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 Well, do turn to John 7.

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 John chapter 7, and we'll look at verses 1 to 24.

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 You know what it's like, don't you, in London in the summertime.

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 It's beautiful sunshine, and then the cloud comes over, isn't it?

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 Dark, menacing clouds of hostility.

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 And you know what's coming.

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 You know that at some point there's been a period of pressure,

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 and at some point the clouds will break, the heavens will open,

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 and there'll be a deluge of rain.

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 And what you see in John 7, 1 to 24,

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 are dark, menacing clouds of hostility

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 that haven't yet broken out into the open.

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 Remember chapter 6?

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 Chapter 6, it started, there were 5,000 people.

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 5,000 people coming and following Jesus,

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 sitting under his teaching.

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 They have their breath taken away by his miracles.

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 They enjoy a feast that Jesus provides.

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 And then Jesus says, in chapter 6,

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 boys and girls, men and women,

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 unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood,

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 you are not going to have eternal life.

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 And people think he's gone over the deep end.

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 It's blasphemy, it's cannibalism,

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 it's too intense,

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 and they leave en masse.

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 There's a whole lot of them.

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 It's a big rejection.

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 Jesus goes from 5,000 people following him to 12.

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 He goes from being a mega church pastor

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 to a small group leader in four hours.

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 And you're thinking that's pretty bad, isn't it?

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 Another chapter doesn't finish, chapter 6,

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 before Jesus says that one of his own 12 hand-picked disciples

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 is going to reject him.

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 It's another hit.

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 It's rock bottom, isn't it?

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 Another form of rejection.

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 And you think, well, it can't get any worse.

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 But then you come to chapter 7,

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 and we'll see that the rejection of Jesus

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 is even operating within his own family,

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 from his brothers who came from the same womb.

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 So John 7 begins with him leaving the north in Galilee,

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 and relatively safely,

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 in order to go down to the south,

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 and Judea, into real danger.

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 And the storm clouds darken of opposition.

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 There's a dark background to John chapter 7.

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 And as the events unfold,

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 there's no doubt that the main theme of this chapter

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 is the rising tide of opposition towards Jesus.

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 The rising opposition to who he says he is.

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 And that is something, isn't it,

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 with which we're not completely unfamiliar with as a society.

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 Ruben's really helpfully shown us that in James, hasn't he?

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 That we're living in a negative culture.

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 Storm clouds gathering over Christ's church.

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 And so we should be interested in what John has to tell us in chapter 7.

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 Just look with me.

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 See the theme.

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 Verse 1.

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 They're seeking to kill him.

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 Verse 13.

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 There's a fear of the Jews,

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 so no one spoke openly about him.

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 In verse 19,

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 he asked,

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 why do you seek to kill me?

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 In verse 20,

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 you have a demon.

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 Verse 25.

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 They are whispering about him.

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 Is not this the man they seek to kill?

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 Verse 30.

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 They talk about arresting him,

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 but don't.

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 And then in verse 32,

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 you see the same theme.

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 And verse 45.

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 The chapter is about the rising tide of opposition

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 towards Jesus.

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 And what I want us to do

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 is just look at the three groups.

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 I'll spend far longer on the last group.

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 But the three groups in these first 24 verses.

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 The first group is the brothers of Jesus.

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 Look at verse 3 and following.

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 Leave here, they say,

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 and go to Judea.

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 Go to Judea,

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 that your disciples,

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 your followers, Jesus,

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 may also see the works that you are doing.

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 And it seems to me that actually

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 there's a touch of manipulation there.

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 Even a touch of cynicism.

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 Jesus, if you want to be a main player

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 on the religious scene,

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 you need to get amongst the big boys

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 in Jerusalem.

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 There's no point wasting your time

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 here in the sticks.

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 There's no point ministering

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 in a place like Cornwall

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 or South Wales.

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 Who's ever heard of places like that?

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 Jesus, you need to be in

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 St Paul's Cathedral,

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 Westminster Abbey.

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 You need to be in the corridors

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 of religious power.

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 Verse 4.

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 No one works in secret

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 if he seeks to be known.

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 If you want to be a public figure,

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 don't hide the light under a bushel.

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 If you do these things,

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 show yourself to the world.

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 We can hardly believe it, can we?

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 That the brothers,

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 the flesh and blood of God incarnate

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 would come out with something like this.

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 They had ate meals

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 with God incarnate.

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 They had done sweating work at times.

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 They had had relaxing holiday times

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 with God manifest in the flesh

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 for 30 years.

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 They knew him.

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 And yet the explanation is given

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 in verse 5 where we learn

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 that they are not believers.

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 And that in a sense makes the puzzle

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 all the greater, doesn't it?

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 These brothers of Jesus,

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 they've been with him all these years

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 and yet they don't believe in him

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 or accept his message.

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 Such misunderstanding.

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 And of course that puzzle exists today,

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 doesn't it?

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 Those who've had most access

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 to the truth of the gospel,

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 but they can't see it.

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 Members of a family,

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 maybe in your family,

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 they've had a living Christian

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 living amongst them

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 for years and years and years,

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 but they don't believe it.

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 They reject it.

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 And so if that is you,

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 don't beat yourself up

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 mercilessly as a failure.

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 You may feel like you've been

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 the only Christian in your family

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 for years and years

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 and nobody seems to take

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 the slightest bit of notice

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 or has got the slightest clue

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 about who you are

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 and who you love.

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 So great encouragement, isn't it?

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 That the same thing happened

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 to the Son of God.

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 He knows.

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 And don't you think

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 in chapter 7 and verses 3 and 4,

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 Jesus felt acute pain

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 and hurt and anguish.

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 Here is his own kith and kin,

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 his own flesh and blood

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 through Mary

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 and they haven't got a clue.

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 But the story, of course,

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 has encouragement at the end of it.

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 There's a postscript, isn't there?

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 That by the time you get

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 to the Acts of the Apostles,

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 the brothers have become disciples.

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 And one of them was James,

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 the brother of our Lord,

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 who became a great leader

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 in the early church.

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 So do not lose heart.

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 Do not lose heart.

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 The Gospel means

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 that very surprising things

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 can happen to people.

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 Very surprising things.

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 That's the first group,

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 the brothers.

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 The second group is the Jews,

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 the Jewish people.

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 They're mentioned in verse 1,

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 but they're mentioned

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 more specifically

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 in verse 11 and 13 and 15.

