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 Amen.

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 As I prepare to preach this morning, I have to tell you that I have a full heart.

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 And that's always a little dangerous for someone like Tim Knoyer because my emotion may complicate the beauty of the Scriptures.

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 And I trust that you will pray.

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 By the way, that is your job. You know that, right?

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 You know that.

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 Okay.

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 You will pray because the Scriptures tell us that we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the glory may be of God and not of us.

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 And I have to tell you, the passage this morning is phenomenal.

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 What are we going to do this morning? Do you know?

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 We're going to take the Lord's table.

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 We're going to take the Lord's table.

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 And you who are informed by the Scriptures understand that taking that bread and taking that cup really doesn't make us saved or make any difference.

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 I'll get this out of the way so I don't trip on it at some point.

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 It doesn't make any difference in terms of getting extra points in heaven.

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 Would you understand that? Would you agree with that?

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 We take communion to remember Jesus.

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 And when we say we take communion to remember Jesus, it's not like, oh, yeah, there is a Jesus.

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 That's not the idea.

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 The idea is that in the process of taking the bread and taking the cup,

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 that it is a deliberate and a conscious, a careful thoughtfulness on our part that draws our affections and draws our mind to think carefully and more critically of Jesus.

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 And when I say critically, I don't mean, yeah, right.

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 I'm talking about thinking carefully.

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 And as we turn in our Scriptures this morning, I'm going to ask that you go to John chapter 17.

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 John 17.

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 And as we come to the passage that I'm going to be opening to you this morning,

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 I have to share with you that I have started doing some background study to what I trust should the Lord tarry eventually is where we go next.

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 That would be the book of John.

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 It's my second most favorite book right now because my favorite is, guess what?

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 Ephesians.

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 But doing a little bit of background study in the book of John and reading Martin Lloyd-Jones,

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 I was struck by a statement he made at the introduction of the series of sermons that he preached on John.

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 He said that really none of us have an adequate or an adequate grasp of the person and work of Christ.

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 None of us have an adequate grasp of the person and work of Christ.

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 And I, having read that and recognizing that Dr. Jones was not one to make kind of careless statements just for the sake of shock value,

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 I began thinking a little more carefully about that subject and finding the Spirit of God convicting and challenging my thinking.

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 And as I pondered what he had to say, I found myself in prayer going back to that passage in Philippians chapter 3 verse 10,

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 where it says that I might know him, that I might know him.

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 And adding to my prayer, the things that I have prayed for often are,

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 first, Lord, I want to grow in understanding your love.

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 I want to know more about the depth and the breadth and the height and the width of the love of Christ.

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 But then also along with that is the Philippians chapter 3 passage in which Paul the apostle said,

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 I count all things but lost, but my desire is that I might know him.

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 And so I want to ask you this morning as we began here at the very start of really this question,

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 how well, how well do you know Christ?

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 How well do you know Christ?

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 As I think about it, I have to tell you this.

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 Indicators of how well you know Christ are,

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 how happy you are.

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 Do you follow that?

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 How happy you are is a direct reflection of how well you know Christ.

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 How moody you are.

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 Can I say that again slowly?

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 Because I have to tell you that in a previous life,

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 I used to be a very moody person.

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 How many of you know what moody is?

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 I have a skunk in my neighborhood.

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 That skunk lets me know when it's moody.

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 How well you know Christ can be determined by your moodiness.

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 How well you know Christ, are you listening?

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 Can be determined by how sincere your affections are for others in the body of Christ.

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 Stop just for a second.

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 Do you have anybody right now that you wish God would change besides you?

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 With whom you have a dispute and a misunderstanding or there's an attitude there and you feel a little uncomfortable around them.

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 How well I know Christ determines how I relate to the body.

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 Well, with that as a start, I want you to look with me at the text itself and we're going to be in John chapter 17, verse 10 and 11.

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 Let me just read the passage to you.

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 All mine are yours and yours are mine and I am glorified in them.

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 And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world and I'm coming to you, Holy Father.

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 Keep them in your name which you have given me that they may be one even as we are one.

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 And before we actually go to the text itself, I want to encourage you to remember that one of the characteristics of Bible truth is that those who really know it are changed by it.

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 Does that make sense?

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 Those who really know it are changed by it.

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 And so, with the goal of growing to know Christ, we are looking at this passage in John chapter 17, which is commonly referred to as His high priestly prayer.

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 Accurately, we could say that this is the Lord's Prayer.

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 Now, when we think Lord's Prayer, some of you remember the Lord's Prayer to be that little recitation from Luke chapter 11 and also in Matthew, I believe it is,

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 where Jesus taught His disciples to pray this way, our Father who art in heaven, etc.

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 And that is the example prayer.

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 This is the Lord's Prayer.

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 And by the way, follow with me just as we think about this subject of prayer just for a moment.

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 Jesus died for me.

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 He rose again.

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 He lived for me.

