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as</c><00:39:03.889><c> Brother</c><00:39:04.110><c> Bob</c><00:39:04.289><c> was</c><00:39:04.530><c> saying,</c><00:39:04.809><c> we</c><00:39:05.050><c> go</c><00:39:05.349><c> from</c><00:39:06.210><c> a</c> 00:39:06.530 --> 00:39:09.329 chrysalis<00:39:07.250><c> or</c><00:39:07.690><c> a</c><00:39:08.030><c> grub</c><00:39:08.250><c> to</c><00:39:08.550><c> start</c><00:39:08.829><c> with</c> 00:39:09.329 --> 00:39:15.730 to<00:39:09.650><c> a</c><00:39:09.909><c> butterfly.</c><00:39:10.389><c> That's</c><00:39:10.969><c> the</c><00:39:11.630><c> magnitude</c><00:39:12.250><c> of</c><00:39:12.449><c> the</c><00:39:12.690><c> transformation.</c><00:39:13.909><c> If</c><00:39:14.570><c> we</c><00:39:14.889><c> partake</c><00:39:15.530><c> of</c> 00:39:15.730 --> 00:39:17.590 the<00:39:16.070><c> bread</c><00:39:16.269><c> of</c><00:39:16.630><c> life,</c> 00:39:17.829 --> 00:39:24.349 just<00:39:18.190><c> picture</c><00:39:18.530><c> that</c><00:39:18.909><c> 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that</c><00:39:49.559><c> the</c><00:39:49.760><c> bread</c><00:39:49.880><c> had</c> 00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:52.800 come<00:39:50.300><c> from</c><00:39:50.519><c> heaven,</c><00:39:50.960><c> the</c><00:39:51.179><c> manna</c><00:39:51.420><c> had</c><00:39:51.679><c> come</c><00:39:52.199><c> from</c> 00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:58.239 heaven,<00:39:54.519><c> but</c><00:39:54.800><c> they</c><00:39:55.039><c> couldn't</c><00:39:55.320><c> understand</c><00:39:56.159><c> that</c><00:39:57.460><c> Jesus</c><00:39:57.920><c> had</c> 00:39:58.239 --> 00:39:59.619 done<00:39:58.440><c> the</c><00:39:58.739><c> same.</c> 00:40:02.440 --> 00:40:05.280 But<00:40:02.599><c> do</c><00:40:02.760><c> understand</c><00:40:03.199><c> this,</c><00:40:03.739><c> brethren</c><00:40:03.739><c> and</c><00:40:03.980><c> sisters,</c><00:40:04.320><c> when</c><00:40:04.599><c> we</c> 00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:07.400 say<00:40:05.519><c> that</c><00:40:05.840><c> sort</c><00:40:06.039><c> of</c><00:40:06.219><c> thing,</c><00:40:06.380><c> that</c><00:40:06.619><c> Jesus</c><00:40:07.059><c> had</c> 00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:11.139 come<00:40:07.579><c> from</c><00:40:07.820><c> heaven,</c><00:40:09.099><c> you</c><00:40:09.199><c> know,</c><00:40:09.500><c> we</c><00:40:09.579><c> sort</c><00:40:09.739><c> of,</c><00:40:10.699><c> we</c><00:40:10.699><c> bristle</c><00:40:10.920><c> and</c><00:40:11.079><c> we</c> 00:40:11.139 --> 00:40:13.179 think,<00:40:11.340><c> hey,</c><00:40:11.599><c> wait</c><00:40:11.739><c> a</c><00:40:11.820><c> minute,</c><00:40:11.960><c> what's</c><00:40:12.159><c> he</c><00:40:12.340><c> saying?</c> 00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:16.639 Just<00:40:14.860><c> come</c><00:40:15.059><c> to</c><00:40:15.199><c> John</c><00:40:15.519><c> chapter</c><00:40:15.900><c> one.