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 We're continuing on this morning in our walk through the story of Jesus according to John.

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 If you have your Bible with you, please open it up. I'd encourage you to do that and to follow along.

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 If you don't have one, make use of the Pew Bible. We have that there for you as well.

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 And last Sunday we looked at and we talked about what does it mean to be born again?

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 It's kind of a big question and we got into that a little bit, Jesus' conversation with Nicodemus.

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 We learned a little bit about what Jesus had to say about that, that there's this second birth that we must undergo to enter the kingdom of God.

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 And it's not a physical rebirth, it's a spiritual birth, something God does in us by his spirit.

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 But we're going to continue on looking at this conversation that Jesus had with Nicodemus and find out how this conversation ended up.

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 Because we kind of had that big question last Sunday of, well, how is this going to turn out for Nicodemus?

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 What's going to happen with him here in this story?

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 So let's just kind of remember what got us into this conversation in the first place.

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 John kind of gave this summary.

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 Jesus went up to Jerusalem and he was there for the Passover and the week which followed.

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 And it says this in verse 23, it says that many people saw the signs he was performing and believed in his name.

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 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them for he knew all people.

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 He did not need any testimony about mankind for he knew what was in each person.

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 So Jesus seems to have this knowledge of people that goes beyond what just any ordinary person would have of another person.

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 Nicodemus said this in his first thing he said to Jesus.

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 He said, no one could perform the signs you're doing if God were not with him.

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 But let's also notice that his disciples saw that he has this knowledge of people that no one could have unless God were with him.

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 And as we'll find out, it's even more than that.

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 So that's what we're looking at this morning.

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 We're looking at this truth of what Jesus knows about people.

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 I put it up there on the screen in a different translation just to give you a little bit of a sense of the word for word.

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 Jesus on his part was not entrusting himself to those people at the Passover and the festival.

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 For he knew all men.

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 And because he did not need anyone to testify concerning man.

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 For he himself knew what was in a man.

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 What is John telling us here?

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 As I was studying deeper into this, one of the things that really just jumped off the page was the tense of the verbs in the original language.

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 It's a very grammatical thing, but it really does give us a whole other sense of what John is talking about here.

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 So to kind of just give you a little bit of a picture,

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 this is not a good English translation, but it kind of gives a sense of the tense of the verbs that John uses.

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 But Jesus was not entrusting himself to them.

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 That's to the people who saw his signs and believed.

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 For he was knowing all men.

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 And because he was not having need that anyone testify concerning man.

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 For he himself was knowing what was in man.

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 So you get a sense a little bit from the tense of the verbs here.

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 This is not John just kind of reflecting back and here's a principle that I found out later.

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 Jesus knows what's in people's hearts.

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 No, the sense of it here is that here Jesus is at the festival.

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 And as he's having interactions with people, his disciples are watching and they're noticing that he has knowledge of the people that he's talking to and interacting with.

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 He knows things about them.

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 Specific things.

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 It's kind of a sense.

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 You almost get the sense that it happened repeatedly.

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 And as they're watching this, the disciples notice that Jesus isn't getting information about these various people from anyone.

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 Like there's nobody running background checks on them and slipping him notes about this person or that person.

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 You get the sense that as he has these interactions with people, he just knows things about them.

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 Just like he did with Nathaniel when he said, I saw you sitting under the fig tree.

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 Not only does he know things about people, but John tells us that he was knowing what was in them.

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 He was knowing what was in man.

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 And probably the NIV has it right when it says that he was knowing what was in or he knew what was in each person.

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 And so this whole story of Nicodemus, this conversation is an example of that.

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 John has just made the point.

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 Jesus knows what is in people.

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 He knows what's in a man.

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 And then he goes off into this story of Nicodemus.

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 And here's an example of the kind of thing that I'm talking about when I say that.

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 And to see that link, you can look just at the beginning of chapter 3 and the very end of chapter 2.

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 It's on the screen there.

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 For he himself knew what was in man.

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 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus.

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 So Nicodemus is the case.

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 He's the case test, the example.

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 And so that's where we're going this morning.

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 We're going to look at what does Jesus know about Nicodemus?

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 And I think that's really the main purpose why John has included this in the story at this point.

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 You remember that first thing that Nicodemus said to Jesus?

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 This is how the conversation starts.

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 Nicodemus says,

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 Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God.

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 For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.

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 And already, right off the bat, we start to see this contrast starting.

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 John's putting this in to tell us about what Jesus knows.

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 But the conversation starts with Nicodemus telling Jesus what he knows about Jesus.

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 Or what he and his fellow Pharisees, members of the ruling council, think they know about Jesus.

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 We've seen the signs that you're doing.

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 And so we know that you are a teacher.

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 We know that you're a teacher.

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 But even here, you know, we start to see this contrast.

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 I mean, John's just told us, Jesus knows what's in a man.

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 He knows people.

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 And the picture we get of Nicodemus and the Pharisees here

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 is just of ordinary people just trying to figure out,

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 who is this Jesus guy?

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 What's his deal?

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 I mean, we're seeing the miracles.

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 So he's got to be at least a teacher.

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 They don't really know who Jesus is.

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 And this contrast just gets stronger and stronger

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 as we go throughout this conversation with Nicodemus.

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 So let's be reminded of it a little bit.

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 The first thing we see is right after this, Jesus kind of responds.

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 We looked at this last Sunday.

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 He tells Nicodemus that he has to be born again

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 to enter the kingdom of God.

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 So Jesus knows that entrance into the kingdom of God

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 requires second birth.

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 And Nicodemus responds with,

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 how can a man be born when he's old?

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 He doesn't know what Jesus is talking about.

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 That's the first part of the conversation.

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 Then it goes on from there.

