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 and open it up to the Gospel of John, chapter 7.

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 We're going back to our series through the Gospel of John,

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 and it's been a few weeks since we were there,

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 so we're going to take a few minutes just to recap all that we've heard and seen in John's Gospel.

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 John's Gospel is the account of John of the story of Jesus.

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 As we said at the beginning of the series, if the Apostle John could be here with us this morning

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 and tell you the story of Jesus, this is what he would say.

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 This is what he saw, what he heard, what he experienced.

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 John began his account in a different place than the other Gospel writers did.

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 He tells us that Jesus' story goes back to the very beginning.

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 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

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 John tells us that back then, before all things were made,

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 this one, the Word, or the Son, he was with God, and he was God.

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 John tells us that all things that have been created were created by and through him.

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 And then he tells us that the Word, the Son, became flesh and lived among us.

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 And we celebrated that just a few weeks ago at Christmas.

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 And John said this, he said,

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 We have seen his glory, glory as of the only begotten Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

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 And so as we've been working our way through John, we've been looking to see,

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 What did you see, John?

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 What did you see of Jesus' glory?

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 How did you see that he was full of grace and full of truth?

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 From there, John took us to the shore of the Jordan River.

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 We heard about John the Baptizer and his little run-in with the Jewish leaders

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 that were sent from Jerusalem to see what was going on.

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 We heard a little of what John had been saying.

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 There's somebody great coming after me.

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 He stands among you, even now.

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 And we saw through John's eyes that moment when the Baptizer pointed to Jesus for the first time

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 and said,

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 Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

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 This is the one I've been talking about.

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 We heard about how some of Jesus' first disciples, as a result of that, began to follow Jesus.

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 Andrew and Peter, Philip and Nathaniel.

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 We heard a little of their expectation as they began to share the news with one another

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 that we found the Messiah.

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 We heard Jesus tell them,

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 You guys haven't seen anything yet.

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 Just wait.

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 From there, John took us to Jesus' first public sign,

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 the wedding at Cana,

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 where he, in the back room, did an amazing miracle

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 and turned a whole bunch of water into wine.

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 Then we followed Jesus up to Jerusalem,

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 where he marked the Passover with his disciples.

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 And we saw how Jesus began to cause a stir as he flipped the tables in the temple courts of the sellers

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 and drove the money changers out of the temple courts,

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 which brought him into conflict with the religious leaders.

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 We read about how Jesus did several signs during that visit to Jerusalem,

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 and how many people believed, and yet the faith of these people was also suspect.

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 Jesus wouldn't entrust himself to these people because he seemed to know things about them,

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 even what they were thinking.

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 John gave us the example of Jesus' conversation with Nicodemus,

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 a member of the Jewish ruling council.

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 And we listened as Jesus told this teacher of Israel about how he needed to be born again

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 by the Spirit of God in order to enter the kingdom of God.

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 From there we saw how there was this noticeable shift.

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 Many of the baptizers' disciples were now going to Jesus.

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 And the crowds were dwindling for John and increasing for Jesus.

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 John the baptizer was kind of fading into the background,

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 and Jesus was taking the spotlight and the attention of the whole nation.

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 We saw how Jesus made this quick stopover in Samaria on his way back to Galilee,

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 where he encountered the woman at the well

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 and revealed himself to her as the Messiah and to the townspeople,

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 and many believed.

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 Then we saw him again in Cana of Galilee,

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 and it was there that some tensions began to rise

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 as Jesus started to come face to face

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 with the unbelief of the people in his own region.

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 It was there that he healed the royal official's son from a distance.

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 After that, John skips ahead to another time

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 that Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a festival.

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 And we saw how Jesus healed the man who hadn't been able to walk for 38 years

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 at the Pool of Siloam.

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 And he did that on the Sabbath.

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 And we watched as this brought Jesus into a very sharp dispute

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 with the religious leaders.

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 In fact, John told us then that even before this run-in,

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 they had already been plotting to kill him.

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 But now this was intensified even more.

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 Jesus began to say some things to them

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 in the hearing of others that really bothered them.

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 He began to tell them about his unique, special relationship with God.

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 A father-son relationship unlike anything we've ever heard or seen.

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 Jesus said that the works that he's been doing are small beans

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 compared to the kinds of works that the Father is going to give him to do in the future.

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 Things like raising people from the dead to life

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 and calling people out of their graves to judgment at the end.

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 He said he will be the one who will judge on that day

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 on behalf of his Father.

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 He said those who believe in him will receive eternal life.

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 And he began to expose and challenge the unbelief

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 and the pride and the self-centeredness of the religious leaders.

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 From there, Jesus went back to Galilee.

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 He crossed over to the other side of the sea.

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 And John tells us that there was a massive crowd following him around,

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 numbering over 5,000 people.

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 And we saw how Jesus amazed them all by making bread and fish

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 enough to feed the whole lot of them out in the middle of nowhere

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 with nothing but a boy's lunch.

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 We watched as Jesus sent his disciples back across the lake

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 only to join them later on in the middle of the night

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 walking out to them on the water

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 in the middle of a storm.

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 Then when they were back on the other side,

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 we listened as many of the crowd from the previous day

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 caught up with Jesus.

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 And Jesus talked with them in the synagogue.

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 And he challenged them to really read and understand

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 the signs that he was doing correctly

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 and to believe in him.

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 He told them that he was the bread of life

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 that had been sent down from God,

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 from heaven to give life to the world.

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 And we saw as that conversation went from tense

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 to an all-out argument.

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 How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

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 Some said.

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 After that, we watched as many of Jesus' followers left him

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 and decided they were done following Jesus.

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 But even though many left him,

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 the twelve and probably a few more

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 stayed with him,

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 the faithful few.

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 So this is the story that we've heard from John

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 up until this point.

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 Let's turn our attention now to what happens next

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 in John chapter 7,

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 starting in verse 1.

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 After this, Jesus went around in Galilee.

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 Galilee is that northern region

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 right up there.

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 He kind of has the towns of Cana

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 and Capernaum and Nazareth up there.

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 He was moving around there.

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 He was conducting his ministry there.

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 He was doing his signs.

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 All that he has been doing.

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 But up in this region in Galilee,

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 he did not want to go about in Judea

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 because the Jewish leaders there

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 were looking for a way to kill him.

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 So Jesus stayed up in this northern region of Galilee.

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 Judea is down here, of course,

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 where Jerusalem, the capital city, is.

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 That's the place where the temple is.

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 That's the place where all the religious leaders

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 and the ruling council are headquartered.

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 And that's the place where he is wanted the most.

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 So he's staying up here in Galilee,

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 conducting his ministry there.

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 And it might be a little bit tempting

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 to jump to conclusions here

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 or to make assumptions.

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 We might wonder,

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 is Jesus afraid of their religious leaders?

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 But of course, we can only guess

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 at what's going on in Jesus' heart and mind.

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 John only tells us that he didn't want to go there

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 because they were looking for a way to kill him.

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 Now, if it was me that they were looking for,

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 you'd bet I'd be anxious.

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 You bet I'd be afraid.

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 I'd be thinking of how to get out of the country real quick.

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 But we can't assume that Jesus feels

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 or even thinks just like we do

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 because as we've seen many times,

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 he often doesn't.

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 Verse two.

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 But when the Jewish festival of tabernacles was near,

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 John tells us that the festival of tabernacles was near.

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 Throughout the year, there were several festivals,

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 like this one, that they would have.

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 And people from all over the land

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 would go up to Jerusalem

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 and mark these festivals

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 just as God commanded the Israelites to do

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 back in the days of Moses.

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 And you can just imagine

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 with all these people going up to celebrate

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 and to worship, to mark the festival,

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 this is going to be interesting.

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 The tensions have never been as high

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 as they are now between Jesus

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 and the religious leaders.

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 Jesus is a wanted man.

