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 We are in 1st John. We've been going through this book for some time.

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 And the passage we are on today fits perfectly with the theme of Good Friday.

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 So please turn with me to 1st John chapter 4, verses 7 to 21.

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 1st John chapter 4, verses 7 to 21. Let me read it out loud for us.

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 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God.

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 And whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.

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 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

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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 so that we might live through Him.

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 In 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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 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

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 No one has ever seen God.

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 If we love one another, God abides in us and His love is perfected in us.

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 By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us,

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 because He has given us of His Spirit.

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 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.

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 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God,

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 God abides in Him and He in God.

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 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us.

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 God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God,

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 and God abides in Him.

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 By this is love perfected with us,

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 so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment,

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 because as He is so, also are we in this world.

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 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear.

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 For fear has to do with punishment,

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 and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

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 We love because He first loved us.

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 If anyone says, I love God,

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 and hates his brother,

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 he is a liar.

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 For he who does not love his brother, whom he has seen,

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 cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

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 And this commandment we have from Him,

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 whoever loves God must also love his brother.

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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 Imagine with me that you are at your own child's funeral,

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 and someone exclaims,

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 Oh, what a good day it is.

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 A good day.

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 A sunny day, maybe.

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 A beautiful day, maybe.

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 But a good day.

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 I'm grieving the loss of my precious child,

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 and you call this a good day.

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 The Friday 2,000 years ago,

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 when God's only Son was crucified,

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 it's what we call Good Friday.

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 The word good used to mean holy,

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 or set apart,

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 special.

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 So how can we call this day special?

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 How can we call this day Good Friday?

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 And this passage we just read tells us

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 that it's Good Friday,

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 because it reveals to us

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 God's love for us in Jesus Christ.

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 That God the Father loved us to the point

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 that He sacrificed His only Son to save us.

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 And that's the main point of this passage,

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 that we are to display in our love

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 for our Christian brothers and sisters,

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 the love that our Heavenly Father showed us

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 in sacrificing His only Son for us.

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 And so first,

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 we're going to talk about God's love for us

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 in verses 7 to 10,

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 and then we'll talk about

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 our love for one another

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 in verses 11 to 21.

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 Verse 7 begins,

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 Beloved,

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 in all of John's letters,

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 he uses many affectionate,

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 you know, familial terms.

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 We've seen him call his readers

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 little children many times

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 in this book so far already.

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 And he says,

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 he addresses them as beloved

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 many times in this book as well.

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 And in saying that,

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 addressing us in that way,

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 addressing God's people in that way,

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 he's reminding us that we are

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 beloved children of God.

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 You may have grown up with unloving,

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 perhaps even abusive parents.

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 You may have grown up without parents at all.

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 But if you are part of the family of God,

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 then you are not abandoned,

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 you are not orphaned,

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 you are not unwanted,

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 you are not defective,

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 you are beloved.

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 And so he addresses us,

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 beloved people.

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 And as those who are loved by God,

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 John commands,

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 let us love one another.

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 He's speaking of the love

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 within the family of God.

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 We are to love our brothers and sisters

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 in Christ.

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 But why should the fact

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 that we are loved by God

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 make us love one another?

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 John explains in verse 7,

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 For love is from God,

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 and whoever loves

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 has been born of God

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 and knows God.

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 True love for the people of God

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 only has one origin.

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 I don't have the credentials

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 to be a coffee snob or anything

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 or to talk about such things

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 that I'm about to talk about.

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 Some of you do.

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 Please don't laugh at me.

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 But I enjoy a good cup

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 of decaf coffee.

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 You know that someone

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 really likes coffee

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 when they're drinking

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 even when it doesn't have caffeine, right?

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 Now, there has been

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 a sudden increase

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 in specialty coffee shops

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 and many of them

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 sell what they call

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 single origin coffee.

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 Which in its strictest sense

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 means that the coffee

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 was literally grown

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 on a single farm.

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 It's not grown on many farms.

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 It's not grown in many countries.

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 So if you have money enough

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 and a palate sensitive enough

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 to enjoy such single origin coffee,

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 neither of which I have,

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 you know exactly

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 where that coffee came from.

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 Because it's a single origin coffee.

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 And genuine love,

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 John is saying,

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 is the same way.

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 Genuine love for God's people

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 is the same way

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 because love for God's people

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 is a single origin virtue.

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 wherever there is genuine love

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 for God and His people,

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 there will be

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 the undeniable presence of God.

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 For love is from God.

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 It's the only source it comes from.

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 And whoever loves

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 has been born of God

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 and knows God.

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 That means you're not going to find it

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 anywhere else.

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 people search for love

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 in all the wrong places.

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 You're not going to find

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 true love

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 in an internet chat room.

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 You're not going to find

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 true love

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 in a one night stand.

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 You're not going to find

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 true love

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 by succeeding

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 and gaining the esteem

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 of your peers

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 and coworkers.

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 If you want to experience

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 the raw,

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 unfiltered,

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 authentic

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 love of God

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 and not the cheap

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 imitations of it,

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 the only place to find it

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 is among the people of God

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 who love one another

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 and love the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Love for our fellow brothers

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 and sisters

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 is one of the distinguishing

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 marks of the Christians

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 that I talked about last week.

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 And whenever that love is there,

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 we know that we have truly

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 been born of God.

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 John's here using

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 the metaphor of birth

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 to describe

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 the Christian's conversion.

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 He spoke of this earlier

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 in chapter 3,

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 verse 9.

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 No one born of God

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 makes a practice of sinning

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 for God's seed

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 abides in him

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 and he cannot keep on sinning

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 because he has been born of God.

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 We were all once

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 children of Adam,

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 the original sinner,

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 the first sinner.

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 And when we renounced

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 our sinful heritage

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 and pledged allegiance

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 to Jesus

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 through our faith in him,

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 we are born again

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 by God's seed,

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 which is a reference

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 to the Holy Spirit's work

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 in implanting

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 the word of Christ,

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 the gospel of Jesus Christ

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 into our hearts.

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 And when that happens,

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 when we become a Christian,

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 God becomes the ultimate

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 and primary object

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 of our affection

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 and devotion.

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 When we become a Christian,

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 our ultimate

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 and primary family

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 becomes the church of God.

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 And when we become

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 a Christian,

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 our ultimate

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 and primary standard,

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 the code by which we live,

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 becomes the word of God.

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 And for this reason,

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 when we are born of God,

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 born into his family,

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 we start to be characterized

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 by the love of God.

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 This is why it says

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 in verse 8,

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 anyone who does not love

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 does not know God

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 because God is love.

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 Please don't misunderstand

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 this famous phrase,

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 God is love,

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 as a validation

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 of all the vague slogans

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 that people toss around nowadays.

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 Love is all you need.

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 Love is love.

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 One love.

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 Because love is frequently

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 misconstrued and misapplied.

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 Note that it does not say

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 love is God.

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 No, it says God is love.

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 Many people in our culture

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 think that love is God.

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 And of course,

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 it is they who ultimately

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 define what love is

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 in their own subjective

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 sense of what it is.

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 So they justify

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 illicit relationships

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 and marriages

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 by saying that

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 they've found true love.

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 And that nothing must stand

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 in the way of that love.

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 They say that

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 if you really love someone,

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 you should let that person

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 be and do

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 whatever he or she

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 wishes to be and do.

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 But that's

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 not true love.

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 The truth is

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 that it's people

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 we care nothing about

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 that we leave alone

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 to live however they wish.

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 It's the illegitimate children

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 who are left alone

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 to roam the streets

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 and do whatever they want.

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 The legitimate children

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 are disciplined,

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 educated,

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 corrected,

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 guided.

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 It's phony friends

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 that are content

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 to watch us ruin our lives

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 with bad decisions

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 and vices.

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 True friends

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 confront us.

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 They chide us.

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 Even get angry with us

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 when we make bad decisions

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 that jeopardize

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 our well-being.

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 We are in grave danger

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 of distorting love

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 as this passage

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 is speaking of

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 when we contradict

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 the teaching of Scripture

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 by saying things like

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 a God of love

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 would not demand

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 such things.

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 Well,

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 that biblical command

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 is unloving.

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 Who says

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 who says so?

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 According to

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 whose definition

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 of love

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 is that unloving

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 when the Bible teaches

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 your definition of love?

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 Society's definition

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 of love?

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 No,

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 the only person

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 who can rightly

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 define love

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 is God

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 because God

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 is love.

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 And too many people

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 in our world

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 are buying

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 the inferior

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 counterfeit

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 and are living

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 without the eternal

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 satisfaction

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 that God's love

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 offers

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 as a result.

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 Our own

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 flawed,

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 sinful,

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 and human

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 understanding

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 of what love

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 is must never

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 become

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 the mold

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 by which we

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 shape God's

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 love into

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 our own liking.

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 Rather,

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 God's perfect love

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 must become

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 the mold

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 by which we

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 shape our own

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 loves.

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 In verses

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 9-10,

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 John tells us

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 exactly how God

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 revealed His love

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 to us.

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 It says,

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 In this

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 the love

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 of God

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 was made

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 manifest

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 among us

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 that God

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 sent His

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 only Son

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 into the world

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 so that we

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 might live

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 through Him.

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 In this

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 is love

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 not that we

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 have loved

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 God

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 but that He

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 loved us

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 and sent His

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 Son to be

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 the propitiation

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 for our sins.

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 Notice the

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 repetition of the

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 phrase

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 in this

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 in verse 9

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 and verse 10.

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 That's like a

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 giant flashing

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 neon arrow

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 telling you

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 to look here.

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 Do you want

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 to know

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 what love

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 is?

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 Do you want

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 to experience

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 the love of God?

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 Then you don't

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 need to look

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 elsewhere

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 because it's

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 right here.

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 He's saying

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 in this

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 the love of God

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 is revealed.

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 It says in

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 verse 9

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 first

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 that God

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 sent His

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 only Son

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 into the

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 world

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 so that we

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 might live

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 through Him.

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 God sent

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 His Son

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 into the world

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 so that we

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 might live

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 through Him.

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 Jesus said

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 in John 10-10

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 I came

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 that you

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 may have

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 life

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 and have

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 it abundantly.

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 Fullness of

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 life is found

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 in Jesus

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 alone.

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 And what

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 does that

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 life look

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 like?

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 Jesus said

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 in John

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 chapter 17

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 verse 3

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 and this

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 is eternal

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 life

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 that they

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 know you

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 the only

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 true God

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 and Jesus

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 Christ

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 whom you

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 have sent.

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 It's in

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 knowing Jesus

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 and believing

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 Jesus

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 that we

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 receive the

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 spiritual

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 vitality

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 the life

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 that flows

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 into eternity.

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 God did

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 not leave

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 us on

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 our own

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 but He

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 sent His

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 only Son

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 on a

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 perilous

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 journey

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 into the

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 world.

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 The word

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 world

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 occurs more

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 often in

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 1 John

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 than in

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 any other

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 book of

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 the Bible

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 and in

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 most of

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 those

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 occurrences

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 it denotes

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 a hostile

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 environment.

