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 Good morning. My name is August Fern, and I am a member of the Berkeley, El Cerrito, Richmond, and Kensington Community Group, but we'll have to let me know.

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 Today's scripture reading is from the Gospel of John, chapter 2, verses 1 through 11, as printed in your liturgy.

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 A reading from the Gospel according to John.

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 On the third day, a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee.

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 Jesus' mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.

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 When the wine was gone, Jesus' mother said to him,

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 They have no more wine.

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 Woman, why do you involve me? Jesus replied.

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 My hour has not yet come.

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 His mother said to the servants,

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 Do whatever he tells you.

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 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for a ceremonial washing, each holding from 20 to 30 gallons.

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 Jesus said to the servants,

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 Fill the jars with water.

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 So they filled them to the brim.

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 Then he told them,

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 Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.

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 They did so.

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 And the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine.

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 He did not realize where it had come from,

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 though the servants who had drawn the water knew.

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 Then he called the bridegroom aside and said,

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 Everyone brings out the choice wine first,

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 and then the cheaper wine,

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 after the guests have had too much to drink.

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 But you have saved the best till now.

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 What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory,

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 and his disciples believed in him.

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 This is the gospel of the Lord.

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 Praise to you, O Christ.

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 Good morning.

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 I decided to wear my wine-colored sweater today.

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 Because it was cold and because of this text.

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 But, you know, if you were here on Christmas Eve,

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 we began that night looking at this gospel of John, the fourth gospel.

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 And we looked at the prologue,

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 which really kind of tells you everything you need to know about what's coming.

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 And there at the very beginning of John 1,

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 it says,

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 In the beginning was the Word.

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 The Word was with God.

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 The Word was God.

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 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.

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 No one has ever seen God,

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 but the one and only Son who is himself God,

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 and is in closest relationship with the Father,

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 has made him known.

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 And see, John, when he begins this gospel,

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 he doesn't bury the lead.

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 Right?

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 He just puts it right there on the front cover,

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 on the top of the page,

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 the most important story,

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 the most essential news,

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 the most crucial information

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 that we need to know.

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 And basically what John is telling us there,

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 he's saying,

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 if you're a person who wants to know

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 who God is,

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 look at Jesus.

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 And further,

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 John says,

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 if you're a person who wants to know

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 who Jesus is,

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 then follow my gospel,

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 follow my biography of Jesus

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 very, very closely.

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 So we get another clue

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 about Jesus at the end of John 1.

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 And if you want to pick up your Bible

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 in the pews,

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 you can see where Jesus says

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 at the end of John 1,

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 he tells one of his newest disciples,

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 a guy named Nathaniel,

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 he says,

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 Nathaniel,

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 you will see heaven open,

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 and you'll see the angels of God

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 ascending and descending

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 on the Son of Man.

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 What Jesus is saying there

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 is that to people who are watching

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 with just even a little bit of faith,

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 you'll see that the angels of God

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 are actually going up

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 and they're coming down

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 at the place where Jesus is.

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 Wherever Jesus is,

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 that's where heaven is opening up.

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 He says that there are going to be

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 all these moments of

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 when the transforming power

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 of God's love

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 bursts into the world

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 where it's as if heaven

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 will be coming down

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 upon the earth.

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 And this wedding in Cana

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 is such a moment, right,

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 where the Word of God

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 made flesh shows up,

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 where He's present,

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 and wherever He goes,

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 He brings with Him

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 a different dimension of reality.

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 He brings that into being.

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 He creates new possibilities

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 for people to enjoy

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 the abundant life

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 that comes through Him.

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 And so that's what we're going to look at

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 with this text today.

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 We're going to talk about

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 the Lord of the Feast,

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 and then we're going to talk about

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 the hour to come,

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 and we'll close by talking about

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 the foretaste of joy.

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 So the Lord of the Feast,

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 the hour to come,

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 and the foretaste of joy.

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 But first of all,

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 the Lord of the Feast.

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 When we look at this text

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 starting in verse 1,

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 it says,

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 On the third day,

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 a wedding took place

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 at Cana in Galilee,

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 and Jesus' mother was there,

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 and Jesus and His disciples

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 had also been invited

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 to the wedding.

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 This Cana is a Jewish,

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 little Jewish village.

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 It's about eight miles northeast

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 of Jesus' hometown of Nazareth.

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 So this is the hometown,

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 Cana is the hometown of Nathanael,

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 the latest disciple

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 that Jesus has just called

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 at the end of John chapter 1,

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 and the bride and groom

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 of this wedding

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 are part of Nathanael's

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 extended community,

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 and it seems that

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 Jesus' mother

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 is probably friends

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 with the parents

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 of the bride and the groom,

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 which is why she's so involved

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 in this story.

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 It's just eight miles away

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 from where she lives.

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 And it's important

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 to remember that,

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 you know,

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 in ancient cultures

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 cultures,

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 and in traditional cultures

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 today,

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 they emphasize the family,

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 they emphasize the community

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 over the individual

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 so that, you know,

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 your meaning in life

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 is not so much found

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 in your individual achievements,

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 the meaning in life

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 is found in being

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 a good husband

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 and a good wife,

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 being a good son

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 and daughter,

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 being a good mother

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 and father.

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 And the purpose of marriage

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 is not so much

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 the happiness

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 of the two individuals

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 involved in this event,

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 but the purpose of marriage

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 is to bind

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 the whole community together,

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 is to raise up

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 the next generation together.

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 And that meant

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 that weddings

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 were quite different

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 than the kind of weddings

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 that we go to today

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 because each wedding

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 was a public feast

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 for the entire town,

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 right?

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 Because marriage

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 was about the whole community

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 and not just merely

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 this couple.

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 But it did involve

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 the couple, okay?

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 The couple had to be there.

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 And this was

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 the biggest event

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 in their personal life,

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 the personal life

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 of the bride and groom.

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 This is the day

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 when they come of age.

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 This is the day

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 when they become

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 full adult members

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 of society.

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 And so it's really

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 no surprise

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 that with these

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 ancient wedding feasts,

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 I mean,

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 they didn't just have a day.

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 They had a week, right?

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 It lasted a whole week long

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 worth of celebration.

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 And when you think

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 about that context,

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 when you think about

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 that background,

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 our text opens abruptly

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 on a great crisis,

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 right?

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 A massive disaster

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 because we assume

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 that there may be

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 one or two days

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 into this wedding festival

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 and the wine runs out.

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 Which essentially means

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 that the party

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 is over.

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 And

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 in an honor-shame culture

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 particularly,

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 this is a disaster, right?

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 This is a catastrophe.

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 And that's why

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 the mother of Jesus

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 comes to him

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 and wants him

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 to step in,

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 wants him to intervene

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 and to save the situation.

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 And so it says

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 in verse 3,

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 when the wine was gone,

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 Jesus' mother said to him,

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 they have no more wine.

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 And then if you look down

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 in verse 11,

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 it says,

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 what Jesus did here

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 in Cana of Galilee

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 was the first of the signs

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 through which

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 he revealed his glory

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 and his disciples

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 put their faith

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 in him.

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 And this is the key

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 to understanding

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 this whole text.

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 Right?

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 It's not called

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 merely a miracle.

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 It's called a sign.

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 And a sign

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 is a symbol.

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 A sign is a signifier.

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 A sign points

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 to something

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 beyond itself.

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 Every day

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 we look at signs.

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 Signs that say,

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 get on here.

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 Get off there.

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 Go into this place.

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 Go over there

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 to that place.

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 This signpost

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 at this wedding

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 in Cana

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 reveals

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 the glory

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 of Jesus.

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 Right?

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 It's this special

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 display of his power

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 that's pointing us

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 to a deeper reality.

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 It's pointing us

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 and saying,

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 this is Jesus'

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 true identity.

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 This is who he is.

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 This is why he came.

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 And we've got to remember

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 that this is the beginning

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 of Jesus' career.

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 Right?

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 It's the beginning

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 of his public ministry.

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 And so,

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 if you're a candidate

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 for public political office

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 or if you are an entrepreneur

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 and you're wanting

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 to launch your brand,

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 you know,

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 if you're a musician

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 who's releasing

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 a major recording,

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 you are going to choose

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 your first public presentation

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 with enormous care.

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 Some of you have done this.

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 Right?

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 Every detail

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 that you say,

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 every detail

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 about what you do,

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 it needs to convey

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 the message

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 of who you are

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 and why you're here,

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 what you offer.

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 Think about

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 Jesus

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 and his calling card.

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 Think about

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 the brand

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 that Jesus is launching.

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 Why would Jesus

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 decide to signify

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 that the main thing

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 that he's all about

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 is throwing

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 a good party?

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 Why?

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 The first of all

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 the miracles

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 he could have done,

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 why would this sign

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 that reveals

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 the glory

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 of who he is,

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 why would he decide

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 to bring a supernatural

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 supply

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 of not just

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 quantity wine

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 but quality wine

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 that will sustain

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 a wedding feast?

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 Why would he do that?

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 I mean,

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 does Jesus not

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 read the newspaper?

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 Is he not aware

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 of all the major threats

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 and crises

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 and dangers

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 that are facing

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 the human race?

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 Why in the world

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 would Jesus decide

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 not to do something

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 here about

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 disease?

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 Why isn't he doing

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 something right now

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 about hunger

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 or poverty

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 or the climate

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 or

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 death itself?

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 War?

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 All these

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 problems that we have.

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 When you look at

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 verse 9,

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 it says

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 that we're introduced

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 to this guy

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 who's called

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 the master

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 of the banquet

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 and he's having

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 a very bad day

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 by the way

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 because he's in charge

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 of making sure

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 that all the elements

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 of the celebration,

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 the food,

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 the drink,

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 the music,

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 the entertainment,

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 that all of these things

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 are ready to go

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 and to keep going.

