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 Good morning, Watermark. The scripture reading today comes from John chapter 2, verses 1 to 12.

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 You can follow along on your bulletin, on the screen, or in your own Bible.

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 Starting in verse 1, we read,

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 On the third day, there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.

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 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples.

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 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him,

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 They have no wine.

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 And Jesus said to her,

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 Woman, what does this have to do with me?

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 My hour has not yet come.

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 His mother said to the servants,

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 Do whatever he tells you.

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 Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification,

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 each holding 20 or 30 gallons.

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 Jesus said to the servants,

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 Fill the jars with water.

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 And they filled them up to the brim.

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 And he said to them,

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 Now draw some out, and take it to the master of the feast.

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 So they took it,

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 and did not know where it came.

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 When the master of the feast tasted the water, now became wine,

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 and did not know where it came from,

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 though the servants who had drawn the water knew.

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 The master of the feast called the bridegroom and said to him,

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 Everyone serves the good wine fast,

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 and when people have drunk freely,

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 then the poor wine.

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 But you have kept the good wine until now.

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 This, the first of his signs,

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 Jesus did at Cana in Galilee,

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 and manifested his glory,

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 and his disciples believed in him.

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 After this, he went down to Capernaum with his mother and his brothers and his disciples,

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 and they stayed there for a few days.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Great. Thank you, Iris.

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 Well, good morning, everybody.

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 If you're new to Watermark, my name's Kevin.

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 I'm one of the leaders here,

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 and great to have you.

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 If you are new,

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 won't you come and introduce yourself afterwards?

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 I'd love to meet you and say hi,

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 and get to know you a little bit.

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 I want to,

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 before we dive into this passage,

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 one or two quick updates I want to give us.

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 I meant to say this earlier,

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 I forgot.

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 Last week, we called up Aiyong here,

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 if you remember,

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 and Aiyong shared about how she works for an organization called Sons and Daughters,

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 and they were about to start an alpha course this coming Thursday,

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 in a bar on Lockhart Road in Wan Chai,

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 for the ladies that are working in the Red Light District.

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 Well, ICG went with her on Thursday,

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 and we started this alpha course,

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 and it was so exciting.

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 We had a number of ladies that we went down to the bars,

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 and met them,

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 and called them,

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 and invited them,

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 and there was food,

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 and there was jewelry making,

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 and there was the alpha course.

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 It was a really amazing evening.

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 So I wanted to let you know,

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 thank you for praying.

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 You can continue to pray for Aiyong and Sons and Daughters over the next 10 weeks,

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 as they do this alpha course in a bar on Lockhart Road.

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 So I just wanted to give you feedback.

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 That was a really great evening.

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 Okay.

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 Let's think about this passage.

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 For the last three weeks,

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 we've been working through John's gospel,

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 John chapter 1.

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 And John chapter 1,

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 John introduces,

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 or gives the background to Jesus' ministry.

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 And today,

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 as Iris read to us,

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 we get to chapter 2.

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 And chapter 2 is kind of the launch,

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 the start of Jesus' ministry.

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 But I want to just take a step back,

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 and remind us,

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 a bit of a high-level view,

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 what is John's gospel all about?

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 But in John's gospel,

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 John,

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 the author wants us to see something of Jesus' glory,

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 His majesty,

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 His uniqueness,

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 and to trust in Him,

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 and believe in Him.

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 So in chapter 1,

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 there's a very important verse.

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 He says this in verse 14,

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 the word that Jesus became flesh,

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 and dwelt among us.

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 We have seen His glory,

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 full of grace and truth.

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 And from this fullness,

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 we have received grace upon grace.

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 Jesus came,

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 that we may see His glory,

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 and from seeing Him,

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 receive grace.

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 And then at the end of John's gospel,

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 chapter 20,

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 John writes and he says,

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 Jesus did many other signs

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 in the presence of His disciples,

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 but these are written down,

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 that you may believe Jesus is the Christ,

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 and by believing,

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 find a life in His name.

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 And this is the reason why

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 John's gospel is written.

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 This is the reason why it's in the Bible.

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 God, and John, the author,

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 want us to see something of Jesus' uniqueness,

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 His majesty, His glory,

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 and by seeing that,

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 trust in it,

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 hope in it,

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 believe in it,

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 and then find life.

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 Life in Jesus,

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 life in His name.

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 John tells us again and again,

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 that life,

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 apart from Jesus,

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 is mere existence.

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 It's not fullness of life.

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 Life with Jesus at the center

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 is fullness of life.

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 And this is why the gospel is written.

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 That we may see Jesus,

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 trust and believe in Him,

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 and experience fullness of life.

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 this morning,

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 as we look at this passage,

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 my hope is that

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 we will meet God,

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 the living Jesus,

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 in these pages,

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 trusting Him,

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 experience life in His name.

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 So,

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 this passage,

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 John chapter 2,

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 let's look at Jesus

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 and His followers

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 are invited to a wedding celebration.

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 Obviously,

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 weddings are a big deal.

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 They're a big deal

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 in our day and age.

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 They're a big deal

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 back in the first century.

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 Weddings are not just

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 two people coming together.

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 They are two families

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 coming together.

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 Or maybe even two villages

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 coming together.

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 And in this day,

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 obviously,

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 it was a huge social engagement.

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 The entire village

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 would be welcomed

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 and invited

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 to the ceremony,

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 to the celebration.

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 And what would happen

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 in a typical Hebrew wedding

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 is that there'd be

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 a big feast

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 in the afternoon

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 or the evening.

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 All the family

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 would be around

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 and involved.

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 after the feast

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 would be a ceremony

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 of some sort.

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 They'd go through

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 a traditional

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 Hebrew wedding ceremony.

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 And at the end

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 of the ceremony,

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 as night is falling,

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 the bride and the groom

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 would be led

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 by the wedding party

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 or the family and friends

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 through the village

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 by torchlight

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 kind of campaign

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 or what is the word I had?

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 Parade.

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 There would be

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 under a canopy.

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 There would be a canopy

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 over the bride and groom

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 and they'd be led

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 through the streets

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 back to the house

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 that the groom

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 has spent many years

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 preparing for his bride.

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 And they'd be singing

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 and they'd be dancing

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 and they'd be celebrating

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 and people would be

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 leaning out their windows

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 into the streets

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 wishing them well

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 to the happy couple.

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 And they'd go back

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 to the house

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 and the celebration

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 wouldn't end there.

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 Rather than going

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 on honeymoon,

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 for the next week,

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 everybody would come

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 to their house.

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 They'd have an open house

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 and celebration

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 would continue

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 and there'd be feasting

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 and food

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 and celebration

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 and wine

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 as everybody celebrates

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 the happy couple.

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 Okay?

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 Now,

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 in our passage today,

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 Jesus and his disciples

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 are at such

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 a wedding celebration.

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 Maybe it's a family member

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 of Mary,

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 his mother,

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 and something goes wrong.

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 The wine runs out.

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 Now,

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 for us,

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 that may seem

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 like a nuisance,

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 bad form,

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 but not the end

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 of the world.

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 In that day and age,

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 this is disastrous

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 because it was

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 the responsibility

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 of the groom

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 and his family

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 to provide

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 enough food

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 and wine

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 for the celebration.

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 And if they didn't do so,

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 that communicated

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 that either

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 they weren't prepared

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 or they didn't care enough

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 about the bride

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 and her family.

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 So it's kind of like

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 the groom saying,

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 your family's not

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 that important to us,

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 right?

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 We're just gonna

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 go cheap.

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 We're not really

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 gonna take care of you.

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 This was incredibly

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 offensive and insulting.

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 And so Jesus

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 does this amazing miracle.

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 He turns about

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 700 liters of water

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 into some of the world's

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 greatest Bordeaux blend

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 wine

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 and he saves

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 the reputation

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 of the groom

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 and he helps

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 this young couple

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 avoid the first

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 marital conflict.

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 Okay?

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 So,

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 thank you Jesus.

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 Now,

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 immediately

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 this passage

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 raises a couple

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 of questions

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 for us.

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 The one question

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 is this.

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 Does anybody

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 believe that

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 this really happened?

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 I mean,

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 let's be honest.

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 This is a pretty

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 strange thing,

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 right?

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 I mean,

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 how do we know

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 this isn't just

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 some fable?

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 I mean,

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 has anybody here

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 turned water

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 into wine recently?

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 Okay,

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 I've never seen

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 that being done.

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 But if you know

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 how to do that,

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 come and talk to me.

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 I'd love to know.

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 this is a pretty

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 unusual miracle,

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 right?

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 And you may

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 be here thinking,

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 come on,

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 like,

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 this doesn't really

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 happen.

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 I can sympathize

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 with that sentiment.

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 But I want to put it

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 to you that the nature

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 of miracles

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 is that they are

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 unusual

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 and out of the

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 ordinary.

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 That's the definition

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 of what a miracle is.

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 A miracle is not

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 something that

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 normally and usually

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 happens.

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 And throughout

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 the Gospels,

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 there are many

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 miracles that take

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 place,

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 things that are

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 unusual and out

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 of the ordinary,

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 and they're there

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 to make us sit up

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 and to ask the

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 question,

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 what's so special

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 about Jesus?

