WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:03.480 Hidden within the pages of John's gospel lies the most 2 00:00:03.520 --> 00:00:08.320 stunning revelation in human history, the moment when eternity stepped 3 00:00:08.359 --> 00:00:11.960 into time. Written by the disciple who rested on Jesus's 4 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:16.359 chest at the Last Supper, this isn't just another biblical account. 5 00:00:16.719 --> 00:00:20.800 It's a prophetic masterpiece that unveils the true identity of 6 00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:25.039 Jesus Christ. John saw what others missed. While the synoptic 7 00:00:25.079 --> 00:00:29.280 gospels show us jesus earthly ministry, John reveals his divine 8 00:00:29.359 --> 00:00:33.039 nature through seven miraculous signs that point to one truth. 9 00:00:33.439 --> 00:00:37.759 Jesus is the eternal I Am. From water transformed into wine, 10 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:42.000 to death, conquered at an empty tomb. Each miracle whispers 11 00:00:42.039 --> 00:00:46.759 of a greater reality. This gospel prophetically declares Jesus as 12 00:00:46.799 --> 00:00:51.000 the Word who spoke creation into existence, the light piercing 13 00:00:51.119 --> 00:00:56.200 through darkness, the bread that satisfies eternal hunger. John's vivid 14 00:00:56.240 --> 00:01:00.000 testimony doesn't just record history. It reveals the cosmic place 15 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:04.200 of redemption that was set in motion before the foundation 16 00:01:04.640 --> 00:01:08.519 of the world. To day, as prophecy continues to unfold 17 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:12.879 and signs multiply around us, John's gospel stands as the 18 00:01:13.000 --> 00:01:16.959 ultimate lens through which we understand not just who Jesus was, 19 00:01:17.519 --> 00:01:20.159 but who he is and who he's coming to be. 20 00:01:20.799 --> 00:01:26.000 Every verse pulses with divine purpose. Every chapter unveils eternal truth. 21 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:30.799 Before anything existed, there was the Word. John opens chapter one, 22 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:34.439 verse one, with this truth. In the beginning was the Word, 23 00:01:34.879 --> 00:01:38.079 and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 24 00:01:38.599 --> 00:01:41.959 This wasn't just any beginning. This was the same beginning 25 00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:45.799 Moses wrote about when God spoke creation into existence. The 26 00:01:45.799 --> 00:01:49.560 Word had always been there, John continues in verse two. 27 00:01:49.959 --> 00:01:53.560 He was in the beginning with God while nothing else existed. 28 00:01:53.879 --> 00:01:56.799 The Word was already there with God, not as a 29 00:01:56.879 --> 00:02:00.719 separate being, but as God himself. It's like trying to 30 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:04.719 separate light from the sun, impossible, because they are one. 31 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:08.840 Everything came through this word, John explains in verse three. 32 00:02:09.240 --> 00:02:12.400 All things were made through him, and without him. Nothing 33 00:02:12.479 --> 00:02:16.439 was made that was made, Every star, every mountain, every 34 00:02:16.520 --> 00:02:19.240 breath of air, all of it came into being because 35 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:23.360 the Word spoke it into existence. Nothing exists without his 36 00:02:23.479 --> 00:02:27.319 creative power. In verse four, John tells us in him 37 00:02:27.560 --> 00:02:30.080 was life, and the life was the light of men. 38 00:02:30.680 --> 00:02:33.240 The Word wasn't just a creator who made things and 39 00:02:33.319 --> 00:02:36.719 walked away. He was life itself, and that life became 40 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:41.039 light for people. This light shows truth and hope. But 41 00:02:41.120 --> 00:02:44.159 here's the amazing thing about this light that John mentions 42 00:02:44.159 --> 00:02:47.960 in verse five, and the light shines in the darkness, 43 00:02:48.280 --> 00:02:52.240 and the darkness did not comprehend it. Even when darkness 44 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:56.080 tries to overcome this light, it can't. The darkness doesn't 45 00:02:56.159 --> 00:02:59.520 understand it, can't figure it out, and definitely can't put 46 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:02.560 it out. God sent a man to prepare the way. 47 00:03:03.120 --> 00:03:05.800 John writes in verse six there was a man sent 48 00:03:05.840 --> 00:03:09.960 from God whose name was John. This was John the Baptist, 49 00:03:10.280 --> 00:03:13.360 and he had a specific mission that would change everything. 50 00:03:13.759 --> 00:03:17.319 His job was simple but crucial. Verses seven and eight 51 00:03:17.439 --> 00:03:21.360 explain this man came for a witness, to bear witness 52 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:24.879 of the light that all through him might believe. He 53 00:03:25.039 --> 00:03:27.919 was not that light, but was sent to bear witness 54 00:03:27.960 --> 00:03:31.520 of that light. John the Baptist was like a herald 55 00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:35.280 announcing the arrival of a king. He wasn't the main event. 