WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:23.920 Well, today is a very emotional day for me. 00:00:24.699 --> 00:00:29.500 I suppose that goes for a very logical reason. 00:00:29.500 --> 00:00:29.980 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.060 I've been away from you for several weeks, and that's atypical. 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:41.500 Judith and I took vacation and enjoyed it, first deer hunting, which she didn't participate 00:00:41.500 --> 00:00:41.899 in. 00:00:43.019 --> 00:00:49.960 And then we spent some quiet time at Norris Lake in Tennessee, but we couldn't help ourselves. 00:00:50.079 --> 00:00:56.340 We came back a little early, and it was our privilege last Sunday to be in the services 00:00:56.340 --> 00:01:01.620 and listened to you sing and listened to Pastor Saul as he ministered the Word of God to you, 00:01:01.680 --> 00:01:03.540 and I was blessed. 00:01:03.539 --> 00:01:13.620 I think about the words of the Shulamite woman when the prophet Elijah said, so what do you 00:01:13.620 --> 00:01:13.920 need? 00:01:14.200 --> 00:01:15.959 What can I give to you? 00:01:16.000 --> 00:01:16.939 And she said this. 00:01:18.000 --> 00:01:18.579 Does anybody know? 00:01:18.579 --> 00:01:20.319 How many of you know what the Shulamite woman said? 00:01:23.739 --> 00:01:24.099 One. 00:01:24.640 --> 00:01:25.819 Linda Parsons. 00:01:26.140 --> 00:01:26.599 Thank you. 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:30.959 It would be a good idea to know what the Shulamite woman said. 00:01:31.019 --> 00:01:31.819 Here's what she said. 00:01:32.559 --> 00:01:35.579 I dwell among my own people. 00:01:35.579 --> 00:01:44.439 Don't underestimate the price and prize that that is. 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:58.739 So, it's my rich blessing to be with you this morning, and it is my privilege to open 00:01:58.739 --> 00:02:08.060 the Word of God and share what we are going to study together in John chapter 7, and it 00:02:08.060 --> 00:02:15.419 goes without saying that one of the things that you have heard me say so many times is 00:02:15.419 --> 00:02:17.900 that this passage is really exceptional. 00:02:19.180 --> 00:02:20.039 It is. 00:02:21.199 --> 00:02:28.280 But one of the things that makes a passage exceptional, for one, is that I have that undeserved and 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:36.420 rich privilege of studying the Scriptures specifically for my own soul's sake and then for yours. 00:02:37.759 --> 00:02:45.340 Most of the time, that is a one-week process of prayer, meditation, study, and then the matter 00:02:45.340 --> 00:02:47.360 of writing the sermon that I'm going to bring to you. 00:02:48.020 --> 00:02:51.819 And this is an exception because I really have had three weeks to do it. 00:02:51.819 --> 00:02:58.219 So, how many of you understand that things that mellow and ferment and kind of grow through 00:02:58.219 --> 00:02:59.939 meditation actually get better? 00:03:01.379 --> 00:03:07.659 And so, I want to tell you that this is an exceptional passage, for one, because it's the Scripture, 00:03:07.900 --> 00:03:13.500 and two, because it has had the benefit of three weeks of prayer and study. 00:03:13.500 --> 00:03:21.919 So, let me read the passage to you in John chapter 7, verse 37 through 39, and then pray. 00:03:24.259 --> 00:03:28.639 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, 00:03:28.879 --> 00:03:32.840 If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. 00:03:34.300 --> 00:03:42.300 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow living water. 00:03:43.500 --> 00:03:50.000 Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:55.479 yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. 00:03:57.460 --> 00:03:58.159 Let's pray. 00:04:04.860 --> 00:04:12.379 Our Father God, this morning, as we come to you in prayer, we come with thanksgiving because 00:04:12.379 --> 00:04:15.280 you are the good, the giver of all that is good. 00:04:17.719 --> 00:04:26.159 You are supremely capable of meeting our needs far beyond our wildest imagination. 00:04:28.459 --> 00:04:34.439 You who have ordained the plan of salvation have graciously called us to be your own, 00:04:35.879 --> 00:04:41.839 have given to us your Scriptures that we rely upon this morning to inform and instruct us. 00:04:42.379 --> 00:04:51.459 And you've also given to us, who are believers, the indwelling Spirit whose many-faceted ministry 00:04:51.459 --> 00:05:00.579 includes helping us understand the Scriptures, includes helping us see the Lord Jesus more 00:05:00.579 --> 00:05:08.800 clearly, includes also working in us that we who are your children would grow to be more 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:10.400 like him from day to day. 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:21.939 And so our prayer this morning is this, is that you who abide in us, you who are at work in 00:05:21.939 --> 00:05:31.780 us, would this morning graciously work to tune our hearts to eternal and spiritual things and 00:05:31.779 --> 00:05:40.379 draw our hearts away from the affections of this world and its distractions and focus solely on you. 00:05:41.979 --> 00:05:47.359 And I pray, Lord, for those that are in our services that don't know Christ, that today 00:05:47.359 --> 00:05:54.059 the preaching of the Word coupled by the prompting of the Spirit of God would draw them to see, 00:05:54.060 --> 00:06:00.160 first of all, the darkness and the despair of their soul and that they would understand through your 00:06:00.160 --> 00:06:10.199 enabling that Jesus alone is the answer to the emptiness, to the shame, to the guilt, to the 00:06:10.199 --> 00:06:12.800 brokenness of an unrepentant heart. 00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:18.900 And that those who are here this morning that know Christ would have their hearts encouraged 00:06:18.900 --> 00:06:24.860 and strengthened, that their ambition when they leave this place would be to please you 00:06:24.860 --> 00:06:26.500 who are the lover of their soul. 00:06:28.900 --> 00:06:35.819 And that we with joy would drink from the well of living water. 00:06:36.560 --> 00:06:38.319 We ask this in Jesus' name. 00:06:39.000 --> 00:06:39.280 Amen. 00:06:39.279 --> 00:06:39.399 Amen. 00:06:40.359 --> 00:06:49.139 Well, let me explain that this week is going to be the exegesis, fancy word, for I'm going 00:06:49.139 --> 00:06:51.599 to dive into the text and kind of break it out for you. 00:06:51.819 --> 00:06:55.679 And next week is going to deal with the application of this passage. 00:06:56.619 --> 00:07:02.959 The first week we're going to look primarily at what Jesus says in this passage and what we 00:07:02.959 --> 00:07:06.779 take away from that exactly as we see it here in the text. 00:07:06.779 --> 00:07:11.919 Incidentally, at the end of the day, that's really what a pastor's responsibility is. 00:07:13.599 --> 00:07:20.119 I'm not up here to give you a rendition on what happened in USA Today or CNN or Fox News 00:07:20.119 --> 00:07:20.939 or whatever else. 00:07:21.159 --> 00:07:27.759 I am up here to expressly and specifically open up the scriptures and help you see what 00:07:27.759 --> 00:07:28.779 God says. 00:07:29.619 --> 00:07:34.259 And by the way, one of the things that goes along with that is as I am preaching and teaching, 00:07:34.259 --> 00:07:39.500 I should be kind of coaching and modeling how you can find it for yourself. 00:07:41.039 --> 00:07:46.039 You see, being spiritually encouraged and nurtured and strengthened through the word of God is 00:07:46.039 --> 00:07:51.039 not something that God intends to have happen in the believer's life once a Sunday. 00:07:52.480 --> 00:07:53.800 It's to be a daily thing. 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:59.579 And so I pray that as you are listening and as you are learning, one of the things that's happening is that 00:07:59.579 --> 00:08:02.259 you're learning how to do this yourself. 00:08:02.420 --> 00:08:02.720 Go ahead. 00:08:02.980 --> 00:08:03.759 Try it at home. 00:08:04.780 --> 00:08:07.560 By the way, how many of you have ever seen those TV ads where it says, 00:08:07.980 --> 00:08:11.180 this is being done by a professional, do not try this at home, that kind of thing? 00:08:11.220 --> 00:08:12.000 How many of you notice that? 00:08:12.720 --> 00:08:14.879 That is not what's going on here. 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:15.580 Okay? 00:08:15.879 --> 00:08:17.319 I want you to try this at home. 00:08:17.319 --> 00:08:22.899 I want you to expose yourself to the word of God and prayerfully ask the spirit of God to help you 00:08:22.899 --> 00:08:27.800 learn and grow in understanding the word of God and in that process, 00:08:27.959 --> 00:08:29.939 grow in your love for the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:08:31.319 --> 00:08:35.039 So this week is exposition. 00:08:35.879 --> 00:08:42.299 And we're going to look at what the text says and in particular how this passage is evangelistic. 00:08:42.299 --> 00:08:46.159 Next week is going to deal with application. 00:08:46.579 --> 00:08:54.019 And we're going to dive in and delve in the matter of, okay, how does this passage apply to us as believers? 00:08:55.579 --> 00:09:00.159 With that, I want you to look there and recognize, first of all, that setting is important. 00:09:00.259 --> 00:09:03.439 Remember, I'm giving you little signals for Bible study at home. 00:09:03.899 --> 00:09:05.059 Setting is important. 00:09:05.199 --> 00:09:06.500 The context is critical. 00:09:06.859 --> 00:09:10.419 And I want you to understand the setting of Christ's great announcement. 00:09:10.419 --> 00:09:19.079 Sometimes when we're speeding through a passage, we have a tendency kind of, well, I want to do verse 48 and 49 00:09:19.079 --> 00:09:22.379 and I want to finish the chapter because it's on my reading plan. 00:09:23.740 --> 00:09:28.379 And that's not all bad, but it helps to really dig in and say, what is going on here? 00:09:29.360 --> 00:09:32.339 So I want you to mark what the text says there in verse 37. 00:09:32.479 --> 00:09:32.719 It says, 00:09:32.719 --> 00:09:38.480 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out. 00:09:38.480 --> 00:09:48.779 John uses that phrase to identify the moment in the Jewish celebration of the Feast of Booths or the Feast of the Tabernacles 00:09:48.779 --> 00:09:54.100 when Jesus made a particular announcement at that concluding day. 00:09:55.220 --> 00:10:00.840 Now, I want you to understand that the Feast of Tabernacles was one of three explicit feasts 00:10:00.840 --> 00:10:06.659 that God instructed His people, the nation of Israel, to celebrate publicly. 00:10:06.659 --> 00:10:13.100 They were celebrations that were obligations to the nation of Israel. 00:10:13.319 --> 00:10:14.980 How many of you enjoy Thanksgiving? 00:10:16.299 --> 00:10:19.879 I mean, hey, we're going to have a Thanksgiving dinner, and it's a nice thing. 