WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:00.720 Amen. 00:00:01.320 --> 00:00:06.879 Okay, kiddos, you are excused to your King's Kids class. 00:00:06.879 --> 00:00:07.320 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:38.460 In 2018, the internet was abuzz with this audio test. 00:00:38.460 --> 00:00:44.579 A computer-generated name was named to test which name you heard. 00:00:45.299 --> 00:00:49.060 Either you would hear Yanni or Laurel. 00:00:49.879 --> 00:00:53.019 So, computer-generated, the name was named. 00:00:54.439 --> 00:00:55.879 Those who heard it heard a name. 00:00:56.219 --> 00:00:57.019 Some hear Yanni. 00:00:57.480 --> 00:00:59.539 Some heard Laurel. 00:00:59.539 --> 00:01:03.079 And I was just, there's no way that this is actually happening. 00:01:03.939 --> 00:01:05.280 So, I thought I'd run a test. 00:01:05.539 --> 00:01:06.719 So, Zach, come on in. 00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:08.579 So, I'm like, Zach, stop in the doorway. 00:01:09.599 --> 00:01:10.599 And I hit play. 00:01:11.959 --> 00:01:14.079 And the computer-generated name was named. 00:01:14.780 --> 00:01:15.920 And Zach was a little confused. 00:01:16.379 --> 00:01:16.680 What? 00:01:16.980 --> 00:01:18.340 He didn't even know he was in my office. 00:01:19.120 --> 00:01:20.379 I'm like, okay, let me do it again. 00:01:20.460 --> 00:01:20.879 I played. 00:01:20.980 --> 00:01:21.700 I'm like, what are you here? 00:01:21.980 --> 00:01:22.980 And he's like, Yanni? 00:01:24.759 --> 00:01:27.859 And I'm like, you got to come around to my computer screen. 00:01:27.859 --> 00:01:31.040 Because I'm like, Zach, I hear Laurel. 00:01:31.620 --> 00:01:32.640 You hear Yanni. 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:34.060 I hear Laurel. 00:01:34.439 --> 00:01:35.980 What's up with that? 00:01:36.039 --> 00:01:37.000 I'm not making this up. 00:01:37.079 --> 00:01:38.319 This is no joke. 00:01:39.420 --> 00:01:47.939 How is it possible that two people hearing the same computer-generated name are hearing two different names? 00:01:47.939 --> 00:01:49.219 How is that possible? 00:01:50.379 --> 00:01:51.700 Two different responses. 00:01:53.439 --> 00:01:59.539 In John chapter 6, verses 60 through 71, there are two groups of people. 00:02:01.060 --> 00:02:06.060 Both the gospel of John, John says, are disciples of Jesus. 00:02:06.060 --> 00:02:11.300 And they both hear what Jesus has said. 00:02:12.240 --> 00:02:15.199 In John 6, verse 53, Jesus says this, 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:22.599 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. 00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:26.980 If you don't eat my flesh and drink my blood, you have no eternal life. 00:02:26.979 --> 00:02:32.919 So one group of His disciples hear this and say, this is a hard saying. 00:02:34.319 --> 00:02:35.759 Who can listen to it? 00:02:36.679 --> 00:02:41.719 And they turn back and stop walking with Jesus. 00:02:41.719 --> 00:02:49.180 The other group of His disciples hear and say, Lord, to whom shall we go? 00:02:50.259 --> 00:02:53.579 You have the words of eternal life. 00:02:55.240 --> 00:02:59.520 All of these are described as disciples. 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:04.939 But one group says, we can't stomach this. 00:03:05.120 --> 00:03:05.639 We're out. 00:03:05.639 --> 00:03:10.000 And the other group says, we can't get enough of this. 00:03:10.139 --> 00:03:13.939 We're going to eat you up and follow you all of our days. 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:16.159 How do you explain the difference? 00:03:17.679 --> 00:03:21.399 Well, in this passage, Jesus actually explains the difference. 00:03:22.500 --> 00:03:25.799 He explains why there are some disciples, 00:03:26.719 --> 00:03:30.759 disciples who stop walking with Him, 00:03:30.759 --> 00:03:36.099 and why there are other disciples who stick with Him. 00:03:36.599 --> 00:03:41.579 So let me read John chapter 6, 60 through 71. 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:43.599 Hear God's Word. 00:03:45.500 --> 00:03:47.539 When many of His disciples heard it, 00:03:48.399 --> 00:03:50.359 they said, this is a hard saying. 00:03:50.439 --> 00:03:51.259 Who can listen to it? 00:03:52.259 --> 00:03:56.500 But Jesus, knowing in Himself that His disciples were grumbling about this, 00:03:56.599 --> 00:03:59.259 said to them, do you take offense at this? 00:03:59.259 --> 00:04:03.899 Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where He was before? 00:04:05.099 --> 00:04:06.899 It is the Spirit who gives life. 00:04:07.000 --> 00:04:08.439 The flesh is no help at all. 00:04:09.340 --> 00:04:12.120 The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life, 00:04:12.280 --> 00:04:15.120 but there are some of you who do not believe. 00:04:15.659 --> 00:04:17.379 For Jesus knew from the beginning 00:04:17.379 --> 00:04:21.899 who those were who did not believe 00:04:21.899 --> 00:04:24.180 and who it was who would betray Him. 00:04:24.879 --> 00:04:26.959 And Jesus said, this is why I told you 00:04:26.959 --> 00:04:31.180 that no one can come to Me unless it is granted to Him by the Father. 00:04:31.739 --> 00:04:33.599 After this, many of His disciples turned back 00:04:33.599 --> 00:04:35.000 and no longer walked with Him. 00:04:35.959 --> 00:04:37.339 So Jesus said to the twelve, 00:04:38.279 --> 00:04:40.219 do you want to go away as well? 00:04:41.819 --> 00:04:43.120 Simon Peter answered Him, 00:04:43.500 --> 00:04:45.060 Lord, to whom shall we go? 00:04:45.139 --> 00:04:46.719 You have the words of eternal life, 00:04:46.819 --> 00:04:48.919 and we have believed and have come to know 00:04:48.919 --> 00:04:51.500 that you are the Holy One of God. 00:04:51.500 --> 00:04:54.680 Jesus answered them, 00:04:55.120 --> 00:04:56.920 did I not choose you, the twelve? 00:04:58.339 --> 00:04:59.920 And yet one of you is a devil. 00:05:01.060 --> 00:05:04.160 He spoke of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, 00:05:04.220 --> 00:05:05.920 for he, one of the twelve, 00:05:06.420 --> 00:05:08.360 was going to betray Him. 00:05:09.199 --> 00:05:12.160 So we have two groups of disciples 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:14.339 with two very different responses 00:05:14.339 --> 00:05:17.300 all to the same thing they've heard Jesus say. 00:05:17.300 --> 00:05:20.460 So let's look at both groups. 00:05:20.660 --> 00:05:23.819 The first one is the disciples who walk away from Jesus. 00:05:23.939 --> 00:05:25.680 This is in verses 60 through 66. 00:05:26.139 --> 00:05:28.660 Let's call them false positive disciples. 00:05:30.740 --> 00:05:31.860 Look at verse 60. 00:05:34.460 --> 00:05:36.920 When many of His disciples heard it, 00:05:39.139 --> 00:05:43.340 at this time, Jesus has a lot of people following Him. 00:05:43.339 --> 00:05:47.199 Last week, we were looking at a group of people 00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:49.339 who Jesus had fed and filled their stomachs 00:05:49.339 --> 00:05:53.000 at that miracle in which He feeds the 5,000, 00:05:53.099 --> 00:05:54.479 more like 15,000 to 20,000. 00:05:54.979 --> 00:05:56.399 They come looking for Him, 00:05:56.799 --> 00:06:00.519 and then He basically says, 00:06:00.679 --> 00:06:01.659 I'm the bread of life, 00:06:01.939 --> 00:06:03.120 and they're like, we don't want that. 00:06:04.679 --> 00:06:06.719 This group of people, 00:06:07.419 --> 00:06:09.439 here in verse 60, 00:06:09.639 --> 00:06:12.659 is a group of people who've been following Jesus. 00:06:13.339 --> 00:06:14.479 They're not the same group 00:06:14.479 --> 00:06:17.139 who've just had their tummies filled. 00:06:18.060 --> 00:06:19.899 And so it's a different group of people, 00:06:20.099 --> 00:06:23.459 and they have at least somewhere along the way 00:06:23.459 --> 00:06:25.379 committed to following Jesus, 00:06:26.319 --> 00:06:28.060 walking with Him, learning from Him, 00:06:28.199 --> 00:06:29.719 seeing Him do wonderful things. 00:06:31.079 --> 00:06:32.719 And I just want you to notice the word it. 00:06:32.939 --> 00:06:37.019 When many of His disciples heard it contextually, 00:06:37.339 --> 00:06:38.659 that's what He just said, 00:06:38.699 --> 00:06:39.620 has been talking about. 00:06:40.379 --> 00:06:42.899 We can talk about it as what He just said in verse 53. 00:06:43.339 --> 00:06:44.739 Truly, truly, I say to you, 00:06:44.819 --> 00:06:46.759 you need to eat my flesh and drink my blood 00:06:46.759 --> 00:06:47.659 in order to be saved. 00:06:49.819 --> 00:06:50.939 Look at their response. 00:06:51.060 --> 00:06:52.099 This is a hard saying. 00:06:54.779 --> 00:06:55.899 The heart of it, 00:06:56.479 --> 00:07:00.739 the heart is not trying to figure it out. 00:07:01.620 --> 00:07:02.819 It's not that kind of heart. 00:07:03.779 --> 00:07:06.239 The heart of it is it's disgusting. 00:07:07.079 --> 00:07:08.159 It's hard to stomach. 00:07:08.160 --> 00:07:10.580 It's distasteful. 00:07:10.960 --> 00:07:12.220 Who can listen to this? 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:13.060 Do you? 00:07:13.420 --> 00:07:14.320 Did you hear Him? 00:07:15.760 --> 00:07:19.600 Does He actually want us to eat His flesh 00:07:19.600 --> 00:07:20.960 and drink His blood? 00:07:23.640 --> 00:07:27.300 They are taking it as literal cannibalism. 00:07:27.300 --> 00:07:32.819 But what we know is that Jesus has actually called them 00:07:32.819 --> 00:07:36.579 to a very radical dependence on Him by faith. 00:07:36.639 --> 00:07:41.080 This is not a literal eating of Jesus. 00:07:41.319 --> 00:07:45.439 This is a spiritual taking in of Jesus 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:46.840 in a radical dependence. 00:07:47.680 --> 00:07:48.960 But they didn't hear that. 00:07:48.959 --> 00:07:52.799 In verse 61, 00:07:54.399 --> 00:07:55.019 we read, 00:07:55.180 --> 00:07:57.060 but Jesus, knowing in Himself 00:07:57.060 --> 00:08:00.180 that His disciples were grumbling about this, 00:08:00.259 --> 00:08:00.759 said to them, 00:08:00.879 --> 00:08:02.439 do you take offense at this? 00:08:02.979 --> 00:08:05.479 Jesus didn't overhear them like He did last week. 00:08:05.519 --> 00:08:07.299 He overheard last week 00:08:07.299 --> 00:08:08.939 these Jews who were grumbling. 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:11.279 Not according to this verse. 00:08:11.659 --> 00:08:13.079 He knows inside of Himself, 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:15.859 which means He's got this divine knowledge 00:08:15.859 --> 00:08:17.439 of what is going on 00:08:17.439 --> 00:08:19.839 in these quote-unquote disciples. 00:08:22.060 --> 00:08:23.560 And He overhears. 00:08:23.800 --> 00:08:24.519 He knows, 00:08:24.680 --> 00:08:25.360 doesn't overhear, 00:08:25.439 --> 00:08:27.639 He knows that they are grumbling 00:08:27.639 --> 00:08:29.060 over what He said. 00:08:29.180 --> 00:08:29.979 What is grumbling? 00:08:31.299 --> 00:08:33.460 Grumbling is a kind of complaining. 00:08:34.840 --> 00:08:37.379 It's verbalized complaining. 00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:40.299 It's a kind of whining. 00:08:40.299 --> 00:08:43.219 It's a questioning. 00:08:44.759 --> 00:08:47.959 And when it's spoken of in relationship to God, 00:08:48.059 --> 00:08:50.500 you are questioning God. 00:08:52.539 --> 00:08:54.099 And more often than not, 00:08:54.599 --> 00:08:56.659 grumbling leads to gossiping. 00:08:57.559 --> 00:08:59.719 And so you kind of grumble 00:08:59.719 --> 00:09:03.500 to others about someone else. 00:09:05.679 --> 00:09:07.500 This is the second group of people 00:09:07.500 --> 00:09:10.019 who've been grumbling in John 6 alone. 00:09:10.740 --> 00:09:12.359 If you look back at verse 41, 00:09:12.759 --> 00:09:15.279 so the Jews grumbled about Him, Jesus, 00:09:15.439 --> 00:09:16.599 because He said, 00:09:16.699 --> 00:09:18.259 I'm the bread that came down from heaven. 00:09:18.459 --> 00:09:19.159 And they said, 00:09:19.240 --> 00:09:20.479 is not this Jesus, 00:09:20.679 --> 00:09:21.519 the son of Joseph, 00:09:21.719 --> 00:09:23.039 whose father and mother we know? 00:09:23.299 --> 00:09:23.679 They're like, 00:09:23.799 --> 00:09:24.099 hey, 00:09:24.819 --> 00:09:25.699 this is weird. 00:09:26.500 --> 00:09:27.659 Isn't He Joe and Mary's son? 00:09:29.539 --> 00:09:30.819 We know where He's from. 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:33.479 Why should we believe this? 00:09:33.500 --> 00:09:34.199 This is weird. 