WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.640 Let's turn to the passage that we read, John chapter 3 and verse 3. 00:00:07.640 --> 00:00:09.460 ! Jesus answered him, 00:00:09.460 --> 00:00:19.640 Truly, truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 00:00:21.320 --> 00:00:29.839 Let's look at this encounter between the Lord Jesus Christ and Nicodemus. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:59.980 Let's look at this. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:06.280 In which that great man replied, Because you must be born again. 00:01:06.280 --> 00:01:20.659 This encounter between Christ and Nicodemus gives us a particular light into what does it mean to be born again. 00:01:20.659 --> 00:01:26.659 And it should ask us the question, Am I born again? 00:01:26.659 --> 00:01:35.859 And it should cause another question to be asked. 00:01:35.859 --> 00:01:44.920 And that question is this, a question to yourself, to say to yourself, I must be born again. 00:01:45.560 --> 00:01:49.299 Otherwise, I'm not going to see the kingdom of God. 00:01:49.299 --> 00:01:53.539 I'm not going to enter in, but I'm not even going to see it. 00:01:53.540 --> 00:02:01.800 The school teacher used to ask us in school, now, here's a question. 00:02:02.040 --> 00:02:04.900 Put up your hands if you know the answer to the question. 00:02:04.900 --> 00:02:13.780 And the answer, and the question is this, do you want to get to heaven? 00:02:15.180 --> 00:02:23.500 Which I presume the answer from every single person in here is, yes, yes, I want to go to heaven, please. 00:02:23.500 --> 00:02:40.879 This chapter and this encounter between Christ and Nicodemus gives us and sheds wonderful light on what is required to get to heaven. 00:02:40.879 --> 00:03:10.859 So let's look at it. 00:03:10.879 --> 00:03:18.039 Looking at him from the outside, you would almost say, well, he surely is the last person who needs to be born again. 00:03:19.139 --> 00:03:21.419 Upright in every way. 00:03:24.099 --> 00:03:32.340 But as we'll discover Nicodemus, whatever faith he had, it wasn't saving faith. 00:03:32.979 --> 00:03:39.599 It was a faith that was historical in the sense that he knew the scriptures of the Old Testament. 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:43.799 And in that historical faith, there was an assent. 00:03:44.419 --> 00:03:50.319 The faith of assent to what was written in the pages of the Old Testament. 00:03:52.079 --> 00:03:56.159 A faith of assent that understood the law of God. 00:03:57.299 --> 00:04:01.620 Us proscribing to him how we must live good works. 00:04:01.620 --> 00:04:07.460 And if I do these good works, then everything will work out okay in the end. 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:12.460 His righteousness came from good works, from keeping the law. 00:04:13.120 --> 00:04:18.019 Like many Jews, he was waiting for the promised one. 00:04:18.819 --> 00:04:19.639 The Messiah. 00:04:20.180 --> 00:04:21.519 The anointed one. 00:04:21.519 --> 00:04:24.959 But a particular type of Messiah. 00:04:24.959 --> 00:04:30.399 A king who would set them free from the bondage of Rome. 00:04:31.039 --> 00:04:33.899 There were others waiting as well. 00:04:33.899 --> 00:04:44.219 But unlike Nicodemus, we read of one waiting for the consolation of Israel. 00:04:45.060 --> 00:04:50.299 In Luke's gospel, we read of that man Simeon. 00:04:50.539 --> 00:04:54.459 Waiting for the consolation of Israel. 00:04:54.459 --> 00:05:04.879 And what do we read of Simeon in Luke chapter 2 and 22, down to 24 and 26? 00:05:05.339 --> 00:05:08.259 We read these things about him. 00:05:08.259 --> 00:05:24.120 And this was in the context of Mary and Joseph coming with Jesus to the purification that was required as part of the law of Moses. 00:05:24.420 --> 00:05:27.680 So they brought Jesus to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord. 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:29.939 As it is written in the law of the Lord, 00:05:29.939 --> 00:05:38.439 Every male person who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord and offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord. 00:05:38.719 --> 00:05:41.699 A pair of turtle doves or two young pigeons. 00:05:42.319 --> 00:05:45.139 Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. 00:05:45.420 --> 00:05:50.519 And this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel. 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:52.939 And the Holy Spirit was upon him. 00:05:54.339 --> 00:05:55.180 And this is it. 00:05:55.180 --> 00:06:06.060 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 00:06:07.720 --> 00:06:11.019 Before he had seen the Lord's Christ. 00:06:11.460 --> 00:06:13.199 And he came into the temple. 00:06:13.340 --> 00:06:18.840 And when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him according to the custom of the law, 00:06:18.839 --> 00:06:20.839 He took him in his arms and said, 00:06:21.839 --> 00:06:23.159 Blessed God. 00:06:23.259 --> 00:06:24.099 And blessed God. 00:06:24.199 --> 00:06:30.399 And said, Lord, you are now letting your servant depart in peace according to your word. 00:06:31.339 --> 00:06:36.120 For my eyes have seen your salvation. 00:06:37.079 --> 00:06:40.219 My eyes have seen your salvation. 00:06:40.819 --> 00:06:42.579 Simeon was waiting. 00:06:42.579 --> 00:06:44.239 But Simeon understood. 00:06:44.719 --> 00:06:46.500 And he knew who Christ was. 00:06:46.799 --> 00:06:48.799 Who this baby Jesus was. 00:06:48.839 --> 00:06:50.799 That he was the Christ of God. 00:06:51.139 --> 00:06:53.919 The one sent from God. 00:06:54.599 --> 00:06:56.739 To deal with sin. 00:06:57.899 --> 00:07:00.219 He saw his own saviour. 00:07:01.879 --> 00:07:03.339 His own saviour. 00:07:03.719 --> 00:07:07.399 Likewise, I'm always fascinated by the men who came from the east. 00:07:07.599 --> 00:07:08.979 In Matthew chapter 2. 00:07:09.299 --> 00:07:11.779 Men came from the east at his birth. 00:07:12.219 --> 00:07:17.739 Where is the king of the Jews that we may come to worship him? 00:07:17.740 --> 00:07:20.620 They came a huge distance. 00:07:21.560 --> 00:07:23.579 To come to the manger. 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:26.840 To come to see Christ. 00:07:27.300 --> 00:07:28.939 To worship Christ. 00:07:29.340 --> 00:07:31.220 There was no sign of the Jews. 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:34.139 There was no fuss being made by the Jews. 00:07:34.300 --> 00:07:35.819 By the Sanhedrin. 00:07:36.040 --> 00:07:37.040 By the elders. 00:07:37.180 --> 00:07:37.819 By the teachers. 00:07:38.540 --> 00:07:40.540 No fuss being made. 00:07:40.540 --> 00:07:42.680 Because they did not know him. 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:45.340 For who he was. 00:07:46.300 --> 00:07:47.620 John speaks of this. 00:07:47.760 --> 00:07:48.340 Of course. 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:50.980 In this remarkable gospel. 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:53.240 John chapter 1 verse 11. 00:07:53.460 --> 00:07:54.820 He came to his own. 00:07:55.560 --> 00:07:57.660 But his own did not receive him. 00:07:57.660 --> 00:08:01.620 John highlights the tragedy. 00:08:01.620 --> 00:08:03.280 Of the rejection. 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:05.860 By the Jews. 00:08:05.960 --> 00:08:08.700 Of who Jesus really is. 00:08:10.080 --> 00:08:12.640 We might translate these words. 00:08:13.920 --> 00:08:16.220 We might translate these words. 00:08:16.220 --> 00:08:18.800 In chapter 1 and verse 11. 00:08:19.600 --> 00:08:21.480 He came to his own. 00:08:22.040 --> 00:08:23.740 They could be translated like this. 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:25.560 He came home. 00:08:25.560 --> 00:08:28.100 He came home. 00:08:29.899 --> 00:08:31.459 And that word. 00:08:31.839 --> 00:08:32.899 He came to his own. 00:08:33.080 --> 00:08:33.860 He came home. 00:08:34.120 --> 00:08:37.840 And it's the exact expression used. 00:08:38.080 --> 00:08:39.779 Of the beloved disciple. 00:08:40.700 --> 00:08:43.340 When in response to Jesus' word from the cross. 00:08:43.340 --> 00:08:47.000 He took Mary into his own home. 00:08:51.620 --> 00:08:52.899 He came. 00:08:53.440 --> 00:08:54.340 Christ came. 00:08:54.340 --> 00:08:57.879 To where the people ought to have known him. 00:08:58.120 --> 00:09:00.040 They had the scriptures of the Old Testament. 00:09:00.540 --> 00:09:02.000 That testified of him. 00:09:02.780 --> 00:09:04.540 That declared him. 00:09:05.259 --> 00:09:07.080 They of all the people should know. 00:09:07.879 --> 00:09:09.259 Who he was. 00:09:10.519 --> 00:09:12.200 But he came to his own. 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:13.340 He came home. 00:09:14.300 --> 00:09:16.500 And his own would not receive it. 00:09:17.320 --> 00:09:19.500 They would not receive him. 00:09:19.500 --> 00:09:23.740 And when you see in chapter 2. 00:09:23.879 --> 00:09:25.700 Christ coming to the temple. 