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 If these things

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 happen ordinarily,

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 they wouldn't be

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 called miracles.

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 And the Bible's

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 claim is that

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 the divine being

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 who is beyond

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 our realm

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 of time

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 and space

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 and the limitations

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 of time and space

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 has stepped

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 into our

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 time-space-bound

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 world,

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 but as the

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 creator of

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 this material

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 world,

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 he's not

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 bound by the

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 limitations that

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 we creatures

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 are bound by.

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 And so in some

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 sense,

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 you're going to

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 ask the question,

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 well,

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 what would you

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 expect would

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 happen if the

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 divine being,

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 the creator,

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 came to our

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 world?

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 If the creator

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 of everything

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 that exists

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 stepped into

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 our world

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 and just acted

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 ordinarily like

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 nothing was

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 different,

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 that would be

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 unusual,

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 right?

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 You'd almost

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 expect that the

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 one who's beyond

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 time and space

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 and the limitations

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 of this world,

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 when he steps

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 into our world,

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 he's going to

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 act a bit

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 unusually,

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 differently,

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 but out of the

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 ordinary.

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 And so part of

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 the fact that he

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 is the uncreated

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 being beyond time

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 and space and

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 steps into our

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 world means from

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 time to time,

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 he does things

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 that are unusual,

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 out of the

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 ordinary,

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 even miraculous.

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 So yes,

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 this is unusual,

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 but not impossible

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 for one who

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 claims to be the

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 person that Jesus

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 claims to be.

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 Okay?

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 But he had two

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 other questions.

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 So the miracles

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 aside,

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 here's two other

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 questions that this

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 passage asks us.

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 The first is this,

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 why does Jesus

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 speak to his

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 mother this way?

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 I mean,

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 look what he says

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 to her,

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 right?

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 Mary asks him to

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 do something about

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 the wine problem,

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 and Jesus says,

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 woman,

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 what does this have

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 to do with me?

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 Now,

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 if one of my

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 children spoke to

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 their mothers,

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 i.e.

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 my wife this way,

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 I would be all

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 over them like a

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 rash.

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 They would know

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 all about it,

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 right?

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 Nobody gets to

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 speak to my

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 wife like that.

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 Why does Jesus

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 speak to his

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 mother like this?

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 And here's the

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 second question.

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 Why the

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 arbitrary,

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 seemingly arbitrary

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 miracle of

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 turning water

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 into wine?

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 John tells us

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 this is one of

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 the first miracles

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 Jesus does.

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 If Jesus wants

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 to make a

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 statement,

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 why not arrive

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 with a bang,

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 like raise

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 someone from

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 the dead,

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 or pass

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 through walls,

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 or turn the

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 little olives

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 that are on the

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 table into gold

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 coins,

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 or something

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 useful,

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 right?

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 Why the

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 arbitrary sign

00:11:33.500 --> 00:11:34.060
 of water

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 into wine?

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 Surely Jesus

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 could do

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 something more

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 interesting than

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 this.

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 Well,

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 these two

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 questions reveal

00:11:41.480 --> 00:11:42.320
 two things about

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 Jesus.

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 The way that he

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 speaks to his

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 mother and the

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 nature of his

00:11:45.279 --> 00:11:46.659
 miracle help us

00:11:46.659 --> 00:11:47.560
 see two things

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 about Jesus that

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 help us to see

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 his glory,

00:11:50.180 --> 00:11:50.899
 his majesty,

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 his uniqueness,

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 and by seeing

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 that,

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 hopefully will

00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:55.000
 call us to

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 trust in him

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 and find life

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 in his name.

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 So let's look

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 at those questions

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 together.

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 Okay, let's

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 look at the

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 first one.

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 Why does

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 Jesus speak

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 to Mary

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 like this?

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 Why?

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 Because Jesus

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 is the

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 perfect son.

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 Jesus is the

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 perfect son.

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 Look at verse

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 three and four

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 with me in your

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 Bibles if you

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 have it,

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 or in the

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 bulletin.

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 Jesus'

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 mother Mary

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 comes to him

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 and says,

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 Jesus,

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 they've run

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 out of wine,

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 do something

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 about it.

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 And Jesus

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 responds,

00:12:22.120 --> 00:12:22.360
 woman,

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 what does this

00:12:23.200 --> 00:12:23.660
 have to do

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 with me?

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 My hour has

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 not yet come.

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 Now,

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 according to

00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:28.919
 the culture

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 and the

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 language of

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 that time,

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 to call

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 his mother

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 woman was

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 not as

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 offensive as

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 it comes

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 across in

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 our day

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 and age.

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 Okay,

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 for us,

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 that's highly

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 offensive.

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 In that

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 culture,

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 it wasn't

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 quite as

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 offensive,

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 but it

00:12:42.699 --> 00:12:43.980
 also wasn't

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 massively

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 polite.

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 So Jesus

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 is not being

00:12:47.100 --> 00:12:47.620
 rude,

00:12:47.719 --> 00:12:48.100
 he's not being

00:12:48.100 --> 00:12:48.600
 disrespectful,

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 but he is

00:12:49.699 --> 00:12:50.279
 being rather

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 abrupt.

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 He is being

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 rather surprising.

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 There's

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 nothing

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 linguistically

00:12:55.200 --> 00:12:55.960
 or culturally

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 necessary

00:12:56.680 --> 00:12:57.440
 for him

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 to call

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 her

00:12:57.960 --> 00:12:58.180
 woman.

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 He could

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 have

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 called

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 her

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 mother.

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 There's

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 other

00:13:00.240 --> 00:13:00.560
 verses

00:13:00.560 --> 00:13:00.860
 in the

00:13:00.860 --> 00:13:01.080
 Bible

00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:01.540
 that talk

00:13:01.540 --> 00:13:02.040
 like that,

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 but it

00:13:03.060 --> 00:13:03.560
 is rather

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 surprising.

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 It's rather

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 abrupt.

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 And then he

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 says,

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 what does

00:13:07.400 --> 00:13:07.680
 this have

00:13:07.680 --> 00:13:07.960
 to do

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 with me?

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 Again,

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 I don't

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 know about

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 you,

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 but if

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 your mother

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 or your

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 wife

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 asks you

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 to do

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 something,

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 it has

00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:14.320
 everything

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 to do

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 with you,

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 even if

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 you didn't

00:13:15.860 --> 00:13:16.140
 think it

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 did before.

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 It now

00:13:17.140 --> 00:13:17.580
 does,

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 right?

00:13:18.660 --> 00:13:19.340
 But Jesus

00:13:19.340 --> 00:13:20.240
 here says,

00:13:22.940 --> 00:13:30.880
 why does

00:13:30.880 --> 00:13:31.260
 he speak

00:13:31.260 --> 00:13:31.800
 like this?

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 Jesus

00:13:33.400 --> 00:13:34.040
 is showing

00:13:34.040 --> 00:13:34.440
 us,

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 and he's

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 showing Mary

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 something

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 incredibly

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 important.

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 He's

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 redefining

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 the

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 relationship.

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 Jesus

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 is showing

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 us that

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 long,

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 long before

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 he's the

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 son of

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 Mary on

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 earth,

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 he's the

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 son of

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 the father

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 in heaven.

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 That long

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 before he's

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 the son

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 of Mary

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 on earth,

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 he's the

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 son of

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 God,

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 the uncreated

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 one.

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 And that

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 as much

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 as he

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 wants to

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 please

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 and honor

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 his mother

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 Mary,

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 his primary

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 purpose in

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 life,

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 and his

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 primary

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 purpose in

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 coming,

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 is to

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 please and

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 honor his

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 father who

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 sent him.

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 And this

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 is a point

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 that Jesus

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 is going to

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 make throughout

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 the gospels

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 again and

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 again and

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 again,

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 that he

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 only ever

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 acts in

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 accordance to

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 the will of

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 his father

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 in heaven.

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 Listen to

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 what he says

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 in John 5

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 verse 30,

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 I seek not

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 my own will,

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 but the will

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 of him who

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 sent me.

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 John 6

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 verse 38,

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 I've come

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 down from

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 heaven,

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 not to

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 do my

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 will,

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 but the

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 will of

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 him who

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 sent me.

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 John 4

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 verse 34,

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 John 14

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 31,

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 I do as

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 the father

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 has commanded

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 me.

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 Again and

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 again and

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 again,

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 Jesus says

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 this,

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 my primary

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 identity is

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 not that I'm

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 the son of

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 Mary of

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 Nazareth

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 or Jesus

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 of Nazareth,

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 I'm the

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 son of my

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 father in

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 heaven.

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 And I

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 have come

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 and every

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 decision I

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 make,

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 every thought

00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:45.679
 that goes

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 through my

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 mind,

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 goes through

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 the filter,

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 the paradigm

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 of what

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 does my

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 father call

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 me to do.

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 Jesus is

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 the perfect

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 son,

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 the perfect

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 example of

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 filial piety.

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 I've come

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 to honor

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 my father.

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 Okay,

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 you ask,

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 well,

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 big deal.

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 So what

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 does that

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 mean for

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 us?

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 Well,

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 I think

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 this has

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 two implications

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 for us.

