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 If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

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 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another helper, to be with you forever.

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 Even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him.

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 You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

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 I will not leave you as orphans, I will come to you.

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 Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more, but you will see me.

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 Because I live, you also will live.

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 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.

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 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me.

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 And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.

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 Judas, not Iscariot, said to him,

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 Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us and not to the world?

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 Jesus answered him,

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 If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

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 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words.

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 And the word that you hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.

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 These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you.

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 But the helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name,

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 he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

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 Peace I leave with you.

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 My peace I give to you.

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 Not as the world gives do I give to you.

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 Let not your hearts be troubled.

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 Neither let them be afraid.

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 You heard me say to you,

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 I am going away, and I will come to you.

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 If you loved me,

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 you would have rejoiced,

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 because I am going to the Father,

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 for the Father is greater than I.

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 And now I have told you before it takes place,

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 so that when it does take place, you may believe.

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 I will no longer talk much with you,

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 for the ruler of this world is coming.

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 He has no claim on me,

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 but I do as the Father has commanded me,

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 so that the world may know that I love the Father.

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 Rise.

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 Let us go from here.

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 This is the word of God.

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 All right, good morning.

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 If you have your Bibles,

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 if you could turn them open to John chapter 14,

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 going from verse 15 to 31 today.

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 In our society,

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 love is a feeling.

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 Love is expressed as an emotion.

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 I have to say with feeling, for example,

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 I have to say with feeling,

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 I love you, Joe.

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 Not only is love expressed as an emotion,

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 but it's actually pursued as an emotion.

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 I have to feel in love with Joe

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 before I can actually say,

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 I love you, Joe, sincerely.

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 Love is expressed as an emotion,

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 pursued as an emotion,

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 and is actually interpreted through our emotions as well.

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 So, Joe says back to me,

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 I love you too, honey.

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 Or she might say,

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 well, I don't really feel loved at the moment by you,

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 so I can't say it back.

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 In our society, love is a feeling,

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 primarily pursued as a feeling.

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 But in God's society,

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 love is much, much more than that.

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 The main Old Testament word for love is hesed,

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 and it means steadfast or loyal love,

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 unfailing kindness,

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 covenant faithfulness,

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 commitment and affection fused together,

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 beautifully fused together.

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 It's self-giving in nature.

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 Love, in God's way of relating,

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 is affection that is steadfast.

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 It's actually based,

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 and you can probably pick it up

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 from those different descriptions I've given you,

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 that it's based on a prior existing relationship.

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 A relationship where one person

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 is committed to the other.

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 Like, for example, marriage.

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 And love has responsibilities and benefits,

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 just like marriage does.

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 It has commitment and feeling.

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 Now, this part of Jesus' teaching

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 that we're about to delve into

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 is about living in a loving relationship with him,

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 the Trinitarian God,

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 Father, Son, and Spirit.

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 And we see each of them come to the fore in this passage.

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 This loving relationship has history

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 in the context of this meal

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 that Jesus is sharing with his disciples.

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 In chapter 13, verse 1,

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 the meal begins with Jesus' expression of love

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 to his disciples.

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 We read these words.

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 Chapter 13, verse 1.

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 Now, before the feast of the Passover,

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 when Jesus knew that his hour had come

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 to depart out of this world,

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 to the Father,

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 having loved his own who were in the world,

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 he loved them to the end.

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 John recognizes in Jesus,

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 as he looks back to these events,

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 he recognizes in Jesus,

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 Jesus as the ultimate,

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 steadfast,

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 and loyal lover.

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 In chapter 13, verse 31,

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 in the middle of the meal,

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 Jesus speaks about this,

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 and he commands the disciples to love

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 in the same way that he's loved them.

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 Verse 34.

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 A new commandment I give you,

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 that you love one another.

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 Just as I have loved you,

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 you also are to love one another.

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 By this,

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 all people will know

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 that you are my disciples,

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 if you have love for one another.

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 Love is so distinctive about Jesus,

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 about God,

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 Father, Son, and Spirit,

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 that when we love,

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 people can't help

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 but recognize God in us.

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 Jesus is glorified

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 in his ultimate act of love

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 for his disciples.

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 And Jesus is glorified

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 when his disciples,

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 that's us,

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 love one another

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 like he's loved us.

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 But now we get to this particular section,

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 in chapter 14, verse 15,

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 the beginning of this passage

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 that Simon read out.

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 And in this section,

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 Jesus explains what it means

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 to be in a relationship with him.

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 In verse 15, he says,

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 if you love me.

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 Love is mentioned 10 times

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 in these verses that were read out.

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 Love between us and God,

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 love between and from God to us,

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 and then love within the Trinity as well.

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 The disciples, remember,

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 the disciples are troubled in heart.

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 That expression,

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 troubled in heart,

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 begins chapter 14.

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 It comes in the middle here,

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 and then it actually comes again

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 in the next chapter.

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 The disciples are troubled in heart.

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 They're afraid.

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 So in the next verses,

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 Jesus paints a picture

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 of what it means

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 to be in a loving relationship with him.

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 He offers them words of comfort.

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 And they begin this way.

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 It's how we experience love.

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 If you love me,

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 you will keep my commandments,

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 says Jesus.

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 Keep my commandments.

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 Do as I say.

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 Is there a more confronting phrase

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 to be said to Australians?

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 And this is a conditional statement.

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 If you will.

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 If Jesus speaks from the perspective

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 of a prior existing relationship,

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 remember that love in God's way of relating

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 is affection that is steadfast.

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 It's based on a prior existing relationship.

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 So love means benefits and responsibilities.

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 If this relationship between us exists,

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 this loving relationship between us exists,

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 then you will.

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 Jesus actually expects them.

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 He expects this love for him

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 to mean commitment to him.