00:09:25.700 --> 00:09:30.820 There is a sense in which he is coming home. 00:09:31.379 --> 00:09:33.039 This is my father's house. 00:09:34.039 --> 00:09:36.200 He is about his father's business. 00:09:36.700 --> 00:09:38.460 And in the process of doing so. 00:09:38.840 --> 00:09:41.940 He declares himself to be God. 00:09:41.940 --> 00:09:44.040 He cleanses the temple. 00:09:46.320 --> 00:09:48.640 He cleanses the temple. 00:09:49.480 --> 00:09:51.660 Malachi tells us about this. 00:09:52.380 --> 00:09:55.180 Malachi chapter 3 and verse 1. 00:09:55.580 --> 00:09:57.120 We read these verses. 00:09:57.680 --> 00:10:00.160 In that remarkable prophecy. 00:10:00.820 --> 00:10:02.100 Behold I send my messenger. 00:10:02.280 --> 00:10:03.920 And he will prepare the way before me. 00:10:04.440 --> 00:10:06.040 That's speaking about John the Baptist. 00:10:06.039 --> 00:10:10.899 And the Lord whom you seek. 00:10:11.059 --> 00:10:12.939 Will suddenly come to his temple. 00:10:13.980 --> 00:10:15.559 And the messenger of the covenant. 00:10:16.319 --> 00:10:18.139 In whom you delight. 00:10:19.059 --> 00:10:21.779 Behold he is coming. 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:24.259 Says the Lord of hosts. 00:10:24.559 --> 00:10:25.519 Well here he is. 00:10:25.740 --> 00:10:26.819 In his temple. 00:10:28.059 --> 00:10:29.459 In the house of prayer. 00:10:29.639 --> 00:10:31.539 Of which Isaiah speaks. 00:10:32.799 --> 00:10:33.959 My house. 00:10:33.959 --> 00:10:35.740 Shall be a house of prayer. 00:10:35.740 --> 00:10:36.860 Isaiah declares. 00:10:37.139 --> 00:10:39.060 But here it is. 00:10:40.039 --> 00:10:40.419 Trade. 00:10:41.060 --> 00:10:42.860 It's a house of trade. 00:10:43.180 --> 00:10:45.279 And he cleanses the temple. 00:10:45.539 --> 00:10:47.840 That in itself should have been a sign. 00:10:49.379 --> 00:10:51.620 A sign taking you back to Malachi. 00:10:52.039 --> 00:10:53.340 Taking you back to Isaiah. 00:10:55.139 --> 00:10:57.340 And notice the conversation then. 00:10:58.200 --> 00:11:00.720 Between Jesus and the Jews. 00:11:02.879 --> 00:11:04.480 So the Jews said to him. 00:11:04.620 --> 00:11:05.440 2.18. 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:07.960 What sign do you show us for doing these things? 00:11:08.520 --> 00:11:09.460 Jesus answered them. 00:11:09.680 --> 00:11:10.720 Destroy the temple. 00:11:10.840 --> 00:11:12.740 And in three days I will raise it up. 00:11:14.460 --> 00:11:16.000 Show us a sign. 00:11:16.500 --> 00:11:19.000 By what authority are you doing that? 00:11:20.840 --> 00:11:24.560 And they treat him with the utmost disrespect. 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:25.559 And contempt. 00:11:25.559 --> 00:11:29.959 And he answers them. 00:11:29.959 --> 00:11:30.319 And he answers them. 00:11:31.279 --> 00:11:33.119 He answers them. 00:11:34.319 --> 00:11:35.819 And what does he say to them? 00:11:36.259 --> 00:11:37.379 Destroy this temple. 00:11:37.519 --> 00:11:39.439 And in three days I will raise it up. 00:11:40.259 --> 00:11:41.579 Jesus replies. 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:43.479 Telling about his death. 00:11:43.659 --> 00:11:44.799 And his resurrection. 00:11:45.739 --> 00:11:47.019 What is he saying to them? 00:11:47.179 --> 00:11:48.239 He's saying this to them. 00:11:48.240 --> 00:11:53.320 This temple is where God condescends to be with his people. 00:11:55.320 --> 00:11:57.820 This is what I'm saying to you. 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:01.180 I am the tabernacle of God in the flesh. 00:12:01.179 --> 00:12:04.819 I am the Emmanuel presence. 00:12:05.199 --> 00:12:08.539 In the midst of the pilgrim people of God. 00:12:08.739 --> 00:12:10.719 I have come to you. 00:12:10.720 --> 00:12:14.399 I am where God and man meet. 00:12:14.660 --> 00:12:17.720 I am the mediator between God and man. 00:12:17.920 --> 00:12:19.300 I am the last Adam. 00:12:19.580 --> 00:12:22.940 I've come to deal with sin once and for all. 00:12:25.399 --> 00:12:28.200 What did John the Baptist see when he saw Jesus? 00:12:29.639 --> 00:12:33.019 Behold the Lamb of God who takes away sin. 00:12:33.259 --> 00:12:34.320 Why did he come? 00:12:34.620 --> 00:12:35.840 Why did Jesus come? 00:12:36.040 --> 00:12:37.580 To take away sin. 00:12:37.820 --> 00:12:39.060 To deal with sin. 00:12:39.059 --> 00:12:40.819 To deal with your sin. 00:12:41.299 --> 00:12:42.259 And my sin. 00:12:42.599 --> 00:12:43.859 Once and for all. 00:12:44.019 --> 00:12:45.759 On Calvary's cross. 00:12:46.539 --> 00:12:49.879 And it's not that what John is speaking about. 00:12:50.699 --> 00:12:52.139 The word was made flesh. 00:12:52.459 --> 00:12:53.879 And dwelt among us. 00:12:54.079 --> 00:12:55.959 Or tabernacled among us. 00:12:56.199 --> 00:12:57.419 And here he is. 00:12:58.119 --> 00:13:02.519 They needed to understand who was standing before them. 00:13:03.939 --> 00:13:06.379 It tells us in verse 23 of chapter 2. 00:13:06.379 --> 00:13:10.159 Many believed when they saw the miracles or the signs that he did. 00:13:12.820 --> 00:13:16.159 But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them. 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:18.159 What kind of faith did they have? 00:13:18.799 --> 00:13:20.720 It wasn't saving faith. 00:13:21.720 --> 00:13:26.200 It seems to us that it wasn't saving faith. 00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:28.700 He didn't entrust himself to them. 00:13:28.700 --> 00:13:31.820 Because he knew what was in their heart. 00:13:32.860 --> 00:13:34.940 The signs in and of themselves. 00:13:35.420 --> 00:13:37.920 And the miracles in and of themselves. 00:13:38.460 --> 00:13:39.720 Speak of him. 00:13:40.680 --> 00:13:41.680 They speak of him. 00:13:41.900 --> 00:13:43.160 They point us. 00:13:43.360 --> 00:13:46.020 They are signs that point us to something. 00:13:46.560 --> 00:13:48.060 And they're pointing us to him. 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:50.140 And who he is. 00:13:50.620 --> 00:13:52.920 In the glory of his person. 00:13:53.280 --> 00:13:54.440 And his work. 00:13:56.200 --> 00:14:02.100 And isn't it interesting in the conversation with Nicodemus. 00:14:02.540 --> 00:14:02.860 Rabbi. 00:14:03.580 --> 00:14:05.580 We know you are a teacher come from God. 00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:08.400 For no one can do these signs that you do. 00:14:08.960 --> 00:14:09.360 You see. 00:14:09.860 --> 00:14:12.040 Nicodemus connects the signs. 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:14.259 With Christ. 00:14:14.259 --> 00:14:19.899 What was the purpose of the signs? 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:21.039 Well we read that. 00:14:21.740 --> 00:14:26.399 What was the purpose of the miracle in Cana of Galilee. 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:28.779 When he turned the water into wine. 00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:30.720 It tells us. 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:33.460 This the first of his signs. 00:14:35.100 --> 00:14:37.319 The first of his signs. 00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:41.640 Jesus did at Cana in Galilee. 00:14:41.640 --> 00:14:44.460 And manifested his glory. 00:14:44.760 --> 00:14:46.600 What was the purpose of the signs? 00:14:46.860 --> 00:14:48.720 They were to manifest his glory. 00:14:49.140 --> 00:14:50.680 Who he was. 00:14:51.120 --> 00:14:51.860 God. 00:14:52.300 --> 00:14:53.800 Manifest in the flesh. 00:14:54.160 --> 00:14:55.060 The God. 00:14:55.520 --> 00:14:55.980 Man. 00:14:55.980 --> 00:14:56.120 Man. 00:14:57.740 --> 00:15:00.680 To demonstrate his deity. 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:02.480 That he was truly. 00:15:02.740 --> 00:15:03.440 God. 00:15:03.800 --> 00:15:05.320 Manifest in the flesh. 00:15:10.399 --> 00:15:12.700 And he comes to Jesus at night. 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:14.639 Whatever the reason that. 00:15:15.019 --> 00:15:16.039 Was for. 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:17.860 Maybe he didn't want to be seen. 00:15:18.820 --> 00:15:19.980 And as somebody said. 00:15:20.060 --> 00:15:21.800 I think it was our own former minister. 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:23.399 Mr. McKeever. 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:25.419 That darkness. 00:15:25.659 --> 00:15:26.019 Surely. 00:15:26.259 --> 00:15:26.740 In a sense. 00:15:26.740 --> 00:15:27.340 Is also. 00:15:28.059 --> 00:15:28.699 Symbolic. 00:15:28.699 --> 00:15:29.939 Of the darkness. 00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:31.879 That was in his heart. 00:15:32.600 --> 00:15:33.639 And we read about that. 00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:34.399 In chapter 3. 00:15:34.480 --> 00:15:35.379 And verse 19. 00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:36.759 And this is the judgment. 00:15:37.100 --> 00:15:38.579 The light has come into the world. 