Amen. You may be seated. Children, you must stay. You are forbidden to leave.
! All right, if you would open up your Bibles to John, the Gospel of John. It's on page 1061
of your pew Bible, and as you're opening, I must exhort you, stay hydrated. It's warming
up outside. I love it. We're going to be outside more. We're going to be active. You've got
to stay hydrated. Now, your body will let you know when you need water. You get thirsty.
Your mouth runs out of saliva. You get parched. You get sluggish. You get a headache. Your
body is telling you, you need water. Did you know your soul tells you when you need living
water? A living water that only God supplies. So your soul, your inner being, it will let
you know when you're parched, when you're soul-drouted, that you're desperately soul-thirsty. Now, here
are some indications of soul thirst. Purposelessness. Why am I here? Hopelessness. What do I have to
look forward to? Deep discontent. There's nothing that can make you happy. You can't find satisfaction
anywhere. Now, the world, and when I say world, I'm not talking about the planet. I'm talking
about what John talks about the world, and he defines it. It doesn't define it. It's defined
this way. The world is sinful humanity in organized rebellion against God. The world offers to satisfy
your soul thirst with its own soda fountain, and it's got multiple options on it. I love
soda fountains. I love going to Culver's. I love having options. Zach Melgren loves the root beer.
I go straight for Coke Zero. The world has its own soda fountain of sugar water. Materialism,
pleasures of various kinds, self-reliance, working on your appearance, your to-do list, and there's so
much more. But the deal is, with any kind of soda, this is why we don't let our kids drink gallons of
soda or pop. It's just carbonated sugar water. It doesn't do anything for you. You can't survive
on sugar water. This morning, Jesus offers your soul not sugar water. He's going to offer your soul
living water. And this living water hydrates your inner being forever. It satisfies you in ways
that the world's options just can't. So you need to drink deep of the living water that Jesus alone
gives. And so we're going to walk through John chapter 7. We're going to tackle the whole chapter.
We're not going to be here until 3 in the afternoon. Don't worry.
What we have here are four interactions between Jesus and other people.
And we see Jesus' dialogue, and then we see this mixed response in each one of them.
And what we need to ask is, what do these conversations that were had over 2,000 years ago,
what does that have to do with us today? Well, are you thirsty?
So we're going to quickly make our way through these four interactions and see what Jesus alone
offers your soul. So interaction number one. I'm not going to read through these in full. I'm going to
point some things in order to conserve time. Just point as we go. Interaction number one. It's in
chapter 7, verses 1 through 13. It's between Jesus and his biological brothers, which you may be
surprised to hear. Jesus has biological brothers and sisters. So if you looked up, you don't need to
go there, but Mark 3, 21 and 31. But particularly Mark 6, verse 3, we learn that Jesus has four
biological brothers and a couple sisters at least. And we're even told the names of those four brothers,
and two of them are James and Jude. These are half-brothers, born to Joseph and Mary after the
conception, miraculous conception and birth of Jesus. But in verses 1 and 2 of chapter 7, we're given
kind of the back story, the setting of the scene. Jesus has just spent the last several months in
Galilee, and that's northern Israel. But he hasn't been going down to Judea because we can see it in
verse 1, the Jews were seeking to kill him. Now, that's not new. If you go back to John 5, verse 18,
we read, this was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him. Because not only was he breaking
the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own father, making himself equal with God.
So Jesus has been kind of biding his time to go back to Judea because he knows he's not necessarily
welcome there. In verse 2, we learn something else. Now, the Jews' feast of booths or the feast of
tabernacles was at hand. Now, this is one of the Jews' kind of like three high festivals. There was
Passover. There was the feast of weeks, which was 49 days after Passover. And then there's the feast
of tabernacles. It was an eight-day feast. And it was to commemorate God's provision, his life-giving
provision for Israel while in the wilderness. They would build these makeshift kind of shacks out
of twigs and stuff like that to kind of replicate their wilderness experience and God's provision of
them. And so what I want you to see here is that that feast is in the background of all of chapter 7.
