1 00:00:00,049 --> 00:00:00,849 Kyle Lounsbury: Good morning, church. 2 00:00:00,849 --> 00:00:01,380 How we doing? 3 00:00:01,380 --> 00:00:01,540 Good. 4 00:00:01,559 --> 00:00:01,599 Great. 5 00:00:02,950 --> 00:00:05,579 What a powerful name it is. 6 00:00:05,850 --> 00:00:09,520 You know, this morning, uh, our worship team has done a phenomenal job leading 7 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:12,029 our hearts to- Yeah … worship Jesus. 8 00:00:12,029 --> 00:00:12,459 Amen. 9 00:00:12,469 --> 00:00:13,579 Thank you, worship team. 10 00:00:14,529 --> 00:00:18,749 They get up early on Sunday mornings when, even when it's raining in Orange 11 00:00:18,749 --> 00:00:22,519 County, and they get here at 8:00 AM to practice, and they come here on 12 00:00:22,519 --> 00:00:25,259 Thursday nights at 6:00 PM to practice. 13 00:00:25,290 --> 00:00:28,729 And these are volunteers that really are just trying to use 14 00:00:28,729 --> 00:00:30,859 their gifts for the glory of God. 15 00:00:30,870 --> 00:00:31,310 Amen? 16 00:00:31,589 --> 00:00:33,099 So thank you, guys, for worshiping. 17 00:00:33,100 --> 00:00:33,960 I know you guys are in the back. 18 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:34,860 Thank you for leading us. 19 00:00:34,860 --> 00:00:35,589 We love you guys. 20 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:36,559 Thank you so much. 21 00:00:38,378 --> 00:00:41,628 Well, my name is Kyle Lounsbury, and along with my wife Jasmine, we 22 00:00:41,628 --> 00:00:44,918 lead our awesome college student ministry here at OC Church. 23 00:00:44,918 --> 00:00:45,358 Amen. 24 00:00:45,768 --> 00:00:50,198 And, uh, today we are continuing on in our series Come and See, 25 00:00:50,198 --> 00:00:51,667 like Sonny mentioned earlier. 26 00:00:51,878 --> 00:00:55,458 And, uh, you know, this past week and the, the week prior, we have started 27 00:00:55,458 --> 00:00:57,488 school, and we've been busy on campus. 28 00:00:57,488 --> 00:00:59,268 And God is doing some great things. 29 00:00:59,268 --> 00:01:00,857 He's teaching us some great lessons. 30 00:01:00,858 --> 00:01:03,377 And one of the really exciting things that we're doing this 31 00:01:03,377 --> 00:01:07,297 year is we've sort of broken our ministry into different Bible talks. 32 00:01:07,297 --> 00:01:10,408 And so we've got two Bible talks in north and two Bible talks 33 00:01:10,408 --> 00:01:12,037 in the south and central area. 34 00:01:12,218 --> 00:01:15,987 And so it's just been really cool to see the students taking ownership of the 35 00:01:15,987 --> 00:01:20,627 ministry, ownership of the mission, and also ownership of their relationships 36 00:01:20,628 --> 00:01:21,807 with one another and with God. 37 00:01:21,838 --> 00:01:24,926 So it's just been really, really encouraging, and, uh, just very 38 00:01:24,928 --> 00:01:29,358 grateful for how God is working in our campus ministry, and how He's 39 00:01:29,367 --> 00:01:33,057 continuing to develop, uh, new leaders and new young people to 40 00:01:33,067 --> 00:01:35,067 continue to serve and worship God. 41 00:01:35,067 --> 00:01:35,477 Amen. 42 00:01:35,797 --> 00:01:38,087 So there's a little update for the campus ministry. 43 00:01:38,088 --> 00:01:41,087 But, uh, like, like I mentioned earlier, we're starting… 44 00:01:41,097 --> 00:01:44,537 or we're in our second lesson of Come and See. 45 00:01:44,977 --> 00:01:50,268 And Sonny had mentioned the scripture there, uh, in John 1:45, how Philip found 46 00:01:50,268 --> 00:01:55,547 Nathanael, and he told him, "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, 47 00:01:55,997 --> 00:02:02,767 and about whom the prophets also wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." 48 00:02:03,297 --> 00:02:05,648 And then Nathanael's response is, "Nazareth? 49 00:02:06,328 --> 00:02:08,548 Can anything good come from there?" 50 00:02:09,866 --> 00:02:11,957 And Philip's response is, "Come and see." 51 00:02:12,718 --> 00:02:15,528 And what's cool is there's a parallel a few verses before that. 52 00:02:15,528 --> 00:02:18,957 Jesus is actually the one who says, "Come and you will see." 53 00:02:19,288 --> 00:02:24,367 And, and, and this idea of come and see I think is so powerful and so 54 00:02:24,377 --> 00:02:28,107 valuable, and I think for our church context and where our church is at, is 55 00:02:28,108 --> 00:02:34,406 so needed, to come and see Jesus in a new and exciting and refreshing way. 56 00:02:34,417 --> 00:02:34,937 Amen. 57 00:02:35,347 --> 00:02:38,837 Who wants to see Jesus in a new and exciting and refreshing way? 58 00:02:38,837 --> 00:02:39,838 Don't we all want to? 59 00:02:40,327 --> 00:02:40,347 Yeah. 60 00:02:40,358 --> 00:02:40,958 Yes. 61 00:02:41,457 --> 00:02:44,227 Whether you've been a Christian for a day or a Christian for 62 00:02:44,227 --> 00:02:48,627 many years, we constantly want to see Jesus in a refreshing way. 63 00:02:48,637 --> 00:02:49,127 Amen. 64 00:02:49,968 --> 00:02:53,158 And so I'm really excited to get into the, the lesson today. 65 00:02:53,397 --> 00:02:54,507 Actually, I had the scripture up there. 66 00:02:54,507 --> 00:02:54,977 Look at that. 67 00:02:55,328 --> 00:03:01,137 Um, but the heart really behind this series is to discover more about Jesus. 68 00:03:01,688 --> 00:03:07,858 And so today we're gonna be jumping in to our lesson called Come and See the Divine. 69 00:03:08,662 --> 00:03:10,652 Come and see the divine. 70 00:03:11,132 --> 00:03:15,522 And what's really cool about this message is in chapter two of John, you 71 00:03:15,522 --> 00:03:18,332 can turn your Bibles to John chapter two, what we're gonna find out that I 72 00:03:18,332 --> 00:03:22,622 love is there's some cool imagery and there's some cool things taking place. 73 00:03:22,631 --> 00:03:25,772 The first thing we're gonna really focus on, or the main thing I'll say 74 00:03:25,772 --> 00:03:30,341 we're gonna focus on, is the word sign appears three different times. 75 00:03:30,861 --> 00:03:32,781 And for a second, I wanna just set this up. 76 00:03:32,822 --> 00:03:35,522 Imagine, who here's ever been to the Grand Canyon? 77 00:03:35,531 --> 00:03:35,551 Woo. 78 00:03:36,312 --> 00:03:36,772 Okay. 79 00:03:37,062 --> 00:03:38,062 Grand Canyon's amazing. 80 00:03:38,062 --> 00:03:39,951 Okay, who's been to maybe Yellowstone? 81 00:03:40,801 --> 00:03:42,661 Okay, Niagara Falls? 82 00:03:43,452 --> 00:03:45,082 Uh, what am I missing? 83 00:03:45,082 --> 00:03:45,751 Zion? 84 00:03:45,761 --> 00:03:45,781 Yeah. 85 00:03:46,702 --> 00:03:47,551 All right, all right. 86 00:03:47,601 --> 00:03:49,051 Uh, Yosemite? 87 00:03:49,791 --> 00:03:49,811 Yeah. 88 00:03:49,811 --> 00:03:50,052 All right. 89 00:03:50,052 --> 00:03:53,071 Okay, so we've been to some of these beautiful places, right? 90 00:03:53,131 --> 00:03:56,091 And if you haven't, I wanna encourage you, try to take some time and go. 91 00:03:56,091 --> 00:04:00,851 When I went to the Grand Canyon for the very first time, my mind was blown. 92 00:04:01,392 --> 00:04:05,821 Just the vastness, the, the, the power, the size, the just, oh my 93 00:04:05,822 --> 00:04:08,631 gosh, you get there and you're just like, "I'm looking at a picture." 94 00:04:08,822 --> 00:04:10,651 Like it doesn't feel real. 95 00:04:11,371 --> 00:04:14,811 But I want us for a second to imagine we're driving to one of those places. 96 00:04:14,812 --> 00:04:15,822 Let's just say the Grand Canyon. 