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 They want him dead.

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 And so will Jesus head back down to Jerusalem

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 yet again for the festival

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 even while they're trying to kill him?

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 Verse three.

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 Jesus' brothers said to him,

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 leave Galilee and go to Judea

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 so that your disciples there may see the works you do.

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 No one who wants to become a public figure

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 acts in secret.

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 Since you're doing these things,

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 show yourself to the world.

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 So as the day of the festival is drawing near,

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 Jesus' brothers tell him to go down to Judea,

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 the very region that he's been avoiding.

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 Why?

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 They say so that your disciples there

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 may see the works that you are doing.

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 Now I'm not really sure

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 just what Jesus' brothers are thinking here.

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 At first it might seem like

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 they're just simply giving him

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 some good brotherly career advice.

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 Jesus, you should go back to Judea.

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 The festival will be starting soon

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 and you should try and reconnect

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 with some of your followers there.

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 They need to see the things

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 that you've been doing here in Galilee.

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 They say,

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 for no one who wants to become a public figure

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 acts in secret.

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 Since you're doing these things,

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 show yourself to the world.

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 On the surface,

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 it kind of seems like reasonable advice,

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 doesn't it?

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 And truly, it's not unlike the advice

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 that we might hear in our world today.

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 If you want to make a name for yourself,

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 you need to put yourself out there.

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 You need to connect with your followers.

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 But then John,

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 the one telling the story here,

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 says this,

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 for even his own brothers

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 did not believe in him.

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 So there's something else going on here.

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 The advice that they are

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 probably,

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 that they are giving

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 probably contains a hint of cynicism.

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 Perhaps they're saying these things

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 with a little bit of mockery in them.

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 To be honest,

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 I'm not really sure

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 what the tone of their voices is

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 or what they are truly meaning here.

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 But we kind of get a sense

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 that it's probably negative.

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 Like, come on, Jesus.

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 If you are the Messiah,

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 and you're doing all these amazing signs

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 and miracles

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 which confirm it,

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 go down to Jerusalem

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 and prove it.

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 Make it official.

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 Make it all happen.

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 Get onto the world stage here.

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 That's what the Messiah

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 is supposed to do.

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 Whatever they're thinking,

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 John tells us

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 that even though

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 they were his brothers,

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 they did not believe in him.

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 That's maybe a surprising thing,

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 isn't it?

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 We kind of expect

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 that if anyone would believe in Jesus,

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 it would be his own brothers.

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 The people who know him best.

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 The people that he grew up with.

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 And yet,

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 just because they were close to him

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 all those years,

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 didn't mean

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 that they believed in him.

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 And it kind of leaves us to wonder,

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 well,

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 what did they believe about him?

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 If they didn't believe

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 that he was the Messiah

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 sent from God,

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 what did they believe about him?

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 what are the alternatives?

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 Did they believe that he was a con artist?

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 Did he believe he had somehow perfected

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 the art of fooling people

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 with elaborate tricks?

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 Did they believe that he was making claims

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 that were not true?

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 A deceiver?

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 Or did they just think

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 that he was out of his mind?

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 We can't be sure here.

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 But one thing stands out to me

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 in all this,

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 and it's that Jesus was truly human.

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 So much so

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 that his own brothers

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 couldn't see past his flesh

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 and bones

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 to know that he was more than just a man.

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 I don't know how they explained

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 away the miracles that he did

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 or maybe in their own warped thinking

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 they kind of convinced themselves

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 that he was just some kind of

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 self-righteous older brother

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 who was always looking down on them

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 and exposing the things

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 that they didn't want

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 people to know about or see.

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 I got thinking about this

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 in terms of what's going on

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 in our world today.

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 With COVID and political upheaval,

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 we know all too well

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 how easily people can come

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 to polar opposite viewpoints

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 on things

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 and just get real dug in

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 about those things.

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 Well, somebody's got to be right.

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 There is truth and fact

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 in all that's going on.

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 But somehow,

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 as it often happens with people,

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 Jesus' brothers

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 are just not seeing straight.

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 Maybe they're just kind of,

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 you know,

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 putting up with him

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 and his grand delusions.

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 Or at best,

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 maybe they just don't really know

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 how he can do these miracles.

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 Maybe they are hoping

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 that he'll be successful,

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 but they just kind of have their doubts

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 and their reservations.

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 They don't believe in him.

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 How is it that Jesus' own brothers

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 do not see the glory

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 of the one and only Son

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 who came from the Father?

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 I think it harkens back

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 to what Jesus said earlier

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 to his followers

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 just before this in chapter 6.

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 John 6, verse 64.

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 Jesus said,

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 Yet there are some of you

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 who do not believe.

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 Verse 65.

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 This is why I told you

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 that no one can come to me

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 unless the Father has enabled them.

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 unless it has been granted to them

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 by the Father.

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 There's more going on here.

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 For some reason,

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 at least for now,

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 Jesus' brothers remain in the dark.

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 Blind to the reality

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 of just who their own brother is.

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 So they give their advice to Jesus.

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 The brothers do.

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 And then Jesus gives

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 his response to them.

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 He replies in verse 6 to 8.

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 Therefore Jesus told them,

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 My time is not yet here.

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 For you, any time will do.

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 The world cannot hate you,

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 but it hates me

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 because I testify

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 that its works are evil.

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 You go up to the festival.

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 I'm not going up to this festival

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 because my time has not yet

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 fully come.

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 So Jesus says a lot here.

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 And to be honest,

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 I'm not entirely sure

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 just what Jesus means

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 by all of it.

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 It's interesting.

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 What is clear

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 is that he tells his brothers

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 that he's not going

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 to this festival,

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 at least not yet.

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 Not now,

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 as they've been encouraging him to do.

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 And then he urges them

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 to go on ahead of him.

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 You guys go.

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 I'm not going yet.

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 And his reason

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 for not going yet,

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 it seems,

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 has to do with timing.

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 He says,

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 My time is not yet here.

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 For you,

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 any time will do.

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 What is Jesus referring to

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 by my time?

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 There are a couple

00:19:28.259 --> 00:19:29.259
 different ideas here.

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 One is that it's like

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 what he says in other places

00:19:31.419 --> 00:19:32.379
 when he says,

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 My hour has not yet come.

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 But probably the view

00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:39.279
 that makes the most sense to me

00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:41.039
 is that he's simply talking

00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:42.419
 about the time to leave

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 and go to the festival.

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 And there's a couple

00:19:45.579 --> 00:19:46.519
 good reasons for that.

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 First,

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 he doesn't use the word

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 for hour

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 like he does

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 in the other places.

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 Here he uses the word

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 for time

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 or it's a more general word,

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 appointed time

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 or season.

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 And in addition to that,

00:19:59.859 --> 00:20:00.940
 in the original language,

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 you can see

00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.659
 the clear emphasis

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 on his pronouns.

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 It kind of pops out to you

00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:06.980
 in the way

00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:07.819
 that it was phrased.

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 My time is not yet here.

00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:12.059
 For you,

00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:13.980
 any time will do.

00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:16.940
 In other words,

00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:18.259
 what I think Jesus is saying

00:20:18.259 --> 00:20:18.919
 is something like,

00:20:19.299 --> 00:20:20.099
 you guys can go up

00:20:20.099 --> 00:20:21.200
 to the festival anytime.

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 Whether you go today

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 or tomorrow,

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 doesn't matter.

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 But for me,

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 there is an appointed time.

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 And that time

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 is not yet here.

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 And this is maybe

00:20:32.779 --> 00:20:33.360
 more similar

00:20:33.360 --> 00:20:34.180
 to his statement

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 about,

00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:35.860
 in those other places,

00:20:35.980 --> 00:20:36.720
 about his hour

00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:38.420
 not yet having come.

