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 I've come up with a new TV show.

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 Yeah.

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 It's called Soul Care Pastor.

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 Soul Care Pastor.

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 And what is basically is these episodes of a guy named Pastor John

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 who is treating various kinds of soul sickness.

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 And this show kicks off in Christmastime.

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 And the first episode is, Tis the Season.

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 Pastor John gets a call from a frantic wife.

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 Her name is Lisa.

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 Something's wrong with my husband, Steve.

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 Will you help?

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 Pastor John says, I'll be right there.

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 Because Soul Care pastors make house calls.

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 Pastor John shows up.

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 Knock, knock, knock.

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 Where's Steve?

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 Lisa, he's in his man cave.

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 And so Pastor John starts walking down the stairs to the basement man cave where he'll find Steve.

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 And the first thing he sees is Steve's hands in his easy chair facing a screen.

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 And he knows right away, based upon his right hand, what's going on.

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 He's got remote hand.

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 It's a vice-like grip on a remote control.

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 It comes from excessive binging.

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 Pastor John looks back and he says to Lisa, Lisa, I think we've got a case of indoxia.

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 That's right.

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 What?

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 What's that?

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 Lisa asks.

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 Pastor John says, well, you've heard of insomnia, chronic not sleeping.

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 Indoxia is chronic not glorifying God.

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 Because on a side note, doxa is the Greek word for glory as in doxology.

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 Praise God for a moon.

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 So this guy looks like he's got indoxia.

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 Pastor John, being the seasoned pastor he is, he asks this question.

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 Lisa, who's been buying all the Christmas gifts for your family?

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 Lisa says, well, Steve has been.

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 Can I see his wallet?

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 And as soon as Pastor John touches his wallet, it is ice cold.

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 Because his credit cards, they've got this thing called greedy burn.

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 It's like freezer burn.

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 It desensitizes your spiritual sensitivities.

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 It's a kind of materialism.

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 Run amok.

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 And it results in indoxia.

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 Remote hand.

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 Greedy burn.

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 Pastor John says to Lisa, Lisa, I just need you to watch.

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 I need to watch Steve's eyes as I read this scripture from Isaiah 9, 6 and 7.

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 Pastor John pulls out his Bible and into Steve's ear he says,

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 To us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder.

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 And his name shall be called.

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 What's he doing, Lisa?

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 He's rolling his eyes.

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 Whatever.

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 Pastor John says, wonderful counselor, mighty God, everlasting father, prince of peace.

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 What's he doing, Lisa?

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 He's rolling his eyes.

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 Of the increase of his government and of peace.

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 There will be no end.

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 What's he doing?

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 He's rolling his eyes.

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 Pastor John, what are you going to do?

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 I need 100 cc's of Jesus awesomeness stat.

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 We need an IV drip of John chapter 1, verses 14 through 18.

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 We're going to let some truth about Jesus get into this man's soul.

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 So he goes from endoxia to doxology.

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 To give him praise and glory to Jesus.

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 When you see the glory of the one and only Jesus, the only way to respond is to believe and marvel.

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 When you see the glory of the one and only Jesus, the only response is to believe and to marvel.

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 And so this morning, I want to help you experience John chapter 1, verses 14 through 18 as an IV drip for your soul.

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 To give you life.

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 To make your heart cry out, show me your glory.

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 So children, if you're in the room and you've got one of these bulletins, here's what I want you to do.

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 You go to the back side of your bulletin, and I want you to write five things down on the left margin.

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 I want you to write this.

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 His presence.

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 And then I want you to write this.

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 What is the next one?

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 His glory.

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 And then His person.

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 And then His grace.

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 And the last one is His revelation.

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 We're going to look at five reasons why you must believe in the one and only Jesus so that you can see, believe, and marvel.

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 Because we all have endoxia.

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 In some measure, right?

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 Okay, let's look at the first reason why we must believe in the one and only Jesus Christ.

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 It's in chapter 1, verse 14.

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 We read this.

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 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.

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 Billy, a couple weeks ago, helped us understand what that word, Word, meant.

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 God's authoritative announcement.

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 Thus saith the Lord.

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 The Greek word, underword, is the word logos.

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 And in addition to, if you had an Old Testament background and you're reading John chapter 1, you would know right away, okay?

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 This is thus saith the Lord who's going to take on flesh.

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 But if you didn't have an Old Testament background, and let's just say you were a Greek,

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 that word logos would actually mean something.

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 It had a philosophical meaning.

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 And it would put something like this.

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 The logos is what explains all things.

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 It's the explanation for all things.

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 So a Greek would understand, with no Old Testament background,

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 when he would read John writing,

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 in the beginning was the logos,

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 he would understand it or she would understand it as,

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 in the beginning was the explanation for all things.

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 And the explanation for all things was with God.

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 And the explanation for all things was God.

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 He, the explanation for all things, was in the beginning with God.

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 John is making a huge claim.

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 The explanation for all things is a person.

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 So this word became flesh.

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 When you read that word flesh,

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 it's what theologians call the incarnation.

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 Has anybody had carne asada before?

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 Yeah, I see that hand.

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 Carne asada, carne is Spanish for meat.

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 And so it's a very crude way of describing kind of humanity.

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 And that's John's point.

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 John is saying the word in all of his glory

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 became meat, human flesh,

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 in all of our humanity,

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 with the exception of the sinful nature.

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 The word became flesh.

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 And the next word is really important.

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 And dwelt among us.

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 It actually means to pitch a tent.

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 To tabernacle.

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 And if you are familiar with the Old Testament,

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 you'll remember Exodus 25 or 33

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 where God commands Moses to build him

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 a fancy tent called a tabernacle.

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 And then what Moses would do,

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 he pitched this tent,

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 and then God would come down in a pillar of cloud,

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 and he would dwell with his people.

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 John is intentionally riffing off that

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 when he says the word became flesh

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 and tabernacled among us.

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 Because what he's saying about Jesus is this.

