WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.599 of isolation in different parts of the world, cooking has become a popular thing to do. 00:00:08.599 --> 00:00:15.400 And so with this picture, what impression does this picture of food give you? 00:00:15.400 --> 00:00:20.140 How do you decide if this food tastes good? 00:00:20.140 --> 00:00:26.080 And how do we know if this is good for us to eat? 00:00:26.080 --> 00:00:29.160 So that is something that you bear in mind. 00:00:29.160 --> 00:00:32.039 Afterwards, during the discussion, we talk about this. 00:00:32.039 --> 00:00:40.079 So in 1984, Time Magazine made a feature report on the bad effects of cholesterol. 00:00:40.079 --> 00:00:48.240 But then 30 years later, Time Magazine changed its mind and advised its readers to eat butter. 00:00:48.240 --> 00:00:51.280 So that is the change in opinion. 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:57.600 And last year, the United States Department of Agriculture released a list of foods that 00:00:57.600 --> 00:01:02.480 are most likely to meet our daily nutrition needs. 00:01:02.480 --> 00:01:06.519 So they tested a thousand different types of foods. 00:01:06.519 --> 00:01:10.519 And they selected the top 100 most nutritious food. 00:01:10.519 --> 00:01:15.399 So we can look at the bottom three of the first 100. 00:01:15.399 --> 00:01:19.439 There are sweet potato, figs and ginger. 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:21.439 And then we go to the top three. 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:30.359 So these are almond, surimoyah, there's custard apple and ocean perch. 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:38.319 Now, interestingly, if we go to number 10 to eight, they are snapper, beet greens and pork fat. 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:46.199 Can you believe that pork fat ranks number eight out of 1000 most nutritious foods? 00:01:46.199 --> 00:01:48.199 It is more nutritious than snapper. 00:01:48.199 --> 00:01:52.199 Now I'm not making a statement about what we should eat. 00:01:52.199 --> 00:01:57.199 This is just a simple exercise to help us to think how we usually form our opinions. 00:01:57.200 --> 00:02:06.079 We make up our minds usually based on experiential truth and traditional truth. 00:02:06.079 --> 00:02:12.879 So experience truth is what we learn by experience and what we see, what we hear, what we touch. 00:02:12.879 --> 00:02:19.759 Traditional truth is what we learn from our cultures and social norms, what our parents told us, 00:02:19.759 --> 00:02:24.080 what our teachers told us, our friends and our society. 00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:25.760 Okay. 00:02:25.760 --> 00:02:33.439 So these two aspects of truth, how we learn how to form our opinions about things, 00:02:33.439 --> 00:02:37.320 but they're not necessarily accurate if we rely on them only. 00:02:37.320 --> 00:02:41.200 We would know that and I know that from my own experience. 00:02:41.200 --> 00:02:45.600 As I see patients and make decisions day to day, 00:02:45.600 --> 00:02:51.760 and I just find that when I judge people just on the surface, 00:02:51.759 --> 00:02:59.120 it's so often that I make mistakes in what I see or presume to be. 00:02:59.679 --> 00:03:02.799 So we need a third aspect of truth to help us. 00:03:03.919 --> 00:03:05.599 That is the revealed truth. 00:03:05.599 --> 00:03:11.599 Truth that is not because we experience or been taught to us or from society, 00:03:11.599 --> 00:03:14.000 but from even a higher authority. 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:24.079 That is just like this, just now about the pop facts that we would not learn from our own experience or 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:30.159 our culture, but the scientists somehow found that. 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:30.719 Okay. 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:33.520 So that is the revealed truth. 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:39.280 So first of all, I would like to consider about experiential truth. 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:43.520 So experiential truth, traditional truth, and revealed truth. 00:03:43.520 --> 00:03:51.360 So experiential truth, we consider about what Pilate think or thought about Jesus. 00:03:51.360 --> 00:03:58.000 So when Pilate asked the question whether Jesus was the king of the Jews, 00:03:58.880 --> 00:04:04.640 he wasn't asking because he wanted to verify Jesus' pedigree, whether he was already a king. 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:10.000 Actually, I'm sure Pilate would have make up his mind the moment he saw Jesus, 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:12.240 about who Jesus was. 00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:20.079 So he would have heard about Jesus before then, that Jesus was born outside of a wet log, 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:28.560 into a carpenter's home family, this poor family, growing up in the insignificant town of Lazarus. 00:04:29.519 --> 00:04:35.280 And he, Jesus had a band of uneducated and uncultured followers from the north. 00:04:35.279 --> 00:04:42.799 And also he would have heard that Jesus was not in a good term with the Jewish leadership. 00:04:43.599 --> 00:04:45.039 So that's what he heard. 00:04:45.039 --> 00:04:48.639 But what did he see now when Jesus appeared before him? 00:04:48.639 --> 00:04:56.159 When Jesus would be disheveled or unkempt, because Jesus had spent the whole night without sleeping, 00:04:56.959 --> 00:04:58.479 and no washing up. 00:04:58.959 --> 00:05:00.639 And Jesus' hands were bound. 00:05:00.639 --> 00:05:10.240 And also from the Bible, we know that Jesus had no form or majesty that Pilate would even care to look at him, 00:05:10.719 --> 00:05:13.199 or had no beauty that Pilate would esteem him. 00:05:13.199 --> 00:05:22.000 So just from what Pilate hear and see about Jesus, he already make up his mind who Jesus was. 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:24.800 So why did Pilate ask the question then? 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:27.599 I think Pilate just did not know what to do with Jesus. 