WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.380 Oh well, hello and welcome. It's a real honour and a privilege to be here. My name is Adam Kersis. 00:00:09.380 --> 00:00:15.860 I'm afraid I was actually introduced slightly wrong because I'm not from Tunbridge Wells, I'm from Royal Tunbridge Wells. 00:00:16.859 --> 00:00:25.000 ! So we've got to get that right. Please do keep your Bibles open as we'll be referring to it throughout the talk. 00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:31.039 But to start us off, let's just have a bit of poetry from Dylan Thomas. 00:00:34.039 --> 00:00:44.939 Do not go gentle into that good night. Old age should burn and rave at close of day. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. 00:00:44.939 --> 00:00:51.780 Though wise men at their end know dark is right, because their words had fought no lightning day. 00:00:51.780 --> 00:00:59.880 Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last way by, crying how bright. 00:01:00.340 --> 00:01:07.159 Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. 00:01:08.099 --> 00:01:13.280 Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight and learned too late. 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:18.500 They grieved on its way. They grieved on its way. Do not go gentle into that good night. 00:01:19.079 --> 00:01:26.820 Grave men near death who see with blinding sight. Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay. 00:01:27.359 --> 00:01:34.579 Rage, rage against the dying of the light. And you, my father, there on the sad height. 00:01:35.140 --> 00:01:42.240 Curse, bless me now with fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. 00:01:42.239 --> 00:01:47.319 Rage, rage against the dying of the light. 00:01:48.099 --> 00:01:51.280 Oh, those are some beautiful words from Dylan Thomas, aren't they? 00:01:51.539 --> 00:01:56.039 And to my shame, I have to admit, I only actually know them because of the film Interstellar. 00:01:56.780 --> 00:01:59.859 A call to rage against the dying of the light. 00:02:00.119 --> 00:02:03.459 To fight for every breath, every moment. 00:02:03.459 --> 00:02:08.539 Because once it's all over, then off we go into that eternal night. 00:02:09.579 --> 00:02:12.900 Do you feel that thing called upon you? 00:02:13.379 --> 00:02:14.560 To not waste a second. 00:02:15.079 --> 00:02:20.000 Because soon, it will all be over and done, this thing we call life. 00:02:20.939 --> 00:02:22.560 Is this all life is? 00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:24.799 A moment? A blip? 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:26.939 Is that all we can expect? 00:02:27.500 --> 00:02:29.620 Is that all we can hope for? 00:02:30.939 --> 00:02:37.280 John writes his entire letter, spiralling in on this topic of life. 00:02:37.780 --> 00:02:43.220 And he claims that if we recognise that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and believe it, 00:02:43.500 --> 00:02:45.520 then we can have life in his name. 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:50.200 A life that will last for longer than a moment, than a blip. 00:02:50.640 --> 00:02:54.980 A life that will have purpose, and joy, and satisfaction. 00:02:55.960 --> 00:02:59.020 And right here, right at the beginning of John's letter, 00:02:59.540 --> 00:03:03.260 he focuses in on a false religion that will rob you of life. 00:03:03.600 --> 00:03:09.240 And he gives you a glimpse of a radical relationship that will give life to you. 00:03:09.860 --> 00:03:11.340 And he does this in two points. 00:03:11.340 --> 00:03:15.200 Firstly, a false religion turns a temple into a marketplace. 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:18.819 So, a false religion turns a temple into a marketplace. 00:03:19.579 --> 00:03:21.500 So, Jesus lived in the first century Israel. 00:03:21.899 --> 00:03:26.039 And John's letter tells us of a time when Jesus was celebrating the Passover. 00:03:26.639 --> 00:03:28.679 The Passover was this great feast, 00:03:29.139 --> 00:03:32.799 remembering when the Jews were saved from Egypt. 00:03:32.979 --> 00:03:34.599 A divine rescue. 00:03:35.780 --> 00:03:37.560 And if you were a first century Jew, 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:41.879 then there is one place that you want to be during the Passover. 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:44.120 You want to be in Jerusalem. 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:45.460 And if you're in Jerusalem, 00:03:45.939 --> 00:03:48.200 then there's one place you definitely want to be, 00:03:48.500 --> 00:03:50.159 if you're there during the Passover. 00:03:50.580 --> 00:03:51.860 You want to be in the temple. 00:03:52.640 --> 00:03:55.560 The temple, that's the place to be during the Passover. 00:03:56.240 --> 00:04:00.780 The temple, it represents the very heart of the Jewish faith. 00:04:01.480 --> 00:04:05.080 The Jerusalem temple was the Mecca for the first century Jews. 00:04:05.700 --> 00:04:07.219 At the temple, people could come, 00:04:07.580 --> 00:04:08.740 and they could meet with God. 00:04:08.740 --> 00:04:12.840 But at the temple, God's physical location was symbolically found. 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:16.160 At the temple, sacrifices for sin could be made. 00:04:16.199 --> 00:04:18.579 At the temple, that's where it's all going down. 00:04:19.220 --> 00:04:21.840 Now, the temple, it worked a little bit like an onion, 00:04:22.040 --> 00:04:24.000 or if you like Shrek, like an ogre. 00:04:24.480 --> 00:04:25.460 It had layers. 00:04:25.459 --> 00:04:27.419 That first layer, 00:04:27.779 --> 00:04:30.339 now that layer was the furthest any Gentiles, 00:04:30.459 --> 00:04:32.620 so non-ethically Jewish people, 00:04:32.959 --> 00:04:33.699 could come into. 00:04:33.979 --> 00:04:36.899 Then the next layer was the furthest any Jewish women could come. 00:04:37.219 --> 00:04:38.299 And then the next layer, 00:04:38.599 --> 00:04:39.519 and then the next layer, 00:04:39.639 --> 00:04:41.459 the furthest the Jewish men could come. 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:43.379 Until finally you hit a barrier. 00:04:43.939 --> 00:04:47.419 A barrier which only the high priest could pass. 00:04:47.420 --> 00:04:51.120 And in this outer limit, 00:04:51.379 --> 00:04:52.620 in this outer courtyard, 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:53.340 this layer, 00:04:53.780 --> 00:04:55.199 the courtyard of the Gentiles, 00:04:55.540 --> 00:04:56.759 this is where our verses, 00:04:56.939 --> 00:04:57.960 our story is set. 00:04:58.280 --> 00:04:59.520 So please sit down with me again, 00:04:59.620 --> 00:05:00.259 verse 13. 