WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.500 I want to invite you to John chapter 7. 00:00:02.300 --> 00:00:04.010 John 7 is where we're going to be this morning. 00:00:04.380 --> 00:00:09.740 A beautiful section of scripture to encourage us in really pursuing after God. 00:00:10.880 --> 00:00:18.300 As I approach this text, if I kind of set up where I think Jesus is in this story is it relates to our life, when 00:00:18.300 --> 00:00:25.340 I think about the world around me, sometimes when I poke my head out of the sand, look at what's 00:00:25.340 --> 00:00:27.620 going around me, I quickly want to dive back down. 00:00:27.760 --> 00:00:34.820 But as I look around I think the world is falling apart and in that I want to 00:00:34.820 --> 00:00:36.100 at least get life right. 00:00:36.760 --> 00:00:38.390 I want my life to matter. 00:00:38.960 --> 00:00:44.990 I'm just going to go out in a limb and say because of your presence this morning, you're probably with me in that sort of attitude right? 00:00:45.740 --> 00:00:49.240 I'm not here to waste my time, I don't think you're here just to waste your time. 00:00:49.300 --> 00:00:52.150 You want to get life right and you want life to matter too. 00:00:52.480 --> 00:00:54.740 But I want to say, when I think about that. 00:00:54.860 --> 00:00:57.400 I am not interested in being the John Wayne in this world. 00:00:57.460 --> 00:01:04.580 I think sometimes as Americans we sort of have that mentality, okay if I'm going to stand up it's going to be big and I got to be the savior of everything. 00:01:04.739 --> 00:01:08.820 I just look at as, I don't need to be the savior of anything. 00:01:08.940 --> 00:01:10.390 I already got one. 00:01:10.590 --> 00:01:12.290 He's pretty good at that role right? 00:01:12.480 --> 00:01:13.830 His name is Jesus. 00:01:14.260 --> 00:01:15.420 He's the savior of the world. 00:01:15.460 --> 00:01:17.740 I want Jesus to be Jesus and I'll be me. 00:01:17.880 --> 00:01:20.410 I'll be what God has created me to be right? 00:01:20.680 --> 00:01:26.100 Whether, God uses me to make little waves or whether God uses me to make great waves. 00:01:26.440 --> 00:01:27.960 I just want to make Godly waves. 00:01:27.960 --> 00:01:32.240 I want to make the right kind of waves that God has made me for in this world. 00:01:32.340 --> 00:01:34.760 I am certain you do too. 00:01:35.100 --> 00:01:42.220 When I consider how that would look in my life, some days even on vacations just was meditating on 00:01:42.980 --> 00:01:50.080 was the idea of what it looks like being a Christian, Christ follower looking to Jesus, what his 00:01:50.080 --> 00:01:56.940 life was about and one of the versus the lord really used to churn over my mind this last week Matthew Ch. 00:01:57.400 --> 00:01:58.160 3 verse 17. 00:01:59.180 --> 00:02:02.540 God the father gives an interesting statement about Jesus. 00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:05.120 Let's talk about this verse a few times as a Church. 00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:12.500 A lot of it goes back to the old testament, implications on why the father gives the statement about Jesus. 00:02:12.940 --> 00:02:19.440 I just want to look at the idea that it represents not so much of the historical context but how it plays out in our lives. 00:02:19.440 --> 00:02:25.480 Just think about this for a minute, Behold a voice from heaven said, this is the father speaking. 00:02:25.480 --> 00:02:29.020 This is my beloved son, with whom I am well pleased. 00:02:30.240 --> 00:02:36.840 Something that really struck me about this verse as I thought about it this past week, what the father says about Jesus... 00:02:39.480 --> 00:02:42.490 knowing Jesus hasn't really done anything in his ministry yet. 00:02:44.060 --> 00:02:51.400 When the father says "this is my beloved son, with whom I am well pleased." It's really not about what Jesus has done to this point, because 00:02:51.400 --> 00:02:54.460 Jesus ministry hasn't even started. 00:02:55.800 --> 00:03:01.780 The father is pleased by Jesus not because what he's done. 00:03:02.180 --> 00:03:03.540 You think what this statement is. 00:03:03.620 --> 00:03:05.630 This statement is thee inauguration of his ministry. 00:03:05.780 --> 00:03:09.760 It's from this point Jesus goes on and does all the miracles you read about in scripture. 00:03:11.020 --> 00:03:16.700 But yet, God the father in this statement says about Jesus in whom I'm well pleased. 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:18.620 You think what has Jesus done at this point? 00:03:18.620 --> 00:03:25.920 Well, he's been a carpenter, he's been a good son, I guess to his parents and he has learned the old testament 00:03:25.920 --> 00:03:27.460 and walked with the father. 00:03:27.780 --> 00:03:33.400 He really hasn't done enormous things in life that we read about in the gospels because his ministry hasn't even started yet. 00:03:33.880 --> 00:03:38.500 Yet the father says of him in whom I am well pleased. 00:03:40.300 --> 00:03:48.000 According to God, your greatness is not driven by what you do, by 00:03:48.000 --> 00:03:49.140 who you are connected to. 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:51.340 Do you see that? 00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:53.920 This is what Jesus life been at this point. 00:03:53.940 --> 00:03:59.940 The father is saying that and I am well pleased because Jesus ministry hasn't even started but if you look at what Jesus life has been at this point. 00:04:00.140 --> 00:04:07.160 Its been about fellowship with the father and so, what God is really teaching us here in this story is that your greatness is not driven by 00:04:07.160 --> 00:04:10.480 what you do but by who you're connected to and why is that? 00:04:11.520 --> 00:04:13.500 It's because who you're connected to... 00:04:15.140 --> 00:04:17.220 will determine what it is that you'll do. 00:04:20.940 --> 00:04:24.880 They say that, maybe in the most practical way you want to become a millionaire, hang out with millionaires. 00:04:25.740 --> 00:04:28.660 You want to become a horrible person, hang out with horrible people right? 00:04:28.990 --> 00:04:33.450 What you want to model in your life, you're attached to the term of what that becomes. 00:04:34.440 --> 00:04:36.600 That's what we're learning here in this lesson. 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:37.980 Which is why we say John ch. 00:04:38.180 --> 00:04:38.340 7. 00:04:38.340 --> 00:04:40.580 We approach this text, this is like a Dr. 00:04:40.660 --> 00:04:44.300 Seuss sort of statement here but its not about the what, it's about the who. 00:04:44.600 --> 00:04:48.740 We look at John 7, this is the idea that Jesus is sharing with us. 00:04:49.020 --> 00:04:55.460 The significances of not so much about you do, but who you're connected to because who you are connected to determine who you will become. 00:04:55.740 --> 00:05:01.820 So if you want your life to matter, you want to get it right, the question isn't about just looking at yourself, whether or not you're a do-gooder. 