WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.879 Amen and good morning. Please take your copy of God's Word and join me in John chapter 4. 00:00:15.880 --> 00:00:16.640 ! 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:24.560 Our text for today is John chapter 4 verses 31 through 42. 00:00:24.560 --> 00:00:28.060 ! Before I read it, I want to make a few introductory comments. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:36.420 Beginning by saying that God's Word is truly magnificent. 00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:45.539 If you've been a student of God's Word for any measure of time, you probably already realize this in some ways. 00:00:46.679 --> 00:00:54.379 But I will say, having been a pastor here now for 16 years and having the great privilege of day in and day out, 00:00:54.380 --> 00:01:00.800 getting the opportunity to study and to teach His Word, I'm just continually amazed. 00:01:01.480 --> 00:01:05.140 It is a wonderful, wonderful book. 00:01:05.799 --> 00:01:15.859 We can marvel at it just for its literary structure and its prose and the beautiful choice of words. 00:01:15.859 --> 00:01:22.280 Anybody who's just a student of literature could really enjoy this book. 00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:28.219 But more than that, it speaks to us powerful words. 00:01:28.359 --> 00:01:30.539 Words that bring life. 00:01:30.540 --> 00:01:37.460 Today's text, verses 31 through 42, if you're already kind of giving it a skim, 00:01:38.380 --> 00:01:44.440 could just seem like an appendix to the story told at the beginning of the chapter 00:01:44.440 --> 00:01:49.840 where Jesus stops at a well and interacts with a Samaritan woman. 00:01:49.960 --> 00:01:53.860 We spent two weeks on the beginning of that chapter. 00:01:53.859 --> 00:01:59.260 And some of you may wonder, why not just include that in the totality of it? 00:01:59.519 --> 00:02:03.000 Why are we moving so slow through John chapter 4? 00:02:03.099 --> 00:02:04.920 Some of you may be thinking. 00:02:05.099 --> 00:02:10.900 And so my answer to you is because God's Word is magnificent. 00:02:11.439 --> 00:02:19.960 There are things to notice in these verses and to spend the time that we can spend noticing them. 00:02:19.960 --> 00:02:25.420 In fact, I very often think we move too quickly through our verse-by-verse expositions 00:02:25.420 --> 00:02:31.540 as I discover things later that I want to go back and cover again. 00:02:31.960 --> 00:02:35.400 We recently concluded our study of the book of Romans. 00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:40.180 And when I got to the end of it, the impulse of my heart was, 00:02:40.379 --> 00:02:41.719 let's just start back over again. 00:02:41.860 --> 00:02:44.080 Let's just go right back to the beginning. 00:02:44.080 --> 00:02:50.820 I think I'll do a better job at it the second time through. 00:02:52.040 --> 00:02:55.920 And leading up to our text today, and in our text today, 00:02:56.360 --> 00:03:04.620 starting in chapter 2, we have seen a series of misunderstandings in John's writing. 00:03:05.420 --> 00:03:09.180 So first we see John chapter 2 and verse 20, 00:03:09.180 --> 00:03:14.020 after Jesus has said some things about the temple being torn down 00:03:14.020 --> 00:03:16.500 and it being raised up again in three days, 00:03:16.580 --> 00:03:19.500 and he's talking about his death and his resurrection, 00:03:20.219 --> 00:03:22.020 there's a misunderstanding. 00:03:22.760 --> 00:03:24.500 We just see the Jews then said, 00:03:24.580 --> 00:03:27.580 it has taken 46 years to build this temple, 00:03:28.100 --> 00:03:31.300 and you will raise it up in three days? 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:33.080 They miss the point. 00:03:33.420 --> 00:03:35.140 They're hard of hearing. 00:03:35.139 --> 00:03:39.659 They don't understand the spiritual thing that Jesus is there teaching. 00:03:40.719 --> 00:03:43.819 Then in John chapter 3 and verse 4, 00:03:44.399 --> 00:03:49.619 there Jesus is talking about the need to be born again. 00:03:49.699 --> 00:03:54.179 Again, a spiritual reality that he's trying to teach to Nicodemus. 00:03:54.299 --> 00:03:55.239 And Nicodemus says, 00:03:55.379 --> 00:03:58.179 how can a man be born when he is old? 00:03:58.679 --> 00:04:02.219 Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born? 00:04:02.219 --> 00:04:04.580 A misunderstanding, 00:04:05.520 --> 00:04:11.300 not an illumination of what Jesus is trying to say to him. 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:15.379 And then John chapter 4 and verse 11, 00:04:15.539 --> 00:04:17.839 this is the Samaritan woman, 00:04:18.079 --> 00:04:22.600 and Jesus tells her that he can give her living water, 00:04:22.860 --> 00:04:23.620 and she says, 00:04:23.740 --> 00:04:25.959 sir, you have nothing to draw water with, 00:04:26.139 --> 00:04:28.839 and the well is deep. 00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:32.299 Where do you get that living water? 00:04:32.839 --> 00:04:34.739 And we talked about how Jesus himself, 00:04:35.519 --> 00:04:38.500 the spiritual reality is living water, 00:04:38.639 --> 00:04:42.699 fully satisfying for her need. 00:04:42.819 --> 00:04:44.579 And then later on in verse 15, 00:04:45.379 --> 00:04:46.399 she says again, 00:04:46.539 --> 00:04:50.000 sir, give me this water so that I will not be thirsty 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:53.399 or have to come here to draw water. 00:04:53.399 --> 00:04:56.359 And then in our text today, 00:04:56.539 --> 00:04:58.459 in verse 33, 00:04:59.399 --> 00:05:01.779 Jesus says that he's not hungry. 00:05:01.899 --> 00:05:04.120 They've been sent away to find food, 00:05:04.219 --> 00:05:06.979 and he says that he's not hungry, 00:05:07.339 --> 00:05:10.039 and the disciples misunderstand what he's trying to say to them, 00:05:10.120 --> 00:05:12.039 which we'll look at a bit further. 00:05:12.239 --> 00:05:12.620 And they say, 00:05:12.679 --> 00:05:15.079 has anyone brought him something to eat? 00:05:15.259 --> 00:05:17.120 I thought we went off to go get the food, 00:05:17.199 --> 00:05:20.579 and yet he seems no longer to be hungry. 00:05:20.579 --> 00:05:23.060 Hard of hearing. 00:05:25.459 --> 00:05:26.099 Misunderstood. 00:05:27.060 --> 00:05:28.379 And so when we come to texts like this, 00:05:28.439 --> 00:05:31.060 it's very easy to read the text 00:05:31.060 --> 00:05:34.519 and read phrases like in verse 34, 00:05:34.659 --> 00:05:38.399 my food is to do the will of him who sent me 00:05:38.399 --> 00:05:41.759 and to accomplish his work. 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:43.259 And to not understand it. 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:47.180 To scratch our heads at what it means. 00:05:47.180 --> 00:05:52.079 And you'll likely in your life read past phrases like this 00:05:52.079 --> 00:05:52.540 and go, 00:05:52.680 --> 00:05:53.560 well, that's strange. 00:05:54.500 --> 00:05:56.959 And go on and not visit it. 00:05:57.840 --> 00:06:01.879 That's why it's good that we press us to sit down 00:06:01.879 --> 00:06:06.460 and really take a look at a text as we study it together. 00:06:07.660 --> 00:06:10.500 My food is to do the will of him who sent me 00:06:10.500 --> 00:06:14.360 and to accomplish his work. 00:06:14.360 --> 00:06:17.800 So as we misunderstand these things, 00:06:17.860 --> 00:06:20.600 there's a couple of possibilities for why we misunderstand them. 00:06:20.680 --> 00:06:23.240 Number one, it could just make no sense 00:06:23.240 --> 00:06:25.720 because we are spiritually dead. 00:06:26.379 --> 00:06:32.060 We don't have God's Spirit to help us discern God's Word. 00:06:32.460 --> 00:06:35.680 Our ears haven't been brought to life. 00:06:35.960 --> 00:06:39.699 Our eyes haven't been brought to life in order to see. 00:06:39.699 --> 00:06:44.719 And so we just don't understand these types of hard sayings. 00:06:45.740 --> 00:06:48.680 It's also possible that it makes no sense to us 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:51.740 because we are regenerate. 00:06:51.920 --> 00:06:55.259 We have been made alive by the Spirit of Christ. 00:06:55.759 --> 00:06:59.159 But we just don't do the work. 00:07:00.139 --> 00:07:06.379 We don't just take the time to really consider what's being said. 00:07:06.379 --> 00:07:10.680 We're such an on-demand people, are we not? 00:07:11.159 --> 00:07:16.459 These magic devices that we carry around in our pockets all the time 00:07:16.459 --> 00:07:20.060 put information right at our fingertips. 00:07:20.060 --> 00:07:25.459 My sister-in-law, who's a teacher, went back to work as an ESOL teacher. 00:07:26.100 --> 00:07:28.660 And her job is to partner with students. 00:07:28.720 --> 00:07:31.980 So she's going into classes and she's partnering with students 00:07:31.980 --> 00:07:35.439 who don't speak English as their primary language. 00:07:35.840 --> 00:07:39.279 And she, first week of school, was in a class 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:42.459 and the students were asked what the seven continents were, 00:07:42.620 --> 00:07:46.019 10th graders, seven continents, and none of them knew. 00:07:46.019 --> 00:07:50.599 And she just was milling around the room just trying to help random students 00:07:50.599 --> 00:07:54.459 and figuring out if they knew what this continent is. 00:07:54.799 --> 00:07:57.159 And a group she was talking to had no idea. 00:07:58.039 --> 00:07:59.259 And we were musing about that. 00:07:59.339 --> 00:08:01.459 How is it that 10th graders don't know this? 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:04.240 And one of my answers to it was, well, it's in their pocket. 00:08:06.379 --> 00:08:10.819 Why know and learn anything when you can access it with just a short query? 00:08:11.919 --> 00:08:13.319 And I think we do this as Christians. 00:08:13.319 --> 00:08:15.920 We don't take the time to really understand. 00:08:16.159 --> 00:08:20.680 We don't let the Word soak deep into us. 00:08:21.099 --> 00:08:22.219 Meditate on it. 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:25.779 We are confused, so we run quickly to find an answer. 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:28.219 Or we just decide it doesn't really matter right now. 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:32.360 When it does, perhaps I'll try to figure out what it means. 00:08:33.139 --> 00:08:35.120 Just don't do the work. 00:08:36.340 --> 00:08:37.899 And I'll tell you, the work is good. 00:08:38.580 --> 00:08:41.679 It's really good to do the work. 00:08:41.679 --> 00:08:48.779 Or perhaps we're so wrapped up in worldliness that we are just spiritually numb. 00:08:49.679 --> 00:08:58.139 We just have become apathetic and stopped really caring that Jesus says things and he does things, 00:08:58.199 --> 00:09:01.399 in the case of John, that are often confusing. 00:09:02.199 --> 00:09:05.439 And I just don't want to put the effort in at all. 00:09:05.440 --> 00:09:11.500 Third possibility is that we do, in fact, put in the work. 00:09:11.940 --> 00:09:18.280 And the Spirit illuminates the text for us and we are greatly benefited by it. 00:09:19.280 --> 00:09:23.880 Of course, I have concern for the previous of those two possibilities. 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:29.520 I hope and pray that we all find ourselves in that third category. 00:09:29.519 --> 00:09:34.519 But in the first case of concern, I've been praying and always do pray. 00:09:34.620 --> 00:09:36.720 It's why we pray for the preaching of God's Word. 00:09:36.840 --> 00:09:44.360 That God would grant us spiritual life as his Word is studied. 00:09:44.840 --> 00:09:50.319 That even this morning, you may not have repented yet of your sin and placed your faith in Jesus Christ. 00:09:50.320 --> 00:09:55.860 And that he would make it come alive to you as you come to life. 00:09:57.320 --> 00:10:02.360 In the second case, I want to turn your attention away from worldliness. 00:10:02.500 --> 00:10:04.680 We have such few moments together. 00:10:05.720 --> 00:10:11.360 It seems so often that the gathering of the church just isn't sufficient for the task. 00:10:11.360 --> 00:10:20.080 And so we ask that the Spirit would work mightily in our lives in these moments that we have as we come together and open God's Word. 00:10:20.800 --> 00:10:25.740 I want to show you that this is a magnificent Word. 00:10:25.899 --> 00:10:32.240 And I also want to show you that you can study and understand it. 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:36.080 It's possible for you to do this work. 00:10:36.080 --> 00:10:40.120 And so often when I preach, I'm trying to show you the process. 00:10:40.660 --> 00:10:43.540 How do we get to the place that we get? 00:10:43.639 --> 00:10:46.060 I don't want to present myself as some genius. 