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 As we watch that video, I trust that two things come to the surface.

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! One is persecution of Christians around the world is a reality.

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! It is overwhelming almost to consider how many of our brothers and sisters around the world are experiencing suffering and persecution

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! at the hands of those who hate and hate the world.

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 Hate God and hate the Father. Hate Jesus.

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 It's estimated that as many as 75% of the world's population are experiencing deliberate and hostile persecution day by day.

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 So we are, as Americans, in the minority really, as it relates to kind of being removed a bit from the persecution that the rest of the world seems to face.

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 Secondly, what I trust and hope is that what we're seeing in the world will help to spur us on to be praying for our brothers and sisters wherever they might be.

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 That God would continue to encourage and comfort and strengthen them to help them to have endurance, to help them to suffer well for the sake of Christ.

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 And then for us, as we consider as a nation, the coming persecution that is inevitable at some point down the road.

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 We are experiencing some latent forms of persecution, perhaps in your workplace or in the community.

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 It certainly has begun to come to the forefront, even in the church and the opposition that churches face.

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 But more is coming, and we can certainly expect to see more of it as the time continues.

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 I want to draw our attention this morning to this theme.

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 I'm sure this is a theme that we all are just really looking forward to studying today.

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 Hated like the Father.

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 Now, over the past couple of weeks, we've dealt with something that is something that we want to hear.

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 We like to hear.

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 We like to hear about being loved by the Father.

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 We like to hear about being friends of the Father.

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 We don't particularly like to hear about the fact that we're also going to be hated.

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 Like the Father.

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 But in this expression, in our study this morning,

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 there is nothing that will reinforce God's love for you,

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 and nothing that will reinforce God's love for the world through you,

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 like the opposition that you're going to face from the people who are adamant and hostile towards the gospel.

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 The hatred that you will experience as a believer,

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 the hostility and the suffering and persecution that you may experience as a believer,

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 will magnify the testimony of Christ more in this world than anything else that you could possibly experience.

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 The suffering that you will endure, perhaps, as a believer,

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 will propel the gospel and will fill your life with the strength of the Spirit

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 like nothing else that you will experience as a believer.

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 So perhaps, for all that we enjoy talking about the love of Christ

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 and being friends of Christ,

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 for as wonderful as that may be,

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 perhaps for us,

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 as those who desire to have a radiant testimony in the world,

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 maybe there's no better truth for us

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 than to know that we will be hated just like our Father.

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 There is a sense of identity.

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 There is a sense of likeness.

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 There is a sense of oneness that can only come

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 as we are willing to walk in the footsteps of Christ.

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 And as we are willing to walk in the footsteps of Christ,

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 we can expect that we will experience the journey of Christ,

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 who, having encouraged His followers, His disciples in particular,

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 what does He say?

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 He encourages them to be willing to take up their cross daily and follow Him.

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 There is a privilege, I might say,

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 of being so unified with the Father

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 that we experience the things that the Father experiences,

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 that Jesus experienced on behalf of the Father,

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 the antagonism, the opposition that comes to those

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 who follow after the Father's pattern

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 and similarly follow after the words and the works of Christ.

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 What will be the stabilizing force for us as believers?

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 Well, it will be the truths that have gone before.

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 The truths that have been filling our discussion the last several weeks

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 as Jesus, in these final hours,

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 these final moments with His disciples

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 before the inevitability of the cross,

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 wants to help them be anchored

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 in the stability of knowing that Christ loves them.

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 That will be the stabilizing force.

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 That will be the thing that will move them

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 through the suffering that they will certainly experience in the future.

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 And those who are satisfied with God,

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 those who drink Him in through genuine and sustained fellowship,

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 it will lead to a worthy life

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 that sets you apart from your peers,

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 from your co-workers,

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 from your classmates,

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 and from your community.

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 It will put God on display.

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 Isn't that what you want this morning?

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 To make much of God,

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 to put Him on display,

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 to make His love look so satisfying

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 that nothing else can shake you,

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 that nothing else can break you,

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 that nothing else can shatter this relationship with Him.

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 That's when the gospel becomes compelling,

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 is when the love of Christ is so satisfying

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 that it carries us through whatever we may face.

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 There is a sweetness

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 and a gentleness

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 and a joy about the believer's life

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 that is not only unmistakable,

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 it's unexplainable.

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 And that's what makes your life look remarkably familiar.

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 You begin to look like Jesus.

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 And that's the desire of our life.

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 Love for Christ will guide your affection

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 and your loyalty.

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 Love for Christ will show what really matters.

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 And it will carry you through difficult times

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 when you're hated like the Father.

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 So turn with me, if you would,

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 to John chapter 15.

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 We're going to be taking up

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 a significant portion of Scripture this morning

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 from John chapter 15

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 to chapter 16, verse 4.

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 We're going to begin in 15, verse 18

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 and moving through this portion of Scripture

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 that deals with this theme

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 of being hated like the Father.

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 There are a couple of truths,

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 or there are four truths

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 I want us to be reminded of this morning.

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 Two that relate to the world

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 and two that relate to the believer.

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 There are things that you can expect.

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 There are things that Jesus promises

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 in these final moments with His disciples.

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 Things that they will see

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 and that will happen for them.

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 Things that they will experience.

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 Let me read for us verses 18 to 21,

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 and we'll begin with this point,

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 the certainty of the world's disdain.

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 The certainty of the world's disdain.

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 Let me read these verses for us.

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 Beginning in verse 18.

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 It says,

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 If the world hates you,

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 know that it has hated me

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 before it hated you.

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 If you were of the world,

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 the world would love you as its own.

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 But because you are not of the world,

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 but I chose you out of the world,

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 therefore, the world hates you.

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 Remember the word that I said to you,

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 a servant is not greater than his master.

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 If they persecuted me,

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 they will also persecute you.

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 If they kept my word,

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 they will also keep yours.

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 But these things they will do to you

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 on account of my name,

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 because they do not know Him who sent me.

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 You can expect as a believer,

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 you can expect as one

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 who is a follower of Christ,

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 the world will not appreciate your life.

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 There will be a disdain.

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 There will be opposition.

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 There will be a sense of hatred towards you

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 because you have a life that emulates Jesus.

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 A life that emulates the Father.

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 But it seems a little strange, doesn't it?

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 Doesn't it seem a little strange

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 that the person who would be

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 the conduit of love,

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 the person who would emulate

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 the compassion of Christ,

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 a person who would seek to meet needs

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 and to address issues around you

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 with sensitivity and kindness

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 and compassion,

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 be the recipient of hostility?

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 Seems a little strange, does it not?

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 From the life source of Jesus

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 comes compassion that flows from Christ

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 and reaps a harvest of love in us.

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 We saw that last week.

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 And it's almost unimaginable

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 that the world,

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 being recipients of such magnanimous love,

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 would turn on the hand

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 that essentially feeds them

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 and seek to consume them instead.

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 But that's how it was with Christ.

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 That's how it was with Christ's followers.

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 That's how it's been through history.

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 We've seen the accounts of believers

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 throughout history

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 who have suffered injustice.

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 And it seems inconceivable

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 that the one who came to Galilee

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 and Judea

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 and virtually rid the entire land of disease,

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 demonstrating compassion indiscriminately

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 to Jewish leaders,

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 to Samaritans,

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 to those living in Galilee,

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 to those who were Gentiles in Perea,

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 even to officials in Rome.

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 That Jesus,

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 in demonstrating this kind of compassion,

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 would be the recipient of hatred

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 and ultimately be killed on the cross.

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 Initially,

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 the ministry of Jesus

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 was met with overwhelming positive favor.

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 We see that in John chapter 2

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 where it says that the ministry of Christ,

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 it says,

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 many believed in his name

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 and saw the signs that he was doing.

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 But it says,

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 Jesus on his part

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 did not entrust himself to them

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 because he knew all people.

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 He needed no one to bear witness about man

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 for he himself knew what was in man.

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 Jesus knew where this was headed.

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 Jesus knew this was moving to the cross.

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 Jesus knew the fickle hearts of the people

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 that he was ministering to.

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 He knew that ultimately

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 the kindness and compassion of the Father

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 would be met by hostility.

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 It would be met with hatred

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 and they would put him on the cross.

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 And yet,

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 he continued to love them to the end.

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 The antagonism that Jesus experienced

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 throughout his ministry

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 was relentless.

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 The Jewish leaders in particular

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 hated his message.

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 They hated his miracles.

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 They hated his audacity

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 to forgive sin.

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 They hated that he exerted authority

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 by cleansing the temple.

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 They hated that he didn't keep their traditions.

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 They hated that he confronted

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 their hypocrisy.

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 He hated that he hung out with sinners.

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 They hated that he kept referring to God

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 as his Father.

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 They hated that the crowd

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 was so enamored with him

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 as a religious figure.

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 But the biggest reason they hated him

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 was because Jesus exposed

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 the wickedness of their heart.

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 In John chapter 7, verse 7,

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 Jesus says this,

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 The world hates me

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 because I testify about it

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 that its works are evil.

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 And for all the kindness and compassion

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 of our Savior,

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 and all the grace of God

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 to identify the biggest hurdle

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 in their life

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 that was keeping them

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 from experiencing the favor of God,

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 their sin,

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 even though he was kind,

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 even though he leaned in,

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 as we've been talking about

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 in Sunday school,

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 he leaned into their mess,

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 was willing to love them

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 in the midst of the difficulties

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 and the sin of their life,

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 and to lead them to deliverance,

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 they didn't want to hear it.

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 And being confronted with their sin,

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 being exposed in the sight of God,

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 they resented him

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 and hated him

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 and pushed him away.

