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John 7:30-44 · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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This booth was one of three great pilgrimage feasts of Israel.
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! Every Jewish male was expected to go up to Jerusalem for these three feasts.
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! It occurred in the fall after the harvest, and it lasted seven days followed by a solemn eighth day.
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It was a day there was an offering and a feast and they took apart the booths on that day.
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During this feast, the people of Israel lived in temporary shelters or booths, again, tabernacles.
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You could think in terms of tents made of branches.
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They did this to remember how their fathers had lived in tents during the wilderness wandering after the Exodus.
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So people set these up in the streets and on the houses, the roof of their houses, all over the city.
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But this feast was more than just a history lesson. It was a celebration of God's provision, of God's presence, and of God's promise.
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It looked backward to the wilderness where God provided food from heaven and water from the rock.
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It looked upward in thanksgiving for the harvest God had just given.
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It looked forward in hope to the day when God would again dwell with his people in glory.
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It was a week that was just packed full of meaning.
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You could not avoid it if you were in Israel in this day.
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The Old Testament gives few instructions for what this feast must look like.
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But they had developed some tradition that had rich ceremonial meanings, taking place about 600 years before Jesus came on the scene.
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Two rituals in particular dominated the celebration.
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The first is the significant one for us to think about before we read the text.
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This one was a water ceremony.
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Each of the first six days, a priest would draw water from the pool of Siloam.
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You may remember that pool from chapter 5 where Jesus heals a man on the Sabbath and starts the trouble that he finds himself in.
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They would draw a pitcher of water and they would lead a procession back to the temple.
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People would gather and follow the high priest back to the temple.
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And as they approached the water gate on the south side of the inner court,
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a shofar would be blown three times as a pronouncement of joy.
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And the people would recite Isaiah chapter 12 and verse 3.
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With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
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So every day for the first six days, this would happen.
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They'd go into the temple.
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And while the people watched, the priest would march around the altar
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while the singing of the Hillel was led by the temple choir.
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People would join in and the Hillel, the word means praise.
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And this is Psalm 113 through 118.
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So those five, six, six psalms is what they would sing together.
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So again, I'm setting the stage for you, right?
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So this is happening every single day across this week.
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On the seventh day, they're going to go around the altar more times.
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It's a more significant, but the same thing is being done on that seventh day.
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And so I want you to mark John 7 in whatever way you like to do that.
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And I want you to turn with me to Psalm 113.
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I want to read these psalms to you.
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They're not terribly long.
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These songs are the songs they would have sang
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while they're going through this process.
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This is Feast of Booths every single day.
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Setting the stage for what Jesus is going to do when he's there.
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So Psalm 113.
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I wish I had the tunes to these.
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I probably wouldn't sing them if I did, but I wish I had the tunes.
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Praise the Lord.
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Praise, O servants of the Lord.
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Praise the name of the Lord.
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Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and forevermore.
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From the rising of the sun to its setting,
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the name of the Lord is to be praised.
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The Lord is high above all nations and his glory above the heavens.
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Who is like the Lord our God who is seated on high,
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who looks far down on the heavens and the earth?
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He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap
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to make them sit with princes with the princes of his people.
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He gives the barren woman a home,
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making her the joyous mother of children.
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Praise the Lord.
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Psalm 114.
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When Israel went out from Egypt,
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the house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
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Judah became his sanctuary,
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Israel his dominion.
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The sea looked and fled.
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Jordan turned back.
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The mountains skipped like rams,
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the hills like lambs.
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What ails you, O sea, that you flee?
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O Jordan, that you turn back?
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O mountains that you skip like rams?
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O hills like lambs?
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Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
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at the presence of the God of Jacob,
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who turns the rock into a pool of water,
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the flint into a spring of water.
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Remember, they followed the water back to the temple.
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Psalm 115.
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Psalm 114.
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Not to us, O Lord,
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not to us,
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but to your name give glory.
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For the sake of your steadfast love
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and your faithfulness,
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why should the nation say,
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where is their God?
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Our God is in the heavens.
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He does all that he pleases.
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Their idols are silver and gold,
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the work of human hands.
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They have mouths,
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but do not speak.
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Eyes,
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but do not see.
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They have ears,
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but do not hear.
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Noses,
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but do not smell.
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They have hands,
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but do not feel.
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Feet,
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but do not walk.
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And they do not make a sound in their throat.
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Those who make them become like them.
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So do all who trust in them.
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O Israel,
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trust in the Lord.
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He is their help and their shield.
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O house of Aaron,
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trust in the Lord.
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He is their help and their shield.
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You who fear the Lord,
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trust in the Lord.
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He is their help and their shield.
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The Lord has remembered us.
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He will bless us.
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He will bless the house of Israel.
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He will bless the house of Aaron.
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He will bless those who fear the Lord,
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both the small and the great.
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May the Lord give you increase,
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you and your children.
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May you be blessed by the Lord
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who made heaven and earth.
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The heavens are the Lord's heavens,
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but the earth he has given
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to the children of man.
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The dead will not praise the Lord,
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nor do any who go down into silence.
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But we will bless the Lord
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from this time forth
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and forevermore.
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Psalm 116.
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I love the Lord
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because he has heard my voice
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and my pleas for mercy.
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Because he has inclined his ear to hear me,
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therefore I will call on him
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as long as I live.
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The snares of death encompassed me.
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The pangs of Sheol laid hold of me.
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I suffered distress and anguish.
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Then I call on the name of the Lord.
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O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul.
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Gracious is the Lord
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and righteous.
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Our God is merciful.
