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 Welcome to another online church service here at Becclew.

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 It's always a pleasure to welcome our church family

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 and then to know that there's family and friends from different places

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 joining with us so we hope we'll all hear God together

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 from his word as we spend some time singing, praying, reading the Bible,

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 hearing how the Bible speaks to our lives.

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 I want to begin with some verses from the Old Testament,

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 from the book of Isaiah, a promise that we'll come back to actually

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 as we think about John's Gospel.

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 On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples,

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 a banquet of aged wine, the best of meats and the finest of wines.

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 On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples,

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 the sheet that covers all nations.

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 He will swallow up death forever.

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 The sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces.

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 He will remove his people's disgrace from all the earth.

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 The Lord has spoken.

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 Wonderful promises of hope as we begin our time together.

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 Now we're going to read in our Bibles.

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 We're moving from the Gospel of Matthew to the Gospel of John.

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 We're beginning a series looking at the signs that Jesus performs,

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 that John records.

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 There are seven signs recorded in his Gospel.

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 And we come to the first of them here in John chapter 2.

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 And we're going to read from verse 1 to verse 11.

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 And the words will come on the screen.

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 On the third day, a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee.

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 Jesus' mother was there.

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 And Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.

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 When the wine was gone and Jesus' mother said to him,

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 They have no more wine.

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 Woman, why do you involve me?

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 Jesus replied.

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 My hour has not yet come.

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 His mother said to the servants,

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 Do whatever he tells you.

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 Nearby stood six stone water jars,

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 the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing,

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 each holding from 80 to 120 litres.

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 Jesus said to the servants,

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 Fill the jars with water.

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 So they filled them to the brim.

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 Then he told them,

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 Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.

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 They did so.

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 And the master of the banquet tasted the water

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 that had been turned into wine.

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 He did not realise where it had come from,

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 though the servants who had drawn the water knew.

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 Then he called the bridegroom aside and said,

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 Everyone brings out the choice wine first,

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 and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink.

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 But you have saved the best till now.

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 What Jesus did here in Cana in Galilee

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 was the first of the signs

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 through which he revealed his glory,

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 and his disciples believed in him.

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 So there's the first sign that Jesus is recorded as doing by John's gospel

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 as he turns water into wine.

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 Our wedding meal,

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 a good number of years ago now,

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 started with a bang.

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 Quite literally,

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 we were having some beef,

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 and just before it was served,

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 the glass covering over the beef to keep it warm,

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 it smashed,

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 sending shards into all those fine cuts.

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 And so we were unaware of this.

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 We got served first,

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 and so we had 15 minutes of,

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 I can't,

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 oh God,

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 what's going on?

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 Before the kitchen staff saved the day

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 and everything was absolutely fine.

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 The last time

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 that I had the chance to speak on John chapter 2,

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 it was at a wedding.

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 Kellen,

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 our music maestro,

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 and Sarah,

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 it was their wedding last summer.

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 That was a time of great joy

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 and celebration for friends and family of the church,

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 a time of feasting,

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 all those things that we associate with a wedding.

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 Well,

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 here,

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 what have we just read?

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 Here is a wedding party

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 that threatens to go out,

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 not with a bang,

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 but to go out with a whimper.

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 And Jesus,

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 an invited guest,

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 shows his glory.

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 John has introduced Jesus as the word

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 who comes revealing glory already.

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 In John chapter 1 and verse 14,

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 the word became flesh

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 and made his dwelling among us.

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 We have seen his glory,

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 the glory of the one and only son

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 who came from the father,

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 full of grace and truth.

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 And here,

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 Jesus shows his glory in this,

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 the first of his signs.

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 He shows that he is the true Lord of the feast

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 who brings joy.

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 We see in verse 11 of what we just read

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 that John likes to use the language of signs.

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 In the other gospels,

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 there's a great focus on miracles.

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 John talks about signs.

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 And in fact,

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 he says that his gospel

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 has a focus on his signs

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 and the purpose for them.

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 So towards the end,

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 in John chapter 20,

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 we read Jesus performed many other signs

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 in the presence of his disciples,

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 which are not recorded in this book.