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 First one

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 is this,

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 Jesus shows

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 us uniquely

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 the priority

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 of faith

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 even over

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 family.

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 The priority

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 of faith

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 even over

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 family.

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 Jesus shows

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 us that his

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 family going

00:15:19.599 --> 00:15:20.120
 forward is

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 not necessarily

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 made up of

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 biological

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 relatives or

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 blood relatives,

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 it's made up

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 of those who

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 come to him

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 on the basis

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 of faith.

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 Unlike

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 every king,

00:15:31.439 --> 00:15:32.340
 every president,

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 every emperor

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 or dynasty

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 leader in the

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 ancient world

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 and the modern

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 world,

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 Jesus shows

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 us that blood

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 relatives have

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 no priority

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 in his kingdom.

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 So just think

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 of,

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 I'll try not

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 mention any

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 names,

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 but think of

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 even in the

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 modern era,

00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:47.139
 right?

00:15:47.480 --> 00:15:48.080
 If there is a

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 king who's on

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 the throne or

00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:50.480
 president who's

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 on the throne,

00:15:52.100 --> 00:15:52.779
 think of the

00:15:52.779 --> 00:15:53.600
 privileges that

00:15:53.600 --> 00:15:54.360
 their blood

00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:55.039
 family get,

00:15:55.139 --> 00:15:55.299
 right?

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 Or the

00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:56.220
 sheikhs in

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 the Middle

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 East.

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 Think of

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 the presidential

00:15:59.240 --> 00:16:00.419
 pardons that

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 family members

00:16:01.659 --> 00:16:02.559
 get because

00:16:02.559 --> 00:16:04.039
 their relatives

00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:04.579
 is on the

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 throne,

00:16:04.939 --> 00:16:05.199
 right?

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 In every

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 culture,

00:16:07.079 --> 00:16:07.639
 every dynasty,

00:16:07.779 --> 00:16:08.419
 every presidential,

00:16:08.579 --> 00:16:09.740
 every political

00:16:09.740 --> 00:16:10.399
 administration,

00:16:10.959 --> 00:16:12.100
 the relatives of

00:16:12.100 --> 00:16:12.759
 the person on

00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:13.720
 the throne get

00:16:13.720 --> 00:16:14.480
 special privileges.

00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:14.620
 privileges.

00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:16.920
 Jesus shows us

00:16:16.920 --> 00:16:18.019
 here that not

00:16:18.019 --> 00:16:18.820
 even his blood

00:16:18.820 --> 00:16:19.600
 relatives get

00:16:19.600 --> 00:16:21.180
 special privileges.

00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:22.580
 It's those who

00:16:22.580 --> 00:16:23.200
 come to him on

00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:23.899
 the basis of

00:16:23.899 --> 00:16:24.480
 faith,

00:16:24.779 --> 00:16:25.820
 not family,

00:16:26.340 --> 00:16:26.920
 that are included

00:16:26.920 --> 00:16:27.440
 in his kingdom.

00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:29.120
 At one point in

00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:30.180
 his ministry,

00:16:31.039 --> 00:16:32.120
 Jesus is speaking

00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:32.800
 in someone's house

00:16:32.800 --> 00:16:33.480
 and someone comes

00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:33.800
 to him and

00:16:33.800 --> 00:16:33.920
 says,

00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:34.300
 Jesus,

00:16:34.680 --> 00:16:35.300
 your mother and

00:16:35.300 --> 00:16:36.000
 your brothers are

00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:36.279
 here.

00:16:36.580 --> 00:16:37.100
 They're seeking

00:16:37.100 --> 00:16:37.340
 you.

00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:38.159
 They want you to

00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:38.740
 come speak to

00:16:38.740 --> 00:16:38.899
 them.

00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:40.139
 And Jesus says,

00:16:40.220 --> 00:16:40.659
 who are my

00:16:40.659 --> 00:16:40.920
 mother?

00:16:41.500 --> 00:16:41.980
 Who are my

00:16:41.980 --> 00:16:42.279
 brothers?

00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:43.759
 Then looking at

00:16:43.759 --> 00:16:44.419
 those around him,

00:16:44.439 --> 00:16:44.699
 he says,

00:16:44.839 --> 00:16:45.059
 here,

00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:46.360
 here are my

00:16:46.360 --> 00:16:48.019
 mother and my

00:16:48.019 --> 00:16:48.319
 brothers.

00:16:48.959 --> 00:16:49.500
 What's his

00:16:49.500 --> 00:16:49.779
 point?

00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:51.319
 Jesus shows us

00:16:51.319 --> 00:16:51.699
 that it's not

00:16:51.699 --> 00:16:52.139
 those that have

00:16:52.139 --> 00:16:53.439
 social or

00:16:53.439 --> 00:16:54.579
 religious or

00:16:54.579 --> 00:16:55.620
 filial standing

00:16:55.620 --> 00:16:56.860
 who have any

00:16:56.860 --> 00:16:57.439
 claim on him

00:16:57.439 --> 00:16:57.779
 at all.

00:16:58.459 --> 00:16:58.720
 Friends,

00:16:58.759 --> 00:16:59.339
 you can be the

00:16:59.339 --> 00:17:00.139
 son of Tim

00:17:00.139 --> 00:17:00.480
 Keller,

00:17:00.740 --> 00:17:01.059
 C.S.

00:17:01.139 --> 00:17:01.360
 Lewis,

00:17:01.539 --> 00:17:02.220
 John Piper,

00:17:02.459 --> 00:17:03.139
 Billy Graham.

00:17:03.860 --> 00:17:04.559
 It doesn't

00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:05.139
 matter who you

00:17:05.139 --> 00:17:05.440
 are.

00:17:05.859 --> 00:17:06.379
 You have no

00:17:06.379 --> 00:17:07.139
 claim on Jesus

00:17:07.139 --> 00:17:08.039
 unless you come

00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:08.519
 to him on the

00:17:08.519 --> 00:17:09.480
 basis of faith.

00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:11.059
 It's those that

00:17:11.059 --> 00:17:12.240
 have faith that

00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:12.720
 are included in

00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:13.140
 his family.

00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:14.319
 But here's the

00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:15.000
 second implication.

00:17:15.900 --> 00:17:17.140
 Jesus is entirely

00:17:17.140 --> 00:17:17.839
 committed to

00:17:17.839 --> 00:17:18.660
 pleasing his

00:17:18.660 --> 00:17:20.599
 father even to

00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:21.960
 the point of

00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:22.339
 death.

00:17:23.380 --> 00:17:23.859
 Look at what he

00:17:23.859 --> 00:17:24.519
 says here to

00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:25.779
 his mother Mary.

00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:26.099
 He says,

00:17:26.759 --> 00:17:27.039
 Mary,

00:17:27.339 --> 00:17:28.120
 what does this

00:17:28.120 --> 00:17:28.720
 have to do with

00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:28.859
 me?

00:17:28.900 --> 00:17:29.240
 And then he

00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:29.500
 says,

00:17:29.599 --> 00:17:31.039
 my hour has

00:17:31.039 --> 00:17:31.819
 not yet come.

00:17:32.539 --> 00:17:32.859
 Now,

00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:33.380
 in John's

00:17:33.380 --> 00:17:33.700
 gospel,

00:17:34.420 --> 00:17:35.079
 whenever Jesus

00:17:35.079 --> 00:17:35.759
 talks about his

00:17:35.759 --> 00:17:36.140
 hour,

00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:37.339
 what's he talking

00:17:37.339 --> 00:17:37.740
 about?

00:17:38.460 --> 00:17:38.880
 He's not talking

00:17:38.880 --> 00:17:39.380
 about the hour

00:17:39.380 --> 00:17:39.940
 that he goes to

00:17:39.940 --> 00:17:41.299
 bed or the

00:17:41.299 --> 00:17:42.579
 hour of his

00:17:42.579 --> 00:17:43.399
 appointment or

00:17:43.399 --> 00:17:43.599
 something.

00:17:44.379 --> 00:17:45.000
 He's talking

00:17:45.000 --> 00:17:45.639
 about the hour

00:17:45.639 --> 00:17:45.899
 of his

00:17:45.899 --> 00:17:46.579
 crucifixion,

00:17:47.379 --> 00:17:47.960
 the hour of

00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:48.359
 his death,

00:17:48.460 --> 00:17:49.119
 the hour when

00:17:49.119 --> 00:17:50.099
 Jesus will be

00:17:50.099 --> 00:17:50.680
 nailed to the

00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:51.279
 cross on Mount

00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:52.000
 Calvary for the

00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:52.460
 sins of the

00:17:52.460 --> 00:17:52.700
 world.

00:17:52.779 --> 00:17:53.639
 Jesus will take

00:17:53.639 --> 00:17:54.980
 upon himself the

00:17:54.980 --> 00:17:55.579
 wrath and the

00:17:55.579 --> 00:17:56.279
 judgment of God

00:17:56.279 --> 00:17:57.559
 the Father for the

00:17:57.559 --> 00:17:58.480
 sins of all those

00:17:58.480 --> 00:17:59.460
 who trust in him

00:17:59.460 --> 00:18:00.579
 and hope in him.