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 His job

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 is to make the party

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 a wonderful celebration.

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 And so when Jesus comes

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 and he turns

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 the water

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 into wine

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 that brings salvation

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 to this wedding feast,

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 don't you see

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 what Jesus is saying?

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 He's saying,

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 I'm the true master

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 of the banquet.

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 I'm the real

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 Lord of the feast.

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 And if you know

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 your Bible,

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 you might say,

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 well, wait a minute,

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 I thought Jesus came

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 to be

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 the word of God

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 made flesh.

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 I thought he came

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 to humble himself,

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 to take on our sin

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 and our suffering

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 and our sorrow.

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 I thought he came

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 to be rejected

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 and to go to the cross

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 and all these

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 really hard things

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 and sad things.

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 And that's right,

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 but Jesus in this sign

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 is putting all of that

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 terrible humiliation

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 and all of that awful pain

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 into a larger

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 and much more wonderful context.

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 He's saying,

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 yes, I'm going to deny myself

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 and yes, I'm going to suffer.

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 Yes, I'm going to sacrificially

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 give my life

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 and all of my followers

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 will give something

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 of themselves as well.

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 But all that is

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 just a means

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 to a greater end.

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 And the end

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 is the banquet.

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 Right?

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 The end is the feast.

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 The end is the wine.

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 The end is the joy.

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 That all of the humiliation

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 and all the pain

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 that I'm going to go through

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 and that my people

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 are going to go through

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 is in order

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 to bring about resurrection.

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 In order to bring about

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 new creation.

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 Where heaven and earth

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 finally come together.

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 where they intersect

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 and they overlap.

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 And in that moment,

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 I'm going to wipe away

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 all the tears

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 from your eyes.

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 Right?

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 In that moment,

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 there's going to be

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 no more crying.

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 No more pain.

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 No more tears.

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 There's going to be

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 no more disease

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 and hunger

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 and war

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 and poverty

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 and death.

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 Right?

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 The old order of things

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 is going to pass away.

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 The new order,

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 the new creation

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 is going to come

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 and when it comes,

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 it will bring about a joy

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 that will absolutely overflow

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 and explode your heart.

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 You see,

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 Jesus has read his Bible

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 very closely

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 leading up to this moment

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 and he treasures

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 God's word,

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 particularly

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 those places

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 in the Bible

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 that talk about

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 this eternal feast

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 of joy

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 when the Messiah comes.

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 And I'll just give you

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 a few examples.

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 This is from

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 Genesis 29.

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 First book in the Bible

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 and it says,

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 the scepter will not

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 depart from Judah

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 nor the ruler's staff

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 from between his feet

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 until he to whom

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 it belongs

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 shall come

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 and the obedience

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 of the nation

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 shall be his

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 and get this,

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 it says,

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 he will tether

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 his donkey to a vine,

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 his colt to the choicest branch

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 and then it says,

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 he will wash his garments

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 in wine

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 and his robes

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 in the blood

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 of grapes.

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 What does it mean

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 if you're washing

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 your garments

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 not in water

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 but in wine?

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 What does that mean?

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 That is a sign

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 of extreme abundance.

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 Extreme riches

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 and wealth

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 and prosperity

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 and blessing, right?

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 I didn't wash

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 my clothes in water,

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 I washed them in wine.

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 Amos chapter 9

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 says this,

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 it says,

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 the days are coming

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 declares the Lord

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 when the reaper

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 will be overtaken

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 by the plowman

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 and the planter

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 by the one

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 treading grapes

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 and it says,

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 new wine

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 will drip

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 from the mountains

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 and wine

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 will flow

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 from all the hills.

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 There will be rivers

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 of wine

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 when the Messiah comes.

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 This is my favorite,

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 Isaiah 20, 25

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 says this,

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 it says,

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 on this mountain

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 the Lord Almighty

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 will prepare

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 a feast

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 of rich food

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 for all peoples,

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 a banquet

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 of aged wine,

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 the best

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 of meats

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 and the finest

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 of wines.

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 It's hard to capture

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 that in English

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 but here it kind of

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 sounds,

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 it rhymes

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 in Hebrew.

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 It sounds like

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 a feast of filet,

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 a banquet

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 of cabernet.

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 Filet mignon,

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 cabernet sauvignon.

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 Right?

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 That's what it sounds

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 kind of like in Hebrew.

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 It says,

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 there will be such a feast

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 that the Lord Almighty

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 will prepare

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 for His people

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 that on this mountain

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 at that feast

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 He will destroy

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 the shroud

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 that enfolds

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 all the peoples,

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 the sheet

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 that covers

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 all the nations.

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 He will swallow up

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 death forever

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 and the sovereign Lord

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 will wipe away

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 the tears

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 from all their eyes.

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 and He will remove

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 the people's disgrace

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 from all the earth.

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 And Isaiah says,

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 let us rejoice

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 and be glad

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 in this salvation.

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 Do you see

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 what Jesus

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 is doing?

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 Chez panie

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 and French laundry

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 cannot hold

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 a candle

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 to the coming

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 Messianic feast

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 because it has

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 to do

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 with the

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 wiping away

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 of the tears

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 from our faces.

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 It has to do

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 with the destruction

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 of death itself.

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 It has to do

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 with the ridding

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 of our disgrace

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 and the salvation

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 of joy

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 and gladness

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 that only the Lord

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 Almighty

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 can accomplish.

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 Jesus is saying

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 that those who believe

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 in Me

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 can have within them

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 this transporting joy.

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 Right?

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 They can have within them

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 a deep heart fulfillment

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 moment that

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 is not only

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 for later

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 it's for right now.

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 That if you

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 trust in Me

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 a stream of joy

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 a river

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 of wine

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 will flow

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 within your heart.

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 At the end

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 of The Lord of the Rings

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 Samwise Gamgee

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!

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 wakes up

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 and he

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 realizes

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 he's been rescued

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 from the fires

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 of Mount Doom

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 and he sees

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 that Gandalf

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 is somehow alive

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 and he says

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 Gandalf

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 I thought you were dead

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 but then I thought

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 I was dead

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 and then he says

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 is everything sad

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 going to come

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 untrue?

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 And what Jesus

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 is saying

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 is that

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 if I'm the master

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 of the banquet

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 who stepped out

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 of eternity

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 and into time

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 if I'm the Lord

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 of the feast

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 who's come down

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 from heaven

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 to earth

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 if I've come

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 to defeat

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 sin and death

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 if I've come

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 to be resurrected

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 and to launch

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 a new creation

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 then

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 you can be sure

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 that everything sad

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 is going to come

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 untrue.

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 You can be sure

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 that everything wrong

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 is going to be put right.

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 You can be sure

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 that

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 the wine

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 is going to flow

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 without ever

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 coming to an end.

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 Dostoevsky

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 put it like this.

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 I know a few of you

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 are reading

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 or would like to read

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 the Brothers Karamazov.

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 Dostoevsky says

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 I believe like a child

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 that suffering

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 will be healed

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 and made up for

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 that all the humiliating

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 absurdity

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 of human contradictions

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 will vanish

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 like a pitiful mirage

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 like the despicable

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 fabrication

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 of the impotent

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 and infinitely small

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 Euclidean mind

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 of man

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 that in the world's finale

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 at the moment

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 of eternal harmony

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 something so precious

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 will come to pass

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 that it will suffice

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 for all hearts

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 for the comforting

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 of all resentments

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 for the atonement

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 of all the crimes

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 of humanity

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 for all the blood

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 that they've shed

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 that it will make it

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 not only possible

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 to forgive

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 but to justify

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 all that has happened.

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 I want to encourage

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 us not to sentimentalize

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 this wedding

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 at Cana

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 to think that

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 Jesus has just come

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 to save this family

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 from social shame

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 or to think that

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 he's just come

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 to make this little

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 Jewish community

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 happy for a few more days

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 of wedding celebrations

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 because what Jesus

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 is saying

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 is that I am

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 the Lord

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 of the feast

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 that's my calling card

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 that is my brand

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 my first sign

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 to reveal

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 my glory

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 is that I've come

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 to bring joy

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 to the whole world

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 and I've come

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 to take this

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 sad and miserable world

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 and set everybody

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 laughing again

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 that's what I've come

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 to do

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 so that's point number one

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 the Lord of the feast

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 point number two

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 is the hour to come

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 the hour to come

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 you know

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 Jesus adorns

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 the institution

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 of marriage

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 with his presence

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 with his action

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 at this wedding

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 as if to say

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 and I think he's

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 very intentional

00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:42.639
 in doing what he did

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 where he did it

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 as if to say

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 that the creator

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 God's original design

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 and direction

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 for male-female

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 relationships

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 and for families

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 at the beginning

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 is very very good

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 Jesus is going

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 to go on

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 and he's going

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 to elevate

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 our vision

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 of marriage

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 and our vision

00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:03.019
 of singleness

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.539
 in the kingdom

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 of God

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 but the main point

00:22:06.059 --> 00:22:06.519
 of our text

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 is not so much

00:22:07.160 --> 00:22:09.079
 about our marriages

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:11.319
 in our extended families

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 the main point

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 of our text

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 is about the marriage

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 covenant

00:22:14.759 --> 00:22:15.700
 between God

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 and his people

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 throughout the Old Testament

00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:22.660
 we hear about

00:22:22.660 --> 00:22:23.960
 God as the bridegroom

00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:24.680
 and his people

00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:25.400
 as the bride

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 that God is such

00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:30.240
 that he wants

00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:31.519
 a love relationship