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 He's better than a tent.

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 He's better than God dwelling with us in a tent.

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 He is God dwelling with us in a person.

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 And so what we're seeing here is his presence.

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 Why you should believe Jesus is,

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 unlike anybody else,

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 the one and only,

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 is that he's the greater presence.

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 He dwelled with us in his flesh.

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 And he dwelt,

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 he came in his flesh

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 for a reason.

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 So that we could have a relationship with God.

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 But I want to just make one point

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 before we move on.

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 Did you know that Jesus is still incarnate?

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 Right now?

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 He's still in the flesh.

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 It's not like he decarnated

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 after his death and resurrection

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 when he went up to the Father's right hand.

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 Verse 18.

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 He's in the flesh now.

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 And so when he comes back,

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 he's coming back in the flesh.

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 And we'll see the risen, radiant,

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 and reigning Christ

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 face to face.

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 So the first reason why you must believe

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 in the one and only Jesus

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 is his greater presence.

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 He is the word become flesh.

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 The second reason is his glory.

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 And the word became flesh

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 and dwelt among us

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 and we have seen his glory.

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 Glory is of the only son from the father,

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 full of grace and truth.

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 When John says,

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 we beheld his glory,

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 the we is him

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 and the original disciples.

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 We saw his glory.

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 When he was ministering among us,

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 we saw his glory.

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 You might be wondering,

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 what is glory?

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 Well, glory is the visible

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 or audible display

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 display of God's majesty.

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 It's what theologians called theophany.

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 And so when we read John saying,

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 we behold his glory,

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 we beheld it,

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 John wants that to trigger something

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 in your mind.

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 Exodus chapter 33, verse 18,

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 where Moses says to God,

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 please, please show me your glory.

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 God dwelling in the tabernacle.

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 Moses wants to behold his glory.

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 He's like saying,

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 show me your glory.

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 And God responds,

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 you can't handle my glory.

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 Well, God says,

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 I'm going to cause my goodness

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 to pass before you

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 and I'm going to announce

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 my name before you.

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 But in order to do that,

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 you can't see me, Moses,

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 because if you see me,

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 any man that sees me will die.

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 So you can't see me.

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 But I'll tell you,

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 I'll put you in a cleft of a rock,

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 I'll tuck you in,

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 and then I'll show you

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 my backside glory.

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 Well, you can't see my glory

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 and it's full,

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 otherwise you die.

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 So here we have in John 1,

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 we beheld his glory.

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 We beheld his glory.

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 In that Exodus 33 and 34 passage,

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 it goes on.

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 It goes on to say

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 that God is gracious

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 to whom he will be gracious.

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 And then in verse 6 and 7

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 is this glorious words

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 where God goes before Moses

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 and he says,

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 the Lord,

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 the Lord,

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 merciful and gracious,

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 slow to anger

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 and abounding

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 in steadfast love

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 and faithfulness.

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 Notice what John

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 beholds in verse 14.

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 We have seen his glory,

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 glory as of the only son

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 from the Father.

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 That word only

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 is a very special word.

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 It means one of a kind,

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 one and only.

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 There's nothing,

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 no one like him.

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 Glory is of the only son

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 from the Father.

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 So,

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 so John is saying,

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 we beheld his glory

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 and it's a unique glory

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 to this one.

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 And then he tells us

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 what this glory is.

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 He says,

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 full of grace and truth.

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 Here's how you need

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 to interpret

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 full of grace and truth.

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 When you hear the word full,

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 you need to think abounding.

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 When you hear the word grace,

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 you need to think

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 steadfast love.

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 When you hear the word truth,

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 you need to think faithfulness.

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 What Jesus,

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 what John is claiming

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 about Jesus

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 is he is the ultimate

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 incarnate theophany of God

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 abounding in steadfast love

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 and faithfulness.

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 He is the greater glory

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 to be beheld,

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 to be seen,

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 a glory full of grace and truth.

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 You know the difference

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 between Exodus 34

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 and John 1 is?

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 Exodus 34,

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 God verbally announces

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 who he is,

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 abounding in steadfast love

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 and faithfulness.

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 And you get to see

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 Moses' backside glory.

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 John chapter 1,

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 John says,

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 we beheld all of his glory

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 and he was full of grace

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 and truth.

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 We saw it.

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 We saw it.

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 When we talk about

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 God's steadfast love

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 and faithfulness

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 being full of grace

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 and truth,

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 we're talking about

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 God's loving commitment

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 to faithfully do

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 what's good,

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 what's best

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 to his people.

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 We're talking about

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 God showing his love

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 to you

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 for you experiencing

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 the life

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 that comes

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 from his love.

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 I'm going to

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 stick with this point

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 a little longer

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 so hold on with me.

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 There is an emphasis

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 all throughout

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 the Gospel of John

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 on beholding

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 of seeing Jesus.

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 Last week,

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 Matt

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 helped us

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 understand

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 the seven

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 I am statements

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 of Jesus

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 with that added

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 awesome one

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 of before Abraham

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 was I am.

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 Well,

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 John contains

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 as well,

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 he documents

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 seven signs

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 of Jesus Christ

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 that display

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 his glory

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 so you can see

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 his glory

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 so that you can see

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 his abounding

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 steadfast love

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 and faithfulness.

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 Remember,

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 he turns water

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 into wine

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 in John 2.

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 He heals

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 an official son

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 at the end

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 of chapter 4.

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 He heals

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 an invalid

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 at the pool

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 of Bethesda

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 at the beginning

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 of chapter 5.

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 He feeds a multitude

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 at the end

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 of chapter 6

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 or early

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 in chapter 6.

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 He walks

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 on water

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 at the middle

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 of chapter 6.

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 He heals

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 a man born blind

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 in chapter 9

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 so that he can

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 see.

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 And then,

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 remember in chapter 11,

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 he waits

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 to go

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 to see

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 Lazarus

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 so that

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 God would be glorified.

