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 Thanks, worship team.

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 Tell you what, it's a blessing to be able to come to the Lord's house and start a service

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! The focus on the Lord Jesus Christ and what He's accomplished for us, remembrance of what

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!

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 I'm going to segue into our passage this morning and then to be able to look at the Word of

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 God together and just sit underneath the ministry of the Scripture. And I realize that as a teacher,

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 as a preacher this morning, that this message is first for me. So, you get to be part of

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 the fringe benefits of what I've already been able to learn this week. And I understand that

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 really, the person who's really in the spotlight as I'm teaching is me, because that's the only person

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 I can change. And I trust that as God's Word teaches us, instructs us today, it'll be more than just

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 information. That as we walk out of the doors, as we enter the week, that it will be the beginnings of

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 transformation, maybe the continuation of transformation in our lives. We don't come here on a Sunday morning just to hear some good things from the Bible.

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 We come here for change. We come here to worship. There really is one audience today. There's one audience and that's the audience of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And as your life is held in the spotlight, and as you evaluate and kind of turn it over in your hands, as you

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 evaluate in light of the Scripture today,

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 it's my prayer

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 that there will be areas of life where we say, you know, Lord, I

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 need to be more like you here.

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 That's why we do this. We do this for worship. We do this

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 so that we can

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 represent Him in the world in which we live.

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 Represent Him in our homes.

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 Represent Him in our workplaces, in our communities,

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 our families.

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 And the more we look like Jesus,

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 the more profoundly we will

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 impact and influence

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 the world in which we live.

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 As I get myself out of the way

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 so that people are no longer

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 looking at Andrew Scheer,

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 but they're looking, hopefully, at Jesus Christ

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 shining through,

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 that's when we'll begin to make a difference in this world.

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 That's why

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 we come here on a Sunday morning.

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 And that's the joy

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 that we have throughout the week

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 as we take this

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 eternal Word of God home with us,

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 as we peer into the Scriptures,

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 as we learn what God would have

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 to tell us,

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 we continue

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 to refine, and we let the Holy Spirit

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 refine our lives,

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 so that day by day

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 we can look more like Him.

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 Then,

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 God will show up

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 in your community.

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 Then, students,

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 God will show up

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 in your school.

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 God will show up

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 in your family.

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 God will show up

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 in your workplace.

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 You have things to complain about

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 in your workplace?

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 Things aren't quite the way

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 you'd like them to be?

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 Well, the more you look like Jesus,

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 the more you will impact

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 your workplace for Christ.

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 Well, we have been looking through

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 the story of John chapter 11.

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 We've seen this account of Jesus

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 who has been asked by

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 some special friends to come

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 and to show up

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 and to do something significant for them.

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 John chapter 11,

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 which is this account of Lazarus

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 and his two sisters,

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 Mary and Martha.

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 Martha.

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 And Jesus is about

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 doing ministry

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 and He gets this message

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 from Mary and Martha.

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 Hey, our brother is sick.

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 Will you come

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 and will you help us

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 deal with this problem?

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 Now, Jesus had been ministering

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 for three years

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 and here we are

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 in kind of the final few days

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 of Jesus' ministry.

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 There's about two to three months

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 left before the cross.

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 We're in the home stretch,

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 really,

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 when it comes to Jesus' ministry.

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 And there's been plenty of evidence

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 that would suggest

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 if Jesus shows up

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 and Lazarus is still sick

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 and He's still with us,

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 Jesus can fix that problem.

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 He has shown,

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 wherever He goes,

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 whole communities

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 are transformed

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 by His touch.

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 Whole cities are changed

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 because of His ability

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 to influence

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 and impact

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 and heal diseases

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 and cast out demons.

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 Whether you're born

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 with a certain illness

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 or whether you come

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 with leprosy

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 or whether you come

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 with blindness

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 or whether you come

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 with withered limbs

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 or whether you come

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 with a hunchback

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 or whether this is something

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 that a doctor

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 has been trying

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 to fix for the last 18 years.

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 One touch,

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 one word of the Savior

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 will fix all those problems.

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 So Jesus,

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 you just show up

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 and we'll be okay.

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 So Jesus gets this word,

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 this word from special people,

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 Mary and Martha.

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 And what does He do?

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 What would you do?

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 You get this urgent request

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 from one of your kids,

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 please show up!

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 And you're in the car,

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 you're moving your way

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 to their house right away.

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 But Jesus,

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 for some reason,

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 decides to stay.

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 There is a profound lesson

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 that Jesus wants to convey.

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 There is something

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 more important

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 than just healing

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 another disease.

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 There is something

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 more important

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 in Jesus' mind

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 than just fixing

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 another problem.

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 Jesus wants to communicate

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 a message.

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 And now,

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 not just to communicate

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 that message privately,

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 He's healed

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 at least two other occasions.

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 He's raised two individuals

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 from the dead

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 in a private setting.

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 But now,

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 He's moving into the public.

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 Now there is a message

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 that cannot be missed,

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 especially considering the fact

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 that He's just months away

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 from the cross.

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 What is that message?

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 What does Jesus want to convey

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 to you and to me

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 this morning?

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 No, I have to admit

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 that when I come

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 to the Scriptures

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 and especially come

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 to stories like this,

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 I have to admit

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 that sometimes I wonder,

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 what's the point?

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 I like the fact

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 that this narrative

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 is here.

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 I appreciate the fact

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 that Jesus is ministering

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 to this family

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 and He's showing up for them,

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 but what does that do for me?

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 How does that help me?

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 What do I do with that

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 and take that with me

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 in this week

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 so that my life

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 will be different?

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 We've all memorized

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 the two words,

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 Jesus wept.

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 We know this story well.

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 And if you haven't memorized it before,

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 now you have.

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 You've got John 11.35 down.

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 But there's an account here

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 of this running narrative

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 of Jesus' life

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 and I think at times

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 we're in the danger

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 of just scooting right through

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 because we've already

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 heard this story

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 so many times.

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 But I've come to see this story

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 this week with new eyes.

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 I've come to believe

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 that this story,

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 as with other stories

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 in the scripture,

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 should infuse within us

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 fresh enthusiasm

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 and energy

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 and passion

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 for Jesus.

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 Not only in what He came

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 to accomplish,

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 but in how He came

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 to accomplish it.

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 That's what makes this story

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 truly remarkable.

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 So I want to answer

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 this question this morning.

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 What does Lazarus'

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 resurrection

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 mean for you?

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 What does Lazarus'

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 resurrection

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 mean for you?

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 And I'm going to take it

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 step by step.

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 These three pieces.

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 Lazarus,

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 resurrection,

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 and you.

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 And we're going to look at that

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 this morning.

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 So let's take a look

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 briefly then,

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 or initially,

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 at the life of Lazarus.

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 Who was this guy,

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 Lazarus?

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 And why is he so important

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 in this narrative?

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 First,

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 I want you to know

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 that he was an ordinary man.

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 Lazarus was an ordinary man.

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 And if you turn back with me

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 to chapter 11,

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 verse 1,

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 you'll see that.

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 The first few words

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 of that verse say,

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 now a certain man.

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 Now I know this might seem

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 a little obvious.

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 Okay.

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 I get it.

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 He's an ordinary man.

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 Big deal.

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 Here's the big deal.

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 If you,

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 like Lazarus,

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 consider yourself

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 to be ordinary,

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 this story is for you.

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 If you,

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 like Lazarus,

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 just seem to kind of

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 fit in with the crowd,

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 and there's really

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 nothing quite remarkable

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 or noteworthy

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 about your life,

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 this story is for you.

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 Jesus shows up

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 in this story.

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 We find that Lazarus

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 is just a passive player.

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 Matter of fact,

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 Lazarus is a lifeless player

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 in this story.

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 This story is significant

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 not because of Lazarus.

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 It is significant

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 because of what Christ does

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 through Lazarus.

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 So,

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 if you,

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 like me,

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 and like Lazarus,

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 consider yourself

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 to be ordinary,

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 this story is for you.

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 It's for us today.

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 Lazarus was ordinary.

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 He wasn't an apostle.

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 He wasn't a prophet

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 like John the Baptist.

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 As far as we know,

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 he wasn't a priest.

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 He wasn't distinguished

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 in any way.

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 He was just

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 an ordinary man,

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 just another player

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 in this story

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 of Jesus Christ.

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 We do find

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 that he was a friend

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 of Jesus.

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 A special friend,

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 the kind of friend

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 that Jesus would actually

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 spend time with.

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 And we find

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 at least one account

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 before this situation

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 that Jesus showed up

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 in the home

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 of Mary,

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 Martha,

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 and Lazarus

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 in Luke 10,

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 verse 38.

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 That's a familiar story too

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 where Martha's about service

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 and Mary is about listening

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 and Jesus commends

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 the listening part

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 of Mary.

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 Lazarus

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 must have been there

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 seeing this scene

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 as well.

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 Jesus traveled

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 and spent time

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 with his family.

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 It was a special family.

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 We find even

00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:54.039
 in our chapter

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 this morning,

00:11:55.259 --> 00:11:56.079
 John chapter 11,

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 in Mary's plea

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 for Jesus to come,

00:12:00.580 --> 00:12:01.259
 she says,

00:12:03.259 --> 00:12:03.840
 your brother,

00:12:04.160 --> 00:12:04.780
 excuse me,

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 so the sisters

00:12:08.360 --> 00:12:09.060
 in verse 3

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 sent to him

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 saying,

00:12:10.780 --> 00:12:11.060
 Lord,

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 he whom

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 you love

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 is ill.

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 There was

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 this affection.

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 Affection

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 for Jesus

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 and affection

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 from Jesus

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 to this family.

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 They felt

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 a special bond.

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 we'll find

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 in chapter 12

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 as we continue

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 to make our way

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 through the gospel

00:12:29.659 --> 00:12:30.059
 of John

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 that Jesus shows up

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 in their house again.

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 And during the entire

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 Passover week,

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 there was situations

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 where Jesus

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 would spend time

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 with his family.

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 They had a special bond.

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 But like any

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 other ordinary man,

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 we find

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 in verse 1,

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 there was a certain man,

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 now a certain man

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 was ill.

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 You ever get sick?

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 Lazarus

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 got sick.

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 He was just like

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 any other person.

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 He got sick.

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 Nothing sets him apart

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 from you or I.

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 The impact

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 of this event

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 was not due

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 to Lazarus,

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 but it was due

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 to Christ.

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 And as friends

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 of Lazarus

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 and Martha

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 and Mary,

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 Jesus

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 begins

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 to make

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 this trek.

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 But what we find

00:13:25.100 --> 00:13:25.860
 the people

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 that preceded him

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 were friends

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 of Lazarus

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 and Martha

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 and Mary.

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 There is

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 some significance

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 in this gathering.

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 These influential

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 individuals

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 who came,

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 we find that

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 in verse 19.

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 It says,

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 and many of

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 the Jews

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 had come

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 to Martha

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 and Mary.

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 Now,

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 throughout

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 the Gospels

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 we find

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 this title,

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 the Jews.

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 It's used

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 five times

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 in Matthew,

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 six times

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 in Mark,

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 five times

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 in Luke,

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 but 66

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 times

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 in the Gospel

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 of John.

