WEBVTT

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.140
 Well, amen and good morning.

00:00:03.280 --> 00:00:06.500
 Please join me in John's Gospel, chapter 12.

00:00:06.500 --> 00:00:06.599
 Thank you.

00:00:11.740 --> 00:00:13.440
 Very good to be back with you this morning.

00:00:13.539 --> 00:00:16.980
 Thank you for all of the kind words and well wishes.

00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:26.760
 I'm glad to be here because it means I'm not laying in bed, not feeling well, but also

00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:31.160
 because I just genuinely miss you when I can't be with you on the Lord's day.

00:00:31.460 --> 00:00:33.159
 I'm so happy to be back.

00:00:33.159 --> 00:00:39.000
 Our text for today is John, chapter 12, verses 20 through 29.

00:00:41.799 --> 00:00:47.079
 As we've been working our way through John's Gospel, particularly over these last several weeks,

00:00:47.679 --> 00:00:53.019
 we've been observing something that I think is essential to a proper understanding of Jesus Christ

00:00:53.019 --> 00:00:56.379
 and the nature of the salvation he came to accomplish.

00:00:56.380 --> 00:01:06.299
 It is possible to recognize certain truths about Jesus while fundamentally misunderstanding the significance of those truths.

00:01:07.260 --> 00:01:12.379
 Indeed, it is possible to possess a reasonably accurate understanding of his identity,

00:01:13.379 --> 00:01:19.540
 acknowledge his miraculous power, and even celebrate his arrival as the promised Messiah

00:01:19.540 --> 00:01:24.800
 while remaining deeply confused about the purpose for which he came.

00:01:25.760 --> 00:01:32.719
 And this is precisely the situation that confronted us in our previous passage two weeks ago.

00:01:33.680 --> 00:01:39.440
 When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the crowds welcomed him with palm branches and cries of praise.

00:01:39.439 --> 00:01:44.859
 They identified him as the king of Israel, the one who came in the name of the Lord,

00:01:44.959 --> 00:01:50.200
 and in doing so, they employed language drawn directly from the scripture.

00:01:51.420 --> 00:01:55.439
 Their identification of Jesus as king was correct.

00:01:56.280 --> 00:02:01.840
 Their expectation that God would fulfill his covenant promises through this king was also correct.

00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:10.939
 But as we observe, their understanding of the manner in which Jesus would establish his kingdom was deeply deficient.

00:02:12.280 --> 00:02:18.659
 They anticipated a Messiah whose triumph would be manifested through the defeat of their political enemies

00:02:18.659 --> 00:02:23.060
 and the restoration of Israel's national prominence.

00:02:23.819 --> 00:02:27.879
 They were looking for the kind of victory that would be immediately recognizable

00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:32.159
 according to the ordinary expectations of human power.

00:02:33.539 --> 00:02:37.900
 And yet, Jesus entered Jerusalem riding on a donkey.

00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:45.379
 In fulfillment of Zacharias' prophecy concerning the humble king who would bring salvation and peace.

00:02:46.460 --> 00:02:49.199
 But the crowds did not understand,

00:02:49.319 --> 00:02:55.340
 and what even the disciples would not fully comprehend until after Jesus had been glorified,

00:02:55.340 --> 00:03:01.560
 was that the promised king would secure his victory by suffering and dying.

00:03:02.300 --> 00:03:07.780
 The king would conquer through apparent defeat.

00:03:08.659 --> 00:03:14.379
 The one who possesses authority over death would voluntarily submit himself to death.

00:03:14.379 --> 00:03:17.879
 And the glory of the Son of God would be revealed,

00:03:18.099 --> 00:03:20.199
 not merely in his miraculous works,

00:03:20.539 --> 00:03:23.319
 or in the public enthusiasm surrounding his arrival,

00:03:23.780 --> 00:03:29.039
 but supremely in the humiliation and suffering of the cross.

00:03:30.699 --> 00:03:34.500
 So, that brings us to our passage this morning,

00:03:34.620 --> 00:03:41.139
 where John records a remarkable development in the events surrounding Jesus' final Passover.

00:03:41.139 --> 00:03:46.079
 Some Gentiles, the text specifically calls them Greeks,

00:03:46.239 --> 00:03:51.679
 arrive in Jerusalem and express a desire to see Jesus.

00:03:52.919 --> 00:03:58.219
 That might initially strike us as a rather insignificant detail.

00:03:58.359 --> 00:04:01.239
 Perhaps you've read right past this before,

00:04:02.119 --> 00:04:06.219
 especially when compared with the extraordinary events that have already taken place.

00:04:06.219 --> 00:04:11.659
 After all, Jesus has attracted considerable attention throughout his ministry,

00:04:12.280 --> 00:04:18.040
 and the presence of a few more interested individuals might seem hardly worthy of mention.

00:04:19.319 --> 00:04:23.439
 But John's gospel is not simply a chronological account

00:04:23.439 --> 00:04:27.079
 of everything that happened during the earthly ministry of Christ.

00:04:27.939 --> 00:04:32.379
 John is carefully selecting and arranging historical events

00:04:32.379 --> 00:04:38.779
 to communicate particular theological truths about the person and work of Jesus.

00:04:39.879 --> 00:04:43.420
 And the arrival of these Gentiles becomes the occasion

00:04:43.420 --> 00:04:49.180
 for one of the most significant declarations Jesus makes concerning his approaching death.

00:04:50.480 --> 00:04:52.360
 Throughout John's gospel,

00:04:53.399 --> 00:04:59.519
 Jesus has repeatedly explained that his hour had not yet come.

00:05:00.100 --> 00:05:01.740
 We'll look at that more in a bit.

00:05:01.740 --> 00:05:05.560
 But here, in verse 23,

00:05:06.560 --> 00:05:11.280
 Jesus announces that the hour has finally arrived.

00:05:12.439 --> 00:05:15.879
 And what follows is an explanation of the astonishing relationship

00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:18.439
 between his death, his glory,

00:05:19.160 --> 00:05:20.639
 the salvation of the nations,

00:05:20.860 --> 00:05:24.439
 and the lives of those who would follow him.

00:05:25.819 --> 00:05:27.360
 So without further ado,

00:05:27.560 --> 00:05:31.079
 let's pray and then we'll begin reading in verse 20.

00:05:31.740 --> 00:05:32.620
 Father God,

00:05:32.680 --> 00:05:37.060
 we ask that you would help us today as we take up your word together.

00:05:37.860 --> 00:05:41.660
 We want to rightly understand it and apply it in our lives,

00:05:41.699 --> 00:05:47.139
 and we humbly recognize that it's impossible to do this without your help.

00:05:47.139 --> 00:05:52.339
 We know that this text was written for your glory and for our good,

00:05:52.339 --> 00:05:55.939
 and so we ask that you would help us believe its promises,

00:05:56.159 --> 00:05:57.279
 obey its commands,

00:05:57.659 --> 00:06:01.219
 and have affection for you, its author.

00:06:01.220 --> 00:06:05.360
 And we pray all of this in the name of Christ.

00:06:06.360 --> 00:06:06.720
 Amen.

00:06:08.400 --> 00:06:10.520
 John chapter 12, beginning in verse 20.

00:06:10.519 --> 00:06:14.839
 Now, among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks.

00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:19.839
 So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee,

00:06:20.079 --> 00:06:20.919
 and asked him,

00:06:21.439 --> 00:06:23.319
 Sir, we wish to see Jesus.

00:06:24.399 --> 00:06:26.219
 Philip went and told Andrew.

00:06:26.899 --> 00:06:29.279
 Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.

00:06:29.279 --> 00:06:31.859
 And Jesus answered them,

00:06:32.699 --> 00:06:36.519
 The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

00:06:37.639 --> 00:06:38.899
 Truly, truly, I say to you,

00:06:38.979 --> 00:06:41.939
 unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies,

00:06:42.039 --> 00:06:43.519
 it remains alone.

00:06:44.219 --> 00:06:45.279
 But if it dies,

00:06:45.859 --> 00:06:46.919
 it bears much fruit.

00:06:48.099 --> 00:06:50.399
 Whoever loves his life loses it,

00:06:50.779 --> 00:06:54.939
 and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

00:06:54.939 --> 00:06:57.360
 If anyone serves me,

00:06:57.439 --> 00:06:58.259
 he must follow me,

00:06:58.319 --> 00:06:59.339
 and where I am,

00:06:59.600 --> 00:07:01.360
 there will my servant be also.

00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:03.660
 If anyone serves me,

00:07:04.040 --> 00:07:05.939
 the Father will honor him.

00:07:07.199 --> 00:07:09.160
 Now is my soul troubled,

00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:11.360
 and what shall I say?

00:07:12.180 --> 00:07:13.659
 Father, save me from this hour?

00:07:14.720 --> 00:07:16.019
 But for this purpose,

00:07:16.159 --> 00:07:17.920
 I have come to this hour.

00:07:18.699 --> 00:07:20.899
 Father, glorify your name.

00:07:21.899 --> 00:07:24.579
 Then a voice came from heaven,

00:07:24.939 --> 00:07:27.079
 I have glorified it,

00:07:27.420 --> 00:07:29.660
 and I will glorify it again.

00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:34.920
 The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered.

00:07:35.819 --> 00:07:36.639
 Others said,

00:07:37.259 --> 00:07:39.160
 An angel has spoken to him.

00:07:40.540 --> 00:07:43.120
 Now I will enumerate them for you now,

00:07:43.240 --> 00:07:46.519
 but we'll look at this text in five points.

00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:48.680
 You can be listening out for them.

00:07:49.519 --> 00:07:50.959
 Point number one,

00:07:50.959 --> 00:07:54.259
 the arrival of the hour,

00:07:54.379 --> 00:07:57.199
 which we'll see in those first four verses,

00:07:57.459 --> 00:07:59.599
 20 through 23.

00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:02.659
 Notice how John begins.

00:08:02.779 --> 00:08:06.839
 He tells us that among those who had traveled to Jerusalem to worship at the feast

00:08:06.839 --> 00:08:09.060
 were some Greeks.

00:08:10.060 --> 00:08:13.079
 Now, before we consider the significance of their presence,

00:08:13.159 --> 00:08:15.759
 we need to remember what has just happened.

00:08:15.759 --> 00:08:18.439
 At the conclusion of our previous passage,

00:08:18.579 --> 00:08:19.420
 in verse 19,

00:08:19.759 --> 00:08:21.959
 the Pharisees expressed their frustration

00:08:21.959 --> 00:08:25.680
 over the apparent inability of the religious establishment

00:08:25.680 --> 00:08:28.980
 to contain Jesus' growing influence.

00:08:29.779 --> 00:08:33.700
 They complained that their efforts were accomplishing nothing,

00:08:33.700 --> 00:08:39.400
 and then they made a statement that was intended as an expression of exasperation,

00:08:39.520 --> 00:08:45.560
 but proved to be remarkably significant in light of what John records next.

00:08:46.440 --> 00:08:51.080
 They declared that the whole world was going after Jesus.

00:08:52.400 --> 00:08:53.240
 Of course,

00:08:53.780 --> 00:08:57.879
 the Pharisees were speaking with a certain degree of exaggeration.

00:08:57.879 --> 00:09:01.720
 They were frustrated by the crowds who had gathered around Jesus,

00:09:01.860 --> 00:09:04.639
 and they were alarmed by the possibility that his popularity

00:09:04.639 --> 00:09:08.340
 would undermine their position among the people.

00:09:09.679 --> 00:09:12.379
 But John immediately follows their complaint

00:09:12.379 --> 00:09:15.539
 by introducing a group of Gentiles

00:09:15.539 --> 00:09:18.899
 who have come looking for Jesus.

00:09:19.539 --> 00:09:22.120
 That sequence is not accidental.

00:09:23.539 --> 00:09:23.779
 Now,

00:09:23.779 --> 00:09:26.120
 John identifies these individuals

00:09:26.120 --> 00:09:27.939
 as Greeks.

00:09:28.339 --> 00:09:29.699
 And in the first century,

00:09:29.860 --> 00:09:31.959
 the term was frequently used

00:09:31.959 --> 00:09:34.579
 to identify Greek-speaking Gentiles

00:09:34.579 --> 00:09:36.699
 from various parts of the Roman world.

00:09:37.259 --> 00:09:38.379
 And the point is this,

00:09:38.480 --> 00:09:40.379
 and you'll see this repeatedly throughout Scripture,

00:09:40.899 --> 00:09:43.480
 that these are not Jewish people

00:09:43.480 --> 00:09:45.120
 seeking Jesus.

00:09:46.220 --> 00:09:48.519
 The fact that they had come to Jerusalem

00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:49.919
 to worship during Passover

00:09:49.919 --> 00:09:51.759
 suggests that they possessed

00:09:51.759 --> 00:09:53.740
 some meaningful interest

00:09:53.740 --> 00:09:55.879
 in the God of Israel,

00:09:56.200 --> 00:09:57.740
 which I assume

00:09:57.740 --> 00:10:00.080
 fuels their interest

00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:01.019
 in Jesus

00:10:01.019 --> 00:10:02.700
 and what he has to say.

00:10:04.139 --> 00:10:05.799
 Look at verse 21.

00:10:06.080 --> 00:10:07.720
 They approach

00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:08.720
 Philip,

00:10:08.860 --> 00:10:10.220
 who John identifies

00:10:10.220 --> 00:10:12.480
 as being from Bethsaida

00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:13.460
 in Galilee,

00:10:13.779 --> 00:10:15.439
 and they express their desire

00:10:15.439 --> 00:10:17.039
 to him to see Jesus.

00:10:18.059 --> 00:10:19.379
 They likely approach Philip

00:10:19.379 --> 00:10:22.000
 because his Greek name,

00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:23.039
 his name is Greek,

00:10:23.320 --> 00:10:24.980
 or his association

00:10:24.980 --> 00:10:26.080
 with a region

00:10:26.080 --> 00:10:27.639
 containing substantial

00:10:27.639 --> 00:10:29.279
 Gentile influence

00:10:29.279 --> 00:10:30.700
 made him seem

00:10:30.700 --> 00:10:31.720
 accessible,

00:10:32.059 --> 00:10:32.519
 perhaps,

00:10:32.700 --> 00:10:32.860
 right?

00:10:32.919 --> 00:10:33.919
 A bridge

00:10:33.919 --> 00:10:35.659
 to being able

00:10:35.659 --> 00:10:36.439
 to speak

00:10:36.439 --> 00:10:37.200
 to Jesus.

00:10:37.559 --> 00:10:38.559
 And this is their request.

00:10:38.639 --> 00:10:39.299
 They want to

00:10:39.299 --> 00:10:40.860
 see Jesus,

00:10:41.000 --> 00:10:41.659
 but they're not merely

00:10:41.659 --> 00:10:42.419
 asking Philip

00:10:42.419 --> 00:10:43.860
 to point Jesus out

00:10:43.860 --> 00:10:44.500
 in the crowd,

00:10:44.759 --> 00:10:44.919
 like,

00:10:44.980 --> 00:10:46.100
 let us have a look at him.

00:10:46.720 --> 00:10:47.840
 They're seeking an opportunity

00:10:47.840 --> 00:10:49.240
 to meet him,

00:10:50.180 --> 00:10:50.940
 speak with him,

00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:51.540
 or at least

00:10:51.540 --> 00:10:53.540
 to gain some personal access

00:10:53.540 --> 00:10:54.340
 to the one

00:10:54.340 --> 00:10:55.620
 whose ministry

00:10:55.620 --> 00:10:56.379
 had attracted

00:10:56.379 --> 00:10:57.639
 such extraordinary

00:10:57.639 --> 00:10:58.780
 attention.

00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:01.000
 Philip,

00:11:01.399 --> 00:11:02.000
 evidently,

00:11:02.240 --> 00:11:03.200
 doesn't know

00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:04.700
 exactly how to respond

00:11:04.700 --> 00:11:05.899
 because verse 22

00:11:05.899 --> 00:11:06.420
 tells us

00:11:06.420 --> 00:11:07.019
 that he goes

00:11:07.019 --> 00:11:08.240
 to Andrew,

00:11:08.800 --> 00:11:09.980
 and then the two of them

00:11:09.980 --> 00:11:10.980
 bring the request

00:11:10.980 --> 00:11:12.500
 to Jesus.

00:11:13.080 --> 00:11:14.200
 The assumption here

00:11:14.200 --> 00:11:14.960
 is that he goes

00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:15.360
 to Andrew.

00:11:15.460 --> 00:11:16.900
 Can we do this?

00:11:16.899 --> 00:11:17.659
 Is this the thing

00:11:17.659 --> 00:11:18.000
 that would be

00:11:18.000 --> 00:11:19.220
 appropriate to do?

00:11:19.959 --> 00:11:20.980
 And then they go

00:11:20.980 --> 00:11:22.740
 together to Jesus.

00:11:24.419 --> 00:11:25.480
 Why does John

00:11:25.480 --> 00:11:28.379
 record this request?

00:11:29.379 --> 00:11:31.139
 And why does Jesus

00:11:31.139 --> 00:11:32.399
 respond to it

00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:33.360
 in the way

00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:34.879
 that he does?

00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:37.120
 Because if you

00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:38.139
 look carefully

00:11:38.139 --> 00:11:39.439
 at verse 23,

00:11:40.439 --> 00:11:41.199
 Jesus seems to

00:11:41.199 --> 00:11:42.019
 provide an answer

00:11:42.019 --> 00:11:43.259
 that has very little

00:11:43.259 --> 00:11:44.360
 to do with what

00:11:44.360 --> 00:11:45.460
 Philip and Andrew

00:11:45.460 --> 00:11:47.160
 have just told him.

00:11:48.340 --> 00:11:49.100
 They report

00:11:49.100 --> 00:11:49.879
 that some Greeks

00:11:49.879 --> 00:11:50.820
 wish to see him,

00:11:51.019 --> 00:11:51.900
 and Jesus responds

00:11:51.900 --> 00:11:52.720
 by announcing

00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:53.780
 that his hour

00:11:53.780 --> 00:11:55.220
 has come.

00:11:56.280 --> 00:11:56.800
 He launches

00:11:56.800 --> 00:11:58.360
 into something

00:11:58.360 --> 00:11:59.080
 that seems

00:11:59.080 --> 00:11:59.840
 unrelated

00:11:59.840 --> 00:12:01.100
 at first.

00:12:02.800 --> 00:12:03.300
 John never

00:12:03.300 --> 00:12:04.340
 explicitly tells us

00:12:04.340 --> 00:12:05.080
 whether these Greeks

00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:06.200
 received the

00:12:06.200 --> 00:12:07.320
 personal audience

00:12:07.320 --> 00:12:08.000
 that they

00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:09.379
 requested.

00:12:10.120 --> 00:12:11.280
 I like to assume

00:12:11.280 --> 00:12:11.700
 that they're

00:12:11.700 --> 00:12:13.160
 still standing around

00:12:13.159 --> 00:12:14.980
 as Jesus speaks,

00:12:15.100 --> 00:12:15.779
 but we don't know

00:12:15.779 --> 00:12:16.299
 for sure,

00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:17.339
 and I think

00:12:17.339 --> 00:12:18.779
 that that omission

00:12:18.779 --> 00:12:20.279
 is significant.

00:12:21.319 --> 00:12:22.139
 Because John

00:12:22.139 --> 00:12:22.779
 wants us

00:12:22.779 --> 00:12:24.059
 to look beyond

00:12:24.059 --> 00:12:24.919
 the question

00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:25.579
 of whether these

00:12:25.579 --> 00:12:26.659
 particular individuals

00:12:26.659 --> 00:12:27.539
 were able to meet

00:12:27.539 --> 00:12:28.120
 Jesus,

00:12:29.079 --> 00:12:29.839
 and recognize

00:12:29.839 --> 00:12:31.500
 what their arrival

00:12:31.500 --> 00:12:32.399
 represents

00:12:32.399 --> 00:12:33.659
 in the unfolding

00:12:33.659 --> 00:12:34.600
 purpose

00:12:34.600 --> 00:12:36.159
 of God.

00:12:37.220 --> 00:12:38.040
 Remember what

00:12:38.040 --> 00:12:39.259
 John told us

00:12:39.259 --> 00:12:41.360
 in chapter 11.

00:12:42.560 --> 00:12:43.279
 Following the

00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:43.920
 resurrection of

00:12:43.920 --> 00:12:44.420
 Lazarus,

00:12:44.480 --> 00:12:45.240
 the Jewish council

00:12:45.240 --> 00:12:46.500
 gathered to consider

00:12:46.500 --> 00:12:47.379
 what should be done

00:12:47.379 --> 00:12:47.960
 about Jesus,

00:12:48.259 --> 00:12:49.340
 and Caiaphas,

00:12:49.460 --> 00:12:50.279
 the high priest,

00:12:50.420 --> 00:12:51.139
 argued that it would be

00:12:51.139 --> 00:12:52.180
 better for one man

00:12:52.180 --> 00:12:53.399
 to die than for

00:12:53.399 --> 00:12:54.480
 the entire nation

00:12:54.480 --> 00:12:55.540
 to perish.

00:12:56.620 --> 00:12:57.000
 But John

00:12:57.000 --> 00:12:57.700
 explained that

00:12:57.700 --> 00:12:58.279
 Caiaphas,

00:12:58.519 --> 00:12:59.279
 without understanding

00:12:59.279 --> 00:13:00.360
 the full significance

00:13:00.360 --> 00:13:02.100
 of his own words,

00:13:02.100 --> 00:13:03.500
 had prophesied

00:13:03.500 --> 00:13:04.139
 concerning

00:13:04.139 --> 00:13:04.840
 the death

00:13:04.840 --> 00:13:05.480
 of Christ.

00:13:06.740 --> 00:13:07.420
 Jesus would die

00:13:07.420 --> 00:13:08.060
 for the nation,

00:13:08.600 --> 00:13:09.300
 but not for

00:13:09.300 --> 00:13:10.080
 the nation

00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:10.920
 only.

00:13:11.840 --> 00:13:12.279
 His death

00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:13.460
 would also result

00:13:13.460 --> 00:13:14.159
 in the gathering

00:13:14.159 --> 00:13:15.000
 together of

00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:16.360
 God's scattered

00:13:16.360 --> 00:13:16.820
 children.

00:13:18.019 --> 00:13:18.980
 That statement

00:13:18.980 --> 00:13:20.159
 in John 11,

00:13:20.320 --> 00:13:21.240
 verse 51

00:13:21.240 --> 00:13:22.220
 and 52,

00:13:22.500 --> 00:13:23.200
 anticipates

00:13:23.200 --> 00:13:24.019
 the reality

00:13:24.019 --> 00:13:25.159
 we begin to see

00:13:25.159 --> 00:13:25.820
 represented

00:13:25.820 --> 00:13:27.399
 in this passage.