So let's get to this conversation. In verses 3 and 4, Jesus' brothers present Jesus with an idea.
Here's how it goes. Hey, Jesus, you know, we know you want to get your thing off the ground.
So how's this? You bring your miracle show, bring it down to Jerusalem for the feast of booths
because everybody's going to be there. They're coming from Israel and around, and the big theological
hitters are going to be there. And so you just kind of roll out some of your miracles, and you will make a name
for yourself, brother. Come on.
Look how Jesus responds.
In verse 8, the beginning of what Jesus says, excuse me, verse 6, he says,
my time has not yet come. And at the end of verse 8, he says,
for my time has not yet fully come. He's like,
guys, I can't. My time hasn't fully come.
And what Jesus is getting at
is he's operating off of a different
time frame as his
brothers. Jesus is
on kingdom time,
on God's time,
on mission time.
His brothers are working off
the world's time,
as in sinful humanity and organized rebellion against God.
So Jesus has
the cross on his mind.
He's got God on his mind.
God's plan of salvation on his mind.
He's got
God's timing on his mind.
His brothers are just thinking,
hey man, how can you make a name for yourself?
Let's do what everybody else does.
Let's gather a crowd.
Make a name for yourself.
Go big.
In verse 7,
Jesus tells his brothers
that they are of the world.
Look what he says.
The world cannot hate you,
brothers,
but it hates me because I testify
about it that its works
are evil. Again, the world is
sinful humanity and organized rebellion against
God. And so Jesus is telling his
brothers,
hey, you're aligned with the world.
Of course
they're going to welcome you.
Of course
it's your time.
You're drinking from the
soda fountain of the world.
Not me though.
I speak to the world
the wrongs that they're doing.
And we're going to see two examples
in the next interaction.
So
wait on it.
what we're seeing here is that
Jesus will not compromise
God's ways for the world's ways.
His brothers
are part of the world.
And Jesus is like,
nope.
I know you're drinking from
the carbonated sugar water of the world
among God's time.
The response
that we see is mixed.
Jesus in verse 9
remains in Galilee.
Verse 10
his brothers go up to the feast.
Verse 11
there are these Jews
these are the same Jews
from verse 1
who are seeking to kill him.
They're asking the question
where is he?
And they're not asking that question
because they
want to have coffee with Jesus.
They want to kill him.
Where is he?
So you have this hostility
directed towards Jesus.
You have these brothers
who are kind of doing things
the world's way.
And then if you go on
you see this.
Verse 12
and there was much muttering
about him among the people.
There's a lot of Jesus talk going on
but nobody's going public with it
because look at verse 13
yet for the fear of these Jews
who want to kill Jesus
no one spoke openly of him.
The Jews
the authorities of the time
had a real kind of like
tender spot
when it comes to Jesus
so everybody's just
kind of talking about Jesus
hush hush.
But we also see
these other
other kind of responses.
Verse 12
he's a good man.
Others says no
he's leading the people astray.
So all I want to see here
is that Jesus
walks
he's going to eventually
go down to Jerusalem
but he's on God's time
and then
there's already talk
about him
and we have a lot of
mixed views
and postures of heart
towards Jesus.
Now
before we move on
I just want to make
you see something.
People's
posture of heart
towards Jesus
2,000 years ago
hasn't changed much.
There was a variety
of responses
to Jesus
2,000 years ago
as it is
today.
We have a lot of people
with a lot of different views
of Jesus.
A lot of mixed
responses
and what I want to help you
to see is how Jesus
steps right into that
and he's going to make
an invitation
to live.
That's the first interaction.
The second interaction
is in verses 14
through 32.
It's an interaction
with a number
of different people.
In verse 14
Jesus
purposefully
has waited
to go down
to Jerusalem
because he's going
to go down
to Jerusalem
privately
not publicly.
