WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.719 So last Sunday, we walked through all of the major movements that we've seen in John's account of the story of Jesus. 00:00:07.820 --> 00:00:17.320 We've been working through the Gospel of John for a while now, and we just kind of did a big recap of it last Sunday up until Chapter 7 here. 00:00:17.900 --> 00:00:20.460 We had a break for Christmas and some things. 00:00:20.820 --> 00:00:23.039 So if you missed that, you can find that online. 00:00:23.320 --> 00:00:25.960 It's the first few minutes of last Sunday's message. 00:00:25.960 --> 00:00:32.960 But one of the things that we saw was how the tension has been rising between Jesus and the Jewish leaders, 00:00:33.399 --> 00:00:36.560 and even between Jesus and the people that are in the crowd. 00:00:37.840 --> 00:00:43.400 On Jesus' last visit to Jerusalem, he had a big run-in with the Jewish leaders. 00:00:44.340 --> 00:00:49.939 Let's remember that from Chapter 5, Verse 16. 00:00:49.939 --> 00:00:58.140 So because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. 00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:01.299 In his defense, Jesus said to them, 00:01:01.619 --> 00:01:07.379 My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working. 00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:10.159 John tells us, 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:27.759 So even before that moment, they were trying to kill him. 00:01:27.900 --> 00:01:32.039 But then, after this run-in with the Jewish leaders, last time he was in Jerusalem, 00:01:32.140 --> 00:01:33.799 now they want to do it all the more. 00:01:34.979 --> 00:01:36.859 The tensions are high. 00:01:36.859 --> 00:01:40.620 And since then, Jesus has been hanging out in Galilee. 00:01:41.239 --> 00:01:45.519 He's been in that northern region up by the Sea of Galilee in Israel. 00:01:46.159 --> 00:01:47.859 And he's been keeping his distance. 00:01:48.840 --> 00:01:51.480 As we saw last Sunday, 00:01:51.959 --> 00:01:56.719 because he knows the Jewish leaders are looking for a way to kill him. 00:01:57.939 --> 00:02:00.700 And we heard last Sunday his unbelieving brothers 00:02:00.700 --> 00:02:03.859 urging him to go to Judea, 00:02:03.859 --> 00:02:07.260 to reconnect with some of his followers there, 00:02:07.319 --> 00:02:08.240 ahead of the festival. 00:02:09.500 --> 00:02:11.259 Jesus said to them he wasn't going, 00:02:12.080 --> 00:02:13.080 at least not yet, 00:02:13.560 --> 00:02:15.939 because his appointed time had not yet come. 00:02:16.599 --> 00:02:18.319 So he sent his brothers on ahead, 00:02:18.900 --> 00:02:21.439 and then later, we read last Sunday, 00:02:21.560 --> 00:02:24.560 that he went up to this big festival in Jerusalem, 00:02:24.719 --> 00:02:25.479 not publicly, 00:02:26.139 --> 00:02:27.020 but in secret. 00:02:27.020 --> 00:02:29.140 And last we heard, 00:02:29.280 --> 00:02:32.880 the Jewish leaders are watching for him. 00:02:33.400 --> 00:02:34.240 They're asking, 00:02:34.560 --> 00:02:35.560 where is he? 00:02:36.300 --> 00:02:38.680 And the people at the festival in Jerusalem, 00:02:38.920 --> 00:02:40.780 they're whispering about Jesus. 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:41.620 Some are saying, 00:02:42.000 --> 00:02:42.900 he's a good man. 00:02:43.760 --> 00:02:44.540 Others are saying, 00:02:44.820 --> 00:02:46.700 no, he deceives the people. 00:02:48.379 --> 00:02:50.420 But all of this is being said on the hush, 00:02:50.520 --> 00:02:53.600 because people are afraid of the religious leaders. 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:57.219 Let's pick up the story in verse 14. 00:02:59.419 --> 00:03:02.000 Not until halfway through the festival, 00:03:02.359 --> 00:03:05.699 did Jesus go up to the temple courts, 00:03:06.039 --> 00:03:07.620 and begin to teach. 00:03:08.579 --> 00:03:10.759 The Jews there were amazed, 00:03:11.159 --> 00:03:11.599 and asked, 00:03:12.299 --> 00:03:14.280 how did this man get such learning, 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:16.240 without having been taught? 00:03:17.439 --> 00:03:20.079 So halfway through this week-long festival, 00:03:20.299 --> 00:03:22.479 Jesus reveals himself publicly. 00:03:22.479 --> 00:03:25.919 He seems to have been able to sneak into the city, 00:03:26.219 --> 00:03:26.859 unnoticed, 00:03:27.099 --> 00:03:29.280 and then he goes into the temple courts, 00:03:29.399 --> 00:03:29.679 and he, 00:03:30.579 --> 00:03:31.459 in front of everyone, 00:03:31.620 --> 00:03:32.979 begins to teach the people. 00:03:33.799 --> 00:03:36.819 And the initial response seems favorable. 00:03:38.179 --> 00:03:38.639 John says, 00:03:38.739 --> 00:03:40.099 the Jews there were amazed, 00:03:40.780 --> 00:03:42.000 or astonished. 00:03:42.519 --> 00:03:44.620 How did this man get such learning, 00:03:45.019 --> 00:03:46.819 without having been taught? 00:03:47.620 --> 00:03:48.500 Like, man, 00:03:48.599 --> 00:03:50.060 does this guy know his stuff, 00:03:50.120 --> 00:03:50.659 or what? 00:03:50.659 --> 00:03:54.539 How did he get to be so well-read, 00:03:54.719 --> 00:03:56.740 without any formal training, 00:03:56.859 --> 00:03:59.120 from any rabbi that we know of? 00:04:00.079 --> 00:04:01.919 Maybe you know that feeling that you get, 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:04.000 when you pick up a book, 00:04:04.439 --> 00:04:05.419 written by someone, 00:04:05.479 --> 00:04:07.139 on a subject that you're interested in, 00:04:07.199 --> 00:04:09.199 and you just get that feeling, 00:04:09.259 --> 00:04:10.500 as you start to dig into it. 00:04:10.539 --> 00:04:10.759 Man, 00:04:10.859 --> 00:04:12.759 this guy really knows his stuff. 00:04:13.560 --> 00:04:13.759 Like, 00:04:13.780 --> 00:04:14.900 how does he have all this, 00:04:15.219 --> 00:04:16.399 these amazing quotes, 00:04:16.399 --> 00:04:17.739 and references, 00:04:18.419 --> 00:04:19.579 to what's been said, 00:04:19.620 --> 00:04:21.019 or written on this subject, 00:04:21.019 --> 00:04:22.179 through the centuries? 00:04:22.419 --> 00:04:23.060 Has he read, 00:04:23.099 --> 00:04:24.959 all these people's writings himself? 00:04:26.379 --> 00:04:27.459 Take that feeling, 00:04:27.560 --> 00:04:28.859 and times it by at least 10. 00:04:28.979 --> 00:04:29.199 I mean, 00:04:29.259 --> 00:04:29.859 Jesus just, 00:04:30.239 --> 00:04:31.319 starts speaking. 00:04:31.620 --> 00:04:32.699 He opens his mouth, 00:04:33.099 --> 00:04:34.199 and the crowds, 00:04:34.519 --> 00:04:35.359 are amazed. 00:04:36.259 --> 00:04:37.399 They're blown away. 00:04:38.139 --> 00:04:39.019 They're astonished, 00:04:39.099 --> 00:04:41.000 by just how well he knows his stuff. 00:04:41.060 --> 00:04:41.219 Like, 00:04:41.279 --> 00:04:42.539 how is this possible? 00:04:42.540 --> 00:04:44.840 You know, 00:04:44.900 --> 00:04:46.160 the big question here is, 00:04:47.100 --> 00:04:49.340 where did you get this teaching from? 00:04:51.180 --> 00:04:52.500 This wisdom, 00:04:52.680 --> 00:04:53.580 this understanding. 00:04:54.300 --> 00:04:54.500 I mean, 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:55.939 surely you couldn't have come to, 00:04:56.040 --> 00:04:57.520 to this kind of wisdom, 00:04:57.620 --> 00:04:58.280 and understanding, 00:04:58.439 --> 00:04:59.120 all on your own. 00:05:00.820 --> 00:05:02.820 And Jesus gives them his answer. 00:05:04.660 --> 00:05:05.720 Verse 16, 00:05:06.460 --> 00:05:07.240 Jesus answered, 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:09.160 my teaching, 00:05:09.520 --> 00:05:10.759 is not my own. 00:05:10.759 --> 00:05:13.779 It comes from the one who sent me. 00:05:15.500 --> 00:05:16.300 You're right, 00:05:16.379 --> 00:05:16.939 says Jesus. 00:05:17.159 --> 00:05:18.719 My teaching is not mine. 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:21.480 It does have another source. 00:05:22.439 --> 00:05:24.420 It comes from the one who sent me. 00:05:26.219 --> 00:05:26.759 Now, 00:05:26.819 --> 00:05:28.800 we don't know exactly who's in this crowd. 