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 Please open your Bibles up this morning to the Gospel according to John.

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 The Gospel according to John. We have made our way to chapter 2 this morning.

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 Several weeks in already in the Gospel of John, but that first chapter is so dense and so rich and so full, we took our time.

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 And I will say, if you're joining us for the first time this morning, you've come at a good time.

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 We're only one chapter in. I hope you got one of those scripture journals on your way in.

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 We encourage everybody to take notes as we listen to the sermons. It's a good way for you to follow along.

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 And Lord willing, by the end of this, we'll have a good understanding, a good grasp of the Gospel of John

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 and what it has to say about our Savior, Jesus Christ.

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 So if you would, John chapter 2, and we'll read from verses 1 through 11 this morning.

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 If you are using the Pew Bibles there in front of you, you can find this on page 834.

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 If you didn't bring your own Bible, 834.

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 Follow along with me as I read.

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 On the third day, there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.

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 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples.

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

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 They have no wine.

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 And Jesus said to her,

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 Woman, what does this have to do with me?

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 My hour has not yet come.

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 His mother said to the servants,

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 Do whatever he tells you.

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 Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification,

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 each holding 20 or 30 gallons.

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 Jesus said to the servants,

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 Fill the jars with water.

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 And they filled them up to the brim.

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 And he said to them,

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

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 So they took it.

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 When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine,

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 and did not know where it came from,

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 though the servants who had drawn the water knew,

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 the master of the feast called the bridegroom and said to him,

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 Everyone serves the good wine first,

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 and when the people have drunk freely,

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 then the poor wine,

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 but you have kept the good wine until now.

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 This, the first of his signs,

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 Jesus did at Cana in Galilee,

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 and manifested his glory,

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 and his disciples believed in him.

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 This is God's holy, perfect word.

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 Would you bow and pray with me once more?

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 Lord, we thank you.

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 We thank you for the beauty and the power of your word,

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 and we pray now that as it goes forth,

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 that it would go forth with your spirit.

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 Lord, that you would accomplish the purposes for which you sinned.

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 We pray in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 I think every married couple has a story or two to share from their own wedding day.

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 You finally come to this moment after months and months,

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 sometimes even years of planning and preparing,

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 and you want everything to just go exactly just right,

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 but sometimes, no matter how much you prepare and how much you plan,

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 something inevitably goes wrong.

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 Amanda and I, we made most of the arrangements for our wedding ourselves.

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 It was very, very homemade, and so we went,

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 we found a dance floor through a friend of a friend.

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 We went and we picked it up in a borrowed truck.

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 We brought it back to the venue that we had selected.

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 We laid it out ourselves.

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 I got up.

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 I climbed up in the trees.

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 I hung up the lights around the dance floor.

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 We borrowed chairs from our church.

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 We set them all out.

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 We met with the food vendors and the restaurants to determine what the menu would be.

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 We had a friend serve as the DJ with a borrowed iPod and a playlist that we had put together.

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 We transformed a gazebo there on site into a photo booth.

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 We did that ourselves.

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 We had family bake pies instead of hiring a caterer to do a cake.

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 And we even had our friends vote on where we should take our honeymoon, which we planned ourselves.

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 It was all very homemade, and it was an adventure, and we loved it.

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 But it was not without its flaws.

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 The night was so busy that neither of us really got to enjoy the food that we had planned out and picked out, selected.

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 The gazebo had hundreds, if not thousands, of staples stuck in the wood that we later had to go and remove ourselves.

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 Our friends to this day still give us grief over the fact that we left after the ceremony,

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 and they remained to clean up and pick up the chairs and tables that we had borrowed.

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 And to top it all off, the tree that I climbed into to hang the lights, little did I know, was covered in poison oak.

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 I don't know if it is just the pressure of the moment.

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 Maybe it's a result of poor preparation, poor planning.

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 Whatever it is, it seems like weddings are just primed for a little bit of drama.

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 Our story here in John chapter 2, as you know, is no exception.

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 In our passage here this morning, we see that Jesus has been invited to a wedding.

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 He's there with his family and his disciples.

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 No doubt, much planning and much preparation has gone into this event, this celebration.

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 But as we see, it is not without some drama.

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 The wine was gone.

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 This wedding had unintentionally become a dry wedding.

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 But thankfully, someone was smart enough to include Jesus on the guest list.

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 What I want us to see this morning is that this wedding drama, this story,

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 is more than just a story of water turning into wine.

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 This drama, John tells us, is a sign.

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 It's the first of the signs that Jesus has done in Cana.

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 It's a sign of who Jesus is and what Jesus brings.

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 It shows us that Jesus has the power to transform.

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 Not just water into wine, yes, that's part of it, but sorrow into joy.

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 And the question for us as we dig into this account, as we see this story is,

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 has Jesus worked this miracle in our hearts?

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 Do we have the joy of knowing Jesus, the giver of true and lasting joy?

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 Are our lives marked by the joy of knowing Jesus Christ?

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 We're going to see this unfold in two parts this morning.

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 This is going to be our outline.

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 If you're following along and taking notes, two parts here.

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 We'll see how Jesus transforms from drought to delight.

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 From drought to delight.

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 First, John presents us with a problem here.

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 In verses 1 through 5, there was a drought.

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 Look there with me.

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 In verse 1, John lays out the scene for us.

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 He says,

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

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 and the mother of Jesus was there.

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 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples.

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 Now, a wedding in Jewish culture was one of, if not the most significant events in someone's life.

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 This was a major affair, a major celebration.

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 The bride and the groom were treated like royalty.

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 Often, they were even, they had crowns put on their heads.

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 And for that duration of the celebration, whatever they said went.

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 They were in charge.

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 The wedding feast in this culture, it was not a one or two or three hour event like it often is in hours.

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 It lasted for seven days.

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 And it was the responsibility of the host, the bridegroom,

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 to make sure that all of the guests were properly wined and dined for the duration of the feast.

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 Well, I'm not sure if they planned poorly.

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 Perhaps they were not wealthy enough to provide exactly as much as they needed to.

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 Maybe more guests showed up than anticipated.

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 We don't know exactly why this problem happened.

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 But verse 3 tells us the issue.

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 The wine has run out.

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 Now, to understand what John is telling us about this passage,

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 we have to understand how the Bible talks about wine.

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 This is the issue here in this passage.

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 We just kind of have to work through this whole alcohol thing for a minute

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 before we can begin to understand what John is telling us in this passage.

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 Some of us, I know, may have a personal conviction

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 that any alcohol consumption of any kind at all times is always sinful.

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 And so maybe you've never had an alcoholic beverage.

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 Maybe you never plan to have an alcoholic beverage.

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 Maybe you have a family history of abuse of alcohol,

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 personal history of abuse with alcohol.

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 And so you have chosen to stay away from it.

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 And if that's you, I want you to hear me very clearly

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 that if that is your personal conviction,

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 then you are 100% right to stay away.

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 You are 100% right.

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 Because your conscience is bound,

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 then it would be sinful for you to drink it.

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 But we need to acknowledge that this is a personal conviction

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 and not a universal rule.

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 A personal conviction and not a biblical mandate

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 for all people everywhere at all times.

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 The Old Testament, the Bible,

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 especially in the Old Testament,

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 it actually speaks very positively about wine.

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 In the Old Testament,

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 wine is presented as a good gift from God.

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 Now, of course, as with any good gift,

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 it can be abused.

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 And the Bible is explicitly clear

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 that drunkenness is always sinful.

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 I'll say that again.

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 The Bible is explicitly clear

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 that drunkenness is always sinful.

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 But it tells us that wine is a good gift

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 that gladdens the heart of man,

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 as we're told in Psalm 104, verse 15.

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 It's a good gift where an abundance of wine

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 symbolizes God's blessing,

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 as we're told in Proverbs 3, Genesis 27.

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 And a lack of wine often is a sign of God's judgment,

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 as we see in Isaiah 24, for example.

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 Now, this is significant for us

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 as we seek to understand this text,

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 this passage,

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 because again,

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 the central problem here at this wedding

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 is that the wine is gone.

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 The wine has run out.

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 So what does this mean?

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 Well, the wine is gone.

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 That means the joy is gone.

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 The wine is gone.

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 The celebration is over.

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 The wine is gone.

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 The blessing is gone.

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 This was a major issue to be dealt with.

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 In fact, in this culture,

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 they took this so seriously

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 that if the host did not provide adequate wine

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 for the guest,

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 he could be liable for a lawsuit.

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 No joke.

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 So Mary, the mother of Jesus,

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 realizes the issue,

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 comes to Jesus,

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 says to him,

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 they have no wine.

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 It's difficult,

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 as you know,

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 to interpret tone

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 from written text.

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 That's often why we misunderstand

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 text messages and emails.

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 We have a hard time interpreting tone,

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 but I'm almost certain

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 that the tone here

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 was one of urgent panic

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 from Mary.

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 They have no wine.

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 And as all eyes were beginning

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 to turn to the bridegroom

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 to fix the problem,

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 to the bridegroom

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 to restore the joy

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 to the celebration,

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 Mary,

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 the mother of the Messiah,

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 turned her eyes

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 to Jesus.

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 Jesus.

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 They have no wine.

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 And again,

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 we can't really read tone

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 into the text,

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 but I believe he responds

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 with a term of endearment,

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 not disrespect.

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 Endearment.

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 As we see in verse 4,

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 he says,

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 Woman,

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 what does this have to do

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 with me?

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 My hour

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 has not

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 yet

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 come.

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 Can you sense the irony

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 here?

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 I wonder if you can see

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 the bigger picture

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 that Jesus sees

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 in this story.

