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 I'll use the wireless and you can just switch that off.

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 Thanks.

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 Yeah, much sound and no light.

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 I hope that's not continued.

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 Let's pray and ask God's help.

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 Our Father, we thank you for the great gifts

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 that you gave to your church

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 when you physically left this earth

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 for your word,

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 which as you've said in the gospel reading we had today

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 are not your words, but the very words of your Father.

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 And for the great gift of the Holy Spirit, another helper.

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 We pray that we would have thankful hearts,

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 that we would treasure these gifts

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 and that by the power of your Holy Spirit

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 and by his help, we would understand your word

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 and that in his strength, we would live it out

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 and share it with the world around us.

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 We pray all these things through Christ,

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 your Son and our Savior.

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 Amen.

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 Here's a Bible trivia quiz for you.

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 According to the description

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 at the end of the book of Revelation,

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 what is the first group of people

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 to be cast into the lake of fire?

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 It's the cowardly.

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 You can look that up later at your leisure

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 in Revelation 21.

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 The cowardly.

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 The fearful.

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 The faint-hearted.

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 Now, if you're anything like me,

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 you're beginning to feel decidedly uncomfortable.

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 I seem to be hardwired toward being shy

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 and perhaps timid.

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 And it's a precious small step

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 from timid to faint-hearted

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 and from faint-hearted

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 to cowardly

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 or fearful.

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 Now, others among us,

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 you may not have a personality

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 that bends you toward fearfulness,

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 but at the same time,

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 I can imagine that most of you,

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 probably all of you,

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 if you had long enough to think about it

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 and felt comfortable enough to share it,

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 I imagine that most of us from time to time

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 are all too familiar

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 with the feeling of

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 the pressure of stressful circumstances,

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 with the mounting anxiety,

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 with a knot that begins to form

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 in the pit of your stomach,

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 with a feeling of discomfort,

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 the pounding of your heart,

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 the inability to think clearly.

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 That seems to be one of my first

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 in this situation.

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 A desire to get away.

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 A desire to flee like a bird

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 to the mountains.

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 I felt that last night

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 when I knew I had to stand up here

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 this morning.

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 That's true.

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 Perhaps even a feeling of desperation,

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 panic.

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 Some extent of that is true

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 almost, I'm sure, to all of us.

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 Well, in the passage of John's Gospel

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 that we read earlier,

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 Jesus speaks directly to this experience.

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 This fearfulness

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 does not need to describe

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 anyone who has become

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 a disciple of the Lord Jesus.

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 In fact, it must not

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 in an ongoing and sustained way.

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 And he gives very clear reasons why.

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 So I invite you to turn to this

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 glorious passage

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 in John's Gospel

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 on page 935, again,

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 of your Pew Bible,

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 or in your own Bible,

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 John chapter 14.

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 Once again,

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 to place this in its setting,

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 the context of this conversation,

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 it's Jesus' last night

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 before his betrayal

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 and his arrest

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 and his crucifixion.

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 He knows that his departure is near.

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 And in a section

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 unique to John's Gospel,

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 a long section

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 from the end of chapter 13

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 right through

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 to the end of chapter 17,

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 he's preparing his disciples

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 for what's about to happen.

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 The 11 disciples,

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 which is the 12

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 minus Judas Iscariot,

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 who has already left

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 on his mission of betrayal,

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 they're disturbed

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 by what they're beginning

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 to understand

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 that Jesus is telling them.

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 Their hearts are troubled

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 and they're feeling afraid.

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 And it's into this situation

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 that Jesus speaks

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 these words of comfort

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 and encouragement.

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 So we pick up the conversation

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 in chapter 14 and verse 15.

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 If you love me,

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 keep my commandments.

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 And I will pray the Father

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 and he will give you

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 another helper

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 that he may abide

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 with you forever.

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 We'll just stop there.

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 I don't know how comforted

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 you are yet.

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 Because what is Jesus saying

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 here at the beginning?

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 He says,

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 if you love me,

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 well he says,

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 three things will result.

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 Did you notice?

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 Three things.

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 First,

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 if you love me,

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 keep my commandments.

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 Or some translations

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 will say,

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 you will keep my commandments.

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 That's first.

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 Secondly,

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 he will pray

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 to the Father

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 or ask the Father.

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 And thirdly,

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 the Father

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 will give you

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 another helper

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 who will be with you forever.

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 So in the first

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 of these three things,

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 in verse 15,

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 if you love me,

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 keep my commandments.

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 The Lord is showing us

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 the unavoidable connection

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 between loving him

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 and keeping his commandments.

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 If we love him,

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 we will keep his commandments.

