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 All right, good morning.

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 It's Christmas is fast approaching, isn't it?

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 Yeah, it is.

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 So Christmas is fast approaching.

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 It doesn't matter what you think it is.

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 It's scary how fast it is approaching.

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 Oh, my goodness.

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 Okay.

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 And if Christmas is fast approaching,

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 then things like the trees go up,

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 maybe not in your house,

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 but the trees go up,

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 decorations go up,

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 and presents start getting bought

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 and wrapped and placed under trees.

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 I'm a gift giver.

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 It's one of my love languages.

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 If you've read that book,

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 The Five Love Languages,

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 I'm a gift giver.

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 And it's a good thing to know, you'd think, yeah?

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 Except no, it's not.

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 It's kind of a curse.

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 You see, because I'm a gift giver,

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 I really put a lot of value on gifts.

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 I will judge you on the basis of the gifts you give me.

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 I would judge you on the basis of,

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 well, how much do you love me?

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 How much have you actually thought about this gift?

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 How much have you really put me at the center

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 of what's going on here?

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 And if you haven't,

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 if you haven't done well,

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 if you haven't put that thought in,

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 well,

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 you're going to see it in my face,

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 because I don't,

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 I'm not very good at poker.

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 Now,

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 you think about this

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 and how my family actually functions

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 and what Christmas morning looks like for them,

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 and I want to tell you that,

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 don't worry, okay,

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 because I bought my present from Joe

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 about a month ago,

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 and she nailed it.

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 Of course she did.

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 But what do you get for someone who has everything?

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 What do you get for someone who has everything,

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 or at least thinks they do?

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 As we go into John chapter 8,

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 or resume John chapter 8,

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 David's been preaching us through it so far,

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 what we find is that

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 we have a bunch of people

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 who are responding to Jesus in a particular way

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 for a particular reason.

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 It's a positive response.

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 They're believing in him.

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 And yet Jesus takes a funny turn,

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 an extraordinary turn,

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 and actually challenges those who believe in him.

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 It's a really unexpected response from Jesus.

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 So what did he see in their response?

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 Surely they were giving him what he was asking for,

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 but what did he see in their response

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 that he wasn't happy with?

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 What did he see that we can't?

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 Why did he respond in this way?

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 Well, the issue is that what Jesus sees

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 goes right to the very heart.

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 It's all about what we want.

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 And what we want

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 isn't necessarily what we need.

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 In verse 31, let me take it up

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 and read the first couple of verses.

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 So Jesus said to the Jews

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 who had believed in him,

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 straight away,

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 Jesus digs at the foundation for their belief.

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 These believers were looking to the right person,

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 but for the wrong thing.

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 So they were attracted by Jesus' signs on the one hand,

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 but repelled by Jesus' words every time he opened his mouth.

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 Even though, as you can see through this passage,

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 he keeps saying,

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 I'm telling you the truth here.

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 So let's look at this.

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 They were attracted by Jesus' signs.

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 Now in John 3, verse 2,

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 Jesus has an encounter with a man called Nicodemus.

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 And Nicodemus says these words by means of introduction.

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 John 3, 2, second part of it.

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 He says,

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 Rabbi, addressing Jesus,

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 we know that you're a teacher come from God,

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 for no one can do these signs that you do

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 unless God is with him.

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 Now John, as we go through the Gospel of John,

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 you might have noticed,

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 he's a little bit more sparing

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 in the number of miracles he describes.

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 The kids listed a bunch of them

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 that actually aren't in John's Gospel at all.

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 But here's the thing.

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 The other writers give us a fuller picture,

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 and Nicodemus here just gives us a glimpse into that picture.

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 You see, the other Gospels tell us

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 that it's actually unusual

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 when Jesus doesn't perform miracles.

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 Everywhere Jesus went,

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 he pushed back the darkness and suffering of life.

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 He fed the hungry.

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 He healed the sick.

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 He restored sight, speech, hearing.

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 He straightened deformity,

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 strengthened weakened limbs,

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 brought comfort to the broken in spirit.

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 And on at least three occasions that we know of,

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 he brought back the dead to life.

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 People came everywhere for relief.

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 Just to touch him was enough.

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 Just for him to speak the words.

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 The normal life of Jesus' ministry

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 was that he pushed back darkness.

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 Nicodemus knew this.

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 Everyone at the time knew this.

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 But even as he pushed back the darkness,

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 he opened his mouth to speak.

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 And people were repelled by his words.

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 As much as they were attracted by his signs,

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 they were repelled by his words.

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 Why?

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 Because Jesus told the truth,

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 and that truth was that he demanded

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 that they centre their hopes on him.

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 It wasn't enough to enjoy the relief he offered.

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 These things were just signs.

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 Signs that he could do what they needed.

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 So why did the people who are expecting Jesus the most

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 reject Jesus the strongest?

