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 grace and peace to all of you who are watching or listening today.

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 After another long week of social distancing,

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 I hope and I pray that God has been working in your heart

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 and reminding you of just how he has made you for relationship,

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 not only with other people, but with him.

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 Today, we continue on through the story of Jesus

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 as told by the Apostle John.

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 If you have your Bible with you,

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 would you open it up to John chapter 4?

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 Last Sunday, we saw how Jesus was on his way from Judea to Galilee,

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 and he made a bit of a pit stop in Samaria.

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 It was there near the town of Sychar that he met the woman at the well

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 and had that conversation with her,

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 and the Samaritans invited Jesus to stay with them for two days.

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 And Jesus agreed.

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 He stayed with them for two days.

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 Well, now Jesus is on the move again,

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 and he's headed back, according to his original course, into Galilee.

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 So we pick up the story in John chapter 4, verse 43.

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 After the two days, Jesus left for Galilee.

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 Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

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 When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him.

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 They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover festival,

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 for they also had been there.

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 So the first thing that we notice from John is that Jesus is now going back into his own country.

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 There's a signaled shift here.

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 He's been with the Samaritans in Samaria,

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 and now he's going back into his own country,

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 back into the territory of the Jews.

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 But even more than that, he's going back into his own kind of home region,

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 his own neck of the woods.

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 It's Galilee is where he has lived.

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 That's where the town of Nazareth, his hometown, is.

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 And what John says here, right at the beginning in verse 44,

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 kind of casts a bit of a shadow over the rest of what we're about to read.

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 He says,

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 Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country or his own region.

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 What does he mean by that?

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 Well, I think the best place to go to understand that is to some of the other gospel records,

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 which record Jesus saying a very similar thing.

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 My mind goes to Mark chapter 6,

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 where we read about Jesus visiting his hometown of Nazareth,

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 and it probably happened around the time that we're reading of here in John.

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 Now, when Jesus went to Nazareth, the initial response was a good one.

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 The people welcomed him.

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 They were kind of excited.

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 They kind of wondered,

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 what are all these miracles that you've been doing?

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 But it wasn't long before that initial excitement wore off,

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 and they began to say some things to Jesus,

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 which were rather dishonoring.

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 Isn't this the carpenter?

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 Isn't this Mary's son and the brother of James,

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 Joseph, Judas, and Simon?

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 Aren't his sisters here with us?

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 And they took offense at him.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 A prophet is not without honor except in his own town,

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 among his relatives, and in his own home.

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 So what's going on there?

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 Well, it seems that the people in Jesus' hometown,

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 they have kind of come to this attitude of,

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 well, what makes you think that you're special?

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 Aren't you, after all, just the village carpenter?

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 And we know you.

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 I mean, look at your families right here with us.

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 If you were someone special, I think we'd have known about it.

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 You're just one of us.

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 What makes you think that you're so good?

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 They took offense at him.

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 So the initial welcome turned into dishonor.

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 And I think that's kind of what Jesus is referring to here back in John,

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 when he says,

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 Now, he says,

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 A prophet has no honor in his own country,

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 or in his own neck of the woods.

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 Just like with the prophets long ago,

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 there was this sense in which pride kind of mixes together with familiarity,

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 and we just,

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 we can't really accept that you,

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 I mean, you're one of us.

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 We know you,

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 that you have been chosen by God for a special purpose,

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 to be a prophet,

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 God's spokesperson.

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 I don't think so.

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 The pattern is repeating itself,

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 or John is hinting that it's about to repeat itself again.

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 Verse 45,

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 When Jesus arrived in Galilee,

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 the Galileans welcomed him.

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 So initially,

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 the response is much like it was in Nazareth.

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 The response is good.

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 Jesus is back in his neck of the woods,

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 and the people there are kind of,

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 they're eager to have him.

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 They're excited.

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 But John tells us why.

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 They're excited.

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 Why they welcome him.

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 He adds a little clause onto that.

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 The Galileans welcomed him,

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 having seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover festival,

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 for they also had been there.

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 Literally,

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 having seen all things,

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 as many as he did in Jerusalem.

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 Okay,

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 so this is part of the reason for the excitement,

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 and for the big welcome,

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 because not too long ago,

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 we read in a previous message,

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 that back in chapter 2,

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 Jesus was in Jerusalem at the Passover festival.

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 You'll remember there.

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 He flipped the tables in the temple courts.

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 He drove out the animals and the cellars.

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 And John tells us back there in chapter 2,

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 while he was in Jerusalem at the festival,

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 many people saw the signs he was performing,

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 and believed in his name.

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 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them,

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 for he knew all people.

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 He did not need any testimony about men,

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 for he knew what was in each person.

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 So,

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 some of these Galileans had been there.

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 They were among those who had seen the many signs,

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 which Jesus had performed.

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 Back in chapter 2,

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 John tells us that they believed in his name.

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 And yet,

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 when we looked at this in a previous message,

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 we kind of wondered,

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 did they really believe?

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 Jesus,

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 it says,

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 would not entrust himself to them,

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 because he knew them.

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 He knew what was going on in their thoughts,

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 and in their hearts.

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 And so,

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 we kind of wondered,

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 is their faith superficial?

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 Is it flawed in some way?

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 Nicodemus kind of became an example of that.

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 He believed that Jesus was a teacher,

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 who had come from God.

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 And yet,

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 he did not receive,

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 the testimony of Jesus.

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 He did not believe the earthly things,

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 that Jesus was telling him.

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 And so,

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 Jesus said,

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 how can you believe the heavenly things,

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 if I was to tell you about them?

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 There was a superficiality to his faith.

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 There was a flawedness to it.

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 It was incomplete.

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 It only came part way.

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 And so,

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 when we come back to the Galileans,

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 we're kind of expecting to see

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 something of attention unfold here.

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 There's welcome,

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 there's excitement,

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 but Jesus has also said,

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 the reception here,

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 in Galilee,

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 in home territory,

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 it's not going to be,

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 the same as it was,

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 among the Samaritans,

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 where they just kind of said,

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 we believe that you're the savior of the world.

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 It's not going to go like that.

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 So,

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 once more,

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 in verse 46,

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 John tells us,

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 once more,

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 Jesus visited Cana,

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 in Galilee,

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 where he had turned the water into wine.

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 And there was a certain royal official,

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 whose son lay sick,

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 at Capernaum.

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 When this man heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee,

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 from Judea,

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 he went to him,

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 and begged him to come and heal his son,

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 who was close to death.

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 Unless you people see signs and wonders,

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 Jesus told him,

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 you will never believe.

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 So,

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 Jesus is in Cana,

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 the place where he had already done,

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 a great sign,

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 turning the water into wine.

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 We're not sure,

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 just how many people,

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 ended up knowing about that,

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 because he kind of did it on the down low.

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 But as he's there in Cana,

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 there's a certain unnamed,

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 royal official,

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 presumably from Capernaum,

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 who gets word that he's arrived.

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 And so he comes,

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 to pay Jesus a visit in Cana.

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 And the reason why,

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 is because his son,

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 is lying sick,

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 in Capernaum.

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 John tells us,

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 that his son,

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 was close to death,

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 verse 47.

