WEBVTT 00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:03.220 So we're picking things up where we left off. 00:00:03.820 --> 00:00:05.500 Jesus is teaching at the temple courts. 00:00:06.560 --> 00:00:09.660 And we can see that in verse 20, 00:00:09.900 --> 00:00:11.900 kind of the last verse of our section this morning. 00:00:12.300 --> 00:00:12.540 It says, 00:00:26.539 --> 00:00:29.699 So Jesus is still there in Jerusalem, 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.719 everything we're about to read today that Jesus said, 00:00:33.780 --> 00:00:34.759 and that was said to him, 00:00:35.219 --> 00:00:37.740 happened there at the temple courts while he was teaching. 00:00:39.039 --> 00:00:43.019 Up until now, the Pharisees have been kind of lurking around in the background. 00:00:44.200 --> 00:00:46.200 If you remember back to chapter 7, 00:00:46.780 --> 00:00:49.439 they sent some temple guards to arrest Jesus. 00:00:50.019 --> 00:00:52.480 But then the guards decided not to arrest him 00:00:52.480 --> 00:00:54.939 because they were amazed by Jesus' teaching. 00:00:55.539 --> 00:00:58.579 They didn't think they should arrest a man who teaches like Jesus did. 00:00:58.579 --> 00:01:00.600 So they came back empty-handed. 00:01:01.619 --> 00:01:05.439 Well, now finally, the Pharisees are about to challenge Jesus openly. 00:01:06.599 --> 00:01:10.519 And just imagine yourself there in the temple courts, 00:01:11.060 --> 00:01:13.400 watching them, watching Jesus, 00:01:14.019 --> 00:01:17.379 waiting for the opportune moment to confront him. 00:01:17.379 --> 00:01:19.659 And finally, Jesus says something. 00:01:20.359 --> 00:01:25.379 Something big that they simply cannot just let go unchecked, 00:01:25.979 --> 00:01:27.840 at least in their minds. 00:01:27.939 --> 00:01:29.119 Verse 12. 00:01:29.120 --> 00:01:33.460 When Jesus spoke again to the people, 00:01:33.579 --> 00:01:34.040 he said, 00:01:34.780 --> 00:01:36.740 I am the light of the world. 00:01:37.880 --> 00:01:40.840 Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, 00:01:41.420 --> 00:01:44.540 but will have the light of life. 00:01:44.540 --> 00:01:50.960 What a claim to make. 00:01:52.960 --> 00:01:56.060 The Pharisees see this as their opportune moment, 00:01:56.620 --> 00:01:57.860 and they seize it. 00:01:58.200 --> 00:01:59.600 Verse 13. 00:02:01.080 --> 00:02:03.160 The Pharisees challenged him. 00:02:04.000 --> 00:02:04.800 Here you are, 00:02:05.300 --> 00:02:06.740 appearing as your own witness. 00:02:07.580 --> 00:02:09.439 Your testimony is not valid. 00:02:09.439 --> 00:02:13.139 Quite literally, they say to him, 00:02:14.599 --> 00:02:18.020 you are testifying about yourself. 00:02:19.300 --> 00:02:21.199 Your testimony is not true. 00:02:22.740 --> 00:02:24.780 There's a bit of a translation issue here. 00:02:24.879 --> 00:02:27.360 About half of the translations have the Pharisees saying, 00:02:27.800 --> 00:02:29.300 your testimony is not true. 00:02:29.659 --> 00:02:30.699 The other half have it, 00:02:31.159 --> 00:02:32.439 your testimony is not valid. 00:02:33.699 --> 00:02:35.360 It's not the easiest thing to translate. 00:02:36.240 --> 00:02:38.560 The word used here usually means true, 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:39.819 but in this place, 00:02:39.879 --> 00:02:41.640 and in at least one other place in John, 00:02:41.719 --> 00:02:43.060 where Jesus has used this word, 00:02:43.140 --> 00:02:43.939 it could mean valid. 00:02:44.060 --> 00:02:45.120 It could mean dependable, 00:02:45.300 --> 00:02:46.520 or trustworthy. 00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:51.460 So, either the Pharisees are accusing Jesus outright 00:02:51.460 --> 00:02:53.159 of speaking what is false. 00:02:53.939 --> 00:02:55.500 Your testimony is not true. 00:02:56.900 --> 00:02:59.500 Or, the Pharisees are trying to challenge 00:02:59.500 --> 00:03:03.159 whether what Jesus is saying can be trusted. 00:03:04.219 --> 00:03:07.280 Your testimony is not valid. 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:08.699 It's not trustworthy. 00:03:10.500 --> 00:03:11.719 The first possibility, 00:03:11.879 --> 00:03:14.340 a little more overt and direct. 00:03:14.939 --> 00:03:17.340 The second, a little more subtle, 00:03:17.500 --> 00:03:19.219 which it is, I'm not sure, to be honest. 00:03:19.659 --> 00:03:20.400 But either way, 00:03:21.099 --> 00:03:22.759 the Pharisees are challenging Jesus. 00:03:23.860 --> 00:03:26.620 They are trying to cast doubt on him, 00:03:26.699 --> 00:03:29.180 and to get the people to doubt what he is saying 00:03:29.180 --> 00:03:32.500 about being the light of the world. 00:03:32.500 --> 00:03:36.039 And their charge comes with a reason. 00:03:37.199 --> 00:03:40.060 Here's how we know that what he's claiming is not true, 00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:41.340 is not valid. 00:03:41.759 --> 00:03:42.520 They say, 00:03:43.039 --> 00:03:44.819 here you are appearing as your own witness. 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:48.379 You're testifying about yourself. 00:03:50.620 --> 00:03:53.780 And we all know better than to just accept as true 00:03:53.780 --> 00:03:55.520 what a person says about themselves. 00:03:55.520 --> 00:03:57.080 Don't we? 00:03:59.000 --> 00:04:00.820 We even think like that today, don't we? 00:04:02.240 --> 00:04:03.320 Maybe you go online, 00:04:03.439 --> 00:04:05.719 and you're looking for a specific product or service, 00:04:06.040 --> 00:04:08.280 and you go to the webpage of that company, 00:04:08.860 --> 00:04:10.060 and what does it say? 00:04:10.140 --> 00:04:10.480 It says, 00:04:10.600 --> 00:04:14.020 we offer the best service or product around. 00:04:14.860 --> 00:04:16.300 We're the best in the business. 00:04:16.579 --> 00:04:18.720 Our product is better than all the competitors. 00:04:18.720 --> 00:04:22.520 By now, most of us probably know that 00:04:22.520 --> 00:04:25.680 almost every company claims that for themselves. 00:04:27.200 --> 00:04:29.480 No, we want to hear the testimony of others 00:04:29.480 --> 00:04:31.580 about your product or your service. 00:04:31.780 --> 00:04:33.160 We want to read some reviews. 00:04:33.360 --> 00:04:35.840 We want to talk to somebody who's done business with you 00:04:35.840 --> 00:04:38.740 to confirm that you really are the best. 00:04:39.600 --> 00:04:41.500 Because anybody can claim for themselves 00:04:41.500 --> 00:04:44.120 to be the best or to have the best. 00:04:44.120 --> 00:04:48.259 So the Pharisees are trying to cause the people 00:04:48.259 --> 00:04:50.519 to question and doubt Jesus. 00:04:51.600 --> 00:04:52.100 And personally, 00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:55.220 I don't think this is just the Pharisees talking here. 00:04:56.240 --> 00:04:59.959 I hear the insidious whisper of Satan himself 00:04:59.959 --> 00:05:00.759 in these words. 00:05:02.079 --> 00:05:06.800 Can you really trust what this man is saying, 00:05:06.920 --> 00:05:08.639 what he is claiming for himself? 00:05:09.980 --> 00:05:11.459 Does that not sound familiar? 00:05:11.459 --> 00:05:14.579 Verse 14. 00:05:16.739 --> 00:05:17.859 Jesus answered, 00:05:19.639 --> 00:05:22.859 Even if I testify about myself, 00:05:23.299 --> 00:05:25.579 my testimony is true. 00:05:26.740 --> 00:05:28.859 For I know where I came from 00:05:28.859 --> 00:05:30.459 and where I am going. 00:05:31.339 --> 00:05:33.879 But you do not know where I come from 00:05:33.879 --> 00:05:35.799 or where I am going. 00:05:37.240 --> 00:05:39.459 Again, there are both possibilities 00:05:39.459 --> 00:05:41.879 possibilities with the word true or valid here. 00:05:41.979 --> 00:05:43.639 It's possible even that there's a play 00:05:43.639 --> 00:05:45.079 on that word going on here. 00:05:45.719 --> 00:05:48.620 Maybe the Pharisees are subtly calling into question 00:05:48.620 --> 00:05:52.299 whether Jesus' testimony is trustworthy, valid. 