WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.980 John 14, starting at verse 1. 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:13.040 Do not let your hearts be troubled. 00:00:14.280 --> 00:00:18.620 You believe in God, believe also in me. 00:00:19.640 --> 00:00:23.140 My Father's house has many rooms, if that were not so, 00:00:23.820 --> 00:00:27.660 would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 00:00:27.660 --> 00:00:31.600 And if I go and prepare a place for you, 00:00:32.060 --> 00:00:36.859 I will come back and take you to be with me, 00:00:37.380 --> 00:00:39.719 that you also may be where I am. 00:00:40.740 --> 00:00:44.079 You know the way to the place where I am going. 00:00:45.760 --> 00:00:46.960 But Thomas said to him, 00:00:47.340 --> 00:00:49.799 Lord, we don't know where you are going, 00:00:50.200 --> 00:00:52.200 so how can we know the way? 00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:54.600 Jesus answered, 00:00:54.600 --> 00:00:58.480 I am the way and the truth and the life. 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:02.079 No one comes to the Father except through me. 00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:06.659 If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. 00:01:07.379 --> 00:01:11.379 From now on, you do know him and have seen him. 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:13.640 Philip said, 00:01:14.299 --> 00:01:18.400 Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us. 00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:20.719 Jesus answered, 00:01:21.080 --> 00:01:22.980 Don't you know me, Philip, 00:01:23.700 --> 00:01:27.180 even after I have been among you for such a long time? 00:01:28.160 --> 00:01:30.960 Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. 00:01:31.500 --> 00:01:32.920 How can you say, 00:01:33.340 --> 00:01:34.219 Show us the Father? 00:01:35.240 --> 00:01:38.080 Don't you believe that I am in the Father, 00:01:38.260 --> 00:01:40.160 and that the Father is in me? 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:42.460 The words I say to you, 00:01:42.520 --> 00:01:44.680 I do not speak on my own authority. 00:01:44.680 --> 00:01:47.780 Rather, it is the Father living in me 00:01:47.780 --> 00:01:49.740 who is doing his work. 00:01:51.000 --> 00:01:53.980 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father, 00:01:54.140 --> 00:01:55.460 and the Father is in me. 00:01:56.060 --> 00:01:59.900 Or at least believe in the evidence of the words themselves. 00:02:01.520 --> 00:02:03.180 Very truly I tell you, 00:02:04.060 --> 00:02:05.580 whoever believes in me 00:02:05.580 --> 00:02:08.420 will do the works I have been doing, 00:02:09.180 --> 00:02:12.000 and they will do even greater things than these, 00:02:12.300 --> 00:02:14.439 because I am going to the Father. 00:02:15.219 --> 00:02:18.520 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:22.319 so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 00:02:23.500 --> 00:02:26.180 You may ask me for anything in my name, 00:02:26.879 --> 00:02:28.159 and I will do it. 00:02:30.219 --> 00:02:31.040 Thanks, Martin. 00:02:31.159 --> 00:02:31.420 Welcome. 00:02:31.620 --> 00:02:32.420 Thank you for coming 00:02:32.420 --> 00:02:34.340 and being with us today. 00:02:34.520 --> 00:02:34.920 Thank you. 00:02:34.920 --> 00:02:35.000 Thank you. 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:36.000 Thank you. 00:02:42.539 --> 00:02:44.919 Well, it's lovely to be with you this morning. 00:02:45.020 --> 00:02:46.840 I know it's a day of immense sadness for you 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:48.680 as a church, 00:02:49.479 --> 00:02:50.259 and really, 00:02:50.379 --> 00:02:50.900 it's like Jesus, 00:02:51.060 --> 00:02:52.139 it's hard to know where to turn. 00:02:52.259 --> 00:02:53.360 That last song we sang, 00:02:53.840 --> 00:02:55.819 talked about all kinds of things we might feel, 00:02:56.500 --> 00:02:58.680 and just that encouragement to come to Jesus. 00:02:58.819 --> 00:02:59.400 And so this morning, 00:02:59.460 --> 00:03:00.740 that's simply where I want to bring us, 00:03:01.139 --> 00:03:02.180 is to bring us to Jesus. 00:03:02.180 --> 00:03:04.080 And hopefully there, 00:03:04.379 --> 00:03:06.020 we will receive the comfort 00:03:06.020 --> 00:03:07.580 that we need in the face of death, 00:03:08.260 --> 00:03:09.900 and also the courage that we need 00:03:09.900 --> 00:03:13.500 to face life in the days that lie ahead. 00:03:13.500 --> 00:03:16.180 I don't know if any of you 00:03:16.180 --> 00:03:18.580 did your leaving certificate this summer, 00:03:18.659 --> 00:03:20.099 or even in recent summers. 00:03:20.560 --> 00:03:22.639 Even if it was in far-off summers, 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:24.580 you may still remember 00:03:24.580 --> 00:03:25.780 having to read a play 00:03:25.780 --> 00:03:27.240 for your English paper. 00:03:27.900 --> 00:03:28.500 For some of you, 00:03:28.539 --> 00:03:29.620 that might have been a delight, 00:03:30.240 --> 00:03:31.020 and for others, 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:31.620 I'm sure, 00:03:31.719 --> 00:03:33.000 a complete drag. 00:03:33.920 --> 00:03:34.979 But there's a sense, 00:03:35.099 --> 00:03:35.259 really, 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:35.780 isn't there, 00:03:35.800 --> 00:03:36.860 in which a play 00:03:36.860 --> 00:03:38.139 is to be shown 00:03:38.139 --> 00:03:39.520 in order 00:03:39.520 --> 00:03:40.639 for it to be 00:03:40.639 --> 00:03:41.439 known. 00:03:41.439 --> 00:03:43.219 There's something different 00:03:43.219 --> 00:03:44.180 about seeing. 00:03:44.939 --> 00:03:45.740 It acted out 00:03:45.740 --> 00:03:46.539 the way the writer 00:03:46.539 --> 00:03:48.039 meant it to be displayed. 00:03:49.259 --> 00:03:50.579 There's something different, 00:03:51.199 --> 00:03:52.560 a different kind of knowing 00:03:52.560 --> 00:03:53.599 the play 00:03:53.599 --> 00:03:55.000 by the actor 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:56.000 showing 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:57.159 the play. 00:03:58.360 --> 00:03:58.840 Likewise, 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:00.000 if you're anything like me, 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:01.159 before you go on holiday, 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:02.819 you might like to read up 00:04:02.819 --> 00:04:03.400 in advance 00:04:03.400 --> 00:04:04.079 about the place 00:04:04.079 --> 00:04:04.939 that you're going to. 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:06.520 You know all about 00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:07.400 the tourist attractions 00:04:07.400 --> 00:04:08.199 you want to see 00:04:08.199 --> 00:04:09.439 or the historical buildings 00:04:09.439 --> 00:04:10.400 that you want to visit. 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:12.120 But there's a different 00:04:12.120 --> 00:04:13.280 kind of knowing 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:15.159 when the guide 00:04:15.159 --> 00:04:16.300 is showing you 00:04:16.300 --> 00:04:17.480 those sights 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:18.319 themselves. 00:04:19.500 --> 00:04:19.899 Well, 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:20.740 in order that we might 00:04:20.740 --> 00:04:21.860 know the Father, 00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:23.459 we're told here 00:04:23.459 --> 00:04:24.660 that Jesus came 00:04:24.660 --> 00:04:25.899 to show 00:04:25.899 --> 00:04:26.959 the Father. 00:04:27.639 --> 00:04:28.439 The Son of God 00:04:28.439 --> 00:04:30.060 comes in human form 00:04:30.060 --> 00:04:32.340 so that the invisible 00:04:32.340 --> 00:04:33.620 God might be made 00:04:33.620 --> 00:04:34.220 known 00:04:34.220 --> 00:04:35.960 by being 00:04:35.960 --> 00:04:36.699 shown. 00:04:37.960 --> 00:04:38.879 Some of the followers 00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:39.980 of Jesus will talk 00:04:39.980 --> 00:04:40.920 about not only 00:04:40.920 --> 00:04:42.420 seeing with their eyes, 00:04:43.060 --> 00:04:44.100 but what their ears 00:04:44.100 --> 00:04:44.540 have heard 00:04:44.540 --> 00:04:45.459 and what their hands 00:04:45.459 --> 00:04:46.060 have touched. 00:04:46.939 --> 00:04:48.120 The invisible God, 00:04:48.219 --> 00:04:48.879 the Father, 00:04:49.500 --> 00:04:50.600 is made known 00:04:50.600 --> 00:04:52.439 as he is shown 00:04:52.439 --> 00:04:54.459 by the Son of God 00:04:54.459 --> 00:04:54.920 come 00:04:54.920 --> 00:04:56.779 in human form. 00:04:57.839 --> 00:04:58.639 In this passage, 00:04:58.759 --> 00:04:59.759 Jesus says to Thomas 00:04:59.759 --> 00:05:00.659 in verse 7, 00:05:00.660 --> 00:05:01.939 if you really 00:05:01.939 --> 00:05:03.000 knew me, 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:04.480 you would know 00:05:04.480 --> 00:05:05.500 my Father as well. 00:05:06.160 --> 00:05:06.920 From now on, 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:08.140 you do know him 00:05:08.140 --> 00:05:09.620 and have seen 00:05:09.620 --> 00:05:10.420 him. 00:05:11.880 --> 00:05:12.200 You see, 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:13.000 the incredible truth 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:13.880 is that we know 00:05:13.880 --> 00:05:14.620 the Father 00:05:14.620 --> 00:05:15.980 by knowing 00:05:15.980 --> 00:05:17.040 Jesus. 00:05:18.379 --> 00:05:18.640 Now, 00:05:18.700 --> 00:05:19.580 there's a complexity 00:05:19.580 --> 00:05:20.580 to this relationship 00:05:20.580 --> 00:05:21.420 between the Father 00:05:21.420 --> 00:05:22.240 and the Son 00:05:22.240 --> 00:05:24.080 which is so hard 00:05:24.080 --> 00:05:25.180 for us to understand. 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:26.720 We struggle 00:05:26.720 --> 00:05:27.879 to grasp it. 00:05:27.879 --> 00:05:30.219 In human relationships, 00:05:30.339 --> 00:05:30.759 you might say 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:31.680 things like these, 00:05:32.159 --> 00:05:33.360 you are just 00:05:33.360 --> 00:05:34.980 like your Father. 00:05:35.339 --> 00:05:35.980 I think that's usually 00:05:35.980 --> 00:05:37.980 said in a negative tone. 