1 00:00:09,220 --> 00:00:10,060 - Good morning. 2 00:00:10,060 --> 00:00:14,940 I'm gonna bring theme park energy right now. 3 00:00:14,940 --> 00:00:17,140 Told the 9 a.m. service to say, 4 00:00:17,140 --> 00:00:19,560 "Guys, I'm gonna give you about a four," okay? 5 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,480 Which for anybody else is about a nine, 6 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:26,320 but my four was good enough for them. 7 00:00:26,320 --> 00:00:28,040 They were strapped in. 8 00:00:28,040 --> 00:00:30,920 It was a rollercoaster ride for sure. 9 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:33,080 Hey, good morning, how we doing? 10 00:00:33,080 --> 00:00:34,320 Everybody, we're good, we're good. 11 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:36,000 I'm glad to be here in the house of the Lord. 12 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:37,600 Just let me get situated. 13 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:39,440 I got a lot of things. 14 00:00:39,440 --> 00:00:41,840 Shouldn't have creased my papers, but that's fine. 15 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:46,240 We have been in a series this entire year 16 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:50,520 talking about the greatest stories ever told. 17 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:54,120 And we are at a transition now in these stories 18 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:57,740 where we have closed out the stories 19 00:00:57,740 --> 00:00:59,640 from the Old Testament and we are moving 20 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:02,840 into some of the life and teachings of Jesus. 21 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:07,040 And what a fitting way to close out that section summary 22 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:09,200 was Pastor Barbies' message last week. 23 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:11,920 I just wanna commend you for your study 24 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:15,420 and for the anointing and for the word that you brought. 25 00:01:15,420 --> 00:01:17,280 It's such an on-time word. 26 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:20,200 And what I love about this is you might've heard 27 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:21,660 a few weeks ago, Pastor Allen be like, 28 00:01:21,660 --> 00:01:24,640 "Well, I didn't get to pick what I wanted, 29 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:25,960 "so I got this one." 30 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:28,920 Well, none of us got to pick as Pastor Barbies 31 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:33,120 so kindly mentioned, but when Pastor Kevin 32 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:36,060 is praying about the messages and the direction 33 00:01:36,060 --> 00:01:39,660 of the church, it is months and months and months 34 00:01:39,660 --> 00:01:42,640 before that word is scheduled to be released. 35 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:46,300 And you have no idea what's gonna happen in the earth 36 00:01:46,300 --> 00:01:48,640 between then and that point. 37 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:51,500 And God is always on time. 38 00:01:51,500 --> 00:01:53,680 He may not come when you want him to come, 39 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:56,280 but he's always on time. 40 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:57,780 And it was a very timely word. 41 00:01:57,780 --> 00:02:01,300 I'm grateful to be in a house where the leadership, 42 00:02:01,300 --> 00:02:02,860 we don't get it right all the time, 43 00:02:02,860 --> 00:02:06,040 but we are seeking the Lord on behalf of his people. 44 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:08,880 And so I'm honored to be a part of that. 45 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:13,080 Before I begin this morning, I do wanna make a note 46 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,800 since we're talking about the life of Jesus. 47 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,120 John says this, "Nope, that's not it. 48 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:19,600 "I'll read this first." 49 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:22,000 Don't worry about it, you got a Bible, 50 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,180 you can fact check anything I say. 51 00:02:24,180 --> 00:02:26,920 You got it in paper form. 52 00:02:26,920 --> 00:02:29,480 Let me see all my paper Bible bringers. 53 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:31,560 So eight, nine of you, I see that hand 54 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:34,600 by like a old revival right here, right? 55 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:36,620 Some of you got iPhone. 56 00:02:36,620 --> 00:02:42,200 Rhonda Frazier likes to call this an iScroll. 57 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:44,040 I believe I attributed to her anyways. 58 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,100 If not, then Rhonda's attributed to something 59 00:02:46,100 --> 00:02:47,720 she didn't say. 60 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:49,320 That's the iScroll. 61 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:51,320 If you have an Android version, you know, 62 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:54,360 nooms and the rest of the peasants in the house 63 00:02:54,360 --> 00:02:57,180 can get that out, right? 64 00:02:57,180 --> 00:03:00,240 Either way, there's no excuse for you not having 65 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:02,540 the opportunity to follow along with me. 66 00:03:02,540 --> 00:03:04,560 So if it doesn't say, guess what? 67 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:06,920 We got a backup plan right here, okay? 68 00:03:06,920 --> 00:03:10,280 'Cause I'm liable to send them something that's not right 69 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:11,600 and they'll be up there scrambling. 70 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:15,600 "He didn't have Exodus 22 on the thing today." 71 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,400 They already did that at 930, that's why I'm saying that. 72 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:23,720 John 21, 25, John 21, 25. 73 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:28,100 John closes out the gospel with this sentence. 74 00:03:28,100 --> 00:03:32,760 "Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. 75 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:34,600 Were every one of them to be written, 76 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:38,080 I suppose that the world itself could not contain 77 00:03:38,080 --> 00:03:40,480 the books that would be written." 78 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:44,880 There was so much encompassed in the 33 year life 79 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:47,840 of Jesus Christ that the world itself could not contain 80 00:03:47,840 --> 00:03:51,540 the books of wisdom and understanding and literature 81 00:03:51,540 --> 00:03:53,180 that came out of one man. 82 00:03:53,180 --> 00:03:54,840 Of course, it was the Son of God. 83 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:58,040 So hear me when I say this, these next few weeks 84 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:00,460 are not an exhaustive, comprehensive look 85 00:04:00,460 --> 00:04:02,360 at the life and teachings of Jesus. 86 00:04:02,360 --> 00:04:05,180 So if at the end of these six, eight, 10, 12 weeks, 87 00:04:05,180 --> 00:04:07,480 you feel like, well, I just, that was how you just, 88 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:10,220 you know, be like, relax, go back and read, okay? 89 00:04:10,220 --> 00:04:13,840 Today, we're gonna look at one of my favorite sections 90 00:04:13,840 --> 00:04:17,000 and stories, which is the wedding at Cana. 91 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:18,640 And some of you don't know what that is, 92 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,360 and it's more commonly known or referred to as the place 93 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:25,160 where Jesus turned water into wine. 94 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:27,320 This is considered to be the first of the miracles 95 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:30,960 of Christ we see recorded, and this is the first story 96 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:32,640 in this series today. 97 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:35,140 So if you're able, please stand with me. 98 00:04:35,140 --> 00:04:38,880 We're gonna read out of John's Gospel, chapter two. 99 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:43,280 Okay, we're gonna read verses one through 12. 100 00:04:43,280 --> 00:04:44,920 Are we ready? 101 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:46,040 Okay, thank you, Kurt. 102 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:47,080 Me and Kurt are ready. 103 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:49,200 Here we go, ready or not. 104 00:04:49,200 --> 00:04:53,580 "On the third day, there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, 105 00:04:53,580 --> 00:04:56,140 "and the mother of Jesus was there. 106 00:04:56,140 --> 00:05:00,840 "Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. 107 00:05:00,840 --> 00:05:04,740 "When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, 108 00:05:04,740 --> 00:05:06,500 "they have no wine. 109 00:05:06,500 --> 00:05:10,100 "And Jesus said to her, 'Woman, what does this have 110 00:05:10,100 --> 00:05:11,460 "'to do with me? 111 00:05:11,460 --> 00:05:14,420 "'My hour has not yet come.' 112 00:05:14,420 --> 00:05:18,900 "His mother said to the servants, 'Do whatever he tells you.' 113 00:05:18,900 --> 00:05:21,940 "Now there were six stone water jars there 114 00:05:21,940 --> 00:05:24,780 "for the Jewish rites of purification, 115 00:05:24,780 --> 00:05:28,000 "each holding 20 or 30 gallons. 