00:05:52.819 --> 00:05:54.319 But Jesus, as he responds, 00:05:54.459 --> 00:05:57.379 is claiming not just to have a valid testimony, 00:05:57.539 --> 00:05:58.299 but a true one. 00:06:00.299 --> 00:06:01.519 As Jesus responds, 00:06:02.519 --> 00:06:04.740 he uses an if statement. 00:06:04.740 --> 00:06:05.960 He says, 00:06:05.960 --> 00:06:10.259 even if I testify about myself, 00:06:10.800 --> 00:06:13.600 my testimony is true. 00:06:15.800 --> 00:06:16.360 Now, 00:06:16.759 --> 00:06:18.300 he gives a reason. 00:06:20.900 --> 00:06:22.740 And it's kind of a strange reason. 00:06:25.079 --> 00:06:27.480 For I know where I came from 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:30.139 and where I am going. 00:06:30.139 --> 00:06:33.159 But you do not know where I come from 00:06:33.159 --> 00:06:34.019 or where I am going. 00:06:35.979 --> 00:06:38.000 I can testify about myself 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:39.539 and my testimony is true 00:06:39.539 --> 00:06:41.899 because I know where I came from 00:06:41.899 --> 00:06:44.159 and where I am going. 00:06:44.879 --> 00:06:46.759 That's kind of a strange way to reason, 00:06:46.860 --> 00:06:47.219 isn't it? 00:06:48.419 --> 00:06:49.699 Doesn't that sound weird to you? 00:06:51.139 --> 00:06:52.379 It kind of sounds weird to me. 00:06:53.979 --> 00:06:55.139 How does Jesus, 00:06:55.419 --> 00:06:56.579 knowing where he came from 00:06:56.579 --> 00:06:57.639 and where he is going, 00:06:57.639 --> 00:06:59.259 give validity 00:06:59.259 --> 00:07:00.539 and credibility 00:07:00.539 --> 00:07:01.500 to his testimony? 00:07:03.819 --> 00:07:05.300 Well, I think to get a hang on this, 00:07:05.379 --> 00:07:06.139 we kind of have to 00:07:06.139 --> 00:07:07.379 step back for a minute 00:07:07.379 --> 00:07:09.180 and think of the bigger conversation here. 00:07:10.120 --> 00:07:12.579 One of the big issues right now with Jesus 00:07:12.579 --> 00:07:14.740 is where he is from. 00:07:15.860 --> 00:07:16.819 We've heard this 00:07:16.819 --> 00:07:18.500 again and again. 00:07:19.759 --> 00:07:21.659 You remember back to chapter 7? 00:07:23.659 --> 00:07:25.039 What did the crowd say there? 00:07:25.040 --> 00:07:28.040 Isn't this the man they're trying to kill? 00:07:29.140 --> 00:07:30.040 Here he is, 00:07:30.140 --> 00:07:31.000 speaking publicly 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:33.160 and they're not saying a word to him. 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:35.920 Have the authorities really concluded 00:07:35.920 --> 00:07:36.960 that he is the Messiah? 00:07:38.340 --> 00:07:39.860 Oh, but we know 00:07:39.860 --> 00:07:41.060 where this man is from. 00:07:42.300 --> 00:07:43.700 When the Messiah comes, 00:07:43.939 --> 00:07:44.759 no one will know 00:07:44.759 --> 00:07:46.040 where he is from. 00:07:48.439 --> 00:07:50.660 We know where this man is from, 00:07:50.820 --> 00:07:51.340 they said. 00:07:52.660 --> 00:07:54.060 He can't be the Messiah. 00:07:55.040 --> 00:07:57.760 Again, 00:07:57.960 --> 00:07:59.460 down in verse 40. 00:08:01.460 --> 00:08:02.640 On hearing his words, 00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:04.319 some of the people said, 00:08:04.460 --> 00:08:06.379 surely this man is the prophet. 00:08:07.640 --> 00:08:08.500 Others said, 00:08:08.840 --> 00:08:09.660 he is the Messiah. 00:08:10.840 --> 00:08:11.920 Still others asked, 00:08:12.280 --> 00:08:12.439 well, 00:08:12.500 --> 00:08:14.420 how can the Messiah come from Galilee? 00:08:15.620 --> 00:08:16.600 Does not scripture say 00:08:16.600 --> 00:08:17.879 that the Messiah will come from 00:08:17.879 --> 00:08:19.000 David's descendants 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:20.420 and from Bethlehem, 00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:22.800 the town where David lived? 00:08:22.800 --> 00:08:23.439 Again, 00:08:23.439 --> 00:08:24.639 again, 00:08:24.720 --> 00:08:25.840 we see this whole discussion 00:08:25.840 --> 00:08:27.319 of where Jesus is from. 00:08:27.439 --> 00:08:28.720 He can't be the Messiah 00:08:28.720 --> 00:08:31.060 because he's not from the right place. 00:08:32.759 --> 00:08:33.700 And now finally, 00:08:33.799 --> 00:08:35.220 we come to Jesus' own words 00:08:35.220 --> 00:08:37.279 in verse 14. 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:37.960 He says, 00:08:38.139 --> 00:08:40.340 I know where I came from, 00:08:40.840 --> 00:08:43.340 but you have no idea 00:08:43.340 --> 00:08:45.320 where I came from. 00:08:45.320 --> 00:08:49.600 So the big question is, 00:08:49.700 --> 00:08:51.760 where does Jesus come from? 00:08:53.460 --> 00:08:53.879 Well, 00:08:53.940 --> 00:08:54.800 they're right in a sense. 00:08:54.879 --> 00:08:56.120 He does come from Galilee. 00:08:56.460 --> 00:08:57.600 That's where he's been traveling. 00:08:57.740 --> 00:08:59.140 That's where he's been doing his ministry. 00:09:00.060 --> 00:09:01.720 He does come from Nazareth. 00:09:01.879 --> 00:09:02.300 That's where, 00:09:02.520 --> 00:09:03.700 that's his hometown. 00:09:03.980 --> 00:09:04.940 That's where he's been living 00:09:04.940 --> 00:09:05.860 with his parents 00:09:05.860 --> 00:09:07.340 for the last while. 00:09:07.340 --> 00:09:11.800 He also comes from Bethlehem, 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:12.639 the town of David. 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:13.440 We talked about this 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:14.200 a couple weeks ago. 00:09:14.280 --> 00:09:15.080 He was born there. 00:09:15.360 --> 00:09:16.360 But none of these things 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:17.780 are what Jesus has in mind. 00:09:18.420 --> 00:09:18.860 No, 00:09:18.960 --> 00:09:20.600 Jesus has something else in mind. 00:09:21.379 --> 00:09:22.620 And we've heard him say it 00:09:22.620 --> 00:09:23.540 back in Galilee. 00:09:24.340 --> 00:09:25.620 Where is Jesus from? 00:09:25.780 --> 00:09:26.320 What did he say 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:27.840 after the feeding of the 5,000? 00:09:28.399 --> 00:09:29.220 John 6, 00:09:29.300 --> 00:09:30.080 verse 38. 00:09:30.080 --> 00:09:35.259 For I have come down from heaven. 00:09:37.400 --> 00:09:40.420 For I have come down from heaven. 00:09:42.340 --> 00:09:44.540 Let those words sink in. 00:09:46.320 --> 00:09:47.700 What does that mean? 00:09:50.020 --> 00:09:51.720 As we've seen right from the beginning 00:09:51.720 --> 00:09:52.620 of John's gospel, 00:09:52.800 --> 00:09:55.540 it means that Jesus is no ordinary man. 00:09:56.800 --> 00:09:58.900 It means that before Jesus 00:09:58.899 --> 00:10:00.539 took on human flesh, 00:10:01.079 --> 00:10:02.579 he was 00:10:02.579 --> 00:10:05.120 in heaven. 00:10:07.120 --> 00:10:08.579 Do you remember what Jesus said 00:10:08.579 --> 00:10:09.419 to Nicodemus? 00:10:10.500 --> 00:10:11.459 John 3, 00:10:11.620 --> 00:10:12.399 verse 31. 00:10:14.319 --> 00:10:15.659 He said to Nicodemus, 00:10:15.779 --> 00:10:16.840 I have spoken to you 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:17.759 of earthly things 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:19.919 and you do not believe. 00:10:21.439 --> 00:10:22.740 How then will you believe 00:10:22.740 --> 00:10:24.480 if I speak of heavenly things? 00:10:26.620 --> 00:10:28.679 And we can imagine Nicodemus wondering, 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:29.579 well, what do you mean? 00:10:29.679 --> 00:10:31.000 Speak of heavenly things. 00:10:31.139 --> 00:10:32.019 How can you tell us 00:10:32.019 --> 00:10:33.099 about heavenly things? 00:10:34.059 --> 00:10:34.959 Jesus answers 00:10:34.959 --> 00:10:36.359 that question. 00:10:37.099 --> 00:10:37.419 He says, 00:10:37.539 --> 00:10:38.639 no one has ever 00:10:38.639 --> 00:10:40.199 gone into heaven 00:10:40.199 --> 00:10:41.759 except 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:44.059 the one who came from heaven. 