WEBVTT 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:06.500 Folks, let me encourage you to do everything that you can, and I mean that, to have John chapter 4 open in front of you. 00:00:06.520 --> 00:00:08.660 I don't think this is any exaggeration for me to say. 00:00:09.179 --> 00:00:14.320 I think this, these verses, are some of my favourite in the whole Bible. 00:00:14.980 --> 00:00:19.240 And I'd love for you to see what I've seen this week in them, how glorious they are. 00:00:19.320 --> 00:00:23.300 So please get John chapter 4 open in front of you. 00:00:24.980 --> 00:00:26.620 Anyone ever read Vanity Fair? 00:00:27.379 --> 00:00:28.440 Talk about the magazine. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:32.640 Hans, we've heard of Vanity Fair. 00:00:33.500 --> 00:00:34.700 Right, we've heard of it. 00:00:34.820 --> 00:00:36.780 Okay, so, good, good. 00:00:37.340 --> 00:00:41.539 Madonna did an interview with Vanity Fair in 1991. 00:00:43.100 --> 00:00:48.400 An interviewer asked her how she was coping with her newfound musical stardom in 1991, right? 00:00:49.579 --> 00:00:51.299 What do you make of what she said? 00:00:51.379 --> 00:00:52.200 Here's what she said. 00:00:52.200 --> 00:01:00.840 My drive in life comes from this horrible fear of being mediocre. 00:01:02.060 --> 00:01:04.700 I still have to prove that I'm somebody. 00:01:05.700 --> 00:01:11.200 My struggle has never ended, and it probably never will. 00:01:11.200 --> 00:01:14.560 So there's Madonna talking in 1991. 00:01:14.880 --> 00:01:19.480 In her words, she longs to be somebody. 00:01:20.780 --> 00:01:23.420 And I take it she's talking about that deep longing inside of her 00:01:23.420 --> 00:01:26.659 that yearns to be fully known, 00:01:27.700 --> 00:01:29.180 fully loved, 00:01:29.180 --> 00:01:32.560 and fully satisfied, 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:37.960 and for that combination of those feelings to be in her life and to stay. 00:01:39.960 --> 00:01:42.660 So every human being on this planet longs for, right? 00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:43.580 To be fully known, 00:01:43.780 --> 00:01:44.300 fully loved, 00:01:44.460 --> 00:01:46.080 fully satisfied. 00:01:46.079 --> 00:01:51.099 And the problem is that we as human beings go searching for this in all kinds of places in our lives. 00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:54.280 Job promotions, 00:01:55.019 --> 00:01:56.039 house extensions, 00:01:56.560 --> 00:01:57.780 romantic relationships, 00:01:58.099 --> 00:01:59.079 online purchases, 00:01:59.819 --> 00:02:01.060 social media likes. 00:02:01.120 --> 00:02:02.280 And is it not true, friends, 00:02:02.359 --> 00:02:03.219 that like Madonna, 00:02:03.980 --> 00:02:09.000 we find that these things can never quite give us the thing that we're grasping for, 00:02:09.139 --> 00:02:10.099 to be a somebody. 00:02:11.800 --> 00:02:14.060 I love what C.S. Lewis once said. 00:02:14.060 --> 00:02:14.580 He said, 00:02:14.659 --> 00:02:18.840 if I find in myself desires which nothing in this world can satisfy, 00:02:19.539 --> 00:02:25.500 the only logical explanation for it is that I was made for another world. 00:02:27.159 --> 00:02:27.580 And you see, 00:02:27.620 --> 00:02:30.060 into this human satisfaction vacuum, 00:02:30.659 --> 00:02:35.340 the astounding claim that Jesus makes in John chapter 4 00:02:35.340 --> 00:02:41.439 is that only he can give us what we're searching for. 00:02:42.439 --> 00:02:42.659 Right? 00:02:42.659 --> 00:02:44.819 Only he can do this in our lives. 00:02:45.159 --> 00:02:56.919 And the added wonder of what Jesus says is that he offers it in conversation with a woman who society has concluded is not a somebody. 00:02:58.520 --> 00:03:01.199 Society has concluded that she is a nobody. 00:03:01.199 --> 00:03:02.879 Now, 00:03:02.879 --> 00:03:04.259 if Jesus had a PR manager, 00:03:04.359 --> 00:03:04.839 and I've checked, 00:03:04.919 --> 00:03:05.659 and I don't think he did, 00:03:06.659 --> 00:03:08.459 someone helping him with his public image, 00:03:08.599 --> 00:03:12.899 somebody with the job of trying to help him climb the opinion polls, 00:03:13.259 --> 00:03:17.259 they would be freaking out at this encounter we read about in John chapter 4. 00:03:17.259 --> 00:03:26.399 Because it defies the social etiquette and the social expectations of the day. 00:03:26.699 --> 00:03:33.359 And what we're going to see here as we journey through this is that Jesus tears up and throws out the boundaries playbook 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:45.080 in just about every conceivable way as he lovingly goes all out in his pursuit of the heart of this woman. 00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:47.360 Let's see these, will we? 00:03:47.400 --> 00:03:48.100 Here's what he does. 00:03:48.099 --> 00:03:48.460 First of all, 00:03:48.500 --> 00:03:50.259 he defies the racial boundary. 00:03:51.199 --> 00:03:52.019 Verse 4. 00:03:52.299 --> 00:03:53.039 Do you see where he is? 00:03:54.560 --> 00:03:55.460 Where's he going? 00:03:56.060 --> 00:04:01.039 He's on his way with his disciples back up north to Galilee. 00:04:01.039 --> 00:04:07.199 And he's going through this area called Samaria. 00:04:08.699 --> 00:04:14.280 An area that as far as the Jews of this day are concerned is enemy territory. 00:04:15.599 --> 00:04:15.719 You see, 00:04:15.799 --> 00:04:21.980 this is historical tension all to do with the kind of people that are living in Samaria. 00:04:22.139 --> 00:04:22.860 Who they are, 00:04:23.060 --> 00:04:23.899 how they got there, 00:04:24.019 --> 00:04:25.139 what they stand for. 00:04:25.259 --> 00:04:27.519 And in the eyes of the Jews of this day, 00:04:28.100 --> 00:04:31.000 the people just to the north in Samaria, 00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:33.280 aren't thoroughbred. 00:04:34.700 --> 00:04:35.140 Right? 00:04:35.240 --> 00:04:42.520 They are sellout pick and mix Jews whose religious lives are kind of like looking at a knickerbocker glory ice cream. 00:04:42.900 --> 00:04:43.020 Right? 00:04:43.040 --> 00:04:44.140 If you can picture that in your head. 00:04:45.140 --> 00:04:50.740 All sorts of different worldly colors and religious flavors going on in this one bowl. 00:04:51.200 --> 00:04:53.140 One of which is Judaism. 00:04:54.100 --> 00:04:55.759 It's all kind of mixed up. 00:04:55.920 --> 00:04:57.500 And no one really kind of knows what's going on. 00:04:57.540 --> 00:04:58.620 All sort of things going on. 00:04:58.620 --> 00:05:00.120 And the Jews look at it and they say, 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:01.019 knickerbocker glory. 00:05:01.139 --> 00:05:01.579 They are. 00:05:01.899 --> 00:05:03.819 But we are pure vanilla. 00:05:04.819 --> 00:05:05.220 Right? 00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:06.040 We're thoroughbred. 00:05:06.180 --> 00:05:08.180 We are the Jewish people. 00:05:08.319 --> 00:05:09.240 These guys aren't. 00:05:09.340 --> 00:05:12.959 Their very existence makes a mockery of who we are and what we stand for. 00:05:13.360 --> 00:05:14.560 And if you look at verse nine, 00:05:14.639 --> 00:05:16.060 it's not just my opinion on that. 00:05:16.060 --> 00:05:17.699 John tells us at the day, 00:05:17.780 --> 00:05:18.180 do you see? 00:05:18.519 --> 00:05:22.160 These two groups of people don't mix. 00:05:22.879 --> 00:05:24.839 They don't associate. 00:05:26.560 --> 00:05:27.879 It goes both ways. 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:28.920 Jews hate Samaritans. 00:05:29.019 --> 00:05:30.699 Samaritans hate Jews. 00:05:30.699 --> 00:05:33.579 So what Jesus is doing here, 00:05:33.659 --> 00:05:34.539 we've got to understand. 00:05:35.300 --> 00:05:39.139 It's like a Russian man popping up in a cafe in Kiev and saying, 00:05:39.300 --> 00:05:40.819 can I have a latte, please? 00:05:42.259 --> 00:05:45.639 This is hot and this is tense, 00:05:45.699 --> 00:05:47.300 what Jesus is doing here. 00:05:48.560 --> 00:05:50.300 He's defying the racial playbook 00:05:50.300 --> 00:05:52.740 and he's defying the gender playbook. 00:05:53.699 --> 00:05:56.360 Here is a man talking with a woman. 00:05:56.360 --> 00:05:59.100 Here is a rabbi, 00:05:59.879 --> 00:06:01.639 a religious teacher, 00:06:02.379 --> 00:06:04.600 who in this day to be talking with a woman 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:06.300 would be seen as a waste of his time. 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:09.319 That's why verse 27, 00:06:09.520 --> 00:06:12.720 if you cast your eyes beyond our verses this morning in this chapter, 00:06:14.460 --> 00:06:16.520 the disciples return to this scene 00:06:16.520 --> 00:06:18.500 and they are surprised. 00:06:18.600 --> 00:06:19.319 Do you see that word? 00:06:19.939 --> 00:06:21.520 As they see Jesus talking to this woman, 00:06:21.620 --> 00:06:22.639 they are surprised. 00:06:23.060 --> 00:06:23.699 Our English word, 00:06:23.699 --> 00:06:26.220 I don't think quite captures the strength of it here. 00:06:26.360 --> 00:06:27.120 In Greek, 00:06:27.220 --> 00:06:29.600 it's more like they were absolutely gobsmacked 00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:31.420 that Jesus was talking with this woman. 00:06:33.139 --> 00:06:35.080 He's ripping up the gender playbook 00:06:35.080 --> 00:06:37.480 and he's ripping up the social one as well. 00:06:37.920 --> 00:06:38.740 Verse 6, 00:06:39.699 --> 00:06:41.520 when does Jesus stop for a drink? 00:06:41.639 --> 00:06:43.740 And I love all these details that John gives us. 00:06:43.860 --> 00:06:46.939 When did he stop for a drink? 00:06:48.040 --> 00:06:50.319 Thirsty from the walk as he would have been 00:06:50.319 --> 00:06:51.900 as a human being. 00:06:53.199 --> 00:06:54.620 He stops at noon. 00:06:55.360 --> 00:06:55.740 You see, 00:06:57.180 --> 00:07:00.800 he stops at the hottest part of the day 00:07:00.800 --> 00:07:01.879 in search for a drink. 00:07:01.959 --> 00:07:03.139 Now, have you ever been in a hot country? 00:07:03.220 --> 00:07:03.980 You know that feeling. 00:07:04.920 --> 00:07:06.800 You plan your day around the morning 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:08.399 and the evening 00:07:08.399 --> 00:07:10.120 because in the afternoon, 00:07:10.439 --> 00:07:11.300 when it comes, 00:07:11.439 --> 00:07:12.759 it's factor 50 on 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:14.160 and you're hunting for the shade. 00:07:15.060 --> 00:07:16.100 You're staying inside. 00:07:16.300 --> 00:07:17.560 It's what we did when we were in Louisville. 00:07:17.560 --> 00:07:18.780 We planned our day around the morning 00:07:18.780 --> 00:07:20.740 and Aircon was our friend in the afternoon. 00:07:23.040 --> 00:07:23.740 And in this day, 00:07:23.860 --> 00:07:26.040 women would go in groups to the well 00:07:26.040 --> 00:07:29.439 to get water first thing. 00:07:29.720 --> 00:07:30.720 Makes sense, doesn't it? 00:07:30.720 --> 00:07:31.860 You wouldn't go at the height of the day. 00:07:31.879 --> 00:07:32.899 You would go first thing. 00:07:33.420 --> 00:07:33.779 And yet, 00:07:33.899 --> 00:07:34.740 here is our woman 00:07:35.420 --> 00:07:37.279 on her own, 00:07:37.399 --> 00:07:38.019 do you see, 00:07:38.779 --> 00:07:39.939 at the height of the day. 00:07:41.620 --> 00:07:42.420 Which tells us, 00:07:42.500 --> 00:07:43.019 what about her 00:07:43.019 --> 00:07:44.079 in terms of how she's viewed 00:07:44.079 --> 00:07:44.819 in her community? 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:47.379 It tells us 00:07:47.379 --> 00:07:49.839 that she has been shunned. 00:07:50.979 --> 00:07:51.959 And it tells us 00:07:51.959 --> 00:07:52.819 that her life 00:07:52.819 --> 00:07:54.060 is now about 00:07:54.060 --> 00:07:56.659 not showing face 00:07:56.659 --> 00:07:58.000 in public. 00:07:58.939 --> 00:07:59.819 Lest anybody 00:07:59.819 --> 00:08:01.259 see you. 00:08:02.719 --> 00:08:03.579 Should we be around today? 