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 And in the Gospel

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 of John,

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 this title,

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 the Jews,

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 is referring

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 to those

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 who would be

00:14:06.919 --> 00:14:07.860
 Jewish leaders.

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 Those who

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 had headship

00:14:10.579 --> 00:14:11.299
 and oversight

00:14:11.299 --> 00:14:12.079
 over the Jewish

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 people.

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 We saw

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 that in our

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 recent

00:14:15.139 --> 00:14:16.980
 discovery

00:14:16.980 --> 00:14:17.879
 of Jesus

00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:18.759
 and that

00:14:18.759 --> 00:14:19.440
 blind man

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 who was healed.

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 Remember

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 the response

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 of his mom

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 and dad

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 who were

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 afraid

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 of what

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 the Jews

00:14:26.700 --> 00:14:27.080
 would do?

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 It says,

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 his parents

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 kind of

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 deferred

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 responsibility

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 because,

00:14:32.120 --> 00:14:32.500
 it says,

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 they feared

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 the Jews.

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 For the Jews

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 had already

00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:36.940
 agreed that

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 if anyone

00:14:37.379 --> 00:14:38.000
 should confess

00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:38.740
 Jesus to be

00:14:38.740 --> 00:14:39.440
 Christ,

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 he was to be

00:14:40.200 --> 00:14:40.840
 put out

00:14:40.840 --> 00:14:41.360
 of the synagogue.

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 This was not

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 just a

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 collection

00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:44.980
 of Jewish

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 people.

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 That's described

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 several other

00:14:47.539 --> 00:14:47.800
 ways.

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 A crowd

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 or the people

00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:50.600
 or the masses.

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 But specifically,

00:14:52.980 --> 00:14:53.480
 the Jews

00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:54.180
 referred to

00:14:54.180 --> 00:14:54.560
 those who

00:14:54.560 --> 00:14:54.879
 were Jewish

00:14:54.879 --> 00:14:55.159
 leaders.

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 I love

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 this.

00:14:59.560 --> 00:14:59.960
 Jesus

00:14:59.960 --> 00:15:01.680
 would capitalize

00:15:01.680 --> 00:15:03.159
 on this

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 fact.

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 Somehow,

00:15:05.399 --> 00:15:06.340
 the influence

00:15:06.340 --> 00:15:06.879
 of this

00:15:06.879 --> 00:15:07.759
 family had

00:15:07.759 --> 00:15:08.720
 reached into

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 this leadership

00:15:10.259 --> 00:15:11.360
 of the Jews.

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 Jesus was

00:15:12.379 --> 00:15:12.919
 now giving

00:15:12.919 --> 00:15:13.899
 them one

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 last

00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:15.939
 opportunity,

00:15:16.360 --> 00:15:16.700
 extending

00:15:16.700 --> 00:15:17.899
 grace one

00:15:17.899 --> 00:15:18.759
 more time

00:15:18.759 --> 00:15:20.080
 to this

00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:20.919
 group of

00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:21.659
 Jews who

00:15:21.659 --> 00:15:22.700
 continued to

00:15:22.700 --> 00:15:23.279
 reject him

00:15:23.279 --> 00:15:24.179
 time and

00:15:24.179 --> 00:15:24.980
 time and

00:15:24.980 --> 00:15:25.720
 time and

00:15:25.720 --> 00:15:26.220
 time again.

00:15:28.139 --> 00:15:29.179
 Jesus is

00:15:29.179 --> 00:15:29.779
 setting up

00:15:29.779 --> 00:15:32.700
 this awesome

00:15:32.700 --> 00:15:33.539
 opportunity.

00:15:33.899 --> 00:15:34.399
 It was by

00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:35.120
 design so

00:15:35.120 --> 00:15:35.600
 that God

00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:36.360
 could use

00:15:36.360 --> 00:15:37.460
 this family

00:15:37.460 --> 00:15:39.620
 to showcase

00:15:39.620 --> 00:15:40.779
 his glory.

00:15:43.680 --> 00:15:44.320
 Lazarus,

00:15:44.680 --> 00:15:45.180
 though an

00:15:45.180 --> 00:15:46.700
 ordinary man,

00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:47.960
 was a means

00:15:47.960 --> 00:15:49.519
 of showcasing

00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:50.279
 God's glory.

00:15:52.680 --> 00:15:53.519
 That should

00:15:53.519 --> 00:15:54.899
 bring incredible

00:15:54.899 --> 00:15:56.180
 joy to your

00:15:56.180 --> 00:15:56.700
 heart this

00:15:56.700 --> 00:15:56.960
 morning.

00:15:58.019 --> 00:15:58.580
 Why did

00:15:58.580 --> 00:15:59.320
 Jesus delay?

00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:01.620
 Why a death

00:16:01.620 --> 00:16:02.240
 and then

00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:02.720
 subsequent

00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:03.360
 resurrection?

00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:03.480
 resurrection?

00:16:04.379 --> 00:16:04.740
 Was it

00:16:04.740 --> 00:16:05.340
 simply for

00:16:05.340 --> 00:16:06.100
 Jesus to

00:16:06.100 --> 00:16:06.980
 show one

00:16:06.980 --> 00:16:07.480
 more way

00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:07.759
 that he

00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:08.340
 had power

00:16:08.340 --> 00:16:09.000
 over the

00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:09.519
 affairs of

00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:09.879
 life?

00:16:10.600 --> 00:16:11.139
 Was it

00:16:11.139 --> 00:16:11.879
 just simply

00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:12.480
 to convey

00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:13.320
 his continuing

00:16:13.320 --> 00:16:14.700
 compassion and

00:16:14.700 --> 00:16:15.279
 love and

00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:16.080
 care for

00:16:16.080 --> 00:16:16.539
 individuals?

00:16:17.539 --> 00:16:18.500
 Or was it

00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:19.220
 to make a

00:16:19.220 --> 00:16:19.580
 definitive

00:16:19.580 --> 00:16:20.080
 statement?

00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:22.000
 Was it

00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:22.620
 to state

00:16:22.620 --> 00:16:23.639
 categorically

00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:25.300
 something new

00:16:25.300 --> 00:16:26.220
 about his

00:16:26.220 --> 00:16:26.800
 identity?

00:16:28.500 --> 00:16:29.039
 We find

00:16:29.039 --> 00:16:30.139
 that Jesus

00:16:30.139 --> 00:16:31.220
 actually tells

00:16:31.220 --> 00:16:32.100
 us what

00:16:32.100 --> 00:16:33.379
 his intention

00:16:33.379 --> 00:16:34.240
 of this

00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:34.700
 is.

00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:35.580
 In verse

00:16:35.580 --> 00:16:36.940
 4, he

00:16:36.940 --> 00:16:37.620
 says this,

00:16:38.740 --> 00:16:39.259
 this illness

00:16:39.259 --> 00:16:39.840
 does not

00:16:39.840 --> 00:16:40.220
 lead to

00:16:40.220 --> 00:16:40.540
 death.

00:16:41.180 --> 00:16:41.600
 It is

00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:42.700
 for the

00:16:42.700 --> 00:16:43.620
 glory of

00:16:43.620 --> 00:16:44.860
 God, so

00:16:44.860 --> 00:16:45.460
 that the

00:16:45.460 --> 00:16:45.840
 Son of

00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:46.460
 God may

00:16:46.460 --> 00:16:47.159
 be glorified

00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:47.560
 through it.

00:16:48.779 --> 00:16:49.120
 And then

00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:49.659
 in verse

00:16:49.659 --> 00:16:50.540
 40, several

00:16:50.540 --> 00:16:51.220
 verses later,

00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:52.080
 Jesus says

00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:52.480
 to her,

00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:53.220
 did I not

00:16:53.220 --> 00:16:53.740
 tell you

00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:54.159
 that if you

00:16:54.159 --> 00:16:54.740
 believed,

00:16:54.899 --> 00:16:55.240
 you would

00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:55.980
 see the

00:16:55.980 --> 00:16:56.759
 glory of

00:16:56.759 --> 00:16:57.139
 God?

00:16:59.259 --> 00:17:00.060
 Jesus is

00:17:00.060 --> 00:17:00.420
 interested.

00:17:02.100 --> 00:17:02.740
 In staking

00:17:02.740 --> 00:17:03.980
 his claim,

00:17:04.599 --> 00:17:05.339
 in helping

00:17:05.339 --> 00:17:07.420
 to provide

00:17:07.420 --> 00:17:08.220
 full vision

00:17:08.220 --> 00:17:09.259
 to his

00:17:09.259 --> 00:17:09.700
 identity

00:17:09.700 --> 00:17:10.700
 as God,

00:17:12.299 --> 00:17:13.420
 establishing

00:17:13.420 --> 00:17:14.000
 once and

00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:14.360
 for all

00:17:14.360 --> 00:17:14.860
 that he

00:17:14.860 --> 00:17:15.779
 was from

00:17:15.779 --> 00:17:16.660
 God and

00:17:16.660 --> 00:17:17.000
 that he

00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:18.220
 was God.

00:17:19.380 --> 00:17:20.180
 The only

00:17:20.180 --> 00:17:20.759
 role that

00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:21.360
 Lazarus would

00:17:21.360 --> 00:17:23.000
 play is

00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:23.279
 that he

00:17:23.279 --> 00:17:23.579
 would be

00:17:23.579 --> 00:17:23.900
 dead.

00:17:24.980 --> 00:17:25.460
 He would

00:17:25.460 --> 00:17:26.440
 be lifeless.

00:17:27.620 --> 00:17:28.039
 He would

00:17:28.039 --> 00:17:29.019
 be just the

00:17:29.019 --> 00:17:29.440
 subject,

00:17:29.660 --> 00:17:30.200
 just the

00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:30.779
 instrument

00:17:30.779 --> 00:17:31.860
 by which

00:17:31.860 --> 00:17:32.259
 God's

00:17:32.259 --> 00:17:32.840
 glory would

00:17:32.840 --> 00:17:33.380
 show up.

00:17:34.380 --> 00:17:34.840
 You think

00:17:34.840 --> 00:17:35.259
 he can do

00:17:35.259 --> 00:17:35.559
 that?

00:17:38.240 --> 00:17:38.740
 God's

00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:40.100
 power can

00:17:40.100 --> 00:17:40.920
 shine through

00:17:40.920 --> 00:17:41.740
 ordinary

00:17:41.740 --> 00:17:42.380
 people.

00:17:43.759 --> 00:17:44.200
 Amen?

00:17:46.720 --> 00:17:47.400
 That brings

00:17:47.400 --> 00:17:47.799
 us to the

00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:48.200
 resurrection.

00:17:49.360 --> 00:17:49.799
 Lazarus,

00:17:49.900 --> 00:17:50.340
 this ordinary

00:17:50.340 --> 00:17:50.920
 man, and

00:17:50.920 --> 00:17:51.819
 now this

00:17:51.819 --> 00:17:52.779
 spectacular

00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:54.059
 event that

00:17:54.059 --> 00:17:54.759
 takes place,

00:17:55.420 --> 00:17:55.799
 this

00:17:55.799 --> 00:17:56.380
 resurrection.

