WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.940 And we'll be looking at that in just a minute. 00:00:15.160 --> 00:00:17.620 Well, let's pray. 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:25.160 Some things are habit, aren't they, when we pray before we listen to God's Word. 00:00:25.160 --> 00:00:29.219 But the reason we do is because we come as needy people. 00:00:29.760 --> 00:00:37.399 It's an expression of our dependence on God that we need His help and the help of His Holy Spirit. 00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:38.859 So let's pray. 00:00:43.799 --> 00:00:52.260 Father God, just as you spoke at the beginning of time and brought this world into existence, 00:00:52.259 --> 00:01:05.739 so we ask that you would now speak to us through your Word and bring life to us. 00:01:05.739 --> 00:01:16.179 That this morning would be a time where we know what it is to have a new heart. 00:01:18.259 --> 00:01:23.359 What it is to be shaped and molded to be more like you. 00:01:23.359 --> 00:01:31.519 So, Father, change us and be at work amongst us today. 00:01:32.739 --> 00:01:36.980 We ask this for your glory and for our good. 00:01:37.980 --> 00:01:38.480 Amen. 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:50.620 Well, it was probably the lowest point in my life. 00:01:51.859 --> 00:01:56.000 In a crazy moment that lasted no more than five seconds, 00:01:56.760 --> 00:02:02.640 I said something and I did something that left my life in a mess. 00:02:03.400 --> 00:02:05.219 I was let go of my job. 00:02:05.859 --> 00:02:07.180 I had no income. 00:02:07.180 --> 00:02:10.140 And I hadn't anywhere to stay. 00:02:11.319 --> 00:02:14.260 I longed for a new beginning. 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:18.640 For those five seconds just to be wiped out. 00:02:19.400 --> 00:02:22.120 And to start all over again. 00:02:23.719 --> 00:02:26.939 Well, I think we've all been there to some degree or another. 00:02:27.659 --> 00:02:29.560 We look back through our past. 00:02:29.960 --> 00:02:31.680 The decisions that we've made. 00:02:32.180 --> 00:02:33.920 The choices that we've made. 00:02:34.060 --> 00:02:35.360 The words that we've said. 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:38.980 And we long for a new beginning. 00:02:40.260 --> 00:02:47.800 Well, the story of the Bible introduces us to a God who specializes in new beginnings. 00:02:47.800 --> 00:02:51.939 Remember how it all started. 00:02:51.939 --> 00:02:53.380 In love. 00:02:53.380 --> 00:02:59.700 God began and he created a beautiful world. 00:02:59.699 --> 00:03:00.699 God began and he created a beautiful world. 00:03:00.699 --> 00:03:07.939 But that world turned into chaos and disorder as Adam and Eve, the first man and woman, rebelled against God. 00:03:08.239 --> 00:03:17.079 And people had become so evil and so wicked that God sent a flood and it wiped out the entire population of the world. 00:03:17.519 --> 00:03:19.339 Except in love. 00:03:19.340 --> 00:03:23.800 God kept Noah and his family safe. 00:03:23.800 --> 00:03:27.920 And so they start again. 00:03:29.140 --> 00:03:31.840 But that new beginning didn't last very long. 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:35.200 Noah and his family and their children ignored God. 00:03:35.340 --> 00:03:37.879 And well, they ended up in the same mess as before. 00:03:37.879 --> 00:03:44.199 But in love, God intervened and he started again with the man called Abraham. 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:48.859 And God said to Abraham that he would make him into a great nation. 00:03:49.500 --> 00:03:52.219 And he would bring great blessing to the world. 00:03:52.219 --> 00:03:58.000 But this new beginning didn't last. 00:03:59.139 --> 00:04:00.979 Abraham's family were a mess. 00:04:01.199 --> 00:04:02.780 Lying, stealing, cheating. 00:04:03.199 --> 00:04:05.960 And so the disorder started all over again. 00:04:06.199 --> 00:04:10.259 And this great family ends up in slavery in Egypt. 00:04:11.199 --> 00:04:13.039 Broken and ruined. 00:04:14.680 --> 00:04:19.240 But yet again, in love, God reaches down and he rescues them. 00:04:19.439 --> 00:04:21.379 And he gives them a fresh start. 00:04:21.379 --> 00:04:26.939 God provides them with a new leader, Moses, and promises to be their God. 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:33.180 But their new beginning was short-lived. 00:04:33.699 --> 00:04:35.839 The seeds of rebellion were still there. 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:38.659 God was quickly forgotten and pushed out. 00:04:38.800 --> 00:04:41.480 And everyone did as they pleased. 00:04:41.839 --> 00:04:45.659 But in love, God raised up a king. 00:04:46.379 --> 00:04:48.139 A king after his own heart. 00:04:48.139 --> 00:04:52.259 King David, who came to restore order and to bring blessing. 00:04:52.759 --> 00:04:56.439 And so they begin again. 00:04:56.439 --> 00:05:02.360 But this new beginning turned into despair. 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:06.459 With every new generation, the kings get progressively worse. 00:05:06.719 --> 00:05:08.959 Leading the people far away from God. 00:05:08.959 --> 00:05:10.639 They hit an all-time low. 00:05:11.079 --> 00:05:13.019 And eventually, under God's judgment, 00:05:13.480 --> 00:05:19.139 they are taken away into exile by the nation of Babylon. 00:05:19.139 --> 00:05:24.120 Now, this isn't just history. 00:05:24.699 --> 00:05:28.939 This is a story of my life and your life. 00:05:29.599 --> 00:05:33.079 This is the pattern of the human race. 00:05:34.180 --> 00:05:36.259 God bringing new beginnings. 00:05:36.259 --> 00:05:42.300 But what's going to stop this cycle of rebellion and disorder and judgment? 00:05:44.300 --> 00:05:48.039 What's going to break this ongoing troubled world? 00:05:49.480 --> 00:05:52.639 Well, what's needed is a new heart. 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:56.879 A new kind of life in people. 00:05:56.879 --> 00:06:01.500 Have a look at Ezekiel chapter 18. 00:06:02.420 --> 00:06:05.659 You see, it's at this low point in their lives. 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:09.480 They've been taken away into exile, into Babylon. 00:06:09.980 --> 00:06:12.100 And it's during this time in exile 00:06:12.100 --> 00:06:16.240 that God speaks through the prophet Ezekiel to the people. 00:06:16.240 --> 00:06:19.759 And God tells them, this is what you need to do. 00:06:20.519 --> 00:06:22.719 Verse 30 of chapter 18. 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:28.600 Verse 30. 00:06:28.760 --> 00:06:30.540 Therefore, O house of Israel, 00:06:30.820 --> 00:06:34.040 I will judge you, each one according to his ways, 00:06:34.140 --> 00:06:35.520 declares the Sovereign Lord. 00:06:36.200 --> 00:06:36.920 Repent. 00:06:37.880 --> 00:06:40.140 Turn away from all your offenses. 00:06:40.740 --> 00:06:43.380 That sin will not be your downfall. 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:47.840 Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed. 00:06:48.780 --> 00:06:51.500 And get a new heart. 00:06:51.500 --> 00:06:53.860 And a new spirit. 00:06:55.420 --> 00:06:58.100 Why will you die, O house of Israel? 00:06:58.420 --> 00:07:01.240 For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, 00:07:01.420 --> 00:07:02.600 declares the Sovereign Lord. 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:05.060 Repent and live. 00:07:06.680 --> 00:07:10.439 You see, at the heart of this cycle of rebellion and disorder 00:07:10.439 --> 00:07:13.100 is the human heart. 00:07:13.939 --> 00:07:15.819 So God tells the people, 00:07:16.279 --> 00:07:17.019 verse 31, 00:07:17.019 --> 00:07:20.620 you need to get yourselves a new heart 00:07:20.620 --> 00:07:22.079 and a new spirit. 00:07:23.299 --> 00:07:24.019 In other words, 00:07:24.099 --> 00:07:25.419 you need a new life. 00:07:27.719 --> 00:07:29.479 But history has proved 00:07:29.479 --> 00:07:31.339 we can't change our heart. 00:07:32.379 --> 00:07:34.099 We can't change our life 00:07:34.099 --> 00:07:35.599 even if we wanted to. 00:07:36.339 --> 00:07:38.339 The history is there before us 00:07:38.339 --> 00:07:39.079 to show us 00:07:39.079 --> 00:07:40.859 that we can't change ourselves. 00:07:40.860 --> 00:07:42.860 Like Israel of the past, 00:07:43.220 --> 00:07:46.759 we continue to fall into a cycle of rebellion and disorder. 00:07:49.400 --> 00:07:51.420 So God changes things. 00:07:52.480 --> 00:07:53.980 He makes another promise. 00:07:54.520 --> 00:07:55.660 Rather than say, 00:07:56.340 --> 00:07:58.759 get yourself a new heart. 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:03.800 God promises to give a new heart. 00:08:04.980 --> 00:08:07.199 Look at Ezekiel chapter 36. 00:08:08.740 --> 00:08:10.500 Ezekiel chapter 36, 00:08:10.939 --> 00:08:12.779 verse 25. 00:08:13.379 --> 00:08:14.539 We need to move on a bit. 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:15.719 Chapter 36. 00:08:18.360 --> 00:08:19.639 Look what he says. 00:08:20.539 --> 00:08:21.620 Here's the promise. 00:08:21.620 --> 00:08:28.120 Ezekiel 36, 00:08:28.220 --> 00:08:28.980 verse 25. 00:08:30.740 --> 00:08:34.159 I will sprinkle clean water on you 00:08:34.159 --> 00:08:36.120 and you will be clean. 00:08:36.440 --> 00:08:39.060 I will cleanse you from all your impurities 00:08:39.060 --> 00:08:40.639 and from all your idols. 00:08:41.220 --> 00:08:43.279 I will give you 00:08:43.279 --> 00:08:45.080 a new heart 00:08:45.080 --> 00:08:48.000 and put a new spirit in you. 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:50.080 I will remove from you 00:08:50.080 --> 00:08:51.740 your heart of stone 00:08:51.740 --> 00:08:54.320 and give you a heart of flesh. 00:08:55.280 --> 00:08:57.600 And I will put my spirit in you 00:08:57.600 --> 00:08:59.780 and move you to follow my decrees 00:08:59.780 --> 00:09:02.580 and be careful to keep my laws. 00:09:03.060 --> 00:09:04.740 You see, this is nothing less 00:09:04.740 --> 00:09:06.420 than a brand new life, 00:09:06.680 --> 00:09:07.740 a fresh start, 00:09:08.040 --> 00:09:09.360 a new beginning. 00:09:09.780 --> 00:09:11.540 This is what the people need. 00:09:13.620 --> 00:09:15.240 A person who ends up 00:09:15.240 --> 00:09:16.640 on the operating theatre 00:09:16.640 --> 00:09:19.540 and receives a heart transplant 00:09:19.539 --> 00:09:22.539 receives a new life. 00:09:23.980 --> 00:09:25.319 So what we need 00:09:25.319 --> 00:09:26.679 is not more rules 00:09:26.679 --> 00:09:28.299 or not another chance 00:09:28.299 --> 00:09:29.939 or not another opportunity 00:09:29.939 --> 00:09:31.259 or another rebuke 00:09:31.259 --> 00:09:32.159 or another sermon 00:09:32.159 --> 00:09:33.919 telling us that we have to wake up 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:34.759 and do better 00:09:34.759 --> 00:09:35.639 and live better. 00:09:36.579 --> 00:09:38.039 What we need 00:09:38.039 --> 00:09:40.000 is a new heart. 00:09:41.399 --> 00:09:43.120 A new life. 00:09:43.120 --> 00:09:48.100 And that's what Jesus came to do. 00:09:48.899 --> 00:09:51.279 To bring us this new life 00:09:51.279 --> 00:09:53.039 that we all need. 00:09:53.159 --> 00:09:54.100 The new beginning. 