116 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:32,120 "Jesus said to the servants, 'Fill the jars with water,' 117 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:34,460 "and they filled them up to the brim. 118 00:05:34,460 --> 00:05:37,860 "And he said to them, 'Now draw some out 119 00:05:37,860 --> 00:05:40,720 "'and take it to the master of the feast.' 120 00:05:40,720 --> 00:05:42,200 "So they took it. 121 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:45,220 "When the master of the feast tasted the water, 122 00:05:45,220 --> 00:05:49,700 "now become wine, and did not know where it came from, 123 00:05:49,700 --> 00:05:53,140 "though the servants who had drawn the water knew. 124 00:05:53,140 --> 00:05:55,920 "The master of the feast called the bridegroom 125 00:05:55,920 --> 00:06:00,400 "and said to him, 'Everyone serves the good wine first, 126 00:06:00,400 --> 00:06:04,480 "'and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine, 127 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:08,360 "'but you have kept the good wine until now.' 128 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:13,360 "This is the first of his signs Jesus did at Cana in Galilee 129 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:15,800 "and manifested his glory, 130 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:18,740 "and his disciples believed in him. 131 00:06:18,740 --> 00:06:21,740 "After this, he went down to Capernaum 132 00:06:21,740 --> 00:06:25,120 "with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, 133 00:06:25,120 --> 00:06:27,420 "and they stayed there for a few days." 134 00:06:27,420 --> 00:06:28,640 This is God's word. 135 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:30,280 Father, we thank you for your word. 136 00:06:30,280 --> 00:06:32,100 I thank you for the life that it brings. 137 00:06:32,100 --> 00:06:35,080 I thank you for the opportunity to share with your people. 138 00:06:35,080 --> 00:06:36,640 I ask that our hearts would be opened 139 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:38,020 to an encounter with you 140 00:06:38,020 --> 00:06:40,200 and that you would be glorified through today. 141 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:41,520 Father, we love you and we thank you. 142 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:43,440 It's in Christ's name I pray, amen and amen. 143 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:44,760 You can be seated. 144 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:50,100 So there are many teachings done. 145 00:06:50,100 --> 00:06:54,420 I'm not the first one to teach on this topic or subject, 146 00:06:54,420 --> 00:06:58,320 but I do wanna talk about one specific aspect 147 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:00,440 of this miracle today. 148 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:04,000 And hopefully by the end, you'll pick up on it. 149 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,920 So I'm also real big on context, okay? 150 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:10,520 I'm a real big context guy. 151 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:13,940 So I wanna start back at the beginning of the chapter. 152 00:07:13,940 --> 00:07:17,160 You guys might recall if you were here in the house 153 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:19,940 a few months ago when I shared a teaching 154 00:07:19,940 --> 00:07:23,520 on the book of Job about context 155 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:25,380 and how I went to a friend's house 156 00:07:25,380 --> 00:07:29,120 and he had a bathroom calendar with Bible verses on it. 157 00:07:29,120 --> 00:07:30,900 And one of the Bible verses said, 158 00:07:30,900 --> 00:07:32,820 "If you bow down and worship me, 159 00:07:32,820 --> 00:07:35,080 "everything you see will be yours." 160 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:38,720 And that was Satan talking to Jesus 161 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:41,880 during the temptation in the wilderness, right? 162 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:43,800 But the people who developed the calendar 163 00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:47,120 just thought that was a great thing for us to worship God. 164 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:50,800 And I wadded that thing up and threw it in the trashcan 165 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:53,720 one day off for the rest of the year, promise you. 166 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:57,920 Because it was out of context, right? 167 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:00,240 And that's a problem we get into as a church, 168 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:02,540 especially now, there's a lot of people 169 00:08:02,540 --> 00:08:05,000 just grabbing passages and throwing them 170 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:08,440 anywhere they want to, to fit whatever they want 171 00:08:08,440 --> 00:08:11,240 to fit right now in whatever season I'm in. 172 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,180 And then we make permanent decisions 173 00:08:13,180 --> 00:08:15,020 based on a temporary emotion 174 00:08:15,020 --> 00:08:18,280 and a minuscule understanding of God's word. 175 00:08:18,280 --> 00:08:21,000 We as pastors do your disservice and say, 176 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:22,620 "Hey, you need to read your Bible, 177 00:08:22,620 --> 00:08:26,140 "but then we don't help you with context and translation. 178 00:08:26,140 --> 00:08:28,360 "We just leave it up to you." 179 00:08:28,360 --> 00:08:30,540 And I know when things are left up to me, 180 00:08:30,540 --> 00:08:33,160 stop laughing, Connie. 181 00:08:33,160 --> 00:08:35,840 (congregation laughing) 182 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:37,760 Give you a little insight, a little behind the scenes 183 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:40,500 since she said that. 184 00:08:40,500 --> 00:08:45,080 At an elders meeting, this has been last year, 185 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:46,360 there was some things that had come up 186 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:49,560 and sometimes there's a situation arises 187 00:08:49,560 --> 00:08:52,240 where a pastor or someone in the church 188 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:53,760 will have to address the media. 189 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:56,480 And so we were kicking around the idea of, 190 00:08:56,480 --> 00:09:00,200 we need a representative from Springhouse 191 00:09:00,200 --> 00:09:02,640 that will be our media spokesperson. 192 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:05,160 I immediately shot my hand up 193 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:08,760 and the vote was 10 no's and one yes. 194 00:09:08,760 --> 00:09:10,260 (congregation laughing) 195 00:09:10,260 --> 00:09:12,900 And I was like, "How dare you?" 196 00:09:12,900 --> 00:09:13,740 Right? 197 00:09:13,740 --> 00:09:14,640 Barbie would have voted, 198 00:09:14,640 --> 00:09:17,480 but she wasn't in on the vote that night. 199 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:19,680 She would have probably voted no, but in her heart, 200 00:09:19,680 --> 00:09:21,440 I'd love for Justin to be that guy. 201 00:09:21,440 --> 00:09:24,400 (congregation laughing) 202 00:09:24,400 --> 00:09:25,240 Right? 203 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:26,160 They was like, "We're not putting him out in front." 204 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:27,260 No, absolutely not. 205 00:09:27,260 --> 00:09:32,320 Why are you still laughing about that? 206 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:35,620 Like that doesn't warm my heart, man. 207 00:09:35,620 --> 00:09:39,260 So context is important. 208 00:09:39,260 --> 00:09:44,840 John's gospel begins by declaring 209 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:49,080 the preeminence and glory of Jesus. 210 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:52,040 The gospel of John begins like this, 211 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:54,040 "In the beginning was the word 212 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:56,920 and the word was with God and the word was God. 213 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:58,700 He was in the beginning with God. 214 00:09:58,700 --> 00:10:00,860 All things were made through him 215 00:10:00,860 --> 00:10:04,360 and without him was not anything made that was made. 216 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:07,620 In him was life and the life was the light of men. 217 00:10:07,620 --> 00:10:09,660 The light shines in the darkness 218 00:10:09,660 --> 00:10:11,920 and the darkness has not overcome it. 219 00:10:11,920 --> 00:10:14,760 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 220 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:17,800 He came as a witness to bear witness about the light 221 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:20,620 that all might believe through him. 222 00:10:20,620 --> 00:10:22,020 He was not the light, 223 00:10:22,020 --> 00:10:23,980 but came to bear witness about the light. 224 00:10:23,980 --> 00:10:27,520 The true light, which gives light to everyone 225 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:29,880 was coming into the world." 226 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:34,460 And this poetic description of Jesus's glory 227 00:10:34,460 --> 00:10:36,820 is how the gospel begins. 228 00:10:36,820 --> 00:10:41,560 So then you see John the Baptist 229 00:10:41,560 --> 00:10:44,280 and he's declaring the coming of the Messiah. 230 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:45,220 And he's saying, 231 00:10:45,220 --> 00:10:48,240 "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 232 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:51,780 make straight the way of the Lord, prepare for the Lord." 233 00:10:51,780 --> 00:10:54,340 And then all of a sudden Jesus shows up on the scene. 234 00:10:54,340 --> 00:10:55,800 You ever been talking about somebody 235 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:57,000 and they just show up? 236 00:10:58,560 --> 00:10:59,860 Huh? 237 00:10:59,860 --> 00:11:01,260 Good or bad, right? 