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John 8:31-47 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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John chapter 8.
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Our text for today is John chapter 8 verses 31 through 47.
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!
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This, the first proclamation of the gospel called the Proto-Evangelion,
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the promise of one who will come to crush the head of Satan,
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establishes a thematic line that should be carefully traced all throughout the Old Testament and to our text today.
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I can't under-present the emphasis that should be made in thinking in these terms as we read the Bible.
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A careful reader of the Old Testament will note the conflicts that arise between those who oppose God,
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metaphorically offspring of the serpent,
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and those who are shown God's favor, metaphorically offspring of the woman,
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all of which culminates in the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Children, you may have heard him called the Snake Crusher
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in some of the reading that your parents do with you.
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This theme should be present on our minds as we look at today's text.
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The conflict between Jesus and the religious leaders of his day has been growing in John's gospel.
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In chapter 5, his opponents didn't like him healing on the Sabbath and calling God his Father.
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They make a plot to kill him at that point.
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In chapter 6, they didn't like him telling them they would have to eat his flesh and drink his blood to have eternal life.
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Last week, we saw in chapter 8 that Jesus tells them that they will die in their sin,
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that he is the great I Am, that is, God incarnate,
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and that he is the source of truth on earth,
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all of which they do not like.
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The conflict is white hot where we have arrived in chapter 8.
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You know where it's headed.
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It is reaching its high point here.
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Jesus' opponents, just like that crafty serpent in the garden,
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undermined Eve's faith in saying,
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has God really said our feigning moral superiority
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while murderous intentions dwell in their hearts?
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Jesus has no tolerance for this tactic.
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Jesus stopped pulling punches at all at this point.
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He will state in today's text without question
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that they are offspring of the serpent,
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bent to his will, set against the one who can set them free.
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So you see, when the most important of matters are considered,
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there are really only two categories of people.
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The offspring of the serpent,
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the offspring of the woman.
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We're presenting it in a different way
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as we've been preaching through this text.
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What are we to do with Jesus?
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Are we to accept him as he presents himself,
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Lord of the universe,
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the one in which we must believe to be saved,
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or are we to reject his teaching,
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call him a liar or a lunatic?
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What we do with him determines
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whether we are offspring of the serpent
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or offspring of the woman.
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Which are you?
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This question deserves the severest of our attention.
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It's an incredibly important question
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to ask and to answer.
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And I hope we might answer it
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in the affirmative offspring of the woman
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born of the son.
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So let's look together at verses 31 through 47,
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but let me lead us in prayer before we do.
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Father, help us this day as we take up your word.
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Brief moments we have this morning together.
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We want to rightly understand it.
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We humbly recognize
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that it was written for your glory
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and for our good.
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And we recognize that we need your spirit
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to work in our hearts
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that we might believe its promises
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and obey its commands
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and have affection for you, its author.
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We pray, Father, our time together
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will honor and glorify Christ.
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And we pray this in his name.
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Amen.
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I'll begin reading in verse 31.
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So, Jesus said to the Jews
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who had believed in him,
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If you abide in my word,
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you are truly my disciples
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and you will know the truth
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and the truth will set you free.
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They answered him,
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We are offspring of Abraham
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and have never been enslaved to anyone.
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How is it that you say
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you will become free?
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Jesus answered them,
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Truly, truly, I say to you,
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everyone who practices sin
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is a slave to sin.
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The slave does not remain in the house forever.
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The son remains forever.
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So if the son sets you free,
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you will be free indeed.
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I know that you are offspring of Abraham,
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yet you seek to kill me
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because my word finds no place in you.
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I speak of what I have seen with my father
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and you do what you have heard
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from your father.
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They answered him,
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Abraham is our father.
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Jesus said to them,
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If you were Abraham's children,
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you would be doing the works Abraham did.
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But now you seek to kill me,
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a man who has told you the truth
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that I heard from God.
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This is not what Abraham did.
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You are doing the works your father did.
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They said to him,
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We were not born of sexual immorality.
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We have one father,
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even God.
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Jesus said to them,
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If God were your father,
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you would love me.
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For I came from God and I am here.
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I came not of my own accord,
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but he sent me.
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Why do you not understand what I say?
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It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.
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You are of your father, the devil,
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and your will is to do your father's desires.
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He was a murderer from the beginning
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and does not stand in the truth
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because there is no truth in him.
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When he lies,
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he speaks out of his own character,
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for he is a liar and the father of lies.
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But because I tell the truth,
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you do not believe me.
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Which one of you convicts me of sin?
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If I tell the truth,
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why do you not believe me?
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Whoever is of God
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hears the words of God.
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The reason why you do not hear them
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is that you are not.
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of God.
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Boy, if they weren't mad at him before,
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they certainly are now.
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Two groups, you see.
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One free, to put it differently.
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The other enslaved.
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Our outline for this morning
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will center on the freedom
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that Jesus promises in verse 32.
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The first point will be
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the path to freedom
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and the second,
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the pretense of freedom.
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Number one,
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the path to freedom.
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Verses 31 through 32
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and then 35 and 36.
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First, in order for us to be free,
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we must believe in Christ.
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Our text starts,
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so,
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Jesus said to the Jews
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who had believed him.
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This is a response
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to what?
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The previous verse.
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You'll notice verse 30.
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You look up your page.
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As he was saying these things,
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many believed in him.
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Now, you may recall
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that John doesn't exclusively use
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the term the Jews
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to refer to the religious leaders
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that opposed Jesus.
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We talked about that last week,
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if memory serves me.
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But that he does most regularly
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use the term in this way.
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This makes it really important
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for us to ask the question,
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why this phrase,
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in this place?
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Why does he state it this way?
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He's most often using this phrase
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to speak of Jesus'
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Jewish religious opposition.
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So, why here?
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We see,
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many believe.
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So, Jesus said to the Jews
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who had believed.
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Certainly, John could have said
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those who had believed in him,
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referring back to verse 30,
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but he doesn't make that choice.
