{"id":497,"date":"2022-04-04T02:22:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T02:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/186-craig-farren-exhortation-filling-our-pots-to-the-brim-for-jesus\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T04:09:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T04:09:31","slug":"186-craig-farren-exhortation-filling-our-pots-to-the-brim-for-jesus","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/186-craig-farren-exhortation-filling-our-pots-to-the-brim-for-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"186: Craig Farren – Exhortation: Filling Our Pots To The Brim For Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to an exhortation by Brother Craig Farren given in April of 2021 to the Aberfoyle Park Ecclesia in Australia. We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

Thank you for listening, God bless, and talk to you next week.<\/p>\n

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\nThis is brother Brian.
\nThis week’s talk is an <\/p>\n

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\nexcitation by Brother Craig
\nferren which was given last <\/p>\n

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\nApril.
\nSo a year ago at a Foyle Park <\/p>\n

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\nEcclesia and South Australia.
\nIt was titled, Jesus turns water<\/p>\n

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\ninto wine, but I think a more
\nspot on title would be filling <\/p>\n

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\nour pots to the brim for Jesus.
\nThe excerpt was sent in by <\/p>\n

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\nSo thank you, as always.
\nIn this excerpt brother. <\/p>\n

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\nCraig takes a look at Jesus
\nfirst miracle at the wedding in <\/p>\n

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\nCana which on the surface
\nappears hurried and unplanned <\/p>\n

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\nand breaks it Down Beat by beat
\nrevealing, who the miracle <\/p>\n

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\nreally was for, and why Jesus,
\nthe winemaker couldn’t have done<\/p>\n

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\nit without the faith of those
\nwho weren’t even invited to the <\/p>\n

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\nwedding.
\nThey were there to work. <\/p>\n

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\nThe servants.
\nThere are so many great <\/p>\n

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\nmetaphors in background points,
\nbut my favorite and why I would <\/p>\n

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\nsuggest is updated title is how
\nbrother Craig brings us into the<\/p>\n

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\nservants shoes and how their
\nresponse in action to the words <\/p>\n

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\nof Jesus is what makes this
\nmiracle come alive and apply. <\/p>\n

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\nSo well to us.
\nAre we just content to get the <\/p>\n

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\njob done?
\nOr are we filling our pots to <\/p>\n

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\nthe brim?
\nAre we able to be changed at <\/p>\n

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\nmore than just a surface level?
\nDo our actions show that we wish<\/p>\n

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\nto be made.
\nNot just new, but made <\/p>\n

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\naltogether different in every
\nway. <\/p>\n

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\nFit to serve one another as we
\nwould serve a king it’s as <\/p>\n

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\nalways we hope this strengthens
\nyour faith and brightens your <\/p>\n

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\nday brother.
\nCraig ferren filling our pots to<\/p>\n

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\nthe brim for Jesus.
\nGood morning, brothers and <\/p>\n

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\nsisters, and young people.
\nSo, Jesus is first miracle <\/p>\n

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\nturning.
\nWater into wine. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s a story that we’re all
\nfamiliar with its taught very <\/p>\n

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\nearly on in Sunday school.
\nAnd it’s well-known. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd even outside of religious
\norganizations, we know it. <\/p>\n

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\nWell, Jesus, his mom Mary and
\nhis disciples go to a wedding in<\/p>\n

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\nCana Mary lets him know that the
\nwines run out or as other <\/p>\n

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\ntranslations have said it the
\nwine is running out. <\/p>\n

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\nJesus asked the servants to fill
\nsome pots with water before <\/p>\n

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\nturning that water into wine.
\nThe wedding goes on. <\/p>\n

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\nEveryone’s impressed at the best
\nwine was saved until last. <\/p>\n

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\nThen Jesus Mary his brothers and
\ndisciples go to companion and <\/p>\n

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\nstay there for a few days.
\nThat’s it, that’s it, that’s <\/p>\n

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\nit’s that easy.
\nBut there’s actually even though<\/p>\n

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\nthere’s not much written about
\nit, there’s a lot of information<\/p>\n

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\nin.
\nThere are a lot of different <\/p>\n

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\nthings that we have, and it’s
\nactually a very important and a <\/p>\n

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\nvery relevant miracle.
\nIt’s Not Unusual for Bible <\/p>\n

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\nstories to contain much more
\ninformation than we might first <\/p>\n

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\nthink.
\nAnd it is helpful to put this <\/p>\n

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\nmiracle into some context.
\nAnd to do that, I thought we’d <\/p>\n

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\nhave a look at maybe identifying
\nsome of the other miracles in <\/p>\n

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\nthe Bible.
\nEspecially looking at the ones <\/p>\n

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\nthat occurred before this one,
\nit says in John that been read <\/p>\n

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\nfor us.
\nIt says that this was the first <\/p>\n

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\nmiracle that Jesus did.
\nAnd I think it’s also the first <\/p>\n

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\none recorded in the New
\nTestament. <\/p>\n

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\nSo when was the last one?
\nNot all married. <\/p>\n

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\nCouples have a multitude of
\nwitnesses. <\/p>\n

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\nSo if you think about, for
\nexample, Elijah and he was up in<\/p>\n

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\nthe mountain and God sent a wind
\nearthquake and fire, it was only<\/p>\n

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\nElijah and some still Small
\nVoice. <\/p>\n

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\nSorry.
\nAnd it was only Elijah that she <\/p>\n

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\nwitnessed those.
\nAnd because the water into wine <\/p>\n

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\nwas a public or at least a
\nsemi-public miracle specifically<\/p>\n

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\nlooking for miracles that were
\nwitnessed by a group of people. <\/p>\n

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\nNow the last one that I could
\nthink of was Daniel in the <\/p>\n

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\nLion’s Den when they are God.
\nShut the Lions. <\/p>\n

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\nMouths, possibly Jonah being in
\nthe fish’s belly, but we’re not <\/p>\n

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\nactually told whether this was
\nwitnessed by anyone or not. <\/p>\n

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\nSo if we take the Lion’s Den, as
\nthe last miracle that happened, <\/p>\n

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\nthat was approximately 500 years
\nbefore this one. <\/p>\n

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\nSo, no one had really seen a
\nmiracle for about 500 years. <\/p>\n

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\nSo it got me thinking, well, why
\nnow, and why a wedding in Cana, <\/p>\n

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\na small town in Galilee and why
\na miracle that was only <\/p>\n

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\nwitnessed by a very small number
\nof people. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd as we’ll see, these people
\nweren’t really even that <\/p>\n

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\nimportant in society.
\nIt was a subtle Miracle. <\/p>\n

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\nIt wasn’t flashy like healing a
\nlame person or raising someone <\/p>\n

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\nfrom the dead or even one of
\nJesus’s later Miracles, where he<\/p>\n

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\nfed 5,000 people.
\nIf it were me, I’d probably <\/p>\n

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\nthink, right.
\nWell, I’ve got all this power. <\/p>\n

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\nSo let’s do something that will
\nhave a big impact. <\/p>\n

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\nThat’s kicked this ministry off
\nwith a bang but Jesus isn’t like<\/p>\n

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\nme.
\nAnd we can all be thankful for <\/p>\n

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\nthat.
\nHe could have easily started off<\/p>\n

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\nwith something big but he didn’t
\nbut that doesn’t at all mean <\/p>\n

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\nthat this miracle didn’t have an
\nimpact or wasn’t beneficial. <\/p>\n

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\nDetails about it would have
\ntrickled out over time as people<\/p>\n

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\nstarted, talking with many not
\neven realizing or being aware of<\/p>\n

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\nit until they heard stories
\nabout it. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we’ll see that this miracle
\nis about restoration and <\/p>\n

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\ntransformation, which is
\nsomething that is still very <\/p>\n

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\nrelevant to all of us.
\nI wonder if we often see Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nmiracles as just signs of his
\npower rather than as a sign of <\/p>\n

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\nhis personality and his work.
\nThe Miracles are so much more <\/p>\n

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\nthan just powerful miraculous
\ndisplays there. <\/p>\n

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\nAlso a display of love
\ncompassion, empathy, and in this<\/p>\n

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\ncase and many others restoration
\nRevelation 21 Verses 4 to 5 sums<\/p>\n

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\nthis up.
\nIt says God will wipe away every<\/p>\n

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\ntear from their eyes.
\nThere shall be no more death nor<\/p>\n

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\nsorrow nor crying there shall be
\nno more pain. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd verse 5 Jesus says behold I
\nmake all things new. <\/p>\n

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\nSo Jesus restores.
\nHe makes all things new and this<\/p>\n

