WEBVTT 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:06.980 Kids, I think you get to go to King's Kids today, so I'm going to let you go ahead and make your way out there. 00:00:07.980 --> 00:00:21.100 And while they're leaving, just as a reminder, if you didn't do what Steve asked you to do, then you can find the text on page 1059 in the few Bibles. 00:00:21.780 --> 00:00:28.539 Or if you have your own Bible, you're on your own. Okay. Chapter six, John, verse 15 verses. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:39.340 All right, let's pray together. 00:00:40.100 --> 00:00:45.039 Heavenly Father, we thank you that we can be together for a time of worship. 00:00:45.039 --> 00:00:53.700 We thank you for the opportunity to sing songs that express our heart, our worship. 00:00:53.700 --> 00:01:04.760 We thank you for the opportunity to share in communion, reminding us that the payment that was made in the story that includes us. 00:01:04.760 --> 00:01:10.340 You having redeemed us, washed us. 00:01:11.359 --> 00:01:19.000 We thank you for the opportunity to open the word and to take a look at it and see ourselves in the story a bit. 00:01:20.160 --> 00:01:26.580 To see where sometimes we recognize who you are and we honor who you are and sometimes not. 00:01:26.579 --> 00:01:33.439 Sometimes we don't see you for who you are and we fail to depend on you. 00:01:34.099 --> 00:01:43.159 So help us to face some of those things, keeping Jesus front and center, but at the same time, seeing ourselves in the way we respond. 00:01:44.060 --> 00:01:51.219 We pray that you'll help us by your Holy Spirit to understand the text and then to apply the text. 00:01:51.219 --> 00:01:55.200 For the glory of the Lord Jesus, we pray. Amen. 00:01:56.879 --> 00:02:01.340 The text is chapter six of John, verses one through 15. 00:02:02.239 --> 00:02:05.439 Please follow as I read that text with you. 00:02:06.799 --> 00:02:13.099 After this, Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. 00:02:13.099 --> 00:02:19.759 And a large crowd was following him because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick. 00:02:20.819 --> 00:02:24.759 Jesus went up on the mountain and there he sat down with his disciples. 00:02:26.060 --> 00:02:28.979 Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand. 00:02:29.879 --> 00:02:35.039 Lifting up his eyes then and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him, 00:02:35.180 --> 00:02:36.180 Jesus said to Philip, 00:02:36.879 --> 00:02:41.579 Where are we to buy bread so that these people may eat? 00:02:41.580 --> 00:02:47.780 And he said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do. 00:02:48.560 --> 00:02:49.480 Philip answered him, 00:02:49.920 --> 00:02:54.460 Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little. 00:02:55.280 --> 00:03:00.380 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him, 00:03:00.820 --> 00:03:06.560 There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many? 00:03:07.480 --> 00:03:09.160 Jesus said, Have the people sit down. 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:12.020 Now there was much grass in the place. 00:03:12.759 --> 00:03:15.460 So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. 00:03:16.039 --> 00:03:21.539 Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated. 00:03:22.300 --> 00:03:25.020 So also the fish, as much as they wanted. 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:29.780 And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:33.359 Gather up the leftover fragments that nothing may be lost. 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:40.640 So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten. 00:03:41.480 --> 00:03:45.440 When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, 00:03:45.700 --> 00:03:48.460 This is indeed the prophet who is coming to the world. 00:03:49.060 --> 00:03:55.120 Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, 00:03:55.120 --> 00:04:00.039 Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself. 00:04:02.840 --> 00:04:03.400 Tests. 00:04:04.659 --> 00:04:07.539 Most of us are not fans of tests. 00:04:09.480 --> 00:04:17.899 But tests are important to see what we have learned and to reveal how far we need to go to master the material. 00:04:17.899 --> 00:04:25.000 In a statement, chapter five was a declaration that Jesus is God. 00:04:26.899 --> 00:04:31.719 Pastor Mike made that very clear to us over the period of the last few weeks, 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:37.759 showing us again and again and again in chapter five that Jesus is declaring himself to be God. 00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:43.620 Jesus showed his deity and the miracle healing of the man who lay at the pool of Bethesda. 00:04:44.179 --> 00:04:47.779 He declared it in various ways to the religious leaders of the day. 00:04:47.899 --> 00:04:51.099 All the while his disciples were watching and listening. 00:04:51.899 --> 00:04:56.479 It's not likely that chapter six follows immediately after chapter five. 00:04:56.719 --> 00:05:02.859 When you see the first two words of the text after this, that means after this. 00:05:02.959 --> 00:05:05.159 It doesn't necessarily mean to happen immediately. 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:12.979 In fact, in chapter five, most of that was in Jerusalem. 00:05:12.980 --> 00:05:16.180 And yet here we are in Galilee. 00:05:16.900 --> 00:05:19.400 The Galilean ministry is pretty substantive. 00:05:20.060 --> 00:05:21.240 Whatever that word is. 00:05:22.020 --> 00:05:22.540 Substantive. 00:05:23.259 --> 00:05:28.420 Anyway, there was a lot going on in Jerusalem and a lot going on in Galilee. 00:05:28.580 --> 00:05:31.000 But John sticks pretty much to Jerusalem. 00:05:31.700 --> 00:05:33.980 But here we're in Galilee. 00:05:34.640 --> 00:05:36.759 This little bit in chapter six. 00:05:36.759 --> 00:05:41.740 John wrote near the end of the gospel that Jesus did many signs and miracles. 00:05:42.439 --> 00:05:47.480 He did so many that it would be difficult to include all of those, to write those and put them in a book. 00:05:47.980 --> 00:05:50.019 It would be hard to put all those together. 00:05:52.519 --> 00:05:55.360 But the disciples saw them, pretty much all of them. 00:05:55.360 --> 00:05:59.420 And in fact, in some cases, they participated in them. 00:06:00.020 --> 00:06:04.960 Surely it would have become clear by now that Jesus was God. 00:06:05.060 --> 00:06:09.400 Again, what John said was Jesus did all these miracles. 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:11.240 Why did he do them? 00:06:11.780 --> 00:06:13.480 He did all those for many reasons. 00:06:13.780 --> 00:06:23.620 But John says the seven that I recorded, these are the ones that you need to look at because that you might believe that Jesus is who? 00:06:23.620 --> 00:06:25.879 The Christ, the son of the living God. 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:29.620 And that by believing, you might have life through his name. 00:06:30.439 --> 00:06:40.040 So surely by now, it would have been clear even here on this, what is this, the third or fourth sign that John gives? 00:06:41.220 --> 00:06:44.920 Surely becomes clear by now that Jesus is God. 00:06:47.459 --> 00:06:50.420 We're going to find out how clear that was in a couple of minutes. 00:06:50.420 --> 00:06:55.800 Jesus already knew what they understood, but the disciples needed some confirmation. 00:06:56.540 --> 00:07:06.259 So one way or another, the test here was whether or not they got it, and then how would they respond to the truth. 00:07:07.700 --> 00:07:10.360 Therefore, Jesus gives them a test in verse six. 00:07:11.420 --> 00:07:13.900 This test, I think, was mostly for the disciples. 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:19.939 The gathering crowd participated, but the primary target was for the disciples, for the twelve. 00:07:19.939 --> 00:07:23.939 To help us listen and learn, I have a test for you. 00:07:25.060 --> 00:07:25.240 Okay? 00:07:25.779 --> 00:07:29.839 Jesus tested Philip and Andrew and then all the disciples. 00:07:30.540 --> 00:07:34.040 The test required two answers. 00:07:35.000 --> 00:07:38.220 The first involved the identity of Jesus, 00:07:39.139 --> 00:07:40.019 and the second 00:07:40.019 --> 00:07:44.519 would express 00:07:44.519 --> 00:07:47.659 how they were to respond to Jesus. 00:07:47.660 --> 00:07:50.000 The correct answers by the disciples 00:07:50.000 --> 00:07:53.620 are also the correct answers for us. 00:07:54.080 --> 00:07:55.340 So, as we're talking, 00:07:55.700 --> 00:07:57.040 you've got to figure out what those are. 00:07:57.340 --> 00:07:57.500 Okay? 00:07:58.400 --> 00:07:59.220 They're easy. 00:07:59.580 --> 00:08:01.520 In fact, I'm going to give them to you in a couple minutes. 00:08:01.580 --> 00:08:01.920 All right? 00:08:02.000 --> 00:08:02.740 But they're real easy. 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:04.420 I think you probably already know. 00:08:05.400 --> 00:08:07.080 Jesus sets up this test, 00:08:07.180 --> 00:08:08.000 beginning with Philip. 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:10.800 And I guess you could say this, 00:08:10.879 --> 00:08:12.139 what are we going to do 00:08:12.139 --> 00:08:14.459 in an impossible situation? 00:08:15.839 --> 00:08:16.720 What are we going to do 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:18.000 in an impossible situation? 00:08:18.579 --> 00:08:19.379 Let me set this up. 00:08:19.480 --> 00:08:21.259 The disciples had been on a mission trip. 00:08:21.959 --> 00:08:24.339 They had been given power and authority 00:08:24.339 --> 00:08:25.779 by Jesus 00:08:25.779 --> 00:08:27.800 to heal sick people, 00:08:28.439 --> 00:08:30.819 to deliver demon-possessed people, 00:08:30.819 --> 00:08:33.399 and even, according to Mark, 00:08:33.700 --> 00:08:35.200 even to raise the dead. 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:36.279 So, they were given 00:08:36.279 --> 00:08:38.019 incredible power 00:08:38.019 --> 00:08:39.059 from Jesus 00:08:39.059 --> 00:08:40.159 to do these things. 