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 Well, before we jump into God's Word, I just want to wish all of you mothers a happy Mother's Day.

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 Hopefully you get a chance to connect with your children today, and that it's a great day for you.

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 Let's pray as we go to the Word of God.

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 Father in Heaven, we thank you so much for your Word.

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 Thank you that you have spoken to us,

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 and that in these moments we have the opportunity to hear from you, God.

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 We ask that you'd open our hearts, open our minds, enable us to hear, enable us to see what we need to see and hear from you.

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 I ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Well, have you ever wondered what it would be like if Jesus were to go to the local swimming pool?

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 That's exactly where we find Jesus today in the story which John tells.

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 John chapter 5, verse 1.

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 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals.

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 Now there is in Jerusalem, near the Sheep Gate, a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda,

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 and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades.

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 To be fair, a trip to the pool in Jesus' day would be very different from a trip to the pool in our day.

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 Massive cultural differences.

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 This was a totally different time as well.

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 You can imagine in that part of the world, in the Middle East, and in that day, people didn't have running water.

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 They didn't have plumbing in their houses.

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 And so the local pool, that was a place to go and cool off, rinse off, drew a lot of people.

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 It was a bit of a social hub in the community.

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 We don't really know exactly what it was like for Jewish people of Jesus' day,

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 where they act like full-blown swimming in the pool or what.

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 We don't know.

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 Some people think that the lower part of this pool here in Jerusalem,

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 they actually found some of the remains of it north of the Temple Mount,

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 that that part of the pool was used for ritual washing or bathing.

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 We don't know for sure.

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 But this is where we find Jesus.

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 He's back in Jerusalem.

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 He's at the pool.

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 And what does Jesus see there?

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 Well, John tells us in verse 3 that here at the pool, a great number of disabled people used to lie.

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 The blind, the lame, the paralyzed.

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 One who was there had been an invalid for 38 years.

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 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time,

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 he asked him,

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 Do you want to get well?

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 Sir, the invalid replied,

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 I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred.

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 While I'm trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.

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 Then Jesus said to him,

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 Get up.

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 Pick up your mat and walk.

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 At once, the man was cured.

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 He picked up his mat and walked.

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 So here's Jesus at the pool and he does another amazing miracle.

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 He's at the pool and John tells us that a great number of disabled people used to lie there.

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 That word disabled, it's more generally a term for sickness or ill,

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 but refers usually to people who have some kind of really serious debilitating condition or sickness.

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 He gives examples.

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 People like the blind, the lame, the paralyzed.

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 Now, why are these kinds of people at the pool?

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 Well, John tells us, it kind of comes out in verses 7 and verse 4.

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 In verse 7, we kind of hear it a little bit in what the man says.

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 He says to Jesus,

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 Jesus asked him,

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 Do you want to get well?

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 And the man says,

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 Sir, I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred.

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 While I'm trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.

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 The sense that we get from that is that,

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 Well, I'm trying to be healed,

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 but I can't get down into the water before,

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 after the water is stirred because somebody else gets down in there first.

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 So what's going on here?

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 What's with this whole healing from going into the water after the water is stirred?

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 Verse 4 gives us an answer to that question.

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 But depending on the translation that you're using in English,

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 you may not have a verse 4 in your Bible.

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 In my Bible, it just goes straight from verse 3 to verse 5.

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 So why is that?

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 What's going on here?

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 Well, there's a short answer to that and a long answer.

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 And if you have more questions or thoughts,

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 wonderings about why there's a whole verse missing in your Bible,

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 I'd be happy to chat with you anytime.

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 Feel free to give me a call.

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 The short answer is that today,

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 because of modern-day archaeological discoveries,

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 we actually have older and more accurate manuscripts

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 or copies of the New Testament writings available to us

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 than they did with the first English translation of the Bible,

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 the King James in 1611.

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 And so those old manuscripts that we found,

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 they don't have verse 4 in them.

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 They just go straight from 3 into 5.

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 So probably what took place is that somewhere along the lines,

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 as people were reading John's account,

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 they were wondering,

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 well, what's this business about needing to get into the pool first

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 in order to be healed?

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 And so somewhere along the line,

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 somebody added in verse 4 to explain it.

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 It's kind of probably a parenthetical comment.

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 Verse 4 says this,

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 that the people who were there,

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 the disabled or the sick,

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 the blind,

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 the lame,

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 the paralyzed,

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 they were waiting for the moving of the waters.

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 From time to time,

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 verse 4,

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 an angel of the Lord would come down and stir up the waters.

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 The first one into the pool after each such disturbance

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 would be cured of whatever disease they had.

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 So because it probably wasn't in the original writing of John,

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 we don't know for sure if it's true.

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 It's possible that people really were healed,

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 and if they were,

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 then for sure we would give the glory and the credit for that to God.

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 And it's also possible that that was the prevailing thought or attitude or idea

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 that there is more of a religious superstition,

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 that,

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 hey,

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 this pool has magical healing properties,

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 and occasionally from some kind of natural thing,

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 it's probably a spring-fed pool or fed from some kind of moving water source,

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 it would get stirred up,

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 and people thought that you could be healed from it.

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 At least this man thinks that way.

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 Either way,

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 this man thinks that way.

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 And so he's trying to get into the pool.

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 Jesus asks him,

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 do you want to get well?

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 I'm trying.

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 I've been trying to do it,

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 but I can't.

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 All my attempts have failed.

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 Every time I try to get in there,

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 somebody beats me in,

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 and they get the healing,

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 and I miss out.

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 Who is this man?

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 Let's consider for a moment just who this man is.

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 Verse 5.

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 One who was lying,

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 one who was there had been an invalid for 38 years.

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 When Jesus saw him lying there

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 and learned that,

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 or knew that he had been in this condition for a long time,

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 he asked him,

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 do you want to get well?

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 So,

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 we're not told exactly what this man's condition was.

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 We assume,

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 just from what's said,

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 that it was some kind of a paralysis.

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 For whatever reason,

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 or whatever condition he had,

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 he wasn't able to walk.

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 He'd lost the use of his legs,

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 and so there he was lying on his mat.

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 And John tells us that he had been,

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 he had had this condition for 38 years.

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 Now, that's a long time.

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 It's half the average lifespan of a Canadian citizen.

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 Think of that.

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 The last 38 years of your life

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 lived in a wheelchair.

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 This is significant.

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 This man has been through a lot.

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 Notice that it's Jesus who initiates with him.

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 In verse 6,

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 when Jesus saw him lying there

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 and knew that he had been in this condition for a long time,

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 he asked him,

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 do you want to get well?

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 So, Jesus comes to him

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 and starts the conversation.

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 The man basically says,

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 I'm trying.

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 I've been doing what I can

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 to get into the water and be healed,

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 but all my attempts have failed.

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 Jesus, we imagine,

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 is looking right at him.

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 In verse 8, he says,

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 get up,

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 pick up your mat,

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 and walk.