00:18:00.579 --> 00:18:01.059
 Listen to what he

00:18:01.059 --> 00:18:01.779
 says in John 12.

00:18:01.899 --> 00:18:02.099
 He says,

00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:03.599
 now my soul is

00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:03.899
 troubled.

00:18:04.000 --> 00:18:04.579
 This is a few

00:18:04.579 --> 00:18:05.440
 hours before he's

00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:05.899
 going to go to the

00:18:05.899 --> 00:18:06.159
 cross.

00:18:06.639 --> 00:18:07.720
 In 24 hours time,

00:18:07.859 --> 00:18:08.519
 Jesus is going to be

00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:08.980
 nailed to the

00:18:08.980 --> 00:18:09.159
 cross.

00:18:09.240 --> 00:18:09.500
 He says,

00:18:09.500 --> 00:18:10.599
 my soul is

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 troubled.

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 What shall I

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 say?

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 Shall I say,

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 Father, save me

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 from this hour?

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 No, for this

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 purpose I have

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 come to this

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 hour.

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 Father, glorify

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 your name.

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 In the face of

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 the crucifixion and

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 the cross, Jesus'

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 face is steadfast,

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 is focused.

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 This is why I've

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 come.

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 Father, glorify

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 your name.

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 Friends, Jesus'

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 death on the

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 cross was not

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 random.

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 It wasn't

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 arbitrary.

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 It wasn't the

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 unfortunate consequence

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 of a political

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 situation that

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 unfolded in

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 Jerusalem.

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 It was

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 purposed, it

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 was deliberate,

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 it was chosen

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 before the

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 foundations of

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 the world that

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 redemption and

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 restoration and

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 hope and healing

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 and salvation will

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 come to the world,

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 not automatically with

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 his coming and his

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 birth, but through

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 his death, through

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 his hour.

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 And here at the

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 very beginning of

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 his ministry, Jesus

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 turns to his

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 mother and says,

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 my hour has not

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 yet come.

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 I haven't come to

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 make a spectacle.

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 I haven't come to

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 show everybody that

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 I'm the Messiah.

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 My time is still

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 coming.

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 Wait.

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 But soon his hour

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 would come.

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 And at that time,

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 Mary's heart would

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 be broken.

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 Her heart would be

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 pierced as Jesus

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 hangs on the cross

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 to make atonement

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 for sinners and

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 rebels.

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 For this purpose, I

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 have come to this

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 hour.

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 Father, glorify your

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 name.

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 So Jesus is the

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 perfect son, not to

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 Mary, but to God

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 the Father.

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 And because he's

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 the perfect son, that

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 means he goes to the

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 cross for people like

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 you and me.

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 Jesus is the

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 perfect son.

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 But he's not only

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 the perfect son, he's

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 also the perfect

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 savior.

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 And that's the

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 answer to the

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 second question.

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 Why does Jesus do

00:19:53.360 --> 00:19:54.860
 this strange miracle,

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 turning water into

00:19:55.780 --> 00:19:56.180
 wine?

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 Well, the reason is

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 because he's the

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 perfect savior.

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 you see, for the

00:20:04.420 --> 00:20:05.120
 people in Jesus'

00:20:05.120 --> 00:20:07.500
 day, this miracle,

00:20:08.120 --> 00:20:09.480
 water and wine

00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:10.720
 help deep, deep

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 symbolism.

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 They weren't just

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 arbitrary liquids.

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 They held deep

00:20:15.120 --> 00:20:15.480
 symbolism.

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 And when Jesus does

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 this miracle, every

00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:19.480
 first century Jew

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 familiar with the

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 Jewish scriptures

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 would have noticed

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 the deep symbolism

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 straight away.

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 So let's think about

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 this for a few

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 minutes.

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 Water.

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 What does water

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 mean?

00:20:29.120 --> 00:20:29.940
 For the Jewish

00:20:29.940 --> 00:20:30.640
 people, what did

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 water symbolize?

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 Well, this passage

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 actually tells us in

00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:36.820
 verse 6 what this

00:20:36.820 --> 00:20:37.560
 water symbolized.

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 Look what it says in

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 verse 6.

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 Now there were six

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 stone water jars

00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:42.180
 there.

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 What were they used

00:20:43.340 --> 00:20:43.600
 for?

00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:45.019
 Used for the Jewish

00:20:45.019 --> 00:20:46.360
 rites of purification.

00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:48.460
 In the Old

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 Testament, water held

00:20:50.060 --> 00:20:51.160
 two main symbolisms.

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 The one was life and

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 flourishing and health

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 and abundance and

00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:55.380
 blessing.

00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:56.400
 Okay?

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 But it also helped

00:20:57.839 --> 00:20:58.679
 the symbolism of

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 cleansing, of

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 purification, of

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 sanctification, of

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 holiness, right?

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 I think one of the

00:21:05.099 --> 00:21:05.839
 most famous verses

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 is Ezekiel 36.

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 Look at what it says

00:21:08.179 --> 00:21:08.339
 here.

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 God says to his not

00:21:09.919 --> 00:21:12.519
 so holy people, he

00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:13.899
 says, I will sprinkle

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 clean water in you

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 and you shall be

00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:18.059
 clean from all your

00:21:18.059 --> 00:21:19.500
 uncleanness and from

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 all your idols I will

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 clean you.

00:21:22.179 --> 00:21:22.339
 Okay?

00:21:22.439 --> 00:21:23.279
 It's a very, very

00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:23.939
 important verse in

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 the Old Testament.

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 I think it's also why

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 the Israelites had to

00:21:27.819 --> 00:21:29.399
 walk through the

00:21:29.399 --> 00:21:31.679
 Red Sea on the way

00:21:31.679 --> 00:21:32.240
 out of Egypt.

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 It's symbolic of

00:21:33.579 --> 00:21:34.399
 saying you've left

00:21:34.399 --> 00:21:35.679
 Egypt, you're walking

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 through the waters

00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:37.980
 symbolically on your

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 way to the promised

00:21:38.619 --> 00:21:38.859
 land.

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 I will cleanse you

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 from all the

00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.700
 uncleanness of 400

00:21:41.700 --> 00:21:42.399
 years of Egypt.

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 I'm going to wash

00:21:43.639 --> 00:21:44.359
 you and make you my

00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:44.899
 new people.

00:21:45.259 --> 00:21:46.179
 You were once slaves

00:21:46.179 --> 00:21:47.299
 in Egypt, you walk

00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:47.939
 through the waters,

00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:48.919
 you're washed, you're

00:21:48.919 --> 00:21:49.980
 cleansed, now you're my

00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.779
 people on the way to

00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:51.480
 the promised land.

00:21:51.939 --> 00:21:52.779
 In a sense, they go

00:21:52.779 --> 00:21:53.679
 through a baptism,

00:21:53.879 --> 00:21:54.099
 right?

00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:55.099
 That's kind of what

00:21:55.099 --> 00:21:55.759
 baptism is.

00:21:56.179 --> 00:21:57.199
 Baptism says, my old

00:21:57.199 --> 00:21:58.219
 life is dead, it's

00:21:58.219 --> 00:21:59.099
 washed away, it's

00:21:59.099 --> 00:22:00.240
 gone, I'm a new

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:01.519
 person as I follow

00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:01.959
 Jesus.

00:22:02.559 --> 00:22:03.179
 The Israelites go

00:22:03.179 --> 00:22:03.899
 through the waters of

00:22:03.899 --> 00:22:04.879
 baptism as they leave

00:22:04.879 --> 00:22:05.259
 Egypt.

00:22:07.059 --> 00:22:07.939
 Water in the Old

00:22:07.939 --> 00:22:08.939
 Testament was symbolic

00:22:08.939 --> 00:22:10.179
 of cleansing, of

00:22:10.179 --> 00:22:10.799
 washing, of

00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:11.500
 purification.

00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:14.159
 Now remember, for the

00:22:14.159 --> 00:22:16.019
 people of God,

00:22:16.659 --> 00:22:17.599
 quintessential to what

00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:18.219
 it means to be the

00:22:18.219 --> 00:22:19.319
 people of God is to be

00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:20.859
 set apart for God, to

00:22:20.859 --> 00:22:23.339
 be consecrated, to be

00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:25.039
 not holier than thou,

00:22:25.259 --> 00:22:26.419
 but devoted to Him,

00:22:26.579 --> 00:22:28.159
 consecrated to God.

00:22:28.659 --> 00:22:29.339
 And this is what it

00:22:29.339 --> 00:22:30.019
 means to be God's

00:22:30.019 --> 00:22:30.319
 people.

00:22:30.459 --> 00:22:31.359
 You belong to Him, you

00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:31.980
 set apart, you

00:22:31.980 --> 00:22:32.639
 consecrated.

00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:34.240
 And so throughout the

00:22:34.240 --> 00:22:35.319
 Old Testament, God's

00:22:35.319 --> 00:22:36.679
 people are constantly

00:22:36.679 --> 00:22:38.379
 needing to wash

00:22:38.379 --> 00:22:39.799
 themselves, go through

00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:40.939
 all sorts of symbolism

00:22:40.939 --> 00:22:42.720
 and ceremony as a way

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:44.159
 of showing that they are

00:22:44.159 --> 00:22:45.259
 set apart from the ways

00:22:45.259 --> 00:22:46.039
 of the world and they're

00:22:46.039 --> 00:22:46.899
 washed and devoted to

00:22:46.899 --> 00:22:47.179
 God.

