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 So we're looking at John chapter 7 this morning, first 36 verses.

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 If you're a visitor here, you can see the outline of what I'm saying on the back of the sheet you get handed when you come in the door this morning.

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 Now, according to critics, timing is everything in politics and public life.

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 And we see that, don't we, all the time.

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 So we've had a charm offensive by Mr. Morrison, our new Prime Minister, immediately following his political assassination of our previous Prime Minister, Mr. Turnbull.

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 And we all know what that's about.

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 It's designed to quieten or avoid the hard questions that everybody wants to ask.

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 But of course it never works, does it?

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 Or rarely works.

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 And that's where it takes us into chapter 7 of John this morning, because it's the hard questions around Jesus that John wants us to wrestle with as he takes us into Jesus' public ministry, which is what he's doing.

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 And they are hard questions.

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 There were lots of things happening, lots of people watching and debating with Jesus,

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 and lots of conclusions about Jesus being formed by different individuals and groups within the crowd.

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 And John wants us to be, as it were, part of that.

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 The hard questions about Jesus won't go away.

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 The hard questions of Jesus today, we find, are actually the same hard questions that we need to face today about Jesus.

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 So, who is he?

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 Who is this Jesus that presents and makes these outlandish claims?

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 What's he about?

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 When you drill down into his message, what really is he about?

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 Is what he says to be trusted?

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 If we follow him, he says we'll have life, salvation, forgiveness.

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 Is he to be trusted?

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 And then on the other hand, all the negative things creep in.

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 Well, if as he said he was, he was God, then how come so many people reject him?

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 How come there's so much unbelief?

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 How come he allowed himself to be treated like he was treated?

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 How come he was rejected?

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 How come he was killed?

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 And then the ultimate question that John wants us to wrestle with is a personal question.

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 So, what conclusion will I form about Jesus?

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 2,000 years after this biography was written.

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 And they're hard questions, aren't they?

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 Hard because they're hard to understand.

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 But hard because of the implications of the conclusions we form.

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 And even if you're already a Christian this morning, you still need to drill down into that idea of you being a Christian.

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 You need to drill down into your own conclusions about Jesus.

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 You say, well, I'm a Christian, therefore I've already concluded that what Jesus says is true.

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 And I've committed myself to him.

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 But then the question arises, well, have you?

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 Have you really?

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 In other words, is your faith real?

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 Is your faith in line with what Jesus says it should be if you're going to be a believer in him?

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 Or is it possible even as you claim to be a believer, you're actually living under a form of self-deception?

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 So, for example, do you actually believe and trust on Jesus on his terms?

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 As he says, as he talks about himself and talks about salvation.

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 Or is it possible that you just believe in a form of Jesus?

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 That is, you've taken various bits and pieces of Jesus that you sit comfortably with.

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 And have actually rejected various bits and pieces of Jesus that are altogether too challenging.

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 Or that require you to give up too much or change too much.

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 See, as Christians we do that all the time, don't we?

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 And the problem with that is that Jesus said that too amounts to unbelief.

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 We'll see that coming out of these verses this morning.

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 As we move into chapter 7.

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 Context, as always, is critical to understanding.

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 So, the context is this.

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 People loved the miracles that Jesus was doing.

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 No doubt about that.

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 They flocked to him to see the miracles.

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 This was really special stuff.

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 Loved every moment of it.

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 But, increasingly rejected the conclusions Jesus pushed on them as a result of the miracles.

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 They were taking the miracles and saying,

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 Oh, this is what we'll believe about Jesus and the like of the miracles.

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 Jesus said, No.

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 If you look at the miracles, this is what you need to believe and respond to about me.

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 And that gap was opening up.

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 Into opposition.

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 Into opposition.

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 And hatred.

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 And outright rejection.

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 Chapter 4 and 5.

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 We've seen it a few weeks ago.

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 Jesus had actually left Jerusalem and Judea.

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 Now, Judea was the southern part of Israel.

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 Why he had left there?

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 Because the Jewish religious authorities, none less than them,

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 the Jewish religious authorities had decided that Jesus was a blasphemous imposter.

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 And that they would kill him.

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 That was their conclusion.

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 Then chapter 6.

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 In time, it was a few months later.

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 Jesus had moved north to the northern part of Israel called Galilee.

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 And we find that only a few months later, history had repeated itself.

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 The crowds that flocked him in Galilee now, in chapter 6, have almost all abandoned him.

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 Why?

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 Why?

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 Well, they too, once they started to hear Jesus' teaching after the feeding of 5,000,

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 they too said, well, actually, this Jesus is talking about a spiritual salvation.

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 He wants to be a spiritual Messiah.

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 And quite frankly, when our biggest enemy is the Romans, we don't really have any need for a spiritual Messiah.

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 We don't even have any interest in a spiritual Messiah.

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 We don't like this nonsense of bread from heaven and internal changes and stuff like that.

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 And so they walked away from Jesus.

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 That was their conclusion.

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 He was irrelevant to their needs.

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 And chapter 7, we step into chapter 7, and there's another gap of a few months.

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 So from the start of chapter 7, it's about six months since the miracle of the feeding of the 5,000.

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 And we're told in verse 1, Jesus had been going about in Galilee.

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 I think that word just means Jesus has been on the move.

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 He was flying under the radar, trying to keep a low profile,

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 because of the hostility that was rising against him.

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 In verse 2, we come up against a significant moment.

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 Decisions are going to have to be made.

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 It was the Feast of the Booth, or Feast of the Tabernacles.

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 And that was the most important and the most popular,

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 sorry, the most popular, not the most important,

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 the most popular of all the Jewish religious festivals.

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 And it was a time of happiness and excitement,

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 because it incorporated something that we would call a Thanksgiving, a harvest Thanksgiving.

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 It happened after the intake of the annual harvest.

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 The food was all stored for winter, so it was a time to celebrate.

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 But predominantly, it remembered God's provision for his people in the wilderness

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 after the exodus from Egypt and on their journey to the Promised Land.

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 And so, as I said, it was an exciting, happy time.

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 It was a week-long celebration.

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 And huge crowds went to Jerusalem for ten days or so of celebrating God's provision.

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 Ten days of enjoying the sense of being God's people together.

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 Ten days of looking to the future that the exodus had promised them,

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 which they'd never quite materialized for them.

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 And Jesus' disciples see an opportunity and think that they should go too,

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 because this is Jesus' moment.

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 This is his moment to showcase himself to the crowds.

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 And suddenly, in chapter 7, verse 2 again, the question, the hard question, surfaces, resurfaces.

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 Is it only a matter of time?

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 It's now six months or more since Jesus was last in Jerusalem,

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 and left because the crowds were going to kill him.

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 So, is it a case now, well, having had six months to think about Jesus

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 and get used to what he was saying and stuff like that,

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 will the crowds and will the Jewish religious authorities now warn to Jesus?

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 Will things be different?

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 Will they understand him better when he goes back to Jerusalem?

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 On the other side of that coin, will Jesus do things differently,

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 getting a second bite at the cherry, as it were?

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 Well, the answer as we move into chapter 7,

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 the answer John gives is a very loud no.

