WEBVTT 00:00:00.760 --> 00:00:03.100 Children, you are excused if you haven't been already. 00:00:05.440 --> 00:00:10.300 And I am going to be preaching from John chapter 1 verses 19 through 51. 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:13.300 ! It's on page 1053 of your pew Bible. 00:00:13.400 --> 00:00:15.040 ! It's the black Bible in your pew. 00:00:16.039 --> 00:00:22.920 In the late 80s, U2 released their greatest album of all time, 00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:24.859 Joshua Tree. 00:00:24.859 --> 00:00:31.019 I still remember hearing, I still haven't found what I'm looking for when I was in high school. 00:00:31.079 --> 00:00:32.719 I must have heard that a million times. 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:39.899 In fact, this past week, I watched the music video of I still haven't found what I'm looking for. 00:00:41.140 --> 00:00:45.260 There you have him, Bono singing, I still haven't found what I'm looking for, 00:00:45.399 --> 00:00:50.719 as he walks through the glimmer, the lights of Las Vegas. 00:00:50.719 --> 00:00:54.340 You have the edge on his acoustic guitar and really interesting hat. 00:00:54.340 --> 00:00:56.620 And he's walking through and they're all singing. 00:00:57.060 --> 00:00:59.960 There are other two guys in the band, don't know them, they were walking around too. 00:01:00.280 --> 00:01:02.280 But the point is, they're walking around Las Vegas. 00:01:03.060 --> 00:01:10.040 With all of its lights and glamour and gambling, Sin City! 00:01:11.740 --> 00:01:16.700 And they keep on singing, but I still haven't found what I'm looking for. 00:01:16.700 --> 00:01:19.939 Are you looking for something? 00:01:22.420 --> 00:01:23.620 But still haven't found it? 00:01:27.960 --> 00:01:30.379 Are you finding something to scratch the itch? 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:33.859 To fill the hole? 00:01:34.520 --> 00:01:35.800 To satisfy your soul? 00:01:35.799 --> 00:01:39.659 Maybe it's in companionship. 00:01:39.739 --> 00:01:44.019 You are so lonely that you think, 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:48.799 if I just get another human being in a relationship, I'll be happy. 00:01:49.679 --> 00:01:50.159 It's elusive. 00:01:51.939 --> 00:01:53.719 Maybe it's about your reputation. 00:01:54.579 --> 00:01:56.280 You want to make a name for yourself. 00:01:56.459 --> 00:02:00.979 Or you don't want particular information to get out about yourself. 00:02:00.980 --> 00:02:03.420 It's elusive. 00:02:04.579 --> 00:02:09.439 Maybe you're trying to scratch the itch, fill the hole with being useful. 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:11.180 For being productive. 00:02:12.140 --> 00:02:13.340 But that's elusive too. 00:02:14.939 --> 00:02:20.340 Maybe you're trying to satisfy your soul with this longing for peace. 00:02:20.759 --> 00:02:22.259 Peace for your kids in the future. 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:24.860 Peace of financial security. 00:02:25.379 --> 00:02:28.840 Peace of knowing that your body's just going to be fine. 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:31.420 That you're going to be healthy all the way through. 00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:33.479 It's elusive too. 00:02:34.879 --> 00:02:35.840 What are you looking for? 00:02:37.740 --> 00:02:41.819 This morning we're going to see in John 1, 19 through 15. 00:02:41.980 --> 00:02:45.699 It's one big historical account with four scenes. 00:02:46.140 --> 00:02:50.640 And these four scenes unfold the answer to the question, 00:02:50.819 --> 00:02:51.759 what are you looking for? 00:02:51.759 --> 00:03:00.719 And John the evangelist is going to point us again and again to the one that we are looking for. 00:03:02.459 --> 00:03:08.180 We're going to see in one of these scenes, Jesus ask this question. 00:03:08.539 --> 00:03:11.039 And he's going to ask you this question this morning. 00:03:11.459 --> 00:03:12.379 What are you seeking? 00:03:13.419 --> 00:03:14.819 What are you looking for? 00:03:14.819 --> 00:03:16.840 And then he answers that. 00:03:17.159 --> 00:03:18.699 He says, come and see. 00:03:19.639 --> 00:03:24.840 He's inviting you to come and find what you're looking for in him. 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:33.259 These four scenes give an unprecedented list of titles and descriptions of who Jesus is. 00:03:33.379 --> 00:03:35.659 It's a pile up of his glory. 00:03:35.659 --> 00:03:40.039 And it's designed to make your heart rise to him. 00:03:41.539 --> 00:03:44.659 And these titles and descriptions belong to Jesus alone. 00:03:45.579 --> 00:03:46.579 What are you looking for? 00:03:47.500 --> 00:03:49.199 Jesus would say, come and see. 00:03:50.199 --> 00:03:51.439 So let's look at the first scene. 00:03:52.300 --> 00:03:56.560 It's chapter 1, verses 19 through 28. 00:03:56.560 --> 00:04:06.120 And this scene is actually a dialogue between John the Baptist, JTB, and this delegation sent from Jerusalem. 00:04:06.199 --> 00:04:07.280 You can see it in verse 19. 00:04:07.860 --> 00:04:16.079 And this is the testimony of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, who are you? 00:04:16.639 --> 00:04:22.100 So what we have here in verses 19 through 28 are two sets of questions. 00:04:24.100 --> 00:04:25.139 Now here's what's going on. 00:04:25.139 --> 00:04:29.939 The Jews is a reference to the Jews who are in authority in Jerusalem. 00:04:30.599 --> 00:04:34.419 And by and large in the Gospel of John, they are Jews who oppose Jesus. 00:04:35.500 --> 00:04:43.199 So these Jews have gotten word that there are large crowds of Jews going out to John the Baptist and the Jordan and northern Israel. 00:04:43.500 --> 00:04:44.959 And he's baptizing them. 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:46.599 And so they're like, what's going on? 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:52.240 We're going to send a delegation to find out who this guy is and what he is doing. 00:04:52.240 --> 00:04:57.259 And so the first set of questions begins in verse 19. 00:04:57.400 --> 00:04:58.100 Who are you? 00:04:58.379 --> 00:05:03.840 And in verse 20, John the Baptist responds in a little bit surprising way. 00:05:04.840 --> 00:05:07.600 He confessed and did not deny, but confessed. 00:05:08.060 --> 00:05:09.259 That's emphatic. 00:05:10.980 --> 00:05:12.800 He says, I'm not the Christ. 00:05:12.800 --> 00:05:18.660 If they were coming looking for the Christ, he is saying, I'm not the Christ. 00:05:19.379 --> 00:05:21.860 The Christ is the first title we come across in this scene. 00:05:22.439 --> 00:05:26.020 And it means Messiah, the anointed one. 00:05:26.400 --> 00:05:32.300 The long looked for king who would sit on David's throne forever. 00:05:32.300 --> 00:05:35.819 Well, the questions continue. 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:39.079 Verse 21, they asked him, what then? 00:05:39.120 --> 00:05:40.040 Are you Elijah? 00:05:41.379 --> 00:05:46.199 Elijah was a really impressive prophet from 2 Kings 2. 00:05:46.500 --> 00:05:54.000 2 Kings 2, Elijah is taken up alive to heaven in a chariot of fire. 00:05:54.000 --> 00:06:06.740 And then in Malachi 4, 5, we're told this prophecy that Elijah would return before the great and awesome day of the Lord. 00:06:07.160 --> 00:06:16.240 And so what we have in common with the Christ and Elijah are these biblical figures who are being looked forward to coming back. 00:06:17.100 --> 00:06:18.240 They're looking for him. 00:06:18.240 --> 00:06:22.939 John the Baptist says in verse 21, oh, am I Elijah? 00:06:23.220 --> 00:06:23.980 I am not. 00:06:25.079 --> 00:06:26.540 And then there's another question. 00:06:26.740 --> 00:06:27.980 Verse 21, are you the prophet? 00:06:29.160 --> 00:06:34.519 It's another anticipated biblical figure who they are looking forward to. 00:06:35.939 --> 00:06:41.879 This time, this prophet is a reference to something that Moses wrote in Deuteronomy 18.15. 00:06:42.400 --> 00:06:47.060 God will raise up one like me, Moses says, from among you. 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:56.579 This delegation sent from these Jews who are going to oppose Jesus, they're asking John the Baptist, are you the prophet? 00:06:57.620 --> 00:06:58.800 Flat out, no. 00:07:00.319 --> 00:07:03.780 And in verse 27, we see this. 00:07:04.759 --> 00:07:05.319 Oh, excuse me. 00:07:07.019 --> 00:07:08.720 Verse 23. 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:15.319 Verse 22, I apologize. 00:07:15.319 --> 00:07:21.819 They reach this point where they're like, okay, John, work with us. 00:07:23.139 --> 00:07:24.120 We got to go back. 00:07:24.199 --> 00:07:25.819 We got to tell our supervisors. 00:07:26.379 --> 00:07:27.800 We got to give them some kind of answer. 00:07:27.939 --> 00:07:28.959 So who are you? 00:07:30.899 --> 00:07:35.779 And then he finally says in verse 23, I am the voice of the one crying out in the wilderness. 00:07:36.659 --> 00:07:40.339 Make straight the way of the Lord as the prophet Isaiah said. 00:07:40.339 --> 00:07:43.159 This is Isaiah 40, verse 3. 00:07:43.459 --> 00:07:49.899 And what he's saying here is, I am the forerunner of the Lord. 00:07:50.899 --> 00:07:59.379 When we read here, make straight the way of the Lord, back in your Old Testament in Isaiah, that's all small caps. 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:01.599 That's the way of Yahweh. 00:08:02.039 --> 00:08:02.719 The I am. 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:05.939 He is going to go before the way of the Lord. 00:08:05.939 --> 00:08:11.779 And so what he's saying is, hey, I am someone you should be looking forward to. 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:18.920 I am that voice in the wilderness making straight the path of Yahweh. 00:08:21.160 --> 00:08:24.740 But it doesn't seem as though this delegation hears what he says. 