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 But these,

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 so the ones that we have,

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 are written that you may believe

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 that Jesus is the Messiah,

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 the Son of God,

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 and that by believing,

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 you may have life in his name.

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 John has recorded what happened at this wedding

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 so that we might believe

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 Jesus is the Messiah,

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 that we would see he's the Son of God

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 and that by believing in him,

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 we would have eternal life.

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 So we need to think about signs.

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 When John talks about signs,

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 what is he talking about?

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 He's thinking of a sign

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 as a mark of authenticity.

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 Just like the Old Testament prophets,

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 here is a sign

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 that shows that Jesus is from God,

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 that he is revealing God

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 in his words,

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 in his actions.

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 These are called signs

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 because they are also pointers,

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 symbols towards

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 deeper eternal realities.

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 And we'll see that each week

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 as we study.

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 So they are signposts

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 speaking to us

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 of the identity of Jesus

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 as the Son of God

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 and his authority

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 and his mission

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 to be Messiah,

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 to be Saviour.

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 So when we see Jesus,

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 the guest,

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 putting this wedding feast right,

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 saving the day,

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 it's going to be a sign for us

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 of how he will put everything right.

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 So to help us to see

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 what this sign reveals

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 in a little more detail,

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 we're going to go backwards,

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 as it were,

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 and we're going to look at

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 three sets of people

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 to help us with that.

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 So first of all,

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 let's think about the experience

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 of the bridegroom.

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 And we'll see that Jesus,

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 by his generosity,

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 turns shame to honour.

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 Now, weddings are a big deal

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 in our day

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 and maybe we know people

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 who are concerned

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 because of the virus,

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 whether their wedding can happen.

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 Now, weddings in Jesus' day,

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 they were massive.

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 Massive to the couple,

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 biggest day of their life.

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 Massive to the whole

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 extended family and community.

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 So there would be typically

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 a feast lasting anything

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 up to a week.

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 And so we read that Mary is here,

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 the mother of Jesus.

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 Jesus is here.

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 His disciples are there.

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 Here is Jesus,

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 the eternal Son of God,

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 who's just begun

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 his public ministry

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 and he's at a wedding.

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 It's the beginning

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 of his public ministry

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 and he's going to help

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 out this bridegroom.

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 Now, the bridegroom's job,

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 weddings in Jesus' day,

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 presumably same as ours,

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 to kind of stay out of the way,

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 largely.

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 But also,

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 it was his job

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 to provide the wine.

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 You've got one job,

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 bridegroom,

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 make sure there's plenty of wine.

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 So what happens

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 in verse three,

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 when Mary,

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 Jesus' mother says,

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 they have no more wine,

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 this is a total disaster.

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 In an honour,

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 shame culture,

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 this couple,

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 they are never going

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 to live this down.

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 Their marriage,

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 in a sense,

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 is going to be tainted

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 from day one

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 because of this disaster.

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 But in steps Jesus.

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 Notice,

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 when Jesus speaks

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 to his mother

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 and says,

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 why do you involve me?

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 He's,

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 in a sense,

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 saying,

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 I don't need

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 to get involved.

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 And that highlights

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 the fact that Jesus

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 is choosing

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 to get involved

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 in this man's

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 problem,

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 in his crisis.

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 And how does Jesus

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 meet the need?

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 Well,

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 first of all,

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 we're told in

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 verse six onwards

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 that Jesus provides

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 generously.

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 There was those

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 huge stone water jars

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 holding around

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 about a hundred litres.

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 Six of them

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 get filled to the brim

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 and then are turned

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 to wine.

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 So that's about

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 600 bottles of wine

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 that Jesus produces

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 in his lavish generosity.

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 And in verse 10,

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 we discover

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 he provides

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 the very best.

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 You have saved

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 the best

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 till now.

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 So the master

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 of the feast,

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 who has presumably

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 tasted the good wine

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 at the beginning,

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 he's like,

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 whoa,

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 you've saved

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 the best

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 till now.

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 So this wedding,

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 it's not going to

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 go down in shame,

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 not going to be marked

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 by embarrassment

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 and dishonour.

