WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.020 Verse 31, and the two readings will go all the way through to verse 14 of chapter 14. 00:00:07.879 --> 00:00:11.019 So Jonathan is going to read first, and then Kirsty, thanks. 00:00:12.120 --> 00:00:13.960 When he was gone, Jesus said, 00:00:14.700 --> 00:00:18.519 Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:24.859 If God is glorified in him, God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at once. 00:00:25.519 --> 00:00:29.400 My children, I will be with you only a little longer. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.920 You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now, 00:00:34.439 --> 00:00:36.280 Where I am going, you cannot come. 00:00:37.340 --> 00:00:39.920 A new command I give you, love one another. 00:00:40.560 --> 00:00:43.079 As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 00:00:43.920 --> 00:00:47.600 By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. 00:00:48.659 --> 00:00:51.439 Simon Peter asked him, Lord, where are you going? 00:00:51.980 --> 00:00:57.019 Jesus replied, Where I am going, you cannot follow now, but you will follow later. 00:00:57.020 --> 00:01:01.200 Peter asked, Lord, why can't I follow you now? 00:01:01.400 --> 00:01:03.020 I will lay down my life for you. 00:01:03.660 --> 00:01:06.859 Then Jesus answered, Will you really lay down your life for me? 00:01:07.340 --> 00:01:12.100 I tell you the truth, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times. 00:01:12.099 --> 00:01:15.339 Do not let your hearts be troubled. 00:01:15.899 --> 00:01:16.819 Trust in God. 00:01:17.039 --> 00:01:18.379 Trust also in me. 00:01:19.099 --> 00:01:21.379 In my Father's house are many rooms. 00:01:21.979 --> 00:01:24.179 If it were not so, I would have told you. 00:01:24.839 --> 00:01:27.159 I am going there to prepare a place for you. 00:01:27.539 --> 00:01:31.859 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me, 00:01:31.919 --> 00:01:33.919 that you also may be where I am. 00:01:34.599 --> 00:01:36.719 You know the way to the place where I am going. 00:01:37.679 --> 00:01:41.920 Thomas said to him, Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way? 00:01:42.700 --> 00:01:46.659 Jesus answered, I am the way and the truth and the life. 00:01:47.219 --> 00:01:49.939 No one comes to the Father except through me. 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:53.519 If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. 00:01:54.180 --> 00:01:57.359 From now on, you do know him and have seen him. 00:01:57.859 --> 00:02:02.039 Philip said, Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us. 00:02:02.040 --> 00:02:07.980 Jesus answered, Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:10.760 Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. 00:02:11.219 --> 00:02:13.120 How can you say, show us the Father? 00:02:13.599 --> 00:02:17.360 Don't you believe that I am in the Father and that the Father is in me? 00:02:17.780 --> 00:02:20.500 The words I say to you are not just my own. 00:02:21.180 --> 00:02:25.120 Rather, it is the Father living in me who is doing his work. 00:02:25.939 --> 00:02:30.060 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. 00:02:30.060 --> 00:02:33.840 Or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. 00:02:34.500 --> 00:02:35.699 I tell you the truth. 00:02:35.979 --> 00:02:38.979 Anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. 00:02:39.520 --> 00:02:43.180 He will do even greater things than these because I am going to the Father. 00:02:43.640 --> 00:02:48.780 And I will do whatever you ask in my name so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. 00:02:49.460 --> 00:02:52.740 You may ask me for anything in my name and I will do it. 00:02:54.740 --> 00:02:56.159 Thank you, Lord, very much. 00:03:00.060 --> 00:03:01.060 Thank you. 00:03:09.520 --> 00:03:10.000 Thank you. 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:10.599 Thank you. 00:03:10.599 --> 00:03:14.479 Well, we're looking at the I Ams, some of the sayings of Jesus. 00:03:14.659 --> 00:03:20.900 If you miss any of these talks, as I missed one last week, they are on the web. 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:22.060 You can listen to them there. 00:03:22.060 --> 00:03:28.920 And indeed, do check out the carigolinebaptistchurch.org, I think is the web address. 00:03:29.800 --> 00:03:31.580 You can listen to all the talks there. 00:03:31.640 --> 00:03:33.159 We've also started a blog. 00:03:33.500 --> 00:03:36.219 If you don't know what a blog is, I don't even know what it stands for. 00:03:37.159 --> 00:03:40.280 But you can get involved in writing and things like that as well. 00:03:40.460 --> 00:03:42.659 So talk to Ralph about that. 00:03:43.640 --> 00:03:44.580 But it's very interesting. 00:03:44.580 --> 00:03:46.360 Have a look. 00:03:47.040 --> 00:03:47.980 Well, let's pray. 00:03:54.980 --> 00:04:04.780 Our Father God, as we go through life, we are faced with many decisions and we are faced with many events and circumstances. 00:04:04.780 --> 00:04:09.919 And we are not always sure what the way is. 00:04:12.819 --> 00:04:22.839 Lord, we come to your word wanting to hear what you have to say so that Jesus may show us the way. 00:04:23.699 --> 00:04:25.079 The way to live. 00:04:26.139 --> 00:04:28.339 The way to true life. 00:04:30.340 --> 00:04:33.500 So please help us to understand your word. 00:04:33.500 --> 00:04:37.600 Please help us to apply it and to work it through in our lives. 00:04:38.139 --> 00:04:42.740 So that tomorrow morning, wherever we are, whether we're looking after children, 00:04:43.620 --> 00:04:46.540 whether we're sitting at a desk in school or college, 00:04:47.459 --> 00:04:49.079 whether we're at work, 00:04:50.240 --> 00:04:51.300 wherever we are, 00:04:52.579 --> 00:04:55.060 that your word would so impact us 00:04:55.060 --> 00:05:00.079 that it would give us a way to live life. 00:05:00.720 --> 00:05:02.680 To live life your way. 00:05:03.500 --> 00:05:05.699 In Jesus' name. 00:05:06.120 --> 00:05:06.519 Amen. 00:05:11.360 --> 00:05:13.860 Well, it's a very special evening. 00:05:14.740 --> 00:05:17.079 You're with your closest friends. 00:05:17.860 --> 00:05:20.819 In fact, your best friend is with you. 00:05:20.819 --> 00:05:28.980 There's a sense of closeness and intimacy as you chat and reminisce over past times. 00:05:28.980 --> 00:05:30.899 Things are going well. 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:33.959 There's no worries, no concerns. 00:05:34.819 --> 00:05:36.459 The future looks bright. 00:05:37.459 --> 00:05:41.000 As you eat and drink over dinner, everyone is relaxed. 00:05:41.000 --> 00:05:44.920 And then suddenly, the mood changes. 00:05:46.019 --> 00:05:47.019 I'm leaving. 00:05:47.019 --> 00:05:54.319 Your closest and most intimate of friends announces that they're going away. 00:05:54.560 --> 00:05:56.379 They're not just leaving dinner early. 00:05:56.379 --> 00:05:58.319 They are going away for good. 00:05:58.879 --> 00:06:01.060 In fact, you're never going to see them again. 00:06:01.060 --> 00:06:09.240 In shock, you begin to remonstrate, pledging your loyalty and your commitment as a friend. 00:06:09.240 --> 00:06:14.480 But no sooner have you finished, then he turns around and says, 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:16.460 you're a failure. 00:06:18.560 --> 00:06:20.300 What a thing to say. 00:06:21.460 --> 00:06:24.100 Talk about bursting the party bubble. 00:06:24.100 --> 00:06:32.180 Well, that's what happened to the disciples as they sat with Jesus during one of their most intimate of evenings. 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:37.260 They had just shared in the most special of occasions the Passover meal. 00:06:38.420 --> 00:06:42.480 When Jesus announces, chapter 13, verse 33, 00:06:43.420 --> 00:06:47.500 My children, I will be with you only a little longer. 00:06:47.840 --> 00:06:48.900 You will look for me. 00:06:48.899 --> 00:06:52.019 And just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now, 00:06:52.279 --> 00:06:55.079 where I am going, you cannot come. 00:06:56.739 --> 00:06:58.079 I'm leaving. 00:06:59.779 --> 00:07:01.739 You won't be able to find me. 00:07:01.979 --> 00:07:03.699 And you can't come with me. 00:07:05.919 --> 00:07:09.359 Of course, Peter, on behalf of the disciples, speaks up. 00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:10.939 The others were always too shy. 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:13.560 And Peter always speaks for the rest of them. 00:07:13.759 --> 00:07:15.299 He says in verse 37, 00:07:15.919 --> 00:07:18.159 Lord, why can't I follow you now? 00:07:18.160 --> 00:07:20.260 I will lay down my life for you. 00:07:22.860 --> 00:07:25.100 Will you really lay down your life for me? 00:07:26.080 --> 00:07:27.300 I tell you the truth. 00:07:27.380 --> 00:07:30.440 Before the cock crows, you will disown me three times. 00:07:31.940 --> 00:07:33.120 You're a failure. 00:07:34.640 --> 00:07:36.500 You won't stand by me. 00:07:36.980 --> 00:07:39.640 You'll pretend you don't even know me. 00:07:41.400 --> 00:07:43.160 Talk about a letdown. 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:47.500 With the announcement that Jesus is leaving, 00:07:48.140 --> 00:07:51.840 they are left stranded in fear and failure. 00:07:53.260 --> 00:07:56.560 Even though it was said in the most gracious of ways, 00:07:57.280 --> 00:07:59.300 my children, he says, 00:07:59.840 --> 00:08:03.660 there was no getting away from the hard and difficult truth. 00:08:03.660 --> 00:08:06.700 Jesus had been their whole life. 00:08:07.500 --> 00:08:10.100 He had taken them into his inner circle. 00:08:10.460 --> 00:08:11.380 He had called them. 00:08:11.660 --> 00:08:12.720 They had left everything. 00:08:13.080 --> 00:08:15.600 And he had brought them into his inner circle. 00:08:16.120 --> 00:08:21.640 He had promised them life and love with himself and with the Father. 00:08:21.639 --> 00:08:24.719 He was to be the great hope for the world. 00:08:25.060 --> 00:08:26.639 The long-awaited Messiah. 00:08:27.159 --> 00:08:31.300 He had come to renew and restore the brokenness that was all around them. 00:08:31.560 --> 00:08:32.580 And now he says, 00:08:32.799 --> 00:08:34.159 I'm leaving. 00:08:36.480 --> 00:08:39.439 Their safe and secure lives 00:08:39.439 --> 00:08:42.299 were suddenly rocked by fear 00:08:42.299 --> 00:08:46.220 and confronted with their own failure. 00:08:46.220 --> 00:08:51.460 Now fear and failure is common to us all, isn't it? 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:54.860 The unexpected happens in our lives. 00:08:56.279 --> 00:08:58.920 We're going along fine and then all of a sudden 00:08:58.920 --> 00:09:01.180 we lose our job. 00:09:03.160 --> 00:09:04.759 We're healthy and fit 00:09:04.759 --> 00:09:07.259 and an illness comes along. 00:09:09.019 --> 00:09:10.080 Tragedy strikes. 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:14.580 We're enjoying the most intimate of relationships 00:09:14.580 --> 00:09:18.300 and then we lose a loved one. 00:09:19.120 --> 00:09:20.600 Our world is shattered 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:24.460 and our hopes and dreams become a broken mess on the floor 00:09:24.460 --> 00:09:28.060 as we are rocked by fear about the future 00:09:28.060 --> 00:09:33.280 and we're confronted by our own failure to do anything about it. 00:09:36.620 --> 00:09:39.680 Well, into our fear and into our failure 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:42.579 Jesus speaks these words. 00:09:42.719 --> 00:09:43.559 Look at verse 1. 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:51.799 Chapter 14. 00:09:54.519 --> 00:09:57.199 Do not let your hearts be troubled. 00:09:58.379 --> 00:09:59.359 Trust in God. 00:10:00.859 --> 00:10:02.899 Trust also in me. 00:10:02.899 --> 00:10:09.120 Jesus is inviting his disciples and us 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:11.000 to trust not in a religion 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:12.840 or not in some kind of philosophy 00:10:12.840 --> 00:10:14.139 but in a person. 00:10:14.259 --> 00:10:14.639 He says, 00:10:15.100 --> 00:10:16.319 trust in me. 00:10:16.959 --> 00:10:18.600 Trust in the person of Jesus. 