{"id":1013,"date":"2023-10-02T02:47:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T02:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/263-jim-styles-that-which-was-from-the-beginning\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T03:28:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T03:28:27","slug":"263-jim-styles-that-which-was-from-the-beginning","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/263-jim-styles-that-which-was-from-the-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"263: Jim Styles – That Which Was From The Beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

This week we are listening to a class from a series about the 1st Epistle of John called \u201cLiving God’s Eternal Life Now\u201d by Brother Jim Styles, this is the first class, which was titled \u201cThat Which Was From The Beginning\u201d.<\/p>\n

The classes are available on: Christadelphian Bible Talks<\/a><\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

Thank you for listening, God bless, and talk to you next week.<\/p>\n

Send talk suggestions or comments to:\u00a0GoodChristadelphianTalks@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to good Chris Selfian
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\nI’m Levi.
\nAnd I’m Chris. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I’m Brian.
\nThank you for joining us this <\/p>\n

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\nweek on this podcast.
\nWe select one talk a week to <\/p>\n

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\nhelp us get the Bible in our
\nDaily News feed. <\/p>\n

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\nWe post a new episode at the
\nstart of each week. <\/p>\n

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\nWith the short intro beforehand
\nto kind of set the stage for the<\/p>\n

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\ntalk you’re about to listen to.
\nAnd now, let’s talk more about <\/p>\n

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\nthis week’s talk
\nto the Good Chris Adelphian <\/p>\n

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\nTalks Podcast.
\nThis is Brother Brian. <\/p>\n

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\nThis week’s talk is the first
\nclass in a series. <\/p>\n

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\nThat was given by Brother Jim
\nStyles last year when he focused<\/p>\n

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\non breaking down the first
\nEpistle of John, and the theme <\/p>\n

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\nfor the whole series is living
\nGod’s Eternal Life. <\/p>\n

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\nNow this first class, which is
\nessentially an introduction and <\/p>\n

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\ncovering chapter one, I would
\ninformally title that which was <\/p>\n

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\nfrom the beginning.
\nIt’s a very good class from a <\/p>\n

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\nvery good series by a very good
\nspeaker on a very good topic. <\/p>\n

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\nSo a perfect candidate for this
\npodcast. <\/p>\n

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\nWe would like to thank everyone
\nwho makes the time to send in <\/p>\n

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\ntheir recommendations.
\nIt is a tremendous help for <\/p>\n

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\nfinding these great gems, so
\nplease keep them coming as <\/p>\n

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\nalways.
\nWe hope this strengthens your <\/p>\n

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\nfaith and brightens your day.
\nBrother Jim Stiles, that which <\/p>\n

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\nwas from the beginning.
\nAll right. <\/p>\n

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\nSo the plan is to start having a
\nlook at first John. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s one of these books that I
\nguess I I read first John for a <\/p>\n

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\nlot of years thinking someday
\nI’ll get into it. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd what happened was I started
\nreading through it. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd what I found was that it
\nseemed like it just sort of <\/p>\n

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\nrambled on the same thing over
\nand over and over. <\/p>\n

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\nAgain, somewhat like reading
\nPsalms sometimes I found some of<\/p>\n

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\nthe psalms were like that.
\nTo me it’s just like the same <\/p>\n

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\nthing over and over again.
\nI was listening to some classes <\/p>\n

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\nduring the week that Steven
\nMansfield gave and he said that <\/p>\n

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\nhe can remember a time when her
\nbrother was reading reading out <\/p>\n

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\nof First John at memorial
\nservice and. <\/p>\n

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\nThe brother was one of these
\ndramatic readers who like, tries<\/p>\n

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\nto make it a dramatic reading
\nand looks up at the audience all<\/p>\n

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\nthe time.
\nAnd when he looked up one time <\/p>\n

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\nand glanced down, he had no idea
\nwhere he was because. <\/p>\n

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\nHe couldn’t find.
\nI mean, if you’re looking at the<\/p>\n

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\nlove of God or something like
\nthat, it’s all over the place. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd 1st John.
\nAnd so it wasn’t easy to figure <\/p>\n

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\nout where it was.
\nIn fact, even the presider, I <\/p>\n

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\nguess, was lost to that night.
\nSo that happens sometimes when <\/p>\n

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\nyou’re reading through first
\nJohn. <\/p>\n

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\nSo one of my goals in this
\nseries of classes is going to be<\/p>\n

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\nto hopefully present to you and
\nyou can talk it out and see what<\/p>\n

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\nyou think, a strategy about why
\nJohn puts his letter together <\/p>\n

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\nthe way he does.
\nThis is something that was <\/p>\n

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\nmissing to me.
\nReading through John over these <\/p>\n

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\nyears, I I never could figure
\nout the strategy. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd anyways, this time around I
\ndecided to have a look at, well,<\/p>\n

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\nwhy does it cover these things
\nin this order? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat was John actually hoping to
\naccomplish? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I find it it helps me
\nremember what’s in the letter <\/p>\n

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\nand where it is, if you can
\nfigure out the strategy. <\/p>\n

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\nSo that’s one of the things I’d
\nlike you all to work on over the<\/p>\n

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\nnext few weeks.
\nSee if you can figure out. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat each section is about and
\nwhy is it in there? <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s one thing we can look at.
\nSo hopefully Nathan got us ready<\/p>\n

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\nfor this a few weeks ago.
\nI don’t know who that was. <\/p>\n

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\nMaybe two months ago Nathan gave
\nsome classes on 1st John and <\/p>\n

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\nanyway hopefully he got us
\nrolling. <\/p>\n

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\nSo one of the things you’ll
\nnotice right away is that first <\/p>\n

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\nJohn, he uses the term the
\nfather. <\/p>\n

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\nThe father over.
\nAnd over again, the Father. <\/p>\n

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\nNow who else did that?
\nJesus. <\/p>\n

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\nRight.
\nAnd you see it in the Gospels, <\/p>\n

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\nnot just John’s gospel,
\nespecially in John’s Gospel, but<\/p>\n

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\nyou’ll see that Jesus constantly
\nreferred to God as the Father. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Father.
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\nWhat?
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\nWell, right away that gets into
\nthe fact that, well, if he’s the<\/p>\n

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\nFather, he’s, he’s our Father.
\nHe wants a relationship with us <\/p>\n

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\nwhere his children.
\nAnd I really think that’s one of<\/p>\n

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\nthe things that John is trying
\nto do, is make an appeal that <\/p>\n

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\nour God is not way out there
\nsomewhere. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s not a God who’s way beyond
\nus and doesn’t understand us. <\/p>\n

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\nHe is the father.
\nHe’s the father of all of us and<\/p>\n

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\nhe loves us.
\nAs you’re going to see as we go <\/p>\n

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\nthrough this letter, and he
\nwants us to be part of him. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’ll see three things coming
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\nAgain, in this book about God is
\nlife. <\/p>\n

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\nLife.
\nGod’s way of life. <\/p>\n

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\nHe calls it eternal life.
\nAnd for Christadelphians, of <\/p>\n

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\ncourse, and we read the phrase
\neternal life, everybody thinks <\/p>\n

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\nabout immortality, but that’s
\nnot the way John uses it. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s not talking about
\nimmortality as such. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s talking about a way of
\nlife, a way of life that is <\/p>\n

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\neternal.
\nIt spans the ages to where if <\/p>\n

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\nyou get this way of life, God
\nwill give you immortality. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s what he’s really after
\nhere. <\/p>\n

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\nThen he’ll point out, well, God
\nis light. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s He’s the only source of
\nlight. <\/p>\n

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\nHe’s the only one who can
\nprovide the truth about this <\/p>\n

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\neternal life.
\nYou won’t get anywhere else. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s you’re not going to get it
\nfrom any humans. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’re not going to get it from
\njust meditating and some <\/p>\n

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\nspiritual enlightenment or
\nsomething like that. <\/p>\n

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\nGod is the source.
\nHe’s the one that you got to go <\/p>\n

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\nto if you want to know about
\nthis eternal life. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd then he also covers God is
\nlove. <\/p>\n

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\nBecause this is what motivates
\nhis character and his desire to <\/p>\n

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\nsave us.
\nAnd he mentions this over and <\/p>\n

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\nover again that we have to
\ndevelop this love of God and the<\/p>\n

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\nlove that God has for us.
\nYou’ll also notice 3 themes that<\/p>\n

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\nkeep being wound through the
\nwhole book. <\/p>\n

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\nHe keeps it like coming around
\nto them all the time, over and <\/p>\n

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\nover and over again.
\nOne of them is righteousness. <\/p>\n

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\nThere is a righteous way of
\nlife. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that we have to come to know
\nthis righteousness and practice <\/p>\n

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\nit.
\nJohn uses this phrase that, at <\/p>\n

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\nleast in English and our
\ntranslations now, the modern <\/p>\n

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\nversions talk about practicing
\nrighteousness. <\/p>\n

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\nHe talks about love, the love of
\nGod, that God showed to us and <\/p>\n

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\nthat we must love one another
\nand he also. <\/p>\n

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\nMentions truth because all of
\nthis has to be based on truth. <\/p>\n

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\nOur faith and our way of life,
\nIt isn’t just something that, <\/p>\n

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\nwell, what do you think it is
\nand what do you think it is? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd what do I think it is?
\nIt’s what God says it is. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s the truth that we want to
\ncome to know. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd he keeps winding around
\nthese issues and coming back to <\/p>\n

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\nthem and back to them.
\nMany people have looked at it <\/p>\n

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\nand some of the readings I did,
\nthe people compared. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s like the idea of like waves
\ncoming up on the beach. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you see the waves and one
\nwave comes in, sort of knocks <\/p>\n

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\nyou over, and then a couple of
\nseconds later another wave comes<\/p>\n

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\nin and and that they sort of
\nlooked at John’s letter like <\/p>\n

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\nthat he’s coming at us in waves.
\nAnd another person described it <\/p>\n

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\nas like a spiral.
\nStaircase that there are these <\/p>\n

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\ncore.
\nThemes that he’s going around <\/p>\n

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\nand around and around as you’re
\ngoing up and up. <\/p>\n

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\nTo higher and higher concepts.
\nBut he keeps coming back to the <\/p>\n

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\nsame core ideas of righteousness
\nand love and truth. <\/p>\n

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\nYou’ll also notice what John
\ndoes is he presents these things<\/p>\n

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\ntotally in black and white.
\nThere’s no Gray to John, no Gray<\/p>\n

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\nthat you’re either in this or
\nyou’re over there that there’s <\/p>\n

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\none or the other.
\nThere is no Gray area the way he<\/p>\n

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\npresents it.
\nAnd he comes at it with <\/p>\n

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\nauthority and he says, look it
\nif you you might say that you <\/p>\n

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\nmight say, And it’s so you could
\nsay, you say, well, I love God, <\/p>\n

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\nright?
\nWell, he says, if if you claim <\/p>\n

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\nto love God and you don’t love
\nyour brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n

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\nyou’re a liar, that there’s no
\nGray. <\/p>\n

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\nArea there to John, it’s either
\nyou’re on this pathway or you’re<\/p>\n

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\non that pathway, you have to
\nmake a choice. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd you can see that John was
\ntrying to get people to like <\/p>\n

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\nstay on the pathway of truth and
\nhelp them realize you can’t get <\/p>\n

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\noff this.
\nOne of the things that comes up <\/p>\n

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\nin the study of first John is
\nthere’s quite a few references <\/p>\n

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\nby expositors looking at this
\nwhole idea of maybe why John <\/p>\n

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\nwrote this letter.
\nAnd what was happening in the <\/p>\n

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\neclisions at the time is that
\nthere were people who who came <\/p>\n

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\nalong.
\nAnd they were probably academic <\/p>\n

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\npeople or people that were in
\nthe lake, sort of like Far <\/p>\n

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\nEastern mysticism.
\nAnd they got into this idea that<\/p>\n

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\nwe now call today Gnosticism.
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\nknowledge.
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\nknowledge, I know how this works
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\nhow to get to higher levels.
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\nthese higher levels than the the
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\ndoesn’t really matter.
\nWhat really matters is whether <\/p>\n

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\nyou get your mind up to these
\nhigher levels. <\/p>\n

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\nSo they present God.
\nThere’s there’s different views <\/p>\n

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\nof narcissism out there, but the
\ngeneral idea is that they <\/p>\n

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\npresent God as being pure
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\nHe’s entirely separated from the
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\nThat’s the way God is, and the
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\nThat’s our goal if you’re a
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\nSo they say Jesus was born a
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\nChrist came into that body at
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\nright before he was.
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\nreally have him in that body at
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\nAnd so they sort of separate
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\ndifferent forms.
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\nthe other one was this divine
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\nhe wasn’t really the body, the
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\nWas just there for, for this
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\nof Christ that came into and and
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\npeople.
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\nbecause that body would have had
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\nAnd so they couldn’t connect
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\nhe was divine already, so he
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\nBut really he didn’t, and he
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\nSo if you’re following the
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\nwould try to tell you is your
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\nraise your mind up to where you
\ncan be. <\/p>\n

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\nLike that you can be living in
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\nAnd then you’re not really
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\ndoes.
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\nthinking, well, it doesn’t
\nreally matter what your body <\/p>\n

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\ndoes, your body can sin all at
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\nAnd that isn’t really you.
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\npoint where nothing the body
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\nSo the battle of Romans 7 and
\neight, of the mind of the Spirit<\/p>\n

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\nversus the mind of the flesh,
\nthey would resolve that by <\/p>\n

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\nsimply saying that you elevate
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\nlevel, so where the sins of the
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\nit’s not really me.
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\nof the apostle Paul who says
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\nsin that dwells in me.
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\nextreme, and then got to the
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\nanymore for what my body does.
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\ndon’t know, so that your body
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\nthings you want to, and they
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\nmind was way up there.
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\nover and over and over again
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\nactions and that our actions
\nreally indicate where our <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it’s a great approach as far
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\nI’m trying to help us understand
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\nJohn’s letter is it gives you
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\nit’s very easy to say, well, I I
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\nI’m up here and I think I’m
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\nAnd John says, well, how are you
\ndoing on this? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd what about this and this?
\nThey’re very similar to what <\/p>\n

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\nJames would do.
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\nJames does the same kind of
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\nHe says you think you have
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\nYou claim you believe.
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\ncontrolling your tongue?
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\nprejudice to people?
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\nHow are you doing on all these
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\nAnd he would put out real simple
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\nwe’re really doing.
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\nwrites this letter.
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\ncousin of Jesus.
\nSo if you’ve ever looked at some<\/p>\n

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\nof the connections in the
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\nremember being really surprised
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\nI think Don Stiles was the first
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\nthat went through like the
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\nthey were all linked with with
\nfamily ties. <\/p>\n

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\nThat this wasn’t Jesus going
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\nand I’ll take you and you and
\nyou and you. <\/p>\n

