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 Amen and good morning. Please take your copy of God's Word and join me in John chapter 11.

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 If you were here with us last week, rest assured, my blood sugar is doing well, and I have nothing but water to drink.

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 We're going to begin reading in verse 45 and continue through the end of the chapter for our study this morning.

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 And as we do, we're going to be in a passage that in one sense feels almost like an epilogue to the raising of Lazarus.

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 Though John intends us to understand that what happens here is actually much more significant than just that.

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 The raising of Lazarus is finished.

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 The stone has been removed. Jesus has prayed to his father.

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 He has cried out with a loud voice, Lazarus, come out.

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 And the man who had been dead for four days has walked out of his tomb still wrapped in his burial cloths.

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 As we saw last week, that miracle is not merely an extraordinary display of raw power, but a sign revealing the identity of Jesus Christ.

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 Jesus had told Martha, I am the resurrection and the life.

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 Then he demonstrated that his words were not religious sentiment spoken to comfort a grieving woman,

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 because the one who claimed to be the resurrection stood outside of the grave and commanded the dead to live.

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 And Lazarus lived.

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 Now, if we were writing the story, I suspect most of us would expect John to conclude chapter 11 differently.

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 We might expect something like this.

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 Lazarus comes out of the tomb.

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 Everyone falls down in worship.

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 The religious leaders finally admit that they have been wrong about Jesus all along.

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 Jerusalem welcomes her Messiah.

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 And the chapter ends in universal celebration.

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 We, of course, know this is not how the story goes.

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 But what more evidence could anyone possibly require that Jesus is the Christ?

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 Jesus turned water into wine.

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 He has healed the sick.

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 He has given sight to a man born blind.

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 He has fed thousands with a small amount of food.

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 He has walked upon the sea.

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 And now, if there were any uncertainty remaining about the kind of authority he possesses,

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 Jesus called a man out of a grave after four days dead.

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 Surely, this should settle the question.

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 Surely, everyone would believe now, but that is not at all what happens.

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 And what John shows us in the remainder of chapter 11 is something profoundly important about belief.

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 Excuse me, about unbelief.

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 The fundamental problem of unbelief is not a lack of evidence.

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 The problem is that the human heart does not want the conclusion to which the evidence points.

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 There are people in this passage who have just watched Lazarus walk out of his grave,

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 and rather than falling before Jesus in worship,

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 they begin participating in a process that will lead to his murder.

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 But there's even greater truth running behind the surface of these verses,

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 because while sinful men begin plotting the death of Jesus for their own wicked purposes,

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 God is simultaneously accomplishing his own righteous purpose through their plot.

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 The leaders intend murder.

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 God intends salvation.

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 Caiaphas intends political expediency.

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 God speaks through him of substitutionary atonement.

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 The council concludes that Jesus must die to preserve their nation,

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 while God has determined that Jesus will die to save his people,

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 not only from Israel, but from among the nations of the world.

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 And so this passage becomes one of the clearest examples in all of Scripture of the mysterious sovereign providence of God,

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 who is so completely Lord over human history that even the wicked actions of sinful men cannot overthrow his purposes,

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 but are, without excusing their wickedness in any way,

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 made to serve the very plan they intend to destroy.

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 So let's look at this passage together after a word of prayer.

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 Father, we thank you for your word this morning,

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 this end of John chapter 11,

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 the opportunity for us to take some time to take it up,

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 to read it,

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 to consider all of its implications.

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 We humbly recognize that we need your help to do this.

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 We are feeble in our own thinking.

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 We have varied distractions in all of our minds,

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 even now.

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 We need your help to believe its promises and obey its commands,

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 to have affection for you, its author.

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 So we pray that you'd help us to do this.

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 We pray it in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 John chapter 11, I'll begin reading in verse 45.

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 Many of the Jews, therefore, who had come with Mary

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 and had seen what he did, believed in him.

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 But some of them went to the Pharisees

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 and told them what Jesus had done.

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 So the chief priests and the Pharisees

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 gathered the council and said,

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 What are we to do?

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 For this man performs many signs.

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 If we let him go on like this,

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 everyone will believe in him.

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 And the Romans will come and take away

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 both our place and our nation.

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 But one of them, Caiaphas,

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 who was high priest that year,

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 said to them,

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 You know nothing at all.

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 Nor do you understand that it is better for you

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 that one man should die for the people,

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 not that the whole nation should perish.

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 He did not say this of his own accord.

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 But being a high priest that year,

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 he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation.

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 And not for the nation only,

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 but also to gather into one

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 the children of God who are scattered abroad.

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 So from that day on,

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 they made plans to put him to death.

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 Jesus, therefore, no longer walked openly among the Jews,

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 but went from there to the region near the wilderness

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 to a town called Ephraim.

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 And there he stayed with the disciples.

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 Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand,

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 and many went up from the country to Jerusalem

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 before the Passover to purify themselves.

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 They were looking for Jesus

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 and saying to one another as they stood in the temple,

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 What do you think?

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 that he will not come to the feast at all?

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 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees

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 had given orders that if anyone knew where he was,

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 he should let them know

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 so that they might arrest him.

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 All right.

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 I'd like to consider this passage this morning

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 under four headings.

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 Number one, the sign produces division.

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 Number two, the leaders protect their position.

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 Number three, the priests proclaim more than he knows.

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 And number four, the Passover points us toward the cross.

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 Well, number one, the sign produces division.

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 We see this in verses 45 and 46.

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 Look first at verse 45.

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 Many of the Jews, therefore, who had come with Mary

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 and had seen what he did, believed in him.

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 That is the response that we want.

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 That's what we would expect.

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 These are the people who had come to Bethany

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 to console Mary and Martha.

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 And after the death of Lazarus,

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 and because they were present with the sisters,

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 have witnessed the events that John just described.

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 John tells us that many of them responded

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 exactly as the signs in this gospel

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 are intended to lead us to respond.

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 Perhaps these are some of the disciples

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 in the upper room after Jesus' death.

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 They believed in him.

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 Remember again the purpose statement

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 John will give us near the end of this gospel.

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 These signs have been written so that you may believe

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 that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,

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 and that by believing, have life in his name.

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 So the sign, the miracle of the raising of Lazarus

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 points beyond itself to Christ.

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 The miracle is not merely saying,

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 look what Jesus can do.

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 The miracle is saying, look who Jesus is.

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 And many saw the sign,

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 understood something of what it revealed

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 concerning Jesus.

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 He is the resurrection and the life.

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 And they believed in him.

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 But then verse 46 introduces

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 one of those contrasts John uses repeatedly

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 throughout the gospel.

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 We've seen this theme again and again and again.

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 Those who receive, those who reject.

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 Verse 46 says,

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 But some of them went to the Pharisees

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 and told them what Jesus had done.

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 Now John does not explicitly tell us

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 the motives of these people

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 and therefore we should be careful

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 not to pretend that we know

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 more than the text tells us.

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 It is possible that some of them

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 simply reported the event

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 without understanding what the consequences would be.

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 But given what immediately follows,

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 the contrast is really difficult to miss.

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 Some see Lazarus raised and believe.

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 Others see Lazarus raised and go to those

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 who have already demonstrated their hospitality,

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 excuse me, their hostility toward Jesus.

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 They've been openly hostile toward him.

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 Same Christ, same sign, same evidence,

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 different responses.

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 And that pattern has appeared

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 all throughout John's gospel.

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 Jesus reveals himself

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 and people divide.

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 Some believe, others reject,

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 some worship, others oppose.

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 Some recognize the shepherd's voice.

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 Others accuse him of having a demon.

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 The light shines into the darkness,

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 but not everyone loves the light.

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 And this raises an important question for us.

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 Why does one person see the signs of Christ

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 and believe while another encounters

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 the same testimony

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 and remains hardened?

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 We are often inclined to assume

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 that unbelief is primarily

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 an intellectual problem.

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 And certainly there are

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 intellectual questions worth answering.

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 Christianity does not ask people

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 to turn off their minds.

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 The Christian faith

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 makes historical and theological claims

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 which should be examined carefully.

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 But scripture teaches us

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 that unbelief goes deeper

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 than just a lack of information.

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 Jesus has already said in John 3

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 that light has come into the world,

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 but people loved darkness

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 rather than light

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 because their works were evil.

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 The issue is not merely

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 that they cannot see.

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 The issue is that

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 they do not want the implications

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 of what they see.

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 That is precisely what becomes apparent

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 in the verses that follow.

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 The religious leaders

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 are not going to deny

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 that Jesus has done

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 extraordinary things.

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 In fact,

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 they will openly acknowledge it.

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 The problem is not

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 that the evidence for Jesus

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 is insufficient.

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 The problem is that

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 if Jesus really is

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 who the evidence indicates he is,

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 then they can no longer remain

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 the unquestioned rulers

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 of their own lives.

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 And that remains

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 one of the great obstacles

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 to faith.

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 People sometimes say,

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 if God would just show me

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 enough evidence,

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 I would believe.

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 Perhaps.

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 But the Bible makes us

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 ask another question.

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 If God showed you

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 enough evidence,

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 would you worship him

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 or would you resent the fact

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 that the evidence requires you

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 to surrender yourself

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 to him?

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 Because Christianity

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 does not merely ask you

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 to add Jesus

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 to an otherwise

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 unchanged life.

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 It tells you

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 that Jesus

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 is Lord.

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 If you're to have him

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 as your Savior,

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 he will also

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 be Lord.

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 If Jesus

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 is the Christ,

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 the Son of God,

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 then he possesses

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 rightful authority

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 over you

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 for your eternal good.

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 and it is entirely

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 possible for a person

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 to resist Christianity

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 not because the evidence

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 is weak,

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 but because the implications

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 are costly.

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 Sin does not

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 merely make us

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 ignorant.

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 Sin makes us

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 rebellious.

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 And so the question

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 the text places

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 before each of us

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 is not merely

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 have I seen enough

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 concerning Christ,

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 the more searching

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 question is

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 what have I done

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 with what God

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 has shown me

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 concerning his Son.

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 Because exposure

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 to truth

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 does not automatically

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 produce faith.

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 These people

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 watched a resurrection.

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 The account is clear.

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 It's undoubted.

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 Lazarus was dead.

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 They witnessed

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 a man

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 come to life

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 with words.

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 Some believed.

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 Sadly,

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 some did not.

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 You can sit

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 under faithful

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 preaching for years

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 and remain unchanged.

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 You can know

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 Christian doctrine

00:13:29.279 --> 00:13:30.519
 and get it all

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 just right.