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 If we don't keep his commandments,

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 we don't love him.

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 It's that simple.

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 It's that unavoidable.

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 It's a simple if-then

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 kind of a statement

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 that we all make.

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 If you put your hand

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 on the hot element,

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 then you will get burned.

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 When the first half

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 of the statement is true,

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 when you put your hand

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 on the hot element,

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 then the second half

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 necessarily follows.

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 You will get burned.

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 That is the type

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 of statement he's saying.

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 So,

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 if you love me,

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 if you love me,

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 if you're in an ongoing

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 relationship

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 of love

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 with me,

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 with the Lord Jesus,

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 then it necessarily

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 follows that you will

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 keep my commandments.

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 Now,

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 for some of us,

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 this should be a point

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 of encouragement,

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 of strengthening your faith.

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 Ask yourself this question.

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 Do I seek

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 to obey his commandments?

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 I'm not saying

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 do you never stumble,

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 but is the basic

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 orientation

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 of your heart

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 to obey

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 his commandments?

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 Do I

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 make it a priority

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 to read

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 God's word

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 in private

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 or in public?

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 To read it with others?

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 To read it myself?

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 To hear it taught?

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 And with all

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 of this hearing,

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 with the orientation

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 so that I can

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 do what it says?

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 When I live

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 my ordinary

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 day-to-day,

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 Monday-to-Friday

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 life,

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 my weekends,

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 am I trying

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 to obey

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 his word?

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 And for many of you,

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 the answer will be yes.

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 If you look in your heart,

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 yes,

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 I fall many times,

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 I stumble daily,

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 but yes,

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 I do,

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 I desire to keep

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 his word.

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 Well,

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 if so,

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 give thanks to God.

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 Give thanks to God

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 because that is a sign

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 of his grace

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 that has done a work

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 in your heart.

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 Because before

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 he called you

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 to himself,

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 it would have never

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 crossed your mind

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 to live like that.

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 It would have never

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 crossed your mind

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 as you were going

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 about your normal

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 daily business

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 to ask yourself,

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 am I obeying

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 the commandments

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 of Jesus?

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 It's just not

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 what the worldly

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 way of thinking is.

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 It would never

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 occur to you.

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 And you may,

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 if you were converted

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 late enough in life,

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 you may remember

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 a time before

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 you came to know

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 the Lord

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 when that was true.

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 I don't know,

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 perhaps some of you

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 will remember it.

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 Isn't it true?

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 Never crossed your mind.

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 But now it is

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 your desire.

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 It is your desire

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 to keep his commandments.

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 And that's only possible

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 because he's given you

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 a new heart.

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 A new heart

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 that loves

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 the Lord Jesus

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 and desires

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 to obey his word.

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 So be encouraged.

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 Now for others

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 it will sound foreign.

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 Perhaps,

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 perhaps you read

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 the Bible

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 from time to time.

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 You taught,

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 you were taught it

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 as a kid.

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 It's a habit

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 you occasionally do.

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 Maybe when situations

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 get difficult

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 you,

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 you dust it off,

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 pull it out of the,

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 the drawer.

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 I don't mean

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 to,

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 to be little.

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 But,

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 nevertheless,

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 or perhaps you

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 attend church.

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 Perhaps you come

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 once in a while.

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 Perhaps you come

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 every week

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 ever since you've

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 been an infant.

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 But,

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 nevertheless,

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 this experience

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 I'm describing,

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 this longing

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 to know God's word

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 and to put it

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 into practice,

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 to obey it

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 day by day,

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 it's just,

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 it's simply not part

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 of your experience.

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 I don't think that way.

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 It would never

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 cross my mind.

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 Well,

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 if this describes you,

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 let the words

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 of Jesus

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 sink into your ears

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 and into your heart.

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 If you love me,

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 keep my commandments.

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 And he says

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 the same point again

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 in verse 21.

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 He who has

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 my commandments

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 has them

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 and keeps them,

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 it is he

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 who loves me.

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 And he says

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 it again

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 in verse 23.

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 Jesus answered

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 Judas

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 and said to him,

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 if anyone

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 loves me,

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 he'll keep

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 my word.

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 Now,

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 in all this,

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 it's critical

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 that you make

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 sure you get

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 a hold of

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 the right end

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 of the stick,

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 not the wrong end.

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 We don't

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 begin

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 by obeying

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 the commandments

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 of God

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 and work

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 ourselves up

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 into a situation

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 of loving him.

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 No,

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 the love

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 comes first

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 and it

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 expresses itself

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 in

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 our

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 desire

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 to obey.