</c> 00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:23.179 Fancy<00:40:21.000><c> turning</c><00:40:21.320><c> to</c><00:40:21.539><c> John</c><00:40:21.820><c> chapter</c><00:40:22.199><c> one,</c><00:40:22.420><c> and</c><00:40:22.539><c> I've</c><00:40:22.739><c> got</c><00:40:22.920><c> three</c> 00:40:23.179 --> 00:40:25.039 minutes<00:40:23.460><c> left.</c><00:40:23.820><c> It</c><00:40:24.019><c> seems</c><00:40:24.340><c> silly,</c><00:40:24.659><c> doesn't</c><00:40:24.860><c> it?</c> 00:40:25.420 --> 00:40:28.460 But<00:40:25.800><c> I</c><00:40:26.000><c> only</c><00:40:26.179><c> want</c><00:40:26.320><c> to</c><00:40:26.539><c> draw</c><00:40:26.699><c> one</c><00:40:27.059><c> point</c><00:40:27.500><c> from</c><00:40:28.059><c> it,</c><00:40:28.340><c> brethren</c> 00:40:28.460 --> 00:40:29.920 and<00:40:28.679><c> sisters.</c> 00:40:33.860 --> 00:40:35.480 Verse<00:40:34.420><c> six.</c> 00:40:36.900 --> 00:40:43.760 There<00:40:37.280><c> was</c><00:40:37.599><c> a</c><00:40:37.800><c> man</c><00:40:38.300><c> sent</c><00:40:38.920><c> from</c><00:40:39.619><c> God,</c><00:40:41.619><c> whose</c><00:40:41.880><c> name</c><00:40:42.159><c> was</c><00:40:42.460><c> John.</c> 00:40:45.320 --> 00:40:47.920 Did<00:40:46.119><c> John</c><00:40:46.380><c> come</c><00:40:46.699><c> down</c><00:40:46.940><c> from</c><00:40:47.159><c> heaven?</c> 00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:54.820 The<00:40:50.820><c> birth</c><00:40:51.300><c> of</c><00:40:51.699><c> John</c><00:40:52.059><c> Baptist</c><00:40:52.599><c> was</c><00:40:53.119><c> a</c><00:40:53.480><c> miracle,</c><00:40:54.219><c> was</c><00:40:54.360><c> it</c><00:40:54.599><c> not?</c> 00:40:54.900 --> 00:40:59.079 His<00:40:55.300><c> mother</c><00:40:55.639><c> was</c><00:40:56.460><c> years</c><00:40:57.119><c> past</c><00:40:57.659><c> childbearing.</c> 00:41:00.380 --> 00:41:06.000 Same<00:41:00.639><c> with</c><00:41:00.860><c> Isaac.</c><00:41:03.059><c> Years</c><00:41:03.539><c> past</c><00:41:04.019><c> childbearing</c><00:41:04.780><c> was</c><00:41:05.019><c> Sarah.</c> 00:41:06.380 --> 00:41:11.900 There<00:41:07.139><c> was</c><00:41:07.559><c> a</c><00:41:07.860><c> direct</c><00:41:08.800><c> divine</c><00:41:09.539><c> hand</c><00:41:10.199><c> in</c><00:41:10.980><c> the</c><00:41:11.219><c> birth</c><00:41:11.460><c> of</c><00:41:11.699><c> each</c> 00:41:11.900 --> 00:41:13.059 of<00:41:12.099><c> those,</c> 00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:18.460 and<00:41:14.239><c> there</c><00:41:14.500><c> was</c><00:41:14.860><c> an</c><00:41:15.559><c> even</c><00:41:16.119><c> more</c><00:41:16.619><c> direct</c><00:41:17.300><c> hand</c><00:41:17.719><c> in</c><00:41:17.920><c> the</c><00:41:18.159><c> birth</c> 00:41:18.460 --> 00:41:20.559 of<00:41:18.760><c> the</c><00:41:18.880><c> Lord</c><00:41:19.099><c> Jesus</c><00:41:19.480><c> Christ.</c> 00:41:21.179 --> 00:41:27.539 So<00:41:21.420><c> when</c><00:41:21.619><c> we</c><00:41:21.920><c> say</c><00:41:22.380><c> what</c><00:41:22.880><c> we</c><00:41:23.179><c> say</c><00:41:23.659><c> about</c><00:41:24.480><c> him</c><00:41:24.860><c> coming</c><00:41:25.199><c> from,</c><00:41:25.500><c> don't</c><00:41:25.920><c> misunderstand</c><00:41:26.619><c> me.