So if he were
to go down
at this point
and walk
into Jerusalem
or ride into it
on a donkey
it's not God's
timing yet.
That's going to be
six months
from this moment.
So Jesus
goes down
privately
after the feast
has begun
and he waited
in a similar way
as he waited
with Lazarus'
death
chapter 11.
He's got
he's got something
on his mind
he's on God's
time.
In verse 15
the Jews
who wanted
to kill him
they hear him
teaching.
So Jesus
shows up
mid feast
and he begins
teaching in the temple
and the Jews
who want to kill him
they hear him
and they are like
whoa
this is impressive
and they ask
how is
that
how is it
that this man
has learning
when he's
never studied
he didn't
study under
Gamaliel
he didn't
graduate
from the
Jerusalem
Theological
Seminary
how is this
possible?
This isn't
something that
they're saying
with like
oh man
we've never
heard this
before
and we are
in awe
we're marveling
we're going to
fall at his
feet
this marveling
is mixed
with disdain
how can this
guy teach
like that?
Jesus
responds
in verses
16 through
24
he starts
talking
my teaching
is not
mine
but his
who sent
me
Jesus'
response
to their
questions
is
hey
just to
let you
guys
know
what I'm
telling you
I didn't
come up
with on
my own
this isn't
my authority
with which
I'm telling
this
I learned
this from
the one
who sent
me
my father
God
I've
been
with him
I've
seen
him
I've
heard
him
and
I'm
just
communicating
to you
what he
says
in verse
17
if anyone's
will is to
do God's
will
if you want
to do
God's
will
Jesus
is saying
if
that is
your heart's
desire
you will
hear
that what
I am
saying
is from
God
Jesus
goes on
to say
the one
who speaks
on his
own
authority
seeks
his
own
glory
but the
one
who
seeks
the
glory
of
him
who
sent
him
is
true
and in
him
there's
no
falsehood
Jesus
is like
I'm
here
to proclaim
the glory
of my
God
my
father
and
I'm
not
I'm
not
kind
of
pitching
you
falsehood
here
I am
speaking
the truth
I am
true
and if
you would
just look
down at
verse
28
Jesus
says the
same
thing
of his
father
he who
sent
me
is
true
this
is a
claim
of
divinity
now
in
verse
19
Jesus
turns up
the
heat
a
little
bit
and
he
starts
exposing
the
evil
of
these
worldly
leaders
has
not
Moses
given
you
the
law
verse
19
yet
none
of
you
keeps
the
law
why
do
you
seek
to
kill
me
so
they're
saying
where
did
you
get
all
this
stuff
how
can
you
teach
like
this
you
want
to
kill
him
and
what
Jesus
brings
out
is
a
zing
he's
like
hey
has
not
Moses
given
you
the
law
you
know
the
law
that
you
go
to
great
lengths
to
obey
and
to
require
other
people
to
obey
and
he
goes
on
to
say
yet
none
of
you
keeps
the
law
if
you
were
one
you'd
be
like
oh
yeah
where
and
he
says
why
do
you
seek
to
kill
me
he
calls
him
out
he
says
hey
you
are
actually
in
your
hearts
breaking
the
command
thou
shall
not
murder
you
see
what
Jesus
is
doing
he's
exposing
their
hypocrisy
he's
testifying
to
these
worldly
religious
leaders
of
their
evil
works
they're
murderous
I
mean
Jesus
just
walks
right
in
and
he
starts
dropping
dimes
the
crowd
verse
20
hears
what
Jesus
says
and
they're
like
you
have
a
demon
why
would
our
leaders
want
to
kill
you
they're
actually
blaspheming
They're
attributing
to
Jesus
something
that
is
not
true
but
they're
also
showing
their
ignorance
that
they're
in
the
dark
of
what
their
leaders
are
actually
doing
these
people
were
in
the
dark
in
21
through
24
Jesus
isn't
done
he
testifies
to
another
evil
that
these
leaders
are
doing
another
hypocrisy
in
verse
21
he
says
this
I
did
one
work
and
you
all
marvel
at
it
the
one
work
he's
talking
to
about
is
what
happened
in
chapter
five
where
he
shows
up
on
the
Sabbath
in
Jerusalem
and
he
heals
a
man
who's
been
paralyzed
for
38
years
he
heals
!
