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 We saw last week some Greeks arrive, chapter 12, verses 20 through 22, which signals the movement of Jesus' mission to the nations.

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 Jesus responds to their arrival by speaking about his death.

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 The grain of wheat must fall into the earth and die in order to be fruitful, verse 24.

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 And the son's obedience will glorify the father, verses 27 through 29.

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 In our text for today, Jesus explains what his death will accomplish.

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 The world's judgment, Satan's defeat, and the gathering of a redeemed people.

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 Before I read, beginning in verse 27, let's pray together and ask for God's favor.

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 Father, we do ask that you would help us today.

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 We humbly recognize as we take up your word that we will not understand it.

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 We will not rightly believe its promises or obey its commands or have affection for you as its author without your help.

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 So we pray that you'll help us by the power of your spirit to this end.

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 And we pray it in Christ's name. Amen.

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 So John 12, beginning in verse 27, but our text will begin in verse 30.

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 Jesus says,

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 He said this to show by what kind of death he was going to die.

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 So the crowd answered him,

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 We have heard from the law that the Christ remains forever.

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 How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up?

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 Who is this Son of Man?

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 So Jesus said to them,

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 The light is among you for a little while longer.

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 Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you.

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 The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

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 While you have the light, believe in the light that you may become sons of light.

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 When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them.

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 At the center of our text is the cross of Jesus Christ.

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 Unmistakably so.

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 All roads in the Bible lead to Golgotha.

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 But here we see it so very clearly presented.

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 This morning I want to make four observations in light of the cross of Jesus Christ.

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 I'm going to give them to you very quickly and then we'll walk through each one together as we walk through the text.

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 Number one, the cross reveals God's judgment.

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 Number two, the cross secures God's victory over Satan.

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 Number three, the cross accomplishes the saving of peoples.

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 And number four, the cross requires belief.

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 Firstly, the cross reveals God's judgment.

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 We see this in verse 30 and the first part of verse 31.

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 In response to misconceptions about the voice, he says,

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 This voice has come for your sake, not mine.

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 Now is the judgment of this world.

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 Jesus does not need God's confirmation.

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 He is not somehow uncertain of the purpose for which he came.

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 God speaks for the benefit of the disciples and the others gathered.

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 God speaks from heaven, confirming the centrality of the death of the Christ for your sake.

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 In the immediate context, again, the disciples and the crowd, but also for us this morning as we take up the text and we read.

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 It is for our sake that God the Father confirms the centrality of the cross of Jesus Christ.

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 The crowd does not deny that something supernatural has happened.

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 This explanation of it thundering.

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 Last week I explained I think that this is an allusion to Sinai.

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 I think they are rightly comprehending what's happening here.

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 Some believe it's an angel speaking.

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 But as we have seen all throughout, repeatedly throughout John's gospel, there is a mix of response.

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 Rejection and receipt.

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 Misunderstandings all along the way.

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 And so Jesus teaches on.

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 It is just so incredibly merciful as you read through the gospels.

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 It just struck me in my reading of John how often people misunderstand and yet he continues.

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 He goes on to explain.

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 He says, now is the judgment of this world.

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 This now refers to a decisive judgment bound to the approaching crucifixion.

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 Not merely final judgment, although it does include that as well.

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 Hear this, what I'm about to say.

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 Adults, young people, what you do with the Christ makes all the difference in the world.

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 I have presented to you previously the trilemma of Jesus Christ.

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 He says astounding things about himself and about the work that he came to accomplish.

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 We take it up now and read as work he has accomplished.

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 He states that he is God.

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 Unequivocally, he says he is God.

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 Now he is claiming that he must die in order to save.

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 He puts the cross at the center of his salvific work.

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 He says that he is going to be raised again.

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 We read later that he is in fact.

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 So we can only do one of three things with him.

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 This is the trilemma.

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 He is either, number one, a liar.

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 Nothing he said was true.

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 And he didn't believe it to be true.

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 He was just lying.

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 Or, number two, he's a lunatic.

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 Nothing he said was true.

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 And he did believe it to be true.

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 It wasn't true and he was crazy for saying the things that he said.

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 Or, third, everything that he said is true.

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 And he is Lord.

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 It's your only three options.

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 What to do.

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 How to respond to Jesus.

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 Liar, lunatic, or Lord.

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 You must choose one.

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 Your judgment at the end of all things will be based on the correctness of your answer.

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 He says now is the judgment of this world.

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 This world is understood as humanity in rebellion against God.

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 The system in which we live.

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 Rebelling against God.

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 He says now is the judgment.

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 It's brought about by.

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 It's inaugurated by his soon coming death on the cross.

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 I've watched this again and again and again.

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 This attempt to explain away the exclusivity of the claims of Jesus Christ.

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 Shortly in our text we're going to see in John chapter 14 and verse 6.

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 Jesus say, I am the way and the truth and the life.

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 Right?

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 Emphasis mine.

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 But this is what he says.

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 I am the way and the truth and the life.

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 And in case any of us misunderstands what he means.

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 He says, no one comes to the Father except through me.

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 By believing in his person and his work.

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 We're restored to relationship with God.

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 And this just, they labor to explain away this.

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 The liberal theologian Frederick Buechner, I believe I'm pronouncing his last name correctly.

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 Says this, quote.

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 This is an explanation to explain this away.

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 Quote.

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 Jesus said, I am the way and the truth and the life.

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 No one comes to the Father but by me.

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 He didn't say that any particular ethic, doctrine, or religion was the way, the truth, and the life.

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 He said that he was.

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 Okay.

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 Well, he's not totally missing at this point.

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 He goes on.

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 He didn't say that it was by believing or doing anything in particular that you could come to the Father.

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 He said it was only by him.

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 By living, participating in, being caught up by the way of life that he embodied that was his way.

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 For me, Jesus' way is the way of unconditional, radically inclusive love.

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 End quote.

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 An ethos embodied by Jesus is the way that you're restored to the Father.

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 Not by placing, saving faith in his person and his work.

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 And the cross sets at the center.

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 Us understanding penal, substitutionary atonement.

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 Is at the very center of the way in which we're restored to the Father.

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 Our rebellion against God's law deserves infinite punishment.

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 It deserves it.

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 The wages of sin is death.

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 Every one of us guilty before a holy God.

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 And so what we need to be restored to God in order for God to uphold his justice while also being merciful.

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 Get this.

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 Both things need to be true all the time.

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 This doctrine of God where he never changes, he's never in flux, is called the simplicity of God.

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 God is always who he is at all times.

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 So God is just.

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 We want him to be just.

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 Transgressors deserve punishment.

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 But we also, because we're transgressors, want him to be merciful.

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 And he is.

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 So how does he uphold his justice and his mercy?

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 Be just and be justifier?

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 He sends his son.

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 He sends himself.

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 God himself takes on human flesh.

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 We're going to spend a bunch of time thinking about this in the coming months.

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 The incarnation of Christ takes on human flesh.

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 Jesus lives the life that's expected of us.

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 Perfectly occupies the law.

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 And then dies the death that we deserve.

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 In our place.

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 Substitutes for us.

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 Dies the death that belongs to us.

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 An infinite sacrifice to pay an infinite debt.

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 Jesus is the way and the truth and the life.

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 And it's by believing in his person, right?

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 That he is the one that can accomplish this.

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 And that work.

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 That it is finished work.

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 That we can be restored to God.

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 And the judgment of the world will be based on whether or not you accept the crucified Christ.

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 Christ.

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 So the cross reveals God's judgment.

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 It is the deciding point.

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 Who is this?

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 Jesus.

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 The cross not only exposes the world's guilt.

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 It overthrows the enemy who has exercised influence over the world.

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 So our second point.

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 The cross secures God's victory over Satan.

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 The last part of verse 31.

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 Now will the ruler of this world be cast out.

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 This ties into the first observation to be sure.

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 The ruler of this world is a reference to Satan.

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 His influence is evidenced in the rebellious unbelief.

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 The spiritual blindness of this world.

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 Listen to 2 Corinthians chapter 4 verse 3 and 4.

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 There Paul writes.

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 And even if our gospel is veiled.

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 It is veiled to those who are perishing.

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 In their case the God of this world.

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 Has blinded the minds of the unbelievers.

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 To keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ.

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 Who is the image of God.

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 However, Jesus says.

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 Now will the ruler of this world be cast out.

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 The cross is a decisive blow against the enemy.

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 His authority has always been a bridled authority.

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 His power has always been subservient to divine sovereignty.

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 Even the death of Christ.

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 The greatest evil of the world.

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 Satan thinks he's working to his advantage.

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 But it lies underneath God's sovereign control.

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 And works against him.

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 Jesus communicating here that his death on the cross.

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 Will be the death blow of the power of Satan.

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 Satan will writhe in anguish before the end.

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 We ought to neither minimize nor maximize the power of Satan today.

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 He will writhe.

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 He will cause damage.

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 He'll try to do what he can.

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 But his dominion has a guaranteed demise.

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 Because of the death and resurrection of Jesus.

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 So the cross reveals God's judgment.

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 Second, the cross secures God's victory over Satan.

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 The cross defeats Christ's enemy.

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 And also gathers the people that he came to redeem.

