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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Turn with me again this morning to John's Gospel, second half of the second chapter.

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 Jesus has just announced the fullness of life that he brings as he turns water to wine at

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 a wedding feast.

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 But this morning, we find him not setting tables, but upsetting tables.

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 He's not celebrating.

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 He's angry.

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 This is the story of Jesus cleansing the temple.

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 You may think of it at the end of Jesus' ministry in Jerusalem on his way to the cross, and it's

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 certainly possible that John has taken that incident at the end of Jesus' life and moved

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 it up front in his account for theological reasons.

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 Could be.

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 I am in the minority who sees this likely as one of two similar instances when Jesus cleared

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 the temple.

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 This one at the beginning of his ministry.

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 Either way, as you listen to this passage this morning, I want to invite you to come in your

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 mind with me to Jerusalem, the week of the Passover feast.

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 Everyone's there.

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 You are a 10-year-old child.

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 Your legs are aching from the long trip.

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 You and your family have gone miles and miles, walking some of them, riding on a donkey some.

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 Then you had to get back down.

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 You're exhausted.

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 And you hit the city, and suddenly you're surrounded by millions of people.

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 Jews from all around the world have come in, and you're just amazed.

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 And you look up, and you see this huge, beautiful temple at the center of all of it.

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 All the hustle and bustle circling around the temple.

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 And as you squeeze your way into the temple, you start to smell the sacrifices that the priests

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 are making.

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 And you squeeze your dad's hand tight so you don't get lost in the crowd.

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 And you're struggling to hear his voice over the noise of sheep and oxen and pigeons over

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 there.

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 And people exchanging money.

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 And families looking for a place to stay for the night.

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 And merchants selling animals for sacrifice.

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 It's getting a bit overwhelming, isn't it?

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 And then all of a sudden, the animals start rushing towards you right there at the gate.

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 And here they all come, and you hear tables being flipped over and animals making noises

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 and people chasing after them.

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 And you look up, startled, to see the one man towering over all of them, driving them out.

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 Jesus has shown up.

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 John 2 at verse 12.

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

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 and they stayed there for a few days.

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 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

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 And in the temple, he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons and the

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 money changers sitting there and making a whip of cords.

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 He drove them all out of the temple with the sheep and oxen, and he poured out the coins

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 of the money changers and overturned their tables.

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 And he told those who sold the pigeons, take these things away.

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 Do not make my father's house a house of trade.

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 And his disciples remembered that it was written, zeal for your house will consume me.

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 So the Jews said to him, what sign do you show us for doing these things?

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 Jesus answered them, destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

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 The Jews then said, it has taken 46 years to build this temple, and you will raise it

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 up in three days?

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 But he was speaking about the temple of his body.

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 When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this,

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 and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

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 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many believed in his name when they saw

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 the signs that he was doing.

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 But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people and needed

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 no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.

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 Pray with me.

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 Jesus, you know what's in us.

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 You know how easy it is for us to honor you with our lips, while our hearts are far from you.

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 We do not want that.

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 May that not be true for us this morning.

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 Would you, by your spirit, so help our hearts that we would hear your voice, that we would

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 be soft and heed your correction, that we would, above all else, love you more.

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 So work in us, Holy Spirit, for Jesus' sake.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 It's vital for us, as we consider this remarkable story, that when we hear temple, where all

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 this is taking place, we hear God's house.

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 This is where God lives among his people, right?

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 It's where they come to pray to him.

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 It's where they bring their sacrifices to him through the priest.

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 It's where they can't go in some of the rooms because the glory of God lives there.

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 You can't go in.

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 It's his house, right?

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 Kids, if you have seen the movie Peter Rabbit, it's a great classic movie.

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 You may have read the book, but you will probably remember the scene where the animals take over

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 the house and throw a party.

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 It looks kind of like this.

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 There are pigs swinging from chandeliers and rabbits dancing on mantles and deer and badgers

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 sliding down the dining room table.

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 They just take over the place, right?

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 It's quite funny, isn't it, kids?

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 Imagine, though, if that was your house, how funny it would be.

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 If you came home tired one day and needing the refuge of your bed or your favorite comfy chair

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 where you go to relax and there was a muddy pig in it and other crazy animals dancing around

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 all over the place, you would run them out as fast as you could, wouldn't you?

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 Because it is your house, not theirs.

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 Now, some of you may like your house to be a zoo or a circus.

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 I get that.

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 I don't, but you might.

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 The temple, though, is God's house.

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 Where he wants, what he wants to happen in his house is for his people to come meet with him.

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 Remember that he made us for relationship with him, that we would know him and love him.

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 So in his house, he wants us to talk with him, to consider the seriousness of our sins

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 and to rejoice in the provision of sacrifice for us so that we can be forgiven, so that we can know him.

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 But here when Jesus shows up in the temple, that's not what's happening.

