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 We're going to move now into our time in God's Word together.

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 If you have your Bible with you, you can open it up to John chapter 17.

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 For those of you who are visiting or new,

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 we have been traveling through the Gospel of John.

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 It's been some years now since we started that journey.

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 And we're really taking our time because we really want to come to terms

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 with what God is saying to us through John about Jesus.

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 So as we pick up the story here, we're in chapter 17.

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 It's the night of Jesus' betrayal.

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 Jesus has had his last supper with the disciples.

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 Judas has left to begin enacting his betrayal.

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 And Jesus has been taking time to talk to the disciples.

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 He's been giving them words of encouragement and comfort,

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 instruction, promise, warning.

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 All to help carry them through the difficult things that are about to happen.

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 And we saw as all of a sudden the disciples just have this like aha moment.

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 Now we understand what you're talking about, Jesus.

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 And very soon after that, Jesus begins to pray right there in front of them.

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 And the content of his prayer is chapter 17.

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 We heard already how his prayer began.

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 Jesus expressed his longing to be restored to the glory that he had with the Father before the world began.

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 And then we heard him go on to pray for his disciples,

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 reflecting on how they have responded well to his word.

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 They have believed.

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 And he prayed for their protection.

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 Because Jesus says, I'm going out of the world.

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 But they are going to remain here.

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 So protect them, Father.

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 We're going to pick up Jesus' prayer in verse 15 of chapter 17.

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 Jesus prays,

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 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world,

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 but that you protect them from the evil one.

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 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it.

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 Sanctify them by the truth.

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 Your word is truth.

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 As you sent me into the world,

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 I have sent them into the world.

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 For them, I sanctify myself,

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 that they too may be truly sanctified.

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 Now we're going to zip through these first couple verses,

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 verses 17 to 19.

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 These are some difficult words to understand.

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 We've got that strange biblical word, sanctify.

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 And we've got some differences in the translations.

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 Is it by the truth or is it in the truth?

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 And what does that even mean?

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 And then we've got Jesus telling the Father

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 that he has sanctified himself for them.

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 There are many pages of commentaries written on these few verses

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 and differing interpretations and opinions.

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 So I'm just going to skip over some of that

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 and share briefly with you my take on it.

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 My take on these verses is that Jesus is praying

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 a prayer of dedication for the apostles.

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 A prayer to consecrate them,

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 sanctify them,

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 and set them apart for your special service,

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 your special work.

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 And that work or that service for the apostles

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 is to speak the very words of God

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 and to bear witness to Jesus.

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 There seems to be a bit of a parallel here

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 in verses 18 and 19.

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 Jesus draws that parallel between himself and them.

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 As you sent me into the world,

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 I have sent them into the world.

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 For them I sanctify myself

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 that they too may be truly sanctified.

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 And so he prays, sanctify them.

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 Jesus has set himself apart,

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 dedicating himself to that special service of God.

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 And now he's praying that God would do the same for them,

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 set them apart for his special work and service.

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 So that's my take on those verses.

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 Now we come to a bit of a shift in Jesus' prayer.

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 Let's read it in verse 20.

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 Jesus says,

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 My prayer is not for them alone.

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 I pray also for those who will believe in me

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 through their message.

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 So this signals a shift in Jesus' prayer.

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 This statement sort of clues us in

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 that up until now,

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 Jesus has mainly been praying for the 11,

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 the apostles who are with him.

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 And now he kind of expands the circle

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 to include all who will come to believe in Jesus

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 through their word, their message.

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 Now I want to be careful here.

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 I think that there is probably two mistakes

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 that we can make.

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 One mistake is to assume

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 that everything Jesus has prayed so far up until now

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 is a sort of general, indiscriminate prayer

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 for all of his followers of all time.

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 But verse 20 here makes it clear.

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 There's a bit of a dividing line here.

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 It's mainly the disciples who are with him

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 that he has been praying for up until now.

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 They are the ones who up till now in the story

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 have believed and accepted and obeyed Jesus' words

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 as Jesus described in verses 6 to 8.

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 They are the ones whom the world has hated

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 as Jesus describes in verse 14.

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 And they are the ones whom Jesus has sent into the world

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 as he describes in verse 18.

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 That word sent, by the way,

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 goes back to in the original language.

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 It's apostello from which we get our designation apostle.

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 So we might be mishandling Jesus' words, I think,

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 if we just take them all as a sort of general prayer

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 for all of his followers for all time.

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 The second mistake, that being said,

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 is to assume that everything that Jesus has prayed so far

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 applies only to the apostles

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 and has no relevance for us who believe today.

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 And I think this we just know.

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 We know that Jesus doesn't just want protection

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 for these 11 men,

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 but that he desires it for all his people.

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 He's already said,

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 I am the good shepherd

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 and taught that he wards off the thief and the wolves.

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 Similarly, we know that Jesus doesn't just have a purpose

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 for the apostles remaining in the world,

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 but for all who will come to believe in him

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 remaining here in the world.

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 That each one of us would fulfill our unique purpose,

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 our unique role in the body of Christ.

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 So just to sum that up,

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 once again, there's two errors that we can make here, I think.

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 Where did that come from?

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 We could assume that everything Jesus prays

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 in these first verses,

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 he prays indiscriminately for all believers.

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 Or we could assume that nothing he prays in these verses

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 reflects his heart and prayers for all of us.

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 Let's continue on.

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 My prayer is not for them alone.

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 I pray also for those who will believe in me

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 through their message,

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 that all of them may be one, Father.

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 Just as you are in me,

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 and I am in you,

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 may they also be in us,

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 so that the world may believe

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 that you have sent me.

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 So Jesus makes this grand request

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 of his Father.