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 with us

00:22:32.600 --> 00:22:33.640
 like a husband

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 and a wife

00:22:34.420 --> 00:22:35.759
 have with each other

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 he wants that profound

00:22:37.420 --> 00:22:39.420
 permanent union

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 and intimacy

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 and joy

00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:42.740
 of bride and groom

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 and this is why

00:22:45.559 --> 00:22:46.500
 when Jesus comes

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:48.120
 he refers to himself

00:22:48.120 --> 00:22:48.680
 over and over

00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.700
 as the bridegroom

00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:52.460
 he says in Matthew 22

00:22:52.460 --> 00:22:53.819
 the kingdom of heaven

00:22:53.819 --> 00:22:54.600
 is like a king

00:22:54.600 --> 00:22:55.700
 who prepared a wedding

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:57.440
 banquet for his son

00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:59.380
 the apostles

00:22:59.380 --> 00:23:00.079
 pick this up

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:01.400
 in Ephesians 5

00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:02.759
 Paul talks about

00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:03.960
 Jesus being the husband

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:05.600
 who gives himself up

00:23:05.600 --> 00:23:06.940
 for his bride

00:23:06.940 --> 00:23:07.579
 the church

00:23:07.579 --> 00:23:09.559
 and the very end

00:23:09.559 --> 00:23:10.360
 of the Bible

00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:12.680
 carries this image

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:13.360
 all the way

00:23:13.360 --> 00:23:14.259
 to the end

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:14.900
 it says there's going

00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:15.400
 to be a great

00:23:15.400 --> 00:23:17.400
 heavenly wedding feast

00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:17.960
 that's prepared

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:18.860
 at the end of time

00:23:18.859 --> 00:23:20.439
 it's called

00:23:20.439 --> 00:23:21.399
 the marriage supper

00:23:21.399 --> 00:23:22.059
 of the lamb

00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:23.679
 and it says

00:23:23.679 --> 00:23:24.339
 that the people

00:23:24.339 --> 00:23:24.740
 of God

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.839
 will be like a bride

00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:27.379
 that's dressed

00:23:27.379 --> 00:23:28.719
 for her husband

00:23:28.719 --> 00:23:30.819
 and the question

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.319
 when you look

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:32.159
 at that whole

00:23:32.159 --> 00:23:33.899
 arc of scripture

00:23:33.899 --> 00:23:35.399
 the question is

00:23:35.399 --> 00:23:36.500
 how will that be

00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:38.959
 like how will that

00:23:38.959 --> 00:23:39.359
 happen

00:23:39.359 --> 00:23:41.059
 how will Jesus

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:41.559
 come

00:23:41.559 --> 00:23:42.959
 and bring about

00:23:42.959 --> 00:23:43.500
 the wedding

00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.399
 of God

00:23:44.399 --> 00:23:45.779
 and humanity

00:23:45.779 --> 00:23:46.599
 how will he bring

00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:47.619
 about the marriage

00:23:47.619 --> 00:23:48.399
 of union

00:23:48.399 --> 00:23:49.039
 and intimacy

00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.719
 and joy

00:23:49.719 --> 00:23:50.919
 between God

00:23:50.919 --> 00:23:52.139
 and his people

00:23:52.139 --> 00:23:54.139
 and that's what

00:23:54.139 --> 00:23:54.879
 brings us to this

00:23:54.879 --> 00:23:56.719
 tense and somewhat

00:23:56.719 --> 00:23:57.759
 awkward conversation

00:23:57.759 --> 00:23:58.699
 that Jesus has

00:23:58.699 --> 00:23:59.799
 with his mother

00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:01.659
 because she comes

00:24:01.659 --> 00:24:02.859
 and she tells Jesus

00:24:02.859 --> 00:24:03.939
 she says the wine

00:24:03.939 --> 00:24:05.199
 has run out

00:24:05.199 --> 00:24:05.939
 and Jesus says

00:24:05.939 --> 00:24:06.739
 woman why do you

00:24:06.739 --> 00:24:07.319
 involve me

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:10.000
 and that seems

00:24:10.000 --> 00:24:10.719
 a little strange

00:24:10.719 --> 00:24:11.000
 right

00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.799
 it seems kind of

00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:12.239
 cold

00:24:12.239 --> 00:24:13.899
 and insensitive

00:24:13.899 --> 00:24:16.019
 like the fifth

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:16.699
 commandment

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:17.920
 of the ten commandments

00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:19.120
 is honor your mother

00:24:19.120 --> 00:24:20.319
 honor your father

00:24:20.319 --> 00:24:22.140
 and I went

00:24:22.140 --> 00:24:22.620
 and I looked

00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:23.840
 for like more

00:24:23.840 --> 00:24:24.980
 nuanced and softer

00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:26.519
 translations of this

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:27.600
 and I couldn't

00:24:27.600 --> 00:24:28.160
 find any

00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:31.360
 they all basically

00:24:31.360 --> 00:24:32.279
 say the same thing

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:33.059
 but we know

00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:33.940
 that in the gospels

00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.819
 Jesus is not

00:24:34.819 --> 00:24:35.840
 easily irritated

00:24:35.840 --> 00:24:36.360
 right

00:24:36.360 --> 00:24:37.180
 we know that

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:38.900
 he never says

00:24:38.900 --> 00:24:39.880
 things that he regrets

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:40.819
 and has to come back

00:24:40.819 --> 00:24:41.580
 and say I'm sorry

00:24:41.580 --> 00:24:42.220
 for that

00:24:42.220 --> 00:24:43.860
 we know that even

00:24:43.860 --> 00:24:44.740
 when he was tortured

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:46.000
 he didn't say harsh

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:47.059
 and angry words

00:24:47.059 --> 00:24:48.819
 so what in the world

00:24:48.819 --> 00:24:49.559
 is going on here

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:50.240
 well something

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:51.839
 something's weighing

00:24:51.839 --> 00:24:53.740
 heavily upon Jesus

00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.519
 at this wedding

00:24:54.519 --> 00:24:57.359
 it says in verse 4

00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:58.380
 woman why do you

00:24:58.380 --> 00:24:58.880
 involve me

00:24:58.880 --> 00:24:59.539
 Jesus replied

00:24:59.539 --> 00:25:01.000
 my hour has not

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:02.059
 yet come

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:04.299
 and if you read

00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:05.019
 the gospel of John

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:05.539
 closely

00:25:05.539 --> 00:25:07.319
 Jesus refers to this

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:09.059
 hour many times

00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:10.240
 and every time

00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:11.279
 he's speaking about

00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:12.059
 the coming hour

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:13.500
 of his death

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:13.919
 right

00:25:13.919 --> 00:25:14.519
 his hour

00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:15.319
 is the moment

00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:16.519
 of his death

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.579
 on the cross

00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:18.259
 now how does this

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.139
 make any sense

00:25:19.139 --> 00:25:20.200
 his mother Mary

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:20.859
 says help

00:25:20.859 --> 00:25:22.220
 there's a disaster

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:23.460
 they've run out of

00:25:23.460 --> 00:25:23.919
 wine

00:25:23.919 --> 00:25:24.859
 and Jesus says

00:25:24.859 --> 00:25:25.619
 why are you telling me

00:25:25.619 --> 00:25:25.839
 this

00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:26.599
 I'm not ready

00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:27.700
 for my hour of death

00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:28.659
 I'm not ready to die

00:25:28.659 --> 00:25:29.960
 and it just seems

00:25:29.960 --> 00:25:31.000
 like a non sequitur

00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:33.119
 what is Jesus

00:25:33.119 --> 00:25:34.299
 thinking at this moment

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:36.419
 what he's thinking

00:25:36.419 --> 00:25:37.339
 is I'm about

00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:38.000
 to perform

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:40.099
 a powerful sign

00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:42.240
 of what I've come

00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:42.659
 to do

00:25:42.659 --> 00:25:44.459
 and what is needed

00:25:44.459 --> 00:25:46.199
 what is needed

00:25:46.199 --> 00:25:47.159
 to turn the misery

00:25:47.159 --> 00:25:47.879
 and the sadness

00:25:47.879 --> 00:25:49.419
 of this world

00:25:49.419 --> 00:25:50.240
 into joy

00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:51.059
 what is needed

00:25:51.059 --> 00:25:51.759
 to bring

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.980
 God

00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:54.379
 and his people

00:25:54.379 --> 00:25:54.799
 together

00:25:54.799 --> 00:25:55.480
 like bride

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:55.879
 and groom

00:25:55.879 --> 00:25:56.719
 what is going

00:25:56.719 --> 00:25:57.559
 to have to happen

00:25:57.559 --> 00:25:59.500
 for that to transpire

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.480
 and Jesus is thinking

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:01.559
 it's the coming hour

00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:02.439
 of my death

00:26:02.439 --> 00:26:05.039
 and we don't know

00:26:05.039 --> 00:26:05.899
 how much Mary

00:26:05.899 --> 00:26:06.740
 understood this

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.299
 in the moment

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:08.819
 but she understood

00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:09.500
 enough to say

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:10.139
 in verse 5

00:26:10.139 --> 00:26:11.299
 she tells the servants

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:12.099
 do whatever

00:26:12.099 --> 00:26:12.960
 he tells you

00:26:12.960 --> 00:26:16.099
 I know enough

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:16.559
 to say

00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:17.399
 do whatever

00:26:17.399 --> 00:26:18.480
 Jesus tells you

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.180
 to do next

00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:21.200
 and it says

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:21.680
 in verse 6

00:26:21.680 --> 00:26:22.339
 nearby stood

00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:23.919
 six stone water jars

00:26:23.919 --> 00:26:24.720
 the kind used

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.799
 by the Jews

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.899
 for ceremonial washing

