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 If you have your Bible with you, please open it up to the Gospel of John, chapter 6.

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 We're continuing to work our way through the story of Jesus.

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 We're going kind of slow, but we're milking it for all it's worth.

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 And this morning we're in chapter 6.

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 Last Sunday we finished up the conversation that Jesus was having with the religious leaders

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 after he was challenged for healing a man on the Sabbath.

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 And if you remember back to last Sunday, the big question under the surface that Jesus

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 seemed to be responding to was, why should we believe you?

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 Jesus had been making some pretty big claims.

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 He claimed to have power and authority to raise people from the dead, to give them eternal life,

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 and to do the work of final judgment on his Father's behalf.

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 Why should we believe you?

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 And Jesus told us that his Father has himself been testifying that what Jesus says is true.

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 And we talked about some of the ways that the Father has testified about Jesus, his Son.

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 One of the clearest and most significant statements that Jesus made was in chapter 5, verse 36.

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 He said,

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 So Jesus made it clear that the evidence that all he is saying is true is the works that he is doing.

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 He is doing things which no one but God could do.

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 He is doing things that fulfill the prophecies made long ago.

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 This should be taken as confirmation that he is the Son of God.

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 If Jesus is in a courtroom right now and on trial and the world is seated in the rows watching,

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 then according to Jesus, God the Father himself is a witness who brings a testimony.

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 And a big part of the testimony of the Father is that he has given Jesus these special works to do,

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 and some of them are miraculous.

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 Well, this morning, John wants to tell us about one of those truly spectacular works

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 that Jesus did sometime after this conversation.

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 And even though this particular miracle that we're going to look at today is well known,

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 and it had been included in all the other gospel accounts written before John,

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 John could not leave this out because it was truly amazing.

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 Let's read what John writes in chapter 6, starting in verse 1.

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 Sometime after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee.

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 That is the Sea of Tiberias.

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 So Jesus is not in Jerusalem anymore.

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 He's gone back into Galilee, and sometime later he's crossed over to the other side

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 or to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee.

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 Verse 2,

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 And a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick.

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 So there's this vast multitude of people that is now following Jesus as he journeys about.

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 They're following him.

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 They're following him even out into the open country, across lakes.

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 And John tells us why.

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 Because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick.

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 Literally, they were following him because they were seeing the signs that he was doing upon the sick people.

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 Notice a couple things here.

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 First, Jesus has drawn the attention of this vast multitude, not just because they've heard some good things about him,

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 but because they were seeing.

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 Like with their eyes, they were seeing repeatedly again and again the signs.

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 The signs plural, not just one sign, but many signs that he was doing upon the sick people.

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 And again, in the original language, not just one sick person, but sick people plural.

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 Jesus wasn't just fooling a few gullible people here and there until it all swelled up into some hype and excitement,

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 like some of the phony faith healers of our day.

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 No.

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 The sense we get here is that people who were sick or ill with all kinds of conditions, sicknesses, diseases, disabilities,

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 they were going out to Jesus from all over the place, either on their own or with the help of family or friends.

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 They were going out to Jesus and people were seeing repeatedly again and again these illnesses being healed right in front of their eyes by Jesus.

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 And if you carry a hint of skepticism here, I understand that.

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 There have been many so-called faith healers over the years who have not helped.

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 If you wrestle with that, I want to encourage you to look closely at many of these modern-day faith healers and their healings

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 and then look closely again at the healings of Jesus, the ones that are recorded in the scriptures.

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 There's a massive difference.

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 I was watching a short BBC documentary on YouTube just yesterday and they followed this woman named Emily Yates.

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 She was born with cerebral palsy and was unable to use her legs for her whole life.

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 She was in a wheelchair.

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 And Emily went to one of these modern-day faith healers, a man by the name of John Meller in Australia.

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 And I watched in this documentary as he prayed and declared the power of cerebral palsy broken in Jesus' name.

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 At the same time, John had his strong helpers trying to lift this woman up out of her chair onto her feet.

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 But she wasn't able to stand.

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 She wasn't able even just to support her own weight on her legs, let alone walk.

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 Even though she hadn't had any pain in her feet prior to going up to the front, Mr. Meller made a big deal of how God had done something because she doesn't have any pain in her feet after standing with the help of two big, strong men for a couple minutes.

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 Eventually, they had to let Emily sit back down in her wheelchair.

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 And she wheeled herself out of the service, disillusioned and disappointed.

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 At the end of it all, this is what she said in tears.

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 She says, I keep hearing of all these amazing miracles that are happening.

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 And all these people with these horrendous illnesses that are getting healed.

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 And she had attended a number of meetings before she went up to the front.

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 And all we saw was people with sprained ankles and headaches and frozen shoulders feeling better.

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 I went on John Meller's website and ironically, meetings have been suspended due to the coronavirus.

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 I couldn't help but think, well, if he is able to heal people, why not just go to the hospital and do it for those who are in the hospital right now with coronavirus?

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 Instead, he's put a 90-second video clip on YouTube where he prays and declares the power of coronavirus broken over whoever is watching.

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 This is not how Jesus healed people.

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 He didn't do it with a, well, sometimes it works when I pray and ask the Father to do it and sometimes it doesn't.

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 No, the people flocked out to him because they were actually seeing people that they knew and loved healed of conditions and illnesses, many which had been permanent and devastating.

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 They were seeing it happen again and again and again.

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 The lame walking without the help of others after 38 years of being unable to walk.

