WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.200 John 14, verses 1-14 00:00:05.200 --> 00:00:13.960 Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. 00:00:14.599 --> 00:00:17.300 ! In my Father's house are many rooms. 00:00:17.300 --> 00:00:23.740 If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? 00:00:25.120 --> 00:00:31.539 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, 00:00:32.240 --> 00:00:39.939 that where I am you may be also, and you know the way to where I am going. 00:00:39.939 --> 00:00:40.939 John 14, verses 1-14 00:00:40.939 --> 00:00:47.879 Thomas said to him, Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way? 00:00:48.959 --> 00:00:59.340 Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 00:01:00.280 --> 00:01:05.400 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. 00:01:05.400 --> 00:01:10.420 From now on you do know him, and have seen him. 00:01:11.940 --> 00:01:16.580 Philip said to him, Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us. 00:01:17.880 --> 00:01:24.660 Jesus said to him, Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me? 00:01:25.620 --> 00:01:30.000 Philip, whoever has seen me has seen the Father. 00:01:30.780 --> 00:01:32.640 How can you say, show us the Father? 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:37.439 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? 00:01:38.460 --> 00:01:42.439 The words that I say to you, I do not speak on my own authority, 00:01:43.079 --> 00:01:46.859 but the Father who dwells in me does his works. 00:01:48.099 --> 00:01:52.200 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me, 00:01:52.719 --> 00:01:56.879 or else believe on account of the works themselves. 00:01:56.879 --> 00:02:04.519 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do, 00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:09.579 and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. 00:02:10.919 --> 00:02:16.000 Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:21.400 If you ask me for anything in my name, I will do it. 00:02:28.219 --> 00:02:35.460 We live in a world that has a strange relationship with the truth, don't we? 00:02:35.460 --> 00:02:40.800 If you read the newspapers, or believe what politicians tell you, 00:02:41.480 --> 00:02:44.140 no one really cares for the truth anymore. 00:02:45.920 --> 00:02:50.180 Emily Maitlis, the Newsnight presenter on television, 00:02:50.760 --> 00:02:54.400 says in her new book, they are really struggling more and more 00:02:54.400 --> 00:02:58.120 to have politicians give them straight answers to straight questions. 00:02:58.719 --> 00:02:59.960 What's your favorite color? 00:02:59.960 --> 00:03:01.900 And they'll answer something like, 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:07.020 well, what I think the public really wants to know is the color of the sky, 00:03:07.240 --> 00:03:09.240 because that's what they can see. 00:03:10.500 --> 00:03:15.140 It's so bad that people who write and talk about this kind of thing 00:03:15.140 --> 00:03:17.600 say we're in a post-truth culture. 00:03:19.740 --> 00:03:22.300 Truth doesn't even matter anymore, I see. 00:03:23.219 --> 00:03:28.520 Your truth is your truth, and my truth is my truth. 00:03:28.520 --> 00:03:31.500 It's whatever feels right to you. 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:36.140 Now, Oprah Winfrey made this phrase popular a long time ago, 00:03:36.879 --> 00:03:40.879 but it's really now that it's becoming so part of our language 00:03:40.879 --> 00:03:44.020 that everyone talks in these ways now. 00:03:45.100 --> 00:03:48.620 The President of the United States even talks about alternative facts, 00:03:49.140 --> 00:03:51.620 when what he really talks about is lies. 00:03:54.140 --> 00:03:58.420 But here's the thing, it's not just politicians or celebrities who talk in this way. 00:03:58.520 --> 00:04:06.080 Your truth and my truth sounds like this in our conversations, doesn't it? 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:10.939 Well, if you feel that way, then you should follow your feelings. 00:04:12.860 --> 00:04:18.560 You must be true to your own heart, because that's who you really are. 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:26.939 If you feel you are one of the 99 different genders that you can choose, 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:29.019 then that's your truth. 00:04:31.199 --> 00:04:37.079 Any way you choose to believe is the right way for you to get to God. 00:04:37.079 --> 00:04:42.120 And that's really the part that I want to focus on today, 00:04:42.259 --> 00:04:44.919 because if we unpacked everything in that passage, 00:04:45.060 --> 00:04:48.979 we'd be looking at it till Christmas 2020 at ELT. 00:04:48.980 --> 00:04:53.460 All religions are really the same, aren't they? 00:04:54.360 --> 00:04:57.540 That's something we hear quite a lot, that people say. 00:04:58.100 --> 00:05:01.319 If someone feels their faith is right for them, 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:05.319 and it feels good, it feels right, 00:05:05.740 --> 00:05:07.939 then that's the right way for them. 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:13.060 That is their truth about knowing God. 00:05:13.060 --> 00:05:19.939 It's the old story about people climbing up a mountain from different sides, 00:05:20.040 --> 00:05:22.199 is how people sometimes describe it, isn't it? 00:05:22.220 --> 00:05:24.879 It's the same mountain, it's just different ways to the top, 00:05:24.939 --> 00:05:26.680 and everyone gets to the top eventually. 00:05:28.060 --> 00:05:30.779 And all different religions and faiths and beliefs 00:05:30.779 --> 00:05:34.379 are different ways to get to that top of the mountain. 