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 So our third observation is the cross accomplishes the saving of peoples.

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 Verse 32 and 33.

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 There Jesus says that when I am lifted up from the earth.

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 Will draw all people to myself.

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 Jesus speaks typologically in verse 32.

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 And then John clarifies exactly what he means in verse 33.

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 He said this as some commentary on Jesus' teaching.

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 To show by what kind of death he was going to die.

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 Jesus is speaking of his death on a Roman cross.

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 By referencing a significant episode in Israel's history.

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 You may be familiar with this.

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 If you're not, if you want to join me in Numbers chapter 21.

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 I'm going to read it just quickly to you.

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 Beginning in verse 4.

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 Numbers 21 and verse 4.

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 From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea.

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 So the Israelites, after they've been let out of captivity.

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 To go around the land of Edom.

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 And the people became impatient on the way.

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 And the people spoke against God and against Moses.

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 Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness?

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 For there is no food and no water.

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 And we loathe this worthless food.

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 Proceeding, they've been receiving manna from heaven every day.

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 And water has poured forth from a rock.

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 So there is both food and water.

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 Food from heaven, which they call worthless food.

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 They're being rebellious against God.

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 And in verse 6, there's a judgment that comes from God.

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 Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people.

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 Which I just take to mean venomous.

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 I think that's what is meant by the text.

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 Fiery serpents among the people.

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 And they bit the people so that many people of Israel died.

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 And the people came to Moses and said,

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 We have sinned, for he has spoken against the Lord and against you.

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 They repent.

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 They turn from their rebellion.

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 Pray to the Lord that he takes away the serpents from us.

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 So Moses prayed for the people.

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 Now you might expect at this point that the serpents just go away.

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 God sent them.

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 He can take them away.

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 But instead, verse 8 says,

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 And the Lord said to Moses,

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 Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole.

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 And everyone who is bitten,

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 when he sees it,

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 shall live.

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 Right?

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 So if they're bit by these venomous snakes,

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 they're to look to this statue of a venomous snake on a pole.

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 And they will live.

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 So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole.

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 And if a serpent bit anyone,

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 he would look at the bronze serpent to live.

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 Now again, I said it before,

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 Jesus is speaking typologically.

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 That is to say,

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 the bronze serpent is the type.

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 Jesus is stating that he is the anti-type.

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 Or, if you're not familiar with that language and you prefer,

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 the bronze serpent is the symbol,

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 and Jesus is the fulfillment.

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 The Bible is most certainly way much more than just literature,

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 but it should be read that way,

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 and there's all sorts of foreshadowing,

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 pointing toward Jesus as fulfillment.

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 Now, you would do well at this point to ask,

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 how did you get from John 12, 32 to Numbers 21?

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 Am I drawing an unfair conclusion at this point?

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 I would say, do you know?

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 I get there very easily because Jesus does this for us.

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 I hope little sparks flew in your mind

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 as we've been in the Gospel of John for quite some time.

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 Back in chapter 3, verse 14 and 15,

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 Jesus says this,

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 as Moses lifted up the servant in the wilderness.

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 What's he talking about, this Numbers 21 episode?

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 As Moses lifted up the servant in the wilderness,

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 so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

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 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.

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 So this whole Numbers 21 episode is typological in this way, right?

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 Rebellion against God, just punishment,

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 repentance, and faith that delivers them to temporal life,

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 and Numbers 21 to eternal life for all who would look to Christ.

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 Now, as a side note,

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 I think this is why the crowd's questions in verse 34

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 employ the title for the Christ,

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 the Son of Man.

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 I think these questions are being asked by people who heard Jesus

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 or had heard that he said this in John chapter 3.

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 As Moses lifted up the servant in the wilderness,

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 so must the Son of Man be lifted up.

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 This is a reference to the book of Daniel,

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 which we'll point out in just a bit.

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 I think that's what's going on here,

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 why they shift their language as they're speaking about him.

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 So, Jesus says,

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 when I am crucified,

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 I will draw all people to myself.

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 Now, Jesus is not making a universalist claim here.

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 It could be easy to do that with this text

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 if you don't read the Bible more widely.

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 In fact, in the Greek,

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 you could translate this,

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 I will draw all to myself.

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 A pretty simple Greek word there.

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 It could also be translated everyone to myself.

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 But that's not the claim being made.

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 Universalism is the belief that

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 all humankind will be saved eventually.

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 A bunch of different theories

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 how this comes to pass.

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 However, John will take time

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 in the verses that follow today's text,

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 Lord willing, we'll look at next week,

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 as he's done many times previously

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 to explain the rejection of Jesus

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 as the Christ.

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 Again and again, we see this pattern.

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 Those who will not be saved

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 because they don't place

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 believing faith in Jesus.

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 So that's not possibly what he could mean.

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 So what does Jesus mean

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 when he says,

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 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth,

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 will draw all people to myself.

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 Well, to comprehend that,

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 we do well to remember the context

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 of this passage.

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 Always.

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 Context, context, context.

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 Recall the prophecy of Caiaphas

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 and John's following explanation

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 in chapter 11.

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 Do you remember?

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 We set this up last week as well.

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 Chapter 11, verse 49.

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 One of them, Caiaphas,

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 who was high priest that year,

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 said to them,

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 You know nothing at all,

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 nor do you understand

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 that it is better for you

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 that one man should die for the people,

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 not that the whole nation should perish.

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 He did not say this of his own accord,

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 but being high priest that year,

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 he prophesied that Jesus would die

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 for the nation.

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 And not only for the nation only,

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 but also to gather into one

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 the children of God

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 who were scattered abroad.

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 Not just Israel,

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 but also all of those

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 who were not of this sheepfold.

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 Also recall the exasperation

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 of the Pharisees

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 in John chapter 12,

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 and verse 19.

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 So the Pharisees said to one another,

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 You see that you are gaining nothing.

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 Look, the world has gone after him.

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 And they're not declaring

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 that those outside of Israel

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 will be saved by the Christ.

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 They're exasperated.

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 They're exaggerating what's going on.

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 But then John places a bit of information

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 in the next verse.

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 So 12, verse 20.

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 Now among those

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 who went up to worship at the feast

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 were some Greeks.

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 Non-Israelites.

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 And they come and seek a counsel

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 in the following verses

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 with Jesus.

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 Jesus here is speaking

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 of the redemption of people

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 who were not just Jewish people.

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 Will Israelites believe in Jesus?

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 Yeah.

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 They will.

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 Right?

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 We're seeing that happen

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 even in the text.

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 Right?

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 Disciples believe in Jesus.

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 They are Jewish.

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 Yes, they will.

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 But not just Israelites.

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 Jesus will draw

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 all kinds of people.

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 I titled this observation,

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 The Cross Accomplishes the Saving of Peoples,

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 Quite on Purpose.

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 Quite on Purpose.

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 You may not like the word peoples.

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 The language is fluid.

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 And as long as I tell you what I mean

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 and you agree,

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 then we're communicating.

00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:40.399
 Right?

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 Because, you might not like it,

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 because people is the plural form of person.

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 But I love the word peoples.

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 Peoples.

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 Do you know the vision statement

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 for our church?

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 I hope that you do.

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 It's on the front of your bulletin

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 every single week.

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 You can see it there.

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 Providence Baptist Church

00:25:01.660 --> 00:25:03.340
 exists to glorify God

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 by experiencing,

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 proclaiming,

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 and displaying

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 the supremacy

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 of Jesus Christ

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 in all things

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 to all

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 peoples.

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 When we wrote this

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 ages ago,

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 we had two debates.

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 The first was over

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 the order that we should put

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 experiencing,

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 proclaiming,

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 and displaying in.

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 We had some debate about that.

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 The word peoples

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 did not go uncontested.

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 I made a case for it.

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 We had a friendly,

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:33.259
 brotherly argument.

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 My argument for it

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 went like this.

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 When you have

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 more than one type of fish

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 you call them

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 the plural fish.

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 Fish, fish.

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 You've got a bunch of

00:25:46.299 --> 00:25:47.200
 trout in the stream.

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 There are fish

00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:49.259
 in the stream.

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:50.920
 However,

00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:51.480
 when you have

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:52.240
 more than one

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 of a bunch of

00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:53.799
 different types of fish,

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 so imagine yourself

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 at a coral reef

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 and there's groups

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:59.360
 of schools

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 of fish,

00:26:01.259 --> 00:26:01.940
 guess what you call them?

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 Fishes.

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 That's proper English

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:07.079
 to do that.

00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:08.380
 So,

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.620
 peoples

00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:11.319
 communicates

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:12.279
 not just that God

00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:13.399
 saves a plurality

00:26:13.399 --> 00:26:13.939
 of people,

00:26:14.479 --> 00:26:15.159
 but that he saves

00:26:15.159 --> 00:26:15.979
 a plurality

00:26:15.979 --> 00:26:17.479
 of types

00:26:17.479 --> 00:26:18.559
 of people.

00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:20.159
 Peoples.

00:26:20.839 --> 00:26:21.579
 That's what we're

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:22.919
 communicating there.

