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 Please open your Bibles up to John chapter 5.

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 John chapter 5.

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 Last week we stopped halfway through the account of Jesus healing the invalid man.

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 He had seen the man there at the pool waiting to be healed after 38 years of suffering and dealing with this condition.

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 And Jesus, in this display of his full divinity, simply spoke and the man was healed.

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 But we didn't see what happened next, after he was healed.

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 So we'll pick up here in verse 9 this morning and we'll read all the way through verse 29.

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 So look there with me, John 5, 9 through 29 and follow along with me as I read.

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 Now that day was the Sabbath.

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 So the Jews said to the man who had been healed,

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 It is the Sabbath and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed.

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 But he answered them,

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 The man who healed me, that man said to me,

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 Take up your bed and walk.

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 They asked him,

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 Who is the man who said to you,

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 Take up your bed and walk?

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 Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was,

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 for Jesus had withdrawn as there was a crowd in the place.

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 Afterward, Jesus found him in the temple and said to him,

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 See, you are well.

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 Sin no more, that nothing worse may happen to you.

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 The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him.

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 And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus,

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 because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.

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 But Jesus answered them,

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 My father is working until now, and I am working.

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 This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him,

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 because not only was he breaking the Sabbath,

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 but he was even calling God his own father,

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 making himself equal with God.

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 So Jesus said to them,

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 the Son can do nothing of his own accord,

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 but only what he sees the Father doing.

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 For whatever the Father does,

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 that the Son does likewise.

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 For the Father loves the Son,

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 and shows him all that he himself is doing.

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 And greater works than these will he show him,

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 so that you may marvel.

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 For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life,

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 so also the Son gives life to whom he will.

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 The Father judges no one,

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 but has given all judgment to the Son,

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 that all may honor the Son,

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 just as they honor the Father.

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 Whoever does not honor the Son,

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 does not honor the Father who sent him.

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me,

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 has eternal life.

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 He does not come into judgment,

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 but has passed from death to life.

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 an hour is coming and is now here,

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 when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God,

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 and those who hear will live.

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 For as the Father has life in himself,

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 so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.

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 And he has given him authority to execute judgment,

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 because he is the Son of Man.

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 Do not marvel at this,

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 for an hour is coming,

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 when all who are in the tombs

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 will hear his voice,

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 and come out.

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 Those who have done good to the resurrection of life,

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 and those who have done evil

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 to the resurrection of judgment.

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 The grass withers,

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 the flower fades,

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 but the word of our Lord endures forever.

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 Would you please bow with me,

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 and let's pray once more.

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 Father, we love your word,

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 and we hunger for it,

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 and we thank you for it,

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 that you accomplish your purposes,

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 for which you send it out,

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 and we ask that you would do that now,

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 that you would give us ears to hear,

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 and give us fertile soil in our hearts,

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 as we hear the word.

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 We pray in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Who is Jesus?

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 Jesus?

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 This is, without a doubt,

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 one of the most important questions,

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 that you could even begin to ask yourselves,

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 and as we've seen again,

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 and again,

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 and again,

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 and again,

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 over,

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 and over,

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 and over so far in the gospel of John,

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 this is why John has written this book,

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 that we may believe that Jesus is the Christ,

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 and by believing,

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 we might have life in his name.

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 Our goal,

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 in coming here week in,

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 and week out,

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 and hearing the word of God preached,

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 every single week,

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 is that we might have our vision,

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 of who Jesus is,

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 clarified,

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 and strengthened,

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 and enlarged.

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 This is what mothers need,

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 more than anything,

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 on Mother's Day,

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 and every other day,

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 this is what children need,

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 and fathers need,

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 and workers need,

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 and elderly folks need,

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 and younger folks need.

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 Everyone in the world,

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 our greatest need,

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 is to see him,

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 for who he is,

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 so that we might honor him,

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 as he deserves.

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 But what we see,

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 in our passage this morning,

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 that we've just read,

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 is that,

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 that Jesus,

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 is not always seen,

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 clearly,

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 for who he is.

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 In fact,

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 this morning,

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 we're going to see,

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 three wrong views,

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 of who Jesus is.

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 Three wrong views,

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 of who Jesus is.

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 The first wrong view,

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 that we see here,

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 in our passage,

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 is that,

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 Jesus is just,

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 a miracle worker.

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 Jesus is just,

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 a miracle worker.

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 There is,

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 I think there's,

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 an intentional contrast,

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 here,

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 between the response,

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 of the Gentile officer,

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 who we saw last week,

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 whose son was sick,

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 to the point of death,

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 and this invalid man,

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 who,

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 who had,

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 had suffered,

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 for 38 years.

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 This invalid man,

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 who was a Jew.

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 Both were recipients,

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 of the healing power,

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 of Jesus.

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 Jesus simply spoke,

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 and the boy lived.

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 Jesus simply spoke,

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 and the invalid man,

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 walked.

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 But the Gentile,

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 chapter 4,

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 verse 43,

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 says he believed.

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 Him,

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 and all of his household.

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 They,

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 they saw the sign,

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 and they believed,

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 the message.

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 But this invalid man,

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 responded,

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 differently.

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 Let's look there.

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 Verse 9.

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 John says,

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 that day,

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 was the Sabbath.

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 We'll come back to this.

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 That was,

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 this was an issue.

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 This day was the Sabbath,

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 so the Jews asked the man,

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 why he was carrying,

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 his bed,

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 on the Sabbath day.

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 And instead of,

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 rejoicing,

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 that he had been healed,

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 instead of,

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 glorifying God,

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 look what he does.

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 He,

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 blame shifts.

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 Now this man,

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 doesn't want to get,

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 into trouble,

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 and so he,

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 points the finger,

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 outward,

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 and says,

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 well the man,

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 who,

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 who healed me,

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 that man said to me,

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 take up your bed,

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 and walk.

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 Look,

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 go find him.

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 Now this sounds to me,

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 a lot like the garden of Eden,

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 doesn't it?

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 That woman,

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 that you gave me,

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 she,

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 gave me the fruit,

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 and I ate.

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 Oh the serpent,

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 he deceived me,

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 and I ate.

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 This man is,

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 is deflecting the criticism,

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 and deflecting the punishment.

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 He's essentially,

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 throwing Jesus,

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 under the bus.

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 And so they ask him,

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 to identify,

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 well who was it,

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 that healed you?

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 And he says in verse 13,

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 well the man,

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 who had been healed,

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 he did not know,

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 who it was,

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 for Jesus had,

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 had slipped away,

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 in the crowd,

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 he had withdrawn,

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 there was a crowd,

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 there in that place,

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 Jesus apparently,

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 he was not interested,

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 in the attention,

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 that would come,

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 from healing this man,

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 he had bigger purposes,

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 in mind,

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 than simply performing,

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 miracles.

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 But it says,

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 afterward,

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 Jesus found him,

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 in the temple,

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 and here,

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 he gives this man,

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 a peek,

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 into why he performed,

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 this miracle,

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 in the first place.

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 What does he say?

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 See you are well,

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 sin no more,

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 that nothing worse,

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 may happen,

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 to you.

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 And we saw last week,

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 didn't we,

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 that suffering,

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 is a symptom,

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 of sin.

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 It's a terrible,

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 terrible symptom.

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 Some suffering,

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 not all suffering,

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 some suffering,

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 is a result,

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 of specific sin.

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 It seems like,

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 this was the case,

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 for this invalid man,

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 we don't know exactly,

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 what the specific cause,

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 of this man's suffering was,

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 but Jesus here,

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 clearly,

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 he connects it,

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 with sin.

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 And he says,

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 sin no more,

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 that nothing worse,

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 may happen,

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 to you.

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 So I ask you,

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 what could be worse,

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 than 38 years,

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 of suffering?

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 What could be worse,

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 than 38 years,

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 of long,

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 prolonged,

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 suffering?

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 I mean,

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 surely the worst thing,

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 that could happen,

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 to this man,

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 would be just a relapse,

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 that he might go,

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 right back to where he was,

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 but something worse,

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 what could be worse,

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 than 38 years,

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 of suffering?

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 An eternity,

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 of suffering.

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 suffering.

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 That's what this,

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 temporary suffering,

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 was meant to teach,

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 this man.

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 That's what this,

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 physical miracle,

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 of healing,

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 was supposed to teach him.

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 You see,

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 this man,

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 he had a problem,

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 his physical suffering,

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 but Jesus says,

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 I've come to heal,

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 I've come to solve,

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 a much bigger problem,

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 not just the problem,

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 of suffering,

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 but the cause,

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 of your suffering.

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 I have come,

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 to solve the problem,

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 of sin.

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 Jesus,

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 he wasn't just,

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 a miracle worker.

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 Every sign,

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 that Jesus performed,

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 it pointed forward,

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 to a much bigger,

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 eternal reality.

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 He did not just,

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 come merely,

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 healing the sick,

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 merely causing,

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 the blind to see,

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 merely causing,

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 the lame to walk.

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 He did so,

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 as a pointer,

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 an indicator,

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 that he has come,

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 to crush,

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 the curse,

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 of sin.

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 That even,

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 even the worst,

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 of suffering,

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 here,

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 on this side,

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 of eternity,

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 here in the present,

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 is nothing,

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 compared to,

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 an eternity,

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 of suffering.

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 The aim of Jesus,

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 it was not just,

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 physical health,

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 but holiness.

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 And not merely,

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 an improved life,

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 here and now,

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 but eternal life,

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 in him.

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 See,

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 Jesus' aim,

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 was never,

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 primarily,

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 physical healing.

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 He is always,

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 more concerned,

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 with our,

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 eternal,

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 well-being.

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 Is it so,

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 with us?

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 Are we,

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 more concerned,

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 with our,

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 temporary,

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 physical,

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 well-being,

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 or,

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 our eternal,

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 spiritual,

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 well-being?

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 Are we,

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 more concerned,

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 with our health,

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 physically,

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 or our,

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 holiness,

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 our health,

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 spiritually?

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 This,

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 by the way,

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 it ought to help,

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 give us some shape,

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 for us,

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 for how we ought to,

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 think about,

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 mercy ministries,

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 as a church.

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 Churches,

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 ought to care,

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 deeply,

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 about the physical,

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 needs of those,

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 around us.

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 Amen?

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 Amen?

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 Yes?

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 Okay.

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 We ought to care,

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 about meeting,

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 the physical needs,

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 of our neighbors.

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 There's hungry,

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 people around us.

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 There are poor,

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 people around us.

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 There are needy,

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 people around us.

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 We ought to care,

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 deeply,

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 about meeting,

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 these needs,

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 but never,

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 as an end,

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 in itself.

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 We ought to,

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 love our neighbor,

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 by seeking,

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 to meet their needs,

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 in proportion,

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 to their importance,

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 and urgency.

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 And friend,

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 nothing is more important,

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 and urgent,

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 than that they see,

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 clearly,

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 the glory,

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 of Christ.