00:05:34.379 --> 00:05:38.699 If you think about it, when you say that, 00:05:38.759 --> 00:05:40.600 that sounds a bit arrogant, doesn't it? 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:42.339 Because in a way you're saying, 00:05:42.459 --> 00:05:44.939 I'm the only person who can see that everyone else 00:05:44.939 --> 00:05:49.839 doesn't know that they're just using different ways to the mountain. 00:05:49.939 --> 00:05:53.159 I'm the one who can see what everybody else can't see. 00:05:55.019 --> 00:05:58.360 But maybe deep down we like that kind of idea, 00:05:59.360 --> 00:06:01.819 because it makes life easier. 00:06:01.819 --> 00:06:05.480 If all religions lead to God, 00:06:06.240 --> 00:06:07.980 then we don't have to choose. 00:06:08.879 --> 00:06:09.920 We don't have to commit. 00:06:10.939 --> 00:06:13.099 If you're on the fence about Christianity, 00:06:13.560 --> 00:06:14.839 it makes it easier. 00:06:15.980 --> 00:06:19.579 Because you don't have to put your faith in Jesus 00:06:19.579 --> 00:06:24.659 and commit to everything that he asks us to do, 00:06:25.139 --> 00:06:27.939 because any other religion will be okay too. 00:06:28.980 --> 00:06:30.459 And if you are a Christian, 00:06:30.459 --> 00:06:33.959 and you've got colleagues or family 00:06:33.959 --> 00:06:36.139 who are not Christians, friends, 00:06:36.939 --> 00:06:38.899 it takes the pressure a bit off 00:06:38.899 --> 00:06:41.439 to share your faith with them. 00:06:43.799 --> 00:06:45.959 And more generally, just think about society. 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:47.979 We don't like to give offence, do we? 00:06:48.699 --> 00:06:50.579 I mean, British people even apologise 00:06:50.579 --> 00:06:53.659 to a street light 00:06:53.659 --> 00:06:55.279 when they bump into it, 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:56.819 inanimate objects. 00:06:56.819 --> 00:07:00.959 So ingrained is that desire not to give offence. 00:07:02.540 --> 00:07:04.399 And one of the big buzzwords of our time 00:07:04.399 --> 00:07:05.219 is tolerance. 00:07:07.939 --> 00:07:11.060 And the whole idea of there being one way to God 00:07:11.060 --> 00:07:12.819 is offensive to many people. 00:07:13.939 --> 00:07:16.300 So it's really not just people out there 00:07:16.300 --> 00:07:18.659 who sometimes think like this. 00:07:18.660 --> 00:07:22.540 Christians are also tempted to think like this. 00:07:23.939 --> 00:07:25.580 And who doesn't like a bit of freedom? 00:07:27.400 --> 00:07:29.439 We've fought wars for freedom. 00:07:31.480 --> 00:07:34.900 Nations have been founded to gain freedom. 00:07:35.900 --> 00:07:38.200 So freedom in deciding how to know God 00:07:38.200 --> 00:07:39.120 is a good thing. 00:07:39.820 --> 00:07:40.900 Sounds like it. 00:07:40.899 --> 00:07:43.799 Or at least it's not a bad thing. 00:07:45.560 --> 00:07:46.899 But we shouldn't be fooled 00:07:46.899 --> 00:07:48.120 by that kind of thinking. 00:07:48.919 --> 00:07:49.839 It's dangerous. 00:07:50.739 --> 00:07:52.319 A wise man once said, 00:07:52.479 --> 00:07:53.779 if everything's allowed, 00:07:54.599 --> 00:07:56.719 then man becomes a slave again. 00:07:57.159 --> 00:07:58.560 A slave of anarchy. 00:08:00.159 --> 00:08:02.560 And that's no comfort at all, is it? 00:08:03.539 --> 00:08:04.759 Now, you see, in this passage, 00:08:04.919 --> 00:08:07.239 Jesus is giving people comfort. 00:08:07.240 --> 00:08:10.740 He's starting to say farewell to His disciples. 00:08:11.939 --> 00:08:12.920 And He knows soon 00:08:12.920 --> 00:08:15.699 they're going to be so emotionally distraught 00:08:15.699 --> 00:08:17.180 at His death 00:08:17.180 --> 00:08:19.939 that they'll be tempted to moral failure. 00:08:21.139 --> 00:08:22.620 They'll be put under pressure 00:08:22.620 --> 00:08:24.040 to renounce their faith. 00:08:24.740 --> 00:08:25.680 And the Roman authorities 00:08:25.680 --> 00:08:27.300 are going to do everything they can 00:08:27.300 --> 00:08:30.740 to stamp out this new Christian faith 00:08:30.740 --> 00:08:32.480 in favour of worshipping 00:08:32.480 --> 00:08:34.139 all their multiple gods, 00:08:34.299 --> 00:08:35.180 including Caesar. 00:08:35.180 --> 00:08:36.600 And especially Caesar. 00:08:38.100 --> 00:08:39.879 Now, at Jesus' kangaroo trial, 00:08:40.279 --> 00:08:41.700 Pontius Pilate would already say, 00:08:41.799 --> 00:08:42.759 what is truth? 00:08:44.779 --> 00:08:45.419 Doesn't he? 00:08:45.460 --> 00:08:46.259 And it sounds like he was 00:08:46.259 --> 00:08:47.379 way ahead of his time. 00:08:48.220 --> 00:08:49.279 That's the kind of question 00:08:49.279 --> 00:08:50.259 people ask now. 00:08:50.980 --> 00:08:52.620 So maybe our post-truth era 00:08:52.620 --> 00:08:54.840 isn't as new as we think. 00:08:55.720 --> 00:08:57.120 And this is a massive problem. 00:08:58.139 --> 00:08:59.440 Because if all religions 00:08:59.440 --> 00:09:02.139 are just really different sides 00:09:02.139 --> 00:09:03.060 of the same coin, 00:09:03.060 --> 00:09:05.060 and I think we'll see here 00:09:05.060 --> 00:09:06.440 that Jesus disagrees, 00:09:06.440 --> 00:09:10.760 either that's the case, 00:09:11.520 --> 00:09:14.500 or if these gods all do exist, 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:18.360 then we believe in different gods. 00:09:19.060 --> 00:09:20.720 Either all religions are the same, 00:09:21.100 --> 00:09:22.700 or they are different religions, 00:09:23.260 --> 00:09:25.380 and then there are different gods. 00:09:25.620 --> 00:09:26.880 And that's a right mess. 00:09:26.879 --> 00:09:31.179 So we forget what a mess that is. 00:09:32.100 --> 00:09:34.539 Because we don't generally think in those terms. 