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\nHe he was picking people that
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\nfamily.
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\nSome of these things are harder
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\nBut when you look at John up.
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\nof Zebedee and Saloni.
\nWho actually came from Heli and <\/p>\n

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\nhe was the father of Mary, who
\nwas the mother of Jesus. <\/p>\n

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\nSo that John and Jesus would
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\nBut what’s really interesting is
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\nside over there.
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\ninterconnected these apostles
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\nhad family ties, which I guess
\nis pretty common amongst the <\/p>\n

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\nJews.
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\namongst the Muslims too.
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\neach other and they’re all
\ninterconnected as well because <\/p>\n

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\nthey they do a lot of
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\nSo he’s full of passion and
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\nRemember that story where James
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\nfire down from heaven?
\nI mean, that’s the way he was as<\/p>\n

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\na young person is like, yes.
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\nhere.
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\nfire of.
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\nthose people just like Elijah.
\nDid right And their life, you <\/p>\n

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\nknow, earlier on.
\nAnd that’s what he wanted to do.<\/p>\n

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\nJames and John, his his brother,
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\nnext to Jesus and and the
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\nRemember when his mother came
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\nthey wanted to ask Jesus if you
\nwould grant them that privilege <\/p>\n

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\nof sitting next to him in the
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\nThey really were enthusiastic
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\nThunder.
\nThey did stay. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know John stayed with Jesus
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\ncrucifixion.
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\nhad some connection to the high
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\nYou find out in John 18 at verse
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\nsomehow connected in with the
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\nYou know, we’re looking at this
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\nyou know, in each at least
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\nAnd a lot of people think it
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\nAnd he may have been the only
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\nHe might be the only one, and
\nyou’ll see him reference quite <\/p>\n

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\noften in this letter, my little
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\nAnd that’s how he refers to
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\nYou’ll see that over and over
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\nBut over his lifetime, John
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\nenthusiastic passions that he
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\nfocus in on saving people.
\nThat’s what his goal was over <\/p>\n

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\ntime, and he learned to walk in
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\neternal life.
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\nwrite to us to tell us about how
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\nWe really can do it.
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\ndifference between John’s Gospel
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\nJohn’s Gospel you see a lot of
\nsimilar ideas. <\/p>\n

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\nThese themes that are in his
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\ngospel as well, but from a
\ndifferent perspective, with a <\/p>\n

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\ndifferent goal in mind.
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\nhe did is he set out to show how
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\nof God, and that he manifested
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\nlife.
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\nthe end in John 20.
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\nwould believe he was trying to
\nexplain how he really was the <\/p>\n

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\nJohn’s gospel that what’s
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\n12?
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\nto John 12, you know John 11 was
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\nJohn 12 is when.
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\n12\/13\/14, fifteen, 16\/17\/18 was
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\nOne day that was all about his
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\nhis gospel is about the last
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\nis where this man had come to in
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\nPeople he came to save, he was
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\ntongue when it came to all those
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\nabout him and all the
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\nHe didn’t lash out at people.
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\nbecause he really had learned to
\nmanifest his father. <\/p>\n

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\nSo you’ll see in the gospel that
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\nYou’ll get phrases like first
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\nFour and one, John, one and
\nfour, That in him was life, and <\/p>\n

328
\n00:17:12,970 –> 00:17:17,710
\nthe life was the light of men.
\nAnd John 10 I and my Father are <\/p>\n

329
\n00:17:17,710 –> 00:17:21,829
\none John 14 He who has seen me
\nhas seen the Father. <\/p>\n

330
\n00:17:22,069 –> 00:17:25,150
\nThat’s what John was trying to
\nexplain to people about the <\/p>\n

331
\n00:17:25,150 –> 00:17:28,069
\nMessiah.
\nOr in John 14 believe me that I <\/p>\n

332
\n00:17:28,069 –> 00:17:31,630
\nam in the Father and the Father
\nin me, or in John 20 At the very<\/p>\n

333
\n00:17:31,630 –> 00:17:34,750
\nend he said, I wrote you these
\nthings, that you may believe <\/p>\n

334
\n00:17:34,750 –> 00:17:38,790
\nthat Jesus is the Christ, the
\nMessiah, the Son of God, and <\/p>\n

335
\n00:17:39,150 –> 00:17:44,030
\nthat believing you may have life
\nin his name you. <\/p>\n

336
\n00:17:44,030 –> 00:17:46,970
\nMay have life.
\nSo that was part of the goal. <\/p>\n

337
\n00:17:47,170 –> 00:17:50,210
\nHe was trying to present Jesus
\nas the Messiah so that people <\/p>\n

338
\n00:17:50,210 –> 00:17:55,010
\nwould grab onto this, get a hold
\nof his life and put that life <\/p>\n

339
\n00:17:55,050 –> 00:17:58,770
\ninto their own, make it their
\nown, the eternal life of God. <\/p>\n

340
\n00:17:59,250 –> 00:18:02,570
\nSo John’s gospel is really all
\nabout how Jesus lived, spoke <\/p>\n

341
\n00:18:02,570 –> 00:18:04,970
\nlike his father, he really was
\nthe Son of God. <\/p>\n

342
\n00:18:05,450 –> 00:18:09,370
\nBut when you get to his letters
\nnow, he doesn’t have to explain <\/p>\n

343
\n00:18:09,370 –> 00:18:12,820
\nthat in the letters, Jesus was
\nalready resurrected from the <\/p>\n

344
\n00:18:12,820 –> 00:18:14,540
\ndead.
\nHe’s already been elevated to <\/p>\n

345
\n00:18:14,540 –> 00:18:16,540
\nheaven.
\nAnd these people that he’s <\/p>\n

346
\n00:18:16,540 –> 00:18:20,540
\nwriting to already believed that
\nJesus was the Son of God. <\/p>\n

347
\n00:18:20,740 –> 00:18:24,580
\nWhat he had to do was get them
\nto realize that this life that <\/p>\n

348
\n00:18:24,580 –> 00:18:28,020
\nhe lived was was something you
\ngot to grab a hold of. <\/p>\n

349
\n00:18:28,140 –> 00:18:31,620
\nYou got to try to live it too.
\nGod will help you, but you can’t<\/p>\n

350
\n00:18:31,620 –> 00:18:34,180
\njust separate yourself
\nspiritually from your fleshly <\/p>\n

351
\n00:18:34,180 –> 00:18:37,910
\nbody and just say, well, it’s
\nnot my fault you have control <\/p>\n

352
\n00:18:37,910 –> 00:18:40,110
\nover this and you have got to
\ntry. <\/p>\n

353
\n00:18:40,350 –> 00:18:43,030
\nTo put these things into
\npractice in your own life. <\/p>\n

354
\n00:18:43,350 –> 00:18:46,670
\nSo he wants to show us how we
\nhave to manifest the life of <\/p>\n

355
\n00:18:46,670 –> 00:18:50,990
\nJesus in our lives now by how we
\nlive and we have to practice <\/p>\n

356
\n00:18:50,990 –> 00:18:54,470
\nrighteousness, which is a phrase
\nhe’ll keep using over and over <\/p>\n

357
\n00:18:54,470 –> 00:18:57,190
\nagain.
\nSo in first John, one at verses <\/p>\n

358
\n00:18:57,190 –> 00:19:00,550
\nsix to seven, he’ll say things
\nlike if we say that we have <\/p>\n

359
\n00:19:00,550 –> 00:19:05,040
\nfellowship with him and walk in
\ndarkness, we lie and do not <\/p>\n

360
\n00:19:05,040 –> 00:19:09,760
\npractice the truth.
\nBut if we walk in the light as <\/p>\n

361
\n00:19:09,760 –> 00:19:14,200
\nhe is in the light, this is the
\nlight of God’s life that he’s <\/p>\n

362
\n00:19:14,200 –> 00:19:15,800
\ntalking about, this eternal
\nlife. <\/p>\n

363
\n00:19:16,080 –> 00:19:18,960
\nWe have fellowship with one
\nanother and the blood of Jesus <\/p>\n

364
\n00:19:18,960 –> 00:19:22,080
\nChrist his Son cleanses us from
\nall sin. <\/p>\n

365
\n00:19:22,480 –> 00:19:27,240
\nWhat a privilege to have that if
\nwe walk in the light or in <\/p>\n

366
\n00:19:27,240 –> 00:19:28,800
\nfirst.
\nJohn Two at 29. <\/p>\n

367
\n00:19:28,800 –> 00:19:31,750
\nIf you know that he is
\nrighteous, you know that <\/p>\n

368
\n00:19:31,830 –> 00:19:35,830
\neveryone who practices
\nrighteousness is born of him. <\/p>\n

369
\n00:19:36,390 –> 00:19:38,430
\nThis is what it means to be born
\nof God. <\/p>\n

370
\n00:19:38,670 –> 00:19:41,510
\nWhich is something that comes
\nout of the teachings of Jesus in<\/p>\n

371
\n00:19:41,510 –> 00:19:44,310
\nJohn’s gospel.
\nSo John’s letter is going to be <\/p>\n

372
\n00:19:44,350 –> 00:19:47,470
\nall about our way of life.
\nHow are we doing in our way of <\/p>\n

373
\n00:19:47,470 –> 00:19:50,670
\nlife and all the privileges that
\nit brings? <\/p>\n

374
\n00:19:50,670 –> 00:19:54,150
\nIt when you are walking in the
\nlight that the blood of Jesus <\/p>\n

375
\n00:19:54,150 –> 00:19:58,950
\ncleanses you from all sin and
\nthat God will save you, you can <\/p>\n

376
\n00:19:58,950 –> 00:20:02,560
\nhave confidence He’ll say.
\nIn the day when Christ returns, <\/p>\n

377
\n00:20:02,760 –> 00:20:06,600
\nyou can have confidence because
\nyou can develop now a perfect <\/p>\n

378
\n00:20:06,600 –> 00:20:09,400
\nlove that will cast out fear of
\nthe judgment seat. <\/p>\n

379
\n00:20:09,640 –> 00:20:13,440
\nIt can be done.
\nIt can be done with God’s help. <\/p>\n

380
\n00:20:13,760 –> 00:20:16,400
\nAnd this is what we really
\nshould be aiming for in our <\/p>\n

381
\n00:20:16,400 –> 00:20:18,840
\nlife.
\nSo what you’ll see happening in <\/p>\n

382
\n00:20:18,840 –> 00:20:22,720
\nJohn’s gospel, it was all about
\nhow God’s eternal life radiated <\/p>\n

383
\n00:20:22,720 –> 00:20:26,720
\nout into the life of Jesus and
\nhe perfectly manifested the <\/p>\n

384
\n00:20:26,720 –> 00:20:29,740
\ncharacter of God.
\nBut then when you get to John’s <\/p>\n

385
\n00:20:29,740 –> 00:20:33,820
\nletter, what he wants to do is
\nshow how that manifestation of <\/p>\n

386
\n00:20:33,820 –> 00:20:38,940
\nGod, his eternal life, can now
\nshine into all of the believers <\/p>\n

387
\n00:20:39,260 –> 00:20:42,900
\nand you can become
\nmanifestations of the Father now<\/p>\n

388
\n00:20:42,980 –> 00:20:44,860
\nin this life, not something
\nfuture. <\/p>\n

389
\n00:20:45,140 –> 00:20:46,780
\nHe’s not talking about the
\nfuture. <\/p>\n

390
\n00:20:46,780 –> 00:20:50,260
\nWhen Christ returns, John will
\nbe talking about now. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:20:50,300 –> 00:20:54,420
\nThis is something we practice
\nnow, revealing to other people <\/p>\n

392
\n00:20:54,420 –> 00:20:56,620
\nGod’s eternal life by the way
\nthat we live. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:20:57,180 –> 00:21:00,630
\nGo ahead, James.
\nI just, I just see it. <\/p>\n

394
\n00:21:00,630 –> 00:21:01,990
\nWas that a picture of the
\nregion? <\/p>\n

395
\n00:21:01,990 –> 00:21:06,070
\nWell, yeah, that’s that’s
\nactually in the backyard here. <\/p>\n

396
\n00:21:06,070 –> 00:21:08,550
\nSo James was asking about one of
\nthe pictures on the screen and <\/p>\n

397
\n00:21:08,550 –> 00:21:12,430
\nyes, that was taken in maybe
\n2018 something like that. <\/p>\n

398
\n00:21:12,430 –> 00:21:14,510
\nIt was probably the last time we
\nall got together. <\/p>\n

399
\n00:21:14,750 –> 00:21:18,790
\nIt was out in the back there on
\nthe I I cropped it a little bit,<\/p>\n

400
\n00:21:18,790 –> 00:21:20,790
\nbut that’s all the people that
\nshowed up that day. <\/p>\n

401
\n00:21:21,280 –> 00:21:22,840
\nSo, yeah, you’re probably up
\nthere somewhere. <\/p>\n

402
\n00:21:22,840 –> 00:21:25,120
\nI see Gary Patterson way up at
\nthe top, right up there. <\/p>\n

403
\n00:21:25,440 –> 00:21:29,040
\nYou can see him standing out.
\nSo yeah, that was all our gang. <\/p>\n

404
\n00:21:29,040 –> 00:21:30,840
\nAnd I think Renee probably took
\nthat. <\/p>\n

405
\n00:21:31,000 –> 00:21:32,440
\nIs that right?
\nProbably, Renee. <\/p>\n

406
\n00:21:32,520 –> 00:21:34,480
\nYeah.
\nSo that that’s the goal. <\/p>\n

407
\n00:21:34,600 –> 00:21:38,040
\nThe goal is that John wants to
\nencourage us that yes, this can <\/p>\n

408
\n00:21:38,040 –> 00:21:42,480
\nbe done not perfectly right now,
\nbut we can get on a pathway that<\/p>\n

409
\n00:21:42,480 –> 00:21:45,680
\nthis is what we want, this is
\nwhat we’re trying to be, and it <\/p>\n

410
\n00:21:45,680 –> 00:21:47,480
\ncan make a difference in your
\nlife now. <\/p>\n

411
\n00:21:47,560 –> 00:21:51,080
\nThat’s what he’s actually after.
\nSome people have noticed that <\/p>\n

412
\n00:21:51,400 –> 00:21:54,720
\nwhen you when you look through
\nJohn’s Gospel, it appears as <\/p>\n

413
\n00:21:54,720 –> 00:22:00,880
\nthough this event in John 13
\nreally played a huge part in <\/p>\n

414
\n00:22:00,880 –> 00:22:05,800
\nchanging John’s life.
\nJohn 13 was when Judas betrayed <\/p>\n

415
\n00:22:05,800 –> 00:22:10,960
\nJesus, and it seems like this
\nevent was a touchstone for John <\/p>\n

416
\n00:22:10,960 –> 00:22:12,920
\nto like.
\nIt really changed him in the <\/p>\n

417
\n00:22:12,920 –> 00:22:14,600
\nsense that he couldn’t believe
\nit. <\/p>\n

