WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:14.439 Number one, I couldn't help this morning as we were singing to cross-reference the song and the words in my own thinking against Psalm 119. 00:00:14.439 --> 00:00:17.359 ! It says this, 00:00:17.359 --> 00:00:20.920 Open thou mine eyes that I might behold wondrous truths of thy law. 00:00:22.500 --> 00:00:28.440 And so I trust that as you were singing that, you were thinking and praying to yourself, 00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:31.700 Lord, I just don't want to be going through the motion of singing. 00:00:31.900 --> 00:00:43.100 I really want to consciously and deliberately be in prayer that you would open my heart and my ears, my life, that I would hear what you have to say for me. 00:00:44.260 --> 00:00:44.900 That was one. 00:00:46.500 --> 00:00:55.299 The second thing that I thought about, I thought, what a way to set the stage for a pastor to walk to the platform. 00:00:58.439 --> 00:01:08.259 I have no business doing anything but speaking what is true. 00:01:10.259 --> 00:01:16.620 And that's the reason that I began by saying, what did I say to start with? 00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:20.819 Turn in your Bible. 00:01:20.819 --> 00:01:27.500 I am so very thankful. 00:01:28.699 --> 00:01:36.079 I am so very thankful that my calling and my privilege, my responsibility and the thing that you pray for 00:01:36.079 --> 00:01:41.039 is that when I preach, that I preach the Word of God. 00:01:41.040 --> 00:01:52.060 And that you can hold it in your hand and you can follow along and you can track and reference and understand by the prompting of the Spirit, 00:01:52.200 --> 00:01:55.400 what is it that we're looking at and what is it that God says here? 00:01:56.100 --> 00:01:59.280 So, we're going to look at John chapter 7. 00:01:59.400 --> 00:02:02.640 Let me read from verse 40 a little bit to kind of set the frame. 00:02:03.020 --> 00:02:04.240 And then we're going to pray together. 00:02:04.239 --> 00:02:06.839 And then we're going to open up and study the Word of God together. 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:14.500 When they heard these words, some of the people said, this really is the prophet. 00:02:16.099 --> 00:02:18.019 Others said, this is the Christ. 00:02:19.299 --> 00:02:22.719 But some said, is the Christ to come from Galilee? 00:02:23.719 --> 00:02:27.280 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David 00:02:27.280 --> 00:02:30.719 and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was? 00:02:32.180 --> 00:02:37.020 So, there was a division among the people over him. 00:02:38.099 --> 00:02:38.840 Let's pray. 00:02:41.080 --> 00:02:47.659 Father, our time this morning in prayer is without question something that is not just a habit. 00:02:50.180 --> 00:02:55.159 It is a confession of our absolute dependency upon you for everything. 00:02:57.280 --> 00:02:58.539 For me. 00:02:59.900 --> 00:03:02.879 And for the enabling of the Spirit in preaching your Word, 00:03:02.979 --> 00:03:07.860 to preach it with accuracy and with clarity and simplicity and sweetness. 00:03:10.060 --> 00:03:15.719 That the hearts of people that love Christ are lifted up to glory in His name 00:03:15.719 --> 00:03:17.180 and the blessing of salvation. 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:24.840 And that those who are here that don't know Christ, 00:03:24.840 --> 00:03:31.240 would not slip into a Christless and hopeless eternity in hell 00:03:31.240 --> 00:03:34.599 because they have refused the sweetness of the gospel. 00:03:35.539 --> 00:03:36.860 And we plead with you 00:03:36.860 --> 00:03:44.060 that you would work this morning to make Jesus clear 00:03:44.060 --> 00:03:48.000 and winsome 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:50.960 and draw people to faith. 00:03:50.960 --> 00:03:54.300 We ask this in Jesus' name. 00:03:55.120 --> 00:03:55.500 Amen. 00:03:59.640 --> 00:04:02.000 I really don't remember when I first heard it. 00:04:02.980 --> 00:04:06.020 But if there's anything you know about me, 00:04:06.100 --> 00:04:08.360 it's that most everything I've ever said that's reasonable, 00:04:08.640 --> 00:04:10.879 I repeated from somebody else. 00:04:11.780 --> 00:04:14.719 There are very few original thoughts that I've had 00:04:14.719 --> 00:04:16.879 that are anything worth ever saying twice. 00:04:16.879 --> 00:04:19.519 Most of the things that come out of my head 00:04:19.519 --> 00:04:22.060 that I think of on my own 00:04:22.060 --> 00:04:24.819 happen to be rather skunky. 00:04:25.620 --> 00:04:29.839 And so I am a gleaner from every resource that I can think of. 00:04:30.019 --> 00:04:33.759 And I remember when I first heard John MacArthur say 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:34.920 that the purpose of preaching 00:04:34.920 --> 00:04:38.000 is to really put people on the spot of saying yes or no. 00:04:39.959 --> 00:04:41.060 Yes or no to God. 00:04:41.060 --> 00:04:46.360 And so I am conscious and deliberate of that. 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:48.019 Not only this morning 00:04:48.019 --> 00:04:51.040 because this passage is a perfect illustration of it. 00:04:51.519 --> 00:04:55.600 But I'm under that sense of responsibility 00:04:55.600 --> 00:04:59.540 and conviction that preaching really is about 00:04:59.540 --> 00:05:01.639 making the word of God clear 00:05:01.639 --> 00:05:04.899 so that people say yes, yes, yes, yes. 00:05:04.899 --> 00:05:07.060 That's what I know God thinks 00:05:07.060 --> 00:05:08.500 and I'm going to respond in faith. 00:05:08.500 --> 00:05:13.480 Or, hey, I hear it, but I'm not doing it. 00:05:14.860 --> 00:05:15.959 Can I tell you something? 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:17.459 Nobody's going to end up in hell. 00:05:17.800 --> 00:05:19.319 Everybody smile because I'm talking to you. 00:05:20.540 --> 00:05:22.879 Nobody's going to end up in hell because of ignorance. 00:05:24.480 --> 00:05:25.100 Do you got that? 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:29.279 People make conscious, deliberate decisions 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:34.800 to refuse the clear, convincing, persuasive work of God, 00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:38.480 whether it is in creation or in the declaration of the word. 00:05:38.579 --> 00:05:40.060 And that's what we're doing here this morning. 00:05:41.740 --> 00:05:44.079 And as we are working our way through John, 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:47.699 and I thought about taking the time this morning 00:05:47.699 --> 00:05:50.639 to kind of give you a real quick rundown, and I won't, 00:05:51.019 --> 00:05:54.560 but I will highlight the fact that as you look through John 00:05:54.560 --> 00:05:56.379 up to chapter 7, 00:05:56.600 --> 00:05:59.139 you will find over and over again 00:05:59.139 --> 00:06:03.659 that in these short little pictures we have of the Savior, 00:06:04.620 --> 00:06:06.899 in the same frame in which we're given, 00:06:07.139 --> 00:06:09.339 whether it's Nicodemus or the woman at the well, 00:06:09.699 --> 00:06:13.019 we have clear instance of individuals 00:06:13.019 --> 00:06:15.699 making conscious and deliberate decisions. 00:06:17.139 --> 00:06:19.719 In essence, saying yes or no. 00:06:19.720 --> 00:06:27.520 And here we are at the most public declaration 00:06:27.520 --> 00:06:33.260 that Christ made to point to date of His ministry. 00:06:33.720 --> 00:06:36.280 Remember, He came at the last day of the feast and said, 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:38.040 hey, listen, in essence, He says, 00:06:38.120 --> 00:06:40.040 believe on Me, you'll have everlasting life, 00:06:40.180 --> 00:06:41.540 and you'll receive the Spirit. 00:06:42.120 --> 00:06:43.600 And in essence, He's saying, listen, 00:06:43.740 --> 00:06:45.780 I am the one that you believe in and trust in 00:06:45.779 --> 00:06:50.399 for salvation and for all the blessings that God has promised. 00:06:51.579 --> 00:06:55.639 Against that reasonable statement that Jesus made, 00:06:56.179 --> 00:06:58.219 John wants to take the time 00:06:58.219 --> 00:07:03.119 to have every one of us recognize 00:07:03.119 --> 00:07:08.779 that what Jesus said was handled and responded to 00:07:08.779 --> 00:07:10.759 in different ways. 00:07:11.519 --> 00:07:12.759 Now, why is that? 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:16.139 How many of you do better with examples 00:07:16.139 --> 00:07:19.519 than you just do with kind of auditory things? 00:07:20.699 --> 00:07:22.300 I have to confess that, 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:25.019 and this is my last remodel. 00:07:25.139 --> 00:07:25.839 I've said that before, 00:07:25.959 --> 00:07:30.079 but we now have heat in the home 00:07:30.079 --> 00:07:32.779 that Judith and I bought over on Guernsey. 00:07:33.039 --> 00:07:36.000 We have a hard pipe that is running hot water 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:36.699 through the house, 00:07:37.300 --> 00:07:38.699 and hey, listen to me. 00:07:39.019 --> 00:07:41.039 A boiler system is really kind of easy. 00:07:41.040 --> 00:07:44.400 Once you watch other people do it. 00:07:46.560 --> 00:07:47.420 And I've been, 00:07:47.800 --> 00:07:48.920 some of you are smiling 00:07:48.920 --> 00:07:51.160 because you have no idea what hard pipe is. 00:07:51.260 --> 00:07:52.200 Bob, you understand. 00:07:53.260 --> 00:07:55.660 And so, after I watched 00:07:55.660 --> 00:07:58.420 the boiler guys doing the boiler system, 00:07:58.520 --> 00:08:00.060 I hooked up two of them myself. 00:08:00.300 --> 00:08:00.700 Yes! 00:08:02.700 --> 00:08:03.800 Now, my point is, 00:08:04.920 --> 00:08:07.680 hey, we want to see it in real life. 00:08:07.680 --> 00:08:13.079 And what we're looking at this morning 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:16.060 is how people responded 00:08:16.060 --> 00:08:18.259 to the offer of Christ 00:08:18.259 --> 00:08:20.560 to be their Savior. 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:24.540 Four different pictures 00:08:24.540 --> 00:08:26.399 that I want you to see this morning. 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:28.180 First of all, we see believing. 00:08:29.460 --> 00:08:30.699 And very interestingly, 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:32.320 picking up there in verse 40, 00:08:32.419 --> 00:08:33.700 when they heard these words, 00:08:33.779 --> 00:08:35.560 remember Jesus had said to them, 00:08:35.559 --> 00:08:36.299 in essence, 00:08:36.439 --> 00:08:37.639 I am the one who came 00:08:37.639 --> 00:08:38.759 to be your Savior. 00:08:39.000 --> 00:08:40.179 And there were some 00:08:40.179 --> 00:08:42.339 who responded by believing. 00:08:43.259 --> 00:08:44.419 When they heard these words, 00:08:44.559 --> 00:08:45.699 some of the people said, 00:08:46.219 --> 00:08:48.839 this really is the prophet. 00:08:51.319 --> 00:08:53.159 Keep your finger there on verse 40 00:08:53.159 --> 00:08:54.559 and go back to verse 31 00:08:54.559 --> 00:08:55.699 just for a second. 