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 You can learn

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 Christian vocabulary.

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 You can understand

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 what the Bible

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 teaches about Christ

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 and still refuse

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 to entrust yourself

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 to him.

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 The question

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 is not whether

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 Christ has been

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 sufficiently revealed.

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 The question

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 is whether

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 you will

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 believe.

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 he is the Christ.

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 Second heading.

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 The leaders

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 protect

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 their position.

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 So John

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 goes on

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 after this

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 account

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 has been reported.

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 Verse 47.

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 So the chief

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 priests

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 and the Pharisees

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 gathered the council

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 and said,

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 what are we to do?

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 For this man

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 performs

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 many signs.

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 The council

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 here is

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 what's known

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 as the Sanhedrin.

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 the ruling

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 Jewish council

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 made up of

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 the principal

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 religious

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 authorities

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 of the nation.

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 It was a

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 mix of both

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 Pharisees

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 and Sadducees,

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 predominantly

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 Sadducees.

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 And I want you

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 to notice

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 the extraordinary

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 admission they make.

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 They do not say

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 this man's signs

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 fraudulent.

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 They do not say

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 Lazarus was never

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 actually dead.

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 They do not

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 attempt to produce

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 some natural

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 explanation for

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 what has occurred.

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 They just say

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 this man

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 performs

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 many

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 signs.

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 I'll pass over

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 that

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 too quickly.

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 These are

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 Genesis' enemies.

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 They're the men

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 who want

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 to

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 stop him.

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 And their

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 strategy is not

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 to deny

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 that he is

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 doing signs

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 because apparently

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 the evidence

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 has become

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 too public

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 and too

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 overwhelming

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 for that

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 to be

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 plausible.

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 Their question

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 is,

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 not did he

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 do it,

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 their question

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 is,

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 what are we

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 going to do

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 about him?

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 That's a

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 remarkable

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 picture

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 of unbelief.

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 I'm not

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 doubting

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 that he has

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 done these

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 things,

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 that he is

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 powerful.

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 What they're

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 doing is saying

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 it's going to

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 be a problem.

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 We've got to

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 get rid of

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 them.

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 They have

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 reached the

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 point where

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 the problem

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 in their

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 minds is

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 no longer

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 the evidence.

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 The problem

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 is Jesus

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 himself.

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 Verse 48

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 explains why.

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 If we let

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 him go on

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 like this,

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 everyone will

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 believe in

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 him.

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 The evidence

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 will stack

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 and stack

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 and stack.

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 Everyone will

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 believe and

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 the Romans

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 will come

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 and take

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 away both

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 our place

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 and our

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 nation.

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 Do you

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 hear the

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 fear

00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:02.339
 underneath

00:16:02.339 --> 00:16:02.979
 these

00:16:02.979 --> 00:16:03.419
 words?

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 If Jesus

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 continues,

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 people will

00:16:07.099 --> 00:16:07.619
 follow him.

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 If people

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 follow him,

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 Rome may

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 interpret the

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 movement as

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 a political

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 rebellion.

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 If Rome

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 intervenes,

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 we may

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 lose our

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 place and

00:16:16.059 --> 00:16:17.239
 our nation.

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 Now,

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 there is a

00:16:19.059 --> 00:16:19.679
 measure of

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 historical

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 realism in

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 their concern.

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 Israel lived

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 under Roman

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 occupation,

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 and Rome

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 had little

00:16:27.079 --> 00:16:27.939
 patience for

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 disturbances that

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 threatened imperial

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 order.

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 They very

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 wisely allowed

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 religious practice

00:16:34.379 --> 00:16:35.239
 to go on,

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 kind of some

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 puppet governance

00:16:37.599 --> 00:16:38.459
 that felt

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 local.

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 They didn't

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 strip people

00:16:41.019 --> 00:16:41.299
 that they

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 conquered entirely

00:16:42.179 --> 00:16:42.659
 of their

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 identity,

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 but it could

00:16:44.239 --> 00:16:45.079
 not threaten

00:16:45.079 --> 00:16:45.959
 the rule

00:16:45.959 --> 00:16:47.099
 of Rome.

00:16:48.299 --> 00:16:49.039
 A large

00:16:49.039 --> 00:16:49.719
 messianic

00:16:49.719 --> 00:16:50.339
 movement could

00:16:50.339 --> 00:16:51.219
 certainly attract

00:16:51.219 --> 00:16:52.219
 Roman attention,

00:16:53.179 --> 00:16:53.579
 but John

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 wants us to

00:16:54.099 --> 00:16:54.599
 see that their

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 concern for

00:16:55.359 --> 00:16:56.639
 national survival

00:16:56.639 --> 00:16:57.559
 is entangled

00:16:57.559 --> 00:16:58.379
 with something

00:16:58.379 --> 00:16:59.659
 far more

00:16:59.659 --> 00:17:00.799
 personal.

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 They are

00:17:02.500 --> 00:17:03.159
 afraid of

00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:03.659
 losing,

00:17:03.979 --> 00:17:04.240
 quote,

00:17:04.579 --> 00:17:06.480
 our place.

00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:08.379
 That may

00:17:08.379 --> 00:17:08.799
 include the

00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:09.059
 temple,

00:17:09.259 --> 00:17:09.679
 but it almost

00:17:09.679 --> 00:17:10.159
 certainly

00:17:10.159 --> 00:17:11.079
 includes their

00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:11.940
 position,

00:17:12.619 --> 00:17:13.200
 influence,

00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:14.119
 privilege,

00:17:14.119 --> 00:17:15.279
 and authority

00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:16.339
 within the

00:17:16.339 --> 00:17:18.059
 existing religious

00:17:18.059 --> 00:17:18.500
 order.

00:17:19.399 --> 00:17:20.319
 Caiaphas was

00:17:20.319 --> 00:17:21.500
 appointed high

00:17:21.500 --> 00:17:22.919
 priest by a

00:17:22.919 --> 00:17:24.220
 Roman ruler.

00:17:24.220 --> 00:17:24.339
 father.

00:17:25.339 --> 00:17:26.000
 Jesus

00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:27.380
 threatens what

00:17:27.380 --> 00:17:28.940
 they possess,

00:17:29.539 --> 00:17:30.319
 and suddenly

00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:30.819
 the issue

00:17:30.819 --> 00:17:31.839
 becomes very

00:17:31.839 --> 00:17:32.240
 clear.

00:17:32.360 --> 00:17:32.920
 They do not

00:17:32.920 --> 00:17:34.120
 ask whether

00:17:34.120 --> 00:17:34.920
 Jesus is

00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:35.500
 true.

00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:36.400
 They ask

00:17:36.400 --> 00:17:37.100
 what Jesus

00:17:37.100 --> 00:17:38.799
 might cost

00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:39.100
 them.

00:17:40.420 --> 00:17:40.839
 That is one

00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:41.140
 of the most

00:17:41.140 --> 00:17:42.039
 dangerous ways

00:17:42.039 --> 00:17:42.420
 the human

00:17:42.420 --> 00:17:42.920
 heart can

00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:43.299
 approach

00:17:43.299 --> 00:17:43.779
 Christ.

00:17:44.420 --> 00:17:45.360
 We begin

00:17:45.360 --> 00:17:46.680
 calculating.

00:17:47.460 --> 00:17:48.319
 If I believe

00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:48.819
 him, what

00:17:48.819 --> 00:17:49.240
 will happen

00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:49.759
 to the life

00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:50.059
 I have

00:17:50.059 --> 00:17:50.579
 constructed?

00:17:51.160 --> 00:17:51.500
 What

00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:52.059
 relationships

00:17:52.059 --> 00:17:52.779
 might change?

00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:53.480
 What ambitions

00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:54.039
 might have

00:17:54.039 --> 00:17:54.440
 to die?

00:17:54.539 --> 00:17:55.079
 What sins

00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:55.559
 would I need

00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:56.160
 to abandon?

00:17:56.799 --> 00:17:57.660
 What control

00:17:57.660 --> 00:17:58.139
 would I have

00:17:58.139 --> 00:17:58.740
 to surrender?

00:17:59.259 --> 00:17:59.819
 What will

00:17:59.819 --> 00:18:00.700
 people think

00:18:00.700 --> 00:18:01.200
 of me?

00:18:01.399 --> 00:18:02.160
 What might

00:18:02.160 --> 00:18:03.079
 obedience

00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:04.259
 cost?

00:18:05.740 --> 00:18:06.599
 And if the

00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:07.099
 preservation

00:18:07.099 --> 00:18:07.619
 of our

00:18:07.619 --> 00:18:08.379
 present life

00:18:08.379 --> 00:18:08.940
 becomes our

00:18:08.940 --> 00:18:09.859
 highest good,

00:18:10.160 --> 00:18:10.759
 we will

00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:11.720
 eventually find

00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:12.359
 reasons to

00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:13.319
 reject anything

00:18:13.319 --> 00:18:14.359
 that threatens

00:18:14.359 --> 00:18:15.139
 it, even

00:18:15.139 --> 00:18:16.079
 Christ

00:18:16.079 --> 00:18:17.079
 himself.

00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:19.319
 Jesus said

00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:19.859
 earlier in the

00:18:19.859 --> 00:18:20.319
 gospel that

00:18:20.319 --> 00:18:21.200
 whoever loves

00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:21.859
 his life

00:18:21.859 --> 00:18:23.179
 loses it.

00:18:24.119 --> 00:18:24.599
 The religious

00:18:24.599 --> 00:18:25.099
 leaders are

00:18:25.099 --> 00:18:25.639
 demonstrating

00:18:25.639 --> 00:18:26.639
 exactly what

00:18:26.639 --> 00:18:27.199
 he means.

00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:28.179
 Their

00:18:28.179 --> 00:18:28.959
 overriding

00:18:28.959 --> 00:18:30.279
 concern is

00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:30.879
 preservation.

00:18:32.279 --> 00:18:32.819
 And therefore,

00:18:33.299 --> 00:18:33.939
 Jesus must be

00:18:33.939 --> 00:18:35.339
 dealt with.

00:18:36.399 --> 00:18:37.159
 There is an

00:18:37.159 --> 00:18:37.819
 irony here that

00:18:37.819 --> 00:18:38.500
 John's original

00:18:38.500 --> 00:18:39.279
 readers could

00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:40.159
 hardly miss.