00:09:55.480 --> 00:09:56.539 And in love, 00:09:56.720 --> 00:09:58.419 God breaks into the world 00:09:58.419 --> 00:09:59.720 through his son Jesus 00:09:59.720 --> 00:10:02.639 to give the promise 00:10:02.639 --> 00:10:04.519 of a new life. 00:10:05.659 --> 00:10:07.879 Look at how the New Testament authors 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:09.060 put it. 00:10:09.059 --> 00:10:12.159 for God so loved 00:10:12.159 --> 00:10:13.119 the world 00:10:13.119 --> 00:10:14.179 that he gave his one 00:10:14.179 --> 00:10:15.119 and only son 00:10:15.119 --> 00:10:17.639 that whoever believes in him 00:10:17.639 --> 00:10:18.439 shall not perish 00:10:18.439 --> 00:10:20.979 but have eternal life. 00:10:23.099 --> 00:10:25.839 But because of his great love 00:10:25.839 --> 00:10:26.779 for us, 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:28.559 God who is rich in mercy 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:30.519 made us alive 00:10:30.519 --> 00:10:32.019 with Christ 00:10:32.019 --> 00:10:33.719 even when we were dead 00:10:33.719 --> 00:10:35.139 in our transgressions. 00:10:35.139 --> 00:10:37.480 But when the kindness 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:38.419 and love 00:10:38.419 --> 00:10:39.279 of God 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:40.399 our Saviour appeared 00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:41.159 he saved us 00:10:41.159 --> 00:10:43.159 so that we might become heirs 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:44.240 having the hope 00:10:44.240 --> 00:10:46.159 of eternal life. 00:10:47.980 --> 00:10:49.600 This is how God 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:50.939 showed his love 00:10:50.939 --> 00:10:51.840 among us. 00:10:51.899 --> 00:10:52.639 He sent his one 00:10:52.639 --> 00:10:53.340 and only son 00:10:53.340 --> 00:10:54.000 into the world 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:55.679 that we might live 00:10:55.679 --> 00:10:56.740 through him. 00:10:58.139 --> 00:10:59.419 You see the promise 00:10:59.419 --> 00:11:00.500 that God gave 00:11:00.500 --> 00:11:01.319 all those hundreds 00:11:01.319 --> 00:11:02.319 of years ago 00:11:02.319 --> 00:11:03.860 that God would bring 00:11:03.860 --> 00:11:04.740 new life 00:11:04.740 --> 00:11:06.320 well he has done that 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:07.100 through the sending 00:11:07.100 --> 00:11:07.820 of his son 00:11:07.820 --> 00:11:09.039 the Lord Jesus Christ 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:09.919 the God man 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:11.379 who's come to break 00:11:11.379 --> 00:11:13.060 the cycle of rebellion 00:11:13.060 --> 00:11:14.159 and disorder 00:11:14.159 --> 00:11:15.379 and to give 00:11:15.379 --> 00:11:16.740 new life 00:11:16.740 --> 00:11:19.419 so that people 00:11:19.419 --> 00:11:20.659 can live 00:11:20.659 --> 00:11:21.560 God's way. 00:11:24.259 --> 00:11:25.639 So what is 00:11:25.639 --> 00:11:27.279 this new life? 00:11:27.379 --> 00:11:28.620 What does it look like? 00:11:29.700 --> 00:11:30.580 And how 00:11:30.580 --> 00:11:32.180 do we get it? 00:11:32.179 --> 00:11:35.099 Well first 00:11:35.099 --> 00:11:36.099 God offers 00:11:36.099 --> 00:11:37.359 new life. 00:11:37.479 --> 00:11:38.059 Let's have a look 00:11:38.059 --> 00:11:39.139 at John's Gospel 00:11:39.139 --> 00:11:39.899 chapter 3. 00:11:40.000 --> 00:11:40.879 We're going to stay here 00:11:40.879 --> 00:11:41.439 for a while. 00:11:42.599 --> 00:11:43.339 John's Gospel 00:11:43.339 --> 00:11:44.199 chapter 3. 00:11:50.699 --> 00:11:52.219 Because here we have 00:11:52.219 --> 00:11:53.479 an encounter 00:11:53.479 --> 00:11:54.219 with a man 00:11:54.219 --> 00:11:55.439 called Nicodemus 00:11:55.440 --> 00:11:57.460 and here we see 00:11:57.460 --> 00:11:58.980 how he gains 00:11:58.980 --> 00:12:00.320 how he's offered 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:01.180 this life 00:12:01.180 --> 00:12:03.280 and how he receives 00:12:03.280 --> 00:12:04.460 this life. 00:12:05.280 --> 00:12:06.100 Let's read 00:12:06.100 --> 00:12:07.000 John's Gospel 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:07.900 chapter 3 00:12:07.900 --> 00:12:09.660 and verse 1. 00:12:13.660 --> 00:12:15.220 Now there was a man 00:12:15.220 --> 00:12:16.640 of the Pharisees 00:12:16.640 --> 00:12:17.660 named Nicodemus. 00:12:17.760 --> 00:12:18.600 A Pharisee 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:20.980 was a particular sect 00:12:20.980 --> 00:12:23.000 religious group 00:12:23.000 --> 00:12:24.180 had very 00:12:24.180 --> 00:12:25.700 very legalistic. 00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:27.879 One of these 00:12:27.879 --> 00:12:28.460 Pharisees 00:12:28.460 --> 00:12:29.340 named Nicodemus 00:12:29.340 --> 00:12:29.899 a member 00:12:29.899 --> 00:12:30.779 of the Jewish 00:12:30.779 --> 00:12:31.940 ruling council 00:12:31.940 --> 00:12:32.800 which was called 00:12:32.800 --> 00:12:33.720 the Sanhedrin 00:12:33.720 --> 00:12:34.620 which was like 00:12:34.620 --> 00:12:35.779 a special council 00:12:35.779 --> 00:12:36.779 or government 00:12:36.779 --> 00:12:37.720 a little bit 00:12:37.720 --> 00:12:38.779 like our dawn. 00:12:39.800 --> 00:12:41.060 So here is a man 00:12:41.060 --> 00:12:42.240 who was religiously 00:12:42.240 --> 00:12:42.980 and politically 00:12:42.980 --> 00:12:44.340 right up there 00:12:44.340 --> 00:12:45.100 with the elite. 00:12:46.620 --> 00:12:47.320 And he comes 00:12:47.320 --> 00:12:47.920 to Jesus 00:12:47.920 --> 00:12:48.500 verse 2 00:12:48.500 --> 00:12:48.980 at night 00:12:48.980 --> 00:12:49.519 and he said 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:50.240 Rabbi 00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:52.120 we know 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:53.039 you are a teacher 00:12:53.039 --> 00:12:53.879 who has come 00:12:53.879 --> 00:12:55.480 from God 00:12:55.480 --> 00:12:57.100 for no one 00:12:57.100 --> 00:12:57.720 could perform 00:12:57.720 --> 00:12:58.379 the miraculous 00:12:58.379 --> 00:12:59.720 signs you are doing 00:12:59.720 --> 00:13:01.200 if God were not 00:13:01.200 --> 00:13:01.940 with him. 00:13:02.080 --> 00:13:02.840 So it's as if 00:13:02.840 --> 00:13:03.920 he's coming to Jesus 00:13:03.920 --> 00:13:04.759 with a sense of 00:13:04.759 --> 00:13:06.240 I know something 00:13:06.240 --> 00:13:06.980 of who you are 00:13:06.980 --> 00:13:08.100 and what you've done. 00:13:08.980 --> 00:13:09.600 It's like 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:11.259 because I know this 00:13:11.259 --> 00:13:12.440 and I recognise it 00:13:12.440 --> 00:13:13.080 surely 00:13:13.080 --> 00:13:15.259 I qualify 00:13:15.259 --> 00:13:17.300 to have life 00:13:17.300 --> 00:13:17.820 with you. 00:13:18.980 --> 00:13:20.100 Verse 3 00:13:20.100 --> 00:13:21.019 In reply 00:13:21.019 --> 00:13:22.039 Jesus declared 00:13:22.039 --> 00:13:23.159 I tell you 00:13:23.159 --> 00:13:23.879 the truth 00:13:23.879 --> 00:13:26.399 no one 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:27.500 can see 00:13:27.500 --> 00:13:28.019 the kingdom 00:13:28.019 --> 00:13:28.779 of God 00:13:28.779 --> 00:13:30.340 unless he is 00:13:30.340 --> 00:13:31.500 born again. 00:13:32.700 --> 00:13:33.019 You see 00:13:33.019 --> 00:13:33.680 Nicodemus 00:13:33.680 --> 00:13:35.060 wants to experience 00:13:35.060 --> 00:13:36.500 the kingdom 00:13:36.500 --> 00:13:37.159 of God. 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:39.039 The kingdom 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:39.600 of God 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:40.500 is the kind 00:13:40.500 --> 00:13:41.200 of life 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:42.200 that we saw 00:13:42.200 --> 00:13:43.139 pictured right 00:13:43.139 --> 00:13:44.039 at the very beginning 00:13:44.039 --> 00:13:44.700 in Genesis 00:13:44.700 --> 00:13:45.420 in the Garden 00:13:45.420 --> 00:13:45.840 of Eden. 00:13:46.159 --> 00:13:46.779 It's a life 00:13:46.779 --> 00:13:47.639 of peace 00:13:47.639 --> 00:13:48.259 and justice 00:13:48.259 --> 00:13:48.740 a world 00:13:48.740 --> 00:13:49.679 without sickness 00:13:49.679 --> 00:13:50.600 and suffering 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:51.399 a life 00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:52.639 marked by love 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:53.460 and kindness 00:13:53.460 --> 00:13:54.439 where there is 00:13:54.439 --> 00:13:55.179 the absence 00:13:55.179 --> 00:13:55.879 of death 00:13:55.879 --> 00:13:56.659 and all evil 00:13:56.659 --> 00:13:57.779 it is a life 00:13:57.779 --> 00:13:58.819 lived in relationship 00:13:58.819 --> 00:13:59.460 with God 00:13:59.460 --> 00:14:00.539 where there's no guilt 00:14:00.539 --> 00:14:01.699 and no shame 00:14:01.699 --> 00:14:02.960 is openness 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:04.240 before God. 00:14:04.699 --> 00:14:06.120 No fear of death 00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:07.939 no fear of judgement 00:14:07.939 --> 00:14:09.179 it is a good 00:14:09.179 --> 00:14:10.360 and perfect life 00:14:10.360 --> 00:14:12.179 for all of eternity 00:14:12.179 --> 00:14:14.439 and that's 00:14:14.439 --> 00:14:15.039 the kind 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:15.739 of life 00:14:15.739 --> 00:14:16.559 that Jesus 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:17.199 has come 00:14:17.199 --> 00:14:18.039 to offer 00:14:18.039 --> 00:14:19.199 to the world. 00:14:21.539 --> 00:14:22.559 That's the new 00:14:22.559 --> 00:14:23.000 beginning 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:24.459 that Jesus 00:14:24.459 --> 00:14:25.519 came to establish. 00:14:26.679 --> 00:14:27.539 Look at verse 2 00:14:27.539 --> 00:14:27.879 again 00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:29.199 he says to Jesus 00:14:29.199 --> 00:14:30.519 we know you're a teacher 00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:31.620 who's come from God 00:14:31.620 --> 00:14:32.639 for no one 00:14:32.639 --> 00:14:33.259 could perform 00:14:33.259 --> 00:14:34.519 the miraculous signs 00:14:34.519 --> 00:14:35.279 you were doing 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:36.159 if God 00:14:36.159 --> 00:14:37.159 were not with him. 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:38.719 So as Jesus 00:14:38.719 --> 00:14:39.379 went about 00:14:39.379 --> 00:14:40.059 his ministry 00:14:40.059 --> 00:14:41.299 and he performed 00:14:41.299 --> 00:14:42.259 all these different 00:14:42.259 --> 00:14:42.839 miracles 00:14:42.839 --> 00:14:44.139 healing the sick 00:14:44.139 --> 00:14:46.019 controlling nature 00:14:46.019 --> 00:14:48.239 defeating satanic forces 00:14:48.239 --> 00:14:50.039 raising the dead 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:51.699 Jesus was giving us 00:14:51.699 --> 00:14:52.319 a glimpse 00:14:52.319 --> 00:14:53.379 of what life 00:14:53.379 --> 00:14:54.159 in his kingdom 00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:54.919 looked like 00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:56.119 and what the life 00:14:56.119 --> 00:14:57.079 he had come to bring 00:14:57.079 --> 00:14:58.059 was all about. 