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 Remember

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 what Jesus

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 said,

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 if you put

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 your hand

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 on the stove,

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 no,

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 that was me.

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 He said,

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 if you put

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 your hand

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 on the stove,

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 that corresponds

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 to what?

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 If you love

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 me,

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 right?

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 That's the first

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 thing.

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 Then,

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 the result

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 is,

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 you will

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 get burned

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 or you

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 will obey

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 my commandments.

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 The love

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 comes first,

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 the obedience

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 flows out

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 of a heart

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 that loves

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 the Lord.

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 So,

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 what you need

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 to do,

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 if this is

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 alien to you

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 and you don't

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 want it to be

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 alien to you,

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 is you need

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 to pray to God.

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 You need to

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 cry out to him

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 to give you

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 a new heart.

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 A new heart

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 that loves

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 the Lord Jesus

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 and desires

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 to obey

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 his commandments,

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 to keep

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 his word.

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 Now,

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 all of this

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 is important

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 to see

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 because what

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 Jesus is doing

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 is he's laying

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 the foundation

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 for what we

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 said at the

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 beginning,

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 a message

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 of consolation

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 and comfort.

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 But the message

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 is for those

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 who love him.

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 You might call it

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 the comfortable

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 words.

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 That's what the

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 prayer book likes

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 to call things

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 like this,

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 the comfy words.

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 So he says,

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 if you love me,

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 keep my commandments.

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 And then remember,

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 there's those two

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 other things

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 that flow from

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 the if.

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 If you love me,

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 keep my commandments.

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 And then this,

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 and I will pray

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 the Father,

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 and then thirdly,

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 he,

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 that is the Father,

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 will give you

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 another helper

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 that he may dwell

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 with you forever.

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 Another helper.

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 This is good news.

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 Indeed.

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 For those,

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 for these disciples

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 who are facing

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 the loss of their

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 Lord physically,

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 the Lord Jesus

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 who had been

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 their helper,

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 their encourager,

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 their teacher,

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 the one who had

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 revealed the Father

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 to them,

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 the one who had

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 guided them,

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 strengthened them,

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 all of those things.

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 Now Jesus promises

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 them that after

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 he departs,

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 he's not going to

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 leave them as orphans.

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 He's going to give

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 them another helper.

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 Another helper.

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 The Holy Spirit

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 or the Spirit of Truth

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 as he's called

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 in verse 17.

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 The Spirit of Truth.

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 Now the reason

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 it was important

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 to think about

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 the loving

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 and the keeping

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 his commandments

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 is because he says,

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 this Spirit

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 I will send

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 to those who love me.

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 He says,

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 the world

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 cannot receive

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 the Holy Spirit.

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 just as an aside,

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 actually,

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 I jumped over,

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 but it's worth

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 drawing your attention

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 to,

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 just as an aside,

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 notice how

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 all three persons

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 of the Trinity

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 are involved

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 in helping

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 and comforting

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 his disciples.

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 Jesus,

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 the Son,

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 prays to the Father.

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 The Father

00:14:37.079 --> 00:14:38.299
 receives his prayer

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 and sends

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 the Holy Spirit

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 and the Holy Spirit

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 comes and dwells

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 within us

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 and among us

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 to be our helper,

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 to give us strength

00:14:48.779 --> 00:14:49.740
 to live as disciples

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 of the Lord

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 in this world.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 And now,

00:14:55.980 --> 00:14:57.019
 the connection,

00:14:57.139 --> 00:14:57.699
 Jesus goes on

00:14:57.699 --> 00:14:58.120
 to explain

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 between all of

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 that and loving him

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 and keeping his commandments.

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 He goes on

00:15:02.740 --> 00:15:03.179
 to say that

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 the world

00:15:03.859 --> 00:15:05.539
 cannot receive

00:15:05.539 --> 00:15:06.679
 the Holy Spirit.

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 Why?

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 He says in verse 17,

00:15:10.219 --> 00:15:10.620
 the world

00:15:10.620 --> 00:15:12.019
 cannot receive him

00:15:12.019 --> 00:15:12.719
 because it neither

00:15:12.719 --> 00:15:14.199
 sees him nor knows him.

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 They don't even know

00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:17.519
 that there is

00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:18.299
 a Holy Spirit,

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 that the Holy Spirit

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 exists.

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 But,

00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:24.359
 you know him,

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 for he dwells with you

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 and will be in you.

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 To the one

00:15:30.859 --> 00:15:31.799
 who knows Jesus,

00:15:31.799 --> 00:15:33.419
 the Holy Spirit

00:15:33.419 --> 00:15:34.699
 is perfectly familiar

00:15:34.699 --> 00:15:37.299
 because Jesus,

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 to know Jesus

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 is to know

00:15:40.500 --> 00:15:41.399
 the Holy Spirit.