00:26:26.899 --> 00:26:27.539
 each holding

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:29.339
 from 20 to 30 gallons

00:26:29.339 --> 00:26:30.779
 and Jesus said

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.180
 to the servants

00:26:31.180 --> 00:26:31.799
 fill the jars

00:26:31.799 --> 00:26:32.180
 with water

00:26:32.180 --> 00:26:32.759
 so they filled

00:26:32.759 --> 00:26:33.379
 them to the brim

00:26:33.379 --> 00:26:34.259
 and then he told

00:26:34.259 --> 00:26:35.680
 them now draw out

00:26:35.680 --> 00:26:36.460
 some and take it

00:26:36.460 --> 00:26:36.980
 to the master

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:38.620
 of the banquet

00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:42.000
 why would Jesus

00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:43.100
 create new wine

00:26:43.100 --> 00:26:44.960
 in jars

00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.660
 that are used

00:26:45.660 --> 00:26:47.080
 by Israel

00:26:47.080 --> 00:26:48.299
 for ceremonial washing

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:51.660
 why use jars

00:26:51.660 --> 00:26:53.380
 for ceremonial cleansing

00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:54.279
 and purification

00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:56.779
 is this a total accident

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:58.480
 is this complete coincidence

00:26:58.480 --> 00:27:00.860
 no what Jesus

00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:01.940
 is communicating here

00:27:01.940 --> 00:27:02.380
 is that

00:27:02.380 --> 00:27:04.279
 what the hour

00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:04.900
 of my death

00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:05.600
 is all about

00:27:05.600 --> 00:27:07.660
 is the kind

00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:08.240
 of washing

00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:10.280
 that will make

00:27:10.280 --> 00:27:10.800
 possible

00:27:10.800 --> 00:27:11.820
 the union

00:27:11.820 --> 00:27:13.680
 of God

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.340
 and his people

00:27:14.340 --> 00:27:15.780
 in intimacy

00:27:15.780 --> 00:27:17.259
 and love

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:18.160
 and joy

00:27:18.160 --> 00:27:20.360
 and if you know

00:27:20.360 --> 00:27:20.960
 your Old Testament

00:27:20.960 --> 00:27:21.800
 like Jesus did

00:27:21.800 --> 00:27:22.660
 you know it contains

00:27:22.660 --> 00:27:23.800
 many many rights

00:27:23.800 --> 00:27:24.640
 and regulations

00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:27.100
 of purification

00:27:27.100 --> 00:27:27.500
 that

00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:29.280
 what was required

00:27:29.280 --> 00:27:29.820
 were many

00:27:29.820 --> 00:27:30.759
 and various courses

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:32.180
 of cleansing

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:33.920
 that point

00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:35.080
 us to our

00:27:35.080 --> 00:27:35.660
 most basic

00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:36.680
 spiritual need

00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:37.180
 right

00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:38.759
 these washings

00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:40.000
 vividly got across

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:40.580
 the idea

00:27:40.580 --> 00:27:41.660
 that God

00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:42.160
 is holy

00:27:42.160 --> 00:27:44.560
 God is righteous

00:27:44.560 --> 00:27:45.500
 God is perfect

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.620
 that we

00:27:46.620 --> 00:27:48.560
 are stained

00:27:48.560 --> 00:27:49.440
 we're polluted

00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:50.019
 we're deeply

00:27:50.019 --> 00:27:51.259
 flawed

00:27:51.259 --> 00:27:52.100
 and that

00:27:52.100 --> 00:27:53.180
 in order to even

00:27:53.180 --> 00:27:54.200
 come in contact

00:27:54.200 --> 00:27:54.680
 with him

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.320
 much less

00:27:55.320 --> 00:27:56.600
 become his spouse

00:27:56.600 --> 00:27:58.279
 become his bride

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:59.620
 there needs to be

00:27:59.620 --> 00:28:00.160
 some kind of

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:00.600
 cleansing

00:28:00.600 --> 00:28:01.180
 some kind

00:28:01.180 --> 00:28:02.380
 of purification

00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:03.900
 right

00:28:03.900 --> 00:28:04.279
 some kind

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.900
 of atonement

00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.480
 and pardon

00:28:05.480 --> 00:28:07.480
 we cannot

00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:07.880
 just

00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:09.380
 walk right

00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:09.960
 into the presence

00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.400
 of a holy

00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:10.640
 God

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.540
 as we are

00:28:11.540 --> 00:28:13.640
 and so Israel

00:28:13.640 --> 00:28:14.440
 had these many

00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:15.900
 purification rights