00:15:38.899 --> 00:15:40.759 And people love the darkness. 00:15:41.299 --> 00:15:43.199 Rather than the light. 00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:46.279 His soul was dark. 00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:48.100 His heart was dark. 00:15:48.340 --> 00:15:49.299 It was darkness. 00:15:50.220 --> 00:15:50.939 And that's. 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:51.939 The truth. 00:15:52.179 --> 00:15:52.860 About every. 00:15:52.860 --> 00:15:53.539 Single. 00:15:53.779 --> 00:15:54.180 Person. 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:55.460 In this world. 00:15:56.159 --> 00:15:57.680 As they are by nature. 00:15:57.879 --> 00:15:58.639 As they are. 00:15:58.759 --> 00:16:00.060 Out of Christ. 00:16:00.840 --> 00:16:01.159 And. 00:16:01.779 --> 00:16:03.100 Jesus speaks to him. 00:16:04.659 --> 00:16:05.120 Truly. 00:16:05.259 --> 00:16:05.519 Truly. 00:16:05.620 --> 00:16:06.240 I say to you. 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:07.779 Unless one is born again. 00:16:07.960 --> 00:16:09.340 He cannot see the kingdom. 00:16:09.560 --> 00:16:10.480 Of God. 00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:13.659 Jesus affirms. 00:16:13.740 --> 00:16:14.620 The absolute. 00:16:15.340 --> 00:16:15.940 Necessity. 00:16:16.379 --> 00:16:17.620 Getting to the heart. 00:16:17.700 --> 00:16:18.259 Of the matter. 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:19.680 Nicodemus. 00:16:19.800 --> 00:16:21.460 You must be born again. 00:16:21.460 --> 00:16:21.539 Again. 00:16:22.860 --> 00:16:24.500 In one sentence. 00:16:24.500 --> 00:16:26.240 He sweeps away. 00:16:26.680 --> 00:16:27.320 Everything. 00:16:27.320 --> 00:16:28.279 That Nicodemus. 00:16:28.279 --> 00:16:29.019 Stood for. 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:30.279 And Christ. 00:16:30.440 --> 00:16:31.419 Demands. 00:16:31.919 --> 00:16:33.419 That Nicodemus. 00:16:33.419 --> 00:16:34.360 Is born again. 00:16:36.659 --> 00:16:38.159 Just as he demands. 00:16:38.300 --> 00:16:38.820 And desires. 00:16:38.820 --> 00:16:40.399 That you're born again. 00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:41.860 If you're not born again. 00:16:41.860 --> 00:16:42.860 He demands. 00:16:42.860 --> 00:16:43.860 He demands. 00:16:43.860 --> 00:16:45.860 He demands. 00:16:45.860 --> 00:16:47.580 That he be remade. 00:16:48.320 --> 00:16:48.960 Remade. 00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:49.700 Demands. 00:16:49.700 --> 00:16:50.019 That he. 00:16:50.340 --> 00:16:51.659 Become a new creation. 00:16:51.659 --> 00:16:53.080 In Christ Jesus. 00:16:53.340 --> 00:16:54.100 What does it mean. 00:16:54.180 --> 00:16:55.159 To be born again. 00:16:55.340 --> 00:16:55.960 It means. 00:16:55.960 --> 00:16:56.800 To be born. 00:16:56.800 --> 00:16:57.639 From above. 00:16:58.379 --> 00:16:59.620 Born from above. 00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:01.600 Born. 00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:02.259 According. 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:03.700 To what John tells us. 00:17:03.779 --> 00:17:04.599 In chapter 1. 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:05.839 Verses 12. 00:17:05.980 --> 00:17:06.860 And 13. 00:17:06.859 --> 00:17:10.639 But to all who did receive him. 00:17:10.639 --> 00:17:13.899 That is to all who believe him savingly. 00:17:14.699 --> 00:17:17.419 But to all who did receive him. 00:17:17.500 --> 00:17:19.039 Who believed in his name. 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:20.539 He gave the right. 00:17:20.539 --> 00:17:22.639 To become children of God. 00:17:22.719 --> 00:17:23.679 Who were born. 00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:24.959 Not of blood. 00:17:26.899 --> 00:17:27.659 Nor. 00:17:27.899 --> 00:17:30.039 Of the will of the flesh. 00:17:30.779 --> 00:17:33.000 Nor of the will of man. 00:17:33.000 --> 00:17:34.819 But. 00:17:35.319 --> 00:17:35.700 Of. 00:17:36.299 --> 00:17:36.819 God. 00:17:37.980 --> 00:17:38.539 Born. 00:17:38.660 --> 00:17:39.259 According. 00:17:39.460 --> 00:17:40.259 To an action. 00:17:40.640 --> 00:17:41.960 Taken by God. 00:17:42.019 --> 00:17:42.420 In heaven. 00:17:42.819 --> 00:17:43.440 Directed. 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:44.400 To your soul. 00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:45.779 Directed. 00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:46.539 To your heart. 00:17:47.059 --> 00:17:48.779 Before you can even see. 00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:49.980 The kingdom. 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:53.980 And Nicodemus. 00:17:54.920 --> 00:17:56.519 Jesus is saying to Nicodemus. 00:17:56.599 --> 00:17:57.160 Nicodemus. 00:17:57.539 --> 00:17:59.460 You can't even see it. 00:18:00.079 --> 00:18:01.559 And because you can't see it. 00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:02.680 You can't enter in. 00:18:03.000 --> 00:18:07.380 This great teaching. 00:18:07.579 --> 00:18:08.960 This great doctrine. 00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:10.119 Of the new birth. 00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:11.619 Or regeneration. 00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:14.420 It is for. 00:18:14.420 --> 00:18:16.180 Your good Nicodemus. 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:19.900 You must know Nicodemus. 00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:23.019 That sin has made you sick. 00:18:23.380 --> 00:18:24.259 And you must know. 00:18:24.460 --> 00:18:26.140 That sickness that is in your heart. 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:28.319 Even as it is in the natural world. 00:18:28.940 --> 00:18:29.980 We go out of our way. 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:30.599 Do we not to. 00:18:30.859 --> 00:18:32.539 Find out what's wrong with us. 00:18:32.539 --> 00:18:33.799 It's far better to know. 00:18:33.799 --> 00:18:34.700 What's wrong with us. 00:18:35.159 --> 00:18:36.500 So that we can begin treating. 00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:38.139 What's wrong with us. 00:18:38.879 --> 00:18:40.119 It's far better for us. 00:18:40.460 --> 00:18:41.159 For our bodies. 00:18:41.379 --> 00:18:42.099 For our minds. 00:18:42.359 --> 00:18:43.159 For our families. 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:45.399 The greater the hope then. 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:46.859 Of getting a cure. 00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:47.619 Getting a remedy. 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:49.099 So it is. 00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:50.159 Spiritually. 00:18:50.500 --> 00:18:52.279 We must understand. 00:18:52.500 --> 00:18:54.039 That by nature. 00:18:54.039 --> 00:18:55.759 All have sinned. 00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:58.359 And come short of the glory of God. 00:18:58.920 --> 00:19:00.079 Every person. 00:19:00.740 --> 00:19:01.299 In this world. 00:19:01.539 --> 00:19:02.879 There is none righteous. 00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:04.879 Paul writing to the Romans. 00:19:05.039 --> 00:19:06.299 There is none righteous. 00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:07.099 No. 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:08.879 Not one. 00:19:10.879 --> 00:19:11.920 Not one. 00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:17.920 In verse 4. 00:19:18.800 --> 00:19:19.700 Nicodemus said. 00:19:19.700 --> 00:19:22.060 How can a man be born when he is old? 00:19:22.360 --> 00:19:25.180 Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born? 00:19:25.180 --> 00:19:38.140 Nicodemus laid great store on his birth. 00:19:38.420 --> 00:19:41.680 His first birth and his privileges. 00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:47.100 And the station in which he found himself. 00:19:48.180 --> 00:19:51.460 His own self-righteousness. 00:19:51.460 --> 00:19:53.460 Israel. 00:19:54.600 --> 00:19:55.700 The people of God. 00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:57.019 I belong to them. 00:19:57.720 --> 00:19:58.900 We have the Holy Land. 00:19:59.220 --> 00:20:00.120 We have Jerusalem. 00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:00.880 The Holy City. 00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:02.039 We have the scriptures. 00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:05.460 Much store in his parentage. 00:20:06.420 --> 00:20:08.039 Just as the apostle. 00:20:10.120 --> 00:20:11.200 If anyone could boast. 00:20:11.539 --> 00:20:13.120 Surely I could boast. 00:20:13.360 --> 00:20:15.380 In Philippians 3 from 5. 00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:18.759 A Pharisee of the Pharisees. 00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:20.299 Surely I could boast. 00:20:20.299 --> 00:20:22.240 Of all these privileges. 