00:05:03.259 --> 00:05:05.560 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, 00:05:06.040 --> 00:05:07.620 and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 00:05:08.319 --> 00:05:09.900 In the temple he found those 00:05:09.900 --> 00:05:11.939 who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeon, 00:05:12.500 --> 00:05:14.420 and the money changers sitting there. 00:05:14.420 --> 00:05:17.819 Now, it's not particularly unusual 00:05:17.819 --> 00:05:19.460 for you to get money changers 00:05:19.460 --> 00:05:20.780 near the temple. 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:22.680 Because there's a certain type of currency 00:05:22.680 --> 00:05:24.040 which they would have used in Jerusalem, 00:05:24.280 --> 00:05:25.660 and that the temple would have been using. 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:27.400 And actually people who travel far away 00:05:27.400 --> 00:05:28.460 just wouldn't really have had that, 00:05:28.540 --> 00:05:29.300 that sort of money. 00:05:29.420 --> 00:05:30.879 So you need money changers. 00:05:31.439 --> 00:05:33.080 Again, it's not particularly unusual 00:05:33.080 --> 00:05:35.540 for you to get people selling oxen 00:05:35.540 --> 00:05:36.460 and sheep and pigeons 00:05:36.460 --> 00:05:38.100 near the temple. 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:39.100 Because again, 00:05:39.160 --> 00:05:40.480 if you've travelled from Spain 00:05:40.480 --> 00:05:41.200 or from Italy 00:05:41.200 --> 00:05:42.740 to get to this famous temple 00:05:42.740 --> 00:05:43.400 in Jerusalem, 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:44.739 you're probably not going to bring along 00:05:44.739 --> 00:05:45.939 an oxen with you 00:05:45.939 --> 00:05:47.099 that would just slow you down 00:05:47.099 --> 00:05:48.959 and make it a costly venture. 00:05:49.819 --> 00:05:51.679 However, what was unusual 00:05:51.679 --> 00:05:54.060 was to have them in the temple itself, 00:05:54.599 --> 00:05:56.299 in the very court of the Gentiles, 00:05:56.439 --> 00:05:57.539 its outer layer. 00:05:58.979 --> 00:06:00.439 Because how could the Gentiles 00:06:00.439 --> 00:06:02.099 come and meet with God? 00:06:03.060 --> 00:06:05.139 Come and offer their sacrifices for sin? 00:06:06.399 --> 00:06:08.799 If all around them is this noise 00:06:08.799 --> 00:06:09.879 and this hubbub 00:06:09.879 --> 00:06:10.860 and the shouting 00:06:10.860 --> 00:06:11.899 and the bleating 00:06:11.899 --> 00:06:12.579 and the selling 00:06:12.579 --> 00:06:13.399 and the bartering 00:06:13.399 --> 00:06:14.699 and the mooing 00:06:14.699 --> 00:06:15.360 and the smell 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:16.060 and the stench 00:06:16.060 --> 00:06:17.420 of a busy, thriving, 00:06:17.899 --> 00:06:19.180 dirty marketplace. 00:06:20.339 --> 00:06:20.759 And Jesus, 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:22.519 he's not happy about this. 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:24.459 He's not happy about it at all. 00:06:25.040 --> 00:06:26.000 Let's continue reading. 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:26.759 Verse 15. 00:06:28.139 --> 00:06:28.980 And this is Jesus here. 00:06:28.980 --> 00:06:30.439 And making a whip of cords, 00:06:30.920 --> 00:06:32.580 he drove them all out of the temple 00:06:32.580 --> 00:06:34.340 with the sheep and the oxen. 00:06:34.759 --> 00:06:36.400 And he poured out the coins 00:06:36.400 --> 00:06:37.480 of the money changers 00:06:37.480 --> 00:06:39.140 and overturned their tables. 00:06:39.700 --> 00:06:40.800 And he told those 00:06:40.800 --> 00:06:41.860 who sold the pigeons, 00:06:42.480 --> 00:06:43.080 you can imagine, 00:06:43.259 --> 00:06:44.020 he would have said this 00:06:44.020 --> 00:06:44.819 pretty loudly, 00:06:44.819 --> 00:06:47.060 take these things away. 00:06:47.699 --> 00:06:49.519 Do not make my father's house 00:06:49.519 --> 00:06:50.839 a house of trade. 00:06:51.819 --> 00:06:52.920 His disciples remembered 00:06:52.920 --> 00:06:53.980 that it was written, 00:06:54.639 --> 00:06:55.699 zeal for your house 00:06:55.699 --> 00:06:57.040 will consume me. 00:06:58.219 --> 00:06:59.860 This is a highly charged, 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:01.459 like emotional response 00:07:01.459 --> 00:07:02.560 to the temple becoming 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:03.539 a marketplace. 00:07:05.319 --> 00:07:07.079 And it caused, 00:07:07.319 --> 00:07:08.360 it caused the disciples 00:07:08.360 --> 00:07:10.039 to remember from Psalm 69, 00:07:10.219 --> 00:07:10.939 zeal for your house 00:07:10.939 --> 00:07:11.800 will consume me. 00:07:12.340 --> 00:07:13.980 Jesus, he's consumed 00:07:13.980 --> 00:07:16.180 from his father's house. 00:07:16.860 --> 00:07:17.280 This is, 00:07:17.319 --> 00:07:18.620 this is God's house, 00:07:18.699 --> 00:07:19.259 his home. 00:07:19.860 --> 00:07:20.620 This is where God 00:07:20.620 --> 00:07:21.439 should be honoured, 00:07:21.939 --> 00:07:23.120 where he should be worshipped, 00:07:23.540 --> 00:07:24.780 where he should be praised. 00:07:25.139 --> 00:07:26.199 This is where people 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:27.400 from all over the world 00:07:27.400 --> 00:07:29.180 can come in reverence 00:07:29.180 --> 00:07:30.580 and awe and fear 00:07:30.580 --> 00:07:31.860 and meet with God. 00:07:32.259 --> 00:07:33.100 This should be a place 00:07:33.100 --> 00:07:34.720 of prayer and petition. 00:07:35.160 --> 00:07:35.920 This should be a place 00:07:35.920 --> 00:07:36.759 where people can 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:37.939 acknowledge their sin 00:07:37.939 --> 00:07:39.220 and offer up to that sacrifice. 00:07:40.100 --> 00:07:40.660 This house, 00:07:40.660 --> 00:07:41.920 it is so important, 00:07:42.080 --> 00:07:43.600 it is too important 00:07:43.600 --> 00:07:45.960 for Jesus not to act. 00:07:46.540 --> 00:07:47.400 He is filled 00:07:47.400 --> 00:07:49.380 with this emotional zeal 00:07:49.380 --> 00:07:51.500 to drive out all those 00:07:51.500 --> 00:07:52.600 who would rob 00:07:52.600 --> 00:07:53.640 his father's house 00:07:53.640 --> 00:07:55.180 of its true purpose. 00:07:55.920 --> 00:07:56.900 Jesus is not 00:07:56.900 --> 00:07:57.800 weak and mild. 00:07:58.240 --> 00:07:59.300 He is consumed 00:07:59.300 --> 00:07:59.920 with zeal 00:07:59.920 --> 00:08:00.960 for his father's house 00:08:00.960 --> 00:08:02.200 because it matters, 00:08:02.879 --> 00:08:04.020 because it's important, 00:08:04.560 --> 00:08:06.200 because these market traders 00:08:06.200 --> 00:08:07.420 and these money lenders 00:08:07.420 --> 00:08:08.100 and the priests 00:08:08.100 --> 00:08:09.060 who put them there 00:08:09.060 --> 00:08:10.120 in the first place, 00:08:10.680 --> 00:08:11.500 they are peddling 00:08:11.500 --> 00:08:13.579 a false religion. 00:08:14.100 --> 00:08:15.220 A religion that cares 00:08:15.220 --> 00:08:16.220 more about profit 00:08:16.220 --> 00:08:17.439 than it does about faith. 