00:10:44.959 --> 00:10:46.139 The son of man. 00:10:48.339 --> 00:10:48.859 Essentially, 00:10:49.019 --> 00:10:50.019 he tells Nicodemus, 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:50.519 yes, 00:10:50.839 --> 00:10:52.359 I can tell you 00:10:52.359 --> 00:10:53.759 about heavenly things 00:10:53.759 --> 00:10:56.139 because unlike every other 00:10:56.139 --> 00:10:57.399 human being on the planet, 00:10:57.899 --> 00:10:59.720 I've been there. 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:02.279 I'm from there. 00:11:02.879 --> 00:11:05.480 I came down from heaven. 00:11:07.159 --> 00:11:09.200 We can't miss the significance of this. 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:10.360 This isn't just trivia, 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:12.600 like where is so-and-so born? 00:11:12.720 --> 00:11:13.600 Where are they from? 00:11:14.220 --> 00:11:14.460 No, 00:11:14.600 --> 00:11:14.919 this is, 00:11:15.220 --> 00:11:15.799 this means, 00:11:16.659 --> 00:11:17.759 this has huge implications 00:11:17.759 --> 00:11:18.279 implications. 00:11:18.759 --> 00:11:19.779 And John, 00:11:19.879 --> 00:11:20.600 the gospel writer, 00:11:20.740 --> 00:11:21.620 spells it out for us 00:11:21.620 --> 00:11:22.179 a little bit 00:11:22.179 --> 00:11:24.679 in chapter 3, 00:11:24.740 --> 00:11:25.419 verse 31. 00:11:26.460 --> 00:11:27.220 He says, 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:28.919 the one who comes from above 00:11:28.919 --> 00:11:30.840 is above all. 00:11:32.340 --> 00:11:33.919 The one who's from the earth 00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:35.059 belongs to the earth 00:11:35.059 --> 00:11:37.340 and speaks as one 00:11:37.340 --> 00:11:38.179 from the earth. 00:11:38.919 --> 00:11:41.120 But the one who comes from heaven 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:43.059 is above all. 00:11:43.059 --> 00:11:46.979 He testifies to what he has seen 00:11:46.979 --> 00:11:47.979 and heard. 00:11:49.219 --> 00:11:50.159 From where? 00:11:50.779 --> 00:11:52.500 Seen from heaven, 00:11:52.659 --> 00:11:53.559 heard from heaven, 00:11:53.879 --> 00:11:54.559 from God, 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:56.000 from his Father in heaven. 00:11:56.859 --> 00:11:59.079 But no one accepts his testimony. 00:12:00.579 --> 00:12:02.019 Whoever has accepted it 00:12:02.019 --> 00:12:04.119 has certified that God is truthful. 00:12:05.739 --> 00:12:08.019 For the one whom God has sent 00:12:08.019 --> 00:12:10.359 speaks the words of God. 00:12:13.059 --> 00:12:16.359 this is what the Pharisees 00:12:16.359 --> 00:12:17.579 do not know 00:12:17.579 --> 00:12:19.399 about where Jesus is from. 00:12:20.719 --> 00:12:22.179 And probably more precisely, 00:12:22.659 --> 00:12:23.959 this is what the Pharisees 00:12:23.959 --> 00:12:25.359 refuse to acknowledge 00:12:25.359 --> 00:12:26.859 or believe 00:12:26.859 --> 00:12:27.979 about Jesus. 00:12:28.239 --> 00:12:28.559 No, 00:12:29.099 --> 00:12:30.839 you are just a man 00:12:30.839 --> 00:12:32.079 and being a man 00:12:32.079 --> 00:12:32.979 like the rest of us, 00:12:33.079 --> 00:12:34.039 you need someone else 00:12:34.039 --> 00:12:34.759 to confirm 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:35.779 your testimony. 00:12:36.979 --> 00:12:38.099 You need someone else 00:12:38.099 --> 00:12:38.739 to validate 00:12:38.739 --> 00:12:40.939 your grandiose claims 00:12:40.939 --> 00:12:41.739 about yourself. 00:12:43.059 --> 00:12:44.500 But Jesus is saying, 00:12:45.219 --> 00:12:46.419 actually, 00:12:46.859 --> 00:12:48.319 I don't. 00:12:49.279 --> 00:12:51.159 I know who I am. 00:12:52.239 --> 00:12:54.799 And you guys have no idea 00:12:54.799 --> 00:12:56.099 who I am. 00:12:58.039 --> 00:13:00.039 Because Jesus comes from heaven, 00:13:00.219 --> 00:13:00.919 he doesn't need 00:13:00.919 --> 00:13:02.319 a second human witness. 00:13:03.799 --> 00:13:05.299 He doesn't need any man 00:13:05.299 --> 00:13:06.339 here on earth 00:13:06.339 --> 00:13:07.099 to validate 00:13:07.099 --> 00:13:08.099 the truthfulness 00:13:08.099 --> 00:13:09.199 of his testimony, 00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:10.979 of what he's saying. 00:13:13.059 --> 00:13:13.639 And actually, 00:13:13.719 --> 00:13:14.359 I think it's maybe 00:13:14.359 --> 00:13:15.259 implied a little bit 00:13:15.259 --> 00:13:16.479 in these words. 00:13:16.979 --> 00:13:18.319 I think Jesus is saying, 00:13:19.559 --> 00:13:20.319 you Pharisees 00:13:20.319 --> 00:13:21.759 are not in a position 00:13:21.759 --> 00:13:22.759 to judge me. 00:13:24.339 --> 00:13:25.359 You don't even know 00:13:25.359 --> 00:13:26.299 where I came from 00:13:26.299 --> 00:13:28.639 or where I'm going. 00:13:28.979 --> 00:13:30.099 How could you possibly 00:13:30.099 --> 00:13:31.219 judge me rightly, 00:13:32.079 --> 00:13:32.599 accurately? 00:13:34.319 --> 00:13:34.819 Now, 00:13:34.859 --> 00:13:35.539 we're not going to talk 00:13:35.539 --> 00:13:36.500 too much this morning 00:13:36.500 --> 00:13:37.299 about where Jesus 00:13:37.299 --> 00:13:37.879 is going. 00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:40.100 We'll get to that 00:13:40.100 --> 00:13:40.820 after Easter. 00:13:41.740 --> 00:13:42.899 But we've already heard 00:13:42.899 --> 00:13:43.919 that Jesus 00:13:43.919 --> 00:13:44.899 tell the people 00:13:44.899 --> 00:13:45.960 that he's going away. 00:13:46.939 --> 00:13:48.000 And where he's going, 00:13:48.100 --> 00:13:48.820 they can't come. 00:13:49.500 --> 00:13:50.539 They can't follow him. 00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:51.860 And the people 00:13:51.860 --> 00:13:52.460 are confused. 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:53.200 Where is that? 00:13:54.379 --> 00:13:55.139 But as we'll see 00:13:55.139 --> 00:13:56.200 later in John's gospel, 00:13:56.320 --> 00:13:57.220 the place he is going 00:13:57.220 --> 00:13:58.279 is to the Father. 00:13:59.279 --> 00:14:00.179 It's back 00:14:00.179 --> 00:14:01.000 to heaven. 00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:03.539 And if Jesus can go 00:14:03.539 --> 00:14:05.299 where no man has gone, 00:14:05.899 --> 00:14:07.100 it's proof 00:14:07.100 --> 00:14:08.519 that his testimony 00:14:08.519 --> 00:14:10.580 is indeed true. 00:14:12.279 --> 00:14:14.120 Verse 15. 00:14:15.720 --> 00:14:17.100 Jesus says, 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:19.940 you judge by human standards. 00:14:20.700 --> 00:14:22.340 I pass judgment 00:14:22.340 --> 00:14:23.159 on no one. 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:25.620 But if I do judge, 00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:28.139 my decisions are true 00:14:28.139 --> 00:14:30.519 because I am not alone. 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:32.559 I stand 00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:33.700 with the Father 00:14:33.700 --> 00:14:35.259 who sent me. 00:14:36.220 --> 00:14:37.519 So Jesus makes it 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:38.139 somewhat plain. 00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:39.220 He tells them, 00:14:39.360 --> 00:14:40.159 you guys are judging 00:14:40.159 --> 00:14:41.440 by human standards. 00:14:42.840 --> 00:14:43.399 Literally, 00:14:43.620 --> 00:14:45.100 it's according to the flesh. 00:14:46.299 --> 00:14:47.519 According to that part of me 00:14:47.519 --> 00:14:48.440 that you can see 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:49.820 and touch. 