97 00:04:15,822 --> 00:04:18,750 We're driving to the Grand Canyon and along the way we see about 98 00:04:18,750 --> 00:04:22,481 10 miles out a sign that says, "Grand Canyon 10 miles away." 99 00:04:24,041 --> 00:04:27,431 And wouldn't it, wouldn't it be weird if we all got out of our cars, "Hey, 100 00:04:27,702 --> 00:04:32,201 let's go take a picture next to that sign that says Grand Canyon 10 miles away." 101 00:04:32,361 --> 00:04:37,312 We're, we're, we made it to the sign that says 10 miles away from the Grand Canyon. 102 00:04:38,011 --> 00:04:39,051 That'd be weird, right? 103 00:04:39,531 --> 00:04:41,832 I mean, maybe you wanna take a picture 'cause you're on a road trip 104 00:04:41,832 --> 00:04:43,241 and you're doing, okay, fun, cool. 105 00:04:43,461 --> 00:04:46,982 But the purpose of the sign is not the destination, right? 106 00:04:46,982 --> 00:04:47,491 Right. 107 00:04:47,491 --> 00:04:51,111 The purpose of the sign is to point you towards what's to come. 108 00:04:51,551 --> 00:04:55,591 And so we're gonna see that parallel throughout this chapter today, and 109 00:04:55,601 --> 00:04:59,102 honestly, throughout many of the next coming chapters, the book of signs as 110 00:04:59,102 --> 00:05:04,171 we see many different miracles that Jesus does pointing to his divinity. 111 00:05:04,301 --> 00:05:04,761 Amen? 112 00:05:05,342 --> 00:05:07,771 So let's look, uh, in John chapter two. 113 00:05:07,772 --> 00:05:09,801 I'm gonna say a prayer and we're gonna dive into the scripture. 114 00:05:10,022 --> 00:05:13,221 Father, thank you so much for this morning and this time to worship you. 115 00:05:14,151 --> 00:05:17,081 Lord, we are so grateful for Jesus. 116 00:05:18,141 --> 00:05:21,111 We are so grateful for the beautiful name of Jesus, the, 117 00:05:21,171 --> 00:05:23,942 the name above every other name. 118 00:05:24,581 --> 00:05:28,701 Father, we're so thankful that you have sent your Son to die 119 00:05:28,701 --> 00:05:30,401 for us, that we don't deserve- 120 00:05:33,238 --> 00:05:34,828 the sacrifice of Jesus. 121 00:05:35,388 --> 00:05:38,578 I pray that as we get into your Word this morning, that there would just be a 122 00:05:38,578 --> 00:05:47,727 reverence, a posture of humility, and a desire to just see you and allow your Holy 123 00:05:47,728 --> 00:05:50,257 Spirit through your Word to speak to us. 124 00:05:50,537 --> 00:05:51,598 We love you, Father. 125 00:05:51,627 --> 00:05:52,248 We thank you. 126 00:05:52,248 --> 00:05:53,488 In Jesus' name, amen. 127 00:05:54,787 --> 00:05:56,138 John 2:1 128 00:05:58,326 --> 00:06:02,186 Says, "On the third day, a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. 129 00:06:02,906 --> 00:06:07,186 Jesus' mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also 130 00:06:07,186 --> 00:06:08,625 been invited to the wedding. 131 00:06:09,326 --> 00:06:13,076 When the wine was gone, Jesus' mother said to him, 'They have no more wine.' 132 00:06:14,146 --> 00:06:16,105 'Woman, why do you involve me?' 133 00:06:16,326 --> 00:06:18,825 Jesus replied, 'My hour has not yet come.' 134 00:06:19,656 --> 00:06:23,295 His mother said to the servants, 'Do whatever he tells you.' 135 00:06:24,715 --> 00:06:30,005 Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews 136 00:06:30,005 --> 00:06:33,705 for ceremonial washing, each holding from 20 to 30 gallons. 137 00:06:34,416 --> 00:06:37,635 Jesus said to the servants, 'Fill the jars with water,' so 138 00:06:37,635 --> 00:06:38,895 they filled them to the brim. 139 00:06:39,355 --> 00:06:42,885 Then he told them, 'Now draw some out and take it to the master of 140 00:06:42,885 --> 00:06:44,506 the banquet,' and they did so. 141 00:06:45,015 --> 00:06:49,045 And the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. 142 00:06:49,646 --> 00:06:52,435 He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants 143 00:06:52,436 --> 00:06:54,246 who had drawn the water knew. 144 00:06:55,905 --> 00:06:59,965 Then he called the bridegroom aside and said, 'Everyone brings out the choice 145 00:06:59,975 --> 00:07:04,836 wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink, 146 00:07:05,235 --> 00:07:08,106 but you have saved the best till now.' 147 00:07:08,976 --> 00:07:13,715 What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs 148 00:07:13,715 --> 00:07:18,595 through which he revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him. 149 00:07:19,015 --> 00:07:24,035 After this, he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples. 150 00:07:24,355 --> 00:07:26,905 There they stayed for a few days." 151 00:07:27,665 --> 00:07:29,215 So we're gonna s- take a pause here. 152 00:07:30,705 --> 00:07:31,575 Let's set the scene. 153 00:07:32,284 --> 00:07:34,075 So Jesus gets invited to a wedding. 154 00:07:34,855 --> 00:07:35,996 Who here has been to a wedding? 155 00:07:36,366 --> 00:07:37,255 Weddings are awesome. 156 00:07:37,265 --> 00:07:40,706 We've got, uh, Angela and Lorena are gonna be getting married soon. 157 00:07:40,706 --> 00:07:41,195 Amen. 158 00:07:42,046 --> 00:07:43,395 Really excited for them. 159 00:07:43,405 --> 00:07:43,425 Yeah. 160 00:07:44,625 --> 00:07:47,075 Marry- getting married is a, is a great victory, and 161 00:07:47,076 --> 00:07:48,475 going to weddings are awesome. 162 00:07:49,195 --> 00:07:53,795 But at this wedding, something vital takes place and, and unfortunately happens. 163 00:07:54,175 --> 00:07:55,245 They run out of wine. 164 00:07:56,425 --> 00:08:01,035 All right, now for us, maybe we don't fully grasp the context completely, but 165 00:08:01,415 --> 00:08:06,745 in that time, these wedding celebrations went weeks sometimes and were very long. 166 00:08:06,745 --> 00:08:10,546 It wasn't just like, "Hey, we have the reception, and then we have a 167 00:08:10,565 --> 00:08:13,236 two or three hour," you know, or, or, "We have the ceremony, then 168 00:08:13,236 --> 00:08:14,195 a two or three-hour reception." 169 00:08:14,205 --> 00:08:14,705 That's not… 170 00:08:15,035 --> 00:08:16,435 That's, that's modern America. 171 00:08:16,445 --> 00:08:17,325 That's how we do it, right? 172 00:08:17,736 --> 00:08:22,845 But these guys, they celebrate a long time, and so if the wine runs out, uh-oh. 173 00:08:22,845 --> 00:08:22,875 Oh, yeah. 174 00:08:23,965 --> 00:08:24,545 Uh-oh. 175 00:08:25,686 --> 00:08:26,126 Rusty. 176 00:08:29,942 --> 00:08:33,102 You know, this would have been embarrassing and humiliating 177 00:08:33,102 --> 00:08:38,032 for the family, uh, hosting this wedding if the wine completely ran 178 00:08:38,032 --> 00:08:39,381 out, in which this case it did. 179 00:08:40,302 --> 00:08:42,182 And so what do we see take place? 180 00:08:43,052 --> 00:08:48,501 We see Mary, the mother of Jesus, brings the problem to who? 181 00:08:49,071 --> 00:08:50,191 To her son, Jesus. 182 00:08:50,432 --> 00:08:51,391 She brings it to him. 183 00:08:51,712 --> 00:08:53,511 She doesn't necessarily expect anything. 184 00:08:53,512 --> 00:08:56,572 She's not necessarily trying to control him or tell him what to do. 185 00:08:56,572 --> 00:09:00,821 She simply says, "Here's the problem: we've run out of wine." 186 00:09:01,871 --> 00:09:05,111 And Jesus goes, "Woman, why do you involve me?" 187 00:09:06,151 --> 00:09:08,521 Like, "It's not my problem." 188 00:09:09,861 --> 00:09:11,051 At least that's what I'd be thinking. 189 00:09:11,061 --> 00:09:13,712 Maybe Jesus wasn't thinking that, but I'd be feeling like, "Okay, 190 00:09:13,922 --> 00:09:15,361 like, that's not my problem." 