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 We find

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 in verse

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 45, let me

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 read this

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 for us.

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 This is

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 kind of the

00:18:01.179 --> 00:18:01.720
 beginning of

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 our passage

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 for this

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 morning, from

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 45 to

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 verse 57.

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 What is

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 the result?

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 The result of

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 this resurrection?

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 It says in

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 verse 45,

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 many of the

00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:12.599
 Jews,

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 therefore,

00:18:13.500 --> 00:18:13.839
 who had

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 come with

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 Mary and

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 had seen

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 what he

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 did,

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 believed

00:18:16.659 --> 00:18:17.460
 in him.

00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:19.679
 Many

00:18:19.679 --> 00:18:20.679
 of the

00:18:20.679 --> 00:18:21.220
 Jews

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 believed.

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 Now we

00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:24.799
 understand that

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 this is kind

00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:25.960
 of the running

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 narrative, the

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 running purpose

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 of the

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 apostle John

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 in relationship

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 to the

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 writing of

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 these words,

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 in the

00:18:33.019 --> 00:18:33.740
 account of

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 this gospel

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 narrative.

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 As we've

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 heard many

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 times in

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 John 20,

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 31,

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 these are

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 written so

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 that you

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 may believe

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 that Jesus

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 is the

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 Christ, the

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 Son of

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 God.

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 Jesus

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 stakes his

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 claim here

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 in this

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 passage,

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 I am the

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 resurrection and

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 the life,

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 I am God.

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 And up to

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 this point,

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 many have

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 believed in

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 Jesus.

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 We find his

00:19:02.100 --> 00:19:03.120
 disciples believing

00:19:03.120 --> 00:19:03.660
 in him in

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 chapter 2.

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 We find that

00:19:05.580 --> 00:19:06.500
 many in

00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:07.580
 Jerusalem believed

00:19:07.580 --> 00:19:08.460
 when he performed

00:19:08.460 --> 00:19:09.220
 miracles in

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 chapter 2.

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 We find the

00:19:10.680 --> 00:19:11.300
 Samaritans

00:19:11.300 --> 00:19:11.980
 believing in

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 chapter 4.

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 We find that

00:19:13.800 --> 00:19:14.340
 many of the

00:19:14.340 --> 00:19:15.460
 people believed

00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:16.960
 when they heard

00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:18.160
 and saw him do

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 these signs in

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 John chapter 7.

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 We see that

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 even in chapter

00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:23.340
 8,

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 some of the

00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:24.500
 Jews,

00:19:24.579 --> 00:19:24.899
 some of these

00:19:24.899 --> 00:19:25.639
 religious leaders

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 had this

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 superficial faith

00:19:28.079 --> 00:19:28.539
 that wasn't

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 quite adequate.

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 We find that

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 in chapter 8

00:19:31.179 --> 00:19:31.859
 verse 30 and

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 31.

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 In chapter 10,

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 we find that

00:19:36.699 --> 00:19:37.159
 he went his

00:19:37.159 --> 00:19:37.799
 way across

00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:38.319
 the Jordan

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 and many

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 came to him

00:19:40.500 --> 00:19:41.259
 and many

00:19:41.259 --> 00:19:42.240
 believed in

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 him there.

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 People are

00:19:45.179 --> 00:19:45.859
 coming to

00:19:45.859 --> 00:19:46.599
 faith in

00:19:46.599 --> 00:19:47.220
 droves

00:19:47.220 --> 00:19:48.539
 because they

00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:48.899
 are beginning

00:19:48.899 --> 00:19:49.480
 to see

00:19:49.480 --> 00:19:51.079
 Jesus is the

00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:51.859
 person he

00:19:51.859 --> 00:19:52.559
 claims to be.

00:19:53.339 --> 00:19:56.000
 now Jesus

00:19:56.000 --> 00:19:58.059
 in grace

00:19:58.059 --> 00:19:59.159
 and mercy

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 shows up

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 once again

00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:02.959
 to these

00:20:02.959 --> 00:20:03.639
 Jews,

00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:05.539
 these leaders,

00:20:06.339 --> 00:20:07.259
 those who have

00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:08.000
 invited him

00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:08.480
 into their

00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:09.119
 homes and

00:20:09.119 --> 00:20:09.939
 those who

00:20:09.939 --> 00:20:11.079
 have repelled

00:20:11.079 --> 00:20:11.559
 him in the

00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:11.919
 temple,

00:20:13.539 --> 00:20:13.939
 those who

00:20:13.939 --> 00:20:14.559
 have sought

00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:15.240
 to disrupt

00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:17.000
 and sought

00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:18.039
 to discredit

00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:18.799
 his ministry.

00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:18.879
 ministry.

00:20:20.019 --> 00:20:20.379
 And Jesus

00:20:20.379 --> 00:20:21.460
 continues to

00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:22.579
 extend grace

00:20:22.579 --> 00:20:23.339
 to this

00:20:23.339 --> 00:20:23.740
 group of

00:20:23.740 --> 00:20:24.019
 men.

00:20:26.119 --> 00:20:26.980
 And now

00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:27.799
 we see

00:20:27.799 --> 00:20:28.619
 that many

00:20:28.619 --> 00:20:29.460
 believe.

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 They believe.

00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:34.059
 It is a

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 pivotal moment

00:20:34.720 --> 00:20:35.119
 for them.

00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:36.599
 Up to this

00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:37.039
 point, what had

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 been private

00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:38.539
 is now pushed

00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:39.039
 into the

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 forefront.

00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:40.639
 Jesus' ability

00:20:40.639 --> 00:20:41.500
 to raise

00:20:41.500 --> 00:20:42.039
 the dead

00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:42.700
 and in

00:20:42.700 --> 00:20:43.519
 seeing this

00:20:43.519 --> 00:20:44.379
 sign and

00:20:44.379 --> 00:20:45.099
 seeing this

00:20:45.099 --> 00:20:45.839
 miracle and

00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:46.700
 understanding

00:20:46.700 --> 00:20:47.779
 that only God

00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:48.319
 is the author

00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:49.039
 of life and

00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:50.159
 seeing Jesus

00:20:50.159 --> 00:20:51.420
 who identified

00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:52.500
 and connected

00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:53.220
 himself with

00:20:53.220 --> 00:20:53.759
 the Father

00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:55.019
 in this act

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:56.059
 of resurrecting

00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:56.759
 Lazarus,

00:20:57.619 --> 00:20:58.079
 making a

00:20:58.079 --> 00:20:58.879
 definitive statement,

00:20:59.039 --> 00:20:59.839
 I am God,

00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:01.259
 some believed.

00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:03.619
 What grace.

00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:05.960
 Remember,

00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:07.359
 this was not a

00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:08.500
 question of

00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:10.119
 future resurrection.

00:21:10.119 --> 00:21:10.199
 resurrection.

00:21:11.139 --> 00:21:11.519
 Jesus was

00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:11.939
 trying to help

00:21:11.939 --> 00:21:12.379
 them understand

00:21:12.379 --> 00:21:13.319
 this is an

00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:13.699
 issue of

00:21:13.699 --> 00:21:14.819
 present resurrection,

00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:16.099
 present life

00:21:16.099 --> 00:21:16.819
 that I give

00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:17.279
 to you.

00:21:18.219 --> 00:21:18.919
 In him

00:21:18.919 --> 00:21:20.079
 was life

00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:21.219
 and the life

00:21:21.219 --> 00:21:22.179
 was the light

00:21:22.179 --> 00:21:22.879
 of men.

00:21:24.159 --> 00:21:24.599
 And Jesus

00:21:24.599 --> 00:21:25.739
 now shows up

00:21:25.739 --> 00:21:26.139
 to say,

00:21:26.439 --> 00:21:27.219
 I am life.

00:21:27.679 --> 00:21:28.579
 I am resurrection.

00:21:32.459 --> 00:21:33.199
 If you were

00:21:33.199 --> 00:21:33.739
 standing in the

00:21:33.739 --> 00:21:34.139
 audience,

00:21:34.839 --> 00:21:35.339
 what other

00:21:35.339 --> 00:21:36.359
 proof would

00:21:36.359 --> 00:21:36.779
 you need?

00:21:37.699 --> 00:21:38.259
 What else

00:21:38.259 --> 00:21:38.739
 is there

00:21:38.739 --> 00:21:39.719
 to do?

00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:40.759
 What other

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:41.579
 sign could

00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:41.939
 you even

00:21:41.939 --> 00:21:42.539
 ask for?

00:21:44.179 --> 00:21:44.919
 Only God

00:21:44.919 --> 00:21:45.399
 is the author

00:21:45.399 --> 00:21:45.799
 of life

00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:46.379
 and Jesus

00:21:46.379 --> 00:21:47.279
 deliberately

00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:48.019
 makes this

00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:48.799
 hard connection

00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:49.959
 between himself

00:21:49.959 --> 00:21:50.299
 and the

00:21:50.299 --> 00:21:50.599
 Father

00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:51.299
 immediately

00:21:51.299 --> 00:21:51.979
 before this

00:21:51.979 --> 00:21:52.279
 miracle.

00:21:52.399 --> 00:21:52.859
 We see that

00:21:52.859 --> 00:21:53.479
 in verses

00:21:53.479 --> 00:21:54.539
 41 and 42.

00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:55.359
 His prayer

00:21:55.359 --> 00:21:55.699
 that says,

00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:56.339
 I am praying

00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:56.939
 to you

00:21:56.939 --> 00:21:57.739
 so that those

00:21:57.739 --> 00:21:58.379
 who are watching

00:21:58.379 --> 00:21:59.139
 this know

00:21:59.139 --> 00:21:59.719
 where this

00:21:59.719 --> 00:22:00.079
 is coming

00:22:00.079 --> 00:22:00.399
 from.

00:22:01.539 --> 00:22:02.419
 It's coming

00:22:02.419 --> 00:22:02.759
 from the

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.039
 Father.

00:22:06.699 --> 00:22:07.000
 No one

00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:08.239
 asks their

00:22:08.239 --> 00:22:09.139
 gods to raise

00:22:09.140 --> 00:22:09.740
 the dead.

00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:11.100
 No one

00:22:11.100 --> 00:22:11.940
 even dares

00:22:11.940 --> 00:22:12.700
 go there

00:22:12.700 --> 00:22:13.940
 because they

00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:14.240
 know it

00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:14.820
 would be

00:22:14.820 --> 00:22:15.360
 futility.

00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:16.520
 Only God

00:22:16.520 --> 00:22:16.960
 the Father

00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:17.400
 is the

00:22:17.400 --> 00:22:17.920
 author of

00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:18.320
 life.

00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:21.960
 And Jesus

00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:22.500
 in a

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:23.040
 previous

00:22:23.040 --> 00:22:23.700
 discussion

00:22:23.700 --> 00:22:25.200
 in John

00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:25.720
 chapter 10

00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:25.980
 says,

00:22:26.100 --> 00:22:26.520
 The thief

00:22:26.520 --> 00:22:27.420
 comes only

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:28.020
 to steal

00:22:28.020 --> 00:22:28.900
 and kill

00:22:28.900 --> 00:22:29.840
 and destroy.