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 See,

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 to Mary,

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 she's looking at

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 the immediate issue.

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 This is just wine

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 at a wedding.

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 She had raised Jesus.

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 She knew of his innocence,

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 knew of his power.

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 She knew how unique

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 he was

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 as a son of God.

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 She knew the tension

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 of that moment.

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 And she knew

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 that surely

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 if anyone could fix this,

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 Jesus could.

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 But to Jesus,

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 he had something

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 much,

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 much bigger

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 on his mind.

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 As he looked on

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 at this dilemma

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 at the wedding,

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 he saw the issue

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 at hand,

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 but in his mind

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 he was looking ahead

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 to a much bigger

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 dilemma.

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 Do you see it?

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 See,

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 Jesus,

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 Jesus knew

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 better than anyone

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 what this wedding

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 represents.

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 is a picture

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 of Christ

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 in the church.

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 He knows

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 better than anyone

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 that one day

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 the bride of Christ,

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 all of the redeemed,

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 will gather

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 to celebrate

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 the true wedding

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 of the Lamb

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 in glory,

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 and he knows

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 exactly

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 what that meal

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 will cost.

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 Jesus knows

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 that the hour

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 is coming

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 soon

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 when he will

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 take a jar

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 of wine

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 and pour it

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 into glass

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 and spread it

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 and share it

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 with all of his

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 disciples

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 and tell them

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 this cup

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 is the new covenant

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 in my blood.

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 And then the hour

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 will come

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 when Christ,

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 the true bridegroom,

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 will manifest

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 his glory

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 in full

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 and pour out

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 blood

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 from the vessel

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 of his own body

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 to purchase

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 and cleanse

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 and purify

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 his bride.

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 That time

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 is coming.

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 That hour

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 is approaching

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 for Jesus.

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 It is ever present,

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 ever weighing

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 on his mind,

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 even right here

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 at the very beginning

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 of his ministry,

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 but it's not

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 yet here.

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 He tells Mary,

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 I can't rush

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 that moment.

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 The time,

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 the hour

00:15:51.019 --> 00:15:52.899
 has not yet

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 come.

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 But we see

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 he does manifest

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 his glory

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 in part.

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 He does this miracle

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 as a sign,

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 we're told,

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 as a pointer,

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 again,

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 of who he is

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 and what he has

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 come to do.

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 You see,

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 Jesus knows

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 the state

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 of our soul.

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 Jesus knows

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 the state

00:16:17.379 --> 00:16:18.540
 of our needy,

00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:19.560
 dry,

00:16:20.180 --> 00:16:21.420
 desperate soul

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 apart from him.

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 That apart from him

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 we are spiritually

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 parched.

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 We are without joy.

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 We are without

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 God's blessing.

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 We are without

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 hope.

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 But that is

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 exactly

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 why

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 he

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 came.

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 See,

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 in one sense,

00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:40.560
 this story

00:16:40.560 --> 00:16:41.259
 of water

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 transforming into wine

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 is a picture

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 of our condition,

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 of our life

00:16:46.700 --> 00:16:47.820
 apart from Christ.

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 You may be here

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 and you think

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 that you're fine

00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:51.720
 apart from Christ.

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 You got everything

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 you need,

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 you're fine,

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 you're fine just

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 as you are.

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 You may think

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 this life is good,

00:16:58.820 --> 00:16:59.660
 you don't need Christ

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 at all,

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 but hear me,

00:17:02.000 --> 00:17:03.060
 this story

00:17:03.060 --> 00:17:03.680
 tells us

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 there is an end

00:17:04.779 --> 00:17:06.320
 to every worldly

00:17:06.320 --> 00:17:06.860
 joy,

00:17:08.019 --> 00:17:09.019
 every worldly

00:17:09.019 --> 00:17:09.580
 pleasure

00:17:09.580 --> 00:17:10.600
 apart from

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 Christ.

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 Christ.

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 There will come

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 a time,

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 it may be today,

00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:14.859
 it may be tomorrow,

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 we don't know when,

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 there will come a time

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 when the wine

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 will run

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 out.

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 Then where

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 will we turn?

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 Where do we turn

00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:26.759
 when we're spiritually

00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:27.299
 dry?

00:17:27.460 --> 00:17:27.660
 Well,

00:17:27.859 --> 00:17:29.079
 this story tells us

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 we turn to the only

00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:32.539
 one who can bring us

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 from drought

00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:35.339
 to delight.

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 delight.

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 This is what we see

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 in our second point

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 this morning.

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 We see the transformation

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 here from drought

00:17:42.919 --> 00:17:44.240
 to delight.

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 Look there to verse 6

00:17:45.179 --> 00:17:45.539
 with me.

00:17:47.399 --> 00:17:48.099
 Verse 6

00:17:48.099 --> 00:17:49.259
 shows us

00:17:49.259 --> 00:17:50.539
 this miracle.

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 He says,

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 Now there were

00:17:51.639 --> 00:17:53.099
 six stone water

00:17:53.099 --> 00:17:53.819
 jars there

00:17:53.819 --> 00:17:54.439
 for the Jewish

00:17:54.439 --> 00:17:55.779
 rites of purification,

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 each holding

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 twenty or thirty

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 gallons.

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 Jesus said to the

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 servants,

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 fill the jars

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 with water,

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 and they filled

00:18:03.339 --> 00:18:04.240
 them up to the

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 brim and he said

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 to them,

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 Now draw some out,

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 take it to the

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 master of the feast

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 and they took it.

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 When the master

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 of the feast

00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:12.940
 tasted the water

00:18:12.940 --> 00:18:14.059
 now become wine

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 and did not know

00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:15.960
 where it came from,

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 though the servants

00:18:17.220 --> 00:18:17.740
 who had drawn

00:18:17.740 --> 00:18:18.519
 the water knew,

00:18:19.620 --> 00:18:20.400
 the master of the

00:18:20.400 --> 00:18:21.140
 feast called

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 the bridegroom

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 and said to him,

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 Everyone serves

00:18:24.559 --> 00:18:25.240
 the good wine

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 first and when

00:18:26.059 --> 00:18:26.740
 people have drunk

00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:27.799
 freely then the

00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:28.440
 poor wine,

00:18:28.539 --> 00:18:29.420
 but you have

00:18:29.420 --> 00:18:30.880
 kept the good

00:18:30.880 --> 00:18:31.440
 wine

00:18:31.440 --> 00:18:33.220
 until now.

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 This is a miracle.

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 It's the first

00:18:37.440 --> 00:18:38.740
 recorded miracle

00:18:38.740 --> 00:18:39.539
 in the Gospel

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 of John.

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 It's the beginning

00:18:40.840 --> 00:18:42.000
 here, the onset

00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:42.620
 of Jesus'

00:18:42.920 --> 00:18:43.519
 ministry,

00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:44.820
 and of course

00:18:44.820 --> 00:18:45.880
 as with any

00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:46.860
 miracle in the

00:18:46.860 --> 00:18:48.240
 Bible, skeptics

00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:49.840
 and theologically

00:18:49.840 --> 00:18:51.019
 liberal scholars,

00:18:51.299 --> 00:18:52.380
 they twist and

00:18:52.380 --> 00:18:53.100
 they turn and

00:18:53.100 --> 00:18:54.460
 they work hard

00:18:54.460 --> 00:18:55.480
 to find ways

00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:56.660
 to explain this

00:18:56.660 --> 00:18:57.100
 away.

00:18:58.100 --> 00:18:58.700
 And they say

00:18:58.700 --> 00:18:59.320
 that while this

00:18:59.320 --> 00:19:00.380
 is not scientifically

00:19:00.380 --> 00:19:01.160
 possible,

00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:02.740
 it doesn't

00:19:02.740 --> 00:19:03.279
 happen.

00:19:03.420 --> 00:19:04.279
 Water does not

00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:05.460
 become wine

00:19:05.460 --> 00:19:06.180
 and so therefore

00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:07.000
 this must not

00:19:07.000 --> 00:19:07.820
 be a legitimate

00:19:07.820 --> 00:19:08.900
 story.

00:19:09.700 --> 00:19:10.620
 And so one way

00:19:10.620 --> 00:19:11.940
 that they explain

00:19:11.940 --> 00:19:12.860
 this occurrence

00:19:12.860 --> 00:19:13.799
 away is that

00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:14.259
 they say,

00:19:14.360 --> 00:19:15.740
 well, there must

00:19:15.740 --> 00:19:16.720
 have been just

00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:17.600
 a little bit

00:19:17.600 --> 00:19:18.660
 of wine there

00:19:18.660 --> 00:19:19.140
 at the bottom

00:19:19.140 --> 00:19:19.820
 of the jars

00:19:19.820 --> 00:19:21.320
 and when they

00:19:21.320 --> 00:19:22.440
 filled the jars

00:19:22.440 --> 00:19:23.279
 with water,

00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:24.160
 now it had

00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:25.340
 mixed together

00:19:25.340 --> 00:19:25.759
 and it had

00:19:25.759 --> 00:19:26.160
 some of the

00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:27.140
 wine taste in

00:19:27.140 --> 00:19:27.279
 there.

00:19:27.360 --> 00:19:27.920
 Now we have

00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:28.799
 the six jars

00:19:28.799 --> 00:19:29.200
 of really

00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:29.980
 watered down

00:19:29.980 --> 00:19:30.579
 wine, but

00:19:30.579 --> 00:19:31.000
 they were so

00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:31.639
 drunk from

00:19:31.639 --> 00:19:32.240
 the rest of

00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:32.940
 the wine that

00:19:32.940 --> 00:19:34.180
 everyone thought

00:19:34.180 --> 00:19:34.919
 Jesus had

00:19:34.919 --> 00:19:35.639
 performed a

00:19:35.639 --> 00:19:36.000
 miracle.