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 And then he raises

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 him from the dead.

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 All for us

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 to see.

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 But the greatest

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 sign of the glory

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 of the one

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 and only,

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 full of grace

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 and truth,

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 takes place

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 in chapter 19

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 of John.

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 Where Jesus

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 up on a cross

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 is displaying

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 the abounding

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 steadfast love

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 and faithfulness

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 of God

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 when he says

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 it is

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 finished.

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 The incarnate

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 God

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 dying

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 in the place

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 of sinners

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 like you

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 and me.

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 It was a display

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 of God's

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 full grace

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 and truth

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 so that we

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 could have a

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 relationship

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 with him.

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 Experience life

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 in him.

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 His glory

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 is a greater glory.

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 glory.

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 It's better

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 than some

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 audible

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 announcement

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 because

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 when you

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 open up

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 the pages

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 of the

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 scriptures

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 you can

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 see Jesus

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 with eyes

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 of faith.

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 It's a visible

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 display.

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 Do you remember

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 at the beginning

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 of this point

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 I said

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 John said

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 we beheld

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 his glory?

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 Well,

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 we can be

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 a part

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 of that we.

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 We can

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 behold

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 the glory

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 of Jesus

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 to the

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 one

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 and only

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 Christ.

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 You just

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 got to

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 open up

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 the Bible.

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 You got to

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 open up

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 the gospels.

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 You got to

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 see him

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 and believe

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 in him

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 and maybe

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 as you're

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 hearing this

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 you feel

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 the dripping

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 of Jesus

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 awesomeness

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 in your soul

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 and you're

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 saying

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 oh I want

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 to see

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 that more.

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 I want

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 to see

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 him more.

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 It's not

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 too early

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 to be thinking

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 about reading

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 your Bible

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 going forward

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 in the year

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 2020.

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 Maybe you

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 need to

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 start

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 in the

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 gospel

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 of John

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 and you

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 start every

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 day by

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 saying oh

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 Lord Jesus

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 show me

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 your glory.

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 That's the

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 second reason

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 why we

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 believe in

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 the one

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 and only

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 Jesus

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 because if

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 you see

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 him,

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 see his

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 glory,

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 the only

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 response is

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 to believe

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 and to

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 marvel.

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 The third

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 reason to

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 believe in

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 this one

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 and only

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 Jesus is

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 his person

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 and that's

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 in verse

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 15.

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 And you'll

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 notice right

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 away that

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 it's

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 parenthetical.

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 There's

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 parentheses

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 around it.

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 So here

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 is John

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 the apostle

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 who's going

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 to quote

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 John the

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 Baptist.

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 And just

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 as a side

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 note,

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 if you don't

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 know already,

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 John the

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 Baptist was

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 born six

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 to eight

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 months before

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 Jesus.

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 So in

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 verse 15

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 John writes

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 of John

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 the Baptist,

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 John the

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 Baptist bore

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 witness about

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 him and

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 cried out,

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 this was

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 he of

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 whom I

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 said,

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 he who

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 comes after

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 me ranks

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 before me

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 because he

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 was before

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 me.

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 It sounds

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 kind of like

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 a riddle,

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 doesn't it?

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 The reason

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 why John

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 has this

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 here is he's

00:19:54.559 --> 00:19:55.059
 getting us

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 ready for

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 what John

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 the Baptist

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 is about

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 to say in

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 chapter 1

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 verses 19

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 through 28,

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 behold the

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 Lamb of God

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 who's come to

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 take away the

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 sins of the

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 world.

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 And then he

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 says,

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 he who comes

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 after me ranks

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 before me

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 because he

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 was before

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 me.

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 What's all

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 that about?

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 Well when he

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 says he who

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 comes after

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 me, John

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 the Baptist

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 is saying

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 about Jesus,

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 well he was

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 born after

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 me.

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 He's got a

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 later birthday

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 than I do.

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 And in that

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 culture what it

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 typically meant

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 is if you were

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 older you had

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 a higher degree

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 of honor and

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 respect than

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 someone who

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 was younger.

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 And then he

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 says, he who

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 comes after me

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 ranks before

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 me.

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 So he totally

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 flips that whole

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 idea.

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 And the

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 idea there is

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 this one who

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 comes after

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 me surpasses

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 me.

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 He's more

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 important than

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 me.

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 And the reason

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 why he's more

00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:46.000
 important than

00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:46.480
 me comes in

00:20:46.480 --> 00:20:47.220
 the next

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 little piece

00:20:48.019 --> 00:20:49.099
 because he

00:20:49.099 --> 00:20:49.819
 was before

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 me.

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 Do you

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 understand what

00:20:52.059 --> 00:20:52.420
 he's saying?

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 This is a

00:20:55.099 --> 00:20:55.500
 claim of

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 deity.

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 This is saying

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 that this

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 word became

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 flesh and who

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 dwelt among

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 us.

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 He is the

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 eternal God.

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 God.

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 It's similar

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 to what we

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 read in

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 John 8

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 58.

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 Before Abraham

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 was, I am.

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 Jesus is

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 claiming I

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 existed before

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 Abraham.

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 The people who

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 he said that

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 to flipped.

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 They couldn't

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 believe what he

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 was hearing.

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 They picked up

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 stones to

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 throw at him.

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 They were so

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 mad.

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 What this is

00:21:23.380 --> 00:21:24.180
 the claim is

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 his person is

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 a greater

00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:27.660
 person.

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 God.

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 He's the

00:21:30.080 --> 00:21:31.060
 eternal God

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 made flesh.

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 And the way

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 to respond to

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 this is John

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 the Baptist's

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 cue from

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 chapter 3

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 verse 30

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 where John

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 says he

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 must increase

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 but I must

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 decrease.

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 In other

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 words, if he's

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 greater than

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 John, he's

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 also greater

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 than you.

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 He surpasses

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 you.

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 He's greater

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 than any of

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 us.

