WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.180 Well, keep your Bibles open. 00:00:03.060 --> 00:00:07.600 We're going to do something a little different as we open up God's Word today. 00:00:07.780 --> 00:00:08.900 I want you to get out your phone. 00:00:11.120 --> 00:00:12.419 And I want you to check. 00:00:13.700 --> 00:00:14.560 You connected? 00:00:15.560 --> 00:00:16.820 How many bars you got? 00:00:22.660 --> 00:00:24.039 Are you using our Wi-Fi? 00:00:24.039 --> 00:00:25.500 I hope not, because we're live streaming. 00:00:26.480 --> 00:00:27.519 We need the bandwidth. 00:00:27.519 --> 00:00:27.660 We need the bandwidth. 00:00:28.899 --> 00:00:32.600 You see, we depend on these unseen connections all the time. 00:00:36.119 --> 00:00:39.000 Have you ever had no connection on your phone? 00:00:39.460 --> 00:00:41.820 Just inexplicably, just no reception. 00:00:42.299 --> 00:00:43.159 Maybe for a whole day. 00:00:45.460 --> 00:00:49.620 Well, I can tell you, that will make me afraid. 00:00:51.879 --> 00:00:55.939 Through that little device, that's how we keep our connections with people. 00:00:57.520 --> 00:01:02.600 I was at a training day for church staff a couple of years ago. 00:01:02.900 --> 00:01:03.859 It's a little loud, Jase. 00:01:03.900 --> 00:01:05.460 Can you just drop the volume of this down? 00:01:05.939 --> 00:01:07.140 I will only get louder. 00:01:07.140 --> 00:01:16.079 So I was at a training day for church staff, and they asked us all to turn off our phones. 00:01:16.719 --> 00:01:20.260 It was to experience two hours of disconnected time. 00:01:20.560 --> 00:01:26.579 And the goal was to help us both feel the anxiety of not having our phone on, not being connected, 00:01:27.900 --> 00:01:29.579 to feel what we might miss out on, 00:01:29.579 --> 00:01:35.900 but to also encourage us to reflect and talk about self-care. 00:01:36.539 --> 00:01:40.259 And so we were talking about self-care for a couple of hours, and we were one hour in. 00:01:42.539 --> 00:01:43.480 And it was great. 00:01:43.719 --> 00:01:44.679 My phone was off. 00:01:45.219 --> 00:01:46.079 Everyone was relaxed. 00:01:46.299 --> 00:01:47.780 And then this appeared on the screen. 00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:50.980 Nick Freestone, please call senior minister. 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:51.560 Urgent. 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:54.159 And everyone laughed. 00:01:54.659 --> 00:01:58.000 They thought it was part of the training. 00:01:58.879 --> 00:02:02.340 But I knew it wasn't, and I ran outside because I was terrified. 00:02:02.859 --> 00:02:06.400 I turned on my phone, and I called Steve. 00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:12.020 My eldest daughter, Isla, had broken her arm at preschool. 00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:18.259 My wife, Sam, who's leading the service today, had also had her phone off, 00:02:18.259 --> 00:02:24.719 happened to have her phone off at the same time, and we'd both miss calls to be able to be there with Isla, 00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:30.959 to be there in the ambulance with her, but also we met her at the hospital. 00:02:31.659 --> 00:02:34.659 That's how disconnected we were. 00:02:35.319 --> 00:02:38.500 Disconnecting from people is a fearful thought. 00:02:40.859 --> 00:02:45.120 So when I had the idea to leave Facebook, I was worried. 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:51.580 I contacted everyone on Facebook who I connected there with to say, 00:02:51.719 --> 00:02:54.620 hey, I'm going, message me or call me from now on. 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:57.879 And then it came to actually switching it off. 00:02:58.860 --> 00:02:59.939 And I felt afraid. 00:03:00.840 --> 00:03:02.120 I feared disconnection. 00:03:03.099 --> 00:03:05.460 What might I miss from not being here? 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:12.300 And how would I be known by people if I wasn't on Facebook? 00:03:12.300 --> 00:03:17.380 It actually, I'm ashamed to say, took me weeks to finally do it. 00:03:18.180 --> 00:03:21.040 Because disconnecting from people makes me afraid. 00:03:22.740 --> 00:03:27.360 I'm someone who wrestles with social isolation. 00:03:28.540 --> 00:03:34.040 According to studies, social isolation is the fastest-growing negative contributor 00:03:34.040 --> 00:03:36.560 to mental health issues in our city. 00:03:36.560 --> 00:03:42.259 It can develop into illnesses like chronic anxiety and depression and more. 00:03:43.939 --> 00:03:47.340 And COVID-19 contributed to this rise. 00:03:47.460 --> 00:03:51.819 We're all disconnected from each other and isolated physically. 00:03:52.080 --> 00:03:55.180 But social isolation was a problem before 2020. 00:03:56.180 --> 00:03:59.060 And it hasn't stopped being a problem after COVID. 00:03:59.060 --> 00:04:05.120 And while online tools like social media can connect people in a way that, 00:04:05.659 --> 00:04:07.300 when they can't be connected, 00:04:07.759 --> 00:04:11.000 just like those live streaming at home today unable to be here, 00:04:12.140 --> 00:04:16.540 when online relationships replace the real-world ones, 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:20.899 it contributes to building social isolation. 00:04:20.899 --> 00:04:23.899 I can tell you that in Chatswood, where we are, 00:04:24.599 --> 00:04:26.759 the high number of us living in high-rise, 00:04:28.120 --> 00:04:31.799 our multi-ethnic and multi-lingual nature as a community, 00:04:32.379 --> 00:04:37.659 those things also restrict our natural opportunity for building relationships. 00:04:39.019 --> 00:04:44.879 So, suburbs like ours in Sydney have high rates of social isolation. 00:04:44.879 --> 00:04:53.980 One in seven people in our city are socially isolated physically, 00:04:54.579 --> 00:04:59.159 or they feel socially isolated no matter what. 00:05:00.339 --> 00:05:05.680 Chatswood is poor, not in food or water, 00:05:06.480 --> 00:05:10.300 but in life-giving relationships that we were created for. 00:05:10.300 --> 00:05:15.980 Our busyness and our closeness packed into our skyline 00:05:15.980 --> 00:05:21.079 hides a disconnectedness that needs a solution. 00:05:22.660 --> 00:05:28.420 These studies suggest joining special interest groups or sports teams or clubs 00:05:28.420 --> 00:05:31.819 in person or even online, or go get a pet. 00:05:33.180 --> 00:05:38.680 But those things alone can't curb the rise of social isolation. 00:05:38.680 --> 00:05:42.379 What we actually need are tangible relationships of love. 00:05:43.420 --> 00:05:45.939 Many of us are fearful that we'll never find those. 00:05:46.660 --> 00:05:50.280 Or if we have them, we're desperately afraid that we might lose them. 00:05:51.400 --> 00:05:56.280 All people in Chatswood need help staying connected in an unbreaking way 00:05:56.280 --> 00:06:00.780 to at least one life-giving relationship of love. 00:06:01.180 --> 00:06:03.939 And in today's part of the Bible, that Mel just read, 00:06:03.939 --> 00:06:10.199 Jesus was speaking to his disciples in a moment where they were grieving 00:06:10.199 --> 00:06:15.160 because they feared disconnection from Jesus, 00:06:15.160 --> 00:06:19.560 who loved them and who they loved in return. 00:06:20.519 --> 00:06:23.899 He had been telling his disciples that this very hour, 00:06:24.399 --> 00:06:25.819 he would disconnect from them. 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:27.420 One of them would betray him. 00:06:28.420 --> 00:06:30.100 Another would disown him. 00:06:30.100 --> 00:06:34.540 They grieve losing connection with Jesus 00:06:34.540 --> 00:06:39.879 and their safety and their identity together with him. 00:06:41.780 --> 00:06:43.200 So look at your Bibles. 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:44.140 Put your phone down. 00:06:44.300 --> 00:06:45.800 It's all right if you're still looking at it, 00:06:45.879 --> 00:06:49.220 checking to see what Nick's going to do with your phone. 00:06:49.660 --> 00:06:50.420 Pick up your Bible. 00:06:50.560 --> 00:06:52.920 We're going to look at chapter 15. 00:06:52.920 --> 00:06:57.640 If you scan back just to the paragraph before from verse 18, 00:06:58.240 --> 00:07:04.480 there Jesus describes how the hate and violence against him 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:08.560 and his message, when he's gone, 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:13.060 that's going to shift and pull towards the disciples. 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:16.480 They don't just fear losing their best friend, 00:07:16.700 --> 00:07:19.520 they fear the hatred of the world turning against them 00:07:19.520 --> 00:07:21.600 when Jesus is gone. 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:25.760 If you flick back even further to chapter 13, 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:31.840 how will these men be known when Jesus goes? 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:34.000 I imagine them wondering, 00:07:34.300 --> 00:07:36.000 we can't follow him where he's going. 00:07:37.640 --> 00:07:40.400 Who are we if Jesus is gone? 00:07:42.200 --> 00:07:45.560 Jesus is redefining their identity, 00:07:46.060 --> 00:07:48.420 no longer through the proximity to Jesus, 00:07:49.200 --> 00:07:50.700 not even friendship with him, 00:07:50.699 --> 00:07:55.639 but defined in their relationships of love with one another. 00:07:56.899 --> 00:08:00.060 Jesus understands their fears, 00:08:01.060 --> 00:08:02.300 losing his protection, 00:08:03.259 --> 00:08:05.399 losing their identity as his disciple, 00:08:06.199 --> 00:08:08.620 and losing his love. 00:08:08.620 --> 00:08:15.240 One way you can see their fear is more than just grief, 00:08:15.399 --> 00:08:17.579 is in verse 5 of our passage today. 00:08:17.680 --> 00:08:20.079 So have a look, verse 5 of chapter 16. 00:08:21.319 --> 00:08:22.519 Jesus says there, 00:08:22.980 --> 00:08:25.160 none of you asked me where are you going? 00:08:27.160 --> 00:08:28.980 If you've been with this in the last few weeks, 00:08:29.019 --> 00:08:32.919 you might remember that Peter actually did ask exactly that, 00:08:32.919 --> 00:08:33.979 word for word, 00:08:34.459 --> 00:08:36.279 Jesus, where are you going? 00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:39.539 Did Jesus forget? 00:08:40.139 --> 00:08:41.639 Is there an error in the gospel? 00:08:44.579 --> 00:08:48.399 Imagine a little child wakes up one morning 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:52.500 and sees their parent already dressed 00:08:52.500 --> 00:08:55.220 and walking out the door going to work. 00:08:57.759 --> 00:08:59.579 The little child yells out, 00:09:00.259 --> 00:09:01.279 where are you going? 