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\nis an important phrase to
\nremember when looking at this <\/p>\n

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\nmiracle Why are we going through
\nthe miracle? <\/p>\n

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\nWant us to try and keep three
\nthings in mind? <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we’ll line is Jesus provides
\nall that. <\/p>\n

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\nWe need number two and this
\nmight be a bit obscure but <\/p>\n

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\nbelieve in the messenger as well
\nas the message. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd number three stop focusing
\non the wine. <\/p>\n

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\nI’ll explain those as we go.
\nSo, let’s have a look at the <\/p>\n

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\nevents in John 2.
\nFirst one tells us that the <\/p>\n

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\nwedding was in Cana of Galilee.
\nAs I mentioned, Cana was a small<\/p>\n

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\ntown, probably more more of a
\nvillage in a region of no real <\/p>\n

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\nimportance.
\nJesus and his disciples. <\/p>\n

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\nIt says they were invited.
\nJesus mother Mary was there. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, it doesn’t specifically
\nmention that she was invited, so<\/p>\n

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\nshe was possibly working in the,
\nin the wedding and we see that <\/p>\n

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\nshe’s the one who brings the
\nwine situation to Jesus’s <\/p>\n

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\nattention.
\nNow, if she wasn’t part of the <\/p>\n

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\nthe crew that was working there,
\nthis might have been as a result<\/p>\n

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\nof her natural maternal
\ninstincts that were kicking in. <\/p>\n

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\nBut whatever the reason she can
\nsee the situation and she’s <\/p>\n

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\nfilled with compassion and this
\nis where things really start to <\/p>\n

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\nget interesting.
\nMary says forwards to Jesus in <\/p>\n

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\nverse 3 that kick-start a whole
\nhost of things she says to him <\/p>\n

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\nthey have no wine.
\nSo weddings in this time we’re <\/p>\n

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\nnot like we have now these
\nweddings and their feasts were <\/p>\n

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\ncelebrated that.
\nSpanned many days possibly weeks<\/p>\n

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\nas well and they may not have
\nhappened very often so when they<\/p>\n

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\ndid occur they were really
\ncelebrated This was in essence, <\/p>\n

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\nthis was a huge party.
\nIt was possibly the highlight of<\/p>\n

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\nthe year for many people in Cana
\nand being a small village means <\/p>\n

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\nthat everybody knows everybody
\npeople in small communities like<\/p>\n

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\nthat, especially back in those
\ntimes were dependent on each <\/p>\n

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\nother, people traded their goods
\nand or their services for <\/p>\n

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\nsurvival.
\nIt was a real Community where <\/p>\n

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\neach person had a role to play
\nto ensure that The community <\/p>\n

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\nthrived.
\nAction Jews also had a marriage <\/p>\n

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\ntradition that is different to
\ntoday, there was a period of a <\/p>\n

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\nyear between betrothal and
\nmarriage, when the groom would <\/p>\n

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\nbe responsible for providing and
\nthis involved buying or building<\/p>\n

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\na house ready for when they were
\nto be United in marriage and <\/p>\n

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\nadditionally, it was the groom’s
\nresponsibility to ensure that <\/p>\n

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\neverything for the wedding
\nceremony was provided. <\/p>\n

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\nNow, we see that the wine is
\nrunning out and this is a big <\/p>\n

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\nproblem.
\nIt could indicate that the <\/p>\n

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\nhusband was not properly
\nprepared in our age. <\/p>\n

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\nWe probably just brush it off as
\na faux pas, bit of an ellipse. <\/p>\n

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\nBut back then, perhaps it meant
\nat this. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:34,300 –> 00:11:37,300
\nMeans that this groom isn’t
\nactually a very good provider. <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:37,400 –> 00:11:40,800
\nIn essence, you could just be
\nreally terrible at estimating, <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:40,800 –> 00:11:46,100
\nhow much wine people drink.
\nBut in Jewish culture, this was <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:46,100 –> 00:11:49,200
\na serious problem.
\nNow, remember Kane has a small <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:49,200 –> 00:11:53,400
\nvillage, the inhabitants there,
\nlikely didn’t travel, they were <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:53,400 –> 00:11:56,900
\nborn in Cana.
\nThey grew up in Cana and they <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:56,900 –> 00:11:59,600
\ndied in Cana.
\nSo word would have gotten <\/p>\n

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\n00:11:59,600 –> 00:12:03,000
\naround.
\nAnd imagine the shame and the <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:03,000 –> 00:12:05,700
\nembarrassment that this
\nsituation could have caused. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:06,200 –> 00:12:08,000
\nThat’s not a great start to a
\nmarriage. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:08,600 –> 00:12:11,700
\nNow, we don’t know the real
\nreason why the wine was running <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:11,700 –> 00:12:13,800
\nout, but neither would anybody
\nelse? <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:13,800 –> 00:12:16,900
\nAnd that wouldn’t stop the
\nrumors from flying around. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:18,400 –> 00:12:20,600
\nNow as I mentioned before,
\nMary’s the one who brings this <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:20,600 –> 00:12:25,600
\nto Jesus attention, she comes to
\nhim in verse 3 and says they <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:25,600 –> 00:12:28,700
\nhave no wine or they don’t have
\nenough wine. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:30,300 –> 00:12:34,300
\nWe shouldn’t automatically
\nassume that Mary expected Jesus <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:34,300 –> 00:12:37,700
\nto do anything about it.
\nAt least not in a miraculous <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:37,700 –> 00:12:40,000
\nway.
\nIf we think about their family <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:40,000 –> 00:12:43,000
\nsituation.
\nWe realized that Joseph died, <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:43,000 –> 00:12:47,800
\nmany years ago and Jesus had
\ntaken his place as the provider <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:47,800 –> 00:12:51,200
\nfor the family.
\nMary would be used to turning to<\/p>\n

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\n00:12:51,200 –> 00:12:56,500
\nJesus for advice, or to him as
\nsomeone to share her concerns. <\/p>\n

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\n00:12:57,400 –> 00:13:01,400
\nSo, you knew that Jesus was
\nspecial though, she knew better <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:01,400 –> 00:13:04,900
\nthan anybody else because she
\nwas actually there Luke to <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:04,900 –> 00:13:08,200
\ndescribes the events around
\nJesus’s birth. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:08,200 –> 00:13:11,200
\nAnd how the shepherd’s after
\nhearing about the Messiah. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:11,200 –> 00:13:16,100
\nBeing born, went to visit.
\nExcuse me, Luke 22, verse 17. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:16,100 –> 00:13:20,400
\nWhen they, the shepherd’s had
\nseen Jesus, they made widely <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:20,400 –> 00:13:23,600
\nknown the saying which was told
\nthem concerning this child and <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:23,600 –> 00:13:26,500
\nall those who heard it marveled
\nat those things which were told <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:26,508 –> 00:13:31,300
\nthem by the Shepherd’s.
\nFirst 19, but Mary kept all <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:31,300 –> 00:13:33,400
\nthese things and pondered them
\nin her heart. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:34,000 –> 00:13:37,900
\nShe thought about this carefully
\nand often other translations say<\/p>\n

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\n00:13:37,900 –> 00:13:42,400
\nthat she treasured these things
\nin her heart, she knew that <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:42,400 –> 00:13:47,000
\nJesus was special from the start
\nand she knew that Jesus could <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:47,300 –> 00:13:52,600
\nturn a bad situation around.
\nThis should make us think about <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:52,600 –> 00:13:54,500
\nPoint number one, that I
\nmentioned earlier. <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:54,600 –> 00:13:58,500
\nJesus provides all that we need
\nhe can take a bad situation and <\/p>\n

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\n00:13:58,500 –> 00:14:03,300
\nmake something good out of it.
\nBut it’s Jesus response in verse<\/p>\n

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\n00:14:03,300 –> 00:14:07,100
\n4.
\nThat is what’s puzzling at least<\/p>\n

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\n00:14:07,100 –> 00:14:12,300
\nat first In verse 4, he says
\nwoman, what does your concern <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:12,300 –> 00:14:16,400
\nhave to do with me?
\nMy hour has not yet come woman. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:17,200 –> 00:14:21,700
\nIf I called my mum woman, she’d
\nprobably hit me but Jesus wasn’t<\/p>\n

