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 Well, let me again say Happy New Year, church.

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 It's good to be with you all this morning.

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 We are looking this morning at the Gospel of John,

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 chapter 2, verses 1 through 11.

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 This coming spring, we're going to do a series in the Gospel of Luke

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 in the early part of Jesus' ministry.

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 But for the next couple of weeks, we're just going to take just a couple of weeks

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 and look at some various texts together before we dive into that series.

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 So this morning, we're going to be in the Gospel of John,

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 chapter 2, verses 1 through 11.

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 That's page 887 in the Pew Bible, if you want to turn there with me.

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 Gospel of John, chapter 2.

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 All right, let me read this text for us.

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 John writes this.

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 He says,

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 On the third day, there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee,

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 and the mother of Jesus was there.

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 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples.

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 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him,

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 They have no wine.

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 And Jesus said to her,

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 Woman, what does this have to do with me?

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 My hour has not yet come.

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 His mother said to the servants,

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 Do whatever he tells you.

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 Now, there were six stone water jars there

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 for the Jewish rites of purification,

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 each holding 20 or 30 gallons.

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 Jesus said to the servants,

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 Fill the jars with water.

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 And they filled them up to the brim.

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 And he said to them,

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 Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.

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 So they took it.

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 When the master of the feast tasted the water,

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 now become wine,

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 and did not know where it came from,

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 though the servants who had drawn the water knew,

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 the master of the feast called the bridegroom

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 and said to him,

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 Everyone serves the good wine first.

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 And when people have drunk freely,

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 then the poor wine.

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 But you have kept the good wine until now.

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 This, the first of his signs,

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 Jesus did at Canaan and Galilee

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 and manifested his glory.

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 And the disciples believed in him.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Father, we ask that this morning,

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 as we attend now to your word,

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 Father, that your living word,

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 the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 would come and be present to us

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 and speak to us by your Holy Spirit.

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 Lord, as we put ourselves under your word,

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 we pray that you would raise us up by your spirit

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 to hear and see and know

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 and to taste that you are good.

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 Lord, would we come to understand you

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 and love you and know you more fully this morning

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 as a result of this time together

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 around your word.

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 God, we ask that our time spent here this morning

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 would bring much praise and much honor

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 and much glory to you,

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 our great and loving King.

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 We ask this in his name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, it's the start of another year, isn't it?

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 Hard to believe.

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 2017, how many months is it going to take you

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 to write the right date on your checks?

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 Oh, wait, we don't write checks anymore,

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 so forget about that.

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 Our cell phone just does it all for us, right?

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 But I think this is a good time of year, isn't it,

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 to recalibrate and to realign ourselves

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 with what's really important,

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 both as individuals and as a church.

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 And as I thought about a text

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 that would help us do that this morning,

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 this is the text that came to mind.

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 Because I think that this is a text

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 that helps us to see in a really vivid way,

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 as John says at the end of our text in verse 11,

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 it helps us to see in a vivid way

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 the glory of Jesus.

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 This, the first of his signs, John writes,

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 Jesus did at Cana in Galilee

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 and manifested his glory.

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 After all, what is really important?

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 What is worth building your life

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 and reorienting your life around?

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 What ought we as Christians, as a church,

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 constantly be recalibrating

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 and reorienting ourselves around?

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 If we are listening to God's revelation in scripture,

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 that thing above all else

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 is the glory of Jesus.

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 If you think about it,

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 most of us are hunting and searching for glory,

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 aren't we?

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 For something beautiful and awe-inspiring.

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 In other words, we're looking for something

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 that's worthy,

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 worthy of giving our lives to,

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 worthy of our time and our efforts

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 and our dreams and our energies,

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 aren't we?

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 I think in our worst moments as human beings,

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 we're hunting for our own glory.

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 We want ourselves to be great.

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 But thankfully, by God's common grace,

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 we're often not as bad as we could be.

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 And in those not as bad moments,

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 rather than wanting ourselves to be great,

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 we want to be a part of something great.

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 We want to live for something or someone

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 that is truly worthy.

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 But it's so easy to go after the wrong thing.

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 Even as Christians, even as a church,

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 we often get caught up in secondary things

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 and lose sight of the main thing.

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 But John's entire gospel

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 that we're just dipping into this morning

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 is written to show us

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 that this desire for glory within all of us

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 is really meant to find its object,

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 its goal, its satisfaction

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 in the one who is glorious in Jesus.

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 The word of God who became flesh

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 so that we might see the glory of God.

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 And by believing in him,

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 we might become the children of God.

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 That is, we might become partakers of that glory.

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 So here then, as we begin another year,

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 I think there are three things in this text

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 that can help reorient us back to the center,

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 back to the main thing.

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 Back not just to an idea or a program

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 or a set of resolutions,

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 but back to a person,

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 back to Jesus himself

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 and to his glory.

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 The one who is truly worth actually living for.

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 So let's look first at what we see here.

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 First, we see here

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 the glory of the power of Jesus.

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 Don't we?

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 I mean, at the most basic level,

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 this text is about Jesus

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 doing something extraordinary, isn't it?

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 He literally turns water into wine.

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 Now this event in the life of Jesus

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 is so familiar to so many of us

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 that we can lose sight

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 of how extraordinary it actually is.

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 How many children's Bibles

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 have this story in it?

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 We're so familiar with it

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 and yet, it's incredible.

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 Look again at verses 6, 7, and 8.

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 Look down there in the text again

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 at 6, 7, and 8

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 where this miracle happens

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 and notice what Jesus doesn't do there.

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 There's no big production, is there?