418
\n00:22:14,920 –> 00:22:18,720
\nSomebody actually one of our
\ngroup betrayed Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n

419
\n00:22:19,070 –> 00:22:22,710
\nThey portrayed him over to be
\ncrucified and you’ll see a <\/p>\n

420
\n00:22:22,710 –> 00:22:28,590
\nnumber of the concepts that come
\nout of John 1314151617 from that<\/p>\n

421
\n00:22:28,590 –> 00:22:31,590
\nevent forward are.
\nOn things that John keeps <\/p>\n

422
\n00:22:31,710 –> 00:22:34,710
\nwhining into his gospel, he
\nwrites them right into there. <\/p>\n

423
\n00:22:34,950 –> 00:22:36,910
\nThings like the difference
\nbetween darkness. <\/p>\n

424
\n00:22:36,910 –> 00:22:39,910
\nBecause, you know, on John 13 it
\nwas all about how they he went <\/p>\n

425
\n00:22:39,910 –> 00:22:43,370
\nout in the darkness at Judas
\nwhen he, when he left Jesus and <\/p>\n

426
\n00:22:43,410 –> 00:22:46,370
\nJesus tried to save him from
\ngoing out there and he tried to <\/p>\n

427
\n00:22:46,370 –> 00:22:49,970
\nhold them on and Judas decided
\nand John and his gospel says, <\/p>\n

428
\n00:22:49,970 –> 00:22:51,850
\nand Judas went out and it was
\ndarkness. <\/p>\n

429
\n00:22:52,330 –> 00:22:54,610
\nAnd then you have the betrayal
\nand all the things that <\/p>\n

430
\n00:22:54,610 –> 00:22:57,770
\nhappened, those whose works are
\nof darkness and all the things <\/p>\n

431
\n00:22:57,770 –> 00:23:02,330
\nthat Jesus said as a result of
\nthat, and John 12 and 13 and 14 <\/p>\n

432
\n00:23:02,330 –> 00:23:05,890
\nand 15 about about the
\nimportance of service and loving<\/p>\n

433
\n00:23:05,890 –> 00:23:08,050
\none another.
\nThese are all things that John <\/p>\n

434
\n00:23:08,050 –> 00:23:12,050
\nbuilds into his letter, hoping
\nthat if we can put these things <\/p>\n

435
\n00:23:12,050 –> 00:23:16,450
\ninto practice, we won’t be like
\nJudas and go out because he’s <\/p>\n

436
\n00:23:16,450 –> 00:23:19,530
\ngoing to warn us that there are
\na group of people, what he calls<\/p>\n

437
\n00:23:19,530 –> 00:23:24,490
\nthe Antichrist, the Antichrist,
\nHe says they went out from us, <\/p>\n

438
\n00:23:24,810 –> 00:23:28,450
\nuses like that same phrase of
\nJudas when he left that night. <\/p>\n

439
\n00:23:28,730 –> 00:23:31,890
\nAnd these people have left.
\nThey were members, they were <\/p>\n

440
\n00:23:31,890 –> 00:23:34,050
\nbelievers.
\nThey were part of the community.<\/p>\n

441
\n00:23:34,390 –> 00:23:37,350
\nAnd now they have gone off on
\nthis idea of, you know, whatever<\/p>\n

442
\n00:23:37,350 –> 00:23:41,030
\nit is, Nazism or whatever they
\ngot into and they have gone off <\/p>\n

443
\n00:23:41,030 –> 00:23:44,310
\nnow and they went out from us
\nand they’re not part of the <\/p>\n

444
\n00:23:44,310 –> 00:23:46,870
\ngroup anymore.
\nSo you’ll see that pops up as <\/p>\n

445
\n00:23:46,870 –> 00:23:49,110
\nwell.
\nSo in John’s letter, you’ll <\/p>\n

446
\n00:23:49,110 –> 00:23:51,230
\nnotice it’s different than most
\nof the letters in the New <\/p>\n

447
\n00:23:51,230 –> 00:23:53,190
\nTestament.
\nThere’s no salutation at the <\/p>\n

448
\n00:23:53,190 –> 00:23:55,470
\nbeginning or the end, not either
\none. <\/p>\n

449
\n00:23:55,910 –> 00:23:58,430
\nAnd it’s possible it’s because
\nhe wanted it for all times. <\/p>\n

450
\n00:23:58,430 –> 00:24:01,430
\nHe wanted this letter to be
\neternal for everybody who would <\/p>\n

451
\n00:24:01,430 –> 00:24:04,310
\nread it right through the times
\nof the humanity. <\/p>\n

452
\n00:24:04,950 –> 00:24:09,670
\nYou’ll see We know that phrase.
\nWe know 25 times. <\/p>\n

453
\n00:24:09,670 –> 00:24:13,030
\nIt comes up in First John
\nbecause he’s reminding these <\/p>\n

454
\n00:24:13,030 –> 00:24:16,430
\nbelievers that we know these
\nthings are true. <\/p>\n

455
\n00:24:16,430 –> 00:24:20,190
\nYou were baptized in this.
\nYou believe this at one time. <\/p>\n

456
\n00:24:20,190 –> 00:24:22,790
\nYou know, these things are right
\nman. <\/p>\n

457
\n00:24:22,790 –> 00:24:25,710
\nPlus they also had spirit gifts
\nat that time and all the, what <\/p>\n

458
\n00:24:25,710 –> 00:24:28,630
\nhe calls the anointing, Later on
\nhe’ll talk about the the work of<\/p>\n

459
\n00:24:28,630 –> 00:24:30,470
\nthe Spirit in them.
\nYou know, these things are <\/p>\n

460
\n00:24:30,470 –> 00:24:32,430
\nright.
\nAnd so they had built up some <\/p>\n

461
\n00:24:32,430 –> 00:24:35,230
\nconfidence in the teachings
\nbecause they had experienced it <\/p>\n

462
\n00:24:35,230 –> 00:24:38,510
\nover years.
\nAnd it’s all about God’s eternal<\/p>\n

463
\n00:24:38,510 –> 00:24:40,870
\nlife.
\nThis letter, the whole letter is<\/p>\n

464
\n00:24:40,870 –> 00:24:43,630
\nall about God’s eternal way of
\nlife. <\/p>\n

465
\n00:24:43,670 –> 00:24:47,030
\nIt’s a way of life that he’s
\ntrying to explain that God’s <\/p>\n

466
\n00:24:47,030 –> 00:24:50,750
\nalways had it and then God
\nrevealed it through Jesus <\/p>\n

467
\n00:24:50,750 –> 00:24:54,150
\nChrist, and now what he’s trying
\nto do is reveal it through all <\/p>\n

468
\n00:24:54,150 –> 00:24:56,270
\nof us.
\nThat’s what God would like to <\/p>\n

469
\n00:24:56,270 –> 00:24:58,710
\ndo.
\nAnd this is designed to impact <\/p>\n

470
\n00:24:58,710 –> 00:25:01,350
\nthe life of the reader.
\nThen I want to make sure they’re<\/p>\n

471
\n00:25:01,350 –> 00:25:04,070
\ngoing through this, that as we
\nread through John’s letter and <\/p>\n

472
\n00:25:04,070 –> 00:25:08,270
\nwe talk about it, it’s not about
\njudging other people like, oh, <\/p>\n

473
\n00:25:08,270 –> 00:25:11,310
\nyou failed on that one or you’re
\nnot living up to John’s idea on <\/p>\n

474
\n00:25:11,310 –> 00:25:13,430
\nthat one and point the finger at
\neverybody else. <\/p>\n

475
\n00:25:13,800 –> 00:25:18,080
\nHe wrote this so that we would
\ntake it ourselves individually <\/p>\n

476
\n00:25:18,400 –> 00:25:22,040
\nand examine where we’re at and
\nand go away with joy when we’re <\/p>\n

477
\n00:25:22,040 –> 00:25:25,640
\nwalking on the pathway that you
\ncan be excited about what God is<\/p>\n

478
\n00:25:25,640 –> 00:25:28,720
\ndoing in your life and where
\nit’s going to lead, where it’s <\/p>\n

479
\n00:25:28,720 –> 00:25:31,600
\ngoing to take you when you have
\nGod’s eternal life. <\/p>\n

480
\n00:25:32,160 –> 00:25:35,800
\nSo what John will clearly bring
\nout as we go through this, is <\/p>\n

481
\n00:25:35,800 –> 00:25:40,040
\nthat our way of life?
\nWhat did you do today? <\/p>\n

482
\n00:25:40,480 –> 00:25:43,360
\nWhat are you doing tomorrow?
\nHow do you treat people? <\/p>\n

483
\n00:25:43,850 –> 00:25:46,210
\nWhat are your goals in life?
\nWhat are you really worried <\/p>\n

484
\n00:25:46,210 –> 00:25:48,250
\nabout having in the future?
\nAre you worried about all the <\/p>\n

485
\n00:25:48,250 –> 00:25:50,770
\ntoys of this world?
\nYou worry about your career and <\/p>\n

486
\n00:25:50,770 –> 00:25:53,850
\nall those kind of things, all
\nthose things about your way of <\/p>\n

487
\n00:25:53,850 –> 00:25:56,570
\nlife.
\nThey reveal where you’re really <\/p>\n

488
\n00:25:56,570 –> 00:26:00,890
\nat, what you really want.
\nDo you really want God’s eternal<\/p>\n

489
\n00:26:00,890 –> 00:26:03,170
\nway of life?
\nBecause if you do, you’ll <\/p>\n

490
\n00:26:03,210 –> 00:26:06,410
\nyou’ll, you’ll read about it,
\nyou’ll listen to it, you’ll come<\/p>\n

491
\n00:26:06,410 –> 00:26:08,010
\nto know it and want to practice
\nit. <\/p>\n

492
\n00:26:08,610 –> 00:26:11,490
\nAnd if your goals and objectives
\nare really all the stuff of this<\/p>\n

493
\n00:26:11,490 –> 00:26:15,490
\nworld, if that’s what you really
\nwant, that’s what you will get. <\/p>\n

494
\n00:26:16,010 –> 00:26:18,050
\nAnd you won’t get the eternal
\nlife. <\/p>\n

495
\n00:26:18,050 –> 00:26:22,450
\nThere’s two basic pathways you
\ncan go down in life and it’s not<\/p>\n

496
\n00:26:22,450 –> 00:26:23,970
\nthese.
\nJohn never says you got to be <\/p>\n

497
\n00:26:23,970 –> 00:26:26,970
\nperfect on that pathway.
\nWhat he says is you got to <\/p>\n

498
\n00:26:26,970 –> 00:26:30,410
\npractice that one.
\nWhich one are you practicing? <\/p>\n

499
\n00:26:30,650 –> 00:26:34,210
\nAre you practicing to be part of
\nGod’s family and his eternal way<\/p>\n

500
\n00:26:34,210 –> 00:26:36,490
\nof life?
\nAre you just practicing to be <\/p>\n

501
\n00:26:36,490 –> 00:26:39,050
\npart of this world?
\nWhat are you practicing tomorrow<\/p>\n

502
\n00:26:39,610 –> 00:26:41,850
\nand Saturday and the next day
\nand the next day? <\/p>\n

503
\n00:26:41,850 –> 00:26:44,490
\nWhat are really you?
\nWhat do you really want in this <\/p>\n

504
\n00:26:44,490 –> 00:26:46,850
\nlife?
\nBecause what John wants you to <\/p>\n

505
\n00:26:46,890 –> 00:26:51,130
\nhave is the confidence and the
\njoy that comes from knowing that<\/p>\n

506
\n00:26:51,130 –> 00:26:54,450
\nwhen you’re on that pathway to
\nGod’s eternal way of life and <\/p>\n

507
\n00:26:54,450 –> 00:26:57,810
\nyou want that life and you are
\npracticing that life, that even <\/p>\n

508
\n00:26:57,810 –> 00:27:01,210
\nthough you fail, even though you
\nmake mistakes, God said that’s <\/p>\n

509
\n00:27:01,210 –> 00:27:03,650
\nokay.
\nHe’ll provide a way to forgive <\/p>\n

510
\n00:27:03,650 –> 00:27:05,410
\nyou.
\nHe’ll take care of that. <\/p>\n

511
\n00:27:05,850 –> 00:27:09,010
\nHe just wants to know if that’s
\nwhat you really want. <\/p>\n

512
\n00:27:09,580 –> 00:27:14,020
\nAnd if you do, he promises that
\nhe’ll carry you to the end and <\/p>\n

513
\n00:27:14,020 –> 00:27:17,260
\nlet you join his family forever.
\nThat’s how John’s going to <\/p>\n

514
\n00:27:17,260 –> 00:27:19,980
\npresent this.
\nSo he throws out these <\/p>\n

515
\n00:27:19,980 –> 00:27:23,780
\nchallenges about how we see
\nourselves and our life, and <\/p>\n

516
\n00:27:23,780 –> 00:27:26,220
\nthese are all phrases you’re
\ngoing to see come up over and <\/p>\n

517
\n00:27:26,220 –> 00:27:29,740
\nover again in John’s letter.
\nSo he says, look, you, you can <\/p>\n

518
\n00:27:29,740 –> 00:27:34,260
\nclaim to say I know him, I know
\nGod, I know Jesus, I have a <\/p>\n

519
\n00:27:34,260 –> 00:27:38,020
\nrelationship with them.
\nWe can easily claim to to that, <\/p>\n

520
\n00:27:38,460 –> 00:27:40,500
\nbut John’s going to throw in
\nafter that. <\/p>\n

521
\n00:27:40,500 –> 00:27:44,340
\nWell, you do this.
\nWhat are you really doing? <\/p>\n

522
\n00:27:45,100 –> 00:27:48,980
\nDoes he does what you’re doing
\nsupport the idea that you really<\/p>\n

523
\n00:27:48,980 –> 00:27:51,420
\nknow God?
\nOr what about abiding in him? <\/p>\n

524
\n00:27:51,420 –> 00:27:53,740
\nOh, I abide in God.
\nI abide in Christ. <\/p>\n

525
\n00:27:53,740 –> 00:27:56,220
\nI’m in him, I’m in him.
\nRight. <\/p>\n

526
\n00:27:56,220 –> 00:27:57,900
\nIs that that’s a claim we can
\nmake? <\/p>\n

527
\n00:27:57,900 –> 00:28:00,660
\nThose are easy words.
\nAnd John’s going to throw in <\/p>\n

528
\n00:28:00,660 –> 00:28:03,620
\nthere and say, well, if you
\nclaim to abide in him, then this<\/p>\n

529
\n00:28:03,620 –> 00:28:07,020
\nis how you live.
\nHe doesn’t let you just weasel <\/p>\n

530
\n00:28:07,020 –> 00:28:09,430
\nout of it and just say the
\nwords. <\/p>\n

531
\n00:28:09,790 –> 00:28:11,470
\nOr what about I walk in the
\nlight? <\/p>\n

532
\n00:28:11,670 –> 00:28:14,310
\nI I walk in the light.
\nAnd John will throw in after <\/p>\n