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:32.480 His experience with Jesus told him that Jesus was a nobody. 00:05:34.080 --> 00:05:40.160 This could be the most ridiculous case that Pilate was asked to make a ruling on. 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:47.600 Pilate, do you know how he would explain to Caesar why he would crucify a nobody? 00:05:48.960 --> 00:05:54.240 However, Pilate's experience with the Jewish leaders told him that if he did not cooperate with them, 00:05:54.240 --> 00:05:56.400 he would lose their support. 00:05:58.560 --> 00:06:04.800 So in his reply to Pilate, Jesus was neither angry nor fearful. 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:07.920 Jesus wanted Pilate to think about his question. 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:13.519 Did Pilate somehow perceive the kingship of Jesus? 00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:19.040 Or did he just repeat what other people told him? 00:06:19.040 --> 00:06:22.319 Pilate's opinion about Jesus? 00:06:24.080 --> 00:06:28.720 The way we consider pork fat is like the way Pilate was considering Jesus. 00:06:28.720 --> 00:06:34.080 Once we have decided, we make our mind pork fat is bad for our health, 00:06:34.080 --> 00:06:37.439 it is very difficult to change his opinion. 00:06:37.439 --> 00:06:43.439 And we all know that if we are aware of how we make our minds about things. 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:47.759 And it's very difficult for us to change. 00:06:47.759 --> 00:06:53.839 Even if the circumstances tell us that we could be wrong, sometimes we are so stubborn, 00:06:53.839 --> 00:06:54.800 we just don't want to change. 00:06:54.800 --> 00:07:01.199 So unless the Holy Spirit convict Pilate's opinion about Jesus based on his experience 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:04.079 would remain unchanged regardless of what Jesus said. 00:07:04.079 --> 00:07:11.680 So now this may be a good time for us to pause and think about our own opinions about God, 00:07:12.479 --> 00:07:15.439 about other people, about ourselves. 00:07:17.039 --> 00:07:23.759 Is it possible that we could be wrong all these years about things? 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:32.479 And I think it is always a good thing for us to think about this, about how we form our opinions. 00:07:32.480 --> 00:07:37.280 So the next aspect of truth, I would like us to consider a traditional truth. 00:07:38.640 --> 00:07:44.960 Pilate did not ask Jesus, sorry, Pilate did not answer Jesus' question kindly. 00:07:44.960 --> 00:07:47.439 Jesus asked him how he formed his opinion. 00:07:48.080 --> 00:07:49.280 He was a bit annoying. 00:07:49.280 --> 00:07:53.600 So he said, how I form my opinion is not the point. 00:07:53.600 --> 00:07:58.080 I'm not one of you people and I don't care what the Jews believe. 00:07:58.079 --> 00:08:01.039 The point is that your people have handed you over to me. 00:08:01.039 --> 00:08:04.959 What have you done to upset the Jewish traditions? 00:08:07.599 --> 00:08:11.199 And in his kindness, Jesus explained to Pilate that he, 00:08:12.079 --> 00:08:14.799 Jesus did not conform to the traditions of the world. 00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:17.839 Jesus said, my kingdom is not of this world. 00:08:17.839 --> 00:08:26.399 If my kingdom were of the world, my servants would have been fighting that I might not be delivered to the Jews. 00:08:27.279 --> 00:08:32.399 I was born and come to this world for this purpose, to bear witness to the truth. 00:08:34.319 --> 00:08:38.959 I think if I could paraphrase it, this is what Jesus was telling Pilate. 00:08:38.960 --> 00:08:42.639 He said, Pilate, my kingdom is nothing like yours. 00:08:43.920 --> 00:08:47.840 Your kingdom is a kingdom of poverty, a kingdom without glory. 00:08:48.639 --> 00:08:52.480 In your kingdom, everyone craves for richness and glory. 00:08:52.480 --> 00:08:55.759 In your kingdom, you compete with one another for richness and glory. 00:08:56.560 --> 00:09:00.080 Your self-esteem is based on your achievements and appearance. 00:09:01.120 --> 00:09:04.320 You are a governor, yet your heart is still restless. 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:11.200 You fear Caesar may remove you from this position if you do not cooperate with the Jewish leaders. 00:09:12.480 --> 00:09:15.760 You fear your lieutenants, lieutenants may betray you. 00:09:16.560 --> 00:09:18.160 My kingdom is not like this. 00:09:18.800 --> 00:09:20.879 My kingdom is rich and glorious. 00:09:21.360 --> 00:09:24.000 I do not need to wear impressive clothes. 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:27.360 I do not even need to have an attractive face. 00:09:28.320 --> 00:09:31.920 All the external appearance will not add to my richness and glory. 00:09:31.919 --> 00:09:33.839 I am rich and glorious. 00:09:34.399 --> 00:09:36.639 I do not need my people to fight for me. 00:09:36.639 --> 00:09:39.120 In fact, I fight for my people. 00:09:40.639 --> 00:09:46.399 And my people will be given this richness and glory that they would no longer compete with one another, 00:09:46.959 --> 00:09:48.399 but would love one another. 00:09:50.240 --> 00:09:55.599 So Jesus was explaining that his kingdom is nothing like the kingdom of this world. 00:09:58.399 --> 00:10:00.799 Remember during the time of Samuel in the Old Testament, 00:10:00.799 --> 00:10:11.199 God was very angry when the Israelites asked to have a king like the nations around them. 00:10:12.959 --> 00:10:15.599 God did promise the Israelites that they would have a king. 00:10:15.599 --> 00:10:21.279 Then why did God become so angry when the Israelites asked for it? 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:27.359 It's just because they wanted a king like the nations around them. 00:10:28.079 --> 00:10:30.559 And that's exactly what God didn't want to have. 00:10:30.799 --> 00:10:34.000 They want to have a kingdom like the rest of the world. 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:39.679 God set aside the Israelites to have a kingdom that is different. 