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 Now this is why,

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 Jesus is,

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 is healing this man,

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 here.

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 But how does he respond?

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 Right away,

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 verse 15,

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 says,

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 the man went away,

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 and told the Jews,

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 that it was Jesus,

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 who had healed him,

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 right away.

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 And clearly,

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 the man had been healed,

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 but did not get,

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 the message to him,

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 Jesus was just,

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 a miracle worker,

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 and one who had done,

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 that work,

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 on the Sabbath,

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 day.

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 Which leads us,

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 to our second,

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 wrong view,

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 of Jesus.

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 The second,

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 wrong view of Jesus,

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 here in this passage,

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 is that Jesus,

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 is a law breaker.

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 Jesus,

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 is a law breaker.

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 And now,

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 we deal with the issue,

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 of the Sabbath.

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 Look back up,

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 to verse 9.

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 John says,

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 now that day,

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 was the Sabbath.

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 So the Jews,

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 said to the man,

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 who had been healed,

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 is the Sabbath day,

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 and it is not lawful,

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 for you to take up,

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 your bed and walk.

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 It is not,

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 lawful.

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 And the question is,

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 according to whom?

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 Now,

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 we know,

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 the fourth commandment,

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 remember the Sabbath day,

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 and keep it holy,

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 six days you shall labor,

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 and do all your work,

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 but on the seventh day,

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 that's the Sabbath,

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 to the Lord your God,

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 on it you shall do no work,

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 you or your son,

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 or your daughter,

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 or your male servant,

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 or your female servant,

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 or your livestock,

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 or the sojourner,

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 that is within your gates,

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 for in six days,

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 the Lord made the heavens,

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 and the earth,

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 the sea,

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 and all that is in them,

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 and rested on the seventh day.

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 Therefore,

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 the Lord blessed the Sabbath day,

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 and made it holy.

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 That's the fourth commandment.

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 But you can read,

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 all through the law,

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 from beginning to end,

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 backwards and forwards,

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 as many times as you would like,

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 and you will not find a word,

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 in the law of God,

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 about not carrying your bed,

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 on the Sabbath.

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 This was not God's law,

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 but it was tradition.

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 The rabbis had listed out,

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 39 types of work,

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 that were illegal,

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 on the Sabbath day.

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 It's called the melechot.

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 Let me try that again.

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 The melechot.

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 And according to them,

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 these 39 rules,

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 you could not sow,

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 you could not plow,

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 you could not reap,

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 you could not tie a knot,

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 you could not untie a knot,

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 you could not bake anything,

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 or sift anything,

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 you couldn't start a fire,

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 you couldn't put out a fire,

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 on the Sabbath day.

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 And the very last,

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 of these 39 rules,

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 was that you could not carry,

00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:26.320
 on the Sabbath day.

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 You were forbidden,

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 from carrying anything,

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 outside of your domain.

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 And,

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 you were forbidden,

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 from lifting anything,

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 up over your head.

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 And so seeing this man,

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 who had been there,

00:14:40.860 --> 00:14:42.139
 for 38 years,

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 pick up his bed,

00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:44.259
 carry it,

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 and walk,

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 was an offense to them.

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 It was breaking,

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 their law.

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 And when they discovered,

00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:51.259
 that it was Jesus,

00:14:51.480 --> 00:14:52.840
 who performed the work,

00:14:53.179 --> 00:14:53.799
 of healing,

00:14:53.980 --> 00:14:54.960
 on the Sabbath day,

00:14:55.639 --> 00:14:56.340
 verse 16,

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 it tells us clearly,

00:14:57.779 --> 00:14:59.519
 this was why the Jews,

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 were persecuting Jesus,

00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:02.819
 because he was doing,

00:15:02.819 --> 00:15:03.679
 these things,

00:15:03.860 --> 00:15:04.980
 on the Sabbath.

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 They thought,

00:15:06.639 --> 00:15:06.980
 Jesus,

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 was a law breaker.

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 So we have to,

00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:12.240
 to answer this question,

00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:13.519
 we have to wrestle with this,

00:15:13.779 --> 00:15:14.480
 was he,

00:15:14.840 --> 00:15:15.620
 a law breaker?

00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:16.960
 Did Jesus,

00:15:17.299 --> 00:15:18.220
 break the law?

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 Not the law of God,

00:15:21.460 --> 00:15:23.700
 but the tradition,

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 of man.

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 We've,

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 said this,

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 before,

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 and we'll,

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 we'll say it again,

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 that traditions,

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 are wonderful tools,

00:15:33.659 --> 00:15:34.620
 they are helpful,

00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:35.279
 aids,

00:15:35.399 --> 00:15:36.320
 helpful teachers,

00:15:36.320 --> 00:15:37.480
 if,

00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:39.020
 through them,

00:15:39.379 --> 00:15:40.200
 we see,

00:15:40.540 --> 00:15:40.940
 clearly,

00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:41.940
 the glory,

00:15:41.940 --> 00:15:43.020
 of Christ.

00:15:43.840 --> 00:15:44.300
 But,

00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:45.640
 if,

00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:46.840
 our traditions,

00:15:47.040 --> 00:15:48.260
 become so sacred,

00:15:48.520 --> 00:15:48.700
 so,

00:15:48.800 --> 00:15:49.980
 so necessary,

00:15:50.340 --> 00:15:51.140
 so essential,

00:15:51.340 --> 00:15:51.940
 to our worship,

00:15:52.040 --> 00:15:52.480
 that we just,

00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:54.160
 can't wrap our minds,

00:15:54.200 --> 00:15:55.040
 around a God,

00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:56.060
 we can't wrap our minds,

00:15:56.120 --> 00:15:56.840
 around a Christ,

00:15:56.900 --> 00:15:58.420
 who doesn't involve,

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 our traditions,

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 then we're no better,

00:16:01.100 --> 00:16:02.060
 than the Pharisees,

00:16:02.100 --> 00:16:03.160
 here in this passage,

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 who were face to face,

00:16:05.100 --> 00:16:06.680
 with God in the flesh,

00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:08.420
 but couldn't see him,

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 because he didn't play,

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 by their rules.

00:16:12.940 --> 00:16:13.340
 Jesus,

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 he didn't care too much,

00:16:14.500 --> 00:16:15.240
 for the traditions,

00:16:16.000 --> 00:16:16.759
 and regulations,

00:16:17.159 --> 00:16:17.259
 and,

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 and requirements,

00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:19.340
 and the rules,

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 that they had set in place,

00:16:20.580 --> 00:16:21.259
 he was there,

00:16:21.300 --> 00:16:22.019
 with a purpose,

00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:23.460
 that transcended,

00:16:23.779 --> 00:16:25.600
 their Sabbath regulations.

00:16:26.580 --> 00:16:27.340
 He was there,

00:16:27.440 --> 00:16:28.759
 to do the work,

00:16:28.980 --> 00:16:30.060
 of God.

00:16:31.080 --> 00:16:31.980
 Look at his defense,

00:16:32.180 --> 00:16:33.080
 there in verse 17,

00:16:33.259 --> 00:16:33.639
 this is,

00:16:33.740 --> 00:16:34.560
 it's brilliant.

00:16:35.820 --> 00:16:37.019
 Jesus answered them,

00:16:37.560 --> 00:16:38.920
 my father is working,

00:16:39.019 --> 00:16:39.700
 until now,

00:16:40.540 --> 00:16:41.320
 and I,

00:16:41.659 --> 00:16:42.320
 am working.

00:16:42.960 --> 00:16:43.720
 See his defense?

00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:45.159
 He said,

00:16:45.740 --> 00:16:47.040
 God is still,

00:16:47.340 --> 00:16:47.680
 working.

00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:50.080
 God is at work,

00:16:50.500 --> 00:16:51.700
 upholding the universe,

00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:52.700
 right now.

00:16:52.820 --> 00:16:54.320
 Has God stopped working?

00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:57.700
 Has God stopped working?

00:16:57.980 --> 00:16:58.180
 No,

00:16:58.240 --> 00:16:58.860
 of course not.

00:16:58.940 --> 00:16:59.360
 Come on.

00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:01.560
 We don't worship a God,

00:17:01.620 --> 00:17:02.420
 who only works,

00:17:02.700 --> 00:17:03.840
 six days of the week.

00:17:03.920 --> 00:17:04.299
 God's better,

00:17:04.299 --> 00:17:05.019
 than Chick-fil-A,

00:17:05.139 --> 00:17:05.299
 y'all.

00:17:05.460 --> 00:17:06.899
 He works seven days,

00:17:06.980 --> 00:17:07.960
 a week.

00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:09.879
 He doesn't just create the world,

00:17:09.980 --> 00:17:11.460
 and then just let it spin off,

00:17:11.460 --> 00:17:12.180
 on its own.

00:17:12.299 --> 00:17:13.559
 God is at work,

00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:15.059
 every moment,

00:17:15.220 --> 00:17:16.480
 in every day,

00:17:16.599 --> 00:17:17.899
 in every molecule,

00:17:17.899 --> 00:17:18.940
 in his world.

00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:20.500
 Is God not,

00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:21.200
 right now,

00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:22.099
 feeding the birds,

00:17:22.159 --> 00:17:22.700
 of the air?

00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:24.579
 Is God not,

00:17:24.740 --> 00:17:25.359
 right now,

00:17:25.460 --> 00:17:26.700
 causing the crops,

00:17:26.779 --> 00:17:27.379
 of the ground,

00:17:27.379 --> 00:17:27.980
 to grow?

00:17:28.139 --> 00:17:29.079
 Causing the wind,

00:17:29.079 --> 00:17:29.819
 to blow,

00:17:30.019 --> 00:17:30.619
 to and fro?

00:17:30.619 --> 00:17:31.699
 Causing the waves,

00:17:31.779 --> 00:17:32.319
 to rise,

00:17:32.379 --> 00:17:33.059
 and to crash?

00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:34.339
 Is he not,

00:17:34.419 --> 00:17:35.919
 at this very minute,

00:17:36.039 --> 00:17:37.159
 giving you life,

00:17:37.379 --> 00:17:37.899
 and breath,

00:17:37.979 --> 00:17:38.719
 and everything?

00:17:38.879 --> 00:17:39.759
 Of course he is.

00:17:40.719 --> 00:17:41.779
 If God were not,

00:17:41.779 --> 00:17:42.579
 at work,

00:17:42.679 --> 00:17:43.739
 every moment,

00:17:43.779 --> 00:17:44.399
 of every day,

00:17:44.479 --> 00:17:44.979
 then you,

00:17:45.159 --> 00:17:45.879
 and I,

00:17:45.959 --> 00:17:47.099
 and the entire universe,

00:17:47.379 --> 00:17:48.719
 would cease to exist.

