WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.520 Well, greetings to all of you who are watching or listening today. 00:00:05.259 --> 00:00:09.779 We're still in the midst of this strange time with COVID-19. 00:00:10.640 --> 00:00:16.679 It hasn't touched upon this particular community of Davidson yet, 00:00:17.100 --> 00:00:20.440 but all of us continue to be affected in some way. 00:00:21.219 --> 00:00:28.820 But I hope and I pray that you have been finding peace and joy in the Lord in the midst of all this. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:38.179 It's in times like these and through our troubles that I'm reminded of those words of David, 00:00:38.920 --> 00:00:40.679 which he said about God, 00:00:41.200 --> 00:00:43.240 He is my rock. 00:00:44.120 --> 00:00:46.100 He is my refuge. 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:48.480 I will not be shaken. 00:00:49.379 --> 00:00:56.460 And if we have the Lord, we can say the same as long as we are putting our trust in Him. 00:00:56.460 --> 00:01:00.259 Well, today as we look into God's Word, 00:01:00.799 --> 00:01:05.620 my hope and prayer is that we would see something of Jesus 00:01:05.620 --> 00:01:10.260 that would lift our eyes off of maybe some of our circumstances 00:01:10.260 --> 00:01:12.460 and the things going on around us 00:01:12.460 --> 00:01:15.760 and remind us of what is most important. 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:22.420 So, it's with that intention that we open the Word today. 00:01:23.380 --> 00:01:27.320 If you have your Bible with you, please open it up to John chapter 5. 00:01:28.200 --> 00:01:30.120 John chapter 5. 00:01:31.820 --> 00:01:37.200 Last Sunday, we saw Jesus at the pool in Jerusalem. 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:42.420 And we watched as he healed a man who was lying there, 00:01:42.540 --> 00:01:45.900 who had been unable to walk for the past 38 years. 00:01:46.659 --> 00:01:48.320 He said to him, 00:01:48.579 --> 00:01:51.939 Pick up your mat and walk. 00:01:53.060 --> 00:01:56.920 And an amazing miracle happened. 00:01:57.900 --> 00:01:58.840 He did. 00:01:59.120 --> 00:02:00.100 He got up. 00:02:00.780 --> 00:02:02.719 He picked up his mat and he walked. 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:05.859 But unfortunately, he was pulled over by the religious leaders. 00:02:07.500 --> 00:02:11.500 They questioned him as to why he was carrying his mat on the Sabbath. 00:02:11.639 --> 00:02:13.199 That was considered work. 00:02:15.740 --> 00:02:18.479 He kind of deflected the blame a little bit to Jesus. 00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:21.759 The man who healed me. 00:02:22.819 --> 00:02:26.219 He told me to pick up my mat, to be carrying it on the Sabbath. 00:02:26.219 --> 00:02:29.960 He didn't know who Jesus was at the time. 00:02:30.039 --> 00:02:32.340 But later, after he bumped into Jesus at the temple, 00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:35.379 he reported back to the religious leaders 00:02:35.379 --> 00:02:39.800 that it was Jesus who had told him to pick up his mat 00:02:39.800 --> 00:02:41.560 and Jesus who had healed him. 00:02:42.539 --> 00:02:46.280 So, John has already set the scene in what we looked at last week 00:02:46.280 --> 00:02:51.639 for a bit of a clash between Jesus and the Jewish leaders. 00:02:51.639 --> 00:02:56.299 So, let's pick up the story in verse 16 of John chapter 5. 00:02:57.659 --> 00:03:01.459 So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, 00:03:02.439 --> 00:03:05.719 the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. 00:03:06.639 --> 00:03:09.119 In his defense, Jesus said to them, 00:03:09.359 --> 00:03:13.179 My father is always at his work to this very day, 00:03:13.579 --> 00:03:15.599 and I too am working. 00:03:16.399 --> 00:03:19.739 For this reason, they tried all the more to kill him. 00:03:19.740 --> 00:03:22.860 Not only was he breaking the Sabbath, 00:03:23.040 --> 00:03:25.560 but he was even calling God his own father, 00:03:26.379 --> 00:03:30.120 making himself equal with God. 00:03:31.540 --> 00:03:36.700 So, we see the tension beginning to rise 00:03:36.700 --> 00:03:40.920 between Jesus and the Jewish leaders. 00:03:41.040 --> 00:03:46.360 And all of this is sparked by this healing of the man at the pool 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:50.640 and telling him to carry his mat on the Sabbath. 00:03:51.240 --> 00:03:51.820 John says, 00:03:52.380 --> 00:03:56.040 Because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, 00:03:56.780 --> 00:03:58.920 the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. 00:03:58.980 --> 00:03:59.820 Notice that he says, 00:04:00.080 --> 00:04:01.040 These things. 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:02.560 Plural. 00:04:03.660 --> 00:04:07.160 It wasn't just this one minor infraction. 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:12.360 There was a number of things that Jesus was doing on the Sabbath. 00:04:12.360 --> 00:04:14.720 And to really get the full picture, 00:04:14.860 --> 00:04:18.379 we kind of have to look at some of the other gospel records. 00:04:18.980 --> 00:04:24.280 They tell us of some of the times where Jesus has already had run-ins 00:04:24.280 --> 00:04:26.660 with the Pharisees, the religious leaders, 00:04:27.220 --> 00:04:28.340 back in Galilee, 00:04:28.660 --> 00:04:33.280 and over this particular issue of keeping the Sabbath. 00:04:34.400 --> 00:04:36.580 You may remember some of those encounters. 00:04:36.579 --> 00:04:41.539 You may remember the time when Jesus and his disciples 00:04:41.539 --> 00:04:44.159 were in a sense pulled over by the religious leaders 00:04:44.159 --> 00:04:45.740 because they were, 00:04:46.379 --> 00:04:51.439 Jesus' disciples were picking grain out of the field 00:04:51.439 --> 00:04:53.240 while they were walking along on the Sabbath. 00:04:53.419 --> 00:04:54.899 They considered that work. 00:04:56.560 --> 00:04:58.039 So, there was that run-in. 00:04:58.319 --> 00:05:01.079 Then there was the time when Jesus was at the synagogue with, 00:05:01.799 --> 00:05:04.979 and there was a man who had a shriveled hand there. 00:05:04.980 --> 00:05:07.960 And the Pharisees, the religious leaders, 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:09.900 they were just hovering like vultures, 00:05:10.319 --> 00:05:11.080 waiting to see, 00:05:11.200 --> 00:05:15.280 is Jesus going to do the work of healing this man on the Sabbath day? 00:05:15.700 --> 00:05:18.220 If he does, we'll nail him to the wall for it. 00:05:19.520 --> 00:05:21.080 There was that encounter. 00:05:21.220 --> 00:05:22.500 And already back then, 00:05:23.420 --> 00:05:25.140 the gospel writers, the other ones, 00:05:25.259 --> 00:05:30.240 tell us that the Pharisees were plotting to kill Jesus. 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:33.100 And so, probably these things are in the backdrop 00:05:33.100 --> 00:05:36.000 as we come to our passage today. 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:40.079 And then, this healing of the man at the pool in Jerusalem 00:05:40.079 --> 00:05:44.660 just kind of adds to the kindling 00:05:44.660 --> 00:05:47.300 and sparks the flame, 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:50.240 which causes the fire that this head-on collision 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:51.780 is going to bring about. 00:05:51.779 --> 00:05:57.539 So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, 00:05:58.459 --> 00:05:59.719 these kinds of things, 00:05:59.919 --> 00:06:01.219 and repeatedly, 00:06:01.819 --> 00:06:06.339 the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. 00:06:06.639 --> 00:06:07.839 Now, that word persecute, 00:06:07.919 --> 00:06:09.159 that's a strong word. 00:06:10.579 --> 00:06:13.759 They began to go after him 00:06:13.759 --> 00:06:15.879 with intensity, 00:06:16.579 --> 00:06:18.379 with intentionality. 00:06:21.019 --> 00:06:22.879 And what was their goal? 00:06:23.539 --> 00:06:25.459 I mean, certainly they harassed him. 00:06:25.459 --> 00:06:29.240 They said all kinds of things to him. 00:06:29.319 --> 00:06:31.639 They tried to humiliate him in public, 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:33.060 in front of other people. 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:36.879 But their goal was to kill Jesus. 00:06:37.060 --> 00:06:39.920 And John tells us this in verse 18. 00:06:39.920 --> 00:06:43.920 After he said what's in verse 17, 00:06:44.379 --> 00:06:46.220 for this reason, 00:06:46.840 --> 00:06:48.220 for saying this, 00:06:48.319 --> 00:06:50.520 they tried all the more to kill him. 00:06:51.360 --> 00:06:54.100 So, they were already trying to kill Jesus 00:06:54.100 --> 00:06:56.720 before he said what's in verse 17. 00:06:57.580 --> 00:06:59.160 And now that he said that, 00:06:59.220 --> 00:07:00.660 they're trying all the more. 00:07:00.780 --> 00:07:02.879 So, persecute is the right word. 00:07:03.819 --> 00:07:06.620 The Jewish leaders were persecuting him. 00:07:06.700 --> 00:07:09.280 They wanted to do anything that they could 00:07:09.279 --> 00:07:10.319 to get to him 00:07:10.319 --> 00:07:13.739 and to see him killed. 00:07:15.239 --> 00:07:16.219 Now, of course, 00:07:16.339 --> 00:07:19.619 they were also religious leaders. 00:07:19.619 --> 00:07:21.919 And so, they didn't just go and hire hit men 00:07:21.919 --> 00:07:23.179 and all that kind of stuff. 00:07:23.619 --> 00:07:26.719 They were going to start by using the tools 00:07:26.719 --> 00:07:28.279 that they had available to them. 00:07:28.779 --> 00:07:29.899 Mainly, at this point, 00:07:29.959 --> 00:07:31.379 it's the legal challenge. 00:07:32.059 --> 00:07:34.099 Breaking the Sabbath law. 00:07:35.699 --> 00:07:37.519 So, they were going after Jesus. 00:07:37.519 --> 00:07:39.000 And in my Bible, 00:07:39.120 --> 00:07:39.740 my translation, 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:40.219 it says, 00:07:40.359 --> 00:07:41.879 they began to persecute him. 00:07:41.959 --> 00:07:43.919 And that word's not actually in the original. 00:07:44.180 --> 00:07:44.479 That's, 00:07:44.939 --> 00:07:47.620 it's an interpretive decision that they've made. 00:07:47.699 --> 00:07:47.979 Literally, 00:07:48.120 --> 00:07:50.719 it's the Jewish leaders were persecuting him. 00:07:51.120 --> 00:07:52.759 Probably more of a sense of 00:07:52.759 --> 00:07:56.620 continuously over an unspecified period of time. 00:07:57.579 --> 00:07:59.839 They were going after him. 00:07:59.839 --> 00:08:02.899 Verse 17, 00:08:02.899 --> 00:08:04.639 In his defense, 00:08:05.159 --> 00:08:06.359 Jesus said to them, 00:08:06.859 --> 00:08:10.099 My father is always at his work to this very day, 00:08:10.639 --> 00:08:13.439 and I too am working. 00:08:14.099 --> 00:08:18.099 So, some of the language here is thought to have a bit of a legal sense to it. 00:08:18.159 --> 00:08:18.979 In his defense, 00:08:19.179 --> 00:08:20.439 my translation says, 00:08:20.439 --> 00:08:26.000 I don't think Jesus was actually on trial 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:27.980 in a formal sense, 00:08:28.500 --> 00:08:30.259 but certainly in an informal sense, 00:08:30.420 --> 00:08:30.939 he was. 00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:31.300 I mean, 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:34.100 the religious leaders had come around, 00:08:34.379 --> 00:08:38.679 and they were bringing an accusation against Jesus. 00:08:38.820 --> 00:08:41.000 And it's not written out for us here, 00:08:41.059 --> 00:08:42.200 but you can just hear it. 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:45.259 You can imagine the kind of thing that they're saying to Jesus. 00:08:45.259 --> 00:08:49.039 Who gave you the authority to be working, 00:08:49.259 --> 00:08:53.100 to be doing these kinds of things like you're doing on the Sabbath? 00:08:54.379 --> 00:09:02.059 And Jesus' response is not what we would expect him to say. 00:09:02.139 --> 00:09:04.080 At least it's not what I expect him to say. 00:09:06.480 --> 00:09:09.279 I would expect Jesus to say something like, 00:09:10.340 --> 00:09:11.919 Well, with all due respect, 00:09:12.100 --> 00:09:14.879 I have not been breaking the Sabbath law. 00:09:14.879 --> 00:09:15.679 I'm not guilty, 00:09:15.679 --> 00:09:19.259 because the stuff that I'm doing is not regular work. 00:09:20.679 --> 00:09:29.320 And the way that work has been defined by the elders over the years in tradition 00:09:29.320 --> 00:09:33.039 goes way beyond what God originally intended 00:09:33.039 --> 00:09:39.500 when he first gave the law or the command to keep the Sabbath day holy. 00:09:40.080 --> 00:09:41.700 That's what I would have said. 00:09:41.700 --> 00:09:44.900 And I think that that is probably true. 