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Bible Study with Pastor Los | The Gospel of John (2:1-12) · Heart Check Podcast

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  What's up everybody? Welcome back to Heart Check
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  podcast. I'm your host, Pastor Los.
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  Yeah, let's go. I'm so excited to be back with
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  I just truly from the bottom of my heart want to say thank you
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  here in Heart Check. And I just love you guys so
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  much. I pray for each of you continue
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  know my Heart, Check community, and I pray that you guys are
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  Jesus. I love you guys.
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  Let's keep going through our Gospel of John journey.
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  We have now flipped over to chapter 2.
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  We finished chapter one last week and we are going to be be
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  beginning in chapter 2 of John. Remember, 2 is the big number.
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  And then the little verses. We're going to be in verses one
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  through 12. We're going to be talking about
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  the wedding at Cana today, Jesus's first miracle.
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  And so if you want to follow along, I'm going to be reading
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  through the NLT version and we're going to get straight to
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  it. Let's stop messing around.
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  I love you guys. I'm excited for this one.
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  So John chapter 2 verses one through 12 reads like this.
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  The next day there was a wedding celebration in the village of
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  Cana in Galilee. Jesus's mother was there and
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  Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the celebration.
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  The wine supply ran out during the festivity, so Jesus's mother
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  told them they have no more wine.
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  Verse 4. Dear woman, that's not our
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  problem, Jesus replied. My time has not yet come.
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  Verse 5 But his mother told the servants, do whatever he tells
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  you. Verse 6 Standing nearby were 6
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  stone water jars used for Jewish ceremonial washing.
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  Each could hold 20 to 30 gallons.
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  Verse 7 Jesus told the servants, fill the jars with water.
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  When the jars have been filled, he said, now dip some out and
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  take it to the master of ceremonies.
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  So the servants followed his instructions.
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  When the master of ceremonies tasted the water, that was.
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  Now wine not. Knowing where it had come from,
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  though, of course the servants knew, he called the bridegroom
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  over. A host always serves the best
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  wine first, he said. Then when everyone has had a lot
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  to drink, He brings out the less expensive wine.
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  But you have kept the best until now.
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  Verse 11 This miraculous sign at Cana in Galilee was the first
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  time Jesus revealed His glory and His disciples believed in
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  Him. Verse 12 After the wedding, he
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  went to Capernaum for a few days with His mother, His brothers
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  and His disciples. So we have the next day, which
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  would have been the third day, 'cause remember how John had
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  wrote in in chapter 1? We had the first day and then he
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  said the next day, which the next day was Jesus calling
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  Philip and then Nathaniel to follow him.
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  So now Jesus has Peter and Andrew and Philip and Nathaniel
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  being his first disciples following him.
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  And then it says the next day, which would have been the third
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  day, was a wedding celebration in the village of Canaan,
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  Galilee. Jesus's mother was there that
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  they throw that in there and Jesus and his disciples were
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  also invited to the celebration. Now we follow up Jesus calling
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  Nathaniel to follow him and his disciples now being invited to a
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  wedding celebration. Now, wedding celebrations in
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  Jewish culture was no small thing.
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  This was a big deal. Jesus being invited to something
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  that's important shows the importance of who Jesus is.
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  And I love, as the theologian Charles Spurgeon once said, the
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  invitation of Jesus to this wedding says something about the
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  presence of Jesus at weddings. Jesus comes to a marriage and
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  gives his blessing there that we may know that our family life is
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  under his care. A wedding covenant between man
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  and woman, a covenant created by God and blessed by him.
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  A wedding is a significant moment that reflects A
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  monumental truth from Scripture. As Paul says in Ephesians 525,
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  for husbands, this means love your wives.
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  Just as Christ loved the church, He gave up his life for her.
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  This is why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined
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  to his wife and the two are united into one.
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  Jesus being invited to a wedding celebration is not a surprise
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  because he should be invited to the thing that he created and
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  represents. See, we are living in a time
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  where we think we can define things how we want them to be
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  and function, but we must remember we can't redefine
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  something that we didn't create in the 1st place.
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  God created marriage. God created the boundaries.
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  God created the intent behind marriage.
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  God is the one who defines marriage, not us.
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  And we're living in a time where we think we can start redefine
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  things that we don't have authority to redefine, that
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  we're not the ones who created it in the first place.
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  God created marriage between one man and one woman that unites
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  them physically, spiritually, mentally, and emotionally.
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  A bond that is favored and blessed by God 'cause He's the
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  one who created it. This is why I attending a
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  wedding. I say this.
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  This is why I attending a wedding.