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 Now by Jews,

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 he probably means Judeans.

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 That is the general population

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 that's in and around

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 the capital city, Jerusalem.

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 And if the brothers' opposition

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 is marked by cynicism,

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 then Judea's opposition

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 to Jesus is marked by confusion.

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 And that confusion is seen

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 in that divided estimate

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 of Jesus they have.

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 Look at verse 12.

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 Some say he's a good man.

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 Some say he's a good man.

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 Others say,

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 no, he's leading the people astray.

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 I want to pause for a moment

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 and just ask,

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 which of the two reactions

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 in verse 12

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 are the more confused?

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 There's a question.

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 Which of the two reactions

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 in verse 12,

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 good man or leading the people astray,

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 is the more confused?

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 Those who thought Jesus

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 was a good man

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 or those who thought

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 Jesus was a deceiver?

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 And so we're not the kind of church

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 that normally asks you

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 to raise your hands,

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 but we're going to do it tonight.

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 All right?

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 Okay.

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 So think about the question.

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 Do you think

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 that the more confused attitude

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 was those who said

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 Jesus was a deceiver?

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 If so,

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 raise your hands now.

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 I'm serious, right?

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 Or do you think

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 that the more confused

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 were those who Jesus said,

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 who said Jesus

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 was a good man?

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 If you think the second,

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 raise your hands now.

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 There's about three quarters

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 abstentions.

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 You're a disgrace.

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 You really are.

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 Okay, so you're not too sure,

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 are you?

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 Even the elders

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 are slightly bottling it.

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 I think it's the second group.

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 Let me read to you

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 the quote from C.S. Lewis

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 that most of you

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 have heard before.

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 C.S. Lewis says this,

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 I'm trying here

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 to prevent anyone

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 saying the really foolish thing

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 that people often say about him.

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 I'm ready to accept Jesus

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 as a great moral teacher,

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 but I don't accept

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 his claim to be God.

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 That is the one thing

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 we must not say.

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 A man who was merely a man

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 and said the sort of things

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 Jesus said

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 would not be

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 a great moral teacher.

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 He would either be a lunatic

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 on the level with the man

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 who says he's a poached egg

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 or else he would be

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 the devil of hell.

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 You must make your choice.

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 Either this man was

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 and is the son of God

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 or else a madman

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 or something worse.

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 You can shut him up

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 for a fool.

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 You can spit at him

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 and kill him as a demon

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 or you can fall at his feet

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 and call him Lord and God.

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 But let us not come

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 with any patronizing nonsense

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 about his being

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 a great human teacher.

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 He's not left that open to us.

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 He did not intend to.

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 Some of the Jews,

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 verse 20,

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 if you look there,

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 they thought he was mad.

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 You've got a demon.

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 That's an option.

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 Some of the Jews,

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 verse 12,

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 said you're bad.

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 He's a deceiver.

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 That's an option.

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 And others of the Jews

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 said he was good.

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 Verse 12,

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 he's a good man

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 but that is not an option.

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 So they're more confused.

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 In the midst of all the confusion

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 that there was

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 in the opposition to Jesus

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 at this time

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 and that confusion

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 still exists today,

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 doesn't it?

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 People still have views

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 about the Lord Jesus

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 that are so confused.

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 There are many that think

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 he was a good man.

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 He was a good moral teacher.

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 Many think he was maybe

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 a mythical figure.

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 Some people think he's

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 on the equivalent

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 of a fairy tale.

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 That's the second group.

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 The brothers are the first group.

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 The Jews are the second group.

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 But then there's a third group.

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 And group is not really

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 the right word.

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 Category would be better.

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 It's a category

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 which the other two groups

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 in John 7 belong to.

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 Which all groups

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 of human beings belong to.

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 And that is the category

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 of the world,

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 verse 7.

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 The brothers' opposition

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 was cynical.

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 If the Jews' opposition

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 to Jesus was confused,

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 Jesus teaches us

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 that the world's opposition

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 to him is marked

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 by hatred.

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 That's what Jesus says.

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 If you look at verse 7,

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 it's so stark.

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 The world hates me.

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 It's very simple

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 and yet very profound.

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 The world hates me.

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 You've probably understood

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 if you've been here

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 over the duration

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 of our studies in John

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 that the word world

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 is a very important word

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 in John's Gospel.

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 It's a very important category

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 for John.

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 He uses it many,

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 many times

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 and it means for him

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 not just,

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 not the physical globe,

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 but it means humanity

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 in opposition to God.

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 So right at the beginning

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 of the Gospel,

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 he's mentioned the world,

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 isn't it?

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 Chapter 1, verse 10.

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 John saying this,

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 he was in the world

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 and though the world

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 was made through him,

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 the world did not

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 recognise him.

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 The world did not

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 recognise Jesus.

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 A few weeks ago,

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 I went to the rugby

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 and I met someone

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 who I didn't have a clue

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 who they were

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 and they knew me

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 and I didn't have a clue

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 who they were.

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 They said,

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 you know me

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 and I looked at them

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 and I thought,

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 I don't know him

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 and I didn't know

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 who they were

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 until they revealed themselves.

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 25 years have passed.

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 I obviously hadn't changed a bit.

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 But I didn't recognise them.

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 I didn't recognise them

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 until they revealed themselves.

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 But human beings

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 have got no excuse

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 for not recognising

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 our maker

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 in Jesus.

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 And there'll be certainly

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 no excuse on that day

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 when we meet him

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 on that judgement day.

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 The world does not

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 recognise Jesus.

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 That's what John

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 is saying in chapter 1.

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 But in chapter 7

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 he says something

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 more serious, doesn't he?

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 He says,

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 the world hates me.

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 And perhaps you're saying,

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 well, is that really the case?

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 You might think,

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 well, it's the case

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 in a place

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 where militant Islam

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 rules and reigns.

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 maybe northern Nigeria,

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 Pakistan,

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 certain parts of Iran.

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 Maybe you've read

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 about the hatred

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 in parts of the world

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 for Christians

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 and for the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And we know,

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 don't we,

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 that there is much hatred

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 for Jesus

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 in many parts of the world.

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 But what about

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 in our part?

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 What about in our hearts?

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 Can that be so?

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 Well, it does seem to be

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 the Bible's teaching,

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 isn't it?

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 In that very first sermon

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 in Acts,

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 in Acts chapter 2

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 on the day of Pentecost.

