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Today we find ourselves back in 
the 1st chapter of John's 

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Gospel. 
This is the 16th week in John 

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chapter one. 
We will probably be here for 20 

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weeks just in the 1st chapter, 
and I promise you that we will 

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not be 20 weeks in every chapter
of John's Gospel. 

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If that was the case, we will 
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years from now. 
But no, we we will make sure 

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that we do all we can to explain
to you the truth, explore the 

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truth, and extract all that we 
can from the pages of Scripture.

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We have seen the word of truth 
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We have heard the witness to the
truth, that's John the Baptist, 

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and today it's time for you and 
me to welcome that truth into 

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our lives. 
John is going to give us by way 

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of an invitation to come and 
respond to the one that you have

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recognized. 
You see, once you recognize who 

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Christ is, you must respond and 
you will either receive Him or 

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you will reject Him. 
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And the question is, have you 
received Him or are you still 

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rejecting Him? 
And John, by way of invitation, 

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invites you to come. 
In fact, all throughout John's 

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Gospel there are a various 
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For instance, as the Lamb of 
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and be cleansed. 
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In John chapter 6, Christ, the 
bread of life invites you to 

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come and eat. 
In John chapter 8, Christ is the

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light of life. 
He invites you to come and see. 

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In John chapter 10, Christ is 
the door to life. 

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He invites you to come and enter
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He is the Good Shepherd of life.
He invites you to come and be 

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protected and be cared for. 
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It is the resurrection and the 
life that invites you. 

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He invites you to come and live 
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In John chapter 15 he is the 
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and grow, come and be fruitful 
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In John Chapter 7, he is the 
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of life he says come and drink. 
The Bible is replete with 

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invitations. 
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of all the invitations is 
recorded in the last chapter of 

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the last book of your Bible, and
that is in the Book of 

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Revelation. 
So I'm going to invite you to 

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turn there with me this morning 
by way of introduction to our 

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study of John, chapter 1, verses
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The Book of Revelation is the 
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That's what Revelation means, 
the apocalypsis. 

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It is the unmasking, the 
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revealing of Jesus Christ our 
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And there is no book that does 
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Revelation. 
And so John is going to tell you

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about the end of the beginning, 
or if you like, the beginning of

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the end. 
Either title works for the Book 

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of Revelation. 
What began in Genesis chapter 1 

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ends in Revelation chapter 22. 
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in Ecclesiastes 7-8 that the end
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beginning. 
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it's a lot better than it was in
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because the end of the matter is
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So whatever the plan of God is, 
the end is going to be better 

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than the beginning. 
At the very end of John's 

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gospel, after he's unveiled to 
us the Lamb of God, after he's 

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unveiled to us the, the, the 
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as he describes him, as he 
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the Christ in all of his glory, 
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He ends with an invitation. 
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is a response to who you've 
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our Lord to make sure that you 
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to come. 
The invitation is recorded in in

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verse #17 of Revelation 22 and 
then surrounding verse #17 that 

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invitation are several 
incentives that move you to 

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respond to the invitation. 
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The Spirit and the Bride say 
come and let the one who hears 

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say, come and let the one who is
thirsty come. 

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Let the one who wishes take the 
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John is concluding this, this 
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Messiah with an invitation, with
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the bride to say come. 
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and praying for the Lord to come
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But the invitation to the Sinner
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Let the one who was thirsty 
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Let those who are dry and barren
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This is the prerequisite to 
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The person who recognizes the 
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soul. 
It's like what Christ said in in

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Matthew 5 verse #6 when he said,
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thirst for righteousness, for 
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And John comes back and and 
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listen, if you are thirsty, 
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And the reason you're wishing 
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you've recognized the thirst 
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identity of of the Christ, the 
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And so the Bible says, whosoever
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Lord shall be saved. 
So, so if you're thirsty because

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you're barren and dry, if you, 
if you, if you want to come, 

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come because this is the time, 
the time is now to come to the 

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Lord. 
That's the invitation. 

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Christ would say it this way in 
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He would say, Come unto me all 
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laden, and I will give you rest 
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For those who are weary, come. 
For those who are thirsty, come.

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For those who are hungry, come. 
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their destiny, come. 
Whoever wishes to take the water

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of life, come. 
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Well, Christ defined that in 
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the Samaritan woman, when he 
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springs up into eternal life. 
The water of life is eternal 

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life. 
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Christ can give it, come, for 
the invitation is yours. 