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 The chaos of Passover week in Jerusalem has overtaken the house of God, hasn't it?

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 Jesus is not having it.

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 He has a zeal, a burning passion for his father's house,

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 that it be a place of refuge for anyone wanting to pray,

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 a place where sin and sacrifice and forgiveness are deeply contemplated,

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 a place where the importance of being near God is never overlooked or undervalued.

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 So the animals for sacrifice and the money for the temple tax are necessary.

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 Most Jews coming from long distances couldn't bring the sacrifice with them.

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 Many of them needed to exchange their coins to be able to pay properly in the temple.

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 Jesus does not tell them they're doing wrong things just in the wrong place.

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 Notice here that Jesus doesn't go into the dark alleyways of Jerusalem and start flipping over tables, does he?

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 He's in the temple.

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 God's people are making God's house a house of trade and emporium is the word, a marketplace.

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 But Jesus has come precisely so that the presence of God can be with his people.

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 So he cleanses God's house.

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 He cleanses the temple.

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 Take these things away.

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 Get them out.

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 With remarkable authority.

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 Can you imagine one person coming into this huge area?

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 He drives animals and people trying to make a buck out of the temple court.

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 And it's that authority that gets called into question, isn't it?

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 Hold on, the Jews say.

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 Who put you in charge of the temple?

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 Show us a sign to prove that you're in charge of the house of God.

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 Are you the owner?

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 Jesus responds, own the temple?

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 I am the temple.

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 He's not quite that direct.

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 He tells them what?

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 To destroy the temple and he will rebuild it in three days.

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 Now that would be quite a sign.

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 Can you imagine this huge building, bigger than this one, right?

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 That it would be wiped out and then he'd just bring it back in three days.

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 It takes longer than that for a lot of people.

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 John says Jesus means even more than that.

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 He means the temple of his body, which would be raised from the dead three days after being destroyed by these people.

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 Jesus is saying he is the new temple.

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 He is God's house, the place in which God lives among his people.

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 It's Jesus.

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 See, back in the garden, just a little history on God living with his people.

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 Back in the very beginning in the Garden of Eden, the whole thing was a temple, right?

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 Because God walked there with his people.

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 That's what makes it a temple.

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 God lives there with his people.

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 That is the glorious way that God designed it to be.

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 But we messed that up.

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 When we messed it up, we were separated from God because of our rebellion.

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 We were banished, kicked out.

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 We couldn't live like that near to God without being destroyed, right?

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 But God moved back toward his people who'd been sent far away from him.

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 He moved back toward them in the tabernacle where he lived while they traveled.

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 Then they settled in the promised land.

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 Jerusalem was established.

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 And King Solomon built the temple for God's house where he lived among his people.

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 It was the center of life for the Jews, the focus of everything.

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 And now, now, Jesus says, that's me.

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 I am the temple.

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 The word became flesh.

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 Remember chapter one?

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 And tabernacled among us.

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 He is where God is known.

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 What's he really like?

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 How do we know?

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 He's the one who shows how God is worshipped.

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 How do I live with him, come before him?

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 The temple's veil is ripped at Jesus' death.

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 So we come through him into the very presence of God.

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 So that in the new Jerusalem, we're told there is no temple.

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 Oh, no.

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 Oh, hold on.

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 No temple because its temple is God Almighty and the Lamb.

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 God no longer needs a house with rooms that you can't go into.

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 He lives himself right in the midst of us forever.

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 Amen?

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 Jesus makes that a reality.

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 Once again here, Jesus is making an exclusive claim that he's the one connecting us to God.

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 He's not only cleansing God's house, he does that.

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 But he's also saying, the way you know God is to know me.

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 I'm in charge of the temple and I am the new temple.

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 Now I want to stop there before we go into applying these things to our lives and start to meddle a little bit.

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 And I want to acknowledge that for some of you, that makes no sense.

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 It is an assumption for many in our society today.

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 You would even say it's just an obvious truth that every religion is equally valid.

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 That all roads lead to God.

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 That no one can claim to have the way to connect with the God.

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 So when you hear Jesus say, I am the temple.

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 The way to know God.

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 The place to live with him.

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 You may be saying this morning, no way.

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 You're the only way.

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 I mean, that's interesting.

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 It's spiritual sounding.

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 But I've got my own way.

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 There are other good ways to live.

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 Every sincere religion is equally valid.

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 Everybody knows that.

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 Now I want you to know that's quite an exclusive claim itself.

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 Because if that is true, that every religion is equally valid, then either God does not exist,

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 and therefore every way to him is equally useless.

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 Or if God does exist, he doesn't care how you know him, what you believe about him,

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 the way you live in relationship with him, how you worship him.

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 He just doesn't care.

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 And that is a very specific view of God.

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 It's a view of God that excludes not only the God of the Bible,

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 but also almost every Eastern view of God or traditional view of God.

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 It's a very narrow, very specific view of what God is like.

