

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 you see

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 there was never

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 a time

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 when Jesus

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 Christ

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 was not

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 one of the

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 famous

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 and most

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 significant

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 errors

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 heresies

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 of all time

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 that is continually

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 followed

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 by both

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 Jehovah

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 Witnesses

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 and the Mormons

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 is that

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 there was

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 a time

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 before

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 Christ

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 was created

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 and that's a lie

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 he is the eternal

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 son of God

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 there was

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 no time

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 when he was not

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 he's eternal

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 second person

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 of the trinity

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 and so the wrath

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 he endured

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 on the cross

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 was sufficient

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 for all

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 all people

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 can come to him

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 why

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 because he paid

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 a price

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 that was sufficient

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 for all mankind

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 second one

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 second Corinthians

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 chapter 5

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 verse 21

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 Christ was

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 absolutely

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 unique

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 in his

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 sinlessness

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 second Corinthians

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 5 21

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 he made him

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 who knew

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 no sin

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 to be sin

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 on our behalf

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 that we might

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 become

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 the righteousness

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 of God

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 in him

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 to say

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 that Christ

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 well maybe

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 he sinned

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 a little bit

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 you know

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 not a lot

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 but maybe

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 just a little

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 is to say

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 that God

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 has sinned

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 which is both

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 a lie

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 and nonsensical

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 but by his

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 very nature

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 and definition

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 God can have

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 no part

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 in sin

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 and Jesus

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 being fully

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 God

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 is the

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 absolute

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 opposite

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 of sin

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 just as an

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 aside

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 since the

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 passage

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 said

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 that we

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 have

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 become

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 the

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 righteousness

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 of God

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 in him

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 if there

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 was in

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 any sense

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 a flaw

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 in that

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 righteousness

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 where are we

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 same place

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 we would have

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 been before

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 lost

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 third

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 Philippians

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 chapter 2

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 verses 6

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 and 7

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 Christ

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 was unique

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 in his

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 equality

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 with the

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 father

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 who

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 though he

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 was in the

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 form of

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 God

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 did not

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 count

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 equality

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 with God

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 a thing

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 to be

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 grasped

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 but emptied

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 himself

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 by taking

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 the form

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 of a

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 servant

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 being born

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 in the

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 likeness

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 of man

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 in his

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 deity

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 is not

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 at all

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 a creature

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 made in

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 the image

00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:39.420
 of God

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 as the

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 rest of

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 us are

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 he is

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 God

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 incarnate

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 and

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 consequently

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 there is

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 a sense

00:19:47.800 --> 00:19:48.660
 in which

00:19:48.660 --> 00:19:49.460
 when God