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 Commitment that has a specific shape to it.

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 We who love Jesus

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 are those who have committed

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 to giving ourselves to him.

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 This means we will obey him.

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 We need to remember here

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 that this is not a relationship of equals.

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 We are committed to God the Son

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 when we choose to love him.

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 There is a right and natural order

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 to this relationship.

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 Think the parents

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 who are dictated to by their children.

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 A number of teachers here,

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 so some of you will actually experience

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 the outworking of what that actually looks like.

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 It's awful.

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 When children dictate to their parents

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 how things should work,

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 it produces awful results.

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 Just in case it's not clear,

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 we are the children.

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 God is the parent.

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 God's the one who knows best.

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 Even when we don't like what he says,

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 he knows best.

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 And as our father,

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 he demands our obedience.

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 If you love me,

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 you will,

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 he says on the one hand.

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 And on the other hand,

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 he says,

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 and I will,

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 in verse 16.

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 And I will ask the Father,

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 and he will give you another helper

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 to be with you forever,

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 even the spirit of truth

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 whom the world cannot receive,

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 because it neither sees him

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 nor knows him.

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 You know him,

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 for he dwells with you

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 and will be in you.

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 Jesus,

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 for his part,

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 says,

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 I will ask the Father

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 for another helper.

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 He's going,

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 so there will be

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 a replacement for him.

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 Jesus is going away,

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 but he will not leave them alone.

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 These people with troubled hearts

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 will not be left alone.

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 He will ask the Father

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 for what we discover here

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 is an eternal helper,

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 where helper means comforter,

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 but not just comforter

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 in the sense of,

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 oh, they're there then,

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 but comforter in terms

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 of a teaspoon of concrete,

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 you know,

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 that will teach you

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 to harden up,

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 to get a spine,

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 to stand firm,

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 to strengthen you.

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 A comforter

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 or a helper

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 in the sense of an advocate,

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 one who stands in court

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 on your behalf

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 and defends you

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 as his.

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 This is what a helper means.

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 He goes on to describe

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 the helper

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 as the spirit of truth,

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 the Holy Spirit.

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 This is the outworking

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 of prophecies

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 like Isaiah 44.3

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 and Joel 2.28

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 where God promises

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 that he will pour

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 his spirit into us.

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 So we see this fulfillment

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 as well

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 of Jesus' prayer here

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 in Acts 2

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 when that actually happens

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 at Pentecost.

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 He asks the Father

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 for another helper,

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 the spirit of truth,

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 and he promises

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 that he will dwell

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 in those who love him.

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 Even though Jesus

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 will soon depart,

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 their experience

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 of God doesn't end.

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 It actually becomes

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 more intimate.

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 Jesus dwelt with them,

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 we read in John 1.

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 The Holy Spirit

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 was present

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 in Jesus' ministry

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 and in theirs

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 as they actually

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 were sent out

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 by Jesus

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 at different points.

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 Now this same Holy Spirit

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 would dwell in them.

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 Think the Holy of Holies

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 in terms of the temple

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 type image

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 where you are

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 the Holy of Holies.

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 We, for our part,

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 well, we're called

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 to express our love

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 of Jesus

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 by obeying him.

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 He loves us

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 by providing

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 a deeper experience

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 of God's presence

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 in the Holy Spirit.

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 So we have this

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 experiencing,

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 experience of love

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 where we obey

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 and Jesus provides

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 the Holy Spirit.

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 And then we have

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 this expression of love

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 in verses 18 to 24.

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 His disciples,

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 remember,

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 they're still disturbed.

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 Jesus' departure

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 is still significant

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 to them.

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 So he continues

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 to express his love

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 by speaking of

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 his commitment to them.

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 It's almost like vows

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 in a wedding ceremony.

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 Just listen to this.

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 Remember,

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 vows are not

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 the airy-fairy vows

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 that you sometimes hear.

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 I mean,

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 I went to a wedding

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 a few years ago

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 and the wedding vows

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 were basically,

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 oh, I think you're lovely,

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 you're beautiful,

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 you're wonderful.

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 There were no promises

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 in them.

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 There was no actual commitment

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 in those vows.

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 Whereas the traditional

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 Christian vows

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 actually reflect

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 what marriage is

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 as a covenant

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 where you commit.

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 So listen to how

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 Jesus commits to them.

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 He says in verse 18,

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 I will not leave you

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 as orphans.

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 I will come to you.

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 Yet a little while

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 and the world

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 will see me no more,

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 but you will see me.

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 Because I live,

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 you also will live.

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 In that day,

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 you will know

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 that I am in my Father

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 and you in me

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 and I in you.

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 I will,

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 he says.

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 I will not leave you

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 as orphans.

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 I'll not leave you alone.

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 Not as orphans.

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 What we need to hear here

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 is Jesus' departure

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 is not an abandonment.

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 I don't know

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 if you remember

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 the parenting series

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 we did a couple of years ago

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 where we actually

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 interviewed

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 Andrew and Anne

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 and we talked about

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 the effects of abandonment,

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 the effects of dislocation

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 between the relationship

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 between parents and children

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 and what that can have.

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 Dissociation between

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 parent and child

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 leads to feeling

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 adrift relationally

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 in the world

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 and adrift personally

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 within ourselves.

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 We struggle to actually

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 create a personal identity.

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 But Jesus' departure

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 is not abandonment.

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 Jesus still owns us.

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 And so he says,

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 although I go,

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 it won't be for long.

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 Now,

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 I've got to just pause

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 at this point

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 and say there is some debate

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 over what is actually

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 meant by this.

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 You see,

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 the main departure

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 that John's been

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 explaining to us

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 through Jesus' words

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 at this point

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 in his gospel

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 is the departure

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 to heaven

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 via the cross.