00:09:34.200 --> 00:09:39.320 What's interesting about all this grumbling in John 6 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:41.920 and Jesus claiming to be the bread of life 00:09:41.920 --> 00:09:45.440 is that it parallels Exodus 16, 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:48.520 where Israel has been brought out, 00:09:48.640 --> 00:09:49.840 delivered from Egypt by God. 00:09:50.100 --> 00:09:51.480 He brings them out into the wilderness 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:52.960 and they start grumbling 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:55.220 because they don't have food to eat. 00:09:55.420 --> 00:09:58.120 They want to go back to their meat pots in Egypt. 00:09:58.120 --> 00:10:02.240 And that's where God miraculously provides manna 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:02.840 in the wilderness. 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:09.100 Jesus has just claimed to be the bread of life. 00:10:10.200 --> 00:10:12.600 This is Jesus' way of saying, 00:10:12.799 --> 00:10:15.519 I am the new and better manna. 00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:19.199 Not this flaky honey kind of stuff 00:10:19.199 --> 00:10:20.659 you find on the ground every morning. 00:10:21.679 --> 00:10:23.620 I'm the manna that came in the flesh. 00:10:26.059 --> 00:10:28.740 And Jesus asks them a question in verse 61. 00:10:28.899 --> 00:10:29.960 Jesus doesn't let up. 00:10:31.740 --> 00:10:32.559 In verse 61, 00:10:32.740 --> 00:10:33.919 He asks them, 00:10:34.919 --> 00:10:36.779 do you take offense at this? 00:10:40.379 --> 00:10:41.559 That word offense 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:45.500 comes from a word in the original language. 00:10:45.519 --> 00:10:47.960 that we get the word scandal from. 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:50.659 Just imagine Jesus. 00:10:51.659 --> 00:10:52.879 Do you find this scandalous, 00:10:53.019 --> 00:10:53.559 what I've just said? 00:10:55.199 --> 00:10:57.079 Look what He then says in verse 62. 00:10:59.600 --> 00:11:00.939 Then what if you were to see 00:11:00.939 --> 00:11:01.939 the Son of Man ascending 00:11:01.939 --> 00:11:03.259 to where He was before? 00:11:03.860 --> 00:11:04.919 Here's what Jesus is saying. 00:11:05.740 --> 00:11:07.539 If you find my words 00:11:07.539 --> 00:11:08.659 about eating my flesh 00:11:08.659 --> 00:11:10.240 and drinking my blood scandalous, 00:11:11.779 --> 00:11:14.340 wait till you see me ascend 00:11:14.340 --> 00:11:17.379 to the glory I had before with my Father. 00:11:18.580 --> 00:11:20.160 Now when you hear the word ascend, 00:11:20.259 --> 00:11:21.480 because I know you're all 00:11:21.480 --> 00:11:23.019 theologically astute, 00:11:23.399 --> 00:11:25.019 have solid Christologies, 00:11:25.160 --> 00:11:25.399 you're like, 00:11:25.460 --> 00:11:26.259 I hear ascend 00:11:26.259 --> 00:11:28.100 and I think His ascension. 00:11:28.980 --> 00:11:29.800 Christ's death, 00:11:30.160 --> 00:11:30.980 His resurrection, 00:11:31.519 --> 00:11:32.240 40 days later, 00:11:32.300 --> 00:11:33.200 He ascends. 00:11:33.620 --> 00:11:34.780 This is Acts 111. 00:11:34.779 --> 00:11:36.500 But that's not the ascension 00:11:36.500 --> 00:11:38.039 that John is talking about here. 00:11:39.220 --> 00:11:40.799 In the Gospel of John, 00:11:42.179 --> 00:11:44.659 John emphasizes something about Jesus. 00:11:45.559 --> 00:11:46.439 He talks about, 00:11:46.699 --> 00:11:47.259 over and over again, 00:11:47.319 --> 00:11:49.279 about Jesus being lifted up. 00:11:50.740 --> 00:11:51.799 That it will be 00:11:51.799 --> 00:11:53.659 the hour of His glory. 00:11:55.600 --> 00:11:57.740 What he's actually referring to 00:11:57.740 --> 00:12:00.759 is being lifted up, 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:03.220 ascending on the cross, 00:12:04.299 --> 00:12:08.100 and He will return to the glory 00:12:08.100 --> 00:12:10.200 that He had before with His Father 00:12:10.200 --> 00:12:12.200 at the cross. 00:12:14.120 --> 00:12:15.700 So Jesus is like saying, 00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:19.019 if you think me saying something 00:12:19.019 --> 00:12:20.340 about eating my flesh 00:12:20.340 --> 00:12:21.159 and drinking my blood 00:12:21.159 --> 00:12:21.860 is scandalous, 00:12:22.860 --> 00:12:24.379 wait till you see 00:12:24.379 --> 00:12:25.799 the Holy One of God 00:12:25.799 --> 00:12:27.620 hanging from a cross. 00:12:28.820 --> 00:12:29.799 That's scandalous. 00:12:30.919 --> 00:12:32.159 And that's exactly 00:12:32.159 --> 00:12:33.100 what a Jew would think. 00:12:33.639 --> 00:12:34.419 The Messiah 00:12:34.419 --> 00:12:37.220 nailed to a cross? 00:12:38.480 --> 00:12:39.779 Oh, the shame of it. 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:42.720 It would have been disgusting 00:12:42.720 --> 00:12:43.899 to their ears. 00:12:44.500 --> 00:12:45.759 The promised one, 00:12:45.860 --> 00:12:47.320 the King of Kings 00:12:47.320 --> 00:12:48.559 hanging from a cross? 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:52.639 The promised one, 00:12:54.379 --> 00:12:59.259 in 1 Corinthians 1, 00:12:59.439 --> 00:13:00.439 18-25, 00:13:01.439 --> 00:13:02.240 the Apostle Paul 00:13:02.240 --> 00:13:04.679 gets at this scandal. 00:13:05.720 --> 00:13:06.700 Listen to what he says. 00:13:07.700 --> 00:13:09.299 For the word of the cross 00:13:09.299 --> 00:13:11.360 is folly 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:13.240 to those who are perishing, 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:15.220 but to us who are being saved, 00:13:15.299 --> 00:13:16.519 it is the power of God. 00:13:17.259 --> 00:13:18.000 For it is written, 00:13:18.139 --> 00:13:18.980 I will destroy the wisdom 00:13:18.980 --> 00:13:19.639 of the wise 00:13:19.639 --> 00:13:20.399 and the discernment 00:13:20.399 --> 00:13:21.080 of the discerning 00:13:21.080 --> 00:13:21.679 I will thwart. 00:13:21.679 --> 00:13:24.239 Where is the one 00:13:24.239 --> 00:13:24.919 who is wise? 00:13:25.059 --> 00:13:26.059 Where is the scribe? 00:13:26.479 --> 00:13:27.459 Where is the debater 00:13:27.459 --> 00:13:28.659 of this age? 00:13:28.739 --> 00:13:29.759 Has not God made foolish 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:30.679 the wisdom of the world? 00:13:31.039 --> 00:13:31.639 For since, 00:13:31.739 --> 00:13:32.579 in the wisdom of God, 00:13:32.639 --> 00:13:33.859 the world did not know God 00:13:33.859 --> 00:13:34.599 through wisdom. 00:13:34.759 --> 00:13:35.579 It pleased God 00:13:35.579 --> 00:13:36.459 through the folly 00:13:36.459 --> 00:13:38.000 of what we preach 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:40.139 to save those who believe. 00:13:40.239 --> 00:13:41.679 For Jews demand signs 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:43.919 and Greeks seek wisdom, 00:13:43.919 --> 00:13:44.939 but we preach 00:13:44.939 --> 00:13:46.359 Christ crucified, 00:13:47.479 --> 00:13:48.579 a stumbling block 00:13:48.579 --> 00:13:49.299 to Jews. 00:13:49.299 --> 00:13:51.139 scandalous. 00:13:54.479 --> 00:13:55.839 In folly to Gentiles, 00:13:55.919 --> 00:13:57.019 but to those who are called, 00:13:57.099 --> 00:13:58.279 both Jews and Greeks, 00:13:58.719 --> 00:14:00.019 Christ the power of God 00:14:00.019 --> 00:14:01.000 and the wisdom of God. 00:14:01.219 --> 00:14:02.500 For the foolishness of God 00:14:02.500 --> 00:14:03.500 is wiser than men 00:14:03.500 --> 00:14:04.819 and the weakness of God 00:14:04.819 --> 00:14:07.319 is stronger than man. 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:09.359 So this scandal 00:14:09.359 --> 00:14:10.699 of the cross, 00:14:11.740 --> 00:14:13.919 do you take offense 00:14:13.919 --> 00:14:14.500 at what I'm saying? 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:14.979 It's like, 00:14:15.139 --> 00:14:16.279 wait till you see me 00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:18.019 hanging from the cross. 00:14:19.299 --> 00:14:22.299 Here's what this means. 00:14:24.279 --> 00:14:25.559 When we proclaim Jesus 00:14:25.559 --> 00:14:26.139 to people 00:14:26.139 --> 00:14:29.199 who's been crucified 00:14:29.199 --> 00:14:29.939 on the cross 00:14:29.939 --> 00:14:30.759 for our sins, 00:14:31.019 --> 00:14:32.339 people are going to hear 00:14:32.339 --> 00:14:33.419 one of two things. 00:14:33.959 --> 00:14:35.479 They will hear either 00:14:35.479 --> 00:14:36.799 scandal, 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:37.939 disgusting, 00:14:38.439 --> 00:14:39.139 why would God 00:14:39.139 --> 00:14:39.979 ever do that? 00:14:39.979 --> 00:14:40.939 I don't need that. 00:14:41.339 --> 00:14:42.599 Or salvation. 00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:42.720 salvation. 00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:45.600 This is music 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:46.620 to my soul. 00:14:49.519 --> 00:14:50.639 In verse 63, 00:14:50.980 --> 00:14:51.500 we read, 00:14:51.940 --> 00:14:52.580 it is the spirit 00:14:52.580 --> 00:14:53.300 who gives life. 00:14:53.379 --> 00:14:54.159 This is Jesus speaking. 00:14:54.259 --> 00:14:54.820 It is the spirit 00:14:54.820 --> 00:14:55.460 who gives life. 00:14:55.540 --> 00:14:57.800 The flesh is no help 00:14:57.800 --> 00:14:58.480 at all. 00:14:59.040 --> 00:15:00.019 The words that I've spoken 00:15:00.019 --> 00:15:00.700 to you are spirit 00:15:00.700 --> 00:15:01.180 and life. 00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:02.180 Remember John 3, 00:15:02.340 --> 00:15:03.540 Jesus with Nicodemus. 00:15:04.440 --> 00:15:05.180 Jesus is trying 00:15:05.180 --> 00:15:06.120 to make this case. 00:15:06.440 --> 00:15:06.980 The spirit, 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:07.899 it's the spirit 00:15:07.899 --> 00:15:08.820 who gives life. 00:15:09.080 --> 00:15:10.100 It is the spirit 00:15:10.100 --> 00:15:11.100 who gives rebirth. 00:15:11.100 --> 00:15:12.480 It is the spirit 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:13.600 who initiates 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:15.840 something in a dead sinner 00:15:15.840 --> 00:15:17.259 that enables them 00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:17.860 to believe 00:15:17.860 --> 00:15:18.980 to be born again. 00:15:21.060 --> 00:15:22.060 Here's what the spirit 00:15:22.060 --> 00:15:22.659 of God does. 00:15:22.920 --> 00:15:24.040 When we're preaching Christ, 00:15:24.159 --> 00:15:24.779 here's what the spirit 00:15:24.779 --> 00:15:25.600 of God is doing. 00:15:26.180 --> 00:15:26.860 The spirit of God 00:15:26.860 --> 00:15:29.139 tunes the heart 00:15:29.139 --> 00:15:30.680 of a sinner 00:15:30.680 --> 00:15:33.300 to the words of life. 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:38.519 Jesus has been 00:15:38.519 --> 00:15:39.480 talking about this. 00:15:39.480 --> 00:15:41.480 That's what he's getting 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:42.620 at in verse 37. 00:15:42.800 --> 00:15:43.440 All that the Father 00:15:43.440 --> 00:15:44.720 gives me will come to me. 00:15:45.539 --> 00:15:46.580 And whoever comes to me, 00:15:46.779 --> 00:15:47.940 I will never cast out. 00:15:48.019 --> 00:15:48.700 That's what he means 00:15:48.700 --> 00:15:49.500 in verse 44. 00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:51.420 No one can come to me 00:15:51.420 --> 00:15:52.120 unless the Father 00:15:52.120 --> 00:15:54.080 who sent me draws him. 00:15:54.659 --> 00:15:55.779 That's what he's getting at 00:15:55.779 --> 00:15:57.560 here in verse 65. 00:15:58.080 --> 00:15:59.480 This is why I told you 00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:01.680 that no one can come to me 00:16:01.680 --> 00:16:03.019 unless it is granted 00:16:03.019 --> 00:16:04.259 by the Father. 00:16:04.259 --> 00:16:07.259 grumbling, 00:16:08.580 --> 00:16:09.100 questioning, 00:16:10.100 --> 00:16:11.240 taking offense 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:12.299 at Jesus, 00:16:12.539 --> 00:16:13.840 finding him scandalous, 00:16:14.319 --> 00:16:15.899 reveals that someone 00:16:15.899 --> 00:16:17.919 has not truly 00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:19.419 believed in Jesus. 00:16:20.299 --> 00:16:20.919 Do you remember back 00:16:20.919 --> 00:16:22.500 in the year 2020, 00:16:22.659 --> 00:16:23.220 2021? 00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:24.980 There was something 00:16:24.980 --> 00:16:26.019 that swept the nation. 