WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.419 I especially appreciate Colin's song. 00:00:08.419 --> 00:00:19.280 I think after the news and the pastoral prayer that I did, Colin's song was helpful and was very connected. 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:20.920 ! We can trust God. 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:28.359 Why don't you turn with me to the book of John, chapter 7. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:39.480 Gracious Father, help us to understand your teaching, that we would obey it. 00:00:39.480 --> 00:00:42.700 In Christ's name, amen. 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:51.620 I wonder if you've had a teacher that just made a tremendous impact on your life. 00:00:51.619 --> 00:01:03.519 Someone that you just connected with, that taught you the material, but they taught it in such a way that not only did you remember it and understand it, 00:01:03.780 --> 00:01:07.120 but you also kind of made that information your own. 00:01:08.519 --> 00:01:11.920 A teacher that made the subject just kind of come alive. 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:23.340 A teacher that when you actually, you took the class and you were just glad, wow, I'm just so happy that I had that teacher and that material. 00:01:23.340 --> 00:01:36.340 I have to tell you, my granddaughter has just a wonderful teacher that has just made, even so far this year, has just made tremendous inroads with her. 00:01:38.159 --> 00:01:44.659 When I look back, I can't remember a single teacher I had in grade school or high school. 00:01:44.780 --> 00:01:46.659 That probably says more about me than them. 00:01:46.659 --> 00:01:51.179 I want you to know, but I can't remember a single one. 00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:58.159 When I went to OSU, by that time in my life, I already had a wife, two kids, a full-time job. 00:01:59.599 --> 00:02:04.459 The teachers, even though I was really interested in the material, I just loved physics. 00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:06.039 I loved calculus. 00:02:06.040 --> 00:02:12.920 But still, it was kind of like they were a means to an end. 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:17.120 I finally had one of those teachers. 00:02:17.740 --> 00:02:21.319 In seminary, I had Dr. Crawford. 00:02:21.719 --> 00:02:23.960 I know Linda knows him, maybe some of the others. 00:02:24.680 --> 00:02:26.920 He was at Grand Rapids for many, many years. 00:02:26.980 --> 00:02:27.879 He's with the Lord now. 00:02:29.620 --> 00:02:32.360 He taught systematic theology and church history. 00:02:32.360 --> 00:02:36.320 I can remember going there for summer sessions. 00:02:37.500 --> 00:02:45.840 Because they would pack the stuff together for summer sessions, you would have four hours of class, four hours of lecture. 00:02:47.080 --> 00:02:49.780 Dr. Crawford could use all four hours and then some. 00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:59.720 When you got done with this class, and if Rich Brown and I used to just talk about Dr. Crawford all the time. 00:02:59.719 --> 00:03:05.379 When you got done with that four-hour class, you know what you wanted to do? 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:08.699 Go to the dorm room and read your Bible. 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:14.460 You couldn't wait to just, I want to know some more. 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:15.639 How does that fit? 00:03:15.800 --> 00:03:17.099 How does that fit into this? 00:03:17.199 --> 00:03:18.979 How do these things connect together? 00:03:19.319 --> 00:03:21.460 You were just so excited about the material. 00:03:21.460 --> 00:03:30.800 You would stay up until early hours of the morning and then just get up and do it again the next day. 00:03:32.180 --> 00:03:35.180 Because Dr. Crawford made God's word come alive. 00:03:35.300 --> 00:03:37.100 He made you want to know it. 00:03:39.159 --> 00:03:40.819 As I said, he's with the Lord now. 00:03:42.300 --> 00:03:44.540 But you know, but I really appreciated him. 00:03:44.539 --> 00:03:51.939 But Dr. Crawford, or the teacher that you thought of when I asked if you had one of those teachers, 00:03:52.719 --> 00:03:55.079 can't compare with the great teacher. 00:03:57.539 --> 00:04:03.219 In fact, in many ways, the biggest thing, the most significant thing about Jesus Christ 00:04:03.219 --> 00:04:06.199 was his teaching rather than his miracles. 00:04:08.159 --> 00:04:12.239 You see, in many ways, the miracles were really less consequence. 00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:15.060 People liked the free lunch. 00:04:15.960 --> 00:04:19.300 The Pharisees and scribes were not concerned about meals on wheels. 00:04:20.280 --> 00:04:24.420 But what they didn't like was when Jesus Christ said, 00:04:24.920 --> 00:04:26.600 I am the way, the truth, and the life. 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:30.720 I am the bread of life. 00:04:31.100 --> 00:04:36.120 And if you don't eat of my flesh and drink of my blood, you are not part of me. 00:04:37.519 --> 00:04:39.759 And when he said that, what happened? 00:04:40.319 --> 00:04:41.199 Everybody left. 00:04:41.199 --> 00:04:42.680 Except the twelve. 00:04:43.899 --> 00:04:46.539 And even with them, he turns to Peter and says, 00:04:46.719 --> 00:04:47.379 Are you going to go? 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:48.139 And what does Peter say? 00:04:48.420 --> 00:04:50.240 I would, but where else would I go? 00:04:51.420 --> 00:04:54.879 There's no place I could go because no one else has the words of life. 00:04:56.139 --> 00:04:59.279 John chapter 7, verses 14 to 24. 00:05:00.699 --> 00:05:04.659 About the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and began teaching. 00:05:04.660 --> 00:05:07.160 The Jews therefore marveled, saying, 00:05:07.280 --> 00:05:10.600 How is it that this man has learning when he's never studied? 00:05:11.439 --> 00:05:12.880 So Jesus answered them, 00:05:12.939 --> 00:05:15.860 My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me. 00:05:16.180 --> 00:05:18.880 If anyone's will is to do God's will, 00:05:19.140 --> 00:05:21.400 he will know whether the teaching is from God 00:05:21.400 --> 00:05:23.480 or whether I'm speaking on my own authority. 00:05:24.040 --> 00:05:27.580 The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory. 00:05:27.579 --> 00:05:31.479 But the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true. 00:05:32.099 --> 00:05:34.139 And in him there is no falsehood. 00:05:35.259 --> 00:05:36.939 Has not Moses given you the law? 00:05:37.500 --> 00:05:39.000 Yet none of you keeps the law. 00:05:39.579 --> 00:05:41.099 Why do you seek to kill me? 00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:42.599 The crowd answered, 00:05:42.680 --> 00:05:43.279 You have a demon. 00:05:43.599 --> 00:05:44.799 Who is seeking to kill you? 00:05:45.439 --> 00:05:46.500 Jesus answered them, 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:47.539 I did one work, 00:05:47.939 --> 00:05:49.159 and you all marvel at it. 00:05:49.860 --> 00:05:51.419 Moses gave you circumcision, 00:05:51.620 --> 00:05:53.360 not that it came from Moses, 00:05:53.500 --> 00:05:54.319 but from the fathers. 00:05:54.319 --> 00:05:56.779 And you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. 00:05:57.519 --> 00:06:00.099 If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:02.879 so that the law of Moses may not be broken, 00:06:03.319 --> 00:06:06.819 are you angry with me because on the Sabbath 00:06:06.819 --> 00:06:08.420 I made a man's whole body well? 00:06:09.100 --> 00:06:10.659 Do not judge by appearances, 00:06:11.240 --> 00:06:13.279 but judge with right judgment. 00:06:14.420 --> 00:06:16.199 You'll remember the context with me. 00:06:17.459 --> 00:06:21.019 Jesus had been in Jerusalem about six months earlier, 00:06:21.019 --> 00:06:25.799 and at that time he had healed a man by the pool of Bethsaida. 00:06:27.079 --> 00:06:28.259 It was on the Sabbath. 00:06:28.939 --> 00:06:29.839 And he told the man, 00:06:30.180 --> 00:06:32.379 Get up, take your bed, and go. 00:06:33.419 --> 00:06:35.839 Them, the religious leaders, 00:06:35.959 --> 00:06:39.759 seeing Jesus tell this man to carry his bed on a Sabbath day, 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:40.899 were just incensed. 00:06:41.639 --> 00:06:42.859 And they did try to kill him. 00:06:43.459 --> 00:06:45.699 So much so that Jesus had to leave there. 00:06:45.799 --> 00:06:47.579 He went back up to the northern part, 00:06:47.879 --> 00:06:50.180 and then there's about a six-month period in there, 00:06:50.180 --> 00:06:53.079 and then we come to right before this, 00:06:53.459 --> 00:06:54.879 where Jesus' brothers, 00:06:55.019 --> 00:06:57.800 his earthly human half-brothers, 00:06:58.379 --> 00:06:59.459 had said to him, 00:06:59.660 --> 00:07:01.340 Hey, you want to be something special? 00:07:02.500 --> 00:07:05.500 Go to Jerusalem during the Feast of the Tabernacle. 00:07:06.040 --> 00:07:08.480 That's when everybody goes to Jerusalem again, 00:07:08.860 --> 00:07:10.560 and you can just go in there and teach, 00:07:10.639 --> 00:07:12.160 and everybody will make a big thing over you. 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:16.600 Jesus wasn't concerned about his own glory. 00:07:16.600 --> 00:07:20.520 He was about completing the will of the Father. 00:07:21.960 --> 00:07:23.320 So he said, I'm not going now. 00:07:25.060 --> 00:07:27.680 And this passage that we're looking at today, 00:07:28.920 --> 00:07:30.500 then Jesus does go. 00:07:31.820 --> 00:07:34.220 Someplace in the middle of the feast. 00:07:34.220 --> 00:07:37.380 And he goes and he starts teaching, 00:07:37.940 --> 00:07:39.740 and people in Jerusalem, 00:07:40.080 --> 00:07:42.820 just like people every place that he went, 00:07:43.100 --> 00:07:45.280 are amazed at his teaching. 00:07:47.480 --> 00:07:50.660 See, the teaching of Jesus was unique. 00:07:50.660 --> 00:07:54.700 First thing I want you to see is that 00:07:54.700 --> 00:07:56.600 his teaching was with understanding. 00:07:57.200 --> 00:07:58.360 It was informed. 00:07:58.520 --> 00:07:59.439 It made sense. 00:07:59.540 --> 00:08:01.000 It was attractive to people. 00:08:01.380 --> 00:08:02.340 It fit together. 00:08:02.500 --> 00:08:04.520 We might say that it was logical. 00:08:04.680 --> 00:08:05.640 It made sense. 00:08:06.580 --> 00:08:07.780 Of course it was biblical. 00:08:08.540 --> 00:08:09.700 And I'll have more to say about that 00:08:09.700 --> 00:08:10.879 in just a few minutes. 00:08:11.640 --> 00:08:13.660 But notice that his teaching was understandable 00:08:14.260 --> 00:08:16.600 because it was with understanding. 00:08:16.600 --> 00:08:20.240 It drew people to him. 00:08:21.300 --> 00:08:23.040 Yes, people came for the miracles. 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:26.379 But even when there were no miracles, 00:08:26.840 --> 00:08:30.060 people still flocked to him in such numbers 00:08:30.060 --> 00:08:33.000 and with such aggressiveness 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:36.180 that many times he had to either slip away 00:08:36.180 --> 00:08:38.360 or he had to get into a boat 00:08:38.360 --> 00:08:40.000 and go out into the water 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:41.540 so people wouldn't crush him. 00:08:41.539 --> 00:08:46.679 That crowd of people was one of the things 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:48.939 his enemies were attracted to. 00:08:49.360 --> 00:08:51.899 They didn't like the fact that Jesus drew the crowds. 