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Welcome to the seventh in a series of 14 talks
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designed to introduce you to the God who is there
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my name is dawn carson and we're trying to work
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through some of the bible sweeping themes today I
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should briefly tackled two more
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the God who is coming is simply a way of getting
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at the fact that the old testament the part that
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takes us up to the period just before jesus finds
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many ways to look forward to a visitation from
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God himself a visitation that will change
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everything
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this
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Of expectation waiting for God to come russia's
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forward until it bursts into the second theme the
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theme that Christians call the in carnation the
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God who becomes a human being
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When you take the time to reflect deeply on what
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the bible says about this event you are likely to
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respond in one of two ways you may judge these
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claims so bizarre or so intrusive into your life
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that you decide to walk away
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or you may judge these claims bazaar yes yet
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spectacular Lee wonderful drawing us onto look at
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jesus with eyes of wonder and hearts full of
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Frank adoration
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only
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It was emotions and thought of atrophy dd are
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likely to remain entirely unmoved
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this is the seventh in the series
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Well we have finally come to the new testament
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you knew that we would get there if you waited
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long enough
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so I hope that you will open your bibles in the
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next few moments to John chapter one John chapter
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one
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This talk has the rather
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The frankly amazing
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theme the God who becomes a human being
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It presupposes that this God keeps telling us
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that he's coming
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in one sense he comes to abraham and calls him on
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his pilgrimage he comes to moses and gives them a
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certain task he comes to David and
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establishes a dentist e
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in the old testament through large numbers of the
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books of the profits that I have alluded to but
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we haven't really looked closely to any one of
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them God is repeatedly said to come he sometimes
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Comes with judgment people speak of the day of
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the lord the time when the lord comes the day of
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the lord would be wonderful when the lord comes
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and God says no when I come the day of the lord
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is gonna be full of darkness and not light this
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is going to be judgment so sometimes God comes
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not only upon his covenant people with judgment
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but the God of the bible is the God of all the
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nation so we holes all the Nations to account
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righteousness exhausts of people but sin is a
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reproach to any people in the bible so God
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promises to come and visit the babylonians with
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judgment or the pagan cities of tire and
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With judgment and so forth and he also comes to
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his own covenant people with judgment
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it also keeps promising to come with forgiveness
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with the ultimate dividend King with
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transformation
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we saw one of those passages briefly in the
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prophecy of isaiah chapter nine words that we're
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familiar with from handel's messiah from nowhere
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else when ultimately there is a King coming who
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will reign on david's throne
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and the
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His kingdom will never end and it will also be
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called the mighty God the everlasting father and
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then there are other passages where you you you
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get this anticipation of someone who comes who is
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God God is coming and yet East tied somehow to
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this debated finger one of the most remarkable
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passages in this respect is by another profit the
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profit easy kill an easy kill chapter 34 the
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prophet izzie kill whose writing at the beginning
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of the sixth century Bc the word of the lord came
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to me son of man prophecy against the shepherds
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of Israel now that does not
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The people who keep the sheet literally but the
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rulers the nobles uh the monarchs as they come
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and go the leaders the priest prophesied against
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the shepherds of Israel who only take care of
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yourselves whoa to you shepherds of Israel it
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will only take care of yourselves should not
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shepherds take care of the flock you eat the
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Kurds clothe yourself with woolen slaughter the
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choice animals but you do not take care of the
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flock you have not strengthen the weak or heal
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the sick or bound up the injured you have not
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brought back the strays or search for the lost
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you rule them harshly and brutally so they were
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scattered because there was no shepard
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She wandered over all the mountains and every il
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they were scattered over the whole Earth and no
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one searched or look for them and then what God
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says in many different ways through verse after
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verse after that verse is this
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I will not only judge the fall shepherds I will
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become the shepherd of my people
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This is what the sovereign lord says first 10 I
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am against the shepherds and will hold them