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In fact,
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John records what Jesus says,
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and then the response
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in the rest of our text,
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beginning in verse 33,
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they answered him.
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And then John records
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Jesus' indictment
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of those who answered him.
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What are we to do with this?
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I want to separate them out.
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I want to make them
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two separate groups of people.
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I want to apply some conjecture
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that there's different groups
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standing around
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as he's teaching
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in the treasury,
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in the temple.
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The text doesn't give us
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any clues
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that that's what's happening here
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at all.
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Last week,
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in speaking of those
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who will die in their sin,
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I concluded with hope
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because of verse 30.
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But to my shame,
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I had not gathered
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the full context
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of what is happening here.
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precursory read it through,
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but didn't really think
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what's going on
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in these verses.
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Now,
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I read a slew
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of explanations this week
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trying to hang on
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to the individuals
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in verses 30 through 32
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as genuine believers.
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believers.
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But I found them
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all wanting.
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Really,
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don't want to say,
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I think I got that wrong.
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I think I misunderstood
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verse 30,
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but none of the explanations
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really held much
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muster.
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If we are faithful
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to the words presented to us,
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and yes,
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even to the original language
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in which they were written,
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some of you might be
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running off on your devices
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to try to sort it
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out.
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You'll be disappointed.
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We must conclude
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that the Jews
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being addressed
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have not
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truly
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believed.
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Jesus,
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as he is God,
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knows the hearts of men,
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and he knows
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these men are fickle
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just like those
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encountered
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previously.
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Do you recall,
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this isn't the first time
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we have seen
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this issue
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in John's gospel.
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I'll take you back
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to John chapter 6,
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beginning in verse 60.
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After Jesus
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had spoken
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of eating his flesh
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and drinking
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his blood,
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metaphorically,
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to be sure,
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when many of his disciples
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heard it,
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disciples,
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followers of him
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heard it,
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they said,
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this is a hard saying.
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Who can listen to it?
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But Jesus,
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knowing in himself
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that his disciples
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were grumbling
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about this,
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he's aware of it,
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said to them,
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do you take offense
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at this?
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Then what if
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you were to see
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the Son of Man
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ascending to where
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he was before?
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It is the Spirit
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who gives life.
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The flesh
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is no help at all.
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The words that I have
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spoken to you
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are Spirit
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and
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life.
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But there are
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some of you
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who do not
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believe.
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For Jesus knew
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from the beginning
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who those were
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who did not
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believe.
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You see the exact
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same thing happening
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in our text today.
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Those who said
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they believed,
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Jesus already knew
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they did not
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believe
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and who it was
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who would betray him.
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And he said,
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this is why I told you
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that no one
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can come to me
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unless it is granted
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him by
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the Father.
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After this,
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many of his
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disciples
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turned back
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and no longer
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walked
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with him.
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What's happened
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before,
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I think we're
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seeing it happen
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here again.
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Professions,
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we believe,
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and Jesus
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exposes
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their unbelief.
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But all the same,
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Jesus is
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presenting
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the path
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to freedom.
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His listeners
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are hearing it
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and we're
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hearing it
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as well.
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If these people
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who are said
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to have believed
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did not believe
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savingly,
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then what are we
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to think
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of our own
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belief?
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We must believe.
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We must believe.
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We must believe
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that Jesus
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is the Christ,
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the God-man
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sent to live
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the life
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demanded of us
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that we
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have not lived,
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to die the death
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that we
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deserve
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because of our sin,
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to resurrect
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as a defeat
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of death
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that we may have
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eternal life.
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Is saving
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belief
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just about
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getting the
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gospel equation
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right?
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Were the people
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in our text
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just missing
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some bit
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of detail?
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Not at all.
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Of course,
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we must believe
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certain things
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to be saved.
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But the biblical
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idea of belief
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steps beyond
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just logging
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some facts
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in our minds
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and acknowledging
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them
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as true.
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This is not
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the picture
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of belief.
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The word,
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the Greek word,
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doesn't really
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even allow
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for that.
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The word
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believe
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can also
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be translated
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trust.
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It's a
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throwing yourself
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upon
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the truth
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you say
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that you
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believe.
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So last week
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I very briefly
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talked about
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the parachute
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analogy
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and me
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and the boys
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lining up
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on our couch
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and jumping off
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and trying to
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explain faith
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to them,
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what it means
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to believe
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in something.
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If you're
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to believe
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that a parachute
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will save
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your life
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if you were
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thrown out
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of a plane,
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you put it
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on differently
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than if you
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just were
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on the ground
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saying,
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sure,
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sure,
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parachutes
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catch people
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when they
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fall.
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There's
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actually some
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action that
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follows.
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I genuinely
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believe
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that this
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will catch
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me,
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will save
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me in
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the end.
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Or perhaps
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an accident
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is imminent
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or you're
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going to
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crash your
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car into
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a brick
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wall
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and your
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seat belt
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is on
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and you
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know that
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there's an
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airbag
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that will
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deploy
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and as much
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as it may
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hurt when
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that happens,
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you believe
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that it will
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in fact
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save you
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from destruction.
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This is the
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way we grasp
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hold of the
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truth of the
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gospel.
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We understand
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our sin
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and we understand
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what is bought
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for us
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and we know
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that eternal
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damnation is
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just and
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right.
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It's what
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awaits us
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if we don't
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turn from
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our sin
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and place
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our faith,
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our trust
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in Christ.
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We must.
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We must
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believe.
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We must
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believe in a
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way that
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evidences
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our belief.
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We take
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hold of
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Jesus in
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that way.
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We give
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our very
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life that
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we might
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belong to
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him.
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It's going
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to work
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out in
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the way
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that we
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live.
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We're
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going to
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hold on
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to him
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not just
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as our
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savior but
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also as
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our
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Lord.
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All of
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me.
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I'll give
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all of
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myself
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to you.
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We live
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in an age
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of cheap
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grace and
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decisionism
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where what
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it means
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to be
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saved is
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to raise
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a hand,
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walk an
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aisle,
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sign your
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name on
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a card.