00:05:02.380 --> 00:05:09.900 Its defined and orient in what your life is about because your direction determines your destination. 00:05:11.620 --> 00:05:13.820 John Chapter 7 is all about that. 00:05:13.860 --> 00:05:21.080 But when we approach this text is what important is to hear how Jesus contrast this thought for us because John 7 00:05:21.080 --> 00:05:25.720 becomes that Chapter where really Jesus, sees his demises voice. 00:05:25.840 --> 00:05:31.410 This is the Chapter that really spurs the Jewish people on to want to kill Jesus. 00:05:31.540 --> 00:05:34.680 In fact, we look at this chapter and its mentioned over and over again. 00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:42.160 Verse 1 they want to kill Jesus, verse 19-20, Jesus says they want to kill me, in verse 25 they are 00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:44.900 acknowledging Jesus, they want to kill you. 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:52.040 So, in verse 30 they grab the temple police and Let's go over and find Jesus and arrest him so, this chapter what Jesus says in 00:05:52.040 --> 00:05:59.120 this chapter is a very dividing discussion as far as the culture is concerned to the point where they really hate Jesus. 00:05:59.810 --> 00:06:07.020 Jesus is saying here is a very significant statement, so much so that Jesus knows he's putting his life on the line for 00:06:07.020 --> 00:06:08.140 saying what is about to say. 00:06:08.540 --> 00:06:15.860 Yet he finds it so important that he wants to say it anyway and so Jesus now in this story is going to contrast the world vs him. 00:06:15.940 --> 00:06:17.840 I don't think this so much Jesus vs the world. 00:06:18.220 --> 00:06:21.900 When you stand for truth, it'll put that divide there. 00:06:22.000 --> 00:06:24.400 It's the world opposition against Jesus. 00:06:24.400 --> 00:06:25.850 It's the world vs Jesus. 00:06:26.320 --> 00:06:29.960 If I was to hang this in two verses to look at. 00:06:30.860 --> 00:06:36.700 In verse 7, it really builds for us in verse 37-38. 00:06:37.080 --> 00:06:40.060 This two contrasting verses, I just want to look at it for a moment. 00:06:40.200 --> 00:06:47.740 What the world says who Jesus is, verse seven says this the world cannot hate 00:06:47.740 --> 00:06:55.280 you, but it hates me because I testify about it, that its deed are 00:06:55.280 --> 00:06:55.380 evil. 00:06:57.000 --> 00:07:00.700 Then the opposing thought to that, Jesus is recognizing the world here. 00:07:00.700 --> 00:07:08.100 Verse 37 Jesus stood up and cried out, if anyone thirsts let them come to me and drink whoever believes in me as 00:07:08.100 --> 00:07:13.320 the scripture has said out of his heart will flow rivers of living waters. 00:07:13.580 --> 00:07:14.800 That's what we're going to talk about this morning. 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:20.640 We're going to unpack those two thoughts as it plays out in this narrative of Jesus life here. 00:07:20.740 --> 00:07:24.340 I want to lean more into verse 37 here at the end. 00:07:24.740 --> 00:07:31.580 Lets just consider verse 7 for just a moment when Jesus is saying here, the world cannot hate you but it hates me because I testify about it. 00:07:31.760 --> 00:07:34.320 That its deeds are evil. 00:07:36.780 --> 00:07:39.890 Jesus calls the world evil. 00:07:42.140 --> 00:07:43.120 Why does he do this? 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:43.860 You think about that? 00:07:43.860 --> 00:07:44.880 Why does he do this? 00:07:44.920 --> 00:07:50.060 In fact, if you just really thought about it, in this context in the moment, where Jesus is saying this. 00:07:52.220 --> 00:07:56.280 Jesus is saying this in a society that is really full of religious do-gooders. 00:07:57.740 --> 00:08:02.520 And he is more honestly directing this to the leaders of this religious do good society. 00:08:04.540 --> 00:08:08.980 He's calling what we typically look at, as good people. 00:08:08.980 --> 00:08:11.360 And he's calling it at that moment, evil. 00:08:13.840 --> 00:08:14.860 And that's a sobering thought. 00:08:17.280 --> 00:08:20.190 Cause often in our society as long as you're good, that's all that matters. 00:08:22.700 --> 00:08:29.960 But yet, is in the middle of that type of society and he's referencing their actions in that moment as 00:08:29.960 --> 00:08:30.060 evil. 00:08:33.340 --> 00:08:34.880 Why? 00:08:35.780 --> 00:08:38.480 Why would God reference this world as evil? 00:08:38.559 --> 00:08:40.820 In fact, didn't God make the world? 00:08:42.080 --> 00:08:47.280 When God made the world according to Genesis the first thing he says about the world is that its very good right? 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:52.260 He makes every day, he says its good, its good, its good, and then he makes Adam and Eve. 00:08:52.260 --> 00:08:54.730 Then he says it very good and then his creative work is done. 00:08:56.080 --> 00:09:01.780 Why now is Jesus referencing this world as evil? 00:09:02.940 --> 00:09:08.240 Just to clarify, I think its important, what Jesus is saying here, he isn't saying the world itself is evil right? 00:09:08.900 --> 00:09:09.900 That's not what the phrase is. 00:09:10.180 --> 00:09:12.680 He says, it's the deeds of the world. 00:09:14.660 --> 00:09:17.420 The deeds of the world, are evil. 00:09:18.140 --> 00:09:18.300 Why? 00:09:18.840 --> 00:09:20.130 Why are the deed of the world evil? 00:09:20.560 --> 00:09:22.660 The things of this world is not evil. 00:09:23.600 --> 00:09:25.660 Any objects in themselves aren't evil. 00:09:27.700 --> 00:09:34.200 It's what you do with the objects that God has created that determines whether or not its evil. 00:09:35.960 --> 00:09:38.140 Money in itself isn't evil. 00:09:38.400 --> 00:09:41.360 It's what you do with money that determines whether or not if its used for Gods glory or evil. 00:09:41.540 --> 00:09:46.430 Power in itself is not evil, it's what you do with it that will determine whether if its evil. 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:48.570 The less of the flesh the less of the eyes of pride in life right? 00:09:49.060 --> 00:09:52.200 Sex and sexuality is not evil, God made it. 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:55.560 God made it for joy to be experienced right? 00:09:55.580 --> 00:09:59.390 But its what you do with it that will determine whether or not its used for evil. 00:10:00.780 --> 00:10:03.590 So, what is evil? 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:13.020 If you look up in the Webster dictionary it defines somewhere in these lines that evil is 00:10:13.020 --> 00:10:19.660 immoral, its immorality, it's using something for harm, when I think about that definition. 00:10:19.800 --> 00:10:24.200 It's really such a surface level definition, it doesn't get to the root of what the problem is. 00:10:26.180 --> 00:10:30.570 It's the very reason why Jesus was looking at a religious society and saying what you're doing is evil. 00:10:32.560 --> 00:10:38.270 When you think about what morality is, just to find evil in that way, evil is a lack of morality. 00:10:39.280 --> 00:10:40.040 Its immoral. 