533
\n00:28:14,310 –> 00:28:15,950
\nthat?
\nWell, if you walk in the light, <\/p>\n

534
\n00:28:16,270 –> 00:28:18,750
\nthis is how you have to live.
\nYou can’t be doing this and <\/p>\n

535
\n00:28:18,750 –> 00:28:20,550
\nclaim you walk in the light.
\nThat’s a lie. <\/p>\n

536
\n00:28:20,830 –> 00:28:24,110
\nOr you make God a liar.
\nAnd this is the way he writes <\/p>\n

537
\n00:28:24,110 –> 00:28:26,270
\nthis letter.
\nWhat about I am born of God? <\/p>\n

538
\n00:28:26,270 –> 00:28:28,390
\nThese are all phrases that
\npeople like to use. <\/p>\n

539
\n00:28:28,390 –> 00:28:30,750
\nI’ve been born again.
\nI’m born of God. <\/p>\n

540
\n00:28:31,070 –> 00:28:34,310
\nWell, if you’re born of God, you
\nwill love your brethren and <\/p>\n

541
\n00:28:34,310 –> 00:28:35,470
\nsisters.
\nYou’ll love them. <\/p>\n

542
\n00:28:36,150 –> 00:28:39,860
\nThere’s no choice in this.
\nYou will love your brothers and <\/p>\n

543
\n00:28:39,860 –> 00:28:43,540
\nsisters, or I’m a child of God,
\nor I love God. <\/p>\n

544
\n00:28:43,540 –> 00:28:45,900
\nYou can.
\nSo the words are so easy to come<\/p>\n

545
\n00:28:45,900 –> 00:28:48,580
\nout of our mouth.
\nBut John’s going to put after <\/p>\n

546
\n00:28:48,580 –> 00:28:50,740
\nthat.
\nHe’s going to put a qualifier in<\/p>\n

547
\n00:28:50,740 –> 00:28:54,220
\nthere and say, well, if you
\nclaim that, then you better be <\/p>\n

548
\n00:28:54,220 –> 00:28:57,780
\ndoing this.
\nIt’s all about the kind of life <\/p>\n

549
\n00:28:57,780 –> 00:28:59,980
\nthat you leave or I keep his
\ncommandments. <\/p>\n

550
\n00:29:00,340 –> 00:29:03,820
\nOr the final one is when you get
\nto Chapter 5, I believe right <\/p>\n

551
\n00:29:03,820 –> 00:29:06,340
\nthen I believe, he said.
\nYou can say you believe and that<\/p>\n

552
\n00:29:06,340 –> 00:29:09,080
\nword believe is have faith.
\nIt’s easy to say, oh, I have <\/p>\n

553
\n00:29:09,080 –> 00:29:11,840
\nfaith, I have faith and John’s
\ngoing to throw in there. <\/p>\n

554
\n00:29:11,840 –> 00:29:15,320
\nWell, if you claim to have
\nfaith, how are you really doing <\/p>\n

555
\n00:29:15,400 –> 00:29:17,680
\non on this area and what are you
\ndoing here? <\/p>\n

556
\n00:29:17,960 –> 00:29:21,440
\nAnd John’s going to put in some
\ngreat qualifiers to to help us <\/p>\n

557
\n00:29:21,440 –> 00:29:25,000
\nfind out and run these tests
\nabout what are we really doing <\/p>\n

558
\n00:29:25,000 –> 00:29:28,120
\nin life.
\nSo he provides these specific <\/p>\n

559
\n00:29:28,200 –> 00:29:32,320
\nitems for us to evaluate our
\nlives, to indicate whether or <\/p>\n

560
\n00:29:32,320 –> 00:29:36,120
\nnot the way we see ourselves is
\nsupported by our actions. <\/p>\n

561
\n00:29:36,540 –> 00:29:39,900
\nAnd it’s great that he does that
\nbecause for some of us, we don’t<\/p>\n

562
\n00:29:39,900 –> 00:29:42,620
\nwant somebody else to tell us,
\nwell, you said this, but you’re <\/p>\n

563
\n00:29:42,620 –> 00:29:45,060
\nnot really doing it.
\nWe don’t want to hear that from <\/p>\n

564
\n00:29:45,060 –> 00:29:47,540
\nother people.
\nSo he’s written this letter so <\/p>\n

565
\n00:29:47,540 –> 00:29:51,540
\nthat you can read it yourself
\nand you can run these tests by <\/p>\n

566
\n00:29:51,540 –> 00:29:55,940
\nyourself and find out how am I
\ndoing, how am I really doing, on<\/p>\n

567
\n00:29:55,940 –> 00:30:00,460
\nloving God, on abiding in Him,
\nof being found in Him and <\/p>\n

568
\n00:30:00,460 –> 00:30:03,660
\nknowing Him and all these
\nrelationship concepts with God. <\/p>\n

569
\n00:30:04,100 –> 00:30:06,300
\nBut it’s up to us to personally
\ndo that. <\/p>\n

570
\n00:30:06,730 –> 00:30:09,410
\nSo make sure as we’re going
\nthrough this, we’re not going to<\/p>\n

571
\n00:30:09,410 –> 00:30:12,650
\ndo it to judge other people.
\nAnd we’re going through this to <\/p>\n

572
\n00:30:12,730 –> 00:30:15,770
\nreally look at ourselves to find
\nout how are we doing. <\/p>\n

573
\n00:30:16,810 –> 00:30:19,970
\nSo any anything else, all the
\nbeginning stuff, anything else <\/p>\n

574
\n00:30:19,970 –> 00:30:23,730
\nanybody wants to throw in there
\nof ideas on background for <\/p>\n

575
\n00:30:23,730 –> 00:30:24,690
\nfirst, John.
\nAll right. <\/p>\n

576
\n00:30:24,690 –> 00:30:29,330
\nSo this is Richard.
\nI just noticed in almost your <\/p>\n

577
\n00:30:29,330 –> 00:30:32,530
\nfirst slide where you have those
\n3 themes about God, they <\/p>\n

578
\n00:30:32,530 –> 00:30:35,010
\nperfectly matched those 3 three
\nthemes about us. <\/p>\n

579
\n00:30:36,120 –> 00:30:38,320
\nYou didn’t mention that.
\nI thought, oh, I just let us <\/p>\n

580
\n00:30:38,320 –> 00:30:40,800
\nknow, you know, God is light and
\nthen truth. <\/p>\n

581
\n00:30:40,800 –> 00:30:44,280
\nGod is love, love, and then God
\nis or eternal life. <\/p>\n

582
\n00:30:44,280 –> 00:30:49,000
\nAnd that will be righteousness.
\nSo thank you very much because <\/p>\n

583
\n00:30:49,000 –> 00:30:51,840
\nthat is his goal of saying, hey,
\nwhat God is. <\/p>\n

584
\n00:30:51,880 –> 00:30:54,080
\nAnd Christ revealed it can be
\nus. <\/p>\n

585
\n00:30:55,160 –> 00:30:57,360
\nOkay.
\nSo thanks for pointing that out.<\/p>\n

586
\n00:30:57,840 –> 00:31:00,320
\nAll right, here’s the way this
\nletter starts. <\/p>\n

587
\n00:31:00,520 –> 00:31:02,920
\nThis is the most unusual way to
\nstart a letter. <\/p>\n

588
\n00:31:03,200 –> 00:31:05,080
\nSo we’ll see if you guys can
\nfigure this out. <\/p>\n

589
\n00:31:05,430 –> 00:31:07,470
\nYou’ve got to read this and see
\nif you can figure it out. <\/p>\n

590
\n00:31:07,590 –> 00:31:10,830
\nStarts really different than
\nmost of these letters that which<\/p>\n

591
\n00:31:10,830 –> 00:31:13,910
\nwas from the beginning, What in
\nthe world is that? <\/p>\n

592
\n00:31:15,110 –> 00:31:17,790
\nThat.
\nI mean, we should at least <\/p>\n

593
\n00:31:17,790 –> 00:31:20,510
\nfigure that out because that’s
\nhis whole premise that that <\/p>\n

594
\n00:31:20,510 –> 00:31:23,550
\nwhich was from the beginning.
\nWhat is that now? <\/p>\n

595
\n00:31:23,600 –> 00:31:25,800
\nNow if you read.
\nOne of those translations Jason <\/p>\n

596
\n00:31:25,800 –> 00:31:28,800
\nwas talking to us about Before
\nthat they put in ideas and try <\/p>\n

597
\n00:31:28,800 –> 00:31:31,040
\nto tell you what it is.
\nSome of these modern <\/p>\n

598
\n00:31:31,040 –> 00:31:34,040
\ntranslations, they put Jesus
\nChrist was from the beginning <\/p>\n

599
\n00:31:34,440 –> 00:31:37,760
\nand they actually put a who in
\nthere instead of a what because <\/p>\n

600
\n00:31:37,760 –> 00:31:41,600
\nJohn doesn’t use that.
\nHe actually says that that what <\/p>\n

601
\n00:31:41,600 –> 00:31:44,000
\nis it that which was from the
\nbeginning. <\/p>\n

602
\n00:31:44,480 –> 00:31:48,400
\nNow look at what he says about
\nit, which we have heard, which <\/p>\n

603
\n00:31:48,400 –> 00:31:52,970
\nwe have seen with our eyes,
\nwhich we’ve looked upon our <\/p>\n

604
\n00:31:52,970 –> 00:31:56,210
\nhands, have handled.
\nThose are all things the <\/p>\n

605
\n00:31:56,210 –> 00:31:59,370
\nGnostics wouldn’t have liked,
\nyou know, because they were all <\/p>\n

606
\n00:31:59,370 –> 00:32:02,010
\nthings about the physical world
\nitself. <\/p>\n

607
\n00:32:02,330 –> 00:32:06,490
\nAnd this is what he’s going to
\ntalk about concerning the Word <\/p>\n

608
\n00:32:06,730 –> 00:32:10,050
\nof Life.
\nThat sounds like John’s Gospel, <\/p>\n

609
\n00:32:10,050 –> 00:32:12,330
\ndoesn’t it?
\nThe Word of life, that in the <\/p>\n

610
\n00:32:12,330 –> 00:32:15,570
\nbeginning was the word.
\nAnd then the life was <\/p>\n

611
\n00:32:15,570 –> 00:32:18,450
\nmanifested.
\nSo verse two, look at it. <\/p>\n

612
\n00:32:18,650 –> 00:32:23,500
\nThe life was manifested and
\nwe’ve seen and bear witness and <\/p>\n

613
\n00:32:23,500 –> 00:32:30,140
\ndeclare to you that eternal life
\nwhich was with the Father and <\/p>\n

614
\n00:32:30,180 –> 00:32:34,900
\nwas manifested to us.
\nNow, did you figure out what the<\/p>\n

615
\n00:32:34,900 –> 00:32:41,500
\nthat was?
\nIt’s it’s it’s the eternal life.<\/p>\n

616
\n00:32:41,500 –> 00:32:43,380
\nThat’s what this is going to be
\nall about. <\/p>\n

617
\n00:32:43,660 –> 00:32:46,900
\nIt’s about this life that God
\nhad with him all along. <\/p>\n

618
\n00:32:47,360 –> 00:32:50,280
\nAnd what he did is he now has a
\nson. <\/p>\n

619
\n00:32:50,560 –> 00:32:54,480
\nAnd the Word became flesh
\nbecause his eternal life was in <\/p>\n

620
\n00:32:54,480 –> 00:32:57,080
\nthis boy and he was living like
\nGod. <\/p>\n

621
\n00:32:57,080 –> 00:32:59,440
\nHe had God’s way of life
\nentirely. <\/p>\n

622
\n00:32:59,880 –> 00:33:04,840
\nAnd God’s goal all along was to
\nuse that man to save all those <\/p>\n

623
\n00:33:04,840 –> 00:33:07,720
\npeople that want this eternal
\nlife. <\/p>\n

624
\n00:33:08,000 –> 00:33:09,880
\nThey want it.
\nThey want to have the kind of <\/p>\n

625
\n00:33:09,880 –> 00:33:12,360
\nlife that God has.
\nThat’s what they’re really <\/p>\n

626
\n00:33:12,360 –> 00:33:15,240
\nafter.
\nIt’s not just immortality, <\/p>\n

627
\n00:33:15,890 –> 00:33:17,410
\nbrothers and sisters and young
\npeople. <\/p>\n

628
\n00:33:17,410 –> 00:33:21,370
\nIt’s not just living forever.
\nIt’s the kind of life that you <\/p>\n

629
\n00:33:21,370 –> 00:33:25,330
\nhave when you live forever.
\nGod’s way of life is eternal. <\/p>\n

630
\n00:33:25,530 –> 00:33:29,570
\nIf you adopt his way of life,
\nyou will live forever because <\/p>\n

631
\n00:33:29,570 –> 00:33:32,010
\nthat’s what it is.
\nIt’s eternal life. <\/p>\n

632
\n00:33:32,370 –> 00:33:34,290
\nIt’s that it’s got that kind of
\nquality to it. <\/p>\n

633
\n00:33:34,610 –> 00:33:38,570
\nSo he says, I’ll declare to you
\nthat eternal life, which was <\/p>\n

634
\n00:33:38,570 –> 00:33:42,210
\nwith the Father and was
\nmanifested to us. <\/p>\n

635
\n00:33:42,840 –> 00:33:45,120
\nNow you look at that and say,
\nall right, when was it <\/p>\n

636
\n00:33:45,120 –> 00:33:47,520
\nmanifested?
\nWhen did they actually see it <\/p>\n

637
\n00:33:47,520 –> 00:33:49,880
\nwith their eyes and look?
\nUpon it and their hands, it <\/p>\n

638
\n00:33:50,000 –> 00:33:53,280
\nhandled it and so on.
\nThat’s when it was revealed <\/p>\n

639
\n00:33:53,280 –> 00:33:56,640
\nthrough Jesus Christ.
\nSo he’s in there all right, but <\/p>\n

640
\n00:33:56,640 –> 00:34:01,880
\nhe isn’t really the subject.
\nThe subject is the eternal life <\/p>\n

641
\n00:34:01,880 –> 00:34:05,720
\nthat was with God from the
\nbeginning and was revealed and <\/p>\n

642
\n00:34:05,720 –> 00:34:10,520
\nmanifested in the life of Jesus
\nChrist, that which we have seen <\/p>\n

643
\n00:34:10,520 –> 00:34:14,880
\nand heard, He says.
\nWe declare to you that you also <\/p>\n

644
\n00:34:14,880 –> 00:34:19,360
\nmay have fellowship with us, and
\ntruly our fellowship is with the<\/p>\n

645
\n00:34:19,360 –> 00:34:22,120
\nFather and with His Son, Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n

646
\n00:34:22,719 –> 00:34:27,440
\nAnd these things we write to you
\nthat your joy may be full. <\/p>\n