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 We find out a little bit further down,

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 in verse 52,

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 that he has a fever,

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 and we presume,

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 it's a severe one,

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 if he's close to death.

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 And so,

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 this man comes,

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 to Jesus,

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 and it says,

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 he begged him,

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 to come and heal his son.

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 Let's get into the,

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 the headspace,

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 of this official,

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 for a moment.

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 Can you imagine,

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 what he must be feeling?

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 He's a royal official,

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 and so we imagine,

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 he's probably a person,

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 with some wealth,

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 with some means.

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 He's probably,

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 already,

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 tried,

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 all the doctors.

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 He's probably,

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 already tried,

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 a bunch of different,

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 medications,

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 and treatments.

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 And yet,

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 his son,

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 he refers to him,

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 in verse 49,

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 as my child.

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 His,

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 his son,

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 lies sick,

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 in bed,

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 and he continues,

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 to get worse,

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 and worse,

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 and worse,

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 as the days go by.

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 He doesn't look so good.

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 We imagine,

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 you know,

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 perhaps his,

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 skin color's not looking,

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 so good anymore.

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 And his,

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 fever is high,

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 he's just burning up,

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 and things are getting,

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 worse and worse,

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 and they've tried,

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 everything.

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 And he's desperate.

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 So desperate,

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 that he,

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 makes the 17 mile trek,

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 as soon as he hears,

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 that Jesus,

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 has come to Cana,

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 to come to Jesus,

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 this guy who he's heard,

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 has done miracles,

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 or signs,

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 maybe he can help.

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 Those of you who are parents,

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 you can imagine,

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 just maybe what this man,

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 might be feeling,

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 just thinking of your own child,

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 in this kind of situation,

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 lying sick,

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 in the bed at home,

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 for weeks,

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 and still not improving,

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 but getting worse.

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 This man,

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 is desperate.

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 He comes,

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 to Jesus,

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 and begs him,

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 come,

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 heal my son,

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 come with me,

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 back to Capernaum.

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 And Jesus responds,

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 in verse 48,

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 with this,

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 unless you people,

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 see signs and wonders,

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 Jesus told him,

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 you will never believe.

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 What kind of a response,

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 is that?

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 I mean,

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 it's not the one,

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 that we're expecting here.

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 It kind of seems insensitive,

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 perhaps a little cold,

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 don't you think?

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 This man has just come,

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 and begged Jesus,

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 to help heal his son,

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 and Jesus,

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 seems to be,

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 rebuking him,

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 about his,

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 lack of faith.

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 Unless,

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 unless,

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 you people,

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 see,

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 signs and wonders,

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 you will never believe.

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 So what's going on here?

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 Is Jesus insensitive?

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 Well,

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 I think the first thing,

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 to,

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 take into consideration,

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 is,

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 is the context here.

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 Notice that Jesus,

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 says these words,

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 both to,

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 to the man,

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 and,

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 to a larger group.

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 He says,

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 unless you people,

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 unless you plural,

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 see,

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 signs and wonders,

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 you,

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 plural,

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 will never believe.

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 So he's,

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 he's having a bigger group conversation here.

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 But he also does speak to the man.

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 It says,

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 unless you people,

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 see signs and wonders,

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 Jesus told him,

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 you will never believe.

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 And so what's going on here?

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 Well,

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 I think that,

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 if we just,

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 go off of,

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 what's there in Jesus' words,

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 words,

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 we can,

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 we can get a bit of a picture.

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 He's,

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 he's having a conversation with the larger group here.

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 And why would Jesus be saying this?

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 Probably,

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 and it's kind of implied from his words,

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 they're,

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 they're pressing him

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 to show them a sign,

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 to do a miracle for them.

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 And the sense of it,

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 you almost get is,

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 you know,

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 give us some proof

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 that what you're saying is right.

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 And give us a sign that we should listen to you.

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 And this coming from many people

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 who had already seen the signs that he had done

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 back in Jerusalem.

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 And so that's the first thing to keep in mind.

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 There's a larger group conversation going here,

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 but Jesus also speaks to the man as well.

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 So,

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 so what's going on here?

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 I think it's good for us to remember those words

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 that we heard back in John chapter two,

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 which I read earlier.

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 Those words were,

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 Jesus would not entrust himself

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 to the people up in Jerusalem.

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 Why?

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 Because he knew all people.

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 He was not needing any testimony about men,

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 for he was knowing

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 what was in each person.

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 So Jesus knows what they're thinking.

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 He knows what's going on in their hearts.

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 And I think if we,

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 if we remember that,

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 then suddenly we start to see this phrase,

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 this,

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 this reply a little bit differently.

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 Is Jesus being insensitive and cold?

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 Or,

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 is he perhaps

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 telling them

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 what he really knows

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 about what's going on in their hearts?

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 I don't think that Jesus is just kind of

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 writing them off

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 with a,

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 with kind of a,

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 you know,

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 passing judgment kind of comment.

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 I think what he's doing

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 is holding the mirror up to these people

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 and saying,

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 do you see just how,

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 how,

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 how hard your hearts are?

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 How stubborn and skeptical

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 and unbelieving they are?

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 You've already seen signs.

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 Believe me now,

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 listen to the words that I'm saying.

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 As it pertains to this particular man

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 who now enters into this,

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 to the midst of this

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 and begs for Jesus to come heal his son.

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 And I think Jesus knows

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 what's going on

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 in this particular man's heart as well.

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 And maybe it's a little bit different

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 than the larger group.

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 We don't know for sure

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 what Jesus knew about him.

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 But perhaps it was,

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 perhaps Jesus knew

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 that this man

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 was,

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 was not really thinking

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 about who Jesus was.

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 He just saw him as,

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 as a healer,

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 as a miracle worker.

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 I'm here to get my healing,

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 my miracle worker,

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 almost treating him like a doctor.

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 I've come for my,

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 for the,

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 the service of healing.

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 And so come with me

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 and,

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 and,

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 and do it.

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 Please.

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 But I think Jesus knows

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 that even though this man

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 believes he's able to heal,

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 it would seem so,

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 that his faith is still

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 not at the place

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 that it needs to be,

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 that it should be.

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 That,

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 that real kind of deep

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 trust

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 and recognition

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 of just who it is

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 that he is asking

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 is not there.

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 It's almost as if he's maybe

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 just looking for the,

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 for,

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 for his miracle

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 and,

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 and then he can go his way.

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 But,

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 Jesus longs for this man

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 and all of these people

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 to,

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 to truly,

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 sincerely,

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 from the heart,

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 believe him,

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 believe his words,

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 trust,

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 trust the truth

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 of,

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 of who he is.

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 That's what I think

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 is going on here

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 in this situation.

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 The conversation goes on.

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 Jesus drops this bomb

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 on them.

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 I think he really

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 holds the mirror up to them.

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 Do you see how

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 you guys

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 do not believe?

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 You guys are

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 stubborn hearted.

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 Imagine that

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 there was some silence

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 there,

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 maybe,

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 perhaps,

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 a pause.

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 And the royal official

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 says to Jesus

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 in verse 49,

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 Sir,

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 come down

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 before my child dies.

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 So he,

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 he asks again.