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 The man at the pool of Siloam, the blind seeing after decades of not being able to see.

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 These are not the kinds of things that the modern day faith healers do today.

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 Even the religious leaders saw some of the signs that he'd been performing and they could not refute them.

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 Just as Nicodemus said, we heard this last week,

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 We know that you are a teacher who has come from God.

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 For no one could perform the signs you are doing unless God were with him.

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 If even Jesus' opponents, many of whom were bent on discrediting him and killing him, getting him killed,

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 if even they had to admit that there were real healings happening and could not disprove his miracles,

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 it tells you something.

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 The miracles of healing actually happened.

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 In fact, the other gospel writers tell us that since they couldn't disprove his many miracles of healing,

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 they instead decided to acknowledge that he was doing them,

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 that people were getting healed, but tried to make him look bad by saying it was by the power of the devil

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 that he was doing them.

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 His miracles of healing were undeniable.

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 And it's one of the big reasons this morning why thousands and thousands of people

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 were following him around the Judean countryside.

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 So here Jesus is with a huge crowd following him around on the far side of the Sea of Galilee.

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 And John tells us that one particular day, let's read it in verse 3,

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 Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples.

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 The Jewish Passover festival was near.

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 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him,

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 he said to Philip,

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 Where should we buy bread for these people to eat?

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 He asked this only to test him,

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 for he already had in mind what he was going to do.

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 Philip answered him,

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 It would take more than half a year's wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite.

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 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up,

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 Here's a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish.

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 But how far will they go among so many?

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 So here Jesus is with a huge crowd coming out to them.

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 And I love this story.

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 I want you to imagine for a moment that you're Philip.

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 And Jesus turns to you as this crowd is coming out and says this to you,

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 Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?

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 How are you feeling at that moment?

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 How would you like to be put in charge of hospitality for thousands of people out in the middle of nowhere?

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 So what does Philip do?

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 He decides to do a bit of mental math.

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 And you can almost just imagine his eyes just go wide all of a sudden as he's thinking about this.

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 And then he responds after a minute,

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 It would take more than half a year's wages.

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 Like half of what I make in a year.

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 More than that.

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 Just to get each person a bite.

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 Most of us have probably been to a wedding or a banquet.

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 These things aren't cheap.

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 Even a few hundred people can easily be thousands of dollars.

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 Philip is doing the math here.

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 This is not going to happen.

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 We can imagine how his mind must have been racing.

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 Do we want to spend that kind of money just to give this huge crowd a little snack?

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 Do we even have that much money in the purse?

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 Judas.

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 What's the balance?

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 Even if we could afford it, how are we going to get all that bread from the nearest town out here?

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 I know they ate a different kind of bread back then, but just to get a sense of this in my head,

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 I was just imagining a loaf of wonder bread with 15 slices.

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 Chop each slice up into four pieces.

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 That's enough for a mouthful for everyone.

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 We're talking like 250 loaves of bread.

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 How are we going to carry all that here?

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 Do we rent a cart?

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 Philip is doing the math.

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 Then there's Andrew.

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 We don't know exactly what he's thinking,

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 but at least he has the good sense to figure out what they already have and take a bit of inventory.

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 Here's a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish.

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 But how far will they go among so many?

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 And what's funny about this is that John tells us even before Philip and Andrew respond

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 that Jesus was only saying this to test Philip.

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 So what kind of test is this?

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 What would it mean for Philip to pass the test or fail the test?

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 We don't know.

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 John doesn't even tell us.

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 We're kind of left to guess.

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 But if there's one thing that Jesus seems to want them to realize,

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 even before the crowd gets here,

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 it's that feeding this large crowd a lunch or a supper or even a light snack is impossible.

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 At least by ordinary means.

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 That's the conclusion that Philip really comes to.

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 Half a year's wages wouldn't be enough to buy each one a single bite.

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 We can't do this, Jesus.

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 It's impossible.

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 Then there's Andrew.

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 Let's take inventory.

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 We've got five little loaves,

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 which are kind of more like buns in this boy's lunch kit,

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 and two little sardines here.

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 How far will that go among so many?

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 Even if we slice it like this,

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 it's not going to last long.

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 It's not possible.

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 And perhaps that's what Jesus' testing question was meant to reveal.

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 John tells us that Jesus knew what he was about to do.

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 Verse 10.

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 Jesus said,

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 Have the people sit down.

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 There was plenty of grass in that place,

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 and they sat down.

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 About 5,000 men were there.

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 Now that's a lot of people.

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 Then we flip over to Matthew's gospel,

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 his record of this very same event,

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 and we read this.

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 The number of those who ate was about 5,000 men,

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 besides women and children.

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 That's a whole lot more people.

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 I don't know why they just counted the men.

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 Maybe that was just easier to do in such a large crowd.

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 Some scholars will guess 15,000 to 20,000 people.

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 Who knows?

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 Not everybody had probably a wife or a child or husband who was there,

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 and some probably brought the whole family.

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 So let's just be conservative and imagine that it was 10,000 people,

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 with all the women and children included.

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 And let's try and visualize this.

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 Here's a picture of 3,000 people in a theater.

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 Don't miss the people in the balcony.

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 There's probably tons of them up there that we can hardly see.

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 Times that by three-ish.

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 10,000 people.

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 Here's a picture of 10,000 people at a sporting event.

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 Again, don't miss the people that are way up here in the back there.

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 And then there's all the people out of the shot,

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 out of the picture,

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 on this side of the stadium that are watching.