00:13:28.639 --> 00:13:29.180
 Jesus has not

00:13:29.180 --> 00:13:29.600
 merely

00:13:29.600 --> 00:13:31.920
 come to secure

00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:32.839
 the salvation

00:13:32.839 --> 00:13:33.799
 of ethnic

00:13:33.799 --> 00:13:34.559
 Israel.

00:13:35.559 --> 00:13:36.419
 He has come

00:13:36.419 --> 00:13:37.419
 as the promised

00:13:37.419 --> 00:13:39.039
 offspring of Abraham,

00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:40.459
 through whom

00:13:40.459 --> 00:13:41.199
 the nations

00:13:41.199 --> 00:13:42.319
 of the earth

00:13:42.319 --> 00:13:43.399
 will be blessed.

00:13:44.439 --> 00:13:45.799
 He is the servant

00:13:45.799 --> 00:13:47.559
 anticipated by Isaiah,

00:13:47.879 --> 00:13:48.559
 whose mission

00:13:48.559 --> 00:13:49.240
 would extend

00:13:49.240 --> 00:13:50.319
 beyond the restoration

00:13:50.319 --> 00:13:50.979
 of Israel

00:13:50.979 --> 00:13:51.599
 to the bringing

00:13:51.599 --> 00:13:52.719
 of God's salvation

00:13:52.719 --> 00:13:53.659
 to the ends

00:13:53.659 --> 00:13:55.039
 of the earth.

00:13:55.899 --> 00:13:57.059
 He is the king

00:13:57.059 --> 00:13:58.439
 of Zechariah,

00:13:58.620 --> 00:14:00.019
 chapter 9.

00:14:00.159 --> 00:14:00.980
 You may remember

00:14:00.980 --> 00:14:02.060
 we read some

00:14:02.060 --> 00:14:02.460
 of that

00:14:02.460 --> 00:14:03.820
 two weeks ago

00:14:03.820 --> 00:14:04.620
 in case you

00:14:04.620 --> 00:14:05.379
 don't.

00:14:05.620 --> 00:14:06.580
 Verses 9 and 10.

00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:08.659
 Rejoice greatly,

00:14:08.820 --> 00:14:09.700
 O daughter of Zion.

00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:10.920
 Shout aloud,

00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:12.320
 O daughter of Jerusalem.

00:14:13.120 --> 00:14:13.720
 Behold,

00:14:13.860 --> 00:14:14.560
 your king

00:14:14.560 --> 00:14:15.659
 is coming to you.

00:14:16.240 --> 00:14:16.740
 Righteous

00:14:16.740 --> 00:14:17.779
 and having salvation

00:14:17.779 --> 00:14:18.460
 is he,

00:14:18.940 --> 00:14:19.779
 humble and

00:14:19.779 --> 00:14:21.100
 mounted on a donkey,

00:14:21.100 --> 00:14:22.060
 on a colt

00:14:22.060 --> 00:14:22.899
 the foal

00:14:22.899 --> 00:14:24.180
 of a donkey.

00:14:24.179 --> 00:14:26.019
 I will cut off

00:14:26.019 --> 00:14:26.639
 the chariot

00:14:26.639 --> 00:14:27.539
 from Ephraim

00:14:27.539 --> 00:14:28.339
 and the war horse

00:14:28.339 --> 00:14:29.099
 from Jerusalem

00:14:29.099 --> 00:14:30.759
 and the battle bow

00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:31.639
 shall be cut off

00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:32.459
 and he shall speak

00:14:32.459 --> 00:14:34.120
 peace to the nations.

00:14:34.979 --> 00:14:36.099
 His rule shall be

00:14:36.099 --> 00:14:37.639
 from sea to sea

00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:38.620
 and from the river

00:14:38.620 --> 00:14:39.739
 to the ends

00:14:39.739 --> 00:14:41.379
 of the earth.

00:14:42.819 --> 00:14:43.739
 The arrival

00:14:43.739 --> 00:14:44.739
 of these Greeks

00:14:44.739 --> 00:14:45.439
 demonstrates

00:14:45.439 --> 00:14:46.699
 that the significance

00:14:46.699 --> 00:14:47.879
 of Jesus' mission

00:14:47.879 --> 00:14:49.459
 cannot be confined

00:14:49.460 --> 00:14:51.160
 to the expectations

00:14:51.160 --> 00:14:52.840
 of the Jewish crowds

00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:54.200
 who welcomed him

00:14:54.200 --> 00:14:55.080
 into Jerusalem.

00:14:56.460 --> 00:14:57.400
 But notice

00:14:57.400 --> 00:14:58.600
 something else.

00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:00.620
 Jesus does not

00:15:00.620 --> 00:15:01.240
 respond

00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:02.180
 to the interest

00:15:02.180 --> 00:15:03.060
 of the Gentiles

00:15:03.060 --> 00:15:03.740
 by announcing

00:15:03.740 --> 00:15:04.580
 the immediate

00:15:04.580 --> 00:15:05.120
 commencement

00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:06.019
 of a worldwide

00:15:06.019 --> 00:15:06.980
 ministry of public

00:15:06.980 --> 00:15:07.400
 teaching.

00:15:08.580 --> 00:15:09.420
 Instead,

00:15:10.259 --> 00:15:11.360
 he announces

00:15:11.360 --> 00:15:12.900
 his approaching

00:15:12.900 --> 00:15:13.920
 death.

00:15:15.280 --> 00:15:16.280
 And that is because

00:15:16.280 --> 00:15:17.280
 the salvation

00:15:17.280 --> 00:15:18.180
 of the nations

00:15:18.179 --> 00:15:20.019
 will not be accomplished

00:15:20.019 --> 00:15:21.299
 simply by extending

00:15:21.299 --> 00:15:23.319
 the geographical reach

00:15:23.319 --> 00:15:25.279
 of Jesus' teaching.

00:15:25.979 --> 00:15:27.519
 It will be accomplished

00:15:27.519 --> 00:15:29.259
 through his sacrificial

00:15:29.259 --> 00:15:30.299
 death.

00:15:31.339 --> 00:15:32.279
 The nations

00:15:32.279 --> 00:15:33.120
 do not merely

00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:34.479
 need an opportunity

00:15:34.479 --> 00:15:35.779
 to hear the wisdom

00:15:35.779 --> 00:15:37.039
 of a remarkable

00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:39.000
 Jewish teacher.

00:15:40.019 --> 00:15:41.159
 They need

00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:42.479
 reconciliation

00:15:42.479 --> 00:15:43.659
 with God.

00:15:44.479 --> 00:15:45.099
 They need

00:15:45.099 --> 00:15:46.039
 forgiveness of sins.

00:15:46.199 --> 00:15:47.159
 They need deliverance

00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:48.699
 from divine judgment.

00:15:48.899 --> 00:15:49.500
 They need

00:15:49.500 --> 00:15:50.699
 a Savior.

00:15:52.699 --> 00:15:53.500
 And the blessings

00:15:53.500 --> 00:15:54.879
 promised to Abraham

00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:55.759
 cannot reach

00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:56.319
 the nations

00:15:56.319 --> 00:15:57.219
 apart from the

00:15:57.219 --> 00:15:58.100
 redemptive work

00:15:58.100 --> 00:15:58.740
 of the one

00:15:58.740 --> 00:15:59.419
 in whom

00:15:59.419 --> 00:16:00.740
 those promises

00:16:00.740 --> 00:16:01.399
 find

00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:02.759
 their fulfillment.

00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:05.159
 Which brings us

00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:05.799
 to Jesus'

00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:07.199
 remarkable declaration

00:16:07.199 --> 00:16:09.000
 in verse 23.

00:16:10.039 --> 00:16:10.759
 The hour

00:16:10.759 --> 00:16:11.759
 has come

00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:13.379
 for the Son of Man

00:16:13.379 --> 00:16:15.399
 to be glorified.

00:16:16.620 --> 00:16:17.419
 Now if you've been

00:16:17.419 --> 00:16:18.000
 paying attention

00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:18.840
 as we've studied

00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:19.679
 John's gospel

00:16:19.679 --> 00:16:20.919
 you should recognize

00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:21.559
 immediately

00:16:21.559 --> 00:16:22.720
 that something

00:16:22.720 --> 00:16:23.820
 momentous

00:16:23.820 --> 00:16:25.000
 has changed

00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:26.679
 previously mentioned.

00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:27.600
 Throughout his ministry

00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:28.620
 Jesus has repeatedly

00:16:28.620 --> 00:16:29.139
 referred

00:16:29.139 --> 00:16:30.700
 to an appointed hour

00:16:30.700 --> 00:16:31.460
 that had not

00:16:31.460 --> 00:16:31.939
 yet

00:16:31.939 --> 00:16:33.279
 arrived.

00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:35.600
 In John 2

00:16:35.600 --> 00:16:36.259
 for example

00:16:36.259 --> 00:16:36.860
 at the wedding

00:16:36.860 --> 00:16:37.580
 in Cana

00:16:37.580 --> 00:16:38.360
 Jesus explained

00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:39.000
 that his hour

00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:39.820
 had not yet

00:16:39.820 --> 00:16:40.340
 come.

00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:42.179
 In John 7

00:16:42.179 --> 00:16:42.859
 when the authorities

00:16:42.859 --> 00:16:43.919
 wanted to arrest him

00:16:43.919 --> 00:16:44.639
 John tells us

00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:45.019
 that they were

00:16:45.019 --> 00:16:46.239
 unable to do so

00:16:46.239 --> 00:16:47.359
 because his hour

00:16:47.359 --> 00:16:48.399
 had not yet

00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:49.459
 come.

00:16:50.239 --> 00:16:50.679
 And again

00:16:50.679 --> 00:16:51.419
 in John 8

00:16:51.419 --> 00:16:52.079
 the same

00:16:52.079 --> 00:16:52.779
 explanation

00:16:52.779 --> 00:16:54.359
 is provided.

00:16:54.479 --> 00:16:54.819
 We've talked

00:16:54.819 --> 00:16:55.179
 about this

00:16:55.179 --> 00:16:56.379
 divine timeline

00:16:56.379 --> 00:16:57.000
 that Jesus

00:16:57.000 --> 00:16:57.639
 is following

00:16:57.639 --> 00:16:58.359
 again

00:16:58.359 --> 00:16:59.500
 and again.

00:17:00.519 --> 00:17:01.079
 We should

00:17:01.079 --> 00:17:01.699
 understand

00:17:01.699 --> 00:17:02.339
 these statements

00:17:02.339 --> 00:17:03.599
 as evidence

00:17:03.599 --> 00:17:05.000
 that the earthly

00:17:05.000 --> 00:17:06.240
 ministry of Jesus

00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:07.200
 unfolded

00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:07.740
 according to

00:17:07.740 --> 00:17:08.419
 the sovereign

00:17:08.419 --> 00:17:09.440
 purpose

00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:10.759
 and timing

00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:12.180
 of his father.

00:17:12.980 --> 00:17:13.700
 His life

00:17:13.700 --> 00:17:14.039
 was not

00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:14.460
 ultimately

00:17:14.460 --> 00:17:14.960
 governed

00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:15.480
 by the

00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:16.019
 hostility

00:17:16.019 --> 00:17:16.640
 of his enemies

00:17:16.640 --> 00:17:18.220
 the enthusiasm

00:17:18.220 --> 00:17:19.420
 of the crowds

00:17:19.420 --> 00:17:20.339
 or the

00:17:20.339 --> 00:17:20.960
 unpredictable

00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:21.839
 circumstances

00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:23.200
 of first century

00:17:23.200 --> 00:17:24.200
 Judea.

00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:25.859
 But now

00:17:25.859 --> 00:17:26.440
 the hour

00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:26.940
 that had

00:17:26.940 --> 00:17:27.420
 repeatedly

00:17:27.420 --> 00:17:28.240
 been described

00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:29.920
 as future

00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:31.339
 has finally

00:17:31.339 --> 00:17:32.900
 arrived.

00:17:34.180 --> 00:17:34.480
 And Jesus

00:17:34.480 --> 00:17:35.539
 identifies that hour

00:17:35.539 --> 00:17:36.519
 as the hour

00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:38.480
 of his glorification.

00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:38.599
 salvation.

00:17:40.160 --> 00:17:40.720
 Now

00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:41.140
 that ought

00:17:41.140 --> 00:17:41.539
 to make us

00:17:41.539 --> 00:17:42.360
 think carefully

00:17:42.360 --> 00:17:43.059
 about the

00:17:43.059 --> 00:17:43.779
 nature of

00:17:43.779 --> 00:17:45.180
 his glory.

00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:46.539
 Because when

00:17:46.539 --> 00:17:47.339
 we hear that

00:17:47.339 --> 00:17:47.980
 the son of man

00:17:47.980 --> 00:17:48.740
 is about to be

00:17:48.740 --> 00:17:49.799
 glorified

00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:50.240
 we might

00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:50.980
 naturally

00:17:50.980 --> 00:17:51.680
 anticipate

00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:52.160
 some

00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:52.940
 extraordinary

00:17:52.940 --> 00:17:53.500
 public

00:17:53.500 --> 00:17:54.180
 demonstration

00:17:54.180 --> 00:17:55.620
 of divine

00:17:55.620 --> 00:17:56.980
 majesty.

00:17:57.980 --> 00:17:58.539
 Perhaps

00:17:58.539 --> 00:17:58.819
 we would

00:17:58.819 --> 00:17:59.259
 expect a

00:17:59.259 --> 00:17:59.660
 manifestation

00:17:59.660 --> 00:18:00.240
 of heavenly

00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:00.660
 power

00:18:00.660 --> 00:18:01.640
 the visible

00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:02.099
 defeat of

00:18:02.099 --> 00:18:02.559
 his opponents

00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:03.079
 or the

00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:03.599
 immediate

00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:04.160
 establishment

00:18:04.160 --> 00:18:04.559
 of his

00:18:04.559 --> 00:18:05.059
 kingdom

00:18:05.059 --> 00:18:05.680
 in a manner

00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:06.500
 that no one

00:18:06.500 --> 00:18:08.259
 could deny.

00:18:08.480 --> 00:18:10.380
 And certainly

00:18:10.380 --> 00:18:11.880
 the glorification

00:18:11.880 --> 00:18:12.380
 of Jesus

00:18:12.380 --> 00:18:13.120
 includes

00:18:13.120 --> 00:18:14.400
 his resurrection

00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:16.720
 his exaltation

00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:17.079
 to the

00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:17.519
 father's

00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:18.200
 right hand

00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:18.559
 that's where

00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:19.039
 my mind

00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:19.799
 rushes off

00:18:19.799 --> 00:18:20.039
 to

00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:21.099
 and his

00:18:21.099 --> 00:18:22.240
 return

00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:22.779
 to the

00:18:22.779 --> 00:18:23.059
 glory

00:18:23.059 --> 00:18:23.480
 that he

00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:23.880
 possessed

00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:24.200
 with the

00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:24.480
 father

00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:24.980
 before

00:18:24.980 --> 00:18:25.819
 the world

00:18:25.819 --> 00:18:27.180
 existed.

00:18:28.500 --> 00:18:29.299
 But in

00:18:29.299 --> 00:18:29.680
 John's

00:18:29.680 --> 00:18:30.059
 gospel

00:18:30.059 --> 00:18:31.200
 we should

00:18:31.200 --> 00:18:31.500
 get this

00:18:31.500 --> 00:18:31.880
 clear in

00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:32.380
 our minds

00:18:32.380 --> 00:18:32.740
 that

00:18:32.740 --> 00:18:33.539
 glorification

00:18:33.539 --> 00:18:34.259
 cannot

00:18:34.259 --> 00:18:34.740
 be

00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:35.420
 separated

00:18:35.420 --> 00:18:36.259
 from

00:18:36.259 --> 00:18:37.720
 the cross.

00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:39.940
 Indeed

00:18:39.940 --> 00:18:40.599
 the cross

00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:41.079
 is the

00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:41.680
 decisive

00:18:41.680 --> 00:18:42.500
 means

00:18:42.500 --> 00:18:42.920
 by which

00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:43.400
 the son

00:18:43.400 --> 00:18:44.279
 accomplishes

00:18:44.279 --> 00:18:45.059
 the father's

00:18:45.059 --> 00:18:45.819
 redemptive

00:18:45.819 --> 00:18:46.420
 purpose

00:18:46.420 --> 00:18:47.980
 and reveals

00:18:47.980 --> 00:18:49.579
 his glory.

00:18:50.779 --> 00:18:50.980
 And that

00:18:50.980 --> 00:18:51.759
 is precisely

00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:52.920
 what Jesus

00:18:52.920 --> 00:18:53.460
 explains

00:18:53.460 --> 00:18:54.900
 in the next

00:18:54.900 --> 00:18:55.339
 verse.

00:18:56.660 --> 00:18:57.099
 So point

00:18:57.099 --> 00:18:57.360
 number

00:18:57.360 --> 00:18:58.079
 two

00:18:58.079 --> 00:18:59.279
 notice

00:18:59.279 --> 00:19:00.319
 the necessity

00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:01.440
 of

00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:02.819
 the cross.

00:19:03.420 --> 00:19:03.980
 Just look

00:19:03.980 --> 00:19:04.400
 at verse

00:19:04.400 --> 00:19:05.140
 24

00:19:05.140 --> 00:19:05.819
 for this

00:19:05.819 --> 00:19:06.180
 point.

00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:07.700
 he tells

00:19:07.700 --> 00:19:07.880
 his

00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:08.320
 listeners

00:19:08.320 --> 00:19:08.680
 that

00:19:08.680 --> 00:19:08.900
 unless

00:19:08.900 --> 00:19:09.420
 a grain

00:19:09.420 --> 00:19:09.920
 of wheat

00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:10.460
 falls

00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:10.940
 into the

00:19:10.940 --> 00:19:11.200
 earth

00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:12.100
 and dies

00:19:12.100 --> 00:19:13.019
 it remains

00:19:13.019 --> 00:19:13.900
 alone.

00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:14.980
 But

00:19:14.980 --> 00:19:15.700
 through

00:19:15.700 --> 00:19:15.980
 its

00:19:15.980 --> 00:19:16.539
 death

00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:17.420
 it

00:19:17.420 --> 00:19:17.799
 produces

00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:19.279
 a harvest.

00:19:20.580 --> 00:19:20.840
 Now

00:19:20.840 --> 00:19:21.220
 Jesus

00:19:21.220 --> 00:19:21.799
 is using

00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:22.680
 a familiar

00:19:22.680 --> 00:19:23.440
 agricultural

00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:24.019
 illustration

00:19:24.019 --> 00:19:24.980
 to communicate

00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:25.980
 a profound

00:19:25.980 --> 00:19:26.820
 theological

00:19:26.820 --> 00:19:28.560
 truth.

00:19:28.980 --> 00:19:29.740
 An

00:19:29.740 --> 00:19:30.240
 ordinary

00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:30.779
 grain

00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:31.360
 of wheat.

00:19:31.420 --> 00:19:31.620
 I think

00:19:31.620 --> 00:19:31.900
 we all

00:19:31.900 --> 00:19:32.380
 understand

00:19:32.380 --> 00:19:32.920
 this

00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:33.799
 concept.

00:19:34.360 --> 00:19:34.940
 As long

00:19:34.940 --> 00:19:35.279
 as that

00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:35.580
 grain

00:19:35.580 --> 00:19:36.120
 remains

00:19:36.120 --> 00:19:37.180
 isolated

00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:39.279
 unplanted

00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:40.539
 it remains

00:19:40.539 --> 00:19:41.820
 a single

00:19:41.820 --> 00:19:42.900
 grain.

00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:44.460
 It may

00:19:44.460 --> 00:19:44.759
 be

00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:45.799
 preserved

00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:47.600
 examined

00:19:47.600 --> 00:19:49.340
 stored

00:19:49.340 --> 00:19:51.220
 perhaps

00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:51.620
 could

00:19:51.620 --> 00:19:52.059
 admire

00:19:52.059 --> 00:19:52.600
 the grain

00:19:52.600 --> 00:19:53.640
 but it

00:19:53.640 --> 00:19:54.180
 will not

00:19:54.180 --> 00:19:54.820
 produce

00:19:54.820 --> 00:19:55.940
 a harvest

00:19:55.940 --> 00:19:57.320
 of wheat

00:19:57.320 --> 00:19:58.279
 while it

00:19:58.279 --> 00:19:58.720
 remains

00:19:58.720 --> 00:19:59.279
 in that

00:19:59.279 --> 00:20:00.640
 condition.

00:20:01.340 --> 00:20:02.240
 If there

00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:03.080
 is to be

00:20:03.080 --> 00:20:03.940
 multiplication

00:20:03.940 --> 00:20:04.720
 the grain

00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:05.240
 must be

00:20:05.240 --> 00:20:05.740
 placed

00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:06.519
 into

00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:08.100
 the ground

00:20:08.100 --> 00:20:09.220
 and in

00:20:09.220 --> 00:20:09.820
 that process

00:20:09.820 --> 00:20:10.120
 of

00:20:10.120 --> 00:20:11.120
 germination

00:20:11.120 --> 00:20:12.100
 the seed

00:20:12.100 --> 00:20:13.059
 as it

00:20:13.059 --> 00:20:13.840
 previously

00:20:13.840 --> 00:20:14.500
 existed

00:20:14.500 --> 00:20:15.320
 gives way

00:20:15.320 --> 00:20:15.799
 to the

00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:16.240
 development

00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:17.759
 of new

00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:18.539
 life.

00:20:19.180 --> 00:20:19.580
 So it

00:20:19.580 --> 00:20:20.539
 must die

00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:20.799
 it must

00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:21.600
 be buried

00:20:21.600 --> 00:20:21.940
 is what

00:20:21.940 --> 00:20:22.200
 he is

00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:22.519
 saying.

00:20:23.900 --> 00:20:23.980
 Now

00:20:23.980 --> 00:20:24.180
 Jesus

00:20:24.180 --> 00:20:24.559
 is not

00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:25.000
 trying to

00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:25.539
 provide a

00:20:25.539 --> 00:20:25.880
 technical

00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:26.220
 lesson

00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:26.920
 in botany

00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:27.420
 from all

00:20:27.420 --> 00:20:27.640
 what he's

00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:27.820
 doing

00:20:27.820 --> 00:20:28.000
 here.

00:20:28.080 --> 00:20:28.200
 He's

00:20:28.200 --> 00:20:28.580
 using

00:20:28.580 --> 00:20:28.799
 an

00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:29.380
 illustration

00:20:29.380 --> 00:20:29.880
 drawn

00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:30.240
 from

00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:30.680
 ordinary

00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:31.360
 experience

00:20:31.359 --> 00:20:31.539
 of

00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:32.079
 agriculture

00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:33.419
 to

00:20:33.419 --> 00:20:33.919
 explain

00:20:33.919 --> 00:20:34.119
 the

00:20:34.119 --> 00:20:34.699
 necessity

00:20:34.699 --> 00:20:35.539
 of

00:20:35.539 --> 00:20:35.879
 his

00:20:35.879 --> 00:20:36.819
 approaching

00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:37.619
 death.