00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:50.340
 gave Jesus

00:19:50.340 --> 00:19:51.340
 for us

00:19:51.340 --> 00:19:52.180
 he gave

00:19:52.180 --> 00:19:52.779
 himself

00:19:52.779 --> 00:19:54.279
 for us

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 fourth

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 back to

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 John

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 chapter 1

00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:03.019
 and verse

00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:03.559
 18

00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:04.860
 Christ

00:20:04.860 --> 00:20:05.860
 was unique

00:20:05.860 --> 00:20:06.559
 in his

00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:07.259
 revelation

00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:08.180
 of the

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 father

00:20:08.620 --> 00:20:10.440
 John

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 1

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 18

00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:12.100
 no one

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 has ever

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 seen

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 God

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 the only

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 God

00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:15.500
 who is

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 at the

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 father's

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 right hand

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 speaking of

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 he

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 has made

00:20:21.860 --> 00:20:22.360
 him known

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 he was

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 absolutely

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 unique

00:20:25.500 --> 00:20:26.059
 in his

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 revelation

00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:27.460
 of the

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 father

00:20:27.740 --> 00:20:28.279
 how do

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 we know

00:20:28.900 --> 00:20:29.319
 what the

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 father's

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 like

00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:30.480
 how do

00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:30.700
 we

00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.380
 picture

00:20:31.380 --> 00:20:32.080
 what the

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 father is

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 like

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 Jesus

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 said

00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:34.660
 you've

00:20:34.660 --> 00:20:34.980
 seen

00:20:34.980 --> 00:20:35.440
 me

00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:36.560
 you've

00:20:36.560 --> 00:20:36.740
 seen

00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:36.900
 the

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 father

00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:39.040
 we look

00:20:39.040 --> 00:20:39.600
 to Jesus

00:20:39.600 --> 00:20:40.140
 Christ

00:20:40.140 --> 00:20:40.520
 in the

00:20:40.520 --> 00:20:41.120
 words of

00:20:41.120 --> 00:20:41.300
 the

00:20:41.300 --> 00:20:41.660
 scriptures

00:20:41.660 --> 00:20:42.400
 and we

00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:42.940
 know

00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:43.780
 what God

00:20:43.780 --> 00:20:44.320
 is like

00:20:44.320 --> 00:20:45.680
 and we

00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:45.960
 know how

00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:46.260
 much he

00:20:46.260 --> 00:20:46.840
 loves us

00:20:46.840 --> 00:20:49.000
 what that

00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:49.480
 text what

00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:50.160
 these texts

00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:50.780
 are saying

00:20:50.780 --> 00:20:51.100
 then

00:20:51.100 --> 00:20:52.640
 is that

00:20:52.640 --> 00:20:53.260
 God had

00:20:53.260 --> 00:20:54.100
 only one

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 son

00:20:54.420 --> 00:20:56.700
 and because

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 of his

00:20:57.100 --> 00:20:57.680
 love for

00:20:57.680 --> 00:20:58.380
 humanity

00:20:58.380 --> 00:21:00.020
 he gave

00:21:00.020 --> 00:21:00.300
 him

00:21:00.300 --> 00:21:00.500
 to

00:21:00.500 --> 00:21:01.100
 punishment

00:21:01.100 --> 00:21:01.980
 and wrath

00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:03.360
 in order

00:21:03.360 --> 00:21:03.720
 to make

00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:04.200
 eternal

00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:04.720
 life

00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:05.240
 available

00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:06.360
 to the

00:21:06.360 --> 00:21:06.520
 whole

00:21:06.520 --> 00:21:06.880
 world

00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:08.180
 there is

00:21:08.180 --> 00:21:08.760
 not one

00:21:08.760 --> 00:21:09.220
 answer

00:21:09.220 --> 00:21:09.680
 for

00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:10.240
 Christians

00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:11.000
 and another

00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.520
 for

00:21:11.520 --> 00:21:12.000
 Muslims

00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:13.320
 there is

00:21:13.320 --> 00:21:13.760
 not one

00:21:13.760 --> 00:21:14.160
 answer

00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:14.400
 for

00:21:14.400 --> 00:21:14.840
 Christians

00:21:14.840 --> 00:21:15.440
 and another

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:15.620
 one

00:21:15.620 --> 00:21:15.780
 for

00:21:15.780 --> 00:21:16.280
 Buddhists

00:21:16.280 --> 00:21:17.320
 there's

00:21:17.320 --> 00:21:17.740
 not one

00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:18.060
 answer

00:21:18.060 --> 00:21:18.300
 for

00:21:18.300 --> 00:21:18.760
 Christians

00:21:18.760 --> 00:21:19.240
 and another

00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:19.400
 one

00:21:19.400 --> 00:21:19.600
 for

00:21:19.600 --> 00:21:20.220
 Mormons

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 or even

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 for Roman

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 Catholics

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 there is

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 one

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 Jesus

00:21:24.320 --> 00:21:24.900
 Christ

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 and no

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 one

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 no one

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 comes to

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 the Father

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 except

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 by him

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 there is

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 no other

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 name given

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 under heaven

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 by which

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 men may

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 be saved

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 there's

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 only one

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 son given

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 by the

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 Father

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 as a

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 picture of

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 his love

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 and his

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 uniqueness

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 shows the

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 extent

00:21:46.840 --> 00:21:48.080
 of God's

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 love for

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 us

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 from here

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 we turn

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 to the

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 result

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 of his

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 love

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 that

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 whosoever

00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:59.079
 believes

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 in him

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 should not

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 perish

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 but have

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 ever

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 have eternal

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 life

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 do you

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 remember the

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 purpose of

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 the book

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 of John

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 pastor's

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 been reminding

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 us of it

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 several times

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 in fact

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 I think

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 one of the