00:10:46.820 --> 00:10:48.540 It would be difficult to do because I'm not. 00:10:49.680 --> 00:10:50.780 I take some time. 00:10:50.980 --> 00:10:52.360 I do some work. 00:10:52.720 --> 00:10:55.280 I've spent a lot of time in this text. 00:10:55.420 --> 00:11:00.100 And I've got a stack of books that were read this past week and studied. 00:11:01.020 --> 00:11:03.580 But I want to show you, you can do this. 00:11:03.580 --> 00:11:07.639 And so we're going to do that with the text this morning. 00:11:08.460 --> 00:11:11.740 So let's pray that God would help us as we study together. 00:11:13.259 --> 00:11:19.200 Our Father and our God, we do ask that as we take up your Word together this morning, 00:11:20.920 --> 00:11:24.200 we want to rightly understand it. 00:11:25.000 --> 00:11:29.000 We don't want to just merely derive some facts from it. 00:11:29.000 --> 00:11:33.700 But we want it to affect our hearts the way you intend for it to. 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:37.639 And we know that we can't do this without your help. 00:11:38.679 --> 00:11:47.460 We humbly recognize it was written for your glory, firstly, that you would be known and also for our good. 00:11:47.460 --> 00:11:57.200 We ask that you would help us believe its promises, obey its commands, and have affection for you, its author. 00:11:58.040 --> 00:11:59.680 And we pray this in the name of Christ. 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:00.920 31. 00:12:00.919 --> 00:12:09.860 Meanwhile, the disciples were urging him, saying, Rabbi, eat. 00:12:10.939 --> 00:12:14.519 But he said to them, I have food to eat that you do not know about. 00:12:15.439 --> 00:12:19.579 So the disciples said to one another, has anyone brought him something to eat? 00:12:20.759 --> 00:12:27.500 Jesus said to them, my food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work. 00:12:27.500 --> 00:12:32.100 Do you not say there are yet four months, then comes the harvest? 00:12:32.620 --> 00:12:39.200 Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes and see that the fields are white for harvest. 00:12:40.320 --> 00:12:44.779 Already the one who reaps is receiving wages and gathering fruit for eternal life, 00:12:44.940 --> 00:12:47.960 so that sower and reaper may rejoice together. 00:12:48.779 --> 00:12:53.580 For here the saying holds true, one sows and another reaps. 00:12:54.519 --> 00:12:56.960 I sent you to reap for that which you did not labor. 00:12:57.500 --> 00:13:00.940 Others have labored, and you have entered into their labor. 00:13:02.080 --> 00:13:06.440 Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman's testimony. 00:13:07.019 --> 00:13:09.980 He told me all that I ever did. 00:13:10.860 --> 00:13:15.740 So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days. 00:13:16.299 --> 00:13:18.580 And many more believed because of his word. 00:13:18.580 --> 00:13:23.379 They said to the woman, it is no longer because of what you said that we believe, 00:13:23.759 --> 00:13:29.820 for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is indeed the Savior of the world. 00:13:31.100 --> 00:13:32.860 So, a little bit of detail. 00:13:33.520 --> 00:13:34.920 If you've not been with us, right? 00:13:35.020 --> 00:13:38.420 Prior to this, they're outside the town of Sychar. 00:13:38.740 --> 00:13:41.220 They're in a region where the Samaritans live. 00:13:41.220 --> 00:13:45.879 And the Samaritans were half-breed Jewish people, right? 00:13:45.980 --> 00:13:52.420 They're the ancestors of those who returned from captivity and bred with the people of the land, 00:13:52.540 --> 00:13:54.120 and they were seen as unclean. 00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:57.540 They were seen as outside the grace of God. 00:13:57.539 --> 00:14:05.779 This is Christ's first, John's record, cross-cultural ministry effort. 00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:08.360 And we believe that he was led there. 00:14:08.439 --> 00:14:13.659 The text says that he had to go this way, and there were actually roads that went around this region. 00:14:14.199 --> 00:14:18.299 Most Jews would have traveled around the region of Samaria. 00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:24.659 And yet he goes through it, and he has this divine encounter with this woman 00:14:24.659 --> 00:14:30.500 who has had five husbands and now is living with a man who is not her husband. 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:35.399 And so it's understood that she was coming to the well in the middle of the day to draw water. 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:37.620 Instead of when it would have normally been drawn, 00:14:37.779 --> 00:14:40.879 either in the early hours or the late, when it was cool, 00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:47.199 she's coming because she's avoiding the shame of being around other people from Sychar. 00:14:47.299 --> 00:14:50.919 She's avoiding the talking of the other women. 00:14:52.100 --> 00:14:54.419 She's got great sin. 00:14:54.659 --> 00:14:58.500 Jesus exposes that sin at the beginning of the chapter 00:14:58.500 --> 00:15:02.699 and then offers to her greater mercy, 00:15:03.079 --> 00:15:10.559 more abundant grace in the form of this living water conversation that he has with her. 00:15:12.019 --> 00:15:17.039 We hope, we think and hope that she is converted. 00:15:17.259 --> 00:15:20.439 We're unsure of that, but she goes back to the village. 00:15:20.539 --> 00:15:21.659 She leaves her water jar. 00:15:21.659 --> 00:15:24.159 She goes back to the village and she begins to ask, 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:26.740 which he had said to her that he was the Messiah, 00:15:26.919 --> 00:15:28.399 and she begins to ask that question. 00:15:28.500 --> 00:15:29.059 He's told me, 00:15:29.199 --> 00:15:31.439 everything that I've ever done, 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:33.639 could this be him? 00:15:33.799 --> 00:15:37.539 Like the anointed one that the scripture speaks of. 00:15:38.699 --> 00:15:40.919 And so that's where you pick up in verse 31, 00:15:41.219 --> 00:15:42.659 the meanwhile. 00:15:43.279 --> 00:15:44.919 The disciples have returned. 00:15:44.919 --> 00:15:48.419 They're marveling that Jesus is talking to a woman, 00:15:48.579 --> 00:15:50.000 and she's gone into town, 00:15:50.139 --> 00:15:51.759 and they're there, 00:15:51.879 --> 00:15:53.079 and they're waiting. 00:15:53.259 --> 00:15:57.860 And so you see in our text that people from the town come out to him, 00:15:58.079 --> 00:16:02.919 and this is the meanwhile conversation that's going on. 00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:09.199 Now, I'm going to spare you the big, large, chiastic talk. 00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:11.679 And if anything I'm about to say piques your interest, 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:12.419 and I hope it does, 00:16:12.860 --> 00:16:15.299 feel free to come ask me more about it. 00:16:15.379 --> 00:16:18.419 But the book of John is laid out in a chiastic structure, 00:16:18.579 --> 00:16:21.419 which means the beginning and the end correspond to each other, 00:16:21.459 --> 00:16:24.339 and it continues to work itself toward a center. 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:29.259 And the book has within it chiastic structures. 00:16:29.259 --> 00:16:29.899 Right? 00:16:30.319 --> 00:16:32.519 So we have before us, 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:36.059 beginning in verse 31 and going through verse 42, 00:16:36.580 --> 00:16:38.720 another chiastic structure. 00:16:39.340 --> 00:16:43.059 This has become a talk at our table at our house. 00:16:43.779 --> 00:16:46.360 The boys are trying to find chiasms everywhere now. 00:16:46.860 --> 00:16:48.919 And I'm trying to emphasize that they're not everywhere, 00:16:49.299 --> 00:16:51.259 but we want to see them when they are there 00:16:51.259 --> 00:16:53.799 because it's a really common literary structure, 00:16:53.799 --> 00:16:57.179 and it's meant to help us comprehend 00:16:57.179 --> 00:16:59.519 what the text is about. 00:17:00.699 --> 00:17:03.919 So look at verse 31 through 34, 00:17:04.399 --> 00:17:07.139 and then verse 40 through 42. 00:17:08.159 --> 00:17:09.440 These two verses, 00:17:10.200 --> 00:17:13.179 these sets of verses correspond to one another. 00:17:13.359 --> 00:17:15.799 And the clue to that is the phrase, 00:17:16.139 --> 00:17:18.559 urging him in verse 31, 00:17:19.559 --> 00:17:20.799 and then the phrase, 00:17:21.460 --> 00:17:23.539 asked him in verse 40. 00:17:23.539 --> 00:17:26.879 It's the exact same Greek phrase. 00:17:27.680 --> 00:17:28.339 Exact same. 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:28.819 Right? 00:17:29.259 --> 00:17:32.619 Now the translators give us different English words for it, 00:17:32.619 --> 00:17:34.579 which doesn't really serve us in this case, 00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:38.559 but we do well when we see patterns of things to go, 00:17:38.659 --> 00:17:39.339 hey, wait a second. 00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:42.940 Could something be going on here? 00:17:43.920 --> 00:17:45.240 I'm going to suggest to you, 00:17:45.299 --> 00:17:46.180 and we're going to spend a little bit of time 00:17:46.180 --> 00:17:47.259 thinking about this together, 00:17:47.259 --> 00:17:49.779 but Jesus' phrase in verse 34, 00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:52.519 my food is through the will of him who sent me, 00:17:52.599 --> 00:17:54.700 and to accomplish his work, 00:17:54.740 --> 00:17:58.099 we'll talk about what that work is, 00:17:58.599 --> 00:18:02.579 corresponds to what they say about Jesus, 00:18:03.099 --> 00:18:03.740 the Samaritans. 00:18:03.879 --> 00:18:08.700 This is indeed the Savior of the world. 00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:12.619 So these verses correspond to one another. 00:18:12.619 --> 00:18:16.579 Then notice verse 35 and 39. 00:18:18.519 --> 00:18:19.179 He says, 00:18:19.299 --> 00:18:19.459 Jesus, 00:18:19.639 --> 00:18:21.859 do you not say there are yet four months? 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:22.959 Then comes the harvest. 00:18:23.099 --> 00:18:23.859 Look, I tell you, 00:18:23.979 --> 00:18:29.039 lift up your eyes and see that the fields are white for harvest. 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:32.359 Many postulate that the people would have been wearing 00:18:32.359 --> 00:18:33.759 some form of white clothing, 00:18:33.879 --> 00:18:35.059 and therefore it would have actually looked, 00:18:35.139 --> 00:18:36.799 and they came down the road from Sikar, 00:18:36.879 --> 00:18:40.879 it would have looked like the fields were ripe for harvest. 00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:43.980 I don't know for sure if that's the case, 00:18:44.180 --> 00:18:46.980 but we think that these people are coming out of the town, 00:18:47.060 --> 00:18:48.860 and they can see this happening. 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:50.120 Verse 39 says, 00:18:50.320 --> 00:18:53.920 many Samaritans from that town believed. 00:18:55.880 --> 00:18:59.680 Verse 36 and verse 38. 00:19:00.760 --> 00:19:02.400 Here we see the phrases, 00:19:02.600 --> 00:19:05.280 the one who reaps is receiving wages. 00:19:06.020 --> 00:19:07.120 And then verse 38, 00:19:07.380 --> 00:19:10.000 I sent you to reap. 00:19:10.000 --> 00:19:13.880 And it brings us to the central piece of the chiasm, 00:19:14.099 --> 00:19:16.180 which is often there to help us. 00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:17.259 It turns on this, 00:19:17.480 --> 00:19:19.359 helps us understand the rest of the text. 00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:21.380 And here he says, 00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:23.660 for here the saying holds true, 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:27.579 one sows and another reaps. 00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:30.119 You can do this. 00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:32.599 This is not an impossible task 00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:34.799 for you to sit down and take the time 00:19:34.799 --> 00:19:36.000 to work this through. 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:39.240 And I will tell you that I did this in this text, 00:19:39.400 --> 00:19:40.960 and then I went and confirmed it with somebody 00:19:40.960 --> 00:19:43.599 who's way smarter at this stuff than I am. 00:19:44.380 --> 00:19:45.339 You could buy the book I bought. 00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:46.299 I bought it on Amazon. 