00:22:47.699 --> 00:22:49.159
 So every Jewish person,

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:51.139
 almost every day, would

00:22:51.139 --> 00:22:51.679
 have to go through

00:22:51.679 --> 00:22:52.980
 ceremonies of washing

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:54.539
 themselves to show

00:22:54.539 --> 00:22:55.539
 their devotion and

00:22:55.539 --> 00:22:56.940
 their consecration to

00:22:56.940 --> 00:22:57.200
 God.

00:22:57.519 --> 00:22:58.440
 They wash themselves

00:22:58.440 --> 00:22:59.799
 physically, they go into

00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:00.640
 somebody's house and they

00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:01.880
 wash their hands, they

00:23:01.880 --> 00:23:03.059
 wash the utensils that

00:23:03.059 --> 00:23:03.559
 they're going to eat

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.700
 worse, they wash the

00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:05.339
 seat that they're going

00:23:05.339 --> 00:23:06.660
 to sit down on, they

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:08.200
 wash everything because

00:23:08.200 --> 00:23:09.079
 one of the worst things

00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:09.819
 that can happen to you

00:23:09.819 --> 00:23:11.420
 as a Jew is you come

00:23:11.420 --> 00:23:12.420
 into contact with

00:23:12.420 --> 00:23:13.160
 something that is

00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:14.680
 unclean or defiled.

00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:15.900
 If you come into

00:23:15.900 --> 00:23:16.799
 contact with something

00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:18.240
 unclean, it makes you

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:18.779
 unclean.

00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:19.779
 So the Jews are

00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:20.559
 constantly washing

00:23:20.559 --> 00:23:21.279
 themselves, washing

00:23:21.279 --> 00:23:22.259
 their hands, washing

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:22.839
 their seats.

00:23:22.980 --> 00:23:23.519
 Washing their

00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:24.720
 utensils to make

00:23:24.720 --> 00:23:25.240
 sure that they're

00:23:25.240 --> 00:23:26.279
 never considered

00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:27.299
 unclean.

00:23:27.980 --> 00:23:28.620
 Because to be

00:23:28.620 --> 00:23:30.259
 unclean means you're

00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:31.200
 not welcomed by God

00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:31.839
 in His presence.

00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.599
 God, the Holy

00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:34.839
 One, won't associate

00:23:34.839 --> 00:23:35.860
 with those of us that

00:23:35.860 --> 00:23:36.920
 are unclean or dirty.

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:37.640
 Okay?

00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:39.660
 So that's what the

00:23:39.660 --> 00:23:40.559
 water is all about.

00:23:41.279 --> 00:23:42.099
 Jesus goes to His

00:23:42.099 --> 00:23:43.039
 wedding and they've

00:23:43.039 --> 00:23:44.160
 got these six massive

00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:45.960
 jars of water for

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:46.660
 purification.

00:23:47.400 --> 00:23:48.539
 The water for

00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:48.900
 cleaning.

00:23:49.519 --> 00:23:50.539
 What about the wine?

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.420
 What is the wine

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:51.799
 about?

00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.279
 Okay?

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:54.000
 Well, again, first

00:23:54.000 --> 00:23:55.059
 century Jews steeped in

00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:55.680
 the Old Testament.

00:23:56.519 --> 00:23:57.240
 And there's huge

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:58.639
 messianic expectations

00:23:58.639 --> 00:23:59.279
 and excitement.

00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:00.899
 Every Jew would have

00:24:00.899 --> 00:24:01.960
 known that the

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:04.240
 abundance of wine is a

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:05.899
 symbol of the blessing

00:24:05.899 --> 00:24:07.180
 and the joy and the

00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:08.019
 celebration that will

00:24:08.019 --> 00:24:09.000
 come on God's people

00:24:09.000 --> 00:24:10.700
 when the Messiah comes.

00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:12.220
 When the Messiah comes,

00:24:12.259 --> 00:24:13.059
 it's going to be a time

00:24:13.059 --> 00:24:14.539
 of extravagant joy.

00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:15.819
 And this is symbolized

00:24:15.819 --> 00:24:16.539
 by wine.

00:24:16.539 --> 00:24:19.139
 Listen to Isaiah 23,

00:24:19.259 --> 00:24:20.019
 one of the most famous

00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:21.139
 verses about this.

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:22.339
 It says, God writes

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:23.519
 this, on this mountain,

00:24:23.859 --> 00:24:24.399
 He's talking about

00:24:24.399 --> 00:24:25.599
 Mount Zion or Jerusalem,

00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:27.319
 on this mountain, the

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:28.460
 Lord of hosts will make

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:29.920
 for all peoples a

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:31.500
 rich, a feast of rich

00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:33.659
 food, a feast of well-aged

00:24:33.659 --> 00:24:35.680
 wine, of rich food full

00:24:35.680 --> 00:24:37.559
 of marrow, of aged wine

00:24:37.559 --> 00:24:38.500
 well-refined.

00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:40.440
 He will swallow up death

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:40.799
 forever.

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:42.420
 The Lord God will wipe

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:43.619
 away every tear from our

00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:43.940
 face.

00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:45.200
 And the shame of His

00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:46.140
 people will be taken

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 away from all the earth.

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 Verse 9 goes on, I

00:24:49.120 --> 00:24:49.799
 don't think I have it up

00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:50.000
 there.

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 It says, it will be said

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:52.799
 on this day, behold,

00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:54.259
 this is our God, we've

00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:55.580
 waited for Him, that He

00:24:55.580 --> 00:24:56.420
 might save us.

00:24:56.700 --> 00:24:57.920
 This is the Lord, we've

00:24:57.920 --> 00:24:58.600
 waited for Him.

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 Let us be glad and

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 rejoice in His great

00:25:02.080 --> 00:25:02.600
 salvation.

00:25:03.700 --> 00:25:05.220
 Or again, Amos 9, I'll

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:06.000
 read this quickly.

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 Behold, the days are

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 coming, says the Lord,

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:09.539
 when the mountains will

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 drip with sweet wine,

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 and all the hills will

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 flow with it.

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 I will restore the

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.779
 fortunes of my people.

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 They will build, rebuild,

00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:19.779
 ruin cities and inhabit

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 them.

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 They will plant vineyards

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 and drink deeply of their

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 wine.

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 They will make gardens and

00:25:26.060 --> 00:25:26.799
 eat their fruit.

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 And again and again,

00:25:28.539 --> 00:25:29.120
 throughout the Old

00:25:29.120 --> 00:25:30.920
 Testament, this idea of

00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:32.120
 wine is a picture of

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 feasting and celebration

00:25:33.560 --> 00:25:35.420
 and extravagance and

00:25:35.420 --> 00:25:36.640
 everyone coming together.

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 And God restoring for His

00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:40.539
 people all that was wrong

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 with the world.

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 And when the Messiah

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 comes, it's going to be a

00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:45.000
 time of celebration and

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.320
 feasting.

00:25:45.880 --> 00:25:46.960
 The Messiah is going to

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:48.460
 make right all that is

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:50.200
 wrong and broken with the

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:50.560
 world.

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 So here's this question.

00:25:55.380 --> 00:25:57.820
 Jesus takes, what do you

00:25:57.820 --> 00:25:58.800
 think it means when Jesus

00:25:58.800 --> 00:26:01.060
 takes these jars of water,

00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:02.680
 not drinking water, of

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:03.519
 which there was plenty,

00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:04.740
 every table would have had

00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.340
 drinking water.

00:26:05.339 --> 00:26:05.379
 water.

00:26:06.179 --> 00:26:07.939
 Jesus takes purification

00:26:07.939 --> 00:26:10.159
 water, water for ritual

00:26:10.159 --> 00:26:11.939
 cleansing, ceremonial

00:26:11.939 --> 00:26:12.379
 cleansing.

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:14.899
 And He turns it into an

00:26:14.899 --> 00:26:16.439
 abundance of extravagant

00:26:16.439 --> 00:26:16.799
 wine.

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.759
 What do you think Jesus is

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.039
 saying?

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:21.679
 He's saying two things.

00:26:22.439 --> 00:26:23.859
 He's saying one, the

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:24.819
 Messiah is here.

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:27.059
 The Messiah has come, the

00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:29.039
 long-awaited Redeemer that

00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:30.240
 for thousands of years

00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:31.159
 Israel has been waiting

00:26:31.159 --> 00:26:31.519
 for.

00:26:31.919 --> 00:26:33.439
 The Messiah has come.

00:26:33.440 --> 00:26:35.259
 Christ the Redeemer has

00:26:35.259 --> 00:26:35.600
 come.

00:26:36.080 --> 00:26:37.120
 Jesus is not just a

00:26:37.120 --> 00:26:37.779
 miracle worker.

00:26:38.140 --> 00:26:39.059
 He's not just a religious

00:26:39.059 --> 00:26:39.519
 teacher.