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 He's the

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 word, eternal

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 word become

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 flesh.

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 The second

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 person of

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 the Trinity

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 become human.

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 That's the

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 third reason to

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 believe in the

00:22:09.040 --> 00:22:09.580
 one and only

00:22:09.580 --> 00:22:10.480
 Jesus, that he

00:22:10.480 --> 00:22:11.220
 is one of a

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 kind.

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 It is his

00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:14.060
 greater person.

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 He's eternal.

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 The fourth

00:22:16.580 --> 00:22:17.279
 reason to believe

00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:17.779
 in the one and

00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:20.540
 only Jesus is

00:22:20.540 --> 00:22:21.300
 in verses 16

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 and 17.

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 It's his

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 grace.

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 Now, I

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 tried to

00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:29.000
 already make

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 a case

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 saying that

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 when John

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 says that

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 Jesus was

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 full of

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 grace and

00:22:34.560 --> 00:22:35.700
 truth, he's

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 riffing off of

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 the Exodus

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 34 statement

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 of God

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 where God

00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:40.580
 says, I'm

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 abounding in

00:22:41.560 --> 00:22:42.540
 steadfast love

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 and faithfulness.

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 So grace is

00:22:46.100 --> 00:22:47.100
 John's way of

00:22:47.100 --> 00:22:48.019
 referring to

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:49.259
 God's steadfast

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 love.

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 His undeserved,

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:53.279
 unmerited favor

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:54.480
 to people who

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:56.079
 don't deserve

00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:56.500
 it.

00:22:58.160 --> 00:22:58.579
 Now, in

00:22:58.579 --> 00:22:59.399
 verse 16, we

00:22:59.399 --> 00:23:00.039
 read this,

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 for from his

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:02.680
 fullness we've

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 all received.

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 I'm going to

00:23:05.099 --> 00:23:05.559
 come back to

00:23:05.559 --> 00:23:05.960
 that word

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.960
 received in a

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.920
 second, but

00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:08.460
 that word

00:23:08.460 --> 00:23:09.339
 fullness, that

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:10.700
 abounding, he

00:23:10.700 --> 00:23:11.700
 unpacks.

00:23:13.139 --> 00:23:14.299
 It's grace upon

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 grace.

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 Do you see that

00:23:15.420 --> 00:23:16.039
 in verse 16?

00:23:17.000 --> 00:23:18.160
 This fullness is

00:23:18.160 --> 00:23:19.779
 grace upon grace

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 and when you

00:23:20.240 --> 00:23:22.359
 read that, it

00:23:22.359 --> 00:23:23.079
 sounds like

00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:24.359
 that those who

00:23:24.359 --> 00:23:25.619
 receive Christ's

00:23:25.619 --> 00:23:26.639
 fullness receive

00:23:26.639 --> 00:23:28.059
 measure upon

00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:29.059
 measure of

00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:29.720
 God's grace.

00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:31.039
 It's like strata

00:23:31.039 --> 00:23:32.159
 of grace building

00:23:32.159 --> 00:23:33.000
 up on each

00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:34.279
 other, but it's

00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:35.059
 not quite that.

00:23:35.699 --> 00:23:35.980
 I'm going to

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:36.720
 make a technical

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.740
 observation.

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 You ready?

00:23:39.579 --> 00:23:40.199
 That word

00:23:40.199 --> 00:23:41.699
 upon in verse

00:23:41.699 --> 00:23:43.839
 16, grace upon

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 grace, the most

00:23:47.099 --> 00:23:48.039
 frequent and

00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:48.939
 common use of

00:23:48.939 --> 00:23:49.939
 the Greek word

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 of that means

00:23:51.900 --> 00:23:53.560
 grace instead

00:23:53.560 --> 00:23:56.340
 of or in the

00:23:56.340 --> 00:23:57.400
 place of.

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 And so if you

00:23:59.420 --> 00:23:59.940
 were to take it

00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:01.140
 that way, here's

00:24:01.140 --> 00:24:01.640
 how it would

00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:01.940
 read.

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:03.460
 It would read

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:03.980
 something like

00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.340
 this.

00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:05.540
 For from him, his

00:24:05.540 --> 00:24:06.140
 fullness we have

00:24:06.140 --> 00:24:07.840
 all received, grace

00:24:07.840 --> 00:24:09.840
 in place of grace,

00:24:10.840 --> 00:24:12.640
 grace instead of

00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:14.100
 grace, which

00:24:14.100 --> 00:24:14.820
 sounds kind of

00:24:14.820 --> 00:24:15.380
 odd, right?

00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:16.740
 Until you look at

00:24:16.740 --> 00:24:17.779
 verse 17.

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:20.460
 17 explains what

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:21.120
 John is meaning.

00:24:22.259 --> 00:24:23.079
 He says in verse

00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:24.099
 17, for the law

00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:24.819
 was given through

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:26.620
 Moses, a kind of

00:24:26.620 --> 00:24:27.059
 grace.

00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.579
 Grace and truth

00:24:30.579 --> 00:24:31.440
 came through Jesus

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:31.980
 Christ.

00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:34.839
 There was a lesser

00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:36.400
 grace, God's

00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:37.460
 steadfast love,

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.620
 giving his people

00:24:38.620 --> 00:24:39.700
 the law of Moses,

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:41.559
 which pointed to

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:43.160
 God, exposed sin,

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:44.000
 and anticipated

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.400
 Jesus.

00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:46.000
 And then there

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.500
 was the greater

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:47.820
 grace that

00:24:47.820 --> 00:24:50.200
 fulfilled it in

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:50.820
 the person of

00:24:50.820 --> 00:24:53.980
 Jesus Christ, which

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.840
 gets to the how.

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:58.000
 Jesus taught in

00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.960
 Matthew 5 that he

00:24:58.960 --> 00:25:00.100
 came not to abolish

00:25:00.100 --> 00:25:01.000
 the law of Moses,

00:25:01.400 --> 00:25:03.180
 but to fulfill it.