00:10:19.319 --> 00:10:21.959 Trust in Jesus who overcomes our fear 00:10:21.959 --> 00:10:23.919 and who conquers our failure. 00:10:25.959 --> 00:10:28.659 In fact, it's an invitation to trust 00:10:28.659 --> 00:10:30.639 in the work of Jesus, 00:10:31.019 --> 00:10:32.179 his death on the cross. 00:10:32.899 --> 00:10:36.279 Look back at the beginning of chapter 13, verse 1. 00:10:36.279 --> 00:10:42.259 It was just before the Passover feast. 00:10:43.659 --> 00:10:46.240 Jesus knew that the time had come for him 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:47.539 to leave this world 00:10:47.539 --> 00:10:49.839 and go to the Father. 00:10:49.840 --> 00:10:54.879 And then at the very end of chapter 14, 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:58.060 this is all over the special meal that they had together. 00:10:58.220 --> 00:10:59.560 Jesus is with them throughout. 00:11:00.100 --> 00:11:01.960 And then at the end, in chapter 14, 00:11:02.040 --> 00:11:03.420 at the very end, verse 31, 00:11:04.420 --> 00:11:05.399 the last little phrase, 00:11:05.500 --> 00:11:05.780 he says, 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:07.280 come now, let us leave. 00:11:09.160 --> 00:11:10.940 Jesus is going somewhere. 00:11:11.800 --> 00:11:12.879 Where is he going? 00:11:12.879 --> 00:11:15.700 Well, we know he said, 00:11:15.820 --> 00:11:17.059 I'm going to the Father. 00:11:18.179 --> 00:11:19.879 But to get to the Father, 00:11:20.039 --> 00:11:22.080 he must first go to the cross. 00:11:23.080 --> 00:11:25.220 That's where his journey is taking him. 00:11:25.439 --> 00:11:27.220 That's where Jesus is going. 00:11:28.059 --> 00:11:28.960 At the cross, 00:11:29.139 --> 00:11:31.559 Jesus overcomes our greatest fear 00:11:31.559 --> 00:11:35.119 and he conquers our greatest failure. 00:11:35.119 --> 00:11:38.219 He destroys our ultimate fear, 00:11:38.639 --> 00:11:39.539 death itself, 00:11:39.719 --> 00:11:42.059 and he deals with our ultimate failure, 00:11:42.479 --> 00:11:43.039 our sin. 00:11:45.199 --> 00:11:47.959 And unless Jesus goes to the cross, 00:11:48.519 --> 00:11:50.839 we will be stuck in fear 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:53.899 and we'll be stranded in our failure. 00:11:55.460 --> 00:11:57.560 Chapter 14, verse 28. 00:11:59.899 --> 00:12:00.660 He said, 00:12:00.740 --> 00:12:01.780 you heard me say, 00:12:01.980 --> 00:12:02.960 I am going away 00:12:02.960 --> 00:12:04.420 and I am coming back to you. 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:06.360 If you loved me, 00:12:06.620 --> 00:12:07.860 you would be glad 00:12:07.860 --> 00:12:09.899 that I am going to the Father. 00:12:11.440 --> 00:12:12.840 It's for their good 00:12:12.840 --> 00:12:14.780 that Jesus is going away. 00:12:15.060 --> 00:12:16.120 It's for their good 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:18.040 that he's going towards the cross 00:12:18.040 --> 00:12:19.360 because at the cross, 00:12:19.519 --> 00:12:20.620 Jesus will bring 00:12:20.620 --> 00:12:22.980 the ultimate salvation. 00:12:24.299 --> 00:12:25.980 And so the invitation here 00:12:25.980 --> 00:12:27.060 amidst their fear 00:12:27.060 --> 00:12:28.259 and their failure 00:12:28.259 --> 00:12:29.399 is to say, 00:12:30.139 --> 00:12:31.000 trust in me. 00:12:32.039 --> 00:12:34.419 Don't let your hearts be troubled. 00:12:36.639 --> 00:12:37.860 Trust me. 00:12:43.139 --> 00:12:45.460 Well, by trusting Jesus, 00:12:47.320 --> 00:12:48.860 fear is overcome 00:12:48.860 --> 00:12:50.060 by the promise 00:12:50.060 --> 00:12:51.820 of eternal security 00:12:51.820 --> 00:12:54.700 and failure is conquered 00:12:54.700 --> 00:12:56.180 by the promise 00:12:56.180 --> 00:12:57.879 of greater works. 00:12:58.639 --> 00:13:00.659 Jesus gives a double promise 00:13:00.659 --> 00:13:02.180 in response 00:13:02.180 --> 00:13:03.120 to their fear 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:04.240 and failure. 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:06.080 First of all, 00:13:06.139 --> 00:13:06.820 look at the fear. 00:13:07.080 --> 00:13:08.060 Fear is overcome 00:13:08.060 --> 00:13:09.220 by the promise 00:13:09.220 --> 00:13:11.220 of eternal security. 00:13:12.139 --> 00:13:13.220 Jesus has just told 00:13:13.220 --> 00:13:13.899 his disciples 00:13:13.899 --> 00:13:14.639 that he was going 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:15.360 to be leaving. 00:13:15.360 --> 00:13:16.820 He's just spent 00:13:16.820 --> 00:13:18.080 three years with them, 00:13:18.460 --> 00:13:18.940 intimately, 00:13:19.180 --> 00:13:20.539 practically every day 00:13:20.539 --> 00:13:21.019 with them. 00:13:21.659 --> 00:13:22.379 Now they're going 00:13:22.379 --> 00:13:23.620 to be left on their own. 00:13:24.220 --> 00:13:25.100 The one who had come 00:13:25.100 --> 00:13:26.399 to change the world 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:27.379 and to bring life 00:13:27.379 --> 00:13:28.800 was being taken from them 00:13:28.800 --> 00:13:30.240 and in their fear, 00:13:30.700 --> 00:13:32.300 Jesus brings reassurance. 00:13:32.440 --> 00:13:33.259 Look at verse 2. 00:13:34.800 --> 00:13:36.500 In my Father's house 00:13:36.500 --> 00:13:37.519 are many rooms. 00:13:37.800 --> 00:13:38.840 If it were not so, 00:13:38.879 --> 00:13:39.940 I would have told you 00:13:39.940 --> 00:13:41.420 and I am going there 00:13:41.420 --> 00:13:42.539 to prepare a place 00:13:42.539 --> 00:13:42.899 for you. 00:13:42.899 --> 00:13:45.299 He's painting 00:13:45.299 --> 00:13:46.459 a wonderful picture 00:13:46.459 --> 00:13:48.120 of a resting place 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:49.840 that you will find 00:13:49.840 --> 00:13:51.100 after a long journey. 00:13:51.500 --> 00:13:52.319 It's a house, 00:13:52.500 --> 00:13:53.039 a home, 00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:54.720 an eternal home. 00:13:56.519 --> 00:13:57.840 Now we know home 00:13:57.840 --> 00:13:59.159 is where there is safety 00:13:59.159 --> 00:14:00.539 and security. 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:02.519 A home is marked 00:14:02.519 --> 00:14:04.500 by the absence of fear. 00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:06.620 Ask any child 00:14:06.620 --> 00:14:08.439 where they want to be 00:14:08.439 --> 00:14:09.659 when they feel afraid 00:14:09.659 --> 00:14:11.279 or if they're unsure 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:12.279 or they're threatened. 00:14:12.899 --> 00:14:14.779 I want to go home. 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:18.019 And so it is 00:14:18.019 --> 00:14:19.240 for the believers. 00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:21.019 We want to go home 00:14:21.019 --> 00:14:21.860 to our place 00:14:21.860 --> 00:14:23.959 of absolute security 00:14:23.959 --> 00:14:25.179 and Jesus is wanting 00:14:25.179 --> 00:14:26.120 to reassure 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:27.659 his terrified disciples 00:14:27.659 --> 00:14:29.059 that everything 00:14:29.059 --> 00:14:29.759 is sorted 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:32.399 and to guarantee 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:33.600 their safe arrival. 00:14:33.740 --> 00:14:34.620 Look at verse 3. 00:14:34.620 --> 00:14:37.320 If I go and prepare 00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:38.480 a place for you, 00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:40.159 I will come back 00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:41.200 and take you 00:14:41.200 --> 00:14:42.120 to be with me 00:14:42.120 --> 00:14:43.460 that you also 00:14:43.460 --> 00:14:45.060 may be where I am. 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:48.000 I'm going 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:49.100 to prepare 00:14:49.100 --> 00:14:50.100 a place for you. 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:51.860 It's going to be 00:14:51.860 --> 00:14:52.700 for your good. 00:14:53.740 --> 00:14:54.340 Of course, 00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:55.120 that doesn't mean 00:14:55.120 --> 00:14:56.019 that Jesus is going 00:14:56.019 --> 00:14:56.879 to have to wash 00:14:56.879 --> 00:14:57.440 the sheets 00:14:57.440 --> 00:14:58.620 and get the linen 00:14:58.620 --> 00:14:59.159 sorted. 00:14:59.899 --> 00:15:00.779 It doesn't mean 00:15:00.779 --> 00:15:01.680 that he's preparing 00:15:01.680 --> 00:15:02.220 the house 00:15:02.220 --> 00:15:03.279 and decorating it 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:03.800 and getting the 00:15:03.800 --> 00:15:05.080 landscape gardeners in. 00:15:05.300 --> 00:15:06.200 It's not that kind 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:06.920 of preparation. 00:15:08.040 --> 00:15:08.300 No, 00:15:08.379 --> 00:15:09.120 he prepares 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:09.879 the way 00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:11.740 by going 00:15:11.740 --> 00:15:12.660 to the cross. 00:15:14.340 --> 00:15:15.500 Look at verse 4. 00:15:17.560 --> 00:15:18.300 He says, 00:15:18.379 --> 00:15:19.320 you know the way 00:15:19.320 --> 00:15:20.120 to the place 00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:21.259 where I am going. 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:23.440 What Thomas said to him, 00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:23.639 Lord, 00:15:23.700 --> 00:15:24.340 we don't know 00:15:24.340 --> 00:15:25.040 where you are going. 00:15:25.039 --> 00:15:26.519 How can we know 00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:26.980 the way? 00:15:28.339 --> 00:15:28.579 Well, 00:15:28.599 --> 00:15:29.579 Jesus in some ways 00:15:29.579 --> 00:15:30.699 has already answered that. 00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:31.079 He says, 00:15:31.159 --> 00:15:32.459 I told you where I'm going. 00:15:32.539 --> 00:15:33.579 I'm going to the Father. 00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:36.439 But the disciples, 00:15:36.679 --> 00:15:37.099 as always, 00:15:37.199 --> 00:15:38.319 are slow to pick up 00:15:38.319 --> 00:15:38.839 on everything. 00:15:39.000 --> 00:15:39.980 So Jesus makes it 00:15:39.980 --> 00:15:40.759 crystal clear. 00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:42.360 Verse 6. 00:15:43.799 --> 00:15:44.599 Jesus answered, 00:15:44.839 --> 00:15:46.139 I am the way 00:15:46.139 --> 00:15:47.799 and the truth 00:15:47.799 --> 00:15:48.439 and the life. 00:15:48.839 --> 00:15:49.519 No one comes 00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:50.099 to the Father 00:15:50.099 --> 00:15:51.379 except through me. 00:15:51.379 --> 00:15:54.179 My way 00:15:54.179 --> 00:15:55.899 is truth. 00:15:57.299 --> 00:15:58.919 What I am telling you 00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:00.200 will lead you 00:16:00.200 --> 00:16:01.059 to the Father. 00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:02.000 My way 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:03.480 is life. 00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:04.679 It brings you 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:05.340 new life, 00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:06.240 abundant life, 00:16:06.399 --> 00:16:07.439 eternal life. 00:16:08.419 --> 00:16:09.399 My way 00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:10.379 is going to 00:16:10.379 --> 00:16:11.259 bring you home 00:16:11.259 --> 00:16:12.159 so that you will be 00:16:12.159 --> 00:16:13.179 never separated 00:16:13.179 --> 00:16:13.779 from me. 00:16:16.179 --> 00:16:16.720 Now, 00:16:16.759 --> 00:16:17.600 the way of Jesus 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:18.340 is not just 00:16:18.340 --> 00:16:19.779 following his example 00:16:19.779 --> 00:16:21.360 as if we have 00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:22.419 to do what Jesus 00:16:22.419 --> 00:16:23.300 did to get 00:16:23.300 --> 00:16:24.519 to our eternal home. 00:16:25.060 --> 00:16:25.419 No, 00:16:25.600 --> 00:16:27.279 Jesus is the way. 00:16:28.200 --> 00:16:29.279 It's his going 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:30.200 to the cross. 