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 Our reading for today is the book of Isaiah, chapter 54, verses 4 to 8.

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 Do not be afraid, you will not suffer shame.

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 Do not fear disgrace, you will not be humiliated.

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 You will forget the shame of your youth, and remember no more the reproach of their widowhood.

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 For your maker is your husband, the Lord Almighty is his name, the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer.

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 He is called the God of all the earth.

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 The Lord will call you back as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit.

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 A wife who married young, only to be rejected, says your God.

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 For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back.

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 In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment,

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 but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you, says the Lord, your Redeemer.

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 Our second Bible reading today is taken from John, chapter 2, verses 1 to 11.

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 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee.

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 Jesus' mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.

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 When the wine was gone, Jesus' mother said to him,

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 They have no more wine.

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 Dear woman, why do you involve me?

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 Jesus replied,

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 My time 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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 Nearby stood six stone water jars,

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 the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing,

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 each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.

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 Jesus said to the servants,

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 Fill the jars with water.

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 So they filled them to the brim.

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 Then he told them,

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

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 They did so,

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 and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine.

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 He did not realise where it had come from,

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 though the servants who had drawn the water knew.

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 Then he called the bridegroom aside and said,

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 Everyone brings out the choice wine first,

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 and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink.

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 But you have saved the best till now.

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 This, the first of his miraculous signs,

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 Jesus performed at Cana in Galilee.

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 He thus revealed his glory,

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 and his disciples put their faith in him.

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 Let's pray.

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 Dear Lord God,

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 We thank you for your word,

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 and for the truth that it contains.

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 We pray,

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 that as Graham speaks to us now,

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 you would speak through him,

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 and that you would open our hearts and our minds

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 to hear from your word.

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 In Jesus' name I pray.

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 Amen.

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 Well, good morning folks.

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 It's so lovely to have you with us today.

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 Here's what we're going to do

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 over the next number of weeks.

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 We're going to spend time in John's gospel.

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 This account of Jesus' life

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 that was penned by one of his closest friends and followers,

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 written so that everyday people of John's generation

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 and of every generation ever since

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 would be able to pick it up,

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 read, understand about Jesus,

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 believe, and have life in his name.

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 And it's a gospel full of encounters

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 that Jesus had with people,

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 different people.

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 Different people with different stories,

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 people doing different things,

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 people from different places,

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 people with all sorts of different stuff

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 going on in their lives.

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 And they each meet Jesus,

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 and an encounter with him

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 flips the whole way

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 that they understand themselves,

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 and they understand the world

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 in which they live,

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 and the lives that they are living

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 on its head.

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 So let me invite you to grab a Bible

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 and come with me to John chapter 2.

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 We're going to dive into the first of these today.

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 And as we come to John chapter 2,

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 let me go all Dr. Pepper on you.

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 Right, a wedding.

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 What's the worst that could happen?

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 Are you got any good stories

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 about car crash moments from weddings?

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 Let me tell you about one

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 that I was reading about recently

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 that will, I think,

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 really take the biscuit

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 when it comes to car crash moments.

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 Right, everyone is getting ready

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 for what do they call it?

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 The big day.

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 It's going great.

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 The service is brilliant.

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 The dinner is exquisite.

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 Everybody's having a ball.

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 And the moment in the day

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 comes for the speeches.

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 Now, speeches are always a highlight

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 of any wedding day, aren't they?

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 Well, on this wedding day,

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 the bride's father goes first.

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 And like any good father of the bride,

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 he gushes with pride at his daughter

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 and on a dry eye in the house.

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 And the groom's up next.

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 He showers his bride with compliments.

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 I mean, well played, boys.

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 Well played.

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 And then it comes to the best man

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 who sits down at the end of his speech

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 and thinking he's nailed it.

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 Only for somebody a few moments later

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 to whisper in his ear

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 and inform him

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 that he's actually used the name

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 of the groom's ex-girlfriend

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 all the way through his speech.

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 I'm no expert,

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 but that's, in my opinion,

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 what they'd kind of call

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 a Dr. Pepper moment, right?

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 That is an absolute howler

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 from the best man.

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 I'd love to have been a fly on the wall

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 the first time he went round

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 to the newlyweds house for dinner

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 in the years to come.

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 John chapter 2,

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 here's what we're doing.

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 We're joining a wedding

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 that is on the verge

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 of a Dr. Pepper moment itself.

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 All right, here is a wedding

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 in John chapter 2

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 that almost all went wrong.

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 You see, in the first century,

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 Jewish culture,

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 a culture that centers

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 on honor and shame,

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 the worst thing

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 that could happen

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 at a wedding

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 is that the guests

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 run out of food and drink, right?

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 The worst thing imaginable.

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 Now, we're in the days

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 before outside caterers here.

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 We're in the days

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 before wedding planners

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 when that job

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 is kind of someone else's responsibility.

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 In this day,

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 it is one person's responsibility

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 and that person's solely

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 to make sure

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 that the food and drink

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 keeps flowing

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 for the entirety

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 of the feast,

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 which in this culture

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 could last for days.

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 Whose job is that?

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 It is the job of the groom.

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 So you've got two jobs, bro.

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 Firstly, you need to say,

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 I do.

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 And secondly,

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 you need to make sure

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 that everyone at this feast

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 has enough to eat and drink, right?

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 You can nail this one.

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 But at this wedding in Cana,

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 do you see,

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 if you've got the text there,

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 how our groom learns

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 at verse three,

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 that he is staring

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 a Dr. Pepper moment

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 right in the face.

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 Now, why is he staring

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 that moment right in his face?

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 Four words.

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 Verse three,

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 the wine ran out.

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 The wine ran out.

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 I mean, he is,

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 he is never going to live

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 this one down.

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 The shame that he is about

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 to bring on his family,

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 on his bride,

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 and most importantly,

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 himself.

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 What's he going to do?

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 And it's not like there's

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 an offie just down the road

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 that he can go down to,

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 saying,

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 boys,

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 if you come down with me,

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 we can get a crate load

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 and bring it back.

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 It might still be open.

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 No,

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 here is a groom

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 who is living

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 his worst nightmare.

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 This must have been

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 the stuff in the days

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 before the wedding

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 that kept him up at night.

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 And there ain't nothing

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 he can do

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 about this situation.

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 And Jesus and his disciples

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 are at this wedding.

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 Do you know,

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 as a side,

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 I love,

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 I love

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 that Jesus was the kind of man

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 who got invited to

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 and attended weddings.

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 Right?

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 How many of us

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 have a picture of Jesus

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 in our minds?

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 A bit like Ned Flanders

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 from The Simpsons,

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 except he's slightly meaner

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 and he's slightly stricter.

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 Right?

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 He is kind of a

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 kind of a Santa Claus

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 kind of figure.

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 Right?

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 Not that he gives you presents,

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 but it is his job

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 to make sure

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 and discern

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 who has been naughty

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 and who has been nice.

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 Right?

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 But that's not the Jesus

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 who we encounter

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 in the pages of Scripture.

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 In fact,

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 later in John's Gospel,

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 Jesus is

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 talking about himself.

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 He's talking about

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 why he has come.

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 And he talks about,

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 and this is John chapter 10,

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 verse 10,

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 he's talking about

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 how he's come

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 that his people

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 may have abundant life.

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 You see,

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 that's what's on offer

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 by believing

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 in the name of Jesus Christ.

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 And that abundant life,

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 we have to understand,

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 is the life

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 that he is currently living

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 in joyful communion

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 with God his Father.

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 So,

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 what that means,

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 in other words,

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 if you and I want to know

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 what a fully human,

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 joyful,

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 loving human experience

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 life is,

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 then we need to look

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 no further

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 than to Jesus.

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 Which is an incredible claim,

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 is it not,

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 if you stop and think about it?

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 An incredible claim.

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 And yet,

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 this is the one

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 that Jesus makes.

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 And of course,

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 in the life of the Christian,

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 this is the business

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 that God is into

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 as he,

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 by his Spirit,

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 who's indwelling us,

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 is transforming us more

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 as we behold

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 the glory of Jesus Christ

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 into his image.

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 Restoring

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 that full humanity

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 that has been broken

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 by the sin of the fall.

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 Jesus is living

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 a fully human life.

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 Into celebration,

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 do you see him here?

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 Into celebration,

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 knowing friendship,

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 knowing joy,

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 and enjoying

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 the good creation

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 according to its good design.

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 And Jesus is at this wedding.

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 And he learns,

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 doesn't he?

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 Do you see from his,

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 from his mom,

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 he learns about

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 the looming nightmare

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 that's facing the groom?

00:11:00.379 --> 00:11:01.740
 And the question in the text

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 is what is he going to do?

00:11:04.600 --> 00:11:05.300
 What's he going to do

00:11:05.300 --> 00:11:06.419
 with this information, right?

00:11:06.440 --> 00:11:06.940
 Is he going to get

00:11:06.940 --> 00:11:07.860
 his smartphone out?

00:11:07.940 --> 00:11:08.840
 Probably not in this day,

00:11:08.879 --> 00:11:09.480
 but go with me.

00:11:09.680 --> 00:11:10.399
 Is he going to get

00:11:10.399 --> 00:11:11.240
 his smartphone out

00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:11.919
 and film this?

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 Probably what you and I

00:11:12.800 --> 00:11:13.440
 would have done, right?

00:11:13.440 --> 00:11:14.639
 If this happened in our day.

00:11:15.340 --> 00:11:16.740
 I mean, imagine how many people

00:11:16.740 --> 00:11:18.159
 would watch that on Facebook.

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 How many views,

00:11:19.139 --> 00:11:20.399
 how many likes that would get.

00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:22.120
 You would be an overnight sensation.

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 But not Jesus.

00:11:25.960 --> 00:11:27.480
 Because this episode here

00:11:27.480 --> 00:11:31.159
 is about him displaying

00:11:31.159 --> 00:11:32.100
 his glory

00:11:32.100 --> 00:11:34.240
 to the world

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 that his disciples

00:11:36.460 --> 00:11:37.539
 and those watching

00:11:37.539 --> 00:11:39.759
 might see and believe in him.

00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:42.600
 As we get a glimpse

00:11:42.600 --> 00:11:44.220
 into who he is

00:11:44.220 --> 00:11:45.279
 and

00:11:45.279 --> 00:11:46.879
 why he has come.

00:11:48.820 --> 00:11:49.820
 Now in the text,

00:11:49.920 --> 00:11:50.980
 you see verse six.

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 This is where we are.

00:11:52.019 --> 00:11:53.960
 John tells us

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 that there are six stone

00:11:55.539 --> 00:11:57.699
 water jars there.

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 The type used

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 for ceremonial washing, right?

00:12:01.299 --> 00:12:02.240
 Basically the ones

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 that people would use

00:12:03.079 --> 00:12:04.199
 to make themselves clean

00:12:04.199 --> 00:12:05.259
 before they eat.

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 And what does John say?

00:12:07.500 --> 00:12:08.120
 Verse six,

00:12:09.139 --> 00:12:10.360
 that each of those jars

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 holds 20 or 30 gallons.

00:12:12.759 --> 00:12:13.519
 Now these are really

00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:14.480
 important details

00:12:14.480 --> 00:12:15.259
 in the text.

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 And Jesus asks,

00:12:18.179 --> 00:12:19.080
 here's another detail,

00:12:19.399 --> 00:12:20.299
 that each of these

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 be filled

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 to the brim.

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 Right?

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 Now maths was never

00:12:25.159 --> 00:12:26.080
 my strong point

00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:26.620
 at school.

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 But even I can

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 deduce

00:12:29.639 --> 00:12:31.159
 that that is

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 a huge

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 amount of water.

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 Way more

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 than I'd imagine

00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:37.980
 they would actually

00:12:37.980 --> 00:12:38.899
 ever need

00:12:38.899 --> 00:12:40.159
 at this

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 wedding.