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 I think what Jesus

00:20:40.380 --> 00:20:40.960
 is saying

00:20:40.960 --> 00:20:41.940
 is that he is under

00:20:41.940 --> 00:20:43.299
 a special constraint

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 that his brothers

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 are not.

00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:48.140
 just as Jesus

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 can't act

00:20:49.100 --> 00:20:50.220
 or speak

00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:51.339
 apart from what

00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:52.779
 he sees his father doing

00:20:52.779 --> 00:20:54.579
 and hears his father

00:20:54.579 --> 00:20:55.299
 saying

00:20:55.299 --> 00:20:56.920
 in some mysterious way

00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:57.799
 that we don't understand.

00:20:57.940 --> 00:20:58.980
 He is also bound

00:20:58.980 --> 00:20:59.799
 or constrained

00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:01.720
 to this certain time,

00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:02.519
 this timeline

00:21:02.519 --> 00:21:05.100
 by his father.

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 Father and son

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 acting in harmony

00:21:08.759 --> 00:21:10.500
 and synchronization.

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 And Jesus,

00:21:11.460 --> 00:21:11.940
 the son,

00:21:12.100 --> 00:21:12.759
 for his part,

00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:13.579
 is in the role

00:21:13.579 --> 00:21:14.519
 of submission

00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:16.319
 to his father.

00:21:17.680 --> 00:21:18.500
 So Jesus says,

00:21:19.180 --> 00:21:20.200
 you guys go on ahead.

00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:22.500
 My time to go up

00:21:22.500 --> 00:21:23.720
 is not yet here.

00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.460
 For you guys,

00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:25.200
 it doesn't matter

00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:26.720
 is what I think

00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.599
 Jesus is saying.

00:21:29.180 --> 00:21:30.240
 But then in the middle

00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:30.879
 of all this,

00:21:31.019 --> 00:21:32.500
 Jesus makes this statement

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:34.740
 about the world

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.579
 hating him.

00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:38.140
 Somehow this factors

00:21:38.140 --> 00:21:39.240
 into Jesus' timing

00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:39.779
 as well.

00:21:41.140 --> 00:21:41.779
 Jesus says,

00:21:41.779 --> 00:21:44.559
 the world cannot hate you,

00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:47.019
 but it hates me

00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:49.039
 because I testify

00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:50.819
 that its works

00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:51.700
 are evil.

00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:53.379
 Another statement

00:21:53.379 --> 00:21:54.119
 of comparison

00:21:54.119 --> 00:21:54.759
 and again,

00:21:54.859 --> 00:21:55.359
 the emphasis

00:21:55.359 --> 00:21:56.680
 is kind of on the pronouns,

00:21:56.899 --> 00:21:58.420
 you versus me.

00:21:59.139 --> 00:22:00.819
 The world cannot hate you.

00:22:02.099 --> 00:22:03.059
 Why not?

00:22:03.660 --> 00:22:04.660
 We're kind of left to wonder.

00:22:05.839 --> 00:22:07.160
 Perhaps Jesus is implying

00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:07.720
 that the world

00:22:07.720 --> 00:22:08.700
 cannot hate them

00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:09.660
 because they're a part

00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:10.180
 of the world.

00:22:10.180 --> 00:22:12.460
 I'm not really sure.

00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:14.680
 But what is clear

00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:15.920
 is why the world

00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:17.180
 hates Jesus.

00:22:18.600 --> 00:22:19.900
 He gives us the reason.

00:22:20.039 --> 00:22:20.380
 He says,

00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.799
 because I testify

00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:23.940
 that its works

00:22:23.940 --> 00:22:25.240
 are evil.

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:28.299
 In other words,

00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:30.240
 there is a strong

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:31.539
 current of opposition

00:22:31.539 --> 00:22:32.299
 to Jesus

00:22:32.299 --> 00:22:34.299
 that factors into

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:36.120
 Jesus going into Judea

00:22:36.120 --> 00:22:37.860
 and when he will go up

00:22:37.859 --> 00:22:38.539
 to the festival.

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.519
 There are some

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.359
 who hate him

00:22:40.359 --> 00:22:42.319
 and we know

00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:42.899
 as we've heard

00:22:42.899 --> 00:22:43.339
 in the story

00:22:43.339 --> 00:22:44.019
 that this hatred

00:22:44.019 --> 00:22:44.819
 has been building

00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:46.039
 over the past while

00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:48.559
 both from the religious leaders

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:49.079
 and now

00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:50.199
 it's building

00:22:50.199 --> 00:22:51.500
 amongst the people

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:53.319
 in the crowds

00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:54.479
 that he's been talking to.

00:22:56.139 --> 00:22:56.719
 Why?

00:22:57.439 --> 00:22:58.779
 Why do they hate him?

00:23:00.379 --> 00:23:01.000
 Jesus says

00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:01.759
 they hate him

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.740
 because he has been

00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:03.619
 testifying

00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:04.959
 that their works

00:23:04.960 --> 00:23:06.360
 are evil.

00:23:07.799 --> 00:23:08.740
 What does Jesus

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.559
 mean by that?

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.019
 Well,

00:23:12.059 --> 00:23:12.680
 it's maybe a little

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:14.480
 more difficult to see

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:15.660
 but this has been

00:23:15.660 --> 00:23:16.840
 happening all along

00:23:16.840 --> 00:23:17.680
 through the story

00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:19.019
 right from the beginning.

00:23:20.120 --> 00:23:21.240
 Jesus has been

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.960
 exposing

00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:23.900
 the sinful thoughts

00:23:23.900 --> 00:23:25.400
 and attitude

00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:26.960
 and behaviors

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.980
 of the people.

00:23:29.880 --> 00:23:30.340
 He's been,

00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.180
 in a sense,

00:23:31.299 --> 00:23:32.240
 shining the light

00:23:32.240 --> 00:23:32.859
 on them

00:23:32.859 --> 00:23:34.640
 and telling them

00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:36.519
 that what they're thinking,

00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.539
 what they're doing

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:38.980
 here and there

00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:39.660
 is wrong,

00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:41.160
 is sinful.

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:43.039
 In fact,

00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:44.099
 in the Gospel of Mark,

00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:45.500
 Mark just tells us

00:23:45.500 --> 00:23:46.240
 quite plainly,

00:23:46.359 --> 00:23:47.460
 right from the get-go,

00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:48.420
 Jesus' message

00:23:48.420 --> 00:23:49.079
 was this,

00:23:49.620 --> 00:23:49.920
 repent

00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:51.500
 and believe

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:52.259
 the good news.

00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.559
 Repent,

00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:54.620
 turn from your

00:23:54.620 --> 00:23:55.539
 sinful ways,

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:57.620
 your wicked ways,

00:23:58.079 --> 00:23:58.640
 and seek

00:23:58.640 --> 00:23:59.440
 God's forgiveness.

00:23:59.440 --> 00:23:59.640
 righteousness.

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:02.240
 We saw Jesus

00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:03.000
 testifying

00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:03.960
 that people's

00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:05.340
 works were evil

00:24:05.340 --> 00:24:07.840
 at the temple courts

00:24:07.840 --> 00:24:09.000
 as Jesus

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:09.880
 flipped the tables

00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:11.019
 and drove the sellers

00:24:11.019 --> 00:24:12.240
 and exchangers out.

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.600
 Stop turning

00:24:13.600 --> 00:24:14.580
 my father's

00:24:14.580 --> 00:24:15.180
 house

00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:16.320
 into a marketplace,

00:24:17.220 --> 00:24:17.779
 he said.

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.519
 In other words,

00:24:19.580 --> 00:24:20.200
 what you're doing

00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:21.400
 here in the temple courts

00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:22.559
 is evil.

