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\ntheir hard heartedness.
\nHe definitely had the spirit of <\/p>\n
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\nChrist.
\nHere’s one that you might not <\/p>\n
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\nremember.
\nWho this is Jehoshaphat. <\/p>\n
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\nShe’s the one that took Joash,
\nthe King’s son, and hid him from<\/p>\n
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\nAthaliah.
\nThat was when Athaliah was <\/p>\n
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\ntrying to kill all the heirs.
\nAnd the comments from the sister<\/p>\n
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\nwas it doesn’t matter who you
\nare, great or small, you can <\/p>\n
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\nquietly do the right thing and
\nhave an important place in God’s<\/p>\n
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\ngreat design.
\nThat that was a a really cool, <\/p>\n
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\ncool one had Daniel, he prayed
\neven though the law prohibited <\/p>\n
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\nit.
\nThat was his faith. <\/p>\n
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\nDavid, when Shimiai threw the
\nrocks at him, it showed the <\/p>\n
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\nincredible grace that David
\nshowed Jonah, his reluctance to <\/p>\n
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\ndo what needed to be done when
\nGod told him to do it, and God’s<\/p>\n
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\ngrace in working with him.
\nAnd then Mark’s record of when <\/p>\n
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\nJesus cleanse the temple.
\nJesus went to the temple and <\/p>\n
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\ninspected it, and then he went
\nback the next day, we’re told, <\/p>\n
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\nand turned over the tables of
\nthe money changers. <\/p>\n
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\nSometimes we need to think about
\nour actions for a while before <\/p>\n
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\nwe act.
\nIf we have an e-mail or a plan <\/p>\n
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\nto have a conversation with
\nsomeone that might be a hard <\/p>\n
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\nconversation, it’s a good idea
\nsometimes to write it down, to <\/p>\n
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\nlook at it the next day before
\nwe actually make those comments.<\/p>\n
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\nSo those are the ones that I
\nreceived. <\/p>\n
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\nThank you for for all of those
\nthis week. <\/p>\n
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\nI still am accepting more even
\nthough we won’t have a time to <\/p>\n
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\nshare those, but love to hear
\nthose as well. <\/p>\n
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\nSo just a quick recap of
\nyesterday’s class, the lessons <\/p>\n
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\nwe learned.
\nReal belief motivates us to make<\/p>\n
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\nchanges in our lives.
\nBelief based on man made rituals<\/p>\n
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\nand traditions is weak and
\nhesitant to combat sin. <\/p>\n
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\nWorship based on faith is life
\nchanging and filled with <\/p>\n
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\npassion.
\nAnd then the last one, the word <\/p>\n
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\nof God has the power to show us
\nwhat we’re really like and to <\/p>\n
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\ninspire change in US.
\nAnd that brings us to to our our<\/p>\n
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\nfinal class.
\nAnd the title for today is the <\/p>\n
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\nwork of God.
\nSo we’ve been looking this week <\/p>\n
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\nabout, about the fact that John
\nwrote in his gospel in order to <\/p>\n
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\nshow people, in order to help
\npeople to believe that Jesus is <\/p>\n
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\nthe Christ, the Son of God, and
\nthat by believing that they <\/p>\n
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\nmight have life in his, in
\nChrist’s name. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the course of this work, the
\nwork that he was doing was <\/p>\n
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\nactually the work that was being
\ndone by the Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nSo John goes and writes these
\nthings down. <\/p>\n
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\nThat was John’s work to help
\npeople believe Jesus was doing <\/p>\n
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\nthese things to help people
\nbelieve. <\/p>\n
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\nThat was the work that Jesus was
\ndoing. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then in John chapter 6, we
\nsee that not only was it the <\/p>\n
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\nwork of of Jesus in doing these
\nthings, but that it was also the<\/p>\n
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\nwork of God.
\nSo in John 6:00 we we come to <\/p>\n
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\nthe feeding of the 5000, we come
\nto Jesus walking on the water. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then some of the people that
\nhad eaten with the 5000, they <\/p>\n
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\ncame to Jesus and they asked him
\nwhat must we do to be doing the <\/p>\n
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\nworks of God?
\nAnd then in verse 29 Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nanswered them, This is the work
\nof God that you believe in whom <\/p>\n
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\nhe has sent.
\nAnd so Jesus was telling them <\/p>\n
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\nthat the work of helping to
\npeople believe was not only his <\/p>\n
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\nwork, but it was the work of God
\nhimself. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was the lurk, the work that
\nGod was looking for people to do<\/p>\n
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\nas well.
\nSo we’re going to look at that <\/p>\n
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\nthis morning.
\nWe’re going to look at this idea<\/p>\n
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\nof people coming to believe, and
\nwe’re going to look at God’s <\/p>\n
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\nrole in that.
\nSo John 6 begins with Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nbeing very very popular with
\nthousands and thousands of <\/p>\n
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\npeople following him.
\nBut by the time we get to the <\/p>\n
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\nend of chapter 699% of them,
\nprobably more have stopped <\/p>\n
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\nfollowing Jesus and the chapter
\nends with most of Jesus <\/p>\n
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\ndisciples leaving him and he is
\nalone with the 12. <\/p>\n
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\nNow John six bridges 2 important
\nsegments in Christ’s ministry. <\/p>\n
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\nIt forms like a transition
\nchapter between Jesus ministry <\/p>\n
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\nin Galilee and the specialized
\ntraining of the disciples. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I think you could see that
\nwith with him going from many, <\/p>\n
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\nmany people following him at the
\nbeginning of the chapter to just<\/p>\n
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\nthe 12.
\nAnd Jesus at that point is going<\/p>\n
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\nto begin to focus on specialized
\ntraining for them. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd chapter 6 kind of is this
\ncrossover chapter where Jesus <\/p>\n
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\nmoves from the one to the other.
\nAnd I think that makes total <\/p>\n
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\nsense.
\nAnd we have two iconic, iconic <\/p>\n
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\nmiracles.
\nWe have the feeding of the 5000,<\/p>\n
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\nwhich one of is one of the few
\nevents found in all four of the <\/p>\n
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\nGospels that gives us a bit of
\nan idea of its importance. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then we have Jesus walking
\non the water, a miracle that I <\/p>\n
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\nthink almost everybody knows,
\nwhether you know the Bible at <\/p>\n
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\nall, you have heard of Jesus
\nwalking on the water. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so we have these two
\nmiracles that are so well known <\/p>\n
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\nand they come right back-to-back
\nin John Chapter 6. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I’ll tell you at 1st, when
\nI, when I started to fit these <\/p>\n
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\ntwo, started to try to fit these
\ntwo events together, I really <\/p>\n
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\nstruggled to, to find the
\ncontinuity between the two of <\/p>\n
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\nthem.
\nEach miracle seemed to have its <\/p>\n
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\nown lesson.
\nAnd more than that, I think each<\/p>\n
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\nmiracle seems to have multiple
\nlessons in it. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the lessons didn’t seem to
\nreally connect for me for for <\/p>\n
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\nreally a long time as I was as I
\nwas studying this. <\/p>\n
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\nBut then I found a divine
\ncomment about this in Mark <\/p>\n
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\nhelps us to bring the 2 events <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the event comes after the <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s actually a comment that’s <\/p>\n
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\nmade just after Jesus came
\nwalking on the water and then he<\/p>\n
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\ngets into the boat with the
\ndisciples. <\/p>\n
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\nSo if you’ll open your Bibles to
\nMark chapter 6, we’re going to <\/p>\n
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\nlook that, look at that.