00:20:37.919 --> 00:20:38.319
 It's a

00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:38.579
 metaphor

00:20:38.579 --> 00:20:39.379
 for what's

00:20:39.379 --> 00:20:39.719
 about

00:20:39.719 --> 00:20:41.039
 to happen

00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:41.459
 and the

00:20:41.459 --> 00:20:41.740
 central

00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:42.199
 point

00:20:42.199 --> 00:20:42.679
 is

00:20:42.679 --> 00:20:44.139
 unmistakable.

00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:46.699
 The

00:20:46.699 --> 00:20:47.319
 fruitfulness

00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:48.439
 of his

00:20:48.439 --> 00:20:48.979
 mission

00:20:48.979 --> 00:20:49.859
 depends

00:20:49.859 --> 00:20:51.339
 on his

00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:51.719
 death.

00:20:52.439 --> 00:20:53.019
 Without

00:20:53.019 --> 00:20:53.519
 his death

00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:53.799
 there will

00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:54.139
 be no

00:20:54.139 --> 00:20:54.479
 saving

00:20:54.479 --> 00:20:54.959
 harvest.

00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:56.919
 We need

00:20:56.919 --> 00:20:57.479
 both

00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:57.940
 Jesus'

00:20:58.160 --> 00:20:58.880
 active

00:20:58.880 --> 00:20:59.400
 obedience

00:20:59.400 --> 00:20:59.980
 his

00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:00.660
 perfect

00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:01.279
 keeping

00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:01.900
 of

00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:02.259
 the

00:21:02.259 --> 00:21:02.680
 law

00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:02.920
 that's

00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:03.120
 what we've

00:21:03.120 --> 00:21:03.240
 been

00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:03.640
 witnessing

00:21:03.640 --> 00:21:04.259
 up to

00:21:04.259 --> 00:21:04.460
 this

00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:04.759
 point

00:21:04.759 --> 00:21:05.000
 and

00:21:05.000 --> 00:21:05.339
 will

00:21:05.339 --> 00:21:05.559
 in

00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:05.720
 the

00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:06.059
 coming

00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:07.500
 chapters

00:21:07.500 --> 00:21:09.019
 and

00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:09.360
 we

00:21:09.360 --> 00:21:09.860
 also

00:21:09.860 --> 00:21:10.160
 need

00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:10.420
 what is

00:21:10.420 --> 00:21:10.720
 called

00:21:10.720 --> 00:21:11.099
 his

00:21:11.099 --> 00:21:12.240
 passive

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:13.099
 obedience

00:21:13.099 --> 00:21:13.980
 namely

00:21:13.980 --> 00:21:14.640
 his

00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:15.539
 sacrificial

00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:16.120
 death

00:21:16.120 --> 00:21:16.960
 to pay

00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:17.120
 the

00:21:17.120 --> 00:21:17.440
 penalty

00:21:17.440 --> 00:21:18.559
 for our

00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:18.819
 sin.

00:21:20.440 --> 00:21:20.740
 Jesus

00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.279
 did not

00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:22.019
 become

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:23.079
 incarnate

00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:23.880
 simply

00:21:23.880 --> 00:21:24.640
 to

00:21:24.640 --> 00:21:25.000
 demonstrate

00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:25.360
 what a

00:21:25.360 --> 00:21:25.640
 righteous

00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:25.980
 human

00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:26.420
 life

00:21:26.420 --> 00:21:27.079
 should

00:21:27.079 --> 00:21:27.259
 look

00:21:27.259 --> 00:21:27.579
 like.

00:21:28.599 --> 00:21:29.180
 He did

00:21:29.180 --> 00:21:29.579
 not enter

00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:30.019
 the world

00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:30.740
 merely to

00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.160
 provide a

00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:31.440
 more

00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:32.000
 complete

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:32.799
 understanding

00:21:32.799 --> 00:21:33.440
 of

00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:33.720
 religious

00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:34.140
 truth

00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:35.420
 and he

00:21:35.420 --> 00:21:35.700
 did not

00:21:35.700 --> 00:21:35.960
 come

00:21:35.960 --> 00:21:36.319
 simply

00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:36.519
 to

00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:37.079
 inspire

00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:37.480
 people

00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:37.620
 to

00:21:37.620 --> 00:21:38.019
 become

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:38.299
 more

00:21:38.299 --> 00:21:38.759
 loving

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.019
 or

00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:39.660
 sacrificial

00:21:39.660 --> 00:21:40.099
 or

00:21:40.099 --> 00:21:40.480
 more

00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:41.460
 devoted

00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:42.099
 to

00:21:42.099 --> 00:21:42.480
 God.

00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:43.640
 He

00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:44.059
 came

00:21:44.059 --> 00:21:44.720
 to

00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:45.319
 save

00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:46.980
 sinners

00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:48.420
 and

00:21:48.420 --> 00:21:48.700
 sinners

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.079
 cannot

00:21:49.079 --> 00:21:49.460
 be

00:21:49.460 --> 00:21:50.279
 saved

00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:50.920
 by

00:21:50.920 --> 00:21:51.519
 admiring

00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:52.140
 the

00:21:52.140 --> 00:21:52.500
 righteousness

00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:53.039
 of

00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:53.299
 Jesus.

00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:54.779
 We

00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:55.180
 must

00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:55.420
 be

00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:56.299
 reconciled

00:21:56.299 --> 00:21:56.460
 to

00:21:56.460 --> 00:21:56.799
 God

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:57.279
 through

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:57.960
 his

00:21:57.960 --> 00:21:58.720
 sacrificial

00:21:58.720 --> 00:21:59.720
 death.

00:22:00.840 --> 00:22:01.640
 Why?

00:22:02.620 --> 00:22:03.060
 Because

00:22:03.060 --> 00:22:03.259
 our

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.700
 fundamental

00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:04.279
 problem

00:22:04.279 --> 00:22:04.900
 is not

00:22:04.900 --> 00:22:05.259
 simply

00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:05.560
 that we

00:22:05.560 --> 00:22:06.039
 lack

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:06.680
 sufficient

00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:07.120
 moral

00:22:07.120 --> 00:22:07.759
 instruction.

00:22:08.880 --> 00:22:09.140
 Our

00:22:09.140 --> 00:22:09.660
 fundamental

00:22:09.660 --> 00:22:10.160
 problem

00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:10.519
 at the

00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:11.180
 base

00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:12.039
 is that

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.259
 we are

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:12.740
 guilty

00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.440
 before

00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:13.600
 a

00:22:13.600 --> 00:22:13.779
 holy

00:22:13.779 --> 00:22:14.200
 God.

00:22:15.080 --> 00:22:15.519
 We

00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:15.720
 have

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:16.299
 violated

00:22:16.299 --> 00:22:16.600
 his

00:22:16.600 --> 00:22:17.080
 good

00:22:17.080 --> 00:22:17.420
 law.

00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:18.100
 We

00:22:18.100 --> 00:22:18.220
 have

00:22:18.220 --> 00:22:18.700
 rejected

00:22:18.700 --> 00:22:19.100
 his

00:22:19.100 --> 00:22:19.660
 loving

00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:20.259
 authority

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:20.660
 and we

00:22:20.660 --> 00:22:20.820
 have

00:22:20.820 --> 00:22:21.120
 fallen

00:22:21.120 --> 00:22:21.620
 short

00:22:21.620 --> 00:22:21.980
 of the

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.299
 glory

00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:22.539
 for

00:22:22.539 --> 00:22:22.740
 which

00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:22.899
 we

00:22:22.899 --> 00:22:23.180
 were

00:22:23.180 --> 00:22:24.279
 created.

00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:25.839
 And

00:22:25.839 --> 00:22:26.180
 because

00:22:26.180 --> 00:22:26.960
 God

00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:27.339
 is

00:22:27.339 --> 00:22:28.059
 righteous

00:22:28.059 --> 00:22:29.139
 he

00:22:29.139 --> 00:22:29.480
 cannot

00:22:29.480 --> 00:22:30.019
 treat

00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:30.259
 our

00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:30.700
 rebellion

00:22:30.700 --> 00:22:31.099
 as though

00:22:31.099 --> 00:22:31.379
 it were

00:22:31.379 --> 00:22:32.139
 insignificant

00:22:32.139 --> 00:22:33.259
 his

00:22:33.259 --> 00:22:33.980
 justice

00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:34.740
 must

00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:35.379
 be

00:22:35.379 --> 00:22:36.859
 satisfied.

00:22:37.619 --> 00:22:37.819
 His

00:22:37.819 --> 00:22:38.339
 holiness

00:22:38.339 --> 00:22:39.319
 cannot

00:22:39.319 --> 00:22:39.879
 be

00:22:39.879 --> 00:22:40.819
 compromised.

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:41.960
 The

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.279
 penalty

00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:42.539
 of

00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:43.000
 sin

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.440
 cannot

00:22:43.440 --> 00:22:44.039
 be

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:44.680
 simply

00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:46.180
 ignored.

00:22:46.339 --> 00:22:46.440
 And

00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:46.759
 this is

00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.019
 all

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:47.500
 good.

00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:47.680
 We

00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:48.039
 want

00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:48.259
 a

00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:48.480
 God

00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:48.639
 who

00:22:48.639 --> 00:22:49.099
 functions

00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:49.519
 this

00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:49.899
 way.

00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:50.400
 So

00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:51.080
 if

00:22:51.080 --> 00:22:51.420
 sinners

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:51.900
 are

00:22:51.900 --> 00:22:52.080
 to

00:22:52.080 --> 00:22:52.420
 receive

00:22:52.420 --> 00:22:52.900
 forgiveness

00:22:52.900 --> 00:22:53.200
 and

00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:53.480
 eternal

00:22:53.480 --> 00:22:53.820
 life

00:22:53.820 --> 00:22:54.000
 there

00:22:54.000 --> 00:22:54.420
 must

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:54.680
 be

00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:54.880
 an

00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:55.759
 atonement

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.680
 that

00:22:56.680 --> 00:22:57.360
 actually

00:22:57.360 --> 00:22:58.100
 addresses

00:22:58.100 --> 00:22:59.380
 our

00:22:59.380 --> 00:22:59.740
 guilt.

00:23:00.820 --> 00:23:01.440
 And

00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:01.660
 this is

00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:01.800
 why

00:23:01.800 --> 00:23:01.940
 the

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.100
 death

00:23:02.100 --> 00:23:02.220
 of

00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:02.600
 Christ

00:23:02.600 --> 00:23:03.560
 was

00:23:03.560 --> 00:23:04.100
 necessary.

00:23:05.620 --> 00:23:06.160
 Remember

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:06.380
 what

00:23:06.380 --> 00:23:06.660
 John

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:06.960
 the

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.220
 Baptist

00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:07.720
 declares

00:23:07.720 --> 00:23:08.019
 near the

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.360
 beginning

00:23:08.360 --> 00:23:08.759
 of

00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.140
 this

00:23:09.140 --> 00:23:09.500
 gospel

00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:09.980
 account.

00:23:10.860 --> 00:23:10.880
 When

00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:11.000
 he

00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.240
 saw

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:11.600
 Jesus

00:23:11.600 --> 00:23:12.040
 approaching

00:23:12.040 --> 00:23:12.259
 he

00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:12.800
 identified

00:23:12.800 --> 00:23:13.080
 him

00:23:13.080 --> 00:23:13.300
 as

00:23:13.300 --> 00:23:13.560
 the

00:23:13.560 --> 00:23:13.900
 Lamb

00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:14.100
 of

00:23:14.100 --> 00:23:14.440
 God

00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:14.660
 who

00:23:14.660 --> 00:23:15.080
 takes

00:23:15.080 --> 00:23:15.560
 away

00:23:15.560 --> 00:23:15.880
 the

00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:16.300
 sin

00:23:16.300 --> 00:23:17.320
 of

00:23:17.320 --> 00:23:17.460
 the

00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:17.920
 world.

00:23:18.280 --> 00:23:18.560
 So

00:23:18.560 --> 00:23:19.040
 fitting

00:23:19.040 --> 00:23:19.440
 here

00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:19.620
 at

00:23:19.620 --> 00:23:19.840
 this

00:23:19.840 --> 00:23:20.460
 Passover

00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:21.600
 feast.

00:23:22.620 --> 00:23:23.200
 This

00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.740
 statement

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.500
 connects

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:24.960
 Jesus

00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:25.480
 to the

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:26.019
 sacrificial

00:23:26.019 --> 00:23:26.440
 system

00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:26.740
 of the

00:23:26.740 --> 00:23:27.039
 Old

00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:27.480
 Testament

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.600
 and

00:23:28.600 --> 00:23:28.920
 to the

00:23:28.920 --> 00:23:29.320
 promises

00:23:29.320 --> 00:23:29.720
 of a

00:23:29.720 --> 00:23:29.980
 coming

00:23:29.980 --> 00:23:30.480
 Redeemer

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:30.700
 who

00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:30.860
 would

00:23:30.860 --> 00:23:31.200
 bear

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:31.539
 the

00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:32.039
 sins

00:23:32.039 --> 00:23:32.900
 of

00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:33.019
 his

00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:33.380
 people.

00:23:34.500 --> 00:23:34.740
 And

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:35.000
 throughout

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:35.440
 John's

00:23:35.440 --> 00:23:35.840
 gospel

00:23:35.840 --> 00:23:36.259
 we

00:23:36.259 --> 00:23:36.380
 have

00:23:36.380 --> 00:23:36.519
 been

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.059
 watching

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:38.059
 those

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:39.320
 expectations

00:23:39.320 --> 00:23:40.059
 move

00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:40.500
 toward

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:40.880
 their

00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:41.920
 fulfillment.

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:43.759
 Jesus

00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:45.039
 is the

00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:45.380
 true bread

00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:45.580
 from

00:23:45.580 --> 00:23:45.840
 heaven.

00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:47.299
 Jesus

00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:47.559
 is the

00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:47.820
 good

00:23:47.820 --> 00:23:48.140
 shepherd

00:23:48.140 --> 00:23:48.340
 who

00:23:48.340 --> 00:23:48.620
 lays

00:23:48.620 --> 00:23:48.860
 down

00:23:48.859 --> 00:23:49.079
 his

00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:49.459
 life

00:23:49.459 --> 00:23:49.899
 for

00:23:49.899 --> 00:23:50.139
 the

00:23:50.139 --> 00:23:50.559
 sheep.

00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:51.799
 He

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.119
 is the

00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:52.299
 one

00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:52.459
 who

00:23:52.459 --> 00:23:53.039
 possesses

00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.679
 authority

00:23:53.679 --> 00:23:54.319
 to give

00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:54.859
 eternal

00:23:54.859 --> 00:23:55.679
 life.

00:23:56.579 --> 00:23:56.659
 And

00:23:56.659 --> 00:23:56.899
 now

00:23:56.899 --> 00:23:57.079
 he

00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:57.639
 explains

00:23:57.639 --> 00:23:57.899
 that

00:23:57.899 --> 00:23:58.019
 the

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.639
 accomplishment

00:23:58.639 --> 00:23:59.199
 of a

00:23:59.199 --> 00:23:59.519
 saving

00:23:59.519 --> 00:24:00.159
 purpose

00:24:00.159 --> 00:24:01.579
 requires

00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:01.779
 his

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.099
 death.

00:24:03.939 --> 00:24:04.159
 Jesus

00:24:04.159 --> 00:24:04.479
 is not

00:24:04.479 --> 00:24:05.000
 suggesting

00:24:05.000 --> 00:24:05.279
 that he

00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:05.459
 must

00:24:05.459 --> 00:24:05.740
 die

00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.000
 because

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:06.199
 his

00:24:06.199 --> 00:24:06.459
 enemies

00:24:06.459 --> 00:24:06.679
 are

00:24:06.679 --> 00:24:06.899
 too

00:24:06.899 --> 00:24:07.519
 powerful

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:07.799
 for

00:24:07.799 --> 00:24:07.919
 him

00:24:07.919 --> 00:24:08.039
 to

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.479
 overcome.

00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:09.899
 Nor

00:24:09.899 --> 00:24:10.099
 is he

00:24:10.099 --> 00:24:10.519
 suggesting

00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:10.759
 that

00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:10.919
 his

00:24:10.919 --> 00:24:11.219
 mission

00:24:11.219 --> 00:24:11.519
 has

00:24:11.519 --> 00:24:12.039
 encountered

00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.279
 a

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:12.719
 difficulty

00:24:12.719 --> 00:24:12.959
 for

00:24:12.959 --> 00:24:13.139
 which

00:24:13.139 --> 00:24:13.459
 death

00:24:13.459 --> 00:24:13.619
 has

00:24:13.619 --> 00:24:13.919
 become

00:24:13.919 --> 00:24:14.139
 the

00:24:14.139 --> 00:24:14.500
 only

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.000
 remaining

00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:16.000
 possibility.

00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:17.400
 the

00:24:17.400 --> 00:24:17.779
 necessity

00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.140
 of his

00:24:18.140 --> 00:24:18.460
 death

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:19.539
 is not

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:19.819
 the

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:20.440
 necessity

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:20.859
 of

00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:21.599
 his

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:22.900
 helplessness

00:24:22.900 --> 00:24:24.460
 but of

00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:25.079
 ours.

00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.380
 Why does

00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:28.000
 Jesus speak

00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:28.640
 about his

00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:29.140
 death when

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:29.700
 the Gentiles

00:24:29.700 --> 00:24:30.579
 express a

00:24:30.579 --> 00:24:31.000
 desire

00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.779
 to see

00:24:31.779 --> 00:24:32.079
 him?

00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:33.980
 Because it is

00:24:33.980 --> 00:24:34.740
 through his

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.400
 death and

00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:35.779
 resurrection

00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.599
 that God

00:24:36.599 --> 00:24:37.220
 creates

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:37.940
 one

00:24:37.940 --> 00:24:38.599
 redeemed

00:24:38.599 --> 00:24:39.079
 people

00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:40.000
 from every

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:40.579
 tribe

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:41.619
 and language

00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:42.759
 and people

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:44.279
 and nation.

00:24:45.379 --> 00:24:45.779
 You see

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.019
 what he's

00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.220
 doing

00:24:46.220 --> 00:24:46.539
 here.

00:24:48.660 --> 00:24:49.379
 Point

00:24:49.379 --> 00:24:49.599
 number

00:24:49.599 --> 00:24:49.960
 three.

00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:51.480
 We can

00:24:51.480 --> 00:24:51.759
 note

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.240
 the

00:24:52.240 --> 00:24:52.879
 cost

00:24:52.879 --> 00:24:54.140
 of

00:24:54.140 --> 00:24:55.039
 discipleship

00:24:55.039 --> 00:24:55.740
 verses

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.799
 25

00:24:56.799 --> 00:24:58.119
 and

00:24:58.119 --> 00:24:58.779
 26.

00:24:59.879 --> 00:25:00.599
 Now

00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:00.879
 in these

00:25:00.879 --> 00:25:01.200
 verses

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.559
 Jesus

00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:01.900
 makes

00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:02.359
 a

00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:02.879
 transition

00:25:02.879 --> 00:25:03.240
 that

00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.500
 might

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:03.960
 initially

00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:04.519
 seem

00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:05.660
 a bit

00:25:05.660 --> 00:25:06.059
 abrupt.

00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:07.420
 He has

00:25:07.420 --> 00:25:07.599
 just

00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:08.119
 explained

00:25:08.119 --> 00:25:08.299
 the

00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:08.720
 necessity

00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.059
 of his

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:09.400
 own

00:25:09.400 --> 00:25:09.779
 death

00:25:09.779 --> 00:25:10.000
 by

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.460
 comparing

00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:10.879
 himself

00:25:10.879 --> 00:25:11.160
 to a

00:25:11.160 --> 00:25:11.379
 grain

00:25:11.379 --> 00:25:11.559
 of

00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:11.759
 wheat

00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:11.940
 that

00:25:11.940 --> 00:25:12.160
 must

00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:12.579
 die

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:12.960
 in order

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.139
 to

00:25:13.139 --> 00:25:13.500
 produce

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.279
 a

00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:14.699
 harvest.

00:25:15.939 --> 00:25:16.240
 But

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:16.500
 then

00:25:16.500 --> 00:25:16.659
 he

00:25:16.659 --> 00:25:17.199
 begins

00:25:17.199 --> 00:25:17.919
 speaking

00:25:17.919 --> 00:25:18.199
 about

00:25:18.199 --> 00:25:18.399
 the

00:25:18.399 --> 00:25:18.819
 lives

00:25:18.819 --> 00:25:18.980
 of

00:25:18.980 --> 00:25:19.220
 those

00:25:19.220 --> 00:25:19.379
 who

00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:19.599
 would

00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:20.339
 follow

00:25:20.339 --> 00:25:20.659
 him.

00:25:21.279 --> 00:25:21.599
 He's

00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:22.339
 not

00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:23.119
 changing

00:25:23.119 --> 00:25:23.299
 the

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:23.639
 subject.

00:25:24.899 --> 00:25:25.139
 Rather

00:25:25.139 --> 00:25:25.539
 he is

00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:26.139
 explaining

00:25:26.139 --> 00:25:26.419
 that

00:25:26.419 --> 00:25:26.779
 the

00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:27.220
 nature

00:25:27.220 --> 00:25:27.480
 of

00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:27.619
 his

00:25:27.619 --> 00:25:27.879
 saving

00:25:27.879 --> 00:25:28.259
 work

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:28.539
 has

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:29.179
 profound

00:25:29.179 --> 00:25:29.939
 implications

00:25:29.939 --> 00:25:30.259
 for

00:25:30.259 --> 00:25:30.399
 the

00:25:30.399 --> 00:25:30.720
 lives

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:30.899
 of

00:25:30.899 --> 00:25:31.359
 those

00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:31.539
 who

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:32.059
 receive

00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:32.299
 the

00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:32.720
 salvation

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.059
 he

00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:33.179
 has

00:25:33.179 --> 00:25:33.480
 come

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.419
 to

00:25:34.419 --> 00:25:34.980
 accomplish.

00:25:36.179 --> 00:25:36.500
 Notice

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:36.759
 verse

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.559
 25.

00:25:39.199 --> 00:25:39.399
 Jesus

00:25:39.399 --> 00:25:39.779
 teaches

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.079
 that the

00:25:40.079 --> 00:25:40.419
 person

00:25:40.419 --> 00:25:40.619
 who

00:25:40.619 --> 00:25:41.199
 loves

00:25:41.199 --> 00:25:41.480
 his

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:41.980
 life

00:25:41.980 --> 00:25:42.920
 will lose

00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:43.180
 it.

