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 I'd like us to turn back together to John chapter 5.

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 And we're going to look at the passage that we read.

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! We can read again at verse 18.

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 The start of chapter 5 is an interesting mini turning point in the Gospel of John.

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 Because in many ways, the opening four chapters of John are just stunning.

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 Maybe you could say that it's a bit like walking in the Hebrides on a beautiful summer's day.

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 You go into chapter 1 and you have this stunning introduction as to who Jesus is.

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 John takes us, he echoes the language of Genesis chapter 1, takes us right back into eternity

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 and shows us that our view of Jesus has to be at the highest level.

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 You've got this incredible opening section in the Gospel.

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 You then have the interaction with John the Baptist where Jesus is identified as the Lamb of God

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 who takes away the sins of the world.

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 We then see the recognition that Jesus is the one who the Jews have been waiting for and longing for for so long.

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 And the joy of the messianic age has finally arrived.

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 And that's seen so clearly in chapter 2 in the wedding in Cana where in that moment, that day of great joy,

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 Jesus begins to reveal who he is.

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 And he does it through turning water into wine, the finest of wine, the drink of joy and celebration.

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 At this beautiful wedding, of course, pointing to the fact that he, Jesus, is the true bridegroom.

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 He has come for his bride.

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 And John starts to reveal to us that all the old requirements of the old covenant era are slipping away.

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 Those restrictions are being lifted.

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 And the Messiah has come with a beautifully simple message of salvation.

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 And that's what Nicodemus discovers in chapter 3.

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 That God has so loved the world that whosoever, that he gave his son,

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 that whosoever believes in him will not perish but have everlasting life.

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 And then you go into chapter 4.

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 You have this amazing interaction with the woman at the well.

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 And it's teaching us that Jesus is the one who has come to quench our thirst,

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 to meet our deepest needs, to give us satisfaction that nothing else can compare with.

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 And so John 1 to 4 is like walking on Luskintyre Beach on a stunning day.

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 It's beautiful.

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 And everything you see is breathtaking.

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 But as you come into chapter 5, there's just maybe a slight change in the tone of the narrative.

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 Not because it's less stunning.

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 And in fact, the teaching in these chapters is some of the most,

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 some of the richest and most theologically profound that we have in the whole Bible.

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 But what we see coming into chapter 5 and what builds going through the rest of the gospel

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 is that the clouds of opposition are gathering against Jesus.

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 And he's being noticed.

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 He is being questioned.

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 He's being judged.

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 And the criticism, the opposition, and the tension is all starting to increase.

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 And in many ways, those two things that we've just described there,

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 the kind of beautiful summer's day, stunning walk through John chapter 4,

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 that's part of what a communion weekend is like.

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 There's something beautiful and refreshing and enriching.

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 But at the same time, a communion weekend,

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 a time like this in the life of a congregation and the life of an individual believer,

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 it's also the time where we are just conscious of our struggles,

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 of the opposition that we face, of our battle with sin.

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 And often that for us feels like a battle that we're losing.

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 So our communion weekend is like it's summer and it's winter,

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 all rolled into one.

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 And so I think that, I hope, makes this a helpful chapter for us to turn to this evening.

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 And one of the things that John is doing in his gospel,

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 like all the other gospel writers,

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 is he's trying to get us to understand more about who Jesus is.

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 And in particular, he's trying to help us understand why Jesus has come.

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 And I want us to think about that in a bit more detail tonight.

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 And the title that we're going to use is Fixing and Breaking.

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 Because that's what one of the things that this passage helps us to see,

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 that Jesus has come to fix, but Jesus has also come to break.

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 And these are two things that we need to recognize and understand,

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 and we need to apply them to our own lives.

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 And so what's he fixing?

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 What's he breaking?

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 Well, we're going to have two headings.

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 The first heading is that Jesus has come to fix brokenness.

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 And we see that so powerfully in this chapter.

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 But the second heading, which I'm a bit hesitant to give you,

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 but I'm going to give it to you anyway,

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 is that he's come to break bonkers, ridiculous, stupid nonsense.

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 Jesus has come to fix, and he's come to break.

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 And we'll look at these two together.

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 So first of all, fixing brokenness.

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 I don't need to persuade any of you or anybody out in the world around us

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 that there is a lot of brokenness in the world.

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 We see that across the globe.

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 We see that in our nation.

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 We see that in our communities.

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 We see it in our own lives as well.

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 And maybe right now you are very much feeling the pain and the struggle of that.

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 It happens in a thousand ways.

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 Illness, addiction, loneliness, poverty, chronic pain, exhaustion, anxiety, stress.

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 All of us experience these things to a greater or lesser degree at various points in our lives.

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 And sometimes that brokenness is very, very obvious.

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 It can be seen in people's lives.

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 Other times it's very, very hidden.

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 And we try to put on a good front,

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 even though beneath it there is so much that feels broken and fragile.

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 Whether it's visible, whether it's hidden.

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 Either way, it's awful.

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 And of course, the same was true in the days of the New Testament.

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 And one place where you absolutely could see the brokenness of life with crystal clarity

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 was at this pool of Bethesda that John takes us to in chapter 5.

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 And I want you just to imagine walking around that pool.

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 Verse 3 says,

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 At that pool where there was five roofed colonies,

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 in these lay a multitude of invalids, blind, lame, and paralyzed.

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 And, you know, imagine just walking around that pool.

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 You see people who have been there for years.

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 They're filthy.

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 And they're skin and bone.

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 Some of them can't see anything, so they're crying out in distress.

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 Many of them can hardly move.

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 Some of them are completely paralyzed.

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 And you're walking around that pool and it's awful what you see.

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 So much brokenness before your eyes.

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 And among them, among all those people,

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 is a man who has been ill for 38 years.

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 And he and all the other people there are waiting for the waters to be stirred.

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 And they believe that if those waters got stirred,

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 whoever got into the pool first was going to be healed.

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 Now, some of you may have the King James Version in front of you

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 or some of you may remember the King James Version from when you used it in years gone by.

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 You may remember that it has a verse here that is not included in the ESV.

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 So the King James Version, at the end of verse 3,

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 says that there's blind, lame, paralyzed.

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 And then it says,

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 Waiting for the moving of the water.

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 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool and troubled the water.

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 Whosoever then first, after the troubling of the water, stepped in,

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 was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

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 Now, this is an example of what we call a textual variant.

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 And so I'll just explain what that means.

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 We have hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of manuscripts of the New Testament.

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 And these have been found across various locations in the Mediterranean from the classical period.

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 And they've been gathered, examined, and studied by scholars for centuries.

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 And one of the remarkable things for attesting the truth of the New Testament

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 is the fact that we have so many of these documents.

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 And the numbers of manuscripts for the Greek New Testament

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 far outweigh the numbers that have been found for other ancient pieces of literature.

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 But because there's so many,

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 occasionally there are small variations between the texts.

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 So what one manuscript says is not always identical to what another manuscript says.

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 And that's what you call a textual variant.

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 And this is an example of that.

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 That some texts include the verse that was included in the King James Version,

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 which describes an angel coming down, stirring the waters,

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 and whoever got in there first was made whole of the disease that they had.

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 The ESV that most of us use in our congregations now

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 is based on manuscripts that have been found,

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 many of which have been found since the King James Translation was made,

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 many of which are earlier, from an earlier period than when the King James manuscripts were compiled.

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 And this verse is missing.

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 And scholars debate this, and you may have some different opinions on it yourself,

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 but those who translated the ESV would argue that because the earlier manuscripts do not have this verse,

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 it's likely that it was added at a later date and was not originally part of John's Gospel.

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 And I am persuaded by that argument myself,

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 but if anybody is not sure about that or would like to ask more about it,

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 I'd be more than happy to speak to you after the service.

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 What I want to highlight, though, is that there was clearly this idea

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 that if you got into the pool first, you would be healed.

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 We know that from the verse a little bit further down, where it says in verse 7,

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 the sick man says to Jesus, you know, if the pool in the water,

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 when the water's stirred up, someone else gets in there before me.

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 And the big question is this, did the pool really work?

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 Or was it just a superstition?

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 Was it really the case that, you know, if someone got in there first, they would be healed?

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 Or was it just a superstition?

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 That's something that we need to kind of make a judgment call on.

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 And again, you can discuss that together over the weekend.

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 Did it really work?

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 Was it a superstition?

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 I think it was probably a superstition.

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 And I may be wrong in that,

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 but it certainly looks as though it was.

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 And it looks as though it wasn't as effective as they thought it would be.

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 And it definitely wasn't working for this man.

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 He'd been an invalid for 38 years.

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 And whatever healing this pool was supposed to give him,

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 it was not working.

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 And so he's caught in this negative spiral,

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 where he's convinced that if the waters are stirred,

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 and he gets in there first, he's going to be healed.

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 But he can't get into the water quickly enough,

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 because no one's there to help him.

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 And as a result, he's stuck, paralyzed,

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 a chronic invalid beside this pool.

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 But then Jesus comes to him.

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 And I love how Jesus speaks to this man.

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 He asks him a very simple question.

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 Do you want to be healed?

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 In verse 6.

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 And the man gives this really elaborate answer.

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 And he's kind of basically saying how everything's against him.

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 And you know, with the waters are stirred,

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 I can't get down there, and no one can help me.

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 And I'm stuck.

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 And there's sort of this complicated story of how everything is going against him.

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 And, you know, whether he wants to be healed or not is kind of irrelevant,

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 because circumstances are just making it impossible for him.

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 He gives Jesus an elaborate answer.

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 Jesus responds with quite a blunt reply.

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 He says,

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 Get up.

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 Get up.

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 Take up your bed.

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 And walk.

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 And I love how Jesus just cuts right through all the complexity and difficulty of the man's circumstances.

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 He dismantles the spiral of negativity that the man's got himself into,

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 tells the man to get up, take his bed, and walk.

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 And that is exactly what happens.

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 And it's remarkable.