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 He asks that all of them,

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 all who will come to believe in him,

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 that's the whole Christian church,

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 that all of them may be one.

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 Up until now,

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 what is it that's been holding

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 this rag-tag bunch of men and women

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 from Galilee and Judea together?

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 Jesus has been the uniting factor.

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 But now,

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 as Jesus has said many times,

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 he's leaving.

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 He's going to the Father.

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 And all of his followers,

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 and all who will yet become his followers,

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 they're going to still be here.

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 They're remaining in the world.

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 They're going to have to face trials

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 and temptation.

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 They're going to have to figure out

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 how to live as his followers,

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 even with their many differences.

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 You've got Jew and Gentile,

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 slave and free,

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 rich and poor.

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 And they're going to have to figure out

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 how to do all this

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 in the face of hostility

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 and persecution,

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 because as the story went,

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 the religious leaders of the Jews

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 continued to persecute

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 and go after Christ's followers.

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 And so is it any surprise

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 that Jesus asks the Father

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 for the oneness of his people,

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 that they would remain united,

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 together, undivided?

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 Now, I'll be honest.

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 Sometimes I think we look at this prayer

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 and we wonder,

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 what happened?

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 Why hasn't God answered this prayer?

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 I mean, look at the world today.

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 Look at the church,

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 all the denominations today.

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 But I got thinking about this.

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 Maybe we're looking at it the wrong way.

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 Is it possible that God

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 has been answering this prayer all along?

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 Let's think about how things unfolded.

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 Jesus, the leader, was crucified.

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 And the disciples were scattered.

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 But that wasn't the end of the story.

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 They all came back together again

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 and became witnesses of the risen Christ.

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 The disciples were opposed

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 and persecuted by the religious leaders.

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 But did they become so divided

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 that they all just turned away

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 and abandoned following Jesus?

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 No.

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 No.

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 The apostles would later be arrested

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 for proclaiming Jesus

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 in the streets of Jerusalem.

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 And I'm reminded what Gamaliel,

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 the Pharisee,

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 said in the assembly

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 that day

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 while they were all there on trial.

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 He stood up

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 and said,

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 some time ago,

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 Thutis appeared

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 claiming to be somebody.

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 And about 400 men rallied to him.

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 He was killed.

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 All his followers were dispersed

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 and it all came to nothing.

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 After him,

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 Judas, the Galilean,

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 appeared in the days of the census

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 and led a band of people in revolt.

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 He too was killed

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 and all his followers

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 were scattered.

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 Therefore,

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 in the present case,

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 in the case of these 11 men,

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 the apostles,

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 I advise you,

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 leave these men alone.

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 Let them go.

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 For if their purpose

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 or activity

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 is of human origin,

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 it will fail.

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 But if it is from God,

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 you will not be able

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 to stop these men.

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 You will only find yourselves

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 fighting

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 against God.

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 Gamaliel was right.

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 Without the leader alive,

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 things like these

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 fizzle out.

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 Followers get into fights

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 and divide

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 and it all comes to nothing.

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 But that's not what happened

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 with the followers of Jesus.

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 2,000 years later,

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 we still haven't fizzled out.

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 We're still here.

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 We still believe in Jesus.

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 We still love him.

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 We still love his words.

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 Yes,

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 we still get into fights

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 sometimes and arguments

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 and even divide.

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 But every true believer knows

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 by the testimony of God's Spirit

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 living in them

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 that they are part

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 of the one body of Christ.

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 That he is alive

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 and that he will someday

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 unify us deeply,

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 powerfully,

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 and permanently.

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 That from every tribe

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 and tongue and nation

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 and people on earth,

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 we will stand before

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 the throne of God

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 and the Lamb

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 and worship with one voice

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 saying,

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 salvation belongs to our God.

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 So back to Jesus' request.

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 He prays,

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 asking the Father

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 to make all his followers one.

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 And as we look at

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 how the story continues,

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 it's a prayer that God

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 has been answering.

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 It didn't all fizzle out

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 and come to nothing

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 as movements of men

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 usually do.

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 Just the opposite.

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 The church has been growing

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 and spreading

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 ever since that day

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 to every corner of the world,

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 uniting people

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 of all different kinds.

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 I invite you to look

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 around the room

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 here this morning.

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 Look at how different we are.

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 Some of us younger,

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 some of us older.

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 Some of us born and raised

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 in rural Saskatchewan,

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 some from the cities

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 in Ontario,

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 some from China,

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 some here with disabilities

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 and health problems,

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 some with good health,

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 some single,

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 some parents,

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 some empty nesters,

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 some who love sports

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 and some who couldn't

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 care less about them.

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 If we were to sit down

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 and tease out

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 all our differences,

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 I think the list

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 would probably blow us

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 all away.

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 Like, why are we here

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 in this room together today?

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 It's because of Jesus.

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 So God is answering

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 this prayer

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 that we would be one.

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 And this is not

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 the end of the story.

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 Someday,

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 the Bible tells us

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 that Jesus will be

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 revealed in glory

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 and that every eye

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 will see his glory.

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 In the same way,

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 all of us who believe

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 in Christ Jesus

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 will be revealed

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 in glory with him.

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 The one body of Christ.

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 Paul said it this way

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 in Colossians 3, verse 4.

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 He said,

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 when Christ,

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 who is your life,

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 appears,

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 then you also

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 will appear with him

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 in glory.

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 That's a you plural,

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 by the way.

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 Now let's consider

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 for a moment

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 the kind of unity

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 that Jesus is asking for.

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 He says,

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 I pray that all of them

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 may be one,

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 Father,

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 just as you are in me

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 and I am in you.

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 May they also be in us

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 so that the world

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 may believe

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 that you have sent me.