00:17:50.019 --> 00:17:50.979
 The rabbis,

00:17:51.079 --> 00:17:51.239
 they,

00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:52.479
 they had to wrestle,

00:17:52.479 --> 00:17:53.199
 with this.

00:17:53.939 --> 00:17:54.399
 Really.

00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:56.099
 They were so,

00:17:56.299 --> 00:17:56.939
 rigid,

00:17:57.140 --> 00:17:58.140
 and their understanding,

00:17:58.340 --> 00:17:58.480
 here,

00:17:58.539 --> 00:17:58.840
 that they,

00:17:58.920 --> 00:18:00.120
 they had to wrestle,

00:18:00.299 --> 00:18:01.019
 with the question,

00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:02.120
 does God,

00:18:02.220 --> 00:18:03.299
 break the Sabbath,

00:18:03.539 --> 00:18:04.240
 by continuing,

00:18:04.240 --> 00:18:04.960
 to work,

00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:05.920
 and uphold the universe,

00:18:06.059 --> 00:18:06.880
 seven days a week?

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 And you know,

00:18:08.240 --> 00:18:08.539
 the answer,

00:18:08.620 --> 00:18:09.380
 that they came up with?

00:18:10.920 --> 00:18:11.759
 They said,

00:18:11.840 --> 00:18:12.100
 that,

00:18:13.000 --> 00:18:14.240
 since the whole world,

00:18:14.320 --> 00:18:15.740
 is the domain of God,

00:18:16.519 --> 00:18:17.000
 technically,

00:18:17.000 --> 00:18:18.640
 he never carries anything,

00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:19.799
 outside of his domain.

00:18:21.120 --> 00:18:21.559
 And,

00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:22.500
 since God is,

00:18:22.580 --> 00:18:23.259
 is bigger,

00:18:23.460 --> 00:18:24.019
 than anybody,

00:18:24.120 --> 00:18:24.539
 and anything,

00:18:24.860 --> 00:18:25.380
 technically,

00:18:25.620 --> 00:18:26.360
 in all his lifting,

00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:26.939
 and working,

00:18:27.059 --> 00:18:27.399
 and doing,

00:18:27.539 --> 00:18:28.559
 he never lifts,

00:18:28.659 --> 00:18:30.339
 anything above his head,

00:18:30.439 --> 00:18:31.259
 so God is,

00:18:31.379 --> 00:18:31.579
 therefore,

00:18:31.899 --> 00:18:32.319
 safe,

00:18:32.819 --> 00:18:33.459
 from breaking,

00:18:33.639 --> 00:18:34.139
 the law,

00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:35.519
 of the Sabbath.

00:18:37.459 --> 00:18:38.000
 But Jesus,

00:18:38.539 --> 00:18:38.899
 here,

00:18:39.039 --> 00:18:39.179
 he,

00:18:39.459 --> 00:18:40.019
 he says,

00:18:40.099 --> 00:18:41.099
 whatever regulations,

00:18:41.259 --> 00:18:41.959
 you come up with,

00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:42.799
 whatever excuses,

00:18:42.939 --> 00:18:43.619
 you come up with,

00:18:43.619 --> 00:18:44.000
 to say,

00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:44.979
 it's okay for God,

00:18:45.059 --> 00:18:45.919
 to continue to work,

00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:46.439
 guess what?

00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:48.539
 They also apply to me.

00:18:49.639 --> 00:18:50.599
 My father,

00:18:50.819 --> 00:18:51.719
 is working,

00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:53.199
 and I,

00:18:53.479 --> 00:18:54.279
 am working,

00:18:54.779 --> 00:18:55.539
 even now.

00:18:55.539 --> 00:18:56.639
 Is God a lawbreaker,

00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:57.819
 by continuing to work?

00:18:57.879 --> 00:18:58.579
 Of course not.

00:18:59.259 --> 00:18:59.920
 And neither,

00:19:00.159 --> 00:19:00.740
 am I.

00:19:00.839 --> 00:19:01.119
 Why?

00:19:01.859 --> 00:19:03.700
 Because I am one,

00:19:03.879 --> 00:19:05.299
 with the father.

00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:11.619
 You see,

00:19:11.700 --> 00:19:11.859
 when,

00:19:12.119 --> 00:19:14.039
 the work of creation,

00:19:14.619 --> 00:19:15.480
 was finished,

00:19:16.500 --> 00:19:17.039
 God,

00:19:17.139 --> 00:19:17.259
 he,

00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:18.279
 in a sense,

00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:19.240
 rested.

00:19:20.159 --> 00:19:21.480
 And that creative work,

00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:22.519
 was finished,

00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:23.460
 but not for long.

00:19:24.079 --> 00:19:24.619
 Sin,

00:19:24.740 --> 00:19:25.799
 entered into,

00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:27.519
 his good creation.

00:19:28.379 --> 00:19:28.759
 Sin,

00:19:28.859 --> 00:19:29.500
 and all of its,

00:19:29.500 --> 00:19:30.839
 deadly consequences,

00:19:31.099 --> 00:19:31.279
 sin,

00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:31.859
 and death,

00:19:32.019 --> 00:19:32.119
 sin,

00:19:32.220 --> 00:19:33.160
 and disease,

00:19:33.500 --> 00:19:33.700
 sin,

00:19:33.819 --> 00:19:34.920
 and dishonor,

00:19:35.240 --> 00:19:35.799
 and then,

00:19:35.879 --> 00:19:37.299
 began another work.

00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:39.339
 The unfolding,

00:19:39.579 --> 00:19:40.720
 of the eternal,

00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:41.879
 plan of God,

00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:42.579
 from beginning,

00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:43.720
 of the ages,

00:19:43.960 --> 00:19:44.799
 the unfolding,

00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:45.660
 the work,

00:19:45.980 --> 00:19:47.359
 of redemption.

00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:49.419
 Jesus says,

00:19:49.579 --> 00:19:50.319
 I am here,

00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:51.219
 accomplishing,

00:19:51.339 --> 00:19:52.059
 God's work,

00:19:52.099 --> 00:19:52.679
 of redemption.

00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:53.819
 That's why I'm here.

00:19:53.919 --> 00:19:54.079
 That's,

00:19:54.219 --> 00:19:55.099
 that's what this healing,

00:19:55.219 --> 00:19:55.939
 was about.

00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:57.339
 I have work to do.

00:19:57.579 --> 00:19:59.039
 Don't tell me to rest.

00:20:00.059 --> 00:20:00.259
 See,

00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:00.939
 this scene,

00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:02.079
 it marks the beginning,

00:20:02.500 --> 00:20:03.599
 of this rumbling,

00:20:03.919 --> 00:20:04.259
 tension,

00:20:04.539 --> 00:20:04.740
 here,

00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:05.539
 between Jesus,

00:20:05.899 --> 00:20:07.039
 and the Pharisees,

00:20:07.099 --> 00:20:08.779
 that will only get worse,

00:20:08.859 --> 00:20:09.740
 throughout the rest,

00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:10.699
 of this book.

00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:11.379
 See,

00:20:11.419 --> 00:20:12.059
 they hated,

00:20:12.059 --> 00:20:13.099
 that Jesus didn't,

00:20:13.099 --> 00:20:14.139
 keep their tradition.

00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:15.439
 And they had him,

00:20:15.500 --> 00:20:16.119
 pegged now,

00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:17.559
 as a lawbreaker,

00:20:17.699 --> 00:20:18.679
 but even worse,

00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:19.419
 than that,

00:20:19.779 --> 00:20:21.159
 now they saw him,

00:20:21.259 --> 00:20:22.959
 as a blasphemer.

00:20:23.899 --> 00:20:25.159
 This is the third,

00:20:25.299 --> 00:20:26.399
 wrong view,

00:20:26.579 --> 00:20:27.619
 of who Jesus,

00:20:28.239 --> 00:20:28.739
 is.

00:20:28.899 --> 00:20:29.299
 Third,

00:20:30.419 --> 00:20:30.759
 Jesus,

00:20:31.059 --> 00:20:31.719
 is a,

00:20:31.899 --> 00:20:32.939
 blasphemer.

00:20:34.059 --> 00:20:34.899
 And this is where,

00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:36.039
 we're going to spend,

00:20:36.239 --> 00:20:36.719
 the majority,

00:20:36.859 --> 00:20:37.539
 of our time,

00:20:37.619 --> 00:20:38.079
 because this,

00:20:38.159 --> 00:20:38.619
 I believe,

00:20:38.619 --> 00:20:39.599
 is the main point,

00:20:39.599 --> 00:20:40.459
 of this text.

00:20:40.559 --> 00:20:41.099
 The main point,

00:20:41.179 --> 00:20:42.000
 I hope we're seeing this,

00:20:42.099 --> 00:20:42.319
 clearly,

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:43.779
 is that Jesus,

00:20:44.219 --> 00:20:45.799
 claimed to be God.

00:20:46.639 --> 00:20:47.399
 Jesus is,

00:20:47.459 --> 00:20:48.939
 one with the Father,

00:20:49.079 --> 00:20:50.299
 and as God,

00:20:50.719 --> 00:20:51.839
 he is worthy,

00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:53.159
 of our lives,

00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:53.819
 worthy,

00:20:53.819 --> 00:20:54.899
 of our worship,

00:20:55.199 --> 00:20:55.399
 worthy,

00:20:55.519 --> 00:20:56.419
 of our devotion,

00:20:56.739 --> 00:20:57.000
 worthy,

00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:58.399
 of our honor.

00:20:59.419 --> 00:21:00.079
 There are,

00:21:00.099 --> 00:21:00.779
 are many,

00:21:00.959 --> 00:21:01.559
 who will say,

00:21:01.699 --> 00:21:02.219
 wrongly,

00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:02.879
 who will say,

00:21:03.199 --> 00:21:03.879
 that Jesus,

00:21:04.019 --> 00:21:04.599
 never once,

00:21:04.659 --> 00:21:05.619
 claimed to be God.

00:21:06.419 --> 00:21:07.159
 He had many,

00:21:07.159 --> 00:21:07.939
 good teachings,

00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:08.379
 we should,

00:21:08.639 --> 00:21:09.599
 follow his example,

00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.139
 but Jesus,

00:21:10.259 --> 00:21:11.119
 never once,

00:21:11.199 --> 00:21:12.059
 claimed to be God.

00:21:12.159 --> 00:21:12.539
 This was a,

00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:13.679
 fabricated invention,

00:21:13.679 --> 00:21:14.579
 of the church.

00:21:14.579 --> 00:21:15.539
 Jesus never,

00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:16.539
 said it about himself,

00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:18.299
 but it seems,

00:21:18.299 --> 00:21:19.319
 clear to me,

00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:20.240
 that the Jews,

00:21:20.359 --> 00:21:21.439
 understood exactly,

00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:22.159
 what Jesus,

00:21:22.399 --> 00:21:22.819
 was claiming,

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:23.759
 about himself here.