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 These are all historical issues, and I'll not deal with all the theological aspects of it, which are rich beyond imagination.

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 But here's another thing.

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 He lives for me today, and what is He doing today for me?

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 I love what it says in Hebrews.

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 Do you know the passage?

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 How many of you know the passage that I'm referencing in Hebrews?

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 It ought to make your hair stand on end.

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 He ever liveth to make intersection for the saints.

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 It doesn't get better than that.

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 And what we are looking at here in John chapter 17 is the high priestly prayer of Christ.

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 This tells us what He's doing for me today.

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 I like that.

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 Well, setting is important, particularly when you kind of step into a passage.

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 Everybody knows, right?

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 Context is pretty important.

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 So when pastor drops out of the sky onto John 17, we ought to be thinking, yeah, what's the context?

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 Well, let's talk about the setting of Christ's prayer for us.

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 John 17 is really His last prayer after His final sermon to His disciples.

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 I'm going to give you a brief rendition of the text in broad terms.

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 You'll go back in your minds to John chapter 13, and it says,

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 And when the supper was ended, He took a towel and He wrapped it around Himself,

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 and He washed the feet of His disciples.

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 It was during the Last Supper again, again, again, that He made it clear to them that He was going to die for them.

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 And we know from the Scriptures that their hearts were traumatized by the thought of this prospect

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 because they had grown to love Jesus.

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 They were persuaded that He indeed was the Messiah.

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 And it is evident that Jesus here sensed their anxiety and the uncertainty of their hearts.

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 And so He makes a very interesting statement at the very beginning of John chapter 14.

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 Do you know what He says?

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 He says this,

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 Let not your hearts be troubled.

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 You believe in the Father.

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 Believe in Me.

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 And then what He does in John chapter 14,

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 John chapter 15,

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 John chapter 16,

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 is He takes the time to give them a reason for not being troubled.

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 Years ago, there was one of these dingbat songs called,

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 Don't Worry, Be Happy.

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 I mean, it was a one-hit wonder, you know?

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 It was great.

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 You know, a guy made it up, I think, sitting in the shower or singing in the shower.

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 And anyway, when he sang, Don't Worry, Be Happy, it was just kind of, be that way.

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 When Jesus says, Don't let your heart be troubled, He gives us a reason.

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 Amen.

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 And the reasons are laid out in these three chapters.

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 Let me kind of summarize them for you.

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 For one, He says, Hey, I'm going ahead to prepare a place for you.

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 So that where I am, you can be also.

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 I love what the apostle said,

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 Absent in the body, what?

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 Present with the Lord.

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 Tim Kenoyer is not afraid of dying.

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 I happen to like where I am.

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 I happen to like the people I'm around.

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 But let me tell you something.

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 When I take my last breath,

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 I will not take it with anxiety and uncertainty

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 because I know that when I leave this place,

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 I will be in the presence of the Lord Jesus.

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 Second thing that He made clear to His disciples

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 is that He would be also sending them the Holy Spirit to indwell them,

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 and the presence of the Spirit would be to their advantage.

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 One of the very interesting statements,

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 and you'll have to stay around until we get to the book of John,

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 and we'll be several years to get to John chapter 15.

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 But Jesus, I meant that.

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 Okay.

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 Jesus said this.

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 He says,

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 It's to your advantage that I leave.

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 And He says,

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 Because if I don't go,

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 you're not getting the Holy Spirit.

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 I don't know.

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 I don't know.

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 If this morning,

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 you have not already stopped and said,

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 Lord,

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 I am so thankful for the Holy Spirit.

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 I am so thankful that He indwells me.

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 This morning as I was praying about our time together

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 and my ministry to you

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 and praying for other people in our fellowship,

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 one of the things that I was doing,

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 man, Lord,

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 I am so thankful for the Holy Spirit.

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 And Holy Spirit,

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 thank you for indwelling me.

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 Now help me today.

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 Jesus said,

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 Number one,

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 I'm going to make a place for you.

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 Number two,

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 you're going to get the Holy Spirit.

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 And then the third thing He says is,

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 I'm going home to pray for you.

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 I'm going home to pray for you.

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 And so I found myself kind of pondering,

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 so how significant is it

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 that Jesus is praying for me?

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 Two different passages came to mind.

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 And by the way,

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 when we think about a question,

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 the first thing we want to do,

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 everybody smile with me

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 because this is the way I think

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 God wants you to develop your mind.

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 When you think about something,

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 you want a scriptural basis for the answer.

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 I'm not talking about math,

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 right?

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 I'm talking about life.

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 So,

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 when we think about

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 how important is prayer

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 and how important is it

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 that Jesus is praying for me,

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 I want you to think with me

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 just for a moment.

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 You may want to turn to your Bible

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 for a second

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 over to Luke chapter 22.

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 Luke chapter 22,

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 verse 31 and 32.

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 Just look at it with your own eyes.

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 We're not going to delve

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 into the text this morning.