00:05:30.079 --> 00:05:31.639 Whether these people have seen, 00:05:31.699 --> 00:05:32.959 or heard Jesus before, 00:05:33.259 --> 00:05:34.120 we don't know. 00:05:34.699 --> 00:05:37.120 But all of us who have been following along with John, 00:05:37.300 --> 00:05:37.980 so far, 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:39.000 in his gospel, 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:41.139 we know what Jesus means, 00:05:41.139 --> 00:05:41.740 when he says, 00:05:41.839 --> 00:05:42.879 the one who sent me. 00:05:43.360 --> 00:05:44.639 We know who that is. 00:05:45.379 --> 00:05:45.819 John 4, 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:46.240 34, 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:47.759 Jesus said there, 00:05:47.879 --> 00:05:49.399 my food is to do the will, 00:05:49.579 --> 00:05:50.860 of him who sent me, 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:52.819 and to finish his work. 00:05:53.100 --> 00:05:53.660 John 5, 00:05:53.740 --> 00:05:54.120 24, 00:05:55.079 --> 00:05:56.439 very truly I tell you, 00:05:56.480 --> 00:05:57.079 says Jesus, 00:05:57.279 --> 00:05:58.620 whoever hears my word, 00:05:58.699 --> 00:05:59.420 and believes, 00:05:59.819 --> 00:06:01.040 him who sent me, 00:06:01.560 --> 00:06:02.660 has eternal life. 00:06:03.379 --> 00:06:04.139 John 5, 00:06:04.180 --> 00:06:04.680 verse 30, 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:06.839 by myself I can do nothing, 00:06:06.839 --> 00:06:07.779 said Jesus, 00:06:07.779 --> 00:06:09.659 I judge only as I hear, 00:06:10.079 --> 00:06:11.859 and my judgment is just, 00:06:12.179 --> 00:06:14.319 for I seek not to please myself, 00:06:14.839 --> 00:06:16.859 but him who sent me. 00:06:17.659 --> 00:06:18.299 John 5, 00:06:18.319 --> 00:06:18.819 37, 00:06:19.019 --> 00:06:21.899 and the father who sent me, 00:06:22.239 --> 00:06:25.339 has himself testified concerning me. 00:06:26.099 --> 00:06:27.699 You've never heard his voice, 00:06:28.079 --> 00:06:29.459 nor seen his form. 00:06:30.579 --> 00:06:31.159 John 6, 00:06:31.219 --> 00:06:31.620 38, 00:06:31.620 --> 00:06:33.699 for I have come down from heaven, 00:06:33.840 --> 00:06:34.319 said Jesus, 00:06:34.439 --> 00:06:35.660 not to do my will, 00:06:36.139 --> 00:06:37.420 but to do the will, 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:38.959 of him who sent me. 00:06:40.220 --> 00:06:40.899 John 6, 00:06:40.959 --> 00:06:41.360 44, 00:06:41.620 --> 00:06:42.920 no one can come to me, 00:06:42.980 --> 00:06:43.660 said Jesus, 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:45.560 unless the father, 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:47.040 who sent me, 00:06:47.879 --> 00:06:48.600 draws them. 00:06:49.620 --> 00:06:50.699 So when Jesus says, 00:06:50.780 --> 00:06:51.459 him who sent me, 00:06:51.500 --> 00:06:52.939 he's talking about God. 00:06:53.920 --> 00:06:55.579 He's talking about his father. 00:06:55.579 --> 00:06:56.540 My teaching, 00:06:56.840 --> 00:06:58.780 is not my own. 00:06:58.779 --> 00:07:01.500 The things I am teaching you today, 00:07:01.500 --> 00:07:03.559 are from God. 00:07:04.579 --> 00:07:07.239 He has sent me. 00:07:09.059 --> 00:07:10.819 Now that's quite a claim to make, 00:07:10.879 --> 00:07:11.299 isn't it? 00:07:12.519 --> 00:07:12.819 I mean, 00:07:12.859 --> 00:07:14.739 imagine what the people are thinking, 00:07:14.919 --> 00:07:16.359 as Jesus says this, 00:07:17.059 --> 00:07:18.919 as they're all there in the temple courts, 00:07:19.979 --> 00:07:22.199 claiming to be sent by God himself, 00:07:22.859 --> 00:07:25.359 to be speaking the teaching, 00:07:25.500 --> 00:07:27.219 which comes from God himself. 00:07:27.220 --> 00:07:30.160 You can probably imagine, 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:31.120 what people are thinking, 00:07:31.260 --> 00:07:32.540 as Jesus makes this claim. 00:07:34.080 --> 00:07:34.500 I mean, 00:07:35.040 --> 00:07:36.500 imagine that Jesus had come, 00:07:36.780 --> 00:07:37.660 in our day, 00:07:37.840 --> 00:07:38.180 instead, 00:07:38.740 --> 00:07:40.060 and said this in public, 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:41.840 and somebody got this on video, 00:07:42.140 --> 00:07:43.960 and then uploaded it to YouTube, 00:07:44.360 --> 00:07:46.780 and the comments are then flying in, 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:47.880 from all over the world, 00:07:47.940 --> 00:07:48.560 on Twitter, 00:07:48.740 --> 00:07:49.360 and Facebook, 00:07:49.580 --> 00:07:51.600 and the journalists on CBC, 00:07:51.600 --> 00:07:53.060 are giving their two cents, 00:07:53.100 --> 00:07:54.580 about this Jesus guy. 00:07:54.900 --> 00:07:56.160 What would they be saying? 00:07:58.040 --> 00:07:58.640 Well, 00:07:58.680 --> 00:07:59.420 you can be sure, 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:02.200 that many people would be saying, 00:08:02.320 --> 00:08:02.780 and thinking, 00:08:02.980 --> 00:08:04.280 this guy is nuts. 00:08:05.160 --> 00:08:07.460 He's claiming to be sent from God. 00:08:08.680 --> 00:08:10.500 He's claiming to speak, 00:08:11.060 --> 00:08:11.780 not for himself, 00:08:11.940 --> 00:08:12.880 but for God. 00:08:13.580 --> 00:08:15.180 You've got to be kidding me. 00:08:16.260 --> 00:08:16.480 Like, 00:08:16.520 --> 00:08:18.060 who does this guy think he is? 00:08:18.060 --> 00:08:22.420 But let's put our Jewish mindset, 00:08:22.420 --> 00:08:24.259 back on here for a moment. 00:08:25.060 --> 00:08:25.899 It says, 00:08:26.040 --> 00:08:26.819 we read already, 00:08:26.920 --> 00:08:28.199 that they were amazed. 00:08:29.680 --> 00:08:30.199 So, 00:08:30.379 --> 00:08:31.519 we respect you. 00:08:32.100 --> 00:08:33.500 We'll give you some credit. 00:08:33.679 --> 00:08:35.000 You know your stuff, 00:08:35.659 --> 00:08:37.519 but sent from the Lord? 00:08:39.059 --> 00:08:39.620 Yahweh? 00:08:40.440 --> 00:08:42.539 To teach on his behalf? 00:08:42.539 --> 00:08:45.120 I don't think so. 00:08:47.939 --> 00:08:49.039 And in this moment, 00:08:49.279 --> 00:08:50.519 Jesus seems to know, 00:08:51.000 --> 00:08:52.419 what many of them are thinking. 00:08:53.339 --> 00:08:55.199 His next statement is revealing. 00:08:56.120 --> 00:08:56.919 Verse 17. 00:08:58.059 --> 00:08:58.279 It says, 00:08:58.459 --> 00:09:01.199 anyone who chooses to do the will of God, 00:09:02.120 --> 00:09:03.259 will find out, 00:09:03.839 --> 00:09:06.159 whether my teaching comes from God, 00:09:06.579 --> 00:09:08.419 or whether I speak, 00:09:08.419 --> 00:09:09.740 on my own. 00:09:11.000 --> 00:09:11.399 Now, 00:09:11.459 --> 00:09:12.659 the New International Version, 00:09:13.039 --> 00:09:14.179 has Jesus saying, 00:09:14.419 --> 00:09:14.779 chooses. 00:09:15.459 --> 00:09:16.979 But the actual word, 00:09:17.059 --> 00:09:18.000 in the original Greek, 00:09:18.099 --> 00:09:19.719 that's behind this translation, 00:09:20.059 --> 00:09:20.919 means to will, 00:09:21.759 --> 00:09:22.799 or to want, 00:09:23.179 --> 00:09:23.759 to wish. 00:09:24.500 --> 00:09:24.779 So, 00:09:24.839 --> 00:09:26.659 we'll go with the New American Standard Bible, 00:09:27.219 --> 00:09:28.240 on this one. 00:09:29.339 --> 00:09:31.360 If anyone is willing, 00:09:31.939 --> 00:09:33.719 to do his will, 00:09:33.839 --> 00:09:35.059 the will of him who sent me, 00:09:35.879 --> 00:09:36.719 he will know, 00:09:36.719 --> 00:09:37.879 of the teaching, 00:09:38.419 --> 00:09:40.039 whether it is of God, 00:09:40.559 --> 00:09:42.479 or whether I speak, 00:09:42.599 --> 00:09:43.379 from myself. 00:09:45.019 --> 00:09:45.500 Now, 00:09:45.539 --> 00:09:46.299 I really want to pause, 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:47.240 and linger over this. 00:09:47.319 --> 00:09:47.939 I actually want to spend, 00:09:48.019 --> 00:09:48.939 the rest of our time, 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:49.599 on this verse, 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:50.199 this morning. 00:09:51.459 --> 00:09:51.939 Because, 00:09:52.099 --> 00:09:53.199 as I read this, 00:09:53.759 --> 00:09:53.939 man, 00:09:53.979 --> 00:09:55.079 it sure feels like, 00:09:55.120 --> 00:09:55.899 Jesus is saying, 00:09:55.939 --> 00:09:56.979 something important here, 00:09:57.019 --> 00:09:57.500 doesn't it? 00:09:59.219 --> 00:09:59.979 And yet, 00:10:00.719 --> 00:10:01.839 what is he saying? 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:04.480 What does Jesus mean, 00:10:04.480 --> 00:10:05.059 by this? 00:10:06.860 --> 00:10:08.039 Let's read it carefully. 00:10:09.219 --> 00:10:10.500 Jesus is making, 00:10:11.199 --> 00:10:11.819 an if, 00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:13.419 then statement. 00:10:15.740 --> 00:10:17.500 If anyone is willing, 00:10:17.500 --> 00:10:19.339 to do his will, 00:10:20.139 --> 00:10:20.659 or if, 00:10:20.839 --> 00:10:21.559 fill in the blank, 00:10:22.559 --> 00:10:23.279 then, 00:10:23.479 --> 00:10:24.659 he will know, 00:10:24.979 --> 00:10:26.179 of the teaching, 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:28.459 whether it is of God, 00:10:29.019 --> 00:10:30.779 or whether I speak, 00:10:31.019 --> 00:10:32.360 from myself. 