00:26:23.699 --> 00:26:24.119
 Now,

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:26.279
 if that's not enough

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:26.779
 for you,

00:26:27.559 --> 00:26:28.799
 this idea

00:26:28.799 --> 00:26:29.539
 is carried

00:26:29.539 --> 00:26:31.079
 and the language

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:31.919
 itself

00:26:31.919 --> 00:26:33.159
 in Revelation

00:26:33.159 --> 00:26:34.179
 chapter 7

00:26:34.179 --> 00:26:35.639
 and verse 9.

00:26:35.859 --> 00:26:36.179
 This was

00:26:36.179 --> 00:26:37.199
 what won me

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:37.600
 the argument

00:26:37.600 --> 00:26:38.240
 at the end.

00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:40.039
 There John

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.460
 records,

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.180
 after this

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:41.840
 I looked

00:26:41.840 --> 00:26:42.460
 at this vision

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:42.840
 of heaven

00:26:42.840 --> 00:26:43.559
 and behold

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:44.900
 a great multitude

00:26:44.900 --> 00:26:45.900
 that no one

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.559
 can number

00:26:46.559 --> 00:26:48.319
 from every nation,

00:26:48.580 --> 00:26:50.580
 from all tribes,

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:50.819
 right?

00:26:50.900 --> 00:26:51.000
 See,

00:26:51.080 --> 00:26:52.080
 these are groups

00:26:52.080 --> 00:26:53.940
 of people

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.660
 and then I just

00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:55.340
 love,

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.660
 love that the ESV

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:57.400
 translator said

00:26:57.400 --> 00:26:58.799
 and peoples

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 and languages

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:02.159
 standing before

00:27:02.159 --> 00:27:02.659
 the throne

00:27:02.659 --> 00:27:03.099
 and before

00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:03.579
 the Lamb

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:04.579
 clothed in

00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:05.200
 white rows

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:05.980
 with palm branches

00:27:05.980 --> 00:27:08.039
 in their hands.

00:27:08.700 --> 00:27:09.159
 And so we have

00:27:09.159 --> 00:27:09.559
 in English

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:10.180
 the word peoples

00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:10.740
 in Revelation

00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.339
 chapter 7

00:27:11.339 --> 00:27:12.039
 and verse 9

00:27:12.039 --> 00:27:14.079
 and I managed

00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:15.000
 to sneak the S

00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:15.779
 into our

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:17.399
 vision statement.

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:19.539
 The point being,

00:27:19.859 --> 00:27:20.919
 the point being

00:27:20.919 --> 00:27:22.700
 that God

00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:24.059
 sent the Christ

00:27:24.059 --> 00:27:25.779
 not just to save

00:27:25.779 --> 00:27:27.159
 people of Jewish

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:28.220
 descent.

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.460
 And you may be

00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:30.040
 of Jewish descent

00:27:30.040 --> 00:27:30.640
 but I have fair

00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:31.320
 confidence that

00:27:31.320 --> 00:27:31.800
 the majority

00:27:31.800 --> 00:27:32.360
 of us

00:27:32.360 --> 00:27:33.779
 are not.

00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:35.380
 I'm not.

00:27:36.380 --> 00:27:37.140
 Praise be

00:27:37.140 --> 00:27:37.759
 to God

00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:38.540
 that when Jesus

00:27:38.540 --> 00:27:39.560
 was lifted up

00:27:39.560 --> 00:27:40.860
 he drew

00:27:40.860 --> 00:27:42.900
 all peoples

00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:44.340
 to himself.

00:27:45.040 --> 00:27:45.840
 It's a wonderful

00:27:45.840 --> 00:27:46.880
 promise found

00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:47.360
 here.

00:27:49.140 --> 00:27:49.620
 Now before we

00:27:49.620 --> 00:27:50.340
 press on to

00:27:50.340 --> 00:27:51.060
 my last

00:27:51.060 --> 00:27:52.380
 final observation

00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:55.460
 I think it's

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:56.180
 worth our attention

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:57.019
 to note

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:58.500
 what or in

00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.379
 Jesus' statement

00:27:59.379 --> 00:28:01.839
 who we are

00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:03.279
 drawn to.

00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:05.519
 Christ draws

00:28:05.519 --> 00:28:07.059
 people to

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:07.680
 himself.

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:10.160
 Not merely

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:11.680
 to an institution,

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:12.859
 some kind of

00:28:12.859 --> 00:28:13.379
 a movement,

00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:15.019
 some moral

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.660
 philosophy.

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:17.639
 Salvation

00:28:17.639 --> 00:28:18.680
 brings

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:19.639
 communion,

00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:20.740
 relationship

00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:22.420
 with God,

00:28:22.700 --> 00:28:23.139
 restoration

00:28:23.139 --> 00:28:25.259
 to God

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:26.359
 himself.

00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.660
 So the cross

00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:30.259
 reveals God's

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.640
 judgment,

00:28:31.359 --> 00:28:31.779
 the cross

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.619
 secures God's

00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:33.180
 victory over

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:33.539
 Satan,

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.940
 the cross

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.980
 accomplishes the

00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:37.059
 saving of

00:28:37.059 --> 00:28:38.240
 peoples,

00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:40.079
 yet not all

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:40.900
 who hear

00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.960
 believe.

00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:43.240
 The crowd's

00:28:43.240 --> 00:28:44.400
 confusion exposes

00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:45.160
 the danger

00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:46.839
 of biblical

00:28:46.839 --> 00:28:47.619
 familiarity

00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:49.160
 without submission

00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:49.840
 revelation to

00:28:49.840 --> 00:28:50.440
 God's

00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:51.500
 revelation.

00:28:52.180 --> 00:28:52.800
 It's possible

00:28:52.800 --> 00:28:53.600
 to know the

00:28:53.600 --> 00:28:54.220
 things that I've

00:28:54.220 --> 00:28:54.640
 said.

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:56.460
 To hear me

00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:57.740
 proclaim the

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:58.540
 gospel and go,

00:28:58.680 --> 00:28:59.080
 yeah, yeah,

00:28:59.279 --> 00:29:00.660
 I know.

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:01.980
 The fourth

00:29:01.980 --> 00:29:02.820
 observation is

00:29:02.820 --> 00:29:03.820
 that the cross

00:29:03.820 --> 00:29:04.640
 requires

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:05.640
 belief.

00:29:07.640 --> 00:29:08.060
 These last

00:29:08.060 --> 00:29:09.279
 three verses

00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:10.580
 and we'll skate

00:29:10.580 --> 00:29:10.960
 through this

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.560
 pretty quickly.

00:29:12.100 --> 00:29:12.640
 So the crowd

00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:13.180
 answered him,

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:13.740
 we have heard

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.300
 from the law

00:29:14.300 --> 00:29:14.960
 that the Christ

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.880
 remains forever.

00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:17.100
 How can you

00:29:17.100 --> 00:29:17.660
 say that the

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:18.140
 Son of Man

00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:18.680
 must be lifted

00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:19.000
 up?

00:29:19.400 --> 00:29:20.540
 Who is this

00:29:20.540 --> 00:29:21.840
 Son of Man?

00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.740
 So Jesus said

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.000
 to them,

00:29:24.060 --> 00:29:24.620
 the light is

00:29:24.620 --> 00:29:25.240
 among you for

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:25.760
 a little while

00:29:25.760 --> 00:29:26.140
 longer.

00:29:26.360 --> 00:29:27.000
 Walk while you

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.580
 have the light,

00:29:27.800 --> 00:29:28.620
 lest darkness

00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:29.540
 overtake you.

00:29:30.280 --> 00:29:30.800
 The one who

00:29:30.800 --> 00:29:31.500
 walks in the

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:32.120
 darkness does

00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:32.820
 not know where

00:29:32.820 --> 00:29:33.480
 he is going.

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.920
 While you have

00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:35.380
 the light,

00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:37.000
 believe in the

00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:38.060
 light, that

00:29:38.060 --> 00:29:39.000
 you may become

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:40.280
 sons of

00:29:40.280 --> 00:29:40.640
 light.

00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:42.280
 When Jesus

00:29:42.280 --> 00:29:42.800
 had said these

00:29:42.800 --> 00:29:43.920
 things, he

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:45.380
 departed and

00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:45.860
 hid himself.

00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:46.700
 from them.

00:29:47.920 --> 00:29:48.720
 Now the crowd

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:50.320
 isn't wrong

00:29:50.320 --> 00:29:50.740
 in their

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:51.740
 understanding of

00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.640
 Daniel chapter

00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:53.700
 7.

00:29:54.320 --> 00:29:55.020
 I read some

00:29:55.020 --> 00:29:55.460
 of that this

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:56.100
 morning in the

00:29:56.100 --> 00:29:56.720
 scripture reading.

00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:58.080
 Verse 13

00:29:58.080 --> 00:29:58.860
 and 14.

00:29:59.580 --> 00:30:00.200
 I saw in the

00:30:00.200 --> 00:30:00.740
 night visions

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.360
 and behold,

00:30:01.580 --> 00:30:02.300
 with the clouds

00:30:02.300 --> 00:30:02.940
 of heaven there

00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:04.040
 came one

00:30:04.040 --> 00:30:05.480
 like a

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:06.900
 Son of Man.