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 It doesn't mean

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 that he,

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 he hasn't heard Jesus

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 or taken

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 Jesus' words seriously,

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 but,

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 but he asks again.

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 And the real test

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 as to whether

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 he is listening,

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 whether he

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 will believe,

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 comes in what

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 Jesus says to him

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 next.

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 Jesus,

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 I imagine,

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 looks him straight

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 in the eyes

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 and says,

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 go.

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 Your son lives

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 or your son

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 will live.

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 The original,

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 it's present tense.

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 Your son lives.

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 And it's not

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 in the sense of

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 he's,

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 his life is hanging

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 on by a thread

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 right now

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 and one day

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 he'll recover.

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 It's not just a prophecy.

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 The sense of it is,

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 go,

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 your son lives.

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 He's recovering.

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 As we speak,

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 he is right now

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 starting to,

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 beginning to,

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 and will continue

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 to get better.

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 This is the moment

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 of testing

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 for this man.

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 It's here that,

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 that what Jesus

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 has said earlier,

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 you don't believe

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 as you ought,

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 as you should.

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 It's here that

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 Jesus will,

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 in a sense,

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 give this man

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 the personal invitation

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 to believe

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 as he ought.

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 To accept

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 the words of Jesus

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 as the truth,

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 even without

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 being able

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 to see

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 whether,

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 and confirm

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 whether,

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 what Jesus

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 has said

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 is happened

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 in reality.

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 it's quite a moment.

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 And I would have loved

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 to have been there

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 to just see

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 how

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 this man

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 was processing

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 all of this.

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 The question

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 that probably

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 everybody in the crowd

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 is wondering

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 is,

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 so,

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 is he going

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 to go?

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 Does he believe

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 Jesus?

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 Does he believe

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 this?

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 or is he going

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 to continue

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 asking Jesus

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 to come with him?

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 Notice that

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 Jesus both

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 grants and denies

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 at the same time.

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 He grants

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 his request

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 to heal,

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 but he denies

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 his request

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 to come with him.

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 No,

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 go.

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 You go your way.

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 Your son

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 lives.

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 And so,

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 this is the moment

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 of testing

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 for this man,

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 faith

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 looks like

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 not asking

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 Jesus again

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 and leaving

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 Jesus.

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 Will he?

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 John tells us

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 in verse 50,

00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:03.480
 the man

00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:04.820
 took Jesus

00:21:04.820 --> 00:21:05.820
 at his word

00:21:05.820 --> 00:21:06.920
 and departed.

00:21:07.080 --> 00:21:07.320
 Literally,

00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:08.299
 the man believed

00:21:08.299 --> 00:21:09.440
 the word

00:21:09.440 --> 00:21:10.259
 that Jesus said

00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:10.680
 to him

00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:11.860
 and left.

00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:14.039
 So,

00:21:14.140 --> 00:21:14.440
 yes,

00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:15.279
 he did.

00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:17.339
 he came

00:21:17.339 --> 00:21:18.180
 all this way,

00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:19.399
 about 17

00:21:19.399 --> 00:21:20.700
 or so miles

00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:22.920
 and he left

00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:23.799
 empty-handed,

00:21:24.639 --> 00:21:25.019
 trusting

00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:26.759
 that Jesus'

00:21:27.799 --> 00:21:28.220
 words

00:21:28.220 --> 00:21:29.779
 were true

00:21:29.779 --> 00:21:30.700
 and that his son

00:21:30.700 --> 00:21:31.519
 was recovering.

00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:33.720
 The story

00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:34.299
 goes on

00:21:34.299 --> 00:21:35.399
 in verse 51.

00:21:35.660 --> 00:21:36.240
 While Jesus

00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:36.859
 was still,

00:21:37.019 --> 00:21:37.339
 or sorry,

00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:38.220
 while the servant

00:21:38.220 --> 00:21:38.799
 was still

00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:39.480
 on the way,

00:21:40.180 --> 00:21:41.319
 while the official

00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:41.859
 was still

00:21:41.859 --> 00:21:42.440
 on the way,

00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:43.500
 his servants

00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:44.420
 met him

00:21:44.420 --> 00:21:45.160
 with the news

00:21:45.160 --> 00:21:46.000
 that his boy

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.900
 was living.

00:21:48.160 --> 00:21:48.960
 When he inquired

00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:49.740
 as to the time

00:21:49.740 --> 00:21:50.480
 when his son

00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:50.980
 got better,

00:21:51.080 --> 00:21:51.779
 they said to him,

00:21:52.299 --> 00:21:53.240
 yesterday at one

00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:54.000
 in the afternoon,

00:21:54.580 --> 00:21:55.480
 the fever left him.

00:21:56.400 --> 00:21:56.799
 Then,

00:21:57.059 --> 00:21:58.460
 the father realized

00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:59.279
 that this was

00:21:59.279 --> 00:22:00.759
 the exact time

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.900
 at which Jesus

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:02.779
 had said to him,

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.920
 your son

00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:04.840
 lives.

00:22:05.660 --> 00:22:06.180
 So,

00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:07.000
 he and his

00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:08.200
 whole household

00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:09.240
 believed.

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:12.380
 Can you imagine

00:22:12.380 --> 00:22:13.000
 that moment

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:14.000
 as the official

00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:15.259
 is on his way

00:22:15.259 --> 00:22:16.680
 back to Capernaum

00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:17.319
 and he sees

00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:17.859
 his servants

00:22:17.859 --> 00:22:19.059
 coming in the distance?

00:22:20.140 --> 00:22:21.079
 What's going on

00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:21.759
 in his mind?

00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:23.620
 They're either

00:22:23.620 --> 00:22:24.620
 coming to bring

00:22:24.620 --> 00:22:25.779
 news

00:22:25.779 --> 00:22:26.880
 of

00:22:26.880 --> 00:22:28.700
 death

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:30.400
 or life.

00:22:31.880 --> 00:22:32.799
 Can you imagine

00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:33.799
 how he must have felt

00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:35.000
 as they got near

00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:35.480
 and he saw

00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:36.180
 the expressions

00:22:36.180 --> 00:22:37.000
 on their faces

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.660
 and then as he

00:22:37.660 --> 00:22:38.319
 finally heard

00:22:38.319 --> 00:22:38.779
 the news

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.420
 from their own

00:22:39.420 --> 00:22:39.819
 lips?

00:22:40.539 --> 00:22:41.299
 He's getting

00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:41.660
 better.

00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:42.319
 He's better.

00:22:45.139 --> 00:22:45.619
 Oh,

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:46.440
 how that must have

00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:47.240
 just made this

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:48.940
 father rejoice

00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:50.399
 in his heart.

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.779
 He does

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:54.940
 what probably

00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:55.680
 many of us

00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:56.240
 would do

00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:58.180
 and inquires

00:22:58.180 --> 00:22:58.980
 about the time.

00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:00.740
 I don't think

00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:01.319
 we should read

00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:01.759
 into that

00:23:01.759 --> 00:23:02.460
 that he was

00:23:02.460 --> 00:23:05.200
 doubting

00:23:05.200 --> 00:23:06.200
 that Jesus'

00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:07.019
 word had

00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:07.700
 anything to do

00:23:07.700 --> 00:23:08.140
 with it.

