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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace.

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 Join us.

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 We're going to talk about the light of the world this morning.

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 Before we do that, this is a special morning because you get a bonus sermon.

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 That's nervous laughter.

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 Before the actual sermon, you get an extra one.

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 We have come to a section in our study of John's gospel that almost certainly doesn't belong here.

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 So I'm not going to preach on it.

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 It's John 7, verse 53, through chapter 8, verse 11.

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 It's probably in brackets in your Bible if you're looking at it there.

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 And I want to address this situation briefly before we turn to our text for this morning.

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 Two things about this strange section that are really important to me.

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 The first is that this should strengthen, not weaken, your confidence in the Bible.

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 The primary reason that we know that this story does not belong here is that we have over 5,000 manuscripts and fragments of the New Testament.

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 Thousands more than any other historical document studied from this period in history.

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 And so we can now trace that the earliest of those handwritten copies of John's gospel, all the way back to around 200 A.D., do not contain this account.

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 They go from 752 to what is now labeled 812.

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 And we have tremendous records that show the reliability of the Scripture.

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 So in the small number of cases where it is hard to know what was original, there is no matter of history or doctrine that is at stake in any of those.

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 What a gift that is, that we can confidently study the Word of God.

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 The Word that He has given to His people that He's preserved for us by His Spirit.

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 And that is why I've chosen not to preach on this story of Jesus and the woman caught in adultery, even though I would really like to.

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 It's a great story.

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 If you can't say amen to anything to that, you should say amen to that.

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 Well, we need to hear from God, not from you.

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 That said, this story where religious leaders seek to trap Jesus by bringing a woman caught in the act of adultery to Him and asking if she should be stoned.

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 Where Jesus eventually responds, let him who is without sin cast the first stone.

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 Where they then one by one walk away.

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 And Jesus then tells the woman, neither do I condemn you.

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 Go and sin no more.

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 That story, which you may have heard, most likely really happened.

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 It sounds like Jesus, doesn't it?

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 It sounds like the religious leaders that we read about elsewhere.

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 And so this is the second important thing I want to tell you.

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 The beautiful truth of this story you don't have to throw away.

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 Because it illustrates powerfully truth that the Bible teaches elsewhere.

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 Many of us love this story.

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 I would love to preach it.

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 Because it's a beautiful picture of Jesus' forgiveness, isn't it?

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 It powerfully pictures the order of Christianity.

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 First grace, then godly living.

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 Go and sin no more.

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 This is so important.

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 Because this order is reversed from most other religions in the world and most of the instincts of our hearts.

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 They're backwards from this.

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 Christianity is not, we love God and neighbor well enough, then God loves us.

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 That's not what the Bible says.

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 It's not be godly and then God will accept you.

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 No, it is first grace.

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 Neither do I condemn you.

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 God loves and accepts you.

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 Then godly living.

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 Go and sin no more.

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 Because of the incredible heart transforming, life changing forgiveness you've received your whole life is different.

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 Friends, that's the good news of Jesus Christ and the whole Bible.

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 And this story illustrates that truth that we know already from the rest of Scripture.

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 So celebrate that relationship you have with God before you do anything for God.

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 End of bonus sermon.

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 Let's pray and then we'll move on to more really, really good news.

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 Pray with me.

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 Father, we thank you for your word.

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 We so need it.

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 We need to hear your voice.

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 And so we've opened it this morning.

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 Would you so work by your spirit that we would trust you, that we would find life in you, that we would place our hope in you.

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 We ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 People around the world throughout the centuries have celebrated the power and the beauty of light.

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 Some have worshipped the sun.

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 Hindus in India celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights.

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 Imagine that you went every year with your kids to the July 4th fireworks and y'all just enjoyed them together and you wanted them to know what was really being celebrated when all these fireworks went off.

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 And it was going to be the very last time that you were with your kids for this celebration.

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 You'd want to talk about sacrifice and freedom and such things as that that these celebrate.

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 The Jewish people gathered in Jerusalem gathered in Jerusalem each year to celebrate the feast of booths.

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 To remember God's provision bringing them out of Egypt and walking them toward the promised land.

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 They lived in these makeshift tents for a week as they did for 40 years when they wandered while God fed them with manna.

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 And now all of a sudden here is Jesus, the bread of life we read about in chapter 6.

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 There was the water celebration as part of this festival in the temple that Pastor Derek taught us about last week.

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 As Jesus came and promised living water to those who believed in him just like the water God gave from the rock back in the wilderness.

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 But God also led his people when they had no idea where to go in that desert wilderness.

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 His glorious presence in the fiery pillar every dark night.

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 It gave them light for this whole huge caravan of Israelites to follow.

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 And that was celebrated at this festival.

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 Every night what they would do there in the temple is that they would climb ladders to the top of four golden lampstands.

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 And they would fill four huge, these massive tall lampstands would have massive golden bowls that they would fill with oil.

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 And they would light them aflame at the end of the evening.

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 And it illumined the whole city of God.

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 Jewish records reveal this.

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 There was not a courtyard in Jerusalem that did not reflect the light of these lamps.

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 Could you imagine how far that's stretching?

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 Everywhere it's reflecting.

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 People cheered and they celebrated the promise of the prophet Isaiah.

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 That a great light would one day shine on the land of darkness.

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 That a Messiah was coming to be the light of the nations.

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 That's the setting for what Jesus says right here.

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 You've got to feel that excitement.

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 This annual celebration that they've all gathered for.

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 And then remember, this is the last feast of booths that Jesus will have here.

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 He wants to tell them what they're really celebrating that they may not realize.

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 John 8 and verse 12.

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 God's holy, inerrant, infallible word.

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 Again, Jesus spoke to them saying,

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 I am the light of the world.

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 Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness,

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 but will have the light of life.

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 So the Pharisees said to him,

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 You're bearing witness about yourself.

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 Your testimony is not true.

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 Jesus answered,

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 Even if I do bear witness about myself,

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 my testimony is true,

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 for I know where I came from and where I am going.

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 But you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

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 You judge according to the flesh.

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 I judge no one.

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 Yet even if I do judge,

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 my judgment is true,

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 for it is not I alone who judge,

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 but I am the Father who sent me.

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 In your law,

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 it is written that the testimony of two men is true.

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 I am the one who bears witness about myself,

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 and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.

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 They said to him,

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 Therefore,

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 Where is your Father?

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 Jesus answered,

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 You know neither me nor my Father.

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 If you knew me,

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 you would know my Father also.

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 These words he spoke in the treasury

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 as he taught in the temple.

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 But no one arrested him

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 because his hour had not yet come.

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 So he said to them again,

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 I am going away,

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 and you will seek me,

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 and you will die in your sin.

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 Where I am going,

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 you cannot come.

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 So the Jews said,

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 Will he kill himself

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 since he says where I am going,

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 you cannot come?

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 He said to them,

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 You are from below.

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 I am from above.

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 You are of this world.

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 I am not of this world.

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 I told you that you would die in your sins,

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 for unless you believe that I am he,

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 you will die in your sins.

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 So they said to him,

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 Who are you?

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 Jesus said to them,

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 Just what I have been telling you

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 from the beginning.