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 I have given them

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 the glory that you gave me

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 that they may be one

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 as we are one.

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 I in them

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 and you in me

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 so that they may be brought

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 to complete unity.

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 Then the world will know

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 that you sent me

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 and have loved them

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 even as you have loved me.

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 Every time I read that,

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 it blows me away.

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 Like this is next level unity.

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 This is an out of this world

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 kind of unity.

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 The kind of unity

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 that Jesus asks the Father for

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 on our behalf

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 is the same sort of unity

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 that he has

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 with the Father.

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 Father.

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 He says

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 that they may be one

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 just as you are in me

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 and I am in you, Father.

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 I think this is our clue right here

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 that this request

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 will not be fully answered

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 until the end

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 when Jesus returns.

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 in order for us

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 to be united

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 this deeply

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 with God

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 the Father

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 and God the Son

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 and with each other

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 we need

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 to be perfected

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 finally and forever.

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 We need sin

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 to be out of the equation

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 gone

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 and dealt with

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 forever.

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 The way Jesus

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 prays this

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 here

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 you know

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 it opens up

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 a whole new

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 vantage point

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 for meditation.

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 Our unity

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 with each other

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 as believers

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 will someday

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 reflect

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 the unity

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 that Christ

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 has

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 right now

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 with his Father.

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 And so now

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 we need to go back

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 and we need to

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 restart the sermon series

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 go back through John

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 we need to

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 look at this relationship

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 that Jesus has

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 with his Father

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 and that

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 amazing unity

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 that's there

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 it's breathtaking

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 it's wonderful

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 it's mysterious

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 we've seen that

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 all the way through

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 how Father and Son

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 speak

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 and work

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 together

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 purpose

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 together

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 honoring

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 one another

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 acting

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 in perfect

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 harmony

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 always

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 aware

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 of each other

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 your will be done

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 not mine

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 and yet

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 not unaware

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 of their own

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 desires

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 and this is a

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 picture of how

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 it will be

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 between

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 me and you

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 brothers and

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 sisters in Christ

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 it's wonderful

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 there's coming a

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 great and grand

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 display

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 of the glory

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 of God

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 and part of that

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 display will be

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 you and me

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 and all who

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 believe in Christ

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 living together

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 in perfect

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 unity

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 the kind

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 that Jesus

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 has right

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 now

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 with his

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 father

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 it's amazing

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 and this is God's

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 purpose

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 for this unity

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 this oneness

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 he prays

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 that all of

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 them may be

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 one

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 so that

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 the world

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 may believe

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 that you

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 have sent

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 me

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 he goes

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 on and

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 gives another

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 rationale a little

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 further down

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 in verse 23

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 then the world

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 will know

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 that you have

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 sent me

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 and have

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 loved

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 them

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 even as you

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 have loved

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 me

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 so twice

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 we hear

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 Jesus express

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 the purpose

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 the grand

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 result

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 of our

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 unity

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 in Jesus

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 we are

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 to become

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 in our

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 unity

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 a sign

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 to the

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 world

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 a testimony

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 to the

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 world

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 that yes

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 God really

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 did

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 send Jesus

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 and yes

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 God really

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 has loved