00:09:03.439 --> 00:09:06.259 What the child is feeling is, 00:09:06.759 --> 00:09:08.740 why are you leaving me? 00:09:08.740 --> 00:09:11.620 They don't care where the parent is going. 00:09:14.560 --> 00:09:16.840 They fear disconnection from their loved one. 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:22.139 This is how Jesus can say that no one asks where he is going, 00:09:22.379 --> 00:09:26.399 because Jesus hears Peter's grieving heart cry out, 00:09:26.779 --> 00:09:28.500 why are you leaving? 00:09:30.419 --> 00:09:33.879 So, Jesus promises that he will give them someone 00:09:33.879 --> 00:09:39.340 to keep them and all his followers to come, 00:09:40.379 --> 00:09:42.720 a connection with him when he is gone, 00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:47.200 of love, security, and identity. 00:09:50.299 --> 00:09:55.879 So, Jesus promises that the Holy Spirit will come. 00:09:55.960 --> 00:09:57.940 He's already promised this in previous chapters. 00:09:58.799 --> 00:10:00.759 Dan, two weeks ago, when he preached, 00:10:00.759 --> 00:10:05.379 he described it as God's ongoing presence with us. 00:10:05.379 --> 00:10:08.679 Jesus' ongoing presence with his disciples. 00:10:09.799 --> 00:10:14.100 But here, Jesus calls the Holy Spirit by a new name, 00:10:14.519 --> 00:10:18.139 three times, the Spirit of Truth. 00:10:20.340 --> 00:10:21.860 And this is crucial, 00:10:22.679 --> 00:10:24.480 because the Spirit of Truth 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:29.480 is how our isolated humanity need, 00:10:29.480 --> 00:10:32.620 what our isolated humanity need. 00:10:33.899 --> 00:10:37.379 Because the Spirit of Truth connects us to Jesus 00:10:37.379 --> 00:10:38.980 through the Bible. 00:10:40.279 --> 00:10:43.200 Jesus promises that this connection will come, 00:10:43.399 --> 00:10:46.879 but only if he gets up from this meal 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:49.899 with his disciples and goes to the cross. 00:10:49.899 --> 00:10:55.100 So, here is how this Spirit of Truth, 00:10:55.500 --> 00:10:57.620 how Jesus says the Holy Spirit 00:10:57.620 --> 00:11:00.079 will connect us to him 00:11:00.079 --> 00:11:02.860 in a life-giving relationship of love. 00:11:04.439 --> 00:11:05.459 When he comes, 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:07.959 the Spirit of Truth will do three things. 00:11:09.199 --> 00:11:10.019 Convict the world, 00:11:11.939 --> 00:11:14.620 witness to all the truth about Jesus, 00:11:14.620 --> 00:11:17.779 and glorify Jesus. 00:11:18.440 --> 00:11:19.440 So, first, 00:11:19.860 --> 00:11:21.200 the Spirit of Truth comes 00:11:21.200 --> 00:11:22.480 to convict the world. 00:11:25.019 --> 00:11:26.200 Securing convictions 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:29.259 is the role of the prosecutor. 00:11:29.759 --> 00:11:31.259 You've probably seen it on TV. 00:11:31.679 --> 00:11:33.139 You might have even been in a courtroom, 00:11:33.299 --> 00:11:35.899 and you've seen a prosecutor at work. 00:11:36.899 --> 00:11:37.639 In that moment, 00:11:37.740 --> 00:11:38.919 they're not an advocate 00:11:38.919 --> 00:11:40.419 or a helper, 00:11:40.419 --> 00:11:43.879 as we've heard the Holy Spirit described so far, 00:11:44.059 --> 00:11:46.219 even in our passage today in verse 7. 00:11:48.439 --> 00:11:50.860 So, how does the Holy Spirit also act, 00:11:51.059 --> 00:11:53.360 not just as a helper or an advocate, 00:11:53.679 --> 00:11:55.179 but also as a prosecutor? 00:11:56.299 --> 00:11:57.399 Have a look at verse 8. 00:11:59.000 --> 00:12:01.240 When he, the Holy Spirit, comes, 00:12:01.799 --> 00:12:03.740 he will prove the world 00:12:03.740 --> 00:12:05.259 to be in the wrong 00:12:05.259 --> 00:12:08.719 about sin, righteousness, and judgment. 00:12:10.419 --> 00:12:13.139 It's a nice sunny day today, 00:12:13.219 --> 00:12:14.339 so it's easy to imagine. 00:12:14.899 --> 00:12:15.579 But imagine 00:12:15.579 --> 00:12:19.399 someone going out for a swim at a beach. 00:12:20.379 --> 00:12:21.259 It's calm. 00:12:21.879 --> 00:12:22.779 It's warm. 00:12:23.639 --> 00:12:24.539 The sun is, 00:12:24.679 --> 00:12:26.299 but that great balance of 00:12:26.299 --> 00:12:28.120 warming you up, 00:12:28.620 --> 00:12:30.199 but not beating you down. 00:12:32.219 --> 00:12:33.839 And a swimmer goes out 00:12:33.839 --> 00:12:35.519 just past the little waves 00:12:35.519 --> 00:12:37.019 and swims out easily. 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:38.079 He's having a great time. 00:12:38.080 --> 00:12:41.480 But then a lifeguard blows the whistle, 00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:43.420 calls out in the megaphone, 00:12:43.740 --> 00:12:44.740 not safe! 00:12:46.280 --> 00:12:47.320 The swimmer hears 00:12:47.320 --> 00:12:48.600 and tries to swim back, 00:12:48.900 --> 00:12:50.480 but there's this outgoing current 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:51.080 against them. 00:12:51.300 --> 00:12:52.420 They thrash against it, 00:12:52.480 --> 00:12:53.840 but they're too weak to fight it. 00:12:54.080 --> 00:12:54.879 They become afraid. 00:12:55.100 --> 00:12:55.820 They begin to panic. 00:12:56.100 --> 00:12:57.740 They accept their fate, 00:12:58.100 --> 00:12:59.080 and... 00:13:00.420 --> 00:13:01.340 I'm just going to leave it there. 00:13:01.920 --> 00:13:02.540 You have to wait 00:13:02.540 --> 00:13:03.520 to find out what happens. 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:07.120 The Holy Spirit is a helper 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:08.779 and a prosecutor 00:13:08.779 --> 00:13:11.840 who warns all people, 00:13:12.059 --> 00:13:13.100 all sinful people, 00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:14.819 of their error, 00:13:15.139 --> 00:13:16.199 like a lifeguard 00:13:16.199 --> 00:13:18.519 alerting a swimmer. 00:13:19.220 --> 00:13:20.220 See, people in Chatswood 00:13:20.220 --> 00:13:21.799 don't know that they're drowning. 00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:24.639 An abundant life 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:26.039 that they need, 00:13:26.539 --> 00:13:28.000 they're not going to get 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:29.159 in the mall. 00:13:29.799 --> 00:13:30.939 They're not going to find it 00:13:30.940 --> 00:13:32.100 on their screen. 00:13:34.040 --> 00:13:35.920 Not even in their deepest relationships 00:13:35.920 --> 00:13:37.040 with those around them. 00:13:37.780 --> 00:13:38.940 They need a relationship 00:13:38.940 --> 00:13:39.860 with the God 00:13:39.860 --> 00:13:41.640 who created them. 00:13:42.100 --> 00:13:43.100 And the whole reason 00:13:43.100 --> 00:13:44.320 that Jesus came to earth 00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:45.840 was to offer that connection 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:47.100 to all people, 00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:48.820 those same people 00:13:48.820 --> 00:13:49.500 who don't know 00:13:49.500 --> 00:13:50.620 they need that connection. 00:13:52.580 --> 00:13:54.180 Jesus calls out to the swimmer 00:13:54.180 --> 00:13:55.680 through the Holy Spirit 00:13:55.680 --> 00:13:57.840 with a message of conviction. 00:13:58.900 --> 00:14:00.660 You're not safe! 00:14:00.940 --> 00:14:05.520 The Spirit needs to warn us 00:14:05.520 --> 00:14:06.620 in the first place 00:14:06.620 --> 00:14:09.720 because all people 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:11.860 get their response 00:14:11.860 --> 00:14:14.100 to sin and unrighteousness 00:14:14.100 --> 00:14:15.060 and judgment 00:14:15.060 --> 00:14:16.580 completely wrong 00:14:16.580 --> 00:14:18.280 without Jesus. 00:14:19.560 --> 00:14:21.240 I read this week 00:14:21.240 --> 00:14:22.380 that Tim Keller, 00:14:23.680 --> 00:14:25.820 when he had little kids at home, 00:14:25.820 --> 00:14:27.379 was watching them 00:14:27.379 --> 00:14:31.460 watch cheesy Bible cartoons 00:14:31.460 --> 00:14:33.000 on TV. 00:14:33.560 --> 00:14:34.660 I don't know if you've seen 00:14:34.660 --> 00:14:35.760 the kind of cartoons 00:14:35.760 --> 00:14:36.740 I'm talking about, 00:14:37.160 --> 00:14:38.800 but they're oversimplified 00:14:38.800 --> 00:14:39.780 children's stories. 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:41.480 And he overheard 00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:42.440 this teaching 00:14:42.440 --> 00:14:43.600 in those cartoons. 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:47.680 They summarized the Bible 00:14:47.680 --> 00:14:48.379 like this. 00:14:48.379 --> 00:14:50.960 man's attempt 00:14:50.960 --> 00:14:51.960 to find 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:52.820 and connect 00:14:52.820 --> 00:14:53.879 with God. 00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:56.700 And Tim Keller says, 00:14:57.019 --> 00:14:58.439 that's the Bible 00:14:58.439 --> 00:14:59.659 backwards. 00:15:02.059 --> 00:15:02.779 Instead, 00:15:03.740 --> 00:15:05.179 the Bible is 00:15:05.179 --> 00:15:06.799 man's constant 00:15:06.799 --> 00:15:08.539 running from God, 00:15:09.059 --> 00:15:11.179 away from his love 00:15:11.179 --> 00:15:11.919 and authority. 00:15:14.219 --> 00:15:15.379 And it's God's 00:15:15.379 --> 00:15:16.359 constant pursuit 00:15:16.359 --> 00:15:16.939 of people 00:15:16.939 --> 00:15:17.959 to show them 00:15:17.959 --> 00:15:19.219 his love. 00:15:20.419 --> 00:15:21.699 Do you hear the difference? 00:15:21.700 --> 00:15:26.300 many of us 00:15:26.300 --> 00:15:26.940 Christians 00:15:26.940 --> 00:15:28.500 hear the warning 00:15:28.500 --> 00:15:29.700 of our sin 00:15:29.700 --> 00:15:30.440 against God, 00:15:30.940 --> 00:15:31.860 our need to be righteous 00:15:31.860 --> 00:15:32.620 before him, 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:33.980 and the coming judgment 00:15:33.980 --> 00:15:34.400 of sin 00:15:34.400 --> 00:15:35.300 that leads to death 00:15:35.300 --> 00:15:35.900 and hell, 00:15:37.420 --> 00:15:38.740 and we try to avoid it 00:15:38.740 --> 00:15:39.640 by our strength 00:15:39.640 --> 00:15:40.379 of mind 00:15:40.379 --> 00:15:41.520 and will 00:15:41.520 --> 00:15:42.680 on our own. 00:15:44.560 --> 00:15:45.680 A follower of Jesus 00:15:45.680 --> 00:15:47.540 is not 00:15:47.540 --> 00:15:48.540 like a swimmer 00:15:48.540 --> 00:15:49.580 who can beat 00:15:49.580 --> 00:15:50.400 the current. 