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\n00:14:21,700 –> 00:14:24,200
\nactually being rude.
\nOne of the problems with <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:24,200 –> 00:14:28,100
\ntranslating texts between
\nlanguages is nuances of that <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:28,100 –> 00:14:32,100
\nlanguage can be lost in
\ntranslation for example in our <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:32,100 –> 00:14:36,000
\nmodern language When we see
\nsomething flying towards <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:36,000 –> 00:14:40,800
\nsomebody, we shout out heads up
\nwhich actually really means <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:40,800 –> 00:14:42,900
\nduck.
\nIt’s the opposite of what we’re <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:42,908 –> 00:14:47,600
\ntrying to convey, but everybody
\ninstinctively Ducks, they know <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:47,600 –> 00:14:50,800
\nwhat heads up actually means and
\nthat means get down. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:51,900 –> 00:14:56,500
\nSo it’s interesting also that
\nEve is called woman more times, <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:56,600 –> 00:14:59,300
\nthen choose called Eve Genesis
\n2. <\/p>\n

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\n00:14:59,300 –> 00:15:04,400
\nVerse 23 says this is now bone
\nof my bones and Flesh of My <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:04,400 –> 00:15:08,000
\nFlesh.
\nShe shall be called woman <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:08,100 –> 00:15:09,800
\nbecause she was taken out of
\nman. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:10,100 –> 00:15:15,300
\nSo it’s likely, this is the same
\nas an English speaker, referring<\/p>\n

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\n00:15:15,300 –> 00:15:20,800
\nto someone as ma’am.
\nJesus lovingly calls her that <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:20,800 –> 00:15:24,700
\nagain, lovingly calls a woman
\nagain during his crucifixion, in<\/p>\n

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\n00:15:24,700 –> 00:15:29,200
\nJohn, 19, verse 26.
\nAnd this was in a way of getting<\/p>\n

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\nher making sure that she was
\ngoing to be looked after he was <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:32,200 –> 00:15:36,300
\ngone.
\nBut by calling her woman or man,<\/p>\n

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\n00:15:36,500 –> 00:15:41,200
\ninstead of mother or mum, he’s
\ninstinctively, distancing <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:41,200 –> 00:15:45,100
\nhimself somewhat from her, he’s
\nshowing his independence from <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:45,100 –> 00:15:49,400
\nher wishes and at the end of
\nverse 4, it says, what does your<\/p>\n

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\n00:15:49,400 –> 00:15:52,300
\nconcern have to do with me?
\nMy hour is not yet. <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:52,300 –> 00:15:57,400
\nCome again, Jesus is expressing
\nindependence from everything <\/p>\n

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\n00:15:57,500 –> 00:16:02,100
\nexcept God’s timetable.
\nAnd this is why he says my hour <\/p>\n

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\nhas not yet.
\nCome. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:04,100 –> 00:16:06,300
\nHe was working within God’s
\ntimetable. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:07,500 –> 00:16:11,300
\nHe says in John Chapter 5 Verse
\n30 that I can do nothing of <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:11,300 –> 00:16:14,500
\nmyself.
\nAs I hear I judge and my <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:14,500 –> 00:16:18,900
\njudgment is righteous because I
\ndo not seek my own, but the <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:18,900 –> 00:16:25,300
\nfather who sent me Jesus wasn’t
\ngoing to reveal his power sooner<\/p>\n

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\n00:16:25,300 –> 00:16:30,200
\nthan God had intended.
\nIn Matthew 4, verses 1 to 10, <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:30,200 –> 00:16:33,400
\nwhere Jesus is tempted in the
\nwilderness, he actually makes <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:33,400 –> 00:16:36,500
\nquite a strong point of not
\ndoing the right thing for the <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:36,500 –> 00:16:40,200
\nwrong reasons.
\nPerforming a miracle at a time. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:41,600 –> 00:16:45,200
\nOr place outside of God’s will
\nwould be wrong. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:46,000 –> 00:16:48,400
\nJesus isn’t being rude or
\ndismissive. <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:48,500 –> 00:16:53,100
\nHe’s politely pointing out that
\nhe follows God and this is <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:53,100 –> 00:16:57,600
\nperfectly okay with Mary.
\nThey’ve most likely had this <\/p>\n

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\n00:16:57,600 –> 00:17:00,700
\nexact same conversation many,
\nmany times in the past. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:00,700 –> 00:17:04,599
\nAnd like I said, she she knows
\nthat he’s special and she <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:04,599 –> 00:17:08,500
\nunderstands him.
\nPerhaps, Jesus is aware of the <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:08,500 –> 00:17:11,900
\nsituation and is waiting for the
\ntime when the wine had <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:11,900 –> 00:17:14,500
\ncompletely run out.
\nAnd there was no way the <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:14,500 –> 00:17:17,700
\nsituation could be fixed by
\nanything other than a miracle, <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:18,700 –> 00:17:22,200
\nor perhaps this wasn’t actually
\nthe right time for his first <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:22,200 –> 00:17:24,400
\nmiracle, and the ones meant to
\nrun out. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:25,500 –> 00:17:29,700
\nMary understood.
\nAnd she shows this by simply <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:29,700 –> 00:17:32,700
\nsaying to the servants at the
\nwedding, just do whatever he <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:32,700 –> 00:17:37,300
\nasks you to do.
\nIt’s also got me thinking about <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:37,300 –> 00:17:40,000
\nJesus phrase, my hour is not yet
\ncome. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:41,300 –> 00:17:44,200
\nHe’s sinking towards his death,
\nand he knows that. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:44,400 –> 00:17:47,700
\nOnce this miracle happens,
\nthere’s no going back. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:47,800 –> 00:17:50,800
\nThere’s no disguising who he is,
\nnot that he would want to <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:50,800 –> 00:17:53,100
\nanyway, but he knows that from
\nthis. <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:53,700 –> 00:17:57,200
\nHe will get the recognition that
\nultimately leads to his trial <\/p>\n

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\n00:17:57,200 –> 00:18:00,400
\nand crucifixion.
\nThe floodgates are open. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:01,000 –> 00:18:02,800
\nThis is the beginning of the
\nend. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:04,300 –> 00:18:09,300
\nJohn 2, verse 5, as I said, Mary
\nsays to the servants, whatever <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:09,300 –> 00:18:12,800
\nhe says to you do it.
\nThere’s so much power. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:12,900 –> 00:18:17,600
\nIn these words, whatever he says
\nto you do it. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:18,600 –> 00:18:20,900
\nNot whatever.
\nHe says to you sit down and have<\/p>\n

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\n00:18:20,900 –> 00:18:24,500
\na meeting about it.
\nNot whatever he says to you pray<\/p>\n

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\n00:18:24,500 –> 00:18:28,800
\nabout it, do it.
\nShe’s telling the servants to be<\/p>\n

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\n00:18:28,800 –> 00:18:33,200
\npeople of action, if Jesus
\nrequires it, I’m not saying that<\/p>\n

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\n00:18:33,200 –> 00:18:36,100
\ndiscussion and prayer aren’t
\nimportant to do in the right <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:36,100 –> 00:18:38,900
\ncontext, but this wasn’t the
\nright context. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:39,500 –> 00:18:42,500
\nThis was a time-sensitive
\npotentially devastating event <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:42,500 –> 00:18:46,600
\nthat required action.
\nAnd only wisdom can tell us what<\/p>\n

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\n00:18:46,600 –> 00:18:49,600
\nto do in in the current
\ncircumstances. <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:51,500 –> 00:18:56,800
\nReading from verse 6, John 2:6
\nnow, there were set there, six <\/p>\n

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\n00:18:56,800 –> 00:19:00,200
\nwaterpots of stone, according to
\nthe manner of purification of <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:00,200 –> 00:19:03,100
\nthe Jews containing twenty or
\nThirty gallons of Peace. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:04,300 –> 00:19:07,300
\nSo twenty or Thirty gallons
\napiece, approximately <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:07,300 –> 00:19:11,200
\nseventy-five to a hundred and
\ntwenty liters of water. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:11,200 –> 00:19:14,700
\nSo they’re six pots.
\nSo that’s around 500 and 700 <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:14,700 –> 00:19:18,900
\nliters.
\nSo, 700 bathtubs, if you want <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:18,900 –> 00:19:26,600
\nanother Trick or 140,000
\nteaspoons for those who work <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:26,600 –> 00:19:31,800
\nthat way just inside this, this
\nbath under the platform. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:31,800 –> 00:19:34,000
\nHe is approximately 1,000
\nliters. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:34,000 –> 00:19:39,500
\nSo that again, it’s a lot of
\nwater and let’s put ourselves in<\/p>\n

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\n00:19:39,500 –> 00:19:44,000
\nthe servants shoes.
\nHere they had absolutely no idea<\/p>\n