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 I have much to say about you

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 and much to judge,

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 but he who sent me is true,

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 and I declare to the world

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 what I have heard from him.

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 They did not understand

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 that he had been speaking to them

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 about the Father.

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 So Jesus said to them,

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 When you have lifted up the Son of Man,

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 then you will know

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 that I am he

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 and that I do nothing

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 on my own authority

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 but speak just

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 as the Father taught me.

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 And he who sent me is with me.

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 He has not left me alone,

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 for I always do the things

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 that are pleasing to him.

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 As he was saying these things,

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 many believed in him.

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 There is very little scarier to me

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 in a dark room at night

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 than Legos.

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 I have broken CDs.

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 I have bumped my knee on bed frames.

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 But nothing makes me more desperate

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 for a light to be turned on

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 than realizing that there are Legos

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 all over the floor,

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 and I don't know where they are,

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 and I'm stuck in the middle.

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 We all live in painful darkness like that,

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 just in different ways.

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 The darkness of this broken world

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 that Jesus acknowledges

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 that we face, all of us.

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 In this room, just individually,

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 we're facing the mental darkness

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 of depression,

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 of dementia,

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 struggling to help those

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 who are battling

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 those difficult situations.

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 The emotional darkness

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 of being left out

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 by friends,

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 of feeling overlooked

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 by everyone.

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 It's easy to feel alone

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 in a dark room

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 with no light,

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 and it hurts.

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 But then many of us

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 feel not so much

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 the alone dark room.

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 We feel like we live

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 in a crowded dark room

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 where we're just constantly

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 bumping into others.

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 We wake up uncertain,

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 anxious about life,

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 torn over schooling decisions

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 for our children,

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 facing conflict

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 with classmates

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 and coworkers,

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 and we're walking

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 into it again.

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 We end up in arguments

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 about elections,

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 not knowing how to handle money.

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 What will I do today

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 to eat?

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 How do I organize

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 my business

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 so I can provide

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 for my family tomorrow?

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 We're fearing

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 unknown threats

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 from Russia,

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 wondering if I really know

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 what I'm doing in life,

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 honestly feeling

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 less than,

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 probably,

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 I think to myself,

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 more confused

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 than everyone else is

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 about how to do life.

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 Then there's

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 the unconfessed sin.

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 Sin we're hiding,

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 probably unwilling to admit

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 even to ourselves.

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 The greed,

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 the addiction,

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 the pornography,

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 disobedience to parents,

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 the bitterness

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 and resentment

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 that we harbor,

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 the anger

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 we lose control of.

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 Need me to keep going?

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 But this aspect

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 of darkness,

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 Jesus is

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 specifically clear about

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 that this darkness

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 in us,

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 if we keep that sin

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 unconfessed,

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 if we don't believe

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 in Him

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 as the light

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 that exposes

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 and expels

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 our sin,

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 we will die

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 in our sins.

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 That is serious.

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 Friends,

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 we are a

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 desperate people,

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 yes?

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 As enlightened

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 as we like

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 to call ourselves

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 sometimes,

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 we are desperately

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 needing deliverance

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 from the darkness

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 within us,

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 the darkness

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 around us,

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 aren't we?

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 Isn't that true

00:16:31.740 --> 00:16:32.320
 of us?

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 Now,

00:16:34.540 --> 00:16:34.920
 some days

00:16:34.920 --> 00:16:35.380
 we prefer

00:16:35.380 --> 00:16:36.300
 to live in denial

00:16:36.300 --> 00:16:37.420
 about that.

00:16:37.980 --> 00:16:39.220
 Life is fine.

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 I mean,

00:16:40.320 --> 00:16:41.400
 I totally know

00:16:41.400 --> 00:16:42.220
 what to do

00:16:42.220 --> 00:16:43.160
 all the time

00:16:43.160 --> 00:16:44.320
 in every situation,

00:16:44.460 --> 00:16:44.860
 don't you?

00:16:46.440 --> 00:16:47.980
 With all our society's

00:16:47.980 --> 00:16:49.300
 technological advancements,

00:16:49.420 --> 00:16:50.420
 we have finally

00:16:50.420 --> 00:16:50.980
 now,

00:16:51.180 --> 00:16:52.340
 in our enlightened society,

00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:53.200
 figured it all out

00:16:53.200 --> 00:16:53.780
 and gotten life

00:16:53.780 --> 00:16:54.320
 under control.

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 Isn't that what

00:16:54.820 --> 00:16:55.440
 your phone has done

00:16:55.440 --> 00:16:55.820
 for you?

00:16:56.680 --> 00:16:57.420
 It's made everything

00:16:57.420 --> 00:16:58.260
 simpler for me.

00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:01.800
 Sure,

00:17:01.900 --> 00:17:02.140
 Pastor,

00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:02.700
 I can be

00:17:02.700 --> 00:17:04.000
 totally transparent,

00:17:04.640 --> 00:17:05.519
 totally comfortable

00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:06.539
 with every thought

00:17:06.539 --> 00:17:07.340
 and word

00:17:07.340 --> 00:17:08.000
 and deed

00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:08.740
 that I have,

00:17:08.740 --> 00:17:09.579
 every fear

00:17:09.579 --> 00:17:10.299
 and failure.

00:17:10.920 --> 00:17:12.019
 Expose any of them.

00:17:12.539 --> 00:17:13.539
 Tell my wife

00:17:13.539 --> 00:17:14.440
 all of them.

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 Scroll them

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 on the screen

00:17:16.140 --> 00:17:16.740
 for everybody

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 to see this morning.

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 No darkness here.

00:17:19.779 --> 00:17:20.000
 Nope.

00:17:20.259 --> 00:17:21.079
 Bring it on.

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 No way.

00:17:26.380 --> 00:17:26.900
 No.

00:17:26.900 --> 00:17:26.940
 No.

00:17:28.339 --> 00:17:29.480
 Like the Israelites

00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:31.720
 in the dark desert,

00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:33.059
 uncertain

00:17:33.059 --> 00:17:34.620
 where to go next.

00:17:34.619 --> 00:17:38.039
 in the temple courts,

00:17:38.339 --> 00:17:39.139
 at the feast,

00:17:39.399 --> 00:17:40.359
 uncertain really

00:17:40.359 --> 00:17:42.039
 how to follow God

00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:43.219
 or where they're

00:17:43.219 --> 00:17:44.199
 going to find freedom

00:17:44.199 --> 00:17:45.579
 from Rome.

00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:47.399
 We desperately,

00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:48.159
 like them,

00:17:48.259 --> 00:17:48.979
 need light

00:17:48.979 --> 00:17:50.139
 from outside

00:17:50.139 --> 00:17:51.159
 of ourselves.

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 I hope we can be honest

00:17:53.219 --> 00:17:53.839
 about that

00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:54.879
 in our hearts.

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 I hope we can be honest

00:17:56.739 --> 00:17:57.219
 about that

00:17:57.219 --> 00:17:58.079
 with one another

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 as well.

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 Share a struggle

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 of darkness

00:18:01.179 --> 00:18:02.319
 with someone today.

00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:03.799
 it will make the light

00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:05.079
 so much sweeter.

