Class 3 from this series was used in GCT Episode 367.<\/p>\n
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\nOur first period teacher is
\nBrother Greg Robinson. <\/p>\n
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\nThis topic is Now we believe,
\nJohn’s Guide to Growing our <\/p>\n
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\nFaith.
\nToday’s topic is can anything <\/p>\n
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\ngood come out of Nazareth with a
\ngreat all? <\/p>\n
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\nRight.
\nThanks, brother Jeff. <\/p>\n
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\nGood morning, my dear brothers
\nand sisters. <\/p>\n
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\nVery good energetic this
\nmorning. <\/p>\n
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\nOnce again, I’ve gotten some
\ncomments and scriptures and <\/p>\n
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\ncharacters from you about people
\nthat have really helped to build<\/p>\n
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\nyour faith.
\nSo I’m still looking for more of<\/p>\n
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\nthose.
\nBuild a list. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then tomorrow morning I’ll
\nshare some of those with <\/p>\n
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\neverybody from that list.
\nThis morning, as you saw in our <\/p>\n
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\nreadings, we’re going to be
\nlooking at 2 important stories <\/p>\n
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\nfrom the Gospel of John that
\nbegin to put together for us the<\/p>\n
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\npicture of how we can develop
\nfaith. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re going to be looking at,
\nfirst of all, a conversation <\/p>\n
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\nthat Nathaniel has with Jesus.
\nAnd I really like that one <\/p>\n
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\nbecause we get into the mind of
\nNathaniel. <\/p>\n
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\nIt seems like this just this,
\nthis quick, quick conversation. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd yet all of a sudden
\nNathaniel comes to belief. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then we’re going to look at
\nturning the water into wine, <\/p>\n
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\nwhich is a miracle, which I
\nbelieve is, is a mission <\/p>\n
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\nstatement actually for the for
\nthe disciples, especially of <\/p>\n
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\nwhat Jesus is going to be doing
\nin his time and in his ministry.<\/p>\n
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\nAnd as the first miracle that
\nJesus does. <\/p>\n
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\nI think that’s that’s pretty
\nfitting. <\/p>\n
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\nSo let’s jump in then to
\nNathaniel. <\/p>\n
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\nSo open your Bibles to John
\nchapter 1, if you haven’t <\/p>\n
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\nalready done that.
\nAnd to introduce the <\/p>\n
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\nconversation that he has.
\nWe have this, this pattern of <\/p>\n
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\nbelief that’s it’s beginning to
\ntake place. <\/p>\n
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\nWe started with John the
\nBaptist. <\/p>\n
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\nJohn the Baptist becomes a
\nwitness. <\/p>\n
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\nWe go through some of the
\ndisciples. <\/p>\n
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\nWe come to John 1 and verse 43
\nit says the next day Jesus <\/p>\n
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\ndecided to go to Galilee and he
\nfound Philip and he said to him,<\/p>\n
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\nfollow me.
\nNow Philip was from Bethsaida, <\/p>\n
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\nthe city of Andrew and Peter.
\nAnd Philip verse 45 found <\/p>\n
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\nNathaniel and said to him, we
\nhave found him of whom Moses in <\/p>\n
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\nthe law and the prophets wrote.
\nSo Philip goes to Nathaniel and <\/p>\n
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\nhe says, we found the Messiah.
\nSo there’s one that believed <\/p>\n
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\nright there.
\nThere’s a there’s another man <\/p>\n
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\nthat believes, he says it’s
\nJesus of Nazareth, the son of <\/p>\n
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\nJoseph.
\nAnd Nathaniel says what can <\/p>\n
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\nanything good come out of
\nNazareth? <\/p>\n
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\nHe says, you’ve got the wrong
\nguy. <\/p>\n
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\nThis can’t be the Messiah.
\nNow it wasn’t that Nathaniel <\/p>\n
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\nthought, you know, I really
\nthink that that Nazareth is a is<\/p>\n
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\na terrible place and no one good
\ncould come from Nazareth. <\/p>\n
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\nIt wasn’t because of that at
\nall. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was something more than that.
\nIt’s because the people of <\/p>\n
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\nIsrael, we’re all looking for
\nthe Messiah to be from where? <\/p>\n
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\nFrom Bethlehem, right?
\nSo they were all looking for him<\/p>\n
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\nto come from Bethlehem.
\nNow this was an objection that <\/p>\n
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\nthe people had to Jesus right
\nfrom the start, but it was an <\/p>\n
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\nobjection that the people had to
\nJesus that went on and on and on<\/p>\n
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\nthrough his ministry.
\nJesus of Nazareth. <\/p>\n
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\nIf you come over with me to John
\nChapter 7, we see this this same<\/p>\n
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\nmisinformation, if you will,
\nabout Jesus is already, it is <\/p>\n
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\nstill separating a lot of people
\nfrom believing, believing in <\/p>\n
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\nJesus and stopping them from
\ndoing that. <\/p>\n
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\nSo this is about three years in
\nJohn 7 into the ministry of <\/p>\n
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\nJesus.
\nAnd at this time, most people <\/p>\n
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\nhave stopped following Jesus.
\nHis popularity is, is is way, <\/p>\n
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\nway down from what it was at the
\nstart. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he’s at the Feast of the
\nTabernacles. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the Jewish leaders are
\nactually looking to kill Jesus. <\/p>\n
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\nWe talked a little bit about
\nthat last night. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s still on their mind.
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\nyear and a half later, and
\nthey’re still looking to kill <\/p>\n
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\nJesus.
\nAnd when Jesus came to the <\/p>\n
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\nfeast, people saw the miracles
\nthat he did. <\/p>\n
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\nThey heard his words.
\nAnd many people said he’s got to<\/p>\n
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\nbe the Messiah.
\nThis is the Messiah. <\/p>\n
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\nBut many people had come to a
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\ndeceiving the people. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is not the Messiah.
\nSo if we look at at John Chapter<\/p>\n
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\n7 and verse 40, it says and when
\nthey heard these words, that’s <\/p>\n
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\nthe words of Jesus because Jesus
\nwas was really doing his first <\/p>\n
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\npreaching in the temple.
\nAt this point, some of the <\/p>\n
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\npeople said, this is really the
\nprophet. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is the prophet like Moses.
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\nAnd others said, yeah, this is
\nthe Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nBut some people said, hold on,
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\nGalilee?
\nHasn’t the Scripture said that <\/p>\n
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\nChrist comes from the offspring
\nof David and comes from <\/p>\n
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\nBethlehem, the village where
\nDavid was? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so verse 43 then says there
\nwas a division among the people.<\/p>\n
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\nSo three years into the ministry
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\nastray by this piece of
\nmisinformation. <\/p>\n
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\nThis piece of misinformation
\nthat the Messiah came from <\/p>\n
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\nBethlehem and Jesus was not from
\nBethlehem, but that he was from <\/p>\n
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\nNazareth.
\nAnd this misinformation is being<\/p>\n
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\nsupported, not corrected by the
\nPharisees. <\/p>\n
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\nLook at later in the chapter,
\nlater in Chapter 7 of John when <\/p>\n
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\nNicodemus opposes the arrest of
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\nwe at least listen to Jesus and
\nwhat he has to say before we <\/p>\n
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\narrest him?
\nAnd what do they say in verse <\/p>\n
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\nAre you from Galilee too? <\/p>\n
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\nSearch and see that no prophet
\narises from Galilee and the <\/p>\n
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\nJewish leaders keep this
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\nalive.
\nThey keep it alive and they keep<\/p>\n
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\nit alive and they keep it alive.
\nThey call him Jesus of Nazareth,<\/p>\n
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\nright?
\nThey keep saying that, and <\/p>\n
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\nthat’s as if to say Jesus, not
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\nto say Jesus, not the Messiah.
\nBut John gives us the account of<\/p>\n
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\nJesus conversation with
\nNathaniel, and that conversation<\/p>\n
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\nhelps us to understand how we
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\nthis.
\nWe live in a world that that’s <\/p>\n
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\nfull of misinformation, so this
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\nWe think about the
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\nastray today, and maybe our our
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\nmore than we are.
\nBut the example of evolution, <\/p>\n
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\nmuch of the world, much of the
\nworld believes that evolution is<\/p>\n
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\na proven fact, when in reality,
\nthe theory of evolution has not <\/p>\n
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\nbeen proven.
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\nproven because it’s absolutely
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\nBut most people believe in
\nevolution. <\/p>\n
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\nMany people say there can’t be a
\nGod. <\/p>\n
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\nThere can’t be a God because he
\nwouldn’t allow all of this <\/p>\n
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\nsuffering.
\nBut we understand suffering. <\/p>\n
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\nWe understand the suffering that
\nrole has, the role that <\/p>\n
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\nsuffering has.
\nWe understand the freedom of <\/p>\n
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\nchoice.
\nSome people say, why isn’t he <\/p>\n
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\nfixing the world?
\nIf there was a God, he would be <\/p>\n
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\nfixing the world.
\nBut we understand, don’t we, <\/p>\n
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\nthat he actually is going
\nthrough the process of fixing <\/p>\n
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\nthe world.
\nAnd so misinformation about God <\/p>\n
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\nis, is something that’s been
\ngoing on all the way back, you <\/p>\n
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\nknow, since the beginning.
\nAnd it’s something that everyone<\/p>\n
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\nhas faced.
\nIt’s something that is probably <\/p>\n
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\nnever going to stop until until
\nthe Kingdom age. <\/p>\n
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\nSo it’s something then that is a
\nmassive problem for us and for <\/p>\n
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\nour children.