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.039
 While

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:44.360
 the person

00:25:44.360 --> 00:25:44.839
 who hates

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:45.360
 his life

00:25:45.360 --> 00:25:45.880
 in this

00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:46.240
 world

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:46.980
 will preserve

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.000
!

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.160
 He's

00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:47.440
 going to

00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:48.360
 for eternal

00:25:48.360 --> 00:25:49.519
 life.

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:51.220
 That's a

00:25:51.220 --> 00:25:52.420
 remarkable

00:25:52.420 --> 00:25:53.720
 statement.

00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:57.339
 And if we're going to understand it correctly,

00:25:57.500 --> 00:26:01.440
 we need to consider what Jesus means by these contrasting expressions

00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:03.200
 of love and hatred.

00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:04.200
 God

00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:04.799
 because Jesus

00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.700
 is obviously not

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:07.259
 commanding us to cultivate

00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:08.539
 a psychological

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.440
 contempt

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:10.539
 for ourselves.

00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:13.100
 Nor is he suggesting

00:26:13.100 --> 00:26:14.140
 that the Christian life

00:26:14.140 --> 00:26:15.740
 requires us to despise

00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:16.500
 the physical

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.240
 existence

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:17.819
 God

00:26:17.819 --> 00:26:19.080
 has given us.

00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:21.480
 Throughout the scriptures,

00:26:21.840 --> 00:26:22.480
 human life

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:23.319
 is consistently

00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:23.799
 presented

00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:24.840
 as a good

00:26:24.840 --> 00:26:25.460
 gift

00:26:25.460 --> 00:26:26.299
 from God.

00:26:26.960 --> 00:26:28.039
 We are created

00:26:28.039 --> 00:26:28.880
 in his image.

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.080
 We are called

00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:31.000
 to exercise

00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:32.419
 responsible stewardship

00:26:32.419 --> 00:26:33.799
 over our bodies.

00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:35.419
 And we are commanded

00:26:35.419 --> 00:26:36.299
 to love our neighbors

00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:37.559
 as ourselves,

00:26:38.199 --> 00:26:39.099
 which assumes

00:26:39.099 --> 00:26:40.339
 that ordinary concern

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:41.399
 for our own well-being

00:26:41.399 --> 00:26:42.480
 is neither inherently

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:43.480
 sinful

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:45.059
 or inappropriate.

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:47.539
 So what does Jesus

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.500
 mean when he speaks

00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:49.259
 about loving

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:50.139
 or hating

00:26:50.139 --> 00:26:51.139
 one's

00:26:51.139 --> 00:26:51.879
 life?

00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:54.579
 He's contrasting

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:56.279
 two fundamentally

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:58.200
 different orientations

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:59.500
 toward life.

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:01.160
 The person

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:01.700
 who loves

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.200
 his life

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.639
 in the manner

00:27:02.639 --> 00:27:03.920
 Jesus condemns

00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:04.480
 is the person

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.319
 who regards

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:06.839
 his present existence,

00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:09.119
 his personal ambitions,

00:27:09.399 --> 00:27:11.259
 his earthly comforts,

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:12.160
 and his immediate

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:12.879
 desires

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:13.859
 as the highest

00:27:13.859 --> 00:27:14.720
 priorities

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.920
 governing

00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:16.899
 his decisions.

00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:19.420
 This kind of person

00:27:19.420 --> 00:27:20.059
 is determined

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:20.779
 to preserve

00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.579
 his life

00:27:21.579 --> 00:27:22.660
 on his

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:23.259
 own

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:24.359
 terms.

00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:26.259
 He wants

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:27.599
 the benefits

00:27:27.599 --> 00:27:28.240
 of God's

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:28.759
 creation

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.740
 without surrendering

00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:30.359
 himself to the

00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:30.919
 authority

00:27:30.919 --> 00:27:31.979
 of the

00:27:31.979 --> 00:27:32.699
 Creator.

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.299
 He wants

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:35.039
 fulfillment

00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:36.899
 without obedience,

00:27:37.899 --> 00:27:38.539
 security

00:27:38.539 --> 00:27:39.619
 without sacrifice,

00:27:39.899 --> 00:27:40.559
 and ultimately

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:42.000
 life without

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:43.219
 the Lord

00:27:43.219 --> 00:27:44.779
 Jesus Christ.

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.979
 Some years ago

00:27:47.979 --> 00:27:48.559
 we had a

00:27:48.559 --> 00:27:49.319
 young man

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:49.919
 who was a

00:27:49.919 --> 00:27:50.500
 member of our

00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:50.919
 church

00:27:50.919 --> 00:27:52.159
 who was kind

00:27:52.159 --> 00:27:52.799
 of on this

00:27:52.799 --> 00:27:53.439
 trajectory

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:54.059
 and was

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:54.640
 beginning to

00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:55.259
 read and

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:55.779
 listen to

00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.320
 various

00:27:56.320 --> 00:27:57.500
 sources

00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:58.320
 that wanted

00:27:58.320 --> 00:27:59.360
 to undermine

00:27:59.360 --> 00:28:00.019
 the

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:01.160
 inerrancy

00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:01.519
 and the

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:01.980
 authority

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:02.299
 of the

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:02.660
 Bible.

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.600
 And in

00:28:04.600 --> 00:28:05.340
 response to

00:28:05.340 --> 00:28:05.820
 that I

00:28:05.820 --> 00:28:06.320
 wrote a

00:28:06.320 --> 00:28:06.519
 little

00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:07.820
 opening

00:28:07.820 --> 00:28:08.480
 phrase

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:09.240
 at the

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.539
 beginning

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:10.259
 of all

00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.519
 of my

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:10.880
 sermons

00:28:10.880 --> 00:28:11.420
 just before

00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:11.880
 we read

00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:12.900
 the text.

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:13.140
 And I

00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:13.640
 don't say

00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:14.080
 it anymore,

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.539
 most of

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:14.740
 you will

00:28:14.740 --> 00:28:15.160
 be familiar

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:15.860
 with this,

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:16.340
 but in

00:28:16.340 --> 00:28:17.019
 some sense

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:17.519
 I typically

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.660
 pray this.

00:28:19.519 --> 00:28:19.759
 And I

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.039
 would just

00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:20.500
 say this,

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:20.740
 and this

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.039
 was in

00:28:21.039 --> 00:28:21.460
 response

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.660
 to him

00:28:22.660 --> 00:28:22.940
 and the

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.279
 way he

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:23.620
 was

00:28:23.620 --> 00:28:24.380
 thinking.

00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:25.340
 I would

00:28:25.340 --> 00:28:25.579
 just say

00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:25.779
 this,

00:28:25.840 --> 00:28:26.140
 beloved,

00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:26.640
 this is

00:28:26.640 --> 00:28:27.120
 God's

00:28:27.120 --> 00:28:27.660
 word to

00:28:27.660 --> 00:28:28.180
 us,

00:28:28.840 --> 00:28:29.340
 written for

00:28:29.340 --> 00:28:30.120
 his glory

00:28:30.120 --> 00:28:30.819
 and our

00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:31.319
 good.

00:28:32.100 --> 00:28:32.500
 We would

00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:33.160
 all do

00:28:33.160 --> 00:28:33.779
 well to

00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.400
 listen to

00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:34.799
 it in

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.120
 order to

00:28:35.120 --> 00:28:35.799
 believe

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:36.100
 its

00:28:36.100 --> 00:28:36.559
 promises,

00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:37.799
 yes,

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.059
 right,

00:28:38.100 --> 00:28:38.340
 we want to

00:28:38.340 --> 00:28:38.700
 believe

00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:39.240
 its promises

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:40.539
 and

00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:42.120
 obey

00:28:42.120 --> 00:28:42.319
 its

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:42.840
 commands.

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.160
 You must

00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:44.480
 have

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:46.079
 God on

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:47.460
 his

00:28:47.460 --> 00:28:48.920
 terms.

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:50.759
 God

00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:50.779
 now

00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:50.980
 as a

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:51.140
 very

00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:51.480
 small

00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:51.900
 aside,

00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:53.039
 as we're

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.320
 thinking

00:28:53.320 --> 00:28:53.759
 about

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:55.019
 these

00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.560
 Gentiles

00:28:55.560 --> 00:28:55.920
 coming

00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:56.240
 and

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:56.840
 seeking

00:28:56.840 --> 00:28:57.300
 Jesus

00:28:57.300 --> 00:28:58.019
 and

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.600
 that

00:28:58.600 --> 00:28:58.960
 particular

00:28:58.960 --> 00:28:59.640
 phrase

00:28:59.640 --> 00:29:00.039
 in the

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.440
 middle

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:00.820
 of

00:29:00.820 --> 00:29:01.560
 this

00:29:01.560 --> 00:29:01.900
 text,

00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:02.300
 I want

00:29:02.300 --> 00:29:02.420
 to

00:29:02.420 --> 00:29:02.880
 play

00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:03.120
 something

00:29:03.120 --> 00:29:03.360
 for

00:29:03.360 --> 00:29:03.580
 you.

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:04.460
 I've

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:04.560
 heard

00:29:04.560 --> 00:29:04.680
 that

00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:04.880
 trying

00:29:04.880 --> 00:29:05.380
 technological

00:29:05.380 --> 00:29:05.740
 things

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:05.940
 when you

00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.160
 haven't

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:06.400
 tested

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:06.519
 them

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:06.600
 is

00:29:06.600 --> 00:29:06.720
 a

00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:07.160
 great

00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:07.560
 idea

00:29:07.560 --> 00:29:07.900
 when

00:29:07.900 --> 00:29:08.140
 everybody

00:29:08.140 --> 00:29:08.259
 is

00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:08.460
 looking

00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:08.700
 at

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:08.860
 you.

00:29:10.340 --> 00:29:10.880
 But

00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:11.360
 this

00:29:11.360 --> 00:29:11.740
 was

00:29:11.740 --> 00:29:11.920
 sent

00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:12.039
 to

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:12.180
 me

00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:12.440
 from

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:12.740
 a

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:12.960
 ministry

00:29:12.960 --> 00:29:13.340
 partner,

00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.060
 Caleb,

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.460
 they were

00:29:14.460 --> 00:29:14.740
 serving

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.019
 in

00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:15.620
 Southeast

00:29:15.620 --> 00:29:16.060
 Asia,

00:29:16.580 --> 00:29:17.860
 and

00:29:17.860 --> 00:29:18.220
 he had

00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:19.360
 preach

00:29:19.360 --> 00:29:19.680
 in

00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:19.820
 the

00:29:19.820 --> 00:29:20.019
 native

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.580
 language

00:29:20.580 --> 00:29:21.620
 the

00:29:21.620 --> 00:29:21.880
 other

00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:22.560
 day

00:29:22.560 --> 00:29:23.820
 and

00:29:23.820 --> 00:29:24.039
 sent

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:24.160
 me

00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:24.340
 this

00:29:24.340 --> 00:29:24.779
 recording.

00:29:25.120 --> 00:29:25.220
 He

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:26.720
 uses

00:29:26.720 --> 00:29:27.019
 that

00:29:27.019 --> 00:29:27.500
 phrase.

00:29:28.560 --> 00:29:28.920
 He

00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:29.120
 said

00:29:29.120 --> 00:29:29.279
 to me,

00:29:29.320 --> 00:29:29.400
 I've

00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:29.519
 been

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.200
 plagiarizing

00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:30.519
 that

00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:31.039
 phrase

00:29:31.039 --> 00:29:31.580
 for

00:29:31.580 --> 00:29:31.860
 quite

00:29:31.860 --> 00:29:32.240
 some

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:32.680
 time.

00:29:33.560 --> 00:29:33.759
 But

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:33.860
 he

00:29:33.860 --> 00:29:34.000
 did

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.080
 it

00:29:34.080 --> 00:29:34.160
 in

00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:34.220
 the

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:34.380
 native

00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:34.580
 language.

00:29:34.640 --> 00:29:34.720
 I

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:34.840
 just

00:29:34.840 --> 00:29:34.980
 wanted

00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.080
 you

00:29:35.080 --> 00:29:35.160
 to

00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:35.340
 hear

00:29:35.340 --> 00:29:35.460
 it.

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:36.060
 I've

00:29:36.060 --> 00:29:36.720
 played

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:36.900
 this

00:29:36.900 --> 00:29:37.080
 over

00:29:37.080 --> 00:29:37.180
 and

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:37.340
 over

00:29:37.340 --> 00:29:37.580
 again

00:29:37.580 --> 00:29:37.740
 this

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:37.960
 past

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:38.160
 week

00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:38.279
 and

00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:38.380
 I've

00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:38.539
 been

00:29:38.539 --> 00:29:38.720
 so

00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:38.980
 very

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:39.460
 encouraged.

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:56.480
 Isn't

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:56.600
 that

00:29:56.600 --> 00:29:56.800
 cool?

00:29:57.360 --> 00:29:58.000
 Not the

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.100
 whole

00:29:58.100 --> 00:29:58.300
 thing,

00:29:58.360 --> 00:29:58.500
 that's

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:58.660
 about

00:29:58.660 --> 00:29:58.800
 a

00:29:58.800 --> 00:29:58.960
 third

00:29:58.960 --> 00:29:59.120
 of

00:29:59.120 --> 00:29:59.259
 it.

00:30:00.820 --> 00:30:01.320
 The

00:30:01.320 --> 00:30:01.560
 closed

00:30:01.560 --> 00:30:02.039
 captioning

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:02.480
 goes on,

00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:02.800
 it's

00:30:02.800 --> 00:30:04.560
 quite long

00:30:04.560 --> 00:30:05.060
 for him

00:30:05.060 --> 00:30:05.720
 to say

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.560
 all of

00:30:06.560 --> 00:30:06.900
 that.

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:08.940
 This

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.120
 is what

00:30:09.120 --> 00:30:09.519
 Jesus is

00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:09.880
 talking

00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:10.200
 about,

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.400
 right?

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:10.519
 He

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:10.660
 is

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:11.080
 warning

00:30:11.080 --> 00:30:11.300
 that

00:30:11.300 --> 00:30:11.460
 the

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:11.900
 person

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:12.480
 who

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:13.120
 insists

00:30:13.120 --> 00:30:13.120


00:30:13.119 --> 00:30:13.459
 upon

00:30:13.459 --> 00:30:14.039
 possessing

00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.479
 life

00:30:14.479 --> 00:30:14.899
 in

00:30:14.899 --> 00:30:15.239
 that

00:30:15.239 --> 00:30:15.779
 manner

00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:17.019
 will

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.439
 ultimately

00:30:17.439 --> 00:30:18.699
 lose

00:30:18.699 --> 00:30:18.939
 it.

00:30:20.399 --> 00:30:20.679
 Now

00:30:20.679 --> 00:30:20.819
 the

00:30:20.819 --> 00:30:21.139
 irony

00:30:21.139 --> 00:30:21.299
 of

00:30:21.299 --> 00:30:21.439
 that

00:30:21.439 --> 00:30:21.719
 statement

00:30:21.719 --> 00:30:21.979
 is

00:30:21.979 --> 00:30:22.319
 just

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.219
 extraordinary.

00:30:24.399 --> 00:30:24.579
 The

00:30:24.579 --> 00:30:24.799
 person

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:24.959
 who

00:30:24.959 --> 00:30:25.599
 organizes

00:30:25.599 --> 00:30:25.779
 his

00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.159
 entire

00:30:26.159 --> 00:30:26.659
 existence

00:30:26.659 --> 00:30:27.019
 around

00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:27.599
 preserving

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:27.899
 and

00:30:27.899 --> 00:30:28.359
 enjoying

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:28.619
 his

00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:28.959
 present

00:30:28.959 --> 00:30:29.399
 life

00:30:29.399 --> 00:30:29.599
 will

00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:30.000
 eventually

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.519
 discover

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.059
 that

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:31.439
 everything

00:30:31.439 --> 00:30:31.739
 he

00:30:31.739 --> 00:30:32.059
 sought

00:30:32.059 --> 00:30:32.579
 to

00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:32.959
 preserve

00:30:32.959 --> 00:30:34.000
 was

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:34.379
 temporary.

00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:35.679
 His

00:30:35.679 --> 00:30:36.179
 possessions

00:30:36.179 --> 00:30:37.179
 cannot

00:30:37.179 --> 00:30:37.579
 protect

00:30:37.579 --> 00:30:37.799
 him

00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:38.079
 from

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:38.439
 death.

00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:40.019
 Reputation

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.359
 cannot

00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:40.939
 secure

00:30:40.939 --> 00:30:41.199
 his

00:30:41.199 --> 00:30:41.559
 standing

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:42.059
 before

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.639
 God.

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:42.960
 His

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.980
 accomplishments

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.560
 cannot

00:30:44.560 --> 00:30:45.140
 provide

00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:46.060
 forgiveness

00:30:46.060 --> 00:30:47.000
 of

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.340
 sin.

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:48.240
 And

00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:48.380
 his

00:30:48.380 --> 00:30:48.640
 efforts

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:48.860
 to

00:30:48.860 --> 00:30:49.380
 maintain

00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:50.020
 personal

00:30:50.020 --> 00:30:50.600
 autonomy

00:30:50.600 --> 00:30:51.600
 cannot

00:30:51.600 --> 00:30:52.140
 deliver

00:30:52.140 --> 00:30:52.500
 him

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:53.120
 from

00:30:53.120 --> 00:30:53.600
 divine

00:30:53.600 --> 00:30:54.759
 judgment.

00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:55.520
 As

00:30:55.520 --> 00:30:55.920
 powerful

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.360
 as you

00:30:56.360 --> 00:30:56.520
 may

00:30:56.520 --> 00:30:56.880
 think

00:30:56.880 --> 00:30:57.100
 you

00:30:57.100 --> 00:30:57.400
 are

00:30:57.400 --> 00:30:57.580
 to

00:30:57.580 --> 00:30:57.780
 make

00:30:57.780 --> 00:30:57.920
 your

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.160
 own

00:30:58.160 --> 00:30:58.560
 choices

00:30:58.560 --> 00:30:58.920
 now,

00:30:59.040 --> 00:30:59.160
 you

00:30:59.160 --> 00:30:59.580
 will

00:30:59.580 --> 00:31:00.060
 one

00:31:00.060 --> 00:31:00.460
 day

00:31:00.460 --> 00:31:01.620
 stand

00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:01.900
 before

00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:02.320
 God.

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:04.380
 This

00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:04.780
 person

00:31:04.780 --> 00:31:05.000
 may

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.280
 gain

00:31:05.280 --> 00:31:05.860
 everything

00:31:05.860 --> 00:31:06.220
 this

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:06.440
 world

00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:06.640
 can

00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:07.020
 offer,

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:08.220
 but

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:08.320
 if

00:31:08.320 --> 00:31:08.400
 he

00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:08.960
 remains

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.759
 alienated

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:09.960
 from

00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:10.300
 God,

00:31:10.400 --> 00:31:10.500
 he

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:10.640
 has

00:31:10.640 --> 00:31:11.120
 lost

00:31:11.120 --> 00:31:11.400
 the

00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:11.940
 only

00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:12.480
 life

00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:12.759
 that

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.420
 ultimately

00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:14.900
 matters.

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:16.680
 And

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:16.920
 Jesus

00:31:16.920 --> 00:31:17.200
 is not

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:17.599
 speaking

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:18.120
 merely

00:31:18.120 --> 00:31:18.400
 about

00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:18.559
 the

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:19.059
 inevitable

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:20.039
 experience

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.640
 of

00:31:20.640 --> 00:31:20.920
 physical

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.259
 death.

00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:21.960
 We

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:22.120
 all

00:31:22.120 --> 00:31:22.380
 know

00:31:22.380 --> 00:31:22.680
 this.

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:22.880
 He's

00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:23.160
 speaking

00:31:23.160 --> 00:31:23.480
 about

00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:23.700
 the

00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:24.360
 loss

00:31:24.360 --> 00:31:25.059
 of

00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:25.640
 eternal

00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:26.779
 life.

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:28.660
 Remember

00:31:28.660 --> 00:31:29.180
 the question

00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:29.480
 Jesus

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:29.920
 raises

00:31:29.920 --> 00:31:30.519
 elsewhere

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:30.980
 in the

00:31:30.980 --> 00:31:31.400
 Gospels

00:31:31.400 --> 00:31:31.819
 concerning

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.519
 the value

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:32.740
 of

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.279
 gaining

00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:33.539
 the

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:33.740
 whole

00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:34.339
 world

00:31:34.339 --> 00:31:35.259
 while

00:31:35.259 --> 00:31:35.900
 forfeiting

00:31:35.900 --> 00:31:36.860
 one's

00:31:36.860 --> 00:31:37.420
 soul.

00:31:37.759 --> 00:31:38.220
 That's

00:31:38.220 --> 00:31:38.940
 the issue

00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.460
 presented

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:40.440
 here.

00:31:42.580 --> 00:31:43.340
 Conversely,

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:44.779
 it is

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.279
 possible to

00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:45.559
 surrender

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.240
 everything

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:46.680
 this world

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:47.080
 considers

00:31:47.080 --> 00:31:47.539
 valuable

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:48.299
 while

00:31:48.299 --> 00:31:48.920
 receiving

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.680
 the

00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:50.240
 greatest

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:51.440
 possible

00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:52.660
 treasure.

00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:54.580
 Which is

00:31:54.580 --> 00:31:55.080
 why Jesus

00:31:55.080 --> 00:31:55.700
 describes

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.759
 the second

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.660
 person as

00:31:57.660 --> 00:31:58.200
 one who

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.820
 hates

00:31:58.820 --> 00:31:59.340
 his life

00:31:59.340 --> 00:32:00.100
 in this

00:32:00.100 --> 00:32:00.680
 world.

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.320
 Now,

00:32:02.360 --> 00:32:02.680
 the language

00:32:02.680 --> 00:32:03.100
 of hatred

00:32:03.100 --> 00:32:03.480
 is a

00:32:03.480 --> 00:32:04.019
 familiar

00:32:04.019 --> 00:32:05.660
 biblical

00:32:05.660 --> 00:32:06.279
 way of

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:07.059
 communicating

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:07.779
 a radical

00:32:07.779 --> 00:32:08.400
 distinction

00:32:08.400 --> 00:32:09.019
 in

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:09.960
 allegiance.

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:11.639
 We

00:32:11.639 --> 00:32:12.119
 encounter

00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:12.819
 similar

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:13.299
 language

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:13.740
 in Luke

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.740
 chapter 14

00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.660
 verse 26

00:32:15.660 --> 00:32:16.160
 where Jesus

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:16.559
 teaches

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:17.379
 that

00:32:17.379 --> 00:32:18.019
 discipleship

00:32:18.019 --> 00:32:18.519
 requires

00:32:18.519 --> 00:32:19.099
 a willingness

00:32:19.099 --> 00:32:19.440
 to

00:32:19.440 --> 00:32:19.819
 support

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.319
 even

00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:20.599
 our

00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:21.359
 closest

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:21.940
 earthly

00:32:21.940 --> 00:32:22.740
 relationships

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:23.579
 to our

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:23.960
 allegiance

00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:24.660
 to him.