</c> 00:41:28.079 --> 00:41:33.460 This<00:41:28.519><c> is</c><00:41:28.800><c> the</c><00:41:29.039><c> bread,</c><00:41:29.260><c> verse</c><00:41:29.639><c> 50,</c><00:41:30.340><c> which</c><00:41:30.599><c> cometh</c><00:41:30.980><c> down</c><00:41:31.380><c> from</c><00:41:31.659><c> heaven,</c><00:41:33.019><c> that</c><00:41:33.179><c> a</c> 00:41:33.460 --> 00:41:35.380 man<00:41:33.699><c> may</c><00:41:34.019><c> eat</c><00:41:34.199><c> thereof,</c> 00:41:36.219 --> 00:41:38.340 and<00:41:36.860><c> not</c><00:41:37.500><c> die.</c> 00:41:43.219 --> 00:41:48.719 On<00:41:43.860><c> February</c><00:41:44.280><c> the</c><00:41:44.519><c> 14th</c><00:41:45.159><c> this</c><00:41:45.400><c> year,</c><00:41:45.659><c> it</c><00:41:45.840><c> was</c><00:41:46.119><c> what</c><00:41:46.320><c> we</c><00:41:46.699><c> call</c><00:41:46.980><c> half</c><00:41:47.539><c> turn.</c><00:41:48.480><c> I</c> 00:41:48.719 --> 00:41:51.000 didn't<00:41:48.960><c> go</c><00:41:49.199><c> to</c><00:41:49.440><c> school</c><00:41:49.659><c> on</c><00:41:49.900><c> the</c><00:41:50.079><c> Saturday.</c> 00:41:53.619 --> 00:41:58.539 And<00:41:53.940><c> on</c><00:41:54.119><c> the</c><00:41:54.360><c> Sunday</c><00:41:54.619><c> evening,</c><00:41:56.079><c> my</c><00:41:56.920><c> second</c><00:41:57.559><c> master,</c><00:41:58.079><c> as</c><00:41:58.219><c> he's</c> 00:41:58.539 --> 00:42:00.539 called,<00:41:58.719><c> that's</c><00:41:59.059><c> the</c><00:41:59.179><c> headmaster's</c><00:41:59.940><c> deputy,</c> 00:42:00.539 --> 00:42:07.780 rang<00:42:01.320><c> me,</c><00:42:02.460><c> he</c><00:42:02.599><c> rang</c><00:42:02.800><c> all</c><00:42:03.260><c> 60</c><00:42:03.639><c> of</c><00:42:03.840><c> the</c><00:42:04.059><c> staff</c><00:42:04.480><c> with</c><00:42:05.599><c> the</c><00:42:05.820><c> sad</c><00:42:06.019><c> news</c><00:42:06.559><c> that</c><00:42:07.559><c> a</c> 00:42:07.780 --> 00:42:10.739 much<00:42:08.260><c> loved</c><00:42:08.800><c> and</c><00:42:09.079><c> respected</c><00:42:09.619><c> colleague</c> 00:42:10.780 --> 00:42:17.619 had<00:42:11.199><c> died.</c><00:42:13.519><c> 57,</c><00:42:14.780><c> doesn't</c><00:42:15.019><c> seem</c><00:42:15.619><c> too</c><00:42:16.179><c> old</c><00:42:16.460><c> really.</c> 00:42:18.739 --> 00:42:24.599 And<00:42:19.539><c> I</c><00:42:19.719><c> went</c><00:42:19.960><c> to</c><00:42:20.159><c> his</c><00:42:20.400><c> funeral.</c><00:42:22.920><c> The</c><00:42:23.059><c> day</c><00:42:23.260><c> after</c><00:42:23.659><c> I</c><00:42:23.820><c> went</c><00:42:24.159><c> to</c><00:42:24.400><c> a</c> 00:42:24.599 --> 00:42:26.380 funeral<00:42:24.920><c> of</c><00:42:25.199><c> a</c><00:42:25.280><c> sister,</c> 00:42:26.679 --> 00:42:29.940 much<00:42:27.440><c> loved</c><00:42:27.820><c> and</c><00:42:28.400><c> much</c><00:42:28.760><c> respected.