00:23:10.360 --> 00:23:11.380
 But he inquires

00:23:11.380 --> 00:23:12.140
 as to the time.

00:23:12.900 --> 00:23:13.500
 They tell him

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:14.759
 and the father,

00:23:14.860 --> 00:23:15.180
 it says,

00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:16.200
 realized that

00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:17.019
 this was

00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:17.980
 the exact

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:18.500
 time

00:23:18.500 --> 00:23:19.440
 at which

00:23:19.440 --> 00:23:20.100
 Jesus had

00:23:20.100 --> 00:23:20.500
 said,

00:23:21.340 --> 00:23:21.920
 your son

00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:22.779
 lives.

00:23:23.840 --> 00:23:24.259
 The end

00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:24.660
 result,

00:23:25.600 --> 00:23:26.080
 so he

00:23:26.080 --> 00:23:26.600
 and his

00:23:26.600 --> 00:23:27.900
 whole household

00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:29.259
 believed.

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:30.480
 And I think

00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.120
 by now

00:23:31.120 --> 00:23:31.860
 in this account

00:23:31.860 --> 00:23:32.420
 as we come

00:23:32.420 --> 00:23:33.180
 to this moment,

00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:34.340
 we realize

00:23:34.340 --> 00:23:35.200
 that believed

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:36.299
 here does

00:23:36.299 --> 00:23:36.900
 not mean

00:23:36.900 --> 00:23:37.519
 in just

00:23:37.519 --> 00:23:38.120
 the superficial

00:23:38.120 --> 00:23:39.060
 sense

00:23:39.060 --> 00:23:40.580
 or in the

00:23:40.580 --> 00:23:41.500
 flawed sense.

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.640
 It means

00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:43.200
 in the full

00:23:43.200 --> 00:23:43.660
 sense

00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.940
 that he

00:23:44.940 --> 00:23:45.600
 is

00:23:45.600 --> 00:23:47.320
 the Messiah.

00:23:48.320 --> 00:23:48.700
 I mean,

00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:49.799
 ironically,

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.620
 Jesus said,

00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:51.500
 unless you see

00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:51.980
 a sign,

00:23:52.080 --> 00:23:52.640
 you will never

00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:53.140
 believe.

00:23:53.799 --> 00:23:54.180
 And yet,

00:23:54.180 --> 00:23:55.560
 Jesus gave

00:23:55.560 --> 00:23:56.180
 him a sign

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:58.000
 and he did

00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:58.779
 believe.

00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.240
 he did

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.819
 come to

00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:00.359
 believe

00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:00.819
 in the

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:01.139
 true

00:24:01.139 --> 00:24:01.759
 deep

00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.079
 sense,

00:24:02.180 --> 00:24:02.879
 to trust

00:24:02.879 --> 00:24:04.119
 this one

00:24:04.119 --> 00:24:05.139
 and his

00:24:05.139 --> 00:24:05.680
 words.

00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:08.220
 So what's

00:24:08.220 --> 00:24:09.440
 here in

00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:11.240
 this account

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:12.619
 for us

00:24:12.619 --> 00:24:13.319
 today?

00:24:14.399 --> 00:24:15.000
 Well,

00:24:15.019 --> 00:24:15.399
 I think the

00:24:15.399 --> 00:24:15.859
 first thing

00:24:15.859 --> 00:24:16.160
 that we

00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:16.839
 don't want

00:24:16.839 --> 00:24:17.180
 to miss

00:24:17.180 --> 00:24:17.539
 is how

00:24:17.539 --> 00:24:17.899
 we see

00:24:17.899 --> 00:24:18.460
 the glory

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:19.220
 of Jesus

00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:20.299
 in this

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:20.700
 account.

00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:22.420
 We've been

00:24:22.420 --> 00:24:23.420
 talking about

00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:23.899
 that through

00:24:23.899 --> 00:24:24.339
 this whole

00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:24.759
 series,

00:24:24.940 --> 00:24:26.220
 looking for

00:24:26.220 --> 00:24:27.960
 those moments

00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:28.639
 which reveal

00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:29.180
 the glory

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:29.680
 of Jesus.

00:24:29.800 --> 00:24:30.160
 That's what

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:30.920
 John said

00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.300
 that he

00:24:31.300 --> 00:24:32.680
 saw of

00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.020
 Jesus,

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.720
 his glory,

00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:34.220
 how he

00:24:34.220 --> 00:24:34.700
 was full

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.380
 of grace

00:24:35.380 --> 00:24:36.480
 and truth.

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:37.400
 Well,

00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:37.720
 how do we

00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.220
 see that

00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.540
 in this

00:24:38.540 --> 00:24:38.940
 account?

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:40.580
 I think

00:24:40.580 --> 00:24:41.060
 first of

00:24:41.060 --> 00:24:41.300
 all,

00:24:41.900 --> 00:24:43.520
 we have

00:24:43.520 --> 00:24:44.080
 an easy

00:24:44.080 --> 00:24:44.740
 time seeing

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.240
 how Jesus

00:24:45.240 --> 00:24:45.720
 is full

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:46.340
 of truth.

00:24:47.100 --> 00:24:47.740
 At the

00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.100
 critical

00:24:48.100 --> 00:24:48.720
 moment in

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.520
 the conversation

00:24:49.520 --> 00:24:50.000
 as this

00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.440
 man is

00:24:50.440 --> 00:24:50.940
 begging

00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.600
 Jesus to

00:24:51.600 --> 00:24:51.940
 come and

00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:52.360
 heal his

00:24:52.360 --> 00:24:52.700
 son,

00:24:53.800 --> 00:24:54.140
 Jesus,

00:24:54.580 --> 00:24:55.460
 in one

00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:55.700
 sense,

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:56.220
 it doesn't

00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:56.720
 seem

00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:58.060
 speak

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:59.000
 speaks out

00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.940
 of grace,

00:25:00.079 --> 00:25:00.480
 but he

00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:01.119
 speaks the

00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:01.599
 truth.

00:25:02.539 --> 00:25:03.700
 He holds

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:04.119
 up the

00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:04.740
 mirror of

00:25:04.740 --> 00:25:05.700
 truth of

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:06.139
 what he

00:25:06.139 --> 00:25:06.759
 knows to

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.319
 be true

00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:07.819
 in their

00:25:07.819 --> 00:25:08.379
 hearts and

00:25:08.379 --> 00:25:08.819
 minds.

00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:10.220
 You people

00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:11.839
 are stubborn

00:25:11.839 --> 00:25:12.440
 hearted and

00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:12.980
 you don't

00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.500
 believe,

00:25:14.379 --> 00:25:14.779
 even though

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:16.279
 you've seen

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:16.899
 signs,

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.700
 many of

00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:17.919
 you.

00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:22.779
 so the

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.140
 truth,

00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:24.519
 we see

00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:25.440
 that all

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:25.680
 through

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.080
 this.

00:25:27.580 --> 00:25:28.440
 But what

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:28.920
 about the

00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:29.560
 grace of

00:25:29.560 --> 00:25:29.860
 Jesus?

