WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.600 Nice to see you again today. Let's turn in our Bibles, please, to John's Gospel, Chapter 2. 00:00:14.300 --> 00:00:20.300 Thanks to Ralph for leading and the musicians. It's good to sing. 00:00:20.300 --> 00:00:31.800 As we've started this term, we've been making our way through John's Gospel. 00:00:32.939 --> 00:00:39.740 And today we're going to look at two events, two accounts in Chapter 2. 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:47.159 We're going to read it, then we're going to pray, and then we're going to listen and hear what God has to say. 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:53.759 So we're going to read John Chapter 2, verses 1 to 22. 00:01:03.119 --> 00:01:07.359 On the third day, a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. 00:01:08.759 --> 00:01:14.659 Jesus' mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. 00:01:14.659 --> 00:01:20.500 When the wine was gone, Jesus' mother said to him, 00:01:21.359 --> 00:01:23.000 They've no more wine. 00:01:24.539 --> 00:01:29.620 Woman, why do you involve me? Jesus replied. 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:32.599 My hour has not yet come. 00:01:34.359 --> 00:01:36.060 His mother said to the servants, 00:01:36.620 --> 00:01:38.920 Do whatever he tells you. 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:43.400 Nearby stood six stone water jars, 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:47.060 the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, 00:01:47.840 --> 00:01:51.780 each holding from 80 to 120 litres. 00:01:53.240 --> 00:01:54.620 Jesus said to the servants, 00:01:55.200 --> 00:01:56.620 Fill the jars with water, 00:01:57.359 --> 00:01:59.460 so they may be filled to the brim. 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:02.180 Then he told them, 00:02:02.620 --> 00:02:04.280 Now draw some out, 00:02:04.620 --> 00:02:06.640 and take it to the master of the banquet. 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:09.000 They did so, 00:02:09.500 --> 00:02:13.439 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. 00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:17.039 He did not realize where it had come from, 00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:20.139 though the servants who had drawn the water knew. 00:02:21.620 --> 00:02:24.680 Then he called the bridegroom aside and said, 00:02:25.479 --> 00:02:28.639 Everyone brings out the choice wine first, 00:02:28.639 --> 00:02:33.779 and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink. 00:02:34.779 --> 00:02:37.599 But you have saved the best till now. 00:02:39.339 --> 00:02:42.139 What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee 00:02:42.139 --> 00:02:47.519 was the first of the signs through which Jesus revealed his glory, 00:02:48.299 --> 00:02:51.419 and his disciples believed in him. 00:02:51.419 --> 00:02:54.399 After this, 00:02:54.959 --> 00:02:56.699 Jesus went down to Capernaum 00:02:56.699 --> 00:03:00.139 with his mother and brothers and his disciples. 00:03:01.299 --> 00:03:03.500 There they stayed for a few days. 00:03:05.659 --> 00:03:08.599 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, 00:03:09.399 --> 00:03:11.079 Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 00:03:12.139 --> 00:03:13.539 In the temple courts, 00:03:13.659 --> 00:03:16.679 he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, 00:03:17.259 --> 00:03:19.739 and others sitting at tables exchanging money. 00:03:19.740 --> 00:03:23.719 So Jesus made a whip out of cords 00:03:23.719 --> 00:03:26.740 and drove all from the temple courts, 00:03:27.140 --> 00:03:28.340 both sheep and cattle. 00:03:28.760 --> 00:03:30.740 He scattered the coins of the money changers 00:03:31.260 --> 00:03:33.219 and overturned their tables. 00:03:35.100 --> 00:03:37.740 To those who sold doves, he said, 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:39.580 Get these out of here. 00:03:40.379 --> 00:03:43.460 Stop turning my father's house into a market. 00:03:45.140 --> 00:03:47.120 His disciples remembered 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:48.920 that it is written, 00:03:49.740 --> 00:03:52.740 Zeal for your house will consume me. 00:03:54.580 --> 00:03:57.000 The Jews then responded to him, 00:03:57.760 --> 00:04:00.000 What sign can you give 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:02.960 to prove your authority to do all this? 00:04:04.040 --> 00:04:05.560 Jesus answered them, 00:04:06.060 --> 00:04:07.960 Destroy this temple 00:04:07.960 --> 00:04:11.120 and I will raise it again in three days. 00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:13.660 Well, they replied, 00:04:13.659 --> 00:04:17.339 It has taken 46 years to build this temple 00:04:17.339 --> 00:04:21.100 and you're going to raise it in three days? 00:04:22.819 --> 00:04:26.079 But the temple Jesus had spoken of 00:04:26.079 --> 00:04:28.040 was his body. 00:04:29.500 --> 00:04:32.839 And after he was raised from the dead, 00:04:33.439 --> 00:04:35.959 his disciples recalled what he had said. 00:04:35.959 --> 00:04:38.859 Then they believed the scriptures 00:04:38.859 --> 00:04:42.060 and the words that Jesus had spoken. 00:04:44.060 --> 00:04:46.379 Well, let's keep our Bibles open there 00:04:46.379 --> 00:04:47.560 and we'll pray. 00:04:47.560 --> 00:04:52.740 Our Father God, 00:04:52.819 --> 00:04:55.720 help each one of us here today 00:04:55.720 --> 00:05:00.079 to see Jesus more clearly, 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:05.800 to understand all he has come to do 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:10.460 and that we would be ready 00:05:10.460 --> 00:05:12.960 to meet him. 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:15.199 Amen. 00:05:20.199 --> 00:05:20.920 Signposts. 00:05:21.580 --> 00:05:23.540 We were thinking about this 00:05:23.540 --> 00:05:25.800 in our home groups during the week. 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:27.319 Imagine, 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:28.759 it's a beautiful, 00:05:28.960 --> 00:05:30.060 hot, sunny day, 00:05:30.259 --> 00:05:32.000 so you really do have to imagine. 00:05:33.180 --> 00:05:35.280 We're going off to Muckras House 00:05:35.280 --> 00:05:36.680 in Killarney for a picnic. 00:05:37.819 --> 00:05:39.100 And as you drive along, 00:05:39.199 --> 00:05:40.240 you see this huge, 00:05:40.340 --> 00:05:41.580 big brown sign. 00:05:42.080 --> 00:05:42.960 Muckras House, 00:05:43.740 --> 00:05:45.460 350 metres, 00:05:46.019 --> 00:05:46.780 next right. 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:49.560 In excitement of seeing the sign, 00:05:49.660 --> 00:05:50.699 you stop the car 00:05:50.699 --> 00:05:53.100 and underneath the sign, 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:54.460 you get out your picnic rug 00:05:54.459 --> 00:05:55.859 and your sandwiches and your drinks 00:05:55.859 --> 00:05:57.299 and you sit down there 00:05:57.299 --> 00:05:58.199 at the busy road 00:05:58.199 --> 00:05:59.779 and you say, 00:06:00.500 --> 00:06:02.000 well, isn't this just great? 00:06:04.459 --> 00:06:04.939 No. 00:06:05.859 --> 00:06:08.439 Signs are not an end in themselves. 00:06:09.659 --> 00:06:11.159 Signs are significant 00:06:11.159 --> 00:06:14.000 because they point beyond themselves 00:06:14.000 --> 00:06:15.899 to something else. 00:06:17.599 --> 00:06:19.839 Well, in chapter 2 of John's Gospel, 00:06:19.839 --> 00:06:23.759 we have two sign stories. 00:06:24.459 --> 00:06:26.479 The first is a wedding. 00:06:27.579 --> 00:06:30.060 The second is at the temple. 00:06:31.120 --> 00:06:33.359 One is full of noisy people, 00:06:33.979 --> 00:06:35.139 happy and laughing. 00:06:35.959 --> 00:06:38.560 The other is full of noisy animals, 00:06:38.899 --> 00:06:40.500 pooing and mooing. 00:06:41.459 --> 00:06:42.599 At the wedding, 00:06:42.819 --> 00:06:45.299 Jesus provides for the people. 00:06:46.459 --> 00:06:47.439 And in the temple, 00:06:47.979 --> 00:06:50.579 Jesus drives out the people. 00:06:50.579 --> 00:06:52.479 On the one hand, 00:06:52.579 --> 00:06:54.599 we have a party Jesus 00:06:54.599 --> 00:06:59.699 and then we have an angry Jesus. 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:02.620 But these aren't just stories 00:07:02.620 --> 00:07:03.680 for entertainment. 00:07:04.500 --> 00:07:06.699 These are signs telling us 00:07:06.699 --> 00:07:08.860 who Jesus is. 00:07:09.659 --> 00:07:11.120 Have a look at verse 11. 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:14.780 What Jesus did here 00:07:14.780 --> 00:07:16.259 in Cana of Galilee 00:07:16.259 --> 00:07:19.280 was the first of the signs 00:07:19.280 --> 00:07:22.079 through which he revealed his glory 00:07:22.079 --> 00:07:25.180 and his disciples believed in him. 00:07:26.060 --> 00:07:27.600 Or down at verse 18, 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:29.899 when Jesus was at the temple, 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:31.620 the Jews responded to him, 00:07:32.459 --> 00:07:34.860 what sign can you show us 00:07:34.860 --> 00:07:37.139 to prove your authority to do this? 00:07:37.139 --> 00:07:39.740 And in verse 23, 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:42.779 now while Jesus was in Jerusalem 00:07:42.779 --> 00:07:44.560 at the Passover festival, 00:07:45.199 --> 00:07:47.300 many people saw the signs 00:07:47.300 --> 00:07:48.639 he was performing 00:07:48.639 --> 00:07:52.479 and believed in his name. 00:07:53.680 --> 00:07:54.939 You see, the signs 00:07:54.939 --> 00:07:57.180 are not the destination. 00:07:57.860 --> 00:07:59.779 They point beyond themselves 00:07:59.779 --> 00:08:01.180 to something better, 00:08:01.779 --> 00:08:04.060 someone who is greater. 00:08:04.060 --> 00:08:08.819 So let's take these two sign stories 00:08:08.819 --> 00:08:09.699 in turn 00:08:09.699 --> 00:08:11.839 and see what they teach us 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:13.339 about Jesus. 00:08:14.780 --> 00:08:16.220 The first story 00:08:16.220 --> 00:08:18.439 is the wedding. 00:08:19.259 --> 00:08:20.759 Are we ready 00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:23.519 for the wedding celebration? 00:08:24.500 --> 00:08:25.420 Are we ready 00:08:25.420 --> 00:08:26.899 for the wedding celebration? 00:08:27.879 --> 00:08:29.439 The story at one level 00:08:29.439 --> 00:08:31.139 is really quite simple. 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:33.299 Jesus is at a wedding 00:08:33.299 --> 00:08:34.159 with friends, 00:08:34.759 --> 00:08:36.240 they run out of wine, 00:08:37.139 --> 00:08:38.659 and Jesus does a miracle. 00:08:39.959 --> 00:08:41.799 Now the message is not, 00:08:42.439 --> 00:08:43.599 if you come to Jesus, 00:08:43.719 --> 00:08:44.479 he's going to fill 00:08:44.479 --> 00:08:45.579 your wine cellar. 00:08:46.539 --> 00:08:48.019 No, through the sign 00:08:48.019 --> 00:08:49.179 of changing water 00:08:49.179 --> 00:08:49.899 into wine, 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:51.120 Jesus is saying, 00:08:52.219 --> 00:08:54.159 come to me 00:08:54.159 --> 00:08:56.439 and I will clean you 00:08:56.439 --> 00:08:58.219 for the wedding celebration. 00:08:59.279 --> 00:09:00.259 Believe me, 00:09:00.859 --> 00:09:01.599 trust me, 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:03.840 and I will clean you 00:09:03.840 --> 00:09:05.980 for the wedding celebration. 00:09:08.139 --> 00:09:09.580 Well, that's a big statement. 00:09:09.800 --> 00:09:11.779 Let's see how that's true. 00:09:13.279 --> 00:09:15.000 First, Jesus claims 00:09:15.000 --> 00:09:15.779 to be 00:09:15.779 --> 00:09:17.720 the bridegroom. 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:20.899 The wedding is going very well. 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:22.500 Everyone's having a great time, 00:09:22.639 --> 00:09:23.120 but then, 00:09:23.340 --> 00:09:24.600 disaster! 00:09:25.740 --> 00:09:26.639 Look at verse 3, 00:09:26.740 --> 00:09:27.620 the end of verse 3. 00:09:27.620 --> 00:09:29.899 There's no more wine. 00:09:31.019 --> 00:09:32.779 It's like us being invited 00:09:32.779 --> 00:09:33.440 to a wedding, 00:09:33.980 --> 00:09:35.240 and after the ceremony 00:09:35.240 --> 00:09:36.139 in the church, 00:09:36.220 --> 00:09:37.120 there's an announcement. 