191 00:09:16,701 --> 00:09:20,291 But what I love here is Mary immediately then tu- turns to the 192 00:09:20,291 --> 00:09:21,532 servants, and what does she say? 193 00:09:21,741 --> 00:09:23,701 She says, "Do whatever he tells you." 194 00:09:24,131 --> 00:09:25,791 Do whatever Jesus says, just do it. 195 00:09:25,901 --> 00:09:27,442 Just, I promise, just trust him. 196 00:09:27,451 --> 00:09:28,381 Do whatever he says. 197 00:09:28,481 --> 00:09:30,891 So what's the posture of Mary there? 198 00:09:30,962 --> 00:09:33,892 The posture of Mary is, "He's got this. 199 00:09:34,622 --> 00:09:35,502 Jesus has got this. 200 00:09:35,512 --> 00:09:36,931 I'm gonna trust my son with this. 201 00:09:36,942 --> 00:09:39,592 I'm gonna trust Jesus to handle this." 202 00:09:40,001 --> 00:09:43,351 And of course, what I love here is that Mary doesn't know 203 00:09:43,361 --> 00:09:44,562 necessarily what he's gonna do. 204 00:09:44,571 --> 00:09:48,851 It's not like she planned for him to create all this wine, right? 205 00:09:49,052 --> 00:09:51,591 But she just said, "So please, Jesus, here's my problem. 206 00:09:51,592 --> 00:09:52,712 I'm putting it at your feet." 207 00:09:53,821 --> 00:09:55,212 What's the, the parallel to us? 208 00:09:55,262 --> 00:09:56,751 Don't we have problems sometimes? 209 00:09:57,861 --> 00:10:00,512 Who are we turning to with our problems, right? 210 00:10:00,921 --> 00:10:02,842 What are we turning to with our problems? 211 00:10:02,872 --> 00:10:06,162 Are we entrusting our problems with Jesus? 212 00:10:07,061 --> 00:10:10,251 You know, Jesus then honors his mother, and what does he do? 213 00:10:10,262 --> 00:10:11,271 He works a miracle. 214 00:10:12,092 --> 00:10:19,402 And what I love about this is Jesus sees his mom and goes, "I'm gonna honor you." 215 00:10:20,271 --> 00:10:24,381 And we live in a cu- culture today, we don't really honor people 216 00:10:24,381 --> 00:10:25,671 the way that we should, right? 217 00:10:25,912 --> 00:10:28,871 Unfortunately, we see on the news, we see on social media, we 218 00:10:28,872 --> 00:10:32,662 see in younger generations just a disrespect towards other humans. 219 00:10:33,281 --> 00:10:37,302 Jesus displays the humility and the honor deserving of his mom. 220 00:10:38,602 --> 00:10:40,501 Let's be men and women who honor our parents. 221 00:10:40,501 --> 00:10:40,851 Amen? 222 00:10:42,518 --> 00:10:44,958 But nearby stood six stone jars. 223 00:10:45,608 --> 00:10:48,918 They're these big jars used for ceremonial washing is what it says. 224 00:10:49,708 --> 00:10:54,288 And these big six stone jars hold about 20 to 30 gallons of water. 225 00:10:54,577 --> 00:10:59,858 And in this time, these jars represented Israel's practice of purification. 226 00:10:59,858 --> 00:11:02,817 They were used for ceremonial washing is what the scripture says. 227 00:11:03,577 --> 00:11:06,238 And those practices, they had a purpose. 228 00:11:06,297 --> 00:11:08,387 They were, they were useful in that time. 229 00:11:09,448 --> 00:11:13,638 But now what we see is the one, Jesus, who can truly cleanse 230 00:11:13,668 --> 00:11:15,627 people standing beside them. 231 00:11:16,398 --> 00:11:19,818 The one who truly purifies us is now present. 232 00:11:20,218 --> 00:11:25,867 The one who is pure is present, and Jesus uses the ceremonial 233 00:11:25,867 --> 00:11:28,407 washing jars to work his miracle. 234 00:11:28,737 --> 00:11:32,317 He says, "Fill the jars with water to the brims." 235 00:11:33,737 --> 00:11:36,478 And then they started drawing the water out, and then what did the water become? 236 00:11:36,478 --> 00:11:37,288 It became wine. 237 00:11:37,967 --> 00:11:41,898 It says somewhere around 150 gallons if you do the math. 238 00:11:42,207 --> 00:11:42,327 That's a lot of wine. 239 00:11:42,327 --> 00:11:43,257 A lot of wine. 240 00:11:44,477 --> 00:11:49,548 Those are big jars, I mean 20 to 30 gallons, 150 gallons total. 241 00:11:50,967 --> 00:11:53,747 You know, Greg told me to share this joke, so I will, all right? 242 00:11:53,747 --> 00:11:55,147 So if you don't like it, it's on Greg. 243 00:11:55,797 --> 00:11:59,857 But why did Jesus use six jars to make the wine? 244 00:12:00,867 --> 00:12:02,487 He wanted to make the first six-pack. 245 00:12:05,257 --> 00:12:06,687 Hey, thank you Greg. 246 00:12:06,808 --> 00:12:07,218 Thank you. 247 00:12:09,590 --> 00:12:11,030 So why so much wine? 248 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:13,510 You know, as I was reading, I was like, "Why, why so much wine, Jesus? 249 00:12:13,510 --> 00:12:15,660 Like, you, you just made so much, it doesn't make sense. 250 00:12:16,210 --> 00:12:17,860 Are we ever gonna actually use all that?" 251 00:12:17,860 --> 00:12:18,540 No, I don't know. 252 00:12:18,860 --> 00:12:19,960 But why so much wine? 253 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:24,449 Well, in the commentary that we've been, uh, reading, Raymond Brown shares 254 00:12:24,450 --> 00:12:30,149 here that the prophets had foretold an abundance of wine in Messianic days, and 255 00:12:30,149 --> 00:12:35,169 the abundance of wine at Cana would bring these prophecies to mind and point to 256 00:12:35,170 --> 00:12:38,909 the Messianic nature of Jesus's mission. 257 00:12:38,910 --> 00:12:42,499 You know, in the Book of Amos, it describes a coming day when new 258 00:12:42,509 --> 00:12:47,069 wine will drip from the mountains and flow from all the hills. 259 00:12:47,860 --> 00:12:51,259 So Jesus is not simply helping a family out of an embarrassing 260 00:12:51,559 --> 00:12:53,599 situation or a humiliating moment. 261 00:12:53,759 --> 00:12:54,729 What is Jesus doing? 262 00:12:55,079 --> 00:12:58,069 He is bringing the new covenant. 263 00:12:58,649 --> 00:12:58,699 Yes. 264 00:12:59,099 --> 00:13:02,379 This is a sign that the Messiah has come. 265 00:13:03,059 --> 00:13:07,829 This is his first miracle, the sign of his arrival, and that 266 00:13:08,489 --> 00:13:10,189 is fulfillment of the law. 267 00:13:11,219 --> 00:13:14,069 You know, the jars could hold water for ceremonial washing, 268 00:13:14,810 --> 00:13:15,809 but what does Jesus do? 269 00:13:15,819 --> 00:13:21,109 Jesus comes to provide new life, new cleansing in our lives today. 270 00:13:21,119 --> 00:13:21,479 Amen? 271 00:13:21,479 --> 00:13:22,350 Amen. 272 00:13:22,350 --> 00:13:23,679 He washes us. 273 00:13:23,810 --> 00:13:27,089 We're washed by the water, the waters of baptism. 274 00:13:27,090 --> 00:13:29,720 We die to our lives and buried under the water. 275 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:33,189 We resurrect to a new life, and are cleansed, and our sins are forgiven, and 276 00:13:33,189 --> 00:13:35,349 we're raised to a new life with Christ. 277 00:13:35,349 --> 00:13:35,769 Amen. 278 00:13:37,209 --> 00:13:39,910 You know, one of the things I love about this scripture is I love that 279 00:13:39,910 --> 00:13:42,970 Jesus, it says, makes the best wine. 280 00:13:42,979 --> 00:13:43,039 Yeah. 281 00:13:43,849 --> 00:13:45,099 The best wine. 282 00:13:45,599 --> 00:13:46,789 And why, why, why do I like that? 283 00:13:46,799 --> 00:13:49,449 I like that because Jesus gave his best. 284 00:13:49,459 --> 00:13:49,479 Yeah. 285 00:13:50,389 --> 00:13:54,089 He coulda easily just made wine that was as good as the other one, right? 286 00:13:55,299 --> 00:13:56,579 Jesus said, "No, no, no. 287 00:13:56,969 --> 00:13:58,189 I'm gonna give my best. 288 00:13:58,209 --> 00:13:59,719 I'm gonna make it excellent." 289 00:14:00,549 --> 00:14:02,209 I think that's a call for us. 290 00:14:02,369 --> 00:14:03,770 Let's give our best. 291 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:05,429 We don't need to be perfect. 