00:08:40.840 --> 00:08:41.960 But the main thing 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:42.659 that they were to do 00:08:42.659 --> 00:08:43.319 was to speak 00:08:43.319 --> 00:08:44.799 of the good news of God 00:08:44.799 --> 00:08:45.799 that there is salvation 00:08:45.799 --> 00:08:46.759 in Christ, 00:08:47.279 --> 00:08:47.840 in Jesus. 00:08:49.159 --> 00:08:49.779 So, they're doing 00:08:49.779 --> 00:08:50.980 these miraculous things 00:08:50.980 --> 00:08:52.139 that Jesus was doing 00:08:52.139 --> 00:08:53.840 as he gave them power to do so, 00:08:53.899 --> 00:08:55.019 and the disciples come back. 00:08:55.080 --> 00:08:56.059 How do you think they came back? 00:08:56.919 --> 00:08:57.539 I mean, man, 00:08:57.580 --> 00:08:58.340 they were pumped. 00:08:58.460 --> 00:08:59.319 They were excited. 00:08:59.320 --> 00:09:01.960 But they also came back exhausted. 00:09:02.760 --> 00:09:05.000 So, Jesus takes them away 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:06.360 by boat 00:09:06.360 --> 00:09:07.700 across the Sea of Galilee 00:09:07.700 --> 00:09:09.379 to a desolate place to rest. 00:09:10.240 --> 00:09:12.260 And when the crowds heard 00:09:12.260 --> 00:09:13.320 that they were there, 00:09:14.140 --> 00:09:16.620 they walk around the lake, 00:09:17.520 --> 00:09:18.520 and then basically, 00:09:19.420 --> 00:09:20.460 shortly after Jesus 00:09:20.460 --> 00:09:21.800 and his disciples arrived, 00:09:22.060 --> 00:09:23.080 they show up. 00:09:24.740 --> 00:09:25.500 And so, Jesus, 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:26.720 seeing them, 00:09:26.860 --> 00:09:28.080 he heals their sick, 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:29.620 he teaches the multitude 00:09:29.620 --> 00:09:31.520 about the kingdom of God, 00:09:32.259 --> 00:09:33.420 and by this time, 00:09:33.560 --> 00:09:35.280 it's getting to be evening. 00:09:36.180 --> 00:09:36.960 And the disciples 00:09:36.960 --> 00:09:38.340 are asking Jesus 00:09:38.340 --> 00:09:40.139 to send these people away. 00:09:40.720 --> 00:09:41.440 I mean, after all, 00:09:41.460 --> 00:09:41.800 they're going to need 00:09:41.800 --> 00:09:42.900 to find something to eat, 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:43.480 they're going to need 00:09:43.480 --> 00:09:44.240 to get home, 00:09:44.400 --> 00:09:45.460 so it's time 00:09:45.460 --> 00:09:46.520 to shut this down. 00:09:47.520 --> 00:09:48.740 And that's when Jesus 00:09:48.740 --> 00:09:50.320 sets up the test. 00:09:51.020 --> 00:09:51.840 Here's the setup. 00:09:51.840 --> 00:09:54.840 If you compare the four Gospels, 00:09:54.940 --> 00:09:55.180 by the way, 00:09:55.200 --> 00:09:55.800 this is interesting 00:09:55.800 --> 00:09:58.940 that this particular sign, 00:09:59.060 --> 00:10:00.100 this particular miracle 00:10:00.100 --> 00:10:01.980 occurs in all four Gospels. 00:10:02.700 --> 00:10:04.940 Each emphasizes a little bit 00:10:04.940 --> 00:10:06.460 differently what's going on, 00:10:06.519 --> 00:10:07.759 but it seems that the disciples 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:08.840 first suggested 00:10:08.840 --> 00:10:11.060 that Jesus send the people away 00:10:11.060 --> 00:10:11.920 so that they could, 00:10:12.019 --> 00:10:12.440 on their own, 00:10:12.740 --> 00:10:13.639 find something to eat 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:14.560 in the surrounding villages. 00:10:15.240 --> 00:10:16.100 But Jesus, 00:10:16.400 --> 00:10:17.960 directing comments to Philip, 00:10:18.120 --> 00:10:18.400 says, 00:10:18.820 --> 00:10:20.400 you give them something to eat. 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:21.740 In fact, that's exactly 00:10:21.740 --> 00:10:23.459 the way Luke puts it 00:10:23.459 --> 00:10:24.059 in his account. 00:10:24.559 --> 00:10:25.899 So there's the test. 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:27.799 The people had followed 00:10:27.799 --> 00:10:28.720 after Jesus. 00:10:29.939 --> 00:10:30.819 It's one day. 00:10:32.679 --> 00:10:34.620 Now, have you ever missed a meal 00:10:34.620 --> 00:10:36.299 for a whole day? 00:10:37.899 --> 00:10:38.419 Probably. 00:10:39.399 --> 00:10:40.659 Did you, like, 00:10:41.179 --> 00:10:42.179 go on your deathbed 00:10:42.179 --> 00:10:43.039 the next day? 00:10:43.740 --> 00:10:44.579 Probably not. 00:10:44.699 --> 00:10:46.199 I mean, this was one day. 00:10:46.340 --> 00:10:47.039 I mean, it wasn't like 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:48.259 they were starving to death. 00:10:48.319 --> 00:10:49.439 It was one day. 00:10:49.440 --> 00:10:51.100 And if they missed a meal, 00:10:51.200 --> 00:10:52.740 it wouldn't be that big of a deal. 00:10:53.080 --> 00:10:54.440 If they were really hungry, 00:10:54.560 --> 00:10:55.340 they could have probably 00:10:55.340 --> 00:10:56.800 found something to eat 00:10:56.800 --> 00:10:57.740 in one of the villages 00:10:57.740 --> 00:10:58.460 along the way 00:10:58.460 --> 00:10:59.360 as they're heading home. 00:10:59.720 --> 00:11:00.980 But this was really not 00:11:00.980 --> 00:11:02.060 about hungry people. 00:11:02.680 --> 00:11:04.140 This was about developing 00:11:04.140 --> 00:11:05.880 faith-filled disciples. 00:11:06.720 --> 00:11:07.800 So this was the test. 00:11:07.940 --> 00:11:08.600 Jesus asked, 00:11:09.240 --> 00:11:10.860 where are we going to buy bread 00:11:10.860 --> 00:11:12.640 that so many people may eat? 00:11:14.080 --> 00:11:15.840 What would Philip's response be? 00:11:17.040 --> 00:11:18.780 Well, it was a calculated answer. 00:11:18.779 --> 00:11:20.600 Immediately, Philip looks around 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:21.259 the situation. 00:11:21.419 --> 00:11:23.360 He assesses the situation, 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:24.679 and he comes up with this. 00:11:25.459 --> 00:11:28.120 200 denarii worth of bread 00:11:28.120 --> 00:11:29.139 would not be enough. 00:11:30.319 --> 00:11:31.600 There was a supply problem, 00:11:31.860 --> 00:11:33.759 and there was a financial problem. 00:11:34.299 --> 00:11:36.240 Where can we even find 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:37.539 that much bread out here? 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:38.899 And even if we find it, 00:11:38.980 --> 00:11:40.079 how are we going to buy it? 00:11:40.159 --> 00:11:41.679 And even if we empty the treasury 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:42.379 and then some, 00:11:42.519 --> 00:11:44.000 it would only be a small bite, 00:11:44.139 --> 00:11:44.679 not a meal. 00:11:44.679 --> 00:11:46.779 This guy's good. 00:11:47.559 --> 00:11:48.679 He's a mathematician. 00:11:49.099 --> 00:11:49.759 He's a whiz. 00:11:50.399 --> 00:11:52.459 He effectively analyzes the problem, 00:11:52.699 --> 00:11:53.879 but he sees no solution. 00:11:54.239 --> 00:11:56.539 5,000 men plus women and children. 00:11:56.939 --> 00:11:57.839 To add all that together, 00:11:57.959 --> 00:11:59.000 you might have 15,000, 00:11:59.099 --> 00:12:00.319 20,000 people there. 00:12:01.599 --> 00:12:02.879 200 denarii, 00:12:02.959 --> 00:12:04.459 about eight months wages. 00:12:06.699 --> 00:12:07.539 Can't be done. 00:12:08.359 --> 00:12:09.240 Send them away. 00:12:10.059 --> 00:12:11.179 Let them fend for themselves. 00:12:11.179 --> 00:12:13.299 This is an impossible situation. 00:12:14.379 --> 00:12:14.979 By the way, 00:12:15.019 --> 00:12:15.479 have you ever had 00:12:15.479 --> 00:12:16.879 an impossible situation 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:17.539 in your life? 00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:19.479 Just asking. 00:12:22.179 --> 00:12:23.819 We can see all the hurdles. 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:26.179 We can see all of the obstacles. 00:12:26.919 --> 00:12:28.179 I would suggest to you 00:12:28.179 --> 00:12:30.319 that Philip got an A in mathematics, 00:12:30.779 --> 00:12:32.199 that he got an F in theology. 00:12:33.739 --> 00:12:35.000 What was Philip missing? 00:12:36.599 --> 00:12:38.259 Well, there was a factor, I think, 00:12:38.259 --> 00:12:40.679 to figure in God in all of this. 00:12:41.179 --> 00:12:44.399 One commentator said this. 00:12:44.579 --> 00:12:46.179 It would have been a different story, 00:12:46.299 --> 00:12:46.739 perhaps, 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:48.299 if Philip would have said, 00:12:48.839 --> 00:12:49.120 Lord, 00:12:49.699 --> 00:12:51.139 why are you asking me? 00:12:51.579 --> 00:12:52.620 You made everything. 00:12:52.919 --> 00:12:53.679 You're the creator. 00:12:54.000 --> 00:12:54.939 We've seen you create. 00:12:55.159 --> 00:12:56.899 Surely you can do all these things. 00:12:57.179 --> 00:12:58.719 You can make dinner for everybody. 00:13:00.239 --> 00:13:01.779 But that's not what Philip said. 00:13:02.359 --> 00:13:04.099 He just flunked theology 101. 00:13:04.739 --> 00:13:07.419 Nothing is impossible for God. 00:13:07.759 --> 00:13:09.319 He made water into wine. 00:13:09.320 --> 00:13:10.340 They saw him do it. 00:13:10.520 --> 00:13:11.840 Surely he can meet this need. 00:13:12.340 --> 00:13:14.580 Do you know what the right answer is here? 00:13:14.920 --> 00:13:16.000 The ultimate answer 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:17.640 for all of life's problems? 00:13:19.220 --> 00:13:20.140 He's God. 00:13:22.520 --> 00:13:24.140 You can argue that. 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:24.780 By now, 00:13:24.879 --> 00:13:26.180 the disciples knew it. 00:13:27.320 --> 00:13:29.020 In their head, maybe. 00:13:29.900 --> 00:13:32.140 But what they should have known 00:13:32.140 --> 00:13:34.460 didn't carry over to their response. 00:13:34.460 --> 00:13:37.540 So what should have been their response 00:13:37.540 --> 00:13:39.240 and what should be our response? 00:13:40.759 --> 00:13:41.740 He's God. 00:13:42.460 --> 00:13:43.560 Then what do we have to do? 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:45.840 Trust him. 