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:23.819 Into which I was born. 00:20:23.940 --> 00:20:25.599 And which belong to me now. 00:20:27.180 --> 00:20:29.019 Could he be better born and bred? 00:20:33.659 --> 00:20:35.839 But Jesus cuts across. 00:20:37.419 --> 00:20:39.339 Everything Nicodemus says. 00:20:39.559 --> 00:20:41.859 To the point where Nicodemus starts saying. 00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:42.440 How? 00:20:43.099 --> 00:20:44.119 How can? 00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:44.240 How can? 00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:50.680 How can these things be? 00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:56.019 Nicodemus is left floundering. 00:20:56.819 --> 00:20:57.700 Floundering. 00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:02.799 What was the root problem with Nicodemus? 00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:05.559 It was this. 00:21:06.319 --> 00:21:09.480 That Nicodemus thought he was already in the kingdom. 00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:15.500 He thought he was already in the kingdom. 00:21:16.539 --> 00:21:18.720 Jesus said to them in Matthew 3.9. 00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:20.900 Do not presume to say to yourselves. 00:21:21.339 --> 00:21:23.140 We have Abraham as our father. 00:21:23.819 --> 00:21:25.519 But that's the very thing that they were saying. 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:27.400 We have Abraham as our father. 00:21:27.400 --> 00:21:32.500 And Christ dismisses that. 00:21:33.620 --> 00:21:34.960 In John chapter 8. 00:21:35.060 --> 00:21:36.440 Christ dismisses it. 00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:38.940 And oh how he dismisses it. 00:21:39.259 --> 00:21:40.080 What does he say to them? 00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:43.259 You are of your father the devil. 00:21:44.320 --> 00:21:45.540 That's what he says to them. 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:48.900 You are of your father the devil. 00:21:48.900 --> 00:21:49.019 The devil. 00:21:49.019 --> 00:21:55.599 Jesus said to him. 00:21:55.819 --> 00:21:56.940 To the disciples. 00:21:57.420 --> 00:21:58.420 And to the Jews. 00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:00.139 For I tell you. 00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:01.859 God is able from these stones. 00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:03.539 To raise up children. 00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:05.059 For Abraham. 00:22:07.639 --> 00:22:08.359 Our heritage. 00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:09.480 Our parentage. 00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:10.839 Our blood. 00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:13.160 As John puts it. 00:22:13.160 --> 00:22:14.200 In this. 00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:15.299 At verse. 00:22:16.019 --> 00:22:17.440 14 of chapter 1. 00:22:17.539 --> 00:22:18.660 Who were born not of blood. 00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:19.980 Nor of the will of the flesh. 00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:21.320 Nor of the will of man. 00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:22.320 But of God. 00:22:22.660 --> 00:22:24.279 Nothing will avail you. 00:22:24.420 --> 00:22:25.700 When it comes to heaven. 00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:28.120 Nothing will avail you. 00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:29.960 When it comes. 00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:31.140 To heaven. 00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:32.840 Nothing will help you. 00:22:37.900 --> 00:22:39.960 And then Jesus at verse 5. 00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:41.279 Reaffirms. 00:22:41.800 --> 00:22:43.220 Truly, truly I say to you. 00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:45.140 Unless one is born of water. 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:45.960 And the spirit. 00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:47.320 He cannot enter. 00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:48.899 The kingdom of God. 00:22:48.899 --> 00:22:50.559 What is Jesus doing. 00:22:50.779 --> 00:22:51.779 With Nicodemus. 00:22:52.599 --> 00:22:54.119 He is preaching the gospel. 00:22:54.279 --> 00:22:55.079 To Nicodemus. 00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:58.240 What is preaching the gospel. 00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:00.539 It is declaring the offer. 00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:02.720 The free offer of the gospel. 00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.299 To sinners. 00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.539 Saying to them. 00:23:04.659 --> 00:23:05.000 Come. 00:23:05.619 --> 00:23:06.759 Come to Jesus. 00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:10.399 What was Jesus saying to Nicodemus. 00:23:11.059 --> 00:23:11.579 Nicodemus. 00:23:12.579 --> 00:23:13.159 Come. 00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:16.840 He was drawing Nicodemus. 00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:18.940 He was drawing him. 00:23:19.259 --> 00:23:20.920 And he began to use illustrations. 00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:22.759 Of which Nicodemus. 00:23:22.900 --> 00:23:24.200 Would have been very familiar. 00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:27.560 Unless one is born of water. 00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:29.660 And the spirit. 00:23:30.620 --> 00:23:32.160 Water and the spirit. 00:23:32.560 --> 00:23:34.080 Familiar concepts. 00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:36.100 To Nicodemus. 00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:38.000 In terms of the Old Testament. 00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:41.119 I will sprinkle clean water on you. 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:42.720 And you shall be clean. 00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:44.259 From all your uncleannesses. 00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:45.740 And from all your idols. 00:23:45.859 --> 00:23:46.640 I will cleanse you. 00:23:46.880 --> 00:23:48.519 And I will give you a new heart. 00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:50.519 And I will give you a new spirit. 00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:52.119 And a new spirit. 00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:53.079 I will put within you. 00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:55.140 I will remove the heart of stone. 00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:57.400 And give you a heart of flesh. 00:23:58.619 --> 00:24:00.559 Nicodemus would have known the scriptures. 00:24:00.940 --> 00:24:03.039 He would have been familiar with water. 00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:06.240 Water in and of itself was no use. 00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:07.880 That had to be the spirit. 00:24:08.259 --> 00:24:08.960 The spirit. 00:24:09.660 --> 00:24:10.900 What does the spirit reveal? 00:24:11.099 --> 00:24:12.299 The word of God. 00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:14.299 The word of God. 00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:18.200 He understood this. 00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.660 Cleansing. 00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:23.180 But he didn't yet understand. 00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:24.539 The work of the Holy Spirit. 00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:27.240 In giving new life. 00:24:28.620 --> 00:24:30.019 And he goes on to explain that. 00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:30.779 In verse 6. 00:24:31.359 --> 00:24:33.200 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. 00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:35.099 That which is born of the spirit. 00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:36.000 Is spirit. 00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:37.420 Flesh is flesh. 00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:38.640 Sinful nature. 00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:40.299 Sinful human nature. 00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:41.039 And the direction. 00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:42.079 And control. 00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:43.339 Of sin. 00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:48.099 Job said in Job 14. 00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:50.759 For who can bring a clean thing. 00:24:50.900 --> 00:24:52.200 Out of an unclean. 