00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.320
 How do

00:25:30.320 --> 00:25:30.620
 we see

00:25:30.620 --> 00:25:31.100
 that Jesus

00:25:31.100 --> 00:25:31.640
 is full

00:25:31.640 --> 00:25:32.279
 of grace

00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:32.820
 in this

00:25:32.820 --> 00:25:33.220
 account?

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:34.740
 Especially

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:35.060
 when it

00:25:35.060 --> 00:25:35.400
 comes to

00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:35.920
 that moment

00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:36.560
 where Jesus

00:25:36.560 --> 00:25:37.039
 kind of

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:37.580
 rebukes

00:25:37.580 --> 00:25:38.140
 the man

00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:39.480
 while he's

00:25:39.480 --> 00:25:40.560
 begging for

00:25:40.560 --> 00:25:40.860
 him to

00:25:40.860 --> 00:25:41.200
 come and

00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:41.600
 heal his

00:25:41.600 --> 00:25:41.920
 son.

00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:44.259
 Well, I

00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:44.759
 think as we

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.500
 reflect on

00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:46.060
 that moment,

00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:46.679
 one of the

00:25:46.679 --> 00:25:47.700
 lessons that

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:48.119
 we see

00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:48.619
 there is

00:25:48.619 --> 00:25:50.359
 that God's

00:25:50.359 --> 00:25:51.179
 grace doesn't

00:25:51.179 --> 00:25:51.839
 always come

00:25:51.839 --> 00:25:53.359
 to us in

00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:54.399
 the way

00:25:54.399 --> 00:25:55.359
 that we

00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:56.539
 expect,

00:25:57.740 --> 00:25:59.079
 especially

00:25:59.079 --> 00:26:00.419
 as it

00:26:00.419 --> 00:26:01.039
 pertains to

00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:01.679
 Jesus and

00:26:01.679 --> 00:26:02.359
 his words.

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:05.200
 Jesus knows

00:26:05.200 --> 00:26:06.039
 what's going

00:26:06.039 --> 00:26:07.099
 on, not

00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:07.679
 just in their

00:26:07.679 --> 00:26:08.240
 hearts and

00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.940
 in this man's

00:26:08.940 --> 00:26:09.399
 heart, but

00:26:09.399 --> 00:26:10.440
 in my

00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:11.159
 heart, in

00:26:11.159 --> 00:26:11.819
 your heart,

00:26:12.419 --> 00:26:13.980
 in our

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.519
 thoughts.

00:26:16.059 --> 00:26:16.539
 love.

00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:17.179
 And

00:26:17.179 --> 00:26:17.720
 sometimes

00:26:17.720 --> 00:26:19.240
 it's a

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:19.639
 gift of

00:26:19.639 --> 00:26:20.259
 grace, it's

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:20.740
 a thing of

00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:22.139
 love for

00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:23.879
 him to

00:26:23.879 --> 00:26:24.960
 tell us not

00:26:24.960 --> 00:26:25.539
 just what we

00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:26.119
 want to

00:26:26.119 --> 00:26:27.740
 hear, but

00:26:27.740 --> 00:26:28.359
 what he

00:26:28.359 --> 00:26:29.139
 knows we

00:26:29.139 --> 00:26:30.099
 need to

00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:30.419
 hear.

00:26:31.599 --> 00:26:32.500
 I often

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:33.019
 think of

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.859
 as an

00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:35.679
 example, you

00:26:35.679 --> 00:26:36.059
 know those

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.720
 moments when

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:37.460
 you were

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:38.059
 eating

00:26:38.059 --> 00:26:38.899
 something and

00:26:38.899 --> 00:26:40.119
 maybe you

00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:40.559
 got a little

00:26:40.559 --> 00:26:40.940
 bit of

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.519
 sauce on

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:42.139
 your face

00:26:42.139 --> 00:26:43.639
 and you

00:26:43.639 --> 00:26:44.200
 missed

00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:44.819
 cleaning it

00:26:44.819 --> 00:26:45.359
 off and

00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:46.699
 you end

00:26:46.699 --> 00:26:47.079
 up going

00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:47.779
 for two

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.699
 hours and

00:26:48.699 --> 00:26:49.500
 bumping into

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:50.019
 all kinds

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.719
 of people and

00:26:50.719 --> 00:26:51.039
 you've got

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:51.699
 the sauce on

00:26:51.699 --> 00:26:52.240
 your face and

00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:52.500
 you don't

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:52.959
 even know it

00:26:52.959 --> 00:26:53.439
 and none of

00:26:53.439 --> 00:26:53.779
 them even

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.479
 says anything

00:26:54.479 --> 00:26:55.099
 to you.

00:26:55.899 --> 00:26:56.399
 Finally,

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:59.000
 someone has

00:26:59.000 --> 00:27:00.079
 the guts and

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:00.899
 isn't worried

00:27:00.899 --> 00:27:01.839
 about offending

00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:03.199
 you or the

00:27:03.199 --> 00:27:04.079
 awkwardness of

00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:04.959
 it and they

00:27:04.959 --> 00:27:05.579
 care enough

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.279
 about you to

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:07.219
 point out the

00:27:07.219 --> 00:27:08.959
 truth of how

00:27:08.959 --> 00:27:09.639
 you got sauce

00:27:09.639 --> 00:27:10.399
 on your face.

00:27:10.799 --> 00:27:11.019
 And even

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.279
 though you

00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:11.939
 don't want to

00:27:11.939 --> 00:27:12.719
 hear that because

00:27:12.719 --> 00:27:13.679
 of all that that

00:27:13.679 --> 00:27:14.699
 represents over the

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.319
 past two

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:15.860
 hours,

00:27:16.120 --> 00:27:18.340
 you're thankful

00:27:18.340 --> 00:27:20.000
 for it because

00:27:20.000 --> 00:27:21.940
 they're telling

00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.840
 you that truth

00:27:22.840 --> 00:27:23.620
 holding up the

00:27:23.620 --> 00:27:24.180
 mirror to you

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.700
 means that you

00:27:24.700 --> 00:27:25.240
 don't have to

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:25.840
 go the next

00:27:25.840 --> 00:27:27.180
 two hours with

00:27:27.180 --> 00:27:28.440
 all these people

00:27:28.440 --> 00:27:28.920
 that you're going

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.660
 to bump into

00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.720
 embarrassing

00:27:30.720 --> 00:27:31.420
 yourself.

00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:33.420
 And so,

00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:33.779
 yes,

00:27:33.880 --> 00:27:36.200
 sometimes it's

00:27:36.200 --> 00:27:36.799
 a gift of

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:38.059
 grace to

00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:38.880
 hear not

00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:39.539
 just what we

00:27:39.539 --> 00:27:40.400
 want to hear,

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:42.039
 but to hear

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:43.859
 what we need

00:27:43.859 --> 00:27:44.379
 to hear.

00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.539
 Sometimes those

00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:47.359
 hard truths,

00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.940
 those words of

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:49.519
 correction,

00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:50.899
 of feedback,

00:27:51.220 --> 00:27:52.119
 those things that

00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:53.299
 expose what's

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:55.740
 not good in

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.079
 us.