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 At once,

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 the man was cured.

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 He picked up his mat

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 and walked.

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 Wow.

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 This is amazing.

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 To give you a bit of a picture,

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 I mean, just imagine

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 what this would be like

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 in modern day terms.

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 There you are,

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 you're at the hospital,

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 you've been there for two weeks,

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 you're in one of those rooms

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 that has two beds,

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 you're in one bed

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 and there's another guy

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 in the other bed,

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 he's been there

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 as long as you've been there,

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 and every day,

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 multiple times a day,

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 you've watched

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 as he presses the button

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 and a nurse comes in

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 and lifts his legs

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 out of the bed

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 and kind of slides him over

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 into a wheelchair

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 to help him get over

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 to use the bathroom

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 or to go for a little stroll

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 down the hall.

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 And then one day,

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 a stranger walks into the room

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 and says to this man

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 lying in the bed,

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 do you want to get well?

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 Well, I have,

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 I've been trying,

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 I'm doing everything I can.

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 Get up.

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 Get out of the bed.

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 Can you imagine

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 how shocked you would be

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 if in that moment

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 he just stood up

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 and started walking around?

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 This is amazing

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 for anybody

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 who knew this man

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 or who was a regular

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 at the pool

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 and saw this man

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 from time to time.

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 Can you imagine

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 the looks on their faces

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 as Jesus says,

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 get up.

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 And this man stands up

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 and begins walking around.

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 Amazing.

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 Well, that's not

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 the end of the story.

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 It goes on in verse 9.

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 John tells us,

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 the day on which

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 this took place

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 was a Sabbath.

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 And so the Jewish leaders

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 said to the man

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 who had been healed,

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 it is the Sabbath.

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 The law forbids you

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 to carry your mat.

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 But he replied,

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 the man who made me well

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 said to me,

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 pick up your mat

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 and walk.

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 So they asked him,

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 who is this fellow

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 who told you

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 to pick it up

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 and walk?

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 The man who was healed

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 had no idea

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 who it was.

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 For Jesus had slipped away

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 into the crowd

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 that was there.

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 So John tells us

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 that all of this,

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 this healing,

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 happened on a Sabbath.

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 And you can just imagine

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 this poor man,

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 I mean,

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 he's having one of the best

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 days of his life.

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 And then all of a sudden,

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 it's kind of squelched.

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 He gets,

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 in a sense,

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 pulled over

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 by the religious leaders.

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 Today is the Sabbath day.

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 What are you doing?

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 Carrying your mat

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 on the Sabbath day.

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 That's against the law.

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 Now we probably should reflect a little bit on that.

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 The Sabbath,

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 according to God's command,

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 was a day that they were to take

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 as a special day,

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 a day of rest

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 from all their regular work.

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 God gave that command

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 God gave that command

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 to Moses.

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 And it was for the Israelites.

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 But since then,

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 rabbis and teachers

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 had kind of added in

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 a whole bunch of,

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 we could call them sub-commands,

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 or a little bit of a framework

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 of various commands

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 and laws

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 that would help

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 that if you kept them,

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 it would keep you

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 from breaking the big one

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 of the Sabbath.

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 And so they had come up

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 with a system of,

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 or a classification system

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 of 39 different kinds of work

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 that you could not do

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 on the Sabbath.

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 And if you did these things,

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 it was considered

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 to be breaking the law

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 of the Sabbath.

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 Not treating the Sabbath day

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 as holy.

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 And one of those kinds of work

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 was carrying something

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 from one location to another.

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 Amazingly,

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 they applied this

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 not just to,

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 you know,

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 obviously kind of

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 work-related things,

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 but even to small things.

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 According to one

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 modern-day Jewish website,

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 this is Orthodox Jewish belief,

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 even carrying a key

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 or a handkerchief

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 outside of your home

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 is considered work

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 and breaking the Sabbath law

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 of carrying,

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 which prohibits carrying.

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 And this kind of legalism

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 is applied

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 even today

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 by Orthodox Jews

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 to a whole manner of things.

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 I mean,

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 it's considered work

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 to write on a piece of paper

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 on the Sabbath.

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 It's considered work

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 to activate

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 an electronic device

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 of any kind

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 or turn it off

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 on the Sabbath.

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 That's the modern-day equivalent

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 of kindling a fire

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 or extinguishing a fire,

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 which is considered work.

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 Even something as simple

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 as tearing

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 a strip of toilet paper

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 on the Sabbath

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 is considered work

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 by some of the most

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 strict or stringent

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 Orthodox Jews.

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 And so this is a big deal

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 for this man

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 who's carrying his mat.

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 He gets pulled over

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 by the religious leaders

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 and essentially

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 charged

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 with breaking the law.

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 And what does the man do?

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 He kind of deflects

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 a little bit.

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 He says,

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 the man who made me well

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 said to me,

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 pick up your mat

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 and walk.

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 I'm just doing

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 what the guy

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 who healed me

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 told me to do.

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 And it seems

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 that his tactic works

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 because the next question

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 that comes from

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 the religious leaders

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 is,

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 well,

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 who is this fellow

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 who told you

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 to pick it up

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 and walk?

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 And I think

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 even the way

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 it's phrased,

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 they're not so interested

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 in who is it

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 that healed you.

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 They're interested in

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 who is it

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 that told you

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 to carry your mat,

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 to pick it up

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 and carry it

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 on the Sabbath day.

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 We want to know

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 his name.

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 I mean,

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 that's encouraging

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 someone to break

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 the law.

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 And ironically,

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 the man who was healed

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 has no idea

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 who it was.

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 He didn't even know

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 Jesus' name.

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 It says he had just,

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 Jesus had slipped away

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 into the crowd

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 after he was healed.

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 Well,

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 later in verse 14,

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 Jesus found this man

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 who had been healed

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 at the temple

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 and said to him,

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 See,

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 you are well again.

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 Stop sinning

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 or something worse

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 may happen to you.

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 The man went away

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 and told the Jewish leaders

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 that it was Jesus

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 who had made him well.

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 So this is kind of

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 the end of the story.

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 Jesus runs into this guy

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 again at the temple.

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 And this time he has

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 some very different

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 kinds of words for him.

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 See,

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 you are well again.

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 You've been healed.

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 You've received this amazing

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 gift of God's grace.

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 Now stop sinning

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 or something worse

00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:37.539
 may happen to you.

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 We'll come back

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 to that in a moment.

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 What does the man do?

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 It says the man went away

00:17:42.799 --> 00:17:45.099
 and he told the Jewish leaders

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 that it was Jesus

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 who had made him well.

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 That's probably

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 not the response

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 that we are expecting.

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 If we think back

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 to the royal official

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 last Sunday

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 after his son

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 had been healed,

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 he and his whole

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 household,

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 his whole family

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 believed in Jesus.

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 Like,

00:18:05.559 --> 00:18:07.079
 the real kind

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 of true faith.