00:08:52.639 --> 00:08:55.399 They wanted to be noticed for their elegant talks, 00:08:56.059 --> 00:08:58.019 for their great-sounding prayers. 00:08:59.159 --> 00:09:00.819 Since they couldn't refute his teaching, 00:09:00.959 --> 00:09:03.399 they questioned and attacked his credentials. 00:09:05.099 --> 00:09:06.819 They said, in effect, 00:09:07.659 --> 00:09:09.159 Jesus doesn't know his letters. 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:12.079 He doesn't know the alphabet. 00:09:13.179 --> 00:09:14.399 It could have been a slam, 00:09:14.439 --> 00:09:15.959 and I think they were not above that. 00:09:16.139 --> 00:09:16.839 It could have been saying, 00:09:17.159 --> 00:09:19.279 Jesus doesn't even know his ABCs. 00:09:22.000 --> 00:09:24.279 But in fact, Jesus had studied. 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:27.319 And all of the children of those days 00:09:27.319 --> 00:09:29.579 were actually, well, at least all of the boys, 00:09:29.860 --> 00:09:30.659 maybe the girls. 00:09:30.799 --> 00:09:31.839 That's a little bit unclear. 00:09:32.299 --> 00:09:33.959 At least some of the girls went to school. 00:09:34.100 --> 00:09:35.459 All the boys went to school. 00:09:35.460 --> 00:09:37.320 And we can see, 00:09:37.700 --> 00:09:39.420 usually they went to the synagogue, 00:09:39.680 --> 00:09:41.980 and the rabbi of the synagogue would teach them. 00:09:42.900 --> 00:09:45.820 We can see that Jesus understood how to read. 00:09:45.879 --> 00:09:46.720 If we look over, 00:09:46.800 --> 00:09:48.460 I'm going to have you jumping around a little bit. 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:49.620 Sorry, that's the way it is. 00:09:49.980 --> 00:09:51.100 Luke chapter 4. 00:09:51.340 --> 00:09:53.639 Look at Luke chapter 4, verse 16. 00:09:53.639 --> 00:09:53.700 Luke chapter 4. 00:09:53.700 --> 00:09:53.780 Luke chapter 4. 00:09:53.780 --> 00:09:53.780 00:09:53.780 --> 00:09:53.780 00:09:53.780 --> 00:09:55.780 Luke chapter 4. 00:09:55.780 --> 00:09:57.780 Luke chapter 4. 00:09:57.780 --> 00:09:59.780 Luke chapter 4. 00:09:59.780 --> 00:10:01.780 Luke chapter 4. 00:10:01.780 --> 00:10:03.780 Luke chapter 4. 00:10:03.780 --> 00:10:04.780 Luke chapter 4. 00:10:04.780 --> 00:10:05.440 Luke chapter 4. 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:06.560 Luke chapter 4. 00:10:06.700 --> 00:10:06.560 Luke chapter 4. 00:10:06.560 --> 00:10:06.560 00:10:06.560 --> 00:10:06.560 00:10:06.560 --> 00:10:06.900 Luke chapter 4. 00:10:06.900 --> 00:10:06.900 00:10:06.900 --> 00:10:06.900 00:10:06.900 --> 00:10:07.460 Luke chapter 4. 00:10:07.460 --> 00:10:08.620 And he came to Nazareth, 00:10:08.880 --> 00:10:09.960 where he had been brought up, 00:10:10.080 --> 00:10:12.260 and was his custom, 00:10:12.360 --> 00:10:14.260 he went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day. 00:10:14.680 --> 00:10:15.880 He stood up to read. 00:10:16.260 --> 00:10:19.040 And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. 00:10:19.100 --> 00:10:22.800 He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written. 00:10:23.020 --> 00:10:24.000 I'll just stop there. 00:10:24.300 --> 00:10:29.220 He goes on to read a very specific passage in the book of Isaiah 00:10:29.220 --> 00:10:31.240 that talked about the coming Messiah. 00:10:31.820 --> 00:10:33.400 It was a passage about him. 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:37.779 Now, I want you to understand, just consider for a moment, 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:40.620 how difficult that task is. 00:10:40.959 --> 00:10:42.959 Because it's easy for us to just say, 00:10:43.279 --> 00:10:46.620 well, so what, you know, Jesus read this part out of Isaiah. 00:10:46.620 --> 00:10:52.120 We have a scroll, a complete scroll of the book of Isaiah 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:54.519 from about the time that Jesus lived. 00:10:54.740 --> 00:10:56.179 It's from the Dead Sea Scrolls. 00:10:57.399 --> 00:11:00.539 This scroll is 11 inches high. 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:04.279 It is 24 feet long. 00:11:04.279 --> 00:11:13.039 It has about 54 columns that are about 6 inches wide each. 00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:17.199 Beginning to end. 00:11:19.500 --> 00:11:24.939 There are no punctuation marks in either Hebrew or Greek. 00:11:24.940 --> 00:11:30.120 I don't know if it was a Greek text or a Hebrew text. 00:11:30.220 --> 00:11:31.100 It could have been either. 00:11:31.240 --> 00:11:32.780 Both were available at that time 00:11:32.780 --> 00:11:34.540 and both were read in the synagogues. 00:11:35.180 --> 00:11:35.300 Okay? 00:11:36.000 --> 00:11:37.420 But let me just... 00:11:37.420 --> 00:11:38.620 I know more about Greek, 00:11:38.700 --> 00:11:41.140 so let me just give you the picture if it were a Greek one. 00:11:41.300 --> 00:11:41.540 Okay? 00:11:42.100 --> 00:11:43.880 If it were a Greek text, 00:11:44.120 --> 00:11:46.380 there are no capital letters. 00:11:47.660 --> 00:11:50.220 There are no spaces between the words. 00:11:50.220 --> 00:11:51.220 Okay? 00:11:52.460 --> 00:11:57.340 It is simply a 24 foot wide piece of parchment 00:11:57.340 --> 00:12:01.060 that has letters on like a giant word find. 00:12:01.980 --> 00:12:02.639 Okay? 00:12:04.740 --> 00:12:08.920 Jesus opens the text to exactly the place 00:12:08.920 --> 00:12:11.840 and he reads the message that he wants them to get 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:14.120 that he is the coming Messiah. 00:12:17.580 --> 00:12:20.060 The closest that we can come to it 00:12:20.059 --> 00:12:23.299 those of you who still use a printed Bible, 00:12:23.559 --> 00:12:25.539 I really like using my electronic one. 00:12:25.579 --> 00:12:26.599 It has lots of advantages. 00:12:26.779 --> 00:12:28.979 There's only one thing I don't like about it 00:12:28.979 --> 00:12:32.379 is when I was carrying a paper Bible 00:12:32.379 --> 00:12:34.079 and after I'd used it for several years, 00:12:34.219 --> 00:12:34.919 I could say, 00:12:35.439 --> 00:12:36.719 there's a text I'm looking for. 00:12:36.839 --> 00:12:38.739 I have no idea what the reference is, 00:12:38.939 --> 00:12:41.500 but it's on the left-hand side of the page 00:12:41.500 --> 00:12:42.959 about halfway down. 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:43.719 Okay? 00:12:45.099 --> 00:12:47.619 That's what Jesus did. 00:12:47.620 --> 00:12:50.360 Does that happen with a brand new Bible 00:12:50.360 --> 00:12:51.560 just out of the box? 00:12:51.779 --> 00:12:52.759 It does not. 00:12:53.919 --> 00:12:55.980 It happens from spending time in it. 00:12:58.139 --> 00:13:01.360 And so, we see that Jesus had a familiarity 00:13:01.360 --> 00:13:04.720 with God's Word that marked his teaching 00:13:04.720 --> 00:13:07.659 as being with an understanding of the Father 00:13:07.659 --> 00:13:08.740 and his perfect will. 00:13:10.659 --> 00:13:12.820 What were his enemies actually saying? 00:13:13.139 --> 00:13:14.960 They might have been this cut 00:13:14.960 --> 00:13:16.639 that he doesn't even know his ABCs. 00:13:16.860 --> 00:13:18.480 They were also certainly saying, 00:13:18.820 --> 00:13:21.519 well, he doesn't know what Rabbi so-and-so said. 00:13:22.400 --> 00:13:24.560 I bet he has never heard of Rabbi so-and-so. 00:13:26.060 --> 00:13:26.440 You're right. 00:13:27.660 --> 00:13:28.820 Jesus didn't know 00:13:28.820 --> 00:13:31.060 what the John MacArthur's 00:13:31.060 --> 00:13:32.519 or the John Piper's 00:13:32.519 --> 00:13:34.160 or the Alistair Beggs 00:13:34.160 --> 00:13:35.740 or even the Joe Crawford's 00:13:35.740 --> 00:13:37.519 of his day said, 00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:40.480 but he knew the Father's will 00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:42.679 and he did it continuously. 00:13:45.679 --> 00:13:47.559 Second thing is Jesus taught with authority. 00:13:48.860 --> 00:13:50.539 This fact shows up in several places 00:13:50.539 --> 00:13:52.079 and I want you to look at two of them 00:13:52.079 --> 00:13:53.419 really briefly with me. 00:13:53.720 --> 00:13:55.840 The first one is in Matthew chapter 13. 00:13:58.139 --> 00:13:59.480 Matthew chapter 13. 00:13:59.980 --> 00:14:01.319 I'm going to go ahead and read it. 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:03.199 You can look at it or you can just listen. 00:14:04.199 --> 00:14:05.740 54 and 56. 00:14:05.740 --> 00:14:08.240 And coming to his hometown, 00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:09.919 he taught them in the synagogue 00:14:09.919 --> 00:14:12.600 so that they were astonished and said, 00:14:12.940 --> 00:14:14.480 where did this man get this wisdom 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:15.519 and these mighty works? 00:14:15.779 --> 00:14:17.820 Is not this the carpenter's son? 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:19.799 Is not his mother called Mary? 00:14:20.019 --> 00:14:21.940 Are not his brothers James and Joseph 00:14:21.940 --> 00:14:22.960 and Simon and Judas? 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:25.139 Are not all his sisters with us? 00:14:25.419 --> 00:14:27.320 Where did this man get all these things? 00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:28.019 In other words, 00:14:28.100 --> 00:14:28.919 here are the people, 00:14:29.399 --> 00:14:29.740 his neighbors, 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:31.820 his friends from Nazareth, 00:14:32.139 --> 00:14:33.639 and when he goes there 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:34.340 and he teaches, 00:14:34.699 --> 00:14:36.500 they are just surprised. 00:14:36.620 --> 00:14:38.220 They're amazed at the teaching 00:14:38.220 --> 00:14:38.939 that he gives. 00:14:40.299 --> 00:14:43.080 Where did he get this ability to teach? 00:14:45.139 --> 00:14:46.460 John chapter 7. 00:14:47.460 --> 00:14:48.580 Back to where we were, 00:14:48.659 --> 00:14:49.899 but just a few verses ahead. 00:14:50.139 --> 00:14:51.120 The pastor will be talking about this 00:14:51.120 --> 00:14:51.759 in a few weeks. 00:14:51.759 --> 00:15:04.240 Here's what happened. 00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:06.279 The scribes and the Pharisees 00:15:06.279 --> 00:15:08.019 sent their hooligans, 00:15:08.419 --> 00:15:10.080 their thugs, 00:15:10.460 --> 00:15:11.439 to go get Jesus. 00:15:11.580 --> 00:15:12.659 Go get him, 00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:13.340 bring him here. 00:15:13.419 --> 00:15:14.240 We'll arrest him quietly. 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:16.139 You guys just go get him 00:15:16.139 --> 00:15:18.139 and kind of kidnap him at night 00:15:18.139 --> 00:15:19.100 if you have to. 00:15:19.840 --> 00:15:22.139 The thugs, 00:15:22.319 --> 00:15:23.399 the officers, 00:15:23.639 --> 00:15:25.059 went to find Jesus 00:15:25.059 --> 00:15:26.279 and they heard him teaching. 00:15:28.059 --> 00:15:29.879 They come back to the Pharisees 00:15:29.879 --> 00:15:30.539 who sent them 00:15:30.539 --> 00:15:31.319 and they said, 00:15:31.399 --> 00:15:31.840 where is he? 00:15:32.019 --> 00:15:33.299 We just stay on a little task. 00:15:33.379 --> 00:15:35.299 Just go arrest this guy. 00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:37.720 They come back and they say, 00:15:38.019 --> 00:15:39.360 but you never heard anybody 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:40.879 teach like that before. 