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 He doesn't wave his hands over the water

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 and say something really profound

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 and powerful, right?

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 He doesn't sort of gather everyone around

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 to watch him work.

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 He doesn't say, stop the feast.

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 Something big's gonna happen right here.

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 You know?

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 He doesn't tell the disciples

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 to cue the music

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 and fire up the smoke machine.

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 You know?

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 The final countdown, here we go.

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 Because the magic's about to happen.

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 None of that.

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 In fact, John narrates this story

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 so beautifully, so subtly, doesn't he?

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 Look again.

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 Where in this story

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 does the miracle actually happen?

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 In verse 9, John tells us

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 that the master of the feast

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 tasted the water,

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 now become wine.

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 But by that point in the story,

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 by the point in the story

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 where John actually says

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 that the water had become wine,

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 the miracle's already happened.

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 At some point between the servants

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 filling the jars to the brim

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 and Jesus saying,

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 now draw some out,

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 Jesus had already done the impossible.

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 Just like that.

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 Perhaps with that simple word,

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 now.

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 Now draw some out, Jesus says.

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 And with that simple word,

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 this everyday substance,

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 this water,

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 has been changed forever.

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 Imagine yourself at the gym.

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 Come on.

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 It's New Year's Day.

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 I'm sure I'm not the only one

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 who's been thinking about

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 my need to get to the gym, right?

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 So imagine yourself at the gym.

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 And there are two people there

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 lifting weights.

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 First one comes up,

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 grabs the bar,

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 stares into the mirror.

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 Why do people always lift weights

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 looking in a mirror?

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 I don't get it.

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 You can tell I don't go to the gym a lot.

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 Grabs the bar,

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 and with a good deal of grunting

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 and groaning and this noise,

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 sts, sts, sts,

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 why do they do that too?

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 With a solid yell,

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 they lift the bar above their head.

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 Not bad.

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 But then another steps up,

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 and without a sound,

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 without seemingly any effort,

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 lifts the bar aloft

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 and puts it down again.

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 And of course,

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 in that moment,

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 we know who has the greater strength,

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 don't we?

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 Not the one who is grunting and groaning,

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 but the one who can do it

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 without the slightest sign of exertion.

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 And is that not Jesus here?

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 And yet he's doing something more

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 than lifting a barbell,

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 isn't he?

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 He's altering something

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 in the created order

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 at its very root

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 and bringing it into newness.

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 Water becomes wine.

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 And as his ministry continues

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 in the Gospel of John,

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 this is just the beginning.

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 This is just the first,

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 this is just the beginning

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 of his signs,

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 John will say.

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 In chapter four,

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 an official son will be healed

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 with just a word.

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 In chapter six,

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 5,000 people will be fed

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 with just one small meal.

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 In chapter nine,

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 a man who's been blind since birth

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 will see again

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 with just a little wash

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 in the city pool.

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 And in chapter 11,

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 with a simple prayer

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 and a command,

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 a dead man will walk out

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 of his own tomb.

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 So who is this Jesus?

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 Who is this one

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 who has such power

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 to overcome sickness

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 and hunger

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 and blindness

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 and even death itself?

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 The earliest followers of Jesus

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 all came to one conclusion.

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 That in Jesus,

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 God himself,

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 the creator God himself

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 had come.

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 Here's how John explains it

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 in the opening chapter

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 of his gospel.

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 In the beginning was the word

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 and the word was with God

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 and the word was God.

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 He was in the beginning with God

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 and all things were made

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 through him

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 and without him

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 was not anything made

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 that was made.

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 And then he goes on to say,

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 and that word became flesh

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 and dwelt among us

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 and we have seen his glory.

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 Glory is of the only son

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 from the father

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 full of grace and truth.

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 This is who Jesus is.

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 The word of God,

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 the son of God,

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 the second person

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 of the Trinity

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 become flesh

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 and dwelling among us.

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 Almighty in power.

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 And that helps to explain

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 Jesus' interaction with Mary

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 in these opening verses,

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 I think.

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 Mary tells Jesus

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 that they've run out of wine.

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 And how does Jesus respond?

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 Well, surprisingly,

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 he responds with a gentle

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 but firm rebuke.

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 Woman,

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 what does this have to do

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 with me?

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 Not exactly how you think

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 Jesus would respond

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 to his own mother, right?

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 Now, the word woman there

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 sounds really harsh,

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 doesn't it?

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 If I were to walk up

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 to someone and say,

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 woman,

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 da-da-da-da-da-da-da,

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 you would think,

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 whoa,

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 where's that guy get off?

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 No, well, okay.

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 But in the historical context,

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 that particular word

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 in this particular context

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 would have actually been

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 a quite respectful way

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 for Jesus to reply to Mary.

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 In fact,

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 that same sort of expression

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 can even be used

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 with some warmth

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 and some affection

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 in certain contexts.

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 That's the same way

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 Jesus will address his mother

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 at the end of his life

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 at the cross

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 when he's sort of making sure

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 that Mary's taken care of

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 by John.

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 So Jesus is being respectful.

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 He's being caring here.

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 But in the rest of his reply,

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 Jesus is telling Mary what?

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 He's telling Mary

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 in no uncertain terms

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 that she or anyone else

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 can dictate the terms

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 or the times of his ministry.

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 He is telling her

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 that his ministry

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 will be utterly free

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 from any kind of human advice

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 or agenda or manipulation.

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 Not even Jesus' own earthly mother

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 has an inside track

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 to get Jesus to do something

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 on her timetable.

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 You see?

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 This almighty Lord Jesus

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 isn't something

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 that we can control.