\nBut it’s not new. <\/p>\n
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\nSo let’s let’s go back to John
\nchapter 1 then and let’s see how<\/p>\n
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\nNathaniel deals with this piece
\nof misinformation. <\/p>\n
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\nSo John chapter 1 jumps right
\ninto this idea, as we said of of<\/p>\n
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\npeople coming to believe John
\nthe Baptist is first verse 34. <\/p>\n
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\nHe says, and I saw and bear
\nrecord that this is the son of <\/p>\n
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\nGod.
\nSo that’s that’s the mission <\/p>\n
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\nthat the Gospel of John has,
\nisn’t it? <\/p>\n
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\nAndrew and John come and they
\nsay we have found the Messiah. <\/p>\n
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\nPhilip finds Nathaniel because
\nhe’s found the Messiah, and then<\/p>\n
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\nwe’re back where we left off.
\nI should have clicked those <\/p>\n
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\nthrough in verse 46.
\nAnd Nathaniel says, can anything<\/p>\n
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\ngood come from Nazareth?
\nBecause Nathaniel doesn’t <\/p>\n
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\nbelieve Philip.
\nHe says, wait a second, Philip, <\/p>\n
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\nhe can’t be the Messiah.
\nHe’s not from Bethlehem. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Nathaniel says, you know
\nwhat Micah says? <\/p>\n
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\nMicah tells us that the Messiah
\nwill come from Bethlehem. <\/p>\n
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\nBut Philip doesn’t give up, does
\nhe? <\/p>\n
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\nHe says, no, just come and see,
\ncome and see. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I think you’ll believe that
\nhe is the Messiah. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so we could picture
\nNathaniel and he’s going to see <\/p>\n
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\nJesus just because Philip
\nconvinced him to do that. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he’s got his Bible.
\nOf course, he didn’t have his <\/p>\n
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\nBible, but he’s got his Bible
\nand he’s got his finger in Micah<\/p>\n
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\nchapter 5 because that’s where
\nthe Messiah coming from <\/p>\n
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\nBethlehem is found.
\nSo let’s take a look at Micah 5 <\/p>\n
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\nand verse 2, because Nathaniel’s
\nconvinced of this and he’s ready<\/p>\n
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\nto go and he’s ready to talk to
\nJesus about this. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Micah 5, verse 2, it says,
\nBut you, O Bethlehem of Frata, <\/p>\n
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\nwho are too little to be among
\nthe clans of Judah, from you <\/p>\n
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\nshall come forth for me, one who
\nis to be ruler in Israel. <\/p>\n
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\nSo it’s a very clear prophecy.
\nIsrael, the people of Israel <\/p>\n
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\nwould mostly have known about
\nthis prophecy. <\/p>\n
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\nCertainly the priests would have
\nknown that the, the teachers, <\/p>\n
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\nWe can think about the wise men <\/p>\n
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\nRemember that story when, when <\/p>\n
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\nthey came to Herod and they were
\nlooking for, because of the star<\/p>\n
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\nthat they had seen, they were
\nlooking for the Messiah. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd what were they told?
\nWhere were they told that the <\/p>\n
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\nMessiah was going to be born?
\nThey were told to go to <\/p>\n
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\nBethlehem, right?
\nThose people open their Bibles, <\/p>\n
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\nMicah 5 and said, yeah, it’s
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\nAnd you’ll remember what Herod
\ndoes, right? <\/p>\n
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\nrid of all the baby boys in <\/p>\n
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\nin Bethlehem.
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\nup being the place where Jesus
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\nJesus is born. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd by some strange coincidence,
\nnot a coincidence really, we <\/p>\n
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\nknow there was a Roman
\ngovernment recorded proof of the<\/p>\n
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\nBethlehem, right? <\/p>\n
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\nThere was proof and and people
\ncould have looked that up and <\/p>\n
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\nfound look at the whole family
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\nThey went there for the census,
\nthey went there for the <\/p>\n
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\ntaxation.
\nSo there was conclusive proof <\/p>\n
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\nthen that Jesus was from the
\nfamily that came from Bethlehem,<\/p>\n
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\nand maybe proof that Jesus was
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\nBut when Jesus began his <\/p>\n
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\nHe came from Bethlehem, came <\/p>\n
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\nfrom, sorry, Nazareth.
\nAnd most people, because of <\/p>\n
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\nthat, ignored Jesus and what he
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\nSo because then of the
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\ngoes with Philip to see Jesus
\nand they approached Jesus and <\/p>\n
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\nNathaniel’s convinced he’s not
\nthe Messiah. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd what does Jesus say to him
\nin verse 47? <\/p>\n
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\nHe says, behold, an Israelite
\nindeed, in whom is no God. <\/p>\n
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\nKind of a funny thing to say,
\ndon’t you think? <\/p>\n
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\nKind of a funny thing to say
\nthat a person that you haven’t <\/p>\n
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\nmet.
\nAnd Nathaniel must have wondered<\/p>\n
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\nwhat Jesus was talking about.
\nHe says in verse 48, how do you <\/p>\n
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\nknow me?
\nWe’ve never met. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat are you saying?
\nNow? <\/p>\n
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\nPut yourself in the shoes of
\nNathaniel. <\/p>\n
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\nJesus might just be trying to
\nget on my good side, right? <\/p>\n
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\nHe might be trying to to
\nschmooze me here to to impress <\/p>\n
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\nme, to open me up so that I’ll,
\nI’ll listen to him. <\/p>\n
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\nMaybe that’s what this is about.
\nYou know, when when you when you<\/p>\n
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\nmeet somebody they haven’t seen
\nfor a long time and they’re <\/p>\n
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\ntrying to make you feel good,
\nwhat do they always say to you? <\/p>\n
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\nWow, you’re looking good.
\nI haven’t seen you for years, <\/p>\n
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\nbut you’re sure looking good,
\nright? <\/p>\n
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\nOr have you lost weight?
\nThose kind of things that <\/p>\n
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\nthey’ll say to you and you know
\nvery well that you haven’t lost <\/p>\n
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\nweight and you’re, you’re
\nlooking a lot older than you did<\/p>\n
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\nthe last time.
\nBut that might have been what <\/p>\n
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\nWas that a miracle? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat Jesus says?
\nSo Jesus says to him, before <\/p>\n
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\nPhilip called you, when you were
\nunder the fig tree, I saw you. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then Nathaniel would have
\nbeen thinking, how does Jesus <\/p>\n
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\ntree?
\nAnd then, and this is the <\/p>\n
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\namazing, amazing part of this,
\nNathaniel gives, I think, one of<\/p>\n
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\never. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he says, Rabbi, you are the
\nSon of God. <\/p>\n
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\nYou are the king of Israel.
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\nlightning hits.
\nAnd Nathaniel’s got it. <\/p>\n
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\nHe understands.
\nHe he completely believes what <\/p>\n
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\nhe’s supposed to believe here.
\nNow He believes exactly what <\/p>\n
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\nJohn said we were looking for in
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\nThese are written that you might<\/p>\n
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\nbelieve that Jesus is the Christ
\nthat you’re the he’s the <\/p>\n
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\nanointed that he’s the king,
\nhe’s the son of God and the <\/p>\n
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\nbelieving you might have life
\nthrough his name. <\/p>\n
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\nSo as we’re reading it, we say
\nwhat just happened here. <\/p>\n
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\nJesus calls Nathaniel an
\nIsraelite indeed, which might <\/p>\n
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\njust be empty words.
\nAnd he says, I saw you under the<\/p>\n
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\nfig tree a while ago.
\nAnd, and boom, Nathaniel knows <\/p>\n
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\nthree things about Jesus.
\nHe’s he says three things about <\/p>\n
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\nJesus.
\nYou’re the teacher Rabbi, he <\/p>\n
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\ncalls him, you’re the son of God
\nand you’re the king of Israel. <\/p>\n
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\nHe, he doesn’t even ask about
\nNazareth. <\/p>\n
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\nHe doesn’t say a word about
\nNazareth. <\/p>\n
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\nHe just says, wow, you’re that
\nyou’re the Son of God, you’re <\/p>\n
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\nthe king of Israel.
\nIt’s amazing. <\/p>\n
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\nSo I think here’s the question.
\nIs John telling us that <\/p>\n
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\nNathaniel’s stunning belief came
\nbecause Jesus had just read his <\/p>\n
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\nmind?
\nIs that what he’s telling us? <\/p>\n
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\nWe think about that.
\nLook at verse verse 50. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s actually the same
\nquestion that Jesus asks in <\/p>\n
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\nverse 50.
\nJesus answered him because I <\/p>\n
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\nsaid to you, I saw you under the
\nfig tree. <\/p>\n
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\nDo you believe?
\nIs that why you believe? <\/p>\n
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\nBecause I told you that I saw
\nyou under the fig tree. <\/p>\n
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\nOK, so what’s really happening
\nhere? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat’s, what are we supposed to,
\nto be learning? <\/p>\n
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\nDoes does faith come like that?
\nWhat about faith coming from the<\/p>\n
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\nhearing, the word of God that
\nthat we’ve been, we’ve been <\/p>\n
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\nprogrammed to believe that
\nthat’s the source of faith. <\/p>\n
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\nIt really seems like we’re
\nmissing something. <\/p>\n
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\nSo what I’d like to do now is
\nI’d like to go through it again,<\/p>\n
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\nand let’s try to think about
\nwhat might have made Nathaniel <\/p>\n
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\ncome to this conclusion.