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 Nothing is going to be different.

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 Because the problem, as John has emphasized repeatedly,

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 is not a lack of time to consider what Jesus has been saying.

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 It's not a lack of time to ponder and troll over the evidence.

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 It's not in how Jesus has presented himself.

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 The real problem, John wants to see over and over and over again,

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 the real problem is in hearts that refuse to accept Jesus on his terms.

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 That's what it comes down to.

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 Hearts that refuse to accept Jesus on his terms as God's Messiah,

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 God's King and Savior.

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 And we'll see that playing out again in these verses

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 as we move into, first of all, the family response,

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 which is pragmatic enthusiasm covering general unbelief.

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 Now, we've got a sort of feel for Jesus at this point.

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 John has zoomed through chapter 6.

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 Massive crowds, incredible interest in Jesus.

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 Then at the end of chapter 6, we're left with not much more than just the 12 disciples.

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 Crowds are gone.

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 And now, we zoom in even further,

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 and the word here in chapter 3 is his brothers.

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 Now, it's a little bit ambiguous,

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 but I'm taking it to mean his actual literal biological brothers.

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 They have a turn now to express their conclusions about Jesus.

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 And they're no different from the crowd.

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 Not really.

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 They had no doubt.

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 It was just a matter of timing and packaging.

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 And so, they're saying the festival in Jerusalem,

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 that's the opportunity.

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 All right, Jesus, you need to go there.

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 You need to go there as soon as possible.

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 This is your moment.

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 If you farm this right, Jesus, you can turn things around.

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 You win the crowd back.

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 You can be popular.

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 You can be successful.

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 You need to get out there and sell your message.

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 Just like enthusiastic political campaign managers,

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 they think that success for Jesus lies in more exposure to the public.

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 Show yourself to be a patriot.

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 This is the time to go there and do a charm offensive,

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 being a patriot in Jerusalem.

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 Display your miracles.

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 Mount a popular grassroots campaign.

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 Give people things that will help them and benefit them,

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 and people will fall in line with you.

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 Make sure it's your face and your message

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 that appears every evening on the 6 o'clock Jerusalem news

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 for that 10 days of the festival.

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 But buried in that enthusiasm, verse 5,

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 was unbelief.

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 They weren't convinced by what they saw and heard from Jesus.

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 So part of urging Jesus to go back to Jerusalem

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 was to kind of convince themselves.

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 They had really no idea what Jesus was on about.

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 Even worse, from our vantage point as readers,

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 we can see that these brothers,

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 these biological brothers,

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 were pushing Jesus to his death,

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 and they just didn't even realize they were doing it.

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 How sad that must have been for Jesus

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 to hear his brothers speaking,

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 saying, go to Jerusalem.

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 We'll get you up there as quickly as we can.

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 And Jesus knew what the outcome of being in Jerusalem was going to be.

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 So we get Jesus' response then to his brothers.

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 And again, we see this stark contrast,

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 which John wants us to see,

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 as we engage with Jesus.

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 Because primarily, that's what we need to do through these verses,

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 is engage with Jesus.

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 And Jesus' response shows him to be purposeful,

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 faithful in his commitment to saving God's people.

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 Jesus pushes back at his brothers,

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 and he said, well, actually, guys,

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 you're telling me it's a question of timing,

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 and you're right and you're wrong.

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 It is a question of timing,

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 but it's a question of God's timing,

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 not your timing.

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 See, the brothers had no idea about God's agenda,

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 and how the next few months would play out for Jesus.

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 And it's only six or seven or eight months from this point

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 to Jesus actually killed on the cross.

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 But ironically,

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 given the nature of the feast and the festival

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 and what it was celebrating,

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 ironically, if they had actually understood what Jesus was teaching,

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 they would have realized that the festival they were keen to be part of

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 actually described Jesus' mission.

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 He was the greater than Moses,

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 the prophet who was to come.

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 He had come to mount another exodus,

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 to lead another exodus event,

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 to rescue his people from the world.

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 Everything that is opposed to God

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 and holds his people in bondage.

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 So in a sense,

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 what Jesus is in here,

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 in this festival,

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 is a real live drama

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 of working in parallel

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 with what he's going to endure,

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 what he's there for.

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 But of course,

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 nobody sees that except Jesus.

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 Jesus had come into the world

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 to expose evil and sin and death

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 and deliver his people into light and life.

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 Jesus is saying here in these verses,

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 all this will become clear in due course.

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 But in the meanwhile,

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 no amount of charm offensive

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 or populist politicking

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 will change anything.

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 Jesus will inevitably offend.

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 Look at verse 6.

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 My time has not yet come,

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 but your time is always here.

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 The world cannot hate you,

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 but it hates me.

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 Why?

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 Because I testify about it

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 that its works are evil.

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 There's an inevitable clash

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 of agendas,

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 a clash of worldviews,

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 a clash of wills,

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 a clash of thinking,

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 a clash of desires.

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 Jesus will inevitably offend people,

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 causing them to hate him

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 because he will expose

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 and deliver them

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 from the very things

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 that people want to keep hidden.

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 Rebellion

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 and unbelieving hearts and attitudes.

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 But Jesus is God's man,

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 driven by God's concern

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 for God's glory.

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 And that's what we need to see.

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 In spite of what he knows

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 he's ahead of,

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 Jesus doesn't turn

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 to the left or right.

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 He plows ahead

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 because he's God's man,

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 driven by concern

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 for God's glory.

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 Look at verse 10.

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 We're just going to skim over

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 some verses very quickly now.

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 Jesus does go to Jerusalem

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 in the end.

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 But the point here,

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 I think,

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 is that he goes to Jerusalem

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 on his terms.

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 And again,

00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:07.099
 immediately starts teaching,

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 pushing the crowd

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 to believe his claim

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 to be God's king and savior.

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 verses 16, 17, and 18.

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 They recognize his authority

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 as he teaches.

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 They admire his teaching

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 and his authority.

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 And Jesus tells them

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 his purpose,

00:17:34.580 --> 00:17:35.140
 his mission,

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 is not in any way

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 to showcase himself,

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 but his life

00:17:41.140 --> 00:17:42.100
 and his mission

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 and his very being

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 is driven

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 by the Father's purpose

00:17:47.460 --> 00:17:48.059
 in salvation.

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 He's here to implement

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 his Father's purpose

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 in salvation.

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 He speaks truth

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 from his Father.

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 And the fact

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 that they do not respond

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 to Jesus in belief

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 shows they have

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 lost touch with God.

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 And lost touch

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 with God's purpose

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 in salvation

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 as written

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 in their Jewish scriptures.

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 The divide opens again.

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 Verses 27, 28, and 29.

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 Same sort of thought.

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 Jesus says,

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 well look,

00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:16.980
 your response

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 tells me one thing.

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 You've only got

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 a very superficial understanding

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 of who I am.

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 You think you know

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 everything about me,

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 but you don't.

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 And so, says Jesus,

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 no surprise.

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 You do not see me

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 as God's Savior

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 because you're so focused

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 on running your own agenda.

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 Same problem.

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 We've seen chapter

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 after chapter

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 after chapter.

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 Verses 32 through 36.