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 But remember,

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 Jesus says to Peter,

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 hey,

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 Satan wants to trash your life.

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 Now,

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 when Jesus says something

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 that significant,

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 I bet you it gave Peter

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 a little bit of a pause.

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 and he says,

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 relax,

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 I've prayed for you.

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 Nevertheless,

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 I've prayed for you

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 and after you're converted,

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 strengthen your brethren.

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 So,

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 we find,

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 in one instance,

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 we find here's Satan

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 trying to destroy

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 the life of one of the disciples.

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 Is Satan trying to destroy

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 your life this morning?

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 And what is the answer?

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 Yes.

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 Yes.

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 Yes.

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 He wants you to be

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 a spiritual train wreck.

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 And the scriptures tell me

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 that he ever lives

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 to make intercession

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 before the Father for me.

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 The passage that I just recited

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 is actually there

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 in Hebrews chapter 7,

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 verse 25,

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 where we read this.

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 It says,

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 since he always lives

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 to make intercession for them.

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 I want to remind you

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 that in the Old Testament,

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 the high priest

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 and all the priests

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 were actually involved

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 in the sober,

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 the significant responsibility

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 of praying for God's people.

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 That's what they did.

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 They offered sacrifice,

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 but they also prayed.

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 So,

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 having brought

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 these three chapters

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 to a close,

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 remember he said,

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 don't be troubled,

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 don't be worried.

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 This is a good thing.

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 He says,

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 because I'm going

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 to make a place for you.

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 Number two,

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 you're getting the Holy Spirit.

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 Number three,

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 I'm going to be praying for you.

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 And he says,

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 let me show you

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 what that's going to be like.

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 And that's kind of the background

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 to John 17.

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 This is what

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 he is praying for.

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 And I'm going to step

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 into the middle of it,

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 help you understand

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 that earlier

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 he explains

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 what the believer is

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 and what the believer

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 is to be involved in.

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 But then in verse 10 and 11,

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 he explains

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 what is the believer

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 meant to do?

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 What am I supposed

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 to be doing?

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 And we find here

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 that the believer

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 glorifies Christ.

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 The believer

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 glorifies Christ.

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 I want you to put your finger

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 just for a moment.

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 Do it physically

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 if you would.

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 Put your finger

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 on the last part

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 of verse 10.

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 And there it says,

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 it's stated by Jesus himself.

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 He says,

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 I am glorified

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 in them.

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 And so,

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 if you are sitting here

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 this morning

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 and you are

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 in truth

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 a disciple

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 of the Lord Jesus,

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 you're a believer

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 by grace,

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 you are someone

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 who Jesus

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 believes

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 glorifies Him.

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 Now,

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 is he ever wrong?

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 What's the answer?

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 No.

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 It is a little

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 challenging

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 when I stop

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 and look at myself

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 in the mirror

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 and I think,

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 you're glorified

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 by me.

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 Jesus said it.

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 It's true.

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 So,

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 let's think just for a moment

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 about how it is

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 that we glorify Him.

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 And I'm not going to cover

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 the broad scope

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 of things

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 that are legitimately

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 worthy of study.

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 But let's recognize

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 that for one,

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 we glorify Him

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 by knowing Him

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 and believing in Him.

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 Go back to verse 3

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 if you would

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 just for a moment.

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 And it says,

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 this is eternal life

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 that they know you,

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 the only true God

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 and Jesus Christ

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 whom you have sent.

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 Our knowing

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 and believing Him

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 glorifies Him.

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 If you're sitting here

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 this morning

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 and you do not know Christ,

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 the reason is

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 you have chosen.

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 You refuse to believe

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 the truth of the Scriptures

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 and the convicting power

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 of the Spirit of God

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 and you're sitting there

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 thinking,

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 well,

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 he's an okay guy

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 and maybe I can even believe

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 that he came

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 and was a good example,

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 but do I believe

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 he is the Savior

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 of the world

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 and do I believe

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 that His blood

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 is satisfaction

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 for my sin?

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 We glorify Him

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 where we believe in Him.

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 Secondly,

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 we glorify Him

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 by believing

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 that there is salvation

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 in no other.

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 How many of you

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 are around people

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 on a regular basis

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 that believe

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 most everybody

00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:04.779
 gets to heaven

00:20:04.779 --> 00:20:05.860
 by doing their best?

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 One of the very,

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 very common things

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 I hear when I,

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 not when I'm doing

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 a funeral,

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 but when I go

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 to hear other funerals done,

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 I hear people say,

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 well,

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 they're in a better place.

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 Now,

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 that's not always true.

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 How many of you

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 realize that?

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 The Bible makes it clear

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 that there is salvation

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 in no other name

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 but Jesus.

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 Over in Acts chapter 4,

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 the disciples,

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 even under pressure

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 of persecution,

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 they said,

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 there is no other name

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 whereby men may be saved.

