WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.980 Good morning everyone. My name is Esther and I'm going to be reading from the Old Testament this morning. 00:00:05.280 --> 00:00:10.040 So if you have a Bible, please join me in Ezekiel chapter 36 and verse 24. 00:00:11.839 --> 00:00:17.940 For I will take you out of the nations. I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land. 00:00:18.600 --> 00:00:21.740 I will sprinkle clean water on you and you will be clean. 00:00:22.339 --> 00:00:25.660 I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. 00:00:26.000 --> 00:00:29.580 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:34.380 I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. 00:00:34.899 --> 00:00:40.159 And I will put my spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. 00:00:40.960 --> 00:00:43.420 Then you will live in the land I gave your ancestors. 00:00:44.100 --> 00:00:47.200 You will be my people and I will be your God. 00:00:49.519 --> 00:00:55.400 Morning, Brunsfield. Today's reading is from John chapter 3, verses 1 to 15. 00:00:55.399 --> 00:01:01.579 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 00:01:02.439 --> 00:01:07.280 He came to Jesus at night and said, Rabbi, we know you're a teacher who has come from God, 00:01:07.620 --> 00:01:11.099 for no one could perform the signs you're doing if God was not with him. 00:01:12.079 --> 00:01:12.859 Jesus replied, 00:01:12.859 --> 00:01:17.920 Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again. 00:01:18.680 --> 00:01:20.760 How can someone be born when they are old? 00:01:20.939 --> 00:01:21.659 Nicodemus asked. 00:01:22.379 --> 00:01:26.200 Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother's womb to be born. 00:01:27.340 --> 00:01:28.180 Jesus answered, 00:01:28.680 --> 00:01:34.439 Verily I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. 00:01:34.439 --> 00:01:39.039 The flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to the Spirit. 00:01:39.780 --> 00:01:43.079 You should not be surprised at my saying, you must be born again. 00:01:43.959 --> 00:01:45.879 The wind blows wherever it pleases. 00:01:46.480 --> 00:01:50.379 You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. 00:01:50.900 --> 00:01:53.359 So it is with everyone born of the Spirit. 00:01:54.200 --> 00:01:56.180 How can this be? Nicodemus asked. 00:01:57.159 --> 00:02:01.319 You are Israel's teacher, said Jesus, and you do not understand these things? 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:08.379 Verily, truly I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen. 00:02:08.919 --> 00:02:11.099 But still we people do not accept our testimony. 00:02:11.759 --> 00:02:14.659 I have spoken to you of earthly things, and you do not believe. 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:17.819 How then do you believe if I speak of heavenly things? 00:02:18.659 --> 00:02:22.780 No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who comes from heaven, the Son of Man. 00:02:23.359 --> 00:02:27.879 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up. 00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:31.919 That everyone we believe may have eternal life in him. 00:02:33.719 --> 00:02:36.859 Let us pray for Graham as he shares God's word with us this morning. 00:02:39.079 --> 00:02:42.859 Heavenly Father, thank you for your word that we have read this morning. 00:02:43.639 --> 00:02:49.139 The Bible reveals how much you love us through the life, death and resurrection of your Son Jesus. 00:02:50.019 --> 00:02:53.659 We ask you to bless Graham as he shares your message with us today. 00:02:54.099 --> 00:02:57.039 May we all hear your voice speaking to us through Graham. 00:02:57.039 --> 00:02:59.120 In Jesus' name, Amen. 00:03:01.419 --> 00:03:04.219 Well, great to have you with us today, folks. 00:03:04.340 --> 00:03:09.099 Let me encourage you to grab a Bible and come with me to John chapter 3. 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:18.459 Today we're going to see Jesus in a one-on-one conversation with this man that we meet in chapter 3 called Nicodemus. 00:03:18.460 --> 00:03:30.100 And I guess the one thing that we need to understand as we are introduced to Nicodemus is that he's the kind of man who we would call an odds-on favourite. 00:03:31.040 --> 00:03:31.200 Right? 00:03:31.300 --> 00:03:32.460 He's an odds-on favourite. 00:03:33.100 --> 00:03:37.000 I don't know if you've heard that phrase before or used that phrase before. 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:38.740 We often use it in our culture, don't we? 00:03:38.780 --> 00:03:46.060 When we talk about people who we think are most likely to win something. 00:03:46.259 --> 00:03:55.360 So, I don't know whether it's the best film director at the Oscars or best in show at Crufts or top goal scorer in the Premier League. 00:03:55.360 --> 00:03:58.740 All these things have an odds-on favourite. 00:04:00.160 --> 00:04:01.560 And Nicodemus is another one of those. 00:04:01.660 --> 00:04:03.280 He's an odds-on favourite. 00:04:03.500 --> 00:04:06.660 And so the question then becomes, he's the favourite for what? 00:04:06.720 --> 00:04:08.120 I mean, is he up for a Grammy or something? 00:04:08.240 --> 00:04:08.460 No. 00:04:09.400 --> 00:04:16.220 This conversation between Jesus and Nicodemus, if you've got the text there, it centres around verse 15. 00:04:16.220 --> 00:04:21.520 This thing that Jesus calls eternal life. 00:04:22.520 --> 00:04:22.860 Right? 00:04:22.900 --> 00:04:35.300 And we find Jesus all the way through Joan's Gospel using this repeated phrase and making this repeated claim that he has come that we may have eternal life. 00:04:36.960 --> 00:04:38.180 And now what does that mean? 00:04:38.260 --> 00:04:39.080 Well, break it down. 00:04:40.280 --> 00:04:40.800 Eternal. 00:04:42.480 --> 00:04:45.260 Talking about quantity, length. 00:04:45.259 --> 00:04:46.259 Right? 00:04:46.259 --> 00:04:46.339 Right? 00:04:46.420 --> 00:05:01.680 That the life that Jesus offers, the one that never ends, that eternal life that is given to us from the moment that we receive Jesus, right through it goes after death into forever. 