him
and
everybody
responds
the
Jewish
leaders
are
like
huh
that's
law
breaking
you're
working
on
the
Sabbath
you're
healing
him
Jesus
is
like
hey
there's
this
one
thing
I
did
and
you
guys
got
all
bent
out
of
shape
over
it
and
Jesus
now
presses
in
on
it
he
goes
on
to
say
I
did
one
work
and
you
will
all
marvel
at
it
Moses
gave
you
circumcision
not
that
it's
from
Moses
but
from
the
fathers
Abraham
and
you
circumcise
a
man
on
the
Sabbath
so
according
to
the
eighth
day
following
his
birth
and
it
didn't
matter
what
day
the
eighth
day
fell
on
if
the
eighth
day
fell
on
the
Sabbath
they
would
still
circumcise
their
son
on
the
Sabbath
so
what
Jesus
is
bringing
up
is
a
little
conundrum
for
them
and
then
he
makes
a
lesser
to
greater
argument
track
it
he
goes
okay
you
guys
in order
to
keep
the
law
you
are
circumcising
your
sons
on
the
eighth
day
even
when
it
falls
on
the
Sabbath
I
healed
a
guy
I
didn't
remove
a
little
foreskin
I
healed
his
whole
body
I
brought
full
Sabbath
to
this
man
and
you're
getting
angry
of
word
he
says
you gotta
recalibrate
you gotta
rethink
what
you're
doing
verse
24
is
a
rebuke
do
not
judge
by
appearances
but
judge
with
right
judgment
he's
like
do
you
guys
not
see
what
you're
doing
Jesus
comes
right
after
him
he
walks
into
Jerusalem
to
the
temple
begins
teaching
and
calls
out
the
Jewish
leaders
I
love
him
there's
no one
like
him
the
response
is in
verses
25
to
32
again
it's
a
mixed
response
in
verses
25
to
27
some
in
Jerusalem
they
actually
know
that the
authorities
were seeking
to kill
Jesus
some
did not
some
did
and look
what they
say
is not
this the
man whom
they are
seeking
to kill
and here
he is
speaking
openly
and they
say
nothing
to
him
can
it
be
that
the
authorities
really
know
that
this
is
the
Christ
what
they're
what
they're
saying
is
it's
a little
bit
of a
conspiracy
theory
they're
like
hey
wait
hold on
a second
this
is the
guy
that
they
want
to
kill
look
at
he's
preaching
!
he's
teaching
and they're
not
doing
anything
to
stop
him
why
aren't
they
stopping
!
do
they
know
that
he's
actually
the
Christ
but
they're
not
telling
us?
in
verse
27
we
see
some
ignorance
but
we
know
where
this
man
comes
from
and
when
the
Christ
appears
no
one
will
know
where
he
comes
from
that
some
rabbis
were
teaching
at
this
time
that
when
the
Christ
comes
nobody
is
going
to
know
where
he's
from
but
what
we
know
from
our
Bible
is
that
the
Christ
will
come
from
Bethlehem
so
there's
ignorance
here
we
have
some
people
saying
hey
wait
a
second
maybe
he
is
the
Christ
others
but
they
don't
know
where
he's
from
verses
28
and
29
Jesus
chimes
in
again
he
goes
you
know
me
and
you
know
where
I
come
from
but
I
have
not
come
of
my
own
accord
he
who
sent
me
is
true
in
him
you
do
not
know
I
know
him
for
I
come
from
him
and
he
sent
me
see
one
of
the
things
that
you
see
throughout
this
gospel
is
Jesus
is
consistent
he's
consistently
telling
people
who
he
is
where
he's
from
that
God
has
sent
him
so
they
seek
to
arrest
him
in
verse
30
but
it's
not
his
time
they
can't
lay
hands
on
him
31
!