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 And there's two or three things I want us just to notice from this.

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 First is that all of this is pointing us to the fact that Jesus has come to fix brokenness.

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 Like every other healing miracle that Jesus performed in his ministry,

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 this is pointing us to the great work of restoration that Jesus has come to do.

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 That's one of the things that the miracles is pointing us to,

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 the fact that Jesus has come to put right the things that are broken.

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 And it's massively important for that to shape how we view the world around us,

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 because we live in a time, and our own experience can be one,

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 where we see so much brokenness in the world around us,

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 and sometimes we experience so much brokenness ourselves,

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 that we can easily conclude that it's just part of life that we've got to accept.

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 But the Bible never makes brokenness and suffering acceptable or welcome in our experience in that kind of way.

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 Instead, the Bible teaches us that the brokenness that we see in the world around us

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 is an unwanted intrusion into the world.

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 So every illness, every injustice, every bruise,

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 all suffering, all pain, all anguish,

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 Jesus never looks at that and thinks,

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 oh, well, it's the way it is.

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 Jesus looks at that and says,

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 that's wrong.

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 That is not the way things are meant to be.

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 And all the suffering that we experience,

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 and that the people around us experience,

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 and that we see in the world,

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 it can all be traced back to the fact that sin

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 has broken God's creation.

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 Things are not the way God made them to be.

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 Things are not the way God wants them to be.

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 Sin has caused so much brokenness.

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 Jesus has come to put things right.

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 He's come to fix it.

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 Now, the crucial thing we have to recognize

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 is that work of restoration is not instantaneous,

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 and it's not going to be completed

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 until he returns.

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 But it has begun.

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 And these miracles are a glimpse

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 of that great work of restoration

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 that Jesus has come to do.

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 Jesus' great goal is a world

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 where he will wipe away every tear from our eyes,

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 and death shall be no more.

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 Neither shall there be mourning,

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 nor crying, nor pain anymore,

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 for the former things have passed away.

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 Now, this is one of the reasons

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 why Christianity is so intellectually satisfying.

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 And this is incredibly important to remember

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 because often people think that to be a Christian,

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 you kind of have to leave your brain behind

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 and just ignore all the facts around you

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 that are arguing against Christianity,

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 and you just have to embrace this kind of blind faith

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 that's hoping for the best.

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 That is absolutely not true at all.

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 This is where you see

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 how intellectually satisfying the gospel is.

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 Because if you abandon the Bible,

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 if you reject the idea of God,

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 and if you say that Jesus has got nothing to offer us,

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 then ultimately, when you look at suffering,

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 all you can say is,

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 that is just part of life.

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 But with the Bible,

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 and with the gospel,

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 you can look at all the pain

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 and sorrow and hurt in the world,

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 and you can say,

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 I know that that is wrong.

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 Jesus has come to heal and restore

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 and fix a broken world.

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 The second thing I want you to see

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 is that this work of fixing

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 is done in a very particular way by Jesus.

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 It's done through his words.

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 What does Jesus do in John 5?

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 He just speaks.

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 He tells the man to get up,

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 and he's renewed.

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 And this is another example

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 of the many, many times

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 that you will see Jesus

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 making something happen by speaking.

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 That's what you see throughout the gospels.

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 Jesus speaks,

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 and people are healed.

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 Jesus speaks,

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 and the waves are calmed.

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 Jesus speaks,

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 and his work is accomplished.

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 Jesus does it again,

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 and again,

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 and again.

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 Another question I want you to think about.

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 Jesus speaks,

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 and his purposes are accomplished.

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 When was the first time

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 he did that?

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 When was the first time

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 you see

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 the voice

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 of God the Son

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 speaking,

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 and something happens?

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 Well, I think the first time

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 that you see that

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 is on the very first page

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 of the Bible

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 when he says,

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 let there be light.

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 Remember,

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 John already told us

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 in chapter 1

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 that it is through the Son

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 that all things

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 were created.

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 it's through God the Son

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 that the work of creation

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 was accomplished,

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 and he did it

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 by speaking.

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 That's why it's no surprise

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 that John calls Jesus

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 the Word,

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 and that's why

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 what we see in Jesus' ministry

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 is just a continuation

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 from what he did

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 at the very beginning

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 of the universe.

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 He speaks,

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 and it brings life

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 and order

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 and healing

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 and restoration.

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 And all of this

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 makes perfect sense

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 because everything

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 fits together

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 because this is why

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 the whole of Christianity

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 is grounded

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 on a message.

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 It's grounded

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 on words.

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 And that's why

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 we don't come to church

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 and bow down

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 before a statue.

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 That's why

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 we come to church

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 and we open a book

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 because it's his words

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 that bring life.

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 And this is where

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 you see

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 the contrast

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 with the kind of superstition

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 that maybe

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 this paralyzed man,

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 this invalid,

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 had fallen into the trap of.

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 Certainly you see

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 that suspicion

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 all over the world,

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 kind of weird rituals

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 and ideas.

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 All of this

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 is reminding us

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 that the key thing

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 that we need

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 in order to be saved,

00:21:13.219 --> 00:21:13.919
 in order to be healed

00:21:13.919 --> 00:21:15.059
 and to be restored

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 is to listen

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 and to trust

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 what Jesus

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 is seeing.

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 So this

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 fixing of brokenness

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 is pointing us

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 to the work

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 of restoration

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 that Jesus

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 has come to do.

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 It's being achieved

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 through his words.

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 But the third thing

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 I want you to notice

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 is that this incident

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 is an example

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 of what we could call

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 blunt grace.

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 I don't think

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 it's a very

00:21:43.560 --> 00:21:45.240
 technical theological term,

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 but I think

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 it's a helpful term.

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 It's definitely

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:50.099
 what we see here.

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 Now when I say blunt,

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 I don't mean blunt

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 in like a rude

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 or offensive way,

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 but blunt in a way

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 that it just

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 cuts right across

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 all the complexity

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 and confusion

00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:05.079
 that this sick man

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 has got in his head.

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 And that blunt,

00:22:11.299 --> 00:22:12.059
 clear message

00:22:12.059 --> 00:22:13.259
 that Jesus gives him

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 is a message

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 of grace.

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 The man's

00:22:17.180 --> 00:22:18.180
 completely helpless.

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 He cannot do anything.

00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:21.640
 Jesus

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 does it all.

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 And you see

00:22:25.799 --> 00:22:26.579
 the same message

00:22:26.579 --> 00:22:27.319
 of blunt grace

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 not just

00:22:27.879 --> 00:22:28.859
 for the man's

00:22:28.859 --> 00:22:29.900
 salvation,

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 you also see it

00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:31.900
 for his sanctification

00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:33.220
 later in the chapter

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 because in verse 14

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 Jesus meets him

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 in the temple

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 and says to him,

00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:38.819
 see you are well,

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 sin no more,

00:22:40.339 --> 00:22:41.699
 that nothing worse

00:22:41.699 --> 00:22:43.119
 may happen to you.

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 Now that's the kind

00:22:44.419 --> 00:22:45.000
 of verse that can

00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.959
 maybe leave ourselves,

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:47.019
 that can leave us

00:22:47.019 --> 00:22:47.779
 a wee bit tied up

00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:48.959
 in knots or uncertain

00:22:48.959 --> 00:22:50.359
 because we think,

00:22:50.439 --> 00:22:51.740
 well, is Jesus saying,

00:22:51.859 --> 00:22:52.259
 well, you know,

00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:52.859
 your sickness was

00:22:52.859 --> 00:22:53.899
 because you sinned?

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 And are we saying

00:22:54.759 --> 00:22:55.059
 that, well,

00:22:55.199 --> 00:22:56.299
 everybody by that pool,

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 they were sick

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.839
 because they sinned?

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 And is it always

00:22:58.699 --> 00:22:59.240
 a consequence

00:22:59.240 --> 00:23:00.279
 that anybody who's sick

00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:01.319
 or anyone for whom

00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:02.039
 something bad happens

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:02.659
 to them is because

00:23:02.659 --> 00:23:03.299
 of something wrong

00:23:03.299 --> 00:23:04.299
 that they have done?

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 It's easy to jump

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:06.299
 to that conclusion

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:07.220
 and many people have,

00:23:07.459 --> 00:23:08.419
 but that's not the case.

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 And we know

00:23:09.560 --> 00:23:10.220
 it's not the case

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:11.300
 because other parts

00:23:11.300 --> 00:23:12.460
 of scripture teach us

00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:13.740
 that it's not the case.

00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:14.660
 Often our suffering

00:23:14.660 --> 00:23:15.820
 is not because of

00:23:15.820 --> 00:23:16.460
 anything specific

00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:17.240
 that we have done.

00:23:17.320 --> 00:23:17.539
 In fact,

00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:18.779
 John's gospel,

00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:19.700
 John chapter 9

00:23:19.700 --> 00:23:20.660
 is a very,

00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:21.220
 very clear

00:23:21.220 --> 00:23:22.140
 and important

00:23:22.140 --> 00:23:23.120
 example of that.

00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:23.940
 So why does Jesus

00:23:23.940 --> 00:23:24.960
 say this to him?

00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.300
 Sin no more

00:23:26.300 --> 00:23:27.080
 that nothing worse

00:23:27.080 --> 00:23:28.400
 may happen to you.

00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:29.539
 Well, it could just

00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:30.539
 be a general warning

00:23:30.539 --> 00:23:31.820
 to the man

00:23:31.820 --> 00:23:32.480
 to say that

00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:34.220
 as he follows him,

00:23:34.920 --> 00:23:35.860
 he needs to make sure

00:23:35.860 --> 00:23:36.920
 that he doesn't

00:23:36.920 --> 00:23:37.519
 turn away.

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:38.660
 But at the same time,

00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:39.940
 we do need to recognize

00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:41.220
 that there are ways

00:23:41.220 --> 00:23:42.700
 in which some suffering

00:23:42.700 --> 00:23:45.099
 can be the result

00:23:45.099 --> 00:23:46.420
 of a specific

00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:48.339
 sinful behavior.