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 He said

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 earlier in

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 chapter 2

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 verse 16

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 to 17

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 all that is

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 in the

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 world

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 the desires

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 of the flesh

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 and the desires

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 of the eyes

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 and pride

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 of life

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 is not

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 from the

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 Father

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 but is

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 from the

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 world

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 and the

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 world

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 is passing

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 away

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 along with

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 its desires.

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 He said

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 in 1 John

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 chapter 3

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 verse 13

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 do not be

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 surprised

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 that the

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 world

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 hates you.

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 He will

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 say later

00:15:19.359 --> 00:15:20.159
 in chapter 5

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 verse 19

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 the whole

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 world lies

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 in the

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 power

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 of the

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 evil

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 one.

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 Now does

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 that sound

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 like the

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 school that

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 you would

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 send your

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 kids to.

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 Join us

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 this fall

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 at world

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 school.

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 Here your

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 kid will

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 surely be

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 hated and

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 bullied

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 and he

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 will be

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 ruined

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 with all

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 kinds of

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 sensual

00:15:47.600 --> 00:15:48.020
 pleasures

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 and pride

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 so that

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 he will

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 surely

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 graduate

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 firmly

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 under the

00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:52.480
 power of

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 the evil

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 one.

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 And that

00:15:54.780 --> 00:15:55.620
 diploma will

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 not matter

00:15:56.120 --> 00:15:56.660
 because this

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 school is

00:15:56.980 --> 00:15:57.620
 passing away.

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 Okay.

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 God the

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 father sent

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 his only

00:16:06.140 --> 00:16:07.600
 son into

00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:09.000
 this world

00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:11.560
 so that we

00:16:11.560 --> 00:16:12.480
 might live

00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:13.620
 through him.

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 He sent him

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 into this

00:16:16.800 --> 00:16:18.060
 hostile territory

00:16:18.060 --> 00:16:19.160
 where he will

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 be persecuted,

00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:20.920
 where he will

00:16:20.920 --> 00:16:21.820
 be executed

00:16:21.820 --> 00:16:24.360
 so that we

00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:25.860
 might live

00:16:25.860 --> 00:16:26.379
 through him.

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 The description

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 that Jesus

00:16:29.400 --> 00:16:30.060
 is God's

00:16:30.060 --> 00:16:30.860
 only son

00:16:30.860 --> 00:16:32.360
 as extra

00:16:32.360 --> 00:16:33.420
 pathos to

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 this reality,

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 the word that

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 is translated

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 here is only

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 occurs nine

00:16:38.760 --> 00:16:39.320
 times in the

00:16:39.320 --> 00:16:39.800
 New Testament

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 and every

00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:41.480
 time it

00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:41.900
 serves to

00:16:41.900 --> 00:16:42.540
 highlight the

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 uniqueness and

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 preciousness of

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 the person that

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 is being

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 described.

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 For one

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 example,

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 in Luke

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 chapter 7

00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:51.720
 verse 12,

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 the word

00:16:52.700 --> 00:16:53.480
 only is used

00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:54.120
 to describe

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 a man who

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 had died

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 and was

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 being carried

00:16:56.780 --> 00:16:57.720
 out for a

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 funeral procession.

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 And he

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 is called

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 the only

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 son of

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 his mother

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 who was

00:17:04.360 --> 00:17:04.700
 a widow.

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 This

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 point in

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 description

00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:08.180
 makes the

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 death

00:17:08.420 --> 00:17:08.920
 particularly

00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:09.440
 tragic

00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:10.960
 because not

00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:11.460
 only is it

00:17:11.460 --> 00:17:13.000
 sad that

00:17:13.000 --> 00:17:13.519
 a mother

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 has to

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 bury her

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 own child,

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 it should

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 have been

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 the other

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 way around.

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 But this

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 man was

00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:21.600
 also the

00:17:21.600 --> 00:17:22.700
 only heir

00:17:22.700 --> 00:17:23.820
 of this

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 mother.

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 And since

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 this woman

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 had already

00:17:27.860 --> 00:17:28.300
 lost her

00:17:28.300 --> 00:17:28.539
 husband,

00:17:28.620 --> 00:17:28.960
 she was a

00:17:28.960 --> 00:17:29.140
 widow,

00:17:29.259 --> 00:17:29.759
 this man

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 was her

00:17:30.539 --> 00:17:31.440
 only hope

00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:32.259
 of future

00:17:32.259 --> 00:17:32.840
 provision

00:17:32.840 --> 00:17:34.580
 and progeny.

00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:36.440
 He was

00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:37.680
 her only

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 son.

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 To capture

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 that emotional

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 power of

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 that word,

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 the New

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 International

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 Version,

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 which is

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 another

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 translation,

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 renders it

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 one and

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 only son.

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 God sent

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 his one

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 and only

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 son into

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 the world

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 so that

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 we might

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 live through

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 him.

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 God the

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 father didn't

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 have spare

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 sons lying

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 around.

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 He only

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 had one

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 and this

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 son is

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 his eternal

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 son,

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 the second

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 person of

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 the Trinity,

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 the one

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 whom he

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 had

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 eternal

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 fellowship

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 with.

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 And how

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 exactly did

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 God give

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 us eternal

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 life through

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 his son?

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 It says in

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 verse 10,

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 that in

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 this is

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 love,

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 not that

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 we have

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 loved God,

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 but that

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 he loved

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 us and

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 sent his

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 son to

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 be the

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 propitiation

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 for our

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 sins.

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 That Jesus

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 is the

00:18:40.940 --> 00:18:41.720
 propitiation

00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:42.120
 for our

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 sins means

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 that Jesus

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 was the

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 atoning

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 sacrifice

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 for our

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 sins.

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 By dying

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 on the

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 cross in

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 the place

00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:48.539
 of sinners,

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 Jesus pays

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 on the one

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 hand the

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 penalty of

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 our sins

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 and then he

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 pacifies the

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 wrath of

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 God.

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 Now some

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 people might

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 criticize the

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 idea of

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 propitiation

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 as primitive

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 or crude.

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 They despise

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 a God of

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 wrath and

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 they say

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 that this

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 is no

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 different from

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 the paganism

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 of the

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 Greco-Roman

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 world or

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 the animism

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 and shamanism

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 of various

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 Asian and

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 African

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 civilizations

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 or the

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 superstitious

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 use of

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 talisman

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 and charms

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 in western

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 civilization.

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 But that's

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 not true.

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 All these

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 other religions

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 and superstitions

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 have something

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 in common

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 and it's

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 that humans

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 are afraid

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 of the

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 wrath of

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 various so

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 called

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 deities

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 and spirits

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 and therefore

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 they offer

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 sacrifices to

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 them in

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 order to

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 pacify them

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 and earn

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 their favor.

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 In the

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 Old Testament

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 for example

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 in Leviticus

00:19:51.579 --> 00:19:52.180
 chapter 20

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 God explicitly

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 forbids

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 God's

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 people

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 his people

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 from sacrificing

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 their children

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 to pagan

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 god

00:19:57.900 --> 00:19:58.440
 Molech

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 who offers

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 them

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 favor

00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:04.420
 and well-being

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 supposedly

00:20:06.180 --> 00:20:10.279
 but compare

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 that to

00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:11.140
 Christianity

00:20:11.140 --> 00:20:11.660
 where the

00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:12.060
 picture is

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 fundamentally

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 different.