00:26:39.860 --> 00:26:40.660
 He's not just a good

00:26:40.660 --> 00:26:41.120
 rabbi.

00:26:41.660 --> 00:26:42.840
 Jesus, the long-awaited

00:26:42.840 --> 00:26:43.920
 Messiah, the one who's

00:26:43.920 --> 00:26:44.740
 going to restore the

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:46.140
 fortunes of Israel, has

00:26:46.140 --> 00:26:46.519
 come.

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 But here's the second

00:26:48.320 --> 00:26:49.360
 thing Jesus wants to say

00:26:49.360 --> 00:26:49.820
 to us.

00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:52.160
 Very importantly, Jesus

00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:53.360
 says that His coming

00:26:53.360 --> 00:26:54.960
 means that the old

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:56.660
 system of purification

00:26:56.660 --> 00:26:57.880
 and cleansing and

00:26:57.880 --> 00:26:59.380
 putting yourself right

00:26:59.380 --> 00:27:00.580
 with God through washing

00:27:00.580 --> 00:27:01.580
 your hands and washing

00:27:01.580 --> 00:27:02.940
 your utensils, that

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:05.299
 whole system of making

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:06.240
 yourself clean and

00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:08.080
 acceptable to God has

00:27:08.080 --> 00:27:08.519
 changed.

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:10.160
 And that system is done

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:11.200
 away with and there's a

00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:12.940
 whole new system that's

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.160
 come.

00:27:13.620 --> 00:27:15.360
 And it's a system that's

00:27:15.360 --> 00:27:17.279
 abundant with extravagant

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:18.740
 joy and celebration.

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.720
 Friends, Jesus coming

00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:22.620
 means that unholy people

00:27:22.620 --> 00:27:25.259
 like me and like you,

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:27.440
 dare I say, no longer

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:28.400
 need to clean ourselves

00:27:28.400 --> 00:27:30.180
 up, no longer need to go

00:27:30.180 --> 00:27:31.160
 through the purification

00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:33.840
 ceremony, no longer need

00:27:33.840 --> 00:27:34.820
 to have jars of water

00:27:34.820 --> 00:27:36.000
 outside to wash our

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:37.019
 hands and wash us before

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:38.019
 we come into church to

00:27:38.019 --> 00:27:38.600
 make sure we are

00:27:38.600 --> 00:27:39.440
 acceptable to God.

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:41.580
 Jesus, the Holy One, has

00:27:41.580 --> 00:27:43.039
 come to make unholy

00:27:43.039 --> 00:27:44.900
 people like me and you

00:27:44.900 --> 00:27:46.740
 holy and acceptable

00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:48.039
 before the Holy God

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:49.460
 because the Messiah has

00:27:49.460 --> 00:27:51.279
 come and because He's

00:27:51.279 --> 00:27:52.299
 come to cleanse us.

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:54.000
 What all the ceremonies

00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:54.980
 and all the traditions

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.920
 we're trying to

00:27:55.920 --> 00:27:58.600
 symbolize, Jesus says, I

00:27:58.599 --> 00:28:00.339
 have come to do it.

00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:02.519
 Does that make sense?

00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:06.480
 Listen to our Ezekiel 36.

00:28:06.939 --> 00:28:08.139
 This is the passage we

00:28:08.139 --> 00:28:08.779
 read earlier.

00:28:09.459 --> 00:28:10.480
 Look at what goes on.

00:28:10.539 --> 00:28:11.240
 It says this.

00:28:11.980 --> 00:28:12.980
 God says, I will sprinkle

00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:14.599
 clean water on you and

00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:15.559
 you will be clean from

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.679
 all your uncleanness and

00:28:16.679 --> 00:28:17.980
 from all your idols I will

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:18.459
 cleanse you.

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:20.059
 And then He says, but I

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:20.659
 won't just do the

00:28:20.659 --> 00:28:21.819
 ceremony on the outside.

00:28:21.939 --> 00:28:22.659
 I won't just clean your

00:28:22.659 --> 00:28:23.139
 hands.

00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:23.799
 Actually, I'm going to

00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:24.480
 clean your heart.

00:28:24.899 --> 00:28:26.039
 I will give you a new

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:27.639
 heart and a new spirit I'll

00:28:27.639 --> 00:28:28.259
 put within you.

00:28:28.259 --> 00:28:30.140
 I'll put my spirit within

00:28:30.140 --> 00:28:31.599
 you and cause you to

00:28:31.599 --> 00:28:33.180
 walk in my statutes and

00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:34.279
 I'll cause you to walk

00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:35.319
 and obey my rules.

00:28:35.799 --> 00:28:37.660
 You will be my people and

00:28:37.660 --> 00:28:39.099
 I will be your God.

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:41.940
 Jesus come to cleanse us,

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:43.900
 not just outside, but on

00:28:43.900 --> 00:28:45.599
 the inside and to make

00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:46.980
 unholy people like us

00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:48.440
 acceptable before the

00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:49.039
 Holy God.

00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:51.279
 Now, what are the

00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:52.460
 implications of this?

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:54.059
 Again, I think there's

00:28:54.059 --> 00:28:54.819
 two implications.

00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:55.420
 Okay.

00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:57.140
 The first one is this.

00:28:57.140 --> 00:29:00.500
 rest in the confidence of

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:01.820
 God's gracious acceptance.

00:29:03.020 --> 00:29:04.740
 Rest in the confidence of

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:05.940
 God's gracious acceptance.

00:29:07.460 --> 00:29:09.759
 Friends, let me ask you

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.040
 this.

00:29:11.040 --> 00:29:13.700
 How many of us ever feel like

00:29:13.700 --> 00:29:14.759
 we need to clean up our

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.180
 lives?

00:29:16.580 --> 00:29:17.820
 How many of us ever come to

00:29:17.820 --> 00:29:20.380
 church feeling like I don't

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:21.440
 quite have it all together?

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:24.100
 Maybe you don't feel like

00:29:24.100 --> 00:29:24.299
 that.

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:25.880
 I feel like that regularly.

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:28.420
 In fact, can I be honest

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:28.620
 with you?

00:29:28.680 --> 00:29:29.680
 I felt like that today.

00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:31.500
 I came to church today

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:32.779
 pretty weighed down.

00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:34.779
 I feel like God, I'm not

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:35.320
 good enough.

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.840
 I don't have what it takes.

00:29:37.340 --> 00:29:39.200
 I've got a bunch of fears

00:29:39.200 --> 00:29:40.059
 and things that I'm worried

00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:40.420
 about.

00:29:40.420 --> 00:29:44.240
 I don't know if I should tell

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:44.779
 you the story.

00:29:45.600 --> 00:29:49.100
 Last week, we were in

00:29:49.100 --> 00:29:51.140
 worship and there was a

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:52.580
 little family dynamic going

00:29:52.580 --> 00:29:53.200
 on, right?

00:29:53.820 --> 00:29:54.880
 One of my kids wasn't at

00:29:54.880 --> 00:29:56.560
 worship and I really wanted

00:29:56.560 --> 00:29:57.360
 her to be worshiped.

00:29:57.840 --> 00:29:59.259
 So while I've got my hands

00:29:59.259 --> 00:30:01.360
 up, you know, sing the songs,

00:30:01.480 --> 00:30:02.340
 my mind's elsewhere.

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:03.160
 I'm thinking, where's my

00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:03.440
 kid?

00:30:04.080 --> 00:30:05.120
 And then Claire says to me,

00:30:05.160 --> 00:30:05.880
 hey, this isn't the right

00:30:05.880 --> 00:30:06.620
 time to deal with it.

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:08.340
 Just leave it very wisely.

00:30:08.339 --> 00:30:10.379
 And I, the great husband

00:30:10.379 --> 00:30:11.399
 that I am, ignore her

00:30:11.399 --> 00:30:12.559
 advice and then go outside

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:13.539
 to go and find my kid.

00:30:14.159 --> 00:30:15.559
 And I'm a mess.

00:30:16.179 --> 00:30:17.220
 And on one hand, I'm looking

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:18.139
 like I'm worshiping God

00:30:18.139 --> 00:30:20.079
 amazingly with a holy man.

00:30:20.179 --> 00:30:21.000
 Actually, inside, there's

00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:21.879
 all sorts of turmoil.

00:30:22.919 --> 00:30:25.119
 Friends, this week, there are

00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:26.659
 things in my life that I'm

00:30:26.659 --> 00:30:27.980
 not very proud of, that I

00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:29.079
 don't like about myself.

00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:30.480
 And there are things that

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:31.500
 need to change and that I

00:30:31.500 --> 00:30:32.339
 want to change.

00:30:32.419 --> 00:30:33.699
 And if I'm honest, sometimes

00:30:33.699 --> 00:30:34.839
 I don't really know how to

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:35.220
 change.

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:37.480
 My point is, I come to church

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:38.480
 sometimes a big mess.

00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:40.920
 And there's a temptation for

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.920
 me to look for the water

00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:42.200
 jars.

00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:42.940
 Where are the jars?

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.900
 Where can I clean myself

00:30:43.900 --> 00:30:44.079
 up?

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:46.140
 What can I do to make myself

00:30:46.140 --> 00:30:46.640
 acceptable?

