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 If you find yourself in the middle of the ocean,

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 treading water to stay alive,

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 and you are offered A, B, or C,

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 at the same time, which one would you choose?

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 I don't think there will be any hesitation for anyone in choosing C.

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 The answer is so evident that it makes this question sound ridiculous.

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 But who would reject an all-inclusive, safe and secure cruise liner

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 to choose instead to rely on themselves,

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 to brace their elements without any provision,

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 and keep treading water and working hard to save themselves?

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 However, if you disagree that C is the most logical and reasonable choice,

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 I would love to hear your reasoning behind your decision during a morning tea.

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 Turning this question around,

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 if you are a believer,

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 if you are a person of religion,

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 is your faith and belief in a God you are following and devoted to

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 more like A, B, or C?

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 Which is a more accurate account of your relationship with God

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 and your life right now?

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 Are you living out an abundant life,

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 trusting and enjoying all that is provided for you

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 by the generous God,

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 or is your life more like holding on to a life safer or life rough,

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 keeping working hard until and waiting for your next rescue?

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 How do you feel about your life right now?

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 It's a telltale sign of whether you have a life-giving faith

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 or invalid faith.

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 It is a sign of whether you have a belief that leads to life

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 or one that leads you to rejection of God or by God.

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 If you have not decided whether you believe in God or have faith or not,

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 and you are here gathering with us today,

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 may I take it as a sign that you want to find out more

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 about what and who we are believing in.

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 And for that, I welcome you

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 and hope that what you are going to hear

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 will be helpful in your journey of discovery.

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 We have mentioned a few times since the beginning of our current series

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 that John's Gospel has recorded some particular signs of Jesus

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 for definite intention.

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 Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples,

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 which are not recorded in this book,

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 but these are written that you may believe

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 that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God,

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 and by believing, you may have life in his name.

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 The signs are written that we may believe

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 that Jesus is the Saviour, the Son of God,

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 and by believing, you may have life in Jesus' name.

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 There is faith that will lead to abundant life in Jesus.

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 And by implication, there is faith that will not lead us there,

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 but cause us to get further away from God.

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 Jesus was in Canaan in Galilee back in chapter 2 at the wedding.

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 John told us that Jesus turning water into wine at the wedding

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 was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory,

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 and his disciples believed him.

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 Between chapter 2 to chapter 4,

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 Jesus traveled to Caponium,

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 then he went back down to Jerusalem,

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 and then he came through Samaria,

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 and right now he's back in Canaan

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 after a couple of chapters.

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 The distance between Canaan and Caponium

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 is about 26 kilometers,

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 a little bit more than a day's journey.

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 And at the end of chapter 2, it says,

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 Now while Jesus was standing in Jerusalem

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 at the Passover festival,

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 many people saw the signs he was performing

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 and believed in his name,

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 but Jesus would not entrust himself to them,

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 for he knew all people.

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 Here is a group of people

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 who have a faith that distanced themselves from God.

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 Jesus knew their faith was forged

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 with a hidden agenda and wrong motive.

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 Even though they trusted in Jesus' name,

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 Jesus did not entrust himself to them.

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 So what is a life-changing faith?

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 In chapter 4, what we read out to us in verse 46,

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 there is a royal government official from Caponium

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 whose son was very sick.

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 And in verse 52,

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 indicate that he has a fever.

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 Very different to today,

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 where we have ready access to medicine,

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 fever is a life-threatening sickness

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 that often leads to death around Jesus' time.

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 We can sense the urgency

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 and how desperate the father is

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 regarding his children,

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 his child,

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 by how John described the situation.

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 The son lay sick at Caponium in verse 46

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 and was close to death in the next verse.

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 And then in verse 49,

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 the father begged Jesus to come down

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 before his child died.

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 He went to Jesus and begged him to come

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 and heal his son.

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 It was in this royal official coming to Jesus

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 as a desperate father

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 that we see life-changing,

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 life-giving faith.

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 John told us at the end of chapter 4

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 that the healing of this official son

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 and the consequence belief of him

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 and his whole family in Jesus

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 was the second of those particular signs

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 with definite purpose

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 that Jesus performed in this gospel.

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 This official demonstrated a belief

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 that leads to life.