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  Showing up to a wedding, being a witness for this covenant is not
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  one to take lightly. Even as one that's just
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  attending, Even if you're just showing up for a wedding, even
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  if you're just a guest at a wedding, this is something not
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  to take lightly because you are attending and confirming you are
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  celebrating and and wanting God's favor and blessing over
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  this covenant, what he created. Just as Jesus accepted an
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  invitation to a wedding, we need to invite Jesus into everything
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  we do. Has Jesus been invited into all
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  spaces and places in your life? Is Jesus showing up to not just
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  the celebratory places, but even the places that are dark and
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  gloomy, even into the highs, but even into the lows of your life?
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  And to see Jesus be invited into this pivotal, important moment
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  of this couple's lives is pretty incredible.
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  And I think a reminder for us that we need to be inviting
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  Jesus into the things that he has for us.
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  Jesus created marriage. Jesus is the one who should be
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  the center of our marriage. Jesus is the firm foundation
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  that we build our marriage upon whatever it is.
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  Maybe you're not married and you're listening to this.
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  Whatever relationship you're in, whatever job you're working at,
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  whatever you say, think, or do, Jesus should be invited into
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  that. That Jesus should be the focus.
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  That Jesus should always be the center of everything.
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  I word it this way. Is Jesus centered around your
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  life or is your life centered around Jesus?
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  Jesus should be the focus for all of us.
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  And so I love that it starts with Jesus and his disciples
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  being invited to this wedding, that this was an important
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  celebration, something that God created.
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  And we need to always remember that we can't try to change or
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  redefine something that God created and has purpose for.
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  But then it goes on in John 1/3 through five, we go on to read
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  in verse three that the wine runs out, that there's no more
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  wine. And I know we may be reading
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  that in our cultural context, but some of us may be just
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  thinking like it is what it is, not that big of a deal.
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  People should be grateful that they even got an enviro.
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  They even got free food and drink in the 1st place that
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  they're even in this celebration that we've allowed them to be
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  here. I know we may have that thought
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  maybe in our American Society, that man, I mean, we paid for
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  what we could or even for my wedding, my wife and I, we had
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  to pay for most of our weddings. So we probably would have that
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  thought like we could only afford what we could afford.
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  And so if something runs out, it runs out.
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  But listen, in that culture, in that time period, running out of
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  food and drink would be a huge social mistake and dishonorable
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  thing to do. That would stick with that
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  couple that would stick with those people.
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  If their wedding was the wedding that food or drink ran out of,
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  that would be the talk of the town that it would be something
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  that would be dishonorable to the family.
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  So then Mary goes to Jesus to let him know that the wine has
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  ran out. And we don't know exactly why
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  Mary does this, even though there are theories behind why
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  was it that Mary knew the the wedding couple well?
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  Does she know this family that was being married?
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  Does she know them very well? Were they friends of hers?
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  And she didn't want this to be a stain on their marriage or their
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  family and lives and knew her son being who he was, could do
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  the miraculous. Maybe, maybe it was that.
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  We don't know exactly, but Jesus does respond in verse 4 in this
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  way to her request. He says, dear woman, that's not
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  our problem, Jesus replied. My time has not yet.
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  Come now, when we read that in English, even when I was
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  prepping for this podcast episode, I'm like, dear woman.
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  I mean, I don't know if I'm speaking to my mom like that.
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  I think if I said woman to my mom, I'd be real quick that's
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  ready that there's a whooping coming right around the corner
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  that my dad probably is stepping into the room if he heard me
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  just say woman, Who you talking to that a woman whooping is is
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  is right around the corner that there's a whooping on the way.
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  But again, in the original language, it was not a
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  disrespectful word as it seems in our language.
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  Obviously this to call a your mother woman.
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  That's that's disrespectful in our language, especially with
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  that tone. But it more so the original
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  language would translate better to lady.
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  But even that probably in our English language wouldn't sound
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  great If I looked at my mom was like, lady, who are you talking
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  to? But either way, either way, what
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  seemed to be happening is Jesus was establishing a new
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  relationship between him and Mary that wasn't just simply a
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  mother son relationship anymore. Jesus seemed to say to Mary, I
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  won't do it. It's.
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  Not time, but then. He went on to do it.
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  What he really said to Mary was we now have a different
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  relationship. Let me consult my heavenly
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  Father. Jesus must have prayed and then
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  known what to do, because He later said in this gospel in
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  John 5:30, I can of myself do nothing.
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  I do not seek my own will, but the will of the Father who sent
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  me. Jesus was on mission, a mission
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  from God, and this was a mission from His Father, God the Father,
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  and He was following His will, not his own and definitely not
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  His mother's will. And so when Jesus responds this
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  way, he is establishing a new relationship with him and Mary
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  that it's not just a mother son relationship anymore, that Jesus
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  is the Christ, Jesus is the Messiah, Jesus is God, he is
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  Emmanuel, God with us, He is God in flesh.
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  And so when when Mary brings this to him and tells and asked
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  him to provide more wine, she knows who he is.