\nWe’re going to look at what <\/p>\n
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\nhappens here.
\nWe’re also going to look at Mark<\/p>\n
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\nchapter 8.
\nSo in Mark chapter 6, and we’re <\/p>\n
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\nsays for they all saw, they saw <\/p>\n
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\nThey saw Jesus walking on the <\/p>\n
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\nSo this is the disciples, <\/p>\n
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\nIt is. <\/p>\n
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\nI do not be afraid.
\nThe disciples were terrified <\/p>\n
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\nwhen they saw Jesus walking on
\nthe water because they didn’t <\/p>\n
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\nAnd when they realized that it <\/p>\n
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\nwas Jesus, we’re told that they
\nwondered what kind of man was <\/p>\n
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\nthis, that that could do this,
\nthat that had control of nature <\/p>\n
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\nlike like Jesus did.
\nAnd then it says in verse 51. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Jesus got into the boat with
\nthem and the wind ceased. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd they were utterly astounded.
\nThey were utterly astounded that<\/p>\n
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\nAnd then Mark says, for they did
\nnot understand about the loaves,<\/p>\n
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\nSo Mark’s telling us that the <\/p>\n
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\nlesson of the feeding of the <\/p>\n
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\n5000.
\nAnd he’s telling us that if they<\/p>\n
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\nhad understood the, the, the,
\nthe lesson of the feeding of the<\/p>\n
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\n5000, they would not have been
\nso terrified or utterly <\/p>\n
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\nwalk on the water. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then John adds, and this is
\nback in John chapter 6, verse <\/p>\n
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\nJohn tells us that they were <\/p>\n
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\nimmediately at their
\ndestination. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Jesus gets into the boat and
\nthey’re immediately at their <\/p>\n
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\ndestination.
\nNow they’ve been rowing and <\/p>\n
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\nrowing and rowing and getting
\nnowhere. <\/p>\n
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\nJesus gets into the boat and
\nthey’re immediately at their <\/p>\n
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\ndestination.
\nI could picture them getting out<\/p>\n
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\nof the boat when they they land
\nat Ganeserit and I, they’re just<\/p>\n
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\nbewildered at what has just
\nhappened. <\/p>\n
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\nTheir heads must have been
\nspinning. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Mark tells us that they were
\nutterly astounded because they <\/p>\n
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\nhaven’t learned the lesson of
\nthe feeding of the 5000. <\/p>\n
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\nBut that’s not the end of it.
\nAs we said, come over to Mark <\/p>\n
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\nchapter 8.
\nThe disciples are still <\/p>\n
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\nstruggling with this same lesson
\nand there has been a lot that <\/p>\n
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\nhappens.
\nJesus goes up and, and does a <\/p>\n
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\nmiracle with a Sierra Phoenician
\nwoman. <\/p>\n
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\nThey, they have the feeding of
\nthe 4000 and then they come <\/p>\n
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\nback.
\nBut there’s, there’s, there’s <\/p>\n
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\nmuch that happens here.
\nYou remember the time that Jesus<\/p>\n
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\nand the disciples are in the
\nboat and the disciples have <\/p>\n
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\nforgotten to bring bread on the
\ntrip across the Sea of Galilee. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the disciples are really
\nconcerned about forgetting the <\/p>\n
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\nbread.
\nAnd Jesus sits them down and he,<\/p>\n
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\nhe, he doesn’t care that they’ve
\nforgotten the bread. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s not on his mind at all.
\nHe sits them down and he wants <\/p>\n
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\nto teach them.
\nHe wants to, to share with them <\/p>\n
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\nan important lesson.
\nAnd he says to them, watch out <\/p>\n
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\nfor the leaven of the Pharisees
\nand the leaven of Herod. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then in Mark 8, verse 16,
\nthe disciples began discussing <\/p>\n
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\nwith each other the fact that
\nthey had no bread. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then in in Mark 8, verse 17,
\nit says, and Jesus aware of this<\/p>\n
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\nsaid to them, why are you
\ndiscussing the fact that you <\/p>\n
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\nhave no bread?
\nHe says, that’s not what I’m <\/p>\n
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\ntalking about.
\nThat’s not what we’re here to <\/p>\n
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\ndiscuss.
\nDo you not yet perceive or <\/p>\n
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\nunderstand?
\nAre your hearts hardened? <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s the same comments as as as
\nback in chapter 6, isn’t it with<\/p>\n
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\nwith the feeding of the 5000 and
\nthe and The Walking on the <\/p>\n
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\nfed, they didn’t think, wow, <\/p>\n
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\n00:21:27,680 –> 00:21:31,560
\nisn’t it amazing how committed
\nGod is to the work of helping us<\/p>\n
340
\n00:21:31,560 –> 00:21:35,480
\nbelieve?
\nNo, that’s definitely not what <\/p>\n
341
\n00:21:35,480 –> 00:21:39,240
\nthey were thinking.
\nInstead, they were hard hearted.<\/p>\n
342
\n00:21:40,200 –> 00:21:41,760
\nThey were thinking about
\nthemselves. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:21:42,760 –> 00:21:46,680
\nLook at verse 14.
\nWhen the people saw the sign <\/p>\n
344
\n00:21:46,680 –> 00:21:52,760
\nthat Jesus had done, they said,
\nhey, this is indeed the prophet <\/p>\n
345
\n00:21:52,800 –> 00:21:55,320
\nwho’s come into the world,
\nright? <\/p>\n
346
\n00:21:55,320 –> 00:21:58,080
\nThat’s Deuteronomy 18.
\nThis is the prophet like Moses. <\/p>\n
347
\n00:21:58,080 –> 00:22:02,440
\nThey said they thought he’s fed
\nus just like Moses fed fed <\/p>\n
348
\n00:22:02,440 –> 00:22:04,840
\nIsrael.
\nAnd then he says, and they were <\/p>\n
349
\n00:22:04,840 –> 00:22:10,240
\nabout to come and take Jesus by
\nforce to make him king. <\/p>\n
350
\n00:22:11,600 –> 00:22:16,440
\nThey completely forgot about the
\nwork of God and the disciples, <\/p>\n
351
\n00:22:16,840 –> 00:22:18,520
\nthey got caught up in that too,
\ndidn’t they? <\/p>\n
352
\n00:22:20,680 –> 00:22:23,480
\nAnd so Jesus decided to get the
\ndisciples out of there. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:22:24,320 –> 00:22:27,280
\nIf you look at Matthew chapter
\n14, verse 22, it says <\/p>\n
354
\n00:22:27,680 –> 00:22:32,760
\nimmediately he made Jesus made
\nthe disciples get into the boat <\/p>\n
355
\n00:22:33,320 –> 00:22:35,200
\nand go before him to the other
\nside. <\/p>\n
356
\n00:22:35,680 –> 00:22:39,640
\nWell, he dismissed the crowds.
\nThe disciples had completely <\/p>\n
357
\n00:22:39,640 –> 00:22:42,320
\nmisunderstood the message of the
\nfeeding of the 5000. <\/p>\n
358
\n00:22:43,160 –> 00:22:46,680
\nAnd after he dismissed the
\ncrowds, verse 23 of Matthew 14 <\/p>\n
359
\n00:22:46,720 –> 00:22:51,760
\nsays he went up into the
\nmountain by himself to pray and <\/p>\n
360
\n00:22:51,760 –> 00:22:54,280
\nwhen evening came, he was there
\nalone. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:22:56,160 –> 00:22:58,160
\nWe can see what Jesus was
\ntalking about, can’t we? <\/p>\n
362
\n00:22:58,640 –> 00:23:03,120
\nThey didn’t understand at all.