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 And we see that Jesus knows that this second birth

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 is a spiritual birth.

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 is something that God does by his spirit in a person.

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 And Nicodemus in verse 6, it says he's surprised.

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 He wonders at this

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 because he still doesn't know what Jesus is talking about.

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 Jesus goes on.

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 He talks about what he knows,

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 how being born of the spirit is,

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 it's like the wind.

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 He gives an analogy.

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 He explains it a little bit.

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 In fact, he even kind of says that

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 just like the wind,

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 it's not something that,

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 I guess, ordinary man, we might say,

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 can understand

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 because we can't see

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 the spiritual

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 just like we can't see the wind.

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 Nicodemus' response is,

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 how can this be?

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 How can these things be?

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 He still doesn't know

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 what Jesus is talking about.

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 So you see this.

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 Jesus knows

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 what's in a man

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 and he knows all these things.

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 But Nicodemus,

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 he doesn't know.

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 He doesn't understand, really,

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 what Jesus is talking about.

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 Eventually, it comes down to a bit of a head

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 in verse 10

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 where Jesus

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 chides

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 Nicodemus.

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 He says,

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 you are Israel's teacher

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 and do you not understand

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 these things?

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 Another word for no.

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 This is really a big theme here.

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 And can you imagine

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 how Nicodemus is feeling

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 as he hears this?

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 Imagine how you'd be feeling

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 if you're him,

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 you know,

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 and Jesus

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 looks you in the eye

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 and says this to you

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 in front of other people.

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 You are Israel's teacher

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 and do you not understand

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 these things?

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 Like, I imagine

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 I'd be feeling

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 a little bit embarrassed,

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 maybe a little bit humiliated

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 or shamed,

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 you know,

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 like,

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 if I'm proud,

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 maybe a little bit

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 even angry.

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 Like, what do you mean?

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 Are you telling me

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 that this

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 born again

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 of the spirit stuff

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 is like the basics

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 and I don't get it?

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 Or are you saying

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 that I'm not qualified

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 to be a teacher

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 in Israel?

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 But we want to give Nicodemus

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 a little bit of slack.

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 I mean,

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 it's easy for us

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 to look at him

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 and think,

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 oh,

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 poor Nicodemus.

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 He just doesn't get it.

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 But let's think about

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 what we know,

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 what we understand.

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 Put yourself in the room there

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 with the disciples

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 as Jesus

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 starts saying

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 these things

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 to Nicodemus.

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 If you want to enter

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 the kingdom of God,

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 you need to be born again.

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 Do you know

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 what Jesus

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 is talking about?

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 Do you understand

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 spiritual birth

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 and what all that entails

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 and how it works?

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 I think if we're honest,

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 we have to admit

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 that just like

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 we can't see the wind,

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 we don't really know

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 how the spiritual works.

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 We're kind of a little bit

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 in the same boat

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 as Nicodemus.

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 Jesus knows these things

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 as if they're,

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 you know,

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 this is how it is

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 and we don't really know

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 what he's talking about either.

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 We have what he says

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 to go on

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 and what we have

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 in other places

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 of the word of God.

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 But this is something

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 that we don't fully understand.

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 Spiritual birth?

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 Another thing

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 that kind of

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 gets at us

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 and we're kind of

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 drawn in

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 to ask this question

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 as we go through the story

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 is what's really going on

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 with Nicodemus here?

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 Let me ask you the question.

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 Do you know

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 if Nicodemus

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 is a true believer

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 or not?

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 Any thoughts?

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 There's been some indication

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 a little bit

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 on both sides.

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 I mean,

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 he started out good

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 in what he said.

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 He kind of seems

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 to be an example

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 of one who's

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 seen the miracles

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 and has believed

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 in his name.

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 But he's also

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 an example

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 of someone

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 who Jesus

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 did not entrust himself

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 to.

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 He started out good

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 by saying,

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 we know that you

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 are a teacher

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 who has come from God

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 because we've seen

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 the miracles

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 and no one

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 can do those things

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 unless God

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 were with him.

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 But then on the other side,

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 just a teacher?

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 What about

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 the Messiah?

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 What about

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 some of these

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 other things

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 that John the Baptizer

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 has been saying

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 that the other disciples

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 have confessed

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 about Christ?

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 Is Nicodemus

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 a true believer

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 or not?

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 We don't know.

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 And I'm going to guess

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 that probably

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 Jesus' disciples

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 are wondering too.

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 They're kind of

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 looking at it

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 from the same kind

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 of human perspective

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 that we have.

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 What's really going on

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 here with Nicodemus?

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 Is he going to join us?

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 Is he one of us?

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 Does he believe?

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 Even as we come down

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 to verse 9,

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 Nicodemus,

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 after all this

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 talk of being

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 born of the Spirit,

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 he says,

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 how can this be?

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 We don't even know

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 what he meant by that.

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 Was that

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 an expression of wonder?

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 Was it an expression

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 that was,

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 was it a sincere question?

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 How can these things be?

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 Like,

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 how does it work?

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 Was this a statement

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 of skepticism?

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 Like,

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 how can this be?

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 Or unbelief?

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 unbelief.

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 Does Nicodemus agree

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 with all this stuff

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 that Jesus has been saying

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 or does he disagree

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 with it?

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 We don't know.

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 Because we don't know

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 what's in a man.

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 What's really going on

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 in the heart

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 of a person.

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 And this is,

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 this is where we come

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 to this pinnacle moment

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 in the passage

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 because Jesus

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 does know

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 whether Nicodemus

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 is a true believer

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 or not.

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 He does know

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 what's going on

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 in Nicodemus' heart.

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 And he's actually

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 about to tell us

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 that,

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 he's about to tell

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 Nicodemus

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 what Nicodemus

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 really believes.