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:39.200 Sorry, folks, 00:09:39.759 --> 00:09:41.639 the hotel has run out of food, 00:09:42.080 --> 00:09:43.620 and the bar is closed. 00:09:44.200 --> 00:09:45.080 But don't worry, 00:09:45.179 --> 00:09:46.200 there's plenty of water 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:46.940 on the table. 00:09:47.980 --> 00:09:48.419 I mean, 00:09:48.740 --> 00:09:49.899 who wants to go 00:09:49.899 --> 00:09:50.879 to that kind of wedding? 00:09:50.879 --> 00:09:52.480 Well, 00:09:52.500 --> 00:09:53.740 there was only one person 00:09:53.740 --> 00:09:54.340 to blame, 00:09:55.240 --> 00:09:56.080 and that was 00:09:56.080 --> 00:09:57.559 the bridegroom. 00:09:58.720 --> 00:09:59.879 It's his responsibility 00:10:00.439 --> 00:10:01.799 at the wedding 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:03.340 to provide the wine. 00:10:03.600 --> 00:10:04.759 His first job 00:10:04.759 --> 00:10:05.399 as a husband, 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:06.600 make sure 00:10:06.600 --> 00:10:07.759 there's enough wine. 00:10:08.500 --> 00:10:08.720 Oh! 00:10:11.419 --> 00:10:12.659 Well, thankfully, 00:10:12.980 --> 00:10:14.120 he sorts it out. 00:10:15.019 --> 00:10:15.720 At least, 00:10:15.860 --> 00:10:16.460 that's what 00:10:16.460 --> 00:10:17.159 the master 00:10:17.159 --> 00:10:18.340 of the banquet 00:10:18.340 --> 00:10:19.000 thought. 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:20.440 Look at the end 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:21.220 of verse 9. 00:10:22.379 --> 00:10:22.940 The master 00:10:22.940 --> 00:10:23.720 of the banquet 00:10:23.720 --> 00:10:26.419 called the bridegroom 00:10:26.419 --> 00:10:27.000 aside 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:28.240 and said, 00:10:28.960 --> 00:10:30.159 everyone brings out 00:10:30.159 --> 00:10:31.340 the choice wine 00:10:31.340 --> 00:10:31.919 first, 00:10:32.539 --> 00:10:33.799 and then the cheaper 00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:35.159 wine after the guests 00:10:35.159 --> 00:10:36.039 have had too much 00:10:36.039 --> 00:10:36.580 to drink. 00:10:37.580 --> 00:10:38.720 But you have saved 00:10:38.720 --> 00:10:39.919 the best till now. 00:10:42.220 --> 00:10:43.139 Well, of course, 00:10:43.220 --> 00:10:43.879 it was a case 00:10:43.879 --> 00:10:45.720 of mistaken identity. 00:10:46.840 --> 00:10:48.120 It wasn't the bridegroom 00:10:48.120 --> 00:10:48.940 at all who had 00:10:48.940 --> 00:10:50.160 provided the best 00:10:50.160 --> 00:10:50.720 wine. 00:10:51.640 --> 00:10:52.600 It had been 00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:53.320 Jesus. 00:10:55.140 --> 00:10:56.160 Now, can you see 00:10:56.160 --> 00:10:57.160 what's going on 00:10:57.160 --> 00:10:57.980 here at the wedding? 00:10:58.600 --> 00:10:59.340 In a way, 00:10:59.560 --> 00:11:00.560 Jesus has taken 00:11:00.560 --> 00:11:01.420 the place 00:11:01.420 --> 00:11:02.860 of the bridegroom 00:11:02.860 --> 00:11:04.160 at the wedding. 00:11:05.540 --> 00:11:06.440 Jesus does 00:11:06.440 --> 00:11:07.320 the job 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:08.960 of the bridegroom. 00:11:09.620 --> 00:11:10.220 He takes 00:11:10.220 --> 00:11:11.040 his place. 00:11:13.260 --> 00:11:14.400 Jesus is saying, 00:11:14.399 --> 00:11:17.779 I am the true 00:11:17.779 --> 00:11:19.120 bridegroom. 00:11:19.120 --> 00:11:20.819 You see, 00:11:20.939 --> 00:11:21.699 through the Bible 00:11:21.699 --> 00:11:22.439 as we read 00:11:22.439 --> 00:11:23.019 the scriptures 00:11:23.019 --> 00:11:24.039 of the Old Testament, 00:11:24.620 --> 00:11:25.379 the image, 00:11:25.659 --> 00:11:26.199 the main 00:11:26.199 --> 00:11:27.220 big picture 00:11:27.220 --> 00:11:29.000 that describes 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:30.259 God's relationship 00:11:30.259 --> 00:11:31.199 to his people 00:11:31.199 --> 00:11:32.319 is a 00:11:32.319 --> 00:11:33.519 marriage. 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:35.559 God is the husband 00:11:35.559 --> 00:11:36.980 and the people 00:11:36.980 --> 00:11:37.860 are the bride. 00:11:38.799 --> 00:11:39.659 God is pictured 00:11:39.659 --> 00:11:41.000 as loving us, 00:11:41.179 --> 00:11:42.079 pursuing us, 00:11:42.080 --> 00:11:43.420 longing to be 00:11:43.420 --> 00:11:44.200 in relationship 00:11:44.200 --> 00:11:44.820 with us. 00:11:45.160 --> 00:11:46.400 He is the faithful, 00:11:46.920 --> 00:11:47.360 loyal, 00:11:47.960 --> 00:11:49.400 steadfast husband. 00:11:51.300 --> 00:11:52.680 And so at this 00:11:52.680 --> 00:11:53.600 wedding here 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:54.379 in Cana, 00:11:55.300 --> 00:11:56.500 we have but a 00:11:56.500 --> 00:11:57.759 picture of God 00:11:57.759 --> 00:11:59.480 coming to us. 00:12:00.700 --> 00:12:01.900 Jesus is the 00:12:01.900 --> 00:12:02.620 bridegroom, 00:12:03.080 --> 00:12:04.040 pursuing us, 00:12:04.460 --> 00:12:05.060 loving us, 00:12:05.059 --> 00:12:06.079 so that we 00:12:06.079 --> 00:12:07.639 could be 00:12:07.639 --> 00:12:08.819 his bride. 00:12:11.939 --> 00:12:12.459 Well, 00:12:12.519 --> 00:12:12.899 if you are 00:12:12.899 --> 00:12:13.399 the bride 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:14.479 of a wedding, 00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:16.399 you need to be 00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:16.759 ready, 00:12:17.019 --> 00:12:17.539 don't you? 00:12:18.099 --> 00:12:19.139 You need to be 00:12:19.139 --> 00:12:20.539 looking the best. 00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:21.979 You need to be 00:12:21.979 --> 00:12:23.239 clean. 00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:25.259 And that's 00:12:25.259 --> 00:12:25.899 what Jesus 00:12:25.899 --> 00:12:26.619 does. 00:12:27.299 --> 00:12:27.819 There's a 00:12:27.819 --> 00:12:28.379 cleansing 00:12:28.379 --> 00:12:29.879 that takes 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:30.500 place. 00:12:31.779 --> 00:12:32.539 Did you notice 00:12:32.539 --> 00:12:33.259 at the wedding 00:12:33.259 --> 00:12:34.279 this odd, 00:12:34.639 --> 00:12:35.620 strange reference 00:12:35.620 --> 00:12:36.580 to the water 00:12:36.580 --> 00:12:37.019 jars? 00:12:37.879 --> 00:12:38.360 Look at 00:12:38.360 --> 00:12:39.039 verse 6. 00:12:40.799 --> 00:12:41.819 Nearby stood 00:12:41.819 --> 00:12:42.980 six stone 00:12:42.980 --> 00:12:44.059 water jars, 00:12:44.740 --> 00:12:45.500 so tall, 00:12:45.600 --> 00:12:46.399 about as tall 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:46.960 as this, 00:12:47.860 --> 00:12:48.220 and they 00:12:48.220 --> 00:12:49.740 were used 00:12:49.740 --> 00:12:50.480 by the Jews 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:51.639 for ceremonial 00:12:51.639 --> 00:12:52.120 washing, 00:12:53.139 --> 00:12:53.939 each holding 00:12:53.939 --> 00:12:55.059 from 80 00:12:55.059 --> 00:12:56.700 to 120 00:12:56.700 --> 00:12:57.519 litres 00:12:57.519 --> 00:12:58.399 of water. 00:12:58.759 --> 00:12:59.559 That's a lot 00:12:59.559 --> 00:13:00.039 of water. 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:01.600 You see, 00:13:01.679 --> 00:13:02.419 under Jewish 00:13:02.419 --> 00:13:02.899 religious 00:13:02.899 --> 00:13:03.519 tradition, 00:13:04.319 --> 00:13:05.019 the problem 00:13:05.019 --> 00:13:06.360 was that 00:13:06.360 --> 00:13:06.740 you could 00:13:06.740 --> 00:13:07.199 become 00:13:07.199 --> 00:13:08.179 unclean. 00:13:08.879 --> 00:13:09.399 You could 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:10.240 become unclean 00:13:10.240 --> 00:13:10.740 if you ate 00:13:10.740 --> 00:13:11.120 the wrong 00:13:11.120 --> 00:13:11.699 food, 00:13:12.059 --> 00:13:12.659 if you touched 00:13:12.659 --> 00:13:13.120 the wrong 00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:13.839 person, 00:13:14.240 --> 00:13:14.740 or if you 00:13:14.740 --> 00:13:15.479 wore the 00:13:15.479 --> 00:13:16.439 wrong clothes. 00:13:16.740 --> 00:13:17.039 There was 00:13:17.039 --> 00:13:17.740 all kinds 00:13:17.740 --> 00:13:18.459 of rules 00:13:18.459 --> 00:13:19.000 that if you 00:13:19.000 --> 00:13:19.639 touched or 00:13:19.639 --> 00:13:19.959 did, 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:20.719 you would 00:13:20.719 --> 00:13:21.079 become 00:13:21.079 --> 00:13:21.639 unclean. 00:13:21.899 --> 00:13:22.319 And when 00:13:22.319 --> 00:13:22.959 you became 00:13:22.959 --> 00:13:23.539 ritually 00:13:23.539 --> 00:13:24.279 unclean, 00:13:24.539 --> 00:13:24.819 well, 00:13:24.899 --> 00:13:25.360 you had to 00:13:25.360 --> 00:13:25.699 go to 00:13:25.699 --> 00:13:26.659 these ceremonial 00:13:26.659 --> 00:13:27.099 jars, 00:13:27.240 --> 00:13:27.620 and you do 00:13:27.620 --> 00:13:28.179 your ritual 00:13:28.179 --> 00:13:28.639 washing, 00:13:29.059 --> 00:13:29.719 and you 00:13:29.719 --> 00:13:30.120 would be 00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:30.899 clean again. 00:13:30.899 --> 00:13:33.340 But what 00:13:33.340 --> 00:13:33.899 was meant 00:13:33.899 --> 00:13:34.639 to remind 00:13:34.639 --> 00:13:35.240 you for 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:35.679 a need 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:36.000 of a 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:36.860 much deeper 00:13:36.860 --> 00:13:38.059 internal 00:13:38.059 --> 00:13:38.980 spiritual 00:13:38.980 --> 00:13:39.620 cleansing? 00:13:40.740 --> 00:13:41.179 Well, 00:13:41.220 --> 00:13:41.539 it just 00:13:41.539 --> 00:13:42.299 became an 00:13:42.299 --> 00:13:43.039 external 00:13:43.039 --> 00:13:43.860 physical 00:13:43.860 --> 00:13:44.399 cleansing. 00:13:44.720 --> 00:13:45.159 It just 00:13:45.159 --> 00:13:45.799 became an 00:13:45.799 --> 00:13:46.879 outward show, 00:13:47.039 --> 00:13:48.079 a pretense. 00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:50.240 Whereas 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:51.299 Jesus comes 00:13:51.299 --> 00:13:51.799 along, 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:53.419 and he 00:13:53.419 --> 00:13:53.699 says, 00:13:53.799 --> 00:13:54.379 I'm offering 00:13:54.379 --> 00:13:55.079 you a 00:13:55.079 --> 00:13:55.860 complete 00:13:55.860 --> 00:13:56.740 cleansing. 00:13:56.740 --> 00:13:58.379 You see, 00:13:58.500 --> 00:13:59.060 Jesus could 00:13:59.060 --> 00:13:59.500 have used 00:13:59.500 --> 00:14:00.519 any water 00:14:00.519 --> 00:14:01.720 from any 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:02.320 trough, 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:03.680 but he 00:14:03.680 --> 00:14:04.299 deliberately 00:14:04.299 --> 00:14:05.360 chose the 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:06.220 ceremonial 00:14:06.220 --> 00:14:07.180 jars for 00:14:07.180 --> 00:14:07.620 washing, 00:14:08.460 --> 00:14:08.940 and he 00:14:08.940 --> 00:14:09.560 commands the 00:14:09.560 --> 00:14:10.200 servants to 00:14:10.200 --> 00:14:10.840 fill them 00:14:10.840 --> 00:14:11.180 to the 00:14:11.180 --> 00:14:11.519 brim, 00:14:12.180 --> 00:14:12.820 and he 00:14:12.820 --> 00:14:13.580 turns it 00:14:13.580 --> 00:14:14.399 into wine, 00:14:15.340 --> 00:14:16.600 because Jesus 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:17.620 was replacing 00:14:17.620 --> 00:14:18.560 the old 00:14:18.560 --> 00:14:20.580 way with 00:14:20.580 --> 00:14:21.080 now a 00:14:21.080 --> 00:14:21.659 new way. 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:23.200 Jesus 00:14:23.200 --> 00:14:23.779 was putting 00:14:23.779 --> 00:14:24.440 an end to 00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:25.480 the external 00:14:25.480 --> 00:14:25.960 show, 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:26.700 and he 00:14:26.700 --> 00:14:27.400 was offering 00:14:27.400 --> 00:14:28.420 an internal 00:14:28.420 --> 00:14:30.300 cleansing of 00:14:30.300 --> 00:14:30.879 our sinful 00:14:30.879 --> 00:14:31.540 hearts. 00:14:33.519 --> 00:14:34.180 Jesus has 00:14:34.180 --> 00:14:35.840 come to 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:36.420 make us 00:14:36.420 --> 00:14:36.800 clean. 00:14:38.460 --> 00:14:39.379 Later on 00:14:39.379 --> 00:14:40.040 in John's 00:14:40.040 --> 00:14:40.440 Gospel, 00:14:41.480 --> 00:14:42.139 we find 00:14:42.139 --> 00:14:42.820 Jesus with 00:14:42.820 --> 00:14:43.560 his disciples. 