00:08:57.799 --> 00:08:59.179 You remember earlier 00:08:59.179 --> 00:09:00.579 in this very chapter, 00:09:01.139 --> 00:09:01.759 it says this, 00:09:01.819 --> 00:09:02.799 yet many of the people 00:09:02.799 --> 00:09:04.279 believing in Him said, 00:09:04.359 --> 00:09:04.719 they said, 00:09:05.139 --> 00:09:06.579 when the Christ appears, 00:09:06.719 --> 00:09:08.439 will He do more signs 00:09:08.439 --> 00:09:09.879 than this man has done? 00:09:11.319 --> 00:09:12.459 There were a lot of people 00:09:12.459 --> 00:09:13.179 that recognized 00:09:13.179 --> 00:09:14.379 that what Jesus was doing 00:09:14.379 --> 00:09:15.959 was undeniably spectacular, 00:09:15.959 --> 00:09:17.559 and there was no way 00:09:17.559 --> 00:09:19.439 to deny the significance 00:09:19.439 --> 00:09:20.819 of the things 00:09:20.819 --> 00:09:21.579 that He was doing 00:09:21.579 --> 00:09:23.059 apart from coming to grips with. 00:09:23.279 --> 00:09:24.419 He was pointing attention 00:09:24.419 --> 00:09:26.179 to His person 00:09:26.179 --> 00:09:27.579 and His ministry 00:09:27.579 --> 00:09:28.979 and putting them on the spot. 00:09:28.980 --> 00:09:32.240 And so we look back here 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:33.060 in verse 40 00:09:33.060 --> 00:09:34.659 and we see that John 00:09:34.659 --> 00:09:35.500 wants us to see 00:09:35.500 --> 00:09:36.279 the conclusion 00:09:36.279 --> 00:09:38.320 of His public ministry 00:09:38.320 --> 00:09:38.840 and offer, 00:09:39.200 --> 00:09:39.899 and in essence, 00:09:40.259 --> 00:09:41.220 He was putting people 00:09:41.220 --> 00:09:41.860 in that spot 00:09:41.860 --> 00:09:43.460 where they had to decide, 00:09:43.580 --> 00:09:44.200 well, who is He? 00:09:44.920 --> 00:09:46.920 And their confession 00:09:46.920 --> 00:09:47.899 was more 00:09:47.899 --> 00:09:50.779 than just an admission 00:09:50.779 --> 00:09:52.120 that He was a pretty 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:53.860 spectacular miracle worker. 00:09:54.720 --> 00:09:56.039 And why do I say that? 00:09:56.039 --> 00:09:57.939 Look at the two different words 00:09:57.939 --> 00:09:59.459 there in 40 and 41 00:09:59.459 --> 00:10:01.719 with which they identify Christ. 00:10:01.980 --> 00:10:02.299 They say, 00:10:02.519 --> 00:10:02.860 number one, 00:10:03.299 --> 00:10:05.799 He really is the prophet. 00:10:07.759 --> 00:10:09.360 That is a very, 00:10:09.480 --> 00:10:10.980 very significant statement. 00:10:12.059 --> 00:10:13.339 And in order to help 00:10:13.339 --> 00:10:14.279 you understand it, 00:10:14.319 --> 00:10:15.159 I want you to go back 00:10:15.159 --> 00:10:15.860 just for a moment. 00:10:16.079 --> 00:10:17.059 There you are in John. 00:10:17.360 --> 00:10:19.819 But go back to John 1, verse 21. 00:10:20.059 --> 00:10:22.299 It is a picture of John the Baptist 00:10:22.299 --> 00:10:24.139 after he'd had a very significant 00:10:24.139 --> 00:10:26.199 onset to his ministry. 00:10:26.340 --> 00:10:26.699 Remember, 00:10:27.039 --> 00:10:28.279 a delegation was sent 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:29.100 from Jerusalem. 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:30.240 They came down 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:31.360 to John the Baptist. 00:10:32.960 --> 00:10:34.179 And there in verse 21, 00:10:34.279 --> 00:10:34.600 they said, 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:37.439 are you the Christ? 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:38.159 That was in 20. 00:10:38.220 --> 00:10:38.460 He said, 00:10:38.500 --> 00:10:39.000 no, no, no. 00:10:40.080 --> 00:10:40.580 Well then, 00:10:40.779 --> 00:10:41.620 are you Elijah? 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:42.439 Does anybody know 00:10:42.439 --> 00:10:43.439 why they would ask him, 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:44.340 are you Elijah? 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:47.840 Remember how Malachi ends, 00:10:48.039 --> 00:10:48.319 right? 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:50.700 Talks about Elijah's coming. 00:10:51.700 --> 00:10:52.879 And they asked him, 00:10:52.940 --> 00:10:53.379 well, okay, 00:10:53.520 --> 00:10:55.379 are you kind of the one 00:10:55.379 --> 00:10:56.640 who's going to come 00:10:56.640 --> 00:10:57.780 in reference 00:10:57.780 --> 00:10:58.560 and eventually 00:10:58.560 --> 00:10:59.580 in relationship 00:10:59.580 --> 00:11:00.220 to the coming 00:11:00.220 --> 00:11:01.020 of our Messiah? 00:11:02.100 --> 00:11:02.780 Okay, well, 00:11:02.860 --> 00:11:03.480 you're not that. 00:11:03.600 --> 00:11:04.140 No, I'm not. 00:11:04.340 --> 00:11:05.540 Are you the prophet? 00:11:07.980 --> 00:11:09.040 Are you the prophet? 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:11.320 Now, by the way, 00:11:11.640 --> 00:11:12.620 I remember driving, 00:11:13.700 --> 00:11:14.540 I forget where it was, 00:11:14.640 --> 00:11:15.500 Broad Street or somewhere, 00:11:15.720 --> 00:11:17.120 and running past 00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:17.820 one of these churches, 00:11:17.820 --> 00:11:19.840 and it had the pastor 00:11:19.840 --> 00:11:21.440 identified as prophet, 00:11:21.600 --> 00:11:22.160 so and so. 00:11:22.280 --> 00:11:22.420 You know, 00:11:22.580 --> 00:11:23.600 yeah, I'm no prophet. 00:11:25.800 --> 00:11:26.780 I'm a pastor. 00:11:28.080 --> 00:11:28.940 I'm a shepherd. 00:11:29.300 --> 00:11:30.020 There is a sense 00:11:30.020 --> 00:11:31.879 in which I serve 00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:33.100 in a prophetic role 00:11:33.100 --> 00:11:34.320 in that I say, 00:11:34.680 --> 00:11:35.540 I bring forth 00:11:35.540 --> 00:11:36.379 what God has said, 00:11:36.460 --> 00:11:37.220 but I'm not up here 00:11:37.220 --> 00:11:37.920 telling you I got 00:11:37.920 --> 00:11:39.120 a new word, okay? 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:40.980 It's all settled. 00:11:41.100 --> 00:11:41.820 It's in the book. 00:11:41.820 --> 00:11:42.300 Look, 00:11:42.740 --> 00:11:44.500 this reference 00:11:44.500 --> 00:11:45.580 to the prophet 00:11:45.580 --> 00:11:47.740 is one that goes back, 00:11:47.780 --> 00:11:48.140 and I want you 00:11:48.140 --> 00:11:48.900 to turn in your Bibles, 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:51.400 to Deuteronomy chapter 18. 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:54.220 Deuteronomy chapter 18. 00:11:55.820 --> 00:11:57.420 Now, it is very important. 00:11:57.500 --> 00:11:58.400 How many of you understand 00:11:58.400 --> 00:11:59.180 that one of the rules 00:11:59.180 --> 00:11:59.879 of Bible study 00:11:59.879 --> 00:12:00.600 is to pay attention 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:01.340 to context? 00:12:03.640 --> 00:12:04.040 Hello? 00:12:05.240 --> 00:12:05.780 Nod your head. 00:12:05.840 --> 00:12:05.980 Sorry. 00:12:06.060 --> 00:12:06.920 I know you're tracking. 00:12:07.180 --> 00:12:07.760 I got it. 00:12:07.960 --> 00:12:08.580 Thank you, Bettina, 00:12:08.640 --> 00:12:09.120 for nodding. 00:12:09.160 --> 00:12:09.920 I appreciate that. 00:12:10.620 --> 00:12:11.560 I appreciate it. 00:12:11.559 --> 00:12:12.359 Deacon's wives, 00:12:12.419 --> 00:12:12.779 they got a lot 00:12:12.779 --> 00:12:13.419 of pressure on them. 00:12:13.500 --> 00:12:13.619 You know, 00:12:13.639 --> 00:12:13.939 it's like, 00:12:14.059 --> 00:12:15.119 nod your head, okay? 00:12:15.679 --> 00:12:17.279 I appreciate you, Bettina. 00:12:17.339 --> 00:12:18.299 I mean that, okay? 00:12:20.319 --> 00:12:21.079 Deuteronomy 18, 00:12:21.179 --> 00:12:22.000 we got sidetracked 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:22.979 with my little foray there 00:12:22.979 --> 00:12:23.619 just for a second, 00:12:23.679 --> 00:12:24.379 but here's the deal. 00:12:25.799 --> 00:12:26.619 Remember context? 00:12:27.719 --> 00:12:28.500 Remember context? 00:12:28.719 --> 00:12:29.399 We pay attention 00:12:29.399 --> 00:12:30.000 to context. 00:12:31.699 --> 00:12:33.899 Here is Moses. 00:12:35.419 --> 00:12:36.319 Let me read the passage. 00:12:36.799 --> 00:12:37.119 It says, 00:12:37.199 --> 00:12:37.979 The Lord your God 00:12:37.979 --> 00:12:39.179 will raise up for you 00:12:39.179 --> 00:12:40.659 a prophet like me 00:12:40.659 --> 00:12:41.559 from among you 00:12:41.559 --> 00:12:42.759 from your brothers. 00:12:42.759 --> 00:12:44.339 It is to him 00:12:44.339 --> 00:12:46.699 you shall listen. 00:12:48.079 --> 00:12:48.860 By the way, 00:12:48.959 --> 00:12:49.419 tonight, 00:12:49.899 --> 00:12:52.079 we are going to be 00:12:52.079 --> 00:12:52.919 together 00:12:52.919 --> 00:12:54.299 for a family gathering, 00:12:54.519 --> 00:12:55.519 and I am going to be 00:12:55.519 --> 00:12:56.319 preaching on 00:12:56.319 --> 00:12:57.659 seeing Christ 00:12:57.659 --> 00:12:58.539 in the Old Testament. 00:12:58.699 --> 00:12:59.919 I do not have 00:12:59.919 --> 00:13:00.620 any intention 00:13:00.620 --> 00:13:01.579 of covering 00:13:01.579 --> 00:13:03.019 all of the books, 00:13:03.500 --> 00:13:04.299 but I'm going to give you 00:13:04.299 --> 00:13:04.740 an overview. 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:06.980 This is one of those passages 00:13:06.980 --> 00:13:07.899 that we will touch on, 00:13:07.899 --> 00:13:10.220 and so here is Moses 00:13:10.220 --> 00:13:11.740 in chapter 18 00:13:11.740 --> 00:13:12.299 saying, 00:13:12.779 --> 00:13:13.399 prophetically, 00:13:13.500 --> 00:13:14.720 that means he's speaking 00:13:14.720 --> 00:13:15.220 about something 00:13:15.220 --> 00:13:15.720 that's going to happen 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:16.199 in the future. 00:13:16.340 --> 00:13:16.600 He says, 00:13:16.939 --> 00:13:17.819 The Lord your God 00:13:17.819 --> 00:13:20.000 will raise up for you 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:22.120 a prophet like me. 00:13:22.439 --> 00:13:22.659 Now, 00:13:22.679 --> 00:13:23.279 does that mean 00:13:23.279 --> 00:13:23.879 that the guy 00:13:23.879 --> 00:13:24.659 would walk around 00:13:24.659 --> 00:13:26.220 with a stick like Moses 00:13:26.220 --> 00:13:27.840 and a robe like Moses 00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:28.879 and kind of be 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:30.539 the head of Israel? 00:13:30.860 --> 00:13:31.960 That's not really 00:13:31.960 --> 00:13:33.199 what the reference is to. 00:13:34.899 --> 00:13:35.840 Here's the setting. 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:38.080 God had come 00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:39.060 to the nation of Israel 00:13:39.060 --> 00:13:39.980 and he revealed himself 00:13:39.980 --> 00:13:40.960 on the Mount Sinai, 00:13:41.139 --> 00:13:42.580 and when he revealed himself 00:13:42.580 --> 00:13:43.460 in his holiness, 00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:45.500 they were absolutely terrified. 00:13:47.420 --> 00:13:47.879 They were, 00:13:47.940 --> 00:13:48.580 they were, 00:13:48.800 --> 00:13:49.100 ah, 00:13:49.519 --> 00:13:50.600 and they said to Moses, 00:13:50.720 --> 00:13:50.940 Moses, 00:13:51.060 --> 00:13:51.240 Moses, 00:13:51.379 --> 00:13:53.340 would you go talk to him 00:13:53.340 --> 00:13:55.160 and then you talk to us? 00:13:56.600 --> 00:13:57.300 By the way, 00:13:57.360 --> 00:13:58.759 that's called being a mediator. 00:13:59.240 --> 00:13:59.840 Do you know what I mean 00:13:59.840 --> 00:14:00.660 mediator is? 00:14:02.280 --> 00:14:02.759 Terrifying, 00:14:02.980 --> 00:14:03.379 awesome, 00:14:03.620 --> 00:14:04.300 overwhelming, 00:14:04.299 --> 00:14:06.179 unbelievably glorious 00:14:06.179 --> 00:14:08.819 and absolutely frightening 00:14:08.819 --> 00:14:10.319 to the hearts of men 00:14:10.319 --> 00:14:11.659 and they cried out 00:14:11.659 --> 00:14:11.979 and said, 00:14:12.379 --> 00:14:12.679 Moses, 00:14:12.839 --> 00:14:14.039 would you do us a favor? 00:14:14.479 --> 00:14:16.359 You kind of stand in between 00:14:16.359 --> 00:14:18.859 and you be the one 00:14:18.859 --> 00:14:20.259 who communicates to us 00:14:20.259 --> 00:14:21.359 and Moses said, 00:14:21.740 --> 00:14:22.019 yes, 00:14:22.359 --> 00:14:22.679 yes, 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:23.219 yes. 00:14:24.279 --> 00:14:25.919 God is going to send 00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:28.759 someone like me 00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:30.879 and you're going to listen 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:31.639 to him. 