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 Surely they should have been in sync here at least.

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 Well, the answer lies in how you define the problem.

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 And Jesus said,

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 If you abide in me,

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 the truth will set you free.

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 And they picked up on that word free straight away.

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 In verse 33, they answered him,

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 We are offspring of Abraham

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 and have never been enslaved to anyone.

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 How is it that you say you will become free?

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 And they understood the implications straight away.

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 And they reacted strongly to it.

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 Only slaves needed to be freed.

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 But, they're thinking,

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 We're not slaves.

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 We're offspring of Abraham.

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 What do they mean?

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 Well, on face value,

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 you could say they were a kind of slaves.

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 They were actually under Roman occupation at the time.

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 And they had a long history of being slaves before that.

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 So Egypt, Babylon, Persia, and so on.

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 But in their minds,

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 they were privileged beyond anyone else on planet Earth.

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 They were Abraham's offspring.

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 They were the rightful heirs of the promised blessing.

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 They were the golden race.

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 Everyone else was a distant second place.

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 Worse, they were dirty.

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 I think I've told you before what my granddad used to say to me.

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 He was a Yorkshireman.

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 He used to say there are two kinds of people in the world.

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 There were Yorkshiremen,

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 and there are people that wished they were.

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 This was a kind of feeling they had about themselves.

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 They thought they were it.

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 Everybody else was dirty.

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 Now, the Jews were so convinced of this

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 that they would shake off the travelling dust

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 from other countries before they stepped back into Israel.

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 Can you imagine that?

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 It reminds me of the foot washing

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 that used to happen in the airports during the mad cow crisis.

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 I don't know if you were aware of this,

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 but Joe and I used to travel to England a lot.

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 We still can't give blood

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 because we were actually in England during the mad cow crisis,

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 and they don't trust us to not have mad cow disease

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 and pass it on.

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 But during that time,

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 if you came from England to Australia,

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 you would have to go in a special queue,

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 and you'd have to have your feet washed

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 because they didn't want you to bring anything

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 of the dust of England into Australia.

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 The Jews did this,

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 not out of a necessity to avoid infection,

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 but out of an arrogance,

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 a belief of who they were,

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 and a confidence that they were the chosen people.

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 To be the people of Abraham,

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 the offspring of Abraham,

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 well, in their minds,

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 you were truly blessed.

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 Freedom?

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 What about slavery?

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 What could this slavery possibly be?

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 Well, Jesus answers them in verse 34.

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 He says,

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin.

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 Truly, truly, or amen, amen,

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 is a direct translation.

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 Before emoticons,

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 this was how you would emphasize a statement.

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 You would say something like truly, or amen.

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 If you say it twice,

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 that's like super emphasized.

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 But it means something more than just,

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 this is important.

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 It means what comes next is true.

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 And it means that what comes next

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 actually applies directly to the hearers.

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 It has a consequence.

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 In what Jesus says,

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 there is truth on the one hand,

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 and there is a consequence

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 for all the hearers on the other.

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 In other words,

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 Jesus is saying,

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 you are people who sin,

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 so you are slaves to sin.

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 Now,

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 the concept of sin

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 is no big revelation in one sense.

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 I mean, nobody in their right mind

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 claims to be perfect.

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 But these Jews,

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 who were Abraham's descendants,

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 never thought that their sin

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 was threatening their relationship with God.

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 Never entered their minds

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 that that would be the case.

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 They just didn't see their sin as a problem.

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 They had the law to guide them,

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 and it did.

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 They were, perhaps,

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 better than everyone else around them.

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 But they'd missed the point of the law.

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 The law didn't provide the security they assumed.

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 On the surface,

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 maybe they were better than them out there.

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 But the law also showed them

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 that there were so much worse

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 than the holy God they worshipped.

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 And it showed them

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 the means of bridging that gap.

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 Sacrifice.

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 I think we have the same problem

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 when it comes to law,

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 when it comes to this issue of sin

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 and applying it to ourselves.

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 But perhaps for a different reason.

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 When we hear the words,

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 you are a sinner,

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 we hear that and we think,

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 yeah, but I'm a good person too.

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 Yeah, I sin,

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 but I'm a good person.

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 Jesus says,

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 no, you're not.

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 You're a slave to sin

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 and your place in God's future

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 is not certain.

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 The problem of sin is this.

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 Every sin has a penalty.

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 The same penalty,

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 and that penalty is high.

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 And every sinner is a slave to sin.

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 Sin is the master we serve.

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 And as a slave to that master,

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 we're not in a good position

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 to buy ourselves out.

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 Jesus goes on to say in verse 35,

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 as a means of illustrating this point.

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 The slave does not remain in the house forever.

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 The son remains forever.

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 So if the son sets you free,

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 you will be free indeed.

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 The only way to be free from sin

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 is through the son.

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 The only way to remain in God's presence

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 is abiding in this son.