\nThis was the disconnect that <\/p>\n
363
\n00:23:03,120 –> 00:23:06,920
\nMark was talking about.
\nRemember Mark’s words for they <\/p>\n
364
\n00:23:06,920 –> 00:23:10,800
\ndid not understand about the
\nloaves, but their hearts were <\/p>\n
365
\n00:23:10,800 –> 00:23:13,240
\nhardened.
\nThey didn’t understand the <\/p>\n
366
\n00:23:13,240 –> 00:23:15,640
\nlesson of the loaves.
\nTheir take away was very <\/p>\n
367
\n00:23:15,640 –> 00:23:16,840
\ndifferent than what it should
\nhave been. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:23:17,640 –> 00:23:21,640
\nThe disciples had been given
\nthis absolutely solid assurance <\/p>\n
369
\n00:23:21,640 –> 00:23:23,200
\nthat God was with them in the
\nwork. <\/p>\n
370
\n00:23:23,880 –> 00:23:26,680
\nThe miracles show them that they
\ndidn’t need to worry about Herod<\/p>\n
371
\n00:23:26,680 –> 00:23:29,680
\nor the Pharisees.
\nGod was was much greater than <\/p>\n
372
\n00:23:29,680 –> 00:23:33,400
\neither of them and and Jesus had
\nshown them in the distribution <\/p>\n
373
\n00:23:33,400 –> 00:23:37,320
\nof the food, the work that he
\nwas expecting them to do that <\/p>\n
374
\n00:23:37,320 –> 00:23:41,880
\neven though all they had was 5
\nloaves and two fish, God would <\/p>\n
375
\n00:23:41,880 –> 00:23:45,600
\nmake up for what they lacked.
\nBut that wasn’t the take away of<\/p>\n
376
\n00:23:45,600 –> 00:23:48,320
\nthe people not to take away the
\ndisciples. <\/p>\n
377
\n00:23:49,040 –> 00:23:53,440
\nThey saw an opportunity to make
\nJesus King because their hearts <\/p>\n
378
\n00:23:53,440 –> 00:23:57,720
\nwere hardened and so they didn’t
\nunderstand what God was doing by<\/p>\n
379
\n00:23:57,720 –> 00:24:01,880
\nfeeding the 5000.
\nAnd so is the disciples set off <\/p>\n
380
\n00:24:02,960 –> 00:24:09,160
\nin their boat on their own, no
\ndoubt still thinking about how <\/p>\n
381
\n00:24:09,160 –> 00:24:12,240
\nthey could convince Jesus to be
\nking. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:24:13,120 –> 00:24:16,720
\nThinking about the fact that
\nthere were 5000 men ready to go,<\/p>\n
383
\n00:24:17,400 –> 00:24:21,120
\nhow they could easily fix all of
\nIsrael’s problems, how they <\/p>\n
384
\n00:24:21,120 –> 00:24:23,400
\ncould get and, and, and
\nwondering how they could get <\/p>\n
385
\n00:24:23,400 –> 00:24:28,160
\nJesus to be on their side.
\nAnd as they were out there on <\/p>\n
386
\n00:24:28,160 –> 00:24:31,440
\nthe lake on their own without
\nJesus. <\/p>\n
387
\n00:24:32,600 –> 00:24:38,280
\nJohn 6 verse 18 says the sea
\nbecame rough because a strong <\/p>\n
388
\n00:24:38,280 –> 00:24:41,200
\nwind was blowing.
\nAnd the picture you see on the <\/p>\n
389
\n00:24:41,200 –> 00:24:44,480
\nscreen there is probably pretty
\naccurate of what it was actually<\/p>\n
390
\n00:24:44,480 –> 00:24:48,120
\nlike.
\nThere’s been waves over 10 feet <\/p>\n
391
\n00:24:48,120 –> 00:24:52,920
\nhigh on the Sea of Galilee.
\nAnd verse 19 says and when they <\/p>\n
392
\n00:24:52,920 –> 00:24:56,760
\nhad rode about 3 or 4 miles,
\nMatthew tells us it was the the <\/p>\n
393
\n00:24:56,760 –> 00:24:59,720
\n4th watch of the night.
\nSo they’ve been rowing almost <\/p>\n
394
\n00:24:59,720 –> 00:25:03,960
\nall night and they’ve made very
\nlittle progress that they saw <\/p>\n
395
\n00:25:03,960 –> 00:25:09,080
\nJesus walking on the sea and
\ncoming near the boat and they <\/p>\n
396
\n00:25:09,080 –> 00:25:12,720
\nwere frightened.
\nThey were absolutely in awe. <\/p>\n
397
\n00:25:13,320 –> 00:25:16,040
\nThey didn’t think that this was
\na man that was walking on the <\/p>\n
398
\n00:25:16,040 –> 00:25:18,040
\nsea.
\nMatthew says that they thought <\/p>\n
399
\n00:25:18,040 –> 00:25:22,280
\nit was a spirit and that they
\ncried out when they saw this. <\/p>\n
400
\n00:25:23,240 –> 00:25:26,880
\nA good verse, I think for your
\nmargin is, is Job 9 verses 7 and<\/p>\n
401
\n00:25:26,880 –> 00:25:29,680
\neight.
\nJob gives us help in <\/p>\n
402
\n00:25:29,680 –> 00:25:34,080
\nunderstanding how amazing this
\nmiracle really was, the miracle <\/p>\n
403
\n00:25:34,080 –> 00:25:38,400
\nof Jesus walking on the sea.
\nAnd the verse Job 9 verses 7 and<\/p>\n
404
\n00:25:38,400 –> 00:25:42,480
\neight is talking about God, and
\nI’m going to read it to you from<\/p>\n
405
\n00:25:42,480 –> 00:25:48,520
\nthe NLT talking about God.
\nIt says if He commands it, the <\/p>\n
406
\n00:25:48,520 –> 00:25:52,400
\nsun won’t rise and the stars
\nwon’t shine. <\/p>\n
407
\n00:25:53,480 –> 00:25:58,360
\nHe alone has spread out the
\nheavens and marches on the waves<\/p>\n
408
\n00:25:59,000 –> 00:26:02,360
\nof the sea.
\nHe alone marches on the waves of<\/p>\n
409
\n00:26:02,360 –> 00:26:05,600
\nthe sea, having the the waves
\nunder his control. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:26:06,520 –> 00:26:09,000
\nIt was it was an incredible,
\nincredible sight. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:26:09,880 –> 00:26:13,960
\nThey had seen Jesus calm the
\nwater before, but they’ve never <\/p>\n
412
\n00:26:13,960 –> 00:26:17,680
\nseen anything like this.
\nWhat they thought was a spirit <\/p>\n
413
\n00:26:17,680 –> 00:26:20,760
\nwalking on the water fully under
\nits control. <\/p>\n
414
\n00:26:20,880 –> 00:26:23,080
\nIt was as if they were seeing
\nGod walking on the water. <\/p>\n
415
\n00:26:23,760 –> 00:26:26,920
\nAnd Mark tells us that the Jesus
\nwould have passed right by them.<\/p>\n
416
\n00:26:27,640 –> 00:26:29,880
\nThey had two completely
\ndifferent goals. <\/p>\n
417
\n00:26:30,440 –> 00:26:35,760
\nJesus, the work of God and the
\ndisciples still focused on the <\/p>\n
418
\n00:26:35,760 –> 00:26:39,640
\ntrivial work of men.