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accountable I will remove them from tending the
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flock
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And then he goes on to say
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verse 12 a shepherds look after their scattered
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flocks when they are with them so well I look
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after my sheep I will rescue them from all the
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places where they were scattered on a day of
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clouds and darkness I will bring them out from
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the Nations and gather them from the countries I
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will bring them into their own land I will pass
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them on the mountains of Israel I will tend them
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in good pasture I myself will tend my sheep I
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will have them lie down declares the sovereign
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lord I will search for the lost I will bring back
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the strays in other words all these false
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shepherds are just ruining the flock I myself
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will be there shepard
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And then after saying this again and again and
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again about 25 times God himself is going to
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shepherd his people he's going to come he's going
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to do the job himself he then says
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verse 23 I will place over them one shepherd my
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servant David and he will tend them he will tend
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them and be there shepard I've a lord will be
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their God and my servant David will be Prince
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among them ida lord of spoken
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So somehow this promise of God himself coming
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an attic King coming get merged into one
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so when we come to the new testament the four
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first books of the new testament are often called
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gospels Matthew Mark luke and John they all begin
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a little differently but they all begin in some
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way with uh coming of jesus
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before him there is always mention of John the
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baptist who points out who jesus is and then luke
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sky
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For example d picks and angelic visitation to
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mary promising her a virginal conception
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A miraculous thing
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such that the child born in her would be called
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the son of God
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And then in chapter two of that book the familiar
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Christmas story
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In matthew's gospel the thing is looked at less
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from mary's perspective and more from jesus
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perspective and more more from joseph's
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perspective mary was be trove to Joseph and then
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he discovers she's got pregnant
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don't forget that in that society they couldn't
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go off somewhere in the corner and have a little
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chitchat and she could try and convince them it
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was a miracle
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You you didn't have that kind of easy free
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conversation than there were chaperones and
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guardians around all the time
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but God visited Joseph as well and insisted that
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this was his doing she was a virgin and Joseph
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when the baby came was to give the baby the name
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jesus
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Jesus is simply the Greek form of joshua
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and joshua means
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yahoo way saves that is the name of God in the
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old testament
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connected to I am who I am
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God saves and you are to give this baby the name
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jesus because he will save his people from their
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sins
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That's already in the first chapter of Matthew
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chapter one verse 21
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which means in a sense the whole rest of the book
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of Matthew the first gospel is to be read as the
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gospel in which he always save his people from
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their sins
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that's what jesus does
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Every chapter of that book can be Fed under the
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theme
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John's gospel begins a slightly different way it
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does not begin with the historical developments
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Joseph and mary
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Beth La hem in the visit of the shepherds things
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like that
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it begins by thinking about the coming
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The coming of the eternal son the coming of God
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in theological terms
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let me read the first eighteen versus sometimes
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called john's pro log in the beginning was the
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word and the word was with God
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and the word was God
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he was with God in the beginning through him all
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things were made without him nothing was made
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that has been made
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in him was life
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And that life was the light of all people the
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light shines in the darkness and the darkness has
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not overcome it
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there was a man sent from God whose name was John
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he came as a witness to testify concerning that
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light so that through him all might believe he
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himself was not the light
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he came only as a witness to the light the true
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light that gives light to everyone who is coming
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into the world he was in the world and know the
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world was made through him the world did not
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recognize him he came to that which was his own
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but his on did not receive him yet to all who did
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receive him to those who believed in his name he
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gave the right to become children
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God children born out of natural dissension or of
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human decision or husbands will
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but born of God
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the word became flesh and made his dwelling among