00:15:44.159 --> 00:15:45.639 Jesus taught with authority. 00:15:46.139 --> 00:15:47.399 It stood out. 00:15:47.779 --> 00:15:48.779 It made a difference. 00:15:50.059 --> 00:15:50.539 Interesting, 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:51.340 just an aside. 00:15:51.659 --> 00:15:52.299 Notice the thing 00:15:52.299 --> 00:15:54.139 that when that happens, 00:15:54.419 --> 00:15:56.139 what the scribes and Pharisees 00:15:56.139 --> 00:15:57.460 are really concerned about. 00:15:58.000 --> 00:15:58.740 Well, you didn't see 00:15:58.740 --> 00:15:59.779 any of us there, did you? 00:16:00.860 --> 00:16:01.879 It's almost like, 00:16:02.299 --> 00:16:03.559 I hope there wasn't anybody there 00:16:03.559 --> 00:16:04.220 that we would know. 00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:06.779 Jesus was different 00:16:06.779 --> 00:16:07.960 than the scribes and Pharisees 00:16:07.960 --> 00:16:08.720 because he quoted 00:16:08.720 --> 00:16:09.919 not men, but God. 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:12.539 His teaching was never marked 00:16:12.539 --> 00:16:13.299 by references 00:16:13.299 --> 00:16:14.500 to the great rabbis 00:16:14.500 --> 00:16:15.139 of his day 00:16:15.139 --> 00:16:16.199 or the past. 00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:17.679 He did not have to rely 00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:18.659 on the understanding 00:16:18.659 --> 00:16:19.419 of other people 00:16:19.419 --> 00:16:20.759 because he had perfect 00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:21.799 understanding 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:23.319 of his Father's word. 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:25.179 In fact, 00:16:25.240 --> 00:16:26.019 when John said, 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:27.100 in the beginning 00:16:27.100 --> 00:16:27.699 was the word, 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:28.759 the word was with God, 00:16:28.779 --> 00:16:29.679 and the word was God, 00:16:29.860 --> 00:16:31.480 and the word became flesh, 00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:32.879 he was saying 00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:33.879 that Jesus Christ 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:36.559 is the perfect imprint 00:16:36.559 --> 00:16:38.039 of the Father. 00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:41.459 Jesus was not only different 00:16:41.459 --> 00:16:42.139 from the scribes 00:16:42.139 --> 00:16:42.819 and Pharisees 00:16:42.819 --> 00:16:43.439 in his teachings, 00:16:43.699 --> 00:16:44.659 but he was also different 00:16:44.659 --> 00:16:45.480 from the prophets 00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:46.679 in his teachings. 00:16:47.039 --> 00:16:48.360 The prophets could say, 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:50.120 thus saith the Lord. 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:52.740 And throughout the prophets, 00:16:53.379 --> 00:16:54.620 the minor prophets 00:16:54.620 --> 00:16:55.219 in particular, 00:16:55.379 --> 00:16:55.980 you find them 00:16:55.980 --> 00:16:57.019 over and over 00:16:57.019 --> 00:16:58.519 saying that this, 00:16:58.659 --> 00:17:00.000 we are simply the messenger 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:01.079 and here's the message. 00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:01.959 We're going through 00:17:01.959 --> 00:17:03.159 some of these minor prophets 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:04.659 in my small group. 00:17:04.660 --> 00:17:06.900 And Amos, Obadiah, 00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:09.180 Nahum, Micah, 00:17:09.519 --> 00:17:10.519 every one of them, 00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:11.880 there's over and over 00:17:11.880 --> 00:17:12.759 this emphasis, 00:17:13.060 --> 00:17:14.160 thus saith the Lord, 00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:15.300 thus saith the Lord. 00:17:16.920 --> 00:17:19.240 Jesus' words and deeds 00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:20.440 are so much different 00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:21.740 because they're at one 00:17:21.740 --> 00:17:22.540 with the Father. 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:24.860 Not only because 00:17:24.860 --> 00:17:27.279 of the unqualified obedience 00:17:27.279 --> 00:17:28.500 that Christ had, 00:17:29.980 --> 00:17:32.140 but perhaps even more importantly, 00:17:32.140 --> 00:17:33.700 because he spoke 00:17:33.700 --> 00:17:34.620 and taught 00:17:34.620 --> 00:17:35.779 with the authority 00:17:35.779 --> 00:17:36.680 of the Father. 00:17:37.019 --> 00:17:38.720 Jesus doesn't say, 00:17:39.080 --> 00:17:40.200 thus saith the Lord. 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:41.080 He says, 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:43.100 I say unto you. 00:17:45.460 --> 00:17:46.539 You can see it 00:17:46.539 --> 00:17:47.900 probably the best place, 00:17:48.279 --> 00:17:49.080 the Sermon on the Mount, 00:17:49.380 --> 00:17:50.880 where over and over again, 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:52.000 Matthew chapter 5 00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:54.220 through chapter 7, 00:17:54.539 --> 00:17:55.460 over and over again, 00:17:55.500 --> 00:17:55.819 he says, 00:17:56.200 --> 00:17:57.660 you have heard it said, 00:17:57.660 --> 00:18:00.420 but I say to you. 00:18:01.480 --> 00:18:02.660 A direct instruction 00:18:02.660 --> 00:18:04.660 authoritative 00:18:04.660 --> 00:18:05.759 declaration. 00:18:08.759 --> 00:18:10.320 So Jesus answered them, 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:11.519 my teaching is not mine, 00:18:11.600 --> 00:18:12.900 but his who sent me. 00:18:13.840 --> 00:18:15.080 As I was studying that 00:18:15.080 --> 00:18:16.820 over and over this week, 00:18:16.900 --> 00:18:18.180 I kept thinking of the fact 00:18:18.180 --> 00:18:19.880 that from his temptation 00:18:19.880 --> 00:18:21.040 in the wilderness 00:18:21.040 --> 00:18:22.900 to the cross, 00:18:24.040 --> 00:18:25.080 Jesus' speech 00:18:25.080 --> 00:18:26.000 was sprinkled 00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:28.380 with the written word of God, 00:18:28.920 --> 00:18:29.519 the Old Testament. 00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:32.059 In the wilderness, 00:18:32.299 --> 00:18:32.940 three times, 00:18:33.059 --> 00:18:34.799 Satan tempts Jesus 00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:37.619 from a physical need 00:18:37.619 --> 00:18:39.700 to the attainment 00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:40.639 of personal glory. 00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:43.420 And each time, 00:18:43.740 --> 00:18:44.879 Jesus responds 00:18:44.879 --> 00:18:46.099 with a quotation 00:18:46.099 --> 00:18:47.599 from the book of Deuteronomy. 00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:51.079 From the cross, 00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:53.539 in his dying moments, 00:18:53.539 --> 00:18:56.379 the majority of the words 00:18:56.379 --> 00:18:57.259 that he spoke 00:18:57.259 --> 00:18:58.619 are quotations 00:18:58.619 --> 00:19:00.559 from either the Psalms 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:02.159 or the book of Isaiah. 00:19:04.579 --> 00:19:06.220 He taught God's word 00:19:06.220 --> 00:19:07.500 and he lived it. 00:19:08.859 --> 00:19:09.819 John chapter 5, 00:19:09.839 --> 00:19:10.599 verse 19, 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:12.159 tells us that Jesus 00:19:12.159 --> 00:19:13.579 always does 00:19:13.579 --> 00:19:14.980 what the Father does. 00:19:16.440 --> 00:19:17.119 In fact, 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:18.480 in the book of John alone, 00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:19.940 there's over 30 references 00:19:19.940 --> 00:19:21.619 to the fact that Jesus 00:19:21.619 --> 00:19:22.699 understood 00:19:22.699 --> 00:19:24.699 that he was on a mission 00:19:24.699 --> 00:19:26.479 and with a message 00:19:26.479 --> 00:19:27.239 from God. 00:19:30.619 --> 00:19:32.219 He wasn't throwing up 00:19:32.219 --> 00:19:33.339 new things 00:19:33.339 --> 00:19:34.639 and throwing out the old. 00:19:35.079 --> 00:19:36.119 He was fulfilling 00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:38.159 what God's perfect plan 00:19:38.159 --> 00:19:38.899 from the beginning, 00:19:39.500 --> 00:19:40.539 from the garden was. 00:19:42.299 --> 00:19:43.579 He's not a charlatan. 00:19:44.419 --> 00:19:45.239 He's not some kind 00:19:45.239 --> 00:19:46.339 of respected leader 00:19:46.339 --> 00:19:47.699 that inevitably 00:19:47.699 --> 00:19:49.839 mixed together 00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:51.099 different motives of, 00:19:51.099 --> 00:19:52.459 yeah, I want to serve God, 00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:53.159 but I'd also like 00:19:53.159 --> 00:19:53.919 to be recognized. 00:19:56.599 --> 00:19:57.059 In fact, 00:19:57.119 --> 00:19:58.399 he utterly rejected 00:19:58.399 --> 00:19:59.839 what might work 00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:02.559 or what might appear 00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:03.699 to be successful 00:20:03.699 --> 00:20:05.559 in favor of his 00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:06.419 Father's agenda. 00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:10.199 It talks about 00:20:10.199 --> 00:20:11.240 the characteristics 00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:12.359 of Jesus' teaching. 00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:15.539 But let me say 00:20:15.539 --> 00:20:17.179 definitively and clearly 00:20:17.180 --> 00:20:18.039 that the teaching 00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:18.880 of Jesus 00:20:18.880 --> 00:20:21.160 was and is 00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:22.400 understandable. 00:20:24.140 --> 00:20:25.140 It's not filled 00:20:25.140 --> 00:20:26.660 with lengthy quotations 00:20:26.660 --> 00:20:28.460 or complex words 00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:29.400 or distant, 00:20:29.600 --> 00:20:30.279 complicated, 00:20:30.740 --> 00:20:31.580 philosophical 00:20:31.580 --> 00:20:32.580 or theological 00:20:32.580 --> 00:20:33.360 ideas. 00:20:35.200 --> 00:20:36.500 Having said that, 00:20:36.580 --> 00:20:37.220 this passage 00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:38.279 that we're looking at, 00:20:38.580 --> 00:20:39.920 Jesus lays out 00:20:39.920 --> 00:20:41.140 what are the basic 00:20:41.140 --> 00:20:41.980 principles 00:20:41.980 --> 00:20:44.180 that are necessary 00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:44.779 necessary 00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:45.680 to be able 00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:46.600 to understand 00:20:46.600 --> 00:20:47.400 what he said, 00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:49.039 to be able 00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:49.900 to evaluate 00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:50.660 his teaching. 