00:22:30.300 --> 00:22:30.820
 But I am

00:22:30.820 --> 00:22:31.640
 come that

00:22:31.640 --> 00:22:31.880
 they might

00:22:31.880 --> 00:22:32.460
 have life

00:22:32.460 --> 00:22:33.140
 and that

00:22:33.140 --> 00:22:33.440
 they might

00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:33.920
 have it

00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:35.000
 abundantly.

00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:36.940
 Have you

00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:37.140
 ever

00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:37.720
 considered

00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:38.180
 what kind

00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:38.700
 of life

00:22:38.700 --> 00:22:40.039
 God

00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:40.559
 has given

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:40.960
 to you?

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:42.619
 Have you

00:22:42.619 --> 00:22:42.960
 ever thought

00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:43.680
 about that

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.319
 resurrection

00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:45.000
 life that

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.680
 those of you

00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.400
 who have

00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:47.039
 because of

00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:47.480
 faith,

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:48.700
 what has

00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:49.799
 that life

00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:50.559
 accomplished

00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.339
 in you

00:22:51.339 --> 00:22:52.319
 and for

00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:52.599
 you?

00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:55.660
 He is

00:22:55.660 --> 00:22:56.180
 abundant

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:56.700
 life.

00:22:57.039 --> 00:22:57.500
 He is

00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:57.940
 eternal

00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:58.420
 life.

00:22:58.839 --> 00:22:59.279
 He is

00:22:59.279 --> 00:22:59.920
 godly

00:22:59.920 --> 00:23:00.380
 life.

00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:01.059
 But he

00:23:01.059 --> 00:23:01.420
 is also

00:23:01.420 --> 00:23:01.940
 the source

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:02.259
 of the

00:23:02.259 --> 00:23:02.759
 redeemed

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.259
 life.

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:05.240
 the kind

00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:05.619
 of life

00:23:05.619 --> 00:23:06.039
 that has

00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:06.619
 meaning

00:23:06.619 --> 00:23:07.220
 and purpose.

00:23:08.379 --> 00:23:08.960
 The kind

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.319
 of life

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:09.940
 that provides

00:23:09.940 --> 00:23:10.720
 fulfillment

00:23:10.720 --> 00:23:11.720
 and true

00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:12.700
 gratification.

00:23:13.900 --> 00:23:14.599
 The kind

00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:15.000
 of life

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:16.119
 that propagates

00:23:16.119 --> 00:23:17.599
 life in the

00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:18.039
 world around

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:18.299
 you.

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:19.680
 It's the kind

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.000
 of life

00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:20.680
 that experiences

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.619
 life to the

00:23:21.619 --> 00:23:22.240
 full because

00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:23.039
 it's able

00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:23.799
 to conform

00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.420
 to the

00:23:24.420 --> 00:23:25.519
 design of

00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:26.279
 the Father

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:27.119
 for us

00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:27.500
 and for

00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:28.220
 our lives.

00:23:31.519 --> 00:23:32.299
 Just as a

00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:32.579
 hammer,

00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:33.659
 will find

00:23:33.659 --> 00:23:34.179
 its greatest

00:23:34.179 --> 00:23:34.740
 fulfillment

00:23:34.740 --> 00:23:36.359
 in driving

00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:36.779
 a nail.

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 You will

00:23:38.079 --> 00:23:38.639
 find your

00:23:38.639 --> 00:23:39.019
 greatest

00:23:39.019 --> 00:23:39.659
 fulfillment

00:23:39.659 --> 00:23:40.500
 as a

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:40.899
 Christian

00:23:40.899 --> 00:23:41.859
 as you

00:23:41.859 --> 00:23:42.159
 submit

00:23:42.159 --> 00:23:42.619
 yourself

00:23:42.619 --> 00:23:43.099
 to the

00:23:43.099 --> 00:23:43.579
 giver

00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:44.139
 of life

00:23:44.139 --> 00:23:44.980
 and as

00:23:44.980 --> 00:23:45.439
 you are

00:23:45.439 --> 00:23:45.879
 living

00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:46.679
 the abundant

00:23:46.679 --> 00:23:47.059
 life,

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:47.960
 the design

00:23:47.960 --> 00:23:48.720
 of life

00:23:48.720 --> 00:23:49.179
 that God

00:23:49.179 --> 00:23:49.679
 has entrusted

00:23:49.679 --> 00:23:50.059
 to you.

00:23:50.179 --> 00:23:50.439
 And we'll

00:23:50.439 --> 00:23:50.799
 talk about

00:23:50.799 --> 00:23:51.220
 that more

00:23:51.220 --> 00:23:51.980
 in a

00:23:51.980 --> 00:23:52.199
 moment.

00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:55.740
 Notice

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.220
 here it

00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:56.679
 says in

00:23:56.679 --> 00:23:57.159
 the end

00:23:57.159 --> 00:23:57.439
 of verse

00:23:57.439 --> 00:23:57.859
 45,

00:23:58.099 --> 00:23:58.519
 it says,

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.619
 Many of

00:23:59.619 --> 00:24:00.000
 the Jews

00:24:00.000 --> 00:24:00.659
 therefore who

00:24:00.659 --> 00:24:01.259
 had come

00:24:01.259 --> 00:24:02.000
 with Mary

00:24:02.000 --> 00:24:03.319
 and had

00:24:03.319 --> 00:24:04.119
 seen what

00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:04.619
 he did,

00:24:04.900 --> 00:24:05.279
 believed.

00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:07.279
 Isn't that

00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:07.599
 neat?

00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:09.839
 God uses

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:10.700
 instrumentally

00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:11.119
 Mary.

00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:12.799
 Whatever

00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:15.220
 compassion

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:16.160
 and love

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:16.460
 that she

00:24:16.460 --> 00:24:17.099
 poured out

00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:17.640
 and then

00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:18.279
 received from

00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:18.839
 this group,

00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:19.799
 she's the

00:24:19.799 --> 00:24:20.319
 one who

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:21.579
 they're coming

00:24:21.579 --> 00:24:22.119
 out with

00:24:22.119 --> 00:24:22.799
 and they

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.440
 see this

00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:23.980
 miracle that

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.799
 takes place

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:27.180
 and it's

00:24:27.180 --> 00:24:27.579
 a result

00:24:27.579 --> 00:24:28.500
 of the

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:29.039
 impact,

00:24:29.159 --> 00:24:30.139
 some impact

00:24:30.139 --> 00:24:30.519
 that she

00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:31.960
 had in

00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:32.500
 their life,

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:33.419
 that they're

00:24:33.419 --> 00:24:34.000
 there at

00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:34.419
 the tomb

00:24:34.419 --> 00:24:34.899
 and they

00:24:34.899 --> 00:24:35.559
 see Jesus

00:24:35.559 --> 00:24:36.299
 show up

00:24:36.299 --> 00:24:37.339
 and they

00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:37.720
 believe.

00:24:39.519 --> 00:24:39.960
 I wish I

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.319
 could say

00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:40.579
 that that

00:24:40.579 --> 00:24:41.119
 was true

00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:41.379
 of the

00:24:41.379 --> 00:24:41.680
 entire

00:24:41.680 --> 00:24:42.000
 group,

00:24:43.119 --> 00:24:43.779
 but there

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:44.680
 was another

00:24:44.680 --> 00:24:45.779
 response,

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:47.200
 not only a

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:48.419
 result in

00:24:48.419 --> 00:24:49.359
 faith that

00:24:49.359 --> 00:24:49.919
 we see in

00:24:49.919 --> 00:24:50.399
 point number

00:24:50.399 --> 00:24:50.659
 one,

00:24:50.720 --> 00:24:51.720
 but also a

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.539
 result in

00:24:52.539 --> 00:24:53.220
 frustration,

00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.720
 result in

00:24:54.720 --> 00:24:55.420
 faith and

00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:56.259
 now a

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:56.940
 result in

00:24:56.940 --> 00:24:57.500
 frustration.

00:24:58.480 --> 00:24:58.940
 We see that

00:24:58.940 --> 00:24:59.379
 show up in

00:24:59.379 --> 00:25:00.240
 verse 46,

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.399
 but some

00:25:01.399 --> 00:25:01.879
 of them

00:25:01.879 --> 00:25:02.500
 went to the

00:25:02.500 --> 00:25:03.099
 Pharisees and

00:25:03.099 --> 00:25:03.500
 told them

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:03.920
 what Jesus

00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:04.420
 had done.

00:25:05.379 --> 00:25:05.700
 So the

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.220
 chief priests

00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:06.440
 and the

00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:06.759
 Pharisees

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.319
 gathered the

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:07.899
 council and

00:25:07.899 --> 00:25:08.180
 said,

00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.019
 what are we

00:25:09.019 --> 00:25:09.379
 to do?

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:10.099
 For this

00:25:10.099 --> 00:25:11.019
 man performs

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:12.319
 many signs,

00:25:13.119 --> 00:25:16.740
 meaning the

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.899
 rest didn't

00:25:17.899 --> 00:25:19.720
 believe and

00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:20.500
 provides another

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:22.000
 confirmation of

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.379
 the fact that

00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:23.180
 these are part

00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:23.600
 of the

00:25:23.600 --> 00:25:23.860
 religious

00:25:23.860 --> 00:25:24.480
 establishment

00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:25.180
 who now

00:25:25.180 --> 00:25:25.720
 make their

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:25.980
 way,

00:25:26.100 --> 00:25:26.580
 they have

00:25:26.580 --> 00:25:27.180
 connections with

00:25:27.180 --> 00:25:27.680
 the Pharisees

00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:28.020
 and now

00:25:28.020 --> 00:25:28.920
 they're ratting

00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:29.480
 out Jesus.

00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:33.840
 How is this

00:25:33.840 --> 00:25:34.320
 possible?

00:25:35.260 --> 00:25:36.080
 How is it

00:25:36.080 --> 00:25:36.900
 possible that

00:25:36.900 --> 00:25:39.240
 they saw

00:25:39.240 --> 00:25:40.640
 Lazarus' body

00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:41.400
 wrapped?

00:25:42.760 --> 00:25:43.140
 And whether

00:25:43.140 --> 00:25:44.800
 hovering out of

00:25:44.800 --> 00:25:45.380
 the tomb or

00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:46.160
 hopping out of

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:46.580
 the tomb,

00:25:47.020 --> 00:25:47.440
 but it was

00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:48.020
 clear that he

00:25:48.020 --> 00:25:48.580
 had been dead.

00:25:48.800 --> 00:25:49.180
 They had been

00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:50.060
 sitting with

00:25:50.060 --> 00:25:50.760
 Martha and

00:25:50.760 --> 00:25:51.080
 Mary,

00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:52.040
 they had been

00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:53.220
 consoling them,

00:25:53.519 --> 00:25:54.139
 comforting them

00:25:54.139 --> 00:25:54.759
 for the last

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.460
 four days.

00:25:58.960 --> 00:26:00.079
 Lazarus smells

00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:00.700
 like rotting

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:01.119
 flesh.