00:10:40.660 --> 00:10:45.640 The question we should be asking is what makes things moral? 00:10:47.360 --> 00:10:51.800 Because in our society today, the God of America isn't Jesus. 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:54.340 The God of America is ourself. 00:10:55.680 --> 00:11:02.000 Americas God is you, me, we wake up every day, we see life, ourselves as a certain of life. 00:11:02.480 --> 00:11:07.140 We ask the question, what will make me happy because life should be all about me. 00:11:07.200 --> 00:11:14.360 I certainly think God wants you to be happy but God wants you to understand the purpose of life is about you, the God of America 00:11:14.360 --> 00:11:19.960 is self and really the religion of American is Oprah Winfrey. 00:11:21.560 --> 00:11:24.120 You think about what Oprah is known for saying. 00:11:24.520 --> 00:11:24.960 What's your truth? 00:11:26.560 --> 00:11:27.440 What's your truth? 00:11:28.520 --> 00:11:33.600 You define the purpose of reality and existence in yourself. 00:11:34.720 --> 00:11:41.820 So, therefore on that kind of basis thee determination of what is moral and not moral is you, because you're the 00:11:41.820 --> 00:11:42.830 certain of the university. 00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:52.340 That is what God calls evil, because life wasn't created for you, life 00:11:52.340 --> 00:11:54.000 was created for him. 00:11:55.560 --> 00:11:59.020 Life is about his glory, not yours. 00:11:59.100 --> 00:12:06.100 But its when you find life for his glory that you really truly find joy in why its given for us or why we 00:12:06.100 --> 00:12:07.250 have come into existence. 00:12:07.720 --> 00:12:14.840 I heard of it being put in this way once, that there was a recently a dean of students in an 00:12:14.840 --> 00:12:20.760 Ivy league school who got before the student body and he was aghast by how the student body was living. 00:12:22.160 --> 00:12:27.600 He said to the student body, he said, guys, we're going to have to get back to the basics and we're going to have to teach you values again. 00:12:28.980 --> 00:12:33.780 Of which one of the student stood up and said that's fine, but who's values are you going to teach? 00:12:35.540 --> 00:12:39.040 The dean stopped because he didn't know where to go and walked off stage. 00:12:40.740 --> 00:12:42.960 So that's the determining factor isn't it? 00:12:44.160 --> 00:12:47.840 Whose value say so and why do we live life the way we should. 00:12:47.860 --> 00:12:54.940 This is where Jesus is coming to the Jewish people in this moment and calling it evil it's because they've taken what God has created for them and they really 00:12:54.940 --> 00:13:02.540 started to write extra laws and rules to what they were doing in life and they made it about the laws and rules for which they created as 00:13:02.540 --> 00:13:05.660 themselves apart from God honestly. 00:13:07.180 --> 00:13:07.960 And that's what evil is. 00:13:09.360 --> 00:13:16.480 I think sometimes the best way to think about evil in a philosophical way is to compare it to a hole, which is 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:17.140 a weird thought. 00:13:17.200 --> 00:13:18.500 How is evil like a hole? 00:13:19.340 --> 00:13:25.500 If you'll leave out of here to a lot or gravel pit in the back and you were to grab a shovel and just dig. 00:13:25.820 --> 00:13:28.000 You could create a hole but here's the thing about a hole. 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:36.460 A hole can't exist in itself, a hole can only exist without 00:13:36.460 --> 00:13:39.140 the form from which it came right? 00:13:39.160 --> 00:13:44.860 So, there's has to have the absence of something in order for a hole to come into existence right? 00:13:45.260 --> 00:13:49.640 The same is true for evil, evil can't exist in itself. 00:13:51.320 --> 00:13:53.010 Must be absent of something. 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:54.380 What is it? 00:13:56.780 --> 00:13:57.780 God. 00:13:58.600 --> 00:14:02.160 Its absents, the presence and purpose of God. 00:14:02.220 --> 00:14:03.590 That's what evil is. 00:14:04.280 --> 00:14:05.640 I determine God, not you. 00:14:06.680 --> 00:14:08.800 Not you, I am in charge, not you. 00:14:09.040 --> 00:14:10.940 It's about what I want lord. 00:14:11.080 --> 00:14:11.340 Not you. 00:14:13.240 --> 00:14:16.020 That kind of society becomes a little dangerous. 00:14:16.140 --> 00:14:17.470 Not just a little dangerous, a lot of dangerous. 00:14:17.620 --> 00:14:20.900 Cause when you're in Genesis that's what leads to destruction of everything. 00:14:20.920 --> 00:14:22.070 That's what Adam and Eve did right? 00:14:22.120 --> 00:14:23.660 God, not you, us. 00:14:23.660 --> 00:14:26.280 God, step aside, we know better than you do. 00:14:26.280 --> 00:14:30.800 They took the apple and declared themselves God and what happens is the destruction of the world. 00:14:33.680 --> 00:14:37.740 What happens in our society when people took that sort of step, they pushed God out of the way. 00:14:38.820 --> 00:14:40.880 Well, ultimately might makes right. 00:14:40.880 --> 00:14:48.140 Whatever the majority of the people want, sometimes goes or even the minority as long as they scream louder and fight harder eventually 00:14:48.140 --> 00:14:48.940 they win the day. 00:14:48.960 --> 00:14:49.920 It's the might that makes right. 00:14:49.920 --> 00:14:52.260 Everyone just does what right, in their own eyes. 00:14:52.260 --> 00:14:55.720 This is what Jesus is saying to us in these two contrasting ideas here. 00:14:58.410 --> 00:15:02.900 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify against it, because its deeds are evil. 00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:08.840 But then Jesus says do you want to know the answer? 00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:15.980 It's not morality, it's not morality, remember guys? 00:15:17.100 --> 00:15:21.760 Jesus is saying this to the most moral people probably on earth at this time. 00:15:23.920 --> 00:15:31.360 The answer is not morality because if you just substitute the answer for morality when society seems like its lost its virtues 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:35.040 and its lost moral compass. 00:15:35.040 --> 00:15:37.700 Just to say morality, the question is who's morals? 00:15:39.600 --> 00:15:40.820 Who's values? 00:15:43.260 --> 00:15:44.440 The answer is not morality. 00:15:46.800 --> 00:15:49.380 The answer is worship. 00:15:52.100 --> 00:15:53.760 What does your heart surround to? 00:15:56.460 --> 00:15:58.900 Why do you wake up and do what you do? 00:16:01.420 --> 00:16:02.560 Who directs your life? 00:16:04.420 --> 00:16:08.770 Is not about what you do, but who you are connected to. 00:16:10.220 --> 00:16:13.680 Because, who you are connected to will determine what you become. 00:16:15.540 --> 00:16:21.760 You see Jesus heart for his people, I don't think Jesus is saying look the world is evil, just because he wants to create a battle. 00:16:21.980 --> 00:16:24.880 I don't think he is saying this just because he wants to be hateful for people. 