\nSo let’s go back to 46. <\/p>\n
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\nretracing our steps, but it’s <\/p>\n
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\nsuch a short conversation, I
\nthink it’s worth doing. <\/p>\n
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\nSo Nathaniel hears about this
\nman the people are calling the <\/p>\n
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\nMessiah, and he knows about
\nMicah 5, verse 2, that the <\/p>\n
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\nMessiah is going to come from
\nBethlehem. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so he doesn’t believe it,
\nbut his friend Philip keeps <\/p>\n
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\npestering him.
\nAnd so he goes with Philip to <\/p>\n
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\nAnd as he comes to Jesus, he’s <\/p>\n
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\nthinking, yeah, this is not the
\nMessiah. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then Jesus says to him, and
\nhe calls him an Israelite <\/p>\n
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\nindeed, in whom is no deceit.
\nHe’s 100% right about Nathaniel,<\/p>\n
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\nas we’ll see.
\nNathaniel is legitimately <\/p>\n
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\nlooking for the Messiah.
\nHe’s the kind of person who <\/p>\n
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\nsays, I’m going to figure this
\nout for myself and I really want<\/p>\n
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\nBut there’s more to it than just<\/p>\n
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\nNathaniel being a sincere
\nperson. <\/p>\n
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\nJesus said to him, Behold, an
\nIsraelite indeed, in whom is no <\/p>\n
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\ndeceit.
\nNow those few words are saying a<\/p>\n
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\nlot.
\nWho’s he alluding to? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat Old Testament, What
\nimportant Old Testament <\/p>\n
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\ncharacter is he alluding to when
\nhe says that Jacob, He’s <\/p>\n
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\nalluding to Jacob because Jacob
\nwas an Israelite. <\/p>\n
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\nIndeed, you remember Jacob had
\nhis name changed to Israel and <\/p>\n
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\nbefore Jacob had his name
\nchanged to Israel. <\/p>\n
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\nWould you say that he was a
\ndeceiver? <\/p>\n
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\nDefinitely was a deceiver,
\nright? <\/p>\n
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\nHe deceived his brother.
\nThat was that was his character.<\/p>\n
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\nHe he didn’t put his trust in
\nGod to do things. <\/p>\n
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\nHe was going to accomplish
\nthings on his own and he was <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to use his his own brains
\nand his own deceit at times to <\/p>\n
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\ndo that.
\nSo we look at verse 51, we find <\/p>\n
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\nthat that is indeed clearly who
\nJesus wants him to be thinking <\/p>\n
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\nabout South John 151 says, and
\nhe said to him, so these are the<\/p>\n
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\nwords that Jesus speaks to
\nNathaniel. <\/p>\n
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\nTruly, truly, I say to you, you
\nwill see heaven opened and the <\/p>\n
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\nangels of God ascending and
\ndescending on the Son of man. <\/p>\n
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\nSo right, that’s the angels it
\nin, in Jesus, in Joseph. <\/p>\n
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\nSorry, Jacob’s dream.
\nSo there’s no doubt here that <\/p>\n
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\nthis is Jacob that he wants him
\nto be thinking about. <\/p>\n
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\nOK, but why Jacob?
\nWhy does he want him to be <\/p>\n
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\nthinking about Jacob?
\nWell, turn with me to Genesis <\/p>\n
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\n32.
\nThe story of Jacob having his <\/p>\n
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\nname changed takes place, you’ll
\nremember, just before he meets <\/p>\n
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\nwith his brother Esau.
\nSo this whole story then comes <\/p>\n
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\nto the mind of Nathaniel in in
\nin a flash, I guess because it’s<\/p>\n
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\nsuch a quick conversation.
\nHe meets his brother Jacob meets<\/p>\n
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\nhis brother Esau or is about to,
\nand he’s absolutely terrified of<\/p>\n
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\nthis.
\nHe thought that Esau would kill <\/p>\n
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\nhim.
\nAnd so he sends gifts ahead of <\/p>\n
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\nhim and he sends he divides up
\nhis camp so that he’s at the <\/p>\n
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\nvery back in the in the safest
\nposition. <\/p>\n
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\nHe does everything but putting
\nhis trust in God, just like he <\/p>\n
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\nhad done to get the blessings.
\nAnd verse 24 of Genesis 32 says,<\/p>\n
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\nand Jacob was left alone, and
\nthere he wrestled a man with him<\/p>\n
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\nuntil the breaking of day.
\nAnd so we have here a symbol of <\/p>\n
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\nJacob wrestling with this Angel.
\nIt’s a symbol of Jacob’s <\/p>\n
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\nresistance to God in his life.
\nThe Angel representing God is, <\/p>\n
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\nis trying to get Jacob to, to,
\nto mold his behavior and his <\/p>\n
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\nthinking.
\nAnd he’s always trying to do <\/p>\n
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\nthat.
\nAnd Jacob is continuously <\/p>\n
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\nresisting that.
\nAnd verse 25 says, and when he, <\/p>\n
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\nthat’s when the Angel saw that
\nhe prevailed not against Jacob. <\/p>\n
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\nHe touched the hollow of his
\nthigh and the hollow of Jacob’s <\/p>\n
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\nthigh was put out of joint as he
\nwrestled with him. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the Angel wasn’t prevailing
\nagainst Jacob, so. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Angel puts his thigh out of
\njoints. <\/p>\n
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\nAll right, I’m going to just
\nincapacitate you here and then <\/p>\n
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\nyou’ll have to put your trust in
\nGod. <\/p>\n
337
\n00:20:18,000 –> 00:20:20,640
\nHe made it impossible for Jacob
\nto do it on his own. <\/p>\n
338
\n00:20:21,400 –> 00:20:25,640
\nAnd then verse 26, the Angel
\nsaid, let me go for the day <\/p>\n
339
\n00:20:25,640 –> 00:20:28,600
\nbreaketh.
\nAnd Jacob said, I won’t let you <\/p>\n
340
\n00:20:28,600 –> 00:20:33,880
\ngo unless you bless me.
\nYou see, Jacob had such a strong<\/p>\n
341
\n00:20:33,880 –> 00:20:36,720
\ndesire for the blessing, for the
\npromises. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:20:37,120 –> 00:20:39,080
\nHe wanted that more than
\nanything. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:20:39,520 –> 00:20:43,160
\nAnd so the Angel says to him,
\nWhat is thy name? <\/p>\n
344
\n00:20:43,360 –> 00:20:45,440
\nHe said Jacob.
\nHe said, Thy name shall be <\/p>\n
345
\n00:20:45,440 –> 00:20:48,000
\ncalled no more, Jacob, but
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:20:48,560 –> 00:20:52,600
\nFor as a Prince has thou power
\nwith God and with men, and has <\/p>\n
347
\n00:20:52,600 –> 00:20:55,440
\nprevailed.
\nAnd so God changed His name here<\/p>\n
348
\n00:20:55,440 –> 00:20:59,720
\nto Israel.
\nHe was an Israelite indeed in <\/p>\n
349
\n00:20:59,720 –> 00:21:05,000
\nwhom was no Jacob any longer.
\nAnd Nathaniel’s mind would have <\/p>\n
350
\n00:21:05,000 –> 00:21:09,040
\nputting those things together.
\nBut that doesn’t totally answer <\/p>\n
351
\n00:21:09,040 –> 00:21:13,520
\nour question yet, does it?
\nBut what we find is that Micah <\/p>\n
352
\n00:21:13,520 –> 00:21:17,400
\nchapters four and five, which
\nwe’re already thinking about <\/p>\n
353
\n00:21:17,400 –> 00:21:21,840
\nbecause that’s already what
\nNathaniel comes to Jesus on his <\/p>\n
354
\n00:21:21,840 –> 00:21:25,280
\nmind with on his mind.
\nAnd Micah, chapters four and <\/p>\n
355
\n00:21:25,280 –> 00:21:29,800
\nfive really help us to to
\nunderstand in those chapters, <\/p>\n
356
\n00:21:29,800 –> 00:21:35,000
\nGod is trying to get Judah to be
\nlike their father Jacob. <\/p>\n
357
\n00:21:35,440 –> 00:21:39,400
\nHe’s trying to get them to have
\nthe same love for the promises <\/p>\n
358
\n00:21:39,800 –> 00:21:42,160
\nthat Jacob had.
\nHe’s trying to get them away <\/p>\n
359
\n00:21:42,160 –> 00:21:46,360
\nfrom their idols, like if Jacob
\nwent away from his idols. <\/p>\n
360
\n00:21:46,640 –> 00:21:49,680
\nSo come with me to Micah chapter
\n4 and verse 6. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:21:50,000 –> 00:21:53,600
\nAnd there’s a series of verses
\nhere that just show us this what<\/p>\n
362
\n00:21:53,600 –> 00:21:58,400
\nwe just saw with with with the
\nname of Jacob being changed and <\/p>\n
363
\n00:21:58,400 –> 00:22:02,440
\nthe progression of Jacob and how
\nGod wants Israel to follow that <\/p>\n
364
\n00:22:02,440 –> 00:22:06,480
\nsame progression.
\nAnd to go from a man that’s had <\/p>\n
365
\n00:22:06,480 –> 00:22:11,480
\nhis hip put out of joint right
\nto a man that is serving God <\/p>\n
366
\n00:22:11,480 –> 00:22:12,920
\nbecause he puts his trust in
\nhim. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:22:13,480 –> 00:22:16,760
\nHe wants to show us how Israel
\nis going to go through that same<\/p>\n
368
\n00:22:16,760 –> 00:22:20,160
\nprocess.