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 It's going to continue

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 with joy

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 and celebration

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 and this bridegroom

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 is going to be honoured.

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 Now,

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 what's the deeper

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 reality of this sign?

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 What can we say

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 at this stage?

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 Well,

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 it becomes clear

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 in Jesus' ministry

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 that he comes

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 to bring in

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 the kingdom of God.

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 He comes to bring in

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 the new age.

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 And what's that like?

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 Well,

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 it's marked by

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 God's generous provision,

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 God's grace,

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 a love and a kindness

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 that we do not deserve.

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 It's marked by

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 the bringing of

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 deep joy.

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 Jesus enables

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 celebration,

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 true celebration.

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 celebration,

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 just ask this bridegroom.

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 His shame,

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 his failure to provide,

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 has been generously

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 covered by Jesus.

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 So now this bridegroom

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 is being honoured.

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 He's totally unaware

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 of what Jesus has done,

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 but he's being honoured

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 and so he can share

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 the joy

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 and his guests

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 also get to share

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 in joy.

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 His experience

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 is a picture

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 of what Jesus came to do.

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 that shame,

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 that guilt,

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 that stuff we want

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 to hide.

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 Those things in our life

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 that we know

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 are wrong

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 and that we deserve

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 judgment for,

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 Jesus came to remove

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 that from us,

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 to clothe us

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 with honour

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 so that we can have joy.

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 We read in Isaiah 25

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 of what the Lord Almighty

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 would do.

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 He would prepare

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 a rich feast.

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 Jesus is Lord

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 of the feast.

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 He provides

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 the feast.

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 He has come

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 to end death

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 and sorrow.

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 He has come

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 to bring in

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 a kingdom

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 of eternal glory

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 and joy.

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 You think of it

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 the best wedding

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 or the best feast

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 you've ever been at

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 and we know

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 there'll be friends,

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 there'll be family,

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 there'll be laughter,

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 there'll be joy,

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 there'll be celebration,

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 there'll be love

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 and that's all there

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 in what Jesus

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 wants to provide.

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 This wedding feast

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 in a sense

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 is a little window

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 into heaven

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 because Jesus came

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 to establish

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 the kingdom of God,

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 to establish

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 in the fullness of time

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 when he returns

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 the world

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 we all want.

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 A world where sorrow

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 and death is gone,

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 a world where love

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 and joy

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 are complete

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 and never ending

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 and Jesus promised

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 he's come to do that

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 and that sounds amazing,

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 doesn't it?

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 But how

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 will he do that?

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 How can

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 he

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 do that?

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 And that takes us

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 to the servants

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 in verses 5 to 9

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 and what happens

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 in the conversation

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 between Jesus

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 and the servants

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 is we see Jesus

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 replaces

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 the old

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 with the new.

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 Now before we even

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 get there,

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 there's that really

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 interesting dialogue

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 between Mary

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 and Jesus

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 and we'll touch

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 on it very briefly.

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 When Jesus

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 is approached

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 by his mother

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 and she says

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 the wine,

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 they have no more wine,

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 Mary clearly appreciates

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 Jesus is able

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 to help.

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 Jesus is the one

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 to turn to

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 when we need help

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 and that's a wonderful

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 reality

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 that I hope we all

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 come to recognise.

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 and then

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 Jesus says,

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 woman,

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 why do you involve

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 me?

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 And his mother

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 said to the servants,

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 do whatever

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 he tells you.

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 And that's great

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 advice.

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 That's great advice

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 for the life

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 of discipleship.

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 We are called

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 to follow Jesus,

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 our master,

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 to do what he

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 tells us,

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 to do what we

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 find in his word

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 and it's also

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 a sign of her faith

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 and Jesus responds

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 to her faith

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 and begins a

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 conversation

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 with the servants.

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 So what are the

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 servants to do?

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 There are those

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 six stone jars

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 and what those

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 stone jars were

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 for was for

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 ceremonial washing.

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 Jewish ritual,

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 Jewish law

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 was very aware

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 of uncleanness

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 as a symbol

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 of spiritual

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 uncleanness.