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:34.199 that's Jesus 00:14:34.199 --> 00:14:36.399 and throughout the Old Testament 00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:37.419 that issue of 00:14:37.419 --> 00:14:38.919 God will send 00:14:38.919 --> 00:14:40.600 his prophet 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:42.720 was something that 00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:44.279 people longed for. 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:45.799 They hoped for the day 00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:47.939 that the prophet came. 00:14:50.220 --> 00:14:50.539 Well, 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:52.899 there's a second statement 00:14:52.899 --> 00:14:53.779 that we find there 00:14:53.779 --> 00:14:54.980 in John chapter 7 00:14:54.980 --> 00:14:55.700 so look at it 00:14:55.700 --> 00:14:56.200 if you will. 00:14:56.200 --> 00:14:58.860 John chapter 7 00:14:58.860 --> 00:15:01.320 others said 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:04.060 this is the Christ. 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:06.680 This is the Christ. 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:08.240 Well, 00:15:08.720 --> 00:15:10.320 what does the word 00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:10.900 Christ, 00:15:11.020 --> 00:15:11.900 we all know that word. 00:15:12.900 --> 00:15:14.060 We all know that word, 00:15:14.140 --> 00:15:14.480 Christ. 00:15:15.460 --> 00:15:15.640 But, 00:15:15.860 --> 00:15:17.740 and not a big quiz here 00:15:17.740 --> 00:15:18.900 but just out of curiosity, 00:15:19.600 --> 00:15:19.920 does it, 00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:20.780 how many of you know, 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:21.620 just nod your head 00:15:21.620 --> 00:15:22.800 if you kind of got a rough idea, 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:23.960 how many of you have some comfort 00:15:23.960 --> 00:15:25.379 that you have an idea 00:15:25.379 --> 00:15:26.860 of what the word Christ means? 00:15:31.259 --> 00:15:32.580 I'm seeing some nods. 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:34.519 Some of you are sleeping 00:15:34.519 --> 00:15:35.040 but I mean, 00:15:35.080 --> 00:15:35.879 I'm not talking about that. 00:15:35.980 --> 00:15:36.139 Okay. 00:15:36.720 --> 00:15:37.019 So, 00:15:37.500 --> 00:15:38.080 here we go. 00:15:39.019 --> 00:15:40.120 The word Christ means 00:15:40.120 --> 00:15:42.400 anointed. 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:43.560 Right? 00:15:44.400 --> 00:15:44.759 Anointed. 00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:45.379 Well, 00:15:45.379 --> 00:15:46.200 where do we get that from? 00:15:47.240 --> 00:15:48.200 Turn in your Bibles. 00:15:49.620 --> 00:15:50.280 We're going to run 00:15:50.280 --> 00:15:51.660 at a couple different passages 00:15:51.659 --> 00:15:55.459 and just to frame this for you, 00:15:55.919 --> 00:15:56.779 look first of all 00:15:56.779 --> 00:15:57.639 at Isaiah chapter, 00:15:57.740 --> 00:15:57.939 I mean, 00:15:58.699 --> 00:15:59.259 Psalms, 00:15:59.319 --> 00:16:00.379 we'll go to Psalms first. 00:16:00.919 --> 00:16:02.439 Psalm 45 verse 7. 00:16:04.539 --> 00:16:05.600 I love this. 00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:07.419 It appears also 00:16:07.419 --> 00:16:08.279 in the book of Hebrews 00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:09.719 in relationship to Jesus. 00:16:13.299 --> 00:16:15.219 Psalm 45 verse 6. 00:16:15.299 --> 00:16:15.939 Your throne, 00:16:16.100 --> 00:16:16.559 O God, 00:16:16.620 --> 00:16:18.019 is forever and ever. 00:16:18.019 --> 00:16:20.179 The scepter of your kingdom 00:16:20.179 --> 00:16:22.299 is a scepter of uprightness. 00:16:22.719 --> 00:16:24.699 You have loved righteousness 00:16:24.699 --> 00:16:26.659 and hated wickedness. 00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:27.399 Therefore, 00:16:27.719 --> 00:16:28.059 God, 00:16:28.139 --> 00:16:28.620 your God, 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:29.819 has anointed you 00:16:29.819 --> 00:16:31.819 with the oil of gladness 00:16:31.819 --> 00:16:33.819 beyond your companions. 00:16:35.379 --> 00:16:36.239 Do you know what it's saying? 00:16:37.359 --> 00:16:38.159 This is Jesus 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:39.159 in the Old Testament 00:16:39.159 --> 00:16:39.699 and saying, 00:16:40.359 --> 00:16:42.039 God has anointed you. 00:16:42.299 --> 00:16:42.879 And by the way, 00:16:42.979 --> 00:16:44.279 what was anointing for? 00:16:44.500 --> 00:16:45.059 Does anybody know? 00:16:45.979 --> 00:16:47.120 It was the way 00:16:47.120 --> 00:16:48.439 in which in the Old Testament 00:16:48.440 --> 00:16:50.820 individuals were set apart 00:16:50.820 --> 00:16:51.580 for a particular 00:16:51.580 --> 00:16:52.720 and special ministry. 00:16:54.460 --> 00:16:56.140 God has anointed you. 00:16:57.120 --> 00:16:57.620 Why? 00:16:58.820 --> 00:17:00.100 To be our Savior? 00:17:01.480 --> 00:17:02.480 To be the one 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:03.560 who fully and completely 00:17:03.560 --> 00:17:04.600 reveals to us 00:17:04.600 --> 00:17:05.400 God the Father? 00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:07.440 Another passage, 00:17:07.600 --> 00:17:08.200 if you will look 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:09.640 in Isaiah chapter 11, 00:17:09.840 --> 00:17:10.580 verse 2. 00:17:12.900 --> 00:17:14.059 Isaiah chapter 11, 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:14.519 verse 2. 00:17:14.600 --> 00:17:14.779 It says, 00:17:14.779 --> 00:17:15.839 And the Spirit of the Lord 00:17:15.839 --> 00:17:17.500 shall rest upon him, 00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:18.519 speaking of Jesus, 00:17:19.059 --> 00:17:20.539 the Spirit of wisdom 00:17:20.539 --> 00:17:21.299 and understanding, 00:17:21.500 --> 00:17:22.500 the Spirit of counsel 00:17:22.500 --> 00:17:23.019 and might, 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:24.460 the Spirit of knowledge 00:17:24.460 --> 00:17:25.579 and the fear of the Lord, 00:17:25.740 --> 00:17:26.859 and his delight 00:17:26.859 --> 00:17:28.079 shall be in the fear 00:17:28.079 --> 00:17:28.639 of the Lord. 00:17:30.379 --> 00:17:31.799 And he shall not judge 00:17:31.799 --> 00:17:33.200 by what his eyes sees 00:17:33.200 --> 00:17:34.440 or decide disputes 00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:35.819 by what his ears hear, 00:17:36.019 --> 00:17:37.299 but with righteousness 00:17:37.299 --> 00:17:39.299 he shall judge the poor 00:17:39.299 --> 00:17:41.680 and decide with equity 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:42.920 for the meek of the earth. 00:17:42.920 --> 00:17:45.279 I want you to look also, 00:17:45.380 --> 00:17:45.700 if you would, 00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:47.080 at Isaiah chapter 61, 00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:47.860 verse 1, 00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:48.560 which is probably 00:17:48.560 --> 00:17:51.360 one of the preeminent passages 00:17:51.360 --> 00:17:52.160 in relationship 00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:53.960 to the coming of the Messiah. 00:17:55.060 --> 00:17:55.840 And by the way, 00:17:55.880 --> 00:17:56.580 the Jews were looking 00:17:56.580 --> 00:17:57.259 for the Messiah 00:17:57.259 --> 00:17:59.539 and they missed him. 00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:03.019 But if you would think 00:18:03.019 --> 00:18:04.140 for with me 00:18:04.140 --> 00:18:04.940 just for a moment, 00:18:06.220 --> 00:18:07.380 Jesus made reference 00:18:07.380 --> 00:18:08.500 to this passage 00:18:08.500 --> 00:18:10.180 in his own ministry. 00:18:10.180 --> 00:18:13.220 Isaiah chapter 61, 00:18:13.420 --> 00:18:14.120 verse 1, 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:16.039 the Spirit of the Lord 00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:17.660 is upon me 00:18:17.660 --> 00:18:19.560 because the Lord 00:18:19.560 --> 00:18:20.759 has anointed me 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:22.039 to bring good news 00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:22.660 to the poor. 00:18:22.779 --> 00:18:23.600 He has sent me 00:18:23.600 --> 00:18:24.620 to bind up 00:18:24.620 --> 00:18:25.600 the brokenhearted, 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:27.240 to proclaim liberty 00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:28.279 to the captives 00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:29.480 and the opening 00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:30.460 of the prison 00:18:30.460 --> 00:18:31.600 to those who are bound, 00:18:31.900 --> 00:18:32.580 to proclaim 00:18:32.580 --> 00:18:33.620 the year 00:18:33.620 --> 00:18:35.100 of the Lord's favor. 00:18:35.099 --> 00:18:40.579 Jesus was understood 00:18:40.579 --> 00:18:41.480 by some 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:43.500 in that passage 00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:44.759 that we are looking at 00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:46.159 in John chapter 7. 00:18:46.699 --> 00:18:48.399 They confessed their faith. 00:18:48.500 --> 00:18:48.879 They said, 00:18:48.959 --> 00:18:49.219 listen, 00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:51.379 we've seen what he has done. 00:18:51.619 --> 00:18:52.339 We have heard 00:18:52.339 --> 00:18:53.319 what he has said 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:54.740 and we believe 00:18:54.740 --> 00:18:56.879 he is the prophet 00:18:56.879 --> 00:18:58.119 that God has sent 00:18:58.119 --> 00:18:59.119 to be the one 00:18:59.119 --> 00:19:00.699 who is the mediator 00:19:00.699 --> 00:19:02.039 between God and man. 00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:04.200 And he is the one 00:19:04.200 --> 00:19:05.079 who has been anointed 00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:07.180 to be our Savior. 00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:10.019 That's pretty spectacular. 00:19:11.059 --> 00:19:12.159 And so I want you 00:19:12.159 --> 00:19:12.740 to recognize 00:19:12.740 --> 00:19:14.019 that as you listen 00:19:14.019 --> 00:19:14.720 to this passage 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:15.299 this morning 00:19:15.299 --> 00:19:17.119 and here at the very beginning 00:19:17.119 --> 00:19:18.920 as John is saying, 00:19:19.019 --> 00:19:19.299 all right, 00:19:19.339 --> 00:19:19.619 all right, 00:19:19.659 --> 00:19:20.539 I want you to realize 00:19:20.539 --> 00:19:21.659 some people, 00:19:21.940 --> 00:19:22.839 everybody actually, 00:19:23.279 --> 00:19:24.779 responds to the truth 00:19:24.779 --> 00:19:26.039 of who Christ is 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:27.619 in different fashion. 00:19:27.720 --> 00:19:28.420 The question for you 00:19:28.420 --> 00:19:28.859 is this, 00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:30.259 have you boldly 00:19:30.259 --> 00:19:31.500 let others know 00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:32.660 you trust in him? 