00:21:23.859 --> 00:21:24.419
 Verse 18,

00:21:25.460 --> 00:21:26.119
 it says,

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:27.359
 this was why,

00:21:27.500 --> 00:21:27.859
 the Jews,

00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:28.419
 were seeking,

00:21:28.619 --> 00:21:28.980
 all the more,

00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:29.779
 to kill him.

00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:31.119
 Because not only,

00:21:31.179 --> 00:21:31.759
 was he breaking,

00:21:31.879 --> 00:21:32.359
 the Sabbath,

00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:33.819
 but he was even,

00:21:33.939 --> 00:21:34.699
 calling God,

00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:35.619
 his own father,

00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:36.240
 here it is,

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:38.079
 making himself,

00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:38.859
 equal,

00:21:39.519 --> 00:21:40.359
 with God.

00:21:41.339 --> 00:21:42.199
 This is why,

00:21:42.199 --> 00:21:42.699
 the Jews,

00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:43.220
 were seeking,

00:21:43.220 --> 00:21:43.920
 to kill him.

00:21:44.000 --> 00:21:44.559
 I see only,

00:21:44.840 --> 00:21:45.519
 three possible,

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:46.519
 scenarios here.

00:21:46.620 --> 00:21:46.840
 Either,

00:21:47.140 --> 00:21:47.480
 the Jews,

00:21:47.600 --> 00:21:49.100
 misunderstood Jesus,

00:21:49.840 --> 00:21:51.000
 or he was,

00:21:51.120 --> 00:21:51.980
 claiming to be God,

00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:52.920
 but was not,

00:21:53.059 --> 00:21:54.120
 therefore he's a liar,

00:21:54.299 --> 00:21:55.340
 or a blasphemer,

00:21:55.700 --> 00:21:57.100
 or he was,

00:21:57.160 --> 00:21:58.400
 claiming to be God,

00:21:58.460 --> 00:21:59.360
 and actually,

00:21:59.700 --> 00:22:00.920
 is who he claimed,

00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:01.360
 to be.

00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:02.420
 And if that's true,

00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:03.680
 then church,

00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.600
 he deserves,

00:22:05.160 --> 00:22:05.900
 our worship.

00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:08.059
 Well what Jesus,

00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:08.720
 does next,

00:22:08.740 --> 00:22:09.500
 I think takes care,

00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:10.620
 of option number one.

00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:11.440
 The Jews,

00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:11.980
 did not,

00:22:12.100 --> 00:22:12.680
 misunderstand,

00:22:12.920 --> 00:22:13.860
 what Jesus was saying.

00:22:14.019 --> 00:22:14.740
 How do I know that?

00:22:14.820 --> 00:22:15.080
 Because,

00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:16.000
 Jesus doesn't,

00:22:16.000 --> 00:22:16.620
 correct them.

00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:18.299
 In fact,

00:22:18.360 --> 00:22:19.180
 he doesn't,

00:22:19.180 --> 00:22:19.840
 walk it back,

00:22:19.920 --> 00:22:21.100
 he digs that hole,

00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:22.100
 even deeper.

00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:22.900
 He makes as many,

00:22:22.980 --> 00:22:24.220
 as four distinct,

00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:25.220
 claims to deity,

00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:25.960
 here.

00:22:26.080 --> 00:22:27.080
 In just a few verses,

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:27.820
 we're going to walk,

00:22:27.900 --> 00:22:28.519
 through each one.

00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:30.100
 Four distinct,

00:22:30.480 --> 00:22:31.880
 claims to deity,

00:22:32.360 --> 00:22:33.480
 in just a few verses,

00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:33.820
 here.

00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:34.360
 For one,

00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:36.160
 as we've already seen,

00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:37.180
 he says,

00:22:37.180 --> 00:22:37.920
 the son,

00:22:38.039 --> 00:22:38.779
 and the father,

00:22:38.960 --> 00:22:39.180
 are completely,

00:22:39.900 --> 00:22:40.180
 united,

00:22:40.180 --> 00:22:40.740
 united,

00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.960
 in their work.

00:22:43.580 --> 00:22:43.820
 Jesus,

00:22:43.960 --> 00:22:44.820
 is completely,

00:22:44.820 --> 00:22:45.640
 united,

00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:47.039
 in the work,

00:22:47.420 --> 00:22:48.100
 of God.

00:22:48.200 --> 00:22:48.900
 So much so,

00:22:49.460 --> 00:22:50.320
 that Jesus says,

00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:51.220
 the son can do,

00:22:51.220 --> 00:22:52.840
 nothing of his own accord,

00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:53.560
 but only,

00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:54.420
 what he sees,

00:22:54.500 --> 00:22:55.420
 the father doing.

00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:56.680
 For whatever,

00:22:56.799 --> 00:22:57.660
 the father does,

00:22:57.779 --> 00:22:58.759
 that the son,

00:22:58.960 --> 00:23:00.340
 does likewise.

00:23:00.560 --> 00:23:00.759
 Just,

00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:01.640
 just think about this,

00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.120
 for a moment,

00:23:02.320 --> 00:23:02.700
 with me.

00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:05.259
 Jesus,

00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:08.039
 being completely,

00:23:08.420 --> 00:23:08.940
 one,

00:23:09.100 --> 00:23:09.700
 completely,

00:23:09.700 --> 00:23:10.440
 united,

00:23:10.440 --> 00:23:11.420
 with the father,

00:23:12.080 --> 00:23:13.240
 was completely,

00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:14.340
 aware,

00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.880
 of all,

00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.440
 of the,

00:23:16.440 --> 00:23:17.120
 billions,

00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:18.240
 of works,

00:23:18.340 --> 00:23:19.220
 of God,

00:23:19.600 --> 00:23:20.580
 that you and I,

00:23:20.660 --> 00:23:22.160
 are just oblivious to,

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:22.700
 every,

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.840
 single day.

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:25.920
 God is,

00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:27.299
 at all times,

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:28.039
 accomplishing,

00:23:28.340 --> 00:23:29.340
 infinitely more,

00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:30.159
 than any of us,

00:23:30.319 --> 00:23:31.019
 are even,

00:23:31.319 --> 00:23:32.720
 minutely aware of.

00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:34.079
 Every time,

00:23:34.139 --> 00:23:34.740
 that we ask,

00:23:34.859 --> 00:23:35.059
 God,

00:23:35.119 --> 00:23:36.039
 why did this happen,

00:23:36.139 --> 00:23:36.599
 this way?

00:23:37.379 --> 00:23:37.859
 God,

00:23:37.899 --> 00:23:38.879
 what are you doing?

00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.240
 Jesus,

00:23:40.619 --> 00:23:41.459
 in his divinity,

00:23:41.639 --> 00:23:42.559
 never once,

00:23:42.639 --> 00:23:43.559
 had to ask,

00:23:43.679 --> 00:23:44.519
 that question.

00:23:45.919 --> 00:23:46.720
 How many things,

00:23:46.859 --> 00:23:48.039
 is God accomplishing,

00:23:48.139 --> 00:23:49.319
 even right now,

00:23:49.399 --> 00:23:50.059
 in the preaching,

00:23:50.059 --> 00:23:51.240
 of this sermon?

00:23:51.939 --> 00:23:52.859
 Every single week,

00:23:52.939 --> 00:23:53.519
 we come here,

00:23:53.619 --> 00:23:54.659
 the sermon is delivered,

00:23:54.819 --> 00:23:55.919
 the message goes out,

00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:57.119
 I have no idea,

00:23:57.199 --> 00:23:57.799
 what that does.

00:23:57.799 --> 00:23:59.740
 But I trust,

00:23:59.919 --> 00:24:00.500
 and I believe,

00:24:00.659 --> 00:24:01.039
 that God,

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:02.339
 uses his word,

00:24:02.440 --> 00:24:03.659
 to accomplish his purposes.

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:05.819
 Jesus wasn't like that.

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:06.899
 And Jesus,

00:24:07.139 --> 00:24:08.180
 Jesus knew,

00:24:08.319 --> 00:24:09.779
 he had full access,

00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.839
 to all,

00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:12.460
 the infinite wisdom,

00:24:12.460 --> 00:24:13.480
 of God,

00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:14.480
 at work.

00:24:14.940 --> 00:24:15.259
 Why?

00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:16.619
 Because,

00:24:16.919 --> 00:24:18.299
 the father loves the son,

00:24:18.359 --> 00:24:19.440
 and shows him,

00:24:19.539 --> 00:24:21.319
 all that he himself,

00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:22.619
 is doing.

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.599
 Isn't that interesting?

00:24:24.879 --> 00:24:25.899
 Isn't that interesting?

00:24:25.900 --> 00:24:28.140
 He shows him,

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:30.280
 all that he himself,

00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:31.480
 is doing.

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:34.780
 In these verses,

00:24:35.280 --> 00:24:36.720
 we get a glimpse,

00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:38.620
 into the inner workings,

00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:39.680
 of the Godhead.

00:24:40.480 --> 00:24:41.080
 What we call,

00:24:41.140 --> 00:24:41.720
 the Trinity.

00:24:42.560 --> 00:24:43.560
 God the Father,

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:44.480
 God the Son,

00:24:44.620 --> 00:24:45.660
 God the Holy Spirit,

00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:46.820
 one God,

00:24:47.120 --> 00:24:47.940
 three persons,

00:24:48.120 --> 00:24:49.040
 not three gods,

00:24:49.160 --> 00:24:49.860
 one God,

00:24:50.320 --> 00:24:51.080
 three persons.

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.580
 This is what,

00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:53.500
 theologians call,

00:24:53.620 --> 00:24:55.360
 the ontological Trinity.

00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:57.019
 That's a big word,

00:24:57.139 --> 00:24:57.919
 but all it means,

00:24:58.339 --> 00:24:59.779
 is it just refers to,

00:24:59.979 --> 00:25:01.240
 who God is.

00:25:01.859 --> 00:25:03.379
 Who God is.

00:25:03.419 --> 00:25:04.279
 Not three gods,

00:25:04.379 --> 00:25:04.939
 one God,

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.519
 one God,

00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:06.279
 three persons.

00:25:06.459 --> 00:25:07.759
 Each person is fully,

00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:09.639
 100% God.

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:11.419
 But there's another way,

00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:12.419
 that we talk about,

00:25:12.500 --> 00:25:12.899
 the Trinity.

00:25:13.639 --> 00:25:15.339
 And how they function.

00:25:16.179 --> 00:25:16.899
 Which is called,

00:25:17.039 --> 00:25:18.879
 the economic Trinity.

00:25:19.719 --> 00:25:21.579
 The economic Trinity.

00:25:21.859 --> 00:25:22.679
 It's not two different,

00:25:22.679 --> 00:25:23.299
 the Trinity's.

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:24.680
 This is two different ways,

00:25:24.680 --> 00:25:25.519
 of talking about,

00:25:25.639 --> 00:25:26.859
 the one true God.