00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:38.079
 But that's

00:19:38.079 --> 00:19:40.000
 not what John

00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:41.480
 says, is it?

00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:41.980
 What does he

00:19:41.980 --> 00:19:42.220
 say?

00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:44.259
 He says that

00:19:44.259 --> 00:19:44.960
 the master of

00:19:44.960 --> 00:19:45.359
 the feast

00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:46.099
 tasted the

00:19:46.099 --> 00:19:46.659
 water, now

00:19:46.659 --> 00:19:47.480
 become wine,

00:19:48.539 --> 00:19:49.519
 and praised

00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:51.180
 the bridegroom for

00:19:51.180 --> 00:19:52.440
 saving the best

00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:54.440
 wine for last.

00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:55.940
 See, believe it

00:19:55.940 --> 00:19:57.140
 or disbelieve it,

00:19:57.200 --> 00:19:57.920
 that's your

00:19:57.920 --> 00:19:58.640
 choice to make,

00:19:58.720 --> 00:19:59.140
 but we have

00:19:59.140 --> 00:19:59.600
 to deal with

00:19:59.600 --> 00:20:00.180
 what John

00:20:00.180 --> 00:20:01.340
 actually says

00:20:01.340 --> 00:20:01.799
 here.

00:20:01.880 --> 00:20:02.360
 We can't just

00:20:02.360 --> 00:20:03.500
 change it into

00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:04.180
 what we want

00:20:04.180 --> 00:20:05.259
 it to say.

00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:06.820
 But see, skeptics

00:20:06.820 --> 00:20:07.559
 have a hard time

00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:08.480
 with miracles like

00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:09.140
 this because they

00:20:09.140 --> 00:20:10.299
 don't fit into

00:20:10.299 --> 00:20:11.320
 their understanding

00:20:11.320 --> 00:20:12.259
 of the world

00:20:12.259 --> 00:20:12.720
 and how it

00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:13.080
 works.

00:20:13.799 --> 00:20:14.539
 It doesn't fit

00:20:14.539 --> 00:20:15.100
 into their

00:20:15.100 --> 00:20:16.259
 framework of how

00:20:16.259 --> 00:20:17.700
 ordinary life

00:20:17.700 --> 00:20:18.360
 is.

00:20:18.820 --> 00:20:19.220
 But I want

00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:19.880
 you to see

00:20:19.880 --> 00:20:22.080
 that is exactly

00:20:22.080 --> 00:20:23.340
 John's point.

00:20:24.860 --> 00:20:25.779
 You see that?

00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:28.519
 John is making

00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:29.059
 a point.

00:20:29.180 --> 00:20:29.860
 He's showing us

00:20:29.860 --> 00:20:30.539
 the identity

00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:31.180
 of Jesus.

00:20:31.360 --> 00:20:32.299
 He's telling us

00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:32.900
 that Jesus

00:20:32.900 --> 00:20:34.259
 is not ordinary.

00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:36.360
 See, John's not

00:20:36.360 --> 00:20:36.940
 going out of his

00:20:36.940 --> 00:20:37.500
 way to tell us

00:20:37.500 --> 00:20:38.519
 a story of a man

00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:39.299
 who turned water

00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:39.920
 into water.

00:20:40.059 --> 00:20:41.259
 That's not what

00:20:41.259 --> 00:20:41.880
 he's doing.

00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:43.180
 He's making a

00:20:43.180 --> 00:20:44.160
 point that this

00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:45.019
 man, Jesus,

00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:46.620
 he is doing

00:20:46.620 --> 00:20:47.500
 things that don't

00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:48.640
 ordinarily happen.

00:20:49.620 --> 00:20:50.700
 This man, Jesus,

00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:51.580
 is doing things

00:20:51.580 --> 00:20:52.580
 that cannot be

00:20:52.580 --> 00:20:52.960
 done.

00:20:53.299 --> 00:20:54.140
 I've never seen

00:20:54.140 --> 00:20:54.920
 water turn into

00:20:54.920 --> 00:20:55.480
 wine before,

00:20:55.480 --> 00:20:56.220
 but this man,

00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:57.160
 Jesus, has done

00:20:57.160 --> 00:20:58.160
 it and it's a

00:20:58.160 --> 00:20:59.339
 sign, therefore,

00:20:59.339 --> 00:21:01.720
 of who he is.

00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.440
 He's demonstrating

00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:03.200
 a power and

00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:04.039
 ability that's

00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:05.380
 outside of our

00:21:05.380 --> 00:21:06.860
 ordinary experience

00:21:06.860 --> 00:21:08.799
 of normal life.

00:21:08.940 --> 00:21:10.099
 Science attempts

00:21:10.099 --> 00:21:11.380
 to explain and

00:21:11.380 --> 00:21:12.339
 describe what we

00:21:12.339 --> 00:21:13.259
 see, what we

00:21:13.259 --> 00:21:13.779
 observe.

00:21:14.019 --> 00:21:14.640
 John says, I

00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:15.440
 have seen and

00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:16.059
 observed some

00:21:16.059 --> 00:21:17.299
 special things.

00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:18.339
 The only way I

00:21:18.339 --> 00:21:19.240
 can describe this

00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:20.680
 is that this is

00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:21.560
 the Messiah.

00:21:22.560 --> 00:21:23.820
 This is the

00:21:23.820 --> 00:21:25.560
 Son of God.

00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:28.480
 So you may

00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:29.240
 leave here and

00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:31.140
 not believe what

00:21:31.140 --> 00:21:31.920
 John is saying.

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:32.640
 Again, that's your

00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:33.700
 choice to make,

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:34.279
 but we can't

00:21:34.279 --> 00:21:35.600
 ignore the

00:21:35.600 --> 00:21:36.740
 claim that he

00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:37.860
 is making.

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:38.660
 We have to do

00:21:38.660 --> 00:21:39.420
 something here

00:21:39.420 --> 00:21:40.100
 with it.

00:21:41.380 --> 00:21:42.380
 John says in

00:21:42.380 --> 00:21:43.220
 verse 11 that

00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:43.960
 this was the

00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:45.420
 first of his

00:21:45.420 --> 00:21:46.299
 signs.

00:21:46.299 --> 00:21:47.379
 that Jesus

00:21:47.379 --> 00:21:49.039
 did in Cana

00:21:49.039 --> 00:21:50.440
 at Galilee.

00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:51.599
 He manifested

00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:52.740
 his glory and

00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.559
 his disciples,

00:21:53.819 --> 00:21:54.839
 they believed

00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:56.039
 in him.

00:21:56.139 --> 00:21:56.740
 The disciples

00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:58.059
 saw what Jesus

00:21:58.059 --> 00:21:58.659
 had done.

00:21:59.399 --> 00:22:00.259
 They believed

00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:00.879
 that Jesus

00:22:00.879 --> 00:22:02.299
 was the

00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:02.779
 Messiah.

00:22:04.299 --> 00:22:06.059
 This act,

00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:06.819
 this miracle

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:08.619
 was a sign.

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.460
 It's a sign

00:22:09.460 --> 00:22:09.899
 that this was

00:22:09.899 --> 00:22:10.899
 no ordinary

00:22:10.899 --> 00:22:11.619
 man.

00:22:11.700 --> 00:22:11.940
 We're going to

00:22:11.940 --> 00:22:12.579
 see more of

00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:13.220
 these signs

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:13.680
 throughout the

00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:14.519
 Gospel of John.

00:22:14.619 --> 00:22:15.019
 This is the

00:22:15.019 --> 00:22:16.259
 first of these

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:16.700
 signs.

00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:17.220
 In fact,

00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:17.779
 John has

00:22:17.779 --> 00:22:19.400
 seven signs

00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:20.440
 throughout the

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:21.319
 Gospel of John.

00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:21.640
 Some have

00:22:21.640 --> 00:22:21.940
 called the

00:22:21.940 --> 00:22:22.480
 Gospel of John

00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:23.299
 the Book of

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:24.079
 Signs.

00:22:24.519 --> 00:22:25.240
 He's presenting

00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:26.400
 to us this

00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:27.240
 claim, this

00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:27.740
 case.

00:22:27.839 --> 00:22:28.279
 He's showing

00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:29.460
 us that Jesus

00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:30.359
 is not

00:22:30.359 --> 00:22:31.059
 ordinary.

00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:32.420
 He is the

00:22:32.420 --> 00:22:33.660
 Son of

00:22:33.660 --> 00:22:34.200
 God.

00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.720
 You may not

00:22:36.720 --> 00:22:38.339
 accept what

00:22:38.339 --> 00:22:39.220
 John is saying

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:39.980
 here, but

00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:41.460
 let's consider

00:22:41.460 --> 00:22:41.980
 for a minute

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:42.839
 what this

00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:44.200
 means if

00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:44.900
 this story

00:22:44.900 --> 00:22:45.480
 is true.

00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:48.559
 this means

00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:50.240
 that Jesus

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:52.240
 Christ has

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:53.000
 the unique

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:54.519
 power to

00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:55.119
 transform.

00:22:56.119 --> 00:22:57.900
 Jesus Christ

00:22:57.900 --> 00:22:59.039
 has the

00:22:59.039 --> 00:23:00.440
 unique power

00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:01.940
 to transform.

00:23:02.220 --> 00:23:02.700
 I want us to

00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:03.180
 see this in

00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:04.039
 five ways

00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:04.619
 here.