00:16:27.460 --> 00:16:28.639 Maybe you don't remember. 00:16:29.460 --> 00:16:30.360 COVID-19. 00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:30.460 I mean, 00:16:31.340 --> 00:16:33.060 anybody tested? 00:16:34.580 --> 00:16:35.360 I was... 00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:38.000 There was a percentage 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:38.419 of people 00:16:38.419 --> 00:16:39.080 that were tested, 00:16:39.180 --> 00:16:39.399 though, 00:16:39.620 --> 00:16:42.139 who were false positives, 00:16:42.460 --> 00:16:43.700 which means this. 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:44.759 They would go 00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:45.480 to the hospital, 00:16:45.600 --> 00:16:46.340 they would get tested 00:16:46.340 --> 00:16:47.019 for COVID, 00:16:47.379 --> 00:16:48.720 it would show up positive, 00:16:48.940 --> 00:16:50.399 but they're actually 00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:52.259 not carrying the virus. 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:53.560 They're fine. 00:16:53.559 --> 00:16:57.199 What we're talking 00:16:57.199 --> 00:16:57.679 about here 00:16:57.679 --> 00:16:58.959 is false positive 00:16:58.959 --> 00:17:00.059 Christians, 00:17:00.899 --> 00:17:01.759 false positive 00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:02.299 disciples. 00:17:03.299 --> 00:17:04.119 Those who've seen 00:17:04.119 --> 00:17:05.179 Jesus would even say 00:17:05.179 --> 00:17:05.879 that they're followers 00:17:05.879 --> 00:17:06.539 of Jesus, 00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:08.539 but they haven't been 00:17:08.539 --> 00:17:10.259 genuinely drawn 00:17:10.259 --> 00:17:11.599 to Jesus. 00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:13.079 They haven't been 00:17:13.079 --> 00:17:13.919 granted by God 00:17:13.919 --> 00:17:14.399 the Father 00:17:14.399 --> 00:17:15.440 to come to Jesus. 00:17:15.740 --> 00:17:18.019 They will eventually 00:17:18.019 --> 00:17:19.139 be exposed. 00:17:21.139 --> 00:17:22.399 So what we're seeing 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:23.560 here in this first 00:17:23.560 --> 00:17:25.500 group who take 00:17:25.500 --> 00:17:27.940 offense is a 00:17:27.940 --> 00:17:28.800 false positive 00:17:28.800 --> 00:17:29.360 disciple. 00:17:35.120 --> 00:17:35.880 Christians, 00:17:36.220 --> 00:17:37.120 so-called Christians 00:17:37.120 --> 00:17:38.280 who at one point 00:17:38.280 --> 00:17:40.800 start following 00:17:40.800 --> 00:17:41.400 Jesus, 00:17:41.900 --> 00:17:43.500 and then they 00:17:43.500 --> 00:17:45.140 become disenchanted, 00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:47.519 and they turn 00:17:47.519 --> 00:17:48.720 back and stop 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:49.700 walking with Jesus, 00:17:49.920 --> 00:17:51.000 verse 66. 00:17:51.000 --> 00:17:52.579 these people 00:17:52.579 --> 00:17:53.220 have not 00:17:53.220 --> 00:17:54.700 received Jesus. 00:17:56.779 --> 00:17:57.940 And you can tell 00:17:57.940 --> 00:17:59.579 by the way 00:17:59.579 --> 00:17:59.900 that they're 00:17:59.900 --> 00:18:00.619 receiving these 00:18:00.619 --> 00:18:01.880 words about 00:18:01.880 --> 00:18:02.700 Jesus himself. 00:18:03.380 --> 00:18:03.660 Now, 00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:05.099 in our day, 00:18:05.359 --> 00:18:06.240 in our culture, 00:18:07.099 --> 00:18:08.119 this happens 00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:08.700 on a regular 00:18:08.700 --> 00:18:09.220 basis. 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:12.880 People don't 00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:13.799 take offense 00:18:13.799 --> 00:18:14.779 today 00:18:14.779 --> 00:18:15.900 at saying 00:18:15.900 --> 00:18:16.759 eat Jesus' 00:18:16.940 --> 00:18:17.180 flesh 00:18:17.180 --> 00:18:17.640 and drink 00:18:17.640 --> 00:18:18.140 his blood. 00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:18.680 They just think 00:18:18.680 --> 00:18:19.640 that's nonsense. 00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:19.880 offense. 00:18:20.980 --> 00:18:21.720 But when you 00:18:21.720 --> 00:18:22.280 say something 00:18:22.280 --> 00:18:23.080 like this, 00:18:23.520 --> 00:18:23.840 did you know 00:18:23.840 --> 00:18:24.200 that Jesus 00:18:24.200 --> 00:18:24.960 said, 00:18:25.060 --> 00:18:25.360 I am the way, 00:18:25.400 --> 00:18:25.640 the truth, 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:25.960 and life? 00:18:26.080 --> 00:18:26.580 No one comes 00:18:26.580 --> 00:18:26.960 to the Father 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:27.440 but through me? 00:18:28.040 --> 00:18:28.800 Did you know 00:18:28.800 --> 00:18:29.600 that Jesus 00:18:29.600 --> 00:18:30.840 is denying 00:18:30.840 --> 00:18:31.800 any other 00:18:31.800 --> 00:18:32.720 human philosophy 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:33.440 or religion 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:34.500 as a means 00:18:34.500 --> 00:18:35.660 of being saved 00:18:35.660 --> 00:18:36.440 and going to 00:18:36.440 --> 00:18:36.560 heaven? 00:18:36.620 --> 00:18:36.980 Did you know 00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:37.240 that? 00:18:38.080 --> 00:18:38.920 Did you know 00:18:38.920 --> 00:18:39.880 that when Jesus 00:18:39.880 --> 00:18:40.240 says, 00:18:40.420 --> 00:18:42.860 I'm the way, 00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:43.140 the truth, 00:18:43.180 --> 00:18:43.440 and life, 00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:43.860 no one comes 00:18:43.860 --> 00:18:44.240 to the Father 00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:44.900 but through me, 00:18:44.900 --> 00:18:45.940 that he is 00:18:45.940 --> 00:18:46.560 making an 00:18:46.560 --> 00:18:47.980 exclusive claim 00:18:47.980 --> 00:18:48.799 to salvation. 00:18:50.079 --> 00:18:50.460 Do you know 00:18:50.460 --> 00:18:50.779 what? 00:18:50.980 --> 00:18:51.480 People will 00:18:51.480 --> 00:18:51.880 be offended 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:52.460 by that. 00:18:53.299 --> 00:18:53.680 You can do 00:18:53.680 --> 00:18:54.200 an experiment. 00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:55.579 This week at 00:18:55.579 --> 00:18:56.259 work say that. 00:18:58.680 --> 00:18:59.500 People find 00:18:59.500 --> 00:19:00.440 that incredibly 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:01.279 offensive in a 00:19:01.279 --> 00:19:02.620 pluralistic society 00:19:02.620 --> 00:19:03.519 that we live in 00:19:03.519 --> 00:19:04.599 where everybody 00:19:04.599 --> 00:19:05.279 wants to have 00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:05.819 kind of like, 00:19:06.360 --> 00:19:07.039 you know, 00:19:07.079 --> 00:19:07.360 we're all 00:19:07.360 --> 00:19:07.900 worshiping the 00:19:07.900 --> 00:19:08.420 same God. 00:19:08.860 --> 00:19:09.500 Jesus does 00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:10.140 not allow 00:19:10.140 --> 00:19:10.559 that. 00:19:14.319 --> 00:19:15.460 And his 00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:16.259 substitutionary 00:19:16.259 --> 00:19:16.660 death 00:19:16.660 --> 00:19:18.540 matters. 00:19:21.320 --> 00:19:22.000 So these 00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:23.040 false positive 00:19:23.040 --> 00:19:23.779 disciples, 00:19:24.040 --> 00:19:24.800 they eventually 00:19:24.800 --> 00:19:25.820 turn back from 00:19:25.820 --> 00:19:26.840 following Jesus 00:19:26.840 --> 00:19:28.060 verse 66. 00:19:29.080 --> 00:19:29.920 They stop 00:19:29.920 --> 00:19:30.600 walking with 00:19:30.600 --> 00:19:31.080 Jesus. 00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:32.200 And what's 00:19:32.200 --> 00:19:32.800 important here, 00:19:32.880 --> 00:19:33.580 this isn't some 00:19:33.580 --> 00:19:34.460 kind of doubting. 00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:36.740 This is like, 00:19:36.860 --> 00:19:37.320 I'm done. 00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:40.140 This is not a 00:19:40.140 --> 00:19:41.060 temporary thing, 00:19:41.380 --> 00:19:41.840 a temporary 00:19:41.840 --> 00:19:42.720 crisis of faith 00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:43.279 and then you 00:19:43.279 --> 00:19:43.700 return. 00:19:44.060 --> 00:19:44.160 No, 00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:44.779 this is, 00:19:45.140 --> 00:19:46.460 I'm done. 00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:47.539 I'm disgusted 00:19:47.539 --> 00:19:48.480 by this. 00:19:49.259 --> 00:19:49.940 I don't want to 00:19:49.940 --> 00:19:50.620 be known with 00:19:50.620 --> 00:19:50.880 him. 00:19:52.420 --> 00:19:53.120 That's what's 00:19:53.120 --> 00:19:53.720 going on here. 00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:55.700 That's a false 00:19:55.700 --> 00:19:57.180 positive disciple. 00:19:57.880 --> 00:19:58.960 They will not 00:19:58.960 --> 00:19:59.860 stick with Jesus 00:19:59.860 --> 00:20:00.539 all the way to 00:20:00.539 --> 00:20:00.960 the end. 00:20:01.620 --> 00:20:02.660 They turn from 00:20:02.660 --> 00:20:03.360 walking with him. 00:20:03.620 --> 00:20:04.200 So now let's 00:20:04.200 --> 00:20:05.380 turn and pivot to 00:20:05.380 --> 00:20:06.160 true positive 00:20:06.160 --> 00:20:06.660 disciples, 00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:08.400 the disciples who 00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:09.200 stick with Jesus 00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:09.799 all the way to 00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:10.120 the end. 00:20:10.200 --> 00:20:10.660 This is verses 00:20:10.660 --> 00:20:12.759 67 through 71. 00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:13.600 We just saw in 00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:14.399 verse 66. 00:20:15.919 --> 00:20:16.799 There are many 00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:18.000 so-called disciples 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:18.839 who will turn 00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:19.980 from walking 00:20:19.980 --> 00:20:20.579 with Jesus. 00:20:20.740 --> 00:20:21.279 They'll say that 00:20:21.279 --> 00:20:21.859 they're done. 00:20:22.439 --> 00:20:23.139 Maybe you know 00:20:23.139 --> 00:20:23.500 some. 00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:26.919 But in verse 67, 00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:28.459 look what Jesus 00:20:28.459 --> 00:20:28.939 does. 00:20:31.359 --> 00:20:32.719 He doesn't like, 00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:32.859 oh, 00:20:32.919 --> 00:20:33.679 please don't go. 00:20:36.399 --> 00:20:37.299 Verse 66, 00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:38.279 he turns to the 00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:38.619 12. 00:20:39.079 --> 00:20:39.519 Do you want to 00:20:39.519 --> 00:20:39.859 go too? 00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:41.699 Do you want to 00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:42.259 go away as 00:20:42.259 --> 00:20:42.519 well? 00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:46.559 Jesus turns to 00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:47.160 his 12, 00:20:47.299 --> 00:20:48.519 the OG 00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:49.640 disciples, 00:20:50.279 --> 00:20:50.500 right? 00:20:52.120 --> 00:20:52.740 Peter and the 00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.019 gang. 00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:55.340 Do you guys 00:20:55.340 --> 00:20:55.960 want to go 00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:57.299 join the other 00:20:57.299 --> 00:20:58.160 false positives? 00:21:01.140 --> 00:21:01.720 Here's what I 00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:02.640 think is going 00:21:02.640 --> 00:21:02.940 on here. 00:21:02.980 --> 00:21:03.440 I think this is 00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:03.880 a test. 00:21:06.759 --> 00:21:07.539 It's like Jesus 00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:07.960 is saying, 00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:08.920 hey guys, 00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:11.600 I'm not 00:21:11.600 --> 00:21:12.019 holding you 00:21:12.019 --> 00:21:12.519 here against 00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:12.940 your will. 00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:16.120 You're free 00:21:16.120 --> 00:21:16.539 to go. 00:21:18.380 --> 00:21:18.960 You're free 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:19.360 to go with 00:21:19.360 --> 00:21:19.580 the other 00:21:19.580 --> 00:21:20.259 false positives. 