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:50.519 You get those two answers right, 00:13:51.160 --> 00:13:52.500 and they're in your heart, 00:13:52.620 --> 00:13:53.220 in your head, 00:13:53.280 --> 00:13:54.400 and in your life, 00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:57.819 you're not going to have 00:13:57.819 --> 00:14:00.179 too many overwhelming difficulties 00:14:00.179 --> 00:14:02.419 that can't be solved. 00:14:03.899 --> 00:14:04.620 You see, 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:05.840 he's God, 00:14:06.240 --> 00:14:07.500 and you can trust him. 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:09.459 Those are answers to the test 00:14:09.459 --> 00:14:10.699 that I mentioned earlier. 00:14:11.079 --> 00:14:12.299 Is that too simplistic? 00:14:12.500 --> 00:14:13.319 I don't think so. 00:14:13.539 --> 00:14:14.179 He's God. 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:15.299 Trust him. 00:14:15.799 --> 00:14:16.559 Well, let's keep going 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:17.679 because there's something else 00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:18.439 going on here. 00:14:18.440 --> 00:14:20.260 What are we going to do 00:14:20.260 --> 00:14:22.260 with totally inadequate resources? 00:14:23.860 --> 00:14:27.040 The focus moves from Philip to Andrew. 00:14:27.780 --> 00:14:28.940 Again, I'll set this up. 00:14:29.080 --> 00:14:30.960 It was a little uncertain 00:14:30.960 --> 00:14:32.120 what happens next, 00:14:32.280 --> 00:14:33.780 but from Mark's account, 00:14:34.520 --> 00:14:36.320 Jesus requested an inventory 00:14:36.320 --> 00:14:38.360 of what might be available. 00:14:39.540 --> 00:14:41.340 How many loaves do you have? 00:14:42.060 --> 00:14:42.900 Go and see. 00:14:44.380 --> 00:14:45.020 They did. 00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:46.680 And what they discovered 00:14:46.680 --> 00:14:48.140 was that apparently 00:14:48.139 --> 00:14:51.199 one kid in this massive crowd 00:14:51.199 --> 00:14:53.039 had saved some food. 00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:54.980 Maybe he didn't like it 00:14:54.980 --> 00:14:55.819 or maybe he failed 00:14:55.819 --> 00:14:56.639 to eat it earlier. 00:14:57.259 --> 00:14:58.659 Maybe he forgot he had it. 00:14:58.699 --> 00:14:59.240 I don't know, 00:14:59.360 --> 00:15:00.559 but he had it. 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:01.500 And basically, 00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:02.759 it was the equivalent 00:15:02.759 --> 00:15:05.779 of five crackers 00:15:05.779 --> 00:15:06.939 and a couple of sardines. 00:15:07.159 --> 00:15:08.000 That's it, okay? 00:15:08.960 --> 00:15:10.179 When we think of loaves, 00:15:10.179 --> 00:15:11.980 we think of, you know, 00:15:12.419 --> 00:15:12.980 loaves. 00:15:14.039 --> 00:15:15.679 Not loaves, okay? 00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:17.700 Just a little snack. 00:15:18.139 --> 00:15:19.039 That was it. 00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:20.399 That's all they had to work with. 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:21.960 Often God makes something 00:15:21.960 --> 00:15:22.600 out of nothing. 00:15:23.379 --> 00:15:24.740 Sometimes God makes a lot 00:15:24.740 --> 00:15:25.340 out of a little. 00:15:26.580 --> 00:15:27.960 How would Andrew respond 00:15:27.960 --> 00:15:29.240 to this test from Jesus? 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:31.340 He failed. 00:15:33.779 --> 00:15:34.759 I'm going to call this 00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:36.199 a faithless obedience 00:15:36.199 --> 00:15:37.259 to start with. 00:15:37.259 --> 00:15:38.939 At Jesus' directive, 00:15:39.659 --> 00:15:40.700 a search was made 00:15:40.700 --> 00:15:41.539 and this boy 00:15:41.539 --> 00:15:42.679 with his lunch was found 00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:43.899 and Andrew had been obedient. 00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:45.480 He gets an A 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:47.419 in inventory retrieval. 00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:48.000 Okay? 00:15:48.259 --> 00:15:49.000 Good deal. 00:15:49.319 --> 00:15:49.919 Way to go. 00:15:50.659 --> 00:15:52.039 He also gets a bonus point 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:53.360 for talking this little boy 00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:54.100 out of his lunch. 00:15:54.580 --> 00:15:55.460 I find that to be 00:15:55.460 --> 00:15:56.460 quite interesting. 00:15:57.600 --> 00:15:58.799 But he failed 00:15:58.799 --> 00:16:00.200 creative distribution. 00:16:01.860 --> 00:16:02.740 Andrew made this 00:16:02.740 --> 00:16:03.620 faithless statement. 00:16:03.620 --> 00:16:05.500 after he brings 00:16:05.500 --> 00:16:06.519 the lunch, 00:16:06.860 --> 00:16:07.960 here's what we have, 00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:08.679 Jesus. 00:16:09.419 --> 00:16:10.100 Then he says, 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:12.120 but what are they 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:13.240 for so many? 00:16:14.820 --> 00:16:16.340 That's a logical response 00:16:16.340 --> 00:16:17.259 to the situation. 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:19.259 Given the circumstances, 00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:20.139 most people 00:16:20.139 --> 00:16:21.840 wouldn't have even bothered 00:16:21.840 --> 00:16:23.039 to bring the boys' 00:16:23.220 --> 00:16:23.840 lunch forward. 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:25.799 Andrew's assessment 00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:26.820 was spot on, 00:16:27.019 --> 00:16:28.159 but faithless. 00:16:28.159 --> 00:16:31.379 And then there's 00:16:31.379 --> 00:16:32.659 this blinded response. 00:16:32.919 --> 00:16:33.899 Standing beside him 00:16:33.899 --> 00:16:34.799 and giving directions 00:16:34.799 --> 00:16:35.579 was Jesus. 00:16:36.079 --> 00:16:37.039 He had made water 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:37.600 and wine. 00:16:37.740 --> 00:16:38.639 He had healed the sick. 00:16:38.719 --> 00:16:39.600 He had delivered people 00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:40.740 from demonic possession. 00:16:41.219 --> 00:16:41.699 And remember, 00:16:42.100 --> 00:16:42.679 who is he? 00:16:43.919 --> 00:16:45.899 He's God. 00:16:46.799 --> 00:16:47.240 Okay. 00:16:47.439 --> 00:16:47.879 Very good. 00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:48.480 Okay. 00:16:48.819 --> 00:16:49.360 A couple of you 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:49.879 have got it. 00:16:49.939 --> 00:16:50.159 All right? 00:16:50.159 --> 00:16:50.620 We're moving 00:16:50.620 --> 00:16:51.579 in a good direction. 00:16:51.839 --> 00:16:52.039 All right? 00:16:52.620 --> 00:16:52.740 Now, 00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:54.779 could not the creator 00:16:54.779 --> 00:16:55.600 of all things 00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:56.659 made fish and bread 00:16:56.659 --> 00:16:58.719 enough to feed the crowd? 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:00.839 Imagine if Andrew 00:17:00.839 --> 00:17:01.799 had said to Jesus, 00:17:02.240 --> 00:17:02.939 I love this, 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:04.680 at this direction, 00:17:05.079 --> 00:17:06.059 I have found a boy 00:17:06.059 --> 00:17:07.079 with five loaves 00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:07.740 and two fish. 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:09.099 I can't wait 00:17:09.099 --> 00:17:09.859 to see what you're 00:17:09.859 --> 00:17:10.879 going to do with that. 00:17:13.180 --> 00:17:13.659 Sadly, 00:17:13.980 --> 00:17:14.720 he didn't say that. 00:17:15.579 --> 00:17:16.659 And more often than not, 00:17:17.339 --> 00:17:17.940 neither do we. 00:17:18.899 --> 00:17:19.839 It's one thing 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:21.619 to declare Jesus as God. 00:17:21.740 --> 00:17:22.720 It's another thing 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:24.139 to trust him. 00:17:24.140 --> 00:17:27.020 So now we have 00:17:27.020 --> 00:17:28.320 this amazing revelation. 00:17:28.580 --> 00:17:29.000 The disciples 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:30.120 were given the task 00:17:30.120 --> 00:17:31.400 of organizing the people 00:17:31.400 --> 00:17:32.820 into manageable groups 00:17:32.820 --> 00:17:33.980 of 50 and 100. 00:17:35.500 --> 00:17:37.380 Jesus gave thanks 00:17:37.380 --> 00:17:38.480 and then began 00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:39.980 to break the loaves 00:17:39.980 --> 00:17:40.580 and the fish. 00:17:41.620 --> 00:17:41.740 Now, 00:17:41.800 --> 00:17:42.320 it depends on, 00:17:43.220 --> 00:17:43.920 you kind of get 00:17:43.920 --> 00:17:44.400 the impression 00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:45.500 from John 6 00:17:45.500 --> 00:17:46.140 that Jesus 00:17:46.140 --> 00:17:47.259 was passing it out. 00:17:47.320 --> 00:17:47.740 But if you read 00:17:47.740 --> 00:17:49.280 the other accounts 00:17:49.280 --> 00:17:50.040 of this, 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:50.880 actually, 00:17:51.380 --> 00:17:52.440 to whom was Jesus 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:53.240 giving the bread 00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:53.859 and the fish 00:17:53.859 --> 00:17:55.019 to the disciples 00:17:55.019 --> 00:17:56.400 so they could deliver 00:17:56.400 --> 00:17:57.859 it to the people. 00:17:58.680 --> 00:18:00.319 So he kept handing out 00:18:00.319 --> 00:18:00.920 more and more 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:01.740 to his disciples. 00:18:02.099 --> 00:18:02.559 They keep, 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:04.200 they continue to distribute 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:05.620 what's received 00:18:05.620 --> 00:18:06.960 from Jesus 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:08.220 to each group. 