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 us

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 people of

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 the world

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 Paul tells

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 us in Romans

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 that the

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 world

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 acts

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 wickedly

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 suppressing

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 the truth

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 distorting

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 the truth

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 denying

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 the truth

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 but someday

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 God in

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 answer to

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 Jesus prayer

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 here will

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 give the

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 world another

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 great sign

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 that breaks

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 through that

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 suppression

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 and undeniably

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 proves

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 yes

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 this Jesus

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 we've been

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 proclaiming all

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 along he

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 really did

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 come from

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 the father

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 and he

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 really

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 has

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 loved

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 us

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 people

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 of the

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 world

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 so what is

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 Jesus saying

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 here

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 let me just

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 sum it up

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 for us

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 this morning

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 he's praying

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 for all

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 who will come

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 to believe

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 in his name

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 the whole

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 Christian church

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 and he's

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 asking God

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 for their

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 unity

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 unity

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 not just

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 some kind

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 of a

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 visible

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 charade

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 that we

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 put on

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 for the

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 world to

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 see

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 but he's

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 asking for

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 that deepest

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 possible

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 unity

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 a unity

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 that reflects

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 his unity

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 with the

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 father

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 he asks

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 that we

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 would be

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 joined

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 to one

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 another

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 and to

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 the father

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 and to

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 him

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 as deeply

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 as he

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 is joined

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 to his

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 father

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 such that

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 we are

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 in

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 God

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 in

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 Christ

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 and he

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 is in

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 us

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 and the

00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:02.360
 glory of

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 he says

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 is to be

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 given to

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 us

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 revealed

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 in us

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 and our

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 unity

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:09.900
 is to be

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 proof to

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 the world

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 that God

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 sent

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 Jesus

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 and in

00:21:15.599 --> 00:21:16.160
 doing so

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 truly loved

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 the world

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 this is what

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 Jesus is

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 thinking about

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 this is what's

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 on his

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 heart

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 the night

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 before

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 his

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 crucifixion

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 he's been

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 thinking

00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:31.480
 back

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:32.879
 and longing

00:21:32.879 --> 00:21:33.319
 for that

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 glory

00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.539
 that he

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 had

00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:36.359
 with God

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 before the

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 world began

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 and at the

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 same time

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 he's also

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 looking ahead

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 to the end

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 of this

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 world story

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 to the day

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 when his

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 glory

00:21:47.639 --> 00:21:48.220
 will be

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 shared

00:21:48.639 --> 00:21:49.460
 with his

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 people

00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:51.380
 the ones

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 that he's

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 about to

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 die

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 to save

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 it's a

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 magnificent

00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:56.200
 glimpse

00:21:56.200 --> 00:21:57.380
 for us

00:21:57.380 --> 00:21:57.860
 who believe

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 in the

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 name of

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 Jesus

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 so what

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 do we

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 do

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 with all

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 this

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 well first

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 of all

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 if you're

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 here this

00:22:05.520 --> 00:22:05.860
 morning

00:22:05.860 --> 00:22:06.900
 and you

00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:07.460
 haven't put

00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:07.960
 your trust

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:08.480
 in Jesus

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:08.940
 yet

00:22:08.940 --> 00:22:10.300
 let me

00:22:10.300 --> 00:22:10.820
 urge you

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 to do

00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:11.740
 that

00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.220
 today

00:22:12.220 --> 00:22:15.120
 Jesus

00:22:15.120 --> 00:22:15.640
 prayed

00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:16.500
 for all

00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:16.819
 who would

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 come to

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 believe in

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 him