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:34.539 Have you done that? 00:19:35.099 --> 00:19:35.940 Now remember, 00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:37.440 by this point already, 00:19:37.660 --> 00:19:38.359 there had been 00:19:38.359 --> 00:19:39.200 a hardening 00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:40.440 in the nation of Israel, 00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:41.740 particularly on the part 00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:42.640 of religious leaders, 00:19:42.900 --> 00:19:44.000 and if you were willing 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:44.579 to confess 00:19:44.579 --> 00:19:46.059 that Jesus was the Christ, 00:19:46.359 --> 00:19:47.259 guess what happened to you? 00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:49.359 You got booted. 00:19:50.460 --> 00:19:51.140 You suffered 00:19:51.140 --> 00:19:53.879 some informal persecution 00:19:53.879 --> 00:19:54.759 by this point. 00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:55.700 Later it became 00:19:55.700 --> 00:19:56.480 even more hardened. 00:19:56.660 --> 00:19:58.180 So my question is this, 00:19:58.240 --> 00:19:59.379 is have you boldly 00:19:59.380 --> 00:20:00.020 let others know 00:20:00.020 --> 00:20:01.100 that you trust in Christ? 00:20:01.940 --> 00:20:02.380 By the way, 00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:03.640 when was the last time 00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:04.120 you did that? 00:20:05.500 --> 00:20:06.320 I don't know, 00:20:06.660 --> 00:20:08.120 but fair question, right? 00:20:08.520 --> 00:20:09.660 How many of you realize 00:20:09.660 --> 00:20:10.500 that in the course 00:20:10.500 --> 00:20:11.280 of conversation, 00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:12.460 at the end of the day, 00:20:12.880 --> 00:20:14.520 people eventually figure out 00:20:14.520 --> 00:20:16.080 what our worldview is, 00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:17.120 what we value, 00:20:17.400 --> 00:20:18.960 and what makes us tick? 00:20:21.780 --> 00:20:22.980 Jesus is the Christ. 00:20:24.220 --> 00:20:25.200 He's the prophet 00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:26.020 that God has sent 00:20:26.020 --> 00:20:26.880 to be the mediator. 00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:28.920 Well, I want you to look 00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:30.300 at a second response 00:20:30.300 --> 00:20:30.900 this morning. 00:20:31.040 --> 00:20:34.380 There in verse 41 through 44, 00:20:34.620 --> 00:20:35.100 others said, 00:20:35.320 --> 00:20:35.840 this is the Christ. 00:20:35.940 --> 00:20:36.560 No, no, no, no. 00:20:36.560 --> 00:20:37.780 I is the Christ 00:20:37.780 --> 00:20:38.800 to come from Galilee, 00:20:39.040 --> 00:20:40.480 and I would call this dithering. 00:20:40.600 --> 00:20:40.960 How many of you 00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:41.940 know what dithering is? 00:20:43.640 --> 00:20:44.480 Anybody here know 00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:45.380 what dithering is? 00:20:46.340 --> 00:20:47.220 How many of you 00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:48.680 are perpetual vacillators 00:20:48.680 --> 00:20:49.520 between decisions? 00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:50.260 You know, it's like, 00:20:50.700 --> 00:20:51.600 well, should I buy 00:20:51.600 --> 00:20:53.740 this candy bar 00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:54.819 or that? 00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:56.839 Not a good question 00:20:56.839 --> 00:20:57.960 for a diabetic to pose, 00:20:58.120 --> 00:20:58.779 but, you know, 00:20:58.819 --> 00:20:59.400 there it is. 00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:00.180 Right, Seth? 00:21:02.120 --> 00:21:03.299 And dithering means 00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:04.200 never really coming 00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:04.920 to a decision, 00:21:05.059 --> 00:21:06.240 but kind of bouncing 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:06.880 back and forth. 00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.099 You know, 00:21:07.099 --> 00:21:07.319 well, 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:09.079 the famous phrase 00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:10.000 for dithering 00:21:10.000 --> 00:21:11.079 is on the other hand. 00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:14.200 You can be in a perpetual loop, 00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:16.339 kind of keep on coming back 00:21:16.339 --> 00:21:16.940 to the well, 00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:17.640 well, 00:21:18.099 --> 00:21:18.400 well, 00:21:18.920 --> 00:21:19.120 you know, 00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:20.380 and so here we have them. 00:21:20.380 --> 00:21:22.500 You look at this group 00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:24.700 and there are some 00:21:24.700 --> 00:21:24.980 who say, 00:21:25.060 --> 00:21:25.800 he is the Christ. 00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:26.740 Oh, well, 00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:29.180 but is the Christ 00:21:29.180 --> 00:21:30.500 to come from Galilee? 00:21:33.680 --> 00:21:34.920 Interestingly enough, 00:21:36.140 --> 00:21:38.420 the question was kind of 00:21:38.420 --> 00:21:42.760 an early gotcha statement. 00:21:42.820 --> 00:21:43.240 How many of you know 00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:44.020 what a gotcha statement 00:21:44.020 --> 00:21:44.900 is in politics? 00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:48.640 Asking questions 00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:50.620 that you just can't answer 00:21:50.620 --> 00:21:52.820 without doing something 00:21:52.820 --> 00:21:53.940 malicious to yourself. 00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:54.940 Case in point. 00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:55.920 Now, 00:21:56.040 --> 00:21:56.940 don't take this personally, 00:21:57.120 --> 00:21:58.940 but if I were to ask you, 00:21:59.040 --> 00:21:59.759 have you stopped 00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:01.080 beating your wife yet? 00:22:03.180 --> 00:22:04.040 What's the answer? 00:22:05.100 --> 00:22:06.160 If you say, 00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.100 no, 00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:08.900 I've never done, 00:22:09.300 --> 00:22:10.600 just one word answer. 00:22:10.800 --> 00:22:11.320 If you say, 00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:11.640 no, 00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:12.040 it's like, 00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:12.920 you haven't? 00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.100 Well, 00:22:13.120 --> 00:22:14.080 I'm calling the officer, 00:22:14.180 --> 00:22:14.620 the police. 00:22:15.180 --> 00:22:16.060 If you say, 00:22:16.180 --> 00:22:16.460 yes, 00:22:16.500 --> 00:22:17.780 what happens to your character? 00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:18.779 It's like, 00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:20.639 you mean you've been doing that? 00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:20.799 Yeah, 00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.579 I can't believe it. 00:22:21.819 --> 00:22:23.460 There are some kinds of questions 00:22:23.460 --> 00:22:24.660 that are really designed 00:22:24.660 --> 00:22:25.399 as gotchas. 00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.660 And so, 00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:29.099 when they ask this question 00:22:29.099 --> 00:22:29.920 about Jesus, 00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:31.639 well, 00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:33.680 you know what? 00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:35.339 Isn't he supposed to be 00:22:35.339 --> 00:22:36.139 from, 00:22:36.299 --> 00:22:36.539 you know, 00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:39.980 they were putting together 00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:40.740 information 00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:42.379 without really doing 00:22:42.379 --> 00:22:43.139 much research. 00:22:43.220 --> 00:22:43.500 In fact, 00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:43.980 you know, 00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:44.559 here's the truth. 00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:45.779 these people never really 00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:46.559 dug for the truth 00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:47.960 and never brought themselves 00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.940 to a conclusion. 00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:49.159 Now, 00:22:49.200 --> 00:22:50.319 here's why I say that. 00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:55.759 In Israel, 00:22:56.099 --> 00:22:57.079 at this time, 00:22:58.119 --> 00:23:01.379 everybody who was Jewish 00:23:01.379 --> 00:23:04.240 knew what tribe they were. 00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:07.299 In fact, 00:23:07.399 --> 00:23:07.919 remember, 00:23:08.359 --> 00:23:10.679 when Mary was with child 00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:11.600 and they had to go be 00:23:11.600 --> 00:23:12.600 registered by, 00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:13.180 you know, 00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:14.940 by edict from, 00:23:15.580 --> 00:23:15.960 what was it, 00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.600 Cyrenius, 00:23:16.840 --> 00:23:17.400 blah, blah, blah, 00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:17.799 something like that. 00:23:17.880 --> 00:23:19.220 When I tell the Christmas story, 00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:20.240 we'll get around to that part. 00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:20.820 But anyway, 00:23:20.920 --> 00:23:22.060 remember how it played out? 00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:24.419 What did Joseph know? 00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:26.859 He had to go to the town 00:23:26.859 --> 00:23:28.759 of Bethlehem 00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:29.500 because that's where 00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:30.740 the registration 00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.779 took care for his tribe. 00:23:32.379 --> 00:23:34.119 And everybody knew 00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:36.019 where they were 00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:37.500 and it was easy to find out. 00:23:38.419 --> 00:23:38.839 Stop. 00:23:39.879 --> 00:23:42.480 If the religious leaders 00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:46.059 had been able to do 00:23:46.059 --> 00:23:47.179 research 00:23:47.179 --> 00:23:49.279 to deny Christ, 00:23:49.399 --> 00:23:50.059 don't you think 00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:50.980 they would have checked in 00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:52.200 on this major issue 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:53.620 of where he was from 00:23:53.620 --> 00:23:55.640 and what his family background was, 00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.480 et cetera, right? 00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.720 I want you to know 00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:58.920 that it's not just 00:23:58.920 --> 00:24:00.120 the 21st century 00:24:00.120 --> 00:24:01.299 and politicians 00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:03.799 who have research teams 00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.720 behind the scenes 00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:06.200 who are trying to dig up dirt 00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:06.900 on candidates. 