</c> 00:42:31.219 --> 00:42:34.159 And<00:42:31.519><c> it</c><00:42:31.659><c> is</c><00:42:31.820><c> when</c><00:42:32.039><c> one</c><00:42:32.300><c> has</c><00:42:32.619><c> to</c><00:42:32.780><c> do</c><00:42:32.960><c> that</c><00:42:33.300><c> sort</c><00:42:33.539><c> of</c><00:42:33.739><c> thing</c><00:42:33.940><c> that</c> 00:42:34.159 --> 00:42:38.940 you<00:42:34.480><c> realise</c><00:42:35.079><c> the</c><00:42:35.460><c> distinction</c><00:42:35.900><c> between</c><00:42:36.480><c> one</c><00:42:37.119><c> who</c><00:42:37.619><c> has</c><00:42:38.059><c> died</c> 00:42:41.920 --> 00:42:46.440 and<00:42:42.679><c> one</c><00:42:43.300><c> who</c><00:42:44.000><c> has</c><00:42:44.380><c> fallen</c><00:42:44.659><c> asleep</c><00:42:45.179><c> in</c><00:42:45.539><c> Christ.</c> 00:42:48.739 --> 00:42:52.679 And<00:42:49.000><c> the</c><00:42:49.280><c> difference,</c><00:42:49.679><c> of</c><00:42:49.960><c> course,</c><00:42:50.719><c> is</c><00:42:51.159><c> so</c><00:42:51.659><c> great.</c> 00:42:54.699 --> 00:42:59.619 Death,<00:42:55.880><c> we</c><00:42:56.139><c> have</c><00:42:56.559><c> passed</c><00:42:57.179><c> from</c><00:42:57.760><c> death</c><00:42:58.280><c> into</c><00:42:58.719><c> life.</c> 00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:05.920 And<00:43:01.139><c> therefore,</c><00:43:02.519><c> when</c><00:43:02.739><c> we,</c><00:43:04.119><c> as</c><00:43:04.760><c> Shakespeare</c><00:43:05.139><c> says,</c><00:43:05.599><c> shuffle</c> 00:43:05.920 --> 00:43:07.940 off<00:43:06.179><c> this</c><00:43:06.539><c> mortal</c><00:43:06.920><c> coil,</c> 00:43:09.139 --> 00:43:14.659 it<00:43:09.420><c> is</c><00:43:09.619><c> into</c><00:43:09.980><c> the</c><00:43:10.380><c> sleep</c><00:43:10.860><c> of</c><00:43:11.900><c> death.</c><00:43:13.460><c> Because</c><00:43:13.900><c> there</c><00:43:14.139><c> is</c><00:43:14.360><c> to</c><00:43:14.519><c> be</c> 00:43:14.659 --> 00:43:15.860 a<00:43:14.960><c> glorious</c> 00:43:16.079 --> 00:43:22.460 reawakening.<00:43:17.079><c> Why?</c><00:43:18.179><c> Because</c><00:43:18.840><c> we</c><00:43:19.280><c> have</c><00:43:19.739><c> constantly</c><00:43:20.920><c> fed</c><00:43:21.619><c> on</c> 00:43:22.460 --> 00:43:24.340 the<00:43:22.760><c> bread</c><00:43:23.000><c> of</c><00:43:23.300><c> life.</c> 00:43:29.519 --> 00:43:31.300 Brethren<00:43:30.059><c> and</c><00:43:30.260><c> sisters,</c> 00:43:33.760 --> 00:43:40.340 this<00:43:34.719><c> chapter,</c><00:43:35.340><c> I</c><00:43:35.599><c> suppose,</c><00:43:36.480><c> is</c><00:43:37.940><c> one</c><00:43:38.679><c> of</c><00:43:38.920><c> my</c><00:43:39.219><c> favourite</c><00:43:39.679><c> chapters</c><00:43:40.079><c> in</c> 00:43:40.340 --> 00:43:41.539 the<00:43:40.519><c> scriptures.</c> 00:43:42.119 --> 00:43:49.639 Because<00:43:43.119><c> it</c><00:43:43.380><c> really</c><00:43:43.900><c> does</c><00:43:44.400><c> hold</c><00:43:44.940><c> the</c><00:43:45.360><c> kernel</c><00:43:46.079><c> of</c><00:43:47.960><c> the</c><00:43:48.260><c> life</c><00:43:48.860><c> which</c><00:43:49.360><c> is</c> 00:43:49.639 --> 00:43:52.619 given<00:43:49.880><c> to</c><00:43:50.139><c> us</c><00:43:50.880><c> in</c><00:43:51.380><c> Christ.</c> 00:43:55.119 --> 00:44:02.699 So<00:43:55.300><c> let</c><00:43:55.500><c> us</c><00:43:55.699><c> pray</c><00:43:56.579><c> and</c><00:43:58.059><c> thank</c><00:43:58.320><c> God</c><00:43:58.679><c> for</c><00:44:00.179><c> the</c><00:44:00.639><c> bread</c><00:44:00.780><c> of</c><00:44:01.019><c> life.