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:47.900 We can kind of piece that together from other places as well. 00:09:48.620 --> 00:09:50.620 But it's not what Jesus says. 00:09:51.320 --> 00:09:52.480 Maybe he did say it. 00:09:52.540 --> 00:09:55.040 Maybe that isn't recorded here. 00:09:55.700 --> 00:09:57.540 This is just the part we get, though. 00:09:57.640 --> 00:10:01.080 This is the thing that stood out the most from what Jesus said. 00:10:01.080 --> 00:10:06.280 You've been working on the Sabbath. 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:10.020 Who gave you the authority to be doing this? 00:10:10.139 --> 00:10:10.920 What are you doing? 00:10:11.580 --> 00:10:12.540 Breaking the law. 00:10:13.500 --> 00:10:14.040 Jesus says, 00:10:14.200 --> 00:10:19.379 My Father is always at his work to this very day. 00:10:20.379 --> 00:10:23.100 And I, too, am working. 00:10:23.100 --> 00:10:27.820 Now, if Jesus wasn't at trial and we were his lawyers, 00:10:27.940 --> 00:10:29.460 this is the moment where we go, 00:10:30.159 --> 00:10:30.920 Oh, boy. 00:10:31.759 --> 00:10:35.879 I imagine Peter just thinking to himself, 00:10:35.980 --> 00:10:37.159 I mean, we don't know what he's thought. 00:10:37.220 --> 00:10:37.940 This is speculation. 00:10:38.360 --> 00:10:40.399 But, oh, man, Jesus, like, 00:10:40.500 --> 00:10:43.779 this is not going to help our case. 00:10:43.779 --> 00:10:50.419 I mean, Jesus doesn't deny that he has been working on the Sabbath. 00:10:51.959 --> 00:10:55.799 I am working, he says. 00:10:57.539 --> 00:11:01.379 So this is not the response that we're expecting. 00:11:02.980 --> 00:11:06.559 What does Jesus mean when he says this? 00:11:06.559 --> 00:11:11.439 My Father is always at his work to this very day. 00:11:11.939 --> 00:11:14.379 And I, too, am working. 00:11:15.139 --> 00:11:22.699 Well, it seems as though Jesus is admitting to the fact that he's been working on the Sabbath. 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:30.959 And at the same time, it seems as though he's offering a reason for why he's not guilty of breaking the Sabbath law. 00:11:30.960 --> 00:11:36.720 But it's maybe not the reason that we were expecting. 00:11:37.540 --> 00:11:42.440 For sure, it's not the reason the religious leaders were expecting. 00:11:42.660 --> 00:11:45.960 So what does Jesus mean when he says this? 00:11:46.740 --> 00:11:50.920 My Father is always at his work to this very day. 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:54.920 And I, too, am working. 00:11:56.259 --> 00:11:58.680 I think to kind of get at that, 00:11:58.679 --> 00:12:02.379 it probably is helpful for us to first answer the question, 00:12:02.539 --> 00:12:06.019 did Jesus actually break the Sabbath law? 00:12:08.139 --> 00:12:11.139 And I would say the answer to that is no. 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:15.439 We can remember those words of Jesus, 00:12:15.439 --> 00:12:17.259 which he said in the Sermon on the Mount, 00:12:17.819 --> 00:12:20.179 Matthew 5, verse 17. 00:12:21.179 --> 00:12:21.899 He said, 00:12:21.899 --> 00:12:26.679 Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. 00:12:26.679 --> 00:12:28.839 I have not come to abolish them, 00:12:29.019 --> 00:12:30.679 but to fulfill them. 00:12:31.979 --> 00:12:34.539 In verse 19 of that same passage, 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:40.599 Therefore, anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands of the law 00:12:40.599 --> 00:12:46.459 and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven. 00:12:46.460 --> 00:12:52.100 So Jesus already has this mentality, 00:12:52.320 --> 00:12:52.940 this attitude, 00:12:52.940 --> 00:12:57.220 and has been teaching that we are to obey the law. 00:12:57.560 --> 00:12:58.759 Absolutely you are. 00:12:58.840 --> 00:13:01.360 The law was given by God. 00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:06.259 If we think back to how the law was given to Moses, 00:13:06.759 --> 00:13:11.080 specifically when it comes to this commandment pertaining to the Sabbath, 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:14.759 that was one of the Ten Commandments. 00:13:16.040 --> 00:13:23.780 And God himself etched those words onto the stone tablet with his finger 00:13:23.780 --> 00:13:25.560 and gave them to Moses. 00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:27.460 So Jesus is saying, 00:13:27.920 --> 00:13:31.440 Don't think that I've come to say that we just ignore that. 00:13:32.379 --> 00:13:36.200 Absolutely you are to obey the commands that God has given. 00:13:36.200 --> 00:13:43.200 And it's a big no-no to teach someone else to just set those commands aside. 00:13:46.080 --> 00:13:52.500 So was Jesus telling this man to disregard the Sabbath 00:13:52.500 --> 00:13:58.480 and do what was unlawful on the Sabbath when he told him to pick up his mat? 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:01.019 My answer is no. 00:14:01.779 --> 00:14:09.039 Because he knew that the way that the elders and the rabbis had defined work 00:14:09.039 --> 00:14:15.700 went way beyond what the Sabbath law was intended to involve 00:14:15.700 --> 00:14:18.779 as it was originally given by God. 00:14:20.340 --> 00:14:22.240 Now at this point we might wonder, 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:27.360 well, maybe, I mean, as it comes to the Sabbath law, 00:14:27.500 --> 00:14:30.100 isn't Jesus above the Sabbath law? 00:14:30.779 --> 00:14:33.860 I mean, is he expected to keep it anyway? 00:14:33.980 --> 00:14:38.240 Or can he do as he pleases on the Sabbath because of who he is? 00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:41.960 This is a trickier question. 00:14:42.620 --> 00:14:45.080 We do hear from the other Gospels, 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:48.320 Jesus say that the Son of Man, referring to himself, 00:14:48.659 --> 00:14:50.200 is Lord of the Sabbath. 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:52.700 And even the way he talks here, 00:14:52.820 --> 00:14:55.000 my Father is always at his work to this very day, 00:14:55.060 --> 00:14:56.020 and I too am working. 00:14:56.700 --> 00:15:02.120 We could get this sense that Jesus is above the law, 00:15:02.500 --> 00:15:04.660 that this law doesn't pertain to him. 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:08.420 But I think it's so important that we remember 00:15:08.420 --> 00:15:12.379 that Jesus is truly God, 00:15:12.379 --> 00:15:14.740 and at the same time, 00:15:14.740 --> 00:15:18.000 he is truly man, 00:15:18.620 --> 00:15:20.500 truly a human being. 00:15:21.539 --> 00:15:25.259 And that comes with implications. 00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:29.860 And probably the place that we see this most clearly 00:15:29.860 --> 00:15:34.080 and how it relates is in Galatians chapter 4, 00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:36.600 verses 4 and 5, 00:15:36.639 --> 00:15:39.039 where Paul says this. 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:39.519 He says, 00:15:39.519 --> 00:15:42.419 But when the fullness of the time came, 00:15:43.439 --> 00:15:45.819 God sent forth his Son, 00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:47.639 born of a woman, 00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:50.959 born under the law, 00:15:51.500 --> 00:15:57.019 so that he might redeem those who were under the law. 00:15:57.019 --> 00:16:00.740 So what Paul is telling us there 00:16:00.740 --> 00:16:03.399 is that Jesus was born of a woman. 00:16:03.899 --> 00:16:06.659 He was sent by God into this world 00:16:06.659 --> 00:16:09.259 and born as a physical, 00:16:09.559 --> 00:16:12.059 flesh and blood human being. 00:16:13.100 --> 00:16:14.299 Not only that, 00:16:14.399 --> 00:16:17.079 but he was born under the law. 00:16:17.220 --> 00:16:18.360 As a man, 00:16:18.460 --> 00:16:19.659 as a human being, 00:16:20.399 --> 00:16:23.179 he was under the authority 00:16:23.179 --> 00:16:25.219 of God's law, 00:16:25.299 --> 00:16:26.159 which he had given 00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:27.779 a long time ago 00:16:27.779 --> 00:16:28.899 through Moses. 00:16:29.919 --> 00:16:30.279 And so, 00:16:30.639 --> 00:16:31.099 yes, 00:16:31.379 --> 00:16:33.159 he had to submit 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:34.759 to the law of God 00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:35.419 as a man. 00:16:36.139 --> 00:16:37.399 That was required. 00:16:38.359 --> 00:16:38.899 In fact, 00:16:39.339 --> 00:16:41.199 the plan of salvation 00:16:41.199 --> 00:16:42.500 depends upon it. 00:16:43.139 --> 00:16:44.399 Look at what Paul says 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:46.000 in Galatians chapter 4. 00:16:46.079 --> 00:16:46.739 He was born, 00:16:47.299 --> 00:16:48.179 sent forth his Son, 00:16:48.319 --> 00:16:48.979 born of a woman, 00:16:49.159 --> 00:16:49.939 born under the law, 00:16:49.940 --> 00:16:52.020 so that he might redeem 00:16:52.020 --> 00:16:53.900 those who were under the law. 00:16:54.360 --> 00:16:56.980 So he needed to keep the law 00:16:56.980 --> 00:16:58.860 perfectly 00:16:58.860 --> 00:17:00.240 in order to be 00:17:00.240 --> 00:17:02.260 that spotless lamb 00:17:02.260 --> 00:17:05.140 who would take the place, 00:17:05.180 --> 00:17:06.420 who could be a substitute 00:17:06.420 --> 00:17:08.840 and take the curse of the law 00:17:08.840 --> 00:17:09.820 upon himself 00:17:09.820 --> 00:17:12.160 so that we might be redeemed 00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:13.160 and set free 00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:14.700 from the penalty 00:17:14.700 --> 00:17:16.440 of the law, 00:17:16.640 --> 00:17:17.860 which we deserve 00:17:17.860 --> 00:17:19.039 because of our sins. 00:17:19.940 --> 00:17:22.720 The third thing 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:23.740 to consider here 00:17:23.740 --> 00:17:25.000 is that 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:26.640 Jesus knew better 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:28.140 than anyone else 00:17:28.140 --> 00:17:29.880 what it meant 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:31.360 to keep the Sabbath 00:17:31.360 --> 00:17:32.140 holy. 00:17:32.860 --> 00:17:33.940 Jesus has already 00:17:33.940 --> 00:17:35.240 had a number of run-ins 00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:36.180 with the religious 00:17:36.180 --> 00:17:37.080 leaders 00:17:37.080 --> 00:17:38.799 over this issue, 00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:39.580 which we've talked 00:17:39.580 --> 00:17:40.519 about already. 00:17:40.660 --> 00:17:41.320 There was the man 00:17:41.320 --> 00:17:42.779 with the shriveled hand 00:17:42.779 --> 00:17:44.420 in Mark chapter 3. 00:17:45.640 --> 00:17:46.820 Look at what Jesus 00:17:46.819 --> 00:17:49.899 said to the Pharisees 00:17:49.899 --> 00:17:50.720 there as they were 00:17:50.720 --> 00:17:51.859 ready to pounce on him 00:17:51.859 --> 00:17:53.879 for working on the Sabbath 00:17:53.879 --> 00:17:55.559 by healing this man. 00:17:55.659 --> 00:17:56.000 He said, 00:17:56.159 --> 00:17:57.259 which is lawful 00:17:57.259 --> 00:17:58.599 on the Sabbath? 00:17:59.159 --> 00:18:00.240 To do good 00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:01.939 or to do evil? 00:18:02.599 --> 00:18:03.980 To save life 00:18:03.980 --> 00:18:05.279 or to kill? 00:18:07.019 --> 00:18:08.359 On another occasion 00:18:08.359 --> 00:18:09.399 with a different man, 00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:10.639 a different Sabbath, 00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:12.779 it happened again. 00:18:12.919 --> 00:18:13.519 They were there, 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:14.480 the Pharisees, 00:18:14.839 --> 00:18:15.859 the experts 00:18:15.859 --> 00:18:16.879 in the law, 00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:18.859 and Jesus asked them. 00:18:19.859 --> 00:18:21.000 This is Luke 14, 00:18:21.099 --> 00:18:21.639 verse 3. 