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:49.120 And so God was angry at the time when they asked for that king. 00:10:49.120 --> 00:11:00.080 So if we integrate life based on traditions and cultures, we want to be strong and powerful so as to live comfortably. 00:11:00.080 --> 00:11:01.280 Just like the Israelites, they want to be strong. 00:11:01.280 --> 00:11:04.560 They want to be strong. 00:11:04.560 --> 00:11:09.200 They want to have army, the armed force and to be well known. 00:11:09.200 --> 00:11:10.400 So when we do that, we want to be strong and powerful. 00:11:10.400 --> 00:11:14.240 So when we do that, we will compete for supporters and resources. 00:11:15.680 --> 00:11:20.480 The Jewish leaders plotted to get rid of Jesus because of the fear of losing supporters. 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:31.120 Pilate is now cooperating with the Jewish leaders to crucify an innocent person because of his fear of losing their support. 00:11:31.120 --> 00:11:33.360 So what are you going to do? 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:37.759 Wilk defend on idea from define someone that these world is important orfor their teachers do? 00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:38.560 That's a great tip for us to learn how toson and flourish. 00:11:38.560 --> 00:11:53.899 I can talk on 00:11:53.899 --> 00:11:55.539 do it and it's good to 00:11:55.539 --> 00:11:56.980 think about that. 00:11:58.439 --> 00:11:58.879 So we 00:11:58.879 --> 00:12:01.939 can now, we'll come 00:12:01.939 --> 00:12:03.819 back to the original question, what is 00:12:03.819 --> 00:12:05.980 true? So Pilate 00:12:05.980 --> 00:12:07.919 then asked Jesus, what is true? 00:12:09.019 --> 00:12:09.759 So without 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:11.899 waiting for Jesus to reply, 00:12:12.000 --> 00:12:12.639 he walked away. 00:12:14.860 --> 00:12:15.759 Pilate was not 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:17.919 asking if there is such a thing as true. 00:12:18.699 --> 00:12:19.879 Pilate was saying, who 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:21.899 cares if there is such a thing as true? 00:12:21.899 --> 00:12:23.879 Pilate was 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:25.939 telling Jesus, I know you're innocent, 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:27.779 I know you're framed 00:12:27.779 --> 00:12:29.259 by the Jews, 00:12:29.679 --> 00:12:32.019 but it is in my own interest 00:12:32.019 --> 00:12:33.399 that I cooperate with the Jews. 00:12:33.840 --> 00:12:35.279 I have the power to decide 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:37.899 your life and death. How can truth 00:12:37.899 --> 00:12:38.340 help you? 00:12:40.439 --> 00:12:41.980 We do live in a world where 00:12:41.980 --> 00:12:43.299 truth is not important. 00:12:44.720 --> 00:12:45.919 Though we said it's 00:12:45.919 --> 00:12:47.439 important, but when 00:12:47.439 --> 00:12:49.699 you come to 00:12:50.980 --> 00:12:51.860 things that 00:12:51.860 --> 00:12:52.680 will give us 00:12:52.680 --> 00:12:53.840 benefits, 00:12:54.519 --> 00:12:56.080 or we would 00:12:56.080 --> 00:12:56.960 then sacrifice 00:12:56.960 --> 00:12:57.580 this truth, 00:12:58.480 --> 00:12:58.800 children 00:12:58.800 --> 00:13:00.639 would quickly learn that 00:13:00.639 --> 00:13:01.899 you do not usually get what 00:13:01.899 --> 00:13:03.139 you want by telling the truth. 00:13:06.139 --> 00:13:07.180 Sometimes it's our 00:13:07.180 --> 00:13:07.919 good intention 00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:09.220 that we do not tell the truth, 00:13:09.560 --> 00:13:10.100 as we 00:13:10.100 --> 00:13:11.019 think that 00:13:11.019 --> 00:13:11.879 some truth 00:13:11.879 --> 00:13:13.360 may hurt 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:13.860 the hearer. 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:16.080 So because of the 00:13:16.080 --> 00:13:16.659 manipulation 00:13:16.659 --> 00:13:18.060 of truth 00:13:18.059 --> 00:13:19.039 and cover up truth, 00:13:19.279 --> 00:13:20.239 it is difficult for 00:13:20.239 --> 00:13:21.379 the court to communicate. 00:13:21.599 --> 00:13:21.979 We just 00:13:21.979 --> 00:13:24.359 second guess one another 00:13:24.359 --> 00:13:25.739 and see whether people are 00:13:25.739 --> 00:13:26.139 actually 00:13:26.139 --> 00:13:27.479 telling the truth. 00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:29.519 So if someone tells you, 00:13:29.519 --> 00:13:29.919 you look 00:13:29.919 --> 00:13:31.319 handsome or pretty 00:13:31.319 --> 00:13:31.879 today, 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:33.539 you may respond 00:13:33.539 --> 00:13:34.939 with thank you, 00:13:35.099 --> 00:13:35.759 but in 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:36.500 your heart, 00:13:36.879 --> 00:13:37.919 you might be 00:13:37.919 --> 00:13:39.559 thinking something else. 00:13:39.779 --> 00:13:40.939 We all do that 00:13:40.939 --> 00:13:42.039 because of 00:13:42.039 --> 00:13:42.939 the way 00:13:42.940 --> 00:13:43.780 we treat the truth. 00:13:45.020 --> 00:13:45.860 In a way, 00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:46.720 Pilot was right. 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:49.200 Some truth 00:13:49.200 --> 00:13:50.140 in the end 00:13:50.140 --> 00:13:51.020 may not matter. 00:13:52.660 --> 00:13:53.260 However, 00:13:53.740 --> 00:13:54.040 Pilot 00:13:54.040 --> 00:13:55.640 thought that power 00:13:55.640 --> 00:13:57.200 was what would matter. 00:13:57.940 --> 00:13:58.900 He was wrong here. 00:13:59.580 --> 00:14:00.300 What matters 00:14:00.300 --> 00:14:01.400 is the truth, 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:02.540 is the truth, 00:14:02.640 --> 00:14:03.120 the truth 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:04.540 with a capital T. 00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:06.240 So once you know 00:14:06.240 --> 00:14:06.719 the truth, 00:14:06.939 --> 00:14:07.679 you will be free 00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:08.699 as what 00:14:08.699 --> 00:14:10.000 David read 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:10.519 just now 00:14:10.519 --> 00:14:11.819 from John 8, 00:14:11.959 --> 00:14:13.519 31-32. 