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 So there had to

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 be washing

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 for public events

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 and we have

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 become very

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 aware of

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 cleanness

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 and hand washing

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 recently,

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 haven't we?

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 There's a reminder

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 for all the guests

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 for the bridegroom

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 include,

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 even at the

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 wedding,

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 they come as

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 a people who

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 are unclean

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 before God,

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 a people who

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 need washing.

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 Now what does

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 Jesus do with

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 those stone jars?

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 He says fill them

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 and they fill them

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 to the brim

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 and then he says

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 draw some of the

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 water out and

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 take it to

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 the master of

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 the feasting

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 and it becomes

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 wine.

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 By a miracle

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 Jesus changes

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 this water

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 used for

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 washing,

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 uncleanness,

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 and turns it

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 to wine

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 which is a

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 great symbol

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 of joy.

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 What's the

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 deeper significance

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 of what's going

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 on here?

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 Well what the

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 water

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 and what the

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 law could

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 never do,

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 it could never

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 truly cleanse

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 from guilt

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 and cleanse

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 from sin

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 because the

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 problem isn't

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 on the surface,

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 as the

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 problem lies

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 in our

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 hearts.

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 Jesus has

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 come to

00:15:47.079 --> 00:15:47.779
 perform that

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 washing.

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 And this

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 miracle reminds

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 us that by

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 making people

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 clean, by

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 providing that

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 deep washing,

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 making us right

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 before God,

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 he will then

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 at the same

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 time provide

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 deep joy.

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 The joy of

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 knowing and

00:16:09.139 --> 00:16:10.120
 being known and

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 loved by God.

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 You listen to

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 psychologists or

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 you listen to

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 health professionals

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 and they will

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 at times speak

00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:23.600
 about the

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 crippling

00:16:24.279 --> 00:16:26.320
 effects of

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 personal guilt

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 on emotional

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 and mental

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 well-being.

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 King David,

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 who wrote many

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 of the Psalms

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 in Psalm 32,

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 talked about a

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 time in his

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 life when he

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 was silent

00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:42.280
 before God,

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 he wasn't

00:16:42.800 --> 00:16:43.620
 confessing his

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 sin.

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 And he uses

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 really vivid

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 language, he

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 talks about his

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 bones wasting

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 away, he

00:16:50.660 --> 00:16:51.200
 talks about

00:16:51.200 --> 00:16:53.080
 groaning, he

00:16:53.080 --> 00:16:53.800
 talks about his

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 strength being

00:16:55.300 --> 00:16:57.379
 sapped until

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 he confessed,

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 until he knew

00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:01.220
 the joy of

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 being forgiven.

00:17:04.120 --> 00:17:05.039
 Now we don't

00:17:05.039 --> 00:17:05.880
 need an expert,

00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:06.880
 do we, to tell

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 us that there

00:17:07.980 --> 00:17:10.059
 is guilt in

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 our lives.

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 We know

00:17:11.980 --> 00:17:12.779
 this, we

00:17:12.779 --> 00:17:13.400
 know that there

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 are things in

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 our lives that

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 at times, maybe

00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:16.420
 even right now,

00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:17.200
 stop us from

00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:18.039
 sleeping because we

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 feel awful.

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 We can think

00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:20.940
 about relationships

00:17:20.940 --> 00:17:21.680
 that have broken

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 down because of

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 problems that we

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 have created in

00:17:28.000 --> 00:17:29.019
 our words or in

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 our behaviour.

00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:31.360
 We can think

00:17:31.360 --> 00:17:32.059
 about love that

00:17:32.059 --> 00:17:33.220
 we have failed to

00:17:33.220 --> 00:17:34.140
 show to others

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 and when we're

00:17:36.380 --> 00:17:37.080
 honest we know

00:17:37.080 --> 00:17:37.720
 that we have

00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:39.120
 not loved God

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 as he deserves.

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 We also, I'm

00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:45.060
 sure, know that

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 it's painful to

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 look inside

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 ourselves.