00:18:21.859 --> 00:18:22.920 Is it lawful 00:18:22.920 --> 00:18:24.039 to heal 00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:25.180 on the Sabbath 00:18:25.180 --> 00:18:26.420 or not? 00:18:26.420 --> 00:18:28.240 Of course, 00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:28.799 they didn't want 00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:29.539 to say anything 00:18:29.539 --> 00:18:30.779 because they knew 00:18:30.779 --> 00:18:32.619 that Jesus 00:18:32.619 --> 00:18:34.440 would embarrass them 00:18:34.440 --> 00:18:35.180 if they did 00:18:35.180 --> 00:18:36.519 because he knew 00:18:36.519 --> 00:18:37.960 what was lawful 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:38.559 even better 00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:39.799 than they did. 00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:41.740 verse 5 00:18:41.740 --> 00:18:42.819 of that same account. 00:18:43.059 --> 00:18:44.059 Jesus answers 00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:44.799 the question 00:18:44.799 --> 00:18:45.680 with a question. 00:18:46.139 --> 00:18:46.619 He says, 00:18:47.899 --> 00:18:48.379 if one of you 00:18:48.379 --> 00:18:49.240 has a child 00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:50.700 or an ox 00:18:50.700 --> 00:18:51.599 that falls 00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:52.319 into a well 00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:53.440 on the Sabbath day, 00:18:53.919 --> 00:18:54.779 will you not 00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:55.480 immediately 00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:56.460 pull it out? 00:18:58.480 --> 00:18:59.639 The implied 00:18:59.639 --> 00:19:00.299 answer 00:19:00.299 --> 00:19:01.440 in both 00:19:01.440 --> 00:19:02.279 of these cases 00:19:02.279 --> 00:19:03.539 is the same. 00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:05.599 Jesus knew 00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:06.680 what keeping 00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:07.519 the Sabbath 00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:09.019 holy meant, 00:19:09.019 --> 00:19:09.900 what kind 00:19:09.900 --> 00:19:10.420 of work 00:19:10.420 --> 00:19:11.099 was permitted 00:19:11.099 --> 00:19:11.879 and what kind 00:19:11.879 --> 00:19:12.639 was forbidden. 00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:14.759 His point 00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:15.619 was essentially 00:19:15.619 --> 00:19:15.980 this. 00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:17.559 It is lawful 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:18.779 to do good 00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:19.660 on the Sabbath. 00:19:20.319 --> 00:19:22.139 It is lawful 00:19:22.139 --> 00:19:23.500 to save 00:19:23.500 --> 00:19:24.660 a life 00:19:24.660 --> 00:19:26.079 on the Sabbath. 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:27.059 It is lawful 00:19:27.059 --> 00:19:28.859 to do the work 00:19:28.859 --> 00:19:30.359 of healing 00:19:30.359 --> 00:19:32.639 on the Sabbath. 00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:34.339 In fact, 00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:34.839 it might be 00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:35.619 that he's even 00:19:35.619 --> 00:19:36.660 saying something 00:19:36.660 --> 00:19:37.660 a little more 00:19:37.660 --> 00:19:38.259 than that. 00:19:38.860 --> 00:19:39.779 To leave 00:19:39.779 --> 00:19:40.300 this man 00:19:40.300 --> 00:19:40.820 here with 00:19:40.820 --> 00:19:41.279 his hand 00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:41.800 like this 00:19:41.800 --> 00:19:42.500 when I 00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:43.120 have the 00:19:43.120 --> 00:19:43.600 power 00:19:43.600 --> 00:19:45.360 to heal 00:19:45.360 --> 00:19:45.740 him, 00:19:46.300 --> 00:19:46.840 to set 00:19:46.840 --> 00:19:47.620 him free, 00:19:48.300 --> 00:19:49.920 would be 00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:50.320 evil. 00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:51.980 It's either 00:19:51.980 --> 00:19:52.700 good or evil. 00:19:53.080 --> 00:19:53.700 Which one 00:19:53.700 --> 00:19:54.380 is lawful? 00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:55.759 The good. 00:19:56.640 --> 00:19:57.420 Jesus knows 00:19:57.420 --> 00:19:58.019 better than 00:19:58.019 --> 00:19:59.320 anyone else 00:19:59.320 --> 00:20:01.600 what is lawful 00:20:01.600 --> 00:20:02.779 on the Sabbath, 00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:03.460 what it means 00:20:03.460 --> 00:20:04.019 to keep 00:20:04.019 --> 00:20:04.700 that day 00:20:04.700 --> 00:20:05.559 holy, 00:20:05.660 --> 00:20:06.259 what God 00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:07.279 intended. 00:20:08.600 --> 00:20:08.980 And so 00:20:08.980 --> 00:20:09.559 when we bring 00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:10.180 all of these 00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:11.440 things together, 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:12.140 I think the 00:20:12.140 --> 00:20:12.860 clear answer 00:20:12.860 --> 00:20:14.559 is that 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:15.360 Jesus did 00:20:15.360 --> 00:20:16.420 not break 00:20:16.420 --> 00:20:17.299 the Sabbath 00:20:17.299 --> 00:20:18.079 law. 00:20:19.420 --> 00:20:20.440 He may have 00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:21.500 broken the 00:20:21.500 --> 00:20:22.740 laws that 00:20:22.740 --> 00:20:23.440 were imposed 00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:24.340 by men 00:20:24.340 --> 00:20:25.539 and added 00:20:25.539 --> 00:20:26.799 later on 00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:27.759 to kind of 00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:28.860 spell out 00:20:28.859 --> 00:20:30.959 or fill 00:20:30.959 --> 00:20:31.819 out what 00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:32.979 constituted 00:20:32.979 --> 00:20:33.740 breaking the 00:20:33.740 --> 00:20:34.519 Sabbath law, 00:20:34.979 --> 00:20:36.139 but he did 00:20:36.139 --> 00:20:36.759 not break 00:20:36.759 --> 00:20:37.339 the law 00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:38.459 which God 00:20:38.459 --> 00:20:39.039 had given. 00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:43.879 But what 00:20:43.879 --> 00:20:44.740 surprises me 00:20:44.740 --> 00:20:45.559 most is that 00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:46.859 Jesus says 00:20:46.859 --> 00:20:47.599 absolutely 00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:48.539 none of that 00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:49.379 in this 00:20:49.379 --> 00:20:49.740 moment. 00:20:50.439 --> 00:20:51.519 Why are you 00:20:51.519 --> 00:20:52.519 working on 00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:53.079 the Sabbath? 00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:53.639 He doesn't 00:20:53.639 --> 00:20:54.359 say any of 00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:54.659 that. 00:20:55.559 --> 00:20:56.299 Maybe he 00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:57.399 did and 00:20:57.399 --> 00:20:57.799 it's just 00:20:57.799 --> 00:20:58.539 not recorded 00:20:58.539 --> 00:20:59.420 and this 00:20:59.420 --> 00:20:59.779 is the 00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:00.720 one thing 00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:01.639 that was 00:21:01.639 --> 00:21:02.159 recorded. 00:21:02.299 --> 00:21:02.460 It's 00:21:02.460 --> 00:21:03.039 possible. 00:21:03.399 --> 00:21:04.119 After all, 00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:04.599 this thing 00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:05.700 does stand 00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:06.200 out. 00:21:09.480 --> 00:21:10.240 Why are 00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:10.779 you working 00:21:10.779 --> 00:21:11.339 on the 00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:11.619 Sabbath? 00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:12.759 Who gave 00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:13.039 you the 00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:13.599 authority to 00:21:13.599 --> 00:21:14.099 be doing 00:21:14.099 --> 00:21:14.559 this? 00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:16.019 Jesus' 00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:16.779 answer is 00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:17.119 this. 00:21:17.399 --> 00:21:17.619 My 00:21:17.619 --> 00:21:18.940 father is 00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:20.599 always at 00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:21.159 his work 00:21:21.159 --> 00:21:21.639 to this 00:21:21.639 --> 00:21:22.359 very day 00:21:22.359 --> 00:21:24.180 and I 00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:24.899 too 00:21:24.899 --> 00:21:26.680 am working. 00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:30.759 what an 00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:32.059 answer to 00:21:32.059 --> 00:21:32.519 give. 00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:35.399 What does 00:21:35.399 --> 00:21:36.039 it mean? 00:21:39.859 --> 00:21:40.539 First of 00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:40.799 all, we 00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:41.319 notice that 00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:43.500 Jesus does 00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:44.200 not deny 00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:44.619 that he's 00:21:44.619 --> 00:21:45.099 been working. 00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:46.119 Yes, I 00:21:46.119 --> 00:21:47.460 am working, 00:21:47.619 --> 00:21:48.139 he says. 00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:49.220 I have 00:21:49.220 --> 00:21:50.500 been healing 00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:51.039 people. 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:51.480 I have 00:21:51.480 --> 00:21:52.299 been teaching. 00:21:52.579 --> 00:21:52.899 I have 00:21:52.899 --> 00:21:53.879 been casting 00:21:53.879 --> 00:21:54.779 out demons 00:21:54.779 --> 00:21:56.180 on the 00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:56.519 Sabbath. 00:21:58.320 --> 00:21:59.279 I have 00:21:59.279 --> 00:22:00.299 been working. 00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:04.180 So has 00:22:04.180 --> 00:22:05.620 God, my 00:22:05.620 --> 00:22:06.019 father. 00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.920 He's not 00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:09.539 guilty of 00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:10.240 working on 00:22:10.240 --> 00:22:11.080 the Sabbath 00:22:11.080 --> 00:22:12.799 and he 00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:13.299 works on 00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:13.759 the Sabbath 00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:14.560 as implied, 00:22:15.200 --> 00:22:16.039 stated, 00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:18.880 and neither 00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:19.320 am I 00:22:19.320 --> 00:22:21.299 guilty for 00:22:21.299 --> 00:22:21.960 working on 00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:22.400 the Sabbath. 00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:25.019 like, what 00:22:25.019 --> 00:22:25.560 kind of an 00:22:25.560 --> 00:22:26.380 answer is 00:22:26.380 --> 00:22:26.759 this? 00:22:26.840 --> 00:22:27.259 This is 00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:28.580 surprising. 