\nAnd the disciples had no idea <\/p>\n
419
\n00:26:39,640 –> 00:26:43,560
\nthat the man walking on the
\nwater was Jesus was their <\/p>\n
420
\n00:26:43,560 –> 00:26:47,600
\nteacher.
\nIt had never dawned on them that<\/p>\n
421
\n00:26:47,600 –> 00:26:53,440
\nGod had given him such power.
\nBut it should have, shouldn’t <\/p>\n
422
\n00:26:53,440 –> 00:26:57,120
\nit?
\nBecause this man had just fed <\/p>\n
423
\n00:26:57,120 –> 00:27:00,440
\n5000 people.
\nIt should have been clear to <\/p>\n
424
\n00:27:00,440 –> 00:27:02,000
\nthem they should have made that
\nconnection. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:27:02,920 –> 00:27:05,320
\nBut the disciples had blocked
\nthat out of their minds. <\/p>\n
426
\n00:27:05,720 –> 00:27:08,440
\nThey weren’t thinking about the
\nwork of God. <\/p>\n
427
\n00:27:09,240 –> 00:27:12,320
\nThey were caught up in their own
\ntheir own ambitions, leading <\/p>\n
428
\n00:27:12,320 –> 00:27:16,480
\nIsrael in it in some sort of an
\nuprising, making Jesus the king <\/p>\n
429
\n00:27:16,600 –> 00:27:19,520
\nof a of a little province in the
\nRoman Empire. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:27:21,160 –> 00:27:26,680
\nBut the work of God, the work
\nthat Jesus was doing was far, <\/p>\n
431
\n00:27:26,680 –> 00:27:30,680
\nfar greater than that.
\nWhy would a man that could feed <\/p>\n
432
\n00:27:30,680 –> 00:27:35,200
\n5000, a man that could walk on
\nthe waves, a man that could <\/p>\n
433
\n00:27:35,200 –> 00:27:40,760
\ncontrol nature, why would that
\nman be interested in leading a <\/p>\n
434
\n00:27:40,760 –> 00:27:45,680
\npolitical uprising?
\nHis work was to save the whole <\/p>\n
435
\n00:27:45,680 –> 00:27:51,600
\nworld and God was with him.
\nNow that takes us right back to <\/p>\n
436
\n00:27:51,600 –> 00:27:54,800
\nMark chapter 6 and Jesus walking
\non the water. <\/p>\n
437
\n00:27:55,720 –> 00:28:00,160
\nMark 6 verse 50 says they all
\nsaw him and they were terrified,<\/p>\n
438
\n00:28:01,080 –> 00:28:04,160
\nbut he immediately he spoke to
\nthem and said take heart. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:28:04,160 –> 00:28:07,920
\nIt is I do not be afraid.
\nAnd he got into the boat with <\/p>\n
440
\n00:28:07,920 –> 00:28:13,680
\nthem, and the wind ceased.
\nAnd they were utterly astounded <\/p>\n
441
\n00:28:15,120 –> 00:28:19,120
\nthat this was Jesus, that this
\nwas their teacher. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:28:20,160 –> 00:28:23,600
\nFor they did not understand
\nabout the lows, but their hearts<\/p>\n
443
\n00:28:23,840 –> 00:28:28,160
\nwere hardened.
\nSomehow their minds were unable <\/p>\n
444
\n00:28:28,160 –> 00:28:31,680
\nto see that they were doing the
\nwork of God. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:28:32,920 –> 00:28:36,120
\nAnd if God is for us, who can be
\nagainst us? <\/p>\n
446
\n00:28:36,800 –> 00:28:38,400
\nThey didn’t understand God’s
\ngoal. <\/p>\n
447
\n00:28:39,040 –> 00:28:42,240
\nThey didn’t understand that God
\nwas working to develop people, <\/p>\n
448
\n00:28:42,240 –> 00:28:45,960
\nto be in His family, that that
\nwas what God cared about. <\/p>\n
449
\n00:28:46,520 –> 00:28:49,560
\nAnd everything that He’s done
\nwas for that development, the <\/p>\n
450
\n00:28:49,560 –> 00:28:54,640
\ndevelopment of that family.
\nAnd He can and He does control <\/p>\n
451
\n00:28:54,640 –> 00:28:58,480
\nall of nature and He uses it to
\nattain His purpose. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:29:00,680 –> 00:29:02,640
\nBut what we care about is very
\ndifferent, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
453
\n00:29:04,040 –> 00:29:07,480
\nOur hearts are naturally focused
\non ourselves. <\/p>\n
454
\n00:29:08,360 –> 00:29:12,440
\nWe mostly care about what we
\nneed right now and what we want <\/p>\n
455
\n00:29:12,440 –> 00:29:14,880
\nright now.
\nAnd that’s the hardness of our <\/p>\n
456
\n00:29:14,880 –> 00:29:19,240
\nhearts.
\nAnd the work of God is to <\/p>\n
457
\n00:29:19,240 –> 00:29:24,040
\nbreakthrough that hard heart.
\nAnd breaking through that hard <\/p>\n
458
\n00:29:24,040 –> 00:29:29,280
\nheart is hard to do.
\nSo what happened after Jesus and<\/p>\n
459
\n00:29:29,280 –> 00:29:34,280
\nthe disciples had come ashore?
\nLet’s go back then to the <\/p>\n
460
\n00:29:34,280 –> 00:29:39,720
\nlocation where Jesus had fed the
\n5000 to John chapter 6 with the <\/p>\n
461
\n00:29:39,720 –> 00:29:43,680
\ncrowd that had eaten of that
\nthat food, the five loaves and <\/p>\n
462
\n00:29:43,680 –> 00:29:47,360
\nthe two fishes.
\nAnd John 6 verse 22 says on the <\/p>\n
463
\n00:29:47,360 –> 00:29:50,320
\nnext day the crowd that remained
\non the other side of the sea saw<\/p>\n
464
\n00:29:50,320 –> 00:29:53,520
\nthat there had been only one
\nboat there and that Jesus had <\/p>\n
465
\n00:29:53,520 –> 00:29:56,360
\nnot entered the boat with the
\ndisciples, but that His <\/p>\n
466
\n00:29:56,360 –> 00:30:00,360
\ndisciples had gone away alone.
\nThe people were looking all over<\/p>\n
467
\n00:30:00,360 –> 00:30:03,400
\nfor Jesus.
\nThey wanted to find Jesus and <\/p>\n
468
\n00:30:03,400 –> 00:30:06,120
\nthey’re trying to figure out
\nwhere he went and how he how he <\/p>\n
469
\n00:30:06,120 –> 00:30:09,320
\nhad left there.
\nAnd then in verse 24, the the <\/p>\n
470
\n00:30:09,320 –> 00:30:11,840
\ncrowd finally figures out that
\nJesus has gone. <\/p>\n
471
\n00:30:12,840 –> 00:30:16,280
\nAnd it seems that some jump into
\nboats and others go around on on<\/p>\n
472
\n00:30:16,280 –> 00:30:19,640
\nthe land to Capernaum in order
\nto find Jesus. <\/p>\n
473
\n00:30:20,240 –> 00:30:23,720
\nAnd John gives us these verses,
\nthese details to show us how <\/p>\n
474
\n00:30:23,720 –> 00:30:27,800
\nmuch effort the people are
\nwilling to put into finding <\/p>\n
475
\n00:30:28,080 –> 00:30:32,400
\nJesus.