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:38.719 You're just like 00:05:38.719 --> 00:05:39.219 your Father. 00:05:39.899 --> 00:05:40.740 Or you might say 00:05:40.740 --> 00:05:42.019 she is the spit 00:05:42.019 --> 00:05:43.500 of her mother. 00:05:44.159 --> 00:05:44.379 Now, 00:05:44.439 --> 00:05:45.860 we mean one of two things. 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:47.259 We might be talking 00:05:47.259 --> 00:05:48.740 about a physical likeness. 00:05:49.659 --> 00:05:50.540 The daughter looks 00:05:50.540 --> 00:05:51.879 so much like her mother 00:05:51.879 --> 00:05:53.060 that there's no mistaking 00:05:53.060 --> 00:05:53.579 what family 00:05:53.579 --> 00:05:54.579 she belongs to. 00:05:55.579 --> 00:05:56.740 Or we may be talking 00:05:56.740 --> 00:05:57.719 about characteristics. 00:05:58.879 --> 00:05:59.800 We see this 00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:00.899 son's sense of humour 00:06:00.899 --> 00:06:02.600 and we know exactly 00:06:02.600 --> 00:06:04.000 where it comes from. 00:06:05.719 --> 00:06:06.240 It's as though 00:06:06.240 --> 00:06:07.339 the Father is speaking. 00:06:08.459 --> 00:06:09.600 But in no sense 00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:11.000 would you ever say 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:13.279 if you know the son, 00:06:14.379 --> 00:06:15.219 you know the father. 00:06:15.980 --> 00:06:17.779 Or if you know the daughter, 00:06:18.620 --> 00:06:19.899 you know the mother as well. 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:21.620 We understand 00:06:21.620 --> 00:06:22.319 that they are 00:06:22.319 --> 00:06:23.439 unique individuals 00:06:23.439 --> 00:06:25.519 with different desires 00:06:25.519 --> 00:06:26.560 and aspirations, 00:06:26.560 --> 00:06:28.180 likes and dislikes, 00:06:28.579 --> 00:06:29.100 interests, 00:06:29.280 --> 00:06:29.620 hobbies, 00:06:29.939 --> 00:06:30.939 and pleasures. 00:06:32.339 --> 00:06:33.399 Well, the relationship 00:06:33.399 --> 00:06:34.300 between the father 00:06:34.300 --> 00:06:35.160 and the son 00:06:35.160 --> 00:06:37.139 is far more complex 00:06:37.139 --> 00:06:37.620 than that. 00:06:38.579 --> 00:06:40.079 It's not a physical likeness 00:06:40.079 --> 00:06:41.439 because God is spirit 00:06:41.439 --> 00:06:43.639 and Jesus has come 00:06:43.639 --> 00:06:45.360 as a human being. 00:06:46.840 --> 00:06:47.720 And in character, 00:06:47.800 --> 00:06:48.579 we're not simply saying 00:06:48.579 --> 00:06:49.860 that the father and son 00:06:49.860 --> 00:06:51.800 are like one another 00:06:51.800 --> 00:06:52.899 in certain ways. 00:06:52.899 --> 00:06:54.799 what we're saying 00:06:54.799 --> 00:06:55.459 instead is that 00:06:55.459 --> 00:06:56.120 they share 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:57.259 the very same 00:06:57.259 --> 00:06:58.239 characteristics 00:06:58.239 --> 00:07:00.519 because they are 00:07:00.519 --> 00:07:01.219 one 00:07:01.219 --> 00:07:03.120 in their very being. 00:07:03.899 --> 00:07:04.959 There is one 00:07:04.959 --> 00:07:05.799 God. 00:07:05.800 --> 00:07:07.579 this is not like 00:07:07.579 --> 00:07:08.520 anything in human 00:07:08.520 --> 00:07:09.040 relationships 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:10.160 between two people 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:11.560 who have differing 00:07:11.560 --> 00:07:12.660 wills and desires. 00:07:13.420 --> 00:07:13.759 Rather, 00:07:13.860 --> 00:07:14.620 what the father 00:07:14.620 --> 00:07:15.139 wills, 00:07:15.220 --> 00:07:16.460 the son wills, 00:07:16.480 --> 00:07:17.199 what the father 00:07:17.199 --> 00:07:17.500 loves, 00:07:17.579 --> 00:07:18.520 the son loves. 00:07:19.040 --> 00:07:19.460 Though they're 00:07:19.460 --> 00:07:20.460 different persons, 00:07:20.580 --> 00:07:21.660 they're one God. 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:23.180 So Jesus can say 00:07:23.180 --> 00:07:24.080 in verse 11, 00:07:25.080 --> 00:07:26.480 I am in the father 00:07:26.480 --> 00:07:28.300 and the father 00:07:28.300 --> 00:07:29.620 is in me. 00:07:30.860 --> 00:07:31.340 Now, 00:07:31.400 --> 00:07:32.139 as complicated 00:07:32.139 --> 00:07:33.199 as that is, 00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:34.399 and if it is 00:07:34.399 --> 00:07:35.060 too complicated 00:07:35.060 --> 00:07:36.099 for you to grasp, 00:07:36.479 --> 00:07:37.120 I'm going to put it 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:38.060 in simple terms 00:07:38.060 --> 00:07:38.860 because it's also 00:07:38.860 --> 00:07:40.159 wonderfully simple. 00:07:41.060 --> 00:07:42.379 We know the father 00:07:42.379 --> 00:07:44.879 by knowing the son. 00:07:45.500 --> 00:07:46.500 We know the father 00:07:46.500 --> 00:07:47.459 by knowing Jesus. 00:07:47.599 --> 00:07:48.759 It's as simple as that. 00:07:49.719 --> 00:07:50.480 Jesus' disciples 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:51.180 want to know 00:07:51.180 --> 00:07:52.000 God the father 00:07:52.000 --> 00:07:53.379 and Jesus' message 00:07:53.379 --> 00:07:54.719 is wonderfully simple. 00:07:55.000 --> 00:07:55.839 So simple 00:07:55.839 --> 00:07:56.419 they're struggling 00:07:56.419 --> 00:07:57.399 to grasp it 00:07:57.399 --> 00:07:58.579 in verse 7. 00:07:58.939 --> 00:08:00.919 If you really knew me, 00:08:02.300 --> 00:08:02.699 you would know 00:08:02.699 --> 00:08:03.680 my father as well. 00:08:04.779 --> 00:08:05.379 From now on, 00:08:05.420 --> 00:08:06.399 you do know him 00:08:06.399 --> 00:08:08.039 and have seen him. 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:09.479 Well, 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:10.399 how can that be? 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:12.199 It's because we know 00:08:12.199 --> 00:08:12.920 the father 00:08:12.920 --> 00:08:15.639 by knowing Jesus. 00:08:17.259 --> 00:08:18.759 And according to Jesus, 00:08:18.759 --> 00:08:19.980 there is room 00:08:19.980 --> 00:08:21.959 in the father's house 00:08:21.959 --> 00:08:23.259 for all 00:08:23.259 --> 00:08:24.339 who trust 00:08:24.339 --> 00:08:25.419 the son. 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:27.039 Verse 2, 00:08:27.339 --> 00:08:28.599 in my father's house 00:08:28.599 --> 00:08:29.759 are many rooms. 00:08:29.759 --> 00:08:31.759 if it were not so, 00:08:32.480 --> 00:08:33.519 I would have told you. 00:08:34.819 --> 00:08:35.480 Maybe you've had 00:08:35.480 --> 00:08:35.960 the experience 00:08:35.960 --> 00:08:36.600 in your house 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:37.559 that your teenage son 00:08:37.559 --> 00:08:37.980 or daughter 00:08:37.980 --> 00:08:38.819 tells you 00:08:38.819 --> 00:08:39.600 that they've been 00:08:39.600 --> 00:08:40.240 invited to stay 00:08:40.240 --> 00:08:40.720 over at their 00:08:40.720 --> 00:08:41.460 friend's house 00:08:41.460 --> 00:08:42.980 and your first question 00:08:42.980 --> 00:08:43.620 is, 00:08:44.700 --> 00:08:45.980 do their parents know? 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:47.779 Is this an invitation 00:08:47.779 --> 00:08:48.700 from the friend 00:08:48.700 --> 00:08:50.539 or is this an invitation 00:08:50.539 --> 00:08:51.399 that comes from 00:08:51.399 --> 00:08:52.480 the parent? 00:08:53.100 --> 00:08:53.659 After all, 00:08:53.700 --> 00:08:54.539 it is their house. 00:08:54.539 --> 00:08:56.599 But remember 00:08:56.599 --> 00:08:57.599 that the son, 00:08:57.819 --> 00:08:58.139 Jesus, 00:08:58.299 --> 00:08:58.939 and the father 00:08:58.939 --> 00:08:59.559 are one. 00:08:59.899 --> 00:09:00.879 What the father loves, 00:09:00.980 --> 00:09:01.740 the son loves. 00:09:01.839 --> 00:09:02.839 What the father wills, 00:09:03.099 --> 00:09:04.219 the son wills. 00:09:05.299 --> 00:09:06.459 So there is room 00:09:06.459 --> 00:09:07.779 in the father's house 00:09:07.779 --> 00:09:08.519 in heaven 00:09:08.519 --> 00:09:10.000 for all 00:09:10.000 --> 00:09:11.219 who trust 00:09:11.219 --> 00:09:12.559 in the son. 00:09:14.240 --> 00:09:15.259 And these rooms 00:09:15.259 --> 00:09:16.319 in the father's house 00:09:16.319 --> 00:09:17.439 are made ready 00:09:17.439 --> 00:09:18.719 by Jesus. 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:21.159 He says in verse 2, 00:09:21.159 --> 00:09:22.299 I am going 00:09:22.299 --> 00:09:23.199 to prepare 00:09:23.199 --> 00:09:24.379 a place 00:09:24.379 --> 00:09:25.500 for you. 00:09:26.620 --> 00:09:27.259 I remember 00:09:27.259 --> 00:09:28.219 something in my youth 00:09:28.219 --> 00:09:28.759 that I heard 00:09:28.759 --> 00:09:29.899 numerous times 00:09:29.899 --> 00:09:31.319 and I think I remember 00:09:31.319 --> 00:09:32.539 hearing it most clearly 00:09:32.539 --> 00:09:33.179 from a singer 00:09:33.179 --> 00:09:34.139 who was popular at the time, 00:09:34.740 --> 00:09:35.399 Keith Green. 00:09:35.639 --> 00:09:36.699 If that brings a smile 00:09:36.699 --> 00:09:37.199 to your face, 00:09:37.259 --> 00:09:37.699 that puts you 00:09:37.699 --> 00:09:38.240 in a certain 00:09:38.240 --> 00:09:40.079 era of time. 00:09:40.639 --> 00:09:41.299 And one of the things 00:09:41.299 --> 00:09:42.120 that he'd often say 00:09:42.120 --> 00:09:42.679 was this, 00:09:43.039 --> 00:09:43.819 if it took God 00:09:43.819 --> 00:09:44.559 six days 00:09:44.559 --> 00:09:45.600 to create the world 00:09:45.600 --> 00:09:46.439 and more than 00:09:46.439 --> 00:09:47.559 2,000 years 00:09:47.559 --> 00:09:48.039 to prepare 00:09:48.039 --> 00:09:49.240 our eternal home, 00:09:49.860 --> 00:09:50.360 a wonderful 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:51.399 wonderful place 00:09:51.399 --> 00:09:52.879 it must be. 00:09:53.840 --> 00:09:54.779 Now I understand 00:09:54.779 --> 00:09:55.500 the sentiment 00:09:55.500 --> 00:09:57.560 but it is 00:09:57.560 --> 00:09:58.379 something that 00:09:58.379 --> 00:09:59.200 is mistaken. 00:10:00.480 --> 00:10:01.139 God didn't need 00:10:01.139 --> 00:10:01.680 six days 00:10:01.680 --> 00:10:02.500 to create a world. 00:10:02.980 --> 00:10:03.560 He didn't need 00:10:03.560 --> 00:10:04.480 2,000 years 00:10:04.480 --> 00:10:05.039 to create 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:06.080 an eternal home. 00:10:06.340 --> 00:10:07.220 He could have created 00:10:07.220 --> 00:10:08.440 each in an instant. 