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 And so,

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 we glorify Him,

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 when we say,

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 listen,

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 Jesus is the only way

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 that men and women,

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 boys and girls,

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 can come to faith

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 and have their sins forgiven

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 and have no reason

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 to fear their eternity.

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 And we come to a third thing.

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 We glorify Him

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 by modeling

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 His transforming power

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 and clearly pointing to Him

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 as the reason

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 that we are different.

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 a recurring theme

00:21:17.020 --> 00:21:21.520
 in all of John's Gospels

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 is that each miracle

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 confirmed the glory

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 and the person of Christ.

00:21:31.120 --> 00:21:32.240
 By extension,

00:21:34.300 --> 00:21:35.980
 my Christian testimony

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 and your Christian testimony

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 should serve the same purpose

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 of making the deity

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 and the glory of Christ

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 evident.

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 Two illustrations.

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 Remember Samson?

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 What was the deal with Samson?

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 He was pretty strong.

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 And remember how

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 they figured out

00:22:02.940 --> 00:22:04.460
 that Samson's strength

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 was not really something

00:22:06.620 --> 00:22:08.460
 that was directly attributable

00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:10.519
 to Samson's physique.

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 He didn't look like

00:22:14.879 --> 00:22:16.139
 Mr. Atlas or Universe

00:22:16.139 --> 00:22:16.740
 or whatever.

00:22:17.099 --> 00:22:18.079
 He was strong,

00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:19.779
 but we get the idea

00:22:19.779 --> 00:22:20.500
 artistically

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 that he was this

00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:23.200
 gargantuan hulk,

00:22:23.539 --> 00:22:23.879
 you know,

00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:24.720
 that just had a little

00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:26.180
 extra long stringy hair.

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 The reason people

00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:30.480
 kept on wondering

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:31.759
 what is special

00:22:31.759 --> 00:22:32.599
 about Samson

00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:33.740
 is because he was

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:34.960
 completely off

00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:35.940
 the Richter scale

00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:37.220
 when it came to strength

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 and nobody

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:39.100
 could figure it out.

00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:40.880
 And remember how

00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:41.880
 he kept on messing with them?

00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:43.220
 Well,

00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:44.319
 if you tie me with ropes

00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:44.900
 that haven't been,

00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:45.440
 it'll work.

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 If you do this,

00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:46.799
 it'll work.

00:22:46.839 --> 00:22:47.259
 If you do that,

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:47.880
 and every time,

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:48.480
 what did he do?

00:22:49.299 --> 00:22:49.660
 Bang!

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 He snapped them like bang

00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:51.559
 and he was up.

00:22:51.819 --> 00:22:52.519
 And finally,

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.960
 Delilah got him to say,

00:22:54.380 --> 00:22:55.799
 it's my hair.

00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:58.640
 See,

00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:02.000
 Samson's strength

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:02.620
 lay

00:23:02.620 --> 00:23:06.039
 in his obeying

00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:06.920
 the word of God

00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:07.800
 which had said,

00:23:08.300 --> 00:23:09.620
 don't ever cut your hair.

00:23:11.620 --> 00:23:12.840
 Probably another illustration

00:23:12.840 --> 00:23:14.360
 is over in the book of Acts,

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 and I'll not have you

00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:16.000
 turn to it,

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.580
 but you remember

00:23:16.580 --> 00:23:17.620
 when they brought

00:23:17.620 --> 00:23:18.440
 Peter and John

00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:19.600
 before the Sanhedrin,

00:23:19.860 --> 00:23:20.820
 and these were the guys

00:23:20.820 --> 00:23:22.420
 who had their PhDs

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:24.160
 in Jewish theology.

00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:26.420
 And they were asking him

00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:27.460
 all these questions

00:23:27.460 --> 00:23:28.000
 and giving them,

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.840
 just giving them

00:23:28.840 --> 00:23:29.680
 what for about,

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:32.500
 and, you know,

00:23:32.560 --> 00:23:33.380
 they couldn't figure out

00:23:33.380 --> 00:23:34.800
 where did these rude,

00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:36.500
 ill-informed,

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:38.099
 untaught fishermen

00:23:38.099 --> 00:23:39.339
 come up with being

00:23:39.339 --> 00:23:40.180
 so smart

00:23:40.180 --> 00:23:41.119
 and understanding

00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:41.639
 of the Scriptures.

00:23:41.919 --> 00:23:43.079
 And here's what they said.

00:23:43.980 --> 00:23:44.879
 I like this part.

00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:47.940
 They'd been with Jesus.

00:23:51.899 --> 00:23:52.940
 Do you act

00:23:52.940 --> 00:23:53.919
 in such a fashion

00:23:53.919 --> 00:23:54.720
 that the people

00:23:54.720 --> 00:23:55.559
 who know you

00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:57.099
 are trying to figure out

00:23:57.099 --> 00:23:58.879
 why you're the way you are?

00:23:58.880 --> 00:24:01.780
 I'm not talking

00:24:01.780 --> 00:24:02.660
 about your background.

