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So what was today's topic?
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(unintelligible)
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Wasn't today: Who is Jesus Christ?
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Who is Jesus Christ?
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That's what we want to
think about right now.
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We thought about: who is God?
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Who is man?
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Who is Jesus Christ?
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So, I think I might have a picture here
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that will help us.
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What do you think?
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Are you all getting tired of seeing that?
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Children: Yes!
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Tim: Is that Jesus Christ?
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Children: No!
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Tim: How do you know?
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Hey, isn't Jesus called "the Rock"?
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Okay, you're right. You got me.
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That is not Jesus Christ. That's a rock.
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Okay, we're going to
get better at this right?
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How about that?
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Children: No!
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Tim: That's not Jesus
Christ either, right?
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Children: No!
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Tim: Let me tell you a story.
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Let me tell you about the true Christ.
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You know what that is?
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What is that?
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That is a manger.
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The manger is not the little shack.
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A manger is not a barn.
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A manger is a feed trough.
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They would put hay or oats
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or some kind of food in there,
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and the animals would come up
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and they would eat out of that.
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That is what a manger is.
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A manger for animals.
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Now you might find those in a barn
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or in a stable.
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And here's what you need to know.
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God.
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God came down and He became flesh.
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Can you imagine this?
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God - who is bigger than we can imagine.
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You can't put any limits on Him.
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He is so big and He is so wise.
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God actually came to this earth as a man.
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And the thing that you need to realize,
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God could have gone into palaces.
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He could have gone into
the most expensive places.
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He could have been
born into a king's family
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or into a president's family.
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He could have been born in the best place,
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the best parents,
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the richest place with the best things.
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But you know where God would be born?
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They placed Him in a manger.
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In a manger, God became man.
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And Jesus - let me tell you something.
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In the book of John's Gospel,
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seven times - that's a good number -
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seven times Jesus says, "I am."
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You know what He said first?
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"I am the bread of life."
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We're thinking about who Jesus is.
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Jesus wants you to know
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that He is like bread.
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What's bread like?
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What happens if you don't eat bread?
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What happens if you don't eat?
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You die.
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I'm not talking about the bread.
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Yes, if you don't eat
the bread, it gets stale.
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But if you don't eat, what happens?
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You die.
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And Jesus is bread.
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He said, "I am the true bread
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that came down from heaven."
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And He said, "if you eat this bread,
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you will have everlasting life."
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You know what else He said He was?
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He said, "I am the light of the world."
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And He said this: if you follow Him -
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you see, that's bright - He's like that.
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He's like light.
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Light. Under here, it's dark.
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You can go in the back room,
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you can go in that bathroom over there
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and with the lights off
and you shut the door,
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it's real dark in there.
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And you know what? When it's real dark,
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you don't know where you're going.
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But Jesus said this,
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"I am the light of the world."
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And He says, "whoever follows Me
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will have the light of life."
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You know what else He said?
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What's next? Anybody know?
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He said, "I am the bread of life."
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He said, "I am the light of the world."
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What's next?
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Does anybody know what's next?
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(unintelligible)
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He didn't exactly say that.
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The next one I have in mind
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is, "I am the door of the sheep."
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See, here's the door.
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And Jesus said: I'm like that door.
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And He said if you enter through Him,
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you will be saved.
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And you will go in and you will go out
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and you'll find pasture for your soul.
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You know what else He said?
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He said, "I am the Good Shepherd."
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And you know what the Good Shepherd says?
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He said, "I lay down My
life for the sheep."
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So think about this.
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He said, "I am the bread of life.
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If you eat Me, you will not die."
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"I am the light of the world.
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If you follow Me,
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you will not walk in darkness,
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but you'll have the light of life."
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He said, "I am the door to the sheep."
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And He said if you come in by Him,
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you'll be saved.
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He said, "I'm the Good Shepherd."
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And you know what the Good Shepherd does?
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He lays down His life for the sheep.
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How about another one?
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He said in John 11,
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"I am the resurrection and the life."
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And He said, "Whoever believes in Me,
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though He die, yet shall He live."