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 kids even

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 told him

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 what passage

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 it was

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 it was

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 in John

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 chapter 20

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 and verse

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 30 and

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 31

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 right

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 Ethan

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 Ethan

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 was mouthing

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 as I was

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 saying it

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 John chapter

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 20 verses

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 30 and

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 31

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 as Perry

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 Harding

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 used to

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 say

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 used to

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 teach in

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 our school

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 taught at

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 Madison

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 long time

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 member here

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 very good

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 teacher

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 he used

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 to say

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 John

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 always

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 leaves

00:22:50.639 --> 00:22:50.859
 his

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 purpose

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 at the

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 back

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 door

00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:53.839
 in other

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 words

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 if you go

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 to the

00:22:54.879 --> 00:22:55.200
 end of

00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:55.460
 the book

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:55.940
 of John

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.599
 and start

00:22:56.599 --> 00:22:57.019
 backward

00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.660
 you'll find

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 the purpose

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 that John

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 has for

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 his writing

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 almost every

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 time

00:23:01.259 --> 00:23:02.139
 and it

00:23:02.139 --> 00:23:02.920
 says there

00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.839
 these things

00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:04.240
 have been

00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:04.639
 written

00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:05.359
 that you

00:23:05.359 --> 00:23:05.839
 might

00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:07.139
 believe

00:23:07.140 --> 00:23:09.660
 John

00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:10.140
 had a

00:23:10.140 --> 00:23:10.580
 purpose

00:23:10.580 --> 00:23:11.240
 in telling

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:11.680
 us

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:12.600
 how much

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 God

00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:13.240
 loves

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 us

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:16.180
 that you

00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:16.320
 may

00:23:16.320 --> 00:23:16.780
 believe

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 the phrase

00:23:20.080 --> 00:23:20.840
 believe

00:23:20.840 --> 00:23:21.640
 or the word

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 believe

00:23:22.220 --> 00:23:23.460
 means more

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.180
 than simply

00:23:24.180 --> 00:23:25.060
 recognizing

00:23:25.060 --> 00:23:25.840
 and accepting

00:23:25.840 --> 00:23:26.840
 the claims

00:23:26.840 --> 00:23:27.520
 of the gospel

00:23:27.520 --> 00:23:28.480
 oh yeah

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 I know

00:23:28.740 --> 00:23:29.100
 all that

00:23:29.100 --> 00:23:29.420
 stuff

00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:31.340
 it means

00:23:31.340 --> 00:23:31.840
 more than

00:23:31.840 --> 00:23:32.780
 just attending

00:23:32.780 --> 00:23:33.720
 a church

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.520
 on a regular

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 basis

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:35.440
 since you

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 were a

00:23:35.680 --> 00:23:36.200
 child

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 it means

00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:38.920
 more than

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.819
 going forward

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 it means

00:23:41.380 --> 00:23:42.279
 more than

00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:43.220
 being baptized

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:46.839
 the language

00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:47.240
 of the

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.599
 scripture

00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:48.079
 is

00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:49.279
 it's really

00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:49.859
 interesting

00:23:49.859 --> 00:23:50.559
 it's not

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 actually

00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:51.819
 believes

00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:52.339
 in

00:23:52.339 --> 00:23:56.019
 the word

00:23:56.019 --> 00:23:56.460
 is

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:57.400
 believes

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 into

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 think about

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 that

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 believes

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:06.840
 into

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 so

00:24:08.600 --> 00:24:09.200
 believe

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 includes

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.740
 trust

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.720
 and commitment

00:24:11.720 --> 00:24:12.500
 to Christ

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.380
 as Lord

00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:14.019
 and Savior

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:15.420
 which results

00:24:15.420 --> 00:24:16.380
 in receiving

00:24:16.380 --> 00:24:16.740
 a new

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 nature

00:24:17.160 --> 00:24:19.620
 and that

00:24:19.620 --> 00:24:19.980
 produces

00:24:19.980 --> 00:24:20.660
 a change

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 a change

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 in heart

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 a change

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 in obedience

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 to the Lord

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 a change

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 in our

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 very

00:24:27.840 --> 00:24:28.320
 person

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:31.720
 says

00:24:31.720 --> 00:24:32.000
 we

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:33.980
 have

00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:35.099
 eternal

00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:35.619
 life

00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:36.879
 Jesus

00:24:36.879 --> 00:24:38.139
 defined

00:24:38.139 --> 00:24:38.579
 eternal

00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:38.939
 life

00:24:38.939 --> 00:24:39.460
 for us

00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:40.159
 turn with

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 me

00:24:40.379 --> 00:24:40.720
 to

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:41.019
 John

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.399
 chapter

00:24:41.399 --> 00:24:42.039
 17

00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:46.579
 in

00:24:46.579 --> 00:24:46.799
 his

00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.059
 high

00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.539
 priestly

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:48.019
 prayer

00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:49.059
 the

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.679
 Lord's

00:24:49.679 --> 00:24:50.019
 prayer

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.579
 if you

00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:50.879
 will

00:24:50.879 --> 00:24:54.159
 Jesus

00:24:54.159 --> 00:24:54.799
 says

00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:56.619
 this

00:24:56.619 --> 00:24:57.359
 is

00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:57.779
 eternal

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.299
 life

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:59.619
 that

00:24:59.619 --> 00:24:59.819
 they

00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:00.099
 may