00:18:09.839 --> 00:18:10.519 You might enjoy 00:18:10.519 --> 00:18:13.039 this kind of corny comment 00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:14.539 from the late 00:18:14.539 --> 00:18:15.220 John MacArthur. 00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:15.880 I'm going to read it 00:18:15.880 --> 00:18:16.380 and anybody thought 00:18:16.380 --> 00:18:16.900 it was kind of fun. 00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:17.779 He says, 00:18:17.779 --> 00:18:19.160 with no fanfare, 00:18:19.500 --> 00:18:20.519 no voice from heaven, 00:18:21.099 --> 00:18:21.839 no lightning, 00:18:22.019 --> 00:18:22.660 no thunder, 00:18:22.660 --> 00:18:24.040 he distributed 00:18:24.040 --> 00:18:25.240 to those who were seated. 00:18:25.940 --> 00:18:26.640 He just kept 00:18:26.640 --> 00:18:27.480 passing out 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:28.440 crackers and fish. 00:18:28.940 --> 00:18:29.960 He was creating it. 00:18:30.540 --> 00:18:31.259 These were crackers 00:18:31.259 --> 00:18:32.000 that never came 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:32.660 from grain, 00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:33.960 that never grew, 00:18:34.180 --> 00:18:35.279 that never were in dirt. 00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:37.120 These were fish 00:18:37.120 --> 00:18:37.980 that never swam. 00:18:38.040 --> 00:18:38.840 He created them. 00:18:39.320 --> 00:18:39.980 These are the best 00:18:39.980 --> 00:18:41.380 crackers anybody ever ate. 00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:42.940 These were unfallen crackers. 00:18:43.540 --> 00:18:44.900 Those were uncursed crackers. 00:18:45.080 --> 00:18:45.180 Look, 00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:45.620 I like 00:18:45.620 --> 00:18:47.300 cursed crackers, 00:18:47.420 --> 00:18:47.759 actually, 00:18:48.019 --> 00:18:49.259 so I don't even know 00:18:49.259 --> 00:18:50.259 what uncursed crackers 00:18:50.259 --> 00:18:50.840 would be like. 00:18:50.940 --> 00:18:52.160 Maybe they'd be like manna. 00:18:52.660 --> 00:18:53.460 Came from heaven. 00:18:53.860 --> 00:18:54.640 And this is a fish 00:18:54.640 --> 00:18:55.540 with no mama fish. 00:18:55.640 --> 00:18:56.800 This is what kind of fish 00:18:56.800 --> 00:18:57.640 would God create 00:18:57.640 --> 00:18:58.940 if he created a perfect fish 00:18:58.940 --> 00:19:00.360 never touched by fallen world. 00:19:01.600 --> 00:19:02.000 Okay. 00:19:02.880 --> 00:19:03.720 But they got the food, 00:19:03.820 --> 00:19:04.060 all right? 00:19:04.100 --> 00:19:04.779 They got it all. 00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:06.000 They got all that they needed. 00:19:07.600 --> 00:19:08.560 Everyone had enough. 00:19:09.040 --> 00:19:09.759 Everyone had everything 00:19:09.759 --> 00:19:10.180 they wanted. 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:11.440 Everyone had their fill. 00:19:12.500 --> 00:19:13.480 Before the wilderness 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:14.620 smorgasbord closed 00:19:14.620 --> 00:19:15.240 for the evening, 00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:16.820 Jesus instructed 00:19:16.820 --> 00:19:17.620 his disciples 00:19:17.619 --> 00:19:19.159 to gather the leftovers 00:19:19.159 --> 00:19:21.079 that nothing 00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:22.139 may be lost. 00:19:22.939 --> 00:19:23.279 Why? 00:19:24.599 --> 00:19:25.079 Maybe 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:26.599 to show the abundance 00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:27.659 of God's provision. 00:19:28.219 --> 00:19:28.819 After all, 00:19:28.899 --> 00:19:29.859 they had more left 00:19:29.859 --> 00:19:30.819 than they started with. 00:19:32.579 --> 00:19:33.059 Maybe. 00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:34.739 Perhaps 00:19:34.739 --> 00:19:35.819 it was a tangible 00:19:35.819 --> 00:19:36.559 evaluation 00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:38.439 following the test 00:19:38.439 --> 00:19:39.919 that they had today 00:19:39.919 --> 00:19:40.639 learned something 00:19:40.639 --> 00:19:41.399 about Jesus 00:19:41.399 --> 00:19:42.139 and what 00:19:42.139 --> 00:19:43.000 had they learned. 00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:45.299 you know, 00:19:45.339 --> 00:19:46.319 I think the leftovers, 00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:47.640 and this is 00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:48.460 Les Martin talking, 00:19:48.619 --> 00:19:49.420 not scripture, 00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:51.079 but I think 00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:51.880 the leftovers 00:19:51.880 --> 00:19:52.579 play a part 00:19:52.579 --> 00:19:53.380 in the next event 00:19:53.380 --> 00:19:54.119 that the disciples 00:19:54.119 --> 00:19:55.240 would experience, 00:19:55.680 --> 00:19:56.440 particularly from 00:19:56.440 --> 00:19:57.160 Mark's account. 00:19:58.339 --> 00:19:59.619 If you read ahead, 00:19:59.700 --> 00:20:00.180 you might be able 00:20:00.180 --> 00:20:00.900 to figure that out. 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:02.059 I think it had to do 00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:03.099 with the 12 baskets 00:20:03.099 --> 00:20:04.000 that the disciples 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:05.380 probably took with them 00:20:05.380 --> 00:20:06.660 on the boat 00:20:06.660 --> 00:20:07.859 when they encountered 00:20:07.859 --> 00:20:08.539 the storm 00:20:08.539 --> 00:20:09.099 when Jesus 00:20:09.099 --> 00:20:10.000 wasn't with them. 00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:11.680 I say that 00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:12.380 based on what 00:20:12.380 --> 00:20:12.920 Mark said 00:20:12.920 --> 00:20:13.700 at the end of that, 00:20:13.820 --> 00:20:14.580 for they did not 00:20:14.580 --> 00:20:15.580 understand 00:20:15.580 --> 00:20:17.500 about the loaves, 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:18.640 but their hearts 00:20:18.640 --> 00:20:19.460 were hardened. 00:20:20.560 --> 00:20:21.660 Those fragments, 00:20:21.860 --> 00:20:22.759 those leftovers, 00:20:23.560 --> 00:20:24.000 said, 00:20:24.400 --> 00:20:25.240 he's God. 00:20:25.740 --> 00:20:26.480 Trust him. 00:20:27.539 --> 00:20:28.160 But that was not 00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:28.980 their response. 00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:30.360 Okay, 00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:31.279 back to the test. 00:20:31.600 --> 00:20:32.420 Back to the text, 00:20:32.500 --> 00:20:32.960 I should say. 00:20:33.860 --> 00:20:35.320 This has been a story, 00:20:35.500 --> 00:20:36.440 amazing story, 00:20:36.539 --> 00:20:37.519 but we're not finished. 00:20:38.140 --> 00:20:38.460 So, 00:20:38.759 --> 00:20:39.420 picture this, 00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:40.860 huge crowd, 00:20:41.580 --> 00:20:42.360 little lunch, 00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:43.820 everybody fed, 00:20:44.320 --> 00:20:45.360 wonderful. 00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:47.200 And the people 00:20:47.200 --> 00:20:49.340 at this point 00:20:49.340 --> 00:20:50.279 are not exactly 00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:50.880 participants 00:20:50.880 --> 00:20:52.000 in what's happening, 00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:53.620 but now they get 00:20:53.620 --> 00:20:54.800 into the scene. 00:20:55.620 --> 00:20:56.279 What are we going 00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:56.860 to do 00:20:56.860 --> 00:20:58.039 when the tide 00:20:58.039 --> 00:20:59.080 of public opinion 00:20:59.080 --> 00:20:59.640 changes? 00:20:59.640 --> 00:21:00.660 That's my question. 00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:02.500 Here the crowd, 00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:02.840 again, 00:21:02.900 --> 00:21:03.560 plays a role 00:21:03.560 --> 00:21:04.180 in the drama. 00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:05.360 They get an A 00:21:05.360 --> 00:21:06.300 for recognizing 00:21:06.300 --> 00:21:07.840 something very special 00:21:07.840 --> 00:21:08.759 and something 00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:09.800 very unique 00:21:09.800 --> 00:21:10.539 about Jesus. 00:21:10.539 --> 00:21:12.359 but they fail 00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:13.200 to understand 00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:13.960 how they were 00:21:13.960 --> 00:21:15.139 to respond to him. 00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:16.779 Again, 00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:17.619 I'll set this up. 00:21:18.139 --> 00:21:18.839 People have just 00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:19.460 been fed. 00:21:20.180 --> 00:21:20.879 They're filled 00:21:20.879 --> 00:21:21.619 and satisfied. 00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:23.180 They also have 00:21:23.180 --> 00:21:23.740 some time 00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.480 to think. 00:21:25.480 --> 00:21:26.799 This is a great deal. 00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:28.899 He took care of us. 00:21:29.460 --> 00:21:30.500 He healed us. 00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:32.159 And then he fed us. 00:21:32.899 --> 00:21:33.779 Moses said 00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:34.700 that there was 00:21:34.700 --> 00:21:35.240 a prophet 00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:35.879 that was coming 00:21:35.879 --> 00:21:36.420 someday. 00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:37.319 This must be 00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:37.879 that prophet. 