00:05:01.860 --> 00:05:08.740 Except then it will be perfected and amplified because we will know it and experience it in God's new creation. 00:05:09.860 --> 00:05:12.420 Eternal and life. 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:14.879 Talking about quantity. 00:05:15.259 --> 00:05:16.259 Quality, rather. 00:05:16.259 --> 00:05:17.180 Quality, rather. 00:05:18.379 --> 00:05:25.740 You know, the kind that deeply satisfies the hungry, the thirsty and the restless human soul. 00:05:26.939 --> 00:05:35.259 Stemming from our knowledge of and enjoyment of our Creator God who exists as a glorious three-in-one community of love. 00:05:35.259 --> 00:05:36.259 Jesus is talking about eternal life. 00:05:36.259 --> 00:05:39.420 Jesus is talking about eternal life. 00:05:40.939 --> 00:05:48.139 And in our world right now where we're bombarded, aren't we, with statistics every day of death. 00:05:48.139 --> 00:05:56.360 And we know and we see in the world people suffering with pain and people having questions. 00:05:56.360 --> 00:06:06.879 In our world, those two words, eternal life, should feel like a warm shower when you've just come in from a freezing wet run. 00:06:06.879 --> 00:06:07.879 Right? 00:06:07.879 --> 00:06:16.439 As C.S. Lewis once said too, often we are like children who are content, we're happy making mud pies in the dirt. 00:06:16.439 --> 00:06:21.779 To stop and contemplate what's on offer of a holiday at the beach. 00:06:23.040 --> 00:06:24.920 Eternal life. 00:06:25.480 --> 00:06:25.660 Right? 00:06:25.779 --> 00:06:26.819 Wonderful two words. 00:06:26.819 --> 00:06:27.719 Now, here's a question. 00:06:27.860 --> 00:06:32.860 Why is this man, Nicodemus, the odds-on favourite to get it? 00:06:34.079 --> 00:06:42.800 And I guess the answer is because this man in this day, Nicodemus, owns, quite frankly, a spiritual CV to die for. 00:06:42.899 --> 00:06:46.100 I mean, his credentials here are simply outstanding. 00:06:47.379 --> 00:06:48.899 Look with me at verse 1. 00:06:49.060 --> 00:06:51.279 This guy is an Orthodox Jew. 00:06:51.480 --> 00:06:51.600 Right? 00:06:51.659 --> 00:06:52.980 Great start in this day. 00:06:52.980 --> 00:07:07.680 And he's part of this devout group called the Pharisees who are deeply committed to external purity, legal observance and scripture knowledge which is unmatched. 00:07:09.060 --> 00:07:13.720 And Nicodemus is part of the religious ruling council of the day as well called the Sanhedrin. 00:07:13.900 --> 00:07:22.379 So, you bring that all together, this man holds in his hands what I guess we would call today the equivalent of a religious royal flush. 00:07:22.379 --> 00:07:22.659 Right? 00:07:22.699 --> 00:07:27.680 You are just not touching this guy when it comes to his religious CV. 00:07:27.819 --> 00:07:28.879 We're not beating him. 00:07:30.079 --> 00:07:31.019 And here's the point. 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:39.379 The point is that if you'd asked anyone who was around at the time, who is the odds-on favourite to get eternal life? 00:07:39.600 --> 00:07:42.860 Every single person is pointing squarely at this guy. 00:07:43.659 --> 00:07:44.319 It's him. 00:07:44.319 --> 00:07:49.879 And the odds-on favourite goes to see Jesus. 00:07:51.099 --> 00:07:51.339 Right? 00:07:51.420 --> 00:07:52.920 We pick up this conversation here. 00:07:53.040 --> 00:07:54.719 He goes to see him at night, do you notice? 00:07:56.279 --> 00:07:58.439 That's probably a double meaning there in that word night. 00:07:58.819 --> 00:08:00.480 It's just the time of day that he went. 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:08.139 Probably, I'd imagine, to avoid being seen in public coming to see Jesus. 00:08:08.139 --> 00:08:10.659 Which maybe tells us a little bit about this man. 00:08:10.779 --> 00:08:11.740 He's genuine. 00:08:12.459 --> 00:08:15.919 He wanted to know what the commotion was all about. 00:08:16.019 --> 00:08:18.319 He wanted to meet this man for himself. 00:08:19.199 --> 00:08:20.519 He's genuinely intrigued. 00:08:20.659 --> 00:08:23.500 And maybe that's you here today as you watch this. 00:08:23.539 --> 00:08:24.579 As you hear about Jesus. 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:29.039 Nicodemus has clearly heard about the signs. 00:08:30.019 --> 00:08:32.019 And we get that at the end of chapter 2. 00:08:32.019 --> 00:08:34.059 The signs that Jesus is doing. 00:08:34.220 --> 00:08:35.840 Which is attracting quite the crowd. 00:08:37.299 --> 00:08:38.419 And maybe he's thinking to himself. 00:08:38.500 --> 00:08:40.159 Maybe it's time that I met this guy. 00:08:40.279 --> 00:08:41.460 And you know, I sussed him out. 00:08:42.059 --> 00:08:43.639 Maybe I can learn a little bit from him. 00:08:43.720 --> 00:08:45.579 Maybe he can learn a little bit from me. 00:08:45.659 --> 00:08:47.659 And he can learn how we do things around here. 00:08:48.960 --> 00:08:49.579 I mean, who knows? 00:08:49.639 --> 00:08:51.980 Maybe I can persuade him to join our team. 00:08:52.139 --> 00:08:52.799 Imagine that. 00:08:53.439 --> 00:08:53.799 Jesus. 00:08:55.019 --> 00:08:58.159 Imagine unveiling Jesus as our new summer signing. 00:08:58.620 --> 00:09:00.139 What a coop that would be. 00:09:00.139 --> 00:09:02.519 He's coming at night. 00:09:04.019 --> 00:09:05.279 Another meaning of that. 00:09:05.939 --> 00:09:10.000 Is it's an indication of the true state of this man's heart before God. 00:09:11.699 --> 00:09:12.679 Spiritually speaking. 00:09:12.840 --> 00:09:13.720 What would we say today? 00:09:14.639 --> 00:09:16.259 That the lights might be on. 00:09:17.519 --> 00:09:18.799 But there ain't nobody hoping. 00:09:20.419 --> 00:09:21.639 He's in the dark. 00:09:21.759 --> 00:09:23.399 He's coming to Jesus at night. 00:09:23.600 --> 00:09:24.539 Doesn't understand. 00:09:26.340 --> 00:09:28.399 And you see Jesus here in this conversation. 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:30.000 Remember the man who knows. 00:09:30.799 --> 00:09:32.220 Again, we get this at the end of chapter 2. 00:09:32.299 --> 00:09:34.279 The man who knows the human heart. 00:09:36.199 --> 00:09:39.980 Knows that this is this man's greatest need. 00:09:41.720 --> 00:09:44.740 And so this conversation develops between these two men. 00:09:44.819 --> 00:09:45.580 You see Nicodemus. 