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:15.279 Jesus said 00:14:15.279 --> 00:14:15.959 to the Jews 00:14:15.959 --> 00:14:17.039 who had believed him, 00:14:17.379 --> 00:14:18.099 if you abide 00:14:18.099 --> 00:14:18.879 in my word, 00:14:19.120 --> 00:14:19.860 you are truly 00:14:19.860 --> 00:14:20.599 my disciples 00:14:20.599 --> 00:14:21.799 and you 00:14:21.799 --> 00:14:22.719 will know 00:14:22.719 --> 00:14:23.240 the truth 00:14:23.240 --> 00:14:24.379 and the truth 00:14:24.379 --> 00:14:25.599 will set you free. 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:26.779 This truth 00:14:26.779 --> 00:14:27.759 was why 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:28.399 Jesus came 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:29.019 to the world. 00:14:29.899 --> 00:14:30.360 This truth 00:14:30.360 --> 00:14:31.139 is not something 00:14:31.139 --> 00:14:31.879 we can learn 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:32.759 from experience 00:14:32.759 --> 00:14:33.399 or traditions. 00:14:33.399 --> 00:14:34.579 it can only 00:14:34.579 --> 00:14:35.220 be revealed 00:14:35.220 --> 00:14:35.740 to us. 00:14:37.439 --> 00:14:38.240 So we 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:38.939 now come 00:14:38.939 --> 00:14:39.579 to this part 00:14:39.579 --> 00:14:40.399 of considering 00:14:40.399 --> 00:14:41.079 what the 00:14:41.079 --> 00:14:42.179 revealed truth is. 00:14:43.439 --> 00:14:44.539 So this truth 00:14:44.539 --> 00:14:45.360 is the one 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:46.480 that will set us free 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:48.620 and it's written 00:14:48.620 --> 00:14:49.399 in the pages 00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:50.079 of the Bible. 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:50.600 That's why 00:14:50.600 --> 00:14:51.100 Jesus said 00:14:51.100 --> 00:14:51.980 if you abide 00:14:51.980 --> 00:14:52.779 in my word, 00:14:53.620 --> 00:14:55.399 you will be free. 00:14:56.159 --> 00:14:57.379 So I will mention 00:14:57.379 --> 00:14:58.299 just three important 00:14:58.299 --> 00:14:59.460 points of 00:14:59.460 --> 00:15:00.519 the truth. 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:02.960 So point one 00:15:02.960 --> 00:15:04.259 is that God 00:15:04.259 --> 00:15:05.000 reigns. 00:15:05.200 --> 00:15:05.680 That is from 00:15:05.680 --> 00:15:06.200 Isaiah 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:07.720 chapter 52 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:08.980 verse 7. 00:15:09.620 --> 00:15:10.879 How beautiful 00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:12.160 upon the mountains 00:15:12.160 --> 00:15:12.660 are the feet 00:15:12.660 --> 00:15:13.080 of him 00:15:13.080 --> 00:15:13.620 who brings 00:15:13.620 --> 00:15:14.240 good news, 00:15:14.440 --> 00:15:15.480 who publishes 00:15:15.480 --> 00:15:16.019 salvation, 00:15:16.560 --> 00:15:17.139 who says to 00:15:17.139 --> 00:15:17.480 Zion, 00:15:17.780 --> 00:15:18.320 your God 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:19.160 reigns. 00:15:20.320 --> 00:15:20.920 And as we 00:15:20.920 --> 00:15:21.420 are reading 00:15:21.420 --> 00:15:22.080 this story 00:15:22.080 --> 00:15:22.620 of Jesus, 00:15:23.280 --> 00:15:24.160 he is the one 00:15:24.160 --> 00:15:24.980 who brings 00:15:24.980 --> 00:15:25.780 this good news. 00:15:26.420 --> 00:15:26.780 He lives 00:15:26.780 --> 00:15:27.620 up this good news. 00:15:28.120 --> 00:15:28.519 Your God 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:29.019 reigns. 00:15:29.460 --> 00:15:30.259 Point two, 00:15:30.259 --> 00:15:31.700 Jesus has 00:15:31.700 --> 00:15:32.399 overcome the 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:32.720 world. 00:15:33.340 --> 00:15:34.080 John 16 00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:34.720 33. 00:15:35.580 --> 00:15:35.980 I have 00:15:35.980 --> 00:15:36.460 said these 00:15:36.460 --> 00:15:37.019 things to 00:15:37.019 --> 00:15:37.259 you, 00:15:37.340 --> 00:15:38.059 to the 00:15:38.059 --> 00:15:38.500 disciples, 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:39.860 that in 00:15:39.860 --> 00:15:40.480 me you 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:40.840 may have 00:15:40.840 --> 00:15:41.539 peace. 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:42.439 In the 00:15:42.439 --> 00:15:42.860 world you 00:15:42.860 --> 00:15:43.379 will have 00:15:43.379 --> 00:15:44.019 tribulation, 00:15:44.519 --> 00:15:45.100 but take 00:15:45.100 --> 00:15:45.379 heart, 00:15:45.539 --> 00:15:45.939 I have 00:15:45.939 --> 00:15:46.360 overcome 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:46.620 the 00:15:46.620 --> 00:15:46.960 world. 00:15:48.220 --> 00:15:48.919 Point three, 00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:50.439 God loves 00:15:50.439 --> 00:15:50.919 the world. 00:15:51.639 --> 00:15:52.039 John 3 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:52.460 16, 00:15:52.860 --> 00:15:53.439 for God so 00:15:53.439 --> 00:15:53.879 loved the 00:15:53.879 --> 00:15:54.460 world that 00:15:54.460 --> 00:15:55.000 he gave 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:55.439 his only 00:15:55.439 --> 00:15:55.819 son, 00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:57.080 that whoever 00:15:57.080 --> 00:15:57.740 believed in 00:15:57.740 --> 00:15:58.179 him should 00:15:58.179 --> 00:15:58.779 not perish 00:15:58.779 --> 00:15:59.319 but have 00:15:59.319 --> 00:16:00.059 eternal life. 00:16:00.259 --> 00:16:01.139 So I'll 00:16:01.139 --> 00:16:01.559 come back 00:16:01.559 --> 00:16:01.919 to those 00:16:01.919 --> 00:16:02.899 three points. 00:16:03.259 --> 00:16:03.639 Point one, 00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:03.939 God 00:16:03.939 --> 00:16:04.740 reigns. 00:16:05.659 --> 00:16:06.080 God is 00:16:06.080 --> 00:16:06.639 ruling his 00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:07.679 creation. 00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:08.899 Looking at 00:16:08.899 --> 00:16:09.240 the way 00:16:09.240 --> 00:16:09.759 Jesus was 00:16:09.759 --> 00:16:10.740 being treated 00:16:10.740 --> 00:16:11.279 by the 00:16:11.279 --> 00:16:12.019 Jews and 00:16:12.019 --> 00:16:12.919 Pilate, 00:16:13.580 --> 00:16:13.980 it does 00:16:13.980 --> 00:16:14.439 not seem 00:16:14.439 --> 00:16:14.879 God was 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:15.360 in charge. 