56 00:03:35.840 --> 00:03:39.759 He was pointing to some one far greater. Later, in 57 00:03:39.919 --> 00:03:44.280 verse fifteen, John the Baptist makes a stunning claim. John 58 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:47.680 bore witness of him and cried out, saying this was 59 00:03:47.719 --> 00:03:50.439 he of whom I said, he who comes after me 60 00:03:50.639 --> 00:03:54.120 is preferred before me, for he was before me. Think 61 00:03:54.159 --> 00:03:57.599 about this, John the Baptist was born before Jesus, but 62 00:03:57.719 --> 00:04:02.039 he's saying Jesus existed before him. The religious leaders got 63 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:06.360 curious and sent priests and levites from Jerusalem to ask 64 00:04:06.479 --> 00:04:11.159 John who he was. Starting in verse nineteen, they questioned 65 00:04:11.199 --> 00:04:15.759 him directly. John was completely honest. Verse twenty tells us 66 00:04:16.000 --> 00:04:19.240 he confessed and did not deny, but confessed I am 67 00:04:19.279 --> 00:04:22.360 not the Christ. He could have taken credit for himself, 68 00:04:22.639 --> 00:04:26.439 but he refused. They kept pressing him. Verse twenty one 69 00:04:26.519 --> 00:04:31.240 records their questions, and they asked him, what, then are you, Elijah? 70 00:04:31.519 --> 00:04:34.399 He said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And 71 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:39.319 he answered no. John wasn't trying to be mysterious. He 72 00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:42.680 just knew exactly who he was and who he wasn't. Finally, 73 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:46.319 they demanded an answer. In verse twenty two, then they 74 00:04:46.360 --> 00:04:49.240 said to him, who are you that we may give 75 00:04:49.279 --> 00:04:51.879 an answer to those who sent us? What do you 76 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:56.920 say about yourself? John's response in verse twenty three was perfect. 77 00:04:57.600 --> 00:05:00.759 He said, I am the voice of one crying in 78 00:05:00.800 --> 00:05:03.879 the wilderness makes straight the way of the Lord. As 79 00:05:03.879 --> 00:05:08.040 the prophet Isaiah said. When they asked about his baptizing, 80 00:05:08.360 --> 00:05:12.199 John explained. In verse twenty six. John answered them, saying, 81 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:16.000 I baptize with water. But there stands one among you 82 00:05:16.319 --> 00:05:20.560 whom you do not know. Someone was already there among them, 83 00:05:20.839 --> 00:05:24.360 but they couldn't see who he really was. John's humility 84 00:05:24.399 --> 00:05:27.959 shines through in verse twenty seven. It is he who 85 00:05:28.360 --> 00:05:32.839 coming after me is preferred before me, whose sandal strap 86 00:05:33.000 --> 00:05:38.120 I am not worthy to loose. In that culture, untying 87 00:05:38.199 --> 00:05:43.000 someone's sandals was the job of the lowest servant. John 88 00:05:43.160 --> 00:05:47.040 was saying he wasn't even worthy to be Jesus's lowest servant. 89 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:51.959 The next day, everything changed. Verse twenty nine records the 90 00:05:52.040 --> 00:05:55.800 moment the next day John saw Jesus coming toward him 91 00:05:55.839 --> 00:05:59.720 and said, behold the lamb of God who takes away 92 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:04.160 the sin of the world. John recognized Jesus as the 93 00:06:04.279 --> 00:06:09.079 sacrifice that would deal with humanity's biggest problem sin. John 94 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:12.519 continues his testimony in verse thirty. This is he of 95 00:06:12.600 --> 00:06:15.360 whom I said, after me comes a man who is 96 00:06:15.439 --> 00:06:20.199 preferred before me, for he was before me. He still 97 00:06:20.240 --> 00:06:24.560 emphasizing that Jesus, though younger in human years, existed before 98 00:06:24.639 --> 00:06:27.759 John was even born. John admits he didn't always know 99 00:06:27.800 --> 00:06:31.920 who Jesus was. Verse thirty one explains, I did not 100 00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:34.959 know him, but that he should be revealed to Israel. 101 00:06:35.360 --> 00:06:39.279 Therefore I came baptizing with water. God had a plan 102 00:06:39.360 --> 00:06:42.920 to reveal Jesus to the nation, and John's baptizing was 103 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:46.160 part of that plan. Then John shares what happened when 104 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:50.199 he baptized Jesus. Verse thirty two tells us and John 105 00:06:50.360 --> 00:06:54.240 bore witness, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven 106 00:06:54.360 --> 00:06:58.399 like a dove, and he remained upon him. This was 107 00:06:58.439 --> 00:07:02.319 God's sign to John about who Jesus really was. God 108 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:07.360 had given John's specific instructions. Verse thirty three records, I 109 00:07:07.439 --> 00:07:09.879 did not know him, but he who sent me to 110 00:07:09.920 --> 00:07:13.399 baptize with water said to me upon whom you see 111 00:07:13.399 --> 00:07:17.279 the spirit descending and remaining on him, This is he 112 00:07:17.319 --> 00:07:21.519 who baptizes with the Holy Spirit. This was how John 113 00:07:21.560 --> 00:07:25.839 would recognize the Messiah. John's conclusion is powerful and final. 