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:05.000
 I'm not talking

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.560
 about the fact

00:24:05.560 --> 00:24:06.160
 that you grew up

00:24:06.160 --> 00:24:06.940
 in the particular home

00:24:06.940 --> 00:24:07.360
 you did.

00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:08.940
 I'm not talking

00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:10.100
 about the education

00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:11.000
 you received.

00:24:11.180 --> 00:24:12.120
 I'm talking about

00:24:12.120 --> 00:24:13.380
 the fact that the glory

00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:14.080
 and the supremacy

00:24:14.080 --> 00:24:14.720
 of Christ

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.820
 is manifested

00:24:15.820 --> 00:24:16.540
 in your life,

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.900
 and people are wondering,

00:24:18.260 --> 00:24:21.020
 why is he so kind?

00:24:21.300 --> 00:24:23.560
 Why is he so encouraging?

00:24:24.020 --> 00:24:25.680
 Why is he so forbearing

00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:27.000
 when everybody else

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.840
 is in a pout

00:24:27.840 --> 00:24:29.820
 and in a frumpy mood?

00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:31.720
 Why is he like he is?

00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:33.400
 Well, it must be

00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:34.680
 because he's been with,

00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:35.000
 what?

00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:36.880
 He's been with Jesus.

00:24:42.320 --> 00:24:43.720
 It follows then

00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:47.980
 that if we glorify him,

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:52.299
 that we are not people

00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:53.700
 who are sulky.

00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:56.240
 We are not people

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:58.559
 whose conversations

00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:59.640
 are as rude

00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:02.480
 and as crude

00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.960
 as unbelievers.

00:25:04.019 --> 00:25:04.519
 Isn't that right?

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.500
 It follows him

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:07.660
 that our posts

00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:08.420
 on Facebook

00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:09.700
 are not dishonorable

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:11.019
 and questionable.

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:13.340
 It follows him

00:25:13.340 --> 00:25:14.700
 that our conversations

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:17.059
 and our affections

00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:18.759
 belie the character

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.480
 of the one

00:25:19.480 --> 00:25:20.319
 who has changed

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:21.200
 our lives.

00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:24.319
 Now I come to exactly

00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:26.340
 what Christ's request was.

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:26.880
 You look there

00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:28.880
 and in verse 11,

00:25:30.039 --> 00:25:30.480
 he says,

00:25:30.580 --> 00:25:31.140
 listen, Father,

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:32.160
 I want you to keep them

00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:32.940
 in your name.

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:35.220
 Keep them

00:25:35.220 --> 00:25:36.740
 in your name.

00:25:39.380 --> 00:25:40.500
 I will tell you

00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.080
 ahead of time

00:25:41.080 --> 00:25:42.160
 that I will come back

00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:42.539
 to this,

00:25:42.600 --> 00:25:43.100
 Lord willing,

00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:44.000
 and should he tarry

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.740
 and allow me to preach

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.340
 on the passage.

00:25:45.480 --> 00:25:46.039
 We'll deal with it

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:46.500
 in the future

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:48.019
 when we get to John

00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.500
 eventually,

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.359
 but I want you

00:25:49.359 --> 00:25:49.960
 to understand

00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:51.920
 that Jesus is praying

00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:52.720
 for his disciples.

00:25:52.859 --> 00:25:53.059
 He says,

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:54.359
 I'm glorified in them.

00:25:54.420 --> 00:25:55.140
 Now here's the deal.

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:56.079
 I want you to do

00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:56.779
 something for me,

00:25:56.839 --> 00:25:57.039
 Father.

00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:57.740
 I want you to keep

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:58.660
 them in my name.

00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.619
 Being kept

00:26:01.619 --> 00:26:04.339
 involves his work

00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:05.680
 of shepherding us

00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:06.680
 through his word,

00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:08.579
 through his spirit,

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:10.059
 through his people.

00:26:11.339 --> 00:26:12.480
 Being kept

00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:16.019
 involves his shepherding us

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:17.119
 through his word,

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:19.059
 through his spirit,

00:26:19.879 --> 00:26:20.680
 through his people.

00:26:21.660 --> 00:26:22.579
 But let's come

00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:23.639
 to one more piece

00:26:23.639 --> 00:26:24.460
 before we actually

00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:25.259
 come to the table.

00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:26.160
 And I want you

00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.859
 to recognize

00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:27.980
 the objective

00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:29.980
 of Christ's prayer

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:31.579
 is unity.

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.379
 Verse 11,

00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.160
 he says,

00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:37.279
 keep them

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:38.400
 in your name

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:39.579
 which you have

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:40.339
 given me.

00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:41.259
 Now here's what

00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:41.879
 I want you

00:26:41.879 --> 00:26:43.339
 to have the boldness

00:26:43.339 --> 00:26:44.139
 of character

00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:44.660
 to do.