00:25:00.099 --> 00:25:00.500
 know

00:25:00.500 --> 00:25:00.939
 you

00:25:00.939 --> 00:25:01.699
 the

00:25:01.699 --> 00:25:02.059
 only

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:02.399
 true

00:25:02.399 --> 00:25:02.839
 God

00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.779
 and

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.219
 Jesus

00:25:04.219 --> 00:25:04.839
 Christ

00:25:04.839 --> 00:25:05.319
 whom

00:25:05.319 --> 00:25:05.500
 you

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:05.679
 have

00:25:05.679 --> 00:25:06.179
 sent

00:25:06.179 --> 00:25:08.739
 it

00:25:08.739 --> 00:25:08.919
 is

00:25:08.919 --> 00:25:09.139
 the

00:25:09.139 --> 00:25:09.500
 life

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:09.659
 of

00:25:09.659 --> 00:25:09.799
 the

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:10.099
 age

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:10.319
 to

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:10.679
 come

00:25:10.679 --> 00:25:11.059
 and

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.439
 believers

00:25:11.439 --> 00:25:11.759
 will

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:12.079
 more

00:25:12.079 --> 00:25:13.759
 fully

00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:14.679
 experience

00:25:14.679 --> 00:25:15.039
 it

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.239
 in

00:25:15.239 --> 00:25:15.859
 perfect

00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:16.739
 unending

00:25:16.739 --> 00:25:17.239
 glory

00:25:17.239 --> 00:25:17.899
 and joy

00:25:17.899 --> 00:25:19.059
 when we

00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:19.319
 get to

00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:19.559
 heaven

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:22.059
 but

00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:22.799
 also

00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:24.759
 since

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.519
 to have

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.000
 eternal

00:25:26.000 --> 00:25:26.420
 life

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:26.839
 is to

00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:27.200
 know

00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.799
 God

00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:29.180
 that

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:29.579
 is to

00:25:29.579 --> 00:25:29.839
 have

00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:30.039
 a

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:30.680
 personal

00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:31.859
 individual

00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:33.220
 relationship

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:33.660
 with

00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:33.940
 him

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:35.720
 and

00:25:35.720 --> 00:25:36.119
 then

00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:36.319
 we

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:36.960
 experience

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:37.779
 all the

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.299
 blessings

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:38.740
 which

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:39.259
 flow

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:39.700
 from

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:40.019
 that

00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.700
 personal

00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.839
 relationship

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:43.740
 it

00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.099
 points

00:25:44.099 --> 00:25:44.480
 both

00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:44.660
 to

00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:44.859
 the

00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:45.359
 present

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:45.839
 age

00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:46.380
 and

00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:46.559
 to

00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:46.740
 the

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.019
 age

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:47.200
 to

00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:47.440
 come

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:47.940
 and

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:48.579
 one

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:48.720
 of

00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:48.859
 the

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.160
 things

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.480
 that

00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:50.000
 we

00:25:50.000 --> 00:25:50.460
 hope

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:50.660
 in

00:25:50.660 --> 00:25:50.819
 that

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:50.960
 we

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.440
 trust

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:51.660
 in

00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:52.059
 is

00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:52.420
 not

00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:53.039
 only

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:53.619
 not

00:25:53.619 --> 00:25:54.180
 only

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:54.740
 will

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.460
 someday

00:25:55.460 --> 00:25:56.100
 John

00:25:56.100 --> 00:25:56.319
 and

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:56.660
 Kristen

00:25:56.660 --> 00:25:57.140
 have a

00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:57.400
 better

00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:58.039
 picture

00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:58.900
 of

00:25:58.900 --> 00:25:59.200
 why

00:25:59.200 --> 00:25:59.420
 all

00:25:59.420 --> 00:25:59.640
 this

00:25:59.640 --> 00:25:59.940
 stuff

00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:00.440
 happened

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:01.019
 not

00:26:01.019 --> 00:26:01.500
 only

00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:01.980
 will

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.620
 pastor

00:26:02.620 --> 00:26:03.319
 have

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:03.500
 a

00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:03.819
 better

00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.680
 understanding

00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:05.240
 of

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.819
 the

00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:06.400
 process

00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:06.700
 that

00:26:06.700 --> 00:26:06.860
 his

00:26:06.860 --> 00:26:07.160
 dad

00:26:07.160 --> 00:26:07.340
 has

00:26:07.340 --> 00:26:07.539
 been

00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:08.039
 through

00:26:08.039 --> 00:26:09.720
 but

00:26:09.720 --> 00:26:10.640
 more

00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:11.319
 importantly

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:12.440
 today

00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:15.720
 the

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.259
 personal

00:26:16.259 --> 00:26:17.100
 relationship

00:26:17.100 --> 00:26:17.420
 with

00:26:17.420 --> 00:26:17.799
 Jesus

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:18.440
 Christ

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:19.579
 gives

00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:20.220
 comfort

00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:21.779
 gives

00:26:21.779 --> 00:26:22.460
 encouragement

00:26:22.460 --> 00:26:22.779
 where

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.019
 there

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.339
 is

00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:23.900
 nothing

00:26:23.900 --> 00:26:24.779
 worldly

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:26.059
 comfort

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.500
 there

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:28.480
 gives

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:28.680
 us

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:28.940
 a

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.420
 hope

00:26:29.420 --> 00:26:32.259
 because

00:26:32.259 --> 00:26:32.799
 life

00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:33.319
 doesn't

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:33.779
 start

00:26:33.779 --> 00:26:34.140
 when we

00:26:34.140 --> 00:26:34.360
 get

00:26:34.360 --> 00:26:34.559
 to

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:34.880
 heaven

00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:35.940
 it

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:36.319
 starts

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:36.559
 the

00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:37.059
 moment

00:26:37.059 --> 00:26:37.660
 we

00:26:37.660 --> 00:26:37.900
 put

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:38.079
 our

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:38.620
 trust

00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:39.380
 in

00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:39.660
 Jesus

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:40.160
 Christ

00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:42.440
 the

00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:42.759
 idea

00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:42.920
 of

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.420
 eternal

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:44.059
 refers

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.400
 not

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:44.839
 solely

00:26:44.839 --> 00:26:45.039
 to

00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:45.200
 the

00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:45.799
 duration

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.799
 of

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.359
 existence

00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:48.519
 but

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:48.680
 to