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:52.579 but one 00:15:52.579 --> 00:15:53.399 who feels 00:15:53.399 --> 00:15:54.259 sin's power 00:15:54.259 --> 00:15:54.939 over them 00:15:54.939 --> 00:15:56.439 and calls out 00:15:56.439 --> 00:15:57.179 to the lifeguard 00:15:57.179 --> 00:15:57.620 for help. 00:16:00.179 --> 00:16:01.220 Jesus says 00:16:01.220 --> 00:16:01.899 in our passage 00:16:01.899 --> 00:16:02.419 today 00:16:02.419 --> 00:16:03.399 that we cannot, 00:16:03.779 --> 00:16:04.439 in verse 12, 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:06.240 bear this truth 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:07.559 alone. 00:16:10.779 --> 00:16:12.039 The warning call 00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:12.899 of the Holy Spirit 00:16:12.899 --> 00:16:13.819 calls out 00:16:13.819 --> 00:16:14.559 our inability 00:16:14.559 --> 00:16:15.199 to swim 00:16:15.199 --> 00:16:16.039 against the 00:16:16.039 --> 00:16:16.799 undertow 00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:17.779 of sin, 00:16:18.179 --> 00:16:19.000 trusting in our 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:20.199 own good behavior 00:16:20.200 --> 00:16:21.520 our own power 00:16:21.520 --> 00:16:22.320 to change 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:22.840 ourselves, 00:16:23.259 --> 00:16:24.240 our own ability 00:16:24.240 --> 00:16:25.000 to prove 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:25.960 ourselves 00:16:25.960 --> 00:16:27.440 worthy of life 00:16:27.440 --> 00:16:28.120 beyond judgment 00:16:28.120 --> 00:16:28.480 day. 00:16:29.860 --> 00:16:30.740 And the Holy Spirit 00:16:30.740 --> 00:16:31.540 reveals 00:16:31.540 --> 00:16:32.620 how Jesus 00:16:32.620 --> 00:16:33.160 meets 00:16:33.160 --> 00:16:34.240 those needs 00:16:34.240 --> 00:16:35.700 for purity, 00:16:36.100 --> 00:16:36.759 for righteousness, 00:16:37.300 --> 00:16:38.100 and to be pleasing 00:16:38.100 --> 00:16:39.420 before God. 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:40.920 Even before 00:16:40.920 --> 00:16:42.080 we've asked 00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:42.900 to be saved. 00:16:43.660 --> 00:16:44.520 Even before 00:16:44.520 --> 00:16:45.640 we know 00:16:45.640 --> 00:16:46.420 we are drowning. 00:16:46.419 --> 00:16:49.199 and if you've 00:16:49.199 --> 00:16:50.139 ever wrestled 00:16:50.139 --> 00:16:51.120 against God, 00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:52.099 if you've heard 00:16:52.099 --> 00:16:53.279 about God 00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:54.299 in the Bible 00:16:54.299 --> 00:16:55.000 or you've heard 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:55.679 about Jesus 00:16:55.679 --> 00:16:57.539 somewhere along 00:16:57.539 --> 00:16:58.179 in your journey 00:16:58.179 --> 00:16:58.919 or maybe even 00:16:58.919 --> 00:16:59.599 right now 00:16:59.599 --> 00:17:00.159 today, 00:17:00.799 --> 00:17:01.740 you're discovering 00:17:01.740 --> 00:17:02.419 sinfulness, 00:17:03.419 --> 00:17:04.639 your unrighteousness, 00:17:05.639 --> 00:17:06.159 your fear 00:17:06.159 --> 00:17:06.720 of judgment, 00:17:07.639 --> 00:17:08.220 your worry 00:17:08.220 --> 00:17:09.440 about disconnection 00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:10.159 from God, 00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:12.920 that is a sign 00:17:12.920 --> 00:17:14.400 that the Spirit 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:15.000 of truth 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:15.680 is at work 00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:16.320 in your life 00:17:16.320 --> 00:17:17.580 right now 00:17:17.580 --> 00:17:19.320 through conviction. 00:17:20.220 --> 00:17:21.540 And it will happen, 00:17:22.120 --> 00:17:22.580 the Spirit 00:17:22.580 --> 00:17:23.140 will work 00:17:23.140 --> 00:17:24.279 even before 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:25.320 you know 00:17:25.320 --> 00:17:25.960 Jesus yet, 00:17:26.240 --> 00:17:27.220 even before 00:17:27.220 --> 00:17:28.180 you are 00:17:28.180 --> 00:17:29.340 His follower. 00:17:31.120 --> 00:17:32.080 What an amazing 00:17:32.080 --> 00:17:32.480 power. 00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:35.620 you don't 00:17:35.620 --> 00:17:36.259 receive the 00:17:36.259 --> 00:17:36.900 Holy Spirit 00:17:36.900 --> 00:17:37.759 and a connection 00:17:37.759 --> 00:17:38.519 with God 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:39.480 of life-giving 00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:40.000 love 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:41.400 by sorting 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:42.120 out your life, 00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:43.240 making better 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:43.759 choices, 00:17:44.599 --> 00:17:45.220 measuring up 00:17:45.220 --> 00:17:46.000 to the way 00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:47.240 that would 00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:47.839 please God 00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:48.240 enough. 00:17:50.140 --> 00:17:50.620 Instead, 00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:51.180 the Spirit 00:17:51.180 --> 00:17:52.059 acts before 00:17:52.059 --> 00:17:52.640 we know 00:17:52.640 --> 00:17:53.400 we need Him 00:17:53.400 --> 00:17:54.920 and convicts 00:17:54.920 --> 00:17:55.339 us, 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:56.759 the world 00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:57.660 and all people 00:17:57.660 --> 00:17:58.339 of their 00:17:58.339 --> 00:17:59.180 desperate need 00:17:59.180 --> 00:18:00.019 to connect 00:18:00.019 --> 00:18:01.079 with God. 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:04.440 Jesus shows 00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:04.799 us 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:05.759 that 00:18:05.759 --> 00:18:07.299 when the 00:18:07.299 --> 00:18:07.839 Spirit of 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:08.140 truth 00:18:08.140 --> 00:18:08.640 comes 00:18:08.640 --> 00:18:09.240 into our 00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:09.720 lives, 00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:10.240 it will 00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:11.120 warn us 00:18:11.120 --> 00:18:11.480 of our 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:11.860 need for 00:18:11.860 --> 00:18:12.200 connection 00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:12.779 with God 00:18:12.779 --> 00:18:13.680 and 00:18:13.680 --> 00:18:15.220 guide us 00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:15.700 into what 00:18:15.700 --> 00:18:16.519 is true, 00:18:17.099 --> 00:18:18.200 into all 00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:18.960 the truth, 00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:20.500 where we 00:18:20.500 --> 00:18:20.980 will find 00:18:20.980 --> 00:18:21.440 ourselves 00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:21.819 lifted 00:18:21.819 --> 00:18:22.500 safely 00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:23.039 out of 00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:23.559 the water, 00:18:24.360 --> 00:18:24.980 having done 00:18:24.980 --> 00:18:25.880 nothing 00:18:25.880 --> 00:18:27.079 to save 00:18:27.079 --> 00:18:28.079 ourselves. 00:18:29.660 --> 00:18:30.480 The Spirit 00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:30.960 of truth 00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:31.460 will guide 00:18:31.460 --> 00:18:31.839 us to 00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:32.180 Jesus 00:18:32.180 --> 00:18:33.120 loved, 00:18:33.420 --> 00:18:33.779 secure 00:18:33.779 --> 00:18:34.720 and His 00:18:34.720 --> 00:18:35.560 through 00:18:35.560 --> 00:18:36.680 truth. 00:18:38.539 --> 00:18:39.180 So, 00:18:39.340 --> 00:18:39.680 look at 00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:40.220 this verse 00:18:40.220 --> 00:18:40.799 that I 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:41.100 believe 00:18:41.100 --> 00:18:41.980 shows us 00:18:41.980 --> 00:18:43.080 why Jesus 00:18:43.080 --> 00:18:44.200 gave the 00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:44.860 Holy Spirit 00:18:44.860 --> 00:18:45.380 a new 00:18:45.380 --> 00:18:45.799 name 00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:46.799 in our 00:18:46.799 --> 00:18:47.180 passage 00:18:47.180 --> 00:18:47.600 today, 00:18:48.140 --> 00:18:48.620 the Spirit 00:18:48.620 --> 00:18:49.019 of truth. 00:18:49.100 --> 00:18:49.360 Look at 00:18:49.360 --> 00:18:50.039 verse 13. 00:18:53.560 --> 00:18:53.900 But when 00:18:53.900 --> 00:18:54.259 He, 00:18:54.500 --> 00:18:55.000 the Spirit 00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:55.460 of truth 00:18:55.460 --> 00:18:56.060 comes, 00:18:56.519 --> 00:18:57.019 He will 00:18:57.019 --> 00:18:57.740 guide you 00:18:57.740 --> 00:18:58.259 into 00:18:58.259 --> 00:18:59.600 all the 00:18:59.600 --> 00:19:00.200 truth. 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:00.259 truth, 00:19:00.860 --> 00:19:02.559 the truth 00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:03.100 Himself, 00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:05.000 Jesus, 00:19:05.580 --> 00:19:06.100 the way, 00:19:06.319 --> 00:19:06.880 the truth 00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:07.360 and the 00:19:07.360 --> 00:19:07.600 life. 00:19:07.740 --> 00:19:08.059 Jesus 00:19:08.059 --> 00:19:09.519 is showing 00:19:09.519 --> 00:19:10.059 us how 00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:10.640 the Spirit 00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:11.299 of truth 00:19:11.299 --> 00:19:12.400 connects us 00:19:12.400 --> 00:19:13.080 to Him 00:19:13.080 --> 00:19:14.220 through truth, 00:19:14.980 --> 00:19:15.620 through all 00:19:15.620 --> 00:19:16.279 the truth 00:19:16.279 --> 00:19:17.880 and all 00:19:17.880 --> 00:19:18.259 the truth 00:19:18.259 --> 00:19:18.819 about Him. 00:19:18.819 --> 00:19:21.279 for those 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:21.639 who don't 00:19:21.639 --> 00:19:22.200 like hearing 00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:22.639 the same 00:19:22.639 --> 00:19:23.240 word over 00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:23.599 and over 00:19:23.599 --> 00:19:23.939 again, 00:19:24.099 --> 00:19:24.339 truth, 00:19:24.500 --> 00:19:24.720 truth, 00:19:24.859 --> 00:19:25.099 truth, 00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:25.460 truth. 