00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:47.539 It came in two days. 00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:48.420 Okay? 00:19:49.019 --> 00:19:51.980 This is not impossible for you to do. 00:19:52.220 --> 00:19:54.740 And then to think about why. 00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:55.880 Why? 00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:58.240 Why structured this way? 00:19:58.319 --> 00:19:59.559 It was a mnemonic tool. 00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:01.000 They used it to memorize things. 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:03.539 These things the Hebrew people did. 00:20:04.059 --> 00:20:05.680 So perhaps it serves us in that way. 00:20:05.819 --> 00:20:07.460 We might find ourselves being able to 00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:10.220 story this story to somebody 00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:12.079 because of its structure. 00:20:12.319 --> 00:20:13.420 But more than that, 00:20:13.500 --> 00:20:15.640 it's meant to help us ascertain 00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:17.359 its meaning, 00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:18.079 to drive us there. 00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:19.220 Now I'm not suggesting that you have to 00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:20.039 understand Christ's structure 00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:21.200 to unlock Scripture. 00:20:21.339 --> 00:20:22.619 This is some secret code. 00:20:22.940 --> 00:20:23.799 And there's going to be things 00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:25.579 you never could have gotten any other way. 00:20:25.859 --> 00:20:27.839 Please don't hear me say that at all. 00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:29.220 But it helps. 00:20:29.220 --> 00:20:30.860 And it enlivens it. 00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:31.700 And oh, 00:20:31.779 --> 00:20:32.920 does it make the Scripture 00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:33.980 magnificent? 00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:38.500 What a beautifully complex text 00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.880 to help us understand 00:20:39.880 --> 00:20:40.920 profound, 00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:43.720 profound truths. 00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:45.299 So we'll pick that back up. 00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:46.620 I want you to see. 00:20:46.700 --> 00:20:48.539 You can look at this literary structure 00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:49.440 and I'll tell you about 00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:50.339 some other literary structure 00:20:50.339 --> 00:20:53.240 in just a little bit here. 00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:54.640 Okay. 00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:55.740 Let's start. 00:20:55.740 --> 00:20:56.700 Let's start by looking at 00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:58.259 the first four verses. 00:20:58.259 --> 00:21:01.019 So this first piece of correspondence, 00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:02.599 we'll look at verse 31 through 34, 00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:04.660 and then it in relation to 00:21:04.660 --> 00:21:07.160 verses 40 through 42. 00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:07.960 Okay. 00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:08.799 So again, 00:21:09.799 --> 00:21:11.759 the disciples urge Jesus, 00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:12.259 saying, 00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:12.700 Rabbi, 00:21:12.940 --> 00:21:13.160 eat. 00:21:13.279 --> 00:21:14.500 They've been sent away on a task. 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:16.299 That's how he finds himself alone 00:21:16.299 --> 00:21:18.319 at the well earlier in the chapter. 00:21:18.460 --> 00:21:19.579 And they've returned. 00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:20.160 And they say, 00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:20.480 eat. 00:21:20.579 --> 00:21:20.720 Right. 00:21:20.720 --> 00:21:21.900 We brought you food. 00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:22.460 And he says, 00:21:22.539 --> 00:21:23.779 I have food to eat 00:21:23.779 --> 00:21:25.180 that you don't know about. 00:21:25.180 --> 00:21:26.880 And they muse. 00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:27.080 Right. 00:21:27.100 --> 00:21:28.019 They say to one another, 00:21:28.120 --> 00:21:29.259 has anyone brought him something to eat? 00:21:29.320 --> 00:21:31.840 Where's the food that he's talking about? 00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:34.440 And he states this spiritual reality, 00:21:34.560 --> 00:21:36.019 which is just astounding. 00:21:36.740 --> 00:21:39.620 My food is to do the will of him who sent me 00:21:39.620 --> 00:21:42.480 and to accomplish his work. 00:21:43.820 --> 00:21:46.640 Food exists or should, 00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:47.920 at its basis level, 00:21:48.019 --> 00:21:50.279 exist for our sustenance. 00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:50.779 Right. 00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:52.000 It's how we get the energy. 00:21:52.079 --> 00:21:53.579 Our bodies do all the chemical things 00:21:53.579 --> 00:21:54.180 our bodies do. 00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:55.440 And we get the energy that we need 00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:57.079 to go on. 00:21:57.599 --> 00:21:57.720 Right. 00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:59.240 So we eat, 00:21:59.539 --> 00:22:01.220 in physical terms, 00:22:01.319 --> 00:22:03.500 we eat so that we can work. 00:22:04.899 --> 00:22:05.799 Jesus here says, 00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:09.420 my food is to do the work. 00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:11.500 The work itself is the food 00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:14.200 that sustains me. 00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:16.599 Anybody reading this on the surface 00:22:16.599 --> 00:22:18.519 doesn't think that this is actually 00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:20.759 the physically sustaining thing for him. 00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:22.920 That he's talking about his human form 00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:24.139 in this case. 00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:27.119 That Jesus never ate in his ministry. 00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:29.559 We have lots of record of him eating. 00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:30.099 In fact, 00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:32.379 he had sent the disciples away 00:22:32.379 --> 00:22:33.639 to get food. 00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:35.059 It's the very thing, 00:22:35.119 --> 00:22:36.440 the mission that they were on 00:22:36.440 --> 00:22:38.619 at this moment. 00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:42.000 But he has now had this conversation, 00:22:42.500 --> 00:22:43.819 this gospel conversation, 00:22:44.339 --> 00:22:45.579 with this woman. 00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:47.079 This is part of the text 00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:47.900 that gives me some hope 00:22:47.900 --> 00:22:49.259 that this woman is actually converted 00:22:49.259 --> 00:22:51.000 because she forgets the chore 00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.759 she's there to do. 00:22:51.860 --> 00:22:53.080 She leaves her water jar 00:22:53.080 --> 00:22:55.480 and she heads off into town. 00:22:55.759 --> 00:22:58.300 And I think it's energizing to Jesus. 00:22:59.400 --> 00:23:00.940 He's doing the will of him 00:23:00.940 --> 00:23:02.380 who sent him 00:23:02.380 --> 00:23:06.120 and accomplishing his work. 00:23:07.600 --> 00:23:08.620 As we read 00:23:08.620 --> 00:23:11.080 all the New Testament, 00:23:11.280 --> 00:23:12.400 certainly as we read John, 00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:13.880 we ought to understand John 00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:17.580 as having a fully developed view 00:23:17.580 --> 00:23:20.380 of Jesus' nature. 00:23:20.560 --> 00:23:22.240 Both that he is truly God 00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:24.760 and that he is truly man. 00:23:24.840 --> 00:23:25.620 We shouldn't think 00:23:25.620 --> 00:23:27.580 that he's confused about it at all. 00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:30.600 So I think what we see going on here 00:23:30.600 --> 00:23:32.220 is an expression, 00:23:32.580 --> 00:23:32.980 Jesus says, 00:23:33.060 --> 00:23:34.180 my food is through the will of him 00:23:34.180 --> 00:23:34.660 who sent me 00:23:34.660 --> 00:23:35.840 and to accomplish his work, 00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:38.900 both of Christ's deity 00:23:38.900 --> 00:23:42.500 and of his humanity. 00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:44.860 I think you see both things going on 00:23:44.860 --> 00:23:48.140 in this recorded sentence. 00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:52.220 So if we do a little bit of contextual work, 00:23:52.580 --> 00:23:58.759 Jesus is truly God. 00:23:58.759 --> 00:24:00.680 So in a sense, 00:24:01.279 --> 00:24:03.339 him talking about doing the will, 00:24:03.619 --> 00:24:05.920 being the sustenance for doing the will, 00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:07.879 in a loop, 00:24:08.559 --> 00:24:12.079 speaks to his self-existence, 00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:17.759 his self-sustaining power as God. 00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:19.819 Jesus is God. 00:24:20.859 --> 00:24:22.799 John chapter 1 and verse 1. 00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:25.740 In the beginning was the Word, 00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:26.740 this is Jesus, 00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:28.480 and the Word was with God 00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:32.160 and the Word was God. 00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:35.640 God needs nothing 00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:38.140 to add to his power, 00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:41.980 to give him any kind of existence 00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:43.519 or sustenance. 00:24:44.079 --> 00:24:45.500 He just is. 00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:48.240 Wonderful phrase in Genesis. 00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:49.779 I am. 00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:51.819 I am. 00:24:51.980 --> 00:24:52.960 His auseity. 00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:54.620 He just exists. 00:24:54.619 --> 00:24:57.099 Jesus is speaking to this 00:24:57.099 --> 00:25:00.519 in some measure here. 00:25:01.559 --> 00:25:04.959 Jesus doesn't need bread. 00:25:05.619 --> 00:25:08.439 He is the bread of life. 00:25:09.339 --> 00:25:10.219 He's going to speak about that 00:25:10.219 --> 00:25:11.059 some later. 00:25:11.159 --> 00:25:12.439 John chapter 6 and verse 35. 00:25:12.619 --> 00:25:14.559 We'll get to look at in some weeks. 00:25:14.679 --> 00:25:15.839 Jesus said to them, 00:25:15.939 --> 00:25:18.679 I am the bread of life. 00:25:18.680 --> 00:25:21.019 Whoever comes to me shall not hunger 00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:23.060 and whoever believes in me 00:25:23.060 --> 00:25:25.620 shall never thirst. 00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:27.960 Earlier, living water 00:25:27.960 --> 00:25:30.580 earlier in our chapter. 00:25:31.860 --> 00:25:32.720 Now previously, 00:25:33.400 --> 00:25:34.420 in our liturgy, 00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:36.360 read from Deuteronomy chapter 8. 00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:38.259 I think that Jesus is probably referring to 00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:40.680 also Deuteronomy 8 and verse 3. 