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 But this man,

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 even though he has just

00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:12.779
 been healed miraculously,

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 miraculously,

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 it seems as though

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 he goes back

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 to the Jewish leaders

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 and kind of reports

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 who it was

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 that had made him well,

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 but also who it was

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 that had told him

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 that he should

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 break the law.

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 Not the kind of

00:18:31.660 --> 00:18:33.940
 grateful response

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 that we're expecting

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 to see here.

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 Well, what are we

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 supposed to see

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 in all of this?

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 Well, there's lots here,

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 but as we've been doing

00:18:43.819 --> 00:18:44.640
 throughout this series,

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 we want to take

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 a few minutes

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 just to focus in

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 on what we see

00:18:48.640 --> 00:18:49.559
 of the glory

00:18:49.559 --> 00:18:50.279
 of Jesus.

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 This is part of

00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:53.160
 why John is writing,

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 that we would see

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 how Jesus

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 is glorious,

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 how he is full

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 of God's grace,

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 full of God's truth.

00:19:02.900 --> 00:19:03.819
 How do we see

00:19:03.819 --> 00:19:04.340
 that here?

00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:06.740
 Well, I think

00:19:06.740 --> 00:19:07.759
 the first

00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:08.480
 and most obvious

00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:09.200
 way that we see

00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:10.059
 Jesus' glory

00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:11.779
 is in the

00:19:11.779 --> 00:19:13.299
 miraculous power

00:19:13.299 --> 00:19:14.539
 which he

00:19:14.539 --> 00:19:16.639
 brings to bear

00:19:16.639 --> 00:19:17.940
 upon this man.

00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:20.000
 This is an amazing

00:19:20.000 --> 00:19:20.440
 healing.

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 I mean, think of this.

00:19:21.700 --> 00:19:22.940
 38 years

00:19:22.940 --> 00:19:23.679
 this man has been

00:19:23.679 --> 00:19:24.440
 unable to walk.

00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:25.379
 He's been lying

00:19:25.379 --> 00:19:27.440
 on his mat

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 or in the bed.

00:19:29.399 --> 00:19:29.980
 Think of what

00:19:29.980 --> 00:19:30.960
 needs to happen

00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:32.259
 in his legs

00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:33.559
 for him

00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:34.839
 to go from that,

00:19:34.980 --> 00:19:36.119
 38 years of not

00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:36.779
 using them,

00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:38.139
 to standing up

00:19:38.140 --> 00:19:38.680
 and walking

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 around.

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 If you've ever

00:19:40.860 --> 00:19:41.840
 had any kind

00:19:41.840 --> 00:19:42.340
 of surgery

00:19:42.340 --> 00:19:43.400
 on your knee

00:19:43.400 --> 00:19:44.120
 or your hip,

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 then you know

00:19:46.100 --> 00:19:47.620
 that it can take

00:19:47.620 --> 00:19:49.200
 weeks of physio

00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:50.140
 to regain

00:19:50.140 --> 00:19:50.980
 the strength

00:19:50.980 --> 00:19:53.240
 and the range

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 of motion

00:19:53.900 --> 00:19:54.640
 in order to be

00:19:54.640 --> 00:19:55.860
 able to walk.

00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:57.920
 Yet Jesus

00:19:57.920 --> 00:19:58.600
 takes him

00:19:58.600 --> 00:19:59.840
 from not being

00:19:59.840 --> 00:20:01.640
 able to walk,

00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:02.680
 not having used

00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:03.180
 his legs

00:20:03.180 --> 00:20:04.740
 for almost

00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:05.620
 40 years,

00:20:05.619 --> 00:20:07.079
 to instantly

00:20:07.079 --> 00:20:07.739
 being able

00:20:07.739 --> 00:20:08.219
 to walk

00:20:08.219 --> 00:20:09.099
 just in a moment.

00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:11.199
 It's amazing.

00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:13.399
 Jesus doesn't

00:20:13.399 --> 00:20:14.139
 lay his hands

00:20:14.139 --> 00:20:14.519
 on him.

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 Jesus doesn't

00:20:15.619 --> 00:20:16.659
 even utter

00:20:16.659 --> 00:20:17.339
 any kind

00:20:17.339 --> 00:20:19.839
 of formula

00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:20.799
 or pronunciation.

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 He simply

00:20:21.479 --> 00:20:21.899
 tells him

00:20:21.899 --> 00:20:22.599
 to get up

00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:24.879
 in some moment

00:20:24.879 --> 00:20:25.379
 in there

00:20:25.379 --> 00:20:26.519
 between Jesus

00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:27.459
 saying get up

00:20:27.459 --> 00:20:28.099
 and him

00:20:28.099 --> 00:20:28.919
 actually trying

00:20:28.919 --> 00:20:29.259
 to,

00:20:29.699 --> 00:20:30.419
 his body

00:20:30.419 --> 00:20:31.239
 is instantly

00:20:31.239 --> 00:20:31.859
 cured.

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 This is amazing.

00:20:33.119 --> 00:20:33.819
 This is something

00:20:33.819 --> 00:20:35.119
 that only God

00:20:35.119 --> 00:20:35.979
 can do.

00:20:36.639 --> 00:20:37.379
 And it's evidence

00:20:37.379 --> 00:20:38.000
 that Jesus

00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:39.199
 is the Son

00:20:39.199 --> 00:20:39.699
 of God.

00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:41.519
 The second way

00:20:41.519 --> 00:20:41.959
 that we see

00:20:41.959 --> 00:20:42.399
 the glory

00:20:42.399 --> 00:20:42.879
 of Jesus

00:20:42.879 --> 00:20:43.339
 here

00:20:43.339 --> 00:20:46.500
 pertains

00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:47.139
 to grace.

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 We see

00:20:48.419 --> 00:20:48.899
 that Jesus

00:20:48.899 --> 00:20:49.879
 is full of grace

00:20:49.879 --> 00:20:50.619
 in this account.

00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:51.859
 We see it

00:20:51.859 --> 00:20:54.319
 in the fact

00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:55.000
 that he heals

00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:55.579
 the man.

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 He gives him

00:20:56.579 --> 00:20:57.239
 a gracious

00:20:57.239 --> 00:20:58.259
 gift of God.

00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:01.659
 We see it

00:21:01.659 --> 00:21:02.139
 in the fact

00:21:02.140 --> 00:21:02.840
 that Jesus

00:21:02.840 --> 00:21:03.860
 initiates

00:21:03.860 --> 00:21:04.660
 all of this

00:21:04.660 --> 00:21:05.300
 in the first

00:21:05.300 --> 00:21:05.740
 place

00:21:05.740 --> 00:21:07.000
 with the man.

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 Especially

00:21:07.940 --> 00:21:08.460
 when we think

00:21:08.460 --> 00:21:09.300
 of last Sunday.

00:21:10.020 --> 00:21:10.759
 This man

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.360
 didn't come

00:21:11.360 --> 00:21:11.940
 to Jesus.