00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:24.460
 We saw it

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:25.299
 with Nicodemus

00:24:25.299 --> 00:24:26.000
 in a much

00:24:26.000 --> 00:24:26.539
 subtler

00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:27.460
 way

00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:28.840
 as Jesus

00:24:28.840 --> 00:24:29.360
 essentially

00:24:29.360 --> 00:24:29.920
 told him

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:30.539
 that despite

00:24:30.539 --> 00:24:31.240
 how good

00:24:31.240 --> 00:24:31.799
 he thinks

00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:32.360
 he's been

00:24:32.360 --> 00:24:33.440
 or what

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:34.039
 his position

00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.460
 is,

00:24:34.680 --> 00:24:35.400
 it's not

00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:36.000
 good enough

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.819
 to enter

00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.299
 the kingdom

00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:37.880
 of God.

00:24:39.579 --> 00:24:40.420
 He told

00:24:40.420 --> 00:24:41.019
 Nicodemus

00:24:41.019 --> 00:24:41.519
 about the

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:42.160
 unbelief

00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:43.440
 in Nicodemus'

00:24:43.579 --> 00:24:44.279
 own heart.

00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:46.440
 We saw it

00:24:46.440 --> 00:24:47.120
 with the Samaritan

00:24:47.120 --> 00:24:47.480
 woman

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:48.779
 and how Jesus

00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.400
 said that he

00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:50.160
 knew about

00:24:50.160 --> 00:24:51.100
 her past

00:24:51.100 --> 00:24:52.559
 five relationships

00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:53.100
 and about

00:24:53.100 --> 00:24:53.880
 how she was

00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:54.880
 with a man

00:24:54.880 --> 00:24:55.400
 right now

00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:55.759
 that she

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.360
 wasn't married

00:24:56.360 --> 00:24:56.660
 to.

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:58.460
 He didn't

00:24:58.460 --> 00:24:58.779
 even have

00:24:58.779 --> 00:24:59.120
 to say

00:24:59.120 --> 00:24:59.799
 that's wrong.

00:25:00.420 --> 00:25:01.120
 She knew

00:25:01.120 --> 00:25:01.380
 it.

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:02.920
 But Jesus

00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:03.460
 did bring

00:25:03.460 --> 00:25:03.819
 it up

00:25:03.819 --> 00:25:04.180
 and he

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:05.019
 exposed it.

00:25:06.200 --> 00:25:07.200
 I testify

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:07.740
 that its

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.220
 works are

00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:08.579
 evil.

00:25:09.620 --> 00:25:10.000
 We saw

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.200
 it with

00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:10.579
 the crowd

00:25:10.579 --> 00:25:11.019
 back in

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.759
 chapter five.

00:25:13.000 --> 00:25:13.200
 Jesus

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:13.720
 said there,

00:25:13.840 --> 00:25:14.240
 unless you

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.799
 people see

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.340
 signs and

00:25:15.340 --> 00:25:15.700
 wonders,

00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:16.519
 you will

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.319
 never believe.

00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:19.140
 Again,

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:19.920
 exposing

00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:20.700
 the evil,

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.819
 the stubbornness

00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.880
 in their

00:25:22.880 --> 00:25:23.340
 hearts

00:25:23.340 --> 00:25:24.720
 as they

00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.319
 refused to

00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:25.759
 listen to

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:25.980
 him.

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:26.819
 We saw

00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:27.039
 it with

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:27.360
 the man

00:25:27.360 --> 00:25:27.720
 from the

00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:28.079
 pool of

00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:28.539
 Siloam

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:29.640
 that he

00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:30.240
 healed on

00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.620
 the Sabbath

00:25:30.620 --> 00:25:31.019
 day.

00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.400
 After Jesus

00:25:32.400 --> 00:25:32.819
 had healed

00:25:32.819 --> 00:25:33.019
 him,

00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:33.319
 Jesus

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:33.940
 bumped into

00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.599
 him again

00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:35.559
 later that

00:25:35.559 --> 00:25:36.079
 day at

00:25:36.079 --> 00:25:36.559
 the temple

00:25:36.559 --> 00:25:37.380
 and he

00:25:37.380 --> 00:25:37.660
 said,

00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:38.259
 see,

00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:39.319
 you are

00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:39.860
 well again.

00:25:40.559 --> 00:25:40.980
 Stop

00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:42.339
 sinning or

00:25:42.339 --> 00:25:43.120
 something worse

00:25:43.120 --> 00:25:43.640
 may happen

00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:44.059
 to you.

00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:46.380
 I testify

00:25:46.380 --> 00:25:47.000
 that its

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:48.079
 works are

00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:48.500
 evil.

00:25:49.779 --> 00:25:50.500
 We saw

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:50.819
 it with the

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:51.480
 religious leaders

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:51.980
 that same

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.440
 day as

00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:53.079
 Jesus told

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:53.539
 them about

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:54.519
 how they're

00:25:54.519 --> 00:25:55.559
 not seeking

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:56.019
 God's

00:25:56.019 --> 00:25:56.420
 glory,

00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:57.059
 but instead

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.339
 they're

00:25:57.339 --> 00:25:57.639
 seeking

00:25:57.639 --> 00:25:58.240
 glory from

00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.759
 one another.

00:26:00.180 --> 00:26:01.200
 I testify

00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:03.460
 that this

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:03.960
 world's

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.539
 works are

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.019
 evil.

00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:06.879
 We saw

00:26:06.879 --> 00:26:07.079
 it with

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:07.420
 the people

00:26:07.420 --> 00:26:07.759
 from the

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.119
 feeding of

00:26:08.119 --> 00:26:08.859
 the 5,000.

00:26:09.319 --> 00:26:09.759
 When they

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:10.139
 came back

00:26:10.139 --> 00:26:10.700
 across the

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:10.899
 lake,

00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:11.519
 Jesus said

00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:11.819
 to them,

00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:12.659
 do not

00:26:12.659 --> 00:26:13.159
 work for

00:26:13.159 --> 00:26:13.680
 food that

00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:14.200
 spoils,

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:15.960
 but for

00:26:15.960 --> 00:26:16.339
 food that

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:16.839
 endures to

00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:17.460
 eternal life.

00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:18.000
 What you're

00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:18.659
 seeking is

00:26:18.659 --> 00:26:19.420
 all wrong.

00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:21.099
 You're

00:26:21.099 --> 00:26:21.599
 looking for

00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:21.960
 me not

00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.399
 because of

00:26:22.399 --> 00:26:22.879
 the signs

00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:23.280
 I did,

00:26:23.360 --> 00:26:23.740
 but because

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.100
 you ate

00:26:24.100 --> 00:26:24.520
 the loaves

00:26:24.520 --> 00:26:24.900
 and had

00:26:24.900 --> 00:26:25.440
 your fill.

00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:27.360
 Again,

00:26:27.600 --> 00:26:27.900
 Jesus

00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:28.720
 testifying

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.560
 that their

00:26:29.560 --> 00:26:30.100
 works are

00:26:30.100 --> 00:26:30.500
 evil.

00:26:31.860 --> 00:26:32.500
 It's not

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.300
 always explicitly

00:26:33.300 --> 00:26:34.020
 talked about

00:26:34.020 --> 00:26:34.420
 in John,

00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:34.940
 but you can

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.600
 see hints

00:26:35.600 --> 00:26:36.140
 of it all

00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:36.580
 throughout.

00:26:37.780 --> 00:26:38.380
 And it's

00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:38.580
 going to

00:26:38.580 --> 00:26:39.020
 happen even

00:26:39.020 --> 00:26:39.520
 more as

00:26:39.520 --> 00:26:40.100
 we go on.

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.580
 This was

00:26:41.580 --> 00:26:42.000
 part of

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:42.260
 Jesus'

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:42.800
 ministry

00:26:42.800 --> 00:26:43.380
 from start

00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:43.940
 to finish.