00:16:30.539 --> 00:16:31.480 It's his coming 00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:32.779 back again to life 00:16:32.779 --> 00:16:33.860 through the resurrection 00:16:33.860 --> 00:16:35.220 that prepares 00:16:35.220 --> 00:16:35.879 the way 00:16:35.879 --> 00:16:37.320 and makes it possible 00:16:37.320 --> 00:16:37.980 for us 00:16:37.980 --> 00:16:38.940 to be with him 00:16:38.940 --> 00:16:39.539 forever. 00:16:42.759 --> 00:16:43.759 That's the way. 00:16:44.019 --> 00:16:44.620 It's the way 00:16:44.620 --> 00:16:45.320 of the cross. 00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:47.960 And it's an 00:16:47.960 --> 00:16:49.120 exclusive claim, 00:16:49.200 --> 00:16:49.539 isn't it? 00:16:49.560 --> 00:16:49.940 He says, 00:16:49.940 --> 00:16:50.780 my way 00:16:50.780 --> 00:16:52.700 is the only way. 00:16:55.640 --> 00:16:57.280 There's only one path. 00:16:58.780 --> 00:17:00.000 But let's not miss 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:01.220 also the inclusive 00:17:01.220 --> 00:17:02.200 invitation. 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:03.520 He says, 00:17:03.580 --> 00:17:04.880 there are many rooms 00:17:04.880 --> 00:17:07.000 in my Father's house. 00:17:08.059 --> 00:17:09.180 So he is saying 00:17:09.180 --> 00:17:09.660 to us 00:17:09.660 --> 00:17:10.259 and he is saying 00:17:10.259 --> 00:17:10.960 to the world, 00:17:11.400 --> 00:17:12.440 come to me. 00:17:13.279 --> 00:17:14.240 Trust me. 00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:16.620 Trust in the way 00:17:16.619 --> 00:17:17.399 that I have 00:17:17.399 --> 00:17:18.679 already gone 00:17:18.679 --> 00:17:21.719 and I will give you 00:17:21.719 --> 00:17:23.339 eternal security. 00:17:29.959 --> 00:17:31.399 Fear is all about 00:17:31.399 --> 00:17:32.359 losing something. 00:17:33.500 --> 00:17:34.219 The disciples 00:17:34.219 --> 00:17:35.619 were afraid 00:17:35.619 --> 00:17:36.739 of losing Jesus. 00:17:39.119 --> 00:17:40.019 Things happen 00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:40.679 in our life 00:17:40.679 --> 00:17:41.819 that bring about fear. 00:17:41.819 --> 00:17:42.939 if you lose 00:17:42.939 --> 00:17:43.740 your job, 00:17:44.539 --> 00:17:45.240 you fear 00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:45.919 losing your 00:17:45.919 --> 00:17:47.159 financial security. 00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:49.119 If you lose 00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:49.799 your health, 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:50.759 you fear 00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:52.079 losing meaning 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:52.779 and purpose 00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:53.339 in life. 00:17:53.439 --> 00:17:54.139 What can you do 00:17:54.139 --> 00:17:54.639 if you don't 00:17:54.639 --> 00:17:55.299 have your health? 00:17:56.220 --> 00:17:57.099 If you lose 00:17:57.099 --> 00:17:57.819 a relationship 00:17:57.819 --> 00:17:58.679 or a friendship, 00:17:58.899 --> 00:18:00.039 you fear 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:00.740 losing your 00:18:00.740 --> 00:18:01.359 identity. 00:18:03.099 --> 00:18:03.799 Whatever is 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:04.720 taken away 00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:05.279 from us 00:18:05.279 --> 00:18:05.899 in life 00:18:05.899 --> 00:18:06.980 ultimately 00:18:06.980 --> 00:18:08.079 leads to fear. 00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:10.179 and the greatest 00:18:10.179 --> 00:18:10.799 of those 00:18:10.799 --> 00:18:11.779 is our own life. 00:18:12.119 --> 00:18:12.679 What happens 00:18:12.679 --> 00:18:13.599 if my life 00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:14.220 was taken 00:18:14.220 --> 00:18:14.879 from me? 00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:17.779 But here 00:18:17.779 --> 00:18:18.519 he is reminding 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:18.980 us 00:18:18.980 --> 00:18:19.720 that Jesus 00:18:19.720 --> 00:18:21.299 destroys death 00:18:21.299 --> 00:18:22.740 at the cross. 00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:24.359 He defeats death 00:18:24.359 --> 00:18:25.359 at the resurrection. 00:18:25.879 --> 00:18:26.599 He is gone 00:18:26.599 --> 00:18:27.299 where we can 00:18:27.299 --> 00:18:28.000 never go. 00:18:28.139 --> 00:18:28.679 He goes 00:18:28.679 --> 00:18:29.379 to the cross. 00:18:29.659 --> 00:18:30.159 He goes 00:18:30.159 --> 00:18:30.879 to the grave 00:18:30.879 --> 00:18:32.720 and he prepares 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:33.460 the way 00:18:33.460 --> 00:18:34.159 for us 00:18:34.159 --> 00:18:35.240 so that we 00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:35.659 can have 00:18:35.659 --> 00:18:36.740 eternal security. 00:18:36.740 --> 00:18:38.980 an eternal 00:18:38.980 --> 00:18:39.620 home 00:18:39.620 --> 00:18:40.680 where we 00:18:40.680 --> 00:18:41.460 are safe 00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:42.740 and secure. 00:18:43.259 --> 00:18:44.500 Where nothing 00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:45.720 and no one 00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:46.259 can take 00:18:46.259 --> 00:18:46.759 anything 00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:47.680 from us. 00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:50.120 Now that 00:18:50.120 --> 00:18:50.819 has massive 00:18:50.819 --> 00:18:51.519 implications 00:18:51.519 --> 00:18:52.140 for us 00:18:52.140 --> 00:18:52.539 today. 00:18:53.079 --> 00:18:53.599 We don't 00:18:53.599 --> 00:18:54.059 need to 00:18:54.059 --> 00:18:54.599 fear 00:18:54.599 --> 00:18:55.420 losing 00:18:55.420 --> 00:18:56.140 in this 00:18:56.140 --> 00:18:56.599 life 00:18:56.599 --> 00:18:57.160 because 00:18:57.160 --> 00:18:57.859 we have 00:18:57.859 --> 00:18:58.519 everything 00:18:58.519 --> 00:18:59.140 to come. 00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:00.680 We have 00:19:00.680 --> 00:19:01.359 the Father's 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:01.700 home 00:19:01.700 --> 00:19:02.160 which we're 00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:02.700 heading to 00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:03.359 and he's 00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:04.099 guaranteed it 00:19:04.099 --> 00:19:04.500 and he says 00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:05.160 it's yours 00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:06.000 and I'm 00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:06.500 coming back 00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:06.779 and I'm 00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:07.059 going to 00:19:07.059 --> 00:19:07.500 bring you 00:19:07.500 --> 00:19:07.880 there. 00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:10.299 So what 00:19:10.299 --> 00:19:10.640 does it 00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:11.299 matter if 00:19:11.299 --> 00:19:11.900 we lose 00:19:11.900 --> 00:19:12.440 things in 00:19:12.440 --> 00:19:12.940 this life? 00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:13.579 What does 00:19:13.579 --> 00:19:14.079 it matter 00:19:14.079 --> 00:19:14.759 if we lose 00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:15.299 our job? 00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:16.119 If we lose 00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:16.640 our health? 00:19:16.799 --> 00:19:17.680 If we lose 00:19:17.680 --> 00:19:18.099 a loved 00:19:18.099 --> 00:19:18.380 one? 00:19:21.579 --> 00:19:22.619 Of course 00:19:22.619 --> 00:19:23.160 there is 00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:23.599 sadness. 00:19:24.180 --> 00:19:24.700 Of course 00:19:24.700 --> 00:19:25.180 there is 00:19:25.180 --> 00:19:25.700 difficulty. 00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:26.900 But it's 00:19:26.900 --> 00:19:27.559 not hopeless. 00:19:30.099 --> 00:19:30.920 Jesus has 00:19:30.920 --> 00:19:31.700 overcome our 00:19:31.700 --> 00:19:32.779 greatest fear. 00:19:33.460 --> 00:19:33.900 Death 00:19:33.900 --> 00:19:34.500 itself. 00:19:34.500 --> 00:19:35.319 so we 00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:35.920 need not 00:19:35.920 --> 00:19:36.279 fear 00:19:36.279 --> 00:19:36.880 today 00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:37.799 or tomorrow 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:38.599 or the 00:19:38.599 --> 00:19:39.099 future 00:19:39.099 --> 00:19:40.660 because he 00:19:40.660 --> 00:19:41.339 has taken 00:19:41.339 --> 00:19:42.200 all of that 00:19:42.200 --> 00:19:42.940 in control. 00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:44.440 And he 00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:44.859 says I 00:19:44.859 --> 00:19:45.900 have your 00:19:45.900 --> 00:19:46.380 eternal 00:19:46.380 --> 00:19:47.160 security 00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:47.799 sorted. 00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:49.819 Trust me. 00:19:50.880 --> 00:19:51.660 Don't let 00:19:51.660 --> 00:19:52.240 your hearts 00:19:52.240 --> 00:19:52.900 be troubled 00:19:52.900 --> 00:19:53.480 by the 00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:54.380 fears that 00:19:54.380 --> 00:19:54.900 you face 00:19:54.900 --> 00:19:55.259 in this 00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:55.680 world. 00:19:57.440 --> 00:19:58.180 Trust in 00:19:58.180 --> 00:19:58.480 me. 00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:58.539 fear. 00:20:02.539 --> 00:20:03.539 So that's 00:20:03.539 --> 00:20:04.000 the first 00:20:04.000 --> 00:20:04.980 promise in 00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:05.900 response to 00:20:05.900 --> 00:20:06.539 the disciples 00:20:06.539 --> 00:20:07.059 fear. 00:20:08.000 --> 00:20:08.680 Second, 00:20:09.039 --> 00:20:09.640 the promise 00:20:09.640 --> 00:20:10.259 is that 00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:11.660 failure is 00:20:11.660 --> 00:20:13.140 conquered by 00:20:13.140 --> 00:20:13.720 the promise 00:20:13.720 --> 00:20:14.299 of greater 00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:14.960 works. 00:20:16.099 --> 00:20:16.640 Remember 00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:17.559 Peter's promise 00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:18.779 in verse 37. 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:19.400 Again, he's 00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:19.920 speaking on 00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:20.980 behalf of 00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:21.319 all the 00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:21.860 disciples. 00:20:23.620 --> 00:20:23.980 Where, 00:20:24.660 --> 00:20:25.039 sorry, 00:20:25.140 --> 00:20:25.759 verse 37, 00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:26.480 Lord, why 00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:26.980 can't I 00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:27.379 follow you 00:20:27.379 --> 00:20:27.619 now? 00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:28.059 I will 00:20:28.059 --> 00:20:28.440 lay down 00:20:28.440 --> 00:20:29.099 my life 00:20:29.099 --> 00:20:29.559 for you. 00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:30.720 It's a 00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:31.079 typical 00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:31.539 Peter 00:20:31.539 --> 00:20:32.319 response. 00:20:34.220 --> 00:20:34.740 And in 00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:35.379 response to 00:20:35.379 --> 00:20:35.900 what Peter 00:20:35.900 --> 00:20:36.319 says, 00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:36.799 Jesus 00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:37.859 highlights 00:20:37.859 --> 00:20:38.140 the 00:20:38.140 --> 00:20:38.680 disciples' 00:20:38.940 --> 00:20:39.279 failure 00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:40.740 and then 00:20:40.740 --> 00:20:41.220 he makes 00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:41.740 a promise 00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:42.099 of his 00:20:42.099 --> 00:20:42.299 own. 00:20:42.619 --> 00:20:42.980 Look at 00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:43.339 the two 00:20:43.339 --> 00:20:44.099 contrasts. 