00:14:59.939 --> 00:15:01.279 Now says Jesus 00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:02.259 in verse 3 00:15:02.259 --> 00:15:04.339 if you want to see 00:15:04.339 --> 00:15:05.719 this kingdom 00:15:05.719 --> 00:15:06.859 if you want to 00:15:06.859 --> 00:15:07.839 enter the kingdom 00:15:07.839 --> 00:15:08.519 yourself 00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:09.619 if you want 00:15:09.620 --> 00:15:11.060 this true life 00:15:11.060 --> 00:15:13.299 then you must 00:15:13.299 --> 00:15:14.960 be born again. 00:15:15.860 --> 00:15:16.480 Nicodemus 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:17.139 you need to 00:15:17.139 --> 00:15:18.299 start your life 00:15:18.299 --> 00:15:19.379 afresh. 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:21.200 In fact 00:15:21.200 --> 00:15:21.980 you need 00:15:21.980 --> 00:15:23.500 a new 00:15:23.500 --> 00:15:24.700 life 00:15:24.700 --> 00:15:25.980 if you are 00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:26.580 to live 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00:15:54.580 and go about 00:15:54.580 --> 00:15:55.019 our life 00:15:55.019 --> 00:15:55.560 and go to 00:15:55.560 --> 00:15:56.060 work every 00:15:56.060 --> 00:15:56.639 single day 00:15:56.639 --> 00:15:57.980 but spiritually 00:15:57.980 --> 00:15:59.060 it's saying 00:15:59.060 --> 00:15:59.659 there's no 00:15:59.659 --> 00:16:00.779 life within 00:16:00.779 --> 00:16:01.320 us. 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:02.899 Spiritually 00:16:02.899 --> 00:16:03.360 speaking 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:04.159 we're no 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:04.539 different 00:16:04.539 --> 00:16:04.960 to a 00:16:04.960 --> 00:16:05.480 decaying 00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:05.840 body 00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:06.600 in a 00:16:06.600 --> 00:16:07.080 graveyard. 00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:08.560 And that's 00:16:08.560 --> 00:16:09.200 how Jesus 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:10.539 sees the 00:16:10.539 --> 00:16:11.419 world before 00:16:11.419 --> 00:16:11.700 him. 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:12.460 The people 00:16:12.460 --> 00:16:13.039 before him. 00:16:13.120 --> 00:16:13.379 We are 00:16:13.379 --> 00:16:13.879 people 00:16:13.879 --> 00:16:14.639 he says 00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:14.919 without 00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:15.500 life. 00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:16.100 Have a look 00:16:16.100 --> 00:16:16.519 at chapter 00:16:16.519 --> 00:16:17.139 5 00:16:17.139 --> 00:16:18.379 verse 21. 00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:19.960 John 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:20.980 chapter 5 00:16:20.980 --> 00:16:21.980 verse 21. 00:16:21.980 --> 00:16:31.420 For just 00:16:31.420 --> 00:16:31.860 as the 00:16:31.860 --> 00:16:32.220 father 00:16:32.220 --> 00:16:32.980 raises 00:16:32.980 --> 00:16:33.899 the dead 00:16:33.899 --> 00:16:34.740 and gives 00:16:34.740 --> 00:16:34.960 them 00:16:34.960 --> 00:16:35.519 life 00:16:35.519 --> 00:16:37.340 even 00:16:37.340 --> 00:16:37.820 so 00:16:37.820 --> 00:16:38.100 the 00:16:38.100 --> 00:16:38.620 son 00:16:38.620 --> 00:16:39.019 gives 00:16:39.019 --> 00:16:39.519 life 00:16:39.519 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us 00:19:05.099 --> 00:19:05.799 that 00:19:05.799 --> 00:19:06.259 life. 00:19:07.539 --> 00:19:08.099 So 00:19:08.099 --> 00:19:08.319 he 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:08.779 offers 00:19:08.779 --> 00:19:09.079 new 00:19:09.079 --> 00:19:09.399 life, 00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:09.779 second, 00:19:09.939 --> 00:19:10.199 God 00:19:10.199 --> 00:19:10.719 gives 00:19:10.719 --> 00:19:11.339 new 00:19:11.339 --> 00:19:11.759 life. 00:19:13.179 --> 00:19:13.799 Let's 00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:14.059 read 00:19:14.059 --> 00:19:14.359 chapter 00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:14.839 three, 00:19:14.979 --> 00:19:15.199 verse 00:19:15.199 --> 00:19:15.579 three 00:19:15.579 --> 00:19:16.000 again. 00:19:16.679 --> 00:19:17.079 God 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:17.559 gives 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:18.219 new 00:19:18.219 --> 00:19:18.679 life. 00:19:20.679 --> 00:19:21.279 In 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:21.740 reply, 00:19:21.959 --> 00:19:22.219 Jesus 00:19:22.219 --> 00:19:22.699 declared, 00:19:22.819 --> 00:19:23.119 I tell 00:19:23.119 --> 00:19:23.359 you the 00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:23.639 truth, 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:24.139 no one 00:19:24.139 --> 00:19:24.539 can see 00:19:24.539 --> 00:19:24.740 the 00:19:24.740 --> 00:19:25.000 kingdom 00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:25.219 of 00:19:25.219 --> 00:19:25.439 God 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:25.700 unless 00:19:25.700 --> 00:19:25.960 he 00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:26.140 is 00:19:26.140 --> 00:19:26.799 born 00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:27.259 again. 00:19:28.460 --> 00:19:28.640 Well, 00:19:28.799 --> 00:19:29.500 how can 00:19:29.500 --> 00:19:29.880 a man 00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:30.460 be born 00:19:30.460 --> 00:19:30.900 when he 00:19:30.900 --> 00:19:31.820 is old? 00:19:32.180 --> 00:19:32.759 Nicodemus 00:19:32.759 --> 00:19:33.039 asked. 00:19:33.120 --> 00:19:33.580 Don't 00:19:33.580 --> 00:19:34.019 be so 00:19:34.019 --> 00:19:34.539 silly. 00:19:35.860 --> 00:19:36.140 Surely 00:19:36.140 --> 00:19:36.660 he cannot 00:19:36.660 --> 00:19:37.299 enter a 00:19:37.299 --> 00:19:37.920 second time 00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:38.380 into his 00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:38.779 mother's 00:19:38.779 --> 00:19:38.980 womb 00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:39.360 to be 00:19:39.360 --> 00:19:39.660 born. 00:19:40.120 --> 00:19:40.559 People 00:19:40.559 --> 00:19:41.380 can't 00:19:41.380 --> 00:19:41.580 be 00:19:41.580 --> 00:19:41.860 born 00:19:41.860 --> 00:19:42.259 again. 00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:42.840 It's 00:19:42.840 --> 00:19:43.700 impossible. 00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:44.380 You 00:19:44.380 --> 00:19:45.039 can't 00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:45.519 start 00:19:45.519 --> 00:19:46.100 life 00:19:46.100 --> 00:19:47.039 afresh. 00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:51.379 Well, 00:19:51.420 --> 00:19:51.680 yes, 00:19:51.839 --> 00:19:52.159 he is 00:19:52.159 --> 00:19:52.659 right in 00:19:52.659 --> 00:19:52.960 some 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:53.319 sense. 00:19:53.440 --> 00:19:53.579 A 00:19:53.579 --> 00:19:54.059 physical 00:19:54.059 --> 00:19:54.720 rebirth 00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:55.039 is 00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:55.659 impossible. 00:19:57.180 --> 00:19:58.059 But a 00:19:58.059 --> 00:19:58.720 spiritual 00:19:58.720 --> 00:19:59.480 rebirth 00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:00.980 is 00:20:00.980 --> 00:20:01.559 possible. 00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:03.579 In 00:20:03.579 --> 00:20:03.799 fact, 00:20:03.879 --> 00:20:04.279 the new 00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:04.920 life that 00:20:04.920 --> 00:20:05.359 God has 00:20:05.359 --> 00:20:05.819 come to 00:20:05.819 --> 00:20:06.720 give is 00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:07.659 like being 00:20:07.659 --> 00:20:08.500 born 00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:09.000 again. 00:20:09.220 --> 00:20:09.480 It's 00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:10.019 like being 00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:10.759 physically 00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:11.539 born 00:20:11.539 --> 00:20:12.119 again and 00:20:12.119 --> 00:20:12.779 starting 00:20:12.779 --> 00:20:13.339 your life 00:20:13.339 --> 00:20:13.559 from 00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:14.000 scratch. 00:20:14.220 --> 00:20:14.519 It's 00:20:14.519 --> 00:20:15.039 a new 00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:15.500 beginning. 00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:17.000 God has 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:17.500 come to 00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:17.859 give us 00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:18.519 the fresh 00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:19.420 start that 00:20:19.420 --> 00:20:19.839 we all 00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:20.279 need. 00:20:21.940 --> 00:20:22.579 And he 00:20:22.579 --> 00:20:23.180 goes on to 00:20:23.180 --> 00:20:23.859 explain that 00:20:23.859 --> 00:20:24.420 this new 00:20:24.420 --> 00:20:26.079 life is 00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:26.559 seen in 00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:27.859 three ways. 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:31.240 First, 00:20:31.400 --> 00:20:31.740 we are 00:20:31.740 --> 00:20:32.900 washed by 00:20:32.900 --> 00:20:34.079 God. 00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:35.180 Look at 00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:35.700 verse 5. 00:20:35.779 --> 00:20:36.019 Jesus 00:20:36.019 --> 00:20:36.519 answered, 00:20:36.619 --> 00:20:37.079 I tell you 00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:37.660 the truth. 00:20:38.680 --> 00:20:39.240 No one 00:20:39.240 --> 00:20:40.019 can enter 00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:40.660 the kingdom 00:20:40.660 --> 00:20:41.539 of God 00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:42.900 unless he 00:20:42.900 --> 00:20:43.480 is born 00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:44.440 of water 00:20:44.440 --> 00:20:46.320 and the 00:20:46.320 --> 00:20:46.900 spirit. 00:20:48.340 --> 00:20:48.559 Well, 00:20:48.580 --> 00:20:48.880 what does 00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:49.340 that mean? 00:20:50.380 --> 00:20:51.039 To be 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:51.500 born of 00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:52.500 water and 00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:53.000 the spirit? 