00:09:45.659 --> 00:09:46.299 He makes his play. 00:09:46.419 --> 00:09:46.939 Verse 2. 00:09:47.019 --> 00:09:48.080 It's a very polite play. 00:09:49.059 --> 00:09:49.419 Rabbi. 00:09:51.120 --> 00:09:52.080 Nicodemus makes his play. 00:09:52.199 --> 00:09:54.840 And in turn, Jesus responds. 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:56.340 And he challenges. 00:09:56.340 --> 00:10:02.200 And he flips the entire way that Nicodemus understands himself. 00:10:02.540 --> 00:10:06.980 And understands life completely on its head. 00:10:08.120 --> 00:10:11.639 Because Jesus says two things to Nicodemus about eternal life. 00:10:11.639 --> 00:10:18.399 Firstly, Nicodemus, there's nothing you can do to earn it. 00:10:19.899 --> 00:10:24.860 You must be born again, says Jesus. 00:10:24.860 --> 00:10:28.740 And that is a bizarre metaphor, is it not? 00:10:29.039 --> 00:10:32.919 Really confusing one if you think about it. 00:10:32.940 --> 00:10:35.840 And you can see this guy Nicodemus stopping and thinking, how does that work? 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:37.800 He's thinking back to the biology lesson at school. 00:10:37.899 --> 00:10:41.019 He's thinking, how does that work? 00:10:41.019 --> 00:10:46.240 Especially if you consider that Nicodemus is most likely an older man at this point in his life. 00:10:48.100 --> 00:10:49.399 It's a bizarre metaphor. 00:10:50.779 --> 00:10:55.860 But it's a metaphor that precisely makes the point. 00:10:56.179 --> 00:10:59.779 Jesus says you must be born again. 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:04.279 I was there at the birth of my two children. 00:11:04.279 --> 00:11:12.439 I'd love to tell you that I stood by and offered some inspirational words to my dear wife. 00:11:12.519 --> 00:11:17.419 They were just fitting for the occasion at the appropriate time in those few hours. 00:11:18.519 --> 00:11:20.220 The final few hours of labour. 00:11:20.419 --> 00:11:24.360 You know, the kind you would get on motivational posters that you would buy at a student fair. 00:11:24.360 --> 00:11:29.840 The truth is that I did next to nothing. 00:11:30.539 --> 00:11:35.360 Apart from take up space in an already crowded and stressful room. 00:11:35.480 --> 00:11:39.759 I was the water boy and I think even that is doing me over justice. 00:11:41.300 --> 00:11:42.800 I did next to nothing. 00:11:42.919 --> 00:11:43.460 But you know what? 00:11:43.500 --> 00:11:46.279 There was someone in that room who contributed even less than me. 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:49.279 The baby. 00:11:50.860 --> 00:11:53.340 I mean, neither of our girls contributed anything. 00:11:53.340 --> 00:11:56.860 Apart from a lot of pain on behalf of my wife. 00:11:56.940 --> 00:11:59.240 The kind that I cannot begin to imagine. 00:12:00.680 --> 00:12:02.379 You see, a baby contributes nothing. 00:12:05.160 --> 00:12:06.820 And Nicodemus is trying to take that in. 00:12:07.720 --> 00:12:10.280 This is what Jesus is saying. 00:12:10.840 --> 00:12:18.620 You see, here's this man Nicodemus who has doubtless lived his whole life believing the maxim that to behave is to belong. 00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:19.400 Right? 00:12:19.399 --> 00:12:20.840 You perform well. 00:12:20.959 --> 00:12:22.039 You keep the rules. 00:12:22.279 --> 00:12:28.899 And by in so doing you are demonstrating that you are on the right side of God and in the kingdom. 00:12:29.639 --> 00:12:30.759 That's what he's thinking. 00:12:31.720 --> 00:12:35.299 But here's noticing what Jesus doesn't say. 00:12:35.379 --> 00:12:35.899 Notice this. 00:12:35.959 --> 00:12:36.919 What Jesus doesn't say. 00:12:37.000 --> 00:12:39.539 He doesn't say, go back and try again. 00:12:39.539 --> 00:12:48.259 Remember when you were at school and you went with your homework to your teacher and she said, go back and look at your sums. 00:12:48.599 --> 00:12:50.159 And you went back and you looked over again. 00:12:50.240 --> 00:12:51.519 You thought, oh, that's how that works. 00:12:51.559 --> 00:12:53.439 And then you went back to your teacher and she went, well done. 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:54.179 You get it now. 00:12:54.259 --> 00:12:54.959 You got it right. 00:12:55.139 --> 00:12:56.399 Jesus doesn't say that. 00:12:57.179 --> 00:12:58.419 He doesn't say try again. 00:12:58.860 --> 00:13:00.159 He doesn't say think again. 00:13:00.159 --> 00:13:03.839 He says, you must be born again. 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:11.159 Because this isn't about Nicodemus turning over a new leaf. 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:26.559 This is about God by his grace and his mercy and by the power of his Holy Spirit giving Nicodemus a brand new heart. 00:13:27.839 --> 00:13:37.459 Working in him to bring a complete inner cleansing and transformation of his entire being. 00:13:37.460 --> 00:13:43.639 Only possible by the grace of God through the power of the Spirit of God. 00:13:44.960 --> 00:13:47.639 You see, that's what Jesus is meaning at verse 8. 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:48.680 Right? 00:13:48.780 --> 00:13:49.900 The Spirit of God. 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:51.340 He is like the wind. 00:13:53.139 --> 00:13:53.860 He's like the wind. 00:13:55.320 --> 00:13:56.440 You can't see it. 00:13:57.540 --> 00:13:58.500 You can't see him. 00:13:59.060 --> 00:14:00.700 But you can feel his effects. 00:14:00.800 --> 00:14:05.379 I was thinking this week, growing up, playing, learning to play golf. 00:14:05.379 --> 00:14:07.639 Yeah, I'll say this publicly. 00:14:07.740 --> 00:14:09.240 My brother's a better golfer than me. 00:14:10.200 --> 00:14:13.159 Growing up, playing on the Lynx courses up in Fife. 00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:18.980 He always used to say to me, when it comes to a windy day, he said, remember the slogan? 00:14:19.700 --> 00:14:22.860 When it's breezy, swing it easy. 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:24.860 And here's the point. 00:14:24.939 --> 00:14:26.679 I was going at it. 00:14:26.700 --> 00:14:28.720 I was hitting it as hard as I can, straight up to the wind. 00:14:28.799 --> 00:14:30.120 The wind that I couldn't see was there. 