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 And so let's

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 see that

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 as we read on.

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 Jesus says,

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 very truly,

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 verse 11,

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 I tell you,

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 we speak

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 of what we know

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 and we testify

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 to what we have seen.

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 but still,

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 you people

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 do not accept

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 our testimony.

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 Now there's a couple

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 things in here

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 we want to just notice

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 before we get

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 to the answer.

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 Jesus speaks

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 in the first,

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 the first person plural.

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 He says,

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 we.

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 Who are the we?

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 Now,

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 commentators

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 and scholars,

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 they've put a whole

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 bunch of different

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 ideas to this.

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 At the end of the day,

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 we don't really know

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 what Jesus meant

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 by that.

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 Don't take it

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 as gospel truth.

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 My best guess

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 is that perhaps

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 other things

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 were talked about

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 in this conversation,

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 in this exchange,

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 and John the Baptist,

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 baptizer,

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 came up

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 and Jesus is

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 including him

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 in this statement.

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 You know,

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 we speak of

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 what we know

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 and we testify

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 to what we have seen.

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 John had seen

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 some things

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 about Jesus

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 that God

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 had revealed to him.

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 He was a true

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 prophet of the Lord.

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 And his purpose,

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 John has already told us,

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 was to testify

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 to what he

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 had seen

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 about Jesus,

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 what the Lord

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 revealed to him

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 about Jesus.

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 And so perhaps

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 he is included

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 by Jesus

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 in this statement.

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 But either way,

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 let's not miss

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 what is present here.

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 At the very least,

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 Jesus is referring

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 to himself.

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 You can almost read

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 that right into the words.

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 Very truly,

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 I tell you,

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 I speak

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 of what I know

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 and I testify

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 to what I have seen.

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 But still,

00:17:31.880 --> 00:17:33.039
 you do not

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 accept our testimony.

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 The word people

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 is not there

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 in the original.

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 It's actually you

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 plural.

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 We don't have that

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 in English.

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 Y'all would be

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 the closest

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 approximation.

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 So,

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 he's speaking

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 to Nicodemus

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 about Nicodemus,

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 but also about

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 his associates,

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 the Pharisees.

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 I tell you,

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 I speak to you

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 of what I know,

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 says Jesus.

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 I testify

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 to you

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 what I have seen.

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 But you,

00:18:07.940 --> 00:18:08.580
 Nicodemus,

00:18:08.940 --> 00:18:10.320
 do not accept

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 my testimony.

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 So there it is

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 right there.

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 Jesus has made it clear.

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 Nicodemus

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 has not accepted

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 his testimony.

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 And in case

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 there's any doubt,

00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:23.080
 in the next verse,

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 Jesus makes it

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 crystal clear.

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 He says it again

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 to Nicodemus.

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 I have spoken

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 to you

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 of earthly things

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 and you

00:18:31.640 --> 00:18:33.180
 do not believe.

00:18:35.080 --> 00:18:35.940
 How then

00:18:35.940 --> 00:18:36.519
 will you believe

00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:37.180
 if I speak

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 of heavenly things?

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 this is

00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:43.840
 an interesting

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 moment

00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:45.120
 in the conversation.

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 Maybe you've had

00:18:46.140 --> 00:18:46.840
 a conversation

00:18:46.840 --> 00:18:47.279
 or two

00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:48.259
 that has gone

00:18:48.259 --> 00:18:48.740
 this way

00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:49.220
 where you kind

00:18:49.220 --> 00:18:49.559
 of get to

00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:50.100
 this moment

00:18:50.100 --> 00:18:50.680
 where it's like

00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:52.799
 we can't really

00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:53.640
 go any further

00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:54.960
 unless we sort

00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:55.539
 this out.

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 That's kind

00:18:56.700 --> 00:18:57.140
 of the feeling

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 I get

00:18:57.559 --> 00:18:58.019
 as I hear

00:18:58.019 --> 00:18:58.580
 these words

00:18:58.580 --> 00:18:59.120
 of Jesus.

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 I've spoken

00:19:00.380 --> 00:19:00.759
 to you

00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:01.720
 of earthly things,

00:19:01.819 --> 00:19:02.180
 things that

00:19:02.180 --> 00:19:02.960
 pertain to earth,

00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:03.580
 what goes on

00:19:03.580 --> 00:19:04.000
 on earth

00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:05.200
 between man

00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:06.120
 and God

00:19:06.120 --> 00:19:07.279
 and things like that

00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:08.460
 and you do not

00:19:08.460 --> 00:19:08.899
 believe.

00:19:09.819 --> 00:19:10.740
 You haven't

00:19:10.740 --> 00:19:12.599
 believed the words

00:19:12.599 --> 00:19:13.099
 that I've said

00:19:13.099 --> 00:19:13.519
 to you.

00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:14.940
 And so

00:19:14.940 --> 00:19:17.299
 what's the point

00:19:17.299 --> 00:19:18.579
 of going on

00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:19.079
 and talking

00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:20.079
 about heavenly

00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:20.720
 realities

00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:22.500
 if you don't

00:19:22.500 --> 00:19:23.000
 even believe

00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:23.740
 the words I say

00:19:23.740 --> 00:19:24.460
 about the earthly

00:19:24.460 --> 00:19:25.399
 realities?

00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:30.839
 It's a pretty

00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:32.379
 stern thing

00:19:32.379 --> 00:19:33.279
 to say

00:19:33.279 --> 00:19:34.220
 but what's

00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:34.920
 crystal clear

00:19:34.920 --> 00:19:35.980
 is Jesus'

00:19:36.579 --> 00:19:36.980
 statement

00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:38.460
 Nicodemus

00:19:38.460 --> 00:19:39.519
 you do not

00:19:39.519 --> 00:19:40.019
 believe.