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:04.180 This would be 00:08:04.180 --> 00:08:05.500 baseball cap on, 00:08:05.599 --> 00:08:06.079 hoodie up, 00:08:06.139 --> 00:08:06.560 shades on, 00:08:06.639 --> 00:08:07.319 doing her shopping 00:08:07.319 --> 00:08:09.000 in the 24-7 Asda at midnight. 00:08:11.399 --> 00:08:12.659 Desperate to get in and out 00:08:12.660 --> 00:08:13.939 before anyone clocks 00:08:13.939 --> 00:08:14.600 that I'm here. 00:08:16.500 --> 00:08:17.480 What is it we would say 00:08:17.480 --> 00:08:19.580 if she were around today? 00:08:19.660 --> 00:08:20.320 This is somebody 00:08:20.320 --> 00:08:21.540 who we wouldn't touch 00:08:21.540 --> 00:08:22.820 with a barge pole. 00:08:23.680 --> 00:08:24.620 Just don't want to go near her. 00:08:24.820 --> 00:08:25.940 Don't associate with her. 00:08:28.020 --> 00:08:29.300 Jesus is ripping up 00:08:29.300 --> 00:08:31.240 the social playbook. 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:32.879 And, 00:08:33.000 --> 00:08:34.720 he's ripping up 00:08:34.720 --> 00:08:36.620 the moral one as well. 00:08:36.720 --> 00:08:37.100 And this is maybe 00:08:37.100 --> 00:08:37.940 where we'll slow down 00:08:37.940 --> 00:08:38.899 just a little bit 00:08:38.899 --> 00:08:40.660 and think about 00:08:40.660 --> 00:08:41.660 what we're told 00:08:41.660 --> 00:08:42.399 about this woman. 00:08:42.659 --> 00:08:45.740 because as Jesus 00:08:45.740 --> 00:08:46.319 meets her, 00:08:47.379 --> 00:08:49.059 do you see 00:08:49.059 --> 00:08:50.279 how he brings up 00:08:50.279 --> 00:08:51.439 and deliberately so 00:08:51.439 --> 00:08:53.419 the most painful 00:08:53.419 --> 00:08:54.139 feature 00:08:54.139 --> 00:08:55.439 of her life 00:08:55.439 --> 00:08:55.980 to date? 00:08:57.719 --> 00:08:58.219 That's why I never 00:08:58.219 --> 00:08:58.719 think 00:08:58.719 --> 00:08:59.839 Jesus would make 00:08:59.839 --> 00:09:00.219 a good 00:09:00.219 --> 00:09:00.939 Brit. 00:09:02.259 --> 00:09:02.659 He doesn't do 00:09:02.659 --> 00:09:03.439 small talk, 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:03.759 does he? 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:04.819 He goes straight 00:09:04.819 --> 00:09:07.039 for the issue. 00:09:07.939 --> 00:09:08.839 The Lamb of God 00:09:08.839 --> 00:09:10.480 goes for the elephant 00:09:10.480 --> 00:09:11.060 in the room. 00:09:12.279 --> 00:09:13.399 The very reason 00:09:13.399 --> 00:09:14.259 that this woman 00:09:14.259 --> 00:09:15.879 is being shunned. 00:09:16.220 --> 00:09:17.180 And he does it. 00:09:17.220 --> 00:09:18.060 We need to understand 00:09:18.060 --> 00:09:18.820 this as we think 00:09:18.820 --> 00:09:19.840 about its application 00:09:19.840 --> 00:09:20.740 to our own lives. 00:09:20.820 --> 00:09:21.639 One of the ways 00:09:21.639 --> 00:09:23.019 is that Jesus 00:09:23.019 --> 00:09:23.759 does this not 00:09:23.759 --> 00:09:24.600 to shame her. 00:09:25.220 --> 00:09:25.860 He does it 00:09:25.860 --> 00:09:26.440 not to 00:09:26.440 --> 00:09:27.620 out her. 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:29.639 He does it 00:09:29.639 --> 00:09:30.360 to win her. 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:32.940 This is the woman 00:09:32.940 --> 00:09:33.560 that he's come 00:09:33.560 --> 00:09:33.919 for. 00:09:34.500 --> 00:09:35.500 And this is the 00:09:35.500 --> 00:09:36.300 God who knows 00:09:36.300 --> 00:09:37.840 her and sees 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:40.720 her as a good 00:09:40.720 --> 00:09:41.279 physician, 00:09:41.800 --> 00:09:42.820 desperate to treat 00:09:42.820 --> 00:09:43.399 the wound 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:45.259 with his scalpel 00:09:45.259 --> 00:09:45.820 of grace. 00:09:46.639 --> 00:09:47.639 Here is the God 00:09:47.639 --> 00:09:48.340 of the psalmist 00:09:48.340 --> 00:09:49.180 who would bend 00:09:49.180 --> 00:09:50.639 near and knows 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:51.440 the brokenhearted. 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:53.019 Here is the God 00:09:53.019 --> 00:09:53.960 who is close to 00:09:53.960 --> 00:09:54.779 those who call 00:09:54.779 --> 00:09:55.539 on him. 00:09:55.940 --> 00:09:56.840 And here he is, 00:09:56.899 --> 00:09:57.600 verse 16, 00:09:57.639 --> 00:09:58.440 and what does he say? 00:09:58.500 --> 00:09:59.019 And this is it. 00:09:59.019 --> 00:09:59.819 What does he say? 00:10:00.559 --> 00:10:01.259 And it kind of 00:10:01.259 --> 00:10:02.179 comes out of left field, 00:10:02.279 --> 00:10:02.559 really. 00:10:03.740 --> 00:10:04.120 Trying to get my 00:10:04.120 --> 00:10:04.539 head around that 00:10:04.539 --> 00:10:04.879 all week. 00:10:04.960 --> 00:10:05.539 How did it go 00:10:05.539 --> 00:10:06.539 from water to husband? 00:10:06.639 --> 00:10:07.579 How did it get there? 00:10:07.659 --> 00:10:08.340 What does he say? 00:10:08.419 --> 00:10:09.000 He says, 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:10.379 go and get your husband. 00:10:11.740 --> 00:10:12.779 And she replies, 00:10:12.899 --> 00:10:13.759 verse 17, 00:10:15.139 --> 00:10:16.179 I have no husband. 00:10:17.860 --> 00:10:18.439 You're right, 00:10:18.539 --> 00:10:19.059 says Jesus. 00:10:19.059 --> 00:10:20.079 You have had 00:10:20.079 --> 00:10:21.579 five husbands 00:10:21.579 --> 00:10:23.699 and the man 00:10:23.699 --> 00:10:24.779 that you're now with 00:10:24.779 --> 00:10:26.879 is not your husband. 00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:29.080 Jesus, 00:10:29.240 --> 00:10:29.759 fully man, 00:10:31.539 --> 00:10:32.720 fully knowing God. 00:10:34.600 --> 00:10:34.939 Now listen, 00:10:34.980 --> 00:10:35.659 we need to resist 00:10:35.659 --> 00:10:36.259 the temptation 00:10:36.259 --> 00:10:37.299 to think of this woman 00:10:37.299 --> 00:10:39.480 like some kind of character 00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:40.659 from Sex and the City 00:10:40.659 --> 00:10:41.399 or Friends. 00:10:42.200 --> 00:10:43.379 Like those sitcoms 00:10:43.379 --> 00:10:44.480 that we used to watch 00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:45.200 in the 90s. 00:10:45.259 --> 00:10:46.139 She is this free 00:10:46.139 --> 00:10:46.639 and modern, 00:10:46.779 --> 00:10:47.620 independent woman 00:10:47.620 --> 00:10:48.399 who's casually 00:10:48.399 --> 00:10:49.759 slipping out seamlessly 00:10:49.759 --> 00:10:51.240 from one relationship 00:10:51.240 --> 00:10:52.039 to another. 00:10:53.220 --> 00:10:53.460 Right? 00:10:53.539 --> 00:10:53.860 No right, 00:10:53.940 --> 00:10:54.240 no wrong, 00:10:54.340 --> 00:10:55.320 no rules for me. 00:10:55.399 --> 00:10:56.100 This is this woman. 00:10:56.100 --> 00:10:56.560 No, 00:10:56.620 --> 00:10:57.379 that is to read her 00:10:57.379 --> 00:10:58.620 through 21st century 00:10:58.620 --> 00:10:59.600 Western eyes. 00:11:01.560 --> 00:11:03.220 But she's a first century 00:11:03.220 --> 00:11:04.379 Middle Eastern woman. 00:11:06.379 --> 00:11:07.720 She's had five husbands 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:08.800 who are no longer 00:11:08.800 --> 00:11:09.399 her husband. 00:11:10.320 --> 00:11:11.200 And the only way 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:12.060 that that can happen 00:11:12.060 --> 00:11:12.620 in this day 00:11:12.620 --> 00:11:13.639 as I understand it 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:15.180 is through one of two ways. 00:11:16.540 --> 00:11:17.500 It's through death 00:11:17.500 --> 00:11:20.220 or it's through divorce. 00:11:22.820 --> 00:11:23.259 Friends, 00:11:23.320 --> 00:11:23.620 personally, 00:11:23.740 --> 00:11:24.740 I know that for many of us 00:11:24.740 --> 00:11:25.919 that words will bring 00:11:25.919 --> 00:11:26.840 to our minds 00:11:26.840 --> 00:11:28.820 all sorts of painful memories. 00:11:30.039 --> 00:11:31.299 And I'm so sorry. 00:11:32.840 --> 00:11:34.019 But perhaps in particular 00:11:34.019 --> 00:11:34.500 this morning, 00:11:34.600 --> 00:11:35.500 you need to see 00:11:35.500 --> 00:11:38.279 how Jesus loves this woman 00:11:38.279 --> 00:11:41.340 for whom that has been 00:11:41.340 --> 00:11:43.460 the heartbreaking reality 00:11:43.460 --> 00:11:44.259 of her life. 00:11:44.259 --> 00:11:47.519 for when it comes to divorce, 00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:48.539 as I understand it 00:11:48.539 --> 00:11:49.620 in this day culturally, 00:11:49.759 --> 00:11:50.679 the expectation 00:11:50.679 --> 00:11:52.259 is that the power 00:11:52.259 --> 00:11:53.360 to initiate that 00:11:53.360 --> 00:11:54.720 is not on her side. 00:11:56.080 --> 00:11:57.480 It's on the man's side. 00:11:59.200 --> 00:12:00.240 So could it be 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:01.100 that this woman 00:12:01.100 --> 00:12:02.500 has been on the receiving 00:12:02.500 --> 00:12:03.600 end of divorce 00:12:03.600 --> 00:12:05.439 five times? 00:12:07.439 --> 00:12:08.220 Could it be 00:12:08.220 --> 00:12:09.379 that she's been used 00:12:09.379 --> 00:12:10.580 and treated like trash 00:12:10.580 --> 00:12:11.220 by men 00:12:11.220 --> 00:12:12.660 for what must have felt 00:12:12.660 --> 00:12:14.899 like her entire life? 00:12:16.279 --> 00:12:17.060 Could it be 00:12:17.060 --> 00:12:17.820 that divorce 00:12:17.820 --> 00:12:19.040 has only got easier 00:12:19.040 --> 00:12:19.600 for him 00:12:19.600 --> 00:12:20.779 and more painful 00:12:20.779 --> 00:12:21.399 for her 00:12:21.399 --> 00:12:22.700 each time it happens 00:12:22.700 --> 00:12:24.180 as each husband 00:12:24.180 --> 00:12:25.440 comes and goes? 00:12:27.399 --> 00:12:28.360 And could it be 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:29.000 that the guy 00:12:29.000 --> 00:12:29.899 that she's with now 00:12:29.899 --> 00:12:31.080 will not marry her 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:32.259 because he doesn't want 00:12:32.259 --> 00:12:32.820 the baggage 00:12:32.820 --> 00:12:34.040 that goes with her 00:12:34.040 --> 00:12:35.120 and the baggage 00:12:35.120 --> 00:12:36.259 that goes with that? 00:12:37.680 --> 00:12:38.800 And you bring 00:12:38.799 --> 00:12:40.299 all that together. 00:12:41.500 --> 00:12:42.639 When she says, 00:12:42.799 --> 00:12:44.099 I have no husband, 00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:46.459 friends, 00:12:46.500 --> 00:12:47.679 our hearts should break 00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:48.359 for this woman. 00:12:50.319 --> 00:12:51.299 And then our hearts 00:12:51.299 --> 00:12:52.579 should be captivated 00:12:52.579 --> 00:12:54.039 by how the God 00:12:54.039 --> 00:12:54.659 of the universe 00:12:54.659 --> 00:12:56.279 come down in human flesh 00:12:56.279 --> 00:12:58.659 treats this woman. 00:13:00.959 --> 00:13:01.839 As Jesus 00:13:01.839 --> 00:13:03.120 and this woman 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:04.339 meet, 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:05.519 friends, 00:13:05.579 --> 00:13:06.539 there are alarm bells 00:13:06.539 --> 00:13:07.519 going off all over 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:08.479 the shop with this one. 00:13:09.799 --> 00:13:10.439 Racial, 00:13:10.599 --> 00:13:10.899 gender, 00:13:11.059 --> 00:13:11.419 social, 00:13:11.599 --> 00:13:11.899 moral. 00:13:12.019 --> 00:13:13.859 She is the last person 00:13:13.859 --> 00:13:14.740 conceivably 00:13:14.740 --> 00:13:16.259 on planet earth 00:13:16.259 --> 00:13:17.620 that you'd expect 00:13:17.620 --> 00:13:18.759 and you'd be advising 00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:20.759 Jesus to associate with 00:13:20.759 --> 00:13:21.939 and yet, 00:13:22.639 --> 00:13:24.039 and yet, 00:13:26.120 --> 00:13:26.399 friends, 00:13:26.419 --> 00:13:27.199 he wonderfully does. 00:13:28.719 --> 00:13:29.459 And I love 00:13:29.459 --> 00:13:30.379 John chapter four. 00:13:30.459 --> 00:13:30.819 Do you know why? 00:13:30.879 --> 00:13:31.319 Because I think 00:13:31.319 --> 00:13:32.059 there's a big banner 00:13:32.059 --> 00:13:33.179 that says right above it, 00:13:33.259 --> 00:13:34.419 welcome to the 00:13:34.419 --> 00:13:35.959 dignity revolution. 