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 So that's the main departure

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 that's being talked about.

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 But this particular

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 departure and return

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 is likely referring

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 to something

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 that kind of happens

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 within that.

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 So yes,

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 the cross

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 and then his resurrection

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 and manifestation

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 appearance to them

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 before he then

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 goes off to heaven.

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 You can argue with me

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 about that later,

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 but it seems to make

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 best sense

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 of what he's saying here.

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 And so if we follow

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 on that train of thought,

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 what Jesus is saying

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 is they will see him

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 when he rises

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 from the dead,

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 but at this stage

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 the world won't.

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 But when they do see him,

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 they will finally understand

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 what he's been talking about.

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 It'll finally make sense.

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 So Jesus says,

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 I will not leave you alone.

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 But he says more than that,

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 I will return

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 to share my life with you.

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 Anticipation

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 will turn to knowing,

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 we discover in verse 20.

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 Their witness

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 of the risen king

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 is central to our hope.

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 The apostle Paul said

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 in 1 Corinthians 15, 14,

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 if Christ had not been raised,

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 then our preaching

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 is in vain

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 and your faith

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 is in vain.

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 That still applies

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 if.

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 But Jesus knows

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 that his resurrection

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 appearance

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 will actually transform

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 their lives.

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 He urges them

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 to hang on for it.

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 Their foundational

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 preoccupation

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 with the here and now,

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 so easy for us

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 to take on,

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 will be smashed

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 to pieces.

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 Everything that they believe

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 will be put back

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 together again

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 with an eternal perspective.

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 And finally,

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 it will make sense.

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 That's the knowledge

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 that we have now,

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 thanks to the witness

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 of these disciples.

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 Through the resurrection,

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 we understand

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 Jesus' ministry.

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 And notice in verse 21

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 that the I and you

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 becomes whoever.

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 This promise then

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 applies to us.

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 Whoever believes in him,

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 whoever puts their trust

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 in Jesus,

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 these truths

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 now come to us.

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 Through it,

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 the resurrection,

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 we understand

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 his death.

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 Through it,

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 we can see

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 the Father's hand

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 at work.

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 Through it,

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 we can know

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 his presence with us,

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 his love for us.

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 He speaks about

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 the things that he will do

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 and they're monumental.

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 He will share,

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 as he comes back to us,

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 he shares his very life,

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 the quality of his life

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 with us.

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 But we have to remember

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 that he's talking about

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 a loving relationship.

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 Whoever isn't everyone,

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 it's those who have

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 a living relationship

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 with the Father

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 through Jesus.

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 Those who trust in him,

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 which we read in verse 14,

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 in verse 1,

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 is the thing that Jesus

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 encourages them to do.

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 Now,

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 Judas was a little bit

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 uncertain about this

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 in verse,

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 and you see his question

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 in verse 22.

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 His vision of the restored

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 Israel was more concrete

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 and immediate.

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 He was expecting

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 to not wait at all.

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 And he didn't expect

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 the world to be,

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 sorry,

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 and he expected the world

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 to be the stage

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 when it actually happens.

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 But Jesus explains

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 in verse 23 and 24,

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 he says these words,

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 If anyone loves me,

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 he will keep my word,

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 and my Father

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 will love him,

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 and we will come to him

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 and make our home with him.

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 Whoever does not love me

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 does not keep my word,

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 and the word that you hear

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 is not mine,

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 but the Father's

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 who sent me.

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 This promise

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 is only for those

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 who love Jesus,

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 that loving,

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 committed relationship

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 with Jesus.

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 You who have my commands

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 and keep them,

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 he says.

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 You who keep my word,

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 he says in verse 23.

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 And for those

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 who love Jesus,

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 he promises

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 to make his home

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 with them.

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 The oneness

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 that Jesus experiences

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 with the Father

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 is something

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 that we're actually

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 being invited into,

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 being drawn into.

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 It's something

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 that breaks into

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 the here and now.

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 There's no pause

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 in this notice.

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 Jesus says this is

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 how it's going to work out.

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 The Father and the Son

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 have made their home

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 with us.

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 The Spirit

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 is already in us.

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 God is pouring himself

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 into our existence,

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 and there is so much

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 more to come.

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 He is so much

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 greater than us.

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 We will be flooded

00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:05.859
 with his goodness,

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 flooded with his love.

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 Friends,

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 marriage

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 is the most intimate

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 of human relationships.

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 When we don't have it,

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 we long for it.

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 When we have it,

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 we long for a better

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 version of it

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 than we do have.

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 I use the concept

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 of marriage

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 because John actually

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 does when you get

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 to the end of Revelation.

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 He actually applies

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 these truths

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 of Jesus' return

00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:36.000
 in terms of

00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:37.500
 the arrival

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 of the bridegroom

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 and the church

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 being the bride.

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 I don't apologize

00:19:42.440 --> 00:19:43.380
 for using marriage,

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 but for some of you

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 who are single,

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 you may be wondering

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 what's going on here.

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 What I want to tell you

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 is this,

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 and you who are married

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 as well and think

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 marriage is everything.

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 You're deluded.

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 That'll change in time.

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 Don't worry.

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 But marriage is only

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 an illustration.

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 It's a metaphor

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 in the Bible.

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 It's meant to give us

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 a glimpse or a taste

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 for the greatest relationship,

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 home with the Father,

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 the Son,

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 and the Spirit.

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 That's what we were

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 created for.

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 If you think

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 you are missing out,

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 then remember this.

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 Marriage is like

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 as children

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 when we play with cars

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 and toys and dolls

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 and role play.

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 Marriage is like that

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 compared to the real thing

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 of being home

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 with Father,

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 Son,

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 and Spirit.

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 Single or married,

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 that's when you're at home.