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 And I'm saying when you say that, you're asking everyone else

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 to assume that that very specific view of God is true.

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 I'm not saying this to prove you wrong, if you say that,

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 or to prove that Jesus is right when he claims to be the way to God,

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 but rather just to show that Jesus can't be dismissed merely for being exclusive

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 without the one dismissing him also being dismissed on the very same grounds.

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 Do you see?

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 Those are very exclusive statements.

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 And we actually get to deal with Jesus.

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 What does he say?

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 The one who turns water into wine and then turns over the tables of religious people

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 who are missing God in their self-serving busyness,

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 he's saying that you can know God through him.

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 So let's listen to him.

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 See what he's like.

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 See what he says.

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 Because God is telling us in stories like this that he exists

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 and that he does care deeply about how we know him,

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 how we worship him, how we live with him,

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 and most importantly, that Jesus is the way we know him.

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 So if that's true, if anything distracts you from Jesus,

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 take it away.

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 Get it out.

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 Turn over the tables.

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 Something's got to change if anything is keeping you from being near to Jesus.

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 That's where I want us to think about our own lives here for just a few minutes.

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 Jesus has authority to turn over tables in the temple.

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 Do we acknowledge his authority to turn over tables in our lives

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 so that we can draw near to God?

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 I'll be honest with you before we start,

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 because it does get a little bit pointed.

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 I prefer the Jesus who turns water to wine,

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 who provides all this fullness to meet my hunger,

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 who graciously satisfies me,

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 the Jesus that we talked about last week who's so graciously good.

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 I prefer that one to the Jesus who starts turning tables over.

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 But it's the same guy,

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 the same one who's coming so that we can know fullness of life

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 in relationship with our God,

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 so that we can taste and see that he is good,

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 so that we can live near him.

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 That's his heart in both of these cases.

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 But sometimes, because that's his heart,

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 it means driving out some distractions to us seeing him

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 and coming near to him.

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 And he loves us enough to do that.

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 I see three specific tables Jesus turns over in this passage.

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 If Jesus is turning tables over

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 because they're keeping people from being properly near to God

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 and connecting with him in his presence,

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 then I'll call these three paths away from God.

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 One last warning before we talk about them.

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 These are tables, remember, that belong to God's people.

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 They have lots of good religious things on them.

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 They look very nice to us.

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 So don't go pointing the finger outside.

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 Jesus is cleansing in here today.

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 Okay?

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 He's talking to us.

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 First one is our self-determination and control.

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 It's the very fact that these people want to treat God's house

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 as their house,

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 where they can use it for whatever they want.

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 Whatever is convenient or comfortable for them,

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 of course God would want that, right?

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 I mean, he may not have said it exactly this way,

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 but I mean, after all, he wants us to be comfortable.

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 Isn't that the heartbeat of our culture?

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 Doesn't that seem right to you?

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 I can do and be whatever I want.

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 Be who I want.

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 Don't restrict me.

00:20:14.839 --> 00:20:17.319
 21st century American Christians

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 prefer the gracious Jesus who meets our needs

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 to the holy Jesus who contradicts our preferences

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 because far be it from anybody

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 to contradict our preferences.

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 Amen?

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 Amen.

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 Thank you.

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 It's not an either or.

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 These aren't two different Jesuses.

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 I think many of us like that control, don't we?

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 Or at least the illusion of control.

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 I'll marry whomever I love

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 and I'll divorce her whenever I want

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 without asking what God's word would have me do

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 in either case.

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 I'll call myself a Christian,

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 but I'm not going to be found very often

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 in a church service

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 because there are a lot of ways, really,

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 to live as a follower of Jesus.

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 Lots of other ways to live with God

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 besides the ones he lays out in his word.

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 I want my church, when I do show up,

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 to have the music at just the right volume,

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 my coffee at just the right temperature,

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 and the sermon at just the right length,

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 and you're over it already.

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 And what's especially wrong, y'all,

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 this is the, it's not so much

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 that we just like our consumer Christianity.

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 It's that when those things don't happen,

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 I'll be frustrated enough

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 that I won't be able to worship God,

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 that I won't hear from him,

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 that I'll stop listening to his word

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 because it's not coming to me the way I want it.

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 I won't draw near to him.

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 Y'all, may that never be

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 that you're kept from God

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 by something you want your way.

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 He wants you near him.

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 I'll be a pastor

00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:07.600
 who's only excited about what God's doing

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 when it's my plan on my schedule.

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 God, forgive me.

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 Where in your life

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 are you refusing to give up control to God,

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 to let his priorities overrule your preferences?

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 Might Jesus be turning over a table in your heart today

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 as he is in mine?

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 Another table that keeps us from drawing near to God,

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 I think Jesus seems to be saying this

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 when he pours out the coins,

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 when he criticizes the house of trade

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 that the temple has become,

00:22:49.740 --> 00:22:52.759
 is a love of money and possessions.