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 The same will be true of believers.

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 Those of us who seek to echo

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 and mirror the kind love

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 of Christ for the world.

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 Don't be surprised

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 if the world hates you.

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 It hated Christ as well.

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 But as we look at this truth,

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 we see the opposite truth

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 taking shape in verse 19.

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 Not only will the world hate you,

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 but be warned

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 if the world loves you.

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 It says in verse 19,

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 If you were of the world,

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 the world would love you

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 as its own.

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 But because you are not of the world,

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 but I chose you out of the world,

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 therefore the world hates you.

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 So don't seek

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 the affection of the world.

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 Don't look for their acceptance.

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 Don't modify your language.

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 Don't soften your convictions.

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 Don't conceal your light.

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 You have been called to be a light.

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 Ephesians 5, 7-14.

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 I would just encourage you,

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 keep your finger in John chapter 15.

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 Turn with me for this pertinent passage

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 in Ephesians chapter 5,

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 where Jesus begins to,

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 or excuse me,

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 God through the apostle Paul

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 to the church of Ephesus,

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 begins to describe

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 what you as lights look like.

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 Jesus says in his great sermon on the mount,

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 You are the light of the world,

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 a city set on the hill

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 that cannot be hidden.

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 Well, what does light do?

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 We find what light does

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 in Ephesians chapter 5.

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 Beginning in verse 7,

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 it says this,

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 Therefore, do not become partakers with them,

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 for at one time you were darkness,

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 but now you are light in the Lord.

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 Walk as children of the light,

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 for the fruit of light is found

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 in all that is good and right and true.

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 And try to discern what is pleasing to the Lord.

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 Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness,

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 but instead expose them.

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 For it is shameful even to speak of the things

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 that they do in secret.

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 But when anything is exposed by the light,

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 it becomes visible.

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 For anything that becomes visible is light.

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 Therefore, it says,

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 Awake, O sleeper,

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 and to rise from the dead,

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 and Christ will shine on you.

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 But so often,

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 I think we find ourselves,

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 instead of shining the light of Christ

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 in the world,

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 we find ourselves

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 looking for ways to conceal that light.

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 Looking for ways

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 to accommodate ourselves to the world

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 by embracing their ideals

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 in terms of the workplace

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 and how to get ahead

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 and the cutthroat culture

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 that is so easy for us to adopt

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 in order for us to get to the places

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 we think we need to be

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 in terms of promotion

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 and advancement

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 and income.

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 We also find ourselves

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 reinforcing their priorities

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 when it comes to education

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 and athletics

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 and attractiveness

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 and pursuit of the good life.

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 We find ourselves

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 bending to their pressure,

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 silent about our testimony,

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 a little afraid

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 about the awkwardness

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 of a situation

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 when we let anyone know

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 that we are Christians.

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 we accommodate

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 their preferences.

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 Churches that take pride

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 in certain musical forms

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 that I've heard of even

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 a church or two

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 who have pretty much

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 all secular music

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 and very little

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 that actually calls people

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 to worship God

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 for the sake of drawing the crowd

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 so they can hear the gospel.

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 Of course,

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 there is acceptance

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 of blatant sin in the church.

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 There is an unwillingness

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 for churches

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 to deal with sin

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 and confront sin head on

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 and to lovingly address it

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 for the sake

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 of the soul

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 of the individual

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 who is involved

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 in that lifestyle.

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 We emulate their tactics.

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 It relates to dealing

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 with authority.

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 We find ourselves,

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 especially as a parent

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 of children in school,

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 I find myself at times

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 resisting the urge

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 of having that conversation

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 with the teacher

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 or taking it

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 to the next level

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 and talking to the principal

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 because that teacher

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 just couldn't get

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 what I was trying

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 to tell them.

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 One thing I appreciated

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 about my upbringing

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 was I would come home

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 with a complaint

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 and my dad always

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 took the teacher's side.

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 It drove me bananas.

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 But one thing it did

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 was it reinforced

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 the authority structures

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 that God had put

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 in my way

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 to help me understand

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 the significance

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 of respecting

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 the authority

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 that God has for us.

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 But we find ourselves

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 emulating their tactics.

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 We're going to take it

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 to Capitol Hill.

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 We find ourselves,

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 instead of praying

00:20:06.059 --> 00:20:07.039
 about issues,

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 that we complain

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 about issues.

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 we make it public.

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 We put it all over

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 social media,

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 whatever it takes

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 to get the word out

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 and get people on board

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 instead of turning it over

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 to God to deal with.

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 And we are captured

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 by their philosophies,

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 philosophies of parenting,

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 philosophies of family.

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 We find ourselves

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 not showing the light

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 of Christ in that way.

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 And we're made numb

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 by the way

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 they try to inculcate culture.

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 The slow descent

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 into tolerating

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 and supporting

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 their agenda

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 as it relates

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 to the movies we watch

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 or the music

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 that we listen to,

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 the sporting events

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 that we participate in.

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 There is very little

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 distinctiveness in us

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 that would call people

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 to the distinctiveness

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 of our great God.

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 No wonder why

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 we aren't experiencing

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 the pushback from culture

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 because we look

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 so much like the world.

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 Jesus moves on

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 in verse 20.

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 Remember the word

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 that I said to you.

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 A servant is not greater

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 than his master.

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 If they persecuted me,

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 they will persecute you.

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 Does your life show

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 the sweetness

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 and the wonder

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 of Jesus?

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 Does it point

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 to your master?

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 Does it show

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 his greatness?

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 Does it put him

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 on display?

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 Not only his love

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 for sinners,

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 but the way

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 to deal with sin.

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 The answer

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 for sin

00:21:49.899 --> 00:21:50.519
 that comes

00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:52.019
 through faith in Christ.

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 Removing guilt

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 and removing sin.

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 Being cleansed

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 by his life.

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 Love for Christ

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 will guide

00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:03.560
 your affection

00:22:03.560 --> 00:22:04.840
 and your loyalty.

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 Love for Christ

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 will show

00:22:07.960 --> 00:22:09.600
 what really matters.

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 Especially

00:22:10.860 --> 00:22:11.800
 when the world

00:22:11.800 --> 00:22:12.740
 disdains you.

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 Jesus moves on.

00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:16.480
 He moves on

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:17.440
 to helping

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 his disciples

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 understand

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 that

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 although the world

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 may disdain them

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 and hate them,

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 there is

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.959
 an inevitable

00:22:26.959 --> 00:22:27.719
 consequence.

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 There will be

00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:29.459
 judgment for them.

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 The certainty,

00:22:30.659 --> 00:22:31.299
 the second point,

00:22:31.379 --> 00:22:31.959
 the certainty

00:22:31.959 --> 00:22:33.239
 of the world's

00:22:33.239 --> 00:22:33.719
 demise.

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 The certainty

00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:35.919
 of the world's

00:22:35.919 --> 00:22:36.279
 demise.

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 We see that here

00:22:37.199 --> 00:22:38.519
 in verses 22

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 to 25.

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 Let me read this

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 for us.

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 If I had not

00:22:42.359 --> 00:22:43.219
 come and spoken

00:22:43.219 --> 00:22:43.719
 to them,

00:22:44.219 --> 00:22:45.059
 they would not

00:22:45.059 --> 00:22:45.659
 have been guilty

00:22:45.659 --> 00:22:46.279
 of sin.

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 But now they

00:22:47.979 --> 00:22:48.839
 have no excuse

00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:49.519
 for their sin.

00:22:50.379 --> 00:22:51.099
 Whoever hates

00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:52.099
 me hates

00:22:52.099 --> 00:22:53.039
 my father also.

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 If I had not

00:22:54.619 --> 00:22:55.559
 done among them

00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:56.420
 the works

00:22:56.420 --> 00:22:56.899
 that no one

00:22:56.899 --> 00:22:57.359
 else did,

00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:57.940
 they would not

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.319
 be guilty

00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:58.799
 of sin.

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 But now they

00:23:00.420 --> 00:23:01.519
 have seen

00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:02.559
 and hated

00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:03.399
 both me

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 and my father.

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 But the word

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.940
 that is written

00:23:07.940 --> 00:23:08.599
 in their law

00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:09.659
 must be fulfilled.

00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:10.579
 They hated

00:23:10.579 --> 00:23:11.839
 me without

00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:12.460
 a cause.

00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:14.799
 There will

00:23:14.799 --> 00:23:16.000
 be judgment

00:23:16.000 --> 00:23:17.799
 on the world.

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 And one

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.319
 question that

00:23:20.319 --> 00:23:20.859
 might come

00:23:20.859 --> 00:23:21.440
 to the surface

00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:22.240
 as you're

00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:22.759
 considering

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.859
 why are

00:23:23.859 --> 00:23:24.859
 there people

00:23:24.859 --> 00:23:25.400
 who are

00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:26.039
 in the camp

00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.859
 of belief

00:23:26.859 --> 00:23:28.960
 and individuals

00:23:28.960 --> 00:23:29.579
 who are in

00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:29.980
 the camp

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.359
 of those

00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:31.059
 who do not

00:23:31.059 --> 00:23:31.559
 believe,

00:23:32.079 --> 00:23:32.680
 especially

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.539
 during Christ's

00:23:33.539 --> 00:23:33.839
 day.

00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:35.519
 Was something

00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:36.599
 concealed from

00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:36.880
 them?

00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:38.039
 Was there

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:39.059
 a truth

00:23:39.059 --> 00:23:39.680
 that they

00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:40.920
 missed

00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:41.900
 somehow?