292 00:14:05,709 --> 00:14:09,719 We don't need to, to, to be the, the most effective and excellent 293 00:14:10,049 --> 00:14:13,970 people, but we need to give our best because that's what Jesus did. 294 00:14:13,979 --> 00:14:14,419 Amen? 295 00:14:14,419 --> 00:14:14,959 Amen. 296 00:14:14,959 --> 00:14:18,099 Let's give our best in everything we do. 297 00:14:18,329 --> 00:14:20,059 Not for our glory, but for his. 298 00:14:20,069 --> 00:14:20,109 Amen. 299 00:14:20,700 --> 00:14:26,589 Verse 11, it says that, "Through this sign, Jesus revealed his glory 300 00:14:26,679 --> 00:14:28,389 and his disciples believed in him." 301 00:14:29,909 --> 00:14:32,220 You know, another part of the commentary is, a further lesson 302 00:14:32,229 --> 00:14:36,909 for Jesus' ministry is that he, he replaces the Jewish purifications with 303 00:14:36,909 --> 00:14:38,939 something better, and that's himself 304 00:14:42,624 --> 00:14:49,684 The miracle in this story met a real need, a serious need, but that was not its 305 00:14:49,684 --> 00:14:51,444 greatest purpose, brothers and sisters. 306 00:14:52,213 --> 00:14:54,604 Turning water into wine, growing up hearing that story, 307 00:14:54,604 --> 00:14:55,543 I thought, "That's so cool. 308 00:14:55,543 --> 00:14:56,163 That's amazing." 309 00:14:56,184 --> 00:14:56,793 And it is. 310 00:14:56,844 --> 00:15:01,264 The sign and the miracle is, but what it points to is even greater. 311 00:15:02,083 --> 00:15:08,983 The sign and the miracle points to the glory of Jesus, the divinity of Jesus. 312 00:15:08,983 --> 00:15:09,413 Amen? 313 00:15:10,253 --> 00:15:10,543 Amen. 314 00:15:10,544 --> 00:15:11,324 Let's keep reading. 315 00:15:11,434 --> 00:15:14,163 At the end, I'm gonna share some application to us, so we're gonna 316 00:15:14,163 --> 00:15:17,293 come back to this story, but let's keep reading in John chapter 2. 317 00:15:18,083 --> 00:15:21,384 Verse 13, "When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, 318 00:15:21,393 --> 00:15:23,114 Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 319 00:15:23,224 --> 00:15:26,863 In the temple courts He found people selling cattle and sheep and doves, and 320 00:15:26,864 --> 00:15:28,763 others sitting at tables exchanging money. 321 00:15:29,053 --> 00:15:32,623 So He made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, 322 00:15:32,673 --> 00:15:35,823 both sheep and cattle; He scattered the coins of the money changers 323 00:15:35,823 --> 00:15:37,703 and He overturned their tables. 324 00:15:37,974 --> 00:15:41,664 To those who sold doves He said, 'Get these out of here. 325 00:15:41,943 --> 00:15:45,244 Stop turning my Father's house into a market.' 326 00:15:46,263 --> 00:15:49,373 His disciples remembered that it is written: Zeal for 327 00:15:49,374 --> 00:15:51,813 your house will consume me. 328 00:15:53,163 --> 00:15:57,043 The Jews then responded to Him, 'What sign can you show us to prove 329 00:15:57,044 --> 00:15:58,544 your authority to do all this?' 330 00:15:58,783 --> 00:16:03,693 Jesus answered them, 'Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.' 331 00:16:03,743 --> 00:16:07,903 They replied, 'It's taken 46 years to build this temple, and you're 332 00:16:07,904 --> 00:16:09,324 gonna raise it in three days?' 333 00:16:09,743 --> 00:16:12,994 But the temple He had spoken of was His body. 334 00:16:13,753 --> 00:16:17,253 After He was raised from the dead, His disciples recalled what He had said. 335 00:16:17,544 --> 00:16:21,083 Then they believed the Scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken. 336 00:16:21,463 --> 00:16:24,594 Now while He was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many 337 00:16:24,594 --> 00:16:28,554 people saw the signs He was performing and believed in His name. 338 00:16:28,773 --> 00:16:33,103 But Jesus would not entrust Himself to them, for He knew all people. 339 00:16:33,343 --> 00:16:37,093 He did not need any testimony about mankind, for He knew 340 00:16:37,103 --> 00:16:39,283 what was in each person." 341 00:16:40,273 --> 00:16:40,753 All right. 342 00:16:41,703 --> 00:16:43,263 So again, we have this scene. 343 00:16:44,023 --> 00:16:46,983 He goes from this miracle in Cana, turning water into wine. 344 00:16:46,983 --> 00:16:48,734 Now He's in Capernaum, and what does He do? 345 00:16:48,743 --> 00:16:50,693 He steps into the temple courts. 346 00:16:51,203 --> 00:16:54,303 He sees the temple, which is meant to be holy and reverent 347 00:16:54,313 --> 00:16:55,824 and designed to worship God. 348 00:16:55,824 --> 00:16:58,713 It's the place where you can go and actually connect with Him. 349 00:16:59,013 --> 00:17:00,783 And what does He see taking place? 350 00:17:01,823 --> 00:17:08,163 He sees commerce and consumerism, and He sees them selling things and 351 00:17:08,164 --> 00:17:14,904 trying to, to create this environment that is not holy and reverent 352 00:17:19,414 --> 00:17:23,174 You know, Jesus, in this moment, had some conviction. 353 00:17:24,154 --> 00:17:30,274 And when we study out Jesus's life, we love the, the grace-filled Jesus. 354 00:17:30,294 --> 00:17:33,273 We love the Jesus that is a shepherd. 355 00:17:33,553 --> 00:17:38,903 We love the Jesus that's kind, and we need to be just like Jesus in those areas. 356 00:17:39,404 --> 00:17:43,033 But we also need to imitate the indignance of Jesus. 357 00:17:43,043 --> 00:17:43,073 Right. 358 00:17:43,584 --> 00:17:47,794 The spirit of zealousness for righteousness. 359 00:17:48,154 --> 00:17:52,653 We live in a corrupt time, in a corrupt culture, in a world that's evil and dark. 360 00:17:52,693 --> 00:17:56,674 I cannot stand listening to the news, being on social media. 361 00:17:56,894 --> 00:17:58,193 Anytime it comes up, I just… 362 00:17:58,223 --> 00:17:59,943 I, I don't wanna hear about it. 363 00:18:00,713 --> 00:18:01,463 It's evil. 364 00:18:01,463 --> 00:18:02,443 It's dark. 365 00:18:03,524 --> 00:18:06,323 We need to stand up for righteousness. 366 00:18:06,323 --> 00:18:06,603 Yeah. 367 00:18:06,603 --> 00:18:09,774 We need to be holy in a unholy world- Yeah 368 00:18:10,103 --> 00:18:11,343 just like Jesus. 369 00:18:12,074 --> 00:18:15,644 And what I love about Jesus is he's not necessarily angry in a sinful way. 370 00:18:16,074 --> 00:18:18,753 He's angry in an indignant way, a righteous anger. 371 00:18:18,754 --> 00:18:20,414 I can't believe this is happening. 372 00:18:21,594 --> 00:18:23,043 And he starts turning things over. 373 00:18:23,043 --> 00:18:24,774 It says he goes and he makes a whip. 374 00:18:25,174 --> 00:18:27,543 Like, he is intense about this. 375 00:18:27,564 --> 00:18:28,014 Why? 376 00:18:28,973 --> 00:18:30,724 'Cause he's standing up for a holy God. 377 00:18:31,334 --> 00:18:31,384 All right. 378 00:18:31,643 --> 00:18:38,330 A righteous- All right … holy, reverent God So my question is, 379 00:18:38,330 --> 00:18:41,040 are we imitating Christ's example? 380 00:18:41,280 --> 00:18:44,950 Do we stand up for holy things? 381 00:18:45,609 --> 00:18:49,760 Do we imitate His example of standing up for righteousness, or do we get 382 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:53,320 complacent and comfortable sometimes with the sin of our culture? 383 00:18:54,340 --> 00:18:55,500 Do we get com- comfortable? 384 00:18:55,510 --> 00:18:59,670 Do we just get, uh, immune to it or numb to it? 385 00:19:00,180 --> 00:19:01,290 Desensitized? 