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 He heard the report

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 of the miraculous things

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 Jesus was doing in Jerusalem and Canaan.

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 He got him thinking,

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 maybe, perhaps,

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 Jesus can save my son

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 like how he performed those signs in Jerusalem.

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 Jesus is the last resource

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 to stop him from dying.

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 Can I really trust Jesus

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 to keep my son from dying?

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 He is using his head

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 as he begins his journey

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 while feeling heavy on his heart.

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 He came to Jesus with an agenda

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 to save his child,

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 his little boy.

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 He is not looking at Jesus

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 and his works as a spectator.

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 He is like being in the ocean

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 with his little boy in his arms,

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 threatening water desperately.

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 His little boy is drifting asleep,

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 falling, can't stay afloat,

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 choking on water and drowning,

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 and he looks to Jesus

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 at his last and final hope.

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 And he in the man's request,

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 what did Jesus do?

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 He says,

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 unless you people see signs and wonders,

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 you will never believe.

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 What?

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 What kind of a fight is that

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 to a desperate father?

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 Come on, Jesus,

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 don't you see this man

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 is suffering right now?

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 Jesus seems to want to engage this man

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 in a theological discussion

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 about relationship between signs and wonders.

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 But in fact,

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 Jesus is helping him

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 to make his need for Jesus personal.

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 To ensure his trust in him

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 is sure and certain and intimate.

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 Jesus engaged with him

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 to make sure his knowledge

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 of who Jesus really is

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 does not stay in the head only,

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 but is one that comes from the heart.

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 Jesus is making sure

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 their interaction

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 engages both the head and heart.

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 When the royal official says,

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 Sir, come down before my child dies,

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 the whole treasure of his life,

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 this little boy's life,

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 is on the line.

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 His heart would have

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 tossed and thrown within him

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 like raging seas.

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 This father may be thinking

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 if only Jesus would come to his home.

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 May he be to wave his hand

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 or to touch a boy and pray,

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 there may be a chance

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 that this boy will not die.

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 But on him, Jesus said,

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 Go, your son will live.

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 He did not insist on his way.

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 He took Jesus at his word

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 and headed home.

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 Up to this point in the Bible,

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 miraculous healing

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 over a long distance

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 was so rare and rarely heard of.

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 Something has to have happened

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 within this desperate father

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 to make him ruling

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 to take Jesus at his word

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 and start heading home.

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 Something in Jesus' words

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 and the interaction

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 caused hope to grow

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 within this man.

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 Something supernatural

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 has been given to him.

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 I cannot imagine

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 what is going through his head

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 as he walked those 26 kilometers

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 down towards home.

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 What he got to hold on to

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 is only those four words

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 spoken by Jesus.

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 Your son will live.

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 Would he be repeating those

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 to himself,

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 My son will live,

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 my son will live,

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 to reassure himself?

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 Or would it be a quiet expectation?

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 It would last at least

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 12 hours

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 before beginning to the journey

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 that his servant

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 bring him the news

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 about his sons

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 because his servant

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 referred to yesterday

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 at one in the afternoon

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 when he asked about

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 when exactly

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 his son was restored.

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 It's at this moment

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 of inquiry

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 that genuine faith

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 come about in this man

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 when he realized

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 that his boy

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 came alive

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 and got well

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 at precisely

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 the time Jesus told him,

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 Your son will live.

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 This royal government official

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 from Caponean

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 Caponean

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 come to Jesus

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 to beg him

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 to keep his little boy alive

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 and ended up

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 with life-giving faith

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 because this faith

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 was granted to him.

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 Jesus helped him

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 to see what he needed

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 was not a miracle worker

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 who did wonders

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 for his son.

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 Jesus helped him

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 to become fully aware

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 of his incompetence

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 in this situation.

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 Jesus engaged

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 with this man

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 intellectually

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 and emotionally

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 through his head

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 and his heart.

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 And by doing so,

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 Jesus showed the man

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 that Jesus himself

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 has the power

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 to heal over a distance

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 because he is

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 the source of life.

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 Jesus did not just

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 perform a healing

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 miracle here.

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 He gave the desperate

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 father a chance

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 to see who he was.

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 The royal official

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 received life-giving faith

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 by taking Jesus

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 at his word.