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 It's not

00:20:15.820 --> 00:20:16.640
 humans out

00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:16.920
 of their

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 fear

00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:18.900
 seeking to

00:20:18.900 --> 00:20:19.680
 pacify on

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 their own

00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:20.340
 initiative

00:20:20.340 --> 00:20:21.060
 these deities

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 it's

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 God

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 who

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 loves

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 first

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 not that

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 we have

00:20:26.500 --> 00:20:26.940
 loved God

00:20:26.940 --> 00:20:27.220
 but that

00:20:27.220 --> 00:20:27.980
 he loved

00:20:27.980 --> 00:20:28.319
 us

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 and sent

00:20:29.259 --> 00:20:29.659
 his son

00:20:29.659 --> 00:20:30.079
 to be the

00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:30.659
 propitiation

00:20:30.659 --> 00:20:31.099
 for our

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 sins

00:20:31.399 --> 00:20:32.599
 God is

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 the one

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 who has

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 the initiative

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 and God's

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 the one

00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:35.480
 who offers

00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:36.259
 the solution

00:20:36.259 --> 00:20:37.759
 to propitiate

00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.559
 his own

00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:39.119
 wrath

00:20:39.119 --> 00:20:40.399
 God

00:20:40.399 --> 00:20:40.839
 because God

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 loves

00:20:41.259 --> 00:20:41.779
 us

00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:43.939
 he finds

00:20:43.939 --> 00:20:44.859
 a way

00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:46.039
 to satisfy

00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:46.819
 the demands

00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:47.159
 of his

00:20:47.159 --> 00:20:47.619
 justice

00:20:47.619 --> 00:20:48.419
 for sinners

00:20:48.419 --> 00:20:49.159
 like us

00:20:49.159 --> 00:20:50.199
 so that

00:20:50.199 --> 00:20:50.539
 he could

00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:51.319
 save us

00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:52.899
 he pays

00:20:52.899 --> 00:20:54.179
 the dearest

00:20:54.179 --> 00:20:55.739
 costly price

00:20:55.739 --> 00:20:56.519
 himself

00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:57.879
 the second

00:20:57.879 --> 00:20:58.379
 person of

00:20:58.379 --> 00:20:58.819
 the triune

00:20:58.819 --> 00:20:59.059
 God

00:20:59.059 --> 00:20:59.579
 his one

00:20:59.579 --> 00:21:00.239
 and only

00:21:00.239 --> 00:21:00.719
 son

00:21:00.719 --> 00:21:01.699
 bears our

00:21:01.699 --> 00:21:02.079
 sin

00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:02.799
 and dies

00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:03.299
 the death

00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:03.699
 that we

00:21:03.699 --> 00:21:04.179
 deserved

00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:05.759
 that's why

00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:05.940
 it's

00:21:05.940 --> 00:21:06.420
 fundamentally

00:21:06.420 --> 00:21:07.000
 different

00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:09.100
 Romans

00:21:09.100 --> 00:21:09.860
 chapter 3

00:21:09.860 --> 00:21:10.620
 verses 21

00:21:10.620 --> 00:21:11.120
 to 26

00:21:11.120 --> 00:21:11.580
 tell us

00:21:11.580 --> 00:21:11.880
 that the

00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:12.380
 cross of

00:21:12.380 --> 00:21:12.759
 Jesus

00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:13.779
 showed

00:21:13.779 --> 00:21:14.360
 God's

00:21:14.360 --> 00:21:15.000
 righteousness

00:21:15.000 --> 00:21:16.060
 because

00:21:16.060 --> 00:21:16.460
 in his

00:21:16.460 --> 00:21:16.860
 divine

00:21:16.860 --> 00:21:17.900
 forbearance

00:21:17.900 --> 00:21:18.259
 he had

00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:18.680
 passed

00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:19.060
 over

00:21:19.060 --> 00:21:19.500
 former

00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:19.940
 sins

00:21:19.940 --> 00:21:21.460
 this is

00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:21.860
 what Paul

00:21:21.860 --> 00:21:22.340
 means by

00:21:22.340 --> 00:21:22.600
 that

00:21:22.600 --> 00:21:23.299
 we cry

00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:23.700
 foul

00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:24.039
 don't we

00:21:24.039 --> 00:21:24.840
 when judges

00:21:24.840 --> 00:21:26.560
 unjustly

00:21:26.560 --> 00:21:27.500
 let perpetrators

00:21:27.500 --> 00:21:28.039
 of heinous

00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:28.560
 crimes

00:21:28.560 --> 00:21:29.420
 go free

00:21:29.420 --> 00:21:30.039
 or to

00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:30.820
 let them

00:21:30.820 --> 00:21:31.120
 off the

00:21:31.120 --> 00:21:31.320
 hook

00:21:31.320 --> 00:21:31.980
 too easily

00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:32.320
 without

00:21:32.320 --> 00:21:32.799
 punishing

00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:33.100
 them

00:21:33.100 --> 00:21:33.539
 with

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:34.240
 appropriate

00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:34.759
 severity

00:21:34.759 --> 00:21:35.899
 people

00:21:35.899 --> 00:21:36.480
 cry foul

00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:36.839
 when they

00:21:36.839 --> 00:21:37.259
 see that

00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:38.000
 they say

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.220
 that is

00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:38.839
 unjust

00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:39.319
 that's a

00:21:39.319 --> 00:21:39.779
 corrupt

00:21:39.779 --> 00:21:40.420
 judge

00:21:40.420 --> 00:21:41.940
 and

00:21:41.940 --> 00:21:42.379
 likewise

00:21:42.379 --> 00:21:42.960
 it would

00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:43.359
 have been

00:21:43.359 --> 00:21:44.180
 unjust

00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:45.440
 and corrupt

00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:46.139
 for God

00:21:46.139 --> 00:21:47.000
 to show

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:47.599
 mercy

00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:48.259
 to sinners

00:21:48.259 --> 00:21:48.960
 like us

00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:51.440
 we

00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:52.019
 deserved

00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:52.680
 eternal

00:21:52.680 --> 00:21:53.220
 punishment

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:54.519
 for our

00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:54.819
 sins

00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:55.180
 against

00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:55.579
 God

00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:55.899
 because

00:21:55.899 --> 00:21:56.099
 we

00:21:56.099 --> 00:21:56.399
 sinned

00:21:56.399 --> 00:21:56.779
 against

00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:57.059
 an

00:21:57.059 --> 00:21:58.180
 infinite

00:21:58.180 --> 00:21:59.920
 infinitely

00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:00.460
 worthy

00:22:00.460 --> 00:22:01.879
 God

00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:03.720
 God

00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:03.880
 God's

00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:04.620
 justice

00:22:04.620 --> 00:22:06.440
 God's

00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:06.920
 holiness

00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:08.460
 have to

00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:09.280
 be satisfied

00:22:09.280 --> 00:22:10.540
 somehow

00:22:10.540 --> 00:22:11.540
 and that

00:22:11.540 --> 00:22:12.120
 somehow

00:22:12.120 --> 00:22:12.740
 is the

00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.320
 cross of

00:22:13.320 --> 00:22:13.600
 Jesus

00:22:13.600 --> 00:22:14.120
 Christ

00:22:14.120 --> 00:22:14.920
 it is

00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:15.220
 what

00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:16.060
 vindicates

00:22:16.060 --> 00:22:17.060
 or proves

00:22:17.060 --> 00:22:18.480
 the

00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:18.880
 righteousness

00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:19.420
 of God

00:22:19.420 --> 00:22:20.180
 in having

00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:21.280
 passed over

00:22:21.280 --> 00:22:21.960
 our former

00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:22.400
 sins

00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:24.920
 his forbearance

00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:25.340
 over our

00:22:25.340 --> 00:22:25.660
 sins

00:22:25.660 --> 00:22:27.140
 Jesus

00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:27.760
 is the

00:22:27.760 --> 00:22:28.580
 substitutionary

00:22:28.580 --> 00:22:29.100
 sacrifice

00:22:29.100 --> 00:22:29.580
 that God

00:22:29.580 --> 00:22:30.020
 himself

00:22:30.020 --> 00:22:30.580
 provided

00:22:30.579 --> 00:22:33.399
 my

00:22:33.399 --> 00:22:34.419
 wife

00:22:34.419 --> 00:22:34.839
 has

00:22:34.839 --> 00:22:35.699
 suffered

00:22:35.699 --> 00:22:36.699
 multiple

00:22:36.699 --> 00:22:37.319
 miscarriages

00:22:37.319 --> 00:22:39.759
 in our

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.159
 marriage

00:22:40.159 --> 00:22:41.279
 and

00:22:41.279 --> 00:22:41.720
 as

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.079
 heart

00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:42.500
 wrenching

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.159
 and tragic

00:22:43.159 --> 00:22:43.799
 as that

00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:44.139
 is

00:22:44.139 --> 00:22:45.559
 it's

00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:46.139
 not as

00:22:46.139 --> 00:22:46.539
 difficult

00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:47.059
 as

00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:47.439
 losing

00:22:47.439 --> 00:22:47.619
 a

00:22:47.619 --> 00:22:47.939
 child

00:22:47.939 --> 00:22:48.299
 that

00:22:48.299 --> 00:22:48.779
 we

00:22:48.779 --> 00:22:48.919
 have

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 already

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 had

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 a

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 chance

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 to

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 build

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:50.359
 a

00:22:50.359 --> 00:22:50.779
 relationship

00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:51.179
 with

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 a

00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:52.699
 child

00:22:52.699 --> 00:22:53.039
 that

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 we

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 have

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 had

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 a

00:22:54.019 --> 00:22:54.199
 chance

00:22:54.199 --> 00:22:54.359
 to

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 hold

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 to

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 kiss

00:22:55.879 --> 00:22:57.019
 to

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 tuck

00:22:57.319 --> 00:22:57.519
 under

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 the

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 bed

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 I

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 can't

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:02.720
 imagine

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:02.940
 the

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 pain

00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:03.379
 of

00:23:03.379 --> 00:23:03.759
 losing

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.039
 one

00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:04.139
 of

00:23:04.139 --> 00:23:04.420
 my

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 daughters

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 even

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 though

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:05.900
 I

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 have

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 two

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 of

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 them

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 and

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 even

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 though

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 I've

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 only

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:08.400
 had

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 six

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 years

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:09.819
 to

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 spend

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 with

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 the

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 older

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 one

00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:12.480
 but

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 imagine

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.900
 the

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 loss

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 the

00:23:14.920 --> 00:23:15.379
 pain

00:23:15.379 --> 00:23:16.220
 of

00:23:16.220 --> 00:23:16.559
 God

00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:16.759
 our

00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.139
 father

00:23:17.139 --> 00:23:18.180
 who

00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:18.680
 had

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 only

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 one

00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:20.759
 son

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 and

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:24.019
 a

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 son

00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:24.960
 who

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 had

00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:25.879
 loved

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 him

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 perfectly

00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:27.879
 the

00:23:27.879 --> 00:23:28.220
 son

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 that

00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:28.779
 he

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.220
 loved

00:23:29.220 --> 00:23:29.480
 with

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 his

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 perfect

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 unrelenting

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 love

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 for

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 eternity

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:39.359
 and

00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:39.819
 yet

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 even

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 sinful

00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.740
 human

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 parents

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 will

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 gladly

00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:45.539
 lay

00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:45.779
 down

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:45.960
 their

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 own

00:23:46.259 --> 00:23:46.720
 lives

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.139
 to

00:23:47.139 --> 00:23:47.480
 save

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:47.720
 their

00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.199
 children

00:23:48.199 --> 00:23:50.699
 yet

00:23:50.699 --> 00:23:51.119
 God

00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:51.399
 the

00:23:51.399 --> 00:23:51.679
 father

00:23:51.679 --> 00:23:51.879
 who

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 loved

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 his

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 son

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.240
 so

00:23:53.240 --> 00:23:54.339
 loved

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 us

00:23:55.139 --> 00:23:57.639
 loved

00:23:57.639 --> 00:23:58.199
 us

00:23:58.199 --> 00:23:59.819
 the

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 disobedient

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 rebellious

00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:01.839
 children

00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:05.099
 the

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 illegitimate

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 bastard

00:24:07.339 --> 00:24:07.899
 children

00:24:07.899 --> 00:24:11.419
 offspring

00:24:11.419 --> 00:24:11.679
 of