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:34.519 So, 00:10:34.580 --> 00:10:35.340 it seems as though, 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:36.180 Jesus is saying, 00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:37.659 that there is a way, 00:10:38.180 --> 00:10:39.340 to be sure, 00:10:39.740 --> 00:10:41.620 to know, 00:10:41.740 --> 00:10:42.600 with certainty, 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:44.019 whether he speaks, 00:10:44.120 --> 00:10:44.620 the truth, 00:10:44.840 --> 00:10:45.600 or not. 00:10:46.419 --> 00:10:47.240 Whether his teaching, 00:10:47.379 --> 00:10:48.240 is really from God, 00:10:48.300 --> 00:10:49.080 or whether he's just, 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:50.320 saying the stuff, 00:10:50.379 --> 00:10:51.279 out of his own head. 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:53.360 It's possible, 00:10:53.519 --> 00:10:54.360 to know for sure, 00:10:54.480 --> 00:10:55.060 says Jesus. 00:10:56.700 --> 00:10:57.139 So, 00:10:57.200 --> 00:10:57.960 how does this work? 00:10:58.680 --> 00:11:00.080 What do we have to do, 00:11:00.480 --> 00:11:01.820 to know for sure? 00:11:04.420 --> 00:11:05.940 As we look at these words, 00:11:08.360 --> 00:11:10.500 if anyone is willing, 00:11:10.639 --> 00:11:12.040 to do his will, 00:11:12.039 --> 00:11:15.659 we notice a couple things. 00:11:16.740 --> 00:11:17.480 We notice, 00:11:17.480 --> 00:11:18.919 that there are two things, 00:11:19.379 --> 00:11:19.959 involved, 00:11:20.299 --> 00:11:20.399 in, 00:11:20.519 --> 00:11:22.279 in knowing the truth, 00:11:22.319 --> 00:11:23.459 about Jesus teaching. 00:11:24.500 --> 00:11:25.579 One of those things, 00:11:25.719 --> 00:11:26.759 is doing the will, 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:27.860 of him who sent me, 00:11:28.079 --> 00:11:29.099 doing the will of God. 00:11:30.559 --> 00:11:31.919 The other of those things, 00:11:32.019 --> 00:11:32.759 is willing, 00:11:33.219 --> 00:11:33.519 or, 00:11:33.839 --> 00:11:34.779 wanting, 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:36.659 to do the will of God. 00:11:37.079 --> 00:11:38.159 And then there's a connection, 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:39.519 between these two things. 00:11:40.539 --> 00:11:41.319 There's first, 00:11:41.439 --> 00:11:41.860 a willing, 00:11:41.860 --> 00:11:42.659 or a wanting. 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:43.740 And then, 00:11:44.519 --> 00:11:44.919 second, 00:11:45.120 --> 00:11:46.000 there's the thing, 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:47.139 that is wanted. 00:11:48.180 --> 00:11:49.139 To do, 00:11:49.379 --> 00:11:50.340 the will of God. 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:53.740 Being willing, 00:11:54.300 --> 00:11:55.340 or wanting, 00:11:56.120 --> 00:11:57.259 is an inward thing. 00:11:58.240 --> 00:11:59.620 It's a thing of the heart. 00:12:00.860 --> 00:12:01.139 But, 00:12:01.580 --> 00:12:03.139 doing the will of God, 00:12:03.340 --> 00:12:04.120 is an action, 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:05.440 kind of thing. 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:06.600 And so, 00:12:06.659 --> 00:12:07.980 we kind of come to this question, 00:12:08.139 --> 00:12:09.580 as we chew on this. 00:12:09.580 --> 00:12:11.740 is Jesus saying, 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:14.660 is Jesus saying, 00:12:14.660 --> 00:12:15.360 that it's those, 00:12:15.360 --> 00:12:15.960 that will know the truth, 00:12:16.020 --> 00:12:16.440 about him? 00:12:18.220 --> 00:12:18.740 Or, 00:12:19.139 --> 00:12:20.639 is he saying, 00:12:20.740 --> 00:12:21.100 that it's, 00:12:21.259 --> 00:12:22.400 those who actually, 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:23.180 desire, 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:24.400 or, 00:12:24.520 --> 00:12:25.120 will, 00:12:25.379 --> 00:12:26.440 to do God's will, 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:28.220 that will know the truth, 00:12:28.300 --> 00:12:28.820 about Jesus? 00:12:29.720 --> 00:12:30.879 There's a difference there. 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:32.879 Is it something, 00:12:32.879 --> 00:12:34.539 that we must do, 00:12:34.539 --> 00:12:36.320 to know for sure, 00:12:36.439 --> 00:12:37.019 about Jesus? 00:12:37.939 --> 00:12:38.419 Or, 00:12:38.480 --> 00:12:38.919 is it something, 00:12:39.039 --> 00:12:40.759 that we must be willing to do, 00:12:41.179 --> 00:12:43.000 to know for sure, 00:12:43.080 --> 00:12:43.659 about Jesus? 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:46.080 Now, 00:12:46.139 --> 00:12:46.639 let's think, 00:12:46.759 --> 00:12:47.379 for a moment, 00:12:47.480 --> 00:12:47.820 about it, 00:12:47.899 --> 00:12:48.460 what it means, 00:12:48.539 --> 00:12:48.980 to will, 00:12:49.460 --> 00:12:50.480 or to want, 00:12:50.740 --> 00:12:51.399 to do, 00:12:51.539 --> 00:12:52.779 the will of God. 00:12:52.779 --> 00:12:55.600 it's a simple phrase, 00:12:56.079 --> 00:12:57.379 but the more, 00:12:57.459 --> 00:12:58.240 I was thinking about it, 00:12:58.240 --> 00:12:58.620 this week, 00:12:58.699 --> 00:13:00.079 it's not a simple thing. 00:13:00.860 --> 00:13:01.959 Let's think about this. 00:13:03.319 --> 00:13:04.500 Is being willing, 00:13:04.500 --> 00:13:05.500 to do something, 00:13:06.459 --> 00:13:07.539 just a feeling? 00:13:10.720 --> 00:13:12.079 Or is it a little bit more? 00:13:15.019 --> 00:13:16.079 Let's think in terms, 00:13:16.139 --> 00:13:17.480 that we're all more familiar with. 00:13:17.480 --> 00:13:19.620 I will, 00:13:20.200 --> 00:13:21.039 I desire, 00:13:21.200 --> 00:13:22.700 I want to lose, 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:24.039 10 pounds, 00:13:24.220 --> 00:13:25.560 by the end of 2021. 00:13:27.039 --> 00:13:28.840 It is partly a feeling, 00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:30.600 and a longing. 00:13:32.000 --> 00:13:33.379 But I'll confess to you, 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:34.639 I also have another will, 00:13:35.779 --> 00:13:37.159 a competing will, 00:13:38.360 --> 00:13:39.700 something else that I want, 00:13:39.800 --> 00:13:40.840 and that's to eat as much, 00:13:41.000 --> 00:13:41.399 pizza, 00:13:41.960 --> 00:13:42.320 poutine, 00:13:42.940 --> 00:13:43.639 french fries, 00:13:44.019 --> 00:13:44.980 greasy hamburgers, 00:13:45.120 --> 00:13:45.940 and potato chips, 00:13:46.019 --> 00:13:47.180 as I can this year. 00:13:47.480 --> 00:13:49.060 And do as little exercise, 00:13:49.060 --> 00:13:49.899 as possible. 00:13:51.800 --> 00:13:53.639 Now I can feel the desire, 00:13:54.240 --> 00:13:55.060 to have both, 00:13:55.100 --> 00:13:56.060 at the same time. 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:00.019 There's a sense in which, 00:14:00.120 --> 00:14:02.080 I will to do both. 00:14:03.680 --> 00:14:05.019 But at the end of the day, 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:06.180 these two things, 00:14:06.279 --> 00:14:08.240 are mutually exclusive. 00:14:09.899 --> 00:14:11.000 If I choose one, 00:14:11.060 --> 00:14:12.200 I will not have the other. 00:14:15.800 --> 00:14:17.460 So each day of this year, 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:18.519 I'm going to have to choose, 00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:19.820 which one I will, 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:21.779 which one I want, 00:14:21.920 --> 00:14:23.000 to have more. 00:14:24.539 --> 00:14:25.259 Which one, 00:14:25.379 --> 00:14:25.960 we might say, 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:27.120 I really want, 00:14:27.960 --> 00:14:29.340 I really will, 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:30.580 to do. 00:14:31.580 --> 00:14:33.019 And at the end of 2021, 00:14:33.259 --> 00:14:34.220 there will be a way to measure, 00:14:34.300 --> 00:14:35.560 which one I willed, 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:36.500 or wanted more. 00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:38.980 Just step on the scale. 00:14:38.980 --> 00:14:41.700 The number on the scale, 00:14:41.700 --> 00:14:42.399 will tell you, 00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:43.940 which one I wanted more. 00:14:44.279 --> 00:14:45.080 It will tell you, 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:45.899 what I truly, 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:47.860 willed to do this year. 00:14:48.659 --> 00:14:49.820 And I think it kind of, 00:14:49.840 --> 00:14:51.560 works the same way here, 00:14:51.620 --> 00:14:52.820 with what Jesus is saying. 