114 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:30.040 Verse thirty four states, and I have seen and testified 115 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:33.600 that this is the son of God. John had seen 116 00:07:33.639 --> 00:07:36.160 the proof with his own eyes, and now he was 117 00:07:36.199 --> 00:07:39.240 telling every one who would listen. The true light was 118 00:07:39.319 --> 00:07:43.279 coming into the world. John explains in verse nine that 119 00:07:43.480 --> 00:07:46.000 was the true light, which gives light to every man 120 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:50.040 coming into the world. This wasn't just any light. This 121 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:53.399 was the real thing, the original source that makes it 122 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:56.399 possible for any one to see truth. But there was 123 00:07:56.439 --> 00:08:00.439 a problem. Verse ten reveals the tragedy. He was in 124 00:08:00.560 --> 00:08:03.800 the world and the world was made through him, and 125 00:08:03.879 --> 00:08:08.279 the world did not know him. Imagine an artist walking 126 00:08:08.360 --> 00:08:11.439 through his own art gallery and no one recognizes him 127 00:08:11.480 --> 00:08:15.279 as the creator. The word had made everything, but people 128 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:19.000 didn't recognize their maker. It got even more personal. Verse 129 00:08:19.000 --> 00:08:22.199 eleven tells us he came to his own and his 130 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:26.720 own did not receive him. These weren't strangers. These were 131 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:30.399 his own people, the ones who had been waiting for him. 132 00:08:30.759 --> 00:08:33.879 Yet when he came, they turned him away. But not 133 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:38.159 everyone rejected him. Verse twelve brings hope. But as many 134 00:08:38.200 --> 00:08:40.960 as received him to them, he gave the right to 135 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:44.279 become children of God to those who believe in his name. 136 00:08:45.559 --> 00:08:50.240 Anyone who believed in him and received him got something incredible. 137 00:08:50.919 --> 00:08:55.399 They became God's children. This wasn't about human effort or 138 00:08:55.480 --> 00:09:01.000 family connections. Verse thirteen clarifies who were born, not of blood, 139 00:09:01.440 --> 00:09:03.759 nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the 140 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:09.200 will of man, but of God. Being God's child isn't 141 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:13.120 something you inherit from your parents or achieved through trying hard. 142 00:09:13.559 --> 00:09:16.720 It's something God does for you when you believe. Then 143 00:09:16.759 --> 00:09:20.519 comes the most amazing moment in history. Verse fourteen declares, 144 00:09:21.120 --> 00:09:24.320 and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and 145 00:09:24.399 --> 00:09:27.440 we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only 146 00:09:27.480 --> 00:09:31.919 begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth, the 147 00:09:31.960 --> 00:09:36.600 eternal Word, who existed before creation, became a human being 148 00:09:36.679 --> 00:09:39.919 and lived right here with people. John and the other 149 00:09:40.039 --> 00:09:44.399 disciples saw his glory first hand. This wasn't just any human. 150 00:09:44.679 --> 00:09:48.759 This was the unique son of the Father, completely filled 151 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:52.840 with grace and truth. Grace means getting good things you 152 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:58.919 don't deserve. Truth means reality as God sees it. Jesus 153 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:03.639 was both perfectly combined. Every one benefits from what Jesus brought. 154 00:10:04.200 --> 00:10:08.080 Verse sixteen explains, And of his fullness we have all 155 00:10:08.159 --> 00:10:11.960 received and grace for grace. It's like having an endless 156 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:15.720 supply of grace. When you use up one portion, there's 157 00:10:15.759 --> 00:10:19.639 another one ready and waiting. This was completely different from 158 00:10:19.679 --> 00:10:23.919 what came before. Verse seventeen makes the comparison, for the 159 00:10:24.039 --> 00:10:27.559 law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came 160 00:10:27.639 --> 00:10:32.000 through Jesus Christ. Moses brought rules that showed people what 161 00:10:32.120 --> 00:10:36.879 God expected. Jesus brought grace and truth that made it 162 00:10:36.919 --> 00:10:41.399 possible to