00:13:35.960 --> 00:13:38.940 welcome to the sexual 00:13:38.940 --> 00:13:40.019 revolution. 00:13:40.860 --> 00:13:42.980 As Jesus steps in, 00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:45.780 maybe even the first man 00:13:45.780 --> 00:13:46.960 in this woman's life 00:13:46.960 --> 00:13:48.639 interested in her, 00:13:48.900 --> 00:13:50.420 not because of what he thinks 00:13:50.420 --> 00:13:51.740 he can get from her, 00:13:53.180 --> 00:13:55.480 but steps in longing to know her 00:13:55.480 --> 00:13:56.580 because of what he can 00:13:56.580 --> 00:13:57.980 give to her. 00:14:00.340 --> 00:14:01.620 As the one who knows 00:14:01.620 --> 00:14:03.600 all things about this woman, 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:05.980 and rather than that knowledge 00:14:05.980 --> 00:14:08.180 repelling him from her, 00:14:09.500 --> 00:14:11.220 do you see how the knowledge 00:14:11.220 --> 00:14:11.620 of that, 00:14:11.740 --> 00:14:13.340 it almost as if it wonderfully 00:14:13.340 --> 00:14:15.340 draws him to her. 00:14:15.340 --> 00:14:20.100 Oh, I love that Nicodemus, 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:21.100 Israel's finest, 00:14:21.280 --> 00:14:21.879 and we're trying to 00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:23.379 see this in the context 00:14:23.379 --> 00:14:24.000 of John, 00:14:24.420 --> 00:14:24.980 Nicodemus, 00:14:25.080 --> 00:14:25.840 Israel's finest 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:27.560 back at chapter three 00:14:27.560 --> 00:14:29.660 came looking for Jesus 00:14:29.660 --> 00:14:32.379 here in wonderful 00:14:32.379 --> 00:14:33.560 and beautiful 00:14:33.560 --> 00:14:35.740 and powerful contrast. 00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:37.399 Jesus initiates 00:14:37.399 --> 00:14:38.399 the loving pursuit 00:14:38.399 --> 00:14:40.019 of Sumeria's worst. 00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:44.040 As author Rebecca McLaughlin 00:14:44.039 --> 00:14:45.379 so powerfully puts it 00:14:45.379 --> 00:14:46.360 in her wonderful 00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:47.059 little book, 00:14:47.240 --> 00:14:48.480 Jesus Through the Eyes 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:49.099 of Woman, 00:14:49.939 --> 00:14:51.759 we see Jesus 00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:52.819 as a magnet 00:14:52.819 --> 00:14:54.500 for those who feel 00:14:54.500 --> 00:14:56.219 like scraps of human metal 00:14:56.219 --> 00:14:57.740 on life's junk heap, 00:14:58.439 --> 00:14:59.519 picking up the broken 00:14:59.519 --> 00:15:00.259 and abused 00:15:00.259 --> 00:15:01.899 and drawing them 00:15:01.899 --> 00:15:02.980 into his kingdom 00:15:02.980 --> 00:15:03.779 of love. 00:15:04.879 --> 00:15:06.179 This is who Jesus 00:15:06.179 --> 00:15:06.899 is. 00:15:08.980 --> 00:15:10.000 And he's still 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:10.959 this Jesus today. 00:15:10.960 --> 00:15:13.740 And friends, 00:15:13.860 --> 00:15:15.400 what does he offer 00:15:15.400 --> 00:15:16.480 her? 00:15:18.680 --> 00:15:20.620 He offers her two things. 00:15:20.780 --> 00:15:21.480 He offers her, 00:15:21.600 --> 00:15:22.360 first of all, 00:15:22.879 --> 00:15:24.820 to be the perfect 00:15:24.820 --> 00:15:25.720 husband. 00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:28.680 Her perfect husband. 00:15:29.040 --> 00:15:30.180 And I'd never seen 00:15:30.180 --> 00:15:30.860 this before 00:15:30.860 --> 00:15:32.500 until probably 00:15:32.500 --> 00:15:33.580 about six months ago 00:15:33.580 --> 00:15:34.240 when we were planning 00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:34.840 and thinking about 00:15:34.840 --> 00:15:35.600 this series. 00:15:36.160 --> 00:15:36.780 Come with me 00:15:36.779 --> 00:15:37.519 and see this. 00:15:38.379 --> 00:15:39.860 What number man 00:15:39.860 --> 00:15:40.819 is Jesus 00:15:40.819 --> 00:15:41.519 on the scene 00:15:41.519 --> 00:15:42.620 of this woman's life? 00:15:44.639 --> 00:15:45.019 You have a bit 00:15:45.019 --> 00:15:45.980 of maths this morning. 00:15:46.379 --> 00:15:47.299 What number man 00:15:47.299 --> 00:15:47.740 is he 00:15:47.740 --> 00:15:48.339 on the scene 00:15:48.339 --> 00:15:49.220 in this woman's life? 00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:50.039 She has had 00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:51.419 five husbands 00:15:51.419 --> 00:15:53.860 and the man 00:15:53.860 --> 00:15:54.519 that she's with 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:55.939 is not her husband. 00:15:56.799 --> 00:15:57.559 Which means 00:15:57.559 --> 00:15:58.059 that Jesus 00:15:58.059 --> 00:15:59.039 steps on the scene 00:15:59.039 --> 00:16:00.120 of this woman's life 00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:01.100 as the what number 00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:01.659 of man? 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:04.480 The seventh man. 00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:06.180 Seven, 00:16:06.259 --> 00:16:06.659 that number 00:16:06.659 --> 00:16:07.259 in the Bible 00:16:07.259 --> 00:16:08.100 that represents 00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:09.039 and symbolizes 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:10.920 God's perfection. 00:16:11.940 --> 00:16:12.840 Jesus steps 00:16:12.840 --> 00:16:13.460 on the scene 00:16:13.460 --> 00:16:14.560 of this woman's life 00:16:14.560 --> 00:16:17.000 as the seventh man. 00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:18.560 Where all before 00:16:18.560 --> 00:16:19.740 her previous husbands 00:16:19.740 --> 00:16:20.860 had failed her. 00:16:21.279 --> 00:16:22.379 Jesus has come. 00:16:22.560 --> 00:16:23.379 He knows her. 00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:24.600 He's come to win her 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:26.200 and to draw her in 00:16:26.200 --> 00:16:27.659 to be part of his bride. 00:16:29.779 --> 00:16:31.399 Not through cheap grace, 00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:35.379 but through the thing 00:16:35.379 --> 00:16:36.319 that every husband 00:16:36.319 --> 00:16:38.600 was called to be 00:16:38.600 --> 00:16:40.139 and at Jesus 00:16:40.139 --> 00:16:41.720 as he personifies this 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:43.120 he calls every single husband 00:16:43.120 --> 00:16:43.980 ever since 00:16:43.980 --> 00:16:45.019 as we focus on him 00:16:45.019 --> 00:16:45.579 to be. 00:16:45.959 --> 00:16:47.000 He has come 00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:49.360 to win her 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:51.220 through costly 00:16:51.220 --> 00:16:52.720 sacrifice. 00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:57.179 Jesus will own 00:16:57.179 --> 00:16:58.019 her shame. 00:16:58.019 --> 00:17:00.539 Jesus will pay 00:17:00.539 --> 00:17:01.360 the price 00:17:01.360 --> 00:17:02.600 for her mistakes. 00:17:03.899 --> 00:17:04.960 Jesus will take 00:17:04.960 --> 00:17:05.859 her sins 00:17:05.859 --> 00:17:07.180 on himself. 00:17:08.059 --> 00:17:08.839 Jesus will bear 00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:09.480 the punishment 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:10.799 of the condemnation 00:17:10.799 --> 00:17:12.059 that stands over her 00:17:12.059 --> 00:17:12.900 if you flick back 00:17:12.900 --> 00:17:14.000 to chapter 3 00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:15.339 where the world 00:17:15.339 --> 00:17:16.200 labels her 00:17:16.200 --> 00:17:17.559 damaged goods. 00:17:18.819 --> 00:17:19.480 Jesus goes 00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:20.160 to the cross 00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:20.700 to make her 00:17:20.700 --> 00:17:22.079 pure and spotless. 00:17:23.980 --> 00:17:25.379 As he dies 00:17:25.380 --> 00:17:26.780 and he sheds 00:17:26.780 --> 00:17:27.900 his precious blood 00:17:27.900 --> 00:17:29.020 on the cross 00:17:29.020 --> 00:17:30.040 for her. 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:31.020 The woman 00:17:31.020 --> 00:17:31.840 that society 00:17:31.840 --> 00:17:32.460 said 00:17:32.460 --> 00:17:33.940 was not worth it. 00:17:34.300 --> 00:17:35.260 Jesus says 00:17:35.260 --> 00:17:36.680 yes she is. 00:17:37.660 --> 00:17:38.420 And he says 00:17:38.420 --> 00:17:39.140 to this woman 00:17:39.140 --> 00:17:40.160 and get this 00:17:40.160 --> 00:17:40.500 friends, 00:17:40.680 --> 00:17:41.040 daughter 00:17:41.040 --> 00:17:42.420 no longer 00:17:42.420 --> 00:17:43.780 do your scars 00:17:43.780 --> 00:17:44.940 define you. 00:17:46.040 --> 00:17:47.440 Come to me 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:49.640 and let my scars 00:17:49.640 --> 00:17:50.640 define you. 00:17:51.460 --> 00:17:52.220 That's what he offers 00:17:52.220 --> 00:17:53.000 us this morning. 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:54.140 life 00:17:54.140 --> 00:17:55.220 in his 00:17:55.220 --> 00:17:56.220 scars. 00:17:58.400 --> 00:17:59.279 That's what she 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:00.039 gets in him 00:18:00.039 --> 00:18:00.940 and in turn 00:18:00.940 --> 00:18:01.799 by her faith 00:18:01.799 --> 00:18:03.680 in him. 00:18:04.880 --> 00:18:05.720 That's what Jesus 00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:06.279 gives her. 00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:08.400 She comes to share 00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:09.720 in his perfect 00:18:09.720 --> 00:18:10.420 righteousness 00:18:10.420 --> 00:18:11.579 and life 00:18:11.579 --> 00:18:12.819 and to have 00:18:12.819 --> 00:18:13.460 Jesus' 00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:14.160 father 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:15.240 as her 00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:15.819 father. 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:18.519 Friends, 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:18.839 who's getting 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:19.400 the better deal 00:18:19.400 --> 00:18:19.740 here? 00:18:19.740 --> 00:18:22.420 Is not the 00:18:22.420 --> 00:18:23.400 gospel wonderfully 00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:23.920 magnificent? 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:25.920 This is what's 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:26.579 held out to us 00:18:26.579 --> 00:18:27.120 this morning 00:18:27.120 --> 00:18:29.039 in Christ 00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:29.559 as Jesus 00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:30.359 embodies the 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:30.920 words that we 00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:31.700 hear the groom 00:18:31.700 --> 00:18:32.680 vow at weddings. 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:34.640 It's always 00:18:34.640 --> 00:18:35.200 one of my 00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:36.140 favorite parts. 00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:38.440 All that I am 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:39.339 I give to you 00:18:39.339 --> 00:18:41.200 and all that I 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:42.140 have I share 00:18:42.140 --> 00:18:42.759 with you. 00:18:43.599 --> 00:18:44.059 And it's why 00:18:44.059 --> 00:18:44.940 I always think 00:18:44.940 --> 00:18:45.480 that it's so 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:46.299 profound in our 00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:46.960 culture that 00:18:46.960 --> 00:18:47.920 traditionally when 00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:48.380 a man and a 00:18:48.380 --> 00:18:48.880 woman get married 00:18:48.880 --> 00:18:49.740 the woman takes 00:18:49.740 --> 00:18:50.340 the man's 00:18:50.340 --> 00:18:51.940 name as if 00:18:51.940 --> 00:18:52.420 to say 00:18:52.420 --> 00:18:53.340 everything about 00:18:53.340 --> 00:18:54.300 her life is 00:18:54.300 --> 00:18:55.200 now caught up 00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:56.560 in his name 00:18:56.560 --> 00:18:57.160 and who he 00:18:57.160 --> 00:18:57.660 is. 00:18:58.440 --> 00:18:58.800 And of course 00:18:58.800 --> 00:18:59.500 our marriages 00:18:59.500 --> 00:19:00.140 friends are 00:19:00.140 --> 00:19:00.520 temporary. 