00:26:45.560 --> 00:26:46.280
 Underline

00:26:46.280 --> 00:26:47.360
 the words

00:26:47.360 --> 00:26:48.380
 that follow

00:26:48.380 --> 00:26:51.300
 that they may

00:26:51.300 --> 00:26:52.320
 be one

00:26:52.320 --> 00:26:54.000
 even as

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.540
 we

00:26:54.540 --> 00:26:55.480
 are

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.560
 one.

00:26:59.380 --> 00:27:00.560
 Our thoughts

00:27:00.560 --> 00:27:01.320
 on unity

00:27:01.320 --> 00:27:01.820
 tend to be

00:27:01.820 --> 00:27:02.620
 rather shallow,

00:27:02.800 --> 00:27:03.020
 beloved.

00:27:04.820 --> 00:27:06.220
 We're far

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.980
 too

00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.880
 comfortable

00:27:07.880 --> 00:27:10.140
 grousing

00:27:10.140 --> 00:27:11.360
 about

00:27:11.360 --> 00:27:12.160
 one another

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:14.300
 or nurturing

00:27:14.300 --> 00:27:15.160
 an inner

00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:15.720
 spirit

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:17.440
 of discontent.

00:27:22.300 --> 00:27:23.259
 When Jesus

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:23.820
 prayed

00:27:23.820 --> 00:27:24.680
 that his

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.180
 believers

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:25.720
 would be

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.220
 kept,

00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:27.700
 the immediate

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:29.000
 following

00:27:29.000 --> 00:27:30.120
 interest

00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:31.420
 was that

00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:31.820
 they would

00:27:31.820 --> 00:27:32.480
 be one

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:33.720
 like we're

00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.060
 one.

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.340
 And so

00:27:36.340 --> 00:27:36.700
 I want you

00:27:36.700 --> 00:27:37.340
 to understand

00:27:37.340 --> 00:27:39.160
 Christ

00:27:39.160 --> 00:27:39.560
 prays

00:27:39.560 --> 00:27:39.880
 that our

00:27:39.880 --> 00:27:40.240
 unity

00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:40.620
 would be

00:27:40.620 --> 00:27:41.120
 like the

00:27:41.120 --> 00:27:41.460
 unity

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:41.839
 of the

00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:42.380
 Godhead.

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.039
 That's

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.420
 amazing.

00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:44.680
 Do you

00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.140
 follow that?

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:46.900
 So how

00:27:46.900 --> 00:27:47.420
 did Jesus

00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:47.779
 and the

00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.039
 Father

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:48.680
 get along?

00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:50.559
 Huh?

00:27:51.039 --> 00:27:51.519
 They

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:51.880
 tolerate

00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:52.319
 each other

00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:52.720
 because they

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:53.039
 were on a

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.279
 common

00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:53.620
 mission?

00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:55.240
 They had

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:55.539
 to share

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:55.980
 the same

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.240
 pew?

00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:58.700
 No.

00:28:00.099 --> 00:28:00.880
 He says

00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:01.960
 I want

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.500
 them to be

00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.400
 one like

00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:04.259
 we are

00:28:04.259 --> 00:28:04.819
 one.

00:28:04.819 --> 00:28:09.720
 being

00:28:09.720 --> 00:28:10.179
 polite

00:28:10.179 --> 00:28:10.839
 in the

00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:11.179
 lobby

00:28:11.179 --> 00:28:13.519
 and

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.200
 churlish

00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:15.119
 in the

00:28:15.119 --> 00:28:15.539
 car

00:28:15.539 --> 00:28:18.639
 may not

00:28:18.639 --> 00:28:19.659
 give us

00:28:19.659 --> 00:28:20.379
 away to

00:28:20.379 --> 00:28:20.799
 everyone

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.359
 but can I

00:28:21.359 --> 00:28:21.720
 tell you

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.059
 that your

00:28:22.059 --> 00:28:22.740
 children pick

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:23.240
 up on it?

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:24.579
 Do you know

00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:25.099
 something about

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:25.460
 children?

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:28.179
 There used

00:28:28.179 --> 00:28:28.599
 to be a

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:29.099
 show

00:28:29.099 --> 00:28:30.099
 in a

00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:30.379
 previous

00:28:30.379 --> 00:28:31.059
 time

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:32.099
 where

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:32.960
 who was

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.240
 the guy

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:33.620
 that said

00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:34.240
 kids said

00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:34.400
 the

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:34.740
 darndest

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.099
 things?

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.640
 Who was

00:28:36.640 --> 00:28:36.799
 it?

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:39.140
 There you

00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:39.420
 go.

00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:40.120
 You knew

00:28:40.120 --> 00:28:40.400
 it and I

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:40.680
 didn't.

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:41.539
 I didn't

00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:41.880
 grow up

00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:42.279
 at TV

00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:42.759
 in America

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.500
 but I

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:43.839
 knew about

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:43.960
 it.

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:45.400
 So kids

00:28:45.400 --> 00:28:45.740
 say the

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.079
 darndest

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:46.279
 things.

