WEBVTT 00:00:00.360 --> 00:00:06.459 Greetings, all of you who are watching or listening today, and if you're just listening, 00:00:06.759 --> 00:00:10.300 tuning in for the first time, I'm glad that you are. 00:00:10.779 --> 00:00:16.519 We've been working through the Gospel of John, the story of Jesus as a church together, 00:00:17.260 --> 00:00:21.160 and we're going to continue on in that story today. 00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:26.359 If you have a Bible, I encourage you to grab it and to open it up to the Gospel of John. 00:00:26.359 --> 00:00:30.500 We're in chapter 5 of the Gospel of John. 00:00:32.200 --> 00:00:42.100 And as we continue on through this, we're about to get into a section here that is really a goldmine. 00:00:43.219 --> 00:00:52.640 It's a place where, I mean, we've seen all kinds of glorious truth about Jesus revealed up until this point 00:00:52.640 --> 00:00:55.320 through the narrative sections that we've looked at. 00:00:55.320 --> 00:01:07.040 But in these verses, Jesus, all the way from verse 19 to 47, it's all Jesus' words. 00:01:08.319 --> 00:01:16.620 And so this section is just loaded with rich statements from Jesus, 00:01:16.879 --> 00:01:23.740 which reveal all kinds of wonderful truths, which we're looking forward to seeing. 00:01:23.739 --> 00:01:33.099 Jesus is going to tell us a little bit more about this mysterious and wonderful relationship that he has with his Father. 00:01:33.859 --> 00:01:41.060 He's going to talk to us about the extent of his authority and power and where it comes from. 00:01:41.459 --> 00:01:46.959 He's going to talk to us about the gift of eternal life and what we need to do to receive it. 00:01:46.959 --> 00:01:47.959 He's going to talk to us about the gift of Jesus. 00:01:47.959 --> 00:01:48.959 He's going to talk to us about the gift of Jesus. 00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:53.819 He's going to talk about various testimonies which confirm just who he is. 00:01:54.539 --> 00:02:01.159 He's going to talk about how the religious leaders have missed the mark and why, a little bit of why. 00:02:01.719 --> 00:02:06.519 And he's also going to reveal just what he knows is going on in their hearts. 00:02:06.519 --> 00:02:08.599 So this is a loaded section. 00:02:09.340 --> 00:02:10.599 It's a gold mine. 00:02:10.699 --> 00:02:12.359 We could just set up shop here. 00:02:12.879 --> 00:02:21.460 We could read and study and meditate and memorize and then go back and do it all again 00:02:21.460 --> 00:02:24.859 and still not get to the end of all that's here. 00:02:24.860 --> 00:02:35.900 So I'm hoping that as we begin to dig into these words today that we'll see something of the riches that are here for us 00:02:35.900 --> 00:02:39.380 and really we'll just be scratching the surface. 00:02:40.020 --> 00:02:47.240 But I hope that as you start to see all of these deposits of glorious truth here 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:52.660 that you'll kind of be aware of them so that you can begin to dig into those on your own. 00:02:54.860 --> 00:02:56.460 At home. 00:02:57.100 --> 00:02:59.260 So let's go to the word. 00:02:59.320 --> 00:03:00.620 But before we do, let's pray. 00:03:01.560 --> 00:03:08.160 Father in heaven, we thank you that you have given us these precious words which your son Jesus spoke. 00:03:08.840 --> 00:03:16.880 And now as we read and listen to them, Lord, would you help us to see and understand what you want us to see and understand here. 00:03:16.879 --> 00:03:26.359 Would you allow our hearts to feel the weight of these words and press them into our spirit and our souls. 00:03:27.180 --> 00:03:31.599 Help us to see the glory of Jesus and the glory that you have. 00:03:32.620 --> 00:03:34.439 We ask this in his name. 00:03:35.560 --> 00:03:35.780 Amen. 00:03:35.780 --> 00:03:39.740 All right. 00:03:39.819 --> 00:03:42.939 So verse 19 is where we are at today. 00:03:43.699 --> 00:03:44.599 And it says this. 00:03:44.780 --> 00:03:47.080 Jesus gave them this answer. 00:03:48.199 --> 00:03:51.319 Now, this comes in the context of a larger story. 00:03:51.420 --> 00:03:53.740 We should probably just remember where we're at. 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:55.300 Jesus is in Jerusalem. 00:03:55.300 --> 00:03:55.380 Jerusalem. 00:03:56.100 --> 00:04:04.240 And he has just recently healed a man who couldn't walk for 38 years at the pool of Bethesda. 00:04:04.480 --> 00:04:07.020 And he did that on the Sabbath day. 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:09.660 He told him to pick up his mat and carry it. 00:04:09.980 --> 00:04:12.060 The man was healed and he was carrying it. 00:04:12.060 --> 00:04:22.399 And when the religious leaders heard that Jesus was the one who had done this and told him to carry his mat on the Sabbath, they began to go after Jesus. 00:04:23.079 --> 00:04:25.600 And John tells us to persecute him. 00:04:27.340 --> 00:04:29.660 There's a larger story going on here. 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:32.600 The religious leaders were already going after Jesus. 00:04:32.800 --> 00:04:34.899 They wanted him dead. 00:04:34.899 --> 00:04:47.159 And John tells us that this charge of breaking the Sabbath was the way that they were trying to get at him and to secure that outcome. 00:04:47.739 --> 00:04:56.739 So we saw last Sunday how they went after him back in verse 16, 17, 18 and charged him with breaking the Sabbath. 00:04:57.419 --> 00:04:59.579 What are you doing working on the Sabbath? 00:05:00.459 --> 00:05:03.159 And Jesus gave this wonderful defense. 00:05:03.160 --> 00:05:06.060 My father is always at his work to this very day. 00:05:06.600 --> 00:05:08.760 And I too am working. 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:11.320 So he didn't deny that he was working. 00:05:11.480 --> 00:05:14.760 He admitted to working on the Sabbath. 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:23.500 And kind of got himself off the hook in a sense by saying, well, God isn't guilty for working on the Sabbath. 00:05:24.060 --> 00:05:27.220 My father and neither am I. 00:05:28.240 --> 00:05:32.400 And this response really got to the religious leaders. 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:39.179 John told us back there in verse 18 that because he said this, they tried all the more to kill him. 00:05:39.899 --> 00:05:48.759 Not only was he breaking the Sabbath, at least in their view, but he was even calling God his own father, making himself equal with God. 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:54.759 So this is the thoughts that are going on in their hearts and minds. 00:05:54.759 --> 00:06:04.399 Like, who does this guy think he is doing these things, working on the Sabbath and then claiming God as his own father? 00:06:05.139 --> 00:06:09.740 And that's why he can do these things on the Sabbath. 00:06:09.740 --> 00:06:16.160 And we had a bit of a look at what Jesus really was, I think, saying here. 00:06:16.160 --> 00:06:24.080 God isn't guilty for working on the Sabbath because that law doesn't apply to him or his work. 00:06:25.080 --> 00:06:27.180 And Jesus says, neither am I. 00:06:27.320 --> 00:06:33.560 And the reason that we pulled out there, drew out, was because the work that Jesus does is God's work. 00:06:34.120 --> 00:06:36.440 It is the Father's work. 00:06:36.439 --> 00:06:42.379 And so the law of the Sabbath doesn't apply. 00:06:43.839 --> 00:06:50.240 And this comes through even more clearly in another passage in John, John 14, verse 10. 00:06:50.360 --> 00:06:51.180 Jesus says this, 00:06:51.180 --> 00:07:09.699 So he's not guilty for breaking the Sabbath. 00:07:09.879 --> 00:07:10.040 Why? 00:07:10.180 --> 00:07:14.379 Because it's the Father living in him who is working. 00:07:14.519 --> 00:07:16.939 This is God at work here. 00:07:17.840 --> 00:07:20.060 And so the Sabbath laws don't apply. 00:07:20.060 --> 00:07:22.500 Well, the religious leaders are upset by this. 00:07:23.019 --> 00:07:32.019 They hear in this a claim from Jesus to be divine, to be on the same level as God, to be equal with God. 00:07:34.300 --> 00:07:36.379 How does Jesus respond to this? 00:07:36.459 --> 00:07:39.279 That's what we read about in verse 19. 00:07:39.959 --> 00:07:42.560 Jesus gave them this answer. 00:07:42.560 --> 00:07:50.519 Very truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself. 00:07:51.519 --> 00:07:54.819 He can do only what he sees his Father doing. 00:07:55.660 --> 00:08:00.560 Because whatever the Father does, the Son also does. 00:08:01.560 --> 00:08:06.680 Now we want to slow it down and just look at these words. 00:08:06.680 --> 00:08:12.199 We really want to understand this relationship between Jesus and his Father. 00:08:12.920 --> 00:08:21.300 I mean, this is something that we've already seen glimpses of already up to this point through the gospel. 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:23.060 Let's remember a few of those. 00:08:23.060 --> 00:08:27.120 Back in chapter 1, verse 14, John wrote this. 00:08:27.120 --> 00:08:31.500 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:33.940 We have seen his glory. 00:08:34.779 --> 00:08:43.659 Glory of the one and only Son who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. 00:08:43.659 --> 00:08:53.860 So, Jesus, the divine Word, the Word who was with God and was God at the beginning before anything was made, 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:55.659 he became flesh. 00:08:56.419 --> 00:08:59.620 He took on human flesh and lived among us. 00:09:00.539 --> 00:09:07.100 He is the one and only Son, John says in verse 14, who came from the Father. 00:09:07.100 --> 00:09:13.519 There are other ways that Jesus coming from the Father is described. 00:09:13.680 --> 00:09:16.360 Probably the most familiar is John 3, 16. 00:09:17.300 --> 00:09:22.920 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son. 00:09:23.379 --> 00:09:31.500 So, his coming from the Father into our world is described as being given by God to the world. 00:09:31.980 --> 00:09:33.960 In the next verse, verse 17. 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:40.480 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 00:09:41.180 --> 00:09:50.060 Not only has he come from the Father and has he been given by the Father, but he has been sent by the Father into the world. 00:09:51.540 --> 00:09:55.840 We see the intentionality of God in this. 00:09:55.840 --> 00:10:06.360 These all describe how Jesus, this man that we see walking among us, got here, where he is from. 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:09.280 But why has he come? 00:10:10.620 --> 00:10:15.740 Well, we've seen a number of answers to that question so far in John's Gospel as well. 00:10:15.740 --> 00:10:17.460 In John 3, 16. 