00:26:48.680 --> 00:26:48.879
 the

00:26:48.879 --> 00:26:49.519
 quality

00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:50.279
 of

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.819
 life

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.879
 as

00:26:51.879 --> 00:26:52.619
 contrasted

00:26:52.619 --> 00:26:52.779
 with

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.039
 the

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.740
 futility

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:53.980
 that

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.139
 the

00:26:54.139 --> 00:26:54.359
 rest

00:26:54.359 --> 00:26:54.480
 of

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:54.599
 the

00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:54.819
 world

00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.339
 faces

00:26:55.339 --> 00:26:57.039
 it's

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.259
 a

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:57.799
 deepening

00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.700
 growing

00:26:58.700 --> 00:26:59.619
 experience

00:26:59.619 --> 00:27:00.740
 it's

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:01.059
 never

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:01.819
 exhausted

00:27:01.819 --> 00:27:02.940
 in

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.279
 any

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.940
 measurable

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.440
 span

00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:04.579
 of

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:04.779
 time

00:27:04.779 --> 00:27:05.059
 that's

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.279
 why

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:05.480
 it

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:05.940
 takes

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.480
 all

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:07.099
 eternity

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:07.659
 to

00:27:07.659 --> 00:27:07.919
 come

00:27:07.919 --> 00:27:08.079
 to

00:27:08.079 --> 00:27:08.339
 that

00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:09.460
 full

00:27:09.460 --> 00:27:10.279
 recognition

00:27:10.279 --> 00:27:10.799
 full

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:11.559
 realization

00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:12.099
 of

00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:12.259
 what

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:12.440
 that

00:27:12.440 --> 00:27:13.139
 relationship

00:27:13.139 --> 00:27:13.480
 with

00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:13.839
 Christ

00:27:13.839 --> 00:27:14.259
 really

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.639
 means

00:27:14.639 --> 00:27:15.139
 it'll

00:27:15.139 --> 00:27:15.440
 take

00:27:15.440 --> 00:27:15.640
 us

00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:15.900
 all

00:27:15.900 --> 00:27:16.380
 eternity

00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:16.940
 to

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:17.180
 figure

00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:17.440
 that

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:17.779
 out

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:19.900
 it

00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:20.420
 introduces

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:20.720
 a

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:21.160
 totally

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:21.539
 new

00:27:21.539 --> 00:27:22.100
 quality

00:27:22.100 --> 00:27:22.340
 of

00:27:22.340 --> 00:27:22.759
 life

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:24.460
 the

00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:24.799
 believer

00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:25.420
 becomes

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:26.400
 imperishable

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:27.700
 he's

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.080
 free

00:27:28.080 --> 00:27:28.360
 from

00:27:28.360 --> 00:27:28.720
 all

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.680
 condemnation

00:27:29.680 --> 00:27:30.960
 he's

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.440
 absolutely

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:32.059
 approved

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:32.299
 by

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:32.640
 God

00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:35.120
 the

00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:35.940
 word

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:36.880
 perish

00:27:36.880 --> 00:27:38.660
 is the

00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:39.059
 opposite

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:39.279
 of

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:39.840
 salvation

00:27:39.840 --> 00:27:41.980
 it's

00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.240
 used

00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:42.460
 of

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:42.940
 death

00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:43.120
 as

00:27:43.120 --> 00:27:43.640
 opposed

00:27:43.640 --> 00:27:44.000
 to

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:46.200
 life

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:47.720
 it's

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:47.920
 used

00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:48.059
 to

00:27:48.059 --> 00:27:48.839
 destroy

00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:49.559
 as

00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:49.960
 opposed

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:50.200
 to

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:50.720
 preserve

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:52.220
 to

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.839
 loss

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:53.500
 as

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:53.940
 opposed

00:27:53.940 --> 00:27:54.180
 to

00:27:54.180 --> 00:27:54.559
 win

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:54.740
 or

00:27:54.740 --> 00:27:55.140
 gain

00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:56.900
 and

00:27:56.900 --> 00:27:57.099
 it's

00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:57.359
 used

00:27:57.359 --> 00:27:57.619
 here

00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:58.180
 implies

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.440
 that

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:58.839
 those

00:27:58.839 --> 00:27:59.279
 without

00:27:59.279 --> 00:27:59.579
 God

00:27:59.579 --> 00:27:59.799
 are

00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:00.859
 hopelessly

00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:02.259
 confused

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:03.339
 in their

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:03.940
 purpose

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:05.240
 they're

00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:05.940
 alienated

00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.440
 from him

00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:06.720
 in their

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:07.539
 affections

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:08.559
 and

00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:08.799
 they're

00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:09.380
 futile

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:09.720
 in their

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.200
 efforts

00:28:10.200 --> 00:28:13.120
 positive

00:28:13.120 --> 00:28:13.860
 belief

00:28:13.860 --> 00:28:14.880
 in

00:28:14.880 --> 00:28:15.340
 Christ

00:28:15.340 --> 00:28:16.059
 is

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:16.779
 necessary

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:19.779
 all

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.039
 one

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:20.480
 has to

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:20.600
 do

00:28:20.600 --> 00:28:20.759
 to

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.259
 perish

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:22.340
 is

00:28:22.340 --> 00:28:22.620
 nothing

00:28:22.620 --> 00:28:25.100
 to

00:28:25.100 --> 00:28:25.480
 perish

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:25.880
 is to

00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:26.220
 fail

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:27.019
 completely

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.559
 of

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:27.980
 fulfilling

00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:28.519
 God's

00:28:28.519 --> 00:28:29.000
 purpose

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.559
 and

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:30.340
 consequently

00:28:30.340 --> 00:28:31.200
 to be

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:32.000
 excluded

00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.759
 forever

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:34.019
 from his

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.460
 fellowship

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:38.880
 one

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:39.319
 final

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:39.880
 aspect

00:28:39.880 --> 00:28:41.500
 especially

00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.299
 significant

00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:42.700
 today

00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:44.160
 as I

00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:44.380
 said

00:28:44.380 --> 00:28:44.860
 eternal

00:28:44.860 --> 00:28:45.539
 refers

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:46.120
 to

00:28:46.120 --> 00:28:46.400
 both

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:47.079
 quality

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:47.900
 as

00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:48.079
 well

00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:48.220
 as

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:48.779
 quantity

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:50.120