00:08:17.800 --> 00:08:18.639 A religion that cares 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:19.579 more about money 00:08:19.579 --> 00:08:20.439 than it does 00:08:20.439 --> 00:08:21.720 about atoning sacrifice. 00:08:21.840 --> 00:08:22.699 A religion that cares 00:08:22.699 --> 00:08:24.139 more about consumers 00:08:24.139 --> 00:08:25.759 than it does 00:08:25.759 --> 00:08:26.519 about the king 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:27.879 of the entire universe 00:08:27.879 --> 00:08:29.300 having a relationship 00:08:29.300 --> 00:08:30.300 with his people. 00:08:31.340 --> 00:08:31.699 Jesus, 00:08:31.899 --> 00:08:33.600 he wants nothing to do 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:35.419 with this fake religion, 00:08:35.419 --> 00:08:37.439 with this false religion. 00:08:38.319 --> 00:08:38.740 Jesus, 00:08:39.099 --> 00:08:40.379 he wants this religion 00:08:40.379 --> 00:08:41.519 out, 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:42.419 gone. 00:08:43.319 --> 00:08:45.199 If you fill a diesel car 00:08:45.199 --> 00:08:46.099 with petrol, 00:08:46.639 --> 00:08:48.120 it's not going to go anywhere 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:50.099 because that's not its purpose. 00:08:51.059 --> 00:08:52.240 And if you fill a temple 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:53.379 with a market, 00:08:53.919 --> 00:08:55.639 then it's not going to achieve 00:08:55.639 --> 00:08:56.479 its purpose either. 00:08:57.279 --> 00:08:58.319 What do you do 00:08:58.319 --> 00:08:59.199 with a diesel car 00:08:59.199 --> 00:09:00.099 fueled with petrol? 00:09:00.459 --> 00:09:01.219 You drain it. 00:09:01.539 --> 00:09:02.360 And what do you do 00:09:02.360 --> 00:09:03.120 with a temple 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:04.519 filled with a marketplace? 00:09:05.500 --> 00:09:06.500 You drive it out. 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:08.279 False religion 00:09:08.279 --> 00:09:09.080 turns the temple 00:09:09.080 --> 00:09:09.919 into a marketplace. 00:09:10.700 --> 00:09:11.419 False religion 00:09:11.419 --> 00:09:13.440 needs to be driven out. 00:09:14.680 --> 00:09:15.759 The Jews put the market 00:09:15.759 --> 00:09:16.620 over the temple, 00:09:16.779 --> 00:09:18.159 the money over the magnificent, 00:09:18.379 --> 00:09:19.000 the immediate 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:19.980 over the mattress. 00:09:20.680 --> 00:09:21.659 They were so focused 00:09:21.659 --> 00:09:22.620 on what was right 00:09:22.620 --> 00:09:23.300 in front of them 00:09:23.300 --> 00:09:24.659 that they lost sight 00:09:24.659 --> 00:09:26.740 of the most amazing thing 00:09:26.740 --> 00:09:27.100 of all. 00:09:28.680 --> 00:09:30.159 Meeting with God. 00:09:30.159 --> 00:09:32.120 They were peddlers 00:09:32.120 --> 00:09:33.259 of a false religion. 00:09:34.059 --> 00:09:34.699 And we've got to ask 00:09:34.699 --> 00:09:35.159 the question, 00:09:35.299 --> 00:09:36.120 are we peddlers 00:09:36.120 --> 00:09:37.860 of a false religion? 00:09:38.879 --> 00:09:39.980 Do we get distracted 00:09:39.980 --> 00:09:40.759 by the immediate, 00:09:41.219 --> 00:09:41.839 by the things 00:09:41.839 --> 00:09:43.000 that are right in front of us, 00:09:43.279 --> 00:09:44.319 that we can feel 00:09:44.319 --> 00:09:45.299 and that we can touch 00:09:45.299 --> 00:09:46.279 and that we can see, 00:09:47.019 --> 00:09:48.539 that actually we forget 00:09:48.539 --> 00:09:50.319 that we were made 00:09:50.319 --> 00:09:51.740 to know our maker. 00:09:52.299 --> 00:09:53.719 We were made as humans 00:09:53.719 --> 00:09:54.779 to know God. 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:55.980 We were made as humans 00:09:55.980 --> 00:09:57.480 to meet with God. 00:09:57.480 --> 00:09:59.580 Do we squander 00:09:59.580 --> 00:10:00.340 our chance 00:10:00.340 --> 00:10:01.460 to experience 00:10:01.460 --> 00:10:02.519 the magnificent, 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:03.680 the miraculous? 00:10:03.860 --> 00:10:04.600 Do we squander 00:10:04.600 --> 00:10:05.379 our chance 00:10:05.379 --> 00:10:06.779 to meet with God? 00:10:07.379 --> 00:10:08.580 Because we're so focused 00:10:08.580 --> 00:10:09.840 on the now, 00:10:10.340 --> 00:10:11.120 on the immediate, 00:10:11.580 --> 00:10:12.159 on the things 00:10:12.159 --> 00:10:12.659 which are right 00:10:12.659 --> 00:10:13.700 in front of our eyes. 00:10:14.700 --> 00:10:15.800 It's a false religion 00:10:15.800 --> 00:10:16.940 when a temple 00:10:16.940 --> 00:10:17.960 becomes a marketplace. 00:10:18.940 --> 00:10:19.800 Jesus burned 00:10:19.800 --> 00:10:20.940 with zeal against it 00:10:20.940 --> 00:10:22.019 and he will burn 00:10:22.019 --> 00:10:22.519 with zeal 00:10:22.519 --> 00:10:23.759 against any similar 00:10:23.759 --> 00:10:24.620 attitudes now. 00:10:24.620 --> 00:10:26.820 Have you noticed 00:10:26.820 --> 00:10:28.639 what this also tells us 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:29.279 about Jesus? 00:10:30.179 --> 00:10:31.360 Jesus, he's no man. 00:10:32.060 --> 00:10:33.159 Jesus is no simple 00:10:33.159 --> 00:10:34.039 human being. 00:10:34.600 --> 00:10:35.779 Jesus, he's like you 00:10:35.779 --> 00:10:36.500 and he's like me 00:10:36.500 --> 00:10:37.440 but he's also totally 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:38.460 different to you and me. 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:40.399 Jesus is the Son of God 00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:41.259 and thus he cares 00:10:41.259 --> 00:10:42.139 passionately, 00:10:42.820 --> 00:10:44.120 passionately, 00:10:44.340 --> 00:10:44.820 frantically, 00:10:45.159 --> 00:10:45.580 zealously 00:10:45.580 --> 00:10:46.940 for his Father's house. 00:10:47.700 --> 00:10:48.680 So do we realise 00:10:48.680 --> 00:10:49.639 who this is, 00:10:50.019 --> 00:10:51.279 who John is telling us about? 00:10:51.659 --> 00:10:52.100 Do you realise 00:10:52.100 --> 00:10:53.379 that the very consequences 00:10:53.379 --> 00:10:54.360 of these words 00:10:54.360 --> 00:10:56.080 God became a man 00:10:56.080 --> 00:10:57.240 and now the world 00:10:57.240 --> 00:10:57.980 has changed. 00:10:59.000 --> 00:10:59.899 So false religion, 00:11:00.100 --> 00:11:01.560 it turns the temple 00:11:01.560 --> 00:11:02.419 into a marketplace. 00:11:03.180 --> 00:11:04.399 But God didn't come 00:11:04.399 --> 00:11:05.519 to earth as a man 00:11:05.519 --> 00:11:06.419 just to tell us 00:11:06.419 --> 00:11:07.080 what was wrong 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:08.740 but to start 00:11:08.740 --> 00:11:10.340 a radical relationship. 00:11:11.100 --> 00:11:12.120 So that's my second point. 