\nSo Micah chapter 4, verse 6, it <\/p>\n
369
\n00:22:20,160 –> 00:22:25,640
\nsays in that day saith the Lord,
\nwill I assemble her that <\/p>\n
370
\n00:22:25,640 –> 00:22:29,960
\nhalteth.
\nWho’s the one that halted? <\/p>\n
371
\n00:22:31,080 –> 00:22:33,040
\nWhat does it mean to halt?
\nI guess is maybe the first <\/p>\n
372
\n00:22:33,040 –> 00:22:34,440
\nquestion.
\nDoes anybody have another word? <\/p>\n
373
\n00:22:34,600 –> 00:22:37,440
\nLimp, right?
\nWho’s the one that limped? <\/p>\n
374
\n00:22:38,040 –> 00:22:40,920
\nOf course it’s Jacob, isn’t it,
\nwhen his thigh was put out of <\/p>\n
375
\n00:22:40,920 –> 00:22:42,960
\njoint?
\nAnd it’s talking not about <\/p>\n
376
\n00:22:42,960 –> 00:22:44,520
\nJacob.
\nIt says her that halteth because<\/p>\n
377
\n00:22:44,520 –> 00:22:46,040
\nit’s talking about the nation of
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n
378
\n00:22:46,400 –> 00:22:49,960
\nSo God says in that day, I’ll
\nassemble her that halteth and I <\/p>\n
379
\n00:22:49,960 –> 00:22:54,640
\nwill gather her that is driven
\nout and her that is afflicted. <\/p>\n
380
\n00:22:54,640 –> 00:22:56,600
\nSo Israel’s going to be gathered
\ntogether. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:22:56,960 –> 00:22:59,040
\nThey were scattered.
\nThey’re now going to be gathered<\/p>\n
382
\n00:22:59,040 –> 00:23:00,680
\ntogether.
\nAnd he tells them that they’re <\/p>\n
383
\n00:23:00,680 –> 00:23:03,680
\ngoing to follow this pattern.
\nThey’re going to actually put <\/p>\n
384
\n00:23:03,680 –> 00:23:06,520
\ntheir trust in God and they will
\nno longer limp. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:23:07,240 –> 00:23:09,720
\nHe continues in verse 7.
\nHe says, and I will make her <\/p>\n
386
\n00:23:09,720 –> 00:23:14,240
\nthat halted A remnant.
\nSo the nation of Israel is going<\/p>\n
387
\n00:23:14,240 –> 00:23:17,040
\nto follow the pattern of Jacob.
\nThey’re going to become a group <\/p>\n
388
\n00:23:17,040 –> 00:23:22,000
\nof small, sorry, a small group
\nof believers that are faithful <\/p>\n
389
\n00:23:22,000 –> 00:23:24,320
\nto God.
\nAnd then it says in her that was<\/p>\n
390
\n00:23:24,320 –> 00:23:28,640
\ncast off, I’m going to make a
\nstrong nation that’s Israel <\/p>\n
391
\n00:23:28,640 –> 00:23:30,920
\nagain.
\nAnd then it says, and the Lord <\/p>\n
392
\n00:23:30,920 –> 00:23:34,880
\nshall reign over them in Mount
\nZion from henceforth, even <\/p>\n
393
\n00:23:34,880 –> 00:23:37,480
\nforever.
\nSo God is going to reign. <\/p>\n
394
\n00:23:37,480 –> 00:23:39,560
\nAnd we know that that’s talking
\nabout this. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:23:39,680 –> 00:23:41,760
\nGod’s house is going to be
\nestablished. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:23:42,000 –> 00:23:45,920
\nGod is going to reign.
\nGod is going to have his Son <\/p>\n
397
\n00:23:46,600 –> 00:23:53,640
\nreigning and his son ruling over
\nhis house in Zion henceforth, <\/p>\n
398
\n00:23:53,640 –> 00:23:56,960
\neven forever.
\nAnd then in verse 8, he tells us<\/p>\n
399
\n00:23:56,960 –> 00:23:59,160
\nthat Israel would become the
\nfirst dominion. <\/p>\n
400
\n00:23:59,400 –> 00:24:01,080
\nAnd we look forward to that
\nhappening, don’t we? <\/p>\n
401
\n00:24:01,080 –> 00:24:04,080
\nIn in the Kingdom when the
\nnation of Israel becomes the <\/p>\n
402
\n00:24:04,360 –> 00:24:08,560
\nmortal nation that actually does
\nthe work of Christ and goes to <\/p>\n
403
\n00:24:08,560 –> 00:24:10,960
\nthe world and and helps to
\nconvert the world. <\/p>\n
404
\n00:24:11,440 –> 00:24:14,480
\nSo this is what is on
\nNathaniel’s mind. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:24:15,440 –> 00:24:19,160
\nHe’s thinking about the Kingdom.
\nHe’s thinking about Israel. <\/p>\n
406
\n00:24:19,880 –> 00:24:22,040
\nNow let’s go back to the
\nbeginning of Micah chapter 4, <\/p>\n
407
\n00:24:22,040 –> 00:24:25,440
\nbecause these are these are
\nverses that we use all the time.<\/p>\n
408
\n00:24:25,440 –> 00:24:28,800
\nProbably not from Micah,
\nprobably we go to Isaiah chapter<\/p>\n
409
\n00:24:28,800 –> 00:24:32,080
\n2 when we read these verses.
\nBut these are verses about the <\/p>\n
410
\n00:24:32,080 –> 00:24:34,680
\nKingdom.
\nAnd this is on Nathaniel’s mind,<\/p>\n
411
\n00:24:34,680 –> 00:24:38,360
\nI believe, as he as he’s
\nlistening to Jesus, probably <\/p>\n
412
\n00:24:38,360 –> 00:24:41,640
\nbecause he’d been thinking about
\nthat the whole time. <\/p>\n
413
\n00:24:42,000 –> 00:24:45,560
\nHe’d been trying to figure out
\nabout the Messiah and about the <\/p>\n
414
\n00:24:45,560 –> 00:24:47,600
\nKingdom, and here’s what he’s
\nthinking about. <\/p>\n
415
\n00:24:47,600 –> 00:24:49,400
\nVerse one.
\nIt should come to pass in the <\/p>\n
416
\n00:24:49,400 –> 00:24:52,280
\nlatter day.
\nSo Micah 41 that the mountain of<\/p>\n
417
\n00:24:52,280 –> 00:24:55,560
\nthe House of the Lord shall be
\nestablished as the highest of <\/p>\n
418
\n00:24:55,560 –> 00:24:58,000
\nthe mountains.
\nIt shall be lifted up above the <\/p>\n
419
\n00:24:58,000 –> 00:25:00,360
\nhills, and people shall flow to
\nit. <\/p>\n
420
\n00:25:01,440 –> 00:25:04,720
\nMany nations shall come and say,
\ncome, let’s go to the mountain <\/p>\n
421
\n00:25:04,720 –> 00:25:09,160
\nof the Lord and to the House of
\nJacob. <\/p>\n
422
\n00:25:10,520 –> 00:25:14,720
\nThe House of Jacob, remember
\nJacob was the one that saw the <\/p>\n
423
\n00:25:14,760 –> 00:25:18,200
\nangels in his dream and they
\nwere ascending and descending. <\/p>\n
424
\n00:25:18,200 –> 00:25:22,600
\nAnd what did he say?
\nHe said this is none other but <\/p>\n
425
\n00:25:22,600 –> 00:25:26,920
\nthe House of God.
\nWhat did he mean by the House of<\/p>\n
426
\n00:25:26,920 –> 00:25:28,760
\nGod?
\nHe he wasn’t in a house. <\/p>\n
427
\n00:25:28,760 –> 00:25:30,320
\nHe was, he was out in the middle
\nof nowhere. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:25:30,520 –> 00:25:32,920
\nHe wasn’t thinking of a house as
\nas we think of a house. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:25:33,280 –> 00:25:37,200
\nHe was put out in the open.
\nAnd in the context, the word <\/p>\n
430
\n00:25:37,200 –> 00:25:39,520
\nhouse then has a a different
\nmeaning. <\/p>\n
431
\n00:25:40,040 –> 00:25:43,400
\nThe word house is a place where
\nGod is. <\/p>\n
432
\n00:25:44,080 –> 00:25:49,440
\nAnd so Jacob says surely the
\nLord is in this place. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:25:49,440 –> 00:25:51,080
\nThat’s what the house was all
\nabout. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:25:51,240 –> 00:25:54,360
\nAnd so God is going to be in
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n
435
\n00:25:54,640 –> 00:25:57,920
\nHis presence is going to be
\nthere through His Son. <\/p>\n
436
\n00:25:58,880 –> 00:26:01,080
\nSo Micah’s saying that people
\nare going to come up to <\/p>\n
437
\n00:26:01,080 –> 00:26:05,680
\nJerusalem because God is in that
\nplace. <\/p>\n
438
\n00:26:06,520 –> 00:26:10,040
\nWe can go and we can see his
\nSon, the Father ruling through <\/p>\n
439
\n00:26:10,040 –> 00:26:13,240
\nhis Son and the Son of God in
\nthat place. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:26:14,320 –> 00:26:19,040
\nAnd then it says, and he’ll
\nteach us of his ways and we’ll <\/p>\n
441
\n00:26:19,040 –> 00:26:22,560
\nwalk in his pants.