238 00:11:01,260 --> 00:11:03,640 I catch my kids talking about me all the time. 239 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:05,500 Usually 'cause they tell on each other, 240 00:11:05,500 --> 00:11:07,700 "Someone's over down there talking about you." 241 00:11:07,700 --> 00:11:08,540 Really? 242 00:11:08,540 --> 00:11:10,880 I'll listen in. 243 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:12,740 Right, can you imagine? 244 00:11:12,740 --> 00:11:13,740 Listen, what? 245 00:11:13,740 --> 00:11:16,840 Pastor Kevin is, I don't want to, notorious, 246 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:19,480 neither of those are good word, infamous and notorious. 247 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:23,560 He's well known for his object lessons. 248 00:11:23,560 --> 00:11:26,640 Can you imagine preaching a sermon about Jesus 249 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:28,720 and then Jesus walks out? 250 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:31,240 That's literally what happens. 251 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:34,040 He's like, "Guys, let me tell you about the coming Messiah, 252 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:35,000 the savior of the world. 253 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,080 As a matter of fact, come on out." 254 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:38,600 And Jesus shows up. 255 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:40,240 That's not how it happened. 256 00:11:40,240 --> 00:11:45,240 But in my mind, he's talking about the guy and he shows up. 257 00:11:45,240 --> 00:11:48,520 And then he ends up baptizing Jesus. 258 00:11:48,520 --> 00:11:50,720 He baptized Jesus in the river. 259 00:11:50,720 --> 00:11:54,640 And Jesus's baptism is one instance in scripture 260 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:57,580 where we see all three persons of the Trinity 261 00:11:57,580 --> 00:12:00,200 in the same passage. 262 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:02,440 Luke's gospel describes it like this. 263 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:05,120 Now when all the people were baptized 264 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:10,120 and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, 265 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:15,200 the heavens were opened and the Holy Spirit descended on him 266 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:17,600 in bodily form like a dove. 267 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:21,020 And a voice came from heaven, "You are my beloved son. 268 00:12:21,020 --> 00:12:23,160 With you, I am well pleased." 269 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:27,880 So John baptizes Jesus and you have the son of God 270 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:31,220 in the water, the Holy Spirit descends like a dove 271 00:12:31,220 --> 00:12:33,760 and the voice of the father says from heaven, 272 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:35,800 "This is my son in whom I'm well pleased." 273 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:37,440 And I also wanna take note, 274 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:39,920 Jesus hadn't even done any ministry. 275 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:42,720 God was well pleased with him because he was his son, 276 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:46,520 not because he was going around doing magnificent things. 277 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:49,760 We are human beings, not human doings. 278 00:12:49,760 --> 00:12:51,660 So therefore, when Jesus said, 279 00:12:52,520 --> 00:12:54,720 "When the Holy Spirit has come upon you, 280 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:59,080 you will receive power to be my witnesses." 281 00:12:59,080 --> 00:13:02,360 Not go around doing witnessing, 282 00:13:02,360 --> 00:13:04,300 you will become something different 283 00:13:04,300 --> 00:13:06,980 when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. 284 00:13:06,980 --> 00:13:10,360 And the Holy Spirit had come upon Jesus in that moment 285 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:12,400 and his father was pleased with him. 286 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:15,280 And you see all three persons of the Trinity 287 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:16,520 in that passage. 288 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:19,320 Just make a little highlight or underline 289 00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:21,080 and if you don't feel like that, just say, 290 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:23,480 "Please God, help me remember where this is at. 291 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:25,840 I don't know what that is." 292 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:28,400 (congregation laughing) 293 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:29,240 I don't know. 294 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:33,000 So you got the scene. 295 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:35,760 John says, "Hey, this is the guy." 296 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:39,540 John says, "This is the guy, he shows up, he gets baptized." 297 00:13:39,540 --> 00:13:42,160 Then the next day he shows up again 298 00:13:42,160 --> 00:13:44,820 and John is able to go a little bit further in detail 299 00:13:44,820 --> 00:13:46,360 with his disciples and he says, 300 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:48,960 "Hey, remember what happened yesterday at the baptism? 301 00:13:48,960 --> 00:13:51,040 Let me explain it a little bit further to you." 302 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:53,580 And he describes what happened at that baptism 303 00:13:53,580 --> 00:13:54,620 to his disciples. 304 00:13:54,620 --> 00:13:57,360 Then the following day, Jesus shows up again. 305 00:13:57,360 --> 00:13:59,080 So you've got a three-day period 306 00:13:59,080 --> 00:14:01,960 where he keeps just showing up, showing up, showing up. 307 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:03,600 How many of you have found yourself 308 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:04,840 at Springhouse this morning 309 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:08,040 because Jesus just keeps showing up in your life? 310 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:11,560 Somebody mentioned it, you overheard a conversation, 311 00:14:11,560 --> 00:14:13,620 someone invited you to come, 312 00:14:13,620 --> 00:14:16,700 someone prayed you in the house, 313 00:14:16,700 --> 00:14:19,700 but either way, Jesus just keeps showing up 314 00:14:19,700 --> 00:14:21,920 and showing up and showing up. 315 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:27,220 He just keeps hanging around in chapter one. 316 00:14:27,220 --> 00:14:30,380 And John's disciples are super intrigued 317 00:14:30,380 --> 00:14:34,060 and they approach Jesus and I love Jesus's response. 318 00:14:34,060 --> 00:14:38,580 Jesus turned and saw them following. 319 00:14:38,580 --> 00:14:43,940 So picture this, this is not biblical. 320 00:14:46,260 --> 00:14:48,280 This is what I think, okay? 321 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:49,680 Have you ever seen those cartoons 322 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:54,640 where somebody is hiding in like a bush or a box 323 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:56,580 and the box moves and then they turn around 324 00:14:56,580 --> 00:14:58,920 and look at it and it's a box or a bush? 325 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:02,700 That's not what happened. 326 00:15:02,700 --> 00:15:04,800 See, y'all thought I saw. 327 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:08,760 That's when I imagined they're following Jesus 328 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:12,880 and Jesus turned to them and said, "What are you seeking?" 329 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:15,220 And isn't that a fitting question for us today? 330 00:15:15,220 --> 00:15:16,420 What are you looking for? 331 00:15:16,420 --> 00:15:19,940 What exactly are you seeking? 332 00:15:19,940 --> 00:15:23,720 You've heard a testimony of me, you've saw me baptized, 333 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:26,380 you heard John declaring that everything you heard about 334 00:15:26,380 --> 00:15:29,540 in the Old Testament was in regards to me, 335 00:15:29,540 --> 00:15:31,920 but what are you looking for? 336 00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:33,420 What are you seeking? 337 00:15:33,420 --> 00:15:37,340 And they said to him, "Rabbi," which means teacher, 338 00:15:37,340 --> 00:15:38,640 "where are you staying?" 339 00:15:38,640 --> 00:15:43,640 And look at Jesus's response, "Come and you'll see." 340 00:15:44,020 --> 00:15:45,920 So they came and saw where he was staying 341 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:47,280 and they stayed with him that day 342 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:50,460 for it was about the 10th hour. 343 00:15:50,460 --> 00:15:53,920 Jesus did not demand belief. 344 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:56,580 He didn't say, "Didn't you hear everything 345 00:15:56,580 --> 00:15:57,780 John said about me? 346 00:15:57,780 --> 00:16:00,420 What are you looking for?" 347 00:16:00,420 --> 00:16:01,840 And they didn't even answer what they were looking for. 348 00:16:01,840 --> 00:16:03,480 They said, "Where are you staying? 349 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:06,320 Why did they ask where he was staying?" 350 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:10,600 So they could come and spend time with him. 351 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:12,940 And Jesus said, "If you'll come and see, 352 00:16:12,940 --> 00:16:13,940 then you'll be convinced." 353 00:16:13,940 --> 00:16:16,080 You don't have to believe 'cause John said it. 354 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:17,860 You don't have to believe 'cause the scriptures 355 00:16:17,860 --> 00:16:19,160 testify of me. 356 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:24,200 You believe when you come and see for yourself. 