00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:54.779 Well the answer to that is no one. 00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:58.140 Except God. 00:24:58.140 --> 00:24:58.759 God. 00:24:58.759 --> 00:25:01.360 And he goes on. 00:25:01.360 --> 00:25:03.040 Spirit is spirit. 00:25:03.040 --> 00:25:04.360 What does that mean? 00:25:05.300 --> 00:25:06.720 It means this. 00:25:07.780 --> 00:25:10.100 The Holy Spirit in the heart of the believer. 00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:14.140 Human nature under the dominance of the Holy Spirit. 00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:17.560 Human nature once dominated. 00:25:17.560 --> 00:25:18.800 Controlled by sin. 00:25:18.800 --> 00:25:19.540 The Holy Spirit. 00:25:19.540 --> 00:25:22.620 But now the new birth. 00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:23.940 Born again. 00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:29.460 Human nature under the dominance of the Holy Spirit. 00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:32.280 A spiritual man or woman. 00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:40.799 And Jesus then begins to get closer and closer to the crux of the matter. 00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:44.339 Do not marvel that I said to you at verse 7. 00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:45.740 You must be born again. 00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:49.819 The wind blows where it wishes and you hear it sound. 00:25:50.019 --> 00:25:52.579 But you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. 00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:56.159 So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit. 00:25:57.139 --> 00:25:58.980 Take the wind Nicodemus. 00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:01.980 Sovereign. 00:26:02.879 --> 00:26:03.480 Irresistible. 00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:04.919 Mysterious. 00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:06.179 You cannot see it. 00:26:06.460 --> 00:26:08.079 But you can feel its effects. 00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:12.579 It affects your senses. 00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:14.159 And it affects everything. 00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:16.259 And living in an island community as we do. 00:26:17.159 --> 00:26:18.939 Wind when it blows hard. 00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:20.539 Affects a lot of things. 00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:23.339 You still can't see it. 00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:25.779 Sometimes you don't even know where it's coming from. 00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.899 Or where it's going. 00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:29.099 You may know the general direction. 00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:32.039 But you don't really know. 00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:43.359 So is the sovereign and irresistible and mysterious work of the Holy Spirit. 00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:45.420 In the heart of the believer. 00:26:46.299 --> 00:26:48.119 Giving them a new heart. 00:26:48.119 --> 00:26:51.500 Making them new creations. 00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:54.000 Born again. 00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:56.859 Born again. 00:26:57.659 --> 00:26:58.839 Saved by grace. 00:26:59.839 --> 00:27:01.159 Saved by grace. 00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:04.459 Born of the Spirit. 00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:07.039 Born of. 00:27:07.199 --> 00:27:08.639 So it is with everyone. 00:27:09.279 --> 00:27:10.899 Who is born of the Spirit. 00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:13.500 And Nicodemus still floundering. 00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:16.380 How can these things be? 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:20.140 And Jesus returns to him. 00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:20.900 And says to him. 00:27:21.039 --> 00:27:22.039 You are the teacher. 00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:23.519 You are the teacher. 00:27:23.680 --> 00:27:24.799 It's almost a rebuke. 00:27:26.960 --> 00:27:31.240 The lack of elementary knowledge of salvation. 00:27:31.240 --> 00:27:36.420 The lack of elementary knowledge of salvation. 00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:38.160 That Nicodemus had. 00:27:38.279 --> 00:27:39.220 Is striking. 00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:40.599 This teacher. 00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:43.660 Of the Old Testament scriptures. 00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:46.620 That declares so clearly Christ. 00:27:46.620 --> 00:27:49.099 We considered this in the morning. 00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:52.160 Trying to show how. 00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:55.980 How the Old Testament. 00:27:56.540 --> 00:27:57.560 And the witnesses. 00:27:57.920 --> 00:27:59.019 The great cloud of witnesses. 00:27:59.019 --> 00:28:00.700 That you have in Genesis. 00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:02.540 In Hebrews 11. 00:28:04.380 --> 00:28:07.220 How their faith was exercised. 00:28:07.540 --> 00:28:09.460 In laying hold of the promises. 00:28:10.540 --> 00:28:14.060 And in laying hold of the Christ of the promise. 00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:19.119 It wasn't that. 00:28:20.179 --> 00:28:20.940 That was. 00:28:21.079 --> 00:28:22.339 Anything was hidden. 00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:23.279 In that sense. 00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:24.079 It was plain. 00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:24.960 To see. 00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:26.039 For Nicodemus. 00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:27.319 And for others. 00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.599 You are the teacher. 00:28:33.919 --> 00:28:35.059 Jesus answered him. 00:28:35.139 --> 00:28:36.779 Are you the teacher of Israel? 00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:37.519 And yet. 00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:39.759 You do not understand these things. 00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:40.619 Truly. 00:28:40.759 --> 00:28:41.079 Truly. 00:28:41.179 --> 00:28:41.639 I say to you. 00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:43.179 We speak of what we know. 00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:45.380 We bear witness to what we have seen. 00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:48.140 But you do not receive. 00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:49.799 Our testimony. 00:28:50.920 --> 00:28:52.779 The rejection of the Jews. 00:28:52.820 --> 00:28:53.500 Of Jesus. 00:28:56.620 --> 00:28:58.000 He came to his own. 00:28:58.060 --> 00:28:59.440 But his own received him not. 00:28:59.799 --> 00:29:00.759 They rejected. 00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.880 They rejected. 00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:04.120 The testimony. 00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.440 The witness. 00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:07.120 The declarations. 00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:08.420 Of who Christ. 00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:09.740 Is. 00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:12.120 When he was going to come. 00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:13.120 How he was going to come. 00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:13.920 Going to come. 00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:18.759 Because of their unbelief. 00:29:21.759 --> 00:29:23.500 They preferred darkness. 00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:25.680 To light. 00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:29.080 They preferred darkness. 00:29:29.080 --> 00:29:29.900 To light. 00:29:30.580 --> 00:29:31.900 And then our Lord. 00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:32.700 Begins. 00:29:33.060 --> 00:29:33.620 To draw. 00:29:34.140 --> 00:29:34.620 Nicodemus. 00:29:35.340 --> 00:29:35.820 Closer. 00:29:36.060 --> 00:29:37.100 If I have told you. 00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:37.759 Earthly things. 00:29:37.820 --> 00:29:38.640 And you do not believe. 00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:39.980 How can you believe. 00:29:40.060 --> 00:29:40.580 If I tell you. 00:29:40.579 --> 00:29:41.539 Heavenly things. 00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:43.179 And he begins. 00:29:43.179 --> 00:29:43.919 To tell him now. 00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:44.659 About himself. 