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 Jesus will accomplish

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 his mission.

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 verse 33.

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 Jesus then said,

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 I will be with you

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 a little longer

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 and then I'm going

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 to him who sent me.

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 I'm here for a job.

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 I'll do the job.

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 And then I'm going

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 back home to my father.

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 That's the plan.

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 And the plan

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 will be perfected.

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 And hidden in there

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 is Jesus saying

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 to the Jewish

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 religious authorities

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 who remember

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 at that very moment

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 were planning to kill him.

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 He's really saying to them,

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 now look,

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 you guys,

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 you think you know

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 all about me.

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 You think you control

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 my destiny,

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 but I'm telling you

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 that you evil people

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 will never control

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 my life

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 and my destiny.

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 Regardless of what

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 it appears like,

00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:37.759
 regardless of what

00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:38.180
 they think,

00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:39.560
 Jesus,

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 he's on God's mission,

00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:42.519
 on God's timing

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 and will complete it.

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 And so,

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 the irony again is,

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 and there's lots of irony

00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:49.980
 in this passage,

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 the irony is

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 that the brothers

00:19:51.580 --> 00:19:53.420
 unknowingly said

00:19:53.420 --> 00:19:54.039
 to Jesus,

00:19:54.259 --> 00:19:55.299
 go up to Jerusalem

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 and show yourself

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 to the world.

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 Jesus is saying here,

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 yes,

00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:00.740
 he says,

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 I will be showing

00:20:01.680 --> 00:20:02.519
 myself to the world.

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 But when that moment

00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:05.379
 comes,

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 I'll be showing

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 myself in shame

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 of death

00:20:09.220 --> 00:20:10.220
 by execution

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 as a criminal.

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 It will be a

00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:14.740
 sacrificial death.

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 It will be a death

00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:16.619
 of apparent defeat.

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 It will be a special

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 death in the sense

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 that nobody else

00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:20.799
 can follow me

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 into this particular

00:20:21.900 --> 00:20:22.720
 death because it is

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 a sacrificial death

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 for the forgiveness

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 of sins.

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 But then,

00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:27.400
 says Jesus,

00:20:28.039 --> 00:20:29.579
 I'll return to heaven

00:20:29.579 --> 00:20:30.339
 with my Father.

00:20:31.099 --> 00:20:31.579
 And again,

00:20:31.579 --> 00:20:32.819
 something that sinful

00:20:32.819 --> 00:20:33.919
 people will be

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 excluded from.

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 I will show myself

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 to the world,

00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:39.960
 says Jesus.

00:20:41.179 --> 00:20:42.279
 But even then,

00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:43.699
 you're not going to

00:20:43.699 --> 00:20:44.419
 be able to understand

00:20:44.419 --> 00:20:44.980
 what it's about.

00:20:46.919 --> 00:20:47.599
 And then we have

00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:48.519
 the popular response,

00:20:49.460 --> 00:20:50.240
 commitment to

00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:51.399
 faithless unbelief

00:20:51.399 --> 00:20:52.199
 towards Jesus.

00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:53.799
 Now once again,

00:20:53.879 --> 00:20:54.439
 John gives us

00:20:54.439 --> 00:20:56.379
 a very wide range

00:20:56.379 --> 00:20:57.259
 of unbelieving

00:20:57.259 --> 00:20:58.259
 responses to Jesus.

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 And that's been

00:20:59.159 --> 00:21:00.439
 his pattern right

00:21:00.439 --> 00:21:00.720
 through.

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 And so,

00:21:02.180 --> 00:21:02.579
 in a sense,

00:21:02.620 --> 00:21:03.120
 there's a lot

00:21:03.120 --> 00:21:03.680
 of repetition,

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 but it's nuanced.

00:21:06.660 --> 00:21:07.500
 Verse 11.

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 There's nothing

00:21:10.140 --> 00:21:10.779
 very nuanced

00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:11.339
 about this.

00:21:12.740 --> 00:21:15.200
 The religious leaders

00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:18.100
 were planning

00:21:18.100 --> 00:21:20.259
 to kill Jesus.

00:21:20.460 --> 00:21:21.500
 Worse than that,

00:21:21.860 --> 00:21:22.539
 they were actually

00:21:22.539 --> 00:21:24.460
 openly promising

00:21:24.460 --> 00:21:25.660
 to kill Jesus.

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 And worse than that,

00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:32.779
 even,

00:21:33.560 --> 00:21:34.620
 verse 13,

00:21:35.860 --> 00:21:36.259
 they had

00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:37.140
 implemented a

00:21:37.140 --> 00:21:38.620
 fear campaign,

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 I think,

00:21:39.580 --> 00:21:41.100
 because it was not

00:21:41.100 --> 00:21:41.900
 just going to kill

00:21:41.900 --> 00:21:42.259
 Jesus,

00:21:42.360 --> 00:21:42.860
 but it was anybody

00:21:42.860 --> 00:21:43.800
 associated with Jesus.

00:21:43.860 --> 00:21:44.640
 Look at verse 13.

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 Yet for fear of the

00:21:45.940 --> 00:21:46.200
 Jews,

00:21:46.320 --> 00:21:47.060
 and when John uses

00:21:47.060 --> 00:21:47.560
 that term,

00:21:47.620 --> 00:21:48.360
 he's usually talking

00:21:48.360 --> 00:21:48.860
 about the Jewish

00:21:48.860 --> 00:21:49.500
 religious leader,

00:21:49.720 --> 00:21:50.480
 yet for fear of the

00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:50.759
 Jews,

00:21:51.220 --> 00:21:52.380
 no one spoke openly

00:21:52.380 --> 00:21:52.640
 of him.

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.320
 Everybody had an

00:21:53.320 --> 00:21:54.060
 opinion about Jesus.

00:21:54.059 --> 00:21:54.839
 Everybody was talking,

00:21:55.379 --> 00:21:56.659
 but they were scared.

00:21:57.279 --> 00:21:58.059
 Scared of what?

00:21:58.139 --> 00:21:59.079
 Scared to associate

00:21:59.079 --> 00:21:59.700
 with Jesus,

00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:00.319
 because they knew

00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:01.159
 that Jewish religious

00:22:01.159 --> 00:22:02.220
 leaders were going

00:22:02.220 --> 00:22:02.919
 to kill Jesus,

00:22:03.099 --> 00:22:04.200
 and most likely,

00:22:04.700 --> 00:22:05.440
 if you're closely

00:22:05.440 --> 00:22:06.319
 associated with Jesus,

00:22:06.379 --> 00:22:07.019
 you might actually

00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:07.859
 get dragged into the

00:22:07.859 --> 00:22:08.159
 mess.

00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:14.200
 That's a pretty strong

00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:15.220
 response of unbelief.

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:17.480
 Not just a decision

00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:18.159
 for themselves,

00:22:18.299 --> 00:22:18.819
 but a decision

00:22:18.819 --> 00:22:19.559
 they were imposing

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:21.279
 on people around them,

00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:22.500
 the nation around them.

00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:23.299
 The people who were

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:24.139
 supposed to instruct

00:22:24.139 --> 00:22:25.119
 and lead into truth.