00:21:12.520 --> 00:21:13.860
 He didn't

00:21:13.860 --> 00:21:14.840
 ask Jesus

00:21:14.840 --> 00:21:15.800
 to do anything

00:21:15.800 --> 00:21:16.520
 for him.

00:21:17.280 --> 00:21:18.060
 He didn't

00:21:18.060 --> 00:21:18.540
 even know

00:21:18.540 --> 00:21:19.100
 who Jesus

00:21:19.100 --> 00:21:19.700
 was.

00:21:20.460 --> 00:21:21.440
 And before

00:21:21.440 --> 00:21:22.560
 any of that

00:21:22.560 --> 00:21:23.620
 Jesus

00:21:23.620 --> 00:21:25.080
 heals him

00:21:25.080 --> 00:21:26.360
 on the spot.

00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:27.980
 Jesus

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:28.680
 initiates

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 this whole

00:21:29.340 --> 00:21:29.960
 thing with

00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.200
 him.

00:21:30.940 --> 00:21:31.420
 Why?

00:21:32.140 --> 00:21:33.840
 We read

00:21:33.840 --> 00:21:34.080
 a little

00:21:34.080 --> 00:21:34.480
 bit in

00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:35.140
 verse 6

00:21:35.140 --> 00:21:36.220
 of why.

00:21:37.100 --> 00:21:37.600
 When Jesus

00:21:37.600 --> 00:21:38.400
 saw him

00:21:38.400 --> 00:21:39.680
 lying there

00:21:39.680 --> 00:21:41.100
 and knew

00:21:41.100 --> 00:21:41.440
 that he

00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:41.960
 had been

00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.560
 in this

00:21:42.560 --> 00:21:43.080
 condition

00:21:43.080 --> 00:21:43.900
 for a long

00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:44.380
 time,

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:45.580
 he asked

00:21:45.580 --> 00:21:45.820
 him,

00:21:46.320 --> 00:21:47.120
 do you

00:21:47.120 --> 00:21:47.560
 want to

00:21:47.560 --> 00:21:48.240
 get well?

00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:50.320
 The sense

00:21:50.320 --> 00:21:50.860
 that we see

00:21:50.860 --> 00:21:51.300
 there is

00:21:51.300 --> 00:21:51.800
 that Jesus

00:21:51.800 --> 00:21:52.759
 was moved

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.720
 with compassion.

00:21:54.800 --> 00:21:56.160
 The kindness

00:21:56.160 --> 00:21:56.740
 and love

00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.360
 in his heart

00:21:57.360 --> 00:21:58.920
 just welled

00:21:58.920 --> 00:21:59.540
 up inside

00:21:59.539 --> 00:21:59.960
 him as

00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.700
 he saw

00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:01.279
 the man

00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:02.099
 lying

00:22:02.099 --> 00:22:03.259
 there on

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.940
 his mat

00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:04.480
 and knew

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:04.940
 that he'd

00:22:04.940 --> 00:22:05.359
 been there

00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:06.079
 for a long

00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:07.519
 time in

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:08.559
 that state,

00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:09.259
 in that

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:09.839
 condition.

00:22:12.019 --> 00:22:12.799
 The grace

00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:13.319
 of God

00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:13.920
 is seen,

00:22:14.420 --> 00:22:14.839
 the grace

00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:15.299
 of Jesus

00:22:15.299 --> 00:22:15.839
 is seen

00:22:15.839 --> 00:22:16.200
 in how

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:17.200
 he's the

00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:17.579
 one who

00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:18.019
 makes the

00:22:18.019 --> 00:22:18.659
 first move

00:22:18.659 --> 00:22:18.980
 in all

00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:19.480
 of this

00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:22.579
 and offers

00:22:22.579 --> 00:22:23.240
 this precious

00:22:23.240 --> 00:22:23.759
 gift to

00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:24.159
 the man.

00:22:24.160 --> 00:22:27.480
 we also

00:22:27.480 --> 00:22:28.220
 see kind

00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:28.460
 of the

00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:29.160
 other side

00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:29.820
 of grace,

00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:31.040
 the mercy

00:22:31.040 --> 00:22:31.960
 of Jesus

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.900
 here.

00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:34.860
 Jesus

00:22:34.860 --> 00:22:35.680
 knows that

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.259
 this man

00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:36.880
 has not

00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:37.360
 been living

00:22:37.360 --> 00:22:37.800
 a life

00:22:37.800 --> 00:22:38.400
 that pleases

00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:38.880
 God.

00:22:39.580 --> 00:22:40.080
 He says

00:22:40.080 --> 00:22:40.560
 as much

00:22:40.560 --> 00:22:41.980
 in verse

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:42.759
 14,

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:43.440
 see you

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:43.779
 are well

00:22:43.779 --> 00:22:44.120
 again,

00:22:44.940 --> 00:22:45.500
 stop

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.140
 sinning,

00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:48.720
 sin no

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:49.200
 longer,

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.680
 which implies

00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.460
 that he has

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.259
 been living

00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:55.579
 a sinful

00:22:55.579 --> 00:22:56.079
 life.

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:57.519
 Jesus

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.420
 knows that.

00:22:59.019 --> 00:22:59.420
 Not only

00:22:59.420 --> 00:22:59.740
 that,

00:22:59.819 --> 00:23:00.160
 but I

00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:00.859
 think he

00:23:00.859 --> 00:23:01.240
 probably

00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:01.940
 knows too

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.400
 that this

00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:03.539
 man leaves

00:23:03.539 --> 00:23:05.379
 and goes

00:23:05.379 --> 00:23:06.119
 to report

00:23:06.119 --> 00:23:07.140
 to the

00:23:07.140 --> 00:23:07.500
 religious

00:23:07.500 --> 00:23:08.059
 leaders

00:23:08.059 --> 00:23:10.099
 to tell

00:23:10.099 --> 00:23:10.539
 on him

00:23:10.539 --> 00:23:10.960
 in a

00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:11.299
 sense.

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:13.859
 He seems

00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:15.339
 very much

00:23:15.339 --> 00:23:16.299
 ungrateful

00:23:16.299 --> 00:23:17.180
 for the

00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:17.640
 gift of

00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:18.079
 God that

00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:18.460
 he has

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:18.960
 received.

00:23:19.079 --> 00:23:19.319
 And yet

00:23:19.319 --> 00:23:20.160
 knowing all

00:23:20.160 --> 00:23:20.680
 of that,

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:22.079
 it didn't

00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:23.019
 stop Jesus

00:23:23.019 --> 00:23:24.279
 from

00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:25.720
 healing him

00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:26.059
 and from

00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.740
 giving him

00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:27.379
 this gracious

00:23:27.379 --> 00:23:28.039
 gift of

00:23:28.039 --> 00:23:28.420
 God.

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.980
 It's a

00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:31.599
 good reminder

00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:32.259
 to us of

00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:32.900
 what grace

00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:34.180
 really means.