00:11:12.480 --> 00:11:13.139 The second point 00:11:13.139 --> 00:11:13.899 John makes here. 00:11:14.620 --> 00:11:15.639 The way to a radical 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:16.200 relationship 00:11:16.200 --> 00:11:17.200 is through Jesus 00:11:17.200 --> 00:11:17.740 the temple. 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:19.259 The way to a radical 00:11:19.259 --> 00:11:19.779 relationship 00:11:19.779 --> 00:11:20.639 is through Jesus 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:21.180 the temple. 00:11:21.659 --> 00:11:22.519 So let's look down 00:11:22.519 --> 00:11:23.340 at verse 18. 00:11:23.340 --> 00:11:25.320 So the Jews 00:11:25.320 --> 00:11:25.940 said to him, 00:11:26.560 --> 00:11:27.460 what sign do you 00:11:27.460 --> 00:11:27.940 show us 00:11:27.940 --> 00:11:29.060 for doing these things? 00:11:30.280 --> 00:11:30.500 Now, 00:11:30.720 --> 00:11:31.340 it's already 00:11:31.340 --> 00:11:31.960 interesting though, 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:32.420 isn't it? 00:11:32.540 --> 00:11:32.740 Like, 00:11:32.840 --> 00:11:33.460 they're not 00:11:33.460 --> 00:11:34.519 challenging him 00:11:34.519 --> 00:11:35.040 ethically. 00:11:35.600 --> 00:11:36.399 Why do you send 00:11:36.399 --> 00:11:37.280 these market traders 00:11:37.280 --> 00:11:37.800 away? 00:11:38.220 --> 00:11:38.580 Like, 00:11:38.680 --> 00:11:39.519 supposing it's 00:11:39.519 --> 00:11:40.200 morally wrong. 00:11:40.320 --> 00:11:40.580 No, 00:11:40.720 --> 00:11:41.639 they challenge 00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:42.379 his authority 00:11:42.379 --> 00:11:43.879 to do such a thing. 00:11:44.460 --> 00:11:45.240 They want to see 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:45.780 a sign. 00:11:46.460 --> 00:11:46.920 It's like they 00:11:46.920 --> 00:11:47.700 already know 00:11:47.700 --> 00:11:48.420 that actually 00:11:48.420 --> 00:11:49.139 what they are doing 00:11:49.139 --> 00:11:50.139 is wrong. 00:11:50.879 --> 00:11:51.519 So they try 00:11:51.519 --> 00:11:52.659 to change the subject 00:11:52.659 --> 00:11:53.960 away from the action 00:11:53.960 --> 00:11:55.620 and onto his authority. 00:11:56.360 --> 00:11:57.340 Let's continue reading, 00:11:57.480 --> 00:11:58.340 continue looking down. 00:11:58.720 --> 00:11:59.379 Verse 19. 00:12:00.139 --> 00:12:01.080 Jesus answered them, 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:02.199 destroy this temple 00:12:02.199 --> 00:12:03.240 and in three days 00:12:03.240 --> 00:12:04.279 I will raise it up. 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:07.019 The Jews then said, 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:09.519 it has taken 46 years 00:12:09.519 --> 00:12:10.360 to build this temple 00:12:10.360 --> 00:12:11.860 and you will raise it up 00:12:11.860 --> 00:12:12.799 in three days. 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:14.919 So the Jews then 00:12:14.919 --> 00:12:16.039 didn't get it. 00:12:16.959 --> 00:12:17.279 They think, 00:12:17.319 --> 00:12:17.519 Jesus, 00:12:17.620 --> 00:12:18.879 he's just a little bit crazy. 00:12:19.519 --> 00:12:21.219 It took them 46 years 00:12:21.219 --> 00:12:22.000 thank you very much 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:22.899 to build this temple 00:12:22.899 --> 00:12:24.059 and this Jesus guy 00:12:24.059 --> 00:12:24.939 thinks he's going to 00:12:24.939 --> 00:12:25.599 destroy it 00:12:25.599 --> 00:12:26.319 and then raise it 00:12:26.319 --> 00:12:27.199 in three days. 00:12:28.199 --> 00:12:29.120 That's just rubbish 00:12:29.120 --> 00:12:29.579 to them. 00:12:29.939 --> 00:12:30.379 That's just 00:12:30.379 --> 00:12:31.419 inconceivable. 00:12:32.360 --> 00:12:33.279 Let's continue reading, 00:12:33.379 --> 00:12:33.879 verse 21. 00:12:34.899 --> 00:12:35.759 But he was speaking 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:36.459 about the temple 00:12:36.459 --> 00:12:37.120 of his body. 00:12:37.899 --> 00:12:38.599 When therefore 00:12:38.599 --> 00:12:39.319 he was raised 00:12:39.319 --> 00:12:39.819 from the dead, 00:12:39.919 --> 00:12:40.959 his disciples remembered 00:12:40.959 --> 00:12:42.500 that he had said this 00:12:42.500 --> 00:12:43.620 and then believed 00:12:43.620 --> 00:12:44.199 the scriptures 00:12:44.199 --> 00:12:45.299 and the word 00:12:45.299 --> 00:12:46.879 that Jesus had spoken. 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:49.299 These verses, 00:12:50.079 --> 00:12:51.419 they're absolutely huge. 00:12:52.079 --> 00:12:53.359 They're absolutely massive 00:12:53.359 --> 00:12:54.120 because Jesus, 00:12:54.259 --> 00:12:54.959 he is claiming 00:12:54.959 --> 00:12:57.279 to be the temple. 00:12:58.019 --> 00:12:58.979 Jesus is claiming 00:12:58.979 --> 00:12:59.839 to be the temple. 00:13:00.459 --> 00:13:00.579 See, 00:13:00.639 --> 00:13:01.319 it'll be a little bit 00:13:01.319 --> 00:13:02.379 like me maybe today 00:13:02.379 --> 00:13:03.279 coming up here 00:13:03.279 --> 00:13:05.259 and telling all of you, 00:13:05.779 --> 00:13:05.919 see, 00:13:05.979 --> 00:13:06.639 I want you to forget 00:13:06.639 --> 00:13:07.419 everything that you've 00:13:07.419 --> 00:13:08.740 ever learnt about rugby 00:13:08.740 --> 00:13:09.819 because actually 00:13:09.819 --> 00:13:10.559 everything you think 00:13:10.559 --> 00:13:11.559 you know about rugby 00:13:11.559 --> 00:13:12.759 you sort of got it wrong. 00:13:13.579 --> 00:13:14.399 It'll be a bit like 00:13:14.399 --> 00:13:15.299 me coming up here today 00:13:15.299 --> 00:13:16.019 and saying actually, 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:16.860 actually you've got to 00:13:16.860 --> 00:13:17.259 understand, 00:13:17.699 --> 00:13:17.899 me, 00:13:18.019 --> 00:13:18.539 Adam Curtis, 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:20.519 I am Wembley Stadium. 00:13:21.379 --> 00:13:22.240 It's in me 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:23.220 that you get the excitement, 00:13:23.620 --> 00:13:24.539 that you get the thrill 00:13:24.539 --> 00:13:25.220 and the energy. 00:13:25.519 --> 00:13:26.079 It's in me 00:13:26.079 --> 00:13:26.659 that you get to come 00:13:26.659 --> 00:13:27.199 and watch 00:13:27.199 --> 00:13:28.720 and see beautiful rugby 00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:30.259 hopefully take place. 00:13:31.139 --> 00:13:31.819 It's in me 00:13:31.819 --> 00:13:33.000 that rugby is fulfilled 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:33.759 and understood 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:35.259 and seen. 00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:37.059 Now if I came up 00:13:37.059 --> 00:13:37.799 and did that today 00:13:37.799 --> 00:13:38.659 and said these things 00:13:38.659 --> 00:13:40.500 that I am Wembley Stadium 00:13:40.500 --> 00:13:41.840 and you've got to see it 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:42.679 through me, 00:13:42.679 --> 00:13:44.179 then there's probably 00:13:44.179 --> 00:13:44.719 only two ways 00:13:44.719 --> 00:13:45.500 really to react. 