386 00:19:02,069 --> 00:19:06,679 Or are we seeing the severity of a lost world and how we need to bring 387 00:19:06,690 --> 00:19:12,230 Jesus to this lost world, and an intensity upholding righteousness? 388 00:19:13,709 --> 00:19:16,019 You know, our culture can be just like these temple courts. 389 00:19:16,020 --> 00:19:21,519 Are we zealous enough for God and desire to please Him more than people? 390 00:19:22,090 --> 00:19:24,649 And I think that's what the struggle is sometimes, right, church? 391 00:19:25,009 --> 00:19:27,839 That sometimes in this culture we're like, "I don't really wanna be that 392 00:19:27,849 --> 00:19:31,170 zealous, or I don't really wanna stand up for this because I don't know how 393 00:19:31,170 --> 00:19:32,410 it's gonna make people think of me." 394 00:19:33,759 --> 00:19:34,089 Right? 395 00:19:34,099 --> 00:19:34,819 Is that relatable? 396 00:19:34,819 --> 00:19:36,119 I, I, I feel that a lot. 397 00:19:36,430 --> 00:19:39,000 Like, "Ah, I don't want it to mess my reputation up," or, "I 398 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:42,109 don't wanna be viewed as just the, the righteous truth-teller 399 00:19:42,110 --> 00:19:43,610 with no love and forgiveness." 400 00:19:44,059 --> 00:19:46,599 I think that's a real fear and insecurity sometimes. 401 00:19:47,199 --> 00:19:50,340 We have to trust that God's grace is so big and great and 402 00:19:50,340 --> 00:19:52,410 vast, and His grace is amazing. 403 00:19:53,059 --> 00:19:56,899 But we cannot compromise the truth of His Word. 404 00:19:57,269 --> 00:20:00,839 We cannot compromise the convictions that He shows, the 405 00:20:00,839 --> 00:20:02,419 indignance here of, "This is wrong. 406 00:20:02,419 --> 00:20:05,929 I must stand for something that's holy and righteous." 407 00:20:06,259 --> 00:20:09,369 But there's something even deeper that happens here and, you know, 408 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:10,399 I really wanna get into that. 409 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:13,479 And in the commentary, one of the things that he says is, in attacking 410 00:20:13,479 --> 00:20:18,590 this commerce, Jesus is doing more than purging an abuse, right? 411 00:20:19,059 --> 00:20:23,199 Now, the animals and the coins were absolutely necessary for temple worship. 412 00:20:23,669 --> 00:20:27,309 So He's doing more than just flipping tables and throwing things out and saying, 413 00:20:27,309 --> 00:20:30,230 "This is wrong," and standing up for righteousness, and sometimes I think we 414 00:20:30,230 --> 00:20:32,369 can distill this down to simply just that. 415 00:20:32,659 --> 00:20:33,529 It's more than that. 416 00:20:33,889 --> 00:20:35,699 It's part of it, but it's more. 417 00:20:36,379 --> 00:20:41,439 And I think what it is is that Jesus' actions are challenging the very 418 00:20:41,439 --> 00:20:46,429 fabric of the temple system because the one to whom the temple pointed 419 00:20:46,430 --> 00:20:49,180 to is there, and that's Jesus. 420 00:20:49,709 --> 00:20:52,199 The temple system was designed for what? 421 00:20:52,389 --> 00:20:53,740 To go and connect with God. 422 00:20:53,859 --> 00:20:55,739 But who is there in their presence? 423 00:20:56,279 --> 00:20:57,659 God in the flesh. 424 00:20:57,989 --> 00:21:01,120 And so He's trying to show something different, and in the commentary 425 00:21:01,120 --> 00:21:04,839 it says, "The glorious presence of God, once confined to the temple, 426 00:21:04,849 --> 00:21:08,239 has now become flesh in Jesus." 427 00:21:08,590 --> 00:21:09,450 Isn't that amazing? 428 00:21:09,459 --> 00:21:09,479 Yeah. 429 00:21:10,120 --> 00:21:12,729 It's now flesh in Jesus. 430 00:21:12,749 --> 00:21:16,219 Jesus says, "Stop turning my Father's house into a market." 431 00:21:17,109 --> 00:21:20,400 And notice the authority of that type of statement. 432 00:21:20,930 --> 00:21:26,709 "Stop turning my Father's house into a market." 433 00:21:28,566 --> 00:21:34,346 He calls it my father's house, and I love the intimacy Jesus 434 00:21:34,356 --> 00:21:37,325 has there to say his father. 435 00:21:38,256 --> 00:21:40,946 You know, he's not acting like some outsider with an opinion. 436 00:21:41,636 --> 00:21:42,376 Who is he? 437 00:21:42,386 --> 00:21:44,665 He is the Son of God. 438 00:21:45,046 --> 00:21:47,446 He's the son in his father's house. 439 00:21:48,275 --> 00:21:51,656 Like any of you who step into your father's house or mother's house or 440 00:21:51,656 --> 00:21:55,586 family's house and you see things are not right and people are abusing it… 441 00:21:55,586 --> 00:21:56,485 Who saw The Odyssey? 442 00:21:56,486 --> 00:21:58,515 I don't wanna spoil it, but when you, when you watched The 443 00:21:58,515 --> 00:21:59,786 Odyssey, what was going on? 444 00:22:00,755 --> 00:22:04,166 Odyssey's house was being abused, right? 445 00:22:04,176 --> 00:22:04,196 Yeah. 446 00:22:04,705 --> 00:22:06,156 Sorry, I'm spoiling it, but it's… 447 00:22:06,476 --> 00:22:07,526 I'm not really spoiling it. 448 00:22:07,535 --> 00:22:10,466 It's, like, the second oldest book ever, so there you go. 449 00:22:12,005 --> 00:22:15,815 And you just see what's taking place for years while Odysseus is gone. 450 00:22:16,426 --> 00:22:19,045 They're just abusing the father's house, taking things from… 451 00:22:19,055 --> 00:22:19,785 You guys with me? 452 00:22:19,796 --> 00:22:19,816 Yeah. 453 00:22:20,685 --> 00:22:21,815 How would you feel? 454 00:22:22,336 --> 00:22:26,286 You would probably feel like Tom Holland, the little guppy in that movie, right? 455 00:22:26,296 --> 00:22:26,316 Yeah. 456 00:22:27,175 --> 00:22:29,175 Sorry, I say that 'cause I'm just like, dude, you could've… 457 00:22:29,886 --> 00:22:31,505 I wish you was just a little bit more, right? 458 00:22:31,906 --> 00:22:32,716 But amen. 459 00:22:35,670 --> 00:22:39,300 Bottom line is Jesus was in his father's house and he was not 460 00:22:39,300 --> 00:22:40,860 pleased with what was taking place. 461 00:22:42,270 --> 00:22:45,350 You know, the leaders understand that he is claiming authority, so 462 00:22:45,350 --> 00:22:46,490 what do they begin to do to him? 463 00:22:46,979 --> 00:22:47,920 They question him. 464 00:22:48,410 --> 00:22:51,049 They ask him to prove his authority. 465 00:22:51,450 --> 00:22:53,299 "By what authority are you doing this? 466 00:22:53,940 --> 00:22:55,689 What sign can you show us?" 467 00:22:56,070 --> 00:22:56,939 What is his answer? 468 00:22:56,949 --> 00:22:59,700 "Destroy this temple, I will raise it in three days. 469 00:23:00,650 --> 00:23:02,679 Destroy it and I'll raise it in three days." 470 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:03,800 And they're like, "What? 471 00:23:03,830 --> 00:23:04,500 What are you talking about? 472 00:23:04,500 --> 00:23:06,830 It took 46 years for us to build this temple." 473 00:23:09,024 --> 00:23:13,234 Notice that Jesus does not say, "I will destroy this temple in three days." 474 00:23:13,854 --> 00:23:17,674 Later on in the crucifixion account, that's actually the accusation used 475 00:23:17,834 --> 00:23:23,624 falsely to crucify Jesus, is they say, "You said you will destroy this temple." 476 00:23:25,043 --> 00:23:25,534 Here it is. 477 00:23:25,543 --> 00:23:26,383 He didn't say that. 478 00:23:26,534 --> 00:23:28,413 He says, "You will destroy this temple." 479 00:23:29,334 --> 00:23:31,533 And they immediately think about what? 480 00:23:31,543 --> 00:23:35,593 The actual structure of the temple, the actual building. 