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 Do you remember

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 how Peter finished it?

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 He had this great appeal

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 to the people

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 and he said to the people,

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 repent and be baptized

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 every one of you

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 in the name of Jesus Christ

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 for the forgiveness of sins.

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 And then the text

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 goes on to say this,

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 Peter warned them

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 by many, many words

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 and he pleaded with them,

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 save yourself

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 from this wicked generation.

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 And that wicked generation,

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 we are meant to see

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 that that applies

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 throughout every period of history.

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 Right down to today.

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 The world hates Jesus.

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 And every human heart

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 is ultimately resistant to Jesus.

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 There are different ways

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 of expressing it, aren't there?

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 And so you can just,

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 you can display that

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 by apathy.

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 But apathy is not the problem.

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 We often think it is

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 that people don't care.

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 But apathy is not the problem

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 according to the Bible.

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 Antagonism is.

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 And people express

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 that antagonism

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 according to their

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 different personalities,

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 depending on their upbringing,

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 depending on their education,

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 depending on their different abilities

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 to express themselves.

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 So people can be really

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 courteous, can't they?

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 They can be polite.

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 They can even be flattering.

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 But they still hate Jesus.

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 Why does the world hate Jesus?

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 Jesus gives us the reason.

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 Look at verse 7.

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 The world cannot hate you,

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 but it hates me.

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 And here's the key,

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 because I testify

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 about it,

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 that its works are evil.

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 So when Jesus begins

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 to expose us,

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 feathers start to be rustled

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 and feathers start to fly.

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 There's an example of that

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 in verses 14 to 20.

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 Do you see what's being said there?

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 What is it that changed

00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:49.900
 the interested observers

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 from verse 15

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 to violent opponents

00:16:52.060 --> 00:16:52.759
 in verse 20?

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 And the answer has to be,

00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:56.159
 Jesus said to them,

00:16:56.200 --> 00:16:56.840
 verse 19,

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 has not Moses given you the law

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 in the Old Testament?

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 Yet not one of you

00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:01.059
 keeps the law.

00:17:01.919 --> 00:17:03.899
 Merely exposing their hypocrisy

00:17:03.899 --> 00:17:05.119
 and duplicity

00:17:05.119 --> 00:17:06.119
 and sinfulness.

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 And then he goes further on

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 asking,

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 why are you trying to kill me?

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 And the crowd

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 protests.

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 They say,

00:17:13.019 --> 00:17:14.180
 you're demon possessed.

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 They go mad at that.

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 We're not trying to kill you,

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 but they were.

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 And Jesus is right

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 and he's proved right

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 in time

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 and given half a chance

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 the world would murder

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 its maker all over again.

00:17:30.259 --> 00:17:31.960
 Because the world hates Jesus

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 because he testifies,

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 he shows

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 that what it does is evil.

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 Second example is

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 in verses 21 to 24

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 and it's a rather complicated section

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 but there's a basic simplicity to it.

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 Some of the Jews

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 were quite happily

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 circumcising their children

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 on the Sabbath day.

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 Though strictly speaking

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 it was against their laws

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 to do that on the Sabbath.

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 And they got absolutely

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 mad with Jesus.

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 Do you remember

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 when he healed

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 the whole body of a man

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 who'd been lying

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 by the side of a pool

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 for 38 years?

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 They went mad at him

00:18:07.879 --> 00:18:08.480
 for doing that

00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:09.139
 because he'd done it

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 on the Sabbath.

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 Even though Jesus

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 was fulfilling

00:18:12.879 --> 00:18:14.059
 his father's intention

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 in the giving

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 of the Sabbath.

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 And when Jesus

00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:19.399
 exposes their hypocrisy again,

00:18:19.639 --> 00:18:20.359
 then their hatred

00:18:20.359 --> 00:18:21.199
 is rekindled.

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 They see their hypocrisy.

00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:26.859
 Is not this the man

00:18:26.859 --> 00:18:27.919
 whom they seek to kill,

00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:28.319
 they say?

00:18:29.919 --> 00:18:31.759
 The world hates Jesus

00:18:31.759 --> 00:18:33.639
 because Jesus testifies

00:18:33.639 --> 00:18:35.839
 against its evil.

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 evil.

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 And I mustn't use

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 the impersonal there.

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 Our evil.

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 Even when we become

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 believers in the Lord Jesus,

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 and those of us

00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:49.740
 who are Christians

00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:50.220
 here tonight,

00:18:50.359 --> 00:18:51.059
 we will,

00:18:51.779 --> 00:18:52.419
 we're aware,

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 aren't we,

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 there's a remnant

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 of opposition

00:18:54.459 --> 00:18:56.039
 that exists

00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:56.740
 in our nature

00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:57.779
 towards the Lord Jesus

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 and his absolute claims

00:19:00.259 --> 00:19:00.980
 on our lives.

00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:02.720
 maybe you've been

00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:03.599
 a Christian for years,

00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:04.759
 but you're aware

00:19:04.759 --> 00:19:06.180
 that there's a rebellion

00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:07.220
 that exists inside you.

00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:08.200
 There's a resistance

00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:09.200
 many times

00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:10.660
 that takes place

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 within us.

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 And so if we're honest

00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:13.980
 tonight,

00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:15.640
 when we are aware

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 that, aren't we,

00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:17.039
 that when things go wrong

00:19:17.039 --> 00:19:18.160
 and disappointments occur,

00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:19.599
 our knee-jerk reaction

00:19:19.599 --> 00:19:20.539
 indicates

00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:23.000
 that very often

00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:24.380
 we become resentful

00:19:24.380 --> 00:19:26.819
 of God's plan

00:19:26.819 --> 00:19:28.480
 or we start to blame him

00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:29.799
 or we start to express

00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:31.019
 doubt or disappointment

00:19:31.019 --> 00:19:32.059
 or even anger

00:19:32.059 --> 00:19:32.740
 towards him.

00:19:34.159 --> 00:19:35.879
 When our pride rebels

00:19:35.879 --> 00:19:36.960
 and the kind of

00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:38.079
 defence mechanism

00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:38.859
 kicks in,

00:19:39.240 --> 00:19:40.500
 that takes place

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 within us.

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 And all kinds

00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:44.460
 of rationalisations

00:19:44.460 --> 00:19:45.179
 take place.