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 through

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 the

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 message

00:22:19.339 --> 00:22:20.700
 of his

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 apostles

00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:21.740
 in this

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 gospel of

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 John

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 he is

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 one of

00:22:24.339 --> 00:22:24.539
 those

00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:25.019
 apostles

00:22:25.019 --> 00:22:27.019
 do you

00:22:27.019 --> 00:22:27.420
 hear what

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:27.720
 Jesus

00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:28.220
 prayed

00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:29.860
 do you

00:22:29.860 --> 00:22:30.220
 see

00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:31.100
 Jesus

00:22:31.100 --> 00:22:31.539
 heart

00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:32.259
 of love

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 for his

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 people

00:22:34.700 --> 00:22:35.720
 wanting

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.120
 them all

00:22:36.120 --> 00:22:36.440
 to be

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 united

00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:38.000
 together

00:22:38.000 --> 00:22:39.440
 and to

00:22:39.440 --> 00:22:39.920
 share in

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 his glory

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:42.740
 and so

00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:43.039
 if you've

00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:43.440
 not yet

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:43.819
 put your

00:22:43.819 --> 00:22:44.339
 full trust

00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:44.779
 in Jesus

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:45.299
 let me

00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:45.839
 urge you

00:22:45.839 --> 00:22:46.839
 to do

00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:47.160
 that

00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:47.599
 today

00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:49.759
 only

00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:50.140
 those

00:22:50.140 --> 00:22:50.319
 who

00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:50.599
 believe

00:22:50.599 --> 00:22:50.920
 in him

00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:51.119
 will

00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:51.440
 share

00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:51.779
 in his

00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.180
 glory

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:53.500
 when he

00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:53.779
 comes

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.180
 again

00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:56.299
 it's

00:22:56.299 --> 00:22:56.619
 free

00:22:56.619 --> 00:22:58.759
 it's

00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:59.259
 a gift

00:22:59.259 --> 00:22:59.819
 of

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 God's

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 good

00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:02.000
 generosity

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:05.180
 second

00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:06.119
 there's

00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:06.619
 a personal

00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:07.299
 obligation

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:08.119
 that we

00:23:08.119 --> 00:23:08.680
 all have

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.220
 in response

00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:09.779
 to these

00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:10.440
 words

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:11.559
 Jesus

00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:12.319
 prays for

00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:12.759
 the unity

00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.119
 of his

00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:13.440
 people

00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:14.500
 he longs

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:14.879
 for it

00:23:14.879 --> 00:23:15.619
 he desires

00:23:15.619 --> 00:23:16.039
 it

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:17.319
 and so

00:23:17.319 --> 00:23:17.619
 I think

00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:17.919
 we must

00:23:17.919 --> 00:23:18.480
 carefully

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:19.299
 and prayerfully

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:20.139
 ask ourselves

00:23:20.139 --> 00:23:20.980
 this question

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:23.399
 Lord

00:23:23.399 --> 00:23:24.960
 have I

00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:25.180
 been

00:23:25.180 --> 00:23:25.740
 contributing

00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.559
 to division

00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:27.279
 and disunity

00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:27.759
 in my

00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:28.159
 church

00:23:28.159 --> 00:23:31.720
 have I

00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.279
 been bringing

00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:32.619
 those

00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:33.000
 attitudes

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:33.980
 that cause

00:23:33.980 --> 00:23:34.940
 conflict

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:36.519
 and disunity

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:38.759
 an attitude

00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:39.700
 of superiority

00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:41.579
 pride

00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:44.099
 a selfish

00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:44.599
 attitude

00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:45.220
 the desire

00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:45.559
 to have

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:46.420
 my way

00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:47.920
 despite

00:23:47.920 --> 00:23:48.660
 what others

00:23:48.660 --> 00:23:50.779
 want

00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:51.440
 or desire

00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:52.000
 am I

00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.740
 combative

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.700
 prone

00:23:53.700 --> 00:23:54.859
 to arguing

00:23:54.859 --> 00:23:55.839
 debating

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:56.519
 proving my

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:56.819
 point

00:23:56.819 --> 00:23:57.799
 being right

00:23:57.799 --> 00:24:00.720
 what about

00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.240
 anger

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:04.299
 am I

00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:04.920
 harboring

00:24:04.920 --> 00:24:05.819
 bitterness

00:24:05.819 --> 00:24:06.819
 and unforgiveness

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.720
 against someone

00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.799
 in the

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.160
 church

00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:11.579
 I pray

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

00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:12.460
 one of us

00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:13.099
 would soberly

00:24:13.099 --> 00:24:13.539
 ask this

00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.059
 question

00:24:14.059 --> 00:24:15.480
 Lord

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:17.140
 have I

00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:17.319
 been

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:17.900
 contributing

00:24:17.900 --> 00:24:19.019
 to the

00:24:19.019 --> 00:24:19.420
 division

00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:20.200
 and disunity

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:21.480
 the tension

00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.160
 the conflict

00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:22.620
 in my

00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:23.000
 church

00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:23.640
 through my

00:24:23.640 --> 00:24:24.160
 attitude

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:25.380
 my

00:24:25.380 --> 00:24:25.960
 actions

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:29.259
 further

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:31.620
 growing

00:24:31.620 --> 00:24:32.380
 in unity

00:24:32.380 --> 00:24:33.240
 requires more

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:33.600
 than just

00:24:33.600 --> 00:24:34.620
 self-examination

00:24:34.620 --> 00:24:36.580
 we must

00:24:36.580 --> 00:24:37.539
 go beyond

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:38.259
 a broken

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:39.019
 and contrite

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:39.360
 heart

00:24:39.360 --> 00:24:40.620
 to action

00:24:40.620 --> 00:24:42.480
 Jesus

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:42.819
 said

00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.299
 blessed

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:44.480
 are the

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:46.160
 peacemakers

00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:48.519
 not the

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:48.740
 peace

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.300
 wishers

00:24:49.300 --> 00:24:50.360
 the peacemakers

00:24:50.360 --> 00:24:51.300
 there's action

00:24:51.300 --> 00:24:51.580
 there

00:24:51.580 --> 00:24:52.320
 Matthew 5

00:24:52.320 --> 00:24:52.880
 verse 9

00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:53.700
 he said

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:53.960
 if your

00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.440
 brother or

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:55.220
 sister sins

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:56.040
 against you

00:24:56.040 --> 00:24:57.320
 go to

00:24:57.320 --> 00:24:57.660
 them

00:24:57.660 --> 00:24:59.980
 Matthew

00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.360
 18

00:25:00.360 --> 00:25:00.779
 15

00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.240
 and Luke

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.660
 17

00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:02.060
 3

00:25:02.060 --> 00:25:03.460
 go to

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:03.720
 them

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:05.640
 too often

00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:06.200
 we cower

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:07.160
 in fear

00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:08.080
 or

00:25:08.080 --> 00:25:08.920
 we stand

00:25:08.920 --> 00:25:09.279
 aloof

00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:10.100
 in pride

00:25:10.100 --> 00:25:10.560
 and we

00:25:10.560 --> 00:25:11.120
 just let

00:25:11.120 --> 00:25:11.400
 the

00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:12.019
 grievance

00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:13.240
 fester

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:15.839
 and so

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:16.140
 we should