00:18:07.019 --> 00:18:07.259
 See,

00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:08.419
 that's the context

00:18:08.419 --> 00:18:09.819
 into which

00:18:09.819 --> 00:18:11.119
 Jesus announces

00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:12.500
 his second

00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:13.099
 great

00:18:13.099 --> 00:18:14.579
 I am

00:18:14.579 --> 00:18:15.419
 statement

00:18:15.419 --> 00:18:16.819
 in the Gospel

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 of John.

00:18:19.220 --> 00:18:20.740
 I am

00:18:20.740 --> 00:18:22.159
 the light

00:18:22.159 --> 00:18:24.159
 of the world.

00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:26.339
 What does he mean?

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 Let's connect

00:18:28.059 --> 00:18:28.619
 some dots

00:18:28.619 --> 00:18:29.119
 briefly.

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 I am

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 the very

00:18:32.319 --> 00:18:33.099
 presence

00:18:33.099 --> 00:18:34.219
 of Yahweh

00:18:34.219 --> 00:18:34.919
 himself

00:18:34.919 --> 00:18:35.959
 with you

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 to guide you

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 step by step

00:18:37.819 --> 00:18:39.219
 in this dark world

00:18:39.219 --> 00:18:40.259
 until you reach

00:18:40.259 --> 00:18:41.259
 the promised land.

00:18:43.019 --> 00:18:43.679
 In fact,

00:18:43.739 --> 00:18:44.819
 apart from me,

00:18:45.079 --> 00:18:45.839
 verse 12,

00:18:46.219 --> 00:18:46.959
 you will be

00:18:46.959 --> 00:18:47.939
 stuck in

00:18:47.939 --> 00:18:48.659
 darkness

00:18:48.659 --> 00:18:49.739
 with

00:18:49.739 --> 00:18:51.079
 no true

00:18:51.079 --> 00:18:52.219
 sense of direction

00:18:52.219 --> 00:18:53.839
 in this life.

00:18:53.839 --> 00:18:56.059
 and it's

00:18:56.059 --> 00:18:56.799
 not merely,

00:18:56.980 --> 00:18:57.419
 Jesus says,

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 that I show you

00:18:58.459 --> 00:18:58.919
 how to live

00:18:58.919 --> 00:19:00.159
 to get to God.

00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:00.439
 No,

00:19:00.659 --> 00:19:00.819
 no,

00:19:00.859 --> 00:19:00.939
 no.

00:19:01.059 --> 00:19:02.259
 I am God

00:19:02.259 --> 00:19:03.899
 come to you.

00:19:04.220 --> 00:19:05.199
 Verse 19,

00:19:05.480 --> 00:19:07.039
 if you know me,

00:19:07.699 --> 00:19:08.319
 Jesus says,

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 you know the Father.

00:19:11.019 --> 00:19:12.579
 I will lead you

00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:14.319
 out of your sin

00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:15.159
 if you will

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 but believe,

00:19:16.459 --> 00:19:17.240
 verse 24,

00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:18.839
 that I am

00:19:18.839 --> 00:19:19.399
 he,

00:19:19.659 --> 00:19:20.379
 that I am

00:19:20.379 --> 00:19:20.959
 the one

00:19:20.959 --> 00:19:21.480
 the Father

00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:22.119
 has sent

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 as the light

00:19:22.960 --> 00:19:23.600
 of the world,

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 the promised

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 light of the nations

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 that you've been

00:19:27.059 --> 00:19:28.039
 longing for,

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 the glory

00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:30.380
 of God

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 risen upon you

00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:32.920
 with his people

00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:33.980
 like the pillar

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 of fire,

00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:36.000
 the one

00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:37.420
 the lamp stands

00:19:37.420 --> 00:19:38.319
 remind you

00:19:38.319 --> 00:19:39.279
 to hope in

00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:40.200
 every year.

00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:41.380
 Here I am!

00:19:43.019 --> 00:19:43.660
 Are you beginning

00:19:43.660 --> 00:19:44.360
 to see

00:19:44.360 --> 00:19:45.100
 what a

00:19:45.100 --> 00:19:46.319
 grand

00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:48.059
 and glorious

00:19:48.059 --> 00:19:49.059
 statement

00:19:49.059 --> 00:19:50.600
 Jesus is making

00:19:50.600 --> 00:19:50.819
 here?

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 Can you imagine

00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:52.680
 being there

00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:53.160
 and hearing

00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:54.200
 him pronounce

00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:55.380
 who he is?

00:19:55.620 --> 00:19:56.740
 The light

00:19:56.740 --> 00:19:58.320
 of the world.

00:19:58.960 --> 00:19:59.960
 This is the light

00:19:59.960 --> 00:20:01.180
 that John told us

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:02.360
 about in chapter 1.

00:20:02.700 --> 00:20:04.240
 In him was life

00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:06.200
 and that life

00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:07.380
 was the light

00:20:07.380 --> 00:20:08.960
 of men.

00:20:09.840 --> 00:20:10.440
 Light

00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:11.440
 that shines

00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:12.400
 in the darkness

00:20:12.400 --> 00:20:13.620
 and the darkness

00:20:13.620 --> 00:20:14.860
 has not overcome it.

00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:15.120
 Light

00:20:15.120 --> 00:20:16.299
 that powerful.

00:20:16.400 --> 00:20:17.259
 Remember the power

00:20:17.259 --> 00:20:17.960
 of light?

00:20:18.560 --> 00:20:18.860
 Have you been

00:20:18.860 --> 00:20:19.840
 in a dark cave

00:20:19.840 --> 00:20:20.640
 where you wave

00:20:20.640 --> 00:20:21.380
 your hand right here

00:20:21.380 --> 00:20:22.040
 in front of your nose

00:20:22.040 --> 00:20:22.580
 and you can't even

00:20:22.580 --> 00:20:23.120
 see it?

00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:24.600
 And then all of a sudden

00:20:24.600 --> 00:20:25.440
 somebody turns

00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:25.940
 on the light

00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:27.220
 and the power

00:20:27.220 --> 00:20:28.000
 of that light

00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:29.440
 drives out

00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:30.660
 the oppressive

00:20:30.660 --> 00:20:31.920
 overwhelming

00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:32.700
 darkness.

00:20:33.640 --> 00:20:34.720
 It's the light

00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:35.620
 of life

00:20:35.620 --> 00:20:37.460
 that Jesus

00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:39.440
 says he is

00:20:39.440 --> 00:20:40.240
 again

00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:42.060
 verse 12.

00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:44.400
 Light

00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:45.040
 is the

00:20:45.040 --> 00:20:46.160
 source

00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:46.960
 of all

00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:48.140
 life

00:20:48.140 --> 00:20:48.800
 and creation

00:20:48.800 --> 00:20:49.400
 isn't it?

00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:49.720
 Think

00:20:49.720 --> 00:20:51.180
 photosynthesis.

00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:53.100
 It produces

00:20:53.100 --> 00:20:54.220
 life.

00:20:54.580 --> 00:20:55.860
 It guides

00:20:55.860 --> 00:20:56.460
 life.