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 And after hearing

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 the official son

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 remotely,

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 Jesus returned

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 to Jerusalem,

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 a place where

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 he did not

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 entrust himself

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 to the people before.

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 It was a place

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 full of invalid faith.

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 And he came

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 to a place

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 where a lot

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 of disabled people,

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 the blind,

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 the lame,

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 and the paralyzed,

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 usually.

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 He came across

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 a man who had been sick

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 and had a disability

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 for 38 years,

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 an invalid.

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 And he asked him,

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 do you want

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 to get well?

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 And the invalid replied,

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 sir,

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 I have no one

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 to help me

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 into the pool

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 when the water

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 is stirred.

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 While I'm trying

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 to get in,

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 someone else

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 goes down

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 ahead of me.

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 Have you noticed

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 the difference

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 between Jesus'

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 previous interaction

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 with the official

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 father

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 and now?

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 It was Jesus

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 who instigated

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 the interaction

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 on that particular day.

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 And John will tell us

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 the reason

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 and purpose

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 very soon.

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 What about the way

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 the invalid replied?

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 The official father

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 and the invalid

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 both seemed to know

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 what needed to be done,

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 but there was no urgency

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 or desperation

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 with the disabled man.

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 He sounded like

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 he's looking at Jesus

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 and saying to himself,

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 you seem to be

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 able to help me

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 to get whatever

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 I need.

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 I will partner

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 with you

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 so you can help me.

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 I will do you

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 a favor

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 and let you

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 get some merit

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 or maybe

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 gain some popularity

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 for helping me.

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 Jesus ignored

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 his excuse

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 and commanded him

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 in verse 8,

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 get up,

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 pick up your mat

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 and walk.

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 And the man

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 was cured immediately

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 and picked up his mat

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 and began to walk.

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 John told us

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 that the day

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 on which this sign

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 took place

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 was a Sabbath,

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 which means

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 there is going

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 to be some controversy.

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 Jewish leaders

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 were agitated

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 that the man

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 was doing something

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 forbidden

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 by the law

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 on the Sabbath

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 and they questioned

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 the man

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 who had been healed.

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 I must highlight

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 an actual

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 but disheartening fact

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 that a lot

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 of religious leaders

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 are more concerned

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 about people

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 obeying the law

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 they have laid down

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 than celebrating

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 life-changing events.

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 Equally disheartening

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 is that a lot

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 of religious followers

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 are busy getting

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 approval

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 of their leaders

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 and concerning

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 themselves

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 with the approval

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 of man

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 more than God.

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 When the invalid

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 was challenged

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 about his non-compliance

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 with the Sabbath law,

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 he was stripped

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 to defense

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 and stripped

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 to blame.

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 He replied,

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 The man

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 who made me

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 well

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 say to me,

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 pick up your mat

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 and walk.

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 If you have

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 heard some

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 Bible stories,

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 especially those

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 from the Old Testament,

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 does this remind

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 you of someone?

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 It sounds

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 so similar

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 to the way

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 Adam and Eve

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 answered God

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 in Genesis 3

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 after they disobeyed

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 and ate

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 from the tree

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 that God

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 commanded them

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 not to eat from.

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 Their disobedience

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 marked the fall

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 of humans

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 and the breaking

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 of relationship

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 between the creation

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 and their creator.

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 The creation's

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 relationship with God,

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 the creator

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 from this point on,

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 is in turmoil.

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 It becomes

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 something good,

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 sometimes good,

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 sometimes bad,

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 ups and downs

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 like tossing about

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 in a raging sea.

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 When Jesus

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 found this man

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 later at the temple,

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 he said to him,

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 see you are well again,

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 stop sinning,

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 or something worse

00:14:29.340 --> 00:14:30.720
 may happen to you.

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 Jesus is not saying

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 that all worse things

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 are the consequence

00:14:35.180 --> 00:14:35.759
 of sin,

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 but it's very apparent

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 that the infinite

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 needs to repent.

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 He needs to repent

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 at least of

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 his ingratitude

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 towards Jesus.

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 There's no record

00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:47.780
 of him thanking Jesus

00:14:47.780 --> 00:14:48.660
 for healing him.