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:16.680
 that led up

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.840
 to their blood

00:28:17.840 --> 00:28:18.940
 sacrifices

00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:19.460
 and that's what

00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:20.019
 these jars

00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:20.600
 are normally

00:28:20.600 --> 00:28:21.820
 used for

00:28:21.820 --> 00:28:23.840
 and by

00:28:23.840 --> 00:28:24.519
 employing

00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.080
 these jars

00:28:25.080 --> 00:28:25.740
 that are used

00:28:25.740 --> 00:28:26.460
 for ceremonial

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:26.820
 washing

00:28:26.820 --> 00:28:27.860
 Jesus is saying

00:28:27.859 --> 00:28:29.619
 that he's come

00:28:29.619 --> 00:28:30.199
 into the world

00:28:30.199 --> 00:28:31.059
 to accomplish

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:32.619
 in the hour

00:28:32.619 --> 00:28:33.179
 of his death

00:28:33.179 --> 00:28:34.000
 once and for all

00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:34.899
 what all the

00:28:34.899 --> 00:28:35.559
 ceremonial

00:28:35.559 --> 00:28:36.279
 and sacrificial

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:36.959
 laws of the

00:28:36.959 --> 00:28:37.419
 Old Testament

00:28:37.419 --> 00:28:38.779
 are pointing to

00:28:38.779 --> 00:28:41.299
 that we can't

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:42.539
 really understand

00:28:42.539 --> 00:28:43.259
 the wedding

00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:44.279
 feast of

00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:45.199
 marital union

00:28:45.199 --> 00:28:45.799
 and intimacy

00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:46.519
 and joy

00:28:46.519 --> 00:28:47.879
 with God

00:28:47.879 --> 00:28:48.359
 that Jesus

00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:49.779
 came to bring

00:28:49.779 --> 00:28:52.000
 without the hour

00:28:52.000 --> 00:28:53.199
 of his death

00:28:53.199 --> 00:28:55.000
 and the way

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.559
 that his death

00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:56.979
 was to deal

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.599
 with our sin

00:28:57.599 --> 00:28:59.620
 you see

00:28:59.620 --> 00:29:00.259
 instead of

00:29:00.259 --> 00:29:01.940
 Jesus telling us

00:29:01.940 --> 00:29:03.019
 that sin

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.500
 doesn't really

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:03.880
 exist

00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:04.480
 and you're all

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:05.180
 pretty much

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.740
 okay the way

00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:06.200
 you are

00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:07.720
 Jesus

00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:08.799
 in his entire

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.339
 ministry

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:09.839
 his entire

00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:10.339
 teaching

00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:11.480
 he's telling us

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:12.240
 you're defiled

00:29:12.240 --> 00:29:12.839
 by sin

00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:13.599
 you need to be

00:29:13.599 --> 00:29:14.400
 rescued and

00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:14.960
 purified

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.839
 from sin

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:17.779
 and there's

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.279
 this interesting

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:19.059
 statement at the

00:29:19.059 --> 00:29:19.579
 end of

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:20.640
 John chapter 2

00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:21.019
 he says

00:29:21.019 --> 00:29:21.640
 it says

00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:22.200
 many people

00:29:22.200 --> 00:29:22.900
 believed in his

00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:23.579
 name but Jesus

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:24.420
 would not entrust

00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:25.240
 himself to them

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:26.120
 for he knew

00:29:26.120 --> 00:29:27.000
 what was in

00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:27.259
 them

00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:29.480
 what does

00:29:29.480 --> 00:29:30.059
 Jesus know

00:29:30.059 --> 00:29:30.579
 about what's

00:29:30.579 --> 00:29:31.079
 in us

00:29:31.079 --> 00:29:31.599
 what is in

00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:31.980
 us

00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:34.000
 it's this

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:35.160
 capacity for

00:29:35.160 --> 00:29:36.640
 self-centeredness

00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:37.299
 it's in all

00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:37.960
 that we think

00:29:37.960 --> 00:29:39.059
 and all that we

00:29:39.059 --> 00:29:39.620
 say and all that

00:29:39.620 --> 00:29:39.900
 we do

00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:40.779
 to serve

00:29:40.779 --> 00:29:41.319
 ourselves

00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:43.579
 it's this dark

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.579
 power that causes

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:45.220
 us to love

00:29:45.220 --> 00:29:45.920
 ourselves more

00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:46.359
 than we love

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:46.720
 God

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.220
 to love

00:29:47.220 --> 00:29:47.680
 ourselves

00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:47.960
 more than

00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.380
 we love

00:29:48.380 --> 00:29:49.160
 our neighbor

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:51.180
 and the

00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:51.620
 consequence

00:29:51.620 --> 00:29:52.420
 of all that

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:52.960
 is that we

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:54.079
 are alienated

00:29:54.079 --> 00:29:54.519
 from God

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:54.919
 and we're

00:29:54.919 --> 00:29:55.659
 enslaved to

00:29:55.659 --> 00:29:56.039
 ourselves

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:56.299
 and we're

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:56.919
 in conflict

00:29:56.919 --> 00:29:57.359
 with each

00:29:57.359 --> 00:29:57.619
 other

00:29:57.619 --> 00:29:59.779
 and so when

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.379
 Jesus says

00:30:00.379 --> 00:30:00.859
 to his mother

00:30:00.859 --> 00:30:01.799
 my hour

00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:02.480
 has not yet

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:02.799
 come

00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:03.359
 he's saying

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:04.779
 he's saying

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.139
 woman

00:30:05.139 --> 00:30:07.599
 I can bring

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.139
 the wine

00:30:08.139 --> 00:30:08.699
 I can bring

00:30:08.699 --> 00:30:09.259
 the joy

00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:09.899
 of the great

00:30:09.899 --> 00:30:11.419
 wedding feast

00:30:11.419 --> 00:30:11.939
 to this world

00:30:11.939 --> 00:30:12.859
 and I can unite

00:30:12.859 --> 00:30:13.740
 God as the

00:30:13.740 --> 00:30:14.199
 bridegroom

00:30:14.199 --> 00:30:15.000
 with his people

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:16.279
 as the bride

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:17.319
 in a relationship

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:18.259
 of loyal love

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:19.259
 I can cleanse

00:30:19.259 --> 00:30:20.000
 them from their

00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.899
 sin and their

00:30:20.899 --> 00:30:21.679
 selfishness

00:30:21.679 --> 00:30:22.619
 and their guilt

00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:23.159
 and their shame

00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:24.019
 but oh dear

00:30:24.019 --> 00:30:24.700
 woman

00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:25.440
 I'm going to

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:26.120
 have to die

00:30:26.120 --> 00:30:26.940
 to do it

00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:29.480
 he says

00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:29.759
 mother

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.240
 for my

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:31.279
 people to

00:30:31.279 --> 00:30:31.860
 drink the

00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:32.259
 cup of

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:32.980
 wedded love

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.519
 and marital

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:34.040
 joy

00:30:34.040 --> 00:30:35.040
 with God

00:30:35.040 --> 00:30:36.360
 I'm going to

00:30:36.360 --> 00:30:36.820
 have to drink

00:30:36.820 --> 00:30:37.240
 the cup

00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:37.519
 of their

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:37.980
 sin and

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:38.480
 their death

00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:42.279
 how does

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:42.960
 Jesus bring

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.500
 us joy

00:30:43.500 --> 00:30:45.000
 by losing

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:45.540
 his joy

00:30:45.540 --> 00:30:46.980
 by going

00:30:46.980 --> 00:30:47.660
 to the cross

00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:49.000
 and dying

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.240
 in our

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.779
 place

00:30:49.779 --> 00:30:52.240
 friends

00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:52.639
 Jesus

00:30:52.639 --> 00:30:53.240
 at this

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.680
 moment

00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:54.119
 of great

00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:54.460
 joy

00:30:54.460 --> 00:30:54.740
 in the

00:30:54.740 --> 00:30:54.940
 midst

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:55.180
 of a

00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:55.399
 wedding

00:30:55.399 --> 00:30:55.839
 feast

00:30:55.839 --> 00:30:56.139
 he's

00:30:56.139 --> 00:30:56.420
 thinking

00:30:56.420 --> 00:30:56.720
 about

00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:56.940
 his

00:30:56.940 --> 00:30:57.339
 death

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:59.339
 which means

00:30:59.339 --> 00:30:59.720
 that he's

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.200
 thinking about

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:00.619
 his death

00:31:00.619 --> 00:31:01.299
 all the

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:01.740
 time

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:03.319
 every

00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:03.859
 moment

00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:04.299
 of every

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:04.759
 day

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.240
 Jesus

00:31:05.240 --> 00:31:05.720
 has not

00:31:05.720 --> 00:31:06.039
 come

00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:06.299
 to be

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:06.599
 a good

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:07.079
 teacher

00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:07.759
 or a

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:07.940
 moral

00:31:07.940 --> 00:31:08.740
 exemplar

00:31:08.740 --> 00:31:09.299
 or a

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.539
 social

00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:10.220
 reformer

00:31:10.220 --> 00:31:10.819
 he came

00:31:10.819 --> 00:31:11.399
 to die

00:31:11.399 --> 00:31:12.079
 he came

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:13.240
 he came

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:13.519
 for the

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:13.779
 hour

00:31:13.779 --> 00:31:14.139
 of his

00:31:14.139 --> 00:31:14.519
 death

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:16.099
 to shed

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:16.539
 his blood

00:31:16.539 --> 00:31:17.019
 to take

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.819
 that cup

00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:18.660
 of God's

00:31:18.660 --> 00:31:19.480
 justice

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:19.960
 and his

00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:20.460
 punishment

00:31:20.460 --> 00:31:21.180
 so that we

00:31:21.180 --> 00:31:21.720
 could raise

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:22.240
 the cup

00:31:22.240 --> 00:31:23.079
 of God's

00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:23.500
 love

00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:24.420
 and God's

00:31:24.420 --> 00:31:24.819
 joy

00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:27.440
 it's the

00:31:27.440 --> 00:31:28.019
 greatest love

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.559
 story ever

00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:28.960
 told

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:30.859
 the bridegroom

00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:31.420
 came

00:31:31.420 --> 00:31:32.720
 to win the

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:33.099
 heart

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:33.700
 of his

00:31:33.700 --> 00:31:34.000
 bride

00:31:34.000 --> 00:31:34.500
 by giving

00:31:34.500 --> 00:31:35.180
 his life

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:35.759
 up for

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:35.940
 her

00:31:35.940 --> 00:31:36.500
 and every

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:37.839
 love story

00:31:37.839 --> 00:31:38.759
 that you

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:39.619
 enjoy

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:40.720
 it's just

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.579
 a hint

00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:42.259
 it's a whisper

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:42.960
 it's a sign

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:43.400
 post

00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:44.940
 to this