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.160
 He

00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:45.640
 proclaimed

00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:46.220
 that people

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.960
 should repent

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:48.260
 and turn

00:26:48.260 --> 00:26:48.700
 from their

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.480
 sinful ways,

00:26:50.100 --> 00:26:50.640
 their wicked

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:51.520
 thoughts,

00:26:51.900 --> 00:26:52.400
 attitudes,

00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:53.080
 and as

00:26:53.080 --> 00:26:53.420
 it says

00:26:53.420 --> 00:26:53.720
 here,

00:26:53.840 --> 00:26:53.980
 their

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.560
 works.

00:26:55.840 --> 00:26:56.340
 He

00:26:56.340 --> 00:26:56.860
 testified

00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:57.240
 that

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.700
 people's

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:57.920
 works

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.100
 were

00:26:58.100 --> 00:26:58.400
 evil

00:26:58.400 --> 00:26:58.640
 in

00:26:58.640 --> 00:26:59.140
 general

00:26:59.140 --> 00:26:59.620
 ways,

00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:00.660
 as he

00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:01.019
 taught the

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.580
 people about

00:27:01.580 --> 00:27:02.220
 how they

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:02.680
 should live

00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:03.320
 righteously

00:27:03.320 --> 00:27:04.160
 in the

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:04.580
 Sermon on

00:27:04.580 --> 00:27:04.960
 the Mount.

00:27:06.360 --> 00:27:06.740
 And he

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:08.200
 talked to

00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:08.780
 people about

00:27:08.780 --> 00:27:10.660
 how their

00:27:10.660 --> 00:27:11.120
 works were

00:27:11.120 --> 00:27:11.500
 evil in

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:12.180
 very personal

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:12.660
 ways,

00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:13.400
 as he

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:13.840
 spoke with

00:27:13.840 --> 00:27:14.519
 individuals

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:15.720
 about their

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:17.140
 very specific

00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:17.640
 sinful

00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:18.240
 behaviors.

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:20.420
 Jesus'

00:27:20.620 --> 00:27:21.140
 message was

00:27:21.140 --> 00:27:21.759
 not just

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.759
 God loves

00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:23.279
 you and

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:23.720
 I love

00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:23.960
 you.

00:27:24.440 --> 00:27:24.680
 His

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.339
 message was

00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:25.960
 those things,

00:27:26.099 --> 00:27:26.299
 but it

00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:26.819
 was also

00:27:26.819 --> 00:27:27.380
 repent,

00:27:28.620 --> 00:27:29.319
 turn from

00:27:29.319 --> 00:27:29.819
 your sin,

00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:33.240
 believe in

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.900
 me so

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:34.180
 that you

00:27:34.180 --> 00:27:34.579
 will not

00:27:34.579 --> 00:27:35.720
 perish and

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.380
 receive what

00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:37.240
 you deserve

00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:38.099
 for your

00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:38.539
 sins.

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:40.740
 There are

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.019
 many in

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:42.099
 our world

00:27:42.099 --> 00:27:42.720
 today who

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.079
 are trying

00:27:43.079 --> 00:27:43.559
 to hide

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:44.779
 this little

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.259
 phrase,

00:27:45.440 --> 00:27:46.240
 I testify

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.880
 that its

00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:47.700
 works are

00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:48.120
 evil.

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:49.779
 They're

00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.079
 trying to

00:27:50.079 --> 00:27:50.500
 say that

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.180
 Jesus only

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.880
 spoke about

00:27:51.880 --> 00:27:52.259
 how he

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:52.579
 loved

00:27:52.579 --> 00:27:53.079
 people,

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:55.120
 or that

00:27:55.120 --> 00:27:55.359
 he was

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:55.620
 always

00:27:55.620 --> 00:27:56.180
 affirming

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:56.640
 of people

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:57.039
 no matter

00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.539
 how they

00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:57.859
 lived.

00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:58.240
 It's

00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.519
 simply

00:27:58.519 --> 00:27:58.819
 not

00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:59.220
 true.

00:28:00.680 --> 00:28:01.259
 Jesus

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:01.620
 talked

00:28:01.620 --> 00:28:01.880
 about

00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:02.559
 sin all

00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:03.140
 the time,

00:28:03.940 --> 00:28:04.740
 and he

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.160
 was not

00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:05.740
 afraid to

00:28:05.740 --> 00:28:06.319
 call people

00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:07.680
 out for

00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:08.319
 their sins.

00:28:08.940 --> 00:28:09.880
 That's why

00:28:09.880 --> 00:28:10.920
 they hate

00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:11.160
 him.

00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:13.120
 That's why

00:28:13.120 --> 00:28:13.539
 they wanted

00:28:13.539 --> 00:28:14.000
 to kill

00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:14.180
 him.

00:28:15.339 --> 00:28:16.079
 That's why

00:28:16.079 --> 00:28:16.779
 they did

00:28:16.779 --> 00:28:17.359
 go all

00:28:17.359 --> 00:28:17.859
 the way.

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:20.140
 to taking

00:28:20.140 --> 00:28:20.799
 his life

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.640
 when they

00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:22.359
 executed him

00:28:22.359 --> 00:28:22.620
 on the

00:28:22.620 --> 00:28:23.019
 cross.

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:23.940
 They wanted

00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:24.319
 to get

00:28:24.319 --> 00:28:24.740
 rid of

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:25.319
 this man

00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:26.240
 whom God

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:26.720
 had sent

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.299
 to shine

00:28:27.299 --> 00:28:28.059
 the spotlight

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:29.920
 on their

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.240
 sin,

00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:31.240
 on their

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:32.079
 evil thoughts

00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:33.279
 and attitudes

00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:34.519
 and works.

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:36.299
 God

00:28:36.299 --> 00:28:36.440
 John has

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:37.160
 brought this

00:28:37.160 --> 00:28:37.900
 dynamic to

00:28:37.900 --> 00:28:38.059
 our

00:28:38.059 --> 00:28:38.500
 attention

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:39.460
 back in

00:28:39.460 --> 00:28:40.160
 chapter 3

00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:41.980
 verse 19.

00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:44.079
 This is

00:28:44.079 --> 00:28:44.639
 the verdict.

00:28:45.539 --> 00:28:45.779
 Light

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.259
 has come

00:28:46.259 --> 00:28:46.720
 into the

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.119
 world,

00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:48.779
 but people

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.759
 loved

00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:50.339
 darkness

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:51.039
 instead of

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:51.359
 light

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:52.900
 because their

00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:53.720
 deeds were

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.099
 evil.

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:56.139
 Everyone

00:28:56.139 --> 00:28:56.819
 who does

00:28:56.819 --> 00:28:57.319
 evil

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:58.700
 hates

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.460
 the light

00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.799
 and will

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.279
 not come

00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:01.680
 into the

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:01.960
 light

00:29:01.960 --> 00:29:03.500
 for fear

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:03.920
 that their

00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:04.420
 deeds will

00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:05.160
 be exposed.

00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:06.279
 That's what's

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:06.759
 going on

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.019
 here.

00:29:08.140 --> 00:29:08.400
 Jesus

00:29:08.400 --> 00:29:09.000
 not only

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.779
 exposing

00:29:09.779 --> 00:29:10.680
 the sin

00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:11.360
 of a

00:29:11.360 --> 00:29:11.539
 couple

00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:12.039
 people,

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.779
 he's

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.299
 exposing

00:29:14.299 --> 00:29:15.279
 the sins

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:16.000
 of everyone

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:17.120
 in all

00:29:17.120 --> 00:29:17.600
 kinds of

00:29:17.600 --> 00:29:17.980
 ways

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:19.240
 and people

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:19.779
 don't like

00:29:19.779 --> 00:29:20.059
 it

00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:21.840
 because they

00:29:21.840 --> 00:29:22.220
 love their

00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:23.000
 evil ways.