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:28.339
 The ontological Trinity,

00:25:28.339 --> 00:25:29.759
 is who God is.

00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:31.440
 The economic Trinity,

00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:33.399
 is how God functions.

00:25:33.639 --> 00:25:34.480
 And what's so hard,

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:35.579
 for us to comprehend,

00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:38.259
 is that this one God,

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:39.339
 in three persons,

00:25:39.559 --> 00:25:41.460
 this unified God,

00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:42.180
 functions,

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.399
 and operates,

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:44.839
 in incredible diversity.

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:46.619
 And so we see,

00:25:46.700 --> 00:25:47.659
 God the Father,

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:49.160
 He reveals,

00:25:49.160 --> 00:25:50.180
 His will,

00:25:50.320 --> 00:25:51.160
 to God the Son.

00:25:52.040 --> 00:25:53.000
 God the Father,

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:55.000
 sends God the Son.

00:25:55.120 --> 00:25:55.820
 God the Father,

00:25:56.320 --> 00:25:58.000
 shows God the Son,

00:25:58.120 --> 00:25:59.519
 all that He Himself,

00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:00.160
 is doing.

00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:01.160
 And God the Son,

00:26:01.759 --> 00:26:02.380
 He goes,

00:26:02.600 --> 00:26:03.700
 and accomplishes,

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.759
 the work of the Father.

00:26:05.600 --> 00:26:06.220
 God the Son,

00:26:06.360 --> 00:26:06.759
 goes,

00:26:06.880 --> 00:26:07.759
 and accomplishes,

00:26:07.800 --> 00:26:08.320
 the plan,

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.440
 of redemption.

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.180
 God the Son,

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:10.560
 goes,

00:26:10.700 --> 00:26:12.259
 and dies on the cross.

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:13.000
 God the Son,

00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:14.440
 rises from the dead.

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:15.840
 So Jesus,

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.400
 He says,

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:18.240
 the way that you may know,

00:26:18.420 --> 00:26:20.299
 that I am one with God,

00:26:21.019 --> 00:26:22.460
 just look at my works.

00:26:23.440 --> 00:26:24.799
 Witness the works,

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.539
 that I'm doing.

00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.700
 I'm here doing,

00:26:26.840 --> 00:26:27.860
 the work of God.

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.620
 No one,

00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:29.640
 but God,

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.500
 can do the work,

00:26:30.580 --> 00:26:31.019
 I'm doing.

00:26:31.600 --> 00:26:32.980
 You've seen some good stuff,

00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.460
 already,

00:26:33.620 --> 00:26:35.279
 but hold on to your seats,

00:26:35.320 --> 00:26:36.660
 because greater works,

00:26:36.820 --> 00:26:37.779
 than these are coming,

00:26:37.900 --> 00:26:38.799
 and you will marvel,

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:40.299
 when you see them.

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:41.580
 So claim number one,

00:26:42.840 --> 00:26:43.279
 the Son,

00:26:43.360 --> 00:26:43.820
 and the Father,

00:26:43.819 --> 00:26:44.619
 are united,

00:26:44.879 --> 00:26:45.740
 in their work.

00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:46.559
 Claim number two.

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:48.839
 The second claim to deity,

00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:50.299
 is here in verse 21.

00:26:50.659 --> 00:26:51.019
 Jesus,

00:26:51.419 --> 00:26:52.799
 claims the power,

00:26:52.919 --> 00:26:54.720
 of resurrection life.

00:26:56.139 --> 00:26:57.960
 Jesus claims the power,

00:26:58.099 --> 00:27:00.500
 of resurrection life.

00:27:01.939 --> 00:27:03.179
 For as the Father,

00:27:03.339 --> 00:27:04.299
 raises the dead,

00:27:04.359 --> 00:27:05.480
 and gives them life,

00:27:05.639 --> 00:27:07.399
 so also the Son,

00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.339
 gives life,

00:27:08.659 --> 00:27:10.099
 to whom He will.

00:27:11.179 --> 00:27:12.419
 Look down to verse 25.

00:27:12.639 --> 00:27:12.939
 Truly,

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.380
 truly,

00:27:13.380 --> 00:27:13.400
 truly,

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:13.420
 truly,

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:14.259
 I say to you,

00:27:14.320 --> 00:27:15.240
 an hour is coming,

00:27:15.539 --> 00:27:16.880
 and is now here,

00:27:17.259 --> 00:27:18.039
 when the dead,

00:27:18.100 --> 00:27:19.140
 will hear the voice,

00:27:19.180 --> 00:27:20.140
 of the Son of God,

00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:21.900
 and those who hear,

00:27:22.039 --> 00:27:22.860
 will live.

00:27:23.259 --> 00:27:23.660
 For,

00:27:24.080 --> 00:27:25.240
 as the Father,

00:27:25.340 --> 00:27:26.420
 has life in Himself,

00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:28.059
 so He has granted,

00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:28.840
 the Son,

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.539
 also,

00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:31.120
 to have life,

00:27:31.559 --> 00:27:32.400
 in Himself.

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:34.960
 the Jews,

00:27:35.120 --> 00:27:35.920
 they believed,

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:37.100
 in a coming,

00:27:37.300 --> 00:27:37.860
 resurrection,

00:27:37.860 --> 00:27:38.840
 of the dead.

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:40.100
 They believed,

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:41.120
 that when the Messiah,

00:27:41.320 --> 00:27:41.720
 came,

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.500
 the dead,

00:27:42.580 --> 00:27:43.480
 would hear His voice,

00:27:43.560 --> 00:27:44.660
 and rise.

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:45.360
 Well,

00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:45.660
 Jesus,

00:27:45.820 --> 00:27:46.759
 He's here saying,

00:27:46.860 --> 00:27:47.620
 plain as day,

00:27:47.780 --> 00:27:49.380
 I am the Messiah.

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:51.300
 The hour is coming,

00:27:51.380 --> 00:27:51.980
 and it's here,

00:27:52.100 --> 00:27:52.820
 right now,

00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:54.240
 when the dead,

00:27:54.280 --> 00:27:54.600
 will hear,

00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:55.599
 my voice,

00:27:56.059 --> 00:27:56.879
 and will live.

00:27:58.619 --> 00:27:59.359
 Lord willing,

00:27:59.439 --> 00:28:00.159
 we will make it,

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:01.619
 to John chapter 11,

00:28:02.179 --> 00:28:02.839
 one day,

00:28:03.659 --> 00:28:04.679
 I'm hoping to be there,

00:28:04.719 --> 00:28:05.299
 by October,

00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:07.459
 if the Lord tarries,

00:28:07.539 --> 00:28:08.379
 and He allows it,

00:28:08.779 --> 00:28:09.839
 and we will read,

00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:10.299
 the account,

00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:11.000
 of Jesus,

00:28:11.139 --> 00:28:12.339
 raising Lazarus,

00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:13.199
 from the dead.

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:13.659
 Do you remember,

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.139
 the account,

00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:15.480
 the conversation,

00:28:15.679 --> 00:28:16.259
 that Jesus had,

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:16.759
 with Martha?

00:28:17.679 --> 00:28:18.759
 John chapter 11,

00:28:18.819 --> 00:28:19.740
 verse 21,

00:28:19.899 --> 00:28:20.339
 He said,

00:28:20.719 --> 00:28:21.119
 this,

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:22.079
 Martha said to Jesus,

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:22.459
 Lord,

00:28:22.899 --> 00:28:24.079
 if you had been there,

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:25.119
 my brother would not,

00:28:25.119 --> 00:28:25.859
 have died,

00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:27.299
 but even now,

00:28:27.379 --> 00:28:27.799
 I know,

00:28:27.919 --> 00:28:28.960
 that whatever you ask,

00:28:29.000 --> 00:28:29.460
 from God,

00:28:29.559 --> 00:28:30.519
 God will give you.

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:32.199
 Jesus said to her,

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:34.399
 your brother will rise again.

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:35.159
 Listen to this,

00:28:35.899 --> 00:28:36.740
 Martha said to Him,

00:28:36.779 --> 00:28:38.099
 I know that he will rise again,

00:28:38.159 --> 00:28:38.879
 in the resurrection,

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.779
 on the last day.

00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:41.919
 Jesus said to her,

00:28:42.559 --> 00:28:44.119
 I am,

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.399
 the resurrection,

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:46.859
 and the life.

00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:49.339
 Whoever believes in me,

00:28:49.439 --> 00:28:50.279
 though he die,

00:28:50.419 --> 00:28:52.199
 yet he shall live.

00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:53.299
 And everyone,

00:28:53.299 --> 00:28:55.019
 who lives and believes in me,

00:28:55.079 --> 00:28:56.299
 shall never die.

00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:58.480
 Do you believe this?

00:28:59.559 --> 00:29:00.539
 And she said to him,

00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:00.940
 yes,

00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:01.359
 Lord,

00:29:01.419 --> 00:29:03.359
 I believe that you are the Christ,

00:29:03.960 --> 00:29:04.940
 the Son of God,

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:06.919
 who is coming into the world.

00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:09.460
 And what did Jesus do next?

00:29:09.639 --> 00:29:11.599
 Jesus went down to the tomb,

00:29:11.700 --> 00:29:13.779
 he called Lazarus out by name,

00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:16.180
 and that dead man got up,

00:29:16.180 --> 00:29:18.139
 and came out of the tomb,

00:29:18.419 --> 00:29:20.659
 walking out of the grave.

00:29:20.660 --> 00:29:21.660
 It was a demonstration,

00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:21.779
 it was a demonstration,

00:29:21.779 --> 00:29:23.279
 of the life-giving power,

00:29:23.279 --> 00:29:23.920
 of Christ,

00:29:24.180 --> 00:29:25.920
 and it was a foretaste,

00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:27.779
 of the coming resurrection.

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:30.460
 We need to know,

00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:31.860
 that we will,

00:29:32.060 --> 00:29:33.920
 every one of us,

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.840
 unless Christ returns,

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.640
 in our lifetime,

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:39.259
 we will be raised,

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:40.220
 from the dead,

00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:42.279
 just like Lazarus.

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:45.019
 And what will come next,

00:29:45.339 --> 00:29:46.099
 on that day?

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.399
 Judgment.

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.740
 Judgment.

00:29:51.879 --> 00:29:52.539
 This is,

00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:54.240
 the third claim,

00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:54.899
 to deity,

00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:55.559
 here.

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.339
 Third,

00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:56.859
 Jesus,

00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:58.960
 claims to be,

00:29:59.139 --> 00:29:59.879
 the judge,

00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:01.119
 of all.

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:02.759
 He says,

00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:03.799
 the Father judges,

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.700
 no one,

00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:05.899
 but has given,

00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:07.200
 all judgment,

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.240
 to the Son.

00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:09.660
 This is a shocking statement.