00:10:20.159 --> 00:10:21.279 It's dinner on the grounds. 00:10:21.500 --> 00:10:22.439 It's potluck. 00:10:22.519 --> 00:10:24.059 It's all those good things rolled together. 00:10:24.519 --> 00:10:29.919 But do you know that Thanksgiving celebration is not something that is obligated on us spiritually? 00:10:29.919 --> 00:10:32.959 There's no passage in the Bible that says, 00:10:33.599 --> 00:10:37.399 Thou shalt do Thanksgiving and Christmas and Easter. 00:10:37.659 --> 00:10:38.740 You know, it's... 00:10:38.740 --> 00:10:41.319 But God told the nation of Israel, 00:10:41.539 --> 00:10:44.919 You are to have these three feasts and celebrations. 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:46.919 One of them was the Feast of Tabernacles. 00:10:47.959 --> 00:10:52.919 And incidentally, that feast was the time in which God wanted them to live in... 00:10:52.919 --> 00:10:57.159 Actually, to get out in the neighborhood or in their yard and live in tents. 00:10:59.819 --> 00:11:00.899 And they did that. 00:11:02.120 --> 00:11:07.579 In fact, if you want to go home and fire up your computer and Google it, 00:11:07.899 --> 00:11:08.779 just kind of say, 00:11:09.179 --> 00:11:14.919 You could order a contemporary Jewish tabernacle, 00:11:15.039 --> 00:11:17.980 so you can do that in your yard when this time rolls around. 00:11:17.980 --> 00:11:20.920 And you can go from soup to nuts. 00:11:21.279 --> 00:11:27.080 The best ones are actually made out of real branches and kind of rough wood. 00:11:27.240 --> 00:11:32.899 And they'll send you a package deal where you can set it up in your yard and you can be right with it. 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:39.960 Feast of Tabernacles was a celebration that they all kind of lived out in the rough for about a week. 00:11:41.680 --> 00:11:45.399 It was a week of just absolutely joyful celebration 00:11:45.399 --> 00:11:50.000 because the nation was remembering God brought us out of the land of Egypt 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:52.220 and He cared for us all the way. 00:11:53.519 --> 00:11:55.279 How many of you have every now and then wondered, 00:11:55.459 --> 00:11:57.399 Is He really going to take me all the way home? 00:11:57.779 --> 00:11:59.559 I mean, today is pretty rough. 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:04.759 And what the nation of Israel did during the Feast of Tabernacles 00:12:04.759 --> 00:12:06.079 is they reminded themselves, 00:12:06.559 --> 00:12:09.100 The God who made promises is the one who's going to get you home. 00:12:09.179 --> 00:12:10.159 He's going to take care of things. 00:12:10.460 --> 00:12:12.659 And this is a time when you remember His care. 00:12:12.659 --> 00:12:18.539 It was also a very interesting time where on every day, 00:12:20.839 --> 00:12:24.039 the priest, one of the priests that was assigned with the responsibility, 00:12:24.539 --> 00:12:29.459 would take a golden urn or a golden pitcher, 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:31.459 a large water pitcher, 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:34.480 and he would walk down to the Pool of Salome 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:35.539 and he would dip it in 00:12:35.539 --> 00:12:40.240 and then he would carry it back to where the main altar was 00:12:40.240 --> 00:12:42.779 and he would pour that water out. 00:12:44.960 --> 00:12:47.899 Now for us, water's no big deal. 00:12:49.060 --> 00:12:50.019 It really isn't. 00:12:51.060 --> 00:12:53.500 I mean, if you want water, what do you do? 00:12:53.580 --> 00:12:54.240 What do you do? 00:12:54.320 --> 00:12:54.700 What do you do? 00:12:55.360 --> 00:12:57.139 Isaac, when you want water, what do you do? 00:12:57.139 --> 00:12:58.139 What do you do? 00:13:01.419 --> 00:13:02.439 It's a buh. 00:13:02.679 --> 00:13:06.840 If you want water, you can walk right out this door, those four doors, 00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:10.720 and you can go to the drinking fountain or you can go to the sink. 00:13:10.840 --> 00:13:11.620 Do you follow that? 00:13:12.779 --> 00:13:14.620 I grew up in India. 00:13:14.720 --> 00:13:15.740 My parents were missionaries. 00:13:16.019 --> 00:13:21.600 And I can tell you that we lived in an area that rained all the time 00:13:21.600 --> 00:13:22.960 for a very short period of time. 00:13:23.080 --> 00:13:25.480 I mean, we had floods and then we had dry seasons. 00:13:25.480 --> 00:13:28.539 And when it was a dry season, we had to have water carried. 00:13:29.940 --> 00:13:34.080 And as a result of having all of our drinking water carried, 00:13:34.800 --> 00:13:39.840 I have kind of an apoplectic attitude towards don't waste water, even now. 00:13:41.340 --> 00:13:44.379 When Judith and I first got married, and I've told this story before, 00:13:44.480 --> 00:13:46.920 but some of you probably forgot and others need to hear it. 00:13:46.919 --> 00:13:56.399 We'd been married about a week and a half, and I heard water running in the bathroom. 00:13:57.740 --> 00:14:00.679 Well, you know, I mean, when water runs in the bathroom, in my mind, 00:14:00.719 --> 00:14:01.860 it should be only temporary. 00:14:02.139 --> 00:14:04.939 I mean, you fill up a glass and that's it. 00:14:06.419 --> 00:14:08.620 And the water was running, and the water was running, 00:14:08.699 --> 00:14:10.699 and the water was running, and the water was running, 00:14:10.700 --> 00:14:16.180 and I became really concerned about the exorbitant waste that was going on, 00:14:16.500 --> 00:14:19.720 because even though water wasn't being carried at that time in my life, 00:14:19.840 --> 00:14:21.800 I knew that water shouldn't be wasted. 00:14:23.100 --> 00:14:24.600 I went into the bathroom. 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:25.500 I said, what are you doing? 00:14:26.140 --> 00:14:27.180 She said, what does it look like? 00:14:27.180 --> 00:14:27.980 I'm brushing my teeth. 00:14:29.140 --> 00:14:30.900 I said, what's the water running for? 00:14:30.980 --> 00:14:33.660 She said, well, that's what I do when I brush my teeth. 00:14:33.700 --> 00:14:34.940 I said, no, you don't. 00:14:34.940 --> 00:14:35.660 I said, what? 00:14:37.500 --> 00:14:41.080 Now, there are some things that Judith has changed in my life, 00:14:41.160 --> 00:14:43.360 and there are some things that I've changed in her life. 00:14:44.420 --> 00:14:46.360 One of them is we don't waste water. 00:14:48.300 --> 00:14:50.240 And here was this picture. 00:14:51.640 --> 00:14:56.320 Day after day, the priest would dip that golden pitcher, 00:14:56.840 --> 00:14:59.360 and he would then walk in joyful procession, 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:02.520 people singing and people rejoicing. 00:15:02.519 --> 00:15:06.819 They would walk from the pool of Siloam over to the steps of the temple, 00:15:07.139 --> 00:15:09.720 and they would come up to the great altar, 00:15:10.019 --> 00:15:11.439 and they would pour it out. 00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:14.419 And when they were pouring it out, 00:15:14.519 --> 00:15:16.559 one thing that they were remembering, certainly, 00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:23.039 was the way in which God had provided for them day after day after day in the wilderness, 00:15:24.139 --> 00:15:25.240 water from the rock. 00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:35.340 Another thing that actually is supposed is that the pouring out of the waters was kind of a prayerful time 00:15:35.340 --> 00:15:37.519 in which the nation of Israel would say, 00:15:37.700 --> 00:15:41.259 God, we are dependent upon you sending rain. 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:46.560 That's what the rabbis today would communicate. 00:15:46.559 --> 00:15:55.319 I tend to think that the thinking of the Old Testament saint was probably a little more instructed by the Scriptures 00:15:55.319 --> 00:15:58.419 rather than the matter of seasons. 00:15:59.919 --> 00:16:03.119 And Alfred Edersheim, who is a Bible scholar, 00:16:04.179 --> 00:16:08.579 kind of references the fact that this matter of taking that water from the pool 00:16:08.580 --> 00:16:14.100 and then pouring it out on the steps there in front of the great altar 00:16:14.100 --> 00:16:18.000 was really a reference to the coming of the Messiah and salvation 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:20.639 and also the giving of the Holy Spirit. 00:16:20.860 --> 00:16:22.440 And so I'll... 00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:22.879 By the way, 00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:25.139 when a pastor makes a statement, 00:16:25.680 --> 00:16:28.940 one of the things he ought to do is he ought to reference that with a Bible verse. 00:16:29.020 --> 00:16:29.900 How many of you understand that? 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:31.340 So now we're coming to the, 00:16:31.580 --> 00:16:33.600 if he said it, he better be able to prove it. 00:16:33.640 --> 00:16:34.340 Everybody said, amen. 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:37.160 Okay, well, here we go. 00:16:37.159 --> 00:16:42.279 Turn in your Bibles to Isaiah chapter 12, verse 3. 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:47.100 And I'm going to just reference a little part of it. 00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:51.839 Isaiah chapter 12, verse 3. 00:16:51.840 --> 00:17:07.340 With joy, you will draw water from the wells of salvation, 00:17:07.340 --> 00:17:10.880 and you will say in that day, 00:17:11.019 --> 00:17:13.220 give thanks to the Lord, call upon his name, 00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:15.660 make known his deeds among the people, 00:17:16.140 --> 00:17:18.840 proclaim that his name is exalted. 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:24.919 With joy, you are going to draw water from the wells of salvation. 00:17:25.220 --> 00:17:27.599 If you have ever been thirsty, 00:17:27.959 --> 00:17:29.859 if you've ever been in an environment 00:17:29.859 --> 00:17:33.019 where water was precious and valued 00:17:33.019 --> 00:17:36.379 and something that you didn't take for granted like we do today, 00:17:36.659 --> 00:17:38.220 then you can understand this verse is, 00:17:38.399 --> 00:17:39.379 with joy, 00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:42.639 you're going to have this resource 00:17:42.639 --> 00:17:44.559 that's available for you. 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:46.259 And in this context, 00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:48.539 it was a reference to the matter of salvation. 00:17:50.399 --> 00:17:52.440 Another passage that I want you to reference, 00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:53.339 you're there in Isaiah, 00:17:53.460 --> 00:17:56.899 but I want you to turn over to Isaiah chapter 44, verse 3. 