00:19:46.859 --> 00:19:47.939
 When Jesus puts

00:19:47.939 --> 00:19:48.819
 his finger on something

00:19:48.819 --> 00:19:49.960
 in my life

00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:51.079
 and on

00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:52.399
 in your life,

00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:54.259
 we can often

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 rile up,

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 can't we?

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 I don't know

00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:01.359
 what it's like

00:20:01.359 --> 00:20:01.879
 in your house.

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 If I say someone

00:20:03.639 --> 00:20:04.159
 in your house

00:20:04.159 --> 00:20:04.819
 says to you,

00:20:05.419 --> 00:20:06.639
 you're always

00:20:06.639 --> 00:20:07.179
 on your phone.

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 What's your first reaction?

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 Well,

00:20:13.220 --> 00:20:13.519
 this happened

00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:13.939
 in our house

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 last night.

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 So I'll tell you

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 what my first reaction was.

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 You're on your phone

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 all the time.

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 You're on the phone

00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:20.240
 more than me.

00:20:21.700 --> 00:20:22.439
 That's immediate.

00:20:22.539 --> 00:20:22.919
 What happens,

00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:23.220
 isn't it?

00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:26.200
 We know this

00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:26.759
 and as Jesus

00:20:26.759 --> 00:20:27.440
 puts his finger

00:20:27.440 --> 00:20:27.819
 on something

00:20:27.819 --> 00:20:28.359
 in our lives,

00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:29.839
 we know our gut reaction,

00:20:29.920 --> 00:20:30.500
 even those of us

00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:31.059
 who are believers,

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 it's often

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 to really kick

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 against it.

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 And it's so important

00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:35.799
 tonight for us

00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:36.440
 to come clean

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:37.000
 about this

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 and to admit that.

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 We will never,

00:20:41.819 --> 00:20:42.460
 we're never going

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 to develop,

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 we're never going

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 to mature

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 if we don't admit that.

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 It struck me this week,

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 I read an interview

00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:48.559
 with a man called

00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:49.460
 Fergal Keane,

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 he's an Irish journalist

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 and a BBC correspondent.

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 I've not read

00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:54.519
 his memoirs.

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 They sound brilliant.

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 He had a wild upbringing.

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 But in the interview

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 I read,

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 he comes clean

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 and he tells

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 the readership

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 about the kind

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 of guy

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 he is like.

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 He said

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 he'd been covering it up

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 for years

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 with various masks

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 and then he says

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 this about himself.

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 He says

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 in personal relationships

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 I was a taker.

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 I was dependent,

00:21:19.319 --> 00:21:19.740
 needy,

00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:20.579
 manipulative

00:21:20.579 --> 00:21:22.000
 and quick to use

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 the pain of my past

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 as an alibi

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 for selfishness.

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 Poor me.

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 If you had had

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 the childhood I had

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 you would be the same.

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 Those who were closest

00:21:32.339 --> 00:21:33.359
 to me saw a man

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 who retreated

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 into silence

00:21:34.879 --> 00:21:35.959
 when he was challenged

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 who could not

00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:38.099
 communicate feelings.

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 A man with

00:21:39.179 --> 00:21:40.279
 the self-obsession

00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:41.599
 and compulsiveness

00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:42.660
 of a truly

00:21:42.660 --> 00:21:43.639
 driven man

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 a man running.

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 It's a remarkable

00:21:46.879 --> 00:21:47.660
 admission isn't it?

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 There's hope

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 for a man

00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.259
 or a woman

00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:53.940
 or a boy

00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:54.480
 or a girl

00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:55.519
 who comes clean

00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:55.960
 tonight

00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:58.579
 because Jesus

00:21:58.579 --> 00:21:59.639
 can remake us

00:21:59.639 --> 00:22:02.539
 when we say

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 yes

00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:04.480
 Lord you've put

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 your finger

00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:05.839
 on it.

00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:08.599
 I might have

00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:09.619
 been mad about it

00:22:09.619 --> 00:22:10.139
 Jesus

00:22:10.140 --> 00:22:10.720
 but I

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.400
 capitulate

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 I agree

00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:15.500
 or you can be

00:22:15.500 --> 00:22:15.940
 like the world

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.480
 the world hates

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 Jesus

00:22:16.800 --> 00:22:17.640
 because Jesus

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:18.400
 testifies to

00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:18.759
 its evil.

00:22:18.860 --> 00:22:19.340
 It puts a whole

00:22:19.340 --> 00:22:19.700
 new light

00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:19.980
 doesn't it

00:22:19.980 --> 00:22:20.340
 on the most

00:22:20.340 --> 00:22:20.900
 famous verse

00:22:20.900 --> 00:22:21.259
 in the Bible

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 John 3

00:22:21.660 --> 00:22:22.080
 16

00:22:22.080 --> 00:22:23.340
 for God

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 so loved

00:22:23.840 --> 00:22:24.540
 the world

00:22:24.540 --> 00:22:27.940
 that's actually

00:22:27.940 --> 00:22:29.160
 meaningless jargon

00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:29.860
 to most people.

00:22:31.120 --> 00:22:31.540
 Jesus loves

00:22:31.540 --> 00:22:31.940
 yeah yeah

00:22:31.940 --> 00:22:34.500
 meaningless jargon

00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:35.420
 until you actually