00:27:57.119 --> 00:27:57.980
 And I believe

00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:58.799
 that it is a

00:27:58.799 --> 00:27:59.480
 gift of grace

00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:00.480
 and Jesus was

00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:01.200
 full of grace

00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:01.879
 even as he

00:28:01.879 --> 00:28:03.000
 said these words

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.799
 to the man.

00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:07.460
 Maybe he was

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:08.500
 thinking the

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.000
 moment was

00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.500
 something like

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:10.180
 you're here

00:28:10.180 --> 00:28:11.000
 for a miracle,

00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:13.920
 but as a

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:14.720
 gift of grace,

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.279
 I want to

00:28:15.279 --> 00:28:15.799
 help you to

00:28:15.799 --> 00:28:16.220
 see the

00:28:16.220 --> 00:28:17.039
 bigger picture

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:17.480
 of what's

00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:18.059
 really going

00:28:18.059 --> 00:28:18.660
 on here.

00:28:21.160 --> 00:28:21.960
 It was a

00:28:21.960 --> 00:28:22.819
 gift of grace

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:23.480
 that Jesus

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.859
 did the

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:25.660
 miracle for

00:28:25.660 --> 00:28:26.700
 him and

00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.519
 granted his

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.160
 request.

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:30.180
 But I think

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:30.700
 in some

00:28:30.700 --> 00:28:31.099
 ways,

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:32.319
 an even

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:33.599
 bigger gift

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:34.859
 of grace

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:37.140
 came in

00:28:37.140 --> 00:28:37.660
 the fact

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:38.480
 or in

00:28:38.480 --> 00:28:38.860
 the way

00:28:38.860 --> 00:28:39.580
 that Jesus

00:28:39.580 --> 00:28:40.920
 did it.

00:28:41.040 --> 00:28:41.740
 With that

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:43.779
 initial word

00:28:43.779 --> 00:28:44.940
 of rebuke

00:28:44.940 --> 00:28:45.700
 or correction

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:47.900
 followed by

00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:49.820
 granting this

00:28:49.820 --> 00:28:50.519
 miracle in

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:51.080
 a way that

00:28:51.080 --> 00:28:52.400
 would force

00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:53.360
 this man to

00:28:53.360 --> 00:28:55.620
 make that

00:28:55.620 --> 00:28:56.300
 decision,

00:28:56.540 --> 00:28:57.220
 am I going

00:28:57.220 --> 00:28:58.100
 to really

00:28:58.100 --> 00:28:59.740
 trust you

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:01.140
 and really

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:02.040
 believe

00:29:02.040 --> 00:29:04.060
 or not?

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:07.200
 as a

00:29:07.200 --> 00:29:07.639
 result,

00:29:08.639 --> 00:29:09.159
 a bigger

00:29:09.159 --> 00:29:09.759
 gift of

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.779
 God came

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.480
 to this

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:11.940
 man and

00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:12.419
 his son

00:29:12.419 --> 00:29:13.179
 got not

00:29:13.179 --> 00:29:14.279
 just life

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:15.039
 for a few

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:15.759
 more years,

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:17.299
 but life

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:17.919
 forever,

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:19.039
 eternal life.

00:29:19.619 --> 00:29:20.159
 That's what

00:29:20.159 --> 00:29:20.879
 Jesus has been

00:29:20.879 --> 00:29:21.740
 promising to

00:29:21.740 --> 00:29:22.700
 those who

00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.240
 believe.

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.299
 Another way

00:29:24.299 --> 00:29:24.919
 that we see

00:29:24.919 --> 00:29:25.639
 the glory of

00:29:25.639 --> 00:29:26.519
 Christ is

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.859
 in the

00:29:27.859 --> 00:29:28.500
 authority

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.500
 and the

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:30.940
 power that

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:32.759
 Jesus wields

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.819
 in this

00:29:33.819 --> 00:29:34.920
 situation.

00:29:35.299 --> 00:29:35.759
 Think of

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.079
 this from

00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:36.759
 the perspective

00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:38.559
 of the

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:39.000
 official.

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.599
 This man

00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:41.799
 in front

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.259
 of him

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:43.920
 speaks

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:46.160
 and 17

00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:47.180
 miles or

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:47.859
 so down

00:29:47.859 --> 00:29:48.559
 the road

00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:50.720
 his son

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:52.259
 begins

00:29:52.259 --> 00:29:53.680
 to heal

00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:54.359
 and get

00:29:54.359 --> 00:29:54.940
 better and

00:29:54.940 --> 00:29:55.579
 recover and

00:29:55.579 --> 00:29:56.180
 the fever

00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:57.359
 leaves him.

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:59.259
 This is

00:29:59.259 --> 00:29:59.819
 amazing.

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:01.720
 I mean,

00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:02.720
 who can

00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:03.200
 do

00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:04.019
 something

00:30:04.019 --> 00:30:05.140
 like that?

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:06.460
 This

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:07.819
 Jesus

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.859
 speaks

00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:09.319
 and

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:10.700
 the

00:30:10.700 --> 00:30:11.339
 power

00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:12.039
 of

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:12.920
 God

00:30:12.920 --> 00:30:13.200
 to

00:30:13.200 --> 00:30:13.819
 heal

00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:15.299
 and

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:15.680
 give

00:30:15.680 --> 00:30:16.079
 life

00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:16.359
 is

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:17.319
 unleashed

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:19.099
 17

00:30:19.099 --> 00:30:19.579
 miles

00:30:19.579 --> 00:30:19.880
 down

00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:20.099
 the

00:30:20.099 --> 00:30:20.339
 road.

00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:22.279
 This is

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:22.559
 something

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:23.079
 that no

00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:23.759
 mere man

00:30:23.759 --> 00:30:24.339
 can do.

00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:26.819
 It's

00:30:26.819 --> 00:30:27.319
 evidence

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:27.980
 that Jesus

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:28.860
 really is

00:30:28.860 --> 00:30:29.720
 the son

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:30.279
 of God,

00:30:30.720 --> 00:30:32.000
 the Messiah,

00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:34.319
 that he

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:35.200
 has

00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:36.740
 the

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.900
 authority

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:39.039
 of his

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:39.759
 father

00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:42.099
 and the

00:30:42.099 --> 00:30:42.599
 power

00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:44.640
 of God

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:45.200
 himself.

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:48.740
 Finally,

00:30:49.200 --> 00:30:50.779
 this

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.960
 story

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.480
 leaves us

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:53.860
 with a

00:30:53.860 --> 00:30:54.599
 big question.

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:55.879
 and I

00:30:55.879 --> 00:30:56.179
 think the

00:30:56.179 --> 00:30:56.519
 question

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.259
 comes from

00:30:57.259 --> 00:30:57.579
 Jesus'

00:30:57.779 --> 00:30:58.240
 words in

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:59.599
 verse 48.

00:31:00.339 --> 00:31:01.000
 Unless you

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:01.659
 people see

00:31:01.659 --> 00:31:02.359
 signs and

00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:02.799
 wonders,

00:31:03.439 --> 00:31:04.500
 you will

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:04.740
 never

00:31:04.740 --> 00:31:05.259
 believe.