00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:16.539
 ask this

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:16.980
 question

00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.380
 Lord

00:25:17.380 --> 00:25:18.620
 have I

00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:19.200
 been acting

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.700
 to bring

00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:19.960
 about

00:25:19.960 --> 00:25:20.440
 peace

00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:22.039
 resolution

00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:23.240
 reconciliation

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:23.940
 in my

00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:24.299
 church

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:24.620
 as I

00:25:24.620 --> 00:25:24.900
 should

00:25:24.900 --> 00:25:26.799
 is there

00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:27.620
 a conversation

00:25:27.620 --> 00:25:28.220
 that I need

00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:28.620
 to have

00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:29.160
 with someone

00:25:29.160 --> 00:25:30.380
 here in

00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:30.859
 the church

00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:33.700
 in the

00:25:33.700 --> 00:25:34.099
 quest for

00:25:34.099 --> 00:25:34.440
 Christian

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:34.740
 unity

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.180
 we must

00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:35.599
 first

00:25:35.599 --> 00:25:36.160
 deal

00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:36.420
 with

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:36.980
 ourselves

00:25:36.980 --> 00:25:39.339
 am I

00:25:39.339 --> 00:25:40.440
 hindering

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:41.380
 that unity

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:43.240
 am I

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:43.760
 helping

00:25:43.760 --> 00:25:44.680
 that unity

00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:47.500
 then we

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:47.860
 can start

00:25:47.860 --> 00:25:48.240
 to think

00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:48.500
 about

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.040
 unity

00:25:49.040 --> 00:25:50.360
 outside

00:25:50.360 --> 00:25:51.560
 the walls

00:25:51.560 --> 00:25:52.600
 of our

00:25:52.600 --> 00:25:53.000
 church

00:25:53.000 --> 00:25:53.640
 outside

00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:54.160
 the borders

00:25:54.160 --> 00:25:54.660
 of our

00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:55.060
 church

00:25:55.060 --> 00:25:58.580
 many point

00:25:58.580 --> 00:25:58.880
 to this

00:25:58.880 --> 00:25:59.260
 prayer of

00:25:59.260 --> 00:25:59.500
 Jesus

00:25:59.500 --> 00:25:59.840
 and they

00:25:59.840 --> 00:26:00.200
 ask

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:01.660
 why don't

00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:01.940
 we all

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.420
 just come

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:02.900
 together

00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:04.160
 and become

00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:04.900
 one church

00:26:04.900 --> 00:26:05.280
 here in

00:26:05.280 --> 00:26:05.660
 Davidson

00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:07.480
 one church

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:07.920
 around the

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:08.220
 world

00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:09.580
 you might

00:26:09.580 --> 00:26:09.940
 think that

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.520
 that's a

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.079
 philosophical

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.599
 question

00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:11.960
 but I

00:26:11.960 --> 00:26:12.359
 hear it

00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:13.019
 regularly

00:26:13.019 --> 00:26:14.660
 isn't that

00:26:14.660 --> 00:26:15.160
 what Jesus

00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:15.779
 was asking

00:26:15.779 --> 00:26:16.119
 for

00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:18.039
 this is the

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.579
 cry of the

00:26:18.579 --> 00:26:19.299
 ecumenical

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:20.000
 movement

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:21.619
 but the

00:26:21.619 --> 00:26:22.139
 problem with

00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:22.779
 the ecumenical

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:23.180
 movement

00:26:23.180 --> 00:26:24.359
 is that it

00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:24.900
 aims to

00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:25.440
 achieve

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:26.000
 unity

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:27.039
 without

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.700
 building that

00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:28.099
 unity

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 on a

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 proper

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 foundation

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 if you

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 go to

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 the world

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:33.220
 council

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 of churches

00:26:33.879 --> 00:26:34.779
 website

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 you'll find

00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:36.779
 one thing

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.180
 totally

00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:37.559
 missing

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 there's

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 no

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:40.399
 statement

00:26:40.399 --> 00:26:41.240
 of faith

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 there's

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 no

00:26:42.419 --> 00:26:42.839
 statement

00:26:42.839 --> 00:26:43.079
 of

00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:43.539
 beliefs

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:45.000
 they're

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.299
 calling

00:26:45.299 --> 00:26:45.699
 out for

00:26:45.699 --> 00:26:45.960
 all

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:46.399
 Christians

00:26:46.399 --> 00:26:46.919
 everywhere

00:26:46.919 --> 00:26:47.879
 to be

00:26:47.879 --> 00:26:48.379
 on the

00:26:48.379 --> 00:26:48.839
 way to

00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:49.279
 visible

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.740
 unity

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.419
 in one

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 faith

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.279
 but there's

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.559
 no

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:52.099
 definition

00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:52.519
 of what

00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:52.980
 that one

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:53.299
 faith

00:26:53.299 --> 00:26:53.720
 is

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 what is

00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:55.960
 that one

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.339
 shared

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 set of

00:26:57.159 --> 00:26:57.539
 beliefs

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 that will

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 bring us

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 all

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 together

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 they won't

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 define it

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 they won't

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 put words

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 on it

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 because as

00:27:05.419 --> 00:27:05.720
 soon as

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.079
 you start

00:27:06.079 --> 00:27:06.379
 to put

00:27:06.379 --> 00:27:06.899
 words on

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 it

00:27:07.099 --> 00:27:08.740
 that visible

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:09.199
 unity

00:27:09.199 --> 00:27:10.099
 evaporates

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 it's

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 gone

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 and so

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 we must

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 be constantly

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 carefully

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 doing as

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 the reformers

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 did

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 we must

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.099
 be going

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:18.679
 back to

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 the source

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 back to

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 the words

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 of Jesus

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 back to

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 the inspired

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 authoritative

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 words of

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 the men

00:27:25.159 --> 00:27:25.679
 he sent

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 the apostles

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:26.740
 we go

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.199
 back to

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 the bible

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 and

00:27:30.480 --> 00:27:30.959
 amazingly

00:27:30.959 --> 00:27:32.319
 when we

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:32.799
 do that

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.319
 we find

00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:33.740
 that this

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 one

00:27:34.199 --> 00:27:34.779
 faith

00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:35.920
 of which

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.519
 the apostle

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.480
 Paul speaks

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 in Ephesians

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 4 verse 5

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:39.740
 is quite

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:41.279
 well defined

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 here in the

00:27:42.379 --> 00:27:42.819
 words of

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 Jesus

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 and in the

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:45.200
 words of

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 the men

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:45.980
 he sent

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 the apostles

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 in fact

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:50.059