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 It's painful to

00:17:49.840 --> 00:17:50.660
 have that sense

00:17:50.660 --> 00:17:52.880
 of exposure, to

00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:53.860
 be honest about

00:17:53.860 --> 00:17:54.620
 the fact that we

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 are not half as

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 good as we think

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 we are or how

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 we try and

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 project to

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 others.

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 It's a lot

00:18:01.980 --> 00:18:02.560
 easier to

00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:03.460
 distract ourselves

00:18:03.460 --> 00:18:04.940
 with entertainment.

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 It's a lot

00:18:06.799 --> 00:18:07.599
 easier to try and

00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:08.319
 minimise the

00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:10.379
 problem or to

00:18:10.379 --> 00:18:11.179
 compare ourselves

00:18:11.179 --> 00:18:11.759
 with others so

00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:12.319
 that we can feel

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 good about

00:18:12.740 --> 00:18:13.559
 ourselves again.

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 But here's the

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 truth as we find

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 it from Jesus.

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 When we make

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 that honest look

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 to expose our

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 need, to

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 expose our

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 guilt and sin,

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 to show us

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 that we cannot

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 be good enough

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 for God,

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 that honesty

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 is then the

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 pathway to

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 joy when

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 it leads us

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 to look to

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 Jesus as

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 our saviour,

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 to trust him,

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 to ask him to

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 remove our

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 sin and to

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 give us the

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 joy of

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 salvation.

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 Now let's

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 return to

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 Jesus'

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 mother and

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 let's think

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 about Jesus'

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 hour and

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 Jesus'

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 wine.

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 Again,

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 Mary provides

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 an example

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 for us to

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 follow when

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 she brings

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 the needs

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 of others

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 to Jesus.

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 That's one of

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 the things we

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 do with

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 prayer.

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 We pray for

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 ourselves because

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 we know we

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 need it but

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 we also pray

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 for our

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 family, we

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 pray for our

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 colleagues, for

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 our neighbours,

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 we pray for

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 our nation.

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 notice how

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 Jesus answers,

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 woman, why

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 do you

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 involve me?

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 My hour

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 has not yet

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 come.

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 Now when

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 Jesus calls

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 his mother

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 woman, he's

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 not being

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 disrespectful but

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 there is a

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 sense of

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 distancing and

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 the question

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 is why?

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 And in

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 a sense

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 it's hard

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 to pin

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 down exactly

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 why but

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 perhaps it's

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 helpful to

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 think in

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 these terms.

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 Remember Jesus

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 has just

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 begun his

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 public

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 ministry.

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 Perhaps this

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 is a message

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 to Mary that

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 now that my

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 public ministry

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 has begun I

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 must be about

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 my father's

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 business and

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 I need freedom

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 to follow

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 God's

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 timetable.

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 But notice

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 he says my

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 hour has

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 not yet

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 come.

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 And that's

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 a theme

00:20:19.919 --> 00:20:21.139
 in John's

00:20:21.139 --> 00:20:21.839
 gospel, the

00:20:21.839 --> 00:20:23.099
 hour of

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 Jesus.

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 He talks

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 about it

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 often and

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 it becomes

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 clear as the

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 gospel progresses

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 that he's

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 talking about

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 his suffering

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 and death

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 and then his

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 resurrection and

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 return to glory

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 beyond.

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 But this much

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 we can say

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 from the

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 beginning of

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 his public

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 ministry

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 Jesus is

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 aware of

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 its end.

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 Jesus begins

00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:48.240
 his ministry

00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:51.019
 knowing it

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 will climax

00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:53.079
 at the

00:20:53.079 --> 00:20:53.519
 cross.

00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:54.299
 His public

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 ministry will

00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:56.319
 end in

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 the cross

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 and then

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 three days

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 later the

00:21:00.819 --> 00:21:01.579
 resurrection.

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 Now I want

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 us to think

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 about the

00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:05.940
 hour and

00:21:05.940 --> 00:21:06.660
 the wine and

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 think about

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 how this

00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:08.200
 wedding reveals

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 Jesus'

00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:09.839
 glory.