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:16.779 But we 00:16:16.779 --> 00:16:17.319 see again 00:16:17.319 --> 00:16:17.620 in the 00:16:17.620 --> 00:16:18.000 story, 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:19.460 who was 00:16:19.460 --> 00:16:19.899 calm and 00:16:19.899 --> 00:16:20.500 composed, 00:16:21.159 --> 00:16:21.559 and who 00:16:21.559 --> 00:16:22.240 was frantic 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:23.200 and irritated. 00:16:24.919 --> 00:16:25.340 Even 00:16:25.340 --> 00:16:25.799 without 00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:27.299 going deeper 00:16:27.299 --> 00:16:27.720 into it, 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:28.200 looking at 00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:29.179 how different 00:16:29.179 --> 00:16:30.359 people react 00:16:30.359 --> 00:16:30.679 to the 00:16:30.679 --> 00:16:31.199 situation, 00:16:31.799 --> 00:16:32.299 you can 00:16:32.299 --> 00:16:32.839 see that 00:16:32.839 --> 00:16:34.179 Jesus was 00:16:34.179 --> 00:16:34.679 in charge. 00:16:36.079 --> 00:16:36.579 Throughout 00:16:36.579 --> 00:16:36.939 the book 00:16:36.939 --> 00:16:37.519 of John, 00:16:38.079 --> 00:16:38.579 Apostle 00:16:38.579 --> 00:16:39.779 John takes 00:16:39.779 --> 00:16:40.599 pain to 00:16:40.599 --> 00:16:41.299 point out 00:16:41.299 --> 00:16:41.679 the fact 00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:42.000 that God 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:42.519 is working 00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:42.859 out his 00:16:42.859 --> 00:16:43.419 purpose in 00:16:43.419 --> 00:16:43.719 the life 00:16:43.719 --> 00:16:44.159 of Jesus. 00:16:45.539 --> 00:16:46.279 So in 00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:46.679 a way, 00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:47.839 Jesus was 00:16:47.839 --> 00:16:48.599 proclaiming 00:16:48.599 --> 00:16:49.299 the truth 00:16:49.299 --> 00:16:50.219 even louder 00:16:50.219 --> 00:16:50.699 when he 00:16:50.699 --> 00:16:51.299 was bound 00:16:51.299 --> 00:16:51.719 than when 00:16:51.719 --> 00:16:52.120 he was 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:52.779 free, 00:16:54.199 --> 00:16:55.379 because of 00:16:55.379 --> 00:16:55.879 how he 00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:56.959 responded to 00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:57.740 the whole 00:16:57.740 --> 00:16:58.700 situation. 00:17:01.560 --> 00:17:02.320 So because 00:17:02.320 --> 00:17:02.759 the good 00:17:02.759 --> 00:17:03.560 and great 00:17:03.560 --> 00:17:04.059 God is 00:17:04.059 --> 00:17:04.559 in charge, 00:17:06.400 --> 00:17:07.039 Jesus did 00:17:07.039 --> 00:17:07.539 not need 00:17:07.539 --> 00:17:10.779 to worry 00:17:10.779 --> 00:17:11.779 and he 00:17:11.779 --> 00:17:12.079 did not 00:17:12.079 --> 00:17:12.420 need to 00:17:12.420 --> 00:17:13.880 take charge 00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:14.259 of the 00:17:14.259 --> 00:17:14.799 situation. 00:17:15.420 --> 00:17:15.779 The same 00:17:15.779 --> 00:17:16.259 thing as 00:17:16.259 --> 00:17:16.620 well for 00:17:16.620 --> 00:17:16.819 us. 00:17:17.420 --> 00:17:17.759 I don't 00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:17.980 need to 00:17:17.980 --> 00:17:18.259 be in 00:17:18.259 --> 00:17:18.559 charge. 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:19.200 God is 00:17:19.200 --> 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--> 00:18:19.940 in the 00:18:19.940 --> 00:18:20.360 mobis. 00:18:21.320 --> 00:18:21.600 Jesus 00:18:21.600 --> 00:18:22.060 is not 00:18:22.060 --> 00:18:22.259 neither 00:18:22.259 --> 00:18:23.060 superheroes 00:18:23.060 --> 00:18:23.440 who 00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:23.880 use 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:24.060 their 00:18:24.060 --> 00:18:24.580 superpower 00:18:24.580 --> 00:18:25.140 to 00:18:25.140 --> 00:18:25.500 overcome 00:18:25.500 --> 00:18:25.720 their 00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:26.140 enemies. 00:18:27.019 --> 00:18:27.300 Jesus 00:18:27.300 --> 00:18:28.220 overcomes 00:18:28.220 --> 00:18:28.620 his 00:18:28.620 --> 00:18:29.060 super 00:18:29.060 --> 00:18:29.800 weakness. 00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:31.540 Because 00:18:31.540 --> 00:18:31.860 Jesus 00:18:31.860 --> 00:18:32.220 has 00:18:32.220 --> 00:18:32.580 overcome 00:18:32.580 --> 00:18:32.800 the 00:18:32.800 --> 00:18:33.080 world, 00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:33.680 I 00:18:33.680 --> 00:18:33.860 no 00:18:33.860 --> 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00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:02.380 lose our 00:20:02.380 --> 00:20:02.740 faith. 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:03.299 We are 00:20:03.299 --> 00:20:03.660 free to 00:20:03.660 --> 00:20:04.400 lose our 00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:04.740 health. 00:20:05.160 --> 00:20:05.440 We are 00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:05.720 free to 00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.120 lose our 00:20:06.120 --> 00:20:06.579 properties. 00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:07.819 We are 00:20:07.819 --> 00:20:08.039 then 00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:09.039 perishing 00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:11.660 in the 00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:12.220 fears and 00:20:12.220 --> 00:20:12.680 worries of 00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:13.160 this world 00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:13.940 but a 00:20:13.940 --> 00:20:14.380 life that 00:20:14.380 --> 00:20:15.039 is anchored 00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:15.680 on the 00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:16.039 truth 00:20:16.039 --> 00:20:17.119 that God 00:20:17.119 --> 00:20:17.700 reigns 00:20:17.700 --> 00:20:18.279 that 00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:18.899 Jesus 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00:20:36.220 --> 00:20:36.740 people 00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:37.059 over 00:20:37.059 --> 00:20:37.299 his 00:20:37.299 --> 00:20:38.379 2,000 00:20:38.379 --> 00:20:38.700 years 00:20:38.700 --> 00:20:38.879 of 00:20:38.879 --> 00:20:39.299 existence 00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:39.740 in the 00:20:39.740 --> 00:20:40.019 world. 