481 00:23:37,424 --> 00:23:41,573 It had taken 46 years to construct it, so they can't even begin to fathom or 482 00:23:41,573 --> 00:23:45,694 imagine what Jesus means by destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days. 483 00:23:46,264 --> 00:23:49,083 But John tells us that Jesus was speaking about what? 484 00:23:49,944 --> 00:23:51,723 Himself, His body. 485 00:23:52,054 --> 00:23:53,253 The temple, His body. 486 00:23:53,694 --> 00:23:58,343 And they're standing in the temple looking at Jesus, but they do not 487 00:23:58,374 --> 00:24:03,183 understand the true presence of God is standing right in front of them. 488 00:24:04,084 --> 00:24:08,573 They can see the building, but they cannot yet see who Jesus truly is. 489 00:24:10,223 --> 00:24:11,834 What's the parallel for us sometimes? 490 00:24:11,834 --> 00:24:16,764 Man, we don't always know what Jesus is doing, and sometimes we don't even see 491 00:24:16,764 --> 00:24:20,744 Him working in our situations, and we sometimes only see the physical, right? 492 00:24:21,084 --> 00:24:22,833 We only see what we can grasp. 493 00:24:23,753 --> 00:24:24,814 Jesus is moving. 494 00:24:25,963 --> 00:24:28,603 Jesus is doing things that are out of our scope. 495 00:24:28,633 --> 00:24:32,383 We don't always see it, but He's working and He's present, 496 00:24:32,613 --> 00:24:34,193 and His presence is everywhere. 497 00:24:35,043 --> 00:24:39,073 And so the temple represented sacrifice, it represented forgiveness, 498 00:24:39,113 --> 00:24:41,033 worship, and God's presence. 499 00:24:42,624 --> 00:24:46,373 But Jesus, in this moment, is saying that all of that now centers 500 00:24:46,374 --> 00:24:49,713 on Him, His temple, His body. 501 00:24:50,463 --> 00:24:52,843 And His body will be given as a sacrifice. 502 00:24:53,304 --> 00:24:57,453 He will make forgiveness possible, and when His body is 503 00:24:57,453 --> 00:24:59,293 destroyed, it will rise again. 504 00:24:59,514 --> 00:24:59,994 Amen? 505 00:24:59,994 --> 00:25:01,153 Amen. 506 00:25:01,153 --> 00:25:02,743 So what does all this mean? 507 00:25:03,593 --> 00:25:06,363 Well, I've got a few things I wanna share with us this morning, all right? 508 00:25:06,953 --> 00:25:09,583 A few things that I think we as the OC Church can apply 509 00:25:09,584 --> 00:25:11,873 and consider in our lives. 510 00:25:12,313 --> 00:25:15,033 You know, the first thing here is we see, I mentioned earlier, that the 511 00:25:15,033 --> 00:25:18,813 word sign appears three different times in the chapter, and signs 512 00:25:18,833 --> 00:25:20,744 point to something else, right? 513 00:25:20,764 --> 00:25:23,743 They point to God and, and the divinity of Jesus. 514 00:25:24,153 --> 00:25:27,803 And so when this, this word sign comes up, some interesting 515 00:25:27,803 --> 00:25:29,653 things, I think, happen here. 516 00:25:31,454 --> 00:25:33,853 But before I jump into it, let me share a story. 517 00:25:34,523 --> 00:25:35,493 This is my wedding day. 518 00:25:37,506 --> 00:25:39,476 Uh, one of my favorite days of my life. 519 00:25:39,946 --> 00:25:41,646 That's my wife Jasmine and I. 520 00:25:41,676 --> 00:25:43,666 We're f- we're celebrating and excited. 521 00:25:44,476 --> 00:25:47,156 You know, one, one interesting thing, uh, that I've actually never 522 00:25:47,156 --> 00:25:53,575 shared is that for years, you know, I used the, the, uh, initials JIL 523 00:25:54,036 --> 00:25:55,825 in sort of everything that I did. 524 00:25:56,046 --> 00:25:56,406 All right? 525 00:25:56,436 --> 00:25:59,766 I'm gonna expose myself here, but, like, all my passwords have JIL in 526 00:25:59,766 --> 00:26:01,456 it, so don't steal my identity, okay? 527 00:26:02,065 --> 00:26:06,445 But JIL stood for Jesus Is Lord. 528 00:26:06,895 --> 00:26:07,356 All right? 529 00:26:07,366 --> 00:26:08,326 JIL. 530 00:26:08,776 --> 00:26:12,655 Jesus Is Lord, 'cause He's my Lord, and so I wanted to constantly remind me that. 531 00:26:13,605 --> 00:26:16,246 It's even my Wi-Fi password at home, so whenever you come over, there you go. 532 00:26:17,805 --> 00:26:20,996 But when I was thinking about marrying Jasmine, I started realizing something. 533 00:26:21,445 --> 00:26:24,645 You know, her name is Jasmine Isabelle Ramirez 534 00:26:26,902 --> 00:26:30,012 But if we got married, she'd become Jasmine Isabelle Lounsbury 535 00:26:32,790 --> 00:26:35,220 And I remember thinking, "God, i- is this a sign?" 536 00:26:35,990 --> 00:26:37,460 "Is this a sign you're showing me here?" 537 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:38,370 Yeah. 538 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:39,920 The connection, right? 539 00:26:40,290 --> 00:26:41,550 Jesus, you're, you're first. 540 00:26:41,550 --> 00:26:45,780 Jesus is Lord, but wow, JIL also works, Jasmine Isabelle Lounsbury. 541 00:26:46,589 --> 00:26:48,070 You know, we love signs, right? 542 00:26:48,509 --> 00:26:52,389 And signs, I think, are special and are great, and I'm sure you 543 00:26:52,389 --> 00:26:55,479 maybe have thought in your life or experienced a sign at some point. 544 00:26:56,460 --> 00:27:00,569 But the reality is that sign was not like the, the, the crux or 545 00:27:00,569 --> 00:27:04,119 the, the main focus of my marriage or my love for Jasmine, right? 546 00:27:04,509 --> 00:27:08,529 It simply just pointed me to something greater, which is marriage 547 00:27:08,950 --> 00:27:11,469 and a future and love with my wife. 548 00:27:12,319 --> 00:27:16,739 And so what's cool is these signs that we see in chapter two, they 549 00:27:16,740 --> 00:27:18,269 point to such amazing things. 550 00:27:18,270 --> 00:27:19,519 They point to the cross. 551 00:27:19,770 --> 00:27:21,659 They point to the divinity of Jesus. 552 00:27:21,659 --> 00:27:24,749 They point to Him bringing the new covenant. 553 00:27:25,229 --> 00:27:28,959 And so the question though I think that they point us back 554 00:27:28,959 --> 00:27:32,809 to is simply is Jesus Lord? 555 00:27:33,909 --> 00:27:35,760 Is Jesus Lord of our lives? 556 00:27:35,889 --> 00:27:38,559 Because I believe Jesus really is Lord. 557 00:27:38,569 --> 00:27:38,989 Amen. 558 00:27:39,839 --> 00:27:41,770 So the first time it appears is in verse 11. 559 00:27:41,770 --> 00:27:45,600 "What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs 560 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:48,859 through which He revealed His glory, and His disciples believed in Him." 561 00:27:49,699 --> 00:27:53,869 All right, so the sign reveals Jesus' glory, and the disciples believe. 562 00:27:53,870 --> 00:27:54,719 This is in Cana. 563 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:57,249 This is right after He turns water into wine. 564 00:27:57,249 --> 00:27:58,359 This is that situation. 565 00:27:58,659 --> 00:28:00,000 So what's the application? 566 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:04,889 Well, I think something we can consider is we often want Jesus in our life 567 00:28:05,190 --> 00:28:07,600 because we simply have run out of wine. 568 00:28:08,739 --> 00:28:12,889 Sometimes when the wine runs out and we need a miracle, 569 00:28:13,249 --> 00:28:15,700 that's when we turn to Jesus. 570 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:16,430 Yep. 571 00:28:16,790 --> 00:28:20,610 And I'm not saying that's wrong, but that can't be the only time we turn 572 00:28:20,610 --> 00:28:24,336 to Jesus Or, or only in times of need. 573 00:28:24,336 --> 00:28:26,826 I remember in college I would, you know, before a midterm or final I would 574 00:28:26,826 --> 00:28:28,256 just, "All right, I need to pray now. 575 00:28:28,256 --> 00:28:30,676 God, just help me ace this final," even though I didn't study one 576 00:28:30,676 --> 00:28:32,666 hour on it or one bit on it, right? 