00:20:44.140 --> 00:20:44.319 It's 00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:44.819 striking. 00:20:45.079 --> 00:20:46.099 Verse 38. 00:20:48.299 --> 00:20:48.660 Jesus 00:20:48.660 --> 00:20:49.140 says, 00:20:49.379 --> 00:20:50.079 I tell 00:20:50.079 --> 00:20:50.460 you the 00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:50.940 truth, 00:20:51.319 --> 00:20:52.099 before the 00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:52.680 cock crows 00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:53.000 you will 00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:53.400 disown 00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:53.819 me three 00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:54.480 times. 00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:55.940 failure. 00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:57.720 Now look 00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:58.059 at chapter 00:20:58.059 --> 00:20:58.660 14, 00:20:58.759 --> 00:20:59.420 verse 12. 00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:01.720 I tell 00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:02.059 you the 00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:02.519 truth, 00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:03.539 anyone who 00:21:03.539 --> 00:21:04.180 has faith 00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:04.599 in me 00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:05.019 will do 00:21:05.019 --> 00:21:05.480 what I 00:21:05.480 --> 00:21:05.819 have been 00:21:05.819 --> 00:21:06.120 doing. 00:21:06.400 --> 00:21:06.680 He will 00:21:06.680 --> 00:21:07.140 do even 00:21:07.140 --> 00:21:07.539 greater 00:21:07.539 --> 00:21:08.099 things than 00:21:08.099 --> 00:21:08.299 these, 00:21:08.380 --> 00:21:08.839 because I 00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:09.180 am going 00:21:09.180 --> 00:21:09.539 to the 00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:09.880 Father. 00:21:12.120 --> 00:21:12.700 Can you 00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:13.039 see the 00:21:13.039 --> 00:21:13.440 contrast? 00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:14.039 It's a 00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:14.740 promise to 00:21:14.740 --> 00:21:15.279 overcome 00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:16.519 and conquer 00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:17.259 their failure. 00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:19.519 In fact, 00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:19.940 it's a 00:21:19.940 --> 00:21:20.500 promise for 00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:20.819 us. 00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:21.660 Verse 12 00:21:21.660 --> 00:21:22.000 says, 00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:22.680 I tell 00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:22.940 you the 00:21:22.940 --> 00:21:23.240 truth, 00:21:23.559 --> 00:21:24.180 anyone 00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:25.140 who 00:21:25.140 --> 00:21:25.420 has 00:21:25.420 --> 00:21:25.759 faith 00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:25.940 in 00:21:25.940 --> 00:21:26.200 me. 00:21:28.960 --> 00:21:29.720 So what 00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:30.340 is this 00:21:30.340 --> 00:21:31.100 huge 00:21:31.100 --> 00:21:31.600 promise 00:21:31.600 --> 00:21:32.039 that we 00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:32.580 read in 00:21:32.580 --> 00:21:33.220 verse 12? 00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:36.920 Well, 00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:37.440 before we 00:21:37.440 --> 00:21:37.940 get stuck 00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:38.360 into it, 00:21:38.420 --> 00:21:38.700 let me 00:21:38.700 --> 00:21:39.160 read it 00:21:39.160 --> 00:21:39.440 again, 00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:39.920 and some 00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:40.220 of your 00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:40.920 translations 00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:42.640 will read 00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:43.039 it this 00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:43.220 way, 00:21:43.279 --> 00:21:43.480 and I 00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:43.779 think it 00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.160 will help 00:21:44.160 --> 00:21:44.920 us better 00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:45.680 unpack it. 00:21:46.680 --> 00:21:47.160 Read 00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:47.700 verse 12. 00:21:47.779 --> 00:21:48.180 I tell 00:21:48.180 --> 00:21:48.460 you the 00:21:48.460 --> 00:21:48.779 truth, 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:49.480 anyone who 00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:50.120 has faith 00:21:50.120 --> 00:21:50.680 in me 00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:52.480 will do 00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:52.720 the 00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:53.340 works 00:21:53.340 --> 00:21:54.100 I 00:21:54.100 --> 00:21:54.340 have 00:21:54.340 --> 00:21:54.560 been 00:21:54.560 --> 00:21:54.940 doing. 00:21:56.120 --> 00:21:56.620 He 00:21:56.620 --> 00:21:56.820 will 00:21:56.820 --> 00:21:57.180 do 00:21:57.180 --> 00:21:57.600 even 00:21:57.600 --> 00:21:58.120 greater 00:21:58.120 --> 00:21:58.779 works 00:21:58.779 --> 00:21:59.140 than 00:21:59.140 --> 00:21:59.640 these 00:21:59.640 --> 00:22:00.740 because 00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:01.060 I 00:22:01.060 --> 00:22:01.220 am 00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:01.460 going 00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:01.680 to 00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:01.860 the 00:22:01.860 --> 00:22:02.200 Father. 00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:04.440 You 00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:04.640 see, 00:22:04.840 --> 00:22:05.320 if we, 00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:05.840 and look 00:22:05.840 --> 00:22:06.060 at the 00:22:06.060 --> 00:22:06.400 promise, 00:22:06.519 --> 00:22:06.799 it says, 00:22:06.920 --> 00:22:07.320 if we are 00:22:07.320 --> 00:22:07.700 going to 00:22:07.700 --> 00:22:07.900 do 00:22:07.900 --> 00:22:08.440 greater 00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:09.080 works 00:22:09.080 --> 00:22:09.799 than 00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:10.279 Jesus, 00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:12.120 we 00:22:12.120 --> 00:22:12.420 must 00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:12.880 know 00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:13.519 what 00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:14.000 works 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:14.420 Jesus 00:22:14.420 --> 00:22:14.920 did. 00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:18.100 Now, 00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:18.340 at a 00:22:18.340 --> 00:22:18.640 first 00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:19.080 read, 00:22:19.460 --> 00:22:19.840 and I'm 00:22:19.840 --> 00:22:20.300 sure if I 00:22:20.300 --> 00:22:20.720 asked you 00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:21.140 all this 00:22:21.140 --> 00:22:21.700 out now, 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:23.720 it seems 00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:24.320 to be a 00:22:24.320 --> 00:22:24.960 promise to 00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:25.440 the church 00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:26.759 today that 00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.140 we are 00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:27.519 going to 00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:27.720 do 00:22:27.720 --> 00:22:28.140 greater 00:22:28.140 --> 00:22:28.560 works 00:22:28.560 --> 00:22:28.779 than 00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:29.120 Jesus. 00:22:29.400 --> 00:22:29.660 In 00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:29.880 other 00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:30.240 words, 00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:30.920 we're 00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:31.360 going to 00:22:31.360 --> 00:22:31.580 do 00:22:31.580 --> 00:22:32.300 miracles 00:22:32.300 --> 00:22:32.740 that 00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.120 Jesus 00:22:33.120 --> 00:22:33.580 did, 00:22:34.060 --> 00:22:34.440 only 00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:34.920 greater. 00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:36.820 I 00:22:36.820 --> 00:22:36.940 mean, 00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:37.160 that's 00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:37.500 how I 00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:38.019 read it, 00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:39.000 first off. 00:22:40.880 --> 00:22:41.560 Are we 00:22:41.560 --> 00:22:41.800 going to 00:22:41.800 --> 00:22:41.960 do 00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.300 greater 00:22:42.300 --> 00:22:42.840 miracles 00:22:42.840 --> 00:22:43.120 than 00:22:43.120 --> 00:22:43.420 Jesus? 00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:46.440 Well, 00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:46.660 it's 00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:47.180 hard to 00:22:47.180 --> 00:22:47.560 think of 00:22:47.560 --> 00:22:47.779 any 00:22:47.779 --> 00:22:48.279 miracles 00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:48.820 greater 00:22:48.820 --> 00:22:49.580 than 00:22:49.580 --> 00:22:49.880 those 00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:50.039 of 00:22:50.039 --> 00:22:50.259 what 00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:50.600 Jesus 00:22:50.600 --> 00:22:51.080 did. 00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:52.519 In 00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:52.860 John 00:22:52.860 --> 00:22:53.880 chapter 2, 00:22:53.940 --> 00:22:54.300 we read 00:22:54.300 --> 00:22:54.779 that Jesus 00:22:54.779 --> 00:22:55.220 changed 00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:55.620 water 00:22:55.620 --> 00:22:55.920 into 00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:56.340 wine. 00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:58.019 We'd 00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:58.300 put the 00:22:58.300 --> 00:22:58.580 whole 00:22:58.580 --> 00:22:59.539 alcohol 00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:00.019 industry 00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.380 out of 00:23:00.380 --> 00:23:00.660 business 00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:01.019 if we 00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.160 could 00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:01.300 do 00:23:01.300 --> 00:23:01.660 that. 00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:02.860 He 00:23:02.860 --> 00:23:03.220 walked 00:23:03.220 --> 00:23:03.460 on 00:23:03.460 --> 00:23:04.000 water. 