actually live in relationship with God. Finally, John 163 00:10:41.480 --> 00:10:45.320 reveals something that no one had ever experienced before. Verse 164 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:49.080 eighteen tells us no one has seen God at any time, 165 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:52.320 the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of 166 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:56.679 the Father. He has declared him. People had always wondered 167 00:10:56.679 --> 00:10:59.679 what God was really like. Jesus, who has always been 168 00:10:59.720 --> 00:11:02.840 close to the Father's heart, came to show them exactly 169 00:11:02.840 --> 00:11:06.000 who God is. The next day, John the Baptist was 170 00:11:06.039 --> 00:11:09.200 standing with two of his followers when Jesus walked by. 171 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:13.720 Verse thirty five sets the scene again. The next day, 172 00:11:14.080 --> 00:11:17.080 John stood with two of his disciples. These men had 173 00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:19.720 been learning from John, but they were about to meet 174 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:24.279 someone far greater. When John saw Jesus, he repeated what 175 00:11:24.399 --> 00:11:29.600 he had said before. Verse thirty six records, and looking 176 00:11:29.639 --> 00:11:33.639 at Jesus as he walked, he said, behold the lamb 177 00:11:33.720 --> 00:11:37.320 of God. John wasn't trying to keep his disciples for himself. 178 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:41.320 He was pointing them to Jesus. The two disciples immediately 179 00:11:41.440 --> 00:11:45.519 understood what John meant. Verse thirty seven tells us the 180 00:11:45.559 --> 00:11:49.120 two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. They 181 00:11:49.200 --> 00:11:53.159 left John and started walking after Jesus. This wasn't just 182 00:11:53.279 --> 00:11:58.320 casual curiosity. They were making a choice to follow. Jesus 183 00:11:58.360 --> 00:12:02.799 noticed them following and asked simple question. Verse thirty eight records. 184 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:07.679 Then Jesus turned and, seeing them following, said to them, 185 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:11.000 what do you seek? They said to him, rabbi, which 186 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:14.960 is to say, when translated, teacher, where are you staying. 187 00:12:15.799 --> 00:12:18.240 They wanted to know where he lived so they could 188 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:21.519 spend time with him. Jesus gave them an invitation that 189 00:12:21.720 --> 00:12:26.240 changed their lives. Verse thirty nine continues, he said to them, 190 00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:30.519 come and see. They came and saw where he was staying, 191 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:33.720 and remained with him that day. Now it was about 192 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:38.279 the tenth hour. Instead of just telling them, Jesus invited 193 00:12:38.320 --> 00:12:41.759 them to experience it for themselves. One of these two 194 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:45.320 men was Andrew, and he couldn't keep the news to himself. 195 00:12:46.120 --> 00:12:49.240 Verse forty tells us one of the two who heard 196 00:12:49.320 --> 00:12:54.320 John speak and followed him was Andrew Simon, Peter's brother. 197 00:12:54.799 --> 00:12:58.519 Andrew would become one of the Twelve Disciples, but first 198 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:02.440 he had something important to do. Andrew immediately went to 199 00:13:02.480 --> 00:13:06.200 find his brother. Verse forty one records he first found 200 00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:09.279 his own brother, Simon and said to him, we have 201 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:14.399 found the Messiah, which is translated the Christ. Andrew was 202 00:13:14.440 --> 00:13:18.000 convinced that Jesus was the Messiah, the one their people 203 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:22.480 had been waiting for. Andrew brought Simon to Jesus, and 204 00:13:22.559 --> 00:13:26.440 something interesting happened. Verse forty two tells us and he 205 00:13:26.559 --> 00:13:29.879 brought him to Jesus. Now, when Jesus looked at him, 206 00:13:29.919 --> 00:13:32.879 he said, you are Simon, the son of Jonah. You 207 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:38.000 shall be called Cephus, which is translated a stone. Jesus 208 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:41.480 immediately knew who Simon was and gave him a new 209 00:13:41.960 --> 00:13:45.440 name that described what he would become. The next day, 210 00:13:45.840 --> 00:13:49.440 Jesus decided to go to Galilee and found another man 211 00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:53.840 to follow him. Verse forty three explains the following day, 212 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:57.519 Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and he found Philip 213 00:13:57.559 --> 00:14:01.919 and said to him, follow me. This time Jesus took 214 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:05.679 the initiative and called Philip directly. Philip was from the 215 00:14:05.720 --> 00:14:09.399 same town as Andrew and Peter verse forty four ADS. 216 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:13.360 Now Philip was from Bethsaeda, the city of Andrew and Peter. 