00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:06.140
 First,

00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:08.960
 Jesus has

00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:09.460
 the unique

00:23:09.460 --> 00:23:10.240
 power to

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:10.980
 transform

00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:12.000
 material

00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:12.879
 objects.

00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:15.180
 water to

00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:15.680
 water to

00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:16.860
 water to

00:23:16.860 --> 00:23:17.260
 water to

00:23:17.260 --> 00:23:18.260
 water to

00:23:18.260 --> 00:23:19.260
 water to

00:23:19.260 --> 00:23:20.260
 water to

00:23:20.260 --> 00:23:20.860
 water to

00:23:20.860 --> 00:23:21.860
 water to

00:23:21.860 --> 00:23:24.260
 water to

00:23:24.260 --> 00:23:25.060
 water to

00:23:25.060 --> 00:23:25.660
 water to

00:23:25.660 --> 00:23:25.680
 water to

00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:26.140
 wine.

00:23:26.140 --> 00:23:27.540
 Water to

00:23:27.540 --> 00:23:28.640
 wine.

00:23:29.620 --> 00:23:30.320
 Jesus has

00:23:30.320 --> 00:23:31.380
 the unique

00:23:31.380 --> 00:23:32.140
 ability,

00:23:32.320 --> 00:23:33.060
 unique control

00:23:33.060 --> 00:23:34.240
 over substances

00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:35.320
 and materials

00:23:35.320 --> 00:23:36.420
 in creation,

00:23:36.620 --> 00:23:36.960
 which gives

00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:37.800
 us a clue

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:39.000
 that he

00:23:39.000 --> 00:23:40.099
 is distinct

00:23:40.099 --> 00:23:41.559
 from creation.

00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:43.139
 He is

00:23:43.139 --> 00:23:44.359
 the creator.

00:23:45.799 --> 00:23:46.180
 And John's

00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:47.220
 already shown

00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:47.779
 us this,

00:23:47.819 --> 00:23:48.299
 hasn't he?

00:23:48.379 --> 00:23:48.960
 Chapter 1,

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.579
 verse 3,

00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:49.980
 he says,

00:23:50.099 --> 00:23:51.059
 all things

00:23:51.059 --> 00:23:51.680
 were made

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:52.859
 through him

00:23:52.859 --> 00:23:53.779
 and without

00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:54.740
 him was not

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.980
 anything made

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.859
 that was

00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:57.460
 made.

00:23:58.159 --> 00:23:58.919
 The water

00:23:58.919 --> 00:23:59.559
 was made

00:23:59.559 --> 00:24:00.419
 through him,

00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:01.099
 the grapes

00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:01.779
 were made

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.720
 through him,

00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:03.419
 the wine

00:24:03.419 --> 00:24:04.099
 was made

00:24:04.099 --> 00:24:05.139
 through him,

00:24:05.140 --> 00:24:06.140
 and as

00:24:06.140 --> 00:24:06.780
 the sovereign

00:24:06.780 --> 00:24:07.800
 creator of

00:24:07.800 --> 00:24:08.880
 everything,

00:24:09.080 --> 00:24:09.759
 everywhere,

00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:11.460
 he guides

00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:12.640
 and controls

00:24:12.640 --> 00:24:13.960
 all things

00:24:13.960 --> 00:24:14.860
 even down

00:24:14.860 --> 00:24:15.280
 to the

00:24:15.280 --> 00:24:16.180
 smallest

00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:17.300
 molecules

00:24:17.300 --> 00:24:18.759
 in existence.

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:21.120
 As Colossians

00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:22.080
 tells us,

00:24:22.120 --> 00:24:22.700
 he is before

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:23.420
 all things

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:24.140
 and in him

00:24:24.140 --> 00:24:25.300
 all things

00:24:25.300 --> 00:24:26.520
 hold together.

00:24:26.720 --> 00:24:27.100
 All of it

00:24:27.100 --> 00:24:27.860
 is from him,

00:24:28.280 --> 00:24:28.800
 all of it

00:24:28.800 --> 00:24:29.700
 is through him,

00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.680
 all of it

00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:32.259
 is for him.

00:24:33.520 --> 00:24:34.100
 But the

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:35.379
 bigger picture,

00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:35.939
 understanding

00:24:35.939 --> 00:24:36.259
 of what's

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:37.079
 happening here,

00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:38.319
 at a bigger

00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:39.039
 level,

00:24:39.139 --> 00:24:39.559
 we see,

00:24:39.679 --> 00:24:40.219
 number two,

00:24:40.899 --> 00:24:41.719
 Jesus has

00:24:41.719 --> 00:24:42.299
 the unique

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:43.199
 power to

00:24:43.199 --> 00:24:44.099
 transform

00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:45.279
 the ages.

00:24:47.099 --> 00:24:47.919
 Jesus has

00:24:47.919 --> 00:24:48.359
 the unique

00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:49.879
 power to

00:24:49.879 --> 00:24:50.679
 transform

00:24:50.679 --> 00:24:52.199
 the ages.

00:24:52.419 --> 00:24:52.799
 Where do I

00:24:52.799 --> 00:24:53.419
 see that?

00:24:55.119 --> 00:24:55.599
 Well,

00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:56.259
 you have to

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.219
 probe a little

00:24:57.219 --> 00:24:57.639
 bit here,

00:24:57.719 --> 00:24:58.019
 you have to

00:24:58.019 --> 00:24:58.240
 kind of

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:58.899
 understand the

00:24:58.899 --> 00:24:59.859
 bigger picture

00:24:59.859 --> 00:25:00.480
 here.

00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:01.079
 Look there

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:02.000
 with me again

00:25:02.000 --> 00:25:02.719
 to verse 6.

00:25:04.099 --> 00:25:05.119
 What was

00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:06.480
 used for

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:06.699
 this

00:25:06.699 --> 00:25:07.379
 transformation?

00:25:10.119 --> 00:25:10.799
 Six

00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.919
 stone

00:25:11.919 --> 00:25:12.579
 water

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.339
 jars

00:25:13.339 --> 00:25:14.879
 for the

00:25:14.879 --> 00:25:15.279
 Jewish

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:15.899
 rites

00:25:15.899 --> 00:25:16.939
 of

00:25:16.939 --> 00:25:17.819
 purification.

00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:21.319
 I think

00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:22.000
 what John

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.859
 is showing

00:25:22.859 --> 00:25:23.859
 us here

00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:25.419
 is that

00:25:25.419 --> 00:25:26.240
 Jesus takes

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:27.519
 this Old

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:28.159
 Testament

00:25:28.159 --> 00:25:29.319
 purifying

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:30.099
 practice,

00:25:30.419 --> 00:25:31.059
 this water

00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:31.919
 of cleansing

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.860
 and he

00:25:32.860 --> 00:25:33.480
 transforms

00:25:33.480 --> 00:25:34.980
 it into

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.500
 something

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:36.500
 new,

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.660
 into wine

00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:38.840
 for celebrating

00:25:38.840 --> 00:25:39.480
 and for

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.140
 rejoicing.

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:40.660
 What's being

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.180
 said here?

00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:41.400
 Well,

00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:42.019
 I believe

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:42.680
 he's showing

00:25:42.680 --> 00:25:43.320
 us that

00:25:43.320 --> 00:25:43.980
 Jesus is

00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:45.279
 doing away

00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:45.860
 with the

00:25:45.860 --> 00:25:46.779
 Old Testament,

00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:47.759
 Old Covenant

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.779
 matter and

00:25:48.779 --> 00:25:49.320
 means of

00:25:49.320 --> 00:25:49.960
 relating to

00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:50.460
 God and

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:50.820
 he is

00:25:50.820 --> 00:25:51.460
 ushering

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:52.019
 forth,

00:25:52.220 --> 00:25:52.720
 ushering

00:25:52.720 --> 00:25:53.960
 in something

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.860
 entirely

00:25:54.860 --> 00:25:55.779
 new.

00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:56.860
 It's a

00:25:56.860 --> 00:25:57.360
 transformation

00:25:57.360 --> 00:25:58.380
 of the

00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:58.940
 ages,

00:25:59.180 --> 00:25:59.720
 a transformation

00:25:59.720 --> 00:26:00.420
 from the

00:26:00.420 --> 00:26:01.039
 Old Testament

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.720
 ways that

00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:02.420
 people interacted

00:26:02.420 --> 00:26:03.079
 with God

00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:04.220
 through external

00:26:04.220 --> 00:26:04.960
 washing,

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:06.559
 external cleansing,

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:07.339
 through the

00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:07.880
 blood of

00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:08.500
 bulls and

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:09.000
 goats that

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.839
 were temporary

00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.880
 and external

00:26:10.880 --> 00:26:11.819
 and he's

00:26:11.819 --> 00:26:13.000
 ushering in

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.900
 the new

00:26:13.900 --> 00:26:14.420
 covenant

00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:15.380
 in his

00:26:15.380 --> 00:26:15.920
 blood,

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.160
 spilled

00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:17.720
 out from

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:19.100
 the purest,

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:20.039
 cleanest

00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.579
 vessel,

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:21.140
 the vessel

00:26:21.140 --> 00:26:21.559
 of his

00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:22.579
 own body

00:26:22.579 --> 00:26:23.480
 for the

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:23.920
 forgiveness

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.579
 of the

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:25.100
 sins of

00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:25.600
 his own

00:26:25.600 --> 00:26:26.279
 bride so

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:26.480
 that we're

00:26:26.480 --> 00:26:27.019
 no longer

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.920
 purified and

00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.579
 cleansed from

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:29.259
 the outside

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.920
 but his

00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:30.400
 blood

00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:31.119
 cleanses

00:26:31.119 --> 00:26:32.099
 us from

00:26:32.099 --> 00:26:33.500
 every sin.