Yet many
of the
people
believed
in
him
but
it's
not
the
kind
of
belief
we're
talking
about
because
they're
still
asking
questions
when the
Christ
appears
will he
do
more
signs
than
this
man
has
done
so
there's
some
question
over
who
he
is
check
out
verse
32
the
Pharisees
heard
the
crowd
muttering
these
things
about
him
uh-oh
we've
got
some
interested
parties
in
Jesus
let's
send
out
seal
team
six
and
the
chief
priests
and
Pharisees
sent
officers
to
arrest
You
know
why?
They
want
to
shut
him
up
they
don't
want
people
listening
to
him
so
here
in
this
interaction
this
extended
interaction
we
see
Jesus
just
showing
up
in
Jerusalem
and
making
some
just
bold
statements
to
the
Jewish
authorities
there's
marveling
but
with
disdain
there's
some
confusion
about
maybe
he
is
the
Christ
what
we
see
is
these
mixed
responses
it's
the
same
with
today
mixed
responses
but
we
have
a
savior
who
shows
up
and
speaks
boldly
interaction
number
three
chapter
seven
verses
thirty
three
through
thirty
six
brief
section
I'll
be
brief
on
it
because
the
action
comes
the
next
one
the
Jews
send
in
a
SWAT
team
a
SEAL
team
six
to
get
Jesus
to
shut
him
up
but
Jesus
doesn't
stop
in
verses
thirty
three
and
thirty
four
he
starts
talking
about
his
departure
it's
really
the
first
time
in
John
he
starts
talking
about
his
departure
like
this
I'll
be
with
you
a
little
longer
and
then
I'm
going
to
him
who
sent
me
you
will
seek
me
and
people
hear
that
and
they
have
no
idea
what
Jesus
is
talking
about
do you
remember
Nicodemus
when
Jesus
says
hey
you
need
to
be
born
again
and
Nicodemus
is
like
what
huh
I
gotta
go
back
into
my
mama
it
was
he
was
misunderstanding
it
he
thought
Jesus
was
talking
about
literal
rebirth
where
Jesus
is
talking
about
a
spiritual
rebirth
remember
the
woman
at
the
well
Jesus
offers
her
living
water
and
she
is
like
but
you
need
a
bucket
the
well
is
deep
she
is
like
no
not
that
kind
of
living
water
it's
spiritual
life
even
in
the
last
chapter
six
where
Jesus
is
talking
about
that
he
is
the
new
and
better
manna
the
bread
of
life
and
he
says
and
this
bread
is
my
flesh
eat
my
flesh
drink
my
blood
and
people
are
like
gross
cannibalism
but
that's
not
what
he's
talking
about
he's
talking
about
a
radical
dependence
on
him
so
it is
here
Jesus
is
misunderstood
that
they hear
him
talking
about
going
away
that
they're
not
going
to be
able
to
find
him
and
they
assume
that
it's
somewhere
on
the
planet
where
verse
35
where does
this man
intend
to go
and
that
we
will
not
find
him
does
he
intend
to
go
to
!