00:20:52.820 --> 00:20:53.500 Understanding 00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:54.700 and a goal. 00:20:56.580 --> 00:20:57.160 His understanding. 00:20:57.299 --> 00:20:58.460 What Jesus is saying 00:20:58.460 --> 00:20:59.960 in this passage 00:20:59.960 --> 00:21:01.960 in John chapter 7 00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:02.680 verse 17, 00:21:03.560 --> 00:21:04.380 what he's saying 00:21:04.380 --> 00:21:05.440 is that the question 00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:06.700 of whether or not 00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:08.000 his teaching is true 00:21:08.000 --> 00:21:09.660 cannot be decided 00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:11.000 by rigorous 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:12.359 debate procedures. 00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:14.180 It can't be decided 00:21:14.180 --> 00:21:15.359 by human logic. 00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:16.960 It's not determined 00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:18.000 by intelligence. 00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:21.299 There's a moral issue. 00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:24.440 Let me say it 00:21:24.440 --> 00:21:25.000 in a sentence. 00:21:25.299 --> 00:21:25.740 It'll come up 00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:26.339 on the screen 00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:27.619 and then I'll try 00:21:27.619 --> 00:21:28.059 to explain 00:21:28.059 --> 00:21:28.480 what I mean. 00:21:29.480 --> 00:21:30.700 Accepting or rejecting 00:21:30.700 --> 00:21:31.480 the claims 00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:32.579 of Jesus Christ 00:21:32.579 --> 00:21:34.700 is never a purely 00:21:34.700 --> 00:21:36.180 intellectual decision. 00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:37.880 It's a moral 00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:39.279 and spiritual 00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:40.579 decision. 00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:43.259 what is needed 00:21:43.259 --> 00:21:44.180 first and foremost 00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:45.279 obviously is the work 00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:46.319 of the Father in us. 00:21:47.279 --> 00:21:47.980 But what Jesus 00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:49.099 is talking about here 00:21:49.099 --> 00:21:50.619 is the human side 00:21:50.619 --> 00:21:51.000 of it. 00:21:51.579 --> 00:21:52.480 The human side 00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:53.940 it's necessary 00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:55.960 in a right assessment 00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:56.740 of his teaching 00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:58.000 to choose 00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:59.480 to do God's will. 00:21:59.900 --> 00:22:00.420 Then you will 00:22:00.420 --> 00:22:01.160 find it out. 00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.500 Points not 00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:04.059 that someone 00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:04.980 has to attain 00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:06.119 some level 00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:07.700 of personal holiness 00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:10.100 or God approved 00:22:10.100 --> 00:22:11.160 level 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:11.860 of moral 00:22:11.860 --> 00:22:12.519 perfection 00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:14.960 and then they 00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:15.960 can pass judgment 00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.620 on Jesus 00:22:16.620 --> 00:22:17.400 and his teaching. 00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:19.960 Rather the question 00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:21.259 is that a person 00:22:21.259 --> 00:22:22.460 must be fundamentally 00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:23.299 committed 00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:25.039 to doing 00:22:25.039 --> 00:22:25.980 God's will. 00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:29.000 When you think 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.500 about it 00:22:29.500 --> 00:22:31.019 that's talking 00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:31.700 about a faith 00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.080 commitment. 00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:36.679 John chapter 6 00:22:36.679 --> 00:22:37.339 verse 40 00:22:37.339 --> 00:22:39.019 for this is the will 00:22:39.019 --> 00:22:39.819 of my Father 00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:41.379 that whoever 00:22:41.379 --> 00:22:42.460 looks on the Son 00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:43.699 and believes in Him 00:22:43.699 --> 00:22:45.240 should have 00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:46.519 eternal life 00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:48.379 and I will raise 00:22:48.379 --> 00:22:48.839 him up 00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:50.259 on the last day. 00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:53.759 Let's bring that down. 00:22:55.859 --> 00:22:56.839 Maybe you're here 00:22:56.839 --> 00:22:57.359 this morning 00:22:57.359 --> 00:22:59.319 and you're thinking 00:22:59.319 --> 00:23:00.939 I'm just not sure 00:23:00.939 --> 00:23:01.859 that I understand 00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:02.259 everything. 00:23:03.879 --> 00:23:04.859 I'm not sure 00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:05.979 that I understand 00:23:05.979 --> 00:23:06.719 everything that Jesus 00:23:06.719 --> 00:23:07.059 taught. 00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.759 I'm not sure 00:23:08.759 --> 00:23:09.179 I understand 00:23:09.179 --> 00:23:09.839 anything in the Bible. 00:23:11.179 --> 00:23:12.319 I'm not even sure 00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:13.299 that I believe 00:23:13.299 --> 00:23:14.219 what He said. 00:23:16.699 --> 00:23:17.959 Not even positive 00:23:17.959 --> 00:23:18.699 that He existed. 00:23:19.399 --> 00:23:20.079 Certainly not 00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:20.859 that He was 00:23:20.859 --> 00:23:21.699 who He said He was. 00:23:23.779 --> 00:23:24.919 Jesus is saying 00:23:24.919 --> 00:23:25.419 the problem 00:23:25.419 --> 00:23:25.979 is not your 00:23:25.979 --> 00:23:26.939 intellectual ability. 00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:28.779 It's not 00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.759 your formal training. 00:23:31.079 --> 00:23:32.119 It's not because 00:23:32.119 --> 00:23:32.939 you have doubts 00:23:32.939 --> 00:23:33.639 or questions. 00:23:35.419 --> 00:23:36.240 The problem 00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:36.740 is not that 00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.579 you need someone 00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:38.579 to explain it 00:23:38.579 --> 00:23:39.159 to you better. 00:23:40.679 --> 00:23:41.519 The problem 00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:42.419 is your rebellious 00:23:42.419 --> 00:23:42.799 nature. 00:23:44.719 --> 00:23:45.740 You're unwilling 00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:47.000 to do God's will 00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:48.819 in God's way. 00:23:50.000 --> 00:23:50.959 You're unwilling 00:23:50.959 --> 00:23:52.159 to submit to Him. 00:23:52.959 --> 00:23:53.819 To turn from 00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:54.359 your sin 00:23:54.359 --> 00:23:55.699 to put your trust 00:23:55.699 --> 00:23:56.299 in Christ. 00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:58.359 And until you 00:23:58.359 --> 00:23:59.119 do that, 00:24:01.159 --> 00:24:02.259 until you cry out 00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:02.679 to God 00:24:02.679 --> 00:24:03.759 to cleanse your heart, 00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:05.259 to give you 00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:05.719 repentance 00:24:05.719 --> 00:24:06.899 and to remove 00:24:06.899 --> 00:24:08.219 the unbelief, 00:24:09.559 --> 00:24:10.819 you put your trust 00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:11.479 in Christ, 00:24:11.939 --> 00:24:12.839 there's nothing 00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:14.039 else that really 00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:14.519 matters. 00:24:17.079 --> 00:24:17.839 The goal 00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:18.619 of this understanding 00:24:18.619 --> 00:24:19.559 must be much more 00:24:19.559 --> 00:24:20.500 than just fire 00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:21.000 insurance, 00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:22.240 not just to keep us 00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:22.740 out of hell. 00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:24.900 it must be more 00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:26.359 than intellectual 00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:27.099 accomplishment. 00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:27.920 I know more 00:24:27.920 --> 00:24:28.400 of the Bible 00:24:28.400 --> 00:24:29.120 verses than 00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:29.579 anybody else. 00:24:29.620 --> 00:24:29.880 In fact, 00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:30.920 I've got three 00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.779 Timothy words. 00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:32.920 Okay? 00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:34.779 I don't have any. 00:24:38.059 --> 00:24:39.000 And I appreciate 00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.859 the kids that do, 00:24:40.039 --> 00:24:40.960 but that's not 00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:41.599 going to get you 00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:42.039 to heaven. 00:24:44.220 --> 00:24:45.200 It's only an 00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:46.079 acceptance of 00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:46.940 Jesus Christ. 00:24:46.940 --> 00:24:47.840 It's only 00:24:47.840 --> 00:24:48.559 desiring 00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.460 and having 00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:50.140 the goal 00:24:50.140 --> 00:24:52.360 to bring glory 00:24:52.360 --> 00:24:53.200 to God. 00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:55.620 Jesus says, 00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.120 the one who 00:24:56.120 --> 00:24:57.059 seeks the glory 00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.860 of him who sent 00:24:57.860 --> 00:24:58.480 me is true, 00:24:58.940 --> 00:24:59.820 and in him 00:24:59.820 --> 00:25:00.360 there is no 00:25:00.360 --> 00:25:01.700 falsehood. 