WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.620 What if God was one of us? 00:00:11.400 --> 00:00:12.580 I'm showing my age. 00:00:13.359 --> 00:00:14.060 Do you know the song? 00:00:14.759 --> 00:00:17.480 What if God was one of us? 00:00:18.539 --> 00:00:19.359 There we go. 00:00:19.620 --> 00:00:23.199 I'm not allowed to sing anymore because YouTube will give us a strike and kick us off. 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:29.640 However, in 1995, that song was written. 00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:32.280 It goes like this. 00:00:32.899 --> 00:00:35.679 If God had a face, what would it look like? 00:00:36.600 --> 00:00:39.980 And would you want to see if seeing meant believing, 00:00:40.600 --> 00:00:44.880 it meant that you would have to believe in things like heaven and Jesus? 00:00:46.079 --> 00:00:46.920 God is great. 00:00:47.579 --> 00:00:48.219 God is good. 00:00:48.799 --> 00:00:49.400 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:00:50.060 --> 00:00:51.600 What if God was one of us? 00:00:51.719 --> 00:00:54.039 Just a slob like one of us. 00:00:54.780 --> 00:00:58.439 Just a stranger on a bus trying to make his way home. 00:00:58.439 --> 00:01:01.299 Back up to heaven all alone. 00:01:01.559 --> 00:01:05.819 Nobody calling on the phone except the Pope maybe in Rome. 00:01:06.500 --> 00:01:08.759 What if God was one of us? 00:01:08.760 --> 00:01:18.560 I remember being 10 years old on a bus, on the bus to school and hearing that song and 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:21.620 sitting there for the whole bus ride just thinking about that question. 00:01:22.260 --> 00:01:24.260 What if God was one of us? 00:01:24.260 --> 00:01:29.680 As a kid, though, I missed all the sarcasm and the bitterness in the song. 00:01:31.939 --> 00:01:33.939 Because it's the song of a secular person. 00:01:34.540 --> 00:01:37.800 It's a song of someone who believes that God doesn't exist. 00:01:38.140 --> 00:01:42.260 And even if he does, it wouldn't matter even if he did show up. 00:01:42.260 --> 00:01:46.680 But what if God was one of us? 00:01:49.400 --> 00:01:55.700 Today we're going to hear from a man like one of us called Jesus, who claimed to be God. 00:01:56.000 --> 00:01:58.320 The wildest claim anyone could make. 00:01:59.000 --> 00:02:02.100 But if it's true, it really does matter. 00:02:03.719 --> 00:02:06.860 Is Jesus really God? 00:02:06.859 --> 00:02:14.500 If you went down into Chatswood and asked people that crazy question, what would people say? 00:02:15.740 --> 00:02:19.819 They might say, God doesn't exist, so Jesus is a fraud. 00:02:20.300 --> 00:02:21.939 Is Jesus really God? 00:02:23.240 --> 00:02:28.800 Or God does exist, but he doesn't care or can't or won't do anything. 00:02:29.500 --> 00:02:32.680 He's lazy or voiceless or vindictive. 00:02:33.539 --> 00:02:35.280 Jesus, no, he doesn't matter. 00:02:35.280 --> 00:02:39.759 Or maybe Jesus is God or some other deity. 00:02:40.340 --> 00:02:41.379 Maybe they're all the same. 00:02:42.840 --> 00:02:44.439 Or I'm a good person. 00:02:45.139 --> 00:02:46.060 I live a good life. 00:02:46.819 --> 00:02:49.620 So I don't need Jesus, even if he is God. 00:02:50.780 --> 00:02:51.860 How would you answer? 00:02:55.139 --> 00:02:57.159 I want you to imagine you're on a plane. 00:02:58.580 --> 00:03:00.120 But the plane is crashing. 00:03:01.080 --> 00:03:01.920 I'm sorry. 00:03:03.420 --> 00:03:04.780 The plane is crashing. 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:08.620 What do you worry about in that moment? 00:03:10.659 --> 00:03:13.379 Would you be devastated that your life is about to end? 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:16.319 Or angry at a God who doesn't care? 00:03:17.219 --> 00:03:20.360 Or be counting up your sins and checking your moral status? 00:03:21.560 --> 00:03:26.680 Would you have any assurance of what meeting with God will be like after you die? 00:03:26.680 --> 00:03:32.840 The truth is, we are all on a plane like that. 00:03:32.920 --> 00:03:38.659 A plane that is our lifetime with no landing gear. 00:03:38.659 --> 00:03:47.259 No matter what point in the flight you are, every life hits a mountain called death. 00:03:48.759 --> 00:03:53.939 We need someone to give us life beyond the crash before we crash. 00:03:53.939 --> 00:04:02.520 And we'll see today that there is only hope for life if Jesus really is God. 00:04:02.520 --> 00:04:05.960 So get John chapter 5 in front of you. 00:04:05.960 --> 00:04:12.360 The beginning of this chapter, we heard this last week from John Lauer. 00:04:12.920 --> 00:04:17.579 And Jesus went to work on the Sabbath day. 00:04:17.579 --> 00:04:19.859 When it was illegal to work. 00:04:20.859 --> 00:04:26.000 He went and found a man who could not walk and did the work of healing him. 00:04:26.000 --> 00:04:29.759 And then in verse 16 of chapter 5 it says, 00:04:30.060 --> 00:04:33.579 The religious leaders began to persecute him for doing this. 00:04:34.540 --> 00:04:35.079 Why? 00:04:35.560 --> 00:04:39.199 Because Jesus deliberately broke the law as they knew it. 00:04:40.459 --> 00:04:43.540 It was said that only God could work on the Sabbath. 00:04:44.959 --> 00:04:48.620 For God is always working and his work is effortless. 00:04:49.319 --> 00:04:53.399 God only needs to speak and creation obeys. 00:04:53.399 --> 00:04:56.500 But Jesus says in verse 17, 00:04:57.419 --> 00:05:00.459 My father is always at his work to this very day. 00:05:00.879 --> 00:05:03.479 And I too am working. 00:05:04.859 --> 00:05:08.000 See, Jesus was claiming to be working legally. 00:05:09.019 --> 00:05:11.839 He was claiming to be God. 00:05:12.799 --> 00:05:15.620 And the religious leaders understood exactly what he claimed. 00:05:16.259 --> 00:05:19.579 No longer were they going to just persecute him as a nuisance. 00:05:20.359 --> 00:05:23.000 But from that point, as soon as Jesus said that, 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:24.339 they sought to kill him. 00:05:25.620 --> 00:05:27.160 Not only was he breaking the Sabbath, 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:29.360 but he was even calling God his own father, 00:05:29.740 --> 00:05:31.939 making himself equal with God. 00:05:33.259 --> 00:05:34.779 And the rest of the chapter 00:05:34.779 --> 00:05:41.339 is Jesus' answer to their charges and judgment of him. 00:05:42.019 --> 00:05:45.660 That he was not God and deserved punishment. 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:48.420 Deserved death. 00:05:48.420 --> 00:05:53.300 So Jesus stated his case before them in our passage today, 00:05:53.420 --> 00:05:55.800 outlining his claims in more detail, 00:05:56.300 --> 00:06:00.980 and how he planned to prove that those claims are true. 00:06:03.040 --> 00:06:05.660 Jesus claimed to be God. 00:06:07.040 --> 00:06:10.420 He said that he was doing God's works, 00:06:10.660 --> 00:06:14.080 like a son following in his father's trade. 00:06:14.079 --> 00:06:18.219 Imagine a son and a father in a workshop. 00:06:18.599 --> 00:06:20.099 Maybe they're working on some wood. 00:06:20.620 --> 00:06:21.800 I'm not very handy. 00:06:22.199 --> 00:06:24.819 But I'm imagining this is the kind of language 00:06:24.819 --> 00:06:27.219 and picture Jesus is trying to paint 00:06:27.219 --> 00:06:28.779 when he says in verse 20, 00:06:29.539 --> 00:06:31.699 for the father loves the son 00:06:31.699 --> 00:06:34.339 and shows him all he does. 00:06:34.339 --> 00:06:41.139 Jesus even said he's worthy of worship like the father. 00:06:41.679 --> 00:06:42.479 Verse 23. 00:06:43.259 --> 00:06:45.060 Whoever does not honor the son 00:06:45.060 --> 00:06:48.699 does not honor the father who sent him. 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:56.439 But the two-edged swords of his claim to be God is this, 00:06:57.559 --> 00:06:58.959 that he is the judge of all 00:06:58.959 --> 00:07:01.919 and he is the giver of life. 00:07:01.920 --> 00:07:05.100 Let's read from verse 28. 00:07:07.740 --> 00:07:10.800 A time is coming when all who are in their graves 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:12.819 will hear his voice and come out. 00:07:13.140 --> 00:07:15.160 Those who have done what is good will rise to live 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:16.860 and those who have done what is evil 00:07:16.860 --> 00:07:18.180 will rise to be condemned. 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:21.960 Jesus' accusers were not shocked 00:07:21.960 --> 00:07:26.500 that he said every person will be raised to judgment, 00:07:27.500 --> 00:07:30.600 either to death and condemnation 00:07:30.600 --> 00:07:35.080 or death and to eternal life. 00:07:36.060 --> 00:07:37.400 But they were shocked 00:07:37.400 --> 00:07:41.340 because Jesus said he is the voice. 00:07:42.600 --> 00:07:44.900 He is the voice that would rise the dead 00:07:44.900 --> 00:07:46.540 into judgment. 00:07:46.980 --> 00:07:47.600 Verse 22. 00:07:48.120 --> 00:07:51.420 The father has entrusted all judgment to the son. 00:07:51.980 --> 00:07:52.920 Verse 27. 00:07:52.920 --> 00:07:56.520 And he has given him authority to judge. 00:07:56.519 --> 00:08:03.199 Jesus literally claimed he will judge all people 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:04.939 for the life that they live. 00:08:05.180 --> 00:08:06.419 Their eternal destiny, 00:08:06.620 --> 00:08:08.839 my eternal destiny, 00:08:09.219 --> 00:08:11.620 will be determined by Jesus. 00:08:12.259 --> 00:08:12.859 Man. 00:08:13.719 --> 00:08:17.620 Speaking in Palestine 2,000 years ago. 00:08:18.899 --> 00:08:19.899 Verse 25. 