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The Lord preserves the simple.
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When I was brought low,
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he saved me.
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Return, O my soul, to your rest,
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for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.
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For you have delivered my soul from death,
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my eyes from tears,
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my feet from stumbling.
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I will walk before the Lord
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in the land of the living.
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I believe even when I spoke,
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I am greatly afflicted.
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I said in my alarm,
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all mankind are liars.
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What shall I render to the Lord
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for all his benefits to me?
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I will lift up the cup of salvation
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and call on the name of the Lord.
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I will pay my vows to the Lord
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in the presence of all his people.
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Precious in the sight of the Lord
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is the death of his saints.
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O Lord, I am your servant.
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I am your servant,
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the son of your maidservant.
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You have loosed my bonds.
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I will offer to you
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the sacrifice of thanksgiving
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and call on the name of the Lord.
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I will pay my vows to the Lord
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in the presence of all his people
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in the courts of the house of the Lord
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in your midst.
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O Jerusalem, praise the Lord.
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Psalm 117.
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Praise the Lord, all nations.
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Extol him, all peoples.
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For great is his steadfast love toward us
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and the faithfulness of the Lord
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endures forever.
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Praise the Lord.
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And finally, Psalm 118.
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O give thanks to the Lord,
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for he is good,
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for his steadfast love endures forever.
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Let Israel say,
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his steadfast love endures forever.
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Let the house of Aaron say,
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his steadfast love endures forever.
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Let those who fear the Lord say,
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his steadfast love endures forever.
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Out of my distress,
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I called on the Lord.
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The Lord answered me
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and set me free.
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The Lord is on my side.
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I will not fear.
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What can man do to me?
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The Lord is on my side as my helper.
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I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.
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It is better to take refuge in the Lord
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than to trust in man.
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It is better to take refuge in the Lord
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than to trust in princes.
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All nations surround me.
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In the name of the Lord,
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I cut them off.
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They surrounded me,
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surrounded me on every side.
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In the name of the Lord,
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I cut them off.
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They surrounded me like bees.
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They went out like a fire among thorns.
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In the name of the Lord,
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I cut them off.
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I was pushed hard
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so that I was falling,
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but the Lord helped me.
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The Lord is my strength
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and my song.
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He has become my salvation.
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Glad songs of salvation
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are in the tents of the righteous.
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The tents of the righteous.
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The right hand does valiantly.
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The right hand of the Lord exalts.
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The right hand of the Lord does valiantly.
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I shall not die,
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but I shall live
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and recount the deeds of the Lord.
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The Lord has disciplined severely,
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but he has not given me over to death.
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Open to me the gates of righteousness
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that I might enter through them
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and give thanks to the Lord.
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This is the gate of the Lord.
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The righteous shall enter through it.
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I thank you that you have answered me
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and have become my salvation.
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The stone that the builders rejected
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has become the cornerstone.
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This is the Lord's doing.
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It is marvelous in our eyes.
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This is the day that the Lord has made.
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Let us rejoice and be glad in it.
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Save us, we pray, O Lord.
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O Lord, we pray, give us success.
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Blessed is he who comes
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in the name of the Lord.
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We bless you from the house of the Lord.
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The Lord is God
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and he has made his light to shine upon us.
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Bind the festal sacrifice with cords
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up to the horns of the altar.
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You are my God
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and I will give thanks to you.
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You are my God.
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I will extol you.
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O give thanks to the Lord
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for he is good
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for his steadfast love
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endures forever.
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Right?
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Seven days in a row
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they have sung these songs
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which are just absolutely ripe
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with messianic ideas
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foreshadowing
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pressing toward
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what this feast was really
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all about.
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Again, not commanded
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these psalms
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to be sung
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but they had begun this tradition
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and boy did it serve
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to this wonderful end.
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At the conclusion of the singing
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the people would all cry out
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three times
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give thanks to the Lord
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and the water was poured
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onto the altar.
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This ceremony commemorated
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the water God provided
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in the wilderness
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and expressed hope
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for the coming messianic age
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when God
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would pour out his spirit.
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Second,
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this is the water ceremony.
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Second there was
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the illumination ceremony.
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Massive lamps were lit
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in the temple courts
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casting light over
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the city
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and this recalled
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the pillar of fire
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that guided Israel
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through the wilderness
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and symbolized the hope
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that God's glory
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would again shine
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upon his people.
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Jesus is going to
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call himself
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the light of the world
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soon in the text.
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So the feast of booths
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it was a celebration
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of light and life
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and provision
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and divine presence.
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And it's into this setting
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charged with expectation
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saturated with symbolism
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overflowing with religious meaning
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that Jesus steps.
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I hope that wasn't a waste
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of time for you.
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There's a lot going on
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across this week
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and Jesus is going to speak
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into it.
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We'll see here
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in a moment.
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What makes John 7
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so striking
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is that Jesus does not merely
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attend the feast
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but he interprets it.
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He takes the central symbols
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of Israel's hope
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and he claims
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that he himself
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is their fulfillment.
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But here's the tragedy
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of John chapter 7.
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The people are celebrating
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God's past salvation
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while rejecting
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God's present
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savior.
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They're remembering
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the wilderness
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while standing
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face to face
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with the one
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who led Israel
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through it.
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They're singing
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about light
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while turning away
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from the light
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of the world.
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John MacArthur
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notes that this feast
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which should have produced
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the greatest clarity
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instead produces
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great confusion.
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Some say
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we'll see
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Jesus is good
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others say
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he deceives the people
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the leaders
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want him dead
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the crowds whisper
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no one speaks openly
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fear seems to rule
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the day.