00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:42.240
 You have not

00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:42.819
 believed

00:19:42.819 --> 00:19:43.380
 the things

00:19:43.380 --> 00:19:43.700
 that I have

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 said.

00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:46.559
 So Jesus

00:19:46.559 --> 00:19:47.380
 does know

00:19:47.380 --> 00:19:48.259
 what is in

00:19:48.259 --> 00:19:50.019
 a man.

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 He knows

00:19:50.860 --> 00:19:51.240
 what's in

00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:51.680
 the heart

00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:52.660
 and mind

00:19:52.660 --> 00:19:53.259
 of this

00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:53.799
 particular

00:19:53.799 --> 00:19:54.180
 man

00:19:54.180 --> 00:19:55.099
 Nicodemus.

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 Nicodemus

00:19:58.099 --> 00:19:58.880
 came

00:19:58.880 --> 00:19:59.599
 saying

00:19:59.599 --> 00:20:00.519
 we know

00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:00.960
 that you're

00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:01.599
 from God.

00:20:02.579 --> 00:20:03.480
 He seems

00:20:03.480 --> 00:20:04.680
 in one sense

00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:05.200
 to be

00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:05.880
 someone who

00:20:05.880 --> 00:20:06.440
 believes

00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:08.160
 but Jesus

00:20:08.160 --> 00:20:08.500
 knows

00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:09.120
 Nicodemus'

00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:09.620
 heart.

00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:11.220
 He knows

00:20:11.220 --> 00:20:11.620
 that deep

00:20:11.620 --> 00:20:11.980
 down

00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:12.559
 he does

00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:13.299
 not accept

00:20:13.299 --> 00:20:14.880
 the testimony

00:20:14.880 --> 00:20:16.400
 that Jesus

00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:16.960
 has given.

00:20:17.620 --> 00:20:18.279
 He does

00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:18.980
 not believe

00:20:18.980 --> 00:20:19.440
 that he

00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:20.000
 is

00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:21.539
 the Messiah.

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 God

00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:33.500
 God

00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:33.519
 has given

00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:34.180
 this

00:20:34.180 --> 00:20:34.539
 knowledge.

00:20:34.539 --> 00:20:35.099
 That's

00:20:35.099 --> 00:20:35.440
 the big

00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:35.879
 question.

00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:36.559
 How can

00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.159
 he know

00:20:37.159 --> 00:20:39.139
 well enough

00:20:39.139 --> 00:20:39.720
 to tell

00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:40.480
 a man

00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:41.299
 what's

00:20:41.299 --> 00:20:41.819
 going on

00:20:41.819 --> 00:20:42.079
 in his

00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:42.579
 own heart

00:20:42.579 --> 00:20:42.920
 and his

00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:43.379
 own mind

00:20:43.379 --> 00:20:43.839
 that whether

00:20:43.839 --> 00:20:44.480
 he believes

00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:44.940
 or not

00:20:44.940 --> 00:20:45.180
 whether

00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:45.639
 he's a

00:20:45.639 --> 00:20:45.940
 true

00:20:45.940 --> 00:20:46.339
 believer

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 or not

00:20:46.940 --> 00:20:55.880
 my mind goes back to these words spoken through the prophet jeremiah the heart is deceitful

00:20:55.880 --> 00:21:00.700
 above all things and beyond cure who can understand it

00:21:00.700 --> 00:21:09.720
 that's the way the human heart is says the lord who can understand it nobody

00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:17.120
 can understand what's really going on in the human heart especially of another person

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 and there's even the sense in this passage the heart is deceitful

00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:30.620
 in which we we don't even understand fully what's going on in our own hearts

00:21:30.620 --> 00:21:38.980
 but the amazing thing about god is this he says i the lord i

00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:43.900
 yahweh search the heart and examine the mind

00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:51.559
 he knows what's going on in the hearts of people he's god

00:21:51.559 --> 00:22:00.940
 and jesus also has this knowledge he knows what's going on in man

00:22:00.940 --> 00:22:08.920
 so what's going on here jesus will say this later in john we're not there yet but

00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:14.100
 jesus says in john 10 verse 37 and 38 he says do not believe me

00:22:14.100 --> 00:22:21.460
 unless i do the works of my father if i do them believe the works that you may know

00:22:21.460 --> 00:22:27.720
 and understand that the father is in me and i in the father

00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:31.279
 so jesus

00:22:31.279 --> 00:22:36.480
 he's talking about his oneness with god

00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:40.380
 i am in god the father

00:22:40.380 --> 00:22:42.559
 he is in me

00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:44.779
 there's a oneness there

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:49.460
 and the evidence of that is that we do the same things

00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:51.960
 i do the works of my father

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 the lord god searches the heart and mind

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 of man

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 he knows what's in a man

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 and you've seen

00:23:05.319 --> 00:23:07.079
 that i do too

00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:10.380
 it's evidence

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 it points to who jesus is that he is not just a man

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 he is as john has been telling us

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 the son of god

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 he is

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 the word who was god

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 and then became flesh

00:23:25.859 --> 00:23:26.579
 and came

00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:28.039
 to live among us

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 from there jesus goes into

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:37.660
 he he says this

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 this really

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 i think we call it a crazy thing

00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:44.319
 it's it's it's a wonderful thing in verse 13

00:23:44.319 --> 00:23:47.660
 he says to nicodemus

00:23:47.660 --> 00:23:50.180
 no one has ever gone into heaven except

00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:52.259
 the one who came from heaven

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:54.400
 the son of man

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 now why does jesus say this

00:23:56.680 --> 00:23:58.680
 it's kind of an interesting thing to say

00:23:58.680 --> 00:24:00.660
 but if we think back on what

00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:02.940
 jesus has been saying