00:08:19.899 --> 00:08:22.779 Very truly I tell you, 00:08:22.919 --> 00:08:24.019 a time is coming 00:08:24.019 --> 00:08:27.099 when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God 00:08:27.099 --> 00:08:29.439 and those who hear will live. 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:32.659 Were you reading along with your Bible? 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:34.600 You've got to hold me accountable here 00:08:34.600 --> 00:08:35.620 because I left something out. 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:36.759 I did it on purpose, 00:08:36.919 --> 00:08:38.259 but you've got to be reading along. 00:08:39.259 --> 00:08:40.399 Because, he says, 00:08:40.439 --> 00:08:41.439 a time is coming 00:08:41.440 --> 00:08:44.060 and is now here. 00:08:45.700 --> 00:08:47.820 The determining of eternal destiny 00:08:47.820 --> 00:08:52.340 started the moment we heard Jesus' voice. 00:08:53.080 --> 00:08:55.000 The judge of the world has arrived. 00:08:55.480 --> 00:08:56.760 He came with a voice 00:08:56.760 --> 00:08:58.060 that would condemn 00:08:58.060 --> 00:09:00.040 or bring life. 00:09:01.840 --> 00:09:03.040 And Jesus also claimed 00:09:03.040 --> 00:09:05.900 to be the giver of life. 00:09:08.200 --> 00:09:09.780 At the beginning of chapter 5, 00:09:09.960 --> 00:09:10.920 he goes to work 00:09:10.919 --> 00:09:12.539 and does a healing. 00:09:13.299 --> 00:09:15.740 He heals completely dead legs. 00:09:16.599 --> 00:09:17.699 And then in verse 12, 00:09:19.139 --> 00:09:20.519 he came to be able 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:23.120 to raise the completely dead 00:09:23.120 --> 00:09:26.839 just as the Father raises the dead 00:09:26.839 --> 00:09:28.519 and gives them life. 00:09:29.019 --> 00:09:31.360 Even so, the Son gives life. 00:09:32.779 --> 00:09:34.679 It's not just physical death, though, 00:09:34.759 --> 00:09:36.019 that he claimed to have power over. 00:09:36.699 --> 00:09:38.679 It's spiritual deadness, too. 00:09:39.719 --> 00:09:40.719 In verse 24, 00:09:40.919 --> 00:09:43.679 whoever hears my word 00:09:43.679 --> 00:09:46.019 and believes him who sent me 00:09:46.019 --> 00:09:47.699 has eternal life 00:09:47.699 --> 00:09:49.179 and will not be judged, 00:09:49.519 --> 00:09:50.620 but is crossed over 00:09:50.620 --> 00:09:52.299 from death to life. 00:09:54.179 --> 00:09:55.860 This judge claimed 00:09:55.860 --> 00:09:56.819 to be able 00:09:56.819 --> 00:09:57.839 to grant 00:09:57.839 --> 00:10:00.059 life 00:10:00.059 --> 00:10:01.919 on one condition. 00:10:01.919 --> 00:10:02.419 salvation. 00:10:02.419 --> 00:10:04.079 And it's backwards 00:10:04.079 --> 00:10:04.919 to what people 00:10:04.919 --> 00:10:05.519 in our city 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:06.179 might expect. 00:10:06.500 --> 00:10:07.240 It's backwards 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:08.019 to what the people 00:10:08.019 --> 00:10:08.740 hearing Jesus 00:10:08.740 --> 00:10:09.620 expected. 00:10:09.819 --> 00:10:11.259 Because it's not merit. 00:10:11.939 --> 00:10:13.259 It's not good works. 00:10:13.419 --> 00:10:14.539 It's not our own goodness. 00:10:15.899 --> 00:10:16.639 Jesus said 00:10:16.639 --> 00:10:18.500 just by believing 00:10:18.500 --> 00:10:20.419 he would grant 00:10:20.419 --> 00:10:21.419 eternal life. 00:10:22.259 --> 00:10:22.839 This believing 00:10:22.839 --> 00:10:24.319 is hearing Jesus 00:10:24.319 --> 00:10:25.860 claim to be God 00:10:25.860 --> 00:10:27.460 and agreeing 00:10:27.460 --> 00:10:28.159 that God, 00:10:28.259 --> 00:10:28.899 the Father, 00:10:29.240 --> 00:10:29.879 sent him. 00:10:31.539 --> 00:10:32.519 Look again 00:10:32.519 --> 00:10:33.419 at verse 24. 00:10:34.740 --> 00:10:35.560 Look at this promise. 00:10:37.840 --> 00:10:38.580 Jesus said 00:10:38.580 --> 00:10:39.840 that by believing 00:10:39.840 --> 00:10:40.500 in him 00:10:40.500 --> 00:10:41.960 we have 00:10:41.960 --> 00:10:43.580 eternal life. 00:10:43.899 --> 00:10:44.840 We have 00:10:44.840 --> 00:10:45.879 crossed over 00:10:45.879 --> 00:10:46.720 from death 00:10:46.720 --> 00:10:47.460 to life 00:10:47.460 --> 00:10:48.580 at the moment 00:10:48.580 --> 00:10:49.240 of believing. 00:10:49.240 --> 00:10:51.700 how could 00:10:51.700 --> 00:10:52.100 Jesus 00:10:52.100 --> 00:10:53.259 promise people 00:10:53.259 --> 00:10:53.720 this? 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:55.879 There's a clue 00:10:55.879 --> 00:10:56.720 in the next verse. 00:10:57.560 --> 00:10:58.379 Verse 25. 00:10:58.919 --> 00:10:59.840 A time is coming 00:10:59.840 --> 00:11:01.419 and has now come 00:11:01.419 --> 00:11:02.779 when the dead 00:11:02.779 --> 00:11:03.279 will hear 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:03.680 the voice 00:11:03.680 --> 00:11:04.460 of the Son of God 00:11:04.460 --> 00:11:05.299 and those who hear 00:11:05.299 --> 00:11:06.000 will live. 00:11:07.220 --> 00:11:08.820 Jesus is the start 00:11:08.820 --> 00:11:10.159 of eternal life. 00:11:10.620 --> 00:11:11.539 It's his initiative. 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:12.980 It's his life 00:11:12.980 --> 00:11:14.480 and it's his promise. 00:11:15.000 --> 00:11:15.799 Believing in him 00:11:15.799 --> 00:11:16.399 now 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:17.840 begins 00:11:17.840 --> 00:11:19.039 an eternal life. 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:20.000 with him. 00:11:22.259 --> 00:11:23.259 We will all 00:11:23.259 --> 00:11:23.680 one day 00:11:23.680 --> 00:11:24.620 be physically dead 00:11:24.620 --> 00:11:26.519 and without 00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:28.039 an eternal life 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:29.419 beyond death 00:11:29.419 --> 00:11:31.379 where spiritually 00:11:31.379 --> 00:11:32.299 is good as dead. 00:11:33.519 --> 00:11:34.360 Yet anyone, 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:35.659 Jesus says, 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:36.500 can receive 00:11:36.500 --> 00:11:37.720 eternal life 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:38.279 now 00:11:38.279 --> 00:11:39.320 by believing 00:11:39.320 --> 00:11:40.379 in him 00:11:40.379 --> 00:11:41.220 and cross 00:11:41.220 --> 00:11:42.039 from death 00:11:42.039 --> 00:11:43.320 to immediate 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:44.399 abundant 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:45.539 eternal 00:11:45.539 --> 00:11:46.360 life. 00:11:47.720 --> 00:11:48.460 Life that begins 00:11:48.460 --> 00:11:49.000 in eternity 00:11:49.000 --> 00:11:49.519 with him 00:11:49.519 --> 00:11:50.139 as your God. 00:11:50.759 --> 00:11:51.399 Free from 00:11:51.399 --> 00:11:52.120 condemnation, 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:53.379 free from fear, 00:11:54.059 --> 00:11:54.580 free from 00:11:54.580 --> 00:11:55.440 hopelessness 00:11:55.440 --> 00:11:56.740 by simply 00:11:56.740 --> 00:11:57.240 believing 00:11:57.240 --> 00:11:58.340 that Jesus 00:11:58.340 --> 00:11:59.139 really is 00:11:59.139 --> 00:11:59.779 God. 00:12:04.019 --> 00:12:05.220 These claims 00:12:05.220 --> 00:12:06.019 shatter 00:12:06.019 --> 00:12:07.019 the expectations 00:12:07.019 --> 00:12:07.879 of our city. 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:10.259 God 00:12:10.259 --> 00:12:10.679 and over 00:12:10.679 --> 00:12:11.159 100 years 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:11.500 ago, 00:12:11.899 --> 00:12:12.159 a man 00:12:12.159 --> 00:12:12.379 called 00:12:12.379 --> 00:12:12.759 C.S. 00:12:12.840 --> 00:12:13.039 Lewis 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:14.080 in a 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:14.360 different 00:12:14.360 --> 00:12:14.799 city 00:12:14.799 --> 00:12:17.299 that didn't 00:12:17.299 --> 00:12:17.759 care about 00:12:17.759 --> 00:12:18.059 God 00:12:18.059 --> 00:12:19.240 and if they 00:12:19.240 --> 00:12:19.620 did, 00:12:19.799 --> 00:12:20.080 they had 00:12:20.080 --> 00:12:20.419 the wrong 00:12:20.419 --> 00:12:21.139 expectations. 00:12:22.259 --> 00:12:22.720 He wrote 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:23.620 this about 00:12:23.620 --> 00:12:24.220 all that 00:12:24.220 --> 00:12:25.000 Jesus claims 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:26.539 as a challenge 00:12:26.539 --> 00:12:27.519 to us. 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:30.559 in the mouth 00:12:30.559 --> 00:12:30.899 of any 00:12:30.899 --> 00:12:31.279 speaker 00:12:31.279 --> 00:12:31.620 who is 00:12:31.620 --> 00:12:31.840 not 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:32.100 God, 00:12:32.179 --> 00:12:32.679 these words 00:12:32.679 --> 00:12:33.779 would imply 00:12:33.779 --> 00:12:34.799 what I 00:12:34.799 --> 00:12:35.779 can only 00:12:35.779 --> 00:12:36.539 regard as 00:12:36.539 --> 00:12:37.319 a silliness 00:12:37.319 --> 00:12:38.259 and conceit 00:12:38.259 --> 00:12:39.740 unrivaled by 00:12:39.740 --> 00:12:40.519 any character 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:41.159 in history. 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:42.600 You must 00:12:42.600 --> 00:12:43.019 make your 00:12:43.019 --> 00:12:43.379 choice. 00:12:43.699 --> 00:12:44.199 Either this 00:12:44.199 --> 00:12:45.759 man was 00:12:45.759 --> 00:12:46.759 and is 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:47.259 the son 00:12:47.259 --> 00:12:47.699 of God 00:12:47.699 --> 00:12:48.720 or else 00:12:48.720 --> 00:12:50.139 a madman 00:12:50.139 --> 00:12:52.460 or something 00:12:52.460 --> 00:12:52.939 worse. 