 that

00:28:50.120 --> 00:28:50.480
 God

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:51.019
 gave

00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:51.559
 his

00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:51.940
 own

00:28:51.940 --> 00:28:52.420
 son

00:28:52.420 --> 00:28:53.319
 to

00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:53.840
 wrath

00:28:53.840 --> 00:28:54.200
 as a

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:54.759
 result

00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.519
 of

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:55.700
 his

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.079
 love

00:28:56.079 --> 00:28:56.420
 means

00:28:56.420 --> 00:28:56.680
 that

00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.079
 God

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:57.660
 has

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.259
 already

00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:58.620
 done

00:28:58.620 --> 00:28:58.840
 the

00:28:58.840 --> 00:28:59.200
 greatest

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.640
 deed

00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:01.840
 and

00:29:01.840 --> 00:29:02.000
 the

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:02.500
 natural

00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.059
 argument

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.380
 from

00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:03.779
 there

00:29:03.779 --> 00:29:04.279
 is

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:04.460
 that

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:04.599
 if

00:29:04.599 --> 00:29:04.720
 he

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.160
 loved

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:05.519
 us

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:06.059
 that

00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:06.559
 much

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:08.319
 then

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:08.500
 the

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.000
 cares

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.279
 the

00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:10.039
 concerns

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:11.000
 the

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.480
 troubles

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.779
 of

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.059
 this

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:13.460
 day

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:15.000
 or

00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.240
 this

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:15.559
 coming

00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:15.940
 week

00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:17.139
 are not

00:29:17.139 --> 00:29:17.279
 too

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.480
 much

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:17.639
 for

00:29:17.639 --> 00:29:17.799
 him

00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:20.079
 Romans

00:29:20.079 --> 00:29:20.339
 8

00:29:20.339 --> 00:29:20.859
 32

00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:21.639
 pastor

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:22.079
 referred

00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:22.379
 to it

00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:22.619
 in his

00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:22.899
 prayer

00:29:22.899 --> 00:29:23.359
 earlier

00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:24.879
 he

00:29:24.879 --> 00:29:25.099
 who

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.299
 did

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:25.619
 not

00:29:25.619 --> 00:29:26.200
 spare

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:26.200


00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:26.460
 his

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:26.819
 own

00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:27.299
 son

00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:28.519
 but

00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:28.859
 gave

00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:29.079
 him

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:29.279
 up

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:29.519
 for

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:29.720
 us

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:30.019
 all

00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:31.839
 how

00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:32.099
 will

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:32.279
 he

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:32.599
 not

00:29:32.599 --> 00:29:33.200
 also

00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:33.640
 with

00:29:33.640 --> 00:29:33.960
 him

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.920
 graciously

00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:35.840
 give

00:29:35.840 --> 00:29:36.100
 us

00:29:36.100 --> 00:29:36.759
 all

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.240
 things

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:39.600
 where

00:29:39.600 --> 00:29:39.799
 can

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:39.960
 I

00:29:39.960 --> 00:29:40.340
 turn

00:29:40.340 --> 00:29:40.539
 for

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:40.740
 the

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.299
 difficulties

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.519
 of

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:41.680
 this

00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:42.220
 coming

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.539
 week

00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:43.539
 where

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:43.720
 can

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:43.900
 I

00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:44.220
 turn

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:44.420
 from

00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:44.620
 the

00:29:44.620 --> 00:29:45.100
 heartaches

00:29:45.100 --> 00:29:45.220
 of

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:45.360
 this

00:29:45.360 --> 00:29:45.740
 past

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.039
 week

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:47.799
 only

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.120
 one

00:29:48.120 --> 00:29:48.559
 place

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:50.059
 that

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:50.420
 God

00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:50.680
 so

00:29:50.680 --> 00:29:50.980
 loved

00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:51.160
 the

00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:51.519
 world

00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:53.340
 that

00:29:53.340 --> 00:29:53.480
 he

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:53.840
 gave

00:29:53.840 --> 00:29:54.059
 his

00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:54.480
 only

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:55.039
 begotten

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.420
 son

00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:57.240
 that

00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:57.759
 whosoever

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.100
 believeth

00:29:58.100 --> 00:29:58.380
 on

00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:58.740
 him

00:29:58.740 --> 00:30:00.400
 shall

00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:00.559
 have

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:00.880
 eternal

00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:01.319
 life

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:04.779
 the

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.179
 presentation

00:30:05.179 --> 00:30:05.759
 of the

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:05.960
 good

00:30:05.960 --> 00:30:06.419
 news

00:30:06.419 --> 00:30:08.220
 offers

00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:08.519
 people

00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:08.779
 only

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.039
 two

00:30:09.039 --> 00:30:09.779
 options

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:11.740
 to

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:12.200
 believe

00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:14.220
 or to

00:30:14.220 --> 00:30:14.559
 perish

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:17.139
 eternal

00:30:17.139 --> 00:30:17.700
 life

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:19.399
 or

00:30:19.399 --> 00:30:19.799
 eternal

00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:20.639
 lostness

00:30:20.639 --> 00:30:23.879
 eternal

00:30:23.879 --> 00:30:24.240
 life

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:24.559
 which is

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:25.179
 accepted

00:30:25.179 --> 00:30:25.480
 by

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:26.039
 believing

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:27.279
 is the

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:27.519
 gift

00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:27.720
 of

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:28.019
 God

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:29.960
 and

00:30:29.960 --> 00:30:30.099
 it

00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:30.440
 brings

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:30.740
 with

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:30.879
 us

00:30:30.879 --> 00:30:31.019
 the

00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:31.480
 fullest

00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:32.119
 blessings

00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:32.359
 that

00:30:32.359 --> 00:30:32.559
 God

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:32.819
 can

00:30:32.819 --> 00:30:33.220
 bestow

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.400
 on

00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:33.660
 us

00:30:33.660 --> 00:30:36.139
 unlike

00:30:36.139 --> 00:30:36.619
 many

00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:37.139
 today