dispersion
among
the
Greeks
and
teach
the
Greeks
that's
a
reference
to
the
Jewish
diaspora
of the
Jews
who
went
all
around
the
Greco-Roman
empire
is he
going to
go out
to them
to teach
them
these
things
there's
just a
whole
lot
of
questions
going
on
here
Jesus
raises
questions
one
of the
things
you need
to know
about
Jesus
is
he's
always
been
controversial
always
mixed
responses
it's
possible
to
misunderstand
him
today
that's
interaction
number
three
and
finally
interaction
number
four
Jesus
doesn't
stop
remember
this is
all
taking
place
during
the
feast
of
tabernacles
he's
shown up
mid
feast
and
in
verse
37
we
now
learn
it's
the
last
day
of
the
feast
this
past
week
I
read
something
interesting
that
during
this
eight
day
festival
there
was
a
water
pouring
right
in
the
temple
every
day
for
the
first
seven
days
a
priest
would
pour
out
water
from
a
golden
goblet
with
all
the
people
gathered
to
see
and
so
they're
coming
out
of
their
stick
booths
that
they've
built
remember
this is
kind
of
a
reenactment
of
the
wilderness
journey
and
they
come
out
and
they
see
at
the
temple
the
priest
pouring
out
the
water
and
it
was
a
picture
of
life
God's
life
giving
provision
during
their
wilderness
years
it's
quite
a
picture
but
on
the
eighth
day
the
great
day
the
culminating
day
they
didn't
pour
out
water
from
a
golden
goblet
they
prayed
for
rain
they
prayed
for
harvest
rain
but
whether
it's
coming
from a
goblet
or
coming
from
heaven
it's
got
everything
to do
with
life
giving
water
so
in
Jesus
says
verse
37
if
anyone
thirsts
it's
carrying
a lot
of
freight
if
anyone
thirsts
he's
not
talking
about
physical
thirst
he's
talking
about
soul
thirst
being
parched
in your
inner
being
saying
things
like
why
am
I
here
what
possible
good
is the
future
holding
for
me
why
can't
anything
satisfy
me
so
amidst
all of
these
mixed
responses
in
Jerusalem
Jesus
makes
this
incredible
invitation
if
anyone
thirsts
if
anyone
is
thirsty
of
soul
he
stands
up
and
cries
it
out
if
anyone
thirsts
on
the
eighth
day
of
the
feast
he's
saying
he is
the
new
and
better
water
God's
new
and
better
provision
for
thirsty
people
in
the
wilderness
anyone
thirsty
in the
room
have
you
have
you
come
to
the
point
where
you've
realized
that
what
the
world
has
to
offer
in
its
little
soda
fountain
that
it
can
never
satisfy
you
it
actually
leaves
you
more
thirsty
there's
all
sorts
of
sugar
water
out
there
!
materialism
fame
power
pleasures
of all
sorts
productivity
are you
trying to
drink
from your
to-do
list
entertainment
water
this
sugar
water
doesn't
satisfy
our
souls
it
leaves
us
more
thirsty
more
soul
parched
so
Jesus
says
if anyone
thirsts
come
to me
way
back
in
Isaiah
55
listen
to what
Jesus
not
Jesus
well
Jesus
is
fulfilling
these
words
come
everyone
who
thirsts
come
to the
waters
and he
who has
no money
come
buy
and eat
come
buy
wine
and milk
with money
without
money
and without
price
you see
what
Jesus
has
to
offer
no
one
can
buy
why
do
you
spend
your
money
for
that
which
is
not
bread
and
your
labor
for
that
which
does
not
satisfy
!
listen
diligently
to me
and eat
what is
good
and delight
yourselves
in rich
food
incline
your
ear
and
come
to me
here
that
your
soul
may
live
and I
will
make
with you
an everlasting
covenant
my steadfast
sure love
of David
a new
covenant
with
the giving
of the
Holy Spirit
in fullness
Jesus
makes
this
invitation
if
anyone
is
thirsty
come
to me
and
drink
I
hope
you're
asking
this
question
right
now
how
do
I
drink
that
how
does
that
work
well
look
at
verse
38
Jesus
tells
us
how
to
drink
come
to me
and
drink
whoever
believes
in
me
that's
how
we
drink
whoever
believes
in
me
whoever
trusts
in
me
whoever
comes
to
me
in
faith
that's
how
we
drink
what
Jesus
is
offering
it
cannot
be
bought
it's
an
offer
of
grace
this
eternal
life
that
Jesus
is
offering
and
this
is
eternal
life
this
living
water
it's
a
gift
you
can't
earn
it
there's
nothing
that
you
can
possibly
do
to
secure
this
soul
quenching
living
water
it is
a
gift
how
do
I
drink
you
partake
of
this
water
by
faith
and
look
at
the
result
in
verse
38
as
the
scripture
has
said
out
of
his
heart
will
flow
rivers
of
living
water
out
of
his
heart
will
flow
rivers
of
living
water
it's
not
outside
in
it's
inside
out
these
rivers
of
living
water
this
is
this
is
where
elsewhere
Jesus
will
say
this
is
abundant
!