00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:28.839
 Verse 12.

00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:30.779
 Everybody had an

00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:31.579
 opinion about Jesus,

00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:33.799
 and it seems very

00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:34.759
 modern, doesn't it?

00:22:35.039 --> 00:22:35.859
 So some people,

00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:37.000
 on the one hand,

00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.319
 were saying,

00:22:37.399 --> 00:22:37.779
 well actually,

00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:39.480
 he's a good man.

00:22:40.779 --> 00:22:41.799
 It's hard to find fault

00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:42.200
 with a guy.

00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:42.879
 After all,

00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:43.659
 look at all the good

00:22:43.659 --> 00:22:44.240
 things he's doing.

00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:45.159
 He's bringing benefit

00:22:45.159 --> 00:22:45.899
 into the community,

00:22:46.099 --> 00:22:47.059
 and he's not harming

00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:47.319
 anybody,

00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:48.639
 so let's just leave

00:22:48.639 --> 00:22:49.500
 well enough alone.

00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.159
 Yep.

00:22:50.160 --> 00:22:51.980
 He's a good bloke.

00:22:55.080 --> 00:22:56.080
 The other extreme,

00:22:56.220 --> 00:22:56.500
 again,

00:22:56.759 --> 00:22:57.420
 very familiar,

00:22:58.259 --> 00:22:59.000
 he's a deceiver.

00:22:59.220 --> 00:22:59.860
 He's leading people

00:22:59.860 --> 00:23:00.320
 astray.

00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:02.259
 He's not a good man.

00:23:02.380 --> 00:23:03.120
 He's a bad man.

00:23:07.000 --> 00:23:08.259
 He's leading people

00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:09.420
 to believe something

00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:10.360
 that's not true.

00:23:10.560 --> 00:23:11.279
 He's giving people

00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:12.279
 a hope of life

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:12.880
 and salvation

00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:14.100
 that's not right

00:23:14.100 --> 00:23:15.000
 according to how

00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:16.019
 we understand the law.

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:27.559
 Very familiar responses,

00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:27.960
 aren't they?

00:23:29.139 --> 00:23:30.980
 Verses 19 to 24,

00:23:31.119 --> 00:23:31.940
 Jesus takes up

00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:33.299
 the big issue

00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:34.259
 that the Jews

00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:34.900
 had with him.

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:35.980
 The issue of

00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:37.359
 claiming that

00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:38.740
 Jesus was a lawbreaker

00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:40.819
 and a blasphemer.

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.139
 Well,

00:23:41.240 --> 00:23:42.619
 Jesus really takes

00:23:42.619 --> 00:23:43.180
 the case to them

00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:44.220
 and rubbishes their claim.

00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:45.180
 He's really saying

00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:45.539
 to them here,

00:23:45.539 --> 00:23:45.819
 I think,

00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:46.460
 in these verses.

00:23:47.019 --> 00:23:47.180
 Look,

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:48.539
 you're challenging

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:50.339
 about me being a lawbreaker

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:51.000
 because that's just

00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:52.019
 really petty.

00:23:52.899 --> 00:23:53.619
 Worse than that,

00:23:53.680 --> 00:23:54.399
 it's illogical.

00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:55.519
 Worse than that,

00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.759
 you're just using it

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.480
 as an excuse,

00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:58.940
 another reason not to believe.

00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:00.659
 Here's how it worked.

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:01.759
 So,

00:24:02.159 --> 00:24:03.440
 they say that Jesus

00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:05.159
 should be condemned

00:24:05.159 --> 00:24:05.839
 and put to death

00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:06.779
 because he breaks the law.

00:24:07.000 --> 00:24:07.200
 Remember,

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:08.039
 he healed a guy,

00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:08.940
 the last time he was

00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:09.319
 in Jerusalem,

00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:10.099
 some six or seven

00:24:10.099 --> 00:24:10.680
 or eight months earlier,

00:24:10.920 --> 00:24:11.599
 he healed a guy

00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:12.079
 on the Sunday,

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:12.700
 on the Sabbath.

00:24:13.580 --> 00:24:13.720
 Right?

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:14.580
 And for that,

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:14.900
 they say,

00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:15.519
 they were furious.

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.580
 He needs to die.

00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:18.580
 He's got total disregard

00:24:18.580 --> 00:24:20.019
 for the law of Moses.

00:24:20.340 --> 00:24:21.140
 He breaks the law.

00:24:21.140 --> 00:24:24.680
 But Jesus,

00:24:24.800 --> 00:24:25.000
 I think,

00:24:25.060 --> 00:24:25.680
 is picking up here.

00:24:25.780 --> 00:24:25.920
 Well,

00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:26.380
 actually,

00:24:26.840 --> 00:24:28.259
 you guys forgot

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:29.140
 that you're deliberately

00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:30.220
 plotting my murder

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:31.440
 right at this very moment.

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:36.220
 You blame me

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:37.700
 for breaking the law,

00:24:38.200 --> 00:24:39.820
 but you also

00:24:39.820 --> 00:24:41.100
 fail to keep the law.

00:24:41.420 --> 00:24:41.800
 But then,

00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.960
 more immediately,

00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:43.840
 he's saying,

00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.020
 well,

00:24:44.040 --> 00:24:44.180
 look,

00:24:44.460 --> 00:24:45.120
 this whole thing

00:24:45.120 --> 00:24:46.640
 about breaking the law

00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:47.920
 in regard to the Sabbath

00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:49.200
 because I healed this guy,

00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:50.880
 he uses an argument

00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:51.360
 against him.

00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:51.580
 He says,

00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:51.740
 well,

00:24:51.780 --> 00:24:52.100
 actually,

00:24:52.340 --> 00:24:54.340
 you guys allow

00:24:54.340 --> 00:24:55.660
 the circumcision

00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:56.700
 of a child

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.380
 on the Sabbath

00:24:57.380 --> 00:24:59.280
 if that circumcision

00:24:59.280 --> 00:25:00.480
 falls on the eighth day

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:02.500
 to fulfill the law.

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.220
 The law said

00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:04.060
 you have to circumcise

00:25:04.060 --> 00:25:05.020
 the child on the eighth day.

00:25:05.520 --> 00:25:05.680
 So,

00:25:05.780 --> 00:25:06.560
 Jesus was saying,

00:25:06.640 --> 00:25:06.700
 well,

00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:06.880
 okay,

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:08.260
 you guys allow circumcision

00:25:08.260 --> 00:25:09.780
 in that event

00:25:09.780 --> 00:25:11.440
 even though technically

00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:12.180
 circumcision

00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:13.900
 is a breach of the law

00:25:13.900 --> 00:25:14.640
 because it's working.

00:25:17.600 --> 00:25:18.000
 So,

00:25:18.040 --> 00:25:18.220
 he said,

00:25:18.300 --> 00:25:19.300
 how can you logically

00:25:19.300 --> 00:25:20.000
 then say to me

00:25:20.000 --> 00:25:21.960
 because I healed

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:23.460
 a guy on a Sabbath

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:24.079
 which again

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:24.660
 is technically

00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:25.240
 a breach

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:26.200
 but doing something

00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:26.720
 really good.