00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:53.139 But Jesus is more 00:14:53.139 --> 00:14:53.980 than just flesh 00:14:53.980 --> 00:14:55.039 and blood 00:14:55.039 --> 00:14:55.899 like we are. 00:14:57.139 --> 00:14:57.879 The problem 00:14:57.879 --> 00:14:58.820 with the Pharisees 00:14:58.820 --> 00:15:00.620 is that they're trying 00:15:00.620 --> 00:15:01.539 to judge Jesus 00:15:01.539 --> 00:15:02.159 as if he were 00:15:02.159 --> 00:15:02.879 any other man. 00:15:03.580 --> 00:15:04.100 They're trying 00:15:04.100 --> 00:15:04.820 to apply the law 00:15:04.820 --> 00:15:05.179 to him 00:15:05.179 --> 00:15:05.720 as if he were 00:15:05.720 --> 00:15:06.419 just any other 00:15:06.419 --> 00:15:07.759 Jewish guy. 00:15:08.419 --> 00:15:09.700 But Jesus is more 00:15:09.700 --> 00:15:10.580 than just a man. 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:13.039 He is the divine 00:15:13.039 --> 00:15:14.080 Son of God 00:15:14.080 --> 00:15:15.940 who has come down 00:15:15.940 --> 00:15:16.539 from heaven 00:15:16.539 --> 00:15:18.259 to live among us. 00:15:20.259 --> 00:15:21.000 Jesus says, 00:15:21.139 --> 00:15:22.200 I'm not here to judge. 00:15:22.200 --> 00:15:25.540 but even if I were 00:15:25.540 --> 00:15:26.080 to judge, 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:27.220 my judgment 00:15:27.220 --> 00:15:28.040 is true. 00:15:30.920 --> 00:15:32.040 But listen to this. 00:15:32.120 --> 00:15:32.440 He says, 00:15:32.520 --> 00:15:33.120 my judgment 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:33.820 is true 00:15:33.820 --> 00:15:34.600 because 00:15:34.600 --> 00:15:36.980 I am not alone. 00:15:38.420 --> 00:15:39.340 I stand 00:15:39.340 --> 00:15:40.020 with the Father 00:15:40.020 --> 00:15:40.780 who sent me. 00:15:41.660 --> 00:15:42.480 What is Jesus 00:15:42.480 --> 00:15:43.140 saying here? 00:15:44.100 --> 00:15:44.980 I think what he's 00:15:44.980 --> 00:15:45.680 saying is simply 00:15:45.680 --> 00:15:46.600 that he is not here 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:47.740 now to judge 00:15:47.740 --> 00:15:49.259 in this moment 00:15:49.259 --> 00:15:50.939 in the temple courts. 00:15:52.059 --> 00:15:52.819 I don't think 00:15:52.819 --> 00:15:53.220 he means 00:15:53.220 --> 00:15:53.639 that he will 00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:54.639 never judge anyone. 00:15:55.539 --> 00:15:56.120 In fact, 00:15:56.179 --> 00:15:56.659 the last time 00:15:56.659 --> 00:15:57.059 he was here 00:15:57.059 --> 00:15:57.600 in Jerusalem, 00:15:57.799 --> 00:15:58.460 he told them 00:15:58.460 --> 00:15:59.819 that God, 00:15:59.939 --> 00:16:00.519 his Father, 00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:01.179 has entrusted 00:16:01.179 --> 00:16:01.899 all judgment, 00:16:02.039 --> 00:16:02.960 the final judgment 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:03.580 to him, 00:16:03.740 --> 00:16:04.159 the Son. 00:16:05.519 --> 00:16:06.019 But I think 00:16:06.019 --> 00:16:06.460 he means 00:16:06.460 --> 00:16:08.340 that right now, 00:16:08.460 --> 00:16:08.919 right here, 00:16:09.059 --> 00:16:09.819 he is not here 00:16:09.819 --> 00:16:11.259 now to judge 00:16:11.259 --> 00:16:12.240 anyone. 00:16:13.299 --> 00:16:14.179 But even 00:16:14.179 --> 00:16:14.939 if he was 00:16:14.939 --> 00:16:15.860 to judge 00:16:15.860 --> 00:16:17.039 right now, 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:19.099 his judgment 00:16:19.099 --> 00:16:19.819 would be true. 00:16:21.079 --> 00:16:22.439 His verdicts 00:16:22.439 --> 00:16:23.559 would be just. 00:16:24.079 --> 00:16:24.819 His decisions 00:16:24.819 --> 00:16:25.599 would be right. 00:16:25.719 --> 00:16:26.000 Why? 00:16:27.199 --> 00:16:28.000 Because he would 00:16:28.000 --> 00:16:28.899 not judge alone. 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:32.819 He says, 00:16:32.899 --> 00:16:33.419 I stand 00:16:33.419 --> 00:16:34.159 with the Father 00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:35.939 who sent me. 00:16:37.719 --> 00:16:38.360 If we recall 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:39.000 back to John 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:39.799 chapter 5, 00:16:39.919 --> 00:16:40.379 when he was 00:16:40.379 --> 00:16:41.279 last in Jerusalem, 00:16:41.459 --> 00:16:42.279 Jesus said this. 00:16:42.379 --> 00:16:42.639 He said, 00:16:42.719 --> 00:16:43.620 do not be amazed 00:16:43.620 --> 00:16:44.159 at this. 00:16:44.980 --> 00:16:45.699 For a time 00:16:45.699 --> 00:16:46.219 is coming 00:16:46.220 --> 00:16:46.860 when all 00:16:46.860 --> 00:16:47.220 who are 00:16:47.220 --> 00:16:48.240 in their graves 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:49.300 will hear 00:16:49.300 --> 00:16:49.980 his voice 00:16:49.980 --> 00:16:51.139 and come out. 00:16:52.080 --> 00:16:52.620 Those who 00:16:52.620 --> 00:16:52.940 have done 00:16:52.940 --> 00:16:53.460 what is good 00:16:53.460 --> 00:16:53.899 will rise 00:16:53.899 --> 00:16:54.420 to live. 00:16:55.120 --> 00:16:55.580 And those 00:16:55.580 --> 00:16:55.860 who have 00:16:55.860 --> 00:16:56.180 done 00:16:56.180 --> 00:16:57.180 what is evil 00:16:57.180 --> 00:16:57.740 will rise 00:16:57.740 --> 00:16:58.540 to be condemned. 00:16:59.180 --> 00:16:59.440 And then 00:16:59.440 --> 00:17:00.300 Jesus says this. 00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:00.660 He says, 00:17:00.740 --> 00:17:01.340 by myself 00:17:01.340 --> 00:17:01.879 I can do 00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:02.279 nothing. 00:17:03.340 --> 00:17:04.200 I judge 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:05.400 only as I 00:17:05.400 --> 00:17:05.839 hear. 00:17:06.779 --> 00:17:07.259 And my 00:17:07.259 --> 00:17:07.700 judgment 00:17:07.700 --> 00:17:08.640 is just. 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:09.700 For I 00:17:09.700 --> 00:17:10.380 seek not 00:17:10.380 --> 00:17:10.839 to please 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:11.440 myself, 00:17:12.140 --> 00:17:13.059 but him 00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:13.720 who sent 00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:13.960 me. 00:17:13.960 --> 00:17:15.640 Jesus 00:17:15.640 --> 00:17:16.140 will judge 00:17:16.140 --> 00:17:16.660 perfectly 00:17:16.660 --> 00:17:17.180 when he 00:17:17.180 --> 00:17:17.620 does. 00:17:18.900 --> 00:17:19.460 Justly. 00:17:20.600 --> 00:17:21.120 Rightly. 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:22.860 Because his 00:17:22.860 --> 00:17:23.400 judgment will 00:17:23.400 --> 00:17:23.980 be based on 00:17:23.980 --> 00:17:24.259 what he 00:17:24.259 --> 00:17:24.799 hears from 00:17:24.799 --> 00:17:25.180 God, 00:17:25.700 --> 00:17:26.259 the Father. 00:17:26.900 --> 00:17:27.480 The one 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:28.220 who knows 00:17:28.220 --> 00:17:29.240 and sees 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:30.420 everything 00:17:30.420 --> 00:17:32.079 about everyone. 00:17:35.079 --> 00:17:35.900 At this 00:17:35.900 --> 00:17:36.200 point, 00:17:36.380 --> 00:17:37.120 Jesus comes 00:17:37.120 --> 00:17:37.640 back to 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:38.220 the charge 00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:38.579 that the 00:17:38.579 --> 00:17:39.059 Pharisees 00:17:39.059 --> 00:17:39.420 have made 00:17:39.420 --> 00:17:40.039 against him. 00:17:40.039 --> 00:17:42.680 I don't 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:43.200 need a 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:43.440 human 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:43.980 testimony. 00:17:44.839 --> 00:17:45.559 I don't 00:17:45.559 --> 00:17:46.539 need a 00:17:46.539 --> 00:17:46.920 human 00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:47.559 stamp of 00:17:47.559 --> 00:17:48.000 approval 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:49.299 on my 00:17:49.299 --> 00:17:49.859 testimony. 