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 This is a huge claim.

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 It represents a massive shift

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 in their identity too.

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 You think about how they've been

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 defining themselves up to this point

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 as Israel's offspring,

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 as Abraham's offspring,

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 as Israel,

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 Abraham's firstborn son.

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 Think about this.

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 By Sarah, that is, sorry.

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 Just for accuracy.

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 Think about this.

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 The way that they define themselves

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 has changed significantly.

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 I've been trying to think about

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 how I can actually illustrate this to you.

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 And it's like saying,

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 you can't be Australian

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 unless, I don't know,

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 unless you're friends with David Calderwood

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 on Facebook

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 or something like that.

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 You know, it's just like

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 such a massive shift.

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 How do we consider,

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 how do we actually work out

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 our identity and who we are?

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 How do we work that out?

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 Whatever way you use

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 to define yourself,

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 Jesus is saying,

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 it's totally wrong.

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 Abraham has always been

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 their father genetically.

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 The DNA test would prove it,

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 but there's still a problem.

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 Yes,

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 they're offspring of Abraham,

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 but is he really their father?

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 Jesus says in verse 38.

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 I speak of what I have seen

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 with my father

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 and you do what you have heard

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 from your father.

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 Here we get the sense

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 that there's two fathers in play here.

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 And they hear the challenge,

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 but they can't let go

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 of their view of themselves.

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 Still.

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 But Abraham is our father.

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 They're thinking

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 and saying.

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 So Jesus raises the question,

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 so where's the resemblance?

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 You know,

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 this sense of resemblance

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 with father and children.

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 Ladies,

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 I'm sorry

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 if you actually resemble

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 your father too much.

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 It's something that as fathers

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 we don't want our children to do,

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 our daughters to do at least.

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 We don't want our daughters

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 to look like us.

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 I remember when I was a teenager,

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 I was pretty good at this.

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 I don't look anything

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 like my father.

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 When I was a teenager,

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 my sister used to tell

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 our youth group

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 that I was adopted.

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 And I looked totally different

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 to my parents.

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 I don't look anything

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 like my dad.

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 In fact,

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 some of you thought

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 he was Joe's dad

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 when he came and visited

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 a couple weeks ago,

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 a few weeks ago.

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 Now one day,

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 my sister kept throwing

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 this line out,

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 oh, he's adopted.

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 She did it in front of me

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 and the other kids

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 in the group

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 were horrified

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 that she would do that.

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 Actually, you know,

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 comment on me being adopted

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 in front of her,

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 in front of all the other kids.

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 And they'd call her out

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 on it.

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 How can you be so cruel?

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 And she was only joking

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 the whole time.

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 We don't look alike at all.

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 But you know that sense

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 where you expect

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 the parental resemblance,

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 you expect it to come through.

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 I can tell you now,

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 my dad and I don't look alike.

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 We have different eye colour,

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 hair colour, everything.

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 I don't look alike

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 to my dad.

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 But you ask Joe

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 about my mannerisms

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 and my habits.

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 She'll start with

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 the annoying ones,

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 but there are a whole bunch

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 of them.

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 I'm just so like my dad,

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 it's not funny.

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 Ask Ben,

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 he'll tell you too.

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 He's got a list of them.

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 You know,

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 we expect to see

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 a resemblance

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 from father to son,

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 from parent to child.

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 But they have this false confidence

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 because they've actually forgotten

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 what their father

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 is truly like.

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 So Jesus explains it to them

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 using their category

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 of father.

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 But he makes two

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 if statements.

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 If you are Abraham's child

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 or children,

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 which is wanting to move them

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 from that sense

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 of physical descent

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 through to an understanding

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 of a spiritual relationship

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 with their father.

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 If you are Abraham's children

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 on the one hand.

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 And the second one is

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 if God were your father

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 on the other.

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 In verse 39,

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 Jesus addresses the first one

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 as they say,

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 Abraham is our father.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 if you were Abraham's children,

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 you would be doing

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 the works Abraham did.

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 But now you seek

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 to kill me,

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 a man who has told you

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 the truth that I heard

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 from God.

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 This is not

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 what Abraham did.

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 Jesus

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 is the true son.

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 Have you noticed

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 how the Bible often

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 uses genderous language

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 at different points?

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 This is one of those places

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 where you get this

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 sort of father-son

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 type language.

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 And in the interest

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 of offending,

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 you know,

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 we try and sort of

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 streamline that out.

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 So certain passages

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 where it says brothers,

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 it actually means

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 brothers and sisters.

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 So we go,

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 you know,

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 some versions,

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 Bible versions

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 will actually say

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 brothers and sisters.

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 You know,

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 we try and do all that,

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 try and smooth things out

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 to not offend.

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 But here,

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 where Jesus raises

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 a matter of sonship,

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 it's really important

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 that we don't actually

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 smooth it out.