00:24:11.679 --> 00:24:12.099
 sin

00:24:12.099 --> 00:24:14.339
 he

00:24:14.339 --> 00:24:14.779
 loved

00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.359
 us

00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:16.059
 and

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.559
 sent

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:16.859
 his

00:24:16.859 --> 00:24:17.259
 son

00:24:17.259 --> 00:24:17.799
 to

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 be

00:24:18.199 --> 00:24:18.500
 the

00:24:18.500 --> 00:24:19.439
 propitiation

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 for

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 our

00:24:20.439 --> 00:24:21.039
 sins

00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:22.459
 that's

00:24:22.459 --> 00:24:22.659
 how

00:24:22.659 --> 00:24:22.819
 we

00:24:22.819 --> 00:24:23.139
 know

00:24:23.139 --> 00:24:24.199
 what

00:24:24.199 --> 00:24:24.439
 love

00:24:24.439 --> 00:24:24.799
 is

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:26.839
 that's

00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:27.019
 the

00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.459
 father's

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 love

00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.359
 for

00:24:28.359 --> 00:24:28.799
 us

00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:32.019
 and

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:32.220
 then

00:24:32.220 --> 00:24:32.399
 in

00:24:32.399 --> 00:24:32.599
 verse

00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:33.059
 11

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:34.680
 John

00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:35.359
 pivots

00:24:35.359 --> 00:24:36.259
 from

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:36.700
 God's

00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:36.919
 love

00:24:36.919 --> 00:24:37.159
 for

00:24:37.159 --> 00:24:37.619
 us

00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:38.539
 to

00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:38.819
 once

00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:39.059
 again

00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:39.259
 our

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:39.579
 love

00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:39.940
 for

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:40.180
 one

00:24:40.180 --> 00:24:40.539
 another

00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:40.819
 he

00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:41.240
 addresses

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.480
 us

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:41.859
 again

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:42.519
 as

00:24:42.519 --> 00:24:43.119
 beloved

00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:44.599
 if

00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:45.019
 God

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:45.440
 so

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:46.079
 loved

00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:46.639
 us

00:24:46.639 --> 00:24:48.359
 we

00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:48.879
 also

00:24:48.879 --> 00:24:49.259
 ought

00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:49.500
 to

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:49.899
 love

00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:50.259
 one

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:50.639
 another

00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:53.820
 God's

00:24:53.820 --> 00:24:54.020
 love

00:24:54.020 --> 00:24:54.200
 for

00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:54.560
 us

00:24:54.560 --> 00:24:55.580
 motivates

00:24:55.580 --> 00:24:56.220
 us

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:56.420
 to

00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:56.600
 love

00:24:56.600 --> 00:24:56.780
 one

00:24:56.780 --> 00:24:57.080
 another

00:24:57.080 --> 00:24:58.420
 this

00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:58.580
 was

00:24:58.580 --> 00:24:58.940
 John's

00:24:58.940 --> 00:24:59.240
 argument

00:24:59.240 --> 00:24:59.400
 in

00:24:59.400 --> 00:24:59.620
 chapter

00:24:59.620 --> 00:25:00.020
 3

00:25:00.020 --> 00:25:00.520
 that

00:25:00.520 --> 00:25:00.680
 if

00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:00.860
 the

00:25:00.860 --> 00:25:01.080
 love

00:25:01.080 --> 00:25:01.180
 of

00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:01.300
 the

00:25:01.300 --> 00:25:01.580
 father

00:25:01.580 --> 00:25:01.980
 truly

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.420
 resides

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:02.560
 in

00:25:02.560 --> 00:25:02.720
 us

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:02.840
 then

00:25:02.840 --> 00:25:03.000
 we

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.400
 will

00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:04.060
 inevitably

00:25:04.060 --> 00:25:04.540
 love

00:25:04.540 --> 00:25:04.860
 our

00:25:04.860 --> 00:25:05.140
 brothers

00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:05.380
 and

00:25:05.380 --> 00:25:05.720
 sisters

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.120
 in

00:25:06.120 --> 00:25:06.259
 the

00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:06.520
 family

00:25:06.520 --> 00:25:06.680
 of

00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:06.940
 God

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:08.080
 since

00:25:08.080 --> 00:25:08.400
 the

00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:08.780
 family

00:25:08.780 --> 00:25:08.960
 of

00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.140
 God

00:25:09.140 --> 00:25:09.300
 the

00:25:09.300 --> 00:25:09.540
 people

00:25:09.540 --> 00:25:09.700
 of

00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:09.840
 God

00:25:09.840 --> 00:25:09.960
 are

00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:10.120
 the

00:25:10.120 --> 00:25:10.640
 objects

00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:10.840
 of

00:25:10.840 --> 00:25:11.040
 God

00:25:11.040 --> 00:25:11.620
 special

00:25:11.620 --> 00:25:12.100
 affection

00:25:12.100 --> 00:25:12.920
 and

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:13.420
 because

00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:13.680
 God

00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:14.300
 paid

00:25:14.300 --> 00:25:14.640
 the

00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:15.120
 dearest

00:25:15.120 --> 00:25:15.620
 price

00:25:15.620 --> 00:25:16.100
 of

00:25:16.100 --> 00:25:16.580
 his

00:25:16.580 --> 00:25:16.940
 own

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.380
 son

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:17.900
 in

00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:18.160
 order

00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:18.360
 to

00:25:18.360 --> 00:25:18.720
 redeem

00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:24.440
 when

00:25:24.440 --> 00:25:24.620
 we

00:25:24.620 --> 00:25:24.940
 take

00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:25.280
 our

00:25:25.280 --> 00:25:25.980
 annual

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.360
 family

00:25:26.360 --> 00:25:26.600
 trip

00:25:26.600 --> 00:25:26.800
 to

00:25:26.800 --> 00:25:27.120
 Seattle

00:25:27.120 --> 00:25:27.400
 to

00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:27.660
 visit

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:27.900
 my

00:25:27.900 --> 00:25:28.520
 parents

00:25:28.520 --> 00:25:29.340
 my

00:25:29.340 --> 00:25:29.759
 parents

00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.380
 friends

00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:31.300
 always

00:25:31.300 --> 00:25:31.759
 shower

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.000
 us

00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.280
 with

00:25:32.280 --> 00:25:32.840
 love

00:25:32.840 --> 00:25:34.060
 they

00:25:34.060 --> 00:25:34.580
 take

00:25:34.580 --> 00:25:34.840
 us

00:25:34.840 --> 00:25:35.140
 out

00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:35.300
 to

00:25:35.300 --> 00:25:35.620
 eat

00:25:35.620 --> 00:25:36.620
 they

00:25:36.620 --> 00:25:36.940
 get

00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:37.360
 gifts

00:25:37.360 --> 00:25:37.680
 for

00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:37.860
 our

00:25:37.860 --> 00:25:38.200
 children

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:38.860
 they

00:25:38.860 --> 00:25:39.140
 visit

00:25:39.140 --> 00:25:39.440
 us

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:39.660
 and

00:25:39.660 --> 00:25:39.960
 spend

00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:40.300
 time

00:25:40.300 --> 00:25:40.480
 with

00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:40.860
 us

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.800
 and

00:25:41.800 --> 00:25:42.060
 why

00:25:42.060 --> 00:25:42.220
 do

00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:42.300
 they

00:25:42.300 --> 00:25:42.480
 do

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:42.740
 that

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:44.360
 we

00:25:44.360 --> 00:25:44.720
 hardly

00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:45.020
 see

00:25:45.020 --> 00:25:45.220
 them

00:25:45.220 --> 00:25:45.560
 anymore

00:25:45.560 --> 00:25:45.880
 and

00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:46.440
 rarely

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:46.960
 talk

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:48.180
 and

00:25:48.180 --> 00:25:48.360
 it's

00:25:48.360 --> 00:25:48.660
 not

00:25:48.660 --> 00:25:49.240
 because

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:49.700
 we

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:49.980
 are

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.340
 so

00:25:50.339 --> 00:25:50.839
 great

00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:51.579
 that

00:25:51.579 --> 00:25:51.779
 they

00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.099
 love

00:25:52.099 --> 00:25:52.459
 us

00:25:52.459 --> 00:25:52.699
 so

00:25:52.699 --> 00:25:53.099
 much

00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:54.199
 it's

00:25:54.199 --> 00:25:54.459
 because

00:25:54.459 --> 00:25:54.679
 they

00:25:54.679 --> 00:25:55.059
 love

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:55.480
 my

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.019
 parents

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:59.899
 it's

00:25:59.899 --> 00:26:00.139
 because

00:26:00.139 --> 00:26:00.359
 they

00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:00.559
 love

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:00.740
 my

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.179
 parents

00:26:01.179 --> 00:26:01.439
 who

00:26:01.439 --> 00:26:01.659
 have

00:26:01.659 --> 00:26:01.919
 loved

00:26:01.919 --> 00:26:02.279
 them

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:05.899
 and

00:26:05.899 --> 00:26:06.179
 because

00:26:06.179 --> 00:26:06.480
 they

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:06.720
 know

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:06.899
 that

00:26:06.899 --> 00:26:07.059
 my

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:07.459
 parents

00:26:07.459 --> 00:26:07.759
 love

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.240
 us

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.599
 so

00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:08.939
 to

00:26:08.939 --> 00:26:09.279
 them

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:09.899
 loving

00:26:09.899 --> 00:26:10.339
 us

00:26:10.339 --> 00:26:10.539
 is

00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:10.699
 a

00:26:10.699 --> 00:26:11.299
 tangible

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:12.299
 expression

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:13.119
 of

00:26:13.119 --> 00:26:13.480
 their

00:26:13.480 --> 00:26:13.939
 love

00:26:13.939 --> 00:26:14.720
 for

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:14.859
 my

00:26:14.859 --> 00:26:15.319
 parents

00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:18.279
 similarly

00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:18.599
 our

00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:19.099
 love

00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:19.759
 for

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.119
 our

00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:20.900
 Christian

00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:21.180
 brothers

00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:21.420
 and

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:21.819
 sisters

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:22.819
 serve

00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:23.200
 as

00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:23.440
 the

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:24.000
 proof

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.640
 that

00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:24.879
 we

00:26:24.879 --> 00:26:25.480
 indeed

00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:26.259
 belong

00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.519
 to

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:27.039
 God

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.759
 and

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:28.019
 have

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.539
 God's

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 love

00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:29.500
 in

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.000
 us

00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:35.200
 John

00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:35.700
 elaborates

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:35.960
 on this

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:36.160
 truth

00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:36.460
 in verse

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:36.799
 12

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.460
 no one

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:37.720
 has

00:26:37.720 --> 00:26:38.119
 ever

00:26:38.119 --> 00:26:38.480
 seen

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:38.879
 God

00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:39.559
 if

00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:39.720
 we

00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.019
 love

00:26:40.019 --> 00:26:40.220
 one

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:40.599
 another

00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:41.460
 God

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:41.960
 abides

00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:42.099
 in

00:26:42.099 --> 00:26:42.279
 us

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:42.379
 and

00:26:42.379 --> 00:26:42.619
 his

00:26:42.619 --> 00:26:42.960
 love

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.240
 is

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:43.940
 perfected

00:26:43.940 --> 00:26:44.059
 in

00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:44.339
 us

00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:45.759
 the

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.579
 invisibility

00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:46.819
 of

00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:47.139
 God

00:26:47.139 --> 00:26:47.519
 is

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 a

00:26:47.919 --> 00:26:48.179
 major

00:26:48.179 --> 00:26:48.599
 theme

00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:48.939
 in

00:26:48.939 --> 00:26:49.099
 the

00:26:49.099 --> 00:26:49.379
 gospel

00:26:49.379 --> 00:26:49.559
 of

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:49.839
 John

00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:50.639
 he

00:26:50.639 --> 00:26:50.939
 writes

00:26:50.939 --> 00:26:51.099
 in

00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:51.359
 John

00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:51.799
 1

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.399
 18

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 no

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:53.059
 one

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:53.279
 has

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.480
 ever

00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:53.819
 seen

00:26:53.819 --> 00:26:54.159
 God

00:26:54.159 --> 00:26:54.799
 the

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.259
 only

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 God

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:55.959
 who

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 is

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 at

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:56.439
 the

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 father's

00:26:56.899 --> 00:26:57.279
 side

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:57.899
 he

00:26:57.899 --> 00:26:58.299
 has

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:58.599
 made

00:26:58.599 --> 00:26:58.919
 him

00:26:58.919 --> 00:26:59.240
 known

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 so

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.319
 no

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:00.480
 one

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:00.659
 has

00:27:00.659 --> 00:27:00.859
 seen

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 God

00:27:01.139 --> 00:27:01.500
 the

00:27:01.500 --> 00:27:01.839
 only

00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:02.439
 person

00:27:02.439 --> 00:27:02.720
 who

00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:02.859
 can

00:27:02.859 --> 00:27:03.319
 reveal

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 God

00:27:03.619 --> 00:27:03.819
 to

00:27:03.819 --> 00:27:04.159
 us

00:27:04.159 --> 00:27:05.179
 definitively

00:27:05.179 --> 00:27:05.599
 is

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:05.899
 his