00:10:10.620 --> 00:10:11.740 God doesn't need 00:10:11.740 --> 00:10:12.720 all of that time. 00:10:13.620 --> 00:10:14.600 So what was Jesus 00:10:14.600 --> 00:10:15.379 referring to 00:10:15.379 --> 00:10:16.039 when he speaks 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:16.480 of going 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:17.019 to prepare 00:10:17.019 --> 00:10:17.639 a place 00:10:17.639 --> 00:10:19.000 for us? 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:21.180 Well he's talking 00:10:21.180 --> 00:10:22.360 about his death, 00:10:23.120 --> 00:10:23.620 burial, 00:10:24.220 --> 00:10:24.820 resurrection, 00:10:25.480 --> 00:10:26.259 and ascension. 00:10:27.039 --> 00:10:28.379 That's what's needed 00:10:28.379 --> 00:10:29.080 to prepare 00:10:29.080 --> 00:10:30.100 our eternal home. 00:10:30.980 --> 00:10:31.919 In our sinful 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:32.500 rejection 00:10:32.500 --> 00:10:33.340 of the Father, 00:10:34.139 --> 00:10:34.940 we'd forsaken 00:10:34.940 --> 00:10:35.980 all rights 00:10:35.980 --> 00:10:37.720 to our eternal home. 00:10:38.399 --> 00:10:39.180 And Jesus 00:10:39.180 --> 00:10:40.120 is the only one 00:10:40.120 --> 00:10:40.759 who can make it 00:10:40.759 --> 00:10:41.639 possible for us 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:42.700 to return. 00:10:43.460 --> 00:10:44.379 It's not it 00:10:44.379 --> 00:10:45.159 that needs to be 00:10:45.159 --> 00:10:46.320 made ready for us. 00:10:47.139 --> 00:10:48.080 It is us 00:10:48.080 --> 00:10:49.080 that need to be 00:10:49.080 --> 00:10:49.680 made ready 00:10:49.680 --> 00:10:51.020 for it. 00:10:52.220 --> 00:10:52.900 That's the very 00:10:52.900 --> 00:10:54.180 reason Jesus came. 00:10:54.580 --> 00:10:55.040 It's the very 00:10:55.040 --> 00:10:55.879 reason that Jesus 00:10:55.879 --> 00:10:56.540 is speaking 00:10:56.540 --> 00:10:57.200 about leaving 00:10:57.200 --> 00:10:58.060 his disciples. 00:10:59.240 --> 00:11:00.000 He must die 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:00.780 for their sins. 00:11:01.580 --> 00:11:02.160 He must take 00:11:02.160 --> 00:11:02.759 the judgment 00:11:02.759 --> 00:11:03.480 that their sins 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:04.020 deserve. 00:11:04.020 --> 00:11:05.480 He must rise 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:06.080 from the dead 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:06.600 and return 00:11:06.600 --> 00:11:07.460 to the Father's 00:11:07.460 --> 00:11:07.860 house, 00:11:08.580 --> 00:11:09.540 having made 00:11:09.540 --> 00:11:10.520 ready room 00:11:10.520 --> 00:11:11.440 for them, 00:11:12.620 --> 00:11:13.460 just as he 00:11:13.460 --> 00:11:14.200 does for 00:11:14.200 --> 00:11:15.400 us. 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:18.079 These rooms 00:11:18.079 --> 00:11:18.840 in the Father's 00:11:18.840 --> 00:11:19.379 house are 00:11:19.379 --> 00:11:20.000 made ready 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:20.799 by Jesus 00:11:20.799 --> 00:11:22.399 and he 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:23.399 will bring 00:11:23.399 --> 00:11:24.699 us there. 00:11:24.819 --> 00:11:25.439 Verse 3 00:11:25.439 --> 00:11:26.819 If I go 00:11:26.819 --> 00:11:27.159 and prepare 00:11:27.159 --> 00:11:27.659 a place 00:11:27.659 --> 00:11:27.980 for you, 00:11:28.079 --> 00:11:28.720 I will come 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:29.799 back and 00:11:29.799 --> 00:11:30.220 take you 00:11:30.220 --> 00:11:30.819 to be with 00:11:30.819 --> 00:11:31.259 me that 00:11:31.259 --> 00:11:31.879 you also 00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:32.399 may be 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:33.079 where I 00:11:33.079 --> 00:11:34.000 am. 00:11:35.459 --> 00:11:35.919 If the 00:11:35.919 --> 00:11:36.419 reason for 00:11:36.419 --> 00:11:37.340 Jesus leaving 00:11:37.340 --> 00:11:38.159 is to prepare 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:38.620 a place 00:11:38.620 --> 00:11:39.079 for us 00:11:39.079 --> 00:11:39.699 in the 00:11:39.699 --> 00:11:40.179 Father's 00:11:40.179 --> 00:11:40.539 house, 00:11:41.139 --> 00:11:41.620 there's still 00:11:41.620 --> 00:11:42.319 something more 00:11:42.319 --> 00:11:42.879 to be done. 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:43.539 He must 00:11:43.539 --> 00:11:44.720 return 00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:46.000 so that 00:11:46.000 --> 00:11:46.500 we might 00:11:46.500 --> 00:11:47.379 join him 00:11:47.379 --> 00:11:48.360 in the 00:11:48.360 --> 00:11:49.000 Father's 00:11:49.000 --> 00:11:49.680 house. 00:11:51.340 --> 00:11:51.920 Now perhaps 00:11:51.920 --> 00:11:52.320 when someone 00:11:52.320 --> 00:11:52.779 is coming 00:11:52.779 --> 00:11:53.240 to visit 00:11:53.240 --> 00:11:53.680 you in 00:11:53.680 --> 00:11:54.300 your house, 00:11:54.740 --> 00:11:55.320 you provide 00:11:55.320 --> 00:11:55.600 them with 00:11:55.600 --> 00:11:56.139 directions. 00:11:57.300 --> 00:11:57.860 Usually you 00:11:57.860 --> 00:11:58.480 start with 00:11:58.480 --> 00:11:59.259 a well-known 00:11:59.259 --> 00:12:00.080 landmark. 00:12:00.779 --> 00:12:01.379 For us, 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:02.160 that's 00:12:02.160 --> 00:12:02.560 DID 00:12:02.560 --> 00:12:03.040 electrical. 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:03.399 As you 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:03.720 come into 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:04.100 Vanden, 00:12:04.220 --> 00:12:04.460 do you know 00:12:04.460 --> 00:12:04.899 where DID 00:12:04.899 --> 00:12:05.680 electrical is? 00:12:06.000 --> 00:12:06.259 If you 00:12:06.259 --> 00:12:06.740 can find 00:12:06.740 --> 00:12:07.080 that, 00:12:07.460 --> 00:12:07.779 then you 00:12:07.779 --> 00:12:08.100 can get 00:12:08.100 --> 00:12:08.420 to our 00:12:08.420 --> 00:12:08.820 house 00:12:08.820 --> 00:12:09.779 from there. 00:12:10.860 --> 00:12:11.180 Now if 00:12:11.180 --> 00:12:11.480 you live 00:12:11.480 --> 00:12:11.660 in the 00:12:11.660 --> 00:12:11.980 middle of 00:12:11.980 --> 00:12:12.399 nowhere, 00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:13.519 directions 00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:14.000 can be a 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:14.279 little bit 00:12:14.279 --> 00:12:14.480 more 00:12:14.480 --> 00:12:15.019 complicated. 00:12:16.199 --> 00:12:16.759 After the 00:12:16.759 --> 00:12:17.519 crossroads, 00:12:18.379 --> 00:12:18.939 drive for 00:12:18.939 --> 00:12:19.879 exactly one 00:12:19.879 --> 00:12:21.059 mile and 00:12:21.059 --> 00:12:21.639 then take 00:12:21.639 --> 00:12:22.120 the right 00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:22.600 turn. 00:12:22.919 --> 00:12:23.240 Now those 00:12:23.240 --> 00:12:23.620 kind of 00:12:23.620 --> 00:12:24.159 directions 00:12:24.159 --> 00:12:25.059 make me 00:12:25.059 --> 00:12:26.459 very nervous. 00:12:28.120 --> 00:12:28.439 What 00:12:28.439 --> 00:12:28.959 helps is 00:12:28.959 --> 00:12:30.019 this when 00:12:30.019 --> 00:12:30.579 a friend 00:12:30.579 --> 00:12:31.220 says, 00:12:31.699 --> 00:12:32.819 I'm 00:12:32.819 --> 00:12:33.240 going, 00:12:34.159 --> 00:12:34.639 I know 00:12:34.639 --> 00:12:35.179 the way, 00:12:36.019 --> 00:12:36.579 I'll pick 00:12:36.579 --> 00:12:36.980 you up at 00:12:36.980 --> 00:12:38.480 7.30 and 00:12:38.480 --> 00:12:38.779 you can 00:12:38.779 --> 00:12:39.879 come with 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:40.179 me. 00:12:41.139 --> 00:12:41.579 I don't 00:12:41.579 --> 00:12:41.879 have to 00:12:41.879 --> 00:12:42.399 think about 00:12:42.399 --> 00:12:43.000 it anymore. 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:44.259 my friend 00:12:44.259 --> 00:12:45.179 knows the 00:12:45.179 --> 00:12:45.519 way, 00:12:45.519 --> 00:12:46.399 my friend 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:47.200 is the 00:12:47.200 --> 00:12:47.580 way, 00:12:47.779 --> 00:12:48.159 they're 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:48.539 going to 00:12:48.539 --> 00:12:49.279 collect me, 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:50.379 I don't 00:12:50.379 --> 00:12:50.720 need to 00:12:50.720 --> 00:12:51.159 worry about 00:12:51.159 --> 00:12:51.539 it. 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:53.259 Well that's 00:12:53.259 --> 00:12:53.980 exactly what 00:12:53.980 --> 00:12:54.620 Jesus is 00:12:54.620 --> 00:12:55.120 saying about 00:12:55.120 --> 00:12:55.600 getting to 00:12:55.600 --> 00:12:56.179 the Father's 00:12:56.179 --> 00:12:56.480 house. 00:12:56.960 --> 00:12:58.080 He will 00:12:58.080 --> 00:12:59.440 bring us, 00:13:00.220 --> 00:13:00.980 he will 00:13:00.980 --> 00:13:02.379 collect us. 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:04.820 If you're 00:13:04.820 --> 00:13:05.539 trusting in 00:13:05.539 --> 00:13:06.220 Jesus to 00:13:06.220 --> 00:13:06.860 bring you to 00:13:06.860 --> 00:13:07.500 the Father's 00:13:07.500 --> 00:13:07.960 house, 00:13:08.799 --> 00:13:09.620 not because of 00:13:09.620 --> 00:13:10.139 something you 00:13:10.139 --> 00:13:10.779 have done, 00:13:11.379 --> 00:13:11.939 but because 00:13:11.939 --> 00:13:12.819 Jesus has 00:13:12.819 --> 00:13:13.539 prepared it 00:13:13.539 --> 00:13:14.259 for you by 00:13:14.259 --> 00:13:14.860 his death 00:13:14.860 --> 00:13:15.639 and resurrection, 00:13:17.220 --> 00:13:17.659 you can 00:13:17.659 --> 00:13:18.840 have absolute 00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:22.360 confidence in 00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:22.939 the face of 00:13:22.939 --> 00:13:23.419 death. 00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:25.899 You will 00:13:25.899 --> 00:13:27.199 gain access 00:13:27.199 --> 00:13:28.199 to the 00:13:28.199 --> 00:13:28.819 Father's 00:13:28.819 --> 00:13:29.639 house, 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:32.220 because Jesus 00:13:32.220 --> 00:13:34.100 himself will 00:13:34.100 --> 00:13:35.840 take you to 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:36.799 be where he 00:13:36.799 --> 00:13:38.500 is in 00:13:38.500 --> 00:13:39.959 the Father's 00:13:39.959 --> 00:13:41.059 house. 