00:30:10.480 --> 00:30:11.160
 Every Jew,

00:30:11.220 --> 00:30:11.740
 would have known,

00:30:11.839 --> 00:30:12.220
 every Jew,

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:12.880
 would have agreed,

00:30:13.019 --> 00:30:14.440
 God is the judge.

00:30:15.120 --> 00:30:15.759
 But Jesus,

00:30:15.960 --> 00:30:17.079
 he says here,

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.559
 now that,

00:30:17.819 --> 00:30:18.519
 now God has,

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:20.460
 delegated that work,

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.079
 of judgment,

00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:22.019
 to him.

00:30:22.120 --> 00:30:22.319
 Now,

00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:23.200
 Christ,

00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:24.220
 is the authority,

00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:25.779
 to which all men,

00:30:25.960 --> 00:30:26.579
 everywhere,

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:27.819
 will answer.

00:30:28.700 --> 00:30:29.620
 And you see the irony,

00:30:29.620 --> 00:30:29.680
 here,

00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.380
 don't you?

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:32.539
 Here is Jesus,

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:34.039
 giving a defense,

00:30:34.120 --> 00:30:35.220
 of accusation,

00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.799
 from the men,

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:38.119
 that are accusing him,

00:30:38.139 --> 00:30:39.299
 of breaking the law.

00:30:39.879 --> 00:30:40.799
 When in reality,

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:42.339
 Jesus Christ himself,

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:43.700
 is the judge,

00:30:44.119 --> 00:30:45.039
 to which all men,

00:30:45.079 --> 00:30:45.799
 will one day,

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:47.139
 give an account.

00:30:48.339 --> 00:30:49.159
 Verse 27,

00:30:49.299 --> 00:30:49.559
 it says,

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:50.639
 he has given him,

00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:51.059
 authority,

00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:52.279
 to execute judgment,

00:30:52.419 --> 00:30:54.039
 because he is the Son of Man.

00:30:54.139 --> 00:30:55.399
 Do not marvel at this,

00:30:55.419 --> 00:30:55.859
 he says,

00:30:56.339 --> 00:30:57.139
 for an hour,

00:30:57.139 --> 00:30:57.759
 is coming,

00:30:58.200 --> 00:30:58.759
 when all,

00:30:58.879 --> 00:30:59.700
 who are in the tombs,

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:00.759
 will hear his voice,

00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:01.460
 and come out.

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:03.180
 Those who have done good,

00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:03.960
 to the resurrection,

00:31:04.159 --> 00:31:04.619
 of life,

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.879
 and those who have done evil,

00:31:05.880 --> 00:31:06.960
 to the resurrection,

00:31:07.280 --> 00:31:08.880
 of judgment.

00:31:11.900 --> 00:31:13.020
 I just want to speak,

00:31:13.340 --> 00:31:14.220
 plainly,

00:31:14.300 --> 00:31:14.740
 and clearly,

00:31:15.400 --> 00:31:16.120
 for a moment.

00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:19.260
 Because this truth,

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:20.840
 is more important,

00:31:21.880 --> 00:31:23.300
 than just about anything else,

00:31:23.360 --> 00:31:24.260
 you could spend your time,

00:31:24.380 --> 00:31:25.560
 thinking about today.

00:31:27.300 --> 00:31:28.600
 There is coming,

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:29.540
 a day,

00:31:29.800 --> 00:31:30.640
 when every,

00:31:31.060 --> 00:31:32.180
 single person,

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:33.460
 who has ever,

00:31:33.460 --> 00:31:34.319
 died,

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.779
 will hear,

00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:37.279
 the voice of Jesus,

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:38.799
 just like Lazarus,

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:40.299
 and their bodies,

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:41.559
 will rise up,

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:42.559
 from the dead.

00:31:43.340 --> 00:31:44.840
 And all of us,

00:31:44.840 --> 00:31:46.480
 will give an account,

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.880
 of our lives,

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:49.160
 before Christ,

00:31:49.660 --> 00:31:50.360
 the judge.

00:31:50.600 --> 00:31:51.600
 Everyone you know,

00:31:52.620 --> 00:31:53.240
 everyone,

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:54.799
 in your family,

00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:56.279
 everyone,

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:57.319
 in your workplace,

00:31:57.860 --> 00:31:58.140
 everyone,

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.519
 in your neighborhood,

00:31:59.860 --> 00:32:00.140
 everyone,

00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:01.560
 in this church,

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:02.340
 everyone here,

00:32:02.420 --> 00:32:03.100
 in this room,

00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:03.800
 this morning.

00:32:05.320 --> 00:32:06.560
 And we will be divided,

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:08.840
 into two clear categories.

00:32:10.060 --> 00:32:10.920
 The resurrection,

00:32:11.100 --> 00:32:11.600
 of judgment,

00:32:12.580 --> 00:32:13.400
 and the resurrection,

00:32:14.120 --> 00:32:15.040
 of life.

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:16.820
 And for many,

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:17.640
 this thought,

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:18.840
 is just absolutely,

00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:20.120
 terrifying.

00:32:20.800 --> 00:32:21.900
 You know what it's like,

00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:22.840
 to hear the voice,

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:23.580
 of your father,

00:32:24.220 --> 00:32:25.520
 calling out your name,

00:32:25.600 --> 00:32:26.480
 when you just knew,

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:27.320
 you were guilty.

00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:28.960
 And if your father,

00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:30.399
 was a just dad,

00:32:30.480 --> 00:32:31.500
 if he was a just man,

00:32:31.579 --> 00:32:32.379
 you would receive,

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:33.559
 some sort of punishment,

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.559
 that corresponded,

00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:35.240
 to your guilt.

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:37.279
 If you don't know,

00:32:37.299 --> 00:32:37.799
 that voice,

00:32:37.859 --> 00:32:38.359
 maybe you know,

00:32:38.439 --> 00:32:39.500
 the sound of a siren,

00:32:39.619 --> 00:32:40.159
 behind you,

00:32:40.200 --> 00:32:40.679
 as you're driving,

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:41.019
 20,

00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:41.839
 30 miles an hour,

00:32:41.939 --> 00:32:43.159
 faster than you should have done,

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:44.639
 down highway 17.

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:46.679
 We know,

00:32:46.839 --> 00:32:47.859
 what it's like,

00:32:47.939 --> 00:32:48.879
 and that will be,

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:49.500
 what it's like,

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.259
 for so many,

00:32:50.839 --> 00:32:51.679
 who will rise,

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.700
 and go to judgment.

00:32:52.879 --> 00:32:53.559
 They will hear,

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:54.599
 the voice of Jesus,

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:55.659
 and will be terrified,

00:32:55.660 --> 00:32:57.560
 as they come to judgment,

00:32:57.700 --> 00:32:58.660
 because they are,

00:32:58.660 --> 00:33:00.380
 infinitely guilty,

00:33:01.340 --> 00:33:01.920
 and face,

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:03.340
 eternal wrath.

00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:04.860
 Their thoughts,

00:33:05.060 --> 00:33:05.800
 accuse them,

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.640
 their words,

00:33:06.779 --> 00:33:07.380
 accuse them,

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:08.100
 their actions,

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:08.700
 accuse them,

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.320
 their lives,

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:10.019
 accuse them,

00:33:10.040 --> 00:33:11.480
 and they know it.

00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:14.320
 But there is,

00:33:14.340 --> 00:33:15.080
 another way.

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:17.240
 He tells us,

00:33:17.600 --> 00:33:17.840
 here,

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.940
 you might have a sense,

00:33:18.980 --> 00:33:19.660
 of what it was like,

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.340
 to hear the voice,

00:33:20.340 --> 00:33:20.920
 of your father,

00:33:21.080 --> 00:33:21.720
 calling you,

00:33:21.820 --> 00:33:22.560
 calling you,

00:33:22.560 --> 00:33:23.740
 into his arms,

00:33:23.840 --> 00:33:24.600
 for embrace.

00:33:24.599 --> 00:33:26.359
 They're calling you,

00:33:26.459 --> 00:33:27.799
 into his love.

00:33:27.919 --> 00:33:28.619
 That will be,

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.480
 what it's like,

00:33:29.559 --> 00:33:30.179
 for those who,

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:31.119
 who come,

00:33:31.219 --> 00:33:31.939
 in the name,

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:32.879
 of the son.

00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:34.179
 Why?

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:34.639
 Because,

00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:36.439
 although we're guilty,

00:33:37.159 --> 00:33:38.039
 our records,

00:33:38.199 --> 00:33:39.240
 have been wiped clean.

00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:41.699
 That's why Jesus came.

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:43.159
 He came to save us,

00:33:43.179 --> 00:33:43.859
 from the judgment,

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.939
 that we deserve.

00:33:45.159 --> 00:33:45.359
 You see,

00:33:45.459 --> 00:33:45.579
 these,

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.719
 these good works,

00:33:46.719 --> 00:33:48.279
 that Jesus talks about here,

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:49.240
 they're not the basis,

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:50.319
 of our judgment.

00:33:51.159 --> 00:33:51.740
 They're not the,

00:33:51.740 --> 00:33:52.759
 the foundation,

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:54.099
 of our salvation.

00:33:54.099 --> 00:33:55.199
 For those who are,

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:56.119
 in Christ,

00:33:56.259 --> 00:33:57.699
 for those who know Christ,

00:33:58.179 --> 00:33:59.519
 the claim of the believer,

00:33:59.659 --> 00:34:00.500
 on the last day,

00:34:00.619 --> 00:34:01.619
 the day of judgment,

00:34:02.000 --> 00:34:02.699
 will not be,

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.740
 look at what I've done.

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:05.980
 Look at my actions,

00:34:06.159 --> 00:34:07.359
 look at my good works,

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.420
 look at my prayers,

00:34:08.539 --> 00:34:09.420
 look at my deeds,

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:10.719
 look at my attendance,

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:12.119
 look at my works.

00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:12.779
 It will be,

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.759
 look at Christ.

00:34:14.819 --> 00:34:16.500
 Look what Christ has done.

00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:18.460
 Christ has lived,

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.400
 on my behalf.

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:20.699
 Christ has lived,

00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:21.539
 perfectly,

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.739
 in my place.

00:34:22.739 --> 00:34:24.539
 Christ has borne the wrath,

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:25.219
 against me,

00:34:25.339 --> 00:34:26.239
 against my sin.

00:34:26.359 --> 00:34:27.039
 Christ has paid,

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:28.000
 for my sin.

00:34:28.659 --> 00:34:29.339
 Christ has endured,

00:34:29.459 --> 00:34:30.179
 my judgment.

00:34:30.379 --> 00:34:31.659
 Christ has risen for me.

00:34:31.799 --> 00:34:32.500
 Look at Christ.

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:32.959
 He,

00:34:33.459 --> 00:34:34.679
 he is my righteousness.