00:12:53.759 --> 00:12:54.279 You can 00:12:54.279 --> 00:12:54.740 shut him 00:12:54.740 --> 00:12:55.279 up a 00:12:55.279 --> 00:12:55.580 fool, 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:56.379 you can 00:12:56.379 --> 00:12:56.879 spit at 00:12:56.879 --> 00:12:57.179 him and 00:12:57.179 --> 00:12:57.539 kill him 00:12:57.539 --> 00:12:57.799 as a 00:12:57.799 --> 00:12:58.059 demon 00:12:58.059 --> 00:12:58.799 or you 00:12:58.799 --> 00:12:59.220 can fall 00:12:59.220 --> 00:12:59.519 at his 00:12:59.519 --> 00:13:00.039 feet and 00:13:00.039 --> 00:13:00.539 call him 00:13:00.539 --> 00:13:01.799 Lord and 00:13:01.799 --> 00:13:02.259 God. 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:04.360 Chatswood, 00:13:05.399 --> 00:13:05.779 we've got 00:13:05.779 --> 00:13:06.139 to make 00:13:06.139 --> 00:13:07.699 a choice. 00:13:08.860 --> 00:13:09.460 Is Jesus 00:13:09.460 --> 00:13:10.580 a mad fool 00:13:10.580 --> 00:13:11.220 worthy of 00:13:11.220 --> 00:13:12.720 death or 00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:13.080 the judge 00:13:13.080 --> 00:13:13.279 of the 00:13:13.279 --> 00:13:14.559 world freely 00:13:14.559 --> 00:13:15.419 offering you 00:13:15.419 --> 00:13:16.019 immediate 00:13:16.019 --> 00:13:16.700 abundant 00:13:16.700 --> 00:13:17.379 eternal 00:13:17.379 --> 00:13:18.159 life? 00:13:20.139 --> 00:13:21.860 Those claims 00:13:21.860 --> 00:13:22.439 are astonishing. 00:13:23.679 --> 00:13:24.120 But Jesus 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:24.899 claimed he 00:13:24.899 --> 00:13:25.620 can prove 00:13:25.620 --> 00:13:25.919 it to 00:13:25.919 --> 00:13:26.139 you. 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:28.699 He lines 00:13:28.699 --> 00:13:29.299 up witnesses 00:13:29.299 --> 00:13:29.720 to his 00:13:29.720 --> 00:13:30.139 claims. 00:13:30.460 --> 00:13:30.679 For he 00:13:30.679 --> 00:13:31.059 says it's 00:13:31.059 --> 00:13:31.460 not enough 00:13:31.460 --> 00:13:31.720 for me 00:13:31.720 --> 00:13:32.059 just to 00:13:32.059 --> 00:13:32.419 say, 00:13:32.980 --> 00:13:33.559 in verse 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:34.080 31, 00:13:35.439 --> 00:13:36.519 that I 00:13:36.519 --> 00:13:36.939 am God. 00:13:37.019 --> 00:13:37.319 It's not 00:13:37.319 --> 00:13:37.659 enough for 00:13:37.659 --> 00:13:37.860 me to 00:13:37.860 --> 00:13:38.259 witness to 00:13:38.259 --> 00:13:38.720 myself. 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:40.039 According 00:13:40.039 --> 00:13:40.639 to Jesus, 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:41.460 John the 00:13:41.460 --> 00:13:41.799 Baptist, 00:13:42.580 --> 00:13:43.120 the greatest 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:43.620 man of 00:13:43.620 --> 00:13:44.059 all time 00:13:44.059 --> 00:13:44.460 as Jesus 00:13:44.460 --> 00:13:45.259 described him 00:13:45.259 --> 00:13:46.519 in Matthew 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:46.980 11, 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:48.419 John the 00:13:48.419 --> 00:13:48.639 Baptist 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:49.039 declared 00:13:49.039 --> 00:13:49.779 Jesus as 00:13:49.779 --> 00:13:50.360 the Lamb 00:13:50.360 --> 00:13:51.019 of God. 00:13:52.939 --> 00:13:53.639 And God 00:13:53.639 --> 00:13:54.259 the Father 00:13:54.259 --> 00:13:55.019 declared 00:13:55.019 --> 00:13:55.879 audibly from 00:13:55.879 --> 00:13:56.299 heaven, 00:13:57.240 --> 00:13:57.600 this is 00:13:57.600 --> 00:13:58.240 my Son, 00:13:58.600 --> 00:13:59.039 listen to 00:13:59.039 --> 00:13:59.339 him. 00:14:00.500 --> 00:14:00.919 But Jesus 00:14:00.919 --> 00:14:01.360 says in 00:14:01.360 --> 00:14:02.059 this passage 00:14:02.059 --> 00:14:04.419 that his 00:14:04.419 --> 00:14:05.199 accusers don't 00:14:05.199 --> 00:14:06.139 recognize the 00:14:06.139 --> 00:14:06.439 Father. 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:07.659 They've never 00:14:07.659 --> 00:14:08.059 seen him, 00:14:08.139 --> 00:14:08.480 they don't 00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:08.799 know his 00:14:08.799 --> 00:14:09.199 voice. 00:14:09.699 --> 00:14:10.360 So what he 00:14:10.360 --> 00:14:10.720 says of 00:14:10.720 --> 00:14:11.299 Jesus goes 00:14:11.299 --> 00:14:11.919 unheard. 00:14:12.899 --> 00:14:13.980 John 5, 00:14:14.079 --> 00:14:14.480 37, 00:14:14.839 --> 00:14:15.299 he says, 00:14:15.419 --> 00:14:15.839 you've never 00:14:15.839 --> 00:14:16.419 heard his 00:14:16.419 --> 00:14:16.779 voice. 00:14:16.779 --> 00:14:19.100 And 00:14:19.100 --> 00:14:19.860 agreeing with 00:14:19.860 --> 00:14:20.299 the Father 00:14:20.299 --> 00:14:20.980 is scripture 00:14:20.980 --> 00:14:21.679 itself. 00:14:22.019 --> 00:14:22.740 That whole 00:14:22.740 --> 00:14:23.439 Old Testament 00:14:23.439 --> 00:14:24.019 that's come 00:14:24.019 --> 00:14:24.559 before. 00:14:26.220 --> 00:14:26.620 Jesus 00:14:26.620 --> 00:14:27.419 summarizes it 00:14:27.419 --> 00:14:29.740 as Moses, 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:30.919 the great 00:14:30.919 --> 00:14:31.480 prophet and 00:14:31.480 --> 00:14:32.000 champion of 00:14:32.000 --> 00:14:32.240 Israel. 00:14:32.379 --> 00:14:33.199 He says in 00:14:33.199 --> 00:14:34.039 verse 46 and 00:14:34.039 --> 00:14:34.539 47, 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:36.059 if you 00:14:36.059 --> 00:14:36.459 believed 00:14:36.459 --> 00:14:36.839 Moses, 00:14:36.939 --> 00:14:37.159 you would 00:14:37.159 --> 00:14:37.519 have believed 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:37.819 me. 00:14:38.699 --> 00:14:39.100 For he 00:14:39.100 --> 00:14:39.519 wrote about 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:39.740 me. 00:14:40.439 --> 00:14:40.860 But since 00:14:40.860 --> 00:14:41.339 you do not 00:14:41.339 --> 00:14:41.779 believe what 00:14:41.779 --> 00:14:42.279 he wrote, 00:14:42.659 --> 00:14:43.120 how are you 00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:43.339 going to 00:14:43.339 --> 00:14:43.779 believe what 00:14:43.779 --> 00:14:44.259 I say? 00:14:46.120 --> 00:14:46.959 The religious 00:14:46.959 --> 00:14:47.459 leaders of 00:14:47.459 --> 00:14:48.000 the time had 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:48.419 their heads 00:14:48.419 --> 00:14:49.199 buried in 00:14:49.199 --> 00:14:50.000 God's words, 00:14:50.860 --> 00:14:51.439 but that was 00:14:51.439 --> 00:14:52.500 not enough for 00:14:52.500 --> 00:14:52.959 them to 00:14:52.959 --> 00:14:53.980 recognize God 00:14:53.980 --> 00:14:54.899 right in 00:14:54.899 --> 00:14:55.279 front of 00:14:55.279 --> 00:14:55.459 them. 00:14:56.919 --> 00:14:57.699 But most 00:14:57.699 --> 00:14:58.159 of all, 00:14:59.220 --> 00:14:59.799 it's Jesus 00:14:59.799 --> 00:15:00.579 works 00:15:00.579 --> 00:15:01.519 themselves 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:02.860 that witness 00:15:02.860 --> 00:15:04.740 strongest to 00:15:04.740 --> 00:15:05.360 the truth of 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:05.860 his claim to 00:15:05.860 --> 00:15:06.360 be God. 00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:09.199 Have a look 00:15:09.199 --> 00:15:09.459 at verse 00:15:09.459 --> 00:15:10.019 36. 00:15:12.539 --> 00:15:13.059 Jesus 00:15:13.059 --> 00:15:13.419 says, 00:15:13.419 --> 00:15:13.939 I have 00:15:13.939 --> 00:15:14.639 testimony 00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:15.459 weightier 00:15:15.459 --> 00:15:16.799 for the 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:17.319 works that 00:15:17.319 --> 00:15:17.679 the Father 00:15:17.679 --> 00:15:18.099 has given 00:15:18.099 --> 00:15:18.379 me to 00:15:18.379 --> 00:15:18.699 finish. 00:15:18.939 --> 00:15:19.319 The works 00:15:19.319 --> 00:15:19.679 that I 00:15:19.679 --> 00:15:20.339 am doing 00:15:20.339 --> 00:15:22.199 testify that 00:15:22.199 --> 00:15:22.740 the Father 00:15:22.740 --> 00:15:23.699 has sent 00:15:23.699 --> 00:15:23.959 me. 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:26.860 If you've 00:15:26.860 --> 00:15:27.500 been following 00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:27.979 along with 00:15:27.979 --> 00:15:28.259 this at 00:15:28.259 --> 00:15:28.579 church, 00:15:28.939 --> 00:15:29.539 or if you've 00:15:29.539 --> 00:15:29.879 ever read 00:15:29.879 --> 00:15:30.259 it before, 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:30.579 the book 00:15:30.579 --> 00:15:31.199 of John 00:15:31.199 --> 00:15:31.979 describes 00:15:31.979 --> 00:15:32.339 Jesus' 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:33.519 miracles, 00:15:33.959 --> 00:15:34.319 not with 00:15:34.319 --> 00:15:34.740 that word 00:15:34.740 --> 00:15:35.240 miracle, 00:15:35.740 --> 00:15:36.059 but the 00:15:36.059 --> 00:15:36.860 word sign. 00:15:38.459 --> 00:15:38.939 Signs 00:15:38.939 --> 00:15:39.699 point to 00:15:39.699 --> 00:15:40.079 something. 00:15:40.699 --> 00:15:41.059 They can 00:15:41.059 --> 00:15:41.639 be proved 00:15:41.639 --> 00:15:42.419 right or 00:15:42.419 --> 00:15:42.819 wrong. 00:15:42.820 --> 00:15:43.660 If you 00:15:43.660 --> 00:15:44.040 follow 00:15:44.040 --> 00:15:44.340 them. 00:15:44.960 --> 00:15:45.340 If you're 00:15:45.340 --> 00:15:46.320 local or 00:15:46.320 --> 00:15:46.480 you've 00:15:46.480 --> 00:15:46.940 been around 00:15:46.940 --> 00:15:47.340 Chatswood 00:15:47.340 --> 00:15:47.720 at all, 00:15:48.820 --> 00:15:49.360 or if 00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:49.480 you've 00:15:49.480 --> 00:15:49.740 ever been 00:15:49.740 --> 00:15:50.000 to our 00:15:50.000 --> 00:15:50.300 church, 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:51.460 you go 00:15:51.460 --> 00:15:52.020 straight down 00:15:52.020 --> 00:15:52.460 this street 00:15:52.460 --> 00:15:52.740 here, 00:15:52.860 --> 00:15:53.080 down 00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:53.360 Help 00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:53.700 Street. 