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 There are other sins

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 that he needs

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 to repent of

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 for him to have life,

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 such as

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 having other things

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 above God

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 or loving himself

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 more than God

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 and others.

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 It seems that

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 he wants to please

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 those religious leaders

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 at any cost,

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 even if it means

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 to getting

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 the person Jesus

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 into trouble

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 who has just

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 killed him.

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 He has no interest

00:15:15.879 --> 00:15:16.959
 in who Jesus is

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 or what it means

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 to have a relationship

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 with him.

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 Jesus is only

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 someone who helped him

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 to get his physical help,

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 but his life

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 is more about

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 whether he's accepted

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 by his people or not,

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 especially the leaders

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 and the social elites.

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 The infinite

00:15:33.299 --> 00:15:35.679
 has an invalid faith

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 that does not

00:15:36.620 --> 00:15:37.360
 lead to life.

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 He has no idea

00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:39.879
 who healed him,

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 and when Jesus

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 presented himself

00:15:41.980 --> 00:15:42.699
 to him later,

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 instead of seizing

00:15:43.839 --> 00:15:44.500
 that moment

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 to get to know Jesus,

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 he went away

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 and told the Jewish leaders

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 that it was Jesus

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 who made me well.

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 He wants Jesus

00:15:51.899 --> 00:15:53.100
 to take the blame

00:15:53.100 --> 00:15:54.200
 for his violation

00:15:54.200 --> 00:15:55.700
 of the Sabbath law

00:15:55.700 --> 00:15:56.980
 so he can stay

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 in favor

00:15:57.700 --> 00:15:59.159
 with the religious leaders.

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 His belief

00:16:01.519 --> 00:16:02.980
 did not lead to life

00:16:02.980 --> 00:16:04.240
 because he has

00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:05.220
 no interest

00:16:05.220 --> 00:16:06.500
 in the only one

00:16:06.500 --> 00:16:07.779
 who can give life.

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 He does not see

00:16:09.600 --> 00:16:11.200
 Jesus as who he is,

00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:12.220
 the Savior,

00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:13.460
 the Son of God.

00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:15.240
 Jesus was just

00:16:15.240 --> 00:16:16.299
 another person

00:16:16.299 --> 00:16:17.759
 who could partner

00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:18.279
 with him

00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:19.419
 to get what he wanted.

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 One, he is healed,

00:16:21.379 --> 00:16:22.319
 he has no interest

00:16:22.319 --> 00:16:23.500
 in getting a new life.

00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:24.620
 He wants to fit

00:16:24.620 --> 00:16:25.159
 right back

00:16:25.159 --> 00:16:26.039
 into the day-to-day

00:16:26.039 --> 00:16:26.720
 Jewish life

00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:28.059
 that the Jewish leader

00:16:28.059 --> 00:16:28.559
 monitors.

00:16:29.299 --> 00:16:30.360
 He has no interest

00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:31.480
 in what Jesus

00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:32.480
 has to offer.

00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:35.059
 Jesus restored

00:16:35.059 --> 00:16:35.679
 this infinite,

00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:37.559
 and he cannot walk,

00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:39.159
 but Jesus to him

00:16:39.159 --> 00:16:40.639
 is like a life saver

00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:41.639
 or a life raft.

00:16:42.679 --> 00:16:44.080
 The man is busy

00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:45.039
 keeping afloat

00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:46.460
 among the social elites

00:16:46.460 --> 00:16:47.060
 of his time,

00:16:47.420 --> 00:16:49.000
 but he is missing out

00:16:49.000 --> 00:16:50.759
 on the extraordinary life

00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:52.040
 and the adventure

00:16:52.040 --> 00:16:53.600
 that living in Jesus

00:16:53.600 --> 00:16:54.240
 would bring.

00:16:55.340 --> 00:16:57.019
 Jesus offered life

00:16:57.019 --> 00:16:57.700
 to the full,

00:16:58.240 --> 00:16:59.340
 an abundant life

00:16:59.340 --> 00:16:59.940
 that makes

00:16:59.940 --> 00:17:01.440
 this illustration

00:17:01.440 --> 00:17:03.160
 seem very insufficient.