357 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:31,440 So Andrew goes, and I've often wondered, 358 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:35,660 this was the first time that we see in scripture 359 00:16:35,660 --> 00:16:39,180 of somebody going and spending time with Jesus. 360 00:16:39,180 --> 00:16:40,920 What did they talk about? 361 00:16:42,260 --> 00:16:45,700 What do you think they talked about that night 362 00:16:45,700 --> 00:16:47,000 when they were hanging out? 363 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:53,160 Whatever it was, it was enough to convince Andrew 364 00:16:53,160 --> 00:16:56,400 because Andrew then goes to get his brother Peter. 365 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:59,980 He goes and gets Peter, or actually gets Simon. 366 00:16:59,980 --> 00:17:01,580 Let me back up, his name is not Peter. 367 00:17:01,580 --> 00:17:02,820 His name is Simon. 368 00:17:02,820 --> 00:17:04,740 And so that he can come and see. 369 00:17:04,740 --> 00:17:07,100 And here's one thing I want us to take note of. 370 00:17:07,100 --> 00:17:10,240 When you are convinced, you will go get others. 371 00:17:11,220 --> 00:17:14,460 When you are convinced, when you've come 372 00:17:14,460 --> 00:17:17,220 and you've seen for yourself, you will go get others. 373 00:17:17,220 --> 00:17:18,900 If you've not gone and got others, 374 00:17:18,900 --> 00:17:20,740 then have you been convinced? 375 00:17:20,740 --> 00:17:23,200 And if the answer is yes, I've been convinced, 376 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,860 then why aren't you going to get others? 377 00:17:25,860 --> 00:17:30,860 Like, I'm sorry, I didn't write this. 378 00:17:30,860 --> 00:17:35,380 So then Jesus goes to Galilee, 379 00:17:35,380 --> 00:17:38,060 and the next day he finds Philip and he calls Philip, 380 00:17:38,060 --> 00:17:39,540 and Philip goes to Nathaniel, 381 00:17:39,540 --> 00:17:42,060 and Nathaniel makes one of the most honest statements 382 00:17:42,060 --> 00:17:43,740 in all of scripture. 383 00:17:43,740 --> 00:17:48,740 He says, "Nathaniel, we have found the Messiah." 384 00:17:48,740 --> 00:17:51,680 And Nathaniel says, "Where's he at?" 385 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:56,580 And Philip goes, "Ah, he's in Nazareth." 386 00:17:56,580 --> 00:17:58,820 He says, "Nazareth? 387 00:17:58,820 --> 00:18:01,260 Can anything good come out of Nazareth? 388 00:18:01,260 --> 00:18:02,100 Might as well have said, 389 00:18:02,100 --> 00:18:04,020 can anything good come out of Antioch?" 390 00:18:04,020 --> 00:18:06,460 All right, before you get all upset, 391 00:18:06,460 --> 00:18:09,420 I used to hang out in Antioch, don't be mad. 392 00:18:09,420 --> 00:18:11,460 Football team rolled on Friday. 393 00:18:11,460 --> 00:18:15,220 We can talk about it outside if you'd like, okay? 394 00:18:15,220 --> 00:18:17,740 But we all know, eh, I don't wanna go to Antioch. 395 00:18:17,740 --> 00:18:19,180 Like, we had a choice. 396 00:18:19,180 --> 00:18:21,980 If that's where we wanna go, 397 00:18:21,980 --> 00:18:25,460 can anything good come out of Nazareth? 398 00:18:25,460 --> 00:18:26,960 And you know what Philip said? 399 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:31,540 Guess, come and see. 400 00:18:31,540 --> 00:18:35,500 Philip said, that's a great question. 401 00:18:35,500 --> 00:18:38,060 Come and see. 402 00:18:38,060 --> 00:18:39,880 Come and see for yourself. 403 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:41,100 You don't have to believe me. 404 00:18:41,100 --> 00:18:42,660 I know that we found him, 405 00:18:42,660 --> 00:18:45,740 but if you'll come, you'll see for yourself. 406 00:18:45,740 --> 00:18:48,300 Come and examine yourself. 407 00:18:48,300 --> 00:18:49,140 That's why it's important. 408 00:18:49,140 --> 00:18:52,860 Just invite somebody to church. 409 00:18:52,860 --> 00:18:54,300 You don't have to convince them 410 00:18:54,300 --> 00:18:56,740 in that 30-second checkout line. 411 00:18:56,740 --> 00:19:00,420 Just invite them and say, come and see. 412 00:19:00,420 --> 00:19:02,900 And the Holy Spirit will do his work. 413 00:19:02,900 --> 00:19:07,600 It's not your job to convince people of the gospel. 414 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:11,020 It is your job to introduce them to Jesus, 415 00:19:11,020 --> 00:19:15,740 and they will either be convinced or need more evidence. 416 00:19:15,740 --> 00:19:20,800 This is a no-go lifestyle. 417 00:19:20,800 --> 00:19:22,900 Can anything good come out of Nazareth? 418 00:19:22,900 --> 00:19:25,320 I used to say this is a character defect of mine, 419 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:28,200 where I would say things that other people think 420 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:29,280 but don't say. 421 00:19:29,280 --> 00:19:32,460 Turns out it's biblical, okay? 422 00:19:32,460 --> 00:19:33,540 Because... 423 00:19:33,540 --> 00:19:36,220 (audience laughing) 424 00:19:36,220 --> 00:19:37,740 No-go lifestyle. 425 00:19:37,740 --> 00:19:40,460 What did Jesus say when he meets Nathaniel? 426 00:19:40,460 --> 00:19:44,620 He says, finally, an Israelite in whom there is no go. 427 00:19:44,620 --> 00:19:47,020 Finally, somebody's being authentic about the situation. 428 00:19:47,020 --> 00:19:49,880 Somebody's being real about the situation. 429 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:52,980 And then Jesus says, hey, before Philip called you, 430 00:19:52,980 --> 00:19:54,720 I saw you under the fig tree, 431 00:19:54,720 --> 00:19:56,920 and Nathaniel's mind is blown. 432 00:19:56,920 --> 00:20:00,220 And he says, hey, you think that I'm the guy 433 00:20:00,220 --> 00:20:01,060 because I told you that? 434 00:20:01,060 --> 00:20:02,660 You're gonna see greater things than this. 435 00:20:02,660 --> 00:20:04,660 You will see the heavens opened up 436 00:20:04,660 --> 00:20:07,060 and the angels of God ascending and descending 437 00:20:07,060 --> 00:20:08,160 on the Son of Man. 438 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:10,900 And then it goes right there to... 439 00:20:10,900 --> 00:20:12,940 And then three days later, they're at a wedding, 440 00:20:12,940 --> 00:20:15,020 and you're like, whoa, pump the brakes a little bit. 441 00:20:15,020 --> 00:20:17,180 That's a big span. 442 00:20:17,180 --> 00:20:20,360 What we need to understand contextually is this. 443 00:20:20,360 --> 00:20:22,060 When Jesus goes to the wedding 444 00:20:22,060 --> 00:20:24,220 and brings his disciples with him, 445 00:20:24,220 --> 00:20:26,900 they have already been convinced 446 00:20:26,900 --> 00:20:28,720 that he is who he says he is, 447 00:20:28,720 --> 00:20:32,040 that he is who John testifies about. 448 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:34,680 So they didn't need to see a miracle. 449 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:37,580 And this was before the miracle. 450 00:20:37,580 --> 00:20:38,460 They were ready. 451 00:20:38,460 --> 00:20:44,480 Jesus continually invited his disciples to come and see, 452 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:48,920 to come and think, to come and examine the evidence. 453 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:52,180 And then the narrative shifts to the wedding. 454 00:20:52,180 --> 00:20:56,000 It moves from Nathaniel's call right into the wedding. 455 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:59,440 Ancient Hebrew weddings are not like most weddings 456 00:20:59,440 --> 00:21:01,400 that I have been to, okay? 457 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:04,620 I'm from the South, so all the weddings I know 458 00:21:04,620 --> 00:21:08,860 are either in a church or at a farm somewhere. 459 00:21:08,860 --> 00:21:10,380 'Cause we live in Tennessee. 460 00:21:10,380 --> 00:21:12,740 And apparently those are your two options, 461 00:21:12,740 --> 00:21:14,860 church or the farm. 462 00:21:14,860 --> 00:21:17,180 And you're gonna take pictures in front of the old truck 463 00:21:17,180 --> 00:21:19,680 that nobody in your family knows how to drive 464 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:23,340 with mums around it and your train flowing, right? 465 00:21:23,340 --> 00:21:26,660 And it's gonna be ridiculously overpriced, right? 466 00:21:26,660 --> 00:21:28,460 But it's the farm. 467 00:21:28,460 --> 00:21:29,660 I don't know any of the weddings. 468 00:21:29,660 --> 00:21:31,380 This is where I'm from, okay? 469 00:21:31,380 --> 00:21:33,800 But if you're not from the United States, 470 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:35,780 or maybe you were born in a different country, 471 00:21:35,780 --> 00:21:38,240 or you were born on a different continent, 472 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:41,220 or you've lived in a different culture or ethnicity, 473 00:21:41,220 --> 00:21:44,980 all cultures have different type of wedding traditions 474 00:21:44,980 --> 00:21:47,000 and wedding customs, okay? 475 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,800 So when you hear the wedding at Cana, 476 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:54,240 get out of your mind anything that you have thought of 477 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:55,460 as far as a wedding goes. 478 00:21:55,460 --> 00:21:56,300 Are we there? 479 00:21:56,300 --> 00:21:57,120 Can you get that? 480 00:21:57,120 --> 00:22:00,200 Can you just disconnect from the farm for a minute? 481 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:01,040 Okay? 482 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:03,220 Ancient Hebrew weddings 483 00:22:03,220 --> 00:22:05,920 are not like modern Western celebrations. 484 00:22:05,920 --> 00:22:09,700 Hebrew weddings would begin with a betrothal period 485 00:22:09,700 --> 00:22:14,380 followed by a legal covenant binding 486 00:22:14,380 --> 00:22:16,920 and then the consummation of the marriage. 487 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:17,760 You understand? 488 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:20,740 Betrothal binding consummation. 489 00:22:20,740 --> 00:22:23,200 There's an order to things. 