00:29:24.360 --> 00:29:25.019
 And this

00:29:25.019 --> 00:29:25.500
 is not just

00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.000
 something that

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.519
 happened back

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:26.980
 in Jesus'

00:29:27.140 --> 00:29:27.259
 day.

00:29:27.360 --> 00:29:27.779
 This is a

00:29:27.779 --> 00:29:28.440
 dynamic that

00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:29.079
 describes what's

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:29.639
 going on

00:29:29.639 --> 00:29:30.799
 even today.

00:29:31.699 --> 00:29:32.439
 The world

00:29:32.439 --> 00:29:33.199
 still hates

00:29:33.199 --> 00:29:33.980
 Jesus when

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.439
 they hear

00:29:34.439 --> 00:29:36.279
 him expose

00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:37.460
 and testify

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:38.419
 that their

00:29:38.419 --> 00:29:38.919
 works are

00:29:38.919 --> 00:29:39.299
 evil.

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:40.960
 Now,

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.599
 Jesus is not

00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:42.079
 here in the

00:29:42.079 --> 00:29:42.439
 flesh,

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.839
 but whenever

00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:44.339
 we,

00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:45.639
 as Christians,

00:29:46.339 --> 00:29:47.439
 teach or

00:29:47.439 --> 00:29:48.299
 preach or

00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:48.899
 tell others

00:29:48.899 --> 00:29:49.460
 of what he

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:50.099
 said about

00:29:50.099 --> 00:29:50.460
 sin,

00:29:51.099 --> 00:29:51.839
 they don't

00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:52.359
 like it.

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:54.500
 They recoil.

00:29:55.179 --> 00:29:55.579
 And if the

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:56.279
 light comes to

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:56.859
 shine too

00:29:56.859 --> 00:29:57.519
 brightly on

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:58.139
 something in

00:29:58.140 --> 00:29:58.960
 particular that

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.320
 they've been

00:29:59.320 --> 00:29:59.600
 doing,

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.180
 they can get

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:01.780
 mad and

00:30:01.780 --> 00:30:02.180
 angry.

00:30:03.180 --> 00:30:03.640
 Don't you

00:30:03.640 --> 00:30:04.240
 dare tell me

00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:04.780
 that how I'm

00:30:04.780 --> 00:30:05.259
 living is

00:30:05.259 --> 00:30:05.720
 wrong,

00:30:06.320 --> 00:30:07.620
 is evil.

00:30:08.320 --> 00:30:08.740
 Don't you

00:30:08.740 --> 00:30:09.300
 dare tell me

00:30:09.300 --> 00:30:09.880
 that someday

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:10.500
 I'm going to

00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:11.340
 face judgment

00:30:11.340 --> 00:30:12.740
 or go to

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.080
 hell.

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.900
 But the

00:30:15.900 --> 00:30:16.600
 truth is that

00:30:16.600 --> 00:30:17.300
 Jesus talked

00:30:17.300 --> 00:30:17.980
 a lot about

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.420
 hell.

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.460
 Why?

00:30:21.640 --> 00:30:22.340
 Because it's

00:30:22.340 --> 00:30:23.680
 a real danger

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:24.720
 for sinners

00:30:24.720 --> 00:30:25.540
 like you and

00:30:25.540 --> 00:30:25.860
 me.

00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.680
 Unless we

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.100
 repent.

00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:29.360
 and believe

00:30:29.360 --> 00:30:29.960
 in Jesus.

00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:33.780
 Back to

00:30:33.780 --> 00:30:34.060
 Jesus'

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:34.680
 answer to

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:34.880
 his

00:30:34.880 --> 00:30:35.200
 brothers.

00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:38.860
 He says,

00:30:38.920 --> 00:30:39.200
 I'm not

00:30:39.200 --> 00:30:39.980
 going up yet

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.340
 to the

00:30:40.340 --> 00:30:41.100
 festival because

00:30:41.100 --> 00:30:41.800
 my time is

00:30:41.800 --> 00:30:42.140
 not yet

00:30:42.140 --> 00:30:42.360
 here.

00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:42.759
 You go

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.160
 on ahead.

00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:45.740
 Verse 9.

00:30:47.100 --> 00:30:47.920
 After he

00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:48.820
 had said

00:30:48.820 --> 00:30:49.220
 this,

00:30:49.420 --> 00:30:49.940
 he stayed

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.580
 in Galilee.

00:30:51.400 --> 00:30:51.900
 However,

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.920
 verse 10,

00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:55.720
 after his

00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:56.900
 brothers had

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:57.380
 left for

00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:58.060
 the festival,

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.600
 it says,

00:30:59.019 --> 00:30:59.519
 he went

00:30:59.519 --> 00:31:00.040
 also,

00:31:01.080 --> 00:31:01.880
 not publicly,

00:31:02.540 --> 00:31:03.400
 but in

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:03.759
 secret.

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:07.640
 And this

00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:07.920
 is how

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.519
 things started

00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:08.960
 to go.

00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:09.800
 Now,

00:31:09.880 --> 00:31:10.300
 at the

00:31:10.300 --> 00:31:10.720
 festival,

00:31:10.860 --> 00:31:11.180
 this is

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:11.940
 verse 11,

00:31:12.780 --> 00:31:13.480
 the Jewish

00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:14.060
 leaders were

00:31:14.060 --> 00:31:14.720
 watching for

00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:15.259
 Jesus and

00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:15.620
 asking,

00:31:15.820 --> 00:31:16.420
 where is he?

00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:18.759
 Among the

00:31:18.759 --> 00:31:19.200
 crowds,

00:31:19.340 --> 00:31:19.640
 there was

00:31:19.640 --> 00:31:20.220
 widespread

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:20.980
 whispering

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:21.839
 about him.

00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:23.680
 Some said,

00:31:23.860 --> 00:31:24.460
 he's a good

00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:24.839
 man.

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:26.640
 Others

00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:27.079
 replied,

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.019
 no,

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:28.779
 he deceives

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.240
 people.

00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:31.720
 But no

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.160
 one would

00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:33.019
 say anything

00:31:33.019 --> 00:31:33.620
 publicly

00:31:33.620 --> 00:31:34.460
 about him

00:31:34.460 --> 00:31:35.860
 for fear

00:31:35.860 --> 00:31:36.819
 of the

00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.160
 leaders.

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.279
 Can you

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:41.620
 feel the

00:31:41.620 --> 00:31:42.259
 tension here

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:42.819
 in Jerusalem

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:43.940
 as thousands

00:31:43.940 --> 00:31:44.680
 are gathered

00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:45.660
 for this

00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:46.120
 festival?

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.339
 Tension

00:31:47.339 --> 00:31:48.360
 between the

00:31:48.360 --> 00:31:48.960
 people who

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:49.460
 came up

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:50.140
 to attend

00:31:50.140 --> 00:31:51.539
 the festival?

00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:52.640
 Tension

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:53.240
 between the

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:53.980
 people and

00:31:53.980 --> 00:31:54.759
 the leaders?

00:31:55.779 --> 00:31:56.460
 Fearing that

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:56.940
 they might be

00:31:56.940 --> 00:31:57.700
 caught on the

00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.480
 wrong side of

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:58.900
 things?

00:32:00.200 --> 00:32:00.720
 There's

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.259
 whispering

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:02.440
 going on?

00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:04.079
 And we'll

00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:04.660
 find out what

00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:06.579
 happens next

00:32:06.579 --> 00:32:06.940
 Sunday.

00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:08.960
 But for this

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.440
 morning, let's

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:09.880
 take a few

00:32:09.880 --> 00:32:10.539
 minutes to just

00:32:10.539 --> 00:32:11.680
 reflect on what

00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:12.360
 we've heard so

00:32:12.360 --> 00:32:12.640
 far.

00:32:13.380 --> 00:32:14.180
 How does this

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:14.759
 all apply to

00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.100
 us?