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 understand that

00:22:36.020 --> 00:22:36.540
 the God

00:22:36.540 --> 00:22:37.800
 the world

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.440
 God's love

00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:38.980
 is a world

00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.579
 that hates

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 God

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 and once

00:22:42.419 --> 00:22:43.259
 we discover

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.619
 that

00:22:43.619 --> 00:22:44.599
 it makes

00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:45.240
 the good news

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:45.799
 of Christianity

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 absolutely wonderful

00:22:47.380 --> 00:22:51.900
 I can't finish

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 there

00:22:52.120 --> 00:22:53.900
 because John

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 is giving

00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:55.720
 this gospel

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.640
 to present

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 the world

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 saviour

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 and so in

00:22:58.780 --> 00:22:59.320
 John 7

00:22:59.320 --> 00:22:59.980
 we find some

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 marvellous

00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:01.280
 teaching on

00:23:01.280 --> 00:23:01.640
 the planned

00:23:01.640 --> 00:23:02.320
 salvation of

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 the world

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 look in

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 verse 6

00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:08.120
 the right

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 time

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:10.000
 for me

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.560
 Jesus says

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 has not yet

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 come

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 the word

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 used there

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 is this

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 phrase

00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:17.579
 a point

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 in time

00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:19.279
 might simply

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 be a reference

00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.599
 to the feast

00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:21.180
 of tabernacle

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:21.980
 as in verse 8

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 I'm not going

00:23:22.559 --> 00:23:22.960
 up to this

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:23.539
 feast for my

00:23:23.539 --> 00:23:24.399
 time has not

00:23:24.399 --> 00:23:24.879
 yet fully

00:23:24.879 --> 00:23:25.259
 come

00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:27.319
 in other words

00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:27.919
 Jesus is saying

00:23:27.919 --> 00:23:28.559
 there's a timing

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:30.139
 in everything

00:23:30.139 --> 00:23:31.539
 to do with

00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:32.339
 salvation

00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:34.059
 and it's not

00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:35.000
 the right time

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:35.619
 for me to go

00:23:35.619 --> 00:23:36.659
 up to the

00:23:36.659 --> 00:23:37.119
 feast with the

00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:37.419
 brothers

00:23:37.419 --> 00:23:40.240
 very likely

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:40.619
 if he'd have

00:23:40.619 --> 00:23:41.000
 gone up

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.359
 there would

00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:41.500
 have been

00:23:41.500 --> 00:23:41.839
 some kind

00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:42.420
 of palm

00:23:42.420 --> 00:23:43.539
 sunday

00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:43.819
 scene

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.480
 and that

00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:45.059
 wasn't the

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:45.559
 father's

00:23:45.559 --> 00:23:46.059
 plan

00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:46.700
 at this

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:47.079
 particular

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:47.539
 time

00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:48.160
 it's a

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:48.460
 wonderful

00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:48.940
 reminder

00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:49.240
 of how

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.819
 precise

00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:50.579
 and how

00:23:50.579 --> 00:23:51.059
 exact

00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:51.740
 and how

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:52.180
 minute

00:23:52.180 --> 00:23:52.759
 God's

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.019
 timing

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.400
 is

00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:54.759
 in the

00:23:54.759 --> 00:23:55.240
 unfolding

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.839
 of salvation

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:56.380
 and in the

00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:57.039
 lives of

00:23:57.039 --> 00:23:58.480
 his people

00:23:58.480 --> 00:24:00.400
 it's a

00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:00.640
 wonderful

00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:01.000
 truth

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.279
 isn't it

00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:02.420
 that God's

00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:03.259
 perfect timing

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:03.880
 in our lives

00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.579
 is so exact

00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:05.079
 so accurate

00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:05.700
 so precise

00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:07.640
 but the word

00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:08.559
 can mean

00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:09.039
 a point in

00:24:09.039 --> 00:24:09.160
 time

00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:09.619
 it can also

00:24:09.619 --> 00:24:09.859
 mean

00:24:09.859 --> 00:24:10.380
 significant

00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:10.819
 time

00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:13.919
 and if

00:24:13.919 --> 00:24:14.179
 that

00:24:14.179 --> 00:24:14.859
 is the

00:24:14.859 --> 00:24:15.099
 case

00:24:15.099 --> 00:24:15.319
 that

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:16.139
 gives us

00:24:16.139 --> 00:24:16.259
 an

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:16.679
 understanding

00:24:16.679 --> 00:24:16.939
 of this

00:24:16.939 --> 00:24:17.299
 huge

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:17.599
 gulf

00:24:17.599 --> 00:24:17.980
 in verse

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.220
 6

00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:18.439
 in the

00:24:18.439 --> 00:24:18.740
 reference

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:18.980
 to

00:24:18.980 --> 00:24:19.480
 Jesus

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:19.779
 in the

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.000
 reference

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:20.240
 to his

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.439
 brothers

00:24:20.439 --> 00:24:20.799
 verse 6

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.339
 my time

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:21.639
 has not

00:24:21.639 --> 00:24:22.019
 yet come

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.319
 but your

00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:22.639
 time is

00:24:22.639 --> 00:24:22.839
 always

00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:23.079
 here

00:24:23.079 --> 00:24:25.399
 and what

00:24:25.399 --> 00:24:25.960
 he means

00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:26.819
 by that

00:24:26.819 --> 00:24:27.159
 is you

00:24:27.159 --> 00:24:27.579
 brothers

00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:28.000
 at this

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.379
 particular

00:24:28.379 --> 00:24:28.700
 stage

00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:29.039
 what you're

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:29.359
 doing is

00:24:29.359 --> 00:24:29.879
 completely

00:24:29.879 --> 00:24:30.659
 insignificant

00:24:30.659 --> 00:24:31.200
 to God

00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:31.899
 as far as

00:24:31.899 --> 00:24:32.259
 salvation

00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:32.859
 is concerned

00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:33.479
 God

00:24:33.479 --> 00:24:34.539
 it's a

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.079
 really strong

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:35.339
 thing

00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:35.619
 Jesus

00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:35.899
 saying

00:24:35.899 --> 00:24:36.259
 a really

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:36.759
 stark

00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:37.179
 truth

00:24:37.179 --> 00:24:38.039
 for the

00:24:38.039 --> 00:24:38.579
 unbeliever

00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:39.839
 who sets

00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:40.299
 his life

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:40.919
 in opposition

00:24:40.919 --> 00:24:41.859
 to God

00:24:41.859 --> 00:24:43.939
 by going

00:24:43.939 --> 00:24:44.219
 his own

00:24:44.219 --> 00:24:44.539
 way

00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:47.059
 the living

00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.419
 of his

00:24:47.419 --> 00:24:47.919
 life is

00:24:47.919 --> 00:24:48.519
 absolutely

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:49.199
 completely

00:24:49.199 --> 00:24:49.819
 and utterly

00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:50.419
 insignificant

00:24:50.419 --> 00:24:50.939
 in the eyes

00:24:50.939 --> 00:24:51.359
 of God

00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:53.039
 as far as

00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.599
 salvation is

00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:53.939
 concerned

00:24:53.939 --> 00:24:55.859
 but with

00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.659
 Jesus Christ

00:24:56.659 --> 00:24:57.299
 the timing

00:24:57.299 --> 00:24:57.979
 and the plan

00:24:57.979 --> 00:24:58.759
 is everything

00:24:58.759 --> 00:25:01.099
 there's

00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:02.039
 the utmost

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:02.720
 significance

00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.539
 in what

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:03.799
 Jesus

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:04.099
 has come

00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:04.519
 to do

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:06.240
 as

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:06.680
 saviour

00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:07.059
 there was

00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:07.339
 a right

00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:07.680
 place

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:07.940
 and a

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.140
 right

00:25:08.140 --> 00:25:08.440
 time

00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:08.619
 for

00:25:08.619 --> 00:25:08.879
 Jesus

00:25:08.879 --> 00:25:09.200
 to give

00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.299
 up

00:25:09.299 --> 00:25:09.420
 his

00:25:09.420 --> 00:25:09.740
 life

00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:12.339
 to pay

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:12.960
 the penalty

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.839
 for our

00:25:13.839 --> 00:25:14.579
 sins

00:25:14.579 --> 00:25:15.059
 and to pay

00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:15.700
 the price

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:16.180
 for our

00:25:16.180 --> 00:25:16.599
 salvation

00:25:16.599 --> 00:25:17.079
 and yet

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.420
 it wasn't

00:25:17.420 --> 00:25:17.680
 yet

00:25:17.680 --> 00:25:17.920
 Jesus

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.119
 says

00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:18.480
 my time