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:06.740
 All that the law

00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:07.900
 of Moses requires

00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:09.880
 and anticipates is

00:25:09.880 --> 00:25:11.580
 fulfilled in the

00:25:11.580 --> 00:25:12.920
 person of Jesus

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:13.700
 Christ.

00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:15.560
 He's the greater

00:25:15.560 --> 00:25:16.060
 grace.

00:25:18.320 --> 00:25:20.360
 And so, that's

00:25:20.360 --> 00:25:21.840
 why we can say

00:25:21.840 --> 00:25:23.000
 if we're in

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.980
 Christ, we're no

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:25.180
 longer under the

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:25.539
 law.

00:25:27.019 --> 00:25:28.100
 Because Jesus

00:25:28.100 --> 00:25:29.300
 fulfilled it all.

00:25:34.320 --> 00:25:35.740
 In John 3, 16,

00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:36.960
 we read this.

00:25:37.820 --> 00:25:38.600
 For God so loved

00:25:38.600 --> 00:25:40.220
 the world that he

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:41.200
 gave the law of

00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:42.759
 Moses, that whoever

00:25:42.759 --> 00:25:44.039
 obeys the law of

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:45.640
 Moses will receive

00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:46.440
 eternal life.

00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:46.900
 Right?

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.880
 Totally wrong.

00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:51.880
 For God so loved

00:25:51.880 --> 00:25:53.580
 the world that he

00:25:53.580 --> 00:25:54.799
 gave his one and

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:56.319
 only greater grace

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:58.740
 son, that whoever

00:25:58.740 --> 00:26:00.259
 believes in him

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:01.880
 shall not perish,

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:03.319
 but have eternal

00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:03.819
 life.

00:26:04.180 --> 00:26:05.200
 Which brings me to

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:06.180
 that word receive.

00:26:07.380 --> 00:26:08.440
 For of his fullness

00:26:08.440 --> 00:26:09.299
 we have all

00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:10.120
 received.

00:26:11.320 --> 00:26:12.279
 What does that

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:12.580
 mean?

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.220
 What kind of

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:15.360
 receiving are we

00:26:15.360 --> 00:26:16.080
 talking about?

00:26:17.140 --> 00:26:17.940
 Well, John already

00:26:17.940 --> 00:26:18.840
 answered that question

00:26:18.840 --> 00:26:20.279
 for us in verse 12.

00:26:20.820 --> 00:26:21.420
 Would you look at

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:22.259
 verse 12 of

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.920
 chapter 1?

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.539
 John writes,

00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:25.740
 but to all who did

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.440
 receive him,

00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:28.500
 who believed in

00:26:28.500 --> 00:26:29.259
 his name.

00:26:30.539 --> 00:26:31.240
 To them he gave

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:32.120
 the right to become

00:26:32.120 --> 00:26:33.720
 children of God.

00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:36.160
 to receive the

00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:38.319
 fullness of the

00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:38.960
 one and only

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:41.539
 Jesus is to

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:43.079
 believe in

00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:43.480
 him.

00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:46.759
 To trust in

00:26:46.759 --> 00:26:47.140
 him.

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:49.240
 He's the greater

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.799
 grace.

00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:51.900
 He fulfills the

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.920
 law of Moses.

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.960
 And of his

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:56.259
 fullness we

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:58.259
 receive by

00:26:58.259 --> 00:26:58.799
 believing.

00:26:58.799 --> 00:27:01.779
 That's the

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:02.779
 fourth reason

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:04.799
 why we

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.619
 should believe

00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:06.039
 in the one

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:06.379
 and only

00:27:06.379 --> 00:27:06.779
 Jesus.

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:08.220
 He is the

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.779
 source of

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:09.639
 greater grace.

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.480
 The fifth

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:13.259
 reason why

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:14.159
 you must

00:27:14.159 --> 00:27:14.619
 believe in

00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:14.879
 the one

00:27:14.879 --> 00:27:15.200
 and only

00:27:15.200 --> 00:27:15.639
 Jesus

00:27:15.639 --> 00:27:18.779
 is his

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.379
 revelation.

00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:22.759
 In verse

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.480
 18 we

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:23.839
 read,

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:24.859
 no one

00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:25.220
 has ever

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:25.980
 seen God,

00:27:26.399 --> 00:27:27.059
 the only

00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.579
 God who

00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:28.200
 is at

00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:28.720
 the Father's

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.080
 side,

00:27:29.600 --> 00:27:30.640
 he has

00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:31.059
 made him

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:31.440
 known.

00:27:35.340 --> 00:27:35.819
 We're

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.519
 immediately in

00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:37.559
 verse 18

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:38.340
 met with a

00:27:38.340 --> 00:27:38.740
 problem.

00:27:39.340 --> 00:27:39.779
 No one

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.200
 has ever

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:40.940
 seen God.

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.519
 And you

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:42.779
 may be

00:27:42.779 --> 00:27:43.019
 thinking,

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:43.559
 well that's

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:44.299
 right because

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:44.860
 you can't

00:27:44.860 --> 00:27:45.319
 see God.

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:47.940
 And to

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.120
 a certain

00:27:48.120 --> 00:27:48.460
 degree you

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:48.860
 would be

00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:49.259
 correct.

00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:50.920
 But remember

00:27:50.920 --> 00:27:51.460
 what Exodus

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:52.720
 33 20 says.

00:27:54.240 --> 00:27:54.660
 You cannot

00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:55.220
 see my

00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:56.840
 face for

00:27:56.840 --> 00:27:57.460
 man cannot

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:58.120
 see my

00:27:58.119 --> 00:27:59.319
 face and

00:27:59.319 --> 00:27:59.719
 live.