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 Is there any chance that's keeping you

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 from nearness to Jesus?

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 I didn't say how much do you have.

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 I said, is there any chance

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 it's keeping you from being near Jesus?

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 Do you walk in here on a Sunday morning

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 or wake up every other morning

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 so consumed with your business

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 that you can't pray for a few minutes

00:23:18.259 --> 00:23:21.019
 or worship for an hour

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 without attending to that business,

00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.879
 at least in your mind?

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 It's always that.

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 Are you checking a lot of Christian boxes

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 like the rich young ruler?

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 But if Jesus asked you to sell your possessions

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 and give the money to the poor

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 and come follow him,

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 you'd walk the other way?

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 Sad?

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 Can I ask you about your heart?

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 This is hard.

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 I want to ask you

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 what you're excited and passionate about.

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 Do you find yourself sometimes

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 going through the motions with God,

00:23:56.059 --> 00:23:56.700
 just kind of,

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 here's the thing we do.

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 And what you really sense yourself

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 getting excited about,

00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:04.259
 it would be fair to say

00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:06.500
 you're consumed with zeal

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:08.940
 for your next money-making adventure

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 or for your next shopping purchase.

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 Don't really have time,

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:16.640
 pastor,

00:24:16.700 --> 00:24:18.579
 to consider loving my neighbor,

00:24:19.100 --> 00:24:20.000
 praying for him,

00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:21.700
 pointing her to Jesus,

00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:24.360
 but if I'm honest,

00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:25.759
 I always seem to have time

00:24:25.759 --> 00:24:28.240
 to shop for shoes online.

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:33.779
 When we start depending on our resources,

00:24:34.299 --> 00:24:36.920
 when we start finding life and joy

00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:38.019
 in our possessions,

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:42.960
 it is a pathway away from abiding in Jesus,

00:24:43.379 --> 00:24:44.940
 knowing him more deeply,

00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:46.819
 trusting him more fully.

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:48.799
 What are you clinging to

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:52.559
 that's keeping you from clinging to Jesus?

00:24:53.139 --> 00:24:54.960
 Take these things away,

00:24:55.900 --> 00:24:56.639
 Jesus says.

00:24:57.180 --> 00:24:58.940
 Nothing between you and me.

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 Get anything else out of the way.

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 One more that thankfully won't apply

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 to any of us.

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 A life of busyness and chaos.

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 I'll be quick because I know it's not you.

00:25:16.399 --> 00:25:18.759
 How often does this keep us

00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:20.919
 from real nearness to God?

00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:23.879
 Is your time booked with activities?

00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:26.559
 Your mind in every down moment

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.779
 distracted by your phone?

00:25:27.779 --> 00:25:31.480
 Your heart so wearied from all of this

00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:33.619
 that it's actually resistant to rest anywhere,

00:25:33.899 --> 00:25:35.240
 especially in God?

00:25:35.500 --> 00:25:37.480
 Have you become so conditioned

00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:39.299
 to navigating chaos

00:25:39.299 --> 00:25:41.160
 that that's just the way of life?

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:43.240
 So meditating on God's word,

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:46.180
 listening to someone in your grace group

00:25:46.180 --> 00:25:47.940
 share what he's been teaching her,

00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:50.819
 regularly gathering to feast

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:52.519
 on the body and blood of Jesus

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:54.319
 as your source of life.

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:56.899
 It just doesn't seem to happen.

00:25:56.900 --> 00:25:59.540
 Even though you keep saying you want it to

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 and you want it to feel different,

00:26:01.280 --> 00:26:02.960
 you want life to go at a different speed

00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:04.259
 and it just doesn't.

00:26:06.780 --> 00:26:08.040
 Could it be for some of us

00:26:08.040 --> 00:26:10.440
 that more church meetings,

00:26:11.580 --> 00:26:13.060
 teaching another class,

00:26:13.140 --> 00:26:15.360
 even giving of yourself

00:26:15.360 --> 00:26:16.940
 to love someone else

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:18.680
 and spend time with them

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:20.080
 is something you're using

00:26:20.080 --> 00:26:22.820
 to avoid actually experiencing

00:26:22.820 --> 00:26:23.980
 the love of God,

00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:25.880
 deeply savoring

00:26:25.880 --> 00:26:28.640
 the wonder of God's daily grace,

00:26:28.880 --> 00:26:30.480
 really connecting with him

00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:31.380
 in prayer.

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:34.920
 It just doesn't seem productive enough.

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:36.019
 I don't feel active.

00:26:39.120 --> 00:26:40.339
 Don't forget,

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:42.519
 this passage shows us

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:43.980
 that even right things

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.819
 like those

00:26:45.819 --> 00:26:48.039
 at the wrong place

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:49.599
 or the wrong time

00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:51.000
 can keep us

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:52.220
 from God.

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:56.079
 And when that's happening,

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:57.599
 Jesus says,

00:26:58.359 --> 00:27:00.500
 get them out!