00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:31.380 Literally, my 00:22:31.380 --> 00:22:34.480 father is 00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:36.100 working until 00:22:36.100 --> 00:22:38.680 now or 00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:39.560 right up to 00:22:39.560 --> 00:22:40.280 this moment, 00:22:40.380 --> 00:22:40.700 we might 00:22:40.700 --> 00:22:41.080 say. 00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:43.100 And so am 00:22:43.100 --> 00:22:43.259 I. 00:22:43.300 --> 00:22:43.660 It's the 00:22:43.660 --> 00:22:44.460 Sabbath day. 00:22:44.820 --> 00:22:45.560 This is the 00:22:45.560 --> 00:22:46.519 day that he 00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.180 has done 00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:47.900 this healing 00:22:47.900 --> 00:22:51.160 and he 00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:51.519 says, 00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:52.960 my father, 00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:53.900 God, my 00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:55.599 father, he's 00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:56.339 working today. 00:22:57.799 --> 00:22:58.500 So am 00:22:58.500 --> 00:22:58.720 I. 00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.579 You have 00:23:02.579 --> 00:23:02.960 to know 00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.599 that this 00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:07.180 really got 00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:08.599 the religious 00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:10.019 leaders worked 00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:10.539 up and we're 00:23:10.539 --> 00:23:10.980 going to see 00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.500 that in a 00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:11.740 moment. 00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:12.279 But what 00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:13.240 does Jesus 00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:14.059 mean by 00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:14.500 this? 00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:16.319 Well, there's 00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:16.779 some religious 00:23:16.779 --> 00:23:19.119 background that 00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:19.460 we should 00:23:19.460 --> 00:23:20.599 probably understand 00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:20.960 here. 00:23:20.960 --> 00:23:22.819 I guess the 00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:23.460 rabbis of 00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.259 Jesus' day had 00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:24.720 been having 00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.220 this whole 00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:25.840 discussion, 00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:26.420 theological 00:23:26.420 --> 00:23:27.120 discussion. 00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:27.980 Does God 00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.900 keep the 00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:29.180 Sabbath? 00:23:30.380 --> 00:23:30.759 It's kind 00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:30.960 of a 00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:31.840 ridiculous 00:23:31.840 --> 00:23:32.740 discussion in 00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.340 one sense. 00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:35.000 Is he 00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:35.519 guilty of 00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:36.039 breaking the 00:23:36.039 --> 00:23:36.319 Sabbath? 00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:36.860 Well, some 00:23:36.860 --> 00:23:37.299 would say 00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:39.759 he carries 00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:41.160 things on 00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:41.600 the Sabbath 00:23:41.600 --> 00:23:42.680 because he's 00:23:42.680 --> 00:23:43.279 carrying the 00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:43.660 universe. 00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:44.500 He's sustaining 00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:45.140 the world. 00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:46.340 He's working. 00:23:46.900 --> 00:23:48.539 He's accomplishing 00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:49.200 his sovereign 00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:49.720 purposes. 00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:50.559 He doesn't 00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.079 take a day 00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:51.559 off from 00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:52.160 that stuff. 00:23:52.700 --> 00:23:53.380 If he did, 00:23:53.460 --> 00:23:54.000 the universe 00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:54.500 would be in 00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:54.860 trouble. 00:23:55.799 --> 00:23:56.539 He works on 00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:56.960 the Sabbath, 00:23:57.180 --> 00:23:58.100 they said. 00:23:58.259 --> 00:23:58.500 And so, 00:23:59.140 --> 00:24:01.220 how can he 00:24:01.220 --> 00:24:01.980 not be guilty 00:24:01.980 --> 00:24:02.579 for that? 00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.240 For breaking 00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:03.759 his own 00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.100 law? 00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:05.339 The way that 00:24:05.339 --> 00:24:05.640 they were 00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:06.240 reasoning it 00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:06.779 out was they 00:24:06.779 --> 00:24:07.240 were saying 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:07.880 things, and 00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:08.500 this is kind 00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.100 of ridiculous, 00:24:09.460 --> 00:24:10.480 but saying 00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:11.039 things like, 00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:12.839 well, maybe 00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:14.120 he's not 00:24:14.120 --> 00:24:15.039 guilty of 00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:15.880 carrying 00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:17.720 something from 00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:18.200 one place 00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:18.700 to another 00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:19.500 because he's 00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:20.180 everywhere at 00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:20.579 once. 00:24:21.500 --> 00:24:21.700 And so, 00:24:21.779 --> 00:24:22.059 if he's 00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:22.519 everywhere, 00:24:22.759 --> 00:24:23.720 then he 00:24:23.720 --> 00:24:24.259 can't really 00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.920 carry something 00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.600 from one 00:24:25.600 --> 00:24:26.079 place to 00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:26.360 another. 00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:27.299 He's already 00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:27.759 there. 00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:28.600 So, he 00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:29.079 kind of gets 00:24:29.079 --> 00:24:29.500 off the 00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.120 hook that 00:24:30.120 --> 00:24:30.319 way. 00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:30.660 You can 00:24:30.660 --> 00:24:30.980 kind of 00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:32.019 see the 00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:33.940 legalistic, 00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:34.660 ridiculous 00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:35.799 mentality of 00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:37.180 their 00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:37.759 reasoning. 00:24:38.519 --> 00:24:39.079 But the 00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:39.779 rabbis were 00:24:39.779 --> 00:24:40.440 right about 00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:41.500 two things. 00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:43.120 First, they 00:24:43.120 --> 00:24:43.640 were right 00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:44.160 that God 00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:45.000 doesn't take a 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.740 day off from 00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.400 his work. 00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.400 I mean, he 00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:48.000 took a day 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.480 off from 00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.059 the work of 00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.839 creating the 00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:50.400 universe. 00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:51.299 On the 00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:51.900 seventh day, 00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.500 he rested. 00:24:53.359 --> 00:24:54.019 But since 00:24:54.019 --> 00:24:55.620 then, God 00:24:55.620 --> 00:24:57.039 continues to 00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:58.319 work every 00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:59.400 day, sustaining 00:24:59.400 --> 00:25:00.200 the universe, 00:25:00.660 --> 00:25:01.539 holding everything 00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:02.039 together, 00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:02.819 sovereignly 00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:03.660 directing it 00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.299 according to 00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:05.539 his plan and 00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:06.059 purposes. 00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:08.380 That's something 00:25:08.380 --> 00:25:10.220 he does every 00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:11.500 day, constantly. 00:25:13.039 --> 00:25:13.400 They were 00:25:13.400 --> 00:25:14.180 also right that 00:25:14.180 --> 00:25:14.779 God is not 00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.539 guilty for 00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:17.119 working, even 00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:17.659 on the 00:25:17.659 --> 00:25:18.379 Sabbath day, 00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:18.920 for doing 00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.579 that kind 00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:20.099 of work. 00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:21.819 But the 00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.279 reason he's 00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:22.819 not guilty 00:25:22.819 --> 00:25:23.319 is because 00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:23.700 the law 00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:24.359 doesn't apply 00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:24.819 to him. 00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:26.139 As Jesus 00:25:26.139 --> 00:25:27.319 said in 00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:27.639 another 00:25:27.639 --> 00:25:29.440 gospel, the 00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:30.059 Sabbath was 00:25:30.059 --> 00:25:30.740 made for 00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.180 man. 00:25:32.099 --> 00:25:33.220 That law, 00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:34.019 that requirement 00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:34.639 does not 00:25:34.639 --> 00:25:35.259 apply to 00:25:35.259 --> 00:25:35.859 God. 00:25:37.519 --> 00:25:38.500 And Jesus, 00:25:38.680 --> 00:25:39.039 I think, 00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:41.420 is leveraging 00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:42.619 that truth. 00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:43.339 He's bringing 00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:44.240 that truth to 00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:45.059 bear on this 00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:45.879 conversation. 