00:12:42.799 --> 00:12:43.759
 Here are all these

00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:44.779
 stone water jars

00:12:44.779 --> 00:12:45.700
 filled to the brim

00:12:45.700 --> 00:12:46.919
 and Jesus turns

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 every single

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 drop of it

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 into wine.

00:12:52.659 --> 00:12:53.059
 Right?

00:12:53.120 --> 00:12:53.899
 You read around here

00:12:53.899 --> 00:12:54.799
 some commentators

00:12:54.799 --> 00:12:55.600
 they speculate

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 that that is somewhere

00:12:56.659 --> 00:12:58.879
 of being our equivalent

00:12:58.879 --> 00:12:59.720
 of a thousand

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 bottles

00:13:00.500 --> 00:13:01.939
 of wine.

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 A thousand bottles.

00:13:03.980 --> 00:13:04.360
 Get your head

00:13:04.360 --> 00:13:04.960
 around that.

00:13:07.279 --> 00:13:07.919
 Now I don't know

00:13:07.919 --> 00:13:08.480
 if you've ever been

00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:09.100
 on a tour

00:13:09.100 --> 00:13:10.399
 of a vineyard before.

00:13:11.019 --> 00:13:11.259
 Right?

00:13:11.299 --> 00:13:11.639
 And learned

00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:13.000
 how they make wine.

00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:14.000
 The only time

00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:14.440
 I've ever done

00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:15.340
 something like that

00:13:15.340 --> 00:13:17.539
 was in Stellenbosch.

00:13:17.580 --> 00:13:17.940
 I was there

00:13:17.940 --> 00:13:18.759
 in South Africa

00:13:18.759 --> 00:13:19.779
 a number of years ago

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 and I don't remember

00:13:20.500 --> 00:13:21.100
 an awful lot

00:13:21.100 --> 00:13:21.740
 from that trip

00:13:21.740 --> 00:13:22.460
 except

00:13:22.460 --> 00:13:24.320
 for the fact

00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:25.639
 that I learned

00:13:25.639 --> 00:13:26.320
 that there's a lot

00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:27.820
 more to making wine

00:13:27.820 --> 00:13:29.679
 than for example

00:13:29.679 --> 00:13:30.759
 there is to making

00:13:30.759 --> 00:13:31.600
 Ribena.

00:13:32.779 --> 00:13:32.940
 Okay?

00:13:33.220 --> 00:13:34.519
 This isn't

00:13:34.519 --> 00:13:35.740
 20% cordial

00:13:35.740 --> 00:13:36.779
 80% water

00:13:36.779 --> 00:13:37.580
 and hey presto

00:13:37.580 --> 00:13:38.080
 there you go

00:13:38.080 --> 00:13:38.620
 kind of thing.

00:13:38.720 --> 00:13:38.820
 Right?

00:13:39.080 --> 00:13:39.879
 Making wine

00:13:39.879 --> 00:13:40.740
 takes time

00:13:40.740 --> 00:13:42.340
 and it's

00:13:42.340 --> 00:13:43.340
 a complicated

00:13:43.340 --> 00:13:44.500
 process.

00:13:45.539 --> 00:13:46.860
 So here's a question

00:13:46.860 --> 00:13:47.379
 that you may be

00:13:47.379 --> 00:13:48.559
 asking from this

00:13:48.559 --> 00:13:49.659
 text

00:13:49.659 --> 00:13:51.000
 and it's a great

00:13:51.000 --> 00:13:51.939
 question to ask

00:13:51.939 --> 00:13:52.419
 how?

00:13:53.419 --> 00:13:54.559
 How was Jesus

00:13:54.559 --> 00:13:55.120
 able

00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:56.679
 to do this?

00:13:56.740 --> 00:13:57.559
 I mean H2O

00:13:57.559 --> 00:13:58.360
 doesn't just turn

00:13:58.360 --> 00:14:00.879
 into C2H5OH

00:14:00.879 --> 00:14:01.879
 ethanol

00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:02.299
 right?

00:14:02.439 --> 00:14:03.080
 What a bizarre

00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:04.700
 thing to believe.

00:14:04.940 --> 00:14:05.179
 True.

00:14:05.979 --> 00:14:06.339
 But

00:14:06.339 --> 00:14:09.859
 what if Jesus

00:14:09.859 --> 00:14:12.500
 the one who

00:14:12.500 --> 00:14:14.000
 stepped in here

00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:15.819
 is actually

00:14:15.819 --> 00:14:16.519
 the one who

00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:17.319
 controls

00:14:17.319 --> 00:14:17.899
 the laws

00:14:17.899 --> 00:14:18.579
 of chemistry?

00:14:19.959 --> 00:14:20.419
 What if

00:14:20.419 --> 00:14:21.359
 he is the one

00:14:21.359 --> 00:14:22.519
 who controls

00:14:22.519 --> 00:14:24.419
 the whole

00:14:24.419 --> 00:14:25.359
 scene here?

00:14:25.500 --> 00:14:25.759
 What if

00:14:25.759 --> 00:14:26.939
 he is the creator

00:14:26.939 --> 00:14:27.439
 who is able

00:14:27.439 --> 00:14:28.379
 to do all things

00:14:28.379 --> 00:14:29.059
 who stepped

00:14:29.059 --> 00:14:29.779
 into the human

00:14:29.779 --> 00:14:30.359
 equation

00:14:30.359 --> 00:14:32.279
 and here he is.

00:14:32.599 --> 00:14:33.019
 You see here's

00:14:33.019 --> 00:14:33.459
 what John

00:14:33.459 --> 00:14:34.319
 has already said

00:14:34.320 --> 00:14:34.800
 about Jesus

00:14:34.800 --> 00:14:35.620
 back in chapter

00:14:35.620 --> 00:14:35.980
 one.

00:14:36.060 --> 00:14:36.300
 If you want

00:14:36.300 --> 00:14:36.860
 to flip back

00:14:36.860 --> 00:14:37.480
 a page.

00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:39.800
 Rightly off

00:14:39.800 --> 00:14:40.300
 he said

00:14:40.300 --> 00:14:41.220
 all things

00:14:41.220 --> 00:14:41.680
 were made

00:14:41.680 --> 00:14:42.540
 through him.

00:14:44.620 --> 00:14:45.240
 That he is

00:14:45.240 --> 00:14:45.760
 God in the

00:14:45.760 --> 00:14:46.360
 flesh.

00:14:47.640 --> 00:14:48.340
 This is Jesus

00:14:48.340 --> 00:14:48.860
 and therefore

00:14:48.860 --> 00:14:49.860
 this is exactly

00:14:49.860 --> 00:14:50.540
 the kind of

00:14:50.540 --> 00:14:51.240
 thing that we'd

00:14:51.240 --> 00:14:51.900
 expect someone

00:14:51.900 --> 00:14:52.680
 making that

00:14:52.680 --> 00:14:54.220
 claim would be

00:14:54.220 --> 00:14:54.900
 able to do.

00:14:55.060 --> 00:14:55.780
 Here's a confession.

00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:56.360
 I think I would

00:14:56.360 --> 00:14:57.000
 struggle more

00:14:57.000 --> 00:14:57.660
 with this.

00:14:58.400 --> 00:14:58.980
 If Jesus

00:14:58.980 --> 00:14:59.620
 made these

00:14:59.620 --> 00:15:00.600
 claims about

00:15:00.600 --> 00:15:01.260
 himself and he

00:15:01.260 --> 00:15:02.280
 wasn't able to

00:15:02.280 --> 00:15:02.940
 do things like

00:15:02.940 --> 00:15:03.380
 this.

00:15:04.320 --> 00:15:06.540
 Jesus has

00:15:06.540 --> 00:15:06.879
 this kind

00:15:06.879 --> 00:15:07.240
 of power.

00:15:09.680 --> 00:15:10.440
 The question

00:15:10.440 --> 00:15:10.960
 is what will

00:15:10.960 --> 00:15:11.440
 Jesus do

00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:11.820
 with this

00:15:11.820 --> 00:15:12.120
 power?

00:15:13.780 --> 00:15:14.320
 It's interesting

00:15:14.320 --> 00:15:14.780
 isn't it?

00:15:14.820 --> 00:15:15.680
 It's a question

00:15:15.680 --> 00:15:16.680
 that maybe

00:15:16.680 --> 00:15:17.560
 as a society

00:15:17.560 --> 00:15:18.100
 and as a

00:15:18.100 --> 00:15:18.520
 world that

00:15:18.520 --> 00:15:18.980
 we're asking

00:15:18.980 --> 00:15:19.800
 ourselves right

00:15:19.800 --> 00:15:20.440
 now about

00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:21.720
 those people

00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:22.140
 who are in

00:15:22.140 --> 00:15:22.800
 positions of

00:15:22.800 --> 00:15:23.160
 power.

00:15:24.280 --> 00:15:24.560
 Right?

00:15:24.640 --> 00:15:24.940
 In those

00:15:24.940 --> 00:15:25.680
 positions of

00:15:25.680 --> 00:15:26.200
 influence.

00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:26.760
 Having those

00:15:26.760 --> 00:15:27.379
 platforms.

00:15:27.560 --> 00:15:27.860
 What will

00:15:27.860 --> 00:15:28.460
 they do

00:15:28.460 --> 00:15:29.340
 with the

00:15:29.340 --> 00:15:29.920
 power that's

00:15:29.920 --> 00:15:30.400
 been given

00:15:30.400 --> 00:15:31.440
 to them?

00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:33.280
 What will

00:15:33.280 --> 00:15:33.540
 they do

00:15:33.540 --> 00:15:33.820
 with the

00:15:33.820 --> 00:15:34.220
 power that

00:15:34.220 --> 00:15:35.120
 they have?

00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:37.620
 Now part of

00:15:37.620 --> 00:15:38.020
 the question

00:15:38.020 --> 00:15:38.320
 and we'll

00:15:38.320 --> 00:15:38.780
 come back

00:15:38.780 --> 00:15:39.060
 to it.

00:15:39.100 --> 00:15:39.360
 What would

00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:40.080
 Jesus do

00:15:40.080 --> 00:15:40.500
 with the

00:15:40.500 --> 00:15:41.120
 power that

00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:41.640
 he has?

00:15:42.860 --> 00:15:43.220
 But there's

00:15:43.220 --> 00:15:43.580
 a question

00:15:43.580 --> 00:15:43.820
 you might

00:15:43.820 --> 00:15:44.120
 have in

00:15:44.120 --> 00:15:44.520
 your mind.

00:15:44.600 --> 00:15:44.860
 How is

00:15:44.860 --> 00:15:45.340
 Jesus able

00:15:45.340 --> 00:15:45.640
 to do

00:15:45.640 --> 00:15:45.820
 this?

00:15:45.940 --> 00:15:46.280
 Secondly,

00:15:46.380 --> 00:15:46.600
 you might

00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:47.020
 be thinking

00:15:47.020 --> 00:15:47.440
 well people

00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:47.960
 back then

00:15:47.960 --> 00:15:48.680
 didn't know

00:15:48.680 --> 00:15:49.120
 as much

00:15:49.120 --> 00:15:49.780
 about science

00:15:49.780 --> 00:15:50.280
 as we do

00:15:50.280 --> 00:15:50.660
 today.

00:15:50.800 --> 00:15:50.940
 I mean

00:15:50.940 --> 00:15:52.160
 Einstein

00:15:52.160 --> 00:15:52.620
 didn't come

00:15:52.620 --> 00:15:52.980
 up with

00:15:52.980 --> 00:15:53.420
 the equals

00:15:53.420 --> 00:15:54.040
 mc squared

00:15:54.040 --> 00:15:55.260
 until 1905.

00:15:55.640 --> 00:15:55.880
 What do

00:15:55.880 --> 00:15:56.520
 these guys

00:15:56.520 --> 00:15:57.020
 know?

00:15:57.300 --> 00:15:57.820
 Well true.