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:02.720
 And this

00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:03.519
 miracle takes

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.539
 place in front

00:26:04.539 --> 00:26:05.059
 of their eyes.

00:26:05.500 --> 00:26:06.559
 And Jesus'

00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.139
 enemies,

00:26:07.480 --> 00:26:08.420
 these individuals

00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:09.279
 that go back

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.559
 to the Pharisees

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:13.339
 confirm that

00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:14.180
 what has been

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:14.720
 claimed to

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.720
 happen has in

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.619
 fact actually

00:26:16.619 --> 00:26:17.359
 taken place.

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:18.759
 He has done

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.559
 many signs.

00:26:19.559 --> 00:26:20.399
 people

00:26:20.399 --> 00:26:20.559
 who are

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.099
 not

00:26:21.099 --> 00:26:21.559
 in the

00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:22.559
 world.

00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:23.179
 They do

00:26:23.179 --> 00:26:23.720
 not believe.

00:26:24.399 --> 00:26:25.039
 How are

00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:26.619
 such things

00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:27.039
 possible?

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:28.440
 Well, it's

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:29.279
 possible because

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:30.059
 as we find in

00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:31.319
 1 Corinthians 2,

00:26:31.460 --> 00:26:32.099
 verse 14,

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.240
 the natural

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:34.119
 person does not

00:26:34.119 --> 00:26:34.599
 accept the

00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:35.599
 things of the

00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:35.859
 spirit.

00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.099
 For they are

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:38.039
 foolishness to

00:26:38.039 --> 00:26:39.079
 him and he is

00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:39.700
 unable to

00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:40.879
 understand because

00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:41.359
 they are

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:42.440
 spiritually discerned.

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:44.579
 There is

00:26:44.579 --> 00:26:45.980
 something broken

00:26:45.980 --> 00:26:47.299
 inside that we

00:26:47.299 --> 00:26:48.200
 are not able to

00:26:48.200 --> 00:26:48.960
 understand the

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.740
 truth that

00:26:49.740 --> 00:26:50.559
 stares us in

00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:51.279
 the face because

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:52.340
 the spirit of

00:26:52.340 --> 00:26:52.819
 God hasn't

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:54.180
 activated our

00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:54.779
 life to be

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:55.319
 able to

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:56.420
 perceive what

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:57.220
 can only be

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:58.220
 perceived in a

00:26:58.220 --> 00:26:58.840
 spiritual way.

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:00.559
 But in

00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:01.319
 addition to

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:01.640
 that, we

00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:02.620
 find in 2

00:27:02.620 --> 00:27:03.519
 Corinthians 4

00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:04.500
 that Satan

00:27:04.500 --> 00:27:05.279
 has blinded the

00:27:05.279 --> 00:27:06.279
 minds of those

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:07.160
 who believe not.

00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:08.980
 Satan also

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.779
 kind of stands

00:27:09.779 --> 00:27:10.299
 in the way,

00:27:10.600 --> 00:27:11.340
 blinding eyes,

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:12.400
 keeping us from

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:13.720
 seeing the

00:27:13.720 --> 00:27:14.240
 beauty of the

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:14.620
 gospel.

00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:16.539
 And here's

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.039
 another clue

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:18.579
 that these

00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:19.480
 Pharisees,

00:27:19.599 --> 00:27:20.279
 these religious

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.779
 leaders,

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:21.980
 although they

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:22.460
 see the

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:22.859
 evidence,

00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:23.980
 it's smacking

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.399
 them in the

00:27:24.399 --> 00:27:24.720
 face.

00:27:24.839 --> 00:27:25.940
 They reject.

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:26.799
 Their hearts

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.579
 are hardened.

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:31.539
 So it says

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:32.500
 in verse 47,

00:27:33.159 --> 00:27:33.680
 so the chief

00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:34.319
 priests and

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:35.220
 Pharisees gathered

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:35.940
 the council.

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:37.639
 Here we see

00:27:37.639 --> 00:27:38.559
 the meeting of

00:27:38.559 --> 00:27:39.099
 the minds,

00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:40.619
 those,

00:27:40.839 --> 00:27:41.259
 the greatest

00:27:41.259 --> 00:27:42.519
 intellect perhaps

00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:43.399
 in the known

00:27:43.399 --> 00:27:44.159
 world meeting

00:27:44.159 --> 00:27:44.619
 together.

00:27:44.619 --> 00:27:44.679
 together.

00:27:45.419 --> 00:27:46.099
 We understand

00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:47.139
 that those who

00:27:47.139 --> 00:27:48.159
 know God's

00:27:48.159 --> 00:27:49.359
 law are those

00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:50.179
 who, it says

00:27:50.179 --> 00:27:50.979
 in the Proverbs,

00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:51.639
 the fear of the

00:27:51.639 --> 00:27:52.119
 Lord is the

00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:53.000
 beginning of

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.319
 wisdom.

00:27:53.579 --> 00:27:54.319
 They knew God's

00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:54.539
 law.

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.500
 They had it

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.199
 memorized, the

00:27:57.199 --> 00:27:58.459
 first five books

00:27:58.459 --> 00:27:58.879
 of the Old

00:27:58.879 --> 00:27:59.239
 Testament.

00:27:59.359 --> 00:27:59.859
 They had

00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:00.359
 committed to

00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:00.699
 heart.

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:02.159
 They had gone

00:28:02.159 --> 00:28:02.699
 to temple,

00:28:02.979 --> 00:28:03.159
 they had

00:28:03.159 --> 00:28:03.539
 performed

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.259
 sacrifices,

00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:04.819
 they had

00:28:04.819 --> 00:28:05.659
 attended feasts,

00:28:05.659 --> 00:28:06.459
 they had known

00:28:06.459 --> 00:28:07.019
 the history of

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.579
 God's people,

00:28:07.919 --> 00:28:08.319
 they offered

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:09.099
 confession for

00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:09.759
 sin, they

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.719
 provided spiritual

00:28:10.719 --> 00:28:11.219
 leadership for

00:28:11.219 --> 00:28:11.579
 the people.

00:28:11.879 --> 00:28:12.500
 They were it.

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:14.519
 and yet they

00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:16.160
 missed the

00:28:16.160 --> 00:28:17.279
 most important

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:18.480
 truth that they

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:18.960
 could ever

00:28:18.960 --> 00:28:19.480
 embrace.

00:28:24.680 --> 00:28:25.539
 What will be

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.000
 the outcome

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:27.000
 of such news?

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:28.440
 What will be

00:28:28.440 --> 00:28:29.319
 the result of

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:30.519
 such divine

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:31.099
 power?

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.380
 What will we

00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:33.460
 see in their

00:28:33.460 --> 00:28:33.779
 life?

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:34.519
 Will they call

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:35.099
 for revival?

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.599
 Will they say

00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:37.200
 let's worship,

00:28:37.299 --> 00:28:38.160
 let's celebrate?

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:40.160
 No, we find

00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:40.900
 in the next

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.759
 section, verses

00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:42.799
 49 to 57,

00:28:43.799 --> 00:28:44.339
 it resulted

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:45.339
 in finality

00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:45.879
 for them.

00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.619
 Resulted in

00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:48.099
 finality.

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:49.819
 One of them,

00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:50.559
 Caiaphas, who

00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.359
 was the high

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:51.859
 priest, this is

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.680
 verse 49,

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.039
 said to them,

00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:54.640
 it is better

00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:55.720
 for you that

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.519
 one man should

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:57.059
 die for the

00:28:57.059 --> 00:28:58.180
 people, not

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.740
 that the whole

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.559
 nation should

00:28:59.559 --> 00:28:59.980
 perish.

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:02.039
 You get that?

00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:04.460
 Here is the

00:29:04.460 --> 00:29:05.240
 high priest.

00:29:05.879 --> 00:29:06.980
 Here is the

00:29:06.980 --> 00:29:07.519
 one who

00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.359
 represents

00:29:08.359 --> 00:29:09.160
 righteousness

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:09.660
 for the

00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:09.940
 people.

00:29:09.940 --> 00:29:11.640
 Here is the

00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:13.000
 one guy who

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.820
 enters every

00:29:13.820 --> 00:29:14.940
 year, once a

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.259
 year, the

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:16.180
 holy of holies,

00:29:16.820 --> 00:29:17.759
 to act as a

00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.500
 mediator for the

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:19.000
 people, and

00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:19.740
 what is he

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.059
 doing?

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:23.320
 He's calling

00:29:23.320 --> 00:29:26.320
 for a breaking

00:29:26.320 --> 00:29:27.100
 of the ten

00:29:27.100 --> 00:29:27.539
 commandments.

00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:28.720
 Let's murder.

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:31.320
 Let's take care

00:29:31.320 --> 00:29:32.200
 of this Jesus.

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:33.840
 He calls this

00:29:33.840 --> 00:29:34.460
 council, we

00:29:34.460 --> 00:29:35.799
 find this later,

00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:37.659
 it's better

00:29:37.659 --> 00:29:39.039
 that one man

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.799
 should perish

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.799
 for the people,

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:41.500
 not that the

00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.299
 whole nation

00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:43.000
 should perish.

00:29:44.819 --> 00:29:45.559
 What is the

00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:46.000
 issue for

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.500
 Caiaphas?

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.619
 Well, we find

00:29:47.619 --> 00:29:48.559
 in verse 48,

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.720
 the Romans,

00:29:51.159 --> 00:29:51.619
 they're afraid

00:29:51.619 --> 00:29:52.220
 the Romans will

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.839
 take away both

00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:54.159
 our place and

00:29:54.159 --> 00:29:54.659
 our nation.

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:56.399
 We find from

00:29:56.399 --> 00:29:57.220
 Caiaphas' own

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:57.919
 words in verse

00:29:57.919 --> 00:29:59.659
 50, that it's

00:29:59.659 --> 00:30:00.539
 better for one

00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:01.519
 man should die

00:30:01.519 --> 00:30:02.059
 for the people

00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:02.480
 and not that

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:03.259
 the whole nation

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:04.119
 should perish.

00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:05.979
 They're worried

00:30:05.979 --> 00:30:06.419
 about the

00:30:06.419 --> 00:30:07.559
 nation itself.

00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:08.939
 They're worried

00:30:08.939 --> 00:30:09.299
 about the

00:30:09.299 --> 00:30:10.239
 traditions and

00:30:10.239 --> 00:30:10.859
 they're worried

00:30:10.859 --> 00:30:11.299
 about their

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:11.899
 system.

00:30:12.679 --> 00:30:13.339
 Jesus was a

00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:13.899
 threat to the

00:30:13.899 --> 00:30:14.199
 religious

00:30:14.199 --> 00:30:14.899
 establishment.

00:30:16.679 --> 00:30:17.399
 The writing

00:30:17.399 --> 00:30:17.779
 was on the

00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.039
 wall.

00:30:19.059 --> 00:30:20.000
 Jesus represented

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:21.259
 something completely

00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:21.779
 different.