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  But Jesus is reminding her who he is as well, that she's asking
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  him to do something. But this isn't something he can
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  just decide on in a whim. That he has a mission from his
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  Heavenly Father and he does not do his own will, but he does the
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  Father's will. That there's purpose to his
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  life, that he has a reason why he's here.
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  And it might not be the time yet, even though Mary wants it
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  to be. And again, we don't know exactly
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  why Mary's asking this, but Mary coming to him knows that Jesus
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  could do the miraculous, but Jesus needed to remind her of
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  who he is and why he was where he was.
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  But I do think something that stuck out to me when I was
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  reading that, and I know some, some of my brothers in Christ
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  won't like this, but this is something my father used to say,
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  that even Mary needed to repent of her sin and put her faith in
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  Jesus. Even though Jesus was her
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  earthly son, from her womb He was the Son of God and that the
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  only way to God the Father as we learn in John 14-6.
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  That Jesus is the way, the truth and life.
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  No one can come to the Father except through Him.
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  That no one can receive eternal life.
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  That everyone needs to submit to Jesus's lordship and put their
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  faith in Him to be saved. That even Mary had to do that,
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  that even Mary had to put her faith in Jesus, that this wasn't
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  just a mother son relationship, but Jesus was God and flesh.
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  Jesus was her savior as well. And so Mary approaching him in
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  this way, Jesus was responding to her that this isn't my time
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  yet. But even though Jesus clearly
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  takes time and still decides to do what was asked of him, that
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  was just a reminder of setting and reminding of Mary that this
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  is not the same relationship that it once was.
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  But it is powerful that Mary's few words she said were that do
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  whatever he tells you. So even Mary, he says what he
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  says. And Mary looks at the servants
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  and says, do whatever he tells you.
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  Let's listen to those wise words of Mary and obey Jesus and do
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  whatever he tells us to do. Now when I was reading that,
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  even preparing for this episode, when I read those words of Mary,
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  do whatever he tells you, I'm praying internally that that's
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  my heart posture towards Jesus that I do whatever he tells me
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  that I that I follow and obey his teachings and commands in my
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  life. So Jesus begins to perform his
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  first miracle and he turns water into wine.
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  What is really cool though, is he uses what is available to
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  him. He could have produced wine in
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  any way he wanted, but instead he uses what is at hand.
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  And I just was sitting on that thought that Jesus, who is the
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  Son of God who could just let wine come down from heaven,
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  produce wine however he wants. He could do it with a snap of
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  the finger, but he uses what is available to him and at hand
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  what's around him. And I just was sitting on that.
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  Even for us, let's be available and at hand for Jesus to use for
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  his glory because he wants to. We just have to give him our
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  yes, that we just say yes to Jesus and say Jesus, we are here
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  for whatever you want to do. That we are going to follow you.
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  We're going to trust in you that we are available and ready.
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  That we are workers that are ready to work for your Kingdom,
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  'cause as he says, the harvest is plentiful, but the workers
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  are few. Let us be workers who are
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  available and ready to be used by God.
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  But he uses these ceremonial washing water jars as it said
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  that would have been connected to the law, which is also pretty
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  cool. Another representation that
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  Jesus came to truly wash us clean by what's to come in his
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  death and resurrection, fulfilling the law, that Jesus
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  said, I didn't come to abolish the law, I came to fulfill the
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  law. So even this intentionality of
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  Jesus using these ceremonial washing water jars to represent
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  how he is going to also wash us clean, that he is going to
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  accomplish what the law and us never could, that he will be the
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  perfect sacrifice. But notice Jesus works alongside
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  the servants and has them join in in his miracle as well.
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  I just love reading this 'cause you read through scripture and
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  sometimes we can read through it quicker or the Holy Spirit can
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  bring the light some different things.
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  And even when I was reading that to notice how Jesus could have
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  again, Jesus could have snapped the finger, whines there, but
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  no, he uses what's available to him.
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  Jesus could have also done it himself.
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  He's Jesus. But he allows the servants to
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  participate in his miracle, which is also so dope.
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  God is such an awesome God, an intentional, loving Father, that
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  He lets us partner with Him to do the impossible.
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  And as Jesus will say later in this gospel, those who follow
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  him and put their faith in Him will do even greater things.
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  Let that truth marinate in your heart today that Jesus said,
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  those who are to come, you and I, who put our faith in Jesus,
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  his future followers would do even greater things than what he
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  had done on this earth. That's pretty crazy.
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  Let that marinate, be reminded that Jesus lives inside of you,
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  that it's not you, but Jesus inside of you.
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  The Holy Spirit, the power of God is going to do even greater
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  things through you. But are we available?