00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:42.920 The very thing that he quotes 00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:44.820 to Satan when he's being tempted 00:25:44.820 --> 00:25:45.380 in the wilderness, 00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:55.400 Jesus is truly God. 00:25:55.860 --> 00:25:59.240 His sustenance is to do the will 00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:00.700 of his Father. 00:26:02.560 --> 00:26:06.680 Also, he is truly man. 00:26:07.620 --> 00:26:08.960 Truly man. 00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:11.740 And he's been given a mission. 00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:12.900 Both as God, 00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:15.519 but also as a man. 00:26:15.640 --> 00:26:16.079 To come, 00:26:16.340 --> 00:26:17.360 live a perfect life, 00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:20.579 die a sacrificial death. 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:23.740 So, this idea of him 00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.840 doing the will 00:26:24.840 --> 00:26:26.240 of the Father sending him 00:26:26.240 --> 00:26:28.120 and accomplishing his work, 00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:30.620 what is that? 00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:33.519 Also in John chapter 6, 00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.720 beginning of verse 37. 00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:36.259 There Jesus says, 00:26:36.259 --> 00:26:38.579 All that the Father gives me 00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:39.599 will come to me, 00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:41.819 and whoever comes to me, 00:26:42.379 --> 00:26:44.279 I will never cast out. 00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:47.339 So, those that I came 00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:49.420 to live and die for 00:26:49.420 --> 00:26:51.759 will be mine. 00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:52.720 He says, verse 38, 00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:54.000 For I have come down from heaven 00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:56.339 not to do my own will, 00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:59.039 but the will of him 00:26:59.039 --> 00:27:00.799 who sent me. 00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:03.859 Unless we're confused at this point 00:27:03.859 --> 00:27:04.660 about what that is. 00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:05.420 He says in verse 39, 00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:06.519 And this is the will 00:27:06.519 --> 00:27:07.779 of him who sent me, 00:27:08.360 --> 00:27:09.800 that I should lose nothing 00:27:09.800 --> 00:27:12.060 of all that he has given me, 00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:13.660 but raise it up 00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:14.740 on the last day. 00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:15.640 For this is the will 00:27:15.640 --> 00:27:16.240 of my Father, 00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:18.220 that everyone who looks 00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:18.880 on the Son 00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:19.900 and believes in him 00:27:19.900 --> 00:27:22.740 should have eternal life. 00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:24.920 And I will raise him up 00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:26.680 on the last day. 00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.120 Right. 00:27:28.640 --> 00:27:29.420 So perhaps, 00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:29.840 I hope, 00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:30.519 I hope maybe, 00:27:30.960 --> 00:27:32.160 if I'm doing a good job at all, 00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:33.820 you're seeing how 00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:35.019 these first four verses 00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:36.519 have some correspondence 00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:38.899 to the last four verses. 00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.879 Remember what I said? 00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.659 That phrase that he said? 00:27:41.980 --> 00:27:42.599 Corresponded to 00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:44.000 him being called 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:45.079 by the Samaritans 00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:46.399 the Savior 00:27:46.399 --> 00:27:48.099 of the world. 00:27:49.399 --> 00:27:50.379 The will of the Father 00:27:50.379 --> 00:27:51.000 is that he would come 00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:52.099 and save 00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:53.299 his people. 00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:54.779 That he would give them 00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.599 eternal 00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:57.500 life. 00:27:57.500 --> 00:27:59.960 This phrase, 00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:01.119 Savior of the world, 00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:02.819 is a common phrase 00:28:02.819 --> 00:28:04.980 in the Christian vernacular. 00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:06.059 And for good reason. 00:28:06.200 --> 00:28:07.799 It's a really good 00:28:07.799 --> 00:28:09.460 title for Christ. 00:28:10.339 --> 00:28:11.180 But did you know 00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:12.740 that it is only found 00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.299 here 00:28:13.299 --> 00:28:14.660 and in one place 00:28:14.660 --> 00:28:15.519 in 1 John 00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.900 chapter 4, 00:28:17.140 --> 00:28:17.940 if I remember correct. 00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:19.059 I think verse 14. 00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:21.920 Savior of the world. 00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:24.920 It's an astounding 00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:25.920 declaration 00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:27.680 in Jesus' day. 00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:29.440 An astounding 00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:30.380 declaration. 00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:32.019 Because the 00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:33.960 concept of salvation 00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:35.200 was understood 00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:37.080 to be predominantly 00:28:37.080 --> 00:28:37.960 restricted 00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.840 to 00:28:38.840 --> 00:28:40.279 the Jews. 00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:41.960 Predominantly 00:28:41.960 --> 00:28:42.960 restricted to them. 00:28:43.480 --> 00:28:44.880 God's grace and mercy. 00:28:45.380 --> 00:28:46.380 Not for everyone. 00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:47.640 This was the understanding 00:28:47.640 --> 00:28:48.840 of the day. 00:28:49.639 --> 00:28:50.399 As I said before, 00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.419 this is Jesus' first 00:28:51.419 --> 00:28:52.879 cross-cultural ministry. 00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:54.240 And these Samaritan 00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:55.359 believers have come 00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:56.500 to experience 00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:58.220 the greatness, 00:28:58.819 --> 00:29:01.519 the over-the-top 00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.399 nature 00:29:02.399 --> 00:29:03.359 of his mercy 00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:04.720 to those 00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.220 understood 00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:06.399 to be outside 00:29:06.399 --> 00:29:07.779 of his 00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:09.139 mercy. 00:29:10.159 --> 00:29:10.959 These phrases 00:29:10.959 --> 00:29:11.659 ought to cause us 00:29:11.659 --> 00:29:12.259 to pause 00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:13.720 in its correspondence 00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:15.399 to the text 00:29:15.399 --> 00:29:17.159 before it. 00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.579 My food is to do 00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:19.159 the will of him 00:29:19.159 --> 00:29:19.819 who sent me 00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:20.879 and to accomplish 00:29:20.879 --> 00:29:22.379 his work. 00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.339 And here we see 00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:24.500 a dawning 00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.939 of that glory. 00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:28.339 Eternal life. 00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.039 And to declare 00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:30.019 of him 00:29:30.019 --> 00:29:31.659 this is 00:29:31.659 --> 00:29:32.619 indeed 00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:33.619 the Savior 00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:35.119 of the world. 00:29:36.199 --> 00:29:37.059 Rich, right? 00:29:37.639 --> 00:29:38.539 Isn't that amazing? 00:29:38.899 --> 00:29:39.559 You can get that 00:29:39.559 --> 00:29:40.399 from the text otherwise. 00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:41.319 I understand it. 00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:42.759 But notice, 00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:44.099 at least for me, 00:29:44.679 --> 00:29:45.439 there's some life 00:29:45.439 --> 00:29:45.779 in it 00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:46.579 when it corresponds 00:29:46.579 --> 00:29:48.639 in this way. 00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.879 Okay, let's look on. 00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.639 What he goes on to say 00:29:52.639 --> 00:29:53.160 beginning in 00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:55.420 verse 35. 00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:58.119 Do you not say 00:29:58.119 --> 00:30:00.379 there are yet 00:30:00.379 --> 00:30:01.740 four months, 00:30:01.899 --> 00:30:03.399 then comes 00:30:03.399 --> 00:30:04.779 the harvest. 00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:06.420 He launches into 00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:07.460 an analogy with them. 00:30:07.859 --> 00:30:08.579 Look, I tell you, 00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.399 lift up your eyes 00:30:09.399 --> 00:30:10.579 and see that the fields 00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:11.940 are white 00:30:11.940 --> 00:30:12.579 for harvest. 00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:13.319 harvest. 00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:13.859 Again, 00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.519 the understanding 00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:16.059 is that the Samaritan villagers 00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:17.679 are coming toward them 00:30:17.679 --> 00:30:19.119 at this time. 00:30:20.419 --> 00:30:20.980 Already, 00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:21.679 he says, 00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.460 the one who reaps 00:30:22.460 --> 00:30:23.500 is receiving wages 00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:24.759 and gathering fruit 00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:26.379 for eternal life 00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:27.659 so that sower 00:30:27.659 --> 00:30:28.519 and reaper 00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:29.859 may rejoice together. 00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:30.519 For here 00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:31.240 the saying 00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:32.599 holds true. 00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:33.819 One sows 00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:35.259 and another reaps. 00:30:36.119 --> 00:30:37.000 I sent you to reap 00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.619 for that 00:30:37.619 --> 00:30:38.599 which you did not labor. 