00:21:38.099 --> 00:21:39.000 Let's make him king. 00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:40.279 So, 00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:41.880 by force, 00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.319 the crowd 00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:43.099 attempts to make 00:21:43.099 --> 00:21:44.519 Jesus king. 00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:45.799 What can we learn 00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:46.299 from this? 00:21:47.339 --> 00:21:47.619 Well, 00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:48.539 I guess to start 00:21:48.539 --> 00:21:48.920 with, 00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.519 the world's evaluation 00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:52.039 is always wrong 00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:52.799 about Jesus. 00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.500 Have you noticed? 00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:55.759 There are times 00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.279 when people 00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:56.740 of the world 00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.440 get excited 00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:58.200 about Jesus, 00:21:58.440 --> 00:21:59.059 but generally 00:21:59.059 --> 00:21:59.920 it's not the real 00:21:59.920 --> 00:22:00.779 biblical Jesus. 00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:02.539 It's the Jesus 00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:03.259 they want. 00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:06.619 In the words 00:22:06.619 --> 00:22:07.700 of one commentator, 00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:09.640 quote, 00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:10.460 it may be 00:22:10.460 --> 00:22:11.160 the morally 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:12.000 exemplary 00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:12.519 Jesus 00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:13.779 or the socialist 00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.600 Jesus 00:22:14.600 --> 00:22:16.160 or the capitalist 00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:17.100 Jesus 00:22:17.100 --> 00:22:18.319 or the revolutionary 00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:19.960 liberationist 00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:20.519 Jesus 00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.940 or the counter 00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.960 cultural cool 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:23.660 Jesus, 00:22:23.860 --> 00:22:25.019 but not the whole 00:22:25.019 --> 00:22:26.080 Jesus who in the 00:22:26.080 --> 00:22:26.900 end gives his 00:22:26.900 --> 00:22:27.920 life a ransom 00:22:27.920 --> 00:22:28.580 for sinners. 00:22:29.319 --> 00:22:30.039 And if your 00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:31.120 enthusiasm for 00:22:31.120 --> 00:22:32.240 Jesus is for a 00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:33.220 Jesus that doesn't 00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:33.840 exist, 00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:35.539 your enthusiasm 00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:36.619 is no honor 00:22:36.619 --> 00:22:37.159 to the real 00:22:37.159 --> 00:22:38.559 Jesus and he 00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:39.359 will leave you 00:22:39.359 --> 00:22:40.460 and go into 00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.000 the mountain. 00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:42.240 End quote. 00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:43.220 See, 00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:44.079 the world saw 00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:45.319 their provision 00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:46.220 in the bread, 00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.299 but they failed 00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:48.079 to see Jesus 00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:48.859 as the bread 00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:49.519 of life. 00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:50.659 In effect, 00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:51.539 Jesus was saying, 00:22:52.159 --> 00:22:52.759 you've seen my 00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.359 power, 00:22:53.819 --> 00:22:54.519 but you do not 00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:55.079 know me. 00:22:55.639 --> 00:22:56.519 You don't know 00:22:56.519 --> 00:22:57.440 who I am 00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:58.599 and what I came 00:22:58.599 --> 00:22:59.099 to do. 00:22:59.819 --> 00:23:00.299 The world's 00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:01.319 evaluation is always 00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:02.319 wrong about Jesus. 00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:03.819 The world's 00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:05.619 response is always 00:23:05.619 --> 00:23:06.759 wrong about 00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.319 Jesus. 00:23:08.439 --> 00:23:09.179 The people tried 00:23:09.179 --> 00:23:10.000 to make Jesus 00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.839 or take Jesus 00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.439 by force 00:23:11.439 --> 00:23:11.919 and make him 00:23:11.919 --> 00:23:12.319 king. 00:23:12.799 --> 00:23:13.480 Jesus quickly 00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:14.139 pushed his 00:23:14.139 --> 00:23:14.839 disciples into 00:23:14.839 --> 00:23:15.299 the boat 00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:16.139 to head across 00:23:16.139 --> 00:23:16.559 the Sea of 00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:17.559 Galilee again 00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:18.899 and that he 00:23:18.899 --> 00:23:19.500 might dismiss 00:23:19.500 --> 00:23:20.079 the crowd. 00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:20.700 We're not told 00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.119 how, 00:23:21.599 --> 00:23:22.319 but he dismisses 00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:22.720 the crowd 00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.279 and then he 00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.439 goes himself 00:23:24.439 --> 00:23:25.359 up into the 00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:25.839 mountain to 00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:26.139 pray. 00:23:27.179 --> 00:23:27.720 I'm guessing 00:23:27.720 --> 00:23:28.059 that the 00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:28.700 disciples are 00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:29.419 quite confused 00:23:29.419 --> 00:23:30.159 at this point 00:23:30.159 --> 00:23:31.299 as to what's 00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:32.039 going on. 00:23:32.319 --> 00:23:33.119 Huge crowd 00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:33.919 apparently ready 00:23:33.919 --> 00:23:34.460 to follow 00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:34.919 Jesus, 00:23:35.439 --> 00:23:35.899 ready to 00:23:35.899 --> 00:23:36.319 treat him 00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:36.579 as their 00:23:36.579 --> 00:23:36.960 king. 00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:38.419 Jesus knew 00:23:38.419 --> 00:23:39.099 what was in 00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:39.399 man, 00:23:39.500 --> 00:23:39.740 but the 00:23:39.740 --> 00:23:40.480 disciples failed 00:23:40.480 --> 00:23:41.200 to understand. 00:23:42.079 --> 00:23:42.419 They had 00:23:42.419 --> 00:23:42.799 failed to 00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.839 realize how 00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:44.399 the typical 00:23:44.399 --> 00:23:45.859 sinner responds 00:23:45.859 --> 00:23:46.559 to God. 00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:47.740 It's not 00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.559 bowing before 00:23:48.559 --> 00:23:49.059 the one who 00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.619 can save 00:23:49.619 --> 00:23:50.039 us. 00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.319 It's 00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:52.220 demanding 00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:52.659 what he 00:23:52.659 --> 00:23:53.179 can do 00:23:53.179 --> 00:23:54.139 for us. 00:23:54.140 --> 00:24:00.160 this is 00:24:00.160 --> 00:24:00.800 always a 00:24:00.800 --> 00:24:01.420 response 00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:02.420 of the 00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:03.060 multitudes. 00:24:03.560 --> 00:24:03.680 And 00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:03.980 sometimes 00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.700 the only 00:24:04.700 --> 00:24:05.340 response 00:24:05.340 --> 00:24:05.840 for the 00:24:05.840 --> 00:24:06.280 believers 00:24:06.280 --> 00:24:07.000 to move 00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:08.580 away. 00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:09.680 It's not 00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:10.240 possible 00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:11.420 to reason 00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:12.540 with the 00:24:12.540 --> 00:24:13.060 determined 00:24:13.060 --> 00:24:13.759 mob. 00:24:13.759 --> 00:24:15.000 So the 00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:15.640 exhausted, 00:24:15.879 --> 00:24:16.339 confused 00:24:16.339 --> 00:24:16.920 disciples 00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:17.420 leave 00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:17.779 Jesus 00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.319 behind. 