00:13:42.399 --> 00:13:43.399 And there 00:13:43.399 --> 00:13:44.659 you will 00:13:44.659 --> 00:13:45.779 live with 00:13:45.779 --> 00:13:46.679 him. 00:13:47.579 --> 00:13:47.879 It's 00:13:47.879 --> 00:13:48.539 described in 00:13:48.539 --> 00:13:48.879 the most 00:13:48.879 --> 00:13:49.859 intimate terms, 00:13:49.939 --> 00:13:50.339 isn't it? 00:13:50.719 --> 00:13:51.299 The most 00:13:51.299 --> 00:13:52.559 personal of 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:52.959 terms, 00:13:53.079 --> 00:13:53.620 verse 3, 00:13:53.979 --> 00:13:54.359 I will 00:13:54.359 --> 00:13:55.120 come back 00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:56.319 and take 00:13:56.319 --> 00:13:57.479 you to 00:13:57.479 --> 00:13:58.579 be with 00:13:58.579 --> 00:14:00.439 me that 00:14:00.439 --> 00:14:01.159 you also 00:14:01.159 --> 00:14:02.039 may be 00:14:02.039 --> 00:14:03.799 where I 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:04.859 am. 00:14:04.860 --> 00:14:06.580 You see, 00:14:06.659 --> 00:14:07.039 heaven is 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:07.500 not so 00:14:07.500 --> 00:14:08.019 much about 00:14:08.019 --> 00:14:08.860 the place 00:14:08.860 --> 00:14:10.300 as it 00:14:10.300 --> 00:14:10.759 is about 00:14:10.759 --> 00:14:11.919 the person. 00:14:13.019 --> 00:14:13.259 It's 00:14:13.259 --> 00:14:13.860 about being 00:14:13.860 --> 00:14:14.379 with 00:14:14.379 --> 00:14:15.240 Jesus, 00:14:16.159 --> 00:14:16.740 the one 00:14:16.740 --> 00:14:17.220 who loved 00:14:17.220 --> 00:14:17.740 us so 00:14:17.740 --> 00:14:18.200 much that 00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:18.480 he would 00:14:18.480 --> 00:14:18.879 give his 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:19.740 very life 00:14:19.740 --> 00:14:20.440 in our 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:20.879 place, 00:14:21.100 --> 00:14:21.560 the one 00:14:21.560 --> 00:14:21.860 who has 00:14:21.860 --> 00:14:22.360 made ready 00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:22.840 for us 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:23.440 room in 00:14:23.440 --> 00:14:24.039 the Father's 00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:24.360 house, 00:14:24.700 --> 00:14:25.019 the one 00:14:25.019 --> 00:14:25.300 who will 00:14:25.300 --> 00:14:25.779 come and 00:14:25.779 --> 00:14:26.600 bring us 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:27.519 to be 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:28.360 with him 00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:29.840 where he 00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:30.860 is. 00:14:32.860 --> 00:14:33.519 What a 00:14:33.519 --> 00:14:34.159 comfort that 00:14:34.159 --> 00:14:34.779 brings. 00:14:34.860 --> 00:14:36.139 to a 00:14:36.139 --> 00:14:37.899 church and 00:14:37.899 --> 00:14:38.240 to a 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:40.080 family at 00:14:40.080 --> 00:14:40.399 a time 00:14:40.399 --> 00:14:41.060 like this. 00:14:42.300 --> 00:14:42.960 When 00:14:42.960 --> 00:14:43.720 experiencing 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:44.519 the loss 00:14:44.519 --> 00:14:45.279 of someone 00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:45.879 who is 00:14:45.879 --> 00:14:46.399 loved by 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:47.060 so many, 00:14:48.259 --> 00:14:49.360 to know 00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:49.740 that there 00:14:49.740 --> 00:14:50.639 is for 00:14:50.639 --> 00:14:52.399 joy room 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:53.840 in the 00:14:53.840 --> 00:14:54.360 Father's 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:56.440 house made 00:14:56.440 --> 00:14:57.080 ready by 00:14:57.080 --> 00:14:59.180 Jesus who 00:14:59.180 --> 00:14:59.920 has brought 00:14:59.920 --> 00:15:00.659 her there 00:15:00.659 --> 00:15:02.180 to be 00:15:02.180 --> 00:15:03.980 with him. 00:15:04.860 --> 00:15:07.080 for 00:15:07.080 --> 00:15:07.440 Jesus' 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:07.860 first 00:15:07.860 --> 00:15:08.440 disciples 00:15:08.440 --> 00:15:09.039 struggling 00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:09.460 with the 00:15:09.460 --> 00:15:09.960 fact that 00:15:09.960 --> 00:15:10.440 Jesus is 00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:10.919 about to 00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:11.580 leave them, 00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:13.159 this is 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:13.460 what would 00:15:13.460 --> 00:15:13.800 bring them 00:15:13.800 --> 00:15:14.320 comfort. 00:15:15.659 --> 00:15:16.000 Though 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:16.659 Jesus is 00:15:16.659 --> 00:15:17.120 leaving, 00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:17.860 he is 00:15:17.860 --> 00:15:18.240 going to 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:18.480 make 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:19.519 ready room 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:19.940 for them 00:15:19.940 --> 00:15:20.200 in the 00:15:20.200 --> 00:15:20.600 Father's 00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:20.879 house. 00:15:21.019 --> 00:15:21.379 Why? 00:15:21.379 --> 00:15:23.279 so that 00:15:23.279 --> 00:15:24.039 they might 00:15:24.039 --> 00:15:25.340 be with 00:15:25.340 --> 00:15:25.899 him 00:15:25.899 --> 00:15:27.480 forever. 00:15:29.639 --> 00:15:30.080 Now, 00:15:30.179 --> 00:15:30.779 all of 00:15:30.779 --> 00:15:31.299 that sounds 00:15:31.299 --> 00:15:31.840 wonderful, 00:15:32.620 --> 00:15:33.320 and other 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:33.879 people, 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:34.659 even over 00:15:34.659 --> 00:15:35.200 these next 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:35.860 days, 00:15:36.539 --> 00:15:37.439 will commend 00:15:37.439 --> 00:15:38.799 you for 00:15:38.799 --> 00:15:39.460 such faith. 00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:40.960 It's 00:15:40.960 --> 00:15:41.539 wonderful 00:15:41.539 --> 00:15:42.919 that you 00:15:42.919 --> 00:15:43.419 have such 00:15:43.419 --> 00:15:43.820 faith. 00:15:43.820 --> 00:15:43.940 faith. 00:15:45.500 --> 00:15:45.960 But now 00:15:45.960 --> 00:15:46.400 we get to 00:15:46.400 --> 00:15:47.020 the offensive 00:15:47.020 --> 00:15:47.540 part. 00:15:48.640 --> 00:15:48.980 Because 00:15:48.980 --> 00:15:49.780 Jesus says 00:15:49.780 --> 00:15:50.200 in verse 00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:50.520 6, 00:15:50.660 --> 00:15:51.280 I am the 00:15:51.280 --> 00:15:51.820 way and 00:15:51.820 --> 00:15:52.340 the truth 00:15:52.340 --> 00:15:52.700 and the 00:15:52.700 --> 00:15:53.040 life. 00:15:53.620 --> 00:15:54.360 No one 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:55.800 comes to 00:15:55.800 --> 00:15:56.480 the Father 00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:58.040 except 00:15:58.040 --> 00:15:59.340 through me. 00:16:00.520 --> 00:16:01.100 We can 00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:01.500 know the 00:16:01.500 --> 00:16:02.060 Father by 00:16:02.060 --> 00:16:02.440 knowing 00:16:02.440 --> 00:16:03.600 Jesus and 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:05.420 only Jesus. 00:16:06.820 --> 00:16:07.100 You see, 00:16:07.160 --> 00:16:07.500 it might be 00:16:07.500 --> 00:16:08.300 acceptable for 00:16:08.300 --> 00:16:08.780 other people 00:16:08.780 --> 00:16:09.460 if we say, 00:16:09.780 --> 00:16:10.080 I know 00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:10.760 God by 00:16:10.760 --> 00:16:11.040 knowing 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:11.519 Jesus. 00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:13.219 That would 00:16:13.219 --> 00:16:13.980 be acceptable 00:16:13.980 --> 00:16:14.599 to people 00:16:14.599 --> 00:16:15.120 as long 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:15.480 as we're 00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:16.139 not telling 00:16:16.139 --> 00:16:17.939 them that 00:16:17.939 --> 00:16:18.559 for them 00:16:18.559 --> 00:16:18.959 to know 00:16:18.959 --> 00:16:19.439 God, 00:16:20.139 --> 00:16:20.860 they also 00:16:20.860 --> 00:16:21.599 must know 00:16:21.599 --> 00:16:22.419 Jesus. 00:16:23.860 --> 00:16:24.139 They have 00:16:24.139 --> 00:16:24.500 their own 00:16:24.500 --> 00:16:24.799 way of 00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:25.279 relating to 00:16:25.279 --> 00:16:25.620 God. 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:26.899 It's great 00:16:26.899 --> 00:16:27.279 to have 00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:28.159 your way, 00:16:28.860 --> 00:16:29.339 but I'll 00:16:29.339 --> 00:16:30.740 find my 00:16:30.740 --> 00:16:31.319 own way. 00:16:33.199 --> 00:16:33.939 That's why 00:16:33.939 --> 00:16:34.360 the words 00:16:34.360 --> 00:16:34.860 of Jesus 00:16:34.860 --> 00:16:35.419 bring not 00:16:35.419 --> 00:16:36.259 only comfort 00:16:36.259 --> 00:16:36.719 but 00:16:36.719 --> 00:16:37.899 offence. 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:39.839 Jesus is 00:16:39.839 --> 00:16:40.439 not leaving 00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:41.460 room for 00:16:41.460 --> 00:16:42.060 any other 00:16:42.060 --> 00:16:42.460 way. 00:16:43.980 --> 00:16:44.480 We know 00:16:44.480 --> 00:16:44.960 the Father 00:16:44.960 --> 00:16:45.540 by knowing 00:16:45.540 --> 00:16:46.980 Jesus and 00:16:46.980 --> 00:16:47.920 only Jesus. 