00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:50.319
 So I don't know

00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:50.960
 if this is the case,

00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:51.839
 but I just want you

00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:52.359
 to imagine.

00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:54.639
 Imagine that this man

00:23:54.639 --> 00:23:55.900
 was a gambling addict

00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:58.579
 and 38 years earlier

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:59.960
 he'd lost everything.

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:02.000
 He'd lost his home,

00:24:02.259 --> 00:24:03.079
 he'd lost his family,

00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:04.619
 he'd lost his income,

00:24:04.619 --> 00:24:06.079
 he'd become destitute,

00:24:06.859 --> 00:24:07.619
 malnourished,

00:24:08.000 --> 00:24:10.279
 and eventually crippled.

00:24:10.579 --> 00:24:11.159
 And every time

00:24:11.159 --> 00:24:11.779
 he got any money,

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:13.039
 he just immediately

00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:13.779
 lost it

00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:15.279
 by gambling again.

00:24:15.679 --> 00:24:16.779
 If that was the case,

00:24:17.199 --> 00:24:18.559
 you could very much

00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:19.299
 understand it

00:24:19.299 --> 00:24:20.000
 if Jesus said,

00:24:20.099 --> 00:24:20.239
 look,

00:24:20.379 --> 00:24:21.399
 don't sin anymore,

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:22.419
 don't gamble again.

00:24:23.259 --> 00:24:23.899
 And maybe

00:24:23.899 --> 00:24:25.459
 that's the kind of situation

00:24:25.459 --> 00:24:26.879
 that Jesus was dealing with.

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.439
 As I say,

00:24:27.479 --> 00:24:28.539
 we don't know for sure.

00:24:29.039 --> 00:24:29.639
 Either way,

00:24:29.719 --> 00:24:31.000
 whatever Jesus is saying,

00:24:31.439 --> 00:24:32.739
 he is saying it bluntly,

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:35.440
 but that bluntness

00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:38.180
 is conveying grace.

00:24:39.299 --> 00:24:40.240
 It's a message

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:41.259
 to help the man.

00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:42.480
 It's the message

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:43.299
 that gives the man

00:24:43.299 --> 00:24:45.039
 everything that he needs.

00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:46.859
 And in order to benefit

00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:47.380
 from it,

00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:49.299
 all the man has to do

00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:50.500
 is trust

00:24:50.500 --> 00:24:52.440
 what's been said to him

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:53.579
 and listen.

00:24:54.599 --> 00:24:56.160
 Jesus gave a message

00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:57.920
 of blunt grace

00:24:57.920 --> 00:25:00.840
 and sometimes

00:25:00.840 --> 00:25:03.000
 that's what we need.

00:25:04.539 --> 00:25:04.920
 And so,

00:25:05.100 --> 00:25:05.980
 there are many times

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.560
 in life

00:25:06.560 --> 00:25:07.960
 when we need

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:12.300
 encouragement,

00:25:13.300 --> 00:25:14.100
 many times

00:25:14.100 --> 00:25:14.600
 when we need

00:25:14.600 --> 00:25:16.340
 gentle persuasion,

00:25:16.820 --> 00:25:17.320
 many times

00:25:17.320 --> 00:25:17.759
 when we need

00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:18.580
 to just be,

00:25:18.580 --> 00:25:18.900
 you know,

00:25:19.300 --> 00:25:20.940
 patiently helped

00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:22.720
 along a particular path.

00:25:22.720 --> 00:25:24.259
 And in many ways,

00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:25.900
 that's the way

00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:27.640
 I would always

00:25:27.640 --> 00:25:29.240
 like to be spoken to

00:25:29.240 --> 00:25:29.920
 and that's the way

00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:30.980
 I would always like

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:33.200
 to speak to others.

00:25:33.579 --> 00:25:35.299
 But alongside that,

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.259
 when it comes

00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:38.620
 to listening to Jesus,

00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:41.279
 when it comes to

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:43.660
 responding to the gospel,

00:25:45.100 --> 00:25:45.980
 when it comes to

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.539
 reaching out

00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.299
 to a community,

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:49.259
 when it comes

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:51.059
 to inviting

00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:51.799
 a friend

00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:52.980
 to church,

00:25:54.119 --> 00:25:55.200
 when it comes

00:25:55.200 --> 00:25:56.660
 to putting

00:25:56.660 --> 00:25:57.220
 your faith

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.779
 in Jesus,

00:25:59.099 --> 00:26:00.460
 when it comes

00:26:00.460 --> 00:26:02.980
 to professing

00:26:02.980 --> 00:26:03.819
 your faith

00:26:03.819 --> 00:26:04.980
 in Jesus,

00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:07.500
 sometimes

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:09.960
 we need

00:26:09.960 --> 00:26:10.599
 a blunt,

00:26:11.879 --> 00:26:12.339
 gracious

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:13.920
 kick.

00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:18.680
 And that's

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:18.980
 exactly

00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.519
 what this man

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:19.779
 got.

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:23.300
 Jesus said,

00:26:23.840 --> 00:26:25.200
 get up.

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:27.060
 And he did.

00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:29.880
 And that

00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:31.060
 blunt grace

00:26:31.060 --> 00:26:33.220
 is sometimes

00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:34.920
 where the gospel

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:36.400
 is at its

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:37.080
 most powerful.

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.460
 And so Jesus

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.500
 came to fix

00:26:41.500 --> 00:26:42.380
 brokenness.

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.180
 That's our first

00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:43.420
 heading.

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:44.500
 But our second

00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:45.800
 heading is

00:26:45.800 --> 00:26:46.240
 that he has

00:26:46.240 --> 00:26:47.600
 come also

00:26:47.600 --> 00:26:48.920
 to break

00:26:48.920 --> 00:26:49.759
 bonkers,

00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.360
 ridiculous,

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.700
 stupid nonsense.

00:26:52.600 --> 00:26:53.279
 There's a lot

00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:53.900
 of brokenness

00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:54.300
 in the world,

00:26:54.340 --> 00:26:54.820
 as we said,

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:55.480
 but there's also

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:56.259
 a lot of

00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.580
 bonkers,

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.039
 ridiculous,

00:26:57.240 --> 00:26:57.900
 stupid nonsense

00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:58.620
 in the world,

00:26:58.900 --> 00:26:59.640
 especially

00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:01.220
 when it comes

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:01.900
 to religion.

00:27:02.100 --> 00:27:02.480
 And that's

00:27:02.480 --> 00:27:03.720
 exactly what

00:27:03.720 --> 00:27:04.180
 you see

00:27:04.180 --> 00:27:05.259
 in this passage

00:27:05.259 --> 00:27:06.019
 before us.

00:27:06.580 --> 00:27:06.900
 Verse 9

00:27:06.900 --> 00:27:07.360
 tells us

00:27:07.360 --> 00:27:07.720
 that the healing

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.259
 took place

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:09.180
 on the Sabbath

00:27:09.180 --> 00:27:10.360
 and the controversy

00:27:10.360 --> 00:27:11.320
 immediately arises

00:27:11.320 --> 00:27:11.940
 among the Jews

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:12.519
 because the man

00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:13.400
 is carrying his mat,

00:27:13.599 --> 00:27:14.539
 which in their eyes

00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.359
 is a breach

00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:16.299
 of God's law.

00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:18.059
 But this is one

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:18.960
 of many examples

00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:19.980
 that we see in the gospel

00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.680
 where the Jews

00:27:20.680 --> 00:27:21.619
 had added a whole

00:27:21.619 --> 00:27:22.359
 extra layer

00:27:22.359 --> 00:27:24.180
 of requirements

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:25.180
 on top of what

00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:26.299
 God's law required.

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:27.299
 So God's command

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:29.059
 rightly and graciously

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:30.160
 instructs us

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:30.960
 to keep the Sabbath

00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:32.079
 as a day

00:27:32.079 --> 00:27:33.519
 that is to be holy

00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:34.160
 and a day where

00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:34.900
 we can rest

00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:36.200
 from our work.

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:37.559
 And the Jews

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:39.120
 added all sorts

00:27:39.120 --> 00:27:40.120
 of additional details

00:27:40.120 --> 00:27:40.860
 to that

00:27:40.860 --> 00:27:41.279
 to say

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:42.360
 that you can't

00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:42.880
 carry a bed,

00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:43.460
 you can't walk

00:27:43.460 --> 00:27:44.100
 a certain distance,

00:27:44.180 --> 00:27:44.720
 you can't do this,

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:45.380
 you can't do that.

00:27:45.620 --> 00:27:46.880
 And so this man

00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:48.000
 by obeying Jesus

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:49.400
 is breaking

00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:51.140
 their commandment.

00:27:51.180 --> 00:27:51.559
 And of course

00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:53.259
 we can relate to this

00:27:53.259 --> 00:27:54.860
 in our context,

00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:55.819
 we can relate to it

00:27:55.819 --> 00:27:56.559
 with Sabbath keeping

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:57.319
 with lots of things

00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:58.039
 that have been added

00:27:58.039 --> 00:28:00.240
 over the years

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:01.340
 to add extra pressure

00:28:01.340 --> 00:28:02.779
 in regard to how

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.279
 the Sabbath

00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:04.840
 is to be observed.

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.859
 We've seen it

00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:06.919
 in other parts

00:28:06.919 --> 00:28:08.579
 of life as well.

00:28:09.399 --> 00:28:10.639
 The result of all

00:28:10.639 --> 00:28:11.939
 of that is that

00:28:11.939 --> 00:28:13.439
 instead of rejoicing

00:28:13.439 --> 00:28:14.139
 that this man

00:28:14.139 --> 00:28:14.699
 is healed,

00:28:15.859 --> 00:28:16.459
 the Jews are

00:28:16.459 --> 00:28:17.359
 criticizing him.