00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:04.680
 he's been saying

00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:05.559
 i know

00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:08.160
 about earthly things

00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:10.660
 and i know about heavenly things

00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:12.800
 he's been saying

00:24:12.800 --> 00:24:14.040
 i i i speak

00:24:14.040 --> 00:24:15.120
 what i know

00:24:15.120 --> 00:24:17.080
 i testify to what i have seen

00:24:17.080 --> 00:24:18.880
 and i could speak to you nicodemus

00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:20.040
 about heavenly things

00:24:20.040 --> 00:24:22.100
 i could speak to you about earthly things

00:24:22.100 --> 00:24:23.720
 how do you have that knowledge

00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.600
 how do you know

00:24:24.600 --> 00:24:25.960
 heavenly things

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:29.440
 i think this is part of the answer

00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:31.240
 that jesus gives

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:34.360
 he says no one has ever gone into heaven

00:24:34.360 --> 00:24:36.840
 no man has ever gone

00:24:36.840 --> 00:24:38.560
 into heaven

00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:40.759
 and and been there in the heavenly realms

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.519
 we could talk about

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:43.179
 the prophets having visions

00:24:43.179 --> 00:24:44.159
 you know

00:24:44.159 --> 00:24:46.039
 they they saw glimpses of heaven

00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:47.940
 but nobody's

00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:49.940
 like been there

00:24:49.940 --> 00:24:51.679
 in the heavenly realm

00:24:51.679 --> 00:24:52.559
 to see it

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:53.659
 nobody says

00:24:53.659 --> 00:24:54.700
 has ascended

00:24:54.700 --> 00:24:55.759
 is it kind of the literal

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.519
 the word

00:24:56.519 --> 00:24:57.359
 gone up

00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:58.359
 into heaven

00:24:58.359 --> 00:25:00.879
 no mere man has done that

00:25:00.879 --> 00:25:02.899
 but there is one

00:25:02.899 --> 00:25:04.659
 says jesus

00:25:04.660 --> 00:25:05.740
 who has come down

00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:07.019
 from heaven

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:10.220
 and i think part of the implication there is

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:12.060
 i know about the things of heaven

00:25:12.060 --> 00:25:15.040
 i i can tell you about what i have seen

00:25:15.040 --> 00:25:16.320
 heavenly things

00:25:16.320 --> 00:25:18.279
 because i've been there

00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:22.800
 i've come down from heaven

00:25:22.800 --> 00:25:26.779
 that's how i can tell you

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:28.680
 about those kinds of things

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:31.060
 and i understand those kinds of things

00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:33.179
 no one has ever gone into heaven

00:25:33.179 --> 00:25:35.099
 except the one who came from heaven

00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:36.799
 the son of man

00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:39.059
 son of man is

00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:40.539
 is the title that jesus uses

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:41.639
 to refer to himself

00:25:41.639 --> 00:25:43.059
 a number of times

00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:48.859
 this is how the conversation closes

00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:51.399
 and we looked at this at the lord's table last sunday

00:25:51.399 --> 00:25:54.099
 what i love about this

00:25:54.099 --> 00:25:54.839
 is that

00:25:54.839 --> 00:25:58.460
 nicodemus and jesus

00:25:58.460 --> 00:26:00.440
 there they are talking face to face

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:04.240
 jesus is looking

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:05.880
 nicodemus in the eyes

00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:07.740
 and all this while

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.759
 as he talks to him

00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:10.640
 he knows that nicodemus

00:26:10.640 --> 00:26:11.180
 does not

00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:13.320
 accept the things he's saying

00:26:13.320 --> 00:26:15.299
 he knows that nicodemus

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:16.200
 does not believe

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:17.799
 what he's saying

00:26:17.799 --> 00:26:19.920
 he doesn't consider it to be true

00:26:19.920 --> 00:26:23.440
 and yet at the end of the conversation

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:25.860
 this is what he says

00:26:25.860 --> 00:26:27.200
 he gives nicodemus

00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:29.440
 yet another gracious opportunity

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.200
 to believe

00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:33.539
 you're going to see something nicodemus

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:36.860
 i'm going to give you one more sign

00:26:36.860 --> 00:26:37.960
 to watch out for

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.640
 and to look for

00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:39.559
 that will show you

00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:39.920
 that will

00:26:39.920 --> 00:26:41.440
 that will help you see

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:42.059
 that i am

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:43.259
 the son of man

00:26:43.259 --> 00:26:45.519
 the one who has come down from heaven

00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:49.319
 and the sign was this

00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:50.819
 we talked about it last sunday

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:52.819
 that he would be lifted up

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:55.439
 on a pole or on a cross

00:26:55.439 --> 00:26:59.059
 so that whoever looks to him

00:26:59.059 --> 00:27:00.259
 might be saved

00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:00.779
 just like

00:27:00.779 --> 00:27:02.679
 the old testament story

00:27:02.679 --> 00:27:04.980
 when god sent those venomous snakes

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.819
 among the people

00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:07.279
 they were to look

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:09.399
 to the snake on the pole

00:27:09.399 --> 00:27:11.359
 and if they did that

00:27:11.359 --> 00:27:12.839
 they would be saved

00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:14.899
 the same kind of thing

00:27:14.899 --> 00:27:16.159
 is going to happen with me

00:27:16.159 --> 00:27:16.819
 nicodemus

00:27:16.819 --> 00:27:17.379
 nicodemus

00:27:17.379 --> 00:27:20.019
 watch for it

00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:22.559
 those who believe

00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:25.139
 as in truly believe