00:16:49.500 --> 00:16:50.000 No one 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:50.500 comes to 00:16:50.500 --> 00:16:51.020 the Father 00:16:51.020 --> 00:16:51.640 except 00:16:51.640 --> 00:16:53.120 through me. 00:16:55.200 --> 00:16:55.800 Perhaps 00:16:55.800 --> 00:16:56.060 there are 00:16:56.060 --> 00:16:56.680 some here 00:16:56.680 --> 00:16:57.300 today who 00:16:57.300 --> 00:16:57.600 have heard 00:16:57.600 --> 00:16:58.220 much about 00:16:58.220 --> 00:16:58.780 Jesus, 00:16:59.340 --> 00:17:00.140 even like 00:17:00.140 --> 00:17:00.820 much of 00:17:00.820 --> 00:17:01.240 the things 00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:01.660 that Jesus 00:17:01.660 --> 00:17:02.140 has to 00:17:02.140 --> 00:17:02.640 say, 00:17:03.020 --> 00:17:03.600 but don't 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:04.299 yet trust 00:17:04.299 --> 00:17:04.840 him to 00:17:04.840 --> 00:17:05.440 rely on 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:05.820 him and 00:17:05.820 --> 00:17:06.539 only him 00:17:06.539 --> 00:17:08.140 to bring 00:17:08.140 --> 00:17:08.400 you to 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:08.960 the Father's 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:09.299 house. 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:11.320 But there 00:17:11.320 --> 00:17:11.799 is no 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:12.779 other way 00:17:12.779 --> 00:17:13.360 and so 00:17:13.360 --> 00:17:13.759 long as 00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:14.220 you don't 00:17:14.220 --> 00:17:14.559 trust 00:17:14.559 --> 00:17:15.160 Jesus, 00:17:15.680 --> 00:17:16.360 there is 00:17:16.360 --> 00:17:17.160 no room 00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:17.900 for you 00:17:17.900 --> 00:17:18.980 in the 00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:19.360 Father's 00:17:19.360 --> 00:17:19.700 house. 00:17:21.019 --> 00:17:22.039 You must 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:22.640 turn to 00:17:22.640 --> 00:17:22.980 him, 00:17:23.940 --> 00:17:24.539 ask for 00:17:24.539 --> 00:17:24.980 forgiveness 00:17:24.980 --> 00:17:26.500 and trust 00:17:26.500 --> 00:17:27.259 him that 00:17:27.259 --> 00:17:27.940 he does 00:17:27.940 --> 00:17:28.720 it all 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:29.680 by his 00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:30.180 death and 00:17:30.180 --> 00:17:30.779 resurrection. 00:17:31.460 --> 00:17:32.059 That he 00:17:32.059 --> 00:17:32.420 and he 00:17:32.420 --> 00:17:33.100 alone can 00:17:33.100 --> 00:17:33.880 bring you 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:34.920 to the 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:35.880 Father's 00:17:35.880 --> 00:17:36.600 house. 00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:39.339 Now 00:17:39.339 --> 00:17:39.539 Jesus 00:17:39.539 --> 00:17:40.019 speaks in 00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:40.219 this 00:17:40.219 --> 00:17:40.699 passage not 00:17:40.699 --> 00:17:41.039 only of 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:41.500 knowing 00:17:41.500 --> 00:17:41.759 the 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:42.119 Father, 00:17:42.699 --> 00:17:43.199 but of 00:17:43.199 --> 00:17:43.879 showing 00:17:43.879 --> 00:17:44.759 the 00:17:44.759 --> 00:17:45.119 Father. 00:17:46.339 --> 00:17:46.480 It's 00:17:46.480 --> 00:17:46.859 Philip who 00:17:46.859 --> 00:17:47.199 makes the 00:17:47.199 --> 00:17:47.779 request in 00:17:47.779 --> 00:17:48.240 verse 8, 00:17:48.379 --> 00:17:49.459 Lord show 00:17:49.459 --> 00:17:49.819 us the 00:17:49.819 --> 00:17:50.899 Father and 00:17:50.899 --> 00:17:51.219 that will 00:17:51.219 --> 00:17:52.279 be enough 00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:52.939 for us. 00:17:54.459 --> 00:17:54.579 Now 00:17:54.579 --> 00:17:54.859 Philip's 00:17:54.859 --> 00:17:55.639 question comes 00:17:55.639 --> 00:17:56.579 in response 00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:57.480 to what 00:17:57.480 --> 00:17:58.059 Jesus has 00:17:58.059 --> 00:17:58.699 just said. 00:17:58.759 --> 00:17:58.959 Remember 00:17:58.959 --> 00:17:59.679 verse 7, 00:17:59.980 --> 00:18:00.240 if you 00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:00.699 really knew 00:18:00.699 --> 00:18:01.099 me, 00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:01.559 you would 00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:01.939 know my 00:18:01.939 --> 00:18:02.559 Father as 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:02.919 well. 00:18:03.199 --> 00:18:03.519 From now 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:03.839 on you 00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:04.319 do know 00:18:04.319 --> 00:18:04.799 him and 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:05.480 have seen 00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:05.779 him. 00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:07.359 Now 00:18:07.359 --> 00:18:07.939 Philip has 00:18:07.939 --> 00:18:08.419 to ask 00:18:08.419 --> 00:18:08.859 show us 00:18:08.859 --> 00:18:09.059 the 00:18:09.059 --> 00:18:09.599 Father, 00:18:10.779 --> 00:18:11.299 he has 00:18:11.299 --> 00:18:11.819 yet to 00:18:11.819 --> 00:18:12.480 grasp in 00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:12.679 whose 00:18:12.679 --> 00:18:13.539 company he 00:18:13.539 --> 00:18:13.980 has spent 00:18:13.980 --> 00:18:14.539 the last 00:18:14.539 --> 00:18:15.699 few years. 00:18:16.740 --> 00:18:17.379 Because the 00:18:17.379 --> 00:18:18.079 very reason 00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:18.619 that Jesus 00:18:18.619 --> 00:18:19.439 came was 00:18:19.439 --> 00:18:19.679 that he 00:18:19.679 --> 00:18:20.559 might show 00:18:20.559 --> 00:18:21.439 the 00:18:21.439 --> 00:18:21.779 Father. 00:18:23.259 --> 00:18:24.240 He shows 00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:24.719 the Father 00:18:24.719 --> 00:18:25.639 by speaking 00:18:25.639 --> 00:18:26.579 the Father's 00:18:26.579 --> 00:18:27.379 words, 00:18:27.519 --> 00:18:28.139 verse 10. 00:18:29.259 --> 00:18:29.719 The words 00:18:29.719 --> 00:18:30.439 I say 00:18:30.439 --> 00:18:31.179 to you 00:18:31.179 --> 00:18:33.099 are not 00:18:33.099 --> 00:18:33.839 just my 00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:34.659 own. 00:18:35.819 --> 00:18:36.159 Jesus 00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:36.500 isn't 00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:36.920 just a 00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:37.200 religious 00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:37.860 teacher 00:18:37.860 --> 00:18:38.620 who's 00:18:38.620 --> 00:18:39.080 outlining 00:18:39.080 --> 00:18:39.460 his own 00:18:39.460 --> 00:18:39.880 particular 00:18:39.880 --> 00:18:40.480 philosophy 00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:41.160 about life 00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:41.560 and about 00:18:41.560 --> 00:18:42.040 God. 00:18:42.380 --> 00:18:42.500 No, 00:18:42.580 --> 00:18:42.940 Jesus 00:18:42.940 --> 00:18:43.519 speaks 00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:43.779 the 00:18:43.779 --> 00:18:44.420 Father's 00:18:44.420 --> 00:18:45.279 words. 00:18:46.420 --> 00:18:46.680 Remember 00:18:46.680 --> 00:18:47.080 that Jesus 00:18:47.080 --> 00:18:47.540 not only 00:18:47.540 --> 00:18:48.240 calls himself 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:48.860 the way 00:18:48.860 --> 00:18:49.320 but the 00:18:49.320 --> 00:18:49.920 truth. 00:18:51.300 --> 00:18:51.840 Once again, 00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:52.440 we live in a 00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:53.220 society that 00:18:53.220 --> 00:18:53.700 doesn't want 00:18:53.700 --> 00:18:54.300 to accept 00:18:54.300 --> 00:18:55.019 the idea 00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:56.200 of absolute 00:18:56.200 --> 00:18:56.800 truth. 00:18:57.660 --> 00:18:58.140 We live 00:18:58.140 --> 00:18:58.620 in a world 00:18:58.620 --> 00:18:59.019 that wants 00:18:59.019 --> 00:18:59.720 everyone to 00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:00.160 be able to 00:19:00.160 --> 00:19:00.800 define their 00:19:00.800 --> 00:19:01.640 own truth, 00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:02.580 whatever works 00:19:02.580 --> 00:19:03.200 for them, 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:04.120 but Jesus 00:19:04.120 --> 00:19:04.580 doesn't 00:19:04.580 --> 00:19:05.200 allow any 00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:05.980 wiggle room 00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:06.840 here either. 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:08.460 He is 00:19:08.460 --> 00:19:09.240 the truth. 00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:10.340 He speaks 00:19:10.340 --> 00:19:11.319 the truth 00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:11.779 because he 00:19:11.779 --> 00:19:12.519 speaks the 00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:13.120 Father's 00:19:13.120 --> 00:19:14.000 words. 00:19:16.640 --> 00:19:17.279 Jesus 00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:18.019 shows the 00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:18.620 Father by 00:19:18.620 --> 00:19:19.600 doing the 00:19:19.600 --> 00:19:20.240 Father's 00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:21.019 work. 00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:22.519 Look again 00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:23.400 at verse 10. 00:19:23.960 --> 00:19:24.340 The words 00:19:24.340 --> 00:19:25.279 I say to you 00:19:25.279 --> 00:19:25.880 are not just 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:26.500 my own, 00:19:26.880 --> 00:19:27.620 rather is the 00:19:27.620 --> 00:19:28.420 Father living 00:19:28.420 --> 00:19:29.100 in me who 00:19:29.100 --> 00:19:29.600 is doing 00:19:29.600 --> 00:19:30.840 his work. 00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:33.000 Now notice 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:34.019 here that 00:19:34.019 --> 00:19:34.259 there is 00:19:34.259 --> 00:19:35.039 hardly any 00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:35.659 distinction 00:19:35.659 --> 00:19:36.500 at all 00:19:36.500 --> 00:19:37.359 between 00:19:37.359 --> 00:19:38.359 words 00:19:38.359 --> 00:19:40.019 and works. 00:19:41.059 --> 00:19:41.399 I am not 00:19:41.399 --> 00:19:41.720 only talking 00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:42.019 about the 00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:42.720 English spelling 00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:43.159 of the 00:19:43.159 --> 00:19:44.079 words. 