00:14:53.860 --> 00:14:55.000 He's talking about, 00:14:55.360 --> 00:14:55.920 doing the will, 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:57.200 of the one who sent him. 00:14:58.139 --> 00:14:58.940 That's God. 00:14:59.740 --> 00:15:00.379 If you want to know, 00:15:00.440 --> 00:15:01.320 the truth about me, 00:15:01.379 --> 00:15:01.740 you must, 00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:03.620 first be willing, 00:15:03.620 --> 00:15:04.940 or wanting, 00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:07.019 to do what God wants you to do. 00:15:08.100 --> 00:15:09.039 And it's kind of, 00:15:09.080 --> 00:15:09.919 an exclusive thing. 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:10.759 You either do, 00:15:10.899 --> 00:15:12.159 what God wants you to do, 00:15:12.279 --> 00:15:14.120 or you don't do, 00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:15.320 what God wants you to do. 00:15:16.779 --> 00:15:18.139 You obey the commands, 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:19.019 that God has given, 00:15:19.240 --> 00:15:20.919 or you don't obey, 00:15:21.679 --> 00:15:22.879 the commands God has given. 00:15:22.980 --> 00:15:24.440 You do what is right and good, 00:15:24.600 --> 00:15:26.799 or you do what is wrong, 00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:27.879 and evil. 00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:29.639 And we might, 00:15:30.060 --> 00:15:31.500 want to do both, 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:32.560 at the same time. 00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:34.619 But at the end of the day, 00:15:34.719 --> 00:15:35.579 there is a way to see, 00:15:35.659 --> 00:15:36.839 which one we truly, 00:15:37.139 --> 00:15:37.859 really, 00:15:38.139 --> 00:15:38.779 wanted, 00:15:39.319 --> 00:15:40.039 to do. 00:15:40.179 --> 00:15:40.839 And that's the one, 00:15:40.959 --> 00:15:42.000 that we actually did. 00:15:43.699 --> 00:15:44.699 So the first thing, 00:15:44.819 --> 00:15:45.379 that I think we need, 00:15:45.419 --> 00:15:46.459 to get straight in our minds, 00:15:46.559 --> 00:15:47.579 is what Jesus means, 00:15:47.659 --> 00:15:48.239 when he says, 00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:48.699 willing, 00:15:49.299 --> 00:15:50.179 to do. 00:15:51.259 --> 00:15:52.199 If anyone is, 00:15:52.479 --> 00:15:53.599 willing to do, 00:15:53.739 --> 00:15:54.439 God's will, 00:15:55.839 --> 00:15:56.839 being willing, 00:15:57.239 --> 00:15:59.139 is more than just a feeling. 00:16:00.679 --> 00:16:02.019 It's more than just, 00:16:02.019 --> 00:16:03.079 a desire. 00:16:04.299 --> 00:16:05.500 The kind of willing, 00:16:05.500 --> 00:16:07.220 that Jesus is talking about here, 00:16:07.259 --> 00:16:08.939 is the kind that has some resolve, 00:16:09.659 --> 00:16:10.720 some commitment, 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:11.879 in it. 00:16:12.279 --> 00:16:13.460 The kind that results, 00:16:13.579 --> 00:16:14.659 in action. 00:16:16.039 --> 00:16:17.419 The kind that is proved, 00:16:17.639 --> 00:16:19.240 genuine by what you did, 00:16:19.340 --> 00:16:20.240 by what you do. 00:16:22.139 --> 00:16:22.980 May turn out, 00:16:23.139 --> 00:16:23.399 after all, 00:16:23.460 --> 00:16:24.379 that the NIV's, 00:16:24.620 --> 00:16:25.120 choosing, 00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:27.019 is not a bad interpretation, 00:16:27.019 --> 00:16:29.079 of what Jesus means. 00:16:30.899 --> 00:16:31.340 However, 00:16:31.699 --> 00:16:32.600 I think we need, 00:16:32.600 --> 00:16:33.159 to be careful, 00:16:33.340 --> 00:16:33.840 that we don't put, 00:16:34.120 --> 00:16:34.779 all the emphasis, 00:16:34.779 --> 00:16:36.220 on the doing. 00:16:37.340 --> 00:16:38.279 Think about this, 00:16:38.439 --> 00:16:39.120 for a moment. 00:16:40.980 --> 00:16:41.419 Jesus, 00:16:41.419 --> 00:16:42.360 could have easily, 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:43.360 said this differently. 00:16:45.179 --> 00:16:46.720 He could have easily said, 00:16:46.919 --> 00:16:47.439 if anyone, 00:16:47.699 --> 00:16:48.740 does the will of him, 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:49.460 who sent me, 00:16:50.539 --> 00:16:51.139 then he'll know, 00:16:51.220 --> 00:16:52.159 the truth about me. 00:16:52.159 --> 00:16:54.120 But no, 00:16:54.179 --> 00:16:55.059 he didn't say it that way. 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:55.399 He said, 00:16:55.519 --> 00:16:56.620 if anyone is, 00:16:57.019 --> 00:16:57.759 willing, 00:16:58.279 --> 00:16:59.539 to do, 00:16:59.879 --> 00:17:00.500 his will, 00:17:01.500 --> 00:17:02.980 he'll know the truth about me. 00:17:03.059 --> 00:17:03.980 Why does he say it, 00:17:03.980 --> 00:17:04.879 like that instead? 00:17:07.519 --> 00:17:08.559 I think it's because, 00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:09.799 Jesus wants to bring this, 00:17:09.899 --> 00:17:11.159 all back to the real issue. 00:17:12.220 --> 00:17:13.019 Which is not, 00:17:13.139 --> 00:17:13.879 first and foremost, 00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:14.899 about behavior. 00:17:16.079 --> 00:17:17.339 But about an attitude, 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:18.920 of the heart. 00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:21.619 Which leads to, 00:17:21.619 --> 00:17:22.679 behavior. 00:17:24.119 --> 00:17:25.239 What Jesus is saying, 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:25.779 is this. 00:17:26.879 --> 00:17:27.619 If you guys, 00:17:27.679 --> 00:17:28.179 in the crowd, 00:17:28.259 --> 00:17:29.359 want to know for sure, 00:17:30.399 --> 00:17:31.219 whether I'm speaking, 00:17:31.219 --> 00:17:31.879 from God, 00:17:32.159 --> 00:17:32.879 sent from God, 00:17:32.959 --> 00:17:33.719 there is a way, 00:17:33.819 --> 00:17:34.199 to know. 00:17:35.099 --> 00:17:35.879 There is a way, 00:17:35.939 --> 00:17:36.519 to be certain. 00:17:36.699 --> 00:17:37.319 And it starts, 00:17:37.439 --> 00:17:38.679 with the change of heart. 00:17:40.139 --> 00:17:41.059 You need to come, 00:17:41.139 --> 00:17:42.219 to a place in your hearts, 00:17:42.339 --> 00:17:43.539 where you are really, 00:17:44.159 --> 00:17:44.579 truly, 00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:45.559 willing, 00:17:46.299 --> 00:17:47.139 and wanting, 00:17:47.339 --> 00:17:47.739 to do, 00:17:47.879 --> 00:17:49.399 what God wants you to do. 00:17:51.219 --> 00:17:51.599 Really, 00:17:51.619 --> 00:17:52.519 truly, 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:53.239 wanting, 00:17:53.239 --> 00:17:54.419 to be obedient, 00:17:54.419 --> 00:17:55.219 to God. 00:17:56.219 --> 00:17:57.299 To submit, 00:17:57.639 --> 00:17:58.339 to him. 00:17:59.699 --> 00:18:01.219 That's what's missing here. 00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:03.359 Anyone, 00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:04.819 who has that heart, 00:18:04.959 --> 00:18:06.179 towards my father, 00:18:06.339 --> 00:18:07.139 will know, 00:18:07.459 --> 00:18:08.459 that I have been sent, 00:18:08.539 --> 00:18:08.979 from him. 00:18:09.879 --> 00:18:10.779 And that I speak, 00:18:10.859 --> 00:18:11.759 on his behalf. 00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:14.079 You see, 00:18:14.159 --> 00:18:15.099 there's a problem here. 00:18:16.159 --> 00:18:16.879 And it's that, 00:18:17.339 --> 00:18:18.659 the religious leaders, 00:18:18.660 --> 00:18:20.160 and many of the people, 00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:21.259 do not have, 00:18:21.259 --> 00:18:21.960 such a heart, 00:18:22.080 --> 00:18:22.940 towards God. 00:18:24.460 --> 00:18:25.500 Towards the father. 00:18:27.540 --> 00:18:28.140 And so, 00:18:28.220 --> 00:18:29.300 it kind of makes sense then, 00:18:29.380 --> 00:18:30.160 why they will not, 00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:31.220 receive the words, 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:33.019 that he has said, 00:18:33.400 --> 00:18:34.580 he is saying right now, 00:18:34.660 --> 00:18:35.640 through his son. 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:38.380 If they're not really, 00:18:38.380 --> 00:18:39.240 truly, 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:40.440 wanting to obey, 00:18:40.540 --> 00:18:40.980 the words, 00:18:41.060 --> 00:18:41.820 that God has spoken, 00:18:41.940 --> 00:18:42.660 in the past, 00:18:42.900 --> 00:18:44.340 if their hearts, 00:18:44.400 --> 00:18:45.180 are opposed to it, 00:18:45.220 --> 00:18:45.900 then why would they, 00:18:45.980 --> 00:18:46.860 listen to the words, 00:18:46.920 --> 00:18:48.100 that God now speaks, 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:48.840 through his son, 00:18:48.940 --> 00:18:49.600 in the present? 