647
\n00:34:28,040 –> 00:34:30,880
\nSo these are phrases that like,
\ncome right out of John’s gospel <\/p>\n

648
\n00:34:30,880 –> 00:34:33,800
\nand things that Jesus had said.
\nThese are this is what Jesus was<\/p>\n

649
\n00:34:33,800 –> 00:34:35,560
\nafter when he preached the
\ngospel. <\/p>\n

650
\n00:34:35,800 –> 00:34:38,000
\nHe wanted people’s joy to be
\nfull. <\/p>\n

651
\n00:34:38,120 –> 00:34:41,080
\nHe wanted them to understand
\nthis life that he had and that <\/p>\n

652
\n00:34:41,080 –> 00:34:44,000
\nthey would abide in him and that
\nthey would be born of God. <\/p>\n

653
\n00:34:44,239 –> 00:34:48,120
\nAll these different concepts
\ncame up, but sometimes we miss <\/p>\n

654
\n00:34:48,120 –> 00:34:51,080
\nwhat they really were.
\nAnd what John points out to us <\/p>\n

655
\n00:34:51,080 –> 00:34:54,960
\nis what it was really all about
\nwas that God had a way of life <\/p>\n

656
\n00:34:55,000 –> 00:34:58,190
\nall along, what he calls eternal
\nlife. <\/p>\n

657
\n00:34:58,630 –> 00:35:02,390
\nIt would it’s a life that goes
\nforever, and that he revealed it<\/p>\n

658
\n00:35:02,390 –> 00:35:06,190
\nin Jesus Christ, and he can also
\nreveal it in us. <\/p>\n

659
\n00:35:06,590 –> 00:35:10,950
\nAnd if you are in God’s eternal
\nlife, if you’re walking in that <\/p>\n

660
\n00:35:10,950 –> 00:35:14,350
\nlight and you’re you’re
\npracticing that righteousness of<\/p>\n

661
\n00:35:14,350 –> 00:35:19,590
\nGod’s eternal life, you are then
\nin fellowship with God and with <\/p>\n

662
\n00:35:19,670 –> 00:35:23,070
\nJesus Christ and with one
\nanother because you’re all <\/p>\n

663
\n00:35:23,150 –> 00:35:26,590
\npracticing the same thing,
\nYou’re sharing the same kind of <\/p>\n

664
\n00:35:26,590 –> 00:35:28,470
\nlife.
\nThat’s what fellowship really is<\/p>\n

665
\n00:35:28,470 –> 00:35:31,150
\nall about.
\nSo when we adopt that, it brings<\/p>\n

666
\n00:35:31,150 –> 00:35:34,270
\nus into fellowship with God and
\nJesus and one another. <\/p>\n

667
\n00:35:34,510 –> 00:35:36,790
\nSo certainly some of these
\nthings may have been <\/p>\n

668
\n00:35:36,790 –> 00:35:38,910
\nspecifically mentioned for the
\nGnostics. <\/p>\n

669
\n00:35:39,110 –> 00:35:41,750
\nBut I think it also helps to
\npoint out to the fact that these<\/p>\n

670
\n00:35:41,750 –> 00:35:44,830
\nare things that are involving
\nphysical it’s it’s about our way<\/p>\n

671
\n00:35:44,830 –> 00:35:48,110
\nof life, how we act, things that
\npeople can actually see and they<\/p>\n

672
\n00:35:48,110 –> 00:35:51,430
\ncan touch and they can watch and
\nthey can hear what we say. <\/p>\n

673
\n00:35:51,710 –> 00:35:54,970
\nThat’s what John is trying to
\nget us to understand, that all <\/p>\n

674
\n00:35:54,970 –> 00:35:58,650
\nthis stuff is about our physical
\nbodies and things that we do. <\/p>\n

675
\n00:35:58,730 –> 00:36:01,930
\nAnd so it could be that he
\ntackled mysticism right from the<\/p>\n

676
\n00:36:01,930 –> 00:36:03,690
\nbeginning and went after those
\nGnostics. <\/p>\n

677
\n00:36:04,090 –> 00:36:06,170
\nIt could be.
\nSo did you notice the <\/p>\n

678
\n00:36:06,170 –> 00:36:09,570
\nsimilarities between the way he
\nstarts this and John won? <\/p>\n

679
\n00:36:10,550 –> 00:36:12,950
\nLook at how John one starts in
\nthe beginning. <\/p>\n

680
\n00:36:12,950 –> 00:36:16,430
\nSo just like that, which was
\nfrom the beginning actually <\/p>\n

681
\n00:36:16,430 –> 00:36:18,870
\ngoing through first.
\nJohn has really helped me to go <\/p>\n

682
\n00:36:18,870 –> 00:36:23,030
\nback and look at John’s gospel
\nnow and help me like really <\/p>\n

683
\n00:36:23,030 –> 00:36:26,390
\ncrystallize things I had missed
\nreading in John’s gospel. <\/p>\n

684
\n00:36:26,750 –> 00:36:30,470
\nI was so focused on the Word.
\nThe Word was with God and the <\/p>\n

685
\n00:36:30,470 –> 00:36:33,990
\nWord was God and trying to prove
\nthe trinitarians, that this was <\/p>\n

686
\n00:36:33,990 –> 00:36:36,110
\nnot some Trinitarian idea right
\nhere. <\/p>\n

687
\n00:36:36,350 –> 00:36:39,270
\nI think I never really caught on
\nto what John was actually <\/p>\n

688
\n00:36:39,270 –> 00:36:43,420
\nsaying, but it was a lot easier
\nto see it when you actually <\/p>\n

689
\n00:36:43,420 –> 00:36:47,140
\nunderstand first John 1.
\nSo in the beginning was the <\/p>\n

690
\n00:36:47,140 –> 00:36:49,140
\nWord.
\nThis is the plan, the message <\/p>\n

691
\n00:36:49,140 –> 00:36:51,580
\nthat God had, and the Word was
\nwith God. <\/p>\n

692
\n00:36:51,900 –> 00:36:55,180
\nAnd Vine says that because the
\ndefinite article is missing in <\/p>\n

693
\n00:36:55,180 –> 00:36:58,380
\nthe Greek, the stress isn’t on
\nthe fact that the Word was God, <\/p>\n

694
\n00:36:58,380 –> 00:37:01,540
\nbut if the Word was godly, it
\nwas divine. <\/p>\n

695
\n00:37:01,740 –> 00:37:05,220
\nIt’s the characteristics, not
\nthe actual feeling about God <\/p>\n

696
\n00:37:05,220 –> 00:37:07,350
\nhimself.
\nHe was in the beginning with <\/p>\n

697
\n00:37:07,350 –> 00:37:09,670
\nGod, and all things were made
\nthrough him, and without him <\/p>\n

698
\n00:37:09,670 –> 00:37:11,350
\nnothing was made that was made.
\nIt. <\/p>\n

699
\n00:37:11,350 –> 00:37:15,550
\nIn him was life, and the life
\nwas the light of men. <\/p>\n

700
\n00:37:15,550 –> 00:37:17,550
\nSee, that’s going to come up in
\nJohn’s Gospel. <\/p>\n

701
\n00:37:17,750 –> 00:37:21,270
\nIt’s all about this plan, this
\nmessage that God had from the <\/p>\n

702
\n00:37:21,270 –> 00:37:23,590
\nbeginning.
\nEverything was made with this in<\/p>\n

703
\n00:37:23,590 –> 00:37:28,070
\nmind, with the intent that the
\nlife of God, that the light of <\/p>\n

704
\n00:37:28,070 –> 00:37:31,750
\nmen would shine and the light
\nwould shine in the darkness, <\/p>\n

705
\n00:37:31,790 –> 00:37:34,070
\neven though the darkness would
\nnot comprehend it. <\/p>\n

706
\n00:37:34,600 –> 00:37:37,120
\nThere was a man sent from God,
\nwhose name was John, and this <\/p>\n

707
\n00:37:37,120 –> 00:37:40,200
\nman came for a witness to bear
\nwitness of the light. <\/p>\n

708
\n00:37:40,680 –> 00:37:44,880
\nSo the light that he’s talking
\nabout is the light that shines, <\/p>\n

709
\n00:37:45,160 –> 00:37:49,920
\nthat reveals God’s way of life,
\nthat it tells us about God. <\/p>\n

710
\n00:37:50,200 –> 00:37:52,400
\nThat’s the knowledge that we’re
\ngoing to try to get from this <\/p>\n

711
\n00:37:52,400 –> 00:37:54,760
\nlight.
\nThat’s what the light is all <\/p>\n

712
\n00:37:54,760 –> 00:37:56,760
\nabout.
\nAnd it shines in the darkness <\/p>\n

713
\n00:37:56,800 –> 00:37:59,640
\nand it tells us about a
\ndifferent way to live. <\/p>\n

714
\n00:37:59,960 –> 00:38:02,240
\nThere’s a whole different way.
\nYou don’t have to just live by <\/p>\n

715
\n00:38:02,240 –> 00:38:04,280
\nwhat your nature wants or what
\npeople tell us. <\/p>\n

716
\n00:38:04,580 –> 00:38:08,260
\nYou can find out about God’s way
\nof life and live that and that <\/p>\n

717
\n00:38:08,260 –> 00:38:11,620
\nwas John’s goal was to bear
\nwitness to that light and the <\/p>\n

718
\n00:38:11,620 –> 00:38:14,660
\nlight was the true light which
\ngives light to every man coming <\/p>\n

719
\n00:38:14,660 –> 00:38:17,820
\ninto the world.
\nThat was the plan all along and <\/p>\n

720
\n00:38:17,820 –> 00:38:21,660
\nright from the beginning.
\nSo in first John one then you <\/p>\n

721
\n00:38:21,660 –> 00:38:24,540
\ncan see look at the similarities
\nthen as to how he starts out. <\/p>\n

722
\n00:38:24,540 –> 00:38:27,740
\nIn first John one, that which
\nwas from the beginning which <\/p>\n

723
\n00:38:27,740 –> 00:38:30,740
\nwe’ve heard, we’ve seen with
\ntheir eyes, we’ve looked upon <\/p>\n

724
\n00:38:30,740 –> 00:38:34,760
\nour hands of handle concerning
\nthe word of life, The life was <\/p>\n

725
\n00:38:34,760 –> 00:38:37,760
\nmanifested and we’ve seen and
\nbear witness and declare to you <\/p>\n

726
\n00:38:37,760 –> 00:38:42,720
\nthat eternal life which was with
\nthe Father and manifested to us.<\/p>\n

727
\n00:38:43,200 –> 00:38:45,680
\nSo this is the life he’s talking
\nabout. <\/p>\n

728
\n00:38:45,680 –> 00:38:48,160
\nIt was with God all the way from
\nthe beginning. <\/p>\n

729
\n00:38:48,640 –> 00:38:51,120
\nSee I used to argue about this
\nidea of the beginning and wonder<\/p>\n

730
\n00:38:51,120 –> 00:38:53,640
\nin my mind we do these readings
\nis the beginning was at the <\/p>\n

731
\n00:38:53,640 –> 00:38:56,280
\nbeginning of the gospel was that
\nwhen Jesus was born was at the <\/p>\n

732
\n00:38:56,280 –> 00:38:57,840
\nbeginning and the Genesis
\ncreation. <\/p>\n

733
\n00:38:58,120 –> 00:39:00,960
\nBut this, this is the beginning.
\nThis is what God has had all <\/p>\n

734
\n00:39:00,960 –> 00:39:03,000
\nalong.
\nThis is going back to like, this<\/p>\n

735
\n00:39:03,000 –> 00:39:05,720
\nis God.
\nHe’s had a way of life right <\/p>\n

736
\n00:39:05,720 –> 00:39:10,080
\nfrom the beginning and his goal
\nwas to manifest it in people and<\/p>\n

737
\n00:39:10,080 –> 00:39:13,200
\nhe did it in his son and he can
\ndo it in us. <\/p>\n

738
\n00:39:13,200 –> 00:39:16,400
\nThat’s his goal.
\nHe wants to manifest this life <\/p>\n

739
\n00:39:16,400 –> 00:39:19,160
\nin all of us.
\nSo that was the message then in <\/p>\n

740
\n00:39:19,160 –> 00:39:22,080
\nverse five that we’ve heard from
\nhim and declare to you that God <\/p>\n

741
\n00:39:22,080 –> 00:39:26,640
\nis light.
\nHe’s light morally in in in <\/p>\n

742
\n00:39:26,640 –> 00:39:30,240
\nevery way that he’s got.
\nThe He is the source of this <\/p>\n

743
\n00:39:30,240 –> 00:39:32,460
\neternal life.
\nYou can’t go somewhere else and <\/p>\n

744
\n00:39:32,460 –> 00:39:34,420
\nfind out about it.
\nYou’re not going to get it by <\/p>\n

745
\n00:39:34,420 –> 00:39:37,420
\nmeditating and reading books and
\nhumanism and all this kind of <\/p>\n

746
\n00:39:37,420 –> 00:39:38,940
\nstuff.
\nThe only way you’re going to <\/p>\n

747
\n00:39:38,940 –> 00:39:42,540
\nfind it is looking in the Bible
\nand finding out about God. <\/p>\n

748
\n00:39:42,900 –> 00:39:45,820
\nStudy God.
\nFind out how he operates, how he<\/p>\n

749
\n00:39:45,860 –> 00:39:50,140
\nacts, what he does, what he says
\nand how he loves people. <\/p>\n

750
\n00:39:50,420 –> 00:39:54,550
\nAnd then you can take on his
\nlife because in verse 7 if we <\/p>\n

751
\n00:39:54,550 –> 00:39:58,190
\nwalk in the light as he is in
\nthe light, then we have <\/p>\n

752
\n00:39:58,190 –> 00:40:01,670
\nfellowship with one another and
\nthe blood of Jesus Christ his <\/p>\n

753
\n00:40:01,670 –> 00:40:06,270
\nSon cleanses us from all sin.
\nWhat a great way to start out <\/p>\n

754
\n00:40:06,270 –> 00:40:09,030
\nthe letter that he shows you
\nthat look at this is what it’s <\/p>\n

755
\n00:40:09,030 –> 00:40:11,830
\nall about.
\nYou get this life and you walk <\/p>\n

756
\n00:40:11,830 –> 00:40:16,750
\nin this light and God will
\nprovide a way to to change you. <\/p>\n

757
\n00:40:17,280 –> 00:40:20,200
\nHe’s going to change you.
\nThe blood of Jesus will cleanse <\/p>\n

758
\n00:40:20,200 –> 00:40:23,960
\nyou from all unrighteousness and
\nhe will forgive our sins. <\/p>\n

759
\n00:40:24,520 –> 00:40:27,280
\nSo that is the eternal life he’s
\ntalking about. <\/p>\n

760
\n00:40:27,280 –> 00:40:29,040
\nIt was with from God from the
\nbeginning. <\/p>\n