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:28.899 This is another title. 00:08:29.139 --> 00:08:29.659 Lord. 00:08:30.500 --> 00:08:32.500 It's going to be applied to Jesus. 00:08:32.500 --> 00:08:36.200 He is the I am incarnate. 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:39.980 In verse 25, we have a second set of questions. 00:08:40.139 --> 00:08:41.159 Actually, just one question. 00:08:41.259 --> 00:08:43.639 We move from who he is to what he's doing. 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:46.720 And they want to know, why are you baptizing? 00:08:46.840 --> 00:08:47.620 Verse 25. 00:08:48.080 --> 00:08:52.759 If you're not the Christ, if you're not Elijah, if you're not the prophet, what are you doing? 00:08:53.000 --> 00:08:53.940 Why are you baptizing? 00:08:54.080 --> 00:08:56.799 And he answers them in verse 26. 00:08:56.960 --> 00:09:00.580 He says, I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know. 00:09:00.580 --> 00:09:09.520 He goes on to say, even he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie. 00:09:09.820 --> 00:09:14.160 In our common day, that'd be like, hey, I can't even untie his shoelace. 00:09:14.400 --> 00:09:16.480 That's how awesome he is. 00:09:17.520 --> 00:09:28.600 John the Baptist answers their question by saying, my baptism, me baptizing, it's getting people ready to see the revealing of the one who comes after me. 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:30.879 That's what my baptism is doing. 00:09:31.879 --> 00:09:34.540 And you don't recognize the one who stands among you. 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:37.519 You see, the Lord has come now. 00:09:38.120 --> 00:09:40.060 And you don't recognize him. 00:09:41.120 --> 00:09:43.440 They're not finding what they're looking for. 00:09:48.060 --> 00:09:53.040 Kind of curious as to how, what they actually reported when they got back to Jerusalem. 00:09:53.039 --> 00:09:57.219 I think it would be like, you know what, we didn't really find anything. 00:09:58.799 --> 00:10:00.620 He's not the Christ. 00:10:00.779 --> 00:10:02.199 He's not Elijah. 00:10:02.439 --> 00:10:03.620 He's not the prophet. 00:10:03.980 --> 00:10:06.039 He said something from Isaiah. 00:10:08.860 --> 00:10:09.879 What are you looking for? 00:10:11.939 --> 00:10:17.759 What we have here is a group of people who are looking for something, but they're not finding it. 00:10:17.759 --> 00:10:22.580 And we're given these titles of Christ and Lord. 00:10:24.759 --> 00:10:28.620 And this one who comes after John, he's not even worthy to untie his shoelaces. 00:10:30.639 --> 00:10:35.120 The next scene, scene two, is verses 29 through 34. 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:42.319 And in this scene, we see John the Baptist seeing Jesus and making an announcement. 00:10:42.320 --> 00:10:47.720 And it's queued up in verse 29, the next day. 00:10:48.260 --> 00:10:49.960 That means there's a scene change. 00:10:50.640 --> 00:10:54.440 The next day, John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him. 00:10:54.800 --> 00:10:56.620 And he says, he doesn't catcall. 00:10:56.720 --> 00:10:59.080 He's not like, doesn't do that. 00:11:00.060 --> 00:11:03.960 What he does do is he says, behold, the Lamb of God. 00:11:03.960 --> 00:11:13.580 And what follows in this section, verses 29 through 34, it's like a Messiah sandwich. 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:18.280 We have titles on both sides and a bunch of descriptions in the middle. 00:11:21.740 --> 00:11:29.639 What we have here is John the Baptist acting like an announcer at a prize fight. 00:11:29.639 --> 00:11:36.039 You know those guys that announce the challenger and the champ? 00:11:36.779 --> 00:11:40.559 They get the mic and they're like, you know, are you ready to rumble? 00:11:42.059 --> 00:11:43.600 And then they announce the challenger. 00:11:43.759 --> 00:11:46.259 And then when they turn to the champ, they're like, and in the blue corner. 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:49.399 And then they start naming titles. 00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:52.539 He owns this belt and he owns that belt. 00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:56.000 He's done these KOs and he has this reputation. 00:11:56.799 --> 00:11:58.779 That's what John the Baptist is doing. 00:11:58.779 --> 00:12:01.379 He's not making this announcement to Jesus. 00:12:01.819 --> 00:12:06.179 He's making this announcement to everyone around the Jordan. 00:12:07.120 --> 00:12:07.819 Look what he says. 00:12:08.720 --> 00:12:10.039 Behold, the Lamb of God. 00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:12.519 Look, the Lamb of God. 00:12:12.579 --> 00:12:15.740 Hey, everybody, look, the Lamb of God. 00:12:17.039 --> 00:12:20.620 Lambs played a central role in the Jewish sacrificial system, 00:12:20.959 --> 00:12:26.839 especially when we get to the holy days of Passover, the Passover lamb. 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:29.320 Lambs were repeatedly offered. 00:12:29.480 --> 00:12:35.680 Their blood was shed and they died to atone for the sins of sinners. 00:12:36.060 --> 00:12:38.080 They were killed in the place of sinners. 00:12:38.480 --> 00:12:39.480 That's called a substitute. 00:12:41.879 --> 00:12:50.000 JTB is announcing, behold, God's ultimate sacrifice for your sin. 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:51.019 That's what he's saying. 00:12:51.019 --> 00:12:54.019 Behold, God's salvation. 00:12:55.019 --> 00:12:55.639 Right there. 00:12:56.059 --> 00:12:56.539 That guy. 00:12:56.539 --> 00:12:56.559 That guy. 00:13:01.500 --> 00:13:04.840 And we read this description that follows, 00:13:05.460 --> 00:13:08.639 who takes away the sins, the sin of the world. 00:13:09.340 --> 00:13:11.000 Now, when you hear the word world, 00:13:11.539 --> 00:13:13.299 don't think the planet Earth. 00:13:14.139 --> 00:13:17.539 Be thinking more in terms of sinful humanity 00:13:17.539 --> 00:13:20.259 in organized rebellion against God. 00:13:21.099 --> 00:13:22.459 People living in darkness. 00:13:23.539 --> 00:13:29.159 You see, Christ's death satisfied once and for all 00:13:29.159 --> 00:13:33.379 God's wrath towards our sin. 00:13:33.379 --> 00:13:37.199 So there were no more sacrificial lambs needed. 00:13:38.679 --> 00:13:40.219 It's a great description. 00:13:40.799 --> 00:13:42.899 And then he goes on to another description in verse 30. 00:13:44.019 --> 00:13:45.779 We're familiar with this one already. 00:13:45.779 --> 00:13:48.639 John keeps on saying to the crowd, 00:13:48.839 --> 00:13:50.319 this is he of whom I said, 00:13:50.500 --> 00:13:52.259 after me comes a man who ranks before me 00:13:52.259 --> 00:13:53.379 because he was before me. 00:13:53.679 --> 00:13:54.839 Yes, sounds like a riddle. 00:13:54.919 --> 00:13:55.899 But what he's saying is, 00:13:56.240 --> 00:13:58.279 this guy that was born six months after me, 00:13:58.399 --> 00:13:59.699 he's actually greater than me 00:13:59.699 --> 00:14:02.000 because he's always existed before me. 00:14:02.059 --> 00:14:05.720 He is the preexistent second person of the Trinity. 00:14:06.779 --> 00:14:07.980 He's not quite saying it like that, 00:14:08.059 --> 00:14:09.519 but that's how we understand it. 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:15.000 He's claiming that this Lamb of God 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:17.960 is from everlasting to everlasting. 00:14:18.259 --> 00:14:19.039 He is God. 00:14:21.059 --> 00:14:22.919 And then in verses 31 through 34, 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:27.100 we move to the focus on the baptism of Jesus. 00:14:29.579 --> 00:14:32.279 In verse 31, he says, 00:14:32.379 --> 00:14:33.600 this is the one whom I said. 00:14:33.740 --> 00:14:35.960 In verse, I myself do not know him. 00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:37.160 That might seem a little confusing. 00:14:37.300 --> 00:14:38.420 What it means is, 00:14:38.420 --> 00:14:41.160 is John the Baptist didn't fully understand 00:14:41.160 --> 00:14:44.060 who Jesus was until his baptism. 00:14:44.700 --> 00:14:46.379 Then it all becomes clear to him. 00:14:47.600 --> 00:14:47.920 And he says, 00:14:48.019 --> 00:14:49.019 for this purpose, 00:14:49.200 --> 00:14:51.259 I came baptizing with the water 00:14:51.259 --> 00:14:53.019 that he might be revealed to Israel. 00:14:53.400 --> 00:14:54.580 His baptism, 00:14:54.720 --> 00:14:56.400 and what happens at his baptism, 00:14:56.960 --> 00:14:59.100 discloses who he is. 00:14:59.100 --> 00:15:02.120 And then we have this other description 00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:04.100 in verse 32. 00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:07.019 It's an eyewitness. 00:15:08.860 --> 00:15:10.879 I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, 00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:12.279 and it remained on him. 00:15:12.360 --> 00:15:15.759 This is the anointing of Jesus Christ 00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:17.220 for ministry. 00:15:17.779 --> 00:15:19.680 And John saw it. 00:15:20.540 --> 00:15:22.379 The baptism of Jesus is recorded 00:15:22.379 --> 00:15:24.100 in all of the Gospels. 00:15:25.320 --> 00:15:27.040 And what we see happening here 00:15:27.039 --> 00:15:30.059 is the anointing of Jesus the Christ. 00:15:30.980 --> 00:15:31.759 In the Old Testament, 00:15:31.980 --> 00:15:33.559 prophets, priests, and kings 00:15:33.559 --> 00:15:34.860 were anointed with oil 00:15:34.860 --> 00:15:37.459 for ministry to be set apart, 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:39.759 and the Spirit would come upon them 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:40.939 and even leave them. 00:15:41.219 --> 00:15:42.559 But here, it's not oil, 00:15:42.659 --> 00:15:43.919 but the Holy Spirit himself 00:15:43.919 --> 00:15:45.659 who comes down upon Jesus, 00:15:45.779 --> 00:15:49.120 and he remains on Jesus permanently. 