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:45.640
 love story

00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:46.740
 and the

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.240
 hour

00:31:47.240 --> 00:31:48.420
 that Jesus

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:49.019
 knows

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:49.720
 is coming

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:51.840
 to win

00:31:51.840 --> 00:31:52.500
 the love

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:53.180
 of his

00:31:53.180 --> 00:31:53.560
 bride

00:31:53.560 --> 00:31:59.700
 so we

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.040
 talked about

00:32:00.040 --> 00:32:00.460
 the Lord

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:00.720
 of the

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.080
 feast

00:32:01.080 --> 00:32:02.900
 we talked

00:32:02.900 --> 00:32:03.220
 about the

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:03.620
 hour to

00:32:03.620 --> 00:32:03.900
 come

00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:04.180
 and I

00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:04.380
 want to

00:32:04.380 --> 00:32:05.000
 just close

00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:06.280
 briefly

00:32:06.280 --> 00:32:06.800
 talking about

00:32:06.800 --> 00:32:07.460
 the foretaste

00:32:07.460 --> 00:32:08.019
 of joy

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:10.280
 the foretaste

00:32:10.280 --> 00:32:10.780
 of joy

00:32:10.780 --> 00:32:12.800
 our text

00:32:12.800 --> 00:32:13.300
 says that

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:13.940
 the wine

00:32:13.940 --> 00:32:15.079
 is gone

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:15.659
 the wine

00:32:15.659 --> 00:32:16.980
 ran out

00:32:16.980 --> 00:32:17.519
 the wine

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.419
 was no

00:32:18.419 --> 00:32:18.779
 more

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:20.839
 and that's

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:21.159
 the one

00:32:21.159 --> 00:32:21.659
 thing that you

00:32:21.659 --> 00:32:22.180
 can be sure

00:32:22.180 --> 00:32:22.819
 about in this

00:32:22.819 --> 00:32:23.460
 life that

00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:24.940
 no matter how

00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:25.539
 secure you

00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:25.899
 feel

00:32:25.899 --> 00:32:27.539
 no matter how

00:32:27.539 --> 00:32:28.019
 healthy you

00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:28.359
 are

00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:29.659
 no matter how

00:32:29.659 --> 00:32:30.240
 much wealth

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:30.980
 you've accumulated

00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:31.879
 no matter the

00:32:31.879 --> 00:32:32.619
 successes you've

00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:32.879
 had

00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:33.460
 no matter the

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:34.019
 relationships

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:34.839
 that you

00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:35.519
 enjoy

00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:38.180
 the wine

00:32:38.180 --> 00:32:38.899
 will eventually

00:32:38.899 --> 00:32:39.519
 run out

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:41.940
 every joy

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:43.019
 will be

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:43.299
 gone

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:44.200
 every celebration

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:44.799
 will come

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.819
 to an end

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:46.400
 it will not

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:47.220
 last just as

00:32:47.220 --> 00:32:47.619
 the wine

00:32:47.619 --> 00:32:47.900
 at this

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:48.220
 wedding

00:32:48.220 --> 00:32:49.220
 failed

00:32:49.220 --> 00:32:51.200
 but the

00:32:51.200 --> 00:32:51.680
 message of the

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.319
 gospel is that

00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:52.839
 with Jesus

00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:53.339
 there's a

00:32:53.339 --> 00:32:53.680
 different

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:54.720
 reality

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:56.539
 he says

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:57.619
 they filled

00:32:57.619 --> 00:32:58.539
 the jars

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.059
 to the

00:32:59.059 --> 00:32:59.259
 brim

00:32:59.259 --> 00:32:59.559
 this is

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:00.319
 180

00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:01.440
 gallons

00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:02.000
 which is

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.279
 about

00:33:02.279 --> 00:33:02.900
 a thousand

00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:03.379
 bottles

00:33:03.379 --> 00:33:03.940
 of wine

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:06.299
 that is a

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:06.779
 ridiculous

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.460
 amount

00:33:07.460 --> 00:33:08.500
 of wine

00:33:08.500 --> 00:33:09.600
 that's way

00:33:09.600 --> 00:33:10.340
 more wine

00:33:10.340 --> 00:33:10.980
 than they

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:11.440
 were going

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:11.779
 to drink

00:33:11.779 --> 00:33:12.180
 that's way

00:33:12.180 --> 00:33:12.940
 more wine

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:13.240
 than they

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.519
 needed

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:13.900
 and it

00:33:13.900 --> 00:33:14.420
 indicates

00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:15.120
 to us

00:33:15.120 --> 00:33:16.559
 the overflowing

00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:17.080
 nature

00:33:17.080 --> 00:33:18.140
 of God's

00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:18.840
 generosity

00:33:18.840 --> 00:33:20.299
 toward us

00:33:20.299 --> 00:33:21.519
 the inexhaustible

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.299
 bounty

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:22.880
 and the

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:23.320
 abundant

00:33:23.320 --> 00:33:23.860
 life

00:33:23.860 --> 00:33:24.420
 that Jesus

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:25.000
 wants

00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:25.880
 to pour

00:33:25.880 --> 00:33:26.600
 out on his

00:33:26.600 --> 00:33:26.920
 people

00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:27.380
 for us

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:28.160
 to enjoy

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:28.779
 if we'll

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.360
 just trust

00:33:29.360 --> 00:33:29.880
 and obey

00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:30.539
 that he

00:33:30.539 --> 00:33:30.960
 can do

00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:31.240
 it

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:33.859
 and we

00:33:33.859 --> 00:33:34.380
 notice in

00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:34.700
 the story

00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:34.980
 that the

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.359
 majority

00:33:35.359 --> 00:33:35.660
 of the

00:33:35.660 --> 00:33:35.900
 guests

00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:36.140
 they're

00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:36.779
 clueless

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:39.099
 the guests

00:33:39.099 --> 00:33:39.900
 are here

00:33:39.900 --> 00:33:40.539
 they're enjoying

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:41.000
 the best

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:41.359
 wine

00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:41.799
 that they've

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.420
 ever had

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:42.759
 the best

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.000
 wine

00:33:43.000 --> 00:33:43.259
 that they

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:44.539
 could ever

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:45.079
 imagine

00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:45.500
 drinking

00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:45.859
 but they

00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:46.339
 have no

00:33:46.339 --> 00:33:46.759
 idea

00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:47.579
 where it's

00:33:47.579 --> 00:33:47.940
 come from

00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:48.299
 they don't

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:48.799
 even know

00:33:48.799 --> 00:33:49.140
 who to

00:33:49.140 --> 00:33:49.500
 thank

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:52.140
 only the

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:52.500
 servants

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:53.880
 who obeyed

00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:54.859
 the command

00:33:54.859 --> 00:33:55.200
 of Jesus

00:33:55.200 --> 00:33:55.640
 only the

00:33:55.640 --> 00:33:56.099
 disciples

00:33:56.099 --> 00:33:57.339
 they're the

00:33:57.339 --> 00:33:57.779
 only ones

00:33:57.779 --> 00:33:58.059
 who know

00:33:58.059 --> 00:33:58.579
 the secret

00:33:58.579 --> 00:33:59.019
 and it says

00:33:59.019 --> 00:33:59.299
 in verse

00:33:59.299 --> 00:33:59.579
 11

00:33:59.579 --> 00:34:00.019
 that through

00:34:00.019 --> 00:34:00.680
 the sign

00:34:00.680 --> 00:34:01.779
 Jesus

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:02.299
 revealed

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:02.920
 his glory

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:04.420
 and his

00:34:04.420 --> 00:34:04.840
 disciples

00:34:04.840 --> 00:34:05.299
 put their

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:05.680
 faith

00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:06.779
 in him

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:08.360
 that's the

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:08.700
 pattern

00:34:08.700 --> 00:34:10.240
 the disciples

00:34:10.240 --> 00:34:10.920
 behold the

00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.280
 sign

00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:12.420
 and they

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:12.980
 believe in

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.280
 Jesus

00:34:13.280 --> 00:34:15.340
 this is the

00:34:15.340 --> 00:34:15.800
 invitation

00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:16.240
 and the

00:34:16.240 --> 00:34:16.720
 challenge

00:34:16.720 --> 00:34:17.260
 to all

00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:17.599
 who would

00:34:17.599 --> 00:34:18.019
 read this

00:34:18.019 --> 00:34:18.280
 gospel

00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:19.079
 behold the

00:34:19.079 --> 00:34:19.539
 signs of

00:34:19.539 --> 00:34:19.920
 Jesus

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:21.420
 believe in

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:21.880
 the person

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.340
 of Jesus

00:34:22.340 --> 00:34:23.019
 pay attention

00:34:23.019 --> 00:34:23.780
 to the

00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:24.099
 wonderful

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:24.680
 works of

00:34:24.680 --> 00:34:24.960
 Jesus

00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:26.059
 and then

00:34:26.059 --> 00:34:26.460
 put the

00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:26.900
 full weight

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:27.119
 of your

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:27.539
 trust

00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:28.220
 on

00:34:28.220 --> 00:34:28.900
 Jesus

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:30.920
 and it

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.280
 poses

00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:31.539
 this

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:31.860
 question

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:32.300
 to us

00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:32.579
 as we

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:32.920
 close

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.840
 are you

00:34:33.840 --> 00:34:34.240
 a wedding

00:34:34.240 --> 00:34:34.680
 guest

00:34:34.680 --> 00:34:36.260
 who does

00:34:36.260 --> 00:34:36.920
 not know

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:37.680
 the glory

00:34:37.680 --> 00:34:38.099
 of Jesus

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:38.519
 and does

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.220
 not believe

00:34:39.220 --> 00:34:39.880
 in Jesus

00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:42.059
 or are you

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.579
 a servant

00:34:42.579 --> 00:34:43.079
 and a

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.480
 disciple

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:44.820
 who wholeheartedly

00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:45.340
 entrusts

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:45.720
 yourself

00:34:45.720 --> 00:34:46.840
 to Jesus

00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:49.019
 and if you

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:49.720
 consider yourself

00:34:49.720 --> 00:34:50.260
 a disciple

00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:51.980
 I want to

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:52.680
 encourage you

00:34:52.680 --> 00:34:53.019
 as we

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:53.680
 close to

00:34:53.680 --> 00:34:55.119
 think about

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:56.779
 the wine

00:34:56.779 --> 00:34:57.219
 of holy

00:34:57.219 --> 00:34:57.599
 communion

00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:57.980
 for a

00:34:57.980 --> 00:34:58.219
 moment

00:34:58.219 --> 00:34:59.480
 this table

00:34:59.480 --> 00:34:59.839
 we're about

00:34:59.839 --> 00:35:00.159
 to come

00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:00.460
 to

00:35:00.460 --> 00:35:02.359
 Jesus

00:35:02.359 --> 00:35:03.559
 the one

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:04.239
 thing he

00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:04.759
 gave us

00:35:04.759 --> 00:35:05.440
 to keep

00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:05.880
 remembering

00:35:05.880 --> 00:35:06.460
 him by

00:35:06.460 --> 00:35:07.319
 is this