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:46.579
 Your

00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:47.160
 kids

00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:52.359
 tell other

00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:52.839
 people what

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:53.259
 your real

00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:53.660
 attitudes

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.120
 are.

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:55.420
 Hey!

00:28:58.660 --> 00:28:59.140
 Hey,

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.440
 how are

00:28:59.440 --> 00:28:59.920
 you doing?

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.539
 In the

00:29:01.539 --> 00:29:01.759
 lobby.

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:02.579
 In the

00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:02.859
 car.

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:05.259
 I'm

00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:05.759
 hoping God

00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.440
 changes that

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:06.819
 person.

00:29:10.279 --> 00:29:10.900
 Back we

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:11.079
 go.

00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:11.700
 Back we

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:11.880
 go.

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.120
 Here's

00:29:13.120 --> 00:29:13.420
 Jesus

00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:13.960
 praying that

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.500
 our unity

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:14.819
 would be

00:29:14.819 --> 00:29:15.180
 like the

00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:15.620
 unity of

00:29:15.620 --> 00:29:15.759
 the

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.200
 Godhead.

00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:17.240
 Ooh.

00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:19.980
 So when

00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.460
 we come to

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:20.940
 the Lord's

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:22.500
 table this

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:22.859
 morning,

00:29:24.140 --> 00:29:26.859
 I want you

00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:27.339
 to consider

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:28.000
 that Jesus

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.400
 today,

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:28.859
 this is the

00:29:28.859 --> 00:29:29.500
 most exciting

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:29.920
 little piece

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:30.319
 of news I

00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:30.660
 can give

00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:30.740
 you.

00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:31.019
 He's

00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:31.460
 praying for

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:31.660
 you.

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:32.880
 I want

00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:33.060
 you to

00:29:33.060 --> 00:29:33.380
 understand

00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:33.680
 that.

00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:35.019
 Do you

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.380
 know how

00:29:35.380 --> 00:29:35.800
 weak you

00:29:35.800 --> 00:29:36.060
 are?

00:29:37.440 --> 00:29:38.240
 No, I

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:38.580
 don't.

00:29:39.540 --> 00:29:40.120
 But I

00:29:40.120 --> 00:29:40.580
 know enough

00:29:40.580 --> 00:29:41.340
 about me to

00:29:41.340 --> 00:29:42.000
 understand I

00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:42.720
 need somebody

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.440
 helping me,

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:43.759
 right?

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.960
 And guess what

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.420
 the scriptures

00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:46.060
 tells me?

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:47.160
 It tells me that

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:48.180
 Jesus is praying

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:48.720
 for me.

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:50.080
 He's praying

00:29:50.080 --> 00:29:50.500
 for me.

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.220
 He ever

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:53.360
 lives to make

00:29:53.360 --> 00:29:54.560
 intercession

00:29:54.560 --> 00:29:55.660
 for me.

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:55.759
 me.

00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.380
 And as you

00:29:57.380 --> 00:29:57.800
 come to

00:29:57.800 --> 00:29:58.380
 this table,

00:29:58.800 --> 00:29:59.480
 I want you

00:29:59.480 --> 00:29:59.920
 to pray,

00:30:00.019 --> 00:30:00.380
 honestly,

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:00.800
 where you

00:30:00.800 --> 00:30:01.500
 are, I

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:01.740
 want you

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.080
 to pray,

00:30:02.540 --> 00:30:03.160
 Lord, help

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:03.820
 me appreciate

00:30:03.820 --> 00:30:04.640
 the fact you

00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:05.519
 pray for me.

00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:07.080
 Oh, by the

00:30:07.080 --> 00:30:07.880
 way, and

00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:09.320
 since I'm in

00:30:09.320 --> 00:30:09.980
 this business

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.840
 of making you

00:30:10.840 --> 00:30:11.560
 look good,

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:13.980
 glorify you,

00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:17.000
 go ahead and

00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.900
 put the smack

00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:18.740
 down on me

00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.620
 when I have

00:30:19.620 --> 00:30:20.220
 the attitudes

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:20.860
 that just

00:30:20.860 --> 00:30:21.920
 dishonor you.

00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:25.240
 One of the

00:30:25.240 --> 00:30:26.880
 things that I

00:30:26.880 --> 00:30:27.400
 know has

00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:28.340
 unnerved some

00:30:28.340 --> 00:30:28.759
 of our dear

00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.840
 fellowship is

00:30:29.840 --> 00:30:31.039
 when I encourage

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:31.779
 people to pray

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.300
 this way,

00:30:32.800 --> 00:30:33.820
 Lord, do

00:30:33.820 --> 00:30:34.500
 whatever it

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:35.380
 takes to

00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:35.720
 help me

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:36.160
 change.

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:36.960
 And I've

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:37.320
 had people

00:30:37.320 --> 00:30:37.920
 say, I

00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:38.340
 really don't

00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:38.580
 want to

00:30:38.580 --> 00:30:39.080
 pray that.