00:13:45.620 --> 00:13:45.799 Firstly, 00:13:45.899 --> 00:13:46.379 I think you'd be like, 00:13:46.459 --> 00:13:48.099 this man is crazy. 00:13:48.739 --> 00:13:49.959 This man is literally 00:13:49.959 --> 00:13:51.379 out of his mind. 00:13:51.579 --> 00:13:53.299 This is ridiculous. 00:13:54.539 --> 00:13:55.239 Or probably the only 00:13:55.239 --> 00:13:55.799 other option, 00:13:55.899 --> 00:13:56.399 if you weren't going 00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:56.959 to take that one, 00:13:57.039 --> 00:13:57.659 is you'd have to 00:13:57.659 --> 00:13:59.099 then believe what I said. 00:14:00.219 --> 00:14:00.919 So you are going to 00:14:00.919 --> 00:14:01.659 assume I'm crazy 00:14:01.659 --> 00:14:02.279 or you've got to 00:14:02.279 --> 00:14:03.019 believe what I said. 00:14:04.139 --> 00:14:05.139 So this is what 00:14:05.139 --> 00:14:06.559 Jesus is doing here. 00:14:06.620 --> 00:14:07.579 He's saying something 00:14:07.579 --> 00:14:08.819 equally as radical 00:14:08.819 --> 00:14:09.659 or more radical. 00:14:09.659 --> 00:14:10.939 The Jews, 00:14:11.019 --> 00:14:11.980 they put so much 00:14:11.980 --> 00:14:13.219 religious significance 00:14:13.219 --> 00:14:14.139 into the temple. 00:14:14.620 --> 00:14:15.980 It's so important to them. 00:14:16.539 --> 00:14:17.819 It's where they meet God. 00:14:17.919 --> 00:14:18.480 It's where they offer 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:19.839 their sacrifices to him. 00:14:20.500 --> 00:14:21.500 And Jesus is saying 00:14:21.500 --> 00:14:22.480 that his body 00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:23.959 is now the temple. 00:14:24.740 --> 00:14:26.039 All this religious 00:14:26.039 --> 00:14:27.159 significance 00:14:27.159 --> 00:14:28.740 can now be found 00:14:28.740 --> 00:14:29.579 in his body. 00:14:30.139 --> 00:14:30.919 It is found 00:14:30.919 --> 00:14:32.100 in Jesus. 00:14:33.219 --> 00:14:34.299 Once you used to 00:14:34.299 --> 00:14:35.299 find God in the temple, 00:14:35.759 --> 00:14:36.839 now you find God 00:14:36.839 --> 00:14:37.259 in Jesus. 00:14:37.259 --> 00:14:38.779 Once you used to 00:14:38.779 --> 00:14:39.860 meet God in the temple, 00:14:40.399 --> 00:14:41.319 now you meet God 00:14:41.319 --> 00:14:41.819 in Jesus. 00:14:42.340 --> 00:14:43.139 Once you used to 00:14:43.139 --> 00:14:44.000 offer sacrifices 00:14:44.000 --> 00:14:45.220 to God in a temple, 00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:46.779 now you offer them 00:14:46.779 --> 00:14:47.700 in Jesus. 00:14:48.659 --> 00:14:50.139 Jesus is the temple. 00:14:50.500 --> 00:14:51.360 And because Jesus 00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:51.960 is the temple, 00:14:52.500 --> 00:14:53.240 we no longer need 00:14:53.240 --> 00:14:54.179 to go to a geographical 00:14:54.179 --> 00:14:56.259 location to meet God. 00:14:56.860 --> 00:14:57.600 Because Jesus 00:14:57.600 --> 00:14:58.620 is the temple, 00:14:58.819 --> 00:14:59.659 we can now have 00:14:59.659 --> 00:15:00.879 a radical relationship 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:01.860 with God. 00:15:02.340 --> 00:15:03.899 We can find God 00:15:03.899 --> 00:15:04.759 in Jesus. 00:15:04.899 --> 00:15:05.939 We can meet God 00:15:05.940 --> 00:15:06.580 in Jesus. 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:07.680 We can offer 00:15:07.680 --> 00:15:08.480 a sacrifice 00:15:08.480 --> 00:15:09.240 to God 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:10.960 in Jesus. 00:15:12.080 --> 00:15:12.860 But the disciples 00:15:12.860 --> 00:15:13.940 only understood 00:15:13.940 --> 00:15:15.080 the significance 00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:16.280 of Jesus' work 00:15:16.280 --> 00:15:17.620 that he is this temple. 00:15:18.740 --> 00:15:19.480 Once they'd actually 00:15:19.480 --> 00:15:20.500 seen him rise 00:15:20.500 --> 00:15:21.080 from the dead, 00:15:21.200 --> 00:15:21.700 as we saw 00:15:21.700 --> 00:15:22.580 in verse 22, 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:24.220 only then did they 00:15:24.220 --> 00:15:25.200 see how Jesus 00:15:25.200 --> 00:15:25.980 was the temple 00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:27.280 that was destroyed 00:15:27.280 --> 00:15:28.820 when he was nailed 00:15:28.820 --> 00:15:29.480 to a cross 00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:30.760 and then rebuilt 00:15:30.760 --> 00:15:32.040 when he rose 00:15:32.040 --> 00:15:32.740 from the dead 00:15:32.740 --> 00:15:34.340 after three days. 00:15:34.340 --> 00:15:35.820 It's important 00:15:35.820 --> 00:15:36.320 to note that 00:15:36.320 --> 00:15:36.899 this is why 00:15:36.899 --> 00:15:37.580 Jesus had the 00:15:37.580 --> 00:15:38.780 authority to clear 00:15:38.780 --> 00:15:39.240 that temple 00:15:39.240 --> 00:15:40.120 in the first place. 00:15:40.660 --> 00:15:41.420 Remember the question 00:15:41.420 --> 00:15:42.300 the Jews asked him 00:15:42.300 --> 00:15:43.040 in verse 18? 00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:44.160 What sign do you 00:15:44.160 --> 00:15:44.980 show us for doing 00:15:44.980 --> 00:15:45.560 these things? 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:47.080 Well, the resurrection 00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:47.740 of Jesus, 00:15:48.180 --> 00:15:49.139 that is the sign 00:15:49.139 --> 00:15:49.740 and the proof. 00:15:50.379 --> 00:15:51.200 It's because Jesus 00:15:51.200 --> 00:15:52.060 has the power 00:15:52.060 --> 00:15:53.560 to defeat death 00:15:53.560 --> 00:15:54.399 that he has the 00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:55.320 authority to clear 00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:55.759 the temple. 00:15:56.660 --> 00:15:57.460 Jesus does not 00:15:57.460 --> 00:15:58.639 just say crazy 00:15:58.639 --> 00:15:59.180 things, 00:15:59.540 --> 00:16:00.220 I am the temple. 00:16:00.740 --> 00:16:01.620 Jesus does 00:16:01.620 --> 00:16:02.460 crazy things. 00:16:02.460 --> 00:16:04.280 He defeats death. 00:16:05.080 --> 00:16:05.720 This is why 00:16:05.720 --> 00:16:06.320 the disciples 00:16:06.320 --> 00:16:07.139 trusted him 00:16:07.139 --> 00:16:08.160 and this is why 00:16:08.160 --> 00:16:09.879 we too are able 00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:11.139 to trust him now. 00:16:11.980 --> 00:16:12.879 The way to a 00:16:12.879 --> 00:16:13.879 radical relationship 00:16:13.879 --> 00:16:14.540 with God 00:16:14.540 --> 00:16:16.180 is through Jesus, 00:16:16.780 --> 00:16:17.259 the temple. 