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:28.220 He gave his one and only Son in order that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life. 00:10:29.000 --> 00:10:40.799 So, God gave his Son to the world so that people of the world might believe in him and be spared what they deserve. 00:10:40.799 --> 00:10:48.419 That is, to perish because of their sins against God and instead receive this good gift of eternal life. 00:10:49.259 --> 00:10:53.219 We see this spelled out for us again in verse 17 of chapter 3. 00:10:53.319 --> 00:11:00.879 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:10.080 So, he has given and sent his Son into the world in order to save people of the world. 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:17.279 Jesus has come from the Father on a rescue mission. 00:11:17.720 --> 00:11:18.659 He has come to rescue. 00:11:19.879 --> 00:11:28.220 And not only has he come to rescue, but he has come to reveal to people who God is. 00:11:28.220 --> 00:11:33.540 And we saw this back in John chapter 1, verse 18. 00:11:34.580 --> 00:11:35.639 John wrote this, 00:11:35.740 --> 00:11:47.700 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God, and is in closest relationship with the Father. 00:11:48.259 --> 00:11:52.500 He has made him, that is the Father, known. 00:11:52.500 --> 00:12:03.860 So, the one and only Son has made the Father, God, whom no one has ever seen, known. 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:13.139 So, Jesus, not only has he come to rescue, but he has come to reveal just who God is. 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:20.740 And we hear in these words that the Son is in closest relationship with the Father, says John. 00:12:20.740 --> 00:12:24.180 There's this closeness, this deep intimacy. 00:12:25.259 --> 00:12:29.960 There's this relationship between Father and Son. 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:37.100 And we see glimpses of this relationship throughout the Gospel. 00:12:37.259 --> 00:12:38.360 We've seen a few already. 00:12:38.680 --> 00:12:42.299 We saw it when Jesus was in Jerusalem at the temple courts. 00:12:42.779 --> 00:12:49.180 As he was flipping the tables and driving out the sellers and the money changers. 00:12:49.179 --> 00:12:55.519 He said, Stop turning my Father's house into a market. 00:12:55.879 --> 00:13:01.099 We saw this passion, this love, this fierce loyalty to his Father. 00:13:01.679 --> 00:13:04.439 And to his Father's glory and honor. 00:13:05.099 --> 00:13:12.739 We saw it again in, kind of from the other side of the relationship in John chapter 3, verse 35. 00:13:12.740 --> 00:13:20.919 John writes there, The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands. 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:29.360 And now, as we come to verse 19, we're going to see a lot more in these verses which follow. 00:13:29.419 --> 00:13:34.860 A lot more about this relationship between the Father and the Son. 00:13:34.860 --> 00:13:43.940 So Jesus gave them this answer, Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself. 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:48.340 He can do only what he sees his Father doing. 00:13:49.080 --> 00:13:53.680 Because what the Father does, the Son also does. 00:13:55.220 --> 00:13:57.340 Now I want to be careful with these words. 00:13:57.500 --> 00:14:00.120 Let's listen to them again in another translation. 00:14:00.360 --> 00:14:01.960 One that's a little more word for word. 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:04.440 The New American Standard Bible has it this way. 00:14:05.139 --> 00:14:11.680 Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of himself. 00:14:12.519 --> 00:14:16.120 Unless it is something he sees the Father doing. 00:14:17.240 --> 00:14:23.060 For whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does. 00:14:23.480 --> 00:14:25.800 In like manner or likewise. 00:14:25.799 --> 00:14:31.079 Now what does that mean? 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:35.879 What does Jesus mean as he says this? 00:14:37.219 --> 00:14:39.219 All kinds of questions arise. 00:14:40.259 --> 00:14:46.359 What does Jesus mean when he says that the Son can do nothing of himself? 00:14:47.939 --> 00:14:50.799 Unless it's something he sees the Father doing. 00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:55.919 What does Jesus mean when he says, sees the Father doing? 00:14:56.139 --> 00:15:00.319 In what sense does he see the Father doing the things that he's doing? 00:15:01.759 --> 00:15:09.559 What does it mean that the Son likewise also does the things that the Father does? 00:15:09.559 --> 00:15:13.979 We have all kinds of questions as we come to these words. 00:15:14.039 --> 00:15:19.539 And I think the first place to go with these questions is to our knees. 00:15:19.919 --> 00:15:22.319 And just humbly acknowledge. 00:15:23.119 --> 00:15:31.719 We're talking about the mysterious relationship between the Divine Son of God and God the Father. 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:38.540 We don't know just how all this works. 00:15:38.620 --> 00:15:40.420 How this relationship works. 00:15:41.420 --> 00:15:52.660 This is on a whole other plane of understanding, realm of existence that is so foreign to us as creatures, as human beings. 00:15:52.659 --> 00:16:01.079 And so we want to start with humility and realize that this is not something that is easy to understand. 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:08.100 I can guarantee you that the disciples are probably scratching their heads at this moment and wondering, 00:16:08.319 --> 00:16:10.819 what does that mean, Jesus? 00:16:13.059 --> 00:16:17.240 Probably having the same questions as we do. 00:16:17.240 --> 00:16:23.240 And we know this because a little later in the story of John, 00:16:23.379 --> 00:16:29.200 one of the disciples will have a conversation with Jesus and kind of give away that he still doesn't get it, 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:32.060 this relationship between Jesus and his Father. 00:16:32.259 --> 00:16:39.440 And Jesus will kind of explain it again and try to help him see it. 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:43.700 And so we're not the only ones who come to these words and are wondering, 00:16:44.240 --> 00:16:47.280 what does Jesus mean by this? 00:16:48.320 --> 00:16:50.460 So we want to be careful with these words. 00:16:51.060 --> 00:16:54.120 But what can we say from these words? 00:16:54.260 --> 00:17:01.680 Well, I think at the very least we can say that Jesus seems to be saying that he, 00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:07.840 as the Divine Son of God, does not act independently from the Father. 00:17:07.839 --> 00:17:17.599 Jesus, as the Divine Son of God, does not act independently from the Father. 00:17:18.159 --> 00:17:19.539 Now, where do we get this from? 00:17:19.599 --> 00:17:25.619 Well, let's bring into focus the larger context of the conversation with the religious leaders. 00:17:25.779 --> 00:17:27.159 They're upset with him. 00:17:27.619 --> 00:17:28.079 Why? 00:17:28.579 --> 00:17:31.139 Because he has claimed that God is his own Father, 00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:35.259 and that just as his Father is not guilty for breaking the Sabbath, 00:17:35.259 --> 00:17:38.259 so he, because he is the Son of the Father, 00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:42.180 is not guilty for working on the Sabbath day. 00:17:43.379 --> 00:17:45.220 So they understand him correctly. 00:17:45.339 --> 00:17:47.099 He is claiming to be divine. 00:17:47.319 --> 00:17:51.119 And if he wasn't, Jesus could very easily just say, 00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:51.940 very truly, 00:17:52.299 --> 00:17:53.500 I say to you, 00:17:53.900 --> 00:17:57.140 I am not claiming to be equal with God. 00:17:57.140 --> 00:18:02.680 I am not claiming to be the Divine Son of God, 00:18:02.740 --> 00:18:04.160 but he doesn't say that. 00:18:05.100 --> 00:18:09.580 You can imagine what the Jewish leaders are thinking in this moment. 00:18:11.040 --> 00:18:15.740 They're thinking of perhaps some of those words from the Scriptures. 00:18:17.040 --> 00:18:19.480 Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, 00:18:19.920 --> 00:18:22.060 the Lord is one. 00:18:22.620 --> 00:18:23.820 There is only one God, 00:18:23.819 --> 00:18:25.579 and so who are you, a man, 00:18:25.879 --> 00:18:27.000 standing in front of us, 00:18:27.139 --> 00:18:30.119 claiming to be divine with your words? 00:18:32.439 --> 00:18:33.720 There's only one God. 00:18:34.679 --> 00:18:37.319 I think there's a bit of an answer to that 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:39.779 in what Jesus says here in verse 19. 00:18:40.019 --> 00:18:42.039 Very truly, I say to you, 00:18:42.639 --> 00:18:44.559 the Son can do nothing of himself 00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:49.700 unless it is something he sees the Father doing. 00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:51.000 I think, 00:18:51.000 --> 00:18:53.380 and this is my paraphrase and take on it, 00:18:53.740 --> 00:18:56.859 that there's a sense in which Jesus is saying, 00:18:57.460 --> 00:19:02.500 I'm not claiming to be divine in the sense that there are two gods. 00:19:03.160 --> 00:19:06.220 I'm not claiming to be another God 00:19:06.220 --> 00:19:10.039 who the Sabbath law does not apply to. 00:19:10.859 --> 00:19:13.960 No, there is one God. 00:19:13.960 --> 00:19:18.039 I, as the Son of God, 00:19:19.400 --> 00:19:26.000 am not someone who can just act independently from him. 00:19:28.100 --> 00:19:32.259 There's a connection between us and our work. 00:19:32.259 --> 00:19:36.759 Very truly, I say to you, 00:19:36.859 --> 00:19:40.759 the Son can do nothing of himself 00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:46.740 unless it is something he sees the Father doing. 00:19:46.940 --> 00:19:48.920 So there's this connection, 00:19:49.140 --> 00:19:50.220 there's this union 00:19:50.220 --> 00:19:53.420 of my work 00:19:53.420 --> 00:19:55.819 and his work. 00:19:55.819 --> 00:19:59.399 And in some sense 00:19:59.399 --> 00:20:01.879 that goes beyond our understanding, 00:20:02.659 --> 00:20:04.519 Jesus seems to be saying that 00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:09.019 he is watching what his Father is doing 00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:11.899 in any given moment, 00:20:12.139 --> 00:20:13.460 it seems as though he's saying. 00:20:14.139 --> 00:20:17.720 And unless he sees his Father doing it, 00:20:18.379 --> 00:20:21.039 he can't just go off 00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:22.379 and do it on his own, 00:20:22.379 --> 00:20:24.799 of himself. 