00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.720 Others have labored 00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:40.920 and you have entered 00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:43.400 into their labor. 00:30:44.620 --> 00:30:44.860 Okay. 00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:45.799 So, 00:30:46.400 --> 00:30:47.740 you do with this 00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.759 analogy, right? 00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:50.940 He's recognizing 00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.620 that there's 00:30:51.620 --> 00:30:52.640 a cycle 00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:53.880 that takes place 00:30:53.880 --> 00:30:55.460 between 00:30:55.460 --> 00:30:56.360 sowing 00:30:56.360 --> 00:30:57.059 and 00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:57.980 reaping. 00:30:58.360 --> 00:30:58.839 There's 00:30:58.839 --> 00:30:59.940 four months 00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:00.420 between. 00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.100 The understanding 00:31:02.100 --> 00:31:02.440 is 00:31:02.440 --> 00:31:04.059 this is likely 00:31:04.059 --> 00:31:04.539 wheat 00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:05.380 that they're 00:31:05.380 --> 00:31:05.819 sowing 00:31:05.819 --> 00:31:06.420 and 00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:07.259 reaping. 00:31:07.839 --> 00:31:08.700 There are four months 00:31:08.700 --> 00:31:10.080 then comes 00:31:10.080 --> 00:31:11.500 the harvest. 00:31:12.380 --> 00:31:12.920 Jesus says, 00:31:13.080 --> 00:31:13.360 look, 00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.819 the harvest 00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:16.519 is already 00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:17.720 here. 00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:19.420 Jesus says 00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:20.500 that the disciples 00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:22.840 are the reapers. 00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:24.360 They're the ones 00:31:24.360 --> 00:31:25.240 reaping. 00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:28.140 But who sowed? 00:31:28.319 --> 00:31:29.340 That's an important question 00:31:29.340 --> 00:31:30.360 to ask of this text, 00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:31.000 I think. 00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:33.000 But who is it then 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:34.539 that sowed? 00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:35.220 And I will tell you 00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:35.860 that the answer 00:31:35.860 --> 00:31:37.220 is not easy to discern. 00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:37.960 In fact, 00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:38.620 I'm not going to give you 00:31:38.620 --> 00:31:39.480 much of one. 00:31:40.380 --> 00:31:41.180 The explanations 00:31:41.180 --> 00:31:41.880 are 00:31:41.880 --> 00:31:43.980 all over the map. 00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:44.660 You could almost 00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:45.640 pick any possibility 00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:46.319 of who sowed 00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:47.200 and somebody out there 00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:47.900 has written a book 00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:48.980 arguing that that's 00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.360 who 00:31:49.360 --> 00:31:50.640 sowed. 00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.480 Possibly 00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.039 Jacob, 00:31:53.620 --> 00:31:53.980 the question. 00:31:54.100 --> 00:31:54.579 He's at the well 00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:55.500 of Jacob. 00:31:56.799 --> 00:31:57.740 Others would argue 00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:59.000 the prophets, 00:31:59.160 --> 00:31:59.880 so is the 00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:00.319 Torah 00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:01.039 and the prophets 00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:02.059 that followed, 00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:02.460 right? 00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:03.519 God's word 00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:04.500 that they had 00:32:04.500 --> 00:32:05.140 in that day. 00:32:05.140 --> 00:32:07.180 Some argue 00:32:07.180 --> 00:32:08.880 John the Baptist. 00:32:09.840 --> 00:32:10.759 Some argue 00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:12.560 the Samaritan woman. 00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:13.900 Some, 00:32:14.280 --> 00:32:14.560 Jesus. 00:32:14.740 --> 00:32:15.340 And there's all kinds 00:32:15.340 --> 00:32:15.860 of combinations 00:32:15.860 --> 00:32:16.920 of arguments 00:32:16.920 --> 00:32:18.020 for these 00:32:18.020 --> 00:32:18.980 various 00:32:18.980 --> 00:32:20.000 sowers. 00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:20.740 And to all 00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.360 of this, 00:32:22.080 --> 00:32:22.880 I just say 00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:23.360 yes. 00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:25.580 I think they're 00:32:25.580 --> 00:32:26.500 all the 00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.500 answer to 00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:29.220 the question 00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:30.140 and here's 00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:30.839 why. 00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:33.019 It seems 00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.519 that Jesus 00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:34.259 both 00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:35.880 collapses 00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:38.600 and expands 00:32:38.600 --> 00:32:39.579 their understanding 00:32:39.579 --> 00:32:40.200 of sowing 00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:41.819 and reaping. 00:32:42.600 --> 00:32:43.079 So notice, 00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:43.440 there's a bit 00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:44.039 of a juxtaposition 00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:44.259 here. 00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:44.680 First, 00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.620 that he 00:32:45.620 --> 00:32:46.720 collapses it. 00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:48.200 There yet 00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:48.779 four months, 00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.779 then comes 00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:50.319 the harvest, 00:32:50.500 --> 00:32:50.680 right? 00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.220 There's this 00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:52.100 expanse of time 00:32:52.100 --> 00:32:52.579 that most 00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:53.259 go on 00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:53.740 for the seed 00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:54.100 to go into 00:32:54.100 --> 00:32:54.480 the ground 00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:54.980 and bring 00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.559 forth 00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:56.519 fruit 00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.120 that can be 00:32:57.120 --> 00:32:57.860 harvested. 00:32:58.000 --> 00:32:58.600 But he says, 00:32:58.599 --> 00:32:58.939 look, 00:32:59.619 --> 00:33:00.039 lift up your 00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.659 eyes and see 00:33:00.659 --> 00:33:01.279 that the fields 00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:02.319 are white 00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:03.139 for receiving 00:33:03.139 --> 00:33:03.779 wages and 00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:04.719 gathering fruit 00:33:04.719 --> 00:33:05.219 for eternal 00:33:05.219 --> 00:33:06.579 life so that 00:33:06.579 --> 00:33:07.359 sower and 00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:08.159 reaper may 00:33:08.159 --> 00:33:08.719 rejoice 00:33:08.719 --> 00:33:10.240 together. 00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.219 So he seems 00:33:11.219 --> 00:33:11.619 to be saying, 00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.000 look, 00:33:12.919 --> 00:33:13.359 sowing and 00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:13.740 reaping. 00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:14.659 In the kingdom 00:33:14.659 --> 00:33:15.019 of God, 00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:15.500 it can happen 00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:16.000 here and 00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.439 here. 00:33:16.579 --> 00:33:17.119 So perhaps 00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:18.119 him sharing 00:33:18.119 --> 00:33:19.079 the gospel 00:33:19.079 --> 00:33:19.519 of the kingdom 00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:19.819 with the 00:33:19.819 --> 00:33:20.359 Samaritan woman, 00:33:20.459 --> 00:33:20.980 perhaps her 00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.419 going and 00:33:21.419 --> 00:33:21.879 sharing it 00:33:21.879 --> 00:33:22.379 and their 00:33:22.379 --> 00:33:23.539 response to 00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:23.759 it, 00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:24.399 sowing, 00:33:24.679 --> 00:33:24.980 reaping, 00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.639 right here 00:33:25.639 --> 00:33:26.959 seen back 00:33:26.959 --> 00:33:28.099 to back. 00:33:28.599 --> 00:33:29.059 And the 00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:30.599 sower and 00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:31.099 the reaper 00:33:31.099 --> 00:33:32.299 are not 00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:33.579 separated by 00:33:33.579 --> 00:33:34.319 time, 00:33:34.399 --> 00:33:34.659 but they 00:33:34.659 --> 00:33:36.119 can rejoice 00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:37.500 together. 00:33:38.899 --> 00:33:39.659 Perhaps he 00:33:39.659 --> 00:33:40.319 has in mind 00:33:40.319 --> 00:33:41.480 a text like 00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:42.399 Amos chapter 00:33:42.399 --> 00:33:42.919 9, 00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.719 verse 13 00:33:43.719 --> 00:33:44.539 and following. 00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:46.019 Behold, 00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:46.619 the days are 00:33:46.619 --> 00:33:47.119 coming, 00:33:47.399 --> 00:33:47.879 declares the 00:33:47.879 --> 00:33:48.220 Lord, 00:33:48.879 --> 00:33:49.519 when the 00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:50.420 plowman 00:33:50.420 --> 00:33:51.819 shall overtake 00:33:51.819 --> 00:33:52.420 the reaper 00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:53.539 and the 00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:54.099 treader of 00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:54.460 grapes, 00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:55.119 him who 00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:55.779 sows the 00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:56.299 seed. 00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.639 The mountains 00:33:57.639 --> 00:33:58.379 shall drip 00:33:58.379 --> 00:33:59.259 sweet wine 00:33:59.259 --> 00:33:59.920 and all 00:33:59.920 --> 00:34:00.579 the hills 00:34:00.579 --> 00:34:01.379 shall flow 00:34:01.379 --> 00:34:01.879 with it. 00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:03.119 I will 00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:03.639 restore the 00:34:03.639 --> 00:34:04.099 fortunes of 00:34:04.099 --> 00:34:04.500 my people 00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:05.019 Israel and 00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.339 they shall 00:34:05.339 --> 00:34:05.920 rebuild the 00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:06.460 ruined cities 00:34:06.460 --> 00:34:07.000 and inhabit 00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:07.319 them. 00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.059 They shall 00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.820 plant vineyards 00:34:08.820 --> 00:34:09.279 and drink 00:34:09.279 --> 00:34:09.800 their wine 00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.039 and they 00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.340 shall make 00:34:10.340 --> 00:34:10.840 gardens 00:34:10.840 --> 00:34:11.279 and eat 00:34:11.279 --> 00:34:11.920 their fruit. 