00:17:50.940 --> 00:17:51.680 But let's 00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:52.039 come back 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:52.359 to that 00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:52.720 law, 00:17:53.579 --> 00:17:54.399 which says 00:17:54.399 --> 00:17:55.139 that there 00:17:55.139 --> 00:17:55.480 should be 00:17:55.480 --> 00:17:56.159 two witnesses. 00:17:59.339 --> 00:17:59.899 Chapter 00:17:59.899 --> 00:18:00.139 8, 00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:00.960 verse 17, 00:18:01.139 --> 00:18:01.819 Jesus says, 00:18:02.819 --> 00:18:03.079 in your 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:03.720 own law 00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:04.579 it is 00:18:04.579 --> 00:18:04.879 written 00:18:04.879 --> 00:18:05.920 that the 00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:06.379 testimony 00:18:06.379 --> 00:18:07.500 of two 00:18:07.500 --> 00:18:07.920 witnesses 00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:08.559 is true. 00:18:08.559 --> 00:18:10.440 I am 00:18:10.440 --> 00:18:10.940 one who 00:18:10.940 --> 00:18:11.700 testifies 00:18:11.700 --> 00:18:13.339 for myself. 00:18:14.500 --> 00:18:15.359 My other 00:18:15.359 --> 00:18:16.480 witness is 00:18:16.480 --> 00:18:16.980 the Father 00:18:16.980 --> 00:18:18.119 who sent 00:18:18.119 --> 00:18:18.379 me. 00:18:21.179 --> 00:18:21.899 If you've 00:18:21.899 --> 00:18:22.179 read through 00:18:22.179 --> 00:18:22.579 the first 00:18:22.579 --> 00:18:23.599 couple books 00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:23.839 of the 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:24.099 Bible, 00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:24.539 you'll know 00:18:24.539 --> 00:18:25.019 that God 00:18:25.019 --> 00:18:25.879 said back 00:18:25.879 --> 00:18:26.200 in the 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:26.740 law for 00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:27.839 Israel that 00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:28.559 people weren't 00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:28.899 to be 00:18:28.899 --> 00:18:29.480 condemned in 00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:30.659 court unless 00:18:30.659 --> 00:18:31.179 there was 00:18:31.179 --> 00:18:32.139 two witnesses 00:18:32.139 --> 00:18:33.480 of the 00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:33.879 crime that 00:18:33.879 --> 00:18:34.159 had been 00:18:34.159 --> 00:18:34.519 committed. 00:18:35.679 --> 00:18:36.359 This was 00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:36.839 partly to 00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:37.460 give extra 00:18:37.460 --> 00:18:38.179 protection to 00:18:38.180 --> 00:18:38.519 those who 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:38.860 might be 00:18:38.860 --> 00:18:39.259 falsely 00:18:39.259 --> 00:18:40.320 accused by 00:18:40.320 --> 00:18:40.720 someone. 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:43.000 Even though 00:18:43.000 --> 00:18:43.620 Jesus has 00:18:43.620 --> 00:18:44.299 no need 00:18:44.299 --> 00:18:44.720 of another 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:45.440 witness to 00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:46.180 verify the 00:18:46.180 --> 00:18:46.920 truthfulness of 00:18:46.920 --> 00:18:47.500 his claims, 00:18:48.140 --> 00:18:49.019 he comes back 00:18:49.019 --> 00:18:49.600 to this law 00:18:49.600 --> 00:18:49.940 that they're 00:18:49.940 --> 00:18:50.420 trying to 00:18:50.420 --> 00:18:51.019 use against 00:18:51.019 --> 00:18:52.160 him and 00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:52.860 he says, 00:18:53.180 --> 00:18:53.600 actually in 00:18:53.600 --> 00:18:54.140 my case, 00:18:54.400 --> 00:18:54.840 there are 00:18:54.840 --> 00:18:55.500 two witnesses. 00:18:56.560 --> 00:18:57.360 I'm one of 00:18:57.360 --> 00:18:59.120 them and my 00:18:59.120 --> 00:18:59.880 Father who sent 00:18:59.880 --> 00:19:01.180 me is the 00:19:01.180 --> 00:19:01.820 other witness. 00:19:01.819 --> 00:19:05.759 God, my 00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:06.399 Father, does 00:19:06.399 --> 00:19:07.099 not expect 00:19:07.099 --> 00:19:07.399 you to 00:19:07.399 --> 00:19:07.799 just take 00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:08.279 my word 00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:08.740 for it. 00:19:10.139 --> 00:19:11.099 He himself 00:19:11.099 --> 00:19:12.179 is testifying 00:19:12.179 --> 00:19:12.759 about me. 00:19:14.159 --> 00:19:14.740 And we're 00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:15.079 not going to 00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:15.599 go into a 00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:16.059 full look at 00:19:16.059 --> 00:19:16.519 how the 00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:17.579 Father testifies 00:19:17.579 --> 00:19:18.859 about Jesus 00:19:18.859 --> 00:19:19.379 this morning. 00:19:19.460 --> 00:19:19.879 We did that 00:19:19.879 --> 00:19:20.339 back on 00:19:20.339 --> 00:19:21.279 September 20th. 00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:21.559 You can 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:21.980 look it up 00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:23.220 online in 00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:23.639 the message 00:19:23.639 --> 00:19:24.119 Why Should 00:19:24.119 --> 00:19:24.579 We Believe 00:19:24.579 --> 00:19:24.799 You? 00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:26.579 But basically 00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:27.139 we looked at 00:19:27.139 --> 00:19:27.859 three ways that 00:19:27.859 --> 00:19:28.240 the Father 00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:29.179 testifies about 00:19:29.179 --> 00:19:29.559 Jesus. 00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:29.720 Jesus. 00:19:30.619 --> 00:19:31.480 The Father 00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:32.379 testifies about 00:19:32.379 --> 00:19:33.099 Jesus through 00:19:33.099 --> 00:19:33.700 the miraculous 00:19:33.700 --> 00:19:34.460 works that 00:19:34.460 --> 00:19:34.960 he does, 00:19:35.879 --> 00:19:36.619 through the 00:19:36.619 --> 00:19:37.179 words that 00:19:37.179 --> 00:19:37.740 God gave the 00:19:37.740 --> 00:19:38.399 prophets to 00:19:38.399 --> 00:19:39.259 speak about 00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:40.319 Jesus long 00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:41.079 before Jesus 00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:42.899 came, and 00:19:42.899 --> 00:19:43.240 through the 00:19:43.240 --> 00:19:43.799 audible voice 00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:44.359 from heaven 00:19:44.359 --> 00:19:45.539 that came at 00:19:45.539 --> 00:19:46.440 Jesus' baptism. 00:19:47.899 --> 00:19:48.359 And we can 00:19:48.359 --> 00:19:48.839 add a fourth 00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:50.200 way to that 00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:51.220 that we've seen 00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:51.619 as we've been 00:19:51.619 --> 00:19:52.159 going along 00:19:52.159 --> 00:19:52.440 here. 00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:54.159 Since Jesus 00:19:54.159 --> 00:19:55.139 in his own 00:19:55.139 --> 00:19:56.099 words only 00:19:56.099 --> 00:19:57.059 ever speaks 00:19:57.059 --> 00:19:57.839 what he hears 00:19:57.839 --> 00:19:58.240 from the 00:19:58.240 --> 00:19:58.819 Father and 00:19:58.819 --> 00:19:59.119 what the 00:19:59.119 --> 00:19:59.839 Father commands 00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:00.179 him to 00:20:00.179 --> 00:20:03.000 say, we 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:03.439 might say 00:20:03.439 --> 00:20:03.779 that the 00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:04.419 Father himself 00:20:04.419 --> 00:20:05.279 is actually 00:20:05.279 --> 00:20:06.359 testifying about 00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:07.259 Jesus every 00:20:07.259 --> 00:20:08.079 time that Jesus 00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:08.739 opens his 00:20:08.739 --> 00:20:09.599 mouth to 00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:09.959 speak. 