00:26:34.359 --> 00:26:34.920
 His blood

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:36.319
 purifies us

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:37.099
 from all

00:26:37.099 --> 00:26:37.799
 guilt.

00:26:37.960 --> 00:26:38.539
 The better

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:39.700
 true wine

00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:40.079
 has been

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.700
 saved for

00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:41.259
 last.

00:26:42.660 --> 00:26:42.819
 See,

00:26:42.859 --> 00:26:43.460
 this is not

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:44.859
 just a

00:26:44.859 --> 00:26:45.339
 transformation

00:26:45.339 --> 00:26:46.740
 from water

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.379
 to wine.

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:47.900
 This is a

00:26:47.900 --> 00:26:48.440
 transformation

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:49.960
 from age

00:26:49.960 --> 00:26:51.220
 to age.

00:26:52.079 --> 00:26:52.759
 It's a

00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:53.460
 transformation

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:54.779
 in how we

00:26:54.779 --> 00:26:56.059
 relate to

00:26:56.059 --> 00:26:56.559
 God,

00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:57.259
 no longer

00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:58.299
 through external

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:58.879
 cleansing,

00:26:58.880 --> 00:26:59.340
 but through

00:26:59.340 --> 00:27:00.060
 the very

00:27:00.060 --> 00:27:01.620
 blood of

00:27:01.620 --> 00:27:02.160
 Christ

00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:03.560
 shed for

00:27:03.560 --> 00:27:04.040
 us

00:27:04.040 --> 00:27:05.240
 for the

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.660
 forgiveness

00:27:05.660 --> 00:27:06.480
 of our

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:06.860
 sins,

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.280
 for our

00:27:07.280 --> 00:27:07.780
 cleansing

00:27:07.780 --> 00:27:09.180
 and for

00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:09.540
 our

00:27:09.540 --> 00:27:10.540
 joy,

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:12.360
 which is

00:27:12.360 --> 00:27:12.640
 what we

00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:13.880
 see in

00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:14.420
 our third

00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:15.580
 transformation.

00:27:16.120 --> 00:27:16.460
 We see

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:17.220
 number three,

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:19.500
 Jesus Christ

00:27:19.500 --> 00:27:19.940
 has a

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.860
 unique power

00:27:20.860 --> 00:27:21.900
 to transform

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:23.100
 sorrow

00:27:23.100 --> 00:27:24.980
 into joy.

00:27:24.980 --> 00:27:25.039
 joy.

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:27.539
 Jesus Christ

00:27:27.539 --> 00:27:28.720
 has a

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.579
 unique power

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:30.400
 to transform

00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:31.180
 sorrow

00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:33.240
 into joy.

00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:35.539
 Could you

00:27:35.539 --> 00:27:35.940
 imagine

00:27:35.940 --> 00:27:37.400
 what the

00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:38.339
 bridegroom was

00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:39.259
 feeling here?

00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:40.980
 Let's put

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.380
 yourself in

00:27:41.380 --> 00:27:42.000
 his shoes

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.640
 for a minute.

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.519
 Imagine if you

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.200
 were the

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:45.259
 bridegroom here

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:45.599
 at this

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:45.920
 wedding.

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.740
 Perhaps he

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:47.319
 knows that

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:48.000
 he's run

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.279
 out of

00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:48.599
 wine.

00:27:48.720 --> 00:27:49.200
 Surely he

00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:49.440
 does.

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:50.240
 Mary knows.

00:27:50.240 --> 00:27:50.720
 the servant

00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:51.259
 knows.

00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.539
 Surely he

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:53.640
 feels the

00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:54.400
 weight of

00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:55.220
 embarrassment,

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:57.559
 of shame,

00:27:58.700 --> 00:27:59.480
 of guilt,

00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:00.299
 possibly,

00:28:00.500 --> 00:28:01.660
 probably anxiety,

00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:02.220
 worry,

00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:03.019
 fear of

00:28:03.019 --> 00:28:03.960
 what might

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:04.380
 happen,

00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:05.000
 worry over

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:05.859
 what to do,

00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.460
 and then all

00:28:06.460 --> 00:28:07.000
 of a sudden

00:28:07.000 --> 00:28:07.620
 you hear the

00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:08.319
 master of the

00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:08.980
 feast call

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.460
 out your

00:28:09.460 --> 00:28:10.480
 name in

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:10.859
 front of

00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:11.400
 everyone.

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:11.859
 You know

00:28:11.859 --> 00:28:12.160
 that you're

00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:12.519
 just about

00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:12.779
 to be

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.259
 publicly

00:28:13.259 --> 00:28:14.480
 humiliated,

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:16.359
 but instead

00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:18.359
 he praises

00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:18.680
 you.

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:20.680
 Everyone

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:22.140
 else saves

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:22.559
 the best

00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:22.980
 wine,

00:28:23.120 --> 00:28:23.480
 serves the

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:23.920
 best wine

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.339
 first,

00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:24.940
 and then the

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.559
 poor wine

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:25.819
 when the

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:26.299
 people have

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:27.099
 drunk freely,

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:27.900
 but you,

00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:28.700
 you have

00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:29.420
 kept the

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:30.299
 good wine

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:31.859
 until now.

00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:32.240
 Could you

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:33.620
 imagine the

00:28:33.620 --> 00:28:34.420
 relief that

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:34.799
 that man

00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.200
 felt?

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:38.019
 His sorrow

00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.759
 in that

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:40.099
 moment was

00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:41.700
 transformed into

00:28:41.700 --> 00:28:42.140
 joy,

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:44.079
 celebration,

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:44.740
 all of his

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.180
 worry,

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:46.099
 all of the

00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:46.640
 weight of

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.059
 guilt,

00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:47.720
 all of the

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:48.380
 shame is

00:28:48.380 --> 00:28:49.180
 gone,

00:28:49.180 --> 00:28:50.019
 and in

00:28:50.019 --> 00:28:50.720
 its place

00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:52.440
 is joy.

00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:53.320
 This is what

00:28:53.320 --> 00:28:54.200
 Jesus has

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:55.039
 come to

00:28:55.039 --> 00:28:55.380
 do.

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:59.480
 I shared

00:28:59.480 --> 00:28:59.960
 with some

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.299
 of you,

00:29:00.420 --> 00:29:00.640
 I shared

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:00.920
 with our

00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:01.420
 men's group

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:02.400
 this week

00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:03.340
 that I had

00:29:03.340 --> 00:29:03.740
 the privilege

00:29:03.740 --> 00:29:04.380
 to disciple

00:29:04.380 --> 00:29:05.700
 some men

00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:06.060
 in North

00:29:06.060 --> 00:29:06.779
 Myrtle Beach

00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.440
 when we were

00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:07.960
 living there,

00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.500
 a couple of

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.180
 them in the

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:09.400
 group,

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:09.680
 they were

00:29:09.680 --> 00:29:10.180
 old enough

00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:10.920
 to be my

00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.560
 grandfather,

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:13.500
 but they

00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:13.740
 were my

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:15.140
 brothers and

00:29:15.140 --> 00:29:15.680
 my friends.

00:29:16.320 --> 00:29:16.720
 I loved

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.060
 them.

00:29:17.059 --> 00:29:19.220
 over the

00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:19.700
 past week,

00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.639
 they were

00:29:20.639 --> 00:29:21.839
 steadily growing

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:22.240
 weaker,

00:29:22.399 --> 00:29:23.119
 growing older,

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:23.899
 growing sicker,

00:29:23.940 --> 00:29:24.299
 and over the

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.879
 past week,

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.559
 we got news

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:26.659
 that they

00:29:26.659 --> 00:29:27.039
 were not

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.519
 in good

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:27.980
 health,

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.480
 and last

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:29.740
 Tuesday,

00:29:29.879 --> 00:29:30.279
 both of

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:30.440
 them,

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:30.720
 Tuesday

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.099
 evening,

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:31.899
 same night,

00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:32.579
 both of

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:33.000
 them passed

00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:33.319
 away.

00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:33.659
 I couldn't

00:29:33.659 --> 00:29:34.119
 believe it.

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:36.039
 But I had

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.460
 the chance

00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.279
 to call and

00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:37.639
 to speak

00:29:37.639 --> 00:29:38.019
 with one

00:29:38.019 --> 00:29:38.399
 of them

00:29:38.399 --> 00:29:40.139
 a few

00:29:40.139 --> 00:29:40.679
 days before

00:29:40.679 --> 00:29:41.419
 he passed,

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:43.559
 knowing that

00:29:43.559 --> 00:29:44.139
 he was

00:29:44.140 --> 00:29:45.440
 hours,

00:29:45.680 --> 00:29:46.580
 days away

00:29:46.580 --> 00:29:47.900
 from death.

00:29:49.100 --> 00:29:50.200
 He laughed.

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:52.680
 He could

00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:53.140
 hear the

00:29:53.140 --> 00:29:53.860
 smile over

00:29:53.860 --> 00:29:54.360
 the phone.

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:55.759
 He sounded

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.140
 good.

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:56.920
 He knew he

00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:57.560
 was approaching

00:29:57.560 --> 00:29:58.300
 death's door,

00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:58.860
 but that man

00:29:58.860 --> 00:29:59.700
 was full

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:01.160
 of joy

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:02.060
 in the

00:30:02.060 --> 00:30:02.480
 Lord.

00:30:03.580 --> 00:30:03.800
 Let me

00:30:03.800 --> 00:30:04.040
 tell you

00:30:04.040 --> 00:30:04.200
 something.