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 10,000 people.

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 If you've been to Mosaic Stadium in Regina,

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 what does it hold?

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 I think 30,000 or something like that.

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 Imagine a third of Mosaic Stadium packed.

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 That's a lot of people.

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 Have the people sit down, says Jesus.

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 Okay.

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 Verse 11.

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 Jesus then took the loaves,

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 gave thanks,

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 and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted.

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 He did the same with the fish.

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 When they had all had enough to eat,

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 he said to his disciples,

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 gather the pieces that are left over.

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 Let nothing be wasted.

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 So they gathered them and filled 12 baskets

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 with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over

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 by those who had eaten.

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 You read that and it's like,

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 hold on a second here.

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 Like, what just happened?

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 Jesus takes the five loaves and the two fish.

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 He gives thanks.

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 He prays and thanks God for the provision of them.

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 And then they begin to distribute them in the baskets

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 to 10,000 or possibly more people.

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 And it says that each of those people

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 had as much as they wanted to eat.

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 And then after all that,

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 there were 12 baskets filled with the pieces left over.

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 What just happened here?

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 Out in the middle of nowhere,

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 Jesus miraculously multiplies a boy's lunch

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 to feed 10,000 or more people

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 as much as they wanted to eat.

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 And at the end,

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 there was even more left over than they started with.

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 This is impossible.

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 I was thinking about this.

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 I would challenge any and all of the world's best magicians

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 to come together to a location of my choosing.

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 They wouldn't know what's happening in advance.

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 And then when they get there,

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 say, okay, we got 10,000 people coming in 30 minutes

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 and you have to feed them all.

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 Here's five loaves and two fish.

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 They couldn't do it.

00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:14.240
 Penn and Teller,

00:20:15.260 --> 00:20:16.020
 David Blaine,

00:20:16.140 --> 00:20:17.140
 David Copperfield,

00:20:17.700 --> 00:20:18.120
 Houdini,

00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:19.220
 they couldn't do it.

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 This is impossible

00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:23.720
 by any ordinary ways of doing things.

00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:31.880
 What Jesus did that day was supernatural.

00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:35.640
 It was a true miracle.

00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:39.360
 Something only the power of God could do.

00:20:41.059 --> 00:20:42.480
 It's one of those miracles,

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:44.559
 probably more than any of the others,

00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:47.160
 that I wish that I could have just been there

00:20:47.160 --> 00:20:49.819
 to see what happened.

00:20:49.819 --> 00:20:53.299
 How did it look up close?

00:20:54.419 --> 00:20:56.700
 Were the loaves just kind of growing back

00:20:56.700 --> 00:20:58.679
 as they were pulling pieces off of them?

00:20:59.559 --> 00:21:01.659
 Did they all close their eyes to pray

00:21:01.659 --> 00:21:02.579
 and then bam,

00:21:02.659 --> 00:21:06.519
 all the baskets just started bubbling up

00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:09.460
 with fish and loaves out of thin air?

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 Where did the bread and the fish come from?

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 The only thing that the disciples could point to

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 was the five loaves and two fish

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:20.620
 that they had started with.

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 They couldn't describe it.

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 Think about the size of that crowd.

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 They would have needed more fish

00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:31.279
 than they had caught

00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:33.420
 when Peter first came to follow Jesus

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 and the boats were sinking.

00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:39.680
 As far as miraculous goes,

00:21:39.820 --> 00:21:41.200
 this is a whole other level.

00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:44.440
 Back there in the sea,

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 Jesus made all these fish appear

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 where they couldn't be seen

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 down under the water

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 and then, oh, there they are in the nets.

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 Fish live in the water.

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 This is a whole other level.

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 Jesus causes all of this food

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 to appear out of nowhere,

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 right out of thin air,

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 on land, fish on land.

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 It's amazing.

00:22:10.580 --> 00:22:12.779
 It was a phenomenal sign from God,

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:17.240
 a work that God gave Jesus to do

00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:20.720
 that testifies that Jesus has indeed been sent

00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:23.000
 by his Father, by God,

00:22:23.660 --> 00:22:24.840
 and is the Son of God.

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 For those who will only believe

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 what they can see

00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:32.559
 and touch and taste and feel,

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 it doesn't get any more tangible than this.

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 Each of them there that day

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 had the evidence that Jesus was sent from God

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 in their hands,

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 in their mouths,

00:22:43.579 --> 00:22:44.899
 in between their teeth,

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 in their stomachs,

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 and not just a little bit,

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 but as much as they wanted,

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 John tells us.

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 It's as though the call for seconds

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 and thirds and fourths went out,

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 and eventually people just stopped

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 asking for more.

00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.619
 They were full.

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 Got me thinking about

00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:07.859
 the Olive Garden restaurant.

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 When you go there,

00:23:10.220 --> 00:23:10.880
 they give you this

00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:13.400
 warm, freshly baked bread,

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:15.079
 and their thing at Olive Garden

00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:15.960
 is that you can have

00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:17.619
 as much of that bread as you want,

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 and as much salad as you want,

00:23:20.359 --> 00:23:21.539
 and then your meal comes,

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 even after you finish the main course,

00:23:24.519 --> 00:23:26.259
 you can keep asking for more bread.

00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:27.440
 It's bottomless there.

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 It's unlimited.

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 But eventually you have to stop asking

00:23:32.259 --> 00:23:34.279
 because even though the supply is endless,

00:23:34.399 --> 00:23:36.299
 you can only eat so much.