\nAnd they come to Capernaum. <\/p>\n
476
\n00:30:32,400 –> 00:30:34,720
\nAnd this is a a picture of of
\nCapernaum today. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:30:34,720 –> 00:30:38,320
\nAnd when they found him on the
\nother side of the sea in, in <\/p>\n
478
\n00:30:38,320 –> 00:30:42,200
\nCapernaum, they said to him,
\nRabbi, when do you come? <\/p>\n
479
\n00:30:42,200 –> 00:30:45,840
\nWhen did you come here?
\nYou didn’t know how he got <\/p>\n
480
\n00:30:45,840 –> 00:30:49,680
\nthere.
\nAnd they wonder, was it also a <\/p>\n
481
\n00:30:49,680 –> 00:30:53,320
\nmiracle?
\nAnd Jesus answers them, getting <\/p>\n
482
\n00:30:53,320 –> 00:30:54,480
\nright to the heart of the
\nmatter. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:30:55,000 –> 00:30:59,120
\nHe says, truly, truly.
\nI say to you, you’re seeking me.<\/p>\n
484
\n00:30:59,600 –> 00:31:04,000
\nYou’re putting all this effort
\nin, not because you saw the <\/p>\n
485
\n00:31:04,000 –> 00:31:09,080
\nsigns and Lt. says not because
\nyou understood the miraculous <\/p>\n
486
\n00:31:09,080 –> 00:31:11,160
\nsigns.
\nThey were just like the <\/p>\n
487
\n00:31:11,160 –> 00:31:13,800
\ndisciples.
\nThey didn’t understand what God <\/p>\n
488
\n00:31:13,800 –> 00:31:18,600
\nwas doing, but because you ate
\nyour fill of the loaves. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:31:20,200 –> 00:31:23,200
\nSo here’s the man that we’ve
\nbeen looking at this week. <\/p>\n
490
\n00:31:23,200 –> 00:31:26,680
\nHere’s the man with the living
\nwater, the man with the bread of<\/p>\n
491
\n00:31:26,680 –> 00:31:30,000
\nlife, and he’s ready to teach
\nthe people. <\/p>\n
492
\n00:31:30,240 –> 00:31:34,480
\nHe he’s ready to help them to
\nunderstand, to help them believe<\/p>\n
493
\n00:31:34,600 –> 00:31:38,760
\nso that they can live forever.
\nAnd they’re really only <\/p>\n
494
\n00:31:38,760 –> 00:31:42,640
\ninterested in the physical food
\nthat Jesus had given them. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:31:43,600 –> 00:31:51,880
\nSo what does Jesus say to them?
\nHe says do not work for the food<\/p>\n
496
\n00:31:51,880 –> 00:31:57,520
\nthat perishes, but for the food
\nthat endures to eternal life, <\/p>\n
497
\n00:31:58,600 –> 00:32:00,240
\nwhich the Son of Man will give
\nyou. <\/p>\n
498
\n00:32:00,240 –> 00:32:04,880
\nNow, those might be the most
\nimportant words of the week that<\/p>\n
499
\n00:32:04,880 –> 00:32:07,920
\nwe have.
\nThese people had just gone to <\/p>\n
500
\n00:32:07,920 –> 00:32:11,040
\nthese great lengths to find
\nJesus because he’d given them <\/p>\n
501
\n00:32:11,760 –> 00:32:14,040
\nphysical food, the food that
\nperishes. <\/p>\n
502
\n00:32:14,600 –> 00:32:18,760
\nBut Jesus says that food is
\nnothing compared to what I can <\/p>\n
503
\n00:32:18,760 –> 00:32:22,120
\ngive you.
\nI can give you the bread of <\/p>\n
504
\n00:32:22,120 –> 00:32:26,840
\neternal life, but none of you
\nseems to be interested in that. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:32:28,080 –> 00:32:31,720
\nYou’re following me because I
\nhealed you, because I fed you. <\/p>\n
506
\n00:32:32,800 –> 00:32:34,920
\nYou’re following me because you
\nwant to make me king. <\/p>\n
507
\n00:32:36,080 –> 00:32:40,120
\nBut I can give you life.
\nGod wants to give you eternal <\/p>\n
508
\n00:32:40,120 –> 00:32:42,640
\nlife.
\nThat’s the work of God. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:32:43,560 –> 00:32:46,400
\nCouldn’t you see that in the
\nbread that God provided? <\/p>\n
510
\n00:32:47,840 –> 00:32:53,200
\nVerse 28, John 628, they said to
\nhim, what must we do to be doing<\/p>\n
511
\n00:32:53,200 –> 00:32:57,360
\nthe works of God?
\nThey say, OK, So what works do <\/p>\n
512
\n00:32:57,360 –> 00:33:00,640
\nwe need to do that?
\nAnd Jesus answers them. <\/p>\n
513
\n00:33:01,920 –> 00:33:08,000
\nThis is the work of God that you
\nbelieve in whom he has sent. <\/p>\n
514
\n00:33:09,200 –> 00:33:10,800
\nThis is the work that you need
\nto do. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:33:11,920 –> 00:33:16,600
\nIt’s the work that God is doing.
\nIt’s working to develop your <\/p>\n
516
\n00:33:16,600 –> 00:33:20,560
\nbelief, and it’s working to help
\nother people to develop their <\/p>\n
517
\n00:33:20,560 –> 00:33:25,320
\nbelief.
\nYour work is to labor to believe<\/p>\n
518
\n00:33:25,720 –> 00:33:32,040
\nin the one that God has sent.
\nIt turns out, brothers and <\/p>\n
519
\n00:33:32,040 –> 00:33:36,640
\nsisters, that the work of
\nbringing people to believe is <\/p>\n
520
\n00:33:36,640 –> 00:33:39,640
\nGod’s work.
\nAnd it’s our work too. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:33:41,240 –> 00:33:45,360
\nDeveloping our faith is the most
\nimportant thing that we can do <\/p>\n
522
\n00:33:45,360 –> 00:33:47,880
\nwith our lives.
\nIt’s the most important thing we<\/p>\n
523
\n00:33:47,880 –> 00:33:50,840
\ncan do with our time.
\nIt’s the most important thing we<\/p>\n
524
\n00:33:50,840 –> 00:33:53,960
\ncan do.
\nBut doing that work is not easy <\/p>\n
525
\n00:33:54,840 –> 00:34:00,000
\nbecause a saving faith calls on
\nus to make changes in our lives.<\/p>\n
526
\n00:34:00,680 –> 00:34:04,880
\nWe don’t like to do that.
\nWe naturally love darkness. <\/p>\n
527
\n00:34:05,960 –> 00:34:08,760
\nNow I have a quote here from a
\nbrother, HP Mansfield, that I <\/p>\n
528
\n00:34:08,760 –> 00:34:13,280
\nhave, I have loved this quote
\nfor for many years and I’d like <\/p>\n
529
\n00:34:13,280 –> 00:34:16,120
\nto share it with you, which kind
\nof gives us a picture of the <\/p>\n
530
\n00:34:16,120 –> 00:34:18,400
\nprocess that we’ve been talking
\nabout this week together. <\/p>\n
531
\n00:34:19,760 –> 00:34:25,360
\nSo HP Mansfield Mansfield says
\nGod’s purpose is not merely to <\/p>\n
532
\n00:34:25,360 –> 00:34:30,600
\nsave people, but to make them
\nworth saving. <\/p>\n
533
\n00:34:31,480 –> 00:34:33,840
\nGod’s not looking to fill the
\nearth with sinners. <\/p>\n
534
\n00:34:34,199 –> 00:34:37,760
\nHe’s not looking for a family of
\npeople that don’t love him <\/p>\n
535
\n00:34:37,760 –> 00:34:42,080
\nenough to do what he says.