00:20:25.819 --> 00:20:27.460 Their work, 00:20:28.220 --> 00:20:30.679 their action as Father and Son 00:20:30.679 --> 00:20:32.879 are unified. 00:20:33.779 --> 00:20:35.159 They're in harmony 00:20:35.159 --> 00:20:38.319 and synchronized with each other. 00:20:41.579 --> 00:20:43.859 And we see a little more of this 00:20:43.859 --> 00:20:45.740 in the second half of verse 19. 00:20:46.319 --> 00:20:47.259 Kind of confirmation, 00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:50.579 almost a flip side of the coin way of saying it. 00:20:50.579 --> 00:20:52.500 For whatever the Father does, 00:20:53.179 --> 00:20:55.519 these things the Son also likewise 00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:56.180 does. 00:20:58.259 --> 00:20:59.539 That's quite the claim 00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:01.000 when you think about it. 00:21:01.059 --> 00:21:02.279 I mean, the first one, 00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:04.180 okay, we can see that. 00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:05.740 You're not 00:21:05.740 --> 00:21:08.859 claiming to be a second God, 00:21:09.180 --> 00:21:11.039 one who acts independently 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:12.720 from the one true God. 00:21:12.879 --> 00:21:13.139 No, 00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:15.500 you're kind of saying 00:21:15.500 --> 00:21:16.180 that you are 00:21:16.180 --> 00:21:17.559 in your work 00:21:17.559 --> 00:21:19.039 tethered to his. 00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:21.359 but now you're saying 00:21:21.359 --> 00:21:23.680 it's as if Jesus is saying 00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:26.180 whatever the Father might do, 00:21:26.639 --> 00:21:28.359 decide to do 00:21:28.359 --> 00:21:30.559 and do, 00:21:31.379 --> 00:21:33.200 the Son also likewise 00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:34.319 does that thing 00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:35.859 or is doing that 00:21:35.859 --> 00:21:36.980 as well. 00:21:39.180 --> 00:21:39.819 There's, 00:21:40.139 --> 00:21:40.519 again, 00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.079 this is, 00:21:41.379 --> 00:21:42.539 Jesus seems to be saying 00:21:42.539 --> 00:21:43.680 there's this unity 00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:44.340 unity 00:21:44.340 --> 00:21:46.500 to his action 00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:48.299 and the Father's action 00:21:48.299 --> 00:21:49.680 and perhaps the place 00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:50.259 you could just 00:21:50.259 --> 00:21:51.860 conceive of this best 00:21:51.860 --> 00:21:53.940 is in a miracle of healing. 00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:57.440 In some sense, 00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:59.460 since we don't understand, 00:21:59.660 --> 00:22:00.400 it's as if 00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:03.799 the Son is watching 00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:05.720 what the Father is doing 00:22:05.720 --> 00:22:07.099 and seeing what he is doing 00:22:07.099 --> 00:22:08.500 and as he sees 00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:09.279 the Father 00:22:09.279 --> 00:22:11.039 stretch out his hand 00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:12.039 toward a person 00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:13.019 to heal them, 00:22:13.559 --> 00:22:14.240 he too 00:22:14.240 --> 00:22:16.639 at the same time 00:22:16.639 --> 00:22:18.740 stretches out his hand 00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:20.159 to heal. 00:22:21.539 --> 00:22:23.279 The picture we get here 00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:24.379 is that there are 00:22:24.379 --> 00:22:26.680 two distinct persons 00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:28.220 at work 00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:30.299 and yet in this 00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:32.099 one action 00:22:32.099 --> 00:22:33.359 there is 00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:34.379 one God 00:22:34.379 --> 00:22:35.859 at work. 00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:38.639 Now, 00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.619 I'm not going to pretend 00:22:39.619 --> 00:22:40.619 to have this all 00:22:40.619 --> 00:22:41.639 figured out 00:22:41.639 --> 00:22:43.379 or to fully understand 00:22:43.379 --> 00:22:44.859 how this works, 00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:46.039 what this is like 00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:46.939 or feels like 00:22:46.939 --> 00:22:47.559 to Jesus. 00:22:48.319 --> 00:22:48.879 This 00:22:48.879 --> 00:22:50.159 is 00:22:50.159 --> 00:22:50.980 a mystery. 00:22:51.219 --> 00:22:51.939 I honestly 00:22:51.939 --> 00:22:53.119 have no idea 00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:54.199 but this seems to be 00:22:54.199 --> 00:22:54.839 what Jesus 00:22:54.839 --> 00:22:56.159 is saying 00:22:56.159 --> 00:22:56.779 here. 00:22:57.879 --> 00:22:58.980 And this is really 00:22:58.980 --> 00:22:59.759 the key truth 00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:00.359 for today 00:23:00.359 --> 00:23:00.719 that 00:23:00.719 --> 00:23:01.519 Jesus 00:23:01.519 --> 00:23:03.400 the Son of God 00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:04.200 has this 00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:05.299 wonderful, 00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:07.200 special relationship 00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:09.079 with God the Father 00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:10.740 that there is a unity 00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:12.599 to their work, 00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:14.599 to their action 00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:16.180 such that the Son 00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:18.059 does not act 00:23:18.059 --> 00:23:18.779 independently 00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:19.720 from the Father. 00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:20.460 In fact, 00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:21.359 it's even stronger 00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:21.839 than that. 00:23:22.039 --> 00:23:23.039 Cannot act. 00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:24.839 The Son 00:23:24.839 --> 00:23:25.940 can 00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:27.139 or is able 00:23:27.139 --> 00:23:28.139 to do 00:23:28.139 --> 00:23:29.039 nothing 00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:30.319 of himself 00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:30.759 unless 00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.720 it is something 00:23:31.720 --> 00:23:32.379 he sees 00:23:32.379 --> 00:23:33.319 the Father 00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:33.759 doing. 00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.319 There's a 00:23:35.319 --> 00:23:36.059 harmony, 00:23:36.379 --> 00:23:37.559 a perfect 00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:38.799 synchronization 00:23:38.799 --> 00:23:40.639 of the Father 00:23:40.639 --> 00:23:41.319 and Son 00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:42.799 as they act. 00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:46.559 Why? 00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:48.339 Well, 00:23:48.379 --> 00:23:48.940 we're going to see 00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:49.799 this a little bit 00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:50.839 today 00:23:50.839 --> 00:23:51.639 because 00:23:51.639 --> 00:23:53.180 there is 00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:55.119 a union, 00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:56.859 a deep 00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:57.819 connectedness 00:23:57.819 --> 00:23:58.439 between the 00:23:58.439 --> 00:23:58.759 Father 00:23:58.759 --> 00:24:00.019 and the Son 00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:02.139 such as 00:24:02.139 --> 00:24:03.579 is out of this 00:24:03.579 --> 00:24:03.939 world, 00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:04.579 something that 00:24:04.579 --> 00:24:05.039 we just 00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:05.839 goes beyond 00:24:05.839 --> 00:24:06.339 what we can 00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:07.199 even fathom. 00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.500 So, 00:24:10.739 --> 00:24:12.379 where do we 00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:12.819 see this? 00:24:12.899 --> 00:24:13.039 Well, 00:24:13.179 --> 00:24:14.099 let's look through 00:24:14.099 --> 00:24:14.619 a few other 00:24:14.619 --> 00:24:15.000 scriptures 00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:15.979 just to see 00:24:15.979 --> 00:24:17.679 this truth 00:24:17.679 --> 00:24:18.119 that we've 00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:18.859 seen here 00:24:18.859 --> 00:24:19.399 from Jesus' 00:24:19.599 --> 00:24:20.219 words affirmed 00:24:20.219 --> 00:24:20.579 again, 00:24:21.139 --> 00:24:21.759 but also 00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.739 some additional 00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:24.200 details 00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:24.640 that will 00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:25.120 kind of, 00:24:25.319 --> 00:24:25.700 I think, 00:24:25.779 --> 00:24:26.359 bring this 00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:27.220 into focus 00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:27.839 for us. 00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:28.079 So, 00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.559 the first 00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:28.920 place we 00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:29.140 want to 00:24:29.140 --> 00:24:29.440 look at 00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:29.599 is 00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:30.500 John 00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:31.500 chapter 5 00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:32.079 verse 30. 00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:32.440 This is 00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:32.920 just a little 00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:33.620 ways down 00:24:33.620 --> 00:24:34.980 the end 00:24:34.980 --> 00:24:35.420 of this 00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:36.180 section. 