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:07.340
 Every time you

00:30:07.340 --> 00:30:07.700
 hear Jesus

00:30:07.700 --> 00:30:08.440
 refer to himself

00:30:08.440 --> 00:30:09.100
 as the Son

00:30:09.100 --> 00:30:09.580
 of Man,

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:10.100
 this is the

00:30:10.100 --> 00:30:10.600
 text he's

00:30:10.600 --> 00:30:11.360
 talking about.

00:30:11.960 --> 00:30:12.720
 And he came

00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:13.360
 to the Ancient

00:30:13.360 --> 00:30:14.000
 of Days and

00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.500
 was presented

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.120
 before him.

00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:16.259
 And to him

00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:16.699
 was given

00:30:16.699 --> 00:30:17.559
 dominion and

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:18.459
 glory and

00:30:18.459 --> 00:30:19.000
 a kingdom

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:20.039
 that all

00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:20.439
 peoples,

00:30:20.599 --> 00:30:21.159
 nations and

00:30:21.159 --> 00:30:22.199
 languages should

00:30:22.199 --> 00:30:22.739
 serve him.

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:23.979
 His dominion

00:30:23.979 --> 00:30:24.299
 is an

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:24.879
 everlasting

00:30:24.879 --> 00:30:26.019
 dominion which

00:30:26.019 --> 00:30:26.459
 shall not

00:30:26.459 --> 00:30:27.359
 pass away and

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:27.859
 his kingdom

00:30:27.859 --> 00:30:28.859
 one that

00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:29.319
 shall not

00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:30.699
 be destroyed.

00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:32.179
 So this is

00:30:32.179 --> 00:30:32.439
 what they're

00:30:32.439 --> 00:30:32.719
 doing.

00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:32.939
 And they're

00:30:32.939 --> 00:30:33.299
 saying,

00:30:33.419 --> 00:30:34.099
 we heard you

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:34.559
 say this

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:35.159
 before.

00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:36.539
 Son of Man

00:30:36.539 --> 00:30:36.859
 must be

00:30:36.859 --> 00:30:37.459
 lifted up.

00:30:37.719 --> 00:30:38.059
 Here you're

00:30:38.059 --> 00:30:38.539
 saying it

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:39.000
 again.

00:30:39.159 --> 00:30:40.019
 How is this

00:30:40.019 --> 00:30:40.619
 possible?

00:30:40.619 --> 00:30:41.939
 Because Daniel

00:30:41.939 --> 00:30:42.759
 chapter 7,

00:30:42.899 --> 00:30:43.500
 which also

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:44.079
 says peoples,

00:30:44.159 --> 00:30:44.399
 I just

00:30:44.399 --> 00:30:44.699
 noticed,

00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:46.199
 says that

00:30:46.199 --> 00:30:46.619
 his kingdom

00:30:46.619 --> 00:30:47.179
 is one that

00:30:47.179 --> 00:30:47.539
 will not

00:30:47.539 --> 00:30:48.219
 be destroyed.

00:30:48.379 --> 00:30:49.019
 How can

00:30:49.019 --> 00:30:51.000
 this be?

00:30:51.379 --> 00:30:52.359
 They clearly

00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:53.219
 know exactly

00:30:53.219 --> 00:30:53.639
 what Jesus

00:30:53.639 --> 00:30:54.099
 means when

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:54.399
 he speaks

00:30:54.399 --> 00:30:54.699
 of being

00:30:54.699 --> 00:30:55.239
 lifted up.

00:30:55.659 --> 00:30:56.239
 John gives

00:30:56.239 --> 00:30:56.500
 us some

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:56.839
 commentary

00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:57.159
 there.

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:58.019
 They know

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.519
 that's what

00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:59.719
 he's talking

00:30:59.719 --> 00:31:00.199
 about.

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.359
 What they

00:31:01.359 --> 00:31:01.839
 have failed

00:31:01.839 --> 00:31:02.819
 to do is

00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:03.859
 synthesize their

00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:04.519
 understanding of

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:04.899
 the Son of

00:31:04.899 --> 00:31:05.259
 Man and of

00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:06.859
 Daniel 7 with

00:31:06.859 --> 00:31:07.339
 the suffering

00:31:07.339 --> 00:31:08.559
 servant of

00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:09.139
 Isaiah chapter

00:31:09.139 --> 00:31:09.659
 53.

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:12.400
 Verse 3

00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:13.000
 and following.

00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:14.259
 He was

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:14.940
 despised and

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.460
 rejected by

00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:16.779
 men, a

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:17.140
 man of

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:17.740
 sorrows and

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.340
 acquainted with

00:31:18.340 --> 00:31:18.800
 grief.

00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:19.700
 And as

00:31:19.700 --> 00:31:20.160
 one from

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:20.600
 whom men

00:31:20.600 --> 00:31:21.200
 hide their

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:21.860
 faces, he

00:31:21.860 --> 00:31:22.820
 was despised

00:31:22.820 --> 00:31:23.100
 and we

00:31:23.100 --> 00:31:24.040
 esteemed him

00:31:24.040 --> 00:31:24.940
 not.

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.560
 Surely he

00:31:26.560 --> 00:31:27.660
 has borne

00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.420
 our griefs

00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:28.960
 and carried

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:29.680
 our sorrows,

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:30.500
 yet we

00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:31.160
 esteemed him

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:31.700
 stricken,

00:31:31.880 --> 00:31:32.440
 smitten by

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:33.040
 God and

00:31:33.040 --> 00:31:33.620
 afflicted.

00:31:34.340 --> 00:31:34.860
 But he

00:31:34.860 --> 00:31:35.620
 was pierced

00:31:35.620 --> 00:31:36.120
 for our

00:31:36.120 --> 00:31:36.860
 transgressions.

00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:37.820
 He was

00:31:37.820 --> 00:31:38.700
 crushed for

00:31:38.700 --> 00:31:39.440
 our iniquities

00:31:39.440 --> 00:31:40.720
 upon him

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.080
 was the

00:31:41.080 --> 00:31:41.740
 chastisement

00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.220
 that brought

00:31:42.220 --> 00:31:42.820
 us peace

00:31:42.820 --> 00:31:43.320
 and with

00:31:43.320 --> 00:31:44.140
 his wounds

00:31:44.140 --> 00:31:45.160
 we are

00:31:45.160 --> 00:31:45.500
 healed.

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:47.340
 All we

00:31:47.340 --> 00:31:47.940
 like sheep

00:31:47.940 --> 00:31:48.620
 have gone

00:31:48.620 --> 00:31:49.059
 astray.

00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:49.880
 We have

00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:51.039
 turned everyone

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:52.059
 to his own

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:53.180
 way and

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:53.680
 the Lord

00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:54.220
 has laid

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:54.980
 on him

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:56.240
 the iniquity

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:57.360
 of us

00:31:57.360 --> 00:31:57.660
 all.

00:31:58.759 --> 00:31:59.100
 They

00:31:59.100 --> 00:31:59.440
 failed to

00:31:59.440 --> 00:31:59.920
 put these

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:00.920
 two things

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.460
 together,

00:32:01.600 --> 00:32:01.799
 right?

00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:02.500
 They

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:03.320
 loved the

00:32:03.320 --> 00:32:03.799
 crown,

00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:04.539
 they didn't

00:32:04.539 --> 00:32:06.299
 love the

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:06.799
 cross.

00:32:06.799 --> 00:32:07.799
 Jesus

00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:08.799
 answered

00:32:08.799 --> 00:32:09.299
 in response

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:09.539
 to the

00:32:09.539 --> 00:32:09.899
 crowd's

00:32:09.899 --> 00:32:10.399
 question,

00:32:10.839 --> 00:32:11.460
 who is

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:11.960
 this

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.680
 son of

00:32:12.680 --> 00:32:12.940
 man?

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.519
 Jesus

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.180
 answers

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:16.759
 metaphorically

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:18.039
 by calling

00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.799
 himself

00:32:18.799 --> 00:32:20.599
 the light.

00:32:21.779 --> 00:32:22.440
 I can't

00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:22.980
 know this

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.720
 for sure,

00:32:24.259 --> 00:32:24.659
 but I

00:32:24.659 --> 00:32:25.259
 suggest to

00:32:25.259 --> 00:32:25.519
 you that

00:32:25.519 --> 00:32:26.099
 John's

00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:26.700
 use of

00:32:26.700 --> 00:32:27.180
 this very

00:32:27.180 --> 00:32:27.579
 same

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:27.919
 metaphor

00:32:27.919 --> 00:32:28.480
 at the

00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:28.919
 opening

00:32:28.919 --> 00:32:29.599
 of this

00:32:29.599 --> 00:32:29.980
 gospel

00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.859
 is informed

00:32:30.859 --> 00:32:31.559
 by Jesus'

00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:32.180
 words

00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:32.720
 here.

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:34.539
 Jesus

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:35.140
 says this,

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:35.519
 I think

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:36.980
 that John

00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.519
 is thinking

00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:38.420
 about this

00:32:38.420 --> 00:32:39.779
 and under

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.299
 inspiration

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:40.920
 he writes

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:41.620
 the opening

00:32:41.620 --> 00:32:42.819
 of this

00:32:42.819 --> 00:32:43.240
 gospel

00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:44.100
 account.