00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:27.400
 How can you hold

00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:28.039
 that against me?

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:31.440
 What he's saying is

00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:32.420
 you guys

00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:34.279
 are just illogical.

00:25:34.660 --> 00:25:35.160
 You're just

00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:36.619
 finding reasons

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:37.500
 to

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:39.440
 not believe.

00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:44.759
 And then buried in there,

00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:45.900
 others thought

00:25:45.900 --> 00:25:46.980
 he had a mental health issue,

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.640
 wasn't thinking straight.

00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:53.980
 But Jesus pushes back again

00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:55.820
 suggesting

00:25:55.820 --> 00:25:56.540
 they're the ones

00:25:56.540 --> 00:25:57.480
 who are not thinking straight.

00:25:57.840 --> 00:25:58.640
 Do not judge

00:25:58.640 --> 00:25:59.500
 by appearances

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.259
 but judge

00:26:00.259 --> 00:26:01.160
 with right judgment.

00:26:03.360 --> 00:26:04.120
 He's pleading

00:26:04.120 --> 00:26:04.780
 for fairness

00:26:04.780 --> 00:26:05.400
 and generosity.

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:06.020
 Again,

00:26:06.080 --> 00:26:06.300
 he's saying,

00:26:06.360 --> 00:26:06.440
 look,

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.940
 if only you would

00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:09.720
 actually give me a go,

00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:12.180
 you would see

00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:12.640
 and understand

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:15.720
 and be drawn

00:26:15.720 --> 00:26:16.860
 into truth

00:26:16.860 --> 00:26:17.560
 and ultimately

00:26:17.560 --> 00:26:18.480
 drawn into life.

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:22.540
 But instead,

00:26:23.700 --> 00:26:24.420
 all they were given

00:26:24.420 --> 00:26:25.000
 Jesus was

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.640
 prejudice

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:27.100
 and pettiness.

00:26:28.100 --> 00:26:29.259
 But among all those

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.820
 responses,

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.540
 verse 31,

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.720
 John's always keen

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.340
 to remind us,

00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:33.940
 yet many of the people

00:26:33.940 --> 00:26:34.740
 believed in him.

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:36.920
 They said,

00:26:37.180 --> 00:26:38.120
 when the Christ appears,

00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:39.280
 will he do more signs

00:26:39.280 --> 00:26:40.220
 than this man has done?

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:43.620
 In the midst of

00:26:43.620 --> 00:26:44.640
 massive belief

00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:47.220
 and confusion,

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:50.259
 some are actually

00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:51.500
 moving towards

00:26:51.500 --> 00:26:52.259
 belief.

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.799
 This doesn't

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.579
 necessarily suggest

00:26:55.579 --> 00:26:56.319
 that people are actually

00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:57.140
 Christians at that point,

00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:58.079
 but they're moving

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:59.039
 towards belief

00:26:59.039 --> 00:27:00.160
 because they're actually

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:01.160
 being generous

00:27:01.160 --> 00:27:02.220
 and logical

00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:03.420
 and fair

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:04.100
 in the way they're

00:27:04.100 --> 00:27:04.740
 viewing their evidence.

00:27:04.860 --> 00:27:05.140
 They're saying,

00:27:05.220 --> 00:27:05.400
 well, look,

00:27:05.680 --> 00:27:05.880
 okay,

00:27:05.880 --> 00:27:07.100
 can we imagine

00:27:07.100 --> 00:27:08.000
 anybody else

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:09.160
 doing greater

00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:10.520
 and more miraculous

00:27:10.520 --> 00:27:11.500
 and wonderful things

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:12.120
 than what Jesus

00:27:12.120 --> 00:27:12.760
 has been doing?

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:14.700
 No, we can't.

00:27:15.260 --> 00:27:15.880
 The scriptures

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:16.620
 told us that

00:27:16.620 --> 00:27:17.420
 when Messiah comes,

00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:18.120
 he would do great

00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:18.660
 and miraculous

00:27:18.660 --> 00:27:19.680
 and wonderful things.

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:21.080
 Therefore,

00:27:21.780 --> 00:27:23.040
 this has to be

00:27:23.040 --> 00:27:23.560
 the Messiah.

00:27:23.900 --> 00:27:24.760
 We don't understand

00:27:24.760 --> 00:27:25.220
 everything there is

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:26.040
 to understand about him,

00:27:26.220 --> 00:27:27.180
 but this has to be

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:27.600
 the Messiah.

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.220
 So they're moving

00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:29.240
 towards Jesus

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:31.680
 and they're moving

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.259
 into deeper

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:33.120
 and deeper belief.

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:41.640
 So what do we need

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:42.079
 to learn

00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:42.920
 from this part

00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:43.359
 of the story?

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.140
 There's lots more

00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:44.519
 details,

00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:45.319
 I just don't have time

00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:45.920
 to get into there.

00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:47.519
 But what do we need

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:47.880
 to learn

00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:48.420
 from this part

00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:48.859
 of the story?

00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.740
 Well, I just want

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.339
 to touch down

00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:52.940
 a couple of things

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:53.339
 and they're fairly

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:54.500
 arbitrary in lots of ways.

00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:56.319
 So you're free

00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:57.259
 to interact with them

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:58.500
 and even reject them

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.019
 if you don't think

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.379
 they're right.

00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:01.759
 But the first one

00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.139
 is this.

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.740
 Unbelief does not

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.400
 always mean

00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:05.980
 rejecting Jesus outright.

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:09.259
 Unbelief does not

00:28:09.259 --> 00:28:09.900
 always mean

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:11.039
 rejecting Jesus outright.

00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:14.019
 But it is always

00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:16.039
 resisting the terms

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.700
 and agenda

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:17.480
 for salvation

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.720
 offered by Jesus.

00:28:19.279 --> 00:28:20.319
 And it is always

00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:21.059
 about implementing

00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:21.960
 our own values

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.700
 and judgments

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:24.119
 as to what will

00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:24.900
 please God

00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:25.299
 and make us

00:28:25.299 --> 00:28:26.119
 acceptable to him.

00:28:26.119 --> 00:28:30.879
 So, we sometimes

00:28:30.879 --> 00:28:32.579
 don't help ourselves

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:32.919
 by thinking

00:28:32.919 --> 00:28:33.739
 well, unbelief

00:28:33.739 --> 00:28:35.479
 equals walking

00:28:35.479 --> 00:28:36.079
 away from Jesus

00:28:36.079 --> 00:28:36.479
 completely.

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:37.019
 It's not always

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.359
 like that.

00:28:37.399 --> 00:28:37.759
 It's much more

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:38.159
 nuanced.

00:28:40.239 --> 00:28:41.159
 It's possible

00:28:41.159 --> 00:28:43.199
 to stay in the

00:28:43.199 --> 00:28:43.539
 Christ

00:28:43.539 --> 00:28:45.599
 and to believe

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:48.259
 but reject

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:48.979
 the terms

00:28:48.979 --> 00:28:49.639
 that Jesus offers.

00:28:49.640 --> 00:28:49.700
 believers.