00:15:55.740 --> 00:15:56.220 Over 00:15:56.220 --> 00:15:56.960 the train 00:15:56.960 --> 00:15:57.720 line is a 00:15:57.720 --> 00:15:58.340 gigantic 00:15:58.340 --> 00:15:59.080 sign. 00:15:59.760 --> 00:16:00.460 It looks 00:16:00.460 --> 00:16:00.720 like it 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:01.060 could be as 00:16:01.060 --> 00:16:01.340 big as 00:16:01.340 --> 00:16:01.820 that wall 00:16:01.820 --> 00:16:02.360 right there. 00:16:02.900 --> 00:16:03.780 That sign 00:16:03.780 --> 00:16:05.420 is trying to 00:16:05.420 --> 00:16:05.960 convince you 00:16:05.960 --> 00:16:06.460 that a new 00:16:06.460 --> 00:16:07.260 breakfast cereal 00:16:07.260 --> 00:16:07.860 or a new 00:16:07.860 --> 00:16:08.660 car or a new 00:16:08.660 --> 00:16:09.380 hair product 00:16:09.379 --> 00:16:10.779 is better 00:16:10.779 --> 00:16:11.100 than your 00:16:11.100 --> 00:16:11.600 current one. 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:12.919 The 00:16:12.919 --> 00:16:13.439 flattering 00:16:13.439 --> 00:16:15.139 photoshopped 00:16:15.139 --> 00:16:15.740 picture is 00:16:15.740 --> 00:16:16.360 its proof 00:16:16.360 --> 00:16:18.939 that their 00:16:18.939 --> 00:16:19.480 cereal is 00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:19.939 tastier, 00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:21.220 that the 00:16:21.220 --> 00:16:21.740 car has a 00:16:21.740 --> 00:16:22.419 smoother ride, 00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:23.019 or that you 00:16:23.019 --> 00:16:23.600 really can 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:24.240 regrow your 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:24.539 hair. 00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:27.500 Chatswood is 00:16:27.500 --> 00:16:28.080 a prove-it 00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:28.519 kind of 00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:28.860 place. 00:16:28.860 --> 00:16:32.659 If you 00:16:32.659 --> 00:16:33.019 made the 00:16:33.019 --> 00:16:33.580 claim Jesus 00:16:33.580 --> 00:16:34.139 is God 00:16:34.139 --> 00:16:34.440 in 00:16:34.440 --> 00:16:34.840 Chatswood, 00:16:35.100 --> 00:16:35.620 if I 00:16:35.620 --> 00:16:36.519 put Jesus 00:16:36.519 --> 00:16:37.379 is God 00:16:37.379 --> 00:16:38.019 on that 00:16:38.019 --> 00:16:38.539 sign, 00:16:39.560 --> 00:16:40.039 people would 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:40.800 drive down, 00:16:41.940 --> 00:16:42.700 it's hilarious, 00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:43.159 it's called 00:16:43.159 --> 00:16:43.419 Help 00:16:43.419 --> 00:16:43.740 Street, 00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:44.300 but they 00:16:44.300 --> 00:16:44.899 drive down 00:16:44.899 --> 00:16:45.139 Help 00:16:45.139 --> 00:16:45.440 Street, 00:16:45.700 --> 00:16:45.980 look at 00:16:45.980 --> 00:16:46.259 that and 00:16:46.259 --> 00:16:46.460 go, 00:16:46.620 --> 00:16:47.399 prove it. 00:16:50.220 --> 00:16:50.680 Chatswood 00:16:50.680 --> 00:16:50.960 is a 00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:51.399 prove-it 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:52.019 kind of 00:16:52.019 --> 00:16:52.379 place. 00:16:52.980 --> 00:16:53.300 And Jesus 00:16:53.300 --> 00:16:53.680 says, 00:16:53.940 --> 00:16:54.500 his proof 00:16:54.500 --> 00:16:55.120 is in 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:55.740 his signs. 00:16:56.120 --> 00:16:56.639 So let's 00:16:56.639 --> 00:16:57.240 look to 00:16:57.240 --> 00:16:57.600 some of 00:16:57.600 --> 00:16:57.840 Jesus' 00:16:57.840 --> 00:16:58.379 signs. 00:16:58.860 --> 00:16:59.480 And see, 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:00.360 can Jesus 00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:00.860 really give 00:17:00.860 --> 00:17:01.159 us the 00:17:01.159 --> 00:17:02.180 life he 00:17:02.180 --> 00:17:02.779 claims to 00:17:02.779 --> 00:17:03.019 offer? 00:17:05.299 --> 00:17:05.980 Look back 00:17:05.980 --> 00:17:06.299 at verse 00:17:06.299 --> 00:17:06.819 21. 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:07.660 Just as 00:17:07.660 --> 00:17:08.220 the Father 00:17:08.220 --> 00:17:08.900 raises the 00:17:08.900 --> 00:17:09.180 dead, 00:17:09.860 --> 00:17:10.400 even so 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:10.860 the Son 00:17:10.860 --> 00:17:11.579 gives life 00:17:11.579 --> 00:17:12.059 to whom 00:17:12.059 --> 00:17:12.400 he is 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:12.900 pleased 00:17:12.900 --> 00:17:14.120 to give 00:17:14.120 --> 00:17:14.279 it. 00:17:16.079 --> 00:17:16.599 Jesus 00:17:16.599 --> 00:17:17.059 was able 00:17:17.059 --> 00:17:17.339 to give 00:17:17.339 --> 00:17:17.779 life to 00:17:17.779 --> 00:17:17.940 dead 00:17:17.940 --> 00:17:18.279 legs. 00:17:19.420 --> 00:17:20.079 Can he 00:17:20.079 --> 00:17:20.839 give life 00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:21.180 to dead 00:17:21.180 --> 00:17:21.500 people? 00:17:23.059 --> 00:17:23.740 Can he 00:17:23.740 --> 00:17:24.319 give life 00:17:24.319 --> 00:17:25.079 beyond the 00:17:25.079 --> 00:17:25.400 grave? 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:27.220 Let's 00:17:27.220 --> 00:17:27.579 look in 00:17:27.579 --> 00:17:27.960 John for 00:17:27.960 --> 00:17:28.160 some 00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:28.480 proof. 00:17:28.859 --> 00:17:30.799 John 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:31.179 11. 00:17:35.379 --> 00:17:36.859 Later in 00:17:36.859 --> 00:17:37.379 John's 00:17:37.379 --> 00:17:37.979 Gospel, 00:17:38.899 --> 00:17:39.159 Jesus 00:17:39.159 --> 00:17:39.859 received a 00:17:39.859 --> 00:17:40.379 message that 00:17:40.379 --> 00:17:40.759 his friend 00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:41.519 Lazarus was 00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:43.539 sick and 00:17:43.539 --> 00:17:43.839 to come 00:17:43.839 --> 00:17:44.399 quick to 00:17:44.399 --> 00:17:44.819 the town 00:17:44.819 --> 00:17:45.399 nearby and 00:17:45.399 --> 00:17:45.839 heal him. 00:17:47.059 --> 00:17:47.519 But Jesus 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:47.899 waited. 00:17:49.299 --> 00:17:50.119 He waited. 00:17:50.299 --> 00:17:50.579 He didn't 00:17:50.579 --> 00:17:50.819 go. 00:17:52.819 --> 00:17:53.899 And when he 00:17:53.899 --> 00:17:54.479 finally did 00:17:54.479 --> 00:17:54.819 go, 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:56.519 Lazarus had 00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:56.919 been dead 00:17:56.919 --> 00:17:57.539 four days. 00:17:58.859 --> 00:18:00.579 And 00:18:00.579 --> 00:18:01.179 Lazarus's 00:18:01.179 --> 00:18:01.539 sister 00:18:01.539 --> 00:18:02.099 Martha said 00:18:02.099 --> 00:18:02.519 to Jesus 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:03.019 in verse 00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:03.459 21, 00:18:04.579 --> 00:18:04.879 if you'd 00:18:04.879 --> 00:18:05.359 been there, 00:18:05.559 --> 00:18:06.059 my brother 00:18:06.059 --> 00:18:06.719 would not 00:18:06.719 --> 00:18:07.159 have died. 00:18:07.859 --> 00:18:08.240 And just 00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:08.539 as an 00:18:08.539 --> 00:18:08.899 aside, 00:18:09.179 --> 00:18:09.639 last week 00:18:09.639 --> 00:18:09.979 we looked 00:18:09.979 --> 00:18:10.399 at John 00:18:10.399 --> 00:18:10.819 4. 00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:11.599 There was 00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:12.139 a man 00:18:12.139 --> 00:18:12.879 who lived 00:18:12.879 --> 00:18:13.619 20 miles 00:18:13.619 --> 00:18:14.039 away from 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:14.459 where Jesus 00:18:14.459 --> 00:18:14.919 was and 00:18:14.919 --> 00:18:15.559 he traveled 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:16.779 to Jesus 00:18:16.779 --> 00:18:17.779 and asked 00:18:17.779 --> 00:18:18.119 him, 00:18:18.439 --> 00:18:18.799 can you 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:19.539 come the 00:18:19.539 --> 00:18:20.119 20 miles 00:18:20.119 --> 00:18:20.659 to my 00:18:20.659 --> 00:18:21.559 town to 00:18:21.559 --> 00:18:22.119 heal my 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:22.479 dying 00:18:22.479 --> 00:18:22.859 son? 00:18:22.859 --> 00:18:24.539 And Jesus 00:18:24.539 --> 00:18:25.799 just said, 00:18:25.899 --> 00:18:26.240 your son 00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:26.579 will be 00:18:26.579 --> 00:18:26.879 healed. 00:18:28.259 --> 00:18:28.759 The man 00:18:28.759 --> 00:18:29.179 went back 00:18:29.179 --> 00:18:29.979 to 20 miles 00:18:29.979 --> 00:18:30.859 and found 00:18:30.859 --> 00:18:31.359 his son 00:18:31.359 --> 00:18:31.979 healed. 00:18:32.679 --> 00:18:32.919 Jesus 00:18:32.919 --> 00:18:33.339 doesn't 00:18:33.339 --> 00:18:33.740 need to 00:18:33.740 --> 00:18:34.139 go. 00:18:35.879 --> 00:18:36.279 Remember 00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:36.979 the signs 00:18:36.979 --> 00:18:37.439 people. 00:18:41.579 --> 00:18:42.099 So 00:18:42.099 --> 00:18:42.599 Lazarus 00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:43.419 went with 00:18:43.419 --> 00:18:43.919 those in 00:18:43.919 --> 00:18:44.279 mourning. 00:18:45.639 --> 00:18:46.119 Jesus 00:18:46.119 --> 00:18:46.579 went with 00:18:46.579 --> 00:18:46.919 those in 00:18:46.919 --> 00:18:47.339 mourning to 00:18:47.339 --> 00:18:47.939 Lazarus's 00:18:47.939 --> 00:18:48.240 tomb. 