00:35:07.319 --> 00:35:07.719
 feast

00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:10.719
 where we're

00:35:10.719 --> 00:35:11.019
 to keep

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.519
 coming to

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:11.739
 him

00:35:11.739 --> 00:35:12.119
 our living

00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:12.460
 Lord

00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:13.679
 we're

00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:14.059
 to keep

00:35:14.059 --> 00:35:15.179
 taking the

00:35:15.179 --> 00:35:15.500
 blood

00:35:15.500 --> 00:35:15.799
 of the

00:35:15.799 --> 00:35:16.019
 true

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:16.279
 vine

00:35:16.279 --> 00:35:16.440
 we're

00:35:16.440 --> 00:35:16.839
 to keep

00:35:16.839 --> 00:35:17.420
 drinking

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:17.980
 the wine

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.239
 of his

00:35:18.239 --> 00:35:18.480
 joy

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:18.659
 we're

00:35:18.659 --> 00:35:19.119
 to keep

00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:19.900
 abiding

00:35:19.900 --> 00:35:20.420
 in him

00:35:20.420 --> 00:35:20.739
 whose

00:35:20.739 --> 00:35:21.400
 blood

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:21.679
 of the

00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:21.839
 new

00:35:21.839 --> 00:35:22.139
 covenant

00:35:22.139 --> 00:35:22.380
 he

00:35:22.380 --> 00:35:22.739
 poured

00:35:22.739 --> 00:35:22.980
 out

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.480
 to give

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:23.859
 life

00:35:23.860 --> 00:35:24.160
 to the

00:35:24.160 --> 00:35:24.500
 whole

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:25.440
 world

00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:26.800
 and as

00:35:26.800 --> 00:35:27.160
 we come

00:35:27.160 --> 00:35:27.440
 to this

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:27.620
 feast

00:35:27.620 --> 00:35:27.820
 we've

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:28.000
 got to

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.280
 remember

00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:28.579
 that

00:35:28.579 --> 00:35:30.220
 in the

00:35:30.220 --> 00:35:30.440
 midst

00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:30.700
 of the

00:35:30.700 --> 00:35:31.019
 joy

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.440
 of that

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:32.059
 that

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:32.420
 wedding

00:35:32.420 --> 00:35:32.760
 feast

00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:33.280
 in Cana

00:35:33.280 --> 00:35:34.099
 right

00:35:34.099 --> 00:35:34.260
 when

00:35:34.260 --> 00:35:34.800
 everybody

00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:35.840
 is

00:35:35.840 --> 00:35:36.660
 enjoying

00:35:36.660 --> 00:35:37.160
 themselves

00:35:37.160 --> 00:35:37.360
 while

00:35:37.360 --> 00:35:37.880
 everybody's

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:38.420
 having

00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:38.840
 the best

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:39.320
 wine

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:40.000
 of their

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.539
 life

00:35:40.539 --> 00:35:41.920
 Jesus

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.340
 in that

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:42.660
 moment

00:35:42.660 --> 00:35:43.039
 he's

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:43.460
 tasting

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:44.019
 the coming

00:35:44.019 --> 00:35:44.420
 hour

00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:45.280
 of his

00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:45.559
 death

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:45.960
 that lays

00:35:45.960 --> 00:35:46.620
 before him

00:35:46.620 --> 00:35:49.800
 but we

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:50.099
 don't have

00:35:50.099 --> 00:35:50.320
 to do

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:50.640
 that

00:35:50.640 --> 00:35:52.400
 right

00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:52.740
 Jesus

00:35:52.740 --> 00:35:53.059
 sat

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.380
 amidst

00:35:53.380 --> 00:35:53.799
 all

00:35:53.799 --> 00:35:54.579
 the

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:54.900
 joy

00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:55.219
 of that

00:35:55.219 --> 00:35:55.539
 wedding

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:56.059
 feast

00:35:56.059 --> 00:35:57.900
 and he

00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:58.119
 was

00:35:58.119 --> 00:35:58.420
 sipping

00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:58.599
 the

00:35:58.599 --> 00:35:58.840
 coming

00:35:58.840 --> 00:35:59.299
 sorrow

00:35:59.299 --> 00:36:01.139
 so that

00:36:01.139 --> 00:36:01.440
 today

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:01.960
 you and

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.239
 I

00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:02.500
 who

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:03.199
 believe

00:36:03.199 --> 00:36:03.559
 in

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:03.960
 Jesus

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:04.639
 we

00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:04.860
 can

00:36:04.860 --> 00:36:05.059
 sit

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:05.400
 amidst

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:05.739
 all

00:36:05.739 --> 00:36:05.920
 the

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:06.360
 world's

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:06.619
 sorrow

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:07.000
 and there's

00:36:07.000 --> 00:36:07.420
 so much

00:36:07.420 --> 00:36:07.860
 sorrow

00:36:07.860 --> 00:36:09.679
 but we

00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:09.980
 can be

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:10.239
 sipping

00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:10.420
 the

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:10.659
 coming

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:11.139
 joy

00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:13.799
 every

00:36:13.799 --> 00:36:14.299
 time we

00:36:14.299 --> 00:36:14.579
 come to

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:14.719
 the

00:36:14.719 --> 00:36:15.019
 Lord's

00:36:15.019 --> 00:36:15.179
 supper

00:36:15.179 --> 00:36:15.960
 by faith

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:17.340
 we get

00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:18.000
 a foretaste

00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:18.299
 of that

00:36:18.299 --> 00:36:18.619
 coming

00:36:18.619 --> 00:36:19.059
 feast

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:19.360
 and that

00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:19.719
 coming

00:36:19.719 --> 00:36:20.659
 joy

00:36:20.659 --> 00:36:22.480
 so that

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:22.719
 even

00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:23.199
 those of

00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:23.399
 us

00:36:23.399 --> 00:36:23.539
 who

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:23.819
 right

00:36:23.819 --> 00:36:24.119
 now

00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:24.379
 are in

00:36:24.379 --> 00:36:24.480
 the

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:24.679
 midst

00:36:24.679 --> 00:36:24.839
 of

00:36:24.839 --> 00:36:25.039
 some

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:25.480
 deep

00:36:25.480 --> 00:36:26.799
 sorrow

00:36:26.799 --> 00:36:27.199
 some

00:36:27.199 --> 00:36:28.420
 terrible

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:29.199
 suffering

00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:30.960
 you can

00:36:30.960 --> 00:36:31.420
 come to

00:36:31.420 --> 00:36:31.719
 Jesus

00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:32.199
 and you

00:36:32.199 --> 00:36:32.819
 can sip

00:36:32.819 --> 00:36:34.319
 the wine

00:36:34.319 --> 00:36:35.759
 of the joy

00:36:35.759 --> 00:36:36.259
 that's coming

00:36:36.259 --> 00:36:36.779
 for you

00:36:36.779 --> 00:36:38.839
 and if you

00:36:38.839 --> 00:36:39.579
 know that

00:36:39.579 --> 00:36:41.119
 if that's

00:36:41.119 --> 00:36:42.339
 the thing

00:36:42.339 --> 00:36:42.799
 that you

00:36:42.799 --> 00:36:43.379
 possess

00:36:43.379 --> 00:36:44.039
 today

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:45.059
 that will

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:45.679
 enable you

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:46.039
 to go

00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:46.399
 out

00:36:46.400 --> 00:36:48.240
 and put

00:36:48.240 --> 00:36:48.420
 into

00:36:48.420 --> 00:36:48.820
 practice

00:36:48.820 --> 00:36:49.220
 these

00:36:49.220 --> 00:36:49.579
 very

00:36:49.579 --> 00:36:50.000
 simple

00:36:50.000 --> 00:36:50.539
 words

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:51.380
 of

00:36:51.380 --> 00:36:51.680
 Jesus

00:36:51.680 --> 00:36:52.099
 mother

00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:52.519
 when she

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:52.860
 says

00:36:52.860 --> 00:36:53.000
 in

00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:53.160
 verse

00:36:53.160 --> 00:36:53.559
 five

00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:54.300
 do

00:36:54.300 --> 00:36:54.680
 whatever

00:36:54.680 --> 00:36:54.940
 he

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:55.260
 tells

00:36:55.260 --> 00:36:55.420
 you

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:55.599
 to

00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:55.880
 do

00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:58.079
 and

00:36:58.079 --> 00:36:58.500
 that's

00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:58.599
 the

00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:58.880
 question

00:36:58.880 --> 00:36:59.160
 as we

00:36:59.160 --> 00:36:59.400
 come

00:36:59.400 --> 00:36:59.519
 to

00:36:59.519 --> 00:36:59.720
 this

00:36:59.720 --> 00:37:00.039
 feast

00:37:00.039 --> 00:37:01.639
 is the

00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:02.099
 attitude

00:37:02.099 --> 00:37:02.660
 and the

00:37:02.660 --> 00:37:02.960
 heart

00:37:02.960 --> 00:37:03.380
 by which

00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:03.500
 you

00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:03.960
 approach

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:04.240
 the

00:37:04.240 --> 00:37:04.480
 Lord

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:04.639
 at

00:37:04.639 --> 00:37:04.800
 his

00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:05.160
 table

00:37:05.160 --> 00:37:06.079
 are

00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:06.240
 you

00:37:06.240 --> 00:37:06.579
 saying

00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:06.760
 to

00:37:06.760 --> 00:37:07.079
 Jesus

00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:08.400
 I'm

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:08.720
 listening

00:37:08.720 --> 00:37:08.980
 to

00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:09.420
 everything

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:09.740
 you're

00:37:09.740 --> 00:37:10.000
 telling

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:10.340
 me

00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:13.260
 everything

00:37:13.260 --> 00:37:13.579
 you're

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:13.840
 saying

00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:14.180
 in

00:37:14.180 --> 00:37:14.320
 your

00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:14.660
 word

00:37:14.660 --> 00:37:16.099
 I'm

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:16.420
 listening

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:18.360
 and

00:37:18.360 --> 00:37:18.860
 whatever

00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:19.099
 you

00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:19.400
 tell

00:37:19.400 --> 00:37:19.639
 me

00:37:19.639 --> 00:37:19.920
 to

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:20.179
 do

00:37:20.179 --> 00:37:20.599
 that's

00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:20.719
 what

00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:20.839
 I

00:37:20.839 --> 00:37:20.980
 want

00:37:20.980 --> 00:37:21.079
 to

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:21.420
 do

00:37:21.420 --> 00:37:23.900
 right

00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:24.279
 your

00:37:24.279 --> 00:37:24.639
 wish

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:24.799
 is

00:37:24.799 --> 00:37:25.000
 my

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.460
 command

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:28.259
 I'm

00:37:28.259 --> 00:37:28.339
 going

00:37:28.339 --> 00:37:28.420
 to

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:28.719
 trust

00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:28.880
 you

00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:29.079
 I'm

00:37:29.079 --> 00:37:29.139
 going

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:29.219
 to

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:29.460
 obey

00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:29.639
 you

00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:29.940
 whatever

00:37:29.940 --> 00:37:30.360
 you

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:30.579
 tell

00:37:30.579 --> 00:37:30.739
 me

00:37:30.739 --> 00:37:30.900
 to

00:37:30.900 --> 00:37:31.179
 do

00:37:31.179 --> 00:37:33.019
 is

00:37:33.019 --> 00:37:33.159
 that

00:37:33.159 --> 00:37:33.279
 how

00:37:33.279 --> 00:37:33.440
 you

00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:33.779
 come

00:37:33.779 --> 00:37:34.420
 to

00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:34.599
 this

00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:34.920
 table

00:37:34.920 --> 00:37:35.739
 because

00:37:35.739 --> 00:37:36.079
 that's

00:37:36.079 --> 00:37:36.219
 the

00:37:36.219 --> 00:37:36.480
 faith

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:36.679
 that

00:37:36.679 --> 00:37:36.940
 Jesus

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:38.039
 requires

00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:38.219
 of

00:37:38.219 --> 00:37:38.380
 his

00:37:38.380 --> 00:37:38.819
 disciples

00:37:38.819 --> 00:37:40.699
 the

00:37:40.699 --> 00:37:41.000
 servants

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:41.279
 show

00:37:41.279 --> 00:37:41.460
 us

00:37:41.460 --> 00:37:41.579
 that

00:37:41.579 --> 00:37:41.719
 it's

00:37:41.719 --> 00:37:41.880
 only

00:37:41.880 --> 00:37:42.319
 through

00:37:42.319 --> 00:37:43.559
 trusting

00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:43.599
!