00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:41.119
 Jesus made that kind of a meal moment

00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:44.779
 happen for 10,000 people

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 out in the middle of the Judean countryside.

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 And the people recognized

00:23:53.299 --> 00:23:54.879
 that this was a miracle.

00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:55.759
 Verse 14.

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 After the people saw the sign

00:23:59.299 --> 00:24:01.139
 Jesus had performed,

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:03.940
 they began to say,

00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:07.559
 surely this is the prophet

00:24:07.559 --> 00:24:10.460
 who is to come into the world.

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 Not just any prophet

00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:15.700
 or a small p prophet,

00:24:15.840 --> 00:24:16.720
 but the prophet,

00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:19.279
 the one Moses wrote about.

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:21.900
 Back in Deuteronomy 18,

00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:25.360
 God told Moses

00:24:25.360 --> 00:24:27.039
 about a coming prophet.

00:24:27.380 --> 00:24:28.299
 The Lord said to me,

00:24:28.360 --> 00:24:29.360
 what they say is good.

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 I will raise up for them

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 a prophet like you, Moses,

00:24:34.120 --> 00:24:35.640
 from among their fellow Israelites,

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.640
 and I will put,

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:37.700
 this is the Lord speaking,

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 I will put my words in his mouth.

00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:42.340
 He will tell them

00:24:42.340 --> 00:24:44.039
 everything I command him.

00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:47.580
 I myself will call to account,

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 says the Lord,

00:24:48.640 --> 00:24:50.980
 anyone who does not listen to my words

00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:52.740
 that the prophet speaks in my name.

00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:57.360
 The people that day

00:24:57.360 --> 00:24:58.819
 didn't just see a miracle,

00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:00.600
 they participated in it.

00:25:01.360 --> 00:25:02.420
 And they understood

00:25:02.420 --> 00:25:03.819
 that it was a sign from God.

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:06.240
 At least some of them,

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:06.880
 if not many,

00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:07.700
 they began to say,

00:25:07.900 --> 00:25:09.440
 this is the one

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:12.040
 that God told Moses

00:25:12.040 --> 00:25:13.100
 he was going to send,

00:25:13.220 --> 00:25:13.820
 the prophet.

00:25:15.460 --> 00:25:16.480
 Verse 15,

00:25:17.780 --> 00:25:18.180
 Jesus,

00:25:18.600 --> 00:25:20.100
 knowing that they intended to come

00:25:20.100 --> 00:25:21.940
 and make him king by force,

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.960
 withdrew again

00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:26.080
 to a mountain by himself.

00:25:27.560 --> 00:25:29.160
 What a response from the people.

00:25:29.440 --> 00:25:30.600
 Not just the prophet,

00:25:31.320 --> 00:25:32.100
 but the Messiah,

00:25:33.300 --> 00:25:34.620
 the son of David,

00:25:34.619 --> 00:25:35.899
 the one who would be king

00:25:35.899 --> 00:25:37.379
 and sit on David's throne.

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:39.099
 It seems like that's what many of them

00:25:39.099 --> 00:25:39.639
 were thinking.

00:25:40.039 --> 00:25:41.799
 So much so that John tells us

00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:43.119
 they were literally about to come

00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:44.059
 and grab him

00:25:44.059 --> 00:25:47.659
 and so that they could make him king.

00:25:49.899 --> 00:25:52.000
 The time sense is a little unclear here.

00:25:52.339 --> 00:25:54.379
 It could be that this was right after the miracle

00:25:54.379 --> 00:25:55.439
 or it could be that the,

00:25:55.959 --> 00:25:57.679
 this was after the crowd had gone home

00:25:57.680 --> 00:26:00.539
 and word began to spread about Jesus

00:26:00.539 --> 00:26:03.420
 and perhaps they started thinking,

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:03.980
 man,

00:26:04.060 --> 00:26:05.100
 we got to go back there.

00:26:05.180 --> 00:26:05.920
 We got to get him.

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:08.799
 We got to start the coronation right now

00:26:08.799 --> 00:26:10.519
 and march this guy up to Jerusalem.

00:26:12.519 --> 00:26:13.799
 I'm not sure which it is,

00:26:13.860 --> 00:26:15.120
 but it seems at this moment,

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:16.240
 one thing is for sure,

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:19.660
 they wanted to get Jesus installed

00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:20.700
 as their new king

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:21.740
 as soon as possible.

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:24.180
 But again,

00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:26.660
 we see that Jesus knows

00:26:26.660 --> 00:26:28.180
 what's going on

00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:30.220
 in the hearts and minds of people.

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:32.519
 He knew that was their intent

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:33.519
 and so knowing this,

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.640
 it says he withdrew

00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:37.120
 by himself again to,

00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:38.279
 to a mountain.

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:40.759
 We might wonder exactly why

00:26:40.759 --> 00:26:42.859
 Jesus didn't just go along with it,

00:26:43.420 --> 00:26:45.059
 but I imagine he probably

00:26:45.059 --> 00:26:46.279
 would have said something like,

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:48.859
 my hour has not yet come

00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:51.819
 or the son of man came

00:26:51.819 --> 00:26:53.119
 to give his life

00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:54.279
 as a ransom for many.