00:20:56.800 --> 00:20:57.320
 So instead

00:20:57.320 --> 00:20:58.220
 of death

00:20:58.220 --> 00:20:59.340
 and darkness

00:20:59.340 --> 00:21:00.900
 of sin

00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:01.900
 Jesus

00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:02.600
 is promising

00:21:02.600 --> 00:21:03.100
 to be the one

00:21:03.100 --> 00:21:04.080
 who brings life

00:21:04.080 --> 00:21:05.300
 in every way

00:21:05.300 --> 00:21:05.900
 physically

00:21:05.900 --> 00:21:06.940
 emotionally

00:21:06.940 --> 00:21:08.200
 spiritually.

00:21:09.140 --> 00:21:09.520
 Could it

00:21:09.520 --> 00:21:10.840
 really be true?

00:21:11.080 --> 00:21:12.200
 I need that.

00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:12.240
 light.

00:21:15.460 --> 00:21:16.279
 Many of us

00:21:16.279 --> 00:21:17.000
 are so deep

00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.740
 in our darkness

00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:19.460
 that we fear

00:21:19.460 --> 00:21:20.160
 there is no

00:21:20.160 --> 00:21:21.519
 true light.

00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:26.559
 Or if there is

00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:27.759
 or possibly could be

00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:28.720
 it can't be Jesus.

00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:31.400
 What he promises

00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:33.360
 is too fantastical

00:21:33.360 --> 00:21:34.259
 and there couldn't

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:35.519
 be that great

00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:36.700
 of a light

00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:38.319
 that could actually

00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:39.500
 shine into my

00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:39.880
 darkness.

00:21:40.019 --> 00:21:41.160
 I just see no light

00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:41.920
 at the end of the tunnel

00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:42.180
 will.

00:21:43.800 --> 00:21:44.400
 The darkness

00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:45.480
 is too real.

00:21:47.560 --> 00:21:48.080
 Listen.

00:21:49.580 --> 00:21:50.640
 Jesus says

00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:52.100
 I know all too

00:21:52.100 --> 00:21:52.820
 well that the

00:21:52.820 --> 00:21:53.720
 darkness is

00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:54.259
 real.

00:21:54.620 --> 00:21:55.220
 Hang with me.

00:21:55.340 --> 00:21:56.060
 I'm not asking you

00:21:56.060 --> 00:21:56.860
 to deny that.

00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:57.779
 Hang with me

00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:58.360
 Jesus says

00:21:58.360 --> 00:21:59.519
 because I am going

00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:00.920
 to a cross

00:22:00.920 --> 00:22:02.259
 to lay down

00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:03.460
 my life.

00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:04.700
 Verse 28

00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:05.660
 when you have

00:22:05.660 --> 00:22:06.720
 lifted up

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.600
 the son

00:22:07.600 --> 00:22:08.480
 of man

00:22:08.480 --> 00:22:09.180
 we know in

00:22:09.180 --> 00:22:09.900
 John's gospel

00:22:09.900 --> 00:22:10.920
 that's the cross

00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.220
 right?

00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:12.460
 then you will

00:22:12.460 --> 00:22:12.960
 know

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:15.120
 that I am

00:22:15.120 --> 00:22:15.539
 he.

00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.779
 Then when

00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:18.940
 he dies

00:22:18.940 --> 00:22:20.860
 when darkness

00:22:20.860 --> 00:22:21.759
 comes in the

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:22.319
 middle of the

00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:22.799
 day

00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:23.680
 we'll know

00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:24.839
 he's the source

00:22:24.839 --> 00:22:25.620
 of life

00:22:25.620 --> 00:22:26.700
 and light.

00:22:27.700 --> 00:22:28.259
 Yes.

00:22:29.100 --> 00:22:30.000
 That's why the

00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:31.000
 darkness goes

00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:31.480
 out then.

00:22:31.860 --> 00:22:32.420
 That's why

00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:33.400
 creation mourns.

00:22:33.880 --> 00:22:34.759
 We'll see he's

00:22:34.759 --> 00:22:35.740
 not in that

00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.600
 moment merely

00:22:36.600 --> 00:22:37.680
 blowing smoke

00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:38.299
 with all these

00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:38.960
 claims to

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:39.659
 to gather

00:22:39.659 --> 00:22:40.279
 followers

00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:41.299
 and become

00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:42.200
 a celebrity.

00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:43.399
 No, no.

00:22:43.659 --> 00:22:44.379
 His life

00:22:44.379 --> 00:22:44.980
 is really

00:22:44.980 --> 00:22:45.559
 about

00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:47.000
 sacrificing

00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:48.180
 for others

00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:48.720
 so that

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.759
 they get

00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:50.200
 life.

00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:50.839
 Now we

00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:51.899
 see it.

00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.279
 Doesn't it

00:22:53.279 --> 00:22:53.759
 resonate

00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:54.779
 with your

00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:55.980
 inner sense

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:56.779
 of worth

00:22:56.779 --> 00:22:58.099
 and dignity

00:22:58.099 --> 00:22:59.419
 and value

00:22:59.419 --> 00:22:59.899
 that you were

00:22:59.899 --> 00:23:00.639
 created for

00:23:00.639 --> 00:23:01.399
 to be loved

00:23:01.399 --> 00:23:02.339
 like that?

00:23:02.339 --> 00:23:04.179
 Jesus is

00:23:04.179 --> 00:23:04.619
 saying that

00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:05.240
 he is the

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.819
 voice

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:06.879
 from the

00:23:06.879 --> 00:23:07.359
 outside

00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:08.599
 world.

00:23:09.619 --> 00:23:10.220
 He comes

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:10.980
 from beyond

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.839
 this world

00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:13.059
 verse 23

00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:14.139
 he's that

00:23:14.139 --> 00:23:14.819
 one that

00:23:14.819 --> 00:23:15.199
 can then

00:23:15.199 --> 00:23:16.319
 shine light

00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:17.399
 into all

00:23:17.399 --> 00:23:17.839
 of this

00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.500
 world's

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:19.399
 confused

00:23:19.399 --> 00:23:20.480
 uncertain

00:23:20.480 --> 00:23:21.179
 darkness.

00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:23.240
 See Jesus

00:23:23.240 --> 00:23:23.939
 doesn't ask

00:23:23.939 --> 00:23:24.759
 you to deny

00:23:24.759 --> 00:23:25.799
 your deep

00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:26.319
 darkness.

00:23:26.859 --> 00:23:27.339
 No, no, no.

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.299
 That's not how

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:29.399
 he gets rid

00:23:29.399 --> 00:23:30.059
 of the darkness.

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:31.319
 He enters

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:32.740
 right into

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.519
 the darkness

00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:34.240
 for us

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:35.559
 when he dies

00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:36.559
 to give us

00:23:36.559 --> 00:23:37.259
 life

00:23:37.259 --> 00:23:38.439
 because he knows

00:23:38.439 --> 00:23:39.299
 that apart from

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:40.279
 his intervention

00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:41.439
 that aspect

00:23:41.439 --> 00:23:42.519
 of our darkness

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:43.220
 will be

00:23:43.220 --> 00:23:43.879
 permanently

00:23:43.879 --> 00:23:44.679
 hopeless

00:23:44.679 --> 00:23:45.439
 will be

00:23:45.439 --> 00:23:46.220
 left

00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:47.019
 stuck

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.980
 in our

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.899
 sins.

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:50.599
 So he is

00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:51.659
 the light

00:23:51.659 --> 00:23:52.799
 that we

00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:53.879
 desperately

00:23:53.879 --> 00:23:55.200
 need.