00:14:30.379 --> 00:14:32.320 And it was just coming straight back at me. 00:14:32.320 --> 00:14:36.660 That's the point that Jesus is making, isn't it? 00:14:36.660 --> 00:14:41.860 You can't see the wind, but you can feel it and see its effects. 00:14:42.260 --> 00:14:44.600 So it is with the work of the Spirit. 00:14:44.720 --> 00:14:50.020 You don't see where the Spirit is moving, but you'll see the effects of him moving. 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:57.500 And we've got no idea how God is at work by his Spirit, through his Word. 00:14:57.500 --> 00:15:04.639 You know, one of the privileges I have in this role is spending time reading the Bible with people. 00:15:05.460 --> 00:15:13.899 And one of the most incredible privileges is reading the Bible with people and seeing them not understand it. 00:15:14.720 --> 00:15:18.940 And in one day, by the grace of God, all of a sudden they see it. 00:15:18.940 --> 00:15:31.540 I know not how the Spirit moves, convincing men of sin, revealing Jesus through the words, creating faith in him. 00:15:32.400 --> 00:15:35.800 And so here's what this means, if you're watching this today, whoever you are. 00:15:35.860 --> 00:15:37.960 If you're watching this and your faith is in Jesus. 00:15:38.820 --> 00:15:42.860 If this is true for you, how should we respond to this? 00:15:42.880 --> 00:15:45.380 We should be the most humble people alive. 00:15:45.379 --> 00:15:49.980 That this was nothing to do with us. 00:15:51.019 --> 00:15:51.139 Right? 00:15:51.220 --> 00:15:56.019 God didn't look down from heaven and think that we would make incredible people for his team. 00:15:56.899 --> 00:16:03.340 No, God was moved by nothing other than his mercy and purely by his grace. 00:16:03.740 --> 00:16:08.939 As we grasp this, our lives should ooze humility and gratitude. 00:16:08.940 --> 00:16:16.000 And the gospel of God's grace, you see how it frees us not to live a life of dead moralism. 00:16:16.600 --> 00:16:21.340 But to live an open life with one another and in front of one another. 00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:27.680 To take the mask off and stop pretending that we were saved because of our good works and of our upright lives. 00:16:27.780 --> 00:16:29.620 No, we were saved by grace. 00:16:29.620 --> 00:16:32.960 And it frees us to acknowledge our weaknesses. 00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:38.960 And then lean our whole lives on the sufficient grace of our heavenly father. 00:16:39.100 --> 00:16:45.039 See, Nicodemus thought he behaved so he would then therefore say he could belong. 00:16:45.560 --> 00:16:47.220 The gospel says, no, you belong. 00:16:47.320 --> 00:16:48.620 You've been saved by Jesus Christ. 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:49.560 You've been transformed. 00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:54.080 Therefore, behave like children of God. 00:16:56.019 --> 00:16:58.580 Or someone put it on Twitter this week and I love this. 00:16:58.580 --> 00:17:01.800 Because religion says, I messed it up. 00:17:01.940 --> 00:17:03.259 My dad's going to kill me. 00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:07.200 But the gospel says, I've messed it up. 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:09.259 Oh, I need to call my dad. 00:17:11.620 --> 00:17:14.039 You know, if you're watching this and you're thinking to yourself, do you know what? 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:16.519 I'm in God's good book, surely. 00:17:18.000 --> 00:17:19.019 Because of how I'm living. 00:17:20.880 --> 00:17:24.079 I think this should massively sober you. 00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:27.960 I mean, if a guy is as good as Nicodemus, right? 00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:29.419 With his spiritual CV. 00:17:29.619 --> 00:17:33.359 I mean, honestly, he could take all of us to the cleaners and back again. 00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:38.699 If he can't earn eternal life, let me suggest that none of us can. 00:17:38.700 --> 00:17:43.880 Maybe you're watching this and you're at the other end of the spectrum here. 00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:45.819 You think you're like the anti-Nicodemus. 00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:50.180 I mean, if only you knew how broken and complicated my life is. 00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:52.720 If only you knew how wrong I get it each and every day. 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:54.799 If only you knew how much I struggle. 00:17:55.559 --> 00:17:59.580 Well, let me encourage you, particularly to tune in next week. 00:17:59.579 --> 00:18:03.480 Because you will hear a story about a woman who we meet in chapter 4. 00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:07.899 Who, when it comes to pain and brokenness, she could take you to the cleaners and back again. 00:18:08.740 --> 00:18:15.259 And yet Jesus pursues her for a relationship so that she might have eternal life. 00:18:16.399 --> 00:18:18.379 When it comes to eternal life, Nicodemus. 00:18:18.439 --> 00:18:20.980 You see how there's nothing you can do to earn it. 00:18:21.500 --> 00:18:23.579 There's nothing you can do to earn it. 00:18:23.579 --> 00:18:25.699 I mean, accept. 00:18:26.779 --> 00:18:33.079 Secondly, trust that I've done everything that you might have it. 00:18:34.619 --> 00:18:35.639 I mean, verse 9. 00:18:35.699 --> 00:18:36.679 How can this be true? 00:18:39.179 --> 00:18:42.679 I mean, well, according to Jesus, you see, Nicodemus should have known this. 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:45.079 I mean, this isn't coming from left field here. 00:18:45.619 --> 00:18:50.480 And if you think back to that reading we had earlier from Ezekiel 36 in the Old Testament. 00:18:50.639 --> 00:18:51.939 Here's what God had promised. 00:18:51.940 --> 00:18:59.400 He promised and said what he was going to do in the time, in the days to come rather, for his people. 00:18:59.539 --> 00:19:03.420 As he brings about the heart transformation that they need. 00:19:04.820 --> 00:19:05.680 What's he going to do? 00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:07.500 He's going to take out that heart of stone. 