00:32:45.019 --> 00:32:45.360
 So turn

00:32:45.360 --> 00:32:45.779
 back to

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.400
 John chapter

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:46.880
 1.

00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:48.019
 There John

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.339
 says,

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:48.600
 In the

00:32:48.600 --> 00:32:48.940
 beginning

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:50.579
 was the

00:32:50.579 --> 00:32:50.940
 word,

00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:52.079
 and the

00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:52.360
 word was

00:32:52.360 --> 00:32:52.960
 with God,

00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:53.299
 and the

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:54.259
 word was

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:54.680
 God.

00:32:55.339 --> 00:32:55.819
 He was

00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:56.100
 in the

00:32:56.100 --> 00:32:56.480
 beginning

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:57.200
 with God.

00:32:58.240 --> 00:32:58.860
 All things

00:32:58.860 --> 00:32:59.200
 were made

00:32:59.200 --> 00:32:59.779
 through him,

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.200
 and without

00:33:00.200 --> 00:33:00.819
 him was not

00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:01.940
 anything made

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:02.460
 that was

00:33:02.460 --> 00:33:02.860
 made.

00:33:03.820 --> 00:33:04.259
 In him

00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:04.920
 was life,

00:33:05.580 --> 00:33:06.059
 and the

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.940
 life was

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:07.580
 the light

00:33:07.580 --> 00:33:08.640
 of men.

00:33:09.380 --> 00:33:10.160
 The light

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:11.120
 shines in

00:33:11.120 --> 00:33:11.640
 the darkness,

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:12.559
 and the

00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:13.019
 darkness

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:14.259
 has not

00:33:14.259 --> 00:33:15.299
 overcome

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:15.600
 it.

00:33:16.660 --> 00:33:17.160
 There was

00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:17.420
 a man

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:17.759
 sent from

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:18.039
 God,

00:33:18.080 --> 00:33:18.340
 whose name

00:33:18.340 --> 00:33:18.860
 was John.

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.220
 He came

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:19.460
 as a

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:19.720
 witness,

00:33:19.799 --> 00:33:20.039
 to bear

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.539
 witness

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:21.440
 about the

00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:21.799
 light,

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:23.000
 that all

00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:23.880
 might believe

00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:24.519
 through him.

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:26.080
 He was

00:33:26.080 --> 00:33:26.700
 not the

00:33:26.700 --> 00:33:26.960
 light,

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.420
 but came

00:33:27.420 --> 00:33:27.740
 to bear

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.220
 witness

00:33:28.220 --> 00:33:28.799
 about

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.860
 the

00:33:29.860 --> 00:33:30.200
 light.

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:31.600
 The

00:33:31.599 --> 00:33:31.899
 true

00:33:31.899 --> 00:33:32.299
 light,

00:33:32.399 --> 00:33:32.559
 which

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:32.819
 gives

00:33:32.819 --> 00:33:33.179
 light

00:33:33.179 --> 00:33:33.379
 to

00:33:33.379 --> 00:33:33.779
 everyone,

00:33:33.859 --> 00:33:34.000
 was

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.299
 coming

00:33:34.299 --> 00:33:34.719
 into

00:33:34.719 --> 00:33:34.939
 the

00:33:34.939 --> 00:33:35.279
 world.

00:33:35.959 --> 00:33:36.159
 He

00:33:36.159 --> 00:33:36.339
 was

00:33:36.339 --> 00:33:36.599
 in

00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:36.779
 the

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.139
 world,

00:33:37.139 --> 00:33:37.519
 and the

00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:37.839
 world

00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:38.059
 was

00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:38.259
 made

00:33:38.259 --> 00:33:38.539
 through

00:33:38.539 --> 00:33:38.859
 him,

00:33:38.899 --> 00:33:39.379
 yet the

00:33:39.379 --> 00:33:39.819
 world

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:40.399
 did not

00:33:40.399 --> 00:33:40.659
 know

00:33:40.659 --> 00:33:40.919
 him.

00:33:41.699 --> 00:33:42.039
 He

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.319
 came

00:33:42.319 --> 00:33:42.439
 to

00:33:42.439 --> 00:33:42.639
 his

00:33:42.639 --> 00:33:43.279
 own,

00:33:43.679 --> 00:33:44.159
 and his

00:33:44.159 --> 00:33:44.359
 own

00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:44.839
 people

00:33:44.839 --> 00:33:45.719
 did not

00:33:45.719 --> 00:33:46.079
 receive

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:46.379
 him.

00:33:47.159 --> 00:33:47.519
 But

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:48.119
 to all

00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:48.679
 who did

00:33:48.679 --> 00:33:49.119
 receive

00:33:49.119 --> 00:33:49.399
 him,

00:33:49.659 --> 00:33:49.919
 who

00:33:49.919 --> 00:33:50.559
 believed

00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:50.799
 in

00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:50.959
 his

00:33:50.959 --> 00:33:51.339
 name,

00:33:51.819 --> 00:33:52.039
 he

00:33:52.039 --> 00:33:52.299
 gave

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:52.480
 the

00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:52.839
 right

00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:53.159
 to

00:33:53.159 --> 00:33:53.619
 become

00:33:53.619 --> 00:33:54.459
 children

00:33:54.459 --> 00:33:55.399
 of

00:33:55.399 --> 00:33:55.719
 God,

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:56.679
 sons

00:33:56.679 --> 00:33:57.299
 of

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:57.599
 light.

00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:58.919
 While

00:33:58.919 --> 00:33:59.319
 you

00:33:59.319 --> 00:33:59.859
 have

00:33:59.859 --> 00:34:00.059
 the

00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:00.359
 light,

00:34:00.359 --> 00:34:01.479
 believe

00:34:01.479 --> 00:34:02.139
 in

00:34:02.139 --> 00:34:02.359
 the

00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:02.699
 light,

00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:03.519
 that

00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:03.679
 you

00:34:03.679 --> 00:34:03.859
 may

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:04.519
 become

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:05.839
 sons

00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:06.979
 of

00:34:06.979 --> 00:34:07.299
 light.

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:08.940
 I

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.460
 think we

00:34:09.460 --> 00:34:09.900
 don't

00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:10.139
 really

00:34:10.139 --> 00:34:10.739
 comprehend

00:34:10.739 --> 00:34:11.839
 light

00:34:11.839 --> 00:34:12.059
 and

00:34:12.059 --> 00:34:12.339
 dark

00:34:12.339 --> 00:34:12.739
 metaphor

00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:13.420
 to the

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:13.659
 measure

00:34:13.659 --> 00:34:13.859
 that

00:34:13.859 --> 00:34:14.059
 they

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.299
 may

00:34:14.299 --> 00:34:14.719
 have.

00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:15.319
 Jesus

00:34:15.319 --> 00:34:15.519
 is

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:15.900
 speaking.

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:17.980
 Darkness

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.460
 to us

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.219
 is fairly

00:34:19.219 --> 00:34:19.679
 easily

00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:20.279
 resolved.

00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:21.299
 We

00:34:21.299 --> 00:34:21.440
 have

00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:21.779
 switches

00:34:21.779 --> 00:34:22.019
 to

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:22.239
 flip.

00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:24.279
 we

00:34:24.279 --> 00:34:24.399
 all

00:34:24.399 --> 00:34:24.539
 have

00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:24.799
 phones

00:34:24.799 --> 00:34:24.919
 in

00:34:24.919 --> 00:34:25.019
 our

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.339
 pockets

00:34:25.339 --> 00:34:25.479
 that

00:34:25.479 --> 00:34:25.599
 have

00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.099
 flashlights

00:34:26.099 --> 00:34:26.279
 on

00:34:26.279 --> 00:34:26.399
 them

00:34:26.399 --> 00:34:26.659
 now.

00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:27.479
 Amazing

00:34:27.479 --> 00:34:27.679
 it

00:34:27.679 --> 00:34:27.819
 is.

00:34:27.899 --> 00:34:28.339
 Light

00:34:28.339 --> 00:34:28.559
 can

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:28.679
 be

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:29.099
 produced

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:30.459
 instantaneously

00:34:30.459 --> 00:34:31.079
 all the

00:34:31.079 --> 00:34:31.459
 time.

00:34:32.959 --> 00:34:33.359
 Darkness

00:34:33.359 --> 00:34:34.559
 is a

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.079
 scary

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:35.500
 thing.

00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:35.719
 You

00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:36.039
 have

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.719
 a

00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:37.119
 welcome

00:34:37.119 --> 00:34:37.379
 to

00:34:37.379 --> 00:34:37.659
 young

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:38.000
 adulthood

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.539
 trip

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:39.000
 to

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.179
 the

00:34:39.179 --> 00:34:39.419
 Okie

00:34:39.419 --> 00:34:39.859
 Finocie

00:34:39.859 --> 00:34:40.219
 and we

00:34:40.219 --> 00:34:40.659
 stayed

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:41.159
 on an

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:42.259
 island

00:34:42.259 --> 00:34:42.559
 out in

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:42.659
 the

00:34:42.659 --> 00:34:42.859
 middle

00:34:42.859 --> 00:34:44.139
 of

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:44.259
 the

00:34:44.259 --> 00:34:44.619
 swamp

00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:45.359
 and

00:34:45.359 --> 00:34:46.059
 we

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:46.239
 had

00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:46.539
 lights

00:34:46.539 --> 00:34:46.839
 to be

00:34:46.839 --> 00:34:47.179
 clear

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:47.459
 but

00:34:47.459 --> 00:34:47.719
 it

00:34:47.719 --> 00:34:47.839
 was

00:34:47.839 --> 00:34:48.119
 very

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.619
 dark

00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:49.259
 out

00:34:49.259 --> 00:34:49.500
 there.