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 That's when you are complete.

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 That's what we were

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 created for.

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 Again,

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 Jesus expresses

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 that this home,

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 this completeness,

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 this invitation

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 into relationship

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 of this kind of magnitude

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 of intimacy

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 is not for everyone.

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 You see,

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 a loving relationship,

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 you'll know,

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 particularly a relationship

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 between lovers

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 is an exclusive relationship.

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 If we love Jesus,

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 we will keep his commands.

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 If we keep Jesus' commands,

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 then we love him.

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 We demonstrate our love

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 for him practically.

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 But notice each time

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 that Jesus raises obedience,

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 he raises it in the context

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 of relationship.

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 He's not just looking

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 for a moral life.

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 He's not looking for you

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 to conform to a set of rules

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 and regulations.

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 Like you,

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 I've got a bunch of friends

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 who are really,

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 really good people.

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 Friends who don't profess

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 to be Christian

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 but in every other way

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 live lives that are as good

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 as if not superior

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 to myself

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 and many of my other

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 Christian friends.

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 But here's the thing,

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 they don't love Jesus.

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 no amount of obedience

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 is equivalent to loving Jesus.

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 That's not the point

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 of these verses.

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 The point is that love

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 implies a loving relationship,

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 a prior relationship

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 of self-giving,

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 loyal commitment,

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 faithfulness,

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 unwavering affection.

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 someone who loves Jesus

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 is so committed to him

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 that they will be preoccupied

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 with growing in obedience

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 to him.

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 It'll be the work

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 of their lives

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 to honor

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 and delight

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 and imitate their God.

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 Is that you?

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 That's what expressing love

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 is about.

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 That's what expressing love

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 is about.

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 Jesus then goes on

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 to describe love

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 in an enduring sense,

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 recognizing that there will be

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 a period of departure,

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 a period of separation,

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 that they will feel it acutely

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 and so he speaks words

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 into this too.

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 See, Jesus did return

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 after his death

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 and appear to his disciples

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 and then he went

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 to be with the Father

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 and we live in that time now,

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 a time where Jesus

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 is not physically present with us

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 like he was

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 with the disciples.

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 And our skeptical friends,

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 if you have a robust conversation

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 with your friends

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 who aren't yet Christians,

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 they'll call on us

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 to prove that God exists.

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 I don't know if you've had

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 this happen to you,

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 but I certainly have

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 on numerous occasions.

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 The taunt of Psalm 42,

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 where is your God?

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 It still stings,

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 doesn't it?

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 It hurts when they say it

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 because we do feel

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 the separation.

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 So Jesus explains

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 what will happen

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 after he's returned

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 to the Father.

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 There is parting gifts

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 and he's parting words

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 in this passage.

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 They're designed

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 to comfort and prepare,

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 comfort in the sense,

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 remember,

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 of strengthen,

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 the teaspoon of concrete,

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 to strengthen

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 and prepare those

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 he loves

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 for this period

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 of separation.

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 So in terms of parting gifts,

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 we'll read verses 25 and 26.

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 Jesus says,

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 These things I have spoken

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 to you while I'm still

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 with you,

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 but the Helper,

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 the Holy Spirit,

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 whom the Father

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 will send in my name,

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 he will teach you

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 all things

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 and bring to your remembrance

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 all that I have said to you.

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 So he comes back

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 to the Holy Spirit

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 again at this point.

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 The Holy Spirit

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 is the first gift.

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 He's the gift

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 all believers receive.

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 But for the first receivers,

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 his role is specific here.

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 I need to again

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 point this out.

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 That for the first receiver,

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 that's the disciples of Jesus,

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 the ones who were with him

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 and witnessed

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 and experienced.

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 This is who he's talking to

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 in the first sense.

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 The Holy Spirit

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 will remind them

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 of everything

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 that Jesus spoke to them,

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 everything that Jesus taught them.

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 And he'll teach them

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 what it means.

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 Not just a memory verse exercise,

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 which I did as a child,

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 but life-changing truth

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:53.519
 about Jesus' transforming plan

00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.339
 of salvation.

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 Truths that they wrote down

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 and some others

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:01.319
 who were with them

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 and received their teaching

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 wrote down as well.

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 Truths that they knew

00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:08.240
 were scripture

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 even as they wrote them.

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 And you can see 2 Peter 3.16

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:14.519
 for an expression of that,

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 just a glimpse

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 of that sort of thinking.

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 Truths that they knew

00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:20.720
 would change us

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:21.680
 in all the ways

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 that we need changing.

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 Look at Timothy 3.16.

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 All scripture

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 is God-breathed

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 and profitable

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 for teaching,

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 rebuking,

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:33.100
 correcting error

00:25:33.100 --> 00:25:34.299
 and training in righteousness,

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 that the man of God

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 may be thoroughly equipped

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 for every good work.

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 You could also read

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.600
 in light of this passage

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 that the man of God

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 may be thorough,

00:25:43.380 --> 00:25:43.980
 or woman of God

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 may be thoroughly equipped

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:46.559
 to love God

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 wholeheartedly.

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 Or Hebrews 4.12.

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 The word of God

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 is living and active

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:56.000
 sharper than any

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.700
 two-edged sword.

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 You get the sense

00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:59.599
 of almost surgical precision

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 that the word applies.

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 Friends,

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:04.139
 what I'm talking about here,

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:04.920
 just to be clear,

00:26:05.400 --> 00:26:06.420
 is the New Testament.

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 This is the written down

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:12.240
 teaching of Jesus.

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 It's written down,

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:14.819
 distilled,

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:15.720
 and understood.

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 It's not just

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 that they remembered,

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 but they began

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:19.740
 to understand it.

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 The Spirit taught it to them.