00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:02.740 This is a prophecy of what will come in the future. 00:18:04.659 --> 00:18:06.220 And there in verse 3 it says, 00:18:06.220 --> 00:18:08.680 For I will pour water on the thirsty land 00:18:08.680 --> 00:18:10.660 and streams on the dry ground. 00:18:11.039 --> 00:18:16.279 I will pour my spirit upon your offspring. 00:18:19.240 --> 00:18:23.299 And I want you to understand that when this water was being poured, 00:18:23.420 --> 00:18:24.079 for one thing, 00:18:24.140 --> 00:18:26.799 I do believe that it was a reference to the matter of salvation 00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:29.860 and to the satisfaction that an individual receives 00:18:29.860 --> 00:18:34.339 in having the gift of eternal life given to him by God. 00:18:34.339 --> 00:18:37.159 But I believe also, 00:18:37.339 --> 00:18:39.079 accurately on the basis of this passage, 00:18:39.500 --> 00:18:42.119 that it was a reference to the giving of the Holy Spirit. 00:18:43.679 --> 00:18:47.079 And I tend to prefer that understanding of the passage 00:18:47.079 --> 00:18:50.240 to the idea as opposite to the idea 00:18:50.240 --> 00:18:51.240 that it's just a matter of, 00:18:51.319 --> 00:18:53.419 hey, we're asking you to do something with the rain. 00:18:55.339 --> 00:18:58.859 So against the backdrop of this daily procession 00:18:58.859 --> 00:19:00.619 for seven days they would do this, 00:19:00.859 --> 00:19:03.179 and the recurring events of those seven days, 00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:06.980 Jesus used the symbolic pouring out of the water 00:19:06.980 --> 00:19:09.460 to announce his wonderful offer. 00:19:12.180 --> 00:19:15.240 I want you to understand as you go back to John chapter 7 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:19.299 that no one should be able to ever say 00:19:19.299 --> 00:19:22.799 that Jesus was not clear about his person, 00:19:23.840 --> 00:19:24.660 his mission, 00:19:25.360 --> 00:19:26.860 or his offer of salvation. 00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:30.339 Not only did he begin his public ministry 00:19:30.339 --> 00:19:31.659 with the cleansing of the temple, 00:19:32.039 --> 00:19:34.079 but he stepped out into the limelight 00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:35.639 on this great day, 00:19:35.719 --> 00:19:38.319 this great day of the Feast of the Tabernacles, 00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:40.919 at the end of those seven days 00:19:40.919 --> 00:19:42.519 of having the water poured 00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:45.399 and that imagery in people's minds, 00:19:45.679 --> 00:19:46.979 he came to the forefront, 00:19:47.319 --> 00:19:48.159 and here's what he did. 00:19:48.199 --> 00:19:48.699 Listen to me. 00:19:48.899 --> 00:19:49.519 He shouted. 00:19:50.619 --> 00:19:52.479 I debated in my office. 00:19:52.619 --> 00:19:53.699 Should I really shout? 00:19:53.700 --> 00:19:56.200 And I thought, well, some of you who are arresting, 00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:57.640 it might be disconcerting, 00:19:57.740 --> 00:19:58.559 so I won't do it. 00:19:58.660 --> 00:19:58.900 Okay? 00:19:58.960 --> 00:19:59.600 You understand that? 00:19:59.819 --> 00:20:00.980 But I want you to hear it. 00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:01.940 I mean, it's thunder. 00:20:03.180 --> 00:20:05.319 I mean, Jesus let it rip. 00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:07.340 He shouted, 00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:09.700 if anyone thirsts. 00:20:11.019 --> 00:20:11.700 In essence, 00:20:12.620 --> 00:20:13.559 Jesus was saying, 00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:16.920 I am the fulfillment of the promises of God. 00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:21.080 I am the fulfillment of the promises of God. 00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:23.419 Now, before we move on, 00:20:24.579 --> 00:20:26.259 allow me to emphasize something here 00:20:26.259 --> 00:20:27.779 from this opening text 00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:29.179 that tells us something about 00:20:29.179 --> 00:20:30.679 our God and our Savior, 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:31.439 the Lord Jesus. 00:20:32.419 --> 00:20:33.899 I want to make this clear. 00:20:34.179 --> 00:20:35.839 He will never be faulted 00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:38.879 for hiding the message 00:20:38.879 --> 00:20:40.000 and the hope of salvation. 00:20:41.539 --> 00:20:42.819 Do you hear me say that? 00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:45.000 He will never be faulted 00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:47.839 for hiding the message of salvation. 00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:50.539 Those who end up in hell 00:20:50.539 --> 00:20:54.599 and die for their unrepentant sins 00:20:54.599 --> 00:20:57.299 will not die in total ignorance. 00:20:58.579 --> 00:21:00.699 They will die having chosen 00:21:00.699 --> 00:21:03.939 to refuse what they have heard 00:21:03.939 --> 00:21:05.359 with their own ears 00:21:05.359 --> 00:21:08.019 and seen with their own eyes. 00:21:09.079 --> 00:21:10.619 And I say that on the basis 00:21:10.619 --> 00:21:12.579 of the character of Christ, 00:21:12.679 --> 00:21:13.599 but I also say that 00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:15.819 on the basis of Romans chapter 1. 00:21:15.899 --> 00:21:16.779 What does it say there? 00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:17.759 Paul says, 00:21:17.879 --> 00:21:19.599 I'm not ashamed of the gospel of God 00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:20.960 because it's the power of God 00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:21.740 unto salvation 00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:23.379 to the Jew and to the Gentile. 00:21:23.539 --> 00:21:24.319 And then he says, 00:21:24.379 --> 00:21:24.779 hey, listen, 00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:26.420 everybody hears 00:21:26.420 --> 00:21:29.259 the testimony of the heavens. 00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:32.720 And people have willingly chosen 00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:34.019 to harden their hearts 00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:37.920 against God's indictment of sin 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:39.980 and His offer of salvation. 00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:42.220 Men who die in their sins 00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:44.220 die because they have refused 00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:46.120 and they have chosen 00:21:46.120 --> 00:21:47.360 to stay with the hardness 00:21:47.360 --> 00:21:48.100 of their heart 00:21:48.100 --> 00:21:49.559 rather than to yield 00:21:49.559 --> 00:21:51.079 to the authority of Christ 00:21:51.079 --> 00:21:52.660 and the offer of salvation 00:21:52.660 --> 00:21:53.700 that He grants them 00:21:53.700 --> 00:21:55.000 in His finished work 00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:55.779 on the cross. 00:21:57.039 --> 00:21:58.420 Well, let's listen more carefully, 00:21:58.539 --> 00:21:59.880 not only to the context, 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:00.579 but let's listen 00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:01.779 to this incredible offer. 00:22:02.799 --> 00:22:04.819 You're there in John chapter 7, 00:22:04.900 --> 00:22:05.660 verse 37, 00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:07.559 and on the last day of the feast, 00:22:07.640 --> 00:22:08.100 the great day, 00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:09.279 Jesus stood up and cried out, 00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:10.480 if anyone thirsts, 00:22:10.619 --> 00:22:12.180 let him come to me and drink. 00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:15.279 I want you to understand 00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:17.279 that Jesus made this incredible offer, 00:22:17.399 --> 00:22:20.059 this broad offer of hope. 00:22:21.180 --> 00:22:22.160 Think about those words 00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:22.879 just for a moment. 00:22:23.819 --> 00:22:26.279 If anyone thirsts, 00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:29.279 if anyone thirsts, 00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:32.660 I want you to understand 00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:34.680 that when He made this announcement 00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:37.580 in the public setting 00:22:37.580 --> 00:22:38.380 that He did, 00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.500 He was speaking 00:22:39.500 --> 00:22:40.820 to all kinds of people. 00:22:42.120 --> 00:22:44.580 Now, the inner court, 00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:46.519 limited to Jews, 00:22:46.779 --> 00:22:49.120 but when Jesus made this announcement, 00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:49.740 it was something 00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:50.640 that could be appreciated 00:22:50.640 --> 00:22:52.000 by all who heard Him, 00:22:52.259 --> 00:22:54.279 and He made this just broad, 00:22:54.480 --> 00:22:55.820 overarching statement. 00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:56.200 Listen, 00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:58.880 if anyone is thirsty, 00:22:59.220 --> 00:23:00.460 let him come to me. 00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:02.440 Aren't you glad 00:23:02.440 --> 00:23:03.560 that the offer of salvation 00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.339 is not limited 00:23:04.339 --> 00:23:05.240 to those who've got 00:23:05.240 --> 00:23:06.119 their lives together? 00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:07.500 I mean, 00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:08.500 have you ever bumped into people 00:23:08.500 --> 00:23:08.619 who, 00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.419 well, 00:23:09.539 --> 00:23:11.240 I'd like to have Jesus 00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:12.799 as my Savior, 00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:13.359 but, you know, 00:23:13.419 --> 00:23:14.419 I'm just not there yet. 00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:15.980 Okay? 00:23:16.639 --> 00:23:17.039 Or, 00:23:17.399 --> 00:23:18.679 there are some people 00:23:18.679 --> 00:23:19.179 who think that, 00:23:19.279 --> 00:23:19.359 well, 00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:19.819 really, 00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:20.919 Jesus is valuable 00:23:20.919 --> 00:23:22.259 for those who 00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:24.279 are pretty religious anyway. 