00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:52.900
 And it's not only

00:28:52.900 --> 00:28:53.380
 possible

00:28:53.380 --> 00:28:54.140
 but it's actually

00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:55.700
 likely

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:57.140
 almost inevitably

00:28:57.140 --> 00:28:58.280
 because we're hardwired

00:28:58.280 --> 00:28:59.280
 to do that very thing.

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.780
 We're hardwired

00:29:01.780 --> 00:29:03.000
 to reject

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:03.560
 truth.

00:29:04.600 --> 00:29:05.320
 That's what it is

00:29:05.320 --> 00:29:06.300
 to be sinful people.

00:29:06.299 --> 00:29:10.639
 We're hardwired

00:29:10.639 --> 00:29:11.159
 to reject

00:29:11.159 --> 00:29:11.619
 anything

00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:12.359
 that challenges

00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:13.960
 our view of life

00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:15.079
 and our understanding

00:29:15.079 --> 00:29:15.579
 of life

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:16.740
 and our practice

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.279
 of life.

00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:25.480
 And we're hardwired

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:26.000
 to do this

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.899
 even in the face

00:29:26.899 --> 00:29:27.500
 of logic

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:28.159
 and truth

00:29:28.159 --> 00:29:29.500
 and compelling

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:30.059
 evidence.

00:29:33.659 --> 00:29:34.379
 Sometimes we

00:29:34.379 --> 00:29:34.759
 I think

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:35.299
 when we read

00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:35.819
 these texts

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:36.679
 we just read

00:29:36.679 --> 00:29:37.339
 from a reader's

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:37.720
 perspective

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:37.980
 and think

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:40.200
 if these people

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:41.039
 only could see

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:42.039
 the big perspective

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:43.059
 over 2,000 years

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:44.099
 that we're seeing

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:44.879
 then they would have

00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:45.240
 believed.

00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:46.179
 Well not so

00:29:46.179 --> 00:29:46.779
 says Jesus.

00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:51.419
 And in fact

00:29:51.419 --> 00:29:52.000
 the degree

00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.659
 to which we

00:29:52.659 --> 00:29:53.279
 oppose

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:54.519
 or modify

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:56.019
 or reject

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:56.720
 Jesus

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:58.679
 will be determined

00:29:58.679 --> 00:29:59.359
 by how much

00:29:59.359 --> 00:29:59.799
 we feel

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.500
 threatened

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:01.299
 by Jesus.

00:30:02.919 --> 00:30:03.659
 How much

00:30:03.659 --> 00:30:04.099
 we feel

00:30:04.099 --> 00:30:05.439
 Jesus challenges

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:06.259
 our existing

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:06.840
 values

00:30:06.840 --> 00:30:07.559
 and understanding

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:08.080
 of truth.

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:09.840
 So

00:30:09.840 --> 00:30:11.059
 jumping from the text

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:11.600
 into our

00:30:11.600 --> 00:30:12.519
 application here

00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.720
 where did the

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.600
 most deep

00:30:14.600 --> 00:30:15.059
 seated

00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.920
 hatred

00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:16.720
 and rejection

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:17.180
 of Jesus

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:17.740
 come from?

00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:20.259
 It came from

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:20.720
 those who were

00:30:20.720 --> 00:30:21.440
 most religious.

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:21.580
 religious.

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:27.080
 It came from

00:30:27.080 --> 00:30:27.779
 people who knew

00:30:27.779 --> 00:30:28.500
 the Old Testament

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:28.960
 scriptures

00:30:28.960 --> 00:30:30.019
 inside out

00:30:30.019 --> 00:30:30.799
 back to front.

00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:32.000
 It could

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.840
 quote slabs

00:30:32.840 --> 00:30:33.120
 of it

00:30:33.120 --> 00:30:34.019
 whose very

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:35.120
 life work

00:30:35.120 --> 00:30:35.840
 was teaching

00:30:35.840 --> 00:30:36.539
 these things.

00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:43.360
 Why did that

00:30:43.360 --> 00:30:44.000
 hatred come from?

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:45.080
 Because they had

00:30:45.080 --> 00:30:45.880
 nowhere to hide.

00:30:46.340 --> 00:30:46.940
 Jesus was

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:48.279
 totally dismantling

00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:49.320
 everything

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:50.059
 that they

00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:50.539
 defined

00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:50.939
 themselves

00:30:50.939 --> 00:30:51.319
 by.

00:30:52.179 --> 00:30:52.659
 Everything

00:30:52.659 --> 00:30:53.399
 that they

00:30:53.399 --> 00:30:53.819
 had lived

00:30:53.819 --> 00:30:54.359
 their lives

00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:54.720
 by.

00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:55.859
 They thought

00:30:55.859 --> 00:30:56.200
 well if

00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:57.159
 only I do

00:30:57.159 --> 00:30:58.439
 religious actions

00:30:58.439 --> 00:30:59.799
 A, B, C and D

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:00.720
 then God

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.480
 will be pleased

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:01.899
 with me

00:31:01.899 --> 00:31:02.700
 and God

00:31:02.700 --> 00:31:03.119
 will actually

00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:03.859
 be indebted

00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:04.240
 with me.

00:31:04.439 --> 00:31:04.779
 God will

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:05.460
 accept me

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:05.819
 because he

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.220
 has to

00:31:06.220 --> 00:31:06.720
 accept me

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.059
 because I

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:07.439
 have honoured

00:31:07.439 --> 00:31:07.740
 him.

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.439
 And Jesus

00:31:10.439 --> 00:31:11.039
 comes at them

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.279
 and says

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:11.619
 no you're

00:31:11.619 --> 00:31:12.119
 all wrong.

00:31:13.639 --> 00:31:14.059
 Yes you

00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:14.639
 believe that

00:31:14.639 --> 00:31:15.019
 sincerely

00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:15.419
 but you've

00:31:15.419 --> 00:31:15.960
 been sincerely

00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:16.399
 wrong.

00:31:17.159 --> 00:31:17.599
 That's not

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:17.879
 how it

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:18.259
 works.

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:25.119
 they assumed

00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:26.279
 that they

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:27.220
 had the

00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:27.839
 ability and

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:28.379
 the desire

00:31:28.379 --> 00:31:29.259
 to come to

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:30.359
 God and

00:31:30.359 --> 00:31:31.119
 did so quite

00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:31.900
 openly and

00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:32.640
 again that God

00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:33.180
 ought to be

00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:33.799
 beholden to

00:31:33.799 --> 00:31:34.000
 them.

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.440
 Jesus says

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:35.920
 well no

00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:36.859
 you're hard

00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:37.339
 wired to

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:38.160
 reject God

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:38.680
 and you'll

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:39.240
 only come

00:31:39.240 --> 00:31:39.579
 to God

00:31:39.579 --> 00:31:39.960
 if God

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.200
 actually

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:40.500
 does a

00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:40.839
 work in

00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:41.359
 your heart

00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:42.740
 and brings

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.059
 you to

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.480
 himself.