00:28:00.879 --> 00:28:01.599
 The real

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:02.359
 problem is

00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:03.479
 we can't

00:28:03.479 --> 00:28:04.039
 see God

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:04.899
 lest we

00:28:04.899 --> 00:28:06.059
 die because

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.699
 he's holy

00:28:06.699 --> 00:28:07.879
 and we're

00:28:07.879 --> 00:28:08.179
 not.

00:28:10.199 --> 00:28:10.739
 Remember

00:28:10.739 --> 00:28:11.459
 Moses only

00:28:11.459 --> 00:28:11.959
 saw the

00:28:11.959 --> 00:28:13.099
 backside glory

00:28:13.099 --> 00:28:13.899
 of God in

00:28:13.899 --> 00:28:14.879
 Exodus 33

00:28:14.879 --> 00:28:15.399
 34.

00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:17.759
 The problem

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.299
 is if we

00:28:18.299 --> 00:28:18.899
 see God

00:28:18.899 --> 00:28:19.479
 we die.

00:28:21.479 --> 00:28:22.259
 And the

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.979
 solution is

00:28:22.979 --> 00:28:23.299
 here in

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:24.019
 verse 18.

00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:26.279
 The only

00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:26.679
 God.

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:26.820
 God.

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 It's the

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.560
 same only

00:28:28.560 --> 00:28:29.080
 from verse

00:28:29.080 --> 00:28:29.600
 14.

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 The one

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.400
 and only.

00:28:31.740 --> 00:28:32.080
 The one

00:28:32.080 --> 00:28:33.360
 of a kind

00:28:33.360 --> 00:28:33.799
 God.

00:28:35.080 --> 00:28:36.080
 The incarnate

00:28:36.080 --> 00:28:36.440
 God.

00:28:36.560 --> 00:28:37.700
 Jesus Christ

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.660
 verse 17.

00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.779
 He has

00:28:40.779 --> 00:28:41.299
 made him

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:41.779
 known.

00:28:45.620 --> 00:28:46.519
 It's a

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:47.200
 fancy word.

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.080
 Biblical

00:28:50.080 --> 00:28:50.920
 scholars throw

00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:51.400
 around the

00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:52.539
 word exegesis.

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.639
 It's a way

00:28:53.639 --> 00:28:54.319
 of studying

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:55.019
 the Bible.

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:56.099
 It's the

00:28:56.099 --> 00:28:57.000
 making known

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.659
 of what the

00:28:57.659 --> 00:28:58.559
 Bible says.

00:28:58.659 --> 00:28:59.180
 You do your

00:28:59.180 --> 00:28:59.940
 exegetical

00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.319
 work.

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:02.799
 And that's

00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.399
 the word we

00:29:03.399 --> 00:29:04.000
 have here.

00:29:06.599 --> 00:29:07.440
 No one has

00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:07.940
 ever seen

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:08.220
 God.

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:09.000
 The only God

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.339
 who is at

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:10.000
 the Father's

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.819
 side.

00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:11.839
 He has

00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:13.039
 exegeted

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.319
 him.

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.440
 He has

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:16.319
 made him

00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:16.559
 known.

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:18.539
 He has put

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.039
 him on full

00:29:19.039 --> 00:29:19.559
 display.

00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:21.339
 time and

00:29:21.339 --> 00:29:22.179
 again in the

00:29:22.179 --> 00:29:22.879
 Gospel of

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:23.220
 John.

00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:24.000
 Jesus says

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.319
 something.

00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:25.179
 If you've

00:29:25.179 --> 00:29:25.619
 seen me,

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.039
 you've seen

00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:26.539
 the Father.

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:27.599
 Because I

00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:28.159
 put him on

00:29:28.159 --> 00:29:28.720
 display.

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:31.059
 I am the

00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:32.240
 visible

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:32.919
 theophany

00:29:32.919 --> 00:29:33.480
 of God.

00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:37.059
 It's where

00:29:37.059 --> 00:29:38.139
 John 1 has

00:29:38.139 --> 00:29:38.879
 been moving

00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:39.619
 all along.

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:41.079
 This prologue

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:42.179
 lands here.

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:45.279
 The one

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:45.819
 and only

00:29:45.819 --> 00:29:46.339
 God.

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:47.480
 Fully

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:47.819
 God.

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.159
 Fully

00:29:48.159 --> 00:29:48.480
 man.

00:29:48.579 --> 00:29:48.839
 Jesus

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:49.480
 Christ.

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:50.940
 He has

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:52.480
 revealed the

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:53.619
 unseen God

00:29:53.619 --> 00:29:54.819
 whom if we

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.399
 saw, we

00:29:55.399 --> 00:29:55.960
 would die.

00:29:56.379 --> 00:29:56.980
 But if we

00:29:56.980 --> 00:29:57.619
 see Jesus

00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:58.319
 with eyes of

00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:59.079
 faith, we

00:29:59.079 --> 00:30:00.099
 don't die, we

00:30:00.099 --> 00:30:00.940
 live.

00:30:04.419 --> 00:30:05.159
 He's one

00:30:05.159 --> 00:30:05.659
 of a kind.

00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:07.460
 He's the

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:08.039
 one and only.

00:30:10.879 --> 00:30:11.519
 Our seeing

00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:12.200
 God in the

00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:12.919
 face of Jesus

00:30:12.919 --> 00:30:14.619
 Christ, when

00:30:14.619 --> 00:30:15.419
 accompanied by

00:30:15.419 --> 00:30:17.099
 faith, doesn't

00:30:17.099 --> 00:30:17.879
 result in our

00:30:17.879 --> 00:30:19.200
 death, but

00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:19.860
 results in

00:30:19.860 --> 00:30:20.720
 eternal life,

00:30:20.840 --> 00:30:22.440
 experiencing his

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.279
 fullness of

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:23.920
 grace and

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:24.819
 truth, his

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:25.640
 steadfast love

00:30:25.640 --> 00:30:26.380
 and faithfulness

00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:27.460
 towards us.