00:19:07.840 --> 00:19:12.360 And in its place instead he's going to give them a heart of flesh. 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:12.700 Right? 00:19:12.720 --> 00:19:13.779 It beats for him. 00:19:13.779 --> 00:19:16.139 And he writes his law. 00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:18.839 Not out there, but in their hearts. 00:19:19.240 --> 00:19:22.059 That all of them might know him. 00:19:23.059 --> 00:19:24.940 And so here's what Nicodemus should have been doing. 00:19:25.019 --> 00:19:27.480 Instead of leading the people trying to earn it. 00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:29.759 Remember, this man who knows the scriptures. 00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:32.680 Nicodemus should have been leading the people and pleading with God. 00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:34.279 Getting on their knees. 00:19:34.619 --> 00:19:36.399 That he might do it in them. 00:19:36.400 --> 00:19:40.280 That he might do it in them. 00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:49.280 And here is Jesus come to make a way for that to happen. 00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:53.160 And do you see how he claims to speak? 00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:55.859 Not as an opinion here. 00:19:56.819 --> 00:19:59.039 He's claiming to speak as the opinion. 00:20:00.879 --> 00:20:03.240 He claims to speak authoritatively. 00:20:03.339 --> 00:20:04.359 And we should listen to him. 00:20:04.399 --> 00:20:06.000 That is his claim at verse 13. 00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:08.160 Think of it this way. 00:20:09.379 --> 00:20:10.700 I don't know if you're anything like us. 00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:12.539 You know, when we book any kind of holiday. 00:20:12.539 --> 00:20:19.180 What we go on is not normally what the hotel says of itself. 00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:21.119 Right? 00:20:21.220 --> 00:20:22.920 I mean, no hotel is saying of itself. 00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:23.680 Yeah, our food. 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.200 You know what? 00:20:24.240 --> 00:20:25.319 If we're honest, it's average. 00:20:25.899 --> 00:20:27.799 We could probably get better down the road. 00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:28.859 Our rooms. 00:20:29.159 --> 00:20:30.940 To be honest, budget at best. 00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:32.220 But you're paying what you're paying. 00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:33.420 So they'll get you there. 00:20:34.639 --> 00:20:37.759 No, they say come here and you'll have the best holiday ever. 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:38.339 Ever. 00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:41.460 We don't listen to the hotel. 00:20:41.460 --> 00:20:46.539 We tend to listen to what the people who have actually been there say about the hotel. 00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:47.620 Right? 00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:49.380 That's the voices that swing it for us. 00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:50.960 The people who have actually been there. 00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:52.360 Who know what they're talking about. 00:20:53.380 --> 00:20:58.640 You see, Jesus is qualified to speak about heavenly and eternal realities. 00:21:00.100 --> 00:21:01.340 Because he's been there. 00:21:03.380 --> 00:21:07.400 In fact, heaven has been his home since before time began. 00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:12.800 Except now he's taken on our flesh. 00:21:12.800 --> 00:21:14.000 And he's come down. 00:21:14.880 --> 00:21:17.820 And he's the very embodiment of truth. 00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:24.259 Because of the pursuing, loving determination of God. 00:21:24.379 --> 00:21:24.899 He's here. 00:21:25.619 --> 00:21:27.899 The God that so loved the world. 00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:33.399 A world that is perishing because of its own decision to reject God. 00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:35.559 By rejecting Jesus. 00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:39.399 And is subject to the eternal judgment of our creator. 00:21:39.400 --> 00:21:41.240 Because of that decision. 00:21:43.580 --> 00:21:47.180 Jesus committed to bring this transformation to bear in the hearts of his people. 00:21:47.380 --> 00:21:47.980 And here's how. 00:21:48.100 --> 00:21:48.820 Verse 14. 00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:52.320 Jesus uses this Old Testament story. 00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:55.880 Nicodemus would have been very familiar with this. 00:21:56.019 --> 00:21:56.060 Right? 00:21:56.100 --> 00:21:59.600 We get this in the book of Numbers in chapter 20. 00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:04.980 And the story is about the Israelites wandering in the desert. 00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:07.240 And they are complaining. 00:22:08.059 --> 00:22:09.079 They are moaning. 00:22:09.319 --> 00:22:11.240 The text says they are impatient. 00:22:11.599 --> 00:22:12.439 All the way. 00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:15.119 They are grumbling against God and against Moses. 00:22:15.959 --> 00:22:18.359 And God sends snakes among them. 00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:22.359 And those snakes bite many of the Israelites. 00:22:24.439 --> 00:22:25.679 Sometimes fatally. 00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:29.200 And in his mercy God says to Moses. 00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:30.720 Make a statue of a snake. 00:22:30.940 --> 00:22:31.920 And put it on a pole. 00:22:32.100 --> 00:22:32.860 And lift it up. 00:22:32.960 --> 00:22:34.860 And tell everybody who wants to be healed. 00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:36.259 That if they look at the pole. 00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:38.900 If they trust what I say is true about the snake. 