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See, the gift of God is not 
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You can't achieve eternal life. 
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And so the gift of God is 
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So at the very end of the book 
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Revelation, he offers this 
invitation and then he gives all

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the incentives surrounding the 
invitation. 

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I'm going to give you #5 first, 
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because number one leads us back
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because of the availability of 
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That's that's how the Book of 
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Isn't it interesting that the 
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judgment, all about tribulation,
all about turmoil, all about 

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wars and rumors of wars, all 
about earthquakes, all about 

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pestilence, all about famine. 
He offers grace, so it says in 

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verse #21 the grace of the Lord 
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Amen. 
You come to Him because of the 

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availability of His grace. 
Salvation is by grace through 

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faith. 
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So you respond to the invitation
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grace #2 you respond to the 
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certainty of His coming. 
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Verse #20 He who testifies these
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quickly, Amen. 
Come, Lord Jesus, the certainty 

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of His coming. 
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Revelation is all about, the 
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Because He's going to come. 
You need to respond because you 

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don't know when He's going to 
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for Him to arrive. 
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of His grace, because of the 
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that's the next two verses up 
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everyone who hears the words of 
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If anyone adds to them, God will
add to Him the plagues which are

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written in this book. 
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words of the book, of this 
prophecy, God will take away His

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part from the tree of life, from
the holy city, which are written

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in this book. 
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there's nothing to add to it. 
There's nothing that doesn't 

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cover. 
It's completely sufficient. 

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It's completely adequate. 
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and godliness is in this book. 
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books, and all the chapters that
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come because of the finality in 
the veracity of Scripture, the 

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certainty of His coming, the 
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And then you need to come 
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heaven, because heaven isn't for
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Blessed are those who wash their
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right to the tree of life and 
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city. 
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the immoral persons, the 
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everyone who loves and practices
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This is not an inclusive list. 
It's a glyph that's 

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representative of people who are
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Earlier in Revelation, we have 
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Book of Ephesians we have a 
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Book of Galatians, we have a 
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Book of First Corinthians 6, we 
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They are not inclusive list, but
they are representatives of 

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people who habitually rebel 
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So he says you need to come 
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heaven. 
It only comes to those whose 

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robes have been washed in the 
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It's only comes to those who 
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sin and understand the 
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by faith are excluded from 
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So you come to Him because of 
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the certainty of His coming, the
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Scripture, and the exclusivity 
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But here's the key. 1 You come 
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of Christ. 
You come to him because of who 

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He is. 
That's why you respond to the 

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invitation. 
You receive invitations in the 

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mail, invitations to weddings, 
invitations to parties, 

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invitations to baby showers, 
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One of the main reasons you go 
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inviting. 
Because if somebody you don't 

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like is inviting you, you're not
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If somebody you admire invites 
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go. 
But the key to the invitation is

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who's doing the inviting? 
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invitation is the Messiah 
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And so the identity of the 
Christ is the main reason you 

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respond to the invitation. 
Yes, His grace is available. 

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Yes, He's coming again. 
Yes, Scripture is final and 

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true, and yes, heaven is 
exclusive. 

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But the one who offers the 
invitation, This is why you 

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come. 
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verse #16 where he says I am, I 
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a me that's used all throughout 
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four Hebrew confidence that 
maketh the name of God all the 

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way back in Exodus chapter 3, 
the memorial name of God. 

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I am that I am. 
Moses asked, who do I say sent 

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me? 
You tell him I am sent you. 

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This is the Deliverer, the 
Redeemer, This is the one who 

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gives the invitation. 
I AM and I AM is the Alpha and 

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Omega, the beginning of the end,
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Just three different ways to 
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eternality, the immensity of the
I AM. 

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He is the Alpha and the Omega, 
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1st and the last. 
In other words, he's before 

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everything, He's after 
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of everything in between. 
He is the everything. 

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The reason you come and respond 
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is the alpha and the Omega, the 
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He exists outside the realm of 
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He's the creator of time. 
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you come and then down in verse 
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That's that's the name that God 
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You should call his name Jesus 
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from his sin. 
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Why give him the name Jesus? 
Because Jesus is the I am and I 

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am is a Redeemer and a 
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So you will call his name Jesus.
And then he says, I, Jesus have 

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sent my Angel to testify to 
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I am the root and descendant of 
David. 