00:27:25.139 --> 00:27:28.159
 may have eternal life

00:27:28.159 --> 00:27:32.460
 the question is

00:27:32.460 --> 00:27:33.379
 will nicodemus

00:27:33.379 --> 00:27:34.159
 believe

00:27:34.159 --> 00:27:37.259
 will he see the sign

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:38.579
 will he recognize it

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:41.879
 this is kind of where

00:27:41.879 --> 00:27:42.960
 the rubber hits the road

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:45.000
 and we talked a little bit

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:46.259
 about this in sunday school

00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:47.779
 touched on it

00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.559
 at a couple points

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:48.899
 but

00:27:48.899 --> 00:27:51.379
 believing

00:27:51.379 --> 00:27:53.519
 versus truly believing

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:55.779
 Jesus knows

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.839
 what's in the heart

00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:59.039
 he knows what's in

00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.859
 your heart

00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:03.699
 he knows

00:28:03.699 --> 00:28:05.299
 whether

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:06.480
 what we say

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.720
 when we say

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.360
 I believe

00:28:08.360 --> 00:28:09.279
 is genuine

00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:10.140
 or not

00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:13.480
 and true belief

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:14.400
 is characterized

00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:15.519
 not just by saying

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.059
 the words

00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:16.620
 we know

00:28:16.620 --> 00:28:17.559
 that you are a teacher

00:28:17.559 --> 00:28:18.720
 who has come from God

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:20.940
 but by truly

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:22.039
 accepting

00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:23.000
 the words

00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:23.600
 that Christ

00:28:23.600 --> 00:28:24.559
 has said

00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:27.940
 receiving

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.880
 his testimony

00:28:28.880 --> 00:28:29.940
 considering

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:31.180
 the very words

00:28:31.180 --> 00:28:31.700
 that he said

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.339
 is true

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:34.460
 this is the big question

00:28:34.460 --> 00:28:35.319
 if nicodemus

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:35.819
 believes

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.460
 that Jesus

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:37.700
 has come from God

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:39.019
 as a teacher

00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:40.779
 then the implication

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.759
 is that he should

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.720
 listen to him

00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:44.740
 because Jesus

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.340
 speaks

00:28:45.340 --> 00:28:46.680
 God's words

00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:49.340
 he should

00:28:49.340 --> 00:28:49.799
 obey

00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:50.759
 and do the things