00:19:00.840 --> 00:19:01.200 They're pointing 00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:01.760 to the great 00:19:01.760 --> 00:19:02.300 marriage that 00:19:02.300 --> 00:19:03.160 is the reality. 00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:04.280 That's exactly 00:19:04.280 --> 00:19:04.880 what it is to 00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:05.340 be the bride 00:19:05.340 --> 00:19:05.840 of Christ. 00:19:05.940 --> 00:19:06.240 If you're a 00:19:06.240 --> 00:19:06.700 Christian here 00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:07.220 this morning 00:19:07.220 --> 00:19:08.200 your life is 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:08.940 caught up in 00:19:08.940 --> 00:19:09.660 his name. 00:19:12.300 --> 00:19:12.560 Friends, 00:19:12.700 --> 00:19:13.460 the gospel is 00:19:13.460 --> 00:19:14.660 astonishingly 00:19:14.660 --> 00:19:16.680 good news. 00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:18.560 Lord, 00:19:18.600 --> 00:19:19.039 to that hymn 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:19.779 that many of 00:19:19.779 --> 00:19:20.140 us would have 00:19:20.140 --> 00:19:20.860 grown up singing, 00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:21.420 I love it, 00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:22.920 blessed assurance 00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:24.220 Jesus is mine. 00:19:25.160 --> 00:19:25.320 Oh, 00:19:25.380 --> 00:19:26.279 what a foretaste 00:19:26.279 --> 00:19:27.360 of glory divine, 00:19:27.620 --> 00:19:28.779 heir of salvation, 00:19:29.180 --> 00:19:30.480 purchase of God's, 00:19:31.279 --> 00:19:32.220 born of his spirit, 00:19:32.420 --> 00:19:33.240 washed in his blood. 00:19:33.400 --> 00:19:34.019 Those are things 00:19:34.019 --> 00:19:34.860 that are true of you. 00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:37.100 See, 00:19:37.180 --> 00:19:38.560 Christ offers to be 00:19:38.560 --> 00:19:39.700 to this nobody. 00:19:41.640 --> 00:19:42.680 He offers to be 00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:43.460 her perfect husband. 00:19:43.460 --> 00:19:46.640 And he offers 00:19:46.640 --> 00:19:47.259 to give her 00:19:47.259 --> 00:19:48.340 life, 00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:49.980 deep life 00:19:49.980 --> 00:19:51.380 satisfaction. 00:19:51.740 --> 00:19:52.259 Verse 10, 00:19:52.360 --> 00:19:53.120 taking the language 00:19:53.120 --> 00:19:53.500 here, 00:19:53.900 --> 00:19:54.900 he offers to give 00:19:54.900 --> 00:19:55.720 to this woman 00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:57.680 living water. 00:19:59.660 --> 00:20:00.700 Living water. 00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:03.740 Verse 14, 00:20:03.799 --> 00:20:04.220 what does he say? 00:20:04.279 --> 00:20:05.120 The water I give 00:20:05.120 --> 00:20:05.700 you will be like 00:20:05.700 --> 00:20:06.779 a spring of water 00:20:06.779 --> 00:20:07.640 that wells up 00:20:07.640 --> 00:20:09.059 into eternal life. 00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:10.840 Of course, 00:20:10.900 --> 00:20:11.680 as she goes back 00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:12.160 and forth 00:20:12.160 --> 00:20:13.160 and back and forth 00:20:13.160 --> 00:20:14.120 and back and forth 00:20:14.120 --> 00:20:15.100 and back and forth 00:20:15.100 --> 00:20:16.000 and back and forth 00:20:16.000 --> 00:20:16.820 from her home 00:20:16.820 --> 00:20:17.600 to this well 00:20:17.600 --> 00:20:18.320 every day. 00:20:18.420 --> 00:20:19.440 Jesus taps into 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:20.080 the reality 00:20:20.080 --> 00:20:21.100 of her every day. 00:20:21.900 --> 00:20:22.660 Home with a bucket, 00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:23.519 water runs out, 00:20:23.640 --> 00:20:24.300 thirsty again, 00:20:24.420 --> 00:20:25.040 back you go, 00:20:25.140 --> 00:20:25.840 caught up in this 00:20:25.840 --> 00:20:26.900 endless Middle Eastern 00:20:26.900 --> 00:20:28.259 cycle of always 00:20:28.259 --> 00:20:29.320 being thirsty, 00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.519 never quite 00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:31.560 having enough. 00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:34.519 Jesus taps into it 00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:35.080 to get her 00:20:35.080 --> 00:20:35.980 to understand 00:20:35.980 --> 00:20:36.800 the nature 00:20:36.800 --> 00:20:37.779 of the restless, 00:20:38.320 --> 00:20:39.259 always searching 00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:40.340 but never arriving 00:20:40.339 --> 00:20:41.419 spirit that human 00:20:41.419 --> 00:20:42.319 beings have 00:20:42.319 --> 00:20:43.119 and he says, 00:20:43.279 --> 00:20:44.559 I can give you 00:20:44.559 --> 00:20:45.720 and I take it 00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:46.599 by his spirit 00:20:46.599 --> 00:20:47.319 in us, 00:20:47.539 --> 00:20:48.199 drawing us 00:20:48.199 --> 00:20:48.879 to him, 00:20:50.879 --> 00:20:51.819 a spring in your 00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:52.159 heart 00:20:52.159 --> 00:20:54.139 whereby your thirst, 00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:55.980 the thirst of your 00:20:55.980 --> 00:20:57.279 soul can be quenched 00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:58.259 and you need go 00:20:58.259 --> 00:20:59.399 searching in life 00:20:59.399 --> 00:21:00.759 no more. 00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:02.599 No more. 00:21:06.659 --> 00:21:06.919 Well friends, 00:21:06.959 --> 00:21:07.379 that takes us 00:21:07.379 --> 00:21:07.819 to the first 00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:08.599 of the two questions 00:21:08.599 --> 00:21:09.000 I think we need 00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:09.719 to ask ourselves 00:21:09.719 --> 00:21:10.459 as we take in 00:21:10.459 --> 00:21:11.480 what Jesus is saying 00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:12.179 here and it'll be 00:21:12.179 --> 00:21:12.819 really quick, 00:21:12.939 --> 00:21:13.159 okay? 00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:15.879 As we think about 00:21:15.879 --> 00:21:16.480 the claim that he 00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:17.079 makes, 00:21:20.199 --> 00:21:20.399 friends, 00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:20.959 what's going 00:21:20.959 --> 00:21:21.819 into our systems? 00:21:23.699 --> 00:21:24.459 Just think about it, 00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:25.059 just take the language 00:21:25.059 --> 00:21:25.480 he's using, 00:21:25.559 --> 00:21:26.339 are we drinking 00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:27.899 from the fountain 00:21:27.899 --> 00:21:29.059 of him 00:21:29.059 --> 00:21:29.659 that he talks 00:21:29.659 --> 00:21:30.279 about here? 00:21:30.619 --> 00:21:31.199 What's going 00:21:31.199 --> 00:21:32.019 into our systems? 00:21:34.439 --> 00:21:35.259 In 1901, 00:21:35.359 --> 00:21:35.899 it was an American 00:21:35.899 --> 00:21:36.559 doctor called 00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:37.619 John Harvey 00:21:37.619 --> 00:21:38.239 Gerdner 00:21:38.239 --> 00:21:40.419 who coined 00:21:40.419 --> 00:21:40.919 the term 00:21:40.919 --> 00:21:41.759 New Yorkitis 00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:44.559 because he 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:45.159 watched the way 00:21:45.159 --> 00:21:45.599 his fellow 00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:46.219 New Yorkers 00:21:46.219 --> 00:21:46.619 were living 00:21:46.619 --> 00:21:47.139 their right 00:21:47.139 --> 00:21:47.459 lives. 00:21:47.539 --> 00:21:47.899 They were running 00:21:47.899 --> 00:21:48.399 around from 00:21:48.399 --> 00:21:49.099 thing to thing 00:21:49.099 --> 00:21:49.479 and how he 00:21:49.479 --> 00:21:50.339 perceived in so 00:21:50.339 --> 00:21:51.019 many of them 00:21:51.019 --> 00:21:51.739 because of the 00:21:51.739 --> 00:21:52.139 way that they 00:21:52.139 --> 00:21:52.659 were living, 00:21:53.139 --> 00:21:54.299 they were producing 00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:55.399 edginess and 00:21:55.399 --> 00:21:56.199 impulsiveness 00:21:56.199 --> 00:21:58.319 and that was 00:21:58.319 --> 00:21:59.139 1901. 00:22:01.139 --> 00:22:01.839 That's the world 00:22:01.839 --> 00:22:02.299 that we're living 00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:02.779 in, isn't it? 00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.720 That's the 00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:04.519 places, the 00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:05.039 things that the 00:22:05.039 --> 00:22:05.859 world offers 00:22:05.859 --> 00:22:06.519 us. 00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:07.539 Isn't it 00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:07.980 not true that 00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:08.500 our world 00:22:08.500 --> 00:22:11.480 attaches significance 00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:12.579 to a person's 00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:13.660 life so often 00:22:13.660 --> 00:22:14.279 around their 00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:15.559 perceived busyness 00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:16.399 and productivity? 00:22:18.160 --> 00:22:19.000 Because important 00:22:19.000 --> 00:22:19.680 people are busy 00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:20.200 people and you're 00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:20.740 not important, 00:22:20.879 --> 00:22:21.940 you're not busy, 00:22:22.039 --> 00:22:22.319 you're not 00:22:22.319 --> 00:22:22.839 important. 00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:23.420 It's why when 00:22:23.420 --> 00:22:24.359 Facebook founder 00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:25.240 Mark Zuckerberg 00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:25.759 came out, 00:22:26.579 --> 00:22:27.519 I can't remember 00:22:27.519 --> 00:22:28.099 when it was, 00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:29.359 and he talked 00:22:29.359 --> 00:22:29.779 about how in 00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.259 his wardrobe 00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:30.740 he's only got 00:22:30.740 --> 00:22:31.359 one outfit 00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:32.200 because he 00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:32.680 doesn't want to 00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:33.680 waste time in 00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:34.000 the morning 00:22:34.000 --> 00:22:34.599 thinking about 00:22:34.599 --> 00:22:35.079 what he's going 00:22:35.079 --> 00:22:35.680 to wear so he's 00:22:35.680 --> 00:22:36.180 got the same 00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:36.899 outfit all the 00:22:36.899 --> 00:22:37.339 way through. 