00:09:34.740 --> 00:09:36.860 But in the Roman and Greek times, 00:09:36.939 --> 00:09:38.360 I mean, they had multiple gods, 00:09:38.480 --> 00:09:38.879 didn't they? 00:09:38.960 --> 00:09:41.159 And you always had the problem of, 00:09:41.519 --> 00:09:43.919 what if you offended one of them? 00:09:43.919 --> 00:09:47.079 What if you didn't please all of them? 00:09:47.639 --> 00:09:50.500 You never had the assurance 00:09:50.500 --> 00:09:52.819 that you were right with the gods. 00:09:54.179 --> 00:09:55.719 And you can't please them all, 00:09:55.939 --> 00:09:57.360 so you're always at risk. 00:09:57.860 --> 00:09:59.939 And that's really not a very comforting place 00:09:59.939 --> 00:10:00.479 to be in. 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:03.939 And Jesus is talking to his disciples, 00:10:04.079 --> 00:10:05.379 and he wants to give them confidence 00:10:05.379 --> 00:10:06.519 in knowing God, 00:10:06.519 --> 00:10:08.100 because that is what they need 00:10:08.100 --> 00:10:10.799 when he isn't with them anymore 00:10:10.799 --> 00:10:13.699 after his death and resurrection. 00:10:14.759 --> 00:10:16.319 So how can we have confidence 00:10:16.319 --> 00:10:18.039 in knowing God in a world 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:19.779 that does its best 00:10:19.779 --> 00:10:21.620 to take that confidence away? 00:10:23.079 --> 00:10:24.439 And Jesus tells his disciples 00:10:24.439 --> 00:10:26.279 in verse 1 there, doesn't he, 00:10:26.539 --> 00:10:28.539 don't let your hearts be troubled. 00:10:30.259 --> 00:10:31.779 And this is our first point. 00:10:31.939 --> 00:10:32.720 Jesus says, 00:10:32.840 --> 00:10:34.579 you know the way to God, 00:10:34.580 --> 00:10:36.420 and it is me. 00:10:38.300 --> 00:10:39.300 Believe in God, 00:10:39.460 --> 00:10:40.639 believe also in me, 00:10:40.680 --> 00:10:41.580 he says in verse 1. 00:10:41.960 --> 00:10:43.500 So you don't have to guess 00:10:43.500 --> 00:10:44.759 how to know God. 00:10:45.980 --> 00:10:47.300 You believe in God, 00:10:47.400 --> 00:10:48.860 so believe in me as well. 00:10:50.160 --> 00:10:51.320 Have faith in me. 00:10:51.620 --> 00:10:52.639 Trust in me. 00:10:53.600 --> 00:10:55.740 Now haven't I proven to you 00:10:55.740 --> 00:10:57.820 that I am who I said I am? 00:10:58.920 --> 00:11:00.320 And Philip asks him in verse 8, 00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:01.240 show us the Father, 00:11:01.400 --> 00:11:01.920 and he says, 00:11:01.919 --> 00:11:05.699 I've been so long with you 00:11:05.699 --> 00:11:06.379 and you don't know me. 00:11:06.439 --> 00:11:07.179 If you've seen me, 00:11:07.259 --> 00:11:08.079 you've seen the Father. 00:11:09.699 --> 00:11:10.919 When the Apostle is asking 00:11:10.919 --> 00:11:11.679 where he's going 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:13.219 and how they might know 00:11:13.219 --> 00:11:14.379 the way to God here, 00:11:14.459 --> 00:11:15.199 he tells them, 00:11:15.839 --> 00:11:16.799 he doesn't tell them, 00:11:17.159 --> 00:11:18.399 you figure it out now. 00:11:19.559 --> 00:11:21.620 You decide what is right for you. 00:11:23.620 --> 00:11:25.319 What does your hearts tell you? 00:11:26.500 --> 00:11:28.259 There are many ways up the mountain. 00:11:28.259 --> 00:11:31.399 Find your own way to God. 00:11:32.120 --> 00:11:32.939 No, he tells them, 00:11:33.179 --> 00:11:34.799 I am the way 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:35.879 and the truth 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:36.700 and the life. 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:39.059 No one comes to the Father 00:11:39.059 --> 00:11:40.080 except through me. 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:41.700 Verse 6. 00:11:42.899 --> 00:11:43.639 See, it's interesting. 00:11:44.080 --> 00:11:44.819 The first Christians 00:11:44.819 --> 00:11:45.939 weren't called Christians. 00:11:46.319 --> 00:11:47.519 That came later on. 00:11:48.080 --> 00:11:49.299 We read in the book of Acts, 00:11:49.799 --> 00:11:50.819 they were called 00:11:50.819 --> 00:11:52.519 followers of the way. 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:55.699 So, it seems that 00:11:55.699 --> 00:11:56.539 right from the beginning 00:11:56.539 --> 00:11:57.639 what Jesus is teaching 00:11:57.639 --> 00:11:58.960 his disciples here 00:11:58.960 --> 00:12:00.240 stuck with them 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:01.079 and caught on. 00:12:02.819 --> 00:12:03.720 He doesn't say, 00:12:03.899 --> 00:12:04.799 I am making a way. 00:12:04.960 --> 00:12:05.299 He says, 00:12:05.460 --> 00:12:06.740 I am the way 00:12:06.740 --> 00:12:08.240 to the Father. 00:12:09.539 --> 00:12:11.279 And it's counter-cultural, 00:12:11.539 --> 00:12:11.960 isn't it? 00:12:12.179 --> 00:12:14.480 To claim that kind of exclusivity. 00:12:15.519 --> 00:12:17.159 It's counter-cultural now, 00:12:17.240 --> 00:12:18.299 but it was counter-cultural 00:12:18.299 --> 00:12:19.579 in that time too. 00:12:20.299 --> 00:12:21.279 And it always will be 00:12:21.279 --> 00:12:22.919 because it means 00:12:22.919 --> 00:12:24.399 submitting to Jesus. 00:12:25.419 --> 00:12:26.539 It means acknowledging 00:12:26.539 --> 00:12:27.419 that without him 00:12:27.419 --> 00:12:28.720 we've got no way 00:12:28.720 --> 00:12:30.100 of getting to God. 00:12:30.699 --> 00:12:32.059 No way of knowing God. 00:12:33.879 --> 00:12:35.839 And that's a very hard thing to do. 00:12:37.259 --> 00:12:38.000 See, this morning 00:12:38.000 --> 00:12:40.279 I got in my car 00:12:40.279 --> 00:12:41.240 and started it. 00:12:42.379 --> 00:12:44.319 But it didn't start. 