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 Isn't someone

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 that we can control

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 or even someone

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 we can advise.

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 Mary wants Jesus to act

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 but Jesus is clear

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 that he will work

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 in his own time

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 and in his own way.

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 Rather,

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 the lesson here

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 is that we should respond

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 the way Mary responds

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 and how she advises

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 the servants to respond

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 in verse 5.

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 Do whatever he tells you.

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 That is the right response

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 to this almighty Jesus.

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 He's not someone

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 that we could ever

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 possibly control

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 but he is someone

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 that we must trust.

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 He doesn't obey us

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 but we must obey him.

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 Do whatever

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 he tells you.

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 So this text

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 is helping us

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 to see the glory

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 of Jesus' power

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 and a little bit

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 of how we should be

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 responding to that power.

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 But this miracle

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 is a lot deeper than that.

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 There's more going on here

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 than just a brute display

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 of power

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 and there are hints

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 sort of all over

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 this narrative

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 that tell us

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 that something more

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 is going on.

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 First,

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 Jesus talks about

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 his hour

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 in verse 4

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 and then second

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 there's this detail

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 that John points out

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 about these jars

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 being used

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 for Jewish purification

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 in verse 6

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 and then third

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 we're told

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 that this miracle

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 is the first

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 of Jesus' signs

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 in verse 11.

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 All these little hints

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 in the narrative

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 are pointers

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 that what Jesus

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 is doing here

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 is more than just

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 showing his power.

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 It's more than just

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 a trick

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 to display

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 how great he is.

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 There's something

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 deeper that we're

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 meant to see

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 and this is our

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 second point.

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 The deeper thing

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 that we're meant

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 to see is the glory

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 not just of Jesus' power

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 but the glory

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 of his mission.

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 Now isn't it strange

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 that Jesus replies

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 to Mary

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 what does this

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 have to do with me?

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 My hour

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 has not yet come.

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 That's all the more

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 strange when you realize

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 that in John's gospel

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 whenever Jesus

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 talks about his hour

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 he's talking about

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 something very specific.

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 It's not just

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 a general way

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 of him referencing

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 his ministry

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 as if

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 it's not my time

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 yet to sort of

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 start doing all

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 these things.

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 In fact

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 throughout the first

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 half of John's gospel

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 as we're being told

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 about Jesus' ministry

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 we're constantly

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 being told

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 that his hour

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 hadn't come yet.

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 It's not until

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 chapter 12

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 after Jesus

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 rides into Jerusalem

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 for the last time

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 that finally

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 he says

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 now my hour

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 has come.

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 This is my hour

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 because at that

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 moment

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 he's on his way

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 to the cross

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 and to his resurrection

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 and to his exaltation.

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 You see

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 in John's gospel

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 Jesus' hour

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 is the hour

00:16:12.240 --> 00:16:13.580
 of his death

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 and resurrection.

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 So the question is

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 why

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 when this young

00:16:19.220 --> 00:16:19.759
 couple

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 runs out of wine

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 at their wedding feast

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 and Mary says

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 Jesus

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 you should probably

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 do something here

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 why does Jesus say

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 but my hour

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 hasn't come?

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 And by the way

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 Mary probably

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 isn't asking Jesus

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 or intending for Jesus

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 to do something

00:16:35.900 --> 00:16:36.759
 miraculous here

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 she's probably just

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 asking him for help.

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 John tells us

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 in verse 11

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 that this is the first

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 miracle Jesus did

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 so Mary probably

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 isn't expecting him

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 to do something miraculous.

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 We know from Luke 1 and 2

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 that Mary knew

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 that Jesus was destined

00:16:48.580 --> 00:16:49.639
 to be Israel's

00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:50.440
 long awaited king

00:16:50.440 --> 00:16:51.200
 but she probably

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 hadn't seen him

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 do anything like this

00:16:52.780 --> 00:16:53.139
 before.

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 So she's saying

00:16:55.800 --> 00:16:56.820
 Jesus help

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 and yet Jesus

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 in response

00:17:00.379 --> 00:17:00.920
 comes back

00:17:00.920 --> 00:17:01.519
 with this almost

00:17:01.519 --> 00:17:03.000
 nuclear reply

00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:04.140
 but my hour

00:17:04.140 --> 00:17:04.920
 hasn't come yet.

00:17:09.059 --> 00:17:10.360
 What did Jesus see

00:17:10.360 --> 00:17:12.039
 in this moment

00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:13.899
 that Mary

00:17:13.899 --> 00:17:14.619
 didn't see?

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 What is it

00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:18.639
 about this setting

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 and this context?

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 A bridegroom

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 a bride

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 a wedding

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 a feast

00:17:26.099 --> 00:17:27.379
 what about all

00:17:27.379 --> 00:17:28.399
 that made Jesus

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 think explicitly

00:17:29.579 --> 00:17:30.859
 of his hour?

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 Well friends

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 I think Jesus

00:17:36.240 --> 00:17:36.740
 was thinking

00:17:36.740 --> 00:17:37.699
 of his hour

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 because of what

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 he understood

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 his mission

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 to be.

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 You see

00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:44.959
 when the great

00:17:44.959 --> 00:17:45.359
 Old Testament

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 prophets

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 look forward

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 to the messianic

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 age

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 to the age

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 when God

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 would come

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 they often

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 characterize it

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 as a time

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 when the wine

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 would flow freely

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 when fasting

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 would give way

00:18:01.000 --> 00:18:01.759
 to feasting.

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 That's what

00:18:03.340 --> 00:18:04.019
 Jeremiah 31

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 was all about

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 that we read

00:18:05.019 --> 00:18:05.400
 earlier.