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:04.980
 You can run a wonderful 501c3.

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:07.200
 You can parent

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:09.539
 and even foster children.

00:27:09.539 --> 00:27:13.019
 You can lead a Bible study

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:14.420
 and all of those

00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:16.159
 without the sacrifice

00:27:16.159 --> 00:27:18.480
 of Jesus being necessary.

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:23.500
 But for you to draw near to God,

00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:26.440
 for you to live in relationship

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:27.299
 with him,

00:27:27.399 --> 00:27:28.500
 for you to know him

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:30.440
 truly and personally,

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:33.460
 Jesus had to die.

00:27:34.500 --> 00:27:35.920
 There was no other way.

00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:37.000
 He died

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:38.220
 to give you

00:27:38.220 --> 00:27:40.019
 that relationship.

00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:42.340
 Don't neglect that gift.

00:27:46.800 --> 00:27:47.860
 I'm gonna trust

00:27:47.860 --> 00:27:48.920
 somewhere in your heart

00:27:48.920 --> 00:27:49.720
 Jesus is

00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:51.320
 turning over a table

00:27:51.320 --> 00:27:51.880
 this morning.

00:27:52.600 --> 00:27:54.360
 Yours may just be wobbling.

00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:55.980
 It may have crashed

00:27:55.980 --> 00:27:56.920
 a few minutes ago.

00:27:58.680 --> 00:28:00.160
 What do you do about that?

00:28:01.820 --> 00:28:03.180
 There's one path

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:04.560
 back to God

00:28:04.560 --> 00:28:06.240
 for all three paths

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:06.960
 leading us

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:08.620
 away from him

00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:09.759
 in this passage.

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:13.140
 Jesus turns over the tables,

00:28:13.840 --> 00:28:15.320
 drives out the things

00:28:15.320 --> 00:28:16.580
 distracting us

00:28:16.580 --> 00:28:18.160
 from being with God

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:19.920
 and now we have two options.

00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:22.539
 Either we set them back up

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:24.140
 and carry on with life

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:25.120
 just as we were.

00:28:26.320 --> 00:28:27.360
 Please don't.

00:28:27.880 --> 00:28:30.440
 Don't be merely hearers

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:31.560
 but not doers.

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:33.139
 Don't see your heart

00:28:33.139 --> 00:28:33.859
 in the reflection

00:28:33.859 --> 00:28:35.079
 of God's word

00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:36.139
 and then just go on

00:28:36.139 --> 00:28:38.319
 living just the same way

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:39.859
 moving on with your life.

00:28:40.000 --> 00:28:40.799
 Don't do that.

00:28:42.859 --> 00:28:43.500
 Or,

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:45.099
 second option,

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:47.779
 repent of them

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:49.599
 and turn

00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:51.200
 to the new temple.

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:52.759
 See,

00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:53.519
 the path back

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.419
 near to God

00:28:54.419 --> 00:28:56.480
 from self-determination

00:28:56.480 --> 00:28:57.299
 and control

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:58.559
 is not

00:28:59.079 --> 00:29:00.220
 deciding that

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:00.980
 I'm going to stay

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.700
 in control

00:29:01.700 --> 00:29:02.400
 but you know what?

00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.860
 I'll be a better Christian.

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:04.720
 I'll just

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:05.880
 choose to be

00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:06.799
 who God wants me

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.299
 to be now.

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:10.299
 The path back

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:11.559
 near to God

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:12.360
 from the love

00:29:12.360 --> 00:29:12.799
 of money

00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:13.480
 and possessions

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:14.700
 is not striking

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.640
 a bargain with him

00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:16.740
 to give 10% more

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.339
 next year.

00:29:19.420 --> 00:29:20.519
 The path back

00:29:20.519 --> 00:29:21.680
 near to God

00:29:21.680 --> 00:29:22.240
 from a life

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.960
 of busyness

00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:23.740
 and chaos

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.440
 is not

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:25.420
 piling up

00:29:25.420 --> 00:29:26.759
 good religious duties

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.640
 so that you are

00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:28.480
 just as busy

00:29:28.480 --> 00:29:29.039
 and chaotic

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.519
 as ever

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.420
 maybe more

00:29:30.420 --> 00:29:30.980
 than before

00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:31.940
 but in six

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:32.759
 Bible studies.

00:29:33.620 --> 00:29:34.660
 You read through

00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:35.120
 the Bible

00:29:35.120 --> 00:29:36.140
 every month

00:29:36.140 --> 00:29:37.440
 not every two years.

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:38.819
 You listen to

00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:39.420
 Christian radio

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:40.420
 while you wash dishes.

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:41.079
 You sleep only

00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:41.900
 three hours a night

00:29:41.900 --> 00:29:42.259
 so you have

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:43.160
 more time to pray.

00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:45.120
 It's not the path

00:29:45.120 --> 00:29:45.480
 back.