00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:36.799 Jesus will 00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.380 say a very 00:24:37.380 --> 00:24:38.259 similar thing 00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:39.000 here in 00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:39.680 John 5 00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.339 verse 30. 00:24:41.059 --> 00:24:41.539 He says 00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:41.920 this, 00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.620 By myself 00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:45.359 I can do 00:24:45.359 --> 00:24:45.759 nothing. 00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:47.620 I judge 00:24:47.620 --> 00:24:48.579 only as I 00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:48.900 hear, 00:24:49.579 --> 00:24:50.000 and my 00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.380 judgment 00:24:50.380 --> 00:24:51.120 is just, 00:24:51.220 --> 00:24:51.660 for I 00:24:51.660 --> 00:24:52.440 seek not 00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:53.000 to please 00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.580 myself, 00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:55.220 but him 00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:56.160 who sent 00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:56.440 me. 00:24:57.620 --> 00:24:57.880 So, 00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.259 again, 00:24:58.400 --> 00:24:59.039 very similar, 00:24:59.160 --> 00:24:59.380 in fact, 00:24:59.460 --> 00:25:00.220 almost identical 00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:00.840 language, 00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.840 of myself 00:25:01.840 --> 00:25:02.799 I can, 00:25:02.920 --> 00:25:03.680 I am able 00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.299 to do 00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:05.220 nothing. 00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:08.720 In his 00:25:08.720 --> 00:25:09.320 action, 00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:09.960 which is 00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:10.660 specifically 00:25:10.660 --> 00:25:11.400 related to 00:25:11.400 --> 00:25:12.120 judgment, 00:25:12.640 --> 00:25:13.160 that the 00:25:13.160 --> 00:25:13.600 Father has 00:25:13.600 --> 00:25:14.080 entrusted 00:25:14.080 --> 00:25:14.360 to him, 00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:14.680 which we'll 00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:15.180 talk about 00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:15.580 another 00:25:15.580 --> 00:25:16.799 message, 00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.620 in his 00:25:17.620 --> 00:25:18.259 action, 00:25:19.779 --> 00:25:21.900 he doesn't 00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.320 do it 00:25:22.320 --> 00:25:23.220 of himself. 00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:28.019 Why? 00:25:28.780 --> 00:25:29.480 Verse 30, 00:25:29.620 --> 00:25:30.019 For I 00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.660 seek not 00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:31.240 to please 00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:31.880 myself, 00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:32.440 literally, 00:25:32.580 --> 00:25:32.940 I seek 00:25:32.940 --> 00:25:33.500 not to 00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:34.519 do my 00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:34.920 will, 00:25:35.340 --> 00:25:35.980 but the 00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:36.940 will of 00:25:36.940 --> 00:25:37.780 him who 00:25:37.780 --> 00:25:38.420 sent me. 00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:41.500 So, 00:25:41.620 --> 00:25:41.840 here we 00:25:41.840 --> 00:25:42.420 see again, 00:25:42.580 --> 00:25:43.060 the son 00:25:43.060 --> 00:25:45.280 cannot act 00:25:45.280 --> 00:25:46.140 independently 00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:47.140 from the 00:25:47.140 --> 00:25:47.500 Father. 00:25:48.300 --> 00:25:48.900 Even though 00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:49.120 he has 00:25:49.120 --> 00:25:49.759 been entrusted 00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.320 judgment 00:25:50.320 --> 00:25:51.660 from the 00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:52.000 Father, 00:25:52.320 --> 00:25:53.020 he does 00:25:53.020 --> 00:25:53.580 not do 00:25:53.580 --> 00:25:54.020 it of 00:25:54.020 --> 00:25:54.640 himself. 00:25:56.780 --> 00:25:57.500 He does 00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:57.780 it in 00:25:57.780 --> 00:25:58.220 unison, 00:25:58.360 --> 00:25:58.480 in 00:25:58.480 --> 00:25:59.340 synchronization 00:25:59.340 --> 00:26:00.800 with the 00:26:00.800 --> 00:26:01.120 Father, 00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:01.500 what he 00:26:01.500 --> 00:26:02.100 hears from 00:26:02.100 --> 00:26:02.640 the Father. 00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:04.100 And we 00:26:04.100 --> 00:26:04.640 see another 00:26:04.640 --> 00:26:05.540 added detail 00:26:05.540 --> 00:26:05.920 here, 00:26:07.380 --> 00:26:08.700 this added 00:26:08.700 --> 00:26:09.400 detail of 00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:10.040 how the 00:26:10.040 --> 00:26:10.500 son is 00:26:10.500 --> 00:26:11.660 voluntarily 00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:12.460 submitting 00:26:12.460 --> 00:26:13.080 himself 00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:14.519 to the 00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:14.859 Father. 00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:16.000 He's not 00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:17.039 living to 00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:17.960 do his 00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:18.960 own will, 00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:19.419 but to 00:26:19.419 --> 00:26:19.919 do the 00:26:19.919 --> 00:26:20.579 will of 00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:21.000 the one 00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:21.639 who sent 00:26:21.639 --> 00:26:21.960 him, 00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.699 to please 00:26:23.699 --> 00:26:24.460 him. 00:26:26.259 --> 00:26:26.599 And we'll 00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:27.119 see this 00:26:27.119 --> 00:26:28.399 in more 00:26:28.399 --> 00:26:29.099 places than 00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:29.599 just this 00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:30.039 as we go 00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:30.179 on. 00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:30.720 Let's fast 00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:31.399 forward to 00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:32.419 John chapter 00:26:32.419 --> 00:26:32.859 8. 00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:34.579 John chapter 00:26:34.579 --> 00:26:35.079 8, 00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:36.639 verse 28 00:26:36.639 --> 00:26:37.480 and 29. 00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:38.919 Again, 00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:39.599 Jesus is 00:26:39.599 --> 00:26:39.819 having 00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.480 conversation 00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:41.000 with people 00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.279 and he 00:26:41.279 --> 00:26:41.839 says this, 00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:43.240 when you 00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:43.839 have lifted 00:26:43.839 --> 00:26:44.459 up the 00:26:44.459 --> 00:26:44.799 Son of 00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.139 Man, 00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:45.879 then you 00:26:45.879 --> 00:26:46.399 will know 00:26:46.399 --> 00:26:47.359 that I 00:26:47.359 --> 00:26:47.839 am he 00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:48.819 and that 00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:49.539 I do 00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:50.579 nothing 00:26:50.579 --> 00:26:51.659 on my 00:26:51.659 --> 00:26:52.139 own, 00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.539 but speak 00:26:53.539 --> 00:26:54.559 just what 00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:55.099 the Father 00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:56.019 has taught 00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.319 me. 00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:58.299 The one 00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:58.799 who sent 00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.139 me is 00:26:59.139 --> 00:26:59.519 with me. 00:26:59.599 --> 00:26:59.879 He has 00:26:59.879 --> 00:27:00.480 not left 00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:01.220 me alone, 00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.559 for I 00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:04.039 always do 00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:05.339 what pleases 00:27:05.339 --> 00:27:05.699 him. 00:27:06.659 --> 00:27:07.459 Here again, 00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.059 you see this 00:27:08.059 --> 00:27:10.079 idea again 00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:10.539 that the 00:27:10.539 --> 00:27:11.619 Son does 00:27:11.619 --> 00:27:12.399 not act 00:27:12.399 --> 00:27:13.359 independently 00:27:13.359 --> 00:27:14.099 from the 00:27:14.099 --> 00:27:14.439 Father. 