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And He said, "He that lives
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and believes in Me shall never die."
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This is an empty tomb.
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Jesus came out of it.
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He's not dead.
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You'll never find a tomb for Jesus
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that has a body in it
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because He is alive.
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How about another one?
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You remember?
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Jesus said to His disciples,
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"you know where I'm going."
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And they said to Him,
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"Lord, we don't know where You're going.
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And how can we know the way?"
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And Jesus said,
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"I am the way, the truth, and the life."
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And He said, "no one - no one
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goes unto the Father except through Me."
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He is the bread.
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He is the light.
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He is the door.
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He is the shepherd.
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He is the resurrection and the life.
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He is the way, the truth, and the life.
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Who knows what this is?
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It's a grapevine.
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And Jesus said, "I am the true vine."
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"I am the vine, and you are the branches."
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And He said this,
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He said except you abide in Him,
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you can't bear fruit.
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You see, "without Me," He said,
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"you can do nothing."
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You can't do anything
that is valuable to God
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unless you abide in Him.
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You see this branch right here?
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And it's got fruit.
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But you see right here?
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Is it cut off?
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It's attached.
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Jesus said, "I am the true vine."
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You have to abide in Him.
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That means you've got
to be attached right there.
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Because if you cut it, what happens?
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All those leaves shrivel up,
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and then what it says
is it's good for nothing
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but to be thrown in the fire and burned.
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You've got to be attached.
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Does anybody know how to get attached?
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See, this is just a picture.
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Jesus says, "I'm like this vine.
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You're like that branch."
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How do we get attached?
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You get attached by trusting Him;
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by believing on Him.
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Listen, what did He do?
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What is it that you
should believe Jesus for?
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Who is this Jesus?
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Look at this.
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Do you see what's happening there?
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Do you see that sword?
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Where's it going?
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What's that a picture of?
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But what's happening?
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Whose sword is this?
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God.
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God is striking His own Son.
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That is the sword of God's judgment.
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It's believing this sword -
that's for you.
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That's for me.
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Do you know what?
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When John the Baptist came,
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He said God, He has this,
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and He's ready to chop down the tree.
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And the tree is you and me.
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He's ready to chop that tree down.
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That is the sword of God's wrath.
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And Jesus went to that cross in our place.
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You see, that's what
you need to be believing.
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He died for me.
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Now James, give me some
full blown volume here.
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I want the full effect.
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Watch this, children.
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Narrator: Jesus Christ is the image
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of the invisible God,
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the radiance of His glory,
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the exact imprint of His nature,
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who upholds the universe
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with the word of His power.
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He is the holy and righteous one,
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the Author of life,
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the Lord of glory,
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the First and the Last,
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the Beginning and the End,
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the Word become flesh,
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God with us.
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And He was wounded for our rebellion
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and crushed for our sins
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because the Lord has laid on Him
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the iniquity of us all.
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God cancelled the record of debt
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that stood against us
with its legal demands.
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This He set aside,
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nailing it to the cross.
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And so, God made Him who knew no sin
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to become sin,
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so that in Him,
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we might become the righteousness of God.
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Jesus Christ died for our sins.
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He was buried.
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And He was raised on the third day
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just as the Scripture said.
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And after making purification for sins,
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He sat down at the right hand
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of the Majesty on high,
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so that at the name of Jesus
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every knee should bow
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in heaven and on earth
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and under the earth
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and every tongue confess
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that Jesus Christ is Lord
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to the glory of God the Father.
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Now the righteousness of God
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has been revealed.
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The righteousness of God
through faith in Jesus Christ
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for all who believe.
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For all have sinned and fallen short
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of the glory of God
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and are justified by His grace as a gift
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through the redemption
that is in Christ Jesus.
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Now, these things have been spoken
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so that you may believe
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that Jesus is the Christ,
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the Son of God,
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and that by believing,
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you may have life in His name.
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For the Lord Himself has said,
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"Why do you spend your money
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for that which is not bread?
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And your labor for that
which does not satisfy?"
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Tim: This is a picture of
people that are empty.
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Narrator: I am the bread of life.