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:48.319
 There's one path

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:50.160
 back to God.

00:29:51.299 --> 00:29:51.860
 Repent.

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:54.259
 Leave the table

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:55.039
 down

00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:55.740
 where Jesus

00:29:55.740 --> 00:29:56.519
 turned it over.

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:59.240
 and trust

00:29:59.240 --> 00:29:59.819
 Jesus.

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:01.900
 The glory

00:30:01.900 --> 00:30:02.740
 of this passage

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.980
 is that

00:30:03.980 --> 00:30:05.359
 as messed up

00:30:05.359 --> 00:30:06.400
 as the temple

00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:07.039
 has become

00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:07.519
 when Jesus

00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.099
 shows up

00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:09.019
 the solution

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:10.299
 is not

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:11.539
 a big repair

00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.079
 job

00:30:12.079 --> 00:30:13.059
 on the temple.

00:30:13.379 --> 00:30:13.920
 It is what?

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:16.000
 A new temple.

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:18.200
 The new temple

00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:19.299
 has come

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:20.259
 right into the

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:21.139
 midst of the old one

00:30:21.139 --> 00:30:21.839
 right here.

00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:23.160
 The risen Jesus

00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:24.639
 is with you

00:30:24.639 --> 00:30:26.119
 now inviting you

00:30:26.119 --> 00:30:26.899
 in relationship

00:30:26.899 --> 00:30:27.379
 with him

00:30:27.379 --> 00:30:28.500
 into the deepest

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:29.919
 closest

00:30:29.919 --> 00:30:31.659
 most life-changing

00:30:31.659 --> 00:30:33.119
 encounter with God

00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:34.239
 that you can imagine.

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 He's saying

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 you find it in me.

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 And yes

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 as you enjoy

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 the goodness

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 of delighting in him

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 what will happen

00:30:41.799 --> 00:30:42.219
 in your heart

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 is you won't want

00:30:42.819 --> 00:30:43.539
 anything else

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 to distract you

00:30:44.379 --> 00:30:44.959
 from him.

00:30:45.899 --> 00:30:47.059
 He'll help you say

00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:48.159
 get out

00:30:48.159 --> 00:30:49.500
 to all sorts

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:50.179
 of things

00:30:50.179 --> 00:30:51.179
 bad things

00:30:51.179 --> 00:30:51.919
 and good things

00:30:51.919 --> 00:30:53.079
 in the wrong place.

00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:56.240
 So over time

00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:56.939
 you likely will

00:30:56.939 --> 00:30:57.399
 end up

00:30:57.399 --> 00:30:58.519
 giving more money

00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:58.980
 away.

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 Reading more

00:31:00.919 --> 00:31:01.740
 of his word

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:03.199
 even sacrificing

00:31:03.199 --> 00:31:04.419
 sleep at times

00:31:04.419 --> 00:31:05.299
 to pray

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:06.179
 that'll happen

00:31:06.179 --> 00:31:06.939
 but don't think

00:31:06.939 --> 00:31:07.779
 all those things

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:08.859
 are earning your way

00:31:08.859 --> 00:31:10.359
 back near to God.

00:31:10.679 --> 00:31:11.079
 No, no

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:11.899
 the beauty

00:31:11.899 --> 00:31:12.460
 the glory

00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:13.059
 the grace

00:31:13.059 --> 00:31:13.419
 of this

00:31:13.419 --> 00:31:14.220
 is that God

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:15.500
 comes near

00:31:15.500 --> 00:31:16.519
 to you

00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:17.579
 and then calls you

00:31:17.579 --> 00:31:18.480
 not to miss out

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:19.439
 on that relationship

00:31:19.439 --> 00:31:20.279
 and all the ways

00:31:20.279 --> 00:31:21.399
 you can enjoy it

00:31:21.399 --> 00:31:22.319
 and savor it

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:23.200
 and drink deeply

00:31:23.200 --> 00:31:24.339
 of him.

00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:25.339
 It's the fruit

00:31:25.339 --> 00:31:25.980
 of nearness

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:26.759
 with him

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:27.319
 as he comes

00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:27.599
 to you

00:31:27.599 --> 00:31:28.220
 and keeps

00:31:28.220 --> 00:31:29.559
 drawing you in.

00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:31.319
 Jesus has come

00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:32.720
 through his life

00:31:32.720 --> 00:31:33.420
 and especially

00:31:33.420 --> 00:31:34.240
 his death

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:35.339
 and his resurrection

00:31:35.339 --> 00:31:37.299
 to bring you home

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:39.359
 so that he

00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:40.559
 the new temple

00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:42.519
 God's house

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:44.480
 is actually

00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:45.420
 your home

00:31:45.420 --> 00:31:46.180
 that's where

00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:47.559
 life is.