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.899
 In their eyes,

00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:21.439
 the fact that

00:28:21.439 --> 00:28:23.619
 this 38-year invalid

00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:24.639
 can walk again

00:28:24.639 --> 00:28:27.039
 is a bad thing.

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:29.859
 And it's crazy.

00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:33.220
 It's utterly bewildering.

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:34.839
 And you can see

00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:35.860
 it seems to have

00:28:35.860 --> 00:28:36.980
 a very damaging effect

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.880
 on the man himself.

00:28:38.100 --> 00:28:39.000
 When he's confronted

00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:39.519
 by the Jews,

00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:40.339
 he immediately wants

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:40.960
 to put the blame

00:28:40.960 --> 00:28:41.420
 on Jesus

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:42.740
 and to deflect attention

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.980
 away from himself.

00:28:44.700 --> 00:28:45.240
 And it does seem

00:28:45.240 --> 00:28:45.600
 that the man

00:28:45.600 --> 00:28:46.980
 becomes very quickly

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.559
 more concerned

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:48.319
 about what the Jews

00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:49.240
 around him think

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:51.339
 rather than

00:28:51.339 --> 00:28:52.839
 he is concerned

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:53.579
 with actually following

00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:53.960
 Jesus

00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:55.960
 and listening to the man

00:28:55.960 --> 00:28:57.140
 who's healed him.

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:57.640
 In fact,

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:58.200
 when you get to

00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:59.100
 verses 14-18

00:28:59.100 --> 00:28:59.960
 when Jesus speaks

00:28:59.960 --> 00:29:00.640
 to him in the temple,

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:01.680
 the man goes

00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:03.060
 and reports Jesus

00:29:03.060 --> 00:29:04.220
 to the Jews.

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:05.660
 This prompts

00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:06.500
 a confrontation.

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:10.900
 And they attack Jesus

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:12.720
 because he healed

00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.720
 the man on the Sabbath.

00:29:14.440 --> 00:29:15.620
 And then Jesus responds

00:29:15.620 --> 00:29:17.340
 in verse 17

00:29:17.340 --> 00:29:18.480
 by saying,

00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:19.560
 my father is working

00:29:19.560 --> 00:29:20.220
 until now

00:29:20.220 --> 00:29:22.280
 and I am working.

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.300
 And that just makes

00:29:23.300 --> 00:29:24.240
 everything worse.

00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:26.840
 The tension escalates

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:28.199
 and it takes us

00:29:28.199 --> 00:29:29.559
 to verse 18

00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:30.859
 where it says

00:29:30.859 --> 00:29:31.339
 that the Jews

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:31.720
 were seeking

00:29:31.720 --> 00:29:32.199
 all the more

00:29:32.199 --> 00:29:32.740
 to kill him

00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.740
 because not only

00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.220
 was he breaking

00:29:34.220 --> 00:29:34.659
 the Sabbath

00:29:34.659 --> 00:29:35.859
 but he was even

00:29:35.859 --> 00:29:36.699
 calling God

00:29:36.699 --> 00:29:37.839
 his own father

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:39.119
 making himself

00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:40.419
 equal with God.

00:29:42.399 --> 00:29:43.399
 Jesus goes on

00:29:43.399 --> 00:29:44.119
 later in the chapter

00:29:44.119 --> 00:29:45.099
 to say more

00:29:45.099 --> 00:29:45.939
 about his equality

00:29:45.939 --> 00:29:46.500
 with the father.

00:29:46.659 --> 00:29:47.119
 This is part of

00:29:47.119 --> 00:29:48.019
 the incredibly rich

00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.699
 teaching that's

00:29:48.699 --> 00:29:49.299
 going to emerge

00:29:49.299 --> 00:29:50.899
 in John 5, 6, 7

00:29:50.899 --> 00:29:52.099
 and beyond.

00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:53.939
 I want us

00:29:53.939 --> 00:29:54.980
 just to notice

00:29:54.980 --> 00:29:57.719
 a crucial lesson

00:29:57.719 --> 00:29:58.539
 that arises

00:29:58.539 --> 00:30:01.159
 from the ridiculous

00:30:01.159 --> 00:30:01.919
 nonsense

00:30:01.919 --> 00:30:03.500
 of the people

00:30:03.500 --> 00:30:04.679
 who are criticizing

00:30:04.679 --> 00:30:05.419
 Jesus.

00:30:06.359 --> 00:30:07.059
 Their argument

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:07.779
 is like this.

00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:11.019
 Jesus is making

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.819
 himself equal

00:30:11.819 --> 00:30:12.399
 with God

00:30:12.399 --> 00:30:14.819
 and that's

00:30:14.819 --> 00:30:15.379
 a reason

00:30:15.379 --> 00:30:15.899
 for us

00:30:15.899 --> 00:30:16.659
 to kill him.

00:30:17.379 --> 00:30:18.059
 That was their

00:30:18.059 --> 00:30:18.839
 great criticism.

00:30:19.279 --> 00:30:19.959
 Jesus is making

00:30:19.959 --> 00:30:20.480
 himself equal

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:20.899
 with God.

00:30:21.139 --> 00:30:21.919
 He needs to die

00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:22.580
 we need to

00:30:22.580 --> 00:30:23.120
 find a way

00:30:23.120 --> 00:30:23.860
 in order

00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:25.039
 to put him

00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:25.539
 to death.

00:30:25.800 --> 00:30:26.539
 But there's

00:30:26.539 --> 00:30:28.140
 a huge irony

00:30:28.140 --> 00:30:29.480
 in what's

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:30.240
 happening here

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:32.000
 because these

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.360
 Jews

00:30:32.360 --> 00:30:33.320
 when they

00:30:33.320 --> 00:30:34.680
 took

00:30:34.680 --> 00:30:35.340
 the fourth

00:30:35.340 --> 00:30:36.080
 commandment

00:30:36.080 --> 00:30:37.720
 and added

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.560
 all their

00:30:38.560 --> 00:30:39.060
 additional

00:30:39.060 --> 00:30:39.720
 requirements

00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:40.539
 to it

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:41.800
 and when

00:30:41.800 --> 00:30:42.259
 they

00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:43.180
 judged

00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:44.000
 what

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.640
 Sabbath

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:45.120
 keeping

00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:45.640
 does

00:30:45.640 --> 00:30:46.120
 and does

00:30:46.120 --> 00:30:46.420
 not

00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:47.080
 look like

00:30:47.080 --> 00:30:47.980
 and when

00:30:47.980 --> 00:30:48.920
 they decided

00:30:48.920 --> 00:30:49.660
 that healing

00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:50.360
 this man

00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:50.960
 who's been

00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.300
 sick for

00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:51.980
 38 years

00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.799
 was a

00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:53.539
 bad thing

00:30:53.539 --> 00:30:54.319
 rather than

00:30:54.319 --> 00:30:54.619
 a good

00:30:54.619 --> 00:30:54.960
 thing

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.639
 and when

00:30:55.639 --> 00:30:56.259
 they reached

00:30:56.259 --> 00:30:56.779
 the verdict

00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:58.220
 that Jesus

00:30:58.220 --> 00:30:59.119
 deserves to

00:30:59.119 --> 00:30:59.460
 die

00:30:59.460 --> 00:31:00.659
 what are

00:31:00.659 --> 00:31:01.159
 they doing?

00:31:03.639 --> 00:31:04.319
 They

00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:06.099
 are making

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:06.960
 themselves

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:08.500
 equal

00:31:08.500 --> 00:31:09.879
 with God.

00:31:11.879 --> 00:31:12.799
 They were

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.220
 saying to

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.619
 God

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:15.480
 your rules

00:31:15.480 --> 00:31:16.220
 aren't enough

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:17.860
 so we're

00:31:17.860 --> 00:31:18.019
 going to

00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.440
 add some

00:31:18.440 --> 00:31:18.799
 more.

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:20.559
 Your

00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:21.120
 terms

00:31:21.120 --> 00:31:21.940
 aren't

00:31:21.940 --> 00:31:22.360
 adequate

00:31:22.360 --> 00:31:23.980
 so we're

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:24.220
 going to

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:24.720
 set them

00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:26.620
 and your

00:31:26.620 --> 00:31:27.100
 ways

00:31:27.100 --> 00:31:28.140
 aren't

00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:28.519
 really

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.000
 suitable

00:31:29.000 --> 00:31:30.660
 so we're

00:31:30.660 --> 00:31:30.860
 going to

00:31:30.860 --> 00:31:31.380
 do things

00:31:31.380 --> 00:31:32.299
 our way

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:33.339
 instead.

00:31:34.220 --> 00:31:34.519
 And by

00:31:34.519 --> 00:31:35.019
 adding their

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:35.339
 own rules

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:35.720
 this is the

00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:35.980
 thing that's

00:31:35.980 --> 00:31:36.339
 so important

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:36.600
 to see

00:31:36.600 --> 00:31:36.900
 that by

00:31:36.900 --> 00:31:37.420
 adding their

00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:38.120
 own rules

00:31:38.120 --> 00:31:38.660
 by doing

00:31:38.660 --> 00:31:39.140
 things their

00:31:39.140 --> 00:31:39.420
 way they

00:31:39.420 --> 00:31:39.900
 were not

00:31:39.900 --> 00:31:40.339
 honouring

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:40.720
 God.

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.059
 They were

00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.740
 actually saying

00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.599
 that God's

00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:44.299
 commands were

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:44.859
 not good

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:45.960
 enough and

00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:46.680
 the minute

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:47.480
 they did

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:48.660
 that they

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:49.140
 made

00:31:49.140 --> 00:31:49.819
 themselves

00:31:49.819 --> 00:31:50.680
 equal

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:51.660
 with God.

00:31:55.140 --> 00:31:55.980
 But the

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.660
 really scary

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:57.079
 thing

00:31:57.079 --> 00:32:00.019
 is that we

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.519
 do exactly

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:00.839
 the same

00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:01.099
 thing.