00:31:06.019 --> 00:31:06.839
 That last

00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:07.079
 word,

00:31:07.199 --> 00:31:07.679
 believe,

00:31:07.919 --> 00:31:08.659
 is

00:31:08.659 --> 00:31:09.559
 critical.

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:11.279
 What does

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:12.079
 Jesus want

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:13.000
 from these

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.459
 people,

00:31:13.899 --> 00:31:15.039
 from this

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.399
 man?

00:31:16.339 --> 00:31:17.480
 He wants

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:18.059
 them to

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:18.799
 trust him,

00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:20.279
 to listen

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:20.899
 to his

00:31:20.899 --> 00:31:21.659
 words and

00:31:21.659 --> 00:31:22.279
 believe

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:22.740
 them,

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:24.799
 to come

00:31:24.799 --> 00:31:25.139
 to see

00:31:25.139 --> 00:31:25.759
 the truth

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:27.740
 of what's

00:31:27.740 --> 00:31:28.399
 really going

00:31:28.399 --> 00:31:28.700
 on,

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.160
 of who

00:31:29.160 --> 00:31:29.700
 he is

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:30.079
 and what

00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:30.460
 he has

00:31:30.460 --> 00:31:30.960
 come to

00:31:30.960 --> 00:31:32.000
 do for

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:32.319
 them.

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:34.559
 Do you

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.079
 believe?

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:36.440
 Put yourself

00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:37.119
 in the crowd

00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:37.940
 there that

00:31:37.940 --> 00:31:38.339
 day.

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:39.940
 Do you

00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:40.639
 believe that

00:31:40.639 --> 00:31:41.639
 Jesus is

00:31:41.639 --> 00:31:42.339
 the Messiah?

00:31:43.399 --> 00:31:44.139
 Do you

00:31:44.139 --> 00:31:44.639
 believe that

00:31:44.639 --> 00:31:45.059
 he's the

00:31:45.059 --> 00:31:45.440
 son of

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:45.859
 God?

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:47.599
 Do you

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:48.920
 believe that

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.460
 the words

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:50.279
 he speaks

00:31:50.279 --> 00:31:51.480
 are the

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:52.200
 very words

00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:52.799
 of God

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.259
 and are

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:53.819
 true?

00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:55.920
 And do

00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:56.319
 you believe

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:56.759
 them not

00:31:56.759 --> 00:31:57.839
 just superficially

00:31:57.839 --> 00:31:58.740
 up here,

00:31:59.240 --> 00:31:59.859
 agree with

00:31:59.859 --> 00:32:00.059
 them,

00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:00.960
 recognize that

00:32:00.960 --> 00:32:01.359
 they're from

00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:01.660
 God,

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:02.220
 but do you

00:32:02.220 --> 00:32:02.819
 believe them

00:32:02.819 --> 00:32:03.720
 in here?

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:04.039
 Do you

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.899
 embrace them

00:32:04.899 --> 00:32:06.059
 as reality?

00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:06.480
 Do you

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:07.579
 embrace him

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:09.740
 as that

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:10.480
 one whom

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:11.059
 God has

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.819
 sent into

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:12.379
 the world?

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:15.180
 This is the

00:32:15.180 --> 00:32:15.839
 big question

00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:17.119
 and the

00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:18.240
 response of

00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.759
 the people

00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:19.519
 that day

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:21.759
 is

00:32:21.759 --> 00:32:23.039
 unbelief.

00:32:23.380 --> 00:32:23.599
 It's

00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:24.339
 stubbornness.

00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:24.640
 It's

00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:25.519
 skepticism.

00:32:26.779 --> 00:32:27.620
 They want

00:32:27.620 --> 00:32:28.259
 Jesus to

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:28.859
 do another

00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:29.279
 sign,

00:32:29.380 --> 00:32:29.620
 another

00:32:29.620 --> 00:32:30.099
 miracle,

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:30.759
 and they've

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.480
 already seen

00:32:31.480 --> 00:32:32.960
 some signs

00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:33.620
 and some

00:32:33.620 --> 00:32:34.079
 miracles.

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:36.440
 Jesus is

00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:36.680
 saying,

00:32:36.859 --> 00:32:37.859
 I've given

00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:38.420
 you enough.

00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:38.700
 Now,

00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:40.279
 listen to

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:40.960
 my words.

00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:42.279
 Accept

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:42.660
 them.

00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:43.299
 Believe.

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:43.579
 Believe.

00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:46.939
 see that

00:32:46.939 --> 00:32:47.740
 this

00:32:47.740 --> 00:32:50.000
 stubbornness

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:50.919
 and skepticism

00:32:50.919 --> 00:32:51.659
 is there

00:32:51.659 --> 00:32:52.059
 in your

00:32:52.059 --> 00:32:52.799
 own heart.

00:32:54.799 --> 00:32:55.619
 I think

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:56.059
 Jesus

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:57.279
 wants the

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:57.699
 same of

00:32:57.699 --> 00:32:58.039
 us.

00:32:59.480 --> 00:33:00.319
 Do you

00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:00.819
 believe?

00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:01.759
 Do you

00:33:01.759 --> 00:33:02.439
 believe my

00:33:02.439 --> 00:33:02.939
 words?

00:33:04.579 --> 00:33:05.439
 Do you

00:33:05.439 --> 00:33:05.960
 believe the

00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:06.419
 words of

00:33:06.419 --> 00:33:06.740
 Jesus?

00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:07.659
 Do you

00:33:07.659 --> 00:33:08.179
 believe that

00:33:08.179 --> 00:33:08.779
 he is the

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:09.159
 son of

00:33:09.159 --> 00:33:09.519
 God?

00:33:09.519 --> 00:33:12.200
 were you

00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:13.319
 waiting for

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:14.400
 a sign?

00:33:15.519 --> 00:33:16.680
 Perhaps a

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.200
 personal

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:18.059
 miracle of

00:33:18.059 --> 00:33:18.759
 some sort?

00:33:20.859 --> 00:33:21.519
 Jesus is

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.160
 not just

00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:23.160
 an

00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:24.099
 entertainer

00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:26.099
 or a

00:33:26.099 --> 00:33:26.619
 performer.

00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:27.579
 He's not

00:33:27.579 --> 00:33:28.420
 just come

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:28.879
 into this

00:33:28.879 --> 00:33:30.039
 world to

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.619
 give us

00:33:30.619 --> 00:33:31.559
 whatever we

00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:32.000
 want.

00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:34.519
 The reality

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.139
 is Jesus

00:33:35.139 --> 00:33:35.740
 has come

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.160
 to give

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:36.980
 us something

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:37.819
 even better.

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.160
 He has

00:33:39.160 --> 00:33:40.120
 come to

00:33:40.120 --> 00:33:40.540
 give

00:33:40.540 --> 00:33:41.580
 true

00:33:41.580 --> 00:33:42.560
 life,

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:43.820
 eternal

00:33:43.820 --> 00:33:44.840
 life.

00:33:45.860 --> 00:33:46.259
 He has

00:33:46.259 --> 00:33:47.160
 come to

00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:47.640
 give

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:49.240
 forgiveness

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:51.019
 from God.