00:20:41.180 --> 00:20:41.779 The 00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:42.180 way to 00:20:42.180 --> 00:20:42.500 prevent 00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:43.220 smallpox 00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:43.819 was 00:20:43.819 --> 00:20:44.819 recognized 00:20:44.819 --> 00:20:45.079 about 00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:45.420 500 00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:45.779 years 00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:46.100 ago. 00:20:46.819 --> 00:20:47.259 Most 00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:47.480 people 00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:47.920 rejected 00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:48.759 the 00:20:48.759 --> 00:20:50.180 vaccination 00:20:50.180 --> 00:20:51.220 until 00:20:51.220 --> 00:20:51.620 about 00:20:51.620 --> 00:20:52.059 100 00:20:52.059 --> 00:20:52.440 years 00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:52.680 ago. 00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:53.180 It took 00:20:53.180 --> 00:20:54.180 another 00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:55.299 70 00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:55.640 years 00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:56.140 before 00:20:56.140 --> 00:20:57.140 smallpox 00:20:57.140 --> 00:20:57.660 was 00:20:57.660 --> 00:20:59.620 eradicated. 00:21:01.380 --> 00:21:02.360 It took 00:21:02.360 --> 00:21:03.440 smallpox 00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:04.440 a lot 00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:04.799 more 00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:05.180 worse 00:21:05.180 --> 00:21:06.200 than 00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:06.500 the 00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:07.579 COVID-19. 00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:10.220 It took 00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:10.980 a long 00:21:10.980 --> 00:21:11.779 time to 00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:12.740 stop 00:21:12.740 --> 00:21:12.980 this 00:21:12.980 --> 00:21:13.440 disease 00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:14.860 because 00:21:14.860 --> 00:21:15.299 people 00:21:15.299 --> 00:21:15.579 thought 00:21:15.579 --> 00:21:15.960 it was 00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:16.420 foolish 00:21:16.420 --> 00:21:16.900 to 00:21:16.900 --> 00:21:18.440 inflict 00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:18.880 yourself 00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:19.120 with 00:21:19.120 --> 00:21:19.559 the 00:21:19.559 --> 00:21:20.100 cowpox 00:21:20.100 --> 00:21:20.539 virus 00:21:20.539 --> 00:21:21.779 and 00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:22.120 the 00:21:22.120 --> 00:21:22.420 medical 00:21:22.420 --> 00:21:23.039 establishment 00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:23.420 then 00:21:23.420 --> 00:21:24.559 rejected 00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:24.900 this 00:21:24.900 --> 00:21:25.480 method 00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:26.720 until 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.819 those 00:21:27.819 --> 00:21:27.960 who 00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:28.319 promoted 00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:29.059 vaccination 00:21:29.059 --> 00:21:29.799 vaccinated 00:21:29.799 --> 00:21:30.400 themselves 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:31.200 and 00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:31.480 showed 00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:31.920 people 00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:32.799 that 00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:33.240 they 00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:33.360 were 00:21:33.360 --> 00:21:33.700 okay. 00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:34.539 That's 00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:34.819 why it 00:21:34.819 --> 00:21:35.380 took a 00:21:35.380 --> 00:21:35.680 long 00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:36.079 time 00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:36.279 for 00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:36.620 this 00:21:36.620 --> 00:21:37.059 to 00:21:37.059 --> 00:21:37.420 happen. 00:21:37.420 --> 00:21:39.480 So 00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:39.940 would 00:21:39.940 --> 00:21:40.080 you 00:21:40.080 --> 00:21:40.320 eat 00:21:40.320 --> 00:21:40.600 pork 00:21:40.600 --> 00:21:40.860 fat? 00:21:41.300 --> 00:21:41.500 If 00:21:41.500 --> 00:21:41.620 you 00:21:41.620 --> 00:21:41.860 see 00:21:41.860 --> 00:21:42.060 the 00:21:42.060 --> 00:21:42.480 scientists 00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:42.759 who 00:21:42.759 --> 00:21:43.140 published 00:21:43.140 --> 00:21:43.440 this 00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:43.920 finding 00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:44.180 and 00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:44.940 they 00:21:44.940 --> 00:21:45.180 started 00:21:45.180 --> 00:21:45.500 to eat 00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:45.720 pork 00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:45.980 fat 00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.480 for many 00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:46.779 years 00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:47.080 and didn't 00:21:47.080 --> 00:21:47.240 have 00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:47.400 any 00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:47.759 problem 00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:48.500 then we 00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:48.720 might 00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:49.039 start 00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:49.660 eating 00:21:49.660 --> 00:21:49.900 pork 00:21:49.900 --> 00:21:50.120 fat. 00:21:51.120 --> 00:21:51.240 So 00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:51.480 the 00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:51.720 same 00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:52.019 way 00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:53.820 it is 00:21:53.820 --> 00:21:54.160 difficult 00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:54.880 to believe 00:21:54.880 --> 00:21:55.300 that Jesus 00:21:55.300 --> 00:21:56.039 will achieve 00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:56.480 much 00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:56.759 by 00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:57.360 subjecting 00:21:57.360 --> 00:21:58.000 himself 00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:58.640 to 00:21:58.640 --> 00:21:58.920 these 00:21:58.920 --> 00:21:59.580 kangaroo 00:21:59.580 --> 00:22:00.000 courts 00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:01.300 and 00:22:01.300 --> 00:22:01.820 also the 00:22:01.820 --> 00:22:02.160 shameful 00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:02.660 and painful 00:22:02.660 --> 00:22:02.980 death 00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:03.279 on the 00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:03.560 cross. 00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:04.620 Even 00:22:04.620 --> 00:22:05.240 Peter 00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:05.620 changed 00:22:05.620 --> 00:22:06.200 his mind 00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:06.900 about 00:22:06.900 --> 00:22:07.240 Jesus 00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:07.900 and denied 00:22:07.900 --> 00:22:08.480 that he 00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:08.859 was one 00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:09.140 of the 00:22:09.140 --> 00:22:09.460 followers 00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:10.059 of Jesus 00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:10.660 when 00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:11.859 it came 00:22:11.859 --> 00:22:12.140 to the 00:22:12.140 --> 00:22:12.519 point. 00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:15.079 But 00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:15.660 exactly 00:22:15.660 --> 00:22:16.140 because 00:22:16.140 --> 00:22:16.440 Jesus 00:22:16.440 --> 00:22:17.000 was willing 00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:17.740 to die 00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.180 for what 00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:18.700 he stands 00:22:18.700 --> 00:22:19.039 for, 00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:19.640 we know 00:22:19.640 --> 00:22:20.039 that Jesus 00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:20.539 was telling 00:22:20.539 --> 00:22:21.019 the truth. 00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:22.319 Later, 00:22:22.839 --> 00:22:23.160 all his 00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:23.660 disciples 00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:25.140 who deserted 00:22:25.140 --> 00:22:25.759 him at that 00:22:25.759 --> 00:22:26.079 time, 00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:26.700 they were 00:22:26.700 --> 00:22:27.339 also willing 00:22:27.339 --> 00:22:27.799 to die 00:22:27.799 --> 00:22:28.180 for this 00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:28.519 truth, 00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:30.319 for which 00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:30.720 purpose 00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:31.259 came to 00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:31.700 the world. 00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:33.380 Jesus 00:22:33.380 --> 00:22:33.740 is the 00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:34.059 highest 00:22:34.059 --> 00:22:34.539 authority 00:22:34.539 --> 00:22:35.099 who has 00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:35.420 revealed 00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:35.839 to us 00:22:35.839 --> 00:22:36.140 that 00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:37.140 he has 00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:38.340 a kingdom 00:22:38.340 --> 00:22:39.140 and this 00:22:39.140 --> 00:22:39.480 kingdom 00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:40.280 is nothing 00:22:40.280 --> 00:22:40.700 like that 00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.020 of this 00:22:41.020 --> 00:22:41.280 world. 00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:42.220 He came 00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:43.480 to tell 00:22:43.480 --> 00:22:44.100 us what 00:22:44.100 --> 00:22:44.620 life is 00:22:44.620 --> 00:22:45.040 about. 00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:46.200 Will we 00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:46.640 listen to 00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:47.240 his voice? 