00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:43.620
 Did Jesus

00:23:43.620 --> 00:23:46.180
 leave this

00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:47.240
 crowd by the

00:23:47.240 --> 00:23:47.980
 side and

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.599
 failed to

00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:49.380
 address them

00:23:49.380 --> 00:23:50.220
 and to deal

00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:50.600
 with them

00:23:50.600 --> 00:23:51.160
 appropriately?

00:23:52.839 --> 00:23:53.120
 And we

00:23:53.120 --> 00:23:53.819
 find that

00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:55.140
 here in

00:23:55.140 --> 00:23:57.000
 this group

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.720
 of verses

00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.640
 that Jesus'

00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.779
 ministry to

00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:01.660
 them was

00:24:01.660 --> 00:24:02.500
 just the same

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:02.819
 as his

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:03.700
 ministry to

00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:04.600
 the disciples.

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:06.279
 They heard

00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:07.039
 the same

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:07.720
 word.

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:09.000
 There was

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:10.259
 gracious

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:11.259
 revelation to

00:24:11.259 --> 00:24:11.579
 them.

00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.420
 The same

00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:13.600
 revelation that

00:24:13.600 --> 00:24:14.120
 the disciples

00:24:14.120 --> 00:24:14.740
 received we

00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.759
 saw as an

00:24:15.759 --> 00:24:16.539
 expression of

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:17.140
 Christ's love

00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:17.580
 for them.

00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.000
 At the

00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.680
 latter part

00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:20.720
 of John

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:23.420
 chapter 15

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:24.259
 and here in

00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.620
 verse it

00:24:24.620 --> 00:24:26.040
 says in

00:24:26.040 --> 00:24:26.780
 verse 15,

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.600
 he has

00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:28.380
 given them,

00:24:28.520 --> 00:24:28.880
 I made

00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:29.340
 known to

00:24:29.340 --> 00:24:29.720
 you what

00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:30.340
 was given

00:24:30.340 --> 00:24:30.800
 to me by

00:24:30.800 --> 00:24:31.320
 the Father.

00:24:32.080 --> 00:24:32.520
 Revelation

00:24:32.520 --> 00:24:33.100
 went to

00:24:33.100 --> 00:24:33.640
 the disciples

00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:34.240
 but revelation

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:35.580
 also went

00:24:35.580 --> 00:24:36.600
 to those who

00:24:36.600 --> 00:24:37.200
 refused to

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:37.640
 believe.

00:24:38.980 --> 00:24:40.060
 The world

00:24:40.060 --> 00:24:40.960
 is without

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:41.580
 excuse.

00:24:43.080 --> 00:24:43.380
 And we

00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:43.840
 have addressed

00:24:43.840 --> 00:24:44.660
 this on

00:24:44.660 --> 00:24:44.960
 numerous

00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.620
 occasions.

00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:46.479
 that the

00:24:46.479 --> 00:24:46.899
 word that

00:24:46.899 --> 00:24:47.599
 was communicated

00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.500
 by Christ

00:24:48.500 --> 00:24:49.279
 was word

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:49.559
 that was

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:50.319
 first directed

00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:50.839
 by the

00:24:50.839 --> 00:24:51.159
 Father.

00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.239
 Perhaps

00:24:53.239 --> 00:24:54.659
 standing at

00:24:54.659 --> 00:24:55.199
 the forefront

00:24:55.199 --> 00:24:55.739
 if we just

00:24:55.739 --> 00:24:56.399
 turn back a

00:24:56.399 --> 00:24:56.699
 couple of

00:24:56.699 --> 00:24:57.159
 pages to

00:24:57.159 --> 00:24:57.579
 John chapter

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:59.179
 12, we

00:24:59.179 --> 00:24:59.819
 see this

00:24:59.819 --> 00:25:00.359
 in verse

00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:00.899
 49.

00:25:02.219 --> 00:25:02.839
 John

00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.479
 chapter 12

00:25:03.479 --> 00:25:04.519
 verse 49

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:07.399
 says,

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:08.000
 For I

00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.659
 have not

00:25:08.659 --> 00:25:09.419
 spoken on

00:25:09.419 --> 00:25:09.799
 my own

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:10.239
 authority,

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.500
 but the

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:12.339
 Father who

00:25:12.339 --> 00:25:13.039
 has sent

00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:14.119
 me has

00:25:14.119 --> 00:25:14.719
 himself

00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.519
 given me

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.380
 a commandment,

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.500
 what to

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:18.640
 say and

00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:19.319
 what to

00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:19.779
 speak.

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:20.880
 And some

00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:21.400
 translations

00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:22.160
 have what

00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:23.120
 to say and

00:25:23.120 --> 00:25:23.759
 how to

00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:24.279
 say it.

00:25:25.100 --> 00:25:25.380
 Jesus'

00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:26.559
 life in

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.100
 ministry was

00:25:27.100 --> 00:25:27.920
 so guided

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.400
 by the

00:25:28.400 --> 00:25:29.860
 Father that

00:25:29.860 --> 00:25:30.900
 not only the

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.440
 words that

00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:32.100
 he spoke but

00:25:32.100 --> 00:25:32.940
 the way in

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:33.299
 which he

00:25:33.299 --> 00:25:33.980
 spoke those

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:35.259
 words were

00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:36.100
 influenced by

00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:36.839
 the Father's

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.480
 direction.

00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:39.700
 And so to

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:40.259
 reject the

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.660
 message of

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:42.460
 Christ is

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:43.220
 to reject the

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:44.319
 message from

00:25:44.319 --> 00:25:44.700
 the Father.

00:25:46.439 --> 00:25:47.099
 Jesus says,

00:25:47.179 --> 00:25:47.619
 Whoever hates

00:25:47.619 --> 00:25:49.000
 me hates

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:50.179
 my Father

00:25:50.179 --> 00:25:51.179
 as well.

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:53.220
 This is the

00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:54.460
 epitome of

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:54.899
 rebellion.

00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:56.919
 Hatred of

00:25:56.919 --> 00:25:57.779
 God the

00:25:57.779 --> 00:25:58.139
 Father.

00:25:59.200 --> 00:25:59.700
 The God of

00:25:59.700 --> 00:26:00.359
 the Jews

00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:01.839
 was not the

00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:02.700
 God of the

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.000
 Bible.

00:26:04.399 --> 00:26:04.859
 Their God

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.879
 was a figure

00:26:05.879 --> 00:26:06.480
 of their

00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:06.960
 tradition.

00:26:07.939 --> 00:26:08.339
 Their God

00:26:08.339 --> 00:26:09.200
 was an image

00:26:09.200 --> 00:26:10.159
 of their own

00:26:10.159 --> 00:26:10.839
 making.

00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:12.639
 And when

00:26:12.639 --> 00:26:13.399
 they had

00:26:13.399 --> 00:26:14.279
 their God

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:16.139
 right in

00:26:16.139 --> 00:26:16.500
 front of

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.379
 them in

00:26:17.379 --> 00:26:18.199
 full view

00:26:18.199 --> 00:26:19.220
 speaking the

00:26:19.220 --> 00:26:19.740
 words of

00:26:19.740 --> 00:26:20.279
 the Father,

00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.599
 they called

00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:22.159
 him an

00:26:22.159 --> 00:26:23.419
 imposter and

00:26:23.419 --> 00:26:24.000
 they put him

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:25.039
 on the cross.

00:26:26.159 --> 00:26:27.179
 The danger

00:26:27.179 --> 00:26:28.799
 for us as

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.359
 we consider

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:29.980
 the words of

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.459
 Christ,

00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:32.240
 will we

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:33.319
 accept the

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:34.319
 truths that

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:35.659
 Jesus has

00:26:35.659 --> 00:26:36.319
 so clearly

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:37.220
 communicated to

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.779
 us in the

00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:38.079
 word?

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:40.079
 Jesus was

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.619
 clear about

00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:41.579
 his identity.

00:26:42.659 --> 00:26:43.659
 Seven times

00:26:43.659 --> 00:26:44.079
 in the

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:44.639
 Gospel of

00:26:44.639 --> 00:26:45.119
 John he

00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:45.480
 says,

00:26:45.679 --> 00:26:46.359
 I am,

00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:47.279
 and we

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:47.599
 have looked

00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:47.899
 at them

00:26:47.899 --> 00:26:48.619
 throughout the

00:26:48.619 --> 00:26:48.980
 course of

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.439
 our study.

00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:50.859
 I am the

00:26:50.859 --> 00:26:51.159
 door.

00:26:51.919 --> 00:26:52.419
 I am the

00:26:52.419 --> 00:26:52.939
 good shepherd.

00:26:53.419 --> 00:26:53.879
 I am the

00:26:53.879 --> 00:26:54.319
 light of the

00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:54.619
 world.

00:26:55.199 --> 00:26:55.740
 I am the

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.119
 bread of

00:26:56.119 --> 00:26:56.399
 life.

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:56.859
 I am the

00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:57.240
 vine.

00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:57.960
 I am the

00:26:57.960 --> 00:26:58.500
 resurrection

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.079
 and the

00:26:59.079 --> 00:26:59.500
 life.

00:27:00.419 --> 00:27:01.379
 Jesus was

00:27:01.379 --> 00:27:02.079
 the way to

00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:02.460
 God.

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.599
 Jesus was

00:27:03.599 --> 00:27:04.299
 God in

00:27:04.299 --> 00:27:04.839
 the flesh.

00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:06.399
 And if you

00:27:06.399 --> 00:27:06.699
 don't have

00:27:06.699 --> 00:27:07.159
 Christ,

00:27:07.160 --> 00:27:08.400
 you don't

00:27:08.400 --> 00:27:09.460
 have God.