00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:12.920 I will 00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:13.460 plant them 00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:13.760 on their 00:34:13.760 --> 00:34:14.180 land and 00:34:14.180 --> 00:34:14.460 they shall 00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:15.079 never again 00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:15.639 be uprooted 00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:16.079 out of the 00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:16.460 land that 00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:16.960 I have 00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:17.559 given them, 00:34:17.780 --> 00:34:18.880 says the 00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:19.820 Lord your 00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:20.180 God. 00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:22.440 This collapsing 00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:24.420 of field 00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:24.880 work, 00:34:25.180 --> 00:34:25.579 preparation 00:34:25.579 --> 00:34:26.180 work, 00:34:26.320 --> 00:34:27.019 and harvest 00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:27.599 work. 00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:28.680 Things will 00:34:28.680 --> 00:34:29.579 be so 00:34:29.579 --> 00:34:31.320 very abundant 00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:32.220 for God's 00:34:32.220 --> 00:34:33.099 people one 00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:33.380 day. 00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:33.720 And again, 00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:34.200 I think we're 00:34:34.200 --> 00:34:34.880 seeing the 00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.780 dawning of 00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.559 that reality 00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:36.880 and it's 00:34:36.880 --> 00:34:37.240 what we should 00:34:37.240 --> 00:34:37.880 pick up out 00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:38.820 of this text 00:34:38.820 --> 00:34:40.039 as we read 00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:40.280 it. 00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:42.360 I also 00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:42.960 think there's 00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:43.900 an expansion 00:34:43.900 --> 00:34:44.960 of the 00:34:44.960 --> 00:34:45.820 idea. 00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:46.980 He says, 00:34:47.200 --> 00:34:47.840 here's the 00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:48.639 central piece 00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.420 of the 00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:49.880 chiasm, 00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:50.900 for here 00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:51.920 the saying 00:34:51.920 --> 00:34:53.139 holds true. 00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.800 One sows 00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:56.680 and another 00:34:56.680 --> 00:34:57.119 reaps. 00:34:58.440 --> 00:34:58.780 So is it 00:34:58.780 --> 00:34:59.740 Jesus sowing 00:34:59.740 --> 00:35:00.380 and the 00:35:00.380 --> 00:35:00.880 disciples are 00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:01.220 reaping? 00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:01.880 Is it the 00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.480 Samaritan woman 00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:02.840 sowing? 00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:04.619 Perhaps, 00:35:05.300 --> 00:35:05.940 perhaps. 00:35:06.380 --> 00:35:06.760 He says, 00:35:06.820 --> 00:35:07.159 I sent you 00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:07.639 to reap 00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:08.059 for that 00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.340 which you 00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:08.820 did not 00:35:08.820 --> 00:35:09.340 labor. 00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:09.840 Others 00:35:09.840 --> 00:35:10.579 have labored 00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:11.099 and you 00:35:11.099 --> 00:35:11.839 have 00:35:11.839 --> 00:35:12.199 entered 00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:12.719 into 00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:13.639 their 00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:14.119 labor. 00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:14.500 You are 00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:15.019 harvesting 00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:15.539 from 00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:16.519 their 00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.619 labor. 00:35:17.779 --> 00:35:17.880 And I 00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:18.139 just want 00:35:18.139 --> 00:35:19.019 to suggest 00:35:19.019 --> 00:35:20.179 that there's 00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:20.839 also a 00:35:20.839 --> 00:35:21.779 reality here 00:35:21.779 --> 00:35:23.219 that someone 00:35:23.219 --> 00:35:23.619 else, 00:35:23.799 --> 00:35:24.199 again, 00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:25.119 perhaps the 00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.539 prophets, 00:35:26.619 --> 00:35:27.000 and now 00:35:27.000 --> 00:35:27.360 the day 00:35:27.360 --> 00:35:28.019 has come. 00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:29.259 These people 00:35:29.259 --> 00:35:30.059 were ready, 00:35:30.259 --> 00:35:31.400 hearts prepared 00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:32.460 by those 00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:32.679 who had 00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:33.299 gone before 00:35:33.299 --> 00:35:34.219 and sowed 00:35:34.219 --> 00:35:35.159 for a reap 00:35:35.159 --> 00:35:36.139 of the fruit 00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:36.639 of righteousness. 00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:39.199 So, 00:35:39.639 --> 00:35:39.980 it's a 00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.599 great text. 00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:41.480 It's a 00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:41.699 really 00:35:41.699 --> 00:35:42.219 cool 00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:43.799 text. 00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:45.259 Let's 00:35:45.259 --> 00:35:45.559 think about 00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:45.719 some 00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:46.239 application 00:35:46.239 --> 00:35:47.019 of it. 00:35:47.339 --> 00:35:47.339 00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:48.599 so what 00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:48.900 when we 00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:50.019 do all 00:35:50.019 --> 00:35:50.400 of that? 00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:52.039 I've got 00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:52.679 three applications 00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:53.099 for you. 00:35:53.219 --> 00:35:53.559 First, 00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:55.719 if you 00:35:55.719 --> 00:35:56.099 have yet 00:35:56.099 --> 00:35:56.519 to do 00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:56.960 so, 00:35:58.259 --> 00:35:58.619 repent 00:35:58.619 --> 00:36:00.519 and believe. 00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:02.279 Truly, 00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:03.279 Jesus is 00:36:03.279 --> 00:36:04.460 the Savior 00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:05.759 of the 00:36:05.759 --> 00:36:06.059 world. 00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:07.619 Your 00:36:07.619 --> 00:36:08.699 sin 00:36:08.699 --> 00:36:09.759 is 00:36:09.759 --> 00:36:11.079 great. 00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:12.679 Be like 00:36:12.679 --> 00:36:12.859 these 00:36:12.859 --> 00:36:13.460 Samaritan 00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:14.179 villagers, 00:36:14.279 --> 00:36:14.759 the many 00:36:14.759 --> 00:36:15.379 who believed, 00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:16.619 who recognized 00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:17.739 that their 00:36:17.739 --> 00:36:18.359 disobedience 00:36:18.359 --> 00:36:19.000 against God's 00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:19.439 word is a 00:36:19.439 --> 00:36:20.460 great offense 00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:20.859 and it 00:36:20.859 --> 00:36:21.659 deserves, 00:36:21.659 --> 00:36:23.099 it deserves 00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:24.539 death, 00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:25.500 hell, 00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.439 forever. 00:36:27.399 --> 00:36:27.819 It's the 00:36:27.819 --> 00:36:29.179 wages of it. 00:36:29.259 --> 00:36:29.699 It's what you 00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:30.839 have earned 00:36:30.839 --> 00:36:31.579 in your 00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:32.799 rebellion. 00:36:32.800 --> 00:36:32.920 sin. 00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:34.980 But don't 00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:35.740 miss that 00:36:35.740 --> 00:36:36.220 Jesus' 00:36:36.600 --> 00:36:38.220 mercy is 00:36:38.220 --> 00:36:38.900 greater 00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:39.800 than your 00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:40.039 sin. 00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:41.640 Turn from 00:36:41.640 --> 00:36:42.039 your sin. 00:36:42.560 --> 00:36:42.960 Confess 00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:43.420 your sin. 00:36:43.980 --> 00:36:44.460 Place your 00:36:44.460 --> 00:36:45.380 faith in 00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:46.680 Christ. 00:36:48.600 --> 00:36:49.240 Secondly, 00:36:50.720 --> 00:36:52.100 God uses 00:36:52.100 --> 00:36:53.019 seemingly 00:36:53.019 --> 00:36:54.340 insignificant 00:36:54.340 --> 00:36:55.960 people to 00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.800 accomplish 00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:58.300 significant 00:36:58.300 --> 00:36:59.440 things. 00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:01.780 as I'm 00:37:01.780 --> 00:37:02.200 thinking about 00:37:02.200 --> 00:37:03.619 who's doing 00:37:03.619 --> 00:37:03.820 the 00:37:03.820 --> 00:37:04.139 sowing, 00:37:04.700 --> 00:37:05.980 my mind 00:37:05.980 --> 00:37:06.519 goes to 00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:07.480 the prophet 00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:08.179 Hosea, 00:37:08.820 --> 00:37:09.280 who's 00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:09.780 commanded by 00:37:09.780 --> 00:37:10.300 God to 00:37:10.300 --> 00:37:11.099 go marry 00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:12.360 an unfaithful 00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:12.700 woman. 00:37:12.860 --> 00:37:13.159 And his 00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:14.200 marriage is 00:37:14.200 --> 00:37:14.599 like this 00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:16.059 play, 00:37:16.179 --> 00:37:16.639 this real 00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:17.380 life play 00:37:17.380 --> 00:37:18.240 of the way 00:37:18.240 --> 00:37:19.280 that Israel 00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:20.179 was unfaithful 00:37:20.179 --> 00:37:20.820 to God 00:37:20.820 --> 00:37:21.760 as her 00:37:21.760 --> 00:37:22.119 husband. 00:37:23.720 --> 00:37:24.599 He must 00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:24.920 have felt 00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:25.519 so 00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:26.659 insignificant. 