00:15:57.820 --> 00:16:00.000
 But these

00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:01.180
 people probably

00:16:01.180 --> 00:16:02.200
 knew enough

00:16:02.200 --> 00:16:02.620
 about the

00:16:02.620 --> 00:16:03.800
 way things

00:16:03.800 --> 00:16:04.840
 work in the

00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:06.100
 world to

00:16:06.100 --> 00:16:07.260
 know that

00:16:07.260 --> 00:16:08.300
 this isn't

00:16:08.300 --> 00:16:09.860
 normally how

00:16:09.860 --> 00:16:10.500
 you make

00:16:10.500 --> 00:16:10.940
 wine.

00:16:11.940 --> 00:16:12.320
 In other

00:16:12.320 --> 00:16:12.780
 words these

00:16:12.780 --> 00:16:13.379
 people who

00:16:13.379 --> 00:16:15.040
 taste, it's

00:16:15.040 --> 00:16:15.480
 important to

00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:16.100
 see that as

00:16:16.100 --> 00:16:16.500
 well, the

00:16:16.500 --> 00:16:18.500
 taste is

00:16:18.500 --> 00:16:19.080
 included here,

00:16:19.320 --> 00:16:19.960
 they taste the

00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:20.460
 water turned

00:16:20.460 --> 00:16:20.920
 into wine,

00:16:21.200 --> 00:16:21.900
 these people

00:16:21.900 --> 00:16:22.660
 aren't fools.

00:16:24.020 --> 00:16:24.320
 Right?

00:16:24.500 --> 00:16:25.220
 They know how

00:16:25.220 --> 00:16:25.900
 this process

00:16:25.900 --> 00:16:26.460
 normally goes,

00:16:26.540 --> 00:16:27.000
 they aren't

00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:27.320
 fools.

00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:28.860
 In fact, do

00:16:28.860 --> 00:16:29.160
 you see how

00:16:29.160 --> 00:16:29.740
 the proof is

00:16:29.740 --> 00:16:30.240
 in the pudding

00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:30.660
 here?

00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:32.080
 Which is

00:16:32.080 --> 00:16:32.920
 probably completely

00:16:32.920 --> 00:16:33.240
 the wrong

00:16:33.240 --> 00:16:33.820
 metaphor to

00:16:33.820 --> 00:16:34.360
 use here but

00:16:34.360 --> 00:16:34.879
 we'll go with

00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:34.980
 it.

00:16:35.040 --> 00:16:35.379
 Do you see

00:16:35.379 --> 00:16:36.080
 at verse 9

00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:36.440
 how the

00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:36.960
 master of

00:16:36.960 --> 00:16:37.620
 the ceremonies

00:16:37.620 --> 00:16:38.260
 comes on

00:16:38.260 --> 00:16:38.660
 the scene?

00:16:39.920 --> 00:16:40.040
 Right?

00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:40.480
 He's probably

00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:41.020
 been to a

00:16:41.020 --> 00:16:41.580
 wedding or

00:16:41.580 --> 00:16:42.120
 two, I'd

00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:42.940
 imagine in

00:16:42.940 --> 00:16:44.100
 his lifetime

00:16:44.100 --> 00:16:45.220
 he tastes

00:16:45.220 --> 00:16:46.000
 the wine.

00:16:46.520 --> 00:16:46.600
 Right?

00:16:46.640 --> 00:16:47.340
 Another detail

00:16:47.340 --> 00:16:48.980
 important to

00:16:48.980 --> 00:16:49.560
 see here, he

00:16:49.560 --> 00:16:51.320
 tastes the

00:16:51.320 --> 00:16:51.700
 wine, a

00:16:51.700 --> 00:16:52.960
 physical thing.

00:16:53.460 --> 00:16:53.600
 Right?

00:16:53.620 --> 00:16:53.840
 He doesn't

00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:54.440
 get his wine

00:16:54.440 --> 00:16:55.100
 app out on

00:16:55.100 --> 00:16:55.780
 his phone and

00:16:55.780 --> 00:16:56.280
 say it looks

00:16:56.280 --> 00:16:57.040
 to me like a

00:16:57.040 --> 00:16:57.380
 Pinot

00:16:57.379 --> 00:16:57.860
 Noir.

00:16:57.919 --> 00:16:58.159
 He doesn't

00:16:58.159 --> 00:16:58.779
 do the smell

00:16:58.779 --> 00:16:59.519
 test that we

00:16:59.519 --> 00:17:00.200
 all do with

00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:01.000
 wine, pretending

00:17:01.000 --> 00:17:01.600
 we know what's

00:17:01.600 --> 00:17:02.200
 going on when

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 actually we don't

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 and saying it

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 smells like the

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 good stuff.

00:17:05.539 --> 00:17:06.660
 This man tastes

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 the wine and

00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:10.619
 his palate can

00:17:10.619 --> 00:17:11.420
 detect when wine

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 is wine and it

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 can detect when

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 wine is bad and

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 it can detect when

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 wine is good and

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 when it is good.

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 wine.

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 And he tastes this

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 wine and you

00:17:25.360 --> 00:17:25.860
 see how he

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 concludes that

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 this wine is

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 the best.

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 This is wonderful

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 stuff that's been

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 brought out here.

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 I mean this is

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 the first century

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 equivalent of the

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 Screaming Eagle

00:17:37.100 --> 00:17:38.700
 Cabernet Sauvignon

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 which somebody paid

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 $500,000 for

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 recently at a

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 charity auction.

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 This stuff is the

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 best.

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 Here's the point.

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 Jesus hasn't just

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 provided quantity.

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 Jesus has provided

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 quality.

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 Do you see it?

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 Both of those

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 things.

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 His provision in

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 other words is

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 extravagantly

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 abundant.

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 Way more than

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 anything we could

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 possibly conceive

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 of.

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 And verse 10

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 here's what's

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 going on.

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 The MC calls for

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 the groom because

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 the usual

00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:17.079
 thing to do in

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 this culture is to

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 bring out the good

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 wine first.

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 And once your

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 guests were tired

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 and they're full you

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 bring out the cheap

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 stuff because they

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 won't really notice.

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 But not so this

00:18:26.399 --> 00:18:26.759
 groom.

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 So thinks the MC.

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 This groom has done

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 the opposite.

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 He's not gone for the

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 downward curve on the

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 day.

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 He's gone for the

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 upward curve.

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 To quote Vanessa

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 Williams he's gone

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 and saved the best

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 to last.

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 And you see maybe

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 zooming out here

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 what's going on.

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 This groom

00:18:48.100 --> 00:18:50.279
 he hasn't just

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 been spared

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 shame.

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 Actually

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 he's been given

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 honor

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 in the wedding

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 that almost

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 all went

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 wrong.

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 But you see

00:19:04.460 --> 00:19:05.400
 there's way

00:19:05.400 --> 00:19:06.500
 more going on

00:19:06.500 --> 00:19:06.880
 here

00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:08.980
 than simply

00:19:08.980 --> 00:19:09.779
 Jesus pulling

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 off a neat

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 trick.

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 right like

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 some kind of

00:19:13.339 --> 00:19:14.519
 first century

00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:15.940
 David Blaine.

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 More going on

00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:18.220
 here and

00:19:18.220 --> 00:19:19.380
 to see it

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 and I pray

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 that we see

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 it and

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 savor it.

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 A good question

00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:26.000
 to ask ourselves

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 from the text

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 is who is

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 Jesus standing

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 in for

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 here at this

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 wedding.

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 Now the

00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:34.480
 culture vultures

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 out there might

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 know that

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 that huge

00:19:38.359 --> 00:19:39.039
 painting of

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 this scene by

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 Paolo Veronese

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 hangs proudly

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 in the

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 Louvre

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 in Paris.

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 Some of you

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 might have

00:19:45.040 --> 00:19:45.460
 gone and

00:19:45.460 --> 00:19:45.940
 seen it.

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 And it's

00:19:48.060 --> 00:19:48.960
 a huge

00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:49.420
 picture.

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 And if you

00:19:50.040 --> 00:19:50.800
 look carefully

00:19:50.800 --> 00:19:51.440
 at it there's

00:19:51.440 --> 00:19:52.040
 something really

00:19:52.040 --> 00:19:53.180
 strange actually

00:19:53.180 --> 00:19:53.820
 about this

00:19:53.820 --> 00:19:54.220
 scene.

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 And the

00:19:55.480 --> 00:19:56.800
 strange part

00:19:56.800 --> 00:19:57.520
 of it is

00:19:57.520 --> 00:19:58.600
 when you look

00:19:58.600 --> 00:19:59.540
 at the head

00:19:59.540 --> 00:20:01.180
 of the table

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:01.860
 the positions

00:20:01.860 --> 00:20:02.460
 of honor.

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 And the

00:20:03.860 --> 00:20:04.280
 strange thing

00:20:04.280 --> 00:20:04.680
 is it's not

00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:05.140
 the groom

00:20:05.140 --> 00:20:05.640
 that's sitting

00:20:05.640 --> 00:20:05.960
 in that

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 position

00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:07.440
 where you

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 normally

00:20:07.800 --> 00:20:08.380
 expect him

00:20:08.380 --> 00:20:08.640
 to be

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 sitting.

00:20:09.880 --> 00:20:10.740
 Actually is

00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:11.460
 Jesus sitting

00:20:11.460 --> 00:20:11.780
 in that

00:20:11.780 --> 00:20:12.240
 position?

00:20:14.280 --> 00:20:14.640
 Now I've

00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:15.460
 got no idea

00:20:15.460 --> 00:20:16.900
 whether Veronese

00:20:16.900 --> 00:20:17.520
 meant that

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 or not.

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 But that is

00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:20.960
 profoundly the

00:20:20.960 --> 00:20:21.720
 point of the

00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:22.480
 passage.

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 Who is

00:20:24.880 --> 00:20:25.740
 Jesus standing

00:20:25.740 --> 00:20:26.620
 in for here

00:20:26.620 --> 00:20:27.080
 friends?

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 He's standing

00:20:29.260 --> 00:20:29.800
 in for the

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 groom.

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 Isn't he?

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 And when you

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 add to that

00:20:34.600 --> 00:20:35.620
 the fact that

00:20:35.620 --> 00:20:36.120
 this little

00:20:36.120 --> 00:20:37.000
 episode and

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 as it

00:20:38.259 --> 00:20:39.039
 follows John

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 chapter 1

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 and on

00:20:41.019 --> 00:20:41.400
 to John

00:20:41.400 --> 00:20:41.900
 chapter 2

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 as he

00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:42.779
 presents it

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 it takes

00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:43.980
 place at

00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:44.480
 the end

00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:44.779
 of the

00:20:44.779 --> 00:20:45.819
 first week

00:20:45.819 --> 00:20:46.460
 of Jesus'

00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:47.380
 public

00:20:47.380 --> 00:20:48.660
 ministry

00:20:48.660 --> 00:20:49.279
 as John

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:50.299
 records it

00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:50.940
 here i.e.

00:20:50.940 --> 00:20:51.400
 it happens

00:20:51.400 --> 00:20:51.700
 on the

00:20:51.700 --> 00:20:52.599
 seventh day

00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:54.720
 the perfect

00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:55.220
 day

00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:57.180
 you begin

00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:57.700
 to see that

00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:58.180
 there's more

00:20:58.180 --> 00:20:58.940
 going on here

00:20:58.940 --> 00:20:59.579
 than we might

00:20:59.579 --> 00:21:00.920
 first see.