life
this
is
this
is
sourced
in
us
and it
flows
out
it
overflows
what
is
this
what
is
this
self
perpetuating
river
flowing
out
of
me
that
Jesus
gives
me
and
fulfills
the
scriptures
verse
39
we're
going to
learn
more
about
the
Holy
Spirit
later
in
the
book
of
John
but
John
says
now
this
he
said
about
the
spirit
whom
those
who
believed
in
were
to
receive
for
as
yet
the
spirit
had
not
been
given
because
Jesus
had
not
yet
been
glorified
when
Jesus
dies
and
is
raised
he
ascends
to
heaven
and
in
Acts
2
the
Holy
Spirit
is
poured
in
full
this
living
water
this
eternal
life
giving
this
new
birthing
is
the
Holy
Spirit
the
third
person
of
the
Trinity
it
is
he
is
the
gift
the
life
giver
Augustine
said
our
souls
are
restless
until
they
find
their
final
resting
place
in
you
our
souls
are
thirsty
until
they
find
their
soul
satisfying
quench
in
you
God
this
is
quite
an
invitation
Jesus
has
walked
into
Jerusalem
and
he's
confronted
the
men
who
oppose
him
and
in
the
midst
of
all
this
mixed
responses
and
postures
of
heart
towards
him
he
offers
life
and
the
response
is
mixed
verse
40
is
he
a
prophet
verse
41
is
he
the
Christ
there's
confusion
in
verse
42
where
is
he
from
isn't
he
supposed
to
be
the
Christ
come
from
Bethlehem
verse
43
there's
division
Jesus
always
brings
controversy
in
verse
44
some
want
to
arrest
him
but
again
they
can't
lay
hands
on
him
because
it's
not
his
time
because
he's
on
kingdom
time
in
verses
45
through
52
seal
team
six
shows
back
up
you
know
what
happens
seal
team
six
shows
up
without
Jesus
and
the
authorities
are like
where's
Jesus
and
seal
team
six
is
we
haven't
heard
anybody
speak
like
this
before
do
you
see
what's
going
on
here
the
authority
of
the
Jews
have
just
been
totally
upended
and
then
they're
like
wait
are
you
deceived
too
does
anybody
know
the
law
you
know
what
there's
no
one
in
the
authoritative
realm
here
in
Judea
that
would
follow
him
and
then
Nicodemus
says
who's
one
of the
Sanhedrin
shouldn't
we
let
God's
word
the
law
determine
what
we
do
next
again
it's
a
reversal
turning
things
upside
down
this
is
the
fourth
interaction
where
Jesus
makes
this
extraordinary
and
exclusive
claim
so
here
we
are
2026
looking
at
four
interactions
that
took
place
2000
years
ago
so
what
there's
four
ways
that
this
makes
a
difference
first
Jesus
is
unstoppable
he's
always
on
God's
time
not
just
while
he
was
on
earth
but
while
he's
in
heaven
he's
building
his
church
all
around
the
world
right
now
he's
right
on
time
and
his
day
is
set
when
he
will
return
so
Jesus
is
unstoppable
two
don't
be
surprised
when
you
experienced
mixed
responses
just
as
Jesus
then
experienced
mixed
responses
even
from
his
brothers
so
too
we
will
experience
mixed
responses
from
people
now
we'll
experience
image
bearers
in
our
lives
even
people
under
our
own
roofs
who
are
indifferent
about
Jesus
who
are
suspicious
about
Jesus
who
are
hostile
towards
Jesus
or
even
open
towards
Jesus
we'll
experience
them
all
but
what
we love
about
Jesus
is
he
just
walked
right
in
nothing
to
hide
bold
and
clear
faithful
he's
on
kingdom
time
he
offered
water
living
water
to
everybody
around
him
we
do
too
we
get
to
offer
what
Jesus
offers
to
everyone
and
it
matters
because
everybody's
thirsty
everybody
wants to
drink
something
everybody
wants to
satisfy
their
souls
in
something
the
third
way
that
this
makes
the
difference
is
for
you
if
you're
a
non
Christian
in
the
room
if
you're
in
the
room
and
you
have
yet
to
put
your
faith
in
Jesus
you
need
to
start
drinking
deep
of
this
living
water
that
Jesus
alone
offers
he
is
offering
you
this
today
just
as
he
did
2,000
years
ago
he
offers
it
to
you
today
because
he's
alive
!