00:19:25.679 --> 00:19:26.039 This might 00:19:26.039 --> 00:19:26.500 be hard 00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:27.159 on your 00:19:27.159 --> 00:19:27.399 ears, 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:27.819 but bear 00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:28.259 with me. 00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:30.039 Because truth 00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:30.799 is a thing. 00:19:33.899 --> 00:19:34.399 Babies 00:19:34.399 --> 00:19:34.879 yearn to 00:19:34.879 --> 00:19:35.200 eat 00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:37.379 because food 00:19:37.379 --> 00:19:37.919 exists. 00:19:39.639 --> 00:19:40.139 Before 00:19:40.139 --> 00:19:40.679 ducklings 00:19:40.679 --> 00:19:41.159 have ever 00:19:41.159 --> 00:19:41.819 heard, 00:19:42.240 --> 00:19:42.500 seen, 00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:42.899 or been 00:19:42.899 --> 00:19:43.460 told about 00:19:43.460 --> 00:19:43.919 the water, 00:19:43.920 --> 00:19:46.500 they yearn 00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:47.259 to swim. 00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:50.160 So many 00:19:50.160 --> 00:19:50.960 true things 00:19:50.960 --> 00:19:51.660 exist 00:19:51.660 --> 00:19:53.060 to fulfill 00:19:53.060 --> 00:19:53.920 the created 00:19:53.920 --> 00:19:54.600 yearnings 00:19:54.600 --> 00:19:55.320 in people. 00:19:56.180 --> 00:19:56.660 A yearning 00:19:56.660 --> 00:19:57.500 for truth 00:19:57.500 --> 00:19:58.640 pulls 00:19:58.640 --> 00:19:59.880 on everyone. 00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:02.960 Truth 00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:03.980 from God, 00:20:04.180 --> 00:20:05.100 our Creator, 00:20:05.580 --> 00:20:06.259 would meet 00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:07.300 our created 00:20:07.300 --> 00:20:08.019 yearning 00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:09.140 for truth 00:20:09.140 --> 00:20:10.600 in a way 00:20:10.600 --> 00:20:11.560 that truth 00:20:11.560 --> 00:20:12.960 found within 00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:13.580 ourselves, 00:20:14.080 --> 00:20:14.900 or even 00:20:14.900 --> 00:20:15.500 truth found 00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:15.860 out there 00:20:15.860 --> 00:20:16.080 in the 00:20:16.080 --> 00:20:16.480 world, 00:20:16.840 --> 00:20:17.160 cannot. 00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:19.460 And this 00:20:19.460 --> 00:20:19.780 is the 00:20:19.780 --> 00:20:20.400 kind of 00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:20.759 truth 00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:21.280 that the 00:20:21.280 --> 00:20:22.120 spirit of 00:20:22.120 --> 00:20:22.540 truth 00:20:22.540 --> 00:20:23.400 guides us 00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:24.100 toward. 00:20:25.860 --> 00:20:26.520 So what 00:20:26.520 --> 00:20:26.980 kind of 00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:27.380 truth is 00:20:27.380 --> 00:20:27.540 it? 00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:29.420 The 00:20:29.420 --> 00:20:29.980 spirit of 00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:30.240 truth 00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:31.080 will reveal 00:20:31.080 --> 00:20:32.540 all 00:20:32.540 --> 00:20:33.420 the 00:20:33.420 --> 00:20:33.880 truth. 00:20:35.300 --> 00:20:35.900 Many 00:20:35.900 --> 00:20:36.300 English 00:20:36.300 --> 00:20:36.900 translations 00:20:36.900 --> 00:20:37.860 like the 00:20:37.860 --> 00:20:38.200 New 00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:38.600 Living 00:20:38.599 --> 00:20:39.240 Translation, 00:20:39.379 --> 00:20:39.659 you might 00:20:39.659 --> 00:20:40.059 have that 00:20:40.059 --> 00:20:40.679 translation 00:20:40.679 --> 00:20:41.099 in front 00:20:41.099 --> 00:20:41.339 of you 00:20:41.339 --> 00:20:41.719 from the 00:20:41.719 --> 00:20:42.000 Greek, 00:20:42.639 --> 00:20:43.299 NLT, 00:20:44.259 --> 00:20:45.159 they miss 00:20:45.159 --> 00:20:46.240 one word 00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:47.259 in this 00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:47.599 passage. 00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.059 See if you 00:20:48.059 --> 00:20:48.500 can spot 00:20:48.500 --> 00:20:48.639 it. 00:20:48.719 --> 00:20:49.019 I've put 00:20:49.019 --> 00:20:49.359 it on the 00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:49.899 screen for 00:20:49.899 --> 00:20:50.119 us. 00:20:50.839 --> 00:20:50.980 The 00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:51.619 spirit will 00:20:51.619 --> 00:20:52.319 come and 00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:52.959 guide you 00:20:52.959 --> 00:20:53.500 into 00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:55.059 all truth. 00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:57.359 The 00:20:57.359 --> 00:20:58.019 word that's 00:20:58.019 --> 00:20:58.399 missing 00:20:58.399 --> 00:20:59.639 is the 00:20:59.639 --> 00:21:00.000 the. 00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:03.659 Doesn't 00:21:03.659 --> 00:21:03.980 seem that 00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:04.299 important, 00:21:04.399 --> 00:21:04.699 does it? 00:21:05.899 --> 00:21:06.539 The 00:21:06.539 --> 00:21:06.919 Greek 00:21:06.919 --> 00:21:07.859 that this 00:21:07.859 --> 00:21:08.439 is translated 00:21:08.439 --> 00:21:08.879 from 00:21:08.879 --> 00:21:09.419 literally 00:21:09.419 --> 00:21:10.519 says all 00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:10.799 the 00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:11.179 truth, 00:21:11.439 --> 00:21:12.439 not all 00:21:12.439 --> 00:21:12.959 truth. 00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:13.839 And here's 00:21:13.839 --> 00:21:14.219 why it's 00:21:14.219 --> 00:21:14.859 dangerous to 00:21:14.859 --> 00:21:15.240 miss this 00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:15.619 word. 00:21:17.319 --> 00:21:18.059 The spirit 00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:18.659 of truth 00:21:18.659 --> 00:21:19.379 does not 00:21:19.379 --> 00:21:20.199 guide us 00:21:20.199 --> 00:21:21.099 into all 00:21:21.099 --> 00:21:22.539 truth about 00:21:22.539 --> 00:21:23.099 everything. 00:21:26.219 --> 00:21:27.099 There is a 00:21:27.099 --> 00:21:28.039 collection of 00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:29.439 truth, that 00:21:29.439 --> 00:21:30.099 is the truth 00:21:30.099 --> 00:21:31.099 that we need. 00:21:31.479 --> 00:21:31.740 And this 00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:32.539 means that 00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:33.399 studying the 00:21:33.399 --> 00:21:33.919 world and 00:21:33.919 --> 00:21:34.339 people, 00:21:35.219 --> 00:21:35.659 whether it be 00:21:35.659 --> 00:21:36.159 science, 00:21:36.279 --> 00:21:36.599 whether it be 00:21:36.599 --> 00:21:37.039 some other 00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.500 pursuit, 00:21:38.179 --> 00:21:38.839 we can 00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:39.719 find truth 00:21:39.719 --> 00:21:40.039 in the 00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:41.399 world that 00:21:41.399 --> 00:21:41.839 isn't written 00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:42.259 down in 00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:42.639 the Bible, 00:21:44.439 --> 00:21:44.959 that isn't 00:21:44.959 --> 00:21:45.559 what Jesus 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:46.079 is talking 00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:46.699 about here. 00:21:47.259 --> 00:21:47.559 Instead, 00:21:47.719 --> 00:21:48.359 this passage 00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:48.839 is talking 00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:49.259 about a 00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:49.719 specific 00:21:49.719 --> 00:21:50.459 collection of 00:21:50.459 --> 00:21:51.259 truth that 00:21:51.259 --> 00:21:51.819 creates 00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:52.339 connection 00:21:52.339 --> 00:21:53.019 with God. 00:21:54.699 --> 00:21:55.339 Also, 00:21:55.859 --> 00:21:56.299 the spirit 00:21:56.299 --> 00:21:56.699 of truth 00:21:56.699 --> 00:21:57.480 does not 00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:58.099 guide us 00:21:58.099 --> 00:21:58.939 into all 00:21:58.939 --> 00:21:59.919 truth in 00:21:59.919 --> 00:22:00.740 an ongoing, 00:22:01.059 --> 00:22:02.279 evolving sense, 00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:04.059 where the 00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:05.240 adding to 00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:05.680 or the 00:22:05.680 --> 00:22:06.379 taking away 00:22:06.379 --> 00:22:06.839 from the 00:22:06.839 --> 00:22:07.460 truth is 00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:08.519 expected or 00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:09.099 acceptable. 00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:11.220 To add 00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:12.079 to the 00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:12.579 truth 00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:15.740 is to 00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.779 read all 00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.619 truth in 00:22:17.619 --> 00:22:18.200 our Bibles 00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:19.059 and then hear 00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:19.799 Jesus saying, 00:22:20.619 --> 00:22:21.279 2,000 years 00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:21.619 from now, 00:22:21.720 --> 00:22:22.160 someone will 00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:22.859 get special 00:22:22.859 --> 00:22:23.759 information from 00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:24.000 me, 00:22:24.779 --> 00:22:25.500 some new 00:22:25.500 --> 00:22:26.220 truth that 00:22:26.220 --> 00:22:26.799 will change 00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.139 the meaning 00:22:27.139 --> 00:22:27.839 of my words 00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:28.279 in the Bible. 00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:29.720 No, 00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:30.440 that's not 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:30.799 what Jesus 00:22:30.799 --> 00:22:31.379 is saying. 