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 It's got something

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 really important

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 at stake here.

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 You see,

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 in the ancient Near East,

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 the son had a specific

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 role in the households.

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 He would serve

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 the will of his father.

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 A son would uphold

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 the family honour.

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 A son would keep

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 the family business together.

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 The son would actually

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 nurture the family

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 as a whole.

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 He would take part

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 in that keeping

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 the family together

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 as well.

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 The son would eventually

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 inherit.

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 The son would take

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 on the work of the father

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 in every sense.

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 Jesus is the son,

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 the true son of his father.

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 But they are not

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 true sons.

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 If they were,

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 they'd be like Abraham.

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 And let's be clear

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 at this point.

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 Jesus is not declaring

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 Abraham as the shining

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 example for everyone

00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:02.960
 to follow in morality

00:17:02.960 --> 00:17:05.400
 before God.

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 He's declaring Abraham

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 as the shining example

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 of dependence on God.

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 Abraham's work.

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 Abraham's work

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 was trust.

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 He believed God.

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 He believed God

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 and he placed his life

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 in God's hands.

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 When Abraham heard

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 the voice

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 of his heavenly father,

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 he believed his word.

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 He left his home,

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 his family,

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 his friends,

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 everything that was familiar.

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 He placed his life

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 in the father's hands,

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 literally.

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 Because in the ancient

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 Near East,

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 to do these things,

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 to move away

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 from these areas,

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 these points of security,

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 was literally

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 taking your life

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 into your hands.

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 But he did these things

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 without knowing

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 where he was going

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 or what was ahead of him.

00:17:52.539 --> 00:17:52.899
 Man,

00:17:52.919 --> 00:17:53.619
 when we come to Jesus,

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 it's easy to have an idea

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 of what should be ahead of us.

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 An expectation

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 that's so strong

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 in our minds

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 that we are crushed

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 when we don't get it.

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 Angry with God.

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 Disillusioned

00:18:03.619 --> 00:18:04.279
 in our belief.

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 Spiritually content

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 when we get what we want.

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 And then wanting

00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:11.680
 to kill Jesus

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 when he demands

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 too much of us.

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 Jesus said

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 in verse 40 to 41,

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 this is not

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 what Abraham did.

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 You are doing

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 the works

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 your father did.

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 To paraphrase,

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 this is not

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 what Abraham did,

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 but I do see

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 another father

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 you resemble.

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 To the Jews,

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 Jesus is saying

00:18:35.559 --> 00:18:36.519
 that physical descent

00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:37.059
 isn't enough.

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 It's not enough

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 to be ethnic Israel.

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 It's not enough

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 to be born

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 of the right parents.

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 It's not enough

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 to be legally blameless.

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 We need to be clear here.

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 Jesus is not saying

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 that we need to be

00:18:45.639 --> 00:18:46.980
 doing more to be saved.

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 Jesus is saying

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 that we need to come

00:18:50.180 --> 00:18:51.159
 to him to be saved.

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 We understand,

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 as Catherine spoke earlier,

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 we understand

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 the sense of consequence

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 in terms of punishment,

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 don't we?

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 The consequence

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 in terms of doing

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 something good

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 and we get something back.

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 doing something bad

00:19:02.360 --> 00:19:03.380
 and we get something wrong.

00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:08.059
 What Jesus is saying

00:19:08.059 --> 00:19:08.779
 here is

00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:10.920
 doing something bad,

00:19:11.019 --> 00:19:11.200
 yeah,

00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:12.700
 does get you punishment.

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 But trying to do

00:19:14.539 --> 00:19:15.299
 something good

00:19:15.299 --> 00:19:16.079
 doesn't get you

00:19:16.079 --> 00:19:17.079
 out of that punishment.

00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:19.500
 You can't balance

00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.579
 the scales like that.

00:19:22.099 --> 00:19:23.519
 We can't do more

00:19:23.519 --> 00:19:24.099
 to be saved.

00:19:24.180 --> 00:19:24.779
 We need to come

00:19:24.779 --> 00:19:25.400
 to him

00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:26.680
 to be saved.

00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:30.160
 In our hearts,

00:19:30.580 --> 00:19:31.920
 there's a desire

00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:33.000
 to be self-sufficient,

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 to be worthy

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 rather than dependent.

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 And it can be hard

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 to spot

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 when it creeps

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 into our lives.

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 Recognising this

00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:42.980
 works-based approach

00:19:42.980 --> 00:19:44.960
 to God

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 is really difficult.

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 Let me give you

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 this one way

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 at least

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 of trying to spot it

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 as it does creep in.

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 How do you feel

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 when someone

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 criticises you?

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 See,

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 if you're a religious person,

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 someone who actually

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 is basing your relationship

00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:05.519
 with God

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 on what you do

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 and someone points out

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 a sin in your life,

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 you will be crushed by it,

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 embarrassed,

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 ashamed

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 by the exposure

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 of that sin.