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\n00:19:44,400 –> 00:19:46,100
\nwhat Jesus was going to tell
\nthem to do. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:47,200 –> 00:19:50,100
\nThey didn’t know what to expect.
\nHe hadn’t prompted them. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:50,100 –> 00:19:52,400
\nHe hadn’t set them down and give
\nthem a plan. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:53,800 –> 00:19:56,600
\nThey were no doubt aware of the
\nsituation though. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:58,000 –> 00:20:00,100
\nHowever, I’m sure none of them
\nexpected to be. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:00,100 –> 00:20:04,300
\nTold in verse 7 to fill these
\ngiant pots with water. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:06,300 –> 00:20:08,900
\nWater.
\nBut Jesus, they not running out <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:08,900 –> 00:20:10,700
\nof water.
\nThey’re running out of wine. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:11,200 –> 00:20:13,000
\nThis doesn’t make sense in these
\npots. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:13,000 –> 00:20:16,700
\nThey’re all their dirty.
\nIt’s where the wedding guests <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:16,900 –> 00:20:19,400
\nhave washed their dirty hands
\nand who knows where they’ve <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:19,400 –> 00:20:22,400
\nbeen.
\nAnd it’s not like we can just go<\/p>\n

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\n00:20:22,400 –> 00:20:26,200
\nget a hose and fill each pot
\nbecause well they haven’t even <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:26,200 –> 00:20:28,700
\nbeen invented yet.
\nSo we would have to go and make <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:28,700 –> 00:20:32,600
\nso many trips down to the well
\nto fill each pot, this will this<\/p>\n

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\n00:20:32,600 –> 00:20:35,800
\nwill take hours.
\nBut the servants didn’t question<\/p>\n

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\n00:20:35,800 –> 00:20:42,200
\nit, I just did what I was told.
\nThey did a tedious laborious <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:42,200 –> 00:20:44,800
\ntask.
\nThey weren’t told why, or what <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:44,800 –> 00:20:48,100
\nwas going to happen, their only
\ntold to fill them. <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:49,400 –> 00:20:52,700
\nAnd what they actually did was
\nfill them right to the brim <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:52,900 –> 00:20:55,700
\nright to the very top so that
\nthese pots couldn’t possibly <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:55,700 –> 00:20:58,800
\nhold anymore.
\nIsn’t that an incredible thing <\/p>\n

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\n00:20:58,800 –> 00:21:01,200
\nto do?
\nWhen when we think about it? <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:01,200 –> 00:21:04,200
\nThe servants didn’t feel them
\nhalfway or didn’t feel them to <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:04,200 –> 00:21:07,700
\nus to a certain point and just
\nwent, oh, yeah, that’s that’s <\/p>\n

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\nfull.
\nI guess they filled these pots <\/p>\n

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\nto the brim and they didn’t even
\nknow why they were even doing <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:16,400 –> 00:21:18,000
\nfilling the pots in the first
\nplace. <\/p>\n

316
\n00:21:18,900 –> 00:21:21,500
\nBut they just trusted Jesus.
\nThey were obedient. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:21,500 –> 00:21:25,300
\nBut not only were they obedient.
\nThey’re obedient with <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:25,300 –> 00:21:28,300
\nenthusiasm.
\nAnd isn’t that the way that <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:28,300 –> 00:21:32,200
\nwe’re it should be.
\nWe’re commanded to be that we <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:32,200 –> 00:21:35,900
\ncan do God’s work half-heartedly
\nor we can do it with enthusiasm.<\/p>\n

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\n00:21:36,700 –> 00:21:43,100
\nWe’re told two To believe, with
\nour whole heart to pray without <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:43,100 –> 00:21:47,700
\nceasing to give liberally to lay
\nthe fervently, to serve the <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:47,700 –> 00:21:50,500
\nLord, with all our heart mind,
\nsoul and strength. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:52,700 –> 00:21:55,900
\nWe should do everything filled
\nto the top. <\/p>\n

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\n00:21:57,400 –> 00:22:00,200
\nBut how often do we obey God
\nwithout question without <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:00,200 –> 00:22:04,000
\ncondition?
\nI mean, how often do we obey? <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:04,000 –> 00:22:08,600
\nGod when we’re told to do
\nsomething that’s odd or contrary<\/p>\n

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\n00:22:08,600 –> 00:22:10,800
\nto our nature?
\nI mean, after all we are <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:11,000 –> 00:22:14,800
\ncommanded to love our neighbors
\nand to love our enemies. <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:15,800 –> 00:22:18,600
\nBut do we love them all the way
\nto the top or do we leave a <\/p>\n

331
\n00:22:18,608 –> 00:22:21,800
\nlittle bit of space reserved for
\nhatred and resentment? <\/p>\n

332
\n00:22:22,700 –> 00:22:28,000
\nWhat next verse 8 after they
\nfill these to the top, they are <\/p>\n

333
\n00:22:28,000 –> 00:22:32,000
\ntold to draw some of the water
\nout and take it to the master of<\/p>\n

334
\n00:22:32,000 –> 00:22:36,500
\nthe feast.
\nImagine not knowing why you’re <\/p>\n

335
\n00:22:36,500 –> 00:22:39,800
\neven filling these giant dirty
\npots in the first place. <\/p>\n

336
\n00:22:39,800 –> 00:22:42,300
\nAnd then being told to dip a cup
\ninto it. <\/p>\n

337
\n00:22:43,800 –> 00:22:49,000
\nAnd give that to the master at
\nno point where they told that <\/p>\n

338
\n00:22:49,000 –> 00:22:52,000
\nthe water would turn into wine
\nbut they did it. <\/p>\n

339
\n00:22:52,400 –> 00:22:54,900
\nImagine the serving giving the
\ncup to the master. <\/p>\n

340
\n00:22:55,500 –> 00:22:57,800
\nThey could very well be excused
\nfor thinking. <\/p>\n

341
\n00:22:57,800 –> 00:22:59,200
\nAre you serious?
\nJesus? <\/p>\n

342
\n00:22:59,200 –> 00:23:03,000
\nThis is a small town.
\nEverybody is going to hear about<\/p>\n

343
\n00:23:03,000 –> 00:23:06,300
\nthis.
\nI can’t give a cup full of <\/p>\n

344
\n00:23:06,300 –> 00:23:09,400
\nwater, from a dirty pot at a
\nwedding to the master of the wet<\/p>\n

345
\n00:23:09,700 –> 00:23:12,600
\nto the master.
\nI’ll never work in this town <\/p>\n

346
\n00:23:12,600 –> 00:23:15,700
\nagain.
\nIt took a lot of faith for the <\/p>\n

347
\n00:23:15,700 –> 00:23:18,400
\nservice to do this but they did
\nit without question. <\/p>\n

348
\n00:23:20,300 –> 00:23:21,900
\nAnd we have to remember that up
\nto this point. <\/p>\n

349
\n00:23:21,900 –> 00:23:25,300
\nIt’s only Jesus, his disciples
\nMary and the servants at the <\/p>\n

350
\n00:23:25,300 –> 00:23:26,900
\nwedding.
\nWho know what’s going on? <\/p>\n

351
\n00:23:27,700 –> 00:23:32,100
\nEverybody else is oblivious and
\nenjoying themselves. <\/p>\n

352
\n00:23:33,300 –> 00:23:35,300
\nAnd what happens next?
\nReally draws home? <\/p>\n

353
\n00:23:35,300 –> 00:23:39,800
\nThe point of this miracle in
\nverse 9 When the master of the <\/p>\n

354
\n00:23:39,800 –> 00:23:43,400
\nfeast had tasted the water that
\nwas made wine and didn’t know <\/p>\n

355
\n00:23:43,400 –> 00:23:46,400
\nwhere it came from.
\nAnd it’s interesting there, then<\/p>\n

356
\n00:23:46,400 –> 00:23:49,400
\nin Brackets, it says, but the
\nservants who had drawn the water<\/p>\n

357
\n00:23:49,400 –> 00:23:51,800
\nknew, and I’ll touch on that a
\nlittle bit later. <\/p>\n

358
\n00:23:52,800 –> 00:23:57,000
\nThe master didn’t know where the
\nwine had come from the master of<\/p>\n

359
\n00:23:57,000 –> 00:24:00,300
\nthe feast called the bridegroom
\nand said to him, every man at <\/p>\n

360
\n00:24:00,300 –> 00:24:02,300
\nthe beginning sets out the good
\nwine. <\/p>\n

361
\n00:24:02,900 –> 00:24:05,600
\nAnd when the guests have well
\ndrunk, then the inferior. <\/p>\n