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.279
 that Jesus

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:52.740
 tells him to do

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.880
 and yet

00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:54.279
 Jesus

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:56.240
 he knows

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:57.400
 that nicodemus

00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:58.220
 does not truly

00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:58.740
 believe

00:28:58.740 --> 00:29:01.180
 he recognizes

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.600
 that

00:29:01.600 --> 00:29:02.519
 that perhaps

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.620
 he has come from God

00:29:03.620 --> 00:29:04.500
 because no one

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:05.259
 could do these

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:06.039
 kinds of things

00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:06.579
 otherwise

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:08.879
 but he's not

00:29:08.879 --> 00:29:09.240
 willing

00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:10.019
 to

00:29:10.019 --> 00:29:11.279
 to take that

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:12.019
 next step

00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:14.099
 and to

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:14.779
 actually

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:15.720
 consider

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.480
 yes

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.220
 you are

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:18.220
 the Messiah

00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:21.440
 he does not

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.000
 believe

00:29:22.000 --> 00:29:23.960
 yet

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:25.759
 we'll have to

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.200
 find out

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:26.680
 later on

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.279
 in the gospel

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:28.220
 how

00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:29.119
 this story

00:29:29.119 --> 00:29:29.599
 goes with

00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:30.299
 nicodemus

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:31.180
 does he

00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:31.879
 end up

00:29:31.879 --> 00:29:32.859
 becoming a believer

00:29:32.859 --> 00:29:34.919
 or not

00:29:34.919 --> 00:29:38.879
 but there's a

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:39.319
 word here

00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:39.879
 for us

00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:41.139
 I think

00:29:41.139 --> 00:29:44.759
 Jesus

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.359
 knows

00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:45.879
 not just

00:29:45.879 --> 00:29:46.240
 what goes

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.599
 on in

00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:47.159
 nicodemus

00:29:47.159 --> 00:29:47.619
 his heart

00:29:47.619 --> 00:29:50.519
 he knows

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:50.839
 what goes

00:29:50.839 --> 00:29:51.159
 on in

00:29:51.159 --> 00:29:51.659
 your heart

00:29:51.659 --> 00:29:52.879
 in my

00:29:52.879 --> 00:29:53.219
 heart

00:29:53.219 --> 00:29:54.619
 he knows

00:29:54.619 --> 00:29:54.879
 what's

00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:55.119
 in a

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:55.419
 man

00:29:55.419 --> 00:29:58.259
 some

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.559
 people

00:29:58.559 --> 00:29:58.839
 they're

00:29:58.839 --> 00:29:59.079
 they're

00:29:59.079 --> 00:29:59.319
 tough

00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.859
 to read

00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:01.459
 it's

00:30:01.459 --> 00:30:01.639
 tough

00:30:01.639 --> 00:30:01.919
 to get

00:30:01.919 --> 00:30:02.359
 a sense

00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:03.399
 on

00:30:03.399 --> 00:30:04.059
 the kind

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.439
 of person

00:30:04.439 --> 00:30:04.819
 they are

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.240
 some people

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:05.659
 are really

00:30:05.659 --> 00:30:06.139
 good at

00:30:06.139 --> 00:30:06.699
 keeping their

00:30:06.699 --> 00:30:07.019
 cards

00:30:07.019 --> 00:30:07.539
 close

00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:10.199
 at putting

00:30:10.199 --> 00:30:10.500
 on a

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:11.159
 good show

00:30:11.159 --> 00:30:13.699
 and we

00:30:13.699 --> 00:30:14.259
 wonder about

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.459
 them

00:30:14.459 --> 00:30:15.039
 sometimes

00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:17.439
 Jesus

00:30:17.439 --> 00:30:18.039
 doesn't have

00:30:18.039 --> 00:30:18.659
 that problem

00:30:18.659 --> 00:30:20.119
 he knows

00:30:20.119 --> 00:30:20.659
 what's in

00:30:20.659 --> 00:30:21.079
 a man

00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:23.779
 he knows

00:30:23.779 --> 00:30:24.139
 you

00:30:24.139 --> 00:30:26.240
 he knows

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.639
 what's in

00:30:26.639 --> 00:30:27.179
 your heart

00:30:27.179 --> 00:30:27.799
 he knows

00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:28.940
 what's

00:30:28.940 --> 00:30:29.779
 what you've

00:30:29.779 --> 00:30:30.079
 buried

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:30.839
 deep down

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:31.200
 beneath

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:31.940
 the surface

00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:33.720
 the things

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.180
 that you'd

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:34.980
 maybe

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.960
 not like

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.379
 others

00:30:36.379 --> 00:30:36.980
 to see

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:39.579
 he sees

00:30:39.579 --> 00:30:39.879
 that

00:30:39.879 --> 00:30:41.839
 he is

00:30:41.839 --> 00:30:42.240
 the Lord

00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:42.980
 he searches

00:30:42.980 --> 00:30:44.759
 your heart

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.899
 my heart

00:30:45.899 --> 00:30:47.759
 he knows

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:48.379
 our thoughts

00:30:48.379 --> 00:30:50.240
 he doesn't

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.659
 need

00:30:50.659 --> 00:30:51.399
 anybody

00:30:51.399 --> 00:30:52.460
 to

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:53.440
 tell him

00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:54.079
 about you

00:30:54.079 --> 00:30:57.599
 he knows

00:30:57.599 --> 00:30:57.879
 you

00:30:57.879 --> 00:31:01.459
 this is

00:31:01.459 --> 00:31:02.119
 an awesome

00:31:02.119 --> 00:31:04.419
 reality

00:31:04.419 --> 00:31:05.339
 of who

00:31:05.339 --> 00:31:05.959
 Jesus is

00:31:05.959 --> 00:31:06.319
 but it's

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:06.759
 also a

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.039
 precious

00:31:07.039 --> 00:31:07.419
 one

00:31:07.419 --> 00:31:08.740
 it's

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.219
 awesome

00:31:09.219 --> 00:31:11.579
 you might

00:31:11.579 --> 00:31:12.159
 even say

00:31:12.159 --> 00:31:13.579
 that it

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:14.139
 causes us

00:31:14.139 --> 00:31:14.779
 to tremble

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:17.480
 because we

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:17.980
 know that

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.439
 there will

00:31:18.439 --> 00:31:18.819
 come a

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:19.059
 day

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:19.959
 when the

00:31:19.959 --> 00:31:20.319
 Lord

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:21.219
 Jesus

00:31:21.219 --> 00:31:21.939
 will come

00:31:21.939 --> 00:31:22.619
 and he

00:31:22.619 --> 00:31:23.179
 will judge

00:31:23.179 --> 00:31:23.779
 this world

00:31:23.779 --> 00:31:24.500
 in righteousness

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:25.799
 as he said

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.200
 in another

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:26.619
 place

00:31:26.619 --> 00:31:27.339
 what we've

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:27.980
 whispered

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:29.059
 in the

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:29.339
 dark

00:31:29.339 --> 00:31:29.720
 corner

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.619
 of our

00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:31.059
 room

00:31:31.059 --> 00:31:31.980
 will be

00:31:31.980 --> 00:31:32.460
 proclaimed

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:33.059
 from the

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:33.680
 rooftops

00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:34.480
 everything

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:34.880
 will be

00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:35.559
 exposed

00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:36.440
 and made

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:36.839
 known

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:38.839
 our secret

00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:39.279
 thoughts

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:39.960
 and desires

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:41.420
 every action

00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:42.259
 every deed

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:44.779
 we can't

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.579
 hide anything