00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:23.659
 He had a

00:30:23.659 --> 00:30:24.179
 different view

00:30:24.179 --> 00:30:24.759
 of the law,

00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:26.000
 a different view

00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:26.559
 of the temple,

00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:27.739
 a different view

00:30:27.739 --> 00:30:28.399
 of righteousness,

00:30:29.039 --> 00:30:29.599
 a different view

00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:30.239
 of the heart,

00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:31.159
 a different view

00:30:31.159 --> 00:30:31.839
 of the Sabbath,

00:30:32.359 --> 00:30:32.899
 a different view

00:30:32.899 --> 00:30:33.539
 of God.

00:30:34.119 --> 00:30:35.519
 Jesus shattered

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:36.559
 everything that

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:37.179
 was familiar.

00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:40.359
 Jesus shook

00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:41.559
 the foundations

00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:42.419
 of their

00:30:42.419 --> 00:30:42.979
 traditional

00:30:42.979 --> 00:30:43.719
 understanding.

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:47.879
 Jesus, in

00:30:47.879 --> 00:30:48.759
 all of his

00:30:48.759 --> 00:30:49.519
 I am

00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:50.199
 statements,

00:30:50.919 --> 00:30:51.519
 was helping

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.679
 these group

00:30:52.679 --> 00:30:53.239
 of people to

00:30:53.239 --> 00:30:53.919
 understand that

00:30:53.919 --> 00:30:54.819
 what was

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:56.500
 symbolized in

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:56.859
 the Old

00:30:56.859 --> 00:30:58.199
 Testament was a

00:30:58.199 --> 00:30:58.959
 reality in

00:30:58.959 --> 00:30:59.239
 him.

00:30:59.419 --> 00:30:59.839
 It was

00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:00.699
 pointing to

00:31:00.699 --> 00:31:01.099
 him, but

00:31:01.099 --> 00:31:01.419
 they had

00:31:01.419 --> 00:31:02.299
 loved the

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:03.279
 symbol more

00:31:03.279 --> 00:31:03.579
 than they

00:31:03.579 --> 00:31:04.259
 loved the

00:31:04.259 --> 00:31:04.899
 object that

00:31:04.899 --> 00:31:05.519
 that symbol

00:31:05.519 --> 00:31:06.319
 was pointing

00:31:06.319 --> 00:31:06.660
 to.

00:31:09.559 --> 00:31:10.200
 He says,

00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:10.599
 I am the

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:10.899
 bread of

00:31:10.899 --> 00:31:11.279
 life.

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:13.559
 Before,

00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:13.940
 they had

00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:14.700
 received the

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:15.240
 manna in

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.700
 the wilderness

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:16.599
 and it was

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:17.460
 sustenance and

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:18.559
 they thought of

00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:19.440
 themselves as

00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:20.220
 providing this

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:21.460
 or being the

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:23.799
 owners of the

00:31:23.799 --> 00:31:24.500
 word and

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:25.359
 those who

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:26.259
 could dispense

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:26.940
 this word to

00:31:26.940 --> 00:31:27.339
 others.

00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:29.099
 Jesus says,

00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:29.399
 I am the

00:31:29.399 --> 00:31:29.680
 bread of

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.000
 life.

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:31.480
 I am the

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:31.720
 light of

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.200
 the world.

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:33.559
 Those who

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:34.319
 had been the

00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:34.880
 light to the

00:31:34.880 --> 00:31:35.880
 Gentiles was

00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:36.579
 now represented

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:37.200
 in Christ

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:37.700
 himself.

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:40.579
 And on and

00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:41.119
 on it goes.

00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:43.259
 Jesus was the

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:43.960
 fulfillment of

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:45.019
 all that had

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.819
 been pointed to

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:46.160
 in the Old

00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:46.539
 Testament.

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:47.559
 There is no

00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:48.220
 wonder why the

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:48.740
 Pharisees hated

00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:49.119
 Jesus.

00:31:49.960 --> 00:31:50.960
 Those who were

00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.420
 given the

00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:52.220
 responsibility of

00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:53.079
 overseeing the

00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:54.400
 religious practices,

00:31:55.460 --> 00:31:56.000
 they were seeing

00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.819
 Jesus as a

00:31:56.819 --> 00:31:57.599
 legitimate threat.

00:31:57.599 --> 00:32:00.019
 but let's

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.819
 not get too

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:02.339
 haughty.

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:03.419
 Let's not get

00:32:03.419 --> 00:32:04.379
 too proud because

00:32:04.379 --> 00:32:05.699
 are there not

00:32:05.699 --> 00:32:06.599
 times in our

00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:07.740
 own lives where

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.679
 God has had to

00:32:08.679 --> 00:32:10.799
 confront us with

00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:12.299
 the doctrinal

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:13.319
 premises that we

00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:14.559
 once had because

00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:15.799
 of heritage and

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:17.159
 tradition but now

00:32:17.159 --> 00:32:18.579
 God has woken us

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:19.279
 up and helped us

00:32:19.279 --> 00:32:20.159
 to see the

00:32:20.159 --> 00:32:20.939
 deficiencies of

00:32:20.939 --> 00:32:21.719
 those views.

00:32:23.179 --> 00:32:24.319
 Whether it be our

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:25.219
 system of religion,

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:26.599
 our ideas of

00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:27.299
 spirituality,

00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:29.579
 our structure of

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:31.059
 church, our

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:32.980
 pursuit of getting

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:35.059
 attention, our

00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:36.500
 priorities in life,

00:32:37.459 --> 00:32:39.480
 our desires are to

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.699
 go perhaps to the

00:32:40.699 --> 00:32:41.659
 motions and get

00:32:41.659 --> 00:32:42.359
 credit for it

00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:42.659
 somehow.

00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:44.919
 In many ways we

00:32:44.919 --> 00:32:45.539
 are not a whole lot

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:46.079
 different than the

00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:46.539
 Pharisees.

00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:52.059
 We need Jesus to

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:53.379
 change everything in

00:32:53.379 --> 00:32:53.839
 our lives.

00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:53.939
 Jesus.

00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:57.379
 Interesting, it says

00:32:57.379 --> 00:32:58.879
 in verse 51 that

00:32:58.879 --> 00:32:59.939
 Caiaphas did not say

00:32:59.939 --> 00:33:00.579
 this on his own

00:33:00.579 --> 00:33:00.919
 accord.

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:02.819
 Unwittingly,

00:33:03.179 --> 00:33:04.099
 Caiaphas is

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:05.079
 prophesying of the

00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:06.419
 substitutionary death

00:33:06.419 --> 00:33:07.980
 of Jesus that would

00:33:07.980 --> 00:33:08.819
 not only be for the

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:09.859
 Jewish nation but

00:33:09.859 --> 00:33:11.259
 would be for all of

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:11.559
 mankind.

00:33:12.679 --> 00:33:13.480
 I find it

00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:14.240
 interesting that in

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:16.240
 this event, the

00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:17.039
 event that pushed

00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:18.299
 these men over the

00:33:18.299 --> 00:33:20.779
 edge was the event

00:33:20.779 --> 00:33:22.619
 where life shows up

00:33:22.619 --> 00:33:23.680
 front and center.

00:33:24.379 --> 00:33:25.559
 And their response

00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:26.899
 to the God of life

00:33:26.899 --> 00:33:29.299
 was, kill him!

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:36.720
 Life shows up and

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:37.819
 their hearts are

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:38.379
 exposed.

00:33:38.879 --> 00:33:39.599
 Jesus has already

00:33:39.599 --> 00:33:40.359
 pinpointed it.

00:33:40.619 --> 00:33:41.700
 In John chapter 8 he

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:43.039
 says, you are from

00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:44.180
 below, I am from

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:45.559
 above, you are of your

00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:46.700
 father the devil and

00:33:46.700 --> 00:33:47.759
 your will is to do

00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:49.000
 your father's desires.

00:33:49.879 --> 00:33:50.660
 He was a murderer

00:33:50.660 --> 00:33:51.359
 from the beginning

00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:53.240
 and has nothing to

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:54.400
 do with the truth.

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:58.379
 I'm life.

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:00.920
 Who will you

00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:01.660
 follow?

00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:03.700
 Who will you

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.039
 embrace?

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:06.700
 And they made

00:34:06.700 --> 00:34:07.960
 their final decision.

00:34:08.719 --> 00:34:09.420
 We're going with

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:09.820
 death.

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.659
 We're following our

00:34:11.659 --> 00:34:12.659
 father, the devil.

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:14.679
 We're pursuing the

00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:15.360
 murder of Jesus.

00:34:15.619 --> 00:34:16.320
 We're getting rid of

00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:16.880
 this threat.

00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:19.580
 It says in verse

00:34:19.580 --> 00:34:21.340
 53, from that day

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:22.520
 they made plans to

00:34:22.520 --> 00:34:23.560
 put him to death.

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:24.980
 This was the moment

00:34:24.980 --> 00:34:25.800
 of finality.

00:34:26.140 --> 00:34:27.520
 Grace was expended

00:34:27.520 --> 00:34:28.200
 for these men.

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:32.620
 It says in verse

00:34:32.620 --> 00:34:34.080
 54, Jesus therefore

00:34:34.080 --> 00:34:35.080
 no longer walked

00:34:35.080 --> 00:34:36.500
 openly among the

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:37.440
 Jews but went from

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:38.880
 there to the region

00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:39.560
 near the wilderness

00:34:39.560 --> 00:34:40.960
 to a town called

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:42.140
 Ephraim and there

00:34:42.140 --> 00:34:43.160
 he stayed with his

00:34:43.160 --> 00:34:43.580
 disciples.

00:34:44.760 --> 00:34:46.000
 A ministry that was

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:46.560
 public.

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:48.940
 a ministry that was

00:34:48.940 --> 00:34:49.539
 accessible.

00:34:50.279 --> 00:34:51.059
 The word that had

00:34:51.059 --> 00:34:52.159
 been close to them

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:53.360
 is now withdrawn.

00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:55.960
 They had made up

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:56.400
 their minds.

00:34:58.279 --> 00:34:59.299
 We don't want this

00:34:59.299 --> 00:35:00.239
 Jesus anymore.

00:35:02.739 --> 00:35:03.539
 Up to this point

00:35:03.539 --> 00:35:04.340
 we have seen the

00:35:04.340 --> 00:35:05.360
 remarkable response

00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:06.460
 of faith across

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:06.960
 the board.

00:35:07.779 --> 00:35:08.900
 We see if you

00:35:08.900 --> 00:35:10.059
 chronicle and if

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:11.000
 you've been taking

00:35:11.000 --> 00:35:12.119
 notes and underlining

00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:12.699
 in the scriptures

00:35:12.699 --> 00:35:13.820
 many believed,

00:35:13.820 --> 00:35:14.940
 many believed,

00:35:15.080 --> 00:35:15.900
 many believed in

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:17.019
 almost every chapter.

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:19.480
 From this point on

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:21.440
 we don't see those

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:22.220
 words again.

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:23.220
 Except for in

00:35:23.220 --> 00:35:23.920
 chapter 12,

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:26.059
 verse 11 that

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:27.320
 refers to this

00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:27.700
 event.

00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:29.660
 But from this point

00:35:29.660 --> 00:35:30.500
 on we don't see

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:31.400
 many believing

00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:32.460
 anymore in the

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:33.140
 gospel of John.