00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:32.859 Anyone who 00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:33.279 adds to 00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:33.920 the Bible 00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:35.200 is trying 00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.599 to gain 00:22:35.599 --> 00:22:36.680 power over 00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:38.399 us rather 00:22:38.399 --> 00:22:39.279 than yielding 00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:40.299 to all 00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:41.240 the truth. 00:22:41.599 --> 00:22:42.399 This is not 00:22:42.399 --> 00:22:43.359 all the truth 00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:44.240 as the spirit 00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:44.839 reveals, 00:22:45.379 --> 00:22:45.980 but their 00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.420 truth. 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.379 And an 00:22:48.379 --> 00:22:48.879 invasive 00:22:48.879 --> 00:22:50.480 movement in 00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.039 our city 00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.920 and its 00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:52.420 suburbs, 00:22:53.099 --> 00:22:53.539 in its 00:22:53.539 --> 00:22:54.059 churches, 00:22:54.879 --> 00:22:55.519 is to 00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.399 read all 00:22:56.399 --> 00:22:58.259 truth and 00:22:58.259 --> 00:22:58.839 then decide 00:22:58.839 --> 00:22:59.559 for themselves 00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:00.460 what that 00:23:00.460 --> 00:23:01.519 is and 00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:02.059 subtract 00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:03.920 from the 00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:04.299 truth. 00:23:06.900 --> 00:23:07.859 Take the 00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:08.220 Bible's 00:23:08.220 --> 00:23:08.759 teaching on 00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.319 gender and 00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:09.839 sexuality, 00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:10.519 for example. 00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:12.240 How do 00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:12.980 modern minds 00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.700 in our city 00:23:13.700 --> 00:23:14.400 think about 00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:15.160 those topics? 00:23:15.359 --> 00:23:15.900 There are so 00:23:15.900 --> 00:23:16.420 many more 00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:16.859 as well. 00:23:18.420 --> 00:23:19.119 But consider 00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:19.519 this, 00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:20.700 100 years 00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.240 ago in 00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:22.079 our city, 00:23:23.680 --> 00:23:24.000 and you 00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:24.220 can, 00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:25.000 sadly, 00:23:25.119 --> 00:23:25.440 you can look 00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:25.920 this up, 00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:27.879 the thought 00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:28.700 in our city 00:23:28.700 --> 00:23:29.460 was that 00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:29.820 there were 00:23:29.820 --> 00:23:30.920 people groups 00:23:30.920 --> 00:23:32.080 who were 00:23:32.080 --> 00:23:33.360 less evolved 00:23:33.360 --> 00:23:34.440 than others. 00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:38.020 That was 00:23:38.020 --> 00:23:38.400 what people 00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:38.760 thought. 00:23:40.620 --> 00:23:41.360 That's 00:23:41.360 --> 00:23:41.960 unthinkable 00:23:41.960 --> 00:23:42.300 today. 00:23:43.360 --> 00:23:44.380 That's not 00:23:44.380 --> 00:23:45.460 the truth. 00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:45.519 truth. 00:23:48.900 --> 00:23:49.660 But in 00:23:49.660 --> 00:23:49.920 another 00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:50.160 hundred 00:23:50.160 --> 00:23:50.700 years, 00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:52.140 what will 00:23:52.140 --> 00:23:52.740 our society 00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.400 be laughing 00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:55.400 about or 00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:56.220 embarrassed by 00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:57.059 that we 00:23:57.059 --> 00:23:58.140 think is 00:23:58.140 --> 00:23:58.819 all truth 00:23:58.819 --> 00:23:59.559 in our 00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.120 city right 00:24:00.120 --> 00:24:00.380 now? 00:24:01.840 --> 00:24:02.600 If your 00:24:02.600 --> 00:24:03.240 modern mind 00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:03.880 looks at the 00:24:03.880 --> 00:24:04.400 Bible and 00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:05.079 sees fit to 00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:05.759 reject bits 00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.100 of it, 00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:07.180 then you're 00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:08.400 rejecting the 00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:09.420 all-the-truth 00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:10.600 nature of it. 00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:15.539 all-the-truth 00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:16.219 is instead 00:24:16.219 --> 00:24:17.179 referring to 00:24:17.179 --> 00:24:18.139 a body of 00:24:18.139 --> 00:24:19.139 truth that 00:24:19.139 --> 00:24:19.779 Jesus will 00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.219 give to 00:24:20.219 --> 00:24:20.819 his followers 00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:21.799 that will 00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:23.419 detail all 00:24:23.419 --> 00:24:24.699 humanity needs 00:24:24.699 --> 00:24:25.559 to connect 00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:26.500 with him. 00:24:27.199 --> 00:24:27.959 So what is 00:24:27.959 --> 00:24:29.419 this all-the-truth? 00:24:30.379 --> 00:24:31.139 It's really 00:24:31.139 --> 00:24:31.459 simple, 00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:31.879 actually. 00:24:32.139 --> 00:24:33.699 It's all-the-truth 00:24:33.699 --> 00:24:35.059 about Jesus. 00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:37.139 All-the-truth 00:24:37.139 --> 00:24:37.759 that the 00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.219 Spirit would 00:24:38.219 --> 00:24:38.959 provide was 00:24:38.959 --> 00:24:39.779 not new 00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.379 truth, 00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:41.940 but all 00:24:41.940 --> 00:24:42.379 that Jesus 00:24:42.379 --> 00:24:43.000 had said 00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.460 and done 00:24:43.460 --> 00:24:43.960 already 00:24:43.960 --> 00:24:44.859 and would 00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:45.599 say and 00:24:45.599 --> 00:24:45.920 do 00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:47.240 before 00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:48.259 leaving. 00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:52.119 Illuminated 00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:53.660 by the 00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.759 Spirit of 00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:55.119 Truth. 00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:55.559 So have a 00:24:55.559 --> 00:24:55.759 look at 00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.519 verse 26. 00:24:57.339 --> 00:24:57.859 The Spirit 00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:58.440 of Truth, 00:24:58.980 --> 00:24:59.399 He will 00:24:59.399 --> 00:25:00.359 testify about 00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:00.639 me, 00:25:00.899 --> 00:25:01.440 and you 00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:02.200 must also 00:25:02.200 --> 00:25:02.680 testify, 00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:03.259 for you 00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:03.639 have been 00:25:03.639 --> 00:25:04.139 with me 00:25:04.139 --> 00:25:04.920 from the 00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:05.259 beginning. 00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:07.700 The Spirit 00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.099 of Truth 00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:08.460 worked 00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:09.359 uniquely 00:25:09.359 --> 00:25:11.179 through the 00:25:11.179 --> 00:25:11.679 apostles. 00:25:12.139 --> 00:25:12.719 That is, 00:25:12.939 --> 00:25:13.759 the disciples, 00:25:14.459 --> 00:25:15.399 plus Paul, 00:25:15.579 --> 00:25:16.099 who Jesus 00:25:16.099 --> 00:25:16.679 met with, 00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:19.039 as they 00:25:19.039 --> 00:25:19.599 taught and 00:25:19.599 --> 00:25:20.079 wrote down 00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:20.759 all Jesus 00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.439 said and 00:25:21.439 --> 00:25:21.699 did. 00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.259 And when the 00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:23.339 apostles had 00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:24.019 all died, 00:25:24.919 --> 00:25:25.519 the new 00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.039 church, 00:25:26.419 --> 00:25:26.899 the followers 00:25:26.899 --> 00:25:27.500 of Jesus, 00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:29.419 gathered up 00:25:29.419 --> 00:25:30.019 all of their 00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:31.159 teachings and 00:25:31.159 --> 00:25:31.579 writings, 00:25:32.359 --> 00:25:33.119 even some by 00:25:33.119 --> 00:25:33.719 others who 00:25:33.719 --> 00:25:34.679 referred to 00:25:34.679 --> 00:25:35.240 their teachings 00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:36.099 and writings, 00:25:37.299 --> 00:25:37.920 gathered them 00:25:37.920 --> 00:25:38.599 into a book 00:25:38.599 --> 00:25:39.400 that we 00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:40.519 call the 00:25:40.519 --> 00:25:41.140 New Testament. 