00:19:44.179 --> 00:19:44.379 In fact, 00:19:44.419 --> 00:19:44.639 I think 00:19:44.639 --> 00:19:45.039 they are so 00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:45.399 close that 00:19:45.399 --> 00:19:45.759 if I was 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:46.000 listening 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:46.399 carefully 00:19:46.399 --> 00:19:46.699 enough, 00:19:47.019 --> 00:19:47.279 I think 00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:47.619 at one 00:19:47.619 --> 00:19:47.939 point 00:19:47.939 --> 00:19:48.179 Johnny 00:19:48.179 --> 00:19:48.519 said 00:19:48.519 --> 00:19:49.159 words 00:19:49.159 --> 00:19:49.879 where the 00:19:49.879 --> 00:19:50.359 word was 00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:50.839 works 00:19:50.839 --> 00:19:51.240 when he 00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:51.659 was reading 00:19:51.659 --> 00:19:52.839 the passage. 00:19:53.899 --> 00:19:54.159 Jesus 00:19:54.159 --> 00:19:54.539 barely 00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:55.179 distinguishes 00:19:55.179 --> 00:19:55.559 between 00:19:55.559 --> 00:19:56.119 the two. 00:19:57.240 --> 00:19:57.579 In other 00:19:57.579 --> 00:19:57.899 words, 00:19:58.019 --> 00:19:58.439 doing the 00:19:58.439 --> 00:19:58.919 Father's 00:19:58.919 --> 00:19:59.559 works 00:19:59.559 --> 00:20:01.099 is to 00:20:01.099 --> 00:20:01.740 speak 00:20:01.740 --> 00:20:02.599 the 00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:03.319 Father's 00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:04.240 words. 00:20:05.879 --> 00:20:06.480 We tend 00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:07.039 to think, 00:20:07.179 --> 00:20:07.480 don't we, 00:20:07.500 --> 00:20:07.839 that the 00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:08.519 miracles of 00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:09.179 Jesus are 00:20:09.179 --> 00:20:10.159 the works 00:20:10.159 --> 00:20:10.940 of Jesus, 00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:12.000 the works 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:12.299 that the 00:20:12.299 --> 00:20:12.879 Father sent 00:20:12.879 --> 00:20:13.200 him to 00:20:13.200 --> 00:20:13.539 do, 00:20:14.139 --> 00:20:14.720 but the 00:20:14.720 --> 00:20:15.279 purpose of 00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:16.019 miracles was 00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:16.899 always to 00:20:16.899 --> 00:20:17.819 authenticate 00:20:17.819 --> 00:20:19.200 the words. 00:20:20.879 --> 00:20:21.440 Back in 00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:22.019 John chapter 00:20:22.019 --> 00:20:22.460 10, 00:20:22.599 --> 00:20:22.859 Jesus 00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:23.899 challenges 00:20:23.899 --> 00:20:24.879 unbelievers 00:20:24.879 --> 00:20:25.539 to at least 00:20:25.539 --> 00:20:26.179 accept the 00:20:26.179 --> 00:20:26.940 reality of 00:20:26.940 --> 00:20:28.099 his miracles 00:20:28.099 --> 00:20:28.879 if they 00:20:28.879 --> 00:20:29.199 will not 00:20:29.199 --> 00:20:29.539 accept 00:20:29.539 --> 00:20:29.759 his 00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.379 words. 00:20:31.359 --> 00:20:31.839 Now here 00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:32.259 in verse 00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:32.719 11, 00:20:32.879 --> 00:20:33.159 he has 00:20:33.159 --> 00:20:33.419 to say 00:20:33.419 --> 00:20:33.799 the very 00:20:33.799 --> 00:20:34.099 same 00:20:34.099 --> 00:20:34.319 thing 00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:34.740 to his 00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:35.480 followers, 00:20:35.879 --> 00:20:36.480 at least 00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:37.259 believe on 00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:37.819 the evidence 00:20:37.819 --> 00:20:38.119 of the 00:20:38.119 --> 00:20:38.500 miracles 00:20:38.500 --> 00:20:39.259 themselves. 00:20:41.339 --> 00:20:41.819 Jesus 00:20:41.819 --> 00:20:42.319 does the 00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:42.699 Father's 00:20:42.699 --> 00:20:44.099 work by 00:20:44.099 --> 00:20:44.779 speaking 00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:45.639 the 00:20:45.639 --> 00:20:46.319 Father's 00:20:46.319 --> 00:20:47.279 words. 00:20:49.179 --> 00:20:49.619 And 00:20:49.619 --> 00:20:49.939 Jesus 00:20:49.939 --> 00:20:50.759 shows the 00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:51.359 Father by 00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:52.039 seeking 00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:52.899 the 00:20:52.899 --> 00:20:53.419 Father's 00:20:53.419 --> 00:20:53.859 glory, 00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:54.199 verse 00:20:54.199 --> 00:20:54.679 11. 00:20:55.959 --> 00:20:56.219 Jesus 00:20:56.219 --> 00:20:57.019 promises to 00:20:57.019 --> 00:20:57.619 answer the 00:20:57.619 --> 00:20:58.059 prayers of 00:20:58.059 --> 00:20:58.219 his 00:20:58.219 --> 00:20:59.000 followers so 00:20:59.000 --> 00:20:59.479 that the 00:20:59.479 --> 00:21:01.019 Son may 00:21:01.019 --> 00:21:02.119 bring glory 00:21:02.119 --> 00:21:03.319 to the 00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:03.679 Father. 00:21:05.479 --> 00:21:05.819 You see, 00:21:05.919 --> 00:21:06.819 Jesus shows 00:21:06.819 --> 00:21:07.439 the Father 00:21:07.439 --> 00:21:08.539 speaking the 00:21:08.539 --> 00:21:08.959 Father's 00:21:08.959 --> 00:21:09.519 words, 00:21:10.099 --> 00:21:10.519 doing the 00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:10.959 Father's 00:21:10.959 --> 00:21:11.500 work, 00:21:11.939 --> 00:21:12.459 seeking the 00:21:12.459 --> 00:21:12.959 Father's 00:21:12.959 --> 00:21:13.699 glory, 00:21:14.579 --> 00:21:15.719 as do 00:21:15.719 --> 00:21:16.979 we. 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:18.779 That's the 00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:19.379 incredible 00:21:19.379 --> 00:21:20.419 truth contained 00:21:20.419 --> 00:21:21.000 in the very 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:21.799 last verses 00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:22.559 that we read 00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:23.719 this morning. 00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:25.259 Look at 00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:25.759 verse 12, 00:21:25.819 --> 00:21:26.259 I tell you 00:21:26.259 --> 00:21:26.559 the truth, 00:21:26.679 --> 00:21:27.159 anyone who 00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:27.640 has faith 00:21:27.640 --> 00:21:28.240 in me 00:21:28.240 --> 00:21:29.800 will do 00:21:29.800 --> 00:21:31.400 what I 00:21:31.400 --> 00:21:32.460 have been 00:21:32.460 --> 00:21:32.880 doing. 00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:34.840 But what 00:21:34.840 --> 00:21:35.259 has Jesus 00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:36.000 been doing? 00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:37.519 He has 00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:38.420 been speaking 00:21:38.420 --> 00:21:39.240 the 00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:39.759 Father's 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.279 words. 00:21:40.840 --> 00:21:41.240 He has 00:21:41.240 --> 00:21:41.840 been doing 00:21:41.840 --> 00:21:42.080 the 00:21:42.080 --> 00:21:42.600 Father's 00:21:42.600 --> 00:21:43.100 work. 00:21:43.420 --> 00:21:43.640 He has 00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:44.279 been seeking 00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:44.560 the 00:21:44.560 --> 00:21:45.060 Father's 00:21:45.060 --> 00:21:45.620 glory. 00:21:46.080 --> 00:21:46.300 And when 00:21:46.300 --> 00:21:46.779 we trust 00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:47.519 in Jesus, 00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:49.800 we do 00:21:49.800 --> 00:21:50.320 those very 00:21:50.320 --> 00:21:51.320 same things. 00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:51.419 things. 00:21:53.759 --> 00:21:54.480 But Jesus 00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:55.000 says even 00:21:55.000 --> 00:21:55.579 more than 00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:55.879 that, 00:21:55.939 --> 00:21:56.259 things that 00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:56.599 I think 00:21:56.599 --> 00:21:56.919 we get 00:21:56.919 --> 00:21:57.480 confused 00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:57.919 about at 00:21:57.919 --> 00:21:58.359 times in 00:21:58.359 --> 00:21:59.039 verse 12, 00:21:59.460 --> 00:22:00.119 I tell you 00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:00.500 the truth, 00:22:00.579 --> 00:22:01.119 anyone who 00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:01.740 has faith in 00:22:01.740 --> 00:22:02.079 me will 00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:02.679 do what I 00:22:02.679 --> 00:22:02.939 have been 00:22:02.939 --> 00:22:03.299 doing. 00:22:03.659 --> 00:22:04.059 He will 00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:04.740 do even 00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.279 greater 00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:05.919 things than 00:22:05.919 --> 00:22:06.500 these, 00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:07.879 because I 00:22:07.879 --> 00:22:08.179 am going 00:22:08.179 --> 00:22:08.519 to my 00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:08.939 Father. 