00:26:59.019 --> 00:27:00.519
 As we'll see in the weeks ahead,

00:27:00.679 --> 00:27:02.179
 many of the people in the crowd

00:27:02.179 --> 00:27:02.899
 that day

00:27:02.899 --> 00:27:05.479
 may have believed something true

00:27:05.479 --> 00:27:06.179
 about Jesus,

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:08.379
 but many of their,

00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:10.979
 many of those people's faith in him,

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:14.579
 there's something not quite right about it.

00:27:15.779 --> 00:27:17.799
 We'll continue the story next Sunday.

00:27:18.859 --> 00:27:22.479
 But what's here for us this morning?

00:27:24.679 --> 00:27:25.459
 Well, again,

00:27:26.419 --> 00:27:28.479
 if you're here this morning

00:27:28.479 --> 00:27:32.659
 and you're not sure

00:27:32.659 --> 00:27:36.079
 if you fully believe in Jesus,

00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:39.139
 maybe you're kind of sitting on the fence,

00:27:39.219 --> 00:27:40.179
 maybe you believe in part

00:27:40.179 --> 00:27:41.299
 or some things,

00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:44.319
 but not all of it.

00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.939
 Maybe you're skeptical

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:48.120
 about some of the miracles.

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:50.799
 Maybe you just feel like

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.299
 you're not ready

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:53.180
 to surrender your whole life to him,

00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:55.059
 to give your whole heart to him.

00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:57.539
 I want to ask you this morning,

00:27:57.640 --> 00:27:59.100
 do you see the amazing sign

00:27:59.100 --> 00:28:00.580
 that Jesus did that day?

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:03.779
 The people were right.

00:28:04.740 --> 00:28:06.420
 He was and is

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:07.840
 the prophet

00:28:07.840 --> 00:28:09.580
 that God told Moses

00:28:09.580 --> 00:28:10.240
 was coming

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:11.680
 long ago.

00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:14.700
 one who would speak

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:15.980
 God's very words

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:17.560
 to people.

00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:21.259
 That's what the miracle

00:28:21.259 --> 00:28:22.060
 that he did

00:28:22.060 --> 00:28:23.000
 points to.

00:28:24.180 --> 00:28:25.480
 That he is that one.

00:28:25.560 --> 00:28:26.660
 Do you hear the words

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:29.700
 that God spoke

00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:30.299
 long ago

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:30.980
 through Moses?

00:28:31.360 --> 00:28:32.380
 I myself

00:28:32.380 --> 00:28:33.660
 will call to account

00:28:33.660 --> 00:28:34.740
 anyone

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:36.200
 who does not

00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:37.580
 listen to my words

00:28:37.580 --> 00:28:38.940
 that the prophet speaks

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:40.500
 in my name.

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:44.019
 Whether you believe

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.720
 Jesus' words

00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:45.779
 and listen to them,

00:28:46.400 --> 00:28:47.400
 take them seriously,

00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:48.420
 respond to them,

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:49.380
 obey them,

00:28:49.600 --> 00:28:51.220
 has serious implications.

00:28:53.700 --> 00:28:54.580
 So if you're sitting

00:28:54.580 --> 00:28:55.580
 on the faith fence

00:28:55.580 --> 00:28:57.200
 and maybe only

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:58.160
 kind of believe,

00:28:58.340 --> 00:28:59.860
 I want to call you today

00:28:59.860 --> 00:29:01.180
 in the presence of God

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:03.240
 to get off the fence

00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:05.660
 and to put your full trust

00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:06.220
 in Jesus,

00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:07.900
 to embrace him

00:29:07.900 --> 00:29:08.740
 and everything

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.500
 that he said

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:10.740
 is true.

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:16.560
 For the rest of us

00:29:16.560 --> 00:29:18.400
 who do believe

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:19.060
 like that,

00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:21.840
 I don't know about you,

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.820
 but this is one of the

00:29:22.820 --> 00:29:23.720
 miracles of Jesus

00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:25.040
 that we are most

00:29:25.040 --> 00:29:25.840
 familiar with.

00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:26.640
 And I'll be honest,

00:29:27.320 --> 00:29:28.519
 even as I was preparing

00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:29.940
 to preach

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:31.040
 or before I had started

00:29:31.040 --> 00:29:31.800
 my preparation,

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.820
 I was kind of thinking

00:29:32.820 --> 00:29:34.120
 the feeding of the 5,000.

00:29:35.180 --> 00:29:35.980
 I have heard

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:36.980
 so many sermons

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:38.319
 on the feeding

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:39.200
 of the 5,000.

00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:39.880
 I've read this

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:40.579
 so many times.

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:42.099
 What could I possibly say

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:43.319
 to make this fresh

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:44.339
 for us this morning?

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.779
 Sometimes we just

00:29:47.779 --> 00:29:48.480
 get so familiar

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.120
 with things

00:29:49.120 --> 00:29:51.480
 that we lose

00:29:51.480 --> 00:29:52.059
 the wonder

00:29:52.059 --> 00:29:53.599
 of what happened

00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:54.180
 that day.

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:57.120
 Maybe not lose

00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:57.620
 the wonder

00:29:57.620 --> 00:29:58.440
 of what Jesus

00:29:58.440 --> 00:29:59.519
 did that day

00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:01.019
 for that massive

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.860
 crowd of people.

00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:04.519
 even as I got

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:05.359
 thinking about that,

00:30:05.419 --> 00:30:06.179
 I started to wonder,

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:06.959
 maybe that's part

00:30:06.959 --> 00:30:07.699
 of the problem

00:30:07.699 --> 00:30:09.579
 for many of us

00:30:09.579 --> 00:30:10.519
 at different times

00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:11.059
 and in different

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:12.159
 seasons of life.