00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:49.480 My father, 00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:51.819 God, is 00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:53.559 always at 00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.159 his work. 00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:55.119 He's always 00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:56.039 working. 00:25:58.039 --> 00:25:58.960 And he's 00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.539 not guilty 00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.139 for it. 00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.659 But then the 00:26:03.659 --> 00:26:04.179 rest of his 00:26:04.179 --> 00:26:04.960 argument is, 00:26:05.139 --> 00:26:05.779 neither am I. 00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:08.399 I too am 00:26:08.399 --> 00:26:08.740 working. 00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.859 And implied, 00:26:10.179 --> 00:26:11.440 I'm not 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:12.740 guilty either. 00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:14.620 Well, how 00:26:14.620 --> 00:26:15.059 does that 00:26:15.059 --> 00:26:15.480 work? 00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.160 There's an 00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:18.299 implied statement 00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:19.019 in there. 00:26:21.240 --> 00:26:22.079 And there's 00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.640 various 00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.680 interpretations of 00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:24.200 this, but this 00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:24.559 is my 00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:25.400 understanding of 00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:25.559 it. 00:26:26.900 --> 00:26:27.759 They're bringing 00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:29.480 their accusation, 00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.099 you've been 00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:30.819 working on the 00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:31.599 Sabbath, Jesus 00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:32.640 is giving his 00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:33.180 defense. 00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:33.859 He's saying, 00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:35.420 God is not 00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:36.000 guilty of 00:26:36.000 --> 00:26:36.660 working on the 00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:36.920 Sabbath. 00:26:36.920 --> 00:26:37.060 Sabbath. 00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:39.019 I'm not 00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:40.300 guilty of 00:26:40.300 --> 00:26:41.320 working on 00:26:41.320 --> 00:26:41.740 the Sabbath, 00:26:41.840 --> 00:26:42.279 and I have 00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:42.900 been working 00:26:42.900 --> 00:26:43.380 on the 00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:43.640 Sabbath. 00:26:45.080 --> 00:26:45.700 And I 00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:46.000 think the 00:26:46.000 --> 00:26:46.940 implied statement 00:26:46.940 --> 00:26:47.800 is because 00:26:47.800 --> 00:26:49.039 the work I 00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.700 am doing 00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:52.860 is his 00:26:52.860 --> 00:26:53.600 work. 00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:56.080 The works 00:26:56.080 --> 00:26:56.960 that I am 00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:57.779 doing, they 00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:59.039 are his 00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.680 works. 00:26:59.680 --> 00:26:59.799 works. 00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.700 And so 00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:02.200 the Sabbath 00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.900 law doesn't 00:27:02.900 --> 00:27:03.820 apply to 00:27:03.820 --> 00:27:04.920 his work 00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:07.440 as it 00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:08.259 applies to 00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:09.740 just ordinary 00:27:09.740 --> 00:27:11.100 works of 00:27:11.100 --> 00:27:11.420 men. 00:27:12.640 --> 00:27:13.660 That's my 00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:14.960 take on it, 00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.740 my understanding 00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.080 of it. 00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:16.920 You see this 00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:17.620 clearly with the 00:27:17.620 --> 00:27:18.500 miracles that 00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.160 Jesus did. 00:27:19.560 --> 00:27:20.519 Only God can 00:27:20.519 --> 00:27:21.360 heal a person 00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:23.039 in the ways 00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.640 that Jesus 00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:24.420 has been 00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:24.740 doing. 00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.900 So yes, 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.900 in a very 00:27:26.900 --> 00:27:27.660 real sense, 00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.540 the works 00:27:28.540 --> 00:27:28.880 that he 00:27:28.880 --> 00:27:29.540 is doing 00:27:29.540 --> 00:27:30.340 are the 00:27:30.340 --> 00:27:30.980 very works 00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.600 of God. 00:27:33.600 --> 00:27:34.600 An analogy 00:27:34.600 --> 00:27:35.060 that might 00:27:35.060 --> 00:27:35.740 help us to 00:27:35.740 --> 00:27:36.320 kind of 00:27:36.320 --> 00:27:36.860 think of 00:27:36.860 --> 00:27:37.940 this could 00:27:37.940 --> 00:27:38.460 be that 00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:39.519 of a 00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:40.620 son who's 00:27:40.620 --> 00:27:41.340 apprenticing 00:27:41.340 --> 00:27:41.960 under his 00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.420 father. 00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:43.380 You can 00:27:43.380 --> 00:27:43.880 imagine a 00:27:43.880 --> 00:27:45.300 father owning 00:27:45.300 --> 00:27:45.800 a bit of a 00:27:45.800 --> 00:27:46.279 carpentry 00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:46.820 business, 00:27:47.779 --> 00:27:48.500 taking orders 00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:50.400 for, you 00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:50.519 know, 00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.480 crafting fine 00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:52.160 furniture at 00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:52.680 the workshop 00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.380 or something 00:27:53.380 --> 00:27:53.980 like that. 00:27:55.019 --> 00:27:56.019 And in a 00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.540 very real 00:27:56.540 --> 00:27:57.120 sense, if 00:27:57.120 --> 00:27:57.560 the son 00:27:57.559 --> 00:27:58.019 is his 00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.879 son is 00:27:58.879 --> 00:27:59.839 his apprentice, 00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:00.419 when his 00:28:00.419 --> 00:28:00.839 son is 00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:01.659 working on 00:28:01.659 --> 00:28:02.339 the table, 00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.559 he is 00:28:03.559 --> 00:28:04.379 doing his 00:28:04.379 --> 00:28:05.139 father's 00:28:05.139 --> 00:28:05.700 work. 00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:08.359 It's 00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:09.839 for his 00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.379 father's 00:28:10.379 --> 00:28:10.740 business. 00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.720 It's what 00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:12.440 his father 00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:13.419 is up 00:28:13.419 --> 00:28:13.720 to. 00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:14.419 It's his 00:28:14.419 --> 00:28:14.919 father's 00:28:14.919 --> 00:28:15.500 company. 00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:16.519 And the 00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:17.039 father could 00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:17.519 look at the 00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.179 customers and 00:28:18.179 --> 00:28:18.480 say, 00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:19.839 yep, I'm 00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:20.419 working on 00:28:20.419 --> 00:28:21.259 that table 00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:22.119 right now. 00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:24.599 And even 00:28:24.599 --> 00:28:25.399 in that 00:28:25.399 --> 00:28:26.039 moment, it's 00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.679 true, even 00:28:26.679 --> 00:28:27.019 though it 00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:27.359 might be 00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:27.799 the son 00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:28.119 that's 00:28:28.119 --> 00:28:28.460 the one 00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:28.700 who's 00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:29.400 actually in 00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:29.960 the shop 00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:30.839 doing a 00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:31.500 part of 00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:32.420 that work. 00:28:33.400 --> 00:28:34.079 That'd be 00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:34.700 maybe one 00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.000 way to 00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:35.339 think of 00:28:35.339 --> 00:28:35.519 it. 00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:36.819 Another way 00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:37.480 that might 00:28:37.480 --> 00:28:38.019 be helpful 00:28:38.019 --> 00:28:38.379 is to 00:28:38.379 --> 00:28:38.720 think of 00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:38.960 it in 00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:39.420 terms of 00:28:39.420 --> 00:28:40.379 the 00:28:40.379 --> 00:28:40.799 prophets. 00:28:41.339 --> 00:28:41.819 We know 00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.220 that the 00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:42.599 prophets 00:28:42.599 --> 00:28:43.940 were specially 00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:44.819 chosen by 00:28:44.819 --> 00:28:46.500 God to 00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.180 speak the 00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:47.680 words of 00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:48.279 God to 00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:48.680 people. 