00:23:05.660 --> 00:23:05.980 He 00:23:05.980 --> 00:23:06.320 fed 00:23:06.320 --> 00:23:07.440 15,000 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:07.779 with 00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:08.300 five 00:23:08.300 --> 00:23:08.660 loaves 00:23:08.660 --> 00:23:08.840 of 00:23:08.840 --> 00:23:09.220 bread 00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:10.560 and 00:23:10.560 --> 00:23:10.800 two 00:23:10.800 --> 00:23:11.300 fish. 00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:12.519 He 00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:12.880 called 00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:13.500 Lazarus 00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:13.920 out of 00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:14.039 the 00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:14.320 grave 00:23:14.320 --> 00:23:14.480 at 00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:14.720 just 00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:14.880 a 00:23:14.880 --> 00:23:15.240 word. 00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:16.920 He 00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.259 healed 00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:17.759 masses 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:18.059 of 00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:18.440 people 00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:18.799 at 00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.000 just 00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:19.160 a 00:23:19.160 --> 00:23:19.360 word 00:23:19.360 --> 00:23:19.539 and 00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:19.740 just 00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:19.920 a 00:23:19.920 --> 00:23:20.339 touch. 00:23:21.559 --> 00:23:22.259 Are 00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:22.400 we 00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:22.579 going 00:23:22.579 --> 00:23:22.700 to 00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:22.839 do 00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:23.180 greater 00:23:23.180 --> 00:23:23.579 things 00:23:23.579 --> 00:23:23.740 than 00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.120 those? 00:23:25.559 --> 00:23:26.059 Even 00:23:26.059 --> 00:23:26.299 the 00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:27.019 disciples 00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.599 as 00:23:27.599 --> 00:23:28.079 recorded 00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:28.360 in 00:23:28.360 --> 00:23:28.880 Acts, 00:23:29.400 --> 00:23:29.620 the 00:23:29.620 --> 00:23:30.019 first 00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:30.900 insight 00:23:30.900 --> 00:23:31.180 into 00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:31.420 the 00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:31.799 early 00:23:31.799 --> 00:23:32.380 church, 00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.220 they 00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:33.519 didn't 00:23:33.519 --> 00:23:33.720 do 00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.180 anything 00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:34.559 like 00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:35.000 this. 00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:36.059 They 00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:36.279 did 00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:36.500 do 00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:36.900 miracles 00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:37.220 but 00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:37.779 nothing 00:23:37.779 --> 00:23:38.220 compared 00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:38.420 to 00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:38.620 what 00:23:38.620 --> 00:23:38.920 Jesus 00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:39.380 did. 00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:41.700 So I 00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.019 don't 00:23:42.019 --> 00:23:42.360 think 00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:42.880 this is 00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:43.299 saying 00:23:43.299 --> 00:23:43.700 that we 00:23:43.700 --> 00:23:43.839 are 00:23:43.839 --> 00:23:44.099 going 00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:44.480 to do 00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:44.819 greater 00:23:44.819 --> 00:23:45.359 miracles 00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:45.740 than 00:23:45.740 --> 00:23:46.079 Jesus. 00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:47.879 In 00:23:47.879 --> 00:23:48.119 fact, 00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:48.779 the miracles 00:23:48.779 --> 00:23:49.159 of 00:23:49.159 --> 00:23:49.460 Jesus, 00:23:49.639 --> 00:23:50.220 as John's 00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:50.720 gospel has 00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.259 made clear, 00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:52.680 are signs. 00:23:52.899 --> 00:23:53.339 That's what he 00:23:53.339 --> 00:23:53.940 calls them. 00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:54.819 They are 00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:55.539 especially 00:23:55.539 --> 00:23:56.480 unique to 00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:56.759 Jesus. 00:23:56.919 --> 00:23:57.200 Look at 00:23:57.200 --> 00:23:57.839 verse 11. 00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.559 He 00:23:59.559 --> 00:23:59.819 says, 00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:00.519 believe me 00:24:00.519 --> 00:24:00.919 when I 00:24:00.919 --> 00:24:01.819 say that I 00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:02.279 am in the 00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:02.759 Father and 00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:03.200 the Father 00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:03.779 is in me, 00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.519 or at 00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:05.240 least believe 00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:05.740 on the 00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.619 evidence of 00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:07.259 the miracles 00:24:07.259 --> 00:24:07.980 themselves. 00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:10.519 You 00:24:10.519 --> 00:24:10.700 see, 00:24:10.779 --> 00:24:11.400 the amazing 00:24:11.400 --> 00:24:12.319 works and 00:24:12.319 --> 00:24:12.980 miracles of 00:24:12.980 --> 00:24:13.259 Jesus, 00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:13.980 everything that 00:24:13.980 --> 00:24:14.480 he has been 00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:14.940 doing, 00:24:15.360 --> 00:24:16.120 are there to 00:24:16.120 --> 00:24:17.240 authenticate who 00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:18.779 he is and 00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.319 what he has 00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:20.039 come to do. 00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.920 He's coming 00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:21.519 into the world 00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:21.839 and saying, 00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.519 I am nothing 00:24:22.519 --> 00:24:23.039 less than 00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:23.360 God. 00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:24.620 I am God 00:24:24.620 --> 00:24:25.319 in the 00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:25.799 flesh. 00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:28.480 Believe what 00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:28.940 I say. 00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.380 If you don't 00:24:29.380 --> 00:24:30.000 believe what I 00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:30.220 say, 00:24:30.339 --> 00:24:31.319 believe on the 00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:32.039 evidence of 00:24:32.039 --> 00:24:32.579 the miracles. 00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.559 It's all 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:34.339 about Jesus. 00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:34.599 Jesus. 00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:39.159 Now, 00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:39.539 for the 00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:39.959 record, 00:24:40.159 --> 00:24:40.539 I'm not 00:24:40.539 --> 00:24:41.079 ruling out 00:24:41.079 --> 00:24:41.539 miracles. 00:24:43.439 --> 00:24:44.139 I'm not 00:24:44.139 --> 00:24:44.599 saying that 00:24:44.599 --> 00:24:45.379 miracles aren't 00:24:45.379 --> 00:24:45.919 for today. 00:24:46.019 --> 00:24:47.059 I think they 00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:47.839 do happen 00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:48.639 and can 00:24:48.639 --> 00:24:49.139 happen. 00:24:50.379 --> 00:24:50.939 But I 00:24:50.939 --> 00:24:51.439 don't think 00:24:51.439 --> 00:24:51.839 it's saying 00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:52.379 here that we 00:24:52.379 --> 00:24:52.699 are going 00:24:52.699 --> 00:24:53.039 to do 00:24:53.039 --> 00:24:53.399 greater 00:24:53.399 --> 00:24:54.480 things as 00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:54.879 far as 00:24:54.879 --> 00:24:55.219 greater 00:24:55.219 --> 00:24:55.959 miracles are 00:24:55.959 --> 00:24:56.439 concerned. 00:24:57.339 --> 00:24:57.919 So what 00:24:57.919 --> 00:24:58.319 does it 00:24:58.319 --> 00:24:58.579 mean? 00:25:00.059 --> 00:25:00.419 Well, 00:25:00.459 --> 00:25:00.819 have a look 00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.240 back to 00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:02.019 chapter 4 00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:04.799 of John's 00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:05.160 Gospel. 00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.960 This is the 00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.420 well-known 00:25:15.420 --> 00:25:16.200 story of 00:25:16.200 --> 00:25:17.379 Jesus meeting 00:25:17.379 --> 00:25:18.259 the Samaritan 00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.460 lady at 00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:19.960 the well. 00:25:20.879 --> 00:25:21.139 A 00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:21.700 Samaritan 00:25:21.700 --> 00:25:22.220 was an 00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:22.900 outsider. 00:25:23.900 --> 00:25:24.379 You didn't 00:25:24.379 --> 00:25:25.579 talk to 00:25:25.579 --> 00:25:26.079 Samaritan 00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:26.559 people, 00:25:26.940 --> 00:25:27.700 especially to 00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:28.059 a woman. 00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:28.619 That just 00:25:28.619 --> 00:25:29.160 didn't go 00:25:29.160 --> 00:25:29.480 on. 00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:31.700 And yet 00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:32.160 Jesus, 00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:32.779 we find 00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:33.580 him at 00:25:33.580 --> 00:25:33.980 the well 00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.420 with the 00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:34.720 lady, 00:25:35.580 --> 00:25:36.160 and he's 00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:36.720 been offering 00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.440 her eternal 00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:37.779 life. 00:25:37.840 --> 00:25:38.160 He says, 00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:38.759 if you 00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:39.319 drink what 00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:39.840 I have to 00:25:39.840 --> 00:25:40.059 offer, 00:25:40.140 --> 00:25:40.400 you will 00:25:40.400 --> 00:25:41.080 never thirst 00:25:41.080 --> 00:25:41.580 again. 