362
\n00:24:06,200 –> 00:24:08,200
\nYou have kept the good wine
\nuntil now. <\/p>\n

363
\n00:24:10,600 –> 00:24:13,000
\nWe saw before how if the wedding
\nhad run out of wine. <\/p>\n

364
\n00:24:13,000 –> 00:24:16,600
\nIt’s possibly that the groom
\nhadn’t done his job, properly <\/p>\n

365
\n00:24:16,600 –> 00:24:20,400
\nhadn’t been prepared, it would
\nhave been the Talk of the Town, <\/p>\n

366
\n00:24:20,400 –> 00:24:24,300
\na disaster and it would have
\nbeen very hard for him to shake <\/p>\n

367
\n00:24:24,300 –> 00:24:27,300
\nthe stigma around this event,
\nbut Jesus has just reversed the <\/p>\n

368
\n00:24:27,300 –> 00:24:31,100
\nsituation.
\nHe had not taken credit for the <\/p>\n

369
\n00:24:31,200 –> 00:24:35,300
\nfor the miracle.
\nBut that was given to the groom.<\/p>\n

370
\n00:24:37,200 –> 00:24:40,300
\nJesus turned a disastrous
\nsituation into one. <\/p>\n

371
\n00:24:40,300 –> 00:24:42,800
\nThat was very favorable for the
\ngroom. <\/p>\n

372
\n00:24:43,500 –> 00:24:46,400
\nYou can imagine instead of
\ngoing, oh, I can’t believe it. <\/p>\n

373
\n00:24:46,400 –> 00:24:48,600
\nHe ran out of wine at his own
\nwedding. <\/p>\n

374
\n00:24:49,100 –> 00:24:51,800
\nThere’d be like, did you hear
\nthe best one for last? <\/p>\n

375
\n00:24:52,200 –> 00:24:54,900
\nNow, what a, what a Visionary.
\nNo one’s ever done that before. <\/p>\n

376
\n00:24:56,200 –> 00:24:59,400
\nAnd I want to share a few extra
\nthoughts that I had about. <\/p>\n

377
\n00:24:59,700 –> 00:25:02,200
\nWe go back to the servants, how
\nabout the servants, and the <\/p>\n

378
\n00:25:02,208 –> 00:25:05,100
\nwedding guests?
\nThe servants weren’t even <\/p>\n

379
\n00:25:05,100 –> 00:25:09,700
\ninvited.
\nThey were working to keep the <\/p>\n

380
\n00:25:09,800 –> 00:25:14,900
\nguests happy but Jesus only
\ninvolve them, the servants are <\/p>\n

381
\n00:25:14,900 –> 00:25:17,400
\nvital to the success of this
\nmiracle. <\/p>\n

382
\n00:25:17,700 –> 00:25:19,700
\nI’m not saying that Jesus
\ncouldn’t have done it without <\/p>\n

383
\n00:25:19,700 –> 00:25:23,300
\nthem, but in terms of this
\nmiracle, it’s really important <\/p>\n

384
\n00:25:23,300 –> 00:25:27,800
\nthat they were there.
\nThis miracle works because of <\/p>\n

385
\n00:25:27,800 –> 00:25:33,100
\nthe words of Jesus and the
\nactions of the service The <\/p>\n

386
\n00:25:33,100 –> 00:25:36,300
\nbridegroom, the master of the
\nfeast and the guests had no idea<\/p>\n

387
\n00:25:36,300 –> 00:25:39,100
\nwhat was going on.
\nThis was a work done in the <\/p>\n

388
\n00:25:39,100 –> 00:25:40,900
\nbackground that benefited
\neveryone. <\/p>\n

389
\n00:25:42,000 –> 00:25:43,900
\nAnd the servants would just like
\nus. <\/p>\n

390
\n00:25:43,900 –> 00:25:47,600
\nThey’re full of faults, they’re
\nfull of inconsistencies, but no <\/p>\n

391
\n00:25:47,600 –> 00:25:50,500
\none rejected the wine because of
\nthe people who brought it to <\/p>\n

392
\n00:25:50,500 –> 00:25:53,400
\nthem.
\nNone of the guests says, well, I<\/p>\n

393
\n00:25:53,400 –> 00:25:57,100
\ndon’t want to take wine from
\nfrom that servant, because last <\/p>\n

394
\n00:25:57,100 –> 00:26:00,800
\nweek he did that bad thing, or I
\nwon’t take it from him because I<\/p>\n

395
\n00:26:00,808 –> 00:26:04,600
\ndon’t like him.
\nOr because they’re in a <\/p>\n

396
\n00:26:04,608 –> 00:26:08,400
\ndifferent class or family or
\ntwo. <\/p>\n

397
\n00:26:08,400 –> 00:26:13,900
\nI am at and in 2nd Corinthians
\n4, verse 5, it says for we do <\/p>\n

398
\n00:26:13,900 –> 00:26:18,200
\nnot preach ourselves, but Christ
\nJesus, the Lord and ourselves <\/p>\n

399
\n00:26:18,200 –> 00:26:20,100
\nyour bond servants for Jesus
\nsake. <\/p>\n

400
\n00:26:21,600 –> 00:26:24,500
\nSo if we think about that
\ndynamic between the guests and <\/p>\n

401
\n00:26:24,500 –> 00:26:29,100
\nthe servants, we shouldn’t
\nreject the gospel because of the<\/p>\n

402
\n00:26:29,100 –> 00:26:32,500
\nbody that presents it to us.
\nI’m not just saying that because<\/p>\n

403
\n00:26:32,500 –> 00:26:36,300
\nI’m up here at the moment and
\nJesus himself actually <\/p>\n

404
\n00:26:36,300 –> 00:26:40,500
\nexperienced this.
\nThere were many who believe that<\/p>\n

405
\n00:26:40,500 –> 00:26:43,500
\nhe couldn’t possibly be the
\nMessiah because he’s From <\/p>\n

406
\n00:26:43,500 –> 00:26:46,000
\nGalilee.
\nOh no, I almost died. <\/p>\n

407
\n00:26:46,008 –> 00:26:48,000
\nI wouldn’t ever Come From
\nGalilee. <\/p>\n

408
\n00:26:48,700 –> 00:26:51,700
\nThey rejected the truth because
\nthey didn’t like the put the <\/p>\n

409
\n00:26:51,700 –> 00:26:56,800
\nperson who brought it.
\nIt’s really easy to find faults <\/p>\n

410
\n00:26:56,800 –> 00:27:00,100
\nin people if we look for them
\nit’s really easy to find faults <\/p>\n

411
\n00:27:00,100 –> 00:27:02,400
\nin groups.
\nIf we look for them actually <\/p>\n

412
\n00:27:02,400 –> 00:27:05,600
\nheard this saying a little while
\nago which is kind of stuck in my<\/p>\n

413
\n00:27:05,600 –> 00:27:08,300
\nhead that says, don’t reject the
\nwhole circus just because of a <\/p>\n

414
\n00:27:08,300 –> 00:27:11,400
\nfew clams.
\nWe are the circus. <\/p>\n

415
\n00:27:12,000 –> 00:27:13,700
\nI’ll let you decide who to
\nclowns are. <\/p>\n

416
\n00:27:14,800 –> 00:27:18,200
\nAnd as a result, we are all the
\none who draw the water. <\/p>\n

417
\n00:27:20,100 –> 00:27:22,000
\nBut it’s God who turns it into
\nwine. <\/p>\n

418
\n00:27:23,100 –> 00:27:25,700
\nWe need to believe in the
\nmessenger and not just the <\/p>\n

419
\n00:27:25,708 –> 00:27:28,100
\nmessage.
\nThe purpose of this miracle was <\/p>\n

420
\n00:27:28,100 –> 00:27:32,100
\nclear, it says in John chapter 2
\nverse 11, but this is the <\/p>\n

421
\n00:27:32,100 –> 00:27:35,900
\nbeginning of signs that Jesus
\ndid in Cana of Galilee and <\/p>\n

422
\n00:27:35,900 –> 00:27:39,200
\nmanifested His glory and his
\ndisciples believed in him. <\/p>\n

423
\n00:27:40,200 –> 00:27:43,000
\nThe goal was first and foremost
\nto get people to believe in <\/p>\n

424
\n00:27:43,000 –> 00:27:46,800
\nJesus.
\nWhen God calls his miracles. <\/p>\n

425
\n00:27:46,800 –> 00:27:49,800
\nHe doesn’t want us to just focus
\non the power of it. <\/p>\n