00:20:11.219 --> 00:20:11.879 It's kind 00:20:11.879 --> 00:20:12.579 of a hard 00:20:12.579 --> 00:20:13.259 thing to wrap 00:20:13.259 --> 00:20:13.699 our minds 00:20:13.699 --> 00:20:15.219 around, but 00:20:15.219 --> 00:20:15.759 when Jesus 00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:16.559 speaks, both 00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:17.559 he and his 00:20:17.559 --> 00:20:18.279 Father are 00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:18.959 speaking at 00:20:18.959 --> 00:20:19.359 the same 00:20:19.359 --> 00:20:19.819 time. 00:20:21.239 --> 00:20:21.939 According to 00:20:21.939 --> 00:20:22.479 Jesus, that's 00:20:22.479 --> 00:20:23.000 how they work 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:23.459 together. 00:20:26.299 --> 00:20:27.000 But it's 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:28.279 here that it 00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:28.659 would have been 00:20:28.660 --> 00:20:30.040 interesting to 00:20:30.040 --> 00:20:31.620 listen, to 00:20:31.620 --> 00:20:32.320 watch the 00:20:32.320 --> 00:20:32.920 reaction of 00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:33.400 the people 00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:33.960 as Jesus 00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:35.340 says this. 00:20:35.980 --> 00:20:36.380 As he 00:20:36.380 --> 00:20:37.620 says, I 00:20:37.620 --> 00:20:39.000 call my 00:20:39.000 --> 00:20:40.180 father as 00:20:40.180 --> 00:20:40.680 my other 00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:41.140 witness. 00:20:43.060 --> 00:20:44.320 The Pharisees, 00:20:44.600 --> 00:20:45.060 they don't 00:20:45.060 --> 00:20:45.620 miss a beat. 00:20:47.360 --> 00:20:48.360 They say, 00:20:49.040 --> 00:20:50.000 where is your 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:50.300 father? 00:20:50.300 --> 00:20:50.400 Where is your 00:20:50.400 --> 00:20:50.420 father? 00:20:50.420 --> 00:20:50.539 father? 00:20:53.740 --> 00:20:54.539 Of course, they 00:20:54.539 --> 00:20:55.340 already know that 00:20:55.340 --> 00:20:55.980 Jesus is 00:20:55.980 --> 00:20:57.220 referring to 00:20:57.220 --> 00:20:57.620 God. 00:20:58.580 --> 00:20:59.160 This has 00:20:59.160 --> 00:20:59.660 already come 00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:00.380 up before with 00:21:00.380 --> 00:21:00.580 them. 00:21:01.460 --> 00:21:01.960 They didn't 00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:02.620 like him. 00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:02.860 They were 00:21:02.860 --> 00:21:03.539 going after 00:21:03.539 --> 00:21:04.220 him back in 00:21:04.220 --> 00:21:04.840 chapter 5 00:21:04.840 --> 00:21:05.380 because he 00:21:05.380 --> 00:21:05.820 was calling 00:21:05.820 --> 00:21:06.340 God his 00:21:06.340 --> 00:21:06.940 own father. 00:21:09.080 --> 00:21:09.660 But even 00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:09.960 though they 00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:10.340 know he's 00:21:10.340 --> 00:21:10.900 talking about 00:21:10.900 --> 00:21:11.279 God, they 00:21:11.279 --> 00:21:11.860 still ask the 00:21:11.860 --> 00:21:12.480 question, oh, 00:21:12.539 --> 00:21:13.120 you have a 00:21:13.120 --> 00:21:13.759 second witness, 00:21:13.900 --> 00:21:14.220 do you? 00:21:15.580 --> 00:21:16.019 Great. 00:21:16.380 --> 00:21:16.840 Let's bring 00:21:16.840 --> 00:21:17.220 him in to 00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:17.660 testify. 00:21:17.660 --> 00:21:18.220 where is 00:21:18.220 --> 00:21:18.360 your 00:21:18.360 --> 00:21:18.680 father? 00:21:22.140 --> 00:21:22.920 Now, Jesus 00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:23.259 could have 00:21:23.259 --> 00:21:23.960 simply said, 00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:25.680 my father's 00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:26.100 in heaven. 00:21:27.940 --> 00:21:28.900 But instead, 00:21:29.200 --> 00:21:29.900 Jesus says to 00:21:29.900 --> 00:21:31.620 them, you 00:21:31.620 --> 00:21:32.480 do not know 00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:34.800 me or my 00:21:34.800 --> 00:21:35.160 father. 00:21:36.920 --> 00:21:37.800 You do not 00:21:37.800 --> 00:21:39.540 know me or 00:21:39.540 --> 00:21:40.380 my father. 00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:42.660 And the 00:21:42.660 --> 00:21:43.060 crowd, I 00:21:43.060 --> 00:21:43.580 don't know if 00:21:43.580 --> 00:21:44.180 they realized 00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:44.600 it or not, 00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:45.240 but Jesus 00:21:45.240 --> 00:21:46.080 just told the 00:21:46.080 --> 00:21:46.740 Pharisees to 00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:47.300 their faces, 00:21:47.660 --> 00:21:48.779 you do 00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:49.840 not know 00:21:49.840 --> 00:21:51.240 God. 00:21:53.320 --> 00:21:54.000 You do 00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:54.820 not know 00:21:54.820 --> 00:21:55.700 my father, 00:21:56.400 --> 00:21:56.779 God. 00:21:59.320 --> 00:22:00.019 And then he 00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:00.560 throws in this 00:22:00.560 --> 00:22:01.160 little statement 00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:01.940 that probably 00:22:01.940 --> 00:22:02.700 struck a nerve 00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:03.100 in them, 00:22:03.940 --> 00:22:04.880 but I think 00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:05.519 is also a 00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:05.779 gracious 00:22:05.779 --> 00:22:06.840 opportunity to 00:22:06.840 --> 00:22:07.100 them. 00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:09.360 He says, 00:22:09.880 --> 00:22:11.279 if you knew 00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:11.960 me, 00:22:12.640 --> 00:22:14.480 you would 00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:14.880 know my 00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:16.120 father also. 00:22:17.660 --> 00:22:19.019 if you 00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:20.500 knew me, 00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:22.160 you would 00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:23.000 know my 00:22:23.000 --> 00:22:23.980 father also. 00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:26.040 What a 00:22:26.040 --> 00:22:26.360 statement. 