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There's much
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confusion
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in John 7.
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In the middle
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of it all
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stands Jesus
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teaching
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confronting
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exposing hearts.
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does that here
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and works
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that purpose
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for us
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today.
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John 7
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is not
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just about
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controversy
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it's about
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revelation
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and
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responsibility.
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It answers
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the question
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what happens
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when the glory
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of God
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stands in front
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of religious
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people who
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think they
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already
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know him.
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Who's
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sight of that
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fact?
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All of this
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is happening
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right?
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to worship
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God
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Yahweh
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they think
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they know
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him
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they think
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they're doing
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what they need
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to be doing
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and they're
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missing
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they're missing
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it.
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The answer
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is just
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sobering
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some marvel
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some argue
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some reject
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some perhaps
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begin to see
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that Jesus
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is the Christ
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and this chapter
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forces every
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hearer
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to ask the
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same question
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that the crowd
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had to face
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what am I
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to do
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with Jesus
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who he
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claims to
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be
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you can't
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avoid the
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question
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it's the
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most important
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question
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perhaps you
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could ask
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yourself
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this morning
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what am I
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to do
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with Jesus
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in John
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chapter 7
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verse 30
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through 44
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let me
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pray for us
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before we
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read the
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text
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father
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as we've
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set the
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stage
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for what
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we're going
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to see
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Jesus
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do here
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I pray
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that you
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would work
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in all
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of us
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belief
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whether for
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the very
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first time
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understanding
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who Jesus
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is
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the fulfillment
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of all
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that the
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scripture
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has said
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the Messiah
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would be
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our way
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back to
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you
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or once
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again
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we might
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find ourselves
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with weak
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faith this
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morning
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having been
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distracted by
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the world
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drawn away
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by it
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we would
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again return
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in faith
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to the
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person
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and work
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of Jesus
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Christ
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and we pray
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this in his
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name
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amen
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beginning
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in verse 30
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so they
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were seeking
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to arrest
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him
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but no
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one laid
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a hand
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on him
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because
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his hour
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had not
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yet come
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yet many
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of the
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people
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believed
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in him
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they said
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when the
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Christ
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appears
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will he
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do more
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signs
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than this
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man
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has done
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the Pharisees
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heard the
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crowd
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muttering
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these things
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about him
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and the
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chief