00:14:44.080 --> 00:14:44.660 Just have a 00:14:44.660 --> 00:14:45.200 look forward 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:45.820 to John 00:14:45.820 --> 00:14:46.940 chapter 13. 00:14:49.940 --> 00:14:50.660 John 00:14:50.660 --> 00:14:51.740 chapter 13. 00:14:51.740 --> 00:14:53.120 Peter 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:54.120 says, 00:14:54.120 --> 00:14:55.340 you may 00:14:55.340 --> 00:14:56.039 remember this 00:14:56.039 --> 00:14:56.779 account where 00:14:56.779 --> 00:14:57.840 Jesus begins 00:14:57.840 --> 00:14:59.799 to wash or 00:14:59.799 --> 00:15:00.799 clean his 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:01.500 disciples' 00:15:02.180 --> 00:15:02.519 feet, 00:15:03.200 --> 00:15:04.299 and he 00:15:04.299 --> 00:15:04.879 begins to 00:15:04.879 --> 00:15:05.320 make his 00:15:05.320 --> 00:15:06.039 way around 00:15:06.039 --> 00:15:06.779 the 00:15:06.779 --> 00:15:07.360 disciples. 00:15:09.460 --> 00:15:10.340 We'll pick 00:15:10.340 --> 00:15:10.860 it up in 00:15:10.860 --> 00:15:11.960 verse 8, 00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:13.180 John 00:15:13.180 --> 00:15:14.100 chapter 13, 00:15:14.200 --> 00:15:14.779 verse 8. 00:15:15.419 --> 00:15:16.279 And Jesus 00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:16.940 comes to 00:15:16.940 --> 00:15:17.700 Peter to 00:15:17.700 --> 00:15:18.340 wash his 00:15:18.340 --> 00:15:18.700 feet. 00:15:18.700 --> 00:15:20.620 And what 00:15:20.620 --> 00:15:21.060 does Peter 00:15:21.060 --> 00:15:21.440 say? 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:22.960 No, 00:15:23.800 --> 00:15:24.460 you shall 00:15:24.460 --> 00:15:25.660 never wash 00:15:25.660 --> 00:15:26.759 my feet. 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:29.360 And Jesus 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:30.080 answered, 00:15:30.640 --> 00:15:32.259 unless I 00:15:32.259 --> 00:15:33.180 wash you, 00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:34.879 you have 00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:35.440 no part 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:36.000 with me. 00:15:37.660 --> 00:15:38.160 Then, 00:15:38.240 --> 00:15:38.500 Lord, 00:15:38.640 --> 00:15:39.259 Simon Peter 00:15:39.259 --> 00:15:39.700 replied, 00:15:39.860 --> 00:15:40.420 not just 00:15:40.420 --> 00:15:41.040 my feet, 00:15:41.140 --> 00:15:41.620 but my 00:15:41.620 --> 00:15:42.300 hands and 00:15:42.300 --> 00:15:42.879 my head 00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:43.460 as well. 00:15:44.860 --> 00:15:45.240 Well, 00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:46.200 Jesus answered, 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:47.680 those who 00:15:47.680 --> 00:15:48.000 have had 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:48.560 a bath 00:15:48.560 --> 00:15:49.300 need only 00:15:49.300 --> 00:15:49.759 to wash 00:15:49.759 --> 00:15:50.379 their feet. 00:15:50.900 --> 00:15:51.300 Their whole 00:15:51.300 --> 00:15:51.860 body is 00:15:51.860 --> 00:15:52.180 clean. 00:15:53.560 --> 00:15:54.360 And you 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:55.200 are clean. 00:15:56.420 --> 00:15:57.020 Though not 00:15:57.020 --> 00:15:58.000 every one 00:15:58.000 --> 00:15:58.420 of you, 00:15:59.140 --> 00:15:59.780 for he 00:15:59.780 --> 00:16:00.300 knew who 00:16:00.300 --> 00:16:00.720 was going 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:01.280 to betray 00:16:01.280 --> 00:16:01.680 him, 00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:03.100 and that 00:16:03.100 --> 00:16:03.600 was why 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:04.320 he said, 00:16:05.320 --> 00:16:06.480 not everyone 00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:07.940 was clean. 00:16:09.220 --> 00:16:09.960 Let's go 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:10.440 back to 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:11.060 John chapter 00:16:11.060 --> 00:16:11.400 2. 00:16:11.780 --> 00:16:12.160 Did you 00:16:12.160 --> 00:16:12.620 hear what 00:16:12.620 --> 00:16:13.340 Jesus said 00:16:13.340 --> 00:16:13.960 to Peter? 00:16:13.960 --> 00:16:16.700 Unless I 00:16:16.700 --> 00:16:17.400 wash you, 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:18.080 unless I 00:16:18.080 --> 00:16:19.160 clean you, 00:16:20.420 --> 00:16:20.920 you can 00:16:20.920 --> 00:16:21.379 have no 00:16:21.379 --> 00:16:21.960 part of 00:16:21.960 --> 00:16:22.180 me. 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:23.400 He wasn't 00:16:23.400 --> 00:16:24.139 talking about 00:16:24.139 --> 00:16:24.800 a physical 00:16:24.800 --> 00:16:25.480 bath or 00:16:25.480 --> 00:16:26.040 a shower 00:16:26.040 --> 00:16:27.120 with soap 00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:27.840 and shampoo. 00:16:28.920 --> 00:16:29.440 He was 00:16:29.440 --> 00:16:30.220 talking about 00:16:30.220 --> 00:16:31.139 a spiritual 00:16:31.139 --> 00:16:31.740 cleansing. 00:16:32.340 --> 00:16:32.639 And the 00:16:32.639 --> 00:16:33.420 only way 00:16:33.420 --> 00:16:33.900 that we 00:16:33.900 --> 00:16:34.400 can be 00:16:34.400 --> 00:16:35.440 clean 00:16:35.440 --> 00:16:36.240 inside 00:16:36.240 --> 00:16:37.259 is that 00:16:37.259 --> 00:16:37.780 Jesus 00:16:37.780 --> 00:16:38.639 would die 00:16:38.639 --> 00:16:39.019 on the 00:16:39.019 --> 00:16:39.639 cross for 00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:40.340 our sins. 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:40.920 A 00:16:40.920 --> 00:16:41.460 cleansing 00:16:41.460 --> 00:16:42.440 so deep 00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:42.980 and full 00:16:42.980 --> 00:16:43.639 that it 00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:44.139 will clean 00:16:44.139 --> 00:16:44.440 us 00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:45.279 internally 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:45.820 and 00:16:45.820 --> 00:16:46.480 completely 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:47.620 and fully. 00:16:48.899 --> 00:16:49.899 No matter 00:16:49.899 --> 00:16:50.800 your guilt 00:16:50.800 --> 00:16:51.840 or your 00:16:51.840 --> 00:16:52.340 shame 00:16:52.340 --> 00:16:53.980 or your 00:16:53.980 --> 00:16:54.399 sin, 00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:56.340 Jesus 00:16:56.340 --> 00:16:56.980 says, 00:16:57.580 --> 00:16:58.500 I am 00:16:58.500 --> 00:16:59.000 the one 00:16:59.000 --> 00:16:59.980 who has 00:16:59.980 --> 00:17:00.440 come to 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:00.980 clean you. 00:17:01.399 --> 00:17:02.100 I will 00:17:02.100 --> 00:17:02.779 make you 00:17:02.779 --> 00:17:03.480 pure 00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:04.620 and beautiful 00:17:04.620 --> 00:17:06.559 like a 00:17:06.559 --> 00:17:07.579 bride ready 00:17:07.579 --> 00:17:08.779 for the 00:17:08.779 --> 00:17:09.500 bridegroom. 00:17:09.500 --> 00:17:14.740 so Jesus 00:17:14.740 --> 00:17:15.460 does the 00:17:15.460 --> 00:17:15.980 cleansing 00:17:15.980 --> 00:17:16.819 work. 00:17:18.019 --> 00:17:18.339 So, 00:17:19.420 --> 00:17:20.440 they are 00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:21.000 ready to 00:17:21.000 --> 00:17:21.460 celebrate. 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:23.799 But why 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:24.960 wine? 00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:26.440 Why is 00:17:26.440 --> 00:17:26.859 there so 00:17:26.859 --> 00:17:27.160 much 00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:27.759 reference 00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:28.460 to wine? 00:17:29.259 --> 00:17:30.220 Why change 00:17:30.220 --> 00:17:31.160 water into 00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:31.519 wine? 00:17:31.940 --> 00:17:32.720 Surely Jesus 00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:33.119 could have 00:17:33.119 --> 00:17:33.619 changed it 00:17:33.619 --> 00:17:34.400 into sparkling 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:35.039 water. 00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:36.779 Probably been 00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:37.619 easier maybe. 00:17:37.619 --> 00:17:38.519 Or what 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:38.759 about 00:17:38.759 --> 00:17:39.259 orange 00:17:39.259 --> 00:17:39.779 juice? 00:17:41.699 --> 00:17:42.459 Why did 00:17:42.459 --> 00:17:42.879 he change 00:17:42.879 --> 00:17:43.319 the water 00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:44.019 into wine? 00:17:45.219 --> 00:17:45.599 Well, 00:17:45.679 --> 00:17:46.559 wine itself 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:47.519 was symbolic. 00:17:48.159 --> 00:17:48.699 Notice the 00:17:48.699 --> 00:17:49.299 wine that 00:17:49.299 --> 00:17:50.059 Jesus made 00:17:50.059 --> 00:17:50.539 at the end 00:17:50.539 --> 00:17:50.859 of verse 00:17:50.859 --> 00:17:51.239 10. 00:17:53.539 --> 00:17:54.099 Everyone 00:17:54.099 --> 00:17:54.799 brings out 00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:55.479 the choice 00:17:55.479 --> 00:17:56.259 wine first 00:17:56.259 --> 00:17:56.839 and then the 00:17:56.839 --> 00:17:57.559 cheaper wine 00:17:57.559 --> 00:17:58.079 after the 00:17:58.079 --> 00:17:58.500 guests have 00:17:58.500 --> 00:17:58.879 had too 00:17:58.879 --> 00:17:59.299 much to 00:17:59.299 --> 00:17:59.559 drink. 00:17:59.559 --> 00:18:00.599 But you 00:18:00.599 --> 00:18:01.199 have saved 00:18:01.199 --> 00:18:02.119 the best 00:18:02.119 --> 00:18:03.239 till now. 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:04.959 Not cheap 00:18:04.959 --> 00:18:05.939 old plonk, 00:18:05.940 --> 00:18:07.980 but well-aged, 00:18:08.120 --> 00:18:08.860 the finest 00:18:08.860 --> 00:18:09.600 and the 00:18:09.600 --> 00:18:10.059 best. 00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:12.460 You see, 00:18:12.559 --> 00:18:13.299 the wine 00:18:13.299 --> 00:18:14.860 was a 00:18:14.860 --> 00:18:15.420 picture of 00:18:15.420 --> 00:18:16.519 joy and 00:18:16.519 --> 00:18:17.080 happiness. 00:18:17.820 --> 00:18:18.400 The wine 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:19.200 was provided 00:18:19.200 --> 00:18:19.620 at the 00:18:19.620 --> 00:18:20.279 wedding to 00:18:20.279 --> 00:18:21.100 celebrate 00:18:21.100 --> 00:18:22.220 and feast 00:18:22.220 --> 00:18:22.660 at the 00:18:22.660 --> 00:18:22.920 wedding. 00:18:24.360 --> 00:18:25.160 And this 00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:25.480 is the 00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:26.039 picture we 00:18:26.039 --> 00:18:26.740 see through 00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:27.420 the scriptures 00:18:27.420 --> 00:18:28.620 as God 00:18:28.620 --> 00:18:29.360 looks forward 00:18:29.360 --> 00:18:30.380 to a 00:18:30.380 --> 00:18:30.880 marriage 00:18:30.880 --> 00:18:31.759 to his 00:18:31.759 --> 00:18:32.240 people. 00:18:33.380 --> 00:18:33.759 You can 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:34.279 follow with 00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:34.660 me on 00:18:34.660 --> 00:18:35.200 screen. 00:18:35.940 --> 00:18:36.620 In 00:18:36.620 --> 00:18:37.779 Isaiah 62, 00:18:38.460 --> 00:18:39.480 God speaks 00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:39.860 of his 00:18:39.860 --> 00:18:40.500 relationship 00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:41.000 to his 00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:42.340 people as 00:18:42.340 --> 00:18:43.160 a marriage. 