00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.559
 For God so

00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:28.880
 loved the

00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:29.940
 world that he

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:30.440
 gave his one

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:31.259
 and only son

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:32.039
 that whoever

00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:32.680
 believes him

00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:33.220
 shall not

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.819
 perish but

00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:34.620
 have eternal

00:30:34.620 --> 00:30:35.920
 life.

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:38.380
 So what we've

00:30:38.380 --> 00:30:38.920
 learned here from

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:39.960
 John chapter 1,

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.860
 1 through 18,

00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:42.720
 is that the

00:30:42.720 --> 00:30:44.319
 logos, who is

00:30:44.319 --> 00:30:45.160
 Jesus Christ,

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:45.960
 the word became

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.840
 flesh, the one

00:30:46.840 --> 00:30:47.880
 and only, has

00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:49.319
 made known the

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:50.140
 unseen God.

00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:50.819
 If you see him,

00:30:50.860 --> 00:30:51.600
 you will die.

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.460
 And he's made

00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:53.100
 him known,

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:55.079
 showing him his

00:30:55.079 --> 00:30:56.240
 glory, an

00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:57.840
 incarnate glory,

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.860
 full of grace and

00:30:58.860 --> 00:31:00.180
 truth, that if we

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:01.920
 receive, we live.

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:09.779
 He came to reveal

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:11.720
 the Father and to

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:14.060
 reveal salvation in

00:31:14.060 --> 00:31:14.660
 him alone.

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.900
 So why must you

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:17.900
 believe in the one

00:31:17.900 --> 00:31:18.620
 and only Jesus

00:31:18.620 --> 00:31:19.060
 Christ?

00:31:19.200 --> 00:31:20.759
 Well, his presence

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.259
 is a greater

00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:21.800
 presence.

00:31:22.860 --> 00:31:23.960
 His glory is a

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.580
 greater glory.

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:26.140
 His person is a

00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:26.840
 greater person.

00:31:27.060 --> 00:31:28.340
 His grace is a

00:31:28.340 --> 00:31:28.980
 greater grace.

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:30.079
 And his revelation

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:31.940
 is the greatest

00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:33.880
 revelation, ultimate

00:31:33.880 --> 00:31:35.539
 revelation of God

00:31:35.539 --> 00:31:36.059
 himself.

00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:39.380
 There's no greater.

00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:41.740
 So how do we

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.579
 respond to this?

00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:46.299
 Well, let's say you

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:47.779
 came into the

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.539
 building this morning

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.640
 and you had a mild

00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:51.460
 or major case of

00:31:51.460 --> 00:31:52.500
 indoxia.

00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:55.620
 Chronic, not

00:31:55.620 --> 00:31:57.039
 glorifying God.

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.839
 Here's how you

00:31:59.839 --> 00:32:00.380
 respond.

00:32:01.420 --> 00:32:02.380
 You don't need a

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:03.500
 soul care pastor to

00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:04.140
 show up to your

00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:04.500
 house.

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:08.559
 You need to see

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:09.920
 Jesus in his glory.

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:12.079
 You need to see

00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.360
 him.

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.720
 You need to open up

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.559
 the pages of the

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:15.900
 scriptures.

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.819
 And you need to

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:18.860
 call out to him,

00:32:18.960 --> 00:32:19.900
 show me your glory.

00:32:21.640 --> 00:32:22.559
 God is most

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:23.579
 pleased to show you

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:24.059
 his glory.

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:25.880
 It's like the

00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:28.180
 IV of 100

00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:29.160
 CC's of Jesus

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:30.200
 awesomeness starts

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:31.380
 to drip into your

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:31.740
 soul.

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.620
 So you need to

00:32:34.620 --> 00:32:35.220
 see him.

00:32:36.620 --> 00:32:37.640
 But not just

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:38.420
 see him,

00:32:39.200 --> 00:32:39.880
 you need to

00:32:39.880 --> 00:32:41.140
 believe in him.

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:43.060
 You need to

00:32:43.060 --> 00:32:44.860
 receive his

00:32:44.860 --> 00:32:46.299
 fullness of

00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:47.340
 grace and truth.

00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:49.019
 You must

00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:49.860
 believe.

00:32:50.860 --> 00:32:51.740
 You must say

00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:52.340
 yes.

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:54.240
 You must take

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:54.880
 that step.

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:55.540
 And if you're

00:32:55.540 --> 00:32:56.220
 in the room and

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:57.260
 you've never put

00:32:57.260 --> 00:32:57.820
 your faith,

00:32:58.040 --> 00:32:58.980
 belief in Jesus

00:32:58.980 --> 00:33:00.900
 before, what a

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:02.280
 day to do it.

00:33:03.780 --> 00:33:04.940
 Come to Jesus.

00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:07.580
 Say to Jesus, I

00:33:07.580 --> 00:33:08.720
 will receive your

00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:10.700
 full grace and

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.060
 truth.

00:33:12.340 --> 00:33:13.480
 I'll receive it by

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:13.840
 faith.

00:33:15.600 --> 00:33:16.420
 And you will

00:33:16.420 --> 00:33:16.740
 live.

00:33:19.740 --> 00:33:21.660
 See, believe, and

00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:23.780
 finally, marvel.

00:33:24.880 --> 00:33:26.160
 Marvel at him.

00:33:26.260 --> 00:33:27.320
 He is the one

00:33:27.320 --> 00:33:28.480
 and only God.

00:33:28.860 --> 00:33:30.100
 The one and only

00:33:30.100 --> 00:33:31.000
 from the Father,

00:33:31.380 --> 00:33:32.080
 full of grace,

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:32.700
 the truth.

00:33:33.060 --> 00:33:33.660
 And when you

00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:35.360
 marvel, it

00:33:35.360 --> 00:33:38.200
 just, it just

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:40.240
 crowds out any

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:42.220
 indoxia in your

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:42.700
 soul.