00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:22.859
 It's recorded.

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 So what we're talking about here

00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:25.700
 is the work of the Spirit

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 is actually teaching us

00:26:27.259 --> 00:26:27.920
 and reminding us

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.259
 of everything

00:26:28.259 --> 00:26:28.980
 that Jesus taught

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:29.559
 the disciples

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 through his word.

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 I am not talking about

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:33.099
 some kind of

00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:34.440
 Christianized seance here

00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:35.859
 where we all sit around

00:26:35.859 --> 00:26:37.460
 and pray

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.240
 or whatever

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:39.579
 until the Holy Spirit

00:26:39.579 --> 00:26:40.620
 speaks to us personally.

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 He has done.

00:26:42.240 --> 00:26:45.059
 It's not some

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:45.819
 airy-fairy thing

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:46.380
 that happens.

00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:48.859
 The Spirit shows us

00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:49.839
 the truth of the Gospel.

00:26:50.859 --> 00:26:51.740
 He keeps us looking

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:52.779
 to the truth of the Gospel

00:26:52.779 --> 00:26:54.079
 and applying it

00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:54.859
 to our lives,

00:26:55.859 --> 00:26:56.660
 applying the Bible

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:57.420
 to our lives.

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 And as we do,

00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:01.180
 with the power

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:01.700
 of the Spirit,

00:27:02.620 --> 00:27:03.920
 he transforms us

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.740
 into his likeness.

00:27:04.740 --> 00:27:11.079
 this gift of a comforter

00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:14.319
 is an uncomfortable gift.

00:27:15.859 --> 00:27:17.299
 He gets into our heads

00:27:17.299 --> 00:27:19.380
 and he exposes

00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:20.440
 our false beliefs.

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 He gets into our hearts.

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 Imagine,

00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:25.500
 this is God inside us

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 seeing everything.

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 He gets into our hearts

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 and realizes

00:27:31.379 --> 00:27:32.559
 our selfish desires.

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:35.459
 Absolutely nothing

00:27:35.459 --> 00:27:36.419
 is hidden from him.

00:27:41.159 --> 00:27:42.379
 I'll give you an example.

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 Joe went to a coffee shop

00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:46.339
 the other day

00:27:46.339 --> 00:27:49.159
 and a favorite place

00:27:49.159 --> 00:27:50.319
 I really like to go.

00:27:50.399 --> 00:27:51.419
 I love eating pastries.

00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:52.560
 and I asked her

00:27:52.560 --> 00:27:53.440
 to get a cake for me.

00:27:54.560 --> 00:27:55.660
 And she forgot.

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:57.160
 And I was speaking

00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:57.840
 to her on the phone

00:27:57.840 --> 00:27:59.360
 as she told me this.

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.800
 And I was so annoyed

00:28:00.800 --> 00:28:01.740
 that I hung up on her

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:04.779
 over a cake.

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:07.340
 I got so annoyed

00:28:07.340 --> 00:28:08.120
 with my wife,

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:08.900
 who I've loved

00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:10.200
 for nearly 25 years,

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:10.720
 nearly,

00:28:11.660 --> 00:28:13.140
 for not getting me

00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:13.779
 a cake

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:15.220
 that I actually

00:28:15.220 --> 00:28:15.980
 hung up on her.

00:28:17.100 --> 00:28:17.900
 You didn't know

00:28:17.900 --> 00:28:18.460
 that about me.

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:21.340
 But the Holy Spirit

00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:21.619
 did.

00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:24.000
 And the Holy Spirit

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:25.000
 made me ashamed

00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:25.659
 of what I did.

00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:27.659
 And guilty.

00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:30.119
 And he led me

00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:31.199
 to set it right.

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:36.779
 This is the gift

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:38.359
 of the helper

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:39.059
 that we're talking

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:39.599
 about here.

00:28:42.679 --> 00:28:43.980
 With the Holy Spirit

00:28:43.980 --> 00:28:45.399
 comes another gift.

00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:46.439
 And that is

00:28:46.439 --> 00:28:47.359
 the gift of peace.

00:28:48.639 --> 00:28:49.699
 In verse 27

00:28:49.699 --> 00:28:50.759
 we read this.

00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:52.119
 Peace I leave

00:28:52.119 --> 00:28:52.519
 with you.

00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:53.960
 My peace

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.779
 I give you.

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:56.140
 Not as the world

00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:57.119
 gives do I give to you.

00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:58.920
 Let not your hearts

00:28:58.920 --> 00:28:59.420
 be troubled,

00:28:59.539 --> 00:29:00.019
 neither let them

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.539
 be afraid.

00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:02.779
 Friends,

00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:03.599
 when we feel alone,

00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:04.579
 perhaps even abandoned,

00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:05.359
 when we wonder

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:06.000
 what's going on

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:06.400
 in the world,

00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:07.359
 when climate change

00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:08.400
 and political unrest

00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:09.920
 and social injustices

00:29:09.920 --> 00:29:10.420
 just kind of

00:29:10.420 --> 00:29:11.400
 fill the newsreels,

00:29:12.539 --> 00:29:14.319
 the Holy Spirit

00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:14.940
 teaches us

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.940
 and reminds us

00:29:15.940 --> 00:29:17.359
 of what our loving God

00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:18.039
 has done

00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:19.819
 to set things right.

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:22.299
 He reminds us

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:23.639
 that Father,

00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:25.659
 Son and Spirit

00:29:25.659 --> 00:29:26.639
 have made their home

00:29:26.639 --> 00:29:27.180
 with us.

00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:29.220
 He reminds us

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:30.399
 that Jesus will return

00:29:30.399 --> 00:29:30.960
 to make this

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:32.559
 our absolute reality,

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:35.460
 a thing we look forward to.