00:18:41.139 --> 00:18:41.959
 They fear that

00:18:41.959 --> 00:18:42.599
 if they do not

00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:43.500
 kill Jesus, the

00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:43.939
 Romans would

00:18:43.939 --> 00:18:44.699
 come and destroy

00:18:44.699 --> 00:18:45.639
 their place and

00:18:45.639 --> 00:18:46.059
 nation.

00:18:46.379 --> 00:18:47.279
 So they arranged

00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:48.240
 for Jesus to

00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:48.740
 be killed.

00:18:49.579 --> 00:18:50.279
 And approximately

00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:51.559
 40 years later,

00:18:51.859 --> 00:18:53.319
 in AD 70, Rome

00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:53.899
 comes and

00:18:53.899 --> 00:18:54.799
 destroys Jerusalem

00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:55.619
 and the temple

00:18:55.619 --> 00:18:56.619
 anyway.

00:18:57.419 --> 00:18:58.359
 The very thing

00:18:58.359 --> 00:18:58.899
 they attempt to

00:18:58.899 --> 00:18:59.359
 prevent by

00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:00.240
 rejecting Christ

00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:01.539
 eventually overtakes

00:19:01.539 --> 00:19:01.779
 them.

00:19:02.979 --> 00:19:03.639
 Now, we should

00:19:03.639 --> 00:19:04.419
 be careful about

00:19:04.419 --> 00:19:05.659
 drawing overly

00:19:05.659 --> 00:19:06.619
 simplistic lines

00:19:06.619 --> 00:19:07.559
 between every

00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:08.579
 historical judgment

00:19:08.579 --> 00:19:09.379
 and specific

00:19:09.379 --> 00:19:10.459
 acts of sin,

00:19:11.039 --> 00:19:11.419
 but John

00:19:11.419 --> 00:19:12.299
 certainly wants

00:19:12.299 --> 00:19:13.099
 us to recognize

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 the tragic

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 blindness of

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 their reasoning.

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 They believe

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 they can save

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 themselves by

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 eliminating

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 Jesus, but

00:19:21.859 --> 00:19:22.879
 no one saves

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 himself by

00:19:23.939 --> 00:19:24.959
 rejecting the

00:19:24.959 --> 00:19:25.240
 Savior.

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 And that applies

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 far beyond

00:19:28.179 --> 00:19:29.099
 first century

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 Judaism.

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 Sin always

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 makes promises

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 about

00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:35.339
 preservation.

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 If I obey

00:19:37.439 --> 00:19:38.199
 Christ here, I

00:19:38.199 --> 00:19:38.979
 will lose too

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 much.

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 If I tell the

00:19:40.959 --> 00:19:42.000
 truth, I will

00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:42.939
 lose this

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 opportunity.

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 If I confess

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 this sin, I'll

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 lose my reputation.

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 If I obey

00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:50.419
 Scripture, I may

00:19:50.419 --> 00:19:51.679
 lose this

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 relationship.

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 If I follow

00:19:54.259 --> 00:19:55.299
 Jesus faithfully, I

00:19:55.299 --> 00:19:56.019
 may lose the

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 approval of

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 people whose

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 approval I

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 value.

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 And the lie

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 underneath all

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 of it is that

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 disobedience will

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 preserve what

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 obedience

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 threatens.

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 Sometimes,

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 beloved,

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 obedience does

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 cost us.

00:20:14.399 --> 00:20:14.859
 Jesus has

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 never promised

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 otherwise.

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 there are

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 things Christians

00:20:19.060 --> 00:20:19.980
 lose because

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 they follow

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 Christ.

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 But whatever

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 obedience costs,

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 disobedience

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 ultimately costs

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 more.

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 The safest

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 place in

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 all of

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 creation is

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 not the

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 place where

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 you have

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 successfully

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 protected

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 yourself from

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 every earthly

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 loss.

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 The safest

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 place is

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 obedience to

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 the Lord

00:20:43.100 --> 00:20:44.160
 Jesus Christ.

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 Christ.

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 These leaders

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 are trying to

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 control the

00:20:47.120 --> 00:20:47.720
 future without

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 submitting

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 themselves to

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 the Lord

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 of that

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 future.

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 And whenever

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 we do that,

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 fear rules

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 us.

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 That is worth

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 considering,

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 particularly for

00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:02.460
 us as a

00:21:02.460 --> 00:21:02.880
 church.

00:21:04.080 --> 00:21:04.900
 Churches, I

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 think, can

00:21:05.320 --> 00:21:06.019
 begin thinking

00:21:06.019 --> 00:21:07.000
 exactly like

00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:08.540
 the Sanhedrin.

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 God

00:21:09.579 --> 00:21:09.819
 how do we

00:21:09.819 --> 00:21:10.599
 preserve our

00:21:10.599 --> 00:21:12.420
 place, our

00:21:12.420 --> 00:21:14.099
 influence, our

00:21:14.099 --> 00:21:14.759
 institution?

00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:16.059
 How do we

00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:16.799
 keep people?

00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:18.200
 How do we

00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:19.440
 protect the

00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:20.019
 organization?

00:21:20.379 --> 00:21:21.259
 It begins to

00:21:21.259 --> 00:21:22.480
 exist just to

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 exist.

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 Those questions

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 are not always

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 in every form

00:21:27.899 --> 00:21:28.720
 illegitimate.

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 Stewardship does

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 in fact matter.

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 But the

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 moment institutional

00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:34.460
 survival becomes

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 more important than

00:21:35.340 --> 00:21:36.140
 faithfulness to

00:21:36.140 --> 00:21:36.680
 Christ, the

00:21:36.680 --> 00:21:37.039
 church has

00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.539
 begun to

00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:38.160
 protect the

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 wrong thing.

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 Christ did

00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:41.600
 not promise

00:21:41.600 --> 00:21:42.120
 that every

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 local church

00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:43.720
 would exist

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 forever.

00:21:45.340 --> 00:21:45.900
 He promised

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 that His

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 church would.

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 Our

00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:50.920
 responsibility is

00:21:50.920 --> 00:21:51.600
 not to preserve

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 ourselves at any

00:21:52.700 --> 00:21:53.140
 cost.

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 Our

00:21:53.360 --> 00:21:53.920
 responsibility

00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:55.519
 is to be

00:21:55.519 --> 00:21:56.680
 faithful.

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 If Providence

00:21:58.900 --> 00:21:59.680
 Baptist Church

00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:01.480
 exists, the

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:03.039
 Lord tarries for

00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:03.620
 another hundred

00:22:03.620 --> 00:22:05.000
 years, but

00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.759
 abandons the

00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:07.740
 truth, we have

00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:09.420
 failed miserably.

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.400
 And if

00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:11.980
 faithfulness to

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:12.500
 Christ ever

00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:13.220
 costs us

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:13.820
 influence,

00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:14.620
 reputation,

00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:15.320
 attendance,

00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:16.539
 money, comfort,

00:22:16.660 --> 00:22:17.160
 or cultural

00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:18.400
 approval, then

00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:19.519
 let those things

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.560
 go before we

00:22:20.560 --> 00:22:21.860
 let the truth

00:22:21.860 --> 00:22:22.620
 go.

00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:24.640
 The church

00:22:24.640 --> 00:22:25.880
 belongs to

00:22:25.880 --> 00:22:26.259
 Christ.

00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:27.740
 He will

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.420
 build it.

00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:30.820
 Our task is

00:22:30.820 --> 00:22:31.500
 to be faithful.

00:22:33.320 --> 00:22:34.160
 Third

00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:34.940
 heading.

00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:36.840
 The priest

00:22:36.840 --> 00:22:38.160
 proclaims more

00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:39.039
 than he knows.

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:40.039
 See this in

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 verses 49

00:22:40.799 --> 00:22:41.500
 down through

00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:42.400
 53.

00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:44.400
 Beginning in

00:22:44.400 --> 00:22:45.299
 verses 49, we

00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:45.840
 come to one of

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 the most

00:22:46.140 --> 00:22:46.720
 astonishing

00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:47.539
 examples of

00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:48.519
 divine providence

00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.539
 anywhere in

00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:50.160
 John's

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:51.279
 gospel.

00:22:52.180 --> 00:22:52.820
 There he

00:22:52.820 --> 00:22:53.340
 says, but

00:22:53.340 --> 00:22:53.900
 one of them,

00:22:54.060 --> 00:22:54.900
 Caiaphas, who

00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:55.360
 was the high

00:22:55.360 --> 00:22:55.820
 priest that

00:22:55.820 --> 00:22:56.259
 year, said

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:56.740
 to them,

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:57.700
 you know

00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:58.220
 nothing at

00:22:58.220 --> 00:22:59.140
 all, nor

00:22:59.140 --> 00:22:59.400
 do you

00:22:59.400 --> 00:23:00.160
 understand that

00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:00.700
 it is better

00:23:00.700 --> 00:23:01.200
 for you that

00:23:01.200 --> 00:23:02.000
 one man should

00:23:02.000 --> 00:23:02.559
 die for the

00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:03.379
 people, not

00:23:03.379 --> 00:23:03.680
 that the

00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:04.379
 whole nation

00:23:04.379 --> 00:23:05.420
 should perish.

00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:07.099
 Caiaphas has

00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:08.099
 apparently had

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:09.180
 enough of the

00:23:09.180 --> 00:23:09.680
 discussion.

00:23:10.279 --> 00:23:11.019
 You can hear

00:23:11.019 --> 00:23:11.859
 the arrogance

00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:12.700
 in these words,

00:23:12.819 --> 00:23:13.200
 you know

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:14.079
 nothing at

00:23:14.079 --> 00:23:14.400
 all.

00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:15.079
 You know

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:15.500
 nothing.

00:23:15.619 --> 00:23:16.400
 You understand

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:17.359
 nothing.

00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:17.980
 This is not

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:19.180
 kindness that

00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:20.660
 he's starting

00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:21.420
 with here.

00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:23.800
 in essence,

00:23:24.039 --> 00:23:24.380
 Caiaphas

00:23:24.380 --> 00:23:25.279
 believes the

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:25.900
 answer is

00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:26.519
 obvious.

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.400
 Stop

00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:27.860
 talking.

00:23:28.120 --> 00:23:28.500
 There's a

00:23:28.500 --> 00:23:29.440
 simple political

00:23:29.440 --> 00:23:30.720
 solution.

00:23:31.620 --> 00:23:32.039
 Jesus is

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.700
 one man.

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:33.640
 The nation

00:23:33.640 --> 00:23:34.120
 is many

00:23:34.120 --> 00:23:34.539
 people.