00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:36.099
 By definition,

00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:38.000
 grace is

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:40.019
 unmerited

00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:40.700
 favor.

00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:42.240
 It's

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:42.940
 kindness

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.859
 or favor

00:23:43.859 --> 00:23:45.299
 from God

00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:45.700
 that is,

00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:47.180
 it doesn't

00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:47.759
 come because

00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:48.480
 it's earned.

00:23:49.019 --> 00:23:49.759
 It doesn't

00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:50.379
 come as an

00:23:50.379 --> 00:23:51.099
 obligation.

00:23:51.099 --> 00:23:52.579
 it's

00:23:52.579 --> 00:23:53.099
 something that

00:23:53.099 --> 00:23:55.019
 he offers

00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.859
 out of

00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:56.539
 his own

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.899
 free will

00:23:57.899 --> 00:23:59.859
 and love

00:23:59.859 --> 00:24:00.599
 and kindness

00:24:00.599 --> 00:24:01.339
 and desire

00:24:01.339 --> 00:24:02.500
 to help,

00:24:02.599 --> 00:24:03.240
 to bless.

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.699
 And we

00:24:06.699 --> 00:24:07.379
 certainly see

00:24:07.379 --> 00:24:08.019
 that with

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:08.539
 this man.

00:24:08.699 --> 00:24:09.059
 Despite

00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:09.759
 his

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:11.099
 character,

00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:13.419
 despite

00:24:13.419 --> 00:24:14.679
 his sin,

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:17.100
 Jesus

00:24:17.100 --> 00:24:18.160
 shows

00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:18.460
 him

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:19.180
 mercy.

00:24:19.660 --> 00:24:19.759
 He

00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.060
 gives

00:24:20.060 --> 00:24:20.240
 him

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.580
 that

00:24:20.580 --> 00:24:20.820
 which

00:24:20.820 --> 00:24:20.960
 he

00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:21.180
 does

00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:21.460
 not

00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:22.060
 deserve,

00:24:22.600 --> 00:24:23.279
 which he

00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:23.640
 has done

00:24:23.640 --> 00:24:24.620
 nothing to

00:24:24.620 --> 00:24:26.279
 merit or

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:27.920
 earn,

00:24:28.380 --> 00:24:29.779
 this amazing

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.240
 gift of

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:30.539
 healing.

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:31.920
 We also

00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:32.340
 see that

00:24:32.340 --> 00:24:32.860
 Jesus is

00:24:32.860 --> 00:24:33.240
 full of

00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:33.640
 truth.

00:24:35.360 --> 00:24:36.000
 How do

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.340
 we see

00:24:36.340 --> 00:24:36.940
 that here?

00:24:37.060 --> 00:24:37.220
 Well,

00:24:37.320 --> 00:24:37.980
 probably the

00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:39.320
 easiest place

00:24:39.320 --> 00:24:39.900
 to see that

00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:40.240
 is in

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:41.039
 verse 14.

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:42.599
 Jesus says

00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:43.279
 those choice

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:43.740
 words to

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:43.940
 him.

00:24:44.039 --> 00:24:44.240
 See,

00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:45.359
 you are

00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:45.899
 well again.

00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.240
 Stop

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:47.859
 sinning

00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:50.059
 or something

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:50.619
 worse may

00:24:50.619 --> 00:24:51.180
 happen to

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:51.399
 you.

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:52.859
 Now,

00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.579
 those words,

00:24:53.779 --> 00:24:55.980
 they don't

00:24:55.980 --> 00:24:58.399
 sound very

00:24:58.399 --> 00:24:58.899
 nice.

00:24:59.159 --> 00:24:59.460
 We'll just

00:24:59.460 --> 00:25:00.159
 put it that

00:25:00.159 --> 00:25:00.420
 way.

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:01.279
 They're not

00:25:01.279 --> 00:25:01.579
 the kind

00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:01.920
 of words

00:25:01.920 --> 00:25:02.180
 that you

00:25:02.180 --> 00:25:02.460
 want to

00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:02.799
 hear from

00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.139
 anyone.

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:05.059
 But these

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:06.299
 words come

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:06.720
 a little

00:25:06.720 --> 00:25:07.220
 differently

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:08.099
 on the lips

00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:08.619
 of Jesus

00:25:08.619 --> 00:25:09.839
 because of

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:10.219
 who he

00:25:10.219 --> 00:25:10.559
 is.

00:25:10.699 --> 00:25:11.079
 He's not

00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:11.519
 just some

00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:12.439
 self-righteous

00:25:12.439 --> 00:25:14.899
 religious

00:25:14.899 --> 00:25:15.559
 leader

00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:17.459
 passing

00:25:17.459 --> 00:25:17.979
 judgment

00:25:17.979 --> 00:25:18.539
 with this

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:19.059
 comment.

00:25:20.819 --> 00:25:21.299
 No,

00:25:21.699 --> 00:25:22.079
 Jesus,

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:22.599
 as John

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:22.899
 has been

00:25:22.899 --> 00:25:23.459
 telling us,

00:25:23.479 --> 00:25:23.879
 is the

00:25:23.879 --> 00:25:24.319
 Son of

00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:24.679
 God.

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.039
 He is

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:25.279
 God

00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:25.799
 himself

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.179
 who has

00:25:26.179 --> 00:25:26.939
 become

00:25:26.939 --> 00:25:27.359
 flesh

00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:27.599
 and is

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:27.759
 now

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.259
 walking

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:28.699
 among

00:25:28.699 --> 00:25:29.159
 us.

00:25:29.919 --> 00:25:30.559
 And he

00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:31.179
 knows

00:25:31.179 --> 00:25:31.939
 what's

00:25:31.939 --> 00:25:32.399
 going on

00:25:32.399 --> 00:25:32.699
 inside

00:25:32.699 --> 00:25:33.259
 people.

00:25:33.679 --> 00:25:34.000
 He knew

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:34.299
 it with

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:34.959
 Nathanael,

00:25:35.219 --> 00:25:35.539
 he knew

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:35.819
 it with

00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:36.359
 the Jews

00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:37.119
 that he

00:25:37.119 --> 00:25:37.259
 had

00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:37.639
 encountered

00:25:37.639 --> 00:25:38.199
 earlier

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:38.720
 at the

00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:39.240
 Passover

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:40.200
 in Jerusalem

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:40.900
 last time

00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:41.259
 he was

00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:41.539
 here.

00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:42.900
 He knew

00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:43.180
 what was

00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:43.840
 going on

00:25:43.840 --> 00:25:44.200
 inside

00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:45.000
 Nicodemus.

00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:45.819
 He knew

00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.580
 the past

00:25:46.580 --> 00:25:46.880
 of the

00:25:46.880 --> 00:25:47.340
 Samaritan

00:25:47.340 --> 00:25:47.720
 woman.