00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:43.259 Our Bible 00:25:43.259 --> 00:25:45.500 contains all 00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:46.079 the truth 00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:46.880 that Jesus 00:25:46.880 --> 00:25:47.799 promises here. 00:25:48.940 --> 00:25:49.640 That's what 00:25:49.640 --> 00:25:50.319 Jesus has in 00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:50.700 mind the 00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.240 whole time. 00:25:52.700 --> 00:25:53.220 Eyewitness, 00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:53.880 testimony, 00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:54.539 remembered, 00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.299 recorded, 00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:56.240 and shared, 00:25:56.980 --> 00:25:57.859 empowered by 00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:58.500 the Spirit 00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.480 of Truth. 00:26:00.420 --> 00:26:01.559 There is truth, 00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.480 there is a 00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:03.279 collection of 00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:03.519 truth, 00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:04.339 that is all 00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:04.819 the truth 00:26:04.819 --> 00:26:05.420 we need to 00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:05.799 connect with 00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:06.180 God, 00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:06.980 and it's 00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:08.220 all about 00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.639 Jesus, 00:26:09.119 --> 00:26:10.000 because all 00:26:10.000 --> 00:26:10.799 the truth 00:26:10.799 --> 00:26:11.440 in the Bible 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:13.299 reveals Jesus, 00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:14.700 and in it we 00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.279 find a 00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:16.059 connection to 00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.720 Him and a 00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.200 life-giving 00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:18.059 relationship of 00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:18.379 love. 00:26:19.859 --> 00:26:20.359 And when the 00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:21.039 Spirit of Truth 00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:21.639 comes, 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.379 number three, 00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:23.759 He will glorify 00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:24.940 Jesus. 00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:26.859 Or another 00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:27.339 way to say 00:26:27.339 --> 00:26:28.680 that is He 00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.539 will help us 00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:30.200 see the 00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:31.660 glory of 00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:32.059 Jesus. 00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:35.180 have you 00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:35.779 ever fallen 00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.420 in love 00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:37.859 with someone? 00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:40.079 Maybe you'd 00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.539 like to, 00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.119 maybe you 00:26:41.119 --> 00:26:41.559 haven't yet. 00:26:42.559 --> 00:26:43.220 Let me 00:26:43.220 --> 00:26:43.899 describe what 00:26:43.899 --> 00:26:44.480 happens in 00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:44.980 that moment. 00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:47.059 When we 00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.859 fall in love, 00:26:48.139 --> 00:26:49.480 we see the 00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:51.319 glory of 00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:52.099 that person. 00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.619 The word 00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:55.599 glory here 00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:57.200 means weight. 00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:57.299 weight. 00:26:59.100 --> 00:27:00.500 And it's 00:27:00.500 --> 00:27:00.880 more than 00:27:00.880 --> 00:27:01.340 just like 00:27:01.340 --> 00:27:02.279 their quality 00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:03.600 or their 00:27:03.600 --> 00:27:04.360 beauty out 00:27:04.360 --> 00:27:04.900 of ten. 00:27:05.900 --> 00:27:07.059 It is 00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:07.920 their 00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:08.519 importance 00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:10.059 and their 00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:11.000 significance. 00:27:13.100 --> 00:27:14.220 Seeing glory 00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:15.420 leads 00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:16.900 to love. 00:27:18.860 --> 00:27:19.620 The Spirit 00:27:19.620 --> 00:27:20.080 of Truth 00:27:20.080 --> 00:27:20.980 reveals Jesus' 00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.700 weight in 00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.180 the Bible. 00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:25.500 importance, 00:27:26.039 --> 00:27:26.360 His 00:27:26.360 --> 00:27:27.120 significance, 00:27:27.740 --> 00:27:28.400 and His 00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:28.920 beauty. 00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:30.519 The Spirit 00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:31.320 does this 00:27:31.320 --> 00:27:32.420 so we 00:27:32.420 --> 00:27:32.840 would fall 00:27:32.840 --> 00:27:33.240 in love 00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:34.299 with Jesus. 00:27:36.060 --> 00:27:36.660 So, 00:27:37.140 --> 00:27:38.480 I point 00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:38.980 this out 00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.340 to ask 00:27:39.340 --> 00:27:39.840 the question, 00:27:40.019 --> 00:27:40.480 do you 00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.000 love 00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.640 Jesus? 00:27:43.080 --> 00:27:43.480 Is He 00:27:43.480 --> 00:27:44.060 the greatest 00:27:44.060 --> 00:27:44.799 love in 00:27:44.799 --> 00:27:45.480 your life? 00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:48.799 That's 00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.079 what the 00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:49.480 Spirit of 00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:49.700 Truth 00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.200 does. 00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.140 The 00:27:52.140 --> 00:27:52.740 disciples 00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.660 saw 00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:54.599 face-to-face 00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:55.120 Jesus' 00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:56.019 glory. 00:27:56.400 --> 00:27:56.579 His 00:27:56.579 --> 00:27:57.039 love 00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.380 toward 00:27:57.380 --> 00:27:57.839 them 00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.339 was 00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:59.180 astounding. 00:27:59.860 --> 00:28:00.140 His 00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:00.559 works 00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:00.900 were 00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:01.599 incredible. 00:28:02.279 --> 00:28:02.420 He 00:28:02.420 --> 00:28:02.980 spoke 00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:04.079 and they 00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:04.640 heard 00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:05.720 and felt 00:28:05.720 --> 00:28:06.920 God 00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:08.380 and they 00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:08.680 loved 00:28:08.680 --> 00:28:08.880 Him 00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:09.319 back. 00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:10.799 But with 00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.079 Jesus 00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:11.559 leaving, 00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.099 it's now 00:28:12.099 --> 00:28:12.620 the Holy 00:28:12.620 --> 00:28:13.440 Spirit's 00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:13.839 role. 00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:14.279 The 00:28:14.279 --> 00:28:14.700 Spirit 00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:14.920 of 00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.420 Truth 00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:16.820 helps 00:28:16.820 --> 00:28:17.480 us see 00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.240 what the 00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:18.880 disciples 00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:19.620 got to 00:28:19.620 --> 00:28:20.039 see in 00:28:20.039 --> 00:28:20.580 person. 00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.400 Glory 00:28:22.400 --> 00:28:24.080 that makes 00:28:24.080 --> 00:28:24.539 us love 00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:25.120 Jesus. 00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.680 Look 00:28:29.680 --> 00:28:30.100 with me 00:28:30.100 --> 00:28:30.539 at 00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:31.720 16 00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.759 verse 1. 