00:18:44.360 --> 00:18:44.740 And this 00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:45.140 is what he 00:18:45.140 --> 00:18:45.660 says. 00:18:46.700 --> 00:18:47.700 No longer 00:18:47.700 --> 00:18:48.220 will they 00:18:48.220 --> 00:18:48.799 call you 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:49.480 deserted 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:51.920 or abandoned 00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:52.960 or forgotten, 00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:55.080 but you 00:18:55.080 --> 00:18:55.500 will be 00:18:55.500 --> 00:18:56.039 called 00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:57.519 Hevespa, 00:18:58.180 --> 00:18:59.320 which means 00:18:59.320 --> 00:19:01.420 my delight 00:19:01.420 --> 00:19:02.019 is in 00:19:02.019 --> 00:19:02.259 her. 00:19:03.059 --> 00:19:03.640 As a 00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:04.320 bridegroom 00:19:04.320 --> 00:19:05.440 rejoices over 00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:06.220 his bride, 00:19:06.360 --> 00:19:07.500 so will 00:19:07.500 --> 00:19:08.480 your God 00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:09.340 rejoice 00:19:09.340 --> 00:19:10.860 over you. 00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:13.039 It goes 00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:13.420 on. 00:19:14.460 --> 00:19:15.340 The Lord 00:19:15.340 --> 00:19:16.059 has sworn 00:19:16.059 --> 00:19:16.660 by his 00:19:16.660 --> 00:19:17.440 mighty arm, 00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:18.460 never again 00:19:18.460 --> 00:19:19.200 will foreigners 00:19:19.200 --> 00:19:19.860 drink the 00:19:19.860 --> 00:19:20.559 new wine 00:19:20.559 --> 00:19:21.100 for which 00:19:21.100 --> 00:19:21.500 you have 00:19:21.500 --> 00:19:21.960 toiled, 00:19:22.340 --> 00:19:23.320 but those 00:19:23.320 --> 00:19:23.900 who gather 00:19:23.900 --> 00:19:24.539 the grapes 00:19:24.539 --> 00:19:25.299 will drink 00:19:25.299 --> 00:19:25.980 it in the 00:19:25.980 --> 00:19:26.620 courts of 00:19:26.620 --> 00:19:27.720 my sanctuary. 00:19:27.720 --> 00:19:27.819 glory. 00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:29.700 What a 00:19:29.700 --> 00:19:30.259 wonderful, 00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:31.259 beautiful 00:19:31.259 --> 00:19:31.900 picture. 00:19:32.819 --> 00:19:32.980 On 00:19:32.980 --> 00:19:33.700 intimacy 00:19:33.700 --> 00:19:34.339 on the 00:19:34.339 --> 00:19:34.980 one hand 00:19:34.980 --> 00:19:36.100 and security 00:19:36.100 --> 00:19:36.740 on the 00:19:36.740 --> 00:19:37.019 other, 00:19:37.380 --> 00:19:38.160 a joyful 00:19:38.160 --> 00:19:39.100 celebration 00:19:39.100 --> 00:19:40.460 as God 00:19:40.460 --> 00:19:41.920 the bridegroom 00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:43.000 marries 00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:44.120 his bride 00:19:44.120 --> 00:19:45.480 the people. 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:48.740 well, 00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:49.299 what God 00:19:49.299 --> 00:19:49.900 had promised 00:19:49.900 --> 00:19:50.539 to do, 00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:52.299 Jesus 00:19:52.299 --> 00:19:53.059 has turned 00:19:53.059 --> 00:19:53.720 that into 00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:54.500 a reality 00:19:54.500 --> 00:19:55.740 for us. 00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:57.079 You see, 00:19:57.160 --> 00:19:58.059 if we stop 00:19:58.059 --> 00:19:58.420 at the 00:19:58.420 --> 00:19:58.920 sign, 00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:00.660 we miss 00:20:00.660 --> 00:20:01.880 the point 00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:02.460 of what 00:20:02.460 --> 00:20:03.099 the story 00:20:03.099 --> 00:20:03.539 is all 00:20:03.539 --> 00:20:03.940 about. 00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:05.700 Jesus 00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:06.440 is saying, 00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:07.779 come to 00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:08.099 me, 00:20:08.360 --> 00:20:09.019 all of you, 00:20:09.259 --> 00:20:09.799 whoever you 00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:09.960 are, 00:20:10.059 --> 00:20:10.579 whatever your 00:20:10.579 --> 00:20:10.980 background, 00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:12.319 whatever your 00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:14.000 guilt or 00:20:14.000 --> 00:20:14.460 sin, 00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:16.160 come to 00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:16.500 me, 00:20:17.500 --> 00:20:18.000 and I 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:18.840 will make 00:20:18.840 --> 00:20:19.259 you 00:20:19.259 --> 00:20:20.500 clean. 00:20:21.380 --> 00:20:22.000 I will 00:20:22.000 --> 00:20:22.900 wash you 00:20:22.900 --> 00:20:24.120 for the 00:20:24.120 --> 00:20:25.140 ultimate 00:20:25.140 --> 00:20:26.059 wedding 00:20:26.059 --> 00:20:26.920 celebration. 00:20:28.380 --> 00:20:29.420 So that's 00:20:29.420 --> 00:20:31.039 story one. 00:20:32.079 --> 00:20:32.860 Let's move 00:20:32.860 --> 00:20:33.340 now to 00:20:33.340 --> 00:20:34.220 story two. 00:20:36.500 --> 00:20:37.460 Removed 00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:38.500 from the 00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.079 father's 00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:39.620 house, 00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:41.019 the 00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:41.840 location 00:20:41.840 --> 00:20:42.420 changes 00:20:42.420 --> 00:20:42.860 from the 00:20:42.860 --> 00:20:43.240 wedding 00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:44.220 to the 00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:44.660 temple, 00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:45.539 the 00:20:45.539 --> 00:20:46.120 imagery 00:20:46.120 --> 00:20:46.640 and the 00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:47.180 symbolism 00:20:47.180 --> 00:20:47.819 also 00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:48.279 change. 00:20:48.380 --> 00:20:48.640 But at 00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:49.180 one level, 00:20:49.319 --> 00:20:49.980 this story 00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:50.559 is also 00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:51.380 very simple. 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:52.880 We find 00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:53.480 Jesus at 00:20:53.480 --> 00:20:54.039 the temple, 00:20:54.819 --> 00:20:55.240 they've 00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:55.640 turned it 00:20:55.640 --> 00:20:56.160 into a 00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:56.720 marketplace, 00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:58.259 and so 00:20:58.259 --> 00:20:59.100 Jesus comes 00:20:59.100 --> 00:20:59.600 along and 00:20:59.600 --> 00:21:00.059 gets rid 00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:00.539 of all 00:21:00.539 --> 00:21:00.759 the 00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:01.079 sellers. 00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:03.079 Now, 00:21:03.140 --> 00:21:03.480 again, 00:21:03.620 --> 00:21:04.240 this is not 00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:04.779 a message 00:21:04.779 --> 00:21:05.360 that Jesus 00:21:05.360 --> 00:21:05.940 is on a 00:21:05.940 --> 00:21:06.420 crusade 00:21:06.420 --> 00:21:06.940 to free 00:21:06.940 --> 00:21:07.420 all the 00:21:07.420 --> 00:21:07.860 animals. 00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:09.319 No, 00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:09.980 through the 00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:10.519 act of 00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:11.400 clearing the 00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:11.920 courts, 00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:13.240 Jesus is 00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:13.680 saying, 00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:15.400 if you 00:21:15.400 --> 00:21:16.420 refuse me, 00:21:17.019 --> 00:21:17.800 I will 00:21:17.800 --> 00:21:18.980 remove you 00:21:18.980 --> 00:21:20.320 from my 00:21:20.320 --> 00:21:20.860 father's 00:21:20.860 --> 00:21:21.320 house. 00:21:22.580 --> 00:21:23.320 Refuse 00:21:23.320 --> 00:21:23.759 me, 00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:25.259 and I 00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:25.920 will remove 00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:27.380 you from 00:21:27.380 --> 00:21:28.140 my father's 00:21:28.140 --> 00:21:28.560 house. 00:21:29.360 --> 00:21:30.060 Well, 00:21:30.100 --> 00:21:30.519 let's see 00:21:30.519 --> 00:21:31.140 how this 00:21:31.140 --> 00:21:31.660 is true. 00:21:33.140 --> 00:21:33.820 First, 00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:34.660 Jesus makes 00:21:34.660 --> 00:21:35.560 the extraordinary 00:21:35.560 --> 00:21:37.580 claim of 00:21:37.580 --> 00:21:39.160 being the 00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:39.560 temple. 00:21:39.559 --> 00:21:39.619 temple. 00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:41.279 The 00:21:41.279 --> 00:21:41.599 temple, 00:21:41.740 --> 00:21:42.039 of course, 00:21:42.099 --> 00:21:42.399 was the 00:21:42.399 --> 00:21:42.960 place where 00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:43.419 you went 00:21:43.419 --> 00:21:44.019 to meet 00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:45.039 with God. 00:21:45.159 --> 00:21:45.599 You went 00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:46.099 there to 00:21:46.099 --> 00:21:47.179 pray to 00:21:47.179 --> 00:21:47.480 God, 00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:48.539 to thank 00:21:48.539 --> 00:21:49.000 God. 00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:49.940 It was 00:21:49.940 --> 00:21:50.720 the physical 00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:51.379 sign, 00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:52.819 center place 00:21:52.819 --> 00:21:53.859 in Jerusalem, 00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:54.579 the capital, 00:21:55.179 --> 00:21:55.940 where God's 00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:56.679 presence was 00:21:56.679 --> 00:21:57.200 among the 00:21:57.200 --> 00:21:57.579 people. 00:21:59.019 --> 00:21:59.319 So, 00:21:59.419 --> 00:21:59.659 if there 00:21:59.659 --> 00:22:00.179 was no 00:22:00.179 --> 00:22:00.720 temple, 00:22:02.159 --> 00:22:02.740 there was 00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.359 no access 00:22:03.359 --> 00:22:04.039 to God. 00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:04.980 Get rid 00:22:04.980 --> 00:22:05.259 of the 00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:05.619 temple, 00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:06.859 no way 00:22:06.859 --> 00:22:07.319 of meeting 00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:07.819 God. 00:22:07.819 --> 00:22:09.220 now, 00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:09.819 when Jesus 00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.559 arrived to 00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:11.159 the temple, 00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.599 he says 00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:13.019 something 00:22:13.019 --> 00:22:13.819 extraordinary. 00:22:14.139 --> 00:22:14.319 Do you 00:22:14.319 --> 00:22:14.740 see it in 00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:15.439 verse 16? 00:22:15.679 --> 00:22:16.579 He calls 00:22:16.579 --> 00:22:16.980 it, 00:22:17.899 --> 00:22:18.179 my 00:22:18.179 --> 00:22:19.099 father's 00:22:19.099 --> 00:22:19.720 house. 00:22:20.919 --> 00:22:21.480 Jesus is 00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:22.139 claiming an 00:22:22.139 --> 00:22:23.159 ownership and 00:22:23.159 --> 00:22:24.059 an authority 00:22:24.059 --> 00:22:25.359 over the 00:22:25.359 --> 00:22:25.740 temple. 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:26.659 In fact, 00:22:26.779 --> 00:22:27.439 Jesus goes 00:22:27.439 --> 00:22:28.279 even further, 00:22:28.439 --> 00:22:29.299 verse 19. 00:22:30.419 --> 00:22:31.339 He says 00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:31.779 to them, 00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:33.579 destroy 00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:34.500 this 00:22:34.500 --> 00:22:35.220 temple, 00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:36.860 and I 00:22:36.860 --> 00:22:37.539 will raise 00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.180 it again 00:22:38.180 --> 00:22:39.200 in three 00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:39.799 days. 00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:40.799 Huh? 00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:42.200 Could you 00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:43.019 imagine the 00:22:43.019 --> 00:22:43.539 reaction? 