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 It represents

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 a chink

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 in the armour

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 of righteousness

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 that you're trying

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 to create

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 for yourself

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 or I'm trying

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 to create

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 for myself.

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 But perhaps

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 we're not quite

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 along those lines.

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 Perhaps we're thinking,

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 oh man,

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 God is a God

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 of love.

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 How can he

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 possibly reject me?

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 You have the God

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 of justice

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 and you understand

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 this issue

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 and you try

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 and produce

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 a life of righteousness.

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 Or you have this concept

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 of God

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 as a God of love

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 who will never

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 turn you away.

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 And you're offended

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 personally by the suggestion

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 that you're a sinner

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 in any way.

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 Don't put me

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 in that category.

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 Yeah, I sin

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 but I'm not a sinner.

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 No, I'm not perfect

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 but I'm far

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 from unworthy.

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 Anyway,

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 God is love.

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 If that's the kind

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 of pathway

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 you're going down,

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 then that pathway

00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:06.460
 fails to take

00:21:06.460 --> 00:21:07.419
 sin seriously.

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 Both paths

00:21:09.619 --> 00:21:10.259
 fail to take

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 sin seriously.

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 But God

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 does take

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 sin seriously.

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 And all of history

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 has been leading

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 to this one point.

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 Jesus

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 as its fulfillment.

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 And Jesus

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 is saying

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 listen to me.

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 Come to me

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 and be saved.

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 It's a call

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 for an all-in

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 Abraham-like

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 trust

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 in Jesus.

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 If Abraham

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 were your father

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 you would be

00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:37.680
 living like Abraham

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 toward God.

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 The Jews

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 are stung

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 by the implications

00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:44.180
 of Jesus' words.

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 Jesus is not

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 suggesting

00:21:46.180 --> 00:21:47.259
 but saying

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 that they are

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 illegitimate children

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 of another father.

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 And they respond

00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:54.360
 to this

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 in verse 41.

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 They say to him

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 we were not born

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 of sexual immorality.

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 We have one father

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 even God.

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 Now it's possible

00:22:07.560 --> 00:22:08.360
 at this point

00:22:08.360 --> 00:22:09.539
 that the Jews

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 might even be

00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:10.720
 having a dig

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.319
 look at the legitimacy

00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:11.940
 of Jesus'

00:22:12.120 --> 00:22:12.680
 own birth.

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 It's possible

00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:15.440
 that they're

00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:15.960
 actually saying

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 you're the bastard son

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 not us.

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 But one thing

00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:22.240
 is definite

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.819
 and that is

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 that they recognize

00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:24.900
 the spiritual nature

00:22:24.900 --> 00:22:26.259
 of what Jesus

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:26.799
 is saying.

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:29.059
 They argue

00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:30.779
 if we're talking

00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:31.319
 spiritually

00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:32.720
 then God

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 is our father.

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 And they have

00:22:34.059 --> 00:22:34.839
 reason to do this

00:22:34.839 --> 00:22:35.559
 because in Exodus

00:22:35.559 --> 00:22:36.180
 4.22

00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:36.819
 for example

00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:38.019
 God calls Israel

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:39.039
 his firstborn son.

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 But again

00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:42.639
 Jesus questions

00:22:42.639 --> 00:22:43.119
 their argument.

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.819
 In verse 42

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 he says

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 to them

00:22:45.379 --> 00:22:46.559
 if God

00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:47.460
 were your father

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 you would love me

00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:50.839
 for I came

00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:51.379
 from God

00:22:51.379 --> 00:22:53.079
 and I am here.

00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:54.480
 I came

00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:55.460
 not of my own accord

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:56.799
 but he sent me.

00:22:59.000 --> 00:22:59.779
 If God

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 were their father

00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:02.119
 well Jesus

00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:02.519
 would expect

00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:03.480
 to see two things.

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 He'd expect

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 to see love

00:23:07.259 --> 00:23:09.140
 and understanding.

00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:11.440
 Love

00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:12.220
 Jesus said

00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:12.680
 if God

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.160
 were your father

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 you'd love me.

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:14.240
 In other words

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:15.039
 when Jesus

00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:15.940
 calls us sinners

00:23:15.940 --> 00:23:16.900
 and tells us

00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:18.500
 he's here to save us

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:19.259
 we should be

00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:19.920
 overwhelmed

00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:20.599
 with relief

00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:21.220
 with gratitude

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:21.980
 with love.

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 He's the only one

00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:24.119
 telling the truth

00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:24.359
 to us

00:23:24.359 --> 00:23:25.640
 in all of creation.

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:26.720
 He's trying

00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.480
 to bring life.

00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:28.480
 He's here

00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.379
 to save us.