00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:14.259
 Perhaps even

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:15.259
 for some of us today.

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:17.559
 We've become

00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:18.279
 so familiar

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:19.199
 with the story

00:30:19.199 --> 00:30:19.939
 of Jesus

00:30:19.939 --> 00:30:21.459
 that we've

00:30:21.459 --> 00:30:23.159
 lost the wonder

00:30:23.159 --> 00:30:24.439
 of much of it.

00:30:25.659 --> 00:30:26.699
 It doesn't live

00:30:26.699 --> 00:30:27.399
 in our hearts

00:30:27.399 --> 00:30:28.439
 like it used to.

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.759
 It doesn't spark

00:30:29.759 --> 00:30:30.400
 the wonder

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:31.559
 and amazement

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:32.339
 and joy

00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:33.759
 and thanksgiving

00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:34.379
 to God

00:30:34.379 --> 00:30:35.319
 like it used to.

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:38.299
 And then I got

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:38.940
 thinking about

00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.619
 how losing

00:30:39.619 --> 00:30:40.140
 the wonder

00:30:40.140 --> 00:30:40.680
 of Jesus

00:30:40.680 --> 00:30:41.279
 can affect

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:42.099
 every area

00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:42.879
 of our lives.

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.379
 Joyful service

00:30:45.379 --> 00:30:46.039
 of Christ

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.859
 becomes

00:30:46.859 --> 00:30:48.579
 begrudging duty.

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.319
 A feeling

00:30:50.319 --> 00:30:51.019
 of strength

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:51.740
 and energy

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:53.059
 in our relationship

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.660
 with Jesus

00:30:53.660 --> 00:30:54.480
 becomes a feeling

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:55.519
 of tiredness

00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:56.779
 and weariness.

00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.259
 Joy

00:30:58.259 --> 00:30:59.299
 is replaced

00:30:59.299 --> 00:31:00.059
 with boredom.

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:01.500
 Thanksgiving

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.299
 is replaced

00:31:02.299 --> 00:31:03.539
 with a quiet

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.039
 grumbling

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:05.659
 and discontentment.

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:07.659
 Being a Christian

00:31:07.659 --> 00:31:08.659
 easily changes

00:31:08.659 --> 00:31:09.319
 into being

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:09.839
 all about

00:31:09.839 --> 00:31:10.599
 what we need

00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:11.379
 to do for God

00:31:11.379 --> 00:31:11.759
 now

00:31:11.759 --> 00:31:13.519
 rather than

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.019
 about what

00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.819
 he has done

00:31:14.819 --> 00:31:15.740
 and continues

00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.180
 to do

00:31:16.180 --> 00:31:16.799
 and has yet

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:17.879
 promised to do

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:18.960
 for us.

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.919
 Heartfelt prayer

00:31:20.919 --> 00:31:21.579
 is replaced

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:22.559
 with just

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.639
 repetitious

00:31:23.639 --> 00:31:24.879
 sayings

00:31:24.879 --> 00:31:26.779
 that we do

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.839
 out of habit

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:28.899
 before a meal

00:31:28.899 --> 00:31:29.740
 or before bed.

00:31:30.439 --> 00:31:31.179
 Going to church

00:31:31.179 --> 00:31:31.899
 becomes mainly

00:31:31.899 --> 00:31:32.399
 about just

00:31:32.399 --> 00:31:33.379
 seeing other people

00:31:33.379 --> 00:31:34.480
 rather than

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:35.059
 to sing

00:31:35.059 --> 00:31:36.339
 to and hear

00:31:36.339 --> 00:31:36.899
 from

00:31:36.899 --> 00:31:39.000
 Christ himself.

00:31:41.079 --> 00:31:42.459
 And evangelism

00:31:42.459 --> 00:31:44.039
 sharing the good

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.720
 news of Jesus

00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:45.519
 with others

00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:45.859
 well

00:31:45.859 --> 00:31:47.119
 let's put it

00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:47.579
 this way

00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:49.519
 we like to

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.480
 share with people

00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:51.399
 what we are

00:31:51.399 --> 00:31:52.159
 most excited

00:31:52.159 --> 00:31:52.539
 about.

00:31:52.539 --> 00:31:54.559
 we like to

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:55.200
 talk to people

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:55.759
 about what

00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:56.740
 does live

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.639
 in our hearts

00:31:57.639 --> 00:31:59.460
 what gives us

00:31:59.460 --> 00:32:00.019
 that feeling

00:32:00.019 --> 00:32:00.559
 of wonder

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:02.259
 and so if it

00:32:02.259 --> 00:32:02.899
 isn't Jesus

00:32:02.899 --> 00:32:03.519
 anymore

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:05.980
 then what

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.460
 is it?

00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.359
 Movies?

00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:11.220
 Television?

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:16.019
 Politics?

00:32:17.019 --> 00:32:17.460
 News?

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:20.519
 the latest

00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:21.160
 purchase?

00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:23.759
 Our current

00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:24.519
 project?