00:24:07.620 --> 00:24:08.960 It happened before. 00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:11.779 And I assure you 00:24:11.779 --> 00:24:13.019 that people were digging 00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:14.480 at this issue 00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:15.980 of who Jesus was 00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:17.839 and when they made this statement, 00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.839 well, you know, 00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:20.759 Jesus is from Galilee, 00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.779 and, you know, 00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:23.759 David and Bethlehem 00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:24.240 and all that, 00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:25.339 which you see in verse 42, 00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.039 it would have been 00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:27.180 very, very easy for them 00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:28.559 to really get to the information 00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:29.759 if they'd wanted it. 00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:32.860 How many of you realize 00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:33.559 that sometimes 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:36.380 we don't make decisions 00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:38.640 and the way we avoid 00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:39.460 making decisions 00:24:39.460 --> 00:24:40.819 is we avoid asking 00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:41.599 hard questions 00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:43.079 or being around people 00:24:43.079 --> 00:24:43.880 who will help us 00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:45.039 with hard questions, right? 00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:49.619 I'm reminded 00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:51.619 a little bit 00:24:51.619 --> 00:24:52.119 as I remember 00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:52.960 studying and thinking 00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:53.460 about this, 00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.399 it reminded me of 00:24:54.399 --> 00:24:56.180 Elijah's confronting 00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:57.119 the nation of Israel 00:24:57.119 --> 00:24:57.960 on Mount Carmel 00:24:57.960 --> 00:25:00.319 there over in 1 Kings 00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:00.899 and just kind of 00:25:00.899 --> 00:25:01.659 stick it in your mind 00:25:01.659 --> 00:25:02.299 for later on. 00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:04.059 1 Kings chapter 18, 00:25:04.159 --> 00:25:04.720 verse 21, 00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:07.000 when Elijah had the showdown, 00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:08.339 he alone 00:25:08.339 --> 00:25:11.059 and all the fancy, 00:25:11.299 --> 00:25:11.939 decked out, 00:25:12.619 --> 00:25:13.879 superbly religious 00:25:13.879 --> 00:25:16.519 prophets of Baal, 00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:17.240 remember they had 00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:18.000 the dance off, 00:25:19.139 --> 00:25:19.459 you know, 00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:20.539 and those guys 00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:21.459 were just going at it 00:25:21.459 --> 00:25:22.339 and when it's all finished 00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:23.339 and they were exhausted, 00:25:23.879 --> 00:25:23.980 you know, 00:25:24.059 --> 00:25:25.259 kind of Elijah wanders over 00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:25.619 and says, 00:25:25.699 --> 00:25:26.519 would you guys pour water 00:25:26.519 --> 00:25:27.059 on that thing? 00:25:27.179 --> 00:25:27.659 And then, you know, 00:25:27.919 --> 00:25:28.199 anyway, 00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:29.099 before he started out, 00:25:29.139 --> 00:25:29.439 he says, 00:25:29.659 --> 00:25:30.759 why do you halt 00:25:30.759 --> 00:25:31.839 between two opinions? 00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:33.859 If God is God, 00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.439 serve him. 00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:35.339 If Baal is God, 00:25:35.439 --> 00:25:36.000 serve him. 00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:36.240 You know, 00:25:36.419 --> 00:25:37.659 let's cut to the chase. 00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:38.519 Let's decide. 00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.900 And there are some of you 00:25:41.900 --> 00:25:42.740 here this morning, 00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:44.200 truth of the matter is, 00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:46.160 you keep dithering 00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:46.900 on the issue 00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:48.120 of who Jesus is. 00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:51.019 Can I tell you 00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.960 that's not wise? 00:25:53.120 --> 00:25:54.320 There's ample evidence 00:25:54.320 --> 00:25:54.860 and the purpose 00:25:54.860 --> 00:25:55.440 of the evidence 00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:56.040 is to bring you 00:25:56.040 --> 00:25:56.540 to the spot 00:25:56.540 --> 00:25:56.860 of saying, 00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:57.720 he is the Christ, 00:25:58.040 --> 00:25:58.820 he is the one 00:25:58.820 --> 00:25:59.540 who God sent 00:25:59.540 --> 00:26:00.380 to be my Savior 00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:01.320 and I'm not going 00:26:01.320 --> 00:26:02.460 to turn my back on him. 00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:05.360 Third, 00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:05.880 there are those 00:26:05.880 --> 00:26:06.460 who decided 00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:07.420 against the evidence 00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:08.539 and that's 00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.800 something people do. 00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.360 You look there, 00:26:12.440 --> 00:26:12.940 if you will, 00:26:13.340 --> 00:26:14.640 in verse 44, 00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.140 some of them 00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:16.080 wanted to arrest him 00:26:16.080 --> 00:26:16.740 but no one 00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.779 laid hands on him. 00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:19.080 I'll kind of give you 00:26:19.080 --> 00:26:19.800 a little bit of background. 00:26:20.060 --> 00:26:20.440 Actually, 00:26:20.860 --> 00:26:21.759 earlier on 00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:23.580 in the life 00:26:23.580 --> 00:26:24.100 of Christ, 00:26:24.180 --> 00:26:24.960 by this point, 00:26:25.720 --> 00:26:27.240 the Jewish leaders 00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:28.200 hated him enough 00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:29.539 that they intended 00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:30.420 to put him 00:26:30.420 --> 00:26:31.019 to death. 00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.259 Now, 00:26:33.340 --> 00:26:34.080 he had a public 00:26:34.080 --> 00:26:35.279 and popular following 00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:35.759 and so, 00:26:36.119 --> 00:26:37.500 they were concerned 00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:39.160 with how they 00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:40.000 would be received 00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:40.539 and so, 00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:41.420 they thought 00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:42.359 the best way 00:26:42.359 --> 00:26:43.079 to really 00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:44.599 do Jesus in 00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:45.980 was to catch him 00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:46.639 in something 00:26:46.639 --> 00:26:47.660 that he said. 00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:51.619 I am not 00:26:51.619 --> 00:26:52.619 positive of this 00:26:52.619 --> 00:26:55.500 but there's a passage 00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.680 in Proverbs 10, 00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.299 verse 19 00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:57.819 that we all 00:26:57.819 --> 00:26:58.819 bear testimony to. 00:26:58.940 --> 00:26:59.440 Let me kind of 00:26:59.440 --> 00:27:00.220 recite it for you. 00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.940 It says, 00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:02.079 when words are many, 00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:04.000 transgression 00:27:04.000 --> 00:27:04.880 is not lacking. 00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:05.660 What does that mean? 00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:07.819 If you talk long enough, 00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:08.920 you say something stupid. 00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.980 Let me go further. 00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:12.920 If you talk long enough, 00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.980 you say something wicked. 00:27:16.200 --> 00:27:16.740 And so, 00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:18.420 they were kind of, 00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:19.480 they knew their own hearts. 00:27:19.600 --> 00:27:19.720 I mean, 00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.920 just open the mouth 00:27:20.920 --> 00:27:22.019 and insert foot. 00:27:22.380 --> 00:27:23.039 Worse than that, 00:27:23.100 --> 00:27:23.700 open the mouth 00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.720 and out comes ugly. 00:27:25.559 --> 00:27:26.680 And they figured out, 00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:26.880 well, 00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:28.039 if we listen to Jesus 00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.819 long enough, 00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:30.099 we're going to catch him 00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:30.599 at something 00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:32.379 and when we catch him, 00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:33.379 it's gotcha. 