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 The Holy Spirit

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 and the Lord Jesus

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 are so closely

00:15:45.099 --> 00:15:46.359
 linked

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 in this passage

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 that he says

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 he dwells with you

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 even though

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 he's not yet been sent

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 because the Spirit

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 is in Jesus.

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 He dwells with them now

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 in the person

00:16:01.440 --> 00:16:01.980
 of Jesus

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 and then he says

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 I will come to you

00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:06.399
 in verse 18.

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 The Holy Spirit,

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 when the Spirit

00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:08.399
 comes to you,

00:16:08.419 --> 00:16:09.299
 it's me who's coming

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 to you.

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 The Holy Spirit

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 and Jesus

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 are so closely

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 associated

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 because in fact

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 they are one.

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 Now,

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 the rest of the passage

00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:25.879
 basically drives home

00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:27.419
 over and over again

00:16:27.419 --> 00:16:29.599
 this relationship,

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 the main points

00:16:30.299 --> 00:16:31.299
 that we've just been seeing.

00:16:31.299 --> 00:16:32.099
 The connection

00:16:32.099 --> 00:16:33.259
 between loving him

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 on the one hand

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 and keeping his commandments

00:16:36.179 --> 00:16:36.839
 on the other,

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 on the coming

00:16:38.439 --> 00:16:39.399
 of another helper

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 from the Father

00:16:41.159 --> 00:16:43.839
 to the ones

00:16:43.839 --> 00:16:44.519
 who love him

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 and obey his word.

00:16:46.860 --> 00:16:47.299
 Now,

00:16:47.379 --> 00:16:48.259
 sometimes Jesus

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 says a little bit more

00:16:49.259 --> 00:16:50.479
 and explains

00:16:50.479 --> 00:16:51.199
 what he means.

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 Sometimes he

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 repeats the idea,

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 he says it

00:16:56.040 --> 00:16:56.680
 in a different way,

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 he sheds a little bit

00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:57.980
 more light

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 and I urge you

00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:01.160
 to take it home

00:17:01.160 --> 00:17:02.760
 to look over it again

00:17:02.760 --> 00:17:03.480
 and see

00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:04.779
 how he's basically

00:17:04.779 --> 00:17:05.820
 going around

00:17:05.820 --> 00:17:06.259
 and around

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 the same thing

00:17:07.059 --> 00:17:07.820
 over and over again

00:17:07.820 --> 00:17:08.799
 to make sure

00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:09.779
 that they understand.

00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:12.420
 For example,

00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:13.220
 in verse 22,

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 he's just said

00:17:13.940 --> 00:17:14.600
 a bunch of things

00:17:14.600 --> 00:17:15.460
 and then Judas,

00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:16.980
 one of his disciples,

00:17:19.900 --> 00:17:21.100
 he basically says,

00:17:21.160 --> 00:17:21.880
 I don't get it.

00:17:22.180 --> 00:17:22.860
 He says to him,

00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:23.460
 how is it

00:17:23.460 --> 00:17:23.820
 that you're going

00:17:23.820 --> 00:17:24.640
 to manifest yourself

00:17:24.640 --> 00:17:25.100
 to us

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 and not to the world?

00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:26.960
 He hasn't got it

00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:27.400
 quite straight

00:17:27.400 --> 00:17:27.800
 in his mind.

00:17:27.860 --> 00:17:29.420
 So what does Jesus do?

00:17:30.420 --> 00:17:31.820
 He just goes around

00:17:31.820 --> 00:17:32.320
 the barn

00:17:32.320 --> 00:17:33.680
 one more time.

00:17:34.420 --> 00:17:35.860
 He says the same thing,

00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:37.400
 if anyone loves me,

00:17:37.660 --> 00:17:38.720
 he'll keep my word

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 and my Father

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 will love him

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 and we'll come to him

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 and make our home

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 with him

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 and so on.

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 Well,

00:17:46.360 --> 00:17:47.320
 now when we put together

00:17:47.320 --> 00:17:48.540
 then all the different

00:17:48.540 --> 00:17:50.540
 things that Jesus says

00:17:50.540 --> 00:17:51.460
 in this passage,

00:17:51.580 --> 00:17:52.680
 in this passage alone

00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:54.259
 about the Holy Spirit,

00:17:54.640 --> 00:17:56.480
 we begin to see

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 why it is

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 that the disciples

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 don't need to be afraid

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 anymore.

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 And these are the main points.

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 So I invite you,

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 we're not going to go

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 through them one by one.