00:22:44.620 --> 00:22:44.860 Well, 00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:45.480 we have it 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.380 in verse 20. 00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:48.140 It's taken 00:22:48.140 --> 00:22:49.900 46 years 00:22:49.900 --> 00:22:50.500 to build 00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.240 this temple 00:22:51.240 --> 00:22:52.839 and you 00:22:52.839 --> 00:22:53.299 are going 00:22:53.299 --> 00:22:53.940 to raise 00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:54.299 it in 00:22:54.299 --> 00:22:55.019 three days? 00:22:55.299 --> 00:22:55.880 How are 00:22:55.880 --> 00:22:56.720 you possibly, 00:22:56.920 --> 00:22:57.579 how could 00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:58.480 you rebuild 00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:59.019 a temple 00:22:59.019 --> 00:22:59.539 if it was 00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:00.460 all flattened? 00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:01.480 It's 00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:02.019 nonsense 00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:02.460 talk. 00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:02.700 You're 00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:03.059 talking 00:23:03.059 --> 00:23:03.700 stupid. 00:23:03.700 --> 00:23:05.519 And 00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:05.960 besides, 00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:06.799 how will 00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.220 we ever 00:23:07.220 --> 00:23:07.779 get close 00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:08.279 to God 00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:08.880 without a 00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:09.220 temple? 00:23:12.319 --> 00:23:13.480 Verse 21. 00:23:15.080 --> 00:23:15.519 But the 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:16.420 temple Jesus 00:23:16.420 --> 00:23:17.180 was speaking 00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:17.700 about 00:23:17.700 --> 00:23:19.620 was his 00:23:19.620 --> 00:23:20.100 body. 00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.100 You see, 00:23:22.200 --> 00:23:22.759 Jesus was 00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.460 making this 00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.080 extraordinary 00:23:24.080 --> 00:23:24.819 claim. 00:23:25.380 --> 00:23:25.920 He's saying, 00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:26.819 see that 00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.519 building over 00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:27.860 there? 00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:30.299 Look at 00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:30.559 me. 00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:32.279 I am 00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:33.080 the true 00:23:33.080 --> 00:23:33.559 temple. 00:23:33.700 --> 00:23:35.340 I am 00:23:35.340 --> 00:23:35.920 the one 00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:36.960 who will 00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.620 give you 00:23:37.620 --> 00:23:38.220 access 00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:39.200 to the 00:23:39.200 --> 00:23:39.580 Father. 00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:41.299 Come to 00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:42.660 me and 00:23:42.660 --> 00:23:43.080 you will 00:23:43.080 --> 00:23:43.819 experience 00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.340 God's 00:23:44.340 --> 00:23:44.759 presence 00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.460 personally 00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:46.200 and 00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:46.720 intimately. 00:23:49.400 --> 00:23:50.059 Well, 00:23:50.140 --> 00:23:50.519 they'd all 00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.000 missed the 00:23:51.000 --> 00:23:51.259 point 00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.900 completely, 00:23:52.019 --> 00:23:52.299 hadn't 00:23:52.299 --> 00:23:52.519 they? 00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:53.960 It would 00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.400 take a 00:23:54.400 --> 00:23:55.000 lot longer 00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.640 before they 00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:56.620 realized what 00:23:56.620 --> 00:23:57.259 Jesus was 00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:57.759 coming to 00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.059 do. 00:23:59.059 --> 00:23:59.920 Verse 22. 00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:02.300 after Jesus 00:24:02.300 --> 00:24:03.080 was raised 00:24:03.080 --> 00:24:03.460 from the 00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:03.700 dead, 00:24:03.800 --> 00:24:04.160 so he 00:24:04.160 --> 00:24:05.560 died three 00:24:05.560 --> 00:24:06.360 days later, 00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:06.820 he was 00:24:06.820 --> 00:24:07.480 raised from 00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:08.440 the dead, 00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:09.880 his disciples 00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:10.560 recalled, 00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.340 they remembered 00:24:11.340 --> 00:24:12.240 back to the 00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:12.920 event in the 00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:13.279 temple, 00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:15.820 they believed 00:24:15.820 --> 00:24:16.680 the scriptures 00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:18.360 and the 00:24:18.360 --> 00:24:19.080 words that 00:24:19.080 --> 00:24:19.759 Jesus had 00:24:19.759 --> 00:24:20.200 spoken. 00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:22.320 It suddenly 00:24:22.320 --> 00:24:23.120 dawned on 00:24:23.120 --> 00:24:24.019 them that 00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:24.480 yes, 00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:25.580 it is through 00:24:25.580 --> 00:24:26.100 Jesus, 00:24:26.600 --> 00:24:27.100 through his 00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:27.980 death and 00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:28.579 through his 00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:29.259 resurrection, 00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:30.379 that we 00:24:30.379 --> 00:24:30.939 could have 00:24:30.939 --> 00:24:32.500 access to 00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:32.919 God. 00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:35.359 Now, 00:24:35.419 --> 00:24:35.859 that meant 00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:36.619 that anything 00:24:36.619 --> 00:24:38.419 that hindered 00:24:38.419 --> 00:24:39.299 access to 00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:41.000 God needed 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:41.500 to be 00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.159 removed. 00:24:42.959 --> 00:24:43.179 A 00:24:43.179 --> 00:24:43.779 cleansing 00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:45.259 had to 00:24:45.259 --> 00:24:46.199 take place. 00:24:47.159 --> 00:24:47.959 And that's 00:24:47.959 --> 00:24:48.559 what Jesus 00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.719 was demonstrating 00:24:49.719 --> 00:24:51.259 earlier on 00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:52.019 when he 00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.679 arrived at 00:24:52.679 --> 00:24:53.259 the temple. 00:24:53.719 --> 00:24:53.939 A 00:24:53.939 --> 00:24:54.519 cleansing 00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:55.279 was taking 00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.719 place. 00:24:56.119 --> 00:24:56.559 Look at 00:24:56.559 --> 00:24:57.039 when these 00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.759 events took 00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.299 place. 00:24:59.240 --> 00:25:00.440 Verse 13. 00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:03.779 When it 00:25:03.779 --> 00:25:04.259 was almost 00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:05.000 time for 00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.639 the Jewish 00:25:05.639 --> 00:25:06.519 Passover, 00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:08.319 Jesus went 00:25:08.319 --> 00:25:08.759 up to 00:25:08.759 --> 00:25:09.339 Jerusalem. 00:25:10.879 --> 00:25:11.119 Now, 00:25:11.179 --> 00:25:11.980 Passover was 00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.639 this great 00:25:12.639 --> 00:25:13.399 big annual 00:25:13.399 --> 00:25:14.359 event when 00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:15.139 they remembered 00:25:15.139 --> 00:25:16.299 their liberation, 00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.319 God setting 00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:17.879 his people 00:25:17.879 --> 00:25:18.460 free from 00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:19.720 Egypt hundreds 00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:20.299 of years 00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:20.839 before. 00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:22.639 And so 00:25:22.639 --> 00:25:23.279 this one 00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:23.980 time every 00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.319 year, 00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.379 hundreds, 00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:26.480 thousands 00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:27.300 of people 00:25:27.300 --> 00:25:28.420 all left 00:25:28.420 --> 00:25:28.820 and went 00:25:28.820 --> 00:25:29.380 on a big 00:25:29.380 --> 00:25:29.880 pilgrimage 00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:30.880 and all 00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.560 travelled up 00:25:31.560 --> 00:25:32.280 to Jerusalem. 00:25:32.280 --> 00:25:34.540 It was like 00:25:34.540 --> 00:25:35.260 all-Ireland 00:25:35.260 --> 00:25:36.020 final day 00:25:36.020 --> 00:25:36.520 in Croke 00:25:36.520 --> 00:25:37.000 Park 00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:38.520 when every 00:25:38.520 --> 00:25:39.080 county 00:25:39.080 --> 00:25:39.840 was in 00:25:39.840 --> 00:25:40.360 the final. 00:25:41.080 --> 00:25:41.340 I mean, 00:25:41.520 --> 00:25:42.200 everybody 00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:42.960 went. 00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.640 They came 00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:45.280 to meet 00:25:45.280 --> 00:25:46.360 with God. 00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:47.359 people 00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:47.759 were 00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.240 coming 00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:52.459 from all 00:25:52.459 --> 00:25:52.939 barriers 00:25:52.939 --> 00:25:53.419 and 00:25:53.419 --> 00:25:54.079 obstacles. 00:25:55.099 --> 00:25:55.539 People 00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:55.759 were 00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.059 coming 00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:56.479 from all 00:25:56.479 --> 00:25:56.819 kinds 00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:56.939 of 00:25:56.939 --> 00:25:57.279 places 00:25:57.279 --> 00:25:57.539 and 00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:57.959 were 00:25:57.959 --> 00:25:58.240 pulling 00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.459 out 00:25:58.459 --> 00:25:58.659 their 00:25:58.659 --> 00:25:58.939 wallet 00:25:58.939 --> 00:25:59.259 ready 00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.659 to pay 00:25:59.659 --> 00:25:59.959 money 00:25:59.959 --> 00:26:00.579 for some 00:26:00.579 --> 00:26:01.339 animal 00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:01.819 for a 00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.439 sacrifice. 