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 Imagine you're living

00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:07.400
 on an all-inclusive,

00:17:07.620 --> 00:17:09.600
 lustrous cruise liner,

00:17:10.539 --> 00:17:11.620
 already paid for

00:17:11.620 --> 00:17:12.680
 for the rest of your life.

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 It would take you

00:17:14.580 --> 00:17:15.880
 to visit all the wonders

00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:16.759
 of God's creation

00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:17.519
 around the world,

00:17:17.980 --> 00:17:18.920
 and while doing that,

00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:20.259
 keep on rescuing people

00:17:20.259 --> 00:17:21.240
 from the raging sea

00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:22.539
 and picking up more people

00:17:22.539 --> 00:17:23.560
 at each port.

00:17:24.480 --> 00:17:25.460
 The abundant life

00:17:25.460 --> 00:17:26.200
 that Jesus offered

00:17:26.200 --> 00:17:27.680
 is way better than that.

00:17:28.560 --> 00:17:29.279
 The abundant life

00:17:29.279 --> 00:17:30.019
 that Jesus offered

00:17:30.019 --> 00:17:31.779
 outweighs any illustration

00:17:31.779 --> 00:17:33.240
 a human can think of.

00:17:33.900 --> 00:17:34.759
 It's a life

00:17:34.759 --> 00:17:36.400
 resting in God,

00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:38.640
 a life with sure hope

00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:39.539
 and certainty,

00:17:39.539 --> 00:17:41.460
 in perfect relationship

00:17:41.460 --> 00:17:41.940
 with God

00:17:41.940 --> 00:17:42.740
 and his creation,

00:17:43.480 --> 00:17:45.759
 a life rested in God.

00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:48.599
 Jesus picked the Sabbath

00:17:48.599 --> 00:17:50.019
 to heal the influence,

00:17:50.460 --> 00:17:51.099
 to point out

00:17:51.099 --> 00:17:52.779
 the invalid faith of people

00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:54.680
 around the religious center

00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:55.220
 at the time.

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 It also speaks

00:17:57.000 --> 00:17:58.259
 to those who treat

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 a relationship with God,

00:18:00.159 --> 00:18:01.259
 a genuine belief

00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:02.200
 in the living God,

00:18:02.379 --> 00:18:03.319
 as a religious,

00:18:03.819 --> 00:18:04.759
 spiritual practice.

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 Many people,

00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:08.700
 inside and outside the church,

00:18:08.700 --> 00:18:10.279
 falsely imagined

00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:12.059
 that the primary purpose

00:18:12.059 --> 00:18:13.660
 and message of Christianity

00:18:13.660 --> 00:18:15.059
 is to get people

00:18:15.059 --> 00:18:16.420
 to behave in such a way

00:18:16.420 --> 00:18:18.019
 that they can get to heaven.

00:18:19.180 --> 00:18:21.319
 That is a gross distortion

00:18:21.319 --> 00:18:22.500
 of God's message

00:18:22.500 --> 00:18:23.480
 to us in the Bible.

00:18:24.059 --> 00:18:25.900
 Jesus came to bring salvation

00:18:25.900 --> 00:18:26.819
 as a gift

00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:28.440
 for guilty sinners,

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 not as a reward

00:18:30.240 --> 00:18:31.460
 for the righteous,

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 as there are no person

00:18:33.380 --> 00:18:35.519
 who fits that description.

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 God created the world

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 in six days,

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 and on the seventh day

00:18:40.980 --> 00:18:41.720
 he rested.

00:18:42.639 --> 00:18:44.039
 Genesis 1 says that

00:18:44.039 --> 00:18:45.559
 God looks at every day

00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:46.259
 of his creation

00:18:46.259 --> 00:18:47.700
 and concludes each day

00:18:47.700 --> 00:18:48.400
 as good.

00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:49.559
 Then,

00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:50.680
 on the sixth day,

00:18:50.779 --> 00:18:51.079
 it says,

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 God saw all that he had made

00:18:52.819 --> 00:18:54.319
 and it was very good.

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 And there was evening

00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:56.779
 and there was morning,

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 the sixth day.

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 Then,

00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:00.799
 by the seventh day,

00:19:01.099 --> 00:19:01.839
 God had finished

00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:03.259
 the work he had been doing.