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 Now the

00:21:11.179 --> 00:21:11.839
 new age

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 that was

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 promised in

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 the Bible

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 pictured as a

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 time of joy.

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 Think back to

00:21:15.959 --> 00:21:16.859
 Isaiah, a

00:21:16.859 --> 00:21:18.139
 feast of the

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 best of

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 wines.

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 Central to

00:21:22.819 --> 00:21:23.559
 that hope

00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:25.939
 is that God

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 and his

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 people would

00:21:27.939 --> 00:21:28.599
 be united

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 together

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 forever.

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 one of the

00:21:32.320 --> 00:21:33.560
 images that

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 God himself

00:21:34.700 --> 00:21:36.680
 uses is

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 that he is

00:21:37.280 --> 00:21:38.160
 the bridegroom

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 and his

00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:39.940
 people is

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 the bride

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 and Jesus

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 uses that

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 in his

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 stories

00:21:44.120 --> 00:21:45.120
 also.

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 So central

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 to future

00:21:49.640 --> 00:21:50.340
 hope

00:21:50.340 --> 00:21:51.860
 is the

00:21:51.860 --> 00:21:52.360
 picture of a

00:21:52.360 --> 00:21:52.920
 wedding and a

00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:53.580
 wedding feast.

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 And so here

00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:55.419
 we find

00:21:55.419 --> 00:21:56.159
 Jesus at the

00:21:56.159 --> 00:21:56.539
 beginning of

00:21:56.539 --> 00:21:56.919
 his public

00:21:56.919 --> 00:21:57.419
 ministry and

00:21:57.419 --> 00:21:57.859
 he's at a

00:21:57.859 --> 00:21:58.139
 wedding.

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 And what do

00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:01.099
 we find?

00:22:01.179 --> 00:22:01.720
 We find that

00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:02.379
 he is looking

00:22:02.379 --> 00:22:02.919
 ahead.

00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.359
 He's looking

00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:06.960
 ahead to

00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.659
 that great

00:22:07.659 --> 00:22:08.879
 future hope

00:22:08.879 --> 00:22:11.599
 but he's

00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:12.399
 very aware

00:22:12.399 --> 00:22:13.379
 of the

00:22:13.379 --> 00:22:14.299
 great cost

00:22:14.299 --> 00:22:15.439
 to him.

00:22:16.899 --> 00:22:17.599
 For the

00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:18.099
 joy of

00:22:18.099 --> 00:22:19.000
 that wedding

00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:22.559
 Jesus

00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:23.500
 must

00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:23.940
 provide

00:22:23.940 --> 00:22:24.779
 the

00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.180
 wine.

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.140
 And for

00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:27.920
 that wedding

00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:28.880
 the wine

00:22:28.880 --> 00:22:29.259
 won't be

00:22:29.259 --> 00:22:29.799
 produced by

00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.299
 a miracle.

00:22:31.319 --> 00:22:31.900
 It will

00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:32.579
 be produced

00:22:32.579 --> 00:22:33.720
 by Jesus

00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:34.720
 dying

00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.799
 on the

00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.240
 cross.

00:22:37.440 --> 00:22:38.500
 The Lord's

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:38.940
 Supper that

00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:39.420
 we share

00:22:39.420 --> 00:22:39.940
 as a church

00:22:39.940 --> 00:22:40.400
 when we're

00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:41.440
 able to

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:42.279
 meet together

00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:42.759
 is a

00:22:42.759 --> 00:22:43.200
 visible

00:22:43.200 --> 00:22:43.839
 reminder

00:22:43.839 --> 00:22:44.740
 that we

00:22:44.740 --> 00:22:46.000
 can feast

00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:46.759
 in the

00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.519
 presence of

00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:47.920
 Jesus.

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:49.120
 that we

00:22:49.120 --> 00:22:49.740
 can know

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:49.920
 him.

00:22:50.000 --> 00:22:50.440
 He is the

00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:51.019
 Lord of

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.720
 that feast

00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:53.460
 but we

00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:53.880
 can know

00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:54.200
 him and

00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:54.720
 enjoy him

00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:55.880
 only because

00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:56.560
 he died

00:22:56.560 --> 00:22:57.160
 for us.