00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.460 Now, they 00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:49.960 didn't just 00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.559 speak on 00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.079 God's 00:28:51.079 --> 00:28:51.660 behalf, 00:28:51.960 --> 00:28:52.619 whatever came 00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:53.059 into their 00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:53.559 heads to 00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:53.859 say. 00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:55.379 No, they 00:28:55.379 --> 00:28:57.699 actually, God 00:28:57.699 --> 00:28:58.379 actually put 00:28:58.379 --> 00:28:59.199 his own 00:28:59.199 --> 00:28:59.939 words in 00:28:59.939 --> 00:29:00.899 their mouths 00:29:00.899 --> 00:29:01.959 such that 00:29:01.959 --> 00:29:02.319 when they 00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:02.919 opened their 00:29:02.919 --> 00:29:03.399 mouths and 00:29:03.399 --> 00:29:04.699 spoke, it 00:29:04.699 --> 00:29:05.459 was God who 00:29:05.459 --> 00:29:06.079 was speaking 00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.959 through them. 00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.039 And I 00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:08.639 think Jesus 00:29:08.639 --> 00:29:10.639 is implying 00:29:10.639 --> 00:29:12.319 here with 00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:13.799 this, that 00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.899 it's the 00:29:14.899 --> 00:29:15.579 same when it 00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:16.000 comes to 00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.859 his works. 00:29:16.859 --> 00:29:18.219 when he 00:29:18.219 --> 00:29:19.000 does his 00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:20.000 works, when 00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.459 he does 00:29:20.459 --> 00:29:21.419 those miracles, 00:29:21.659 --> 00:29:21.939 when he 00:29:21.939 --> 00:29:22.639 drives out 00:29:22.639 --> 00:29:24.599 demons, it 00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:25.459 is actually 00:29:25.459 --> 00:29:26.319 God who 00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:26.959 is at 00:29:26.959 --> 00:29:28.500 work in 00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.219 that moment 00:29:29.219 --> 00:29:30.139 doing his 00:29:30.139 --> 00:29:31.219 works through 00:29:31.219 --> 00:29:31.659 him. 00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:34.279 And I 00:29:34.279 --> 00:29:34.619 think it, 00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:35.819 not in the 00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:36.559 same sense as 00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:37.359 we might say 00:29:37.359 --> 00:29:38.479 that any of 00:29:38.479 --> 00:29:39.199 us are doing 00:29:39.199 --> 00:29:40.279 God's works, 00:29:40.399 --> 00:29:40.979 but in a 00:29:40.979 --> 00:29:41.719 very special 00:29:41.719 --> 00:29:42.259 sense, in 00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:42.959 an exclusive 00:29:42.959 --> 00:29:43.659 sense, in 00:29:43.659 --> 00:29:44.259 a sense that 00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:45.079 it's only 00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:46.099 had by 00:29:46.099 --> 00:29:47.240 Jesus, by 00:29:47.240 --> 00:29:47.899 the prophets, 00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:49.139 by the 00:29:49.139 --> 00:29:50.079 apostles, as 00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:50.599 we'll see. 00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:52.019 So this is 00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.619 what Jesus 00:29:52.619 --> 00:29:54.539 says in 00:29:54.539 --> 00:29:55.899 his defense. 00:29:57.179 --> 00:29:58.980 And the 00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.719 religious leaders, 00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:00.259 the Jewish 00:30:00.259 --> 00:30:02.159 leaders, they 00:30:02.159 --> 00:30:03.899 go wild when 00:30:03.899 --> 00:30:04.539 they hear this. 00:30:04.659 --> 00:30:05.919 Verse 18, 00:30:06.399 --> 00:30:06.879 for this 00:30:06.879 --> 00:30:07.659 reason, because 00:30:07.659 --> 00:30:08.639 he said this, 00:30:08.719 --> 00:30:09.699 they tried all 00:30:09.699 --> 00:30:10.559 the more to 00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:11.139 kill him. 00:30:11.919 --> 00:30:12.719 Not only was 00:30:12.719 --> 00:30:13.299 he breaking 00:30:13.299 --> 00:30:13.959 the Sabbath, 00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.240 but he was 00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:16.079 even calling 00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:16.939 God his 00:30:16.939 --> 00:30:17.740 own father, 00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:19.319 making himself 00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:20.879 equal with 00:30:20.879 --> 00:30:21.419 God. 00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:23.679 So this 00:30:23.679 --> 00:30:24.500 just 00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:27.220 caused them 00:30:27.220 --> 00:30:29.019 to go, 00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:30.819 well, in 00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:31.460 his words, 00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.659 all the more 00:30:32.659 --> 00:30:34.339 they tried 00:30:34.339 --> 00:30:35.179 to kill him. 00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:35.819 They just 00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:36.579 wanted to 00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:38.159 get this 00:30:38.159 --> 00:30:38.619 guy. 00:30:39.699 --> 00:30:40.299 Why? 00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:42.059 Not only 00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.599 because he 00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:43.279 said this, 00:30:43.339 --> 00:30:43.720 it says, 00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.400 not only 00:30:44.400 --> 00:30:45.220 that, but 00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.579 he was 00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:46.440 breaking the 00:30:46.440 --> 00:30:47.000 Sabbath, at 00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.400 least in 00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:48.460 their view, 00:30:48.460 --> 00:30:49.460 or their 00:30:49.460 --> 00:30:50.440 Sabbath laws, 00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:50.799 he was 00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:51.220 breaking. 00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:53.160 But that 00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:54.000 wasn't the 00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.460 big thing. 00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:54.900 The big 00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:55.440 thing was 00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:57.319 that he 00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:57.880 was even 00:30:57.880 --> 00:30:58.779 calling God 00:30:58.779 --> 00:30:59.500 his own 00:30:59.500 --> 00:31:00.240 father. 00:31:01.600 --> 00:31:02.259 You can 00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:02.839 imagine what's 00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:03.339 going on in 00:31:03.339 --> 00:31:03.900 their minds, 00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:05.259 like, how 00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:06.120 dare he? 00:31:06.119 --> 00:31:07.539 I mean, 00:31:07.619 --> 00:31:08.279 they're probably 00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:09.000 thinking back 00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.759 to Numbers 00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:10.639 15, where 00:31:10.639 --> 00:31:11.179 the man 00:31:11.179 --> 00:31:12.719 was, the 00:31:12.719 --> 00:31:13.599 Lord told 00:31:13.599 --> 00:31:14.219 Moses to 00:31:14.219 --> 00:31:14.799 stone him 00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:15.399 to death 00:31:15.399 --> 00:31:16.500 for picking 00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:17.879 up sticks, 00:31:17.979 --> 00:31:18.559 for gathering 00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:19.019 sticks, 00:31:19.199 --> 00:31:19.939 deliberately just 00:31:19.939 --> 00:31:20.500 going out, 00:31:20.599 --> 00:31:21.239 defying the 00:31:21.239 --> 00:31:21.759 Sabbath law, 00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:22.479 doing work on 00:31:22.479 --> 00:31:22.919 the Sabbath 00:31:22.919 --> 00:31:23.279 day. 00:31:23.739 --> 00:31:24.659 They're thinking, 00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:25.699 Jesus is just 00:31:25.699 --> 00:31:26.579 like that guy. 00:31:26.919 --> 00:31:28.119 He deserves 00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:29.059 to die. 00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:30.119 He's, he's, 00:31:30.219 --> 00:31:31.539 he's blaspheming. 00:31:31.539 --> 00:31:32.299 He's putting 00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:33.000 himself on the 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.740 same level as 00:31:33.740 --> 00:31:35.420 God, calling 00:31:35.420 --> 00:31:36.500 God his own 00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.000 father. 00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:38.319 I mean, they, 00:31:38.460 --> 00:31:38.920 they're not 00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:39.319 stupid. 00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:40.039 They picked up 00:31:40.039 --> 00:31:40.539 that Jesus 00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:41.220 wasn't just 00:31:41.220 --> 00:31:41.859 saying that, 00:31:42.059 --> 00:31:42.779 that God 00:31:42.779 --> 00:31:44.539 was kind 00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:45.159 of his father 00:31:45.159 --> 00:31:45.879 in the general 00:31:45.879 --> 00:31:46.460 sense, that 00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:46.879 he's the 00:31:46.879 --> 00:31:47.579 father of 00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:48.680 Israel, or 00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:49.420 the, that 00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:50.680 were his, all 00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:51.799 his children. 00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:52.519 No, he was 00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:53.139 saying God is 00:31:53.139 --> 00:31:53.539 his own 00:31:53.539 --> 00:31:54.000 father. 00:31:54.879 --> 00:31:56.059 Like, you're 00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:56.799 James, son 00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:57.440 of Zebedee, 00:31:57.539 --> 00:31:58.899 I'm Jesus, 00:31:59.899 --> 00:32:00.899 son of 00:32:00.900 --> 00:32:02.360 God himself. 00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.460 That's like 00:32:05.460 --> 00:32:06.420 saying you're 00:32:06.420 --> 00:32:07.840 divine, putting 00:32:07.840 --> 00:32:08.540 yourself on the 00:32:08.540 --> 00:32:09.300 same level as 00:32:09.300 --> 00:32:09.600 him. 00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:11.160 How dare you? 00:32:12.800 --> 00:32:13.720 They wanted to 00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:14.120 kill him. 00:32:16.360 --> 00:32:17.019 And the 00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:17.900 tension continues 00:32:17.900 --> 00:32:18.380 to rise. 00:32:19.300 --> 00:32:20.440 In, in the 00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:21.100 weeks ahead, we're 00:32:21.100 --> 00:32:21.820 going to see how 00:32:21.820 --> 00:32:23.660 Jesus, he's 00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:24.320 going to go on 00:32:24.320 --> 00:32:24.860 and say a 00:32:24.860 --> 00:32:25.460 whole bunch 00:32:25.460 --> 00:32:26.100 more here. 00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.780 And this 00:32:27.780 --> 00:32:28.759 next section 00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.480 is a gold 00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:29.860 mine. 00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:30.420 So we're just 00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:30.720 going to 00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.440 slow it down 00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:32.039 and really 00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:32.579 try to 00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:33.460 draw out 00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:33.839 what we 00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:35.519 can from 00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.680 the words 00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:37.500 of Jesus. 