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:56.379
 Listen

00:23:56.379 --> 00:23:57.619
 the kind of

00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:58.200
 light we need

00:23:58.200 --> 00:23:58.819
 is light that

00:23:58.819 --> 00:23:59.659
 says you can

00:23:59.659 --> 00:24:00.700
 call darkness

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.500
 darkness

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:03.660
 and yet

00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:04.259
 have hope.

00:24:05.420 --> 00:24:06.080
 That you

00:24:06.080 --> 00:24:06.779
 can admit

00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:08.039
 your confusion

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:09.160
 as a parent

00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:10.600
 and not

00:24:10.600 --> 00:24:11.200
 lose heart.

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:13.160
 That you

00:24:13.160 --> 00:24:14.000
 can acknowledge

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:15.160
 your repeated

00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:16.180
 struggle with

00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:16.840
 the same

00:24:16.840 --> 00:24:17.580
 sin

00:24:17.580 --> 00:24:18.860
 and not be

00:24:18.860 --> 00:24:19.380
 condemned.

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:20.920
 That you

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:21.360
 can look

00:24:21.360 --> 00:24:21.960
 death

00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:22.740
 itself

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.799
 in the face

00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:24.940
 and cry

00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:25.799
 and yell

00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.980
 and grieve

00:24:26.980 --> 00:24:28.480
 and know

00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.120
 at the same

00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:29.920
 time that

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:30.440
 it does

00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:31.000
 not get

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.500
 the last

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:31.960
 laugh

00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:32.519
 and you

00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:32.799
 can have

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.120
 hope.

00:24:34.059 --> 00:24:34.620
 That's

00:24:34.620 --> 00:24:35.259
 the kind

00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:35.880
 of light

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:36.620
 that we

00:24:36.620 --> 00:24:37.240
 desperately

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:37.720
 need in

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.319
 our darkness.

00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:39.200
 Light

00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:39.940
 that will

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:40.559
 shine

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:41.299
 again.

00:24:41.380 --> 00:24:41.559
 Amen?

00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:42.700
 Glory

00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:43.599
 to the

00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:44.079
 light

00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:44.860
 of the

00:24:44.860 --> 00:24:45.480
 world.

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.460
 That's

00:24:47.460 --> 00:24:47.839
 what Jesus

00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:48.420
 comes to

00:24:48.420 --> 00:24:48.680
 be

00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:50.099
 for us.

00:24:50.099 --> 00:24:53.319
 how can

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:53.759
 this happen

00:24:53.759 --> 00:24:54.299
 for you

00:24:54.299 --> 00:24:56.219
 in your

00:24:56.219 --> 00:24:56.619
 darkness?

00:24:59.259 --> 00:24:59.939
 Listen to

00:24:59.939 --> 00:25:00.319
 this last

00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:00.759
 bit of good

00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:01.059
 news

00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:02.299
 in verse

00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:02.699
 12.

00:25:03.959 --> 00:25:04.179
 Jesus

00:25:04.179 --> 00:25:04.740
 is being

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.119
 the light

00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:05.359
 of the

00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:05.699
 world

00:25:05.699 --> 00:25:07.779
 means those

00:25:07.779 --> 00:25:08.299
 who follow

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:08.699
 him

00:25:08.699 --> 00:25:10.339
 who believe

00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:10.899
 who he is

00:25:10.899 --> 00:25:11.740
 who embrace

00:25:11.740 --> 00:25:12.799
 him as

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.679
 their light

00:25:13.679 --> 00:25:15.199
 not only

00:25:15.199 --> 00:25:15.899
 will not

00:25:15.899 --> 00:25:16.679
 walk in

00:25:16.679 --> 00:25:17.319
 darkness

00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:18.579
 even when

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:19.379
 life's hard

00:25:19.380 --> 00:25:20.380
 there's hope

00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:20.960
 and there's

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.480
 purpose

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:23.120
 but also

00:25:23.120 --> 00:25:24.340
 how does

00:25:24.340 --> 00:25:24.680
 it end?

00:25:25.800 --> 00:25:26.840
 We'll have

00:25:26.840 --> 00:25:28.340
 the light

00:25:28.340 --> 00:25:30.180
 of life.

00:25:30.540 --> 00:25:31.080
 Catch this

00:25:31.080 --> 00:25:31.480
 don't miss

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:31.700
 this.

00:25:32.320 --> 00:25:32.940
 What is

00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:33.380
 the light

00:25:33.380 --> 00:25:34.000
 of life?

00:25:35.120 --> 00:25:35.340
 It's

00:25:35.340 --> 00:25:35.800
 Jesus

00:25:35.800 --> 00:25:36.260
 right?

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:36.880
 He just

00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:37.440
 told us

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:37.760
 that.

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.340
 The light

00:25:39.340 --> 00:25:40.320
 himself

00:25:40.320 --> 00:25:41.680
 we will

00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:42.460
 have

00:25:42.460 --> 00:25:43.460
 within

00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.140
 us.

00:25:44.860 --> 00:25:45.000
 Do you

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.160
 remember

00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:45.940
 just a few

00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.580
 verses ago

00:25:46.580 --> 00:25:47.940
 when Jesus

00:25:47.940 --> 00:25:48.340
 set the

00:25:48.340 --> 00:25:48.840
 living

00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.659
 waters

00:25:49.659 --> 00:25:50.879
 would flow

00:25:50.879 --> 00:25:52.119
 to us

00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:53.399
 and then

00:25:53.399 --> 00:25:54.559
 through us

00:25:54.559 --> 00:25:55.599
 his Holy

00:25:55.599 --> 00:25:56.259
 Spirit

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:57.519
 his presence

00:25:57.519 --> 00:25:58.119
 in us

00:25:58.119 --> 00:25:58.839
 to give

00:25:58.839 --> 00:25:59.379
 life

00:25:59.379 --> 00:26:00.139
 just as the

00:26:00.139 --> 00:26:01.000
 water flowed

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.480
 from the

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.019
 temple at

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.559
 the festival

00:26:02.559 --> 00:26:04.199
 now as

00:26:04.199 --> 00:26:04.859
 they finish

00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:05.599
 the celebrations

00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:06.179
 and the

00:26:06.179 --> 00:26:06.959
 lampstands

00:26:06.959 --> 00:26:07.839
 blaze

00:26:07.839 --> 00:26:09.220
 as they

00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:10.099
 start reflecting

00:26:10.099 --> 00:26:11.079
 off of every

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.859
 courtyard in

00:26:11.859 --> 00:26:12.359
 Jerusalem

00:26:12.359 --> 00:26:13.639
 Jesus says

00:26:13.639 --> 00:26:14.199
 the same

00:26:14.199 --> 00:26:14.740
 thing about

00:26:14.740 --> 00:26:15.099
 light.

00:26:15.579 --> 00:26:16.240
 He comes

00:26:16.240 --> 00:26:16.799
 as the

00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:17.599
 light to

00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:18.099
 us

00:26:18.099 --> 00:26:19.199
 and then

00:26:19.199 --> 00:26:19.480
 he is

00:26:19.480 --> 00:26:19.819
 the light

00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:20.359
 shines

00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:21.579
 through us

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:22.740
 all over

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.299
 the place.