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:50.019
 Jesus has come to wash away

00:30:50.019 --> 00:30:51.960
 the crap and the stuff in our

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:53.579
 lives that doesn't make us

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:55.539
 acceptable for God, to make

00:30:55.539 --> 00:30:55.960
 us clean.

00:30:56.779 --> 00:30:57.860
 Friends, anyone be able to

00:30:57.860 --> 00:30:58.660
 resonate with that?

00:30:59.880 --> 00:31:01.000
 Friends, anyone here feel

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:04.539
 trapped by sin, by habits that

00:31:04.539 --> 00:31:05.359
 you can't break?

00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:08.599
 Friends, anyone here find

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:10.139
 yourself going back again and

00:31:10.139 --> 00:31:11.559
 again, doing the same dumb

00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:12.700
 things and wishing you could

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.119
 change?

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.859
 Friends, anyone here bothered

00:31:15.859 --> 00:31:17.480
 by the damaged relationships

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:19.099
 around us that we just keep on

00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:21.159
 seeming to perpetuate?

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:24.200
 Friends, anyone here feel

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:25.700
 uncomfortable about how we've

00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:27.539
 lived or acted or behaved this

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:27.899
 week?

00:31:29.680 --> 00:31:30.940
 Friends, any of us here feel

00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:32.079
 dirty or unclean?

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:33.480
 Maybe not by what we've done,

00:31:33.559 --> 00:31:34.980
 but by what others have done

00:31:34.980 --> 00:31:35.839
 against us.

00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:38.539
 Feel defiled by the sins that

00:31:38.539 --> 00:31:39.899
 others have sinned against us.

00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:43.179
 Jesus Christ says to us, you've

00:31:43.179 --> 00:31:44.019
 got two choices.

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:46.299
 You can either try and clean up

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:47.980
 your own act through self

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:51.079
 justification or some self

00:31:51.079 --> 00:31:52.599
 atonement or moral improvement

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:53.220
 project.

00:31:53.859 --> 00:31:55.179
 But the problem is that will

00:31:55.179 --> 00:31:57.460
 never ever work and you'll never

00:31:57.460 --> 00:31:58.679
 feel like you've done enough.

00:31:59.220 --> 00:32:00.539
 You'll tell yourself, I've got to

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:02.180
 go on some pilgrimage to Mecca.

00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:03.879
 You'll go, you'll never feel

00:32:03.879 --> 00:32:04.339
 satisfied.

00:32:04.799 --> 00:32:06.220
 I've got to beat myself up.

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:06.899
 I've got to fast.

00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:08.460
 I've got to punish myself.

00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:10.139
 You'll never do enough.

00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:12.440
 You can try and clean yourself up

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:14.079
 through some self-justification,

00:32:14.299 --> 00:32:16.500
 self-atonement project.

00:32:16.879 --> 00:32:17.839
 It'll never work.

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:20.839
 Or you can come to Jesus, the

00:32:20.839 --> 00:32:22.420
 perfect one who died on the cross,

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:23.920
 to take your sin and your shame

00:32:23.920 --> 00:32:25.899
 for you so that you can stand

00:32:25.899 --> 00:32:26.759
 before God wholly.

00:32:27.379 --> 00:32:29.000
 You can see Jesus in his glory.

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:30.779
 You can believe in him and let him

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:32.980
 clean you and heal you and restore

00:32:32.980 --> 00:32:33.259
 you.

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:35.799
 1 Corinthians 6 says this,

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:37.440
 Do you not know that the

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:39.240
 unrighteous, like me, will not

00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:40.559
 inherit the kingdom of God?

00:32:41.180 --> 00:32:42.000
 Do you not be deceived?

00:32:42.099 --> 00:32:43.000
 Then he lists a whole lot of

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.339
 things.

00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:45.460
 Sexually immoral, adulterers,

00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:47.859
 idolaters, thieves, the greedy,

00:32:48.039 --> 00:32:49.480
 drunkards, revilers, swindlers,

00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:51.259
 et cetera, et cetera, won't inherit

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:52.039
 the kingdom of God.

00:32:52.559 --> 00:32:54.460
 And he says, but such were some of

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:54.599
 you.

00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:56.119
 Friends, that's our church.

00:32:56.200 --> 00:32:56.900
 That's us, right?

00:32:56.900 --> 00:32:58.880
 This isn't that church down the road.

00:32:58.960 --> 00:32:59.620
 This is us.

00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:01.460
 Such were some of you.

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 But you were washed.

00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:03.960
 You were sanctified.

00:33:04.120 --> 00:33:05.560
 You were justified in the name of

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 the Lord Jesus Christ and by the

00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:08.560
 spirit of our God.

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:10.480
 Friends, at the heart of Christianity

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:12.980
 is the belief that I am made clean

00:33:12.980 --> 00:33:14.720
 because Jesus' righteousness,

00:33:15.060 --> 00:33:17.560
 Jesus' purity, Jesus' holiness is

00:33:17.560 --> 00:33:20.220
 credited to me when I come to him

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:22.940
 and trust in him and believe in him.

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 So rest in the confidence,

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:28.000
 abundant, gracious approval

00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:29.460
 that Christ gives you

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:30.740
 when you trust in him.

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:33.580
 But here's the second implication.

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.700
 We're almost done.

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 Take joy in God's abundant approval.

00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:41.080
 Take joy in God's abundant approval.

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 I think it's important not to miss

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:46.299
 that in Isaiah 25,

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 when it talks about what's going to

00:33:48.320 --> 00:33:49.700
 happen when the Messiah comes,

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 the tone of this passage is not

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:53.900
 dreariness or weariness,

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 but joy and celebration.

00:33:56.319 --> 00:33:57.580
 Let me read again to us what

00:33:57.580 --> 00:34:00.500
 Isaiah 25 says.

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 It says,

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 On this mountain,

00:34:03.140 --> 00:34:05.100
 the Lord of hosts will make for all

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 peoples,

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 not just those that have got it

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.380
 together,

00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:08.980
 not just the Jews,

00:34:09.579 --> 00:34:10.780
 all people,

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:12.440
 black, white, Chinese,

00:34:12.920 --> 00:34:14.440
 African, Hongkonger,

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:16.059
 Filipino, Indonesian,

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:18.159
 wealthy, poor, educated,

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:19.319
 for all people,

00:34:20.059 --> 00:34:21.639
 a feast of rich food,

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:23.659
 a feast of well-aged wine,

00:34:23.879 --> 00:34:25.619
 of rich food full of marrow,

00:34:25.839 --> 00:34:27.940
 of aged wine well refined.

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 He will swallow up death and sin

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 and condemnation and guilt and shame

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 forever.

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 The Lord will wipe away

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:37.079
 the tears from our face

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:38.859
 and the shame of his people

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 he will take away from all the earth.

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 It will be said on that day,

00:34:43.879 --> 00:34:45.839
 Behold, this is our God.

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 We have waited for him

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:48.079
 that he might save us.

00:34:48.279 --> 00:34:49.099
 This is the Lord.

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 We've waited for him.

00:34:50.559 --> 00:34:52.359
 Let us be glad

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 and rejoice

00:34:53.819 --> 00:34:55.759
 in his salvation.

00:34:57.679 --> 00:34:59.239
 Friends, I think it's no coincidence

00:34:59.239 --> 00:35:01.739
 that in the New Testament,

00:35:01.899 --> 00:35:02.879
 Acts chapter 2,

00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:04.679
 when God's Spirit

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:06.319
 is poured out on his people

00:35:06.319 --> 00:35:07.500
 on the day of Pentecost,

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:09.719
 those standing around the disciples,

00:35:09.899 --> 00:35:11.159
 what do they accuse them of?

00:35:11.579 --> 00:35:13.399
 Of having drunk too much wine.

00:35:13.799 --> 00:35:14.079
 Right?

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 Now, I don't think the point is

00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:16.779
 that when you're full of the Spirit,

00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:17.940
 you become inebriated

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 and you're like on the side of the road,

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:21.500
 you know, passed out.

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:23.159
 That's not what happens necessarily

00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:24.179
 when the Spirit comes.

00:35:24.799 --> 00:35:26.799
 The point is when we're full of the Spirit,

00:35:27.619 --> 00:35:30.039
 there's an abundance of exuberance,

00:35:30.139 --> 00:35:32.199
 of joy overflowing us

00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:33.279
 that somebody should say,

00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:35.019
 what's happened to you?

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:35.579
 Right?

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:38.400
 Friends, Isaiah 25 does not say,

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:39.380
 on that day,

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:40.920
 the Lord will pour out his Spirit

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:41.780
 like rich wine

00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:43.940
 and everyone will just have to grin

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.599
 and bear it

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:46.200
 and keep on plodding through life

00:35:46.200 --> 00:35:48.139
 until one day they get to heaven

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:49.840
 and finally they will be happy.

00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:52.139
 Friends, the Old Testament does not say

00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:53.400
 that when the Messiah comes

00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:54.440
 to deal with our sin

00:35:54.440 --> 00:35:55.760
 and our cleanness,

00:35:56.559 --> 00:35:57.440
 he will come,

00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:59.880
 but it will be pretty miserable fear

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:02.160
 until finally we get to heaven

00:36:02.160 --> 00:36:04.059
 and then maybe it will be joyful.