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 Just one of

00:18:06.059 --> 00:18:07.039
 many texts

00:18:07.039 --> 00:18:07.700
 in the prophets

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 when they

00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:08.860
 looked ahead

00:18:08.860 --> 00:18:09.980
 and saw

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 that one day

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 God would

00:18:11.860 --> 00:18:12.860
 finally be

00:18:12.860 --> 00:18:13.720
 united to

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 his people

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 like a groom

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 united to

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 his bride

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 and that

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 that would

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 be a celebration

00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:20.259
 to end

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 all celebrations

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 and they would

00:18:22.600 --> 00:18:23.160
 feast

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 and they would

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 drink

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 and they would

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 do so forever.

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 Later in his

00:18:28.540 --> 00:18:28.820
 ministry

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 Jesus himself

00:18:29.500 --> 00:18:29.900
 would adapt

00:18:29.900 --> 00:18:30.200
 the image

00:18:30.200 --> 00:18:30.560
 of a wedding

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 as a symbol

00:18:31.080 --> 00:18:31.880
 for the completion

00:18:31.880 --> 00:18:33.040
 of the messianic

00:18:33.040 --> 00:18:33.480
 age.

00:18:36.140 --> 00:18:36.800
 And you see

00:18:36.800 --> 00:18:37.000
 friends

00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:37.400
 that was

00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:37.640
 Jesus'

00:18:37.800 --> 00:18:38.100
 mission.

00:18:38.780 --> 00:18:39.300
 He had

00:18:39.300 --> 00:18:39.760
 come

00:18:39.760 --> 00:18:40.620
 to begin

00:18:40.620 --> 00:18:41.660
 to inaugurate

00:18:41.660 --> 00:18:42.460
 this great

00:18:42.460 --> 00:18:43.140
 work of God

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 this in

00:18:43.760 --> 00:18:44.060
 breaking

00:18:44.060 --> 00:18:44.620
 of God's

00:18:44.620 --> 00:18:44.840
 kingdom

00:18:44.840 --> 00:18:45.800
 to start

00:18:45.800 --> 00:18:46.660
 this banquet

00:18:46.660 --> 00:18:47.360
 of lasting

00:18:47.360 --> 00:18:47.940
 joy

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 because

00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:50.560
 God was

00:18:50.560 --> 00:18:50.920
 breaking

00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:51.340
 in.