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priests
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and Pharisees
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sent
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officers
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to arrest
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him
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Jesus
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then said
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I will
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be with
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you a
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little
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longer
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and that
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I'm
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going
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to him
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who sent
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me
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you will
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seek me
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and you
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will not
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find me
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where I
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am
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you
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cannot
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come
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the Jews
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said to
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one another
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where does
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this man
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intend
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to go
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that we
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will not
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find him
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does he
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intend
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to go
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to the
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dispersion
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among the
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Greeks
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and teach
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the Greeks
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what does
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he mean
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by saying
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you will
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seek me
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and you
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will not
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find me
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and where
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I am
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you
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cannot
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come
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on the
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last day
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of the
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feast
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the great
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day
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Jesus
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stood up
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and cried
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out
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if anyone
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thirsts
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let him
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come to
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me
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and drink
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whoever
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believes
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in me
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as the
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scripture
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has said
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out of his
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heart
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will flow
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rivers
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of living
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water
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now this
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he said
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about the
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spirit
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whom those
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who believed
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in him
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were to receive
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for as yet
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the spirit
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had not
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been given
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because Jesus
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was not yet
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glorified
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when they
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heard these
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words
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some of the
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people said
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this really
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is the
18:00
prophet
18:00
others
18:01
said
18:01
this
18:02
is the
18:03
Christ
18:03
but some
18:04
said
18:04
is the
18:05
Christ
18:05
to come
18:05
from
18:05
Galilee
18:06
has not
18:07
the scripture
18:07
said that
18:08
the Christ
18:08
comes from
18:09
the offspring
18:09
of David
18:10
and comes
18:10
from Bethlehem
18:11
the village
18:11
where David
18:12
was
18:12
so there
18:13
was a
18:14
division
18:14
among the
18:14
people
18:15
over him
18:15
some of
18:17
them
18:17
wanted to
18:17
arrest
18:17
him
18:18
but no
18:19
one
18:19
laid
18:20
hands
18:20
on him
18:20
now our
18:22
text once
18:23
again is
18:24
chiastic
18:26
notice
18:27
that it
18:27
begins
18:28
so they
18:28
were seeking
18:29
to arrest
18:30
him
18:30
but no
18:31
one
18:31
laid a
18:32
hand
18:32
on him
18:32
and the
18:33
reason
18:33
John
18:33
gives
18:34
is because
18:34
his hour
18:35
had not
18:35
yet
18:36
come
18:36
and it
18:37
ends
18:37
verse 44
18:38
some of
18:39
them wanted
18:40
to arrest
18:40
him
18:40
but no
18:41
one
18:41
laid
18:42
hands
18:43
on him
18:44
I just
18:44
want to
18:44
point that
18:45
out to
18:45
you
18:45
the
18:47
central
18:48
part of
18:49
the text
18:49
in this
18:49
case
18:50
are these
18:50
two things
18:52
that Jesus
18:52
says on
18:53
two
18:53
different
18:54
days
18:55
so he
18:56
has this
18:57
language about
18:57
going where
18:58
they cannot
18:58
come
18:59
and then he
18:59
has
18:59
starting verse 37
19:01
on the day
19:02
of the
19:02
feast
19:03
and the
19:04
things that
19:04
he says
19:05
at that
19:06
time
19:06
so
19:07
Lord
19:08
willing
19:08
I want
19:09
to pick
19:09
up some
19:10
of this
19:10
text
19:10
as we
19:11
close out
19:11
our study
19:12
of John
19:12
7
19:12
in just
19:13
a couple
19:14
of weeks
19:14
I want to
19:14
come back
19:15
into it
19:16
so I'm
19:16
going to
19:16
neglect a
19:17
little bit
19:17
of it
19:17
this morning
19:18
but I want
19:18
you to
19:18
know
19:19
I intend
19:19
to wrap
19:20
it into
19:21
the end
19:21
of chapter
19:22
7
19:22
but today
19:23
I want to
19:24
spend the
19:24
rest of
19:25
our limited
19:25
time on
19:26
Jesus'
19:27
invitation
19:27
and explanation
19:29
found in
19:29
verses 37
19:30
to 39
19:32
I want to
19:32
give this
19:32
ample time
19:34
this morning
19:35
so picking up
19:36
on 37
19:36
on the last
19:37
day
19:37
on the last
19:37
day
19:38
Jesus'
19:39
day
19:39
Jesus
19:39
stood up
19:40
and cried
19:41
out
19:42
that's
19:42
what I want
19:43
to spend
19:43
the rest
19:44
of our
19:44
time
19:44
focusing
19:45
on
19:45
so he
19:46
makes
19:46
this
19:46
intention
19:47
this
19:47
invitation
19:47
first
19:48
he makes
19:49
this
19:49
invitation
19:49
he cries
19:51
out
19:51
if anyone
19:52
thirsts
19:53
let him
19:54
come
19:54
to me
19:55
and drink
19:57
right
19:57
this is on
19:58
the last
19:59
day of
19:59
the feast
20:00
here
20:00
John calls
20:01
it
20:01
the great
20:03
day
20:04
and no
20:05
one knows
20:06
for sure
20:06
if this
20:06
invitation
20:07
occurred
20:07
on the
20:08
seventh
20:08
day
20:08
or on
20:10
the
20:10
eighth
20:10
there's
20:10
a lot
20:10
of
20:11
argument
20:11
about
20:11
there
20:12
out there
20:12
on it
20:12
the most
20:13
faithful
20:13
commentators
20:14
just say
20:14
we're not
20:15
sure
20:15
if it was
20:15
the seventh
20:16
day
20:16
or on
20:17
the eighth
20:18
day
20:19
certainly
20:19
could be
20:20
argued
20:20
either way
20:22
not
20:22
incredibly
20:23
important
20:24
if it
20:25
happened
20:25
on the
20:26
eighth
20:26
day
20:26
it
20:26
would
20:26
have
20:27
happened
20:27
with
20:27
all
20:28
of the
20:28
rich
20:29
meaning
20:29
of the
20:30
preceding
20:30
seven
20:30
days
20:31
still
20:31
ringing
20:32
in the
20:32
people's
20:33
ears
20:34
it
20:34
would
20:35
have
20:35
been
20:35
there
20:35
on
20:36
their
20:36
minds
20:36
as
20:37
they're
20:37
starting
20:37
to
20:38
clean
20:39
up
20:39
from
20:39
the
20:39
week's
20:40
festivities
20:41
if it
20:42
happened
20:42
on the
20:43
seventh
20:44
day
20:44
a day
20:45
that had
20:46
a bit
20:46
more
20:46
pomp
20:47
than
20:47
previously
20:47
described
20:48
seven
20:49
times
20:49
around
20:50
the
20:51
altar
20:51
it
20:51
was
20:51
a
20:51
longer
20:52
procession
20:53
that
20:53
took
20:53
place
20:54
they
20:55
would
20:55
have
20:55
been
20:56
likely
20:57
in
20:57
the
20:57
middle
20:58
of
20:59
expressing
20:59
the
21:01
rich
21:01
meaning
21:01
right
21:02
then
21:02
there
21:03
on
21:03
that
21:04
seventh
21:05
day
21:05
so
21:06
I
21:07
like
21:07
that
21:07
day
21:07
I'm
21:08
telling
21:08
you
21:08
but
21:10
only
21:10
because
21:10
I
21:10
like
21:10
it
21:10
I'm
21:10
just
21:11
telling
21:11
you
21:11
that's
21:11
my
21:11
opinion
21:11
because
21:12
I
21:12
like
21:12
it
21:12
I
21:12
like
21:13
the
21:13
seventh
21:13
day
21:14
for
21:15
this
21:15
reason
21:15
picture
21:17
all
21:17
of
21:17
that
21:17
happening
21:18
everything
21:18
that I
21:19
said
21:19
takes
21:19
place
21:19
and
21:20
as
21:21
that
21:21
water
21:22
is
21:22
being
21:22
poured
21:22
out
21:22
on
21:23
the
21:24
altar
21:24
!