00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:18.900 They 00:24:18.900 --> 00:24:19.160 head 00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:19.539 across 00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:19.759 the 00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:19.900 sea 00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:20.039 of 00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:20.480 Galilee 00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:20.700 as 00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.039 darkness 00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:21.519 falls. 00:24:22.140 --> 00:24:22.379 They 00:24:22.379 --> 00:24:22.960 row and 00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.460 row and 00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:23.779 row, 00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.259 unaware 00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.640 that 00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:24.920 Jesus 00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.220 is 00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:25.500 setting 00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:25.799 up 00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.240 an 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:26.400 even 00:24:26.400 --> 00:24:26.799 greater 00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.319 test 00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:28.160 to see 00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:28.440 what 00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:28.759 they 00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:28.940 have 00:24:28.940 --> 00:24:29.259 learned 00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:29.440 in 00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:29.740 regard 00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:29.980 to 00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.180 who 00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:30.379 he 00:24:30.379 --> 00:24:30.720 is 00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:31.339 and 00:24:31.339 --> 00:24:31.480 how 00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:31.680 they 00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:31.839 should 00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:32.359 respond 00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:32.579 to 00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:32.819 him. 00:24:32.819 --> 00:24:34.779 Remember 00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.099 the right 00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:35.659 answers on 00:24:35.659 --> 00:24:36.099 the test 00:24:36.099 --> 00:24:36.579 I mentioned 00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:36.879 at the 00:24:36.879 --> 00:24:37.240 beginning? 00:24:38.179 --> 00:24:38.740 Basically 00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.399 been the 00:24:39.399 --> 00:24:40.159 message 00:24:40.159 --> 00:24:40.539 throughout 00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.059 John's 00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.539 gospel. 00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:42.700 He's 00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:43.179 God 00:24:43.179 --> 00:24:44.159 and 00:24:44.159 --> 00:24:45.339 we need 00:24:45.339 --> 00:24:45.839 to trust 00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:46.099 him. 00:24:46.839 --> 00:24:47.119 That's 00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:47.299 it. 00:24:48.439 --> 00:24:49.200 Most of 00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:49.519 us have 00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.019 settled on 00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.439 the issue 00:24:50.439 --> 00:24:50.740 of who 00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.059 Jesus 00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:51.539 is. 00:24:52.339 --> 00:24:52.639 He's 00:24:52.639 --> 00:24:53.039 God. 00:24:54.059 --> 00:24:54.379 But 00:24:54.379 --> 00:24:55.960 I think 00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:56.599 we struggle 00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:57.159 a lot 00:24:57.159 --> 00:24:57.939 with trusting 00:24:57.939 --> 00:24:58.439 him in 00:24:58.439 --> 00:24:58.899 any given 00:24:58.899 --> 00:24:59.619 situation 00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:00.279 at any 00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:00.480 given 00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:00.839 time. 00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:02.339 I can 00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:03.019 be amazed 00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.539 at God's 00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:04.039 works 00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:05.179 and still 00:25:05.179 --> 00:25:05.740 not trust 00:25:05.740 --> 00:25:05.939 him. 00:25:06.859 --> 00:25:07.339 I can 00:25:07.339 --> 00:25:07.740 respect 00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.220 God and 00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:08.599 hold him 00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:08.919 in high 00:25:08.919 --> 00:25:09.500 regard but 00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:10.439 still be 00:25:10.439 --> 00:25:11.319 guilty of 00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:11.639 a lack 00:25:11.639 --> 00:25:12.220 of trust. 00:25:13.139 --> 00:25:13.539 I can 00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.639 profess to 00:25:14.639 --> 00:25:15.419 be inspired 00:25:15.419 --> 00:25:16.099 and excited 00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:16.519 by the 00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.039 word and 00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:17.399 by his 00:25:17.399 --> 00:25:18.199 power and 00:25:18.199 --> 00:25:18.559 by his 00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:19.059 wisdom 00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:20.899 and by 00:25:20.899 --> 00:25:21.799 any or 00:25:21.799 --> 00:25:22.379 all of 00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:22.519 his 00:25:22.519 --> 00:25:23.159 attributes 00:25:23.159 --> 00:25:24.240 and still 00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:25.179 struggle to 00:25:25.179 --> 00:25:25.779 trust him. 00:25:26.399 --> 00:25:26.939 Trust is a 00:25:26.939 --> 00:25:27.500 real problem 00:25:27.500 --> 00:25:28.079 for us. 00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:29.199 We struggle 00:25:29.199 --> 00:25:29.679 with it 00:25:29.679 --> 00:25:30.619 every day. 00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:31.959 God has a 00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:32.220 way of 00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:32.960 teaching us 00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:33.640 to trust 00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:34.039 him. 00:25:35.140 --> 00:25:35.539 One of 00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.120 those things 00:25:36.120 --> 00:25:36.960 is called 00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:37.740 unsolvable 00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.420 problems. 00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.559 It's called 00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:42.079 inadequate 00:25:42.079 --> 00:25:43.160 resources. 00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:44.860 It's called 00:25:44.860 --> 00:25:45.340 negative 00:25:45.340 --> 00:25:46.340 reactions from 00:25:46.340 --> 00:25:46.900 others who 00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:47.319 hear about 00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:47.900 our faith 00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:48.400 to name a 00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:48.620 few. 00:25:50.340 --> 00:25:51.140 As these 00:25:51.140 --> 00:25:51.779 impossible 00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:52.579 problems 00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:53.480 assault us 00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.100 this week 00:25:54.100 --> 00:25:54.819 before we 00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:55.380 say things 00:25:55.380 --> 00:25:56.519 like where 00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:56.779 are we 00:25:56.779 --> 00:25:57.079 going to 00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:57.759 get that 00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:59.680 or what 00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:00.200 good will 00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:00.759 that little 00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:01.319 bit do 00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:03.039 or why 00:26:03.039 --> 00:26:03.359 did they 00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:04.200 respond to 00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:04.759 me in 00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.099 that way? 00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:05.420 Why don't 00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:05.980 they respond 00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:06.299 to me in 00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:06.619 the right 00:26:06.619 --> 00:26:06.960 way? 00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:08.319 I didn't 00:26:08.319 --> 00:26:08.920 sign up 00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:09.400 for such 00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:09.940 treatment. 