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 You see

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 all around

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 him

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 in this

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 moment

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 in John

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 2

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 Jesus

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 was seeing

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 an image

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 a parable

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 of why

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 he came

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 and at

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 the center

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 of that

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 great feast

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 that great

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 feast of

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 God

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 that the

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 prophets

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 spoke of

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 at the

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 center

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 of that

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 great

00:19:15.800 --> 00:19:16.200
 coming

00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:16.640
 feast

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 that Jesus

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 had come

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 to inaugurate

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 just like a

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 marriage

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 in the center

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 of that

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 feast

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 there was

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 a covenant

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 it's no

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 accident

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 that Jesus

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 told them

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 to fill

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 the jars

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 that were

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 ordinarily

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 used for

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 purification

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 rites

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 there were

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 probably other

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 jars they

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 could have

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 used

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 by the way

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 you see

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 there were

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 rituals in

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 the first

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 century

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 for Jews

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 rituals

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 for washing

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 their utensils

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 and rituals

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 for washing

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 their hands

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 and all

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 of these

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 sort of

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 were ways

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 of kind

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 of embodying

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 and expressing

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 the mosaic

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 law

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 and these

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 big jars

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 were the

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 ones

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 that you

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 would

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 use

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 so what

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 better

00:19:56.779 --> 00:19:57.400
 way

00:19:57.400 --> 00:19:58.000
 for Jesus

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 to show

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 that now

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 the old

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 covenant

00:20:01.059 --> 00:20:01.500
 was being

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 fulfilled

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 in the

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 new

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 that the

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 new

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 had come

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 than to

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 take those

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 old jars

00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:08.860
 and fill

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 them with

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 something

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 radically

00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:10.059
 new

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 to do

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 a work

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 of

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 transformation

00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:12.160
 in them

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 the water

00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:15.519
 of those

00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:15.839
 old

00:20:15.839 --> 00:20:16.539
 purification

00:20:16.539 --> 00:20:16.960
 rites

00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:17.460
 that water

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 that could

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 only wash

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 you on

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 the outside

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 and it

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 had to be

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 repeated

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 again

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 and again

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 and again

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 was now

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 giving way

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 to the

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 new wine

00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:26.159
 of the

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 great

00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:27.039
 feast

00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:29.440
 that God

00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:29.759
 had all

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 along

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 promised

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 you would

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 bring

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 this wine

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 that you

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 would drink

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 down

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 deep

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 into the

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 inside

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 of yourself

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 and that

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 would

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 satisfy

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 you

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 once

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 and for

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 all

00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:42.399
 again

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 John's

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 gospel

00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:43.299
 is in

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 many ways

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 all about

00:20:44.059 --> 00:20:44.279
 this

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 theme

00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:44.740
 in his

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 opening

00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:45.379
 chapter

00:20:45.379 --> 00:20:45.799
 we read

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 there again

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 and the

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 word

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 became

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 flesh

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 and

00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:47.500
 dwelt

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 among

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 us

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 and we

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 have

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 seen

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 his

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 glory

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:49.700
 from

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 his

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 fullness

00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:50.579
 we've

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 all received

00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:51.399
 grace

00:20:51.399 --> 00:20:51.720
 upon

00:20:51.720 --> 00:20:52.039
 grace

00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:52.319
 for the

00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:52.500
 law

00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:52.859
 was given

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 through

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 Moses

00:20:53.399 --> 00:20:54.159
 grace

00:20:54.159 --> 00:20:54.759
 and truth

00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:55.359
 came

00:20:55.359 --> 00:20:55.539
 through

00:20:55.539 --> 00:20:55.839
 Jesus

00:20:55.839 --> 00:20:56.319
 Christ

00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:58.279
 the law

00:20:58.279 --> 00:20:58.619
 of Moses

00:20:58.619 --> 00:20:58.960
 the old

00:20:58.960 --> 00:20:59.159
 covenant

00:20:59.159 --> 00:20:59.579
 was just a

00:20:59.579 --> 00:20:59.819
 pointer

00:20:59.819 --> 00:21:00.279
 was just a

00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:00.740
 shadow

00:21:00.740 --> 00:21:01.579
 and Jesus

00:21:01.579 --> 00:21:02.000
 came to bring

00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:02.699
 the substance

00:21:02.699 --> 00:21:03.399
 the fullness

00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:05.480
 he came to

00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:05.960
 bring the new

00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:06.640
 and lasting

00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:07.220
 covenant

00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:08.500
 and at the

00:21:08.500 --> 00:21:08.880
 heart of

00:21:08.880 --> 00:21:09.440
 this new

00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:09.880
 covenant

00:21:09.880 --> 00:21:10.500
 that would

00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:11.480
 bind God

00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:11.800
 and his

00:21:11.800 --> 00:21:12.519
 people together

00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:13.180
 in lasting

00:21:13.180 --> 00:21:13.700
 joy

00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:14.640
 joy like a

00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:14.960
 feast

00:21:14.960 --> 00:21:15.600
 like a

00:21:15.600 --> 00:21:15.880
 banquet

00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:16.220
 at the

00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:16.519
 heart

00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:16.860
 of that

00:21:16.860 --> 00:21:17.580
 binding

00:21:17.580 --> 00:21:18.759
 covenant

00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:21.880
 at the

00:21:21.880 --> 00:21:22.080
 heart

00:21:22.080 --> 00:21:22.380
 of that