\nSo he’s not only the Son of God,<\/p>\n
442
\n00:26:23,400 –> 00:26:26,640
\nbut he’s a ruler.
\nHe’s not only a ruler, but he’s <\/p>\n
443
\n00:26:26,640 –> 00:26:30,600
\na teacher.
\nMicah’s telling us that Christ <\/p>\n
444
\n00:26:30,600 –> 00:26:36,360
\nis going to be the Messiah, is
\ngoing to be the teacher, the <\/p>\n
445
\n00:26:36,360 –> 00:26:40,280
\nruler or the king, and he’s
\ngoing to be the manifestation of<\/p>\n
446
\n00:26:40,280 –> 00:26:42,720
\nGod.
\nHe’s going to be the Son of God.<\/p>\n
447
\n00:26:42,720 –> 00:26:45,880
\nAnd then what does he say in
\nverse 4? <\/p>\n
448
\n00:26:48,600 –> 00:26:50,680
\nI’d like you to to remember the
\nfirst part of this verse <\/p>\n
449
\n00:26:50,680 –> 00:26:53,040
\nespecially.
\nHe says, but they shall sit <\/p>\n
450
\n00:26:53,040 –> 00:26:58,760
\nevery man under his vine and
\nunder his fig tree, and no one <\/p>\n
451
\n00:26:58,760 –> 00:27:02,800
\nshall make them afraid, for the
\nmouth of the Lord of hosts has <\/p>\n
452
\n00:27:02,800 –> 00:27:06,680
\nspoken.
\nThat’s a picture that Nathaniel <\/p>\n
453
\n00:27:06,680 –> 00:27:10,560
\nhad on his mind of the Kingdom,
\nbecause that was the Kingdom <\/p>\n
454
\n00:27:10,560 –> 00:27:14,760
\nthat he had learned about back
\nin Micah chapters four and five.<\/p>\n
455
\n00:27:15,600 –> 00:27:17,640
\nAll right, so let’s go back to
\nJohn chapter 1 now. <\/p>\n
456
\n00:27:18,720 –> 00:27:21,840
\nSo Nathaniel says, can anything
\ngood come from Nazareth, which <\/p>\n
457
\n00:27:21,840 –> 00:27:25,520
\nis Micah 5?
\nJesus says he’s an Israelite <\/p>\n
458
\n00:27:25,520 –> 00:27:29,040
\nindeed, in whom is no guile,
\nwhich is actually just like <\/p>\n
459
\n00:27:29,040 –> 00:27:32,120
\nMicah 4.
\nNathaniel says, how do you know <\/p>\n
460
\n00:27:32,120 –> 00:27:34,560
\nme?
\nAnd of course, what does Jesus <\/p>\n
461
\n00:27:34,560 –> 00:27:37,560
\ndo?
\nHe goes right back to Micah <\/p>\n
462
\n00:27:37,560 –> 00:27:42,520
\nagain, and he ties a great big
\nbow around this. <\/p>\n
463
\n00:27:42,800 –> 00:27:49,240
\nAnd he says to him, when you
\nwere under the fig tree, I saw <\/p>\n
464
\n00:27:49,240 –> 00:27:53,480
\nyou.
\nAnd Nathaniel’s astonished, <\/p>\n
465
\n00:27:55,280 –> 00:28:00,440
\nbecause in just a few words
\nJesus has gone through the whole<\/p>\n
466
\n00:28:00,440 –> 00:28:05,080
\nthing.
\nAnd so Nathaniel says, Rabbi, <\/p>\n
467
\n00:28:06,760 –> 00:28:10,360
\nyou are the Son of God, you are
\nthe king of Israel. <\/p>\n
468
\n00:28:11,040 –> 00:28:13,720
\nYou’re exactly what Micah was
\ntalking about. <\/p>\n
469
\n00:28:14,040 –> 00:28:17,480
\nMicah’s telling us.
\nMicah told us that Christ would <\/p>\n
470
\n00:28:17,480 –> 00:28:25,000
\nbe Rabbi, the Teacher, the Son
\nof God, and the king of Israel. <\/p>\n
471
\n00:28:27,120 –> 00:28:30,640
\nSo how was Nathaniel able to
\nbelieve? <\/p>\n
472
\n00:28:31,160 –> 00:28:34,320
\nWhat did it take to make
\nNathaniel believe? <\/p>\n
473
\n00:28:34,520 –> 00:28:38,120
\nWhat did it take to get him past
\nthe misinformation? <\/p>\n
474
\n00:28:39,000 –> 00:28:41,800
\nWas it a bolt of lightning of
\nbelief that came from God? <\/p>\n
475
\n00:28:41,800 –> 00:28:43,960
\nWas it a miracle that Jesus had
\ndone? <\/p>\n
476
\n00:28:45,200 –> 00:28:48,760
\nWhat was it?
\nHe knew the scriptures, didn’t <\/p>\n
477
\n00:28:48,760 –> 00:28:51,680
\nhe?
\nHe went back, he researched it, <\/p>\n
478
\n00:28:51,680 –> 00:28:54,480
\nhe checked it out.
\nHe knew exactly what to expect. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:28:54,640 –> 00:28:57,600
\nAnd when Jesus said the right
\nwords, he said you’re the <\/p>\n
480
\n00:28:57,600 –> 00:29:03,040
\nMessiah, you’re the Son of God.
\nThe lesson I think, is for us <\/p>\n
481
\n00:29:03,240 –> 00:29:07,120
\nthe same.
\nHow did Nathaniel believe? <\/p>\n
482
\n00:29:08,440 –> 00:29:13,400
\nNathaniel believed because 1.
\nHe was genuinely trying to find <\/p>\n
483
\n00:29:13,400 –> 00:29:17,840
\nthe truth about the Messiah.
\nSo when misinformation comes for<\/p>\n
484
\n00:29:17,840 –> 00:29:23,480
\nus, if we genuinely try to
\nfigure it out, God will help us <\/p>\n
485
\n00:29:23,480 –> 00:29:27,040
\nto figure it out.
\nNumber two, when that happened, <\/p>\n
486
\n00:29:27,040 –> 00:29:31,680
\nhis mind was in the Word.
\nSo when Jesus talked with him, <\/p>\n
487
\n00:29:31,720 –> 00:29:35,040
\nthere was no doubt that Jesus
\nwas the Messiah. <\/p>\n
488
\n00:29:35,400 –> 00:29:39,400
\nAlmost instantly, no doubt in
\nhis mind, he gets exactly what <\/p>\n
489
\n00:29:39,400 –> 00:29:42,160
\nJesus wanted him to get.
\nAnd what happened to <\/p>\n
490
\n00:29:42,160 –> 00:29:45,880
\nmisinformation in that process?
\nIt was completely defeated, <\/p>\n
491
\n00:29:46,320 –> 00:29:48,680
\ncompletely removed, completely
\ngone. <\/p>\n
492
\n00:29:52,280 –> 00:29:54,840
\nSo Romans 10 verse 17 is right,
\nisn’t it? <\/p>\n
493
\n00:29:56,200 –> 00:30:01,280
\nFaith comes by hearing and
\nhearing by the word of God. <\/p>\n
494
\n00:30:02,240 –> 00:30:06,480
\nWe’ve seen it in action.
\nNathaniel could could see <\/p>\n
495
\n00:30:06,520 –> 00:30:11,680
\nsomething that was not visible
\nto the senses and so he believed<\/p>\n
496
\n00:30:12,640 –> 00:30:16,600
\nand he developed a faith.
\nNow I’d like to share with you <\/p>\n
497
\n00:30:16,600 –> 00:30:21,720
\nsome some stats that I came
\nacross about church membership <\/p>\n
498
\n00:30:21,720 –> 00:30:24,360
\nand I don’t know if you can you
\ncan read them from from too far <\/p>\n
499
\n00:30:24,360 –> 00:30:29,400
\nback, but what this chart shows
\nus is the decline in Christian <\/p>\n
500
\n00:30:29,400 –> 00:30:33,200
\nChurch membership.
\nSo all the way up to the year <\/p>\n
501
\n00:30:33,200 –> 00:30:38,080
\n2000, participation in churches,
\nthis is just Christian churches <\/p>\n
502
\n00:30:38,080 –> 00:30:43,200
\nof course is about 70%.
\nAnd then there’s a decline that <\/p>\n
503
\n00:30:43,200 –> 00:30:45,720
\nstarts to take place in about
\n2000. <\/p>\n
504
\n00:30:46,640 –> 00:30:49,040
\nAnd then the decline seems to
\naccelerate. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:30:50,080 –> 00:30:55,520
\nNow, there’s a factor that’s
\nreally come to bear on the <\/p>\n
506
\n00:30:55,520 –> 00:31:00,160
\nmembership of churches,
\nChristian churches that has <\/p>\n
507
\n00:31:00,160 –> 00:31:03,840
\ndrastically reduced their
\nparticipation, people’s <\/p>\n
508
\n00:31:03,840 –> 00:31:06,640
\nparticipation.
\nAnd what do you think that that <\/p>\n
509
\n00:31:06,640 –> 00:31:08,880
\nis?
\nThat starts to happen around <\/p>\n
510
\n00:31:08,880 –> 00:31:11,480
\n2000 and accelerates beyond
\nthat. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:31:13,080 –> 00:31:14,080
\nInternet.
\nThank you. <\/p>\n
512
\n00:31:14,360 –> 00:31:16,560
\nAnd then Internet becomes the
\nphone, right? <\/p>\n
513
\n00:31:16,560 –> 00:31:18,280
\nI don’t have my phone with me.