00:32:25.720 --> 00:32:26.299
 The point

00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:26.720
 is not

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.460
 that genuine

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:28.259
 discipleship

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:29.039
 requires a

00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.639
 violation

00:32:29.639 --> 00:32:30.039
 of the

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.460
 commandments

00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:31.519
 to honor

00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:32.119
 our parents

00:32:32.119 --> 00:32:32.960
 or love

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.639
 our families.

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:35.339
 rather,

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.019
 our love

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:36.639
 for Christ

00:32:36.639 --> 00:32:37.480
 must be

00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:38.680
 so supreme

00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:40.240
 that every

00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:40.900
 competing

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:41.720
 loyalty

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:43.200
 is subject

00:32:43.200 --> 00:32:44.599
 to him.

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:46.619
 And that's

00:32:46.619 --> 00:32:47.039
 the point

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:47.700
 Jesus is

00:32:47.700 --> 00:32:48.000
 making

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.900
 in John

00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:49.920
 12.

00:32:51.079 --> 00:32:51.879
 The person

00:32:51.879 --> 00:32:52.299
 who hates

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:52.660
 his life

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:52.920
 in this

00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:53.139
 world

00:32:53.139 --> 00:32:53.420
 is the

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:53.660
 person

00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:54.299
 who refuses

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.859
 to regard

00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:55.440
 his present

00:32:55.440 --> 00:32:56.000
 life as

00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.819
 more valuable

00:32:56.819 --> 00:32:58.099
 than obedience

00:32:58.099 --> 00:32:59.279
 to Jesus

00:32:59.279 --> 00:32:59.740
 Christ.

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:01.839
 He recognizes

00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:02.400
 that his

00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:03.799
 life belongs

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:04.440
 to God.

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:05.220
 His time

00:33:05.220 --> 00:33:06.379
 belongs to

00:33:06.379 --> 00:33:06.639
 God.

00:33:06.680 --> 00:33:07.339
 His possessions

00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:09.279
 belong to

00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:09.759
 God.

00:33:10.379 --> 00:33:11.139
 His abilities,

00:33:12.000 --> 00:33:12.599
 opportunities,

00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:13.399
 relationships,

00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:14.319
 ambitions,

00:33:14.899 --> 00:33:15.299
 future,

00:33:15.639 --> 00:33:16.419
 all belong

00:33:16.419 --> 00:33:17.379
 to the

00:33:17.379 --> 00:33:17.899
 Lord who

00:33:17.899 --> 00:33:18.700
 created him

00:33:18.700 --> 00:33:20.099
 and redeemed

00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:20.379
 him.

00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:22.680
 And consequently,

00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:23.279
 he is willing

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:23.759
 to surrender

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:25.639
 anything that

00:33:25.639 --> 00:33:26.279
 would require

00:33:26.279 --> 00:33:27.419
 disobedience

00:33:27.419 --> 00:33:28.319
 to Christ.

00:33:28.319 --> 00:33:28.439
 Christ.

00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:30.379
 Now,

00:33:30.419 --> 00:33:30.720
 I think we

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:30.939
 should be

00:33:30.939 --> 00:33:31.659
 very careful

00:33:31.659 --> 00:33:32.159
 about the

00:33:32.159 --> 00:33:32.619
 way we

00:33:32.619 --> 00:33:33.220
 apply this

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:33.879
 passage because

00:33:33.879 --> 00:33:34.399
 there is a

00:33:34.399 --> 00:33:35.259
 tendency within

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:36.200
 certain expressions

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:37.000
 of Christianity

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:38.740
 to reduce

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.939
 self-denial to

00:33:39.939 --> 00:33:40.460
 a collection

00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:41.299
 of external

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:42.179
 religious

00:33:42.179 --> 00:33:43.359
 practices.

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:45.299
 We may

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:46.139
 begin imagining

00:33:46.139 --> 00:33:46.740
 that the

00:33:46.740 --> 00:33:47.460
 seriousness of

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:48.179
 our discipleship

00:33:48.179 --> 00:33:48.799
 can be measured

00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:49.480
 by the degree

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:50.059
 to which

00:33:50.059 --> 00:33:51.259
 we voluntarily

00:33:51.259 --> 00:33:51.720
 deprive

00:33:51.720 --> 00:33:52.519
 ourselves of

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.079
 ordinary

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:53.659
 earthly

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:55.880
 comforts.

00:33:56.380 --> 00:33:57.580
 Self-denial

00:33:57.580 --> 00:33:58.600
 is not

00:33:58.600 --> 00:33:59.640
 at its

00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:00.180
 core a

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.620
 question of

00:34:00.620 --> 00:34:01.060
 how much

00:34:01.060 --> 00:34:01.840
 discomfort

00:34:01.840 --> 00:34:02.240
 we can

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.779
 impose upon

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:03.279
 ourselves.

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:04.680
 It's a

00:34:04.680 --> 00:34:05.259
 question of

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:06.720
 who possesses

00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:07.300
 ultimate

00:34:07.300 --> 00:34:07.920
 authority

00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:09.180
 over our

00:34:09.180 --> 00:34:09.639
 lives.

00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:11.260
 The call

00:34:11.260 --> 00:34:11.740
 to deny

00:34:11.740 --> 00:34:12.240
 ourselves

00:34:12.240 --> 00:34:12.980
 is not

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.619
 the call

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.260
 to engage

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:14.920
 in suffering

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.760
 for its

00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:16.840
 own sake.

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:18.680
 It is the

00:34:18.680 --> 00:34:19.019
 call to

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:19.519
 surrender

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:20.599
 our supposed

00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:21.200
 right to

00:34:21.200 --> 00:34:21.900
 determine the

00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.380
 course of

00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:23.079
 our lives

00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:24.119
 independently

00:34:24.119 --> 00:34:25.659
 of Christ.

00:34:26.819 --> 00:34:27.619
 Christian

00:34:27.619 --> 00:34:28.360
 discipleship

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:29.340
 begins with

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:30.039
 the recognition

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:31.039
 that we

00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:32.340
 belong to

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:32.779
 Jesus.

00:34:33.279 --> 00:34:33.619
 We've been

00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:35.019
 purchased by

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:35.779
 our personal

00:34:35.779 --> 00:34:37.139
 preferences.

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:39.460
 The concern

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:40.039
 here is less

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.799
 about what

00:34:40.799 --> 00:34:41.380
 we do

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:42.519
 or don't

00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:43.039
 do and

00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:43.799
 more about

00:34:43.799 --> 00:34:45.019
 the orientation

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:46.340
 of our

00:34:46.340 --> 00:34:46.719
 hearts,

00:34:46.779 --> 00:34:47.139
 which will

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:47.920
 have expression

00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:49.099
 I recognize.

00:34:50.739 --> 00:34:51.639
 Notice how

00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:52.340
 Jesus develops

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:53.019
 this idea

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.579
 in verse

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:54.880
 26.

00:34:56.360 --> 00:34:56.780
 He declares

00:34:56.780 --> 00:34:57.820
 that anyone

00:34:57.820 --> 00:34:58.780
 who serves

00:34:58.780 --> 00:34:59.400
 him must

00:34:59.400 --> 00:35:00.500
 follow him.

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:02.159
 Jesus

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.420
 does not

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:03.219
 identify his

00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:03.980
 servants merely

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.679
 by the

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:05.659
 activities they

00:35:05.659 --> 00:35:06.539
 perform.

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:08.420
 He identifies

00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:09.460
 them by their

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:11.300
 willingness to

00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:11.940
 follow him.

00:35:12.699 --> 00:35:13.159
 And where

00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:14.360
 is Jesus

00:35:14.360 --> 00:35:15.639
 going?

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:17.280
 Within the

00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:18.199
 immediate context,

00:35:18.759 --> 00:35:19.619
 he's going to

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:20.119
 cross.

00:35:21.319 --> 00:35:22.239
 We need to

00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:23.619
 make a really

00:35:23.619 --> 00:35:24.279
 important

00:35:24.279 --> 00:35:25.099
 distinction

00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:26.219
 at this

00:35:26.219 --> 00:35:26.940
 point.

00:35:28.259 --> 00:35:29.099
 When Jesus

00:35:29.099 --> 00:35:29.719
 calls us to

00:35:29.719 --> 00:35:30.239
 follow him,

00:35:30.299 --> 00:35:30.699
 he is not

00:35:30.699 --> 00:35:31.559
 suggesting that

00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:32.559
 our suffering

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.579
 accomplishes

00:35:33.579 --> 00:35:34.579
 the same

00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:35.079
 redemptive

00:35:35.079 --> 00:35:35.960
 purpose as

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:36.519
 his

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:37.839
 suffering.

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.799
 His death

00:35:39.799 --> 00:35:40.339
 is unique.

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:40.880
 He's qualified

00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.480
 to offer

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:42.759
 himself as

00:35:42.759 --> 00:35:43.799
 the substitutionary

00:35:43.799 --> 00:35:45.279
 sacrifice for

00:35:45.279 --> 00:35:45.619
 sinners.

00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:45.759
 others.

00:35:46.759 --> 00:35:47.699
 He alone

00:35:47.699 --> 00:35:48.139
 bears the

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.579
 judgment of

00:35:48.579 --> 00:35:49.059
 God in

00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:49.480
 the place

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:50.119
 of those

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:51.059
 who he

00:35:51.059 --> 00:35:51.799
 came to

00:35:51.799 --> 00:35:52.319
 redeem.

00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:54.099
 Our

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:54.920
 suffering does

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.980
 not supplement

00:35:55.980 --> 00:35:57.839
 his atoning

00:35:57.839 --> 00:35:58.319
 work.

00:35:58.859 --> 00:35:59.299
 And our

00:35:59.299 --> 00:35:59.920
 obedience does

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.839
 not earn the

00:36:00.839 --> 00:36:01.579
 salvation that

00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:02.579
 his death

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:03.279
 has

00:36:03.279 --> 00:36:04.599
 accomplished.

00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:06.239
 The

00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:06.819
 Christian does

00:36:06.819 --> 00:36:07.559
 not contribute

00:36:07.559 --> 00:36:08.279
 to his

00:36:08.279 --> 00:36:08.880
 justification

00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:10.039
 through self

00:36:10.039 --> 00:36:10.380
 denial.

00:36:11.339 --> 00:36:11.940
 We are

00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:12.739
 justified by

00:36:12.739 --> 00:36:13.480
 grace alone

00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:14.219
 through faith

00:36:14.219 --> 00:36:14.719
 alone in

00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:15.219
 the person

00:36:15.219 --> 00:36:15.980
 and work of

00:36:15.980 --> 00:36:16.900
 Jesus Christ

00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:18.119
 alone.

00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:19.319
 Amen.

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:21.059
 But the

00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:21.900
 salvation that

00:36:21.900 --> 00:36:22.659
 unites us to

00:36:22.659 --> 00:36:23.420
 Jesus Christ

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:24.619
 also produces

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:25.839
 a transformation

00:36:25.839 --> 00:36:27.199
 in our

00:36:27.199 --> 00:36:28.639
 relationship to

00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:29.079
 the world.

00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:30.400
 We are

00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:30.779
 called to

00:36:30.779 --> 00:36:31.759
 follow our

00:36:31.759 --> 00:36:33.179
 crucified and

00:36:33.179 --> 00:36:34.420
 risen Lord.

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.039
 salvation.

00:36:35.400 --> 00:36:36.179
 And I think

00:36:36.179 --> 00:36:36.819
 that distinction

00:36:36.819 --> 00:36:37.579
 is especially

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:38.519
 important in a

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:38.980
 culture that

00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:39.819
 frequently presents

00:36:39.819 --> 00:36:41.619
 Christianity as

00:36:41.619 --> 00:36:42.440
 a means of

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:43.880
 securing personal

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:44.920
 fulfillment.

00:36:45.199 --> 00:36:45.659
 So on the

00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:46.759
 one hand we

00:36:46.759 --> 00:36:47.500
 suffer that we

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:48.279
 might earn

00:36:48.279 --> 00:36:48.860
 righteousness.

00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:49.699
 On the other

00:36:49.699 --> 00:36:50.380
 we may think

00:36:50.380 --> 00:36:50.839
 that Christianity

00:36:50.839 --> 00:36:51.400
 is a way that

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:53.119
 we just fill

00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:53.980
 up.

00:36:55.259 --> 00:36:55.719
 We are

00:36:55.719 --> 00:36:56.460
 sometimes encouraged

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:56.980
 to think that

00:36:56.980 --> 00:36:57.639
 following Jesus

00:36:57.639 --> 00:36:58.599
 will enable us to

00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:59.279
 accomplish our

00:36:59.279 --> 00:36:59.739
 ambitions,

00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:00.339
 achieve our

00:37:00.339 --> 00:37:00.719
 goals,

00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:01.579
 overcome our

00:37:01.579 --> 00:37:02.519
 difficulties,

00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:03.659
 and obtain the

00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:04.259
 kind of earthly

00:37:04.259 --> 00:37:05.659
 life we have

00:37:05.659 --> 00:37:06.320
 always wanted.

00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:08.119
 The gospel

00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:10.719
 brings extraordinary

00:37:10.719 --> 00:37:12.340
 blessings.

00:37:13.780 --> 00:37:14.259
 Forgiveness,

00:37:14.619 --> 00:37:15.159
 reconciliation,

00:37:15.599 --> 00:37:16.039
 adoption,

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:17.320
 peace with God,

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:18.719
 and the promise

00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:20.159
 of eternal life

00:37:20.159 --> 00:37:22.199
 and obedience to

00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:22.820
 God's word

00:37:22.820 --> 00:37:24.460
 frequently produces

00:37:24.460 --> 00:37:25.840
 very real benefits

00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:26.960
 within our

00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:28.780
 earthly circumstances.

00:37:28.780 --> 00:37:28.980
 promises.

00:37:30.240 --> 00:37:30.960
 But Jesus

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.960
 never promises

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:32.920
 that discipleship

00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:34.019
 will preserve

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:34.760
 all our

00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:35.519
 ambitions or

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:36.300
 protect us

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:37.540
 from suffering.

00:37:38.700 --> 00:37:39.200
 In fact,

00:37:39.240 --> 00:37:39.740
 he tells us

00:37:39.740 --> 00:37:40.340
 that genuine

00:37:40.340 --> 00:37:41.420
 discipleship will

00:37:41.420 --> 00:37:42.660
 necessarily require

00:37:42.660 --> 00:37:43.500
 the surrender

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:44.540
 of our lives

00:37:44.540 --> 00:37:46.240
 to his

00:37:46.240 --> 00:37:46.600
 authority.

00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:47.700
 And at

00:37:47.700 --> 00:37:48.240
 times,

00:37:48.640 --> 00:37:49.680
 that surrender

00:37:49.680 --> 00:37:51.440
 is costly.

00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:54.420
 But notice

00:37:54.420 --> 00:37:54.760
 that Jesus

00:37:54.760 --> 00:37:55.240
 does not

00:37:55.240 --> 00:37:55.800
 conclude

00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:56.980
 verse 26

00:37:56.980 --> 00:37:58.000
 with a warning

00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:59.559
 about cost.

00:38:00.619 --> 00:38:01.539
 He concludes

00:38:01.539 --> 00:38:03.420
 with a promise.

00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:05.460
 He tells his

00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:06.099
 disciples that

00:38:06.099 --> 00:38:07.079
 those who serve

00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:08.559
 him will be

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:09.960
 with him.

00:38:10.940 --> 00:38:11.539
 And that the

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:12.679
 Father will honor

00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:14.139
 those who serve

00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:15.300
 the Son.

00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:16.780
 That's

00:38:16.780 --> 00:38:17.300
 extraordinary.

00:38:18.240 --> 00:38:18.659
 What

00:38:18.659 --> 00:38:20.119
 promise.

00:38:21.519 --> 00:38:21.860
 Jesus

00:38:21.860 --> 00:38:22.679
 moving towards

00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:23.320
 humiliation,

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:24.059
 suffering,

00:38:24.380 --> 00:38:24.840
 and death.

00:38:24.940 --> 00:38:25.420
 And he tells

00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:26.159
 those who follow

00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:27.079
 him that

00:38:27.079 --> 00:38:27.679
 their ultimate

00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:28.779
 destination is

00:38:28.779 --> 00:38:29.639
 not defeat,

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:30.759
 but fellowship

00:38:30.759 --> 00:38:32.420
 with him.

00:38:33.480 --> 00:38:34.199
 The servant

00:38:34.199 --> 00:38:34.639
 will be

00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:35.599
 where the

00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:36.639
 Master is.

00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:38.480
 And in the

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:38.980
 context of

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:39.559
 John's gospel,

00:38:39.679 --> 00:38:40.099
 that promise

00:38:40.099 --> 00:38:40.879
 anticipates

00:38:40.879 --> 00:38:42.059
 what Jesus

00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:42.659
 will explain

00:38:42.659 --> 00:38:43.279
 more fully

00:38:43.279 --> 00:38:44.379
 in chapter 14

00:38:44.379 --> 00:38:46.119
 when he speaks

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:46.699
 about preparing

00:38:46.699 --> 00:38:47.619
 a place for

00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:48.199
 his disciples

00:38:48.199 --> 00:38:49.000
 and receiving

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:49.859
 them to

00:38:49.859 --> 00:38:50.420
 himself.

00:38:52.019 --> 00:38:52.399
 Christian

00:38:52.399 --> 00:38:53.219
 discipleship may

00:38:53.219 --> 00:38:53.839
 require the

00:38:53.839 --> 00:38:54.839
 loss of things

00:38:54.840 --> 00:38:55.640
 we presently

00:38:55.640 --> 00:38:56.320
 treasure,

00:38:56.800 --> 00:38:57.400
 but it

00:38:57.400 --> 00:38:58.019
 leads to the

00:38:58.019 --> 00:38:58.660
 possession of

00:38:58.660 --> 00:38:59.079
 something

00:38:59.079 --> 00:39:00.420
 incomparably

00:39:00.420 --> 00:39:01.539
 greater.

00:39:02.000 --> 00:39:02.860
 We will

00:39:02.860 --> 00:39:04.280
 be with

00:39:04.280 --> 00:39:05.760
 Christ.

00:39:07.180 --> 00:39:07.600
 And not

00:39:07.600 --> 00:39:08.120
 only will we

00:39:08.120 --> 00:39:08.480
 be with

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:08.920
 Christ,

00:39:09.680 --> 00:39:10.140
 but Jesus

00:39:10.140 --> 00:39:10.660
 says that the

00:39:10.660 --> 00:39:11.180
 Father will

00:39:11.180 --> 00:39:12.700
 honor those

00:39:12.700 --> 00:39:13.579
 who serve

00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:13.800
 him.

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:15.320
 The eternal

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:15.960
 God whose

00:39:15.960 --> 00:39:16.960
 glory surpasses

00:39:16.960 --> 00:39:17.960
 anything we can

00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:19.079
 comprehend promises

00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:20.420
 to honor those

00:39:20.420 --> 00:39:21.200
 who belong

00:39:21.199 --> 00:39:22.879
 to his Son.

00:39:25.239 --> 00:39:25.679
 Fourthly,

00:39:26.179 --> 00:39:26.659
 you're tracking

00:39:26.659 --> 00:39:27.219
 time, I'm

00:39:27.219 --> 00:39:27.539
 going to speed

00:39:27.539 --> 00:39:27.839
 up.

00:39:29.759 --> 00:39:30.799
 The resolve

00:39:30.799 --> 00:39:31.980
 of the

00:39:31.980 --> 00:39:32.339
 Savior.

00:39:33.399 --> 00:39:33.619
 Look at

00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:34.419
 verse 27 in

00:39:34.419 --> 00:39:35.279
 the first part

00:39:35.279 --> 00:39:36.139
 of 28.

00:39:37.779 --> 00:39:38.339
 Jesus has

00:39:38.339 --> 00:39:39.019
 just explained

00:39:39.019 --> 00:39:39.619
 his death is

00:39:39.619 --> 00:39:40.439
 necessary for

00:39:40.439 --> 00:39:40.939
 the salvation

00:39:40.939 --> 00:39:41.559
 of his people

00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:41.960
 and he has

00:39:41.960 --> 00:39:42.480
 called his

00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:43.039
 disciples to

00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:43.480
 follow him

00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:44.619
 in self-denying

00:39:44.619 --> 00:39:45.399
 obedience.

00:39:46.159 --> 00:39:47.039
 But now he

00:39:47.039 --> 00:39:48.639
 reveals something

00:39:48.639 --> 00:39:49.719
 of the anguish

00:39:49.719 --> 00:39:50.500
 he is experiencing

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:51.839
 as he contemplates

00:39:51.839 --> 00:39:52.500
 the suffering

00:39:52.500 --> 00:39:53.980
 that awaits

00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:54.259
 him.

00:39:55.339 --> 00:39:56.159
 He explains

00:39:56.159 --> 00:39:56.879
 that his soul

00:39:56.879 --> 00:39:57.699
 is troubled.

00:39:59.259 --> 00:39:59.939
 We should see

00:39:59.939 --> 00:40:00.559
 the significance

00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:01.219
 of that statement

00:40:01.219 --> 00:40:02.500
 because throughout

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:03.199
 John's gospel,

00:40:03.339 --> 00:40:03.859
 the authority

00:40:03.859 --> 00:40:04.500
 of Jesus has

00:40:04.500 --> 00:40:05.379
 been presented

00:40:05.379 --> 00:40:06.699
 with extraordinary

00:40:06.699 --> 00:40:07.279
 clarity.

00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:08.899
 He speaks

00:40:08.899 --> 00:40:09.339
 with divine

00:40:09.339 --> 00:40:09.739
 authority.

00:40:10.199 --> 00:40:10.719
 He possesses

00:40:10.719 --> 00:40:11.279
 knowledge that

00:40:11.279 --> 00:40:11.699
 no ordinary

00:40:11.699 --> 00:40:12.239
 human could

00:40:12.239 --> 00:40:12.699
 possess.

00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:13.719
 He exercises

00:40:13.719 --> 00:40:14.639
 sovereign power

00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:15.379
 over disease

00:40:15.379 --> 00:40:15.899
 and nature

00:40:15.899 --> 00:40:16.459
 and demons

00:40:16.459 --> 00:40:17.039
 and death

00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:17.899
 itself.