761
\n00:40:29,440 –> 00:40:33,160
\nIt’s not immortality, but is a
\nbasis for immortality. <\/p>\n

762
\n00:40:33,160 –> 00:40:37,440
\nIt’s a way of life, God’s way of
\nlife, and it is the basis of our<\/p>\n

763
\n00:40:37,440 –> 00:40:40,000
\nfellowship with God and Jesus
\nand each other. <\/p>\n

764
\n00:40:40,490 –> 00:40:43,010
\nSee, a lot of times we get all
\nhung up on fellowship, and we <\/p>\n

765
\n00:40:43,010 –> 00:40:46,810
\nthink that fellowship is all
\nbased on the BASF or something <\/p>\n

766
\n00:40:46,810 –> 00:40:49,210
\nlike that, a list of doctrinal
\nteachings. <\/p>\n

767
\n00:40:49,690 –> 00:40:52,810
\nAnd John’s going to try to point
\nout that fellowship is a <\/p>\n

768
\n00:40:52,810 –> 00:40:56,850
\nsharing, it’s a participation.
\nThat’s what those words mean in <\/p>\n

769
\n00:40:56,850 –> 00:41:00,090
\nthe Greek It’s when you sit down
\nwith people and you talk to <\/p>\n

770
\n00:41:00,090 –> 00:41:04,450
\npeople and you come together and
\nyou share God’s eternal life, <\/p>\n

771
\n00:41:04,450 –> 00:41:06,970
\nhis way of life, and you all
\nhave bought into it. <\/p>\n

772
\n00:41:07,500 –> 00:41:11,300
\nAnd that’s what really brings
\nfellowship with one another and <\/p>\n

773
\n00:41:11,300 –> 00:41:14,580
\nwith Jesus Christ and with God
\nour Father as well. <\/p>\n

774
\n00:41:14,660 –> 00:41:17,380
\nThat’s what fellowship is really
\nall about. <\/p>\n

775
\n00:41:17,780 –> 00:41:21,060
\nIt’s not taking a piece of bread
\nand drinking a little bit of <\/p>\n

776
\n00:41:21,060 –> 00:41:24,300
\nwine on a Sunday morning and
\nthinking that that’s fellowship.<\/p>\n

777
\n00:41:24,740 –> 00:41:29,260
\nOh, no, Fellowship is about.
\nSharing God’s eternal life. <\/p>\n

778
\n00:41:29,620 –> 00:41:32,970
\nAnd to do that, as John’s going
\nto point out, you’ve got to be <\/p>\n

779
\n00:41:32,970 –> 00:41:34,970
\ninvolved with people.
\nYou got to be showing that you <\/p>\n

780
\n00:41:34,970 –> 00:41:37,050
\nlove one another.
\nYou got to be involved in <\/p>\n

781
\n00:41:37,050 –> 00:41:40,090
\necclesia life and out there
\ntrying to share the gospel with <\/p>\n

782
\n00:41:40,090 –> 00:41:43,490
\nother people and talk about it.
\nThis is what God’s eternal life <\/p>\n

783
\n00:41:43,490 –> 00:41:46,970
\nis all about.
\nSo it really does demand in the <\/p>\n

784
\n00:41:46,970 –> 00:41:49,930
\nend that we strive for truth and
\nwe reject error, which you’re <\/p>\n

785
\n00:41:49,930 –> 00:41:53,410
\ngoing to see with Antichrist
\nteachings, and that we practice <\/p>\n

786
\n00:41:53,410 –> 00:41:56,110
\nrighteousness.
\nNow, it’s fun to watch the fact <\/p>\n

787
\n00:41:56,110 –> 00:41:59,270
\nthat this is the way John starts
\nthe letter, all about that which<\/p>\n

788
\n00:41:59,270 –> 00:42:01,070
\nwas from the beginning, this
\neternal life. <\/p>\n

789
\n00:42:01,470 –> 00:42:03,630
\nBut you may not have noticed
\nwhen you’re doing the readings <\/p>\n

790
\n00:42:03,630 –> 00:42:05,710
\none chapter a day, you get to
\nJohn Five. <\/p>\n

791
\n00:42:05,790 –> 00:42:07,710
\nThat’s the way he ends.
\nThe letter too. <\/p>\n

792
\n00:42:08,150 –> 00:42:11,670
\nJohn 5 is going to come back to
\nthis again and say, this is the <\/p>\n

793
\n00:42:11,670 –> 00:42:15,510
\ntestimony that God has given us
\neternal life. <\/p>\n

794
\n00:42:15,750 –> 00:42:19,430
\nYou’ve got it now, you have
\naccess to it now. <\/p>\n

795
\n00:42:19,630 –> 00:42:25,130
\nAnd this life is in his Son and
\nhe who has the Son has life and <\/p>\n

796
\n00:42:25,130 –> 00:42:28,610
\nhe who does not have the Son of
\nGod does not have life. <\/p>\n

797
\n00:42:28,970 –> 00:42:31,450
\nAnd he’ll come right back to
\nthis at the end of the letter <\/p>\n

798
\n00:42:31,450 –> 00:42:34,970
\nand say don’t forget this is
\nreally what it’s all about. <\/p>\n

799
\n00:42:35,890 –> 00:42:39,250
\nLook in John 17 when when Jesus
\nwas talking, and that this <\/p>\n

800
\n00:42:39,250 –> 00:42:42,330
\nsection with after Judas had
\ngone out, and he talks to his <\/p>\n

801
\n00:42:42,330 –> 00:42:45,570
\ndisciples, and he has some time
\nwith them in the evening and <\/p>\n

802
\n00:42:45,570 –> 00:42:47,770
\nwhen they had the that that last
\nmeal together. <\/p>\n

803
\n00:42:48,590 –> 00:42:52,590
\nBut in John 17 Jesus spoke these
\nwords, lifted up his eyes to <\/p>\n

804
\n00:42:52,590 –> 00:42:56,190
\nheaven and said, Father, the
\nhour has come, glorify your Son,<\/p>\n

805
\n00:42:56,190 –> 00:42:59,350
\nthat the Son also may glorify
\nyou, and as you have given him <\/p>\n

806
\n00:42:59,350 –> 00:43:03,870
\nauthority over all flesh, that
\nhe should give eternal life to <\/p>\n

807
\n00:43:03,870 –> 00:43:09,270
\nas many as you have given him.
\nAnd this is eternal life, that <\/p>\n

808
\n00:43:09,270 –> 00:43:12,550
\nthey may know you the only true
\nGod and Jesus. <\/p>\n

809
\n00:43:12,550 –> 00:43:16,600
\nChrist, whom you have sent so
\neternal life, is about a <\/p>\n

810
\n00:43:16,600 –> 00:43:20,200
\nrelationship with God.
\nIt’s about getting to know God <\/p>\n

811
\n00:43:20,200 –> 00:43:24,840
\nas our Father and trusting Him
\nand realizing what He’s doing <\/p>\n

812
\n00:43:24,840 –> 00:43:27,480
\nfor us in our lives today.
\nAnd that the willingness he has <\/p>\n

813
\n00:43:27,480 –> 00:43:31,640
\nto to raise us and train us and
\nchange us into his children, <\/p>\n

814
\n00:43:31,920 –> 00:43:35,920
\nThat’s really what eternal life
\nis, that we might know Him, the <\/p>\n

815
\n00:43:35,920 –> 00:43:40,390
\nonly true God and Jesus Christ.
\nWhom he has sent, or just so you<\/p>\n

816
\n00:43:40,390 –> 00:43:41,990
\ndon’t think it’s only in John’s
\ngospel. <\/p>\n

817
\n00:43:41,990 –> 00:43:45,670
\nLook at how Peter says in Second
\nPeter, chapter one at verse <\/p>\n

818
\n00:43:45,670 –> 00:43:49,550
\nthree, That as his divine power
\nhas given us all things that <\/p>\n

819
\n00:43:49,550 –> 00:43:52,630
\npertain to life and godliness,
\nthrough the knowledge of Him who<\/p>\n

820
\n00:43:52,630 –> 00:43:56,150
\ncalled us by glory and virtue.
\nBy which you have been given to <\/p>\n

821
\n00:43:56,150 –> 00:43:58,950
\nus, by which have been given to
\nus, succeeding great and <\/p>\n

822
\n00:43:58,950 –> 00:44:03,750
\nprecious promises, that through
\nthese you may be partakers of <\/p>\n

823
\n00:44:03,750 –> 00:44:08,610
\nthe divine nature, having
\nescaped the corruption that is <\/p>\n

824
\n00:44:08,610 –> 00:44:12,290
\nin the world through lust.
\nSee, that’s something that’s <\/p>\n

825
\n00:44:12,290 –> 00:44:15,450
\nhappening now.
\nIn our lives, we’re escaping the<\/p>\n

826
\n00:44:15,450 –> 00:44:18,570
\ncorruption that is in the world
\nthrough lust, and we are <\/p>\n

827
\n00:44:18,570 –> 00:44:22,250
\ngradually being changed and
\npartaking of the divine nature <\/p>\n

828
\n00:44:22,450 –> 00:44:25,210
\nbecause we’re taking on God’s
\neternal life. <\/p>\n

829
\n00:44:25,250 –> 00:44:28,410
\nIt’s a transformation that has
\nto be happening in this life <\/p>\n

830
\n00:44:28,410 –> 00:44:30,180
\nnow.
\nIt’s not something that’s just <\/p>\n

831
\n00:44:30,180 –> 00:44:32,780
\ngoing to happen when when Christ
\nreturns and the Kingdom comes <\/p>\n

832
\n00:44:32,780 –> 00:44:35,140
\nand he’s going to hand out
\nimmortality and what do you <\/p>\n

833
\n00:44:35,140 –> 00:44:37,180
\nthink he’s going to change us
\ninto somebody else that we <\/p>\n

834
\n00:44:37,180 –> 00:44:39,580
\nreally aren’t.
\nHe’s not going to take us if <\/p>\n

835
\n00:44:39,580 –> 00:44:41,580
\nwe’re on that wrong pathway and
\njust say automatic. <\/p>\n

836
\n00:44:41,580 –> 00:44:43,100
\nWell, I’ll put you back on the
\nright one. <\/p>\n

837
\n00:44:43,500 –> 00:44:47,860
\nThese are decisions, choices we
\nhave to make now about which <\/p>\n

838
\n00:44:47,860 –> 00:44:50,540
\npathway we want to be on, where
\nare we headed? <\/p>\n

839
\n00:44:50,900 –> 00:44:53,780
\nAnd this transformation takes
\nplace in our characters. <\/p>\n

840
\n00:44:53,780 –> 00:44:57,420
\nNow we got to learn not to live
\nlike Jesus because he’s not <\/p>\n

841
\n00:44:57,420 –> 00:45:00,820
\ngoing to change hearts and minds
\nat the judgment seat, and it’s <\/p>\n

842
\n00:45:00,900 –> 00:45:03,180
\nreally at the judgment seat of
\nChrist when it actually comes <\/p>\n

843
\n00:45:03,180 –> 00:45:04,420
\nup.
\nWhat will end up happening is <\/p>\n

844
\n00:45:04,420 –> 00:45:05,740
\nhe’ll give us what we really
\nwant. <\/p>\n

845
\n00:45:06,180 –> 00:45:08,460
\nAnd he’ll look at us and say,
\nwell, look what you did in your <\/p>\n

846
\n00:45:08,460 –> 00:45:10,020
\nlife.
\nWhat did you really want? <\/p>\n

847
\n00:45:10,340 –> 00:45:12,460
\nAnd that’s what you get, you
\nknow. <\/p>\n

848
\n00:45:12,460 –> 00:45:16,620
\nAnd if you really wanted eternal
\nlife with God, that’s what you <\/p>\n

849
\n00:45:16,620 –> 00:45:19,500
\nwill get.
\nYour joy will be full because <\/p>\n

850
\n00:45:19,500 –> 00:45:22,340
\nwhere your treasure is there
\nyour heart will be also. <\/p>\n

851
\n00:45:22,700 –> 00:45:24,980
\nAnd it pretty well gives us
\naway, all of us. <\/p>\n

852
\n00:45:25,540 –> 00:45:28,580
\nIt’s challenge to everybody here
\nabout what we do all through the<\/p>\n

853
\n00:45:28,580 –> 00:45:31,140
\nday.
\nSo what John is going to do then<\/p>\n

854
\n00:45:31,140 –> 00:45:34,060
\nis he’s going to take this idea
\nof this eternal life that can <\/p>\n

855
\n00:45:34,060 –> 00:45:37,580
\nbring you into fellowship with
\nGod and what he wants to then do<\/p>\n

856
\n00:45:37,620 –> 00:45:39,940
\nat the end of chapter one, He’s
\ngoing to move into this now, <\/p>\n

857
\n00:45:39,940 –> 00:45:42,820
\nthis area, and say that look at
\nthis eternal life. <\/p>\n

858
\n00:45:42,860 –> 00:45:46,180
\nThe only way you can get this is
\nfrom God. <\/p>\n

859
\n00:45:46,630 –> 00:45:48,470
\nYou’re not going to get it from
\nsomebody else. <\/p>\n

860
\n00:45:48,470 –> 00:45:50,110
\nThere’s no other religious
\nteachers. <\/p>\n

861
\n00:45:50,110 –> 00:45:51,270
\nThey’re going to tell you about
\nit. <\/p>\n

862
\n00:45:51,470 –> 00:45:53,310
\nYou’re not going to read it in
\nsome Christian book. <\/p>\n

863
\n00:45:53,550 –> 00:45:56,150
\nYou’re not going to get it from
\nsome book on Buddhism and <\/p>\n

864
\n00:45:56,150 –> 00:45:57,710
\nHinduism and all these other
\nthings. <\/p>\n

865
\n00:45:57,710 –> 00:46:00,670
\nGod is the only source of this
\nlight. <\/p>\n

866
\n00:46:01,150 –> 00:46:03,190
\nThat’s it.
\nThere’s only one source of light<\/p>\n

867
\n00:46:03,190 –> 00:46:06,390
\nin this darkness.
\nSo he says in verse 5, this is <\/p>\n

868
\n00:46:06,390 –> 00:46:09,310
\nthe message which we heard from
\nhim and declare to you that God <\/p>\n

869
\n00:46:09,310 –> 00:46:13,430
\nis light and in him there is no
\ndarkness at all. <\/p>\n

870
\n00:46:14,280 –> 00:46:17,240
\nNow watch how he brings this up.
\nIf we say that we have <\/p>\n

871
\n00:46:17,240 –> 00:46:19,920
\nfellowship with him, so he’s
\ngoing to challenge us right <\/p>\n

872
\n00:46:19,920 –> 00:46:21,560
\naway.
\nBecause he just brought up this <\/p>\n

873
\n00:46:21,560 –> 00:46:24,120
\nidea that if you’re walking in
\nthe light, you have fellowship <\/p>\n