\nHP Mansfield continues <\/p>\n
536
\n00:34:42,159 –> 00:34:44,080
\ncontinues.
\nThis can only be brought about <\/p>\n
537
\n00:34:44,080 –> 00:34:48,320
\nby changing their outlook and
\ncharacters to conform to his, <\/p>\n
538
\n00:34:49,159 –> 00:34:53,639
\nand this can only be done by
\nsuperimposing his mind on <\/p>\n
539
\n00:34:53,639 –> 00:34:57,040
\ntheirs.
\nGod desires to change the <\/p>\n
540
\n00:34:57,040 –> 00:35:01,360
\ncharacters of individuals.
\nThen we know that we need to be <\/p>\n
541
\n00:35:01,360 –> 00:35:04,920
\nchanged, don’t we?
\nThis change is motivated by <\/p>\n
542
\n00:35:04,920 –> 00:35:09,600
\nfaith, the faith that we’ve been
\ntalking about this week, He <\/p>\n
543
\n00:35:09,600 –> 00:35:13,080
\nsays.
\nHe is thus provided a book <\/p>\n
544
\n00:35:13,240 –> 00:35:19,320
\nsufficiently profound as to
\ncause us, its readers, to think <\/p>\n
545
\n00:35:19,560 –> 00:35:21,880
\nin order to understand its
\nmessage. <\/p>\n
546
\n00:35:23,160 –> 00:35:26,600
\nNow I had people for years and
\nyears in the seminars ask me why<\/p>\n
547
\n00:35:26,600 –> 00:35:30,040
\nit’s so hard to understand the
\nScriptures. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:35:30,880 –> 00:35:33,600
\nAnd I think this helps us to
\nunderstand that it takes work <\/p>\n
549
\n00:35:33,880 –> 00:35:39,200
\nbecause God is working with us.
\nOur hearts are hard, and God is <\/p>\n
550
\n00:35:39,200 –> 00:35:45,440
\ntrying to penetrate that and to
\nhelp us to develop faith in most<\/p>\n
551
\n00:35:45,440 –> 00:35:48,800
\nof the rest.
\nThen of John chapter 6, Jesus <\/p>\n
552
\n00:35:48,800 –> 00:35:53,600
\ngoes on to challenge his
\ndisciples to think in order to <\/p>\n
553
\n00:35:53,600 –> 00:35:57,240
\nunderstand its message.
\nBut most of the many disciples <\/p>\n
554
\n00:35:57,240 –> 00:35:59,320
\nof Jesus were not interested in
\ndoing that. <\/p>\n
555
\n00:36:00,320 –> 00:36:04,160
\nThey were really only interested
\nin the food that perishes, only <\/p>\n
556
\n00:36:04,160 –> 00:36:06,560
\ninterested in the physical
\nthings of this life. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:36:08,280 –> 00:36:12,600
\nHP Mansfield’s quote finishes.
\nThen he says as thoughts, bigot,<\/p>\n
558
\n00:36:12,600 –> 00:36:20,040
\nideas, actions, habit,
\ncharacter, this habit of <\/p>\n
559
\n00:36:20,040 –> 00:36:22,640
\nthinking on God’s word can
\nchange men. <\/p>\n
560
\n00:36:23,800 –> 00:36:26,240
\nThis habit of thinking on God’s
\nword can change men. <\/p>\n
561
\n00:36:26,800 –> 00:36:30,520
\nI like the fact here that he
\nuses the word habit because <\/p>\n
562
\n00:36:30,520 –> 00:36:34,120
\nhabits can really make a big
\ndifference. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:36:35,320 –> 00:36:37,880
\nIn a, in a recent study that I
\nwas working on, I was looking at<\/p>\n
564
\n00:36:37,880 –> 00:36:41,320
\nthe life of Brother Robert
\nRoberts and I stumbled on some <\/p>\n
565
\n00:36:41,320 –> 00:36:45,120
\nhabits that Brother Roberts
\nimplemented in his life to help <\/p>\n
566
\n00:36:45,120 –> 00:36:46,760
\nhim.
\nAnd I’d like to share them with <\/p>\n
567
\n00:36:46,760 –> 00:36:49,160
\nyou now.
\nAnd I think as, as we go through<\/p>\n
568
\n00:36:49,160 –> 00:36:51,360
\nthese, maybe you’ll, you’ll
\nchuckle a little bit at these <\/p>\n
569
\n00:36:51,680 –> 00:36:54,360
\nbecause they’re, they’re so
\nfamiliar to us. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:36:55,240 –> 00:36:58,560
\nSo this is a, a comment that
\nBrother Roberts makes about <\/p>\n
571
\n00:36:58,560 –> 00:37:00,320
\ngetting up and giving his first
\naddress. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:37:00,760 –> 00:37:04,400
\nHe says.
\nI got up in imitation of others,<\/p>\n
573
\n00:37:05,040 –> 00:37:08,560
\nand I leaned forward with my
\nhands helplessly outspread on <\/p>\n
574
\n00:37:08,560 –> 00:37:12,080
\nthe table before me.
\nMy brain got into a whirl. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:37:12,080 –> 00:37:15,560
\nI managed to gasp out a few
\nwords and then I sat down. <\/p>\n
576
\n00:37:15,560 –> 00:37:18,760
\nSo, so many of us brethren can
\nprobably relate somewhat to <\/p>\n
577
\n00:37:18,760 –> 00:37:21,240
\nthat.
\nIn itself the effort was a <\/p>\n
578
\n00:37:21,240 –> 00:37:24,000
\nfrightful failure, but it was of
\ngreat importance as the breaking<\/p>\n
579
\n00:37:24,000 –> 00:37:27,240
\nof the ice.
\nThe next time I was called on, <\/p>\n
580
\n00:37:27,240 –> 00:37:31,200
\nthe ordeal was not so severe,
\nand gradually the embarrassment <\/p>\n
581
\n00:37:31,200 –> 00:37:34,280
\ndiminished with every occasion
\nuntil I found facility of <\/p>\n
582
\n00:37:34,280 –> 00:37:37,840
\nutterance taking place.
\nThat’s interesting. <\/p>\n
583
\n00:37:37,840 –> 00:37:40,160
\nBut the interesting part to me,
\nthe real interesting part to me <\/p>\n
584
\n00:37:40,160 –> 00:37:44,480
\nwas what he tells us about why
\nhe was able to improve. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:37:45,480 –> 00:37:49,000
\nHe says this result was aided by
\nthe practices of trying to take <\/p>\n
586
\n00:37:49,000 –> 00:37:53,080
\ndown all the speeches delivered
\nat the meeting of the brethren <\/p>\n
587
\n00:37:53,640 –> 00:37:55,840
\non Sundays.