00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.720 And Jesus is 00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:03.720 clearly speaking 00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.380 about himself 00:25:04.380 --> 00:25:04.799 here. 00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:06.100 That there's no 00:25:06.100 --> 00:25:07.259 falsehood in him, 00:25:07.320 --> 00:25:08.000 and there's no 00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:08.940 falsehood in him, 00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.580 because he 00:25:09.580 --> 00:25:10.580 completely 00:25:10.580 --> 00:25:12.100 acknowledges 00:25:12.100 --> 00:25:13.140 and obeys 00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:13.860 the Father. 00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:16.320 But it has 00:25:16.320 --> 00:25:16.960 to come from 00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.580 us too. 00:25:19.740 --> 00:25:20.660 The confessions 00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:21.220 of the early 00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:21.640 church, 00:25:21.840 --> 00:25:22.700 which sometimes 00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.279 I think we 00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:23.900 should pay a 00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.200 little more 00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:24.900 attention to, 00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.840 have it right. 00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:28.900 What's the 00:25:28.900 --> 00:25:29.680 main goal? 00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:30.519 What's the 00:25:30.519 --> 00:25:31.200 chief end 00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:31.740 of man? 00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:33.059 Some of you 00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:33.660 might know 00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:34.559 the answers 00:25:34.559 --> 00:25:34.920 to these 00:25:34.920 --> 00:25:35.259 questions. 00:25:35.360 --> 00:25:35.779 The chief 00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.440 end of man 00:25:36.440 --> 00:25:38.279 is to glorify 00:25:38.279 --> 00:25:39.420 God and enjoy 00:25:39.420 --> 00:25:40.240 him forever. 00:25:42.399 --> 00:25:43.160 Perhaps you're 00:25:43.160 --> 00:25:43.720 here today as 00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.139 a believer, 00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:46.559 and you feel 00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:46.960 stuck. 00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:49.139 You do 00:25:49.139 --> 00:25:49.920 occasionally read 00:25:49.920 --> 00:25:50.299 your Bible, 00:25:51.379 --> 00:25:52.160 but when you 00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:52.599 do, you don't 00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:52.980 really get 00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.559 anything out of 00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:53.660 it. 00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:55.759 You can't 00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.500 really say that 00:25:56.500 --> 00:25:57.119 you've learned 00:25:57.119 --> 00:25:57.839 anything about 00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:58.740 God since you 00:25:58.740 --> 00:25:59.579 were in 00:25:59.579 --> 00:26:00.420 children's 00:26:00.420 --> 00:26:00.759 programs. 00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:03.559 You have 00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:04.519 some success, 00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.539 at least for a 00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:06.579 time, of 00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:07.319 controlling the 00:26:07.319 --> 00:26:07.819 sin in your 00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.200 life. 00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:10.299 But it 00:26:10.299 --> 00:26:10.980 comes back to 00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:11.639 the same 00:26:11.639 --> 00:26:12.859 areas over 00:26:12.859 --> 00:26:13.460 and over 00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:13.920 and over 00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:14.299 again. 00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:21.279 Jesus tells 00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:21.859 us how 00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:22.759 falsehood 00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.379 enters us. 00:26:24.619 --> 00:26:25.299 We seek 00:26:25.299 --> 00:26:25.779 our own 00:26:25.779 --> 00:26:26.599 glory rather 00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:26.980 than the 00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.980 glory of 00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.319 the one 00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:28.839 who sent 00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:29.039 him. 00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:31.759 Maybe you 00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.019 want to 00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.519 look good 00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.440 in front 00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:33.819 of your 00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:34.559 spouse, 00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.240 in front 00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:36.519 of your 00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:37.359 children, 00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:37.419 children. 00:26:38.419 --> 00:26:38.679 Maybe you 00:26:38.679 --> 00:26:38.879 want to 00:26:38.879 --> 00:26:39.179 look good 00:26:39.179 --> 00:26:39.419 in front 00:26:39.419 --> 00:26:39.639 of your 00:26:39.639 --> 00:26:40.179 parents, 00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:41.579 for 00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:42.279 coworkers, 00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:43.399 classmates, 00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:44.619 neighbors. 00:26:45.679 --> 00:26:46.119 You want 00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:46.559 people to 00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:47.459 recognize you 00:26:47.459 --> 00:26:48.500 as being a 00:26:48.500 --> 00:26:48.959 pretty good 00:26:48.959 --> 00:26:49.379 Christian. 00:26:51.879 --> 00:26:52.479 Maybe you 00:26:52.479 --> 00:26:52.799 just want to 00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.179 look good in 00:26:53.179 --> 00:26:53.459 your own 00:26:53.459 --> 00:26:53.740 eyes. 00:26:55.939 --> 00:26:56.759 The way to 00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.279 grow in 00:26:57.279 --> 00:26:57.979 understanding 00:26:57.979 --> 00:26:58.519 God and 00:26:58.519 --> 00:26:59.019 his will 00:26:59.019 --> 00:27:00.660 is by 00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:01.299 making it 00:27:01.299 --> 00:27:02.000 your goal 00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:03.500 to do 00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:04.200 his will 00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:05.460 for his 00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:05.859 glory. 00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:07.819 Psalm 40, 00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.740 verse 8, 00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:10.240 I delight 00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:10.879 to do 00:27:10.879 --> 00:27:11.639 your will, 00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.279 oh my 00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:12.619 God. 00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:14.619 Your law 00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:15.779 is within 00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:16.339 my heart. 00:27:18.099 --> 00:27:18.339 You know, 00:27:18.379 --> 00:27:18.819 that almost 00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:19.940 always calls 00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.740 for a 00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.139 humbling. 00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:23.359 We humble 00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:24.000 ourselves 00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:25.400 before God 00:27:25.400 --> 00:27:26.200 and before 00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:26.779 others. 00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:28.299 we say 00:27:28.299 --> 00:27:28.799 to him, 00:27:29.399 --> 00:27:30.099 it is my 00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:30.960 own selfish 00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:31.619 pride, 00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:34.440 my humility, 00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:35.180 I need to 00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.980 confess my 00:27:35.980 --> 00:27:36.379 sin, 00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.279 I need to 00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:37.759 repent, 00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.579 and I need 00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:39.359 to change. 00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.539 Jesus' 00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.220 teaching was 00:27:43.220 --> 00:27:43.680 unique. 00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:45.220 It was 00:27:45.220 --> 00:27:45.879 understandable 00:27:45.879 --> 00:27:47.359 when we 00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:47.619 come in 00:27:47.619 --> 00:27:48.399 obedience and 00:27:48.399 --> 00:27:48.759 faith. 00:27:50.160 --> 00:27:50.700 And finally, 00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.059 Jesus' 00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:51.799 teaching was 00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.879 gospel-focused. 00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:54.500 I want to 00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:54.940 read the 00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.399 passage. 00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:56.099 I know I'm 00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:56.539 already in 00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:56.799 trouble, 00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:57.200 so hang 00:27:57.200 --> 00:27:57.519 with me. 00:27:57.960 --> 00:27:58.680 Has not 00:27:58.680 --> 00:27:59.480 Moses given 00:27:59.480 --> 00:27:59.839 you the 00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.139 law, 00:28:00.440 --> 00:28:00.960 yet none 00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.220 of you 00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:01.799 keeps the 00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:02.059 law? 00:28:02.339 --> 00:28:02.759 Why do 00:28:02.759 --> 00:28:03.119 you seek 00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:03.519 to kill 00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:03.740 me? 00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:04.779 The crowd 00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.159 answered, 00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:05.480 you have 00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:05.920 a demon. 