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us we have seen his glory the glory of the one
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and only son who came from the father full of
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grace and truth
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John testified concerning him he cried out saying
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this is he of whom I said he comes after me as
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surpassed me because he has he was before me
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Out of his fullness we have all received the
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grace in place of grace already given for the law
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was given to moses grace and truth came through
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jesus christ and no one has ever seen God but the
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one and only son who is himself God and isn't
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closest relationship with the father has made him
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known
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Let me run through the thought of this very
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quickly first
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you cannot help but see that this one who's
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coming is simply called the word in the beginning
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was the word we might say in the beginning was
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God self expression in the beginning God
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expressed himself in the beginning was God self
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expression and this self expression was with God
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god's own fellow and the self expression was God
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god's own self
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And already your heart begins to flutter in your
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mind wonders what's going on here how do you
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think in those terms
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That's what the text says
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this one who becomes flesh who takes on human
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identity
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is one with God god's own agent and creation
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god's own self
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Even the term word is an interesting choices and
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it ha how do you think about to
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How do you think about a jesus what title is
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adequate for him I can imagine in john's head
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going round and round various titles and names
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and expressions that could be used and he
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remembers for example that in the old testament
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we read again and again the word of the lord came
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to the prophet saying
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so God has disclosed himself in revelation ru
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rivers John one God spoken something came into
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being by the word of the lord the heavens were
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made
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god's word
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Creation
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even god's word and in saving people transforming
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people God sent forth his word and he healed him
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quoting from the psalms all these things that
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god's word accomplishes he reveals he creates he
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transforms and he thinks yes that's the
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appropriate expression that summarizes all who
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jesus is
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He's got self expression
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he is there with God in the beginning
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God is one and yet there is a complexity in him
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from the very beginning he's this word is god's
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on fellow
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and he's god's own self
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well first he's god's on agent in creation
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through him verse three all things were made
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without him nothing was made that has been made
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in him was life and that life was the light of
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all people
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the light shines in the darkness of the darkness
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has not overcome it
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That's the way the book begins
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but then we're also told that the word gives us
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light and life you know some books you only read
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once you have a trip let's say to La and you pick
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up a who done it in the book shop in the airport
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and by the time you get to La you found out who
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done it and you decide this is not a book you're
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going to keep in your library so you put it in
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the seat pocket in front of you and the cleaners
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take it out and you'll never read it again in
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fact it's even possible six months from now when
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you make another busy trip to La you will buy the
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same flipping book and read it again because you
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remember how it went and it's possible
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But there are other books where you read the more
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than once don't you their books you like to pour
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over the quality of English prose and might even
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be a who done it but it's got the atmosphere
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exactly right or it describes a part of the world
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where you live and and and you enjoy thinking
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about it you read it once for the plot and you
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read it for the characterization that you read it
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again for all the little touches and nuances you
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got a real kick out of it
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Now the question is to John Wright his book as a
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throwaway tracks to be read once or is it the
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sort of book where he wanted it to be read again
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and again and again
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I think you can show that he read it he wrote it
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in such a way that he expected you to see new
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things from and as you keep reading it if you
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read verses four and five without ever having
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read the rest of the book all you read so far is
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versus 12 and three how would you understand four
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and five
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verses three through him all things were made
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without him nothing was made that has been made
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you're talking about creation and it was life and
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that
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The light of all people that is he had life in
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himself and he gave life to all human beings that
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was their light that it is that they're there was
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darkness and then there was like the line shines