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:50.919 It's his anointing. 00:15:50.919 --> 00:15:54.980 He is the ultimate prophet, priest, and king. 00:15:57.039 --> 00:15:58.419 And then we see in verse 33 00:15:58.419 --> 00:16:00.199 that he's also an ear witness. 00:16:02.980 --> 00:16:04.659 I myself did not know him. 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:05.639 I didn't know him fully. 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:07.319 But he who sent me, 00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:08.299 God the Father, 00:16:08.639 --> 00:16:09.860 to baptize with water, 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:10.959 said to me, 00:16:11.799 --> 00:16:13.219 he on whom you see the Spirit 00:16:13.219 --> 00:16:14.000 descend and remain, 00:16:14.439 --> 00:16:15.659 this is he who baptizes 00:16:15.659 --> 00:16:16.319 with the Holy Spirit. 00:16:16.320 --> 00:16:19.500 So, John, upon seeing 00:16:19.500 --> 00:16:22.540 Jesus anointed by the Holy Spirit, 00:16:23.060 --> 00:16:24.060 it's a fulfillment 00:16:24.060 --> 00:16:25.420 of what God the Father 00:16:25.420 --> 00:16:26.440 has told him, 00:16:26.520 --> 00:16:26.940 and he's like, 00:16:27.020 --> 00:16:27.660 that's him! 00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:29.140 That's the one! 00:16:31.260 --> 00:16:32.460 He's the baptizer 00:16:32.460 --> 00:16:33.820 with the Holy Spirit. 00:16:33.900 --> 00:16:34.440 That's a reference 00:16:34.440 --> 00:16:35.200 to the second, 00:16:35.860 --> 00:16:36.720 the new covenant. 00:16:37.260 --> 00:16:38.700 We read about it in Ezra, 00:16:39.060 --> 00:16:40.320 Ezekiel chapter 36, 00:16:41.320 --> 00:16:42.160 the Holy Spirit 00:16:42.160 --> 00:16:43.340 coming upon us 00:16:43.340 --> 00:16:44.560 in a new covenant way 00:16:44.559 --> 00:16:46.299 in which we are now 00:16:46.299 --> 00:16:48.179 able to live for God. 00:16:49.199 --> 00:16:50.619 He is the baptizer 00:16:50.619 --> 00:16:51.479 with the Holy Spirit. 00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:52.719 We see it happen 00:16:52.719 --> 00:16:53.559 at Pentecost. 00:16:55.500 --> 00:16:56.859 And if you become a believer, 00:16:57.079 --> 00:16:58.119 at the moment you believe, 00:16:58.199 --> 00:16:58.839 you're baptized 00:16:58.839 --> 00:17:00.079 by the Holy Spirit. 00:17:01.959 --> 00:17:03.399 So we have all these descriptions, 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:04.579 and then in verse 34 00:17:04.579 --> 00:17:06.799 we have the final 00:17:06.799 --> 00:17:08.519 kind of like title. 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:10.519 And I have seen 00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:11.960 and have borne witness 00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:13.679 that this is the Son of God. 00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:14.940 So we start with the Lamb of God, 00:17:15.160 --> 00:17:16.380 we end with the Son of God, 00:17:16.380 --> 00:17:18.400 and we have these descriptions 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:19.360 in between 00:17:19.360 --> 00:17:21.340 that are just lovely. 00:17:22.140 --> 00:17:23.060 That he come to take away 00:17:23.060 --> 00:17:24.140 the sins of the world, 00:17:24.320 --> 00:17:25.519 that he was before me, 00:17:25.580 --> 00:17:26.299 that from everlasting 00:17:26.299 --> 00:17:26.820 to everlasting, 00:17:27.019 --> 00:17:27.660 he is God, 00:17:27.740 --> 00:17:28.799 that he has been anointed 00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:29.440 by the Spirit, 00:17:29.539 --> 00:17:30.580 that he is the baptizer 00:17:30.580 --> 00:17:31.200 with the Spirit. 00:17:31.560 --> 00:17:33.140 This is all about Jesus. 00:17:34.840 --> 00:17:35.799 What are you looking for? 00:17:38.100 --> 00:17:38.920 Scene 2, 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:41.480 John the Evangelist, 00:17:41.820 --> 00:17:42.960 helps us to see 00:17:42.960 --> 00:17:44.140 Jesus, 00:17:44.380 --> 00:17:45.580 behold the Lamb of God. 00:17:46.759 --> 00:17:47.240 Scene 3. 00:17:50.320 --> 00:17:51.360 Look at verse 35. 00:17:51.640 --> 00:17:53.580 We have a new scene. 00:17:55.220 --> 00:17:55.660 Again, 00:17:55.920 --> 00:17:57.160 the next day. 00:17:57.960 --> 00:17:58.620 Scene change, 00:17:58.900 --> 00:17:59.620 and then we have 00:17:59.620 --> 00:18:01.640 more characters involved. 00:18:01.980 --> 00:18:02.759 This time we see 00:18:02.759 --> 00:18:03.420 John the Baptist, 00:18:03.640 --> 00:18:04.240 once again, 00:18:05.140 --> 00:18:06.100 he's standing, 00:18:06.340 --> 00:18:07.240 but this time he's standing 00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:08.240 with two of his disciples, 00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:10.019 and we know one of their names 00:18:10.019 --> 00:18:10.900 is Andrew. 00:18:11.059 --> 00:18:11.480 We don't know 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:12.680 the other disciple's name. 00:18:13.079 --> 00:18:14.019 Some scholars believe 00:18:14.019 --> 00:18:16.019 it's John the Evangelist, 00:18:16.660 --> 00:18:18.000 just not referring to himself. 00:18:19.339 --> 00:18:22.640 So these are standing together, 00:18:23.120 --> 00:18:23.620 and look, 00:18:24.000 --> 00:18:24.700 verse 36, 00:18:24.920 --> 00:18:25.920 John the Baptist 00:18:25.920 --> 00:18:27.180 looks at Jesus 00:18:27.180 --> 00:18:28.359 as he walked by, 00:18:28.819 --> 00:18:29.460 and again, 00:18:29.940 --> 00:18:30.519 he says, 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:33.579 behold the Lamb of God. 00:18:33.660 --> 00:18:34.079 Look, 00:18:34.079 --> 00:18:35.259 there he is, 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:36.559 the Lamb of God, 00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:37.639 God's salvation, 00:18:38.220 --> 00:18:39.559 God's ultimate sacrifice 00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:41.039 to take away our sins. 00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:43.859 What's different is that 00:18:43.859 --> 00:18:45.500 he's got two of his disciples 00:18:45.500 --> 00:18:46.159 standing with him. 00:18:46.779 --> 00:18:47.099 Yes, 00:18:47.220 --> 00:18:47.720 John the Baptist 00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:48.740 had his own disciples, 00:18:49.299 --> 00:18:52.720 and then they follow Jesus, 00:18:53.720 --> 00:18:55.799 and John the Baptist 00:18:55.799 --> 00:18:56.720 has no problem with that. 00:18:57.659 --> 00:18:58.279 He's like, 00:18:58.339 --> 00:18:59.619 you go and follow him. 00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:01.099 It's like, 00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:01.859 I am the guy 00:19:01.859 --> 00:19:02.980 that is the forerunner 00:19:02.980 --> 00:19:03.740 to that guy. 00:19:04.399 --> 00:19:05.440 You go follow him. 00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:09.380 And in verse 38, 00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:12.559 we have the first recorded words 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:14.279 of Jesus in John's gospel. 00:19:15.900 --> 00:19:16.940 It's a question. 00:19:18.460 --> 00:19:20.539 It's a question for those two disciples. 00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:22.960 Jesus senses them following him. 00:19:23.080 --> 00:19:23.880 He turns around, 00:19:24.380 --> 00:19:25.559 and he asks them a question. 00:19:25.840 --> 00:19:27.620 And I want to help you realize 00:19:27.620 --> 00:19:29.180 he's asking you 00:19:29.180 --> 00:19:31.400 the very same question this morning. 00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:32.000 Amen. 00:19:35.440 --> 00:19:37.320 What are you seeking? 00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:40.500 What are you looking for? 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:45.279 What are you looking for? 00:19:46.740 --> 00:19:48.279 Where are you looking for life? 00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:50.240 What are you looking to 00:19:50.240 --> 00:19:51.220 to scratch the itch, 00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:52.160 to fill the hole, 00:19:52.340 --> 00:19:53.880 to make sense of things, 00:19:54.039 --> 00:19:55.720 to have purpose and meaning, 00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:56.460 to be happy? 00:19:56.820 --> 00:19:57.980 Where are you looking for that? 00:19:57.980 --> 00:19:58.099 Now, 00:19:59.579 --> 00:20:01.799 Jesus is about 00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:03.599 to show them where to look. 00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:04.960 So, 00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:05.799 verse 38, 00:20:05.920 --> 00:20:07.000 Jesus asks them 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:08.099 and asks us, 00:20:08.500 --> 00:20:10.380 what are you looking for? 00:20:11.339 --> 00:20:12.819 And then they answer 00:20:12.819 --> 00:20:14.700 with another title, 00:20:15.579 --> 00:20:16.059 rabbi, 00:20:16.579 --> 00:20:18.660 which means teacher. 00:20:19.220 --> 00:20:20.819 In the original language, 00:20:20.920 --> 00:20:22.380 what happens in this passage 00:20:22.380 --> 00:20:23.380 is that you have 00:20:23.380 --> 00:20:25.200 a Hebrew word like rabbi, 00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:26.559 and that what John would do, 00:20:26.640 --> 00:20:27.740 he would translate it 00:20:27.740 --> 00:20:28.400 into Greek 00:20:28.400 --> 00:20:30.039 for his Greek-speaking audience. 