00:22:10.899 --> 00:22:11.339 Sam 00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:11.879 Albury 00:22:11.879 --> 00:22:12.519 helpfully 00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:12.960 writes, 00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:14.460 Jesus 00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:15.059 can't be 00:22:15.059 --> 00:22:15.559 saying that 00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:15.840 we will 00:22:15.840 --> 00:22:16.380 somehow 00:22:16.380 --> 00:22:17.299 outperform 00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:17.799 him, 00:22:18.519 --> 00:22:18.900 or have 00:22:18.900 --> 00:22:19.200 a more 00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:19.799 powerful 00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:20.460 or miraculous 00:22:20.460 --> 00:22:21.039 ministry 00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:21.559 than him. 00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:22.720 Not even 00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.220 the miracles 00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:23.579 of the 00:22:23.579 --> 00:22:24.079 apostles 00:22:24.079 --> 00:22:24.600 recorded 00:22:24.600 --> 00:22:24.860 in the 00:22:24.860 --> 00:22:25.200 book of 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:25.680 Acts 00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:26.500 top 00:22:26.500 --> 00:22:26.940 what 00:22:26.940 --> 00:22:27.259 Jesus 00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:27.720 did. 00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:29.420 But if 00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:29.759 it is 00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.039 through 00:22:30.039 --> 00:22:30.480 Jesus' 00:22:30.840 --> 00:22:31.380 words 00:22:31.380 --> 00:22:32.140 that the 00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:32.720 Father is 00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:33.160 working, 00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:34.220 then our 00:22:34.220 --> 00:22:34.720 greater 00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.319 works is 00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:35.740 not about 00:22:35.740 --> 00:22:36.140 us doing 00:22:36.140 --> 00:22:36.860 flashier 00:22:36.860 --> 00:22:37.420 miracles, 00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.299 but about 00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:40.079 multiplying 00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:40.900 his message. 00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:42.279 The more 00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:42.960 his words 00:22:42.960 --> 00:22:43.720 are shared, 00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:44.460 the greater 00:22:44.460 --> 00:22:44.819 is the 00:22:44.819 --> 00:22:45.160 work done 00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:45.500 by the 00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:45.879 Father. 00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:46.960 In his 00:22:46.960 --> 00:22:47.279 earthly 00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:47.779 ministry, 00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:48.559 Jesus could 00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:49.000 only be 00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:49.500 in one 00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:49.980 place at 00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:50.420 a time. 00:22:50.859 --> 00:22:51.180 Now, 00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:51.680 through his 00:22:51.680 --> 00:22:52.339 disciples, 00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:53.859 millions of 00:22:53.859 --> 00:22:54.639 mouths can 00:22:54.639 --> 00:22:55.339 be speaking 00:22:55.339 --> 00:22:56.879 his words 00:22:56.879 --> 00:22:58.039 all over 00:22:58.039 --> 00:22:58.740 the world 00:22:58.740 --> 00:23:00.180 at one 00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:01.180 time. 00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:04.000 How are 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:04.519 we to do 00:23:04.519 --> 00:23:04.859 that? 00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:06.079 How are 00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:06.519 we to speak 00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:07.180 the Father's 00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:07.960 words as we 00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:08.279 do the 00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:08.940 Father's work 00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.279 and seek 00:23:09.279 --> 00:23:09.859 the Father's 00:23:09.859 --> 00:23:10.319 glory? 00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:11.960 Well, 00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:12.600 quite simply 00:23:12.600 --> 00:23:13.120 by the 00:23:13.120 --> 00:23:13.480 Spirit 00:23:13.480 --> 00:23:15.240 and prayer. 00:23:16.620 --> 00:23:16.840 Now, 00:23:16.860 --> 00:23:17.079 the Holy 00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:17.640 Spirit isn't 00:23:17.640 --> 00:23:18.380 mentioned here 00:23:18.380 --> 00:23:19.140 explicitly in 00:23:19.140 --> 00:23:19.880 this passage. 00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:20.759 He will be 00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:21.319 in the 00:23:21.319 --> 00:23:22.259 verses that 00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:22.680 follow, 00:23:23.360 --> 00:23:23.799 but in 00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:24.460 verse 12 00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:25.000 when Jesus 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.620 speaks about 00:23:25.620 --> 00:23:26.220 his followers 00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:26.880 doing greater 00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:27.380 works, 00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:28.200 the reason 00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.620 he gives 00:23:28.620 --> 00:23:29.259 is this, 00:23:30.120 --> 00:23:31.120 because I 00:23:31.120 --> 00:23:32.400 am going 00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:33.720 to the 00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.039 Father. 00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:35.059 If you read 00:23:35.059 --> 00:23:35.500 on a little 00:23:35.500 --> 00:23:36.019 bit later, 00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:36.779 you'll see 00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:37.220 the reason 00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:37.579 he's going 00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:37.900 to the 00:23:37.900 --> 00:23:38.460 Father is 00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:38.740 that he 00:23:38.740 --> 00:23:39.600 might send 00:23:39.599 --> 00:23:40.679 his 00:23:40.679 --> 00:23:41.480 Holy 00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:42.519 Spirit. 00:23:43.159 --> 00:23:44.119 These even 00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:44.740 greater things 00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:45.000 will be 00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:45.599 done because 00:23:45.599 --> 00:23:46.099 the Holy 00:23:46.099 --> 00:23:46.879 Spirit will 00:23:46.879 --> 00:23:47.319 come, 00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:48.740 who will 00:23:48.740 --> 00:23:50.419 multiply the 00:23:50.419 --> 00:23:50.959 message of 00:23:50.959 --> 00:23:51.759 Jesus as 00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.219 it goes 00:23:52.219 --> 00:23:53.439 forth from 00:23:53.439 --> 00:23:54.019 his people 00:23:54.019 --> 00:23:55.719 by the 00:23:55.719 --> 00:23:56.119 Spirit 00:23:56.119 --> 00:23:58.039 and prayer. 00:23:59.439 --> 00:24:00.219 Because Jesus 00:24:00.219 --> 00:24:01.199 says he will 00:24:01.199 --> 00:24:01.819 do whatever 00:24:01.819 --> 00:24:03.279 we ask in 00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:04.819 his name. 00:24:05.659 --> 00:24:05.939 Now, 00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:06.339 again, 00:24:06.459 --> 00:24:07.079 that can be a 00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:07.539 confusing 00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.019 thing, 00:24:08.159 --> 00:24:08.519 can't it? 00:24:09.679 --> 00:24:10.399 It's not 00:24:10.399 --> 00:24:10.899 some kind 00:24:10.899 --> 00:24:11.399 of magic 00:24:11.399 --> 00:24:13.199 formula that 00:24:13.199 --> 00:24:13.659 guarantees 00:24:13.659 --> 00:24:16.000 success when 00:24:16.000 --> 00:24:16.599 we pray in 00:24:16.599 --> 00:24:17.339 Jesus' name. 00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:18.939 It's not 00:24:18.939 --> 00:24:19.579 some kind 00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:20.119 of special 00:24:20.119 --> 00:24:21.339 power that 00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:21.679 we can 00:24:21.679 --> 00:24:22.399 invoke by 00:24:22.399 --> 00:24:23.359 simply saying 00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:24.559 in Jesus' 00:24:24.879 --> 00:24:25.179 name. 00:24:26.819 --> 00:24:27.500 If it 00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.059 was, 00:24:29.139 --> 00:24:29.559 isn't it 00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:29.980 something we 00:24:29.980 --> 00:24:30.720 would do 00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:32.519 in order to 00:24:32.519 --> 00:24:34.399 prevent what 00:24:34.399 --> 00:24:35.099 you face at 00:24:35.099 --> 00:24:35.679 this time? 00:24:37.079 --> 00:24:38.359 rather, 00:24:38.539 --> 00:24:39.240 Jesus has 00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:40.559 come in 00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:41.279 the Father's 00:24:41.279 --> 00:24:41.759 name, 00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.619 representing 00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:44.299 the Father, 00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:45.740 doing and 00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:46.639 saying only 00:24:46.639 --> 00:24:47.079 what the 00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:47.960 Father wants, 00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:49.619 and we 00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:50.519 too are to 00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:51.720 pray in 00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.240 Jesus' 00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:52.859 name, 00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:54.359 asking for 00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:55.099 those things 00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:55.859 that Jesus 00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.539 wants. 