874
\n00:46:24,120 –> 00:46:26,520
\nwith God and the blood of Jesus
\ncleanses you from all sin. <\/p>\n

875
\n00:46:26,960 –> 00:46:29,160
\nAnd we’re all sitting there
\nthinking, that’s me, that’s me. <\/p>\n

876
\n00:46:29,800 –> 00:46:33,320
\nAnd John says, okay.
\nIf we say that we have <\/p>\n

877
\n00:46:33,320 –> 00:46:38,520
\nfellowship with him, but we’re
\nwalking in darkness, we lie and <\/p>\n

878
\n00:46:39,400 –> 00:46:43,570
\nwe don’t practice the truth, he
\nhe doesn’t put Gray areas out <\/p>\n

879
\n00:46:43,570 –> 00:46:45,530
\nthere at all.
\nHe just says where what are you <\/p>\n

880
\n00:46:45,530 –> 00:46:48,290
\nreally doing in life?
\nWhat are your goals every day? <\/p>\n

881
\n00:46:48,290 –> 00:46:50,690
\nWhen you wake up, are you all
\nfocused on all this stuff of <\/p>\n

882
\n00:46:50,690 –> 00:46:52,570
\nthis world?
\nIs that all you can think about <\/p>\n

883
\n00:46:52,570 –> 00:46:54,930
\nis your careers, your job and
\nall this stuff? <\/p>\n

884
\n00:46:54,930 –> 00:46:57,450
\nAnd it could be the same thing
\nwith raising children that could<\/p>\n

885
\n00:46:57,450 –> 00:46:59,730
\nbe just something that you’re
\ndoing without even thinking <\/p>\n

886
\n00:46:59,730 –> 00:47:03,130
\nabout and raising them for God.
\nIt’s it’s all these ideas that <\/p>\n

887
\n00:47:03,130 –> 00:47:07,250
\nwe can get into where we’re so
\nfocused on this life, we don’t <\/p>\n

888
\n00:47:07,250 –> 00:47:11,290
\nreally see the eternal life that
\nGod is trying to get into us. <\/p>\n

889
\n00:47:11,820 –> 00:47:15,380
\nAnd so look at if we say we have
\nfellowship with Him, we claim to<\/p>\n

890
\n00:47:15,380 –> 00:47:19,020
\nbe in fellowship with God and
\nwith Jesus and with one another <\/p>\n

891
\n00:47:19,340 –> 00:47:23,300
\nabout we walk in this darkness,
\nwe lie and do not practice the <\/p>\n

892
\n00:47:23,300 –> 00:47:27,340
\ntruth.
\nBut if we walk in the light as <\/p>\n

893
\n00:47:27,340 –> 00:47:30,580
\nhe is in the light, we have
\nfellowship with one another. <\/p>\n

894
\n00:47:30,580 –> 00:47:34,900
\nAnd the blood of Jesus Christ,
\nhis Son, cleanses us from all <\/p>\n

895
\n00:47:34,900 –> 00:47:39,020
\nsin, all sin.
\nSo that’s the first thing he <\/p>\n

896
\n00:47:39,020 –> 00:47:42,500
\nwants to tackle is this idea
\nthat God is the only source of <\/p>\n

897
\n00:47:42,500 –> 00:47:46,780
\nthis life and you’re only going
\nto have fellowship if you’re <\/p>\n

898
\n00:47:46,780 –> 00:47:50,260
\nwalking in that light.
\nDon’t don’t deceive yourself and<\/p>\n

899
\n00:47:50,260 –> 00:47:52,420
\nthink that somehow you’re in
\nfellowship with God when you’re <\/p>\n

900
\n00:47:52,420 –> 00:47:56,660
\nnot walking in the light.
\nThat’s how you participate with <\/p>\n

901
\n00:47:56,660 –> 00:47:59,700
\nwith God and with Jesus Christ.
\nThat’s how you share his <\/p>\n

902
\n00:47:59,700 –> 00:48:02,220
\nsufferings.
\nThat’s how you share his way of <\/p>\n

903
\n00:48:02,220 –> 00:48:06,040
\nlife is you fellowship.
\nIf I Polly actually uses that <\/p>\n

904
\n00:48:06,040 –> 00:48:08,880
\nword for fellowship about the
\nsufferings of Jesus, you can <\/p>\n

905
\n00:48:08,880 –> 00:48:12,560
\nfellowship his sufferings when
\nyou are walking in his life, <\/p>\n

906
\n00:48:12,800 –> 00:48:15,360
\nwhen you’re going through the
\nsame experiences he did of <\/p>\n

907
\n00:48:15,360 –> 00:48:18,720
\ntrying to resist sin and
\nfighting those things and trying<\/p>\n

908
\n00:48:18,720 –> 00:48:21,960
\nto live the life of God.
\nThat’s how we end up in <\/p>\n

909
\n00:48:21,960 –> 00:48:25,280
\nfellowship with God and Jesus
\nand one another. <\/p>\n

910
\n00:48:25,720 –> 00:48:27,600
\nBecause the God is the only
\nsource. <\/p>\n

911
\n00:48:27,880 –> 00:48:30,240
\nAnd don’t be deceived, don’t
\nfool yourself. <\/p>\n

912
\n00:48:30,240 –> 00:48:34,040
\nGod is the light.
\nHe’s the only source of our <\/p>\n

913
\n00:48:34,040 –> 00:48:37,200
\ntruth and moral righteousness,
\nHis eternal life. <\/p>\n

914
\n00:48:37,200 –> 00:48:40,880
\nYou won’t get it anywhere else.
\nAnd I say that to, you know, <\/p>\n

915
\n00:48:40,880 –> 00:48:42,920
\nsome of the younger ones that
\nare here to just be careful. <\/p>\n

916
\n00:48:42,920 –> 00:48:45,400
\nYou’re not going to get this out
\nof reading Christian books. <\/p>\n

917
\n00:48:45,880 –> 00:48:48,000
\nYou’re not going to get it out
\nof reading stuff from other <\/p>\n

918
\n00:48:48,000 –> 00:48:50,330
\nreligions.
\nYou’re going to get it by <\/p>\n

919
\n00:48:50,330 –> 00:48:53,810
\nstudying and reading and looking
\nthrough the Bible and listening <\/p>\n

920
\n00:48:53,810 –> 00:48:58,370
\nto the reading of the Word and
\ntrying to understand why God did<\/p>\n

921
\n00:48:58,370 –> 00:49:00,010
\nthings.
\nWhat is he doing in these <\/p>\n

922
\n00:49:00,010 –> 00:49:02,170
\nevents?
\nWhy did he record those events <\/p>\n

923
\n00:49:02,170 –> 00:49:04,490
\nin Genesis?
\nFor us to read through year <\/p>\n

924
\n00:49:04,490 –> 00:49:08,770
\nafter year and and try to come
\nto understand how he operates <\/p>\n

925
\n00:49:09,130 –> 00:49:13,130
\nand then put that into practice
\nin our life, That is God’s <\/p>\n

926
\n00:49:13,290 –> 00:49:16,130
\neternal life.
\nSo in first John one, we looked <\/p>\n

927
\n00:49:16,130 –> 00:49:18,450
\nat that one about our fellowship
\nbeing based on walking in the <\/p>\n

928
\n00:49:18,450 –> 00:49:20,610
\nlight.
\nLook what he said in John 12. <\/p>\n

929
\n00:49:20,890 –> 00:49:23,210
\nJesus said to them a little
\nwhile longer. <\/p>\n

930
\n00:49:23,210 –> 00:49:26,130
\nThe light is with you.
\nSo walk while you have the <\/p>\n

931
\n00:49:26,130 –> 00:49:28,090
\nlight.
\nLet’s darkness overtake you. <\/p>\n

932
\n00:49:28,530 –> 00:49:31,010
\nYou walks in darkness does not
\nknow where he’s going. <\/p>\n

933
\n00:49:31,410 –> 00:49:35,050
\nWhile you have the light,
\nbelieve in the light that you <\/p>\n

934
\n00:49:35,090 –> 00:49:39,250
\nmay become sons of light.
\nLike Richard said, this idea of <\/p>\n

935
\n00:49:39,250 –> 00:49:43,730
\nGod is light then becomes that
\nwe become sons of this light. <\/p>\n

936
\n00:49:43,730 –> 00:49:46,410
\nThis is something that has to be
\nin us as well. <\/p>\n

937
\n00:49:46,980 –> 00:49:49,740
\nOr as Peter says in First Peter
\nTwo at verse nine, you’re a <\/p>\n

938
\n00:49:49,740 –> 00:49:54,260
\nchosen generation, a royal
\npriesthood, a holy nation, his <\/p>\n

939
\n00:49:54,260 –> 00:49:58,260
\nown special people that you may
\nproclaim the praises of him who <\/p>\n

940
\n00:49:58,260 –> 00:50:02,300
\ncalled you out of darkness into
\nhis marvelous light, who once <\/p>\n

941
\n00:50:02,300 –> 00:50:06,260
\nwere not a people but are now
\nthe people of God, who had not <\/p>\n

942
\n00:50:06,260 –> 00:50:09,500
\nobtained mercy, but now have
\nobtained mercy. <\/p>\n

943
\n00:50:09,700 –> 00:50:11,500
\nThis is what God has done for
\nus. <\/p>\n

944
\n00:50:11,500 –> 00:50:14,900
\nHe’s taken us out of the
\ndarkness of the things of this <\/p>\n

945
\n00:50:14,900 –> 00:50:18,340
\nworld and all the things people
\ncare about in this world, and <\/p>\n

946
\n00:50:18,340 –> 00:50:21,660
\nhe’s transferred us over into
\nthe Kingdom of his son, where <\/p>\n

947
\n00:50:21,660 –> 00:50:26,100
\nyou can be practicing God’s
\nrighteousness, his way of life. <\/p>\n

948
\n00:50:26,460 –> 00:50:29,860
\nAnd he is the only source.
\nBecause really anything else, <\/p>\n

949
\n00:50:29,860 –> 00:50:33,140
\nany other stuff you read on this
\nstuff is just human based. <\/p>\n

950
\n00:50:33,140 –> 00:50:36,860
\nIt’s humanism at its best.
\nIt’s all basic humanism. <\/p>\n

951
\n00:50:36,940 –> 00:50:40,100
\nBut no matter what religious
\ngroup you read, if they’re not <\/p>\n

952
\n00:50:40,140 –> 00:50:43,810
\nusing the Bible as a source,
\nthen it’s really just humanism. <\/p>\n

953
\n00:50:44,290 –> 00:50:47,370
\nSo God’s light, when you look at
\nit in the scriptures, it’s <\/p>\n

954
\n00:50:47,370 –> 00:50:50,530
\nrevealed in the face of Jesus.
\nThat’s where he did it. <\/p>\n

955
\n00:50:50,530 –> 00:50:53,530
\nHe manifested his light in
\nJesus. <\/p>\n

956
\n00:50:53,930 –> 00:50:57,210
\nSo in 2nd Corinthians 4, Paul
\nwould say, for it is God who <\/p>\n

957
\n00:50:57,210 –> 00:51:00,410
\ncommanded light to shine out of
\ndarkness, who has shown in our <\/p>\n

958
\n00:51:00,410 –> 00:51:04,570
\nhearts to give the light of the
\nknowledge of the glory of God in<\/p>\n

959
\n00:51:04,570 –> 00:51:09,130
\nthe face of Jesus Christ.
\nOr in John chapter 8, Jesus <\/p>\n

960
\n00:51:09,130 –> 00:51:12,090
\nspoke to them saying, I am the
\nlight of the world. <\/p>\n

961
\n00:51:12,330 –> 00:51:18,050
\nHe follows me, shall not walk in
\ndarkness but have the light of <\/p>\n

962
\n00:51:18,050 –> 00:51:21,650
\nlife.
\nThis is God’s life and it’s <\/p>\n

963
\n00:51:21,650 –> 00:51:24,890
\nshining and it’s just trying to
\nget into our hearts and our <\/p>\n

964
\n00:51:24,890 –> 00:51:27,450
\nminds and change us into
\ndifferent people. <\/p>\n

965
\n00:51:27,890 –> 00:51:31,450
\nBut he doesn’t make it happen.
\nIt’s a choice you have to make. <\/p>\n

966
\n00:51:31,850 –> 00:51:35,050
\nIt’s a choice, and John’s going
\nto try to encourage people that <\/p>\n

967
\n00:51:35,050 –> 00:51:38,010
\nlook at let’s make the good
\nchoice you’ve already joined, <\/p>\n

968
\n00:51:38,210 –> 00:51:41,650
\nlet’s just stay there, don’t
\nleave it and go, don’t go seek <\/p>\n

969
\n00:51:41,650 –> 00:51:44,290
\nanother way.
\nSo walking in the light, one <\/p>\n

970
\n00:51:44,290 –> 00:51:47,250
\nperson said, it really means
\nthat you consider Jesus as the <\/p>\n

971
\n00:51:47,250 –> 00:51:51,650
\nlights in this world and we walk
\nin that light by following His <\/p>\n

972
\n00:51:51,650 –> 00:51:54,970
\nprecepts, living in His power
\nand growing in His grace. <\/p>\n

973
\n00:51:55,370 –> 00:51:58,330
\nThat’s really what this is all
\nabout, about walking in the <\/p>\n

974
\n00:51:58,330 –> 00:52:00,930
\nlights or we don’t participate
\nin the works of darkness. <\/p>\n

975
\n00:52:01,420 –> 00:52:03,740
\nWe don’t get into the stuff of
\nthis world, the lust of the <\/p>\n

976
\n00:52:03,740 –> 00:52:05,860
\nflesh, the lust of the eyes and
\nthe pride of life. <\/p>\n

977
\n00:52:06,180 –> 00:52:08,460
\nBut instead we walk in the
\nlight. <\/p>\n

978
\n00:52:09,060 –> 00:52:12,820
\nSo what happens then?
\nFor all of us, our way of life <\/p>\n

979
\n00:52:12,900 –> 00:52:16,380
\nreally reveals our choice.
\nThere won’t be any surprises <\/p>\n

980
\n00:52:16,380 –> 00:52:19,020
\nreally at the judgment seat.
\nI mean, all the angels are going<\/p>\n

981
\n00:52:19,020 –> 00:52:21,460
\nto have to do to us is go
\nthrough our lives and say, well,<\/p>\n

982
\n00:52:21,460 –> 00:52:24,700
\nlook at our choices in life.
\nWhat did you really want? <\/p>\n

983
\n00:52:24,980 –> 00:52:28,140
\nWhat did you do day after day?
\nWhat were you really after? <\/p>\n

984
\n00:52:28,140 –> 00:52:29,580
\nWhere?
\nWhere is your your treasure? <\/p>\n

985
\n00:52:29,580 –> 00:52:30,780
\nReally.
\nWhere was it? <\/p>\n

986
\n00:52:31,270 –> 00:52:35,030
\nThen you can tell by what you
\ndid in your life because our way<\/p>\n