00:31:47.839 --> 00:31:48.559
 You actually

00:31:48.559 --> 00:31:50.019
 live day by day

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:51.480
 moment by moment

00:31:51.480 --> 00:31:51.900
 where are you

00:31:51.900 --> 00:31:52.420
 at home?

00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.379
 I'm at home

00:31:53.379 --> 00:31:54.819
 with Jesus

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:56.299
 walking with God

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:57.680
 abiding in Jesus

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:59.440
 led by his spirit

00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:00.740
 so I'm eager

00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.859
 to draw near to him

00:32:01.859 --> 00:32:02.839
 I'm confident

00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:04.619
 in his forgiving grace

00:32:04.619 --> 00:32:05.700
 when I mess up

00:32:05.700 --> 00:32:06.639
 I'm excited

00:32:06.639 --> 00:32:07.480
 to tell others

00:32:07.480 --> 00:32:08.539
 where life

00:32:08.539 --> 00:32:09.440
 is really lived

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:09.980
 in the new

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:11.119
 holy place

00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:12.519
 with Jesus.

00:32:15.819 --> 00:32:16.460
 Friends

00:32:16.460 --> 00:32:17.200
 it's time

00:32:17.200 --> 00:32:18.740
 to come home

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:22.220
 you may be

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:22.859
 realizing this

00:32:22.859 --> 00:32:23.359
 morning that

00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:24.319
 somewhere in

00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:24.680
 your life

00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:25.400
 you're a runaway

00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:28.700
 maybe you came

00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:29.319
 in this morning

00:32:29.319 --> 00:32:29.940
 on the run

00:32:29.940 --> 00:32:30.720
 you're stuck

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.279
 on one of these

00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:32.200
 paths away

00:32:32.200 --> 00:32:33.079
 from God

00:32:33.079 --> 00:32:33.960
 a lot like

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:35.440
 the prodigal son

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:36.059
 who wanted to

00:32:36.059 --> 00:32:36.680
 do things

00:32:36.680 --> 00:32:37.420
 his own way

00:32:37.420 --> 00:32:38.339
 to have all

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:38.880
 his money

00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:39.680
 and spend it

00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:40.220
 as he wanted

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:41.839
 to fill his life

00:32:41.839 --> 00:32:42.700
 with everything

00:32:42.700 --> 00:32:43.380
 that he thought

00:32:43.380 --> 00:32:44.000
 would really

00:32:44.000 --> 00:32:44.859
 make him happy

00:32:44.859 --> 00:32:46.639
 and where

00:32:46.639 --> 00:32:47.039
 did he find

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:47.539
 himself

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:49.740
 distant from

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.479
 his father

00:32:50.479 --> 00:32:51.259
 and from

00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:52.259
 everything that

00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:52.619
 he wanted

00:32:52.619 --> 00:32:53.199
 his life

00:32:53.199 --> 00:32:54.559
 to be

00:32:54.559 --> 00:32:57.119
 only to find

00:32:57.119 --> 00:32:59.159
 that as soon

00:32:59.159 --> 00:32:59.919
 as he looked up

00:32:59.919 --> 00:33:00.839
 and turned

00:33:00.839 --> 00:33:01.539
 to come home

00:33:01.539 --> 00:33:02.159
 there was

00:33:02.159 --> 00:33:02.899
 his father

00:33:02.899 --> 00:33:05.240
 not frowning

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:06.399
 not waiting

00:33:06.399 --> 00:33:07.819
 running

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:10.299
 to embrace

00:33:10.299 --> 00:33:10.639
 him

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:12.320
 he's running

00:33:12.320 --> 00:33:13.660
 to you

00:33:13.660 --> 00:33:14.620
 this morning

00:33:14.620 --> 00:33:15.259
 Jesus

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:16.380
 loves you

00:33:16.380 --> 00:33:17.580
 too much

00:33:17.580 --> 00:33:18.800
 to leave you

00:33:18.800 --> 00:33:20.080
 in the pigsty

00:33:20.080 --> 00:33:21.280
 far from

00:33:21.280 --> 00:33:22.000
 the father's

00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:22.280
 house

00:33:22.280 --> 00:33:23.280
 he loves you

00:33:23.280 --> 00:33:24.060
 too much

00:33:24.060 --> 00:33:25.020
 to leave

00:33:25.020 --> 00:33:26.020
 those tables

00:33:26.020 --> 00:33:26.960
 untouched

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.580
 in your heart

00:33:27.580 --> 00:33:28.200
 that would keep

00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:29.000
 you from him

00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:30.120
 he is turning

00:33:30.120 --> 00:33:30.620
 them over

00:33:30.620 --> 00:33:31.940
 not to run

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.640
 you off

00:33:32.640 --> 00:33:34.100
 but to

00:33:34.100 --> 00:33:34.900
 welcome you

00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:35.380
 home

00:33:35.380 --> 00:33:37.380
 it's time

00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:38.400
 to come

00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:38.900
 home

00:33:38.900 --> 00:33:39.680
 Jesus

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:40.720
 will welcome

00:33:40.720 --> 00:33:41.100
 you into

00:33:41.100 --> 00:33:41.700
 the presence

00:33:41.700 --> 00:33:42.360