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in the shines in the darkness the darkness of
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nothingness before he came along and created
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everything in other words you can understand
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verses four and five entirely with respect to
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verses three and four and I suspect if you are
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reading it through the first time that's the way
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you understand it
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and then you read
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six
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There was a man sent from God whose name was John
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he came as a witness to testify concerning that
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light so that through him all might believe he
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himself was not the light he came on as a witness
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to the light and you start seeing how light is
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now got overtones not of physical light in the
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nothingness
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that existed before the creation now light has
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some sort of over tone of revelation or truth or
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something like that is revealed
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And the same sort of bore a Le revel later e over
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toni's clear and clear as the book goes on thus
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we read for example
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A little further on in the book
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that men love darkness rather than light because
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their deeds are evil
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people choose the darkness because they're afraid
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to come to the light three 20 all those who do
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evil hates the light and will not come into the
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light for fear that their deeds will be exposed
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those who live by the truth come into the light
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you see in this kind of context light is not the
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light of creation it's the light of revelations
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to the light of truth
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and now you go back
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Read verses four and five in the light of all of
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this by the time you get to John chapter he says
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I am the light of the world in him was life
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and that life was the light
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of all people the light shines in the darkness
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the darkness of moral corruption and rebellion
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and the darkness has not overcome it now you have
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another set of overtones do you see
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And you ask which is true jesus the agent of
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physical light and life and creation or jesus is
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the one who brings revelation and transformation
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and overcoming moral darkness and the answer of
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course is
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yes
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because you're supposed to read it both ways as
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the book is is the way the book has been written
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you read it and reread it and see more and more
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connections
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The light gives us light and life then we're told
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verses 10 to 13 that the word confronts us and
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divides us verse 10
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He was in the world that is the world he had made
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and though the world was made through him the
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world did not recognize him
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he came to that which was his own his own home
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his own people his own people did not receive him
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People did not look on jesus and say uh you're
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finally here the light of the world
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Many were puzzled by him some were repulsed by
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him
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because even if they did see the light they were
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ashamed in his presence and prefer the darkness
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to the light
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And so his very coming did not guarantee
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universal revival everybody turning to him
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some did receive him
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They believed in his name we're told verse 12 and
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to them he gave the right to become children of
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God children born not of natural descent is not
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just natural children that are in view or of
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human decision from sexual intercourse or a
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husband's will assuming he's taking some sort of
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primary role in the conception no no these people
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are not simply humanly born they're born of God
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now that's a theme we'll come back to next week
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that is they are different because God has done
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something new and then there is a new creation
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there is a new birth he starting something over
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in them and they truly believe who jesus really
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is
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And then versus 14 to eighteen with this week
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lows
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you may recall that earlier this morning we look
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at the remarkable passage rather briefly exodus
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32 33 34 where moses comes down from the mountain
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and the people are in an orgy of idolatry
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And moses praised before God and wants to see
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more of god's glory show me your glory
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And God says I will cause all my goodness to pass
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in front of you but you cannot see my face and
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live there are six major themes in those verses
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that are picked up here in these versus
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you know how when you're dealing with a community
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that knows a book or a film you just quote one
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line and the whole scene comes back to mind my
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son for whatever reason has a formidable memory
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when it comes to movies and so you simply drop in
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one line and he'll tell you the whole scene or or
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you say do you remember the
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The third film in the star wars series where
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something rather happens you quote the whole
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thing he's got this formidable mind for audio
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visual recall what can I say I don't have it
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For people steeped in the bible as many as the