00:21:00.920 --> 00:21:02.740
 you know

00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:03.000
 I want you

00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:03.320
 to think

00:21:03.320 --> 00:21:03.620
 back

00:21:03.620 --> 00:21:04.180
 did you

00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:04.920
 catch the

00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:05.900
 reading from

00:21:05.900 --> 00:21:07.120
 Isaiah that

00:21:07.120 --> 00:21:07.740
 we heard

00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:08.300
 earlier

00:21:08.300 --> 00:21:09.820
 what God

00:21:09.820 --> 00:21:10.460
 had said to

00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:11.000
 his people

00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:12.519
 centuries before

00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:14.539
 Jesus arrived

00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:15.320
 God calling

00:21:15.320 --> 00:21:16.220
 his people to

00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:17.300
 turn back to

00:21:17.300 --> 00:21:18.279
 him to stop

00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:19.680
 running their

00:21:19.680 --> 00:21:22.140
 way their

00:21:22.140 --> 00:21:23.279
 sinful way

00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:23.960
 following and

00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:24.759
 worshipping idols

00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:25.759
 to turn back

00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:27.140
 to him and to

00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:28.060
 trust him

00:21:28.060 --> 00:21:28.560
 why?

00:21:29.180 --> 00:21:29.800
 What will God

00:21:29.800 --> 00:21:30.580
 do for them

00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:31.259
 and be for

00:21:31.259 --> 00:21:31.740
 them in the

00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:32.259
 years to

00:21:32.259 --> 00:21:32.539
 come?