00:37:26.659 --> 00:37:29.559 the ministry 00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:30.139 that God 00:37:30.139 --> 00:37:30.639 had given 00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:31.819 to him. 00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:32.500 And yet, 00:37:33.159 --> 00:37:33.679 in those first 00:37:33.679 --> 00:37:34.239 three chapters 00:37:34.239 --> 00:37:35.000 of that book, 00:37:35.119 --> 00:37:35.699 what a 00:37:35.699 --> 00:37:36.639 picture of 00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:37.259 the gospel 00:37:37.259 --> 00:37:37.960 as he goes 00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:38.739 and redeems 00:37:38.739 --> 00:37:40.039 her out of 00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:40.339 slavery. 00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:41.379 It's beautiful. 00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:42.000 I just 00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:43.139 wonder the 00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:43.559 countless 00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:44.480 peoples that 00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:44.879 have come to 00:37:44.879 --> 00:37:45.440 faith in 00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:45.899 Christ, 00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:47.259 reading and 00:37:47.259 --> 00:37:47.899 understanding 00:37:47.899 --> 00:37:49.219 that text, 00:37:49.339 --> 00:37:49.819 looking at 00:37:49.819 --> 00:37:51.480 his life, 00:37:51.739 --> 00:37:52.179 seemingly 00:37:52.179 --> 00:37:53.359 insignificant 00:37:53.359 --> 00:37:54.759 people to 00:37:54.759 --> 00:37:55.420 accomplish 00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:56.720 significant 00:37:56.720 --> 00:37:57.700 kingdom 00:37:57.700 --> 00:37:59.119 things. 00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:01.260 When I 00:38:01.260 --> 00:38:01.519 think about 00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:01.840 who's 00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:02.220 sowing, 00:38:02.680 --> 00:38:03.300 perhaps it's 00:38:03.300 --> 00:38:04.079 the Samaritan 00:38:04.079 --> 00:38:05.300 woman. 00:38:06.260 --> 00:38:06.740 A woman 00:38:06.740 --> 00:38:07.720 scorned. 00:38:07.940 --> 00:38:08.400 A woman 00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:09.480 avoiding 00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:10.800 village life. 00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:11.200 And what 00:38:11.200 --> 00:38:11.659 does she 00:38:11.659 --> 00:38:12.280 do? 00:38:13.180 --> 00:38:13.659 Being 00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:14.559 amazed 00:38:14.559 --> 00:38:15.039 by 00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.880 Jesus. 00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:16.579 She goes 00:38:16.579 --> 00:38:17.519 into town 00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:18.680 and she 00:38:18.680 --> 00:38:19.340 seems to 00:38:19.340 --> 00:38:19.880 be the 00:38:19.880 --> 00:38:20.920 vehicle 00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:22.079 for an 00:38:22.079 --> 00:38:22.500 awakening 00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:23.500 in this 00:38:23.500 --> 00:38:24.440 town. 00:38:25.420 --> 00:38:26.619 A seemingly 00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:27.320 insignificant 00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:28.200 person being 00:38:28.200 --> 00:38:28.900 used to 00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:29.400 accomplish 00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:30.880 significant 00:38:30.880 --> 00:38:32.320 things. 00:38:32.980 --> 00:38:33.400 And every 00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:34.019 one of us, 00:38:34.180 --> 00:38:35.180 every single 00:38:35.180 --> 00:38:35.840 one of us 00:38:35.840 --> 00:38:36.720 ought to 00:38:36.720 --> 00:38:37.920 see ourselves 00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:38.639 insignificant. 00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:40.860 If you feel 00:38:40.860 --> 00:38:41.380 you're significant 00:38:41.380 --> 00:38:41.980 this morning, 00:38:42.099 --> 00:38:42.900 let's have another 00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:43.519 conversation. 00:38:43.720 --> 00:38:44.240 There's text 00:38:44.240 --> 00:38:44.760 for us to 00:38:44.760 --> 00:38:45.260 go to. 00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:46.900 You've got to 00:38:46.900 --> 00:38:47.860 find yourself 00:38:47.860 --> 00:38:48.159 in the 00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:48.639 Samaritan 00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:49.000 woman. 00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:49.720 Me? 00:38:51.220 --> 00:38:52.380 I'm the one 00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:53.000 Jesus comes 00:38:53.000 --> 00:38:53.679 and encounters. 00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:55.739 I'm the one 00:38:55.739 --> 00:38:56.159 that's to 00:38:56.159 --> 00:38:56.579 go and 00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:56.920 share the 00:38:56.920 --> 00:38:57.500 good news 00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:58.820 on my 00:38:58.820 --> 00:38:59.260 campus, 00:39:00.260 --> 00:39:00.699 in my 00:39:00.699 --> 00:39:01.119 place of 00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:01.480 work, 00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:02.440 with my 00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:02.780 neighbors, 00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:03.579 in my 00:39:03.579 --> 00:39:04.699 family. 00:39:06.780 --> 00:39:07.940 When we 00:39:07.940 --> 00:39:08.679 see ourselves 00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:09.599 as so 00:39:09.599 --> 00:39:10.239 insignificant 00:39:10.239 --> 00:39:10.820 that we 00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:11.260 can't be 00:39:11.260 --> 00:39:11.860 used by 00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:12.139 God, 00:39:12.219 --> 00:39:12.960 the offense 00:39:12.960 --> 00:39:14.139 there is 00:39:14.139 --> 00:39:14.500 against 00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.139 God. 00:39:15.139 --> 00:39:17.980 God is 00:39:17.980 --> 00:39:18.579 powerful 00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:19.480 and he 00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:20.139 uses 00:39:20.139 --> 00:39:21.639 little 00:39:21.639 --> 00:39:22.119 tiny 00:39:22.119 --> 00:39:22.719 means 00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:23.379 to show 00:39:23.379 --> 00:39:23.980 himself 00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:24.859 grand, 00:39:25.279 --> 00:39:25.679 to do 00:39:25.679 --> 00:39:26.239 miraculous 00:39:26.239 --> 00:39:26.900 things 00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:28.000 as feeble 00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:28.460 people 00:39:28.460 --> 00:39:29.359 go and 00:39:29.359 --> 00:39:29.699 declare 00:39:29.699 --> 00:39:30.539 the good 00:39:30.539 --> 00:39:30.859 news 00:39:30.859 --> 00:39:31.759 of Jesus 00:39:31.759 --> 00:39:32.199 Christ. 00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:34.000 So be 00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:34.519 insignificant, 00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:36.079 but recognize 00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:36.779 that God 00:39:36.779 --> 00:39:37.579 can use 00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:38.279 you to 00:39:38.279 --> 00:39:38.920 accomplish 00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:40.000 significant 00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:41.199 things. 00:39:41.199 --> 00:39:43.500 in Matthew 00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:44.119 chapter 9 00:39:44.119 --> 00:39:45.039 verse 36, 00:39:45.279 --> 00:39:45.639 kind of a, 00:39:46.859 --> 00:39:47.299 for me, 00:39:47.359 --> 00:39:47.699 a mentally 00:39:47.699 --> 00:39:48.279 parallel 00:39:48.279 --> 00:39:48.839 passage, 00:39:48.919 --> 00:39:49.219 although it's 00:39:49.219 --> 00:39:49.779 not exactly, 00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:50.439 Jesus says 00:39:50.439 --> 00:39:50.639 there, 00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:51.699 or we see 00:39:51.699 --> 00:39:52.039 the record 00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:52.199 there, 00:39:52.259 --> 00:39:52.439 when he 00:39:52.439 --> 00:39:52.799 saw the 00:39:52.799 --> 00:39:53.219 crowds, 00:39:53.319 --> 00:39:53.599 he had 00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:54.139 compassion 00:39:54.139 --> 00:39:54.539 for them 00:39:54.539 --> 00:39:54.960 because they 00:39:54.960 --> 00:39:56.019 were harassed 00:39:56.019 --> 00:39:56.419 and helpless 00:39:56.419 --> 00:39:57.079 like sheep 00:39:57.079 --> 00:39:57.919 without a 00:39:57.919 --> 00:39:58.219 shepherd. 00:39:58.339 --> 00:39:58.539 Then he 00:39:58.539 --> 00:39:58.879 said to 00:39:58.879 --> 00:39:59.399 his disciples, 00:39:59.559 --> 00:40:00.219 the harvest 00:40:00.219 --> 00:40:01.299 is plentiful, 00:40:01.719 --> 00:40:02.219 but the 00:40:02.219 --> 00:40:03.039 laborers 00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:04.179 are few. 00:40:05.119 --> 00:40:05.480 Therefore 00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:06.799 pray earnestly 00:40:06.799 --> 00:40:07.480 to the Lord 00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:08.059 of the harvest 00:40:08.059 --> 00:40:08.679 to send 00:40:08.679 --> 00:40:10.039 out laborers 00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:10.639 into. 00:40:11.199 --> 00:40:12.079 His harvest. 00:40:12.659 --> 00:40:13.179 God has 00:40:13.179 --> 00:40:13.699 people. 00:40:14.319 --> 00:40:14.879 He intends 00:40:14.879 --> 00:40:15.719 to save 00:40:15.719 --> 00:40:16.859 and he 00:40:16.859 --> 00:40:17.379 will use 00:40:17.379 --> 00:40:18.139 you, 00:40:18.699 --> 00:40:19.419 oh insignificant 00:40:19.419 --> 00:40:19.879 one, 00:40:20.319 --> 00:40:21.099 to accomplish 00:40:21.099 --> 00:40:22.919 that very 00:40:22.919 --> 00:40:23.419 good work. 00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:25.099 The back 00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:25.359 of your 00:40:25.359 --> 00:40:26.039 bulletin, 00:40:27.279 --> 00:40:27.839 so quotation 00:40:27.839 --> 00:40:29.179 from John 00:40:29.179 --> 00:40:29.519 Calvin. 00:40:29.759 --> 00:40:30.119 I like to 00:40:30.119 --> 00:40:30.659 quote John 00:40:30.659 --> 00:40:31.099 Calvin because 00:40:31.099 --> 00:40:31.439 I don't want 00:40:31.439 --> 00:40:31.739 him to be 00:40:31.739 --> 00:40:32.219 scary to 00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:32.500 people. 00:40:34.619 --> 00:40:35.279 This is 00:40:35.279 --> 00:40:35.839 from commentary 00:40:35.839 --> 00:40:36.719 on this 00:40:36.719 --> 00:40:37.319 text, 00:40:38.319 --> 00:40:40.319 speaking to 00:40:40.319 --> 00:40:40.579 the 00:40:40.579 --> 00:40:42.139 apathetic. 00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:44.099 He says, 00:40:44.199 --> 00:40:44.420 the Lord 00:40:44.420 --> 00:40:45.299 treats us 00:40:45.299 --> 00:40:46.480 with a 00:40:46.480 --> 00:40:47.039 father's 00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:47.539 kindness 00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:49.159 to correct 00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:50.199 our sloth 00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:51.019 and to 00:40:51.019 --> 00:40:51.900 encourage us 00:40:51.900 --> 00:40:52.199 who would 00:40:52.199 --> 00:40:53.340 otherwise be 00:40:53.340 --> 00:40:54.340 dismayed 00:40:54.340 --> 00:40:55.860 and designs 00:40:55.860 --> 00:40:56.679 to give us 00:40:56.679 --> 00:40:58.400 an undeserved 00:40:58.400 --> 00:40:59.840 reward. 00:41:01.719 --> 00:41:02.400 Third 00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:02.860 application. 00:41:02.860 --> 00:41:02.940 creation. 00:41:04.920 --> 00:41:05.539 You are 00:41:05.539 --> 00:41:06.500 building, 00:41:07.200 --> 00:41:08.019 as you go 00:41:08.019 --> 00:41:08.980 and share 00:41:08.980 --> 00:41:09.260 the good 00:41:09.260 --> 00:41:09.539 news of 00:41:09.539 --> 00:41:10.220 Jesus Christ, 00:41:11.000 --> 00:41:11.500 you are 00:41:11.500 --> 00:41:12.519 building on 00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:14.519 someone else's 00:41:14.519 --> 00:41:15.500 labor. 