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:38.379
 He speaks

00:29:38.379 --> 00:29:39.740
 words of comfort

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.639
 and strength

00:29:40.639 --> 00:29:42.899
 into our fearful hearts.

00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:47.019
 Jesus gifts us

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:48.200
 with peace.

00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:50.320
 He provides

00:29:50.320 --> 00:29:50.940
 the antidote

00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:52.259
 to fear,

00:29:53.800 --> 00:29:54.340
 an antidote

00:29:54.340 --> 00:29:54.860
 that needs to be

00:29:54.860 --> 00:29:55.800
 applied daily,

00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:57.320
 moment by moment.

00:30:00.420 --> 00:30:01.580
 It's not the effect

00:30:01.580 --> 00:30:02.120
 of the Spirit

00:30:02.120 --> 00:30:03.480
 that's deficient

00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:04.280
 in us in this

00:30:04.280 --> 00:30:05.420
 so much as

00:30:05.420 --> 00:30:06.280
 our own

00:30:06.280 --> 00:30:07.740
 and Satan's choices

00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:08.280
 that keep us

00:30:08.280 --> 00:30:09.240
 needing the Spirit's

00:30:09.240 --> 00:30:09.640
 ministry.

00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:12.160
 to know

00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:12.780
 the truth

00:30:12.780 --> 00:30:13.340
 that we are

00:30:13.340 --> 00:30:13.740
 at peace

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.240
 with God

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:14.540
 and that

00:30:14.540 --> 00:30:15.300
 he is one

00:30:15.300 --> 00:30:15.860
 with us.

00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:17.840
 That all

00:30:17.840 --> 00:30:18.440
 that can happen

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:19.160
 into the future

00:30:19.160 --> 00:30:20.320
 is a guarantee,

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.800
 the absolute certainty

00:30:21.800 --> 00:30:22.700
 that can happen

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.220
 in the future

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:24.380
 is a guarantee

00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:25.540
 that that will

00:30:25.540 --> 00:30:26.240
 become an absolute

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.740
 reality.

00:30:27.860 --> 00:30:28.840
 Not even death

00:30:28.840 --> 00:30:29.600
 can prevent that.

00:30:34.060 --> 00:30:34.740
 So Jesus

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.140
 finishes

00:30:35.140 --> 00:30:36.360
 with some

00:30:36.360 --> 00:30:36.860
 parting gifts

00:30:36.860 --> 00:30:37.740
 of the Holy Spirit

00:30:37.740 --> 00:30:39.320
 and peace.

00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:41.100
 and then

00:30:41.100 --> 00:30:41.460
 he finishes

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:41.800
 with some

00:30:41.800 --> 00:30:42.540
 parting words.

00:30:44.040 --> 00:30:44.660
 Some final

00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:45.120
 instructions

00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:45.680
 if you like.

00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:47.220
 In verse 28

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:48.800
 he's encouraging

00:30:48.800 --> 00:30:49.660
 us to learn

00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:50.100
 so that we

00:30:50.100 --> 00:30:50.759
 can rejoice.

00:30:52.840 --> 00:30:53.500
 He says

00:30:53.500 --> 00:30:54.180
 in verse 28

00:30:54.180 --> 00:30:54.900
 you heard me

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.460
 say to you

00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:56.680
 I am going

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:57.020
 away

00:30:57.020 --> 00:30:57.360
 and I will

00:30:57.360 --> 00:30:58.020
 come to you.

00:30:58.740 --> 00:30:59.740
 If you loved

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.040
 me

00:31:00.040 --> 00:31:01.060
 you would have

00:31:01.060 --> 00:31:01.820
 rejoiced

00:31:01.820 --> 00:31:02.900
 because I am

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.440
 going to the

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:03.800
 Father

00:31:03.800 --> 00:31:04.720
 for the Father

00:31:04.720 --> 00:31:05.320
 is greater

00:31:05.320 --> 00:31:05.740
 than I.

00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.400
 In other words

00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:07.759
 they know

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.140
 what's going

00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:08.500
 to happen

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:08.960
 because Jesus

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.460
 has told

00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:09.720
 them

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:10.360
 but they

00:31:10.360 --> 00:31:11.039
 responded

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.460
 wrong.

00:31:12.559 --> 00:31:13.299
 He's saying

00:31:13.299 --> 00:31:13.940
 learn from

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:14.279
 this

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:15.059
 understand

00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:15.680
 the truth

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:16.240
 and begin

00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:17.079
 to rejoice.

00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:20.440
 Not

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:20.759
 everything

00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.420
 comes to us

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:21.880
 straight away

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:22.200
 and that's

00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:22.559
 okay

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:24.420
 but we

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:24.819
 need to

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:25.279
 pursue

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:25.720
 Jesus'

00:31:25.900 --> 00:31:26.299
 perspective

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:27.420
 not wallow

00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:27.660
 in the

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.440
 disappointments

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:28.700
 that our

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:28.880
 own

00:31:28.880 --> 00:31:29.299
 perspective

00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:29.799
 will bring.

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.299
 We need

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:31.680
 to learn

00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:32.360
 to rejoice

00:31:32.360 --> 00:31:32.900
 in Jesus'

00:31:32.900 --> 00:31:33.620
 departure

00:31:33.620 --> 00:31:34.420
 in particular

00:31:34.420 --> 00:31:35.460
 because of

00:31:35.460 --> 00:31:35.900
 what that

00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:36.220
 brings

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.660
 us.

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.400
 Learn

00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:40.700
 so that

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:40.940
 you can

00:31:40.940 --> 00:31:41.440
 rejoice.

00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:43.140
 Remember

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:44.580
 so that

00:31:44.580 --> 00:31:44.840
 you may

00:31:44.840 --> 00:31:45.380
 believe.