\nWhat was he suggesting? <\/p>\n
588
\n00:37:56,640 –> 00:37:58,240
\nWhat did you decide that he was
\ngoing to do? <\/p>\n
589
\n00:37:59,160 –> 00:38:02,280
\nHe’s going to take notes right
\nin the classes that he went to. <\/p>\n
590
\n00:38:02,880 –> 00:38:06,520
\nThis is a fantastic habit for us
\nto get into by taking notes of, <\/p>\n
591
\n00:38:06,520 –> 00:38:09,520
\nof an expectation of a Bible
\nclass, of a lecture, of a study <\/p>\n
592
\n00:38:09,520 –> 00:38:11,680
\nday.
\nAmazing results can happen. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:38:12,040 –> 00:38:16,280
\nThis can can definitely be us
\nmaking a habit of the work of <\/p>\n
594
\n00:38:16,280 –> 00:38:18,840
\nGod.
\nSo how much time does it take <\/p>\n
595
\n00:38:18,840 –> 00:38:23,040
\nfor us to do that, to take notes
\nin a Bible class or a, a, a <\/p>\n
596
\n00:38:23,360 –> 00:38:25,840
\nmeeting, an excitation?
\nHow long, how much time does it <\/p>\n
597
\n00:38:25,840 –> 00:38:28,920
\ntake us to do that?
\nNone, right? <\/p>\n
598
\n00:38:29,640 –> 00:38:33,560
\nIt takes none.
\nIt’s just changing a habit to <\/p>\n
599
\n00:38:33,560 –> 00:38:36,960
\nwhat we can do.
\nI’ll share a little bit with <\/p>\n
600
\n00:38:36,960 –> 00:38:38,880
\nthat with our experience with
\nour children with this. <\/p>\n
601
\n00:38:38,880 –> 00:38:43,720
\nIf, if when we were raising our
\nchildren and trying to get them <\/p>\n
602
\n00:38:43,720 –> 00:38:46,960
\nto take notes in Bible classes
\nand, and things, we bought our <\/p>\n
603
\n00:38:46,960 –> 00:38:49,840
\nkids these filing cabinets.
\nSo you wouldn’t need to do this <\/p>\n
604
\n00:38:49,840 –> 00:38:52,680
\ntoday, but we bought them these
\nfiling cabinets and they had <\/p>\n
605
\n00:38:52,680 –> 00:38:57,240
\nfolders from A-Z in them and
\nthen books of the Bible. <\/p>\n
606
\n00:38:57,600 –> 00:39:00,160
\nAnd what they would do is they
\nwould take, they were required <\/p>\n
607
\n00:39:01,480 –> 00:39:05,760
\nto take notes in the classes.
\nAnd if they didn’t take notes in<\/p>\n
608
\n00:39:05,760 –> 00:39:08,440
\nthe class, we’d ask him at the
\nend of the class, hey, can we <\/p>\n
609
\n00:39:08,440 –> 00:39:10,040
\nsee your notes?
\nThey didn’t take notes. <\/p>\n
610
\n00:39:10,040 –> 00:39:12,600
\nThen they would have to go to
\nUncle Chuck, who’s the guy that <\/p>\n
611
\n00:39:12,600 –> 00:39:14,920
\ndid the recording.
\nAnd he would give them one of <\/p>\n
612
\n00:39:14,920 –> 00:39:18,080
\nthose silver things that James
\nwas showing us the other night, <\/p>\n
613
\n00:39:18,080 –> 00:39:19,800
\nright?
\nOne of those discs. <\/p>\n
614
\n00:39:20,240 –> 00:39:22,480
\nHe would give them one of those
\nwith the class on it and they <\/p>\n
615
\n00:39:22,480 –> 00:39:24,800
\nwould go home and they would
\ntake notes at home of the class.<\/p>\n
616
\n00:39:25,280 –> 00:39:27,200
\nBut what they did then is they
\nwould take those notes and they <\/p>\n
617
\n00:39:27,200 –> 00:39:30,160
\nwould put them into that filing
\ncabinet, you know, by alphabet <\/p>\n
618
\n00:39:30,160 –> 00:39:34,120
\nor by by subject, and they would
\nhave those notes available to <\/p>\n
619
\n00:39:34,120 –> 00:39:37,560
\nthem in the future as a great
\nbenefit to them. <\/p>\n
620
\n00:39:38,480 –> 00:39:41,440
\nIf we think about it for
\nourselves today, we can take <\/p>\n
621
\n00:39:41,440 –> 00:39:44,960
\nnotes with digital tools, with
\nour iPads, our phones, our <\/p>\n
622
\n00:39:44,960 –> 00:39:47,760
\ncomputers.
\nAnd if we would take the time to<\/p>\n
623
\n00:39:47,760 –> 00:39:53,240
\ndo that, we will have an immense
\nlibrary of classes and notes at <\/p>\n
624
\n00:39:53,240 –> 00:39:57,560
\nour disposal with us all the
\ntime in a very short period of <\/p>\n
625
\n00:39:57,560 –> 00:40:00,080
\ntime.
\nSo I started doing that 14 years<\/p>\n
626
\n00:40:00,080 –> 00:40:02,360
\nago.
\nAnd I wish I had started 20 or <\/p>\n
627
\n00:40:02,360 –> 00:40:05,960
\n30 years ago, but that was not
\ntechnology permitting, I think, <\/p>\n
628
\n00:40:05,960 –> 00:40:08,360
\nat that point.
\nSo what other things did that <\/p>\n
629
\n00:40:08,360 –> 00:40:10,040
\nRobert, Brother Robert Roberts
\ndo? <\/p>\n
630
\n00:40:10,960 –> 00:40:14,600
\nHe says about this time I
\ncommenced the systematic reading<\/p>\n
631
\n00:40:14,600 –> 00:40:19,120
\nof the Scriptures, which is now
\na general practice with the aid <\/p>\n
632
\n00:40:19,120 –> 00:40:22,080
\nof the Bible Companion.
\nAnybody know how old Brother <\/p>\n
633
\n00:40:22,080 –> 00:40:25,280
\nRoberts was when he put together
\nthe Bible Companion? <\/p>\n
634
\n00:40:26,440 –> 00:40:28,520
\nI had 14, but probably the same
\nthing. <\/p>\n
635
\n00:40:28,520 –> 00:40:31,240
\nYeah.
\nSo 14 years of age, he noticed <\/p>\n
636
\n00:40:31,240 –> 00:40:34,120
\nthat his Bible knowledges was,
\nwas developing in some parts of <\/p>\n
637
\n00:40:34,120 –> 00:40:36,800
\nthe Bible, but not others.
\nAnd so we decided, you know <\/p>\n
638
\n00:40:36,800 –> 00:40:38,440
\nwhat, I need to get familiar
\nwith the whole Bible. <\/p>\n
639
\n00:40:38,920 –> 00:40:41,960
\nAnd he starts to go through this
\nprocess then of doing the daily <\/p>\n
640
\n00:40:41,960 –> 00:40:46,240
\nBible readings, doing that.
\nSo he started to to take notes <\/p>\n
641
\n00:40:46,240 –> 00:40:48,360
\nin people’s classes.
\nHe started doing the Bible <\/p>\n
642
\n00:40:48,360 –> 00:40:49,960
\nreadings every day to great
\nhabits. <\/p>\n
643
\n00:40:50,320 –> 00:40:52,800
\nDoes anybody want to guess what
\nthe third thing that he decided <\/p>\n
644
\n00:40:52,800 –> 00:40:58,280
\nhe was going to do?