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:30.279 So, 00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:31.920 he actually translates 00:20:31.920 --> 00:20:32.519 rabbi 00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:33.360 into a Greek word 00:20:33.360 --> 00:20:33.840 for teacher 00:20:33.840 --> 00:20:35.180 that's translated here 00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:35.880 in English 00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:36.400 as teacher. 00:20:36.539 --> 00:20:37.580 But what he's doing is 00:20:37.580 --> 00:20:38.740 he's helping his people 00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:39.740 understand what they're saying, 00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:41.660 what's being said. 00:20:44.840 --> 00:20:45.860 And they ask, 00:20:46.120 --> 00:20:47.019 where are you saying? 00:20:47.500 --> 00:20:47.720 Now, 00:20:47.819 --> 00:20:48.920 you can't miss 00:20:48.920 --> 00:20:51.160 what they're actually asking. 00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:54.779 They're not just simply 00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:56.320 asking for his address 00:20:56.320 --> 00:20:57.580 so that they can put it 00:20:57.580 --> 00:20:58.160 in their phones. 00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:00.600 They're asking 00:21:00.600 --> 00:21:01.740 for where he's staying 00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:03.460 so that they could be with him, 00:21:04.220 --> 00:21:06.040 so that they can learn from him, 00:21:06.360 --> 00:21:07.779 so that they can see him 00:21:07.779 --> 00:21:09.120 in real time, 00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:10.960 how he interacts with them. 00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:12.800 They're like, 00:21:12.820 --> 00:21:13.820 can we come and be with you? 00:21:15.180 --> 00:21:16.580 And how Jesus responds 00:21:16.580 --> 00:21:18.300 is so encouraging. 00:21:18.840 --> 00:21:19.600 He says to them, 00:21:19.640 --> 00:21:21.040 this is the second recorded thing 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:21.599 he says 00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:23.019 in the Gospel of John, 00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:24.240 come and you will see. 00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:25.279 Come. 00:21:26.000 --> 00:21:26.539 Find out. 00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:27.259 Come and see. 00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:28.740 Come with me. 00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:30.379 And they spend 00:21:30.379 --> 00:21:31.500 the rest of the day with him 00:21:31.500 --> 00:21:32.180 and you can see that 00:21:32.180 --> 00:21:33.819 at the end of verse 39. 00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:36.079 They come 00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:37.659 and they spend time 00:21:37.659 --> 00:21:38.399 with Jesus 00:21:38.399 --> 00:21:39.960 with where he was staying. 00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:41.639 Can you just imagine that? 00:21:42.980 --> 00:21:44.200 Jesus coming to Kenosha. 00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:47.920 You come across him 00:21:47.920 --> 00:21:48.839 and like, 00:21:48.920 --> 00:21:49.720 Jesus, where are you staying? 00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:50.259 And he's like, 00:21:50.279 --> 00:21:50.839 I'm staying. 00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:51.500 And you know what? 00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:53.319 They have Hampton Inn. 00:21:54.039 --> 00:21:54.639 And you're like, 00:21:54.699 --> 00:21:55.539 well, what room? 00:21:55.599 --> 00:21:55.859 He's like, 00:21:55.899 --> 00:21:56.779 room 302. 00:21:56.919 --> 00:21:57.139 Can I, 00:21:57.359 --> 00:21:58.799 come hang out with me. 00:21:58.959 --> 00:21:59.939 That would be amazing. 00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:04.619 Come and you will see. 00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:07.019 This is getting at the nature 00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:07.899 of discipleship, 00:22:07.959 --> 00:22:09.399 which we'll talk about more 00:22:09.399 --> 00:22:10.179 in just a second. 00:22:10.179 --> 00:22:12.000 But they are being invited 00:22:12.000 --> 00:22:13.459 to come into his presence. 00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:14.299 And so they did. 00:22:14.659 --> 00:22:15.839 They spend the day with him. 00:22:16.759 --> 00:22:17.740 They behold his glory. 00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:19.900 Glory is of the only begotten, 00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:21.180 one and only of the Father. 00:22:21.859 --> 00:22:23.519 And then in verse 40 and 41, 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:25.480 something interesting happens. 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:28.079 Something very interesting happens. 00:22:30.259 --> 00:22:31.220 We read this. 00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:33.860 one of the two who heard John speak 00:22:33.860 --> 00:22:35.259 and follow Jesus was Andrew, 00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:36.740 Simon Peter's brother. 00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:39.819 He first found his own brother Simon 00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.420 and said to him, 00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.400 we have found the Messiah. 00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:44.180 What's interesting is 00:22:44.180 --> 00:22:45.920 after spending the day with Jesus, 00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:48.539 Andrew makes a beeline 00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:51.420 to his brother Simon. 00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:53.140 And he's like, 00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:54.920 you've got to come 00:22:54.920 --> 00:22:56.980 meet this guy. 00:22:59.700 --> 00:23:00.080 So you see, 00:23:00.300 --> 00:23:01.880 when you come into 00:23:01.880 --> 00:23:02.860 the presence of Jesus, 00:23:03.840 --> 00:23:05.840 when you spend a day 00:23:05.840 --> 00:23:06.779 with him in his place, 00:23:07.800 --> 00:23:09.800 when you interact with him, 00:23:11.279 --> 00:23:13.720 and you get to know him, 00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:18.180 it's the most purest form 00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:18.960 of evangelism. 00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:23.180 It's when you go to someone, 00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:24.700 oftentimes the closest people 00:23:24.700 --> 00:23:25.559 you know and love, 00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:26.960 and you're like, 00:23:27.039 --> 00:23:28.480 you've got to meet him. 00:23:31.100 --> 00:23:33.539 It's evangelism in its purest form. 00:23:36.600 --> 00:23:38.120 Spending time in the presence 00:23:38.120 --> 00:23:40.279 of the Word incarnate, 00:23:40.279 --> 00:23:42.740 it makes you contagious. 00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:46.480 You go viral. 00:23:46.480 --> 00:23:50.420 You want others to experience 00:23:50.420 --> 00:23:52.200 his steadfast love 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:53.000 and faithfulness. 00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:54.400 You want others to see, 00:23:54.740 --> 00:23:56.019 to behold his glory, 00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:57.539 to stand amazed. 00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.599 How marvelous, 00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.480 how wonderful 00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:01.259 is this Nazarene? 00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:04.319 41. 00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:06.799 Andrew finds Peter. 00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:08.240 He brings him 00:24:08.240 --> 00:24:08.839 and he says, 00:24:09.099 --> 00:24:10.519 we have found the Messiah. 00:24:10.660 --> 00:24:11.779 This is that title again. 00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:12.539 The Christ. 00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:15.220 John translates it 00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:15.980 for his audience. 00:24:16.279 --> 00:24:17.799 It means anointed one. 00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:20.700 The long-looked-for king 00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.920 in the line of David 00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:23.299 who would establish 00:24:23.299 --> 00:24:25.039 a new forever kingdom. 00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:26.379 It's him. 00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:28.359 We found him. 00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:32.420 I don't think he was yawning 00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:34.920 when he told Peter this. 00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:38.779 And in verse 42, 00:24:40.340 --> 00:24:43.019 Andrew brings Simon to Jesus. 00:24:43.980 --> 00:24:44.820 It's that Simon, 00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:45.580 we all know, 00:24:45.700 --> 00:24:47.380 who would get over 00:24:47.380 --> 00:24:48.759 his ski tips a lot. 00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:53.140 He would shoot first 00:24:53.140 --> 00:24:53.860 with his mouth 00:24:53.860 --> 00:24:54.880 and then aim second. 00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:56.880 We love him for it. 00:24:56.880 --> 00:25:00.920 And in verse 42, 00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:05.520 before Simon can say anything, 00:25:06.320 --> 00:25:09.260 before he can say anything, 00:25:10.800 --> 00:25:13.020 Jesus says to him, 00:25:14.040 --> 00:25:15.040 you are Simon, 00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:16.000 the son of John, 00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:18.180 you shall be called Cephas, 00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.940 which means Peter. 