00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:58.400
 Only because

00:22:58.400 --> 00:22:59.240
 he was

00:22:59.240 --> 00:22:59.759
 willing to

00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:00.360
 sacrifice

00:23:00.360 --> 00:23:02.519
 himself to

00:23:02.519 --> 00:23:03.000
 pay the

00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.620
 price for

00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:04.140
 our sin

00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:05.360
 to take

00:23:05.360 --> 00:23:06.019
 the judgment

00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.779
 of God

00:23:06.779 --> 00:23:07.960
 to set

00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:08.440
 us free.

00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:12.019
 So in

00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:12.660
 this sign

00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:13.019
 we're being

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:13.779
 reminded actually

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.360
 that Jesus

00:23:14.360 --> 00:23:14.800
 is the

00:23:14.800 --> 00:23:15.980
 true bridegroom

00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:17.279
 who wants

00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:17.940
 to provide

00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:19.019
 for our

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:19.680
 joy.

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.120
 And how

00:23:21.120 --> 00:23:21.519
 will he do

00:23:21.519 --> 00:23:21.620
 it?

00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:22.140
 He will do

00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:22.400
 it by

00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:22.960
 covering

00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:24.220
 our shame,

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.420
 covering

00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:26.440
 our sin,

00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:27.599
 covering

00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:28.559
 our rebellion

00:23:28.559 --> 00:23:29.480
 and rejection

00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:30.220
 of God

00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:32.180
 so that by

00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:33.140
 that act

00:23:33.140 --> 00:23:34.000
 of love

00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:35.180
 and grace

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:36.920
 we receive

00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:37.380
 honour.

00:23:38.480 --> 00:23:39.099
 That knowing

00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:39.599
 him,

00:23:39.900 --> 00:23:40.720
 being bound

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.360
 and united

00:23:41.360 --> 00:23:41.720
 to him

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:42.019
 brings

00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.720
 eternal

00:23:42.720 --> 00:23:43.759
 joy.

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:43.819
 joy.

00:23:45.599 --> 00:23:46.599
 This sign

00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:47.319
 says to

00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:47.619
 us,

00:23:48.119 --> 00:23:48.440
 Jesus

00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:49.220
 will bring

00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:49.960
 joy

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:52.140
 but only

00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:53.660
 by losing

00:23:53.660 --> 00:23:54.279
 his.

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.539
 And Jesus

00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:56.240
 knew that

00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:56.640
 from the

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.019
 start.

00:23:57.680 --> 00:23:58.299
 He knew

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:58.619
 there would

00:23:58.619 --> 00:23:59.099
 come a

00:23:59.099 --> 00:23:59.500
 point where

00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:00.059
 he would

00:24:00.059 --> 00:24:01.799
 feel forsaken

00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:04.519
 as he took

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:04.940
 and went

00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:05.640
 under the

00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:06.339
 judgment of

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:07.599
 God so

00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:08.960
 that we

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.839
 might be

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:10.299
 welcomed,

00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:10.960
 we deserve

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:11.480
 judgment,

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:13.140
 but instead

00:24:13.140 --> 00:24:14.759
 through faith

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.319
 in Jesus

00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:15.920
 we can be

00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:16.559
 welcomed

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:17.660
 into

00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:18.400
 God's

00:24:18.400 --> 00:24:19.279
 kingdom.

00:24:20.539 --> 00:24:21.160
 So the

00:24:21.160 --> 00:24:21.740
 wine,

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:23.160
 the wine

00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:23.559
 of this

00:24:23.559 --> 00:24:24.000
 wedding,

00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:24.420
 the wine

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:24.640
 at the

00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:25.079
 wedding of

00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:25.380
 Canaan,

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.480
 in a sense

00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:26.880
 it was a

00:24:26.880 --> 00:24:27.360
 means to

00:24:27.360 --> 00:24:27.880
 an end

00:24:27.880 --> 00:24:28.620
 because it

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 led to

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 joy

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 continuing,

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 it led

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 to celebration

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 continuing.