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:51.099
 We

00:34:51.099 --> 00:34:51.340
 heard

00:34:51.340 --> 00:34:51.460
 a

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:51.739
 critter

00:34:51.739 --> 00:34:51.840
 in

00:34:51.840 --> 00:34:51.960
 the

00:34:51.960 --> 00:34:52.159
 woods

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:52.400
 bigger

00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:52.579
 than

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:52.860
 any

00:34:52.860 --> 00:34:53.139
 critter

00:34:53.139 --> 00:34:53.320
 I

00:34:53.320 --> 00:34:53.460
 have

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:53.800
 ever

00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:54.260
 heard

00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:54.460
 in

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:54.599
 the

00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:54.920
 woods

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:55.519
 before.

00:34:57.179 --> 00:34:57.579
 I

00:34:57.579 --> 00:34:57.719
 was

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:57.980
 trying to

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.139
 think

00:34:58.139 --> 00:34:58.320
 about

00:34:58.320 --> 00:34:58.480
 what

00:34:58.480 --> 00:34:58.599
 to

00:34:58.599 --> 00:34:58.780
 say

00:34:58.780 --> 00:34:58.920
 I

00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.139
 thought

00:34:59.139 --> 00:34:59.280
 it

00:34:59.280 --> 00:34:59.639
 was

00:34:59.639 --> 00:34:59.900
 but

00:34:59.900 --> 00:35:00.480
 everything

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:00.699
 I

00:35:00.699 --> 00:35:00.840
 can

00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:01.059
 think

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:01.199
 of

00:35:01.199 --> 00:35:01.300
 is

00:35:01.300 --> 00:35:01.599
 probably

00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:01.880
 bigger

00:35:01.880 --> 00:35:02.039
 than

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.139
 it

00:35:02.139 --> 00:35:02.340
 was

00:35:02.340 --> 00:35:02.500
 but

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:02.639
 it

00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:03.000
 really

00:35:03.000 --> 00:35:03.360
 felt

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:03.719
 like

00:35:03.719 --> 00:35:04.159
 a

00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:04.480
 bear.

00:35:06.059 --> 00:35:06.199
 It

00:35:06.199 --> 00:35:06.780
 was

00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:06.880
 a

00:35:06.880 --> 00:35:07.019
 big

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.460
 alligator.

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:07.619
 It

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:07.760
 was

00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:08.139
 something

00:35:08.139 --> 00:35:09.539
 crashing

00:35:09.539 --> 00:35:10.019
 around

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.500
 in

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:11.739
 the

00:35:11.739 --> 00:35:12.019
 woods

00:35:12.019 --> 00:35:12.199
 and

00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:12.340
 we

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:12.539
 could

00:35:12.539 --> 00:35:12.719
 not

00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:12.900
 see

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:12.900


00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:13.059
 what

00:35:13.059 --> 00:35:13.159
 it

00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:13.440
 was

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:19.739
 ever

00:35:19.739 --> 00:35:20.199
 spent.

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:20.400
 It

00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:20.420
 was

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:20.559
 like

00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:21.639
 being

00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:21.739
 in

00:35:21.739 --> 00:35:21.880
 the

00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:22.260
 Amazon

00:35:22.260 --> 00:35:23.079
 sleeping

00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:24.519
 in

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:24.639
 and

00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:24.820
 out

00:35:24.820 --> 00:35:24.960
 of

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.280
 sleep

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:25.880
 in

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.159
 that

00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:27.340
 place.

00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:28.360
 And

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:28.619
 as I

00:35:28.619 --> 00:35:28.920
 think

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.260
 about

00:35:29.260 --> 00:35:29.579
 this

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:29.940
 metaphor

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:30.239
 of

00:35:30.239 --> 00:35:30.539
 darkness

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:30.760
 and

00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:31.019
 light

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.260
 I

00:35:31.260 --> 00:35:31.440
 think

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:31.619
 about

00:35:31.619 --> 00:35:31.800
 what

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:31.880
 it

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:31.960
 would

00:35:31.960 --> 00:35:32.039
 have

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:32.159
 been

00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:32.340
 like

00:35:32.340 --> 00:35:32.480
 to

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:32.639
 be

00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:32.860
 on

00:35:32.860 --> 00:35:33.039
 that

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:33.300
 island

00:35:33.300 --> 00:35:33.519
 with

00:35:33.519 --> 00:35:34.139
 no

00:35:34.139 --> 00:35:34.760
 light.

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:35.880
 Zero

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:36.340
 light.

00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:37.559
 Perhaps

00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:38.260
 we

00:35:38.260 --> 00:35:38.400
 could

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:38.800
 muster

00:35:38.800 --> 00:35:39.199
 a

00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:39.460
 fire

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:39.860
 together

00:35:39.860 --> 00:35:40.139
 and

00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:40.679
 try

00:35:40.679 --> 00:35:40.860
 to

00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:41.079
 use

00:35:41.079 --> 00:35:41.219
 some

00:35:41.219 --> 00:35:41.340
 of

00:35:41.340 --> 00:35:41.500
 that

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:42.019
 flame

00:35:42.019 --> 00:35:42.260
 to

00:35:42.260 --> 00:35:42.559
 light

00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:42.739
 the

00:35:42.739 --> 00:35:43.059
 place

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:44.059
 that

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.179
 we

00:35:44.179 --> 00:35:44.340
 were

00:35:44.340 --> 00:35:44.599
 at.

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:44.599


00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:45.519
 man

00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:45.799
 the

00:35:45.799 --> 00:35:46.480
 racket

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:46.799
 and

00:35:46.799 --> 00:35:47.039
 the

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:47.500
 noise

00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:47.719
 and

00:35:47.719 --> 00:35:47.900
 the

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:48.339
 potential

00:35:48.339 --> 00:35:49.019
 threat

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:49.400
 that

00:35:49.400 --> 00:35:49.719
 was

00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:50.920
 out

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.199
 there.

00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:51.839
 This

00:35:51.839 --> 00:35:52.279
 metaphor

00:35:52.279 --> 00:35:53.179
 it

00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:53.759
 should

00:35:53.759 --> 00:35:54.400
 elicit

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:54.920
 rich

00:35:54.920 --> 00:35:55.360
 feeling

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:55.659
 from

00:35:55.659 --> 00:35:56.039
 us.

00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:56.579
 The

00:35:56.579 --> 00:35:56.920
 darkness

00:35:56.920 --> 00:35:57.259
 is a

00:35:57.259 --> 00:35:57.480
 place

00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:57.739
 of

00:35:57.739 --> 00:35:59.019
 danger

00:35:59.019 --> 00:36:00.920
 destruction

00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:02.099
 demise.

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:03.940
 While

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:04.339
 you have

00:36:04.339 --> 00:36:04.519
 the

00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:04.860
 light

00:36:04.860 --> 00:36:06.059
 believe

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:06.420
 in the

00:36:06.420 --> 00:36:06.659
 light

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:06.880
 that

00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:07.039
 you

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:07.299
 may

00:36:07.299 --> 00:36:07.980
 become

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.900
 sons

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:10.159
 of

00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:10.539
 light.

00:36:11.739 --> 00:36:11.980
 The

00:36:11.980 --> 00:36:12.199
 cross

00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:12.639
 reveals

00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:13.179
 God's

00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:13.599
 judgment

00:36:13.599 --> 00:36:14.480
 secures

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:14.840
 God's

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:15.159
 victory

00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:15.440
 over

00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:15.760
 Satan

00:36:15.760 --> 00:36:16.599
 accomplishes

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:16.800
 the

00:36:16.800 --> 00:36:17.260
 saving

00:36:17.260 --> 00:36:18.099
 of

00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:18.679
 peoples

00:36:18.679 --> 00:36:19.639
 and

00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:20.300
 requires

00:36:20.300 --> 00:36:22.139
 belief.

00:36:23.500 --> 00:36:23.860
 So as we

00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:24.240
 close our

00:36:24.240 --> 00:36:24.800
 time let me

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:25.420
 give you a

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:25.740
 few

00:36:25.740 --> 00:36:27.059
 points of

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:27.639
 application.

00:36:29.260 --> 00:36:29.519
 Number

00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:29.940
 one

00:36:29.940 --> 00:36:32.139
 examine

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:32.820
 whether you

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:33.780
 have embraced

00:36:33.780 --> 00:36:34.599
 the Christ

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:35.199
 of scripture

00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:36.500
 or a

00:36:36.500 --> 00:36:37.000
 Christ

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:37.699
 of your

00:36:37.699 --> 00:36:38.139
 own

00:36:38.139 --> 00:36:39.179
 making.