00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.100 You go 00:21:21.100 --> 00:21:21.420 ahead. 00:21:24.560 --> 00:21:25.300 Jesus already 00:21:25.300 --> 00:21:27.860 knew how 00:21:27.860 --> 00:21:28.480 these 12, 00:21:28.580 --> 00:21:29.259 at least 11 00:21:29.259 --> 00:21:29.800 of the 12 00:21:29.800 --> 00:21:30.420 would answer. 00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:32.279 Because if he 00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:32.940 already knew 00:21:32.940 --> 00:21:33.380 who would 00:21:33.380 --> 00:21:34.000 not believe, 00:21:34.080 --> 00:21:34.480 it makes 00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:35.120 sense that he 00:21:35.120 --> 00:21:35.620 would already 00:21:35.620 --> 00:21:36.100 know who 00:21:36.100 --> 00:21:36.759 would believe, 00:21:36.759 --> 00:21:38.099 even if one 00:21:38.099 --> 00:21:38.339 of them 00:21:38.339 --> 00:21:38.839 would betray 00:21:38.839 --> 00:21:39.119 them. 00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:41.879 It's like 00:21:41.879 --> 00:21:42.839 Jesus right 00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:43.299 here, he's 00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:44.140 like anteing 00:21:44.140 --> 00:21:45.500 up with his 00:21:45.500 --> 00:21:45.960 disciples. 00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:47.359 He's like, 00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:47.799 are you guys 00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:48.079 in? 00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:50.879 Are you 00:21:50.879 --> 00:21:51.379 all in? 00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:55.539 And if 00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:55.859 you're not 00:21:55.859 --> 00:21:56.299 all in, 00:21:57.299 --> 00:21:58.379 you can go 00:21:58.379 --> 00:21:58.700 with him. 00:22:00.299 --> 00:22:00.839 In verse 00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:01.359 68, 00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:03.299 Peter, 00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:03.980 the spokesman 00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:04.579 of the 12, 00:22:05.299 --> 00:22:06.240 answers Jesus' 00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:06.900 question. 00:22:07.099 --> 00:22:07.299 And with 00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:07.539 the help 00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:07.920 of D.A. 00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:08.279 Carson, 00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:10.380 he answers 00:22:10.380 --> 00:22:10.940 in two 00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:11.500 sections. 00:22:14.620 --> 00:22:15.059 Lord, 00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:18.980 to whom 00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:19.380 shall we 00:22:19.380 --> 00:22:19.599 go? 00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:20.120 You have 00:22:20.120 --> 00:22:20.700 the words 00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:21.400 of eternal 00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:21.839 life. 00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:23.140 Do you 00:22:23.140 --> 00:22:23.500 know what 00:22:23.500 --> 00:22:24.559 Peter's saying 00:22:24.559 --> 00:22:24.920 right there? 00:22:26.740 --> 00:22:27.359 Who else 00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:27.559 are we going 00:22:27.559 --> 00:22:27.900 to go to? 00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:29.880 You're it. 00:22:31.120 --> 00:22:32.120 You are 00:22:32.120 --> 00:22:33.359 the exclusive 00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:34.720 Savior of 00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.140 the world. 00:22:35.140 --> 00:22:36.480 you are 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:36.820 the one 00:22:36.820 --> 00:22:37.220 and only. 00:22:38.080 --> 00:22:38.660 You are 00:22:38.660 --> 00:22:39.060 it. 00:22:40.259 --> 00:22:40.700 Lord, 00:22:40.860 --> 00:22:41.220 who else 00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:41.380 are we 00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:41.520 going to 00:22:41.520 --> 00:22:41.740 go? 00:22:41.840 --> 00:22:42.280 You have 00:22:42.280 --> 00:22:42.800 the words 00:22:42.800 --> 00:22:43.460 of eternal 00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:44.000 life. 00:22:45.340 --> 00:22:45.940 You are 00:22:45.940 --> 00:22:46.940 the source 00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:47.980 of eternal 00:22:47.980 --> 00:22:48.440 life. 00:22:48.840 --> 00:22:49.100 You are 00:22:49.100 --> 00:22:49.600 the bread 00:22:49.600 --> 00:22:50.080 of life. 00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:50.460 You're the 00:22:50.460 --> 00:22:51.060 resurrection 00:22:51.060 --> 00:22:52.580 in the life. 00:22:52.860 --> 00:22:53.180 You are 00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:53.440 the way, 00:22:53.520 --> 00:22:54.040 the truth, 00:22:54.140 --> 00:22:54.920 and the life. 00:22:55.540 --> 00:22:56.040 You are 00:22:56.040 --> 00:22:56.360 the good 00:22:56.360 --> 00:22:56.920 shepherd who 00:22:56.920 --> 00:22:57.240 laid his 00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:57.740 life down 00:22:57.740 --> 00:22:58.060 for the 00:22:58.060 --> 00:22:58.400 flock. 00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.020 You are 00:22:59.020 --> 00:22:59.680 the gate 00:22:59.680 --> 00:23:00.600 into the 00:23:00.600 --> 00:23:01.480 sheepfold. 00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:03.180 you are 00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:03.680 it. 00:23:06.620 --> 00:23:07.140 Did you 00:23:07.140 --> 00:23:07.700 notice that 00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.700 Peter starts 00:23:08.700 --> 00:23:09.319 with Lord? 00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:12.160 Lord. 00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.360 I don't 00:23:13.360 --> 00:23:13.740 know how he 00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:14.039 said it. 00:23:14.120 --> 00:23:14.500 I'd love 00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:14.680 to. 00:23:15.360 --> 00:23:15.920 Lord, 00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:18.640 Master, 00:23:20.640 --> 00:23:23.180 we know 00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:23.579 who you 00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:23.960 are. 00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.220 We're 00:23:27.220 --> 00:23:27.880 not going 00:23:27.880 --> 00:23:28.759 with them 00:23:28.759 --> 00:23:30.879 because we 00:23:30.879 --> 00:23:31.400 know you, 00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:33.660 Master. 00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:36.019 There is 00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.640 no other. 00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:39.099 You are 00:23:39.099 --> 00:23:39.379 the way, 00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:39.819 the truth, 00:23:39.859 --> 00:23:40.279 and life. 00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:41.400 No one 00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:41.779 can come 00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:42.039 to the 00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:42.240 Father 00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:42.640 but through 00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:42.879 you. 00:23:44.519 --> 00:23:44.859 And in 00:23:44.859 --> 00:23:45.460 verse 69, 00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:46.400 he says, 00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:48.940 we have 00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:49.500 believed 00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:51.379 and we've 00:23:51.379 --> 00:23:51.740 come to 00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:52.220 know that 00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:52.559 you are 00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:52.980 the Holy 00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.359 One of 00:23:53.359 --> 00:23:53.599 God. 00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:54.519 There seems 00:23:54.519 --> 00:23:54.920 just to be 00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:55.240 a little 00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.819 click up 00:23:55.819 --> 00:23:56.720 between we 00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.200 have believed 00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:57.519 and have 00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:57.879 come to 00:23:57.879 --> 00:23:58.079 know. 00:23:58.079 --> 00:23:58.740 It's 00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.179 moving from 00:23:59.179 --> 00:23:59.879 saying this 00:23:59.879 --> 00:24:00.759 is true 00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:03.480 and yes, 00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.139 I agree 00:24:04.139 --> 00:24:05.859 to being 00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:06.659 I am 00:24:06.659 --> 00:24:06.980 utterly 00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.500 convinced. 00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:09.759 This is 00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.299 not just 00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:10.859 a belief 00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:11.460 that we 00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:11.980 associate 00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.419 with 00:24:12.419 --> 00:24:13.079 like 00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:14.779 intellectual 00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.339 assent 00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:15.879 or agreement. 00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:17.899 This is 00:24:17.899 --> 00:24:18.199 a kind 00:24:18.199 --> 00:24:18.799 of belief 00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:20.319 that results 00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:21.659 in conviction 00:24:21.659 --> 00:24:23.980 that, 00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:24.199 yeah, 00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:24.579 man, 00:24:24.720 --> 00:24:25.799 I'm all 00:24:25.799 --> 00:24:26.199 in, 00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:27.720 unwavering. 00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:29.139 uncompromising, 00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:30.460 unyielding. 