\nProbably that’s good. <\/p>\n
514
\n00:31:18,480 –> 00:31:21,600
\nBut the phone takes that and
\nmakes it even easier. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:31:21,600 –> 00:31:27,160
\nWe have, we have constantly with
\nus, convenient, portable, <\/p>\n
516
\n00:31:27,240 –> 00:31:34,000
\naddictive entertainment that
\ngets in the way of our time in <\/p>\n
517
\n00:31:34,000 –> 00:31:37,480
\nthe Word of God.
\nAnd it’s addictive for us. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:31:37,880 –> 00:31:42,200
\nIt’s addictive for our children,
\nnot just because we’re weak. <\/p>\n
519
\n00:31:43,160 –> 00:31:48,200
\nIt’s addictive because it’s been
\nengineered to be addictive. <\/p>\n
520
\n00:31:48,560 –> 00:31:51,840
\nAnd that engineered
\naddictiveness is getting better <\/p>\n
521
\n00:31:52,120 –> 00:31:56,000
\nand better and better.
\nWe think of AI and the, and the <\/p>\n
522
\n00:31:56,000 –> 00:31:57,680
\nimpact that AI is going to have
\non it. <\/p>\n
523
\n00:31:57,680 –> 00:32:01,280
\nSo in the past, when, when you
\nhad a proclivity for something, <\/p>\n
524
\n00:32:01,560 –> 00:32:05,120
\nthe, the algorithms would figure
\nout your proclivity and they <\/p>\n
525
\n00:32:05,120 –> 00:32:08,600
\nwould find something that met
\nthe needs of that or met that <\/p>\n
526
\n00:32:08,600 –> 00:32:11,400
\nyour, your desires and show it
\nto you. <\/p>\n
527
\n00:32:12,240 –> 00:32:14,400
\nBut they would have to find it
\nin order to show it to you. <\/p>\n
528
\n00:32:14,920 –> 00:32:18,640
\nNow, what’s AI doing next?
\nWhat is got I is going to do <\/p>\n
529
\n00:32:18,640 –> 00:32:22,480
\nnext is it’s going to actually
\nsay, well, we know exactly what <\/p>\n
530
\n00:32:22,480 –> 00:32:25,840
\nyou want and it’s going to
\ncreate it and it’s going to <\/p>\n
531
\n00:32:25,840 –> 00:32:29,200
\ncreate it instantly and it’s
\ngoing to present it to you and <\/p>\n
532
\n00:32:29,320 –> 00:32:32,560
\nit’s going to be able to
\nconstantly present exactly what <\/p>\n
533
\n00:32:32,560 –> 00:32:35,600
\nyou’re looking for.
\nSo we’ve only begun to see the <\/p>\n
534
\n00:32:35,600 –> 00:32:40,360
\ndangers then of the phone that
\nwe take with us that has this <\/p>\n
535
\n00:32:40,360 –> 00:32:41,720
\nentertainment that takes our
\ntime. <\/p>\n
536
\n00:32:42,520 –> 00:32:46,040
\nWe’ve got to figure out a way,
\nbrothers and sisters, to take to<\/p>\n
537
\n00:32:46,240 –> 00:32:51,920
\nsomehow reduce that exposure and
\nget our time back into the word <\/p>\n
538
\n00:32:51,920 –> 00:32:55,600
\nof God.
\nAnd I think if we don’t that <\/p>\n
539
\n00:32:55,600 –> 00:32:59,680
\nwhat will happen to us is when
\nsomeone comes along and says, <\/p>\n
540
\n00:32:59,680 –> 00:33:04,400
\ncan anything good come from
\nNazareth, that we might say, <\/p>\n
541
\n00:33:05,400 –> 00:33:10,080
\nyeah, probably not and go on and
\nmiss the Messiah. <\/p>\n
542
\n00:33:11,040 –> 00:33:13,560
\nWe definitely don’t want our
\nchildren being in a place where <\/p>\n
543
\n00:33:13,560 –> 00:33:18,000
\nthey say can anything good come
\nfrom Nazareth and completely <\/p>\n
544
\n00:33:18,000 –> 00:33:20,560
\nmiss the coming of the Lord
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:33:22,080 –> 00:33:24,720
\nAll right, so that was the the
\nstory of of Nathaniel and his <\/p>\n
546
\n00:33:24,720 –> 00:33:27,320
\nconversation with Jesus.
\nLet’s go on now in the minutes <\/p>\n
547
\n00:33:27,320 –> 00:33:29,920
\nthat we have to the water to
\nwind the second part. <\/p>\n
548
\n00:33:29,920 –> 00:33:35,040
\nSo John chapter 2.
\nNow we noticed with Nathaniel <\/p>\n
549
\n00:33:35,040 –> 00:33:38,360
\nthen that his knowledge of the
\nscriptures made the difference. <\/p>\n
550
\n00:33:38,360 –> 00:33:41,000
\nHim going back, doing the
\nresearch, figuring it out, <\/p>\n
551
\n00:33:41,240 –> 00:33:45,560
\nunderstanding set him apart from
\nother people and and the the <\/p>\n
552
\n00:33:45,560 –> 00:33:48,080
\nmisinformation, as we said,
\ncarried on all the way through <\/p>\n
553
\n00:33:48,080 –> 00:33:51,560
\nthe ministry of Christ and
\npeople wanted to believe it and <\/p>\n
554
\n00:33:51,560 –> 00:33:54,520
\nso they believed it and they
\nended up not finding the <\/p>\n
555
\n00:33:54,520 –> 00:34:00,400
\nMessiah.
\nBut knowing the word of God does<\/p>\n
556
\n00:34:00,400 –> 00:34:05,000
\nnot equal belief.
\nIt’s possible for us to be <\/p>\n
557
\n00:34:05,000 –> 00:34:08,719
\nexposed to the word of God and
\nnot to develop faith. <\/p>\n
558
\n00:34:08,719 –> 00:34:12,199
\nAnd I think that’s what this
\nnext section that John presents <\/p>\n
559
\n00:34:12,199 –> 00:34:15,679
\nto us with the first miracle.
\nI think that’s the idea behind <\/p>\n
560
\n00:34:15,679 –> 00:34:17,760
\nthat.
\nSo we see a great example of the<\/p>\n
561
\n00:34:17,760 –> 00:34:20,760
\nimportance of knowing the
\nScriptures in order to build our<\/p>\n
562
\n00:34:20,760 –> 00:34:22,400
\nfaith.
\nAnd now we see some of the <\/p>\n
563
\n00:34:22,400 –> 00:34:25,199
\ndangers of of of doing that in
\nthe wrong way. <\/p>\n
564
\n00:34:25,840 –> 00:34:29,760
\nSo most people in Israel knew
\nabout the prophecies of the <\/p>\n
565
\n00:34:29,760 –> 00:34:31,440
\nMessiah.
\nThey knew about the promises to <\/p>\n
566
\n00:34:31,440 –> 00:34:33,840
\nDavid, but most of them rejected
\nthem. <\/p>\n
567
\n00:34:34,520 –> 00:34:40,320
\nThe nation of Israel is proof
\nfor us that it’s possible for <\/p>\n
568
\n00:34:40,320 –> 00:34:45,040
\npeople to do their readings
\nevery day, to spend a day each <\/p>\n
569
\n00:34:45,040 –> 00:34:48,760
\nweek around the Word of God, and
\nto even spend significant time <\/p>\n
570
\n00:34:48,920 –> 00:34:50,960
\nlistening to instruction of the
\nword of God. <\/p>\n
571
\n00:34:51,480 –> 00:34:55,880
\nAnd yet not to develop faith,
\nnot to develop a faith that <\/p>\n
572
\n00:34:55,880 –> 00:34:58,000
\nsaves.
\nThat’s the the example that <\/p>\n
573
\n00:34:58,000 –> 00:35:01,400
\nwe’re being presented here of
\nIsrael, very, very familiar with<\/p>\n
574
\n00:35:01,400 –> 00:35:03,120
\nthe word of God and yet not
\nbelieving. <\/p>\n
575
\n00:35:03,520 –> 00:35:06,520
\nSo let’s take a quick look at
\nthe miracle John 2 verse one. <\/p>\n
576
\n00:35:06,520 –> 00:35:11,040
\nIt says on the third day there
\nwas a wedding at in Cana and the<\/p>\n
577
\n00:35:11,040 –> 00:35:14,720
\nmother of Jesus was there.
\nSo the first sign is going to be<\/p>\n
578
\n00:35:14,720 –> 00:35:18,280
\ndone at a wedding.
\nAnd weddings are where new <\/p>\n
579
\n00:35:18,320 –> 00:35:26,200
\nfamilies are created in Israel.
\nGod’s bride, his people form the<\/p>\n
580
\n00:35:26,200 –> 00:35:29,600
\ncouple, right?
\nSo God has a bride, which is his<\/p>\n
581
\n00:35:29,600 –> 00:35:32,280
\npeople, which are the believers.
\nAnd we think about the ecclesia <\/p>\n
582
\n00:35:32,520 –> 00:35:34,840
\nthat’s married to Christ, a
\nfamily that’s there. <\/p>\n
583
\n00:35:35,400 –> 00:35:38,520
\nAnd what we have here is a type
\nof a of a man leaving his <\/p>\n
584
\n00:35:38,520 –> 00:35:44,720
\nparents to start a new family.
\nAnd that new family goes forward<\/p>\n
585
\n00:35:44,720 –> 00:35:48,800
\nto, to to make even more.