00:28:34.100 --> 00:28:34.360 All 00:28:34.360 --> 00:28:35.100 this I 00:28:35.100 --> 00:28:35.560 have told 00:28:35.560 --> 00:28:35.779 you, 00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:36.000 says 00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.360 Jesus, 00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:38.060 so that 00:28:38.060 --> 00:28:38.560 you will 00:28:38.560 --> 00:28:38.980 not 00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:39.660 fall 00:28:39.660 --> 00:28:40.400 away. 00:28:43.860 --> 00:28:44.539 Jesus 00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:44.800 is 00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:45.159 promising 00:28:45.159 --> 00:28:45.460 that 00:28:45.460 --> 00:28:45.740 this 00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.359 spirit 00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:46.579 of 00:28:46.579 --> 00:28:47.039 truth 00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.740 will 00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.200 keep 00:28:48.200 --> 00:28:48.460 us 00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:48.899 connected 00:28:48.899 --> 00:28:49.559 to 00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:49.879 Him. 00:28:51.259 --> 00:28:51.759 And the 00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:52.319 more literal 00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:53.079 translation 00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:53.700 of 00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:54.220 fall 00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.639 away 00:28:54.639 --> 00:28:55.419 here 00:28:55.419 --> 00:28:56.859 is an 00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:57.379 abrupt, 00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:58.500 shocking 00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:59.819 disconnection, 00:29:00.359 --> 00:29:01.159 not a 00:29:01.159 --> 00:29:02.180 slow slide 00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:03.180 away from 00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:03.619 faith. 00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:05.919 Jesus 00:29:05.919 --> 00:29:06.359 had already 00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:06.740 said 00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.180 Judas 00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:07.399 would 00:29:07.399 --> 00:29:07.720 betray 00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:08.000 him. 00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:08.619 Judas 00:29:08.619 --> 00:29:09.039 is already 00:29:09.039 --> 00:29:09.519 gone 00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:10.500 at this 00:29:10.500 --> 00:29:10.839 point. 00:29:10.839 --> 00:29:13.179 He 00:29:13.179 --> 00:29:13.399 also 00:29:13.399 --> 00:29:13.779 predicted 00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.179 that 00:29:14.179 --> 00:29:14.779 Peter 00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:15.000 would 00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:15.599 deny 00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:17.159 him 00:29:17.159 --> 00:29:17.899 three 00:29:17.899 --> 00:29:18.559 times. 00:29:19.459 --> 00:29:19.939 Tonight! 00:29:20.439 --> 00:29:20.859 That 00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:21.259 night! 00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:23.599 And 00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:24.299 sadly, 00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:26.039 he predicts 00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:26.659 one more 00:29:26.659 --> 00:29:28.459 final fall 00:29:28.459 --> 00:29:29.519 away that 00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.619 includes all 00:29:30.619 --> 00:29:31.279 the disciples. 00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:32.379 Look right 00:29:32.379 --> 00:29:33.039 down to the 00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.399 end of the 00:29:33.399 --> 00:29:34.059 chapter there, 00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:35.179 verse 32. 00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:37.180 A time 00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:37.720 is coming 00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:38.740 and in 00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.299 fact has 00:29:39.299 --> 00:29:39.759 come 00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.920 when you 00:29:40.920 --> 00:29:41.299 will be 00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.820 scattered 00:29:41.820 --> 00:29:42.759 each to 00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.200 your own 00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:43.640 home, 00:29:43.860 --> 00:29:44.420 you will 00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:45.120 leave me 00:29:45.120 --> 00:29:45.900 all 00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.720 alone. 00:29:49.060 --> 00:29:49.740 Jesus 00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.240 leaving 00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:50.460 his 00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:50.980 disciples 00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:52.700 will 00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.180 begin 00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:54.100 with 00:29:54.100 --> 00:29:54.500 them 00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:55.500 leaving 00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:56.519 him. 00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:58.840 Everything 00:29:58.840 --> 00:29:59.560 the disciples 00:29:59.560 --> 00:30:00.200 were afraid 00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:00.480 of, 00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:00.920 their 00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:01.539 disconnection 00:30:01.539 --> 00:30:01.700 with 00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.039 Jesus, 00:30:02.320 --> 00:30:02.680 no longer 00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:03.320 being safe 00:30:03.320 --> 00:30:03.799 with him, 00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:04.380 losing 00:30:04.380 --> 00:30:04.640 their 00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:05.160 identity 00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:05.620 as his 00:30:05.620 --> 00:30:06.060 followers, 00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:07.340 starts 00:30:07.340 --> 00:30:08.200 with their 00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:09.180 choice to 00:30:09.180 --> 00:30:09.920 leave Jesus 00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:10.700 all alone, 00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.779 to face 00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.240 the mob 00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:12.779 and the 00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.700 trial and 00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:14.300 the slaughter 00:30:14.300 --> 00:30:14.940 of tomorrow. 00:30:17.820 --> 00:30:18.580 What 00:30:18.580 --> 00:30:19.660 love 00:30:19.660 --> 00:30:20.580 Jesus 00:30:20.580 --> 00:30:22.120 has. 00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:24.460 Knowing 00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:25.480 that his 00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:26.259 leaving will 00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:27.720 start with 00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:28.880 our and 00:30:28.880 --> 00:30:30.120 their unbelief 00:30:30.120 --> 00:30:31.420 in him. 00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.240 He 00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:33.600 willingly 00:30:33.600 --> 00:30:34.180 promised 00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:34.620 them a 00:30:34.619 --> 00:30:35.259 life 00:30:35.259 --> 00:30:35.519 life-giving 00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:36.139 relationship 00:30:36.139 --> 00:30:37.039 of love 00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.979 to be 00:30:37.979 --> 00:30:38.379 forever 00:30:38.379 --> 00:30:38.959 connected 00:30:38.959 --> 00:30:39.539 and present 00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:39.879 with them 00:30:39.879 --> 00:30:40.299 through the 00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:40.699 spirit of 00:30:40.699 --> 00:30:41.000 truth, 00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:42.119 on the 00:30:42.119 --> 00:30:42.659 night 00:30:42.659 --> 00:30:43.279 they will 00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:44.079 all break 00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:44.919 relationship 00:30:44.919 --> 00:30:46.019 with him. 00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:49.579 Jesus 00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:50.039 leaving 00:30:50.039 --> 00:30:51.119 was to be 00:30:51.119 --> 00:30:51.719 left alone, 00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.159 submitting 00:30:53.159 --> 00:30:54.539 to execution 00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:55.479 on a 00:30:55.479 --> 00:30:55.899 cross, 00:30:56.699 --> 00:30:57.479 with all the 00:30:57.479 --> 00:30:57.939 sin and 00:30:57.939 --> 00:30:58.739 unrighteousness 00:30:58.739 --> 00:30:59.299 on his 00:30:59.299 --> 00:30:59.739 shoulders, 00:31:00.179 --> 00:31:00.619 dying and 00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:01.179 facing all 00:31:01.179 --> 00:31:01.699 the judgment 00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:02.940 of all 00:31:02.940 --> 00:31:03.360 who have 00:31:03.360 --> 00:31:03.940 abandoned 00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:05.600 him and 00:31:05.600 --> 00:31:06.100 given up 00:31:06.100 --> 00:31:06.740 their connection 00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.860 with God 00:31:07.860 --> 00:31:09.380 and he 00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:09.960 did it all 00:31:09.960 --> 00:31:11.340 to pursue 00:31:11.340 --> 00:31:11.940 a connection 00:31:11.940 --> 00:31:14.100 with us. 00:31:14.099 --> 00:31:16.179 all who 00:31:16.179 --> 00:31:16.779 don't even 00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:17.919 want that 00:31:17.919 --> 00:31:18.339 connection 00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:18.779 with him 00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:18.980 yet. 00:31:21.079 --> 00:31:21.619 He 00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:22.079 yielded 00:31:22.079 --> 00:31:22.519 his right 00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:23.159 to life, 00:31:23.699 --> 00:31:24.480 to offer 00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:25.259 it to us, 00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.559 uncondemned, 00:31:26.919 --> 00:31:27.819 pure and 