00:24:31.519 --> 00:24:32.159 So let 00:24:32.159 --> 00:24:32.559 me ask 00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:32.779 you, 00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:35.240 have you 00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:35.539 come to 00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:36.000 believe that? 00:24:38.159 --> 00:24:38.859 Have you 00:24:38.859 --> 00:24:39.179 become 00:24:39.179 --> 00:24:39.679 convinced 00:24:39.679 --> 00:24:40.339 that Jesus 00:24:40.339 --> 00:24:41.159 of Nazareth 00:24:41.159 --> 00:24:41.740 is the 00:24:41.740 --> 00:24:42.359 Holy One 00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:42.859 of God, 00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.879 that salvation 00:24:43.879 --> 00:24:44.579 is found 00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:45.899 in no one 00:24:45.899 --> 00:24:46.500 else, 00:24:46.619 --> 00:24:47.199 that He 00:24:47.199 --> 00:24:48.119 alone has 00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:48.599 the words 00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:49.019 of eternal 00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:49.720 life because 00:24:49.720 --> 00:24:50.500 He's totally 00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:50.899 God and 00:24:50.899 --> 00:24:51.460 totally man 00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:51.799 who died 00:24:51.799 --> 00:24:52.359 on the cross 00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:53.500 and in that 00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.000 is the 00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:54.659 fountain of 00:24:54.659 --> 00:24:55.379 eternal life. 00:24:55.380 --> 00:24:55.860 have you 00:24:55.860 --> 00:24:56.120 come to 00:24:56.120 --> 00:24:56.360 believe 00:24:56.360 --> 00:24:56.640 that? 00:24:58.100 --> 00:24:59.080 Are you 00:24:59.080 --> 00:24:59.440 convinced 00:24:59.440 --> 00:24:59.820 of that? 00:25:00.080 --> 00:25:00.400 Are you 00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:00.760 ready to 00:25:00.760 --> 00:25:01.120 stand your 00:25:01.120 --> 00:25:01.560 ground on 00:25:01.560 --> 00:25:01.800 that? 00:25:03.560 --> 00:25:04.040 Unwavering, 00:25:04.840 --> 00:25:05.760 uncompromising, 00:25:06.340 --> 00:25:07.080 unyielding, 00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:09.260 a full 00:25:09.260 --> 00:25:10.540 commitment 00:25:10.540 --> 00:25:11.400 to an 00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:11.980 exclusive 00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:13.020 claim 00:25:13.020 --> 00:25:13.820 of 00:25:13.820 --> 00:25:15.000 Jesus. 00:25:17.360 --> 00:25:17.880 Now, 00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:19.700 what do you 00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:20.260 think Jesus 00:25:20.260 --> 00:25:21.260 would do 00:25:21.260 --> 00:25:22.120 upon 00:25:22.120 --> 00:25:23.040 Peter's 00:25:23.040 --> 00:25:23.400 confession? 00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:23.740 Here's 00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:23.960 what I 00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:24.140 would have 00:25:24.140 --> 00:25:24.320 done. 00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:24.960 I'm like, 00:25:25.060 --> 00:25:25.220 Peter, 00:25:25.300 --> 00:25:25.560 that's 00:25:25.560 --> 00:25:26.000 awesome. 00:25:26.580 --> 00:25:27.080 High five. 00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:27.640 Ooh, 00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:28.360 ah, 00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:29.480 yes. 00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:32.160 One of 00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:32.540 those. 00:25:36.340 --> 00:25:36.880 That's not 00:25:36.880 --> 00:25:37.160 what Jesus 00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:37.519 does. 00:25:39.100 --> 00:25:39.620 Look what 00:25:39.620 --> 00:25:40.420 Jesus does. 00:25:42.800 --> 00:25:43.400 It's kind 00:25:43.400 --> 00:25:43.780 of like, 00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:44.480 wah, 00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:44.960 wah. 00:25:48.780 --> 00:25:49.400 Did I 00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:49.980 not choose 00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.220 you, 00:25:50.320 --> 00:25:50.720 the 12? 00:25:50.720 --> 00:25:50.799 12? 00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.299 And yet 00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:55.740 one of 00:25:55.740 --> 00:25:56.920 you is 00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.339 a devil? 00:25:58.900 --> 00:25:59.319 He spoke 00:25:59.319 --> 00:25:59.860 of Judas, 00:25:59.860 --> 00:26:00.960 the son of 00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.519 Simon 00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.059 Iscariot, 00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:02.559 for he, 00:26:02.720 --> 00:26:02.980 one of 00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.319 the 12, 00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:03.640 was going 00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:04.019 to betray 00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:04.279 him. 00:26:04.600 --> 00:26:04.880 I mean, 00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:05.559 you're thinking 00:26:05.559 --> 00:26:05.839 like, 00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:06.900 when Peter 00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:07.460 drops a 00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:08.019 dime like 00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.420 that, 00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:09.400 Jesus would 00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:09.700 be like, 00:26:09.740 --> 00:26:10.259 you finally 00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:11.160 got it! 00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:11.819 Yes! 00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:14.880 Did I 00:26:14.880 --> 00:26:15.240 not choose 00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:15.420 you? 00:26:15.420 --> 00:26:18.640 what Jesus 00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:19.120 is doing 00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:19.720 here is, 00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:21.420 he's not 00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:21.900 intentionally 00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:22.340 trying to 00:26:22.340 --> 00:26:23.039 discourage 00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:23.420 the 00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:23.820 disciples. 00:26:26.100 --> 00:26:26.759 He's just 00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.120 reminding 00:26:27.120 --> 00:26:27.600 him, 00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:28.920 them, 00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:29.220 of his 00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:29.600 grace. 00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:31.960 You 00:26:31.960 --> 00:26:32.200 didn't 00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:32.620 choose me, 00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:33.039 I chose 00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:33.820 you. 00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.519 Remember, 00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:38.560 all that 00:26:38.560 --> 00:26:38.880 the Father 00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:39.300 gives me 00:26:39.300 --> 00:26:39.620 will come 00:26:39.620 --> 00:26:39.920 to me. 00:26:40.620 --> 00:26:40.920 Simon, 00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.279 you're one 00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:41.539 of them. 00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:43.620 Remember, 00:26:43.619 --> 00:26:44.679 no one 00:26:44.679 --> 00:26:45.000 can come 00:26:45.000 --> 00:26:45.259 to me 00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:45.719 unless the 00:26:45.719 --> 00:26:45.979 Father 00:26:45.979 --> 00:26:46.419 who sent 00:26:46.419 --> 00:26:46.899 me draws 00:26:46.899 --> 00:26:47.159 him. 00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.199 Simon, 00:26:49.319 --> 00:26:49.579 the only 00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:49.919 way that 00:26:49.919 --> 00:26:50.199 you can 00:26:50.199 --> 00:26:50.679 say what 00:26:50.679 --> 00:26:51.039 you just 00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:53.159 said is 00:26:53.159 --> 00:26:53.699 that God 00:26:53.699 --> 00:26:54.279 has drawn 00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:54.619 you to 00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:54.859 me. 00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.699 That 00:26:56.699 --> 00:26:57.500 there's a 00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.319 spirit work 00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:58.939 in you 00:26:58.939 --> 00:27:00.939 that has 00:27:00.939 --> 00:27:02.379 resulted in 00:27:02.379 --> 00:27:03.119 a confession. 00:27:04.639 --> 00:27:05.899 That's not 00:27:05.899 --> 00:27:06.279 from you, 00:27:06.359 --> 00:27:06.500 Peter. 00:27:08.679 --> 00:27:09.299 Listen to 00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:09.659 this. 00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:12.799 Now, 00:27:12.859 --> 00:27:13.179 when Jesus 00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:13.779 came into 00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.279 the district 00:27:14.279 --> 00:27:14.940 of Caesarea 00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:15.440 Philippi, 00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:15.860 he asked 00:27:15.860 --> 00:27:16.500 his disciples, 00:27:16.860 --> 00:27:17.180 who do 00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:17.600 people say 00:27:17.600 --> 00:27:18.039 that the 00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:18.299 Son of 00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:18.660 Man is? 00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:18.980 And they 00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:19.240 said, 00:27:19.560 --> 00:27:20.019 some say 00:27:20.019 --> 00:27:20.279 John the 00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.519 Baptist, 00:27:20.660 --> 00:27:21.000 others say 00:27:21.000 --> 00:27:21.340 Elijah, 00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.140 others say 00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:22.940 Jeremiah, 00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:23.519 one of the 00:27:23.519 --> 00:27:23.799 prophets. 00:27:24.380 --> 00:27:24.759 And Jesus 00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.279 said to 00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:25.460 them, 00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:25.840 but who 00:27:25.840 --> 00:27:26.299 do you 00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:26.880 say that 00:27:26.880 --> 00:27:27.259 I am? 00:27:27.360 --> 00:27:27.600 Simon 00:27:27.600 --> 00:27:27.920 Peter 00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:28.420 replied, 00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:29.799 you are 00:27:29.799 --> 00:27:30.500 the Christ, 00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.060 the Son 00:27:31.060 --> 00:27:31.279 of the 00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.820 living God, 00:27:32.080 --> 00:27:32.539 the Holy 00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:32.860 One of 00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:33.140 God, 00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:33.420 in other 00:27:33.420 --> 00:27:33.740 words. 00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:36.420 And Jesus 00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:36.960 answered, 00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:37.660 blessed are 00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:37.860 you, 00:27:37.920 --> 00:27:38.580 Simon Barjona, 00:27:39.580 --> 00:27:40.519 for flesh 00:27:40.519 --> 00:27:41.279 and blood 00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:42.180 has not 00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:42.840 revealed this 00:27:42.840 --> 00:27:43.380 to you, 00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.279 but my 00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:44.960 Father who 00:27:44.960 --> 00:27:45.299 is in 00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:45.560 heaven. 00:27:50.080 --> 00:27:50.600 Guys, 00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:50.940 I didn't, 00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:51.840 you didn't 00:27:51.840 --> 00:27:52.200 choose me, 00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.660 I chose 00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:53.320 you. 00:27:54.360 --> 00:27:55.019 It's all 00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:55.400 grace, 00:27:56.060 --> 00:27:57.240 from beginning 00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:57.779 to end. 00:27:59.880 --> 00:28:00.380 Jenny and I 00:28:00.380 --> 00:28:00.980 like watching 00:28:00.980 --> 00:28:01.759 medical dramas. 