00:31:47.259 --> 00:31:48.100
 Verse 29

00:31:48.100 --> 00:31:48.380
 he says

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:48.660
 and now

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:48.860
 I have

00:31:48.860 --> 00:31:49.320
 told you

00:31:49.320 --> 00:31:50.840
 before it

00:31:50.840 --> 00:31:51.500
 takes place

00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:52.620
 so that

00:31:52.620 --> 00:31:52.920
 when it

00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:53.440
 does take

00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:53.880
 place

00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:55.060
 you may

00:31:55.060 --> 00:31:55.640
 believe.

00:31:57.800 --> 00:31:58.220
 Let's

00:31:58.220 --> 00:31:58.620
 think about

00:31:58.620 --> 00:31:59.039
 this here.

00:31:59.279 --> 00:31:59.400
 You see

00:31:59.400 --> 00:31:59.900
 the disciples

00:31:59.900 --> 00:32:00.460
 got a glimpse

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:01.080
 in advance

00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:02.339
 so that

00:32:02.339 --> 00:32:03.199
 they would

00:32:03.199 --> 00:32:03.659
 believe

00:32:03.659 --> 00:32:04.119
 later.

00:32:05.299 --> 00:32:06.019
 We have

00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.460
 the full

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:06.879
 picture

00:32:06.879 --> 00:32:07.960
 now

00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:10.259
 so believe.

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.599
 When you

00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:12.960
 wonder if

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.419
 this is all

00:32:13.419 --> 00:32:13.839
 pointless

00:32:13.839 --> 00:32:14.099
 or if

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.359
 there's an

00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:14.960
 easier way

00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.179
 or if

00:32:15.179 --> 00:32:15.539
 there even

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:15.919
 is a

00:32:15.919 --> 00:32:16.139
 God in

00:32:16.139 --> 00:32:16.500
 the first

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:16.819
 place

00:32:16.819 --> 00:32:17.679
 choose to

00:32:17.679 --> 00:32:18.000
 believe

00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:18.500
 the truth

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:18.879
 that was

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:19.339
 told

00:32:19.339 --> 00:32:20.599
 and then

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:21.259
 fulfilled

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:22.599
 and then

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:23.359
 witness to

00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:23.859
 us

00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:25.199
 through his

00:32:25.199 --> 00:32:25.599
 word

00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:28.279
 by disciples

00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:29.980
 who abandoned

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.919
 him and

00:32:30.920 --> 00:32:31.580
 gave up

00:32:31.580 --> 00:32:34.539
 only to

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:35.320
 be restored

00:32:35.320 --> 00:32:35.820
 by him

00:32:35.820 --> 00:32:36.259
 at his

00:32:36.259 --> 00:32:36.680
 resurrection.

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:40.140
 This is

00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:40.720
 the witness

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.279
 testimony

00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:42.620
 of skeptics

00:32:42.620 --> 00:32:43.720
 and unbelievers

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:46.100
 who when

00:32:46.100 --> 00:32:46.720
 they encountered

00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:47.120
 the risen

00:32:47.120 --> 00:32:47.480
 Jesus

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:48.160
 believed.

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:49.080
 This is

00:32:49.080 --> 00:32:49.560
 not just

00:32:49.560 --> 00:32:50.960
 a nice

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.180
 little

00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:51.600
 spin

00:32:51.600 --> 00:32:52.360
 clever

00:32:52.360 --> 00:32:52.660
 little

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:54.000
 religious

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.420
 spin

00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:54.660
 on a

00:32:54.660 --> 00:32:55.060
 historical

00:32:55.060 --> 00:32:55.560
 event.

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:57.620
 It's

00:32:57.620 --> 00:32:58.120
 far more

00:32:58.120 --> 00:32:58.600
 than that.

00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:01.860
 choose to

00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:02.420
 believe the

00:33:02.420 --> 00:33:03.080
 truth that

00:33:03.080 --> 00:33:03.660
 was told

00:33:03.660 --> 00:33:04.720
 and then

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.220
 fulfilled.

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:08.779
 So he

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.160
 says learn

00:33:09.160 --> 00:33:09.440
 so you

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:10.060
 can rejoice.

00:33:10.840 --> 00:33:11.200
 Remember

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:11.660
 so that you

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:12.300
 may believe.

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.900
 And finally

00:33:13.900 --> 00:33:15.340
 he wants

00:33:15.340 --> 00:33:15.740
 this to be

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.060
 clear.

00:33:17.080 --> 00:33:17.460
 Know

00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:18.259
 that I

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:18.940
 choose

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.680
 to leave.

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:22.759
 If you

00:33:22.759 --> 00:33:22.980
 look at

00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.500
 verse 30

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:24.000
 Jesus said

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.220
 to his

00:33:24.220 --> 00:33:24.840
 disciples

00:33:24.840 --> 00:33:25.259
 before he

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.360
 was

00:33:25.360 --> 00:33:25.800
 crucified

00:33:25.799 --> 00:33:27.339
 I will

00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:27.700
 no longer

00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:28.220
 talk much

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:28.599
 with you

00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:28.919
 for the

00:33:28.919 --> 00:33:29.279
 ruler of

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:29.659
 this world

00:33:29.659 --> 00:33:30.159
 is coming.

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:31.539
 He has

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:32.200
 no claim

00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:32.579
 on me

00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:33.799
 but I

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:34.680
 do as

00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.099
 the father

00:33:35.099 --> 00:33:35.720
 has commanded

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:37.000
 me so

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:37.279
 that the

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:37.740
 world may

00:33:37.740 --> 00:33:38.139
 know that

00:33:38.139 --> 00:33:38.500
 I love

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:39.019
 the father.