00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:07.220 Who is 00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:07.720 seeking to 00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.200 kill you? 00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.039 Jesus 00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.960 answered them, 00:28:10.159 --> 00:28:10.700 I did 00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.500 one work 00:28:11.500 --> 00:28:12.019 and you 00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.720 all marvel 00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.200 at it. 00:28:13.639 --> 00:28:14.379 Moses gave 00:28:14.379 --> 00:28:15.440 you circumcision, 00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:16.299 not that it 00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:16.599 was from 00:28:16.599 --> 00:28:16.940 Moses, 00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.339 but the 00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:17.680 fathers, 00:28:17.899 --> 00:28:18.259 and you 00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:18.940 circumcised 00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:19.359 a man on 00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:19.779 the Sabbath. 00:28:20.099 --> 00:28:20.519 If on 00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:21.019 the Sabbath 00:28:21.019 --> 00:28:21.440 a man 00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:21.859 receives 00:28:21.859 --> 00:28:22.680 circumcision, 00:28:22.859 --> 00:28:23.240 so that the 00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:23.579 law of 00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:24.240 Moses may 00:28:24.240 --> 00:28:24.559 not be 00:28:24.559 --> 00:28:24.920 broken, 00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:25.659 are you 00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:26.400 angry with 00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:26.800 me? 00:28:27.040 --> 00:28:28.420 Because on 00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:28.820 the Sabbath 00:28:28.820 --> 00:28:29.300 I made 00:28:29.300 --> 00:28:30.200 a man's 00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.779 whole body 00:28:30.779 --> 00:28:31.120 well? 00:28:32.000 --> 00:28:32.380 Do not 00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:33.000 judge by 00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:33.560 appearances, 00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.580 but judge 00:28:34.580 --> 00:28:35.320 with right 00:28:35.320 --> 00:28:36.180 judgment. 00:28:37.140 --> 00:28:37.960 Next week 00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.240 we're going 00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.700 to see the 00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:39.400 reaction of 00:28:39.400 --> 00:28:39.860 the people 00:28:39.860 --> 00:28:40.420 to Jesus' 00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:41.000 teaching, 00:28:41.500 --> 00:28:42.300 but the 00:28:42.300 --> 00:28:43.040 fact is 00:28:43.040 --> 00:28:43.400 that they 00:28:43.400 --> 00:28:43.940 do not 00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.600 react with 00:28:44.600 --> 00:28:45.300 surprise. 00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:45.980 They do 00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:46.660 not react 00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:47.400 with confusion. 00:28:47.540 --> 00:28:47.700 They don't 00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:47.880 say, 00:28:48.040 --> 00:28:48.660 what in the 00:28:48.660 --> 00:28:49.180 world is he 00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:50.019 talking about? 00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:50.599 Here we 00:28:50.599 --> 00:28:51.160 are talking 00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:52.139 about how 00:28:52.139 --> 00:28:52.639 to know 00:28:52.639 --> 00:28:53.099 God's 00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:53.579 will, 00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:53.960 how to 00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.379 be able 00:28:54.379 --> 00:28:55.059 to judge 00:28:55.059 --> 00:28:55.660 Christ's 00:28:55.660 --> 00:28:56.039 teaching, 00:28:56.339 --> 00:28:56.700 how to 00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.139 understand 00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:57.539 all those 00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:57.740 things, 00:28:57.839 --> 00:28:58.200 and what 00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:58.480 does he 00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:58.680 do? 00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:59.139 He goes 00:28:59.139 --> 00:28:59.639 off talking 00:28:59.639 --> 00:29:00.240 about Moses. 00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:02.619 For us, 00:29:02.700 --> 00:29:03.299 that is what 00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:03.879 it sounds 00:29:03.879 --> 00:29:04.359 like, 00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:05.779 but for 00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.319 them, 00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:07.220 that's not 00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:07.639 what it 00:29:07.639 --> 00:29:08.519 sounds like, 00:29:09.220 --> 00:29:10.400 because Jesus 00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:11.400 starts with 00:29:11.400 --> 00:29:12.019 what I call 00:29:12.019 --> 00:29:12.420 a duck 00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:12.960 question. 00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:13.500 Okay? 00:29:13.900 --> 00:29:14.259 Duck 00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:15.180 questions are 00:29:15.180 --> 00:29:16.180 questions that 00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:16.839 you do not 00:29:16.839 --> 00:29:17.639 need to ask 00:29:17.639 --> 00:29:18.240 because you 00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:18.680 already know 00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:19.180 the answer. 00:29:19.180 --> 00:29:19.700 Okay? 00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:20.500 I'll give you 00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:20.980 the perfect, 00:29:21.340 --> 00:29:22.299 the best example 00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:22.799 possible. 00:29:23.560 --> 00:29:24.039 Moms, 00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:26.019 your child is 00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:26.420 there, 00:29:26.620 --> 00:29:27.320 and you say, 00:29:27.680 --> 00:29:28.539 would you like 00:29:28.539 --> 00:29:29.340 an ice cream 00:29:29.340 --> 00:29:29.720 cone? 00:29:30.880 --> 00:29:31.779 And the child 00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.380 says, 00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:33.920 Mom, 00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:34.519 you know, 00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:35.360 I've really been 00:29:35.360 --> 00:29:36.000 thinking about it. 00:29:36.060 --> 00:29:36.759 I've kind of had 00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.299 a lot of junk 00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:37.900 food lately. 00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:39.220 I really think 00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:39.640 you probably 00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:40.220 should give me 00:29:40.220 --> 00:29:40.799 something that's 00:29:40.799 --> 00:29:41.259 a little more 00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:41.740 healthy. 00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.779 Why don't you 00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.200 give me some 00:29:43.200 --> 00:29:43.820 vegetables, 00:29:44.039 --> 00:29:44.440 and I'll just 00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:45.620 pass on the 00:29:45.620 --> 00:29:46.360 ice cream today. 00:29:47.560 --> 00:29:48.320 That's probably 00:29:48.320 --> 00:29:48.960 not what they 00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:49.279 say, 00:29:49.360 --> 00:29:49.579 right? 00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:50.279 Well, 00:29:50.380 --> 00:29:51.200 Jesus is 00:29:51.200 --> 00:29:51.579 saying, 00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:53.360 didn't Moses 00:29:53.360 --> 00:29:54.200 give you the 00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:54.559 law? 00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.200 And they're 00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:55.539 saying, 00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:55.819 well, 00:29:55.880 --> 00:29:56.380 of course he 00:29:56.380 --> 00:29:56.700 did, 00:29:56.759 --> 00:29:57.160 you dummy. 00:29:57.360 --> 00:29:57.720 We know 00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:58.160 that. 00:29:59.420 --> 00:30:00.059 And Jesus 00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:01.019 turns it right 00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.500 around and he 00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:01.660 said, 00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:02.220 but you don't 00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.819 obey it. 00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:04.799 Why was it 00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.779 so significant? 00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.920 Because Jesus' 00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:08.440 opponents prided 00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:09.759 themselves on 00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.600 knowing God's 00:30:10.600 --> 00:30:10.880 will. 00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:11.980 They thought, 00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:12.539 yes, 00:30:12.640 --> 00:30:13.319 we got that 00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:13.600 down. 00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.180 We know 00:30:14.180 --> 00:30:14.900 God's will, 00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:16.019 and the 00:30:16.019 --> 00:30:16.360 way we 00:30:16.360 --> 00:30:16.860 know it 00:30:16.860 --> 00:30:17.680 is we 00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.120 know the 00:30:18.120 --> 00:30:18.540 law. 00:30:22.360 --> 00:30:22.920 Jesus 00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:23.560 says, 00:30:24.340 --> 00:30:24.820 not a 00:30:24.820 --> 00:30:25.600 single one 00:30:25.600 --> 00:30:26.120 of you 00:30:26.120 --> 00:30:27.440 obeys it. 00:30:28.759 --> 00:30:29.160 He's 00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:29.920 pointing out 00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:30.500 to them 00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.880 that mere 00:30:31.880 --> 00:30:32.840 possession of 00:30:32.840 --> 00:30:33.280 the law 00:30:33.280 --> 00:30:34.400 can never 00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:35.040 guarantee 00:30:35.040 --> 00:30:35.840 sanctity. 