21:24
It's
21:25
at
21:25
that
21:25
time
21:26
I
21:26
like
21:26
to
21:27
imagine
21:27
that
21:28
Jesus
21:28
stood
21:29
up
21:29
and cried
21:30
out
21:31
with
21:31
that
21:31
audience
21:32
gathered
21:33
together
21:33
watching
21:34
that
21:35
water
21:35
be
21:36
poured
21:36
out
21:37
he
21:38
made
21:39
a
21:39
bold
21:41
invitation
21:42
rabbis
21:43
in his
21:43
day
21:43
did not
21:44
stand
21:44
and
21:44
teach
21:45
they
21:46
sat
21:46
everybody
21:47
else
21:47
stood
21:47
to hear
21:48
them
21:48
place
21:49
of honor
21:50
for the
21:50
teacher
21:50
how
21:51
interesting
21:51
but
21:53
he
21:53
stood
21:53
up
21:54
he
21:54
wanted
21:54
to
21:55
be
21:55
seen
21:55
and
21:55
he
21:55
wanted
21:56
to
21:56
project
21:57
this
21:58
was
21:58
a
21:58
loud
21:59
thing
22:00
that
22:00
he
22:00
said
22:01
a
22:01
bold
22:02
invitation
22:02
an
22:04
invitation
22:04
that
22:05
careful
22:05
readers
22:06
of
22:06
John
22:06
will
22:07
know
22:07
was
22:08
prompted
22:08
by
22:09
God
22:09
the
22:10
father
22:10
that
22:11
he's
22:11
only
22:11
doing
22:11
what
22:12
God
22:12
the
22:12
father
22:13
tells
22:13
him
22:13
to
22:13
do
22:14
only
22:14
saying
22:14
what
22:15
God
22:15
the
22:15
father
22:15
tells
22:16
him
22:16
to
22:16
say
22:17
so
22:17
this
22:17
moment
22:18
strikes
22:18
and
22:19
he
22:19
stands
22:20
up
22:20
and
22:20
cries
22:21
out
22:21
if
22:22
anyone
22:22
thirsts
22:24
let
22:24
him
22:25
come
22:25
to
22:25
me
22:25
and
22:26
drink
22:27
this
22:29
invitation
22:29
is
22:29
made
22:30
up
22:30
of
22:30
three
22:31
parts
22:32
and
22:32
we
22:33
do
22:33
well
22:33
to
22:34
note
22:34
all
22:35
three
22:36
first
22:37
he
22:37
says
22:38
if
22:39
anyone
22:39
thirsts
22:42
and
22:42
we
22:42
know
22:43
that
22:43
Jesus
22:44
here
22:44
is
22:44
speaking
22:44
metaphorically
22:46
he's
22:46
not
22:46
speaking
22:47
of
22:47
physical
22:48
thirst
22:49
he's
22:50
talking
22:50
about
22:50
spiritual
22:51
thirst
22:52
it
22:53
is
22:53
not
22:53
the
22:54
first
22:54
time
22:54
that
22:54
he
22:54
has
22:54
done
22:55
so
22:55
concerning
22:56
water
22:57
speaking
22:57
metaphorically
22:58
in this
22:58
way
22:58
do you
22:59
recall
22:59
his
22:59
encounter
22:59
with
23:00
the
23:00
Samaritan
23:00
woman
23:00
at
23:01
the
23:01
well
23:01
back
23:02
in
23:02
John
23:02
chapter
23:03
4
23:03
he
23:04
says
23:04
through
23:05
there
23:05
in
23:05
verse
23:05
13
23:05
and
23:05
14
23:06
everyone
23:06
who
23:06
drinks
23:07
of
23:07
this
23:07
water
23:08
the
23:08
water
23:08
of
23:08
the
23:08
well
23:08
will
23:09
be
23:09
thirsty
23:09
again
23:09
but
23:10
whoever
23:10
drinks
23:11
of
23:11
the
23:11
water
23:11
that
23:11
I
23:12
will
23:12
give
23:12
him
23:12
will
23:12
never
23:13
be
23:13
thirsty
23:13
!
23:13
again
23:14
the
23:15
water
23:15
that
23:15
I
23:15
will
23:15
give
23:16
him
23:16
will
23:16
become
23:16
in
23:16
him
23:16
a
23:17
spring
23:17
of
23:18
water
23:18
welling
23:19
up
23:19
to
23:20
eternal
23:20
life
23:21
that
23:22
phrasing
23:23
and
23:23
much
23:24
of
23:24
the
23:24
other
23:24
things
23:24
he
23:24
has
23:24
to
23:24
say
23:25
about
23:25
being
23:25
living
23:25
water
23:26
in
23:26
chapter
23:26
4
23:27
should
23:28
be
23:28
going
23:28
off
23:29
in
23:29
your
23:29
brain
23:29
as
23:30
you
23:30
hear
23:30
this
23:31
invitation
23:31
if
23:31
anyone
23:32
thirst
23:34
we
23:36
understand
23:36
right
23:37
this is
23:37
the
23:38
spiritual
23:38
thirst
23:39
Jesus
23:40
is
23:40
talking
23:40
about
23:41
our
23:42
souls
23:43
are
23:44
parched
23:45
apart
23:46
from
23:47
him
23:47
parched
23:49
apart
23:49
from
23:50
him
23:50
everyone
23:51
is
23:52
looking
23:52
for
23:53
satisfaction
23:53
for
23:55
their
23:55
thirsty
23:55
souls
23:56
everyone
23:57
feels
23:58
down
23:58
at
23:59
their
23:59
core
23:59
whether
24:00
or not
24:01
they
24:01
acknowledge
24:01
it
24:02
to be
24:02
true
24:02
down
24:02
at
24:03
their
24:03
core
24:03
they
24:04
know
24:04
that
24:04
they
24:04
were
24:05
made
24:05
for
24:05
something
24:06
more
24:06
than
24:07
this
24:07
temporal
24:07
life
24:08
has
24:08
to
24:08
offer
24:09
us
24:09
something
24:10
is
24:10
missing
24:11
people
24:11
talk
24:11
about
24:11
the
24:12
God
24:12
sized
24:12
hole
24:13
in
24:13
your
24:13
heart
24:13