00:32:38.579 --> 00:32:39.460 But what's 00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:39.759 here in 00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:40.220 these, in 00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:40.620 these few 00:32:40.620 --> 00:32:41.440 verses for 00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:41.980 us today? 00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:42.339 Well, I 00:32:42.339 --> 00:32:42.660 think the 00:32:42.660 --> 00:32:43.059 first thing 00:32:43.059 --> 00:32:43.360 that we 00:32:43.360 --> 00:32:43.980 notice is 00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:44.339 that there's 00:32:44.339 --> 00:32:45.000 no commands 00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.420 given. 00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:46.480 I don't 00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:46.799 even think 00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:47.380 this passage 00:32:47.380 --> 00:32:47.940 is really 00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:48.480 so much 00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:49.539 about whether 00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.180 or not we 00:32:50.180 --> 00:32:50.839 should keep 00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.400 the Sabbath 00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:52.519 as Christian 00:32:52.519 --> 00:32:53.799 Gentiles. 00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:54.940 I mean, 00:32:55.120 --> 00:32:56.000 this passage 00:32:56.000 --> 00:32:56.620 just isn't 00:32:56.620 --> 00:32:57.240 really about 00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:57.600 us. 00:32:58.319 --> 00:32:58.880 It's, it's 00:32:58.880 --> 00:32:59.380 really all 00:32:59.380 --> 00:33:00.120 about Jesus 00:33:00.120 --> 00:33:00.540 and what 00:33:00.540 --> 00:33:01.460 happened to 00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:01.940 him when 00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:02.380 he came 00:33:02.380 --> 00:33:02.860 into our 00:33:02.860 --> 00:33:03.760 world almost 00:33:03.760 --> 00:33:05.440 2,000 years 00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:06.020 ago. 00:33:07.020 --> 00:33:07.940 But I don't 00:33:07.940 --> 00:33:08.400 think that 00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:08.920 means it's 00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:09.780 irrelevant to 00:33:09.780 --> 00:33:10.460 our lives 00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:11.900 today as 00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.440 Christians. 00:33:12.440 --> 00:33:12.539 Christians. 00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:14.019 I think 00:33:14.019 --> 00:33:15.480 John and 00:33:15.480 --> 00:33:16.440 through John 00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:17.240 God has 00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.880 put this 00:33:17.880 --> 00:33:18.680 in here for 00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.180 a very 00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:20.420 specific reason 00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:22.580 to cause 00:33:22.580 --> 00:33:24.700 us also 00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:26.059 to, to 00:33:26.059 --> 00:33:26.600 come in 00:33:26.600 --> 00:33:27.279 to ask 00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:28.480 this big 00:33:28.480 --> 00:33:29.259 question which 00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:29.740 is written 00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.440 all over 00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:31.720 this section, 00:33:32.100 --> 00:33:33.340 this question 00:33:33.340 --> 00:33:33.920 of who 00:33:33.920 --> 00:33:35.340 is Jesus? 00:33:35.820 --> 00:33:36.840 This is what 00:33:36.840 --> 00:33:37.360 the religious 00:33:37.360 --> 00:33:38.740 leaders are 00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.660 wrestling with. 00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:42.340 who is 00:33:42.340 --> 00:33:43.240 Jesus? 00:33:44.060 --> 00:33:44.759 They're 00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.940 trying to 00:33:45.940 --> 00:33:46.460 come to 00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:47.720 their answer. 00:33:48.940 --> 00:33:49.700 They've 00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.480 painted him, 00:33:50.840 --> 00:33:51.440 they've got him 00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:52.140 pegged and 00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:53.200 categorized and 00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:54.460 figured out as 00:33:54.460 --> 00:33:56.540 a guilty 00:33:56.540 --> 00:33:57.980 lawbreaker and 00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:59.180 a blasphemer who 00:33:59.180 --> 00:34:00.279 deserves to 00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:00.680 die. 00:34:02.040 --> 00:34:02.880 But of course 00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:03.460 as we look 00:34:03.460 --> 00:34:04.340 more closely at 00:34:04.340 --> 00:34:04.880 the religious 00:34:04.880 --> 00:34:05.680 leaders we know 00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:06.320 that's not the 00:34:06.320 --> 00:34:07.259 complete story. 00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:08.980 we know 00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:10.760 that they 00:34:10.760 --> 00:34:11.519 see Jesus 00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:12.820 as a threat 00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:13.960 to their 00:34:13.960 --> 00:34:14.519 position, 00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:15.119 to their 00:34:15.119 --> 00:34:16.019 authority. 00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:16.739 They don't 00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:17.579 like Jesus 00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:18.280 because he 00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:19.099 shines the 00:34:19.099 --> 00:34:20.139 spotlight on 00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:21.019 them and 00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:22.260 exposes the 00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:23.159 ugliness of 00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:24.260 their religiosity 00:34:24.260 --> 00:34:25.880 and the 00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.880 evil and 00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:27.880 selfishness and 00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:29.420 pride in 00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:30.039 their hearts. 00:34:31.099 --> 00:34:32.280 So there's 00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:33.559 something more 00:34:33.559 --> 00:34:34.300 going on 00:34:34.300 --> 00:34:34.940 here. 00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:38.700 that's who 00:34:38.700 --> 00:34:39.460 they think 00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:40.440 Jesus is 00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:41.740 and they're 00:34:41.740 --> 00:34:42.380 not stupid. 00:34:42.519 --> 00:34:43.079 They know 00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.619 what Jesus 00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.300 is claiming. 00:34:44.980 --> 00:34:45.760 They know 00:34:45.760 --> 00:34:46.720 what his 00:34:46.720 --> 00:34:47.559 words mean 00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:49.599 when he 00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:50.039 says, 00:34:50.200 --> 00:34:50.740 my father, 00:34:50.740 --> 00:34:51.260 that he 00:34:51.260 --> 00:34:52.880 is putting 00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.440 himself 00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:55.159 essentially on 00:34:55.159 --> 00:34:55.599 the same 00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:56.240 level as 00:34:56.240 --> 00:34:56.700 God. 00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:58.440 He's claiming 00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:59.119 to be the 00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:00.139 divine son of 00:35:00.139 --> 00:35:00.619 God. 00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:00.659 God, 00:35:01.259 --> 00:35:04.380 it's against 00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:05.159 the backdrop 00:35:05.159 --> 00:35:05.960 of this that 00:35:05.960 --> 00:35:07.099 we see this 00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:07.960 truth come 00:35:07.960 --> 00:35:08.319 out, 00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:09.319 this truth that 00:35:09.319 --> 00:35:09.779 John's been 00:35:09.779 --> 00:35:10.480 trying to show 00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:11.839 us right from 00:35:11.839 --> 00:35:12.259 the beginning 00:35:12.259 --> 00:35:12.639 of his 00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:13.079 gospel, 00:35:13.219 --> 00:35:13.719 that Jesus 00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:14.500 is the 00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:15.819 divine son 00:35:15.819 --> 00:35:17.139 of God. 00:35:19.039 --> 00:35:19.819 That's one 00:35:19.819 --> 00:35:20.380 of the answers 00:35:20.380 --> 00:35:21.940 to this 00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:22.679 question of 00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:23.319 who is 00:35:23.319 --> 00:35:23.739 Jesus. 00:35:24.299 --> 00:35:25.179 This question 00:35:25.179 --> 00:35:26.759 was something 00:35:26.759 --> 00:35:27.539 of who is 00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:28.099 Jesus is 00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:28.819 something that 00:35:28.819 --> 00:35:29.500 the religious 00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:30.579 leaders stumbled 00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:31.219 over. 00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:32.519 But as 00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:33.299 Jesus is about 00:35:33.299 --> 00:35:34.440 to say in 00:35:34.440 --> 00:35:34.779 the weeks 00:35:34.779 --> 00:35:35.179 ahead, 00:35:36.039 --> 00:35:37.579 it's one of 00:35:37.579 --> 00:35:38.299 the most 00:35:38.299 --> 00:35:38.900 important 00:35:38.900 --> 00:35:39.559 questions, 00:35:40.099 --> 00:35:40.839 not just 00:35:40.839 --> 00:35:41.339 for them 00:35:41.339 --> 00:35:42.139 to answer, 00:35:42.759 --> 00:35:43.659 but for 00:35:43.659 --> 00:35:44.299 all of us 00:35:44.299 --> 00:35:44.980 to answer, 00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:45.460 for all 00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:46.920 people to 00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:47.299 answer, 00:35:47.719 --> 00:35:48.360 for me to 00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:48.679 answer, 00:35:48.819 --> 00:35:49.319 for you 00:35:49.319 --> 00:35:50.339 to answer. 00:35:51.699 --> 00:35:52.099 And so I 00:35:52.099 --> 00:35:52.619 want to ask 00:35:52.619 --> 00:35:53.319 you today, 00:35:53.799 --> 00:35:55.440 what is your 00:35:55.440 --> 00:35:56.139 answer to 00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:56.839 this question? 00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:59.180 who is 00:35:59.180 --> 00:36:00.059 Jesus? 00:36:01.800 --> 00:36:02.660 Do you 00:36:02.660 --> 00:36:03.300 believe that 00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:04.579 he is the 00:36:04.579 --> 00:36:05.640 divine son 00:36:05.640 --> 00:36:06.340 of God? 00:36:07.620 --> 00:36:08.519 Have you 00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:09.200 answered this 00:36:09.200 --> 00:36:09.620 question? 00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:12.820 Or are 00:36:12.820 --> 00:36:13.200 you putting 00:36:13.200 --> 00:36:14.059 off answering 00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:14.820 this question? 