00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:19.480
 And in our

00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:20.019
 study of

00:40:20.019 --> 00:40:20.880
 chapter 11

00:40:20.880 --> 00:40:21.360
 we witness

00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:21.920
 him standing

00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:22.380
 before the

00:40:22.380 --> 00:40:22.700
 tomb of

00:40:22.700 --> 00:40:23.079
 Lazarus

00:40:23.079 --> 00:40:23.800
 and commanding

00:40:23.800 --> 00:40:24.300
 a dead

00:40:24.300 --> 00:40:25.260
 man to

00:40:25.260 --> 00:40:25.780
 come out.

00:40:26.380 --> 00:40:27.059
 His word

00:40:27.059 --> 00:40:27.840
 was sufficient

00:40:27.840 --> 00:40:28.599
 to reverse

00:40:28.599 --> 00:40:29.420
 the physical

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:30.059
 reality of

00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:30.599
 death and

00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:31.420
 yet here

00:40:31.420 --> 00:40:32.840
 as Jesus

00:40:32.840 --> 00:40:33.579
 contemplates

00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:34.220
 his own

00:40:34.220 --> 00:40:34.639
 approaching

00:40:34.639 --> 00:40:35.099
 death

00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:36.539
 he expresses

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:37.940
 distress.

00:40:39.539 --> 00:40:40.480
 Now we

00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:40.940
 should not

00:40:40.940 --> 00:40:41.360
 interpret the

00:40:41.360 --> 00:40:41.880
 distress as

00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:42.260
 though Jesus

00:40:42.260 --> 00:40:42.960
 were experiencing

00:40:42.960 --> 00:40:43.559
 some kind

00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:44.139
 of crisis

00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:45.079
 of faith

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:46.500
 nor should

00:40:46.500 --> 00:40:47.200
 we imagine

00:40:47.199 --> 00:40:47.519
 that he

00:40:47.519 --> 00:40:47.939
 has become

00:40:47.939 --> 00:40:48.559
 uncertain

00:40:48.559 --> 00:40:49.179
 about the

00:40:49.179 --> 00:40:49.779
 father's

00:40:49.779 --> 00:40:50.699
 purposes.

00:40:51.759 --> 00:40:52.059
 He's

00:40:52.059 --> 00:40:52.460
 repeatedly

00:40:52.460 --> 00:40:53.119
 explained the

00:40:53.119 --> 00:40:53.739
 necessity of

00:40:53.739 --> 00:40:54.139
 his death

00:40:54.139 --> 00:40:54.500
 and he has

00:40:54.500 --> 00:40:54.899
 deliberately

00:40:54.899 --> 00:40:55.739
 moved toward

00:40:55.739 --> 00:40:56.159
 Jerusalem

00:40:56.159 --> 00:40:56.799
 with full

00:40:56.799 --> 00:40:57.439
 knowledge of

00:40:57.439 --> 00:40:58.219
 what awaits

00:40:58.219 --> 00:40:58.500
 him.

00:40:59.559 --> 00:41:00.000
 But the

00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:00.559
 certainty of

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:01.099
 his mission

00:41:01.099 --> 00:41:01.460
 does not

00:41:01.460 --> 00:41:02.179
 eliminate the

00:41:02.179 --> 00:41:03.239
 reality of

00:41:03.239 --> 00:41:03.939
 his human

00:41:03.939 --> 00:41:05.379
 suffering.

00:41:06.960 --> 00:41:07.919
 We understand

00:41:07.919 --> 00:41:08.699
 this to

00:41:08.699 --> 00:41:09.299
 maintain a

00:41:09.299 --> 00:41:10.139
 biblical

00:41:10.139 --> 00:41:11.019
 doctrine of

00:41:11.019 --> 00:41:11.639
 the incarnation.

00:41:13.259 --> 00:41:13.799
 Jesus Christ

00:41:13.799 --> 00:41:14.399
 is not merely

00:41:14.399 --> 00:41:15.559
 God appearing

00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:16.840
 to possess a

00:41:16.840 --> 00:41:17.719
 human body.

00:41:18.920 --> 00:41:19.500
 He's not a

00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:20.480
 divine person

00:41:20.480 --> 00:41:21.320
 who has

00:41:21.320 --> 00:41:21.840
 temporarily

00:41:21.840 --> 00:41:22.579
 adopted the

00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:22.880
 outward

00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:23.820
 characteristics of

00:41:23.820 --> 00:41:24.279
 humanity

00:41:24.279 --> 00:41:25.420
 or remaining

00:41:25.420 --> 00:41:26.840
 unaffected by

00:41:26.840 --> 00:41:28.099
 genuinely human

00:41:28.099 --> 00:41:29.519
 experiences.

00:41:30.719 --> 00:41:31.840
 Truly God

00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:33.299
 and truly

00:41:33.299 --> 00:41:34.460
 man.

00:41:35.139 --> 00:41:35.340
 The

00:41:35.340 --> 00:41:35.920
 hypostatic

00:41:35.920 --> 00:41:36.400
 union.

00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:38.019
 He is the

00:41:38.019 --> 00:41:38.880
 eternal son of

00:41:38.880 --> 00:41:39.440
 God who has

00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:40.360
 assumed a

00:41:40.360 --> 00:41:41.679
 true human

00:41:41.679 --> 00:41:42.480
 nature.

00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:44.279
 He possesses a

00:41:44.280 --> 00:41:44.840
 human body,

00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:45.620
 a human mind,

00:41:45.700 --> 00:41:46.180
 a human

00:41:46.180 --> 00:41:46.660
 will.

00:41:47.440 --> 00:41:48.180
 He experiences

00:41:48.180 --> 00:41:49.460
 genuine human

00:41:49.460 --> 00:41:51.460
 affections and

00:41:51.460 --> 00:41:51.880
 emotions.

00:41:52.900 --> 00:41:53.660
 His humanity

00:41:53.660 --> 00:41:55.019
 is not

00:41:55.019 --> 00:41:56.500
 diminished by

00:41:56.500 --> 00:41:57.019
 his deity.

00:41:58.300 --> 00:41:58.860
 So when

00:41:58.860 --> 00:41:59.780
 Jesus tells us

00:41:59.780 --> 00:42:00.620
 that his soul

00:42:00.620 --> 00:42:01.720
 is troubled,

00:42:03.080 --> 00:42:03.420
 we should

00:42:03.420 --> 00:42:04.019
 understand that

00:42:04.019 --> 00:42:04.800
 he is describing

00:42:04.800 --> 00:42:05.660
 genuine

00:42:05.660 --> 00:42:06.800
 anguish.

00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:08.820
 The approaching

00:42:08.820 --> 00:42:09.660
 cross is not

00:42:09.660 --> 00:42:10.180
 something he

00:42:10.180 --> 00:42:11.800
 regards with

00:42:11.800 --> 00:42:12.519
 emotional

00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:13.780
 indifference.

00:42:14.780 --> 00:42:15.580
 He knows

00:42:15.580 --> 00:42:16.500
 the coming

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:17.060
 pain of

00:42:17.060 --> 00:42:17.640
 physical

00:42:17.640 --> 00:42:18.120
 suffering.

00:42:18.280 --> 00:42:19.080
 He knows

00:42:19.080 --> 00:42:19.620
 the coming

00:42:19.620 --> 00:42:20.500
 horror of

00:42:20.500 --> 00:42:20.880
 death.

00:42:22.220 --> 00:42:22.500
 More

00:42:22.500 --> 00:42:23.000
 importantly,

00:42:23.120 --> 00:42:23.500
 he knows

00:42:23.500 --> 00:42:23.800
 that his

00:42:23.800 --> 00:42:24.300
 death will

00:42:24.300 --> 00:42:25.060
 involve bearing

00:42:25.060 --> 00:42:25.820
 the judgment

00:42:25.820 --> 00:42:26.519
 of God

00:42:26.519 --> 00:42:27.100
 against the

00:42:27.100 --> 00:42:28.420
 sins of

00:42:28.420 --> 00:42:28.940
 his people,

00:42:29.400 --> 00:42:30.519
 a thing we

00:42:30.519 --> 00:42:31.060
 could not

00:42:31.060 --> 00:42:32.240
 quite comprehend.

00:42:34.440 --> 00:42:35.220
 Now we

00:42:35.220 --> 00:42:35.500
 need to

00:42:35.500 --> 00:42:36.100
 recognize that

00:42:36.100 --> 00:42:36.620
 the distress

00:42:36.620 --> 00:42:37.240
 of Jesus

00:42:37.240 --> 00:42:37.960
 that he's

00:42:37.960 --> 00:42:38.460
 experiencing

00:42:38.460 --> 00:42:38.900
 is not

00:42:38.900 --> 00:42:39.800
 evidence of

00:42:39.800 --> 00:42:40.640
 some kind

00:42:40.640 --> 00:42:41.900
 of weakness.

00:42:42.620 --> 00:42:42.780
 There's

00:42:42.780 --> 00:42:43.640
 nothing sinful

00:42:43.640 --> 00:42:44.820
 about the

00:42:44.820 --> 00:42:45.680
 natural human

00:42:45.680 --> 00:42:46.560
 aversion to

00:42:46.560 --> 00:42:47.900
 suffering and

00:42:47.900 --> 00:42:48.260
 death.

00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:50.019
 Death is not

00:42:50.019 --> 00:42:50.500
 part of the

00:42:50.500 --> 00:42:50.980
 goodness of

00:42:50.980 --> 00:42:51.700
 creation as

00:42:51.700 --> 00:42:52.820
 God established

00:42:52.820 --> 00:42:53.120
 it.

00:42:54.039 --> 00:42:54.640
 Death entered

00:42:54.640 --> 00:42:55.120
 the world

00:42:55.120 --> 00:42:56.519
 through sin.

00:42:57.680 --> 00:42:57.940
 And although

00:42:57.940 --> 00:42:58.519
 Christ is

00:42:58.519 --> 00:42:59.380
 completely without

00:42:59.380 --> 00:43:00.060
 sin, he has

00:43:00.060 --> 00:43:00.600
 entered a world

00:43:00.600 --> 00:43:01.400
 corrupted by

00:43:01.400 --> 00:43:02.300
 sin and

00:43:02.300 --> 00:43:03.280
 voluntarily assumed

00:43:03.280 --> 00:43:04.100
 the responsibility

00:43:04.100 --> 00:43:04.660
 of bearing

00:43:04.660 --> 00:43:05.539
 sin's penalty

00:43:05.539 --> 00:43:07.140
 on behalf of

00:43:07.140 --> 00:43:07.620
 his people.

00:43:07.619 --> 00:43:08.619
 sin.

00:43:08.619 --> 00:43:09.539
 It should not

00:43:09.539 --> 00:43:10.319
 surprise us

00:43:10.319 --> 00:43:11.119
 therefore that

00:43:11.119 --> 00:43:11.799
 he experiences

00:43:11.799 --> 00:43:14.099
 anguish as

00:43:14.099 --> 00:43:14.839
 he anticipates

00:43:14.839 --> 00:43:15.440
 the cross.

00:43:16.940 --> 00:43:17.639
 In fact, his

00:43:17.639 --> 00:43:18.500
 distress ought to

00:43:18.500 --> 00:43:19.339
 deepen our

00:43:19.339 --> 00:43:20.059
 understanding of

00:43:20.059 --> 00:43:20.839
 the significance

00:43:20.839 --> 00:43:22.179
 of what he's

00:43:22.179 --> 00:43:22.619
 about to

00:43:22.619 --> 00:43:23.179
 accomplish.

00:43:25.299 --> 00:43:26.239
 Now, there

00:43:26.239 --> 00:43:26.500
 is an

00:43:26.500 --> 00:43:26.799
 interesting

00:43:26.799 --> 00:43:27.559
 connection between

00:43:27.559 --> 00:43:28.599
 this passage and

00:43:28.599 --> 00:43:29.199
 what we read in

00:43:29.199 --> 00:43:29.900
 other gospels

00:43:29.900 --> 00:43:30.619
 concerning Jesus'

00:43:30.799 --> 00:43:31.779
 experience in

00:43:31.779 --> 00:43:32.699
 the Garden of

00:43:32.699 --> 00:43:33.480
 Gethsemane.

00:43:34.500 --> 00:43:35.079
 John does not

00:43:35.079 --> 00:43:35.819
 provide the same

00:43:35.819 --> 00:43:36.779
 extended account of

00:43:36.780 --> 00:43:37.800
 Jesus' agony in

00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:38.360
 the Garden that

00:43:38.360 --> 00:43:38.940
 we find in

00:43:38.940 --> 00:43:39.980
 Matthew, Mark,

00:43:40.300 --> 00:43:40.840
 and Luke.

00:43:41.600 --> 00:43:42.460
 Instead, John

00:43:42.460 --> 00:43:43.080
 records this

00:43:43.080 --> 00:43:44.380
 earlier expression

00:43:44.380 --> 00:43:45.380
 of distress as

00:43:45.380 --> 00:43:46.780
 Jesus contemplates

00:43:46.780 --> 00:43:47.980
 the approaching

00:43:47.980 --> 00:43:48.960
 hour.

00:43:50.080 --> 00:43:50.519
 And the

00:43:50.519 --> 00:43:50.940
 theological

00:43:50.940 --> 00:43:52.080
 relationship between

00:43:52.080 --> 00:43:53.019
 the passage is

00:43:53.019 --> 00:43:53.740
 unmistakable.

00:43:53.860 --> 00:43:54.740
 In both settings,

00:43:54.960 --> 00:43:56.060
 we encounter the

00:43:56.060 --> 00:43:56.960
 genuine anguish

00:43:56.960 --> 00:43:57.920
 of Jesus as he

00:43:57.920 --> 00:43:59.200
 considers the

00:43:59.200 --> 00:44:00.160
 suffering that

00:44:00.160 --> 00:44:00.780
 awaits him.

00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:02.540
 And in both

00:44:02.540 --> 00:44:03.300
 settings, his

00:44:03.300 --> 00:44:03.980
 response is

00:44:03.980 --> 00:44:05.040
 characterized by

00:44:05.040 --> 00:44:06.180
 perfect submission

00:44:06.179 --> 00:44:07.179
 to the Father's

00:44:07.179 --> 00:44:08.319
 will.

00:44:09.460 --> 00:44:10.159
 Look again at

00:44:10.159 --> 00:44:11.719
 verse 27.

00:44:11.859 --> 00:44:12.419
 Jesus raises

00:44:12.419 --> 00:44:13.299
 the question

00:44:13.299 --> 00:44:14.839
 of what he

00:44:14.839 --> 00:44:15.940
 should say in

00:44:15.940 --> 00:44:16.819
 light of his

00:44:16.819 --> 00:44:17.980
 distress.

00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:20.419
 Should he ask

00:44:20.419 --> 00:44:21.119
 the Father to

00:44:21.119 --> 00:44:22.199
 deliver him from

00:44:22.199 --> 00:44:22.679
 this hour?

00:44:24.339 --> 00:44:25.179
 Now, there's a

00:44:25.179 --> 00:44:26.199
 legitimate interpretive

00:44:26.199 --> 00:44:27.119
 question concerning

00:44:27.119 --> 00:44:28.159
 the punctuation of

00:44:28.159 --> 00:44:28.940
 this verse because

00:44:28.940 --> 00:44:30.259
 the earliest Greek

00:44:30.259 --> 00:44:31.480
 manuscripts do not

00:44:31.480 --> 00:44:32.819
 contain the same

00:44:32.819 --> 00:44:34.079
 system that we use

00:44:34.079 --> 00:44:34.679
 in our English

00:44:34.679 --> 00:44:35.279
 translations.

00:44:36.219 --> 00:44:36.960
 And commentators

00:44:36.960 --> 00:44:38.219
 have differed over

00:44:38.219 --> 00:44:39.039
 whether Jesus is

00:44:39.039 --> 00:44:40.099
 describing a prayer

00:44:40.099 --> 00:44:41.279
 he might offer or

00:44:41.279 --> 00:44:42.539
 actually expressing a

00:44:42.539 --> 00:44:44.039
 petition before

00:44:44.039 --> 00:44:45.219
 immediately reaffirming

00:44:45.219 --> 00:44:46.079
 his submission to

00:44:46.079 --> 00:44:47.840
 the Father's purpose.

00:44:48.900 --> 00:44:50.239
 I appreciate the

00:44:50.239 --> 00:44:51.480
 punctuation the ESV

00:44:51.480 --> 00:44:53.659
 translators use,

00:44:54.539 --> 00:44:55.340
 and I read it that

00:44:55.340 --> 00:44:57.019
 way quite purposefully,

00:44:57.480 --> 00:44:58.519
 which makes the

00:44:58.519 --> 00:45:00.360
 question at this

00:45:00.360 --> 00:45:02.900
 point rhetorical.

00:45:02.900 --> 00:45:04.019
 He's asking it,

00:45:04.119 --> 00:45:05.380
 should I ask this?

00:45:06.619 --> 00:45:07.460
 No, I won't ask

00:45:07.460 --> 00:45:07.840
 this.

00:45:08.079 --> 00:45:08.500
 I'm going to submit

00:45:08.500 --> 00:45:09.099
 myself to the

00:45:09.099 --> 00:45:09.440
 Father.

00:45:10.180 --> 00:45:11.720
 But yet later in

00:45:11.720 --> 00:45:13.240
 the garden, he

00:45:13.240 --> 00:45:13.760
 does.

00:45:14.720 --> 00:45:15.340
 And I think we see

00:45:15.340 --> 00:45:16.220
 Jesus as humanity

00:45:16.220 --> 00:45:17.240
 going through the

00:45:17.240 --> 00:45:19.019
 exercise, taking up

00:45:19.019 --> 00:45:21.579
 God's promise and

00:45:21.579 --> 00:45:23.300
 purpose and speaking

00:45:23.300 --> 00:45:25.320
 the truth to

00:45:25.320 --> 00:45:25.880
 himself.

00:45:27.119 --> 00:45:28.200
 Either way, the

00:45:28.200 --> 00:45:29.280
 essential point is

00:45:29.280 --> 00:45:30.340
 not difficult.

00:45:30.340 --> 00:45:30.800
 He chooses to

00:45:30.800 --> 00:45:31.880
 abandon the purpose

00:45:31.880 --> 00:45:33.019
 for which he has

00:45:33.019 --> 00:45:34.220
 come.

00:45:35.019 --> 00:45:36.099
 He declares that

00:45:36.099 --> 00:45:37.019
 this hour is the

00:45:37.019 --> 00:45:37.940
 very reason he has

00:45:37.940 --> 00:45:39.200
 arrived at this

00:45:39.200 --> 00:45:40.119
 point in his

00:45:40.119 --> 00:45:40.500
 mission.

00:45:42.000 --> 00:45:42.519
 Now in Jesus'

00:45:42.660 --> 00:45:43.940
 distress, notice

00:45:43.940 --> 00:45:45.240
 the brief prayer

00:45:45.240 --> 00:45:47.440
 in verse 28.

00:45:47.840 --> 00:45:49.240
 So a lesson in

00:45:49.240 --> 00:45:49.980
 prayer here, I

00:45:49.980 --> 00:45:50.300
 think.

00:45:50.400 --> 00:45:51.660
 He asks the

00:45:51.660 --> 00:45:53.280
 Father to glorify

00:45:53.280 --> 00:45:54.579
 his name.

00:45:55.039 --> 00:45:56.119
 That's his response

00:45:56.119 --> 00:45:57.500
 to this anguish.

00:45:58.099 --> 00:45:59.160
 Father, glorify

00:45:59.159 --> 00:46:00.480
 your name.

00:46:01.699 --> 00:46:02.619
 Does not make the

00:46:02.619 --> 00:46:03.440
 preservation of his

00:46:03.440 --> 00:46:04.399
 earthly life the

00:46:04.399 --> 00:46:05.619
 ultimate objective of

00:46:05.619 --> 00:46:06.139
 this prayer.

00:46:06.899 --> 00:46:08.359
 He makes the glory of

00:46:08.359 --> 00:46:10.719
 his Father the

00:46:10.719 --> 00:46:11.179
 concern.

00:46:12.279 --> 00:46:12.779
 And that is

00:46:12.779 --> 00:46:13.739
 entirely consistent

00:46:13.739 --> 00:46:14.739
 with everything we

00:46:14.739 --> 00:46:15.719
 have seen throughout

00:46:15.719 --> 00:46:17.679
 John's gospel.

00:46:17.879 --> 00:46:18.799
 I'll skip bringing up

00:46:18.799 --> 00:46:20.879
 all of those points.

00:46:20.880 --> 00:46:24.180
 the Father's glory

00:46:24.180 --> 00:46:25.140
 is what he seeks

00:46:25.140 --> 00:46:26.000
 here, which brings

00:46:26.000 --> 00:46:27.579
 us to the

00:46:27.579 --> 00:46:28.840
 remarkable response

00:46:28.840 --> 00:46:29.599
 that followed

00:46:29.599 --> 00:46:30.440
 Jesus' prayer.

00:46:30.619 --> 00:46:31.400
 So number five,

00:46:32.200 --> 00:46:32.740
 we're going to land

00:46:32.740 --> 00:46:33.260
 the plane here

00:46:33.260 --> 00:46:33.579
 soon.

00:46:34.440 --> 00:46:35.200
 Last part of

00:46:35.200 --> 00:46:35.980
 verse 28 and

00:46:35.980 --> 00:46:36.680
 verse 29.

00:46:36.820 --> 00:46:37.140
 Look at the

00:46:37.140 --> 00:46:37.800
 second half of

00:46:37.800 --> 00:46:38.519
 verse 28.

00:46:40.000 --> 00:46:40.740
 Jesus has just

00:46:40.740 --> 00:46:41.380
 asked the Father

00:46:41.380 --> 00:46:42.160
 to glorify his

00:46:42.160 --> 00:46:42.940
 name and John

00:46:42.940 --> 00:46:43.700
 tells us that a

00:46:43.700 --> 00:46:44.500
 voice comes from

00:46:44.500 --> 00:46:45.420
 heaven declaring

00:46:45.420 --> 00:46:46.240
 that the Father

00:46:46.240 --> 00:46:47.700
 has glorified his

00:46:47.700 --> 00:46:48.660
 name and will

00:46:48.660 --> 00:46:49.579
 glorify it

00:46:49.579 --> 00:46:50.539
 again.

00:46:51.719 --> 00:46:52.380
 Now throughout

00:46:52.380 --> 00:46:52.880
 the scriptures,

00:46:53.099 --> 00:46:53.779
 occasions on which

00:46:53.779 --> 00:46:54.819
 God speaks audibly

00:46:54.819 --> 00:46:55.699
 from heaven are

00:46:55.699 --> 00:46:56.319
 extraordinarily

00:46:56.319 --> 00:46:57.380
 significant.

00:46:58.299 --> 00:46:59.420
 We should remember

00:46:59.420 --> 00:47:00.059
 the voice of the

00:47:00.059 --> 00:47:00.579
 Father at the

00:47:00.579 --> 00:47:01.480
 baptism of Jesus

00:47:01.480 --> 00:47:02.420
 when he identified

00:47:02.420 --> 00:47:03.380
 Jesus as his

00:47:03.380 --> 00:47:04.219
 beloved son.