00:16:24.880 --> 00:16:28.100 In fact John chapter 3 it says, for God so loved the world, he gave his only begotten son. 00:16:28.260 --> 00:16:33.140 Jesus is very aware of this kind of statement is, even if people are going to like it, it'll lead to his death. 00:16:33.420 --> 00:16:36.670 He knows that and yet he stands up to this statement anyway. 00:16:36.700 --> 00:16:36.940 Why? 00:16:37.140 --> 00:16:38.540 Not because he hates the people. 00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:40.380 He loves the people. 00:16:41.260 --> 00:16:43.440 It's because he wants the people to experience life. 00:16:44.660 --> 00:16:50.540 When I say this, I'm not saying this is so we go out in this world and be obnoxious and thorns in peoples sides. 00:16:50.700 --> 00:16:51.960 I'm not interested in being obnoxious. 00:16:52.100 --> 00:16:53.520 Who wants to live a life like that? 00:16:53.520 --> 00:16:56.620 Or if you have to wake up today and Jesus calling to him is to be annoying to everybody. 00:16:57.220 --> 00:16:58.700 Nobody wants to do that. 00:16:59.890 --> 00:17:05.079 That's not what God calls us to but I love the way Paul says it in 2nd Timothy 2:24. 00:17:05.680 --> 00:17:05.680 Just listen to this verse. 00:17:05.680 --> 00:17:12.900 The lord servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, skillful in teaching, 00:17:13.520 --> 00:17:14.720 patient when wronged. 00:17:16.800 --> 00:17:20.700 So what he's saying to us, is look God is not calling us in this world to be hateful to people. 00:17:21.079 --> 00:17:28.200 In fact, because you're in Jesus, that should be the last thing you do because the one you're following is gracious and loving to the point that he lays down his 00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:30.020 life just to bless you. 00:17:30.180 --> 00:17:37.280 So if you find yourself free in Jesus we are not coming into this world to attack this world but coming into this world to serve this world, the world is leading into is 00:17:37.280 --> 00:17:44.520 destruction because they chosen a path that contrary to him and even if they defined it as good, if it's the void of God then its still evil, because 00:17:44.520 --> 00:17:46.230 the world was created for him. 00:17:47.540 --> 00:17:53.560 It was created for him and what evil is the absence of Gods presence. 00:17:55.180 --> 00:17:59.460 Our heart should be inclined to invite him in not to dictate to God what should happen. 00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:07.240 But to ask God to lead our soul to the freedom of he delivers because from then, from him comes living water. 00:18:09.520 --> 00:18:14.800 But you see within this passage the tension that's all over Jesus right. 00:18:16.820 --> 00:18:20.040 Who the people see him as and they fail to see his purpose. 00:18:20.080 --> 00:18:23.560 Verse 5 Pastor Wayne brought this up, so I'm going to do this very quickly here. 00:18:23.780 --> 00:18:30.160 Verse 5 and 6 you see how it starts to unfold as they dealt with this human and Jesus introduces to them. 00:18:30.160 --> 00:18:33.300 Verse 5 it says, for not even his brothers believed in him. 00:18:33.300 --> 00:18:34.580 Talking about Jesus brothers. 00:18:34.620 --> 00:18:39.210 Jesus had brothers and sisters in verse 6, Jesus said or at least half brothers and sisters. 00:18:39.380 --> 00:18:44.200 In verse 6 Jesus said to them my time has not yet come but your time is always here. 00:18:44.260 --> 00:18:49.700 So here's what's happening in chapter 7, chapter 5 in the book of John is the festival chapters. 00:18:49.780 --> 00:18:56.020 The Jews are celebrating festivals and in chapter 7 there going to the festival of Booths. 00:18:56.890 --> 00:19:00.220 Jesus brothers are going up, they're trying to get Jesus to go. 00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:05.700 They're like, look Jesus if you are, who you think you are, its got to be hard being brothers of Jesus. 00:19:05.980 --> 00:19:09.280 Mom is looking at them thinking everything Jesus does is great. 00:19:09.360 --> 00:19:10.760 Why can't you be more like Jesus? 00:19:10.960 --> 00:19:11.180 Right? 00:19:11.280 --> 00:19:13.230 I don't know if that's how Mary talks but probably not. 00:19:13.860 --> 00:19:20.110 But brothers of Jesus, if there's one guy you want to get in the alley and punch him in the gut right? 00:19:20.410 --> 00:19:23.420 Jesus, people hate you, come up to Jerusalem. 00:19:23.600 --> 00:19:25.020 I told him to go up to Jerusalem. 00:19:25.680 --> 00:19:27.340 They're really going to have their way with him. 00:19:27.500 --> 00:19:28.680 Jesus, come up with us. 00:19:28.680 --> 00:19:29.120 Let's do it. 00:19:29.180 --> 00:19:31.540 Jesus was like "no way, I'm not going up there, they want to kil me." Right. 00:19:31.600 --> 00:19:38.640 They're like "aw come on Jesus, if you are who you say you are then you really got to prove it" and Jesus says to them "my time is not yet come, but your time is always 00:19:38.640 --> 00:19:40.580 here." Let me just say a few things about this. 00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:48.900 One, I love how scriptures unfolds here because as you get to the book of Acts, you'll 00:19:48.900 --> 00:19:51.780 find chapter 1, Pastor Wayne brought this up to us last week. 00:19:52.840 --> 00:19:58.260 Jesus brothers become believers, and not believers here, they become believers. 00:19:58.440 --> 00:20:03.460 I just say this, guys there's sometimes walking with Jesus in this world is not easy. 00:20:04.500 --> 00:20:06.200 Its not easy, this past year has not been easy. 00:20:06.220 --> 00:20:10.920 Trying to keep a church together over a pandemic when everyone has a different opinion, that's not easy. 00:20:11.500 --> 00:20:16.740 You guys been very gracious, thank you for your love and grace. 00:20:17.040 --> 00:20:22.400 I have heard horror stories other places and I get on my knees and thank you for our church. 00:20:22.820 --> 00:20:27.460 Even in your opinion you still lay things aside and do your best loving each other. 00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:28.880 Thank you for doing that. 00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:33.360 Still, simply after the lord, its not easy in this world. 00:20:33.560 --> 00:20:38.480 Let me just encourage you here, just be patient, be loving, be Jesus to people. 00:20:39.260 --> 00:20:43.190 What you find as this story unfolds Jesus brothers become believers. 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:47.730 Even if its not true in your family, lets just say you're the only Christian in your family. 00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:52.700 Even if that's not the case, even if you choose to walk with Jesus the rest of your life and knowing your family follow Jesus. 00:20:53.780 --> 00:20:58.020 As you still honor Jesus, we don't follow Jesus to manipulate people. 00:20:59.660 --> 00:21:04.060 We follow Jesus because its true and loving Jesus we learn to love people. 00:21:05.340 --> 00:21:07.170 That's the result in pursuing Jesus. 