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:10.360
 That was

00:27:10.360 --> 00:27:11.060
 the message

00:27:11.060 --> 00:27:11.660
 that came

00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.320
 through loud

00:27:12.320 --> 00:27:12.860
 and clear

00:27:12.860 --> 00:27:13.380
 through the

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:14.100
 testimony of

00:27:14.100 --> 00:27:14.360
 Jesus'

00:27:14.600 --> 00:27:15.040
 words.

00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.680
 Not only

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.100
 did Jesus

00:27:18.100 --> 00:27:18.720
 say the

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.100
 words of

00:27:19.100 --> 00:27:19.500
 the Father,

00:27:20.820 --> 00:27:21.480
 but his

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:22.320
 words were

00:27:22.320 --> 00:27:23.279
 confirmed through

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:23.860
 his works.

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.200
 And that

00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:25.920
 comes next.

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:26.900
 We see that

00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:27.840
 here in

00:27:27.840 --> 00:27:28.800
 verse 24.

00:27:29.340 --> 00:27:29.700
 If I had

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.220
 not done

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.680
 among them

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.140
 the works

00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:31.600
 that no one

00:27:31.600 --> 00:27:32.120
 else did,

00:27:32.380 --> 00:27:32.740
 they would

00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:33.019
 not be

00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.300
 guilty.

00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.800
 So not

00:27:34.800 --> 00:27:35.140
 only are

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:35.700
 they condemned

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.740
 by rejecting

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.359
 the words

00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:38.000
 of Christ,

00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:38.599
 but they

00:27:38.599 --> 00:27:40.019
 are rejecting

00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:41.339
 him even

00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:42.299
 in light of

00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:43.099
 the works

00:27:43.099 --> 00:27:43.620
 that he

00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:43.839
 did,

00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:45.019
 that authenticated

00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:45.339
 him,

00:27:46.019 --> 00:27:46.940
 that validated

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.700
 his ministry,

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:48.960
 that proved

00:27:48.960 --> 00:27:49.480
 that he was

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:50.120
 the person

00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:51.200
 he claimed

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:51.799
 to be.

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.400
 Jesus,

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.359
 in a

00:27:57.359 --> 00:27:57.819
 confrontation

00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:58.740
 with the

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.480
 Pharisees,

00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:01.120
 back in

00:28:01.120 --> 00:28:01.680
 John chapter

00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:02.000
 10,

00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:02.660
 alludes to

00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:03.039
 this,

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:04.000
 speaks of

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.359
 this.

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:06.079
 He says

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:06.359
 in

00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:06.900
 John

00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:07.160
 chapter

00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:07.579
 10,

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:09.259
 verse 25,

00:28:09.859 --> 00:28:10.420
 they ask

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:10.859
 him the

00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.299
 question,

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:11.779
 Jesus,

00:28:12.380 --> 00:28:13.200
 okay now,

00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:13.900
 tell us

00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:14.480
 plainly,

00:28:14.660 --> 00:28:15.279
 are you

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:15.940
 the Christ?

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.880
 And Jesus

00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:18.359
 says,

00:28:19.079 --> 00:28:19.740
 in verse

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.319
 25,

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:21.839
 he says,

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:23.299
 I told

00:28:23.299 --> 00:28:23.559
 you,

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.200
 and you

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:25.460
 do not

00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:25.960
 believe.

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:27.480
 The works

00:28:27.480 --> 00:28:28.180
 that I do

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.599
 in my

00:28:28.599 --> 00:28:29.380
 Father's name

00:28:29.380 --> 00:28:30.599
 bear testimony

00:28:30.599 --> 00:28:31.879
 about me,

00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:33.299
 but you

00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:33.579
 do not

00:28:33.579 --> 00:28:34.179
 believe

00:28:34.179 --> 00:28:34.879
 because you

00:28:34.879 --> 00:28:35.379
 are not

00:28:35.379 --> 00:28:36.459
 part of

00:28:36.459 --> 00:28:37.099
 my flock.

00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:38.679
 Dropping

00:28:38.679 --> 00:28:39.000
 down to

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.699
 verse 37,

00:28:41.699 --> 00:28:42.419
 if I

00:28:42.419 --> 00:28:43.379
 am not

00:28:43.379 --> 00:28:43.919
 doing the

00:28:43.919 --> 00:28:44.379
 works of

00:28:44.379 --> 00:28:44.919
 my Father,

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.699
 then do

00:28:45.699 --> 00:28:46.179
 not believe

00:28:46.179 --> 00:28:46.399
 me.

00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:47.799
 But if I

00:28:47.799 --> 00:28:48.399
 do them,

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:49.199
 even though

00:28:49.199 --> 00:28:49.539
 you do

00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:50.159
 not believe

00:28:50.159 --> 00:28:50.519
 me,

00:28:50.939 --> 00:28:51.399
 believe the

00:28:51.399 --> 00:28:51.859
 works,

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.019
 that you

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.740
 may know

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.599
 and understand

00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:55.379
 that the

00:28:55.379 --> 00:28:56.379
 Father is

00:28:56.379 --> 00:28:57.019
 in me,

00:28:57.099 --> 00:28:57.839
 and I

00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:58.779
 am in

00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.519
 the Father.

00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:00.939
 The

00:29:00.939 --> 00:29:01.419
 miracles

00:29:01.419 --> 00:29:01.799
 of

00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:02.139
 Jesus

00:29:02.139 --> 00:29:02.939
 confirmed

00:29:02.939 --> 00:29:03.579
 his

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.119
 identity.

00:29:05.699 --> 00:29:06.099
 Jesus

00:29:06.099 --> 00:29:07.299
 faithfully

00:29:07.299 --> 00:29:07.759
 brought

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.079
 this

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:08.480
 truth

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:08.779
 to the

00:29:08.779 --> 00:29:09.139
 forefront.

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:10.480
 And if

00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:10.819
 you remember

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:11.480
 the story

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.159
 of the

00:29:12.159 --> 00:29:12.719
 paralytic,

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.359
 the standing

00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:15.240
 room only

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:15.819
 in this

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.899
 house that

00:29:16.899 --> 00:29:17.359
 Jesus was

00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:17.819
 ministering

00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:18.039
 to,

00:29:18.419 --> 00:29:18.779
 and then

00:29:18.779 --> 00:29:19.219
 all of a

00:29:19.219 --> 00:29:19.480
 sudden

00:29:19.480 --> 00:29:20.319
 they see

00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:21.539
 the rafters

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.259
 beginning to

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:23.059
 be removed

00:29:23.059 --> 00:29:23.879
 from the

00:29:23.879 --> 00:29:24.199
 ceiling,

00:29:24.439 --> 00:29:25.119
 and now

00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:26.179
 this figure

00:29:26.179 --> 00:29:26.599
 of an

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:27.019
 individual

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:27.819
 being lowered

00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:28.699
 down in

00:29:28.699 --> 00:29:29.079
 front of

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:29.500
 Christ.

00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:31.439
 And Jesus

00:29:31.439 --> 00:29:32.279
 looks at

00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:33.019
 this man

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:34.179
 on this

00:29:34.179 --> 00:29:35.379
 little

00:29:35.379 --> 00:29:35.939
 stretcher

00:29:35.939 --> 00:29:36.559
 and says,

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.439
 your sins

00:29:37.439 --> 00:29:38.279
 are forgiven.

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.480
 And the

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:40.980
 Pharisees,

00:29:41.059 --> 00:29:41.399
 it says,

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.059
 they grumbled

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.459
 in their

00:29:42.459 --> 00:29:42.879
 heart,

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:44.179
 who is

00:29:44.179 --> 00:29:45.539
 this person

00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:46.199
 who can

00:29:46.199 --> 00:29:47.019
 forgive sins?

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:48.119
 Only God

00:29:48.119 --> 00:29:48.759
 can forgive

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.359
 sins.

00:29:50.939 --> 00:29:51.659
 To which

00:29:51.659 --> 00:29:52.299
 Jesus says,

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:53.019
 you're right.

00:29:54.819 --> 00:29:55.379
 So,

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.699
 what's easier

00:29:56.699 --> 00:29:57.139
 to say?

00:29:57.140 --> 00:29:58.640
 your sins

00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:59.180
 are forgiven

00:29:59.180 --> 00:30:00.540
 or rise

00:30:00.540 --> 00:30:00.980
 and take

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.340
 up your

00:30:01.340 --> 00:30:01.700
 bed and

00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.120
 walk.

00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:03.700
 And Jesus,

00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:04.600
 turning to

00:30:04.600 --> 00:30:05.100
 the man,

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:06.980
 tells him,

00:30:07.120 --> 00:30:07.520
 rise,

00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:08.000
 take up

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.360
 your bed

00:30:08.360 --> 00:30:08.759
 and walk.

00:30:09.100 --> 00:30:10.080
 The paralytic

00:30:10.080 --> 00:30:10.600
 gets up,

00:30:10.860 --> 00:30:11.340
 walks right

00:30:11.340 --> 00:30:11.620
 out of the

00:30:11.620 --> 00:30:11.940
 house,

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:12.580
 and gives

00:30:12.580 --> 00:30:13.280
 testimony to

00:30:13.280 --> 00:30:13.580
 the fact

00:30:13.580 --> 00:30:14.440
 that Jesus

00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:15.600
 not only has

00:30:15.600 --> 00:30:16.160
 the words

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.700
 of God,

00:30:17.060 --> 00:30:18.500
 Jesus shows

00:30:18.500 --> 00:30:19.400
 the work

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:20.540
 of God

00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:22.200
 and confirms

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:22.779
 that he

00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:24.399
 was God

00:30:24.399 --> 00:30:25.680
 himself.