00:18:53.640 --> 00:18:54.460 Let's talk about, 00:18:54.540 --> 00:18:55.360 the will of God, 00:18:56.360 --> 00:18:57.900 for a moment here. 00:18:57.900 --> 00:19:03.220 Jesus said, 00:19:03.300 --> 00:19:04.480 my teaching is not mine, 00:19:04.580 --> 00:19:05.740 but his who sent me. 00:19:05.800 --> 00:19:06.720 If anyone is willing, 00:19:06.860 --> 00:19:08.259 to do his will, 00:19:08.900 --> 00:19:09.740 the will, 00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:11.460 of him who sent me. 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:18.700 What is Jesus talking about, 00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.540 when he refers to, 00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:21.660 the will of him, 00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:22.360 who sent me? 00:19:23.200 --> 00:19:23.980 What is it, 00:19:24.100 --> 00:19:25.580 that God wants them to do, 00:19:26.060 --> 00:19:27.759 that they're unwilling to do? 00:19:27.900 --> 00:19:31.360 I think to get at this, 00:19:31.420 --> 00:19:32.519 we kind of have to put ourself, 00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:33.220 in the context, 00:19:33.220 --> 00:19:34.240 of this discussion, 00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:35.600 and as best we can, 00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:36.360 try to think like, 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:37.220 a first century, 00:19:37.340 --> 00:19:38.600 Jewish person would think. 00:19:38.940 --> 00:19:40.220 What is God's will, 00:19:40.360 --> 00:19:41.120 for us to do? 00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:43.680 How do we know that? 00:19:45.840 --> 00:19:47.000 Well hasn't he told us, 00:19:47.080 --> 00:19:47.740 in the past, 00:19:48.140 --> 00:19:49.620 in the law, 00:19:50.640 --> 00:19:51.580 through the prophets, 00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:53.340 the ten commandments, 00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:56.580 what he wants us to do, 00:19:56.579 --> 00:19:58.059 how he wants us to live? 00:19:59.899 --> 00:20:00.419 In fact, 00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:01.000 you look back, 00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:01.679 through the scriptures, 00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:02.619 of the Old Testament, 00:20:02.899 --> 00:20:04.039 and they're full, 00:20:04.199 --> 00:20:05.000 of God's will, 00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:05.779 for his people. 00:20:07.059 --> 00:20:08.259 All over the place. 00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:11.399 We shouldn't think, 00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:12.460 that Jesus is talking, 00:20:12.619 --> 00:20:13.279 in terms of, 00:20:13.379 --> 00:20:13.599 you know, 00:20:13.679 --> 00:20:14.119 kind of the, 00:20:14.159 --> 00:20:15.879 the popular Christian notion, 00:20:16.199 --> 00:20:17.980 of God's will. 00:20:18.199 --> 00:20:19.139 Jesus is not saying, 00:20:19.199 --> 00:20:19.779 that their problem, 00:20:19.859 --> 00:20:20.240 is that they, 00:20:20.519 --> 00:20:21.720 they haven't taken time, 00:20:21.799 --> 00:20:22.319 to pray, 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:23.579 and ask God, 00:20:23.659 --> 00:20:24.259 to reveal, 00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:25.299 his will, 00:20:25.439 --> 00:20:27.159 for each particular situation. 00:20:27.419 --> 00:20:27.639 You know, 00:20:27.700 --> 00:20:28.559 like whether they should be, 00:20:28.639 --> 00:20:29.079 a fisherman, 00:20:29.419 --> 00:20:31.079 or start their own business, 00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:32.519 or move to another town. 00:20:33.299 --> 00:20:34.339 And deep down in their hearts, 00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:35.119 they know, 00:20:35.299 --> 00:20:36.159 that it's God's will, 00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:36.480 but, 00:20:36.919 --> 00:20:38.220 they haven't been doing, 00:20:38.339 --> 00:20:38.899 those things. 00:20:39.579 --> 00:20:40.439 That's not what Jesus, 00:20:40.740 --> 00:20:41.399 has in mind here. 00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:42.379 That's not the kind of, 00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:43.220 God's will, 00:20:43.619 --> 00:20:44.679 that he's talking about. 00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:44.939 He's, 00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:46.019 he's talking about, 00:20:46.099 --> 00:20:46.919 the very clear, 00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:47.879 and obvious, 00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:48.859 will of God, 00:20:48.919 --> 00:20:50.339 that's already been revealed, 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:51.619 through the law. 00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:53.579 Through the prophets. 00:20:54.859 --> 00:20:56.419 And he's insinuating, 00:20:56.639 --> 00:20:57.419 that they are not, 00:20:57.559 --> 00:20:59.960 even willing to obey that. 00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:03.399 And we can see this, 00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:04.079 by how Jesus, 00:21:04.079 --> 00:21:05.279 takes this conversation, 00:21:05.419 --> 00:21:06.039 in that direction, 00:21:06.159 --> 00:21:07.879 down in verse 19. 00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:09.500 Just a couple verses down. 00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:10.899 He says, 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.839 has not Moses, 00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:12.919 given you the law? 00:21:14.379 --> 00:21:15.439 Yet not one of you, 00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:16.240 keeps the law. 00:21:17.779 --> 00:21:18.519 God has, 00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:19.819 told you, 00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:21.220 how he wants you to live. 00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:22.639 And yet, 00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:23.419 you're not listening. 00:21:23.639 --> 00:21:24.500 You're not doing that. 00:21:24.619 --> 00:21:24.859 You don't, 00:21:24.939 --> 00:21:25.619 you aren't willing, 00:21:26.220 --> 00:21:26.720 to live, 00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:28.419 in submission to that. 00:21:29.159 --> 00:21:30.079 Why are you trying, 00:21:30.179 --> 00:21:30.839 to kill me? 00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.779 Thou shall not, 00:21:34.139 --> 00:21:34.439 murder. 00:21:35.899 --> 00:21:36.839 Why are you trying, 00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:37.500 to kill me? 00:21:43.139 --> 00:21:44.039 He's exposing, 00:21:44.179 --> 00:21:44.859 the unwillingness, 00:21:44.919 --> 00:21:45.559 of their hearts, 00:21:45.559 --> 00:21:49.759 to do the will of God. 00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:51.539 And Jesus will have, 00:21:51.539 --> 00:21:52.519 much more to say, 00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:53.940 about their unwillingness, 00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:54.839 to keep the law. 00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:57.639 Some of the hypocrisy, 00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:58.539 and the unbelief, 00:21:58.599 --> 00:21:59.259 in their hearts, 00:21:59.559 --> 00:22:00.799 in the days ahead. 00:22:01.659 --> 00:22:02.480 Just this week, 00:22:02.519 --> 00:22:03.659 I read Matthew 23, 00:22:03.859 --> 00:22:04.460 where it says, 00:22:04.639 --> 00:22:05.299 woe to you, 00:22:05.399 --> 00:22:06.059 woe to you, 00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:06.759 woe to you. 00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:08.039 You guys are not, 00:22:08.039 --> 00:22:08.980 keeping the law. 00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:11.639 You're not willing, 00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.799 to do the will of God. 00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:15.519 So the will of God, 00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:17.559 is not some nebulous thing, 00:22:17.659 --> 00:22:18.299 that we need to try, 00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:19.220 to lay hold of, 00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:20.399 as we sift through, 00:22:20.480 --> 00:22:21.259 our own feelings. 