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Many
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people have
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done those
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things and
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the Lord
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has saved
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them but
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not because
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of the things
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that they
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did.
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And then
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salvation
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and some
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perspective is
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granted to
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those
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individuals.
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No follow
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up,
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no discipleship,
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no meaningful
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church membership,
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no effort to
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watch and be
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careful,
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to see what
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happens when
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the son of
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tribulation
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comes.
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Do these
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people dry
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up and not
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produce fruit?
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Are they
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actually in
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Christ?
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Do they
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press on
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in him?
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Persevere
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to the
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very
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end.
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Beloved,
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good trees
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produce
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good
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fruit.
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Those of
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you who
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may be out
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of Christ
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this morning,
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bad trees
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produce
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bad fruit.
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Apples
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don't grow
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on pear
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trees,
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right children?
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Now you
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may be
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thinking that
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is all
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well and
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good.
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This kind
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of active
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faith.
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But are
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those ideas
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found here
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in Jesus'
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words?
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Yes,
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they are.
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He says
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to those
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who believe,
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profess to
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believe,
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if you
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abide in
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my word,
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you are
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truly
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my
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disciples.
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And you
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will know
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the truth
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and the
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truth
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will set
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you free.
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So we
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must believe
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that Jesus
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is the
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Christ
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and we're
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going to
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evidence that
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by obeying
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his
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word.
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The evidence
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of belief
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is an
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abiding
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or remaining
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continuing
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in
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Jesus'
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word.
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faith.
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D.A.
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Carson
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said of
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this text,
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quote,
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holding to
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Jesus'
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teaching not
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only establishes
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the genuineness
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of faith,
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it also has
19:36
its own
19:36
authenticating
19:37
power.
19:39
We come to
19:40
know truth
19:40
not simply by
19:42
intellectual
19:42
assessment but
19:44
by moral
19:45
commitment.
19:47
Not only do I
19:48
see that it's
19:49
true but I
19:50
arrange my
19:50
life according
19:52
to it.
19:55
Judaism,
19:56
you may not
19:56
know,
19:57
taught that the
19:58
study of the
19:59
law is what
20:00
makes a man
20:01
free.
20:03
The study of
20:03
it, not the
20:04
obedience to it,
20:05
but the study of
20:06
it is what makes
20:07
a man free.
20:09
Jesus taught
20:10
that the law
20:11
serves to
20:12
point to
20:13
him.
20:16
John 14
20:17
and verse
20:17
6,
20:18
Jesus there
20:19
said,
20:19
I am the
20:20
way and
20:22
the truth
20:23
and the
20:25
life.
20:26
No one
20:27
comes to the
20:27
Father except
20:29
through me.
20:30
You may
20:31
recall John
20:31
1 and verse
20:32
14,
20:33
and the
20:33
word became
20:34
flesh and
20:34
dwelt among
20:35
us and we
20:36
have seen
20:37
his glory,
20:37
glory is of
20:38
the only
20:38
son from
20:39
the father
20:40
full of
20:41
grace and
20:42
truth.
20:45
In
20:46
John 5
20:47
and verse
20:47
39,
20:48
Jesus
20:49
indicts the
20:50
Pharisees by
20:51
saying,
20:52
you search
20:52
the scriptures
20:53
because you
20:53
think that in
20:54
them you have
20:55
eternal life
20:56
and it is
20:57
they that
20:58
bear witness
20:59
about me.
21:02
It's all
21:03
meant to
21:03
take us
21:04
savingly
21:06
to
21:06
Jesus
21:08
Christ,
21:09
to be set
21:10
free in
21:11
him.
21:13
And
21:13
having been
21:15
set free,
21:16
we are
21:16
free to
21:18
follow him.
21:20
John 14
21:21
and verse
21:21
15,
21:22
Jesus says,
21:22
if you
21:23
love me,
21:24
you will
21:25
keep my
21:25
commandments.
21:27
The evidence
21:28
of your
21:28
love for
21:29
me is that
21:29
you will
21:30
obey me.
21:32
John 15
21:33
and verse
21:33
10,
21:33
if you
21:34
keep my
21:34
commandments,
21:35
you will
21:36
abide in
21:36
my love
21:36
just as I
21:37
have kept
21:37
my father's
21:38
commandments
21:38
and abide
21:39
in his
21:40
love.
21:41
And then
21:41
verse 14
21:42
of the same
21:42
chapter,
21:43
you are my
21:43
friends,
21:44
if you
21:45
do what
21:47
I command
21:47
you.
21:49
We
21:50
must
21:51
get
21:52
this
21:52
right.
21:55
So
21:55
many
21:56
Christians
21:56
misunderstand
21:57
this teaching.
22:00
We are
22:00
justified
22:01
by grace
22:02
alone,
22:03
through faith
22:05
or belief
22:06
alone,
22:07
in
22:08
Christ
22:09
alone.
22:10
I want
22:10
that to be
22:11
programmed in
22:12
your brain.
22:12
if you've
22:12
been around
22:13
here for
22:13
a while,
22:14
we have
22:14
said this
22:15
again and
22:15
again and
22:16
again.
22:16
We are
22:17
justified
22:17
by grace
22:19
alone,
22:19
through faith
22:20
alone,
22:20
in Christ
22:22
alone.
22:23
We are
22:24
not,
22:25
we cannot
22:26
be saved
22:27
by our
22:28
works.
22:31
But
22:32
saving
22:33
faith
22:34
is a
22:35
faith
22:36
that works,
22:38
that evidences,
22:40
that it's
22:40
real in
22:42
it's
22:42
working.
22:45
So
22:46
what are we
22:46
to do
22:46
with our
22:47
belief?
22:48
Invited
22:48
examination.
22:49
Help me
22:50
faithfully
22:50
follow Jesus
22:51
to the
22:51
end.
22:52
I plead
22:53
with you,
22:53
help me
22:54
faithfully
22:54
follow Jesus
22:55
to the
22:56
end.
22:56
Show me
22:56
if there's
22:57
any error
22:57
in my
22:57
way.