00:23:35.259 --> 00:23:35.720
 If one

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.380
 man threatens

00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:36.900
 the security

00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:37.140
 of the

00:23:37.140 --> 00:23:37.820
 nation, then

00:23:37.820 --> 00:23:38.759
 eliminate the

00:23:38.759 --> 00:23:40.080
 one man.

00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:41.720
 From

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:42.100
 Caiaphas'

00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:43.039
 perspective,

00:23:43.360 --> 00:23:43.640
 that is

00:23:43.640 --> 00:23:44.660
 straightforward

00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:46.019
 utilitarian

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:47.039
 reasoning.

00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:48.700
 one life

00:23:48.700 --> 00:23:49.399
 is expendable

00:23:49.399 --> 00:23:50.319
 if sacrificing

00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:50.980
 that life

00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.920
 preserves the

00:23:51.920 --> 00:23:52.799
 larger group.

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.220
 And notice

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:54.980
 that there is

00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:56.039
 no concern

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:56.980
 here for

00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:57.460
 justice.

00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:58.720
 He simply

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.519
 calculates

00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:00.639
 outcomes.

00:24:01.680 --> 00:24:02.119
 Jesus has

00:24:02.119 --> 00:24:03.200
 become inconvenient.

00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:04.480
 Jesus is

00:24:04.480 --> 00:24:05.279
 dangerous to

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:05.779
 their political

00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:06.359
 arrangement.

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:07.079
 Therefore,

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.920
 Jesus must

00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:10.000
 die.

00:24:11.359 --> 00:24:12.000
 This is what

00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:12.599
 happens when

00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:14.039
 political expediency

00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:15.079
 becomes detached

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:16.119
 from righteousness.

00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:18.359
 Once survival,

00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.059
 power,

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.700
 security,

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:20.319
 or social

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:20.839
 stability

00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.500
 becomes the

00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:22.460
 highest good,

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.779
 human beings

00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:24.960
 become remarkably

00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:25.779
 capable of

00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.920
 justifying evil

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.539
 in the name

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:28.220
 of something

00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:29.019
 supposedly

00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:30.440
 greater.

00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:32.000
 Political

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.819
 expediency

00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:34.579
 disregards

00:24:34.579 --> 00:24:36.019
 decorum

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:37.279
 and principle.

00:24:38.339 --> 00:24:39.019
 Things can go

00:24:39.019 --> 00:24:40.180
 terribly awry,

00:24:40.420 --> 00:24:41.579
 and I'll now

00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:42.180
 digress.

00:24:43.659 --> 00:24:44.059
 Caiaphas

00:24:44.059 --> 00:24:45.240
 believes himself

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:45.899
 to be the

00:24:45.899 --> 00:24:46.519
 clearest

00:24:46.519 --> 00:24:47.259
 thinker

00:24:47.259 --> 00:24:48.139
 in the room.

00:24:48.879 --> 00:24:49.160
 And from

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:49.900
 one perspective,

00:24:50.299 --> 00:24:51.680
 his statement

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:53.319
 is utterly

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:54.279
 wicked.

00:24:55.200 --> 00:24:55.539
 He is

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:56.259
 advocating for

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:56.799
 the murder

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:57.619
 of an innocent

00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:58.240
 man.

00:24:59.379 --> 00:24:59.859
 But then

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.240
 John does

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.539
 something

00:25:00.539 --> 00:25:01.200
 astonishing.

00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:03.259
 He tells us

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:03.900
 that Caiaphas

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:04.339
 has said

00:25:04.339 --> 00:25:05.339
 something far

00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:06.279
 more profound

00:25:06.279 --> 00:25:07.139
 than Caiaphas

00:25:07.139 --> 00:25:08.059
 himself

00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:09.539
 understands.

00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:11.639
 He gives us

00:25:11.639 --> 00:25:12.299
 commentary in

00:25:12.299 --> 00:25:12.940
 verse 51.

00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:14.580
 He did

00:25:14.580 --> 00:25:14.880
 not say

00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:15.200
 this of

00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:15.519
 his own

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.019
 accord,

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:17.259
 but being

00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:17.799
 high priest

00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:18.279
 that year,

00:25:18.360 --> 00:25:19.200
 he prophesied

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:19.740
 that Jesus

00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.620
 would die

00:25:20.620 --> 00:25:21.779
 for the

00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.140
 nation.

00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:23.880
 Caiaphas

00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:24.680
 speaks.

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:25.880
 Caiaphas

00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:27.100
 means one

00:25:27.100 --> 00:25:27.700
 thing.

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:28.779
 God

00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.600
 means something

00:25:29.600 --> 00:25:30.900
 much greater

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:32.019
 through his

00:25:32.019 --> 00:25:32.519
 words.

00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.120
 That does

00:25:34.120 --> 00:25:34.620
 not mean that

00:25:34.620 --> 00:25:35.380
 Caiaphas was

00:25:35.380 --> 00:25:36.140
 secretly

00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:36.759
 faithful.

00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:37.799
 It does

00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.240
 not mean

00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:39.259
 God approves

00:25:39.259 --> 00:25:40.119
 his murderous

00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:40.680
 intention.

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.140
 It means

00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:42.480
 that God

00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:42.900
 is so

00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:43.539
 completely

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:44.000
 sovereign

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.339
 that he

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:44.759
 can take

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.359
 even the

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:45.819
 words of

00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.220
 a wicked

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:47.200
 man who

00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:47.980
 is conspiring

00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.599
 against his

00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:49.039
 son and

00:25:49.039 --> 00:25:49.700
 make those

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.319
 words bear

00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:51.279
 testimony to

00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:51.839
 the very

00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:52.619
 salvation

00:25:52.619 --> 00:25:54.019
 that man's

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.720
 conspiracy

00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:56.259
 will accomplish.

00:25:56.879 --> 00:25:57.160
 That's

00:25:57.160 --> 00:25:57.799
 astounding.

00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.519
 Caiaphas

00:25:59.519 --> 00:26:00.099
 says it is

00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:00.640
 better for you

00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:01.099
 that one

00:26:01.099 --> 00:26:01.640
 man should

00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:02.359
 die for

00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:02.980
 the people.

00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:04.319
 And heaven

00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:04.900
 says in

00:26:04.900 --> 00:26:05.500
 effect,

00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:06.740
 Caiaphas

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.140
 you have

00:26:07.140 --> 00:26:08.259
 no idea

00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:08.900
 how right

00:26:08.900 --> 00:26:09.700
 you are.

00:26:10.860 --> 00:26:11.400
 One

00:26:11.400 --> 00:26:12.200
 man will

00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:13.140
 die for

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:13.640
 the people.

00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.259
 But not

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:16.120
 because he

00:26:16.120 --> 00:26:16.980
 is expendable,

00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:18.380
 not because

00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:19.080
 Rome must

00:26:19.080 --> 00:26:20.040
 be appeased,

00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:21.340
 not because

00:26:21.340 --> 00:26:22.120
 your political

00:26:22.120 --> 00:26:23.019
 position needs

00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:23.340
 to be

00:26:23.340 --> 00:26:23.800
 preserved,

00:26:24.040 --> 00:26:24.300
 he will

00:26:24.300 --> 00:26:25.560
 die as

00:26:25.560 --> 00:26:26.240
 a substitute

00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:27.860
 for sinners.

00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:29.480
 The heart

00:26:29.480 --> 00:26:29.740
 of the

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.120
 gospel.

00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:31.740
 Jesus

00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:32.480
 would die

00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:32.880
 for the

00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:33.340
 nation.

00:26:34.360 --> 00:26:34.759
 That little

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.540
 word carries

00:26:35.540 --> 00:26:36.120
 enormous

00:26:36.120 --> 00:26:36.780
 theological

00:26:36.780 --> 00:26:37.340
 weight

00:26:37.340 --> 00:26:37.960
 for.

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.759
 He dies

00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.799
 for his

00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:40.680
 people,

00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:41.420
 in their

00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:41.859
 place,

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:42.680
 for their

00:26:42.680 --> 00:26:43.240
 benefit,

00:26:43.680 --> 00:26:44.579
 as their

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:45.319
 substitute.

00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:47.500
 The doctrine

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.140
 we're dealing

00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:48.640
 with here,

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.339
 Caiaphas'

00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:50.779
 wicked words,

00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:52.019
 is what we

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:53.019
 call penal

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:54.420
 substitutionary

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:55.599
 atonement.

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.619
 The heart

00:26:56.619 --> 00:26:56.879
 of the

00:26:56.879 --> 00:26:57.259
 gospel.

00:26:58.640 --> 00:26:59.339
 Penal

00:26:59.339 --> 00:26:59.980
 means that

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.759
 there's

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.720
 sin that

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.579
 deserves

00:27:02.579 --> 00:27:02.980
 judgment,

00:27:03.160 --> 00:27:03.940
 penalty for

00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.460
 sin.

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.460
 Substitutionary

00:27:06.460 --> 00:27:06.920
 means that

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.960
 Christ stands

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.300
 in that

00:27:08.300 --> 00:27:08.580
 place.

00:27:08.660 --> 00:27:09.080
 He takes

00:27:09.080 --> 00:27:09.580
 on that

00:27:09.580 --> 00:27:10.000
 punishment

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.980
 for his

00:27:10.980 --> 00:27:12.180
 people.

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.300
 The word

00:27:13.300 --> 00:27:13.640
 atonement

00:27:13.640 --> 00:27:14.259
 means that

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:15.000
 through his

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.640
 sacrifice,

00:27:15.820 --> 00:27:16.340
 our guilt

00:27:16.340 --> 00:27:17.140
 is dealt

00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:17.380
 with,

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:18.120
 it's atoned

00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:18.660
 for,

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:20.039
 and reconciliation

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:20.960
 with God

00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:21.620
 is accomplished,

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.840
 restored back

00:27:22.840 --> 00:27:23.320
 to God

00:27:23.320 --> 00:27:25.259
 in Christ.

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:27.039
 Jesus dies

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.539
 the death

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:28.560
 sinners deserve,

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.580
 so that sinners

00:27:29.580 --> 00:27:30.220
 who are united

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:31.279
 to him by faith

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:32.320
 receive the life

00:27:32.319 --> 00:27:33.599
 and righteousness

00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:34.659
 that they

00:27:34.659 --> 00:27:35.399
 do not

00:27:35.399 --> 00:27:36.879
 deserve.

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:38.259
 It's

00:27:38.259 --> 00:27:38.839
 Christianity.

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.559
 At the

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.039
 cross,

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:41.740
 God does

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.319
 not simply

00:27:42.319 --> 00:27:43.059
 overlook

00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.700
 sin.