\nSo this is a good picture of why<\/p>\n
586
\n00:35:48,800 –> 00:35:53,880
\nGod created the nation of Israel
\nto get people to join his family<\/p>\n
587
\n00:35:54,240 –> 00:36:00,720
\nand to become his family.
\nSo verse 3 says when the wine <\/p>\n
588
\n00:36:00,720 –> 00:36:06,480
\nran out, the mother of Jesus
\nsaid to him, they have no wine. <\/p>\n
589
\n00:36:07,120 –> 00:36:10,640
\nSo everybody’s together for this
\nwedding and they’ve run out of <\/p>\n
590
\n00:36:10,640 –> 00:36:14,360
\nwine.
\nSo we have God as the husband, <\/p>\n
591
\n00:36:14,760 –> 00:36:18,080
\nwe have his people, Israel, and
\nthey’ve run out of wine. <\/p>\n
592
\n00:36:18,080 –> 00:36:20,160
\nNow, what do you think that
\nmight mean? <\/p>\n
593
\n00:36:20,160 –> 00:36:23,240
\nWhat does that represent for us,
\nrunning out of wine? <\/p>\n
594
\n00:36:23,840 –> 00:36:28,240
\nHow would Israel do you think
\nhave run out of wine? <\/p>\n
595
\n00:36:29,200 –> 00:36:35,680
\nWell, wine is a symbol of blood,
\nand blood represents the life of<\/p>\n
596
\n00:36:35,680 –> 00:36:39,480
\na person.
\nAnd a life can be used either in<\/p>\n
597
\n00:36:39,480 –> 00:36:44,000
\nthe service of God or it could
\nbe used in the services of our <\/p>\n
598
\n00:36:44,000 –> 00:36:47,480
\nown desires.
\nAnd so a life in the service of <\/p>\n
599
\n00:36:47,480 –> 00:36:49,120
\nGod would be what we’re looking
\nfor here. <\/p>\n
600
\n00:36:49,480 –> 00:36:53,800
\nGod was looking for people to to
\nsee His promises and to dedicate<\/p>\n
601
\n00:36:53,800 –> 00:36:56,640
\ntheir lives to Him and to become
\nHis bride. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:36:59,000 –> 00:37:02,200
\nIf we’re to put it another way,
\nwhat was happening in Israel was<\/p>\n
603
\n00:37:02,200 –> 00:37:05,480
\nnot very many people were
\nactually developing faith. <\/p>\n
604
\n00:37:06,280 –> 00:37:09,960
\nJesus had come into Israel and
\nwhen he got to Israel, he found <\/p>\n
605
\n00:37:09,960 –> 00:37:13,360
\nthat there wasn’t much wine.
\nHe found that there wasn’t much <\/p>\n
606
\n00:37:13,360 –> 00:37:15,240
\nfaith.
\nNow Hebrews 11, I think helps us<\/p>\n
607
\n00:37:15,240 –> 00:37:19,280
\nto understand this.
\nHebrews 11, verse 24, it says by<\/p>\n
608
\n00:37:19,280 –> 00:37:22,800
\nfaith Moses, when he was grown
\nup, refused to be called the <\/p>\n
609
\n00:37:22,800 –> 00:37:27,120
\nSon, the Pharaoh’s daughter,
\nchoosing rather to be mistreated<\/p>\n
610
\n00:37:27,120 –> 00:37:31,280
\nwith the people of God than to
\nenjoy the fleeting pleasures of <\/p>\n
611
\n00:37:31,280 –> 00:37:34,800
\nsin.
\nSo he chose to give his life in <\/p>\n
612
\n00:37:34,800 –> 00:37:38,120
\nthe service of God.
\nMoses did, rather than serving <\/p>\n
613
\n00:37:38,400 –> 00:37:41,720
\nhis own desires.
\nHe considered verse 26 the <\/p>\n
614
\n00:37:41,720 –> 00:37:44,760
\nreproach of Christ, greater
\nwealth than the treasures of <\/p>\n
615
\n00:37:44,760 –> 00:37:48,120
\nEgypt, for he was looking to the
\nreward. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:37:49,080 –> 00:37:52,760
\nSo Israel had run out of wine,
\nthey didn’t believe, they <\/p>\n
617
\n00:37:52,760 –> 00:37:57,120
\nweren’t doing what Moses did.
\nThey didn’t have hope or <\/p>\n
618
\n00:37:57,120 –> 00:38:02,880
\nexpectation of eternal life.
\nThe word then was not having the<\/p>\n
619
\n00:38:02,880 –> 00:38:05,960
\ndesired effect on them.
\nIt didn’t have the effect that <\/p>\n
620
\n00:38:05,960 –> 00:38:09,480
\nit had on on Moses.
\nSo let’s go back John 2 verse 6 <\/p>\n
621
\n00:38:10,680 –> 00:38:12,840
\nand let’s look at this details
\nof this a little bit. <\/p>\n
622
\n00:38:13,480 –> 00:38:17,520
\nIt says there were 6 stone water
\njar, water jars there for the <\/p>\n
623
\n00:38:17,520 –> 00:38:23,920
\nJewish rites of purification and
\neach one held 20 or 30 gallons. <\/p>\n
624
\n00:38:24,920 –> 00:38:27,760
\nSo the water, we talked about
\nthis last night pretty <\/p>\n
625
\n00:38:27,760 –> 00:38:29,840
\nextensively.
\nThe water represents the word of<\/p>\n
626
\n00:38:29,840 –> 00:38:32,720
\nGod.
\nAnd this goes also back to John <\/p>\n
627
\n00:38:32,760 –> 00:38:36,600
\nchapter 1.
\nGod shined his word into the <\/p>\n
628
\n00:38:36,600 –> 00:38:38,880
\nworld, but people didn’t grab
\nhold of it. <\/p>\n
629
\n00:38:39,280 –> 00:38:43,920
\nIt wasn’t used to make people
\nthe sons of God is what we read <\/p>\n
630
\n00:38:43,920 –> 00:38:46,960
\nabout yesterday.
\nIt was all around the people, <\/p>\n
631
\n00:38:46,960 –> 00:38:50,840
\nthis, this water, but it had no
\neffect on their hearts. <\/p>\n
632
\n00:38:51,920 –> 00:38:55,880
\nIt’s possible for us, like
\nIsrael, to do the readings each <\/p>\n
633
\n00:38:55,880 –> 00:39:00,440
\nday, to attend all the meetings
\nof the ecclesia and yet not to <\/p>\n
634
\n00:39:00,440 –> 00:39:06,320
\nhave our faith strengthened.
\nHave you ever done the readings <\/p>\n
635
\n00:39:06,960 –> 00:39:08,880
\nand got to the end of the
\nreadings and not been able to <\/p>\n
636
\n00:39:08,880 –> 00:39:17,280
\nremember what you read?
\nYeah, we need to make a find out<\/p>\n
637
\n00:39:17,280 –> 00:39:20,720
\na way so that we don’t run out
\nof wine. <\/p>\n
638
\n00:39:20,720 –> 00:39:24,560
\nAnd what we need to do is we
\nneed to find a way to engage our<\/p>\n
639
\n00:39:24,560 –> 00:39:29,520
\nbrains while we’re in the Word.
\nWe need to find ways to make the<\/p>\n
640
\n00:39:29,520 –> 00:39:34,640
\nword of God stick, maybe taking
\nnotes in a class, maybe taking <\/p>\n
641
\n00:39:34,640 –> 00:39:36,520
\nnotes in the readings, maybe
\nunderlining. <\/p>\n
642
\n00:39:37,080 –> 00:39:42,080
\nAnd at any age, do something
\nthat helps to get us engaged in <\/p>\n
643
\n00:39:42,080 –> 00:39:45,160
\nthe Word so that it’s not just
\nour mind working through it <\/p>\n
644
\n00:39:45,240 –> 00:39:48,640
\nwithout us.
\nSo Jesus gets to work in this <\/p>\n
645
\n00:39:48,640 –> 00:39:54,000
\ncase in the parable and in the
\nmiracle, and the first step in <\/p>\n
646
\n00:39:54,000 –> 00:39:58,120
\nshowing Israel that Jesus was
\nthe Son of God. <\/p>\n
647
\n00:39:58,560 –> 00:40:01,720
\nSo we go down to verse 7.
\nAnd so Jesus says to his <\/p>\n
648
\n00:40:01,720 –> 00:40:05,520
\nservants, fill the jars with
\nwater and they fill them to the <\/p>\n
649
\n00:40:05,520 –> 00:40:08,040
\nbrim.
\nSo the first thing we have to do<\/p>\n
650
\n00:40:08,040 –> 00:40:10,880
\nthen is we have to fill the jars
\nwith water. <\/p>\n
651
\n00:40:10,880 –> 00:40:13,640
\nWe have to fill our minds with
\nthe Word of God. <\/p>\n
652
\n00:40:13,640 –> 00:40:16,120
\nThat’s the first step.
\nWe’ve got to take that. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:40:16,200 –> 00:40:18,880
\nWe’ve got to not be selective in
\nwhat we do. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:40:19,120 –> 00:40:22,520
\nWe have to hear the whole word
\nof God and apply it in our <\/p>\n
655
\n00:40:22,520 –> 00:40:27,800
\nlives.
\nAnd then he says, now draw some <\/p>\n
656
\n00:40:27,800 –> 00:40:30,120
\nout and take it to the master of
\nthe feast. <\/p>\n
657
\n00:40:30,640 –> 00:40:32,400
\nAnd so they took it.