00:24:57.599 --> 00:24:58.220 When we 00:24:58.220 --> 00:24:58.899 desire what 00:24:58.899 --> 00:24:59.939 Jesus desires, 00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:00.379 what the 00:25:00.379 --> 00:25:01.299 Father desires, 00:25:01.679 --> 00:25:02.399 Jesus will 00:25:02.399 --> 00:25:03.199 do it so 00:25:03.199 --> 00:25:03.939 that all of 00:25:03.939 --> 00:25:04.379 the glory 00:25:04.379 --> 00:25:05.059 will go to 00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:05.819 the Father 00:25:05.819 --> 00:25:07.659 because his 00:25:07.659 --> 00:25:09.619 will is 00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:10.200 being done. 00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:13.700 Do you 00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:16.059 know the 00:25:16.059 --> 00:25:16.419 Father? 00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:19.480 If not, 00:25:19.679 --> 00:25:20.559 you can only 00:25:20.559 --> 00:25:21.379 come to know 00:25:21.379 --> 00:25:22.059 him by 00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:22.799 knowing 00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.879 Jesus. 00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.460 And if you 00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:26.980 do not 00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.619 trust in 00:25:27.619 --> 00:25:28.240 the Son, 00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:30.240 there is no 00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:31.359 room for you 00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:31.980 in the 00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:32.500 Father's 00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.000 house. 00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:34.380 God 00:25:34.380 --> 00:25:35.240 because Jesus 00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:35.819 is the 00:25:35.819 --> 00:25:36.740 only one 00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.140 who can 00:25:37.140 --> 00:25:37.960 bring us 00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:38.880 to the 00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:40.700 place he 00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.019 has made 00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:41.519 ready for 00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:41.920 us. 00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:44.400 And if 00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:44.819 you are 00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:45.640 trusting in 00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:46.160 Jesus, 00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:48.640 can I 00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:49.319 encourage you 00:25:49.319 --> 00:25:50.119 to seek 00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:51.539 the Father's 00:25:51.539 --> 00:25:53.799 glory by 00:25:53.799 --> 00:25:55.339 speaking the 00:25:55.339 --> 00:25:55.839 Father's 00:25:55.839 --> 00:25:57.720 words and 00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.380 doing the 00:25:58.380 --> 00:25:58.940 Father's 00:25:58.940 --> 00:26:01.180 work because 00:26:01.180 --> 00:26:01.819 he has given 00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.299 you his 00:26:02.299 --> 00:26:03.859 spirit and 00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:04.299 he will 00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:05.759 answer your 00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:08.439 prayers so 00:26:08.439 --> 00:26:08.679 that we 00:26:08.679 --> 00:26:09.299 might show 00:26:09.299 --> 00:26:09.939 the Father 00:26:09.939 --> 00:26:11.220 to those 00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:12.519 around us 00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:14.359 doing the 00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:15.419 even greater 00:26:15.419 --> 00:26:17.079 things that 00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:18.259 Jesus has 00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.679 promised. 00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.419 Let's pray 00:26:20.419 --> 00:26:21.539 together. 00:26:21.539 --> 00:26:26.619 Father, we 00:26:26.619 --> 00:26:27.240 thank you for 00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:27.920 the comfort 00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:28.420 that is 00:26:28.420 --> 00:26:29.159 found in 00:26:29.159 --> 00:26:29.680 the gospel 00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:30.019 of the 00:26:30.019 --> 00:26:30.599 Lord Jesus 00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:32.899 even and 00:26:32.899 --> 00:26:33.599 especially 00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:35.059 at a time 00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:35.599 like this. 00:26:36.879 --> 00:26:37.740 We thank 00:26:37.740 --> 00:26:38.319 you for the 00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:38.819 absolute 00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:40.839 confidence and 00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:41.859 assurance that 00:26:41.859 --> 00:26:42.599 we have 00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:44.779 that those 00:26:44.779 --> 00:26:45.539 who trust in 00:26:45.539 --> 00:26:47.700 Jesus have a 00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.279 place in the 00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:48.700 Father's 00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:49.059 house. 00:26:49.059 --> 00:26:49.539 confidence 00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:52.440 and that 00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:53.279 Jesus himself 00:26:53.279 --> 00:26:55.480 comes to 00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:55.919 take us 00:26:55.919 --> 00:26:56.240 there. 00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:58.359 And I 00:26:58.359 --> 00:26:58.839 pray for 00:26:58.839 --> 00:26:59.519 Chris and 00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.139 his family 00:27:00.139 --> 00:27:00.519 at this 00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:02.259 time that 00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.679 you might 00:27:02.679 --> 00:27:03.799 bring the 00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:05.019 assurance of 00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:05.779 those truths 00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.279 to their 00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:06.799 hearts and 00:27:06.799 --> 00:27:07.079 to their 00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:08.879 minds and 00:27:08.879 --> 00:27:09.500 in the midst 00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:09.919 of much 00:27:09.919 --> 00:27:11.579 sorrow to 00:27:11.579 --> 00:27:12.359 also bring 00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:13.480 that assurance 00:27:13.480 --> 00:27:15.079 and confidence. 00:27:15.079 --> 00:27:17.879 we pray not 00:27:17.879 --> 00:27:18.379 only that you 00:27:18.379 --> 00:27:18.759 would give 00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.740 comfort in 00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.240 the face of 00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.699 death but 00:27:20.699 --> 00:27:20.980 that you 00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:21.299 would give 00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:22.759 courage to 00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:24.500 live life as 00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.000 you want us 00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:25.559 to live it. 00:27:26.439 --> 00:27:27.019 That we 00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:27.579 would seek to 00:27:27.579 --> 00:27:28.419 bring glory to 00:27:28.419 --> 00:27:29.159 the Father by 00:27:29.159 --> 00:27:30.059 doing your 00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.659 works and 00:27:30.659 --> 00:27:31.659 speaking your 00:27:31.659 --> 00:27:32.519 words, trusting 00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:33.240 you to do 00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:34.960 with them what 00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:35.299 you will 00:27:35.299 --> 00:27:35.699 please. 00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.379 And we pray 00:27:37.379 --> 00:27:37.879 even for 00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:39.539 tomorrow as 00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:40.259 testimony is 00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:40.899 given to 00:27:40.899 --> 00:27:42.019 joy, faith and 00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.639 trust in the 00:27:42.639 --> 00:27:43.179 Lord Jesus. 00:27:43.180 --> 00:27:44.680 that you 00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.039 might be 00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.860 pleased by 00:27:45.860 --> 00:27:46.680 your spirit 00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:48.440 to use all 00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:49.060 that is said 00:27:49.060 --> 00:27:49.660 and the life 00:27:49.660 --> 00:27:50.120 that has been 00:27:50.120 --> 00:27:51.620 lived to 00:27:51.620 --> 00:27:52.180 speak into 00:27:52.180 --> 00:27:53.100 the lives of 00:27:53.100 --> 00:27:53.560 others. 00:27:54.840 --> 00:27:55.440 And we ask 00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:55.880 this in the 00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:57.240 name of the 00:27:57.240 --> 00:27:57.860 Lord Jesus. 00:27:58.980 --> 00:27:59.320 Amen.