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:18.740
 has not

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:19.299
 yet come

00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:21.460
 and you

00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:21.599
 know

00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:22.220
 over and

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.839
 over again

00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:23.299
 in John's

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:23.559
 gospel

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:23.859
 certainly

00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:24.240
 right up

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:24.500
 through the

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:25.059
 first half

00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.420
 you find

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:25.900
 this same

00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:26.279
 idea

00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.740
 repeated

00:25:26.740 --> 00:25:27.619
 chapter 2

00:25:27.619 --> 00:25:28.099
 verse 4

00:25:28.099 --> 00:25:28.400
 different

00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:30.019
 words

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.400
 but same

00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:30.820
 idea

00:25:30.820 --> 00:25:32.100
 at the

00:25:32.100 --> 00:25:32.340
 wedding

00:25:32.340 --> 00:25:32.540
 of

00:25:32.540 --> 00:25:32.820
 Canaan

00:25:32.820 --> 00:25:33.300
 and Galilee

00:25:33.300 --> 00:25:33.820
 my time

00:25:33.820 --> 00:25:34.080
 has not

00:25:34.080 --> 00:25:34.220
 yet

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:34.540
 come

00:25:34.540 --> 00:25:36.240
 chapter 7

00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:37.000
 verse 30

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.340
 it says

00:25:37.340 --> 00:25:38.180
 they could

00:25:38.180 --> 00:25:38.740
 not seize

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:39.080
 him because

00:25:39.080 --> 00:25:39.460
 his time

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:39.700
 had not

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:40.240
 yet come

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:42.019
 chapter 8

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:42.480
 verse 20

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.259
 almost exactly

00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:43.620
 the same

00:25:43.620 --> 00:25:43.759
 thing

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.080
 they couldn't

00:25:44.080 --> 00:25:44.440
 lay hold

00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:44.620
 of him

00:25:44.620 --> 00:25:44.800
 because

00:25:44.800 --> 00:25:45.120
 his time

00:25:45.120 --> 00:25:45.320
 had not

00:25:45.320 --> 00:25:45.700
 yet come

00:25:45.700 --> 00:25:47.600
 all the

00:25:47.600 --> 00:25:47.980
 way through

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.500
 this chapter

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:48.840
 Jesus

00:25:48.840 --> 00:25:49.160
 saying

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:49.700
 my time

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:49.940
 has not

00:25:49.940 --> 00:25:50.120
 yet

00:25:50.120 --> 00:25:50.360
 come

00:25:50.360 --> 00:25:50.800
 not yet

00:25:50.800 --> 00:25:51.300
 not yet

00:25:51.300 --> 00:25:53.759
 and then

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.080
 you reach

00:25:54.080 --> 00:25:54.660
 chapter 12

00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:55.380
 verse 23

00:25:55.380 --> 00:25:55.960
 and he

00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:56.300
 says

00:25:56.300 --> 00:25:56.940
 now the

00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.300
 time has

00:25:57.300 --> 00:25:57.519
 come

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:59.480
 for the

00:25:59.480 --> 00:25:59.759
 son of

00:25:59.759 --> 00:25:59.960
 god

00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:00.200
 to be

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:00.700
 glorified

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:02.460
 and you

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:02.680
 ask

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:03.379
 what time

00:26:03.379 --> 00:26:05.039
 and the

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.319
 time is

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:05.839
 holy week

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:08.259
 he'd come

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:08.619
 to the

00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:09.279
 shadow

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.059
 of the

00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.480
 cross

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:12.480
 he's come

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:13.039
 to within a

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.559
 stone's throw

00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:14.200
 of calvary

00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:15.319
 and Jesus

00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:16.119
 was not

00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:16.680
 killed

00:26:16.680 --> 00:26:18.160
 he gave

00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:18.420
 up his

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:18.740
 life

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:20.579
 to pay

00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:21.059
 the price

00:26:21.059 --> 00:26:21.440
 for our

00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:21.879
 salvation

00:26:21.880 --> 00:26:24.100
 and so

00:26:24.100 --> 00:26:24.460
 john

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:25.160
 chapter 7

00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:25.860
 is pointing

00:26:25.860 --> 00:26:26.360
 you

00:26:26.360 --> 00:26:27.200
 ultimately

00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:28.780
 to the

00:26:28.780 --> 00:26:29.160
 cross

00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:29.640
 and the

00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:29.840
 right

00:26:29.840 --> 00:26:30.220
 place

00:26:30.220 --> 00:26:30.480
 and the

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:30.640
 right

00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:30.980
 time

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:32.400
 where

00:26:32.400 --> 00:26:32.760
 jesus

00:26:32.760 --> 00:26:33.240
 would lay

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.460
 down

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:33.620
 his

00:26:33.620 --> 00:26:33.960
 life

00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:35.500
 to be

00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:35.700
 our

00:26:35.700 --> 00:26:36.060
 saviour

00:26:36.060 --> 00:26:37.880
 and so

00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:38.180
 you can

00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:38.500
 take the

00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:38.960
 content of

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.140
 john

00:26:39.140 --> 00:26:39.660
 chapter 7

00:26:39.660 --> 00:26:40.180
 and actually

00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:40.820
 understand

00:26:40.820 --> 00:26:41.460
 the cross

00:26:41.460 --> 00:26:41.860
 in the

00:26:41.860 --> 00:26:42.320
 light of

00:26:42.320 --> 00:26:42.740
 what happens

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.060
 in john

00:26:43.060 --> 00:26:43.600
 chapter 7

00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:45.799
 and ultimately

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:46.699
 when the

00:26:46.699 --> 00:26:47.419
 time came

00:26:47.419 --> 00:26:48.000
 all the

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:48.619
 hatred of

00:26:48.619 --> 00:26:49.299
 the world

00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:51.899
 was poured

00:26:51.899 --> 00:26:52.219
 onto the

00:26:52.219 --> 00:26:52.619
 lord jesus

00:26:52.619 --> 00:26:53.000
 christ

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:56.299
 were you

00:26:56.299 --> 00:26:56.779
 there when

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.399
 they crucified

00:26:57.399 --> 00:26:59.000
 my lord

00:26:59.000 --> 00:27:01.079
 all our

00:27:01.079 --> 00:27:02.139
 insults

00:27:02.139 --> 00:27:03.459
 all our

00:27:03.459 --> 00:27:04.019
 curses

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.980
 all our

00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.980
 blasphemies

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:07.019
 were put

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.539
 onto him

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:09.539
 all my

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:10.240
 sins of

00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:10.779
 every kind

00:27:10.779 --> 00:27:11.279
 all the

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:12.119
 thoughts that

00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:12.980
 stain my

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.299
 mind

00:27:13.299 --> 00:27:13.779
 all the

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.419
 evil i

00:27:14.419 --> 00:27:14.899
 designed

00:27:14.899 --> 00:27:15.519
 laid on

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:15.779
 him

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:17.419
 all the

00:27:17.419 --> 00:27:17.859
 ways my

00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:18.240
 feet have

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.799
 strayed

00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:19.639
 all the

00:27:19.639 --> 00:27:20.180
 idols i

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:20.539
 have made

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:20.839
 all the

00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:21.159
 times i

00:27:21.159 --> 00:27:21.500
 have not

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:21.799
 prayed

00:27:21.799 --> 00:27:22.399
 laid on

00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:22.680
 him

00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:24.319
 all the

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:24.859
 told and

00:27:24.859 --> 00:27:25.500
 acted lies

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:26.099
 all the

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:26.680
 success and

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:26.960
 all the

00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:27.319
 tries

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:27.960
 sins that

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:28.799
 i legitimize

00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:29.200
 laid on

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:29.440
 him

00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:30.779
 all that

00:27:30.779 --> 00:27:31.240
 sinks me

00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:31.480
 in the

00:27:31.480 --> 00:27:31.720
 mire

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.980
 all the

00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.480
 times of

00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:33.700
 base

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:34.059
 desire

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.559
 all that

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:35.220
 needs a

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.519
 cleansing

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:35.940
 fire

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:36.379
 laid on

00:27:36.379 --> 00:27:36.659
 him

00:27:36.659 --> 00:27:38.639
 all my

00:27:38.639 --> 00:27:39.339
 misdirected

00:27:39.339 --> 00:27:39.639
 powers

00:27:39.639 --> 00:27:40.200
 all my

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:41.579
 many wasted

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:41.899
 hours

00:27:41.899 --> 00:27:42.359
 all my

00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:42.960
 dreams of

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:43.720
 ivory towers

00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.720
 laid on

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.440
 him

00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:55.460
 john chapter

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:56.519
 7 says that

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:57.840
 jesus testifies

00:27:57.840 --> 00:27:59.980
 against the

00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.420
 evil

00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:02.759
 but at the

00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.240
 cross

00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:05.559
 jesus christ

00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:06.420
 took the

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:06.980
 evil upon

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.440
 himself

00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:09.779
 he took

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:10.320
 the hatred

00:28:10.320 --> 00:28:12.259
 and he

00:28:12.259 --> 00:28:12.759
 bore it

00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.080
 on his