00:23:24.619 --> 00:23:25.000 I mean, 00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:26.700 I'm doing the best I can, 00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:27.859 and maybe I can add Jesus 00:23:27.859 --> 00:23:29.839 to my list of personal friends. 00:23:31.119 --> 00:23:32.359 That's not what He says here. 00:23:32.419 --> 00:23:32.639 He says, 00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:34.900 if anyone thirsts. 00:23:36.580 --> 00:23:38.400 I do love the privilege, 00:23:38.560 --> 00:23:39.640 the unbelievable blessing 00:23:40.220 --> 00:23:41.320 of being an ambassador 00:23:41.320 --> 00:23:42.460 of someone like that. 00:23:43.900 --> 00:23:44.259 Thirsty? 00:23:44.660 --> 00:23:45.320 Come on! 00:23:47.140 --> 00:23:48.180 Have you ever been thirsty? 00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:49.200 I mean, 00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:49.460 really, 00:23:49.520 --> 00:23:50.840 really desperately thirsty? 00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:51.759 I was talking to, 00:23:52.320 --> 00:23:53.540 Becky, 00:23:53.620 --> 00:23:53.980 where are you? 00:23:54.060 --> 00:23:54.880 Wave at me. 00:23:55.300 --> 00:23:55.800 Becky Green. 00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.160 Hi, Becky. 00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:57.940 Can I tell this story? 00:23:58.620 --> 00:23:59.080 That's okay. 00:23:59.440 --> 00:23:59.540 Well, 00:23:59.540 --> 00:24:00.120 now that I put you 00:24:00.120 --> 00:24:00.860 on the public spot, 00:24:01.280 --> 00:24:01.880 Becky's going to have 00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:02.560 surgery Monday. 00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:03.040 We're going to be 00:24:03.040 --> 00:24:03.780 praying for Becky, 00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:05.360 but Dennis and I 00:24:05.360 --> 00:24:06.180 are going to spend time 00:24:06.180 --> 00:24:07.100 while she's in surgery. 00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.280 She's out, 00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:08.620 you know, 00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:09.380 but Dennis and I, 00:24:09.560 --> 00:24:10.340 so we're talking about 00:24:10.340 --> 00:24:11.220 having coffee together, 00:24:11.340 --> 00:24:11.960 and Becky says, 00:24:12.020 --> 00:24:12.780 don't talk about that 00:24:12.780 --> 00:24:14.400 because I have to be NPO. 00:24:14.700 --> 00:24:16.000 You know what NPO means? 00:24:16.060 --> 00:24:17.500 It means it's tough. 00:24:17.560 --> 00:24:17.980 It's hard. 00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:19.400 Wait till you understand 00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:20.300 what those words mean. 00:24:20.760 --> 00:24:21.120 NPO. 00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:21.279 Whoa. 00:24:21.679 --> 00:24:22.419 Can't drink, 00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:23.159 can't eat, 00:24:23.439 --> 00:24:25.199 from 12 at night. 00:24:25.439 --> 00:24:25.599 Now, 00:24:25.699 --> 00:24:26.379 if you're going to have 00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:27.099 to go NPO, 00:24:27.379 --> 00:24:28.259 the best time to have 00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:28.899 surgery is like 00:24:28.899 --> 00:24:29.799 6 o'clock in the morning. 00:24:31.439 --> 00:24:32.839 She's waiting till 3.30, 00:24:32.919 --> 00:24:33.359 and so I said, 00:24:33.439 --> 00:24:33.539 well, 00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:35.539 I said, 00:24:35.619 --> 00:24:36.279 Dennis and I, 00:24:36.399 --> 00:24:37.639 we'll share coffee, 00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:39.259 and we'll blow some 00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:39.839 off the top, 00:24:39.899 --> 00:24:40.079 you know, 00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:40.259 just, 00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:46.019 no one's ever accused me 00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:46.879 of not being thoughtful, 00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:47.260 you know. 00:24:49.780 --> 00:24:52.380 I can tell you this. 00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:55.460 Becky will be thirsty 00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:56.460 at 3.30. 00:24:58.420 --> 00:24:59.460 She'll be thirsty 00:24:59.460 --> 00:25:02.800 because our body craves water. 00:25:03.840 --> 00:25:08.220 Our body really needs water. 00:25:08.560 --> 00:25:09.440 Do you understand that? 00:25:10.840 --> 00:25:12.180 Water's not an option, 00:25:14.340 --> 00:25:15.080 and yet, 00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:19.399 it's amazing 00:25:19.399 --> 00:25:22.339 how easily 00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:23.399 we are distracted 00:25:23.399 --> 00:25:24.399 from things 00:25:24.399 --> 00:25:26.439 that are so important 00:25:26.439 --> 00:25:27.119 to us, 00:25:27.720 --> 00:25:29.939 and here's Jesus 00:25:29.939 --> 00:25:30.939 who comes and says, 00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:31.319 listen, 00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:33.439 if anyone is thirsty, 00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.639 let him come to me. 00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:38.240 I do think, 00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:39.039 just for a moment, 00:25:39.419 --> 00:25:42.059 about the blessing 00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.699 we have, 00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.259 you and I, 00:25:43.319 --> 00:25:44.059 who know Christ, 00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:45.240 of being able 00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:45.879 to announce 00:25:45.879 --> 00:25:47.059 on Christ's behalf 00:25:47.059 --> 00:25:47.679 what he said. 00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.480 Do you understand that? 00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.240 How many of you 00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:50.299 bump into thirsty people 00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:50.859 all the time? 00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:51.119 I mean, 00:25:51.159 --> 00:25:51.799 they're all around. 00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:52.539 Now, 00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:52.779 here's, 00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:54.720 they're really not aware 00:25:54.720 --> 00:25:56.579 of how desperately 00:25:56.579 --> 00:25:57.419 thirsty they are 00:25:57.419 --> 00:25:58.240 because they haven't 00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.700 connected, 00:25:58.859 --> 00:25:59.299 follow me, 00:25:59.579 --> 00:26:00.740 they haven't connected 00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:02.480 the unintended 00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:03.799 consequences 00:26:03.799 --> 00:26:05.419 of sin 00:26:05.419 --> 00:26:07.539 with the genuine 00:26:07.539 --> 00:26:08.480 concern of their heart. 00:26:08.579 --> 00:26:08.879 How many of you, 00:26:09.159 --> 00:26:09.460 people, 00:26:10.059 --> 00:26:10.240 well, 00:26:10.399 --> 00:26:11.519 my wheels are coming off, 00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:12.519 and the problem really 00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:13.319 is everybody else 00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:13.839 around me. 00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:14.799 That's how it goes. 00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:16.420 And we have the problem 00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:16.740 of saying, 00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.859 actually, 00:26:18.000 --> 00:26:19.079 what you need is Jesus. 00:26:20.139 --> 00:26:20.980 You're thirsty. 00:26:23.819 --> 00:26:24.079 Well, 00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:24.920 I want you to understand 00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.900 that not only did Jesus 00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:26.819 make this incredibly 00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:27.519 broad offer, 00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:29.639 but he promised 00:26:29.639 --> 00:26:30.599 to satisfy 00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:31.339 the thirst 00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:32.420 of desperate souls. 00:26:33.500 --> 00:26:34.400 Look at the passage. 00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:36.700 let him come to me 00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:39.840 and stand in a long line 00:26:39.840 --> 00:26:41.060 and wait for a sip. 00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:45.360 When Becky goes into surgery, 00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.019 I mean, 00:26:46.340 --> 00:26:48.160 they may give you a pill. 00:26:48.360 --> 00:26:49.380 I've been in there. 00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.620 And they come in with 00:26:50.620 --> 00:26:51.980 what I refer to 00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:53.660 as micro Dixie cups. 00:26:54.740 --> 00:26:56.080 They're medicine cups. 00:26:56.180 --> 00:26:56.340 You know, 00:26:56.380 --> 00:26:57.560 it's what you get your pills in, 00:26:57.600 --> 00:26:58.440 and they come in and say, 00:26:58.660 --> 00:26:59.660 now just take a sip. 00:26:59.820 --> 00:26:59.940 Now, 00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:01.420 what's wrong with filling it 00:27:01.420 --> 00:27:02.140 up to the top? 00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:02.400 I mean, 00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:03.100 if I'm going to have 00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:05.680 that 1.5 ounce, 00:27:05.860 --> 00:27:06.040 you know, 00:27:06.060 --> 00:27:06.320 it's like, 00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:07.820 go to the top. 00:27:08.320 --> 00:27:08.460 No, 00:27:08.600 --> 00:27:08.920 they just, 00:27:09.080 --> 00:27:09.680 all you have to do 00:27:09.680 --> 00:27:10.620 is have this little sip. 00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.600 Here's Jesus. 00:27:11.700 --> 00:27:13.100 You come to me and drink. 00:27:13.800 --> 00:27:15.240 I'll satisfy you. 00:27:17.140 --> 00:27:18.500 And as you stop 00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.200 and think about it, 00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:20.320 I want you to understand 00:27:20.320 --> 00:27:21.440 that here's Jesus 00:27:21.440 --> 00:27:24.040 making this incredible offer 00:27:24.040 --> 00:27:24.560 to people. 