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 I think the better effect

00:18:07.820 --> 00:18:08.759
 will be is if you do that

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 at home,

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 but just sit back

00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:11.960
 and let these

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 wash over you

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 as it were.

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 Jesus teaches them that.

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 the helper

00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:21.400
 is like him,

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 another helper.

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 He has been their helper.

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 He will send

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 another helper.

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 The helper's like Jesus.

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 He will be with them

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 forever.

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 He will be with them

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 forever.

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 He gives them life.

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 He actually

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 joins them

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 to God.

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 He makes them one

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 first with the Lord

00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:50.299
 Jesus himself,

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 one spirit

00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:52.640
 with the head

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 of the body.

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 Actually,

00:18:55.180 --> 00:18:55.740
 vitally,

00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:57.440
 spiritually linked

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 with the Lord

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 Jesus himself

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 and through him

00:19:01.160 --> 00:19:02.539
 with the Father.

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 a living,

00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:05.440
 real,

00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:06.720
 spiritual union.

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 He brings to them,

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 this is the spirit again,

00:19:11.720 --> 00:19:12.159
 the helper.

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 He brings to them

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 and makes real to them

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 the love

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 of the Father

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 and the love

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 of the Lord Jesus.

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 He reveals

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 Jesus to them.

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 He teaches them.

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 He reminds them

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 of all the things

00:19:35.019 --> 00:19:36.560
 that Jesus has said.

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 He brings to them

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 the peace

00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:44.120
 that Jesus gives.

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 Now,

00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:48.080
 it's knowing

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 and more than knowing,

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 experiencing

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 all of these things

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 plus others

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 that are taught

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 elsewhere in the scriptures

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 that will encourage

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 and comfort

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 and strengthen

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 the disciples

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 as they face

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 the prospect

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 of living

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 without the Lord

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 in this hostile world.

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 Once Jesus

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 is physically departed,

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 that's why

00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:11.259
 he can conclude

00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:12.480
 all of this teaching

00:20:12.480 --> 00:20:13.440
 about the Holy Spirit

00:20:13.440 --> 00:20:14.759
 in verse 27

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 by saying,

00:20:16.779 --> 00:20:17.639
 let not your heart

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 be troubled,

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 neither let it

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 be afraid.

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 Now,

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 I want us then

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 in the final

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 moments

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 to focus in

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 on this

00:20:28.659 --> 00:20:30.379
 command.

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 Verse 27

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 at the very end,

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 let not your heart

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 be troubled,

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 neither let it

00:20:36.980 --> 00:20:37.480
 be afraid.

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 This instruction

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 is a two-edged sword.

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 I think

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:43.539
 what we're used

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 to doing

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 when we read that

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 is reading those

00:20:46.099 --> 00:20:46.939
 as words

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 of comfort.

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 They make us

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 feel

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 peaceful,

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 assured.

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 and that's so

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 and in light

00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:57.639
 of all that

00:20:57.639 --> 00:20:58.200
 he's doing,

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 that's true.

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 But,

00:21:01.119 --> 00:21:01.460
 in the light

00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:01.819
 of all that

00:21:01.819 --> 00:21:02.559
 he's been saying.

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 But on the other

00:21:03.500 --> 00:21:03.859
 hand,

00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:04.539
 there's something

00:21:04.539 --> 00:21:05.119
 that we may not

00:21:05.119 --> 00:21:06.019
 fully appreciate

00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:07.819
 about this passage,

00:21:08.399 --> 00:21:09.740
 about this verse,

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 particularly the way

00:21:10.579 --> 00:21:11.659
 it's put in many

00:21:11.659 --> 00:21:12.180
 of our English

00:21:12.180 --> 00:21:12.960
 translations,

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 is this is

00:21:14.159 --> 00:21:15.799
 an imperative.

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 This is a command

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 from the Lord.

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 A command.

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 the words,

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 let not your

00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:25.580
 heart be troubled,

00:21:26.560 --> 00:21:27.320
 neither let it

00:21:27.320 --> 00:21:27.840
 be afraid,

00:21:28.020 --> 00:21:28.820
 they carry the

00:21:28.820 --> 00:21:29.740
 force of a

00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.460
 prohibition.

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 Don't do it.

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 We might better

00:21:36.320 --> 00:21:37.440
 express the same

00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:38.000
 words as,

00:21:38.380 --> 00:21:39.120
 your heart

00:21:39.120 --> 00:21:40.820
 must not

00:21:40.820 --> 00:21:41.780
 be troubled.

00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:44.220
 It must not

00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:44.920
 be afraid.