00:21:07.360 --> 00:21:09.540 You should never stop caring for people, I know its hard. 00:21:10.100 --> 00:21:15.240 I know it's not always easy, I know people bring conflict to your life because they live for a system oppose to you. 00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:17.080 That's what Jesus is experiencing here. 00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:19.290 But don't stop being Jesus to people. 00:21:19.400 --> 00:21:22.040 He says my time has not yet come but your time is always here. 00:21:22.040 --> 00:21:24.460 Let me just point out what Jesus is saying here. 00:21:25.000 --> 00:21:28.860 In verse 6 Jesus gives this statement, sounds like he's not going to the festival. 00:21:29.520 --> 00:21:31.640 In a few verses later Jesus is at the festival. 00:21:31.640 --> 00:21:32.660 Its like what's up with this Jesus. 00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:34.100 Are you lying to your brothers here? 00:21:34.140 --> 00:21:36.140 Why are you telling them you're not going and then you're going? 00:21:36.560 --> 00:21:42.040 Jesus is saying here, his brother is trying to get him to come out and do this grand reveal. 00:21:42.540 --> 00:21:44.040 This pinnacle moment Jesus. 00:21:44.040 --> 00:21:46.240 Lets just lay down the law, declare yourself King. 00:21:46.260 --> 00:21:47.600 This is your moment Jesus. 00:21:47.680 --> 00:21:48.280 Just go. 00:21:48.440 --> 00:21:50.660 Jesus is saying, my time is not yet come. 00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:52.990 This is a phrase used repeatedly in the gospel. 00:21:53.140 --> 00:21:56.220 John first time he did it was at the wedding of Cana with his mom. 00:21:56.880 --> 00:21:58.620 Next time Jesus does it, is with his brothers. 00:21:59.140 --> 00:22:06.800 What Jesus is saying here is, my grand moment for which I am really here on earth I've not come 00:22:06.800 --> 00:22:07.360 to that yet. 00:22:07.460 --> 00:22:09.040 Where I am declared the king, I am not there yet. 00:22:09.360 --> 00:22:09.760 You know where that happens? 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:11.560 It's at the cross. 00:22:13.520 --> 00:22:20.920 When Jesus dies on the cross, Jesus says " my hour has come." "Father glorify me as I glorify you." 00:22:21.060 --> 00:22:24.380 As Jesus hangs on the cross, what phrase is written above Jesus head? 00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.100 King of the Jews. 00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.410 King of the Jews. 00:22:28.600 --> 00:22:35.280 Jesus hour to take his throne, the rightful position for which has come, its not come yet. 00:22:35.340 --> 00:22:39.120 So that's what Jesus is saying here, Jesus has no problem going to Jerusalem after this. 00:22:39.380 --> 00:22:44.350 But just wants his brothers to understand, look, what you're pushing me too, that hour is not yet here. 00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:46.560 Your hour is always here cause you're living for the world. 00:22:46.940 --> 00:22:48.520 But that hour is not here. 00:22:48.580 --> 00:22:49.910 So they failed to see Jesus purpose. 00:22:51.120 --> 00:22:52.910 Number two, they failed to see his person. 00:22:52.940 --> 00:23:01.180 Look in verse 10, but after his brothers has gone up to the feast then he also went up not 00:23:01.180 --> 00:23:02.360 publicly but in private. 00:23:03.300 --> 00:23:06.120 The Jews was looking for him at the feast saying where is he? 00:23:07.040 --> 00:23:14.160 And there was much muttering about him among the people while some said, he is a good man, while others said no, he is leading the people 00:23:14.160 --> 00:23:16.280 astray yet for fear of the Jews. 00:23:16.340 --> 00:23:17.660 No one spoke openly about him. 00:23:18.560 --> 00:23:24.000 Let me just say this for our faith in Jesus and having to encourage people in Jesus. 00:23:24.320 --> 00:23:26.860 It is not enough to simply say Jesus is a moral man. 00:23:27.140 --> 00:23:29.240 In fact, or just a good teacher. 00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:30.660 In fact Jesus never let that open up. 00:23:30.840 --> 00:23:32.940 Jesus made it very clear who he said he was. 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:36.200 In fact, Jesus was killed for saying who he said he was. 00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:40.920 Jesus is God and King become flesh to be our savior and lord. 00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:42.220 That's who Jesus is. 00:23:42.480 --> 00:23:49.600 And you see in this story, they're trying to softball the identity of Jesus and or to take away the 00:23:49.600 --> 00:23:52.200 punch of his presentation right? 00:23:52.360 --> 00:23:55.180 As long as you know, it's okay what you believe, but Jesus is a good teacher. 00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:57.820 He's a moral teacher, Jesus is like "that's not me." I am God. 00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:58.340 Okay? 00:23:59.560 --> 00:24:02.300 And that's the temptation that the people are facing here. 00:24:02.300 --> 00:24:04.740 But, it tells you in verse 13 why they're leaning that way. 00:24:05.940 --> 00:24:06.640 The fear of the Jews. 00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.060 They're fearful. 00:24:10.780 --> 00:24:17.920 They're fearful of what the repercussion might be with Jesus and let me just encourage you, don't 00:24:17.960 --> 00:24:22.540 let fear keep you from where god wants to lead you. 00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:27.180 If God calls you to it, God will get you through it. 00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:34.700 Jesus has in this verse rivers of living water will flow through you. 00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:34.820 Why? 00:24:35.360 --> 00:24:36.240 Why deny that? 00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:46.240 Pursuing Jesus is important and people I say this just a few weeks ago that some of the dumbest decisions you'll 00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:53.000 ever make in your life, some of the greatest regrets you'll have in life is because you choose to follow fear over faith. 00:24:56.520 --> 00:25:03.560 Jesus wanting for us to see in this story just the foolishness of the Jews who get lost in their own fear from following 00:25:03.560 --> 00:25:03.860 Jesus. 00:25:04.620 --> 00:25:08.100 Maybe even right now, we're looking at, should I follow Jesus? 00:25:08.100 --> 00:25:09.940 Should I get my life, what's my family going to say? 00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.760 What's going to happen tomorrow? 00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:14.120 Why don't you just leave that up to Jesus and just follow him. 00:25:15.780 --> 00:25:23.240 If he is who he says he is that decision is far greater than anything else then maybe, to give it a little bit of a warning the book of revelation 00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:30.200 chapter 21 verse 8, when God Judges, there's a verse in revelation in 21 verse 8 where it talks about God judging the world. 