00:47:04.699 --> 00:47:05.779
 We should remember

00:47:05.779 --> 00:47:06.840
 the transfiguration

00:47:06.840 --> 00:47:07.380
 when the Father

00:47:07.380 --> 00:47:08.539
 again testified

00:47:08.539 --> 00:47:09.319
 concerning the

00:47:09.319 --> 00:47:10.179
 identity of his

00:47:10.179 --> 00:47:11.400
 son and commanded

00:47:11.400 --> 00:47:12.239
 the disciples to

00:47:12.239 --> 00:47:13.019
 listen to him.

00:47:13.860 --> 00:47:14.840
 And now as Jesus

00:47:14.840 --> 00:47:15.719
 approaches the

00:47:15.719 --> 00:47:16.920
 cross, the

00:47:16.920 --> 00:47:17.920
 Father once again

00:47:17.920 --> 00:47:19.119
 provides an audible

00:47:19.119 --> 00:47:20.019
 testimony.

00:47:21.139 --> 00:47:21.699
 But note its

00:47:21.699 --> 00:47:22.779
 content.

00:47:23.839 --> 00:47:24.599
 The Father declares

00:47:24.599 --> 00:47:25.359
 he has already

00:47:25.359 --> 00:47:26.279
 glorified his name

00:47:26.279 --> 00:47:26.960
 and that he will

00:47:26.960 --> 00:47:28.599
 glorify it again.

00:47:29.259 --> 00:47:29.900
 What does that

00:47:29.900 --> 00:47:31.239
 mean?

00:47:32.480 --> 00:47:33.259
 Well, throughout the

00:47:33.259 --> 00:47:34.139
 earthly ministry of

00:47:34.139 --> 00:47:35.199
 Jesus, the Father's

00:47:35.199 --> 00:47:35.759
 glory has been

00:47:35.759 --> 00:47:36.799
 revealed through the

00:47:36.799 --> 00:47:38.099
 person and work of

00:47:38.099 --> 00:47:38.579
 his son.

00:47:39.460 --> 00:47:40.440
 Remember what John

00:47:40.440 --> 00:47:41.199
 told us in chapter

00:47:41.199 --> 00:47:41.659
 one.

00:47:42.659 --> 00:47:43.480
 The eternal word

00:47:43.480 --> 00:47:44.420
 became flesh and

00:47:44.420 --> 00:47:45.420
 dwelt among us and

00:47:45.420 --> 00:47:46.960
 the disciples beheld

00:47:46.960 --> 00:47:48.480
 his glory.

00:47:49.480 --> 00:47:50.139
 The glory of the

00:47:50.139 --> 00:47:51.139
 Father was revealed

00:47:51.139 --> 00:47:51.699
 through the

00:47:51.699 --> 00:47:52.059
 incarnation.

00:47:53.099 --> 00:47:54.019
 It was manifested

00:47:54.019 --> 00:47:54.820
 through the signs

00:47:54.820 --> 00:47:55.539
 Jesus performed.

00:47:55.659 --> 00:47:56.159
 It was revealed

00:47:56.159 --> 00:47:56.599
 through his

00:47:56.599 --> 00:47:58.079
 authoritative teaching.

00:47:58.340 --> 00:47:59.019
 It was demonstrated

00:47:59.019 --> 00:48:00.119
 through his perfect

00:48:00.119 --> 00:48:00.960
 obedience.

00:48:02.019 --> 00:48:03.260
 And it was displayed

00:48:03.260 --> 00:48:04.260
 through the extraordinary

00:48:04.260 --> 00:48:05.559
 revelation of divine

00:48:05.559 --> 00:48:06.659
 grace and truth

00:48:06.659 --> 00:48:07.860
 embodied in his

00:48:07.860 --> 00:48:09.079
 very person.

00:48:10.360 --> 00:48:11.159
 Consider the miracle

00:48:11.159 --> 00:48:12.139
 we've recently studied

00:48:12.139 --> 00:48:13.539
 in John chapter 11.

00:48:13.539 --> 00:48:14.940
 Before raising

00:48:14.940 --> 00:48:15.599
 Lazarus from the

00:48:15.599 --> 00:48:15.980
 dead, Jesus

00:48:15.980 --> 00:48:16.739
 explained that the

00:48:16.739 --> 00:48:17.159
 sickness would

00:48:17.159 --> 00:48:18.239
 ultimately result in

00:48:18.239 --> 00:48:19.380
 the glory of God,

00:48:19.779 --> 00:48:21.039
 that the Son of God

00:48:21.039 --> 00:48:22.139
 might be glorified

00:48:22.139 --> 00:48:23.139
 through it.

00:48:24.019 --> 00:48:24.599
 And when Jesus

00:48:24.599 --> 00:48:25.420
 stood before the

00:48:25.420 --> 00:48:26.179
 tomb, he reminded

00:48:26.179 --> 00:48:27.420
 Martha that belief

00:48:27.420 --> 00:48:28.480
 would enable her to

00:48:28.480 --> 00:48:30.579
 see the glory of God.

00:48:31.480 --> 00:48:32.159
 Then he called

00:48:32.159 --> 00:48:33.219
 Lazarus from the

00:48:33.219 --> 00:48:33.579
 grave.

00:48:34.639 --> 00:48:35.019
 And in that

00:48:35.019 --> 00:48:36.079
 miraculous display of

00:48:36.079 --> 00:48:36.940
 authority over death,

00:48:37.000 --> 00:48:37.679
 the glory of God

00:48:37.679 --> 00:48:38.679
 was revealed through

00:48:38.679 --> 00:48:40.519
 the power of a

00:48:40.519 --> 00:48:40.719
 Son.

00:48:40.719 --> 00:48:42.459
 So when the

00:48:42.459 --> 00:48:43.000
 Father declares

00:48:43.000 --> 00:48:43.539
 that he has already

00:48:43.539 --> 00:48:44.399
 glorified his name,

00:48:44.459 --> 00:48:45.299
 we should understand

00:48:45.299 --> 00:48:46.719
 that his glory has

00:48:46.719 --> 00:48:47.419
 been, we will

00:48:47.419 --> 00:48:48.679
 glorify his name

00:48:48.679 --> 00:48:49.379
 again.

00:48:50.500 --> 00:48:50.980
 And in the

00:48:50.980 --> 00:48:51.699
 immediate context,

00:48:51.819 --> 00:48:52.639
 that declaration

00:48:52.639 --> 00:48:54.059
 directs our attention

00:48:54.059 --> 00:48:54.959
 toward the approaching

00:48:54.959 --> 00:48:56.879
 death and exaltation

00:48:56.879 --> 00:48:57.839
 of Jesus.

00:48:58.599 --> 00:48:59.679
 The Father will be

00:48:59.679 --> 00:49:00.899
 glorified through the

00:49:00.899 --> 00:49:02.199
 obedient sacrifice

00:49:02.199 --> 00:49:03.699
 of a Son.

00:49:04.239 --> 00:49:04.959
 And he will be

00:49:04.959 --> 00:49:05.799
 glorified through the

00:49:05.799 --> 00:49:07.059
 resurrection and

00:49:07.059 --> 00:49:08.000
 the exaltation

00:49:08.000 --> 00:49:08.939
 that follows.

00:49:08.940 --> 00:49:11.340
 these events are

00:49:11.340 --> 00:49:12.119
 so intimately

00:49:12.119 --> 00:49:12.840
 connected with

00:49:12.840 --> 00:49:13.659
 John's theology

00:49:13.659 --> 00:49:14.400
 that the death,

00:49:14.539 --> 00:49:15.019
 resurrection,

00:49:15.320 --> 00:49:16.079
 exaltation of

00:49:16.079 --> 00:49:17.000
 Jesus together

00:49:17.000 --> 00:49:18.619
 constitute the

00:49:18.619 --> 00:49:19.220
 climactic

00:49:19.220 --> 00:49:20.740
 accomplishment of

00:49:20.740 --> 00:49:22.420
 his appointed

00:49:22.420 --> 00:49:23.960
 hour.

00:49:24.900 --> 00:49:25.920
 The cross reveals

00:49:25.920 --> 00:49:26.740
 the Father's glory

00:49:26.740 --> 00:49:27.920
 because it

00:49:27.920 --> 00:49:28.679
 demonstrates the

00:49:28.679 --> 00:49:29.940
 perfection of his

00:49:29.940 --> 00:49:32.039
 redemptive purpose.

00:49:33.300 --> 00:49:34.460
 Now, look at

00:49:34.460 --> 00:49:36.179
 verse 29.

00:49:36.480 --> 00:49:37.220
 John records

00:49:37.219 --> 00:49:37.879
 that the crowd

00:49:37.879 --> 00:49:38.619
 standing nearby

00:49:38.619 --> 00:49:39.359
 heard the voice

00:49:39.359 --> 00:49:39.799
 from heaven,

00:49:39.939 --> 00:49:40.579
 but they did

00:49:40.579 --> 00:49:41.759
 not respond to

00:49:41.759 --> 00:49:42.439
 it all in the

00:49:42.439 --> 00:49:43.799
 same way.

00:49:44.799 --> 00:49:45.699
 Some concluded

00:49:45.699 --> 00:49:46.259
 that they had

00:49:46.259 --> 00:49:47.439
 heard thunder.

00:49:48.199 --> 00:49:48.959
 Others believed

00:49:48.959 --> 00:49:49.759
 that an angel

00:49:49.759 --> 00:49:50.779
 had spoken to

00:49:50.779 --> 00:49:51.199
 Jesus.

00:49:52.359 --> 00:49:52.939
 That's an

00:49:52.939 --> 00:49:53.619
 interesting detail,

00:49:54.000 --> 00:49:54.480
 right?

00:49:55.399 --> 00:49:56.519
 What is happening

00:49:56.519 --> 00:49:56.839
 here?

00:49:57.899 --> 00:49:59.099
 We might imagine

00:49:59.099 --> 00:50:00.019
 that an audible

00:50:00.019 --> 00:50:00.899
 voice from heaven

00:50:00.899 --> 00:50:01.839
 would immediately

00:50:01.839 --> 00:50:02.959
 eliminate every

00:50:02.959 --> 00:50:04.539
 possibility of

00:50:04.539 --> 00:50:05.019
 misunderstanding.

00:50:05.019 --> 00:50:07.400
 Surely, if God

00:50:07.400 --> 00:50:08.739
 himself speaks

00:50:08.739 --> 00:50:09.500
 audibly in the

00:50:09.500 --> 00:50:10.000
 presence of a

00:50:10.000 --> 00:50:10.920
 crowd, everyone

00:50:10.920 --> 00:50:11.559
 will recognize

00:50:11.559 --> 00:50:12.139
 what has

00:50:12.139 --> 00:50:12.440
 happened.

00:50:13.380 --> 00:50:14.320
 That is not

00:50:14.320 --> 00:50:14.840
 what John

00:50:14.840 --> 00:50:15.800
 records.

00:50:16.840 --> 00:50:17.259
 The varied

00:50:17.259 --> 00:50:17.840
 responses

00:50:17.840 --> 00:50:20.019
 shows the

00:50:20.019 --> 00:50:20.579
 same theme

00:50:20.579 --> 00:50:20.920
 we've seen

00:50:20.920 --> 00:50:21.360
 again and

00:50:21.360 --> 00:50:21.860
 again in

00:50:21.860 --> 00:50:22.960
 John's gospel.

00:50:23.639 --> 00:50:24.199
 Receipt,

00:50:24.440 --> 00:50:24.780
 rejection.

00:50:26.440 --> 00:50:26.800
 Now, there

00:50:26.800 --> 00:50:27.259
 are some

00:50:27.259 --> 00:50:27.960
 whom I

00:50:27.960 --> 00:50:28.759
 respect and

00:50:28.759 --> 00:50:29.340
 appreciate

00:50:29.340 --> 00:50:31.059
 greatly that

00:50:31.059 --> 00:50:31.719
 suggest that

00:50:31.719 --> 00:50:32.840
 some interpret

00:50:32.840 --> 00:50:33.660
 the sound as

00:50:33.660 --> 00:50:34.559
 a natural

00:50:34.559 --> 00:50:35.140
 phenomenon.

00:50:35.380 --> 00:50:35.640
 They just

00:50:35.640 --> 00:50:37.420
 hear thunder.

00:50:37.559 --> 00:50:37.900
 They hear a

00:50:37.900 --> 00:50:38.900
 noise, but

00:50:38.900 --> 00:50:39.940
 not the

00:50:39.940 --> 00:50:40.600
 father's

00:50:40.600 --> 00:50:41.960
 voice.

00:50:43.519 --> 00:50:44.220
 Others, then

00:50:44.220 --> 00:50:44.860
 it is suggested,

00:50:44.980 --> 00:50:45.480
 recognize that

00:50:45.480 --> 00:50:46.380
 something supernatural

00:50:46.380 --> 00:50:46.780
 may have

00:50:46.780 --> 00:50:47.960
 occurred, but

00:50:47.960 --> 00:50:48.420
 they do not

00:50:48.420 --> 00:50:49.220
 identify the

00:50:49.220 --> 00:50:50.000
 full significance

00:50:50.000 --> 00:50:50.600
 of the

00:50:50.600 --> 00:50:51.320
 father's

00:50:51.320 --> 00:50:52.760
 testimony.

00:50:53.600 --> 00:50:53.980
 And maybe

00:50:53.980 --> 00:50:54.340
 that's what's

00:50:54.340 --> 00:50:54.860
 going on

00:50:54.860 --> 00:50:55.160
 here.

00:50:56.600 --> 00:50:57.280
 This is what

00:50:57.280 --> 00:50:57.600
 D.A.

00:50:57.660 --> 00:50:57.960
 Carson

00:50:57.960 --> 00:50:59.600
 suggests, and

00:50:59.600 --> 00:51:00.100
 I will tell

00:51:00.100 --> 00:51:00.680
 you right now

00:51:00.680 --> 00:51:01.180
 that if I'm

00:51:01.180 --> 00:51:01.660
 going to disagree

00:51:01.659 --> 00:51:02.079
 with D.A.

00:51:02.119 --> 00:51:02.659
 Carson, I'm

00:51:02.659 --> 00:51:02.779
 going to

00:51:02.779 --> 00:51:03.480
 have a big

00:51:03.480 --> 00:51:04.019
 slice of

00:51:04.019 --> 00:51:04.539
 humble pie

00:51:04.539 --> 00:51:06.139
 with me at

00:51:06.139 --> 00:51:06.539
 the same

00:51:06.539 --> 00:51:06.960
 time.

00:51:07.679 --> 00:51:08.159
 That's what

00:51:08.159 --> 00:51:08.440
 I'm about

00:51:08.440 --> 00:51:08.819
 to do.

00:51:09.599 --> 00:51:10.039
 I'm not

00:51:10.039 --> 00:51:10.719
 sure that

00:51:10.719 --> 00:51:12.219
 that, in

00:51:12.219 --> 00:51:12.739
 this exact

00:51:12.739 --> 00:51:13.859
 formulation, is

00:51:13.859 --> 00:51:15.619
 what's happening

00:51:15.619 --> 00:51:16.059
 here.

00:51:16.899 --> 00:51:17.259
 Is there

00:51:17.259 --> 00:51:18.239
 varied response?

00:51:18.519 --> 00:51:19.059
 Confusion?

00:51:19.279 --> 00:51:19.559
 Yeah.

00:51:20.079 --> 00:51:20.719
 Lack of

00:51:20.719 --> 00:51:21.379
 clarified

00:51:21.379 --> 00:51:21.960
 significance?

00:51:22.359 --> 00:51:22.659
 Yeah.

00:51:22.779 --> 00:51:23.299
 We can see

00:51:23.299 --> 00:51:23.779
 that that's

00:51:23.779 --> 00:51:24.519
 the case.

00:51:26.039 --> 00:51:26.440
 But I

00:51:26.440 --> 00:51:27.159
 argue that

00:51:27.159 --> 00:51:28.119
 John has

00:51:28.119 --> 00:51:28.940
 recorded these

00:51:28.940 --> 00:51:29.599
 events in

00:51:29.599 --> 00:51:30.579
 this way to

00:51:30.579 --> 00:51:31.440
 make a

00:51:31.440 --> 00:51:31.860
 really

00:51:31.860 --> 00:51:32.599
 significant

00:51:32.599 --> 00:51:33.559
 point.

00:51:35.239 --> 00:51:35.940
 I have

00:51:35.940 --> 00:51:36.299
 yet to

00:51:36.299 --> 00:51:36.840
 tell you

00:51:36.840 --> 00:51:37.420
 why I

00:51:37.420 --> 00:51:38.299
 chose to

00:51:38.299 --> 00:51:38.599
 have a

00:51:38.599 --> 00:51:38.819
 study

00:51:38.819 --> 00:51:39.739
 verses 20

00:51:39.739 --> 00:51:40.679
 through 29.

00:51:41.799 --> 00:51:42.319
 Your

00:51:42.319 --> 00:51:43.259
 subtitling makes

00:51:43.259 --> 00:51:43.799
 no sense of

00:51:43.799 --> 00:51:44.579
 that, does

00:51:44.579 --> 00:51:44.759
 it?

00:51:45.460 --> 00:51:45.920
 If you've

00:51:45.920 --> 00:51:46.259
 been with

00:51:46.259 --> 00:51:46.659
 us in

00:51:46.659 --> 00:51:47.019
 our study

00:51:47.019 --> 00:51:47.460
 of John,

00:51:47.599 --> 00:51:48.319
 you might

00:51:48.319 --> 00:51:48.819
 have guessed.

00:51:49.139 --> 00:51:49.679
 Yes, this

00:51:49.679 --> 00:51:50.579
 passage is

00:51:50.579 --> 00:51:51.920
 chiastic.

00:51:52.360 --> 00:51:52.500
 Yep.

00:51:53.940 --> 00:51:54.679
 It begins

00:51:54.679 --> 00:51:56.019
 and ends

00:51:56.019 --> 00:51:56.840
 with a

00:51:56.840 --> 00:51:57.299
 crowd.

00:51:58.259 --> 00:51:58.980
 Begins and

00:51:58.980 --> 00:51:59.340
 it ends

00:51:59.340 --> 00:51:59.579
 with a

00:51:59.579 --> 00:51:59.820
 crowd.

00:52:00.000 --> 00:52:00.920
 What is

00:52:00.920 --> 00:52:01.519
 John

00:52:01.519 --> 00:52:02.740
 doing?

00:52:03.660 --> 00:52:04.019
 A little

00:52:04.019 --> 00:52:04.640
 while ago,

00:52:05.640 --> 00:52:06.380
 TJ led

00:52:06.380 --> 00:52:06.800
 us in a

00:52:06.800 --> 00:52:07.240
 reading of

00:52:07.240 --> 00:52:08.059
 Exodus chapter

00:52:08.059 --> 00:52:08.640
 19.

00:52:08.940 --> 00:52:09.420
 We encourage

00:52:09.420 --> 00:52:09.900
 you to look

00:52:09.900 --> 00:52:10.180
 at that

00:52:10.180 --> 00:52:10.460
 again.

00:52:10.539 --> 00:52:10.680
 You can

00:52:10.680 --> 00:52:10.980
 look at it

00:52:10.980 --> 00:52:11.140
 in your

00:52:11.140 --> 00:52:12.160
 bulletin or

00:52:12.160 --> 00:52:12.460
 turn in

00:52:12.460 --> 00:52:12.860
 your Bible.

00:52:13.380 --> 00:52:13.980
 Start reading

00:52:13.980 --> 00:52:14.300
 in verse

00:52:14.300 --> 00:52:14.880
 16.

00:52:16.860 --> 00:52:17.420
 I want you

00:52:17.420 --> 00:52:17.780
 to see the

00:52:17.780 --> 00:52:18.079
 words in

00:52:18.079 --> 00:52:18.340
 front of

00:52:18.340 --> 00:52:18.620
 you, so

00:52:18.620 --> 00:52:19.460
 get there

00:52:19.460 --> 00:52:19.800
 as I

00:52:19.800 --> 00:52:20.360
 read this.

00:52:21.980 --> 00:52:22.440
 I'm going

00:52:22.440 --> 00:52:22.800
 to read it

00:52:22.800 --> 00:52:23.400
 relatively

00:52:23.400 --> 00:52:25.100
 quickly and

00:52:25.100 --> 00:52:25.440
 I'll point

00:52:25.440 --> 00:52:26.059
 out the

00:52:26.059 --> 00:52:26.360
 point I

00:52:26.360 --> 00:52:26.720
 intend to

00:52:26.720 --> 00:52:26.940
 make.

00:52:26.940 --> 00:52:28.720
 verse 16,

00:52:28.820 --> 00:52:29.400
 Exodus 19.

00:52:29.400 --> 00:52:29.740
 On the

00:52:29.740 --> 00:52:30.099
 morning of

00:52:30.099 --> 00:52:30.360
 the third

00:52:30.360 --> 00:52:32.300
 day, there

00:52:32.300 --> 00:52:33.000
 were thunders

00:52:33.000 --> 00:52:33.679
 and lightnings

00:52:33.679 --> 00:52:34.139
 and a thick

00:52:34.139 --> 00:52:34.679
 cloud on the

00:52:34.679 --> 00:52:35.119
 mountain and

00:52:35.119 --> 00:52:35.980
 a very loud

00:52:35.980 --> 00:52:36.760
 trumpet blast

00:52:36.760 --> 00:52:37.300
 so that all

00:52:37.300 --> 00:52:37.840
 the people in

00:52:37.840 --> 00:52:38.200
 the camp

00:52:38.200 --> 00:52:38.800
 trembled.

00:52:39.559 --> 00:52:40.039
 Then Moses

00:52:40.039 --> 00:52:40.480
 brought the

00:52:40.480 --> 00:52:40.840
 people out

00:52:40.840 --> 00:52:41.200
 of the camp

00:52:41.200 --> 00:52:41.679
 to meet

00:52:41.679 --> 00:52:42.220
 God and

00:52:42.220 --> 00:52:42.659
 they took

00:52:42.659 --> 00:52:43.300
 their stand

00:52:43.300 --> 00:52:43.599
 at the

00:52:43.599 --> 00:52:43.860
 foot of

00:52:43.860 --> 00:52:44.240
 the mountain.

00:52:45.059 --> 00:52:45.480
 Now Mount

00:52:45.480 --> 00:52:46.000
 Sinai was

00:52:46.000 --> 00:52:46.559
 wrapped in

00:52:46.559 --> 00:52:47.039
 smoke because

00:52:47.039 --> 00:52:47.300
 the Lord

00:52:47.300 --> 00:52:47.920
 had descended

00:52:47.920 --> 00:52:48.579
 on it in

00:52:48.579 --> 00:52:49.019
 fire.