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:03.559
 In fact

00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:03.960
 that's what

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.460
 lies at the

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:05.019
 heart of

00:32:05.019 --> 00:32:05.440
 the human

00:32:05.440 --> 00:32:05.960
 condition.

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:06.720
 That's what

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.579
 sin has

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:08.000
 done to

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:08.220
 us.

00:32:08.620 --> 00:32:08.839
 When the

00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:09.480
 devil tempted

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:09.940
 Eve to

00:32:09.940 --> 00:32:10.359
 sin against

00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:11.200
 God in

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:12.120
 Genesis 3

00:32:12.119 --> 00:32:12.679
 what did

00:32:12.679 --> 00:32:13.079
 he say?

00:32:13.399 --> 00:32:13.759
 He said

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.379
 you'll not

00:32:14.379 --> 00:32:14.979
 surely die

00:32:14.979 --> 00:32:15.839
 God knows

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:16.079
 that when

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:16.399
 you eat

00:32:16.399 --> 00:32:16.619
 of the

00:32:16.619 --> 00:32:16.879
 fruit

00:32:16.879 --> 00:32:17.619
 your eyes

00:32:17.619 --> 00:32:17.919
 will be

00:32:17.919 --> 00:32:18.539
 open and

00:32:18.539 --> 00:32:19.179
 you will

00:32:19.179 --> 00:32:19.819
 be like

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.519
 God

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:21.519
 knowing

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:22.519
 good and

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:22.759
 evil.

00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:22.979
 In other

00:32:22.979 --> 00:32:23.259
 words the

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:23.939
 devil tempted

00:32:23.939 --> 00:32:24.539
 Eve with

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:25.679
 the promise

00:32:25.679 --> 00:32:27.099
 with the

00:32:27.099 --> 00:32:28.619
 lie that

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:29.579
 she could

00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:30.239
 make herself

00:32:30.239 --> 00:32:31.639
 equal with

00:32:31.639 --> 00:32:31.939
 God.

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.299
 And that's

00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:32.559
 been the

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:32.959
 constant

00:32:32.959 --> 00:32:33.759
 trait of

00:32:33.759 --> 00:32:34.459
 human behaviour

00:32:34.459 --> 00:32:35.439
 ever since.

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.019
 We want to

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:36.639
 do things on

00:32:36.639 --> 00:32:37.000
 our own

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:37.359
 terms.

00:32:37.679 --> 00:32:38.119
 We want to

00:32:38.119 --> 00:32:38.399
 make our

00:32:38.399 --> 00:32:38.879
 own rules.

00:32:39.059 --> 00:32:39.399
 We want

00:32:39.399 --> 00:32:39.839
 God to

00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:40.299
 listen to

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:41.539
 us instead

00:32:41.539 --> 00:32:42.039
 of us

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:43.059
 listening to

00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:43.279
 him.

00:32:43.379 --> 00:32:43.659
 But when

00:32:43.659 --> 00:32:44.139
 we do

00:32:44.139 --> 00:32:45.319
 that we

00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:46.099
 are making

00:32:46.099 --> 00:32:46.839
 ourselves

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:47.720
 equal with

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.180
 God because

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:48.559
 we're putting

00:32:48.559 --> 00:32:48.899
 ourselves

00:32:48.899 --> 00:32:49.399
 alongside

00:32:49.399 --> 00:32:50.019
 God.

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:51.000
 Maybe we're

00:32:51.000 --> 00:32:51.399
 even putting

00:32:51.399 --> 00:32:52.680
 ourselves above

00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:53.299
 God and

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:53.700
 saying to

00:32:53.700 --> 00:32:54.839
 God this

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:55.119
 is how

00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:55.559
 things should

00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:55.879
 work.

00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:57.720
 This is the

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:59.119
 way it's

00:32:59.119 --> 00:33:00.500
 meant to

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:00.839
 be.

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:03.220
 And

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:04.680
 really

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:06.859
 that's the

00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:07.559
 two choices

00:33:07.559 --> 00:33:08.919
 that we

00:33:08.919 --> 00:33:10.359
 have in

00:33:10.359 --> 00:33:12.220
 response to

00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:12.799
 the gospel.

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:15.339
 We either

00:33:15.339 --> 00:33:15.839
 listen to

00:33:15.839 --> 00:33:17.220
 God and

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:17.759
 respond the

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.000
 way he

00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.519
 commands to

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:19.919
 us or

00:33:19.919 --> 00:33:20.419
 we do our

00:33:20.419 --> 00:33:20.919
 own thing

00:33:20.919 --> 00:33:22.159
 and we

00:33:22.159 --> 00:33:22.960
 make ourselves

00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:24.359
 equal with

00:33:24.359 --> 00:33:24.639
 God.

00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:25.579
 There is no

00:33:25.579 --> 00:33:26.240
 third option.

00:33:27.339 --> 00:33:29.519
 And it's

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:30.200
 really important

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.779
 that this

00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:32.379
 one thing

00:33:32.379 --> 00:33:33.299
 can happen

00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:33.839
 in two

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:34.639
 very opposite

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:35.060
 ways.

00:33:35.860 --> 00:33:36.360
 I want you

00:33:36.360 --> 00:33:36.720
 to imagine

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:37.380
 two people.

00:33:37.800 --> 00:33:38.120
 One of

00:33:38.120 --> 00:33:38.620
 them hears

00:33:38.620 --> 00:33:39.080
 the gospel

00:33:39.080 --> 00:33:39.540
 and says

00:33:39.540 --> 00:33:40.240
 Christianity

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.720
 is not for

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.320
 me, not

00:33:41.320 --> 00:33:42.520
 interested, I

00:33:42.520 --> 00:33:42.820
 don't need

00:33:42.820 --> 00:33:43.360
 God, I'm

00:33:43.360 --> 00:33:43.820
 fine as I

00:33:43.820 --> 00:33:44.820
 am, I'm

00:33:44.820 --> 00:33:45.040
 going to

00:33:45.040 --> 00:33:45.560
 live my

00:33:45.560 --> 00:33:46.300
 own life and

00:33:46.300 --> 00:33:46.660
 do things

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:46.980
 my own

00:33:46.980 --> 00:33:47.220
 way.

00:33:47.580 --> 00:33:48.020
 And off

00:33:48.020 --> 00:33:48.460
 they go.

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:49.400
 And

00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:50.160
 obviously

00:33:50.160 --> 00:33:53.360
 they're not

00:33:53.360 --> 00:33:54.000
 interested in

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.480
 what God

00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:55.820
 thinks, they're

00:33:55.820 --> 00:33:56.560
 making themselves

00:33:56.560 --> 00:33:57.220
 their God,

00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:57.720
 they're making

00:33:57.720 --> 00:33:58.540
 themselves equal

00:33:58.540 --> 00:33:59.280
 with God.

00:33:59.500 --> 00:33:59.880
 But the

00:33:59.880 --> 00:34:00.640
 other person

00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:02.480
 says this,

00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:04.500
 I'm

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:06.079
 not good

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:06.460
 enough for

00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:06.740
 God.

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:09.719
 So I

00:34:09.719 --> 00:34:10.000
 need to

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:10.820
 make sure

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:12.139
 that I

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:13.880
 get myself

00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:15.239
 into a

00:34:15.239 --> 00:34:15.440
 better

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:15.920
 condition.

00:34:16.699 --> 00:34:17.420
 So I'm

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:17.559
 going to

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:17.980
 start praying

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.460
 five times

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.639
 a day and

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:20.079
 I'm going

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:20.260
 to make

00:34:20.260 --> 00:34:20.519
 sure I

00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:21.139
 give more

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.440
 money to

00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:21.860
 the poor.

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.780
 I'm going

00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:24.019
 to cut

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:24.639
 myself off

00:34:24.639 --> 00:34:26.579
 from TV

00:34:26.579 --> 00:34:27.099
 and from

00:34:27.099 --> 00:34:27.500
 music.

00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:28.539
 I'm only

00:34:28.539 --> 00:34:28.679
 going to

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:29.079
 eat plain

00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:29.480
 food.

00:34:29.639 --> 00:34:29.840
 I'm going

00:34:29.840 --> 00:34:30.239
 to fast

00:34:30.239 --> 00:34:30.719
 twice a

00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:30.940
 week.

00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:32.940
 I'm never

00:34:32.940 --> 00:34:33.360
 going to

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:34.159
 go on

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:34.480
 social

00:34:34.480 --> 00:34:35.099
 media or

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:35.679
 YouTube or

00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:36.139
 anything like

00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:36.359
 that.

00:34:36.619 --> 00:34:37.019
 In fact, I'm

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:37.159
 going to

00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:37.519
 avoid all

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.019
 relationships,

00:34:38.219 --> 00:34:38.379
 I'm going

00:34:38.379 --> 00:34:38.619
 to have a

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:38.980
 life of

00:34:38.980 --> 00:34:40.099
 celibacy and

00:34:40.099 --> 00:34:41.679
 every time I

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.279
 do something

00:34:42.279 --> 00:34:43.379
 wrong I

00:34:43.379 --> 00:34:43.819
 am going to

00:34:43.819 --> 00:34:44.619
 whip myself

00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:45.899
 to make

00:34:45.899 --> 00:34:47.119
 atonement for

00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:47.639
 my sin.

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.000
 So the

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:49.539
 one guy

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:50.519
 wanders off,

00:34:50.859 --> 00:34:51.379
 no interest

00:34:51.379 --> 00:34:52.559
 in God and

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:52.899
 does his

00:34:52.899 --> 00:34:53.359
 own thing.

00:34:53.739 --> 00:34:54.139
 And the

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:54.839
 other person

00:34:54.839 --> 00:34:55.719
 makes all

00:34:55.719 --> 00:34:56.059
 of these

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:58.659
 rules in

00:34:58.659 --> 00:34:59.139
 order to

00:34:59.139 --> 00:34:59.699
 get up to

00:34:59.699 --> 00:35:00.559
 the standard

00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:01.519
 that he

00:35:01.519 --> 00:35:01.879
 thinks is

00:35:01.879 --> 00:35:02.259
 required.