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first graders were if you read through these
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verses together your mind is gonna go back to
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exodus 32 33 34 let me show you and we're done
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The word became flesh the word became a human
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being that's what it means this word became
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something that he wasn't
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he already existed he was god's own agent and
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creation but now he becomes a human being and
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made his dwelling among us
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Now the expression is quite literally he
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tabernacle among us
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he tabernacle among us and for anybody with an
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old testament background you can't help but
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remember that the tabernacle is what God said up
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at the time of signing I at tabernacle with this
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special most holy room where only the high
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priests could go in on behalf of everybody else
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once a year with the blood of the sacrifices it
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was the place where sinners met God it was the
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great meeting place between a holy God and
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sinners provided for by this blood of the bull
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and the goat that was brought in by the high
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priest was the great meeting place between God
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and human beings and eventually it's the temple
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that replaces it and now in
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Chapter we're told the word became flesh and he
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tabernacle among us
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and then the very next chapter chapter to jesus
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insist that he himself is the temple of God
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That is jesus insist that he becomes the great
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meeting place between rebels and this holy God
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If the rebels are going to be reconciled to this
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God they've got to come through the temple
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and in the temple
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Much of john's gospel explains how that so
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look what else is hear
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the word became flesh and made his dwelling among
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Sea tabernacle among us we have seen his glory
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the glory of the one and only son who came from
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the father full of grace and truth we have seen
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his glory
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what wasn't the moses asked for show me your
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glory
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and God said
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I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of
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you
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On John plays with this theme of glory right
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through his book
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And chapter two for example when jesus performed
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his first miracle turns water into wine at the
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marriage and cane of galilee we're told at the
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end of it that
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the disciples saw his glory the other saw the
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miracle
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they saw that it was saying something about who
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jesus was they saw his glory
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and then eventually you get to John chapter 12
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where
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jesus is to manifest god's glory by going to the
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cross
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Where is god's glory most manifested
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When jesus is glorified lifted up and displays
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god's glory in the shame and ignominy and
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brutality and sacrifice of across
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When we think of god's glory we think maybe have
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some spectacular visionary scene with the Chicago
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symphony playing along with the with the the
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Boston symphony and a presumably this one here in
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Minneapolis joining in together and maybe a great
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choir of voices and and spectacular uh array of
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lightning and thunder in the background glory
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maybe it's a Super nova that you see through it a
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telescope
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But the most spectacular display of god's glory
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he's in a bloody instrument of torture
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Because you see that's where god's goodness was
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most displayed
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Oh it's nice to sing the hallelujah chorus
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But you also have to sing on a Hill far away
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stood an old rugged cross the emblem of suffering
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and shame
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Because they're going to display his glory
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In christ jesus
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Who else became
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our tabernacle
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Our temple the meeting place between God and
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human beings
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Do you see the end of this verse
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the word became flesh and made his dwelling among
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us we have seen his glory the glory of the one
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and only son who came from the father full of
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grace and truth when God in tones who he is
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before moses in that cave and exodus 34 he
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describes himself in a variety of ways included
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among them are he is full of the words are hard
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to translate
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full of
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Love and faithfulness in hebrew the same words
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for grace and truth
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God displays himself not only as the God who will
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punish sinners but he's full of grace and truth
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and forgives
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and now John reflecting on who jesus is who
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manifest god's goodness his glory in the cross he
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says he was full of
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Grace and truth
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The grace and truth and brought him to the cross
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And paid for our sins
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Indeed John bore witness to him John the baptist
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all the biblical writers tell us that the four
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runner announced who jesus was before jesus came
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and then he has out of his fullness outta the