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I am the I am the source of 
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the son of David's life in line.
I am the root and I am the 

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descendant of David speaking to 
his deity and his humanity. 

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I am behind all that David is 
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David because I am the alpha and
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end, the first and the last. 
I am the great I am. 

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And then he says this the bright
morning star. 

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I, I end the fulfillment of 
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That star shall rise out of 
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hand. 
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star. 
I am Malachi 4 verse #2 I am the

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sun of righteousness, SUN who 
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And because I am the sun that 
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you need to come because I am 
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He says in the book of Luke or 
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he says the sunrise from on high
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those who sit in darkness and 
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Zacharias writes that to his son
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Baptist because he needed to 
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had come. 
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the second Peter 119 the day 
star, when he rises in your 

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hearts, that's when you are 
saved. 

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Why do you respond to the 
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which leads us back to John's 
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Christ is the light of life. 
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the light. 
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light, the bright morning star, 
the day star, the sunrise from 

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on high, the fulfillment of the 
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This is he. 
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gospel is the unveiling of the 
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Remember, we told you weeks ago,
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by now, that every gospel is an 
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the Old Testament. 
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embellishment of the phrase 
recorded in John, excuse me, 

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Isaiah 35 four, which says 
behold your God. 

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And John is fulfilling that by 
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This is who he is. 
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Zechariah 99. 
Behold your king because Matthew

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is all about the royalty of the 
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Luke's the fulfillment of 
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which says behold a man because 
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of Christ. 
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Isaiah 42 one behold my servant,
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humility of the Christ. 
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God. 
I'm going to show you the word 

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of truth. 
I'm going to give you the 

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witness to that truth, because I
need you to welcome that truth 

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into your life. 
This is your invitation. 

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This is what John says in verse 
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There was the true light, which 
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every man. 
He was in the world, and the 

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world was made through him, and 
the world did not know him. 

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He came to His own, and those 
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him, but as many as received Him
to them. 

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He gave the right to become 
children of God, even to those 

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who believe in His name, who 
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will of the flesh, nor the will 
of man, but of God. 

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John says this is your 
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Why? 
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the true light Alathemas used 28
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23 of those times it is used in 
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For instance, in our text he is 
the true light. 

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John 19 and John 6. 
He's called the true bread in 

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John 15 is called the true vine 
in John 8. 

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He is called the truth that will
set you free in John 14. 

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He says I am the way I am the 
truth, I am the life. 7 times 

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Jesus says in John's gospel his 
words are true. 

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Christ isn't John 1717 as he 
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Sanctify them in truth, for your
word is true. 

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There is so much about truth at 
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that great question, What is 
truth? 

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Wrong question. 
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See, God is the embodiment of 
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true. 
So whatever Christ says is true.

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So Pilate got it all wrong. 
What is truth? 

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Christ is truth. 
He is the Alathanus. 

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He is the true light. 
That's what it says that 

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enlightens every man in the 
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Now think about that. 
How does the true light 

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enlighten every man in the 
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Do you mean that everybody who 
has ever existed understands the

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true light? 
Yes, to some degree in one of 

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two ways or one of both ways, 
through creation and through 

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conscience. 
Romans chapter 1. 

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You know these verses, Romans 
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For the wrath of God is revealed
from heaven against all 

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ungodliness and in righteousness
of men who suppress the truth in

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unrighteousness. 
So, so the wrath of God has 

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revealed to those who push down 
the truth, who, who suppress the

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truth, who don't want to be held
accountable to the truth, who 

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don't want to see the truth for 
what it is. 

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Because truth is light and light
exposes sin. 

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Because that which is known 
about God is evident within 

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them. 
For God made it evident to them,

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You see, that He is a true light
that enlightens every man, 

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because God made it evident to 
every man who lives. 

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Why? 
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the heart of man. 
That's what Solomon tells us. 

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In other words, man knows there 
is an eternity. 

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Man knows there is something 
after death. 

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He might not know what it is, 
but he knows there's something 

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beyond the grave because 
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heart of man. 
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#24 since the creation of the 
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His eternal power and divine 
nature have been what? 

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Vaguely seen. 
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Clearly seen. 
Clearly seen white, because he's

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the true light that enlightens 
every man who comes into the 

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world. 
So his attributes, his eternal 

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power, have been clearly seen. 
If there's a design, there's a 

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designer. 
If there's a creation, there's a

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creator. 
That's clearly obvious, so he 

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says it, it all being understood
through what has been made, so 

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that they are without excuse, no
excuse. 