 holding fast

00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:50.559
 to these

00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:51.119
 words

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 became the

00:27:52.819 --> 00:27:53.639
 litmus test

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 it became

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 the measure

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 of a faithful

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 shepherd

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 like Timothy

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 1st

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 Timothy 4

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 verse 16

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 it became

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 the qualification

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 for someone

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 to serve

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:02.940
 as an

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 elder in

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 the church

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:04.920
 1st

00:28:04.920 --> 00:28:05.460
 Timothy 3

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 verse 9

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 and Titus

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 1

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 verse 9

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 it's the

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 good deposit

00:28:09.019 --> 00:28:09.380
 that

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:12.080
 pattern

00:28:12.080 --> 00:28:12.779
 of sound

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.279
 teaching

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:13.680
 that we

00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:13.980
 are to

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.360
 keep

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 and to

00:28:14.820 --> 00:28:15.279
 guard

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:16.259
 2nd

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:16.580
 Timothy

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 1

00:28:16.940 --> 00:28:17.220
 verses

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 13

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:17.920
 and

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:18.320
 14

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 it's

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 the

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:19.840
 test

00:28:19.840 --> 00:28:20.200
 that's

00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.460
 given

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:20.980
 to us

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 to know

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 who

00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:22.279
 really

00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:22.640
 knows

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 God

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 1st

00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:24.460
 John

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 4

00:28:24.799 --> 00:28:25.039
 verse

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 6

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:26.799
 as

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 John

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:27.580
 himself

00:28:27.580 --> 00:28:27.840
 the

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 apostle

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 so

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:30.080
 poignantly

00:28:30.080 --> 00:28:31.340
 said it

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 in his

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 second

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 letter

00:28:32.320 --> 00:28:32.740
 2nd

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 John

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 verse 9

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 and 10

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:35.919
 he said

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 anyone who

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 runs ahead

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:37.579
 and does

00:28:37.579 --> 00:28:38.460
 not continue

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:39.099
 in the

00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:39.699
 teaching of

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 Christ

00:28:40.179 --> 00:28:41.099
 does not

00:28:41.099 --> 00:28:41.720
 have God

00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:43.099
 whoever

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:43.919
 continues

00:28:43.919 --> 00:28:44.659
 in the

00:28:44.659 --> 00:28:45.019
 teaching

00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.599
 has both

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:46.139
 the father

00:28:46.139 --> 00:28:47.059
 and the

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.319
 son

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:49.159
 if anyone

00:28:49.159 --> 00:28:49.699
 comes to

00:28:49.699 --> 00:28:49.960
 you and

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.439
 does not

00:28:50.439 --> 00:28:51.079
 bring this

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.579
 teaching

00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:52.859
 do not

00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:53.240
 take them

00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:53.639
 into your

00:28:53.639 --> 00:28:54.000
 house

00:28:54.000 --> 00:28:55.220
 or welcome

00:28:55.220 --> 00:28:55.559
 them

00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:57.839
 so

00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:58.240
 unity

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:58.720
 with other

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.179
 Christians

00:28:59.179 --> 00:28:59.779
 outside

00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:00.299
 our

00:29:00.299 --> 00:29:00.619
 own

00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:01.000
 church

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.200
 it

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:01.519
 has

00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:01.700
 to

00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:02.059
 start

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.960
 right

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.279
 here

00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:04.319
 with

00:29:04.319 --> 00:29:04.460
 the

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:04.639
 word

00:29:04.639 --> 00:29:04.779
 of

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.079
 God

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:07.039
 are

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.240
 they

00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:07.579
 holding

00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:08.039
 fast

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.399
 to the

00:29:08.399 --> 00:29:08.700
 faithful

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.159
 word

00:29:09.159 --> 00:29:10.399
 the

00:29:10.399 --> 00:29:10.819
 gospel

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:12.019
 are

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:12.220
 they

00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.819
 continuing

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.500
 in that

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:13.919
 teaching

00:29:13.919 --> 00:29:14.440
 of Jesus

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:14.879
 and the

00:29:14.879 --> 00:29:15.279
 apostles

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:15.679
 or are

00:29:15.679 --> 00:29:15.779
 they

00:29:15.779 --> 00:29:16.079
 leaving

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:16.259
 it

00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:16.720
 behind

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:18.259
 or

00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:18.619
 adding

00:29:18.619 --> 00:29:18.919
 to

00:29:18.919 --> 00:29:19.399
 it

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:21.040
 it's

00:29:21.040 --> 00:29:21.200
 rather

00:29:21.200 --> 00:29:21.540
 fitting

00:29:21.540 --> 00:29:21.880
 that we

00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:22.180
 come to

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:22.380
 this

00:29:22.380 --> 00:29:22.740
 passage

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.200
 today

00:29:23.200 --> 00:29:23.860
 as we

00:29:23.860 --> 00:29:24.120
 have

00:29:24.120 --> 00:29:24.740
 representatives

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:25.140
 here

00:29:25.140 --> 00:29:25.460
 from

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:26.400
 the

00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:27.080
 Baptist

00:29:27.080 --> 00:29:27.440
 General

00:29:27.440 --> 00:29:27.880
 Conference

00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:28.100
 of

00:29:28.100 --> 00:29:28.820
 Saskatchewan

00:29:28.820 --> 00:29:30.780
 as most

00:29:30.780 --> 00:29:31.019
 of you

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.340
 know by

00:29:31.340 --> 00:29:31.560
 now

00:29:31.560 --> 00:29:31.920
 we are

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:33.140
 exploring

00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:33.560
 whether or

00:29:33.560 --> 00:29:34.000
 not we

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.740
 can

00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:35.660
 partner

00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:36.440
 with them

00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:37.940
 and have

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.300
 fellowship

00:29:38.300 --> 00:29:39.759
 with them

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.019
 and the

00:29:40.019 --> 00:29:40.280
 churches

00:29:40.280 --> 00:29:40.860
 that they

00:29:40.860 --> 00:29:41.580
 represent

00:29:41.580 --> 00:29:43.420
 so that's

00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:43.680
 what the

00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:44.200
 meeting is

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:44.820
 all about

00:29:44.820 --> 00:29:46.180
 we'll have

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:46.680
 some questions

00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:47.140
 for them

00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:47.860
 and I'm

00:29:47.860 --> 00:29:48.220
 sure that

00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:48.640
 they have

00:29:48.640 --> 00:29:49.019
 questions

00:29:49.019 --> 00:29:49.480
 for us

00:29:49.480 --> 00:29:49.720
 but

00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.539
 the most

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:51.000
 important

00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:51.500
 question

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.039
 before we

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.420
 even get

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:52.940
 to most

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.259
 of those

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:53.720
 questions

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:55.000
 is whether

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.440
 we're both

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:56.000
 standing on

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.500
 this common

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:56.940
 ground