22:58
Show me
22:58
where I'm
22:59
not being
22:59
obedient to
23:00
the word.
23:00
And thank
23:01
you for
23:01
all the
23:01
times you've
23:02
done this
23:02
for me,
23:03
that I
23:03
might repent
23:04
and believe
23:05
and show
23:05
that my
23:06
faith is
23:07
a saving
23:07
faith.
23:08
faith.
23:11
Now we
23:12
have thought
23:12
briefly about
23:14
the path
23:16
to freedom,
23:17
but let's
23:17
look just
23:18
for a
23:18
moment at
23:20
the nature
23:20
of that
23:22
freedom.
23:23
Hop down
23:23
just a bit
23:24
in the text
23:24
to verses
23:25
35 and
23:27
36.
23:28
There Jesus
23:29
says,
23:30
the slave
23:30
does not
23:31
remain in
23:31
the house
23:32
forever.
23:33
The son
23:34
remains
23:36
forever.
23:38
So if
23:38
the son
23:38
sets you
23:39
free,
23:40
you will
23:40
be free
23:41
indeed.
23:45
Jesus
23:45
uses an
23:46
analogy to
23:47
show us
23:47
the glory
23:48
of the
23:49
freedom
23:49
found in
23:50
him.
23:52
If we
23:53
have been
23:53
justified,
23:55
it's a
23:55
courtroom
23:56
scene,
23:57
right?
23:57
Our sin
23:58
expunged,
23:59
it's taken
23:59
away,
24:00
perfect
24:01
law keeping
24:01
given to
24:02
us by
24:03
grace alone
24:04
through faith
24:04
alone in
24:05
Christ alone.
24:07
If this
24:08
is true
24:08
of us,
24:10
we're
24:12
forgiven.
24:13
What a
24:13
wonderful thing.
24:14
We're
24:15
counted as
24:15
righteous.
24:17
What a
24:17
wonderful thing,
24:18
but that's
24:19
not
24:19
all.
24:22
I think
24:24
in the
24:24
past,
24:25
I've
24:25
spent too
24:26
much time
24:27
on
24:27
justification,
24:28
so important,
24:30
very vital
24:31
Christian
24:32
doctrine,
24:32
I don't
24:33
want to
24:33
neglect it
24:34
in any
24:34
measure,
24:34
but if
24:37
we have
24:37
been
24:38
justified,
24:39
we have
24:39
been
24:40
justified
24:40
for
24:42
something.
24:44
If it
24:45
doesn't
24:45
spring into
24:45
your mind,
24:46
I've
24:46
failed you.
24:48
I want
24:48
it to
24:48
start
24:49
springing
24:49
into
24:49
your
24:49
mind.
24:50
We've
24:51
been
24:51
justified
24:51
so that
24:53
we are
24:53
adopted.
24:56
Not so
24:56
that we
24:56
might be
24:57
adopted,
24:57
but so
24:58
that we
24:58
are
24:59
adopted.
25:00
God
25:01
can
25:01
welcome
25:02
us
25:02
back
25:03
into
25:03
fellowship
25:04
with
25:04
him
25:05
as
25:06
sons.
25:07
Ladies,
25:08
you want
25:08
to be
25:08
sons.
25:08
Sons
25:09
get all
25:09
of the
25:09
inheritance.
25:10
This is
25:10
Bible
25:10
language,
25:11
so just
25:11
accept it.
25:12
It's
25:12
fine.
25:15
Now,
25:16
at times,
25:16
I am,
25:17
and I
25:17
hope it
25:18
presents
25:19
itself as
25:19
humble,
25:19
because
25:20
they're
25:20
the
25:20
translators.
25:21
I
25:21
just
25:21
think,
25:22
ah,
25:22
I
25:23
could
25:23
have
25:23
gotten
25:23
that
25:24
a
25:24
little
25:24
bit
25:24
better.
25:26
But
25:26
here,
25:26
I
25:26
want to
25:27
commend
25:27
them
25:28
on
25:28
their
25:28
punctuation
25:29
of
25:29
these
25:29
two
25:30
verses.
25:30
I
25:30
think
25:30
it's
25:31
just
25:31
right.
25:33
He
25:33
says,
25:34
the
25:34
slave
25:34
does
25:34
not
25:34
remain
25:35
in
25:35
the
25:35
house
25:35
forever.
25:36
The
25:36
son,
25:37
lower
25:37
case,
25:38
the
25:38
son
25:39
remains
25:40
forever.
25:41
And
25:41
for those
25:42
of us
25:42
in
25:42
Christ,
25:42
I
25:42
think
25:43
we
25:43
should
25:43
find
25:43
ourselves
25:43
right
25:44
there.
25:45
Set
25:46
free
25:46
from
25:47
the
25:47
power
25:48
of
25:48
sin,
25:49
now
25:49
justified,
25:51
adopted,
25:53
a
25:53
son
25:54
who
25:54
remains
25:55
forever.
25:57
And
25:58
then
25:58
note
25:59
who
25:59
accomplishes
26:00
that
26:00
work,
26:01
right?
26:02
By
26:02
grace,
26:03
through
26:03
faith,
26:04
in
26:04
Christ.
26:05
So,
26:06
if
26:06
the
26:07
son,
26:08
capital
26:08
S,
26:09
the
26:09
son
26:09
sets
26:10
you
26:11
free,
26:12
you
26:12
will
26:12
be
26:12
free
26:13
indeed.
26:16
Indeed.
26:17
Really,
26:18
truly
26:19
free.
26:21
Right?
26:22
Not
26:22
some
26:22
flawed
26:23
facsimile
26:24
of
26:24
freedom,
26:25
a
26:25
real
26:25
freedom.
26:26
Free
26:27
indeed.
26:30
If
26:31
this
26:31
thought
26:31
doesn't
26:32
enliven
26:33
your
26:33
mind
26:33
and
26:33
warm
26:34
your
26:34
heart,
26:35
then I
26:36
fear that
26:36
you have
26:36
never
26:37
really
26:37
felt
26:38
the
26:38
weight
26:39
of
26:40
your
26:40
captivity
26:40
to
26:41
sin.