00:26:25.459 --> 00:26:26.299
 A couple

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:26.740
 weeks ago

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.099
 at Laura

00:26:27.099 --> 00:26:27.879
 Wolfson's

00:26:27.879 --> 00:26:28.980
 memorial service

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:30.879
 I quoted

00:26:30.879 --> 00:26:31.339
 author

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:31.919
 Edith

00:26:31.919 --> 00:26:32.359
 Wharton

00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:34.000
 who wrote

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.339
 there are

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:34.879
 two ways

00:26:34.879 --> 00:26:35.319
 of spreading

00:26:35.319 --> 00:26:35.779
 light

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:37.559
 to be

00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:38.139
 the candle

00:26:38.139 --> 00:26:39.799
 or the

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.339
 mirror that

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.099
 reflects it.

00:26:41.099 --> 00:26:43.319
 see

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:43.740
 Jesus

00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:44.639
 was

00:26:44.639 --> 00:26:46.019
 Laura's

00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:46.399
 light

00:26:46.399 --> 00:26:48.439
 so she

00:26:48.439 --> 00:26:49.039
 loved to

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.439
 sing a

00:26:49.439 --> 00:26:49.899
 song some

00:26:49.899 --> 00:26:50.179
 of you will

00:26:50.179 --> 00:26:50.579
 be familiar

00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:50.939
 with

00:26:50.939 --> 00:26:52.539
 this little

00:26:52.539 --> 00:26:53.000
 light of

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.359
 mine

00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:54.839
 I'm gonna

00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:55.240
 let it

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:55.679
 shine

00:26:55.679 --> 00:26:56.099
 let it

00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:56.619
 shine

00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:57.059
 let it

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:57.579
 shine

00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:58.500
 let it

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:59.000
 shine

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.959
 she got

00:26:59.959 --> 00:27:00.419
 to be

00:27:00.419 --> 00:27:01.779
 a mirror

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:03.939
 to reflect

00:27:03.939 --> 00:27:04.599
 the true

00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:05.879
 source of

00:27:05.879 --> 00:27:06.179
 light

00:27:06.179 --> 00:27:06.699
 the light

00:27:06.699 --> 00:27:07.279
 of the

00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:07.480
 world

00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:08.159
 she had

00:27:08.159 --> 00:27:08.559
 him

00:27:08.559 --> 00:27:10.460
 the light

00:27:10.460 --> 00:27:12.119
 of life

00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:13.359
 so

00:27:13.359 --> 00:27:14.819
 she faced

00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:15.539
 desperate

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:16.119
 poverty

00:27:16.119 --> 00:27:18.099
 with a

00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:18.720
 peace

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.599
 that she

00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:20.319
 would have

00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:21.139
 whatever she

00:27:21.139 --> 00:27:22.079
 needed most

00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:24.399
 she brought

00:27:24.399 --> 00:27:24.980
 joy

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:26.779
 and warmth

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.659
 into the

00:27:27.659 --> 00:27:28.119
 dark

00:27:28.119 --> 00:27:29.119
 and difficult

00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:29.819
 places

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:31.039
 in other

00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:31.819
 people's lives

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:32.259
 including

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:33.339
 many of you

00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:34.980
 because she

00:27:34.980 --> 00:27:35.539
 knew love

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.099
 that entered

00:27:36.099 --> 00:27:37.079
 the darkness

00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:37.720
 to love

00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.159
 the hurting

00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:39.940
 she faced

00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:40.440
 aging

00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:42.380
 and health

00:27:42.380 --> 00:27:43.080
 concerns

00:27:43.080 --> 00:27:44.040
 and heart

00:27:44.040 --> 00:27:44.660
 surgery

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:46.200
 with a

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.860
 certainty

00:27:46.860 --> 00:27:47.940
 that home

00:27:47.940 --> 00:27:48.800
 was not a

00:27:48.800 --> 00:27:49.480
 place here

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:49.960
 on this

00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:50.320
 earth

00:27:50.320 --> 00:27:50.980
 but a

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.360
 place

00:27:51.360 --> 00:27:52.060
 Jesus

00:27:52.060 --> 00:27:53.259
 was taking

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:53.960
 her one

00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.279
 day

00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:55.140
 with him

00:27:55.140 --> 00:27:55.960
 see she

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.800
 had the

00:27:56.800 --> 00:27:57.240
 light

00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:58.500
 of life

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.940
 and as a

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.420
 result she

00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:00.880
 does

00:28:00.880 --> 00:28:01.720
 she still

00:28:01.720 --> 00:28:02.259
 does

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:03.779
 because

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:04.220
 Jesus

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:04.940
 came

00:28:04.940 --> 00:28:06.259
 to her

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:07.140
 he lived

00:28:07.140 --> 00:28:07.720
 in her

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.520
 and shined

00:28:08.520 --> 00:28:09.320
 through her

00:28:09.320 --> 00:28:10.160
 to many

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:10.740
 many

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.460
 others

00:28:11.460 --> 00:28:12.340
 that is

00:28:12.340 --> 00:28:13.220
 your joy

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:13.840
 too

00:28:13.840 --> 00:28:14.980
 as Jesus

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:16.000
 lives in

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:16.660
 you now

00:28:16.660 --> 00:28:17.520
 by faith

00:28:17.520 --> 00:28:17.920
 as you

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:18.740
 trust him

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:19.080
 as you

00:28:19.080 --> 00:28:20.240
 embrace him

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:21.020
 for that

00:28:21.020 --> 00:28:21.580
 light to

00:28:21.580 --> 00:28:21.960
 shine

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.880
 through you

00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.520
 to this

00:28:23.520 --> 00:28:24.600
 dark world

00:28:24.600 --> 00:28:25.840
 to hurting

00:28:25.840 --> 00:28:26.580
 neighbors

00:28:26.580 --> 00:28:27.860
 to hopeless

00:28:27.860 --> 00:28:29.020
 friends

00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:31.279
 maybe

00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:31.700
 maybe having

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.799
 the light

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.000
 of the

00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.220
 world

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:33.559
 living

00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:34.019
 in you

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.200
 the

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.920
 light

00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:35.879
 of life

00:28:35.879 --> 00:28:36.740
 will shine

00:28:36.740 --> 00:28:37.500
 through your

00:28:37.500 --> 00:28:38.319
 honesty

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:39.720
 about your

00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.400
 mental health

00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:40.980
 struggles

00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:42.759
 because you

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.099
 know

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:44.160
 that no matter

00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:44.599
 how long

00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:45.180
 it takes

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:46.259
 and how long

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:46.720
 the struggle

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.319
 goes on

00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:47.619
 here

00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:48.400
 he is

00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:48.759
 making

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.400
 you whole

00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:52.299
 maybe he

00:28:52.299 --> 00:28:52.779
 will shine

00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.359
 through your

00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:55.119
 sincere words

00:28:55.119 --> 00:28:55.900
 of sympathy

00:28:55.900 --> 00:28:56.900
 and hope

00:28:56.900 --> 00:28:57.960
 offered to a

00:28:57.960 --> 00:28:58.380
 friend who

00:28:58.380 --> 00:28:58.780
 has just

00:28:58.780 --> 00:28:59.259
 had a

00:28:59.259 --> 00:28:59.759