00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:54.500 Well, 00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:54.660 do you 00:20:54.660 --> 00:20:55.259 remember the 00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:55.880 promise that 00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:56.340 we looked 00:20:56.340 --> 00:20:56.940 at that 00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:57.440 God had 00:20:57.440 --> 00:20:58.019 made through 00:20:58.019 --> 00:20:58.500 the prophet 00:20:58.500 --> 00:20:59.140 Ezekiel? 00:21:00.600 --> 00:21:01.200 Have a 00:21:01.200 --> 00:21:01.620 look back 00:21:01.620 --> 00:21:02.220 in Ezekiel 00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:02.960 36. 00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:03.880 Keep your 00:21:03.880 --> 00:21:04.400 finger in 00:21:04.400 --> 00:21:05.259 John 3 and 00:21:05.259 --> 00:21:05.860 go back to 00:21:05.860 --> 00:21:06.420 Ezekiel 00:21:06.420 --> 00:21:08.039 chapter 36. 00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:15.119 verse 25. 00:21:20.259 --> 00:21:20.899 Jesus 00:21:20.899 --> 00:21:21.399 says you 00:21:21.399 --> 00:21:21.819 must be 00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:22.339 born of 00:21:22.339 --> 00:21:23.700 water and 00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:24.539 the spirit. 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.059 Now, 00:21:26.119 --> 00:21:26.559 look at what 00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:27.000 God had 00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:28.299 promised in 00:21:28.299 --> 00:21:28.920 Ezekiel. 00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:30.059 Verse 25. 00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:33.399 I will 00:21:33.399 --> 00:21:34.119 sprinkle 00:21:34.119 --> 00:21:35.299 clean water 00:21:35.299 --> 00:21:36.159 on you 00:21:36.160 --> 00:21:36.940 and you 00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:37.360 will be 00:21:37.360 --> 00:21:37.980 clean. 00:21:38.600 --> 00:21:39.060 I will 00:21:39.060 --> 00:21:39.720 cleanse 00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:40.200 you from 00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:40.940 all your 00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:41.720 impurities 00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:42.680 and from 00:21:42.680 --> 00:21:43.400 all your 00:21:43.400 --> 00:21:43.980 idols. 00:21:45.360 --> 00:21:45.840 You see, 00:21:46.100 --> 00:21:46.680 our sin, 00:21:46.840 --> 00:21:47.779 this rebellion, 00:21:50.120 --> 00:21:52.180 is like a 00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:53.019 deeply ingrained 00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:54.420 dirt on our 00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:55.420 body that we 00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:56.320 can't remove 00:21:56.320 --> 00:21:56.980 no matter how 00:21:56.980 --> 00:21:57.440 much we 00:21:57.440 --> 00:21:58.200 scrub and 00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:59.800 wash by 00:21:59.800 --> 00:22:00.519 our promises 00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:01.340 to clean up 00:22:01.340 --> 00:22:02.000 our life and 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:02.600 never to do 00:22:02.600 --> 00:22:03.140 it again. 00:22:03.140 --> 00:22:05.060 And it's 00:22:05.060 --> 00:22:05.759 this rebellion, 00:22:05.980 --> 00:22:07.020 it's this sin 00:22:07.020 --> 00:22:07.660 in our lives 00:22:07.660 --> 00:22:08.240 that makes us 00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:09.480 unclean and 00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:10.660 unacceptable before 00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:10.920 God. 00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:11.300 It's what 00:22:11.300 --> 00:22:12.380 separates us 00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:12.720 from the 00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:13.480 life of God. 00:22:13.860 --> 00:22:14.340 It's what 00:22:14.340 --> 00:22:14.940 leaves us 00:22:14.940 --> 00:22:15.800 under the 00:22:15.800 --> 00:22:16.300 wrath and 00:22:16.300 --> 00:22:16.960 the judgment 00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:17.660 of God. 00:22:19.420 --> 00:22:20.440 But God 00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:20.840 in His 00:22:20.840 --> 00:22:21.460 love, 00:22:21.840 --> 00:22:22.540 through His 00:22:22.540 --> 00:22:23.320 Son Jesus, 00:22:24.120 --> 00:22:25.100 washes us 00:22:25.100 --> 00:22:26.740 so that we 00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.780 are clean. 00:22:29.040 --> 00:22:29.700 He is the 00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:30.100 one who 00:22:30.100 --> 00:22:31.040 cleans us 00:22:31.040 --> 00:22:32.160 with clean 00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:32.740 water. 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:34.520 Through His 00:22:34.520 --> 00:22:35.240 death on the 00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:35.580 cross, 00:22:36.080 --> 00:22:36.960 He cleans 00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:37.920 us deep 00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:38.780 inside so 00:22:38.780 --> 00:22:40.180 the uncleanness 00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:41.280 is completely 00:22:41.280 --> 00:22:42.040 removed. 00:22:42.280 --> 00:22:43.000 It means my 00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:43.920 sin is 00:22:43.920 --> 00:22:44.340 forgiven. 00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:45.360 It means my 00:22:45.360 --> 00:22:46.360 guilt and my 00:22:46.360 --> 00:22:47.259 shame is 00:22:47.259 --> 00:22:47.860 removed. 00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.700 It's washed 00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:49.240 away. 00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:52.160 In fact, 00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:52.860 the cleaning 00:22:52.860 --> 00:22:53.860 work of God 00:22:53.860 --> 00:22:55.060 is so deep 00:22:55.060 --> 00:22:55.900 in our lives 00:22:55.900 --> 00:22:57.940 that when 00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:59.060 He cleans 00:22:59.060 --> 00:22:59.500 us, 00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.759 we can 00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.299 never, 00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:02.900 never, 00:23:02.900 --> 00:23:02.960 ever, 00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:04.059 ever become 00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:05.299 unclean 00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:07.460 again in 00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:08.379 God's sight. 00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:09.799 His 00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.680 cleaning is 00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:11.559 so deep 00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:13.279 that we 00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:13.960 can never, 00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:14.740 ever become 00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:15.859 unclean 00:23:15.859 --> 00:23:16.980 in His 00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.980 sight again. 00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:20.000 Look what it 00:23:20.000 --> 00:23:20.599 says at the 00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:21.019 end of verse 00:23:21.019 --> 00:23:21.640 25. 00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:22.039 He says, 00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:22.379 I will 00:23:22.379 --> 00:23:23.180 cleanse you 00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:24.619 from all 00:23:24.619 --> 00:23:25.200 your 00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:26.460 impurities. 00:23:26.460 --> 00:23:28.840 something 00:23:28.840 --> 00:23:29.640 beautiful. 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:33.720 But we 00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.240 need more 00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:34.799 than the 00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.420 cleansing 00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:36.519 of the 00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.039 old. 00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:39.140 We need 00:23:39.140 --> 00:23:39.840 a creation 00:23:39.840 --> 00:23:41.059 of the 00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:41.380 new. 00:23:42.600 --> 00:23:43.340 So He 00:23:43.340 --> 00:23:44.100 cleans up 00:23:44.100 --> 00:23:44.759 the old 00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:46.319 and He 00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:46.819 creates 00:23:46.819 --> 00:23:47.420 something 00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:48.400 new. 00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:50.299 He gives 00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:50.920 us a new 00:23:50.920 --> 00:23:51.460 heart. 00:23:52.500 --> 00:23:53.039 Jesus said 00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.860 to Nicodemus, 00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.319 you need to 00:23:54.319 --> 00:23:54.940 be born of 00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.519 the water 00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:57.120 and the 00:23:57.120 --> 00:23:57.600 spirit. 00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.480 So look 00:23:59.480 --> 00:23:59.779 what it 00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:00.180 says in 00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:01.059 verse 26 00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:01.840 of Ezekiel 00:24:01.840 --> 00:24:03.140 36. 00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.720 God says, 00:24:04.860 --> 00:24:05.120 I will 00:24:05.120 --> 00:24:05.900 give you 00:24:05.900 --> 00:24:06.620 a new 00:24:06.620 --> 00:24:07.160 heart 00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:08.880 and I 00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:09.279 will put 00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:09.820 a new 00:24:09.820 --> 00:24:10.840 spirit in 00:24:10.840 --> 00:24:11.080 you. 00:24:11.340 --> 00:24:11.759 I will 00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.660 remove from 00:24:12.660 --> 00:24:13.200 you your 00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:13.920 heart of 00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.600 stone 00:24:14.600 --> 00:24:15.960 and give 00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:16.299 you a 00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:17.039 heart of 00:24:17.039 --> 00:24:17.740 flesh. 00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:19.220 Do you 00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:19.759 see what's 00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.340 going on 00:24:20.340 --> 00:24:20.580 there? 