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.340
 He knew

00:25:48.340 --> 00:25:49.100
 the thoughts

00:25:49.100 --> 00:25:49.580
 and hearts

00:25:49.580 --> 00:25:49.920
 of the

00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:50.279
 crowd

00:25:50.279 --> 00:25:51.000
 that he

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.480
 was talking

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:52.059
 with last

00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:52.480
 Sunday

00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.759
 when the

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.319
 royal official

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:55.000
 came in

00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.400
 Cana.

00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:57.059
 He knows

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.580
 what's going

00:25:57.580 --> 00:25:58.400
 on in

00:25:58.400 --> 00:25:58.940
 this man's

00:25:58.940 --> 00:25:59.380
 life

00:25:59.380 --> 00:26:01.480
 as only

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.100
 God can

00:26:02.100 --> 00:26:02.420
 know.

00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:04.400
 And so

00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:05.160
 these words

00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:06.000
 take on a

00:26:06.000 --> 00:26:06.740
 whole new

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.740
 level of

00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.059
 meaning.

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:08.500
 When he

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:09.079
 looks this

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:09.420
 man in

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:09.660
 the eye

00:26:09.660 --> 00:26:09.980
 and says

00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:10.460
 stop

00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:11.099
 sinning.

00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.779
 Sin no

00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.319
 longer.

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:13.839
 I know

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.359
 how you've

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:14.839
 been living.

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.700
 And you

00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:19.039
 need to

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:20.660
 turn away

00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:21.680
 from those

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.220
 sinful

00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:23.059
 attitudes and

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:23.539
 behaviors.

00:26:25.220 --> 00:26:25.920
 You've been

00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:26.640
 made well.

00:26:26.740 --> 00:26:27.180
 Now don't

00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:27.779
 take that

00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:28.339
 gift of

00:26:28.339 --> 00:26:28.759
 God and

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.440
 use it

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.519
 to do

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.779
 more sin.

00:26:31.779 --> 00:26:35.420
 or something

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:35.960
 worse may

00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:36.500
 happen to

00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:36.740
 you.

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:37.599
 He says

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:39.819
 I don't

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.240
 think this

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:41.519
 is a

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:42.180
 self-righteous

00:26:42.180 --> 00:26:42.500
 threat.

00:26:42.619 --> 00:26:42.920
 I think

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.519
 this is

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:45.000
 a gracious

00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.559
 warning.

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.279
 Jesus is

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:47.980
 full of

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.460
 truth and

00:26:48.460 --> 00:26:48.940
 he brings

00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.539
 the truth

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:50.599
 not that

00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:51.039
 this man

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:51.460
 probably

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:52.019
 wants to

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.379
 hear but

00:26:52.379 --> 00:26:52.819
 the truth

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.119
 that he

00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:53.599
 needs to

00:26:53.599 --> 00:26:53.859
 hear.

00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.319
 Don't

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:55.680
 think that

00:26:55.680 --> 00:26:56.019
 you can

00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.680
 play games

00:26:56.680 --> 00:26:57.279
 with God.

00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:58.899
 don't

00:26:58.899 --> 00:26:59.220
 think that

00:26:59.220 --> 00:26:59.500
 you can

00:26:59.500 --> 00:26:59.960
 now take

00:26:59.960 --> 00:27:00.440
 God's

00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:01.720
 grace and

00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.819
 go and

00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:03.779
 live however

00:27:03.779 --> 00:27:04.500
 you want

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:04.940
 and who

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.619
 cares about

00:27:05.619 --> 00:27:05.980
 him and

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:06.379
 what he

00:27:06.379 --> 00:27:07.079
 has said,

00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:08.160
 what he

00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:08.899
 has commanded,

00:27:09.319 --> 00:27:09.680
 what he

00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:10.200
 says is

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.899
 right and

00:27:10.899 --> 00:27:11.279
 wrong.

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.319
 Jesus

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:15.720
 doesn't

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.240
 treat this

00:27:16.240 --> 00:27:16.940
 man as

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:17.579
 just a

00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:17.879
 helpless

00:27:17.879 --> 00:27:18.579
 victim of

00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:18.759
 his

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.500
 circumstances

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:20.539
 who because

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.079
 of all

00:27:21.079 --> 00:27:21.519
 that he's

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.220
 been through

00:27:22.220 --> 00:27:25.420
 has these

00:27:25.420 --> 00:27:25.980
 ways that

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:26.619
 he's acting

00:27:26.619 --> 00:27:26.980
 out in

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.180
 these

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.900
 behaviors but

00:27:27.900 --> 00:27:28.259
 he's not

00:27:28.259 --> 00:27:28.940
 really guilty.

00:27:29.200 --> 00:27:30.279
 He's had a

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:31.079
 tough past.

00:27:31.259 --> 00:27:31.480
 No,

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.039
 Jesus

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:32.900
 basically

00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.360
 treats it.

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:33.640
 You're

00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:35.380
 responsible for

00:27:35.380 --> 00:27:35.779
 your own

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:36.240
 actions,

00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:36.740
 for how

00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.000
 you're

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:38.079
 living and

00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:38.720
 you must

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.279
 turn away

00:27:39.279 --> 00:27:39.720
 from sin.

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.039
 You must

00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:41.460
 stop sinning

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:42.920
 or else

00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:44.240
 something worse

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.779
 may happen

00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:45.220
 to you.

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.599
 I think

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:48.519
 we should

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:49.019
 hear in

00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:50.980
 that not

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:51.480
 an empty

00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:53.160
 threat but

00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:53.839
 a serious

00:27:53.839 --> 00:27:55.039
 word of

00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:56.500
 warning from

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:56.960
 God.

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.039
 God.

00:28:01.620 --> 00:28:02.180
 It's

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:02.480
 here that

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:02.839
 I think

00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:04.700
 this passage

00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:05.799
 there's more

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.160
 than one

00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:06.700
 place but

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:07.180
 especially

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:07.860
 speaks to

00:28:07.860 --> 00:28:08.480
 us today.

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.360
 I felt

00:28:10.360 --> 00:28:10.920
 challenged by

00:28:10.920 --> 00:28:11.579
 this myself.

00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:12.900
 Do I

00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:13.880
 take God's

00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:15.400
 grace for

00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:15.779
 granted?

00:28:15.779 --> 00:28:17.380
 Am I

00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:18.000
 happy to

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:19.319
 accept the

00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:20.180
 good gifts

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:20.819
 of God

00:28:20.819 --> 00:28:20.919
 God?

00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:23.939
 But not

00:28:23.939 --> 00:28:25.139
 so eager

00:28:25.139 --> 00:28:26.220
 or excited

00:28:26.220 --> 00:28:28.379
 to obey

00:28:28.379 --> 00:28:29.599
 the commands

00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:30.559
 that he

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:31.119
 has given

00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:32.740
 to do

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.179
 what he

00:28:33.179 --> 00:28:33.659
 has told

00:28:33.659 --> 00:28:34.000
 me is

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.500
 right and

00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.179
 to not

00:28:35.179 --> 00:28:35.579
 do what

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:35.859
 he has

00:28:35.859 --> 00:28:36.279
 told me

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:36.899
 is wrong?