00:52:49.599 --> 00:52:50.079
 Smoke of

00:52:50.079 --> 00:52:50.300
 it went

00:52:50.300 --> 00:52:50.900
 up like

00:52:50.900 --> 00:52:51.280
 the smoke

00:52:51.280 --> 00:52:51.559
 of a

00:52:51.559 --> 00:52:52.019
 kiln and

00:52:52.019 --> 00:52:52.420
 the whole

00:52:52.420 --> 00:52:52.860
 mountain

00:52:52.860 --> 00:52:53.260
 trembled

00:52:53.260 --> 00:52:53.639
 greatly.

00:52:54.400 --> 00:52:54.599
 And as

00:52:54.599 --> 00:52:55.000
 the sound

00:52:55.000 --> 00:52:55.220
 of the

00:52:55.220 --> 00:52:55.659
 trumpet grew

00:52:55.659 --> 00:52:56.240
 louder and

00:52:56.239 --> 00:52:56.899
 louder, Moses

00:52:56.899 --> 00:52:57.559
 spoke and

00:52:57.559 --> 00:52:58.299
 God answered

00:52:58.299 --> 00:52:58.959
 him in

00:52:58.959 --> 00:52:59.579
 thunder.

00:53:00.479 --> 00:53:00.899
 The Lord

00:53:00.899 --> 00:53:01.439
 came down

00:53:01.439 --> 00:53:01.759
 on Mount

00:53:01.759 --> 00:53:02.279
 Sinai to

00:53:02.279 --> 00:53:02.739
 the top

00:53:02.739 --> 00:53:03.000
 of the

00:53:03.000 --> 00:53:03.259
 mountain.

00:53:03.619 --> 00:53:04.000
 And the

00:53:04.000 --> 00:53:04.579
 Lord called

00:53:04.579 --> 00:53:05.299
 Moses to

00:53:05.299 --> 00:53:05.559
 the top

00:53:05.559 --> 00:53:05.759
 of the

00:53:05.759 --> 00:53:06.000
 mountain.

00:53:06.159 --> 00:53:06.500
 And Moses

00:53:06.500 --> 00:53:07.039
 went up.

00:53:07.519 --> 00:53:07.819
 And the

00:53:07.819 --> 00:53:08.359
 Lord said

00:53:08.359 --> 00:53:09.059
 to Moses,

00:53:09.599 --> 00:53:10.179
 Go down

00:53:10.179 --> 00:53:10.599
 and warn

00:53:10.599 --> 00:53:11.079
 the people

00:53:11.079 --> 00:53:11.479
 lest they

00:53:11.479 --> 00:53:12.419
 break through

00:53:12.419 --> 00:53:13.139
 to the

00:53:13.139 --> 00:53:13.759
 Lord to

00:53:13.759 --> 00:53:14.459
 look and

00:53:14.459 --> 00:53:15.019
 many of

00:53:15.019 --> 00:53:16.319
 them perish.

00:53:17.139 --> 00:53:17.799
 Also let

00:53:17.799 --> 00:53:18.319
 the priests

00:53:18.319 --> 00:53:18.699
 who come

00:53:18.699 --> 00:53:19.099
 near to

00:53:19.099 --> 00:53:19.500
 the Lord

00:53:19.500 --> 00:53:20.199
 consecrate

00:53:20.199 --> 00:53:20.699
 themselves

00:53:20.699 --> 00:53:21.799
 lest the

00:53:21.799 --> 00:53:22.539
 Lord break

00:53:22.539 --> 00:53:23.279
 out against

00:53:23.279 --> 00:53:23.859
 them.

00:53:25.000 --> 00:53:25.399
 And Moses

00:53:25.399 --> 00:53:25.719
 said to

00:53:25.719 --> 00:53:25.979
 the Lord,

00:53:25.980 --> 00:53:26.340
 the people

00:53:26.340 --> 00:53:27.039
 cannot come

00:53:27.039 --> 00:53:27.480
 up to

00:53:27.480 --> 00:53:27.679
 Mount

00:53:27.679 --> 00:53:28.139
 Sinai,

00:53:28.139 --> 00:53:28.940
 for you

00:53:28.940 --> 00:53:29.420
 yourself

00:53:29.420 --> 00:53:30.019
 warned us

00:53:30.019 --> 00:53:30.420
 saying,

00:53:30.800 --> 00:53:31.260
 set limits

00:53:31.260 --> 00:53:31.840
 around the

00:53:31.840 --> 00:53:32.440
 mountain and

00:53:32.440 --> 00:53:33.300
 consecrate it.

00:53:33.940 --> 00:53:34.219
 And the

00:53:34.219 --> 00:53:34.719
 Lord said to

00:53:34.719 --> 00:53:34.940
 him,

00:53:35.320 --> 00:53:35.800
 Go down

00:53:35.800 --> 00:53:36.199
 and come

00:53:36.199 --> 00:53:36.820
 up bringing

00:53:36.820 --> 00:53:37.519
 Aaron with

00:53:37.519 --> 00:53:37.800
 you,

00:53:38.099 --> 00:53:38.780
 but do not

00:53:38.780 --> 00:53:39.079
 let the

00:53:39.079 --> 00:53:39.639
 priests and

00:53:39.639 --> 00:53:40.019
 the people

00:53:40.019 --> 00:53:40.900
 break through

00:53:40.900 --> 00:53:41.679
 to come up

00:53:41.679 --> 00:53:42.139
 to the

00:53:42.139 --> 00:53:42.420
 Lord,

00:53:42.780 --> 00:53:43.199
 lest he

00:53:43.199 --> 00:53:43.840
 break out

00:53:43.840 --> 00:53:44.420
 against

00:53:44.420 --> 00:53:44.719
 them.

00:53:45.240 --> 00:53:45.840
 So Moses

00:53:45.840 --> 00:53:46.460
 went down

00:53:46.460 --> 00:53:46.900
 to the

00:53:46.900 --> 00:53:48.320
 people and

00:53:48.320 --> 00:53:48.780
 told them.

00:53:49.719 --> 00:53:49.840
 Right?

00:53:50.059 --> 00:53:50.340
 So,

00:53:50.559 --> 00:53:51.639
 God's

00:53:51.639 --> 00:53:52.000
 people,

00:53:52.980 --> 00:53:53.840
 a crowd

00:53:53.840 --> 00:53:53.980
 of

00:53:53.980 --> 00:53:54.440
 Israelites

00:53:54.440 --> 00:53:55.600
 are led

00:53:55.600 --> 00:53:56.200
 out of

00:53:56.200 --> 00:53:56.660
 captivity

00:53:56.660 --> 00:53:57.180
 to a

00:53:57.180 --> 00:53:57.519
 mountain

00:53:57.519 --> 00:53:58.539
 where a

00:53:58.539 --> 00:53:58.820
 covenant

00:53:58.820 --> 00:54:00.480
 is established.

00:54:00.900 --> 00:54:01.019
 Do you

00:54:01.019 --> 00:54:01.340
 remember what

00:54:01.340 --> 00:54:01.800
 happens just

00:54:01.800 --> 00:54:02.280
 before they're

00:54:02.280 --> 00:54:02.980
 led out?

00:54:04.660 --> 00:54:05.539
 The Passover.

00:54:06.480 --> 00:54:07.079
 The killing

00:54:07.079 --> 00:54:07.740
 of that lamb

00:54:07.740 --> 00:54:08.260
 and the spreading

00:54:08.260 --> 00:54:09.400
 of the blood

00:54:09.400 --> 00:54:10.079
 over the door

00:54:10.079 --> 00:54:10.539
 and the angel

00:54:10.539 --> 00:54:10.980
 of death

00:54:10.980 --> 00:54:11.960
 passing over

00:54:11.960 --> 00:54:13.160
 those homes

00:54:13.160 --> 00:54:14.140
 of the

00:54:14.140 --> 00:54:14.519
 Israelites.

00:54:14.860 --> 00:54:15.200
 And here we

00:54:15.200 --> 00:54:15.900
 are at the

00:54:15.900 --> 00:54:17.600
 Passover feast.

00:54:17.700 --> 00:54:18.280
 It's about to be

00:54:18.280 --> 00:54:18.780
 celebrated.

00:54:18.780 --> 00:54:21.260
 this covenant

00:54:21.260 --> 00:54:22.340
 established in

00:54:22.340 --> 00:54:24.420
 Exodus is the

00:54:24.420 --> 00:54:25.000
 covenant that we

00:54:25.000 --> 00:54:26.380
 regularly call the

00:54:26.380 --> 00:54:28.100
 Old Covenant.

00:54:29.440 --> 00:54:30.519
 Did you note

00:54:30.519 --> 00:54:32.160
 characteristic of

00:54:32.160 --> 00:54:33.019
 the giving of

00:54:33.019 --> 00:54:33.640
 this covenant

00:54:33.640 --> 00:54:34.320
 from the text

00:54:34.320 --> 00:54:35.180
 that we just

00:54:35.180 --> 00:54:36.320
 read?

00:54:37.380 --> 00:54:38.740
 Moses goes

00:54:38.740 --> 00:54:39.700
 to meet

00:54:39.700 --> 00:54:40.560
 God.

00:54:41.760 --> 00:54:42.540
 Takes Aaron

00:54:42.540 --> 00:54:42.920
 with him.

00:54:43.600 --> 00:54:44.560
 Moses goes up

00:54:44.560 --> 00:54:45.040
 the mountain

00:54:45.040 --> 00:54:46.200
 but the people

00:54:46.200 --> 00:54:48.060
 do not.

00:54:48.059 --> 00:54:49.719
 limits are set

00:54:49.719 --> 00:54:50.079
 for them.

00:54:50.199 --> 00:54:50.759
 They cannot

00:54:50.759 --> 00:54:51.360
 go up.

00:54:51.420 --> 00:54:51.659
 What will

00:54:51.659 --> 00:54:52.119
 happen if

00:54:52.119 --> 00:54:52.739
 they go up?

00:54:53.679 --> 00:54:54.460
 They will

00:54:54.460 --> 00:54:56.340
 perish.

00:54:57.519 --> 00:54:57.860
 Amen.

00:54:59.420 --> 00:55:00.219
 In our

00:55:00.219 --> 00:55:00.719
 text,

00:55:01.259 --> 00:55:02.360
 as the

00:55:02.360 --> 00:55:03.299
 new covenant

00:55:03.299 --> 00:55:04.179
 dawns,

00:55:04.820 --> 00:55:05.460
 a crowd

00:55:05.460 --> 00:55:06.719
 gathers.

00:55:07.579 --> 00:55:08.079
 A crowd

00:55:08.079 --> 00:55:08.860
 not just

00:55:08.860 --> 00:55:09.320
 Israelites

00:55:09.320 --> 00:55:10.380
 but also

00:55:10.380 --> 00:55:11.019
 of

00:55:11.019 --> 00:55:12.219
 Greeks.

00:55:13.099 --> 00:55:13.420
 And what

00:55:13.420 --> 00:55:13.619
 do they

00:55:13.619 --> 00:55:13.960
 hear?

00:55:15.460 --> 00:55:16.119
 They hear

00:55:16.119 --> 00:55:16.599
 thunder.

00:55:17.500 --> 00:55:17.779
 They hear

00:55:17.780 --> 00:55:18.120
 thunder.

00:55:19.120 --> 00:55:19.660
 So go

00:55:19.660 --> 00:55:19.920
 back to

00:55:19.920 --> 00:55:20.420
 our text

00:55:20.420 --> 00:55:22.660
 and note

00:55:22.660 --> 00:55:24.160
 a characteristic

00:55:24.160 --> 00:55:25.460
 found in

00:55:25.460 --> 00:55:25.680
 it.

00:55:26.400 --> 00:55:26.720
 Now I've

00:55:26.720 --> 00:55:26.980
 said to you

00:55:26.980 --> 00:55:27.519
 already as

00:55:27.519 --> 00:55:28.280
 we talk about

00:55:28.280 --> 00:55:28.900
 chiasms,

00:55:29.220 --> 00:55:29.680
 there's some

00:55:29.680 --> 00:55:30.660
 correspondence

00:55:30.660 --> 00:55:30.960
 with the

00:55:30.960 --> 00:55:31.440
 beginning,

00:55:32.240 --> 00:55:32.980
 verses 20

00:55:32.980 --> 00:55:33.580
 and 21,

00:55:33.780 --> 00:55:34.140
 and the

00:55:34.140 --> 00:55:34.440
 end,

00:55:34.519 --> 00:55:35.200
 verse 29,

00:55:35.340 --> 00:55:35.540
 there's a

00:55:35.540 --> 00:55:35.900
 crowd and

00:55:35.900 --> 00:55:36.380
 a crowd.

00:55:37.220 --> 00:55:37.960
 The central

00:55:37.960 --> 00:55:38.720
 text,

00:55:38.840 --> 00:55:39.320
 the chiastic

00:55:39.320 --> 00:55:39.860
 center is

00:55:39.860 --> 00:55:40.720
 verse 25,

00:55:40.820 --> 00:55:41.440
 whoever loses

00:55:41.440 --> 00:55:42.000
 his life,

00:55:42.800 --> 00:55:43.920
 hates his

00:55:43.920 --> 00:55:44.260
 life,

00:55:44.580 --> 00:55:45.060
 will keep

00:55:45.060 --> 00:55:45.740
 for eternal

00:55:45.740 --> 00:55:46.220
 life,

00:55:46.280 --> 00:55:46.420
 right?

00:55:46.420 --> 00:55:46.800
 This is

00:55:46.800 --> 00:55:47.579
 the central

00:55:47.579 --> 00:55:48.460
 piece of

00:55:48.460 --> 00:55:48.619
 this.

00:55:48.720 --> 00:55:48.980
 And on

00:55:48.980 --> 00:55:49.840
 either side

00:55:49.840 --> 00:55:50.440
 of that,

00:55:51.200 --> 00:55:51.420
 you have

00:55:51.420 --> 00:55:52.340
 Jesus expressing

00:55:52.340 --> 00:55:52.920
 in this

00:55:52.920 --> 00:55:53.599
 metaphor his

00:55:53.599 --> 00:55:54.240
 death and

00:55:54.240 --> 00:55:54.519
 it being

00:55:54.519 --> 00:55:55.059
 fruitful.

00:55:56.000 --> 00:55:56.440
 And on the

00:55:56.440 --> 00:55:57.019
 other side

00:55:57.019 --> 00:55:57.440
 of that,

00:55:57.820 --> 00:55:58.599
 the promise

00:55:58.599 --> 00:55:59.460
 that the

00:55:59.460 --> 00:55:59.740
 one who

00:55:59.740 --> 00:56:00.159
 serves me

00:56:00.159 --> 00:56:00.659
 will follow

00:56:00.659 --> 00:56:00.980
 me and

00:56:00.980 --> 00:56:01.420
 where I

00:56:01.420 --> 00:56:01.780
 am,

00:56:02.320 --> 00:56:03.500
 there will

00:56:03.500 --> 00:56:05.039
 my servant

00:56:05.039 --> 00:56:06.000
 be.

00:56:07.300 --> 00:56:07.820
 Presence

00:56:07.820 --> 00:56:08.360
 of God,

00:56:09.000 --> 00:56:09.680
 Christ with

00:56:09.680 --> 00:56:10.360
 us and

00:56:10.360 --> 00:56:11.500
 us with

00:56:11.500 --> 00:56:12.720
 him.

00:56:12.719 --> 00:56:13.719
 God,

00:56:13.719 --> 00:56:14.859
 I think

00:56:14.859 --> 00:56:15.239
 that's what

00:56:15.239 --> 00:56:15.599
 John is

00:56:15.599 --> 00:56:16.379
 doing here.

00:56:17.159 --> 00:56:17.759
 This record,

00:56:18.000 --> 00:56:18.459
 it's a

00:56:18.459 --> 00:56:18.799
 historical

00:56:18.799 --> 00:56:19.159
 account,

00:56:19.299 --> 00:56:19.879
 it happened,

00:56:20.259 --> 00:56:20.459
 John's

00:56:20.459 --> 00:56:20.980
 recording it

00:56:20.980 --> 00:56:21.879
 for us in

00:56:21.879 --> 00:56:22.659
 this way,

00:56:22.959 --> 00:56:23.319
 that we

00:56:23.319 --> 00:56:24.079
 might see

00:56:24.079 --> 00:56:25.259
 this dawning,

00:56:25.359 --> 00:56:25.919
 this coming

00:56:25.919 --> 00:56:26.719
 of the new

00:56:26.719 --> 00:56:27.480
 covenant,

00:56:27.899 --> 00:56:28.579
 the difference,

00:56:29.000 --> 00:56:30.419
 presence with

00:56:30.419 --> 00:56:30.739
 God,

00:56:31.299 --> 00:56:32.159
 being restored

00:56:32.159 --> 00:56:32.679
 to him,

00:56:33.099 --> 00:56:33.939
 in relationship

00:56:33.939 --> 00:56:34.639
 with him,

00:56:34.879 --> 00:56:35.779
 not a distant

00:56:35.779 --> 00:56:36.659
 thundering from

00:56:36.659 --> 00:56:37.259
 a cloud,

00:56:37.719 --> 00:56:38.039
 God,

00:56:38.239 --> 00:56:38.480
 but being

00:56:38.480 --> 00:56:39.939
 brought into

00:56:39.939 --> 00:56:41.439
 his presence.

00:56:42.719 --> 00:56:43.480
 Do you

00:56:43.480 --> 00:56:44.679
 believe that

00:56:44.679 --> 00:56:45.779
 fellowship with

00:56:45.779 --> 00:56:46.639
 Jesus Christ

00:56:46.639 --> 00:56:47.859
 is more

00:56:47.859 --> 00:56:48.899
 valuable than

00:56:48.899 --> 00:56:50.299
 anything this

00:56:50.299 --> 00:56:50.799
 world can

00:56:50.799 --> 00:56:51.079
 offer?

00:56:52.919 --> 00:56:53.899
 Jesus does

00:56:53.899 --> 00:56:54.439
 not promise

00:56:54.439 --> 00:56:54.959
 that following

00:56:54.959 --> 00:56:55.379
 him will

00:56:55.379 --> 00:56:56.659
 preserve everything

00:56:56.659 --> 00:56:57.679
 we presently

00:56:57.679 --> 00:56:57.980
 treasure.

00:56:58.839 --> 00:56:59.619
 He promises

00:56:59.619 --> 00:57:00.159
 something

00:57:00.159 --> 00:57:01.119
 infinitely

00:57:01.119 --> 00:57:02.419
 greater

00:57:02.419 --> 00:57:04.119
 himself.

00:57:05.519 --> 00:57:06.679
 He promises

00:57:06.679 --> 00:57:07.219
 that his

00:57:07.219 --> 00:57:08.459
 servants will

00:57:08.459 --> 00:57:09.459
 be with

00:57:09.459 --> 00:57:09.859
 him and

00:57:09.859 --> 00:57:10.439
 he promises

00:57:10.439 --> 00:57:11.739
 that the

00:57:11.739 --> 00:57:12.179
 Father will

00:57:12.179 --> 00:57:12.500
 honor

00:57:12.500 --> 00:57:13.500
 those who

00:57:13.500 --> 00:57:14.039
 serve

00:57:14.039 --> 00:57:15.619
 his Son.

00:57:17.159 --> 00:57:18.079
 We do

00:57:18.079 --> 00:57:18.559
 well to

00:57:18.559 --> 00:57:19.300
 understand the

00:57:19.300 --> 00:57:20.119
 glory of

00:57:20.119 --> 00:57:20.880
 God as

00:57:20.880 --> 00:57:21.820
 the ultimate

00:57:21.820 --> 00:57:22.440
 purpose

00:57:22.440 --> 00:57:23.900
 of our

00:57:23.900 --> 00:57:24.420
 salvation.

00:57:25.940 --> 00:57:26.199
 Jesus

00:57:26.199 --> 00:57:26.880
 approached the

00:57:26.880 --> 00:57:27.480
 hour of his

00:57:27.480 --> 00:57:28.300
 great suffering

00:57:28.300 --> 00:57:29.420
 with a supreme

00:57:29.420 --> 00:57:30.260
 concern for

00:57:30.260 --> 00:57:31.179
 the glory of

00:57:31.179 --> 00:57:31.679
 his Father.

00:57:32.280 --> 00:57:33.260
 You exist

00:57:33.260 --> 00:57:33.920
 for the glory

00:57:33.920 --> 00:57:34.559
 of God.

00:57:34.800 --> 00:57:35.239
 We, the

00:57:35.239 --> 00:57:36.159
 church, exist

00:57:36.159 --> 00:57:37.320
 for the glory

00:57:37.320 --> 00:57:38.300
 of God among

00:57:38.300 --> 00:57:39.019
 the peoples

00:57:39.019 --> 00:57:41.280
 of the world.

00:57:41.280 --> 00:57:43.280
 God is

00:57:43.280 --> 00:57:46.280
 our God.

00:57:46.280 --> 00:57:47.120
 We know

00:57:47.120 --> 00:57:47.460
 him.

00:57:47.580 --> 00:57:47.880
 We're in

00:57:47.880 --> 00:57:48.720
 relationship

00:57:48.720 --> 00:57:49.700
 with him.

00:57:50.300 --> 00:57:50.660
 And it's a

00:57:50.660 --> 00:57:51.540
 task given to

00:57:51.540 --> 00:57:52.320
 us to tell

00:57:52.320 --> 00:57:54.440
 all peoples

00:57:54.440 --> 00:57:56.000
 of his glory.

00:57:56.700 --> 00:57:57.420
 Let's pray.

00:57:57.420 --> 00:57:58.720


00:57:58.840 --> 00:57:59.920


00:57:59.920 --> 00:58:01.180


00:58:01.180 --> 00:58:01.880


00:58:01.880 --> 00:58:02.720


00:58:02.720 --> 00:58:03.059


00:58:03.059 --> 00:58:03.180


00:58:03.220 --> 00:58:03.900


00:58:03.900 --> 00:58:04.260


00:58:04.260 --> 00:58:04.500


00:58:04.579 --> 00:58:05.159


00:58:05.159 --> 00:58:05.460


00:58:05.460 --> 00:58:05.639


00:58:05.700 --> 00:58:06.260


00:58:06.260 --> 00:58:06.579


00:58:06.579 --> 00:58:06.800


00:58:06.800 --> 00:58:07.320


00:58:07.320 --> 00:58:07.480


00:58:07.480 --> 00:58:07.519


00:58:07.519 --> 00:58:08.139


00:58:08.139 --> 00:58:08.400


00:58:08.400 --> 00:58:08.659


00:58:08.659 --> 00:58:09.400


00:58:09.400 --> 00:58:09.920


00:58:09.920 --> 00:58:10.300