\nIt’s maybe not totally so he <\/p>\n
645
\n00:40:58,280 –> 00:41:02,640
\nsays reading led to marking
\nspecial passages with ink <\/p>\n
646
\n00:41:03,280 –> 00:41:07,040
\narising from the need to for
\nready quotation and conversation<\/p>\n
647
\n00:41:07,360 –> 00:41:10,320
\nwith those opposed to the truth.
\nWhat what do we call that today?<\/p>\n
648
\n00:41:11,160 –> 00:41:13,120
\nBible marking isn’t that
\ninteresting. <\/p>\n
649
\n00:41:13,560 –> 00:41:17,800
\nSo he adopted these habits and
\nBrother Roberts was, was able to<\/p>\n
650
\n00:41:17,800 –> 00:41:20,880
\ngo on and to, to really be
\nhelpful for many people in the <\/p>\n
651
\n00:41:20,880 –> 00:41:23,600
\nwork of God, which is helping
\nthem to believe. <\/p>\n
652
\n00:41:24,400 –> 00:41:28,080
\nSo there’s just so much then
\nthat that we can do with our <\/p>\n
653
\n00:41:28,080 –> 00:41:30,480
\ntechnology today.
\nThere’s there’s many classes <\/p>\n
654
\n00:41:30,480 –> 00:41:33,880
\nthat we can listen to.
\nIf you’re not doing that or, or <\/p>\n
655
\n00:41:33,880 –> 00:41:36,840
\nor haven’t heard how you could
\ndo that, you might check with <\/p>\n
656
\n00:41:36,840 –> 00:41:39,880
\nsomebody because I think a lot
\nof people are really taking that<\/p>\n
657
\n00:41:39,880 –> 00:41:43,520
\nopportunity.
\nSo just some final remarks. <\/p>\n
658
\n00:41:43,520 –> 00:41:47,560
\nThen as we read through the rest
\nof John 6, we see Jesus trying <\/p>\n
659
\n00:41:47,560 –> 00:41:51,880
\nto explain to them that God has
\nalways been there trying to save<\/p>\n
660
\n00:41:51,880 –> 00:41:54,520
\nthem.
\nIt was God that had provided <\/p>\n
661
\n00:41:54,520 –> 00:41:59,120
\nthem manna in the wilderness.
\nThat manna represented Jesus, <\/p>\n
662
\n00:41:59,840 –> 00:42:03,080
\nthe bread of life that had come
\ndown from heaven, that was <\/p>\n
663
\n00:42:03,080 –> 00:42:06,560
\nprovided by God.
\nThe manna that they needed to <\/p>\n
664
\n00:42:06,560 –> 00:42:09,640
\neat, they needed to put into
\ntheir minds every day. <\/p>\n
665
\n00:42:09,640 –> 00:42:13,600
\nAnd when they heard that Jesus
\nwhen they heard him say, when <\/p>\n
666
\n00:42:13,640 –> 00:42:17,160
\nJesus say that he had come down
\nfrom heaven and they needed to <\/p>\n
667
\n00:42:17,160 –> 00:42:24,680
\nhis flesh to eat his flesh, they
\nsaid this is a hard saying, who <\/p>\n
668
\n00:42:24,680 –> 00:42:27,560
\ncan listen to it?
\nAnd they were like Israel in the<\/p>\n
669
\n00:42:27,560 –> 00:42:32,400
\nwilderness.
\nMany of Jesus disciples then <\/p>\n
670
\n00:42:32,400 –> 00:42:35,440
\nmurmured because they had no
\ndesire for the man. <\/p>\n
671
\n00:42:36,200 –> 00:42:38,800
\nThey preferred the food that
\nperishes. <\/p>\n
672
\n00:42:39,920 –> 00:42:43,120
\nAnd then in verse 66 we read
\nafter this, many of his <\/p>\n
673
\n00:42:43,120 –> 00:42:46,880
\ndisciples turned back no longer
\nand no longer walked with him. <\/p>\n
674
\n00:42:48,040 –> 00:42:52,320
\nMany of them weren’t willing to
\nfollow Jesus and to get the meat<\/p>\n
675
\n00:42:52,320 –> 00:42:56,600
\nthat perishes because they they
\nwanted the meat that perished. <\/p>\n
676
\n00:42:56,600 –> 00:42:59,360
\nI’m sorry.
\nAs we as we bring our thoughts <\/p>\n
677
\n00:42:59,360 –> 00:43:02,320
\nto close, I’d like us to just
\nkind of review the people that <\/p>\n
678
\n00:43:02,320 –> 00:43:07,240
\nwe’ve considered this week.
\nWhat if the blind man hadn’t <\/p>\n
679
\n00:43:07,240 –> 00:43:12,480
\nwashed his eyes in the waters of
\nSiloam in the words of Jesus <\/p>\n
680
\n00:43:12,560 –> 00:43:16,040
\nsent to him from God so that he
\ncould see? <\/p>\n
681
\n00:43:17,320 –> 00:43:20,920
\nWhat if Nathaniel hadn’t gotten
\naround to looking into what <\/p>\n
682
\n00:43:20,920 –> 00:43:26,640
\nMicah said about the Messiah?
\nWhat if Nicodemus hadn’t kept <\/p>\n
683
\n00:43:26,640 –> 00:43:29,720
\nlistening to Jesus?
\nWhat if he hadn’t allowed Jesus <\/p>\n
684
\n00:43:29,720 –> 00:43:33,360
\nto show him the cross and his
\nneed to be born again? <\/p>\n
685
\n00:43:34,880 –> 00:43:37,920
\nWhat if the woman at the well
\nhad gone home with her water jug<\/p>\n
686
\n00:43:38,400 –> 00:43:42,560
\nand just continued on with the
\nwater from Jacob’s hole in the <\/p>\n
687
\n00:43:42,560 –> 00:43:44,680
\nground?
\nAnd what if the people of <\/p>\n
688
\n00:43:44,680 –> 00:43:48,480
\nShechem hadn’t gone out to the
\nwell to hear the words of Jesus <\/p>\n
689
\n00:43:48,480 –> 00:43:51,480
\nthemselves?
\nWell, if the people hadn’t done <\/p>\n
690
\n00:43:51,480 –> 00:43:56,160
\nthese things, none of them would
\nhave tasted the living water of <\/p>\n
691
\n00:43:56,160 –> 00:43:58,440
\nfaith.
\nNone of them would have eaten <\/p>\n
692
\n00:43:58,440 –> 00:44:01,160
\nthe bread of life.
\nNone of them would have <\/p>\n
693
\n00:44:01,160 –> 00:44:06,480
\nbelieved.
\nBut John 6 doesn’t end in <\/p>\n
694
\n00:44:06,480 –> 00:44:09,640
\nfailure.
\nLook at verse 67. <\/p>\n
695
\n00:44:10,680 –> 00:44:15,200
\nIt says so.
\nJesus said to the 12 Do you want<\/p>\n
696
\n00:44:15,200 –> 00:44:22,200
\nto go away as well?
\nAnd I’d like to end with end <\/p>\n
697
\n00:44:22,200 –> 00:44:28,040
\nwith Simon Peters words.
\nHe says, Lord, to whom shall we <\/p>\n
698
\n00:44:28,040 –> 00:44:31,960
\ngo?
\nYou have the words of eternal <\/p>\n
699
\n00:44:31,960 –> 00:44:39,680
\nlife and we have believed and
\nhave come to know that you are <\/p>\n
700
\n00:44:39,680 –> 00:44:41,680
\nthe Holy One of God.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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