00:21:32.659 --> 00:21:33.740
 Here's what

00:21:33.740 --> 00:21:34.960
 Isaiah records

00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:36.799
 God says

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:37.359
 do not be

00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:37.960
 afraid

00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:39.480
 you will not

00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:40.079
 be put to

00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:40.439
 shame

00:21:40.439 --> 00:21:42.099
 do not fear

00:21:42.099 --> 00:21:42.619
 disgrace

00:21:42.619 --> 00:21:44.139
 you will not

00:21:44.139 --> 00:21:45.119
 be humiliated

00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:46.759
 you will forget

00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:47.379
 the shame of

00:21:47.379 --> 00:21:47.879
 your youth

00:21:47.879 --> 00:21:48.720
 and remember

00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:49.519
 no more

00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:50.779
 the reproach

00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:51.139
 of your

00:21:51.139 --> 00:21:51.819
 widowhood

00:21:51.819 --> 00:21:53.279
 for your

00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:54.259
 maker is

00:21:54.259 --> 00:21:54.980
 your husband

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:56.720
 the Lord

00:21:56.720 --> 00:21:57.220
 Almighty

00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:58.139
 is his name

00:21:58.139 --> 00:21:59.839
 the Holy

00:21:59.839 --> 00:22:00.359
 One of

00:22:00.359 --> 00:22:01.099
 Israel is

00:22:01.099 --> 00:22:02.079
 your redeemer

00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:03.939
 he is

00:22:03.939 --> 00:22:04.740
 called the

00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.519
 God of

00:22:05.519 --> 00:22:06.879
 all the

00:22:06.879 --> 00:22:07.519
 earth

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:10.279
 so God

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:11.059
 is promising

00:22:11.059 --> 00:22:11.819
 to come

00:22:11.819 --> 00:22:13.079
 and rescue

00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:13.819
 his people

00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:15.139
 and be for

00:22:15.139 --> 00:22:15.599
 them

00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:17.479
 a perfect

00:22:17.479 --> 00:22:17.899
 husband

00:22:17.899 --> 00:22:20.899
 and here

00:22:20.899 --> 00:22:21.500
 is Jesus

00:22:21.500 --> 00:22:24.139
 the perfect

00:22:24.139 --> 00:22:26.419
 divine groom

00:22:26.419 --> 00:22:27.259
 who has come

00:22:27.259 --> 00:22:27.779
 for that

00:22:27.779 --> 00:22:28.619
 express

00:22:28.619 --> 00:22:29.759
 reason

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:31.640
 to rescue

00:22:31.640 --> 00:22:32.519
 his bride

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:34.019
 his people

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:36.420
 because the

00:22:36.420 --> 00:22:36.920
 wedding that

00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:37.920
 almost all

00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:38.539
 went wrong

00:22:38.539 --> 00:22:39.839
 it points us

00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:41.440
 to consider

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:42.160
 the wedding

00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:43.099
 where all

00:22:43.099 --> 00:22:43.700
 will be

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:44.779
 right

00:22:44.779 --> 00:22:46.900
 because the

00:22:46.900 --> 00:22:47.700
 Bible story

00:22:47.700 --> 00:22:48.599
 it ends

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:49.940
 with a

00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.279
 wedding

00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:51.039
 it ends

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.700
 with Jesus

00:22:51.700 --> 00:22:52.379
 the groom

00:22:52.379 --> 00:22:52.759
 and his

00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.220
 people

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:54.980
 the bride

00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:56.079
 God

00:22:56.079 --> 00:22:56.660
 finally

00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:57.279
 and fully

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:57.880
 dwelling

00:22:57.880 --> 00:22:58.600
 with his

00:22:58.600 --> 00:22:59.440
 people

00:22:59.440 --> 00:22:59.940
 which has

00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:00.259
 been his

00:23:00.259 --> 00:23:00.839
 intention

00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:01.579
 all along

00:23:01.579 --> 00:23:02.539
 dwelling with

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:03.279
 them fully

00:23:03.279 --> 00:23:03.960
 in his

00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:05.460
 new creation

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:06.299
 and we get

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:06.759
 the scene

00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.180
 there in

00:23:07.180 --> 00:23:07.660
 revelation

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:08.019
 of a

00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.480
 great

00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:09.160
 multitude

00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:09.880
 of people

00:23:09.880 --> 00:23:10.519
 are there

00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:12.039
 from every

00:23:12.039 --> 00:23:12.740
 tribe

00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.279
 from every

00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:13.819
 tongue

00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:14.420
 from every

00:23:14.420 --> 00:23:15.100
 nation

00:23:15.100 --> 00:23:15.740
 gathered

00:23:15.740 --> 00:23:16.480
 together

00:23:16.480 --> 00:23:16.860
 singing

00:23:16.860 --> 00:23:17.740
 one song

00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.339
 glory

00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:19.179
 to the

00:23:19.179 --> 00:23:19.480
 lamb

00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:19.859
 who was

00:23:19.859 --> 00:23:20.220
 slain

00:23:20.220 --> 00:23:21.339
 worshipping

00:23:21.339 --> 00:23:21.919
 their

00:23:21.919 --> 00:23:22.399
 heavenly

00:23:22.399 --> 00:23:22.959
 father

00:23:22.959 --> 00:23:23.359
 gathered

00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:24.199
 together

00:23:24.199 --> 00:23:24.740
 as one

00:23:24.740 --> 00:23:25.059
 people

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.699
 of faith

00:23:25.699 --> 00:23:28.599
 and feasting

00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:28.939
 with

00:23:28.939 --> 00:23:30.099
 Jesus

00:23:30.099 --> 00:23:31.819
 in his

00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:32.220
 new

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:32.579
 and in

00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:32.740
 his

00:23:32.740 --> 00:23:33.379
 perfect

00:23:33.379 --> 00:23:34.599
 kingdom

00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:36.519
 now let me

00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:36.740
 ask you

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:36.919
 is a

00:23:36.919 --> 00:23:37.439
 wonderful

00:23:37.439 --> 00:23:38.059
 thing

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:40.619
 to consider

00:23:40.619 --> 00:23:42.000
 and know

00:23:42.000 --> 00:23:42.339
 to be

00:23:42.339 --> 00:23:42.759
 true

00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:43.819
 in light

00:23:43.819 --> 00:23:44.240
 of everything

00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:44.539
 that's

00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:45.059
 gone on

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:45.980
 in recent

00:23:45.980 --> 00:23:46.459
 days

00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:48.940
 a

00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:49.299
 people

00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:50.019
 many

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.360
 people

00:23:50.360 --> 00:23:50.519
 of

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:50.860
 different

00:23:50.860 --> 00:23:51.400
 tribes

00:23:51.400 --> 00:23:52.480
 tongues

00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:53.220
 and

00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:53.640
 nations

00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:54.120
 gathered

00:23:54.120 --> 00:23:54.740
 together

00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:55.680
 what a

00:23:55.680 --> 00:23:56.039
 wonderful

00:23:56.039 --> 00:23:56.460
 scene

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:58.400
 and I want

00:23:58.400 --> 00:23:58.759
 you to know

00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.140
 that if you're

00:23:59.140 --> 00:23:59.700
 a Christian

00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:00.480
 I want you

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:00.700
 to be

00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.319
 edified

00:24:01.319 --> 00:24:02.360
 as you

00:24:02.360 --> 00:24:02.880
 think about

00:24:02.880 --> 00:24:03.380
 this scene

00:24:03.380 --> 00:24:04.079
 because

00:24:04.079 --> 00:24:05.539
 in all your

00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:06.120
 difficulties

00:24:06.120 --> 00:24:06.559
 that you

00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:06.900
 might be

00:24:06.900 --> 00:24:07.319
 facing

00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:08.279
 right now

00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:09.140
 and all the

00:24:09.140 --> 00:24:09.660
 questions

00:24:09.660 --> 00:24:10.140
 that you

00:24:10.140 --> 00:24:10.900
 might have

00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:11.240
 all the

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.819
 anxiety

00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:12.220
 that might

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:12.799
 be lingering

00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:13.779
 in your

00:24:13.779 --> 00:24:14.079
 heart

00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:14.500
 as you

00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:14.900
 view

00:24:14.900 --> 00:24:15.779
 the world

00:24:15.779 --> 00:24:16.180
 and as you

00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:16.680
 live your

00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.060
 life

00:24:17.060 --> 00:24:18.000
 in it

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:19.039
 that right

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:19.580
 here

00:24:19.580 --> 00:24:20.779
 is your

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.680
 untouchable

00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:22.080
 hope

00:24:22.080 --> 00:24:22.400
 the one

00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:22.680
 that you

00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:23.039
 have

00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:23.380
 for the

00:24:23.380 --> 00:24:23.840
 future

00:24:23.840 --> 00:24:26.900
 and how

00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:27.320
 will Jesus

00:24:27.320 --> 00:24:27.980
 bring this

00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:28.519
 about

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:30.160
 it's a

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:30.380
 wonderful

00:24:30.380 --> 00:24:30.840
 picture

00:24:30.840 --> 00:24:31.480
 but how

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:31.740
 will he

00:24:31.740 --> 00:24:32.100
 bring it

00:24:32.100 --> 00:24:32.500
 about

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:34.060
 well do you

00:24:34.060 --> 00:24:34.380
 see how

00:24:34.380 --> 00:24:35.799
 Jesus is

00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:36.380
 like the

00:24:36.380 --> 00:24:36.680
 groom in

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:37.200
 this episode

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:37.820
 but in a

00:24:37.820 --> 00:24:38.360
 sense

00:24:38.360 --> 00:24:39.880
 friends we

00:24:39.880 --> 00:24:40.360
 all too

00:24:40.360 --> 00:24:40.820
 are like the

00:24:40.820 --> 00:24:41.160
 groom in

00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:41.799
 this episode

00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:41.980
 world

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:45.180
 because we

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:45.700
 deserve

00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:46.659
 shame

00:24:46.659 --> 00:24:48.359
 for our

00:24:48.359 --> 00:24:48.919
 failure to

00:24:48.919 --> 00:24:49.619
 do something

00:24:49.619 --> 00:24:51.759
 for our

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.500
 failure to

00:24:52.500 --> 00:24:54.379
 honour our

00:24:54.379 --> 00:24:55.419
 creator God

00:24:55.419 --> 00:24:55.740
 as he

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.419
 deserves to

00:24:56.419 --> 00:24:57.559
 be honoured

00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:59.379
 and our

00:24:59.379 --> 00:25:00.299
 desire to

00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:02.659
 our hearts

00:25:02.659 --> 00:25:03.079
 kind of bent

00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:03.619
 inward on

00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:04.180
 themselves

00:25:04.180 --> 00:25:05.460
 our natural

00:25:05.460 --> 00:25:06.480
 inclination to

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:07.220
 want to honour

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:08.039
 ourselves

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:09.240
 rather than

00:25:09.240 --> 00:25:09.759
 him

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.839
 it's the

00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:11.539
 very essence

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:12.599
 of sin

00:25:12.599 --> 00:25:13.920
 the plagues

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:15.339
 deep inside

00:25:15.339 --> 00:25:16.000
 of all of

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.519
 us

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:19.319
 and with that

00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:19.579
 in mind

00:25:19.579 --> 00:25:19.819
 do you see

00:25:19.819 --> 00:25:20.240
 how there's a

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:21.159
 wonderful picture

00:25:21.159 --> 00:25:22.779
 of the good

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:23.359
 news of the

00:25:23.359 --> 00:25:24.240
 gospel here

00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:26.440
 as we see

00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:27.259
 Jesus standing

00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:28.079
 in for

00:25:28.079 --> 00:25:29.180
 this groom

00:25:29.180 --> 00:25:31.079
 taking the

00:25:31.079 --> 00:25:31.819
 shame that

00:25:31.819 --> 00:25:32.700
 should have

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.639
 been rightfully

00:25:33.639 --> 00:25:34.659
 his and

00:25:34.659 --> 00:25:35.379
 instead

00:25:35.379 --> 00:25:37.399
 bestowing on

00:25:37.399 --> 00:25:37.740
 him

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.500
 honour

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:41.180
 in fact it's

00:25:41.180 --> 00:25:41.839
 essentially what

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:42.319
 the rest of

00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:43.019
 John's gospel

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:44.460
 is about

00:25:44.460 --> 00:25:45.000
 for what does

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.640
 he say

00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:46.980
 to see Jesus

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.779
 back at verse

00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:48.460
 four what does

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:48.920
 he say has

00:25:48.920 --> 00:25:49.579
 not yet come

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:50.180
 his hour

00:25:50.180 --> 00:25:51.700
 in fact you'll

00:25:51.700 --> 00:25:52.240
 get that phrase

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:53.120
 repeatedly in

00:25:53.120 --> 00:25:53.680
 John's gospel

00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:54.319
 all the way

00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:54.859
 through Jesus

00:25:54.859 --> 00:25:55.319
 saying my

00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:55.940
 hour has not

00:25:55.940 --> 00:25:56.460
 yet come

00:25:56.460 --> 00:25:57.319
 my hour has

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:58.160
 not yet come

00:25:58.160 --> 00:25:59.140
 my hour has

00:25:59.140 --> 00:26:00.000
 not yet come

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:00.880
 until he's on

00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:01.480
 the verge of

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.019
 his death on

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.759
 the cross and

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.900
 he says my

00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:04.339
 hour has

00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:04.720
 come

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:06.980
 the cross

00:26:06.980 --> 00:26:09.460
 the place

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:09.839
 where he

00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.720
 goes to

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:12.599
 bear our

00:26:12.599 --> 00:26:13.500
 shame

00:26:13.500 --> 00:26:15.500
 on himself

00:26:15.500 --> 00:26:16.360
 as he hangs

00:26:16.360 --> 00:26:17.039
 there as he

00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:18.440
 sheds his

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:19.180
 blood as he

00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:19.759
 bears the

00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.480
 wrath of God

00:26:20.480 --> 00:26:21.259
 on himself

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:21.940
 the one that

00:26:21.940 --> 00:26:22.839
 we deserve

00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:25.000
 so that we

00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:25.740
 through faith

00:26:25.740 --> 00:26:26.380
 in him

00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:28.200
 and purely

00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:29.099
 by faith

00:26:29.099 --> 00:26:29.720
 in him

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:31.039
 as he brings

00:26:31.039 --> 00:26:31.400
 us to

00:26:31.400 --> 00:26:32.299
 himself and

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:32.960
 as he makes

00:26:32.960 --> 00:26:33.700
 us his own

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:34.319
 can know

00:26:34.319 --> 00:26:35.460
 the status

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:36.840
 the privilege

00:26:36.840 --> 00:26:37.680
 the right

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:39.380
 of being

00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:40.279
 honored in

00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.980
 the eyes of

00:26:40.980 --> 00:26:41.600
 our creator

00:26:41.600 --> 00:26:42.200
 because our

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.740
 lives are

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.660
 found in

00:26:43.660 --> 00:26:44.940
 the son

00:26:44.940 --> 00:26:47.860
 because what

00:26:47.860 --> 00:26:48.340
 will Jesus

00:26:48.340 --> 00:26:50.660
 do with

00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:51.319
 the power

00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:51.840
 that he

00:26:51.840 --> 00:26:52.460
 has

00:26:52.460 --> 00:26:54.539
 answer

00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:56.340
 he will

00:26:56.340 --> 00:26:56.860
 use it

00:26:56.860 --> 00:26:57.819
 to serve

00:26:57.819 --> 00:27:00.160
 he will

00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:00.640
 use it

00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:01.480
 to serve

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:03.279
 the beating

00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:03.839
 heart

00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:04.319
 of a

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:04.599
 loving

00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:05.059
 heavenly

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.579
 father

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:06.220
 for a

00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:06.819
 world

00:27:06.819 --> 00:27:07.839
 that is

00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.140
 turned

00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:08.620
 against

00:27:08.620 --> 00:27:08.880
 him

00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:09.120
 the

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:10.880
 devotion

00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:11.460
 and the

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:12.120
 desire

00:27:12.120 --> 00:27:12.539
 and the

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.059
 determination

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:14.059
 of Jesus

00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.839
 the son

00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:15.720
 to win

00:27:15.720 --> 00:27:16.500
 his bride

00:27:16.500 --> 00:27:17.380
 for himself

00:27:17.380 --> 00:27:18.019
 as he goes

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.740
 to the cross

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.400
 this is what's

00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:20.380
 driving this

00:27:20.380 --> 00:27:21.599
 Jesus will

00:27:21.599 --> 00:27:22.240
 use his

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:22.779
 power

00:27:22.779 --> 00:27:23.599
 not to

00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:24.420
 lord it

00:27:24.420 --> 00:27:25.900
 but to

00:27:25.900 --> 00:27:26.400
 serve

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:28.480
 you know

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:28.759
 I was

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:30.259
 reflecting

00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:30.680
 with

00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.900
 somebody

00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:32.340
 recently

00:27:32.340 --> 00:27:32.660
 on the

00:27:32.660 --> 00:27:32.920
 phone

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:33.440
 in our

00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:33.780
 church

00:27:33.780 --> 00:27:34.040
 and

00:27:34.040 --> 00:27:35.220
 we were

00:27:35.220 --> 00:27:36.300
 talking about

00:27:36.300 --> 00:27:37.080
 everything that's

00:27:37.080 --> 00:27:37.880
 going on in our

00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:38.600
 world just now

00:27:38.600 --> 00:27:40.400
 and we were

00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:41.280
 mentioning that as we