217 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:16.840 These men already knew each other, which made it easier 218 00:14:16.919 --> 00:14:20.879 for the news about Jesus to spread. Like Andrew, Philip 219 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:25.759 couldn't keep quiet about Jesus. Verse forty five records. Philip 220 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:29.399 found Nathaniel and said to him, we have found him 221 00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:33.200 of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets 222 00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:38.120 wrote Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. Philip was 223 00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:41.480 convinced that Jesus was the one the Old Testament had promised, 224 00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:45.600 but Nathaniel had doubts about Jesus' home town. Verse forty 225 00:14:45.639 --> 00:14:49.399 six tells Us and Nathaniel said to him, can anything 226 00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:53.559 good come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, come 227 00:14:53.559 --> 00:14:57.320 and see. Nazareth wasn't known for producing any one important, 228 00:14:57.639 --> 00:15:01.799 so Nathaniel was skeptical. When when Jesus saw Nathaniel coming, 229 00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:06.240 he said something that shocked everyone. Verse forty seven records 230 00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:10.240 Jesus saw Nathaniel coming toward him and said of him, 231 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:15.639 behold an Israelite, indeed in whom is no deceit Jesus 232 00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:20.559 immediately recognized Nathaniel's honest character. Nathaniel was amazed that Jesus 233 00:15:20.639 --> 00:15:25.440 knew him. Verse forty eight continues, Nathaniel said to him, 234 00:15:25.799 --> 00:15:28.879 how do you know me? Jesus answered and said to him, 235 00:15:29.080 --> 00:15:31.960 before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, 236 00:15:32.360 --> 00:15:36.720 I saw you. Jesus had seen Nathaniel when no one 237 00:15:36.759 --> 00:15:42.240 else was around. This convinced Nathaniel completely. Verse forty nine 238 00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:45.960 records his response. Nathaniel answered and said to him, Rabbi, 239 00:15:46.559 --> 00:15:49.200 you are the son of God. You are the King 240 00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:53.559 of Israel. In one moment, Nathaniel went from skepticism to 241 00:15:53.639 --> 00:15:58.279 complete faith. Jesus told Nathaniel this was just the beginning. 242 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:02.799 Verses fifty and fifty one conclude. Jesus answered and said 243 00:16:02.840 --> 00:16:05.519 to him, because I said to you I saw you 244 00:16:05.679 --> 00:16:08.720 under the fig tree, do you believe you will see 245 00:16:08.799 --> 00:16:12.919 greater things than these? And he said to him most assuredly, 246 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:16.000 I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open 247 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:19.600 and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the 248 00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:24.960 son of Man. Jesus promised that Nathaniel would witness even 249 00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:29.120 more amazing things in the future. Three days later, there 250 00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:32.799 was a wedding in Cana. John chapter two, verse one 251 00:16:32.879 --> 00:16:36.120 tells us on the third day there was a wedding 252 00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:39.879 in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 253 00:16:40.679 --> 00:16:45.120 Jesus and his disciples were also invited. During the celebration, 254 00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:49.320 a problem arose. Verse three explains, and when they ran 255 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:52.240 out of wine, the mother of Jesus said to him, 256 00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:56.399 they have no wine. Running out of wine at a 257 00:16:56.440 --> 00:16:59.240 wedding was a social disaster that could shame the family. 