00:30:37.139 --> 00:30:37.960
 the

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:38.240
 Bible

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.519
 does

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:38.799
 not

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.200
 teach

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.460
 and

00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:39.619
 I

00:30:39.619 --> 00:30:39.759
 do

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.000
 not

00:30:40.000 --> 00:30:40.660
 believe

00:30:40.660 --> 00:30:41.420
 that

00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:41.619
 to

00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:41.940
 perish

00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:42.480
 means

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:42.720
 to

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:42.980
 cease

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:43.160
 to

00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:43.660
 exist

00:30:43.660 --> 00:30:45.680
 means

00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:45.859
 to

00:30:45.859 --> 00:30:46.480
 experience

00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:47.099
 torment

00:30:47.099 --> 00:30:48.180
 utter

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:48.779
 failure

00:30:48.779 --> 00:30:50.099
 futility

00:30:50.099 --> 00:30:50.859
 and

00:30:50.859 --> 00:30:51.240
 loss

00:30:51.240 --> 00:30:51.400
 of

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:51.920
 everything

00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.460
 that

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:52.799
 makes

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.440
 existence

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:54.000
 worthwhile

00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:56.359
 Jesus

00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:56.980
 said in

00:30:56.980 --> 00:30:57.299
 John

00:30:57.299 --> 00:30:57.599
 10

00:30:57.599 --> 00:30:57.940
 10

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:58.720
 I

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:59.099
 come

00:30:59.099 --> 00:30:59.299
 that

00:30:59.299 --> 00:30:59.480
 they

00:30:59.480 --> 00:30:59.700
 may

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.019
 have

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.559
 life

00:31:00.559 --> 00:31:01.859
 and

00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:02.039
 have

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.140
 it

00:31:02.140 --> 00:31:02.799
 abundantly

00:31:02.799 --> 00:31:06.460
 John

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:06.700
 3

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:07.160
 16

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:09.359
 it's

00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:09.720
 a picture

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.140
 of my

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:10.599
 sin

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:12.559
 picture

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:13.339
 of God's

00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:13.819
 love

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.299
 image

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:14.619
 in the

00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:15.079
 cross

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:17.019
 the

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.319
 extent

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:18.019
 of God's

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.380
 love

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:19.200
 in that

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:19.740
 provision

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.900
 of a

00:31:20.900 --> 00:31:21.400
 unique

00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:21.900
 son

00:31:21.900 --> 00:31:24.560
 for the

00:31:24.560 --> 00:31:24.980
 purpose

00:31:24.980 --> 00:31:25.700
 of life

00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:26.640
 rather

00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:26.920
 than

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:27.240
 ruin

00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:30.200
 much

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:30.600
 more

00:31:30.600 --> 00:31:30.940
 than a

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.240
 Christian

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:31.740
 slogan

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:33.680
 much

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:34.160
 more

00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:34.780
 than a

00:31:34.780 --> 00:31:35.080
 Christian

00:31:35.080 --> 00:31:35.720
 grenade

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:37.320
 to be

00:31:37.320 --> 00:31:37.540
 thrown

00:31:37.540 --> 00:31:37.700
 at

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:38.320
 unbelievers

00:31:38.320 --> 00:31:41.519
 rather

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:42.920
 it is

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:43.280
 the very

00:31:43.280 --> 00:31:43.920
 truth

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:45.340
 of the

00:31:45.340 --> 00:31:45.700
 truth

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.200
 of God

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:47.740
 it's

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.000
 the very

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.700
 foundation

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:49.040
 of the

00:31:49.040 --> 00:31:49.440
 gospel

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:50.800
 it's

00:31:50.800 --> 00:31:51.080
 the thing

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:51.939
 that encourages

00:31:51.939 --> 00:31:52.960
 and helps

00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:53.579
 us through

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:54.500
 not only

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.279
 the challenges

00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:56.619
 but provides

00:31:56.619 --> 00:31:56.980
 us

00:31:56.980 --> 00:31:57.699
 with

00:31:57.699 --> 00:31:58.379
 everlasting

00:31:58.379 --> 00:31:58.980
 life

00:31:58.980 --> 00:32:02.319
 for those

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:02.699
 of us

00:32:02.699 --> 00:32:03.119
 who know

00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:03.460
 God

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:04.299
 who love

00:32:04.299 --> 00:32:04.559
 him

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:07.599
 it makes

00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:08.539
 Romans

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:09.379
 8 32

00:32:09.379 --> 00:32:10.639
 answer

00:32:10.639 --> 00:32:11.299
 the needs

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:11.619
 that we

00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:11.939
 have

00:32:11.939 --> 00:32:14.539
 for the

00:32:14.539 --> 00:32:15.240
 non-believer

00:32:15.240 --> 00:32:15.879
 it provides

00:32:15.879 --> 00:32:16.619
 a clear

00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:17.659
 explanation

00:32:17.659 --> 00:32:19.059
 of what

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:19.779
 God's love

00:32:19.779 --> 00:32:20.379
 did for

00:32:20.379 --> 00:32:20.740
 them

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:22.759
 and what

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.519
 he expects

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.559
 of them

00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:26.440
 let's pray

00:32:26.440 --> 00:32:35.160
 without anyone

00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:35.880
 looking around

00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:37.460
 with all of

00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:37.859
 our eyes

00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:38.380
 closed

00:32:38.380 --> 00:32:41.279
 if you're here

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:41.839
 this morning

00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:42.319
 and you do

00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:42.880
 not know

00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:43.759
 Jesus Christ

00:32:43.759 --> 00:32:44.120
 as your

00:32:44.120 --> 00:32:44.620
 Lord and

00:32:44.620 --> 00:32:44.859
 Savior

00:32:44.859 --> 00:32:45.460
 you've not

00:32:45.460 --> 00:32:45.859
 come to

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:46.700
 that personal

00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:48.180
 relationship

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:48.700
 with him

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.200
 have not

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:49.620
 come to

00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:50.139
 the place

00:32:50.139 --> 00:32:51.139
 of understanding

00:32:51.139 --> 00:32:51.759
 fully

00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:53.819
 that God

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:54.379
 so loved

00:32:54.379 --> 00:32:54.699
 you

00:32:54.699 --> 00:32:56.419
 that he

00:32:56.419 --> 00:32:56.719
 gave his

00:32:56.719 --> 00:32:57.399
 only begotten

00:32:57.399 --> 00:32:57.759
 son

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.739
 that whosoever

00:32:58.739 --> 00:32:59.439
 believes in

00:32:59.439 --> 00:32:59.879
 him

00:32:59.879 --> 00:33:02.939
 has eternal

00:33:02.939 --> 00:33:03.519
 life

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:06.619
 if you've not

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:07.079
 come to that

00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:07.879
 place before

00:33:07.879 --> 00:33:08.919
 I would

00:33:08.919 --> 00:33:09.739
 encourage you

00:33:09.739 --> 00:33:11.919
 to come

00:33:11.919 --> 00:33:12.799
 before God

00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:14.819
 to say

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:14.819


00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:15.639
 I understand

00:33:15.639 --> 00:33:16.399
 I believe

00:33:16.399 --> 00:33:16.779
 that I'm

00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.200
 a sinner