00:27:15.719 --> 00:27:16.619 I do 00:27:16.619 --> 00:27:17.579 nothing on 00:27:17.579 --> 00:27:18.359 my own. 00:27:19.159 --> 00:27:19.500 In fact, 00:27:19.839 --> 00:27:20.819 he doesn't 00:27:20.819 --> 00:27:21.719 even speak 00:27:21.719 --> 00:27:22.419 independently 00:27:22.419 --> 00:27:23.099 from the 00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:23.419 Father, 00:27:23.659 --> 00:27:24.459 but I 00:27:24.459 --> 00:27:25.459 speak just 00:27:25.459 --> 00:27:25.939 what the 00:27:25.939 --> 00:27:26.799 Father has 00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.579 taught me. 00:27:28.699 --> 00:27:29.719 What he 00:27:29.719 --> 00:27:30.699 says to 00:27:30.699 --> 00:27:31.039 me, 00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:32.399 I say 00:27:32.399 --> 00:27:33.119 to you. 00:27:36.199 --> 00:27:36.939 There's a 00:27:36.939 --> 00:27:37.399 unity, 00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:39.319 a harmony, 00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:40.720 not just 00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.419 to the 00:27:41.419 --> 00:27:42.859 work that 00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:43.319 the Father 00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:43.720 and Son 00:27:43.720 --> 00:27:44.019 do, 00:27:44.119 --> 00:27:44.579 but to 00:27:44.579 --> 00:27:45.539 the words 00:27:45.539 --> 00:27:46.059 that the 00:27:46.059 --> 00:27:47.119 Son speaks. 00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.859 They are 00:27:48.859 --> 00:27:49.419 the words 00:27:49.419 --> 00:27:49.919 that he 00:27:49.919 --> 00:27:51.059 has received 00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:51.799 from the 00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.359 Father to 00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:52.700 say. 00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:54.480 And again, 00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.039 we see this 00:27:55.039 --> 00:27:55.799 idea of 00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.899 submission, 00:27:58.339 --> 00:27:58.740 voluntary 00:27:58.740 --> 00:27:59.299 submission, 00:27:59.480 --> 00:27:59.819 for I 00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:00.819 always do 00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.740 what pleases 00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.099 him. 00:28:02.200 --> 00:28:02.799 There's this 00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:03.379 commitment 00:28:03.380 --> 00:28:04.800 not to 00:28:04.800 --> 00:28:06.240 do his 00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:06.880 own will, 00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.280 but to 00:28:07.280 --> 00:28:08.060 do what 00:28:08.060 --> 00:28:08.540 pleases 00:28:08.540 --> 00:28:09.480 the Father, 00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.260 to do 00:28:10.260 --> 00:28:10.620 the will 00:28:10.620 --> 00:28:10.940 of his 00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.300 Father, 00:28:11.420 --> 00:28:11.920 the work 00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.400 of his 00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:12.760 Father, 00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:13.200 to say 00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:13.880 the words 00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:14.440 of his 00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:14.860 Father. 00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:16.720 Let's 00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.220 fast forward 00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:18.300 again to 00:28:18.300 --> 00:28:18.920 John 00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.700 chapter 12 00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:20.920 verse 49. 00:28:23.020 --> 00:28:23.620 Again, 00:28:23.880 --> 00:28:24.120 Jesus 00:28:24.120 --> 00:28:24.820 referring to 00:28:24.820 --> 00:28:25.580 his previous 00:28:25.580 --> 00:28:26.620 words says 00:28:26.620 --> 00:28:27.000 this, 00:28:27.380 --> 00:28:27.960 for I 00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:28.980 did not 00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.820 speak on 00:28:29.820 --> 00:28:30.580 my own 00:28:30.579 --> 00:28:32.539 or of 00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:33.179 myself, 00:28:33.399 --> 00:28:34.059 but the 00:28:34.059 --> 00:28:34.799 Father who 00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.720 sent me 00:28:35.720 --> 00:28:37.099 commanded me 00:28:37.099 --> 00:28:37.819 to say 00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:39.019 all that 00:28:39.019 --> 00:28:39.359 I have 00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:39.899 spoken. 00:28:43.439 --> 00:28:44.159 Last 00:28:44.159 --> 00:28:44.519 half of 00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.240 verse 50. 00:28:45.399 --> 00:28:45.579 So, 00:28:46.139 --> 00:28:46.919 whatever I 00:28:46.919 --> 00:28:48.460 say is 00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.099 just what 00:28:49.099 --> 00:28:49.619 the Father 00:28:49.619 --> 00:28:50.779 has told 00:28:50.779 --> 00:28:51.399 me to 00:28:51.399 --> 00:28:51.699 say. 00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.359 Again, 00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:53.679 we see 00:28:53.679 --> 00:28:54.599 the Son 00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:55.980 does not 00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:56.439 act 00:28:56.439 --> 00:28:57.319 independently 00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:57.980 from the 00:28:57.980 --> 00:28:58.199 Father. 00:28:58.299 --> 00:28:58.579 He does 00:28:58.579 --> 00:28:59.299 not speak 00:28:59.299 --> 00:29:00.000 independently 00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:01.000 from the 00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.339 Father. 00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.220 They are 00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:04.640 one in 00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:05.579 their work. 00:29:05.700 --> 00:29:05.940 They are 00:29:05.940 --> 00:29:06.740 one in 00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.839 their 00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:08.559 words. 00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:10.859 The Son 00:29:10.859 --> 00:29:12.220 says what 00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.700 the Father 00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.500 has commanded 00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:14.359 him to 00:29:14.359 --> 00:29:14.680 say, 00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:15.220 what the 00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:15.640 Father has 00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:16.319 told him 00:29:16.319 --> 00:29:17.059 to say. 00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:17.480 And again, 00:29:17.579 --> 00:29:18.180 this idea 00:29:18.180 --> 00:29:19.079 of the 00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:19.400 Son 00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:20.240 submitting 00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:21.160 himself to 00:29:21.160 --> 00:29:21.980 the Father's 00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.500 commands 00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:23.859 and obeying 00:29:23.859 --> 00:29:24.420 the Father. 00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:26.079 And probably 00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.519 the thing 00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:26.779 that will 00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:27.200 bring this 00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:28.720 most clearly 00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.599 into focus 00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:30.039 is what 00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:30.379 Jesus 00:29:30.379 --> 00:29:30.959 says in 00:29:30.959 --> 00:29:31.240 John 00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.959 chapter 10 00:29:31.959 --> 00:29:32.519 verse 30 00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:32.859 because he 00:29:32.859 --> 00:29:33.319 says it's 00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:34.079 so directly 00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.459 there. 00:29:35.379 --> 00:29:35.839 We're going 00:29:35.839 --> 00:29:36.119 to get 00:29:36.119 --> 00:29:36.659 there later 00:29:36.659 --> 00:29:37.000 in this 00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.339 series, 00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:38.699 but this 00:29:38.699 --> 00:29:39.019 is what 00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.359 Jesus 00:29:39.359 --> 00:29:39.919 says in 00:29:39.919 --> 00:29:40.599 John 10 00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:40.939 30. 00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:41.359 He says, 00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:42.599 I and 00:29:42.599 --> 00:29:43.179 the Father 00:29:43.179 --> 00:29:44.419 are one. 00:29:45.679 --> 00:29:46.439 I and 00:29:46.439 --> 00:29:46.939 the Father 00:29:46.939 --> 00:29:47.659 are one. 00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.139 This is 00:29:48.139 --> 00:29:48.480 what is 00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.000 at the 00:29:49.000 --> 00:29:49.419 heart 00:29:49.419 --> 00:29:50.500 of this 00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:51.459 unity 00:29:51.459 --> 00:29:52.099 in their 00:29:52.099 --> 00:29:52.599 work 00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:53.679 and in 00:29:53.679 --> 00:29:53.879 their 00:29:53.879 --> 00:29:54.879 speaking. 00:29:54.880 --> 00:29:55.040 being. 00:29:56.040 --> 00:29:56.940 It's 00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:57.240 this 00:29:57.240 --> 00:29:58.000 deeper 00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.660 reality 00:29:58.660 --> 00:29:59.320 that in 00:29:59.320 --> 00:29:59.520 their 00:29:59.520 --> 00:29:59.840 very 00:29:59.840 --> 00:30:00.580 beings, 00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.180 being, 00:30:02.840 --> 00:30:03.380 singular, 00:30:05.320 --> 00:30:06.980 Jesus 00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.660 and his 00:30:07.660 --> 00:30:08.040 Father 00:30:08.040 --> 00:30:08.800 are one. 00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.520 Two 00:30:10.520 --> 00:30:11.620 persons, 00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:12.780 one 00:30:12.780 --> 00:30:13.460 God. 00:30:15.180 --> 00:30:15.720 Jesus 00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:16.400 will explain 00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:16.780 it like 00:30:16.780 --> 00:30:17.280 this in 00:30:17.280 --> 00:30:18.560 verse 36 00:30:18.560 --> 00:30:19.120 of chapter 00:30:19.120 --> 00:30:19.540 10. 