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For even though they knew God, 
they did not honor him as God or

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give thanks, but they became 
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they're foolish. 
Heart was darkened, profession 

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to be wise. 
He became fools. 

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People later say in verse #25 
they exchanged the truth of God.

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What's that? 
The trueness of who God is. 

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The truth of God for a lie and 
worship and serve the creature 

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rather than the Creator who is 
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Amen. 
You see, creation has 

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enlightened every man that comes
into the world, and God is the 

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creator of all things, and 
therefore He is made man without

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any excuse. 
Fact. 

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It says in verse #32 although 
they know the ordinances of God,

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even though those who commit 
these sins know the ordinances 

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of God, they know the law of 
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God, they know them, and those 
who practice such things are 

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worthy of death. 
They know God's law so clearly 

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that if they break God's law, 
they know they're worthy of 

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death. 
But says they not only do the 

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same, but also give hardly 
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that. 
Isn't that interesting. 

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He is a true light that 
enlightens every man that is 

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coming to the world number one 
by creation, but #2 by 

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conscience. 
Romans 214 says these words. 

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For when Gentiles who do not 
have the law do instinctively 

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the things of the law, these not
having the law, are a law to 

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themselves. 
In that they show the work of 

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the law written in their hearts,
their conscience bearing 

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witness, and their thoughts 
alternately accusing or else 

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defending them on the day when 
according to my gospel, God 

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would judge the secrets of men 
through Christ Jesus. 

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So when John says this is the 
true light that enlightens every

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man that comes into the world, 
he does that through his 

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creation and in their 
conscience. 

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Everybody knows there is a God. 
Everybody believes there is a 

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God. 
There is no such thing as an 

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atheist nor an agnostic. 
No matter what they claim, they 

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do not exist on this planet. 
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Because the true light has 
enlightened every man that comes

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into the world and therefore man
knows that. 

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So what does he do? 
He just pushes down the truth. 

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He pushes it away. 
Why? 

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Why would he do that? 
Would John explain that to us in

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John 3? 
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that the light is coming to the 
world and men love the darkness 

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rather than the light. 
For the deeds are evil. 

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For everyone who does evil hates
the light and does not come to 

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the light for fear that his 
deeds will be exposed. 

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See that they hate the light 
because they love the darkness. 

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They love their sin, they love 
their rebellion, they love their

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immorality, they love their 
fornication, they love their 

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homosexuality, they love their 
their rejection, they they love 

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everything. 
That's the antithesis of God. 

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They love that because they hate
the light, because the lights 

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turned on. 
What does it do? 

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It exposes what sin, and they 
don't want their sin to be 

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exposed. 
So they suppress the truth 

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because they love the darkness. 
How sad is that? 

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But no, John says he enlightens 
every man that comes into the 

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world. 
They says he was in the world 

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and the world was made through 
him and the world did not know 

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him. 
It doesn't mean they didn't know

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he existed, because they do. 
It doesn't mean they don't know 

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that he lived and died and even 
rose again. 

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They do. 
They know that, but they don't 

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know him. 
They don't know the true God. 

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They know him intellectually 
because they understand that 

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there is a God. 
They know him informationally 

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because they can collect 
information about him, but they 

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did not know him influentially, 
nor do they know him intimately 

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because they will not allow that
God to rub off on them and alter

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their life and change everything
about their life. 

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They will not do that because 
that would require of a 

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pentance, a turning from that 
which they love so dearly, their

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sin. 
So He says he he came into his 

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own. 
Who's that? 

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That's Israel in his own did not
receive him. 

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Wow. 
He came into his own and his own

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did not receive him. 
Came to his own people, the 

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nation. 
Listen to what JC Rile says 

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about this. 
He says Christ is to the souls 

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of men what the sun is to the 
world. 

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He is the center and source of 
all spiritual light, warmth, 

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life, health, growth, beauty and
fertility. 

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Like the sun, He shines for the 
come and benefit of all mankind,

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for high and for low, for rich 
and for poor, for Jew and for 

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Greek. 
Like the sun, He is free to all.

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All may look at him and drink 
health out of his light. 

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If millions of mankind were mad 
enough to dwell in caves 

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underground, or to bandage your 
eyes, their darkness would be 

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their own fault, and not the 
fault of the sun. 