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 In fact,

00:21:47.820 --> 00:21:48.140
 it's even

00:21:48.140 --> 00:21:48.779
 stronger than

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 this because

00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:50.060
 the word

00:21:50.060 --> 00:21:51.039
 translated

00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:51.779
 afraid

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.980
 at the end

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.980
 of verse 27

00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:55.180
 is the same

00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:56.200
 word that we

00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:56.740
 talked about

00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.120
 at the very

00:21:57.120 --> 00:21:57.620
 beginning in

00:21:57.620 --> 00:21:58.640
 Revelation 21.

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 Cowardly.

00:22:01.360 --> 00:22:02.420
 It's completely

00:22:02.420 --> 00:22:03.759
 lost to us

00:22:03.759 --> 00:22:04.080
 here.

00:22:04.840 --> 00:22:05.560
 Jesus says

00:22:05.560 --> 00:22:05.840
 here,

00:22:06.080 --> 00:22:06.620
 your heart

00:22:06.620 --> 00:22:07.720
 must not

00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:08.960
 be cowardly.

00:22:09.440 --> 00:22:10.340
 Your heart

00:22:10.340 --> 00:22:11.279
 must not

00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:12.060
 be cowardly.

00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:12.860
 In light of

00:22:12.860 --> 00:22:13.539
 all that I've

00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:14.120
 told you

00:22:14.119 --> 00:22:14.799
 and that you

00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.419
 understand,

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:16.399
 and in light

00:22:16.399 --> 00:22:17.479
 even more of

00:22:17.479 --> 00:22:17.839
 what you're

00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:18.239
 about to

00:22:18.239 --> 00:22:19.239
 experience when

00:22:19.239 --> 00:22:19.979
 the Holy Spirit

00:22:19.979 --> 00:22:20.839
 is poured out

00:22:20.839 --> 00:22:21.739
 on you on

00:22:21.739 --> 00:22:22.139
 the day of

00:22:22.139 --> 00:22:22.779
 Pentecost,

00:22:23.199 --> 00:22:23.839
 your heart

00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:24.719
 must not

00:22:24.719 --> 00:22:25.659
 be cowardly.

00:22:26.539 --> 00:22:27.279
 To whom

00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:27.819
 much has

00:22:27.819 --> 00:22:28.379
 been given,

00:22:28.899 --> 00:22:29.519
 much will

00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:30.239
 be required.

00:22:32.419 --> 00:22:32.619
 Now,

00:22:32.739 --> 00:22:33.519
 I don't want,

00:22:33.619 --> 00:22:34.179
 the last thing

00:22:34.179 --> 00:22:34.719
 I want is for

00:22:34.719 --> 00:22:35.219
 all of you

00:22:35.219 --> 00:22:36.119
 to go away

00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:36.859
 afraid,

00:22:37.379 --> 00:22:37.739
 because that

00:22:37.739 --> 00:22:38.019
 would be the

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.699
 opposite effect

00:22:38.699 --> 00:22:39.159
 of what he's

00:22:39.159 --> 00:22:39.500
 saying.

00:22:40.339 --> 00:22:41.039
 We don't

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:41.399
 want you

00:22:41.399 --> 00:22:42.000
 thinking if

00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:42.559
 you suffer

00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:43.159
 fear,

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:43.500
 you're going

00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:44.180
 to be cast

00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:44.759
 into the

00:22:44.759 --> 00:22:45.140
 lake of

00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:45.619
 fire.

00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:46.859
 In Revelation

00:22:46.859 --> 00:22:47.619
 21,

00:22:47.900 --> 00:22:48.660
 verse 8,

00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:49.359
 what saves

00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:49.700
 us from

00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:50.059
 ultimate

00:22:50.059 --> 00:22:50.740
 judgment is

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.299
 not our

00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:52.140
 being brave,

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:53.079
 but the

00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:53.700
 Lord Jesus.

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.039
 But,

00:22:56.119 --> 00:22:57.680
 the point

00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:58.740
 of this

00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.519
 connection that

00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:00.220
 is being

00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:00.799
 drawn with

00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:01.119
 the lake

00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:01.720
 of fire is

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.099
 that that

00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:02.720
 kind of

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.880
 cowardice,

00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:04.859
 that kind

00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:05.359
 of fear,

00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:06.240
 is not a

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:06.660
 characteristic

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:07.400
 of the

00:23:07.400 --> 00:23:07.859
 people of

00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:08.240
 God.

00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:09.279
 It's not a

00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:09.839
 characteristic of

00:23:09.839 --> 00:23:10.180
 those who

00:23:10.180 --> 00:23:10.619
 love the

00:23:10.619 --> 00:23:11.200
 Lord Jesus

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:11.960
 and are

00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:12.180
 his

00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:12.700
 disciples.