00:21:22.380 --> 00:21:22.680
 covenant

00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:23.060
 was what

00:21:23.060 --> 00:21:23.660
 those jars

00:21:23.660 --> 00:21:24.240
 stood for

00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:24.560
 but could

00:21:24.560 --> 00:21:24.920
 never

00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:25.440
 actually

00:21:25.440 --> 00:21:25.960
 deliver

00:21:25.960 --> 00:21:27.700
 at the

00:21:27.700 --> 00:21:27.840
 heart

00:21:27.840 --> 00:21:28.019
 of the

00:21:28.019 --> 00:21:28.180
 new

00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:28.460
 covenant

00:21:28.460 --> 00:21:28.740
 was

00:21:28.740 --> 00:21:29.200
 something

00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:30.120
 that the

00:21:30.120 --> 00:21:30.340
 law

00:21:30.340 --> 00:21:30.820
 could never

00:21:30.820 --> 00:21:31.280
 give

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:34.119
 lasting

00:21:34.119 --> 00:21:35.059
 real

00:21:35.059 --> 00:21:36.599
 purification

00:21:36.599 --> 00:21:38.539
 cleansing

00:21:38.539 --> 00:21:40.440
 the

00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:40.839
 forgiveness

00:21:40.839 --> 00:21:41.559
 of sins

00:21:41.559 --> 00:21:46.839
 and that's

00:21:46.839 --> 00:21:47.220
 why Jesus

00:21:47.220 --> 00:21:47.720
 was at a

00:21:47.720 --> 00:21:48.000
 wedding

00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:49.379
 thinking of

00:21:49.379 --> 00:21:49.879
 his hour

00:21:49.879 --> 00:21:52.319
 that's why

00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:52.839
 his mother's

00:21:52.839 --> 00:21:53.460
 request for

00:21:53.460 --> 00:21:54.240
 more wine

00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:54.980
 made Jesus

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:55.299
 think of

00:21:55.299 --> 00:21:55.960
 the cross

00:21:55.960 --> 00:21:58.920
 because Jesus

00:21:58.920 --> 00:21:59.240
 knew that

00:21:59.240 --> 00:21:59.960
 one day

00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.799
 he would

00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:01.240
 be feast

00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:01.740
 with his

00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:02.120
 bride

00:22:02.120 --> 00:22:03.019
 one day

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.640
 there would

00:22:03.640 --> 00:22:03.859
 be

00:22:03.859 --> 00:22:04.720
 festival

00:22:04.720 --> 00:22:05.720
 joy

00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:06.720
 with his

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.539
 church

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:08.299
 and there

00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:08.660
 would be

00:22:08.660 --> 00:22:09.480
 no

00:22:09.480 --> 00:22:11.380
 unstoppable

00:22:11.380 --> 00:22:12.440
 limit

00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:12.740
 there would

00:22:12.740 --> 00:22:13.500
 be nothing

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:13.960
 that would

00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:14.980
 stop the

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.440
 feast of

00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:15.920
 that day

00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:16.259
 but to

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:16.839
 get there

00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:18.700
 to win

00:22:18.700 --> 00:22:19.359
 his bride

00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:20.700
 to cleanse

00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:21.140
 her so that

00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:21.559
 she might

00:22:21.559 --> 00:22:22.720
 drink deeply

00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.319
 of the wine

00:22:23.319 --> 00:22:23.740
 of his love

00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:23.980
 and be

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.440
 satisfied

00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:24.799
 Jesus

00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.240
 would need

00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:25.859
 to say

00:22:25.859 --> 00:22:27.279
 I thirst

00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:30.779
 God

00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:31.519
 John will

00:22:31.519 --> 00:22:31.859
 show us

00:22:31.859 --> 00:22:32.200
 in chapter

00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:32.859
 19

00:22:32.859 --> 00:22:34.819
 that as

00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:35.240
 Jesus is

00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:35.619
 hanging on

00:22:35.619 --> 00:22:36.180
 the cross

00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:37.200
 they'll

00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:37.759
 fill a

00:22:37.759 --> 00:22:38.099
 sponge

00:22:38.099 --> 00:22:38.599
 with sour

00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:39.119
 wine

00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:40.420
 bitter to

00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:41.039
 the taste

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:42.200
 and in

00:22:42.200 --> 00:22:42.839
 his thirst

00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:43.119
 he will

00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:43.839
 drink it

00:22:43.839 --> 00:22:47.599
 isn't it

00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:48.119
 amazing how

00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:48.680
 this gospel

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.420
 is constructed

00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:51.059
 that the

00:22:51.059 --> 00:22:51.799
 very first

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.420
 miracle that

00:22:52.420 --> 00:22:53.160
 Jesus does

00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:54.620
 is bringing

00:22:54.620 --> 00:22:55.320
 the best

00:22:55.320 --> 00:22:55.759
 wine

00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:56.820
 that they

00:22:56.820 --> 00:22:57.100
 had ever

00:22:57.100 --> 00:22:57.500
 tasted

00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:59.000
 but in

00:22:59.000 --> 00:22:59.340
 order to

00:22:59.340 --> 00:22:59.660
 bring it

00:22:59.660 --> 00:23:00.019
 home

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.560
 Jesus will

00:23:00.560 --> 00:23:00.900
 drink the

00:23:00.900 --> 00:23:01.380
 bitterness

00:23:01.380 --> 00:23:02.240
 of our

00:23:02.240 --> 00:23:02.800
 sin

00:23:02.800 --> 00:23:03.460
 and our

00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:03.940
 guilt

00:23:03.940 --> 00:23:04.600
 and our

00:23:04.600 --> 00:23:05.000
 death

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:08.860
 he'll

00:23:08.860 --> 00:23:09.360
 drink it

00:23:09.360 --> 00:23:09.740
 down

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:11.500
 so that

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:11.820
 we can

00:23:11.820 --> 00:23:12.200
 drink the

00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:12.519
 wine of

00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:12.640
 his

00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:13.120
 righteousness

00:23:13.120 --> 00:23:15.120
 and because

00:23:15.120 --> 00:23:15.840
 he's taken

00:23:15.840 --> 00:23:16.820
 our cup

00:23:16.820 --> 00:23:17.240
 down to

00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:17.680
 the very

00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:18.540
 dregs

00:23:18.540 --> 00:23:19.680
 we can

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.340
 have no

00:23:20.340 --> 00:23:20.800
 fear

00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:23.059
 that the

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:23.319
 cup of

00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:23.460
 his

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:23.879
 righteousness

00:23:23.879 --> 00:23:24.460
 will ever

00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:25.019
 run dry

00:23:25.019 --> 00:23:28.339
 you see

00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:28.740
 friends this

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 new covenant

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 that Jesus

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 has come to

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 bring cannot

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 and will not

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 be broken

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 because he's

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 fulfilled all

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 the terms

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 and this is the

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 glory of his

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 mission

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 to fulfill the

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 law and to

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 complete what the

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 prophets spoke

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 of to win

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 his bride

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 and to save

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 the feast

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 isn't that a

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 sobering

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 description of

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 our human

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 condition

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 verse 3

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 the wine

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 ran out

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 how often

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 do our

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 human

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 attempts to

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 find joy

00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:05.959
 and happiness

00:24:05.959 --> 00:24:06.679
 come crashing

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 down

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 no matter

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 what it

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 is

00:24:08.899 --> 00:24:11.839
 the wine

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 runs out

00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:16.200
 but here

00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:17.759
 to rescue

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 us

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 Christ

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 intervenes

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 in verse

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 10 the

00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:24.700
 master of the

00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:25.160
 feast pulls

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 the bridegroom

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 aside

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 now in that

00:24:27.540 --> 00:24:27.940
 culture the

00:24:27.940 --> 00:24:28.480
 groom actually

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 would have been

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 responsible for

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 paying for and

00:24:30.320 --> 00:24:30.940
 putting on the

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:31.519
 wedding feast

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 so that's why the

00:24:32.600 --> 00:24:33.040
 master of

00:24:33.040 --> 00:24:33.700
 ceremonies this

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 master of the

00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:34.940
 feast pulls

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 the groom

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 aside

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 and he tells

00:24:37.160 --> 00:24:37.519
 this young

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:37.940
 man he says

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 everyone serves

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 the good wine

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 first and

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 when people

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 have drunk

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 freely then

00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.560
 the poor

00:24:41.560 --> 00:24:41.920
 wine but

00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:42.460
 you have

00:24:42.460 --> 00:24:42.759
 kept the

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.200
 good wine

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:43.880
 until now

00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:47.080
 and is in

00:24:47.080 --> 00:24:47.640
 that moment

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 an incredible

00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:48.840
 picture of the

00:24:48.840 --> 00:24:49.200
 gospel

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:52.100
 this young

00:24:52.100 --> 00:24:53.600
 groom is

00:24:53.600 --> 00:24:54.080
 about to

00:24:54.080 --> 00:24:54.900
 experience the

00:24:54.900 --> 00:24:55.680
 embarrassment of

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 his lifetime

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 in an honor and

00:24:58.640 --> 00:24:59.480
 shame culture this

00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:00.480
 wedding feast that