490 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:27,360 This is why Joseph was so upset when Mary said, 491 00:22:27,360 --> 00:22:31,360 "Hey, I'm pregnant during the betrothal." 492 00:22:31,360 --> 00:22:34,700 And then she had in his mind the audacity to say, 493 00:22:34,700 --> 00:22:36,180 "It's God's baby." 494 00:22:36,180 --> 00:22:38,900 Y'all can laugh about it. 495 00:22:38,900 --> 00:22:39,740 It's in there. 496 00:22:39,740 --> 00:22:41,520 Think of this from a human perspective. 497 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:44,900 Joseph was so out of his mind, God had to send an angel. 498 00:22:44,900 --> 00:22:47,640 He had to send Gabriel to calm him down 499 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:48,480 'cause he's pacing. 500 00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:50,140 I'm just gonna, I don't know what to do. 501 00:22:50,140 --> 00:22:50,980 I don't know what to do. 502 00:22:50,980 --> 00:22:52,920 I guess I'm just gonna have to like end the betrothal. 503 00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:54,020 I mean, God, I loved her. 504 00:22:54,020 --> 00:22:55,420 This is gonna be great. 505 00:22:55,420 --> 00:22:57,560 This conjecture, obviously. 506 00:22:57,560 --> 00:23:00,100 But there was an order and it was out of order. 507 00:23:00,100 --> 00:23:02,640 Betrothal, covenant, consummation. 508 00:23:02,640 --> 00:23:05,640 I had a situation of something being out of order yesterday. 509 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:08,840 I have three sons. 510 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:10,340 One of them has grown. 511 00:23:10,340 --> 00:23:13,040 So you'll have to figure out who the other son was. 512 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:16,460 I like to tell stories about my kids and not name them 513 00:23:16,460 --> 00:23:19,580 so that you try to figure out who it is. 514 00:23:19,580 --> 00:23:21,540 It's one of my favorite parts about being a dad, 515 00:23:21,540 --> 00:23:24,220 telling stories from the stage. 516 00:23:24,340 --> 00:23:26,140 (congregation laughing) 517 00:23:26,140 --> 00:23:28,200 So we had a birthday party for my son 518 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,400 and I was pretty disappointed in these teenagers. 519 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:35,400 There was 20 preteens and teenagers, 20. 520 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:38,360 And I bought 12 pizzas and 24 cupcakes. 521 00:23:38,360 --> 00:23:43,360 And these losers, not look, they only ate six pizzas. 522 00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:45,040 What a disgrace. 523 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:47,600 (congregation laughing) 524 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:49,760 We'd had, my parents would have had to go get more. 525 00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:52,760 Landon got six pizzas, six. 526 00:23:52,760 --> 00:23:54,900 Me and Landon can eat six pizzas. 527 00:23:54,900 --> 00:23:57,620 (congregation laughing) 528 00:23:57,620 --> 00:23:59,340 And then we'll send memes back and forth, 529 00:23:59,340 --> 00:24:02,260 I hate my life, why did I do this? 530 00:24:02,260 --> 00:24:07,260 I was embarrassed as a dad that you only ate six, 531 00:24:07,260 --> 00:24:10,260 but this is what you think of me, to only eat six pizzas? 532 00:24:10,260 --> 00:24:13,280 So we had a lot of cupcakes left over. 533 00:24:13,280 --> 00:24:15,460 So as any good father would do, 534 00:24:15,460 --> 00:24:18,600 I was gonna save them for breakfast the next day, right? 535 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:20,720 (congregation laughing) 536 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:23,460 Yeah, real Cosby would have been proud, man. 537 00:24:23,460 --> 00:24:26,680 So I go to Bojangles, 538 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:29,300 listen to this nutritious breakfast, right? 539 00:24:29,300 --> 00:24:33,040 I go to Bojangles and I got 20 sausage biscuits. 540 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:35,920 I had some white grapes, I had purple grapes, 541 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:38,280 I had the little plates and then I had all the cupcakes. 542 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:39,640 And so I put them in order. 543 00:24:39,640 --> 00:24:42,400 Here's your biscuits, here's the grapes, 544 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:44,080 here's the cupcakes, right? 545 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:48,380 Any rational person would assume, start with the biscuit, 546 00:24:48,380 --> 00:24:51,500 you get your grapes and then after you've eaten that, 547 00:24:51,500 --> 00:24:53,720 you get the cupcake, right? 548 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,560 I turned my back for two seconds. 549 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:58,500 I turned back around and one of my sons 550 00:24:58,500 --> 00:25:00,360 has chocolate all over his face 551 00:25:00,360 --> 00:25:03,320 as he's unwrapping the biscuit. 552 00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:09,460 I was born in the morning, but it wasn't this one, okay? 553 00:25:09,460 --> 00:25:12,360 And so I'm looking at him, I said, 554 00:25:12,360 --> 00:25:14,040 what's all over your face? 555 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:19,040 And then that rush, all that chocolate fudge at 9 a.m. 556 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:21,380 drained right out of his body 557 00:25:21,380 --> 00:25:23,540 and was replaced with the fear of God 558 00:25:23,540 --> 00:25:28,540 because he knew the gig is up, it's all over my face. 559 00:25:28,540 --> 00:25:32,260 So I'm talking to him and I'm like, 560 00:25:32,260 --> 00:25:33,580 what's all over your face? 561 00:25:33,580 --> 00:25:38,380 I said, is that chocolate? 562 00:25:38,380 --> 00:25:39,220 Yeah. 563 00:25:39,220 --> 00:25:42,420 I said, did you eat a cupcake? 564 00:25:42,420 --> 00:25:44,360 He said, yeah. 565 00:25:44,360 --> 00:25:47,160 And he took a bite of his back, he's still eating food. 566 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:50,760 I said, man, I said, man, 567 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:54,320 when have in the history of me being your dad, 568 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,800 have cupcakes ever been the first thing 569 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:58,280 we eat for breakfast? 570 00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:00,600 He said, never. 571 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:02,840 We started today. 572 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:07,100 So I said, look, and I'm trying, look, 573 00:26:07,100 --> 00:26:10,400 see the cartoons where the steam comes out of the ears? 574 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:11,760 He's a habitual offender. 575 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:13,560 This guy's a repeat offender, okay? 576 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:20,120 So I said, he said, it's never been the policy 577 00:26:20,120 --> 00:26:22,480 of our family that we eat cupcakes first 578 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:26,700 and yet you've obviously eaten the cupcake before. 579 00:26:26,700 --> 00:26:30,820 And I said, son, why did you eat the cupcake first? 580 00:26:30,820 --> 00:26:33,260 He said, because I wanted to. 581 00:26:33,260 --> 00:26:37,600 (congregation laughing) 582 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:42,760 Because I wanted to, right? 583 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:44,760 Because I want, oh, okay, you just hang on, 584 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:46,160 I'm just over there. 585 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:47,460 I'll be right back, right? 586 00:26:47,460 --> 00:26:51,320 If you're a parent, you know. 587 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:56,240 But I'm not gonna miss an opportunity to speak 588 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:58,960 into my kid's life, okay, you hear me? 589 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:03,720 So after I walked away, unclenched my fists, 590 00:27:03,720 --> 00:27:06,420 I said, son, here's what you don't understand. 591 00:27:06,420 --> 00:27:09,760 You were going to get a blessing anyways. 592 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:12,160 You were gonna get a cupcake. 593 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:16,420 Like I was going to allow you guys to have cupcakes. 594 00:27:16,420 --> 00:27:19,880 You wanted the blessing when you wanted it 595 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,000 and so you did things out of order. 596 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,740 And there are some of us that are so worried 597 00:27:24,740 --> 00:27:27,440 about missing the blessing that we'll go take it 598 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:29,860 for ourselves instead of waiting on our Father 599 00:27:29,860 --> 00:27:31,480 to give it to us. 600 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:32,520 You hear what I'm saying? 601 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:35,080 We're so worried about instant gratification 602 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:38,320 over delayed satisfaction that we'll take matters 603 00:27:38,320 --> 00:27:41,480 into our own hands regardless of the consequences 604 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:42,520 because I want to. 605 00:27:42,520 --> 00:27:48,540 And didn't allow his Father to bless him in the right order. 606 00:27:48,540 --> 00:27:51,860 There are an order to things, Springhouse family. 607 00:27:51,860 --> 00:27:55,640 Don't get out of order. 608 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:59,140 That's why Joseph was messed up because it was out of order. 609 00:27:59,140 --> 00:28:01,760 That's why my kid was messed up when he realized 610 00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:03,500 'cause he was out of order. 611 00:28:03,500 --> 00:28:06,560 There is an order to things when it comes 612 00:28:06,560 --> 00:28:11,020 to ancient Hebrew marriages and weddings. 