00:35:02.260 --> 00:35:03.280
 They look

00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:04.120
 completely

00:35:04.120 --> 00:35:04.660
 different.

00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:06.740
 They're both

00:35:06.740 --> 00:35:08.440
 doing exactly

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:09.040
 the same

00:35:09.040 --> 00:35:09.340
 thing.

00:35:11.740 --> 00:35:12.640
 They're both

00:35:12.640 --> 00:35:12.920
 making

00:35:12.920 --> 00:35:13.660
 themselves

00:35:13.660 --> 00:35:14.800
 equal with

00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:15.120
 God.

00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:17.180
 Because the

00:35:17.180 --> 00:35:17.500
 guy who's

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:17.800
 doing his

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:18.180
 own thing

00:35:18.180 --> 00:35:18.460
 is saying,

00:35:18.580 --> 00:35:19.400
 well, I

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:19.620
 can do

00:35:19.620 --> 00:35:19.800
 what I

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:20.080
 like.

00:35:21.560 --> 00:35:22.520
 My opinion

00:35:22.520 --> 00:35:23.080
 is just as

00:35:23.080 --> 00:35:23.540
 important as

00:35:23.540 --> 00:35:24.160
 God's opinion.

00:35:24.640 --> 00:35:24.940
 That's the

00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:25.560
 antinomian,

00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:26.060
 doing what

00:35:26.060 --> 00:35:26.460
 they want.

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:27.639
 the person

00:35:27.639 --> 00:35:27.960
 on this

00:35:27.960 --> 00:35:28.380
 side is

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:28.519
 the

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:29.099
 legalist.

00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:31.260
 But the

00:35:31.260 --> 00:35:32.820
 legalist is

00:35:32.820 --> 00:35:34.260
 making himself

00:35:34.260 --> 00:35:34.740
 equal to

00:35:34.740 --> 00:35:35.199
 God just

00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:35.619
 as much as

00:35:35.619 --> 00:35:35.880
 the other

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:36.119
 guy.

00:35:37.079 --> 00:35:37.880
 Because he

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:38.320
 is setting

00:35:38.320 --> 00:35:38.679
 his own

00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:40.159
 rules rather

00:35:40.159 --> 00:35:40.940
 than listening

00:35:40.940 --> 00:35:42.740
 to what

00:35:42.740 --> 00:35:43.240
 God is

00:35:43.240 --> 00:35:43.519
 saying.

00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:46.699
 And what

00:35:46.699 --> 00:35:47.260
 I hope you

00:35:47.260 --> 00:35:49.420
 can see is

00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:49.980
 that all of

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:51.840
 it is

00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:52.519
 absolutely

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:53.159
 bonkers.

00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:53.299
 others.

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:55.599
 But it

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:58.039
 happens in

00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:59.420
 so many

00:35:59.420 --> 00:36:00.119
 ways.

00:36:02.599 --> 00:36:02.779
 And

00:36:02.779 --> 00:36:07.879
 it's a

00:36:07.879 --> 00:36:08.539
 good question

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:09.099
 to ask

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:09.839
 ourselves.

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:12.619
 Am I

00:36:12.619 --> 00:36:13.119
 allowing

00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:16.119
 something

00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:16.799
 that is

00:36:16.799 --> 00:36:18.319
 not right

00:36:18.319 --> 00:36:19.319
 and something

00:36:19.319 --> 00:36:19.899
 that's actually

00:36:19.899 --> 00:36:20.559
 ridiculous?

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:21.399
 Am I

00:36:21.399 --> 00:36:22.219
 allowing that

00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:23.500
 to

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:23.980
 imprison

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:24.319
 me

00:36:24.319 --> 00:36:26.619
 and to

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:27.079
 control

00:36:27.079 --> 00:36:27.419
 me

00:36:27.419 --> 00:36:29.219
 in my

00:36:29.219 --> 00:36:29.559
 life?

00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:31.519
 And so

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:31.879
 here's some

00:36:31.879 --> 00:36:32.039
 of the

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:32.459
 things that

00:36:32.459 --> 00:36:32.679
 we can

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:33.259
 think in

00:36:33.259 --> 00:36:33.779
 our lives.

00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:35.459
 We can

00:36:35.459 --> 00:36:35.779
 think

00:36:35.779 --> 00:36:37.239
 I

00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:39.599
 have

00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:40.139
 absolutely

00:36:40.139 --> 00:36:40.439
 no

00:36:40.439 --> 00:36:40.779
 gifts

00:36:40.779 --> 00:36:42.500
 and I'm

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:42.779
 of no

00:36:42.779 --> 00:36:43.119
 use to

00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:43.399
 anybody.

00:36:45.879 --> 00:36:46.559
 We can

00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:46.879
 think to

00:36:46.879 --> 00:36:47.359
 ourselves

00:36:47.359 --> 00:36:49.639
 my prayers

00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:50.279
 are

00:36:50.279 --> 00:36:51.459
 just

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:55.240
 pathetic.

00:36:55.920 --> 00:36:56.400
 They're a

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:56.740
 waste of

00:36:56.740 --> 00:36:58.220
 words and

00:36:58.220 --> 00:36:58.639
 God's not

00:36:58.639 --> 00:36:59.000
 listening.

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:01.780
 We can

00:37:01.780 --> 00:37:02.860
 think to

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.380
 ourselves

00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:06.119
 that

00:37:06.119 --> 00:37:11.900
 I can't

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.320
 go forward

00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:12.539
 to the

00:37:12.539 --> 00:37:12.800
 Lord's

00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:13.059
 table

00:37:13.059 --> 00:37:14.920
 because I'm

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:15.440
 not worthy.

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:17.159
 I'm

00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:17.500
 not good

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:17.840
 enough

00:37:17.840 --> 00:37:20.700
 and I

00:37:20.700 --> 00:37:21.019
 shouldn't

00:37:21.019 --> 00:37:21.460
 do it.

00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:24.059
 We can

00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:24.360
 think to

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:24.800
 ourselves

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:26.659
 there's no

00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:27.099
 point

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:29.220
 in

00:37:29.220 --> 00:37:29.980
 time to

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:30.780
 evangelize

00:37:30.780 --> 00:37:31.260
 because

00:37:31.260 --> 00:37:32.780
 we can't

00:37:32.780 --> 00:37:33.000
 do it

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:33.300
 anyway.

00:37:34.179 --> 00:37:34.940
 It's only

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:35.579
 the Holy

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:36.079
 Spirit that

00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:36.639
 can convert

00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:37.079
 people.

00:37:37.579 --> 00:37:38.220
 There's no

00:37:38.220 --> 00:37:38.619
 point in

00:37:38.619 --> 00:37:38.960
 us

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:40.400
 making any

00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:40.800
 attempt

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:41.880
 to witness.

00:37:41.880 --> 00:37:43.960
 mistakes and

00:37:43.960 --> 00:37:44.180
 we can

00:37:44.180 --> 00:37:44.480
 think to

00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:44.920
 ourselves

00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:47.019
 I've

00:37:47.019 --> 00:37:47.420
 made too

00:37:47.420 --> 00:37:47.579
 many

00:37:47.579 --> 00:37:48.099
 mistakes.

00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:50.280
 I've

00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:50.720
 messed up

00:37:50.720 --> 00:37:51.300
 too badly

00:37:51.300 --> 00:37:53.539
 and God

00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:53.860
 will never

00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:54.500
 forgive me.

00:37:58.340 --> 00:37:59.340
 If you

00:37:59.340 --> 00:38:01.140
 believe

00:38:01.140 --> 00:38:02.660
 any of

00:38:02.660 --> 00:38:03.260
 those things

00:38:03.260 --> 00:38:05.980
 then you

00:38:05.980 --> 00:38:06.640
 are believing

00:38:06.640 --> 00:38:08.960
 bonkers

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.500
 ridiculous

00:38:09.500 --> 00:38:09.900
 stupid

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:10.360
 nonsense

00:38:10.360 --> 00:38:14.559
 because

00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:14.920
 none of

00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:15.119
 that's

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:15.360
 true.

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:18.780
 None of

00:38:18.780 --> 00:38:19.159
 that is

00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:19.760
 ever

00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:20.940
 true.

00:38:23.059 --> 00:38:23.440
 And

00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:23.940
 Jesus has

00:38:23.940 --> 00:38:24.820
 come to

00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:25.360
 break

00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:26.539
 every

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:27.320
 crazy

00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:27.900
 idea

00:38:27.900 --> 00:38:28.619
 that we

00:38:28.619 --> 00:38:29.039
 have

00:38:29.039 --> 00:38:30.400
 that makes

00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:31.000
 the gospel

00:38:31.000 --> 00:38:32.079
 more difficult

00:38:32.079 --> 00:38:33.000
 than it needs

00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:33.320
 to be.

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.420
 And you

00:38:34.420 --> 00:38:34.760
 know we do

00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:35.179
 that all the

00:38:35.179 --> 00:38:35.480
 time.

00:38:35.760 --> 00:38:36.159
 We make

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:36.699
 the gospel

00:38:36.699 --> 00:38:37.599
 more difficult

00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:38.480
 than it needs

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:38.920
 to be.

00:38:39.500 --> 00:38:40.340
 And that's

00:38:40.340 --> 00:38:41.019
 exactly what

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:41.480
 these Jews

00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:41.880
 were doing.

00:38:42.019 --> 00:38:42.159
 They were

00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:42.559
 making it

00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:43.000
 so much

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:43.280
 harder,

00:38:43.440 --> 00:38:43.760
 so much

00:38:43.760 --> 00:38:43.920
 more

00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:44.440
 complicated,

00:38:44.860 --> 00:38:45.260
 so much

00:38:45.260 --> 00:38:46.280
 more of

00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:46.900
 a burden.