00:25:20.080 --> 00:25:21.380 Again, he's doing this translating. 00:25:22.540 --> 00:25:23.660 Cephas in Aramaic 00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.400 means rock. 00:25:24.400 --> 00:25:27.060 And in Greek, 00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:29.320 rock is translated Petros, 00:25:30.019 --> 00:25:30.500 or Peter. 00:25:31.480 --> 00:25:32.860 And what Jesus is doing here 00:25:32.860 --> 00:25:33.620 and what we're seeing, 00:25:33.780 --> 00:25:35.200 it's a description of sorts. 00:25:35.900 --> 00:25:36.820 He knows Peter. 00:25:37.560 --> 00:25:39.640 He knows Simon. 00:25:40.280 --> 00:25:42.360 He knows what's going to become of him. 00:25:45.320 --> 00:25:47.720 It's just a little taste, 00:25:47.840 --> 00:25:48.740 a little insight 00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:50.400 into what Jesus knows. 00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:52.440 We're going to see more of this 00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:53.220 in just a second. 00:25:54.400 --> 00:25:55.900 But in this scene, 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:57.180 we have a number of titles. 00:25:58.140 --> 00:25:59.019 Lamb of God, 00:25:59.300 --> 00:25:59.640 Rabbi, 00:26:00.019 --> 00:26:01.000 Messiah Christ. 00:26:01.300 --> 00:26:02.480 We see this description, 00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:04.580 this invitation to come and see. 00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:07.040 We see this kind of knowledge 00:26:07.040 --> 00:26:08.540 unlike anybody else. 00:26:08.840 --> 00:26:10.620 He already knows Simon 00:26:10.620 --> 00:26:12.160 and gives him a name. 00:26:12.480 --> 00:26:14.460 And we have this really interesting 00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:16.460 kind of like pure evangelism 00:26:16.460 --> 00:26:21.519 of Andrew going to find his brother 00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:23.140 because they have found him. 00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:26.680 And so now we move on to scene four, 00:26:27.580 --> 00:26:29.240 verses 43 through 51, 00:26:29.920 --> 00:26:32.960 and we have another day, 00:26:33.280 --> 00:26:33.880 a new scene. 00:26:34.540 --> 00:26:35.200 Verse 43, 00:26:35.300 --> 00:26:35.980 the next day. 00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:38.540 And we have new characters. 00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:41.880 So in verse 43, 00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:43.440 we see that Jesus decides 00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:44.259 to go to Galilee. 00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:46.560 They were with John the Baptist 00:26:46.560 --> 00:26:48.600 in the area around the Jordan, 00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:50.599 and now they make a beeline 00:26:50.599 --> 00:26:51.899 to Galilee. 00:26:52.379 --> 00:26:54.139 And what comes next 00:26:54.139 --> 00:26:56.980 is remarkable. 00:27:01.980 --> 00:27:03.240 In verse 43, 00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.480 there's just three words. 00:27:05.919 --> 00:27:06.639 He found Philip 00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:10.420 and said to him, 00:27:10.500 --> 00:27:10.960 follow me. 00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:14.900 Now it would be possible 00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:18.259 to think that 00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:20.100 this is just a chance encounter. 00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:23.020 That Jesus was just walking 00:27:23.020 --> 00:27:24.100 through the streets of Galilee 00:27:24.100 --> 00:27:26.420 and he kind of bumps into Philip 00:27:26.420 --> 00:27:26.880 and he's like, 00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:28.080 oh, hey, follow me. 00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:30.240 That's not what it says. 00:27:31.639 --> 00:27:33.639 He found Philip. 00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:37.079 He went to Galilee 00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:40.460 looking for Philip 00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:42.460 among other people. 00:27:42.960 --> 00:27:44.599 This is not a chance encounter. 00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:46.439 Let me just ask you this. 00:27:47.559 --> 00:27:48.919 How would it make you feel 00:27:48.919 --> 00:27:52.740 if Jesus came into Kenosha today 00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:56.259 and he came looking for you? 00:27:58.759 --> 00:28:00.380 He's here to see you. 00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.940 He's here to have 00:28:02.940 --> 00:28:04.539 a conversation with you. 00:28:06.779 --> 00:28:08.460 He finds Philip and says, 00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.579 follow me. 00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:11.039 This is another kind of invitation. 00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:12.319 It's an invitation 00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:13.960 to become a disciple of Jesus. 00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:16.180 And first century discipleship 00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:16.859 is a little different 00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:19.120 than what we think about it today. 00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:21.700 It's a huge commitment. 00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:24.579 It involves accompanying 00:28:24.579 --> 00:28:26.140 a rabbi or a master 00:28:26.140 --> 00:28:28.539 in order to listen to them 00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:29.519 and to watch them 00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:30.759 and to interact with them. 00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:33.240 It was a whole life commitment. 00:28:34.140 --> 00:28:36.380 So you are spending time 00:28:36.380 --> 00:28:38.019 traveling with this, 00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:39.140 your rabbi, 00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:40.240 in order to watch 00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:41.400 how he lived 00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:43.559 and how he lived out 00:28:43.559 --> 00:28:45.880 his teaching in real time 00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:47.720 so that you yourself 00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:49.700 could then imitate him. 00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:53.059 to live out his teaching 00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:53.940 in real time. 00:28:56.660 --> 00:28:58.019 Discipleship to Jesus 00:28:58.019 --> 00:29:00.319 is like what apprenticeship 00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:01.740 is to us today. 00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:04.240 You know what apprenticeship is 00:29:04.240 --> 00:29:06.120 where there's this master 00:29:06.120 --> 00:29:08.480 and in order to learn a trade 00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:10.519 you become his or her apprentice 00:29:10.519 --> 00:29:13.000 and so you follow them 00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:14.000 and you're watching them work 00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:15.019 and you're asking them questions 00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:16.880 and he or she gives you work to do 00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:17.920 and then they evaluate you 00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:18.780 blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. 00:29:20.780 --> 00:29:21.620 But what it means 00:29:21.620 --> 00:29:23.000 to become an apprentice of Jesus, 00:29:23.120 --> 00:29:24.280 a disciple of Jesus 00:29:24.280 --> 00:29:27.180 goes beyond learning a trade. 00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:30.380 It pertains to all of life. 00:29:31.560 --> 00:29:33.720 Every aspect of your life. 00:29:33.720 --> 00:29:38.319 It means living with Jesus 00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:39.740 as the controlling center 00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.380 of your life. 00:29:41.140 --> 00:29:42.779 It means living with Jesus 00:29:42.779 --> 00:29:44.400 as the operational center 00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:45.079 of your life. 00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:46.779 It means living with Jesus 00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:49.160 as the master of your life. 00:29:51.400 --> 00:29:54.120 And Philip must have said yes 00:29:54.120 --> 00:29:58.000 because after Jesus finds Philip, 00:29:59.140 --> 00:30:01.839 Philip finds Nathanael. 00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:05.119 And we see this in verse 45. 00:30:06.679 --> 00:30:07.899 Nathanael was most likely 00:30:07.899 --> 00:30:09.119 also went by another name, 00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:09.939 Bartholomew. 00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:14.240 And when he finds him, 00:30:14.339 --> 00:30:15.199 verse 45, 00:30:16.980 --> 00:30:19.659 look what Philip has to say. 00:30:20.919 --> 00:30:21.799 We have found him 00:30:21.799 --> 00:30:23.299 of whom Moses in the law 00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:25.220 and also the prophets wrote, 00:30:26.159 --> 00:30:27.159 Jesus of Nazareth, 00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:28.019 the son of Joseph. 