00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.059
 If God

00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:45.799
 merely ignored

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.200
 evil,

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:46.539
 he would

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:46.859
 not be

00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:47.359
 righteous.

00:27:48.179 --> 00:27:48.859
 The judge

00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:49.200
 of all

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:49.679
 the earth

00:27:49.679 --> 00:27:50.579
 must do

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:51.319
 what is

00:27:51.319 --> 00:27:51.899
 just.

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.159
 And

00:27:53.159 --> 00:27:53.379
 therefore,

00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:53.899
 the wonder

00:27:53.899 --> 00:27:54.220
 of the

00:27:54.220 --> 00:27:54.899
 gospel is

00:27:54.899 --> 00:27:55.319
 not that

00:27:55.319 --> 00:27:56.079
 God stops

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:56.759
 being just

00:27:56.759 --> 00:27:57.059
 in order

00:27:57.059 --> 00:27:57.480
 to become

00:27:57.480 --> 00:27:57.960
 merciful.

00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.500
 The wonder

00:27:59.500 --> 00:27:59.819
 of the

00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:00.419
 gospel is

00:28:00.419 --> 00:28:00.779
 that at

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.419
 the cross,

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:02.259
 justice

00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:03.120
 and mercy

00:28:03.120 --> 00:28:04.220
 meet.

00:28:05.279 --> 00:28:05.940
 Our sin

00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:07.180
 is truly

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:07.900
 judged.

00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:09.100
 Our Savior

00:28:09.100 --> 00:28:10.480
 truly bears

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.600
 that judgment.

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:13.440
 Isaiah

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:13.900
 had said

00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:14.460
 centuries

00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:14.920
 earlier,

00:28:15.060 --> 00:28:15.340
 he was

00:28:15.340 --> 00:28:15.860
 pierced

00:28:15.860 --> 00:28:16.279
 for our

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:16.880
 transgression.

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.500
 He was

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.080
 crushed

00:28:18.080 --> 00:28:19.220
 for our

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.840
 iniquities.

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:20.920
 And the

00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:21.340
 Lord has

00:28:21.340 --> 00:28:21.720
 laid on

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:22.060
 him the

00:28:22.060 --> 00:28:22.539
 iniquity

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:22.960
 of us

00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:23.480
 all.

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:24.880
 Peter

00:28:24.880 --> 00:28:25.240
 will later

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:25.539
 say,

00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:26.200
 he himself

00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:26.660
 bore

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:27.340
 our sins

00:28:27.340 --> 00:28:27.940
 in his

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:28.380
 body

00:28:28.380 --> 00:28:29.320
 on the

00:28:29.320 --> 00:28:29.720
 tree.

00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:31.200
 Paul

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:31.519
 says,

00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:31.980
 for our

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.259
 sake,

00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:32.680
 he made

00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:33.100
 him to

00:28:33.100 --> 00:28:33.539
 be sin

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:34.120
 who knew

00:28:34.120 --> 00:28:34.660
 no

00:28:34.660 --> 00:28:36.059
 sin.

00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:37.279
 The

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.680
 consistent

00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.259
 testimony

00:28:38.259 --> 00:28:38.539
 of

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:38.799
 scripture

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:39.160
 is that

00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:39.539
 Jesus

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:40.240
 Christ

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:41.079
 died

00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:42.059
 not

00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:42.620
 simply

00:28:42.620 --> 00:28:43.140
 to die,

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:43.839
 he died

00:28:43.839 --> 00:28:44.779
 for

00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:46.039
 sinners.

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.440
 He stood

00:28:47.440 --> 00:28:47.759
 where his

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.200
 people

00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.860
 deserved

00:28:48.860 --> 00:28:49.500
 to stand.

00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.700
 He bore

00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.000
 what his

00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:51.440
 people

00:28:51.440 --> 00:28:52.220
 deserved

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:53.299
 to bear.

00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:54.339
 He

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:54.860
 satisfied

00:28:54.860 --> 00:28:55.240
 the

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:55.759
 righteous

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.240
 judgment

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.920
 of God.

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:57.839
 And

00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:58.240
 because he

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:58.519
 did,

00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:58.819
 there is

00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.400
 now no

00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:00.220
 condemnation

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:00.759
 for those

00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:01.019
 who are

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:01.279
 in

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:02.059
 Christ

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:02.559
 Jesus.

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:04.779
 Caiaphas

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.500
 thought he

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.279
 was proposing

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:07.180
 a political

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:07.819
 execution.

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.460
 God

00:29:09.460 --> 00:29:10.240
 was preparing

00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:11.779
 a sacrifice.

00:29:13.200 --> 00:29:13.420
 And then

00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:13.920
 John takes

00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:15.019
 the purpose

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.559
 of Christ's

00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:16.079
 death even

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:17.059
 farther in

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:17.779
 verse 52.

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:18.559
 And not

00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:18.920
 for the

00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:19.259
 nation

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.680
 only,

00:29:20.960 --> 00:29:21.299
 Israel,

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.619
 but also

00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:23.019
 to gather

00:29:23.019 --> 00:29:23.779
 into one

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:24.379
 the children

00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:25.079
 of God

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.400
 who were

00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:26.000
 scattered

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:27.460
 abroad.

00:29:27.460 --> 00:29:28.460
 God

00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.079
 there's

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:29.779
 John

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.160
 10.

00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:30.759
 Again,

00:29:30.900 --> 00:29:31.120
 do you

00:29:31.120 --> 00:29:31.400
 remember

00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:31.819
 what Jesus

00:29:31.819 --> 00:29:32.360
 said about

00:29:32.360 --> 00:29:33.120
 himself as

00:29:33.120 --> 00:29:33.620
 the good

00:29:33.620 --> 00:29:34.039
 shepherd?

00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:35.420
 I have

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:36.539
 other sheep

00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:37.120
 that are not

00:29:37.120 --> 00:29:37.720
 of his fold.

00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:38.519
 I must

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:38.940
 bring them

00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:39.559
 also and

00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:39.819
 they will

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.319
 listen to

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:40.539
 my

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:40.960
 voice.

00:29:41.100 --> 00:29:41.340
 So there

00:29:41.340 --> 00:29:41.579
 will be

00:29:41.579 --> 00:29:41.960
 one

00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:42.519
 flock,

00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.319
 one

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:44.539
 shepherd.

00:29:45.940 --> 00:29:46.319
 Now,

00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:46.980
 John tells

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.340
 us that

00:29:47.340 --> 00:29:47.759
 the death

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.240
 of Jesus

00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:48.779
 is the

00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.400
 means by

00:29:49.400 --> 00:29:49.980
 which those

00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.480
 scattered

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:51.039
 people will

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.500
 be gathered

00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.680
 into one.

00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:54.259
 Jesus is

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:54.759
 not merely

00:29:54.759 --> 00:29:56.000
 dying for

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.480
 ethnic

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:57.039
 Israel.

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:58.200
 The saving

00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:58.720
 purpose of

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.480
 God extends

00:29:59.480 --> 00:30:00.160
 to the

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:00.720
 nations.

00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:01.900
 Men and

00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:02.299
 women from

00:30:02.299 --> 00:30:02.960
 every tribe

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.500
 and tongue

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.000
 and people

00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:04.319
 will be

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:04.839
 gathered to

00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:05.200
 Christ.

00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:06.599
 The cross

00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:07.299
 creates

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:08.480
 a people.

00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:09.420
 Jesus

00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:10.200
 creates

00:30:10.200 --> 00:30:11.539
 a church,

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:12.680
 one flock,

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:14.120
 one shepherd.

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:15.680
 The cross

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.400
 reconciles

00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:16.799
 sinners to

00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.140
 God and

00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:17.579
 because it

00:30:17.579 --> 00:30:18.160
 reconciles

00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:18.559
 sinners to

00:30:18.559 --> 00:30:18.759
 God,

00:30:18.819 --> 00:30:19.400
 it also

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:20.240
 reconciles

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:21.019
 those

00:30:21.019 --> 00:30:21.440
 sinners

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.620
 to one

00:30:22.620 --> 00:30:22.960
 another.

00:30:24.180 --> 00:30:24.860
 That means

00:30:24.860 --> 00:30:25.360
 the local

00:30:25.360 --> 00:30:25.819
 church is

00:30:25.819 --> 00:30:26.339
 not merely

00:30:26.339 --> 00:30:27.039
 a convenient

00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:27.500
 gathering

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.039
 place for

00:30:28.039 --> 00:30:28.419
 Christians

00:30:28.419 --> 00:30:28.960
 who happen

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:29.619
 to enjoy

00:30:29.619 --> 00:30:30.039
 the same

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.659
 style of

00:30:30.659 --> 00:30:30.960
 preaching

00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:31.720
 or music.

00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:33.200
 It is a

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:33.579
 visible

00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.279
 expression

00:30:34.279 --> 00:30:34.779
 of what

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:35.299
 Christ

00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:36.039
 purchased

00:30:36.039 --> 00:30:37.299
 by his

00:30:37.299 --> 00:30:37.659
 blood.

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:38.819
 Do you

00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.179
 come here

00:30:39.179 --> 00:30:39.519
 thinking

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:40.379
 about that?

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:42.159
 This is

00:30:42.159 --> 00:30:42.819
 why divisions

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.079
 in the

00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:43.439
 church are

00:30:43.439 --> 00:30:44.299
 so serious.

00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:46.000
 We belong

00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:46.439
 to one

00:30:46.439 --> 00:30:46.859
 another

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:47.939
 because first

00:30:47.939 --> 00:30:48.819
 we belong

00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:50.000
 to him.

00:30:50.639 --> 00:30:51.099
 It's a

00:30:51.099 --> 00:30:51.539
 divine

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.200
 reality

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:52.740
 that we

00:30:52.740 --> 00:30:53.740
 are united.

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:55.160
 God

00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:55.400
 and

00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:55.680
 notice

00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:56.019
 again

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:56.259
 the

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.779
 providence

00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:57.259
 of God

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:57.620
 in all

00:30:57.620 --> 00:30:58.180
 of this.

00:30:59.440 --> 00:30:59.839
 Caiaphas

00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:00.200
 intends

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:00.519
 evil.

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:01.380
 God

00:31:01.380 --> 00:31:02.099
 accomplishes

00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:02.680
 good.