00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:40.380
 Do we

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:41.200
 take God's

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:42.620
 grace for

00:28:42.620 --> 00:28:43.019
 granted?

00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:44.700
 We'll see

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:45.180
 this throughout

00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:45.740
 the gospel

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.259
 of John.

00:28:47.360 --> 00:28:47.840
 God's

00:28:47.840 --> 00:28:48.920
 grace and

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.680
 his truth

00:28:49.680 --> 00:28:50.580
 come to

00:28:50.580 --> 00:28:51.240
 us together.

00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:52.360
 When Jesus

00:28:52.360 --> 00:28:54.120
 speaks both

00:28:54.120 --> 00:28:54.580
 are there

00:28:54.580 --> 00:28:56.180
 grace and

00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:56.860
 truth.

00:28:58.320 --> 00:28:59.120
 Wonderful

00:28:59.120 --> 00:29:01.940
 words of

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:03.759
 life but

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.920
 also words

00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:05.340
 that bring

00:29:05.340 --> 00:29:05.900
 conviction

00:29:05.900 --> 00:29:06.539
 of sin.

00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:09.480
 And it's

00:29:09.480 --> 00:29:09.860
 easy to

00:29:09.860 --> 00:29:10.380
 want the

00:29:10.380 --> 00:29:10.740
 one.

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.740
 But we

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.160
 are to

00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:15.600
 accept God's

00:29:15.600 --> 00:29:16.080
 gift of

00:29:16.080 --> 00:29:17.080
 grace by

00:29:17.080 --> 00:29:17.820
 faith by

00:29:17.820 --> 00:29:18.539
 believing in

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:20.240
 his son and

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:21.180
 also accept

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:22.060
 his words of

00:29:22.060 --> 00:29:24.500
 warning and

00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.220
 his words which

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:26.000
 bring conviction

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.560
 of sin.

00:29:27.620 --> 00:29:28.779
 Jesus is not

00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:30.340
 just here to

00:29:30.340 --> 00:29:31.539
 tell us the

00:29:31.539 --> 00:29:33.180
 good news of

00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:34.000
 what God

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.980
 has done

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.720
 for us and

00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:36.160
 what he

00:29:36.160 --> 00:29:36.839
 will do

00:29:36.839 --> 00:29:37.619
 for us.

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:38.799
 He is

00:29:38.799 --> 00:29:39.660
 also here

00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:42.019
 to recalibrate

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.759
 our hearts

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.980
 and our

00:29:43.980 --> 00:29:45.200
 thinking back

00:29:45.200 --> 00:29:45.700
 to a

00:29:45.700 --> 00:29:47.559
 proper reverence

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:48.680
 and fear

00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.380
 of God as

00:29:49.380 --> 00:29:49.819
 we should

00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.200
 have.

00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:52.279
 I'm reminded

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:53.400
 of those words

00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:54.220
 spoken through

00:29:54.220 --> 00:29:54.660
 the prophet

00:29:54.660 --> 00:29:56.119
 Isaiah about

00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:56.579
 Jesus.

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.259
 A shoot will

00:29:57.259 --> 00:29:57.799
 come up from

00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:58.440
 the stump of

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:58.819
 Jesse.

00:29:59.720 --> 00:30:00.160
 From his

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:00.619
 roots a

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:01.180
 branch will

00:30:01.180 --> 00:30:01.799
 bear fruit.

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.779
 The spirit of

00:30:02.779 --> 00:30:03.319
 the Lord will

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:04.119
 rest on him

00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:04.679
 and it

00:30:04.679 --> 00:30:05.339
 goes on and

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:05.579
 then it

00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:06.059
 comes down

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.679
 and says in

00:30:06.679 --> 00:30:07.639
 verse 3 and

00:30:07.639 --> 00:30:08.299
 he will

00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:09.659
 delight in

00:30:09.659 --> 00:30:10.659
 the fear

00:30:10.659 --> 00:30:12.000
 of the

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.339
 Lord.

00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:15.339
 Oh we see

00:30:15.339 --> 00:30:15.899
 that here.

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.319
 We see

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:18.980
 that Jesus

00:30:18.980 --> 00:30:21.579
 is saying

00:30:21.579 --> 00:30:22.220
 something which

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:23.000
 should strike

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.919
 fear into

00:30:23.919 --> 00:30:24.480
 the heart

00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:25.859
 of this

00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:26.179
 man.

00:30:26.339 --> 00:30:27.039
 A good,

00:30:27.179 --> 00:30:27.619
 a right,

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:28.179
 a proper

00:30:28.179 --> 00:30:28.639
 fear.

00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:29.279
 Stop

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:30.159
 sinning.

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:31.360
 you've

00:30:31.360 --> 00:30:31.740
 been made

00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:31.980
 well.

00:30:32.100 --> 00:30:32.360
 Stop

00:30:32.360 --> 00:30:32.920
 sinning

00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:33.720
 or something

00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:35.180
 worse may

00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:35.800
 happen to

00:30:35.800 --> 00:30:36.100
 you.

00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:38.519
 Grace

00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:40.040
 and truth.

00:30:43.340 --> 00:30:44.060
 And so I

00:30:44.060 --> 00:30:44.440
 just want to

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:44.960
 leave us with

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:45.960
 that question

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.600
 and encourage

00:30:46.600 --> 00:30:47.140
 us to

00:30:47.140 --> 00:30:47.920
 reflect

00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:49.360
 and to

00:30:49.360 --> 00:30:49.880
 ask the

00:30:49.880 --> 00:30:50.100
 Lord,

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:51.759
 what are

00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.400
 those places

00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:53.200
 in my life,

00:30:53.300 --> 00:30:53.700
 ways,

00:30:54.320 --> 00:30:54.840
 behaviors,

00:30:55.580 --> 00:30:56.000
 habits,

00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:57.200
 patterns,

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:58.519
 attitudes,

00:30:59.080 --> 00:31:00.720
 perhaps where

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.039
 I've been

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:02.779
 taking your

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.340
 grace for

00:31:03.340 --> 00:31:03.759
 granted,

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:05.819
 where I've

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.220
 been thinking

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:06.620
 of those

00:31:06.620 --> 00:31:06.980
 things,

00:31:07.100 --> 00:31:07.840
 those that

00:31:07.840 --> 00:31:08.279
 I know

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:08.819
 are sin

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.539
 or wrong

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:09.840
 as,

00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:10.400
 oh they're

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:10.779
 no big

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:11.240
 deal.

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:13.380
 I'm good,

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.860
 I'm a

00:31:14.860 --> 00:31:15.299
 Christian,

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.059
 I believe

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:16.700
 in Jesus,

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:17.700
 I'll have

00:31:17.700 --> 00:31:19.620
 your favor,

00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:22.759
 but don't

00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:23.480
 tell me

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:23.799
 that I

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.120
 need to

00:31:24.120 --> 00:31:24.720
 change.