613 00:28:11,020 --> 00:28:13,800 The betrothal, the covenant, the consummation, 614 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:15,600 then the celebration. 615 00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:18,600 So when we see Jesus and his disciples show up 616 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:23,040 to the wedding, they are at the celebration portion 617 00:28:23,040 --> 00:28:23,920 of the wedding. 618 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:26,040 We're all on the same page? 619 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:26,880 Okay. 620 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:32,880 So after that, there'd be a multi-day feast, 621 00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:34,940 the celebration, that's where we find Jesus 622 00:28:34,940 --> 00:28:38,200 and his disciples and the wine runs out. 623 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:41,540 Houston, we have a problem. 624 00:28:41,540 --> 00:28:44,000 There is no wine. 625 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:47,820 Now, might not seem like a big deal to you 626 00:28:47,820 --> 00:28:51,540 'cause you can just run down here to R&J Liquor Store 627 00:28:51,540 --> 00:28:53,140 like I called it in the first gathering 628 00:28:53,140 --> 00:28:54,460 and then said that's actually the name 629 00:28:54,460 --> 00:28:56,240 of my dad's lawn care business. 630 00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:57,700 It's not a liquor store. 631 00:28:57,700 --> 00:29:02,620 All the blood ran out of his face too when I said that. 632 00:29:03,500 --> 00:29:06,080 But you guys, if there was a hey, we're out of wine, 633 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:08,440 you'd be like, that's cool, we'll just send so and so 634 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,100 and they'll run and grab it. 635 00:29:10,100 --> 00:29:13,100 That's not how it worked back then. 636 00:29:13,100 --> 00:29:16,340 Okay, you don't just run to the liquor store. 637 00:29:16,340 --> 00:29:17,640 That even just sounds bad. 638 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:20,080 Like, can you imagine like one of the disciples 639 00:29:20,080 --> 00:29:21,460 goes to the liquor store? 640 00:29:21,460 --> 00:29:23,880 The tweets that would come out, 641 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:26,820 I just saw Simon Peter walking out of the liquor store. 642 00:29:26,820 --> 00:29:29,280 Don't act like you don't get judges. 643 00:29:29,280 --> 00:29:31,240 Somebody ever been caught pushing a cart 644 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,740 coming out of Publix with 12 yinglings 645 00:29:33,740 --> 00:29:35,640 looking around like this? 646 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,800 And I'm like, I see you. 647 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:39,640 I see you. 648 00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:41,320 Y'all know me, I don't lie. 649 00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:44,140 Somebody gonna come to me after the service 650 00:29:44,140 --> 00:29:46,140 and be like, thanks for not ratting on me. 651 00:29:46,140 --> 00:29:49,800 They're out of wine. 652 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:53,380 In their culture, this is a big deal. 653 00:29:53,380 --> 00:29:57,040 You'd be the laughing stock of the community 654 00:29:57,040 --> 00:29:59,260 and they would never stop telling 655 00:29:59,260 --> 00:30:01,880 about how you couldn't provide for your guests. 656 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:05,360 So Mary comes to Jesus and says, they're out of wine. 657 00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:06,920 That's something my mom would say to me. 658 00:30:06,920 --> 00:30:10,380 Hey, they're out of wine, do something, figure it out. 659 00:30:10,380 --> 00:30:15,300 What do you want me to do? 660 00:30:15,300 --> 00:30:17,560 And Jesus' response is something. 661 00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:19,760 Look at Jesus' response. 662 00:30:19,760 --> 00:30:22,880 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, 663 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:23,840 they have no wine. 664 00:30:23,840 --> 00:30:25,320 And Jesus said to her, woman, 665 00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:26,400 what does it have to do with me? 666 00:30:26,400 --> 00:30:27,960 Now, before you get all, 667 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:30,040 it's not the same culture. 668 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:32,640 You call your mom a woman in Tennessee, 669 00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:35,160 below the Mason-Dixon, if you say woman. 670 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:41,900 Some of y'all ain't ever been hit with a flip-flop. 671 00:30:41,900 --> 00:30:46,060 It shows me you learn not to say woman to your mom. 672 00:30:46,060 --> 00:30:46,960 It's not the same culture. 673 00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:48,640 Remember, we're talking about culture. 674 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:50,740 Jesus says, woman, what does this have to do with me? 675 00:30:50,740 --> 00:30:54,720 My hour, my hour has not yet come. 676 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:57,060 Gosh, I shouldn't have done that. 677 00:30:57,060 --> 00:31:00,300 His mother, she didn't even acknowledge his response. 678 00:31:00,300 --> 00:31:02,020 She says, hey, they don't have any wine. 679 00:31:02,020 --> 00:31:03,380 He's like, woman, what's that got to do with me? 680 00:31:03,380 --> 00:31:04,280 It's not my time yet. 681 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:06,580 And she says, do whatever he tells you to do. 682 00:31:06,580 --> 00:31:10,820 That's how you know this is a real interaction 683 00:31:10,820 --> 00:31:12,100 between a mother and a son. 684 00:31:12,100 --> 00:31:14,760 She, I don't care what you've got to say right now. 685 00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:16,740 Think about it. 686 00:31:16,740 --> 00:31:18,660 Any mom that's got a son, you'd be like, listen, 687 00:31:18,660 --> 00:31:20,180 hey, they don't have any wine. 688 00:31:20,180 --> 00:31:21,940 Hey, do whatever he tells you to do. 689 00:31:21,940 --> 00:31:26,020 This is, these are part of the things 690 00:31:26,020 --> 00:31:28,740 that if you've ever had a mom, which is everybody here, 691 00:31:28,740 --> 00:31:30,960 you know that this is a real interaction. 692 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,500 But why did he say it like that? 693 00:31:33,500 --> 00:31:34,600 What is he even talking about? 694 00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:37,980 Why did he say my hour has not yet come? 695 00:31:37,980 --> 00:31:40,020 It's not my time yet. 696 00:31:40,020 --> 00:31:43,000 What Jesus does next is what reveals the answer to me. 697 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,380 And this is what I wanted to talk about to you this morning. 698 00:31:45,380 --> 00:31:47,060 The transition. 699 00:31:47,060 --> 00:31:49,900 This is a transitional moment, okay? 700 00:31:49,900 --> 00:31:51,680 And this is the reason why I believe 701 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:55,920 this is the first miracle recorded in the gospels. 702 00:31:55,920 --> 00:32:01,280 He tells the servants to fill six stone water jars 703 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:02,160 with water. 704 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:06,100 These were jars that were used for ceremonial cleansing. 705 00:32:06,100 --> 00:32:08,720 Then he tells them to draw the water out 706 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:09,920 and it become wine. 707 00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:12,440 Do you know that nobody has ever been able 708 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:13,840 to replicate that? 709 00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:17,160 The way that he did it. 710 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:18,920 Some people say, well, that's how you make wine. 711 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:19,760 You add water. 712 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:20,800 No, silly. 713 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:23,760 He, they filled it up. 714 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:27,440 He said, draw it out and it had become wine. 715 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:29,280 Like this is not a parlor trick. 716 00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,960 He's not going, and for my next act, 717 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:35,880 I'll turn six jars of water into wine. 718 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:37,320 He's in a back room. 719 00:32:37,320 --> 00:32:38,880 His mom came to him. 720 00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:42,700 Nobody knows it's happening except for the servants. 721 00:32:42,700 --> 00:32:46,000 How many that was, we don't know. 722 00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:48,400 But the servants knew because the scripture says 723 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:51,960 nobody knew what he did except for the servants. 724 00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:56,840 In the old Testament, water was used by the priests 725 00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:59,880 to cleanse themselves and represented the covenant. 726 00:32:59,880 --> 00:33:02,720 Jesus' blood would provide the ultimate cleansing 727 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:05,040 for his people and not just the priests 728 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:07,760 and is symbolically represented by the wine. 729 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:09,880 I believe that Jesus know good and well 730 00:33:09,880 --> 00:33:11,360 what he was doing in this moment. 731 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,040 And this was a foreshadow 732 00:33:13,040 --> 00:33:15,640 when he would ultimately make the switch. 733 00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:18,680 His first miracle points to the last miracle. 