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:04.160
 That pattern

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:04.599
 should remind

00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:04.880
 us of

00:31:04.880 --> 00:31:05.220
 Joseph

00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:05.420
 in

00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:05.720
 Genesis

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.680
 who

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:06.880
 says

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:07.140
 to his

00:31:07.140 --> 00:31:07.460
 brothers,

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:08.779
 you meant

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.299
 evil against

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.559
 me,

00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.460
 but God

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:10.859
 meant it

00:31:10.859 --> 00:31:11.680
 for good.

00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:13.240
 Not merely

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.680
 God

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:14.279
 responded

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:14.599
 to your

00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:15.059
 evil and

00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:15.380
 found a

00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:15.579
 way to

00:31:15.579 --> 00:31:15.720
 make

00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:16.039
 something

00:31:16.039 --> 00:31:16.440
 useful

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:16.799
 out of

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:17.000
 it.

00:31:17.779 --> 00:31:18.160
 The text

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:18.620
 says you

00:31:18.620 --> 00:31:18.960
 meant it

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.319
 for evil,

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:19.839
 God

00:31:19.839 --> 00:31:20.539
 meant it

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:20.960
 for

00:31:20.960 --> 00:31:22.019
 good.

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:23.379
 God

00:31:23.379 --> 00:31:23.720
 has a

00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:24.160
 plan

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:24.500
 and

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:25.019
 God's

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:25.579
 plan

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:26.359
 will

00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:27.920
 prevail.

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.559
 So

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:30.819
 John

00:31:30.819 --> 00:31:31.299
 records

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:31.460
 in

00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:31.599
 verse

00:31:31.599 --> 00:31:32.079
 53,

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:32.460
 so

00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:32.720
 from

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:33.039
 that

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.539
 day

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:34.079
 on

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:34.379
 they

00:31:34.379 --> 00:31:34.759
 made

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.619
 plans

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:36.059
 to put

00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.299
 him

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:36.940
 to

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:37.279
 death.

00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:37.859
 It's not

00:31:37.859 --> 00:31:38.139
 the first

00:31:38.139 --> 00:31:38.500
 time we've

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:38.680
 seen

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:38.980
 Jesus'

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:39.599
 life

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:39.980
 threatened.

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.359
 There

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:40.559
 were

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:41.039
 instances

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:41.559
 where

00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:42.680
 Jewish

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:43.079
 leaders

00:31:43.079 --> 00:31:43.500
 rose

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:43.720
 up

00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:44.039
 against

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.339
 him,

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.400
 but

00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:45.559
 this

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:45.700
 is

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:45.839
 kind

00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:45.940
 of

00:31:45.940 --> 00:31:46.759
 formalizing

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:46.940
 and

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:47.900
 finalizing

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.920
 a plan

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.460
 is in

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:49.759
 place

00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.059
 now.

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:50.460
 This

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:51.039
 will

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.480
 in

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:51.960
 fact

00:31:51.960 --> 00:31:52.940
 take

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:53.359
 place.

00:31:54.180 --> 00:31:54.339
 God

00:31:54.339 --> 00:31:54.480
 has

00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:54.599
 a

00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:54.879
 plan.

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.319
 It's

00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:55.720
 going

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:56.819
 to

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.180
 prevail.

00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:58.980
 Fourth

00:31:58.980 --> 00:31:59.119
 and

00:31:59.119 --> 00:31:59.399
 last

00:31:59.399 --> 00:31:59.839
 heading.

00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:01.399
 The

00:32:01.399 --> 00:32:01.759
 Passover

00:32:01.759 --> 00:32:02.220
 points

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.500
 us

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:03.159
 toward

00:32:03.159 --> 00:32:03.559
 the

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:04.039
 cross.

00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:04.379
 This

00:32:04.379 --> 00:32:04.399
 is

00:32:04.399 --> 00:32:04.899
 54

00:32:04.899 --> 00:32:05.399
 to

00:32:05.399 --> 00:32:05.599
 the

00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:05.960
 end

00:32:05.960 --> 00:32:06.139
 of

00:32:06.139 --> 00:32:06.240
 the

00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:06.599
 text.

00:32:07.639 --> 00:32:08.159
 Jesus

00:32:08.159 --> 00:32:08.659
 therefore

00:32:08.659 --> 00:32:08.879
 verse

00:32:08.879 --> 00:32:09.240
 54

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.639
 no

00:32:09.639 --> 00:32:09.980
 longer

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.319
 walked

00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:10.700
 openly

00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.039
 among

00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:11.379
 the

00:32:11.379 --> 00:32:11.659
 Jews

00:32:11.659 --> 00:32:11.879
 but

00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:12.180
 went

00:32:12.180 --> 00:32:12.639
 from

00:32:12.639 --> 00:32:13.019
 there

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:13.200
 to

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:13.339
 the

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:13.639
 region

00:32:13.639 --> 00:32:13.859
 near

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:14.000
 the

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.339
 wilderness

00:32:14.339 --> 00:32:14.859
 to

00:32:14.859 --> 00:32:15.019
 a

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:15.259
 town

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:15.779
 called

00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:17.019
 Ephraim

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:17.500
 and

00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:17.700
 there

00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:18.099
 stayed

00:32:18.099 --> 00:32:18.339
 with

00:32:18.339 --> 00:32:18.500
 his

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:18.920
 disciples.

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:19.159
 This

00:32:19.159 --> 00:32:19.279
 is

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:19.500
 about

00:32:19.500 --> 00:32:19.899
 20

00:32:19.899 --> 00:32:20.420
 miles

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:21.259
 northeast

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:22.120
 of

00:32:22.120 --> 00:32:22.600
 Jerusalem.

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:23.759
 Now

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:23.960
 someone

00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:24.160
 might

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:24.480
 read

00:32:24.480 --> 00:32:24.779
 that

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:24.980
 and

00:32:24.980 --> 00:32:25.259
 think

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.440
 that

00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:25.700
 Jesus

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:25.960
 is

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.400
 frightened

00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:26.759
 that

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:26.960
 once

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.140
 the

00:32:27.140 --> 00:32:27.400
 plot

00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:27.740
 becomes

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.220
 sufficiently

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:28.800
 serious

00:32:28.800 --> 00:32:29.340
 he

00:32:29.340 --> 00:32:29.980
 retreats

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.279
 because

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:30.519
 he

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:30.840
 is

00:32:30.840 --> 00:32:31.279
 afraid

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:31.840
 to

00:32:31.840 --> 00:32:32.200
 die.

00:32:32.700 --> 00:32:32.940
 But

00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:33.380
 everything

00:32:33.380 --> 00:32:33.720
 John

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:33.880
 has

00:32:33.880 --> 00:32:34.100
 told

00:32:34.100 --> 00:32:34.340
 us

00:32:34.340 --> 00:32:34.580
 makes

00:32:34.580 --> 00:32:34.740
 that

00:32:34.740 --> 00:32:35.380
 interpretation

00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:36.400
 impossible.

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:37.600
 Jesus

00:32:37.600 --> 00:32:37.759
 has

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.220
 repeatedly

00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:38.620
 walked

00:32:38.620 --> 00:32:38.880
 away

00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:39.080
 from

00:32:39.080 --> 00:32:39.539
 danger

00:32:39.539 --> 00:32:40.300
 not

00:32:40.300 --> 00:32:40.580
 because

00:32:40.580 --> 00:32:40.820
 he's

00:32:40.820 --> 00:32:41.300
 unwilling

00:32:41.300 --> 00:32:41.620
 to

00:32:41.620 --> 00:32:41.920
 die

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.120
 but

00:32:42.120 --> 00:32:42.420
 because

00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:42.560
 he

00:32:42.560 --> 00:32:42.720
 will

00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:43.120
 die

00:32:43.120 --> 00:32:43.640
 only

00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:43.980
 at

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:44.140
 the

00:32:44.140 --> 00:32:44.560
 time

00:32:44.560 --> 00:32:45.120
 appointed

00:32:45.120 --> 00:32:45.820
 by

00:32:45.820 --> 00:32:46.019
 his

00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:46.380
 father.

00:32:46.380 --> 00:32:47.600
 Jesus

00:32:47.600 --> 00:32:48.080
 functions

00:32:48.080 --> 00:32:48.480
 on a

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:48.900
 divine

00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:49.540
 timeline.

00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:50.280
 He

00:32:50.280 --> 00:32:50.680
 is not

00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:51.360
 controlled

00:32:51.360 --> 00:32:52.020
 by the

00:32:52.020 --> 00:32:52.840
 Sanhedrin's

00:32:52.840 --> 00:32:53.640
 timetable.

00:32:54.420 --> 00:32:54.920
 They cannot

00:32:54.920 --> 00:32:55.500
 kill him

00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:56.380
 one moment

00:32:56.380 --> 00:32:56.920
 before the

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:57.300
 appointed

00:32:57.300 --> 00:32:57.980
 hour.

00:32:58.620 --> 00:32:58.980
 And when

00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.360
 that hour

00:32:59.360 --> 00:32:59.820
 comes

00:32:59.820 --> 00:33:00.140
 they will

00:33:00.140 --> 00:33:00.560
 not need

00:33:00.560 --> 00:33:01.160
 to drag

00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:01.420
 him

00:33:01.420 --> 00:33:02.320
 unwillingly

00:33:02.320 --> 00:33:03.220
 toward it.

00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:04.100
 He will

00:33:04.100 --> 00:33:04.460
 go.

00:33:05.340 --> 00:33:05.880
 His enemies

00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:06.300
 are making

00:33:06.300 --> 00:33:07.560
 plans but

00:33:07.560 --> 00:33:07.780
 they do

00:33:07.780 --> 00:33:08.340
 not possess

00:33:08.340 --> 00:33:09.000
 ultimate

00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:10.200
 authority

00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:10.760
 over the

00:33:10.760 --> 00:33:11.240
 schedule.

00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:12.660
 Jesus

00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:13.500
 withdraws

00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:13.720
 because

00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:13.960
 the

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.279
 hour

00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:14.480
 is

00:33:14.480 --> 00:33:15.019
 approaching

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.500
 but

00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:15.660
 it

00:33:15.660 --> 00:33:16.000
 has

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.319
 not

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:16.720
 yet

00:33:16.720 --> 00:33:18.019
 arrived.

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.200
 And then

00:33:19.200 --> 00:33:19.440
 John

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:19.859
 says in

00:33:19.859 --> 00:33:20.519
 verse 55

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:21.140
 now the

00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:21.559
 Passover

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:22.319
 of the

00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:22.799
 Jews

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:23.359
 was at

00:33:23.359 --> 00:33:23.980
 hand.