00:28:13.080 --> 00:28:13.620
 own body

00:28:13.620 --> 00:28:14.019
 on the

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:14.360
 tree

00:28:14.360 --> 00:28:15.519
 as though

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:15.900
 he had

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:16.299
 done it

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:18.860
 he never

00:28:18.860 --> 00:28:19.940
 spoke back

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.500
 on the

00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:20.940
 cross

00:28:20.940 --> 00:28:23.720
 as a

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:23.980
 sheep

00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.340
 before

00:28:24.340 --> 00:28:24.580
 her

00:28:24.580 --> 00:28:25.120
 shearers

00:28:25.120 --> 00:28:25.279
 is

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:25.620
 silent

00:28:25.620 --> 00:28:26.080
 so he

00:28:26.080 --> 00:28:26.559
 opened

00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:27.039
 not his

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.240
 mouth

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.640
 but he

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.220
 bore it

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.799
 meekly

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.480
 and lovingly

00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:30.200
 the hatred

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.880
 the evil

00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:33.920
 alas

00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:34.420
 and did

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:35.520
 my

00:28:35.520 --> 00:28:36.020
 saviour

00:28:36.020 --> 00:28:36.320
 bleed

00:28:36.320 --> 00:28:36.620
 and did

00:28:36.620 --> 00:28:36.840
 my

00:28:36.840 --> 00:28:37.260
 sovereign

00:28:37.260 --> 00:28:37.720
 die

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:39.660
 did he

00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:40.220
 devote a

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:40.540
 sacred

00:28:40.540 --> 00:28:40.800
 head

00:28:40.800 --> 00:28:41.260
 for such

00:28:41.260 --> 00:28:41.700
 a worm

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:42.080
 as I

00:28:42.080 --> 00:28:42.380
 was it

00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:42.880
 for crimes

00:28:42.880 --> 00:28:43.200
 that I

00:28:43.200 --> 00:28:43.540
 had done

00:28:43.540 --> 00:28:44.020
 he died

00:28:44.020 --> 00:28:44.440
 upon the

00:28:44.440 --> 00:28:44.640
 tree

00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:45.460
 amazing

00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:45.860
 pity

00:28:45.860 --> 00:28:46.340
 grace

00:28:46.340 --> 00:28:46.840
 unknown

00:28:46.840 --> 00:28:48.920
 and love

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.160
 beyond

00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:49.500
 degree

00:28:49.500 --> 00:28:53.079
 and if

00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:53.460
 tonight

00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:54.299
 you will

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:54.819
 accept

00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:55.119
 him

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:57.180
 if

00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:57.460
 tonight

00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:57.880
 you will

00:28:57.880 --> 00:28:58.420
 capitulate

00:28:58.420 --> 00:28:59.220
 and take

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.539
 him

00:28:59.539 --> 00:28:59.920
 Jesus

00:28:59.920 --> 00:29:00.460
 will be

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:00.700
 your

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.039
 saviour

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:01.259
 and you

00:29:01.259 --> 00:29:01.539
 say to

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:01.599
 me

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:02.420
 how can

00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:02.660
 I

00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:03.460
 accept

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:03.700
 him

00:29:03.700 --> 00:29:05.460
 I'm

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:05.920
 not sure

00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:06.480
 how to

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:06.759
 do that

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.039
 where can

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:07.440
 I start

00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:07.960
 and the

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.359
 answer is

00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:08.680
 given in

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:09.259
 verse 17

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:11.420
 where Jesus

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:12.059
 gives a

00:29:12.059 --> 00:29:12.440
 universal

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:12.720
 principle

00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.059
 we'll finish

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:13.359
 with this

00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:13.859
 it's not

00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:14.220
 just to

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:14.619
 the Jews

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.619
 it's to

00:29:15.619 --> 00:29:16.019
 anyone in

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.180
 the world

00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:16.599
 anyone of

00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:16.740
 us

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.099
 tonight

00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:19.259
 verse

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.859
 17

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:23.440
 if

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:24.220
 anyone

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:25.099
 if

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.920
 anyone's

00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:26.319
 will

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:27.799
 if

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.140
 anyone

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:28.720
 chooses

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.799
 to do

00:29:29.799 --> 00:29:30.200
 God's

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:30.519
 will

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:32.019
 he will

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.379
 know

00:29:32.379 --> 00:29:32.740
 whether

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:32.940
 the

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:33.220
 teaching

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.579
 is from

00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:33.920
 God

00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:34.279
 or whether

00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.440
 I'm

00:29:34.440 --> 00:29:34.700
 speaking

00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.039
 my own

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.480
 authority

00:29:35.480 --> 00:29:37.379
 the

00:29:37.379 --> 00:29:38.019
 principle

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.379
 is really

00:29:38.379 --> 00:29:38.660
 simple

00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:38.859
 let me

00:29:38.859 --> 00:29:39.220
 explain it

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:39.379
 to you

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:39.839
 if we

00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:39.980
 are

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.220
 willing

00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:40.500
 to do

00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:40.619
 what

00:29:40.619 --> 00:29:40.779
 God

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.200
 says

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.839
 we

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:42.079
 will

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:42.460
 find

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:42.740
 out

00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.059
 that

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:43.379
 Jesus

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 is

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 our

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 saviour

00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:47.319
 and

00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:47.559
 tonight

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:47.920
 you may

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 not

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:48.759
 understand

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.859
 95%

00:29:49.859 --> 00:29:50.240
 of what

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.440
 God

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:50.759
 says

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.740
 but

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 don't

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 start

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.480
 there

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 you

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 start

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 with

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 the

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 5%

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 that

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 you

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 know

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 that

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 God

00:29:56.460 --> 00:29:56.599
 is

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:56.839
 saying

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 and

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 you

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 obey

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 that

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 and

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 there

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 may

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 be

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 only

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 one

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 thing

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 tonight

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 that

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 you've

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 understood

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 from

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 the

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 sermon

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 well

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 will

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 you

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 do

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 that

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 and

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 you

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 keep

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 on

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 doing

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 the

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 things

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 that

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 you

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 do

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 here

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 and

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 understand

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 and

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 as

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 you

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 do

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 it

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 you

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 find

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 out

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 that

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 Jesus

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 is

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 your

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 saviour

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 being

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 willing

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 to do

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 what

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 God

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 says

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 and

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 God's

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 great