00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:21.779 why then 00:30:21.779 --> 00:30:22.519 do you 00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:23.559 accuse me 00:30:23.559 --> 00:30:24.420 of 00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:25.379 blasphemy 00:30:25.379 --> 00:30:26.200 because 00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:27.240 I said 00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.639 I am 00:30:27.639 --> 00:30:28.139 God's 00:30:28.139 --> 00:30:28.460 son. 00:30:29.579 --> 00:30:30.279 Do not 00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:31.019 believe me 00:30:31.019 --> 00:30:32.440 unless I 00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:33.440 do the 00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:34.200 works of 00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:34.420 my 00:30:34.420 --> 00:30:34.879 Father. 00:30:36.299 --> 00:30:36.819 But if 00:30:36.819 --> 00:30:37.460 I do 00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:37.799 them, 00:30:38.259 --> 00:30:38.720 even though 00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.000 you do 00:30:39.000 --> 00:30:39.599 not believe 00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:39.799 me, 00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:40.399 believe the 00:30:40.399 --> 00:30:41.159 works that 00:30:41.159 --> 00:30:41.599 you may 00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:42.339 know and 00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:42.940 understand 00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.399 that the 00:30:43.399 --> 00:30:44.339 Father is 00:30:44.339 --> 00:30:45.319 in me 00:30:45.319 --> 00:30:47.799 and I 00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:49.180 in the 00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:49.660 Father. 00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:53.940 Couldn't 00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:54.360 be said 00:30:54.360 --> 00:30:54.600 more 00:30:54.600 --> 00:30:55.160 clearly, 00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:55.779 I don't 00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:56.019 think, 00:30:56.100 --> 00:30:56.620 than this. 00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.200 There is 00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:57.980 a oneness, 00:30:58.060 --> 00:30:58.720 a unity, 00:30:59.100 --> 00:30:59.560 not just 00:30:59.560 --> 00:30:59.860 of their 00:30:59.860 --> 00:31:00.480 works, 00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:01.820 not just 00:31:01.820 --> 00:31:02.180 of the 00:31:02.180 --> 00:31:02.840 words, 00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.120 but of 00:31:05.120 --> 00:31:06.340 who they 00:31:06.340 --> 00:31:06.820 are. 00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:08.600 Father 00:31:08.600 --> 00:31:09.220 and son 00:31:09.220 --> 00:31:09.820 together, 00:31:10.080 --> 00:31:10.420 one 00:31:10.420 --> 00:31:11.320 God. 00:31:14.539 --> 00:31:15.100 So 00:31:15.100 --> 00:31:15.640 truly 00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:16.980 does 00:31:16.980 --> 00:31:18.220 the 00:31:18.220 --> 00:31:18.720 son 00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:19.440 make 00:31:19.440 --> 00:31:20.100 known 00:31:20.100 --> 00:31:20.500 who 00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:20.759 the 00:31:20.759 --> 00:31:21.039 Father 00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:21.400 is 00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:21.620 and 00:31:21.620 --> 00:31:22.039 is 00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:22.440 united 00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:22.740 with 00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:22.960 the 00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:23.259 Father 00:31:23.259 --> 00:31:23.600 that 00:31:23.600 --> 00:31:25.319 Jesus 00:31:25.319 --> 00:31:25.600 will 00:31:25.600 --> 00:31:25.860 say 00:31:25.860 --> 00:31:26.180 this 00:31:26.180 --> 00:31:26.360 in 00:31:26.360 --> 00:31:26.960 conversation 00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.279 with 00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:27.600 Philip. 00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:27.980 Philip 00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:28.220 will 00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:28.740 ask 00:31:28.740 --> 00:31:29.779 Jesus, 00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:30.360 he'll 00:31:30.360 --> 00:31:30.559 say, 00:31:30.779 --> 00:31:32.079 show us 00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:32.279 the 00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:32.600 Father. 00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:34.079 And this 00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:34.279 is 00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:34.579 Jesus' 00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.100 answer. 00:31:35.660 --> 00:31:36.000 John 00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.440 14, 00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:36.860 9, 00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:38.139 don't 00:31:38.139 --> 00:31:38.299 you 00:31:38.299 --> 00:31:38.519 know 00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:38.799 me, 00:31:39.179 --> 00:31:39.459 Philip, 00:31:40.399 --> 00:31:40.679 even 00:31:40.679 --> 00:31:40.939 after 00:31:40.939 --> 00:31:41.279 I've 00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:41.740 been 00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.039 among 00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:42.240 you 00:31:42.240 --> 00:31:42.479 such 00:31:42.479 --> 00:31:42.639 a 00:31:42.639 --> 00:31:42.899 long 00:31:42.899 --> 00:31:43.439 time? 00:31:44.439 --> 00:31:44.839 Anyone 00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:45.179 who 00:31:45.179 --> 00:31:45.459 has 00:31:45.459 --> 00:31:45.899 seen 00:31:45.899 --> 00:31:46.679 me 00:31:46.679 --> 00:31:48.039 has 00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:48.479 seen 00:31:48.479 --> 00:31:48.899 the 00:31:48.899 --> 00:31:49.219 Father. 00:31:49.699 --> 00:31:50.379 How can 00:31:50.379 --> 00:31:50.759 you say, 00:31:50.899 --> 00:31:51.259 show us 00:31:51.259 --> 00:31:51.439 the 00:31:51.439 --> 00:31:51.740 Father? 00:31:51.899 --> 00:31:52.139 Don't 00:31:52.139 --> 00:31:52.659 you believe 00:31:52.659 --> 00:31:53.159 that I 00:31:53.159 --> 00:31:53.740 am in 00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.259 the 00:31:54.259 --> 00:31:54.599 Father 00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:54.899 and that 00:31:54.899 --> 00:31:55.079 the 00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:55.379 Father 00:31:55.379 --> 00:31:55.699 is 00:31:55.699 --> 00:31:55.899 in 00:31:55.899 --> 00:31:56.199 me? 00:31:56.199 --> 00:31:58.019 Here it 00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:58.379 is again, 00:31:58.479 --> 00:31:58.859 the words 00:31:58.859 --> 00:31:59.359 I say 00:31:59.359 --> 00:31:59.879 to you, 00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:00.740 I do 00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.399 not speak 00:32:01.399 --> 00:32:01.740 on my 00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:01.979 own 00:32:01.979 --> 00:32:02.519 authority, 00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:02.639 me. 00:32:03.639 --> 00:32:03.940 Rather, 00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:04.379 it is 00:32:04.379 --> 00:32:04.639 the 00:32:04.639 --> 00:32:05.059 Father 00:32:05.059 --> 00:32:05.819 living 00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:06.279 in 00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:06.799 me 00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.500 who 00:32:07.500 --> 00:32:07.720 is 00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:08.319 doing 00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:09.180 his 00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:09.940 work. 00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:14.119 If 00:32:14.119 --> 00:32:14.480 you've 00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:14.960 seen 00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.759 me, 00:32:16.059 --> 00:32:16.259 says 00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:16.639 Jesus, 00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:16.960 you 00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.180 have 00:32:17.180 --> 00:32:17.599 seen 00:32:17.599 --> 00:32:17.859 the 00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:18.259 Father. 00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.079 That's 00:32:19.079 --> 00:32:19.220 how 00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:19.680 one 00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:20.240 they 00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:20.759 are. 00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:24.440 So, 00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:24.759 yes, 00:32:24.819 --> 00:32:25.139 we do 00:32:25.139 --> 00:32:25.480 see 00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:26.200 this 00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:26.980 truth 00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.980 all 00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.400 through 00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:28.660 the 00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:29.059 Gospel 00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:29.319 of 00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:29.639 John, 00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:29.879 that 00:32:29.879 --> 00:32:30.460 Jesus 00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:31.139 as 00:32:31.139 --> 00:32:31.420 the 00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:31.660 Son 00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:31.839 of 00:32:31.839 --> 00:32:32.079 God 00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.339 has 00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:32.559 this 00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:33.159 wonderful 00:32:33.159 --> 00:32:33.819 relationship 00:32:33.819 --> 00:32:34.119 with 00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:34.299 his 00:32:34.299 --> 00:32:34.639 Father 00:32:34.639 --> 00:32:34.879 in 00:32:34.879 --> 00:32:35.059 which 00:32:35.059 --> 00:32:35.339 they 00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:35.679 are 00:32:35.679 --> 00:32:36.659 two 00:32:36.659 --> 00:32:37.359 persons 00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:38.319 distinct 00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:38.599 from 00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:38.799 