00:22:28.060 --> 00:22:28.640 Notice that 00:22:28.640 --> 00:22:29.000 he didn't 00:22:29.000 --> 00:22:29.519 say, if you 00:22:29.519 --> 00:22:29.880 knew my 00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:31.080 father, then 00:22:31.080 --> 00:22:31.340 you would 00:22:31.340 --> 00:22:32.040 recognize that 00:22:32.040 --> 00:22:32.400 I'm his 00:22:32.400 --> 00:22:32.700 son. 00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:33.820 That's maybe 00:22:33.820 --> 00:22:34.160 what we 00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:34.820 expected him 00:22:34.820 --> 00:22:35.220 to say. 00:22:36.040 --> 00:22:36.460 No, he 00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:36.880 doesn't say 00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:37.100 that. 00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:37.600 He says, if 00:22:37.600 --> 00:22:37.980 you knew 00:22:37.980 --> 00:22:40.420 me, you 00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:40.720 would know 00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:41.320 my father 00:22:41.320 --> 00:22:42.100 also. 00:22:42.099 --> 00:22:45.139 do you 00:22:45.139 --> 00:22:45.519 want to 00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:45.919 know 00:22:45.919 --> 00:22:46.819 God? 00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:49.459 Then get 00:22:49.459 --> 00:22:49.779 to know 00:22:49.779 --> 00:22:51.259 me, says 00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:52.740 Jesus, and 00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.139 you will. 00:22:54.399 --> 00:22:54.919 Wow. 00:22:57.199 --> 00:22:58.240 Jesus has 00:22:58.240 --> 00:22:58.779 been sent 00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.759 by God 00:22:59.759 --> 00:23:01.619 from heaven 00:23:01.619 --> 00:23:03.159 into our 00:23:03.159 --> 00:23:04.579 world so 00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:04.959 that you 00:23:04.959 --> 00:23:05.439 and I 00:23:05.439 --> 00:23:06.839 can know 00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:08.179 God. 00:23:08.179 --> 00:23:08.240 God. 00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:08.339 God. 00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.620 He is the 00:23:11.620 --> 00:23:11.980 messenger. 00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:12.640 He is the 00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:12.980 prophet. 00:23:13.140 --> 00:23:13.460 He is the 00:23:13.460 --> 00:23:13.819 one who 00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:14.380 speaks for 00:23:14.380 --> 00:23:14.640 God. 00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.180 He is the 00:23:15.180 --> 00:23:15.839 son who 00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.180 has come 00:23:16.180 --> 00:23:16.620 on behalf 00:23:16.620 --> 00:23:16.940 of his 00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:17.279 father. 00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:17.620 And as 00:23:17.620 --> 00:23:18.039 we'll find 00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:18.839 out in a 00:23:18.839 --> 00:23:19.599 few more 00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:20.160 chapters, 00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.480 next chapter, 00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.519 he himself 00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:23.299 is one 00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:23.859 with the 00:23:23.859 --> 00:23:24.259 father. 00:23:25.400 --> 00:23:25.920 And 00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:26.559 mysteriously 00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:28.160 is himself 00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:29.180 God in 00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:29.940 human flesh. 00:23:29.940 --> 00:23:30.000 church. 00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:34.320 So it 00:23:34.320 --> 00:23:34.900 all started 00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:35.340 with that 00:23:35.340 --> 00:23:35.740 amazing 00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:36.320 declaration 00:23:36.320 --> 00:23:37.019 by Jesus, 00:23:37.180 --> 00:23:37.600 I am the 00:23:37.600 --> 00:23:37.920 light of 00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:38.380 the world. 00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.799 And we 00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:40.320 will talk 00:23:40.320 --> 00:23:40.759 about that 00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.200 more another 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:41.539 day. 00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.620 But what 00:23:42.620 --> 00:23:43.180 John wants 00:23:43.180 --> 00:23:43.759 us to see 00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:45.320 here is 00:23:45.320 --> 00:23:45.820 how that 00:23:45.820 --> 00:23:46.700 day when 00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:47.160 he said 00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:47.799 it, the 00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.160 religious 00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:49.100 leaders challenged 00:23:49.100 --> 00:23:49.680 him to his 00:23:49.680 --> 00:23:50.059 face. 00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.940 What John 00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:52.519 wants us to 00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:53.840 see is how 00:23:53.840 --> 00:23:55.460 Jesus responded 00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.120 to their 00:23:56.120 --> 00:23:57.160 challenge that 00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:59.000 day in 00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.299 front of 00:23:59.299 --> 00:23:59.720 everyone. 00:23:59.940 --> 00:24:00.460 in the 00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:00.660 temple 00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:01.100 courts. 00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:03.080 Not only 00:24:03.080 --> 00:24:03.360 did he 00:24:03.360 --> 00:24:03.700 claim to 00:24:03.700 --> 00:24:03.980 be the 00:24:03.980 --> 00:24:04.279 light of 00:24:04.279 --> 00:24:04.759 the world, 00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:06.240 but he 00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:06.640 claimed to 00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:06.960 be from 00:24:06.960 --> 00:24:07.320 heaven. 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.660 He claimed 00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:09.200 to be sent 00:24:09.200 --> 00:24:09.779 from God. 00:24:09.880 --> 00:24:10.240 He claimed 00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:11.700 to be one 00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.400 who, unlike 00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:13.660 every other 00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:14.440 human being, 00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:15.240 needs no 00:24:15.240 --> 00:24:16.320 secondary human 00:24:16.320 --> 00:24:18.240 witness to 00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:19.059 his truthfulness. 00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:21.279 And yet, he 00:24:21.279 --> 00:24:21.740 claimed to be 00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.200 one who has 00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:22.640 the greatest 00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:23.279 witness of 00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:25.100 all, God 00:24:25.100 --> 00:24:25.660 himself. 00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:27.600 He claimed 00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:28.140 to be the 00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:28.580 one who 00:24:28.580 --> 00:24:29.180 could judge 00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:29.779 justly, 00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.480 today, 00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:33.139 had it 00:24:33.139 --> 00:24:33.420 been the 00:24:33.420 --> 00:24:34.039 day for 00:24:34.039 --> 00:24:34.480 judgment. 00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.099 Do you 00:24:37.099 --> 00:24:37.480 hear what 00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:38.000 Jesus is 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:38.299 saying? 