00:26:02.919 --> 00:26:03.039 Oh, 00:26:03.099 --> 00:26:03.279 well, 00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:03.639 you've 00:26:03.639 --> 00:26:03.959 got the 00:26:03.959 --> 00:26:04.159 wrong 00:26:04.159 --> 00:26:04.599 currency. 00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.039 Let me 00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.579 exchange 00:26:05.579 --> 00:26:06.119 it and 00:26:06.119 --> 00:26:06.819 well, 00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:07.000 I'll 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:07.159 just 00:26:07.159 --> 00:26:07.519 take a 00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:07.659 bit 00:26:07.659 --> 00:26:07.859 for 00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:08.259 myself. 00:26:08.479 --> 00:26:08.559 And 00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:09.099 then 00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:09.240 they 00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:09.399 were 00:26:09.399 --> 00:26:09.779 haggling 00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.059 over 00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.259 the 00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:10.619 price 00:26:10.619 --> 00:26:10.879 of a 00:26:10.879 --> 00:26:11.019 cow. 00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:11.240 How 00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:11.659 much 00:26:11.659 --> 00:26:11.819 is 00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:12.019 that 00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.479 sheep? 00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:13.579 No, 00:26:13.659 --> 00:26:14.039 too much. 00:26:14.039 --> 00:26:14.220 What 00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:14.440 about 00:26:14.440 --> 00:26:14.639 the 00:26:14.639 --> 00:26:15.019 dove? 00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:16.019 Maybe 00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.420 that's 00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:16.819 cheaper. 00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.059 You see, 00:26:18.139 --> 00:26:18.519 those who 00:26:18.519 --> 00:26:19.039 were selling 00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.859 animals and 00:26:19.859 --> 00:26:20.500 exchanging 00:26:20.500 --> 00:26:21.159 currency 00:26:21.159 --> 00:26:22.319 had turned 00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:23.000 the temple 00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.980 into a 00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.480 place of 00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:24.920 making 00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.539 money 00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:26.700 rather than 00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:27.079 meeting 00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:27.659 God. 00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:29.180 Rather 00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.639 than a 00:26:29.639 --> 00:26:30.200 place to 00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:30.740 worship 00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.399 God, 00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:32.539 it had 00:26:32.539 --> 00:26:33.059 become a 00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.599 place to 00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:34.220 increase 00:26:34.220 --> 00:26:35.039 your wealth. 00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:36.500 And 00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:36.960 Jesus 00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:38.180 was 00:26:38.180 --> 00:26:38.940 angry, 00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.319 verse 00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:40.899 15, 00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:42.500 so he 00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.039 made a 00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:43.740 whip out 00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:43.920 of 00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.400 cords, 00:26:45.140 --> 00:26:45.420 drove 00:26:45.420 --> 00:26:46.079 all from 00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.279 the 00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:46.599 temple 00:26:46.599 --> 00:26:47.059 courts, 00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:47.359 both 00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.640 sheep 00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:47.819 and 00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:48.140 cattle, 00:26:48.400 --> 00:26:48.740 and he 00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.200 scattered 00:26:49.200 --> 00:26:49.819 the coins 00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.140 of the 00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:50.359 money 00:26:50.359 --> 00:26:50.819 changers 00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.640 and overturned 00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:51.799 their 00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.380 tables. 00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:54.579 Have 00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:54.880 you ever 00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:55.160 known 00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:55.539 Jesus 00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:56.000 to be 00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.500 angry? 00:26:58.140 --> 00:26:58.680 Well, 00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.319 let's 00:26:59.319 --> 00:27:00.019 not mistake 00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.579 things here. 00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.240 Jesus 00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:01.720 hasn't 00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.259 lost his 00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.660 temper. 00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:03.640 No, 00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.079 it was 00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:04.339 a 00:27:04.339 --> 00:27:04.759 righteous 00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.620 anger. 00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:07.299 Jesus 00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:07.640 was 00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.240 passionate 00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:08.960 for his 00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:09.839 father's 00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:10.420 glory. 00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.120 Verse 00:27:11.120 --> 00:27:11.759 16, 00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:13.379 to those 00:27:13.379 --> 00:27:13.680 who were 00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.079 selling, 00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.019 he said, 00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:16.000 get them 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.299 out of 00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:16.579 here. 00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:17.980 Stop 00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:18.960 turning my 00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.759 father's 00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.319 house 00:27:20.319 --> 00:27:21.779 into a 00:27:21.779 --> 00:27:22.140 market. 00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:24.500 You see, 00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:24.960 Jesus 00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:25.779 longed 00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:27.140 that people 00:27:27.140 --> 00:27:27.579 would be 00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:28.059 able to 00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:29.379 come and 00:27:29.379 --> 00:27:29.960 give honour 00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.740 and praise 00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.379 and worship 00:27:31.379 --> 00:27:31.799 to the 00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.160 father, 00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:33.160 for that 00:27:33.160 --> 00:27:33.740 is why 00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:34.319 God 00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:34.960 had made 00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:35.400 us. 00:27:35.879 --> 00:27:36.279 It's the 00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:36.900 purpose in 00:27:36.900 --> 00:27:37.400 which God 00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:37.980 had created 00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.299 us, 00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:39.119 that we 00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:39.480 would 00:27:39.480 --> 00:27:40.539 live for 00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:40.799 him, 00:27:40.899 --> 00:27:41.240 that we 00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.539 would 00:27:41.539 --> 00:27:42.119 worship 00:27:42.119 --> 00:27:42.559 him. 00:27:43.839 --> 00:27:44.279 So 00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.759 anyone 00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.099 that 00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:46.319 obstructed 00:27:46.319 --> 00:27:47.159 access to 00:27:47.159 --> 00:27:47.500 God 00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.579 was to 00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:48.779 be 00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.359 removed. 00:27:50.419 --> 00:27:50.639 It 00:27:50.639 --> 00:27:51.000 was an 00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.619 act of 00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:52.399 cleansing. 00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:53.980 Jesus 00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:55.259 cleaned it 00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:55.940 all up 00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:58.339 by clearing 00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:59.559 people out. 00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:03.079 You see, 00:28:03.159 --> 00:28:03.740 it comes as 00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.159 a warning 00:28:04.159 --> 00:28:04.960 to us 00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:06.740 that if 00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.480 we put 00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:08.460 obstacles in 00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:08.920 the way 00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.500 of people 00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:10.140 coming to 00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:10.579 God, 00:28:11.620 --> 00:28:12.220 if we 00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:12.759 put up 00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.380 barriers 00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:15.279 to stop 00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:16.059 access to 00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:16.259 the 00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:16.680 father, 00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:19.180 if we 00:28:19.180 --> 00:28:19.680 become 00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.380 those 00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:21.579 who 00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:22.259 obstruct 00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.920 the way, 00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.180 well, 00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:25.480 there will 00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:25.840 be a 00:28:25.840 --> 00:28:26.279 cleansing, 00:28:26.860 --> 00:28:27.640 a clearing 00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:29.019 out of 00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:29.539 all who 00:28:29.539 --> 00:28:30.240 are opposed 00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:30.779 to him. 00:28:32.220 --> 00:28:32.620 You see, 00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.220 this was a 00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:33.940 cleansing that 00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:34.539 God had 00:28:34.539 --> 00:28:35.539 always been 00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.200 concerned 00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:36.720 for. 00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:39.220 There was 00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:39.819 a cleansing 00:28:39.819 --> 00:28:42.059 which led 00:28:42.059 --> 00:28:43.220 to a 00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:43.740 removal 00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:44.460 in 00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:44.899 judgment. 