</c> 00:44:09.760 --> 00:44:16.199 Almighty<00:44:10.639><c> Father</c><00:44:11.179><c> in</c><00:44:11.460><c> heaven,</c><00:44:12.059><c> we</c><00:44:14.920><c> were</c><00:44:15.239><c> not</c><00:44:15.500><c> there</c><00:44:15.800><c> amongst</c> 00:44:16.199 --> 00:44:17.960 that<00:44:16.579><c> great</c><00:44:16.940><c> crowd</c> 00:44:18.500 --> 00:44:27.420 who<00:44:19.380><c> saw</c><00:44:19.860><c> the</c><00:44:21.239><c> bread</c><00:44:21.579><c> and</c><00:44:21.800><c> the</c><00:44:22.039><c> fish</c><00:44:22.900><c> broken</c><00:44:24.440><c> and</c><00:44:26.119><c> spread</c><00:44:26.519><c> abroad</c><00:44:27.019><c> to</c> 00:44:27.420 --> 00:44:28.619 so<00:44:27.679><c> many.</c> 00:44:30.380 --> 00:44:35.860 And<00:44:31.179><c> yet,</c><00:44:33.039><c> by</c><00:44:33.199><c> thy</c><00:44:33.500><c> mercy</c><00:44:34.000><c> and</c><00:44:34.260><c> by</c><00:44:34.579><c> thy</c><00:44:34.800><c> grace,</c> 00:44:38.179 --> 00:44:46.099 we<00:44:38.340><c> are</c><00:44:39.039><c> partaking</c><00:44:40.079><c> of</c><00:44:41.960><c> the</c><00:44:42.300><c> true</c><00:44:42.599><c> bread</c><00:44:42.920><c> from</c><00:44:43.260><c> heaven,</c><00:44:45.719><c> that</c> 00:44:46.099 --> 00:44:48.619 which<00:44:46.659><c> gives</c><00:44:47.079><c> us</c><00:44:47.420><c> life.</c> 00:44:51.420 --> 00:44:56.380 We<00:44:51.780><c> thank</c><00:44:52.119><c> thee,</c><00:44:52.420><c> O</c><00:44:52.639><c> Lord</c><00:44:52.980><c> God,</c><00:44:54.039><c> for</c><00:44:54.360><c> the</c><00:44:54.559><c> Lord</c><00:44:54.780><c> Jesus</c><00:44:55.260><c> Christ.</c> 00:44:58.619 --> 00:45:03.840 Who<00:44:59.079><c> broke</c><00:44:59.760><c> the</c><00:45:00.139><c> power</c><00:45:00.619><c> of</c><00:45:01.059><c> sin</c><00:45:01.559><c> over</c><00:45:02.460><c> his</c><00:45:02.780><c> flesh</c> 00:45:05.780 --> 00:45:13.039 and<00:45:06.239><c> was</c><00:45:06.599><c> victorious</c><00:45:07.960><c> and</c><00:45:09.719><c> gave</c><00:45:10.139><c> his</c><00:45:10.460><c> life</c><00:45:11.119><c> that</c><00:45:12.460><c> we</c><00:45:12.719><c> might</c> 00:45:13.039 --> 00:45:14.360 share<00:45:13.400><c> it.</c> 00:45:15.019 --> 00:45:18.619 That<00:45:15.480><c> we</c><00:45:15.719><c> might</c><00:45:16.099><c> share</c><00:45:16.559><c> that</c><00:45:17.000><c> common</c><00:45:17.400><c> life</c> 00:45:19.320 --> 00:45:25.559 in<00:45:20.239><c> which</c><00:45:20.599><c> in</c><00:45:20.940><c> token</c><00:45:21.239><c> we</c><00:45:21.599><c> partake</c><00:45:22.820><c> when</c><00:45:23.920><c> we</c><00:45:24.280><c> remember</c><00:45:24.599><c> him.</c> 00:45:27.119 --> 00:45:35.659 Thank<00:45:28.039><c> you,</c><00:45:28.360><c> Lord,</c><00:45:30.480><c> from</c><00:45:30.820><c> the</c><00:45:31.019><c> bottom</c><00:45:31.300><c> of</c><00:45:31.559><c> our</c><00:45:31.800><c> hearts,</c><00:45:34.139><c> for</c><00:45:34.380><c> Jesus.</c> 00:45:38.840 --> 00:45:39.800 Amen.