00:37:43.920 --> 00:37:44.440
 obedience

00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:45.739
 in

00:37:45.739 --> 00:37:45.880
 the

00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:46.059
 Lord

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.219
 that

00:37:46.219 --> 00:37:46.340
 we

00:37:46.340 --> 00:37:46.480
 will

00:37:46.480 --> 00:37:46.860
 actually

00:37:46.860 --> 00:37:48.079
 experience

00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:48.679
 his

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:49.159
 power

00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:50.659
 the

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:50.860
 only

00:37:50.860 --> 00:37:51.039
 way

00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:51.199
 we

00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:51.320
 can

00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:51.539
 really

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:52.239
 experience

00:37:52.239 --> 00:37:52.460
 his

00:37:52.460 --> 00:37:52.980
 mysterious

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:53.400
 wonder

00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:53.719
 working

00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:54.639
 power

00:37:54.639 --> 00:37:55.219
 in

00:37:55.219 --> 00:37:55.360
 our

00:37:55.360 --> 00:37:55.719
 lives

00:37:55.719 --> 00:37:55.860
 is

00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:56.039
 not

00:37:56.039 --> 00:37:56.219
 just

00:37:56.219 --> 00:37:56.380
 to

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:56.699
 hear

00:37:56.699 --> 00:37:56.920
 the

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:57.279
 word

00:37:57.279 --> 00:37:57.460
 of

00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:57.699
 Jesus

00:37:57.699 --> 00:37:57.940
 but

00:37:57.940 --> 00:37:58.279
 to

00:37:58.279 --> 00:37:59.159
 obey

00:37:59.159 --> 00:38:00.380
 Jesus

00:38:00.380 --> 00:38:02.639
 fill

00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:02.799
 the

00:38:02.799 --> 00:38:03.259
 jars

00:38:03.259 --> 00:38:04.539
 draw

00:38:04.539 --> 00:38:04.880
 some

00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:05.199
 out

00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:06.320
 take

00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:06.420
 it

00:38:06.420 --> 00:38:06.519
 to

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:06.619
 the

00:38:06.619 --> 00:38:07.000
 party

00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:07.980
 they've

00:38:07.980 --> 00:38:08.199
 got to

00:38:08.199 --> 00:38:08.500
 obey

00:38:08.500 --> 00:38:08.759
 him

00:38:08.759 --> 00:38:08.860
 in

00:38:08.860 --> 00:38:09.079
 all

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:09.259
 the

00:38:09.259 --> 00:38:09.860
 particulars

00:38:09.860 --> 00:38:10.000
 and

00:38:10.000 --> 00:38:10.219
 all

00:38:10.219 --> 00:38:10.719
 the

00:38:10.719 --> 00:38:11.179
 details

00:38:11.179 --> 00:38:11.360
 and

00:38:11.360 --> 00:38:11.519
 it's

00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:11.779
 only

00:38:11.779 --> 00:38:12.139
 when we

00:38:12.139 --> 00:38:12.420
 step

00:38:12.420 --> 00:38:12.699
 out

00:38:12.699 --> 00:38:13.360
 in

00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:13.840
 faith

00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:14.099
 and we

00:38:14.099 --> 00:38:14.519
 obey

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:15.420
 Jesus

00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:15.860
 in

00:38:15.860 --> 00:38:16.019
 the

00:38:16.019 --> 00:38:16.619
 particulars

00:38:16.619 --> 00:38:17.119
 and in

00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:17.420
 the

00:38:17.420 --> 00:38:17.920
 details

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:19.539
 that he

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:19.860
 will

00:38:19.860 --> 00:38:21.699
 enable us

00:38:21.699 --> 00:38:22.000
 to

00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:22.880
 experience

00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:23.739
 firsthand

00:38:23.739 --> 00:38:25.719
 a different

00:38:25.719 --> 00:38:26.159
 dimension

00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:26.820
 of reality

00:38:26.820 --> 00:38:27.800
 but you

00:38:27.800 --> 00:38:28.159
 have to

00:38:28.159 --> 00:38:28.559
 step out

00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:28.699
 in

00:38:28.699 --> 00:38:29.000
 faith

00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:30.480
 you have

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:30.659
 to

00:38:30.659 --> 00:38:30.980
 obey

00:38:30.980 --> 00:38:31.559
 if you

00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:32.119
 want to

00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:32.780
 experience

00:38:32.780 --> 00:38:33.400
 all the

00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:33.559
 new

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:34.219
 possibilities

00:38:34.219 --> 00:38:35.039
 of

00:38:35.039 --> 00:38:35.360
 abundant

00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:35.820
 life

00:38:35.820 --> 00:38:36.480
 that he's

00:38:36.480 --> 00:38:36.820
 offering

00:38:36.820 --> 00:38:37.380
 to you

00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:39.360
 so

00:38:39.360 --> 00:38:39.619
 friends

00:38:39.619 --> 00:38:39.880
 when you

00:38:39.880 --> 00:38:40.220
 come

00:38:40.220 --> 00:38:40.579
 to the

00:38:40.579 --> 00:38:40.720
 Lord

00:38:40.720 --> 00:38:40.820
 of

00:38:40.820 --> 00:38:40.960
 this

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:41.320
 table

00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:43.460
 are you

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:43.660
 ready

00:38:43.660 --> 00:38:43.980
 to do

00:38:43.980 --> 00:38:44.320
 whatever

00:38:44.320 --> 00:38:44.599
 he

00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:45.019
 says

00:38:45.019 --> 00:38:49.079
 are you

00:38:49.079 --> 00:38:49.460
 ready

00:38:49.460 --> 00:38:50.180
 to respond

00:38:50.180 --> 00:38:50.619
 to him

00:38:50.619 --> 00:38:50.800
 with

00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:51.380
 wholehearted

00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:51.960
 trust

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:53.320
 and

00:38:53.320 --> 00:38:54.280
 unwavering

00:38:54.280 --> 00:38:55.340
 obedience

00:38:55.340 --> 00:38:57.840
 are you

00:38:57.840 --> 00:38:58.360
 ready to

00:38:58.360 --> 00:38:58.880
 rejoice

00:38:58.880 --> 00:38:59.480
 that

00:38:59.480 --> 00:39:00.440
 whatever

00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:00.680
 we're

00:39:00.680 --> 00:39:00.920
 about

00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:01.180
 to

00:39:01.180 --> 00:39:01.619
 taste

00:39:01.619 --> 00:39:02.039
 here

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:02.559
 at

00:39:02.559 --> 00:39:02.720
 this

00:39:02.720 --> 00:39:02.980
 table

00:39:02.980 --> 00:39:03.260
 is

00:39:03.260 --> 00:39:03.480
 just

00:39:03.480 --> 00:39:03.640
 a

00:39:03.640 --> 00:39:04.260
 foretaste

00:39:04.260 --> 00:39:06.240
 that

00:39:06.240 --> 00:39:06.720
 Jesus

00:39:06.720 --> 00:39:07.740
 likes

00:39:07.740 --> 00:39:07.920
 to

00:39:07.920 --> 00:39:08.140
 hold

00:39:08.140 --> 00:39:08.400
 out

00:39:08.400 --> 00:39:09.140
 the

00:39:09.140 --> 00:39:09.620
 choicest

00:39:09.620 --> 00:39:10.020
 wine

00:39:10.020 --> 00:39:10.240
 for

00:39:10.240 --> 00:39:10.700
 last

00:39:10.700 --> 00:39:10.860
 and

00:39:10.860 --> 00:39:11.020
 that

00:39:11.020 --> 00:39:11.260
 means

00:39:11.260 --> 00:39:11.500
 that

00:39:11.500 --> 00:39:11.700
 when

00:39:11.700 --> 00:39:11.880
 we

00:39:11.880 --> 00:39:12.220
 come

00:39:12.220 --> 00:39:12.420
 we're

00:39:12.420 --> 00:39:12.900
 remembering

00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:13.280
 the

00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:13.540
 best

00:39:13.540 --> 00:39:13.680
 is

00:39:13.680 --> 00:39:13.820
 yet

00:39:13.820 --> 00:39:13.960
 to

00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:14.320
 come

00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:16.420
 I'm

00:39:16.420 --> 00:39:16.800
 sipping

00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:17.220
 the

00:39:17.220 --> 00:39:17.560
 coming

00:39:17.560 --> 00:39:18.220
 joy

00:39:18.220 --> 00:39:18.720
 of

00:39:18.720 --> 00:39:18.880
 the

00:39:18.880 --> 00:39:19.160
 kingdom

00:39:19.160 --> 00:39:19.680
 of

00:39:19.680 --> 00:39:20.000
 God

00:39:20.000 --> 00:39:20.500
 the

00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:20.860
 banquet

00:39:20.860 --> 00:39:21.220
 the

00:39:21.220 --> 00:39:21.620
 feast

00:39:21.620 --> 00:39:21.860
 that

00:39:21.860 --> 00:39:22.080
 God

00:39:22.080 --> 00:39:22.320
 has

00:39:22.320 --> 00:39:22.740
 prepared

00:39:22.740 --> 00:39:23.220
 for

00:39:23.220 --> 00:39:23.460
 me

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:25.900
 let's

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:26.060
 come

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 with

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 that

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 spirit

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 and

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 that

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 attitude

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 and

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 that

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 heart

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 in

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 the

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 name

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 of

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 the

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 Father

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 Son

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 and

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 Holy

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 Spirit

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 Amen

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