00:22:21.399 --> 00:22:22.279 The will of God, 00:22:22.779 --> 00:22:23.700 what God wants, 00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.680 his people to do, 00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:26.980 how he wants them to live, 00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:28.460 has already been revealed, 00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:29.659 in the pages, 00:22:30.220 --> 00:22:30.960 of the scriptures, 00:22:31.480 --> 00:22:32.419 with great clarity. 00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:34.159 We've been given, 00:22:34.159 --> 00:22:34.980 clear commands, 00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:36.220 to obey. 00:22:36.980 --> 00:22:38.379 Clear wisdom principles, 00:22:38.639 --> 00:22:39.299 to live by. 00:22:39.919 --> 00:22:40.859 Clear examples, 00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:41.779 to follow. 00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:43.139 Along with a whole lot, 00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:43.920 of explanation, 00:22:44.139 --> 00:22:45.680 and even motivation, 00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:47.139 right here, 00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:49.079 in the pages of our Bibles. 00:22:50.339 --> 00:22:51.220 The question is, 00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:51.839 whether or not, 00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:52.720 we are willing, 00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:54.339 to listen, 00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:55.740 to God. 00:22:56.059 --> 00:22:57.200 And whether we are truly, 00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:58.139 willing, 00:22:58.639 --> 00:22:59.480 to do, 00:23:00.059 --> 00:23:01.019 what he has said, 00:23:01.099 --> 00:23:02.299 he wants us to do. 00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:04.519 So the people, 00:23:04.660 --> 00:23:05.279 are challenging, 00:23:05.859 --> 00:23:06.839 Jesus claim, 00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:08.539 to have come from God. 00:23:09.500 --> 00:23:10.319 And to speak, 00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:11.059 for God. 00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:13.500 Many don't believe him. 00:23:14.180 --> 00:23:15.559 But it's not the fault, 00:23:15.700 --> 00:23:16.079 of Jesus. 00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:18.539 It's not for lack, 00:23:18.639 --> 00:23:19.819 of obvious signs, 00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:21.339 and miracles. 00:23:22.339 --> 00:23:23.399 The problem, 00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:24.920 Jesus is saying, 00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:26.680 is in your heart. 00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:30.559 You have an unwillingness, 00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:32.879 to submit to God, 00:23:33.579 --> 00:23:34.259 my Father. 00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:38.220 I'm reminded of the parable, 00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:38.819 of the sower, 00:23:39.220 --> 00:23:40.559 that Jesus taught, 00:23:40.640 --> 00:23:41.420 to his disciples. 00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:44.480 If you recall the parable, 00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:45.539 the seed was good. 00:23:46.539 --> 00:23:47.819 And it's the same seed, 00:23:47.900 --> 00:23:48.940 that Jesus is sowing, 00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.980 everywhere he goes. 00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:52.039 The same teaching, 00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:54.160 the same good news. 00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:56.359 He does indeed, 00:23:56.359 --> 00:23:57.240 speak from God. 00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:58.019 But the soil, 00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:59.000 of the hearts, 00:23:59.000 --> 00:24:00.220 that are hearing, 00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.559 in many places, 00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:03.500 and for many people, 00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:04.940 is not good soil. 00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.519 Jesus says, 00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:09.079 there's a way, 00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:10.240 to know for sure, 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:12.559 that I have come from God, 00:24:13.000 --> 00:24:14.160 and speak, 00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:15.539 on his behalf. 00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:17.120 But it starts, 00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:18.099 with having a change, 00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:18.579 of heart, 00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:20.359 towards God, 00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.460 my Father. 00:24:22.240 --> 00:24:22.960 It starts, 00:24:23.019 --> 00:24:24.140 with coming to that place, 00:24:24.180 --> 00:24:24.660 in your heart, 00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:26.000 where you're truly willing, 00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:27.500 to do, 00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:28.720 what he wants you to do. 00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:31.940 Without using the word, 00:24:32.100 --> 00:24:33.220 Jesus is telling them, 00:24:33.880 --> 00:24:35.380 that they need to repent. 00:24:36.600 --> 00:24:37.600 That they need to, 00:24:37.600 --> 00:24:38.799 acknowledge to God, 00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:39.539 the sinfulness, 00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.380 of their, 00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.480 behaviors, 00:24:42.140 --> 00:24:42.500 and even, 00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.400 their attitude. 00:24:44.340 --> 00:24:45.220 That they need to, 00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:46.180 come to that place, 00:24:46.299 --> 00:24:47.299 where they are now, 00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:48.539 willing to submit. 00:24:49.819 --> 00:24:50.860 Willing to obey. 00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:52.720 Willing to surrender, 00:24:53.299 --> 00:24:54.360 to God, 00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:55.340 as their God. 00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.840 And when you do that, 00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:58.079 then you will see it, 00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.960 clear as you see, 00:24:59.039 --> 00:24:59.720 the light of day. 00:25:01.059 --> 00:25:02.319 That I have been sent, 00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:02.920 from God. 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:04.840 And speak, 00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:06.340 the very words of God. 00:25:07.660 --> 00:25:08.700 It's quite something. 00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:10.019 You know, 00:25:10.100 --> 00:25:11.140 if you really want to know, 00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:12.319 the truth about Jesus, 00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:14.059 you have to first, 00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:15.160 cross the threshold. 00:25:16.460 --> 00:25:17.700 You have to trust, 00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:19.160 that Jesus is right, 00:25:19.640 --> 00:25:21.160 about what's going on, 00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:22.440 in your own heart. 00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:25.120 You have to be willing, 00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:25.840 to let go, 00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:27.319 of how you think it is. 00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:29.259 And trust, 00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:30.039 how he, 00:25:30.340 --> 00:25:31.000 says it is. 00:25:32.000 --> 00:25:32.940 And then it's only, 00:25:33.059 --> 00:25:34.160 on the other side of that, 00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:35.200 once you do that, 00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:36.319 that you can see, 00:25:36.600 --> 00:25:36.960 clearly, 00:25:37.360 --> 00:25:38.940 what's been true, 00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:40.160 all along about Jesus. 