26:42
Whether
26:42
former
26:43
or
26:43
present
26:43
captivity
26:44
to
26:44
sin,
26:44
you've
26:45
never
26:45
really
26:45
comprehended
26:47
what an
26:48
offense it
26:48
is to
26:49
God
26:49
and how
26:51
ensnaring
26:52
it can
26:52
be.
26:53
you
26:54
have
26:54
difficulty
26:55
identifying
26:56
with
26:56
Paul
26:56
at the
26:57
conclusion
26:57
of
26:57
Romans
26:58
7
26:59
and
26:59
into
26:59
8.
27:00
And
27:01
yes,
27:01
I
27:01
believe,
27:02
I
27:02
believe
27:03
with
27:03
fervency
27:04
that
27:04
Paul
27:04
is
27:04
talking
27:04
about
27:05
his
27:05
present
27:06
set
27:06
free
27:07
from
27:07
sin
27:08
state.
27:09
Just
27:09
spiritual.
27:10
But I
27:10
am of
27:11
the
27:11
flesh
27:11
sold
27:13
under
27:13
sin.
27:15
For
27:15
I
27:15
do
27:15
not
27:15
understand
27:16
my
27:16
own
27:16
actions.
27:17
For
27:17
I
27:17
do
27:17
not
27:17
do
27:18
what
27:18
I
27:18
want,
27:18
but I
27:19
do
27:19
the
27:19
very
27:19
thing
27:20
I
27:20
hate.
27:21
Now,
27:22
if I
27:22
do
27:22
what
27:22
I
27:23
do
27:23
not
27:23
want,
27:23
I
27:23
agree
27:24
with
27:24
the
27:24
law,
27:24
that
27:24
it
27:24
is
27:25
good.
27:26
So
27:26
now,
27:26
it's
27:26
no
27:26
longer
27:26
I
27:27
who
27:27
do
27:27
it,
27:27
but
27:27
sin
27:28
that
27:28
dwells
27:29
within
27:29
me.
27:30
For
27:30
I
27:30
know
27:30
that
27:31
nothing
27:31
good
27:31
dwells
27:32
in
27:32
me,
27:32
that
27:32
is
27:32
in
27:32
my
27:33
flesh.
27:33
For
27:33
I
27:33
have
27:33
the
27:34
desire
27:34
to
27:34
do
27:34
what
27:34
is
27:35
right,
27:35
but
27:35
not
27:35
the
27:35
ability
27:36
to
27:36
carry
27:36
it
27:36
out.
27:37
For
27:38
I
27:38
do
27:38
!
27:38
the
27:51
do
27:51
right,
27:51
evil
27:52
lies
27:52
close
27:52
at
27:52
hand.
27:54
For
27:54
I
27:54
delight
27:54
in
27:54
the
27:54
law
27:55
of
27:55
God
27:55
in
27:55
my
27:55
inner
27:56
being,
27:56
but
27:56
I
27:56
see
27:56
in
27:56
my
27:57
members
27:57
another
27:57
law
27:58
waging
27:58
war
27:59
against
27:59
the
28:00
law
28:00
of
28:00
my
28:00
mind
28:01
and
28:01
making
28:01
me
28:01
captive
28:02
to
28:02
the
28:02
law
28:02
of
28:02
sin
28:03
that
28:03
dwells
28:03
in
28:03
my
28:04
members.
28:05
Wretched
28:05
man
28:06
that
28:07
I
28:07
am,
28:07
who
28:08
will
28:08
deliver
28:09
me
28:09
from
28:09
this
28:10
body
28:10
of
28:10
death?
28:12
Thanks
28:13
be to
28:14
God,
28:14
through
28:15
Jesus
28:15
Christ
28:15
our
28:16
Lord.
28:17
So
28:17
that
28:18
I
28:18
myself
28:18
serve
28:18
the
28:19
law
28:19
of
28:19
God
28:19
with
28:19
my
28:19
mind,
28:20
but
28:20
with
28:20
my
28:20
flesh
28:20
I
28:20
serve
28:21
the
28:21
law
28:21
of
28:21
sin.
28:22
There
28:23
is
28:23
therefore
28:23
now
28:24
no
28:24
condemnation
28:25
for
28:26
those
28:26
who
28:26
are
28:26
in
28:27
Christ
28:27
Jesus.
28:29
For
28:29
the
28:29
law
28:30
of
28:30
the
28:30
spirit
28:31
of
28:31
life
28:32
has
28:32
set
28:32
you
28:32
free
28:33
in
28:33
Christ
28:34
Jesus
28:34
from
28:35
the
28:35
law
28:36
of
28:37
sin
28:37
and
28:38
death.
28:41
If
28:42
you
28:42
have
28:42
understood
28:44
the
28:45
depth
28:45
of
28:45
your
28:46
sin
28:46
then
28:47
you
28:48
rejoice
28:49
at
28:49
being
28:50
free
28:51
indeed.
28:53
Truly
28:53
!
28:54
Really
28:55
free
28:56
from
28:57
slavery
28:57
to
28:58
sin.
29:00
Charles
29:01
Wesley
29:01
wrote
29:03
in his
29:04
famous
29:04
hymn
29:04
And
29:05
Can It
29:05
Be?
29:05
This is
29:06
in your
29:06
bulletin
29:06
if you
29:07
care to
29:07
see it.
29:09
Long
29:09
my
29:09
imprisoned
29:10
spirit
29:10
lay
29:11
fast
29:11
bound
29:12
in
29:12
sin
29:12
and
29:13
nature's
29:13
night.
29:14
Thine
29:15
eye
29:15
diffused
29:16
a
29:16
quickening
29:17
ray
29:17
I
29:18
woke
29:18
the
29:19
dungeon
29:19
flamed
29:20
with
29:20
light.