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fullness of jesus we have all received grace in
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place of grace already given that's exactly what
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is meant we had received a grace now we've got a
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great that substituted for it it doesn't mean
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grace on top of grace merely added up like
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presence around the Christmas tree piled up one
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on top of another blessing after blessing that's
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that's not what has meant we have all received
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A grace in place of a grace already given what
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does that mean for the next verse tells us for
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the law was given through moses that's taking you
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back to exodus 32 33 34 the law was given to
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moses grace and truth came through jesus christ
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In other words the gift of the law was a gracious
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thing it was a wonderful thing it was uh a
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gracious gift that God gave to his people as he
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brought them along the pilgrim way in preparation
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for who jesus was
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but grace and truth products at alls
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that came through jesus christ
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not in the display of glory to moses in a cave in
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the display of jesus and a bloody sacrifice on
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the cross
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The law covenant was a gracious gift from God but
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now jesus is going to introduce a new continent
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alternately grace and truth this is a grace that
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replaces that old grace it's a new covenant in
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fact it's more than that no one has ever seen God
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is not what God said and exodus 33 no one can
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look on my face and live
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The one and only son who is himself God
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and his in closest relationship with the father
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has made him known do you hear what this text is
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saying
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Do you want to know what God looks like
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Look at jesus
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No one has seen God and God in all of his
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transcendent splendor we still cannot see until
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the last day
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The word became flesh
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God became a human being that's why later in this
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book just before jesus goes to the cross he says
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to his own disciples have have I been with you
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all this time and yet have you not known me he
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has seen me has seen the father
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Do you wanna know what the character of God is
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like
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Study jesus
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do you wanna know what the holiness of God is
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like
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00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:23,310
study jesus junior the wrath of God is like
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00:31:23,310 --> 00:31:25,080
study jesus you wonder what the forgiveness of
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00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:27,360
God is like
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00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:29,910
Study jesus do you wanna know what the glory of
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00:31:29,910 --> 00:31:33,500
God is like
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00:31:33,830 --> 00:31:37,830
Study jesus
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All the way
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to that executable cross
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Study jesus
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May I tell you what concluding story
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It's it's an old story now
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00:31:58,870 --> 00:32:01,450
my first degree was in chemistry and mathematics
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at mcgill University in Montreal a long time ago
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now
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And um
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Somewhere along the line I'd be friended a
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00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:17,410
wonderful
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Pakistani gentleman
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he was twice as old as I was he had come to
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mcgill to do a phd in Islamic studies
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miguel had a very fine Islamic Institute at the
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time and um he left his wife and two children
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00:32:33,430 --> 00:32:37,060
behind in Pakistan um and so he was lonely and
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00:32:37,060 --> 00:32:39,310
somewhere along the line we were in the man's
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dorm and I befriended him and
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it dawned on me after a while he was trying to
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convert me to his love
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I was a bit
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Thick but eventually I realized that's what he
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00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:52,160
was trying to do so I thought maybe I should
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return the favor
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except that he was a trained was longfellow jen
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and I was studying chemistry you know
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I remember walking down the Hill one night on
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pine Avenue um he agreed to come to church with
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00:33:08,650 --> 00:33:11,110
me wanted to see what it was like and he said to
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me Don you study mathematics yes
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yes
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if you have one Cup and then you add another Cup
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how many cups do you have well I studied
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mathematics so I said to
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if you have two cups and you add another Cup how
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00:33:26,140 --> 00:33:29,470
many cups do you have left I said three if you
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00:33:29,470 --> 00:33:31,090
have three cups and you take away one Cup how
643
00:33:31,090 --> 00:33:33,820
many cups do you have I said to so far I was
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00:33:33,820 --> 00:33:36,520
hitting on all cylinders
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so he said Do you believe that
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the father is gone yes
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oh I could see where this was going
648
00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:47,170
you believe that jesus is God yes you believe
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that the Sun is that the holy spirit is God yes
650
00:33:50,110 --> 00:33:52,000
so if you have one guard plus one God bless one
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God how many guards do you have
652
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I was studying chemistry I was supposed to answer
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that
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the best I could do was listen if you're gonna
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use a mathematical model then let me choose the