00:33:51.800 --> 00:33:52.840
 He has

00:33:52.840 --> 00:33:53.820
 come to

00:33:53.820 --> 00:33:54.200
 give

00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:55.200
 salvation,

00:33:55.900 --> 00:33:56.740
 deliverance

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:58.019
 from the

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:59.120
 justice of

00:33:59.120 --> 00:33:59.680
 God that

00:33:59.680 --> 00:34:00.380
 is coming

00:34:00.380 --> 00:34:01.360
 upon our

00:34:01.360 --> 00:34:02.060
 world because

00:34:02.060 --> 00:34:02.620
 of our

00:34:02.620 --> 00:34:03.840
 sins against

00:34:03.840 --> 00:34:04.300
 God.

00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:05.000
 He has

00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:05.540
 come to

00:34:05.540 --> 00:34:06.480
 offer you

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:07.519
 peace

00:34:07.519 --> 00:34:08.519
 between you

00:34:09.159 --> 00:34:09.819
 and God

00:34:09.819 --> 00:34:11.899
 restored

00:34:11.899 --> 00:34:12.679
 relationship

00:34:12.679 --> 00:34:13.379
 with him.

00:34:19.859 --> 00:34:20.779
 The key

00:34:20.779 --> 00:34:21.420
 to receiving

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:21.819
 all of

00:34:21.819 --> 00:34:23.619
 this is

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:24.079
 faith,

00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:24.839
 it's

00:34:24.839 --> 00:34:25.319
 belief.

00:34:26.839 --> 00:34:28.039
 And it

00:34:28.039 --> 00:34:28.579
 very much

00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:29.159
 oftentimes

00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:30.159
 looks like

00:34:30.159 --> 00:34:30.739
 the kind

00:34:30.739 --> 00:34:31.239
 of faith

00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:31.619
 that he

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.239
 was calling

00:34:32.239 --> 00:34:33.299
 the official

00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:34.660
 to have,

00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:35.140
 the kind

00:34:35.140 --> 00:34:36.240
 that is

00:34:36.240 --> 00:34:36.760
 going to

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.460
 trust

00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:39.780
 his words

00:34:39.780 --> 00:34:40.960
 and believe

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:42.880
 even though

00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:43.480
 we may not

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:44.140
 be able to

00:34:44.140 --> 00:34:45.720
 see with

00:34:45.720 --> 00:34:46.480
 our eyes

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:48.920
 just what

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:49.740
 he has

00:34:49.740 --> 00:34:50.340
 promised

00:34:50.340 --> 00:34:51.840
 yet.

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:54.100
 Jesus

00:34:54.100 --> 00:34:55.420
 is not

00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:56.380
 a miracle

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:57.180
 dispensing

00:34:57.180 --> 00:34:57.980
 machine.

00:34:57.980 --> 00:35:00.599
 Jesus

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:01.440
 has come

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:02.740
 to call

00:35:02.740 --> 00:35:03.539
 you,

00:35:03.719 --> 00:35:04.119
 to call

00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:04.539
 me,

00:35:05.139 --> 00:35:06.599
 to put

00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:07.019
 our

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.760
 trust

00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:09.019
 in him,

00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:10.599
 to put

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:11.360
 our trust

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:12.360
 in God,

00:35:13.380 --> 00:35:14.219
 to a

00:35:14.219 --> 00:35:14.780
 trust

00:35:14.780 --> 00:35:16.619
 kind of

00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:17.360
 relationship

00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:18.300
 with God.

00:35:19.179 --> 00:35:19.940
 So the

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.539
 question his

00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:21.119
 words leave

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.840
 us with is,

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.380
 do you

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:24.240
 believe?

00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:26.679
 do you

00:35:26.679 --> 00:35:27.179
 believe?

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:31.059
 Let's

00:35:31.059 --> 00:35:31.339
 pray.

00:35:33.559 --> 00:35:34.219
 Father in

00:35:34.219 --> 00:35:34.419
 heaven,

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:34.979
 we thank

00:35:34.979 --> 00:35:35.319
 you for

00:35:35.319 --> 00:35:36.500
 these words

00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:36.939
 which you

00:35:36.939 --> 00:35:37.399
 have given

00:35:37.399 --> 00:35:37.679
 us.

00:35:37.779 --> 00:35:38.119
 We thank

00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:38.419
 you that

00:35:38.419 --> 00:35:38.919
 we get

00:35:38.919 --> 00:35:39.519
 to see

00:35:39.519 --> 00:35:40.279
 what

00:35:40.279 --> 00:35:40.899
 happened

00:35:40.899 --> 00:35:41.979
 a little

00:35:41.979 --> 00:35:42.619
 bit and

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:43.199
 what was

00:35:43.199 --> 00:35:43.699
 said that

00:35:43.699 --> 00:35:44.059
 day.

00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:46.899
 Oh God,

00:35:46.959 --> 00:35:47.419
 I pray and

00:35:47.419 --> 00:35:47.899
 ask that you

00:35:47.899 --> 00:35:48.219
 would give

00:35:48.219 --> 00:35:48.899
 all of us

00:35:48.899 --> 00:35:49.199
 who are

00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:49.819
 listening and

00:35:49.819 --> 00:35:50.759
 watching ears

00:35:50.759 --> 00:35:51.339
 to hear,

00:35:52.459 --> 00:35:53.500
 ears to hear

00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:53.859
 what you

00:35:53.859 --> 00:35:54.219
 said to

00:35:54.219 --> 00:35:54.699
 the people

00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:55.159
 that day

00:35:55.159 --> 00:35:55.399
 and what

00:35:55.399 --> 00:35:55.719
 you are

00:35:55.719 --> 00:35:56.259
 saying to

00:35:56.259 --> 00:35:56.659
 us.

00:35:59.459 --> 00:36:00.239
 We ask

00:36:00.239 --> 00:36:00.559
 that you

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:01.539
 would help

00:36:01.539 --> 00:36:02.679
 us to

00:36:02.679 --> 00:36:03.339
 trust you

00:36:03.339 --> 00:36:05.279
 more and

00:36:05.279 --> 00:36:05.839
 to believe

00:36:05.839 --> 00:36:06.299
 you for

00:36:06.299 --> 00:36:06.819
 the things

00:36:06.819 --> 00:36:07.339
 which you

00:36:07.339 --> 00:36:08.000
 have said

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:11.459
 as great

00:36:11.459 --> 00:36:11.939
 or as

00:36:11.939 --> 00:36:12.500
 impossible

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:13.019
 as they

00:36:13.019 --> 00:36:13.759
 may seem

00:36:13.759 --> 00:36:16.079
 or feel

00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:16.659
 to us.

00:36:18.339 --> 00:36:19.139
 We thank

00:36:19.139 --> 00:36:19.519
 you that

00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:20.500
 you are

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:21.879
 a gracious

00:36:21.880 --> 00:36:24.240
 and

00:36:24.240 --> 00:36:24.880
 honest

00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:25.920
 savior.

00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:29.840
 We love

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:30.039
 you.

00:36:30.720 --> 00:36:31.140
 We pray

00:36:31.140 --> 00:36:31.559
 this in

00:36:31.559 --> 00:36:31.820
 Jesus'

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:32.240
 name.

00:36:32.240 --> 00:36:33.760
 Amen.