00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:39.860 They will be healed. 00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:44.340 All they need to do is look at the snake. 00:22:46.060 --> 00:22:47.220 Here's the thing to consider. 00:22:47.380 --> 00:22:48.960 That people were saved. 00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:50.759 They were healed. 00:22:50.880 --> 00:22:53.320 Not by being in proximity to the snake. 00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:55.579 People were healed. 00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:58.179 Not by acknowledging the mere existence of the snake. 00:22:58.859 --> 00:23:00.980 People were saved solely. 00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:02.980 Because they looked at. 00:23:03.139 --> 00:23:05.960 And they trusted what God said was true. 00:23:06.919 --> 00:23:08.019 Concerning the snake. 00:23:09.599 --> 00:23:11.480 And Jesus says in the same way. 00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:11.799 Do you know what? 00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:13.799 My earthly life will end with me. 00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:15.460 Lifted up. 00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:17.619 On the cross. 00:23:17.619 --> 00:23:24.839 As I take the place of sinful humanity. 00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:31.899 As I bear the wrath of God the Father on myself. 00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:36.919 What you need to understand is that your sin is way more deadly than a snake bite. 00:23:37.639 --> 00:23:38.839 What can you do? 00:23:38.939 --> 00:23:41.500 What is your only hope but to look at me? 00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.619 Believe and live. 00:23:44.619 --> 00:23:48.159 And by doing that. 00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:50.559 You have eternal life. 00:23:52.199 --> 00:23:54.479 You see the only hope here for the odds on favor. 00:23:55.859 --> 00:24:00.659 The only hope for the man with the unrivaled spiritual CV. 00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:02.619 For eternal life. 00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:05.399 Is the same as everyone else. 00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:07.899 To look and live. 00:24:07.900 --> 00:24:12.540 So what's he going to do as we leave him here? 00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:14.120 In verse 15. 00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:14.920 What's he going to do? 00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:17.340 Friends what are you and I going to do as we respond to this? 00:24:19.560 --> 00:24:20.540 Well just as we close. 00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:22.140 Let me tell you a story that I once heard. 00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:26.540 And it was by the former Archbishop of Canterbury. 00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:27.680 Called Donald Cogan. 00:24:28.540 --> 00:24:30.960 And he used to tell a story about a sculptor. 00:24:31.700 --> 00:24:34.920 Who once unveiled a statue that he'd made of Jesus. 00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:39.820 And tourists used to flock from all over to come and see this statue. 00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:42.800 And what would inevitably happen is that the tourists. 00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:45.840 People would walk around all around this statue. 00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:47.440 Trying to take in its every angle. 00:24:47.580 --> 00:24:49.259 Looking for that perfect picture. 00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:52.720 And they were always left disappointed. 00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:54.680 And so they'd ask their tour guide. 00:24:54.820 --> 00:24:56.340 They'd say where do we need to stand? 00:24:56.519 --> 00:25:01.100 Where do we need to be to get the best view of this sculpture? 00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:02.039 Of this statue? 00:25:02.300 --> 00:25:03.880 And the answer always came back. 00:25:03.880 --> 00:25:08.260 That the sculptor had deliberately designed the statue. 00:25:09.020 --> 00:25:11.040 So that the place for the best view. 00:25:12.340 --> 00:25:13.900 Was to get down on your knees. 00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:15.840 And to look up. 00:25:19.900 --> 00:25:21.880 And here's the thing about the odds on favourite. 00:25:23.780 --> 00:25:25.120 As we leave on this morning. 00:25:27.000 --> 00:25:29.740 Junior appears two more times in this gospel. 00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:32.359 Once at chapter 7. 00:25:32.420 --> 00:25:35.400 In a discussion where he's speaking up for Jesus. 00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:39.019 When the religious leaders are talking about unlawfully seizing him. 00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:41.120 And Nicodemus is there fighting Jesus' corner. 00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:43.599 And then right at the end of this gospel. 00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:46.960 As he steps into the light. 00:25:47.120 --> 00:25:48.299 And as he comes out into the open. 00:25:48.380 --> 00:25:50.519 About his faith in this man Jesus. 00:25:50.519 --> 00:25:52.819 We see him again. 00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:56.900 And he's there after Jesus has died on the cross. 00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:59.259 And he's there with Joseph of Animathea. 00:25:59.359 --> 00:26:02.059 And the two of them take down Jesus' body from the cross. 00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:03.379 And they put it in a tomb. 00:26:05.379 --> 00:26:09.220 And so it would seem that in the months following this encounter. 00:26:09.220 --> 00:26:14.160 As Jesus' words bounced around Nicodemus' mind. 00:26:14.319 --> 00:26:16.960 As the spirit penetrated his heart. 