00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:40.740 Do you 00:24:40.740 --> 00:24:41.220 believe him? 00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.539 Do you 00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:45.319 believe that 00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:46.160 God speaks 00:24:46.160 --> 00:24:47.000 through him? 00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:48.000 God speaks 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.819 to be the 00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:49.640 Lord? 00:24:49.640 --> 00:24:49.799 I want to 00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.180 encourage you 00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.460 to put 00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:50.980 yourself in 00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.339 the crowd 00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:51.900 that day 00:24:51.900 --> 00:24:52.819 as you're 00:24:52.819 --> 00:24:53.279 listening to 00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.720 this back 00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.259 and forth. 00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:55.880 What's going 00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:56.319 on in your 00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:56.740 mind? 00:24:59.440 --> 00:25:00.160 As I was 00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:00.759 thinking that, 00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.579 I couldn't 00:25:01.579 --> 00:25:02.160 help but think 00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:03.140 it all comes 00:25:03.140 --> 00:25:03.740 back to this 00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.200 question. 00:25:06.180 --> 00:25:06.839 Do I 00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:07.460 know God? 00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:10.619 Do you 00:25:10.619 --> 00:25:12.000 know God? 00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:12.059 God? 00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:14.720 And I 00:25:14.720 --> 00:25:15.140 don't mean 00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:15.720 know about 00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:15.980 him. 00:25:17.259 --> 00:25:17.799 The 00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:18.119 religious 00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:18.480 leaders, 00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:18.880 they knew 00:25:18.880 --> 00:25:19.960 about God, 00:25:20.220 --> 00:25:21.079 but they 00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.900 didn't know 00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:22.519 God, 00:25:23.180 --> 00:25:23.920 as in 00:25:23.920 --> 00:25:24.400 personally, 00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:24.920 as in 00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:25.720 relationship. 00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.779 Do you 00:25:28.779 --> 00:25:29.859 know God? 00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:34.180 Do you 00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:34.579 want to 00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.160 know God 00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:36.279 more, 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:37.799 better, 00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:39.440 deeper? 00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:42.340 Jesus 00:25:42.340 --> 00:25:42.779 says, 00:25:43.100 --> 00:25:43.740 then get 00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.059 to know 00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:44.360 me, 00:25:45.080 --> 00:25:46.140 and you 00:25:46.140 --> 00:25:46.380 will. 00:25:48.200 --> 00:25:48.680 One 00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:49.059 amazing 00:25:49.059 --> 00:25:49.600 invitation. 00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:51.720 I pray 00:25:51.720 --> 00:25:52.019 that we 00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:52.539 all respond 00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:52.940 to it. 00:25:53.700 --> 00:25:53.980 Lord 00:25:53.980 --> 00:25:54.320 Jesus, 00:25:55.340 --> 00:25:55.980 thank you 00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.279 for your 00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:56.620 words. 00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.779 We admit, 00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:00.380 we confess 00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:00.720 that you 00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:01.120 don't always 00:26:01.120 --> 00:26:01.539 say what 00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:02.220 we expect 00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:02.779 or what 00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.420 we maybe 00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:03.900 think you 00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:04.380 should say 00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:04.820 or want 00:26:04.820 --> 00:26:05.240 to say, 00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:08.519 but these 00:26:08.519 --> 00:26:08.779 are your 00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:09.160 words. 00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:12.240 we do 00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:12.680 want to 00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:13.240 know God. 00:26:15.840 --> 00:26:16.420 Would you 00:26:16.420 --> 00:26:17.559 reveal more 00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:17.880 and more 00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:18.340 to our 00:26:18.340 --> 00:26:19.080 hearts who 00:26:19.080 --> 00:26:19.500 the Father 00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:19.880 is? 00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:23.120 We don't 00:26:23.120 --> 00:26:23.460 want to be 00:26:23.460 --> 00:26:23.860 like the 00:26:23.860 --> 00:26:24.360 Pharisees, 00:26:24.500 --> 00:26:24.600 Lord. 00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.420 We don't 00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:25.680 want to be 00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.299 people who 00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:27.340 just put 00:26:27.340 --> 00:26:27.720 on a 00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:28.380 masquerade 00:26:28.380 --> 00:26:29.460 of religiosity 00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:30.620 for others 00:26:30.620 --> 00:26:31.120 to see. 00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:32.920 This is 00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.400 real or 00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:33.799 it's not 00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:34.100 real, 00:26:34.180 --> 00:26:34.420 and I 00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:34.660 pray, 00:26:34.820 --> 00:26:34.940 Lord, 00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:35.380 that in 00:26:35.380 --> 00:26:35.720 all of 00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:35.860 our 00:26:35.860 --> 00:26:36.220 hearts, 00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:37.440 it would 00:26:37.440 --> 00:26:37.980 be real. 00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:38.880 Make it 00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:39.240 real. 00:26:39.779 --> 00:26:40.080 In our 00:26:40.080 --> 00:26:40.420 hearts, 00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:41.039 we pray. 00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:43.100 We ask 00:26:43.100 --> 00:26:43.380 this in 00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:43.779 your name. 00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:45.039 Amen. 00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:45.220 Amen. 00:26:45.820 --> 00:26:47.320 Amen. 00:26:47.319 --> 00:27:17.299 Thank you.