00:27:41.280 --> 00:27:41.900
 look at everything

00:27:41.900 --> 00:27:42.800
 that's happening in our

00:27:42.800 --> 00:27:43.340
 world at the

00:27:43.340 --> 00:27:43.920
 minute the

00:27:43.920 --> 00:27:45.120
 uncertainty

00:27:45.120 --> 00:27:45.820
 the

00:27:45.820 --> 00:27:47.160
 pain

00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:49.120
 the sense of

00:27:49.120 --> 00:27:50.080
 helplessness

00:27:50.080 --> 00:27:50.420
 the

00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:51.780
 abuse that's

00:27:51.780 --> 00:27:52.360
 going on

00:27:52.360 --> 00:27:53.140
 when you behold

00:27:53.140 --> 00:27:54.040
 the world

00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:56.019
 and in you

00:27:56.019 --> 00:27:56.359
 behold

00:27:56.359 --> 00:27:57.180
 God's king

00:27:57.180 --> 00:27:59.680
 we reflected

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.359
 that at perhaps

00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:01.200
 no other time

00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:01.980
 in our lives

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:03.420
 has following

00:28:03.420 --> 00:28:04.019
 Jesus

00:28:04.019 --> 00:28:04.839
 being his

00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:05.379
 disciple

00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:06.079
 both

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:07.500
 made more

00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:08.259
 sense

00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:09.940
 and

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:11.000
 felt

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.759
 more

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:13.000
 attractive

00:28:13.000 --> 00:28:16.519
 here is

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:17.220
 God's king

00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:19.200
 here is

00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:19.700
 Jesus

00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:23.159
 so friends

00:28:23.159 --> 00:28:23.659
 a wedding

00:28:23.660 --> 00:28:25.980
 what's the worst

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.320
 that could

00:28:26.320 --> 00:28:26.740
 happen

00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:29.560
 well according

00:28:29.560 --> 00:28:30.060
 to John

00:28:30.060 --> 00:28:30.519
 it's

00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:32.019
 as he records

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:32.660
 this wedding

00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:33.080
 here

00:28:33.080 --> 00:28:35.060
 actually the worst

00:28:35.060 --> 00:28:35.540
 thing that you

00:28:35.540 --> 00:28:36.279
 and I could do

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:36.720
 is that we

00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:36.980
 could

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:38.500
 read of this

00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:38.880
 wedding

00:28:38.880 --> 00:28:40.019
 and we would

00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:41.180
 fail to see

00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:42.580
 the glory

00:28:42.580 --> 00:28:43.180
 of

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:44.740
 and believe

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.200
 in

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:46.440
 Jesus

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:48.320
 the perfect

00:28:48.320 --> 00:28:49.160
 divine

00:28:49.160 --> 00:28:50.220
 groom

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:52.560
 so my question

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:53.279
 as we finish

00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:54.519
 is do you

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:54.960
 know him

00:28:54.960 --> 00:28:55.379
 as your

00:28:55.379 --> 00:28:56.619
 lord

00:28:56.619 --> 00:28:57.179
 and king

00:28:57.179 --> 00:28:57.899
 and saviour

00:28:57.899 --> 00:28:59.339
 and if not

00:28:59.339 --> 00:29:00.019
 what a wonderful

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.960
 opportunity

00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.579
 you have

00:29:01.579 --> 00:29:01.879
 now

00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:03.159
 to

00:29:03.159 --> 00:29:04.779
 believe in

00:29:04.779 --> 00:29:05.059
 the name

00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:05.500
 of Jesus

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:05.919
 and have

00:29:05.919 --> 00:29:06.480
 life in his

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:06.759
 name

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:09.159
 so why don't I

00:29:09.159 --> 00:29:09.500
 pray

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:11.259
 and

00:29:11.259 --> 00:29:12.799
 during this

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.059
 time

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:13.259
 why don't you

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:13.799
 just use it

00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.599
 to reflect

00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:16.220
 on everything

00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:16.700
 that we've

00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:17.500
 spoken about

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:19.019
 just in the

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:19.359
 silence

00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:19.859
 before I

00:29:19.859 --> 00:29:20.119
 pray

00:29:20.119 --> 00:29:25.879
 from heaven

00:29:25.879 --> 00:29:26.459
 you came

00:29:26.459 --> 00:29:26.939
 helpless

00:29:26.939 --> 00:29:27.439
 babe

00:29:27.439 --> 00:29:29.579
 entered our

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:29.979
 world

00:29:29.979 --> 00:29:30.779
 your glory

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.439
 veiled

00:29:31.439 --> 00:29:33.059
 not to be

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:33.579
 served

00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:34.019
 but to

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:34.619
 serve

00:29:34.619 --> 00:29:35.779
 and give

00:29:35.779 --> 00:29:36.519
 your life

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:37.579
 that we

00:29:37.579 --> 00:29:38.339
 might live

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:40.039
 this is our

00:29:40.039 --> 00:29:40.439
 God

00:29:40.439 --> 00:29:41.159
 the servant

00:29:41.159 --> 00:29:41.599
 king

00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:43.019
 he calls

00:29:43.019 --> 00:29:43.539
 us now

00:29:43.539 --> 00:29:44.419
 to follow

00:29:44.419 --> 00:29:45.039
 him

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:46.299
 to bring

00:29:46.299 --> 00:29:46.799
 our lives

00:29:46.799 --> 00:29:47.579
 as a daily

00:29:47.579 --> 00:29:48.359
 offering

00:29:48.359 --> 00:29:49.740
 of worship

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.399
 to

00:29:50.399 --> 00:29:51.939
 the servant

00:29:51.939 --> 00:29:52.559
 king

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:54.399
 and so

00:29:54.399 --> 00:29:54.799
 father we

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.439
 thank you so

00:29:55.439 --> 00:29:55.980
 much for your

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:57.220
 precious word

00:29:57.220 --> 00:29:59.000
 oh help us

00:29:59.000 --> 00:29:59.939
 to savor

00:29:59.939 --> 00:30:01.879
 and see

00:30:01.879 --> 00:30:03.000
 Jesus

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:04.279
 more

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:05.839
 off the

00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:06.519
 back of this

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:06.839
 today

00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:07.559
 may these

00:30:07.559 --> 00:30:08.460
 words linger

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:09.339
 long

00:30:09.339 --> 00:30:10.199
 in our

00:30:10.199 --> 00:30:10.639
 hearts

00:30:10.639 --> 00:30:11.099
 and in our

00:30:11.099 --> 00:30:11.460
 minds

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:12.579
 in Jesus

00:30:12.579 --> 00:30:13.579
 precious name

00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:14.079
 we pray

00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:14.559
 and ask

00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:15.439
 amen

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:17.519
 well I

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:18.100
 trust that as

00:30:18.100 --> 00:30:18.680
 we've heard

00:30:18.680 --> 00:30:19.299
 God's word

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:19.920
 this morning

00:30:19.920 --> 00:30:20.259
 and as

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:20.960
 we've responded

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:21.440
 to it

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.019
 individually

00:30:22.019 --> 00:30:22.559
 in our

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:22.799
 own

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.180
 lives

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:24.200
 that it's

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:24.799
 caused us

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:25.799
 to think

00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:27.019
 to stop

00:30:27.019 --> 00:30:27.279
 in our

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:27.600
 tracks

00:30:27.600 --> 00:30:27.960
 and to

00:30:27.960 --> 00:30:28.460
 consider

00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:29.900
 both the

00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:30.460
 world in

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:30.840
 which we

00:30:30.840 --> 00:30:31.220
 live

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:32.400
 and the

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:32.900
 lives that

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:33.259
 we are

00:30:33.259 --> 00:30:33.820
 currently

00:30:33.820 --> 00:30:34.720
 leading

00:30:34.720 --> 00:30:35.519
 our day

00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:35.799
 to day

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:36.180
 lives

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.860
 let me

00:30:36.860 --> 00:30:37.000
 just

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.360
 encourage

00:30:37.360 --> 00:30:37.539
 you

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:37.759
 if you

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.080
 want

00:30:38.080 --> 00:30:38.720
 to read

00:30:38.720 --> 00:30:39.180
 John's

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:39.580
 gospel

00:30:39.580 --> 00:30:40.700
 if you've

00:30:40.700 --> 00:30:41.240
 never read

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:41.720
 it before

00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.059
 and you're

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.279
 thinking

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:42.880
 that may be

00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:43.100
 something

00:30:43.100 --> 00:30:43.559
 you might

00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:43.980
 want to

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.200
 do

00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.639
 or you

00:30:44.639 --> 00:30:45.039
 can think

00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:45.359
 of a

00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:45.679
 friend

00:30:45.679 --> 00:30:46.240
 or family

00:30:46.240 --> 00:30:46.579
 member

00:30:46.579 --> 00:30:46.940
 who might

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.440
 be interested

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:47.899
 in doing

00:30:47.899 --> 00:30:48.200
 that

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:49.059
 let me

00:30:49.059 --> 00:30:49.240
 just

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.639
 encourage

00:30:49.639 --> 00:30:49.879
 you

00:30:49.879 --> 00:30:50.119
 to

00:30:50.119 --> 00:30:50.519
 consider

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:50.740
 the

00:30:50.740 --> 00:30:51.159
 words

00:30:51.159 --> 00:30:52.099
 one-to-one

00:30:52.099 --> 00:30:53.139
 this is

00:30:53.139 --> 00:30:53.519
 John's

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:53.919
 gospel

00:30:53.919 --> 00:30:54.819
 is designed

00:30:54.819 --> 00:30:56.099
 in a really

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:56.599
 accessible

00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:57.119
 format

00:30:57.119 --> 00:30:57.839
 to be read

00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:58.679
 one-to-one

00:30:58.679 --> 00:30:59.339
 with somebody

00:30:59.339 --> 00:31:00.659
 with the aim

00:31:00.659 --> 00:31:01.460
 of introducing

00:31:01.460 --> 00:31:02.220
 them to the

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:02.980
 Jesus that

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:03.500
 we meet

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:04.799
 in the

00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:05.139
 Bible

00:31:05.139 --> 00:31:05.579
 so if you'd

00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:06.099
 be interested

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:06.539
 in that

00:31:06.539 --> 00:31:07.119
 again just

00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:07.519
 email