00:26:18.319 --> 00:26:19.740 And perhaps even. 00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:22.160 And what a wonderful thought this is. 00:26:23.019 --> 00:26:26.559 That as he stood there taking in Jesus on the cross. 00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:31.460 As he saw this man Jesus who he had talked to. 00:26:32.120 --> 00:26:34.240 Lifted up on the cross. 00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:37.880 Because maybe this conversation came back to him. 00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:42.440 And Nicodemus thought there's nothing else that I've got. 00:26:42.640 --> 00:26:43.900 Nothing else that I've got. 00:26:44.859 --> 00:26:46.400 Nothing in my hand I bring. 00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:49.640 But simply to the cross I cling. 00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.620 This man looked. 00:26:52.380 --> 00:26:52.940 And lived. 00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:56.960 Only by grace can we enter. 00:26:58.339 --> 00:27:00.160 Only by grace can we stand. 00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:01.839 Not by our human endeavour. 00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:05.539 But by the blood of the Lamb. 00:27:06.619 --> 00:27:08.619 Into your presence you call us. 00:27:09.159 --> 00:27:10.779 You call us to come. 00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:14.699 Into your presence you draw us. 00:27:15.399 --> 00:27:19.299 And now by your grace we come. 00:27:20.659 --> 00:27:21.659 Let me pray. 00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:28.980 Heavenly Father what an incredible God you are. 00:27:28.980 --> 00:27:57.220 Father help us to grasp. 00:27:57.220 --> 00:28:02.019 Something more of the glory of Jesus Christ. 00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:03.779 May we look to him today. 00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:05.180 And have eternal life. 00:28:05.600 --> 00:28:06.400 In his name. 00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:07.839 In Jesus name we pray. 00:28:08.339 --> 00:28:08.660 Amen. 00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:12.620 Well thank you very much Graham. 00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:15.640 We're now going to move on in our service. 00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:17.600 And we're going to hear from one of our members. 00:28:18.140 --> 00:28:19.720 On what they've been learning. 00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:21.440 During this lockdown period. 00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:23.559 And we're going to hear about some of the ups and downs. 00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:25.579 Of the Christian life from her. 00:28:25.579 --> 00:28:28.139 So I'm just going to hand over now to one of our members. 00:28:28.500 --> 00:28:29.679 And hear their story. 00:28:31.079 --> 00:28:31.639 Hello. 00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:32.939 My name's Anne. 00:28:33.119 --> 00:28:36.319 And I've been part of the Brunsfield family for almost 40 years. 00:28:36.699 --> 00:28:38.919 So I've seen lots of changes over that time. 00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:43.559 Although I have never quite seen anything like lockdown before. 00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:45.659 So what's that been like for me. 00:28:46.559 --> 00:28:49.240 I think for all of us it's been a time of loss. 00:28:49.799 --> 00:28:51.099 Perhaps some gains too. 00:28:51.419 --> 00:28:52.440 But for me. 00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:55.879 My big loss has been that I have lost my big brother. 00:28:57.099 --> 00:28:58.919 David was older than I am. 00:28:59.259 --> 00:29:00.839 So he was always there. 00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:04.419 I can remember my mother giving him a row. 00:29:04.579 --> 00:29:06.039 For always winding me up. 00:29:06.159 --> 00:29:07.019 And teasing me. 00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:08.779 Because he was so much older. 00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:09.819 And could do that. 00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:10.779 And giving me a row. 00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:13.059 For always rising to the bait. 00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:16.399 So he was always there in my life. 00:29:17.759 --> 00:29:19.599 However just before lockdown. 00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:22.879 David called me to tell me that he had cancer. 00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:24.639 But that it was okay. 00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.579 It was treatable. 00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:29.059 However only a few short weeks later. 00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:30.779 He was admitted into hospital. 00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:32.439 In dreadful pain. 00:29:32.639 --> 00:29:33.619 And it became clear. 00:29:34.099 --> 00:29:35.740 That he was really unwell. 00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:37.639 And there was no coming back from this. 00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:40.240 So he got home from hospital. 00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:42.380 And had a very special week at home. 00:29:42.740 --> 00:29:43.720 With his family. 00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.600 With his wife. 00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:45.220 His son. 00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:47.420 Able to speak to people on the phone. 00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:49.400 And to video call them. 00:29:50.020 --> 00:29:53.160 And he and I had precious times together. 00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:56.100 As we thought about how God loved us. 00:29:56.240 --> 00:29:58.660 And we thought about the prayer in Ephesians. 00:29:58.660 --> 00:30:02.660 Where it talks about the love that we just can't escape from. 00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:04.620 And that it strengthens us. 00:30:05.120 --> 00:30:06.920 In the inner places. 