00:30:37.040 --> 00:30:37.300 And in 00:30:37.300 --> 00:30:37.980 fact, 00:30:38.380 --> 00:30:39.300 possession of 00:30:39.300 --> 00:30:39.780 the law 00:30:39.780 --> 00:30:40.360 without 00:30:40.360 --> 00:30:41.440 obedience to 00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:41.940 the law 00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:42.680 is the 00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:43.880 path of 00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:44.680 condemnation. 00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:46.860 The law 00:30:46.860 --> 00:30:47.279 is the 00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:48.080 school teacher 00:30:48.080 --> 00:30:49.160 that shows 00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.559 us our 00:30:49.559 --> 00:30:50.620 need for 00:30:50.620 --> 00:30:51.200 Christ. 00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:54.600 Jesus 00:30:54.600 --> 00:30:55.740 moves directly 00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.500 from here 00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.019 to reveal 00:30:57.019 --> 00:30:57.640 the hearts 00:30:57.640 --> 00:30:57.920 of the 00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:58.640 leaders by 00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:59.320 reminding 00:30:59.320 --> 00:31:00.480 them of 00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:01.180 their actions. 00:31:01.620 --> 00:31:02.500 Just six 00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:03.720 months earlier 00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:05.360 in John 00:31:05.360 --> 00:31:06.279 chapter 5, 00:31:06.380 --> 00:31:06.960 he heals 00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.960 a man and 00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.779 they immediately 00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.460 want to kill 00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:09.620 him. 00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:10.440 Now here 00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:10.980 he is at 00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.360 the feast 00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:12.240 of tabernacles. 00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:13.559 I got to 00:31:13.559 --> 00:31:14.679 quickly explain. 00:31:14.859 --> 00:31:15.279 Feast of 00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:15.799 tabernacles. 00:31:15.939 --> 00:31:16.439 So you know 00:31:16.439 --> 00:31:17.000 what this is. 00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.919 This is the 00:31:17.919 --> 00:31:18.859 time when the 00:31:18.859 --> 00:31:19.319 people of 00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:20.979 Israel celebrated 00:31:20.979 --> 00:31:22.419 the fact that 00:31:22.419 --> 00:31:23.139 God brought 00:31:23.139 --> 00:31:23.899 them out of 00:31:23.899 --> 00:31:24.819 the land of 00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:25.740 Egypt and 00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:26.419 he put them 00:31:26.419 --> 00:31:27.199 into their 00:31:27.199 --> 00:31:27.939 own land, 00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:28.679 a place of 00:31:28.679 --> 00:31:29.219 rest and 00:31:29.219 --> 00:31:29.579 peace. 00:31:31.459 --> 00:31:31.939 I don't 00:31:31.939 --> 00:31:32.339 know why 00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:32.500 we, 00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:33.939 my grandmother 00:31:33.939 --> 00:31:34.439 took me to 00:31:34.439 --> 00:31:34.919 church when I 00:31:34.919 --> 00:31:35.479 was a child. 00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:36.419 I don't 00:31:36.419 --> 00:31:37.139 remember hardly 00:31:37.139 --> 00:31:37.699 anything. 00:31:38.179 --> 00:31:38.339 Okay? 00:31:38.559 --> 00:31:39.119 Didn't make an 00:31:39.119 --> 00:31:39.799 impact on me, 00:31:39.819 --> 00:31:40.219 I'm afraid, 00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:41.680 until later 00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:42.220 in my life 00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:42.660 when my 00:31:42.660 --> 00:31:43.299 life was a 00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.720 mess and I 00:31:43.720 --> 00:31:43.880 thought, 00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.319 oh wow, 00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:44.920 I went to 00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:45.440 church when I 00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:45.799 was little, 00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:46.220 maybe I 00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:46.460 should go 00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:46.860 back there. 00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:48.319 But anyway, 00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:50.759 here is this 00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:51.279 feast of 00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:51.980 tabernacles. 00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:53.319 The one thing I 00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:53.920 do remember 00:31:53.920 --> 00:31:55.620 is for some 00:31:55.620 --> 00:31:56.680 reason our 00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:57.500 Sunday school 00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:58.680 teacher had us 00:31:58.680 --> 00:31:59.860 make tabernacles. 00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.600 They had us 00:32:01.600 --> 00:32:02.039 make these 00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:02.799 little tents 00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:04.140 out of 00:32:04.140 --> 00:32:04.920 branches and 00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:05.140 stuff. 00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:05.600 I have no 00:32:05.600 --> 00:32:06.000 idea why. 00:32:06.000 --> 00:32:07.700 But it 00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.140 did leave an 00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:08.700 impact on 00:32:08.700 --> 00:32:08.859 me. 00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.700 That's what 00:32:10.700 --> 00:32:11.039 happened. 00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.619 What they 00:32:11.619 --> 00:32:12.799 had was a 00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:13.759 national 00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.819 camping day. 00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:17.299 They all 00:32:17.299 --> 00:32:17.940 took their 00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:18.779 tents from 00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.240 wherever they 00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:19.519 lived, 00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.319 they went to 00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:20.839 Jerusalem, 00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:21.980 they set the 00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.519 tents up, 00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:23.200 or sometimes 00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:23.700 they were just 00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:24.420 lean-tos, 00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:24.940 okay? 00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:25.960 They set them 00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.500 up in the 00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.039 streets of 00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:28.160 Jerusalem and 00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:29.099 they prayed and 00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:29.920 worshipped God 00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:30.759 for delivering 00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.880 them out of the 00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.920 house of bondage 00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:33.900 and bringing them 00:32:33.900 --> 00:32:34.819 into a land of 00:32:34.819 --> 00:32:35.220 plenty. 00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:38.059 it's a picture 00:32:38.059 --> 00:32:38.680 of redemption. 00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.920 And that's 00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:42.599 where Jesus 00:32:42.599 --> 00:32:43.200 is. 00:32:43.880 --> 00:32:44.619 He's right 00:32:44.619 --> 00:32:45.480 there in 00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:46.079 Jerusalem 00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:46.859 teaching. 00:32:48.319 --> 00:32:48.680 And he 00:32:48.680 --> 00:32:49.279 brings up 00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:49.759 Moses. 00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:52.920 There's a 00:32:52.920 --> 00:32:53.640 message here. 00:32:56.819 --> 00:32:57.779 Jesus says 00:32:57.779 --> 00:32:58.420 the healing of 00:32:58.420 --> 00:32:58.960 the man on 00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.700 the Sabbath was 00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:00.599 a cleansing of 00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:01.599 the whole man. 00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.579 And just like 00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:04.599 the partial 00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:05.900 cleansing that 00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:07.000 circumcision is 00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.680 supposed to 00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:08.519 illustrate, 00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:11.220 the cutting off, 00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:12.620 removal of the 00:33:12.620 --> 00:33:13.500 condemnation of 00:33:13.500 --> 00:33:14.360 the world and 00:33:14.360 --> 00:33:14.960 the corruption of 00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:15.720 the world and 00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.560 the making his 00:33:16.560 --> 00:33:17.720 children his own 00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:18.840 and marking them 00:33:18.840 --> 00:33:19.900 out as his. 00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:24.180 Just like that 00:33:24.180 --> 00:33:25.820 circumcision 00:33:25.820 --> 00:33:28.019 overruled a 00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:29.280 strict keeping of 00:33:29.280 --> 00:33:29.780 the Sabbath, 00:33:30.420 --> 00:33:31.220 Jesus says the 00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:32.180 complete healing of 00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:34.780 the man overrules 00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:35.639 the strict keeping 00:33:35.639 --> 00:33:36.259 of the Sabbath. 