00:27:34.679 --> 00:27:35.079 Well, 00:27:35.179 --> 00:27:35.939 they sent out 00:27:35.939 --> 00:27:37.500 police officers, 00:27:37.679 --> 00:27:37.899 you know, 00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:38.939 officers of the temple 00:27:38.939 --> 00:27:39.299 and they said, 00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.539 we want you to kind of 00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:41.799 lurk around on the sides 00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:43.119 of wherever Jesus is teaching 00:27:43.119 --> 00:27:44.000 and we want you 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:44.559 to keep track 00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:45.139 of what he says 00:27:45.139 --> 00:27:45.779 and when he says 00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.679 something that's wrong, 00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.559 grab him. 00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:50.000 How'd that work out? 00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.980 Back they come. 00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:53.939 Verse 46, 00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:54.899 put your finger on it. 00:27:55.619 --> 00:27:56.619 The officers answered, 00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.619 now this is probably 00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:58.599 a rare illustration 00:27:58.599 --> 00:27:59.980 of absolute truth 00:27:59.980 --> 00:28:00.579 in the face 00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:03.099 of the consequences. 00:28:05.179 --> 00:28:06.599 The officers answered, 00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:08.419 no one ever spoke 00:28:08.419 --> 00:28:09.359 like this man. 00:28:10.639 --> 00:28:11.699 That just blows. 00:28:11.779 --> 00:28:12.619 I wanted to preach 00:28:12.619 --> 00:28:12.980 a sermon 00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:14.839 on that one sentence 00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:17.459 because it just, 00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:18.439 it's stunning. 00:28:20.939 --> 00:28:23.279 The most impressive thing 00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:25.879 about Christ's public ministry 00:28:25.880 --> 00:28:28.140 was not his miracles. 00:28:31.060 --> 00:28:32.400 It was his teaching. 00:28:36.340 --> 00:28:37.860 So back they come 00:28:37.860 --> 00:28:40.440 and they say, 00:28:40.840 --> 00:28:42.700 no one ever spoke 00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:44.360 like this man. 00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:46.040 Now by the way, 00:28:46.120 --> 00:28:46.860 stop just for a minute. 00:28:46.859 --> 00:28:49.439 does that mean 00:28:49.439 --> 00:28:54.500 that Jesus was so intelligent 00:28:54.500 --> 00:28:56.319 and intellectual 00:28:56.319 --> 00:28:59.039 that people were kind of awed, 00:28:59.119 --> 00:28:59.439 you know? 00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:01.679 No. 00:29:02.199 --> 00:29:02.500 Listen, 00:29:03.159 --> 00:29:06.079 the mark of true genius 00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:07.099 in communication 00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:09.679 is making profound truth 00:29:09.679 --> 00:29:11.119 simple enough 00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:14.879 for the seventh grader 00:29:14.879 --> 00:29:15.819 to understand it. 00:29:16.699 --> 00:29:17.359 Since some of you 00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:18.159 are seventh graders, 00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:19.139 I'll say fifth grade. 00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:20.179 Okay, 00:29:20.259 --> 00:29:22.619 but keeping it simple enough 00:29:22.619 --> 00:29:23.439 that people can get 00:29:23.439 --> 00:29:24.379 their hands around it 00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:24.759 is the thing 00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.419 that characterized 00:29:25.419 --> 00:29:26.419 the ministry of Christ. 00:29:27.899 --> 00:29:28.219 So, 00:29:29.219 --> 00:29:29.619 you know, 00:29:29.659 --> 00:29:30.899 in relationship to this, 00:29:31.519 --> 00:29:32.779 I kind of struck by here, 00:29:33.139 --> 00:29:33.439 remember, 00:29:33.739 --> 00:29:34.259 these are people 00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:36.079 who denied the evidence 00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:38.000 and they were desperately 00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:39.139 hoping that Jesus 00:29:39.139 --> 00:29:40.819 would say something wrong. 00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:43.279 They assumed 00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:46.519 that Jesus was like 00:29:46.519 --> 00:29:47.379 they were. 00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:49.399 Now here's something 00:29:49.399 --> 00:29:50.339 that really blows me away 00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:51.379 when you stop and think about it. 00:29:51.379 --> 00:29:52.199 Jesus never said 00:29:52.199 --> 00:29:52.939 a single word, 00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:54.279 a single word 00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:55.759 that was unjust, 00:29:55.919 --> 00:29:56.379 inaccurate, 00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:57.379 or ungodly. 00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:01.159 One of the things 00:30:01.159 --> 00:30:03.079 that I pray about 00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:03.899 more often 00:30:03.899 --> 00:30:04.799 than I used to 00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:07.399 is that I won't say 00:30:07.399 --> 00:30:08.759 things that are wrong. 00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.759 I'm a verbal person. 00:30:14.159 --> 00:30:15.299 I was born that way. 00:30:15.419 --> 00:30:16.700 Probably a couple weeks 00:30:16.700 --> 00:30:17.559 after I was born, 00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.879 I was talking 00:30:18.879 --> 00:30:19.819 in full sentences 00:30:19.819 --> 00:30:20.879 to my chagrin 00:30:20.879 --> 00:30:22.259 or to my parents' chagrin. 00:30:22.879 --> 00:30:24.259 Talk, talk, talk, talk, 00:30:24.339 --> 00:30:25.139 and shut up. 00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:25.440 Okay, 00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:27.079 so here's Jesus 00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:29.299 never said a wrong thing. 00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:30.940 Wow! 00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:33.220 Think with me 00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.899 just for a moment 00:30:33.900 --> 00:30:35.560 to James 3, verse 2, 00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:36.840 and I'll just recite it. 00:30:38.300 --> 00:30:39.500 For we all stumble 00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:40.380 in many ways, 00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:41.140 and if anyone 00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:42.100 does not stumble 00:30:42.100 --> 00:30:42.940 in what he says, 00:30:43.300 --> 00:30:46.660 he is a perfect man. 00:30:46.800 --> 00:30:47.700 And that's our Jesus. 00:30:48.280 --> 00:30:48.800 Isn't that right? 00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:50.120 Can you see him there? 00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:51.500 Everything he ever said 00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:52.820 was perfect, 00:30:53.040 --> 00:30:53.800 and people were 00:30:53.800 --> 00:30:55.100 hanging on his word 00:30:55.100 --> 00:30:56.280 hoping to crucify him, 00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:57.960 and he never blew it. 00:30:57.960 --> 00:31:00.340 I want to be like him. 00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:05.140 I want you to look 00:31:05.140 --> 00:31:06.019 at one more case 00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.779 before we come 00:31:06.779 --> 00:31:07.920 to deal with the issue 00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:09.000 of your heart. 00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:12.579 Nicodemus is pretty spectacular 00:31:12.579 --> 00:31:13.500 in the midst of this. 00:31:13.600 --> 00:31:14.180 You find here 00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:15.600 that Nicodemus 00:31:15.600 --> 00:31:16.319 in verse 50, 00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:18.000 who had gone to him before 00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.980 and who was one of them, 00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:19.799 said he was one 00:31:19.799 --> 00:31:20.960 of the Sanhedrin. 00:31:21.019 --> 00:31:21.299 He says, 00:31:21.360 --> 00:31:22.460 hold it, guys. 00:31:22.600 --> 00:31:23.779 We're all about the law. 00:31:23.900 --> 00:31:24.680 We know the law. 00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:26.820 We are the specialists. 00:31:28.920 --> 00:31:29.380 He says, 00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:30.940 does our law judge a man 00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:32.140 without first giving him 00:31:32.140 --> 00:31:32.600 a hearing 00:31:32.600 --> 00:31:34.360 and learning what he does? 00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:35.480 Now, 00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.799 you probably want to say, 00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:37.360 okay, well, 00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:39.440 Nicodemus gets a pass. 00:31:42.620 --> 00:31:43.160 You see, 00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:44.160 they'd already decided 00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:45.240 that Jesus was guilty, 00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:47.080 and they were ready 00:31:47.080 --> 00:31:47.539 to kill him, 00:31:47.580 --> 00:31:48.580 and here's Nicodemus 00:31:48.580 --> 00:31:49.500 standing up and saying, 00:31:49.580 --> 00:31:50.480 hold it, hold it, hold it. 00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:53.120 But remember, 00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:54.220 remember, 00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:55.840 if you were to go back 00:31:55.840 --> 00:31:57.160 to John chapter 3, 00:31:57.220 --> 00:31:57.580 verse 2, 00:31:58.279 --> 00:32:00.519 Nicodemus had already 00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:01.620 been through this process. 00:32:01.820 --> 00:32:02.700 He'd come to Jesus 00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:03.900 in chapter 3, 00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.320 verse 2, 00:32:04.360 --> 00:32:05.080 and here's what he said, 00:32:05.420 --> 00:32:06.539 we know that you are 00:32:06.539 --> 00:32:08.279 a teacher come from God, 00:32:09.640 --> 00:32:11.060 for no one can do 00:32:11.060 --> 00:32:11.779 these signs 00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:13.400 that you do 00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:14.539 unless God is with them. 00:32:17.220 --> 00:32:17.740 Nicodemus 00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:20.240 had information, 00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:24.059 but just like the other group 00:32:24.059 --> 00:32:24.680 that was willing 00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:25.579 to kind of dither 00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:26.859 and vacillate 00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:27.680 back and forth, 00:32:28.140 --> 00:32:29.299 Nicodemus was unwilling 00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:30.339 in practical terms 00:32:30.339 --> 00:32:31.120 to pull the trigger. 00:32:33.420 --> 00:32:33.859 So, 00:32:34.120 --> 00:32:35.400 what will you do? 00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:37.579 That's the most important issue 00:32:37.579 --> 00:32:38.059 this morning. 