00:12:45.539 --> 00:12:47.019 The radio came on 00:12:47.019 --> 00:12:48.139 and the lights came on 00:12:48.139 --> 00:12:50.679 but there was no engine noise, 00:12:50.679 --> 00:12:52.539 no spark plugs spluttering, 00:12:53.159 --> 00:12:54.639 no fan belt turning, 00:12:54.859 --> 00:12:56.179 no fuel being ignited, 00:12:56.299 --> 00:12:56.559 nothing. 00:12:58.000 --> 00:12:59.120 And thinking back over it, 00:12:59.159 --> 00:13:00.139 my first thoughts 00:13:00.139 --> 00:13:01.939 weren't helplessness. 00:13:03.259 --> 00:13:03.959 It was, 00:13:04.059 --> 00:13:05.339 what can I do to fix this? 00:13:06.819 --> 00:13:08.799 How do I problem solve this 00:13:08.799 --> 00:13:10.719 in a way that allows me 00:13:10.719 --> 00:13:12.019 to regain control 00:13:12.019 --> 00:13:12.939 of this situation? 00:13:12.940 --> 00:13:15.640 And it was only when I realised 00:13:15.640 --> 00:13:17.140 that wasn't going to work, 00:13:18.060 --> 00:13:19.400 that I was helpless 00:13:19.400 --> 00:13:20.180 to do anything 00:13:20.180 --> 00:13:21.000 in that situation, 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:22.640 that I'd have to leave it 00:13:22.640 --> 00:13:23.220 for now 00:13:23.220 --> 00:13:24.920 and call someone later 00:13:24.920 --> 00:13:26.480 and get to work 00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:27.560 on my own two feet, 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:30.220 that I actually came to know 00:13:30.220 --> 00:13:31.340 the way of solving 00:13:31.340 --> 00:13:31.960 this problem, 00:13:32.120 --> 00:13:33.440 is that I am reliant 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:34.400 on someone else. 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:36.620 But that's a hard thing to do 00:13:36.620 --> 00:13:37.620 to get to that point. 00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:39.260 And that's just my car. 00:13:40.260 --> 00:13:41.300 That'll be fine. 00:13:41.299 --> 00:13:42.779 And we'll solve that. 00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:45.479 But we do the same thing 00:13:45.479 --> 00:13:46.679 with our search for God. 00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:49.339 We want to be in control. 00:13:50.699 --> 00:13:51.859 And that's why 00:13:51.859 --> 00:13:53.879 it's so hard to accept 00:13:53.879 --> 00:13:54.979 that Jesus is right 00:13:54.979 --> 00:13:55.620 when he says 00:13:55.620 --> 00:13:57.359 he is the way. 00:13:57.879 --> 00:13:58.899 Not a way, 00:13:59.679 --> 00:14:00.579 but the way. 00:14:00.839 --> 00:14:02.299 The only way to God. 00:14:03.539 --> 00:14:04.639 And he can say that 00:14:04.639 --> 00:14:06.079 because he is God. 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:08.059 In verse 10 he says, 00:14:08.219 --> 00:14:09.319 do you not believe 00:14:09.319 --> 00:14:10.339 that I am in the Father 00:14:10.340 --> 00:14:11.759 and the Father is in me? 00:14:13.220 --> 00:14:14.639 It would be an arrogant claim 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:15.340 otherwise. 00:14:16.780 --> 00:14:17.980 It would be an arrogant claim 00:14:17.980 --> 00:14:19.080 for any of us to make. 00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:21.759 But for him it isn't. 00:14:22.259 --> 00:14:23.620 Because he is God. 00:14:25.280 --> 00:14:26.460 You see, that's our second point, 00:14:26.580 --> 00:14:28.180 is that we know the way to God 00:14:28.180 --> 00:14:30.879 because he is the truth. 00:14:32.160 --> 00:14:32.540 You see, 00:14:32.700 --> 00:14:34.280 Jesus shatters the idea 00:14:34.280 --> 00:14:36.340 that truth is an abstract concept. 00:14:36.340 --> 00:14:38.620 You know, 00:14:38.660 --> 00:14:39.580 an abstract concept 00:14:39.580 --> 00:14:40.639 you can apply 00:14:40.639 --> 00:14:42.259 and you can debate 00:14:42.259 --> 00:14:43.300 and, you know, 00:14:43.340 --> 00:14:44.700 if there are any mathematicians here 00:14:44.700 --> 00:14:46.160 they probably would disagree with me, 00:14:46.280 --> 00:14:48.340 but an abstract concept 00:14:48.340 --> 00:14:51.220 is much easier 00:14:51.220 --> 00:14:52.720 to make subjective. 00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:56.180 If it's something out there, 00:14:56.340 --> 00:14:57.240 it's much easier 00:14:57.240 --> 00:14:57.920 to kind of, 00:14:58.000 --> 00:14:59.019 to approach it 00:14:59.019 --> 00:15:00.920 with my view 00:15:00.920 --> 00:15:01.759 and your view 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:03.019 and it's much harder 00:15:03.019 --> 00:15:03.580 to debate 00:15:03.580 --> 00:15:05.340 is this stand black 00:15:05.340 --> 00:15:06.639 you know, 00:15:06.700 --> 00:15:07.539 than talking about 00:15:07.539 --> 00:15:08.679 an abstract idea 00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:10.379 of a lectern. 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:12.279 And the message 00:15:12.279 --> 00:15:13.399 by Jesus in this passage 00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:14.559 is the only way 00:15:14.559 --> 00:15:15.360 to God, 00:15:15.539 --> 00:15:16.539 that he is the only way 00:15:16.539 --> 00:15:16.939 to God 00:15:16.939 --> 00:15:18.379 is only good news 00:15:18.379 --> 00:15:19.899 because he is God. 00:15:20.700 --> 00:15:21.759 He is the truth 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:23.000 because he reveals 00:15:23.000 --> 00:15:24.059 the God 00:15:24.059 --> 00:15:25.259 who is truth 00:15:25.259 --> 00:15:26.299 to us. 00:15:27.399 --> 00:15:29.059 Truth isn't an abstract concept, 00:15:29.059 --> 00:15:29.580 is it? 00:15:29.580 --> 00:15:31.560 It's God's character. 00:15:32.940 --> 00:15:34.040 Jesus is truth. 00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:35.480 He is the truth. 