00:27:05.899 --> 00:27:06.399
 son

00:27:06.399 --> 00:27:06.899
 the

00:27:06.899 --> 00:27:07.240
 second

00:27:07.240 --> 00:27:07.659
 person

00:27:07.659 --> 00:27:07.779
 of

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:07.879
 the

00:27:07.879 --> 00:27:08.119
 trinity

00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:08.559
 Jesus

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:09.159
 Christ

00:27:09.159 --> 00:27:10.639
 who

00:27:10.639 --> 00:27:10.779
 is

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.019
 now

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.220
 at

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:11.359
 the

00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:11.759
 father's

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 side

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 after

00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:12.400
 having

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:12.819
 ascended

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.039
 to

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 the

00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:13.420
 heavens

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 now

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 that's

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 wonderful

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 right

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 for

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 people

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 who

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 lived

00:27:17.359 --> 00:27:17.740
 during

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:18.140
 Jesus

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 time

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:20.539
 like

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:20.960
 John

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 but

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:23.599
 what

00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:23.879
 about

00:27:23.879 --> 00:27:24.259
 all the

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:24.599
 subsequent

00:27:24.599 --> 00:27:25.180
 generations

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:25.379
 who

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 no

00:27:25.539 --> 00:27:25.859
 longer

00:27:25.859 --> 00:27:26.140
 have

00:27:26.140 --> 00:27:26.500
 Jesus

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:26.819
 with

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:26.960
 them

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:27.059
 in

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.180
 the

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.539
 flesh

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:29.299
 John

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:29.400
 is

00:27:29.400 --> 00:27:29.619
 actually

00:27:29.619 --> 00:27:30.079
 writing

00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:30.460
 this

00:27:30.460 --> 00:27:30.660
 letter

00:27:30.660 --> 00:27:30.900
 to

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.180
 such

00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:31.519
 people

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.200
 he

00:27:32.200 --> 00:27:32.400
 says

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:32.519
 in

00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:32.680
 verse

00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:33.200
 14

00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:33.519
 we

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:33.980
 have

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.539
 seen

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:35.180
 and

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.680
 testified

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:35.920
 that

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.079
 the

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:36.359
 father

00:27:36.359 --> 00:27:36.559
 has

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:36.779
 sent

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:36.940
 his

00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:37.119
 son

00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:37.259
 to

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:37.379
 be

00:27:37.379 --> 00:27:37.559
 the

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:37.819
 savior

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:37.980
 of

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.099
 the

00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:38.379
 world

00:27:38.379 --> 00:27:39.039
 John

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.259
 has

00:27:39.259 --> 00:27:39.680
 seen

00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:39.900
 the

00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:41.960
 he

00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.079
 was

00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:42.200
 a

00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:43.519
 beneficiary

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:43.779
 of

00:27:43.779 --> 00:27:44.779
 Jesus'

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:45.440
 personal

00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:45.819
 ministry

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:46.140
 to him

00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:46.319
 during

00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:46.460
 his

00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:46.779
 life

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.480
 but

00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:47.700
 his

00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:48.180
 readers

00:27:48.180 --> 00:27:49.000
 are

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.480
 not

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:49.700
 and

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.039
 John's

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:50.519
 writing

00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:51.180
 so that

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.339
 he

00:27:51.339 --> 00:27:51.640
 might

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:53.299
 transmit

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:55.019
 transfer

00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.319
 what

00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:55.640
 he

00:27:55.640 --> 00:27:56.140
 has

00:27:56.140 --> 00:27:57.160
 received

00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:57.519
 from

00:27:57.519 --> 00:27:57.900
 Jesus

00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:58.559
 to

00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:59.039
 future

00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.599
 generations

00:27:59.599 --> 00:28:01.359
 but

00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:01.700
 how

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:01.960
 are

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.279
 they

00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:02.539
 how

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:02.740
 are

00:28:02.740 --> 00:28:03.140
 we

00:28:03.140 --> 00:28:04.079
 who

00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:04.180
 have

00:28:04.180 --> 00:28:04.359
 never

00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:04.759
 seen

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.119
 Jesus

00:28:05.119 --> 00:28:05.259
 who

00:28:05.259 --> 00:28:05.339
 have

00:28:05.339 --> 00:28:05.500
 never

00:28:05.500 --> 00:28:05.900
 seen

00:28:05.900 --> 00:28:06.200
 this

00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:06.700
 invisible

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.059
 God

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:07.220
 to

00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:07.400
 be

00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:07.940
 assured

00:28:07.940 --> 00:28:08.460
 that

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:08.700
 we

00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:09.099
 indeed

00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:09.579
 belong

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:09.819
 to

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.180
 God

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:10.619
 and

00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:10.799
 that

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.140
 God's

00:28:11.140 --> 00:28:11.379
 love

00:28:11.380 --> 00:28:11.740
 abides

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:11.880
 in

00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:12.200
 us

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:14.180
 verse

00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:14.540
 12

00:28:14.540 --> 00:28:14.700
 is

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:15.020
 John's

00:28:15.020 --> 00:28:15.340
 answer

00:28:15.340 --> 00:28:16.100
 no

00:28:16.100 --> 00:28:16.480
 one

00:28:16.480 --> 00:28:16.800
 has

00:28:16.800 --> 00:28:17.060
 ever

00:28:17.060 --> 00:28:17.340
 seen

00:28:17.340 --> 00:28:17.700
 God

00:28:17.700 --> 00:28:18.580
 if

00:28:18.580 --> 00:28:18.840
 we

00:28:18.840 --> 00:28:19.380
 love

00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:19.640
 one

00:28:19.640 --> 00:28:20.020
 another

00:28:20.020 --> 00:28:20.760
 God

00:28:20.760 --> 00:28:21.500
 abides

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:21.720
 in

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.000
 us

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.140
 and

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:22.320
 his

00:28:22.320 --> 00:28:22.620
 love

00:28:22.620 --> 00:28:22.800
 is

00:28:22.800 --> 00:28:23.500
 perfected

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:23.620
 in

00:28:23.620 --> 00:28:23.960
 us

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:26.200
 here

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:26.400
 is

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:26.700
 how

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:26.920
 the

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:27.640
 invisible

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.180
 God

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.860
 is

00:28:28.860 --> 00:28:29.520
 evidenced

00:28:29.520 --> 00:28:29.740
 among

00:28:29.740 --> 00:28:30.200
 us

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:31.120
 in

00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:31.300
 our

00:28:31.300 --> 00:28:31.820
 love

00:28:31.820 --> 00:28:32.380
 for

00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:32.820
 one

00:28:32.820 --> 00:28:33.220
 another

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:34.420
 when

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:34.600
 the

00:28:34.600 --> 00:28:34.780
 Son

00:28:34.780 --> 00:28:34.960
 of

00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.260
 God

00:28:35.260 --> 00:28:35.740
 became

00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.460
 incarnate

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:36.660
 took

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:36.780
 a

00:28:36.780 --> 00:28:37.040
 human

00:28:37.040 --> 00:28:37.500
 flesh

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:37.700
 and

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.260
 walked

00:28:38.260 --> 00:28:38.660
 the

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.060
 earth

00:28:39.060 --> 00:28:39.760
 he

00:28:39.760 --> 00:28:40.320
 revealed

00:28:40.320 --> 00:28:40.600
 God

00:28:40.599 --> 00:28:42.819
 the

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.740
 Father's love

00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.819
 love to us

00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:52.679
 and in a similar way now we as the church as the body of Christ indwelled by the Spirit of God we reveal God in the way we love one another

00:28:52.680 --> 00:29:00.400
 it is in our love for one another that God's presence is made manifest and his love is perfected

00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:06.240
 meaning that God's love has its full effect in creating that same kind of love in us

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:10.900
 John expands on this truth later in verses 20 and 21

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:12.100
 if anyone says

00:29:12.100 --> 00:29:13.300
 if anyone says I love God

00:29:13.300 --> 00:29:15.320
 and hates his brother

00:29:15.320 --> 00:29:16.780
 he is a liar

00:29:16.780 --> 00:29:20.320
 for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen

00:29:20.320 --> 00:29:22.920
 cannot love God whom he has not seen

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:25.320
 and this commandment we have from him

00:29:25.320 --> 00:29:28.300
 whoever loves God must also love his brother

00:29:28.300 --> 00:29:37.120
 no one has seen God because God is spirit he is invisible and therefore the claim to love God is difficult to verify isn't it

00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:41.939
 but our love for one another whom we do see

00:29:41.939 --> 00:29:44.079
 that can be verified

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:49.119
 this is why the local church the community of God's people is so important

00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:55.379
 a Christian that isolates him or herself cannot rightly claim to love God

00:29:55.379 --> 00:30:02.419
 because his love for God is not demonstrated in his love for his Christian brothers and sisters

00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:08.300
 anyone can claim to love God in the abstract

00:30:08.300 --> 00:30:10.840
 in theory

00:30:10.840 --> 00:30:15.720
 but we prove that love concretely

00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:17.340
 in practice

00:30:17.340 --> 00:30:20.120
 in the way we love each other

00:30:20.120 --> 00:30:27.880
 so then if your pursuit of God does not increase your love for the church

00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:30.900
 then you are probably not pursuing God rightly

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:36.500
 because the heart of God brims over with love for his people

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:43.100
 there is a second related way by which we know that God dwells in us

00:30:43.100 --> 00:30:44.740
 it says in verse 13

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:48.500
 by this we know that we abide in him and he in us

00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:51.120
 because he has given us of his spirit

00:30:51.120 --> 00:30:53.140
 but that begs the question

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:55.259
 how do we know that we have received the Holy Spirit?

00:30:56.940 --> 00:31:00.720
 John doesn't go into that much detail here about that

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:03.960
 and that's because he has already answered that question at length

00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:07.200
 at the beginning of this chapter in chapter 4 verses 1 to 6

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:09.140
 he told us

00:31:09.140 --> 00:31:14.180
 that the test by which we know that we have received the true spirit of God

00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:16.720
 is that those who have the spirit of God

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:18.600
 verse 2 verse 3

00:31:18.600 --> 00:31:20.319
 confess Jesus

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:25.200
 they believe in his name

00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:27.759
 they pledge allegiance to him

00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:30.819
 they believe that he is the word made flesh

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:32.980
 the son of God and son of man

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:34.359
 the savior of the world

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:38.679
 and so John summarizes what he said earlier here in verses 14 and 15

00:31:38.679 --> 00:31:40.419
 and we have seen and testified

00:31:40.419 --> 00:31:43.559
 that the father has sent his son to be the savior of the world

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:45.839
 whoever confesses

00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:48.700
 that Jesus is the son of God

00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:50.339
 God abides in him

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:52.279
 and he in God

00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:54.700
 this is how we know

00:31:54.700 --> 00:31:57.220
 that we have received the spirit of God

00:31:57.220 --> 00:32:00.460
 it's not some subjective

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:02.419
 tingly feeling

00:32:02.419 --> 00:32:05.919
 or a cathartic emotional

00:32:05.919 --> 00:32:07.319
 experience

00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:09.879
 but faith

00:32:09.879 --> 00:32:11.700
 in Jesus Christ

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:13.179
 as the son of God

00:32:13.179 --> 00:32:14.740
 and savior of the world

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:18.700
 and this faith in Christ

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:20.439
 inescapably

00:32:20.439 --> 00:32:21.539
 produces

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:23.619
 love for one another

00:32:23.619 --> 00:32:26.419
 so John says in verse 16

00:32:26.419 --> 00:32:27.859
 so we have come to know

00:32:27.859 --> 00:32:28.720
 and to believe

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:30.460
 the love that God has for us

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:31.939
 and God is love

00:32:31.939 --> 00:32:33.740
 and whoever abides in love

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.919
 abides in God

00:32:34.919 --> 00:32:37.159
 and God abides in him

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:38.720
 the phrase

00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:40.519
 the love that God has for us