577 00:28:32,856 --> 00:28:33,706 Anybody relate? 578 00:28:34,676 --> 00:28:38,756 We can't only turn to Him in times of need or when times where our strength 579 00:28:38,756 --> 00:28:42,366 has run out or we're exhausted, or times when we're, our patience has run out. 580 00:28:42,626 --> 00:28:45,176 Jesus does care about our needs though, amen? 581 00:28:46,105 --> 00:28:50,515 And Cana shows us that He's compassionate toward our ordinary problems. 582 00:28:51,105 --> 00:28:55,125 But He does not want to simply just improve our circumstances. 583 00:28:56,045 --> 00:28:57,316 That's not the point of this. 584 00:28:57,355 --> 00:29:01,476 Jesus is not designed and not trying to just take suffering away from our lives. 585 00:29:01,786 --> 00:29:02,926 That's not His purpose. 586 00:29:04,115 --> 00:29:07,476 Rather, He wants to reveal His glory to us. 587 00:29:08,405 --> 00:29:13,146 Jesus wants to reveal who He truly is to us in the midst 588 00:29:13,146 --> 00:29:16,246 of our tough circumstances, in the midst of our struggle. 589 00:29:16,505 --> 00:29:19,355 And we live in a culture, and I mentioned this earlier, full of 590 00:29:19,355 --> 00:29:24,606 false gods, full of consumerism, full of things that really push us and 591 00:29:24,615 --> 00:29:27,476 influence us towards comfortability. 592 00:29:28,545 --> 00:29:33,095 And I believe we need to humble ourselves to Jesus and truly trust 593 00:29:33,096 --> 00:29:38,026 Him even when life's uncomfortable, even when our circumstance is like, 594 00:29:38,065 --> 00:29:39,555 "Oh, what are you doing here, Father?" 595 00:29:39,596 --> 00:29:41,585 Even when we run out of wine at the wedding. 596 00:29:41,605 --> 00:29:42,385 You guys with me? 597 00:29:43,265 --> 00:29:46,306 And instead of asking Jesus to just improve the circumstance or 598 00:29:46,306 --> 00:29:50,615 work a little miracle or eliminate the suffering, I think we need 599 00:29:50,615 --> 00:29:52,515 to ask Him to reveal His glory. 600 00:29:52,855 --> 00:29:54,505 Lord, what are you trying to reveal to me? 601 00:29:54,945 --> 00:29:56,785 Show me what you're trying to do here. 602 00:29:57,155 --> 00:29:58,436 Teach me something new. 603 00:29:58,556 --> 00:29:59,455 Help me to mature. 604 00:29:59,456 --> 00:30:00,155 Help me to grow. 605 00:30:00,155 --> 00:30:03,515 Help me to learn what you're trying to, to make me learn. 606 00:30:04,045 --> 00:30:08,045 And so the question I think we should ask ourselves is do you wanna know Jesus, or 607 00:30:08,045 --> 00:30:09,936 do you just want Him to fix your life? 608 00:30:11,096 --> 00:30:13,485 You see, we want Him to fix our life, and we need Him to. 609 00:30:13,495 --> 00:30:14,866 Let's just s- get that out of the way. 610 00:30:15,096 --> 00:30:20,452 But if that's just what we're looking for- You can go to any other self-help place. 611 00:30:21,542 --> 00:30:22,872 You can go get a life coach. 612 00:30:23,022 --> 00:30:24,982 Nothing wrong with life coaches, let me just say that. 613 00:30:25,772 --> 00:30:27,752 But what I'm saying is Jesus has to be more. 614 00:30:27,841 --> 00:30:28,321 Amen? 615 00:30:28,921 --> 00:30:28,961 Amen. 616 00:30:29,091 --> 00:30:32,572 So do you truly want to know Him and have His glory revealed to you? 617 00:30:32,581 --> 00:30:36,891 The second sign we see, the second time it appears is in verse 18. 618 00:30:36,922 --> 00:30:41,091 "The Jews then responded to Him, 'What sign can You show us to prove 619 00:30:41,091 --> 00:30:42,861 Your authority to do all this?'" 620 00:30:43,232 --> 00:30:46,781 This is when they're questioning Him, and the leaders are demanding 621 00:30:47,021 --> 00:30:50,032 a sign while resisting His, what? 622 00:30:50,281 --> 00:30:50,961 Authority. 623 00:30:52,242 --> 00:30:55,822 The Pharisees resisted His authority, and they wanted a sign to prove it. 624 00:30:56,371 --> 00:30:58,782 You know, I think we can like the idea of Jesus. 625 00:30:59,051 --> 00:31:02,492 We can like the idea sometimes of authority, 'cause we need b- guardrails 626 00:31:02,492 --> 00:31:07,652 and boundaries and s- sort of rules for our life and church community, but 627 00:31:07,652 --> 00:31:14,551 I think sometimes we resist His cosmic authority in our lives, that He is Lord. 628 00:31:14,841 --> 00:31:16,042 He is God. 629 00:31:16,051 --> 00:31:17,161 He is divine. 630 00:31:17,902 --> 00:31:21,911 And sometimes I think we distill Him down a little bit, and we go, "Ah, 631 00:31:22,812 --> 00:31:24,651 can He just be a part of my life? 632 00:31:24,742 --> 00:31:28,621 Can He just have maybe a little say in my schedule? 633 00:31:29,051 --> 00:31:33,042 Or can He maybe just have a little bit of influence of where my money 634 00:31:33,042 --> 00:31:34,801 is spent or how my finances work?" 635 00:31:35,471 --> 00:31:39,411 Rather than going, "Jesus, You have all authority in my life, because 636 00:31:39,431 --> 00:31:40,741 God has given You all authority. 637 00:31:40,751 --> 00:31:41,712 You are divine. 638 00:31:42,001 --> 00:31:43,401 You have all the authority." 639 00:31:43,922 --> 00:31:45,892 You see, the temple leaders knew the system. 640 00:31:46,521 --> 00:31:47,581 They knew the traditions. 641 00:31:47,581 --> 00:31:48,572 They knew the building. 642 00:31:48,852 --> 00:31:54,832 But when Jesus arrived, they asked Him to prove Himself to them But what happens? 643 00:31:54,832 --> 00:31:56,282 He turns over the tables. 644 00:31:57,002 --> 00:32:00,332 He, he, you know, he, he's preaching this message. 645 00:32:01,912 --> 00:32:06,121 Well, what happens when Jesus overturns the tables in our lives? 646 00:32:07,071 --> 00:32:10,151 The different things that maybe we're wrestling with, or maybe the 647 00:32:10,151 --> 00:32:11,881 complacency we're going through. 648 00:32:12,461 --> 00:32:16,251 What happens when Jesus confronts things in our lives? 649 00:32:16,641 --> 00:32:18,622 Maybe it's our hidden compromises. 650 00:32:19,151 --> 00:32:22,591 Maybe it's our need for control over certain things. 651 00:32:23,182 --> 00:32:27,462 Or maybe it's our use of church and religion and Christianity and, 652 00:32:27,462 --> 00:32:31,101 and attending, and the cultural aspect of it to protect ourselves 653 00:32:31,102 --> 00:32:33,581 or shield ourselves, make ourselves look better, or make ourselves 654 00:32:33,582 --> 00:32:35,431 look a certain way in our society. 655 00:32:36,122 --> 00:32:39,841 You see, at Cana, Jesus created what was not. 656 00:32:39,852 --> 00:32:41,071 He turned water into wine. 657 00:32:41,071 --> 00:32:42,391 But what happened at the temple? 658 00:32:42,631 --> 00:32:45,771 He overturned what was corrupt, what was wrong. 659 00:32:45,782 --> 00:32:49,261 He overturned it, and he established a new way. 660 00:32:49,692 --> 00:32:56,641 He established he was divine, and Jesus had authority to turn water into wine 661 00:32:56,872 --> 00:32:59,291 and authority to turn over the tables. 662 00:32:59,301 --> 00:32:59,341 Oh, God. 663 00:33:00,352 --> 00:33:02,182 Are we giving him authority in our life? 664 00:33:02,182 --> 00:33:05,902 And I think the question we can ask is what table in your life are you 665 00:33:05,902 --> 00:33:07,861 refusing to let Jesus turn over? 666 00:33:08,991 --> 00:33:11,081 What's the table maybe you're holding onto? 667 00:33:11,642 --> 00:33:13,421 What's the thing you're like, "I don't really wanna talk 668 00:33:13,432 --> 00:33:14,691 about that part of my life." 669 00:33:15,401 --> 00:33:18,312 What's the part where it's like, "Lord, I've worked on this for 670 00:33:18,312 --> 00:33:19,931 years, and I still need help"? 