00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:43.480 It will 00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:44.100 be like a 00:25:44.100 --> 00:25:44.900 well inside 00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:45.160 you, 00:25:45.259 --> 00:25:45.720 welling up 00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.340 to eternal 00:25:46.340 --> 00:25:46.720 life. 00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.380 He is 00:25:47.380 --> 00:25:47.900 offering 00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:49.980 true life. 00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:51.720 And then 00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.380 the disciples 00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:52.900 come and 00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:53.400 they discover 00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:53.960 that Jesus 00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.340 has been 00:25:54.340 --> 00:25:54.880 meeting with 00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:55.299 this woman 00:25:55.299 --> 00:25:55.640 and they 00:25:55.640 --> 00:25:55.819 say, 00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:56.140 come on, 00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:56.620 we should 00:25:56.620 --> 00:25:56.940 be off 00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.860 getting food, 00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.120 not talking 00:25:59.120 --> 00:25:59.519 to this 00:25:59.519 --> 00:25:59.840 woman. 00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:01.419 Now look 00:26:01.419 --> 00:26:01.779 at John 00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.459 chapter 4 00:26:02.459 --> 00:26:03.319 verse 34. 00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:06.319 My food, 00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:07.220 said Jesus, 00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.559 is to do 00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:08.899 the will 00:26:08.899 --> 00:26:09.259 of him 00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:09.799 who sent 00:26:09.799 --> 00:26:11.039 me and 00:26:11.039 --> 00:26:11.599 to finish 00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:12.759 his work. 00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:14.839 Do you 00:26:14.839 --> 00:26:15.399 not say 00:26:15.399 --> 00:26:16.019 four months 00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.519 more and 00:26:16.519 --> 00:26:16.839 then the 00:26:16.839 --> 00:26:17.220 harvest? 00:26:17.659 --> 00:26:18.539 I tell you, 00:26:18.659 --> 00:26:19.139 open your 00:26:19.139 --> 00:26:19.799 eyes and 00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:20.299 look at the 00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.740 fields. 00:26:21.319 --> 00:26:21.759 They are 00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.799 ripe for 00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:23.399 harvest. 00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:23.480 harvest. 00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:26.640 The work 00:26:26.640 --> 00:26:27.400 that Jesus 00:26:27.400 --> 00:26:28.120 has to 00:26:28.120 --> 00:26:28.780 finish 00:26:28.780 --> 00:26:30.780 is the 00:26:30.780 --> 00:26:31.400 work of 00:26:31.400 --> 00:26:32.080 going to 00:26:32.080 --> 00:26:32.820 the cross. 00:26:33.600 --> 00:26:34.420 The work 00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:34.920 of bringing 00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:35.900 salvation to 00:26:35.900 --> 00:26:36.480 the world, 00:26:36.640 --> 00:26:37.500 not just to 00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:38.220 Jewish people, 00:26:38.340 --> 00:26:38.880 not just to 00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:39.680 the inside 00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.180 people, 00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:41.000 but to the 00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.320 world, 00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:42.140 to Samaritan 00:26:42.140 --> 00:26:42.580 people, 00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.400 because he 00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:43.900 talks about 00:26:43.900 --> 00:26:44.420 the harvest 00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:45.200 is ripe. 00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:46.920 It's for 00:26:46.920 --> 00:26:47.640 everybody. 00:26:48.580 --> 00:26:49.040 And his 00:26:49.040 --> 00:26:49.720 work is to 00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:50.259 go to the 00:26:50.259 --> 00:26:50.700 cross so 00:26:50.700 --> 00:26:51.360 that salvation 00:26:51.360 --> 00:26:51.860 can go 00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.460 out. 00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:55.799 So the 00:26:55.799 --> 00:26:56.819 works of 00:26:56.819 --> 00:26:57.240 Jesus, 00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:58.200 while it 00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:58.799 does include 00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.360 miracles, 00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:00.539 is ultimately 00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:01.960 one of 00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:02.579 salvation. 00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:05.819 Now that 00:27:05.819 --> 00:27:06.620 helps us to 00:27:06.620 --> 00:27:08.340 understand what 00:27:08.340 --> 00:27:10.360 we do and 00:27:10.360 --> 00:27:11.160 how we can 00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:11.900 do greater 00:27:11.900 --> 00:27:12.660 things than 00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:13.000 Jesus. 00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:13.539 It's an 00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:14.620 amazing promise 00:27:14.620 --> 00:27:16.380 telling us that 00:27:16.380 --> 00:27:17.259 people like you 00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:17.960 and me can do 00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:18.779 greater things 00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.360 than Jesus. 00:27:20.360 --> 00:27:21.180 At the end 00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:21.640 of Jesus' 00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:22.299 ministry, 00:27:22.299 --> 00:27:22.740 if you were 00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.220 to read to 00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:23.599 the end 00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:24.159 of John's 00:27:24.159 --> 00:27:24.539 gospel, 00:27:25.639 --> 00:27:26.879 there's just 00:27:26.879 --> 00:27:28.059 a few people 00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:28.700 who are 00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:29.460 following him. 00:27:30.859 --> 00:27:31.799 Only a few, 00:27:31.899 --> 00:27:32.480 a handful. 00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:33.839 After 00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:34.759 everything that 00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.259 he did, 00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:36.159 most of them 00:27:36.159 --> 00:27:36.779 had deserted 00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.299 him and run 00:27:37.299 --> 00:27:37.599 away. 00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.819 He's left 00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:39.500 with only a 00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:39.819 few. 00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.659 Now the 00:27:42.659 --> 00:27:43.059 promise, 00:27:43.159 --> 00:27:43.559 he's saying 00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:44.220 in verse 12, 00:27:44.359 --> 00:27:45.339 is greater 00:27:45.339 --> 00:27:46.240 works will 00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.720 be done. 00:27:48.639 --> 00:27:49.099 Well, 00:27:49.139 --> 00:27:49.619 how will that 00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:50.019 happen? 00:27:50.879 --> 00:27:51.180 Well, 00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:51.579 look at the 00:27:51.579 --> 00:27:52.299 last phrase 00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:53.079 of verse 12 00:27:53.079 --> 00:27:54.200 of chapter 14. 00:27:54.859 --> 00:27:55.559 He says, 00:27:55.660 --> 00:27:56.139 he will do 00:27:56.139 --> 00:27:57.039 greater works 00:27:57.039 --> 00:27:57.900 than these 00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:59.559 because I 00:27:59.559 --> 00:28:00.259 am going to 00:28:00.259 --> 00:28:00.799 the Father. 00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:03.700 Now we've 00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:04.279 looked at one 00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.799 side of that. 00:28:04.859 --> 00:28:05.359 What happens 00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:05.859 when Jesus 00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:06.539 goes to the 00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:06.819 Father? 00:28:07.220 --> 00:28:07.579 Yes, 00:28:07.619 --> 00:28:08.220 he goes to 00:28:08.220 --> 00:28:08.799 the cross, 00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:09.900 but what else 00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:10.299 happens? 00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:10.720 Look at 00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.619 chapter 16, 00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.339 verse 7. 00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:14.459 I know 00:28:14.459 --> 00:28:14.959 we're flicking 00:28:14.959 --> 00:28:15.579 backwards and 00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:15.919 forwards, 00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:16.399 but I think 00:28:16.399 --> 00:28:16.679 this will 00:28:16.679 --> 00:28:17.179 just help 00:28:17.179 --> 00:28:17.480 us to 00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.099 unpack it 00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:18.339 all. 00:28:18.619 --> 00:28:19.500 Chapter 16, 00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:20.159 verse 7. 00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:22.939 I tell you 00:28:22.939 --> 00:28:23.539 the truth, 00:28:24.159 --> 00:28:24.819 it is for 00:28:24.819 --> 00:28:25.599 your good 00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:26.339 that I am 00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:27.099 going away. 00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.659 Unless I 00:28:28.659 --> 00:28:29.399 go away, 00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:29.679 the 00:28:29.679 --> 00:28:30.519 Counselor, 00:28:31.379 --> 00:28:31.919 that's the 00:28:31.919 --> 00:28:32.319 Spirit, 00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.299 will not 00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:33.980 come to 00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.259 you, 00:28:34.639 --> 00:28:35.299 but if I 00:28:35.299 --> 00:28:35.759 go, 00:28:36.099 --> 00:28:36.679 I will 00:28:36.679 --> 00:28:37.240 send him 00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:37.740 to you. 00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:38.299 And what's 00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:38.759 the Spirit 00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.279 going to 00:28:39.279 --> 00:28:39.500 do? 00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:40.619 Verse 8, 00:28:40.619 --> 00:28:41.079 when he 00:28:41.079 --> 00:28:41.519 comes, 00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:42.199 he will 00:28:42.199 --> 00:28:42.779 convict 00:28:42.779 --> 00:28:43.719 the world 00:28:43.719 --> 00:28:44.939 of guilt. 