00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:46.700 Years 00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.259 before, 00:28:47.399 --> 00:28:47.899 the prophet 00:28:47.899 --> 00:28:49.000 Jeremiah had 00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.579 confronted 00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.539 God's people 00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:51.480 about the 00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:51.899 way they 00:28:51.899 --> 00:28:52.599 were behaving 00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.319 and living. 00:28:54.440 --> 00:28:54.799 And God 00:28:54.799 --> 00:28:55.359 said to 00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:55.940 Jeremiah, 00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:58.460 you can 00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:58.839 read it 00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.279 there on 00:28:59.279 --> 00:28:59.899 the screen, 00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.299 God said 00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:02.079 to Jeremiah, 00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:03.639 stand at 00:29:03.639 --> 00:29:04.159 the gate 00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:04.500 of the 00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:04.900 Lord's 00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:05.140 house, 00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.880 stand at 00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:06.420 the entrance 00:29:06.420 --> 00:29:06.840 to the 00:29:06.840 --> 00:29:07.980 temple and 00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.519 say to 00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:09.080 the people, 00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:11.160 reform your 00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:11.960 ways and 00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.779 your actions 00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:14.240 and I 00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:14.620 will let 00:29:14.620 --> 00:29:15.200 you live. 00:29:16.080 --> 00:29:16.400 You see, 00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:16.720 they were 00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.320 turning up 00:29:17.320 --> 00:29:17.680 and doing 00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:18.060 all the 00:29:18.060 --> 00:29:18.560 worshipy 00:29:18.560 --> 00:29:18.960 religious 00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:19.500 stuff and 00:29:19.500 --> 00:29:19.759 that was 00:29:19.759 --> 00:29:20.060 fine. 00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:20.860 The rest 00:29:20.860 --> 00:29:21.060 of the 00:29:21.060 --> 00:29:21.420 time they 00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:21.920 were carrying 00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:22.340 on and 00:29:22.340 --> 00:29:22.880 doing whatever 00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:23.640 they pleased. 00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.600 God says, 00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:26.019 no, you've 00:29:26.019 --> 00:29:26.279 got to 00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:27.120 reform your 00:29:27.120 --> 00:29:27.720 ways. 00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:30.140 But you 00:29:30.140 --> 00:29:30.839 did not 00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:31.299 listen. 00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:33.160 I called 00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:33.600 but you 00:29:33.600 --> 00:29:33.980 didn't 00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.460 answer. 00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:36.200 I will 00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:36.920 now do 00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.339 to the 00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:37.900 house that 00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:38.460 bears my 00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:39.279 name, the 00:29:39.279 --> 00:29:39.900 temple you 00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:41.079 trust in, I 00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:42.059 will thrust 00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.920 you from my 00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:43.579 presence. 00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:47.360 Well, God's 00:29:47.360 --> 00:29:47.860 word was 00:29:47.860 --> 00:29:48.579 clear, wasn't 00:29:48.579 --> 00:29:48.819 it? 00:29:49.880 --> 00:29:50.860 God says, 00:29:51.059 --> 00:29:51.740 I am going 00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.680 to remove 00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:53.019 you. 00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:54.960 I am going 00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.839 to cleanse 00:29:55.839 --> 00:29:56.700 my house 00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:58.160 from all 00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:58.619 who do 00:29:58.619 --> 00:29:59.339 not repent 00:29:59.339 --> 00:29:59.879 and all 00:29:59.879 --> 00:30:00.339 who do 00:30:00.339 --> 00:30:00.960 not listen 00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.519 to me. 00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:03.019 And so 00:30:03.019 --> 00:30:03.720 when Jesus 00:30:03.720 --> 00:30:04.559 arrived at 00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:05.160 the temple 00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:06.099 to his 00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:06.619 father's 00:30:06.619 --> 00:30:07.579 house, he 00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:08.759 cleansed 00:30:08.759 --> 00:30:09.039 it. 00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.460 He enacted 00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:11.220 God's 00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:12.039 judgment upon 00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:12.680 the people. 00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:14.920 Well, you 00:30:14.920 --> 00:30:15.460 say, that 00:30:15.460 --> 00:30:16.139 sounds a bit 00:30:16.139 --> 00:30:16.660 harsh. 00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:18.379 Jesus being 00:30:18.379 --> 00:30:19.119 so angry, 00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:19.779 removing 00:30:19.779 --> 00:30:20.359 people. 00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:22.680 Well, 00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:23.120 remember, 00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:24.060 Jesus wants 00:30:24.060 --> 00:30:24.640 a people 00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:26.279 who will 00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:26.920 worship 00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:28.039 God, 00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:29.560 who will 00:30:29.560 --> 00:30:30.039 live for 00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:31.340 him and 00:30:31.340 --> 00:30:32.160 serve him. 00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.420 And all 00:30:33.420 --> 00:30:34.180 who oppose 00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:34.560 him and 00:30:34.560 --> 00:30:34.960 all who 00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.700 reject him 00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:36.720 will be 00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.460 removed. 00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:38.700 And Jesus 00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:39.340 is making 00:30:39.340 --> 00:30:40.420 this very 00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:40.960 simple 00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:42.299 statement that 00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:43.100 if we 00:30:43.100 --> 00:30:44.200 turn against 00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:45.920 him, he 00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:46.920 will remove 00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.539 us. 00:30:48.660 --> 00:30:49.259 We will be 00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:50.100 removed from 00:30:50.100 --> 00:30:50.900 his presence 00:30:50.900 --> 00:30:51.560 forever. 00:30:51.559 --> 00:30:51.679 forever. 00:30:54.159 --> 00:30:55.200 You see, if 00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:55.700 we look at 00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.460 this story 00:30:56.460 --> 00:30:58.220 as all 00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:58.940 about Jesus 00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.480 freeing 00:30:59.480 --> 00:30:59.940 animals, 00:31:00.879 --> 00:31:01.599 well, we've 00:31:01.599 --> 00:31:02.000 missed the 00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.879 point completely. 00:31:04.399 --> 00:31:04.700 Jesus 00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.079 says, 00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:06.099 refuse me, 00:31:07.259 --> 00:31:07.940 ignore me, 00:31:08.099 --> 00:31:08.799 turn against 00:31:08.799 --> 00:31:09.220 me, 00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:11.339 and I 00:31:11.339 --> 00:31:12.079 will remove 00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:13.839 you from 00:31:13.839 --> 00:31:14.599 my father's 00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:15.019 house. 00:31:15.019 --> 00:31:18.359 so two 00:31:18.359 --> 00:31:18.980 signed 00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:19.879 stories 00:31:19.879 --> 00:31:21.460 pointing us 00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:22.240 to Jesus. 00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:23.879 At the 00:31:23.879 --> 00:31:24.400 wedding, we 00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:24.879 see the 00:31:24.879 --> 00:31:25.539 welcome of 00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:26.359 the bridegroom. 00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.900 Come to 00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:28.720 me, says 00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:30.339 Jesus, and 00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:30.700 I will 00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:31.259 clean you 00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:31.819 of all 00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.400 your sin. 00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:33.900 No longer 00:31:33.900 --> 00:31:34.440 do you have 00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:34.920 to put on 00:31:34.920 --> 00:31:35.740 a pretense 00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.619 or put on 00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:37.180 a show. 00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:38.119 You can 00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:38.619 come as 00:31:38.619 --> 00:31:39.079 you are. 00:31:39.559 --> 00:31:40.279 I will 00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:41.099 forgive you. 00:31:41.219 --> 00:31:41.619 I will 00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:42.039 give you 00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:42.980 my purity. 