00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:38.200 Because the 00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:39.079 Sabbath was made 00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:39.740 for man, 00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:40.859 not man for the 00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.180 Sabbath. 00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:44.819 Jesus' 00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:46.059 healing of that 00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:47.180 man then becomes 00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:48.339 a fulfillment 00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:50.200 of Old Testament 00:33:50.200 --> 00:33:51.019 circumcision. 00:33:51.019 --> 00:33:52.299 redemption of 00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:52.299 00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:52.779 On the very 00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:54.359 day that 00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:57.539 served as a 00:33:57.539 --> 00:34:00.980 sign of God's 00:34:00.980 --> 00:34:01.799 Old Testament 00:34:01.799 --> 00:34:03.180 purpose of 00:34:03.180 --> 00:34:04.720 redemption and 00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:05.099 rest. 00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:07.859 Jesus' 00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.800 reasoning is 00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.719 insistent that 00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:11.719 his activity is 00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:13.139 fulfillment of 00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:14.019 that redemptive 00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:14.960 purpose of God. 00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:17.759 By the statement, 00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:19.800 he's making the 00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:20.420 point that his 00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:22.380 teaching, his 00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:24.060 miracles, his 00:34:24.060 --> 00:34:25.900 activity is the 00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:27.600 fulfillment of the 00:34:27.600 --> 00:34:28.580 redemptive purposes 00:34:28.580 --> 00:34:29.060 of God. 00:34:33.560 --> 00:34:34.440 Finally, in their 00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:36.320 approach to God's 00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:38.019 will, if it were 00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:39.060 one where they 00:34:39.060 --> 00:34:40.420 were one of faith, 00:34:41.420 --> 00:34:42.280 they would soon 00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:43.320 discern that Jesus 00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:44.300 is not a Sabbath 00:34:44.300 --> 00:34:45.980 breaker but the one 00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:47.200 who fulfills both 00:34:47.200 --> 00:34:48.420 the Sabbath and 00:34:48.420 --> 00:34:49.100 circumcision. 00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:51.900 The problem, 00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:53.720 however, is really 00:34:53.720 --> 00:34:54.400 that they have no 00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:55.260 relationship with 00:34:55.260 --> 00:34:55.519 God. 00:34:57.180 --> 00:34:58.060 They know the 00:34:58.060 --> 00:34:58.740 law of Moses, 00:34:59.160 --> 00:35:01.480 but there's no 00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:02.660 relationship there. 00:35:03.680 --> 00:35:04.580 And Jesus points 00:35:04.580 --> 00:35:05.400 this out to them 00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:06.140 and in so doing, 00:35:06.220 --> 00:35:07.060 he brings them to 00:35:07.060 --> 00:35:07.660 the point of 00:35:07.660 --> 00:35:08.019 decision. 00:35:08.360 --> 00:35:08.760 He says, 00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:10.620 righteous judgment 00:35:10.620 --> 00:35:12.160 results from 00:35:12.160 --> 00:35:13.600 right relationship. 00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:13.599 00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:13.739 relationship. 00:35:19.199 --> 00:35:20.759 So how about you? 00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:24.000 Righteous judgments 00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:26.900 come from right 00:35:26.900 --> 00:35:27.599 relationship. 00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:32.139 Have you come to 00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:34.059 the place where you 00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:35.019 have a personal 00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:36.199 relationship with 00:35:36.199 --> 00:35:36.960 Jesus Christ? 00:35:38.279 --> 00:35:38.980 Have you come to 00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:40.599 the place where your 00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:42.380 relationship with 00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:44.039 Christ so impacts 00:35:44.039 --> 00:35:44.719 you that when you 00:35:44.719 --> 00:35:45.380 read the Bible, 00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:46.339 it's not, oh, 00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:47.199 this stuff doesn't 00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:47.880 make any sense, 00:35:48.159 --> 00:35:49.420 but it's, that's my 00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:49.739 Savior. 00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:56.179 do you seek to 00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:56.979 obey God? 00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:58.019 Are you trying to 00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.419 change? 00:35:58.659 --> 00:35:59.759 Pastor Kenoyer has 00:35:59.759 --> 00:36:00.839 been saying a lot 00:36:00.839 --> 00:36:01.879 recently, and it's 00:36:01.879 --> 00:36:03.319 exactly true, you 00:36:03.319 --> 00:36:04.259 don't have to stay the 00:36:04.259 --> 00:36:04.799 way you are. 00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.519 You know what the 00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:07.319 sad thing is? 00:36:08.719 --> 00:36:09.959 Most people that I've 00:36:09.959 --> 00:36:10.799 come into contact 00:36:10.799 --> 00:36:12.699 with in ministry want 00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.639 to stay the way they 00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:13.879 are. 00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:16.440 They don't want to 00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:18.280 change, at least not 00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:19.220 if it means giving up 00:36:19.220 --> 00:36:19.980 any of the sin that 00:36:19.980 --> 00:36:20.680 they're involved in. 00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:25.000 Do you want to 00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.460 change? 00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:28.599 The Holy Spirit is 00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:29.820 there to help you, to 00:36:29.820 --> 00:36:30.780 bring you to that 00:36:30.780 --> 00:36:31.800 change in life. 00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:34.840 But you have to say, 00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:37.900 yes, I repent. 00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:40.039 I'm the one who is 00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.440 wrong. 00:36:41.300 --> 00:36:41.720 Let's pray. 00:36:41.720 --> 00:36:41.760 Let's pray. 00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:48.140 maybe this morning 00:36:48.140 --> 00:36:49.240 that someone needs to 00:36:49.240 --> 00:36:49.960 make a decision. 00:36:52.180 --> 00:36:53.619 In the Sunday school 00:36:53.619 --> 00:36:54.840 class this morning, we 00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:57.260 were talking about the 00:36:57.260 --> 00:36:58.640 fact that Paul labored 00:36:58.640 --> 00:37:01.980 and toiled to make his 00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:02.980 people mature in 00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:03.380 Christ. 00:37:08.160 --> 00:37:09.440 Maturity is the goal. 00:37:11.860 --> 00:37:13.340 Gracious Father, I pray 00:37:13.340 --> 00:37:14.360 that you would work in 00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:15.079 people's hearts. 00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:17.600 That if there's someone 00:37:17.600 --> 00:37:18.500 here who has just been 00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:20.420 playing the games, they 00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:21.620 think they know God's 00:37:21.620 --> 00:37:24.280 will because they know 00:37:24.280 --> 00:37:24.740 the law. 00:37:26.640 --> 00:37:27.640 They think they know 00:37:27.640 --> 00:37:29.400 God's will because they 00:37:29.400 --> 00:37:29.960 look good. 00:37:32.640 --> 00:37:34.120 That you would reveal to 00:37:34.120 --> 00:37:35.539 them where their heart 00:37:35.539 --> 00:37:36.260 really is. 00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:38.880 And they would come to 00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:42.180 the place of accepting 00:37:42.180 --> 00:37:43.480 your son Jesus Christ. 00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:47.160 Unfortunately, it's also 00:37:47.160 --> 00:37:47.760 with believers. 00:37:48.900 --> 00:37:51.079 So many times we can 00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:53.340 change, but we don't 00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:53.760 want to. 00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:57.619 Father, I pray that you 00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:58.140 would work in 00:37:58.140 --> 00:37:59.300 individuals' hearts, 00:37:59.519 --> 00:38:00.680 believers here today, 00:38:00.680 --> 00:38:03.599 to draw them to the cross 00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:06.179 again, that they would 00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:06.759 repent. 00:38:08.759 --> 00:38:10.079 By doing so, they would 00:38:10.079 --> 00:38:12.179 begin the process of you 00:38:12.179 --> 00:38:12.839 changing them. 00:38:15.259 --> 00:38:16.440 I ask it in Christ's name. 00:38:17.219 --> 00:38:17.420 Amen. 00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.000 00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.000 00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.000 00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.000 00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.000 00:38:18.000 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00:38:18.000 00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.000 00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:18.000 00:38:18.000 --> 00:38:47.980 Thank you.