00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:30.420 We have found him 00:30:30.420 --> 00:30:32.940 whom Moses in the law 00:30:32.940 --> 00:30:34.680 and also the prophets wrote, 00:30:35.619 --> 00:30:36.500 Jesus of Nazareth, 00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:38.200 the son of Joseph, 00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:38.879 the Messiah. 00:30:39.839 --> 00:30:40.639 The king's come. 00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.700 We found him. 00:30:42.599 --> 00:30:44.379 All that we read in Moses 00:30:44.379 --> 00:30:45.980 about the prophet who's coming, 00:30:46.180 --> 00:30:48.119 about whom all the sacrificial system 00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:48.920 points to, 00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:50.299 and all the prophets 00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:51.839 who they're speaking about. 00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:53.079 Think of Isaiah 7, 00:30:53.200 --> 00:30:53.859 Isaiah 9, 00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:54.680 Isaiah 53. 00:30:55.099 --> 00:30:55.980 It's him. 00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:57.180 We found him. 00:30:59.900 --> 00:31:00.460 Again, 00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:01.940 I don't think he's yawning. 00:31:02.500 --> 00:31:03.220 I don't think he's like, 00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:03.440 oh, 00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:05.240 I almost forgot Nathanael. 00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.539 We found him. 00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:10.500 I think he made a beeline 00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:11.140 to Nathanael 00:31:11.140 --> 00:31:12.180 because he found him. 00:31:15.059 --> 00:31:17.079 Nathanael's not so enthusiastic. 00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:19.579 Look at verse 46. 00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:22.180 Can anything come out of Nazareth? 00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:27.100 It's like Philip was like, 00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:28.600 we found him! 00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:30.400 It's Jesus of Nazareth! 00:31:32.200 --> 00:31:32.880 Nathanael's like, 00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:33.340 yeah, right. 00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:34.680 Whatever. 00:31:35.100 --> 00:31:35.880 Can anything good 00:31:35.880 --> 00:31:36.720 come out of Nazareth? 00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:38.120 Nazareth was known 00:31:38.120 --> 00:31:40.420 kind of as a backwater town. 00:31:43.539 --> 00:31:44.460 But something good 00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:45.259 was in Nazareth, 00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:46.180 came from Nazareth. 00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:50.779 God's goodness incarnate. 00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:54.480 And so what we see is 00:31:54.480 --> 00:31:57.079 Philip essentially repeat 00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:59.299 what Jesus said to Andrew. 00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:01.399 Nathanael, 00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:01.899 come and see. 00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:04.420 You gotta meet him. 00:32:05.920 --> 00:32:06.399 Again, 00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:08.099 it's this evangelism 00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:08.980 in purest form. 00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:10.079 It's this, 00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:13.160 I've been in his presence 00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:16.279 and you've got to meet him. 00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:16.879 Amen. 00:32:20.779 --> 00:32:23.660 And so Nathanael goes 00:32:23.660 --> 00:32:24.859 with Philip. 00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:28.700 Philip knowing that 00:32:28.700 --> 00:32:31.099 Nathanael just meets him. 00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:34.119 Then his opinion's gonna change. 00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:37.059 In verse 47 through 51 00:32:37.059 --> 00:32:38.160 we see the interaction. 00:32:40.099 --> 00:32:41.859 Nathanael doesn't get to speak once. 00:32:42.319 --> 00:32:43.399 Not at first at least. 00:32:43.619 --> 00:32:44.599 Jesus saw Nathanael 00:32:44.599 --> 00:32:45.559 coming toward him 00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:47.599 and Jesus says to Nathanael, 00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:49.299 behold an Israelite indeed 00:32:49.299 --> 00:32:50.919 in whom there is no deceit. 00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:52.259 It's like he's like, 00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:53.319 there he is. 00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:55.639 The real deal right there, baby. 00:32:56.439 --> 00:32:57.359 No nonsense. 00:32:58.219 --> 00:32:58.740 Shooter, 00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.679 straight shooter. 00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:00.480 You got it. 00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:04.359 Jesus must have said something 00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:07.439 to Nathanael here 00:33:07.439 --> 00:33:10.779 that had affected Nathanael 00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.399 in a way 00:33:11.399 --> 00:33:14.000 that it registered. 00:33:14.000 --> 00:33:17.579 So Nathanael responds to that 00:33:17.579 --> 00:33:19.119 in verse 48. 00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:19.539 He says, 00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:21.240 how do you know me? 00:33:22.599 --> 00:33:23.420 It'd be more like 00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:24.240 someone coming up to you 00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:24.619 in Target 00:33:24.619 --> 00:33:26.160 and they start talking to you 00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:26.920 like they know you 00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:27.980 and you're like, 00:33:28.140 --> 00:33:28.720 have we met? 00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:31.059 How do you know me? 00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:32.440 You see, 00:33:32.619 --> 00:33:34.700 Jesus knows Nathanael 00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:37.500 and he knows how he's wired. 00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:40.480 And so what Jesus says to him 00:33:40.480 --> 00:33:42.359 pings him at his heart. 00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:43.680 He's known. 00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:47.759 Don't you want to be known? 00:33:53.380 --> 00:33:54.279 Have we met? 00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:58.599 How do you know me? 00:34:00.059 --> 00:34:00.819 Verse 48, 00:34:01.339 --> 00:34:01.980 Jesus answered, 00:34:02.119 --> 00:34:03.339 before Philip called you, 00:34:03.920 --> 00:34:06.119 when you were under the fig tree, 00:34:06.640 --> 00:34:08.039 I saw you. 00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:10.860 When you were under the fig tree, 00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.280 I saw you. 00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:12.980 He wasn't there physically, 00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:17.139 but he saw him under the fig tree. 00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:19.240 I saw you. 00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:21.280 I know you. 00:34:21.699 --> 00:34:23.559 I see you. 00:34:23.559 --> 00:34:26.739 could it be, 00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:28.759 dear friend, 00:34:29.559 --> 00:34:32.599 that you're seeing, 00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:36.139 that he sees you, 00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:39.960 that not only would he come to Kenosha 00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:40.679 to get you, 00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:43.500 but he sees you 00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:44.559 and knows you 00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:47.199 and he knows everything about you. 00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:50.320 He sees you sitting under your fig tree. 00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:54.140 And immediately, 00:34:54.480 --> 00:34:56.800 there's this confession from Nathanael. 00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.320 Rabbi, 00:34:58.920 --> 00:34:59.940 we know that title. 00:35:00.080 --> 00:35:00.940 You are the son of God. 00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.840 We've seen that title. 00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:03.280 You are the king of Israel. 00:35:03.720 --> 00:35:05.100 You are the king, 00:35:05.660 --> 00:35:06.200 the Messiah. 00:35:06.680 --> 00:35:07.840 You are the one 00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:08.980 who has come 00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:10.380 to sit upon David's throne. 00:35:10.660 --> 00:35:11.539 He's convinced. 