00:16:18.220 --> 00:16:19.440 When I was a lot 00:16:19.440 --> 00:16:20.420 younger and a lot 00:16:20.420 --> 00:16:20.800 smaller, 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:21.560 a little kid, 00:16:21.860 --> 00:16:22.460 we went on a 00:16:22.460 --> 00:16:23.440 family holiday 00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:24.560 with my cousins, 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:25.040 my aunts, 00:16:25.100 --> 00:16:25.500 my uncles 00:16:25.500 --> 00:16:26.480 and we did 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:27.160 loads of canoeing. 00:16:27.820 --> 00:16:28.360 Now one day 00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:29.000 my older brother, 00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:29.440 Jamie, 00:16:29.620 --> 00:16:30.100 my older sister, 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:30.440 Becky, 00:16:30.860 --> 00:16:31.980 my older cousin, 00:16:31.980 --> 00:16:32.899 and so they 00:16:32.899 --> 00:16:33.620 wanted to canoe 00:16:33.620 --> 00:16:34.519 up the river 00:16:34.519 --> 00:16:35.700 towards the sea. 00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:36.779 So they crossed 00:16:36.779 --> 00:16:37.259 over the river 00:16:37.259 --> 00:16:37.779 in their canoe 00:16:37.779 --> 00:16:38.539 to the other side 00:16:38.539 --> 00:16:38.920 and then they 00:16:38.920 --> 00:16:39.560 started going 00:16:39.560 --> 00:16:40.980 up towards the sea. 00:16:41.620 --> 00:16:42.080 And they just 00:16:42.080 --> 00:16:42.860 went on and on 00:16:42.860 --> 00:16:43.420 and on until 00:16:43.420 --> 00:16:44.060 actually eventually 00:16:44.060 --> 00:16:44.779 they just got a bit 00:16:44.779 --> 00:16:46.000 tired and decided 00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:46.560 they wanted to 00:16:46.560 --> 00:16:47.100 turn back. 00:16:48.000 --> 00:16:48.519 But as they 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:49.379 started to row 00:16:49.379 --> 00:16:50.980 back up the river, 00:16:51.539 --> 00:16:52.100 they started to 00:16:52.100 --> 00:16:52.820 row against the 00:16:52.820 --> 00:16:53.060 current. 00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:54.340 And it didn't 00:16:54.340 --> 00:16:55.420 matter how hard 00:16:55.420 --> 00:16:56.100 they rowed, 00:16:56.320 --> 00:16:57.100 they hardly made 00:16:57.100 --> 00:16:57.840 any distance 00:16:57.840 --> 00:16:58.240 until. 00:16:58.240 --> 00:16:59.840 Until they 00:16:59.840 --> 00:17:00.299 got to the 00:17:00.299 --> 00:17:00.740 point of 00:17:00.740 --> 00:17:01.360 just sheer 00:17:01.360 --> 00:17:02.120 exhaustion. 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:03.379 And they had 00:17:03.379 --> 00:17:03.919 to call my 00:17:03.919 --> 00:17:04.480 mum and dad 00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:05.019 and our aunts 00:17:05.019 --> 00:17:05.400 and uncles 00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:06.120 and tell them 00:17:06.120 --> 00:17:06.859 that we're 00:17:06.859 --> 00:17:07.259 stuck. 00:17:08.319 --> 00:17:08.859 We can't 00:17:08.859 --> 00:17:09.279 get ourselves 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:10.099 across the river 00:17:10.099 --> 00:17:10.559 to the other 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:11.120 side, 00:17:11.500 --> 00:17:12.120 where you guys 00:17:12.120 --> 00:17:12.460 are, 00:17:12.620 --> 00:17:13.120 and we can't 00:17:13.120 --> 00:17:13.859 move any further 00:17:13.859 --> 00:17:14.319 up the river 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:15.140 towards you either. 00:17:16.299 --> 00:17:16.839 Now I must 00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:17.279 admit at this 00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:17.779 point as a 00:17:17.779 --> 00:17:18.180 little boy, 00:17:18.259 --> 00:17:19.019 my mind is a 00:17:19.019 --> 00:17:19.480 bit fuzzy. 00:17:20.120 --> 00:17:20.960 All I remember 00:17:20.960 --> 00:17:21.559 is grown-ups 00:17:21.559 --> 00:17:22.079 chattering. 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:23.759 And from 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:24.079 what I've 00:17:24.079 --> 00:17:24.379 heard over 00:17:24.379 --> 00:17:24.779 the years, 00:17:24.919 --> 00:17:26.199 it would be 00:17:26.199 --> 00:17:26.779 fair to say 00:17:26.779 --> 00:17:27.240 that my 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:27.799 parents were 00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:28.759 pretty panicked. 00:17:29.339 --> 00:17:29.879 And they 00:17:29.879 --> 00:17:30.299 ended up 00:17:30.299 --> 00:17:30.899 calling the 00:17:30.899 --> 00:17:31.460 Coast Guard. 00:17:32.059 --> 00:17:32.659 But this bit 00:17:32.659 --> 00:17:33.199 I remember 00:17:33.199 --> 00:17:34.019 with crystal 00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:34.799 clarity. 00:17:35.399 --> 00:17:36.179 My brother, 00:17:36.519 --> 00:17:37.079 my sister, 00:17:37.460 --> 00:17:38.019 my cousin, 00:17:38.399 --> 00:17:38.659 who got 00:17:38.659 --> 00:17:39.179 themselves into 00:17:39.179 --> 00:17:39.759 this stupid 00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:41.119 situation by 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:41.699 themselves, 00:17:42.379 --> 00:17:42.819 they got 00:17:42.819 --> 00:17:44.359 airlifted by 00:17:44.359 --> 00:17:45.199 a helicopter 00:17:45.199 --> 00:17:46.480 from their 00:17:46.480 --> 00:17:47.079 side of the 00:17:47.079 --> 00:17:47.319 river, 00:17:47.619 --> 00:17:48.119 and they were 00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:48.879 brought over 00:17:48.879 --> 00:17:49.859 to our side. 00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:51.559 I was so 00:17:51.559 --> 00:17:52.000 jealous. 00:17:52.939 --> 00:17:53.639 They got 00:17:53.639 --> 00:17:54.339 rescued by 00:17:54.339 --> 00:17:54.839 a helicopter, 00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:55.639 and all I 00:17:55.639 --> 00:17:56.240 got was this 00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:57.299 dull afternoon 00:17:57.299 --> 00:17:58.359 of sitting and 00:17:58.359 --> 00:17:58.899 waiting for them 00:17:58.899 --> 00:17:59.519 to return. 00:18:00.460 --> 00:18:00.899 Outrageous! 00:18:01.659 --> 00:18:02.279 My brother, 00:18:02.419 --> 00:18:02.659 sister, 00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:03.079 and cousin, 00:18:03.179 --> 00:18:03.599 they were on 00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:04.319 one side of 00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:04.639 the river, 00:18:05.199 --> 00:18:05.939 and my family, 00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:06.359 we were on 00:18:06.359 --> 00:18:06.639 the other. 00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:07.939 And these two 00:18:07.939 --> 00:18:08.619 separate groups, 00:18:08.679 --> 00:18:09.339 they needed to 00:18:09.339 --> 00:18:09.939 become one. 00:18:10.539 --> 00:18:11.179 So they needed 00:18:11.179 --> 00:18:11.799 that helicopter. 