00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:40.519
 The

00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:41.019
 crowd in

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:41.659
 John 12

00:36:41.659 --> 00:36:42.039
 was not

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:42.480
 ignorant

00:36:42.480 --> 00:36:43.019
 of the

00:36:43.019 --> 00:36:43.320
 scriptures.

00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:44.300
 they're

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:44.680
 citing

00:36:44.680 --> 00:36:45.180
 things.

00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:45.960
 They knew

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:46.340
 that the

00:36:46.340 --> 00:36:46.800
 Messiah

00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:47.059
 would

00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:47.420
 reign

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:47.880
 forever

00:36:47.880 --> 00:36:48.260
 but they

00:36:48.260 --> 00:36:48.840
 struggled

00:36:48.840 --> 00:36:49.440
 to reconcile

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:50.140
 that truth

00:36:50.140 --> 00:36:51.460
 with Jesus'

00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:52.820
 insistence

00:36:52.820 --> 00:36:53.559
 that he

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:54.080
 must die.

00:36:55.200 --> 00:36:55.600
 The problem

00:36:55.600 --> 00:36:56.019
 was not that

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.539
 they had no

00:36:56.539 --> 00:36:57.200
 knowledge of

00:36:57.200 --> 00:36:57.960
 divine revelation

00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:58.340
 but that they

00:36:58.340 --> 00:36:58.840
 were attempting

00:36:58.840 --> 00:36:59.760
 to accommodate

00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:00.820
 that revelation

00:37:00.820 --> 00:37:01.720
 to their

00:37:01.720 --> 00:37:02.320
 own

00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:03.519
 expectations.

00:37:04.380 --> 00:37:04.740
 They were

00:37:04.740 --> 00:37:05.220
 shaping the

00:37:05.220 --> 00:37:05.780
 Christ into

00:37:05.780 --> 00:37:06.440
 what they

00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:07.760
 wanted and

00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:08.300
 we must be

00:37:08.300 --> 00:37:08.800
 careful that

00:37:08.800 --> 00:37:09.300
 we do not

00:37:09.300 --> 00:37:09.960
 make the

00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.300
 same

00:37:10.300 --> 00:37:11.019
 mistake.

00:37:12.280 --> 00:37:12.860
 It's

00:37:12.860 --> 00:37:13.200
 entirely

00:37:13.200 --> 00:37:13.920
 possible to

00:37:13.920 --> 00:37:14.200
 have an

00:37:14.200 --> 00:37:14.620
 impressive

00:37:14.620 --> 00:37:15.340
 familiarity

00:37:15.340 --> 00:37:16.060
 with

00:37:16.060 --> 00:37:16.340
 scripture,

00:37:16.900 --> 00:37:17.539
 to possess

00:37:17.539 --> 00:37:18.200
 well-developed

00:37:18.200 --> 00:37:18.660
 theological

00:37:18.660 --> 00:37:19.180
 convictions,

00:37:19.360 --> 00:37:19.640
 and even

00:37:19.640 --> 00:37:20.180
 to defend

00:37:20.180 --> 00:37:20.800
 the authority

00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:21.960
 of God's

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:22.440
 word while

00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:23.080
 nevertheless

00:37:23.080 --> 00:37:24.200
 resisting

00:37:24.200 --> 00:37:25.720
 those portions

00:37:25.720 --> 00:37:26.800
 of divine

00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:27.640
 revelation that

00:37:27.640 --> 00:37:28.220
 confront our

00:37:28.220 --> 00:37:28.800
 assumptions

00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:30.140
 or challenge

00:37:30.140 --> 00:37:30.820
 our preferences

00:37:30.820 --> 00:37:32.400
 or demand

00:37:32.400 --> 00:37:33.420
 our submission.

00:37:34.700 --> 00:37:35.460
 The question

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:36.000
 is not whether

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:37.300
 Jesus conforms

00:37:37.300 --> 00:37:37.640
 to your

00:37:37.640 --> 00:37:38.320
 understanding

00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:38.700
 of who

00:37:38.700 --> 00:37:39.240
 he ought

00:37:39.240 --> 00:37:39.960
 to be

00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:41.080
 but whether

00:37:41.080 --> 00:37:41.500
 your

00:37:41.500 --> 00:37:42.160
 understanding

00:37:42.160 --> 00:37:42.600
 of Jesus

00:37:42.600 --> 00:37:43.340
 conforms

00:37:43.340 --> 00:37:43.940
 to who

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.620
 he has

00:37:44.620 --> 00:37:45.360
 revealed

00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:46.039
 himself

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:47.300
 to be.

00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:48.820
 He's either

00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:49.519
 a liar

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:51.340
 or he's

00:37:51.340 --> 00:37:52.039
 a lunatic

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:53.780
 or he is

00:37:53.780 --> 00:37:54.060
 Lord.

00:37:54.160 --> 00:37:54.560
 I hope you'll

00:37:54.560 --> 00:37:55.240
 join me in

00:37:55.240 --> 00:37:56.360
 that last

00:37:56.360 --> 00:37:57.360
 assertion.

00:37:58.820 --> 00:37:59.140
 Second

00:37:59.140 --> 00:37:59.620
 application.

00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:01.640
 Let the

00:38:01.640 --> 00:38:02.160
 certainty

00:38:02.160 --> 00:38:03.360
 of Christ's

00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:04.140
 saving work

00:38:04.140 --> 00:38:05.539
 produce confidence

00:38:05.539 --> 00:38:06.740
 in evangelism

00:38:06.739 --> 00:38:07.599
 and a

00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:08.019
 commitment

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:09.139
 to world

00:38:09.139 --> 00:38:09.819
 missions.

00:38:11.419 --> 00:38:11.959
 Jesus does

00:38:11.959 --> 00:38:12.439
 not say

00:38:12.439 --> 00:38:12.699
 that his

00:38:12.699 --> 00:38:13.199
 crucifixion

00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:13.599
 will merely

00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:14.119
 make the

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:14.500
 salvation

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:14.859
 of the

00:38:14.859 --> 00:38:15.239
 nations

00:38:15.239 --> 00:38:16.299
 possible.

00:38:17.259 --> 00:38:18.119
 He declares

00:38:18.119 --> 00:38:18.879
 that when

00:38:18.879 --> 00:38:19.579
 he is lifted

00:38:19.579 --> 00:38:20.519
 up he

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:21.839
 will draw

00:38:21.839 --> 00:38:22.759
 peoples

00:38:22.759 --> 00:38:24.219
 to himself.

00:38:25.379 --> 00:38:25.919
 What an

00:38:25.919 --> 00:38:26.559
 extraordinary

00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:27.439
 encouragement

00:38:27.439 --> 00:38:28.359
 that should

00:38:28.359 --> 00:38:29.279
 be for our

00:38:29.279 --> 00:38:29.679
 church.

00:38:30.759 --> 00:38:31.659
 The success

00:38:31.659 --> 00:38:31.919
 of the

00:38:31.919 --> 00:38:32.379
 Great Commission

00:38:32.379 --> 00:38:32.759
 does not

00:38:32.759 --> 00:38:33.579
 ultimately depend

00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:34.000
 upon the

00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:34.699
 persuasive

00:38:34.699 --> 00:38:35.559
 abilities of

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:36.019
 the preacher.

00:38:36.019 --> 00:38:37.019
 praise God.

00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:38.739
 The creativity

00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:39.579
 of the

00:38:39.579 --> 00:38:40.079
 church

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:41.440
 or the

00:38:41.440 --> 00:38:42.179
 receptivity

00:38:42.179 --> 00:38:42.940
 of the

00:38:42.940 --> 00:38:43.360
 surrounding

00:38:43.360 --> 00:38:44.300
 culture.

00:38:45.099 --> 00:38:46.300
 It rests

00:38:46.300 --> 00:38:46.780
 upon the

00:38:46.780 --> 00:38:47.639
 promise and

00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:48.639
 power of

00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:49.179
 the crucified

00:38:49.179 --> 00:38:50.440
 and risen

00:38:50.440 --> 00:38:50.960
 Christ.

00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:53.880
 We proclaim

00:38:53.880 --> 00:38:54.400
 the gospel

00:38:54.400 --> 00:38:55.179
 because Christ

00:38:55.179 --> 00:38:55.880
 has commanded

00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:56.380
 us to do

00:38:56.380 --> 00:38:58.259
 so but we

00:38:58.259 --> 00:38:58.759
 proclaim it

00:38:58.759 --> 00:38:59.320
 confidently

00:38:59.320 --> 00:39:00.599
 because Christ

00:39:00.599 --> 00:39:01.519
 has promised

00:39:01.519 --> 00:39:02.780
 to gather

00:39:02.780 --> 00:39:03.659
 his people.

00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:04.480
 He will

00:39:04.480 --> 00:39:05.480
 build his

00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:06.199
 church and

00:39:06.199 --> 00:39:06.519
 the gates

00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:06.940
 of hell

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:08.159
 will not

00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:08.699
 prevail

00:39:08.699 --> 00:39:10.159
 against it.