right
24:14
I
24:14
like
24:15
this
24:15
metaphor
24:15
better
24:16
Jesus
24:17
metaphor
24:17
dry
24:19
thirsty
24:20
souls
24:21
so we
24:23
set
24:23
ourselves
24:24
to the
24:24
pursuit
24:25
of
24:25
passions
24:26
trivial
24:28
and
24:28
temporal
24:29
comforts
24:30
the
24:30
fulfillment
24:31
of
24:31
sinful
24:32
desires
24:33
and we
24:33
foolishly
24:34
think
24:34
that we
24:35
will find
24:35
satisfaction
24:36
for our
24:37
thirst
24:38
nothing
24:39
in this
24:40
world
24:41
that will
24:41
satisfy
24:42
the thirst
24:42
of our
24:43
souls
24:43
God
24:45
says
24:45
of the
24:46
Israelites
24:46
in
24:46
Jeremiah
24:47
chapter
24:47
2
24:47
verse
24:48
13
24:48
my
24:49
people
24:49
have
24:49
committed
24:49
two
24:51
evils
24:51
they have
24:52
forsaken
24:53
me
24:53
the
24:53
fountain
24:54
of
24:54
living
24:55
waters
24:55
and
24:57
secondly
24:58
they have
24:58
hewed out
24:59
cisterns
25:00
for the
25:00
water
25:00
they have
25:02
forsaken
25:03
the source
25:03
of living
25:04
water
25:04
and they
25:05
are
25:05
attempting
25:06
to hold
25:06
water
25:07
with a
25:07
thing
25:08
that can
25:08
hold
25:09
no
25:10
water
25:11
this is
25:13
so tragic
25:13
so epically
25:15
tragic
25:16
the delusion
25:17
to think
25:18
that ultimate
25:19
satisfaction
25:20
will come
25:20
from
25:20
anywhere
25:21
but the
25:22
maker
25:22
of all
25:23
things
25:24
thirsty
25:26
soul
25:27
recognize
25:29
your
25:30
thirst
25:31
recognize
25:32
it
25:33
if anyone
25:34
thirsts
25:35
says yes
25:36
I am
25:37
thirsty
25:38
recognize
25:39
it
25:40
and come
25:41
to Christ
25:42
for he
25:43
offers
25:43
to those
25:44
who
25:44
recognize
25:44
their thirst
25:45
eternal
25:46
life
25:47
giving
25:48
water
25:49
it's the
25:50
second part
25:51
of this
25:51
invitation
25:52
if anyone
25:52
thirsts
25:53
come
25:54
to
25:55
me
25:56
he's the
25:58
only source
25:58
of this
25:59
eternal
25:59
life giving
26:00
water
26:00
what do you
26:01
do with
26:02
Jesus
26:02
he's making
26:03
these
26:03
astounding
26:03
claims
26:04
about himself
26:05
he's the
26:06
one that
26:06
gives
26:07
that grants
26:08
life
26:09
eternal
26:09
life giving
26:10
water
26:11
nowhere else
26:12
come
26:13
to
26:14
me
26:15
he says
26:17
he'll say
26:18
in john
26:19
14
26:19
in verse
26:19
6
26:20
I'm the
26:20
way
26:20
and the
26:21
truth
26:21
and the
26:22
life
26:22
no one
26:23
comes
26:24
to the
26:24
father
26:24
except
26:26
through
26:27
me
26:28
if anyone
26:30
thirsts
26:31
come to
26:33
me
26:33
and drink
26:35
drink
26:37
I want you
26:38
to hear the
26:39
warmth of
26:39
this invitation
26:40
if anyone
26:41
thirsts
26:43
you recognize
26:43
the state
26:44
of your
26:45
thirsty soul
26:45
come
26:46
come to
26:47
me
26:48
and drink
26:49
and the
26:51
metaphor here
26:52
holds up
26:52
come to
26:54
Jesus
26:55
and take
26:56
hold of
26:57
his person
26:57
and work
26:59
for you
26:59
by faith
27:01
appropriate
27:02
who Jesus
27:02
is and all
27:03
that he's
27:04
accomplished
27:04
all of the
27:05
promises of
27:05
God
27:05
that are
27:05
yes
27:06
in him
27:06
by faith
27:07
that's what
27:07
it means
27:08
to drink
27:08
of Jesus
27:09
take hold
27:10
of him
27:10
and believe
27:11
in him
27:12
for the
27:12
salvation
27:13
of your
27:14
soul
27:14
trust that
27:15
he will be
27:16
the source
27:17
of that
27:18
soul
27:19
satisfaction
27:20
that you
27:21
so
27:21
long for
27:23
thirsty
27:24
soul
27:24
you won't
27:25
find it
27:26
anywhere
27:27
else
27:27
if anyone
27:29
thirsts
27:30
let him
27:31
come to
27:31
Christ
27:32
and drink
27:34
and he
27:37
goes on
27:38
this is not
27:38
the end
27:39
of him
27:39
crying out
27:40
he says
27:41
in verse
27:42
38
27:42
explanation
27:43
whoever
27:44
believes
27:46
in me
27:46
as the
27:47
scripture
27:48
has said
27:49
out of
27:50
his heart
27:51
will flow
27:52
rivers
27:53
of living
27:54
water
27:56
soul
27:58
satisfying
27:58
water
27:59
will be
27:59
provided
28:00
by Jesus
28:01
through
28:02
the spirit
28:03
I read
28:05
a lot
28:06
of really
28:06
dense
28:07
argumentation
28:08
across this
28:09
past week
28:10
that
28:10
I want to
28:12
totally spare
28:12
you from
28:13
there's
28:14
a lot
28:15
of
28:15
argumentation
28:17
about exactly
28:17
where the
28:18
punctuation
28:19
belongs
28:19