00:32:15.900 --> 00:32:16.680
 How can we

00:32:16.680 --> 00:32:17.559
 respond to it?

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:18.240
 How can we

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.920
 relate to it?

00:32:20.360 --> 00:32:21.000
 There are a

00:32:21.000 --> 00:32:21.380
 number of

00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:21.920
 points in

00:32:21.920 --> 00:32:22.340
 which this

00:32:22.340 --> 00:32:22.940
 applies to

00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:23.160
 us.

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:24.279
 First, there's

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:25.000
 a big focus

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.519
 here on the

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:26.299
 simple question

00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:27.819
 of who is

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:28.180
 Jesus.

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:29.960
 Everybody in

00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:30.660
 Jerusalem is

00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:31.340
 talking about

00:32:31.340 --> 00:32:32.720
 him, whispering

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:34.779
 about him, and

00:32:34.779 --> 00:32:35.279
 different people

00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:36.019
 have their ideas

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:36.559
 about him.

00:32:36.620 --> 00:32:37.079
 He's a good

00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:37.500
 man.

00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:39.079
 No, he's a

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:39.620
 deceiver.

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:41.640
 Who is

00:32:41.640 --> 00:32:42.059
 Jesus?

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.460
 Even Jesus'

00:32:44.600 --> 00:32:45.200
 brothers don't

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:45.720
 believe that

00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.740
 Jesus is who

00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:47.299
 he has been

00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:48.140
 claiming to be.

00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:50.280
 All of this

00:32:50.280 --> 00:32:51.080
 really should

00:32:51.080 --> 00:32:51.720
 bring us to

00:32:51.720 --> 00:32:52.480
 consider for

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:53.300
 ourselves, who

00:32:53.300 --> 00:32:53.980
 is Jesus?

00:32:55.300 --> 00:32:55.800
 Who do you

00:32:55.800 --> 00:32:56.580
 think he is?

00:32:59.320 --> 00:33:01.220
 Second, much

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:01.860
 of this section

00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:02.759
 is focused on

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.180
 Jesus'

00:33:03.380 --> 00:33:04.200
 relationship with

00:33:04.200 --> 00:33:04.700
 his brothers.

00:33:06.620 --> 00:33:07.440
 John shows us

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:08.540
 that it is truly

00:33:08.540 --> 00:33:09.560
 possible to have

00:33:09.560 --> 00:33:10.860
 known, to have

00:33:10.860 --> 00:33:12.820
 known Jesus all

00:33:12.820 --> 00:33:14.680
 your life, and

00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:15.780
 yet not truly

00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.779
 know him.

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.819
 That's kind of a

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.399
 scary thought.

00:33:20.859 --> 00:33:21.799
 That was Jesus'

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.200
 brothers.

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:24.119
 I wonder if you

00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:24.980
 have any kind of

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.700
 feeling that maybe

00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:26.500
 you can relate to

00:33:26.500 --> 00:33:26.779
 that.

00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:29.160
 Perhaps you've

00:33:29.160 --> 00:33:30.299
 known and heard

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:31.220
 lots about Jesus

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:32.019
 from the time you

00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.440
 were young.

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:33.119
 You've been in the

00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:33.799
 church lots.

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:35.399
 You're pretty sure

00:33:35.399 --> 00:33:35.980
 that you've got

00:33:35.980 --> 00:33:37.359
 Jesus figured out.

00:33:37.359 --> 00:33:40.079
 But do you see

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:41.139
 him as a mere

00:33:41.139 --> 00:33:42.879
 man, like his

00:33:42.879 --> 00:33:43.500
 brothers did?

00:33:44.699 --> 00:33:45.679
 Or do you see

00:33:45.679 --> 00:33:46.979
 him as the one

00:33:46.979 --> 00:33:47.579
 who was sent

00:33:47.579 --> 00:33:48.679
 from God, the

00:33:48.679 --> 00:33:50.740
 son of God, the

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:52.779
 Messiah, the king

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:53.559
 who will someday

00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:55.000
 come back to

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:56.059
 judge and to

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:57.119
 rule our world?

00:33:58.740 --> 00:33:59.719
 This is really the

00:33:59.719 --> 00:34:00.519
 key issue here.

00:34:01.319 --> 00:34:02.699
 Do you believe

00:34:02.699 --> 00:34:03.619
 Jesus?

00:34:03.619 --> 00:34:05.959
 And I don't

00:34:05.959 --> 00:34:06.919
 mean just believe

00:34:06.919 --> 00:34:07.619
 that Jesus will

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:08.239
 save you.

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:10.440
 Many people

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:11.119
 believe that.

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:12.079
 But do you

00:34:12.079 --> 00:34:12.980
 really believe

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:15.319
 Jesus and what

00:34:15.319 --> 00:34:16.679
 he said and

00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:17.079
 taught?

00:34:18.259 --> 00:34:19.159
 His brothers,

00:34:19.339 --> 00:34:20.059
 at least so

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:21.099
 far, it says,

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:22.019
 do not believe

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.380
 in him.

00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:24.480
 Many of the

00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:24.839
 people in

00:34:24.839 --> 00:34:25.639
 Jerusalem think

00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:26.139
 that he's a

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:28.079
 fraud and a

00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:28.539
 deceiver.

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.119
 What about

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.420
 you?

00:34:31.719 --> 00:34:32.319
 Do you

00:34:32.319 --> 00:34:32.880
 believe?

00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:34.139
 Jesus.

00:34:36.279 --> 00:34:38.480
 Fourth, do

00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:39.019
 you believe

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:39.819
 what Jesus has

00:34:39.819 --> 00:34:40.859
 been saying to

00:34:40.859 --> 00:34:42.940
 everyone, to

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.400
 the world?

00:34:44.699 --> 00:34:45.380
 Do you

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:45.940
 believe him when

00:34:45.940 --> 00:34:46.559
 he says that

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:47.920
 your works are

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:48.319
 evil?

00:34:50.359 --> 00:34:51.039
 Do you

00:34:51.039 --> 00:34:51.460
 believe what

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:52.159
 Jesus says,

00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:53.440
 that you are a

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:54.299
 sinner who needs

00:34:54.299 --> 00:34:56.199
 to repent, to

00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:57.039
 turn from your

00:34:57.039 --> 00:34:57.960
 sinful ways, to

00:34:57.960 --> 00:34:58.880
 seek God's

00:34:58.880 --> 00:35:01.779
 forgiveness, or

00:35:01.779 --> 00:35:02.279
 else you will

00:35:02.279 --> 00:35:02.679
 perish?

00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:04.719
 Do you

00:35:04.719 --> 00:35:05.380
 believe that you

00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:07.319
 are guilty for

00:35:07.319 --> 00:35:08.139
 your sins against

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:08.519
 God?

00:35:09.719 --> 00:35:10.599
 Do you believe

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:11.279
 that you're in

00:35:11.279 --> 00:35:13.000
 real danger of

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.799
 perishing in

00:35:13.799 --> 00:35:15.880
 hell because of

00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:16.460
 your sins?

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.799
 Does this

00:35:18.799 --> 00:35:19.819
 message of Jesus

00:35:19.819 --> 00:35:20.699
 stir up hatred

00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:22.039
 for you in your

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:22.400
 heart?

00:35:23.059 --> 00:35:23.839
 Or are you

00:35:23.839 --> 00:35:24.639
 ashamed of this

00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:25.219
 message of

00:35:25.219 --> 00:35:25.519
 Jesus?

00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:25.659
 Jesus?

00:35:27.780 --> 00:35:28.400
 Or do you

00:35:28.400 --> 00:35:28.800
 believe that

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:29.300
 Jesus is

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:30.940
 right and

00:35:30.940 --> 00:35:31.259
 that you

00:35:31.259 --> 00:35:32.019
 really are in

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:32.579
 need of his

00:35:32.579 --> 00:35:34.320
 forgiveness and

00:35:34.320 --> 00:35:34.719
 saving?