 spouse

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:00.400
 or a

00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:00.880
 child

00:29:00.880 --> 00:29:01.800
 run off

00:29:01.800 --> 00:29:02.600
 on them

00:29:02.600 --> 00:29:05.160
 maybe he

00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:05.560
 will shine

00:29:05.560 --> 00:29:06.160
 through your

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:07.400
 intentionality

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:07.800
 with the

00:29:07.800 --> 00:29:08.140
 friend

00:29:08.140 --> 00:29:08.600
 and your

00:29:08.600 --> 00:29:09.580
 grace group

00:29:09.580 --> 00:29:09.980
 you can

00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.820
 tell just

00:29:10.820 --> 00:29:11.380
 is not

00:29:11.380 --> 00:29:12.460
 buying this

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:13.060
 Jesus

00:29:13.060 --> 00:29:13.840
 stuff

00:29:13.840 --> 00:29:14.680
 right now

00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:15.320
 but you

00:29:15.320 --> 00:29:15.860
 ask them

00:29:15.860 --> 00:29:16.500
 to coffee

00:29:16.500 --> 00:29:17.140
 and you

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:17.800
 listen to

00:29:17.800 --> 00:29:17.960
 them

00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:18.360
 and you

00:29:18.360 --> 00:29:18.880
 share your

00:29:18.880 --> 00:29:19.240
 story

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:20.200
 your journey

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:21.259
 with Jesus

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:24.000
 whoever

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:25.220
 follows Jesus

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:26.120
 will not

00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:26.779
 walk in

00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.339
 darkness

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:28.579
 but have

00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:29.519
 the light

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.500
 of life

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:31.299
 isn't it

00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:32.180
 glorious

00:29:32.180 --> 00:29:32.819
 that though

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:33.940
 Jesus came

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:34.720
 from another

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.539
 world

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.380
 by his

00:29:36.380 --> 00:29:36.779
 spirit

00:29:36.779 --> 00:29:37.380
 he makes

00:29:37.380 --> 00:29:38.039
 his home

00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:39.019
 in you

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:40.079
 and in me

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:41.000
 so we can

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.700
 know light

00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.480
 and life

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:43.299
 to shine

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.900
 in whatever

00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:44.299
 darkness

00:29:44.299 --> 00:29:44.960
 we face

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:46.180
 he's come

00:29:46.180 --> 00:29:46.660
 to be with

00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:46.980
 you for

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.380
 that

00:29:47.380 --> 00:29:51.640
 pastor

00:29:51.640 --> 00:29:52.220
 Tim Keller

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.920
 recounted

00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:54.259
 an old

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.980
 fairy tale

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:55.400
 about a

00:29:55.400 --> 00:29:55.700
 man

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.740
 who was

00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.039
 born

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:58.120
 and grew

00:29:58.120 --> 00:29:58.480
 up in

00:29:58.480 --> 00:29:59.140
 a prison

00:29:59.140 --> 00:29:59.579
 dungeon

00:29:59.579 --> 00:30:01.599
 he and

00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:02.220
 everyone else

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:03.519
 in that

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.180
 dark dungeon

00:30:04.180 --> 00:30:04.799
 had only

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.759
 ever seen

00:30:05.759 --> 00:30:06.319
 the prison

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:07.839
 and they

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.620
 often debated

00:30:08.620 --> 00:30:09.259
 whether or

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:09.920
 not anything

00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:11.140
 existed outside

00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:12.440
 the prison

00:30:12.440 --> 00:30:12.880
 wall

00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:14.200
 the wicked

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:15.000
 warden told

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.980
 them repeatedly

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.720
 this is all

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.360
 there is

00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:20.339
 but the man

00:30:20.339 --> 00:30:20.720
 wondered

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:22.980
 one day a

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:23.360
 new man

00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:24.079
 came to

00:30:24.079 --> 00:30:24.500
 the dungeon

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:25.419
 the guard

00:30:25.419 --> 00:30:25.959
 said from

00:30:25.959 --> 00:30:26.500
 another part

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:26.719
 of the

00:30:26.719 --> 00:30:27.119
 prison

00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:28.319
 but the

00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:28.799
 new man

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.219
 said he

00:30:29.219 --> 00:30:30.039
 came from

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.839
 outside the

00:30:30.839 --> 00:30:31.099
 prison

00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:31.619
 from the

00:30:31.619 --> 00:30:33.000
 outside world

00:30:33.000 --> 00:30:33.839
 and he

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:34.599
 began to

00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:35.500
 scribble

00:30:35.500 --> 00:30:36.179
 pictures on

00:30:36.179 --> 00:30:36.599
 the wall

00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:37.079
 to show

00:30:37.079 --> 00:30:37.359
 them what

00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:37.759
 life was

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.279
 like beyond

00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:38.759
 the prison

00:30:38.759 --> 00:30:39.159
 walls

00:30:39.159 --> 00:30:40.079
 a tree

00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:41.079
 he scribbled

00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:41.500
 on the

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:42.379
 dark walls

00:30:42.379 --> 00:30:43.559
 the sun

00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:44.199
 as best he

00:30:44.199 --> 00:30:45.099
 could represent

00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:45.279
 it

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:45.619
 he told

00:30:45.619 --> 00:30:46.000
 him about

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.779
 colors

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:47.379
 not just

00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:48.259
 black and

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:48.819
 gray

00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:49.559
 gray but

00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:50.399
 red and

00:30:50.399 --> 00:30:50.960
 yellow and

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.619
 white

00:30:51.619 --> 00:30:53.919
 could this

00:30:53.919 --> 00:30:54.500
 other world

00:30:54.500 --> 00:30:55.500
 be real

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:57.519
 one last

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:57.839
 thing the

00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:58.319
 man said

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:59.319
 there's a

00:30:59.319 --> 00:30:59.939
 prince in

00:30:59.939 --> 00:31:00.439
 the outside

00:31:00.439 --> 00:31:01.439
 world whose

00:31:01.439 --> 00:31:02.279
 commitment it

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:03.139
 is to break

00:31:03.139 --> 00:31:03.679
 into this

00:31:03.679 --> 00:31:04.559
 prison and

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:05.740
 to set you

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:07.220
 all free to

00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:08.039
 the outside

00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:08.819
 world

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:11.659
 the new man

00:31:11.659 --> 00:31:12.519
 eventually left

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:13.460
 the dungeon

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:14.779
 but soon

00:31:14.779 --> 00:31:15.419
 thereafter the

00:31:15.419 --> 00:31:16.139
 man who had

00:31:16.139 --> 00:31:17.319
 only ever seen

00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:17.799
 the dungeon

00:31:17.799 --> 00:31:18.700
 heard scratching

00:31:18.700 --> 00:31:19.799
 on the wall

00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:20.740
 of the dungeon

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:21.839
 and a hole

00:31:21.839 --> 00:31:22.720
 suddenly broke

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.440
 through the

00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:24.299
 size of a

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:25.259
 man's hand

00:31:25.259 --> 00:31:26.220
 and light

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:27.779
 beamed through

00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.859
 the hole

00:31:28.859 --> 00:31:32.279
 he looked out