in verse
28:20
37
28:20
and verse
28:21
38
28:22
I found
28:24
that both
28:25
arguments
28:26
really
28:26
were kind
28:28
of moot
28:28
they essentially
28:29
met in the
28:29
middle
28:30
the concern
28:31
for some
28:32
in the way
28:33
that ESV
28:33
has punctuated
28:34
this
28:34
is that
28:35
people would
28:36
think
28:37
that
28:37
me now
28:39
as a
28:39
redeemed
28:40
man
28:40
that I
28:41
am
28:42
the source
28:43
of living
28:43
water
28:43
for others
28:44
that's the
28:45
concern
28:45
for the way
28:46
it's
28:46
punctuated
28:47
here
28:47
that I
28:48
myself
28:49
am
28:50
the source
28:51
but I
28:51
don't
28:52
think
28:52
that this
28:53
punctuation
28:54
necessarily
28:55
requires us
28:56
to think
28:56
in that
28:57
way
28:58
Christ
28:59
provides
29:00
the living
29:01
water
29:01
by the
29:02
spirit
29:02
for me
29:03
and
29:04
through
29:05
me
29:06
this
29:07
bountiful
29:08
provision
29:08
will well
29:10
up in the
29:11
believer
29:11
for their
29:13
sake
29:13
and for
29:14
the sake
29:15
of others
29:16
flows out
29:17
of us
29:17
for us
29:18
and out
29:18
of us
29:19
for
29:19
others
29:20
note
29:21
it is
29:22
flowing
29:23
and it
29:24
is
29:25
living
29:26
water
29:27
the spirit's
29:29
activity
29:29
in the
29:29
Christian's
29:30
life
29:30
is for
29:31
our
29:31
good
29:32
our
29:32
soul
29:32
satisfaction
29:33
our
29:33
growth
29:34
and
29:34
holiness
29:34
our
29:35
confidence
29:36
to the
29:36
end
29:37
but the
29:38
spirit's
29:39
activity
29:39
in the
29:39
Christian's
29:40
life
29:40
is to
29:40
be
29:41
for
29:41
also
29:42
the
29:42
benefit
29:42
of
29:43
others
29:44
we're
29:46
not
29:46
meant
29:47
to be
29:47
stagnant
29:49
would argue
29:51
with you
29:51
that if
29:51
you are
29:52
in fact
29:52
in Christ
29:53
you won't
29:53
be
29:54
stagnant
29:55
this is
29:55
a
29:55
welling
29:56
up
29:57
water
29:57
flowing
29:59
living
29:59
water
30:00
it's
30:00
going to
30:00
come
30:00
out
30:01
of
30:01
the
30:01
life
30:01
of
30:02
the
30:02
Christian
30:02
we're
30:03
supposed
30:03
to be
30:04
channels
30:04
of
30:05
living
30:05
water
30:05
to a
30:06
thirsty
30:07
world
30:08
now
30:11
there is
30:11
no
30:13
consensus
30:13
on a
30:14
specific
30:14
scripture
30:14
that Jesus
30:15
is
30:15
referencing
30:16
in
30:16
verse
30:16
38
30:17
he says
30:18
as
30:19
the
30:19
scripture
30:20
has
30:21
said
30:21
no
30:23
consensus
30:23
lots
30:24
of
30:24
different
30:24
referencing
30:25
it's
30:27
likely
30:27
that he's
30:27
doing
30:28
some
30:29
biblical
30:29
theology
30:29
here
30:30
where
30:30
he's
30:30
pulling
30:30
together
30:31
a
30:31
statement
30:32
on the
30:32
old
30:32
testament's
30:33
teaching
30:33
concerning
30:35
the
30:35
blessing
30:36
of
30:36
water
30:37
he's
30:37
pulling
30:37
the
30:38
theme
30:38
together
30:39
right
30:39
the
30:39
bible
30:40
has
30:40
taught
30:41
this
30:41
you've
30:42
been
30:42
singing
30:43
about
30:43
this
30:44
that I
30:45
am
30:45
speaking
30:46
of
30:47
psalm
30:47
113
30:48
113
30:49
118
30:50
another
30:52
example
30:53
the text
30:54
that we
30:55
read
30:56
earlier
30:56
came to
30:56
my mind
30:57
this week
30:57
as I
30:58
was
30:58
studying
30:59
this
30:59
text
31:00
it
31:01
records
31:01
an
31:02
eschatological
31:03
vision
31:03
a vision
31:04
of the
31:04
end
31:05
of
31:05
things
31:05
that
31:06
God
31:06
gave
31:07
to
31:08
Ezekiel
31:08
astounding
31:09
this
31:09
water
31:10
that
31:10
flows
31:11
out
31:12
of
31:12
the
31:12
temple
31:13
and it
31:13
builds
31:13
and it
31:14
grows
31:14
and it
31:15
blesses
31:16
let me
31:16
read it
31:16
for us
31:17
one more
31:17
time
31:18
Ezekiel
31:20
47
31:21
verses
31:21
1-12
31:22
then he
31:23
brought me
31:24
back to
31:24
the door
31:24
of the
31:25
temple
31:25
and behold
31:26
water
31:27
was issuing
31:27
from below
31:28
the threshold
31:29
of the
31:29
temple
31:29
toward the
31:30
east
31:30
for the
31:31
temple
31:31
faced
31:32
east
31:33
the water
31:34
was flowing
31:34
down from
31:35
below the
31:35
south end
31:36
of the
31:36
threshold
31:36
of the
31:37
temple
31:37
south of
31:37
the
31:38
altar
31:38
then he
31:39
brought me
31:39
out by
31:40
way
31:40
of the
31:40
north
31:41
gate
31:41
and led
31:41
me
31:41
around
31:42
the
31:42
outside
31:42
to the
31:43
!