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:51.140 and he 00:18:51.140 --> 00:18:51.500 commanded 00:18:51.500 --> 00:18:51.799 it to 00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:52.279 be opened 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:54.339 and the 00:18:54.339 --> 00:18:54.960 smell 00:18:54.960 --> 00:18:56.220 hit everyone 00:18:56.220 --> 00:18:56.680 full in 00:18:56.680 --> 00:18:57.160 the face 00:18:57.160 --> 00:18:59.640 and Jesus 00:18:59.640 --> 00:19:00.160 shouted, 00:19:00.740 --> 00:19:01.400 Lazarus 00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:02.359 come out 00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:03.599 and Lazarus 00:19:03.599 --> 00:19:04.339 walked out 00:19:04.339 --> 00:19:05.319 in burial 00:19:05.319 --> 00:19:06.559 cloths 00:19:06.559 --> 00:19:07.019 alive. 00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:10.359 Jesus 00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:10.900 proved he 00:19:10.900 --> 00:19:11.220 could raise 00:19:11.220 --> 00:19:11.579 the dead. 00:19:14.640 --> 00:19:15.160 He 00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:15.700 proved he 00:19:15.700 --> 00:19:16.039 could bring 00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:16.500 dead limbs 00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:16.900 back to 00:19:16.900 --> 00:19:17.120 life. 00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:17.460 He 00:19:17.460 --> 00:19:17.819 proved he 00:19:17.819 --> 00:19:18.140 could bring 00:19:18.140 --> 00:19:18.680 dead people 00:19:18.680 --> 00:19:19.100 back to 00:19:19.100 --> 00:19:19.380 life. 00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:20.280 How 00:19:20.280 --> 00:19:20.580 could he 00:19:20.580 --> 00:19:21.740 prove that 00:19:21.740 --> 00:19:22.020 he could 00:19:22.020 --> 00:19:22.220 offer 00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:22.800 eternal 00:19:22.800 --> 00:19:23.720 life? 00:19:26.840 --> 00:19:27.320 John 00:19:27.320 --> 00:19:27.820 knows that 00:19:27.820 --> 00:19:28.040 that's 00:19:28.040 --> 00:19:28.340 his next 00:19:28.340 --> 00:19:28.800 question 00:19:28.800 --> 00:19:29.380 because 00:19:29.380 --> 00:19:29.880 immediately 00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:30.640 after he 00:19:30.640 --> 00:19:31.259 describes 00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:31.840 this 00:19:31.840 --> 00:19:32.620 wonderful 00:19:32.620 --> 00:19:33.040 moment of 00:19:33.040 --> 00:19:33.600 celebration, 00:19:33.920 --> 00:19:34.500 this wonderful 00:19:34.500 --> 00:19:35.080 sign, 00:19:36.280 --> 00:19:36.759 he says, 00:19:36.940 --> 00:19:37.380 and now the 00:19:37.380 --> 00:19:38.120 religious leaders 00:19:38.120 --> 00:19:39.420 literally signed 00:19:39.420 --> 00:19:39.860 his death 00:19:39.860 --> 00:19:40.180 warrant. 00:19:40.740 --> 00:19:41.340 That was the 00:19:41.340 --> 00:19:41.800 moment they 00:19:41.800 --> 00:19:42.040 said, 00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:42.480 nope, 00:19:43.020 --> 00:19:43.440 enough is 00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:43.720 enough, 00:19:44.100 --> 00:19:44.400 no more 00:19:44.400 --> 00:19:44.780 planning, 00:19:45.200 --> 00:19:45.540 he's got 00:19:45.540 --> 00:19:45.860 to die 00:19:45.860 --> 00:19:46.259 now. 00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:50.480 And 00:19:50.480 --> 00:19:51.099 spoiler alert, 00:19:51.180 --> 00:19:51.500 he did. 00:19:52.660 --> 00:19:53.019 Jesus' 00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:53.559 plane hit 00:19:53.559 --> 00:19:53.940 the mountain. 00:19:57.900 --> 00:19:58.319 How can a 00:19:58.319 --> 00:19:58.579 man that 00:19:58.579 --> 00:19:59.160 claims he 00:19:59.160 --> 00:19:59.720 is God 00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:00.059 and the 00:20:00.059 --> 00:20:00.440 giver of 00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:00.759 eternal 00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:01.339 life be 00:20:01.339 --> 00:20:01.799 legitimate 00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:02.940 if he 00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:03.359 dies? 00:20:05.460 --> 00:20:05.720 Well, 00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:06.640 in a 00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:07.180 similar tomb 00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:07.879 to Lazarus, 00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:09.559 Jesus was 00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:09.879 buried. 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:10.900 And a 00:20:10.900 --> 00:20:11.539 couple of 00:20:11.539 --> 00:20:12.460 days after 00:20:12.460 --> 00:20:13.119 his brutal 00:20:13.119 --> 00:20:13.579 murder, 00:20:13.980 --> 00:20:14.500 his followers 00:20:14.500 --> 00:20:15.200 went to 00:20:15.200 --> 00:20:15.619 properly 00:20:15.619 --> 00:20:16.019 prepare 00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:16.380 his dead 00:20:16.380 --> 00:20:16.660 body, 00:20:16.900 --> 00:20:17.099 because they 00:20:17.099 --> 00:20:17.299 couldn't 00:20:17.299 --> 00:20:17.559 go on 00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:17.680 the 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:17.900 Sabbath, 00:20:18.099 --> 00:20:18.339 because that 00:20:18.339 --> 00:20:18.480 would have 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:18.960 been work. 00:20:21.299 --> 00:20:21.880 But the 00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:22.200 tomb was 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:22.559 empty and 00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:22.819 the body 00:20:22.819 --> 00:20:23.299 was gone. 00:20:24.579 --> 00:20:25.059 And then 00:20:25.059 --> 00:20:25.799 Jesus revealed 00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:26.579 himself as 00:20:26.579 --> 00:20:27.200 alive, 00:20:28.380 --> 00:20:28.980 unexpectedly 00:20:28.980 --> 00:20:29.519 risen, 00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:31.180 still scarred 00:20:31.180 --> 00:20:31.519 from his 00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:31.940 cross, 00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:34.279 and hundreds 00:20:34.279 --> 00:20:35.720 met with 00:20:35.720 --> 00:20:35.920 him. 00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:37.339 And many 00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:37.779 of them 00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:39.259 died 00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:39.900 witnessing 00:20:39.900 --> 00:20:40.579 to his 00:20:40.579 --> 00:20:41.019 resurrection. 00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:43.019 But one 00:20:43.019 --> 00:20:43.440 disciple, 00:20:43.660 --> 00:20:44.279 early on, 00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:45.240 Thomas, 00:20:46.900 --> 00:20:47.660 missed seeing 00:20:47.660 --> 00:20:48.299 the risen 00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:49.039 Jesus with 00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:49.359 the rest 00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:49.640 of them. 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:51.400 And he 00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:51.960 doubted that 00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:52.640 Jesus lived, 00:20:52.839 --> 00:20:53.039 and he 00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:53.460 demanded, 00:20:53.859 --> 00:20:54.240 in John 00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:54.619 20, 00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:55.380 25, 00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:56.039 he says, 00:20:56.539 --> 00:20:57.039 unless I 00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:57.700 see and 00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:57.980 put my 00:20:57.980 --> 00:20:58.779 finger where 00:20:58.779 --> 00:20:59.460 the nails 00:20:59.460 --> 00:20:59.680 were, 00:20:59.859 --> 00:21:00.200 put my 00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:01.140 hand in 00:21:01.140 --> 00:21:01.700 his side, 00:21:01.880 --> 00:21:02.240 I will 00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:03.220 not believe. 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:05.220 He challenged 00:21:05.220 --> 00:21:05.559 Jesus' 00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.000 claims. 00:21:06.420 --> 00:21:06.680 He's 00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:07.180 Chatswood 00:21:07.180 --> 00:21:08.599 in that 00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:08.880 moment. 