00:30:04.300 --> 00:30:04.880
 That is not

00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:05.680
 something that

00:30:05.680 --> 00:30:07.340
 is possible

00:30:07.340 --> 00:30:08.500
 to be understood

00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.180
 by the world

00:30:09.180 --> 00:30:09.800
 around us

00:30:09.800 --> 00:30:11.380
 apart from

00:30:11.380 --> 00:30:12.259
 knowing

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:13.119
 Christ.

00:30:14.839 --> 00:30:15.299
 Even the

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:15.799
 sorrow that

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:16.279
 we feel

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:17.180
 in saying

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:17.660
 goodbye

00:30:17.660 --> 00:30:18.599
 to these

00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:19.000
 men,

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:20.240
 we do it

00:30:20.240 --> 00:30:20.799
 with joy,

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.359
 knowing that

00:30:21.359 --> 00:30:21.960
 their suffering

00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:22.559
 is done.

00:30:23.660 --> 00:30:24.259
 Their sorrow

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.900
 is done.

00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:25.799
 They have

00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:26.640
 nothing to

00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:27.160
 look forward

00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:27.619
 to but

00:30:27.619 --> 00:30:29.160
 eternal joy

00:30:29.160 --> 00:30:29.460
 in the

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:30.099
 presence of

00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:30.460
 the Lord

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:31.160
 forever.

00:30:33.160 --> 00:30:33.759
 I don't

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:33.980
 want to

00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:34.680
 make light

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:36.480
 of suffering.

00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:37.039
 It's very

00:30:37.039 --> 00:30:37.400
 real.

00:30:39.140 --> 00:30:39.519
 Sorrow

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:40.599
 in this

00:30:40.599 --> 00:30:41.180
 age,

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:41.960
 hardship,

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:43.039
 pain,

00:30:43.400 --> 00:30:43.799
 evil,

00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:44.299
 death,

00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:44.879
 very,

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:46.420
 very real.

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:48.039
 But church,

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:49.180
 we suffer

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:50.779
 as Christians

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.480
 who have

00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:52.200
 the joy

00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:52.779
 of the

00:30:52.779 --> 00:30:53.180
 Lord.

00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:54.599
 And knowing

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:55.240
 Him

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:56.619
 transforms

00:30:56.619 --> 00:30:58.240
 every ounce

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:59.400
 of temporary

00:30:59.400 --> 00:31:00.539
 sorrow you

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:01.140
 will feel

00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:01.920
 in this

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:02.740
 fading age.

00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:05.819
 Jesus

00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.339
 came

00:31:06.339 --> 00:31:08.119
 to transform

00:31:08.119 --> 00:31:09.440
 all sorrow

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:11.140
 into joy

00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:11.980
 for all

00:31:11.980 --> 00:31:12.779
 who know

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:13.820
 the Lord.

00:31:13.920 --> 00:31:14.180
 And not

00:31:14.180 --> 00:31:14.820
 just a little

00:31:14.820 --> 00:31:15.580
 bit of joy.

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:17.420
 Number four,

00:31:18.320 --> 00:31:18.960
 we see that

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.779
 Jesus has

00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:20.220
 a unique

00:31:20.220 --> 00:31:21.059
 power to

00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:21.680
 transform

00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:23.039
 absence of

00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.880
 joy to

00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:24.960
 abundance

00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:26.580
 of joy.

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:29.000
 I'm not a

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:29.600
 math person

00:31:29.600 --> 00:31:30.140
 at all.

00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:31.200
 So check

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:31.660
 my work.

00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:35.519
 Let's do

00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:35.860
 the math

00:31:35.860 --> 00:31:36.040
 here.

00:31:36.140 --> 00:31:36.360
 There's

00:31:36.360 --> 00:31:37.040
 six

00:31:37.040 --> 00:31:37.700
 stone

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:38.360
 jars,

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:40.320
 each of

00:31:40.320 --> 00:31:40.460
 them

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:40.740
 holding

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:41.480
 20 to

00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:41.820
 30

00:31:41.820 --> 00:31:42.360
 gallons.

00:31:42.840 --> 00:31:43.240
 They're

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.700
 all filled

00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.000
 up to

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.480
 the brim,

00:31:44.600 --> 00:31:45.060
 by the

00:31:45.060 --> 00:31:45.400
 way.

00:31:46.120 --> 00:31:46.380
 And that

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:46.920
 means that

00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:48.160
 Jesus has

00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:49.019
 just created

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:49.480
 somewhere

00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:50.000
 between

00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:51.440
 120 to

00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:52.259
 180

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:52.980
 gallons

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.640
 of wine.

00:31:53.640 --> 00:31:56.080
 the best

00:31:56.080 --> 00:31:57.380
 wine

00:31:57.380 --> 00:31:58.640
 imaginable.

00:31:58.840 --> 00:31:59.300
 This is

00:31:59.300 --> 00:32:00.180
 an abundance

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:01.500
 of wine.

00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:01.920
 And then

00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:02.600
 go a little

00:32:02.600 --> 00:32:03.120
 bit further.

00:32:03.300 --> 00:32:03.880
 A typical

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:04.900
 serving of

00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:06.020
 wine is

00:32:06.020 --> 00:32:06.700
 about six

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.240
 ounces.

00:32:07.900 --> 00:32:08.759
 There are

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:10.120
 128 ounces

00:32:10.120 --> 00:32:10.880
 in a gallon,

00:32:11.040 --> 00:32:11.340
 which means

00:32:11.340 --> 00:32:11.600
 you get

00:32:11.600 --> 00:32:12.320
 about 21

00:32:12.320 --> 00:32:13.240
 or 22

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:13.960
 glasses

00:32:13.960 --> 00:32:14.920
 per gallon.

00:32:15.080 --> 00:32:15.259
 Again,

00:32:15.360 --> 00:32:15.759
 y'all check

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.380
 my math,

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:16.960
 but I think

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:18.259
 Jesus just

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.820
 whipped up

00:32:18.820 --> 00:32:19.140
 about

00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:20.900
 3,960

00:32:20.900 --> 00:32:21.340
 glasses

00:32:21.340 --> 00:32:21.820
 of wine.

00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:26.360
 And now

00:32:26.360 --> 00:32:26.780
 for one

00:32:26.780 --> 00:32:27.180
 thing,

00:32:28.080 --> 00:32:29.020
 he just

00:32:29.020 --> 00:32:29.540
 showed up

00:32:29.540 --> 00:32:30.200
 every other

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:30.740
 person who

00:32:30.740 --> 00:32:31.080
 brought a

00:32:31.080 --> 00:32:31.440
 gift to

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:31.800
 this wedding.

00:32:33.120 --> 00:32:33.780
 I don't

00:32:33.780 --> 00:32:34.180
 know what

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:34.520
 the gifts

00:32:34.520 --> 00:32:34.920
 were normally

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.480
 like in

00:32:35.480 --> 00:32:36.040
 this culture,

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:36.620
 but I'm

00:32:36.620 --> 00:32:37.540
 pretty certain

00:32:37.540 --> 00:32:38.080
 that none

00:32:38.080 --> 00:32:38.420
 of them

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:39.120
 outdid

00:32:39.120 --> 00:32:40.580
 Jesus on

00:32:40.580 --> 00:32:41.040
 that day.

00:32:41.140 --> 00:32:41.540
 This was a

00:32:41.540 --> 00:32:42.380
 rich gift

00:32:42.380 --> 00:32:43.380
 from Christ,

00:32:43.500 --> 00:32:44.700
 but this

00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:45.220
 is just

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.680
 how it

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:46.200
 is with

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:46.520
 Jesus.

00:32:48.600 --> 00:32:49.300
 This is

00:32:49.300 --> 00:32:50.540
 how Jesus

00:32:50.540 --> 00:32:51.680
 gives.

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.340
 We should

00:32:52.340 --> 00:32:53.080
 realize that

00:32:53.079 --> 00:32:53.899
 he is

00:32:53.899 --> 00:32:54.879
 full of

00:32:54.879 --> 00:32:55.359
 grace,

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:56.339
 full of

00:32:56.339 --> 00:32:56.699
 truth,

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:56.980
 and there

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.839
 is no

00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:59.199
 limit on

00:32:59.199 --> 00:32:59.799
 the blessing

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:00.500
 that Jesus

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:01.539
 can and

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:02.779
 will give

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:03.579
 to all

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:04.139
 of his

00:33:04.139 --> 00:33:04.579
 people.

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.659
 Jesus

00:33:06.659 --> 00:33:07.579
 Christ does

00:33:07.579 --> 00:33:08.359
 not give

00:33:08.359 --> 00:33:09.740
 begrudgingly

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:11.259
 or half-heartedly

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:12.899
 or reluctantly.

00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:13.539
 He doesn't

00:33:13.539 --> 00:33:14.839
 extend grace

00:33:14.839 --> 00:33:15.720
 and joy

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.799
 with his

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:17.599
 hands gripped

00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:18.439
 tight around

00:33:18.439 --> 00:33:18.599
 it,

00:33:18.639 --> 00:33:19.139
 just wishing

00:33:19.139 --> 00:33:19.639
 he couldn't

00:33:19.639 --> 00:33:20.039
 give it

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.480
 to you.

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:22.940
 Jesus

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:23.980
 gives

00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:24.539
 in

00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.259
 abundance

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:27.120
 grace,

00:33:27.920 --> 00:33:28.599
 joy,

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:30.019
 happiness,

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.839
 satisfaction,

00:33:32.079 --> 00:33:32.680
 forgiveness,

00:33:33.519 --> 00:33:34.120
 the riches

00:33:34.120 --> 00:33:35.079
 of the love

00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:35.920
 of God

00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:36.740
 poured out

00:33:36.740 --> 00:33:37.599
 freely

00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:38.640
 for the

00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:39.180
 enjoyment

00:33:39.180 --> 00:33:40.099
 of his

00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:40.860
 people.