00:25:30.620 --> 00:25:33.420 The first people group that he talks about judging are the cowards. 00:25:35.180 --> 00:25:38.480 So if you're going to deny Jesus, do it for a different reason than fear. 00:25:39.100 --> 00:25:40.780 That's what this verse is saying. 00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:45.740 Don't let fear drive you from where God calls you, let the lord lead you. 00:25:45.820 --> 00:25:49.740 Then in verse 3 they failed to see his words and therefore worshiped. 00:25:49.780 --> 00:25:56.030 Look in verse 14, in the middle of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple, and became teaching. 00:25:56.600 --> 00:26:03.900 Verse 15, the Jews therefore marveled saying how is it that this man has learning 00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:06.180 when he has never studied? 00:26:07.380 --> 00:26:13.050 So Jesus answered them, my teaching is not mine but his who sent me. 00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:19.240 Something to think about, they marveled but they never really worshiped. 00:26:21.020 --> 00:26:25.320 They were amazed by Jesus but never truly surrounded to Jesus. 00:26:26.020 --> 00:26:28.560 They give this remark about how great he is. 00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:32.100 They have this certain system set up for how you would to learn under a Rabbi. 00:26:32.360 --> 00:26:39.000 They knew that Jesus hasn't really have never followed that full path of to get to the position where he was to be able to teach. 00:26:39.260 --> 00:26:40.280 They were amazed by it. 00:26:40.880 --> 00:26:48.120 I would just say about the bible, they are lot of people that read things about the bible 00:26:48.120 --> 00:26:50.340 but never really spend time in the bible. 00:26:51.580 --> 00:26:53.860 The bibles given us to transform your life. 00:26:55.160 --> 00:26:56.540 It speaks wisdom into your heart. 00:26:56.540 --> 00:26:57.440 It's not about just knowledge. 00:26:57.740 --> 00:27:01.760 Knowledge puffs up, where not interested in just making you sound smart or puffing you up. 00:27:01.760 --> 00:27:04.010 But just to see you wise in the ways of the lord. 00:27:04.780 --> 00:27:08.100 If you want God to speak to your life, he wrote his words down. 00:27:08.100 --> 00:27:15.300 Let him speak into your life by reading his word and to do more than just marvel at the saying, but to 00:27:15.300 --> 00:27:16.320 really worship. 00:27:18.020 --> 00:27:21.360 Now, I need to think as a church what we are about is Gods word. 00:27:21.460 --> 00:27:28.540 This is a conviction we will not back down from, this is nothing we will shy from, we want to be loving in the way that we interact with people. 00:27:28.780 --> 00:27:34.140 We also understand that the truth, the truth creates an obstacle. 00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:36.880 But we're not going to diminish from the truth. 00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:38.320 We will stand for God word. 00:27:38.540 --> 00:27:42.540 We open Gods word to learn and we open our hearts to love. 00:27:43.760 --> 00:27:44.760 That's what we're about. 00:27:44.760 --> 00:27:51.680 As Gods people, I love the submission Jesus expresses to the father here because he is modeling for us how our lives should look. 00:27:53.300 --> 00:27:57.800 This is Jesus is saying, you know how to get to this place of where I am? 00:27:57.840 --> 00:27:58.400 And this wisdom? 00:27:58.660 --> 00:28:00.760 It's the fathers teaching. 00:28:00.760 --> 00:28:02.600 Gods teaching, Gods giving his teaching. 00:28:02.660 --> 00:28:09.840 Jesus is saying look, if you want what you see, that I am demonstrating to you can have it. 00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:11.340 You can have this kind of wisdom. 00:28:11.340 --> 00:28:15.290 Cause its not just my teaching, it's the fathers teaching that's been delivered to you. 00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:18.300 If, you would just spend time with him. 00:28:18.380 --> 00:28:21.240 That's what he's saying to the religious leaders here, to hear him. 00:28:21.860 --> 00:28:26.200 Then Jesus really at this point, starts to teach us who he is and I love this. 00:28:26.200 --> 00:28:30.300 Verse 19, has not Moses given you the law? 00:28:31.360 --> 00:28:33.010 Yet none of you keep the law. 00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:35.260 Why do you seek to kill me? 00:28:36.280 --> 00:28:38.460 You have a demon. 00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:40.220 Never say that to Jesus okay? 00:28:40.300 --> 00:28:43.280 You have a demon and who is seeking to kill you. 00:28:44.300 --> 00:28:46.220 This is an interesting verse for me. 00:28:46.340 --> 00:28:47.500 I was reading this week. 00:28:47.500 --> 00:28:49.140 Are they gaslighting Jesus? 00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:51.180 I think they're gaslighting Jesus in this verse. 00:28:51.280 --> 00:28:52.770 That's what's happening right? 00:28:53.040 --> 00:28:55.630 If you don't know what gaslighting is, here's the definition... 00:28:55.720 --> 00:29:02.980 It's a form of psychological manipulation in which a person or group covertly sows seeds of doubt in a targeted individual or 00:29:02.980 --> 00:29:06.200 group, making them question their own memory, perception or judgment. 00:29:07.240 --> 00:29:09.100 They started looking at Jesus, Jesus you're crazy. 00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:10.440 Who wants to kill you? 00:29:10.720 --> 00:29:17.880 But if you look at this very chapter, verse 1 Jesus was like "People want to kill me." Verse 25 the crowd right after this says 00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:22.120 "Jesus they want to kill you." Yet in this verse, Jesus who's going to kill you? 00:29:22.140 --> 00:29:26.570 Then in verse 30 you see people running around, trying to arrest Jesus. 00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:28.620 They're gaslighting Jesus in this passage. 00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:36.210 In verse 21 Jesus says to them, I did one work and you all marvel at it. 00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:40.820 Let me say this, Jesus at this point only performed one miracle at the temple. 00:29:41.670 --> 00:29:43.080 Mephibosheth, remember that? 00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:47.640 He healed a man that had been crippled for most of his life. 00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:50.360 Jesus comes in and heals him. 00:29:52.120 --> 00:29:53.500 And the crowd is still stuck on that. 00:29:53.600 --> 00:29:55.900 That's why Jesus is getting criticized in this chapter. 00:29:57.200 --> 00:30:01.380 Jesus is like, you guys are marveling just at this one work? 00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:05.780 Then now, I love this verse 22, Jesus says Moses gave you circumcision. 00:30:07.380 --> 00:30:10.280 Alright, what does that have to do with anything? 