00:30:26.899 --> 00:30:27.339
 And in

00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:28.339
 spite of

00:30:28.339 --> 00:30:29.159
 the great

00:30:29.159 --> 00:30:30.399
 show of

00:30:30.399 --> 00:30:31.180
 Jesus'

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:31.980
 identity,

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.659
 the clear

00:30:33.659 --> 00:30:34.980
 and unmistakable

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.859
 fact that he

00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:37.079
 was God,

00:30:38.119 --> 00:30:38.879
 they still

00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:40.500
 refused

00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.180
 to acknowledge

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:41.480
 him.

00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:43.019
 And as a

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.379
 result,

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:44.659
 Jesus talks

00:30:44.659 --> 00:30:45.119
 about,

00:30:45.659 --> 00:30:46.039
 in Matthew

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.720
 chapter 11,

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:49.000
 his condemnation

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.599
 on those

00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:50.480
 cities who

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:50.919
 were so

00:30:50.919 --> 00:30:51.519
 faithfully

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.119
 heard the

00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:52.480
 word and

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:53.019
 yet still

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.480
 rejected.

00:30:55.679 --> 00:30:56.419
 When the

00:30:56.419 --> 00:30:57.159
 world sees

00:30:57.159 --> 00:30:57.679
 confirmation

00:30:57.679 --> 00:30:58.419
 of Christ

00:30:58.419 --> 00:30:59.339
 in you,

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:00.439
 through your

00:31:00.439 --> 00:31:01.319
 steadfast faith

00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:02.039
 and unwavering

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:02.459
 joy,

00:31:03.459 --> 00:31:03.699
 it will

00:31:03.699 --> 00:31:04.259
 either lead

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:06.379
 them to

00:31:06.379 --> 00:31:09.079
 Christ,

00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:10.459
 or will

00:31:10.459 --> 00:31:10.839
 lead them

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:11.500
 to rebellion.

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.099
 Do the

00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:13.919
 people in

00:31:13.919 --> 00:31:14.439
 this world

00:31:14.439 --> 00:31:15.959
 see the

00:31:15.959 --> 00:31:16.740
 testimony of

00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.719
 Christ playing

00:31:17.719 --> 00:31:18.259
 out in your

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:18.579
 life?

00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:20.299
 Are you

00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:20.899
 an individual

00:31:20.899 --> 00:31:22.079
 who is so

00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:22.959
 full of

00:31:22.959 --> 00:31:23.839
 Christ that

00:31:23.839 --> 00:31:24.859
 it shows up

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.459
 in the world?

00:31:25.859 --> 00:31:26.419
 Not only

00:31:26.419 --> 00:31:26.919
 through your

00:31:26.919 --> 00:31:27.359
 words,

00:31:27.459 --> 00:31:27.919
 but through

00:31:27.919 --> 00:31:28.559
 your works

00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:29.359
 that confirm

00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:30.019
 there's been

00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:30.719
 a transformation

00:31:30.719 --> 00:31:31.359
 in your

00:31:31.359 --> 00:31:31.759
 life.

00:31:33.179 --> 00:31:33.859
 That's what

00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:35.279
 will be the

00:31:35.279 --> 00:31:37.000
 mark of

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.839
 helping them

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:38.480
 to come to

00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:39.679
 terms with

00:31:39.679 --> 00:31:40.179
 the reality

00:31:40.179 --> 00:31:40.459
 of the

00:31:40.459 --> 00:31:40.839
 gospel.

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:43.019
 Now we

00:31:43.019 --> 00:31:43.579
 move to

00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:44.419
 this next

00:31:44.419 --> 00:31:45.039
 promise.

00:31:45.719 --> 00:31:46.219
 It moves

00:31:46.219 --> 00:31:46.959
 from the

00:31:46.959 --> 00:31:47.559
 world and

00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:48.119
 now moves

00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:49.019
 to believers.

00:31:49.599 --> 00:31:50.539
 We see

00:31:50.539 --> 00:31:51.799
 in verses

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:53.059
 26 to 27

00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:53.799
 the certainty

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.899
 of the

00:31:54.899 --> 00:31:55.679
 believer's

00:31:55.679 --> 00:31:57.000
 divine help.

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.359
 The

00:31:58.359 --> 00:31:58.819
 certainty

00:31:58.819 --> 00:31:59.319
 of the

00:31:59.319 --> 00:31:59.919
 believer's

00:31:59.919 --> 00:32:00.699
 divine help.

00:32:01.699 --> 00:32:02.099
 Let me

00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:02.539
 read verses

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.379
 26 and

00:32:03.379 --> 00:32:03.839
 27.

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:04.379
 It says,

00:32:04.380 --> 00:32:05.220
 but when

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:05.640
 the helper

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:06.220
 comes,

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:07.320
 whom I

00:32:07.320 --> 00:32:07.880
 will send

00:32:07.880 --> 00:32:08.500
 you from

00:32:08.500 --> 00:32:08.660
 the

00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:08.960
 father,

00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:10.200
 the spirit

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:10.640
 of truth

00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:11.440
 who proceeds

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:11.840
 from the

00:32:11.840 --> 00:32:12.120
 father,

00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:13.120
 he will

00:32:13.120 --> 00:32:13.820
 bear witness

00:32:13.820 --> 00:32:14.360
 about me.

00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:15.580
 And you

00:32:15.580 --> 00:32:17.060
 also will

00:32:17.060 --> 00:32:17.880
 bear witness

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:18.880
 because you

00:32:18.880 --> 00:32:19.280
 have been

00:32:19.280 --> 00:32:19.900
 with me

00:32:19.900 --> 00:32:21.380
 from the

00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:21.680
 beginning.

00:32:22.580 --> 00:32:23.680
 This is the

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:24.720
 third statement

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.760
 in these

00:32:25.760 --> 00:32:26.720
 short few

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.520
 moments of

00:32:27.520 --> 00:32:28.420
 time that

00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:29.200
 Jesus has

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:29.920
 with his

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:30.680
 disciples in

00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:31.200
 these final

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:32.740
 hours of

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.299
 drawing their

00:32:33.299 --> 00:32:34.000
 attention to

00:32:34.000 --> 00:32:34.579
 the promise

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:34.900
 of the

00:32:34.900 --> 00:32:35.299
 spirit's

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:35.519
 coming.

00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:38.259
 We see it

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.599
 in John

00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:39.420
 chapter 14

00:32:39.420 --> 00:32:40.200
 verse 16.

00:32:40.640 --> 00:32:41.519
 John 14

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:42.500
 verse 26.

00:32:43.099 --> 00:32:43.640
 We see it

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:44.339
 here in this

00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:44.960
 verse in

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.759
 chapter 15

00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.680
 26 and

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:47.059
 we'll see it

00:32:47.059 --> 00:32:47.440
 two more

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:48.420
 times in

00:32:48.420 --> 00:32:49.259
 chapter 16.

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:50.879
 Jesus is

00:32:50.879 --> 00:32:52.420
 interested and

00:32:52.420 --> 00:32:52.879
 wants to

00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:53.680
 encourage his

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:54.379
 disciples with

00:32:54.379 --> 00:32:55.140
 the fact the

00:32:55.140 --> 00:32:56.059
 Holy Spirit is

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:56.460
 coming.

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.940
 Times may be

00:32:59.940 --> 00:33:00.279
 tough.

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:02.019
 Suffering may

00:33:02.019 --> 00:33:02.359
 come.

00:33:03.099 --> 00:33:04.000
 Hardship may

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:05.019
 confront you

00:33:05.019 --> 00:33:06.000
 but you

00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:06.759
 will have

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.240
 help.

00:33:08.039 --> 00:33:09.359
 Help from

00:33:09.359 --> 00:33:10.119
 the Holy Spirit.

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:12.259
 One commentator

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:12.740
 puts it this

00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:12.940
 way.

00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:15.319
 The Holy Spirit's

00:33:15.319 --> 00:33:16.440
 primary ministry

00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:17.240
 to the lost

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:18.900
 world is to

00:33:18.900 --> 00:33:20.420
 testify about

00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:20.940
 Jesus.

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:22.780
 Let me say

00:33:22.780 --> 00:33:23.200
 that again.

00:33:23.500 --> 00:33:24.740
 The Holy Spirit's

00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.740
 primary ministry

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.519
 to the lost

00:33:26.519 --> 00:33:28.300
 world is to

00:33:28.300 --> 00:33:29.840
 testify about

00:33:29.840 --> 00:33:30.460
 Jesus.

00:33:32.040 --> 00:33:33.120
 If your

00:33:33.120 --> 00:33:34.620
 words and

00:33:34.620 --> 00:33:35.620
 your life is

00:33:35.620 --> 00:33:36.820
 not dominated

00:33:36.820 --> 00:33:38.680
 by testimony

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:39.620
 about Jesus

00:33:39.620 --> 00:33:40.360
 and what Jesus

00:33:40.360 --> 00:33:41.080
 has done for

00:33:41.080 --> 00:33:41.400
 you,

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:45.300
 I would say

00:33:45.300 --> 00:33:46.420
 that we need

00:33:46.420 --> 00:33:47.200
 to take

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:47.680
 caution.