00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.420 It's like 00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:23.000 a surgery 00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:23.539 that's 00:24:23.539 --> 00:24:23.859 taking 00:24:23.859 --> 00:24:24.420 place. 00:24:24.880 --> 00:24:25.019 The 00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:25.799 old, 00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:26.960 stony, 00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:28.059 stubborn 00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:28.660 heart 00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:30.180 will be 00:24:30.180 --> 00:24:30.940 cut out 00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:32.259 and removed 00:24:32.259 --> 00:24:33.839 and in 00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:34.500 its place 00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:35.059 a new 00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:35.480 heart, 00:24:35.779 --> 00:24:36.420 a fleshy 00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:36.740 one, 00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:37.460 a heart 00:24:37.460 --> 00:24:37.880 that is 00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:38.559 soft and 00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:39.500 living and 00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:40.279 responsive 00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:41.119 is going 00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:41.660 to be put 00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:42.000 in its 00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:42.519 place. 00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:45.720 And when 00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.500 we receive 00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:47.240 this new 00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:47.980 heart from 00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.400 God, 00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.220 it means 00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:49.660 we have 00:24:49.660 --> 00:24:50.059 a new 00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:50.599 way to 00:24:50.599 --> 00:24:50.920 live. 00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:52.160 Verse 27. 00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.819 And I 00:24:53.819 --> 00:24:54.279 will put 00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:55.140 my spirit 00:24:55.140 --> 00:24:55.960 in you 00:24:55.960 --> 00:24:57.079 and move 00:24:57.079 --> 00:24:57.519 you to 00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:58.319 follow my 00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:59.039 decrees 00:24:59.039 --> 00:24:59.700 and be 00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:00.720 careful to 00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.339 keep my 00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:01.880 laws. 00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.579 It's like 00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:04.079 the Holy 00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:05.339 Spirit comes 00:25:05.339 --> 00:25:05.759 along, 00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.660 the chief 00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:07.339 surgeon, 00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:08.700 and he 00:25:08.700 --> 00:25:09.720 takes our 00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:10.839 soft new 00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.519 heart that 00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:12.039 God has 00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:12.779 placed within 00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:13.559 us and 00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:14.279 the Holy 00:25:14.279 --> 00:25:15.180 Spirit takes 00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:15.720 that heart 00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.039 and he 00:25:16.039 --> 00:25:16.980 begins to 00:25:16.980 --> 00:25:17.700 shape it 00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.380 and to 00:25:18.380 --> 00:25:18.940 mould it 00:25:18.940 --> 00:25:19.460 according 00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.460 to his 00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:21.700 shape so 00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.240 that we 00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:22.839 begin to 00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:23.359 take on 00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:24.220 God's 00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.939 character so 00:25:24.939 --> 00:25:25.240 that we 00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:25.799 begin to 00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.659 look like 00:25:26.659 --> 00:25:26.939 him. 00:25:29.859 --> 00:25:30.500 John 00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:30.980 Piper, 00:25:31.139 --> 00:25:31.559 who's one 00:25:31.559 --> 00:25:31.899 author, 00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:32.339 put it 00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:33.059 like this, 00:25:34.439 --> 00:25:35.179 God 00:25:35.179 --> 00:25:35.939 replaces 00:25:35.939 --> 00:25:37.259 our 00:25:37.259 --> 00:25:38.079 hard, 00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:40.119 unresponsive 00:25:40.119 --> 00:25:40.699 heart 00:25:40.699 --> 00:25:42.480 with a 00:25:42.480 --> 00:25:43.000 soft 00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:43.539 heart 00:25:43.539 --> 00:25:44.659 that 00:25:44.659 --> 00:25:45.319 treasures 00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:45.899 Jesus 00:25:45.899 --> 00:25:46.939 above all 00:25:46.939 --> 00:25:47.639 things 00:25:47.639 --> 00:25:49.019 and is 00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.379 being 00:25:49.379 --> 00:25:50.299 transformed 00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:50.419 transformed 00:25:50.419 --> 00:25:51.299 by the 00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:51.839 presence 00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:52.379 of the 00:25:52.379 --> 00:25:52.819 Spirit 00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.740 into the 00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.200 kind 00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:54.399 of 00:25:54.399 --> 00:25:54.799 heart 00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.279 that 00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:55.940 loves 00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:56.720 to do 00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:57.259 the 00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:57.639 will 00:25:57.639 --> 00:25:58.159 of 00:25:58.159 --> 00:25:58.639 God. 00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.700 Do you 00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.220 see how 00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:03.519 transforming 00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:05.539 this new 00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:06.319 life is? 00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:07.379 It's 00:26:07.379 --> 00:26:08.399 completely 00:26:08.399 --> 00:26:08.940 new. 00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:08.980 new. 00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:11.940 So what 00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:12.720 we need 00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.660 is a 00:26:13.660 --> 00:26:14.259 cleansing 00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:14.759 of the 00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.160 old, 00:26:15.320 --> 00:26:16.059 a washing 00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.660 deep 00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:17.200 down in 00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:17.400 our 00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:18.000 lives, 00:26:19.360 --> 00:26:19.620 a 00:26:19.620 --> 00:26:20.100 cleansing 00:26:20.100 --> 00:26:20.519 of the 00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:20.960 old, 00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:21.960 but we 00:26:21.960 --> 00:26:22.700 also need 00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.460 a creation 00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:24.380 of the 00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:24.660 new, 00:26:24.840 --> 00:26:25.259 something 00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:26.100 different. 00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:27.740 You see, 00:26:27.820 --> 00:26:28.420 without being 00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:29.180 washed by 00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.559 God, 00:26:29.860 --> 00:26:30.460 without being 00:26:30.460 --> 00:26:31.080 given a 00:26:31.080 --> 00:26:31.660 new heart 00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:32.240 from God, 00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:32.880 we will 00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:33.480 not know 00:26:33.480 --> 00:26:34.220 and experience 00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:35.039 life in 00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:35.539 his kingdom 00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:36.180 and we 00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:36.720 will not 00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:37.359 know 00:26:37.359 --> 00:26:38.000 what it 00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.399 is to 00:26:38.399 --> 00:26:38.839 live for 00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:39.220 him and 00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:39.680 to follow 00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.480 him and 00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:40.859 to be 00:26:40.859 --> 00:26:41.659 able to 00:26:41.659 --> 00:26:42.200 live his 00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.519 way. 00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:45.200 It's the 00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:45.960 fresh start 00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:46.460 that God 00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:47.019 had promised 00:26:47.019 --> 00:26:47.599 all those 00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:48.299 years ago 00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:49.480 that was 00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:49.940 going to 00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:50.740 break the 00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.420 cycle of 00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:52.279 rebellion and 00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:52.819 disorder. 