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:27.980
 If Jesus

00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.420
 had come

00:32:28.420 --> 00:32:29.019
 in our day

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:29.819
 and he did

00:32:29.819 --> 00:32:30.519
 this miracle

00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:31.559
 we would have

00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:31.960
 caught it on

00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:32.900
 camera probably

00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:33.319
 we'd have

00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:34.079
 these phones

00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:36.220
 just imagine

00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:36.759
 him doing it

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.299
 at Mosaic

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:37.799
 Stadium

00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:39.100
 and you were

00:32:39.100 --> 00:32:39.519
 there

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:41.039
 it would have

00:32:41.039 --> 00:32:41.900
 gone viral

00:32:41.900 --> 00:32:43.360
 social media

00:32:43.360 --> 00:32:44.000
 would be on

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.579
 fire

00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:46.879
 why should

00:32:46.879 --> 00:32:47.439
 we believe

00:32:47.439 --> 00:32:47.839
 Jesus?

00:32:48.099 --> 00:32:48.779
 Look at the

00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:49.259
 things that

00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:49.899
 he did

00:32:49.899 --> 00:32:53.419
 the signs

00:32:53.419 --> 00:32:53.699
 that he

00:32:53.699 --> 00:32:54.179
 performed

00:32:54.179 --> 00:32:55.039
 all things

00:32:55.039 --> 00:32:55.419
 that point

00:32:55.419 --> 00:32:55.759
 to this

00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:56.179
 wonderful

00:32:56.179 --> 00:32:56.599
 truth

00:32:56.599 --> 00:32:57.220
 that God

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.759
 himself

00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.740
 has sent

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.319
 him into

00:32:59.319 --> 00:32:59.779
 the world

00:32:59.779 --> 00:33:00.439
 because he

00:33:00.439 --> 00:33:01.199
 desires a

00:33:01.199 --> 00:33:01.779
 relationship

00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.539
 with you

00:33:02.539 --> 00:33:07.599
 have you

00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:08.079
 lost the

00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:08.559
 wonder of

00:33:08.559 --> 00:33:09.079
 our Savior

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:12.259
 if you

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:12.639
 have

00:33:12.639 --> 00:33:14.039
 do you

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:14.299
 want it

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:14.639
 back?