31:43
outer
31:43
gate
31:43
that
31:43
faces
31:44
toward
31:44
the
31:44
east
31:44
and behold
31:45
the water
31:45
was trickling
31:46
out on
31:47
the
31:47
south
31:47
side
31:48
going on
31:49
eastward
31:50
with a
31:50
measuring line
31:51
in his
31:52
hand
31:52
the man
31:52
measured
31:52
a thousand
31:53
cubits
31:54
and then
31:54
led me
31:54
through
31:54
the
31:55
water
31:55
and it
31:55
was
31:56
ankle
31:57
deep
31:57
growing
31:59
grace
32:00
and
32:00
mercy
32:01
again
32:02
he
32:02
measured
32:02
a thousand
32:03
and led
32:03
me
32:03
through
32:03
the
32:03
water
32:04
and it
32:04
was
32:04
knee
32:05
deep
32:06
again
32:06
he
32:06
measured
32:07
a thousand
32:07
and led
32:07
me
32:07
through
32:07
the
32:08
water
32:08
and it
32:08
was
32:08
waist
32:09
deep
32:10
again
32:11
he
32:11
measured
32:11
a thousand
32:12
and it
32:12
was a river
32:12
that I could not pass through, for the water had risen.
32:16
It was deep enough to swim in,
32:18
a river that could not be passed through.
32:21
And he said to me,
32:22
Son of man, have you seen this?
32:24
Then he led me back to the bank of the river.
32:28
As I went back, I saw on the bank of the river
32:30
very many trees on one side and on the other.
32:32
And he said to me,
32:33
This water flows toward the eastern region
32:35
and goes down into Ereba, a desert place,
32:39
and enters the sea.
32:40
The Dead Sea.
32:43
He's referring to here.
32:45
When the water flows into the sea,
32:46
the water will become fresh.
32:50
Nothing lives in the Dead Sea.
32:51
It's too salty.
32:53
The water becomes fresh,
32:55
dead to life.
32:58
And wherever the river goes,
32:59
every living creature that swarms will live,
33:01
and there will be very many fish.
33:03
For this water goes there,
33:04
that the waters of the sea may become fresh,
33:06
so everything will live where the river goes.
33:11
Fishermen will stand beside the sea.
33:13
From Engadi to Eneglayim,
33:16
it will be a place for the spreading of nets.
33:19
Its fish will be of very many kinds,
33:21
like the fish of the Great Sea.
33:24
Those are two locations on the southern and northern part
33:27
of the Dead Sea.
33:28
I'm saying,
33:29
the whole Dead Sea.
33:30
The whole thing is going to be brought to life.
33:33
But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh.
33:36
They are to be left for salt.
33:38
And on the banks,
33:39
on both sides of the river,
33:41
there will grow all kinds of trees for food.
33:43
Their leaves will not wither,
33:44
nor their fruit fail,
33:46
but they will bear fresh fruit every month,
33:48
because the water for them flows from the sanctuary,
33:51
from the source,
33:53
from the source of living water.
33:56
Their fruit will be for food,
33:58
and their leaves for healing.
34:03
The Spirit does life-giving work in us,
34:08
and in others,
34:11
as we put our faith in Jesus on display,
34:13
and proclaim his goodness toward us.
34:17
If anyone thirsts,
34:20
let him come to me and drink.
34:24
Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.
34:31
Now, it needs to be said,
34:33
I'm going to wrap this little section up together,
34:36
where John notes,
34:38
for as the Spirit had not been given,
34:41
because Jesus was not yet glorified.
34:46
John is in no way suggesting
34:47
that the Spirit doesn't have activity.
34:50
This third part of the Trinitarian God is not active.
34:54
We have many examples before this time.
34:56
The Spirit has not yet been fully granted.
35:02
We're living in this in-between time.
35:04
Jesus is going to promise to send a helper.
35:06
Once he's seated at the right hand of the Father,
35:10
he's going to send the helper,
35:12
and we'll get into that later in John's Gospel.
35:15
Up to and at this time,
35:17
people could have the Spirit upon them,
35:21
but they did not have the Spirit in them.
35:27
Brothers and sisters,
35:27
we live in a blessed time.
35:30
All those who place faith in Jesus Christ,
35:35
dead to living,
35:37
have the Spirit abiding within us.
35:40
this Spirit that he's talking about here,
35:43
flow rivers of living water.
35:50
What a glorious thing.
35:52
What a moment in Jesus' ministry.
35:56
It's brought things to a high point,
35:58
and we're going to see it'll pick up steam
36:00
as we go on in our study.
36:02
Let me close.
36:04
This quote's in your bulletin.
36:06
A bit of a hymn by Horatio Bonner.
36:10
I learned this week his good friends called him Horace.
36:14
Brother Horace said,
36:16
I heard the voice of Jesus say,
36:20
Behold, I freely give.
36:22
The living water, thirsty one,
36:24
stoop down and drink and live.
36:28
I came to Jesus,
36:30
and I drank of that life-giving stream.
36:34
My thirst was quenched,
36:36
my soul revived,
36:37
and now I live in him.
36:41
Let's pray together.