00:28:47.639 --> 00:28:48.459 So Jesus 00:28:48.459 --> 00:28:49.000 is saying, 00:28:49.379 --> 00:28:50.799 greater things 00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:51.159 are going 00:28:51.159 --> 00:28:51.719 to happen 00:28:51.719 --> 00:28:52.779 because I 00:28:52.779 --> 00:28:53.159 am going 00:28:53.159 --> 00:28:53.519 to go 00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:53.859 to the 00:28:53.859 --> 00:28:54.159 Father, 00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:54.739 and when 00:28:54.739 --> 00:28:55.079 I go 00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:55.419 to the 00:28:55.419 --> 00:28:55.699 Father, 00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.479 the Spirit 00:28:56.479 --> 00:28:56.919 is going 00:28:56.919 --> 00:28:57.239 to be 00:28:57.239 --> 00:28:57.559 poured 00:28:57.559 --> 00:28:58.599 out into 00:28:58.599 --> 00:28:59.139 the world. 00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:01.059 And salvation 00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:01.839 will come 00:29:01.839 --> 00:29:02.199 to the 00:29:02.199 --> 00:29:02.579 world. 00:29:04.559 --> 00:29:05.259 And that's 00:29:05.259 --> 00:29:05.559 what we 00:29:05.559 --> 00:29:06.039 begin to 00:29:06.039 --> 00:29:06.379 see as 00:29:06.379 --> 00:29:06.799 we read 00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.599 into Acts. 00:29:08.199 --> 00:29:08.919 The very 00:29:08.919 --> 00:29:09.839 first sermon 00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:10.819 that Peter 00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:11.439 preached. 00:29:11.799 --> 00:29:12.240 Remember, 00:29:12.379 --> 00:29:12.720 we leave 00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.039 him in 00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.699 John as 00:29:13.699 --> 00:29:14.419 a failure, 00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.799 but now 00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.439 this promise 00:29:17.439 --> 00:29:18.240 of verse 12 00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:19.319 comes true. 00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:21.399 Because after 00:29:21.399 --> 00:29:22.319 his first sermon 00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:22.879 he preached, 00:29:22.980 --> 00:29:23.619 how many people 00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:24.059 came to 00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.359 believe? 00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:26.399 Three thousand 00:29:26.399 --> 00:29:27.299 people came 00:29:27.299 --> 00:29:27.819 to believe. 00:29:29.179 --> 00:29:29.959 That's the 00:29:29.959 --> 00:29:30.439 promise. 00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.399 That's the 00:29:31.399 --> 00:29:32.459 greater work. 00:29:34.359 --> 00:29:35.339 The Spirit 00:29:35.339 --> 00:29:36.099 has come, 00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:36.959 and now 00:29:36.959 --> 00:29:37.619 literally 00:29:37.619 --> 00:29:38.379 thousands, 00:29:38.879 --> 00:29:39.659 millions of 00:29:39.660 --> 00:29:40.800 people around 00:29:40.800 --> 00:29:41.360 the world 00:29:41.360 --> 00:29:42.200 are following 00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:42.759 Christ. 00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:43.420 Now you 00:29:43.420 --> 00:29:44.019 compare what 00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.400 there is 00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:44.840 today, 00:29:45.580 --> 00:29:46.580 and compare 00:29:46.580 --> 00:29:47.100 that to 00:29:47.100 --> 00:29:47.740 the few 00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.220 who are 00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:48.600 following 00:29:48.600 --> 00:29:49.340 after Jesus' 00:29:49.600 --> 00:29:50.080 ministry. 00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.740 That's the 00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.740 greater things 00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:56.400 that are going 00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:57.040 to happen. 00:29:59.560 --> 00:30:00.440 So look at 00:30:00.440 --> 00:30:01.140 verse 13 00:30:01.140 --> 00:30:01.620 of chapter 00:30:01.620 --> 00:30:02.220 14. 00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:03.220 verse 13. 00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:05.720 And I 00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.259 will do 00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:06.880 whatever you 00:30:06.880 --> 00:30:07.579 ask in 00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:08.220 my name, 00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:09.100 so that 00:30:09.100 --> 00:30:09.740 the Son 00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:10.299 may bring 00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:11.039 glory to 00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:11.500 the Father. 00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:12.200 You may 00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:13.039 ask me for 00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.940 anything in 00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:14.500 my name, 00:30:14.700 --> 00:30:15.140 and I 00:30:15.140 --> 00:30:15.539 will do 00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:15.860 it. 00:30:16.640 --> 00:30:17.299 Now again, 00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:17.819 we have to be 00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.259 careful we 00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:18.620 don't just 00:30:18.620 --> 00:30:19.220 lift that out 00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:19.680 of context 00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:20.079 and say, 00:30:20.180 --> 00:30:20.519 well I can 00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:20.839 ask for 00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:21.140 anything, 00:30:21.220 --> 00:30:21.519 a new 00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:21.839 car, 00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:22.120 new 00:30:22.120 --> 00:30:22.440 health, 00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:22.680 new 00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:22.960 job, 00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:23.380 anything, 00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:24.259 and you'll 00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.720 do it. 00:30:26.140 --> 00:30:26.680 That's how 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:27.240 some people 00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.680 will read 00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:27.860 it, 00:30:27.860 --> 00:30:28.400 but in the 00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:29.079 context and 00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:29.480 what we've 00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:29.920 seen, 00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:31.019 it has to 00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:31.480 fit in 00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:31.860 with the 00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:32.400 salvation 00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:33.039 that God 00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.380 brings. 00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.320 Ask for 00:30:34.320 --> 00:30:35.080 anything in 00:30:35.080 --> 00:30:35.680 regards to 00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:36.440 the salvation 00:30:36.440 --> 00:30:37.100 plan of 00:30:37.100 --> 00:30:37.500 God, 00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:38.279 and He 00:30:38.279 --> 00:30:39.019 will do 00:30:39.019 --> 00:30:39.440 it. 00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.680 We can 00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:44.039 pray for 00:30:44.039 --> 00:30:44.880 our friends 00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:45.560 and for 00:30:45.560 --> 00:30:46.180 our family 00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:47.039 who are not 00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:47.779 yet into 00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:48.500 that intimate 00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.279 circle of 00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.840 Jesus and 00:30:49.840 --> 00:30:50.320 the Father. 00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:53.000 We can 00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.740 pray it 00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:57.380 because His 00:30:57.380 --> 00:30:58.140 Spirit has 00:30:58.140 --> 00:30:58.519 come. 00:30:59.920 --> 00:31:01.240 Now it's 00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:01.840 not just 00:31:01.840 --> 00:31:03.100 that the 00:31:03.100 --> 00:31:03.820 Spirit is 00:31:03.820 --> 00:31:05.980 better in 00:31:05.980 --> 00:31:06.480 terms of 00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.080 greater in 00:31:07.080 --> 00:31:07.440 that way, 00:31:07.560 --> 00:31:08.200 that having 00:31:08.200 --> 00:31:08.940 the Spirit is 00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.400 better than 00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:10.100 having Jesus. 00:31:10.300 --> 00:31:10.820 It's not 00:31:10.820 --> 00:31:11.560 like that. 00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.640 It's saying 00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:14.200 that when the 00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:15.060 Spirit comes, 00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:16.340 He expands 00:31:16.340 --> 00:31:17.240 the work of 00:31:17.240 --> 00:31:17.560 Jesus. 00:31:17.940 --> 00:31:18.500 Jesus was 00:31:18.500 --> 00:31:19.440 always limited 00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:20.279 and isolated 00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:21.140 to one place 00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:21.600 wherever He 00:31:21.600 --> 00:31:22.080 walked on 00:31:22.080 --> 00:31:22.380 earth. 00:31:23.060 --> 00:31:23.519 He couldn't 00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:24.160 be in ten 00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:24.779 places at 00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.360 one time. 00:31:26.000 --> 00:31:26.519 But the 00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:27.000 Spirit of 00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.500 Christ has 00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:28.300 come and 00:31:28.300 --> 00:31:28.620 He's 00:31:28.620 --> 00:31:29.840 everywhere and 00:31:29.839 --> 00:31:30.259 He's at 00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:30.599 work 00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:31.279 everywhere. 00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:34.759 This is 00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.439 the amazing 00:31:35.439 --> 00:31:36.939 promise for 00:31:36.939 --> 00:31:37.500 the church 00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:38.419 today that 00:31:38.419 --> 00:31:38.919 we are to 00:31:38.919 --> 00:31:39.579 claim, that 00:31:39.579 --> 00:31:40.059 we are to 00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:40.720 live by. 00:31:43.379 --> 00:31:44.139 Peter the 00:31:44.139 --> 00:31:46.839 failure, now 00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.179 with a 00:31:47.179 --> 00:31:47.480 wonderful 00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:48.119 promise. 