00:23:14.100 --> 00:23:14.559
 So,

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.580
 what do

00:23:15.580 --> 00:23:15.900
 you do

00:23:15.900 --> 00:23:16.279
 then,

00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:17.279
 if you're

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:17.920
 like me,

00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:19.640
 and you're

00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:20.279
 just naturally

00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:21.240
 inclined to

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.799
 fearfulness,

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:23.019
 or the rest

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:23.279
 of you,

00:23:23.340 --> 00:23:24.160
 when sometimes

00:23:24.160 --> 00:23:24.640
 the,

00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:25.920
 well,

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:26.340
 I won't even

00:23:26.340 --> 00:23:26.700
 speculate,

00:23:26.840 --> 00:23:27.440
 all kinds of

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:27.860
 things that

00:23:27.860 --> 00:23:28.319
 cause you to

00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:28.799
 be afraid,

00:23:28.860 --> 00:23:29.259
 and you fear

00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:29.940
 that fear,

00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:31.400
 you feel that

00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:32.340
 fear welling up

00:23:32.340 --> 00:23:32.860
 within you,

00:23:33.100 --> 00:23:33.460
 then,

00:23:33.960 --> 00:23:34.759
 what do you

00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:35.059
 do?

00:23:35.880 --> 00:23:36.380
 How are we

00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:36.539
 to do?

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:36.700
 Well,

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.159
 we do

00:23:37.159 --> 00:23:38.619
 like Jesus

00:23:38.619 --> 00:23:40.399
 did when

00:23:40.399 --> 00:23:41.180
 Judas asked

00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:41.399
 him the

00:23:41.399 --> 00:23:41.839
 question.

00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:44.039
 We go

00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:44.759
 around the

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.740
 barn one

00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.480
 more time.

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:47.740
 We run

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.519
 these things

00:23:48.519 --> 00:23:49.220
 before our

00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:49.740
 mind that

00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.420
 Jesus has

00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:51.299
 laid before

00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:51.799
 us,

00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:53.200
 and we

00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:53.759
 allow these

00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:54.279
 things to

00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:54.599
 give us

00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:55.059
 strength.

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.519
 Run before

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:56.920
 your mind

00:23:56.920 --> 00:23:57.659
 these points

00:23:57.659 --> 00:23:58.180
 if you're a

00:23:58.180 --> 00:23:58.659
 disciple of

00:23:58.659 --> 00:23:58.940
 Jesus.

00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.339
 In my

00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:00.779
 heart of

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.240
 hearts,

00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:02.420
 I do

00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:03.039
 desire to

00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:03.720
 obey God's

00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.039
 word.

00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:05.539
 Point number

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:05.839
 one.

00:24:06.539 --> 00:24:07.460
 Point number

00:24:07.460 --> 00:24:07.859
 two.

00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:08.659
 Therefore,

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.039
 because of

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:10.359
 what the

00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:10.960
 Lord says,

00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:11.579
 I know

00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:11.940
 that I

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.700
 really do

00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:13.279
 love the

00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:13.519
 Lord.

00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.539
 I really

00:24:14.539 --> 00:24:14.940
 am his

00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.460
 disciple.

00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:16.819
 Point

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:17.500
 three.

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 Jesus

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 has asked

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 the

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:20.680
 Father.

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 Point

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 four.

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 The

00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:24.779
 Father

00:24:24.779 --> 00:24:25.399
 has sent

00:24:25.399 --> 00:24:25.619
 the

00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:25.980
 helper

00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:27.139
 to

00:24:27.139 --> 00:24:27.460
 those

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:27.659
 who

00:24:27.659 --> 00:24:27.899
 love

00:24:27.899 --> 00:24:28.319
 Jesus.

00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:29.519
 There

00:24:29.519 --> 00:24:29.879
 is a

00:24:29.879 --> 00:24:30.379
 logical

00:24:30.379 --> 00:24:30.980
 connection

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 to

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.539
 these

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 things.

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 And

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:33.059
 finally,

00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.299
 point

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:34.759
 five.

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 The

00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:35.599
 helper

00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:36.659
 is with

00:24:36.659 --> 00:24:36.899
 me

00:24:36.899 --> 00:24:37.339
 forever.

00:24:37.679 --> 00:24:37.939
 All

00:24:37.939 --> 00:24:38.119
 those

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:38.399
 things we

00:24:38.399 --> 00:24:38.740
 just said,

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:38.879
 the

00:24:38.879 --> 00:24:39.079
 helper

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:39.379
 is with

00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:39.559
 me

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:39.879
 forever.