00:18:12.779 --> 00:18:13.720 We're separated 00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:14.480 from God, 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:15.720 and in the 00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:16.079 temple, 00:18:16.579 --> 00:18:17.119 we can meet 00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:17.500 with him. 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:19.720 Jesus then, 00:18:19.859 --> 00:18:20.419 he's a little 00:18:20.419 --> 00:18:21.399 bit like that 00:18:21.399 --> 00:18:21.839 helicopter. 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:22.599 Which enabled 00:18:22.599 --> 00:18:23.099 my brother, 00:18:23.220 --> 00:18:23.419 sister, 00:18:23.419 --> 00:18:23.839 and cousin, 00:18:24.259 --> 00:18:25.059 to be reunited 00:18:25.059 --> 00:18:25.879 with my family. 00:18:27.000 --> 00:18:27.319 But you know 00:18:27.319 --> 00:18:27.599 what? 00:18:27.799 --> 00:18:28.199 Jesus being 00:18:28.199 --> 00:18:28.539 in a helicopter 00:18:28.539 --> 00:18:29.399 is just a 00:18:29.399 --> 00:18:30.139 rubbish 00:18:30.139 --> 00:18:30.699 illustration. 00:18:31.699 --> 00:18:32.159 Because Jesus 00:18:32.159 --> 00:18:33.480 isn't not just 00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:33.839 a helicopter, 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:34.599 that's not 00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:35.240 strong enough. 00:18:35.359 --> 00:18:35.659 It doesn't 00:18:35.659 --> 00:18:36.220 stay good 00:18:36.220 --> 00:18:36.519 enough. 00:18:37.059 --> 00:18:37.619 It would be a 00:18:37.619 --> 00:18:38.240 little bit more 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:38.899 like if you 00:18:38.899 --> 00:18:40.199 had my stupid 00:18:40.199 --> 00:18:41.299 lost teenager 00:18:41.299 --> 00:18:42.159 relatives here, 00:18:42.439 --> 00:18:43.480 and my family 00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:44.119 over here, 00:18:44.220 --> 00:18:44.759 and then just 00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:45.579 the river 00:18:45.579 --> 00:18:46.339 between. 00:18:46.339 --> 00:18:48.059 And a better 00:18:48.059 --> 00:18:48.579 picture of 00:18:48.579 --> 00:18:49.480 Jesus would 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:49.919 be him 00:18:49.919 --> 00:18:51.079 sucking all 00:18:51.079 --> 00:18:51.599 that water 00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:51.839 up, 00:18:51.939 --> 00:18:52.099 and then 00:18:52.099 --> 00:18:52.619 just spraying 00:18:52.619 --> 00:18:53.039 it away. 00:18:53.379 --> 00:18:53.799 And then 00:18:53.799 --> 00:18:54.480 the ground 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:54.899 literally 00:18:54.899 --> 00:18:56.199 folding together 00:18:56.199 --> 00:18:57.220 until the 00:18:57.220 --> 00:18:58.259 two sides 00:18:58.259 --> 00:18:58.879 pertain 00:18:58.879 --> 00:18:59.359 one. 00:19:00.099 --> 00:19:00.899 Until they 00:19:00.899 --> 00:19:01.859 could meet. 00:19:02.699 --> 00:19:03.220 That's a 00:19:03.220 --> 00:19:04.159 truer image 00:19:04.159 --> 00:19:05.079 of what Jesus 00:19:05.079 --> 00:19:05.740 has done 00:19:05.740 --> 00:19:06.019 when he 00:19:06.019 --> 00:19:06.779 becomes the 00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:07.079 temple. 00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:08.059 Because it 00:19:08.059 --> 00:19:09.539 represents how 00:19:09.539 --> 00:19:10.819 radical this 00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:11.879 relationship is. 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:12.880 it is world 00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:13.740 transforming. 00:19:14.580 --> 00:19:15.240 It changes 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:16.560 everything. 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:19.020 The other 00:19:19.020 --> 00:19:19.560 day I was in 00:19:19.560 --> 00:19:20.540 the pub, 00:19:20.840 --> 00:19:21.280 chatting to a 00:19:21.280 --> 00:19:21.740 mate of mine, 00:19:22.160 --> 00:19:22.640 and he asked 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:23.280 me why I was 00:19:23.280 --> 00:19:23.680 a Christian. 00:19:24.280 --> 00:19:24.920 And I waffled 00:19:24.920 --> 00:19:25.840 on a bit, 00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:26.640 trying to give 00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:27.080 him a well 00:19:27.080 --> 00:19:27.920 reasoned answer. 00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:28.980 And yet this 00:19:28.980 --> 00:19:29.800 passage actually 00:19:29.800 --> 00:19:30.540 explains it 00:19:30.540 --> 00:19:31.600 perfectly and 00:19:31.600 --> 00:19:32.000 beautifully. 00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:33.880 I'm a Christian 00:19:33.880 --> 00:19:34.820 because in 00:19:34.820 --> 00:19:35.460 Jesus the 00:19:35.460 --> 00:19:36.320 temple, I have 00:19:36.320 --> 00:19:36.840 a radical 00:19:36.840 --> 00:19:37.920 relationship with 00:19:37.920 --> 00:19:38.200 God. 00:19:38.780 --> 00:19:39.980 In Jesus, I 00:19:39.980 --> 00:19:40.560 know a God 00:19:40.560 --> 00:19:41.420 who made me. 00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:42.540 who knitted 00:19:42.540 --> 00:19:43.060 me together 00:19:43.060 --> 00:19:43.400 in my 00:19:43.400 --> 00:19:44.100 mother's womb. 00:19:44.540 --> 00:19:45.600 In Jesus, I 00:19:45.600 --> 00:19:46.220 know a God 00:19:46.220 --> 00:19:47.000 who sustains 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:47.780 me, who 00:19:47.780 --> 00:19:48.580 gives me breath 00:19:48.580 --> 00:19:49.440 for each day 00:19:49.440 --> 00:19:50.200 and energy 00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:50.820 to keep on 00:19:50.820 --> 00:19:51.100 going. 00:19:51.520 --> 00:19:53.000 In Jesus, I 00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:53.660 know a God 00:19:53.660 --> 00:19:54.240 who loves me 00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:55.440 so passionately 00:19:55.440 --> 00:19:56.360 and deeply 00:19:56.360 --> 00:19:57.220 that he would 00:19:57.220 --> 00:19:58.060 send his son 00:19:58.060 --> 00:19:58.880 to die for me 00:19:58.880 --> 00:19:59.480 on a cross. 