00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:33.579
 through the

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.259
 hole and he

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:34.879
 saw what

00:31:34.879 --> 00:31:36.200
 oh it must be

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.720
 a tree

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:38.059
 he saw what

00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:38.899
 oh that must

00:31:38.899 --> 00:31:39.599
 be that must

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:40.059
 be the sun

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:40.359
 they weren't

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:41.299
 exactly like

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:41.740
 what he had

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.539
 pictured in his

00:31:42.539 --> 00:31:42.940
 mind but

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:44.039
 but sure enough

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.700
 they had to

00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:44.980
 be

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:47.380
 and then he

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:47.660
 heard the

00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:49.039
 voice of the

00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:50.019
 prince say

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:51.940
 now you know

00:31:51.940 --> 00:31:53.380
 that I'm real

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:54.779
 and this world

00:31:54.779 --> 00:31:55.400
 is real

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:56.960
 I'm preparing

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:57.579
 to break

00:31:57.579 --> 00:31:58.420
 through and

00:31:58.420 --> 00:31:59.099
 bring you out

00:31:59.099 --> 00:31:59.519
 here

00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:01.220
 in the meantime

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:03.339
 live in hope

00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:04.920
 of what you see

00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:05.599
 through the hole

00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:06.759
 in the wall

00:32:06.759 --> 00:32:10.380
 almost instantly

00:32:10.380 --> 00:32:11.519
 a hope that he'd

00:32:11.519 --> 00:32:12.559
 never felt before

00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:14.480
 transformed the

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:15.139
 man in the

00:32:15.139 --> 00:32:15.559
 dungeon

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:17.879
 every day he

00:32:17.879 --> 00:32:18.859
 went and looked

00:32:18.859 --> 00:32:19.539
 out the hole

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:20.799
 longingly and

00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.839
 as light poured

00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:22.819
 in he turned

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:24.200
 around and with

00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:25.099
 a new sense of

00:32:25.099 --> 00:32:25.759
 his own value

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.639
 everything around

00:32:26.639 --> 00:32:27.419
 him changed in

00:32:27.419 --> 00:32:27.980
 that dungeon

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.960
 his seemingly

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:30.500
 mundane tasks

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:31.500
 there in the

00:32:31.500 --> 00:32:32.679
 now less dark

00:32:32.679 --> 00:32:33.819
 dungeon were part

00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.500
 of a bigger

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:36.319
 world the other

00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:37.440
 inmates around him

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:37.919
 in the dungeon

00:32:37.919 --> 00:32:38.980
 had a new worth

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:40.139
 in his eyes

00:32:40.139 --> 00:32:41.019
 and they talked

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.879
 together hopefully

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:42.960
 about the outside

00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:43.800
 world and the

00:32:43.800 --> 00:32:44.840
 prince whose

00:32:44.840 --> 00:32:45.700
 voice they had

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:47.160
 heard see the

00:32:47.160 --> 00:32:48.560
 light transformed

00:32:48.560 --> 00:32:49.320
 his view of

00:32:49.320 --> 00:32:50.720
 everything in him

00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:52.360
 and around him

00:32:52.360 --> 00:32:53.780
 he couldn't wait

00:32:53.780 --> 00:32:54.900
 to be with the

00:32:54.900 --> 00:32:55.900
 prince in the

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.580
 other world

00:32:56.580 --> 00:32:59.980
 this is what

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:01.720
 Jesus the light

00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:02.260
 of the world

00:33:02.260 --> 00:33:03.720
 offers to us

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:05.060
 isn't it a

00:33:05.060 --> 00:33:06.320
 chance to live

00:33:06.320 --> 00:33:08.420
 every day now

00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:09.620
 in this dark

00:33:09.620 --> 00:33:11.660
 world with him

00:33:11.660 --> 00:33:13.019
 the prince in

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.900
 reality is

00:33:13.900 --> 00:33:15.040
 actually with us

00:33:15.040 --> 00:33:16.320
 and in us

00:33:16.320 --> 00:33:17.500
 so as we look

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.660
 to his light

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:19.680
 every day as we

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:20.560
 get to sit with

00:33:20.560 --> 00:33:21.040
 him and say

00:33:21.040 --> 00:33:22.000
 Jesus what does

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.519
 it look like

00:33:22.519 --> 00:33:23.860
 today as we

00:33:23.860 --> 00:33:24.580
 look through the

00:33:24.580 --> 00:33:25.740
 hole that he has

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:27.060
 made in this dark

00:33:27.060 --> 00:33:28.279
 world and hear his

00:33:28.279 --> 00:33:29.920
 voice we have the

00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:30.900
 privilege and the

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.900
 responsibility to

00:33:31.900 --> 00:33:33.600
 shine the light of

00:33:33.600 --> 00:33:34.660
 the reality of

00:33:34.660 --> 00:33:35.779
 another world

00:33:35.779 --> 00:33:37.980
 a light that gives

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:39.819
 us peace and even

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:42.059
 courage in the face

00:33:42.059 --> 00:33:43.000
 of our fears

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:45.099
 a light that gives

00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:46.299
 us love for

00:33:46.299 --> 00:33:47.339
 everyone around us

00:33:47.339 --> 00:33:48.420
 especially those who

00:33:48.420 --> 00:33:49.519
 are hurting and

00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:50.599
 hopeless because we

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:51.279
 want them to know

00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:52.160
 about this light

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:55.420
 a light that gives

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:57.139
 hope no matter how

00:33:57.139 --> 00:33:58.539
 dark things get in

00:33:58.539 --> 00:33:59.660
 the dungeon that

00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:00.259
 there is another

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:02.180
 world where we'll be

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:04.399
 home and with Jesus

00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:06.080
 forever in a city

00:34:06.080 --> 00:34:07.720
 where he the light

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.240
 of the world

00:34:08.240 --> 00:34:10.160
 eclipses the need

00:34:10.160 --> 00:34:12.000
 for a son and is

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:13.460
 the lamp of the new

00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:15.019
 Jerusalem where we

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:16.599
 live finally free

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:17.460
 from the darkness

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:19.639
 amen and forever

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:22.420
 forever shining in

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:24.880
 his light oh

00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:27.780
 Jesus let your light

00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:29.260
 so shine on us

00:34:29.260 --> 00:34:29.700
 today

00:34:29.699 --> 00:34:34.219
 that we would see

00:34:34.219 --> 00:34:36.919
 the very glory of

00:34:36.919 --> 00:34:39.059
 God in the face of

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:40.000
 Jesus Christ

00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:43.599
 that we gazing on you

00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.679
 Jesus would be so

00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:46.619
 transformed into your

00:34:46.619 --> 00:34:47.219
 image

00:34:47.219 --> 00:34:50.659
 be so different so

00:34:50.659 --> 00:34:51.339
 renewed

00:34:51.339 --> 00:34:54.199
 we'd be transformed

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:55.299
 into those who would

00:34:55.299 --> 00:34:58.039
 shine the light of the

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:59.500
 light of the world you

00:34:59.500 --> 00:35:01.460
 are our hope you are

00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:03.039
 our king you are our

00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:06.099
 rescuer and we thank

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:07.780
 you amen

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:11.000
 for more information

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:12.539
 visit us online at

00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:13.340
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