00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:13.920 And Jesus is like, 00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:17.860 I saw you under the fig tree. 00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:18.539 I told you that 00:35:18.539 --> 00:35:19.219 and you believe. 00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:20.440 That's it. 00:35:21.659 --> 00:35:22.559 You just had this little 00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:24.199 kind of piece of glory 00:35:24.199 --> 00:35:25.139 you saw in me 00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:25.739 and you believe. 00:35:27.500 --> 00:35:28.900 And then he says to him, 00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:30.960 you will see greater things 00:35:30.960 --> 00:35:31.559 than these. 00:35:33.219 --> 00:35:35.380 There's more glory to behold. 00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:39.079 There's more wonders waiting. 00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:44.099 What we see here 00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:46.640 is that Jesus has this divine knowledge. 00:35:47.800 --> 00:35:49.900 That he sees into us. 00:35:50.039 --> 00:35:51.180 He knows us. 00:35:51.539 --> 00:35:53.019 And he loves us. 00:35:54.420 --> 00:35:56.079 In verses 15 and 51, 00:35:57.720 --> 00:35:59.440 I see you under the fig tree. 00:35:59.760 --> 00:36:01.160 You see greater things. 00:36:03.240 --> 00:36:05.140 And Jesus says to him, 00:36:05.139 --> 00:36:05.759 truly, truly, 00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.539 in verse 51, 00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:07.339 I say to you, 00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:09.440 you will see heaven opened 00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:10.879 and the angels of God 00:36:10.879 --> 00:36:11.940 ascending and descending 00:36:11.940 --> 00:36:12.859 on the Son of Man. 00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:14.159 It's a reference 00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:15.960 to Jacob's ladder 00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:18.239 in Genesis chapter 28. 00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:19.719 It's Jacob's dream 00:36:19.719 --> 00:36:20.779 where God reveals 00:36:20.779 --> 00:36:22.259 to Jacob his name. 00:36:22.619 --> 00:36:23.739 And not only does he reveal 00:36:23.739 --> 00:36:24.900 his name to Jacob, 00:36:25.099 --> 00:36:26.440 he reminds Jacob 00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:28.339 that through Jacob's offspring, 00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:29.339 he will bless 00:36:29.339 --> 00:36:30.299 all the families 00:36:30.299 --> 00:36:31.339 of the earth. 00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:32.879 And so what Jesus 00:36:32.879 --> 00:36:33.659 is doing here 00:36:33.659 --> 00:36:34.779 is he's saying, 00:36:34.780 --> 00:36:36.360 I'm greater than Jacob. 00:36:37.300 --> 00:36:38.740 You will see it. 00:36:39.620 --> 00:36:41.260 You will see who I am. 00:36:41.720 --> 00:36:42.660 And not only will you 00:36:42.660 --> 00:36:44.540 see who I am, 00:36:44.740 --> 00:36:45.380 you will know 00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:46.360 the name of God. 00:36:47.120 --> 00:36:48.540 But in me, 00:36:48.740 --> 00:36:49.900 all the nations 00:36:49.900 --> 00:36:50.920 of the earth, 00:36:51.040 --> 00:36:51.880 all the families 00:36:51.880 --> 00:36:52.360 of the earth 00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:53.100 will be blessed. 00:36:55.240 --> 00:36:56.720 And then he caps it 00:36:56.720 --> 00:36:58.820 with his favorite title 00:36:58.820 --> 00:36:59.580 for himself. 00:36:59.579 --> 00:37:01.900 the Son of Man. 00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:04.279 This is the only title 00:37:04.279 --> 00:37:05.539 Jesus refers to himself 00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:06.279 in this passage. 00:37:07.539 --> 00:37:08.440 Daniel chapter 7, 00:37:08.480 --> 00:37:09.639 verse 13 through 14. 00:37:10.199 --> 00:37:11.099 One like a Son of Man 00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:11.679 will come to the 00:37:11.679 --> 00:37:12.519 Ancient of Days, 00:37:12.659 --> 00:37:13.239 the Father. 00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:14.679 And the Father, 00:37:14.799 --> 00:37:15.599 the Ancient of Days, 00:37:15.739 --> 00:37:17.920 will give the Son of Man 00:37:17.920 --> 00:37:19.739 a dominion 00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:21.880 that will last forever 00:37:21.880 --> 00:37:23.719 over all peoples. 00:37:24.400 --> 00:37:25.659 There's no question 00:37:25.659 --> 00:37:26.599 who that is. 00:37:27.539 --> 00:37:28.239 It's the Messiah. 00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:31.859 Titles, 00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:32.419 Rabbi, 00:37:32.599 --> 00:37:33.099 Son of God, 00:37:33.199 --> 00:37:33.919 King of Israel, 00:37:34.679 --> 00:37:36.079 Son of Man. 00:37:36.419 --> 00:37:37.039 Descriptions. 00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:39.279 One who Moses 00:37:39.279 --> 00:37:40.519 and the prophets wrote. 00:37:40.859 --> 00:37:42.239 This description of saying, 00:37:42.419 --> 00:37:43.779 I saw you. 00:37:45.259 --> 00:37:46.079 Come and see. 00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:48.359 Come and see greater things. 00:37:51.359 --> 00:37:52.519 What are you looking for? 00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:58.719 Who are you looking to 00:37:58.719 --> 00:37:59.719 to scratch your itch? 00:38:01.500 --> 00:38:02.460 Who are you looking, 00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:03.380 what are you looking to 00:38:03.380 --> 00:38:04.019 for life? 00:38:04.280 --> 00:38:05.440 Are you trying to make trips 00:38:05.440 --> 00:38:06.340 to Sin City, 00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:07.599 hoping not to get caught 00:38:07.599 --> 00:38:08.159 because you think 00:38:08.159 --> 00:38:08.960 life is there? 00:38:10.239 --> 00:38:10.659 No. 00:38:12.699 --> 00:38:13.440 Here's the point 00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:14.199 of all these scenes. 00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:18.139 John the evangelist 00:38:18.139 --> 00:38:18.880 is asking 00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:20.119 and answering 00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:20.780 the question, 00:38:20.780 --> 00:38:23.280 what are you looking for? 00:38:23.600 --> 00:38:24.440 And this morning, 00:38:24.620 --> 00:38:25.820 we see the answer 00:38:25.820 --> 00:38:27.160 in all of these titles 00:38:27.160 --> 00:38:28.860 and all of these descriptions. 00:38:29.400 --> 00:38:30.740 The one that you're looking for, 00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:31.680 the whole Bible, 00:38:32.040 --> 00:38:32.480 is saying 00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:34.840 the one that you are looking for 00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:36.960 is this Jesus of Nazareth. 00:38:36.960 --> 00:38:40.480 He's the Christ, 00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:41.000 Messiah, 00:38:41.179 --> 00:38:41.800 Son of God. 00:38:41.980 --> 00:38:42.840 He is the Lord, 00:38:43.039 --> 00:38:43.900 King of Israel. 00:38:44.179 --> 00:38:45.079 He is the Rabbi. 00:38:45.519 --> 00:38:48.019 He is the Lamb of God. 00:38:48.240 --> 00:38:50.019 He is the Son of Man. 00:38:50.300 --> 00:38:51.840 He is the King of Israel, 00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:53.320 the King of Kings 00:38:53.320 --> 00:38:54.500 of all. 00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:55.679 That's who He is. 00:38:56.559 --> 00:38:57.139 He takes away 00:38:57.139 --> 00:38:58.000 the sins of the world. 00:38:58.300 --> 00:38:59.400 He was before me 00:38:59.400 --> 00:39:00.679 because He's preexistent, 00:39:00.740 --> 00:39:01.760 everlasting to everlasting, 00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:03.000 anointed by the Spirit. 00:39:03.300 --> 00:39:04.639 He baptized with the Spirit. 00:39:05.019 --> 00:39:05.800 He's the inviter. 00:39:05.800 --> 00:39:06.820 Come and see. 00:39:07.160 --> 00:39:08.080 Follow me. 00:39:09.360 --> 00:39:10.240 One who Moses 00:39:10.240 --> 00:39:11.480 and the prophets spoke, 00:39:11.740 --> 00:39:12.860 He's greater than Jacob 00:39:12.860 --> 00:39:14.680 and He is the one. 00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:16.060 He is the point. 00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:17.760 We are all looking 00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:18.720 for something, right? 00:39:20.480 --> 00:39:21.760 And the Bible says 00:39:21.760 --> 00:39:22.340 the something 00:39:22.340 --> 00:39:23.740 that you are looking for 00:39:23.740 --> 00:39:24.960 is a someone. 00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:27.660 Jesus of Nazareth. 00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:30.680 Let me apply this 00:39:30.680 --> 00:39:31.380 in three ways. 00:39:31.380 --> 00:39:36.740 He sees you. 00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:40.619 He knows you 00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:43.200 and He loves you. 00:39:44.820 --> 00:39:45.640 That little, 00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:47.740 those little words 00:39:47.740 --> 00:39:48.780 that He says 00:39:48.780 --> 00:39:49.660 to Nathaniel, 00:39:50.099 --> 00:39:50.700 when you're under 00:39:50.700 --> 00:39:51.240 the fig tree, 00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:52.119 I saw you. 00:39:53.519 --> 00:39:54.860 In your craziness, 00:39:55.260 --> 00:39:56.059 He sees you. 00:39:56.119 --> 00:39:56.820 When you're sleeping, 00:39:56.980 --> 00:39:57.800 He sees you. 00:39:58.019 --> 00:39:58.860 At your worst, 00:39:58.980 --> 00:39:59.660 He sees you. 00:39:59.659 --> 00:40:00.619 At your best, 00:40:00.699 --> 00:40:01.299 He sees you. 00:40:01.399 --> 00:40:02.179 He knows you. 00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:03.399 He loves you. 00:40:03.679 --> 00:40:04.500 Do you believe that? 00:40:06.119 --> 00:40:06.879 Receive it. 00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:11.440 And not only does He see you, 00:40:11.879 --> 00:40:13.059 He's inviting you. 00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:14.559 Come and see. 00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:16.639 Come and see me. 00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:18.179 Three times, 00:40:18.219 --> 00:40:18.859 there's an invitation. 