one 00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:39.199 another 00:32:39.199 --> 00:32:39.939 and 00:32:39.939 --> 00:32:40.220 yet 00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:41.119 one 00:32:41.119 --> 00:32:42.039 God 00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:44.000 acting 00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:45.139 together, 00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:46.220 working 00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:47.039 together, 00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:48.119 speaking 00:32:48.119 --> 00:32:49.199 together 00:32:49.199 --> 00:32:49.859 in 00:32:49.859 --> 00:32:50.319 perfect 00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:50.819 harmony, 00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:51.220 in 00:32:51.220 --> 00:32:51.779 perfect 00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.399 unison 00:32:52.399 --> 00:32:53.980 and 00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:54.699 at the 00:32:54.699 --> 00:32:54.939 same 00:32:54.939 --> 00:32:55.299 time 00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:55.559 there's 00:32:55.559 --> 00:32:55.839 this 00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:56.599 element 00:32:56.599 --> 00:32:56.839 of 00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:57.679 it's 00:32:57.679 --> 00:32:57.879 the 00:32:57.879 --> 00:32:58.419 Father's 00:32:58.419 --> 00:32:58.699 will 00:32:58.699 --> 00:32:58.959 that 00:32:58.959 --> 00:32:59.519 governs 00:32:59.519 --> 00:32:59.639 and 00:32:59.639 --> 00:32:59.819 that 00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.599 directs 00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:01.119 and 00:33:01.119 --> 00:33:01.679 he's 00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:01.799 the 00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:01.960 one 00:33:01.960 --> 00:33:02.140 who 00:33:02.140 --> 00:33:02.620 commands 00:33:02.620 --> 00:33:02.779 and 00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:02.940 the 00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.140 son 00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:03.299 is 00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:03.420 the 00:33:03.420 --> 00:33:03.580 one 00:33:03.580 --> 00:33:03.779 who 00:33:03.779 --> 00:33:04.400 submits 00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:05.060 and 00:33:05.060 --> 00:33:05.860 watches 00:33:05.860 --> 00:33:06.240 and 00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.700 acts 00:33:06.700 --> 00:33:07.460 in 00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:08.539 perfect 00:33:08.539 --> 00:33:09.259 harmony 00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:09.799 with 00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.560 the 00:33:10.560 --> 00:33:10.940 Father. 00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:13.560 These 00:33:13.560 --> 00:33:14.160 are lofty 00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:14.600 truths 00:33:14.600 --> 00:33:15.820 about 00:33:15.820 --> 00:33:16.340 Jesus 00:33:16.340 --> 00:33:17.740 and 00:33:17.740 --> 00:33:18.400 the 00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:18.779 Father. 00:33:19.900 --> 00:33:20.140 Where 00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:20.279 do 00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:20.560 these 00:33:20.560 --> 00:33:20.980 truths 00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.279 hit 00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:21.660 us 00:33:21.660 --> 00:33:22.620 today? 00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:23.340 Well, 00:33:23.380 --> 00:33:23.600 they hit 00:33:23.600 --> 00:33:23.840 us in 00:33:23.840 --> 00:33:24.200 a couple 00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:24.380 of 00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:24.880 places. 00:33:26.060 --> 00:33:26.120 And 00:33:26.120 --> 00:33:26.420 I think, 00:33:26.860 --> 00:33:27.200 now, 00:33:27.259 --> 00:33:27.560 I've 00:33:27.560 --> 00:33:28.019 said this 00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.700 before in 00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:28.900 this 00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:29.160 series, 00:33:29.299 --> 00:33:29.759 but I 00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.080 want to 00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:30.399 say it 00:33:30.399 --> 00:33:30.720 again. 00:33:32.139 --> 00:33:32.679 If 00:33:32.679 --> 00:33:33.079 Jesus 00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:34.039 is 00:33:34.039 --> 00:33:34.839 just a 00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:35.000 mere 00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:35.460 man, 00:33:36.039 --> 00:33:37.220 then it 00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:37.699 matters 00:33:37.699 --> 00:33:38.799 very little 00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:39.299 if we 00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:40.079 listen to 00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:40.439 him or 00:33:40.439 --> 00:33:40.859 take his 00:33:40.859 --> 00:33:41.159 words 00:33:41.159 --> 00:33:41.919 seriously. 00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:43.359 If 00:33:43.359 --> 00:33:43.619 Jesus 00:33:43.619 --> 00:33:43.980 is a 00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.319 prophet, 00:33:44.439 --> 00:33:44.699 then it 00:33:44.699 --> 00:33:45.119 matters 00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:46.399 much 00:33:46.399 --> 00:33:47.359 if we 00:33:47.359 --> 00:33:48.139 listen to 00:33:48.139 --> 00:33:49.339 him or 00:33:49.339 --> 00:33:49.799 take his 00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:50.159 words 00:33:50.159 --> 00:33:51.079 seriously. 00:33:51.379 --> 00:33:51.939 But if 00:33:51.939 --> 00:33:52.299 Jesus 00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:52.899 is, 00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:54.059 as we've 00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:54.439 seen, 00:33:54.859 --> 00:33:55.359 the very 00:33:55.359 --> 00:33:56.000 Son 00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.660 of 00:33:56.660 --> 00:33:57.319 God, 00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:58.480 who 00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.000 when he 00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.440 speaks, 00:33:59.519 --> 00:33:59.740 it is 00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.299 God who 00:34:00.299 --> 00:34:00.740 speaks 00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:01.160 through 00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:01.720 him, 00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:03.339 then it 00:34:03.339 --> 00:34:03.839 matters 00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:04.660 massively 00:34:04.660 --> 00:34:06.579 whether we 00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:08.219 listen to 00:34:08.219 --> 00:34:08.980 his words 00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:10.059 or take 00:34:10.059 --> 00:34:10.260 them 00:34:10.260 --> 00:34:10.920 seriously. 00:34:12.199 --> 00:34:13.460 If we 00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:14.699 choose to 00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:15.920 ignore the 00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:16.539 words of 00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:18.739 Jesus or 00:34:18.739 --> 00:34:19.739 reject the 00:34:19.739 --> 00:34:20.320 words of 00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:22.880 Jesus or 00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.900 disregard the 00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.400 words of 00:34:24.400 --> 00:34:24.780 Jesus, 00:34:24.780 --> 00:34:25.920 we are 00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.940 choosing to 00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:28.079 reject and 00:34:28.079 --> 00:34:29.160 ignore and 00:34:29.160 --> 00:34:31.260 disregard the 00:34:31.260 --> 00:34:32.039 words of 00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:32.680 God, the 00:34:32.680 --> 00:34:33.700 Father himself, 00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:34.579 the creator 00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:35.800 of the 00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:36.480 universe. 00:34:38.160 --> 00:34:39.260 And that's 00:34:39.260 --> 00:34:40.180 not a place 00:34:40.180 --> 00:34:41.539 that we want 00:34:41.539 --> 00:34:41.960 to be. 00:34:43.240 --> 00:34:44.220 But the 00:34:44.220 --> 00:34:44.840 flip side of 00:34:44.840 --> 00:34:45.740 this is 00:34:45.740 --> 00:34:47.200 also true. 00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:49.980 If Jesus 00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:52.119 speaks the 00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:53.119 very words of 00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:53.760 the Father, 00:34:53.760 --> 00:34:54.660 of God 00:34:54.660 --> 00:34:55.300 himself, 00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:58.640 then this 00:34:58.640 --> 00:34:59.260 means that 00:34:59.260 --> 00:35:00.000 it is not 00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:01.740 just Jesus 00:35:01.740 --> 00:35:02.960 who offers 00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:04.300 living water 00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:05.340 and eternal 00:35:05.340 --> 00:35:06.520 life and 00:35:06.520 --> 00:35:07.420 resurrection from 00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:07.940 the dead to 00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.420 people, but 00:35:08.420 --> 00:35:09.300 it is God 00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:10.020 himself, 00:35:10.560 --> 00:35:12.140 the Father, 00:35:12.680 --> 00:35:13.400 the creator, 00:35:13.700 --> 00:35:14.880 who is offering 00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:15.560 these good 00:35:15.560 --> 00:35:15.900 gifts. 00:35:16.200 --> 00:35:17.340 And if it's 00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:17.880 God who 00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:19.100 offers them, 00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:21.420 we can be 00:35:21.420 --> 00:35:23.159 certain that 00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:24.079 he will 00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:25.319 deliver because 00:35:25.319 --> 00:35:26.299 only God can 00:35:26.299 --> 00:35:26.819 do these 00:35:26.819 --> 00:35:27.299 kinds of 00:35:27.299 --> 00:35:28.199 things, can 00:35:28.199 --> 00:35:28.779 give these 00:35:28.779 --> 00:35:29.400 kinds of 00:35:29.400 --> 00:35:30.599 gifts to 00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:31.079 people. 