00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:39.000 I want you to understand 00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.900 what I said 00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:40.680 at the very beginning 00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.759 is undeniably true. 00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:42.440 The purpose 00:32:42.440 --> 00:32:44.000 of biblical preaching 00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:45.480 is to put people, 00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:47.099 every time they hear, 00:32:47.099 --> 00:32:48.119 to put people 00:32:48.119 --> 00:32:48.839 on the spot 00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:50.079 of saying yes 00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:51.859 or no to God. 00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:54.199 God's speaking to you 00:32:54.199 --> 00:32:54.659 this morning. 00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:56.619 And here's what he says, 00:32:56.679 --> 00:32:56.980 he says, 00:32:57.099 --> 00:32:58.539 Christ Jesus came into the world 00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.619 to save sinners, 00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:01.059 and there are some of you 00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:02.240 sitting here this morning 00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:04.659 that do not know Christ, 00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:05.959 and you know 00:33:05.959 --> 00:33:07.439 that you don't know Christ. 00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:19.799 I think about the passage 00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:20.959 in 2 Corinthians 00:33:20.959 --> 00:33:22.399 where Paul says this, 00:33:23.459 --> 00:33:24.259 knowing therefore 00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:25.299 the terror of the Lord 00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:26.279 we persuade men. 00:33:26.899 --> 00:33:27.679 Do you know what that means? 00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:29.779 By the way, 00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:30.759 I don't persuade 00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:31.339 with intellect 00:33:31.339 --> 00:33:33.240 or exceptional genius. 00:33:33.699 --> 00:33:34.659 He is just talking 00:33:34.659 --> 00:33:35.719 about a passionate, 00:33:36.079 --> 00:33:37.039 winsome appeal 00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:38.299 that those who are 00:33:38.299 --> 00:33:39.219 sitting here today 00:33:39.219 --> 00:33:40.519 that do not know Christ 00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:42.959 would come to faith. 00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:46.039 Here's what you need to know. 00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:50.639 God is holy 00:33:50.639 --> 00:33:54.240 and will judge sin. 00:33:56.699 --> 00:34:00.599 We stand justly condemned 00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:02.579 before a holy God, 00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:06.740 and we are given 00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:08.199 an opportunity 00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:10.380 to respond to the free gift 00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:11.880 that God gave to us 00:34:11.880 --> 00:34:13.799 of His only begotten Son 00:34:13.799 --> 00:34:15.480 who came to this earth 00:34:15.480 --> 00:34:17.039 and took upon Himself 00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:19.000 the form and flesh 00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:19.719 of a man 00:34:19.719 --> 00:34:23.280 to be the perfect sacrifice 00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:24.099 and substitute 00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:25.119 for my sins, 00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:27.340 for your sins. 00:34:30.139 --> 00:34:31.920 And when Jesus stood up 00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:33.880 at the last great day 00:34:33.880 --> 00:34:34.599 of the feast, 00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:36.340 and when Jesus spoke 00:34:36.340 --> 00:34:37.559 to the woman at the well, 00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:39.079 in essence, 00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:39.800 He was saying 00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:40.800 the same thing 00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:42.300 that comes to you 00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:42.860 this morning 00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.480 in the teaching 00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:44.360 of the Word of God 00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:45.160 saying this, 00:34:45.620 --> 00:34:47.039 you are desperate 00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:48.039 in your sins 00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:49.180 and need Christ 00:34:49.180 --> 00:34:50.039 as your Savior, 00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:53.340 will you say yes? 00:34:54.640 --> 00:34:56.220 Will you humble yourself? 00:34:57.720 --> 00:34:58.720 Will you admit 00:34:58.720 --> 00:34:59.660 that the evidence 00:34:59.660 --> 00:35:00.700 is undeniable 00:35:00.700 --> 00:35:03.220 and you need Christ 00:35:03.220 --> 00:35:04.980 alone? 00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:06.940 So, 00:35:06.940 --> 00:35:08.579 that's the decision 00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:09.539 for the unbeliever. 00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:10.300 Do you follow that? 00:35:11.380 --> 00:35:12.079 And there are some of you 00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:12.500 here today 00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:13.219 that need Jesus. 00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:14.619 But how does it relate 00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:16.119 to us as believers? 00:35:16.240 --> 00:35:16.820 That's practical 00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:17.840 because most of you here 00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.659 are believers, 00:35:18.920 --> 00:35:19.219 right? 00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:22.420 Here's your job. 00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:24.719 You're the yes or no crowd. 00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:26.519 You're called 00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:27.860 to do the same thing 00:35:27.860 --> 00:35:28.659 in essence 00:35:28.659 --> 00:35:30.019 that I'm called to do. 00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.619 Isn't that right? 00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:31.099 Hello? 00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:34.799 Am I right? 00:35:35.719 --> 00:35:36.619 Your lives 00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:37.500 are all about 00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:39.940 being in the front lines 00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:41.000 of helping people 00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:42.279 see Jesus 00:35:42.279 --> 00:35:43.159 is the Savior 00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:44.699 and bringing them 00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:45.839 by grace 00:35:45.839 --> 00:35:46.920 and pleading 00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:47.380 with them 00:35:47.380 --> 00:35:48.420 to come to grips 00:35:48.420 --> 00:35:48.980 with the need 00:35:48.980 --> 00:35:49.559 of their soul. 00:35:50.819 --> 00:35:51.779 Is that why 00:35:51.779 --> 00:35:52.579 you draw breath? 00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:54.699 Why is it 00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:55.920 that through John 00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.859 we keep on having 00:35:56.859 --> 00:35:57.779 these little pictures 00:35:57.780 --> 00:35:59.660 where we find out 00:35:59.660 --> 00:36:00.420 who Jesus is 00:36:00.420 --> 00:36:00.780 and then 00:36:00.780 --> 00:36:01.820 so what are you 00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:02.380 going to do with it? 00:36:02.580 --> 00:36:03.000 So what are you 00:36:03.000 --> 00:36:03.600 going to do with it? 00:36:03.740 --> 00:36:04.180 So what are you 00:36:04.180 --> 00:36:04.720 going to do with it, 00:36:04.740 --> 00:36:04.940 right? 00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:06.600 Woman at the well? 00:36:07.900 --> 00:36:08.680 Wherever it is, 00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:09.300 John 6, 00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:09.920 John 7, 00:36:10.240 --> 00:36:12.940 it's putting you 00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.760 on the spot 00:36:13.760 --> 00:36:16.880 of either trusting 00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:17.420 in Jesus 00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:18.820 or being an instrument 00:36:18.820 --> 00:36:19.600 to help people 00:36:19.600 --> 00:36:20.380 come to faith. 00:36:21.380 --> 00:36:22.100 So here's what 00:36:22.100 --> 00:36:23.040 I would ask 00:36:23.040 --> 00:36:24.920 and I close 00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.420 with this. 00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:30.559 if this is 00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:31.800 the recurring 00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:33.900 theme of John, 00:36:35.240 --> 00:36:36.800 who is Jesus 00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:37.420 and what are you 00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:38.159 going to do with him? 00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:40.680 There are those 00:36:40.680 --> 00:36:41.440 here this morning 00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:42.320 that need Christ 00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:43.059 and I would plead 00:36:43.059 --> 00:36:43.300 with you, 00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:44.019 don't walk out 00:36:44.019 --> 00:36:44.599 those doors 00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:45.460 saying no. 00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:48.960 That will have 00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:51.300 eternal consequences 00:36:51.300 --> 00:36:52.720 that is beyond 00:36:52.720 --> 00:36:53.559 imagination. 00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:57.639 and for you 00:36:57.639 --> 00:36:58.220 who have come 00:36:58.220 --> 00:36:58.760 to faith, 00:37:00.380 --> 00:37:01.440 line your life 00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:02.059 up with that 00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:02.980 very singular 00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:04.039 affection and 00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:06.519 ambition that you 00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:07.980 by his grace 00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:09.039 having been drawn 00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:09.860 from darkness 00:37:09.860 --> 00:37:10.639 into light 00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:12.019 are an ambassador 00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:12.980 to let other people 00:37:12.980 --> 00:37:14.139 know who he is 00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:15.340 and why he came. 00:37:15.340 --> 00:37:19.440 let me tell you 00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:19.760 something. 