00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.440 Remember 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:12.980 he is 00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:14.460 God. 00:26:16.140 --> 00:26:17.000 It's time 00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.379 that we 00:26:17.379 --> 00:26:18.079 learn to 00:26:18.079 --> 00:26:19.460 trust him. 00:26:20.379 --> 00:26:21.200 Before we 00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:21.799 wrap this 00:26:21.799 --> 00:26:22.160 up, 00:26:22.819 --> 00:26:24.220 why do we 00:26:24.220 --> 00:26:24.559 have a 00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:25.000 problem 00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.779 trusting the 00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.059 Lord? 00:26:26.779 --> 00:26:27.079 You ever 00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:27.500 thought about 00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:27.759 that? 00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:28.720 He's 00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.200 God. 00:26:30.140 --> 00:26:31.039 He created 00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.859 all things. 00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.680 He's sovereign 00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.640 over all 00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:34.079 of them. 00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:35.279 He's in 00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:35.920 control. 00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.400 And if we've 00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:38.000 trusted him 00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.359 for our 00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:38.819 salvation, 00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:39.519 why do we 00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:40.140 have trouble 00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:41.180 trusting him 00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:42.160 for anything 00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:42.700 else? 00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:47.539 I've spent a 00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:47.880 long time 00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:48.440 thinking about 00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:48.900 that this 00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.180 week. 00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:50.500 And I 00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:50.920 just, 00:26:51.680 --> 00:26:53.079 I thought 00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:53.460 of a lot 00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:54.140 of things, 00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:54.980 but it's 00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.500 like none 00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:55.820 of them 00:26:55.820 --> 00:26:56.600 really were 00:26:56.600 --> 00:26:57.780 worthy 00:26:57.780 --> 00:26:58.200 things. 00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:01.720 I don't 00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.380 trust him 00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:03.140 sometimes 00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:03.940 because I 00:27:03.940 --> 00:27:04.480 just don't 00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.020 trust him. 00:27:05.880 --> 00:27:06.700 I'm looking 00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:07.340 at myself, 00:27:07.520 --> 00:27:07.860 I'm looking 00:27:07.860 --> 00:27:08.140 at the 00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:08.720 situation, 00:27:08.720 --> 00:27:09.120 and I 00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:09.600 fail to 00:27:09.600 --> 00:27:10.220 see who 00:27:10.220 --> 00:27:10.960 he is. 00:27:11.120 --> 00:27:11.600 I fail 00:27:11.600 --> 00:27:12.880 to remember 00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:13.740 what he's 00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.100 done. 00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:14.880 I fail to 00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:15.500 remember that 00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.720 he is my 00:27:16.720 --> 00:27:17.300 Lord and 00:27:17.300 --> 00:27:17.840 my Savior, 00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:18.180 and he 00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:18.840 takes care 00:27:18.840 --> 00:27:19.100 of me, 00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:19.860 and provides 00:27:19.860 --> 00:27:20.140 for me, 00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:20.600 and protects 00:27:20.600 --> 00:27:20.900 me, 00:27:21.020 --> 00:27:21.780 and loves 00:27:21.780 --> 00:27:22.160 me, 00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.720 and has a 00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.360 plan and 00:27:24.360 --> 00:27:25.400 purpose that's 00:27:25.400 --> 00:27:27.079 eternal for 00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:27.400 me. 00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:30.200 Do you 00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:30.600 remember 00:27:30.600 --> 00:27:32.160 Romans chapter 00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:32.799 8, this 00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.200 verse? 00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.600 He who 00:27:34.600 --> 00:27:35.120 did not 00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:36.079 spare his 00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:37.620 own son, 00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.200 but gave 00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.880 him up for 00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:39.420 us all. 00:27:40.660 --> 00:27:41.299 Here's the 00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:41.640 question. 00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:42.640 How will 00:27:42.640 --> 00:27:43.019 he not 00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:44.259 also with 00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:45.019 him graciously 00:27:45.019 --> 00:27:45.519 give us 00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:46.000 all things? 00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:47.700 If he 00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:48.259 did that 00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:48.819 for us, 00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:49.920 what's this 00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.680 other stuff? 00:27:50.680 --> 00:27:53.740 in the 00:27:53.740 --> 00:27:54.500 same chapter, 00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:56.560 Paul wrote, 00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:57.420 and we 00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:58.220 know that 00:27:58.220 --> 00:27:58.940 for those 00:27:58.940 --> 00:27:59.560 who love 00:27:59.560 --> 00:28:00.140 God, 00:28:01.080 --> 00:28:01.980 all things 00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:02.660 what? 00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:03.880 Work 00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:04.400 together 00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:06.620 for good, 00:28:07.100 --> 00:28:07.820 for those 00:28:07.820 --> 00:28:08.080 who are 00:28:08.080 --> 00:28:08.380 called 00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:09.000 according to 00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.920 his purpose. 00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:14.380 glory, 00:28:15.320 --> 00:28:16.000 our good, 00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.320 always at 00:28:17.320 --> 00:28:17.680 work, 00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:18.900 and everything 00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:19.420 that happens 00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:20.680 to us all 00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:21.180 the time. 00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.880 And what I 00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:23.440 have to keep 00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:24.519 learning is to 00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.120 trust him. 00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:25.860 Now, 00:28:27.120 --> 00:28:27.560 did the 00:28:27.560 --> 00:28:28.200 disciples 00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:29.900 finally, 00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:31.240 completely, 00:28:32.039 --> 00:28:32.560 ultimately, 00:28:32.560 --> 00:28:33.820 trust Jesus 00:28:33.820 --> 00:28:34.420 after this 00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:35.039 experience? 00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:36.700 No. 00:28:36.700 --> 00:28:39.440 they failed, 00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:40.140 and they 00:28:40.140 --> 00:28:40.620 failed, 00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.400 and they 00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:41.779 failed. 00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:43.920 Does 00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:45.039 Les Martin 00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:46.240 trust God 00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.759 and all the 00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.539 experiences of 00:28:47.539 --> 00:28:47.779 life? 