00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.359
 Jesus was

00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:46.240
 taking control

00:31:46.240 --> 00:31:46.539
 of their

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:46.900
 salvation

00:31:46.900 --> 00:31:47.460
 away from

00:31:47.460 --> 00:31:48.000
 them and

00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:48.579
 making them

00:31:48.579 --> 00:31:48.960
 see that

00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:49.400
 salvation

00:31:49.400 --> 00:31:49.940
 could only

00:31:49.940 --> 00:31:50.319
 be by

00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:50.799
 grace and

00:31:50.799 --> 00:31:51.160
 not by

00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:52.059
 the works

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:52.299
 of the

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:52.740
 flesh or

00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:53.039
 by their

00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:53.299
 own

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:54.000
 efforts.

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:56.900
 And they

00:31:56.900 --> 00:31:57.400
 didn't like

00:31:57.400 --> 00:31:57.720
 that.

00:31:58.839 --> 00:31:59.460
 That was

00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:00.180
 undoing them.

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:00.500
 That was

00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.839
 showing them

00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:02.099
 to be

00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:02.579
 wrong.

00:32:04.240 --> 00:32:04.680
 Their

00:32:04.680 --> 00:32:05.000
 choices?

00:32:06.059 --> 00:32:06.339
 Well

00:32:06.339 --> 00:32:06.920
 Jesus has

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:07.140
 got to

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:07.299
 go.

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:15.180
 Jesus

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:15.799
 teaches that

00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:16.480
 salvation is

00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:17.000
 inside out.

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:17.460
 These guys

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:17.759
 were saying

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:17.919
 it's

00:32:17.919 --> 00:32:18.440
 outside in.

00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:22.059
 They had

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.579
 no place

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:23.139
 for God's

00:32:23.139 --> 00:32:23.799
 spirit because

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:24.139
 they didn't

00:32:24.139 --> 00:32:24.659
 need God's

00:32:24.659 --> 00:32:25.359
 spirit to

00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:26.419
 renew their

00:32:26.419 --> 00:32:26.839
 hearts and

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:26.960
 their

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.339
 attitudes.

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.680
 And then

00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:31.399
 other responses

00:32:31.399 --> 00:32:31.839
 were much

00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:32.379
 more moderate,

00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:33.039
 much more

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.379
 subtle.

00:32:33.380 --> 00:32:36.300
 But they

00:32:36.300 --> 00:32:36.980
 reinterpret

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:38.580
 Jesus to

00:32:38.580 --> 00:32:38.980
 the point

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:40.820
 where those

00:32:40.820 --> 00:32:41.280
 who hold

00:32:41.280 --> 00:32:41.660
 those views

00:32:41.660 --> 00:32:42.660
 believe in

00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:43.420
 Jesus because

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:44.020
 he's become

00:32:44.020 --> 00:32:44.960
 comfortable to

00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:45.140
 them.

00:32:46.540 --> 00:32:46.880
 And he

00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:47.380
 fits in

00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:48.140
 comfortably with

00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:48.440
 their own

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:48.780
 terms.

00:32:49.280 --> 00:32:49.540
 So it

00:32:49.540 --> 00:32:49.940
 comes like

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.360
 this in

00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:51.379
 a modern

00:32:51.379 --> 00:32:52.119
 take on

00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:52.259
 it.

00:32:52.719 --> 00:32:53.059
 It goes

00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:53.599
 something like

00:32:53.599 --> 00:32:53.819
 this and

00:32:53.819 --> 00:32:54.139
 you've heard

00:32:54.139 --> 00:32:54.559
 people say

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:54.740
 this.

00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:54.919
 There's

00:32:54.919 --> 00:32:55.279
 people in

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:55.659
 our church

00:32:55.659 --> 00:32:55.959
 I think

00:32:55.959 --> 00:32:56.319
 who say

00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:56.539
 this.

00:32:56.959 --> 00:32:57.479
 Well I

00:32:57.479 --> 00:32:57.859
 want to

00:32:57.859 --> 00:32:58.399
 believe in

00:32:58.399 --> 00:32:58.719
 Jesus.

00:33:00.139 --> 00:33:00.959
 I really

00:33:00.959 --> 00:33:01.619
 like it that

00:33:01.619 --> 00:33:02.219
 he points me

00:33:02.219 --> 00:33:02.619
 back to

00:33:02.619 --> 00:33:03.159
 serious

00:33:03.159 --> 00:33:03.819
 spirituality

00:33:03.819 --> 00:33:05.000
 and he

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.379
 points me

00:33:05.379 --> 00:33:06.099
 to really

00:33:06.099 --> 00:33:07.099
 connect to

00:33:07.099 --> 00:33:07.740
 God and

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.240
 pursue the

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.719
 good life

00:33:08.719 --> 00:33:09.059
 that God

00:33:09.059 --> 00:33:09.439
 wants me

00:33:09.439 --> 00:33:09.819
 to have.

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:11.079
 I really

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.479
 like that

00:33:11.479 --> 00:33:11.939
 about Jesus.

00:33:14.139 --> 00:33:14.699
 But I

00:33:14.699 --> 00:33:15.219
 find it

00:33:15.219 --> 00:33:15.559
 really,

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.259
 really difficult

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:16.719
 to accept

00:33:16.719 --> 00:33:16.979
 that he

00:33:16.979 --> 00:33:17.559
 would judge

00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:18.079
 me as a

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:18.279
 sinner.

00:33:20.359 --> 00:33:20.979
 Or indeed

00:33:20.979 --> 00:33:21.219
 that he

00:33:21.219 --> 00:33:21.679
 would threaten

00:33:21.679 --> 00:33:22.419
 me with

00:33:22.419 --> 00:33:22.740
 hell.

00:33:23.899 --> 00:33:24.419
 What right

00:33:24.419 --> 00:33:24.779
 has he to

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:25.299
 do that?

00:33:26.399 --> 00:33:27.019
 Or that he

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.799
 would say

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.219
 to me there's

00:33:28.219 --> 00:33:28.859
 actually only a

00:33:28.859 --> 00:33:29.319
 very, very

00:33:29.319 --> 00:33:30.199
 narrow pathway

00:33:30.199 --> 00:33:31.379
 to life and

00:33:31.379 --> 00:33:31.899
 it involves

00:33:31.899 --> 00:33:32.759
 relationship with

00:33:32.759 --> 00:33:33.240
 Jesus and

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:34.000
 involves a

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.899
 complete change

00:33:34.899 --> 00:33:35.419
 of life, a

00:33:35.419 --> 00:33:36.359
 complete orientation.

00:33:39.119 --> 00:33:40.039
 I'm sure that

00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:40.839
 God has many

00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:41.639
 different pathways

00:33:41.639 --> 00:33:43.039
 to heaven and

00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:43.379
 life.

00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:44.939
 So I really

00:33:44.939 --> 00:33:45.599
 like this about

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:46.579
 Jesus but I'm

00:33:46.579 --> 00:33:47.059
 not going to go

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:47.419
 down that

00:33:47.419 --> 00:33:47.839
 pathway.

00:33:50.359 --> 00:33:52.000
 Or we

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.359
 say that

00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:53.740
 Jesus died

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:54.179
 for our

00:33:54.179 --> 00:33:54.379
 sin.

00:33:54.919 --> 00:33:55.240
 This is

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:55.839
 very, very

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:56.619
 real for us

00:33:56.619 --> 00:33:56.819
 here.