00:37:21.059 --> 00:37:21.960 When it's all 00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.760 said and done, 00:37:24.300 --> 00:37:27.280 when your life 00:37:27.280 --> 00:37:29.559 is at its end, 00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:32.100 what you have 00:37:32.100 --> 00:37:32.780 done with the 00:37:32.780 --> 00:37:33.539 sweetness of the 00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:34.400 gospel is going 00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:35.300 to stand out 00:37:35.300 --> 00:37:36.700 as preeminently 00:37:36.700 --> 00:37:37.280 important. 00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:40.340 And I would 00:37:40.340 --> 00:37:40.880 plead with you 00:37:40.880 --> 00:37:41.700 to decide. 00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:43.519 yes. 00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:45.460 Knowing Jesus 00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:46.319 as my Savior, 00:37:46.759 --> 00:37:47.460 I am going 00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:48.679 to live my life 00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:49.500 with a passion 00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:51.679 to lift up 00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:52.159 Jesus 00:37:52.159 --> 00:37:54.039 for the glory 00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:55.579 of the cross. 00:37:56.919 --> 00:37:57.739 Let's close 00:37:57.739 --> 00:37:58.139 in prayer. 00:38:01.339 --> 00:38:02.239 Father God, 00:38:02.299 --> 00:38:02.719 this morning 00:38:02.719 --> 00:38:03.279 as we 00:38:03.279 --> 00:38:04.419 take the 00:38:04.419 --> 00:38:05.000 scriptures in 00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.279 hand, 00:38:05.379 --> 00:38:05.899 we understand 00:38:05.899 --> 00:38:06.960 that you've 00:38:06.960 --> 00:38:07.519 given us a 00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:08.000 picture of 00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:08.579 your Son. 00:38:08.579 --> 00:38:10.279 You've given 00:38:10.279 --> 00:38:10.819 us a picture 00:38:10.819 --> 00:38:11.460 of your Son 00:38:11.460 --> 00:38:12.340 first for those 00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:12.799 who are here 00:38:12.799 --> 00:38:13.380 that do not 00:38:13.380 --> 00:38:13.960 know Jesus, 00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:15.179 that this morning 00:38:15.179 --> 00:38:15.799 their hearts 00:38:15.799 --> 00:38:16.519 would be drawn 00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:17.639 to see the 00:38:17.639 --> 00:38:18.440 hopelessness of 00:38:18.440 --> 00:38:19.079 their condition 00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:20.219 and cry out 00:38:20.219 --> 00:38:20.940 upon Christ 00:38:20.940 --> 00:38:22.199 as Savior. 00:38:24.099 --> 00:38:24.759 You've given 00:38:24.759 --> 00:38:25.539 us also who 00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:26.079 are believers 00:38:26.079 --> 00:38:26.759 a picture of 00:38:26.759 --> 00:38:27.199 your Son 00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:28.239 that we with 00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:28.920 ambition and 00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:29.440 affection, 00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:30.579 delighting in 00:38:30.579 --> 00:38:31.039 the privilege 00:38:31.039 --> 00:38:31.880 we have of 00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:32.840 being delivered 00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:33.559 from darkness 00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:34.519 into life, 00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:36.659 would live our 00:38:36.659 --> 00:38:37.279 lives with a 00:38:37.279 --> 00:38:37.900 more conscious 00:38:37.900 --> 00:38:38.480 and deliberate 00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:39.519 passion to 00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:40.300 see Jesus 00:38:40.300 --> 00:38:41.099 lifted up. 00:38:44.619 --> 00:38:45.300 That we 00:38:45.300 --> 00:38:45.700 would do 00:38:45.700 --> 00:38:46.119 more than 00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:46.639 just sing 00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:47.099 about Him. 00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:50.599 That the 00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:51.079 way we live 00:38:51.079 --> 00:38:51.660 our lives 00:38:51.660 --> 00:38:52.260 would reflect 00:38:52.260 --> 00:38:52.780 His glory. 00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:54.519 And the 00:38:54.519 --> 00:38:54.920 things we 00:38:54.920 --> 00:38:56.460 say when 00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:56.900 you open 00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:57.440 the door and 00:38:57.440 --> 00:38:57.880 give us the 00:38:57.880 --> 00:38:59.740 opportunity would 00:38:59.740 --> 00:39:00.680 draw wounded 00:39:00.680 --> 00:39:01.320 and hurting 00:39:01.320 --> 00:39:03.000 people to 00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:03.660 understand that 00:39:03.660 --> 00:39:04.280 Jesus came 00:39:04.280 --> 00:39:04.820 into the world 00:39:04.820 --> 00:39:05.300 to be the 00:39:05.300 --> 00:39:07.680 Savior of 00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:08.119 all who 00:39:08.119 --> 00:39:08.759 call upon 00:39:08.759 --> 00:39:09.099 Him. 00:39:10.139 --> 00:39:10.879 We ask 00:39:10.879 --> 00:39:11.199 this in 00:39:11.199 --> 00:39:11.440 Jesus' 00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:11.879 name. 00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:12.879 Amen. 00:39:13.339 --> 00:39:14.000 Let's stand 00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:14.500 together as 00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:14.960 we sing. 00:39:16.199 --> 00:39:17.099 And as we're 00:39:17.099 --> 00:39:17.619 singing this 00:39:17.619 --> 00:39:18.659 morning, let 00:39:18.659 --> 00:39:19.079 me tell you 00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:19.419 one of the 00:39:19.419 --> 00:39:20.000 things that 00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:20.879 goes with 00:39:20.879 --> 00:39:21.460 preaching and 00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:21.940 talking about 00:39:21.940 --> 00:39:22.399 putting people 00:39:22.399 --> 00:39:22.960 on the spot 00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:23.779 is that 00:39:23.779 --> 00:39:24.879 sometimes along 00:39:24.879 --> 00:39:25.259 with that 00:39:25.259 --> 00:39:25.699 comes the 00:39:25.699 --> 00:39:26.139 issue of 00:39:26.139 --> 00:39:27.039 going ahead 00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:27.359 and going 00:39:27.359 --> 00:39:27.899 on public 00:39:27.899 --> 00:39:28.239 record. 00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:30.980 And I would 00:39:30.980 --> 00:39:31.559 encourage you 00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:31.980 if you are 00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:32.419 here this 00:39:32.419 --> 00:39:32.940 morning and the 00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:33.480 Spirit of God 00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:33.819 is saying, 00:39:33.919 --> 00:39:34.239 hey listen, 00:39:34.239 --> 00:39:35.339 this is what 00:39:35.339 --> 00:39:36.039 you need to 00:39:36.039 --> 00:39:36.299 do. 00:39:37.399 --> 00:39:37.959 Some of you 00:39:37.959 --> 00:39:38.479 may need to 00:39:38.479 --> 00:39:39.000 say, I need 00:39:39.000 --> 00:39:39.719 Christ as my 00:39:39.719 --> 00:39:41.299 Savior and I'm 00:39:41.299 --> 00:39:42.219 humble enough that 00:39:42.219 --> 00:39:42.679 I'm going to let 00:39:42.679 --> 00:39:43.299 others know that. 00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:44.179 I'm going to cry 00:39:44.179 --> 00:39:44.819 out to Him to be 00:39:44.819 --> 00:39:45.599 my Savior now. 00:39:45.879 --> 00:39:46.639 You do that as 00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:47.279 we're singing this 00:39:47.279 --> 00:39:47.619 song. 00:39:48.679 --> 00:39:49.419 It may be that He's 00:39:49.419 --> 00:39:50.079 calling to be part 00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:50.679 of our fellowship 00:39:50.679 --> 00:39:51.799 here and you need 00:39:51.799 --> 00:39:52.259 to come forward 00:39:52.259 --> 00:39:52.799 and say, this is 00:39:52.799 --> 00:39:53.399 where God wants 00:39:53.399 --> 00:39:53.939 me, this is where 00:39:53.939 --> 00:39:54.519 He wants me to 00:39:54.519 --> 00:39:55.359 connect and serve 00:39:55.359 --> 00:39:56.519 and be part of a 00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:57.359 team that lifts up 00:39:57.359 --> 00:39:57.679 Jesus. 00:39:59.379 --> 00:40:00.079 There may be some 00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:00.759 of you here today 00:40:00.759 --> 00:40:01.579 that need counsel 00:40:01.579 --> 00:40:02.179 and prayer and 00:40:02.179 --> 00:40:03.639 there's a brokenness 00:40:03.639 --> 00:40:04.219 in your heart 00:40:04.219 --> 00:40:05.259 that you can't 00:40:05.259 --> 00:40:05.879 solve and you 00:40:05.879 --> 00:40:06.859 want others to 00:40:06.859 --> 00:40:07.379 pray with you. 00:40:07.440 --> 00:40:08.199 You come forward 00:40:08.199 --> 00:40:09.440 as we sing this 00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:10.079 song in closing. 00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:10.179 Amen. 00:40:22.179 --> 00:40:26.519 So sweet to trust in 00:40:26.519 --> 00:40:30.539 Jesus just to take 00:40:30.539 --> 00:40:33.659 Him at His word. 00:40:34.659 --> 00:40:36.440 Why are you coming 00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:37.079 forward, hon? 00:40:37.079 --> 00:40:38.659 I want to be 00:40:38.659 --> 00:40:39.079 baptized. 00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:39.779 Amen. 00:40:40.000 --> 00:40:40.319 Do you know 00:40:40.319 --> 00:40:41.159 Jesus as your 00:40:41.159 --> 00:40:41.440 Savior? 00:40:41.539 --> 00:40:41.880 Yes. 00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:43.819 I'm going to... 00:40:44.260 --> 00:40:44.400 He'll be baptized. 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 --> 00:40:44.400 00:40:44.400 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Others said, this is the Christ. 00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:49.420 00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:49.420 00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:49.420 00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:49.420 00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:49.420 00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:49.420 00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:49.420 00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:49.420 00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:49.420 00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:49.420 00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:49.420 00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:49.420 00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:49.420 00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:49.420 00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:49.420 00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:49.420 00:42:49.420 --> 00:43:19.400 Thank you. 00:43:19.420 --> 00:43:49.400 Thank you.