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:44.460
 It moves you

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:46.120
 from chronic

00:33:46.120 --> 00:33:47.480
 not glorifying to

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:49.000
 God to eager

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:50.180
 wanting to

00:33:50.180 --> 00:33:51.420
 glorify God.

00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:51.460
 God.

00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:52.860
 And that's not

00:33:52.860 --> 00:33:53.360
 just a good

00:33:53.360 --> 00:33:54.680
 place to be at

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.360
 Christmas time.

00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:58.120
 That's a good

00:33:58.120 --> 00:33:58.800
 place to be for

00:33:58.800 --> 00:33:59.340
 the rest of your

00:33:59.340 --> 00:33:59.680
 life.

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:02.580
 Jesus never gets

00:34:02.580 --> 00:34:02.920
 old.

00:34:04.340 --> 00:34:05.220
 And if you think

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:06.880
 he does, it says

00:34:06.880 --> 00:34:07.660
 more about you

00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:08.099
 than him.

00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:11.400
 What this also

00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:11.960
 does, this

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:13.960
 marveling at

00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:15.420
 him, not only

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:16.079
 does it compel

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.860
 worship and

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.880
 glorying him in

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.300
 our own

00:34:18.300 --> 00:34:20.960
 heart, it

00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:22.400
 compels us to

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:23.340
 want others to

00:34:23.340 --> 00:34:24.700
 see, believe,

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:26.099
 and marvel at

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:27.059
 Jesus too.

00:34:29.640 --> 00:34:30.820
 It compels us to

00:34:30.820 --> 00:34:31.519
 want to go tell it

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:32.000
 on the mountain

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:36.220
 that the word has

00:34:36.220 --> 00:34:37.039
 become flesh.

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:40.180
 It compels us to

00:34:40.180 --> 00:34:40.840
 tell people,

00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:42.460
 Merry Christmas,

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:44.420
 happy incarnation.

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:48.019
 compels us to

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.840
 want to sing

00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:50.720
 joy to the

00:34:50.720 --> 00:34:51.159
 world.

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:54.559
 The word

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:56.539
 has come.

00:34:59.180 --> 00:35:00.340
 When we see

00:35:00.340 --> 00:35:01.200
 Jesus for who

00:35:01.200 --> 00:35:01.800
 he is,

00:35:03.720 --> 00:35:04.639
 the only

00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:05.340
 response

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:06.000
 pleasing to

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.860
 Father is

00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:08.260
 to believe

00:35:08.260 --> 00:35:10.119
 and to marvel.

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:11.960
 Let's pray.

00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:17.380
 Lord Jesus,

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:18.099
 we thank you so

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:18.639
 much for who

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:19.139
 you are.

00:35:20.780 --> 00:35:21.860
 Spirit of God,

00:35:22.019 --> 00:35:22.680
 we know that

00:35:22.680 --> 00:35:23.680
 your ministry is

00:35:23.680 --> 00:35:24.579
 to glorify the

00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:26.159
 Son, so would

00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:27.440
 you exalt the

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:29.099
 Son in our

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:29.860
 lives?

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:31.940
 Would you

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:33.700
 help us to

00:35:33.700 --> 00:35:34.400
 not only see

00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:36.119
 Jesus, but to

00:35:36.119 --> 00:35:37.180
 believe in

00:35:37.180 --> 00:35:38.360
 him, and in

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:39.280
 believing in

00:35:39.280 --> 00:35:41.260
 him, marvel at

00:35:41.260 --> 00:35:41.519
 him?

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.559
 And God, we

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:45.380
 ask that even

00:35:45.380 --> 00:35:46.119
 two days from

00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:48.539
 now, during

00:35:48.539 --> 00:35:49.179
 this Christmas

00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:52.259
 outreach, that

00:35:52.259 --> 00:35:53.380
 as a result of

00:35:53.380 --> 00:35:54.599
 our limited

00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:55.619
 efforts in

00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:56.739
 pointing others

00:35:56.739 --> 00:35:58.840
 to this one-of-a-kind

00:35:58.840 --> 00:36:00.920
 Jesus, God,

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:01.579
 would you do a

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:02.159
 work that only

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.880
 you can do?

00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:05.199
 That others

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:06.360
 would see him

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:07.500
 and believe him

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 and marvel at

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:08.779
 him?

00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.659
 God, we're

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:11.500
 asking that you

00:36:11.500 --> 00:36:12.199
 would add to our

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 number over the

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:15.400
 next year, and

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:15.980
 at this time

00:36:15.980 --> 00:36:16.920
 next year, God,

00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:17.579
 we would be

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:18.199
 singing with

00:36:18.199 --> 00:36:20.599
 more people who

00:36:20.599 --> 00:36:22.079
 marvel at the

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:22.480
 Son.

00:36:23.920 --> 00:36:24.980
 We ask this in

00:36:24.980 --> 00:36:25.679
 Jesus' name.

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:26.820
 Amen.

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:26.980
 Amen.

00:36:26.980 --> 00:36:27.260
 Amen.

00:36:27.260 --> 00:36:27.420
 Amen.

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:28.840
 Amen.

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:29.760
 Amen.

00:36:29.760 --> 00:36:29.940
 Amen.

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:30.280
 Amen.

00:36:30.280 --> 00:36:30.619
 Amen.

00:36:31.139 --> 00:36:31.199
 Amen.

00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:32.360
 Amen.

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:33.159
 Amen.

00:36:33.159 --> 00:36:35.139
 Amen.

00:36:35.139 --> 00:36:35.260
 Amen.

00:36:35.260 --> 00:36:37.000
 Amen.

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:39.079
 Amen.

00:36:39.079 --> 00:36:39.500
 Amen.

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:39.940
 Amen.

00:36:39.940 --> 00:36:40.440
 Amen.

00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:40.880
 Amen.

00:36:40.900 --> 00:36:41.480
 Amen.

00:36:41.480 --> 00:36:41.960
 Amen.

00:36:41.960 --> 00:36:42.579
 Amen.

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:42.980
 Amen.