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 he has planned and

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:01.940
 he has paid for and

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:02.519
 his family is

00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.259
 responsible for is

00:25:03.259 --> 00:25:03.860
 about to come up

00:25:03.860 --> 00:25:04.820
 short and all of

00:25:04.820 --> 00:25:05.320
 his family and

00:25:05.320 --> 00:25:06.019
 all of his friends and

00:25:06.019 --> 00:25:06.700
 all of his in-laws

00:25:06.700 --> 00:25:07.940
 are there and

00:25:07.940 --> 00:25:08.320
 there's a whole

00:25:08.320 --> 00:25:09.060
 mountain of

00:25:09.060 --> 00:25:10.080
 social shame that's

00:25:10.080 --> 00:25:10.560
 about to come

00:25:10.560 --> 00:25:11.539
 crashing down on

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 his head

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 a mountain that

00:25:16.740 --> 00:25:17.399
 he might never

00:25:17.399 --> 00:25:18.119
 come out from

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 under

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 but instead of

00:25:22.379 --> 00:25:23.139
 getting all that

00:25:23.139 --> 00:25:25.259
 this young

00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:25.920
 groom

00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:27.879
 he gets the

00:25:27.879 --> 00:25:28.539
 credit for what

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:29.319
 Jesus has done

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:30.980
 and he's

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 saved

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 and that's the

00:25:35.159 --> 00:25:35.440
 heart of the

00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:36.180
 gospel friends

00:25:36.180 --> 00:25:37.859
 that through

00:25:37.859 --> 00:25:38.460
 believing and

00:25:38.460 --> 00:25:38.940
 trusting in

00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:39.940
 Christ you

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.299
 get the

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:40.940
 credit for

00:25:40.940 --> 00:25:41.220
 what he

00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:41.620
 has done

00:25:41.620 --> 00:25:44.880
 his death

00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:45.240
 pays for

00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:45.880
 your sin

00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:46.640
 and his

00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:47.019
 righteousness

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:47.680
 covers your

00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:48.740
 life and

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:48.980
 you are

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:49.400
 saved

00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:53.299
 have you come

00:25:53.299 --> 00:25:53.759
 to rest in

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.019
 that

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:58.160
 or are you

00:25:58.160 --> 00:25:58.779
 still trying to

00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.480
 prop up your

00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.320
 identity in some

00:26:00.320 --> 00:26:00.820
 other way are

00:26:00.820 --> 00:26:01.400
 you still trying to

00:26:01.400 --> 00:26:02.000
 get out from

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.440
 under that

00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:03.120
 mountain of

00:26:03.120 --> 00:26:03.900
 shame in some

00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:05.039
 other way are

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.620
 you still trying to

00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:06.699
 be whole in some

00:26:06.699 --> 00:26:10.879
 other way and

00:26:10.879 --> 00:26:11.419
 your wine is

00:26:11.419 --> 00:26:11.939
 running out

00:26:11.939 --> 00:26:16.399
 instead receive

00:26:16.399 --> 00:26:19.699
 him get the

00:26:19.699 --> 00:26:20.599
 credit for what

00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:22.099
 he's done that's

00:26:22.099 --> 00:26:24.779
 the gospel and

00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:25.519
 that's the glory of

00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:25.979
 his mission

00:26:25.979 --> 00:26:29.699
 let's finish with

00:26:29.699 --> 00:26:30.379
 the last point that

00:26:30.379 --> 00:26:30.779
 we see here

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.459
 third I think we

00:26:31.459 --> 00:26:32.319
 see here the glory

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:33.559
 of Jesus's

00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:34.839
 lasting joy

00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:36.179
 don't these words

00:26:36.179 --> 00:26:37.039
 just ring out

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:38.179
 the master of the

00:26:38.179 --> 00:26:39.079
 feast says you

00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:39.740
 have kept the

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:40.480
 good wine

00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:41.619
 until now

00:26:41.619 --> 00:26:45.339
 that's the note

00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:45.859
 that the story

00:26:45.859 --> 00:26:46.339
 ends on

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:48.240
 and of course the

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:48.980
 irony is is that

00:26:48.980 --> 00:26:49.819
 the bridegroom had

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.619
 served his best

00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:53.359
 he had done all he

00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:53.980
 could do and it

00:26:53.980 --> 00:26:54.700
 fell short and it

00:26:54.700 --> 00:26:55.839
 wasn't enough and

00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:56.519
 it was about to end

00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:57.319
 in disappointment and

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:57.879
 shame but the

00:26:57.879 --> 00:26:59.059
 wine that Jesus

00:26:59.059 --> 00:27:00.179
 brings is better

00:27:00.179 --> 00:27:01.639
 better than the

00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:03.120
 best thing that

00:27:03.120 --> 00:27:03.720
 they could ever

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.420
 come up with on

00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:04.780
 their own

00:27:04.780 --> 00:27:07.600
 you've kept the

00:27:07.600 --> 00:27:09.100
 good wine until

00:27:09.100 --> 00:27:09.680
 now

00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:12.259
 J.C.