00:22:37.480 --> 00:22:38.119 We hear that, 00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:38.720 we love it 00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.379 because we think 00:22:39.379 --> 00:22:40.440 yes, he's 00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:41.339 important, he's 00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:42.279 busy, that's 00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:42.660 what we need 00:22:42.660 --> 00:22:43.299 to do. 00:22:45.619 --> 00:22:46.139 And yet into 00:22:46.139 --> 00:22:46.799 our world that 00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:47.220 says your 00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:48.059 significance is 00:22:48.059 --> 00:22:48.700 tied up with 00:22:48.700 --> 00:22:49.399 what you do, 00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:53.240 Jesus steps 00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:55.119 in and he 00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:55.899 saves us out 00:22:55.899 --> 00:22:56.319 of it and 00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:58.000 says come and 00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.879 find rest, 00:22:58.880 --> 00:23:00.320 little child 00:23:00.320 --> 00:23:02.260 in who I 00:23:02.260 --> 00:23:03.660 am today 00:23:03.660 --> 00:23:05.600 and who 00:23:05.600 --> 00:23:06.320 you are 00:23:06.320 --> 00:23:07.600 because you're 00:23:07.600 --> 00:23:08.060 in me. 00:23:10.040 --> 00:23:10.880 Do you find 00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:11.160 that in your 00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:11.680 heart all the 00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:12.060 time as we 00:23:12.060 --> 00:23:12.480 live our lives 00:23:12.480 --> 00:23:13.060 in this world 00:23:13.060 --> 00:23:13.660 running about 00:23:13.660 --> 00:23:14.220 from thing to 00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:14.460 thing? 00:23:14.520 --> 00:23:14.700 It's probably 00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:15.160 the biggest 00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:15.620 thing that I 00:23:15.620 --> 00:23:16.120 was convicted 00:23:16.120 --> 00:23:16.480 of in 00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:17.020 sabbatical. 00:23:17.600 --> 00:23:18.260 Just run 00:23:18.260 --> 00:23:18.880 around doing 00:23:18.880 --> 00:23:19.360 thing after 00:23:19.360 --> 00:23:19.780 thing after 00:23:19.780 --> 00:23:20.260 thing after 00:23:20.260 --> 00:23:20.620 thing. 00:23:21.340 --> 00:23:21.760 And I see 00:23:21.760 --> 00:23:22.300 in my heart, 00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:23.100 I see what 00:23:23.100 --> 00:23:23.460 were the two 00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:23.860 things he 00:23:23.860 --> 00:23:24.100 said? 00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:25.060 Impulsiveness 00:23:25.060 --> 00:23:25.680 and edginess. 00:23:25.840 --> 00:23:26.360 I see it all 00:23:26.360 --> 00:23:26.800 the time. 00:23:27.280 --> 00:23:27.660 And Jesus 00:23:27.660 --> 00:23:28.420 calls us to 00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:28.940 be fully 00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:30.960 satisfied in 00:23:30.960 --> 00:23:31.240 him. 00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:32.560 Do not let 00:23:32.560 --> 00:23:32.840 the world 00:23:32.840 --> 00:23:33.380 define who 00:23:33.380 --> 00:23:33.960 you are, 00:23:35.120 --> 00:23:35.820 but to be 00:23:35.820 --> 00:23:36.519 fully complete 00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.460 in him. 00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:38.880 Friends, 00:23:39.060 --> 00:23:39.640 are we 00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:40.340 drinking from 00:23:40.340 --> 00:23:40.740 the water 00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.200 he gives 00:23:41.200 --> 00:23:41.519 us? 00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:42.840 And that's 00:23:42.840 --> 00:23:43.120 a big 00:23:43.120 --> 00:23:43.539 challenge of 00:23:43.539 --> 00:23:44.019 this passage, 00:23:44.080 --> 00:23:44.300 isn't it, 00:23:44.320 --> 00:23:44.500 to us? 00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:44.840 Are we 00:23:44.840 --> 00:23:45.340 drinking from 00:23:45.340 --> 00:23:45.720 the water 00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.200 he gives 00:23:46.200 --> 00:23:46.380 us? 00:23:46.620 --> 00:23:47.039 Are we 00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:47.600 carving out 00:23:47.600 --> 00:23:48.140 time to 00:23:48.140 --> 00:23:48.600 listen to 00:23:48.600 --> 00:23:49.259 his voice 00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:50.300 as we 00:23:50.300 --> 00:23:50.779 open our 00:23:50.779 --> 00:23:52.980 Bibles and 00:23:52.980 --> 00:23:53.800 finding rest 00:23:53.800 --> 00:23:54.200 for our 00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.920 souls in 00:23:54.920 --> 00:23:55.380 the places 00:23:55.380 --> 00:23:55.940 that Jesus 00:23:55.940 --> 00:23:56.380 tells us 00:23:56.380 --> 00:23:56.720 we'll find 00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:57.080 rest? 00:23:57.079 --> 00:23:57.699 And it's 00:23:57.699 --> 00:23:58.720 why our 00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.279 gatherings, 00:23:59.419 --> 00:23:59.699 as we 00:23:59.699 --> 00:24:00.259 gather together 00:24:00.259 --> 00:24:00.460 on a 00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:00.659 Sunday, 00:24:00.759 --> 00:24:01.000 they are 00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.740 soaked in 00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:02.119 scripture. 00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:05.259 Because these 00:24:05.259 --> 00:24:05.740 are the 00:24:05.740 --> 00:24:06.240 words of 00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:07.079 eternal life. 00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:07.960 These are 00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:08.720 places where 00:24:08.720 --> 00:24:09.339 we want to 00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:10.199 drink as we 00:24:10.199 --> 00:24:11.000 feast on 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:11.619 God's word, 00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:12.579 get it into 00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:13.220 our systems. 00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:14.059 Friends, 00:24:14.179 --> 00:24:14.699 are you 00:24:14.699 --> 00:24:15.980 soaking your 00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:17.460 soul and 00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:18.319 drinking deep 00:24:18.319 --> 00:24:18.659 from the 00:24:18.659 --> 00:24:19.259 fountain that 00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:20.359 Jesus calls 00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:20.839 us to drink 00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:21.139 from? 00:24:22.460 --> 00:24:23.159 Getting these 00:24:23.159 --> 00:24:23.619 things into 00:24:23.619 --> 00:24:24.399 our system and 00:24:24.399 --> 00:24:25.379 delighting ourselves 00:24:25.380 --> 00:24:25.720 in his 00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:26.180 promises. 00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:27.380 You know, 00:24:27.400 --> 00:24:27.700 I've got a 00:24:27.700 --> 00:24:28.020 good friend 00:24:28.020 --> 00:24:28.660 called Pete 00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:30.280 who I see 00:24:30.280 --> 00:24:30.800 every day on 00:24:30.800 --> 00:24:31.180 the school 00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:31.420 run. 00:24:32.520 --> 00:24:33.000 And I 00:24:33.000 --> 00:24:33.640 clocked a few 00:24:33.640 --> 00:24:34.240 weeks ago that 00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:34.640 he's got a 00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:35.080 tattoo. 00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:36.540 Right? 00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:37.440 Strange place, 00:24:37.580 --> 00:24:38.200 strange tattoo. 00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:38.840 It's on his 00:24:38.840 --> 00:24:40.540 inner left thigh 00:24:40.540 --> 00:24:41.240 he's got a 00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:41.540 tattoo. 00:24:42.940 --> 00:24:43.680 And it's of a 00:24:43.680 --> 00:24:43.960 bird. 00:24:45.300 --> 00:24:46.120 And I said to him, 00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:46.920 Pete, buddy, 00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.260 if you don't mind 00:24:47.260 --> 00:24:47.620 me asking, 00:24:47.760 --> 00:24:48.420 why a bird? 00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:49.760 Of all the 00:24:49.760 --> 00:24:50.220 things that are 00:24:50.220 --> 00:24:51.040 kind of trendy 00:24:51.040 --> 00:24:51.560 just now, 00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.260 bird ain't one 00:24:52.260 --> 00:24:52.540 of them. 00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:53.960 And do you 00:24:53.960 --> 00:24:54.220 know what he 00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:54.460 said? 00:24:54.520 --> 00:24:54.780 He said, 00:24:54.779 --> 00:24:55.259 this tattoo 00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:55.639 I've got 00:24:55.639 --> 00:24:56.000 here, 00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:56.920 it's a 00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:57.379 sparrow. 00:24:59.480 --> 00:24:59.960 Because what 00:24:59.960 --> 00:25:00.160 he does, 00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:00.599 he cycles 00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:01.180 everywhere in 00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:01.420 town, 00:25:01.619 --> 00:25:02.619 and I'm 00:25:02.619 --> 00:25:03.119 not a 00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:03.480 cyclist, 00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:03.740 I don't 00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:03.960 know, 00:25:04.039 --> 00:25:04.379 but apparently 00:25:04.379 --> 00:25:04.579 when he 00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:04.879 goes to 00:25:04.879 --> 00:25:05.279 cycle every 00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.460 day, 00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:05.639 and I 00:25:05.639 --> 00:25:05.859 see him 00:25:05.859 --> 00:25:06.079 do it, 00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:06.799 he lifts 00:25:06.799 --> 00:25:07.119 up the 00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:07.440 bottom of 00:25:07.440 --> 00:25:07.559 his 00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:07.920 trousers. 00:25:09.059 --> 00:25:09.200 I don't 00:25:09.200 --> 00:25:09.399 know why 00:25:09.399 --> 00:25:09.619 he does 00:25:09.619 --> 00:25:09.700 it, 00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:09.920 he just 00:25:09.920 --> 00:25:10.139 does it, 00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:10.359 he just 00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:10.639 lifts up 00:25:10.639 --> 00:25:10.740 his 00:25:10.740 --> 00:25:10.899 trousers, 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.240 and he 00:25:11.240 --> 00:25:11.859 sees the 00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:12.200 sparrow 00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:12.480 every 00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:12.819 morning. 00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:14.240 And he 00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:14.399 says, 00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:14.819 every morning 00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:15.220 I remind 00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:15.980 myself of 00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.359 what Jesus 00:25:16.359 --> 00:25:16.819 said about 00:25:16.819 --> 00:25:16.960 the 00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.440 sparrows. 