671 00:33:20,911 --> 00:33:22,221 Let's surrender it to Jesus. 672 00:33:22,221 --> 00:33:22,611 Amen? 673 00:33:23,322 --> 00:33:27,551 Let's surrender it to Jesus so he can reveal his glory and help us heal. 674 00:33:28,291 --> 00:33:29,942 The third time the sign comes up. 675 00:33:30,502 --> 00:33:31,251 You guys still with me? 676 00:33:31,261 --> 00:33:31,281 Yeah. 677 00:33:31,801 --> 00:33:32,452 We're almost done. 678 00:33:32,462 --> 00:33:36,781 John 2:23, "Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, 679 00:33:36,782 --> 00:33:42,561 many people saw the signs he was performing and believed in his name." 680 00:33:42,931 --> 00:33:43,401 Amen. 681 00:33:43,852 --> 00:33:45,982 Well, later on, what does Jesus say? 682 00:33:45,991 --> 00:33:49,901 He says that he doesn't entrust himself to them. 683 00:33:50,532 --> 00:33:51,192 He doesn't trust it. 684 00:33:51,212 --> 00:33:51,542 Why? 685 00:33:51,791 --> 00:33:55,481 Because he knew what was already going on in their hearts. 686 00:33:56,061 --> 00:33:59,321 You see, the crowds believed Jesus because of what? 687 00:33:59,591 --> 00:34:03,991 Because they see miracles, because they see signs. 688 00:34:04,051 --> 00:34:04,661 Amen. 689 00:34:05,641 --> 00:34:08,071 But Jesus does not entrust himself to them. 690 00:34:08,420 --> 00:34:12,190 So what i- wha- what's the, the, the, the draw that we can get from that? 691 00:34:12,811 --> 00:34:15,841 Guys, I think, and this is something I wrestled with being a kingdom kid, 692 00:34:15,851 --> 00:34:21,690 growing up in church my whole life, it's possible to love what Jesus 693 00:34:21,712 --> 00:34:26,849 can do Without loving Jesus himself. 694 00:34:28,349 --> 00:34:29,009 Isn't that true? 695 00:34:29,639 --> 00:34:31,239 We love what Jesus can do. 696 00:34:31,708 --> 00:34:34,359 And amen, we, we need the miracles in our lives. 697 00:34:34,809 --> 00:34:35,579 That's awesome. 698 00:34:36,489 --> 00:34:40,579 But we may want Jesus the problem-solver, or Jesus the provider, or Jesus the 699 00:34:40,579 --> 00:34:44,279 miracle worker, or Jesus the good teacher, or Jesus the life coach, whatever. 700 00:34:44,579 --> 00:34:49,639 And that's awesome, but what about Jesus the Lord, Jesus the purifier, 701 00:34:50,049 --> 00:34:53,748 Jesus the King, Jesus the one who influences our schedule, our 702 00:34:53,748 --> 00:34:56,359 time, our decisions, our finances? 703 00:34:58,019 --> 00:35:04,109 It's possible to love what Jesus can do without loving Jesus himself. 704 00:35:04,749 --> 00:35:07,799 But Jesus, being God, knows what's in all of us. 705 00:35:07,799 --> 00:35:08,239 Amen. 706 00:35:08,729 --> 00:35:13,059 And he knows our hearts, and that truth is sobering, but it's also comforting. 707 00:35:14,859 --> 00:35:18,939 The one who knows us is complete- completely is the one 708 00:35:18,949 --> 00:35:20,719 who went to the cross for us. 709 00:35:21,470 --> 00:35:24,069 Jesus loves us, and he died for us. 710 00:35:24,079 --> 00:35:24,749 So what does that mean? 711 00:35:24,749 --> 00:35:25,759 We don't have to fake it. 712 00:35:26,619 --> 00:35:27,679 We don't have to perform. 713 00:35:28,179 --> 00:35:30,669 You don't need to show up here acting like something you're not. 714 00:35:30,690 --> 00:35:35,369 You can just come before Jesus your authentic self, and he can help you. 715 00:35:35,929 --> 00:35:37,269 He can restore you. 716 00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:38,770 He can teach you. 717 00:35:39,499 --> 00:35:41,680 You don't have to ask him, "Jesus, prove yourself to me. 718 00:35:41,730 --> 00:35:42,790 Show me the sign." 719 00:35:43,389 --> 00:35:44,139 You don't have to. 720 00:35:46,139 --> 00:35:49,659 You can simply come before him and say, "Jesus, teach me. 721 00:35:49,919 --> 00:35:50,930 Jesus, help me." 722 00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:56,469 Let's not fall in love with the miracles of Jesus or the signs of Jesus. 723 00:35:56,479 --> 00:35:59,319 Let's fall in love with who they point us to. 724 00:35:59,749 --> 00:36:00,929 It's Jesus himself. 725 00:36:00,970 --> 00:36:04,739 And so the question we can ask here is: Are you following Jesus because he is 726 00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:06,679 Lord or because he's been useful to you? 727 00:36:07,849 --> 00:36:08,329 Amen. 728 00:36:09,059 --> 00:36:09,109 Come on. 729 00:36:10,039 --> 00:36:11,329 So why these signs? 730 00:36:11,620 --> 00:36:14,049 To reveal who truly Jesus is. 731 00:36:14,589 --> 00:36:17,489 It's to show us that he is divine. 732 00:36:18,049 --> 00:36:22,489 And these signs also point to his sacrifice on the cross. 733 00:36:23,729 --> 00:36:25,799 And we're, in a minute here, we're gonna take communion, but I 734 00:36:25,799 --> 00:36:28,889 wanna share a parallel that kind of echoes through this chapter. 735 00:36:29,319 --> 00:36:32,419 This isn't the main point of this chapter, so don't get me wrong, but it's an echo. 736 00:36:33,739 --> 00:36:35,370 Jesus turns water into what? 737 00:36:36,409 --> 00:36:36,799 Wine. 738 00:36:37,519 --> 00:36:37,549 Wine. 739 00:36:37,920 --> 00:36:40,150 What does wine represent with the crucifixion? 740 00:36:41,319 --> 00:36:42,839 Represents the blood of Christ. 741 00:36:43,829 --> 00:36:48,440 Jesus is in the temple, and he turns over the tables, and he 742 00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:50,119 references his temple as what? 743 00:36:50,989 --> 00:36:51,599 His body. 744 00:36:52,639 --> 00:36:53,439 You see the echo? 745 00:36:55,509 --> 00:36:56,660 The wine and the body. 746 00:36:58,319 --> 00:36:59,709 Everything points to the cross. 747 00:36:59,709 --> 00:37:01,120 Everything points to Jesus. 748 00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:01,520 Amen. 749 00:37:02,220 --> 00:37:06,319 So in a moment, we're gonna take communion, and we're gonna take the 750 00:37:06,319 --> 00:37:10,689 wine that now represents the blood of Christ, and the temple that now res- 751 00:37:10,749 --> 00:37:13,189 represents the body of Christ, the bread. 752 00:37:13,789 --> 00:37:15,989 Let's go ahead and say a prayer, and let's take communion with one another. 753 00:37:18,230 --> 00:37:19,470 Father, thank you so much 754 00:37:22,326 --> 00:37:23,146 For Jesus 755 00:37:27,285 --> 00:37:31,905 Father, thank you so much that just in chapter two of John, we're 756 00:37:31,905 --> 00:37:34,305 already seeing echoes of the cross. 757 00:37:35,005 --> 00:37:38,805 We're already seeing the greatest sacrifice, the greatest act of love 758 00:37:39,395 --> 00:37:41,175 that is so dear and special to us. 759 00:37:41,175 --> 00:37:44,595 And God, I pray that as we take communion, that we would do it 760 00:37:44,905 --> 00:37:47,575 with reverence and holiness. 761 00:37:48,575 --> 00:37:52,895 That this would not simply be a ritual we do weekly or a custom or 762 00:37:52,895 --> 00:37:58,305 some habitual habit, but that this is truly us reflecting on the body 763 00:37:58,305 --> 00:38:05,126 that was broken, the blood that was shed, so we could be purified and 764 00:38:05,146 --> 00:38:10,115 cleansed, that we could be viewed by you, Lord, the way you view Jesus. 765 00:38:11,035 --> 00:38:12,356 We love you, we thank you. 766 00:38:13,175 --> 00:38:14,305 In Jesus' name, amen