00:27:24.900 --> 00:27:25.720 You come to me 00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:26.780 and drink. 00:27:30.140 --> 00:27:31.420 I'm struck by the fact 00:27:31.420 --> 00:27:34.480 that getting thirsty enough 00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:36.680 to ask Jesus for a drink 00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:38.920 doesn't happen to those 00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:40.240 who think they've got it 00:27:40.240 --> 00:27:40.700 all together, 00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:41.320 right? 00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:42.940 I mean, 00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:44.660 you've got your membership 00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:46.060 in the country club, 00:27:46.140 --> 00:27:47.620 and you have a second 00:27:47.620 --> 00:27:48.820 vacation home, 00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:50.560 and you're really counting 00:27:50.560 --> 00:27:51.560 on the stock market 00:27:51.560 --> 00:27:53.880 supporting your future plans 00:27:53.880 --> 00:27:55.320 for self-indulgence. 00:27:56.600 --> 00:27:58.420 And everything's working perfectly. 00:27:58.420 --> 00:28:00.620 And someone comes along 00:28:00.620 --> 00:28:00.900 and says, 00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:02.220 if you're thirsty, 00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:03.180 you come to Jesus. 00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:05.860 I don't know if I can fit him 00:28:05.860 --> 00:28:06.539 into my schedule. 00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:08.039 But, you know, 00:28:08.140 --> 00:28:09.440 when life's rough 00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:10.500 and things are difficult 00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:12.340 and things aren't going right, 00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:13.779 that's the person 00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:16.240 who's interested in Jesus 00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:17.680 and wants to pay attention 00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:18.279 to the offer. 00:28:18.279 --> 00:28:23.099 I'm struck by 00:28:23.099 --> 00:28:24.359 how Jesus handled 00:28:24.359 --> 00:28:25.059 some of those people 00:28:25.059 --> 00:28:26.139 who were pretty full of themselves. 00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:28.160 Over in Luke chapter 5, 00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.879 and I'll turn there 00:28:28.879 --> 00:28:29.920 just for a moment if you would, 00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:30.879 Luke chapter 5, 00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:32.660 verse 31 and 32, 00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.779 here's Jesus kind of 00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:35.259 interacting with the scribes 00:28:35.259 --> 00:28:36.000 and Pharisees 00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:37.220 who really, 00:28:37.379 --> 00:28:38.359 they were irritated 00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:39.160 with Jesus. 00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.879 31 and 32. 00:28:41.879 --> 00:28:41.960 32. 00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:41.960 00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:41.960 00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:41.960 00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:49.519 And Jesus answered them. 00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.119 What had happened 00:28:50.119 --> 00:28:51.920 is that the scribes 00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:52.399 and Pharisees 00:28:52.399 --> 00:28:53.259 were kind of grumbling 00:28:53.259 --> 00:28:54.420 with his disciples 00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:56.619 because he was around 00:28:56.619 --> 00:28:58.059 tax collectors and sinners. 00:28:58.460 --> 00:29:00.279 He was with them. 00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.139 There. 00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:04.259 Why are you doing that? 00:29:04.420 --> 00:29:05.059 Jesus said, 00:29:05.139 --> 00:29:05.339 hey, 00:29:05.879 --> 00:29:06.460 verse 31, 00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:08.039 those who are well 00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:09.200 have no need of physician. 00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:09.940 Now, by the way, 00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:11.019 did the scribes 00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.879 and Pharisees 00:29:11.879 --> 00:29:12.940 have a disease 00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.859 that was going to lead 00:29:13.859 --> 00:29:15.039 to their eternal condemnation? 00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:15.700 The answer is, 00:29:15.980 --> 00:29:16.240 oh yeah, 00:29:16.379 --> 00:29:17.379 they just didn't know it. 00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:20.019 They were sick, 00:29:20.539 --> 00:29:21.559 but they didn't think so. 00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:23.259 So here's Jesus 00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:23.879 kind of dealing 00:29:23.879 --> 00:29:24.559 with their attitude. 00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:24.920 He says, 00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.220 hey, 00:29:25.859 --> 00:29:26.920 those who are well 00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.980 don't need the physician. 00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:29.299 Mattia's a physician 00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:30.119 and I mean, 00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:32.680 I don't visit Mattia 00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:34.240 in his place of business 00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:36.139 except when I'm really sick. 00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:38.700 You don't go to the doctor 00:29:38.700 --> 00:29:39.279 if you're healthy. 00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:41.299 And so here's the statement. 00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.440 Those who are well 00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:43.539 have no need of the physician. 00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:44.720 Those who are sick, 00:29:45.139 --> 00:29:46.299 I have not come to call 00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:46.779 the righteous 00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.980 but sinners to repentance. 00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:49.460 So if you're sitting here 00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:50.740 and you're full of yourself 00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.559 and you think you got it 00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.099 all together, 00:29:52.440 --> 00:29:54.119 don't be surprised 00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:55.319 if you're not hearing anything. 00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:58.079 But if you're sitting here 00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.599 this morning 00:29:58.599 --> 00:29:59.680 and your heart's hurting 00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:02.180 and you're kind of thinking 00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:02.980 of all the baggage 00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.700 and the messes, 00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:05.759 then Jesus is talking to you. 00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:07.240 It says here, 00:30:07.339 --> 00:30:08.759 I came to call sinners 00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:10.720 to repentance. 00:30:12.519 --> 00:30:13.279 By the way, 00:30:13.339 --> 00:30:14.379 can Jesus satisfy? 00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:16.520 Can He really satisfy? 00:30:17.840 --> 00:30:19.120 Can He really meet 00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:20.540 the needs of broken hearts 00:30:20.540 --> 00:30:23.040 and people whose lives 00:30:23.040 --> 00:30:23.640 are a mess? 00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.280 I've got to tell you, 00:30:24.320 --> 00:30:24.660 yes. 00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:27.180 I'm living proof of it. 00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:29.380 And you are too 00:30:29.380 --> 00:30:30.120 who know Christ. 00:30:31.140 --> 00:30:31.900 One more piece. 00:30:32.840 --> 00:30:35.020 That's the unbelievable outcome. 00:30:36.040 --> 00:30:37.120 You look there at the passage, 00:30:37.320 --> 00:30:37.640 it says, 00:30:37.800 --> 00:30:38.520 verse 38, 00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:40.519 whoever believes in me 00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:42.279 as the scripture said 00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:43.180 or has said, 00:30:43.539 --> 00:30:44.819 out of his heart 00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:46.099 will flow rivers 00:30:46.099 --> 00:30:47.859 of living water. 00:30:52.139 --> 00:30:53.500 Underline the passage, please. 00:30:58.379 --> 00:30:59.859 My pen started leaking. 00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.839 I don't think I have anything 00:31:00.839 --> 00:31:01.400 on my shirt, 00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.139 so it's over here 00:31:02.139 --> 00:31:03.119 wrapped in a Kleenex 00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:04.460 and inside the bulletin, okay? 00:31:05.079 --> 00:31:06.579 But take your pen out 00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:07.579 and underline this. 00:31:08.519 --> 00:31:10.359 Because I want you 00:31:10.359 --> 00:31:11.119 to understand 00:31:11.119 --> 00:31:13.339 that this is a supremely 00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:14.720 important statement 00:31:14.720 --> 00:31:18.240 that is very often overlooked 00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:20.859 in believers' lives. 00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:29.819 Let me read the two verses again 00:31:29.819 --> 00:31:33.759 and cling to them 00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:34.319 in your thinking. 00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:36.859 Whoever believes in me 00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:38.339 as the scripture has said 00:31:38.339 --> 00:31:39.839 out of his heart 00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:41.179 will flow rivers 00:31:41.179 --> 00:31:42.579 of living water. 