00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:18.720 What did 00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.120 he say? 00:25:19.880 --> 00:25:20.180 He says, 00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.620 one of 00:25:20.620 --> 00:25:20.980 them falls 00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.259 to the 00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.460 ground 00:25:21.460 --> 00:25:21.819 without my 00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.200 father 00:25:22.200 --> 00:25:22.799 knowing 00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:23.400 about it. 00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.519 And because 00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.000 that's true, 00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:25.440 how much 00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:25.860 more does 00:25:25.860 --> 00:25:26.279 your father 00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.700 know your 00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.079 needs? 00:25:27.440 --> 00:25:27.860 How much 00:25:27.860 --> 00:25:28.259 more does 00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:28.620 he care 00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:29.059 for you? 00:25:29.120 --> 00:25:29.319 And he 00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:29.500 says, 00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:30.380 I look 00:25:30.380 --> 00:25:30.559 at it 00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:31.120 every day 00:25:31.120 --> 00:25:31.759 on my 00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.279 calf as 00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:32.759 a cycle, 00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:33.940 and it 00:25:33.940 --> 00:25:34.299 reminds me 00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:34.620 what Jesus 00:25:34.620 --> 00:25:35.200 has said 00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:36.200 is true 00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:36.600 of me 00:25:36.600 --> 00:25:37.100 as his 00:25:37.100 --> 00:25:37.400 child. 00:25:39.079 --> 00:25:39.339 Friends, 00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:40.059 every day 00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:40.920 drinking from 00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:41.640 the fountains 00:25:41.640 --> 00:25:42.180 that Jesus 00:25:42.180 --> 00:25:43.059 tells us to 00:25:43.059 --> 00:25:43.579 drink from. 00:25:43.900 --> 00:25:44.160 I'm not 00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:44.720 encouraging you 00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:45.039 to get a 00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:45.380 tattoo, 00:25:45.539 --> 00:25:45.779 it's your 00:25:45.779 --> 00:25:46.059 call, 00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.440 right? 00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:48.700 But what 00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.080 can we do 00:25:49.080 --> 00:25:49.539 to be getting 00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:49.960 Jesus' 00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:50.960 life-giving 00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:51.940 water into 00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:53.320 our systems? 00:25:54.320 --> 00:25:54.880 What's going 00:25:54.880 --> 00:25:55.320 into our 00:25:55.320 --> 00:25:55.640 systems? 00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:56.340 And second 00:25:56.340 --> 00:25:56.759 of all, 00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.360 what's going 00:25:57.360 --> 00:25:57.799 on in our 00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:58.279 hearts? 00:25:59.960 --> 00:26:00.559 In terms 00:26:00.559 --> 00:26:01.000 of how we 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:02.900 view different 00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:03.660 people in 00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:04.299 our world. 00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:06.700 I love, 00:26:06.820 --> 00:26:07.220 and here's 00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:07.519 what I love, 00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:07.740 and I was 00:26:07.740 --> 00:26:08.059 thinking about 00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:08.440 it this week, 00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:09.580 I love seeing 00:26:09.580 --> 00:26:10.840 the young 00:26:10.840 --> 00:26:11.279 John, 00:26:11.600 --> 00:26:12.019 and I take 00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.299 it he's 00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:12.779 writing here 00:26:12.779 --> 00:26:13.220 as an older 00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.500 man, 00:26:13.559 --> 00:26:13.920 let's just 00:26:13.920 --> 00:26:14.559 assume that 00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:15.120 as he writes 00:26:15.120 --> 00:26:15.680 this gospel, 00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:16.360 I love 00:26:16.360 --> 00:26:16.840 seeing the 00:26:16.840 --> 00:26:17.080 young 00:26:17.080 --> 00:26:17.539 John in 00:26:17.539 --> 00:26:18.039 action as 00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.320 you read 00:26:18.320 --> 00:26:18.500 him in 00:26:18.500 --> 00:26:18.779 the other 00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:19.380 gospels, 00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:21.039 learning the 00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:22.019 discipleship ropes 00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.640 from Jesus. 00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:24.140 Now you can 00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:24.460 look at this 00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:24.700 in your own 00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:24.820 time, 00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:25.100 in Luke 00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:25.720 chapter 9, 00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.160 if you look 00:26:26.160 --> 00:26:26.500 that one 00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.240 up later, 00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.820 you see 00:26:28.820 --> 00:26:31.019 Jesus passing 00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.880 through Samaria 00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:33.160 with his 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:33.580 disciples, 00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.440 and you see 00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:35.279 Jesus being 00:26:35.279 --> 00:26:36.299 rejected by 00:26:36.299 --> 00:26:37.360 the Samaritans. 00:26:38.120 --> 00:26:38.720 And it's 00:26:38.720 --> 00:26:39.019 John, 00:26:39.140 --> 00:26:39.980 along with his 00:26:39.980 --> 00:26:40.700 brother James, 00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.360 who are 00:26:41.360 --> 00:26:42.940 fuming that 00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:44.140 the Samaritans 00:26:44.140 --> 00:26:44.519 have the 00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:45.440 brass neck, 00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.700 to turn 00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:48.360 down their 00:26:48.360 --> 00:26:48.980 Messiah. 00:26:49.100 --> 00:26:49.759 How dare 00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:49.920 they? 00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:50.400 What do they 00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:50.660 say? 00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.019 If you read 00:26:51.019 --> 00:26:51.259 it up, 00:26:51.320 --> 00:26:51.500 they say, 00:26:51.560 --> 00:26:51.880 Jesus, 00:26:52.400 --> 00:26:52.840 will we 00:26:52.840 --> 00:26:54.080 call fire 00:26:54.080 --> 00:26:54.660 down from 00:26:54.660 --> 00:26:55.960 heaven on 00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:56.440 them, 00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:57.299 and we'll 00:26:57.299 --> 00:26:58.039 watch as 00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:58.799 the Samaritan 00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.980 village gets 00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:01.019 singed? 00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.160 Genuine 00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:02.700 question. 00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:05.820 There's bitterness 00:27:05.820 --> 00:27:06.620 raging in 00:27:06.620 --> 00:27:07.400 John's heart as 00:27:07.400 --> 00:27:07.960 he thinks about 00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.539 this group of 00:27:08.539 --> 00:27:08.820 people. 00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:10.320 There's anger 00:27:10.320 --> 00:27:12.120 as he thinks 00:27:12.120 --> 00:27:12.539 about them. 00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.119 It's ugly 00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:13.559 as you see 00:27:13.559 --> 00:27:14.639 John's heart 00:27:14.639 --> 00:27:15.399 in Luke 00:27:15.399 --> 00:27:16.200 chapter 9. 00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:16.579 And yet, 00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.440 here he is, 00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:17.859 isn't it not 00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:18.339 incredible, 00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:19.399 writing as an 00:27:19.399 --> 00:27:20.099 older man, 00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:22.019 with the 00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.799 spirit of God 00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.559 having worked 00:27:23.559 --> 00:27:24.319 away in him 00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:25.000 as he mulls 00:27:25.000 --> 00:27:26.399 deeply on who 00:27:26.399 --> 00:27:27.059 the crucified 00:27:27.059 --> 00:27:27.940 and the risen 00:27:27.940 --> 00:27:29.079 Jesus is, 00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:30.319 and Jesus' 00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:31.500 love for him. 00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:33.920 As John 00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:34.420 writes his 00:27:34.420 --> 00:27:34.779 gospel, 00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:36.119 what conversation 00:27:36.119 --> 00:27:36.740 that Jesus 00:27:36.740 --> 00:27:37.359 has with 00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:38.159 anybody 00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:39.660 gets the 00:27:39.660 --> 00:27:40.320 most air 00:27:40.320 --> 00:27:40.680 time? 00:27:41.860 --> 00:27:42.360 What is the 00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:42.740 one that's 00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.620 almost right 00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:44.360 up top as 00:27:44.360 --> 00:27:44.740 if to say 00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.380 this is who 00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:45.920 Jesus is? 00:27:46.120 --> 00:27:46.440 It ain't a 00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:46.880 conversation 00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:47.700 with Nicodemus. 