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:35.539
 Finality had been

00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:35.840
 rung.

00:35:37.380 --> 00:35:38.360
 This marks a

00:35:38.360 --> 00:35:39.100
 radical shift in

00:35:39.100 --> 00:35:39.940
 Jesus' ministry.

00:35:40.340 --> 00:35:41.019
 It moves from the

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:42.160
 public now into the

00:35:42.159 --> 00:35:42.440
 private.

00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:46.579
 And now the city

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:47.299
 is on high alert.

00:35:48.119 --> 00:35:48.659
 We find that in

00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:50.059
 verses 56 and 57.

00:35:50.399 --> 00:35:50.799
 They were looking

00:35:50.799 --> 00:35:52.219
 for Jesus and

00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:52.719
 saying to one

00:35:52.719 --> 00:35:53.619
 another as they

00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:54.000
 stood in the

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.219
 temple,

00:35:54.319 --> 00:35:54.539
 what do you

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:54.899
 think?

00:35:55.379 --> 00:35:55.960
 That he will

00:35:55.960 --> 00:35:56.420
 come to the

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:57.039
 feast at all?

00:35:57.879 --> 00:35:58.440
 Now the chief

00:35:58.440 --> 00:35:59.019
 priests and the

00:35:59.019 --> 00:35:59.779
 Pharisees had given

00:35:59.779 --> 00:36:00.759
 orders that if

00:36:00.759 --> 00:36:01.639
 anyone knew where

00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:02.799
 he was he should

00:36:02.799 --> 00:36:04.319
 let them know so

00:36:04.319 --> 00:36:05.239
 they might arrest

00:36:05.239 --> 00:36:05.559
 him.

00:36:06.279 --> 00:36:07.259
 The city is put on

00:36:07.259 --> 00:36:07.819
 high alert.

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:09.899
 If Jesus comes in

00:36:09.899 --> 00:36:10.920
 privately, if he

00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:11.819
 comes in secretly,

00:36:11.820 --> 00:36:13.039
 let us know we

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:13.580
 want to deal with

00:36:13.580 --> 00:36:13.760
 him.

00:36:15.160 --> 00:36:16.640
 Isn't it amazing

00:36:16.640 --> 00:36:18.460
 that Jesus picks

00:36:18.460 --> 00:36:20.100
 that moment to

00:36:20.100 --> 00:36:21.640
 parade himself in

00:36:21.640 --> 00:36:22.920
 with grand array?

00:36:24.059 --> 00:36:25.039
 The triumphal

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:25.380
 entry?

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:27.980
 You don't have to

00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:28.780
 worry about missing

00:36:28.780 --> 00:36:29.260
 me.

00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:31.280
 Another statement

00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:32.480
 that he'll make in

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:33.100
 chapter 12.

00:36:34.840 --> 00:36:35.740
 So what about you?

00:36:36.800 --> 00:36:37.780
 What does

00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:39.100
 Lazarus' resurrection

00:36:39.100 --> 00:36:40.260
 mean for you?

00:36:40.260 --> 00:36:41.940
 What do we do

00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:43.480
 with this information?

00:36:44.680 --> 00:36:45.520
 First, it's been

00:36:45.520 --> 00:36:46.380
 sung about and

00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:47.520
 talked about through

00:36:47.520 --> 00:36:48.780
 our worship service.

00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:49.760
 We know that

00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:51.180
 resurrection power

00:36:51.180 --> 00:36:52.720
 is for you.

00:36:53.120 --> 00:36:54.320
 It's offered to

00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:54.680
 you.

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.640
 Have you

00:36:56.640 --> 00:36:58.020
 embraced,

00:36:58.380 --> 00:36:59.060
 received,

00:36:59.320 --> 00:37:01.080
 accepted the

00:37:01.080 --> 00:37:02.120
 resurrection power

00:37:02.120 --> 00:37:02.700
 in your life?

00:37:03.140 --> 00:37:04.260
 It is available for

00:37:04.260 --> 00:37:04.440
 you.

00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:07.059
 Paul talks about

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:08.019
 our previous

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.860
 status.

00:37:09.700 --> 00:37:10.179
 In Ephesians

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:10.780
 chapter 2, he

00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:10.920
 says,

00:37:11.159 --> 00:37:11.980
 you were once

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:12.519
 dead in

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:13.340
 trespasses and

00:37:13.340 --> 00:37:13.780
 sins.

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:15.720
 You were once

00:37:15.720 --> 00:37:16.800
 like Lazarus.

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:18.099
 You had no

00:37:18.099 --> 00:37:18.440
 hope.

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:19.780
 You contributed

00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:20.720
 nothing to

00:37:20.720 --> 00:37:21.139
 spirituality.

00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:23.059
 It was lights

00:37:23.059 --> 00:37:23.820
 out for you.

00:37:24.300 --> 00:37:24.659
 There was

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:25.280
 nothing you

00:37:25.280 --> 00:37:25.700
 could do.

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:26.760
 It was over.

00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:31.260
 But, it

00:37:31.260 --> 00:37:32.180
 says, but

00:37:32.180 --> 00:37:34.180
 God, being

00:37:34.180 --> 00:37:35.000
 rich in mercy

00:37:35.000 --> 00:37:35.760
 because of the

00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:36.840
 great love with

00:37:36.840 --> 00:37:37.400
 which he loved

00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:38.660
 us, even when

00:37:38.660 --> 00:37:39.440
 we were dead in

00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:40.460
 trespasses, made

00:37:40.460 --> 00:37:41.820
 us alive together

00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:43.040
 with Christ.

00:37:44.640 --> 00:37:45.920
 The invitation

00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:47.420
 that was available

00:37:47.420 --> 00:37:48.980
 on that day when

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:49.980
 Lazarus was

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:51.060
 raised from the

00:37:51.060 --> 00:37:52.640
 grave and two

00:37:52.640 --> 00:37:53.540
 categories of

00:37:53.540 --> 00:37:54.180
 individuals were

00:37:54.180 --> 00:37:55.020
 there, those who

00:37:55.020 --> 00:37:55.980
 believed and those

00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:56.480
 who rejected,

00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:58.079
 it stands front

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:58.599
 and center.

00:37:58.719 --> 00:37:59.559
 That decision is

00:37:59.559 --> 00:38:00.480
 offered to you

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:01.119
 this morning.

00:38:02.500 --> 00:38:03.320
 Have you

00:38:03.320 --> 00:38:04.800
 embraced,

00:38:05.059 --> 00:38:05.699
 received,

00:38:06.219 --> 00:38:07.280
 taken hold of

00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:09.079
 the power of

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:09.539
 the resurrection

00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:10.079
 that's available

00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:10.659
 for you today?

00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:12.440
 It's available

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:13.199
 through faith in

00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:13.820
 Jesus Christ.

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:15.219
 As you confess

00:38:15.219 --> 00:38:16.119
 your sin, as you

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:17.179
 make him the

00:38:17.179 --> 00:38:17.559
 Lord of your

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:20.960
 life, the

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:22.099
 miracle was

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.860
 not in question

00:38:22.860 --> 00:38:23.460
 for these men.

00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:24.740
 It was the

00:38:24.740 --> 00:38:25.639
 implications of

00:38:25.639 --> 00:38:26.119
 this miracle.

00:38:26.480 --> 00:38:27.000
 that were in

00:38:27.000 --> 00:38:27.340
 question.

00:38:28.780 --> 00:38:29.579
 Resurrection power

00:38:29.579 --> 00:38:30.199
 is offered to

00:38:30.199 --> 00:38:30.380
 you.

00:38:30.920 --> 00:38:31.699
 Number two, the

00:38:31.699 --> 00:38:32.679
 resurrection power

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:33.539
 for those in

00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:34.320
 faith is in

00:38:34.320 --> 00:38:34.579
 you.

00:38:37.860 --> 00:38:38.559
 Romans chapter

00:38:38.559 --> 00:38:39.440
 six talks about

00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:39.719
 this.

00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:40.639
 It says, if we've

00:38:40.639 --> 00:38:41.460
 been united with

00:38:41.460 --> 00:38:42.539
 him in a death

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:44.360
 like his, we will

00:38:44.360 --> 00:38:45.280
 certainly be united

00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:46.119
 with him in a

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:46.920
 resurrection like

00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:47.300
 his.

00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:48.860
 It says, if we

00:38:48.860 --> 00:38:49.500
 have died with

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:50.480
 Christ, we believe

00:38:50.480 --> 00:38:51.159
 that we will also

00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:51.719
 live with him.

00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:53.119
 Death no longer

00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:54.679
 has dominion over

00:38:54.679 --> 00:38:55.179
 us.

00:38:56.079 --> 00:38:56.679
 You don't have to

00:38:56.679 --> 00:38:57.799
 be enslaved to

00:38:57.799 --> 00:38:58.440
 sin anymore.

00:38:59.139 --> 00:38:59.839
 You don't have to

00:38:59.839 --> 00:39:01.059
 perform the

00:39:01.059 --> 00:39:02.679
 rituals and the

00:39:02.679 --> 00:39:03.900
 duties and the

00:39:03.900 --> 00:39:05.059
 bondage that sin

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:06.099
 has once placed

00:39:06.099 --> 00:39:06.739
 over you.

00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:08.319
 You can be free.

00:39:09.319 --> 00:39:10.819
 You can live the

00:39:10.819 --> 00:39:11.859
 abundant life that

00:39:11.859 --> 00:39:12.619
 God has called you

00:39:12.619 --> 00:39:13.099
 to live.

00:39:13.460 --> 00:39:14.539
 Free from guilt

00:39:14.539 --> 00:39:15.539
 and free from

00:39:15.539 --> 00:39:16.099
 self.

00:39:16.480 --> 00:39:17.519
 Free from despair.

00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:18.359
 Free from

00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:19.500
 enslaving sin.

00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:20.960
 Freedom from the

00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:21.720
 pressures of this

00:39:21.720 --> 00:39:22.240
 life.

00:39:22.680 --> 00:39:23.380
 Freedom from the

00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:24.059
 burden of

00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:24.860
 performance.

00:39:25.760 --> 00:39:26.240
 In pleasing

00:39:26.240 --> 00:39:27.700
 people, you are

00:39:27.700 --> 00:39:29.079
 free to live

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:31.240
 in Christ.

00:39:32.160 --> 00:39:32.860
 His power

00:39:32.860 --> 00:39:34.400
 working in and

00:39:34.400 --> 00:39:35.200
 through your

00:39:35.200 --> 00:39:35.559
 life.

00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:36.400
 And finally,

00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:38.320
 there's

00:39:38.320 --> 00:39:39.340
 resurrection power

00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:40.420
 through you.

00:39:42.120 --> 00:39:42.840
 Resurrection

00:39:42.840 --> 00:39:44.240
 power through

00:39:44.240 --> 00:39:44.620
 you.

00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:47.120
 That you can be

00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:48.599
 a conduit of

00:39:48.599 --> 00:39:49.480
 God's power to

00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:49.880
 others.