00:23:30.519 --> 00:23:31.279
 We should overflow

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:31.740
 with love

00:23:31.740 --> 00:23:32.379
 for this Jesus

00:23:32.379 --> 00:23:33.619
 who comes

00:23:33.619 --> 00:23:34.180
 from the father

00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:34.940
 not a desire

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.559
 to kill him.

00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:39.720
 love

00:23:39.720 --> 00:23:42.079
 and understanding

00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:43.480
 in verse 43

00:23:43.480 --> 00:23:44.759
 Jesus says

00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.319
 these words.

00:23:46.379 --> 00:23:46.940
 Why do you

00:23:46.940 --> 00:23:47.619
 not understand

00:23:47.619 --> 00:23:48.279
 what I say?

00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.679
 It is because

00:23:50.679 --> 00:23:52.299
 you cannot bear

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:53.740
 to hear my word.

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.559
 In a sense

00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:57.359
 they do understand

00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:58.159
 and we do too

00:23:58.159 --> 00:23:59.179
 and it's a hard

00:23:59.179 --> 00:24:00.119
 truth to live with.

00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:04.159
 I am far worse

00:24:04.159 --> 00:24:05.539
 than you could know.

00:24:06.679 --> 00:24:07.979
 I am far worse

00:24:07.979 --> 00:24:08.819
 than I could know.

00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.979
 I need

00:24:10.979 --> 00:24:11.699
 the salvation

00:24:11.699 --> 00:24:12.339
 he is offering.

00:24:13.419 --> 00:24:14.399
 I need

00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:15.839
 the Lamb of God

00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:16.959
 to take away

00:24:16.959 --> 00:24:17.539
 my sin.

00:24:20.179 --> 00:24:21.599
 But more than that

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:23.779
 in the extension

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.779
 of what Jesus

00:24:24.779 --> 00:24:25.339
 was teaching

00:24:25.339 --> 00:24:26.319
 in chapter 6

00:24:26.319 --> 00:24:27.859
 I need

00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:29.279
 God

00:24:29.279 --> 00:24:30.379
 to open

00:24:30.379 --> 00:24:31.039
 my eyes

00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:32.179
 to hear

00:24:32.179 --> 00:24:32.759
 this truth.

00:24:33.439 --> 00:24:33.639
 Without

00:24:33.639 --> 00:24:34.659
 God's intervention

00:24:34.659 --> 00:24:36.519
 we will remain

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.519
 the children

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.179
 of the devil.

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.799
 We will

00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.599
 accept the lie

00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:41.579
 that he speaks.

00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.339
 More than that

00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:43.299
 we will live

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:43.759
 that lie

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.200
 actively.

00:24:46.919 --> 00:24:48.200
 In verse 47

00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:50.099
 Jesus says

00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:50.639
 these words

00:24:50.639 --> 00:24:52.099
 whoever is

00:24:52.099 --> 00:24:52.559
 of God

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:54.059
 hears the words

00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.460
 of God

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:56.240
 the reason

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:56.619
 why you do

00:24:56.619 --> 00:24:57.179
 not hear them

00:24:57.179 --> 00:24:58.099
 is that

00:24:58.099 --> 00:24:58.720
 you are not

00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.279
 of God.

00:25:00.619 --> 00:25:01.399
 This ability

00:25:01.399 --> 00:25:02.000
 to understand

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.639
 is based on

00:25:02.639 --> 00:25:03.500
 whether God

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:04.339
 has called us.