00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:06.039 and there 00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.240 will be 00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:06.440 these 00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:06.980 situations 00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.359 in the 00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:07.700 ER 00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:09.180 where 00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:09.460 they'll 00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:10.059 roll in 00:28:10.059 --> 00:28:10.519 somebody 00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:11.680 who's 00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:12.059 dead. 00:28:13.619 --> 00:28:14.200 They hook 00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:14.400 them up 00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:14.599 to the 00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:14.859 machine 00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:15.240 thing, 00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.220 beep, 00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:17.700 flatline. 00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:19.440 You know 00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:19.599 what they 00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:19.759 do? 00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:22.539 They get 00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:22.900 the pads 00:28:22.900 --> 00:28:23.160 out. 00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.079 Zip, 00:28:25.140 --> 00:28:25.240 zip, 00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:25.440 zip, 00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:25.700 zip, 00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:26.879 clear, 00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.339 hands up, 00:28:28.339 --> 00:28:29.480 zip, 00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:29.799 zip, 00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:32.399 they run 00:28:32.399 --> 00:28:33.059 electricity 00:28:33.059 --> 00:28:33.559 through their 00:28:33.559 --> 00:28:33.899 body. 00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.439 They're looking 00:28:35.439 --> 00:28:35.919 to jump 00:28:35.919 --> 00:28:36.879 start a 00:28:36.879 --> 00:28:37.439 dead heart. 00:28:38.619 --> 00:28:38.819 Zip, 00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:40.799 doesn't work, 00:28:41.439 --> 00:28:41.839 juice it, 00:28:42.379 --> 00:28:42.980 dial it up, 00:28:43.419 --> 00:28:43.639 zip, 00:28:43.899 --> 00:28:44.359 didn't work, 00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:45.000 juice it, 00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:45.559 dial it up, 00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:46.359 bap, 00:28:47.179 --> 00:28:47.419 thump, 00:28:47.459 --> 00:28:47.579 thump, 00:28:47.639 --> 00:28:47.779 thump, 00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:48.039 thump, 00:28:48.179 --> 00:28:48.799 sinus rhythm, 00:28:49.179 --> 00:28:49.599 they're back 00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:50.099 to life. 00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.980 It's a wonderful 00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:53.339 picture. 00:28:53.339 --> 00:28:55.099 When we 00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.399 come out 00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:55.619 of our 00:28:55.619 --> 00:28:55.980 mamas, 00:28:56.419 --> 00:28:58.419 we're dead 00:28:58.419 --> 00:28:59.279 in our 00:28:59.279 --> 00:28:59.579 sin. 00:28:59.939 --> 00:29:00.539 Flatline. 00:29:01.119 --> 00:29:01.859 No interest. 00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:03.740 No inclination 00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.480 to God. 00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:05.500 That's Romans 00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:06.279 chapter 3. 00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:07.899 None. 00:29:09.240 --> 00:29:09.659 And then 00:29:09.659 --> 00:29:10.240 God in His 00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:10.559 grace, 00:29:10.679 --> 00:29:11.339 by Holy Spirit 00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:11.819 power, 00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:14.240 He quickens 00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:14.619 us. 00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.419 He zaps 00:29:16.419 --> 00:29:16.759 us. 00:29:17.619 --> 00:29:18.139 He gives 00:29:18.139 --> 00:29:18.539 us new 00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:18.980 life that 00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:19.579 immediately 00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:20.959 results in 00:29:20.959 --> 00:29:21.740 a confession 00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.679 of life. 00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:25.619 You're the 00:29:25.619 --> 00:29:25.939 Holy One 00:29:25.939 --> 00:29:26.279 of God. 00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:27.459 Whom will 00:29:27.459 --> 00:29:27.819 we go? 00:29:27.899 --> 00:29:28.059 You have 00:29:28.059 --> 00:29:28.339 the words 00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:28.699 of eternal 00:29:28.699 --> 00:29:29.199 life. 00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:30.299 We believe, 00:29:30.379 --> 00:29:30.579 we've been 00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:32.679 convinced that 00:29:32.679 --> 00:29:33.959 you alone 00:29:33.959 --> 00:29:35.459 are our 00:29:35.459 --> 00:29:35.939 salvation. 00:29:38.179 --> 00:29:40.179 Jesus has 00:29:40.179 --> 00:29:41.319 chosen us. 00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.779 We haven't 00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:43.459 chosen Him. 00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:44.659 It's humbling, 00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.079 isn't it? 00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:47.679 It's a good 00:29:47.679 --> 00:29:48.059 humbling. 00:29:51.919 --> 00:29:52.919 This passage 00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:53.539 is essentially 00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:54.160 a contrast 00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:55.560 of two 00:29:55.560 --> 00:29:56.120 responses. 00:29:57.840 --> 00:29:58.279 Jesus 00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:59.660 has made 00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:00.180 it clear 00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:01.539 in 653, 00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:01.880 truly, 00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.180 truly, 00:30:02.320 --> 00:30:02.700 I say to 00:30:02.700 --> 00:30:02.820 you, 00:30:02.880 --> 00:30:03.240 unless you 00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:03.620 eat the 00:30:03.620 --> 00:30:04.019 flesh of 00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:04.259 the Son 00:30:04.259 --> 00:30:04.620 of Man, 00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.600 the Holy 00:30:05.600 --> 00:30:05.860 One of 00:30:05.860 --> 00:30:06.100 God, 00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:08.100 and drink 00:30:08.100 --> 00:30:08.640 His blood, 00:30:08.800 --> 00:30:09.180 you have 00:30:09.180 --> 00:30:09.720 no life 00:30:09.720 --> 00:30:10.180 in you. 00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:13.360 The first 00:30:13.360 --> 00:30:14.940 response is 00:30:14.940 --> 00:30:15.519 false, 00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:16.800 positive 00:30:16.800 --> 00:30:17.320 disciples. 00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:19.600 Who can 00:30:19.600 --> 00:30:20.180 stomach these 00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:20.539 words? 00:30:20.539 --> 00:30:22.440 we're 00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:22.680 out. 00:30:24.519 --> 00:30:25.159 They don't 00:30:25.159 --> 00:30:25.639 believe. 00:30:25.779 --> 00:30:26.119 There's no 00:30:26.119 --> 00:30:26.579 life in 00:30:26.579 --> 00:30:26.799 them. 00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.579 They haven't 00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:28.000 been drawn 00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:28.619 by God. 00:30:29.180 --> 00:30:29.619 It was just 00:30:29.619 --> 00:30:30.059 a matter of 00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:30.740 time before 00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.659 they're exposed. 00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:32.680 Like the 00:30:32.680 --> 00:30:33.159 parable of 00:30:33.159 --> 00:30:33.700 the soils? 00:30:37.879 --> 00:30:38.579 But true 00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:39.039 positive 00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:39.619 disciples, 00:30:40.500 --> 00:30:41.819 when they 00:30:41.819 --> 00:30:42.819 hear something 00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.720 scandalous 00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.319 like, 00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.099 eat my 00:30:45.099 --> 00:30:45.399 flesh, 00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:45.799 drink my 00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.079 blood, 00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:46.119 God, 00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:46.839 when they 00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:48.159 hear something 00:30:48.159 --> 00:30:48.899 totally 00:30:48.899 --> 00:30:50.539 crazy, 00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:51.759 like God 00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.439 incarnate 00:30:52.439 --> 00:30:53.019 died on 00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.699 the cross 00:30:53.699 --> 00:30:55.179 for my 00:30:55.179 --> 00:30:55.679 sins, 00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:57.539 they don't 00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.000 hear scandal, 00:30:58.139 --> 00:30:58.460 they hear 00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:59.399 salvation. 00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:00.859 They hear 00:31:00.859 --> 00:31:01.419 life. 00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:02.659 And they 00:31:02.659 --> 00:31:03.139 want to 00:31:03.139 --> 00:31:03.839 eat Him 00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:04.279 up. 00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.299 They're like, 00:31:05.419 --> 00:31:05.599 oh, 00:31:05.639 --> 00:31:06.259 this is so 00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.679 good. 00:31:06.939 --> 00:31:08.019 I believe 00:31:08.019 --> 00:31:09.220 and I'm 00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:09.740 convinced 00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.199 you're the 00:31:10.199 --> 00:31:11.019 Holy One 00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:11.559 of God. 00:31:11.679 --> 00:31:12.259 I will 00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:13.179 live for 00:31:13.179 --> 00:31:13.659 you, 00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:14.339 not 00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:15.119 myself. 00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:18.599 how can 00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:19.079 these two 00:31:19.079 --> 00:31:20.119 groups of 00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:20.799 His disciples 00:31:20.799 --> 00:31:22.500 have heard 00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:23.119 the same 00:31:23.119 --> 00:31:24.179 words but 00:31:24.179 --> 00:31:24.740 have very 00:31:24.740 --> 00:31:25.339 different 00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:26.139 responses? 00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:27.759 Well, 00:31:27.779 --> 00:31:28.240 the difference 00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:28.720 that Jesus 00:31:28.720 --> 00:31:29.419 gives us 00:31:29.419 --> 00:31:31.259 is one 00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:31.659 is being 00:31:31.659 --> 00:31:32.279 drawn by 00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:32.639 God the 00:31:32.639 --> 00:31:33.859 Father and 00:31:33.859 --> 00:31:34.220 the other 00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.779 is not. 00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.059 These are 00:31:36.059 --> 00:31:36.779 deep theological 00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.199 waters. 