00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:08.220 Where it really matters. 00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:12.680 However he was only home for just under a week. 00:30:12.860 --> 00:30:14.519 And he had to go back to hospital. 00:30:15.100 --> 00:30:18.500 And he died just a few hours after getting back to hospital. 00:30:19.519 --> 00:30:21.100 And David lived in Southampton. 00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:24.060 So I couldn't go to see him when he was ill. 00:30:24.320 --> 00:30:26.100 And I couldn't go to the funeral. 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:28.720 Which I found really hard. 00:30:28.720 --> 00:30:32.299 His wife couldn't be with him going in the ambulance. 00:30:32.579 --> 00:30:34.559 She couldn't be with him when he died. 00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:37.160 So it was quite a difficult time. 00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:41.039 And not being at the funeral hurt more than I thought it would. 00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:44.000 But David had always gone before me. 00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:46.279 And he did that yet again. 00:30:46.360 --> 00:30:50.100 As he demonstrated how much his faith mattered to him. 00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:51.720 How real it was. 00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:53.500 How it sustained him in life. 00:30:54.039 --> 00:30:57.140 And how it was there when he faced death. 00:30:57.140 --> 00:31:03.980 And I really appreciated being able to have that time with David. 00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:07.820 And have that demonstrated to me. 00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:11.620 You know I see where I live. 00:31:11.700 --> 00:31:13.220 I see the tide rolling in and out. 00:31:13.340 --> 00:31:15.300 Every single day without fail. 00:31:15.800 --> 00:31:18.259 And that puts quite a perspective in life. 00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:19.880 I like to walk on the beach. 00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:20.900 And see that. 00:31:21.040 --> 00:31:22.180 And look into the sky. 00:31:22.320 --> 00:31:23.440 And see how big it is. 00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:27.759 And it reminds me of how God is always there. 00:31:27.880 --> 00:31:29.220 Has always been there. 00:31:29.360 --> 00:31:31.420 And so I would encourage all of you. 00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:33.180 That as we face this lockdown. 00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:35.120 And we face things that are difficult. 00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:38.539 We face losses that are difficult. 00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:40.920 But that God is there. 00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:43.279 And so I leave you with another part of the Bible. 00:31:43.279 --> 00:31:45.120 That is another favourite of mine. 00:31:45.660 --> 00:31:47.559 And it's from Romans 8. 00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:48.440 And it says. 00:31:48.919 --> 00:31:50.859 Who shall separate us from the love of God? 00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:52.799 Neither death nor life. 00:31:53.500 --> 00:31:55.039 Neither the present nor the future. 00:31:55.599 --> 00:31:56.720 Nor any powers. 00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:58.839 Nor anything in all creation. 00:31:59.559 --> 00:32:03.200 Not even COVID-19 will be able to separate us. 00:32:03.399 --> 00:32:06.659 From the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:07.819 Amen. 00:32:07.819 --> 00:32:07.919 Amen. 00:32:07.919 --> 00:32:09.220 Amen. 00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.779 Meaning. 00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.159 Cheers. 00:32:10.179 --> 00:32:10.700 Cheers. 00:32:11.139 --> 00:32:11.339 Cheers. 00:32:11.379 --> 00:32:11.740 Cheers. 00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:12.159 Cheers. 00:32:12.339 --> 00:32:14.059 Cheers. 00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:14.700 Cheers. 00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.379 Cheers. 00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:15.700 Cheers. 00:32:15.700 --> 00:32:15.879 Cheers. 00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.579 Cheers. 00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:17.659 To我們 ice. 00:32:17.679 --> 00:32:17.720 Cheers. 00:32:17.740 --> 00:32:18.079 Cheers. 00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:18.319 Cheers. 00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:18.639 Cheers. 00:32:18.639 --> 00:32:18.939 Cheers. 00:32:19.159 --> 00:32:19.559 Cheers. 00:32:19.559 --> 00:32:20.319 Cheers. 00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:20.579 Cheers. 00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:21.259 Cheers. 00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:21.439 Cheers. 00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:21.839 Cheers. 00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:22.879 Cheers. 00:32:22.879 --> 00:32:23.299 לנ single issue. 00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:23.700 Cheers. 00:32:23.700 --> 00:32:24.339 To me. 00:32:24.619 --> 00:32:25.039 Cheers. 00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.799 Cheers. 00:32:26.019 --> 00:32:27.259 Is this the last one. 00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:27.679 Gracias. 00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.019 in committee. 00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:32.759 Cheers. 00:32:32.759 --> 00:32:33.720 Cheers. 00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.759 Cheers. 00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.460 어�affir. 00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:35.980 spelled побед. 00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.599 Cheers. 00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:36.859 Cheers.