258 00:17:00.120 --> 00:17:05.920 Jesus's response seemed distant at first. Verse four records Jesus 259 00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:08.880 said to her woman, what does your concern have to 260 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:12.599 do with me? My hour has not yet come. But 261 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:15.920 Mary told the servants in verse five, whatever he says 262 00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:20.079 to you, do it. Near them stood six large stone 263 00:17:20.160 --> 00:17:24.240 water jars. Verse six describes them. Now there were set 264 00:17:24.240 --> 00:17:27.839 there six water pots of stone, according to the manner 265 00:17:27.839 --> 00:17:32.759 of purification of the Jews, containing twenty or thirty gallons apiece. 266 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:38.920 These held water for ceremonial washing. Jesus told the servants 267 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:43.359 to fill the jars with water. Verse seven records Jesus 268 00:17:43.440 --> 00:17:46.160 said to them, filled the water pots with water, and 269 00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:48.880 they filled them up to the brim. Then Jesus said, 270 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:52.200 in verse eight, draw some out now and take it 271 00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:55.640 to the master of the feast. What happened next amazed 272 00:17:55.680 --> 00:18:00.079 every one. Verse nine explains when the master of the 273 00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:03.480 feast had tasted the water that was made wine and 274 00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:06.920 did not know where it came from. But the servants 275 00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:09.720 who had drawn the water knew. The master of the 276 00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:15.079 feast called the bridegroom the water had become wine. The 277 00:18:15.119 --> 00:18:20.480 master was impressed with the quality. Verse ten records, and 278 00:18:20.599 --> 00:18:23.799 he said to him, every man at the beginning sets 279 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:26.240 out the good wine, and when the guests have well drunk, 280 00:18:26.279 --> 00:18:31.200 then the inferior. You have kept the good wine until now. Um, 281 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:35.599 this wine was better than anything served before. John explains 282 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:40.000 the significance in verse eleven this beginning of signs. Jesus 283 00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:43.559 did in Cana of Galilee and manifested his glory, and 284 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:50.359 his disciples believed in him. This was Jesus's first public miracle. 285 00:18:50.960 --> 00:18:56.000 Jesus went to Jerusalem for passover. Verse thirteen explains, now 286 00:18:56.079 --> 00:18:59.400 the passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus 287 00:18:59.440 --> 00:19:03.359 went up to Jerusalem. At the temple, he found something 288 00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:06.799 that made him angry. Verse fourteen describes what he saw 289 00:19:07.440 --> 00:19:10.759 and he found in the temple those who sold oxen 290 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:14.279 and sheep and doves, and the money changes doing business. 291 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:18.960 The temple courtyard had become a market place. Jesus responded 292 00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:22.960 with force verse fifteen records. When he had made a 293 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:25.480 whip of cords, he drove them all out of the 294 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:28.640 temple with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out 295 00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:33.279 the chang's money and overturned the tables. Jesus had strong 296 00:19:33.319 --> 00:19:36.359 words in verse sixteen, and he said to those who 297 00:19:36.440 --> 00:19:39.960 sold doves, take these things away. Do not make my 298 00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:43.720 father's house a house of merchandise. He called the temple 299 00:19:43.799 --> 00:19:48.599 his father's house. The Jewish leaders demanded proof of his authority. 300 00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:52.440 Verse eighteen records. So the Jews answered and said to him, 301 00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:55.440 what sign do you show to us, since you do 302 00:19:55.599 --> 00:19:59.519 these things. Jesus gave them a mysterious answer. In verse nineteen. 303 00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:03.920 Jesus answered and said to them destroy this temple, and 304 00:20:04.119 --> 00:20:07.960 in three a days I will raise it up. The 305 00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:11.440 leaders were confused, thinking he meant the building, but verse 306 00:20:11.480 --> 00:20:15.240 twenty one clarifies, but he was speaking of the temple 307 00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:20.000 of his body. Jesus was predicting his own death and resurrection. 