00:30:10.560 --> 00:30:12.240 I would want to maybe try this week. 00:30:12.330 --> 00:30:18.300 Here's a suggestion for your suggestion box in a discussion that is getting heated just throw things out like "circumcision". 00:30:19.520 --> 00:30:21.200 That's what Jesus does in this verse. 00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:22.240 Why in the world does he do that? 00:30:22.260 --> 00:30:29.420 Let's look at this, Moses gave you circumcision not that its from Moses but from the fathers and you circumcise a man 00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:30.640 on the sabbath. 00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:37.110 In verse 23 if on the sabbath a man receives circumcision so the law of Moses may not be broken. 00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:42.460 Are you angry with me because on the sabbath I made a mans whole body well? 00:30:43.760 --> 00:30:44.780 Do not judge by appearances. 00:30:46.280 --> 00:30:49.400 But judge what, judge with right judgment. 00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:52.940 Alright. 00:30:53.320 --> 00:30:55.270 Why is Jesus bringing up circumcision? 00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:59.100 That's just, this is not an uncomfortable conversation at all right? 00:30:59.610 --> 00:31:01.540 Here is what Jesus is saying. 00:31:02.840 --> 00:31:06.680 Remember Jesus when he did the healing to Mephibosheth at the pole? 00:31:09.080 --> 00:31:10.160 He healed on the sabbath. 00:31:12.320 --> 00:31:13.180 Jewish people didn't like that. 00:31:13.520 --> 00:31:15.670 They had rules against working on the sabbath. 00:31:16.120 --> 00:31:23.360 We work on Friday Jesus, we work on Sunday (their sabbath is Saturday), We work on Sunday Jesus but ain't nobody working on Saturday Jesus and 00:31:23.360 --> 00:31:25.200 because of that we hate you. 00:31:25.420 --> 00:31:26.500 You have a demon. 00:31:26.520 --> 00:31:27.790 That's what they are saying to Jesus. 00:31:28.140 --> 00:31:34.100 And Jesus just stopped the party for a minute and said wait a minute guys, don't you circumcise on a Sabbath. 00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:41.660 According to Jewish law, he is to be circumcised on the eighth day, and if the eighth day 00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:45.200 is Sabbath day, you circumcise that child on the sabbath. 00:31:45.260 --> 00:31:46.600 You don't stop and isn't that work? 00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:49.660 Hypocrite. 00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:58.080 But here is what Jesus is saying, when Jesus healed on the sabbath, their laws not working on the Sabbath, those aren't Gods laws. 00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:06.820 That's mans law, the Jewish people had written, they developed their own system of self righteousness. 00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:09.980 Their own form of morality, their own void of God. 00:32:10.620 --> 00:32:12.290 God calls evil in this passage. 00:32:13.340 --> 00:32:20.400 To say this is what we have determined to what's right because we are the center of the world and we determine the way things 00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:24.040 should go because we are in charge, we are God. 00:32:24.040 --> 00:32:25.300 Life is about me. 00:32:28.580 --> 00:32:31.280 Oprah Winfrey. 00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:32.080 What's your truth? 00:32:35.020 --> 00:32:38.140 They developed this elaborate system in religion. 00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:45.120 But we do the same thing, we speak our truth to let everyone believe what they want. 00:32:45.780 --> 00:32:46.800 That's where our society is. 00:32:47.400 --> 00:32:54.620 You believe what you want, you believe what you want, you determine what truth is, because you're the center of the world until your truth 00:32:54.820 --> 00:32:56.340 disagrees with me. 00:32:57.440 --> 00:33:02.400 Then when you disagree with me we're about to cancel culture you. 00:33:04.060 --> 00:33:04.980 Isn't that where we are at today? 00:33:06.040 --> 00:33:06.920 I think about how it progresses. 00:33:08.600 --> 00:33:11.000 Well, my truth is, I want what you have. 00:33:12.540 --> 00:33:15.310 My truth is your bank account looks bigger than mine. 00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:17.290 I'll take your bank account. 00:33:18.020 --> 00:33:21.060 My truth is your house looks nicer than mine. 00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:23.000 I'll have your house. 00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:23.380 Right? 00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:24.930 Doesn't that sound a little preposterous. 00:33:25.280 --> 00:33:27.280 Are we really there as a society? 00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:33.110 We may not be in the place where people are taking peoples houses but I'll tell you we treat each other like that. 00:33:34.120 --> 00:33:35.730 You're in a position I don't like. 00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:37.850 So what am I going to do? 00:33:38.040 --> 00:33:43.860 I'm going to rip you apart because I want where you are and we degrade each other. 00:33:43.860 --> 00:33:44.920 Why? 00:33:45.040 --> 00:33:48.380 Well, it doesn't match my reality and what I want is most important. 00:33:48.780 --> 00:33:50.380 Who cares about God? 00:33:51.310 --> 00:33:54.350 And that is what Jesus is saying here to these people. 00:33:55.540 --> 00:33:58.680 You created this whole system and you think it's a good system. 00:34:00.320 --> 00:34:03.800 But you haven't realized its voided the very one that you need. 00:34:05.740 --> 00:34:11.440 Here you are, with your might trying to make right to the point you want to kill the one who set you free. 00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:13.080 Why are you void? 00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:15.880 Why not surrender? 00:34:18.560 --> 00:34:20.400 And so Jesus makes this bold declaration. 00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:28.120 You see how a matte platform, why Jesus wants to give this statement in verse 37 because Jesus understands even in a religious society, 00:34:28.139 --> 00:34:30.719 its important to know it's not morality that sets you free. 00:34:33.659 --> 00:34:34.360 Its worship. 00:34:36.620 --> 00:34:39.760 Its worship, it's not until you surrender your heart to him. 00:34:40.020 --> 00:34:41.860 Verse 37 on the last day of the feast, the great day. 00:34:43.540 --> 00:34:46.840 Jesus stood up and cried out if anyone thirsts let him come onto me and let him drink. 00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:51.219 Whoever believes me as the scripture has said out of his heart rivers of living water. 00:34:51.560 --> 00:34:58.820 Now, that he has said of about the spirit whom those believe in him were to receive for yet the spirit of not been given because Jesus is not yet 00:34:58.820 --> 00:34:59.240 glorified. 