00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.579 He begins. 00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:47.299 To tell him. 00:29:47.399 --> 00:29:48.159 About himself. 00:29:48.779 --> 00:29:49.159 Jesus. 00:29:50.779 --> 00:29:51.419 Comes. 00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:52.639 And he says. 00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:53.899 To Nicodemus. 00:29:55.659 --> 00:29:56.179 Nicodemus. 00:29:56.179 --> 00:29:57.439 I came from heaven. 00:29:59.119 --> 00:30:00.399 I have come. 00:30:00.399 --> 00:30:02.319 I am the son of God. 00:30:02.439 --> 00:30:02.559 And. 00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:04.539 I am the son of man. 00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:05.319 As well. 00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:07.480 The son of God. 00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:09.379 And the son of man. 00:30:10.039 --> 00:30:11.299 Sent by God. 00:30:11.379 --> 00:30:12.059 The father. 00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:14.139 Sent to do. 00:30:14.359 --> 00:30:14.879 A very. 00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:16.359 Special work. 00:30:17.659 --> 00:30:19.099 The son of man. 00:30:19.439 --> 00:30:19.899 The title. 00:30:20.279 --> 00:30:21.599 Most used by Christ. 00:30:21.659 --> 00:30:22.179 About himself. 00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:23.319 What does it mean? 00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:24.720 It means this. 00:30:24.779 --> 00:30:25.179 At least. 00:30:25.379 --> 00:30:26.419 There are three elements. 00:30:26.419 --> 00:30:26.720 In it. 00:30:26.899 --> 00:30:27.500 At least. 00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:29.259 One. 00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.259 True. 00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:31.500 Sinless humanity. 00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:33.279 A true. 00:30:33.660 --> 00:30:34.700 Sinless humanity. 00:30:35.480 --> 00:30:36.200 Number two. 00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:37.279 The last. 00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:37.980 Adam. 00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:41.119 What does that mean? 00:30:41.420 --> 00:30:42.240 It means this. 00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:43.079 The first. 00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:43.640 Adam. 00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.400 Failed. 00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:47.779 Who was going to repair the breach? 00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:50.400 Who was going to find the remedy for sin? 00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:53.660 The last Adam. 00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:55.980 One. 00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:57.580 Who is God. 00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:59.340 In our nature. 00:30:59.820 --> 00:31:00.860 The son of man. 00:31:01.320 --> 00:31:01.960 God. 00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.960 Of very God. 00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:06.280 Taking our nature to himself. 00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:08.280 And being called the son of man. 00:31:08.540 --> 00:31:08.920 A true. 00:31:09.080 --> 00:31:09.860 Sinless humanity. 00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:11.019 The last Adam. 00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:12.240 And this. 00:31:12.620 --> 00:31:13.759 The man of sorrows. 00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:15.600 And acquainted with grief. 00:31:15.599 --> 00:31:20.619 One who was going to suffer. 00:31:21.399 --> 00:31:22.119 And die. 00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.919 And he goes on. 00:31:25.219 --> 00:31:26.199 As Moses. 00:31:27.419 --> 00:31:29.079 So must the son of man. 00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:31.279 As Moses. 00:31:31.679 --> 00:31:33.219 So must the son of man. 00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:36.399 Nicodemus would have been familiar with this picture. 00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:38.179 Thoroughly familiar. 00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:40.359 With what happened in Numbers. 00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:41.679 Chapter 21. 00:31:42.319 --> 00:31:42.980 The serpent. 00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:44.359 Held up. 00:31:44.619 --> 00:31:45.579 To the eyes of the Israel. 00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:45.859 Israelites. 00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:47.799 As the symbol. 00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:49.579 In a sense of their own. 00:31:49.859 --> 00:31:50.799 Serpent plague. 00:31:51.059 --> 00:31:52.419 Which had come on them. 00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.579 Through God's. 00:31:54.419 --> 00:31:54.939 Just. 00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:55.720 Wrath. 00:31:56.119 --> 00:31:56.960 For their sin. 00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:58.220 And it was held up. 00:31:58.899 --> 00:32:00.759 So that by obediently looking at it. 00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:02.179 They might. 00:32:02.599 --> 00:32:02.859 Not. 00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:03.659 Die. 00:32:04.379 --> 00:32:05.399 They would repent. 00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:07.079 Of their sin. 00:32:07.319 --> 00:32:08.259 And not die. 00:32:08.599 --> 00:32:09.939 And remember if they didn't. 00:32:10.259 --> 00:32:10.639 Look. 00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:13.139 They were going to die. 00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:15.860 As Moses. 00:32:15.860 --> 00:32:16.860 So must. 00:32:16.860 --> 00:32:17.420 So must. 00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:18.259 The son. 00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:19.460 Of man. 00:32:22.259 --> 00:32:22.940 Christ. 00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:23.700 Is pointing. 00:32:23.840 --> 00:32:24.400 Nicodemus. 00:32:24.520 --> 00:32:25.500 To who he is. 00:32:26.640 --> 00:32:27.920 And the work. 00:32:28.140 --> 00:32:29.400 That he has to do. 00:32:30.360 --> 00:32:31.740 In both cases. 00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:32.180 Here. 00:32:32.620 --> 00:32:33.620 In Numbers. 00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:34.120 21. 00:32:35.120 --> 00:32:36.020 God provides. 00:32:36.100 --> 00:32:36.580 The remedy. 00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:38.799 In the case. 00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.259 Here. 00:32:40.159 --> 00:32:41.579 The son of man. 00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.539 Being lifted up. 00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:44.759 As we have it in John chapter 12. 00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:46.039 And verse 32. 00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:47.559 And that remarkable. 00:32:48.179 --> 00:32:48.579 Verse. 00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:50.879 I. 00:32:51.639 --> 00:32:52.679 It says. 00:32:53.639 --> 00:32:54.759 Jesus is speaking. 00:32:54.919 --> 00:32:55.519 And I. 00:32:56.179 --> 00:32:57.779 When I am lifted up from the earth. 00:32:57.919 --> 00:32:59.679 Will draw all people. 00:32:59.859 --> 00:33:00.480 To myself. 00:33:00.899 --> 00:33:01.819 He said this. 00:33:01.899 --> 00:33:02.460 To show. 00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:04.399 By what kind of death. 00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:05.600 He was going. 00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:06.840 To die. 00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:10.100 He was going to be lifted up. 00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:12.580 Onto the cross of Calvary. 00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:13.840 To die. 00:33:14.100 --> 00:33:15.460 In the place of sinners. 00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:17.280 Like you. 00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.200 And me. 00:33:18.620 --> 00:33:20.420 So that there would be a salvation. 00:33:20.880 --> 00:33:22.259 So that there would be a gospel. 00:33:23.120 --> 00:33:24.740 So that there would be a salvation. 00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:26.540 That there would be. 00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:29.259 The power of God. 00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:30.079 From on high. 00:33:30.480 --> 00:33:32.279 Taking away the heart of stone. 