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:06.159
 Now man

00:25:06.159 --> 00:25:06.679
 you may be

00:25:06.679 --> 00:25:07.259
 asking yourself

00:25:07.259 --> 00:25:07.700
 this and it's

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.279
 a fair question

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:08.740
 if you do

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:10.240
 and it's good

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:10.599
 if you do

00:25:10.599 --> 00:25:10.819
 as well

00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:11.159
 because I'm

00:25:11.159 --> 00:25:11.319
 going to

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:11.799
 answer it

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.359
 and that is

00:25:12.359 --> 00:25:12.720
 how do we

00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:13.179
 know if he

00:25:13.179 --> 00:25:13.879
 has called us

00:25:13.879 --> 00:25:14.159
 how do we

00:25:14.159 --> 00:25:14.419
 know if we're

00:25:14.419 --> 00:25:15.039
 in that category

00:25:15.039 --> 00:25:15.659
 how do we

00:25:15.659 --> 00:25:17.079
 know if we

00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:17.759
 are of God

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:19.720
 well

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:21.059
 let's just

00:25:21.059 --> 00:25:21.440
 turn this

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:22.079
 passage around

00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:23.139
 and look at

00:25:23.139 --> 00:25:23.440
 how we

00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:23.940
 respond to

00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:24.220
 Jesus

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.600
 how we

00:25:24.600 --> 00:25:25.019
 respond to

00:25:25.019 --> 00:25:25.420
 the Son

00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:26.019
 and how

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.420
 we respond

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:27.039
 to the Father

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:28.059
 that's how

00:25:28.059 --> 00:25:28.460
 we know

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.779
 you see

00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.059
 do we

00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:30.600
 respond to

00:25:30.600 --> 00:25:30.820
 Jesus

00:25:30.820 --> 00:25:31.580
 with recognition

00:25:31.580 --> 00:25:32.120
 of who he

00:25:32.120 --> 00:25:32.500
 is in our

00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:32.860
 eyes

00:25:32.860 --> 00:25:34.019
 and love

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.259
 in our

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.660
 hearts

00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:37.059
 or with

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:37.500
 offence

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:37.779
 in our

00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.019
 eyes

00:25:38.019 --> 00:25:38.539
 and murder

00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:38.860
 in our

00:25:38.860 --> 00:25:39.220
 hearts

00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:41.380
 do we

00:25:41.380 --> 00:25:42.160
 accept him

00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:42.420
 as the

00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:42.900
 one come

00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:43.580
 to save

00:25:43.580 --> 00:25:45.299
 and just

00:25:45.299 --> 00:25:45.980
 receive him

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.539
 with gratitude

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:48.440
 or do we

00:25:48.440 --> 00:25:48.759
 want to

00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.220
 kill every

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:49.620
 thought of

00:25:49.620 --> 00:25:49.799
 him in

00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:50.440
 our lives

00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:53.120
 how do we

00:25:53.119 --> 00:25:53.579
 respond to

00:25:53.579 --> 00:25:53.959
 the Son

00:25:53.959 --> 00:25:57.699
 how do we

00:25:57.699 --> 00:25:58.139
 respond to

00:25:58.139 --> 00:25:58.679
 the Father

00:25:58.679 --> 00:26:00.699
 do we

00:26:00.699 --> 00:26:01.199
 respond to

00:26:01.199 --> 00:26:01.839
 our Father

00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:03.199
 with love

00:26:03.199 --> 00:26:03.859
 and gratitude

00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:06.619
 or do we

00:26:06.619 --> 00:26:07.759
 measure his

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.519
 goodness as a

00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:09.979
 Father by our

00:26:09.979 --> 00:26:10.699
 own desires

00:26:10.699 --> 00:26:12.179
 and how well he

00:26:12.179 --> 00:26:12.979
 does at meeting

00:26:12.979 --> 00:26:13.279
 them

00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:17.359
 is God

00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:18.700
 the Father

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 that we run

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 to with arms

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 wide open

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 because this

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 is the Father

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 who longs to

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 welcome you

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 because of

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 Jesus' death

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 on the cross

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 his arms

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 are open

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 wide

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 he is that

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 loving Father

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 who longs

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 to draw you

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 into his

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 embrace

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 we're going

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 to sing the

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 truth of this

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 in a song

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 now it's

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 called

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 come to

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 the altar

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 so I

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 invite the

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 music team

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 to come

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 up

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 just to

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 recognize

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 and to

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 meditate

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 on the

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 relationship

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 between what

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 the Father

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 and the Son

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 are doing

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 and what

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 they long

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 to do

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 in sharing

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 that relationship

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 with us

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 it's called

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 come to

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 the altar

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 and I can

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 tell you now

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 as Christians

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 if you are a

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 Christian

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:04.939
 then coming

00:27:04.939 --> 00:27:05.379
 to the altar

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 is something

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 that we continue

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 to do

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 not in the need

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 to be converted

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 again

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 to become

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 a Christian

00:27:10.139 --> 00:27:10.500
 again

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 but in

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 recognition

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 that we will

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 continue to

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 struggle with

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 sin

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 and that we

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 have a safe

00:27:15.979 --> 00:27:16.579
 place to come

00:27:16.579 --> 00:27:17.019
 to because

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 we are not

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 relying on that

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 sin for our

00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:19.419
 salvation

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 we are trusting

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.359
 in Jesus

00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:23.859
 he is our

00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:24.279
 righteousness

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:25.819
 and if you're

00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:26.439
 not a Christian

00:27:26.439 --> 00:27:27.939
 then as we

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 sing these

00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:28.599
 words

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 ponder them

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 and think

00:27:30.879 --> 00:27:31.219
 through what

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 the foundation

00:27:31.719 --> 00:27:32.299
 of our faith

00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:32.479
 is

00:27:32.479 --> 00:27:33.359
 it is not

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 how we live

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:36.920
 that is not

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.500
 the foundation

00:27:37.500 --> 00:27:38.100
 of our faith

00:27:38.100 --> 00:27:39.059
 our foundation

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:39.680
 of our relationship