00:35:34.679 --> 00:35:36.219 Finally, we 00:35:36.219 --> 00:35:37.440 read earlier 00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:39.199 in John 00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:39.860 chapter 1 00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.719 verse 18, 00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:42.219 these words, 00:35:42.219 --> 00:35:42.919 no one has 00:35:42.919 --> 00:35:43.500 ever seen 00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:44.659 God, but 00:35:44.659 --> 00:35:45.079 the one and 00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:45.759 only Son 00:35:45.759 --> 00:35:47.919 has made 00:35:47.919 --> 00:35:49.059 him known. 00:35:50.559 --> 00:35:51.219 Do we 00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:51.839 realize 00:35:51.839 --> 00:35:53.799 just how 00:35:53.799 --> 00:35:54.799 wonderful this 00:35:54.799 --> 00:35:55.299 is? 00:35:56.899 --> 00:35:57.699 That 00:35:57.699 --> 00:35:58.959 Jesus, as 00:35:58.959 --> 00:35:59.639 the Son of 00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:01.299 God, has 00:36:01.299 --> 00:36:02.519 come into 00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:03.319 our world 00:36:03.319 --> 00:36:04.599 so that we 00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:06.179 could have 00:36:06.179 --> 00:36:07.279 the gracious 00:36:07.279 --> 00:36:08.899 opportunity to 00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:10.720 know the 00:36:10.720 --> 00:36:11.720 unseeable 00:36:11.720 --> 00:36:14.000 one, the 00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:14.460 God who 00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:15.119 has never 00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:15.840 been seen. 00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:19.539 If they 00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:20.460 have this 00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:21.119 kind of a 00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:22.180 oneness, like 00:36:22.180 --> 00:36:23.240 has been 00:36:23.240 --> 00:36:23.980 talked about 00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:25.160 here, then 00:36:25.160 --> 00:36:26.119 truly by 00:36:26.119 --> 00:36:27.980 looking at 00:36:27.980 --> 00:36:29.579 Jesus, the 00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:30.000 one who 00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:30.660 walked among 00:36:30.660 --> 00:36:32.840 us, we 00:36:32.840 --> 00:36:33.720 can know 00:36:33.720 --> 00:36:34.920 God. 00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:37.500 What a 00:36:37.500 --> 00:36:37.860 wonderful 00:36:37.860 --> 00:36:38.340 thing. 00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:40.460 Are we 00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:40.880 taking 00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:41.920 advantage of 00:36:41.920 --> 00:36:42.160 this 00:36:42.160 --> 00:36:43.119 opportunity 00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:44.660 and looking 00:36:44.660 --> 00:36:45.139 at him 00:36:45.139 --> 00:36:46.220 and listening 00:36:46.220 --> 00:36:47.300 to his 00:36:47.300 --> 00:36:47.820 words? 00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:50.780 He does 00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:51.480 not just 00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:52.240 speak on 00:36:52.240 --> 00:36:52.639 God's 00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:53.360 behalf, he 00:36:53.360 --> 00:36:55.320 speaks God's 00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:55.960 words. 00:36:56.780 --> 00:36:57.320 He does 00:36:57.320 --> 00:36:58.059 God's 00:36:58.059 --> 00:36:58.940 works. 00:37:01.059 --> 00:37:01.960 And this 00:37:01.960 --> 00:37:02.240 is a 00:37:02.240 --> 00:37:02.800 wonderful and 00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:03.440 gracious gift. 00:37:03.539 --> 00:37:03.780 We've been 00:37:03.780 --> 00:37:04.380 talking all 00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:04.800 through this 00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:05.380 series about 00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:06.079 how Jesus 00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:07.139 is full of 00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:07.639 grace and 00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:07.980 truth. 00:37:08.900 --> 00:37:09.900 God's 00:37:09.900 --> 00:37:10.900 grace and 00:37:10.900 --> 00:37:10.920 truth. 00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:11.440 He's not 00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:13.380 gracious and 00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:14.660 truthful in 00:37:14.660 --> 00:37:15.960 his speech. 00:37:16.460 --> 00:37:18.019 He is the 00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:19.340 very embodiment 00:37:19.340 --> 00:37:20.420 of God's 00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:22.660 grace and 00:37:22.660 --> 00:37:24.119 God's truth 00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:26.579 given and 00:37:26.579 --> 00:37:27.480 spoken to 00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:27.960 us. 00:37:29.340 --> 00:37:30.340 What an 00:37:30.340 --> 00:37:31.200 amazing gift. 00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:33.199 God's 00:37:33.199 --> 00:37:33.519 God's 00:37:33.519 --> 00:37:34.599 God's 00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:35.460 God's 00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:36.259 love and 00:37:36.259 --> 00:37:36.599 God's 00:37:36.599 --> 00:37:38.039 love and 00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:38.539 God's 00:37:38.539 --> 00:37:38.639 love and 00:37:38.639 --> 00:37:38.759 God's 00:37:38.759 --> 00:37:39.039 love and 00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:40.539 spoke among 00:37:40.539 --> 00:37:40.960 us. 00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:43.000 I hope and 00:37:43.000 --> 00:37:44.039 I pray that 00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:44.359 we do. 00:37:44.419 --> 00:37:44.719 I want to 00:37:44.719 --> 00:37:45.219 close with 00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:45.779 these words 00:37:45.779 --> 00:37:46.359 of Jesus 00:37:46.359 --> 00:37:47.500 from John 00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:48.239 chapter 5 00:37:48.239 --> 00:37:49.219 verse 24. 00:37:49.579 --> 00:37:50.099 This is back 00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:51.239 in John 5 00:37:51.239 --> 00:37:52.179 and we 00:37:52.179 --> 00:37:52.699 didn't get to 00:37:52.699 --> 00:37:54.139 that yet but 00:37:54.139 --> 00:37:54.859 this is what 00:37:54.859 --> 00:37:55.659 Jesus says. 00:37:56.359 --> 00:37:56.859 Hear these 00:37:56.859 --> 00:37:57.259 words. 00:37:57.260 --> 00:37:59.160 very truly 00:37:59.160 --> 00:38:00.740 I tell you 00:38:00.740 --> 00:38:02.580 whoever hears 00:38:02.580 --> 00:38:03.340 my word 00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:05.360 and believes 00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:06.720 him who 00:38:06.720 --> 00:38:07.720 sent me 00:38:07.720 --> 00:38:09.680 has eternal 00:38:09.680 --> 00:38:11.420 life and 00:38:11.420 --> 00:38:12.740 will not be 00:38:12.740 --> 00:38:14.300 judged but 00:38:14.300 --> 00:38:14.940 has crossed 00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.760 over from 00:38:15.760 --> 00:38:17.500 death to 00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:17.940 life. 00:38:17.940 --> 00:38:21.039 do you 00:38:21.039 --> 00:38:22.760 hear the 00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:23.800 word of 00:38:23.800 --> 00:38:24.159 Jesus? 00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:26.300 Do you 00:38:26.300 --> 00:38:27.659 believe the 00:38:27.659 --> 00:38:28.579 one who 00:38:28.579 --> 00:38:29.240 sent him? 00:38:30.619 --> 00:38:31.599 I hope and 00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:32.460 I pray that 00:38:32.460 --> 00:38:32.880 you do. 00:38:34.579 --> 00:38:35.400 Let's pray. 00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:38.059 Father in 00:38:38.059 --> 00:38:38.920 heaven thank 00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:39.280 you for 00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:39.900 sending your 00:38:39.900 --> 00:38:40.200 son. 00:38:41.559 --> 00:38:42.280 Thank you 00:38:42.280 --> 00:38:42.619 for the 00:38:42.619 --> 00:38:43.179 words he 00:38:43.179 --> 00:38:44.380 has spoken. 00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:47.099 We pray and 00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:47.639 ask that you 00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:47.820 would 00:38:47.820 --> 00:38:49.400 continue to 00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:50.039 help us see 00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:52.039 more of 00:38:52.039 --> 00:38:52.620 the truth 00:38:52.620 --> 00:38:54.019 in his 00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:54.800 words and 00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:55.780 understand them 00:38:55.780 --> 00:38:58.600 better so 00:38:58.600 --> 00:38:58.900 that we 00:38:58.900 --> 00:38:59.660 might know 00:38:59.660 --> 00:39:00.820 you God 00:39:00.820 --> 00:39:02.860 deeper, 00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:05.000 more than 00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:05.559 we ever have 00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:06.019 before. 00:39:08.720 --> 00:39:09.640 We ask that 00:39:09.640 --> 00:39:10.140 you'd seal 00:39:10.140 --> 00:39:10.840 these words in 00:39:10.840 --> 00:39:11.360 our hearts 00:39:11.360 --> 00:39:13.880 in the weeks 00:39:13.880 --> 00:39:14.240 ahead. 00:39:14.660 --> 00:39:15.300 In Jesus 00:39:15.300 --> 00:39:15.700 name. 00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:17.059 Amen. 00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:18.139 we're 00:39:18.139 --> 00:39:18.799 going to 00:39:18.799 --> 00:39:22.980 next 00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:23.019 week. 00:39:23.019 --> 00:39:23.320 in 00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:39.239 the 00:39:43.299 --> 00:39:43.940 bye.