00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:37.580 And he's also the way 00:15:37.580 --> 00:15:38.200 and the life. 00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:39.660 But in this passage 00:15:39.660 --> 00:15:40.900 the emphasis is on 00:15:40.900 --> 00:15:42.280 the way to God. 00:15:42.420 --> 00:15:42.600 So, 00:15:43.020 --> 00:15:44.240 we read truth and life 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:45.360 when he talks about that here 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:45.720 and that, 00:15:46.180 --> 00:15:46.960 in light of that. 00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:48.780 Why is he the way to God? 00:15:48.860 --> 00:15:50.480 Because he is the truth. 00:15:51.040 --> 00:15:52.980 Because he is God. 00:15:53.379 --> 00:15:54.340 The Son of God. 00:15:54.820 --> 00:15:55.720 He's part of the Trinity. 00:15:56.940 --> 00:15:57.740 And therefore 00:15:57.740 --> 00:15:59.379 he is the only direct way 00:15:59.379 --> 00:16:00.320 that we can know 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:01.960 what God is like. 00:16:02.600 --> 00:16:04.019 What his character is like. 00:16:05.080 --> 00:16:05.539 Here's the writer 00:16:05.539 --> 00:16:06.399 of the book of Hebrews 00:16:06.399 --> 00:16:07.220 who talks about 00:16:07.220 --> 00:16:09.700 how God promised 00:16:09.700 --> 00:16:10.399 to be faithful 00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:11.299 to his promises. 00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:13.159 And he writes 00:16:13.159 --> 00:16:14.919 this incredible thing. 00:16:15.019 --> 00:16:15.340 He says, 00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:17.120 God swore an oath 00:16:17.120 --> 00:16:18.439 on his own name 00:16:18.439 --> 00:16:20.759 so that by 00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:22.559 two unchangeable things 00:16:22.559 --> 00:16:24.299 in which it is impossible 00:16:24.299 --> 00:16:25.580 for God to lie, 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:27.200 we who have fled 00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:27.820 for refuge 00:16:27.820 --> 00:16:28.800 might have strong 00:16:28.800 --> 00:16:29.400 encouragement 00:16:29.400 --> 00:16:30.320 to hold fast 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:30.920 to the hope 00:16:30.920 --> 00:16:32.480 set before us. 00:16:32.620 --> 00:16:33.259 Hebrews 6. 00:16:33.980 --> 00:16:34.660 It's impossible 00:16:34.660 --> 00:16:35.540 for God to lie 00:16:35.540 --> 00:16:36.540 because his character 00:16:36.540 --> 00:16:37.960 is truth. 00:16:38.780 --> 00:16:39.020 So, 00:16:39.140 --> 00:16:40.040 Jesus is entitled 00:16:40.040 --> 00:16:41.080 to claim that 00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:41.840 he's the only way 00:16:41.840 --> 00:16:42.200 to God 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:43.280 because he's the only one 00:16:43.280 --> 00:16:44.100 who can display 00:16:44.100 --> 00:16:45.420 the character of God. 00:16:46.259 --> 00:16:46.780 None of us 00:16:46.780 --> 00:16:47.840 are capable of saying 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:49.240 it's impossible 00:16:49.240 --> 00:16:50.300 for us to lie. 00:16:52.220 --> 00:16:53.240 He's the only one 00:16:53.240 --> 00:16:53.740 who was able 00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:54.680 to make that kind 00:16:54.680 --> 00:16:55.159 of a claim. 00:16:55.860 --> 00:16:57.120 He doesn't make a way, 00:16:57.220 --> 00:16:58.139 he is the way. 00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:00.779 The third point is, 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:02.600 he says, 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:03.500 you know the way 00:17:03.500 --> 00:17:03.940 to God 00:17:03.940 --> 00:17:05.500 because I am the life. 00:17:06.700 --> 00:17:06.920 Now, 00:17:07.019 --> 00:17:08.279 we're not talking 00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:09.559 about the good life 00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:10.700 there in this kind 00:17:10.700 --> 00:17:11.319 of sense of 00:17:11.319 --> 00:17:12.079 this is, 00:17:12.180 --> 00:17:13.500 I'm living the life. 00:17:13.779 --> 00:17:14.500 You sometimes hear 00:17:14.500 --> 00:17:15.359 people say that, 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:15.819 isn't it? 00:17:17.400 --> 00:17:18.779 What Jesus is saying 00:17:18.779 --> 00:17:19.779 is that God 00:17:19.779 --> 00:17:20.960 is the very source 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:21.600 of life. 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:23.779 God created 00:17:23.779 --> 00:17:24.660 all life 00:17:24.660 --> 00:17:26.539 from nothing. 00:17:26.940 --> 00:17:28.259 He has always been, 00:17:28.380 --> 00:17:29.059 he doesn't have 00:17:29.059 --> 00:17:29.579 a start 00:17:29.579 --> 00:17:31.019 or a beginning 00:17:31.019 --> 00:17:32.519 or an end 00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:33.220 for that matter, 00:17:33.380 --> 00:17:34.600 he is the very 00:17:34.600 --> 00:17:35.779 fountain of life 00:17:35.779 --> 00:17:36.340 itself. 