00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:40.519
 Rise

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:42.039
 let us

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.440
 go from

00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:42.720
 here.

00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:45.480
 Friends

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:45.980
 Satan has

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:46.440
 power in

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:46.859
 this world.

00:33:47.299 --> 00:33:47.480
 He's

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:47.839
 described

00:33:47.839 --> 00:33:48.559
 here as

00:33:48.559 --> 00:33:50.220
 the ruler

00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:50.579
 of this

00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:50.879
 world.

00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:51.859
 He has

00:33:51.859 --> 00:33:53.619
 power but

00:33:53.619 --> 00:33:54.000
 not over

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.299
 Jesus.

00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:56.159
 Jesus chose

00:33:56.159 --> 00:33:56.839
 to die

00:33:56.839 --> 00:33:57.440
 in obedience

00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:57.819
 to the

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.139
 father.

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:59.079
 It wasn't

00:33:59.079 --> 00:33:59.619
 a failed

00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:00.299
 coup attempt.

00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:02.659
 Jesus chose

00:34:02.659 --> 00:34:03.259
 to die

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:03.740
 in obedience

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.139
 to the

00:34:04.139 --> 00:34:04.379
 father.

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:04.859
 He

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:05.299
 willingly

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:06.079
 went to

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:06.399
 where he

00:34:06.399 --> 00:34:06.720
 would be

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.119
 betrayed.

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:07.960
 He was

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:08.559
 glorified

00:34:08.559 --> 00:34:09.079
 beyond our

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:09.719
 capacity to

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:10.099
 comprehend

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:10.639
 as he

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:10.920
 hung on

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.440
 the cross.

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:14.000
 His

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:14.599
 love for

00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:15.139
 us

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:16.840
 rescued

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:18.119
 you and

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:18.400
 me.

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:22.099
 And so

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:22.400
 we come

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:22.739
 back to

00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:23.000
 where we

00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:23.380
 began

00:34:23.380 --> 00:34:24.219
 with love.

00:34:24.300 --> 00:34:26.760
 steadfast

00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:27.480
 or loyal

00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:27.940
 love.

00:34:29.100 --> 00:34:29.680
 Unfailing

00:34:29.680 --> 00:34:30.300
 kindness.

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:31.840
 Covenant

00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.800
 faithfulness

00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:34.220
 because of

00:34:34.220 --> 00:34:34.940
 an existing

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.860
 relationship.

00:34:37.080 --> 00:34:37.940
 A beautiful

00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.760
 fusion of

00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:39.420
 commitment and

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:39.920
 affection.

00:34:41.820 --> 00:34:42.440
 Self-giving

00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:43.060
 in nature.

00:34:44.740 --> 00:34:45.260
 Gloriously

00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:46.480
 and completely

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:47.100
 expressed at

00:34:47.100 --> 00:34:47.580
 the cross

00:34:47.580 --> 00:34:50.340
 for us

00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:50.920
 who believe.

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:54.079
 let me pray.

00:34:54.079 --> 00:35:03.039
 Father God,

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:03.639
 we thank you

00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:04.960
 for sending

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:05.420
 the son.

00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:07.200
 We thank you

00:35:07.200 --> 00:35:07.780
 for your plan

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:08.420
 of salvation

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:09.119
 that began

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:09.900
 before time

00:35:09.900 --> 00:35:12.900
 for rescuing

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:14.820
 us from the

00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:15.440
 futility of

00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:15.960
 our lives

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.579
 and the

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:17.420
 reality of

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:17.720
 sin.

00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:20.619
 Son, we

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:21.260
 thank you for

00:35:21.260 --> 00:35:22.240
 being obedient

00:35:22.240 --> 00:35:22.659
 to the

00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:23.199
 Father and

00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:23.780
 choosing to

00:35:23.780 --> 00:35:24.220
 lay down

00:35:24.220 --> 00:35:24.740
 your life

00:35:24.740 --> 00:35:25.159
 for our

00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:25.420
 sake.

00:35:26.860 --> 00:35:27.340
 For

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:27.900
 granting us

00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:28.519
 with peace.

00:35:29.860 --> 00:35:30.539
 Peace with

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:30.880
 you and

00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:31.159
 peace with

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:31.579
 one another.

00:35:31.579 --> 00:35:31.619
 Father.

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:36.199
 And Jesus, we

00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:36.759
 thank you too

00:35:36.759 --> 00:35:37.119
 for sending

00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:37.679
 the Spirit.

00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:38.480
 And Spirit,

00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.440
 we thank you

00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:41.340
 for coming

00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:42.059
 to us and

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:42.579
 for teaching

00:35:42.579 --> 00:35:43.000
 us and

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.880
 reminding us

00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:44.940
 the truths

00:35:44.940 --> 00:35:46.199
 that your

00:35:46.199 --> 00:35:47.059
 word just

00:35:47.059 --> 00:35:47.880
 keeps declaring

00:35:47.880 --> 00:35:48.420
 to us.

00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:49.759
 We thank you

00:35:49.759 --> 00:35:50.400
 for patiently

00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:51.340
 working on

00:35:51.340 --> 00:35:53.900
 us and

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:54.299
 through your

00:35:54.299 --> 00:35:54.840
 goodness

00:35:54.840 --> 00:35:56.079
 showing us

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.819
 what it truly

00:35:56.819 --> 00:35:58.500
 means to be

00:35:58.500 --> 00:35:59.699
 obedient children

00:35:59.699 --> 00:36:00.059
 of our

00:36:00.059 --> 00:36:00.340
 Father.

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:02.739
 We pray

00:36:02.739 --> 00:36:03.179
 these things

00:36:03.179 --> 00:36:03.519
 in Jesus'

00:36:03.679 --> 00:36:03.860
 name.

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:04.940
 Amen.