426
\n00:27:49,800 –> 00:27:54,000
\nHe wants us to believe in the
\nperson who You did it and to <\/p>\n

427
\n00:27:54,000 –> 00:27:57,800
\ncause others to believe he
\ndoesn’t want us to just have our<\/p>\n

428
\n00:27:57,800 –> 00:28:00,300
\nfill of bread, wine, money, or
\nfame. <\/p>\n

429
\n00:28:00,300 –> 00:28:02,800
\nHe wants us to focus on the
\nmessenger. <\/p>\n

430
\n00:28:04,400 –> 00:28:07,100
\nWe won’t, we won’t read it all,
\nbut if you just want to note <\/p>\n

431
\n00:28:07,100 –> 00:28:09,800
\ndown 2nd Corinthians chapter
\nthree and four. <\/p>\n

432
\n00:28:11,100 –> 00:28:15,400
\nWe’ve seen in this miracle, a
\ndefinite theme of restoration. <\/p>\n

433
\n00:28:16,200 –> 00:28:19,400
\nThe servants knew that this
\nmiracle could not have been done<\/p>\n

434
\n00:28:19,400 –> 00:28:22,700
\nwithout Jesus, but also came as
\na result of their faith and <\/p>\n

435
\n00:28:22,700 –> 00:28:26,400
\nactions.
\nSecond Corinthians 3, Verses 4 <\/p>\n

436
\n00:28:26,400 –> 00:28:31,700
\nto 6 says, we have such trust
\nthrough Christ towards God not <\/p>\n

437
\n00:28:31,700 –> 00:28:34,800
\nthat we are sufficient of
\nourselves to Of anything as <\/p>\n

438
\n00:28:34,800 –> 00:28:38,600
\nbeing from ourselves, but our
\nsufficiency is from God. <\/p>\n

439
\n00:28:38,900 –> 00:28:42,200
\nAnd also who also made us
\nsufficient Ministers of the <\/p>\n

440
\n00:28:42,200 –> 00:28:46,800
\ncovenant not of the letter, but
\nof the spirit for the letter <\/p>\n

441
\n00:28:46,800 –> 00:28:48,700
\nkills, but the spirit gives
\nlife. <\/p>\n

442
\n00:28:49,500 –> 00:28:52,000
\nSo we’re no different to those
\nservants. <\/p>\n

443
\n00:28:53,300 –> 00:28:56,400
\nWe’ve just read that we’re
\nnearly sufficient or adequate <\/p>\n

444
\n00:28:56,900 –> 00:29:00,700
\ndespite what we might think of
\nourselves at times, we’re all <\/p>\n

445
\n00:29:00,700 –> 00:29:03,400
\nadequate enough to preach the
\nword of God. <\/p>\n

446
\n00:29:03,800 –> 00:29:06,800
\nWell yes.
\nBut more importantly, we’re all <\/p>\n

447
\n00:29:06,800 –> 00:29:09,000
\nadequate enough to preach the
\nspirit of God. <\/p>\n

448
\n00:29:10,200 –> 00:29:13,800
\nPaul goes on to say in chapter 4
\nthat because we have this <\/p>\n

449
\n00:29:13,800 –> 00:29:18,300
\nministry and have received Mercy
\nfrom God, chapter 4, verse 5. <\/p>\n

450
\n00:29:18,300 –> 00:29:22,400
\nHe says, we do not preach
\nourselves but Christ Jesus, the <\/p>\n

451
\n00:29:22,400 –> 00:29:24,300
\nLord.
\nAnd make ourselves your servants<\/p>\n

452
\n00:29:24,300 –> 00:29:29,300
\nfor Jesus sake.
\nWhy should we do that verse 6? <\/p>\n

453
\n00:29:29,300 –> 00:29:32,600
\nIf through, it’s God who
\ncommanded light to shine out of <\/p>\n

454
\n00:29:32,600 –> 00:29:36,700
\nDarkness, who has Shone in our
\nhearts to the light of knowledge<\/p>\n

455
\n00:29:36,700 –> 00:29:38,500
\nof the glory of God in the face
\nof? <\/p>\n

456
\n00:29:38,500 –> 00:29:42,200
\nJesus Christ.
\nSo light shining out of dark. <\/p>\n

457
\n00:29:42,200 –> 00:29:46,000
\nHearts Purity coming from
\nsomething impure. <\/p>\n

458
\n00:29:46,300 –> 00:29:50,000
\nJust as in this miracle, the
\nbest wine was made from dirty <\/p>\n

459
\n00:29:50,000 –> 00:29:53,600
\nwater.
\nBut it’s the next few verses <\/p>\n

460
\n00:29:53,600 –> 00:29:55,500
\nthat really bring this miracle
\nto life. <\/p>\n

461
\n00:29:56,600 –> 00:30:02,600
\nIf we read second Corinthians
\nfor this 7215 well while we’re <\/p>\n

462
\n00:30:02,600 –> 00:30:05,600
\nat while I’m reading that have a
\nthink about the similarities <\/p>\n

463
\n00:30:05,600 –> 00:30:08,500
\nbetween this section and the
\nmiracle that Jesus did. <\/p>\n

464
\n00:30:10,400 –> 00:30:14,500
\nStart a second Corinthians 4
\nverse 7. <\/p>\n

465
\n00:30:15,800 –> 00:30:19,000
\nBut we have this treasure in
\nEarthen vessels, that the <\/p>\n

466
\n00:30:19,000 –> 00:30:22,000
\nExcellency of the power may be
\nof God and not of us. <\/p>\n

467
\n00:30:22,700 –> 00:30:25,700
\nWe are hard pressed on every
\nside yet not crushed. <\/p>\n

468
\n00:30:25,800 –> 00:30:29,300
\nWe are perplexed, but not in
\ndespair persecuted. <\/p>\n

469
\n00:30:29,300 –> 00:30:33,100
\nBut not forsaken, struck down,
\nbut not destroyed. <\/p>\n

470
\n00:30:33,800 –> 00:30:35,900
\nAlways carrying about in the
\nbody. <\/p>\n

471
\n00:30:36,000 –> 00:30:39,800
\nThe dying of the Lord Jesus that
\nthe life of Jesus may also be <\/p>\n

472
\n00:30:39,800 –> 00:30:44,700
\nmanifested in our body.
\nSo way, who live are always <\/p>\n

473
\n00:30:44,700 –> 00:30:48,500
\ndelivered to death for Jesus
\nsake, that the life of Jesus <\/p>\n

474
\n00:30:48,500 –> 00:30:51,100
\nAlso may be manifest in our
\nmortal flesh. <\/p>\n

475
\n00:30:51,400 –> 00:30:54,900
\nSo then death is working in us,
\nbut life in you. <\/p>\n

476
\n00:30:56,300 –> 00:31:00,600
\nThere’s a definite emphasis
\nthere on corruptible flesh. <\/p>\n

477
\n00:31:00,600 –> 00:31:05,300
\nContaining the spirit of Christ
\nand containing life. <\/p>\n

478
\n00:31:06,400 –> 00:31:10,400
\nWhen we accept Christ in a
\nbaptized, the only thing that <\/p>\n

479
\n00:31:10,400 –> 00:31:13,400
\nchanges is our spirit, not our
\nbody. <\/p>\n

480
\n00:31:13,400 –> 00:31:16,300
\nIt’s an inward change, not an
\noutward change. <\/p>\n

481
\n00:31:18,200 –> 00:31:22,300
\nSecond, Corinthians, 4 verse 15
\nfor all things are for your <\/p>\n

482
\n00:31:22,300 –> 00:31:26,800
\nsakes that Grace having spread
\nthrough the many may cause the <\/p>\n

483
\n00:31:26,800 –> 00:31:31,300
\nThanksgiving to abound to the
\nglory of God look around. <\/p>\n

484
\n00:31:31,300 –> 00:31:34,500
\nThis isn’t a closure of pots
\nthat can be filled with the best<\/p>\n

485
\n00:31:34,500 –> 00:31:38,900
\nwine.
\nThere were two categories of <\/p>\n

486
\n00:31:38,900 –> 00:31:42,700
\npeople at the wedding.
\nThere were those that focused on<\/p>\n

487
\n00:31:42,800 –> 00:31:45,800
\nthe wine and those that focused
\non the winemaker. <\/p>\n

488
\n00:31:47,100 –> 00:31:51,100
\nThe disciples and the servants
\nexperienced exactly what went <\/p>\n

489
\n00:31:51,100 –> 00:31:55,900
\ninto making this wine.
\nThey had been with Jesus while <\/p>\n