987
\n00:52:35,030 –> 00:52:38,990
\nof life reveals the choice we we
\neither go after God’s eternal <\/p>\n

988
\n00:52:38,990 –> 00:52:42,270
\nway and we practice
\nrighteousness or we go after <\/p>\n

989
\n00:52:42,270 –> 00:52:45,390
\nthis world and we’re in the
\ndarkness because we’re striving <\/p>\n

990
\n00:52:45,390 –> 00:52:47,310
\nafter something that we’ll never
\ngoing to find. <\/p>\n

991
\n00:52:47,710 –> 00:52:50,710
\nReminds me a lot of Ecclesiastes
\nwith with Solomon and looking at<\/p>\n

992
\n00:52:50,710 –> 00:52:53,150
\nthis idea that you can go
\nstriving after that right hand <\/p>\n

993
\n00:52:53,150 –> 00:52:55,230
\nside and think that’s going to
\ngive you all this happiness. <\/p>\n

994
\n00:52:55,550 –> 00:52:58,030
\nAnd Solomon just keeps reminding
\nus and say, look, I tried it. <\/p>\n

995
\n00:52:58,030 –> 00:53:01,360
\nI tried it, I tried it.
\nAnd it doesn’t give you what you<\/p>\n

996
\n00:53:01,360 –> 00:53:04,960
\nthink you’re going to get.
\nAnd so that’s not really what’s <\/p>\n

997
\n00:53:04,960 –> 00:53:07,960
\ngoing to bring you the
\neverlasting happiness and joy, <\/p>\n

998
\n00:53:08,320 –> 00:53:12,600
\nBut it’s walking in the light of
\nGod, his eternal life and his <\/p>\n

999
\n00:53:12,600 –> 00:53:14,840
\nway of life.
\nThat’s what we’ll really do it. <\/p>\n

1000
\n00:53:15,640 –> 00:53:17,680
\nSo how do we eliminate the
\ndarkness? <\/p>\n

1001
\n00:53:17,680 –> 00:53:19,880
\nHow do we get rid of it?
\nHow do we make sure that we <\/p>\n

1002
\n00:53:19,880 –> 00:53:23,360
\ndon’t get into the darkness?
\nAnd that I found myself. <\/p>\n

1003
\n00:53:23,360 –> 00:53:26,080
\nThe best way is to just fill
\nyour life with things that are <\/p>\n

1004
\n00:53:26,080 –> 00:53:28,420
\nin the light.
\nI don’t think it really helps to<\/p>\n

1005
\n00:53:28,420 –> 00:53:31,060
\njust say, well, I’m not going
\nto, I’m not going to, I’m not <\/p>\n

1006
\n00:53:31,060 –> 00:53:32,100
\ngoing to, I don’t know about
\nyou. <\/p>\n

1007
\n00:53:32,100 –> 00:53:35,780
\nBut if I don’t provide myself
\nwith something positive to do, <\/p>\n

1008
\n00:53:35,820 –> 00:53:39,740
\nthen inevitably I will go into
\nthe not gonnas and I’ll get into<\/p>\n

1009
\n00:53:39,740 –> 00:53:42,700
\nthose things.
\nSo it really helps to first of <\/p>\n

1010
\n00:53:42,700 –> 00:53:46,500
\nall recognize I’m the problem.
\nIt’s not somebody else. <\/p>\n

1011
\n00:53:46,940 –> 00:53:49,580
\nIt’s not our spouse.
\nIt’s not our kids. <\/p>\n

1012
\n00:53:50,060 –> 00:53:52,300
\nIt’s not the other brothers and
\nsisters at meeting. <\/p>\n

1013
\n00:53:52,660 –> 00:53:55,620
\nThe problem is me.
\nThat’s the first step, because <\/p>\n

1014
\n00:53:55,620 –> 00:53:58,540
\nonce you recognize what the
\nproblem really is, then you can <\/p>\n

1015
\n00:53:58,540 –> 00:54:02,140
\nset out to try to fix it.
\nAnd the good news is, you can <\/p>\n

1016
\n00:54:02,140 –> 00:54:05,220
\nfix yourself.
\nThat is, you don’t have to talk <\/p>\n

1017
\n00:54:05,220 –> 00:54:07,540
\nabout other people because the
\nother people don’t really want <\/p>\n

1018
\n00:54:07,620 –> 00:54:10,460
\nyou to fix them.
\nBut yourself you can work on, <\/p>\n

1019
\n00:54:10,460 –> 00:54:11,580
\nright?
\nSo that’s good. <\/p>\n

1020
\n00:54:11,860 –> 00:54:13,660
\nSo first recognize I’m the
\nproblem. <\/p>\n

1021
\n00:54:14,100 –> 00:54:17,420
\nThen you start praying for help.
\nI I really want to come to know <\/p>\n

1022
\n00:54:17,460 –> 00:54:19,180
\nJesus.
\nI want to find out about God. <\/p>\n

1023
\n00:54:19,180 –> 00:54:20,540
\nWhat is he?
\nWhat is this? <\/p>\n

1024
\n00:54:20,950 –> 00:54:22,590
\nWhat am?
\nWhat is this all about? <\/p>\n

1025
\n00:54:22,910 –> 00:54:25,910
\nAnd you pray for help, that God
\nwill open the eyes of our <\/p>\n

1026
\n00:54:25,910 –> 00:54:29,950
\nunderstanding so that we can
\nunderstand who he is and how he <\/p>\n

1027
\n00:54:29,950 –> 00:54:32,030
\noperates.
\nAnd we say, that’s the way I <\/p>\n

1028
\n00:54:32,030 –> 00:54:33,710
\nwant to be.
\nI want to be like him. <\/p>\n

1029
\n00:54:34,150 –> 00:54:36,390
\nSo then we read.
\nOr we listen to God’s word <\/p>\n

1030
\n00:54:36,390 –> 00:54:37,910
\ndaily.
\nYou don’t have to read, you <\/p>\n

1031
\n00:54:38,070 –> 00:54:40,910
\ndon’t have to even study that
\nway, but you can listen. <\/p>\n

1032
\n00:54:40,910 –> 00:54:44,110
\nThese days we have so many great
\nthings you can listen to, and <\/p>\n

1033
\n00:54:44,110 –> 00:54:45,470
\nyou can listen to them all the
\ntime. <\/p>\n

1034
\n00:54:45,470 –> 00:54:48,310
\nWhen you’re all over the place
\nwith all the electronic gadgets <\/p>\n

1035
\n00:54:48,310 –> 00:54:51,310
\nwe have today, you can put these
\nthings in your ear and have a <\/p>\n

1036
\n00:54:51,310 –> 00:54:53,150
\nphone going and it’s like, it’s
\ngreat. <\/p>\n

1037
\n00:54:53,510 –> 00:54:55,710
\nYou can even walk away from and
\nit’s still in your ear. <\/p>\n

1038
\n00:54:55,910 –> 00:54:57,550
\nYou know, you just can’t get
\naway from them. <\/p>\n

1039
\n00:54:57,750 –> 00:55:01,110
\nSo there’s lots of good things
\nwe can do about getting God’s <\/p>\n

1040
\n00:55:01,110 –> 00:55:04,790
\nWord into our head and spending
\ntime with God’s family. <\/p>\n

1041
\n00:55:05,190 –> 00:55:08,110
\nTo me, that’s essential.
\nYou’ve got to be willing to come<\/p>\n

1042
\n00:55:08,110 –> 00:55:11,220
\nout and and be with people.
\nJoin them where wherever they <\/p>\n

1043
\n00:55:11,220 –> 00:55:12,540
\nare.
\nIt could be at the baseball <\/p>\n

1044
\n00:55:12,540 –> 00:55:15,980
\ngame, it could be wherever.
\nBut spend time with people in <\/p>\n

1045
\n00:55:15,980 –> 00:55:20,020
\nGod’s family and that that way
\nyou can get to know people and <\/p>\n

1046
\n00:55:20,020 –> 00:55:23,100
\nyou can find ways to help
\npeople, and you can be part of <\/p>\n

1047
\n00:55:23,100 –> 00:55:25,460
\nthe fellowship of the family of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

1048
\n00:55:25,940 –> 00:55:29,300
\nThen practice loving one
\nanother, which means forgiving <\/p>\n

1049
\n00:55:29,300 –> 00:55:31,460
\none another, showing mercy to
\none another. <\/p>\n

1050
\n00:55:31,660 –> 00:55:34,540
\nAll the things you want them to
\ndo to me, you. <\/p>\n

1051
\n00:55:34,540 –> 00:55:36,860
\nGot to practice doing those
\nthings with all of them. <\/p>\n

1052
\n00:55:36,860 –> 00:55:41,060
\nYou practice loving one another
\nand becoming a faithful witness <\/p>\n

1053
\n00:55:41,060 –> 00:55:43,380
\nto the people that we meet.
\nThat’s another way we can <\/p>\n

1054
\n00:55:43,380 –> 00:55:45,900
\neliminate the darkness.
\nWe get involved in those things.<\/p>\n

1055
\n00:55:46,380 –> 00:55:49,740
\nSo get involved in some good
\npositive things in ecclesial <\/p>\n

1056
\n00:55:49,740 –> 00:55:52,220
\nlife and in in family life and
\nall those things. <\/p>\n

1057
\n00:55:52,540 –> 00:55:56,060
\nI find myself it’s much better
\nto fill up my time with positive<\/p>\n

1058
\n00:55:56,060 –> 00:55:58,940
\nthings and and then you don’t
\nhave to worry so much about, <\/p>\n

1059
\n00:55:58,940 –> 00:56:01,940
\nwell, I don’t want to do that.
\nSo what other things have you <\/p>\n

1060
\n00:56:01,940 –> 00:56:04,140
\nguys found helpful?
\nSo we got a minute left or so. <\/p>\n

1061
\n00:56:04,300 –> 00:56:06,860
\nWhat have you found helpful for
\nhelping you eliminate the <\/p>\n

1062
\n00:56:06,860 –> 00:56:09,900
\ndarkness of this world?
\nSo this is Janae. <\/p>\n

1063
\n00:56:11,580 –> 00:56:13,900
\nI have to tell everybody because
\nthey want to know they can’t see<\/p>\n

1064
\n00:56:13,940 –> 00:56:16,610
\nyou.
\nOne thing I like to do is listen<\/p>\n

1065
\n00:56:16,610 –> 00:56:19,050
\nto Christian music.
\nI mean, it’s not Chris <\/p>\n

1066
\n00:56:19,050 –> 00:56:22,850
\nAdelphian, but it gets the
\nemotionality to for me <\/p>\n

1067
\n00:56:22,850 –> 00:56:24,610
\nsometimes.
\nAs much as I love the word, <\/p>\n

1068
\n00:56:24,610 –> 00:56:27,570
\nsometimes I don’t feel as
\nemotionally connected as I do to<\/p>\n

1069
\n00:56:27,570 –> 00:56:29,410
\nmusic.
\nSo even Chris Adelphian music or<\/p>\n

1070
\n00:56:29,410 –> 00:56:32,850
\nChristian music for me, that
\nreally just keeps me focused. <\/p>\n

1071
\n00:56:34,650 –> 00:56:37,530
\nSo that’s a good practical
\nthing, listening to music like <\/p>\n

1072
\n00:56:37,530 –> 00:56:39,290
\nthat.
\nI got to admit I am a music <\/p>\n

1073
\n00:56:39,290 –> 00:56:42,370
\nlover as well as soon knows
\nevery time she starts the car <\/p>\n

1074
\n00:56:42,370 –> 00:56:46,900
\nand.
\nAll the songs are playing, yeah,<\/p>\n

1075
\n00:56:46,900 –> 00:56:49,180
\nor every so often the kids tell
\nme to turn it down. <\/p>\n

1076
\n00:56:49,220 –> 00:56:51,980
\nBut fortunately with headphones
\ntoday, you don’t hear that much <\/p>\n

1077
\n00:56:51,980 –> 00:56:54,220
\nanymore.
\nBut it’s it’s a good, practical <\/p>\n

1078
\n00:56:54,220 –> 00:56:55,780
\nway to get those songs in our
\nhead. <\/p>\n

1079
\n00:56:55,780 –> 00:56:58,700
\nAnd then I find all through the
\nday they keep coming back all <\/p>\n

1080
\n00:56:58,700 –> 00:57:00,860
\nthe time.
\nThose good things that remind us<\/p>\n

1081
\n00:57:00,860 –> 00:57:03,260
\nabout what God has done for us
\nand what he’s trying to do. <\/p>\n

1082
\n00:57:04,460 –> 00:57:06,460
\nAny other things you want to
\nadd, James? <\/p>\n

1083
\n00:57:06,540 –> 00:57:07,940
\nWhat?
\nYou get the last word. <\/p>\n

1084
\n00:57:10,470 –> 00:57:13,070
\nBut it’s not necessarily a
\npositive thing. <\/p>\n

1085
\n00:57:13,070 –> 00:57:15,910
\nBut sometimes we do have to
\nrecognize some of the things <\/p>\n

1086
\n00:57:15,910 –> 00:57:22,590
\nthat we shouldn’t do, like don’t
\nabsorb yourself with too much of<\/p>\n

1087
\n00:57:22,590 –> 00:57:27,550
\nthe medias that are available to
\nus and listen and you know this,<\/p>\n

1088
\n00:57:27,550 –> 00:57:30,030
\nthis is the positive.
\nI think you have the list there,<\/p>\n

1089
\n00:57:30,390 –> 00:57:34,830
\nbut sometimes you got to turn
\noff before you can turn on. <\/p>\n

1090
\n00:57:35,300 –> 00:57:40,420
\nSo turn off the KABC News Radio
\nand all the commentaries that <\/p>\n

1091
\n00:57:40,420 –> 00:57:44,460
\njust get you riled up in the
\nwrong way and and and do the <\/p>\n

1092
\n00:57:44,460 –> 00:57:45,900
\nother things we’ve been talking
\nabout. <\/p>\n

1093
\n00:57:46,900 –> 00:57:48,260
\nThat’s a good way to end it
\ntonight. <\/p>\n

1094
\n00:57:48,260 –> 00:57:49,940
\nThere are some things we got to
\nturn off. <\/p>\n

1095
\n00:57:49,940 –> 00:57:51,940
\nSo yeah, maybe we can think
\nabout tonight. <\/p>\n

1096
\n00:57:51,940 –> 00:57:54,060
\nSome of the things you can do in
\nyour life in the In the next <\/p>\n

1097
\n00:57:54,060 –> 00:57:56,540
\nweek or so, try turning some
\nthings off of our life and <\/p>\n

1098
\n00:57:56,540 –> 00:57:59,700
\nturning on some other things and
\nhopefully John’s letters going <\/p>\n

1099
\n00:57:59,700 –> 00:58:02,180
\nto help us to learn all those
\ngood practical things. <\/p>\n

1100
\n00:58:15,560 –> 00:58:17,640
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