00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.879 Now this he said 00:31:44.879 --> 00:31:45.659 about the spirit 00:31:45.659 --> 00:31:46.939 whom those who believed 00:31:46.939 --> 00:31:47.959 in him were to receive. 00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:48.579 Josh Bernard, 00:31:48.740 --> 00:31:49.159 where are you? 00:31:52.699 --> 00:31:53.240 Children's Church. 00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:53.459 Okay. 00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:54.639 Pray for Josh Bernard. 00:31:55.399 --> 00:31:56.299 I've asked Josh 00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:57.539 to do a little skit for me, 00:31:57.899 --> 00:31:58.179 okay? 00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:59.259 And he came to me 00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.799 this morning. 00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.059 You know, 00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:02.480 pastors think of harebrained ideas 00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:03.299 and then throw them off 00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:03.859 on other people 00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:04.919 and hope they can get them done. 00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:08.140 That's me. 00:32:08.600 --> 00:32:09.940 But I want Josh 00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.900 to do a little skit 00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:12.300 about this issue 00:32:12.300 --> 00:32:13.320 of the Holy Spirit 00:32:13.320 --> 00:32:14.240 and this passage. 00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:16.120 So you can pray with him, 00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:16.400 okay? 00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:17.320 There's no promises 00:32:17.320 --> 00:32:18.960 and there is pressure. 00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:20.279 But, you know, 00:32:20.380 --> 00:32:21.600 just so you understand. 00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:24.120 I've got to tell you, 00:32:24.200 --> 00:32:25.400 when I read this passage 00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:26.300 and it began to kind of 00:32:26.300 --> 00:32:27.300 soak into my life 00:32:27.300 --> 00:32:28.880 several weeks ago, 00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:29.760 like, my man, 00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:32.040 this is a good passage. 00:32:33.140 --> 00:32:34.740 This is a profound passage. 00:32:36.160 --> 00:32:37.520 Whoever believes in me 00:32:37.520 --> 00:32:39.240 as the Scripture has said, 00:32:39.640 --> 00:32:41.520 out of his heart 00:32:41.520 --> 00:32:43.320 will flow rivers 00:32:43.320 --> 00:32:45.420 of living water. 00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:49.920 We know what Jesus 00:32:49.920 --> 00:32:50.880 was talking about 00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:52.020 because we're told 00:32:52.020 --> 00:32:53.040 in verse 39, 00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:55.500 what Jesus was saying 00:32:55.500 --> 00:32:56.700 is that those who believe 00:32:56.700 --> 00:32:58.000 will be more than just 00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:59.819 personally satisfied, 00:33:00.660 --> 00:33:02.480 they will become 00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:04.140 satisfiers to others. 00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.700 Did you hear that? 00:33:09.339 --> 00:33:10.599 Do you understand that? 00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:14.240 I want you to think with me 00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.980 just for a moment 00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:17.839 of what Jesus was really saying 00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:18.559 in this passage 00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:20.319 and turn, if you will, 00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:23.420 over to the passage 00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:27.599 in John 4, verse 14. 00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:28.480 Okay? 00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:31.640 John 4, verse 14. 00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.660 Now here's Jesus 00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:34.720 with the woman at the well. 00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:38.640 Rank, known sinner. 00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:41.039 Been shacking up 00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:42.279 with one man after another, 00:33:42.440 --> 00:33:42.859 just, you know, 00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.380 kind of a, 00:33:43.619 --> 00:33:44.779 she had problems. 00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:47.460 She comes to Jesus 00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:50.160 and he lets her know 00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:51.740 that if she believes in him, 00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:54.779 she would be satisfied. 00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:58.839 Whoever drinks of the water 00:33:58.839 --> 00:33:59.879 that I will give him 00:33:59.879 --> 00:34:02.420 will never be thirsty again. 00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:04.420 And that's true. 00:34:04.759 --> 00:34:05.700 Those who come to faith 00:34:05.700 --> 00:34:06.240 in Christ 00:34:06.240 --> 00:34:07.940 are no longer thirsty. 00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:09.759 Their thirst is satisfied 00:34:09.759 --> 00:34:10.559 in the person 00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:11.420 of the Lord Jesus 00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:12.980 and I think it's fair 00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.980 for us to recognize 00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:16.300 that salvation satisfies 00:34:16.300 --> 00:34:17.940 the thirsty soul. 00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:20.820 Let me say it slowly. 00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.539 Salvation satisfies 00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:23.640 the thirsty soul. 00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:25.740 And one of the things 00:34:25.740 --> 00:34:27.080 that should go on 00:34:27.080 --> 00:34:27.760 in your life is 00:34:27.760 --> 00:34:29.000 you're thinking to yourself 00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.559 this morning, 00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:31.380 well, have I ever really 00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:33.080 had my soul satisfied? 00:34:33.820 --> 00:34:37.000 Am I satisfied with Jesus? 00:34:39.580 --> 00:34:40.300 There's some of you 00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:40.800 sitting here 00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:41.920 and the truth of the matter 00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:43.080 is you grew up in the church. 00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:44.740 You learned the Bible stories 00:34:44.740 --> 00:34:46.000 from childhood. 00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:48.039 You memorized all the verses 00:34:48.039 --> 00:34:48.619 in Awana. 00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:50.039 You've got it all together 00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:51.079 in terms of outside, 00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:52.759 but there's never been 00:34:52.759 --> 00:34:56.659 the genuine satisfaction 00:34:56.659 --> 00:34:57.599 that comes 00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:58.900 through the work 00:34:58.900 --> 00:35:00.039 of the Spirit of God 00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.699 in drawing you 00:35:00.699 --> 00:35:01.440 to the cross. 00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:07.800 All my life long 00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:08.860 I had panted 00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:12.139 for a drought 00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:14.079 from some cool stream. 00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:17.119 Songwriter goes on 00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:17.619 and says this, 00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:19.099 Hallelujah, I've found it. 00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:20.299 Talking about the Lord Jesus. 00:35:23.119 --> 00:35:23.980 Go back again, 00:35:24.039 --> 00:35:24.400 if you will, 00:35:24.460 --> 00:35:25.579 to John chapter 7, 00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:26.619 verse 38. 00:35:27.860 --> 00:35:28.960 And look at the passage 00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:30.639 where Jesus points this out. 00:35:30.719 --> 00:35:31.000 He says, 00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:31.460 Hey, listen. 00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.940 Whoever believes in me, 00:35:35.539 --> 00:35:37.299 as the Scripture says, 00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:38.219 out of his heart 00:35:38.219 --> 00:35:39.679 will flow streams 00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:41.920 of living water. 00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:46.139 Genuine salvation 00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:47.539 not only satisfies, 00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:50.619 but it turns the believer 00:35:50.619 --> 00:35:51.900 into a satisfier. 00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:53.840 I want you to get your hands 00:35:53.840 --> 00:35:54.240 around that. 00:35:55.019 --> 00:35:55.539 Think with me. 00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:56.760 Let me say it again, 00:35:57.079 --> 00:35:58.340 and I want you to pay attention. 00:35:59.619 --> 00:36:00.659 Genuine conversion 00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:01.940 not only satisfies, 00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:03.700 but it turns the believer 00:36:03.700 --> 00:36:05.420 into a satisfier. 