00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:57.859
 Sin's a big

00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:58.699
 thing, isn't

00:33:58.699 --> 00:33:58.799
 it?

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.119
 It's a big

00:33:59.119 --> 00:33:59.779
 word for us

00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.039
 in our

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:00.240
 church.

00:34:00.559 --> 00:34:01.079
 We say that

00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:01.959
 Jesus died

00:34:01.959 --> 00:34:02.240
 for our

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.339
 sin.

00:34:02.399 --> 00:34:02.699
 Why did he

00:34:02.699 --> 00:34:03.079
 die for our

00:34:03.079 --> 00:34:03.159
 sin?

00:34:03.199 --> 00:34:03.759
 Because sin's

00:34:03.759 --> 00:34:04.339
 really serious.

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.279
 Why is sin

00:34:05.279 --> 00:34:05.740
 really serious?

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:06.139
 Because it

00:34:06.139 --> 00:34:06.539
 keeps us

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.039
 from God.

00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:07.399
 It keeps

00:34:07.399 --> 00:34:07.679
 us from

00:34:07.679 --> 00:34:07.979
 enjoying

00:34:07.979 --> 00:34:08.539
 relationship

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:09.039
 with God.

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:11.619
 So here's

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.099
 the question.

00:34:13.739 --> 00:34:14.259
 Which of

00:34:14.259 --> 00:34:14.940
 your sins

00:34:14.940 --> 00:34:15.500
 are you

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:16.099
 protecting

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:19.019
 and determined

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:19.579
 to keep

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:20.980
 because you

00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:21.679
 actually like

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:21.900
 it?

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:22.960
 Yes, you'll

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:23.339
 give up a

00:34:23.339 --> 00:34:23.659
 sin over

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:24.339
 here or

00:34:24.339 --> 00:34:24.940
 over here

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:28.239
 but this

00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:28.659
 one here,

00:34:28.799 --> 00:34:29.019
 no, I

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.460
 actually rather

00:34:29.460 --> 00:34:30.400
 like it and

00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:30.980
 I'm not going

00:34:30.980 --> 00:34:32.000
 to allow

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.639
 Jesus to

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:33.259
 expose it.

00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:40.779
 You say,

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:41.099
 well, I

00:34:41.099 --> 00:34:41.860
 believe God's

00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:42.420
 end point in

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:42.940
 salvation is

00:34:42.940 --> 00:34:43.319
 the creation

00:34:43.319 --> 00:34:43.579
 of the

00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:43.960
 church.

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:46.079
 And the

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:46.900
 church is

00:34:46.900 --> 00:34:47.720
 his saved

00:34:47.720 --> 00:34:48.400
 people in

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:48.980
 a community

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.659
 that reflects

00:34:49.659 --> 00:34:50.000
 heaven.

00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:52.740
 And that's

00:34:52.740 --> 00:34:53.079
 what Jesus

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:53.519
 teaches.

00:34:55.000 --> 00:34:55.800
 But then we

00:34:55.800 --> 00:34:56.199
 go on and

00:34:56.199 --> 00:34:56.519
 say, well,

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:58.940
 actually, I'm

00:34:58.940 --> 00:34:59.260
 not going to

00:34:59.260 --> 00:35:00.500
 engage seriously

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:01.300
 or thoroughly

00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:02.220
 with any

00:35:02.220 --> 00:35:02.880
 church family,

00:35:03.139 --> 00:35:03.780
 let alone this

00:35:03.780 --> 00:35:04.360
 church family.

00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:07.340
 The theory's

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:08.400
 okay, I like

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:09.000
 the concept

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:09.679
 of church,

00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:11.199
 but the

00:35:11.199 --> 00:35:11.840
 practice is

00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:12.380
 just too

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:13.039
 hard to be

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.639
 bold with.

00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:14.519
 It's too

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:14.980
 hard to

00:35:14.980 --> 00:35:15.940
 engage with

00:35:15.940 --> 00:35:16.400
 other people

00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:16.740
 who let

00:35:16.740 --> 00:35:17.099
 me down

00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:17.360
 all the

00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:17.579
 time.

00:35:18.240 --> 00:35:18.619
 It's too

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:19.559
 hard to

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:21.079
 reorganize my

00:35:21.079 --> 00:35:21.800
 lifestyle to

00:35:21.800 --> 00:35:22.679
 prioritize

00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:25.900
 fellowship with

00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:26.360
 believers.

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:27.559
 I don't need

00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:27.720
 them.

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.619
 I can exist

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:29.199
 very well by

00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:29.440
 myself.

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:29.820
 In fact, I

00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:30.420
 prefer to be

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:30.880
 on my own.

00:35:34.340 --> 00:35:34.820
 You see the

00:35:34.820 --> 00:35:35.119
 problem?

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:40.139
 it's great to

00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:40.839
 realize that

00:35:40.839 --> 00:35:41.359
 Jesus has

00:35:41.359 --> 00:35:41.779
 always been

00:35:41.779 --> 00:35:42.819
 purposefully and

00:35:42.819 --> 00:35:43.839
 faithfully committed

00:35:43.839 --> 00:35:45.259
 to save you

00:35:45.259 --> 00:35:45.559
 and me.

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:48.339
 In response,

00:35:48.739 --> 00:35:49.539
 we need to be

00:35:49.539 --> 00:35:50.980
 sure that the

00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:52.259
 Jesus we say we

00:35:52.259 --> 00:35:53.900
 believe in is

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:55.639
 actually the

00:35:55.639 --> 00:35:56.699
 Jesus of

00:35:56.699 --> 00:35:57.039
 Scripture.

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:59.380
 that we

00:35:59.380 --> 00:36:00.000
 believe in

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.500
 Jesus on

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:01.380
 his terms,

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.519
 not ours,

00:36:02.759 --> 00:36:03.559
 and all his

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:04.400
 terms, not

00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:04.920
 just some.

00:36:07.920 --> 00:36:08.599
 Friends, it's

00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:09.559
 just too easy

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:10.980
 to deceive

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:12.139
 ourselves into

00:36:12.139 --> 00:36:12.639
 a cheap

00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:15.320
 substitute that

00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:16.179
 looks like true

00:36:16.179 --> 00:36:17.800
 belief, but

00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:18.139
 is actually

00:36:18.139 --> 00:36:18.719
 unbelief.

00:36:18.719 --> 00:36:20.279
 too easy

00:36:20.279 --> 00:36:22.439
 to

00:36:22.439 --> 00:36:23.079
 just

00:36:23.279 --> 00:36:27.679
 know

00:36:27.679 --> 00:36:28.699
 about

00:36:28.699 --> 00:36:29.699
 the

00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:32.119
 mission

00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:32.739
 to

00:36:32.739 --> 00:36:33.899
 believe in

00:36:33.899 --> 00:36:34.639
 Jesus

00:36:34.639 --> 00:36:36.619
 God

00:36:36.619 --> 00:36:37.759
 we

00:36:37.759 --> 00:36:37.899
 knew

00:36:40.459 --> 00:36:42.559
 he

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:45.559
 He

00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:47.000
 to

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:48.099
 the