00:26:54.019 --> 00:26:54.779 It's the 00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:55.639 fresh start 00:26:55.639 --> 00:26:57.579 that the 00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:58.159 world 00:26:58.159 --> 00:26:59.420 needs. 00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:01.980 So we're 00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:02.539 washed by 00:27:02.539 --> 00:27:02.839 God, 00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.279 we're given 00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.639 a new 00:27:03.639 --> 00:27:04.240 heart by 00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.619 God. 00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:07.059 But it's 00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:07.839 all been 00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.839 initiated 00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:10.480 by God. 00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:12.359 Go back 00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:12.920 to John 00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:13.899 chapter 3. 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.759 John 00:27:16.759 --> 00:27:17.639 chapter 3 00:27:17.639 --> 00:27:19.839 and verse 00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.319 6. 00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:23.119 You see 00:27:23.119 --> 00:27:23.659 what Jesus 00:27:23.659 --> 00:27:24.319 says to 00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:25.059 Nicodemus 00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:26.779 in verse 00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.119 6? 00:27:27.259 --> 00:27:27.759 Flesh 00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:28.799 gives 00:27:28.799 --> 00:27:29.460 birth to 00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:30.019 flesh, 00:27:30.799 --> 00:27:31.799 but the 00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.519 spirit 00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.119 gives 00:27:33.119 --> 00:27:33.579 birth 00:27:33.579 --> 00:27:34.399 to 00:27:34.399 --> 00:27:35.019 spirit. 00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:36.539 flesh. 00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.059 He's 00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:37.519 making it 00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:38.119 so clear 00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:38.519 that we 00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:38.700 are 00:27:38.700 --> 00:27:39.480 incapable 00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:41.059 of giving 00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.639 ourselves 00:27:41.639 --> 00:27:42.460 new life. 00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:44.079 All that 00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:44.559 we can 00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:44.920 do, 00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.960 our only 00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:46.559 ability 00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:46.980 within 00:27:46.980 --> 00:27:47.539 ourselves 00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:47.980 is to 00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.460 produce 00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:48.839 more 00:27:48.839 --> 00:27:49.259 sin 00:27:49.259 --> 00:27:50.240 and create 00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.700 more 00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.240 rebellion. 00:27:51.500 --> 00:27:51.920 That is 00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:52.460 our nature. 00:27:52.639 --> 00:27:53.299 That's all 00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:53.779 we bring 00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.139 to the 00:27:54.139 --> 00:27:54.500 table. 00:27:55.879 --> 00:27:56.460 Flesh 00:27:56.460 --> 00:27:57.039 gives 00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.799 birth to 00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:58.319 flesh. 00:27:59.299 --> 00:27:59.700 We 00:27:59.700 --> 00:28:00.480 cannot make 00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:00.920 ourselves 00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:01.500 something 00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:02.119 other than 00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:02.599 what we 00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:02.920 are. 00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:04.400 all we 00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:04.759 can do 00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.160 is just 00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:05.440 make 00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:06.000 more of 00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.160 the 00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:06.460 same 00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:06.860 kind 00:28:06.860 --> 00:28:07.019 of 00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.320 people 00:28:07.320 --> 00:28:07.539 that 00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:07.700 we 00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.000 are. 00:28:09.620 --> 00:28:10.259 But 00:28:10.259 --> 00:28:10.700 God 00:28:10.700 --> 00:28:11.279 comes 00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.920 to give 00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:13.279 new 00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:13.779 life. 00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:15.259 Flesh 00:28:15.259 --> 00:28:15.600 gives 00:28:15.600 --> 00:28:16.519 birth to 00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:16.900 flesh, 00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:17.640 but the 00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:18.039 spirit 00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:18.400 gives 00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:18.800 birth 00:28:18.800 --> 00:28:19.259 to 00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:19.700 spirit. 00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.259 Just go 00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:21.759 back to 00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.039 John 00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.820 chapter 1 00:28:22.820 --> 00:28:23.720 and 00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:23.980 verse 00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.620 12. 00:28:26.060 --> 00:28:26.980 John 1 00:28:26.980 --> 00:28:27.240 verse 00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:27.740 12. 00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:35.220 See what 00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:35.599 it says 00:28:35.599 --> 00:28:35.839 there? 00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:36.339 Yet to 00:28:36.339 --> 00:28:37.019 all who 00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.680 received 00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:38.059 him, 00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:39.019 to all 00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.180 who 00:28:39.180 --> 00:28:39.599 received 00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:40.039 Jesus, 00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.960 to those 00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.160 who 00:28:41.160 --> 00:28:41.779 believed 00:28:41.779 --> 00:28:42.240 in his 00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:42.640 name, 00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:43.620 he 00:28:43.620 --> 00:28:44.359 gave 00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:44.559 the 00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:44.940 right 00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:45.339 to 00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:45.740 become 00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.160 children 00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:46.440 of 00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:46.799 God. 00:28:47.380 --> 00:28:47.859 Children 00:28:47.859 --> 00:28:48.299 born 00:28:48.299 --> 00:28:48.720 not of 00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.299 natural 00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:49.920 descent, 00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.779 nor of 00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.160 human 00:28:51.160 --> 00:28:51.720 decision, 00:28:52.059 --> 00:28:52.539 or a 00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.099 husband's 00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:53.339 will, 00:28:53.640 --> 00:28:54.400 but born 00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:54.799 of 00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.299 God. 00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:56.640 You 00:28:56.640 --> 00:28:56.859 see, 00:28:56.859 --> 00:28:57.519 physically 00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:57.919 and 00:28:57.919 --> 00:28:58.439 naturally, 00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:59.000 a husband 00:28:59.000 --> 00:28:59.679 and wife 00:28:59.679 --> 00:29:01.399 can give 00:29:01.399 --> 00:29:01.779 birth, 00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:02.719 can produce 00:29:02.719 --> 00:29:03.779 a child, 00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:05.539 but 00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:06.359 spiritual 00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:07.819 life is 00:29:07.819 --> 00:29:08.319 not our 00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:08.819 decision, 00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.740 it's not 00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:10.319 within our 00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:10.859 ability, 00:29:11.179 --> 00:29:11.719 it's not 00:29:11.719 --> 00:29:12.299 even within 00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:13.299 our desire, 00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:15.059 it's a 00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.899 life that 00:29:15.899 --> 00:29:16.240 has been 00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:16.879 completely 00:29:16.879 --> 00:29:17.759 given to 00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:18.699 us by 00:29:18.699 --> 00:29:19.240 God. 00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.639 Spirit 00:29:20.639 --> 00:29:21.199 gives 00:29:21.199 --> 00:29:21.859 birth to 00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:22.419 spirit, 00:29:22.719 --> 00:29:23.000 it's 00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:23.359 something 00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:24.359 outside of 00:29:24.359 --> 00:29:24.779 us that 00:29:24.779 --> 00:29:25.419 God does 00:29:25.419 --> 00:29:26.379 within us, 00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:27.380 He cleans 00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:27.940 us up 00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:28.440 of the 00:29:28.440 --> 00:29:28.840 old, 00:29:29.040 --> 00:29:30.200 He intervenes 00:29:30.200 --> 00:29:30.580 and says, 00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.360 I am going 00:29:31.360 --> 00:29:31.920 to wash 00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.180 you, 00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:33.080 and I 00:29:33.080 --> 00:29:33.480 am going 00:29:33.480 --> 00:29:33.920 to give 00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:34.220 you a 00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:34.420 new 00:29:34.420 --> 00:29:34.960 heart. 