00:27:12.320 --> 00:27:12.940
 Ryle put it this

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.800
 way commenting on

00:27:13.800 --> 00:27:15.080
 this paragraph of

00:27:15.080 --> 00:27:15.880
 scripture he says

00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:18.080
 the world gives its

00:27:18.080 --> 00:27:19.700
 best things like the

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:21.700
 best wine first and

00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:22.680
 its worst things

00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:25.720
 last the longer we

00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.980
 serve the world the

00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.840
 more disappointing

00:27:27.840 --> 00:27:29.580
 unsatisfactory and

00:27:29.580 --> 00:27:30.880
 unsavory will its

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:33.840
 gifts prove Christ

00:27:33.840 --> 00:27:34.860
 on the other hand

00:27:34.860 --> 00:27:36.520
 gives his servants

00:27:36.520 --> 00:27:37.420
 their best things

00:27:37.420 --> 00:27:40.020
 last they have

00:27:40.020 --> 00:27:41.200
 first the cross the

00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:42.320
 race and the battle

00:27:42.320 --> 00:27:44.960
 but then the rest

00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:47.240
 the glory and the

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:50.840
 crown for the

00:27:50.840 --> 00:27:51.460
 believer in Christ

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:52.020
 friends there is

00:27:52.020 --> 00:27:53.860
 always better to

00:27:53.860 --> 00:27:56.820
 come no matter how

00:27:56.820 --> 00:27:57.760
 good things are now

00:27:57.759 --> 00:27:58.740
 no matter how terrible

00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.420
 things are now

00:27:59.420 --> 00:28:01.039
 better things are

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:04.200
 still to come and

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:04.740
 what we know from

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:05.440
 the New Testament is

00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:06.259
 that the work of

00:28:06.259 --> 00:28:07.720
 Christ will ultimately

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:09.660
 end in the renewal of

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:11.539
 all creation that

00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:12.400
 these joys that we

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:13.619
 experience now that if

00:28:13.619 --> 00:28:14.240
 we are in Christ

00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:14.799
 they're just a

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:15.960
 foretaste of something

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:17.680
 better to come when

00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:18.559
 Christ returns and

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:19.740
 heals this created

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:21.220
 order when the banquet

00:28:21.220 --> 00:28:22.519
 of heaven becomes the

00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:24.019
 feast of earth and

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:25.420
 again all of creation

00:28:25.420 --> 00:28:26.460
 rejoices in the

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:27.420
 presence of its creator

00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:28.740
 and redeemer and we

00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.600
 the bride of Christ

00:28:29.600 --> 00:28:30.059
 those who have

00:28:30.059 --> 00:28:31.299
 trusted in him will

00:28:31.299 --> 00:28:32.100
 be in the midst of

00:28:32.100 --> 00:28:32.900
 that celebration

00:28:32.900 --> 00:28:34.620
 living out the

00:28:34.620 --> 00:28:36.900
 glorious freedom as

00:28:36.900 --> 00:28:37.660
 Paul says of the

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:38.279
 daughters and the

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:43.340
 sons of God no matter

00:28:43.340 --> 00:28:45.160
 what our journey has

00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:46.220
 been in this life one

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:47.980
 day we will turn to

00:28:47.980 --> 00:28:49.420
 the great master of the

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:51.079
 banquet and say you've

00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.880
 kept the good wine

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:55.900
 until now and it will

00:28:55.900 --> 00:29:01.100
 only get better so

00:29:01.100 --> 00:29:01.759
 for instance this is

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:05.920
 glory so orient your

00:29:05.920 --> 00:29:08.080
 life around this make

00:29:08.080 --> 00:29:09.300
 this what you live for

00:29:09.300 --> 00:29:14.660
 this glory yeah and you

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.700
 will not be disappointed

00:29:15.700 --> 00:29:30.180
 let's pray our Lord Jesus

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:31.559
 how often we have sought

00:29:31.559 --> 00:29:34.940
 for joy and happiness and

00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:40.580
 created things when Lord you

00:29:40.580 --> 00:29:41.620
 are the giver of all good

00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:44.759
 gifts Lord thank you that

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.640
 the promise of this

00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:47.539
 passage is that you

00:29:47.539 --> 00:29:48.819
 have come to give an

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:50.740
 undestructible everlasting

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:55.579
 joy Lord help us to

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:58.000
 fight for that joy help us

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:59.099
 to live in the midst of

00:29:59.099 --> 00:30:02.460
 that joy even as we weep

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:04.140
 with those who weep even

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:07.200
 as we work for justice even

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:11.539
 as we go about our daily

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.940
 routines Lord even as we

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:14.720
 suffer Lord help us to

00:30:14.720 --> 00:30:18.440
 know that there is joy in

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:21.799
 knowing you and that one

00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:22.980
 day you will come and make

00:30:22.980 --> 00:30:27.279
 all things new so Lord Jesus

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:28.379
 as we now come around your

00:30:28.379 --> 00:30:30.079
 table as we celebrate

00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:31.639
 communion as we remember

00:30:31.639 --> 00:30:32.839
 your body broken and your

00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:34.180
 blood shed would you take

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:37.359
 these signs of what you've

00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:38.700
 done for us and would you

00:30:38.700 --> 00:30:42.340
 seal on our hearts the glory

00:30:42.340 --> 00:30:43.960
 of who you are and what

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.960
 you've done and would we

00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:47.720
 know the assurance of being

00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:49.740
 loved and known by you

00:30:49.740 --> 00:30:51.840
 Lord Jesus be present with us

00:30:51.840 --> 00:30:55.840
 now encourage our hearts

00:30:55.840 --> 00:30:57.880
 fan the flame of our faith

00:30:57.880 --> 00:31:01.279
 we pray so that we might see

00:31:01.279 --> 00:31:04.080
 your glory and believe in you

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:06.419
 amen