490
\n00:31:55,900 –> 00:31:58,700
\nhe was working.
\nEverybody else was blissfully <\/p>\n

491
\n00:31:58,700 –> 00:32:04,800
\nunaware and having a good time.
\nThe inferior wine went out first<\/p>\n

492
\n00:32:04,800 –> 00:32:09,600
\nand the best wine went out last
\nand only a select few people at <\/p>\n

493
\n00:32:09,600 –> 00:32:12,300
\nthat wedding actually knew what
\nmade it better. <\/p>\n

494
\n00:32:15,400 –> 00:32:19,100
\nJust like those of us in Christ,
\nwe understand what it really <\/p>\n

495
\n00:32:19,100 –> 00:32:22,500
\nmeans to be in Christ.
\nIt’s something that can’t be <\/p>\n

496
\n00:32:22,500 –> 00:32:26,000
\nunderstood from the outside
\nthose who are in Christ, <\/p>\n

497
\n00:32:26,000 –> 00:32:32,100
\nappreciate the best wine.
\nBut also the winemaker In order <\/p>\n

498
\n00:32:32,100 –> 00:32:36,800
\nfor us to stop focusing on the
\nwine, we need to identify what <\/p>\n

499
\n00:32:36,800 –> 00:32:40,600
\nthat is in this instance.
\nI’m not talking about the best <\/p>\n

500
\n00:32:40,600 –> 00:32:45,800
\nwine, we’ve established that is
\nChrist and all that he can <\/p>\n

501
\n00:32:45,800 –> 00:32:47,300
\nbring, but we’ll have a look at
\nthe. <\/p>\n

502
\n00:32:47,300 –> 00:32:50,800
\nThe inferior wind stop focusing
\non the cheap wine that came out <\/p>\n

503
\n00:32:50,800 –> 00:32:54,700
\nbefore it.
\nThe inferior wine that. <\/p>\n

504
\n00:32:56,200 –> 00:33:00,600
\nYou think will give you what you
\nwant, but is temporary, the <\/p>\n

505
\n00:33:00,600 –> 00:33:05,000
\ninferior one that’s momentary.
\nIt short-term and ultimately <\/p>\n

506
\n00:33:05,000 –> 00:33:09,300
\ndetrimental, the inferior wine
\nin our lives. <\/p>\n

507
\n00:33:09,500 –> 00:33:13,800
\nMight actually be wine.
\nIt might be status, it might be <\/p>\n

508
\n00:33:14,500 –> 00:33:17,600
\nthat big house that early
\nretirement. <\/p>\n

509
\n00:33:17,700 –> 00:33:20,800
\nAnything that takes our hearts
\nand Minds away from Christ. <\/p>\n

510
\n00:33:22,500 –> 00:33:26,400
\nThe servants focused on the
\nwinemaker, they obeyed, even <\/p>\n

511
\n00:33:26,400 –> 00:33:29,700
\nthough at the time, it made
\nabsolutely no sense. <\/p>\n

512
\n00:33:30,700 –> 00:33:33,900
\nSometimes we must do what’s
\nabsurd so that God can do. <\/p>\n

513
\n00:33:33,900 –> 00:33:36,700
\nWhat’s extraordinary?
\nThis is what this is called <\/p>\n

514
\n00:33:36,700 –> 00:33:40,200
\nfaith.
\nWe draw the water and God turns <\/p>\n

515
\n00:33:40,200 –> 00:33:44,400
\nit into wine.
\nJesus, did this first miracle at<\/p>\n

516
\n00:33:44,400 –> 00:33:46,800
\na young couples wedding in a
\nsmall country town. <\/p>\n

517
\n00:33:47,700 –> 00:33:50,000
\nIf the wind had run out, it
\nwould have been the end of the <\/p>\n

518
\n00:33:50,000 –> 00:33:52,400
\ncelebrations.
\nThe party would have been over <\/p>\n

519
\n00:33:52,500 –> 00:33:55,400
\nthe end of the feast, but Jesus
\ndid this miracle as a <\/p>\n

520
\n00:33:55,400 –> 00:33:59,200
\ndemonstration that he is the
\nsource of all true and Lasting <\/p>\n

521
\n00:33:59,200 –> 00:34:02,300
\nJoy.
\nThe wind didn’t run out and the <\/p>\n

522
\n00:34:02,308 –> 00:34:06,700
\nparty could continue.
\nJesus didn’t charge them for the<\/p>\n

523
\n00:34:06,700 –> 00:34:09,699
\nwine.
\nHe didn’t wait around to see if <\/p>\n

524
\n00:34:09,699 –> 00:34:12,000
\nany was left over so that he
\ncould take it back. <\/p>\n

525
\n00:34:12,400 –> 00:34:14,699
\nBecause it was a gift to the
\nbride and the groom. <\/p>\n

526
\n00:34:15,600 –> 00:34:18,100
\nAnd that’s exactly the same as
\nour Salvation is today. <\/p>\n

527
\n00:34:18,100 –> 00:34:20,500
\nIt can’t be bought.
\nIt’s a gift. <\/p>\n

528
\n00:34:22,100 –> 00:34:28,600
\nJohn 20 verse 31, but these
\nmiracles of Jesus are written <\/p>\n

529
\n00:34:29,000 –> 00:34:33,100
\nthat, you may believe that Jesus
\nis the Christ, the son of God, <\/p>\n

530
\n00:34:33,100 –> 00:34:35,800
\nand that believing, you may have
\nlife in his name. <\/p>\n

531
\n00:34:36,199 –> 00:34:40,400
\nThat is that, that basically
\njust describes what the new wine<\/p>\n

532
\n00:34:40,400 –> 00:34:45,100
\nis, the best wine that came out.
\nIt’s having life in Jesus name. <\/p>\n

533
\n00:34:47,000 –> 00:34:50,199
\nSo what about a modern-day water
\ninto wine miracle? <\/p>\n

534
\n00:34:51,500 –> 00:34:56,600
\nIf we just take the Miracle part
\nout of what Jesus did and have a<\/p>\n

535
\n00:34:56,600 –> 00:35:01,500
\nlook at the science to change
\nwater into wine, would require a<\/p>\n

536
\n00:35:01,500 –> 00:35:07,400
\ncomplete molecular restructure,
\nhe Jesus didn’t just throw a <\/p>\n

537
\n00:35:07,400 –> 00:35:11,400
\nhandful of grapes in at a bit of
\nsugar and stir and turn the <\/p>\n

538
\n00:35:11,400 –> 00:35:14,100
\nwater into wine.
\nHe he completely changed the <\/p>\n

539
\n00:35:14,100 –> 00:35:16,300
\nchemical properties of the
\nwater. <\/p>\n

540
\n00:35:16,300 –> 00:35:18,100
\nSo that Came something
\ndifferent. <\/p>\n

541
\n00:35:19,400 –> 00:35:21,600
\nThat’s what we all need him to
\ndo for us. <\/p>\n

542
\n00:35:23,200 –> 00:35:27,100
\nWe are in a closure of pots.
\nWe’re dirty. <\/p>\n

543
\n00:35:27,100 –> 00:35:30,900
\nWe are filled to the brim with
\nsin, but Jesus can transform us <\/p>\n

544
\n00:35:30,900 –> 00:35:35,100
\ninto something, beautiful?
\nAnd perhaps we can reciprocate <\/p>\n

545
\n00:35:35,100 –> 00:35:38,200
\nby trying to change the
\nmolecular structure of our <\/p>\n

546
\n00:35:38,200 –> 00:35:42,200
\nprayers from something, watered
\ndown and cliched and repetitive <\/p>\n

547
\n00:35:42,200 –> 00:35:44,200
\ninto something of real
\nsubstance. <\/p>\n

548
\n00:35:44,900 –> 00:35:47,800
\nAnd I’m reminded of the special
\nafternoon we had last year with <\/p>\n

549
\n00:35:47,800 –> 00:35:50,300
\nvit.
\nWe needed the pottery <\/p>\n

550
\n00:35:50,300 –> 00:35:54,700
\ndemonstration.
\nDo we just pray to God and say <\/p>\n

551
\n00:35:55,000 –> 00:35:59,600
\nI’m not I’m not a bad pot but if
\nit’s your wheel, could you <\/p>\n

552
\n00:35:59,607 –> 00:36:01,800
\nplease maybe add a handle over
\nhere? <\/p>\n

553
\n00:36:02,800 –> 00:36:06,700
\nGive Like maybe shave a little
\nbit where it’s uneven at the <\/p>\n

