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The Word - Meeting Jesus In John 1 Pt. 5 · Time with God with John North

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  Speaker 1: Good morning. All this week we've been looking at the
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  Speaker 1: apostle John's introduction of Jesus Christ.
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  Speaker 1: At the very beginning of his gospel in the New Testament,
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  Speaker 1: in fact, all 4 days so far this week we've
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  Speaker 1: just been in verse one of John's introduction. We've seen
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  Speaker 1: so much as we meet Jesus in a new way,
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  Speaker 1: looking at what John says about Him. In John 1,
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  Speaker 1: John said, in the beginning.
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  Speaker 1: That is the beginning of all things was the Word
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  Speaker 1: talking about Jesus as God's revelation of Himself, His expression
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  Speaker 1: of Himself to us, and the Word was with God,
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  Speaker 1: that amazing deep relationship within the Trinity of God the
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  Speaker 1: Son to God the Father and God the Holy Spirit.
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  Speaker 1: That intimacy of relationship that he then invites us into
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  Speaker 1: as well, and he goes on to say the word
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  Speaker 1: was God and what does that mean for us as
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  Speaker 1: we think about our relationship with Jesus? We want to
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  Speaker 1: be so close to Him, intimate in our relationship with Him,
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  Speaker 1: and yet not forget that He is God.
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  Speaker 1: The God of the universe. Well, verse two kind of
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  Speaker 1: repeats it a little bit. He was in the beginning
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  Speaker 1: with God, and then the next line says all things
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  Speaker 1: were made through Him, and without Him was not anything
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  Speaker 1: made that was made. That is everything that's been made
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  Speaker 1: which is everything God created.
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  Speaker 1: All things were made through Jesus. God the Father said,
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  Speaker 1: this is what I want to see. God the Son,
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  Speaker 1: Jesus made it happen.
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  Speaker 1: Right, all things were made through him. So what does
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  Speaker 1: this mean to me? Well, it means that Jesus as
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  Speaker 1: God can do whatever he says he will do. It
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  Speaker 1: means that we can trust Him because he is able
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  Speaker 1: to do what he promises.
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  Speaker 1: In the experience of Job in the Old Testament, who
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  Speaker 1: went through so much suffering and ended up questioning God
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  Speaker 1: over and over and saying, you're not right to allow
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  Speaker 1: this in my life. If we were to have a debate,
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  Speaker 1: I would win the debate. You weren't right to do this.
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  Speaker 1: And God answers Job in Job chapter 38, and says,
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  Speaker 1: Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?
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  Speaker 1: Dress for action like a man, and I
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  Speaker 1: Question you and you make it known to me. Where
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  Speaker 1: were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
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  Speaker 1: Tell me if you have understanding. Who determined its measurements.
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  Speaker 1: Surely you know, or who stretched the line upon it?
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  Speaker 1: On what were its bases sunk, or who laid its
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  Speaker 1: cornerstone when the morning stars sang together and all the
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  Speaker 1: sons of God shouted for joy.
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  Speaker 1: Or who shut in the sea with doors when it
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  Speaker 1: burst out from the womb when I made clouds its
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  Speaker 1: garment and thick darkness its swaddling band.
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  Speaker 1: And prescribed limits for it, right? Created the law of
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  Speaker 1: gravity and the way waves work. Prescribed limits for it
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  Speaker 1: and set bars and doors and said, thus far you
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  Speaker 1: shall come and no further, and here shall your proud
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  Speaker 1: waves be stayed. And he goes on for more than
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  Speaker 1: a chapter of this, that's just the beginning of the chapter,
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  Speaker 1: and Job ends up saying, I was so foolish.
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  Speaker 1: I should have trusted you from the beginning. You know
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  Speaker 1: so much more than me. You are so far beyond me.
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  Speaker 1: In Jeremiah 32:27, God says, Behold, I am the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me?
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  Speaker 1: In Mark chapter 9, verse 22, someone desperately asks Jesus
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  Speaker 1: to help him with his Son.
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  Speaker 1: He says, If you can do anything, Jesus, have compassion
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  Speaker 1: on us and help us. And Jesus said to him,
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  Speaker 1: If you can, all things are possible for one who believes.
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  Speaker 1: And immediately the father of the child cried out and said,
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  Speaker 1: I believe, help my unbelief. Well, this is us also, right?
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  Speaker 1: And we need to recognise all things were made through Jesus,
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  Speaker 1: and when you come to Jesus with issues in your life,
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  Speaker 1: you need to come with confidence, trusting Him. Sometimes he
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  Speaker 1: doesn't do things the way you expected, just as Job.
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  Speaker 1: Experienced, but you can trust him, and at the end
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  Speaker 1: of the book of Job, Job really saw what his
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  Speaker 1: plan had been, and he knew he was right to
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  Speaker 1: trust him. You can have that confidence too. I'm John North.
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