00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:51.399 Now failure 00:31:51.399 --> 00:31:51.919 has a 00:31:51.919 --> 00:31:52.819 crippling effect 00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.240 on us, 00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.740 doesn't it? 00:31:54.439 --> 00:31:55.159 The world 00:31:55.159 --> 00:31:55.899 tells us that 00:31:55.899 --> 00:31:56.799 if you fail, 00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:57.899 if you mess 00:31:57.899 --> 00:31:58.659 up, you're 00:31:58.660 --> 00:31:59.140 out. 00:32:00.380 --> 00:32:01.100 There's no 00:32:01.100 --> 00:32:01.680 room for 00:32:01.680 --> 00:32:02.160 those who 00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:02.519 get it 00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.060 wrong, whether 00:32:03.060 --> 00:32:03.540 it's in the 00:32:03.540 --> 00:32:04.820 sports team or 00:32:04.820 --> 00:32:05.340 whether it's 00:32:05.340 --> 00:32:05.880 in work. 00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:07.980 You have no 00:32:07.980 --> 00:32:08.779 place, no 00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.600 part to play. 00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.180 If you 00:32:10.180 --> 00:32:11.640 fail, struck 00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:12.500 off, that's 00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:12.779 it. 00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:15.940 Not so 00:32:15.940 --> 00:32:16.620 with Jesus. 00:32:17.800 --> 00:32:18.660 Peter failed. 00:32:18.800 --> 00:32:19.400 He disowned 00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:19.740 Jesus. 00:32:19.860 --> 00:32:20.420 He turned his 00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:21.240 back on Jesus. 00:32:21.640 --> 00:32:22.340 Peter failed 00:32:22.340 --> 00:32:23.540 spectacularly. 00:32:24.300 --> 00:32:25.080 But Jesus 00:32:25.080 --> 00:32:26.060 threw the 00:32:26.060 --> 00:32:26.720 cross because 00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.259 he had to 00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.860 go through 00:32:27.860 --> 00:32:28.400 the cross 00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:29.900 conquers our 00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:30.500 failure. 00:32:31.079 --> 00:32:31.880 He forgives 00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.539 our sin. 00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:33.600 He takes a 00:32:33.600 --> 00:32:34.519 punishment for 00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:35.000 our sin. 00:32:35.319 --> 00:32:35.779 And in its 00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.500 place he gives 00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:36.900 us his 00:32:36.900 --> 00:32:38.140 spirit and he 00:32:38.140 --> 00:32:39.079 promises us 00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:39.940 that we will 00:32:39.940 --> 00:32:40.700 do greater 00:32:40.700 --> 00:32:41.400 things than 00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:41.740 Jesus. 00:32:43.120 --> 00:32:43.860 We will see 00:32:43.860 --> 00:32:44.700 more people 00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:45.500 come to faith 00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.019 than Jesus 00:32:46.019 --> 00:32:46.440 saw. 00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:50.180 You see, 00:32:50.279 --> 00:32:50.720 if Jesus 00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:51.660 overcomes our 00:32:51.660 --> 00:32:52.600 greatest failure, 00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:53.259 which is our 00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:56.220 sin, can 00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.960 Jesus not 00:32:56.960 --> 00:32:57.539 work in 00:32:57.539 --> 00:32:58.559 failures like 00:32:58.559 --> 00:32:59.220 you and me 00:32:59.220 --> 00:33:01.460 and bring 00:33:01.460 --> 00:33:02.440 salvation to 00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:03.160 our friends, 00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:03.619 to our 00:33:03.619 --> 00:33:05.180 family, to 00:33:05.180 --> 00:33:05.879 our community 00:33:05.879 --> 00:33:06.779 around us? 00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:10.200 This is an 00:33:10.200 --> 00:33:11.460 amazing promise, 00:33:12.180 --> 00:33:13.099 one that 00:33:13.099 --> 00:33:13.839 overcomes 00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:14.500 failure. 00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:20.319 Fear and 00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:21.099 failure can 00:33:21.099 --> 00:33:22.279 paralyze us. 00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:24.420 If we live 00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:25.220 within fear 00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:25.759 and failure, 00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:26.579 we won't do 00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:27.099 anything. 00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:29.240 Because we'll 00:33:29.240 --> 00:33:30.200 fear losing 00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:31.099 what we have. 00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:32.019 What if I do 00:33:32.019 --> 00:33:32.579 it and what if 00:33:32.579 --> 00:33:33.279 I lose it? 00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.559 We'll fear 00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:36.660 failure even if 00:33:36.660 --> 00:33:37.519 we try to do 00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:37.779 something. 00:33:37.879 --> 00:33:38.379 What if it all 00:33:38.379 --> 00:33:38.960 goes horribly 00:33:38.960 --> 00:33:39.319 wrong? 00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:40.240 We'll never do 00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.559 it. 00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:43.859 But Jesus 00:33:43.859 --> 00:33:44.859 invites us to 00:33:44.859 --> 00:33:45.539 put our faith 00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.019 in him. 00:33:47.200 --> 00:33:48.819 Trust me. 00:33:49.779 --> 00:33:51.059 I am the 00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:51.379 way, 00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.700 the truth, 00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:53.400 and the 00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:53.799 life. 00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:56.319 It's a way 00:33:56.319 --> 00:33:57.100 of freedom. 00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:57.960 It's a way 00:33:57.960 --> 00:33:58.519 that takes 00:33:58.519 --> 00:33:59.120 away our 00:33:59.120 --> 00:33:59.380 fear. 00:33:59.480 --> 00:33:59.799 It takes 00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:00.500 away our 00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:01.340 failures and 00:34:01.340 --> 00:34:02.240 it enables us 00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:03.539 to live life 00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:04.039 the way he 00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.880 calls us to. 00:34:05.880 --> 00:34:06.539 Through the 00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.140 cross he has 00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:07.920 overcome our 00:34:07.920 --> 00:34:08.179 fear. 00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:09.220 He has conquered 00:34:09.220 --> 00:34:10.300 our failure so 00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:11.019 we can live 00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:12.800 confidently and 00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:13.500 with complete 00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:15.260 assurance that 00:34:15.260 --> 00:34:16.420 we are eternally 00:34:16.420 --> 00:34:18.059 secure and 00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:18.920 will do 00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:20.920 greater works. 00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:25.880 let's pray 00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:26.599 together. 00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:42.079 Our 00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:42.619 Father God, 00:34:42.700 --> 00:34:43.400 it's so often 00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:44.000 that we 00:34:44.000 --> 00:34:45.900 feel 00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:47.059 afraid 00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:49.779 and we 00:34:49.779 --> 00:34:50.199 feel 00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:50.920 failures. 00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:53.759 But yet 00:34:53.759 --> 00:34:54.400 Jesus has 00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:54.840 come and 00:34:54.840 --> 00:34:55.380 has given 00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:56.460 us a new 00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:56.920 way to 00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:57.199 live. 00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:59.259 He has 00:34:59.259 --> 00:35:00.059 overcome our 00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:00.500 fears. 00:35:01.639 --> 00:35:02.119 He has 00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.840 conquered our 00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:05.059 failures so 00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:05.579 that we can 00:35:05.579 --> 00:35:06.039 live with 00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:07.679 confidence and 00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:08.739 assurance today. 00:35:10.239 --> 00:35:10.799 Father, 00:35:10.900 --> 00:35:11.460 help us to 00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:12.199 trust you that 00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:13.019 when things are 00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:14.119 taken away from 00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:16.380 us should we 00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:17.940 lose our 00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:18.859 job, should we 00:35:18.859 --> 00:35:19.359 lose our 00:35:19.359 --> 00:35:20.039 health, should 00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.679 we lose a 00:35:20.679 --> 00:35:21.239 loved one. 00:35:23.679 --> 00:35:24.559 Help us that 00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:25.519 we might trust 00:35:25.519 --> 00:35:25.880 you. 00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:29.019 Help us to 00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:29.679 trust you, 00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:30.380 Father, that 00:35:30.380 --> 00:35:31.639 you have 00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:33.000 overcome the 00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:33.940 greatest fear, 00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:37.059 that we have 00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:37.839 everything to 00:35:37.839 --> 00:35:39.819 come and so 00:35:39.819 --> 00:35:40.199 we can 00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:41.099 willingly live 00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:41.839 our lives 00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:44.220 giving freely 00:35:44.220 --> 00:35:44.820 of all that 00:35:44.820 --> 00:35:45.460 we have, 00:35:47.120 --> 00:35:47.460 risking 00:35:47.460 --> 00:35:48.320 everything 00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:50.260 because we 00:35:50.260 --> 00:35:51.460 have security 00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:52.079 with you. 00:35:54.720 --> 00:35:55.700 Help us to 00:35:55.700 --> 00:35:56.320 trust you. 00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:57.820 Help us to 00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:58.700 trust that your 00:35:58.700 --> 00:36:00.180 way is the 00:36:00.180 --> 00:36:00.820 right way. 00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:03.460 In Jesus' 00:36:03.700 --> 00:36:03.940 name, 00:36:04.680 --> 00:36:05.000 Amen. 00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.400 Thank you. 00:36:13.200 --> 00:36:13.340 Amen. 00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:15.620 Amen.