00:40:19.099 --> 00:40:19.779 First with Jesus, 00:40:20.199 --> 00:40:21.000 come and you will see. 00:40:21.319 --> 00:40:22.659 And then it is, 00:40:23.119 --> 00:40:24.500 I think it is Philip, 00:40:25.000 --> 00:40:25.839 come and see. 00:40:26.579 --> 00:40:27.480 And then Jesus 00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:28.420 to Nathaniel, 00:40:28.940 --> 00:40:29.340 He says, 00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:30.559 you will see greater things. 00:40:31.360 --> 00:40:32.860 Come and see greater things. 00:40:33.980 --> 00:40:35.400 Come back Sunday after Sunday. 00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:36.900 Come, 00:40:37.160 --> 00:40:38.120 come on Sundays. 00:40:38.380 --> 00:40:39.039 Make it a point 00:40:39.039 --> 00:40:40.220 to be here at 10 a.m. 00:40:40.440 --> 00:40:42.100 so that you can behold 00:40:42.100 --> 00:40:43.700 the glory of the sun 00:40:43.700 --> 00:40:45.640 again and again. 00:40:46.160 --> 00:40:47.539 Let the sun, 00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:48.519 sunshine, 00:40:49.180 --> 00:40:49.640 shine 00:40:49.640 --> 00:40:51.320 into your darkness. 00:40:51.920 --> 00:40:52.860 Behold His glory. 00:40:52.980 --> 00:40:53.400 And then you're going to 00:40:53.400 --> 00:40:54.039 start doing the math. 00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:57.219 He's greater than any companion. 00:40:57.400 --> 00:40:58.539 He's greater than any reputation. 00:40:58.860 --> 00:40:59.940 He's greater than Sin City. 00:41:00.279 --> 00:41:01.619 He's greater than any piece 00:41:01.619 --> 00:41:02.400 of finances, 00:41:02.719 --> 00:41:03.460 of health. 00:41:03.719 --> 00:41:04.259 He's greater. 00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:04.900 He's better. 00:41:05.019 --> 00:41:05.500 He's bigger. 00:41:05.619 --> 00:41:06.199 He's awesome. 00:41:07.980 --> 00:41:08.980 Come and see. 00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:15.119 Follow Him. 00:41:16.460 --> 00:41:18.019 I guess there's four applications. 00:41:19.759 --> 00:41:20.960 Not just come and see. 00:41:21.820 --> 00:41:23.079 Come and be His apprentice. 00:41:25.039 --> 00:41:27.320 Come for His all-life 00:41:27.320 --> 00:41:28.019 apprenticeship. 00:41:28.699 --> 00:41:29.940 Come to where He's staying 00:41:29.940 --> 00:41:30.679 and say, 00:41:30.860 --> 00:41:31.360 show me. 00:41:31.599 --> 00:41:32.139 Teach me. 00:41:32.360 --> 00:41:33.219 I want to see you. 00:41:33.279 --> 00:41:34.340 I want to live like that. 00:41:34.579 --> 00:41:35.279 I want to together 00:41:35.279 --> 00:41:36.000 follow you 00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:36.940 with brothers and sisters 00:41:36.940 --> 00:41:37.800 doing the same. 00:41:38.059 --> 00:41:39.079 I want to make you 00:41:39.079 --> 00:41:39.960 the controlling center 00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:40.639 of my life, 00:41:40.719 --> 00:41:42.000 the master of my life. 00:41:42.259 --> 00:41:43.500 Let's do that together, gang. 00:41:44.460 --> 00:41:45.360 He's so worth it. 00:41:45.659 --> 00:41:46.840 He's so greater than. 00:41:46.840 --> 00:41:46.920 Amen. 00:41:48.900 --> 00:41:49.740 And then the thing, 00:41:49.820 --> 00:41:50.579 if you didn't catch it 00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:51.240 in this passage, 00:41:51.400 --> 00:41:53.760 that's an application 00:41:53.760 --> 00:41:54.519 is what we see 00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:55.340 John the Baptist do 00:41:55.340 --> 00:41:56.200 with his two disciples. 00:41:56.900 --> 00:41:57.900 It's what Andrew does 00:41:57.900 --> 00:41:58.340 with Peter. 00:41:58.500 --> 00:41:59.260 It's what Philip does 00:41:59.260 --> 00:42:00.460 with Nathaniel. 00:42:00.840 --> 00:42:02.180 He finds a way 00:42:02.180 --> 00:42:03.620 after being in the presence 00:42:03.620 --> 00:42:04.200 of Jesus, 00:42:04.340 --> 00:42:05.360 they find ways 00:42:05.360 --> 00:42:07.120 to bring others to Him. 00:42:08.240 --> 00:42:09.600 To invite them. 00:42:10.380 --> 00:42:11.579 If you have friends 00:42:11.579 --> 00:42:12.980 and family in the area, 00:42:13.780 --> 00:42:14.680 invite them to come 00:42:14.679 --> 00:42:15.419 on Sunday morning. 00:42:15.919 --> 00:42:16.819 And don't come saying, 00:42:16.960 --> 00:42:17.919 oh, the preacher's awesome 00:42:17.919 --> 00:42:18.659 because he's not. 00:42:19.659 --> 00:42:20.639 Jesus is awesome. 00:42:21.839 --> 00:42:23.259 Say, you've got to hear 00:42:23.259 --> 00:42:24.799 what this guy is saying 00:42:24.799 --> 00:42:25.440 about Jesus 00:42:25.440 --> 00:42:26.619 from the Gospel of John. 00:42:27.359 --> 00:42:28.219 Come with me. 00:42:28.739 --> 00:42:29.460 Come with me. 00:42:29.980 --> 00:42:30.440 Meet Him. 00:42:31.480 --> 00:42:32.279 Meet Jesus. 00:42:32.919 --> 00:42:33.739 Behold His glory. 00:42:35.739 --> 00:42:36.559 Four scenes. 00:42:38.339 --> 00:42:39.699 All answering the question, 00:42:39.819 --> 00:42:40.539 what are you looking for? 00:42:42.359 --> 00:42:43.599 You know, I realized 00:42:43.599 --> 00:42:44.719 20 years after 00:42:44.719 --> 00:42:45.980 listening to U2s. 00:42:46.019 --> 00:42:47.199 I still haven't found 00:42:47.199 --> 00:42:48.039 what I'm looking for, 00:42:48.119 --> 00:42:49.099 how tragic it is. 00:42:49.199 --> 00:42:51.579 Listen to the final stanza. 00:42:52.239 --> 00:42:53.480 I believe in the kingdom come, 00:42:54.019 --> 00:42:54.779 and all the colors 00:42:54.779 --> 00:42:55.579 will bleed into one, 00:42:55.679 --> 00:42:56.400 bleed into one. 00:42:56.739 --> 00:42:57.779 But yes, I'm still running. 00:42:58.319 --> 00:42:59.360 You broke the bonds. 00:42:59.659 --> 00:43:00.799 You loosed the chains. 00:43:01.179 --> 00:43:02.739 Chains carried the cross. 00:43:03.000 --> 00:43:03.739 Who's he talking about? 00:43:05.519 --> 00:43:06.480 Of my shame. 00:43:07.380 --> 00:43:08.119 Oh, my shame. 00:43:08.380 --> 00:43:09.339 You know I believe it. 00:43:10.339 --> 00:43:11.339 But I still haven't found 00:43:11.339 --> 00:43:12.059 what I'm looking for. 00:43:12.059 --> 00:43:14.219 That's the tragedy 00:43:14.219 --> 00:43:15.420 of that song. 00:43:16.480 --> 00:43:17.460 And you know what's tragic 00:43:17.460 --> 00:43:18.880 is when Christians, 00:43:19.380 --> 00:43:22.559 they come and sing on Sundays 00:43:22.559 --> 00:43:24.199 of how wonderful Jesus is in, 00:43:24.440 --> 00:43:26.320 and then Monday through Saturday, 00:43:26.320 --> 00:43:28.400 they are looking for life 00:43:28.400 --> 00:43:30.199 in anything but Jesus. 00:43:31.460 --> 00:43:32.340 It's tragic. 00:43:34.039 --> 00:43:35.579 He's what we're looking for. 00:43:35.579 --> 00:43:38.639 He is the Lord, 00:43:39.519 --> 00:43:40.799 everlasting to everlasting, 00:43:41.019 --> 00:43:41.819 the Lamb of God, 00:43:42.279 --> 00:43:43.299 anointed of the Spirit, 00:43:44.019 --> 00:43:45.219 baptizer with the Spirit, 00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:46.159 the Son of God, 00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:47.199 our Rabbi, 00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:48.099 our Master, 00:43:48.299 --> 00:43:48.920 our Christ, 00:43:49.059 --> 00:43:49.739 our Messiah, 00:43:50.219 --> 00:43:51.619 one of whom Moses 00:43:51.619 --> 00:43:52.759 and the prophets spoke. 00:43:53.099 --> 00:43:54.480 He's not just the King of Israel. 00:43:54.739 --> 00:43:56.159 He's King of everything. 00:43:56.679 --> 00:43:57.799 Jesus of Nazareth, 00:43:58.739 --> 00:43:59.619 the Son of Man. 00:44:00.519 --> 00:44:01.759 He sees you. 00:44:01.760 --> 00:44:04.560 Will you come follow Him? 00:44:05.960 --> 00:44:06.960 Let's pray together. 00:44:07.060 --> 00:44:07.320 God, 00:44:08.040 --> 00:44:10.520 we are so grateful 00:44:10.520 --> 00:44:12.080 for our Bibles, 00:44:12.820 --> 00:44:13.820 and Lord Jesus, 00:44:13.980 --> 00:44:14.880 we are so grateful 00:44:14.880 --> 00:44:15.980 that You want us 00:44:15.980 --> 00:44:16.780 to know You. 00:44:17.760 --> 00:44:18.740 So we come 00:44:18.740 --> 00:44:19.680 as Your people, 00:44:20.100 --> 00:44:21.140 and we ask, 00:44:22.340 --> 00:44:23.340 show us Your glory. 00:44:25.220 --> 00:44:26.360 Show us Your glory, 00:44:26.500 --> 00:44:27.180 Lord Jesus. 00:44:27.400 --> 00:44:27.660 Father, 00:44:27.760 --> 00:44:28.880 would You pour out Your Spirit, 00:44:28.880 --> 00:44:30.559 because we tend to be thick 00:44:30.559 --> 00:44:31.320 and dense. 00:44:32.119 --> 00:44:33.820 We forget so much, 00:44:33.940 --> 00:44:35.200 and we run after things 00:44:35.200 --> 00:44:35.800 that don't, 00:44:36.320 --> 00:44:37.119 aren't worth it, 00:44:37.200 --> 00:44:37.559 but God, 00:44:37.619 --> 00:44:38.260 would You just 00:44:38.260 --> 00:44:40.400 fill us afresh 00:44:40.400 --> 00:44:40.960 with Your Spirit. 00:44:42.019 --> 00:44:43.160 Incline our hearts to You. 00:44:43.760 --> 00:44:44.700 In Jesus' name we pray. 00:44:45.660 --> 00:44:45.960 Amen. 00:44:45.960 --> 00:44:46.099 Amen. 00:44:46.099 --> 00:44:46.099 00:44:46.099 --> 00:44:46.099