 of God

00:33:42.360 --> 00:33:43.279
 forever

00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:44.420
 he will show

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:44.900
 you who you

00:33:44.900 --> 00:33:45.340
 were made

00:33:45.340 --> 00:33:45.840
 to be

00:33:45.840 --> 00:33:46.880
 he will provide

00:33:46.880 --> 00:33:47.220
 for you

00:33:47.220 --> 00:33:47.560
 what you

00:33:47.560 --> 00:33:48.360
 truly need

00:33:48.360 --> 00:33:49.380
 he will show

00:33:49.380 --> 00:33:50.120
 you how to

00:33:50.120 --> 00:33:50.539
 live with

00:33:50.539 --> 00:33:51.700
 great purpose

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:53.220
 and deep

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:53.980
 rest

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:56.960
 come home

00:33:56.960 --> 00:34:00.820
 Jesus

00:34:00.820 --> 00:34:01.759
 help us

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:04.960
 Jesus

00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:06.320
 forgive us

00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:10.179
 for the

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:11.000
 things we've

00:34:11.000 --> 00:34:11.739
 welcomed

00:34:11.739 --> 00:34:12.340
 into our

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:13.000
 lives

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:14.579
 maybe

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:15.259
 intentionally

00:34:15.259 --> 00:34:15.940
 seeking to

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.460
 avoid you

00:34:16.460 --> 00:34:17.119
 maybe not

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:18.239
 realizing how

00:34:18.239 --> 00:34:18.579
 they would

00:34:18.579 --> 00:34:19.219
 keep us

00:34:19.219 --> 00:34:19.960
 from you

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:21.880
 but we

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:22.539
 feel it

00:34:22.539 --> 00:34:23.719
 we know

00:34:23.719 --> 00:34:24.099
 what it's

00:34:24.099 --> 00:34:24.679
 like

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:26.019
 to feel

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:26.639
 distant

00:34:26.639 --> 00:34:27.819
 and to

00:34:27.819 --> 00:34:28.219
 know you

00:34:28.219 --> 00:34:28.559
 haven't

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:29.019
 moved

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:30.840
 thank you

00:34:30.840 --> 00:34:31.360
 that indeed

00:34:31.360 --> 00:34:31.840
 you have

00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.639
 moved

00:34:32.639 --> 00:34:33.739
 to chase

00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:34.559
 after us

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:37.339
 God you've

00:34:37.339 --> 00:34:37.759
 sent your

00:34:37.759 --> 00:34:38.259
 son

00:34:38.259 --> 00:34:40.679
 that we

00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:41.019
 might be

00:34:41.019 --> 00:34:41.500
 welcomed

00:34:41.500 --> 00:34:42.119
 back

00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:43.139
 into your

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:43.659
 family

00:34:43.659 --> 00:34:44.519
 to your

00:34:44.519 --> 00:34:45.000
 table

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:46.299
 into relationship

00:34:46.299 --> 00:34:47.039
 with you

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:48.480
 so help

00:34:48.480 --> 00:34:49.000
 us

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:50.199
 Holy Spirit

00:34:50.199 --> 00:34:50.839
 up turn

00:34:50.839 --> 00:34:51.679
 the tables

00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:52.859
 and don't

00:34:52.859 --> 00:34:53.460
 let us put

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:53.920
 them back

00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.480
 let us

00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:55.259
 cling to

00:34:55.259 --> 00:34:55.779
 Jesus

00:34:55.779 --> 00:34:58.859
 turn from

00:34:58.859 --> 00:34:59.719
 those things

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:00.679
 and run

00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:01.119
 to rest

00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:01.480
 in him

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:02.059
 thank you

00:35:02.059 --> 00:35:04.199
 for chasing

00:35:04.199 --> 00:35:04.980
 after us

00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:05.839
 we love you

00:35:05.839 --> 00:35:07.279
 for that

00:35:07.279 --> 00:35:08.099
 we worship

00:35:08.099 --> 00:35:08.500
 you

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:09.679
 we ask

00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:09.939
 that our

00:35:09.939 --> 00:35:10.579
 lives would

00:35:10.579 --> 00:35:11.719
 be living

00:35:11.719 --> 00:35:12.639
 sacrifices

00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:13.719
 to praise

00:35:13.719 --> 00:35:14.159
 you for

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:14.539
 what you

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:15.079
 have done

00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:16.039
 in Jesus

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:16.519
 name

00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:17.500
 amen

00:35:17.500 --> 00:35:20.059
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00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:20.559
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00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:21.399
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00:35:21.819 --> 00:35:22.119
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00:35:29.719 --> 00:35:32.019
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00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:32.559
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