00:39:11.300 --> 00:39:11.860
 This ought

00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:12.320
 to affect

00:39:12.320 --> 00:39:12.659
 how we

00:39:12.659 --> 00:39:13.039
 think about

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:13.519
 our neighbors,

00:39:13.740 --> 00:39:14.280
 our coworkers,

00:39:14.740 --> 00:39:15.320
 families,

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:17.079
 and peoples

00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:17.559
 at the

00:39:17.559 --> 00:39:18.820
 ends of

00:39:18.820 --> 00:39:19.179
 the earth.

00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:21.199
 We should

00:39:21.199 --> 00:39:21.820
 never look

00:39:21.820 --> 00:39:22.219
 upon an

00:39:22.219 --> 00:39:22.840
 individual as

00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:23.380
 beyond the

00:39:23.380 --> 00:39:23.980
 reach of

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:24.460
 God's

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:25.260
 saving grace

00:39:25.260 --> 00:39:27.139
 nor should

00:39:27.139 --> 00:39:27.559
 we look

00:39:27.559 --> 00:39:27.940
 upon a

00:39:27.940 --> 00:39:28.300
 particular

00:39:28.300 --> 00:39:29.079
 people group

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:29.740
 as beyond

00:39:29.740 --> 00:39:30.699
 the concern

00:39:30.699 --> 00:39:32.079
 of God's

00:39:32.079 --> 00:39:32.699
 redemptive

00:39:32.699 --> 00:39:33.159
 purposes.

00:39:34.759 --> 00:39:35.259
 Third

00:39:35.259 --> 00:39:35.659
 application

00:39:35.659 --> 00:39:36.159
 point and

00:39:36.159 --> 00:39:36.419
 this is the

00:39:36.419 --> 00:39:36.859
 last one.

00:39:38.559 --> 00:39:38.919
 Do not

00:39:38.919 --> 00:39:39.579
 mistake

00:39:39.579 --> 00:39:41.159
 proximity to

00:39:41.159 --> 00:39:41.659
 the light

00:39:41.659 --> 00:39:43.159
 for belief

00:39:43.159 --> 00:39:43.980
 in the

00:39:43.980 --> 00:39:44.299
 light.

00:39:45.859 --> 00:39:46.439
 There's

00:39:46.439 --> 00:39:46.859
 something

00:39:46.859 --> 00:39:47.879
 particularly

00:39:47.879 --> 00:39:48.639
 sobering

00:39:48.639 --> 00:39:49.019
 about the

00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:49.539
 conclusion

00:39:49.539 --> 00:39:50.719
 of this

00:39:50.719 --> 00:39:51.199
 passage.

00:39:52.359 --> 00:39:53.099
 These people

00:39:53.099 --> 00:39:53.559
 had heard

00:39:53.559 --> 00:39:54.460
 Jesus teach,

00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:55.659
 they had

00:39:55.659 --> 00:39:56.179
 witnessed his

00:39:56.179 --> 00:39:56.859
 miracles or

00:39:56.859 --> 00:39:57.299
 heard tell

00:39:57.299 --> 00:39:57.699
 of them,

00:39:58.460 --> 00:39:58.759
 they had

00:39:58.759 --> 00:39:59.159
 listened to

00:39:59.159 --> 00:39:59.719
 the testimony

00:39:59.719 --> 00:40:00.019
 of his

00:40:00.019 --> 00:40:00.399
 divine

00:40:00.399 --> 00:40:00.879
 authority

00:40:00.879 --> 00:40:01.339
 and some

00:40:01.339 --> 00:40:01.719
 had even

00:40:01.719 --> 00:40:02.819
 heard a

00:40:02.819 --> 00:40:04.219
 voice from

00:40:04.219 --> 00:40:04.539
 heaven.

00:40:05.819 --> 00:40:06.219
 Yet Jesus

00:40:06.219 --> 00:40:07.039
 warns them

00:40:07.039 --> 00:40:08.259
 that the

00:40:08.259 --> 00:40:08.859
 light will

00:40:08.859 --> 00:40:09.539
 not remain

00:40:09.539 --> 00:40:10.419
 among them

00:40:10.419 --> 00:40:11.619
 indefinitely.

00:40:12.899 --> 00:40:13.839
 And then

00:40:13.839 --> 00:40:14.519
 John tells

00:40:14.519 --> 00:40:15.239
 us that

00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:16.379
 Jesus departed

00:40:16.379 --> 00:40:17.219
 and hid

00:40:17.219 --> 00:40:19.079
 himself from

00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:19.339
 them.

00:40:21.159 --> 00:40:21.980
 Consider the

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:22.699
 seriousness of

00:40:22.699 --> 00:40:22.919
 that.

00:40:24.159 --> 00:40:24.739
 You can read

00:40:24.739 --> 00:40:25.299
 right over that

00:40:25.299 --> 00:40:25.719
 detail.

00:40:27.579 --> 00:40:28.239
 It's possible

00:40:28.239 --> 00:40:28.899
 to be surrounded

00:40:28.899 --> 00:40:29.359
 by the

00:40:29.360 --> 00:40:30.300
 privileges of

00:40:30.300 --> 00:40:31.220
 divine revelation

00:40:31.220 --> 00:40:32.120
 while remaining

00:40:32.120 --> 00:40:33.079
 personally

00:40:33.079 --> 00:40:34.559
 alienated from

00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:35.240
 the God who

00:40:35.240 --> 00:40:35.900
 has revealed

00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:36.440
 himself.

00:40:37.900 --> 00:40:38.360
 Young

00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:38.800
 people,

00:40:39.780 --> 00:40:40.120
 children,

00:40:40.860 --> 00:40:41.860
 you can

00:40:41.860 --> 00:40:42.780
 grow up in

00:40:42.780 --> 00:40:43.300
 a faithful

00:40:43.300 --> 00:40:44.240
 Christian home.

00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:45.880
 Attend a

00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:46.260
 church where

00:40:46.260 --> 00:40:46.660
 the scriptures

00:40:46.660 --> 00:40:47.500
 are carefully

00:40:47.500 --> 00:40:48.039
 taught.

00:40:49.220 --> 00:40:49.820
 Memorize

00:40:49.820 --> 00:40:50.320
 substantial

00:40:50.320 --> 00:40:50.960
 portions of

00:40:50.960 --> 00:40:51.420
 the Bible.

00:40:52.360 --> 00:40:53.079
 Understand the

00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:53.599
 doctrines of

00:40:53.599 --> 00:40:54.039
 the Christian

00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:54.539
 faith.

00:40:55.660 --> 00:40:56.320
 Work on your

00:40:56.320 --> 00:40:56.940
 catechism,

00:40:57.480 --> 00:40:58.019
 all good

00:40:58.019 --> 00:40:58.580
 things,

00:40:58.960 --> 00:40:59.640
 but all of

00:40:59.640 --> 00:41:00.559
 that without

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:01.200
 ever having

00:41:01.200 --> 00:41:02.539
 personally trusted

00:41:02.539 --> 00:41:03.220
 in the personal

00:41:03.220 --> 00:41:04.600
 work of

00:41:04.600 --> 00:41:05.280
 Jesus Christ.

00:41:07.120 --> 00:41:07.720
 Adults,

00:41:08.220 --> 00:41:08.860
 you can attend

00:41:08.860 --> 00:41:09.380
 worship for

00:41:09.380 --> 00:41:09.900
 decades,

00:41:10.760 --> 00:41:11.420
 participate in

00:41:11.420 --> 00:41:11.860
 all the

00:41:11.860 --> 00:41:12.420
 activities,

00:41:12.600 --> 00:41:13.260
 develop an

00:41:13.260 --> 00:41:13.640
 impressive

00:41:13.640 --> 00:41:14.200
 theological

00:41:14.200 --> 00:41:14.960
 vocabulary

00:41:14.960 --> 00:41:16.039
 without possessing

00:41:16.039 --> 00:41:17.260
 saving faith.

00:41:17.260 --> 00:41:19.360
 familiarity

00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:20.080
 with the

00:41:20.080 --> 00:41:20.920
 gospel is

00:41:20.920 --> 00:41:21.420
 not the

00:41:21.420 --> 00:41:22.160
 same thing

00:41:22.160 --> 00:41:23.320
 as faith

00:41:23.320 --> 00:41:24.840
 in the

00:41:24.840 --> 00:41:25.200
 gospel.

00:41:26.760 --> 00:41:27.240
 Jesus does

00:41:27.240 --> 00:41:27.580
 not merely

00:41:27.580 --> 00:41:28.120
 command the

00:41:28.120 --> 00:41:28.800
 crowd to

00:41:28.800 --> 00:41:29.600
 admire the

00:41:29.600 --> 00:41:30.880
 light or

00:41:30.880 --> 00:41:31.540
 to discuss

00:41:31.540 --> 00:41:32.080
 the light,

00:41:32.640 --> 00:41:33.100
 accumulate

00:41:33.100 --> 00:41:34.320
 information about

00:41:34.320 --> 00:41:35.200
 the light.

00:41:35.340 --> 00:41:36.000
 He commands

00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:36.640
 them to

00:41:36.640 --> 00:41:38.640
 believe in

00:41:38.640 --> 00:41:39.040
 the light.

00:41:39.900 --> 00:41:40.480
 Let's pray

00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:40.820
 together.