00:33:41.099 --> 00:33:41.460
 From his

00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:42.180
 fullness we

00:33:42.180 --> 00:33:42.660
 have all

00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:43.799
 received grace.

00:33:43.900 --> 00:33:44.079
 What?

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:45.180
 Grace upon

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:46.579
 grace,

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:47.519
 which tells

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:47.860
 me,

00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:48.620
 number five,

00:33:48.619 --> 00:33:48.979
 and here's

00:33:48.979 --> 00:33:49.299
 where we

00:33:49.299 --> 00:33:49.739
 close.

00:33:51.899 --> 00:33:52.259
 Jesus

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.899
 Christ

00:33:52.899 --> 00:33:54.599
 has the

00:33:54.599 --> 00:33:55.299
 power to

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:55.739
 transform

00:33:55.739 --> 00:33:56.239
 you

00:33:56.239 --> 00:33:59.519
 and me.

00:34:01.699 --> 00:34:02.339
 Jesus

00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:02.859
 Christ

00:34:02.859 --> 00:34:03.439
 alone

00:34:03.439 --> 00:34:04.719
 has the

00:34:04.719 --> 00:34:05.139
 unique

00:34:05.139 --> 00:34:05.759
 power

00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.719
 to

00:34:06.719 --> 00:34:07.299
 transform

00:34:07.299 --> 00:34:07.879
 our

00:34:07.879 --> 00:34:08.819
 dryness

00:34:08.819 --> 00:34:10.079
 to

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.519
 delight.

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:14.099
 Would

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.380
 others

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:15.099
 describe you

00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:15.519
 as full

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:15.920
 of joy?

00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:15.980
 joy?

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:20.039
 Are you

00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:21.280
 growing

00:34:21.280 --> 00:34:22.079
 deeper,

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:23.740
 deeper,

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.059
 deeper

00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:25.900
 in your

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:26.380
 delight

00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:27.139
 in the

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:27.539
 Lord?

00:34:29.000 --> 00:34:29.440
 Jesus

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:30.019
 Christ,

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.659
 this man

00:34:30.659 --> 00:34:31.000
 that we're

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:31.619
 talking about

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.240
 this morning

00:34:32.240 --> 00:34:32.680
 is a

00:34:32.680 --> 00:34:34.139
 never-ending

00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:35.059
 source,

00:34:35.240 --> 00:34:36.519
 an inexhaustible

00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:37.559
 fountain of

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:38.460
 true and

00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:40.159
 lasting joy,

00:34:40.300 --> 00:34:41.240
 which means

00:34:41.240 --> 00:34:42.960
 Christians out

00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.920
 of all people

00:34:43.920 --> 00:34:44.659
 of the world

00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:45.920
 ought to be

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:47.500
 marked by

00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:48.159
 joy.

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:53.039
 Some of

00:34:53.039 --> 00:34:54.300
 you here

00:34:54.300 --> 00:34:55.720
 may be

00:34:55.720 --> 00:34:56.280
 spiritually

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:58.400
 dry because

00:34:58.400 --> 00:34:58.900
 you don't

00:34:58.900 --> 00:34:59.340
 know the

00:34:59.340 --> 00:34:59.659
 Lord.

00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:03.220
 And if

00:35:03.220 --> 00:35:03.940
 that's you,

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:06.119
 the call

00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:06.760
 of God

00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:07.340
 from this

00:35:07.340 --> 00:35:08.180
 text to

00:35:08.180 --> 00:35:09.000
 you this

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:09.400
 morning

00:35:09.400 --> 00:35:11.680
 is to

00:35:11.680 --> 00:35:12.480
 stop

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:13.500
 turning,

00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.019
 stop

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:15.860
 relying,

00:35:16.720 --> 00:35:17.019
 stop

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:17.880
 drinking

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:19.059
 from

00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:19.740
 temporary

00:35:19.740 --> 00:35:20.360
 pleasures

00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:22.820
 that are

00:35:22.820 --> 00:35:23.559
 here today

00:35:23.559 --> 00:35:25.039
 and gone

00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:25.579
 tomorrow.

00:35:26.980 --> 00:35:27.700
 Stop

00:35:27.700 --> 00:35:28.980
 living

00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:30.260
 for fading

00:35:30.260 --> 00:35:31.280
 joy

00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:33.119
 and turn

00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:34.280
 to the

00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:34.780
 fount

00:35:34.780 --> 00:35:36.099
 of true

00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:37.320
 everlasting

00:35:37.320 --> 00:35:37.980
 joy.

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.079
 joy.

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:39.199
 Turn

00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:39.380
 to

00:35:39.380 --> 00:35:39.880
 Christ.

00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:41.280
 He is

00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:42.099
 far more

00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:42.800
 willing to

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.300
 provide

00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:43.940
 abundant

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.800
 joy than

00:35:44.800 --> 00:35:45.360
 we are

00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:46.019
 to seek

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:47.179
 it in

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:47.559
 him.

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:49.400
 But some

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:49.699
 of us,

00:35:49.740 --> 00:35:50.119
 I recognize

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:50.599
 some of

00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:50.760
 us,

00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:51.280
 many of

00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:51.699
 us,

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.460
 may be

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:52.960
 here this

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:53.760
 morning and

00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:54.559
 are spiritually

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:55.599
 dry as

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:56.420
 Christians.

00:35:57.340 --> 00:35:57.719
 And if

00:35:57.719 --> 00:35:58.880
 you're not

00:35:58.880 --> 00:35:59.980
 there right

00:35:59.980 --> 00:36:00.280
 now,

00:36:00.380 --> 00:36:01.159
 praise God,

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:02.420
 but there

00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:02.980
 will likely

00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:03.719
 come a time

00:36:03.719 --> 00:36:04.219
 in your life

00:36:04.219 --> 00:36:04.679
 when you

00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:05.619
 will be.

00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:06.760
 So we

00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:07.139
 need to be

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:07.599
 reminded,

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.760
 time and

00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:09.320
 time and

00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:09.800
 time and

00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:10.400
 time again

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:11.179
 that seeking

00:36:11.179 --> 00:36:12.059
 joy in

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:12.719
 Christ is

00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:13.059
 not a

00:36:13.059 --> 00:36:13.699
 one-time

00:36:13.699 --> 00:36:14.280
 thing at

00:36:14.280 --> 00:36:14.780
 the beginning

00:36:14.780 --> 00:36:15.320
 of our

00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:15.880
 relationship

00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:16.460
 with him.

00:36:16.780 --> 00:36:17.179
 This is

00:36:17.179 --> 00:36:17.639
 something that

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:18.500
 we need to

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:20.139
 drink again

00:36:20.139 --> 00:36:21.079
 and again

00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:22.000
 and again

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:22.340
 and be

00:36:22.340 --> 00:36:23.400
 satisfied with

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:23.820
 the goodness

00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:24.559
 of Christ

00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:25.840
 again and

00:36:25.840 --> 00:36:27.000
 again and

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.420
 again.

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:28.019
 When is the

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.840
 last time

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:29.240
 you just

00:36:29.240 --> 00:36:29.920
 shut

00:36:29.920 --> 00:36:30.719
 everything

00:36:30.719 --> 00:36:31.900
 else out

00:36:31.900 --> 00:36:32.920
 and just

00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:33.900
 spent time

00:36:33.900 --> 00:36:34.679
 enjoying

00:36:34.679 --> 00:36:35.579
 the Lord?

00:36:35.579 --> 00:36:41.299
 this is

00:36:41.299 --> 00:36:43.000
 one of

00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:43.420
 our key

00:36:43.420 --> 00:36:44.000
 values

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:44.920
 here at

00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:45.400
 Seaweed Bay.

00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:47.819
 We exist

00:36:47.819 --> 00:36:48.860
 to magnify

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.519
 the glory

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:50.159
 of God

00:36:50.159 --> 00:36:50.679
 in the

00:36:50.679 --> 00:36:51.460
 gospel of

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:52.299
 Jesus Christ.

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:52.599
 We've got

00:36:52.599 --> 00:36:53.319
 three ways

00:36:53.319 --> 00:36:53.679
 that we

00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:54.259
 do that.

00:36:54.380 --> 00:36:54.599
 Number

00:36:54.599 --> 00:36:55.159
 one,

00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:56.960
 by enjoying

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:58.179
 the Lord.

00:36:59.420 --> 00:37:00.779
 So simple,

00:37:01.779 --> 00:37:02.319
 yet so

00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:02.980
 often

00:37:02.980 --> 00:37:04.320
 overlooked.

00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:06.120
 Are you

00:37:06.120 --> 00:37:06.539
 enjoying

00:37:06.539 --> 00:37:06.880
 him?

00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:08.780
 Are you

00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:09.280
 enjoying

00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:10.019
 him?

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:10.860
 Not just

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:11.720
 reading the

00:37:11.720 --> 00:37:12.320
 Bible, but

00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:13.360
 enjoying the

00:37:13.360 --> 00:37:13.900
 Lord and

00:37:13.900 --> 00:37:14.420
 the pages

00:37:14.420 --> 00:37:14.860
 of his

00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:15.160
 word.

00:37:15.240 --> 00:37:15.460
 Are you

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:15.920
 enjoying

00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:16.360
 him in

00:37:16.360 --> 00:37:16.640
 prayer?