00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:49.520 Pilate 00:22:49.520 --> 00:22:49.940 asked, 00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:51.100 so you 00:22:51.100 --> 00:22:51.640 are king? 00:22:52.080 --> 00:22:52.320 Jesus 00:22:52.320 --> 00:22:52.960 answered, 00:22:53.340 --> 00:22:53.860 you say 00:22:53.860 --> 00:22:54.440 that I 00:22:54.440 --> 00:22:54.860 am a 00:22:54.860 --> 00:22:55.040 king. 00:22:55.640 --> 00:22:55.860 Jesus 00:22:55.860 --> 00:22:56.820 implied that 00:22:56.820 --> 00:22:57.940 if you 00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.520 admit that 00:22:58.520 --> 00:22:58.940 I am 00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.460 a king, 00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:00.200 you will 00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:00.900 also recognize 00:23:00.900 --> 00:23:01.380 that I 00:23:01.380 --> 00:23:02.080 am your 00:23:02.080 --> 00:23:02.500 king. 00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:03.900 if you 00:23:03.900 --> 00:23:04.380 understand 00:23:04.380 --> 00:23:04.880 that Jesus 00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:05.539 is the 00:23:05.539 --> 00:23:06.119 king of 00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:06.480 the kingdom 00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:07.059 of truth, 00:23:07.619 --> 00:23:08.000 why we 00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:08.400 will not 00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:08.940 submit to 00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.640 him as 00:23:09.640 --> 00:23:09.779 your 00:23:09.779 --> 00:23:10.039 king? 00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:14.019 I will 00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:14.539 pray now 00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:15.099 and after 00:23:15.099 --> 00:23:16.079 I pray, 00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:16.660 we will 00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:17.500 sing the 00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:17.859 song, 00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:18.559 Behold 00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:18.799 Our 00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.119 God. 00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:25.639 Father 00:23:25.639 --> 00:23:25.799 God, 00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:26.039 we 00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:28.279 thank you 00:23:28.279 --> 00:23:28.659 for 00:23:28.659 --> 00:23:30.079 Jesus 00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:30.599 being the 00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:31.419 light in 00:23:31.419 --> 00:23:31.939 this dark 00:23:31.939 --> 00:23:32.259 world. 00:23:35.079 --> 00:23:35.839 Thank you 00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:36.219 for 00:23:36.219 --> 00:23:37.659 helping us 00:23:37.659 --> 00:23:38.599 to see 00:23:38.599 --> 00:23:38.839 this 00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:39.259 light. 00:23:41.019 --> 00:23:41.299 Father, 00:23:41.419 --> 00:23:41.859 may you 00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:43.599 help us 00:23:43.599 --> 00:23:44.599 those that 00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:44.779 have seen 00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.319 the light 00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:48.740 to be 00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:50.200 like the 00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:50.460 broken 00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:51.299 vessel that 00:23:51.299 --> 00:23:52.139 would leak 00:23:52.139 --> 00:23:52.819 out this 00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.460 light to 00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:53.679 other 00:23:53.679 --> 00:23:54.159 people, 00:23:55.159 --> 00:23:57.339 that many 00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:57.899 more may 00:23:57.899 --> 00:23:58.500 see your 00:23:58.500 --> 00:24:00.439 glory in 00:24:00.439 --> 00:24:00.939 the face 00:24:00.939 --> 00:24:01.299 of our 00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:01.679 Lord Jesus 00:24:01.679 --> 00:24:02.179 Christ. 00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:04.119 We want 00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:04.919 to worship 00:24:04.919 --> 00:24:07.399 you as 00:24:07.399 --> 00:24:07.939 our king 00:24:07.939 --> 00:24:08.659 and our 00:24:08.659 --> 00:24:09.019 God, 00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.099 the one 00:24:10.099 --> 00:24:10.559 who freed 00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:11.819 us from 00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:12.500 the bondage 00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:13.139 of this 00:24:13.139 --> 00:24:13.519 world. 00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:16.500 may you 00:24:16.500 --> 00:24:16.980 help us 00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.599 to live 00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:18.000 a life 00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:18.259 that is 00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:18.679 worthy of 00:24:18.679 --> 00:24:18.819 your 00:24:18.819 --> 00:24:19.220 calling 00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:20.079 in the 00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:21.339 way we 00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:21.960 make our 00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:23.119 decisions, 00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:24.359 we form 00:24:24.359 --> 00:24:25.059 opinions about 00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:25.779 things and 00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.259 people. 00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:27.619 Lord, 00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.179 help us 00:24:28.179 --> 00:24:29.839 that we 00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:30.439 might be 00:24:30.439 --> 00:24:31.539 willing to 00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:31.980 lose, 00:24:33.460 --> 00:24:34.279 willing to 00:24:34.279 --> 00:24:36.200 die for 00:24:36.200 --> 00:24:36.619 the truth. 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:37.319 Thank you, 00:24:37.399 --> 00:24:37.579 Lord, 00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:38.939 for we 00:24:38.939 --> 00:24:39.359 pray in 00:24:39.359 --> 00:24:39.579 Jesus' 00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:39.980 name. 00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:41.019 Amen.