00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:04.440 Let me just say this, Pastor Wayne did a great job on talking about Jewish festivals and how important those were. 00:35:04.440 --> 00:35:08.540 Which was really good for John 5 to 10 because this whole section scripture... 00:35:09.380 --> 00:35:14.140 I just want to board down on this particular festival on why Jesus is saying this. 00:35:15.020 --> 00:35:22.560 At the festival of Booths, every day a priest will go to a pole and golden jar, he 00:35:22.560 --> 00:35:26.140 would fill it up with water and a choir would sing a song. 00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:30.870 Isaiah chapter 12 verse 3 which sings of the joy of Gods salvation. 00:35:31.040 --> 00:35:38.260 They would sing this song as the priest would gather this water and he would march back to the temple and the crowd around him 00:35:38.260 --> 00:35:45.760 during this festival, this time would have been packed in Jerusalem because the festival of Booths was one of those festivals, where the Jewish 00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:52.840 men at least, sometimes families were told that had to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem to celebrate, so the streets were 00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.390 packed. 00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:58.240 As the priests would walk every day for this week up to the temple. 00:35:58.460 --> 00:36:03.180 He would carry this water and the crowd would sing Psalms 1:13 through 1:18 in celebration. 00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:07.660 He would poor this water up on thee alter in the temple. 00:36:07.660 --> 00:36:10.840 It was to remind Israel how God provided for them. 00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:14.200 Gave them life in the desert, he brought water from a rock. 00:36:14.560 --> 00:36:17.480 God was going to continue to be their salvation. 00:36:17.580 --> 00:36:18.120 Their source. 00:36:18.380 --> 00:36:23.460 There was also a foreshadowing of God sending salvation to them in Zechariah Chapter 14. 00:36:25.980 --> 00:36:29.290 On the last day, this was the final day of celebration. 00:36:29.540 --> 00:36:36.760 They did it seven times, and Jesus in the middle of the biggest day with the most people 00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:40.450 in the middle of all this praise stands up in front of this crowd. 00:36:40.740 --> 00:36:45.360 And he gives this declaration of, you're ever sticking your neck out, it's this moment. 00:36:45.620 --> 00:36:52.940 That Jesus does this, and he already knows that the people want to kill him and now they've become more outward in their actions towards 00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:53.360 him. 00:36:53.760 --> 00:36:59.020 Jesus takes a huge risk and steps out and says this is me. 00:36:59.420 --> 00:37:01.300 I am that salvation. 00:37:01.700 --> 00:37:09.220 Out of your heart in embracing Jesus will flow rivers of living water, what you try to find in fabricating 00:37:09.300 --> 00:37:12.960 on your own Jesus will do it for you. 00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:15.260 Come to me who you are thirsty. 00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:22.300 Jesus, when he is saying this he is speaking to people who are fed up with the way life is, they want to make their life 00:37:22.300 --> 00:37:25.840 about something that matters beyond just the temporary. 00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:33.140 In Jesus, in this moment, its saying that answer is me, it's not about morality, it's not about you. 00:37:33.140 --> 00:37:34.660 Its really, it's about worship. 00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:45.940 It's not about what you do, it's about who you connect to, because who you connect to will determine 00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:47.720 what you become. 00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:51.290 Guess what you see in this passage. 00:37:51.540 --> 00:37:53.130 Let me just conclude with these quick thoughts. 00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:58.920 God wants to work in you and God wants to work through you. 00:37:59.080 --> 00:37:59.640 Do you see that? 00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:07.080 Not only do you find your thirst quenched, but from you flows living water. 00:38:09.140 --> 00:38:14.920 Number two, when we seek Jesus what he's saying to us the best has yet to come. 00:38:16.060 --> 00:38:17.110 Right, this is going to continue. 00:38:17.520 --> 00:38:20.600 This living water is life giving forever. 00:38:21.800 --> 00:38:25.220 Living water flowing from you, forever. 00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:32.380 This is so important how you view God because if you have a low view of God it's going to Permanente in the way 00:38:32.380 --> 00:38:34.280 you view yourself and purpose in life. 00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:41.660 But when you see him as the true life source your soul will cling to that and purse that and number 00:38:41.660 --> 00:38:49.780 three let me say this, if Jesus comes to you in this moment so boldly for you, don't 00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:50.820 back down from him. 00:38:52.680 --> 00:38:53.440 Don't back down. 00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:55.440 You'll realize what this story is here for. 00:38:56.540 --> 00:38:57.200 It's here for you. 00:38:58.560 --> 00:39:01.120 You'll realize why Jesus stuck is neck out in this moment. 00:39:02.960 --> 00:39:03.820 He did it for you. 00:39:05.340 --> 00:39:12.580 He understood how this type of moment, this press of this moment, this hinge point 00:39:12.740 --> 00:39:19.800 in life, this defining place to say to the world, look this is how everything is set up on this side of 00:39:19.800 --> 00:39:20.320 this world. 00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:27.800 He says even in religion, but what I am inviting to you, inviting you to is life giving relationship 00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:31.260 to the point I am laying down my life. 00:39:31.700 --> 00:39:39.140 That you can walk in it, embrace me, because from you comes rivers of living water. 00:39:39.860 --> 00:39:41.560 In that, you'll make a difference. 00:39:41.700 --> 00:39:44.180 I love how John Pipers says it; he says this. 00:39:44.640 --> 00:39:51.260 I think it's his book 'Lets his nation be glad.' Mission exist because worship does not. 00:39:53.220 --> 00:39:54.940 Mission exist because worship does not. 00:39:55.340 --> 00:40:09.500 God went on a mission in this world for you because our heart weren't worshiping and God calls us on mission of this world for him 00:40:09.500 --> 00:40:09.500 because hearts aren't worshiping but the thing that sets people free is worship in this King. 00:40:09.500 --> 00:40:13.400 This message has been brought to you by Alpine Bible Church in Lehi, Utah. 00:40:14.040 --> 00:40:17.780 If you would like more information, please visit us online at alpinebible.com