00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:24.779
 That's

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.380
 significant

00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:26.339
 not merely

00:33:26.339 --> 00:33:26.660
 a

00:33:26.660 --> 00:33:27.380
 calendar

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:27.880
 note.

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:28.980
 John

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:29.519
 wants us

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:29.920
 thinking

00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:30.460
 about

00:33:30.460 --> 00:33:31.460
 Passover.

00:33:32.660 --> 00:33:32.779
 The

00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.079
 Passover

00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:33.440
 feast

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:34.119
 commemorated

00:33:34.119 --> 00:33:34.480
 God's

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:34.960
 deliverance

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:35.380
 of Israel

00:33:35.380 --> 00:33:35.599
 from

00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:36.000
 slavery

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.400
 in

00:33:36.400 --> 00:33:36.839
 Egypt

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:37.380
 when

00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:37.819
 judgment

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:38.200
 fell

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:38.460
 upon

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:38.640
 the

00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:38.880
 land

00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:39.059
 but

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.500
 passed

00:33:39.500 --> 00:33:39.799
 over

00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:40.140
 those

00:33:40.140 --> 00:33:40.599
 homes

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:41.019
 marked

00:33:41.019 --> 00:33:41.339
 by the

00:33:41.339 --> 00:33:41.700
 blood

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:42.539
 of a

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:42.859
 lamb.

00:33:43.500 --> 00:33:43.900
 A

00:33:43.900 --> 00:33:44.039
 lamb

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.599
 dies

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:44.940
 blood

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:45.180
 was

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:45.660
 shed

00:33:45.660 --> 00:33:46.640
 judgment

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:47.200
 passed

00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:47.579
 over

00:33:47.579 --> 00:33:48.200
 God's

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:48.920
 people.

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:50.380
 And now

00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:51.019
 as Jerusalem

00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:51.740
 filled with

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.200
 pilgrims

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:52.779
 preparing to

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:53.180
 celebrate

00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:53.740
 Passover

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:54.799
 the true

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:55.440
 Passover

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:55.920
 lamb

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:56.619
 is preparing

00:33:56.619 --> 00:33:57.680
 to enter

00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:58.359
 the city.

00:33:59.579 --> 00:34:00.019
 John

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.359
 the Baptist

00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:01.119
 identified him

00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:01.359
 at the

00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:01.640
 beginning

00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:02.279
 of this

00:34:02.279 --> 00:34:02.720
 gospel

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:03.420
 behold

00:34:03.420 --> 00:34:04.160
 the

00:34:04.160 --> 00:34:04.460
 lamb

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:05.039
 of God

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:05.559
 who

00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:06.039
 takes

00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.519
 away

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:06.819
 the

00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:07.259
 sin

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:08.019
 of

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:08.159
 the

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:08.599
 world.

00:34:09.739 --> 00:34:10.079
 The

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.340
 religious

00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:10.860
 authorities

00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.440
 think they

00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:12.039
 are arranging

00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:12.559
 a political

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.300
 execution

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:14.340
 God

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:14.860
 is preparing

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.100
 the

00:34:15.100 --> 00:34:15.740
 sacrifice

00:34:15.740 --> 00:34:16.100
 to which

00:34:16.100 --> 00:34:16.720
 every

00:34:16.720 --> 00:34:17.260
 Passover

00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:17.760
 lamb

00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:18.460
 ultimately

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.380
 pointed.

00:34:20.160 --> 00:34:20.640
 The timing

00:34:20.640 --> 00:34:21.000
 here is

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.380
 not

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:22.260
 accidental.

00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:23.740
 Jesus

00:34:23.740 --> 00:34:24.580
 will die

00:34:24.580 --> 00:34:25.380
 at Passover

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:26.060
 because he

00:34:26.060 --> 00:34:27.039
 is the

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.560
 greater

00:34:27.560 --> 00:34:28.320
 Passover

00:34:28.320 --> 00:34:28.340
!

00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:29.080
 lamb.

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.380
 The

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:30.780
 blood of

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:31.160
 animals

00:34:31.160 --> 00:34:31.720
 can never

00:34:31.720 --> 00:34:32.480
 finally

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.160
 remove

00:34:33.160 --> 00:34:33.780
 human

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.200
 guilt.

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.120
 These

00:34:35.120 --> 00:34:35.680
 sacrifices

00:34:35.680 --> 00:34:36.160
 pointed

00:34:36.160 --> 00:34:36.760
 beyond

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.360
 themselves.

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.120
 A

00:34:38.120 --> 00:34:38.519
 greater

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:38.980
 lamb

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:39.300
 was

00:34:39.300 --> 00:34:39.780
 needed,

00:34:40.180 --> 00:34:40.320
 a

00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:40.940
 sinless

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.980
 substitute.

00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:43.039
 one

00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:43.240
 whose

00:34:43.240 --> 00:34:43.840
 sacrifice

00:34:43.840 --> 00:34:44.320
 would

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:44.579
 not

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:44.820
 need

00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:44.920
 to

00:34:44.920 --> 00:34:45.039
 be

00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:45.460
 repeated

00:34:45.460 --> 00:34:45.920
 year

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.219
 after

00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:46.539
 year

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:46.880
 because

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.039
 he

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:47.159
 would

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:47.579
 offer

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:48.179
 himself

00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:49.119
 once

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:50.000
 for

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.380
 all.

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:52.320
 Verse 55

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:53.300
 continues,

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:53.780
 and many

00:34:53.780 --> 00:34:54.500
 went up

00:34:54.500 --> 00:34:54.960
 from the

00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:55.219
 country

00:34:55.219 --> 00:34:57.059
 to Jerusalem

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:58.199
 before the

00:34:58.199 --> 00:34:58.559
 Passover

00:34:58.559 --> 00:35:00.179
 to purify

00:35:00.179 --> 00:35:00.940
 themselves.

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:02.480
 There's some

00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:03.559
 profound irony

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:04.059
 in that

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:04.599
 description.

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:06.000
 The crowds

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.559
 are preparing

00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:07.519
 ceremonially

00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:08.260
 for Passover.

00:35:08.260 --> 00:35:09.340
 they're

00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:09.680
 concerned

00:35:09.680 --> 00:35:09.880
 with

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:10.560
 purification.

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:11.040
 In the

00:35:11.040 --> 00:35:11.280
 middle

00:35:11.280 --> 00:35:11.920
 of all

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.300
 that

00:35:12.300 --> 00:35:12.640
 religious

00:35:12.640 --> 00:35:13.220
 activity,

00:35:14.080 --> 00:35:14.320
 the

00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:14.580
 one

00:35:14.580 --> 00:35:14.740
 who

00:35:14.740 --> 00:35:15.160
 alone

00:35:15.160 --> 00:35:15.420
 can

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:15.740
 truly

00:35:15.740 --> 00:35:16.180
 cleanse

00:35:16.180 --> 00:35:16.540
 sinners

00:35:16.540 --> 00:35:17.020
 is being

00:35:17.020 --> 00:35:17.520
 hunted

00:35:17.520 --> 00:35:18.100
 by the

00:35:18.100 --> 00:35:18.540
 religious

00:35:18.540 --> 00:35:19.480
 leaders.

00:35:20.620 --> 00:35:20.900
 It is

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.300
 possible

00:35:21.300 --> 00:35:21.700
 to become

00:35:21.700 --> 00:35:22.000
 so

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.620
 occupied

00:35:22.620 --> 00:35:22.900
 with

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.280
 religious

00:35:23.280 --> 00:35:23.940
 observance

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.280
 that you

00:35:24.280 --> 00:35:24.960
 miss

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:26.080
 Christ.

00:35:27.120 --> 00:35:27.380
 These

00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:27.780
 people are

00:35:27.780 --> 00:35:28.060
 preparing

00:35:28.060 --> 00:35:28.500
 for a

00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:28.760
 feast

00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:29.260
 that points

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:29.680
 toward

00:35:29.680 --> 00:35:30.060
 Jesus

00:35:30.060 --> 00:35:30.960
 while the

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.500
 authorities

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:32.220
 are plotting

00:35:32.220 --> 00:35:33.280
 to kill

00:35:33.280 --> 00:35:34.240
 Jesus.

00:35:35.540 --> 00:35:36.320
 We should

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:36.680
 hear a

00:35:36.680 --> 00:35:36.900
 warning

00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:37.660
 like that.

00:35:38.260 --> 00:35:39.100
 religious

00:35:39.100 --> 00:35:39.700
 activity

00:35:39.700 --> 00:35:39.980
 and

00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.360
 saving

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:40.920
 faith.

00:35:41.560 --> 00:35:41.880
 Not

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:42.100
 the

00:35:42.100 --> 00:35:42.520
 same

00:35:42.520 --> 00:35:43.540
 thing.

00:35:43.820 --> 00:35:43.920
 You

00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:44.100
 can do

00:35:44.100 --> 00:35:44.500
 all of

00:35:44.500 --> 00:35:44.620
 the

00:35:44.620 --> 00:35:44.860
 things,

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.240
 all of

00:35:45.240 --> 00:35:45.340
 the

00:35:45.340 --> 00:35:45.640
 trappings,

00:35:45.740 --> 00:35:46.060
 all the

00:35:46.060 --> 00:35:46.440
 things you

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:46.980
 should do

00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:47.380
 as a

00:35:47.380 --> 00:35:47.680
 Christ

00:35:47.680 --> 00:35:48.040
 follower,

00:35:48.260 --> 00:35:48.440
 but

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:49.240
 still

00:35:49.240 --> 00:35:50.040
 miss

00:35:50.040 --> 00:35:51.400
 Christ.

00:35:52.620 --> 00:35:53.020
 The

00:35:53.020 --> 00:35:53.740
 Pharisees

00:35:53.740 --> 00:35:54.200
 and the

00:35:54.200 --> 00:35:54.720
 Sadducees

00:35:54.720 --> 00:35:55.240
 are not

00:35:55.240 --> 00:35:56.080
 secularists.

00:35:57.580 --> 00:35:57.920
 Caiaphas

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.220
 is the

00:35:58.220 --> 00:35:58.800
 high priest.

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.140
 These

00:35:59.140 --> 00:35:59.320
 are

00:35:59.320 --> 00:36:00.240
 deeply

00:36:00.240 --> 00:36:01.100
 religious

00:36:01.100 --> 00:36:02.060
 men.

00:36:03.100 --> 00:36:03.240
 Their

00:36:03.240 --> 00:36:03.580
 problem

00:36:03.580 --> 00:36:03.960
 is not

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:04.240
 that they

00:36:04.240 --> 00:36:04.580
 take

00:36:04.580 --> 00:36:05.040
 God

00:36:05.040 --> 00:36:05.380
 too

00:36:05.380 --> 00:36:06.040
 seriously.