00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:08.360 Hey, 00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:10.300 I didn't say it. 00:36:11.200 --> 00:36:11.860 Do you understand that? 00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:13.680 I didn't say it. 00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:15.619 All I'm doing is repeating 00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:16.860 what Jesus said to you. 00:36:17.619 --> 00:36:18.539 He said, 00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:20.840 You who believe in Him 00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:22.800 are going to be satisfiers. 00:36:26.480 --> 00:36:28.559 Does a dissatisfied world 00:36:28.559 --> 00:36:30.500 like when other people 00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:31.480 are satisfiers? 00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:32.960 What's the answer? 00:36:34.680 --> 00:36:34.940 Well, 00:36:35.200 --> 00:36:36.039 think with me, 00:36:36.260 --> 00:36:36.559 you know. 00:36:37.139 --> 00:36:37.680 By the way, 00:36:37.800 --> 00:36:38.240 let's kind of, 00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:39.539 I'm going to steal ahead 00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:40.280 just a little bit 00:36:40.280 --> 00:36:41.040 and tell you a little bit 00:36:41.040 --> 00:36:41.720 about next week. 00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:42.560 Come anyway, 00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:43.120 you know, 00:36:43.240 --> 00:36:44.580 but here's the point. 00:36:45.560 --> 00:36:46.440 When the Holy Spirit 00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:47.760 is working in a believer's life, 00:36:47.840 --> 00:36:48.780 can a person be saved 00:36:48.780 --> 00:36:49.760 and not have the Holy Spirit? 00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:51.560 The answer is N-O. 00:36:51.840 --> 00:36:52.240 No. 00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:53.360 No. 00:36:54.240 --> 00:36:54.540 Okay? 00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:56.159 When the Holy Spirit 00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:58.460 is in the believer's life, 00:36:58.539 --> 00:36:59.139 and that happens 00:36:59.139 --> 00:37:00.199 at the moment of salvation, 00:37:00.639 --> 00:37:01.279 He is there 00:37:01.279 --> 00:37:02.059 as the resource 00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:02.800 to make us 00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:04.599 stop being dissatisfied, 00:37:05.059 --> 00:37:06.039 to be satisfied, 00:37:06.300 --> 00:37:08.039 and make us satisfiers. 00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:10.840 By the way, 00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:11.639 have you ever found anybody 00:37:11.639 --> 00:37:12.619 that argues with love, 00:37:12.699 --> 00:37:13.119 joy, peace, 00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:13.699 longsuffering, 00:37:13.820 --> 00:37:14.079 patience, 00:37:14.219 --> 00:37:14.420 goodness, 00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:14.960 meekness? 00:37:15.860 --> 00:37:16.259 Anybody? 00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:17.699 I really don't like peace. 00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:20.019 Yeah, 00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:20.759 that love business said, 00:37:20.900 --> 00:37:21.980 don't be giving that to me. 00:37:22.420 --> 00:37:22.559 You know, 00:37:22.579 --> 00:37:22.860 it's like, 00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:23.400 hey, 00:37:24.340 --> 00:37:25.380 the fruit of the Spirit 00:37:25.380 --> 00:37:26.800 satisfies broken people. 00:37:26.860 --> 00:37:27.679 Do you understand that? 00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:29.679 And those who have 00:37:29.679 --> 00:37:31.860 faith in Christ 00:37:31.860 --> 00:37:33.440 end up being 00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:35.460 satisfiers. 00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:39.400 Can you see that 00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:40.199 in your life today, 00:37:40.300 --> 00:37:40.639 honestly? 00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:44.980 You know, 00:37:49.619 --> 00:37:50.820 Zacchaeus was satisfied, 00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.360 wasn't he? 00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:52.380 Right? 00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:53.860 Remember that? 00:37:55.280 --> 00:37:56.500 Zacchaeus was satisfied 00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:57.639 after he met Christ, 00:37:57.699 --> 00:37:58.720 and he actually ended up 00:37:58.720 --> 00:37:59.659 being a satisfier. 00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:02.179 Matthew, 00:38:02.300 --> 00:38:03.139 the tax collector, 00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:04.519 he was satisfied. 00:38:05.460 --> 00:38:06.440 And he ended up 00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:07.539 being a satisfier. 00:38:09.179 --> 00:38:09.619 Boy, 00:38:09.699 --> 00:38:10.360 the woman at the well, 00:38:10.480 --> 00:38:11.360 classic illustration, 00:38:11.500 --> 00:38:11.699 remember? 00:38:12.380 --> 00:38:13.619 Came to the well, 00:38:13.780 --> 00:38:14.119 thirsty, 00:38:14.260 --> 00:38:15.280 went home satisfied, 00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:17.099 and she became a satisfier. 00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:18.599 Other people flocked 00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:19.579 to hear about Jesus 00:38:19.579 --> 00:38:22.340 because they were satisfied 00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:23.480 with what they saw 00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:24.900 happening in her life. 00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:28.199 Do you see that 00:38:28.199 --> 00:38:28.940 in your life today? 00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:31.940 I am fully persuaded 00:38:31.940 --> 00:38:32.760 that those who are 00:38:32.760 --> 00:38:33.639 genuinely saved 00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:34.360 stay saved. 00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:37.059 What Jesus does 00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:38.340 stays done. 00:38:39.980 --> 00:38:40.300 So, 00:38:40.460 --> 00:38:41.840 how do I know 00:38:41.840 --> 00:38:44.099 that he saved me? 00:38:45.980 --> 00:38:47.280 That's a fair question, 00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:47.659 isn't it? 00:38:48.740 --> 00:38:49.820 The way I know 00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:50.619 he has saved me 00:38:50.619 --> 00:38:51.360 is not because 00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:52.480 I know the Bible verses. 00:38:53.159 --> 00:38:53.340 Now, 00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:54.000 that's important. 00:38:54.820 --> 00:38:55.539 Apart from 00:38:55.539 --> 00:38:56.440 the word of God, 00:38:56.519 --> 00:38:57.579 you can't be well informed, 00:38:57.579 --> 00:38:58.960 but how do I know 00:38:58.960 --> 00:38:59.940 that I am saved? 00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:01.920 One is that 00:39:01.920 --> 00:39:03.000 my soul is satisfied. 00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:05.319 I have received 00:39:05.319 --> 00:39:06.500 by the grace of God 00:39:06.500 --> 00:39:07.579 an abiding, 00:39:08.639 --> 00:39:09.860 lasting relationship 00:39:09.860 --> 00:39:10.940 with the Lord Jesus 00:39:10.940 --> 00:39:12.960 that has granted me 00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:13.599 acceptance 00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:14.440 in the beloved. 00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:17.019 But there's something else. 00:39:18.679 --> 00:39:19.920 I can look back 00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:20.960 over my life 00:39:20.960 --> 00:39:22.619 and you who know Christ 00:39:22.619 --> 00:39:23.719 can see the same thing. 00:39:24.619 --> 00:39:25.559 And he took you 00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:26.799 from being a miserable, 00:39:27.099 --> 00:39:27.559 unhappy, 00:39:27.579 --> 00:39:29.059 broken wreck 00:39:29.059 --> 00:39:31.420 and slowly 00:39:31.420 --> 00:39:32.179 over the years 00:39:32.179 --> 00:39:33.480 has made you become 00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:34.900 someone who's not only 00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:36.099 satisfied with him 00:39:36.099 --> 00:39:37.679 but is a satisfier 00:39:37.679 --> 00:39:38.699 of broken, 00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:40.079 heartbroken, 00:39:40.579 --> 00:39:41.920 hard lives. 00:39:41.960 --> 00:39:42.539 Isn't that right? 00:39:47.719 --> 00:39:48.119 So, 00:39:48.199 --> 00:39:48.779 let me put it to you 00:39:48.779 --> 00:39:49.319 practically. 00:39:54.259 --> 00:39:55.039 There's some of you 00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.739 here this morning 00:39:55.739 --> 00:39:56.939 that do not know Christ 00:39:56.939 --> 00:39:57.579 as your Savior. 00:39:57.579 --> 00:39:59.659 Tim Kenoyer doesn't know 00:39:59.659 --> 00:40:00.459 because none of you 00:40:00.459 --> 00:40:01.479 have saved, 00:40:01.559 --> 00:40:02.099 unsaved written 00:40:02.099 --> 00:40:02.559 on your head. 00:40:02.759 --> 00:40:03.259 You follow that? 00:40:03.399 --> 00:40:04.559 It's not like I can see that. 00:40:04.939 --> 00:40:05.919 But I just know. 00:40:07.559 --> 00:40:08.619 There are some of you here 00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:09.859 that do not know Christ. 00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:13.320 And the truth of the matter is 00:40:13.320 --> 00:40:13.740 is that 00:40:13.740 --> 00:40:16.720 the unintended signals 00:40:16.720 --> 00:40:17.820 of that 00:40:17.820 --> 00:40:20.460 relationship 00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:21.579 come out 00:40:21.579 --> 00:40:22.460 like this. 00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:24.539 Your life is marked 00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:25.980 by perpetual 00:40:25.980 --> 00:40:27.140 dissatisfaction, 00:40:27.640 --> 00:40:29.260 by messiness, 00:40:30.180 --> 00:40:31.640 by the unintended 00:40:31.640 --> 00:40:33.079 consequences of sin, 00:40:33.880 --> 00:40:35.599 by a complete inability 00:40:35.599 --> 00:40:36.400 ultimately 00:40:36.400 --> 00:40:37.420 to change 00:40:37.420 --> 00:40:37.420 00:40:37.420 --> 00:40:38.220 who you are. 00:40:40.180 --> 00:40:41.280 And I would plead 00:40:41.280 --> 00:40:42.099 with you this morning 00:40:42.099 --> 00:40:42.740 on the basis 00:40:42.740 --> 00:40:43.400 of the work 00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:44.660 of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:46.460 He came into the world 00:40:46.460 --> 00:40:47.639 to deal with 00:40:47.639 --> 00:40:48.240 broken, 00:40:48.559 --> 00:40:49.420 ruined lives 00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:50.440 and he offers 00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:51.820 salvation to all 00:40:51.820 --> 00:40:52.780 who will humble 00:40:52.780 --> 00:40:53.760 themselves and say, 00:40:54.220 --> 00:40:54.519 Jesus, 00:40:54.860 --> 00:40:55.420 I don't need, 00:40:55.559 --> 00:40:56.420 listen to this carefully, 00:40:56.680 --> 00:40:57.440 I don't need 00:40:57.440 --> 00:40:59.039 any more evidence. 