734 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:21,000 The first miracle is taking the water, 735 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:23,640 which represented the covenant with the priests 736 00:33:23,640 --> 00:33:25,960 and he transformed it into the wine 737 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,320 that would cover and cleanse all humanity. 738 00:33:28,320 --> 00:33:32,820 And the only thing, the catalyst was Jesus. 739 00:33:32,820 --> 00:33:37,120 In him, the old covenant would be transformed 740 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:39,960 into a new covenant that would tear the veil, 741 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:41,320 the spirit would move out, 742 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:43,520 and all of humanity would be able to come 743 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:45,080 as priests and kings. 744 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:48,600 It's not just they're out of wine, 745 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:50,960 let's turn this water into wine 746 00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:54,020 so we can keep the party going and the celebration going. 747 00:33:54,020 --> 00:33:59,020 No, he said it's not my hour yet because I'll do this, 748 00:33:59,020 --> 00:34:03,080 but this represents what I'm ultimately gonna do. 749 00:34:03,080 --> 00:34:07,180 This first miracle represents the last miracle. 750 00:34:07,180 --> 00:34:09,040 It's incredible. 751 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:12,320 It's a transition of the covenant 752 00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:15,040 veiled on the pages of scripture. 753 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:19,600 Let's talk about the wine for a minute. 754 00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:21,520 Has anybody ever made wine? 755 00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:22,340 Don't answer. 756 00:34:22,340 --> 00:34:23,180 Oh God. 757 00:34:23,180 --> 00:34:27,120 I see that hand right here. 758 00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:29,240 Mario in the back called him out first gathering, 759 00:34:29,240 --> 00:34:31,360 he's the only one who raised his hand. 760 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:34,440 They're a little bit more pious than you rebels, 761 00:34:34,440 --> 00:34:36,040 late sleepers, right? 762 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:40,900 Better question, has anybody ever drank wine? 763 00:34:40,900 --> 00:34:42,660 Put your hands, don't answer these questions. 764 00:34:42,660 --> 00:34:44,520 These are rhetorical questions. 765 00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:47,160 Those are, I bet that's who had the Yinglings, right? 766 00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:54,640 Do you know the process of making wine? 767 00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:58,840 Do you know the process of, we know you know Mario. 768 00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:01,660 You answered yes to the first question, first two. 769 00:35:01,660 --> 00:35:03,060 Mario's all of the above. 770 00:35:03,060 --> 00:35:07,560 First step in the process of making wine, 771 00:35:07,560 --> 00:35:10,920 the grapes are selected by hand. 772 00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:13,520 The grapes are chosen. 773 00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:15,600 The grapes are chosen. 774 00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:17,580 They don't just use any old grape. 775 00:35:17,580 --> 00:35:21,560 Then they are pressed and crushed 776 00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:24,080 in order to extract the juice from them. 777 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:27,540 From there, they're placed in a large stone or earthen jar 778 00:35:27,540 --> 00:35:30,940 where the fermentation process begins. 779 00:35:30,940 --> 00:35:34,440 This process can take days or months 780 00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:37,560 for the best wines to finish this process. 781 00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:40,740 Finally, they're stored below ground 782 00:35:40,740 --> 00:35:42,840 or in cool places until use. 783 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:46,940 The longer they sit, the better the wine is, allegedly. 784 00:35:46,940 --> 00:35:54,800 The most important element when making wine is time. 785 00:35:54,800 --> 00:36:00,720 You cannot, we can't go out here after service 786 00:36:00,720 --> 00:36:03,800 and make six gallons, six stone jars 787 00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:07,540 with 20 to 30 gallons of wine in an afternoon. 788 00:36:07,540 --> 00:36:09,040 It doesn't work like that. 789 00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:11,260 It's a process. 790 00:36:11,260 --> 00:36:13,400 Did you hear, did you pick up on it? 791 00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:16,040 The grapes were chosen, selected, 792 00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:17,840 then they were pressed and crushed 793 00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:20,000 and placed on an earthen vessel, 794 00:36:20,000 --> 00:36:24,120 then put below ground for the transformation into new wines. 795 00:36:24,120 --> 00:36:25,760 That sound like anything else 796 00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:27,920 you've heard of in scripture before? 797 00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:30,100 The wine of the new covenant, 798 00:36:30,100 --> 00:36:32,280 which was represented here this morning 799 00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:33,960 to be the blood of Jesus. 800 00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:38,800 Here's what I want us to understand. 801 00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:41,760 By turning the water into wine, 802 00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:46,000 Jesus gave the water a past that it never had. 803 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:48,080 Are you hearing me? 804 00:36:48,080 --> 00:36:52,740 Jesus gave the water a past that it never had 805 00:36:52,740 --> 00:36:56,040 and it allowed it to avoid the process 806 00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:58,600 to become something beautiful. 807 00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:02,200 When you come and see, when you come and examine, 808 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:05,400 when you come and you really experience Jesus, 809 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:08,560 he will give you a past that you never had 810 00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:11,640 and allow him to be the one that transforms you 811 00:37:11,640 --> 00:37:13,960 without having to go through that process 812 00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:15,920 'cause he went through it for you. 813 00:37:15,920 --> 00:37:19,480 And we sitting here talking about, 814 00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:20,480 oh man, that was pretty cool. 815 00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:22,280 Turn water into wine, it's great. 816 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:23,440 Kept the party going. 817 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:25,280 It's so much bigger, guys. 818 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:30,440 And I love the response in 2 10. 819 00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:33,920 And he said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first. 820 00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:37,320 And when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. 821 00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:39,280 But you have kept the good wine till now." 822 00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:40,840 Worship team, you can come out. 823 00:37:40,840 --> 00:37:44,600 Jesus saved the best wine for last. 824 00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:47,660 He saved the best for last. 825 00:37:47,660 --> 00:37:50,920 I've often thought about this. 826 00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:57,040 The Lord has scattered fragments of the messianic profile 827 00:37:57,040 --> 00:37:58,960 to veil the plan from the enemy. 828 00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:00,960 Part of the reason why we read some stories, 829 00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:02,280 and we're like, man, I don't quite understand that. 830 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:04,800 And he's like, keep reading, there's something deeper. 831 00:38:04,800 --> 00:38:07,600 It's because he has scattered fragments 832 00:38:07,600 --> 00:38:11,120 of the messianic profile all throughout scripture. 833 00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:14,960 And it simultaneously conceals and reveals. 834 00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:17,800 And only the one who knows what the puzzle looks like 835 00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:19,880 can make sense of the pieces. 836 00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:21,600 And part of the reason why we read these things, 837 00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:22,880 we go, what is happening? 838 00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:24,320 What is he talking about? 839 00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:27,980 Because like Paul said in Corinthians 1, 2, 6-8, 840 00:38:27,980 --> 00:38:30,120 among the mature we impart wisdom. 841 00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:31,920 Although it's not wisdom of this age 842 00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:34,640 or the rulers of this age who are doomed to pass away, 843 00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:37,620 we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, 844 00:38:37,620 --> 00:38:40,460 which God decreed before the ages of our glory. 