00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:16.140 Perhaps 00:36:16.140 --> 00:36:16.980 sitting on 00:36:16.980 --> 00:36:17.519 the fence, 00:36:18.440 --> 00:36:20.059 waiting for 00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:21.079 a later time 00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:21.579 to answer 00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:22.200 this question? 00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:22.640 I want to 00:36:22.640 --> 00:36:23.360 encourage you 00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:25.920 not to 00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:26.420 put this 00:36:26.420 --> 00:36:27.700 off any 00:36:27.700 --> 00:36:28.079 longer, 00:36:28.079 --> 00:36:28.680 if that's 00:36:28.680 --> 00:36:28.940 you. 00:36:30.680 --> 00:36:31.820 This is 00:36:31.820 --> 00:36:32.519 one of the 00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:33.140 most crucial 00:36:33.140 --> 00:36:35.200 questions for 00:36:35.200 --> 00:36:35.960 all people. 00:36:36.680 --> 00:36:38.000 Who is 00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:38.840 Jesus? 00:36:39.019 --> 00:36:40.140 If he is 00:36:40.140 --> 00:36:41.360 the son, 00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:42.300 the divine 00:36:42.300 --> 00:36:43.019 son of 00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:43.440 God, 00:36:43.440 --> 00:36:44.160 it has 00:36:44.160 --> 00:36:44.860 massive 00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:45.680 implications 00:36:45.680 --> 00:36:47.260 for our 00:36:47.260 --> 00:36:47.740 lives. 00:36:48.240 --> 00:36:48.860 Our 00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.440 eternity 00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:50.340 is at 00:36:50.340 --> 00:36:50.980 stake. 00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:53.260 So I 00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:53.500 want to 00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:53.980 encourage you 00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:54.240 if you 00:36:54.240 --> 00:36:54.840 have not 00:36:54.840 --> 00:36:55.659 answered that 00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:56.200 question, 00:36:57.059 --> 00:36:57.679 to answer 00:36:57.679 --> 00:36:57.960 that 00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:58.440 question. 00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:01.260 Finally, 00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:02.519 if you do 00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:03.840 believe in 00:37:03.840 --> 00:37:04.200 Jesus, 00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:05.179 you are 00:37:05.179 --> 00:37:06.500 born again, 00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:07.139 as Jesus 00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:07.780 has said, 00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:09.980 you belong 00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.480 to him. 00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:11.740 I want to 00:37:11.740 --> 00:37:12.360 encourage you 00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:12.840 and remind 00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:13.219 you that 00:37:13.219 --> 00:37:14.139 this is 00:37:14.139 --> 00:37:14.840 the question 00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:15.940 that we 00:37:15.940 --> 00:37:18.240 must bring 00:37:18.240 --> 00:37:19.019 to our 00:37:19.019 --> 00:37:20.159 world and 00:37:20.159 --> 00:37:21.659 encourage them 00:37:21.659 --> 00:37:22.699 to answer 00:37:22.699 --> 00:37:23.840 with everything 00:37:23.840 --> 00:37:24.380 that we 00:37:24.380 --> 00:37:25.099 can. 00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:26.960 Who is 00:37:26.960 --> 00:37:27.539 Jesus? 00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:29.960 We ought 00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:30.420 to bring 00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:31.099 this question 00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:31.780 to our 00:37:31.780 --> 00:37:32.840 unbelieving 00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:33.659 co-workers, 00:37:34.639 --> 00:37:35.059 neighbors, 00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:36.599 family, 00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:37.900 friends. 00:37:37.900 --> 00:37:39.960 it's not 00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:40.360 just the 00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:40.920 most important 00:37:40.920 --> 00:37:41.700 question for 00:37:41.700 --> 00:37:42.139 you to 00:37:42.139 --> 00:37:42.500 answer, 00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:43.000 it's the 00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:43.619 most important 00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:44.320 question for 00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:45.400 them as 00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:45.780 well. 00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:47.860 Eternity 00:37:47.860 --> 00:37:48.500 hangs in the 00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:49.079 balance for 00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:49.420 them. 00:37:50.800 --> 00:37:51.500 And it 00:37:51.500 --> 00:37:51.820 falls, 00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:52.460 it has 00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:53.860 been given 00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:54.720 to us by 00:37:54.720 --> 00:37:57.039 Christ to 00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:57.680 bring this 00:37:57.680 --> 00:37:58.480 question up 00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:59.340 with people, 00:37:59.820 --> 00:38:00.780 to point 00:38:00.780 --> 00:38:01.320 them as 00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:01.800 John is 00:38:01.800 --> 00:38:02.440 pointing us 00:38:02.440 --> 00:38:02.800 here, 00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:05.300 towards 00:38:05.300 --> 00:38:06.559 answering it 00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:08.320 and seeing 00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:08.960 the truth 00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.759 of who 00:38:09.759 --> 00:38:10.539 Jesus is. 00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:13.559 And Jesus 00:38:13.559 --> 00:38:14.699 has already 00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:15.360 made it clear 00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:16.039 that we 00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:16.539 will not 00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:17.320 always be 00:38:17.320 --> 00:38:18.019 appreciated 00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:18.579 for doing 00:38:18.579 --> 00:38:18.960 this. 00:38:19.960 --> 00:38:20.579 In fact, 00:38:20.659 --> 00:38:21.239 later on 00:38:21.239 --> 00:38:22.159 to his 00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:22.739 disciples, 00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:26.079 not too 00:38:26.079 --> 00:38:26.739 long before 00:38:26.739 --> 00:38:27.759 he is 00:38:27.759 --> 00:38:29.179 crucified, 00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:31.420 we'll say 00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:31.860 this to 00:38:31.860 --> 00:38:32.099 them, 00:38:33.159 --> 00:38:33.880 John 15 00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:34.400 verse 8, 00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:34.719 if the 00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:35.500 world hates 00:38:35.500 --> 00:38:35.819 you, 00:38:36.819 --> 00:38:37.339 keep in 00:38:37.339 --> 00:38:37.959 mind that 00:38:37.959 --> 00:38:38.359 it hated 00:38:38.359 --> 00:38:39.119 me first. 00:38:40.259 --> 00:38:40.959 If you 00:38:40.959 --> 00:38:41.739 belonged to 00:38:41.739 --> 00:38:42.259 the world, 00:38:42.439 --> 00:38:42.879 it would 00:38:42.879 --> 00:38:43.439 love you 00:38:43.439 --> 00:38:43.899 as its 00:38:43.899 --> 00:38:44.319 own. 00:38:45.659 --> 00:38:46.259 As it 00:38:46.259 --> 00:38:46.619 is, 00:38:47.379 --> 00:38:47.939 you do 00:38:47.939 --> 00:38:48.559 not belong 00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:48.899 to the 00:38:48.899 --> 00:38:49.179 world, 00:38:49.459 --> 00:38:50.159 but I 00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:50.839 have chosen 00:38:50.839 --> 00:38:52.039 you out 00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:52.379 of the 00:38:52.379 --> 00:38:52.679 world. 00:38:53.719 --> 00:38:54.379 That is 00:38:54.379 --> 00:38:54.779 why the 00:38:54.779 --> 00:38:55.439 world hates 00:38:55.439 --> 00:38:55.719 you. 00:38:56.859 --> 00:38:57.399 Remember 00:38:57.399 --> 00:38:57.819 what I 00:38:57.819 --> 00:38:58.399 told you, 00:38:59.139 --> 00:38:59.739 a servant 00:38:59.739 --> 00:39:00.899 is not 00:39:00.899 --> 00:39:02.039 greater than 00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:02.500 his 00:39:02.500 --> 00:39:03.039 master. 00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:04.739 If they 00:39:04.739 --> 00:39:05.519 persecuted 00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:05.940 me, 00:39:06.719 --> 00:39:07.559 they will 00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:08.300 persecute 00:39:08.300 --> 00:39:08.940 you 00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:10.019 also. 00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:13.099 May fear 00:39:13.099 --> 00:39:14.800 not keep 00:39:14.800 --> 00:39:15.159 us 00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:16.420 from 00:39:16.420 --> 00:39:17.539 sharing and 00:39:17.539 --> 00:39:18.239 from speaking 00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:18.779 the good 00:39:18.779 --> 00:39:20.239 news of 00:39:20.239 --> 00:39:20.400 our 00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:20.860 master, 00:39:21.900 --> 00:39:22.239 Jesus, 00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:23.460 the son 00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:23.900 of God. 00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:25.559 Let's 00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:25.820 pray. 00:39:27.320 --> 00:39:28.099 Father in 00:39:28.099 --> 00:39:28.259 heaven, 00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:28.800 thank you 00:39:28.800 --> 00:39:29.159 for your 00:39:29.159 --> 00:39:29.440 word. 00:39:29.440 --> 00:39:31.000 thank you 00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:31.260 that we 00:39:31.260 --> 00:39:31.579 get to 00:39:31.579 --> 00:39:32.000 be the 00:39:32.000 --> 00:39:32.460 fly on 00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:32.860 the wall 00:39:32.860 --> 00:39:33.940 and see 00:39:33.940 --> 00:39:35.039 a little 00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:35.400 bit of 00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:36.059 what happened 00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:36.880 and hear 00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:37.420 what Jesus 00:39:37.420 --> 00:39:38.079 said that 00:39:38.079 --> 00:39:38.380 day. 00:39:39.940 --> 00:39:40.820 We love 00:39:40.820 --> 00:39:41.519 you, 00:39:41.780 --> 00:39:42.240 we love 00:39:42.240 --> 00:39:42.659 him, 00:39:43.240 --> 00:39:43.760 and we 00:39:43.760 --> 00:39:44.220 ask that 00:39:44.220 --> 00:39:44.619 you would 00:39:44.619 --> 00:39:45.780 teach us 00:39:45.780 --> 00:39:47.079 to live 00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:47.559 the way 00:39:47.559 --> 00:39:48.200 that you 00:39:48.200 --> 00:39:48.599 want us 00:39:48.599 --> 00:39:48.860 to, 00:39:49.480 --> 00:39:50.300 to follow 00:39:50.300 --> 00:39:51.179 him in a 00:39:51.179 --> 00:39:51.519 way that 00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:52.200 honors you 00:39:52.200 --> 00:39:52.659 and brings 00:39:52.659 --> 00:39:53.500 glory to 00:39:53.500 --> 00:39:54.300 his name 00:39:54.300 --> 00:39:54.579 and to 00:39:54.579 --> 00:39:54.980 yours. 00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:56.880 We ask 00:39:56.880 --> 00:39:57.280 this in 00:39:57.280 --> 00:39:57.599 Jesus' 00:39:57.940 --> 00:39:58.679 precious name, 00:39:58.679 --> 00:39:59.980 amen.