00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:42.860 He really has, 00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.720 come from God. 00:25:44.519 --> 00:25:45.240 And is, 00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:47.160 speaking on God's behalf. 00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:48.480 Well, 00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:50.160 what do we take, 00:25:50.340 --> 00:25:50.880 from all this? 00:25:52.300 --> 00:25:53.180 I think we miss, 00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:53.840 the whole point, 00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:54.700 if we think this is, 00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:55.700 just about Jesus, 00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:56.980 and the crowd, 00:25:57.100 --> 00:25:57.580 that day. 00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.700 I want you to, 00:25:59.840 --> 00:26:00.880 put yourself in the crowd, 00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.600 if you can. 00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:03.940 And apply these words, 00:26:04.040 --> 00:26:04.600 to yourself. 00:26:06.259 --> 00:26:06.920 There are some, 00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.600 big questions, 00:26:07.600 --> 00:26:08.880 that Jesus' words, 00:26:09.080 --> 00:26:09.940 bring up for us. 00:26:12.560 --> 00:26:13.340 Questions like, 00:26:13.339 --> 00:26:14.859 do you believe, 00:26:15.379 --> 00:26:16.619 that he has been sent, 00:26:16.699 --> 00:26:17.299 from God? 00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:20.000 The one who created, 00:26:20.139 --> 00:26:20.539 our world, 00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:21.439 and everything in it. 00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.459 Do you believe, 00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:23.759 that the words, 00:26:23.879 --> 00:26:24.639 he speaks, 00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:25.720 the words that we have, 00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:27.079 written down in our Bibles, 00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:28.759 are not just his words, 00:26:29.199 --> 00:26:29.899 but that they're, 00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:30.859 God's words. 00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.539 Do you have, 00:26:34.539 --> 00:26:36.259 that deep knowledge, 00:26:36.859 --> 00:26:38.039 and assurance, 00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:41.220 that Jesus has been sent, 00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:41.879 from God, 00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:44.060 and speaks on his behalf. 00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.660 Jesus says, 00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:46.400 you can have it. 00:26:48.080 --> 00:26:48.840 He says, 00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.660 that you can know, 00:26:50.260 --> 00:26:50.900 and not just, 00:26:51.040 --> 00:26:51.800 think you know, 00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:52.920 or hope you know, 00:26:53.360 --> 00:26:54.160 but know, 00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:55.740 with certainty. 00:26:58.320 --> 00:26:59.420 How do you get that, 00:26:59.460 --> 00:27:00.300 if you don't have it? 00:27:02.040 --> 00:27:03.000 If you're unsure, 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:03.700 about Jesus. 00:27:05.380 --> 00:27:06.180 Jesus says, 00:27:06.280 --> 00:27:06.700 you need to have, 00:27:06.820 --> 00:27:07.460 a change of heart, 00:27:07.540 --> 00:27:08.280 towards God. 00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:10.480 To wake up to the fact, 00:27:10.620 --> 00:27:11.680 that you've been, 00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:12.680 deceiving yourself, 00:27:13.320 --> 00:27:14.120 thinking that you're, 00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:15.180 okay with God, 00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.940 even though you've, 00:27:16.980 --> 00:27:17.700 been living in ways, 00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:19.039 that are the complete opposite, 00:27:19.460 --> 00:27:20.539 to what he has said, 00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:22.360 to what God has said, 00:27:22.600 --> 00:27:23.279 in the scriptures. 00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:27.100 Are you truly, 00:27:27.100 --> 00:27:28.140 willing, 00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:29.779 to do, 00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:31.220 the will of God? 00:27:32.340 --> 00:27:33.440 To do what God, 00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:34.340 wants you to do? 00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:36.759 Or are you, 00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.299 are you only willing, 00:27:37.379 --> 00:27:38.339 so long as it doesn't, 00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:38.819 conflict, 00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:41.339 with what I want to do, 00:27:41.439 --> 00:27:42.199 in my life? 00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:45.359 For most of you, 00:27:45.419 --> 00:27:46.019 here this morning, 00:27:46.139 --> 00:27:47.299 I know that you do believe, 00:27:47.419 --> 00:27:48.159 I know that you do, 00:27:48.159 --> 00:27:48.980 have assurance, 00:27:49.439 --> 00:27:50.679 but I hope and pray, 00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.119 that you'll, 00:27:51.199 --> 00:27:52.319 you'll still ask yourself, 00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:53.500 this question, 00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:53.640 question, 00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:55.240 are you, 00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:56.180 truly, 00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:56.259 truly, 00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:57.259 willing, 00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:59.079 to continue, 00:27:59.079 --> 00:27:59.720 to do, 00:27:59.960 --> 00:28:01.519 what God, 00:28:01.579 --> 00:28:02.480 wants you to do? 00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:06.220 Are you having, 00:28:06.220 --> 00:28:07.359 struggles in your heart, 00:28:07.440 --> 00:28:08.279 with being willing? 00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.400 Do you know, 00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:12.160 that you don't have to, 00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:13.099 wrestle with that, 00:28:13.140 --> 00:28:14.460 all by yourself? 00:28:14.460 --> 00:28:17.519 As brothers and sisters, 00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.100 in Christ, 00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:18.900 we can be here, 00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.600 for each other. 00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:21.620 First Corinthians 10, 00:28:21.700 --> 00:28:22.579 13 says, 00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:24.579 no temptation, 00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:25.620 has overtaken you, 00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:26.180 except that, 00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:27.480 which is common to man. 00:28:28.000 --> 00:28:28.519 We all, 00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:29.259 are tempted, 00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:30.360 in the same ways. 00:28:32.279 --> 00:28:33.460 In James 5, 00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:33.920 16, 00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:35.000 we heard at, 00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:36.200 prayer meeting this week, 00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:37.519 we're encouraged, 00:28:37.640 --> 00:28:38.380 even to confess, 00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:39.620 our sins to one another, 00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:41.140 our failures, 00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:43.079 and pray for one another, 00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:44.440 about these kinds of things. 