00:41:17.700 --> 00:41:18.420 One's 00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:18.720 sowing, 00:41:19.380 --> 00:41:20.079 another's 00:41:20.079 --> 00:41:20.660 reaping. 00:41:21.059 --> 00:41:21.860 You may be a 00:41:21.860 --> 00:41:22.460 sower and 00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:23.000 then another 00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:23.700 one will 00:41:23.700 --> 00:41:24.980 reap. 00:41:25.640 --> 00:41:26.180 Many of you 00:41:26.180 --> 00:41:26.500 know one of 00:41:26.500 --> 00:41:28.579 my earthly 00:41:28.579 --> 00:41:30.200 heroes is 00:41:30.200 --> 00:41:31.000 George Mueller. 00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:32.300 I'll spare you 00:41:32.300 --> 00:41:32.780 all the details 00:41:32.780 --> 00:41:33.400 of his life, 00:41:33.519 --> 00:41:34.420 but in his 00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:35.739 journal he 00:41:35.739 --> 00:41:36.199 wrote about 00:41:36.199 --> 00:41:36.860 three young 00:41:36.860 --> 00:41:37.880 men that 00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:38.300 he prayed 00:41:38.300 --> 00:41:39.139 for the 00:41:39.139 --> 00:41:40.239 entirety of 00:41:40.239 --> 00:41:41.460 his life. 00:41:42.340 --> 00:41:42.860 Decades 00:41:42.860 --> 00:41:43.639 he prayed 00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:44.239 their souls. 00:41:44.880 --> 00:41:45.659 Never saw 00:41:45.659 --> 00:41:46.320 any of the 00:41:46.320 --> 00:41:46.840 three of them 00:41:46.840 --> 00:41:47.599 converted. 00:41:49.380 --> 00:41:50.019 But past 00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:50.599 his death, 00:41:51.440 --> 00:41:52.500 all three of 00:41:52.500 --> 00:41:53.440 them came to 00:41:53.440 --> 00:41:53.760 faith in 00:41:53.760 --> 00:41:54.039 Christ. 00:41:54.260 --> 00:41:54.519 Two in 00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:55.139 their 70s, 00:41:55.199 --> 00:41:55.519 one in 00:41:55.519 --> 00:41:56.659 their 80s. 00:41:57.659 --> 00:41:58.519 Repented and 00:41:58.519 --> 00:41:59.440 believed in the 00:41:59.440 --> 00:42:00.539 Lord Jesus 00:42:00.539 --> 00:42:00.920 Christ. 00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:01.519 In that case, 00:42:01.579 --> 00:42:02.039 Mueller was a 00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:02.220 sower. 00:42:02.360 --> 00:42:02.840 Somebody else 00:42:02.840 --> 00:42:03.159 got to 00:42:03.159 --> 00:42:03.380 reap. 00:42:04.980 --> 00:42:05.440 Both of 00:42:05.440 --> 00:42:07.300 them are 00:42:07.300 --> 00:42:07.760 rejoicing 00:42:07.760 --> 00:42:09.260 together over 00:42:09.260 --> 00:42:09.820 the harvest. 00:42:10.700 --> 00:42:11.179 You're building 00:42:11.179 --> 00:42:11.840 on someone 00:42:11.840 --> 00:42:13.340 else's labor. 00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:13.860 Someone's 00:42:13.860 --> 00:42:15.400 gone before 00:42:15.400 --> 00:42:15.760 you. 00:42:16.260 --> 00:42:17.119 We stand on 00:42:17.119 --> 00:42:17.519 the shoulders 00:42:17.519 --> 00:42:18.700 of giants. 00:42:19.780 --> 00:42:20.280 We take up 00:42:20.280 --> 00:42:20.940 this text. 00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:21.800 Others have 00:42:21.800 --> 00:42:22.220 shared the 00:42:22.220 --> 00:42:22.900 good news. 00:42:23.700 --> 00:42:24.480 Maybe some 00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:25.220 really rare 00:42:25.220 --> 00:42:25.760 cases. 00:42:25.960 --> 00:42:26.579 We've got 00:42:26.579 --> 00:42:27.099 missionaries 00:42:27.099 --> 00:42:28.400 even now in 00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:28.880 places where 00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:29.340 they intend 00:42:29.340 --> 00:42:30.480 to go to 00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:31.019 unreached 00:42:31.019 --> 00:42:32.500 peoples who 00:42:32.500 --> 00:42:32.940 have no 00:42:32.940 --> 00:42:33.480 scripture in 00:42:33.480 --> 00:42:34.180 their language. 00:42:34.320 --> 00:42:35.039 Maybe they're 00:42:35.039 --> 00:42:36.140 the very 00:42:36.140 --> 00:42:37.000 initial 00:42:37.000 --> 00:42:38.220 sowers. 00:42:38.420 --> 00:42:38.780 But even 00:42:38.780 --> 00:42:39.840 then, the 00:42:39.840 --> 00:42:40.840 great, rich 00:42:40.840 --> 00:42:42.800 Christian history 00:42:42.800 --> 00:42:43.860 of missionaries 00:42:43.860 --> 00:42:45.599 they're compelled 00:42:45.599 --> 00:42:46.740 by to go and 00:42:46.740 --> 00:42:47.720 carry on that 00:42:47.720 --> 00:42:48.680 tradition. 00:42:50.079 --> 00:42:50.800 You're building 00:42:50.800 --> 00:42:51.519 on someone 00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:53.140 else's labor. 00:42:54.400 --> 00:42:54.740 It ought to 00:42:54.740 --> 00:42:55.000 make us 00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:55.400 humble. 00:42:55.519 --> 00:42:55.740 It ought to 00:42:55.740 --> 00:42:56.140 make us 00:42:56.140 --> 00:42:57.400 grateful. 00:42:57.400 --> 00:42:59.460 mostly, 00:43:00.160 --> 00:43:00.940 primarily, 00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:01.700 most 00:43:01.700 --> 00:43:03.280 importantly, 00:43:03.840 --> 00:43:05.460 we're building 00:43:05.460 --> 00:43:06.700 on the 00:43:06.700 --> 00:43:08.119 finished work 00:43:08.119 --> 00:43:09.420 of Christ. 00:43:10.579 --> 00:43:11.639 He accomplished 00:43:11.639 --> 00:43:12.480 all that needed 00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:13.099 to be accomplished 00:43:13.099 --> 00:43:13.840 for the salvation 00:43:13.840 --> 00:43:15.000 of his people. 00:43:15.139 --> 00:43:15.619 And this ought to 00:43:15.619 --> 00:43:16.840 give us such 00:43:16.840 --> 00:43:17.559 a confidence 00:43:17.559 --> 00:43:18.480 to go and 00:43:18.480 --> 00:43:19.000 share him 00:43:19.000 --> 00:43:20.220 with others. 00:43:20.219 --> 00:43:21.779 to press 00:43:21.779 --> 00:43:22.859 out there 00:43:22.859 --> 00:43:23.959 and declare 00:43:23.959 --> 00:43:24.659 the greatness 00:43:24.659 --> 00:43:25.939 of this 00:43:25.939 --> 00:43:27.019 mercy, 00:43:27.259 --> 00:43:27.959 that it is 00:43:27.959 --> 00:43:29.379 finished work 00:43:29.379 --> 00:43:30.419 as it calls 00:43:30.419 --> 00:43:30.819 together 00:43:30.819 --> 00:43:32.379 his church. 00:43:33.239 --> 00:43:34.079 Now, I mentioned 00:43:34.079 --> 00:43:34.539 that I would bring 00:43:34.539 --> 00:43:35.359 up literary structure. 00:43:35.559 --> 00:43:35.980 This will be in 00:43:35.980 --> 00:43:36.399 closing. 00:43:38.399 --> 00:43:39.039 Chapters 00:43:39.039 --> 00:43:40.239 2 through 00:43:40.239 --> 00:43:41.119 4, 00:43:41.679 --> 00:43:42.439 we begin 00:43:42.439 --> 00:43:42.959 in Cana, 00:43:43.039 --> 00:43:43.659 we end 00:43:43.659 --> 00:43:44.159 in Cana. 00:43:44.239 --> 00:43:44.859 Again, there's a 00:43:44.859 --> 00:43:45.099 pattern. 00:43:45.359 --> 00:43:46.019 What's going on 00:43:46.019 --> 00:43:46.480 here? 00:43:46.480 --> 00:43:47.579 The whole thing 00:43:47.579 --> 00:43:48.920 is a chiasm. 00:43:49.519 --> 00:43:50.219 Chapters 2 00:43:50.219 --> 00:43:51.119 through 4 00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:52.340 with chiasms 00:43:52.340 --> 00:43:53.880 in between. 00:43:55.039 --> 00:43:56.179 The corresponding 00:43:56.179 --> 00:43:57.360 text to this 00:43:57.360 --> 00:43:57.760 one 00:43:57.760 --> 00:43:59.539 records Jesus 00:43:59.539 --> 00:44:00.500 cleansing the 00:44:00.500 --> 00:44:01.139 temple at the 00:44:01.139 --> 00:44:02.440 time of the 00:44:02.440 --> 00:44:02.880 Passover. 00:44:04.280 --> 00:44:05.300 In that 00:44:05.300 --> 00:44:06.280 record, 00:44:07.119 --> 00:44:08.159 he is at the 00:44:08.159 --> 00:44:09.639 center of 00:44:09.639 --> 00:44:10.300 Jewish 00:44:10.300 --> 00:44:11.119 worship. 00:44:11.480 --> 00:44:12.440 He's in 00:44:12.440 --> 00:44:13.300 the very 00:44:13.300 --> 00:44:14.059 temple. 00:44:14.059 --> 00:44:15.059 He's on 00:44:15.059 --> 00:44:15.960 that 00:44:15.960 --> 00:44:16.840 mountain. 00:44:17.599 --> 00:44:18.259 Here he is 00:44:18.259 --> 00:44:19.420 far outside 00:44:19.420 --> 00:44:20.139 that place. 00:44:20.659 --> 00:44:21.219 He's with 00:44:21.219 --> 00:44:22.059 Samaritans 00:44:22.059 --> 00:44:22.920 who worship 00:44:22.920 --> 00:44:23.400 on a 00:44:23.400 --> 00:44:24.219 different 00:44:24.219 --> 00:44:25.279 mountain. 00:44:25.599 --> 00:44:25.900 There's a 00:44:25.900 --> 00:44:26.559 juxtaposition 00:44:26.559 --> 00:44:27.119 between 00:44:27.119 --> 00:44:28.400 the two. 00:44:28.619 --> 00:44:29.179 But then, 00:44:30.420 --> 00:44:31.099 there's something 00:44:31.099 --> 00:44:31.639 being taught 00:44:31.639 --> 00:44:31.960 to us. 00:44:32.019 --> 00:44:32.500 If we think 00:44:32.500 --> 00:44:33.039 these two 00:44:33.039 --> 00:44:33.940 things through, 00:44:35.019 --> 00:44:35.599 the Passover 00:44:35.599 --> 00:44:36.400 celebrated, 00:44:36.460 --> 00:44:36.900 at the time 00:44:36.900 --> 00:44:37.079 of the 00:44:37.079 --> 00:44:37.460 Passover, 00:44:38.460 --> 00:44:38.840 when he 00:44:38.840 --> 00:44:39.159 cleansed 00:44:39.159 --> 00:44:39.579 the temple, 00:44:40.259 --> 00:44:40.820 the Passover 00:44:40.820 --> 00:44:41.659 celebrated 00:44:41.659 --> 00:44:42.759 the sparing 00:44:42.759 --> 00:44:43.340 of Israel's 00:44:43.340 --> 00:44:43.840 firstborn 00:44:43.840 --> 00:44:44.360 during the 00:44:44.360 --> 00:44:44.519 tenth 00:44:44.519 --> 00:44:44.980 plague, 00:44:45.519 --> 00:44:46.360 but also 00:44:46.360 --> 00:44:46.960 the 00:44:46.960 --> 00:44:47.440 exodus 00:44:47.440 --> 00:44:48.760 and the 00:44:48.760 --> 00:44:49.440 subsequent 00:44:49.440 --> 00:44:50.660 conquest 00:44:50.660 --> 00:44:52.079 of Canaan. 00:44:53.220 --> 00:44:53.680 John's 00:44:53.680 --> 00:44:54.019 readers would 00:44:54.019 --> 00:44:54.220 have had 00:44:54.220 --> 00:44:55.220 all of that 00:44:55.220 --> 00:44:55.480 in their 00:44:55.480 --> 00:44:55.860 mind. 00:44:55.960 --> 00:44:56.220 It's a 00:44:56.220 --> 00:44:56.579 significant 00:44:56.579 --> 00:44:57.340 detail that 00:44:57.340 --> 00:44:58.100 it was at 00:44:58.100 --> 00:44:58.480 the time 00:44:58.480 --> 00:44:58.840 of the 00:44:58.840 --> 00:44:59.500 Passover. 00:44:59.640 --> 00:45:00.039 The Passover 00:45:00.039 --> 00:45:00.559 was at 00:45:00.559 --> 00:45:01.100 hand, 00:45:01.160 --> 00:45:01.539 it says 00:45:01.539 --> 00:45:02.600 in chapter 00:45:02.600 --> 00:45:03.460 two. 00:45:03.900 --> 00:45:04.120 They've 00:45:04.120 --> 00:45:04.380 got a 00:45:04.380 --> 00:45:04.860 setting, 00:45:05.059 --> 00:45:05.860 a celebration 00:45:05.860 --> 00:45:06.400 in their 00:45:06.400 --> 00:45:07.500 mind when 00:45:07.500 --> 00:45:08.260 he cleanses 00:45:08.260 --> 00:45:09.500 the temple. 00:45:10.880 --> 00:45:11.079 And so 00:45:11.079 --> 00:45:11.380 what I want 00:45:11.380 --> 00:45:11.860 to suggest 00:45:11.860 --> 00:45:12.440 to you is 00:45:12.440 --> 00:45:13.160 being communicated 00:45:13.159 --> 00:45:13.980 to us 00:45:13.980 --> 00:45:14.399 here, 00:45:14.480 --> 00:45:14.839 as we see 00:45:14.839 --> 00:45:15.299 Jesus now 00:45:15.299 --> 00:45:16.139 outside of 00:45:16.139 --> 00:45:16.659 this place, 00:45:16.759 --> 00:45:17.859 being declared 00:45:17.859 --> 00:45:18.339 of him that 00:45:18.339 --> 00:45:19.339 he is the 00:45:19.339 --> 00:45:20.519 savior of 00:45:20.519 --> 00:45:21.559 the world, 00:45:21.679 --> 00:45:22.219 that there's 00:45:22.219 --> 00:45:23.179 a new 00:45:23.179 --> 00:45:24.460 conquest going 00:45:24.460 --> 00:45:25.199 on. 00:45:26.000 --> 00:45:26.940 In this 00:45:26.940 --> 00:45:29.079 new covenant 00:45:29.079 --> 00:45:30.480 of God's 00:45:30.480 --> 00:45:31.480 grace to 00:45:31.480 --> 00:45:32.079 his people, 00:45:32.299 --> 00:45:33.059 it's a 00:45:33.059 --> 00:45:33.799 different kind 00:45:33.799 --> 00:45:35.359 of conquest. 00:45:35.960 --> 00:45:36.559 He's calling 00:45:36.559 --> 00:45:37.379 together his 00:45:37.379 --> 00:45:38.179 people, 00:45:38.299 --> 00:45:38.759 and he's not 00:45:38.759 --> 00:45:40.139 doing so 00:45:40.139 --> 00:45:41.480 militarily, 00:45:41.480 --> 00:45:42.179 he's doing 00:45:42.179 --> 00:45:43.000 so through 00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:43.480 the spreading 00:45:43.480 --> 00:45:43.920 of the 00:45:43.920 --> 00:45:45.480 gospel of 00:45:45.480 --> 00:45:46.139 Jesus Christ. 00:45:47.760 --> 00:45:48.780 Layer upon 00:45:48.780 --> 00:45:49.219 layer, 00:45:49.380 --> 00:45:50.280 it's such a 00:45:50.280 --> 00:45:51.260 magnificent, 00:45:51.820 --> 00:45:52.820 magnificent 00:45:52.820 --> 00:45:54.000 book. 00:45:54.599 --> 00:45:55.139 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