00:19:04.119 --> 00:19:04.379
 So,

00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:05.339
 on the seventh day,

00:19:05.539 --> 00:19:07.779
 he rested from all his work.

00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:08.579
 Then,

00:19:08.700 --> 00:19:10.099
 God blessed the seventh day

00:19:10.099 --> 00:19:11.119
 and made it holy

00:19:11.119 --> 00:19:12.480
 because on it,

00:19:12.619 --> 00:19:14.379
 he rested from all the work

00:19:14.379 --> 00:19:15.140
 of creating

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 that he had done.

00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:19.759
 God stipulated the Sabbath,

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 a day of rest,

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 in all the work of creating.

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 Sabbath is what God set aside

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 for him

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 to enjoy his creation

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 with his creatures.

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 It was there

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 before the fall of humans

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 and no fallen human mind,

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 nor the religious elite,

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 would be able

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 to restore the Sabbath

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 to its original meaning.

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 No amount of laws

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 or regulations

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 would be able

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 to get humans

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 back to that original design

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 and relationship

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 that God intended,

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 except for Jesus,

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 who is the Son of God,

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 who was there

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 when the world was created,

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 and when the Sabbath

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 was installed.

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 Jesus is the only person

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 who can restore us

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 to God the Father.

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 And healing the influence

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 on Sabbath

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 is a way Jesus showed

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 the religious leader

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 and any religious person

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 that whatever

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 they are doing

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 to get back to God

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 without him

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 is invalid

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 and in vain.

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 what Jesus has done

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 infuriated those

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 with invalid faith.

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 In verse 16 to 18,

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 it says,

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 so,

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 because Jesus was doing

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 these things

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 on the Sabbath,

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 the Jewish leaders

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 began to persecute him.

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 In his defense,

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 Jesus said to them,

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 my father was always

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 at his work

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 to this very day,

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 and I too am working.

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 For this reason,

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 they tried all the more

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 to kill him.

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 Not only was he

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 breaking the Sabbath,

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 but he was even

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 calling God

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 his own father,

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 making himself

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 equal with God.

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 Jesus has been

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 working alongside

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 the Father

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 from the time

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 the world was created.

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 And soon after

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 this interaction,

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 he will perform

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 the most significant

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 work of all

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 to restore

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 relationship

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 between human

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 and the creator.

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 Jesus,

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 the Messiah,

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 was crucified,

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 buried,

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 physically resurrected,

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 and sinned

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 by hundreds.

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 Life-giving faith

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 comes about

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 because the resurrected

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 Son of God

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 lives today.

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 As Jesus told

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 the royal official,

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 your son will live,

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 and keeping the son alive

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 to spare the father

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 and son

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 from going through

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 the suffering

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 of death

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 and separation,

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 he knows that

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 he will go through

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 death and separation

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 from his heavenly father.

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 It was the necessary

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 step

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 that only he could take

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 to give life

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 to all those

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 who believe in him.

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 The foundation

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 of our life-giving faith

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 was an actual,

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 complex,

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 historical event

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 that took place

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 in the life of Jesus.

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 And Christianity

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 is not a merely

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 philosophy

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 of behavioral

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 modification.

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 As the sun rises,

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 change the sky

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 from darkness

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 to light,

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 believing in Jesus

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 should change

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 your world

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 from striving

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 and trying

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 to please others

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 to a state

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 of rest

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 that is enjoying

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 the presence

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 of God

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 in his creation.

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 You will definitely

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 experience

00:22:38.879 --> 00:22:40.179
 some behavioral changes

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 as you believe

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 in Jesus

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 as the Messiah,

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 the Son of God,

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 and start

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 a new life.

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 But I hope

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 that is not

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 the only reason

00:22:49.240 --> 00:22:49.919
 you have become

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 a Christian

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 or are interested

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 or wanted

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 to become a Christian.

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 What kind of faith

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 do you have?

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 Are you still

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 restless,

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 kicking and treading

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 water,

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 struggling to stay

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 at fault in life?

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 Consider the report

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 you heard about Jesus.

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 Look to Jesus

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 and take him

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 as his word.

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 Realize

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 what he has done

00:23:12.259 --> 00:23:12.740
 for you

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 and this world

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 and believe in him.

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 And by believing

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 you may have life.

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 you