\nAnd so after they filled the <\/p>\n
658
\n00:40:32,400 –> 00:40:35,600
\npots up with water, they took
\nthe water, they took the word of<\/p>\n
659
\n00:40:35,600 –> 00:40:39,520
\nGod, which at this point had
\nbecome wine, and they gave it to<\/p>\n
660
\n00:40:39,520 –> 00:40:42,760
\nthe ruler of the feast.
\nAnd we have this wine which <\/p>\n
661
\n00:40:42,760 –> 00:40:45,800
\nrepresents people giving their
\nlives in the service of God. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:40:46,280 –> 00:40:49,160
\nSo what had happened here
\nthrough the the hands of the <\/p>\n
663
\n00:40:49,160 –> 00:40:51,880
\ndisciples, through the hands of
\nthe servants, through the hands <\/p>\n
664
\n00:40:51,880 –> 00:40:55,920
\nof Jesus, was that the word of
\nGod, which was having no effect <\/p>\n
665
\n00:40:55,920 –> 00:40:59,240
\non the people, which had only
\nbeen used by the people to this <\/p>\n
666
\n00:40:59,240 –> 00:41:02,240
\npoint for what?
\nThey’d use that water for <\/p>\n
667
\n00:41:02,240 –> 00:41:05,040
\npurifying.
\nAnd that water, the word of God <\/p>\n
668
\n00:41:05,040 –> 00:41:07,760
\nis actually converted to
\nsomething that’s much more <\/p>\n
669
\n00:41:07,760 –> 00:41:11,600
\npowerful, something that’s going
\nto actually bring us to <\/p>\n
670
\n00:41:11,600 –> 00:41:15,320
\nsacrifice for God, something
\nthat could bring us to faith, <\/p>\n
671
\n00:41:15,320 –> 00:41:16,840
\nwhich is what we talked about
\nyesterday. <\/p>\n
672
\n00:41:17,520 –> 00:41:21,000
\nAnd then in verse verse 9, when
\nthe master of the feast tasted <\/p>\n
673
\n00:41:21,000 –> 00:41:24,360
\nthe water, which had now become
\nwine, and he didn’t know where <\/p>\n
674
\n00:41:24,360 –> 00:41:27,200
\nit came from, though the
\nservants who had drawn the water<\/p>\n
675
\n00:41:27,200 –> 00:41:30,840
\nknew the master of the feast
\ncalled the bridegroom. <\/p>\n
676
\n00:41:30,840 –> 00:41:35,160
\nSo the master now has has seen
\nthis, he’s tasted this new wine <\/p>\n
677
\n00:41:35,440 –> 00:41:37,960
\nand he says this is far, far
\nbetter. <\/p>\n
678
\n00:41:38,720 –> 00:41:41,360
\nWe can imagine an experience
\nwhere where we go through the <\/p>\n
679
\n00:41:41,360 –> 00:41:43,600
\nword and we don’t get anything
\nout of it at all. <\/p>\n
680
\n00:41:44,080 –> 00:41:46,840
\nAnd in a different situation
\nwhere we go through the word and<\/p>\n
681
\n00:41:46,840 –> 00:41:51,360
\nour faith is, is built up by the
\npower of the word and it’s much,<\/p>\n
682
\n00:41:51,360 –> 00:41:53,600
\nmuch better.
\nIt makes everything else <\/p>\n
683
\n00:41:53,600 –> 00:41:56,440
\nunimportant to us.
\nVerse 10 it says, and he said to<\/p>\n
684
\n00:41:56,440 –> 00:42:00,320
\nhim, everyone serves the good
\nwine 1st and when people have <\/p>\n
685
\n00:42:00,320 –> 00:42:02,240
\ndrunk freely, then the poor
\nwine. <\/p>\n
686
\n00:42:02,920 –> 00:42:07,200
\nBut you’ve kept the good wine
\nuntil now, of course. <\/p>\n
687
\n00:42:07,200 –> 00:42:09,640
\nThat’s what the Lord Jesus
\nChrist had come to do. <\/p>\n
688
\n00:42:10,080 –> 00:42:13,720
\nHe’d come to take the the Word
\nof God, which was being used by <\/p>\n
689
\n00:42:13,720 –> 00:42:17,080
\nIsrael at this point, just as as
\nsomething to purify the outside.<\/p>\n
690
\n00:42:17,560 –> 00:42:20,040
\nHe’d come to take the Word of
\nGod and convert it into <\/p>\n
691
\n00:42:20,040 –> 00:42:24,040
\nsomething that would change
\ntheir faith and build that faith<\/p>\n
692
\n00:42:24,040 –> 00:42:27,720
\nin them because that was better
\nthan anything else that they <\/p>\n
693
\n00:42:27,720 –> 00:42:30,320
\nhad.
\nWhat was the result of all of <\/p>\n
694
\n00:42:30,320 –> 00:42:33,000
\nthat?
\nWhat was the result? <\/p>\n
695
\n00:42:33,920 –> 00:42:36,200
\nI hope you’ve got your little
\nBible marking pencil out to to <\/p>\n
696
\n00:42:36,200 –> 00:42:42,240
\nmark it there in verse 11.
\nAnd his disciples believed on <\/p>\n
697
\n00:42:42,240 –> 00:42:45,160
\nhim.
\nIt doesn’t say everyone <\/p>\n
698
\n00:42:45,160 –> 00:42:48,120
\nbelieved.
\nI believe that the disciples <\/p>\n
699
\n00:42:48,120 –> 00:42:50,840
\nbelieved, yes, because it was a
\nmiracle. <\/p>\n
700
\n00:42:51,600 –> 00:42:54,000
\nBut I also believe that the
\ndisciples believed because they <\/p>\n
701
\n00:42:54,000 –> 00:42:59,160
\nunderstood that this was a
\npicture of the mission statement<\/p>\n
702
\n00:42:59,160 –> 00:43:02,280
\nthat Jesus was giving to them.
\nJesus was showing them, this is <\/p>\n
703
\n00:43:02,280 –> 00:43:05,040
\nwhat we’re going to do.
\nThis is the whole purpose of my <\/p>\n
704
\n00:43:05,040 –> 00:43:08,040
\nmission is to take people that
\nare that are using the word of <\/p>\n
705
\n00:43:08,040 –> 00:43:11,680
\nGod to to wash the outside and
\nto make themselves look good and<\/p>\n
706
\n00:43:11,680 –> 00:43:15,240
\nto actually make it change
\npeople’s hearts so that they can<\/p>\n
707
\n00:43:15,240 –> 00:43:18,640
\nhave faith so that they can be
\nin the Kingdom of God. <\/p>\n
708
\n00:43:19,880 –> 00:43:22,560
\nAll right, So what are the
\nlessons from hearing the word <\/p>\n
709
\n00:43:23,560 –> 00:43:27,360
\nthat we come up with today?
\nSo the first one is spending <\/p>\n
710
\n00:43:27,360 –> 00:43:33,280
\nreal, consistent, quality time
\nin the word is required if we <\/p>\n
711
\n00:43:33,280 –> 00:43:36,320
\nwant to build faith.
\nThere’s Nathaniel, right? <\/p>\n
712
\n00:43:36,320 –> 00:43:40,320
\nHe, he did exactly that.
\nThe second one, cheap <\/p>\n
713
\n00:43:40,440 –> 00:43:43,920
\nentertainment, easily attained
\nentertainment of the digital <\/p>\n
714
\n00:43:43,920 –> 00:43:48,520
\nworld is the enemy of faith.
\nIt’s going to get in the way of <\/p>\n
715
\n00:43:48,520 –> 00:43:51,720
\nour faith because we’re going to
\nspend our time on it when we <\/p>\n
716
\n00:43:51,720 –> 00:43:54,400
\nshould be doing what Nathaniel
\nwas doing, which was trying to <\/p>\n
717
\n00:43:54,400 –> 00:43:58,760
\nfigure out what God was saying
\nand to try to understand if <\/p>\n
718
\n00:43:58,760 –> 00:44:01,520
\nsomething was misinformation or
\nif it was true. <\/p>\n
719
\n00:44:03,080 –> 00:44:06,760
\nAnd then thirdly, it’s possible
\nto spend time in the word <\/p>\n
720
\n00:44:07,360 –> 00:44:10,640
\nwithout developing faith.
\nAnd I think that one’s <\/p>\n
721
\n00:44:10,640 –> 00:44:13,840
\nparticularly relevant for us
\nbecause we all spend time in the<\/p>\n
722
\n00:44:13,840 –> 00:44:17,680
\nword.
\nIt’s up to us to go from just <\/p>\n
723
\n00:44:17,680 –> 00:44:23,640
\ndoing it, to be seen of others
\nand to to clean the outside, to <\/p>\n
724
\n00:44:23,640 –> 00:44:27,320
\ngo from that to actually
\nchanging and to developing our <\/p>\n
725
\n00:44:27,320 –> 00:44:30,480
\nfaith.
\nAll right, we’ll stop there <\/p>\n
726
\n00:44:30,480 –> 00:44:34,240
\ntoday.
\nA reminder if you have people or<\/p>\n
727
\n00:44:34,240 –> 00:44:36,280
\npassages of the Scripture that
\nhave helped you develop your <\/p>\n
728
\n00:44:36,280 –> 00:44:38,560
\nfaith, I’d love to to hear about
\nthose. <\/p>\n
729
\n00:44:38,960 –> 00:44:39,600
\nAll right.
\nThank you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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