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So likewise, if millions of men 
and women love spiritual 

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darkness rather than light, the 
blame must be laid on their 

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blind hearts, and not on Christ.
We see in these verses the 

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desperate wickedness of man's 
natural heart. 

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We have in the words of Christ. 
Christ was in the world, and the

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world was made by Him, and the 
world knew Him not. 

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He came into His own, and His 
own received Him not. 

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He came to the very people whom 
He had brought out from Egypt 

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and purchased for His own. 
He came to the Jews whom He had 

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separated from other nations, 
and to whom He had revealed 

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Himself by the prophets. 
He came to those very Jews who 

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had read of Him in the Old 
Testament Scriptures, seen Him 

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under types and figures in their
temple services, and professed 

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to be waiting for His coming. 
And yet when He came, those very

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Jews received him not they even 
rejected him, despised him, and 

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slew him. 
Well may the natural heart be 

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called desperately wicked. 
He preached the gospel message, 

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He performed great miracles, He 
presented himself as God, the 

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Messiah, and they rejected him. 
They watched, they saw, they 

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heard, and they rejected. 
How wicked, how depraved is the 

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heart of man? 
John says. 

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He enlightened every man that 
comes into the world, but they 

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did not know him. 
How sad is is that? 

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And I wonder, I wonder today if 
you know him for who he really 

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is, for who he truly is. 
Paul would say that everything I

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have accomplished, everything I 
have done in life is nothing but

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human excrement, dung, compared 
to the surpassing value of 

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knowing Jesus Christ. 
My Lord, that's how you know you

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know Christ. 
Everything else you do is dung, 

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human excrement. 
It means nothing compared to the

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value of knowing Christ. 
That's why Paul would say that 

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was the verse 8, the Philippians
3 first ten. 

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He would say, oh, that I may 
know Him in the power of His 

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resurrection and the fellowship 
of his sufferings. 

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There was never enough hours in 
a day to get to know his God 

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intimately. 
His cry was to know the true 

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God, the true light that 
enlightens every man. 

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God through the prophet Isaiah 
said that my people are 

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destroyed for a lack of 
knowledge, other words, they 

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don't know me. 
He says these words in Isaiah 

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6/6 For I delight and loyalty 
rather than sacrifices into the 

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knowledge of God, rather than 
burnt offerings. 

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You know some things about 
Israel never changed. 

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Jeremiah says this way. 
Jeremiah Chapter 9 verse #1 

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Jeremiah is prophesying, 
prophesying right before Israel 

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goes into their 70 year 
captivity. 

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Isaiah has already prophesied. 
Jeremiah is honing in on that 

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time which they're going into 
captivity and listen to what 

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Jeremiah says in Jeremiah 9 
verse number 10, that my head 

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were waters and my eyes a 
fountain of tears that I might 

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white white. 
Excuse me, weep day and night 

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for the slain daughter of my 
people. 

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Oh, that I had in the desert a 
wayfarers lodging place that I 

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might leave my people and go 
away from them. 

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00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:25,040
Here is Jeremiah the prophet who
proclaimed the truth of God. 

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And nobody listened, nobody 
responded. 

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The invitation will be given 
over and over and over again. 

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And there was rejection after 
rejection after rejection. 

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00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:38,960
There was no one who would 
receive that invitation. 

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00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:42,440
And Jeremiah comes to the place 
in life, we says, oh, you know, 

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if I, if I had a lodging place 
in Palm Springs that I would go 

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there and leave my people. 
If I had a, a condo in Maui, I 

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would go there and leave my 
people just to get away from 

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them to be in a place of 
relaxation because they have 

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00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:03,520
rejected the Messiah over and 
over and over again. 

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This is this. 
For all of them are adulterers. 

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An assembly of treacherous men 
calls out their sin. 

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I live among the people who are 
adulterers. 

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00:40:23,200 --> 00:40:25,480
They've committed spiritual 
adultery. 

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00:40:25,720 --> 00:40:27,760
They've committed physical 
adultery. 

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00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:29,760
They have turned their back on 
their God. 

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00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:34,160
This is who they are. 
They're treacherous men. 

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00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:37,160
They bend their tongues like 
their bow. 

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Lies and not truth prevail in 
the land. 

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00:40:40,240 --> 00:40:43,440
They're all liars. 
They're all treacherous. 