00:38:47.320 --> 00:38:47.800
 And Jesus

00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:48.300
 has come

00:38:48.300 --> 00:38:49.059
 to break

00:38:49.059 --> 00:38:49.880
 all of

00:38:49.880 --> 00:38:50.159
 that.

00:38:50.500 --> 00:38:50.780
 But do

00:38:50.780 --> 00:38:51.039
 you know

00:38:51.039 --> 00:38:51.920
 he breaks

00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:52.480
 it in

00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:53.119
 the most

00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:54.119
 magnificent

00:38:54.119 --> 00:38:55.500
 and beautiful

00:38:55.500 --> 00:38:56.300
 way.

00:38:57.480 --> 00:38:58.099
 Because the

00:38:58.099 --> 00:38:58.559
 incredible thing

00:38:58.559 --> 00:38:58.980
 about Jesus

00:38:58.980 --> 00:38:59.440
 is that he

00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:00.239
 actually is

00:39:00.239 --> 00:39:00.880
 equal with

00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:01.199
 God.

00:39:01.400 --> 00:39:01.679
 That's the

00:39:01.679 --> 00:39:02.119
 big point

00:39:02.119 --> 00:39:02.460
 that John

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:02.960
 wants us

00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.920
 to recognise.

00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:04.579
 Yet he

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:05.179
 was willing

00:39:05.179 --> 00:39:05.719
 to lay

00:39:05.719 --> 00:39:06.860
 aside all

00:39:06.860 --> 00:39:07.340
 the glory

00:39:07.340 --> 00:39:07.900
 and status

00:39:07.900 --> 00:39:08.239
 that he

00:39:08.239 --> 00:39:08.739
 deserves.

00:39:08.739 --> 00:39:09.559
 He came

00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:10.639
 down to

00:39:10.639 --> 00:39:11.259
 be alongside

00:39:11.259 --> 00:39:11.739
 us.

00:39:11.959 --> 00:39:12.379
 He came

00:39:12.379 --> 00:39:12.979
 to die

00:39:12.979 --> 00:39:13.799
 in place

00:39:13.799 --> 00:39:14.099
 of us.

00:39:14.159 --> 00:39:14.439
 And this

00:39:14.439 --> 00:39:14.699
 is where

00:39:14.699 --> 00:39:15.119
 we see

00:39:15.119 --> 00:39:16.039
 an astonishing

00:39:16.039 --> 00:39:16.739
 contrast

00:39:16.739 --> 00:39:17.539
 between the

00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:18.299
 mindset of

00:39:18.299 --> 00:39:18.799
 the Jews

00:39:18.799 --> 00:39:19.159
 and the

00:39:19.159 --> 00:39:19.500
 mindset

00:39:19.500 --> 00:39:20.179
 of Jesus.

00:39:20.179 --> 00:39:20.759
 Because the

00:39:20.759 --> 00:39:21.419
 Jews in

00:39:21.419 --> 00:39:21.899
 this passage

00:39:21.899 --> 00:39:22.459
 made

00:39:22.459 --> 00:39:22.879
 themselves

00:39:22.879 --> 00:39:23.539
 equal with

00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:24.259
 God by

00:39:24.259 --> 00:39:24.659
 making up

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:24.939
 their own

00:39:24.939 --> 00:39:25.379
 commands.

00:39:25.799 --> 00:39:26.219
 But in

00:39:26.219 --> 00:39:27.219
 their opposition

00:39:27.219 --> 00:39:28.479
 to what

00:39:28.479 --> 00:39:29.039
 they saw

00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:29.539
 in Jesus

00:39:29.539 --> 00:39:30.259
 and the

00:39:30.259 --> 00:39:30.599
 idea that

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:30.939
 he was

00:39:30.939 --> 00:39:31.179
 making

00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:31.479
 himself

00:39:31.479 --> 00:39:31.719
 equal

00:39:31.719 --> 00:39:31.939
 with

00:39:31.939 --> 00:39:32.139
 God,

00:39:32.439 --> 00:39:32.719
 they said

00:39:32.719 --> 00:39:33.259
 he deserves

00:39:33.259 --> 00:39:33.599
 to die,

00:39:33.719 --> 00:39:34.219
 we want

00:39:34.219 --> 00:39:34.959
 to kill

00:39:34.959 --> 00:39:35.239
 him.

00:39:35.980 --> 00:39:36.439
 Jesus

00:39:36.439 --> 00:39:37.679
 actually is

00:39:37.679 --> 00:39:38.259
 equal with

00:39:38.259 --> 00:39:38.619
 God,

00:39:39.139 --> 00:39:40.399
 but he

00:39:40.399 --> 00:39:40.959
 comes to

00:39:40.959 --> 00:39:41.579
 these people,

00:39:42.019 --> 00:39:42.459
 these people

00:39:42.459 --> 00:39:42.699
 who are

00:39:42.699 --> 00:39:43.179
 making up

00:39:43.179 --> 00:39:43.500
 their own

00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:44.839
 rules and

00:39:44.839 --> 00:39:45.579
 who are

00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:46.779
 making things

00:39:46.779 --> 00:39:47.399
 far more

00:39:47.399 --> 00:39:48.019
 complicated than

00:39:48.019 --> 00:39:48.319
 they need

00:39:48.319 --> 00:39:48.480
 to,

00:39:48.799 --> 00:39:49.239
 who think

00:39:49.239 --> 00:39:49.519
 that they

00:39:49.519 --> 00:39:50.000
 know better

00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:50.579
 and who

00:39:50.579 --> 00:39:51.459
 actually want

00:39:51.459 --> 00:39:51.899
 to put

00:39:51.899 --> 00:39:52.219
 him to

00:39:52.219 --> 00:39:53.079
 death and

00:39:53.079 --> 00:39:53.519
 Jesus

00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:54.599
 comes

00:39:54.599 --> 00:39:56.799
 to die

00:39:56.799 --> 00:39:57.279
 for them.

00:39:57.280 --> 00:40:01.220
 Jesus

00:40:01.220 --> 00:40:01.820
 comes

00:40:01.820 --> 00:40:03.660
 to save

00:40:03.660 --> 00:40:03.900
 them.

00:40:06.340 --> 00:40:06.720
 And

00:40:06.720 --> 00:40:09.620
 that is

00:40:09.620 --> 00:40:10.380
 the amazing

00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:11.440
 thing about

00:40:11.440 --> 00:40:12.040
 the gospel

00:40:12.040 --> 00:40:13.960
 is that

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:14.540
 in order

00:40:14.540 --> 00:40:15.600
 to fix

00:40:15.600 --> 00:40:16.140
 us,

00:40:17.240 --> 00:40:17.519
 Jesus

00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:18.280
 gave

00:40:18.280 --> 00:40:18.800
 himself

00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:20.340
 to be

00:40:20.340 --> 00:40:20.760
 broken.

00:40:22.660 --> 00:40:23.400
 And in

00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:24.200
 doing so,

00:40:24.300 --> 00:40:24.640
 in giving

00:40:24.640 --> 00:40:25.000
 himself,

00:40:25.220 --> 00:40:25.500
 he does

00:40:25.500 --> 00:40:26.300
 absolutely

00:40:26.300 --> 00:40:27.500
 everything,

00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:28.420
 everything

00:40:28.420 --> 00:40:29.080
 that is

00:40:29.080 --> 00:40:29.420
 needed

00:40:29.420 --> 00:40:30.380
 for our

00:40:30.380 --> 00:40:30.840
 salvation.

00:40:31.380 --> 00:40:31.780
 And here

00:40:31.780 --> 00:40:32.300
 is where

00:40:32.300 --> 00:40:34.120
 there is

00:40:34.120 --> 00:40:34.560
 such a

00:40:34.560 --> 00:40:35.260
 crucial point

00:40:35.260 --> 00:40:36.000
 that we

00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:36.660
 always need

00:40:36.660 --> 00:40:37.180
 to remember,

00:40:37.860 --> 00:40:38.660
 that in

00:40:38.660 --> 00:40:38.840
 our

00:40:38.840 --> 00:40:39.180
 Christian

00:40:39.180 --> 00:40:39.780
 lives,

00:40:42.300 --> 00:40:42.880
 nonsense

00:40:42.880 --> 00:40:45.700
 is far

00:40:45.700 --> 00:40:46.240
 more

00:40:46.240 --> 00:40:46.880
 dangerous

00:40:46.880 --> 00:40:48.539
 than

00:40:48.539 --> 00:40:49.320
 brokenness.

00:40:51.720 --> 00:40:52.600
 So you

00:40:52.600 --> 00:40:53.620
 might feel

00:40:53.620 --> 00:40:54.000
 like you

00:40:54.000 --> 00:40:54.500
 are so

00:40:54.500 --> 00:40:55.039
 broken,

00:40:55.039 --> 00:40:56.039
 brokenness,

00:40:56.039 --> 00:40:56.340
 either as

00:40:56.340 --> 00:40:56.820
 somebody who

00:40:56.820 --> 00:40:57.059
 is not

00:40:57.059 --> 00:40:57.320
 yet a

00:40:57.320 --> 00:40:57.639
 Christian

00:40:57.639 --> 00:40:58.820
 or even

00:40:58.820 --> 00:41:00.779
 as a

00:41:00.779 --> 00:41:01.039
 Christian.

00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:01.300
 You might

00:41:01.300 --> 00:41:01.420
 think,

00:41:01.480 --> 00:41:01.659
 I have

00:41:01.659 --> 00:41:02.139
 messed up

00:41:02.139 --> 00:41:02.639
 so much

00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:02.920
 and I

00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:03.119
 have

00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:04.599
 failed

00:41:04.599 --> 00:41:05.219
 Jesus

00:41:05.219 --> 00:41:05.559
 and I

00:41:05.559 --> 00:41:05.900
 am not

00:41:05.900 --> 00:41:06.139
 where I

00:41:06.139 --> 00:41:06.440
 want to

00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:06.659
 be.