00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:10.079 We join in 00:21:10.079 --> 00:21:10.359 with him 00:21:10.359 --> 00:21:10.640 and we 00:21:10.640 --> 00:21:10.920 say, 00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:11.900 prove it. 00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:15.079 Then Jesus 00:21:15.079 --> 00:21:15.660 appeared to 00:21:15.660 --> 00:21:16.019 Thomas, 00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:17.240 as if to 00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:17.519 us, 00:21:18.519 --> 00:21:20.440 and said, 00:21:20.539 --> 00:21:20.900 go ahead, 00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:21.500 touch my 00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:21.839 scars, 00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:22.319 it's really 00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:22.619 me. 00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:23.700 But for 00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:24.059 Thomas, 00:21:25.059 --> 00:21:25.559 seeing was 00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:25.960 believing, 00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:28.579 as he 00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:28.960 witnessed, 00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:30.220 my Lord 00:21:30.220 --> 00:21:31.319 and my 00:21:31.319 --> 00:21:31.619 God. 00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:33.640 Jesus 00:21:33.640 --> 00:21:34.619 really is 00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:35.460 God. 00:21:37.460 --> 00:21:38.039 Jesus 00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:38.660 claimed to be 00:21:38.660 --> 00:21:39.180 God who can 00:21:39.180 --> 00:21:40.039 offer immediate, 00:21:40.500 --> 00:21:40.859 abundant, 00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:42.019 eternal life, 00:21:42.019 --> 00:21:43.139 and proved 00:21:43.139 --> 00:21:43.339 it. 00:21:44.339 --> 00:21:45.000 He proved 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:45.660 it by signs 00:21:45.660 --> 00:21:46.220 he performed 00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:47.059 as the 00:21:47.059 --> 00:21:48.059 God and 00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:48.660 the giver 00:21:48.660 --> 00:21:49.660 of life. 00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:51.000 And Jesus 00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:52.019 was on the 00:21:52.019 --> 00:21:52.440 plane of 00:21:52.440 --> 00:21:53.180 life like 00:21:53.180 --> 00:21:53.680 we are, 00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:54.819 and died 00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:55.259 like we 00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:55.559 will, 00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:56.779 yet lives 00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:57.319 to prove 00:21:57.319 --> 00:21:57.660 that he 00:21:57.660 --> 00:21:58.099 has life 00:21:58.099 --> 00:21:58.619 to give 00:21:58.619 --> 00:21:59.779 for now 00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.480 and for 00:22:00.480 --> 00:22:00.879 eternity. 00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:02.619 And that's 00:22:02.619 --> 00:22:02.940 why this 00:22:02.940 --> 00:22:03.839 gospel exists. 00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.160 Just read it 00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:05.759 out before. 00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:06.799 John says 00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:07.799 immediately after 00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.180 Thomas' 00:22:08.339 --> 00:22:08.920 witnesses to 00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:09.259 Jesus, 00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.539 almost like 00:22:10.539 --> 00:22:11.139 he's connecting 00:22:11.139 --> 00:22:11.539 it on 00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:11.940 purpose. 00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.759 To show 00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.519 us this 00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:14.079 sign. 00:22:15.879 --> 00:22:16.579 So that 00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:17.000 you may 00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:18.240 believe that 00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:18.859 Jesus is 00:22:18.859 --> 00:22:19.440 the Messiah, 00:22:19.900 --> 00:22:20.460 the Son of 00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:20.639 God, 00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:21.039 and that by 00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:21.720 believing you 00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:22.099 might have 00:22:22.099 --> 00:22:22.460 life in 00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:22.940 his name. 00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.299 That's why 00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:25.680 he's written 00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:26.019 the book. 00:22:26.940 --> 00:22:27.359 He hopes 00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:27.759 you'll see 00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:28.299 Jesus through 00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:28.799 his witness. 00:22:30.619 --> 00:22:30.819 And that 00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:31.379 Jesus really 00:22:31.379 --> 00:22:31.740 is the 00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:32.259 life-giving 00:22:32.259 --> 00:22:32.720 judge of 00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:33.180 all people. 00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:33.839 And that 00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:34.500 Jesus really 00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:36.000 is God. 00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.500 Remember 00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:39.079 that song I 00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:40.220 quoted at the 00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:40.480 beginning? 00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:41.559 What if 00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:42.140 God was 00:22:42.140 --> 00:22:42.440 one of 00:22:42.440 --> 00:22:42.680 us? 00:22:43.120 --> 00:22:43.460 I just 00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:43.759 want to 00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.339 point you 00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:44.640 to verse 00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:44.980 two. 00:22:46.319 --> 00:22:46.940 Because it 00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:47.519 asks this 00:22:47.519 --> 00:22:47.880 bitter, 00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:48.579 sarcastic 00:22:48.579 --> 00:22:49.279 question of 00:22:49.279 --> 00:22:49.519 us, 00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:51.360 assuming that 00:22:51.360 --> 00:22:51.700 it wouldn't 00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:53.000 matter if 00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.480 God was 00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:53.779 one of 00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.039 us. 00:22:54.360 --> 00:22:54.700 Here's the 00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:55.059 question. 00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:56.079 If God 00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:56.440 was one 00:22:56.440 --> 00:22:56.819 of us, 00:22:57.180 --> 00:22:57.519 would you 00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:57.759 want to 00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:57.960 see? 00:22:59.319 --> 00:22:59.940 If seeing 00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:00.720 meant that 00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:00.940 you would 00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:01.299 have to 00:23:01.299 --> 00:23:02.940 believe in 00:23:02.940 --> 00:23:03.259 Jesus? 00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:05.799 Well, 00:23:05.879 --> 00:23:06.440 like Thomas, 00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:07.099 your answer 00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:07.680 should be 00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:08.259 yes. 00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:09.180 Yes, 00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:09.559 I want 00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:10.099 to believe. 00:23:10.759 --> 00:23:11.000 I'm 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.160 on a 00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:11.500 crashing 00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.279 plane and 00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:12.759 Jesus is 00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:13.259 offering me 00:23:13.259 --> 00:23:13.839 life. 00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:15.299 No matter 00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:16.099 what you 00:23:16.099 --> 00:23:16.920 right now 00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.460 think of 00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:17.779 God, 00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:18.779 no matter 00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:19.160 what, 00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:21.819 Jesus 00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:23.400 offers you 00:23:23.400 --> 00:23:24.379 life. 00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:25.879 No matter 00:23:25.879 --> 00:23:26.200 what you 00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:26.740 think of 00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:27.259 your life, 00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:29.680 Jesus offers 00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:30.000 you an 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:30.500 abundant 00:23:30.500 --> 00:23:31.900 life today. 