00:31:38.419 --> 00:31:38.740 But that's 00:31:38.740 --> 00:31:39.079 what Jesus 00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:39.480 has said. 00:31:41.500 --> 00:31:42.159 And maybe 00:31:42.159 --> 00:31:42.519 you're in 00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:42.859 your pew 00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:43.299 wondering, 00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:43.859 whoa, 00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.139 whoa, 00:31:44.139 --> 00:31:44.359 whoa. 00:31:44.359 --> 00:31:46.759 what about 00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.039 me? 00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:49.859 What does 00:31:49.859 --> 00:31:50.179 this mean 00:31:50.179 --> 00:31:50.619 for me? 00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:52.240 Well, 00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:52.559 let me just 00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:52.839 run the 00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:53.439 audio test 00:31:53.439 --> 00:31:53.759 on you. 00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.559 When you 00:31:56.559 --> 00:31:57.079 hear Jesus 00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:57.399 say, 00:31:57.500 --> 00:31:57.699 truly, 00:31:57.819 --> 00:31:58.000 truly, 00:31:58.099 --> 00:31:58.359 I say 00:31:58.359 --> 00:31:58.779 to you, 00:31:59.959 --> 00:32:00.439 unless you 00:32:00.439 --> 00:32:00.859 eat my 00:32:00.859 --> 00:32:01.339 flesh, 00:32:02.199 --> 00:32:02.619 flesh of 00:32:02.619 --> 00:32:02.859 the Son 00:32:02.859 --> 00:32:03.179 of Man 00:32:03.179 --> 00:32:03.659 and drink 00:32:03.659 --> 00:32:04.679 my blood, 00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:05.099 ye will 00:32:05.099 --> 00:32:05.500 not have 00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:05.919 life. 00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:06.899 When you 00:32:06.899 --> 00:32:07.719 hear that, 00:32:08.439 --> 00:32:09.099 what are 00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:09.859 you hearing? 00:32:11.639 --> 00:32:12.219 Are you 00:32:12.219 --> 00:32:12.539 hearing 00:32:12.539 --> 00:32:13.240 scandal? 00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:15.179 Or are 00:32:15.179 --> 00:32:15.719 you hearing 00:32:15.719 --> 00:32:16.399 salvation? 00:32:19.859 --> 00:32:20.619 Let me 00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:21.119 just urge 00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:21.399 you, 00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:22.939 by way 00:32:22.939 --> 00:32:23.579 of application, 00:32:24.240 --> 00:32:26.439 to make 00:32:26.439 --> 00:32:27.259 Peter's 00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.759 confession 00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:28.599 this morning 00:32:28.599 --> 00:32:29.919 your 00:32:29.919 --> 00:32:30.439 confession. 00:32:31.719 --> 00:32:32.519 Make it 00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:33.039 yours. 00:32:33.359 --> 00:32:33.819 If you're 00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.159 not a 00:32:34.159 --> 00:32:34.599 Christian in 00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:34.959 the room, 00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:36.719 but you've 00:32:36.719 --> 00:32:38.179 had this 00:32:38.179 --> 00:32:39.240 sense 00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:41.679 that this 00:32:41.679 --> 00:32:42.399 Christianity 00:32:42.399 --> 00:32:43.019 you've never 00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:43.799 really thought of 00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:44.119 before, 00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:44.539 you're like, 00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:45.139 boy, 00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.539 this has 00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:45.700 got 00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:46.299 substance. 00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:47.619 This makes 00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:48.419 sense to 00:32:48.419 --> 00:32:48.680 me. 00:32:49.639 --> 00:32:50.240 It's hard 00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:50.659 to believe 00:32:50.659 --> 00:32:51.099 that God 00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:51.539 incarnate 00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:51.839 would die 00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:52.039 on the 00:32:52.039 --> 00:32:52.440 cross for 00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:52.919 my sins, 00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.579 but boy, 00:32:54.579 --> 00:32:55.980 I see 00:32:55.980 --> 00:32:56.200 it. 00:32:57.659 --> 00:32:58.139 Guess 00:32:58.139 --> 00:32:58.339 what? 00:32:58.379 --> 00:32:58.700 You're being 00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:59.579 drawn by 00:32:59.579 --> 00:33:00.319 God. 00:33:01.700 --> 00:33:02.259 And so 00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.759 what you 00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.180 need to 00:33:03.180 --> 00:33:03.659 do is 00:33:03.659 --> 00:33:04.879 you need 00:33:04.879 --> 00:33:05.240 to come 00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:05.879 to Jesus. 00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:07.680 And so 00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:08.399 you pray, 00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:09.579 Lord, 00:33:09.899 --> 00:33:10.680 where else 00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.079 shall I 00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.359 go? 00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:13.459 you 00:33:13.459 --> 00:33:14.059 alone 00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:14.359 have 00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:14.519 the 00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:14.779 words 00:33:14.779 --> 00:33:14.939 of 00:33:14.939 --> 00:33:15.279 eternal 00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:15.719 life. 00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:17.779 Give 00:33:17.779 --> 00:33:17.979 me 00:33:17.979 --> 00:33:18.259 this 00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:18.619 life. 00:33:19.939 --> 00:33:20.539 And at 00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:20.759 that 00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.159 moment, 00:33:21.839 --> 00:33:22.079 your 00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:22.439 eternity 00:33:22.439 --> 00:33:22.819 just 00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:23.259 changed. 00:33:24.619 --> 00:33:25.439 And then 00:33:25.439 --> 00:33:25.819 you join 00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.339 a church, 00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.799 a nobody 00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.379 church like 00:33:28.379 --> 00:33:28.799 Christ the 00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:28.939 King 00:33:28.939 --> 00:33:29.279 Church, 00:33:29.419 --> 00:33:29.639 and 00:33:29.639 --> 00:33:30.019 together 00:33:30.019 --> 00:33:30.240 we 00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:30.500 follow 00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:30.959 Jesus. 00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:36.620 let's 00:33:36.620 --> 00:33:37.039 say you 00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:37.860 think you 00:33:37.860 --> 00:33:38.180 are a 00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:38.500 Christian. 00:33:39.900 --> 00:33:40.500 You 00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.519 think you 00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:41.799 are a 00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.019 Christian. 00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:45.400 This 00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:46.140 passage is a 00:33:46.140 --> 00:33:46.279 little 00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:46.940 sobering. 00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:49.140 There's a 00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:49.740 warning in it, 00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:50.140 isn't there? 00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:52.000 It's 00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:53.000 possible to 00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.420 think of 00:33:53.420 --> 00:33:54.779 yourself as 00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:55.299 a disciple 00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:55.900 of Jesus 00:33:55.900 --> 00:33:56.579 when you're 00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:57.559 actually not. 00:33:58.819 --> 00:33:59.539 You're a 00:33:59.539 --> 00:33:59.860 false, 00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:00.440 positive 00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:00.900 disciple. 00:34:01.680 --> 00:34:01.960 Or at 00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:02.200 least you 00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.680 can be. 00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:03.600 A 00:34:03.600 --> 00:34:03.960 dino. 00:34:05.600 --> 00:34:06.039 A 00:34:06.039 --> 00:34:06.440 disciple 00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:06.819 in name 00:34:06.819 --> 00:34:07.180 only. 00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:11.900 What do 00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.199 you do? 00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:15.500 You 00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:15.900 examine 00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.480 yourself to 00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:16.760 see if 00:34:16.760 --> 00:34:16.940 you're in 00:34:16.940 --> 00:34:17.300 the faith. 00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:19.579 You 00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:19.980 just take 00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.420 stock. 00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.179 Are you 00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:23.659 grumbling? 00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:27.159 Are you 00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:27.460 pushing 00:34:27.460 --> 00:34:28.480 back against 00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:28.880 Jesus' 00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:29.860 exclusive 00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:30.679 claim to 00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:31.019 be the 00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.339 only 00:34:31.339 --> 00:34:31.839 savior of 00:34:31.839 --> 00:34:32.219 the world? 00:34:33.219 --> 00:34:33.559 Do you 00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:34.359 find that 00:34:34.359 --> 00:34:35.019 embarrassing 00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:36.059 or disgusting 00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:37.719 or offensive? 00:34:38.179 --> 00:34:38.500 Do you 00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:38.759 want to 00:34:38.759 --> 00:34:39.819 disassociate? 00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:40.839 Is this 00:34:40.839 --> 00:34:41.460 exclusive 00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:42.139 claim that 00:34:42.139 --> 00:34:42.739 Jesus is 00:34:42.739 --> 00:34:43.059 making, 00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:43.679 is it 00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:44.259 actually 00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:45.379 scandalous 00:34:45.379 --> 00:34:46.159 to you, 00:34:46.460 --> 00:34:47.139 even though you're 00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:47.980 walking through 00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.739 kind of the 00:34:48.739 --> 00:34:50.139 motions of 00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:50.559 kind of 00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:50.839 weekly 00:34:50.839 --> 00:34:51.440 Christianity? 