00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:49.060
 we need to

00:33:49.060 --> 00:33:50.140
 ask God to

00:33:50.140 --> 00:33:51.100
 do that work

00:33:51.100 --> 00:33:51.720
 in our life

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:52.539
 because if the

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:52.980
 Spirit is

00:33:52.980 --> 00:33:53.740
 indwelling you,

00:33:53.840 --> 00:33:54.519
 it will show

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:55.580
 up in giving

00:33:55.580 --> 00:33:56.580
 testimony about

00:33:56.580 --> 00:33:57.019
 Christ.

00:33:58.600 --> 00:33:59.140
 One of the

00:33:59.140 --> 00:33:59.759
 clear evidences

00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:00.440
 of the Spirit

00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:01.060
 in your life

00:34:01.060 --> 00:34:01.620
 is that you

00:34:01.620 --> 00:34:02.320
 will have a

00:34:02.320 --> 00:34:02.860
 message of

00:34:02.860 --> 00:34:03.240
 Christ.

00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.680
 It will not

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.840
 only fuel

00:34:05.840 --> 00:34:06.940
 your passion

00:34:06.940 --> 00:34:08.519
 but it will

00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:09.220
 dominate your

00:34:09.220 --> 00:34:11.099
 speech or

00:34:11.099 --> 00:34:11.720
 your words

00:34:11.720 --> 00:34:14.460
 saturated in

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:14.900
 the words of

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.240
 Christ.

00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:16.179
 and do

00:34:16.179 --> 00:34:16.659
 your words

00:34:16.659 --> 00:34:17.899
 reflect the

00:34:17.899 --> 00:34:18.719
 expression or

00:34:18.719 --> 00:34:19.539
 the quality of

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:20.239
 Christ's words.

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.659
 We could go to

00:34:21.659 --> 00:34:22.399
 a number of

00:34:22.399 --> 00:34:23.099
 passages and

00:34:23.099 --> 00:34:24.699
 look at the

00:34:24.699 --> 00:34:25.799
 quality of

00:34:25.799 --> 00:34:26.539
 Christ's words

00:34:26.539 --> 00:34:27.399
 but I think

00:34:27.399 --> 00:34:27.959
 there are,

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:29.859
 I wish we had

00:34:29.859 --> 00:34:30.559
 time to look at

00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:31.539
 three verses this

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:32.119
 morning but I

00:34:32.119 --> 00:34:32.759
 want to just

00:34:32.759 --> 00:34:33.079
 call your

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:34.379
 attention to

00:34:34.379 --> 00:34:35.479
 three qualities

00:34:35.479 --> 00:34:37.439
 and write this

00:34:37.439 --> 00:34:37.959
 down, you can

00:34:37.959 --> 00:34:38.899
 look at it on

00:34:38.899 --> 00:34:39.239
 your own.

00:34:39.859 --> 00:34:40.859
 Luke chapter 4

00:34:40.859 --> 00:34:41.519
 verse 22

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:43.099
 says this,

00:34:44.059 --> 00:34:44.880
 all spoke

00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:45.619
 well of him

00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:46.559
 and marveled

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:47.780
 at the

00:34:47.780 --> 00:34:48.960
 gracious words

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.259
 that were

00:34:49.259 --> 00:34:49.940
 coming from

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:50.440
 his mouth.

00:34:51.699 --> 00:34:52.079
 So what

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:53.079
 quality would

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:53.840
 you look at

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:54.920
 did they

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:55.719
 recognize?

00:34:56.500 --> 00:34:57.559
 They recognized

00:34:57.559 --> 00:34:59.360
 gracious words.

00:35:00.259 --> 00:35:01.119
 Do you have

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:02.940
 speech that is

00:35:02.940 --> 00:35:03.699
 dominated by

00:35:03.699 --> 00:35:04.199
 grace?

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:05.340
 Do you have

00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:06.219
 speech that is

00:35:06.219 --> 00:35:07.300
 dominated by

00:35:07.300 --> 00:35:08.380
 appreciation?

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:10.539
 Not complaining?

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:12.039
 Not criticism?

00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:14.160
 But thankfulness?

00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:17.500
 Mark chapter 1

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:18.500
 verse 27 is

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.160
 another quality

00:35:19.160 --> 00:35:20.300
 of Jesus'

00:35:20.500 --> 00:35:20.840
 words.

00:35:21.720 --> 00:35:21.960
 It says,

00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:22.400
 And all

00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:24.000
 marveled so

00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:24.260
 that they

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:24.960
 questioned among

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.700
 themselves saying,

00:35:25.800 --> 00:35:26.780
 What is this?

00:35:27.240 --> 00:35:28.519
 A new teaching

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:29.820
 with authority.

00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:31.660
 He commands

00:35:31.660 --> 00:35:32.099
 even the

00:35:32.099 --> 00:35:32.920
 unclean spirits

00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:33.860
 and they obey

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:34.140
 him.

00:35:35.140 --> 00:35:35.940
 Not only did

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.539
 Jesus have

00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:37.760
 gracious words

00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:38.760
 but Jesus

00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:39.820
 had authoritative

00:35:39.820 --> 00:35:40.300
 words.

00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:42.540
 You can

00:35:42.540 --> 00:35:43.300
 exercise

00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:44.500
 the authority

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:45.340
 of Christ

00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:46.660
 not because

00:35:46.660 --> 00:35:47.340
 you are an

00:35:47.340 --> 00:35:47.820
 authoritative

00:35:47.820 --> 00:35:48.580
 person but

00:35:48.580 --> 00:35:49.500
 because you

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:50.560
 have authoritative

00:35:50.560 --> 00:35:51.160
 words.

00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:52.640
 And I'm not

00:35:52.640 --> 00:35:53.120
 talking about

00:35:53.120 --> 00:35:53.740
 casting out

00:35:53.740 --> 00:35:54.260
 demons so

00:35:54.260 --> 00:35:54.640
 please don't

00:35:54.640 --> 00:35:55.040
 misunderstand.

00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.360
 What I'm

00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:56.900
 talking about

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.260
 is the

00:35:57.260 --> 00:35:58.120
 conviction that

00:35:58.120 --> 00:35:59.260
 comes because

00:35:59.260 --> 00:36:00.460
 you hold to

00:36:00.460 --> 00:36:01.400
 one truth.

00:36:02.200 --> 00:36:03.120
 You're anchored

00:36:03.120 --> 00:36:04.460
 in the singularity

00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:05.220
 of the message

00:36:05.220 --> 00:36:06.000
 of the Bible.

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:07.380
 That's what

00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:07.760
 gives you

00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:08.260
 confidence.

00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:09.059
 Not your

00:36:09.059 --> 00:36:09.760
 experience.

00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:11.099
 Not your

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:12.380
 past

00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:13.699
 successes.

00:36:14.019 --> 00:36:14.280
 But what

00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:15.059
 gives you

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:15.820
 the ability

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:16.260
 to speak

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:17.059
 authoritatively

00:36:17.059 --> 00:36:17.699
 in a situation

00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:18.619
 is that the

00:36:18.619 --> 00:36:19.159
 Bible has

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:19.440
 spoken

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:20.280
 authoritatively.

00:36:21.340 --> 00:36:21.780
 And as a

00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:22.460
 pastor I may

00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:23.500
 not understand

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:24.699
 your specific

00:36:24.699 --> 00:36:25.480
 situation but

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:26.480
 I can give

00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:27.239
 you authoritative

00:36:27.239 --> 00:36:28.039
 words based

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:28.519
 upon the

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:29.960
 scripture because

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:31.000
 God has

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:32.539
 the news.

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:33.119
 He has the

00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:34.300
 answer that we

00:36:34.300 --> 00:36:35.119
 can give to a

00:36:35.119 --> 00:36:35.619
 world that is

00:36:35.619 --> 00:36:36.339
 so desperate

00:36:36.339 --> 00:36:37.019
 for answers.

00:36:38.739 --> 00:36:39.159
 The third

00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:39.779
 quality and

00:36:39.779 --> 00:36:40.179
 there are many

00:36:40.179 --> 00:36:40.639
 others.

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:41.799
 The third

00:36:41.799 --> 00:36:42.480
 quality is found

00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:42.779
 in Mark

00:36:42.779 --> 00:36:43.400
 chapter 6

00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:43.920
 verse 2.

00:36:45.339 --> 00:36:45.679
 It says

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:46.199
 on the

00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:46.699
 Sabbath he

00:36:46.699 --> 00:36:47.139
 began to

00:36:47.139 --> 00:36:47.659
 teach the

00:36:47.659 --> 00:36:48.639
 synagogue and

00:36:48.639 --> 00:36:49.119
 many who

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:49.639
 heard him

00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:50.380
 were astonished

00:36:50.380 --> 00:36:51.239
 saying where

00:36:51.239 --> 00:36:52.059
 did this man

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:52.659
 get these

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:53.159
 things?

00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:54.679
 What is the

00:36:54.679 --> 00:36:55.599
 wisdom given

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:56.099
 to him?

00:36:56.440 --> 00:36:57.179
 How are such

00:36:57.179 --> 00:36:57.980
 mighty works

00:36:57.980 --> 00:36:59.259
 done by his

00:36:59.259 --> 00:36:59.699
 hand?

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:01.639
 We see that

00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:02.699
 Jesus also had

00:37:02.699 --> 00:37:03.579
 wise words.

00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:05.179
 wise words.

00:37:07.719 --> 00:37:08.619
 You have the

00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:09.279
 wisdom of

00:37:09.279 --> 00:37:09.539
 God.

00:37:11.019 --> 00:37:12.139
 You have the

00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:13.420
 truth of God

00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:13.679
 at your

00:37:13.679 --> 00:37:14.159
 disposal.

00:37:15.099 --> 00:37:15.539
 You have the

00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:16.480
 ability to speak

00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:17.420
 words of life

00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:18.099
 into people.