00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.380 It's a 00:27:50.380 --> 00:27:50.940 conversation 00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.460 with this 00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:51.960 Samaritan 00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.300 woman. 00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:52.920 Friends, 00:27:53.019 --> 00:27:53.440 I love it. 00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:53.820 It's almost 00:27:53.820 --> 00:27:54.560 as if John 00:27:54.560 --> 00:27:55.240 as he holds 00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:55.880 her up, 00:27:57.140 --> 00:27:57.620 is holding 00:27:57.620 --> 00:27:58.279 his hands 00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:58.900 up and 00:27:58.900 --> 00:27:59.360 saying, 00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.800 how wrong 00:28:00.800 --> 00:28:01.480 was I? 00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:03.920 I went 00:28:03.920 --> 00:28:04.560 all anger 00:28:04.560 --> 00:28:05.160 and bitterness, 00:28:05.400 --> 00:28:05.860 but Jesus 00:28:05.860 --> 00:28:06.960 chose compassion 00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:07.680 on the cross 00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:08.460 and his 00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:09.180 way 00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:10.100 wins. 00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:13.340 And his 00:28:13.340 --> 00:28:14.240 way always 00:28:14.240 --> 00:28:16.000 wins as we 00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:16.640 think about 00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:17.279 people in 00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:17.940 our world 00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:19.000 and as we 00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:19.940 take in the 00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.840 dignity revolution 00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:21.360 that Jesus 00:28:21.360 --> 00:28:22.039 offers us 00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:22.400 here. 00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:22.920 Friends, 00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.279 let me just 00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:23.620 give you a 00:28:23.620 --> 00:28:23.980 case in 00:28:23.980 --> 00:28:24.440 point as 00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:25.019 we close. 00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.680 I'll tell you 00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:28.100 about a woman 00:28:28.100 --> 00:28:28.720 who most of 00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.060 us in the 00:28:29.060 --> 00:28:29.340 UK, 00:28:29.799 --> 00:28:30.320 back in the 00:28:30.320 --> 00:28:31.560 early 2000s, 00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:32.400 used to 00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:33.019 laugh at. 00:28:35.080 --> 00:28:35.640 And her 00:28:35.640 --> 00:28:36.000 name was 00:28:36.000 --> 00:28:36.380 Jade. 00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:39.080 Jade Goody, 00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:39.620 if that 00:28:39.620 --> 00:28:40.940 name means 00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.759 anything to 00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:41.860 you. 00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:42.160 She became 00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:42.799 famous in 00:28:42.799 --> 00:28:43.380 our culture 00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:44.920 as one of 00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:45.299 the first 00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:46.160 contestants ever 00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:46.640 to appear 00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:47.120 in the UK 00:28:47.120 --> 00:28:47.620 version of 00:28:47.620 --> 00:28:48.019 Big Brother. 00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:49.840 And people 00:28:49.840 --> 00:28:50.500 in our world 00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.120 used to call 00:28:51.120 --> 00:28:51.720 her the 00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.160 blonde 00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:53.080 South London 00:28:53.080 --> 00:28:53.580 Chav. 00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:54.200 That's what 00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:54.420 she was 00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:54.759 nicknamed 00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.100 as. 00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:56.279 It's always 00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:56.920 good for a 00:28:56.920 --> 00:28:57.200 funny, 00:28:57.360 --> 00:28:58.160 silly line. 00:28:58.160 --> 00:29:00.160 But she 00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:00.560 made a big 00:29:00.560 --> 00:29:01.140 mistake on 00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:01.620 a celebrity 00:29:01.620 --> 00:29:02.220 edition of 00:29:02.220 --> 00:29:02.600 Big Brother. 00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:02.880 In the 00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:03.320 heat of the 00:29:03.320 --> 00:29:03.580 moment, 00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:04.160 she uttered 00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:04.900 an unacceptable 00:29:04.900 --> 00:29:05.620 racist word 00:29:05.620 --> 00:29:06.019 to another 00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.720 contestant, 00:29:06.779 --> 00:29:07.040 and it was 00:29:07.040 --> 00:29:07.440 caught on 00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:07.779 camera. 00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:08.500 And she 00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.060 immediately 00:29:09.060 --> 00:29:09.960 apologised to 00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.360 the lady, 00:29:10.480 --> 00:29:10.700 and they 00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:11.259 made up. 00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:12.200 But that 00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:12.720 wasn't caught 00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.160 on camera. 00:29:14.860 --> 00:29:15.440 Damage was 00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:15.820 done, and 00:29:15.820 --> 00:29:16.140 all of a 00:29:16.140 --> 00:29:16.600 sudden, she 00:29:16.600 --> 00:29:17.100 becomes the 00:29:17.100 --> 00:29:17.620 most hated 00:29:17.620 --> 00:29:18.640 woman in 00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:19.100 Britain, 00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.820 spending her 00:29:20.820 --> 00:29:21.300 days trying 00:29:21.300 --> 00:29:21.960 to avoid the 00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:22.660 cameras, avoid 00:29:22.660 --> 00:29:23.540 the spotlight with 00:29:23.540 --> 00:29:23.960 her young 00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.460 family. 00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:26.299 And Jade 00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:26.920 developed 00:29:26.920 --> 00:29:27.279 cerebral 00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:29.279 cancer years 00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:29.860 later after 00:29:29.860 --> 00:29:30.720 this, and 00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.980 the tragedy 00:29:31.980 --> 00:29:32.539 was that she 00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.299 spent a number 00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:33.740 of years 00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.360 believing the 00:29:34.360 --> 00:29:34.980 lie that her 00:29:34.980 --> 00:29:35.799 cancer condition 00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.460 was punishment 00:29:36.460 --> 00:29:37.000 for what she 00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:38.160 said, in 00:29:38.160 --> 00:29:38.380 her own 00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:38.680 words. 00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:40.360 And she 00:29:40.360 --> 00:29:40.880 died in 00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:41.799 March 2009 00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.299 at the age 00:29:42.299 --> 00:29:43.100 of 27. 00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:45.380 By all 00:29:45.380 --> 00:29:48.180 thinking it 00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:48.680 was a tragic 00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:49.140 case. 00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:50.940 But here's 00:29:50.940 --> 00:29:51.299 what I read 00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:51.799 about Jade 00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:53.000 only three or 00:29:53.000 --> 00:29:53.440 four weeks 00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:54.360 ago, and I 00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:54.679 can send 00:29:54.679 --> 00:29:54.919 you the 00:29:54.919 --> 00:29:55.259 link if 00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:55.579 you want 00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:55.759 it. 00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:56.439 Here's what 00:29:56.439 --> 00:29:56.699 I didn't 00:29:56.699 --> 00:29:57.119 know about 00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:57.399 Jade. 00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:58.519 Not so 00:29:58.519 --> 00:29:59.039 long before 00:29:59.039 --> 00:29:59.519 she died, 00:29:59.579 --> 00:29:59.939 she became 00:29:59.939 --> 00:30:00.399 a Christian. 00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:02.459 And at her 00:30:02.459 --> 00:30:03.000 funeral, this 00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.399 is what the 00:30:03.399 --> 00:30:03.839 minister of 00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:04.279 the church 00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.619 that she 00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:05.039 went to, 00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:05.459 who knew 00:30:05.459 --> 00:30:06.859 her, talked 00:30:06.859 --> 00:30:07.179 about. 00:30:07.500 --> 00:30:07.959 He talked 00:30:07.959 --> 00:30:08.299 about her 00:30:08.299 --> 00:30:08.859 love for 00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:09.259 Luke's 00:30:09.259 --> 00:30:09.639 gospel. 00:30:10.959 --> 00:30:11.279 And he 00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.699 said this 00:30:11.699 --> 00:30:11.979 at her 00:30:11.979 --> 00:30:12.359 funeral, 00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.519 Jade read 00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:14.939 there how 00:30:14.939 --> 00:30:15.679 Jesus welcomed 00:30:15.679 --> 00:30:16.159 those who 00:30:16.159 --> 00:30:16.379 weren't 00:30:16.379 --> 00:30:16.799 particularly 00:30:16.799 --> 00:30:17.279 religious, 00:30:18.219 --> 00:30:18.579 and how 00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:19.199 Jesus spent 00:30:19.199 --> 00:30:19.679 time with 00:30:19.679 --> 00:30:20.319 people like 00:30:20.319 --> 00:30:20.740 her, 00:30:21.479 --> 00:30:22.299 down-to-earth 00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:22.859 people whose 00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:23.759 lives, like 00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.339 Jade's, 00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:25.419 were at 00:30:25.419 --> 00:30:26.500 times flawed 00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:27.399 and difficult, 00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:28.959 but whose 00:30:28.959 --> 00:30:30.539 lives were 00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:31.199 precious to 00:30:31.199 --> 00:30:31.559 God. 00:30:33.579 --> 00:30:34.259 Fully 00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:34.619 known, 00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:37.240 fully loved, 00:30:37.719 --> 00:30:38.099 and I take 00:30:38.099 --> 00:30:38.359 it fully 00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:39.079 loved, fully 00:30:39.079 --> 00:30:41.679 forgiven, and 00:30:41.679 --> 00:30:42.679 fully satisfied 00:30:42.679 --> 00:30:44.179 in who Jesus 00:30:44.179 --> 00:30:44.679 is. 00:30:44.679 --> 00:30:45.500 Friends, this is 00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:46.279 what he offers 00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:46.759 us this 00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.079 morning. 