00:41:06.659 --> 00:41:07.480
 And you

00:41:07.480 --> 00:41:07.940
 might feel

00:41:07.940 --> 00:41:08.199
 that you

00:41:08.199 --> 00:41:08.840
 are so

00:41:08.840 --> 00:41:09.619
 broken.

00:41:09.739 --> 00:41:09.980
 And we

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:10.340
 think that

00:41:10.340 --> 00:41:10.519
 that

00:41:10.519 --> 00:41:10.980
 brokenness

00:41:10.980 --> 00:41:11.460
 is a

00:41:11.460 --> 00:41:11.940
 massive,

00:41:12.199 --> 00:41:12.460
 massive

00:41:12.460 --> 00:41:13.039
 problem.

00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:14.179
 We

00:41:14.179 --> 00:41:14.759
 must

00:41:14.759 --> 00:41:15.420
 recognize

00:41:15.420 --> 00:41:16.219
 that the

00:41:16.219 --> 00:41:16.599
 problem

00:41:16.599 --> 00:41:17.500
 is not

00:41:17.500 --> 00:41:18.480
 brokenness.

00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:19.900
 And the

00:41:19.900 --> 00:41:20.320
 danger

00:41:20.320 --> 00:41:20.940
 is not

00:41:20.940 --> 00:41:21.619
 brokenness.

00:41:21.619 --> 00:41:24.659
 the danger

00:41:24.659 --> 00:41:24.940
 is

00:41:24.940 --> 00:41:25.579
 nonsense.

00:41:28.579 --> 00:41:29.299
 Jesus

00:41:29.299 --> 00:41:30.259
 can fix

00:41:30.259 --> 00:41:31.799
 all the

00:41:31.799 --> 00:41:32.460
 brokenness.

00:41:32.739 --> 00:41:33.079
 And if

00:41:33.079 --> 00:41:33.339
 you're a

00:41:33.339 --> 00:41:33.719
 Christian,

00:41:34.639 --> 00:41:35.219
 he already

00:41:35.219 --> 00:41:35.719
 has.

00:41:38.519 --> 00:41:39.380
 But the

00:41:39.380 --> 00:41:39.759
 nonsense

00:41:39.759 --> 00:41:40.359
 will tell

00:41:40.359 --> 00:41:42.659
 you that

00:41:42.659 --> 00:41:43.219
 he can't

00:41:43.219 --> 00:41:45.679
 or that

00:41:45.679 --> 00:41:46.199
 he won't

00:41:46.199 --> 00:41:48.339
 or that

00:41:48.339 --> 00:41:48.519
 it's

00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:48.839
 different

00:41:48.839 --> 00:41:49.319
 for you.

00:41:51.619 --> 00:41:52.579
 that is

00:41:52.579 --> 00:41:54.159
 forever

00:41:54.159 --> 00:41:55.539
 and always

00:41:55.539 --> 00:41:56.779
 and eternally

00:41:56.779 --> 00:41:58.099
 nonsense.

00:42:00.099 --> 00:42:00.559
 And

00:42:00.559 --> 00:42:00.980
 instead

00:42:00.980 --> 00:42:02.219
 we have

00:42:02.219 --> 00:42:02.500
 the

00:42:02.500 --> 00:42:03.219
 beautiful

00:42:03.219 --> 00:42:04.259
 simplicity

00:42:04.259 --> 00:42:05.420
 of the

00:42:05.420 --> 00:42:05.819
 gospel

00:42:05.819 --> 00:42:07.460
 where

00:42:07.460 --> 00:42:07.759
 Jesus

00:42:07.759 --> 00:42:08.400
 comes to

00:42:08.400 --> 00:42:08.739
 us

00:42:08.739 --> 00:42:10.199
 with

00:42:10.199 --> 00:42:10.900
 majestic

00:42:10.900 --> 00:42:11.679
 blunt

00:42:11.679 --> 00:42:12.099
 grace

00:42:12.099 --> 00:42:14.139
 and he

00:42:14.139 --> 00:42:14.279
 says

00:42:14.279 --> 00:42:14.739
 get up.

00:42:16.179 --> 00:42:16.799
 And so

00:42:16.799 --> 00:42:17.159
 for all

00:42:17.159 --> 00:42:17.619
 of us

00:42:17.619 --> 00:42:17.960
 may

00:42:17.960 --> 00:42:18.299
 those

00:42:18.299 --> 00:42:18.779
 words

00:42:18.779 --> 00:42:20.719
 be our

00:42:20.719 --> 00:42:21.059
 guide

00:42:21.059 --> 00:42:22.440
 that

00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:22.579
 we

00:42:22.579 --> 00:42:23.099
 get up

00:42:23.099 --> 00:42:24.779
 from

00:42:24.779 --> 00:42:25.099
 here

00:42:25.099 --> 00:42:26.400
 we

00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:26.719
 go on

00:42:26.719 --> 00:42:26.920
 in our

00:42:26.920 --> 00:42:27.259
 lives

00:42:27.259 --> 00:42:27.840
 serving

00:42:27.840 --> 00:42:28.119
 him

00:42:28.119 --> 00:42:30.840
 and if

00:42:30.840 --> 00:42:31.019
 you're

00:42:31.019 --> 00:42:31.239
 thinking

00:42:31.239 --> 00:42:31.539
 about

00:42:31.539 --> 00:42:32.019
 professing

00:42:32.019 --> 00:42:32.440
 faith

00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:33.320
 then

00:42:33.320 --> 00:42:36.340
 please

00:42:36.340 --> 00:42:36.920
 please

00:42:36.920 --> 00:42:37.440
 get up

00:42:37.440 --> 00:42:40.340
 and come

00:42:40.340 --> 00:42:40.719
 and tell

00:42:40.719 --> 00:42:41.559
 the elders

00:42:41.559 --> 00:42:41.900
 in this

00:42:41.900 --> 00:42:42.139
 church

00:42:42.139 --> 00:42:42.480
 who love

00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:42.679
 you

00:42:42.679 --> 00:42:43.320
 that

00:42:43.320 --> 00:42:43.759
 you

00:42:43.759 --> 00:42:43.940
 love

00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:44.219
 Jesus.

00:42:44.219 --> 00:42:47.039
 and as

00:42:46.659 --> 00:42:47.459
 as we

00:42:47.459 --> 00:42:47.839
 look ahead

00:42:47.839 --> 00:42:48.099
 to the

00:42:48.099 --> 00:42:48.359
 Lord's

00:42:48.359 --> 00:42:48.679
 table

00:42:48.679 --> 00:42:50.799
 despite

00:42:50.799 --> 00:42:51.119
 our

00:42:51.119 --> 00:42:51.379
 feelings

00:42:51.379 --> 00:42:51.879
 of shame

00:42:51.879 --> 00:42:52.519
 and

00:42:52.519 --> 00:42:53.139
 frustration

00:42:53.139 --> 00:42:53.439
 and

00:42:53.439 --> 00:42:53.919
 disappointment

00:42:53.919 --> 00:42:54.539
 in

00:42:54.539 --> 00:42:54.980
 ourselves

00:42:54.980 --> 00:42:55.919
 we are

00:42:55.919 --> 00:42:56.219
 going to

00:42:56.219 --> 00:42:56.659
 lift our

00:42:56.659 --> 00:42:57.319
 eyes off

00:42:57.319 --> 00:42:57.739
 ourselves

00:42:57.739 --> 00:42:58.480
 we're

00:42:58.480 --> 00:42:58.739
 going to

00:42:58.739 --> 00:42:59.279
 get up

00:42:59.279 --> 00:43:00.099
 we're

00:43:00.099 --> 00:43:00.319
 going to

00:43:00.319 --> 00:43:00.699
 look to

00:43:00.699 --> 00:43:00.980
 Jesus

00:43:00.980 --> 00:43:02.179
 and we're

00:43:02.179 --> 00:43:02.439
 going to

00:43:02.439 --> 00:43:02.839
 rejoice

00:43:02.839 --> 00:43:04.139
 because he's

00:43:04.139 --> 00:43:04.539
 done everything

00:43:04.539 --> 00:43:04.919
 we need

00:43:04.919 --> 00:43:06.419
 Amen

00:43:06.419 --> 00:43:07.379
 let's pray

00:43:07.380 --> 00:43:12.039
 Lord Jesus

00:43:12.039 --> 00:43:12.579
 thank you

00:43:12.579 --> 00:43:13.320
 so so

00:43:13.320 --> 00:43:13.660
 much

00:43:13.660 --> 00:43:14.240
 for all

00:43:14.240 --> 00:43:14.559
 that you've

00:43:14.559 --> 00:43:14.840
 done

00:43:14.840 --> 00:43:15.420
 for us

00:43:15.420 --> 00:43:15.740
 all that

00:43:15.740 --> 00:43:15.900
 you've

00:43:15.900 --> 00:43:16.260
 come to

00:43:16.260 --> 00:43:16.539
 do

00:43:16.539 --> 00:43:17.099
 thank you

00:43:17.099 --> 00:43:17.460
 that you

00:43:17.460 --> 00:43:17.900
 come

00:43:17.900 --> 00:43:19.300
 to heal

00:43:19.300 --> 00:43:19.480
 our

00:43:19.480 --> 00:43:20.180
 brokenness

00:43:20.180 --> 00:43:20.760
 and you

00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:21.420
 cut through

00:43:21.420 --> 00:43:22.440
 all of

00:43:22.440 --> 00:43:22.720
 our

00:43:22.720 --> 00:43:23.119
 nonsense

00:43:23.119 --> 00:43:23.619
 and we

00:43:23.619 --> 00:43:23.960
 confess

00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:24.360
 that we

00:43:24.360 --> 00:43:24.660
 do

00:43:24.660 --> 00:43:25.320
 we tie

00:43:25.320 --> 00:43:25.740
 ourselves

00:43:25.740 --> 00:43:26.220
 in knots

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 the gospel

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 Our

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 singing from

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 the

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 Lord

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 let all

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 Lord

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 Jesus

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 Christ

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