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Whoever comes to Me shall not hunger
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and whoever believes in
Me shall never thirst.
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All that the Father gives
Me will come to Me.
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And whoever comes to Me,
I will never cast out.
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For this is the will of My Father
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that everyone who looks to the Son
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and believes in Him
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should have eternal life
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and I will raise them up on the last day.
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Tim: Did you hear that promise?
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Children, if you go to Jesus
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and you trust Him,
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He's going to raise you
up on the last day.
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This is an animation,
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but what it's showing you is truth.
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You saw those people
with a big hole in them?
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It's people who are just empty.
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They're empty because they're drinking
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at this world's cups.
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And it can't satisfy.
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Children, I know you.
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And you know what?
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Even right now, you like friends
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and you like toys
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and you like ice cream
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and you like fun
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and you like going to the zoo
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and you like candy.
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You like all those things, don't you?
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And you know what?
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When you get older, it
will become other things.
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And you try to get money
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and you try to get stuff
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and you try to enjoy this life,
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but you know what?
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The whole time, like
I showed you yesterday,
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everybody is moving towards death.
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Everybody's moving towards death.
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And that sword that came down?
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If Jesus is not your Savior,
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that sword is going to strike you.
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And God will be good in doing it.
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You know why? Because we're bad.
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And you're bad too.
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You're young, but you're bad.
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And Jesus came to save us
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and make us good.
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He came to wash away all the guilt.
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He came to save.
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And that's what He says here.
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That if you will come to Him -
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you know how to come to Him?
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Not get up and run over here.
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You can run over and you can touch this.
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You can get up and you can come to me.
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You could get up and you could
go back there to the camera.
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Or you know where the bathroom is.
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How do you get to where Jesus is?
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You know what?
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You don't have to.
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Because He's right here where you are.
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You can talk to Jesus Christ any time.
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You don't have to come to this building.
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He's right where you are all your life.
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All you have to do is talk to Him
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right where you are.
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That's how you come to Him.
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You just begin to talk to Him.
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Lord, I do have sin.
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On that last day, He will raise you up.
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That sword will not strike you
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because it struck Him.
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And there's peace.
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There's peace.
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I'll tell you who Jesus Christ is.
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The one thing you want to remember
about Him all your days:
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Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world
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and there is no other.
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There is no other Savior.
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He is the only one.
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If you won't trust Him, there is no other.
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You can't save yourself. You can't.
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There's one Savior.
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It is Jesus Christ the Lord.
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And I'll tell you what that said,
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there's a day coming
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when every knee shall bow
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and every tongue shall confess
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that Jesus Christ is Lord
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to the glory of God the Father.
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Every tongue.
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Your tongue.
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You will confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord.
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Mine will.
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Our knees are going to bend.
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Every knee shall bow before Him.
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And you know what?
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You don't want to be forced down.
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You want to willingly go down
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because He saved you
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and now His ways are joyful to you.
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Listen, He's a good Master.
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He's a good Master.
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He's the only Savior.
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And He saves well.
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But He is an absolutely terrifying Judge
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if you stand before Him in your sins.
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Children, don't run from Him.
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Don't run from Him.
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Many of your mommy and daddy's,
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we ran from Him for a long time.
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But you know what?
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When we quit running and we bowed to Him
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and we asked Him to save us,
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we found Him to be altogether
different than we thought.
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We found Him to be kind.
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And we found Him to be good.
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And we found that He saves
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to the uttermost all those
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that come unto God by Him.
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He is worthy to be trusted.
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You want to trust Him.
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We found Him so good and kind to us;
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so willing to save us -
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and save us to the uttermost -
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and He'll do the same.
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You know what He said?
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He said, "If you come to Me,
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I won't cast you out."
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If you talk to Him,
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He'll never slam the door in your face.
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That's the kind of Savior He is.
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He won't slam the door in your face.
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But children, if you slam
the door in His face,
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oh... you don't want to do that.
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Because you will have to face Him one day.
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And that day's coming very soon.
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Call upon Him.
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Father, I pray,
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do a work in the hearts of these children.
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And I ask it in the name of
our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.