00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:52.920
 As the power

00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:54.239
 of God shows up

00:39:54.239 --> 00:39:55.819
 in your life and

00:39:55.819 --> 00:39:57.299
 people notice

00:39:57.299 --> 00:39:59.500
 God, not you.

00:40:00.179 --> 00:40:01.359
 They notice God

00:40:01.359 --> 00:40:02.480
 shining through.

00:40:06.440 --> 00:40:07.779
 Wonderful example

00:40:07.779 --> 00:40:08.400
 of this is the

00:40:08.400 --> 00:40:08.799
 church of

00:40:08.799 --> 00:40:09.380
 Thessalonica.

00:40:11.099 --> 00:40:13.219
 This group of

00:40:13.219 --> 00:40:14.039
 individuals that

00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:15.179
 just were broken

00:40:15.179 --> 00:40:16.359
 in every way.

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:17.759
 And Paul

00:40:17.759 --> 00:40:18.519
 talks about the

00:40:18.519 --> 00:40:19.079
 power of the

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:19.599
 gospel that

00:40:19.599 --> 00:40:20.559
 came to them

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:21.519
 and he noticed

00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:22.139
 it and because

00:40:22.139 --> 00:40:23.659
 of the power of

00:40:23.659 --> 00:40:24.199
 the resurrection

00:40:24.199 --> 00:40:24.819
 working in their

00:40:24.819 --> 00:40:27.019
 life, it says

00:40:27.019 --> 00:40:27.799
 that the word of

00:40:27.799 --> 00:40:28.359
 God not only

00:40:28.359 --> 00:40:29.179
 sounded forth

00:40:29.179 --> 00:40:30.920
 among them,

00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:32.500
 but in Macedonia

00:40:32.500 --> 00:40:32.940
 and Achaia.

00:40:34.420 --> 00:40:35.799
 Does our life

00:40:35.799 --> 00:40:36.699
 evidence the

00:40:36.699 --> 00:40:38.339
 power of his

00:40:38.339 --> 00:40:38.759
 life?

00:40:40.019 --> 00:40:41.099
 Does our life

00:40:41.099 --> 00:40:42.139
 evidence the

00:40:42.139 --> 00:40:43.799
 priority of his

00:40:43.799 --> 00:40:44.139
 life?

00:40:44.139 --> 00:40:44.199
 life?

00:40:45.779 --> 00:40:46.539
 I came,

00:40:46.759 --> 00:40:47.299
 Jesus says,

00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:47.980
 that they may

00:40:47.980 --> 00:40:48.920
 have life and

00:40:48.920 --> 00:40:49.359
 that they might

00:40:49.359 --> 00:40:50.759
 have it abundantly.

00:40:52.099 --> 00:40:52.839
 Or is it

00:40:52.839 --> 00:40:54.500
 possible that the

00:40:54.500 --> 00:40:55.299
 priorities of our

00:40:55.299 --> 00:40:56.940
 life actually give

00:40:56.940 --> 00:40:59.699
 way and seem to

00:40:59.699 --> 00:41:00.779
 point to the

00:41:00.779 --> 00:41:02.159
 father, the devil?

00:41:02.159 --> 00:41:04.980
 are we of the

00:41:04.980 --> 00:41:06.920
 father of life or

00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:07.779
 do we represent the

00:41:07.779 --> 00:41:08.519
 father of death?

00:41:10.319 --> 00:41:11.079
 I just want to

00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:12.539
 make a brief

00:41:12.539 --> 00:41:14.799
 comment to the

00:41:14.799 --> 00:41:16.679
 teens, to the

00:41:16.679 --> 00:41:18.339
 singles, to those

00:41:18.339 --> 00:41:18.960
 of you who are

00:41:18.960 --> 00:41:19.379
 younger.

00:41:19.380 --> 00:41:22.559
 father, I see

00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:26.160
 this tendency, this

00:41:26.160 --> 00:41:27.519
 tendency to be

00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:28.820
 caught up with

00:41:28.820 --> 00:41:31.160
 the grotesque, this

00:41:31.160 --> 00:41:32.440
 tendency to be

00:41:32.440 --> 00:41:33.820
 caught up and

00:41:33.820 --> 00:41:35.619
 involved in those

00:41:35.619 --> 00:41:36.400
 that are exalting

00:41:36.400 --> 00:41:37.780
 violence and

00:41:37.780 --> 00:41:39.220
 brutality, those

00:41:39.220 --> 00:41:40.460
 that are grisly and

00:41:40.460 --> 00:41:41.039
 horrifying.

00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:44.539
 The games that we

00:41:44.539 --> 00:41:46.539
 play, the video

00:41:46.539 --> 00:41:47.539
 gaming that we do,

00:41:47.539 --> 00:41:48.699
 the music that we

00:41:48.699 --> 00:41:49.719
 listen to, the

00:41:49.719 --> 00:41:50.219
 things that we

00:41:50.219 --> 00:41:51.659
 watch on TV, the

00:41:51.659 --> 00:41:52.320
 things that we do

00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:54.199
 on Halloween, the

00:41:54.199 --> 00:41:55.599
 ways that we dress

00:41:55.599 --> 00:41:56.880
 up, the athletics

00:41:56.880 --> 00:41:57.900
 that we enjoy to

00:41:57.900 --> 00:42:01.000
 watch, that exalt

00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:02.639
 brutality, exalt

00:42:02.639 --> 00:42:03.940
 death, which is

00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:05.099
 from the author of

00:42:05.099 --> 00:42:06.779
 death and not from

00:42:06.779 --> 00:42:07.599
 the author of life.

00:42:08.920 --> 00:42:10.420
 Does our life

00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:12.639
 advocate life?

00:42:13.739 --> 00:42:15.259
 Does life show up

00:42:15.259 --> 00:42:16.039
 in us?

00:42:16.039 --> 00:42:18.420
 the life of God

00:42:18.420 --> 00:42:20.599
 showing through, that

00:42:20.599 --> 00:42:22.360
 we treasure life, we

00:42:22.360 --> 00:42:23.380
 have a love for

00:42:23.380 --> 00:42:24.820
 life that dominates

00:42:24.820 --> 00:42:25.900
 our focus, our

00:42:25.900 --> 00:42:27.119
 service, attention,

00:42:27.579 --> 00:42:28.719
 resources, affection,

00:42:29.239 --> 00:42:30.599
 prayers, leisure,

00:42:31.019 --> 00:42:31.960
 passion, and

00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:32.440
 priorities.

00:42:33.320 --> 00:42:35.000
 That we must

00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:36.860
 promote life as a

00:42:36.860 --> 00:42:37.920
 representative of

00:42:37.920 --> 00:42:40.239
 God, who is the

00:42:40.239 --> 00:42:41.159
 God of resurrection

00:42:41.159 --> 00:42:42.300
 and life.

00:42:42.940 --> 00:42:43.460
 Let's pray.

00:42:43.460 --> 00:42:43.460


00:42:46.039 --> 00:42:51.079
 Lord, as we look at

00:42:51.079 --> 00:42:52.739
 the life of

00:42:52.739 --> 00:42:55.039
 Lazarus, and we

00:42:55.039 --> 00:42:55.860
 see that although

00:42:55.860 --> 00:42:57.800
 an ordinary man,

00:42:58.860 --> 00:43:00.579
 you showed up and

00:43:00.579 --> 00:43:01.739
 you made his story

00:43:01.739 --> 00:43:03.659
 truly amazing.

00:43:04.659 --> 00:43:05.599
 And not because of

00:43:05.599 --> 00:43:06.779
 Lazarus, but because

00:43:06.779 --> 00:43:08.519
 of your resurrection

00:43:08.519 --> 00:43:10.739
 life that transformed

00:43:10.739 --> 00:43:12.519
 his dead status,

00:43:12.519 --> 00:43:14.519
 God of

00:43:14.519 --> 00:43:14.579
 God, you

00:43:14.579 --> 00:43:16.400
 could be a

00:43:16.400 --> 00:43:18.099
 testimony to what

00:43:18.099 --> 00:43:18.920
 you could accomplish.

00:43:20.239 --> 00:43:20.900
 And as we'll see in

00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:22.360
 chapter 12, it was a

00:43:22.360 --> 00:43:23.099
 testimony that

00:43:23.099 --> 00:43:25.840
 continued to smack

00:43:25.840 --> 00:43:26.699
 the Pharisees in the

00:43:26.699 --> 00:43:27.019
 face.

00:43:28.599 --> 00:43:30.059
 And this morning, as we

00:43:30.059 --> 00:43:32.380
 evaluate our own

00:43:32.380 --> 00:43:34.259
 lives, God, I pray

00:43:34.259 --> 00:43:35.119
 that we would be

00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:36.259
 conduits of life.

00:43:36.840 --> 00:43:38.460
 I pray that our lives

00:43:38.460 --> 00:43:39.940
 would demonstrate the

00:43:39.940 --> 00:43:41.079
 power of God working

00:43:41.079 --> 00:43:42.139
 through, helping us

00:43:42.139 --> 00:43:42.940
 to overcome the

00:43:42.940 --> 00:43:43.679
 dead works of

00:43:43.679 --> 00:43:44.860
 unrighteousness and

00:43:44.860 --> 00:43:45.779
 moving forward to

00:43:45.779 --> 00:43:46.679
 abundant life and

00:43:46.679 --> 00:43:48.880
 obedience so that we

00:43:48.880 --> 00:43:51.000
 can exalt the God

00:43:51.000 --> 00:43:51.980
 of life.

00:43:53.259 --> 00:43:54.360
 So this morning, if

00:43:54.360 --> 00:43:55.179
 you don't know

00:43:55.179 --> 00:43:58.039
 Jesus, if you've

00:43:58.039 --> 00:43:59.079
 not experienced that

00:43:59.079 --> 00:43:59.679
 power, that

00:43:59.679 --> 00:44:01.119
 resurrection power

00:44:01.119 --> 00:44:02.519
 that transforms life,

00:44:02.699 --> 00:44:03.579
 that helps to

00:44:03.579 --> 00:44:04.639
 establish fellowship

00:44:04.639 --> 00:44:06.279
 with God, we would

00:44:06.279 --> 00:44:07.920
 love to invite you to

00:44:07.920 --> 00:44:08.699
 experience that.

00:44:08.699 --> 00:44:10.699
 God, and maybe you

00:44:10.699 --> 00:44:12.339
 have accepted Christ

00:44:12.339 --> 00:44:14.279
 as your Savior, but

00:44:14.279 --> 00:44:15.159
 you know that there

00:44:15.159 --> 00:44:15.839
 are things in your

00:44:15.839 --> 00:44:18.559
 life that mimic the

00:44:18.559 --> 00:44:19.460
 old life that you

00:44:19.460 --> 00:44:20.000
 once had.

00:44:21.439 --> 00:44:22.460
 Conformity to dead

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 works and not

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 demonstrating conformity

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 to obedience to

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 Jesus.

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 We would love to pray

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 with you.

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 So Lord, we pray.

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 We pray that you

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 would do a work in

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 us this moment.

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 help us to be a

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 church that reflects

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 the life-giving

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 words, message, and

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 testimony of our

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 Savior.

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 We pray in Jesus'

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 name.

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 Amen.

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 Let's pray.