00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:08.240
 questions

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:09.000
 at

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.599
 Brunsfield

00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:10.579
 we would

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:11.039
 love to be

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.519
 able to

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:12.720
 do that

00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:13.359
 with you

00:31:13.359 --> 00:31:14.419
 you know

00:31:14.419 --> 00:31:14.719
 one of the

00:31:14.719 --> 00:31:15.039
 things that

00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:15.319
 we've been

00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:15.779
 doing over

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:16.159
 the last

00:31:16.159 --> 00:31:16.899
 few Sundays

00:31:16.899 --> 00:31:18.059
 and has been

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:18.319
 a great

00:31:18.319 --> 00:31:18.819
 encouragement

00:31:18.819 --> 00:31:19.639
 to many of

00:31:19.639 --> 00:31:20.219
 us is to

00:31:20.219 --> 00:31:21.299
 hear from

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:22.099
 different people

00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:22.479
 in our

00:31:22.479 --> 00:31:23.179
 congregation

00:31:23.179 --> 00:31:24.779
 and to hear

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.439
 them tell us

00:31:25.439 --> 00:31:26.099
 their stories

00:31:26.099 --> 00:31:26.719
 about how they

00:31:26.719 --> 00:31:27.359
 came to meet

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:28.399
 Jesus and

00:31:28.399 --> 00:31:29.079
 know him as

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.679
 their Lord

00:31:29.679 --> 00:31:30.559
 and as their

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:31.279
 king and as

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:31.919
 their saviour

00:31:31.919 --> 00:31:32.759
 and what it

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.319
 means for them

00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:34.259
 to follow him

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:35.240
 be his disciple

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:36.679
 as they live

00:31:36.679 --> 00:31:37.159
 their daily

00:31:37.159 --> 00:31:37.619
 lives

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:39.039
 and to hear

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:39.599
 a bit about

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:40.659
 what the Lord

00:31:40.659 --> 00:31:41.399
 has been teaching

00:31:41.399 --> 00:31:42.599
 them during

00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:43.319
 this season

00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:44.379
 of lockdown

00:31:44.379 --> 00:31:45.019
 so I'm

00:31:45.019 --> 00:31:45.559
 delighted to

00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:46.079
 say we're

00:31:46.079 --> 00:31:46.319
 going to

00:31:46.319 --> 00:31:46.839
 hear now

00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:47.899
 from one

00:31:47.899 --> 00:31:48.219
 of our

00:31:48.219 --> 00:31:48.539
 members

00:31:48.539 --> 00:31:48.859
 called

00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:49.240
 Bobby

00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:50.419
 and Bobby

00:31:50.419 --> 00:31:50.699
 is just

00:31:50.699 --> 00:31:50.919
 going to

00:31:50.919 --> 00:31:51.379
 tell us a

00:31:51.379 --> 00:31:51.719
 little bit

00:31:51.719 --> 00:31:52.179
 about his

00:31:52.179 --> 00:31:52.599
 story

00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:53.699
 and after

00:31:53.699 --> 00:31:54.500
 Bobby has

00:31:54.500 --> 00:31:56.240
 spoken to

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:57.219
 us we will

00:31:57.219 --> 00:31:57.779
 have our

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.619
 final song

00:31:58.619 --> 00:32:01.819
 hi there

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.319
 my name is

00:32:02.319 --> 00:32:02.539
 Bobby

00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:03.299
 and my

00:32:03.299 --> 00:32:03.539
 wife

00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:03.819
 Joanna

00:32:03.819 --> 00:32:04.139
 and I

00:32:04.139 --> 00:32:04.379
 are

00:32:04.379 --> 00:32:04.679
 members

00:32:04.679 --> 00:32:04.839
 here

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:04.959
 at

00:32:04.959 --> 00:32:05.359
 Brunsfield

00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:05.859
 in Edinburgh

00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:06.719
 I wanted

00:32:06.719 --> 00:32:07.059
 to take

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:07.759
 just a

00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:08.119
 short amount

00:32:08.119 --> 00:32:08.299
 of your

00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:09.079
 time to

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:09.799
 let you

00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:10.139
 know what

00:32:10.139 --> 00:32:10.439
 we've

00:32:10.439 --> 00:32:10.879
 learned

00:32:10.879 --> 00:32:11.759
 faith-wise

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.179
 during the

00:32:12.179 --> 00:32:12.479
 lockdown

00:32:12.479 --> 00:32:13.500
 and also

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:14.839
 a reminder

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.459
 of a story

00:32:15.459 --> 00:32:15.939
 that happened

00:32:15.939 --> 00:32:16.299
 to us

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.699
 about a

00:32:16.699 --> 00:32:17.099
 year ago

00:32:17.099 --> 00:32:17.479
 which I

00:32:17.479 --> 00:32:17.679
 think is

00:32:17.679 --> 00:32:18.179
 very relevant

00:32:18.179 --> 00:32:18.599
 right now

00:32:18.599 --> 00:32:20.139
 now obviously

00:32:20.139 --> 00:32:20.539
 we've found

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:21.079
 this time

00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:21.539
 a little

00:32:21.539 --> 00:32:21.819
 odd

00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:23.259
 and I guess

00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:23.799
 not exactly

00:32:23.799 --> 00:32:24.199
 as we'd

00:32:24.199 --> 00:32:24.500
 imagined

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:24.899
 especially

00:32:24.899 --> 00:32:25.319
 because we're

00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:25.919
 expecting our

00:32:25.919 --> 00:32:26.539
 first child

00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:27.099
 in around

00:32:27.099 --> 00:32:27.460
 a month

00:32:27.460 --> 00:32:28.339
 so it's

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:28.639
 been an

00:32:28.639 --> 00:32:29.940
 exciting

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:30.319
 time

00:32:30.319 --> 00:32:30.819
 but also

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:31.200
 an anxious

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:31.599
 time

00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:32.159
 I guess

00:32:32.159 --> 00:32:32.500
 like many

00:32:32.500 --> 00:32:32.680
 of you

00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:33.099
 being stuck

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.500
 inside

00:32:33.500 --> 00:32:35.779
 one thing

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.240
 that's important

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.619
 to note

00:32:36.619 --> 00:32:37.399
 is that

00:32:37.399 --> 00:32:38.339
 we find

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:38.740
 ourselves

00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:39.460
 very fortunate

00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:40.000
 and blessed

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:40.440
 at the moment

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:41.799
 I've remained

00:32:41.799 --> 00:32:42.279
 in work

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:43.460
 and within

00:32:43.460 --> 00:32:43.920
 a job

00:32:43.920 --> 00:32:44.460
 we haven't

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:45.059
 been furloughed

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:45.299
 we haven't

00:32:45.299 --> 00:32:45.619
 lost our

00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:45.859
 jobs

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:46.539
 and Joanna

00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:47.039
 has been

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:47.480
 safe at

00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:47.799
 home

00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:49.819
 at the

00:32:49.819 --> 00:32:50.000
 moment

00:32:50.000 --> 00:32:50.299
 which is

00:32:50.299 --> 00:32:50.940
 great

00:32:50.940 --> 00:32:52.159
 so I guess

00:32:52.159 --> 00:32:52.539
 in the large

00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:52.899
 scheme of

00:32:52.899 --> 00:32:53.159
 things we

00:32:53.159 --> 00:32:53.519
 have very

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.119
 few worries

00:32:54.119 --> 00:32:54.480
 which we

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:54.740
 can be

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.200
 thankful to

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:55.579
 God for

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:58.460
 and this

00:32:58.460 --> 00:32:58.819
 uncertain

00:32:58.819 --> 00:32:59.319
 time has

00:32:59.319 --> 00:32:59.579
 made me

00:32:59.579 --> 00:32:59.879
 think a

00:32:59.879 --> 00:33:00.119
 little bit

00:33:00.119 --> 00:33:00.359
 about

00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:00.919
 trust

00:33:00.919 --> 00:33:02.059
 what it

00:33:02.059 --> 00:33:02.379
 means to

00:33:02.379 --> 00:33:03.199
 trust in

00:33:03.199 --> 00:33:03.539
 God in

00:33:03.539 --> 00:33:04.019
 good times

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:04.339
 and what it

00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:04.699
 means to

00:33:04.699 --> 00:33:05.079
 trust in

00:33:05.079 --> 00:33:05.399
 God in

00:33:05.399 --> 00:33:06.059
 bad times

00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:06.439
 as well

00:33:06.439 --> 00:33:06.939
 or in

00:33:06.939 --> 00:33:07.379
 uncertain

00:33:07.379 --> 00:33:07.819
 times

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.919
 and this

00:33:08.919 --> 00:33:09.079
 whole

00:33:09.079 --> 00:33:09.599
 situation

00:33:09.599 --> 00:33:10.559
 we're in

00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:11.099
 has reminded

00:33:11.099 --> 00:33:11.519
 me of a

00:33:11.519 --> 00:33:11.759
 difficult

00:33:11.759 --> 00:33:13.079
 time for

00:33:13.079 --> 00:33:13.519
 our family

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:14.059
 which happened

00:33:14.059 --> 00:33:14.460
 around this

00:33:14.460 --> 00:33:14.879
 time last

00:33:14.879 --> 00:33:15.139
 year

00:33:15.139 --> 00:33:17.379
 it was

00:33:17.379 --> 00:33:18.039
 the day

00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:18.399
 before my

00:33:18.399 --> 00:33:18.699
 birthday

00:33:18.699 --> 00:33:19.019
 and I'd

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.480
 woken up to

00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:20.099
 about 20

00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:20.659
 missed calls

00:33:20.659 --> 00:33:21.099
 from my

00:33:21.099 --> 00:33:21.319
 mum

00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:23.960
 and upon

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:24.379
 calling her

00:33:24.379 --> 00:33:24.759
 back she

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.039
 said to

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:25.240
 me

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:26.039
 your brother

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:26.579
 is really

00:33:26.579 --> 00:33:27.000
 unwell

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.359
 your brother

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:27.759
 David

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:29.180
 we think

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:29.460
 he's going

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:29.900
 to die

00:33:29.900 --> 00:33:32.359
 and obviously

00:33:32.359 --> 00:33:32.799
 this was

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:33.559
 devastating

00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:34.740
 he took the

00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:35.359
 rug out from

00:33:35.359 --> 00:33:36.059
 underneath us

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:37.339
 and what

00:33:37.339 --> 00:33:38.019
 happened was

00:33:38.019 --> 00:33:38.759
 my brother

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:39.039
 had gone

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:39.640
 into work

00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:40.940
 a normal day

00:33:40.940 --> 00:33:41.380
 at work

00:33:41.380 --> 00:33:42.160
 and soon

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:42.960
 after had

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:43.799
 collapsed

00:33:43.799 --> 00:33:44.960
 an infection

00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:45.620
 in his tooth

00:33:45.620 --> 00:33:46.620
 had spread

00:33:46.620 --> 00:33:47.779
 to his heart

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:48.579
 and caused

00:33:48.579 --> 00:33:49.059
 the condition

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:50.079
 called endocarditis