00:37:16.720 --> 00:37:17.200
 Not just

00:37:17.200 --> 00:37:18.240
 praying, but

00:37:18.240 --> 00:37:18.900
 enjoying

00:37:18.900 --> 00:37:19.880
 fellowship with

00:37:19.880 --> 00:37:20.200
 Christ?

00:37:20.340 --> 00:37:20.640
 Are you

00:37:20.640 --> 00:37:21.680
 enjoying him

00:37:21.680 --> 00:37:22.280
 with fellowship

00:37:22.280 --> 00:37:22.760
 with your

00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:23.860
 fellow brothers

00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:24.440
 and sisters

00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:25.000
 in Christ

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.400
 here at

00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:25.840
 your church

00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:26.240
 family?

00:37:26.300 --> 00:37:26.640
 Not just

00:37:26.640 --> 00:37:27.140
 coming to

00:37:27.140 --> 00:37:27.620
 church, but

00:37:27.620 --> 00:37:28.539
 enjoying the

00:37:28.539 --> 00:37:29.360
 Lord together?

00:37:30.140 --> 00:37:30.620
 Are you

00:37:30.619 --> 00:37:32.079
 enjoying

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:33.139
 him?

00:37:35.799 --> 00:37:36.400
 Christians,

00:37:36.699 --> 00:37:37.199
 out of all

00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:37.819
 people, ought

00:37:37.819 --> 00:37:38.519
 to be marked

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:39.579
 by joy, because

00:37:39.579 --> 00:37:40.480
 again, church,

00:37:40.639 --> 00:37:41.900
 our joy is

00:37:41.900 --> 00:37:42.719
 not drawn from

00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:43.359
 the temporary

00:37:43.359 --> 00:37:44.039
 pleasures of

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:44.500
 this world.

00:37:45.920 --> 00:37:47.319
 Our joy is

00:37:47.319 --> 00:37:49.099
 rooted and

00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:49.920
 drawn from

00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:51.159
 the overflowing

00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:52.059
 fountain of

00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:53.159
 true and

00:37:53.159 --> 00:37:54.960
 lasting joy.

00:37:58.079 --> 00:37:59.000
 We close

00:37:59.000 --> 00:38:00.380
 our time a

00:38:00.380 --> 00:38:00.660
 couple of

00:38:00.660 --> 00:38:01.019
 weeks ago

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:01.619
 from Isaiah

00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:02.519
 25, and

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:04.160
 I just feel

00:38:04.160 --> 00:38:04.980
 compelled to

00:38:04.980 --> 00:38:05.480
 do that

00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:07.619
 again, because

00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:08.800
 future hope

00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:09.860
 breeds present

00:38:09.860 --> 00:38:10.380
 joy.

00:38:11.220 --> 00:38:12.320
 We look to

00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:12.980
 the promises

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.840
 of God and

00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:14.480
 remember what

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:15.099
 we have to

00:38:15.099 --> 00:38:15.840
 look forward

00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:17.000
 to, but the

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:17.640
 beauty is we

00:38:17.640 --> 00:38:18.340
 don't have to

00:38:18.340 --> 00:38:19.400
 wait until

00:38:19.400 --> 00:38:20.559
 then to enjoy

00:38:20.559 --> 00:38:20.720
 it.

00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:21.500
 That joy has

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:23.720
 broken in to

00:38:23.720 --> 00:38:24.340
 the present.

00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:25.519
 Christ has

00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:26.660
 come to

00:38:26.660 --> 00:38:28.340
 bring joy in

00:38:28.340 --> 00:38:28.980
 full.

00:38:29.079 --> 00:38:29.380
 What does he

00:38:29.380 --> 00:38:29.619
 say?

00:38:29.619 --> 00:38:30.359
 These things

00:38:30.359 --> 00:38:30.699
 I have

00:38:30.699 --> 00:38:31.359
 spoken to

00:38:31.359 --> 00:38:31.819
 you that

00:38:31.819 --> 00:38:32.480
 my joy

00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:33.239
 may be in

00:38:33.239 --> 00:38:34.460
 you and

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:34.960
 that your

00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:36.739
 joy may be

00:38:36.739 --> 00:38:37.139
 full.

00:38:37.279 --> 00:38:37.839
 So we close

00:38:37.839 --> 00:38:38.380
 once again

00:38:38.380 --> 00:38:38.940
 with Isaiah

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:40.059
 25.

00:38:41.500 --> 00:38:41.980
 On this

00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:42.679
 mountain, the

00:38:42.679 --> 00:38:43.519
 Lord of hosts

00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:44.539
 will make for

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:45.500
 all peoples a

00:38:45.500 --> 00:38:46.679
 feast of rich

00:38:46.679 --> 00:38:48.339
 food, a

00:38:48.339 --> 00:38:49.179
 feast of

00:38:49.179 --> 00:38:50.239
 well-aged

00:38:50.239 --> 00:38:52.359
 wine, of

00:38:52.359 --> 00:38:53.079
 rich food

00:38:53.079 --> 00:38:53.579
 full of

00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:54.319
 morrow, of

00:38:54.319 --> 00:38:55.639
 aged wine,

00:38:55.859 --> 00:38:56.839
 well-refined.

00:38:56.840 --> 00:38:58.220
 God, and

00:38:58.220 --> 00:38:58.480
 he will

00:38:58.480 --> 00:38:59.539
 swallow up

00:38:59.539 --> 00:38:59.940
 on this

00:38:59.940 --> 00:39:00.620
 mountain the

00:39:00.620 --> 00:39:01.440
 covering that

00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:02.320
 is cast over

00:39:02.320 --> 00:39:03.200
 all peoples,

00:39:03.920 --> 00:39:04.700
 the veil that

00:39:04.700 --> 00:39:05.640
 is spread over

00:39:05.640 --> 00:39:06.620
 all nations.

00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:07.640
 He will

00:39:07.640 --> 00:39:08.539
 swallow up

00:39:08.539 --> 00:39:09.620
 death forever,

00:39:10.500 --> 00:39:10.860
 and the

00:39:10.860 --> 00:39:11.519
 Lord God

00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:12.039
 will wipe

00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:12.940
 away tears

00:39:12.940 --> 00:39:13.460
 from all

00:39:13.460 --> 00:39:14.820
 faces, and

00:39:14.820 --> 00:39:15.400
 the reproach

00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:15.700
 of his

00:39:15.700 --> 00:39:16.579
 people he

00:39:16.579 --> 00:39:16.940
 will take

00:39:16.940 --> 00:39:17.539
 away from

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:18.059
 the earth,

00:39:18.140 --> 00:39:18.420
 for the

00:39:18.420 --> 00:39:18.960
 Lord has

00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:19.420
 spoken.

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 It will be

00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:21.420
 said on that

00:39:21.420 --> 00:39:21.780
 day,

00:39:22.640 --> 00:39:23.140
 behold,

00:39:23.139 --> 00:39:24.639
 this is

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:25.579
 our God.

00:39:26.319 --> 00:39:26.699
 We have

00:39:26.699 --> 00:39:27.279
 waited for

00:39:27.279 --> 00:39:28.319
 him, that

00:39:28.319 --> 00:39:28.699
 he might

00:39:28.699 --> 00:39:29.420
 save us.

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:30.339
 This is the

00:39:30.339 --> 00:39:30.900
 Lord, we

00:39:30.900 --> 00:39:31.379
 have waited

00:39:31.379 --> 00:39:32.079
 for him.

00:39:32.839 --> 00:39:33.619
 Let us be

00:39:33.619 --> 00:39:35.319
 glad and

00:39:35.319 --> 00:39:36.940
 rejoice in

00:39:36.940 --> 00:39:37.659
 his salvation.

00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:39.239
 Let's pray.

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:50.839
 Father, your

00:39:50.839 --> 00:39:51.659
 word tells us

00:39:51.659 --> 00:39:52.400
 you make known

00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:53.039
 to us the

00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:53.740
 path of

00:39:53.740 --> 00:39:54.280
 life.

00:39:55.420 --> 00:39:55.820
 In your

00:39:55.820 --> 00:39:56.680
 presence there

00:39:56.680 --> 00:39:57.460
 is fullness

00:39:57.460 --> 00:39:58.460
 of joy.

00:39:59.340 --> 00:39:59.760
 At your

00:39:59.760 --> 00:40:00.340
 right hand

00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:01.000
 are pleasures

00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:02.680
 forevermore.

00:40:04.280 --> 00:40:05.760
 Lord, lead

00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:06.420
 us to delight

00:40:06.420 --> 00:40:06.780
 in you.

00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:09.119
 Deepen our

00:40:09.119 --> 00:40:09.840
 joy in the

00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:10.160
 Lord.

00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:13.960
 We ask that

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:14.440
 we would be

00:40:14.440 --> 00:40:15.579
 marked by

00:40:15.579 --> 00:40:17.460
 eternal joy.

00:40:17.579 --> 00:40:17.980
 Help us to

00:40:17.980 --> 00:40:18.420
 turn from

00:40:18.420 --> 00:40:18.820
 things that

00:40:18.820 --> 00:40:19.340
 are fading

00:40:19.340 --> 00:40:20.039
 and worthless

00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:20.660
 and set our

00:40:20.660 --> 00:40:21.099
 mind on

00:40:21.099 --> 00:40:21.760
 things above.

00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:22.720
 We pray

00:40:22.720 --> 00:40:23.260
 in Christ's

00:40:23.260 --> 00:40:23.440
 name.

00:40:24.180 --> 00:40:24.480
 Amen.

00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:24.559
 Amen.

00:40:24.559 --> 00:40:54.539
 Thank you.