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  Are we saying, God, you have all of me some questions for you to
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  sit on that I was sitting on as I was preparing this, but I love
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  this quote from David Guzik concerning Jesus filling the
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  jars and other translations. It says Jesus filled the jars to
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  the brim that them boys were full, that there was no more
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  space. The wine was full to the the
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  jars of wine were full to the brim.
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  And he wrote this, the water parts, water parts, the water
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  pots were filled to the brim with no room to add anymore
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  because Jesus wasn't going to add something to the water.
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  He was going to transform it. I love that he, he filled it to
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  the brim that he wasn't going to add something to the water.
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  He was going to transform the whole thing, to transform all of
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  it, to fill the whole jar with transformed water to wine.
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  And I just wanted to remind you of this.
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  Be filled to the brim with Jesus and let him transform you.
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  Be filled with Christ. Let there be nothing that's of
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  the old that don't try to pour new wine and old wineskins, but
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  be filled with the new wine, the blood of Christ because of your
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  faith in him. Be filled with Jesus.
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  Don't leave any space for anything else, anything of the
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  old you, anything that wants to take you from Christ.
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  Be filled to the brim with Jesus and watch how He transforms you
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  from the inside out. The servants though, obey Jesus
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  and trust him that they can. Jesus now tells them to bring
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  the wine to the master of ceremonies in the It's pretty
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  cool that the servants respond with obedience and ain't no
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  questioning. They trust Jesus, they bring
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  this wine to the master of ceremonies and the wine that is
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  there for them, this last wine that's coming out of Jesus trans
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  just transformed from water to wine.
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  And the master of ceremonies taste the wine.
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  You know, he's tasting. What?
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  Sorry, that's probably really nasty.
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  Listen to that. If you're listening to us and
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  not watching me, I'm acting as if I was drinking wine.
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  So I apologize for my audio listeners.
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  Now. The master of ceremonies tasted
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  that wine, and he says a host always serves the best wine
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  first. Then when everyone has had a lot
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  to drink, he brings out the less expensive wine.
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  But you have kept the best until now.
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  Let's go. Jesus turns water into wine and
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  reminds us believers the best is yet to come.
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  We live in a world full of fiery darts that the enemy continues
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  to fire our way to discourage us, to take us from Jesus.
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  But we have Jesus, and that means we have hope and that he
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  cares for us and takes care of us.
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  That the host usually serves the best wine first, but as Jesus
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  who flips the world upside down. That Jesus does things not the
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  way we see it should be done. That we're reminded that we can
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  have hope in him. That he takes care of us.
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  That he provides for us. That he cares for us, That the
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  best is yet to. Come, John then.
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  Finishes the story with this This miraculous sign at Canaan.
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  Galilee was the first time Jesus revealed his glory and his
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  disciples believed in him. After the wedding, he went to
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  Capernaum for a few days with his mother, his brothers and his
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  disciples. I love this cause John described
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  this as happening on the third day.
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  As we discussed earlier, John described this day as the third
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  day following the events in chapter 1, and he says Jesus
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  revealed his glory in the disciples believed.
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  This is a foreshadowing of Jesus three days later, raising from
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  the grave after he has died on the cross for our sins.
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  And now he raises from the grave, defeating sin and death
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  and revealing his glory to the disciples and the disciples
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  believing in him and even doubting Thomas as he touches
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  the wounds of Jesus's resurrected body.
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  This was just the beginning of Jesus's earthly ministry and
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  many, many more true stories and miraculous ones to come.
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  I just want to encourage and challenge, challenge US today.
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  Don't ever let these become just another story.
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  These are truths and historical truths and stories that we read
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  in Scripture and help us. Let them help us know the God
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  who created us, loves us, and has purpose for us.
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  Jesus is alive and He lives inside those who have put their
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  faith in Him and He wants to use your life for His glory.
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  Let Him be what fills your life to the brim so you can be
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  transformed more into His likeness and watch what He's
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  about to do. I love you guys so much.
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  Thank you for joining me. Let me pray so we can get up out
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  of here. Lord Jesus, we love you.
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  Lord Jesus, we thank you for who you are.
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  It is so cool to read about you and the miraculous things you
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  do. And God, you've worked a miracle
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  on us. For us who know you've put our
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  faith in you, that is a miracle that's only been accomplished by
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  you. And Jesus, I thank you for the
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  ways you work, for the ways you allow us to partner with you for
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  your glory. And God, I pray that we are
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  available, that we give you our yes, that we start to walk out
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  our faith and we reach those who don't know you yet.
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  Lord, we love you. God, we thank you.
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  Continue to do a work in US. Fill us to the brim with you.
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  God, turn us from our old creation to our new creation now
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  that our faith is in you. Jesus, we love you.
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  We thank you, We praise you. And we say all of this in Jesus
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  name, Amen. I love y'all.
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  God bless. Let's