00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:28.519 pleasing to 00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:28.859 God, 00:31:29.679 --> 00:31:31.659 and rose to 00:31:31.659 --> 00:31:32.500 life to 00:31:32.500 --> 00:31:33.319 restore the 00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:34.119 connection to 00:31:34.119 --> 00:31:34.779 all who 00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.399 would believe 00:31:35.399 --> 00:31:36.299 in him. 00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:37.159 And the 00:31:37.159 --> 00:31:37.539 fact that 00:31:37.539 --> 00:31:37.859 Jesus, 00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:39.159 spoiler alert, 00:31:39.159 --> 00:31:39.959 rose from 00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.500 the dead 00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:42.880 and restored 00:31:42.880 --> 00:31:44.539 his relationship 00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:45.059 with his 00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:46.460 disciples face 00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:47.059 to face, 00:31:47.620 --> 00:31:48.559 even Peter 00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:50.660 shows just 00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:51.340 how far he 00:31:51.340 --> 00:31:52.039 will go to 00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:53.000 pursue those 00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:55.019 who fall 00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.480 away, 00:31:56.100 --> 00:31:58.039 to provide 00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:59.000 an eternal 00:31:59.000 --> 00:32:00.180 life-giving 00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:00.980 relationship of 00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:01.860 love with 00:32:01.860 --> 00:32:02.140 him. 00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:03.680 Friends, 00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:05.680 Jesus is the 00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.640 relationship you 00:32:06.640 --> 00:32:07.799 need to break 00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:08.680 out of any 00:32:08.680 --> 00:32:09.920 social isolation 00:32:09.920 --> 00:32:11.580 that you feel. 00:32:11.900 --> 00:32:12.380 It's the 00:32:12.380 --> 00:32:13.259 connection you 00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:14.160 need that 00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:15.160 resolves your 00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:16.039 social need 00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:17.860 through spiritual 00:32:17.860 --> 00:32:18.519 means. 00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:20.080 No matter 00:32:20.080 --> 00:32:20.440 where you're 00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:20.880 at on your 00:32:20.880 --> 00:32:21.960 journey of 00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:22.640 receiving the 00:32:22.640 --> 00:32:23.420 Spirit's truth 00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:24.420 in your life, 00:32:24.560 --> 00:32:25.100 whether it's 00:32:25.100 --> 00:32:25.940 convicting you 00:32:25.940 --> 00:32:26.680 of your need 00:32:26.680 --> 00:32:27.900 with sin, 00:32:28.060 --> 00:32:28.840 unrighteousness, 00:32:28.900 --> 00:32:29.420 and judgment, 00:32:30.440 --> 00:32:31.100 breaking your 00:32:31.100 --> 00:32:31.820 hope of connecting 00:32:31.820 --> 00:32:32.420 to God your 00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:32.960 own way, 00:32:34.039 --> 00:32:36.140 or as the 00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:36.820 Spirit witnesses 00:32:36.820 --> 00:32:37.660 to Jesus, 00:32:38.620 --> 00:32:39.279 his works, 00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:39.779 words, 00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.399 and love 00:32:40.399 --> 00:32:40.960 toward you 00:32:40.960 --> 00:32:41.299 in the 00:32:41.299 --> 00:32:41.660 Bible, 00:32:42.339 --> 00:32:43.579 building up 00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:44.079 your love 00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:44.480 for him, 00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.720 even when 00:32:45.720 --> 00:32:46.240 you fail 00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:46.539 him, 00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:49.619 he will 00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:50.240 never break 00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.920 off connection 00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:51.500 with you. 00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:54.559 If you have 00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:55.240 received the 00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:55.700 Spirit of 00:32:55.700 --> 00:32:56.599 Truth through 00:32:56.599 --> 00:32:57.440 believing in 00:32:57.440 --> 00:32:58.559 him as the 00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:59.000 Spirit of 00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.819 Truth reveals 00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:01.000 all the 00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:02.859 truth in 00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:03.259 the Bible. 00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:05.519 when the 00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:06.019 Bible is 00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.480 open to 00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:06.759 you, 00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.259 and there 00:33:08.259 --> 00:33:08.720 might be 00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:11.140 every day, 00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.240 it might be 00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:12.720 every week, 00:33:13.400 --> 00:33:13.900 it might be 00:33:13.900 --> 00:33:14.279 not very 00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:14.799 often yet, 00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:17.619 but ask the 00:33:17.619 --> 00:33:18.119 Spirit of 00:33:18.119 --> 00:33:18.619 Truth to 00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:19.140 show you 00:33:19.140 --> 00:33:19.480 Jesus, 00:33:20.599 --> 00:33:21.299 and trust 00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.879 the Spirit 00:33:21.879 --> 00:33:22.379 of Truth, 00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:23.220 not yourself, 00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:25.220 to keep and 00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:25.940 enjoy your 00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:26.640 connection with 00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:27.039 God, 00:33:27.879 --> 00:33:28.720 a life-giving 00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.619 relationship of 00:33:29.619 --> 00:33:30.019 love that 00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:30.679 can start 00:33:30.679 --> 00:33:31.719 even today. 00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:35.279 In him you 00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:35.759 are never 00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.419 isolated, 00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:37.679 always in 00:33:37.679 --> 00:33:38.000 love, 00:33:38.459 --> 00:33:39.279 and eternally 00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:40.219 connected to 00:33:40.219 --> 00:33:40.919 the God who 00:33:40.919 --> 00:33:42.000 pursues you, 00:33:43.459 --> 00:33:44.659 even through 00:33:44.659 --> 00:33:45.559 your seasons of 00:33:45.559 --> 00:33:46.379 sorrow and 00:33:46.379 --> 00:33:46.819 grief, 00:33:47.419 --> 00:33:47.899 through the 00:33:47.899 --> 00:33:48.979 Spirit of 00:33:48.979 --> 00:33:49.399 Truth. 00:33:49.719 --> 00:33:50.000 See, 00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:50.979 Jesus knows 00:33:50.979 --> 00:33:51.539 you need 00:33:51.539 --> 00:33:52.159 connection, 00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:52.739 Chatswood. 00:33:54.739 --> 00:33:55.919 He is where 00:33:55.919 --> 00:33:56.899 you will find 00:33:56.899 --> 00:33:58.000 what you need. 00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:59.619 You can't 00:33:59.619 --> 00:34:00.119 find him your 00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:00.579 own way, 00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:02.500 only through 00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:03.059 the Spirit 00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:04.019 of Truth. 00:34:05.180 --> 00:34:05.960 So explore 00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.500 the Bible, 00:34:07.019 --> 00:34:07.759 find Jesus, 00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:08.880 and the 00:34:08.880 --> 00:34:09.440 Spirit of 00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:10.659 Truth will 00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:12.739 connect you 00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:14.340 to Jesus. 00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.539 Let's pray. 00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:18.619 Lord Jesus, 00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:19.639 thank you for 00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:20.760 promising and 00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:22.019 sending the 00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.619 Spirit of 00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:24.440 Truth to 00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:25.360 guide us as 00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:26.280 we read and 00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:26.960 explore the 00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:27.320 Bible. 00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:29.699 convict us, 00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:31.159 guide us, 00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:32.019 and help us 00:34:32.019 --> 00:34:33.079 to fall in 00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:33.599 love with 00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:35.139 you as we 00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:36.280 see your 00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:36.800 glory. 00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.300 Amen.