00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:50.340 These words of Jesus, 00:28:50.340 --> 00:28:51.660 also force us to, 00:28:51.759 --> 00:28:53.100 to think again, 00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.579 about, 00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:55.759 just what is it, 00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:57.340 that God wants me to do? 00:28:58.220 --> 00:28:58.960 What is it, 00:28:59.000 --> 00:29:00.019 that he wills for me? 00:29:01.620 --> 00:29:02.519 Do you know, 00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:03.920 what Moses wrote, 00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:05.079 in the law? 00:29:06.600 --> 00:29:07.380 Do you know, 00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:08.340 what God has said, 00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:09.279 through his prophets? 00:29:10.600 --> 00:29:11.340 Do you know, 00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.740 what Jesus has commanded? 00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.200 Do you know, 00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:15.400 what Jesus apostles, 00:29:15.400 --> 00:29:17.039 have commanded the churches, 00:29:17.360 --> 00:29:17.880 to do? 00:29:18.620 --> 00:29:19.559 Are you keeping up, 00:29:19.620 --> 00:29:20.680 with that precious habit, 00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:22.380 of adding to your understanding, 00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.400 of God's will, 00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:25.720 by reading your Bible, 00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.620 every day, 00:29:27.180 --> 00:29:27.980 like we talked about, 00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:28.720 a few weeks ago? 00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:33.100 And finally, 00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:34.039 as we seek to share, 00:29:34.120 --> 00:29:35.240 the good news of Jesus, 00:29:36.080 --> 00:29:37.400 with other people, 00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:38.400 I think we should learn, 00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:39.360 I think we should learn, 00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.620 from how the people, 00:29:40.620 --> 00:29:41.720 responded to Jesus, 00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.100 here, 00:29:43.560 --> 00:29:44.500 how they treated him. 00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:47.140 If people don't respond, 00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.800 positively, 00:29:48.600 --> 00:29:50.780 it's not always our fault. 00:29:52.280 --> 00:29:53.600 Let's not make the mistake, 00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:54.380 of assuming that, 00:29:54.500 --> 00:29:55.160 if we only had, 00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:56.120 the right facts, 00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:58.119 or the right evidence, 00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.479 or the right words, 00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.459 or even the ability, 00:30:00.459 --> 00:30:01.939 to perform miracles, 00:30:02.599 --> 00:30:04.000 that they would believe. 00:30:05.319 --> 00:30:06.239 I think Jesus, 00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:07.079 wants us to see, 00:30:07.219 --> 00:30:07.759 that for people, 00:30:07.899 --> 00:30:09.439 to enter the kingdom of God, 00:30:09.699 --> 00:30:11.439 and know that they are in, 00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.779 the first thing, 00:30:12.899 --> 00:30:14.139 that needs to happen in them, 00:30:14.379 --> 00:30:15.719 is a change of heart. 00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:18.659 So as we seek, 00:30:18.779 --> 00:30:20.179 to speak to people, 00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:22.279 let's ask God, 00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:22.799 for wisdom, 00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.839 about how to go, 00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:25.240 for their hearts. 00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.879 Let's pray, 00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:27.779 that God's spirit, 00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.559 would do the work, 00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:29.420 of convicting, 00:30:29.619 --> 00:30:30.599 in their hearts, 00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:32.619 even before the conversations, 00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:33.180 happen. 00:30:34.379 --> 00:30:35.319 And let's not, 00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:36.599 let the rejection, 00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:38.480 or disapproval, 00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:39.859 of some discourage us, 00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:41.960 in this important work, 00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:43.359 that God has given us to do, 00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:45.160 of testifying, 00:30:45.619 --> 00:30:46.319 to the savior. 00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:48.519 Jesus said, 00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:50.420 all authority in heaven, 00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:51.139 and on earth, 00:30:51.180 --> 00:30:52.119 has been given to me. 00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.319 Therefore, 00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.980 go and make disciples, 00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:56.960 make more followers of me, 00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:59.639 by teaching them to obey, 00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:01.779 all that I have commanded you. 00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:04.119 And it comes with a promise, 00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:05.579 a wonderful word of encouragement. 00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:06.980 Behold, 00:31:07.139 --> 00:31:08.839 I am with you always, 00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:11.579 even to the end of the age. 00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.420 Let's pray. 00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:21.039 Father in heaven, 00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:21.680 thank you, 00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:21.700 thank you, 00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:22.899 for these words. 00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:24.819 Oh, 00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.980 I pray that they would not, 00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:27.299 just settle on the surface, 00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:28.119 of our hearts, 00:31:28.579 --> 00:31:30.339 but I pray that they would, 00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:31.420 sink deep inside. 00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:34.740 I pray that you would, 00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:37.180 make it known, 00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:38.200 to each one of us, 00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:38.759 right now, 00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:39.539 in these moments, 00:31:39.639 --> 00:31:40.599 are we willing, 00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:42.299 are we willing, 00:31:42.639 --> 00:31:44.559 to do what you want us to do? 00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.519 Bring to the, 00:31:46.639 --> 00:31:47.200 to our minds, 00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:47.920 those areas, 00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:48.940 where we have been, 00:31:49.360 --> 00:31:50.440 maybe resisting, 00:31:51.080 --> 00:31:51.980 or holding on, 00:31:52.360 --> 00:31:52.920 to something, 00:31:53.059 --> 00:31:53.860 that we shouldn't be. 00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:57.580 Help us to surrender, 00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:58.640 completely to you. 00:31:59.600 --> 00:32:00.220 Thank you, 00:32:00.259 --> 00:32:01.779 that we can have assurance, 00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:03.240 and we can know. 00:32:05.080 --> 00:32:06.200 In Jesus name, 00:32:06.200 --> 00:32:07.120 amen. 00:32:07.120 --> 00:32:07.240 Amen.