00:33:17.899 --> 00:33:18.339
 There's

00:33:18.339 --> 00:33:18.680
 lots of

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:19.220
 reasons why

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:19.559
 we might

00:33:19.559 --> 00:33:19.980
 lose the

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.440
 wonder of

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:20.819
 Jesus

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:22.159
 maybe like

00:33:22.159 --> 00:33:22.700
 Jesus said

00:33:22.700 --> 00:33:22.940
 in the

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:23.399
 parable of

00:33:23.399 --> 00:33:23.759
 the sower

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.159
 it's the

00:33:24.159 --> 00:33:24.859
 weeds that

00:33:24.859 --> 00:33:25.319
 are choking

00:33:25.319 --> 00:33:25.740
 out the

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:26.099
 word of

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:26.559
 God so

00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:26.839
 that you're

00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:27.240
 not really

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:27.779
 hearing from

00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:28.359
 him anymore

00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:29.680
 like you

00:33:29.680 --> 00:33:30.139
 used to

00:33:30.139 --> 00:33:31.359
 things like

00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:31.819
 the worries

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:32.139
 of this

00:33:32.139 --> 00:33:32.539
 life

00:33:32.539 --> 00:33:34.559
 the deceitfulness

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:35.259
 of wealth

00:33:35.259 --> 00:33:36.779
 or simply

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.500
 the desires

00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:38.059
 for other

00:33:38.059 --> 00:33:38.599
 things

00:33:38.599 --> 00:33:39.980
 which Jesus

00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.500
 says can

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:40.940
 come in

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:41.500
 and choke

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:42.579
 out the

00:33:42.579 --> 00:33:42.940
 word

00:33:42.940 --> 00:33:44.259
 there could

00:33:44.259 --> 00:33:44.640
 be lots

00:33:44.640 --> 00:33:45.200
 of reasons

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:46.380
 but I

00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:46.840
 think whatever

00:33:46.840 --> 00:33:47.340
 the reason

00:33:47.340 --> 00:33:47.860
 it is for

00:33:47.860 --> 00:33:48.299
 you whether

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:48.740
 you know

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.000
 it or

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:49.340
 not

00:33:49.340 --> 00:33:50.720
 Jesus would

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.420
 simply say

00:33:51.420 --> 00:33:52.120
 probably the

00:33:52.120 --> 00:33:52.620
 same kind

00:33:52.620 --> 00:33:52.920
 of thing

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:53.340
 to you

00:33:53.340 --> 00:33:54.680
 what should

00:33:54.680 --> 00:33:55.160
 you do to

00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:55.680
 get back

00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:56.240
 the wonder

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:58.039
 come to

00:33:58.039 --> 00:33:58.320
 me

00:33:58.320 --> 00:34:01.259
 come to

00:34:01.259 --> 00:34:01.539
 me

00:34:01.539 --> 00:34:03.720
 come to

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:04.120
 me all

00:34:04.120 --> 00:34:04.640
 you who

00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:05.200
 are weary

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:06.920
 and burdened

00:34:06.920 --> 00:34:08.139
 come to me

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:08.679
 all you who

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:09.360
 are thirsty

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:10.740
 hungry

00:34:10.740 --> 00:34:12.019
 those of you

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:12.480
 who long

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:13.000
 for more

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.579
 in life

00:34:13.579 --> 00:34:15.579
 and I

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.039
 will give

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.380
 you what

00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:16.700
 you've been

00:34:16.700 --> 00:34:17.099
 missing

00:34:17.099 --> 00:34:18.920
 what you've

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.420
 been lacking

00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:21.079
 how do we

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.440
 do that

00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:21.880
 we do that

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.500
 very simply

00:34:22.500 --> 00:34:23.220
 through prayer

00:34:23.220 --> 00:34:24.920
 it's a

00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.519
 humble prayer

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:27.260
 and opening

00:34:27.260 --> 00:34:27.780
 his word

00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:28.260
 to read

00:34:28.260 --> 00:34:28.800
 and reflect

00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:29.519
 on what

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:30.340
 Christ has

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:30.780
 said to

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:31.120
 us

00:34:31.120 --> 00:34:33.579
 as we

00:34:33.579 --> 00:34:34.099
 do that

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:35.739
 in faith

00:34:35.739 --> 00:34:36.699
 in humility

00:34:36.699 --> 00:34:39.239
 God's

00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:39.460
 spirit

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:40.019
 makes

00:34:40.019 --> 00:34:40.839
 his word

00:34:40.839 --> 00:34:41.440
 fresh

00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:42.279
 and he

00:34:42.279 --> 00:34:42.799
 puts the

00:34:42.799 --> 00:34:43.119
 wonder

00:34:43.119 --> 00:34:43.679
 into our

00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:43.940
 hearts

00:34:43.940 --> 00:34:44.319
 again

00:34:44.319 --> 00:34:45.579
 and he

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:46.019
 keeps it

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.279
 there

00:34:46.279 --> 00:34:49.460
 so let's

00:34:49.460 --> 00:34:50.099
 do that

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:50.420
 together

00:34:50.420 --> 00:34:50.880
 now

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:55.880
 Lord Jesus

00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:56.380
 we come

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:56.699
 to you

00:34:56.699 --> 00:34:56.980
 as a

00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:57.239
 church

00:34:57.239 --> 00:34:57.519
 Lord

00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:57.900
 you know

00:34:57.900 --> 00:35:00.079
 each of

00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:00.339
 our

00:35:00.339 --> 00:35:00.940
 unique

00:35:00.940 --> 00:35:01.679
 situations

00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:03.759
 and exactly

00:35:03.760 --> 00:35:04.200
 what's been

00:35:04.200 --> 00:35:04.620
 going on

00:35:04.620 --> 00:35:04.860
 in our

00:35:04.860 --> 00:35:05.140
 hearts

00:35:05.140 --> 00:35:05.720
 this week

00:35:05.720 --> 00:35:08.020
 we come

00:35:08.020 --> 00:35:08.340
 to you

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:08.620
 now

00:35:08.620 --> 00:35:11.360
 you know

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:11.920
 what we

00:35:11.920 --> 00:35:12.580
 long for

00:35:12.580 --> 00:35:14.460
 you know

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:14.800
 what we

00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:15.220
 desire

00:35:15.220 --> 00:35:15.860
 we want

00:35:15.860 --> 00:35:16.740
 a living

00:35:16.740 --> 00:35:17.420
 and vibrant

00:35:17.420 --> 00:35:19.580
 relationship

00:35:19.580 --> 00:35:20.340
 with you

00:35:20.340 --> 00:35:22.180
 we want

00:35:22.180 --> 00:35:22.700
 the joy

00:35:22.700 --> 00:35:23.080
 that we

00:35:23.080 --> 00:35:23.580
 read about

00:35:23.580 --> 00:35:24.200
 so often

00:35:24.200 --> 00:35:25.260
 in the

00:35:25.260 --> 00:35:25.640
 scriptures

00:35:25.640 --> 00:35:27.180
 and that

00:35:27.180 --> 00:35:27.560
 we heard

00:35:27.560 --> 00:35:28.020
 you talk

00:35:28.020 --> 00:35:28.320
 about

00:35:28.320 --> 00:35:30.460
 we want

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:30.960
 the deep

00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.500
 needs of

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:32.080
 our souls

00:35:32.080 --> 00:35:32.480
 met

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:33.060
 and so

00:35:33.060 --> 00:35:33.440
 we come

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:33.880
 to you

00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:35.320
 would you

00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:35.700
 meet us

00:35:35.700 --> 00:35:36.000
 here

00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:38.059
 would you

00:35:38.059 --> 00:35:38.840
 bring back

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:39.340
 the wonder

00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:39.760
 that maybe

00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:40.300
 some of us

00:35:40.300 --> 00:35:40.840
 have lost

00:35:40.840 --> 00:35:42.099
 and would you

00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:42.960
 sustain that

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.579
 in us

00:35:43.579 --> 00:35:45.159
 not just

00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:45.780
 for a moment

00:35:45.780 --> 00:35:46.240
 but for

00:35:46.240 --> 00:35:47.179
 throughout this

00:35:47.179 --> 00:35:47.840
 whole week

00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:49.260
 let it

00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:49.800
 spill out

00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:50.059
 of our

00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:50.420
 lives

00:35:50.420 --> 00:35:50.760
 too

00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:52.679
 especially

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:53.159
 as we

00:35:53.159 --> 00:35:54.079
 bump into

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:54.579
 people

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:55.900
 neighbors

00:35:55.900 --> 00:35:56.780
 friends

00:35:56.780 --> 00:35:57.420
 co-workers

00:35:57.420 --> 00:35:59.720
 we ask this

00:35:59.720 --> 00:36:00.139
 in Jesus

00:36:00.139 --> 00:36:00.539
 name

00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:01.980
 amen

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:07.320
 and

00:36:07.320 --> 00:36:07.480
 turn

00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:10.340
 board

00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:12.300
 up

00:36:12.300 --> 00:36:19.940
 in