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:41.080
 is literally

00:32:41.080 --> 00:32:43.000
 the love that God has in us

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:44.080
 in the original language

00:32:44.080 --> 00:32:45.380
 we are assured

00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:47.140
 that God's love is in us

00:32:47.140 --> 00:32:49.440
 when we believe in Jesus Christ

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:50.580
 on the one hand

00:32:50.580 --> 00:32:52.320
 and we love one another

00:32:52.320 --> 00:32:55.279
 these are the twin proofs

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:57.060
 of genuine conversion

00:32:57.060 --> 00:32:59.900
 that John reiterates again and again

00:32:59.900 --> 00:33:00.860
 throughout this letter

00:33:00.860 --> 00:33:02.700
 because our brotherhood

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:03.880
 with fellow Christians

00:33:03.880 --> 00:33:04.800
 flows

00:33:04.800 --> 00:33:06.480
 it's the natural outflow

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:07.839
 of being born again

00:33:07.839 --> 00:33:08.920
 into the family of God

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:10.160
 because

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:12.599
 receiving God's love

00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:13.059
 through

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:15.380
 the sacrificial death

00:33:15.380 --> 00:33:16.339
 of Jesus Christ

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:18.019
 is what naturally

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:18.799
 flows out

00:33:18.799 --> 00:33:19.220
 into

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:21.019
 our sacrificial love

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:22.000
 for one another

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:24.380
 it's impossible

00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:24.900
 to have

00:33:24.900 --> 00:33:25.799
 one of these

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:26.880
 distinguishing marks

00:33:26.880 --> 00:33:27.940
 without the other

00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:29.279
 they always

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:30.019
 come

00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:30.660
 together

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:32.920
 this is why

00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:33.680
 John repeatedly

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:35.180
 uses this expression

00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:37.860
 that God's love

00:33:37.860 --> 00:33:39.180
 is perfected

00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:39.720
 in us

00:33:39.720 --> 00:33:41.600
 look at verse 12

00:33:41.600 --> 00:33:42.840
 God's love is perfected

00:33:42.840 --> 00:33:43.220
 in us

00:33:43.220 --> 00:33:44.880
 he uses that expression

00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:45.860
 four times

00:33:45.860 --> 00:33:46.920
 in this letter

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:48.100
 and three of those times

00:33:48.100 --> 00:33:49.060
 are in this passage

00:33:49.060 --> 00:33:49.900
 that we just read

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:51.380
 he says again

00:33:51.380 --> 00:33:52.320
 in verses 17

00:33:52.320 --> 00:33:53.000
 to 19

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.860
 by this

00:33:53.860 --> 00:33:54.680
 is love

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.720
 perfected

00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:56.299
 with us

00:33:56.299 --> 00:33:57.380
 so that we

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:58.640
 may have confidence

00:33:58.640 --> 00:33:59.759
 for the day

00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:00.299
 of judgment

00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:02.139
 because as

00:34:02.139 --> 00:34:03.119
 he is so

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:04.419
 also are we

00:34:04.419 --> 00:34:05.299
 in this world

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:07.519
 there is no

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:08.480
 fear in love

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:10.199
 but perfect love

00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:11.559
 casts out fear

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.880
 for fear

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.500
 has to do

00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.219
 with punishment

00:34:14.219 --> 00:34:15.800
 and whoever fears

00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:16.619
 has not been

00:34:16.619 --> 00:34:17.759
 perfected in love

00:34:17.759 --> 00:34:18.860
 we love

00:34:18.860 --> 00:34:19.500
 because he

00:34:19.500 --> 00:34:20.500
 first loved

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:21.139
 us

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:23.920
 the word

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:24.739
 perfected

00:34:24.739 --> 00:34:25.480
 has a sense

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:26.539
 of completing

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.219
 its course

00:34:27.219 --> 00:34:29.219
 God's love

00:34:29.219 --> 00:34:30.519
 is not a static

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:30.980
 thing

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:32.299
 it's a dynamic

00:34:32.299 --> 00:34:32.659
 thing

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:33.799
 it has movement

00:34:33.799 --> 00:34:35.619
 and God's love

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:37.099
 completes its course