00:29:36.120 --> 00:29:36.660 He 00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:37.140 cleans 00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:37.560 us of 00:29:37.560 --> 00:29:37.740 the 00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.100 old, 00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:38.860 and He 00:29:38.860 --> 00:29:39.440 creates 00:29:39.440 --> 00:29:39.800 in us 00:29:39.800 --> 00:29:40.120 something 00:29:40.120 --> 00:29:40.560 new. 00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:43.580 So the 00:29:43.580 --> 00:29:43.940 question 00:29:43.940 --> 00:29:44.420 is, 00:29:45.520 --> 00:29:47.080 have you 00:29:47.080 --> 00:29:47.840 got this 00:29:47.840 --> 00:29:49.320 new kind 00:29:49.320 --> 00:29:49.880 of life? 00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:50.020 love? 00:29:51.560 --> 00:29:52.160 Have you 00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:53.340 by faith 00:29:53.340 --> 00:29:54.700 received 00:29:54.700 --> 00:29:55.660 the life 00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:56.180 that God 00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:56.620 gives? 00:29:57.140 --> 00:29:57.760 Have you 00:29:57.760 --> 00:29:59.060 experienced 00:29:59.060 --> 00:30:00.460 the washing 00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:01.080 of God 00:30:01.080 --> 00:30:01.760 deep down 00:30:01.760 --> 00:30:02.080 in our 00:30:02.080 --> 00:30:02.480 life? 00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:04.800 Have we 00:30:04.800 --> 00:30:05.700 experienced 00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.800 this new 00:30:06.800 --> 00:30:07.520 heart from 00:30:07.520 --> 00:30:08.100 God that 00:30:08.100 --> 00:30:08.880 transforms 00:30:08.880 --> 00:30:09.760 us and 00:30:09.760 --> 00:30:10.560 moves us 00:30:10.560 --> 00:30:11.420 to want 00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:11.940 to follow 00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:12.700 His ways? 00:30:12.700 --> 00:30:13.700 Jesus. 00:30:15.319 --> 00:30:15.819 Well, 00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:16.440 Jesus says 00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:17.019 there's only 00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:17.640 one way 00:30:17.640 --> 00:30:18.440 to tell 00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:20.039 when we've 00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:20.799 experienced 00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.600 this new 00:30:21.600 --> 00:30:22.059 life. 00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.460 Look at 00:30:24.460 --> 00:30:25.080 chapter 3 00:30:25.080 --> 00:30:25.759 verse 7. 00:30:30.880 --> 00:30:31.480 There's 00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:31.960 only one 00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:32.400 way to 00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:32.880 know that 00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:33.160 we've 00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:33.799 experienced 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:35.039 this new 00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.539 life. 00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.880 Verse 7. 00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:38.340 You should 00:30:38.340 --> 00:30:38.819 not be 00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.539 surprised at 00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:40.200 my saying, 00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:41.019 you must 00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.500 be born 00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:41.940 again. 00:30:42.700 --> 00:30:44.660 the wind 00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:45.160 blows 00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:45.819 wherever it 00:30:45.819 --> 00:30:46.259 pleases. 00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:47.960 You hear 00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:48.600 it sound 00:30:48.600 --> 00:30:49.039 but you 00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:49.860 cannot tell 00:30:49.860 --> 00:30:50.259 where it 00:30:50.259 --> 00:30:50.819 comes from 00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:51.279 or where 00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:51.539 it is 00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:51.880 going. 00:30:52.380 --> 00:30:53.259 So it 00:30:53.259 --> 00:30:53.960 is with 00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:54.700 everyone 00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:55.319 born 00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:56.660 of the 00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:57.059 Spirit. 00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:59.140 You see, 00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.460 it's an 00:30:59.460 --> 00:30:59.900 illustration 00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:00.600 here. 00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.160 It's 00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:02.380 actually, 00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:03.240 how do 00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:03.880 you know 00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:04.920 if the 00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:05.340 wind is 00:31:05.340 --> 00:31:05.640 blowing? 00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:08.380 Well, 00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:09.259 sometimes you 00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:10.140 can hear it 00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:10.680 as it were 00:31:10.680 --> 00:31:11.019 as it 00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.519 whistles 00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:12.039 through the 00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:12.500 trees. 00:31:13.420 --> 00:31:13.720 Sometimes 00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:14.259 you can 00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:15.080 feel it 00:31:15.080 --> 00:31:15.420 as it 00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:16.059 cuts to 00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:16.660 your skin. 00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:18.600 But most 00:31:18.600 --> 00:31:18.960 of all, 00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:19.299 if you're 00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:19.759 standing 00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.660 indoors, 00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:21.880 you see 00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:22.819 its effects 00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.600 as the 00:31:23.600 --> 00:31:24.340 leaves fall 00:31:24.340 --> 00:31:24.740 from the 00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.319 trees and 00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:25.880 the branches 00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:27.380 start bending. 00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.120 You can 00:31:28.120 --> 00:31:28.900 see the 00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:29.539 effects of 00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:29.900 the wind. 00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.180 You don't 00:31:31.180 --> 00:31:31.640 know where 00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:32.059 the wind 00:31:32.059 --> 00:31:32.539 is coming 00:31:32.539 --> 00:31:32.860 from, 00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.700 what direction. 00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:34.580 You can't 00:31:34.580 --> 00:31:35.340 take control 00:31:35.340 --> 00:31:35.740 of it or 00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.279 move it in 00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:36.819 this way or 00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:37.299 that way. 00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:38.740 but the 00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:40.019 effects of 00:31:40.019 --> 00:31:40.579 the wind 00:31:40.579 --> 00:31:42.039 are clearly 00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:42.859 visible for 00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:43.339 all to 00:31:43.339 --> 00:31:43.599 see. 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:46.599 When we 00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:47.779 receive life 00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.940 from God 00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:50.000 by faith, 00:31:50.500 --> 00:31:51.359 the effects 00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:52.019 of the 00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:52.680 Spirit of 00:31:52.680 --> 00:31:53.200 God at 00:31:53.200 --> 00:31:53.619 work in 00:31:53.619 --> 00:31:54.079 our life 00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:54.500 are 00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:55.740 undeniable. 00:31:55.740 --> 00:31:58.200 if we 00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.579 have been 00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.220 washed, 00:31:59.740 --> 00:32:00.140 if we 00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:00.519 have been 00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:01.000 given a 00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:01.559 new heart, 00:32:01.799 --> 00:32:02.200 then it 00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:02.559 will be 00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:03.500 crystal clear 00:32:03.500 --> 00:32:03.920 for all 00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:04.339 to see. 00:32:04.660 --> 00:32:05.220 The effects 00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:05.599 will be 00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:06.079 known by 00:32:06.079 --> 00:32:06.880 everybody. 