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:58.079
 and holding

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.559
 fast

00:29:58.559 --> 00:29:59.400
 to the

00:29:59.400 --> 00:29:59.759
 word of

00:29:59.759 --> 00:29:59.960
 God

00:29:59.960 --> 00:30:00.559
 the faithful

00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:01.019
 word

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.759
 the gospel

00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.819
 that's been

00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:03.259
 entrusted

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.819
 to us

00:30:03.819 --> 00:30:05.319
 on that

00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:05.980
 foundation

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:07.440
 the kind

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:07.839
 of unity

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.519
 that Jesus

00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:09.319
 prayed for

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:10.660
 can flourish

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:11.900
 and grow

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:13.319
 between

00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:14.240
 local churches

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:15.299
 fellowship

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:16.059
 can happen

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:17.599
 partnership

00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:18.500
 and working

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:18.980
 together

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:19.579
 to reach

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:20.079
 the people

00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:20.380
 of our

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:20.960
 province

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.799
 and beyond

00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:22.960
 can happen

00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:26.160
 so what

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.559
 we're doing

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:27.000
 today

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:27.640
 after the

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:27.980
 potluck

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.339
 is just

00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:28.640
 one of

00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:29.099
 those ways

00:30:29.099 --> 00:30:29.420
 that we

00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:29.900
 are seeking

00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:30.579
 after this

00:30:30.579 --> 00:30:30.980
 kind of

00:30:30.980 --> 00:30:31.299
 unity

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:31.940
 that Jesus

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:32.660
 prayed for

00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:34.299
 with other

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:34.720
 Christians

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.319
 outside our

00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:35.839
 own church

00:30:35.839 --> 00:30:36.400
 and we'll

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:36.700
 see what

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:36.960
 the Lord

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.620
 has for

00:30:37.620 --> 00:30:37.960
 us with

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:38.200
 that

00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:40.259
 let's

00:30:40.259 --> 00:30:40.880
 take some

00:30:40.880 --> 00:30:41.380
 time now

00:30:41.380 --> 00:30:41.839
 to pray

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.279
 together

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:43.259
 and just

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 talk to the

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 Lord

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 Lord

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 about what

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 we've

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 heard

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 Lord

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 Jesus

00:30:52.339 --> 00:30:52.940
 we open

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 ourselves

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 up before

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 you

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 and we

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 invite you

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 to examine

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 us

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 and to

00:30:57.440 --> 00:30:57.860
 search our

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 hearts

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 Lord we

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:02.720
 bring these

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 questions

00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:04.200
 to you

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 would you

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:06.779
 show us

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 if there's

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 any way

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 that we

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 have been

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:09.740
 hindering

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 the unity

00:31:10.480 --> 00:31:10.859
 of our

00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:11.059
 own

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 church

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 here

00:31:11.699 --> 00:31:15.179
 attitudes

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 that we've

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 brought

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:17.779
 things that

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 we've said

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 or done

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 and if

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 so we

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 ask for

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 your

00:31:24.379 --> 00:31:24.799
 forgiveness

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 and we

00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:27.839
 ask that

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:28.099
 you would

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:28.500
 show us

00:31:28.500 --> 00:31:28.839
 how we

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 can make

00:31:29.219 --> 00:31:29.740
 this right

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 Lord you

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 know that

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 there are

00:31:33.619 --> 00:31:33.919
 some of

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 those things

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 that get

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 such a

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 deep

00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:35.639
 hold

00:31:35.639 --> 00:31:35.899
 in our

00:31:35.899 --> 00:31:36.359
 lives

00:31:36.359 --> 00:31:38.619
 whether

00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:39.159
 anger

00:31:39.159 --> 00:31:41.339
 bitterness

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 hurtful

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.559
 habits

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 I pray

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:47.639
 that you

00:31:47.639 --> 00:31:48.039
 would deal

00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:48.619
 with us

00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:50.039
 that you

00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:50.439
 would help

00:31:50.439 --> 00:31:50.799
 us to

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:51.359
 overcome

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 Lord I

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.459
 do pray

00:31:56.459 --> 00:31:56.839
 that you

00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:57.759
 would show

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.099
 us

00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:59.879
 if there's

00:31:59.879 --> 00:32:00.359
 anyone that

00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:00.779
 we need to

00:32:00.779 --> 00:32:01.039
 have a

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:01.599
 conversation

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:02.000
 with

00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:02.379
 if there's

00:32:02.379 --> 00:32:03.559
 anyone that

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:03.859
 we've been

00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:04.559
 offended with

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:04.899
 or that

00:32:04.899 --> 00:32:05.139
 we've

00:32:05.139 --> 00:32:05.539
 offended

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:06.099
 show us

00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:06.399
 Lord

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:08.820
 we desire

00:32:08.820 --> 00:32:09.580
 that unity

00:32:09.580 --> 00:32:10.140
 that you

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:10.940
 prayed for

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:11.940
 here in

00:32:11.940 --> 00:32:12.500
 our church

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:14.019
 please

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.880
 work it

00:32:14.880 --> 00:32:15.560
 and build

00:32:15.560 --> 00:32:16.280
 it here

00:32:16.280 --> 00:32:16.860
 among us

00:32:16.860 --> 00:32:17.740
 make us

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.300
 a testimony

00:32:18.300 --> 00:32:19.280
 to this

00:32:19.280 --> 00:32:19.680
 community

00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:20.240
 of Davidson

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:21.019
 around us

00:32:21.019 --> 00:32:24.180
 we also

00:32:24.180 --> 00:32:25.300
 pray as

00:32:25.300 --> 00:32:25.820
 well for

00:32:25.820 --> 00:32:26.660
 wisdom

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:27.440
 in our

00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:27.980
 meeting later

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.660
 this afternoon

00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:30.920
 we do want

00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:31.440
 to be part

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:32.060
 of what you

00:32:32.060 --> 00:32:32.519
 are doing

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:33.080
 in the

00:32:33.080 --> 00:32:33.820
 larger scale

00:32:33.820 --> 00:32:34.320
 of things

00:32:34.319 --> 00:32:34.899
 here in

00:32:34.899 --> 00:32:35.759
 Saskatchewan

00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:37.379
 around the

00:32:37.379 --> 00:32:37.659
 world

00:32:37.659 --> 00:32:39.539
 so give us

00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:39.899
 wisdom

00:32:39.899 --> 00:32:41.399
 about those

00:32:41.399 --> 00:32:41.919
 things as

00:32:41.919 --> 00:32:42.139
 well

00:32:42.139 --> 00:32:43.200
 we just

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:43.799
 commit ourselves

00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.220
 to you

00:32:44.220 --> 00:32:44.639
 and to your

00:32:44.639 --> 00:32:45.000
 grace

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:46.419
 in Jesus

00:32:46.419 --> 00:32:46.839
 name

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:47.939
 amen