00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:38.559
 in our faith

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:39.119
 in Jesus

00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:40.579
 and in our love

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:41.239
 for one another

00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:43.359
 all of our faith

00:34:43.359 --> 00:34:44.399
 all of our love

00:34:44.399 --> 00:34:46.039
 is but an outworking

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:47.659
 the outflow

00:34:47.659 --> 00:34:48.779
 the overflow

00:34:48.779 --> 00:34:50.099
 of God's

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:51.019
 prior love

00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.559
 for us

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:52.239
 because it says

00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:53.279
 we love

00:34:53.279 --> 00:34:54.099
 because

00:34:54.099 --> 00:34:55.980
 he first

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.899
 loved

00:34:56.899 --> 00:34:57.879
 us

00:34:57.880 --> 00:35:00.559
 I pray

00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:01.240
 that all

00:35:01.240 --> 00:35:01.780
 of you

00:35:01.780 --> 00:35:02.820
 will walk

00:35:02.820 --> 00:35:03.200
 away

00:35:03.200 --> 00:35:04.240
 with this

00:35:04.240 --> 00:35:05.160
 sense of

00:35:05.160 --> 00:35:05.960
 God's overwhelming

00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:06.680
 love for you

00:35:06.680 --> 00:35:07.579
 this Good Friday

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:10.059
 this tells us

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:10.820
 that our

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:11.400
 loyalty

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:13.420
 our obedience

00:35:13.420 --> 00:35:14.680
 our faithfulness

00:35:14.680 --> 00:35:17.340
 the zealousy

00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:18.460
 the zealousness

00:35:18.460 --> 00:35:18.960
 of our love

00:35:18.960 --> 00:35:19.360
 for him

00:35:19.360 --> 00:35:20.960
 that these

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.539
 were not

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:22.380
 the prior

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:23.079
 conditions

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:24.140
 for God's

00:35:24.140 --> 00:35:24.880
 love for us

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:28.019
 whether God

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.500
 loved us

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:29.240
 first

00:35:29.240 --> 00:35:31.460
 God loved

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:31.880
 us while

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:32.240
 we were

00:35:32.240 --> 00:35:33.059
 still his

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.619
 enemies

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:35.420
 God loved

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:35.940
 us when

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.780
 we were

00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:37.820
 unloving

00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:38.619
 and unlovable

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:41.099
 and this

00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:41.660
 is why

00:35:41.660 --> 00:35:42.559
 God's love

00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:43.400
 his perfect

00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:43.840
 love

00:35:43.840 --> 00:35:44.680
 casts out

00:35:44.680 --> 00:35:45.099
 fear

00:35:45.099 --> 00:35:46.680
 Christ has

00:35:46.680 --> 00:35:47.039
 already

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:47.820
 propitiated

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:48.559
 God's wrath

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:49.240
 God has

00:35:49.240 --> 00:35:49.619
 already

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.360
 forgiven us

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:50.920
 of our sins

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.240
 so that we

00:35:51.240 --> 00:35:51.680
 no longer

00:35:51.680 --> 00:35:52.320
 need to

00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:52.780
 live in

00:35:52.780 --> 00:35:53.960
 fear of

00:35:53.960 --> 00:35:54.400
 divine

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:55.019
 retribution

00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:56.500
 we no longer

00:35:56.500 --> 00:35:56.900
 need to

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.400
 live in

00:35:57.400 --> 00:35:58.159
 fear of

00:35:58.159 --> 00:35:58.880
 God's

00:35:58.880 --> 00:35:59.420
 judgment

00:35:59.420 --> 00:36:02.179
 some of

00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:02.480
 you have

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:03.039
 not yet

00:36:03.039 --> 00:36:03.460
 put your

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:04.000
 faith in

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.280
 Jesus

00:36:04.280 --> 00:36:04.740
 Christ

00:36:04.740 --> 00:36:05.539
 and this

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:06.240
 assurance

00:36:06.240 --> 00:36:07.740
 unfortunately

00:36:07.740 --> 00:36:08.659
 is not

00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:09.139
 yet

00:36:09.139 --> 00:36:09.860
 yours

00:36:09.860 --> 00:36:11.699
 but it

00:36:11.699 --> 00:36:12.300
 can be

00:36:12.300 --> 00:36:12.740
 yours

00:36:12.740 --> 00:36:15.260
 if you

00:36:15.260 --> 00:36:15.679
 stop

00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:16.400
 impeding

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:17.119
 the progress

00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:17.880
 of God's

00:36:17.880 --> 00:36:18.240
 love

00:36:18.240 --> 00:36:18.880
 in your

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:19.340
 life

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:20.039
 by putting

00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:20.619
 your faith

00:36:20.619 --> 00:36:21.039
 in Jesus

00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:21.420
 Christ

00:36:21.420 --> 00:36:21.760
 and by

00:36:21.760 --> 00:36:22.280
 obeying

00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:22.720
 his command

00:36:22.720 --> 00:36:23.079
 to love

00:36:23.079 --> 00:36:23.559
 one another

00:36:23.559 --> 00:36:29.659
 and some

00:36:29.659 --> 00:36:30.019
 of you

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:30.619
 have already

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:30.960
 put your

00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:31.360
 faith in

00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:31.579
 Jesus

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:32.159
 Christ

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:33.679
 but

00:36:33.679 --> 00:36:34.880
 you still

00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:35.679
 live

00:36:35.679 --> 00:36:36.299
 unfortunately

00:36:36.299 --> 00:36:38.199
 with guilt

00:36:38.199 --> 00:36:40.820
 fear

00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:43.639
 lack of

00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:44.199
 assurance

00:36:44.199 --> 00:36:44.920
 of salvation

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:46.259
 am I

00:36:46.259 --> 00:36:46.619
 really a

00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:46.900
 Christian

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:52.559
 John

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:52.720
 John is

00:36:52.720 --> 00:36:52.900
 not

00:36:52.900 --> 00:36:53.260
 writing

00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:53.639
 this

00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:54.360
 to make

00:36:54.360 --> 00:36:54.519
 you

00:36:54.519 --> 00:36:54.960
 insecure

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.960
 about

00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.160
 your

00:36:56.160 --> 00:36:56.619
 salvation

00:36:56.619 --> 00:36:59.180
 John

00:36:59.180 --> 00:36:59.360
 is

00:36:59.360 --> 00:36:59.720
 writing

00:36:59.720 --> 00:37:00.119
 this

00:37:00.119 --> 00:37:00.639
 to

00:37:00.639 --> 00:37:01.160
 assure

00:37:01.160 --> 00:37:01.619
 you

00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:02.400
 of your

00:37:02.400 --> 00:37:02.860
 salvation

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.720
 because

00:37:03.720 --> 00:37:04.099
 he is

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:04.440
 writing

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:04.780
 to

00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:05.280
 believers

00:37:05.280 --> 00:37:05.760
 who are

00:37:05.760 --> 00:37:06.119
 dealing

00:37:06.119 --> 00:37:06.500
 with

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:07.200
 those

00:37:07.200 --> 00:37:07.380
 who

00:37:07.380 --> 00:37:07.760
 denied

00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:08.300
 Christ

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:08.800
 and

00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:09.680
 separated

00:37:09.680 --> 00:37:10.160
 themselves

00:37:10.160 --> 00:37:10.800
 from the

00:37:10.800 --> 00:37:11.039
 church

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:12.019
 of God

00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:13.800
 and they

00:37:13.800 --> 00:37:14.619
 were challenging

00:37:14.619 --> 00:37:15.239
 their faith

00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:16.179
 these people

00:37:16.179 --> 00:37:17.179
 who seceded

00:37:17.179 --> 00:37:17.519
 from the

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:17.739
 church

00:37:17.739 --> 00:37:18.139
 and denied

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:18.599
 Christ

00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:19.320
 they were

00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:19.699
 saying no

00:37:19.699 --> 00:37:20.259
 we are

00:37:20.259 --> 00:37:20.739
 the true

00:37:20.739 --> 00:37:21.119
 community

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:21.559
 of God

00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:21.980
 we are

00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:22.300
 the ones

00:37:22.300 --> 00:37:22.539
 who have

00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:23.000
 the truth

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:25.900
 we are

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:26.159
 the ones

00:37:26.159 --> 00:37:26.659
 who truly

00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:27.139
 have the

00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:27.460
 word of

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:27.800
 God

00:37:27.800 --> 00:37:29.579
 and John's

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:30.619
 reassuring

00:37:30.619 --> 00:37:31.699
 these people

00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:33.199
 these believers

00:37:33.199 --> 00:37:33.919
 who are

00:37:33.919 --> 00:37:34.879
 insecure

00:37:34.879 --> 00:37:35.739
 because of

00:37:35.739 --> 00:37:36.019
 what has

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:36.319
 happened

00:37:36.319 --> 00:37:36.619
 in the

00:37:36.619 --> 00:37:36.779
 early

00:37:36.779 --> 00:37:37.239
 church

00:37:37.239 --> 00:37:38.519
 that no

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:39.019
 if you

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:39.539
 believe

00:37:39.539 --> 00:37:40.399
 in Jesus

00:37:40.399 --> 00:37:40.960
 Christ

00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:41.739
 and that

00:37:41.739 --> 00:37:42.439
 he is

00:37:42.439 --> 00:37:43.339
 your only

00:37:43.339 --> 00:37:44.099
 salvation

00:37:44.099 --> 00:37:44.639
 that salvation

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:44.980
 is found

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:45.419
 in his

00:37:45.419 --> 00:37:45.679
 name

00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:46.099
 alone

00:37:46.099 --> 00:37:47.480
 then you

00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:48.199
 can be

00:37:48.199 --> 00:37:48.619
 assured

00:37:48.619 --> 00:37:49.480
 of the

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:49.839
 fact that

00:37:49.839 --> 00:37:50.419
 you belong

00:37:50.419 --> 00:37:50.819
 to him

00:37:50.819 --> 00:37:51.659
 that you

00:37:51.659 --> 00:37:52.259
 abide in

00:37:52.259 --> 00:37:52.480
 him

00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:54.219
 you might

00:37:54.219 --> 00:37:54.659
 not be

00:37:54.659 --> 00:37:55.059
 able to

00:37:55.059 --> 00:37:55.699
 answer all

00:37:55.699 --> 00:37:55.919
 of their

00:37:55.919 --> 00:37:56.399
 objections

00:37:56.399 --> 00:37:57.239
 you might

00:37:57.239 --> 00:37:57.719
 not be

00:37:57.719 --> 00:37:58.099
 able to

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:58.419
 have

00:37:58.419 --> 00:37:58.819
 all

00:37:58.819 --> 00:37:59.099
 of the

00:37:59.099 --> 00:37:59.559
 no

00:37:59.559 --> 00:37:59.819
 have

00:37:59.819 --> 00:38:00.480
 exhaustive

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:00.799
 knowledge

00:38:00.799 --> 00:38:01.079
 of the

00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:01.439
 scriptures

00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:03.220
 you might

00:38:03.220 --> 00:38:03.880
 not be

00:38:03.880 --> 00:38:05.179
 you might

00:38:05.179 --> 00:38:05.679
 not have

00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:06.260
 done many

00:38:06.260 --> 00:38:06.760
 saintly

00:38:06.760 --> 00:38:07.179
 deeds

00:38:07.179 --> 00:38:07.460
 in your

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:07.880
 life

00:38:07.880 --> 00:38:11.700
 but do

00:38:11.700 --> 00:38:12.280
 you love

00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:13.500
 God's

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:13.800
 people

00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:17.579
 do you

00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:18.079
 love the

00:38:18.079 --> 00:38:18.519
 brothers and

00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:19.000
 sisters in

00:38:19.000 --> 00:38:19.420
 Christ

00:38:19.420 --> 00:38:25.780
 brothers and

00:38:25.780 --> 00:38:26.139
 sisters

00:38:26.139 --> 00:38:30.480
 I was so