00:19:59.860 --> 00:20:01.280 In Jesus, I 00:20:01.280 --> 00:20:01.920 know a God 00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:02.320 who gives 00:20:02.320 --> 00:20:03.200 life purpose, 00:20:03.560 --> 00:20:03.900 who gives 00:20:03.900 --> 00:20:04.660 joy in the 00:20:04.660 --> 00:20:05.960 struggle and 00:20:05.960 --> 00:20:07.160 deep satisfaction 00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:08.280 which nothing 00:20:08.280 --> 00:20:09.200 else can compare 00:20:09.200 --> 00:20:09.520 with. 00:20:10.140 --> 00:20:11.320 In Jesus, I 00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:11.960 know a God 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:12.399 who gives 00:20:12.399 --> 00:20:13.700 me life. 00:20:14.399 --> 00:20:15.179 Not just in 00:20:15.179 --> 00:20:16.179 the past and 00:20:16.179 --> 00:20:17.259 not just in 00:20:17.259 --> 00:20:18.179 the present, but 00:20:18.179 --> 00:20:18.839 in the future 00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:19.579 too. 00:20:20.339 --> 00:20:21.339 In Jesus, I 00:20:21.339 --> 00:20:22.059 know a God 00:20:22.059 --> 00:20:22.579 who will give 00:20:22.579 --> 00:20:23.720 me life which 00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:24.259 will last 00:20:24.259 --> 00:20:25.480 forever and 00:20:25.480 --> 00:20:26.559 ever and 00:20:26.559 --> 00:20:27.599 ever and 00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:28.460 ever and 00:20:28.460 --> 00:20:29.039 ever and 00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:29.539 ever and 00:20:29.539 --> 00:20:29.960 ever and 00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:30.339 ever. 00:20:31.399 --> 00:20:33.039 Do you want 00:20:33.039 --> 00:20:34.379 to share in 00:20:34.379 --> 00:20:35.039 that life? 00:20:36.259 --> 00:20:36.659 Wonder 00:20:36.660 --> 00:20:37.140 that end? 00:20:38.100 --> 00:20:38.519 Will you 00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:39.580 come and 00:20:39.580 --> 00:20:40.580 meet Jesus? 00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:41.720 Will you 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:42.680 come and 00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:43.460 meet with 00:20:43.460 --> 00:20:43.800 God? 00:20:44.320 --> 00:20:44.820 Will you 00:20:44.820 --> 00:20:45.300 come to 00:20:45.300 --> 00:20:45.600 Jesus' 00:20:45.840 --> 00:20:46.720 temple and 00:20:46.720 --> 00:20:47.000 will you 00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:47.620 start a 00:20:47.620 --> 00:20:47.960 radical 00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:48.640 relationship 00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:49.200 with the 00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:49.880 God who 00:20:49.880 --> 00:20:50.320 knows you 00:20:50.320 --> 00:20:50.740 better than 00:20:50.740 --> 00:20:51.000 you know 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:51.560 yourself? 00:20:52.300 --> 00:20:52.800 Will you 00:20:52.800 --> 00:20:53.360 come and 00:20:53.360 --> 00:20:53.940 call on the 00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:54.279 name of 00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:55.400 Jesus now 00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:56.180 and tomorrow 00:20:56.180 --> 00:20:56.519 and the 00:20:56.519 --> 00:20:57.120 day after 00:20:57.120 --> 00:20:58.100 until the 00:20:58.100 --> 00:20:58.460 end of 00:20:58.460 --> 00:20:59.320 time itself? 00:21:00.500 --> 00:21:01.019 A false 00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:01.660 religion, it 00:21:01.660 --> 00:21:02.400 cares more about 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:02.960 the immediate 00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:03.800 than the miraculous 00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:04.980 and it turns 00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.419 the temple 00:21:05.419 --> 00:21:05.859 into a 00:21:05.859 --> 00:21:06.279 marketplace. 00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:07.700 Jesus is 00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:08.180 having nothing 00:21:08.180 --> 00:21:08.659 to do with 00:21:08.659 --> 00:21:09.559 that because 00:21:09.559 --> 00:21:10.359 he is his 00:21:10.359 --> 00:21:11.200 father's son 00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:12.180 and he wants 00:21:12.180 --> 00:21:12.720 people to 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.700 come and 00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:14.159 meet with 00:21:14.159 --> 00:21:14.440 God. 00:21:15.119 --> 00:21:16.000 Jesus offers 00:21:16.000 --> 00:21:16.960 us the chance 00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:17.740 to have a 00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:18.159 radical 00:21:18.159 --> 00:21:19.099 relationship 00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:19.899 with God 00:21:19.899 --> 00:21:20.740 by becoming 00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.279 the temple 00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:22.579 enabling all 00:21:22.579 --> 00:21:23.139 who call 00:21:23.139 --> 00:21:23.879 in his name 00:21:23.879 --> 00:21:24.680 to meet 00:21:24.680 --> 00:21:24.919 him. 00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.180 So should 00:21:26.180 --> 00:21:27.019 we rage 00:21:27.019 --> 00:21:28.579 against the 00:21:28.579 --> 00:21:29.220 dying of 00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:29.759 the lights? 00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:30.720 No! 00:21:31.139 --> 00:21:31.700 That is a 00:21:31.700 --> 00:21:32.539 waste of time, 00:21:32.899 --> 00:21:33.480 a philosophy 00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:34.099 of pointless 00:21:34.099 --> 00:21:34.620 shallow 00:21:34.620 --> 00:21:35.380 immediate 00:21:35.380 --> 00:21:35.819 obsessed 00:21:35.819 --> 00:21:36.279 life. 00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:37.180 No! 00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:37.539 We should 00:21:37.539 --> 00:21:38.440 recognise who 00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:39.440 Jesus is 00:21:39.440 --> 00:21:40.420 the Messiah 00:21:40.420 --> 00:21:40.720 and the 00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.220 Son of God 00:21:41.220 --> 00:21:41.579 and we 00:21:41.579 --> 00:21:42.240 should call 00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:42.980 on his 00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:44.019 name and 00:21:44.019 --> 00:21:44.400 know that 00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:45.079 if we do 00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:45.579 we will 00:21:45.579 --> 00:21:46.319 have life 00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:47.400 in all 00:21:47.400 --> 00:21:48.140 its fullest 00:21:48.140 --> 00:21:49.120 and all 00:21:49.120 --> 00:21:49.779 its glory 00:21:49.779 --> 00:21:51.400 now and 00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:51.740 then for 00:21:51.740 --> 00:21:52.160 all 00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:53.019 eternity. 00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:54.839 Why don't 00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:55.759 I pray?