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:46.240
 from him

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:47.619
 and that's

00:31:47.619 --> 00:31:48.039
 something that

00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:48.599
 should cause

00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:48.900
 us to

00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:49.339
 tremble

00:31:49.339 --> 00:31:51.799
 but there's

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:52.359
 another side

00:31:52.359 --> 00:31:52.879
 to this

00:31:52.879 --> 00:31:55.299
 that Jesus

00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:56.039
 knows

00:31:56.039 --> 00:31:56.859
 what is

00:31:56.859 --> 00:31:57.720
 going on

00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:58.000
 in our

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:58.339
 hearts

00:31:58.339 --> 00:31:58.899
 is also

00:31:58.899 --> 00:31:59.359
 precious

00:31:59.359 --> 00:32:03.199
 it doesn't

00:32:03.199 --> 00:32:03.559
 matter

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:05.339
 what you're

00:32:05.339 --> 00:32:05.980
 going through

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:07.699
 doesn't matter

00:32:07.699 --> 00:32:08.919
 what difficulty

00:32:08.919 --> 00:32:09.519
 or trial

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:10.220
 you face

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:11.639
 what kind

00:32:11.639 --> 00:32:12.379
 of grief

00:32:12.379 --> 00:32:12.959
 you have

00:32:12.959 --> 00:32:13.259
 in your

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:13.659
 heart

00:32:13.659 --> 00:32:16.179
 Jesus

00:32:16.179 --> 00:32:17.740
 knows

00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.159
 how you

00:32:18.159 --> 00:32:18.539
 feel

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:20.200
 he

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.899
 understands

00:32:20.899 --> 00:32:22.700
 he sees

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:23.079
 that

00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:25.220
 and you're

00:32:25.220 --> 00:32:25.680
 not alone

00:32:25.680 --> 00:32:26.099
 in that

00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:28.339
 and that's

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:28.779
 a precious

00:32:28.779 --> 00:32:30.259
 reality

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:30.859
 for those

00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:31.259
 of us

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:32.200
 who believe

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:32.940
 we may

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:33.440
 tremble

00:32:33.440 --> 00:32:34.019
 at the

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.259
 thought

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:34.759
 that Jesus

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.240
 knows

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:36.399
 our sin

00:32:36.399 --> 00:32:38.019
 but let's

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:38.539
 not forget

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:39.039
 that he

00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:39.659
 has come

00:32:39.659 --> 00:32:40.059
 to be

00:32:40.059 --> 00:32:40.539
 the lamb

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:41.139
 of God

00:32:41.139 --> 00:32:42.240
 which takes

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:42.519
 away

00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:43.139
 our sins

00:32:43.139 --> 00:32:47.079
 and it

00:32:47.079 --> 00:32:47.680
 is sweet

00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:48.420
 it is

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:49.259
 precious

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:51.420
 that he

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:51.840
 is with

00:32:51.840 --> 00:32:52.200
 us

00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:53.259
 through

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:53.560
 whatever

00:32:53.560 --> 00:32:54.000
 we go

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.220
 through

00:32:54.220 --> 00:32:55.039
 he knows

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.220
 it

00:32:55.220 --> 00:32:55.640
 he knows

00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:55.980
 how we

00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:56.220
 feel

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.440
 we're

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:56.600
 not

00:32:56.600 --> 00:32:56.940
 alone

00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:58.779
 it may

00:32:58.779 --> 00:32:59.120
 seem

00:32:59.120 --> 00:32:59.600
 at times

00:32:59.600 --> 00:33:00.080
 like other

00:33:00.080 --> 00:33:00.680
 people just

00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:01.300
 don't get

00:33:01.300 --> 00:33:02.160
 what I

00:33:02.160 --> 00:33:02.500
 feel

00:33:02.500 --> 00:33:03.539
 or what's

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:03.960
 going on

00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:04.259
 in my

00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:04.580
 heart

00:33:04.580 --> 00:33:06.000
 but there

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:06.380
 is one

00:33:06.380 --> 00:33:06.920
 who does

00:33:06.920 --> 00:33:08.580
 the Lord

00:33:08.580 --> 00:33:08.960
 Jesus

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:11.500
 this is

00:33:11.500 --> 00:33:11.519
 this is

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.000
 an awesome

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.720
 and a

00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:13.000
 precious

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.640
 reality

00:33:13.640 --> 00:33:15.920
 Jesus

00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:16.380
 does not

00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:16.740
 need

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:17.400
 anybody

00:33:17.400 --> 00:33:18.860
 to tell

00:33:18.860 --> 00:33:19.240
 him about

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.600
 you

00:33:19.600 --> 00:33:20.799
 or me

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:22.259
 because he

00:33:22.259 --> 00:33:22.740
 knows you

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:23.160
 and me

00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:24.980
 inside and

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.220
 out

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:27.340
 let's

00:33:27.340 --> 00:33:27.620
 pray

00:33:27.619 --> 00:33:38.439
 father in

00:33:38.439 --> 00:33:38.599
 heaven

00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:39.079
 we thank

00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:39.479
 you that

00:33:39.479 --> 00:33:40.279
 you have

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:40.779
 given us

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.379
 this word

00:33:41.379 --> 00:33:42.959
 and it

00:33:42.959 --> 00:33:43.479
 does strike

00:33:43.479 --> 00:33:43.779
 to the

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.079
 heart

00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:45.339
 to our

00:33:45.339 --> 00:33:45.739
 hearts

00:33:45.739 --> 00:33:49.919
 thank you

00:33:49.919 --> 00:33:50.519
 that you

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:50.839
 are a

00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:51.219
 glorious

00:33:51.219 --> 00:33:51.739
 God

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:53.859
 and that

00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:54.259
 your son

00:33:54.259 --> 00:33:54.620
 Jesus

00:33:54.620 --> 00:33:55.839
 is glorious

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:56.480
 as well

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:59.880
 thank you

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:00.200
 that you

00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:00.579
 are with

00:34:00.579 --> 00:34:00.819
 us

00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:01.120
 through

00:34:01.120 --> 00:34:02.079
 through

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:02.960
 all things

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:03.279
 that you

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:04.160
 know us

00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:08.900
 Lord we

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.300
 ask that

00:34:09.300 --> 00:34:09.559
 you would

00:34:09.559 --> 00:34:10.159
 just continue

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:10.559
 to

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:12.480
 to grow

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:12.880
 our love

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.300
 for you

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:16.340
 to help

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:16.679
 us see

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:17.000
 how we

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:17.559
 can continue

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:18.659
 to live

00:34:18.659 --> 00:34:19.039
 in light

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.420
 of these

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:19.760
 things

00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:20.079
 that are

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:20.539
 true of

00:34:20.539 --> 00:34:20.760
 you

00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:22.380
 and also

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:22.740
 how we

00:34:22.740 --> 00:34:23.320
 can declare

00:34:23.320 --> 00:34:24.440
 your glory

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:25.380
 and help

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:25.900
 others to

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:26.240
 see it

00:34:26.240 --> 00:34:26.460
 too

00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:29.060
 we love

00:34:29.060 --> 00:34:29.280
 you

00:34:29.280 --> 00:34:30.060
 we pray

00:34:30.060 --> 00:34:30.420
 this in

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:31.060
 Jesus name

00:34:31.060 --> 00:34:32.360
 amen