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:19.079
 Wisdom for

00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:19.619
 their future.

00:37:19.799 --> 00:37:20.360
 Wisdom for

00:37:20.360 --> 00:37:21.139
 relationships.

00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:22.179
 Wisdom for

00:37:22.179 --> 00:37:22.860
 their workplace.

00:37:23.340 --> 00:37:24.000
 Wisdom for

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:24.679
 family.

00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:26.440
 Not because

00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:27.340
 you are this

00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:28.360
 well of wisdom

00:37:28.360 --> 00:37:29.119
 but because you

00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:29.739
 have tapped

00:37:29.739 --> 00:37:30.340
 in to the

00:37:30.340 --> 00:37:31.099
 source of

00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:32.779
 wisdom as

00:37:32.780 --> 00:37:33.420
 Jesus did.

00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:37.100
 I think one

00:37:37.100 --> 00:37:37.340
 of the

00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:37.800
 clearest

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:39.019
 evidences

00:37:39.019 --> 00:37:41.780
 in our

00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:43.100
 speech that

00:37:43.100 --> 00:37:43.900
 God has

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:45.600
 transformed

00:37:45.600 --> 00:37:47.220
 us has to

00:37:47.220 --> 00:37:48.140
 do in

00:37:48.140 --> 00:37:49.240
 our response

00:37:49.240 --> 00:37:49.980
 to suffering

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:50.320
 when it

00:37:50.320 --> 00:37:50.720
 comes.

00:37:51.720 --> 00:37:52.019
 Our

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.980
 thankfulness

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:53.940
 and gratitude

00:37:53.940 --> 00:37:55.140
 in spite of

00:37:55.140 --> 00:37:55.519
 hardship.

00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:57.519
 We see

00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:58.560
 verses like

00:37:58.560 --> 00:37:59.500
 rejoice evermore

00:37:59.500 --> 00:38:00.800
 in everything

00:38:00.800 --> 00:38:01.619
 give thanks.

00:38:02.260 --> 00:38:02.659
 Count it all

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:03.280
 joy when you

00:38:03.280 --> 00:38:03.719
 fall into

00:38:03.719 --> 00:38:04.500
 various trials.

00:38:05.920 --> 00:38:06.420
 Bless those

00:38:06.420 --> 00:38:06.880
 who curse

00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:07.199
 you.

00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:08.059
 Bless and

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:08.639
 curse not.

00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:09.659
 How can

00:38:09.659 --> 00:38:10.800
 anyone do

00:38:10.800 --> 00:38:11.539
 such things?

00:38:11.699 --> 00:38:12.460
 Well, it

00:38:12.460 --> 00:38:13.159
 can only be

00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:13.780
 done through

00:38:13.780 --> 00:38:15.360
 the power of

00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:16.039
 the Spirit

00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:17.219
 working in

00:38:17.219 --> 00:38:17.699
 your life.

00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:20.000
 And finally

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:20.619
 to close,

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:22.219
 we'll get to

00:38:22.219 --> 00:38:22.679
 point number

00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:23.420
 four next

00:38:23.420 --> 00:38:23.739
 week.

00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:24.679
 I've got one

00:38:24.679 --> 00:38:25.139
 more week to

00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:25.360
 go.

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:25.820
 We'll just

00:38:25.820 --> 00:38:26.599
 combine it with

00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:27.679
 the next few

00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:28.279
 verses of

00:38:28.279 --> 00:38:29.219
 chapter 16.

00:38:29.519 --> 00:38:29.659
 Okay?

00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:31.199
 I want to

00:38:31.199 --> 00:38:31.659
 give this

00:38:31.659 --> 00:38:33.079
 appropriate

00:38:33.079 --> 00:38:33.519
 time.

00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:35.380
 Not only

00:38:35.380 --> 00:38:36.019
 does the

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:37.019
 Spirit testify

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:37.920
 of Christ,

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:41.079
 and this

00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:41.659
 may be

00:38:41.659 --> 00:38:43.980
 one of the

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.719
 neater truths

00:38:44.719 --> 00:38:45.259
 for us

00:38:45.259 --> 00:38:45.960
 today.

00:38:46.799 --> 00:38:47.500
 One commentator

00:38:47.500 --> 00:38:47.779
 says,

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:48.659
 the work of

00:38:48.659 --> 00:38:49.179
 the Spirit

00:38:49.179 --> 00:38:49.619
 in the

00:38:49.619 --> 00:38:50.420
 church is

00:38:50.420 --> 00:38:51.599
 done in

00:38:51.599 --> 00:38:52.559
 the context

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:53.860
 of persecution.

00:38:55.000 --> 00:38:55.639
 The Spirit

00:38:55.639 --> 00:38:56.199
 is not a

00:38:56.199 --> 00:38:56.619
 guide and

00:38:56.619 --> 00:38:57.099
 helper for

00:38:57.099 --> 00:38:57.460
 those on

00:38:57.460 --> 00:38:57.819
 a straight

00:38:57.819 --> 00:38:58.099
 way,

00:38:58.379 --> 00:38:59.059
 perfectly able

00:38:59.059 --> 00:38:59.539
 to manage

00:38:59.539 --> 00:38:59.839
 on their

00:38:59.839 --> 00:39:00.079
 own.

00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:01.559
 He comes

00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:02.259
 to assist

00:39:02.259 --> 00:39:03.279
 men caught

00:39:03.279 --> 00:39:03.779
 up in the

00:39:03.779 --> 00:39:04.059
 thick of

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:04.359
 battle,

00:39:05.159 --> 00:39:05.879
 and tried

00:39:05.879 --> 00:39:06.980
 beyond their

00:39:06.980 --> 00:39:07.619
 strength.

00:39:08.099 --> 00:39:09.000
 Jesus makes

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.399
 it quite

00:39:09.399 --> 00:39:10.599
 plain that

00:39:10.599 --> 00:39:10.939
 the way

00:39:10.939 --> 00:39:11.579
 before his

00:39:11.579 --> 00:39:12.339
 followers is

00:39:12.339 --> 00:39:13.219
 hard and

00:39:13.219 --> 00:39:13.939
 difficult way.

00:39:14.099 --> 00:39:14.599
 You want

00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:15.139
 the Spirit

00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:15.719
 to show up

00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:15.919
 in your

00:39:15.919 --> 00:39:16.319
 life?

00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:18.199
 You will

00:39:18.199 --> 00:39:19.599
 be strong

00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:20.759
 in the face

00:39:20.759 --> 00:39:21.299
 of hardship.

00:39:22.139 --> 00:39:22.639
 You will

00:39:22.639 --> 00:39:23.199
 not buckle.

00:39:23.799 --> 00:39:24.179
 You will

00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:24.799
 not resist

00:39:24.799 --> 00:39:24.980
 it.

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:25.239
 You will

00:39:25.239 --> 00:39:25.759
 not push

00:39:25.760 --> 00:39:26.300
 it away

00:39:26.300 --> 00:39:27.860
 because you

00:39:27.860 --> 00:39:29.200
 will welcome

00:39:29.200 --> 00:39:30.420
 the power

00:39:30.420 --> 00:39:30.820
 of the

00:39:30.820 --> 00:39:31.620
 Spirit in

00:39:31.620 --> 00:39:32.160
 your life.

00:39:33.660 --> 00:39:34.200
 As Peter

00:39:34.200 --> 00:39:35.060
 later says

00:39:35.060 --> 00:39:35.700
 in 1 Peter

00:39:35.700 --> 00:39:36.260
 chapter 4

00:39:36.260 --> 00:39:36.780
 verse 12,

00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:37.820
 he says

00:39:37.820 --> 00:39:38.100
 this and

00:39:38.100 --> 00:39:38.460
 I'll close

00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:38.740
 with this

00:39:38.740 --> 00:39:39.060
 verse.

00:39:39.840 --> 00:39:40.060
 He says,

00:39:40.180 --> 00:39:40.660
 don't be

00:39:40.660 --> 00:39:41.620
 surprised at

00:39:41.620 --> 00:39:42.000
 the fiery

00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:42.960
 trial when

00:39:42.960 --> 00:39:43.300
 it comes

00:39:43.300 --> 00:39:43.860
 upon you

00:39:43.860 --> 00:39:44.320
 to test

00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:45.260
 you as

00:39:45.260 --> 00:39:45.380
 though

00:39:45.380 --> 00:39:45.680
 something

00:39:45.680 --> 00:39:46.260
 strange

00:39:46.260 --> 00:39:46.420
 were

00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:46.760
 happening

00:39:46.760 --> 00:39:47.280
 to you,

00:39:48.100 --> 00:39:49.380
 but rejoice

00:39:49.380 --> 00:39:51.440
 in so far

00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:52.420
 as you

00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:53.300
 share in

00:39:53.300 --> 00:39:53.680
 Christ's

00:39:53.680 --> 00:39:54.280
 afflictions

00:39:54.280 --> 00:39:55.559
 so that

00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:55.940
 you also

00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:56.519
 may rejoice

00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:56.980
 and be

00:39:56.980 --> 00:39:57.460
 glad when

00:39:57.460 --> 00:39:57.900
 his glory

00:39:57.900 --> 00:39:58.440
 is revealed.

00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:00.039
 If you

00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:00.720
 are insulted

00:40:00.720 --> 00:40:01.440
 for the

00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:01.760
 name of

00:40:01.760 --> 00:40:02.079
 Christ,

00:40:02.280 --> 00:40:03.200
 you are

00:40:03.200 --> 00:40:04.180
 blessed

00:40:04.180 --> 00:40:05.280
 because

00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:06.860
 the Spirit

00:40:06.860 --> 00:40:08.099
 of glory

00:40:08.099 --> 00:40:08.619
 and of

00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:09.079
 God

00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:10.180
 rests on

00:40:10.180 --> 00:40:10.559
 you.