00:36:07.100 --> 00:36:07.420
 The

00:36:07.420 --> 00:36:07.700
 problem

00:36:07.700 --> 00:36:07.960
 is that

00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:08.220
 they have

00:36:08.220 --> 00:36:08.840
 constructed

00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:09.360
 a religious

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:10.059
 system in

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.500
 which they

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:11.099
 themselves

00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:11.980
 remain at

00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:12.619
 the center.

00:36:13.619 --> 00:36:13.960
 And when

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:14.360
 God the

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:15.019
 Son stands

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.559
 before them

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:15.980
 threatening

00:36:15.980 --> 00:36:16.240
 their

00:36:16.240 --> 00:36:16.679
 authority,

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.760
 they choose

00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:18.500
 their religion

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:20.320
 over the

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:20.780
 Christ.

00:36:21.619 --> 00:36:22.380
 That's always

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:22.860
 a danger.

00:36:24.220 --> 00:36:24.760
 Beloved,

00:36:24.820 --> 00:36:25.699
 we can love

00:36:25.699 --> 00:36:26.579
 reformed theology

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:27.800
 without loving

00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:28.260
 Christ.

00:36:29.039 --> 00:36:30.019
 We can love

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:30.539
 Baptist

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:31.400
 distinctives

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:32.920
 without loving

00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:33.360
 Christ.

00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:33.440
 Christ.

00:36:34.240 --> 00:36:35.099
 We can

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:35.680
 love

00:36:35.680 --> 00:36:36.740
 expositional

00:36:36.740 --> 00:36:37.180
 preaching

00:36:37.180 --> 00:36:38.019
 and good

00:36:38.019 --> 00:36:38.460
 true

00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:38.860
 deep

00:36:38.860 --> 00:36:39.400
 songs

00:36:39.400 --> 00:36:39.840
 without

00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:40.440
 loving

00:36:40.440 --> 00:36:41.519
 Christ.

00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:42.940
 We can

00:36:42.940 --> 00:36:43.200
 love the

00:36:43.200 --> 00:36:43.680
 routines

00:36:43.680 --> 00:36:43.880
 and

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:44.500
 relationships,

00:36:45.160 --> 00:36:45.599
 culture,

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:46.640
 familiarity

00:36:46.640 --> 00:36:47.340
 of church

00:36:47.340 --> 00:36:48.420
 while remaining

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:49.140
 strangers

00:36:49.140 --> 00:36:50.800
 to Christ.

00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:52.740
 Every

00:36:52.740 --> 00:36:53.660
 good theological

00:36:53.660 --> 00:36:54.160
 conviction

00:36:54.160 --> 00:36:55.260
 must lead

00:36:55.260 --> 00:36:56.140
 us finally

00:36:56.140 --> 00:36:56.740
 to

00:36:56.740 --> 00:36:57.820
 him.

00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:59.740
 The purpose

00:36:59.740 --> 00:37:00.260
 of doctrine

00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:00.660
 is not

00:37:00.660 --> 00:37:01.080
 that we

00:37:01.080 --> 00:37:01.560
 become

00:37:01.560 --> 00:37:02.420
 impressed

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:02.940
 with our

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.340
 theological

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:03.840
 precision.

00:37:04.760 --> 00:37:05.140
 The purpose

00:37:05.140 --> 00:37:05.580
 of doctrine

00:37:05.580 --> 00:37:06.040
 is that we

00:37:06.040 --> 00:37:07.020
 know God

00:37:07.020 --> 00:37:07.860
 truly,

00:37:08.540 --> 00:37:08.980
 worshiping

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:09.620
 him rightly

00:37:09.620 --> 00:37:10.620
 and live

00:37:10.620 --> 00:37:11.340
 faithfully

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:12.860
 before him.

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:15.380
 Verse 56

00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:15.920
 says,

00:37:16.180 --> 00:37:16.440
 they were

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:17.160
 looking for

00:37:17.160 --> 00:37:17.700
 Jesus and

00:37:17.700 --> 00:37:18.140
 saying to

00:37:18.140 --> 00:37:18.540
 one another

00:37:18.540 --> 00:37:18.960
 as they

00:37:18.960 --> 00:37:19.420
 stood in

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:19.880
 the temple,

00:37:20.640 --> 00:37:20.900
 what do

00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:21.480
 you think,

00:37:21.600 --> 00:37:21.860
 that he

00:37:21.860 --> 00:37:22.260
 will not

00:37:22.260 --> 00:37:22.700
 come to

00:37:22.700 --> 00:37:23.240
 the feast

00:37:23.240 --> 00:37:24.520
 at all?

00:37:26.200 --> 00:37:26.960
 The city

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:27.560
 is waiting.

00:37:28.480 --> 00:37:29.260
 The tension

00:37:29.260 --> 00:37:30.080
 in the text

00:37:30.079 --> 00:37:30.819
 is building.

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:32.539
 Everyone

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:33.400
 knows the

00:37:33.400 --> 00:37:33.920
 authorities

00:37:33.920 --> 00:37:34.480
 are hostile.

00:37:34.819 --> 00:37:35.199
 Everyone

00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:35.860
 wonders

00:37:35.860 --> 00:37:36.239
 whether

00:37:36.239 --> 00:37:36.659
 Jesus

00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:37.599
 will

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:38.019
 come.

00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:39.259
 And

00:37:39.259 --> 00:37:39.659
 John,

00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:40.279
 riding with

00:37:40.279 --> 00:37:40.679
 the benefit

00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:41.480
 of everything

00:37:41.480 --> 00:37:42.179
 that follows,

00:37:42.819 --> 00:37:43.159
 knows the

00:37:43.159 --> 00:37:43.460
 answer.

00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:44.599
 We know

00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:44.980
 the answer.

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:45.480
 Yes,

00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:46.219
 Jesus

00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:46.659
 will

00:37:46.659 --> 00:37:47.599
 come

00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:48.739
 because

00:37:48.739 --> 00:37:49.099
 the good

00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:49.500
 shepherd

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:50.619
 lays down

00:37:50.619 --> 00:37:51.139
 his life

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:52.119
 for the

00:37:52.119 --> 00:37:52.400
 sheep.

00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:53.900
 This is

00:37:53.900 --> 00:37:54.239
 not an

00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:54.719
 unfortunate

00:37:54.719 --> 00:37:55.319
 turn of

00:37:55.319 --> 00:37:55.840
 events that

00:37:55.840 --> 00:37:56.159
 Jesus

00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:57.079
 fails to

00:37:57.079 --> 00:37:57.519
 avoid.

00:37:58.239 --> 00:37:58.480
 It's

00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:59.039
 his very

00:37:59.039 --> 00:38:00.619
 mission.

00:38:02.320 --> 00:38:02.759
 And

00:38:02.759 --> 00:38:03.460
 verse 57

00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:04.259
 closes the

00:38:04.259 --> 00:38:04.619
 chapter.

00:38:04.779 --> 00:38:04.860
 Now,

00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:05.259
 the chief

00:38:05.259 --> 00:38:05.619
 priests

00:38:05.619 --> 00:38:05.980
 and the

00:38:05.980 --> 00:38:06.400
 Pharisees

00:38:06.400 --> 00:38:06.739
 had given

00:38:06.739 --> 00:38:07.420
 orders that

00:38:07.420 --> 00:38:07.920
 if anyone

00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:08.579
 knew where

00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:09.340
 he was,

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:10.279
 he should

00:38:10.279 --> 00:38:10.659
 let them

00:38:10.659 --> 00:38:11.699
 know so

00:38:11.699 --> 00:38:12.239
 they might

00:38:12.239 --> 00:38:13.639
 arrest him.

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:15.259
 And so

00:38:15.259 --> 00:38:15.800
 chapter 11

00:38:15.800 --> 00:38:16.920
 ends with

00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:17.380
 Jesus,

00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:18.639
 the resurrection

00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:19.039
 and the

00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:20.400
 life under

00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:20.860
 a death

00:38:20.860 --> 00:38:21.199
 sentence,

00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:22.500
 a broadcasted

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:23.139
 death

00:38:23.139 --> 00:38:23.519
 sentence.

00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:24.599
 Don't

00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:24.860
 miss,

00:38:24.980 --> 00:38:25.320
 don't miss

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:25.759
 the irony

00:38:25.759 --> 00:38:26.119
 there.

00:38:26.119 --> 00:38:27.000
 Jesus

00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:27.759
 has just

00:38:27.759 --> 00:38:28.179
 given

00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:28.960
 life to

00:38:28.960 --> 00:38:29.239
 a dead

00:38:29.239 --> 00:38:29.539
 man.

00:38:30.139 --> 00:38:30.579
 And because

00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:30.960
 he gives

00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:31.619
 life to

00:38:31.619 --> 00:38:31.880
 the dead

00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:32.159
 man,

00:38:32.339 --> 00:38:32.739
 men decide

00:38:32.739 --> 00:38:33.059
 to kill

00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:33.239
 him.

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:34.739
 Lazarus

00:38:34.739 --> 00:38:35.119
 comes out

00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:35.319
 of his

00:38:35.319 --> 00:38:35.900
 tomb and

00:38:35.900 --> 00:38:36.159
 Jesus

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:37.059
 moves

00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:37.779
 toward

00:38:37.779 --> 00:38:38.420
 his.

00:38:39.420 --> 00:38:39.859
 The

00:38:39.859 --> 00:38:40.219
 life of

00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:40.779
 Lazarus

00:38:40.779 --> 00:38:41.279
 will

00:38:41.279 --> 00:38:41.619
 contribute

00:38:41.619 --> 00:38:42.679
 to the

00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:43.039
 death

00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:44.420
 of Christ.

00:38:45.420 --> 00:38:45.859
 But the

00:38:45.859 --> 00:38:46.219
 death of

00:38:46.219 --> 00:38:47.059
 Christ will

00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:47.799
 accomplish

00:38:47.799 --> 00:38:48.900
 everlasting

00:38:48.900 --> 00:38:50.299
 life for

00:38:50.299 --> 00:38:51.559
 Lazarus and

00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:52.259
 for everyone

00:38:52.259 --> 00:38:53.319
 who believes

00:38:53.319 --> 00:38:54.380
 in him.

00:38:55.019 --> 00:38:55.659
 Let's pray

00:38:55.659 --> 00:38:55.960
 together.