00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:34.420 And giving us a heart of flesh. 00:33:35.139 --> 00:33:37.059 That we might be born again. 00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:39.240 By the Holy Spirit. 00:33:40.639 --> 00:33:41.899 Christ on the cross. 00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:43.700 The remedy for sin. 00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:44.879 Nicodemus. 00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:46.960 You must look to me. 00:33:47.319 --> 00:33:49.200 You must know who I am. 00:33:49.200 --> 00:33:53.140 And this passage is. 00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:55.100 Inextricably linked. 00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:57.180 To that wonderful verse. 00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:58.600 In John 3.16. 00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:01.259 Look how that verse begins. 00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:02.000 For. 00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.779 For. 00:34:07.279 --> 00:34:08.460 It links. 00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:10.079 Back to the narrative. 00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:10.980 That we are speaking of. 00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:13.000 For God so loved the world. 00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:14.380 That he gave his only son. 00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:16.460 That whoever believes in him. 00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.179 Should not perish. 00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:18.780 But have eternal life. 00:34:19.199 --> 00:34:20.879 Nicodemus. 00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:23.399 I'm drawing you. 00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:24.539 I'm calling you. 00:34:24.919 --> 00:34:26.119 And I'm telling you this. 00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:26.759 Nicodemus. 00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:28.579 It's all about love. 00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:31.460 The gospel is all about love. 00:34:33.699 --> 00:34:35.339 God so loved the world. 00:34:36.919 --> 00:34:39.059 That he gave his only begotten son. 00:34:42.739 --> 00:34:43.259 He. 00:34:44.879 --> 00:34:45.559 Draws. 00:34:46.359 --> 00:34:46.919 Nicodemus. 00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:50.139 To the greatest display. 00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:50.700 Of love. 00:34:50.700 --> 00:34:51.200 Ever. 00:34:51.200 --> 00:34:53.200 The greatest. 00:34:53.200 --> 00:34:54.340 Display. 00:34:54.700 --> 00:34:55.619 Of love. 00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:56.200 Ever. 00:34:58.519 --> 00:35:00.039 Martin Luther said. 00:35:00.180 --> 00:35:01.099 On John 3.16. 00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:03.700 They flow like milk and honey. 00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:05.200 Words. 00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:07.019 Which are able to make the sad. 00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:07.539 Happy. 00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:09.260 The dead. 00:35:09.340 --> 00:35:10.380 Alive. 00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:13.000 If only the heart. 00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:14.000 Believes them. 00:35:14.200 --> 00:35:14.840 Firmly. 00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:22.260 That whosoever. 00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:24.539 Nicodemus. 00:35:24.579 --> 00:35:25.840 Are you in the whosoever. 00:35:25.840 --> 00:35:29.539 When the gospel call goes out. 00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:32.400 The free offer of the gospel. 00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.559 In which we believe. 00:35:34.180 --> 00:35:35.800 It's to the whosoever. 00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:37.079 We don't know. 00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:38.100 God knows. 00:35:38.300 --> 00:35:39.180 But we don't know. 00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:39.940 Our duty. 00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:41.360 Is to preach the gospel. 00:35:41.680 --> 00:35:43.519 To every single soul. 00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:44.300 To you. 00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:46.480 To all who might be online. 00:35:47.219 --> 00:35:47.860 Week in. 00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:48.519 Week out. 00:35:48.960 --> 00:35:49.699 During the week. 00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:51.079 Preach the gospel. 00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:52.699 Whosoever. 00:35:53.219 --> 00:35:54.820 And let God have the glory. 00:35:54.820 --> 00:36:03.519 The Philippian jailer asked Paul. 00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:05.600 What must I do to be saved? 00:36:07.180 --> 00:36:10.580 Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:36:10.720 --> 00:36:12.160 And you will be saved. 00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:13.880 What's the reply? 00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:16.100 And that's the same response. 00:36:16.240 --> 00:36:17.500 That we could give Nicodemus. 00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:18.600 Nicodemus. 00:36:19.120 --> 00:36:20.920 Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:23.160 Believe in this great love. 00:36:23.159 --> 00:36:23.259 The love. 00:36:24.799 --> 00:36:25.799 The love. 00:36:25.799 --> 00:36:25.819 The love. 00:36:25.819 --> 00:36:28.219 With which God so loved the world. 00:36:28.299 --> 00:36:29.460 That he gave his only son. 00:36:29.879 --> 00:36:30.879 The love of the son. 00:36:30.980 --> 00:36:32.039 In going to Calvary. 00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:33.119 Willingly. 00:36:33.699 --> 00:36:35.039 Bearing out sins. 00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:36.599 Bearing out guilt. 00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:38.139 Bearing out punishment. 00:36:39.259 --> 00:36:40.480 And taking away. 00:36:40.940 --> 00:36:42.159 All of these things. 00:36:42.259 --> 00:36:43.179 And giving his life. 00:36:43.659 --> 00:36:45.000 That shall never end. 00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:46.659 Eternal life. 00:36:46.659 --> 00:36:51.879 And he warns Nicodemus. 00:36:52.879 --> 00:36:53.839 Verse 18. 00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:55.179 Whoever believes in him. 00:36:55.440 --> 00:36:56.480 Is not condemned. 00:36:57.819 --> 00:36:59.839 But whoever does not believe. 00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:01.639 Is condemned already. 00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:05.420 Is there a more tragic situation. 00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:08.579 That somebody who knows the truth. 00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:12.659 And doesn't realize that they're under condemnation. 00:37:12.659 --> 00:37:15.359 And doesn't realize that the remedy is there. 00:37:15.359 --> 00:37:17.420 On the cross of Calvary. 00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:18.960 For their sins. 00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:21.539 That's a tragedy. 00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:30.019 What about you? 00:37:31.019 --> 00:37:33.159 Are you born again? 00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:36.639 Do you know Christ? 00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:40.319 Do you know the Christ of God? 00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:42.559 As he is revealed here. 00:37:42.859 --> 00:37:44.299 As he reveals himself. 00:37:44.940 --> 00:37:46.139 As he draws. 00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:47.839 Nicodemus. 00:37:48.339 --> 00:37:50.559 You may be sitting here thinking. 00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:51.819 Oh yes. 00:37:52.299 --> 00:37:52.960 I remember. 00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:54.539 I remember that. 00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:57.799 I remember that I was being drawn. 00:37:58.460 --> 00:37:59.960 By the preaching of the word. 00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:01.900 I remember those days. 00:38:02.279 --> 00:38:03.000 They were exciting. 00:38:03.699 --> 00:38:04.699 They were amazing. 00:38:04.699 --> 00:38:04.839 Amazing. 00:38:06.639 --> 00:38:09.059 And if you're saying that. 00:38:11.319 --> 00:38:13.079 That's wonderful. 00:38:14.299 --> 00:38:15.299 I was thinking. 00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:17.420 Listening to Reverend Roddy McRae. 