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 commandment

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 is this

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 the

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 supreme

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 commandment

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 which

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 John

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 the

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 gospel

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 writer

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 expresses

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 in

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 his

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 epistle

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 in

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 chapter

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 3

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 and

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 verse

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 23

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 he

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 says

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 this

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 is

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 the

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 command

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 of

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 God

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 what

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 is

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 the

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 great

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 command

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 of

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 God

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 that

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 you

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 believe

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 that

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 you

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 believe

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 in

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 the

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 name

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 of

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 his

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 son

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 and

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 you

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 love

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 one

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 another

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 and

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 if

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 you've

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 understood

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 anything

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 tonight

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 of

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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 the

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 saviour

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 of

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 the

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 world

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 and

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 his

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 death

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 on

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 the

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 cross

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 for

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 our

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 sake

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 bearing

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 our

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 sin

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 and

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 our

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 hatred

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 if

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 you

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 understood

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 anything

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 of

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 that

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 and

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 you

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 see

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 him

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 as

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 the

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 available

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 risen

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 saviour

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 who's

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 alive

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 here's

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 the

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 command

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 place

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 your

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 trust

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 in

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 him

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 give

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 your

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 heart

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 to

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 him

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 surrender

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 your

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 life

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 to him

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 and

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 you

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 might

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 not

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 understand

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 much

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 more

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 than

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 that

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 but

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 you

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 can

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 understand

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 this

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 can't

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 you

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 believe

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 trust

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 believe

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 in the

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 Christ

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:17.879
 and

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 you

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 will

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 be

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 saved

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 take

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 that

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 command

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 and

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 do

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 it

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 and

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 for

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 those

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 of

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 us

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 who

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 are

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 Christians

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 for

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 many

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 of

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 us

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 the

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 principle

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 still

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 applies

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 doesn't

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 it

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 are

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 you

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 willing

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 to

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 do

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 what

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 God

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 says

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 day

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 by

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 day

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 as

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 we

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 hear

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 his

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 word

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 Sunday

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 by

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 Sunday

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 and

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 there'll

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 be

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 a lot

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 that

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 we

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 don't

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 grasp

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 and

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 a lot

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 that

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 we

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 don't

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 understand

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 but

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 there

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 are

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 some

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 things

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 we

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 know

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 and

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 are

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 we

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 willing

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 to

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 do

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 it

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 and

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 if

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 you're

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 not

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 willing

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 to

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 do

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 it

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 you

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 will

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 stay

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 in

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 the

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 same

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 spot

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 for

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 30

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 years

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 willing

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 to

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 do

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 what

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 God

00:32:03.440 --> 00:32:03.780
 says

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 let's

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 pray

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