00:17:39.140 --> 00:17:40.420 Knowing truth 00:17:40.420 --> 00:17:41.759 and having life 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:42.680 beyond death, 00:17:43.860 --> 00:17:45.100 they're the kind 00:17:45.100 --> 00:17:46.180 of two fundamental 00:17:46.180 --> 00:17:47.720 quests of all humans 00:17:47.720 --> 00:17:48.460 to all time, 00:17:48.539 --> 00:17:48.860 isn't it? 00:17:48.900 --> 00:17:49.900 When you boil it down 00:17:49.900 --> 00:17:51.720 to that, 00:17:52.220 --> 00:17:53.420 to those two questions, 00:17:53.500 --> 00:17:54.420 that's what it comes to. 00:17:55.460 --> 00:17:56.340 Adam and Eve 00:17:56.340 --> 00:17:57.720 in the Garden of Eden 00:17:57.720 --> 00:17:58.600 wanted the knowledge 00:17:58.600 --> 00:17:59.420 of good and evil. 00:18:00.280 --> 00:18:00.920 They were tempted 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:02.300 by Satan 00:18:02.300 --> 00:18:03.980 to eat of the fruit 00:18:03.980 --> 00:18:05.000 they were forbidden of. 00:18:05.580 --> 00:18:06.519 They wanted truth, 00:18:06.620 --> 00:18:07.580 they wanted the knowledge 00:18:07.580 --> 00:18:08.380 of good and evil 00:18:08.380 --> 00:18:09.420 at its base. 00:18:10.700 --> 00:18:11.300 And because of that, 00:18:11.360 --> 00:18:12.080 God prevented them 00:18:12.080 --> 00:18:12.860 from also getting 00:18:12.860 --> 00:18:13.820 eternal life 00:18:13.820 --> 00:18:15.360 other than through faith 00:18:15.360 --> 00:18:16.060 so they were banished 00:18:16.060 --> 00:18:16.640 from the Garden. 00:18:17.320 --> 00:18:18.660 But if you look at it, 00:18:18.660 --> 00:18:19.460 right from the beginning, 00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:20.840 that's what those two 00:18:20.840 --> 00:18:21.660 human beings wanted. 00:18:21.740 --> 00:18:22.860 They wanted to be like God. 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:24.140 They wanted truth 00:18:24.140 --> 00:18:25.000 and life 00:18:25.000 --> 00:18:26.920 for all eternity. 00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:29.920 That's why I said, 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:30.160 you know, 00:18:30.220 --> 00:18:31.340 we have a strange 00:18:31.340 --> 00:18:32.620 relationship to truth 00:18:32.620 --> 00:18:34.060 at the beginning. 00:18:34.180 --> 00:18:34.880 We pretend like 00:18:34.880 --> 00:18:35.740 it doesn't matter. 00:18:38.540 --> 00:18:39.860 The world around us 00:18:39.860 --> 00:18:40.600 can talk as much 00:18:40.600 --> 00:18:41.240 as it wants to 00:18:41.240 --> 00:18:41.900 about how we're 00:18:41.900 --> 00:18:42.560 post-truth 00:18:42.560 --> 00:18:43.540 and alternative facts 00:18:43.540 --> 00:18:44.840 and truth doesn't matter 00:18:44.840 --> 00:18:45.500 and your truth 00:18:45.500 --> 00:18:46.000 and my truth 00:18:46.000 --> 00:18:46.820 and subjective truth 00:18:46.819 --> 00:18:47.720 and all kinds of things 00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:49.200 and we pretend 00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:50.279 like that's the case 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:52.419 until we're wronged. 00:18:53.500 --> 00:18:54.179 Isn't it? 00:18:54.859 --> 00:18:55.819 When someone tells 00:18:55.819 --> 00:18:56.859 a lie about us, 00:18:57.899 --> 00:18:59.119 we're very insistent 00:18:59.119 --> 00:18:59.799 on the truth. 00:19:02.659 --> 00:19:03.179 And similarly, 00:19:03.379 --> 00:19:04.019 we pretend 00:19:04.019 --> 00:19:05.159 there's only one life, 00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:06.279 there's only this life, 00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:07.259 make the most of it 00:19:07.259 --> 00:19:08.000 while you can 00:19:08.000 --> 00:19:10.240 and we don't care 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:11.079 about death 00:19:11.079 --> 00:19:13.539 until we're facing 00:19:13.539 --> 00:19:13.980 the death 00:19:13.980 --> 00:19:15.220 of someone close to us 00:19:15.220 --> 00:19:16.640 or we're facing 00:19:16.640 --> 00:19:17.600 death ourselves. 00:19:20.660 --> 00:19:20.900 See, 00:19:20.940 --> 00:19:22.200 that's just another way 00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:22.640 of saying 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:24.220 we long for salvation. 00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:25.660 See, 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:26.680 we long to be free 00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:27.960 of the lies 00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:29.940 the devil tells us 00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:33.279 and keeps on telling us. 00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:34.980 We long to be free 00:19:34.980 --> 00:19:35.680 from the lies 00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:36.799 we tell each other 00:19:36.799 --> 00:19:38.000 and the lies 00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:39.079 we tell ourselves. 00:19:40.339 --> 00:19:41.059 And every sin 00:19:41.059 --> 00:19:41.680 is a lie. 00:19:42.940 --> 00:19:43.900 Every sin involves 00:19:43.900 --> 00:19:44.840 a lie that we're 00:19:44.840 --> 00:19:45.660 our own authority 00:19:45.660 --> 00:19:47.980 and that we don't 00:19:47.980 --> 00:19:48.900 rely on God 00:19:48.900 --> 00:19:50.200 for our very existence 00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:51.120 when we want 00:19:51.120 --> 00:19:51.840 to take control, 00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:52.420 when we want 00:19:52.420 --> 00:19:53.220 to be in charge. 00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:54.500 That's a lie. 00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:56.780 So Jesus says 00:19:56.780 --> 00:19:57.440 the only way 00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:58.019 you can answer 00:19:58.019 --> 00:19:58.920 those fundamental 00:19:58.920 --> 00:19:59.820 longings 00:19:59.820 --> 00:20:01.340 for truth 00:20:01.340 --> 00:20:02.780 and life 00:20:02.780 --> 00:20:03.519 after death 00:20:03.519 --> 00:20:04.540 is with God. 00:20:05.300 --> 00:20:06.120 And the only way 00:20:06.120 --> 00:20:06.560 to God, 00:20:06.620 --> 00:20:06.980 he says, 00:20:07.040 --> 00:20:07.920 is through me 00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:09.620 because I am God 00:20:09.620 --> 00:20:10.180 in the flesh. 