00:23:31.900 --> 00:23:32.000 life. 00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:33.700 Jesus can 00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:34.200 offer it 00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:34.640 to you 00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:36.500 because he 00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:37.060 died your 00:23:37.060 --> 00:23:37.480 death. 00:23:38.300 --> 00:23:38.780 He 00:23:38.780 --> 00:23:39.680 experienced 00:23:39.680 --> 00:23:40.519 the crash 00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:40.880 of your 00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:42.300 life and 00:23:42.300 --> 00:23:42.680 all of 00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:43.200 your judgment 00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:44.019 for you 00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:45.040 as he 00:23:45.040 --> 00:23:45.720 crashed on 00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.400 his cross. 00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:48.740 His 00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:49.280 astonishing 00:23:49.280 --> 00:23:49.940 offer of 00:23:49.940 --> 00:23:51.200 life is 00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:52.300 proved just 00:23:52.300 --> 00:23:53.759 and fair 00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:55.620 because his 00:23:55.620 --> 00:23:56.540 perfect life 00:23:56.540 --> 00:23:57.820 deserved no 00:23:57.820 --> 00:23:58.100 end. 00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:59.000 His life 00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.800 deserved landing 00:23:59.800 --> 00:24:00.120 gear. 00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:04.920 instead, 00:24:05.800 --> 00:24:06.600 he offers 00:24:06.600 --> 00:24:06.920 you a 00:24:06.920 --> 00:24:07.280 trade. 00:24:12.280 --> 00:24:13.259 If you 00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:14.220 claim the 00:24:14.220 --> 00:24:14.840 trade Jesus 00:24:14.840 --> 00:24:15.420 offers you, 00:24:16.860 --> 00:24:18.820 you can 00:24:18.820 --> 00:24:20.300 exchange your 00:24:20.300 --> 00:24:21.540 life and 00:24:21.540 --> 00:24:22.080 your judgments. 00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:24.640 Evil for 00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:25.060 good. 00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:26.960 Condemnation 00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:28.120 for life. 00:24:28.119 --> 00:24:29.639 life and 00:24:29.639 --> 00:24:29.919 he will 00:24:29.919 --> 00:24:30.239 give it to 00:24:30.239 --> 00:24:30.559 you right 00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:30.939 now. 00:24:32.899 --> 00:24:33.319 Crossing 00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:33.959 over from 00:24:33.959 --> 00:24:34.719 death to 00:24:34.719 --> 00:24:36.199 life if 00:24:36.199 --> 00:24:37.799 you believe. 00:24:39.199 --> 00:24:39.799 Only 00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.479 Jesus can 00:24:40.479 --> 00:24:41.319 offer you 00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:42.119 an abundant 00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:44.359 life which 00:24:44.359 --> 00:24:45.299 is rest and 00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:47.079 peace from 00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:49.139 all that 00:24:49.139 --> 00:24:50.079 your life is 00:24:50.079 --> 00:24:51.199 striving toward. 00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:51.240 forward. 00:24:52.420 --> 00:24:52.900 There's no 00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:53.580 ticket on 00:24:53.580 --> 00:24:54.120 offer here 00:24:54.120 --> 00:24:54.880 off this 00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:55.279 crashing 00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:56.779 plane but 00:24:56.779 --> 00:24:57.259 there's rest 00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:57.900 and peace 00:24:57.900 --> 00:24:59.019 for the 00:24:59.019 --> 00:24:59.779 flight and 00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.180 that's what 00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:00.460 Jesus' 00:25:01.160 --> 00:25:01.600 abundant 00:25:01.600 --> 00:25:03.460 life redeems 00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:04.100 you from. 00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:06.180 It's a 00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:07.140 life at rest 00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:08.100 from the 00:25:08.100 --> 00:25:09.080 striving that's 00:25:09.080 --> 00:25:09.940 underneath all 00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.460 the work that 00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:10.880 you do. 00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:12.059 The work in 00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:12.759 striving for 00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.539 your security, 00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.220 for your 00:25:14.220 --> 00:25:14.900 reputation, 00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:15.960 for your own 00:25:15.960 --> 00:25:16.480 righteousness. 00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:18.339 righteousness and 00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:20.160 it's peace from 00:25:20.160 --> 00:25:21.079 having to work 00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:22.400 your works to 00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:23.440 earn anything 00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:24.200 before God. 00:25:26.539 --> 00:25:27.319 You can 00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:28.259 receive belief 00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:29.120 in him as 00:25:29.120 --> 00:25:30.160 an unearned 00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:30.960 gift. 00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:33.019 Only Jesus 00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.640 offers you 00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:35.380 hope beyond 00:25:35.380 --> 00:25:35.839 life. 00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:37.920 Here's the 00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.420 verse I would 00:25:38.420 --> 00:25:38.920 write to this 00:25:38.920 --> 00:25:39.160 song. 00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:39.680 What if God 00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:40.120 was one of 00:25:40.120 --> 00:25:40.299 us? 00:25:40.480 --> 00:25:41.519 In this 00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:42.059 broken and 00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.400 violent, 00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.039 decaying, 00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:43.460 deathward 00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:43.920 world, 00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:47.100 there is 00:25:47.100 --> 00:25:47.480 an end to 00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.000 your fear 00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.200 of 00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:48.880 condemnation, 00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.620 an assurance 00:25:50.620 --> 00:25:51.080 that cannot 00:25:51.080 --> 00:25:51.700 be shaken. 00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:53.039 It's joy for 00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:53.560 today and 00:25:53.560 --> 00:25:54.660 tomorrow and 00:25:54.660 --> 00:25:55.920 hope beyond 00:25:55.920 --> 00:25:56.700 death. 00:25:57.820 --> 00:25:58.300 For God 00:25:58.300 --> 00:25:59.580 was one 00:25:59.580 --> 00:25:59.980 of us. 00:26:02.060 --> 00:26:02.620 Jesus really 00:26:02.620 --> 00:26:04.100 is God. 00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.660 Is Jesus 00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.180 really God? 00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.700 Your answer 00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:10.660 should be yes. 00:26:10.840 --> 00:26:11.680 I want you 00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:12.620 to believe in 00:26:12.620 --> 00:26:12.860 Jesus. 00:26:13.120 --> 00:26:13.539 You should 00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.379 want to 00:26:14.379 --> 00:26:15.139 believe in 00:26:15.139 --> 00:26:15.460 Jesus. 00:26:16.180 --> 00:26:16.740 Take your 00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.180 next step 00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:17.899 and believe 00:26:17.899 --> 00:26:18.559 today. 00:26:19.460 --> 00:26:20.099 Receive the 00:26:20.099 --> 00:26:20.639 eternal life 00:26:20.639 --> 00:26:20.899 that he 00:26:20.899 --> 00:26:21.220 offers. 00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:22.519 For Jesus 00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:23.279 really is 00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:24.059 God. 00:26:24.879 --> 00:26:25.559 And if you 00:26:25.559 --> 00:26:26.240 believe Jesus 00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:26.759 is God, 00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:27.920 then join 00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.859 in with 00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:30.579 John as 00:26:30.579 --> 00:26:31.059 a witness 00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:32.119 to Jesus. 