845 00:38:40,460 --> 00:38:44,300 None of the rulers of this age understood this, 846 00:38:44,300 --> 00:38:47,480 for if they had, they would not have crucified 847 00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:49,060 the Lord of glory. 848 00:38:49,060 --> 00:38:50,760 Basically what Paul says is, 849 00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:54,560 if they knew that by killing him, 850 00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:57,820 it would have meant their destruction and our redemption, 851 00:38:57,820 --> 00:38:59,600 they would have never killed him. 852 00:38:59,600 --> 00:39:03,440 But they didn't know that by killing the son of God, 853 00:39:03,440 --> 00:39:08,440 they signed their own death sentence, which liberated us. 854 00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:12,560 And Jesus has scattered these pieces 855 00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:16,080 of the messianic profile all throughout the New Testament 856 00:39:16,080 --> 00:39:21,460 so that they don't necessarily pick up on all the pieces. 857 00:39:21,460 --> 00:39:23,080 But we see in hindsight, 858 00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:26,160 'cause we've got the lid to know what the puzzle looks like. 859 00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:28,180 (gentle music) 860 00:39:28,180 --> 00:39:32,420 Jesus is revealing pieces as needed to his disciples. 861 00:39:32,420 --> 00:39:35,260 He's slowly conveying what the Old Testament 862 00:39:35,260 --> 00:39:38,200 simultaneously conceals and reveals. 863 00:39:38,200 --> 00:39:41,940 And it begins here at this miracle moment 864 00:39:41,940 --> 00:39:44,980 and it moves out through his ministry and life. 865 00:39:44,980 --> 00:39:48,120 And to quote Tim Pippus from Hope for Life in Calgary, 866 00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:52,780 "Jesus Christ is the one man who has been angry without sin. 867 00:39:52,780 --> 00:39:55,840 "If you slap him in the face, 868 00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:57,220 "he'll turn the other cheek. 869 00:39:57,220 --> 00:40:00,040 "But if you keep outsiders from praying in the temple, 870 00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:02,360 "he'll flip tables. 871 00:40:02,360 --> 00:40:04,940 "He keeps the wedding celebration going 872 00:40:04,940 --> 00:40:09,940 "and hangs out with disreputable and religious alike. 873 00:40:09,940 --> 00:40:12,220 "He's the perfect man. 874 00:40:12,220 --> 00:40:15,020 "He knew how to work to exhaustion when the father asked, 875 00:40:15,020 --> 00:40:17,600 "yet he was interruptible. 876 00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:20,580 "He trusted God completely and yet courageously 877 00:40:20,580 --> 00:40:23,260 "and constantly fulfilled his responsibilities. 878 00:40:23,260 --> 00:40:27,720 "He treated women with unparalleled dignity and care. 879 00:40:27,720 --> 00:40:30,560 "He alone practiced what he preached. 880 00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:33,340 "Prayer was no mere duty or ritual for him. 881 00:40:33,340 --> 00:40:37,140 "It was the garden yielding intimacy, clarity and power. 882 00:40:37,140 --> 00:40:40,840 "And he rose from prayer to a life of disciple making 883 00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:42,580 "and spiritual warfare. 884 00:40:42,580 --> 00:40:45,660 "Demons pleaded for mercy. 885 00:40:45,660 --> 00:40:49,620 "Elements obeyed his commands. 886 00:40:49,620 --> 00:40:52,800 "He wielded power without corruption 887 00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:57,800 "and transcended the coming and going of fame without fault. 888 00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:02,080 "Jesus navigated explosive political 889 00:41:02,080 --> 00:41:05,120 "and religious topics with ease. 890 00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:07,580 "He turned funerals into celebrations. 891 00:41:07,580 --> 00:41:11,640 "At his direction, they took off Lazarus' grave clothes 892 00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:13,880 "and set him free, 893 00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:17,400 "the first instance of a reverse embalming. 894 00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:22,300 "The author of creation was silent before Pilate 895 00:41:22,300 --> 00:41:24,800 "and refused to come down from the cross. 896 00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:29,120 "Imagine his flayed body nailed to his cruciform throne, 897 00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:32,240 "his stomach churning as a sickness and shame 898 00:41:32,240 --> 00:41:36,100 "of every unfaithful husband and more assaulted his heart. 899 00:41:36,100 --> 00:41:40,580 "In those moments, the words that arose from his heart 900 00:41:40,580 --> 00:41:43,300 "were of forgiveness for those crucifying him 901 00:41:43,300 --> 00:41:46,100 "as well as care for his mother. 902 00:41:46,100 --> 00:41:49,540 "He was obedient unto death and he is risen." 903 00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:53,180 So when he says, "My hour is not yet come, 904 00:41:53,180 --> 00:41:56,500 "you want me to go ahead and tell everybody who I am. 905 00:41:56,500 --> 00:41:58,940 "You want me to go ahead and make the switch now. 906 00:41:58,940 --> 00:42:01,320 "I'm gonna show you what the switch is gonna look like. 907 00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:02,840 "It's gonna go from the water 908 00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:04,820 "that can only cleanse the priest 909 00:42:04,820 --> 00:42:07,980 "to my blood that can cleanse all mankind. 910 00:42:07,980 --> 00:42:13,720 "And all you've gotta do is come and see for yourself. 911 00:42:13,720 --> 00:42:18,280 "Come and think, come and believe. 912 00:42:18,280 --> 00:42:22,040 "We sing these songs so arbitrarily sometimes, 913 00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:24,100 "I believe, do we? 914 00:42:24,100 --> 00:42:25,300 "Have you come? 915 00:42:25,300 --> 00:42:26,420 "Have you seen? 916 00:42:26,420 --> 00:42:28,160 "Have you examined? 917 00:42:28,160 --> 00:42:31,900 "He will be the one to establish an everlasting covenant." 918 00:42:31,900 --> 00:42:34,020 We're in such a weird place right now 919 00:42:34,020 --> 00:42:38,100 where every pastor is being assaulted 920 00:42:38,100 --> 00:42:40,940 and told this is how you need to preach 921 00:42:40,940 --> 00:42:43,000 and this is what you're supposed to say 922 00:42:43,000 --> 00:42:45,220 and although I'm not gonna get up there and say it, 923 00:42:45,220 --> 00:42:47,120 you need to get up there and say it for me 924 00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:49,500 'cause how can someone look like this and believe? 925 00:42:49,500 --> 00:42:51,640 How can someone act like this and believe? 926 00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:54,780 You need less podcasts, you need less TikTok, 927 00:42:54,780 --> 00:42:57,620 you need less CNN, you need less Fox News, 928 00:42:57,620 --> 00:43:00,980 you need less Facebook and you need more Word of God. 929 00:43:00,980 --> 00:43:03,760 You need less preachers preaching to you. 930 00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:11,400 And I understand shepherding people through hard times. 931 00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:13,180 The Scriptures are full of it. 932 00:43:14,220 --> 00:43:18,440 None of the prophets shied away from current events 933 00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:21,680 but at the same time, they put 'em in their proper context 934 00:43:21,680 --> 00:43:27,920 and it is my job to bring you into the presence of the Lord 935 00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:29,920 and allow Him to transform you, 936 00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:32,700 not so you can all look like, act like, think like me. 937 00:43:32,700 --> 00:43:34,940 We'll be shut down in 30 minutes at that, 938 00:43:34,940 --> 00:43:36,600 a house full of Justins. 939 00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:39,840 Won't make it to the parking lot. 940 00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:42,420 (gentle music) 941 00:43:42,420 --> 00:43:51,440 All you need to do is come and allow Jesus 942 00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:53,980 to give you a pass that you never had. 943 00:43:53,980 --> 00:43:57,860 Allow Him to transform you the same way 944 00:43:57,860 --> 00:44:01,760 He transformed that water through the power of His blood. 945 00:44:01,760 --> 00:44:04,500 If you need prayer, we're gonna be down here to pray for you. 946 00:44:04,500 --> 00:44:07,140 If you just need to come and meet with Jesus, 947 00:44:07,140 --> 00:44:09,960 if you need to repent, if you need to call out sin 948 00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:12,860 in your life, then let's call it out. 949 00:44:12,860 --> 00:44:16,180 Let's stop playing around, let's stop playing church games. 950 00:44:16,180 --> 00:44:17,720 People are hurting right now. 951 00:44:17,720 --> 00:44:20,400 My sister lost her husband. 952 00:44:20,400 --> 00:44:22,180 There's people that have lost children. 953 00:44:22,180 --> 00:44:24,160 There's people that have lost their mind 954 00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:26,000 in the last two weeks. 955 00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:28,160 And we just gonna sit here and play church games 956 00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:31,240 like we're in some kind of dystopian society 957 00:44:31,240 --> 00:44:33,360 where we can argue about football 958 00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:35,820 and then be on our face 20 minutes later. 959 00:44:36,820 --> 00:44:39,180 It's time to wake up and get real church. 960 00:44:39,180 --> 00:44:41,440 And the God of the universe, 961 00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:44,900 that same one that invited those disciples, 962 00:44:44,900 --> 00:44:47,340 come and see for yourself is inviting you this morning. 963 00:44:47,340 --> 00:44:49,600 Just come and see for yourself. 964 00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:53,460 Come and be transformed by the power of His blood. 965 00:44:53,460 --> 00:44:54,300 Let's worship. 966 00:44:54,300 --> 00:44:56,800 (music fades)