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00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:48,520
They're all adulterers, Calls 
them out all by name, because 

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that's what they are. 
He describes them because you 

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see, all true prophets call out 
sin. 

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That's what they do. 
Jeremiah did it, Isaiah did it, 

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00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:09,360
Malachi did it, Hosea did it, 
Jonah did it, you name it. 

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00:41:10,240 --> 00:41:13,200
John the Baptist did it, Jesus 
did it, Paul did it, Peter did 

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00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:16,160
it, John did it, and the list 
just goes on and on. 

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All true prophets call out sin. 
That's what we do Amen. 

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00:41:21,360 --> 00:41:22,560
Why? 
Because we don't want you to 

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live in sin. 
We want you to be redeemed from 

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your sin. 
So here is Jeremiah calling out 

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00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:31,800
his people. 
You are adulterers. 

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You are liars. 
You are treacherous men, and 

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00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:40,320
they proceed from evil to evil. 
These get worse. 

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00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:43,800
Not get any better, in spite of 
all my preaching. 

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Not getting any better. 
Why? 

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Here's the answer. 
They do not know me, declares 

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00:41:53,240 --> 00:41:59,120
the Lord. 
That's why they just don't know 

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00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:00,720
who I am. 
Wait a minute. 

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00:42:00,720 --> 00:42:04,080
They know God. 
He redeemed them from Egypt. 

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00:42:05,520 --> 00:42:09,600
He took them to the wilderness. 
He got them day by day. 

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00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:11,640
He did many miraculous works 
among them. 

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00:42:11,840 --> 00:42:14,320
How do they not know him? 
Oh, they know of him. 

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They know about him, and they've
seen all of his miracles. 

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00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:20,800
They've seen all that he's done.
But they didn't know him 

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00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:22,160
intimately. 
They didn't know him 

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00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:24,360
influentially. 
They didn't know him So the fact

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00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:28,000
that he rubbed off so that they 
would say what he says, they 

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00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:31,400
would walk the way he walked, 
they would live the way he lived

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00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:34,200
would note they wouldn't do 
that. 

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00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:40,480
Why? 
Because they loved the darkness 

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00:42:41,920 --> 00:42:45,520
rather than the light. 
For the deeds were evil. 

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00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:51,040
That's why. 
That's why David says to Solomon

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in First Chronicles 28 verse #9 
As for you, my son Solomon, 

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00:42:56,280 --> 00:42:59,920
know, know the God of your 
father. 

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00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:04,720
Serve him with a whole heart, a 
willing mind. 

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00:43:04,720 --> 00:43:08,640
For the Lord searches all hearts
and understands every intent of 

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00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:11,720
the thoughts. 
If you seek Him, he will let you

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00:43:11,720 --> 00:43:16,920
find him. 
But if you forsake him, He will 

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00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:26,480
reject you forever. 
Know your God, that's the 

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00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:29,160
invitation. 
Do you know Him? 

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00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:37,280
Have you come to Him? 
Do you recognize who He is that 

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00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:40,040
you will come to Him and bow the
knee before Him and turn from 

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00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:43,400
your sin and embrace Him as your
Lord and Savior. 

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00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:51,080
This is your invitation in 
John's gospel as he begins 

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00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:56,400
having already given you at the 
identity of the word in verses 

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00:43:56,400 --> 00:44:02,080
1:00 to 5:00 and then given you 
the the ministry of of the man 

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00:44:02,080 --> 00:44:04,600
who who gave witness to that 
word. 

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00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:09,000
Now he says you need to respond.
You need to receive Him, for as 

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00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:12,360
many as received Him to them 
give you power to become the 

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00:44:12,360 --> 00:44:16,880
children of God. 
Are you a child of God this 

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00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:20,520
morning? 
You understand what that means? 

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All my friends, don't let 
another day go by without 

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00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:32,360
embracing the Christ as Messiah,
as Lord, as King of your life. 

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Respond to the invitation by 
receiving Him, not rejecting 

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00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:42,200
Him. 
Let me pray with you. 

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Thank you Lord, for today and 
the opportunity we have to look 

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at you. 
We're so much yet to uncover, so

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little time it seems to do so. 
But maybe we take what we've 

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00:44:55,600 --> 00:45:01,320
learned today, apply it to our 
lives, that we might live for 

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00:45:01,320 --> 00:45:04,760
the glory of the King until you 
come again, as you most surely 

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will, in Jesus name, Amen.