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.559 Don't talk 00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:49.240 to my wife 00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:49.880 about this. 00:28:52.279 --> 00:28:52.960 No. 00:28:53.860 --> 00:28:54.440 Sometimes 00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:56.900 I'm 00:28:57.799 --> 00:28:58.740 frustrated, 00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.500 irritated, 00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:00.220 upset, 00:29:01.319 --> 00:29:02.440 you know, 00:29:02.539 --> 00:29:03.340 and why is 00:29:03.340 --> 00:29:03.880 this happening? 00:29:04.080 --> 00:29:04.279 No, 00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:04.799 you know, 00:29:04.840 --> 00:29:05.180 and all this 00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.700 kind of stuff. 00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:07.319 And what 00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:08.059 she should 00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.960 do is put 00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:09.640 a sign 00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:11.000 on the 00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.539 refrigerator, 00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.000 since I 00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:12.340 would spend 00:29:12.340 --> 00:29:12.640 a lot of 00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:13.019 time there, 00:29:13.420 --> 00:29:13.940 a sign 00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.519 that says, 00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:16.120 he's God, 00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:17.279 trust him. 00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.259 They 00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:23.740 forgot, 00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.460 the disciples 00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:25.799 forgot what 00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:26.400 had happened 00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:30.059 because they 00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:30.559 were focused 00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:31.200 on the 00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:32.100 next 30 00:29:32.100 --> 00:29:32.580 minutes, 00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:34.080 not 00:29:34.080 --> 00:29:34.740 eternity. 00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:37.000 they 00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.420 forgot to 00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:37.819 fix their 00:29:37.819 --> 00:29:38.559 eyes and 00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:39.200 ears and 00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:39.860 minds and 00:29:39.860 --> 00:29:40.799 hearts on 00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.519 things above. 00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.779 They forgot 00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.380 all about 00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:44.500 the fact that 00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:45.279 this is all 00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:46.460 for God's 00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:47.019 glory. 00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:49.059 Are we going to 00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.759 struggle with this 00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:50.740 issue the remainder 00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.860 of our lives? 00:29:52.120 --> 00:29:52.680 Probably. 00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.779 But here and 00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.120 there, 00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:56.039 we're going to 00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.600 get it right. 00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:57.860 He's God. 00:29:58.380 --> 00:29:59.500 I can trust him. 00:29:59.500 --> 00:30:01.740 I can't wait 00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.900 to see what 00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:03.400 he's going to 00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:03.940 do with the 00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:04.779 situation to 00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.660 bring good 00:30:05.660 --> 00:30:06.900 to me and 00:30:06.900 --> 00:30:07.579 glory to 00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:08.220 himself. 00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:10.099 Wouldn't that 00:30:10.099 --> 00:30:10.559 be a great 00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:11.220 way to live? 00:30:12.019 --> 00:30:12.640 That almost 00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:13.140 make you want to 00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:13.819 have a problem. 00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:15.680 I can't wait 00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.160 to see what 00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:16.539 he's going to 00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.359 do with this. 00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.799 Let's pray. 00:30:20.500 --> 00:30:20.980 Father, 00:30:21.079 --> 00:30:21.519 thank you. 00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.380 Thank you for 00:30:22.380 --> 00:30:23.079 your grace. 00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:23.880 Thank you for 00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:24.660 your mercy. 00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:25.980 Thank you for 00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:27.039 the test. 00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:30.299 These are not 00:30:30.299 --> 00:30:31.039 to hurt us. 00:30:31.140 --> 00:30:31.680 They're to help 00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:32.000 us. 00:30:33.299 --> 00:30:33.799 They're not to 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:35.160 make us frustrated. 00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:35.819 They're to make 00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:37.180 us trusting you. 00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.259 They're to make 00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:40.240 us understand that 00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:41.180 you are God and 00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:42.559 you're trustworthy. 00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:45.700 Please help us. 00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:47.319 Please help us. 00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:49.079 For those who are 00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:50.079 struggling with these 00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:50.680 kinds of things 00:30:50.680 --> 00:30:51.200 right now, 00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:51.559 Lord, 00:30:52.360 --> 00:30:53.200 help them to have 00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:54.360 that in front of 00:30:54.360 --> 00:30:54.960 them today. 00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:56.640 He's God. 00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.460 We can trust 00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:58.700 Him. 00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.539 The answers 00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:01.319 won't always be 00:31:01.319 --> 00:31:02.079 what we want. 00:31:03.360 --> 00:31:04.099 But again, 00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:04.819 they'll be for our 00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:05.099 good. 00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.539 They'll be for 00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:07.079 your glory. 00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:09.599 And they come 00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:10.279 out of a heart 00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:11.220 of love that 00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:12.039 you have for us. 00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:15.200 Thank you for 00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:15.779 being with us 00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:16.079 today. 00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:17.420 Thank you for 00:31:17.420 --> 00:31:18.360 helping us today. 00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:20.460 Thank you for 00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:22.720 reminding us that 00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.480 a lot of important 00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:24.099 people in the 00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:24.880 Bible had trouble 00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:25.500 doing the same 00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:25.920 things we 00:31:25.920 --> 00:31:26.320 have trouble 00:31:26.320 --> 00:31:26.620 doing. 00:31:27.580 --> 00:31:28.660 But ultimately, 00:31:29.120 --> 00:31:30.460 they found the 00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:32.019 answer in you, 00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:32.720 Lord Jesus, 00:31:33.340 --> 00:31:33.860 because you're 00:31:33.860 --> 00:31:36.000 God and we 00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.740 can trust you. 00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:38.039 Amen. 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.039 00:31:38.039 --> 00:32:08.019 Thank you.