00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:33.480 Share 00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:33.819 Jesus' 00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:34.599 signs with 00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:35.259 people so 00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:35.759 that they 00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.579 might believe 00:26:36.579 --> 00:26:37.159 in him. 00:26:38.940 --> 00:26:39.299 From 00:26:39.299 --> 00:26:39.980 belief in 00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.839 Jesus brings 00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:42.059 a desire to 00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:42.920 be a sign 00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:44.220 that points 00:26:44.220 --> 00:26:44.759 people to 00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.500 Jesus Christ. 00:26:46.340 --> 00:26:46.900 I'm going to 00:26:46.900 --> 00:26:47.340 do something 00:26:47.340 --> 00:26:47.660 we don't 00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:48.600 often do in 00:26:48.600 --> 00:26:48.840 church, 00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.340 which is 00:26:49.340 --> 00:26:50.060 get out 00:26:50.060 --> 00:26:50.600 your phone. 00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:51.660 Get out 00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:51.940 your phone 00:26:51.940 --> 00:26:52.400 and point it 00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:52.640 at the 00:26:52.640 --> 00:26:53.279 screen and 00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.740 scan this 00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.039 code. 00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:54.720 And if 00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.200 you do, 00:26:55.759 --> 00:26:56.340 you will 00:26:56.340 --> 00:26:56.880 download an 00:26:56.880 --> 00:26:57.400 app that's 00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:57.720 free. 00:26:58.060 --> 00:26:58.420 It's a 00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:59.140 resource called 00:26:59.140 --> 00:26:59.440 Word 00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:00.140 One-to-One. 00:27:00.600 --> 00:27:01.240 This is the 00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.759 Gospel of 00:27:01.759 --> 00:27:02.580 John and 00:27:02.580 --> 00:27:03.140 it's broken 00:27:03.140 --> 00:27:03.820 up into 00:27:03.820 --> 00:27:04.940 little short 00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.480 readings. 00:27:06.000 --> 00:27:06.279 There's 00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:07.440 questions to 00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:08.120 ask yourself, 00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.259 to discuss 00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:09.880 with others, 00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:10.960 and there's 00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.280 help to 00:27:11.280 --> 00:27:11.880 understand the 00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:12.780 context and 00:27:12.780 --> 00:27:13.380 the meaning 00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:14.240 of the 00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:14.760 book of 00:27:14.760 --> 00:27:15.100 John. 00:27:17.860 --> 00:27:18.740 This app 00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.380 will help 00:27:19.380 --> 00:27:20.800 you share 00:27:20.800 --> 00:27:21.180 the good 00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:21.760 news of 00:27:21.760 --> 00:27:22.100 John, 00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.360 explore the 00:27:23.360 --> 00:27:24.120 claims and 00:27:24.120 --> 00:27:24.740 proof that 00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:25.380 Jesus really 00:27:25.380 --> 00:27:26.020 is God, 00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:27.180 and how 00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:28.600 it really 00:27:28.600 --> 00:27:29.780 matters that 00:27:29.780 --> 00:27:31.140 Jesus is 00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:32.020 God. 00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:32.540 Once you 00:27:32.540 --> 00:27:32.820 have the 00:27:32.820 --> 00:27:33.080 app, 00:27:33.300 --> 00:27:33.640 there's a 00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:34.100 button called 00:27:34.100 --> 00:27:34.480 Share, 00:27:34.780 --> 00:27:35.220 and you can 00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:36.180 hold that 00:27:36.180 --> 00:27:36.920 code out to 00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:37.580 anyone who 00:27:37.580 --> 00:27:38.120 has a phone, 00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:39.039 and you 00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.379 can open 00:27:39.379 --> 00:27:39.799 the Bible 00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:40.679 with someone 00:27:40.679 --> 00:27:41.659 who doesn't 00:27:41.659 --> 00:27:42.039 have one, 00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:42.939 no matter 00:27:42.939 --> 00:27:43.299 where you 00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:43.599 are, 00:27:43.939 --> 00:27:44.519 as long as 00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:44.719 you have 00:27:44.719 --> 00:27:45.139 battery on 00:27:45.139 --> 00:27:45.519 their phone. 00:27:47.979 --> 00:27:48.579 And if 00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.139 you believe 00:27:49.139 --> 00:27:49.599 that Jesus 00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:50.199 is really 00:27:50.199 --> 00:27:50.579 God, 00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:53.859 then he's 00:27:53.859 --> 00:27:54.359 worthy of 00:27:54.359 --> 00:27:54.939 your worship. 00:27:56.139 --> 00:27:57.179 As we enjoy 00:27:57.179 --> 00:27:57.659 Jesus' 00:27:57.919 --> 00:27:58.459 accomplishments 00:27:58.459 --> 00:27:59.139 for us, 00:27:59.299 --> 00:27:59.659 and the 00:27:59.659 --> 00:28:00.799 peace and 00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.919 rest in 00:28:01.919 --> 00:28:02.219 him, 00:28:02.719 --> 00:28:03.619 we reorder 00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:04.359 the priorities 00:28:04.359 --> 00:28:04.699 of our 00:28:04.699 --> 00:28:06.399 life around 00:28:06.399 --> 00:28:06.779 his. 00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:08.559 For he 00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:08.959 is worthy 00:28:08.959 --> 00:28:09.419 of your 00:28:09.419 --> 00:28:09.759 life. 00:28:09.979 --> 00:28:10.439 That's why 00:28:10.439 --> 00:28:11.119 we've sung 00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:11.539 today. 00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:12.879 That's why 00:28:12.879 --> 00:28:13.759 we teach 00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.419 and learn 00:28:14.419 --> 00:28:15.319 new songs, 00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.659 because he 00:28:16.659 --> 00:28:17.979 inspires works 00:28:17.979 --> 00:28:18.979 of thanks 00:28:18.979 --> 00:28:20.139 and praise. 00:28:20.879 --> 00:28:21.199 So, 00:28:21.379 --> 00:28:21.839 what if 00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:22.939 God was 00:28:22.939 --> 00:28:23.259 one of 00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:23.559 us? 00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.859 He was. 00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:25.500 He was 00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:25.779 one of 00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:26.000 us. 00:28:27.179 --> 00:28:27.659 He is 00:28:27.659 --> 00:28:27.979 Jesus. 00:28:29.959 --> 00:28:30.919 He claimed 00:28:30.919 --> 00:28:31.259 this, 00:28:31.459 --> 00:28:31.739 and he 00:28:31.739 --> 00:28:32.439 proved this, 00:28:32.679 --> 00:28:32.879 and he 00:28:32.879 --> 00:28:33.519 offers you 00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:34.239 immediate, 00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:35.379 abundant, 00:28:35.879 --> 00:28:36.659 eternal life 00:28:36.659 --> 00:28:37.199 in him. 00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:37.640 So, 00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:37.960 take your 00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.440 next step 00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.180 and open 00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:39.580 your Bible 00:28:39.580 --> 00:28:41.380 and hear 00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:42.620 God speak. 00:28:43.080 --> 00:28:44.160 Verse 24, 00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.420 a time is 00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:45.759 coming, 00:28:46.360 --> 00:28:46.880 and has 00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:47.620 now come, 00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.600 where the 00:28:48.600 --> 00:28:49.019 dead will 00:28:49.019 --> 00:28:49.519 hear the 00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:49.900 voice of 00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:50.220 the Son 00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:50.740 of God, 00:28:51.200 --> 00:28:51.840 and those 00:28:51.840 --> 00:28:52.319 who hear 00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:53.680 will live. 00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:53.779 Amen. 00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:53.840 Amen. 00:28:53.840 --> 00:28:53.940 Amen.