00:20:10.280 --> 00:20:10.780 I am God 00:20:10.779 --> 00:20:11.859 come to you 00:20:11.859 --> 00:20:13.200 to make God 00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:14.000 known to you. 00:20:15.099 --> 00:20:15.559 If you don't 00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:16.519 believe my words, 00:20:16.619 --> 00:20:17.139 he says, 00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:18.460 there doesn't he 00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:19.180 in verse 11, 00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:19.660 he says, 00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:23.399 which are the words 00:20:23.399 --> 00:20:23.980 of the Father 00:20:23.980 --> 00:20:24.819 who is in me 00:20:24.819 --> 00:20:25.639 and I in him. 00:20:25.839 --> 00:20:26.259 It's really an 00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:27.220 astonishing claim 00:20:27.220 --> 00:20:27.980 for him to make 00:20:27.980 --> 00:20:29.859 that he is God. 00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:32.379 Then believe 00:20:32.379 --> 00:20:33.859 because you have 00:20:33.859 --> 00:20:34.700 seen the works 00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:35.460 I've done, 00:20:35.779 --> 00:20:36.619 he says to them. 00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:38.200 Believe on account 00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:38.720 of the works 00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:39.200 themselves. 00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:41.400 What did he do? 00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:42.259 He did many 00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.779 miracles. 00:20:44.019 --> 00:20:44.860 Probably the most 00:20:44.860 --> 00:20:45.900 astonishing miracles 00:20:45.900 --> 00:20:46.880 he did was 00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:47.819 to raise people 00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:48.660 from the dead. 00:20:50.100 --> 00:20:50.759 He says, 00:20:50.840 --> 00:20:51.299 I have power 00:20:51.299 --> 00:20:51.860 over death 00:20:51.860 --> 00:20:52.360 because I am 00:20:52.360 --> 00:20:53.200 the God of life. 00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:55.680 I am life 00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:56.200 itself. 00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:57.980 See, 00:20:58.059 --> 00:20:58.819 there is no 00:20:58.819 --> 00:20:59.720 little irony 00:20:59.720 --> 00:21:00.600 here in Jesus 00:21:00.600 --> 00:21:02.360 saying I am 00:21:02.360 --> 00:21:02.860 the way 00:21:02.860 --> 00:21:04.400 when he would 00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:05.160 soon be hanging 00:21:05.160 --> 00:21:05.620 helpless 00:21:05.620 --> 00:21:06.500 on a cross 00:21:06.500 --> 00:21:09.359 and I am 00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:09.940 the truth 00:21:09.940 --> 00:21:10.819 when the lies 00:21:10.819 --> 00:21:11.839 of evil people 00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:12.599 would soon appear 00:21:12.599 --> 00:21:13.680 to have a 00:21:13.680 --> 00:21:14.960 spectacular triumph 00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:16.200 over him. 00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:18.160 I am the life 00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:18.960 when he would 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:19.640 soon be in a 00:21:19.640 --> 00:21:19.980 tomb. 00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:22.839 And when he 00:21:22.839 --> 00:21:23.599 tells the disciples 00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:24.180 not to be 00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:25.279 troubled in heart, 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.619 he was deeply 00:21:27.619 --> 00:21:29.299 troubled in heart 00:21:29.299 --> 00:21:30.200 and spirit. 00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:31.180 We read in 00:21:31.180 --> 00:21:31.900 chapters, 00:21:32.059 --> 00:21:32.500 two chapters 00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:33.240 before this. 00:21:33.960 --> 00:21:34.420 If he is 00:21:34.420 --> 00:21:35.259 comforting them 00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:36.619 because they 00:21:36.619 --> 00:21:37.599 are confused 00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:38.859 and uncertain 00:21:38.859 --> 00:21:39.920 and scared, 00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:41.379 he was about 00:21:41.379 --> 00:21:41.879 to endure 00:21:41.879 --> 00:21:42.379 the agony 00:21:42.379 --> 00:21:43.079 of the cross. 00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:45.680 But he could 00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:46.519 say these things 00:21:46.519 --> 00:21:47.180 without any 00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:48.160 irony because 00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:49.119 he knew 00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:50.019 who he was, 00:21:50.980 --> 00:21:51.740 where he came 00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:52.220 from, 00:21:52.940 --> 00:21:54.099 and after rising 00:21:54.099 --> 00:21:54.819 from the dead 00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:56.140 where he would 00:21:56.140 --> 00:21:56.740 return, 00:21:57.059 --> 00:21:57.559 didn't he? 00:21:59.359 --> 00:22:00.079 That is where 00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:00.700 his comfort 00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:02.180 lay in facing 00:22:02.180 --> 00:22:02.819 this trial. 