00:24:39.879 --> 00:24:40.359
 The

00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:40.759
 helper

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.679
 joins

00:24:41.679 --> 00:24:42.119
 me in

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 a real

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:42.799
 and

00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:43.079
 living

00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:43.480
 union

00:24:43.480 --> 00:24:43.740
 with

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:43.899
 the

00:24:43.899 --> 00:24:44.099
 Lord

00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:44.519
 Jesus,

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.159
 with

00:24:45.159 --> 00:24:45.439
 the

00:24:45.439 --> 00:24:45.899
 Father.

00:24:46.199 --> 00:24:46.419
 He

00:24:46.419 --> 00:24:46.819
 brings

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.039
 the

00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:47.319
 peace

00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:47.480
 of

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:47.899
 Christ

00:24:47.899 --> 00:24:48.539
 to

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:48.819
 me.

00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:49.299
 He

00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:50.039
 strengthens

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.379
 me,

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.279
 et cetera,

00:24:52.079 --> 00:24:52.740
 et cetera.

00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:54.960
 So

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:55.240
 brothers

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:55.500
 and

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:55.779
 sisters,

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.180
 when you

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:56.720
 feel

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.779
 the

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.359
 icy

00:24:58.359 --> 00:24:58.940
 grip

00:24:58.940 --> 00:24:59.200
 of

00:24:59.200 --> 00:24:59.660
 fear

00:24:59.660 --> 00:25:00.700
 on

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:00.880
 your

00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:01.319
 heart,

00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.859
 you

00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:03.079
 must

00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:03.519
 realize

00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:03.779
 that

00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:03.980
 you're

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:04.420
 not

00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:05.559
 the

00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:06.120
 slave

00:25:06.120 --> 00:25:06.779
 of

00:25:06.779 --> 00:25:07.019
 that

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:07.480
 fear

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:08.220
 anymore

00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:09.339
 if

00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:09.500
 you're

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:09.640
 a

00:25:09.640 --> 00:25:09.980
 disciple

00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.200
 of

00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:10.319
 the

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:10.460
 Lord

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:10.859
 Jesus

00:25:10.859 --> 00:25:11.480
 and

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:11.640
 if

00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:11.779
 you

00:25:11.779 --> 00:25:12.019
 love

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:12.259
 him.

00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.039
 Turn

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:13.240
 to

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:13.480
 this

00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.120
 passage.

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:14.640
 Turn

00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:14.920
 to it

00:25:14.920 --> 00:25:15.140
 this

00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:15.700
 afternoon.

00:25:16.079 --> 00:25:16.220
 Turn

00:25:16.220 --> 00:25:16.500
 to it

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:16.740
 again

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:16.880
 and

00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:17.079
 again

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.400
 when

00:25:17.400 --> 00:25:17.559
 you

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:17.960
 feel

00:25:17.960 --> 00:25:18.480
 afraid.

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:20.539
 let

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:20.860
 its

00:25:20.860 --> 00:25:21.519
 truth

00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:22.220
 sink

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.559
 deep

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:22.839
 into

00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:23.059
 your

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:23.440
 heart.

00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:24.819
 Then

00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:25.240
 you

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:25.360
 will

00:25:25.360 --> 00:25:25.500
 be

00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:25.779
 able

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.079
 to

00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:26.759
 obey

00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.860
 Jesus'

00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:28.980
 commandment

00:25:28.980 --> 00:25:30.220
 and

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.759
 specifically

00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.220
 this

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:32.019
 commandment.

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:34.259
 Your

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.759
 heart

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.480
 must

00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:35.940
 not be

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.299
 troubled

00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:37.960
 and

00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.099
 it

00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:38.339
 must

00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:38.660
 not

00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:38.920
 be

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:39.720
 cowardly.

00:25:41.599 --> 00:25:42.599
 Amen.

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:49.860
 Times

00:25:49.860 --> 00:25:51.339
 faith

00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:51.480
 when

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:53.860
 ends

00:25:53.860 --> 00:25:54.480
 here

00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:59.360
 on

00:25:59.360 --> 00:26:01.900
 side

00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:02.980
utes

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.400
 where

00:26:04.900 --> 00:26:07.440
 it

00:26:07.440 --> 00:26:08.900
 is

00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:09.559
 said

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:10.220
 and

00:26:10.220 --> 00:26:11.480
 they

00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:13.240
 know

00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:14.599
 they

00:26:14.599 --> 00:26:16.099
 can

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:16.620
 show

00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:17.319
 them

00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:17.640
 the

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:17.980
 bad

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 stories