29:21
My
29:22
chains
29:22
fell
29:22
off
29:23
my
29:24
heart
29:24
was
29:24
free
29:24
I
29:25
rose
29:26
went
29:26
forth
29:27
and
29:28
followed
29:29
thee.
29:31
So
29:31
Jesus
29:32
presents
29:32
a
29:33
pathway
29:34
to
29:35
freedom.
29:38
When we
29:39
believe
29:39
in
29:40
Christ
29:40
and
29:41
so
29:41
evidence
29:41
that
29:42
faith
29:42
in
29:43
the
29:43
way
29:43
that
29:44
we
29:44
live.
29:46
A
29:46
second
29:47
point
29:47
and
29:47
we'll
29:48
move
29:48
fairly
29:49
quickly
29:49
through
29:49
this.
29:50
I
29:50
think
29:50
I'll
29:50
pick
29:50
up
29:50
some
29:50
of
29:50
this
29:51
language
29:51
the
29:51
next
29:51
time
29:52
we're
29:52
in
29:52
John
29:52
together.
29:54
It
29:54
builds
29:55
as
29:55
the
29:55
chapter
29:55
proceeds
29:56
on.
29:56
So
29:57
if
29:57
this
29:57
is
29:57
unsatisfying
29:58
to
29:58
you
29:58
I
30:00
hope
30:00
perhaps
30:01
I'll
30:01
come
30:01
back
30:02
to
30:03
it.
30:03
We
30:04
see
30:04
secondly
30:04
the
30:05
pretense
30:07
!
30:07
the
30:07
pretending
30:08
or
30:08
the
30:09
shamming
30:10
of
30:10
freedom
30:11
the
30:12
putting
30:13
on
30:13
as if
30:14
it's
30:14
true
30:15
when
30:15
it's
30:16
not.
30:18
Notice
30:18
verse
30:18
33
30:19
they
30:19
answered
30:20
him
30:20
to
30:21
this
30:21
the
30:22
truth
30:22
will
30:22
set
30:23
you
30:23
free
30:23
they
30:25
say
30:25
we
30:25
are
30:25
offspring
30:26
of
30:26
Abraham
30:27
and
30:27
have
30:27
never
30:27
been
30:28
enslaved
30:28
to
30:29
anyone
30:29
how
30:30
is
30:31
it
30:31
that
30:31
you
30:31
say
30:31
you
30:32
will
30:33
become
30:33
free?
30:35
Now
30:35
the
30:36
Israelites
30:36
have
30:37
been
30:37
enslaved
30:38
by
30:39
Egypt
30:40
Syria
30:40
Babylon
30:42
Medo
30:43
Persia
30:43
Greece
30:44
Syria
30:45
and
30:46
at
30:47
the
30:47
time
30:47
of
30:47
this
30:47
exchange
30:48
by
30:49
Rome
30:49
undoubtedly
30:51
no
30:52
debate
30:52
about
30:53
they
30:53
were
30:53
enslaved
30:55
so
30:57
they
30:57
must
30:57
not
30:58
have
30:58
been
30:58
referring
30:58
to
30:58
physical
30:59
enslavement
31:00
when
31:00
they
31:00
say
31:01
this
31:01
but
31:01
rather
31:01
spiritual
31:03
enslavement
31:04
this
31:05
is
31:05
important
31:05
to
31:05
note
31:06
because
31:06
what
31:06
is
31:06
happening
31:06
here
31:07
is
31:07
not
31:07
a
31:07
confusion
31:08
of
31:08
terms
31:10
Jesus
31:11
isn't
31:11
just
31:11
talking
31:12
past
31:12
them
31:13
leaving
31:13
them
31:14
scratching
31:14
their
31:14
head
31:15
right
31:15
he's
31:15
not
31:16
talking
31:16
on
31:16
one
31:17
level
31:17
and
31:18
them
31:18
on
31:19
another
31:20
they
31:21
fully
31:21
understand
31:22
the
31:23
spiritual
31:23
nature
31:23
of
31:24
what
31:24
Jesus
31:24
is
31:26
saying
31:26
and
31:27
yet
31:27
they're
31:28
in
31:28
this
31:28
debate
31:29
with
31:29
him
31:30
he
31:31
reinforces
31:32
I
31:32
say
31:32
to
31:32
you
31:32
everyone
31:33
who
31:34
practices
31:34
sin
31:35
is
31:35
a
31:35
slave
31:36
to
31:36
sin
31:38
they
31:38
are
31:38
talking
31:39
about
31:39
the
31:39
same
31:39
thing
31:40
spiritual
31:41
enslavement
31:42
you need
31:43
to be
31:43
set
31:44
free
31:44
we don't
31:45
need
31:45
to be
31:45
set
31:45
free
31:46
we're
31:46
not
31:46
slaves
31:47
to
31:47
sin
31:47
yes
31:47
you
31:48
are
31:48
Nathan's
31:49
summary
31:50
of it
31:51
clearly
31:53
we see
31:54
what's
31:54
going
31:54
on
31:55
here
31:55
is
31:55
the
31:55
very
31:56
opposite
31:57
of a
31:58
faith
31:58
that
31:59
works
31:59
here
32:01
Jesus
32:01
presents
32:02
people
32:03
whose
32:04
normative
32:05
activity
32:05
their
32:05
practice
32:07
is
32:08
sin
32:09
not
32:10
as
32:10
sons
32:10
but
32:12
as
32:12
slaves
32:12
those
32:14
of us
32:14
who are
32:14
in
32:14
Christ
32:14
this
32:15
morning
32:15
do
32:15
we
32:15
still
32:15
sin
32:16
yes
32:16
we
32:16
do
32:16
we
32:17
are
32:17
like
32:17
Paul
32:18
at
32:18
the
32:18
end
32:18
of
32:19
Romans
32:19
chapter
32:20
7
32:20
yes
32:21
we
32:21
do
32:22
but
32:22
it
32:22
is
32:22
not
32:22
the
32:22
normative
32:23
practice
32:24
we
32:24
don't