00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:40.180
 with God

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:41.579
 Jesus is

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 and I hope you

00:27:42.340 --> 00:27:42.740
 see it through

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.259
 these words

00:27:43.259 --> 00:27:44.200
 let's stand

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:44.500
 and sing

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 1, 2, 3

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 are you

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 having a broken

00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:02.100
 wind

00:28:02.100 --> 00:28:03.660
 overwhelmed

00:28:03.660 --> 00:28:05.220
 by the weight

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:06.420
 of your sin

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:09.000
 Jesus is calling

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:12.900
 have you come

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:14.080
 to the end

00:28:14.079 --> 00:28:15.419
 of yourself

00:28:15.419 --> 00:28:18.319
 Do you thirst for a drink

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:19.639
 from the well

00:28:19.639 --> 00:28:22.399
 Jesus is calling

00:28:22.399 --> 00:28:27.779
 Come to

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:29.839
 the altar

00:28:29.839 --> 00:28:32.299
 The Father's

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:33.960
 alms are open

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:36.079
 My forgiveness

00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:38.179
 was bought

00:28:38.179 --> 00:28:40.500
 with the precious

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:42.599
 blood of Jesus

00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:44.299
 Christ

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:54.319
 Leave behind your

00:28:54.319 --> 00:28:56.279
 regrets and mistakes

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:58.039
 Come today

00:28:58.039 --> 00:29:00.539
 there's no reason to wait

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:02.919
 Jesus is calling

00:29:02.919 --> 00:29:07.099
 Bring your sorrows

00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:08.980
 and trade them for joy

00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:11.099
 From the ashes

00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:12.779
 A new life is born

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:15.719
 Jesus is calling

00:29:15.719 --> 00:29:19.159
 O come to

00:29:19.159 --> 00:29:21.099
 the altar

00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:22.819
 The Father's

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:24.779
 alms are open

00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:26.460
 Life forgiveness

00:29:26.460 --> 00:29:26.779
 Our open life

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.259
 forgiveness

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:29.819
 was bought with

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:32.460
 the precious blood

00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:34.639
 of Jesus Christ

00:29:34.639 --> 00:29:36.059
 O come to

00:29:36.059 --> 00:29:37.779
 the altar

00:29:37.779 --> 00:29:40.460
 The Father's

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:42.079
 alms are open

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:44.180
 Life forgiveness

00:29:44.180 --> 00:29:46.839
 was bought with

00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:48.779
 the precious blood

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:50.779
 of Jesus Christ

00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:52.460
 Jesus Christ

00:29:52.460 --> 00:30:09.000
 Oh what a Savior

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:14.379
 Isn't he wonderful

00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:16.380
 sing hallelujah

00:30:16.380 --> 00:30:20.380
 Christ is risen

00:30:20.380 --> 00:30:28.380
 Oh what a Savior

00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:34.380
 Isn't he wonderful

00:30:34.380 --> 00:30:36.380
 sing hallelujah

00:30:36.380 --> 00:30:37.380
 Christ is risen

00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:42.380
 Oh what a Savior

00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:46.380
 Isn't he wonderful

00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:48.380
 sing hallelujah

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:52.380
 Christ is risen

00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:53.380
 Christ is risen

00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:57.440
 For he is Lord

00:30:57.440 --> 00:31:02.440
 For he is Lord

00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:02.480
 for he is Lord

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:03.380
 of all

00:31:03.380 --> 00:31:04.380
 sing hallelujah

00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:06.380
 sing hallelujah

00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:07.380
 Christ is risen

00:31:07.380 --> 00:31:08.380
 For he is Lord

00:31:08.380 --> 00:31:09.380
 Christ is risen

00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:10.380
 in the Lord

00:31:10.380 --> 00:31:11.380
 of all

00:31:11.380 --> 00:31:12.380
 sing hallelujah

00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:13.380
 sing hallelujah

00:31:13.380 --> 00:31:14.380
 Amen

00:31:14.380 --> 00:31:15.380
 Oh come to

00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:17.380
 the altar

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:19.380
 The Father's

00:31:19.380 --> 00:31:21.380
 alms are open

00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:23.380
 Life forgiveness

00:31:23.380 --> 00:31:25.380
 was bought with

00:31:25.380 --> 00:31:27.380
 the precious blood

00:31:27.380 --> 00:31:29.380
 of Jesus Christ

00:31:29.380 --> 00:31:31.380
 Oh come to

00:31:31.380 --> 00:31:33.380
 the altar

00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:35.380
 The Father's

00:31:35.380 --> 00:31:37.380
 alms are open

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:39.380
 hope and wide

00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:41.380
 For forgiveness

00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:43.380
 was bought with

00:31:43.380 --> 00:31:45.380
 the precious blood

00:31:45.380 --> 00:31:47.380
 of Jesus Christ

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:59.380
 May you cross as you wait for the crown

00:31:59.380 --> 00:32:01.380
 Tell the world

00:32:01.380 --> 00:32:05.380
 Tell the world of the treasure you've found