00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:01.820 I figured it out. 00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:02.500 I'm a mess 00:41:02.500 --> 00:41:03.900 and I can't save myself. 00:41:03.900 --> 00:41:05.380 Will you please 00:41:05.380 --> 00:41:06.200 forgive me 00:41:06.200 --> 00:41:07.240 and be my savior? 00:41:07.700 --> 00:41:08.680 Isn't that simple? 00:41:09.720 --> 00:41:10.119 You know, 00:41:10.160 --> 00:41:10.740 it's not like you have 00:41:10.740 --> 00:41:11.440 to crawl across 00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:12.160 broken glass 00:41:12.160 --> 00:41:13.300 or walk on hot coals. 00:41:13.500 --> 00:41:14.639 You have to repent 00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:15.840 and confess your sins. 00:41:17.160 --> 00:41:18.139 There are some of you 00:41:18.139 --> 00:41:18.639 here today 00:41:18.639 --> 00:41:19.599 that do know Jesus. 00:41:19.740 --> 00:41:20.639 You've been saved. 00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:23.420 But the truth 00:41:23.420 --> 00:41:24.260 of the matter is 00:41:24.260 --> 00:41:26.019 is that you have not 00:41:26.019 --> 00:41:27.300 made much progress 00:41:27.300 --> 00:41:28.200 at moving from, 00:41:28.579 --> 00:41:28.700 well, 00:41:28.740 --> 00:41:29.320 there was a time 00:41:29.320 --> 00:41:30.160 when I was satisfied 00:41:30.160 --> 00:41:31.800 to being a satisfier. 00:41:31.800 --> 00:41:33.539 How do I know 00:41:33.539 --> 00:41:34.640 you're not a satisfier? 00:41:35.640 --> 00:41:35.920 Hey, 00:41:36.160 --> 00:41:36.700 everybody smile. 00:41:37.860 --> 00:41:38.560 People don't like 00:41:38.560 --> 00:41:39.180 grumpy people. 00:41:40.620 --> 00:41:41.700 At least in my home 00:41:41.700 --> 00:41:42.200 they don't like 00:41:42.200 --> 00:41:42.720 grumpy people 00:41:42.720 --> 00:41:43.640 and Judith doesn't like 00:41:43.640 --> 00:41:44.560 when I have those moments. 00:41:45.480 --> 00:41:46.140 And you know, 00:41:46.320 --> 00:41:47.880 you're not satisfied yourself. 00:41:48.260 --> 00:41:49.080 You're a grumpy. 00:41:49.220 --> 00:41:49.720 You're a moody. 00:41:49.880 --> 00:41:50.560 You're an unhappy. 00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:51.620 You're irritable. 00:41:51.860 --> 00:41:52.440 You're angry. 00:41:52.760 --> 00:41:53.460 Am I doing well 00:41:53.460 --> 00:41:54.100 with all the signals 00:41:54.100 --> 00:41:54.760 anybody identifying 00:41:54.760 --> 00:41:55.580 I've missed? 00:41:55.700 --> 00:41:55.820 You know, 00:41:55.840 --> 00:41:56.100 it's like, 00:41:56.380 --> 00:41:56.580 hey, 00:41:56.720 --> 00:41:58.120 you're not doing very well 00:41:58.120 --> 00:41:59.539 at satisfying other people. 00:41:59.539 --> 00:41:59.579 Well, 00:42:00.300 --> 00:42:00.739 so, 00:42:01.519 --> 00:42:02.500 you may have left 00:42:02.500 --> 00:42:03.400 your first love. 00:42:05.119 --> 00:42:06.779 You can't be filled 00:42:06.779 --> 00:42:07.779 with delight 00:42:07.779 --> 00:42:08.619 and satisfaction 00:42:08.619 --> 00:42:09.279 in Jesus 00:42:09.279 --> 00:42:10.619 without becoming 00:42:10.619 --> 00:42:11.579 magnetic 00:42:11.579 --> 00:42:12.619 to a broken world. 00:42:16.380 --> 00:42:17.860 You also may be 00:42:17.860 --> 00:42:18.519 an individual 00:42:18.519 --> 00:42:19.380 who is sitting here 00:42:19.380 --> 00:42:19.960 this morning 00:42:19.960 --> 00:42:20.840 who conscious 00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:21.619 and deliberate 00:42:21.619 --> 00:42:23.079 in your 00:42:23.079 --> 00:42:24.039 willing 00:42:24.039 --> 00:42:25.219 disobedience 00:42:25.219 --> 00:42:26.519 to God 00:42:26.519 --> 00:42:28.340 at the high 00:42:28.340 --> 00:42:28.719 and holy 00:42:28.719 --> 00:42:29.099 calling 00:42:29.099 --> 00:42:29.780 of your life. 00:42:31.259 --> 00:42:31.940 Do you follow that? 00:42:33.460 --> 00:42:33.900 So, 00:42:34.019 --> 00:42:34.559 why are you 00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:35.460 drawing breath? 00:42:36.460 --> 00:42:37.199 Trick question. 00:42:38.239 --> 00:42:38.719 So, 00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:39.259 I can spend 00:42:39.259 --> 00:42:39.699 more time 00:42:39.699 --> 00:42:40.219 on Pinterest. 00:42:41.719 --> 00:42:42.199 So, 00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:42.780 I can really 00:42:42.780 --> 00:42:43.840 invest my life 00:42:43.840 --> 00:42:44.559 in sports. 00:42:45.759 --> 00:42:46.239 So, 00:42:46.340 --> 00:42:47.980 I can acquire 00:42:47.980 --> 00:42:49.059 a mass 00:42:49.059 --> 00:42:50.139 so I can retire 00:42:50.139 --> 00:42:50.920 to Florida 00:42:50.920 --> 00:42:52.099 or spend 00:42:52.099 --> 00:42:53.079 the next six years 00:42:53.079 --> 00:42:53.820 driving around 00:42:53.820 --> 00:42:54.840 the world 00:42:54.840 --> 00:42:55.880 in a motor home. 00:42:55.980 --> 00:42:56.880 Is that why 00:42:56.880 --> 00:42:58.340 he kept me alive? 00:42:58.600 --> 00:42:59.079 No. 00:43:01.780 --> 00:43:02.240 So, 00:43:02.320 --> 00:43:02.640 I, 00:43:03.019 --> 00:43:04.340 satisfied in Jesus, 00:43:05.660 --> 00:43:06.280 can let other 00:43:06.280 --> 00:43:06.920 people know 00:43:06.920 --> 00:43:07.480 that there is 00:43:07.480 --> 00:43:08.740 only one person 00:43:08.740 --> 00:43:09.860 in whom 00:43:09.860 --> 00:43:11.280 there is redemption 00:43:11.280 --> 00:43:12.079 and it's 00:43:12.079 --> 00:43:13.079 Jesus Christ. 00:43:13.079 --> 00:43:13.480 Amen. 00:43:19.820 --> 00:43:20.620 Let's close 00:43:20.620 --> 00:43:21.000 in prayer. 00:43:24.840 --> 00:43:27.980 Holy Spirit, 00:43:28.059 --> 00:43:28.480 this morning 00:43:28.480 --> 00:43:29.019 we ask 00:43:29.019 --> 00:43:29.360 that you 00:43:29.360 --> 00:43:29.860 lift up 00:43:29.860 --> 00:43:30.240 Jesus 00:43:30.240 --> 00:43:34.500 and that 00:43:34.500 --> 00:43:35.019 those who 00:43:35.019 --> 00:43:35.380 are here 00:43:35.380 --> 00:43:35.720 today 00:43:35.720 --> 00:43:36.079 that are 00:43:36.079 --> 00:43:36.519 believers 00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:37.320 whose lives 00:43:37.320 --> 00:43:38.100 are marked 00:43:38.100 --> 00:43:42.720 by a 00:43:42.720 --> 00:43:43.420 deficiency 00:43:43.420 --> 00:43:47.200 in being 00:43:47.200 --> 00:43:48.039 a satisfier 00:43:48.039 --> 00:43:48.440 of other 00:43:48.440 --> 00:43:48.780 people 00:43:48.780 --> 00:43:49.180 would be 00:43:49.180 --> 00:43:49.800 humble enough 00:43:49.800 --> 00:43:50.420 this morning 00:43:50.420 --> 00:43:51.840 to come 00:43:51.840 --> 00:43:52.100 to you 00:43:52.100 --> 00:43:52.400 and say, 00:43:52.519 --> 00:43:52.640 Lord, 00:43:52.700 --> 00:43:53.140 it's not 00:43:53.140 --> 00:43:53.600 supposed to 00:43:53.600 --> 00:43:54.059 be that 00:43:54.059 --> 00:43:54.420 way. 00:43:54.840 --> 00:43:56.940 And I 00:43:56.940 --> 00:43:57.180 want to 00:43:57.180 --> 00:43:57.780 move forward 00:43:57.780 --> 00:43:58.200 in doing 00:43:58.200 --> 00:43:58.620 the right 00:43:58.620 --> 00:43:59.000 thing. 00:44:00.100 --> 00:44:00.700 I want 00:44:00.700 --> 00:44:01.200 my life 00:44:01.200 --> 00:44:01.480 to be 00:44:01.480 --> 00:44:02.019 about you 00:44:02.019 --> 00:44:02.360 and not 00:44:02.360 --> 00:44:02.660 me. 00:44:03.940 --> 00:44:04.320 And I 00:44:04.320 --> 00:44:04.800 confess, 00:44:05.380 --> 00:44:06.240 I need 00:44:06.240 --> 00:44:06.559 the work 00:44:06.559 --> 00:44:06.760 of the 00:44:06.760 --> 00:44:07.360 Holy Spirit. 00:44:08.720 --> 00:44:09.280 And that 00:44:09.280 --> 00:44:09.720 those who 00:44:09.720 --> 00:44:10.059 are here 00:44:10.059 --> 00:44:10.400 today 00:44:10.400 --> 00:44:10.860 that do 00:44:10.860 --> 00:44:11.300 not know 00:44:11.300 --> 00:44:11.700 Christ, 00:44:11.820 --> 00:44:12.660 that today 00:44:12.660 --> 00:44:13.700 the Spirit 00:44:13.700 --> 00:44:14.480 of God 00:44:14.480 --> 00:44:15.059 would bear 00:44:15.059 --> 00:44:15.420 in on 00:44:15.420 --> 00:44:15.940 their life 00:44:15.940 --> 00:44:16.740 and that 00:44:16.740 --> 00:44:17.620 profound 00:44:17.620 --> 00:44:18.980 dissatisfaction 00:44:18.980 --> 00:44:19.780 with the 00:44:19.780 --> 00:44:20.220 darkness 00:44:20.220 --> 00:44:20.640 and the 00:44:20.640 --> 00:44:21.220 despair 00:44:21.220 --> 00:44:21.600 of their 00:44:21.600 --> 00:44:21.960 soul 00:44:21.960 --> 00:44:22.660 would have 00:44:22.660 --> 00:44:23.480 no remedy 00:44:23.480 --> 00:44:24.559 except in 00:44:24.559 --> 00:44:25.000 Christ. 00:44:27.820 --> 00:44:28.480 That they 00:44:28.480 --> 00:44:29.099 would understand 00:44:29.099 --> 00:44:29.659 the sweetness 00:44:29.659 --> 00:44:30.079 of the 00:44:30.079 --> 00:44:30.800 gospel offer 00:44:30.800 --> 00:44:31.480 that whosoever 00:44:31.480 --> 00:44:32.039 comes to 00:44:32.039 --> 00:44:32.280 me, 00:44:33.500 --> 00:44:34.440 I will 00:44:34.440 --> 00:44:34.840 never 00:44:34.840 --> 00:44:35.599 cast out. 00:44:37.599 --> 00:44:38.199 And that 00:44:38.199 --> 00:44:38.480 they would 00:44:38.480 --> 00:44:38.900 come with 00:44:38.900 --> 00:44:39.460 brokenness 00:44:39.460 --> 00:44:40.059 and humility 00:44:40.059 --> 00:44:40.500 and say, 00:44:40.619 --> 00:44:41.000 I am a 00:44:41.000 --> 00:44:41.380 sinner who 00:44:41.380 --> 00:44:42.320 stands justly 00:44:42.320 --> 00:44:42.780 condemned 00:44:42.780 --> 00:44:44.500 before a 00:44:44.500 --> 00:44:45.159 holy God. 00:44:46.740 --> 00:44:47.380 But I 00:44:47.380 --> 00:44:47.820 believe 00:44:47.820 --> 00:44:50.159 God sent 00:44:50.159 --> 00:44:50.840 Jesus to be 00:44:50.840 --> 00:44:51.380 my Savior 00:44:51.380 --> 00:44:51.680 and He 00:44:51.680 --> 00:44:52.039 died on 00:44:52.039 --> 00:44:52.440 the cross 00:44:52.440 --> 00:44:52.940 for my 00:44:52.940 --> 00:44:53.360 sins 00:44:53.360 --> 00:44:55.140 and He 00:44:55.140 --> 00:44:55.420 made a 00:44:55.420 --> 00:44:55.860 promise. 00:44:58.240 --> 00:44:58.780 Whosoever 00:44:58.780 --> 00:44:59.480 believes in 00:44:59.480 --> 00:45:00.800 Jesus will 00:45:00.800 --> 00:45:01.440 have everlasting 00:45:01.440 --> 00:45:02.000 life. 00:45:02.980 --> 00:45:03.579 Let that be 00:45:03.579 --> 00:45:03.980 their prayer 00:45:03.980 --> 00:45:04.579 this morning. 00:45:05.380 --> 00:45:06.280 I ask in 00:45:06.280 --> 00:45:06.880 Jesus' name. 00:45:06.940 --> 00:45:07.200 Amen. 00:45:07.200 --> 00:45:07.300 Amen. 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.300 00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:37.280 Thank you.