00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:11.900
 You want

00:40:11.900 --> 00:40:12.360
 the Spirit

00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:12.980
 to show up

00:40:12.980 --> 00:40:13.260
 in your

00:40:13.260 --> 00:40:13.680
 life?

00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:15.199
 be willing

00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:16.739
 to embrace

00:40:16.739 --> 00:40:17.940
 his strength

00:40:17.940 --> 00:40:18.699
 in the midst

00:40:18.699 --> 00:40:19.539
 of considerable

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:20.379
 weakness.

00:40:21.199 --> 00:40:21.960
 That's when

00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:22.599
 he'll show up.

00:40:23.179 --> 00:40:23.519
 And you

00:40:23.519 --> 00:40:23.779
 want to

00:40:23.779 --> 00:40:24.799
 magnify

00:40:24.799 --> 00:40:25.960
 the wonder

00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:27.119
 and sufficiency

00:40:27.119 --> 00:40:27.839
 of Christ

00:40:27.839 --> 00:40:28.539
 in this world?

00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:30.779
 Rejoice

00:40:30.779 --> 00:40:32.000
 that you

00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:33.139
 get to

00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:33.659
 emulate

00:40:33.659 --> 00:40:34.899
 and mirror

00:40:34.899 --> 00:40:35.719
 the life

00:40:35.719 --> 00:40:36.279
 of Christ

00:40:36.279 --> 00:40:37.699
 in facing

00:40:37.699 --> 00:40:38.440
 persecution

00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:39.779
 just like

00:40:39.779 --> 00:40:40.539
 Jesus did.

00:40:41.599 --> 00:40:41.859
 Well,

00:40:41.860 --> 00:40:46.180
 love for

00:40:46.180 --> 00:40:46.460
 God

00:40:46.460 --> 00:40:49.740
 will show

00:40:49.740 --> 00:40:50.420
 up in

00:40:50.420 --> 00:40:50.920
 our life

00:40:50.920 --> 00:40:52.039
 through a

00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:52.760
 love for

00:40:52.760 --> 00:40:53.180
 the world

00:40:53.180 --> 00:40:54.039
 in spite

00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:54.880
 of the

00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:55.420
 persecution

00:40:55.420 --> 00:40:56.380
 that you

00:40:56.380 --> 00:40:56.780
 face.

00:40:57.920 --> 00:40:58.340
 May God

00:40:58.340 --> 00:40:58.940
 help us

00:40:58.940 --> 00:40:59.800
 to love

00:40:59.800 --> 00:41:00.260
 him that

00:41:00.260 --> 00:41:00.720
 way and

00:41:00.720 --> 00:41:01.340
 to show

00:41:01.340 --> 00:41:02.280
 his

00:41:02.280 --> 00:41:03.099
 sweetness

00:41:03.099 --> 00:41:04.340
 to the

00:41:04.340 --> 00:41:04.720
 world

00:41:04.720 --> 00:41:05.840
 in the

00:41:05.840 --> 00:41:06.420
 face of

00:41:06.420 --> 00:41:06.720
 hardship.

00:41:07.059 --> 00:41:07.440
 Let's pray.

00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:10.519
 Lord,

00:41:10.559 --> 00:41:10.860
 we thank

00:41:10.860 --> 00:41:11.039
 you.

00:41:11.860 --> 00:41:12.700
 this morning

00:41:12.700 --> 00:41:14.599
 for the

00:41:14.599 --> 00:41:15.140
 love of

00:41:15.140 --> 00:41:15.599
 Christ

00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:16.519
 that anchors

00:41:16.519 --> 00:41:17.340
 us in

00:41:17.340 --> 00:41:17.720
 the storm.

00:41:19.240 --> 00:41:19.960
 Thank you,

00:41:20.200 --> 00:41:20.360
 Lord,

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:21.140
 for the

00:41:21.140 --> 00:41:21.820
 assurance

00:41:21.820 --> 00:41:23.180
 of love

00:41:23.180 --> 00:41:23.940
 from Christ

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:24.840
 that helps

00:41:24.840 --> 00:41:25.140
 us to

00:41:25.140 --> 00:41:25.599
 understand

00:41:25.599 --> 00:41:26.420
 that nothing

00:41:26.420 --> 00:41:27.160
 we face

00:41:27.160 --> 00:41:28.000
 in this

00:41:28.000 --> 00:41:28.740
 life is

00:41:28.740 --> 00:41:29.360
 an accident.

00:41:30.599 --> 00:41:30.960
 Nothing

00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:31.380
 that we

00:41:31.380 --> 00:41:32.160
 face in

00:41:32.160 --> 00:41:32.820
 this life

00:41:32.820 --> 00:41:34.099
 is in

00:41:34.099 --> 00:41:34.400
 vain.

00:41:35.320 --> 00:41:36.240
 It's all

00:41:36.240 --> 00:41:36.900
 meant to

00:41:36.900 --> 00:41:37.599
 push us

00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:38.539
 and to

00:41:38.539 --> 00:41:40.079
 draw us

00:41:40.079 --> 00:41:40.579
 into

00:41:40.579 --> 00:41:41.199
 closer

00:41:41.199 --> 00:41:41.799
 relationship

00:41:41.799 --> 00:41:42.239
 with you

00:41:42.239 --> 00:41:43.619
 and to

00:41:43.619 --> 00:41:43.920
 make

00:41:43.920 --> 00:41:44.699
 the

00:41:44.699 --> 00:41:45.079
 sweetness

00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:45.380
 of

00:41:45.380 --> 00:41:45.799
 Christ,

00:41:46.480 --> 00:41:46.639
 the

00:41:46.639 --> 00:41:47.139
 testimony

00:41:47.139 --> 00:41:47.599
 of

00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:47.960
 God

00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:48.940
 attractive

00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:49.480
 in this

00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:49.779
 world.

00:41:51.159 --> 00:41:51.440
 So,

00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:51.619
 Lord,

00:41:51.679 --> 00:41:51.940
 I pray

00:41:51.940 --> 00:41:52.219
 that you

00:41:52.219 --> 00:41:52.420
 would

00:41:52.420 --> 00:41:53.739
 continue

00:41:53.739 --> 00:41:54.079
 to do

00:41:54.079 --> 00:41:54.420
 a work

00:41:54.420 --> 00:41:54.699
 in our

00:41:54.699 --> 00:41:55.019
 hearts.

00:41:56.019 --> 00:41:56.840
 Help us

00:41:56.840 --> 00:41:57.539
 to be so

00:41:57.539 --> 00:41:58.380
 caught up

00:41:58.380 --> 00:41:59.920
 with the

00:41:59.920 --> 00:42:00.279
 love of

00:42:00.279 --> 00:42:00.639
 Christ

00:42:00.639 --> 00:42:01.739
 that it

00:42:01.739 --> 00:42:02.460
 stabilizes

00:42:02.460 --> 00:42:03.219
 us when

00:42:03.219 --> 00:42:04.299
 hardship

00:42:04.299 --> 00:42:04.920
 comes.

00:42:04.920 --> 00:42:06.220
 and may

00:42:06.220 --> 00:42:06.659
 we show

00:42:06.659 --> 00:42:07.860
 how wonderful

00:42:07.860 --> 00:42:08.380
 you are

00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:09.579
 through our

00:42:09.579 --> 00:42:10.400
 steadfastness

00:42:10.400 --> 00:42:10.760
 in our

00:42:10.760 --> 00:42:11.200
 faith

00:42:11.200 --> 00:42:12.180
 and looking

00:42:12.180 --> 00:42:12.920
 forward to

00:42:12.920 --> 00:42:13.380
 the hope

00:42:13.380 --> 00:42:14.139
 of your

00:42:14.139 --> 00:42:14.480
 return.

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:16.220
 We praise

00:42:16.220 --> 00:42:16.480
 you,

00:42:16.740 --> 00:42:16.840
 Lord,

00:42:16.980 --> 00:42:17.320
 for all

00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:17.559
 that you

00:42:17.559 --> 00:42:17.680
 have

00:42:17.680 --> 00:42:18.039
 accomplished

00:42:18.039 --> 00:42:18.539
 for us

00:42:18.539 --> 00:42:19.320
 and particularly

00:42:19.320 --> 00:42:20.519
 for the

00:42:20.519 --> 00:42:21.079
 helper that

00:42:21.079 --> 00:42:21.320
 you have

00:42:21.320 --> 00:42:21.740
 given to

00:42:21.740 --> 00:42:22.139
 us through

00:42:22.139 --> 00:42:22.400
 the Holy

00:42:22.400 --> 00:42:22.740
 Spirit

00:42:22.740 --> 00:42:23.960
 to come

00:42:23.960 --> 00:42:24.460
 and indwell

00:42:24.460 --> 00:42:25.720
 us and

00:42:25.720 --> 00:42:26.200
 to strengthen

00:42:26.200 --> 00:42:27.480
 us in

00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:27.900
 life's

00:42:27.900 --> 00:42:28.180
 endeavors.

00:42:28.760 --> 00:42:29.240
 We praise

00:42:29.240 --> 00:42:30.099
 you in

00:42:30.099 --> 00:42:30.340
 Jesus'

00:42:30.340 --> 00:42:30.700
 name.

00:42:30.920 --> 00:42:31.139
 Amen.