32:25
love
32:25
it
32:25
we're
32:26
pursuing
32:26
holiness
32:27
even
32:28
as
32:28
we
32:28
are
32:28
frail
32:29
and
32:30
still
32:30
find
32:30
this
32:31
battle
32:32
within
32:32
for
32:34
our
32:34
souls
32:34
the
32:36
rest
32:37
of
32:37
the
32:37
chapter
32:37
if
32:37
you
32:37
were
32:38
to
32:38
do
32:38
that
32:38
you
32:39
might
32:39
do
32:40
it
32:40
on
32:40
your
32:40
page
32:40
I
32:41
don't
32:41
know
32:41
probably
32:41
not
32:42
that
32:42
compelling
32:42
but
32:42
if
32:42
you
32:42
did
32:43
that
32:43
on
32:43
your
32:43
page
32:43
two
32:44
columns
32:45
one
32:45
you
32:45
could
32:46
title
32:46
slaves
32:47
or
32:47
to
32:47
connect
32:48
back
32:48
to
32:48
my
32:48
introduction
32:49
seat
32:50
of
32:50
the
32:50
serpent
32:50
the
32:52
second
32:52
could
32:52
be
32:52
titled
32:52
sons
32:53
or
32:54
seat
32:55
of
32:55
the
32:55
woman
32:55
in
32:57
the
32:57
first
32:57
column
32:58
we
32:58
can
32:58
note
32:59
that
33:00
the
33:00
seat
33:01
of
33:01
the
33:01
serpent
33:01
number
33:02
one
33:02
does
33:04
not
33:04
believe
33:05
the
33:06
truth
33:07
does
33:08
not
33:09
believe
33:09
it
33:09
let me
33:09
just
33:10
hop
33:11
around
33:11
the
33:11
text
33:11
a
33:11
little
33:11
bit
33:12
with
33:12
you
33:12
verse
33:14
37
33:15
Jesus
33:16
says
33:16
yet
33:17
you
33:17
seek
33:17
to
33:17
kill
33:18
me
33:18
because
33:19
my
33:19
word
33:20
finds
33:21
no
33:21
place
33:22
in
33:24
you
33:24
verse
33:26
38
33:27
Jesus
33:29
says
33:29
I
33:29
speak
33:29
of
33:29
what
33:29
I
33:30
have
33:30
seen
33:30
with
33:30
my
33:30
father
33:31
and
33:31
you
33:32
do
33:32
what
33:33
you
33:33
have
33:33
heard
33:33
from
33:35
your
33:35
father
33:35
he's
33:36
going
33:36
to
33:36
elaborate
33:37
the
33:37
father
33:37
of
33:38
lies
33:39
you
33:40
will
33:40
not
33:40
hear
33:40
the
33:40
truth
33:40
but
33:41
you
33:41
do
33:41
hear
33:42
lies
33:43
verse
33:46
39
33:46
Abraham
33:48
is
33:48
our
33:48
father
33:49
they
33:49
say
33:49
Jesus
33:50
said
33:50
to
33:50
them
33:51
if
33:51
you
33:51
were
33:51
Abraham's
33:52
children
33:52
you
33:52
would
33:52
be
33:52
doing
33:53
the
33:53
works
33:54
of
33:55
Abraham
33:56
the
33:56
works
33:56
Abraham
33:57
did
33:57
which
33:57
was
33:57
what
33:58
his
33:59
faith
33:59
which
34:00
was
34:00
counted
34:00
to
34:00
him
34:01
as
34:02
righteousness
34:02
he
34:03
heard
34:03
God
34:04
and
34:04
he
34:04
believed
34:05
God
34:05
and
34:06
he
34:06
acted
34:07
in
34:07
accordance
34:07
with
34:08
that
34:09
belief
34:09
verse
34:10
40
34:10
but
34:11
you
34:11
seek
34:11
to
34:11
kill
34:11
me
34:12
a
34:12
man
34:12
who
34:12
has
34:12
told
34:12
you
34:13
the
34:13
truth
34:13
that
34:13
I
34:13
heard
34:13
from
34:14
God
34:14
this
34:15
is
34:15
not
34:15
what
34:16
Abraham
34:17
did
34:18
verse
34:20
44
34:21
you're
34:23
of
34:23
your
34:23
father
34:23
the
34:24
devil
34:24
and
34:24
your
34:24
will
34:24
is
34:24
to
34:25
do
34:25
father's
34:26
desires
34:26
he
34:26
was
34:26
a
34:27
murderer
34:27
from
34:27
the
34:27
beginning
34:28
and
34:28
does
34:28
not
34:29
stand
34:29
in
34:30
the
34:30
truth
34:30
because
34:31
there
34:31
is
34:31
no
34:32
truth
34:32
in
34:33
him
34:34
when
34:35
he
34:35
lies
34:36
he
34:36
speaks
34:36
out of
34:36
his
34:36
own
34:36
character
34:37
for
34:37
he
34:37
is
34:37
a
34:37
liar
34:38
and
34:38
the
34:38
father
34:39
of
34:39
lies
34:41
you're
34:43
the
34:43
son
34:43
of
34:43
him
34:44
but
34:46
because
34:46
I
34:46
tell
34:47
the
34:47
truth
34:47
verse
34:47
45
34:48
you
34:48
do
34:48
not
34:49
believe
34:50
me
34:50
verse
34:52
46
34:52
if
34:53
I
34:53
tell
34:53
the
34:53
truth
34:54
why
34:54
do
34:54
you
34:55
not
34:55
believe
34:56
me
34:57
verse
34:58
47
34:58
whoever
34:59
is
34:59
of
35:00
God
35:00
hears
35:01
the
35:01
words
35:01
of
35:01
God
35:01
the
35:02
reason
35:02
why
35:02
you
35:02
do
35:03
not
35:03
hear
35:03
them
35:03
is
35:03
that
35:04
you
35:04
are
35:04
not
35:04
of
35:06
God
35:07
the
35:09
seed
35:09
of
35:09
the
35:09
serpent
35:09
does
35:10
not
35:11
believe
35:11
!