00:30:47.079 --> 00:30:47.139 life. 00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:50.619 He offers 00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:53.019 us life. 00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:56.240 And maybe 00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:56.759 just the 00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.179 band guys 00:30:57.179 --> 00:30:57.500 could come 00:30:57.500 --> 00:30:58.059 back up if 00:30:58.059 --> 00:30:58.359 you want. 00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.299 There's been 00:31:00.299 --> 00:31:01.500 three people 00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.000 who've been in 00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.480 my mind and 00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:02.939 my heart as 00:31:02.939 --> 00:31:03.159 I've been 00:31:03.159 --> 00:31:03.639 thinking about 00:31:03.639 --> 00:31:04.179 this week, 00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.279 as we think 00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:05.960 about responding 00:31:05.960 --> 00:31:06.519 to this. 00:31:07.359 --> 00:31:08.299 The first one 00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:09.299 is if you 00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:10.079 don't know the 00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:10.720 life and love 00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.379 that Jesus is 00:31:11.379 --> 00:31:11.919 talking about 00:31:11.919 --> 00:31:12.279 here. 00:31:13.799 --> 00:31:14.139 Friends, 00:31:14.140 --> 00:31:15.040 the invitation 00:31:15.040 --> 00:31:15.880 to you today 00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:16.960 is to respond 00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:17.640 to what Jesus 00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:19.759 has said and 00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.420 to come and 00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:21.440 drink from the 00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:22.380 living waters 00:31:22.380 --> 00:31:24.100 that he gives 00:31:24.100 --> 00:31:24.480 us. 00:31:26.420 --> 00:31:27.100 Second of all, 00:31:27.120 --> 00:31:27.500 friends, if you 00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:27.920 hear and you 00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:28.759 feel the pain 00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.440 of this woman 00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:31.900 and in some 00:31:31.900 --> 00:31:33.540 level you know 00:31:33.540 --> 00:31:34.700 what it is to 00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.280 be at your 00:31:35.280 --> 00:31:35.840 lowest, 00:31:38.040 --> 00:31:38.480 because I want 00:31:38.480 --> 00:31:38.940 you to know 00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.400 that Jesus 00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:40.200 knows you, 00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:42.220 he loves you, 00:31:42.780 --> 00:31:43.700 he died for 00:31:43.700 --> 00:31:44.120 you, and 00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:44.500 the same 00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:45.219 invitation he 00:31:45.219 --> 00:31:45.619 makes to 00:31:45.619 --> 00:31:46.000 that woman 00:31:46.000 --> 00:31:46.599 is true for 00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:46.819 you. 00:31:46.939 --> 00:31:47.399 Do not let 00:31:47.399 --> 00:31:47.959 your scars 00:31:47.959 --> 00:31:48.719 define you. 00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:49.639 Come and 00:31:49.639 --> 00:31:50.119 let his 00:31:50.119 --> 00:31:50.839 define you. 00:31:52.659 --> 00:31:52.899 And the 00:31:52.899 --> 00:31:53.579 third group 00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:53.959 of people, 00:31:54.219 --> 00:31:54.919 I love how 00:31:54.919 --> 00:31:55.439 often the 00:31:55.439 --> 00:31:56.000 psalmist would 00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:56.539 talk about 00:31:56.539 --> 00:31:57.559 recalling the 00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:58.139 joy of our 00:31:58.139 --> 00:31:58.699 salvation. 00:32:00.439 --> 00:32:00.939 For others 00:32:00.939 --> 00:32:02.059 of us here 00:32:02.059 --> 00:32:02.519 today, we 00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:02.799 need to 00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:03.759 recall who 00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:04.479 Jesus is, 00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:06.019 rejoice in 00:32:06.019 --> 00:32:06.779 who he is, 00:32:07.719 --> 00:32:08.439 and just 00:32:08.439 --> 00:32:10.339 lap up the 00:32:10.339 --> 00:32:11.019 living waters 00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.759 that he gives 00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.259 us as we 00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.939 take him in. 00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:14.620 So in a 00:32:14.620 --> 00:32:14.960 moment I'm 00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:15.380 just going to 00:32:15.380 --> 00:32:15.860 pray and 00:32:15.860 --> 00:32:16.039 then we're 00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:16.240 going to 00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:17.160 sing two 00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:17.840 songs just 00:32:17.840 --> 00:32:18.299 to give us 00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:19.480 the space and 00:32:19.480 --> 00:32:20.140 time for these 00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:20.980 truths to sink 00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:21.279 in. 00:32:21.820 --> 00:32:22.880 Two songs that 00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:23.820 talk about who 00:32:23.820 --> 00:32:24.740 Jesus is, 00:32:25.160 --> 00:32:26.039 where he is 00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:27.440 now, and the 00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:28.039 fact that one 00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:29.559 day he's coming 00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:29.960 back. 00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:31.860 So let's just be 00:32:31.860 --> 00:32:34.200 silent, and I'm 00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:36.380 going to pray, and 00:32:36.380 --> 00:32:36.759 then we're going to 00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.480 stand to sing. 00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:44.539 Heavenly Father, 00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:45.660 thank you that the 00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:46.960 psalmist calls you 00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:48.160 the father of the 00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:48.880 fatherless. 00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:50.079 Thank you that that 00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:51.220 is who you are. 00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:53.059 You are the God 00:32:53.059 --> 00:32:54.500 who welcomes the 00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.019 outsider. 00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:56.579 You are the God 00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:57.920 who sent your 00:32:57.920 --> 00:33:00.819 son to die for 00:33:00.819 --> 00:33:01.500 sinners. 00:33:03.120 --> 00:33:03.640 And Father, just 00:33:03.640 --> 00:33:04.920 pray this morning 00:33:04.920 --> 00:33:05.980 for those three 00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.860 categories that we've 00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:07.299 thought about. 00:33:07.419 --> 00:33:07.959 Father, for those 00:33:07.959 --> 00:33:08.579 who don't know 00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:10.479 you, Father, for 00:33:10.479 --> 00:33:11.159 those this morning 00:33:11.159 --> 00:33:11.839 for whom this is 00:33:11.839 --> 00:33:13.899 really painful, life 00:33:13.899 --> 00:33:14.939 right now is tough. 00:33:15.979 --> 00:33:16.779 And for those of us 00:33:16.779 --> 00:33:17.599 here today, Father, 00:33:17.679 --> 00:33:18.699 that we would recall 00:33:18.699 --> 00:33:19.539 the joy of our 00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:20.399 salvation as we 00:33:20.399 --> 00:33:21.039 think about who 00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:21.659 Jesus is. 00:33:21.819 --> 00:33:23.139 Father, be moving 00:33:23.139 --> 00:33:24.099 amongst us by your 00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:25.119 spirit, I ask and 00:33:25.119 --> 00:33:25.399 pray. 00:33:26.699 --> 00:33:27.479 Father, would you be 00:33:27.479 --> 00:33:28.819 bringing by your 00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:30.359 spirit in us healing 00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:33.119 and assurance 00:33:33.119 --> 00:33:35.500 and knowledge 00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:37.700 and joy 00:33:37.700 --> 00:33:40.380 and that sense 00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:41.000 of peace 00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:42.619 because of who 00:33:42.619 --> 00:33:43.220 he is. 00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:45.039 Father, help this 00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:46.000 week our hearts to 00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:47.980 be fully satisfied 00:33:47.980 --> 00:33:50.519 in Jesus. 00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:53.480 In his name we 00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:53.740 pray. 00:33:54.740 --> 00:33:55.119 Amen. 00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:55.220 Amen. 00:33:55.220 --> 00:33:55.279 Amen. 00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:55.299 Amen. 00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:55.319 Amen. 00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:55.339 Amen. 00:33:55.339 --> 00:33:55.880 Amen. 00:33:55.880 --> 00:33:57.359 Amen. 00:33:57.359 --> 00:33:57.380 Amen. 00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:57.440 Amen. 00:33:57.440 --> 00:33:57.480 Amen. 00:33:57.480 --> 00:33:57.500 Amen. 00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:57.940 Amen. 00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:59.440 Amen. 00:33:59.440 --> 00:33:59.460 Amen. 00:33:59.460 --> 00:33:59.940 Amen. 00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:00.519 Amen. 00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:01.500 Amen. 00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:01.519 Amen. 00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:01.539 Amen. 00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:05.480 Amen.