00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:18.019 Last week. 00:38:18.739 --> 00:38:20.440 Speaking so passionately. 00:38:22.259 --> 00:38:24.219 About his own salvation. 00:38:26.000 --> 00:38:27.359 It's almost as if he was saying. 00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:28.739 I just can't get over. 00:38:29.739 --> 00:38:31.359 That Christ has saved me. 00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:34.039 I can't get over it. 00:38:34.359 --> 00:38:36.059 And I hope that he never does. 00:38:36.059 --> 00:38:37.820 And I hope that I never do. 00:38:38.179 --> 00:38:39.539 And I hope that you never will. 00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:45.340 Where do we see Nicodemus? 00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:46.860 What happened to him? 00:38:48.000 --> 00:38:50.219 What happened to Nicodemus? 00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:53.320 Praise be to God. 00:38:53.320 --> 00:38:58.280 John chapter 19 verse 39. 00:39:00.640 --> 00:39:02.880 John 19 and verse 39. 00:39:04.420 --> 00:39:05.640 We'll read at 38. 00:39:05.640 --> 00:39:06.400 After these things. 00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:07.580 Joseph of Arimathea. 00:39:07.740 --> 00:39:09.120 Who was a disciple of Jesus. 00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:11.039 But secretly for fear of the Jews. 00:39:11.700 --> 00:39:14.360 Asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus. 00:39:14.700 --> 00:39:16.720 And Pilate gave him permission. 00:39:16.719 --> 00:39:20.539 So he came and took away his body. 00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:23.679 Nicodemus also. 00:39:25.419 --> 00:39:26.599 Nicodemus also. 00:39:26.599 --> 00:39:38.460 Nicodemus also. 00:39:38.799 --> 00:39:41.380 Who earlier had come to Jesus by night. 00:39:41.739 --> 00:39:45.319 Came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes. 00:39:45.880 --> 00:39:48.039 About 75 pounds in weight. 00:39:48.039 --> 00:39:51.259 Not that long ago. 00:39:51.360 --> 00:39:52.719 I spoke about one who came. 00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:54.519 Anointing the Lord's body. 00:39:57.320 --> 00:39:58.420 A memorial. 00:39:59.059 --> 00:39:59.860 To what she did. 00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:01.099 Her love. 00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:02.380 Of the Savior. 00:40:02.380 --> 00:40:08.039 I think we can plainly see. 00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:11.740 Nicodemus here. 00:40:12.940 --> 00:40:13.900 Born again. 00:40:16.140 --> 00:40:17.220 Born again. 00:40:18.980 --> 00:40:20.579 Surely we can see in it. 00:40:21.539 --> 00:40:22.500 The strength. 00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:24.240 Of his love. 00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:27.579 For the Christ with which he had an encounter. 00:40:29.340 --> 00:40:31.579 The Christ with which he had an encounter. 00:40:31.579 --> 00:40:33.960 And who changed his life. 00:40:35.039 --> 00:40:39.619 Just as it has changed every believer's life. 00:40:41.440 --> 00:40:44.239 What a discovery for Nicodemus. 00:40:45.539 --> 00:40:46.739 What a discovery. 00:40:47.679 --> 00:40:49.699 And that discovery awaits you. 00:40:50.599 --> 00:40:52.579 If you come to know Christ. 00:40:53.199 --> 00:40:55.579 As your own Savior. 00:40:56.039 --> 00:40:57.179 Will you not come? 00:40:58.920 --> 00:40:59.819 Will you not come? 00:41:00.819 --> 00:41:01.199 Amen. 00:41:01.199 --> 00:41:04.039 May the Lord bless these thoughts on his word. 00:41:09.339 --> 00:41:12.579 Our final singing is Psalm 40. 00:41:13.699 --> 00:41:15.399 The Sing Psalms version. 00:41:17.659 --> 00:41:19.239 On page 50. 00:41:19.659 --> 00:41:20.339 Psalm 40. 00:41:20.439 --> 00:41:21.179 Page 50. 00:41:21.739 --> 00:41:24.219 Singing verses 1 to 5. 00:41:24.219 --> 00:41:26.819 I waited long upon the Lord. 00:41:26.819 --> 00:41:39.399 I wonder if Nicodemus sang this song. 00:41:40.399 --> 00:41:42.839 I wonder if he sang these psalms. 00:41:43.679 --> 00:41:45.000 That belonged to them. 00:41:45.139 --> 00:41:46.279 Psalms that were full of Christ. 00:41:46.280 --> 00:41:47.620 When he was singing them. 00:41:47.620 --> 00:41:49.480 That he was seeing Christ. 00:41:49.480 --> 00:41:50.560 That he was seeing Christ. 00:41:51.200 --> 00:41:53.640 And seeing in it for the first time. 00:41:54.019 --> 00:41:54.420 Yes. 00:41:55.140 --> 00:41:55.500 Yes. 00:41:55.600 --> 00:41:58.200 This is speaking of Christ. 00:41:58.199 --> 00:42:01.879 He set my feet on solid rock. 00:42:01.939 --> 00:42:05.219 A place to stand both firm and broad. 00:42:05.439 --> 00:42:07.359 He put a new song in my mouth. 00:42:07.819 --> 00:42:09.980 A joyful hymn of praise to God. 00:42:10.779 --> 00:42:12.619 Many will look with godly fear. 00:42:12.739 --> 00:42:14.019 And on the Lord alone rely. 00:42:14.980 --> 00:42:17.199 Blessed are they who trust the Lord. 00:42:17.439 --> 00:42:18.500 Who shun the proud. 00:42:18.639 --> 00:42:19.899 And gods that lie. 00:42:19.900 --> 00:42:22.380 The wonders that you have done. 00:42:22.460 --> 00:42:22.920 O Lord. 00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:23.579 How many. 00:42:23.980 --> 00:42:25.760 And how great they are. 00:42:26.539 --> 00:42:28.160 Your plans for us. 00:42:29.059 --> 00:42:30.740 Are far beyond our power. 00:42:30.940 --> 00:42:31.539 To number. 00:42:32.300 --> 00:42:33.039 Or declare. 00:42:34.079 --> 00:42:35.340 To God's praise. 00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:36.400 Standing to sing. 00:42:40.400 --> 00:42:45.200 I waited long. 00:42:45.200 --> 00:42:49.200 Upon the Lord. 00:42:49.199 --> 00:42:53.899 He heard my cry. 00:42:53.899 --> 00:42:58.799 And turned to me. 00:42:59.299 --> 00:43:08.079 He raised me from the slimy pit. 00:43:08.519 --> 00:43:12.460 And from the my. 00:43:13.059 --> 00:43:16.960 He pulled me free. 00:43:16.960 --> 00:43:21.659 He set my feet. 00:43:21.659 --> 00:43:22.659 He set my feet. 00:43:22.659 --> 00:43:26.659 A solid rock. 00:43:27.659 --> 00:43:31.659 A place to stand. 00:43:31.659 --> 00:43:36.659 O firm and broad. 00:43:36.659 --> 00:43:45.659 He put a new song in my mouth. 00:43:45.659 --> 00:43:55.359 A joyful hymn of praise to God. 00:43:55.359 --> 00:44:05.759 Many will look with godly fear. 00:44:05.760 --> 00:44:15.460 And on the Lord. 00:44:15.460 --> 00:44:25.159 Blessed are they who trust the Lord. 00:44:25.159 --> 00:44:29.260 Who shun the proud. 00:44:29.260 --> 00:44:34.159 And gods that high. 00:44:34.159 --> 00:44:43.859 The wonders you have done. 00:44:43.859 --> 00:44:52.859 How many and how great they are. 00:44:52.860 --> 00:45:02.559 Your plans for us. 00:45:02.559 --> 00:45:05.259 Our power to number. 00:45:05.260 --> 00:45:05.960 To number. 00:45:05.960 --> 00:45:06.960 To number. 00:45:06.960 --> 00:45:07.960 Our glory. 00:45:07.960 --> 00:45:09.960 Our glory. 00:45:09.960 --> 00:45:09.960 00:45:09.960 --> 00:45:10.960 Our glory. 00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:11.119 00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:11.119 00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:11.119 00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:11.119 00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:11.119 00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:11.119 00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:11.119 00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:11.119 00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:11.119 00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:11.119 00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:11.119 00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:11.119 00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:11.119 00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:11.119 00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:11.119 00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:11.119 00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:11.119 00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:17.179 Gracious God, part us now with your blessing. 00:45:18.359 --> 00:45:22.319 Help us as we leave this place 00:45:22.319 --> 00:45:28.239 to know that we have been with the Lord 00:45:28.239 --> 00:45:30.259 in his house, 00:45:31.179 --> 00:45:33.279 with his people, 00:45:34.579 --> 00:45:36.559 around his word. 00:45:36.559 --> 00:45:42.059 And oh, come with power, we pray. 00:45:43.139 --> 00:45:45.519 Bless all that was done today. 00:45:47.739 --> 00:45:48.920 Help us 00:45:48.920 --> 00:45:54.179 and ever, ever keep us 00:45:54.179 --> 00:45:58.019 by the power of your grace. 00:45:58.920 --> 00:46:01.299 In Christ's name we ask all these things. 00:46:01.599 --> 00:46:01.900 Amen. 00:46:06.559 --> 00:46:07.559 Amen. 00:46:07.559 --> 00:46:08.559 Amen. 00:46:08.559 --> 00:46:09.559 Amen. 00:46:09.559 --> 00:46:09.559 00:46:09.559 --> 00:46:09.559 00:46:09.559 --> 00:46:09.559