35:12
truth
35:13
the
35:14
seed
35:14
of
35:14
the
35:14
serpent
35:15
the
35:16
slave
35:16
does
35:16
not
35:17
love
35:17
God
35:19
verse
35:20
42
35:21
Jesus
35:22
said
35:23
to them
35:23
if
35:23
God
35:23
were
35:24
your
35:24
father
35:24
you
35:25
would
35:25
love
35:26
me
35:27
for
35:27
I
35:28
came
35:28
from
35:28
God
35:28
and
35:29
I
35:30
am
35:30
here
35:30
I
35:31
came
35:31
not
35:31
on
35:31
my
35:31
own
35:32
accord
35:32
but
35:33
he
35:34
sent
35:35
me
35:36
there's
35:37
no
35:37
affection
35:37
in
35:37
their
35:38
hearts
35:38
for
35:40
the
35:40
God
35:40
for
35:40
Yahweh
35:41
right
35:42
Jesus
35:42
says
35:42
I
35:43
am
35:43
him
35:43
and
35:44
he
35:44
sent
35:44
me
35:44
you
35:46
would
35:46
love
35:46
us
35:46
both
35:47
and
35:49
thirdly
35:49
the
35:50
seed
35:50
of
35:51
the
35:51
serpent
35:51
does
35:52
the
35:52
work
35:52
of
35:53
the
35:54
serpent
35:55
of
35:55
Satan
35:55
verse
35:58
41
35:58
you
35:58
are
35:59
during
35:59
the
35:59
works
35:59
your
36:00
father
36:00
did
36:01
verse
36:02
37
36:03
you
36:03
seek
36:04
to
36:04
kill
36:04
me
36:05
verse
36:05
44
36:06
you
36:06
are
36:06
of
36:07
your
36:07
father
36:07
the
36:07
devil
36:08
and
36:08
your
36:08
will
36:08
is
36:09
to
36:09
do
36:09
your
36:09
father's
36:10
desires
36:11
he
36:11
was
36:12
a
36:12
murderer
36:13
from
36:14
the
36:16
beginning
36:16
suppress
36:19
the
36:19
truth
36:19
do
36:21
away
36:21
with
36:21
Jesus
36:22
as
36:22
a
36:23
liar
36:23
or
36:24
a
36:24
lunatic
36:25
none
36:28
of you
36:28
who
36:28
might
36:29
be in
36:29
this
36:29
column
36:29
find
36:30
yourself
36:30
here
36:31
are
36:31
thinking
36:31
about
36:32
murdering
36:33
Jesus
36:33
Christ
36:34
but
36:35
you
36:35
would
36:35
rather
36:35
him
36:35
not
36:36
be
36:36
around
36:37
you
36:37
want
36:37
to
36:37
do
36:37
away
36:38
with
36:38
him
36:38
suppress
36:38
the
36:39
truth
36:39
that
36:40
he
36:40
speaks
36:40
treat
36:41
him
36:41
as
36:41
a
36:42
liar
36:42
or
36:43
as
36:43
a
36:43
lunatic
36:44
what
36:47
would
36:47
belong
36:48
in
36:48
the
36:48
second
36:50
column
36:50
that
36:51
one
36:51
labeled
36:52
son
36:53
or
36:54
seed
36:54
of
36:54
the
36:54
woman
36:54
the
36:56
opposite
36:57
of
36:57
everything
36:57
in
36:57
the
36:57
first
36:58
the
36:59
sons
36:59
of
36:59
God
37:00
believe
37:00
God's
37:01
word
37:02
we
37:03
seek
37:03
to
37:03
align
37:04
our
37:04
lives
37:04
with
37:05
it
37:05
because
37:05
it
37:05
is
37:06
good
37:06
and
37:07
it
37:07
is
37:07
true
37:07
and
37:09
it
37:09
is
37:09
beautiful
37:09
we
37:10
love
37:11
the
37:11
God
37:12
of
37:13
it
37:13
the
37:13
one
37:13
who
37:14
authored
37:14
it
37:14
and
37:14
the
37:15
one
37:15
to
37:15
whom
37:15
it
37:16
points
37:17
when
37:18
we
37:18
take
37:18
it
37:18
up
37:18
we
37:19
more
37:19
clearly
37:19
see
37:20
him
37:20
as
37:20
he
37:20
is
37:21
and
37:21
desire
37:22
to
37:22
honor
37:23
him
37:23
as
37:24
such
37:24
we
37:26
want
37:26
to
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bring
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him
37:27
all
37:27
the
37:28
glory
37:28
that
37:28
is
37:28
due
37:29
him
37:29
by
37:30
being
37:30
about
37:30
the
37:31
work
37:31
he
37:31
has
37:31
set
37:32
us
37:32
to
37:33
do
37:34
setting
37:35
captives
37:36
free
37:36
by the
37:37
power
37:37
of the
37:38
gospel
37:38
redeeming
37:39
his
37:39
people
37:40
for
37:40
his
37:41
glory
37:42
we
37:43
want
37:43
christ
37:44
exalted
37:45
it's the
37:48
great high
37:48
aim of the
37:49
christian life
37:50
and whatever
37:50
god has
37:51
called us
37:51
to do
37:51
we want
37:52
christ
37:53
exalted
37:54
we want
37:55
to declare
37:55
his
37:55
person
37:56
and his
37:56
work
37:57
here
37:58
and to
37:59
the
37:59
very
37:59
ends
38:01
of the
38:02
earth
38:02
and so
38:04
you find
38:05
yourself
38:05
in one
38:05
of those
38:06
two
38:07
columns
38:08
i pray
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it's the
38:11
latter
38:11
of the
38:12
two
38:12
the most
38:14
important
38:15
of matters
38:16
when they're
38:17
considered
38:17
are two
38:19
categories
38:20
the
38:21
offspring
38:21
of the
38:21
serpent
38:21
the
38:23
offspring
38:23
of the
38:23
woman
38:23
which
38:25
are
38:26
you
38:27
let's
38:28
pray
38:28
those
38:29
those
38:30
those