554
\n00:36:06,700 –> 00:36:11,300
\ntop, whereas perhaps we should
\nbe saying to God, can you <\/p>\n

555
\n00:36:11,300 –> 00:36:14,500
\ncompletely remold me?
\nStop the wheel. <\/p>\n

556
\n00:36:15,200 –> 00:36:17,700
\nBash me back into a ball of clay
\nand start again. <\/p>\n

557
\n00:36:19,600 –> 00:36:22,500
\nJesus met the needs of the
\npeople in Cana out of the public<\/p>\n

558
\n00:36:22,500 –> 00:36:26,600
\nSpotlight, he wasn’t doing it to
\nimpress Kings or rulers or to <\/p>\n

559
\n00:36:26,600 –> 00:36:29,200
\nget recognition.
\nYet he provided for that <\/p>\n

560
\n00:36:29,200 –> 00:36:31,000
\nwedding.
\nThe best wine anyone had ever <\/p>\n

561
\n00:36:31,000 –> 00:36:34,300
\ntasted.
\nHe provided Delicacies Fit For A<\/p>\n

562
\n00:36:34,308 –> 00:36:37,700
\nKing.
\nNow, I have given the groom a <\/p>\n

563
\n00:36:37,707 –> 00:36:40,500
\nlittle bit of a hard time this
\nmorning, but I think we should <\/p>\n

564
\n00:36:40,500 –> 00:36:43,200
\ncut him a little bit of slack
\nbecause after all he did make <\/p>\n

565
\n00:36:43,200 –> 00:36:46,700
\nthe best decision, anyone could
\nmake he invited Jesus to the <\/p>\n

566
\n00:36:46,700 –> 00:36:51,800
\nwedding.
\nWe have symbols of Jesus before <\/p>\n

567
\n00:36:51,800 –> 00:36:55,800
\nus now, but have we invited him
\ninto our lives. <\/p>\n

568
\n00:36:56,800 –> 00:37:00,700
\nGod doesn’t force himself on us.
\nHe’s not a gatecrasher. <\/p>\n

569
\n00:37:01,300 –> 00:37:04,700
\nWe aren’t robots.
\nHe gave us free will, he gave us<\/p>\n

570
\n00:37:04,700 –> 00:37:08,800
\nthe ability to reject him.
\nDo we want to experience the <\/p>\n

571
\n00:37:08,800 –> 00:37:11,000
\nwater into wine miracle in our
\nlives? <\/p>\n

572
\n00:37:11,900 –> 00:37:15,000
\nDo we want to experience the
\nrestoration and transformation <\/p>\n

573
\n00:37:15,000 –> 00:37:19,400
\nthat takes place on the inside?
\nThat changes the content of this<\/p>\n

574
\n00:37:19,400 –> 00:37:21,800
\ndirty pot into something Fit For
\nA King? <\/p>\n

575
\n00:37:22,800 –> 00:37:27,400
\nWell if we do it we have to
\ninvite Jesus in It’s easy to get<\/p>\n

576
\n00:37:27,400 –> 00:37:30,100
\ncaught up in rituals or to be
\ndistracted by a pretty <\/p>\n

577
\n00:37:30,100 –> 00:37:32,900
\npackaging.
\nIt’s easy for us to work on <\/p>\n

578
\n00:37:32,900 –> 00:37:35,800
\ndoing good things and saying,
\nright? <\/p>\n

579
\n00:37:35,800 –> 00:37:40,100
\nWords to put on a christ-like
\nexterior, when we’re really <\/p>\n

580
\n00:37:40,100 –> 00:37:44,100
\nfilled with filthy water.
\nNot a single guest at the <\/p>\n

581
\n00:37:44,100 –> 00:37:46,800
\nwedding.
\nDid anything to make the wine? <\/p>\n

582
\n00:37:47,700 –> 00:37:49,000
\nNo one.
\nPicked the grapes. <\/p>\n

583
\n00:37:49,100 –> 00:37:53,100
\nNo one trampled them, no one,
\nstrain them bottled them, but <\/p>\n

584
\n00:37:53,100 –> 00:37:56,800
\nthey all enjoyed the result and
\nthe same is true for us. <\/p>\n

585
\n00:37:56,800 –> 00:37:59,100
\nToday, we can be clean on the
\nout. <\/p>\n

586
\n00:37:59,700 –> 00:38:03,600
\nWe can be clean on the outside,
\nwe can do and say the right <\/p>\n

587
\n00:38:03,600 –> 00:38:06,500
\nthings and put on a good
\nexterior, but that won’t make us<\/p>\n

588
\n00:38:06,500 –> 00:38:11,400
\ngood enough for salvation.
\nSo as we come to remember Jesus,<\/p>\n

589
\n00:38:11,700 –> 00:38:14,200
\nwe remember that time at the end
\nof his life. <\/p>\n

590
\n00:38:15,200 –> 00:38:20,100
\nThat possibly started right here
\nin Cana he breaks bread and <\/p>\n

591
\n00:38:20,100 –> 00:38:23,900
\ndrinks wine with his disciples
\nin the upper room and in there. <\/p>\n

592
\n00:38:23,900 –> 00:38:28,200
\nHe applies the wine to himself
\nin Matthew 26, verse 28. <\/p>\n

593
\n00:38:28,200 –> 00:38:32,300
\nHe says for this is my blood of
\nthe New Covenant, which is shed <\/p>\n

594
\n00:38:32,300 –> 00:38:34,200
\nfor many for the remission of
\nsins. <\/p>\n

595
\n00:38:35,100 –> 00:38:38,800
\nAnd in Matthew 25 the the
\nparable of the talents in verse <\/p>\n

596
\n00:38:38,800 –> 00:38:43,500
\n23 it says well done, good and
\nfaithful servant just like the <\/p>\n

597
\n00:38:43,500 –> 00:38:47,000
\nservants at the wedding.
\nYou have been Faithful over. <\/p>\n

598
\n00:38:47,000 –> 00:38:51,400
\nA few things filling pots with
\nwater and taking a cup of it to <\/p>\n

599
\n00:38:51,400 –> 00:38:54,600
\nthe master.
\nI will make you ruler over many <\/p>\n

600
\n00:38:54,600 –> 00:38:57,700
\nthings enter into the joy of Our
\nLord. <\/p>\n

601
\n00:38:58,500 –> 00:39:01,300
\nThey were able to celebrate with
\nthe rest of the party knowing <\/p>\n

602
\n00:39:01,300 –> 00:39:05,100
\nhow close it came to failure and
\nwho transformed it into success.<\/p>\n

603
\n00:39:06,700 –> 00:39:11,500
\nJesus wants to replace all that.
\nWe try to cram into our lives <\/p>\n

604
\n00:39:11,500 –> 00:39:16,000
\nthat we think will make us happy
\nor will give us joy and <\/p>\n

605
\n00:39:16,000 –> 00:39:20,200
\nfulfillment but it’s temporary
\nwe can’t think about anything <\/p>\n

606
\n00:39:20,200 –> 00:39:22,500
\nelse.
\nIt consumes us and ultimately <\/p>\n

607
\n00:39:22,500 –> 00:39:26,800
\nleads to our undoing Jesus wants
\nto replace all that with true <\/p>\n

608
\n00:39:26,800 –> 00:39:30,100
\nJoy.
\nThe new wine is so much better <\/p>\n

609
\n00:39:30,100 –> 00:39:32,500
\nthan the old.
\nJesus is so much better than <\/p>\n

610
\n00:39:32,500 –> 00:39:37,000
\nwhat came before him.
\nSo let’s remember what We went <\/p>\n

611
\n00:39:37,000 –> 00:39:39,800
\nthrough what he went through to
\ngive us this true Joy. <\/p>\n

612
\n00:39:40,800 –> 00:39:42,700
\nJust as he did for the wedding
\nguests. <\/p>\n

613
\n00:39:44,100 –> 00:39:47,100
\nWe are so blessed then that
\nJesus has freely given that to <\/p>\n

614
\n00:39:47,100 –> 00:39:50,400
\nus.
\nWe just need to invite him in <\/p>\n

615
\n00:39:50,400 –> 00:39:53,900
\naccept him and reach out and
\ntake that gifts only then will <\/p>\n

616
\n00:39:53,900 –> 00:39:57,500
\nwe be transformed and clean on
\nthe inside where it actually <\/p>\n

617
\n00:39:57,500 –> 00:40:13,500
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186: Craig Farren – Exhortation: Filling Our Pots To The Brim For Jesus<\/a><\/blockquote>