00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:06.340
 Friends, Jesus didn't turn

00:36:06.340 --> 00:36:08.000
 700 liters of water

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:09.820
 into cough medicine

00:36:09.820 --> 00:36:11.280
 or hand sanitizer.

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:13.480
 No, he turned it

00:36:13.480 --> 00:36:15.340
 into the very finest wine.

00:36:15.440 --> 00:36:16.760
 It will be said on that day,

00:36:17.180 --> 00:36:18.420
 behold, this is our God.

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:19.400
 We've waited for him.

00:36:19.660 --> 00:36:20.740
 We've waited for him.

00:36:21.120 --> 00:36:22.059
 Let us be glad.

00:36:22.220 --> 00:36:24.420
 Let us rejoice in his salvation.

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 And so as we come to a close,

00:36:27.220 --> 00:36:29.180
 let me ask you a couple of questions.

00:36:30.079 --> 00:36:31.340
 Friends, if you are a Christian,

00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:34.320
 are you glad that Christ has come?

00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:37.840
 Does your life exude the joy

00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:39.240
 and celebration that the gospel

00:36:39.240 --> 00:36:39.940
 is meant to bring?

00:36:41.220 --> 00:36:42.539
 Friends, has Jesus Christ

00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:44.420
 made any difference to your life?

00:36:46.120 --> 00:36:47.240
 This isn't in my notes,

00:36:47.320 --> 00:36:48.760
 but could it possibly be okay

00:36:48.760 --> 00:36:50.140
 that somebody accuses you

00:36:50.140 --> 00:36:51.700
 of having drunk a little bit

00:36:51.700 --> 00:36:52.260
 too much alcohol

00:36:52.260 --> 00:36:54.700
 because of the joy that you find

00:36:54.700 --> 00:36:56.360
 because Jesus comes to you?

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:57.220
 Maybe that's heretical.

00:36:57.460 --> 00:36:57.720
 I'm sorry.

00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:58.800
 Elders, you can correct me

00:36:58.800 --> 00:36:59.800
 if I'm out of line.

00:37:00.600 --> 00:37:03.039
 Friends, is some worship a chore?

00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:05.000
 Or is it a drag?

00:37:05.340 --> 00:37:07.119
 Or is coming to worship God

00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:08.300
 something we delight in?

00:37:09.259 --> 00:37:10.759
 Friends, do you see Sunday morning

00:37:10.759 --> 00:37:13.199
 as a slog or as a time

00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:15.500
 to drink deeply of the wine

00:37:15.500 --> 00:37:16.239
 of God's presence,

00:37:16.340 --> 00:37:17.460
 the joyful welcome,

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:19.440
 the grace of God Almighty

00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:20.460
 who says to us,

00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:22.860
 welcome, my sons, my daughters.

00:37:23.259 --> 00:37:24.440
 I have come for you.

00:37:25.219 --> 00:37:26.840
 Friends, Jesus the Messiah has come.

00:37:27.739 --> 00:37:28.960
 For 700 years,

00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:30.220
 God's people waited,

00:37:30.579 --> 00:37:31.639
 waited, waited

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:33.480
 for the Messiah to come.

00:37:34.179 --> 00:37:35.720
 One who would deal with their sin

00:37:35.720 --> 00:37:36.440
 and their suffering

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:37.039
 and their shame.

00:37:37.420 --> 00:37:38.880
 One who would turn their mourning

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:39.940
 into rejoicing,

00:37:40.240 --> 00:37:41.840
 their guilt into freedom.

00:37:42.260 --> 00:37:43.420
 And John is telling us

00:37:43.420 --> 00:37:44.440
 in John chapter 2

00:37:44.440 --> 00:37:45.559
 that he's come.

00:37:46.240 --> 00:37:47.380
 He's the perfect son.

00:37:47.860 --> 00:37:48.659
 Not of Mary,

00:37:49.240 --> 00:37:49.900
 not of Joseph,

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:51.220
 the son of God.

00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:52.539
 And because he's the perfect son,

00:37:52.619 --> 00:37:53.679
 he went to the cross

00:37:53.679 --> 00:37:55.460
 to die and rise again

00:37:55.460 --> 00:37:56.579
 that you and I

00:37:56.579 --> 00:37:57.460
 might be acceptable

00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:57.980
 and welcomed.

00:37:58.840 --> 00:38:00.000
 Jesus is the perfect son

00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:00.759
 and because of that,

00:38:01.239 --> 00:38:02.500
 he's also the perfect savior.

00:38:03.219 --> 00:38:04.500
 He came to open the way

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:06.579
 that we who are slaves to sin

00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:07.759
 and our old lifestyle

00:38:07.759 --> 00:38:08.799
 can be set free

00:38:08.799 --> 00:38:09.920
 and can enjoy

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:11.159
 the welcome of the father

00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:12.440
 and his gracious

00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:13.440
 and lavish acceptance.

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:14.779
 So,

00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:16.579
 let's pray.

00:38:16.659 --> 00:38:17.559
 Let's come to him now

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:18.699
 in prayer and response.

00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:20.940
 Chris and the team

00:38:20.940 --> 00:38:21.480
 are going to lead us

00:38:21.480 --> 00:38:22.659
 in a song of response.

00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:23.739
 But before we do that,

00:38:23.799 --> 00:38:24.840
 I want to just ask us

00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:26.900
 to take a minute

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:28.440
 just in quiet reflection.

00:38:28.880 --> 00:38:30.420
 And what does it look like

00:38:30.420 --> 00:38:31.460
 for you to respond

00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:32.360
 to God's word?

00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:35.860
 Maybe I can ask us

00:38:35.860 --> 00:38:37.079
 two questions this morning.

00:38:37.640 --> 00:38:37.980
 One,

00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:39.320
 what has God wanted

00:38:39.320 --> 00:38:40.740
 to say to you this morning?

00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:43.039
 God's word should never

00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:44.600
 just be intellectual.

00:38:44.740 --> 00:38:45.539
 It should speak to our hearts.

00:38:45.600 --> 00:38:46.640
 What is God wanting

00:38:46.640 --> 00:38:47.320
 to say to you?

00:38:48.539 --> 00:38:49.240
 And secondly,

00:38:49.320 --> 00:38:50.100
 how are you going to respond?

00:38:51.660 --> 00:38:52.300
 For some of us,

00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:53.180
 maybe you need to respond

00:38:53.179 --> 00:38:54.259
 through adoration,

00:38:54.559 --> 00:38:55.599
 joyful celebration.

00:38:55.819 --> 00:38:56.500
 God has come.

00:38:57.059 --> 00:38:58.019
 Thank you, Jesus.

00:38:59.500 --> 00:39:00.039
 For some of us,

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:01.159
 maybe we need to respond

00:39:01.159 --> 00:39:01.799
 with confession.

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:04.599
 Some of us,

00:39:04.659 --> 00:39:05.379
 maybe we need to respond

00:39:05.379 --> 00:39:06.059
 with thanksgiving.

00:39:07.579 --> 00:39:08.419
 Maybe some of us

00:39:08.419 --> 00:39:09.519
 just need to come before God

00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:10.259
 with our requests.

00:39:10.399 --> 00:39:11.480
 God, I need you.

00:39:12.179 --> 00:39:13.059
 I need you.

00:39:14.339 --> 00:39:15.599
 Let's take 30 seconds

00:39:15.599 --> 00:39:17.119
 and respond to God.

00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:17.119


00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:17.119


00:39:23.179 --> 00:39:35.940
 Lord Jesus,

00:39:36.099 --> 00:39:37.159
 thank you for who you are.

00:39:37.819 --> 00:39:39.179
 God, the more we read the Bible,

00:39:39.279 --> 00:39:40.399
 the more we are astounded

00:39:40.399 --> 00:39:41.319
 by who you are.

00:39:42.319 --> 00:39:43.179
 You're the majesty,

00:39:43.379 --> 00:39:43.940
 you're king,

00:39:44.480 --> 00:39:45.460
 you're God almighty,

00:39:46.319 --> 00:39:47.480
 the uncreated one,

00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:48.639
 and yet you've come

00:39:48.639 --> 00:39:49.619
 to bring us into your kingdom.

00:39:49.799 --> 00:39:50.699
 Jesus, we love you.

00:39:50.779 --> 00:39:51.739
 Help us to trust you.

00:39:52.359 --> 00:39:53.119
 God, open the eyes

00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:53.599
 of our hearts

00:39:53.599 --> 00:39:54.359
 to see you,

00:39:54.879 --> 00:39:55.539
 to trust you,

00:39:55.579 --> 00:39:56.239
 to believe in you,

00:39:56.319 --> 00:39:57.299
 and so to find life

00:39:57.299 --> 00:39:57.899
 in your name.

00:39:58.819 --> 00:39:59.319
 I pray,

00:39:59.439 --> 00:40:00.139
 come and have your way

00:40:00.139 --> 00:40:00.679
 in our hearts

00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:01.339
 and our lives.

00:40:02.059 --> 00:40:02.859
 In your name I pray.

00:40:02.859 --> 00:40:04.079
 Amen.