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 For

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 Jesus,

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 the cross

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:38.339
 stands as

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 a means

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 to an

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 end.

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 and what

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 it means

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 for us,

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 the cross

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:45.620
 is the

00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:47.360
 means to

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 your

00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.940
 eternal

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 joy,

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 to my

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.620
 eternal

00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:52.319
 salvation.

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 If I

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 trust that

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 Jesus went

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.039
 to the

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 cross to

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 pay for

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 my sin

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 and my

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 shame,

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 that he

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 died for

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 me and

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 then rose

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.420
 again to

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 give me

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 new life,

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 if we

00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.500
 believe that

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 then the

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:06.319
 cross is

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:06.740
 the means

00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:07.039
 to an

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.460
 end for

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 your

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 eternal

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 joy.

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 joy.

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 So here

00:25:13.740 --> 00:25:14.460
 is Jesus

00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:15.779
 sitting in

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 the middle

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 of a

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:16.980
 picture of

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 joy,

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 a wedding

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 feast,

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 but he

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 is anticipating

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 suffering

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 so that

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 you and

00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:28.759
 I can

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 cope with

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 our

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 present

00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.579
 suffering,

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 and I

00:25:33.100 --> 00:25:33.460
 know some

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 of us

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 are suffering

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 in really

00:25:36.140 --> 00:25:37.640
 extreme ways,

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 but we

00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:39.520
 can sit

00:25:39.520 --> 00:25:40.000
 in our

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 suffering

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:41.440
 anticipating

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 future

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 joy.

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 Because of

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 what Jesus

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.800
 promises here

00:25:47.800 --> 00:25:48.500
 at this

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:49.060
 wedding feast,

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 Jesus is

00:25:51.060 --> 00:25:52.480
 the bridegroom.

00:25:53.820 --> 00:25:54.340
 Christian,

00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:55.600
 look at the

00:25:55.600 --> 00:25:56.140
 cross,

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:58.340
 see how

00:25:58.340 --> 00:25:58.800
 much he

00:25:58.800 --> 00:25:59.600
 loves you,

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:00.759
 see how

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.220
 much he

00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:02.320
 delights

00:26:02.320 --> 00:26:03.120
 in you,

00:26:03.540 --> 00:26:03.920
 see the

00:26:03.920 --> 00:26:04.660
 price he

00:26:04.660 --> 00:26:05.160
 paid that

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:05.480
 he might

00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:06.279
 be united

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:07.940
 with you

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:09.200
 eternally.

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 And if

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 you're not

00:26:13.600 --> 00:26:14.120
 a Christian,

00:26:15.600 --> 00:26:16.279
 let me ask,

00:26:16.360 --> 00:26:16.620
 does the

00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:17.540
 removal of

00:26:17.540 --> 00:26:18.779
 shame and

00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:19.340
 guilt

00:26:19.340 --> 00:26:21.140
 sound like

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:21.940
 good news?

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:23.059
 does that

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:23.519
 sound like

00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.059
 an invitation

00:26:24.059 --> 00:26:24.820
 to joy?

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.660
 Is the

00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:27.559
 prospect of

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.660
 eternal joy

00:26:28.660 --> 00:26:28.960
 in the

00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:29.640
 presence of

00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:31.279
 God rather

00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:32.640
 than eternal

00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:33.259
 judgment

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:34.500
 separated from

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:34.940
 God, does

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.460
 that sound

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:35.980
 like something

00:26:35.980 --> 00:26:36.539
 that's good

00:26:36.539 --> 00:26:36.940
 news and

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.539
 something you

00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:37.880
 want?

00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:38.940
 Well, if

00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:40.420
 so, come

00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:40.960
 to him.

00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:42.519
 He is your

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:42.960
 king.

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.700
 Trust in

00:26:44.700 --> 00:26:46.120
 him and

00:26:46.120 --> 00:26:47.460
 receive this

00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:48.220
 gift of

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:48.580
 love.

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.720
 May all of

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.360
 us come to

00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:52.699
 Jesus as

00:26:52.699 --> 00:26:53.500
 the wonderful

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:54.559
 Lord of

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.000
 the feast.