00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:04.119 And he wants 00:22:04.119 --> 00:22:04.599 to give us 00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:05.099 that same 00:22:05.099 --> 00:22:06.419 comfort in 00:22:06.419 --> 00:22:07.099 knowing who 00:22:07.099 --> 00:22:08.279 he is and 00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:09.000 knowing where 00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:09.719 we will go 00:22:09.719 --> 00:22:10.899 with him to 00:22:10.899 --> 00:22:11.359 God. 00:22:13.179 --> 00:22:13.579 Now if he 00:22:13.579 --> 00:22:14.219 claimed to have 00:22:14.219 --> 00:22:14.819 given the 00:22:14.819 --> 00:22:15.699 disciples enough 00:22:15.699 --> 00:22:16.399 reason to put 00:22:16.399 --> 00:22:17.059 their faith in 00:22:17.059 --> 00:22:18.199 him as the 00:22:18.199 --> 00:22:18.980 way, the 00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:19.879 truth and the 00:22:19.879 --> 00:22:21.179 life before 00:22:21.179 --> 00:22:22.079 his death and 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:22.659 resurrection, 00:22:24.099 --> 00:22:24.899 he has given 00:22:24.899 --> 00:22:25.939 them and us 00:22:25.939 --> 00:22:27.199 the reason 00:22:27.199 --> 00:22:28.619 to do that. 00:22:29.139 --> 00:22:29.980 When he 00:22:29.980 --> 00:22:30.819 conquered death 00:22:30.819 --> 00:22:31.700 and overcame 00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.460 the lies, 00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:34.359 when he 00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:35.539 reclaimed life 00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:36.740 and when he 00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.500 proved his 00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:38.980 words true. 00:22:40.819 --> 00:22:41.059 You see, 00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:41.480 later in 00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:41.819 John he 00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:42.119 says, 00:22:42.819 --> 00:22:44.039 and this is 00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:45.179 eternal life. 00:22:46.079 --> 00:22:46.299 When he 00:22:46.299 --> 00:22:47.059 prays to the 00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:47.539 Father, he 00:22:47.539 --> 00:22:48.200 says that they 00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:49.039 know you, 00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.419 the only true 00:22:50.419 --> 00:22:51.279 God, and 00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:52.279 Jesus Christ 00:22:52.279 --> 00:22:52.839 whom you 00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:53.480 have sent. 00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:56.700 we face 00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:57.099 our own 00:22:57.099 --> 00:22:59.940 trials and 00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:01.039 uncertainties, 00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.099 and it's a 00:23:02.099 --> 00:23:02.759 very confusing 00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.519 world we live 00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:06.099 in, but in 00:23:06.099 --> 00:23:06.900 some ways no 00:23:06.900 --> 00:23:07.839 trial is bigger 00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.259 than the 00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:08.839 struggle we 00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:09.599 face to be 00:23:09.599 --> 00:23:10.519 free from the 00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:11.259 lies and 00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:12.160 death looming 00:23:12.160 --> 00:23:13.099 for each of 00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:13.460 us. 00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:16.079 No one of 00:23:16.079 --> 00:23:16.640 us has a 00:23:16.640 --> 00:23:17.240 bigger struggle 00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:18.039 to overcome 00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:19.839 than admitting 00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:20.860 our inability 00:23:20.860 --> 00:23:21.860 to succeed 00:23:21.859 --> 00:23:23.519 on our own 00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:24.139 to reach 00:23:24.139 --> 00:23:25.059 God, to 00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.599 find another 00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:25.939 way. 00:23:27.899 --> 00:23:28.779 And even 00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.259 if you're a 00:23:29.259 --> 00:23:30.059 Christian already, 00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.240 putting your 00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:32.019 trust in God 00:23:32.019 --> 00:23:32.740 is a daily 00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.959 exercise of 00:23:33.959 --> 00:23:34.379 faith. 00:23:36.399 --> 00:23:36.979 And Jesus 00:23:36.979 --> 00:23:37.919 calls each of 00:23:37.919 --> 00:23:38.479 us to put 00:23:38.479 --> 00:23:39.219 our faith in 00:23:39.219 --> 00:23:41.819 him as the 00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:43.159 only way 00:23:43.159 --> 00:23:44.359 to God. 00:23:46.579 --> 00:23:47.179 Let's 00:23:47.179 --> 00:23:47.379 pray.