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:51.120
 now this

00:33:51.120 --> 00:33:52.140
 condition pumps

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:52.759
 blood clots

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.660
 around the

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:53.900
 body

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:54.500
 and had

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:54.720
 pumped

00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:55.180
 two blood

00:33:55.180 --> 00:33:55.500
 clots

00:33:55.500 --> 00:33:56.819
 either side

00:33:56.819 --> 00:33:57.019
 of his

00:33:57.019 --> 00:33:57.220
 head

00:33:57.220 --> 00:33:58.299
 which

00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:59.019
 subsequently

00:33:59.019 --> 00:33:59.859
 had caused

00:33:59.859 --> 00:34:00.799
 an aneurysm

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:02.359
 on both sides

00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:02.700
 of his head

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:03.339
 so two

00:34:03.339 --> 00:34:04.019
 explosions

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.460
 within his

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:04.640
 head

00:34:04.640 --> 00:34:06.140
 and then

00:34:06.140 --> 00:34:07.559
 short after

00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:08.920
 in the hospital

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:09.480
 we found out

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:09.760
 that the

00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:10.179
 doctors

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:11.059
 the consultants

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.719
 the surgeons

00:34:11.719 --> 00:34:12.800
 at the Glasgow

00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:13.360
 Queen Elizabeth

00:34:13.360 --> 00:34:14.219
 told us to

00:34:14.219 --> 00:34:14.880
 expect the worst

00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:15.780
 that people

00:34:15.780 --> 00:34:16.519
 don't survive

00:34:16.519 --> 00:34:17.360
 these things

00:34:17.360 --> 00:34:19.800
 and that

00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:20.500
 if he did

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:20.920
 recover

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:21.920
 which is

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.579
 super unlikely

00:34:22.579 --> 00:34:23.280
 that they

00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:23.760
 don't normally

00:34:23.760 --> 00:34:24.099
 see

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:24.559
 that he

00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:24.840
 wouldn't be

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:25.260
 himself

00:34:25.260 --> 00:34:26.160
 he'd be a

00:34:26.160 --> 00:34:26.480
 vegetable

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:26.820
 he'd be

00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:27.500
 unresponsive

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:29.160
 and this

00:34:29.160 --> 00:34:29.599
 was obviously

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.360
 devastating news

00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:30.780
 for us

00:34:30.780 --> 00:34:32.160
 but it's

00:34:32.160 --> 00:34:32.579
 important to

00:34:32.579 --> 00:34:32.900
 note that

00:34:32.900 --> 00:34:33.320
 the story

00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:33.680
 didn't end

00:34:33.680 --> 00:34:33.900
 there

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.760
 there were

00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:35.660
 months of

00:34:35.660 --> 00:34:36.000
 prayer

00:34:36.000 --> 00:34:36.740
 there were

00:34:36.740 --> 00:34:37.260
 months of

00:34:37.260 --> 00:34:37.820
 uncertainty

00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:38.559
 and heartbreak

00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:39.500
 while David

00:34:39.500 --> 00:34:40.400
 remained on

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:41.519
 a ventilator

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:42.380
 unresponsive

00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:42.880
 we would go

00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:43.420
 to visit him

00:34:43.420 --> 00:34:44.539
 and there

00:34:44.539 --> 00:34:44.720
 would be

00:34:44.720 --> 00:34:45.300
 nothing there

00:34:45.300 --> 00:34:46.880
 and it

00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:47.260
 was hard

00:34:47.260 --> 00:34:47.820
 to remain

00:34:47.820 --> 00:34:48.340
 positive

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:49.360
 and upbeat

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:50.059
 and hard

00:34:50.059 --> 00:34:50.640
 to keep

00:34:50.640 --> 00:34:51.599
 trusting God

00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:52.579
 during that

00:34:52.579 --> 00:34:52.880
 time

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.920
 but he

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.400
 pulled through

00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:56.059
 I'm pleased

00:34:56.059 --> 00:34:56.400
 to say

00:34:56.400 --> 00:34:58.000
 and rather

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.320
 than give

00:34:58.320 --> 00:34:58.660
 the full

00:34:58.660 --> 00:34:59.500
 story here

00:34:59.500 --> 00:34:59.960
 I thought

00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.119
 it would

00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:00.440
 be nice

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:00.660
 if we

00:35:00.660 --> 00:35:00.980
 heard from

00:35:00.980 --> 00:35:01.200
 David

00:35:01.200 --> 00:35:01.640
 directly

00:35:01.640 --> 00:35:02.860
 now

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:03.700
 he's got

00:35:03.700 --> 00:35:04.920
 a strong

00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:05.420
 Glaswegian

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:05.700
 accent

00:35:05.700 --> 00:35:06.280
 and speaks

00:35:06.280 --> 00:35:06.720
 pretty quickly

00:35:06.720 --> 00:35:07.160
 so I thought

00:35:07.160 --> 00:35:07.579
 it'd be nice

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:08.000
 to put some

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:08.680
 subtitles below

00:35:08.680 --> 00:35:09.660
 because it's

00:35:09.660 --> 00:35:10.140
 really important

00:35:10.140 --> 00:35:10.480
 that people

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:11.200
 understand his

00:35:11.200 --> 00:35:11.480
 story

00:35:11.480 --> 00:35:13.980
 firstly

00:35:13.980 --> 00:35:14.700
 thanks for

00:35:14.700 --> 00:35:15.200
 agreeing to

00:35:15.200 --> 00:35:15.480
 do this

00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:15.720
 David

00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:17.000
 I'm sure

00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:17.259
 a lot of

00:35:17.259 --> 00:35:17.559
 people at

00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:17.980
 Brunsfield

00:35:17.980 --> 00:35:18.619
 and in other

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:19.219
 places that have

00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:19.679
 been praying for

00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:20.119
 you will

00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:21.819
 love to put a

00:35:21.819 --> 00:35:22.219
 face to the

00:35:22.219 --> 00:35:22.459
 name

00:35:22.459 --> 00:35:23.879
 I guess

00:35:23.879 --> 00:35:24.839
 firstly it's a

00:35:24.839 --> 00:35:25.319
 miracle that

00:35:25.319 --> 00:35:25.679
 you're here

00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:25.939
 right

00:35:25.939 --> 00:35:26.799
 I mean the

00:35:26.799 --> 00:35:27.439
 doctors didn't

00:35:27.439 --> 00:35:27.919
 think you would

00:35:27.919 --> 00:35:28.419
 make it

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:29.740
 my brother

00:35:29.740 --> 00:35:48.139
 I mean it's

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.800
 crazy to think

00:35:48.800 --> 00:35:49.240
 that they'd

00:35:49.240 --> 00:35:49.559
 written you

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:49.740
 off

00:35:49.740 --> 00:35:50.139
 I mean it's

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:51.039
 definitely a

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:51.320
 miracle

00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:54.079
 and the

00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:54.420
 beard

00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:55.200
 am I

00:35:55.200 --> 00:35:55.280
 right

00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:55.539
 in saying

00:35:55.539 --> 00:35:55.920
 that's

00:35:55.920 --> 00:35:56.139
 going to

00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:56.659
 be

00:35:56.659 --> 00:35:57.200
 shaving

00:35:57.200 --> 00:35:57.659
 off

00:35:57.659 --> 00:35:57.920
 when you

00:35:57.920 --> 00:35:58.139
 go back

00:35:58.139 --> 00:35:58.539
 to work

00:35:58.539 --> 00:35:59.480
 yeah

00:35:59.480 --> 00:36:00.720
 you know

00:36:00.720 --> 00:36:00.980
 when this

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.440
 had all

00:36:01.440 --> 00:36:01.920
 first kicked

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:02.300
 off

00:36:02.300 --> 00:36:03.740
 and you

00:36:03.740 --> 00:36:04.000
 know we'd

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.300
 heard what

00:36:04.300 --> 00:36:04.700
 happened to

00:36:04.700 --> 00:36:04.940
 you

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:06.000
 I didn't

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:06.280
 know what

00:36:06.280 --> 00:36:06.700
 to do

00:36:06.700 --> 00:36:07.940
 and I'd

00:36:07.940 --> 00:36:08.400
 sent a text

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:08.700
 to a few

00:36:08.700 --> 00:36:09.019
 people at

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.420
 Brunsfield

00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:09.880
 telling them

00:36:09.880 --> 00:36:10.480
 the situation

00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:11.460
 and asking

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:11.920
 for prayer

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:12.840
 and at that

00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:13.440
 point you

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:13.820
 know it was

00:36:13.820 --> 00:36:14.079
 when the

00:36:14.079 --> 00:36:14.619
 doctors said

00:36:14.619 --> 00:36:15.159
 that you

00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:15.480
 wouldn't

00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:15.880
 survive

00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:17.000
 so things

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.180
 weren't

00:36:17.180 --> 00:36:17.639
 looking great

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:17.960
 for you

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:19.079
 how does

00:36:19.079 --> 00:36:19.619
 it feel

00:36:19.619 --> 00:36:20.579
 that hundreds

00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:21.159
 of people

00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:21.879
 in Edinburgh

00:36:21.879 --> 00:36:22.940
 in Perth

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:23.899
 and around

00:36:23.899 --> 00:36:24.359
 the world

00:36:24.359 --> 00:36:25.019
 were praying

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:25.460
 for you

00:36:25.460 --> 00:36:26.920
 it is humbling

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:27.879
 to just think

00:36:27.879 --> 00:36:28.199
 about it

00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:28.940
 because it's

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:29.199
 one of the

00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:29.619
 ones that I

00:36:29.619 --> 00:36:30.159
 don't I

00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:30.739
 can't entirely

00:36:30.739 --> 00:36:31.039
 sort of

00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:31.500
 fathom the

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:31.739
 amount of

00:36:31.739 --> 00:36:32.099
 people that

00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:33.199
 they've not

00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:34.119
 even met me

00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:34.379
 they don't

00:36:34.379 --> 00:36:34.719
 know me

00:36:34.719 --> 00:36:35.079
 but have

00:36:35.079 --> 00:36:35.559
 prayed for me

00:36:35.559 --> 00:36:35.980
 because they've

00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:36.679
 heard so much

00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:37.119
 about me

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:37.460
 and all that

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:38.579
 and I think

00:36:38.579 --> 00:36:39.099
 that's amazing

00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:40.239
 I can't put it

00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:40.519
 in the words

00:36:40.519 --> 00:36:41.639
 how grateful

00:36:41.639 --> 00:36:42.139
 I am that

00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:42.639
 these people

00:36:42.639 --> 00:36:43.079
 have actually

00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:43.460
 taken their

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:43.899
 time out to

00:36:43.899 --> 00:36:44.579
 think about me

00:36:44.579 --> 00:36:45.000
 and to pray

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.420
 for me

00:36:45.420 --> 00:36:46.940
 I was in

00:36:46.940 --> 00:36:47.500
 death's door

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:49.199
 and it was

00:36:49.199 --> 00:36:49.759
 because people

00:36:49.759 --> 00:36:50.259
 were praying

00:36:50.259 --> 00:36:50.579
 for me

00:36:50.579 --> 00:36:50.880
 and people

00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:51.319
 were like

00:36:51.319 --> 00:36:51.779
 it was

00:36:51.779 --> 00:36:52.159
 because of

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:52.460
 that

00:36:52.460 --> 00:36:53.819
 that I

00:36:53.819 --> 00:36:54.420
 became better

00:36:54.420 --> 00:36:55.659
 it's nothing

00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:55.940
 to do with

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.099
 me

00:36:56.099 --> 00:36:56.559
 I was just

00:36:56.559 --> 00:36:56.940
 lying around

00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:57.400
 my thumb

00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:57.860
 for about

00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:58.279
 two of

00:36:58.279 --> 00:36:59.099
 it was to

00:36:59.099 --> 00:36:59.360
 do with

00:36:59.360 --> 00:36:59.719
 everyone

00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:00.079
 who was

00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:02.119
 praying for

00:37:02.119 --> 00:37:02.299
 me

00:37:02.299 --> 00:37:02.860
 got me

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.199
 better

00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:03.960
 and brought

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:04.159
 me to

00:37:04.159 --> 00:37:04.480
 where I'm

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:04.759
 now

00:37:04.759 --> 00:37:06.079
 so it's a

00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:06.519
 big thank you

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:07.279
 to each and

00:37:07.279 --> 00:37:07.619
 every one of

00:37:07.619 --> 00:37:07.860
 them

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:08.699
 yeah

00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:10.000
 amazing

00:37:10.000 --> 00:37:12.179
 and I

00:37:12.179 --> 00:37:12.380
 guess

00:37:12.380 --> 00:37:13.659
 what did

00:37:13.659 --> 00:37:14.779
 the people

00:37:14.779 --> 00:37:15.039
 who had

00:37:15.039 --> 00:37:15.440
 looked after

00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:16.159
 you early

00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:16.759
 on in your

00:37:16.759 --> 00:37:17.059
 illness

00:37:17.059 --> 00:37:17.500
 think of

00:37:17.500 --> 00:37:18.019
 your recovery

00:37:18.019 --> 00:37:18.539
 am I right

00:37:18.539 --> 00:37:18.779
 in saying

00:37:18.779 --> 00:37:19.139
 that you met

00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:19.460
 one of the

00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:19.719
 nurses

00:37:19.719 --> 00:37:20.340
 from early

00:37:20.340 --> 00:37:20.539
 on

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:21.440
 you know

00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:21.639
 I had

00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:21.779
 the

00:37:21.779 --> 00:37:22.099
 medicine

00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:24.119
 I was in

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:24.360
 with my

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:24.719
 dad

00:37:24.719 --> 00:37:25.900
 and it was

00:37:25.900 --> 00:37:26.119
 a woman

00:37:26.119 --> 00:37:26.539
 who was

00:37:26.539 --> 00:37:26.920
 kind of

00:37:26.920 --> 00:37:27.860
 looking after

00:37:27.860 --> 00:37:28.179
 a few of

00:37:28.179 --> 00:37:28.460
 the other

00:37:28.460 --> 00:37:29.519
 residents

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:30.239
 or a few

00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:30.360
 of the

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:30.639
 patients

00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:31.519
 and she

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:31.840
 told me

00:37:31.840 --> 00:37:32.239
 to stay

00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:32.500
 at me

00:37:32.500 --> 00:37:32.719
 for about

00:37:32.719 --> 00:37:33.099
 five minutes

00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:33.739
 and I was

00:37:33.739 --> 00:37:33.940
 around

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:34.059
 and she

00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:38.059
 was one

00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:38.219
 of the

00:37:38.219 --> 00:37:38.440
 nurses

00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:38.920
 who was

00:37:38.920 --> 00:37:39.179
 there

00:37:39.179 --> 00:37:40.759
 when they

00:37:40.759 --> 00:37:41.179
 were told

00:37:41.179 --> 00:37:41.759
 I wasn't

00:37:41.759 --> 00:37:42.019
 going to

00:37:42.019 --> 00:37:42.400
 make it

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:43.019
 and she

00:37:43.019 --> 00:37:43.039
 she

00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:45.019
 would

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:45.200
 phone

00:37:45.200 --> 00:37:45.460
 up

00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:45.740
 20

00:37:45.740 --> 00:37:45.940
 thousand

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:46.180
 people

00:37:46.180 --> 00:37:46.380
 to

00:37:46.380 --> 00:37:46.579
 tell

00:37:46.579 --> 00:37:46.980
 David

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:47.280
 saw

00:37:47.280 --> 00:37:47.519
 out

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:47.860
 basically

00:37:47.860 --> 00:37:48.780
 miracle

00:37:48.780 --> 00:37:51.139
 well

00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:52.599
 thanks for

00:37:52.599 --> 00:37:52.920
 taking the

00:37:52.920 --> 00:37:53.280
 time David

00:37:53.280 --> 00:37:53.980
 it's been

00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:54.280
 good

00:37:54.280 --> 00:37:55.559
 to interview

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:56.180
 to hear

00:37:56.180 --> 00:37:56.579
 just a

00:37:56.579 --> 00:37:57.039
 small part

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:57.440
 of your

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:57.880
 journey

00:37:57.880 --> 00:37:58.900
 and your

00:37:58.900 --> 00:37:59.280
 story

00:37:59.280 --> 00:38:00.440
 so thanks

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:00.720
 for taking

00:38:00.720 --> 00:38:01.039
 the time

00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:01.300
 to do

00:38:01.300 --> 00:38:01.619
 this

00:38:01.619 --> 00:38:02.400
 not a

00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:02.579
 problem

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:05.279
 now from

00:38:05.279 --> 00:38:05.840
 that short

00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:06.299
 interview with

00:38:06.299 --> 00:38:06.559
 David

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:07.619
 it's clear

00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:08.779
 that God

00:38:08.779 --> 00:38:09.179
 had answered

00:38:09.179 --> 00:38:09.779
 our prayer

00:38:09.779 --> 00:38:10.860
 David's living

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.279
 proof of

00:38:11.279 --> 00:38:11.500
 that

00:38:11.500 --> 00:38:13.299
 but thinking

00:38:13.299 --> 00:38:13.840
 back to the

00:38:13.840 --> 00:38:14.159
 time

00:38:14.159 --> 00:38:15.159
 it was hard

00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:15.679
 for us as a

00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:16.119
 family to

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:16.779
 trust in God

00:38:16.779 --> 00:38:18.079
 we had so

00:38:18.079 --> 00:38:18.739
 many questions

00:38:18.739 --> 00:38:19.980
 why is this

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.599
 happening God

00:38:20.599 --> 00:38:23.519
 but ultimately

00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:24.340
 I think we knew

00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:25.039
 that God was in

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:25.440
 control

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:27.559
 and for Joanna

00:38:27.559 --> 00:38:27.860
 and I

00:38:27.860 --> 00:38:28.639
 the faith

00:38:28.639 --> 00:38:29.340
 and the trust

00:38:29.340 --> 00:38:30.759
 that my mum

00:38:30.759 --> 00:38:31.299
 and my stepdad

00:38:31.299 --> 00:38:32.279
 Robert had in

00:38:32.280 --> 00:38:33.019
 God during

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:33.440
 this time

00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:34.100
 was really

00:38:34.100 --> 00:38:34.660
 inspiring

00:38:34.660 --> 00:38:35.940
 you know

00:38:35.940 --> 00:38:36.280
 and this whole

00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:37.019
 situation proved

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:37.600
 to me that

00:38:37.600 --> 00:38:38.240
 you know

00:38:38.240 --> 00:38:38.900
 if God was at

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:39.780
 work then

00:38:39.780 --> 00:38:41.260
 he can still

00:38:41.260 --> 00:38:41.620
 be at work

00:38:41.620 --> 00:38:41.960
 now

00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:43.460
 he can answer

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:44.160
 prayers now

00:38:44.160 --> 00:38:45.120
 and he can be

00:38:45.120 --> 00:38:46.080
 with us

00:38:46.080 --> 00:38:46.960
 he can be with

00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:47.400
 you in a

00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:48.500
 difficult situation

00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:48.900
 now

00:38:48.900 --> 00:38:50.280
 just like he

00:38:50.280 --> 00:38:50.880
 was with us

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:52.000
 last year

00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:52.400
 so

00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:55.040
 trust in God

00:38:55.040 --> 00:38:56.040
 and remember

00:38:56.040 --> 00:38:56.760
 that prayer

00:38:56.760 --> 00:38:57.540
 works and that

00:38:57.540 --> 00:38:58.240
 he still

00:38:58.240 --> 00:38:59.000
 answers prayers

00:38:59.099 --> 00:39:13.380
 may be

00:39:13.380 --> 00:39:13.780
 you

00:39:13.780 --> 00:39:14.019
 you

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:14.239
 you

00:39:14.239 --> 00:39:15.860
 you