00:35:34.719 --> 00:35:36.420
 Are you deeply

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:37.579
 thankful in your

00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:38.219
 heart for what

00:35:38.219 --> 00:35:39.619
 Jesus did at the

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:42.079
 cross to deal

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:42.739
 with your evil

00:35:42.739 --> 00:35:43.199
 works?

00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:44.739
 I know I am.

00:35:44.739 --> 00:35:47.079
 finally, I

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.619
 believe there's a

00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:48.239
 simple word of

00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:49.139
 encouragement here

00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:50.659
 for those of us

00:35:50.659 --> 00:35:51.319
 who have family

00:35:51.319 --> 00:35:52.259
 members who do

00:35:52.259 --> 00:35:53.079
 not believe in

00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:53.399
 Jesus.

00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:55.759
 Do you know

00:35:55.759 --> 00:35:56.939
 that Jesus knows

00:35:56.939 --> 00:35:58.500
 what it's like

00:35:58.500 --> 00:36:00.619
 to have family

00:36:00.619 --> 00:36:01.359
 members who do

00:36:01.359 --> 00:36:02.000
 not believe?

00:36:04.279 --> 00:36:05.219
 He has lived

00:36:05.219 --> 00:36:06.099
 with that reality.

00:36:07.939 --> 00:36:08.819
 And for him,

00:36:09.399 --> 00:36:10.359
 it was even more

00:36:10.359 --> 00:36:11.439
 personal because he

00:36:11.439 --> 00:36:12.899
 was the one that

00:36:12.900 --> 00:36:13.519
 they did not

00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:14.059
 believe in.

00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:16.639
 The Lord Jesus

00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:18.180
 hears your

00:36:18.180 --> 00:36:20.260
 prayers for

00:36:20.260 --> 00:36:20.800
 those in your

00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:21.460
 family who do

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:22.139
 not believe.

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:23.599
 His heart knows

00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:25.579
 deeply what you

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:26.260
 are feeling for

00:36:26.260 --> 00:36:26.500
 them.

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:29.720
 By God's grace,

00:36:30.619 --> 00:36:31.599
 there did come a

00:36:31.599 --> 00:36:32.360
 day when Jesus'

00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:33.539
 brothers came to

00:36:33.539 --> 00:36:34.240
 believe in him.

00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:36.280
 Acts 1,

00:36:36.720 --> 00:36:37.579
 verse 14,

00:36:37.820 --> 00:36:38.660
 talks about how

00:36:38.660 --> 00:36:39.740
 the church was

00:36:39.740 --> 00:36:40.300
 all gathered

00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:41.099
 together after

00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:41.740
 Jesus had

00:36:41.740 --> 00:36:42.180
 ascended.

00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:42.760
 And it says,

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:43.900
 they all joined

00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:44.920
 together constantly

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:45.519
 in prayer,

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.720
 along with the

00:36:46.720 --> 00:36:47.860
 women and Mary,

00:36:47.940 --> 00:36:48.460
 the mother of

00:36:48.460 --> 00:36:48.720
 Jesus,

00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:50.079
 and with Jesus'

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:50.860
 brothers.

00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:53.619
 Talks about

00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:53.900
 there,

00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:54.800
 in those days,

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:55.639
 Peter stood up

00:36:55.639 --> 00:36:56.220
 among the

00:36:56.220 --> 00:36:56.660
 believers.

00:36:57.220 --> 00:36:58.039
 Jesus' brothers

00:36:58.039 --> 00:36:58.960
 were among the

00:36:58.960 --> 00:36:59.360
 believers.

00:37:00.500 --> 00:37:01.720
 By God's grace,

00:37:01.820 --> 00:37:02.420
 there came a day

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:02.960
 when Jesus'

00:37:03.160 --> 00:37:03.780
 brothers had a

00:37:03.780 --> 00:37:04.539
 change of heart

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:05.840
 and a change of

00:37:05.840 --> 00:37:06.780
 mind towards him.

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:08.460
 A day when they

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:09.599
 knew that he was

00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:10.420
 so much more

00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:12.000
 than just their

00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:12.320
 brother.

00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:12.380
 father.

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:15.539
 So do not lose

00:37:15.539 --> 00:37:16.760
 heart for those

00:37:16.760 --> 00:37:17.400
 family members

00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:18.120
 that you have

00:37:18.120 --> 00:37:18.700
 who do not

00:37:18.700 --> 00:37:19.320
 know the Lord.

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:21.340
 They may not

00:37:21.340 --> 00:37:22.059
 believe in Jesus

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:22.580
 today.

00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:24.380
 They may seem

00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:25.820
 blind or hard

00:37:25.820 --> 00:37:27.200
 to what you say

00:37:27.200 --> 00:37:27.720
 about him.

00:37:28.340 --> 00:37:29.100
 They may even

00:37:29.100 --> 00:37:29.860
 disapprove,

00:37:30.660 --> 00:37:30.940
 mock,

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:32.019
 or look down

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:32.640
 on you for

00:37:32.640 --> 00:37:33.260
 believing in

00:37:33.260 --> 00:37:33.580
 Jesus,

00:37:33.720 --> 00:37:34.340
 but don't give

00:37:34.340 --> 00:37:34.880
 up on them

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:35.120
 yet.

00:37:36.120 --> 00:37:37.320
 Keep asking

00:37:37.320 --> 00:37:38.400
 the Lord Jesus

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:39.619
 for their

00:37:39.619 --> 00:37:40.139
 salvation.

00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:42.039
 The power of

00:37:42.039 --> 00:37:42.639
 God's grace

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:43.180
 and mercy

00:37:43.180 --> 00:37:44.420
 can soften

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:45.460
 even the

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:45.840
 hardest

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:46.740
 of hearts.

00:37:49.740 --> 00:37:50.599
 Let's pray.

00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:55.239
 Father in

00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:55.400
 heaven,

00:37:55.539 --> 00:37:56.099
 thank you for

00:37:56.099 --> 00:37:56.619
 your words

00:37:56.619 --> 00:37:57.380
 to us.

00:37:57.699 --> 00:37:58.279
 Please cause

00:37:58.279 --> 00:37:58.839
 them to sink

00:37:58.839 --> 00:37:59.659
 deep down

00:37:59.659 --> 00:38:00.079
 into our

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:01.339
 hearts and

00:38:01.339 --> 00:38:01.839
 help us to

00:38:01.839 --> 00:38:03.519
 know what

00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:04.019
 we can do

00:38:04.019 --> 00:38:04.360
 with them,

00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:04.900
 who we can

00:38:04.900 --> 00:38:05.400
 share them

00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:05.679
 with.

00:38:06.819 --> 00:38:07.679
 We do ask

00:38:07.679 --> 00:38:08.079
 that you would

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:08.719
 put in our

00:38:08.719 --> 00:38:09.679
 hearts those

00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:10.799
 in our

00:38:10.799 --> 00:38:11.539
 families and

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:11.839
 in our

00:38:11.839 --> 00:38:12.619
 community who

00:38:12.619 --> 00:38:13.179
 don't believe

00:38:13.179 --> 00:38:13.579
 in you.

00:38:14.319 --> 00:38:14.880
 Show us how

00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:15.460
 we can reach

00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:15.920
 out to them

00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:16.480
 and continue

00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:16.980
 to love

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:17.579
 them and to

00:38:17.579 --> 00:38:18.619
 speak the

00:38:18.619 --> 00:38:19.699
 truth with

00:38:19.699 --> 00:38:20.400
 gentleness and

00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:20.960
 respect to

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:21.139
 them.

00:38:22.179 --> 00:38:22.940
 We ask this

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:23.779
 in Jesus'

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.219
 name.

00:38:25.079 --> 00:38:25.360
 Amen.