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:18.579
 and the only

00:33:18.579 --> 00:33:19.220
 possible

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:20.779
 option for

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:21.059
 me

00:33:21.059 --> 00:33:22.599
 was the

00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:22.980
 provision

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.279
 of the

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:23.639
 cross

00:33:23.639 --> 00:33:28.940
 and today

00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:30.700
 I accept

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:31.099
 the truth

00:33:31.099 --> 00:33:31.500
 of Jesus

00:33:31.500 --> 00:33:32.000
 Christ

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:33.659
 the eternal

00:33:33.659 --> 00:33:34.339
 son of the

00:33:34.339 --> 00:33:34.720
 father

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:37.660
 that all

00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:38.319
 my sins

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:38.700
 may be

00:33:38.700 --> 00:33:39.240
 cared for

00:33:39.240 --> 00:33:39.600
 may be

00:33:39.600 --> 00:33:40.240
 paid for

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:42.519
 and that

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:42.880
 I may

00:33:42.880 --> 00:33:43.460
 receive

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:45.180
 today

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:45.600
 is the

00:33:45.600 --> 00:33:45.940
 day that

00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.500
 I believe

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:49.740
 you do

00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:50.240
 not need

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:50.640
 to raise

00:33:50.640 --> 00:33:51.039
 your hand

00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:51.279
 God

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:51.680
 does not

00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:52.039
 see a

00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:52.259
 raised

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.559
 hand

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:53.299
 any more

00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:53.579
 than he

00:33:53.579 --> 00:33:53.940
 sees a

00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:54.160
 raised

00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:54.500
 heart

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:59.799
 but in a

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:00.200
 little while

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:00.579
 I'm going to

00:34:00.579 --> 00:34:00.860
 give an

00:34:00.860 --> 00:34:01.259
 invitation

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.539
 for you

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:01.799
 to come

00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:02.259
 forward

00:34:02.259 --> 00:34:04.259
 and if

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:04.460
 you've

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:04.940
 done that

00:34:04.940 --> 00:34:05.379
 today

00:34:05.379 --> 00:34:08.239
 it would

00:34:08.239 --> 00:34:08.380
 be

00:34:08.380 --> 00:34:08.940
 appropriate

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:10.719
 and an

00:34:10.719 --> 00:34:11.139
 encouragement

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:11.840
 to us

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:13.659
 that you

00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:13.800
 would

00:34:13.800 --> 00:34:14.380
 acknowledge

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:14.759
 that

00:34:14.759 --> 00:34:17.619
 it will

00:34:17.619 --> 00:34:18.139
 also put

00:34:18.139 --> 00:34:18.559
 you on

00:34:18.559 --> 00:34:18.980
 record

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:20.679
 that something

00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:21.460
 has changed

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.119
 something has

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.759
 taken place

00:34:22.759 --> 00:34:26.059
 maybe today

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.639
 you're here

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:27.840
 and you

00:34:27.840 --> 00:34:28.259
 know the

00:34:28.259 --> 00:34:28.880
 truths of

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.239
 Christ

00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:30.559
 you've

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:31.000
 accepted

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:31.279
 them

00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:31.540
 you've

00:34:31.540 --> 00:34:31.860
 prayed

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:32.080
 the

00:34:32.080 --> 00:34:32.320
 prayer

00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:32.800
 you've

00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:33.620
 been

00:34:33.620 --> 00:34:34.100
 baptized

00:34:34.100 --> 00:34:35.080
 maybe

00:34:35.080 --> 00:34:35.280
 you've

00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:35.480
 even

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:35.700
 been

00:34:35.700 --> 00:34:35.880
 a

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:36.200
 church

00:34:36.200 --> 00:34:36.560
 member

00:34:36.560 --> 00:34:40.100
 but the

00:34:40.100 --> 00:34:40.400
 truth

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:40.860
 is

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:43.380
 that you

00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:44.320
 don't

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:45.780
 really

00:34:45.780 --> 00:34:46.200
 act

00:34:46.200 --> 00:34:46.540
 much

00:34:46.540 --> 00:34:46.920
 like

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:48.240
 God

00:34:48.240 --> 00:34:48.540
 loves

00:34:48.540 --> 00:34:48.760
 you

00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:52.480
 if that's

00:34:52.480 --> 00:34:52.980
 the case

00:34:52.980 --> 00:34:54.240
 I pray

00:34:54.240 --> 00:34:54.460
 that you

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:54.900
 would cry

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:55.260
 out to

00:34:55.260 --> 00:34:55.560
 God

00:34:55.560 --> 00:34:57.860
 that you

00:34:57.860 --> 00:34:58.280
 would ask

00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:58.680
 him to

00:34:58.680 --> 00:34:58.900
 melt

00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.320
 your heart

00:34:59.320 --> 00:34:59.820
 of stone

00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:02.580
 to give

00:35:02.580 --> 00:35:02.780
 you a

00:35:02.780 --> 00:35:02.920
 heart

00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:03.480
 of flesh

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:06.039
 when I

00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:06.280
 give the

00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:06.740
 invitation

00:35:06.740 --> 00:35:07.120
 if you

00:35:07.120 --> 00:35:07.420
 would like

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:07.920
 prayer for

00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:08.200
 that or

00:35:08.200 --> 00:35:08.400
 you would

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:09.019
 simply like

00:35:09.019 --> 00:35:09.440
 to say

00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:09.880
 I am

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:10.220
 today

00:35:10.220 --> 00:35:10.920
 rededicating

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.400
 my life

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:11.960
 to Christ

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:15.120
 it will be

00:35:15.120 --> 00:35:15.600
 an opportunity

00:35:15.600 --> 00:35:15.900
 for you

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:16.140
 to do

00:35:16.140 --> 00:35:16.400
 that

00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:19.880
 our

00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:20.180
 father

00:35:20.180 --> 00:35:21.300
 we thank

00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:21.700
 you so

00:35:21.700 --> 00:35:21.980
 much

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:22.280
 that you

00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:22.840
 loved us

00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:24.420
 and that

00:35:24.420 --> 00:35:24.740
 you love

00:35:24.740 --> 00:35:24.920
 us

00:35:24.920 --> 00:35:25.260
 still

00:35:25.260 --> 00:35:27.539
 the fact

00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:27.880
 that you

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:28.380
 loved us

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:28.800
 and gave

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:29.420
 your son

00:35:29.420 --> 00:35:30.740
 not simply

00:35:30.740 --> 00:35:32.100
 to give him

00:35:32.100 --> 00:35:32.700
 to serve

00:35:32.700 --> 00:35:33.180
 us

00:35:33.180 --> 00:35:35.100
 but rather

00:35:35.100 --> 00:35:36.019
 you gave him

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.840
 to die

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.340
 for us

00:35:37.340 --> 00:35:39.960
 gracious

00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:40.380
 God

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:42.539
 we thank you

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:42.880
 for your

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:43.280
 gift of

00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:43.579
 love

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:46.760
 we accept

00:35:46.760 --> 00:35:47.100
 it

00:35:47.100 --> 00:35:48.680
 with joyful

00:35:48.680 --> 00:35:49.240
 hearts

00:35:49.239 --> 00:35:50.959
 Lord help

00:35:50.959 --> 00:35:51.139
 us

00:35:51.139 --> 00:35:51.879
 this week

00:35:51.879 --> 00:35:53.439
 to often

00:35:53.439 --> 00:35:54.059
 remember the

00:35:54.059 --> 00:35:54.439
 words

00:35:54.439 --> 00:35:56.199
 Jesus loves

00:35:56.199 --> 00:35:56.919
 me

00:35:56.919 --> 00:35:57.819
 this I know

00:35:57.819 --> 00:35:59.059
 for the

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.639
 Bible tells

00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:00.139
 me so

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:02.659
 in Christ's

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:03.119
 name we pray

00:36:03.119 --> 00:36:04.099
 Amen