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:31.000
 encouraged

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:32.940
 on

00:38:32.940 --> 00:38:33.820
 Sunday

00:38:33.820 --> 00:38:36.900
 because I

00:38:36.900 --> 00:38:37.400
 shared with

00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:37.880
 you guys

00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:38.519
 about the

00:38:38.519 --> 00:38:38.920
 need

00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:40.920
 some of

00:38:40.920 --> 00:38:41.360
 the financial

00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:41.980
 need that

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:43.760
 was growing

00:38:43.760 --> 00:38:44.219
 in our

00:38:44.219 --> 00:38:44.800
 church because

00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:45.539
 of unemployment

00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:46.059
 related to

00:38:46.059 --> 00:38:46.599
 COVID-19

00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:47.880
 and we

00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:48.739
 challenged

00:38:48.739 --> 00:38:49.360
 you guys

00:38:49.360 --> 00:38:50.940
 to give

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:53.119
 financially

00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:53.960
 toward the

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:54.480
 COVID-19

00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:55.099
 relief fund

00:38:55.099 --> 00:38:57.119
 we

00:38:57.119 --> 00:38:58.279
 rarely

00:38:58.279 --> 00:39:00.699
 I think

00:39:00.699 --> 00:39:01.279
 maybe less

00:39:01.279 --> 00:39:01.699
 than once

00:39:01.699 --> 00:39:02.019
 a year

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:02.900
 ask people

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:03.819
 directly from

00:39:03.819 --> 00:39:04.199
 the pulpit

00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:04.759
 to give

00:39:04.759 --> 00:39:05.839
 financially

00:39:05.839 --> 00:39:07.719
 but we

00:39:07.719 --> 00:39:08.139
 did

00:39:08.139 --> 00:39:09.099
 and

00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:11.539
 you guys

00:39:11.539 --> 00:39:12.199
 responded

00:39:12.199 --> 00:39:13.619
 our church

00:39:13.619 --> 00:39:14.159
 as we

00:39:14.159 --> 00:39:14.759
 responded

00:39:14.759 --> 00:39:15.440
 without

00:39:15.440 --> 00:39:16.099
 pouring of

00:39:16.099 --> 00:39:16.480
 love and

00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:16.940
 generosity

00:39:16.940 --> 00:39:20.420
 in one

00:39:20.420 --> 00:39:20.920
 day we

00:39:20.920 --> 00:39:21.320
 raised

00:39:21.320 --> 00:39:21.800
 nearly

00:39:21.800 --> 00:39:22.059
 ten

00:39:22.059 --> 00:39:22.360
 thousand

00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:22.840
 dollars

00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:25.340
 many of

00:39:25.340 --> 00:39:25.960
 you gave

00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:26.940
 out of

00:39:26.940 --> 00:39:27.119
 your

00:39:27.119 --> 00:39:27.599
 poverty

00:39:27.599 --> 00:39:29.940
 not out

00:39:29.940 --> 00:39:30.200
 of your

00:39:30.200 --> 00:39:30.599
 excess

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:31.460
 out of

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:31.579
 your

00:39:31.579 --> 00:39:32.039
 poverty

00:39:32.039 --> 00:39:34.659
 because you

00:39:34.659 --> 00:39:35.240
 love each

00:39:35.240 --> 00:39:35.559
 other

00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:40.639
 and if

00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:41.079
 you love

00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:41.480
 each other

00:39:41.480 --> 00:39:41.840
 you can

00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:42.519
 be assured

00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:43.559
 if you

00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:44.039
 have faith

00:39:44.039 --> 00:39:44.480
 in Jesus

00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:44.779
 and you

00:39:44.779 --> 00:39:45.199
 have love

00:39:45.199 --> 00:39:45.480
 for one

00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:45.619
 another

00:39:45.619 --> 00:39:45.860
 you can

00:39:45.860 --> 00:39:46.519
 be assured

00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:47.599
 that God's

00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:49.019
 love abides

00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:49.820
 in you

00:39:49.820 --> 00:39:52.820
 you belong

00:39:52.820 --> 00:39:53.299
 to him

00:39:53.299 --> 00:39:54.719
 you are

00:39:54.719 --> 00:39:55.299
 born of

00:39:55.299 --> 00:39:55.659
 him

00:39:55.659 --> 00:40:05.259
 please

00:40:05.260 --> 00:40:06.020
 reflect on

00:40:06.020 --> 00:40:06.440
 that truth

00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:06.880
 for now

00:40:06.880 --> 00:40:07.860
 for a few

00:40:07.860 --> 00:40:08.280
 moments

00:40:08.280 --> 00:40:09.180
 and I'm

00:40:09.180 --> 00:40:09.700
 going to

00:40:09.700 --> 00:40:10.280
 pray for

00:40:10.280 --> 00:40:10.540
 us

00:40:10.540 --> 00:40:11.160
 before we

00:40:11.160 --> 00:40:11.960
 sing

00:40:35.260 --> 00:41:03.980
 heavenly father

00:41:03.980 --> 00:41:05.940
 I pray

00:41:05.940 --> 00:41:06.460
 for

00:41:06.460 --> 00:41:08.119
 those of

00:41:08.119 --> 00:41:08.400
 us

00:41:08.400 --> 00:41:08.780
 who are

00:41:08.780 --> 00:41:09.340
 joining

00:41:09.340 --> 00:41:09.800
 this

00:41:09.800 --> 00:41:14.500
 Good

00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:14.860
 Friday

00:41:14.860 --> 00:41:15.199
 worship

00:41:15.199 --> 00:41:15.760
 service

00:41:15.760 --> 00:41:16.940
 who do

00:41:16.940 --> 00:41:17.340
 not yet

00:41:17.340 --> 00:41:17.559
 have

00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:17.960
 saving

00:41:17.960 --> 00:41:18.320
 faith

00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:18.480
 in

00:41:18.480 --> 00:41:18.699
 Jesus

00:41:18.699 --> 00:41:19.219
 Christ

00:41:19.219 --> 00:41:24.340
 God

00:41:24.340 --> 00:41:25.480
 implant

00:41:25.480 --> 00:41:26.559
 your

00:41:26.559 --> 00:41:27.440
 seed

00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:27.960
 seed

00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:28.219
 of the

00:41:28.219 --> 00:41:28.579
 gospel

00:41:28.579 --> 00:41:29.920
 into

00:41:29.920 --> 00:41:30.179
 their

00:41:30.179 --> 00:41:30.460
 hearts

00:41:30.460 --> 00:41:30.760
 by your

00:41:30.760 --> 00:41:30.960
 Holy

00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:31.400
 Spirit

00:41:31.400 --> 00:41:31.860
 God

00:41:31.860 --> 00:41:33.079
 so

00:41:33.079 --> 00:41:33.200
 that

00:41:33.200 --> 00:41:33.320
 they

00:41:33.320 --> 00:41:33.440
 are

00:41:33.440 --> 00:41:33.800
 born

00:41:33.800 --> 00:41:34.139
 again

00:41:34.139 --> 00:41:34.720
 spiritually

00:41:34.720 --> 00:41:34.940
 into

00:41:34.940 --> 00:41:35.099
 the

00:41:35.099 --> 00:41:35.420
 family

00:41:35.420 --> 00:41:35.599
 of

00:41:35.599 --> 00:41:35.860
 God

00:41:35.860 --> 00:41:38.460
 that

00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:38.599
 we

00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:38.760
 might

00:41:38.760 --> 00:41:39.039
 call

00:41:39.039 --> 00:41:39.160
 them

00:41:39.160 --> 00:41:39.300
 our

00:41:39.300 --> 00:41:39.539
 brother

00:41:39.539 --> 00:41:39.780
 and

00:41:39.780 --> 00:41:40.119
 sister

00:41:40.119 --> 00:41:41.340
 that

00:41:41.340 --> 00:41:41.440
 we

00:41:41.440 --> 00:41:41.599
 might

00:41:41.599 --> 00:41:41.940
 love

00:41:41.940 --> 00:41:42.280
 them

00:41:42.280 --> 00:41:43.160
 as

00:41:43.160 --> 00:41:43.300
 we

00:41:43.300 --> 00:41:43.500
 love

00:41:43.500 --> 00:41:43.680
 each

00:41:43.680 --> 00:41:43.860
 other

00:41:43.860 --> 00:41:44.260
 now

00:41:44.260 --> 00:41:49.420
 and

00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:49.660
 God

00:41:49.660 --> 00:41:49.820
 I

00:41:49.820 --> 00:41:50.139
 pray

00:41:50.139 --> 00:41:50.400
 for

00:41:50.400 --> 00:41:50.619
 my

00:41:50.619 --> 00:41:50.920
 dear

00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:51.240
 brothers

00:41:51.240 --> 00:41:51.500
 and

00:41:51.500 --> 00:41:51.840
 sisters

00:41:51.840 --> 00:41:52.639
 who

00:41:52.639 --> 00:41:52.800
 are

00:41:52.800 --> 00:41:53.300
 struggling

00:41:53.300 --> 00:41:53.740
 with

00:41:53.740 --> 00:41:54.200
 assurance

00:41:54.200 --> 00:41:54.500
 of

00:41:54.500 --> 00:41:55.019
 salvation

00:41:55.019 --> 00:41:57.460
 struggling

00:41:57.460 --> 00:41:58.019
 with

00:41:58.019 --> 00:41:58.539
 assurance

00:41:58.539 --> 00:41:58.920
 of

00:41:58.920 --> 00:41:59.099
 the

00:41:59.099 --> 00:41:59.579
 father's

00:41:59.579 --> 00:41:59.860
 love

00:41:59.860 --> 00:42:00.099
 for

00:42:00.099 --> 00:42:00.460
 them

00:42:00.460 --> 00:42:02.480
 who

00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:02.599
 are

00:42:02.599 --> 00:42:02.820
 living

00:42:02.820 --> 00:42:03.039
 with

00:42:03.039 --> 00:42:03.699
 insecurity

00:42:03.699 --> 00:42:04.059
 who

00:42:04.059 --> 00:42:04.199
 are

00:42:04.199 --> 00:42:04.519
 living

00:42:04.519 --> 00:42:04.900
 trying

00:42:04.900 --> 00:42:05.139
 to

00:42:05.139 --> 00:42:05.619
 earn

00:42:05.619 --> 00:42:06.599
 their

00:42:06.599 --> 00:42:06.900
 heavenly

00:42:06.900 --> 00:42:07.420
 father's

00:42:07.420 --> 00:42:07.840
 favor

00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:08.360
 when it

00:42:08.360 --> 00:42:08.500
 is

00:42:08.500 --> 00:42:08.699
 their

00:42:08.699 --> 00:42:08.960
 heavenly

00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:09.380
 father

00:42:09.380 --> 00:42:09.579
 who

00:42:09.579 --> 00:42:09.920
 loved

00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:10.079
 them

00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:10.619
 first

00:42:10.619 --> 00:42:15.519
 God

00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:15.960
 help

00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:16.320
 them

00:42:16.320 --> 00:42:17.199
 to

00:42:17.199 --> 00:42:17.820
 fix

00:42:17.820 --> 00:42:18.079
 their

00:42:18.079 --> 00:42:18.400
 eyes

00:42:18.400 --> 00:42:18.699
 on

00:42:18.699 --> 00:42:19.059
 Jesus

00:42:19.059 --> 00:42:20.639
 and

00:42:20.639 --> 00:42:21.719
 find

00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:22.259
 their

00:42:22.259 --> 00:42:22.719
 identity

00:42:22.719 --> 00:42:23.980
 to

00:42:23.980 --> 00:42:24.519
 count

00:42:24.519 --> 00:42:24.980
 their

00:42:24.980 --> 00:42:25.480
 worth

00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:25.719
 and

00:42:25.719 --> 00:42:26.199
 value

00:42:26.199 --> 00:42:26.500
 not

00:42:26.500 --> 00:42:26.859
 according

00:42:26.859 --> 00:42:27.079
 to

00:42:27.079 --> 00:42:27.339
 what

00:42:27.339 --> 00:42:27.539
 the

00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:27.819
 people

00:42:27.819 --> 00:42:28.000
 of

00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:28.159
 this

00:42:28.159 --> 00:42:28.419
 world

00:42:28.419 --> 00:42:28.899
 say

00:42:28.899 --> 00:42:31.159
 but

00:42:31.159 --> 00:42:31.619
 according

00:42:31.619 --> 00:42:31.939
 to

00:42:31.939 --> 00:42:32.139
 the

00:42:32.139 --> 00:42:32.599
 price

00:42:32.599 --> 00:42:32.939
 that

00:42:32.939 --> 00:42:33.279
 you

00:42:33.279 --> 00:42:33.859
 paid

00:42:33.859 --> 00:42:35.779
 in

00:42:35.779 --> 00:42:36.019
 giving

00:42:36.019 --> 00:42:36.579
 your

00:42:36.579 --> 00:42:37.379
 only

00:42:37.379 --> 00:42:38.059
 son

00:42:38.059 --> 00:42:39.279
 to

00:42:39.279 --> 00:42:39.779
 save

00:42:39.779 --> 00:42:40.159
 them

00:42:40.159 --> 00:42:43.039
 that

00:42:43.039 --> 00:42:43.179
 they

00:42:43.179 --> 00:42:43.299
 would

00:42:43.299 --> 00:42:43.679
 find

00:42:43.679 --> 00:42:43.899
 their

00:42:43.899 --> 00:42:44.319
 value

00:42:44.319 --> 00:42:44.559
 in

00:42:44.559 --> 00:42:44.879
 that

00:42:44.879 --> 00:42:46.779
 and

00:42:46.779 --> 00:42:46.859
 that

00:42:46.859 --> 00:42:46.980
 they

00:42:46.980 --> 00:42:47.139
 would

00:42:47.139 --> 00:42:47.599
 feel

00:42:47.599 --> 00:42:48.299
 so

00:42:48.299 --> 00:42:49.019
 loved

00:42:49.019 --> 00:42:49.599
 by

00:42:49.599 --> 00:42:50.039
 you

00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:51.579
 and

00:42:51.579 --> 00:42:51.819
 that

00:42:51.819 --> 00:42:52.219
 that

00:42:52.219 --> 00:42:53.239
 overwhelming

00:42:53.239 --> 00:42:54.599
 overflowing

00:42:54.599 --> 00:42:55.359
 love

00:42:55.359 --> 00:42:55.599
 would

00:42:55.599 --> 00:42:56.199
 complete

00:42:56.199 --> 00:42:56.539
 this

00:42:56.539 --> 00:42:56.939
 course

00:42:56.939 --> 00:42:57.379
 and

00:42:57.379 --> 00:42:57.539
 be

00:42:57.539 --> 00:42:58.279
 perfected

00:42:58.279 --> 00:42:58.379
 in

00:42:58.379 --> 00:42:58.539
 their

00:42:58.539 --> 00:42:58.899
 lives

00:42:58.899 --> 00:42:59.119
 by

00:42:59.119 --> 00:42:59.399
 their

00:42:59.399 --> 00:42:59.719
 love

00:42:59.719 --> 00:42:59.919
 for

00:42:59.919 --> 00:43:00.079
 one

00:43:00.079 --> 00:43:00.359
 another

00:43:00.359 --> 00:43:00.559
 and

00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:00.759
 their

00:43:00.759 --> 00:43:01.299
 faith

00:43:01.299 --> 00:43:02.199
 unwavering

00:43:02.199 --> 00:43:02.639
 faith

00:43:02.639 --> 00:43:03.239
 in

00:43:03.239 --> 00:43:03.599
 Jesus

00:43:03.599 --> 00:43:04.079
 Christ

00:43:04.079 --> 00:43:04.299
 our

00:43:04.299 --> 00:43:04.599
 Savior

00:43:04.599 --> 00:43:12.919
 do

00:43:12.919 --> 00:43:13.159
 that

00:43:13.159 --> 00:43:13.279
 in

00:43:13.279 --> 00:43:13.439
 our

00:43:13.439 --> 00:43:13.719
 midst

00:43:13.719 --> 00:43:13.919
 oh

00:43:13.919 --> 00:43:14.199
 father

00:43:14.199 --> 00:43:15.539
 to

00:43:15.539 --> 00:43:15.679
 the

00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:15.959
 glory

00:43:15.959 --> 00:43:16.119
 of

00:43:16.119 --> 00:43:16.299
 your

00:43:16.299 --> 00:43:16.659
 name

00:43:16.659 --> 00:43:21.099
 in

00:43:21.099 --> 00:43:21.419
 Jesus

00:43:21.419 --> 00:43:21.719
 name

00:43:21.719 --> 00:43:21.879
 we

00:43:21.879 --> 00:43:22.099
 pray

00:43:22.099 --> 00:43:23.539
 amen

00:43:23.539 --> 00:43:24.079
 amen

00:43:24.079 --> 00:43:54.059
 Thank you.

00:43:54.079 --> 00:44:00.000
 Since there are many, His mercy is more.

00:44:02.159 --> 00:44:10.099
 His mercy is more.

00:44:13.380 --> 00:44:18.179
 Stronger than darkness in you every morning.

00:44:18.179 --> 00:44:23.380
 Since there are many, His mercy is more.

00:44:24.960 --> 00:44:30.860
 His mercy is more.

00:44:30.860 --> 00:45:00.840
 Thank you.