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:36.779
 And because he is,

00:34:36.919 --> 00:34:37.239
 believer,

00:34:37.819 --> 00:34:38.959
 you can look forward,

00:34:39.299 --> 00:34:40.079
 to this day,

00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:40.839
 of resurrection,

00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:42.339
 because the judge himself,

00:34:42.339 --> 00:34:43.259
 has died,

00:34:43.439 --> 00:34:44.539
 to make you,

00:34:44.799 --> 00:34:45.159
 righteous.

00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:47.659
 You are innocent,

00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:49.819
 in the sight of God.

00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:50.480
 You are raised,

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:51.700
 not to judgment,

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:53.240
 but raised,

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:54.240
 to life.

00:34:55.900 --> 00:34:56.120
 No,

00:34:56.200 --> 00:34:56.760
 our works,

00:34:56.820 --> 00:34:57.700
 are not the basis,

00:34:57.700 --> 00:34:58.780
 of our judgment,

00:34:59.000 --> 00:34:59.720
 for believers.

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:01.140
 They are the evidence,

00:35:01.260 --> 00:35:02.440
 that we have in fact,

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:03.539
 been born again,

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:05.440
 into the family,

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:06.740
 of God.

00:35:08.120 --> 00:35:08.980
 But for those,

00:35:09.059 --> 00:35:10.000
 who don't know,

00:35:10.160 --> 00:35:10.700
 the Lord,

00:35:12.160 --> 00:35:13.539
 they don't have,

00:35:13.620 --> 00:35:14.400
 his righteousness,

00:35:14.820 --> 00:35:15.840
 given to them.

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:18.280
 All they have,

00:35:18.360 --> 00:35:18.820
 to claim,

00:35:18.920 --> 00:35:20.000
 before the judge,

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:21.380
 is their deeds,

00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.519
 and their works,

00:35:23.680 --> 00:35:24.660
 and their actions,

00:35:24.820 --> 00:35:25.579
 and their thoughts,

00:35:25.660 --> 00:35:26.600
 and their words,

00:35:26.720 --> 00:35:28.200
 and they condemn them.

00:35:30.100 --> 00:35:31.600
 This is a sobering,

00:35:31.600 --> 00:35:32.180
 thought,

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:32.920
 church.

00:35:34.380 --> 00:35:35.300
 Christ Jesus,

00:35:35.600 --> 00:35:36.519
 is the judge,

00:35:36.720 --> 00:35:37.519
 of all,

00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:38.420
 the earth,

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:39.860
 and every knee,

00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:40.579
 will bow,

00:35:40.700 --> 00:35:41.860
 and every tongue,

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:42.340
 confess,

00:35:42.620 --> 00:35:43.600
 that Jesus Christ,

00:35:43.700 --> 00:35:44.280
 is Lord,

00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:45.480
 to the glory,

00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:46.580
 of God,

00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.580
 the Father,

00:35:47.700 --> 00:35:48.460
 which is the fourth,

00:35:48.540 --> 00:35:49.400
 and final claim,

00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:50.440
 that Jesus makes here.

00:35:51.600 --> 00:35:52.000
 Fourth,

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:54.519
 Jesus claims,

00:35:54.720 --> 00:35:55.519
 to be worthy,

00:35:56.120 --> 00:35:57.540
 of the same honor,

00:35:58.120 --> 00:35:58.920
 as the Father.

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:01.980
 Verse 23,

00:36:03.060 --> 00:36:03.900
 he says,

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.640
 that all,

00:36:04.640 --> 00:36:06.000
 may honor the Son,

00:36:06.140 --> 00:36:07.200
 just as they,

00:36:07.200 --> 00:36:08.440
 honor the Father.

00:36:09.300 --> 00:36:09.620
 Whoever,

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:11.040
 does not honor the Son,

00:36:11.140 --> 00:36:12.240
 does not honor,

00:36:12.420 --> 00:36:12.980
 the Father,

00:36:12.980 --> 00:36:14.380
 who sent him.

00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:15.619
 What could be more clear?

00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:18.240
 This is,

00:36:18.699 --> 00:36:19.699
 without a doubt,

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:21.579
 an unapologetically,

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:22.699
 clear claim,

00:36:22.800 --> 00:36:23.679
 to equality,

00:36:23.679 --> 00:36:24.820
 with God.

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.500
 Jesus says,

00:36:25.760 --> 00:36:26.679
 I deserve,

00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:27.800
 equal praise.

00:36:28.460 --> 00:36:29.539
 I deserve,

00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:30.880
 equal worship.

00:36:31.240 --> 00:36:32.179
 I deserve,

00:36:32.340 --> 00:36:33.480
 equal honor.

00:36:33.599 --> 00:36:34.300
 And if you don't,

00:36:34.300 --> 00:36:34.980
 honor me,

00:36:35.780 --> 00:36:36.300
 you don't,

00:36:36.300 --> 00:36:36.840
 honor him.

00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:39.240
 This is a,

00:36:39.240 --> 00:36:40.000
 direct,

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:40.739
 contradiction,

00:36:41.099 --> 00:36:41.360
 to our,

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:43.199
 pluralistic society.

00:36:44.139 --> 00:36:45.000
 Our culture,

00:36:45.340 --> 00:36:45.940
 wants us to,

00:36:46.139 --> 00:36:46.579
 either believe,

00:36:46.860 --> 00:36:47.360
 that there is,

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:48.300
 no God,

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:50.159
 or if there is one,

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:51.219
 then we can choose,

00:36:51.400 --> 00:36:52.239
 whatever path,

00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:52.960
 we desire,

00:36:53.079 --> 00:36:54.059
 in order to please him.

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:55.139
 Well,

00:36:55.159 --> 00:36:55.739
 Jesus says,

00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:56.039
 no,

00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:56.820
 if you don't,

00:36:56.820 --> 00:36:57.840
 honor me,

00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:58.780
 then you don't,

00:36:58.780 --> 00:37:00.159
 honor God.

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:02.400
 Our Jewish friends,

00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:03.000
 do not,

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:03.840
 honor God.

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:05.900
 Our Muslim friends,

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.559
 do not,

00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:07.800
 honor God.

00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:09.120
 And no one,

00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:10.120
 in this room,

00:37:10.280 --> 00:37:11.220
 honors God,

00:37:11.300 --> 00:37:12.019
 unless,

00:37:12.580 --> 00:37:13.480
 you love,

00:37:13.820 --> 00:37:14.580
 and cherish,

00:37:15.060 --> 00:37:15.900
 and worship,

00:37:16.160 --> 00:37:16.700
 the son.

00:37:17.160 --> 00:37:18.300
 He is the only,

00:37:18.620 --> 00:37:19.060
 way,

00:37:19.200 --> 00:37:20.080
 to honor God,

00:37:20.140 --> 00:37:20.600
 the father.

00:37:25.560 --> 00:37:26.320
 Jesus says,

00:37:26.420 --> 00:37:27.720
 enter by the narrow gate.

00:37:29.539 --> 00:37:30.920
 And for the gate is wide,

00:37:30.980 --> 00:37:31.800
 and the way is easy,

00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:32.960
 that leads to destruction,

00:37:33.120 --> 00:37:34.180
 and those who enter it,

00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:34.920
 are many.

00:37:35.980 --> 00:37:36.980
 And the gate is narrow,

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:38.280
 and the way is hard,

00:37:38.400 --> 00:37:39.360
 that leads to life,

00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:40.800
 and those who find it,

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:42.059
 are few.

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:43.019
 You must,

00:37:43.340 --> 00:37:43.840
 honor,

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:44.940
 the son.

00:37:46.820 --> 00:37:48.219
 How might we do that?

00:37:49.840 --> 00:37:50.800
 That's the question,

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:51.800
 isn't it?

00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:53.780
 How might we honor,

00:37:53.780 --> 00:37:54.480
 the son?

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:56.480
 What I want us to see,

00:37:56.599 --> 00:37:57.360
 here as we close,

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:57.780
 is that,

00:37:57.940 --> 00:37:59.219
 that question,

00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:00.240
 is the same,

00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:01.480
 essential question,

00:38:01.659 --> 00:38:03.539
 as how might we escape,

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:04.139
 the resurrection,

00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:04.900
 resurrection of judgment?

00:38:05.980 --> 00:38:06.639
 It's the same,

00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:07.420
 essential question,

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:08.339
 as how might we,

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:10.239
 receive the redemptive,

00:38:10.319 --> 00:38:11.339
 work of God,

00:38:11.400 --> 00:38:11.879
 the father,

00:38:12.059 --> 00:38:12.759
 through God,

00:38:12.819 --> 00:38:13.299
 the son.

00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:15.000
 How might we honor him?

00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:17.779
 It's very simple.

00:38:18.819 --> 00:38:19.859
 We honor him,

00:38:19.940 --> 00:38:20.679
 by hearing,

00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:22.579
 and by believing.

00:38:23.980 --> 00:38:25.019
 We honor him,

00:38:25.139 --> 00:38:25.779
 by hearing,

00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:27.859
 and by believing.

00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:28.339
 Don't you,

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:29.239
 don't you love,

00:38:29.319 --> 00:38:29.940
 the simple message,

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:30.519
 of the gospel?

00:38:30.519 --> 00:38:32.739
 Verse 24,

00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:33.519
 look there with me.

00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:35.699
 He says,

00:38:35.820 --> 00:38:36.179
 truly,

00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:36.679
 truly,

00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:37.679
 I say to you,

00:38:37.800 --> 00:38:39.639
 whoever hears my word,

00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:41.300
 and believes him,

00:38:41.380 --> 00:38:42.139
 who sent me,

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:44.480
 has eternal life.

00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:45.119
 Right now.

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:46.719
 Right now.

00:38:47.579 --> 00:38:48.519
 We don't have to wait,

00:38:48.559 --> 00:38:50.119
 until eternity begins.

00:38:50.199 --> 00:38:51.000
 We don't have to wait,

00:38:51.079 --> 00:38:52.480
 until the day of resurrection.

00:38:52.719 --> 00:38:53.119
 Those who,

00:38:53.179 --> 00:38:53.920
 who hear,

00:38:54.039 --> 00:38:54.659
 and believe,

00:38:54.840 --> 00:38:56.360
 have eternal life,

00:38:56.420 --> 00:38:57.860
 right now.

00:38:58.599 --> 00:38:59.539
 He does not come,

00:38:59.539 --> 00:39:00.159
 into judgment,

00:39:00.340 --> 00:39:01.739
 but has passed,

00:39:01.779 --> 00:39:02.279
 already,

00:39:02.739 --> 00:39:03.940
 from death to life.

00:39:04.139 --> 00:39:05.019
 The verdict is in.

00:39:05.599 --> 00:39:06.539
 And we don't have to wait,

00:39:06.639 --> 00:39:07.460
 and sweat it out,

00:39:07.579 --> 00:39:08.880
 wondering what will happen,

00:39:08.920 --> 00:39:10.079
 on the day of resurrection.