00:31:43.419 --> 00:31:43.879 I will 00:31:43.879 --> 00:31:44.299 give you 00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:44.639 my 00:31:44.639 --> 00:31:45.199 righteousness. 00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:45.939 I will 00:31:45.939 --> 00:31:46.539 make you 00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:47.019 as a 00:31:47.019 --> 00:31:47.539 beautiful 00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:48.099 bride. 00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.379 And I 00:31:49.379 --> 00:31:49.759 will be 00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.399 your loyal, 00:31:50.679 --> 00:31:50.980 faithful, 00:31:51.139 --> 00:31:51.919 and steadfast 00:31:51.919 --> 00:31:52.399 husband. 00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:54.759 And as 00:31:54.759 --> 00:31:55.359 we come 00:31:55.359 --> 00:31:56.259 to Jesus, 00:31:57.299 --> 00:31:57.879 so in a 00:31:57.879 --> 00:31:58.359 sense we 00:31:58.359 --> 00:31:59.039 enter into 00:31:59.039 --> 00:31:59.679 a marriage 00:31:59.679 --> 00:32:00.379 relationship 00:32:00.379 --> 00:32:01.659 with God 00:32:01.659 --> 00:32:02.099 that is 00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:03.119 safe and 00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:04.500 secure and 00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.179 will never 00:32:05.179 --> 00:32:05.879 be broken. 00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:07.859 A wedding 00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.480 feast where 00:32:08.480 --> 00:32:09.419 we will eat 00:32:09.419 --> 00:32:10.319 and drink 00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:11.039 and be 00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:11.700 happy and 00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:12.339 be glad 00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:13.240 and there 00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:13.579 will be 00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:14.220 no more 00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:14.740 death. 00:32:15.919 --> 00:32:16.679 It will 00:32:16.679 --> 00:32:17.599 last forever. 00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.720 But at 00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.279 the temple 00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:23.700 we see the 00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:24.220 warning of 00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:24.819 a judge. 00:32:26.379 --> 00:32:27.240 And Jesus 00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:27.839 is saying, 00:32:28.000 --> 00:32:28.679 I am the 00:32:28.679 --> 00:32:29.319 way to the 00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:29.700 Father. 00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.259 And I have 00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:32.019 come that you 00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.460 may have 00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:33.119 access to 00:32:33.119 --> 00:32:33.399 him. 00:32:34.659 --> 00:32:35.539 But if you 00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:36.119 hinder the 00:32:36.119 --> 00:32:37.919 way, if we 00:32:37.919 --> 00:32:38.419 do not 00:32:38.419 --> 00:32:39.399 reform our 00:32:39.399 --> 00:32:40.019 ways and 00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.299 turn 00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:40.779 back to 00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.059 him, 00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:41.799 Jesus 00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.240 says, 00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:43.119 well there 00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:43.659 will come 00:32:43.659 --> 00:32:44.059 a day 00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:45.379 when I 00:32:45.379 --> 00:32:45.839 will come 00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:46.220 again. 00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:48.200 And it 00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:48.779 will be 00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:49.779 in judgment. 00:32:50.819 --> 00:32:51.240 And I 00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:52.460 will cleanse 00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:54.000 this place 00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:55.599 from all 00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:56.039 who do 00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:57.079 not trust 00:32:57.079 --> 00:32:57.419 me. 00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.759 Which 00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:01.399 Jesus 00:33:01.399 --> 00:33:02.879 are we 00:33:02.879 --> 00:33:03.379 going to 00:33:03.379 --> 00:33:03.740 meet? 00:33:04.619 --> 00:33:05.659 The party 00:33:05.659 --> 00:33:06.159 Jesus? 00:33:06.879 --> 00:33:07.659 The welcome 00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:08.040 of the 00:33:08.040 --> 00:33:08.720 bridegroom? 00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:09.660 The 00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:09.680 bridegroom? 00:33:09.680 --> 00:33:10.660 The 00:33:10.660 --> 00:33:10.740 bridegroom? 00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:10.920 Or the 00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:11.600 righteous 00:33:11.600 --> 00:33:12.600 angered 00:33:12.600 --> 00:33:12.940 Jesus? 00:33:13.900 --> 00:33:14.720 Who will 00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.440 remove us 00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:15.840 from his 00:33:15.840 --> 00:33:16.320 presence 00:33:16.320 --> 00:33:17.000 because we 00:33:17.000 --> 00:33:17.600 have ignored 00:33:17.600 --> 00:33:17.960 him? 00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:21.500 Two signs, 00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:23.560 two stories. 00:33:24.740 --> 00:33:25.080 What 00:33:25.080 --> 00:33:25.700 Jesus 00:33:25.700 --> 00:33:27.640 are we 00:33:27.640 --> 00:33:28.160 ready to 00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:28.500 meet? 00:33:29.560 --> 00:33:30.080 Let's 00:33:30.080 --> 00:33:30.340 pray. 00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:52.559 Father God, 00:33:52.679 --> 00:33:53.159 thank you 00:33:53.159 --> 00:33:54.419 for your 00:33:54.419 --> 00:33:54.879 word. 00:33:54.880 --> 00:33:56.940 thank you 00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:57.400 for its 00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:58.080 simplicity, 00:33:58.660 --> 00:33:59.460 its 00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:00.040 clarity. 00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.200 Thank you 00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.560 that it 00:34:02.560 --> 00:34:03.120 points us 00:34:03.120 --> 00:34:03.740 to Jesus. 00:34:06.080 --> 00:34:06.320 And 00:34:06.320 --> 00:34:06.540 Father, 00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:07.180 we pray 00:34:07.180 --> 00:34:08.800 that each 00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.380 one of us 00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:11.079 here would 00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.640 turn to 00:34:11.640 --> 00:34:11.940 you, 00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:14.420 that we 00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:14.880 would come 00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.640 to you for 00:34:15.640 --> 00:34:16.420 that cleansing, 00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:18.440 that we 00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:19.059 would know 00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:20.220 life with 00:34:20.220 --> 00:34:20.559 you, 00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:22.160 a relationship 00:34:22.160 --> 00:34:22.720 with you 00:34:22.720 --> 00:34:23.480 forever and 00:34:23.480 --> 00:34:23.740 ever. 00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:25.519 feasting 00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:26.119 and joy 00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:27.240 forevermore. 00:34:28.860 --> 00:34:29.500 Father, 00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.059 we pray 00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.559 that we 00:34:30.559 --> 00:34:31.420 would always 00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:32.660 be those 00:34:32.660 --> 00:34:33.300 who are 00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:34.220 continually 00:34:34.220 --> 00:34:35.900 changing 00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:36.700 our ways, 00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.640 confessing 00:34:38.640 --> 00:34:39.200 our sin, 00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:41.160 and seeking 00:34:41.160 --> 00:34:41.760 to live a 00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:42.400 life that 00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:42.820 pleases 00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.180 you. 00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:45.000 Father, 00:34:45.140 --> 00:34:45.820 help us, 00:34:46.740 --> 00:34:47.300 help us 00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:47.860 to trust 00:34:47.860 --> 00:34:48.280 Jesus, 00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:49.800 and help 00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:50.480 us to walk 00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:50.860 in his 00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:51.140 way. 00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:52.800 And it's 00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:53.140 in his 00:34:53.140 --> 00:34:53.579 name we 00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:53.900 pray. 00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:55.280 Amen. 00:35:00.660 --> 00:35:01.340 We're 00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:01.599 going to 00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:01.840 sing 00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:02.360 together. 00:35:04.260 --> 00:35:05.099 What is 00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:05.760 our hope 00:35:05.760 --> 00:35:06.480 in life 00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:07.300 and death? 00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:07.940 Christ 00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.500 alone, 00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:09.860 Christ 00:35:09.860 --> 00:35:10.320 alone. 00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:10.980 He is 00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:11.880 our only 00:35:11.880 --> 00:35:12.320 hope. 00:35:13.180 --> 00:35:13.519 He is 00:35:13.519 --> 00:35:13.860 the one 00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:14.619 who welcomes 00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:15.720 us today. 00:35:16.840 --> 00:35:17.500 Let's 00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:18.240 stand to 00:35:18.240 --> 00:35:18.579 sing, 00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:19.720 if you're 00:35:19.720 --> 00:35:20.200 able to. 00:35:20.200 --> 00:35:20.300 Amen. 00:35:20.300 --> 00:35:20.700 Amen. 00:35:20.700 --> 00:35:20.780 Amen. 00:35:20.780 --> 00:35:21.340 Amen. 00:35:21.340 --> 00:35:21.360 Amen. 00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:23.300 Amen.