00:30:41.120 --> 00:30:41.460
 In other

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:41.840
 words, you're

00:30:41.840 --> 00:30:42.740
 really satisfied

00:30:42.740 --> 00:30:43.720
 with being that

00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.980
 spiritual jerk,

00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:45.400
 right?

00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:48.060
 Someone send

00:30:48.060 --> 00:30:48.440
 me an email

00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:48.940
 on that later.

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.759
 But, you

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:50.620
 know, here's

00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:51.019
 the deal.

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:52.299
 I want to

00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:52.759
 change.

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.500
 Bring it

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:53.900
 on.

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:56.279
 I want to

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:56.960
 have a heart

00:30:56.960 --> 00:30:57.599
 for Christ.

00:30:57.940 --> 00:30:58.660
 I want to

00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:59.339
 have a heart

00:30:59.339 --> 00:31:00.379
 for His

00:31:00.379 --> 00:31:00.859
 people.

00:31:01.200 --> 00:31:01.900
 I want to

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:02.759
 have a heart

00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:06.019
 that glorifies

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.299
 Him.

00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:07.839
 I want you to

00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:08.279
 come to the

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:08.579
 table.

00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:09.180
 We'll have our

00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:09.940
 men come this

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.599
 morning as we

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:11.000
 gather.

00:31:11.879 --> 00:31:13.220
 And as the

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:14.220
 men are coming,

00:31:14.440 --> 00:31:15.240
 let me say a

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.539
 word of

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.059
 encouragement,

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:17.519
 that this

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:18.579
 table is open

00:31:18.579 --> 00:31:19.660
 to all those

00:31:19.660 --> 00:31:20.379
 who know the

00:31:20.380 --> 00:31:20.880
 Lord Jesus

00:31:20.880 --> 00:31:22.000
 Christ in

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:22.460
 truth.

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:25.480
 In 1 Corinthians

00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:26.620
 chapter 11, it

00:31:26.620 --> 00:31:27.200
 says that we

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:27.900
 are not to

00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:28.380
 take the

00:31:28.380 --> 00:31:29.780
 table carelessly.

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:33.280
 Now, what that

00:31:33.280 --> 00:31:34.160
 means in essence

00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:34.980
 is this, is that

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:36.220
 when we take the

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.800
 table, when we

00:31:36.800 --> 00:31:37.500
 take the bread and

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:38.200
 we take the cup,

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:39.380
 what we are doing

00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:40.860
 is we are going

00:31:40.860 --> 00:31:42.160
 on public record

00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:43.620
 to say, I have

00:31:43.620 --> 00:31:45.040
 come to faith in

00:31:45.040 --> 00:31:45.900
 the Lord Jesus

00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:46.600
 Christ.

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:50.380
 I believe He

00:31:50.380 --> 00:31:51.140
 died for my

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:51.660
 sins.

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:54.220
 And I am

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:57.400
 willing to

00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:58.220
 go on record

00:31:58.220 --> 00:32:00.700
 to say, Jesus

00:32:00.700 --> 00:32:01.800
 is the only

00:32:01.800 --> 00:32:02.900
 one that I am

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:04.160
 trusting in, and

00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:05.300
 I know Him as

00:32:05.300 --> 00:32:06.019
 my Lord and

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.280
 Savior.

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:09.340
 In the early

00:32:09.340 --> 00:32:10.140
 church, when they

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:10.680
 would take the

00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:11.400
 bread and take the

00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:12.620
 cup, the word in

00:32:12.620 --> 00:32:13.500
 the Greek, show

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:14.380
 forth, that's the

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 English translation,

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 actually means to

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 say publicly, I

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 know Jesus as my

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 Savior, I want

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 everybody to know,

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 you go ahead and

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 know, I trust in

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 Jesus, and God

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 help me, my life is

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 going to be different

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 to make Him look

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 good.

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 All God's people

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 were thinking,

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 amen.

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 But, you know,

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 you're welcome to

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 this table.

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 We want to take a

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 minute and pray

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 quietly, and if

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 you're here today

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 and you have not

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 come to faith in

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 Christ right now,

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 you can call upon

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 His name.

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 Father God, I know

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 that I'm a sinner,

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 and I need Christ

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 as my Savior, and

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 I'm done messing

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 around and thinking

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 that I can work

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 this out by my own

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 good.

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 I am a sinner

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 broken before you,

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 and I ask Christ to

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 be my Savior.

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 There might be some

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 of you here today

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 that know Christ,

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 but your life is

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 filled with anger,

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 with bitterness,

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 with a matter of

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 unrepentance in

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 certain areas of

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 your life, and I

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 would plead with you

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 this morning to

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 quietly humble

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 yourself as I

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 pray, and ask

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 Christ to give you

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 a repentant spirit

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 that renews your

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 affection for Him

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 and your desire to

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 obey, that we can

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 take these elements

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 with a clear heart.

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 Let's pray.

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