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branch of mathematics
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00:34:08,540 --> 00:34:11,450
lets talk about infinities infinity plus infinity
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plus infinity equals
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Infinity
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00:34:16,460 --> 00:34:19,100
II served infinite God
661
00:34:19,100 --> 00:34:21,470
well he laughed and thought it was a great joke
662
00:34:21,470 --> 00:34:23,510
and we went that was the level of our friendship
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00:34:23,510 --> 00:34:26,690
and we weren't getting anywhere suddenly it
664
00:34:26,690 --> 00:34:29,870
dawned on me about November that he never read
665
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the Christian bible he didn't want it never held
666
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:33,920
one in his hand so and bottom one
667
00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:36,140
I brought him a Christian bible he said where do
668
00:34:36,140 --> 00:34:38,630
I start he didn't know how it was put together he
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didn't know about the old testament and new
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testament he didn't know about the gospels he
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didn't know about moses and where you fit in the
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whole thing he had heard all of these names of
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course from the coke on but he didn't know how
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the bible were
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And I didn't know what to suggest to him so I
676
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said well why don't you start with john's gospel
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00:34:55,770 --> 00:34:57,570
so I showed them where it was and Matthew Mark
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luke and John start with john's gospel
679
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but of course coming as he did from Asia he
680
00:35:02,790 --> 00:35:04,950
didn't read books the way I would read a book you
681
00:35:04,950 --> 00:35:07,560
know how many pages kinda get through tonight and
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the more the better
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no he had a different style of reading where
684
00:35:12,420 --> 00:35:14,520
you'd read something and then you stop and you
685
00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:17,070
think about it and turn it over your head go back
686
00:35:17,070 --> 00:35:19,140
and reread it was meditating he was reflecting
687
00:35:19,140 --> 00:35:21,800
was thinking about it he didn't stop
688
00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:27,820
Ask me any questions he just he just read quietly
689
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That Christmas I brought them home to my parents
690
00:35:31,250 --> 00:35:33,890
who at that point lived on the French side of of
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our capital city auto mall on in a place called
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Hall
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And it transpired that my father had heart
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00:35:41,020 --> 00:35:43,150
problems and my mother and I spent most of our
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00:35:43,150 --> 00:35:46,360
time in the hospital and my dear friend muhammad
696
00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:51,280
youssef was um left largely on his own by the end
697
00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:54,370
of that Christmas break it turned out that um dad
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00:35:54,370 --> 00:35:56,860
was fine so I ask to borrow the car we only had
699
00:35:56,860 --> 00:36:00,040
the one so I could take to take a moment use of
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to see some of the sites in the capital city
701
00:36:04,240 --> 00:36:06,550
and we went here and there and eventually went to
702
00:36:06,550 --> 00:36:08,860
our parliament buildings and in those days there
703
00:36:08,860 --> 00:36:11,650
was much less security than there is now we got
704
00:36:11,650 --> 00:36:15,300
in one of these guide tours 30 of us being
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00:36:15,300 --> 00:36:17,490
Around the rotunda at the back where the library
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00:36:17,490 --> 00:36:19,980
is and the Senate chambers and the House of
707
00:36:19,980 --> 00:36:23,670
commons and the rogue's gallery of Canadian Prime
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00:36:23,670 --> 00:36:26,580
ministers from sir John a macdonald and and and
709
00:36:26,580 --> 00:36:29,970
so forth and all of these
710
00:36:29,970 --> 00:36:32,250
comments that filled in a bit of Canadian history
711
00:36:32,250 --> 00:36:35,310
we listened we got back to the Central fiery and
712
00:36:35,310 --> 00:36:38,370
there there are these huge pillars and at the top
713
00:36:38,370 --> 00:36:40,890
of each color is a little fresco where there is a
714
00:36:40,890 --> 00:36:46,240
finger and the guide explained there is our stall
715
00:36:46,240 --> 00:36:49,300
Government must be based on knowledge there is
716
00:36:49,300 --> 00:36:53,260
socrates for government must be based on wisdom
717
00:36:53,260 --> 00:36:56,500
there is moses for government must be based on
718
00:36:56,500 --> 00:36:59,620
law he went all the way around
719
00:36:59,620 --> 00:37:03,510
and he said any questions
720
00:37:03,510 --> 00:37:09,200
My friend piped up where is jesus christ
721
00:37:12,190 --> 00:37:16,860
The guy did what gods do under such circumstances
722
00:37:16,860 --> 00:37:21,570
they simply say I think your partner
723
00:37:21,570 --> 00:37:25,320
So mohamad did what foreigners do under such
724
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:27,540
circumstances they assume that they've been
725
00:37:27,540 --> 00:37:30,810
misunderstood because of their thick accent so he
726
00:37:30,810 --> 00:37:34,230
said it more clearly and more loudly where is
727
00:37:34,230 --> 00:37:37,420
jesus christ
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00:37:37,420 --> 00:37:40,480
And now there were three groups in the way of the
729
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:43,300
Canadian parliament listening to a Pakistani
730
00:37:43,300 --> 00:37:47,340
Muslim ask where jesus was
731
00:37:47,340 --> 00:37:50,160
I was looking for a crack in the ground fall into
732
00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:54,540
I had no idea where this was coming from
733
00:37:54,540 --> 00:37:59,280
finally the guy blurted out what the why should
734
00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:02,390
jesus be here
735
00:38:02,390 --> 00:38:05,890
We'll have a look shocked
736
00:38:05,890 --> 00:38:09,840
He said I read in the Christian bible that the
737
00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:14,490
law was given to moses but grace and truth came
738
00:38:14,490 --> 00:38:20,000
through jesus christ where is jesus christ
739
00:38:21,980 --> 00:38:25,420
The guy said I don't know anything about that and
740
00:38:25,420 --> 00:38:29,920
I'm not heard under my breath preach it brother
741
00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:32,980
Did you see how it looked to muhammad's point of
742
00:38:32,980 --> 00:38:37,330
view he was a Muslim he understood about a God
743
00:38:37,330 --> 00:38:40,810
who has laws who has standards who brings terror
744
00:38:40,810 --> 00:38:43,420
who sits in judgment over you
745
00:38:43,420 --> 00:38:46,540
God who is sovereign and holy and powerful he
746
00:38:46,540 --> 00:38:50,280
understood all of that
747
00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:54,080
But it already been captured by jesus full of
748
00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:58,070
grace and truth who displays his glory
749
00:38:58,070 --> 00:39:03,010
profoundly in the cross
750
00:39:03,010 --> 00:39:05,230
And becomes the meeting place between God and
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00:39:05,230 --> 00:39:06,850
sinners
752
00:39:06,850 --> 00:39:10,980
because he dies a center's death
753
00:39:11,860 --> 00:39:15,440
Let us pray
754
00:39:31,310 --> 00:39:35,350
Lord you know all of our hearts and minds as we
755
00:39:35,350 --> 00:39:38,730
sit here quietly
756
00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:45,220
Some of us have been believers for a long time
757
00:39:45,220 --> 00:39:48,790
But we've seen equally begun to cherish sin again
758
00:39:48,790 --> 00:39:52,530
and we are ashamed
759
00:39:53,510 --> 00:39:59,140
Help us to see that when we send you are always
760
00:39:59,140 --> 00:40:03,330
the most defended party
761
00:40:03,330 --> 00:40:07,140
But that our hope to is in you
762
00:40:07,140 --> 00:40:09,540
and the sacrifice you have provided in the person
763
00:40:09,540 --> 00:40:12,620
of your son
764
00:40:12,620 --> 00:40:16,430
We have no other hope
765
00:40:16,660 --> 00:40:20,100
And for some of them gathered here this this is
766
00:40:20,100 --> 00:40:24,440
new but it's wonderfully new
767
00:40:27,600 --> 00:40:30,620
Help them to cry the quietness of their own minds
768
00:40:30,620 --> 00:40:36,050
and hearts even now lord be merciful to me a
769
00:40:36,050 --> 00:40:38,950
sinner
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00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:45,540
For jesus sake
771
00:40:45,540 --> 00:40:48,500
Amen
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