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:27.339
 Of course

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:27.940
 it's only

00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:28.380
 the Lord

00:31:28.380 --> 00:31:28.779
 who can

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.559
 really show

00:31:29.559 --> 00:31:30.100
 each one

00:31:30.100 --> 00:31:30.380
 of us

00:31:30.380 --> 00:31:30.640
 in our

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:30.960
 hearts,

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:31.900
 in our

00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:32.259
 lives,

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:32.740
 what those

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.240
 things are,

00:31:33.299 --> 00:31:33.579
 but I'd

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.140
 encourage you

00:31:34.140 --> 00:31:34.600
 this week

00:31:34.600 --> 00:31:35.059
 to take

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:35.680
 time to

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:36.700
 pray about

00:31:36.700 --> 00:31:36.940
 that,

00:31:37.000 --> 00:31:37.360
 to think

00:31:37.360 --> 00:31:38.019
 about that.

00:31:40.180 --> 00:31:40.860
 Do we

00:31:40.860 --> 00:31:41.380
 realize

00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:42.279
 just who

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:43.839
 Jesus is?

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:47.740
 Do you

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:48.200
 know that

00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:48.900
 Jesus has

00:31:48.900 --> 00:31:49.299
 come,

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:51.160
 not just

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:52.079
 to fix

00:31:52.079 --> 00:31:52.600
 your immediate

00:31:52.600 --> 00:31:53.100
 problems,

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.880
 but to make

00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:54.600
 you well

00:31:54.600 --> 00:31:55.180
 in the

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.660
 ultimate

00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:56.100
 sense,

00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:56.620
 to give

00:31:56.620 --> 00:31:57.560
 you life,

00:31:58.000 --> 00:31:59.120
 to bring

00:31:59.120 --> 00:31:59.680
 you back

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:00.300
 into a

00:32:00.300 --> 00:32:00.880
 right and

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:01.400
 proper,

00:32:02.300 --> 00:32:03.960
 good kind

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.600
 of fear,

00:32:05.040 --> 00:32:05.560
 love

00:32:05.560 --> 00:32:06.340
 relationship

00:32:06.340 --> 00:32:07.140
 with God,

00:32:07.760 --> 00:32:08.180
 the God

00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:08.600
 who made

00:32:08.600 --> 00:32:08.840
 you,

00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:09.540
 and who

00:32:09.540 --> 00:32:10.100
 loves you?

00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:12.380
 Do you

00:32:12.380 --> 00:32:12.920
 believe that

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.540
 he is the

00:32:13.540 --> 00:32:13.900
 son of

00:32:13.900 --> 00:32:14.240
 God?

00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:17.600
 I hope

00:32:17.600 --> 00:32:18.000
 you do,

00:32:18.820 --> 00:32:20.660
 and I

00:32:20.660 --> 00:32:21.180
 hope that

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:23.940
 you will

00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:24.779
 hear his

00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:26.060
 words and

00:32:26.060 --> 00:32:26.720
 respond to

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.940
 them in

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:28.660
 whatever ways

00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:29.580
 he leads

00:32:29.580 --> 00:32:30.019
 you to

00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:32.779
 today and

00:32:32.779 --> 00:32:33.000
 in the

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:33.500
 week ahead.

00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:35.460
 Let's pray.

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:37.519
 Father in

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:37.700
 heaven,

00:32:37.860 --> 00:32:38.420
 thank you so

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:38.779
 much for

00:32:38.779 --> 00:32:39.400
 these words.

00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.420
 They are

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:42.460
 serious words,

00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.380
 but they

00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:43.960
 are words

00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:45.200
 of life.

00:32:46.580 --> 00:32:47.299
 They are

00:32:47.299 --> 00:32:47.900
 words of

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 grace,

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 and we

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.140
 need them.

00:32:52.300 --> 00:32:53.040
 Lord, we

00:32:53.040 --> 00:32:53.519
 ask that

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.019
 you would

00:32:54.019 --> 00:32:56.920
 convict us

00:32:56.920 --> 00:32:57.680
 of our

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:58.120
 sin

00:32:58.120 --> 00:32:59.759
 again.

00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:01.900
 Remind us

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 of those

00:33:02.220 --> 00:33:02.720
 ways where

00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:03.200
 we have

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 blown it.

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 But even

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:07.600
 as we pray

00:33:07.600 --> 00:33:08.120
 that, we

00:33:08.120 --> 00:33:08.920
 thank you

00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:09.759
 that you

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.360
 sent your

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 son to

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 be the

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 atoning

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:14.180
 sacrifice,

00:33:14.800 --> 00:33:15.380
 the lamb

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 that we

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 needed so

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 that we

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:19.120
 could be

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 forgiven and

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 cleansed of

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 all of our

00:33:22.120 --> 00:33:22.799
 sins against

00:33:22.799 --> 00:33:23.460
 you once

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:23.880
 and for

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 all.

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 And so

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 it's with

00:33:28.340 --> 00:33:29.880
 joy that

00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:30.519
 we ask you

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 to do your

00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:32.120
 good work

00:33:32.120 --> 00:33:33.220
 of cleansing,

00:33:33.500 --> 00:33:34.080
 of searching,

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 of exposing

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 in our

00:33:36.580 --> 00:33:36.980
 hearts.

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 And we

00:33:39.860 --> 00:33:40.220
 thank you

00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:40.660
 that one

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:42.060
 day we

00:33:42.060 --> 00:33:42.560
 will be

00:33:42.560 --> 00:33:42.940
 made

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:44.100
 perfect.

00:33:44.099 --> 00:33:44.240
 perfect.

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 And we

00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:47.139
 will receive

00:33:47.139 --> 00:33:47.599
 the gift

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 of life,

00:33:48.619 --> 00:33:48.939
 those of

00:33:48.939 --> 00:33:49.279
 us who

00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:49.799
 believe in

00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:50.240
 your name.

00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:53.699
 We say

00:33:53.699 --> 00:33:54.079
 all this

00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:54.740
 in Jesus'

00:33:54.959 --> 00:33:55.179
 name.

00:33:56.480 --> 00:33:56.799
 Amen.

00:33:56.799 --> 00:33:56.959
 Amen.

00:33:56.959 --> 00:33:56.980
 Amen.

00:33:56.980 --> 00:33:57.000
 Amen.

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:57.019
 Amen.

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.039
 Amen.

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:57.059
 Amen.

00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:57.099
 Amen.

00:33:57.099 --> 00:33:57.119
 Amen.

00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:57.139
 Amen.

00:33:57.139 --> 00:33:57.219
 Amen.

00:33:57.219 --> 00:33:57.279
 Amen.

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:57.319
 Amen.

00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:57.399
 Amen.

00:33:57.399 --> 00:33:57.419
 Amen.