00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:51.519 Christianity? 00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.780 If it's 00:34:55.780 --> 00:34:56.240 scandalous 00:34:56.240 --> 00:34:56.720 to you 00:34:56.720 --> 00:34:58.659 and you 00:34:58.659 --> 00:34:59.119 do not 00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:00.360 want to 00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:00.920 walk with 00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.400 Jesus, 00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:02.960 can I 00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:03.480 urge you 00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:04.519 to stop 00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:05.139 calling 00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:06.039 yourself a 00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:06.380 Christian 00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:07.440 because you're 00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:07.720 not? 00:35:11.780 --> 00:35:12.720 But if it's 00:35:12.720 --> 00:35:13.280 salvation 00:35:13.280 --> 00:35:14.420 you're 00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:14.740 hearing, 00:35:14.739 --> 00:35:18.500 you're a 00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.119 true positive 00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:19.679 disciple. 00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:21.379 But there are 00:35:21.379 --> 00:35:21.739 no high 00:35:21.739 --> 00:35:22.379 fives this 00:35:22.379 --> 00:35:22.679 morning. 00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:26.239 Remember, 00:35:26.379 --> 00:35:26.799 you did not 00:35:26.799 --> 00:35:27.439 choose him, 00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:27.939 he chose 00:35:27.939 --> 00:35:28.319 you. 00:35:32.759 --> 00:35:33.279 The 00:35:33.279 --> 00:35:33.799 Father has 00:35:33.799 --> 00:35:34.619 drawn you 00:35:34.619 --> 00:35:35.739 by the 00:35:35.739 --> 00:35:36.279 Spirit 00:35:36.279 --> 00:35:37.119 unto 00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:37.699 Christ. 00:35:38.899 --> 00:35:39.399 It's 00:35:39.399 --> 00:35:39.919 only by 00:35:39.919 --> 00:35:40.239 his 00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:40.619 Spirit 00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:41.519 that you 00:35:41.519 --> 00:35:41.819 have been 00:35:41.819 --> 00:35:42.779 able to 00:35:42.779 --> 00:35:43.440 confess, 00:35:44.679 --> 00:35:45.019 Lord, 00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.619 to whom 00:35:46.619 --> 00:35:46.980 else will 00:35:46.980 --> 00:35:47.380 I go? 00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:48.199 You have 00:35:48.199 --> 00:35:48.519 the words 00:35:48.519 --> 00:35:48.940 of eternal 00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:49.460 life. 00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.400 It's 00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:52.719 humbling, 00:35:52.839 --> 00:35:53.179 isn't it? 00:35:54.739 --> 00:35:55.319 Maybe in 00:35:55.319 --> 00:35:55.619 your pew 00:35:55.619 --> 00:35:55.839 and you're 00:35:55.839 --> 00:35:56.039 like, 00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:57.099 why me? 00:35:58.779 --> 00:35:59.359 Why not 00:35:59.359 --> 00:35:59.779 my neighbor? 00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:01.480 Why not 00:36:01.480 --> 00:36:02.199 my workmate? 00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:04.659 Let me 00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:05.139 answer that 00:36:05.139 --> 00:36:06.719 with a 00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:07.099 verse from 00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:07.559 Ephesians, 00:36:07.659 --> 00:36:08.019 two verses 00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:08.639 from Ephesians 00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:08.940 2. 00:36:10.619 --> 00:36:11.059 For by 00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:11.639 grace, 00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:12.960 you have 00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:13.500 been saved 00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:14.219 through faith. 00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.859 It is not 00:36:16.859 --> 00:36:17.239 your own 00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:17.519 doing. 00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:19.319 It's not a 00:36:19.319 --> 00:36:19.659 work of 00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:20.219 your flesh. 00:36:21.359 --> 00:36:21.980 It's of 00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:22.460 no help. 00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:24.639 It's the 00:36:24.639 --> 00:36:25.000 gift of 00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.339 God. 00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:27.519 Not as a 00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:28.179 result of 00:36:28.179 --> 00:36:29.239 works, 00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:30.159 so that no 00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:30.559 one may 00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:30.900 boast. 00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:31.779 There is 00:36:31.779 --> 00:36:32.559 absolutely 00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:33.880 no boasting 00:36:33.880 --> 00:36:36.079 in oneself 00:36:36.079 --> 00:36:37.440 around the 00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:37.900 throne of 00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:38.380 Jesus. 00:36:39.299 --> 00:36:39.719 None. 00:36:40.619 --> 00:36:41.119 There is 00:36:41.119 --> 00:36:42.059 only boasting 00:36:42.059 --> 00:36:43.319 in Jesus 00:36:43.319 --> 00:36:44.319 and what 00:36:44.319 --> 00:36:44.679 he has 00:36:44.679 --> 00:36:44.980 done. 00:36:46.299 --> 00:36:46.699 And so 00:36:46.699 --> 00:36:47.380 for those 00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:47.980 who are 00:36:47.980 --> 00:36:48.920 true positive 00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:49.460 disciples, 00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:50.579 we don't 00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:51.940 hear scandal, 00:36:52.279 --> 00:36:52.839 we hear 00:36:52.839 --> 00:36:53.719 salvation. 00:36:57.139 --> 00:36:57.920 Do you 00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:58.279 know why 00:36:58.279 --> 00:36:58.739 Zach 00:36:58.739 --> 00:37:01.239 hears 00:37:01.239 --> 00:37:01.900 Yanni 00:37:01.900 --> 00:37:03.099 and Mike 00:37:03.099 --> 00:37:03.400 hears 00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:03.940 Laurel? 00:37:05.219 --> 00:37:05.719 Zach 00:37:05.719 --> 00:37:06.579 has better 00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:07.199 hearing than 00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:07.619 I do. 00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:09.940 He can 00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:10.480 hear higher 00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:11.159 frequencies 00:37:11.159 --> 00:37:11.719 than I 00:37:11.719 --> 00:37:12.099 can. 00:37:12.799 --> 00:37:13.380 He hears 00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:13.900 things that 00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:15.179 I can't 00:37:15.179 --> 00:37:15.759 hear. 00:37:18.319 --> 00:37:18.880 Do you 00:37:18.880 --> 00:37:19.239 know why 00:37:19.239 --> 00:37:20.000 some sinners 00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:21.099 believe in 00:37:21.099 --> 00:37:22.099 Jesus unto 00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:23.000 eternal life, 00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:24.219 but most 00:37:24.219 --> 00:37:24.639 do not? 00:37:27.339 --> 00:37:27.960 Jesus 00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:30.460 says in 00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:30.880 65, 00:37:31.179 --> 00:37:31.699 no one can 00:37:31.699 --> 00:37:32.079 come to 00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:32.619 me unless 00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:34.119 it is 00:37:34.119 --> 00:37:34.719 granted by 00:37:34.719 --> 00:37:35.299 the Father. 00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:37.779 It's 00:37:37.779 --> 00:37:38.179 only by 00:37:38.179 --> 00:37:38.639 grace. 00:37:40.619 --> 00:37:41.159 And when 00:37:41.159 --> 00:37:42.319 that 00:37:42.319 --> 00:37:43.359 saving 00:37:43.359 --> 00:37:44.719 word, 00:37:45.239 --> 00:37:45.799 these words 00:37:45.799 --> 00:37:46.259 of eternal 00:37:46.259 --> 00:37:46.779 life, 00:37:48.159 --> 00:37:49.299 when that 00:37:49.299 --> 00:37:50.139 is heard, 00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:52.039 you want to 00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.299 eat them 00:37:52.299 --> 00:37:52.500 up. 00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:54.299 You can't 00:37:54.299 --> 00:37:54.719 get enough. 00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:56.439 Stick with 00:37:56.439 --> 00:37:56.779 them to the 00:37:56.779 --> 00:37:57.000 end. 00:37:57.000 --> 00:37:58.440 let's 00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:58.960 pray together. 00:38:04.579 --> 00:38:04.940 Lord 00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:05.260 Jesus, 00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:07.440 where else 00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:07.760 will we 00:38:07.760 --> 00:38:08.039 go? 00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:10.400 You have 00:38:10.400 --> 00:38:10.699 the words 00:38:10.699 --> 00:38:11.079 of eternal 00:38:11.079 --> 00:38:11.500 life. 00:38:13.420 --> 00:38:13.800 We've 00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:14.099 come to 00:38:14.099 --> 00:38:14.519 believe and 00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:14.800 we have 00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:15.139 come to 00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:15.500 know that 00:38:15.500 --> 00:38:15.760 you are 00:38:15.760 --> 00:38:16.079 the Holy 00:38:16.079 --> 00:38:16.400 One of 00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:16.639 God. 00:38:18.199 --> 00:38:18.519 And not 00:38:18.519 --> 00:38:18.840 only have 00:38:18.840 --> 00:38:19.860 you given 00:38:19.860 --> 00:38:20.360 your life, 00:38:21.179 --> 00:38:21.480 not only 00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:21.619 have you 00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:22.300 been raised, 00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:23.219 not only 00:38:23.219 --> 00:38:23.480 have you 00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:23.840 ascended 00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:24.420 on high, 00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:25.300 not only 00:38:25.300 --> 00:38:25.840 are you 00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:26.840 reigning 00:38:26.840 --> 00:38:27.200 on high 00:38:27.200 --> 00:38:27.420 at the 00:38:27.420 --> 00:38:27.740 right hand 00:38:27.740 --> 00:38:28.240 of God, 00:38:29.720 --> 00:38:30.400 we're one 00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:30.840 day closer 00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:31.420 to you 00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:31.960 coming back 00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:32.300 and seeing 00:38:32.300 --> 00:38:32.600 you face 00:38:32.600 --> 00:38:33.039 to face. 00:38:34.039 --> 00:38:34.280 Come, 00:38:34.380 --> 00:38:34.700 Lord Jesus, 00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:35.079 come. 00:38:36.079 --> 00:38:36.340 It's your 00:38:36.340 --> 00:38:36.640 name we 00:38:36.640 --> 00:38:36.860 pray. 00:38:37.620 --> 00:38:37.920 Amen.