He's
risen!
He's
reigning
on
have
you
come
to
see
that
the
soda
fountain
of
the
world
doesn't
get
it
done
so
if
you're
a
non
Christian
in
the
room
and
you
are
thirsty
it's
time
to
take
Jesus
at
his
word
will
you
come
to
Jesus
and
drink
deep
of
the
soul
satisfying
living
water
he
alone
offers
it
starts
with
this
forgive
me
Lord
Jesus
for
drinking
from
fountains
that
do
not
give
life
and
then
you
say
give
me
life
give
me
life
and
at
that
moment
your
eternity
changes
drink
deep
the
fourth
way
that
this
makes
a
difference
is
if
you're
a
Christian
keep
drinking
deep
of
this
salvation
Jesus
offers
poured
out
by the
Holy
Spirit
if
you
are
a
Christian
and
you're
parched
of
soul
you've
got
soul
drought
you know
what you
need to
do
you need
to
repent
because
chances are
you are
drinking
from a
fountain
that
cannot
give
life
you've
made
a
cistern
for
yourself
a
broken
cistern
Jeremiah
2
that
that's
just
full
of
sand
so
you
say
forgive
me
Lord
Jesus
forgive
me
for
drinking
from
this
gives
me
nothing
and
then
you
turn
back
to
Jesus
again
and
say
Lord
Jesus
fill
me
afresh
revive
my
soul
with
your
spirit
again
and
again
pour
out
your
spirit
afresh
upon
me
spring
up
oh
well
within
my
soul
why
does
this
matter
because
everyone
in the
room
is
thirsty
and
only
Jesus
can
satisfy
let
me
close
with
a
poem
titled
thirsty
what
will
quench
this
thirst
today
what
should
I
drink
first
a
Facebook
reel
may
do
the
trick
but
after
drinking
that
I
feel
sick
more
stuff
will
this
soul
quench
no
it
piles
up
godward
stench
maybe
likes
will
my
inner
itch
scratch
but
likes
work
more like
a nicotine
patch
productivity
a brimming
to-do list
been there
done that
just a
mist
ah
yes
i'll
drink
up
first
thing
conditioning
but
no
gym
delivers
a
body
from
death
sting
kids
activities
our
cup
overflows
god
who
!
woes. Why can't these things quench my thirst? It's because nothing in all creation can come first.
Fill me afresh with the Holy Spirit flowing, a joy inexpressible that defies all knowing.
I am the clay. Jesus, you are the potter. Today, fill this broken vessel with living water.
What will quench this thirst? Today, what should I drink first? If anyone is thirsty,
let him come to me and drink. Let's pray. God in heaven, we are a thirsty bunch.
Would you pour out your Spirit upon us and fill our souls forever, satisfying us forever,
God, we ask that you would richly bless us with new fullness of your Spirit. In the name of Jesus, amen.