00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:10.620 That 00:32:10.620 --> 00:32:11.059 doesn't mean 00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.400 to say 00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:11.599 we're 00:32:11.599 --> 00:32:12.180 perfect. 00:32:13.220 --> 00:32:13.620 It 00:32:13.620 --> 00:32:13.880 doesn't 00:32:13.880 --> 00:32:14.220 mean to 00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:14.579 say that 00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:14.759 we'll 00:32:14.759 --> 00:32:15.019 never 00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:15.640 ever fall 00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:16.160 or fail 00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:16.599 again. 00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:19.120 But if 00:32:19.120 --> 00:32:19.620 we have 00:32:19.620 --> 00:32:20.299 this life 00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:20.960 from God, 00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.819 it will 00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.099 at the 00:32:23.099 --> 00:32:23.940 very least 00:32:23.940 --> 00:32:24.940 mean these 00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:25.660 two things. 00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:25.900 And I 00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:26.240 want to 00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:26.700 leave us 00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.099 with these 00:32:27.099 --> 00:32:27.640 two things 00:32:27.640 --> 00:32:28.200 to dwell 00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:28.599 on and 00:32:28.599 --> 00:32:29.039 to think 00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:29.339 about. 00:32:30.660 --> 00:32:31.319 Here's the 00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:31.799 first thing. 00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.180 If we 00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:32.680 have this 00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:33.039 life, 00:32:33.380 --> 00:32:33.859 here's the 00:32:33.859 --> 00:32:34.599 first 00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:35.680 undeniable 00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:36.259 effect. 00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:37.700 Here's the 00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:38.180 first one. 00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:39.019 When we 00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:40.799 sin or 00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:41.339 get into 00:32:41.339 --> 00:32:41.960 a pattern 00:32:41.960 --> 00:32:42.579 of sin, 00:32:43.839 --> 00:32:44.559 we won't 00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:45.339 ignore it. 00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:45.980 We will 00:32:45.980 --> 00:32:46.740 deal with 00:32:46.740 --> 00:32:48.019 it ruthlessly. 00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:50.480 We will 00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:51.620 repent and 00:32:51.620 --> 00:32:52.120 come to 00:32:52.120 --> 00:32:52.620 God and 00:32:52.620 --> 00:32:53.279 ask Him 00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:54.359 to wash 00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:55.720 us afresh. 00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:59.180 So there 00:32:59.180 --> 00:32:59.700 will be a 00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:00.460 pattern of 00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:01.460 confession and 00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:02.740 repentance in 00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.299 our lives. 00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:04.099 Rather than 00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:05.000 hiding things 00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.500 and pushing 00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:06.220 things away, 00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:07.220 we deal 00:33:07.220 --> 00:33:07.799 with it. 00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:09.220 That is 00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:09.799 the first 00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:11.180 obvious sign 00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:12.740 of this 00:33:12.740 --> 00:33:13.380 new life 00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:14.000 from God. 00:33:15.400 --> 00:33:16.019 And here's 00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:16.539 the second 00:33:16.539 --> 00:33:18.599 undeniable 00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:19.180 effect. 00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:21.620 when we 00:33:21.620 --> 00:33:22.700 see behaviour 00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:23.240 that is 00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:23.980 inconsistent 00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.820 with being 00:33:24.820 --> 00:33:25.440 a Christian, 00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:26.740 if we 00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:28.500 see a 00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.039 lifestyle 00:33:29.039 --> 00:33:30.019 that's not 00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:30.920 like Christ, 00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:32.779 then we 00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.360 will come 00:33:33.360 --> 00:33:33.900 to God 00:33:33.900 --> 00:33:34.400 and ask 00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:34.960 the Holy 00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:35.960 Spirit to 00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:36.900 come and 00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:37.660 to shape 00:33:37.660 --> 00:33:38.680 and mould 00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:39.440 our hearts 00:33:39.440 --> 00:33:40.799 afresh so 00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:41.360 that we 00:33:41.360 --> 00:33:42.100 begin to 00:33:42.100 --> 00:33:42.820 look like 00:33:42.820 --> 00:33:43.660 Christ in 00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:44.299 our behaviour 00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:45.799 and we 00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:46.279 begin to 00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:46.839 talk his 00:33:46.839 --> 00:33:47.519 words of 00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:48.019 truth. 00:33:48.019 --> 00:33:48.160 truth. 00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:50.940 So do you 00:33:50.940 --> 00:33:51.379 see those 00:33:51.379 --> 00:33:53.180 two undeniable 00:33:53.180 --> 00:33:53.940 effects if 00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:54.500 the Spirit 00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:55.599 of God is 00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:56.400 blowing and 00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:57.200 working through 00:33:57.200 --> 00:33:57.900 our lives? 00:33:59.119 --> 00:34:00.019 We won't 00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.740 ignore sin, 00:34:00.839 --> 00:34:01.559 we will deal 00:34:01.559 --> 00:34:01.960 with it 00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:02.519 ruthlessly. 00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:04.240 And we 00:34:04.240 --> 00:34:04.819 will come 00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:05.359 looking for 00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:05.960 that washing 00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.460 afresh. 00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:07.139 And the 00:34:07.139 --> 00:34:07.779 second thing, 00:34:09.199 --> 00:34:10.079 we will ask 00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.579 the Holy 00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:11.219 Spirit of 00:34:11.219 --> 00:34:11.739 God to 00:34:11.739 --> 00:34:12.840 shape and 00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.759 mould and 00:34:13.759 --> 00:34:14.500 change our 00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:16.900 hearts so 00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:17.199 that we 00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:17.739 become 00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:18.619 to look 00:34:18.619 --> 00:34:19.519 more like 00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:19.839 him. 00:34:20.839 --> 00:34:21.699 This is 00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:22.099 the new 00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:24.079 life that 00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:24.599 God has 00:34:24.599 --> 00:34:25.039 come to 00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:25.359 bring. 00:34:26.339 --> 00:34:27.239 If God 00:34:27.239 --> 00:34:27.739 did not 00:34:27.739 --> 00:34:28.659 intervene into 00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:29.179 our world 00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:29.619 and into 00:34:29.619 --> 00:34:30.339 our lives, 00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:31.039 we would 00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:32.319 remain dead, 00:34:33.359 --> 00:34:34.079 hopelessly 00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.479 dead. 00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:37.000 But this 00:34:37.000 --> 00:34:37.419 is a new 00:34:37.419 --> 00:34:37.919 life that 00:34:37.919 --> 00:34:38.319 he's given 00:34:38.319 --> 00:34:40.219 us, a 00:34:40.219 --> 00:34:40.639 life that 00:34:40.639 --> 00:34:41.019 we can 00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.619 share with 00:34:41.619 --> 00:34:42.039 the world 00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:42.479 so that 00:34:42.479 --> 00:34:43.139 they too 00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:45.079 can experience 00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:46.799 this life 00:34:46.800 --> 00:34:47.820 changing, 00:34:48.060 --> 00:34:48.620 transforming 00:34:48.620 --> 00:34:49.880 work of 00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:50.220 God. 00:34:51.820 --> 00:34:52.420 Let's 00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:52.960 just take a 00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:53.620 moment to 00:34:53.620 --> 00:34:54.140 reflect 00:34:54.140 --> 00:34:54.620 on that 00:34:54.620 --> 00:34:54.980 as we 00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.300 pray. 00:34:55.300 --> 00:34:55.580 Amen. 00:34:55.579 --> 00:35:25.559 Thank you.