00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:12.380
 We have present life,

00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:14.099
 present joy,

00:39:14.300 --> 00:39:15.460
 here and now,

00:39:15.759 --> 00:39:16.219
 if,

00:39:16.579 --> 00:39:17.659
 and only if,

00:39:17.719 --> 00:39:19.259
 we honor the son,

00:39:19.679 --> 00:39:20.639
 here and now,

00:39:20.699 --> 00:39:21.420
 by hearing,

00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:24.039
 and by believing.

00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:27.259
 So I ask you,

00:39:27.260 --> 00:39:29.900
 I want you to ask yourself,

00:39:30.560 --> 00:39:31.300
 in your heart,

00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:34.260
 who do you say,

00:39:34.360 --> 00:39:35.240
 that Jesus is?

00:39:37.940 --> 00:39:39.240
 Is he to you,

00:39:39.680 --> 00:39:40.200
 simply,

00:39:40.820 --> 00:39:41.740
 a miracle worker?

00:39:43.020 --> 00:39:43.720
 Someone who,

00:39:44.260 --> 00:39:44.980
 has power,

00:39:45.140 --> 00:39:46.100
 to work,

00:39:46.580 --> 00:39:47.820
 miracles in your life,

00:39:47.920 --> 00:39:49.120
 do good things for you,

00:39:49.220 --> 00:39:50.080
 make you well,

00:39:50.360 --> 00:39:51.300
 give you success?

00:39:52.420 --> 00:39:53.640
 Is he a law breaker?

00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:54.779
 Someone who,

00:39:55.099 --> 00:39:56.119
 steps on your toes,

00:39:56.259 --> 00:39:57.259
 breaks your traditions,

00:39:58.079 --> 00:39:58.799
 doesn't seem to,

00:39:58.900 --> 00:40:00.239
 conform to your rules?

00:40:01.379 --> 00:40:02.179
 Is he a liar?

00:40:02.599 --> 00:40:03.819
 Are we wasting our time?

00:40:05.179 --> 00:40:05.980
 Or is he,

00:40:06.039 --> 00:40:06.940
 who he claims to be?

00:40:08.400 --> 00:40:09.199
 Is he,

00:40:09.739 --> 00:40:10.199
 God,

00:40:10.659 --> 00:40:11.440
 in the flesh?

00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:15.199
 You may have read,

00:40:15.699 --> 00:40:16.920
 C.S. Lewis's book,

00:40:17.139 --> 00:40:17.980
 Mere Christianity,

00:40:18.159 --> 00:40:18.599
 if you haven't,

00:40:18.639 --> 00:40:19.920
 I encourage you to do so.

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:20.260
 He has,

00:40:20.740 --> 00:40:21.980
 this famous quote,

00:40:22.539 --> 00:40:23.079
 in there.

00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:25.019
 I'll read it as we close.

00:40:26.340 --> 00:40:26.920
 He says,

00:40:26.980 --> 00:40:28.240
 I am trying here,

00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:29.260
 to prevent anyone,

00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:31.039
 saying the really foolish thing,

00:40:31.099 --> 00:40:32.019
 that people often say,

00:40:32.079 --> 00:40:32.619
 about Jesus.

00:40:33.300 --> 00:40:34.480
 I'm ready to accept,

00:40:34.599 --> 00:40:36.340
 Jesus as a great moral teacher,

00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:37.420
 but I don't accept,

00:40:37.559 --> 00:40:38.559
 his claim to be God.

00:40:39.280 --> 00:40:40.700
 This is the one thing,

00:40:40.780 --> 00:40:41.940
 we must not say.

00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:44.180
 A man who was merely,

00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:44.920
 a man,

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:46.260
 and said the sort of things,

00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:47.079
 Jesus said,

00:40:47.180 --> 00:40:48.079
 would not be,

00:40:48.220 --> 00:40:49.139
 a great moral teacher.

00:40:49.940 --> 00:40:50.639
 He would either be,

00:40:50.639 --> 00:40:51.379
 a lunatic,

00:40:51.859 --> 00:40:52.480
 on the level,

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:53.019
 with the man,

00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:54.559
 who says he is a poached egg,

00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:56.359
 or else he would be,

00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:57.359
 the devil of hell.

00:40:58.000 --> 00:40:59.219
 You must make,

00:40:59.400 --> 00:41:00.099
 your choice.

00:41:00.819 --> 00:41:01.619
 Either this man,

00:41:01.659 --> 00:41:02.739
 was and is,

00:41:02.819 --> 00:41:03.699
 the son of God,

00:41:03.759 --> 00:41:04.779
 or else a mad man,

00:41:04.819 --> 00:41:05.719
 or something worse.

00:41:06.420 --> 00:41:07.619
 You can shut him up,

00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:08.379
 as a fool,

00:41:08.920 --> 00:41:09.960
 you can spit at him,

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:10.619
 and kill him,

00:41:10.639 --> 00:41:11.239
 as a demon,

00:41:11.879 --> 00:41:13.039
 or you can fall,

00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:13.799
 at his feet,

00:41:13.879 --> 00:41:14.440
 and call him,

00:41:14.599 --> 00:41:15.940
 Lord and God.

00:41:16.319 --> 00:41:17.480
 But let us not come,

00:41:17.519 --> 00:41:18.799
 with any patronizing,

00:41:18.800 --> 00:41:20.019
 nonsense about his being,

00:41:20.060 --> 00:41:21.300
 a great human teacher.

00:41:22.000 --> 00:41:22.860
 He has not left,

00:41:23.019 --> 00:41:24.000
 that open to us.

00:41:24.580 --> 00:41:25.460
 He did not,

00:41:25.460 --> 00:41:26.480
 intend to.

00:41:28.120 --> 00:41:28.620
 Church,

00:41:28.700 --> 00:41:29.480
 the words,

00:41:29.860 --> 00:41:30.560
 of Jesus,

00:41:31.180 --> 00:41:32.039
 are clear.

00:41:33.140 --> 00:41:34.240
 And we have heard them,

00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:35.100
 once again.

00:41:36.380 --> 00:41:37.760
 Will we believe them?

00:41:38.740 --> 00:41:40.100
 Will we live,

00:41:40.340 --> 00:41:41.400
 as if they were true?

00:41:42.560 --> 00:41:43.260
 Let's pray.

00:41:43.260 --> 00:41:43.320
 Amen.

00:41:43.400 --> 00:41:43.440
 Amen.

00:41:43.440 --> 00:41:43.519
 Amen.

00:41:43.519 --> 00:41:43.560
 Amen.

00:41:43.560 --> 00:41:45.400
 Amen.

00:41:45.400 --> 00:41:45.440
 Amen.

00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:45.480
 Amen.

00:41:45.480 --> 00:41:45.519
 Amen.

00:41:48.800 --> 00:41:49.060
 God,

00:41:49.120 --> 00:41:49.880
 we thank you,

00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:51.060
 for your great plan,

00:41:51.100 --> 00:41:51.640
 of redemption.

00:41:52.920 --> 00:41:53.780
 We thank you,

00:41:53.820 --> 00:41:54.940
 for sending Jesus,

00:41:55.640 --> 00:41:56.300
 to live,

00:41:56.600 --> 00:41:57.440
 on our behalf,

00:41:57.560 --> 00:41:58.140
 to die,

00:41:58.260 --> 00:41:58.960
 in our place,

00:41:59.060 --> 00:41:59.840
 to rise,

00:42:00.280 --> 00:42:02.320
 to offer eternal life,

00:42:02.380 --> 00:42:02.980
 for any,

00:42:03.140 --> 00:42:03.860
 who would come to him,

00:42:03.900 --> 00:42:04.280
 in faith.

00:42:05.320 --> 00:42:05.660
 Lord,

00:42:05.720 --> 00:42:06.120
 we pray,

00:42:06.200 --> 00:42:07.160
 that if there are any here,

00:42:07.220 --> 00:42:08.580
 who don't know you,

00:42:08.680 --> 00:42:09.240
 right now,

00:42:09.300 --> 00:42:10.660
 who do not honor the son,

00:42:10.740 --> 00:42:11.260
 right now,

00:42:11.320 --> 00:42:12.640
 would you give them,

00:42:12.860 --> 00:42:13.740
 saving faith.

00:42:14.740 --> 00:42:15.200
 And we pray,

00:42:15.200 --> 00:42:16.460
 for those of us,

00:42:16.460 --> 00:42:17.500
 who are wavering,

00:42:17.559 --> 00:42:18.579
 who are struggling,

00:42:18.579 --> 00:42:19.280
 with doubt.

00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:20.240
 God,

00:42:20.260 --> 00:42:21.079
 would you strengthen,

00:42:21.280 --> 00:42:22.420
 our faith in the Messiah.

00:42:23.559 --> 00:42:23.960
 And Lord,

00:42:24.019 --> 00:42:24.320
 would you,

00:42:24.539 --> 00:42:26.340
 take us out of this place,

00:42:26.460 --> 00:42:27.240
 with the good news,

00:42:27.280 --> 00:42:27.800
 of the gospel,

00:42:27.980 --> 00:42:29.079
 quick on our lips,

00:42:29.179 --> 00:42:29.800
 to share,

00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:31.119
 with those who need to hear it.

00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:33.119
 We ask all this,

00:42:33.260 --> 00:42:33.940
 in Christ's name,

00:42:34.000 --> 00:42:34.659
 for your glory.

00:42:35.679 --> 00:42:35.940
 Amen.

00:42:35.940 --> 00:42:36.059
 Amen.

00:42:36.059 --> 00:42:36.079
 Amen.

00:42:36.079 --> 00:42:36.119
 Amen.

00:42:36.119 --> 00:42:36.159
 Amen.

00:42:36.159 --> 00:42:36.179
 Amen.

00:42:36.179 --> 00:42:36.199
 Amen.

00:42:36.199 --> 00:42:38.119
 Amen.

00:42:38.119 --> 00:42:38.199
 Amen.

00:42:38.199 --> 00:42:38.220
 Amen.

00:42:38.220 --> 00:42:40.119
 Amen.

00:42:40.119 --> 00:42:40.199
 Amen.

00:42:40.199 --> 00:42:40.220
 Amen.

00:42:40.220 --> 00:42:40.280
 Amen.

00:42:40.280 --> 00:42:40.639
 Amen.

00:42:40.639 --> 00:42:40.679
 Amen.

00:42:40.679 --> 00:42:40.760
 Amen.

00:42:40.760 --> 00:42:42.679
 Amen.

00:42:42.679 --> 00:42:42.760
 Amen.

00:42:42.760 --> 00:42:42.780
 Amen.

00:42:42.780 --> 00:42:42.800
 Amen.

00:42:42.800 --> 00:42:44.720
 Amen.

00:42:44.720 --> 00:42:44.800
 Amen.

00:42:44.800 --> 00:42:46.440
 Amen.