308 00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:24.400 The disciples only understood this after he rose from the 309 00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:29.400 dead during Passover. Many believed because of his miracles, but 310 00:20:29.519 --> 00:20:33.960 verse twenty four explains, but Jesus did not commit himself 311 00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:37.920 to them because he knew all men. Jesus could see 312 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:42.720 into people's hearts. A Pharisee named Nicodemus came to Jesus 313 00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:47.680 at night. Chapter three, Verse one introduces him. There was 314 00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:52.079 a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of 315 00:20:52.119 --> 00:20:57.599 the Jews. He was an important religious leader. Nicodemus acknowledged 316 00:20:57.839 --> 00:21:01.640 Jesus's divine power in verse two. This man came to 317 00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:04.960 Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we know 318 00:21:05.200 --> 00:21:07.880 that you are a teacher, come from God. For no 319 00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:10.920 one can do these signs that you do unless God 320 00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:16.759 is with him. Jesus immediately addressed the heart issue. Verse 321 00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:21.279 three records Jesus answered and said to him most assuredly, 322 00:21:21.480 --> 00:21:24.480 I say to you, unless one is born again, he 323 00:21:24.599 --> 00:21:29.319 cannot see the Kingdom of God. This confused Nicodemus completely. 324 00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:34.799 Verse four shows his confusion. Nicodemus said to him, how 325 00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:37.279 can a man be born when he is old? Can 326 00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:40.039 he enter a second time into his mother's womb and 327 00:21:40.119 --> 00:21:45.480 be born. He was thinking only about physical birth. Jesus 328 00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:49.640 explained two kinds of birth. In verse five, Jesus answered 329 00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:53.960 most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born 330 00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:57.279 of water and the spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom 331 00:21:57.279 --> 00:22:02.079 of God. Physical birth wasn't enough. Verse six clarifies that 332 00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:04.799 which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that 333 00:22:04.880 --> 00:22:08.519 which is born of the spirit is spirit. Jesus used 334 00:22:08.519 --> 00:22:11.359 the wind as an example in verse eight. The wind 335 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:15.279 blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, 336 00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:18.160 but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. 337 00:22:18.599 --> 00:22:21.440 So is every one who is born of the spirit. 338 00:22:22.200 --> 00:22:27.920 Jesus was surprised at Nicodemus's confusion. Verse ten shows Jesus 339 00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:31.400 answered and said to him, Ah, you the teacher of Israel, 340 00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:35.480 and do not know these things. Mikya, a religious leader 341 00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:40.240 should understand spiritual truth. Jesus made an amazing claim in 342 00:22:40.359 --> 00:22:44.200 verse thirteen. No one has ascended to heaven but he 343 00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:47.640 who came down from heaven, that is the son of 344 00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:52.039 Man who is in heaven. He came from heaven with authority. 345 00:22:52.559 --> 00:22:56.319 Jesus referred to Moses lifting up the bronze serpent in 346 00:22:56.480 --> 00:23:00.240 verse fourteen. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in 347 00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:03.680 the wilderness, even so must the son of Man be 348 00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:07.480 lifted up. Anyone who looked at it lived. Then comes 349 00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:11.240 the famous verse sixteen. For God so loved the world 350 00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:14.960 that he gave his only begotten son, that whoever believes 351 00:23:15.000 --> 00:23:19.920 in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. God's 352 00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:25.799 love motivated this gift. Verse seventeen clarifies God's purpose, for 353 00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:28.559 God did not send his son into the world to 354 00:23:28.640 --> 00:23:31.519 condemn the world, but that the world, through him might 355 00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:36.759 be saved. Jesus came to rescue, not judge. Later, when 356 00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:41.960 John the Baptist's disciples worried about Jesus's popularity, John responded 357 00:23:42.039 --> 00:23:47.519 humbly in verse thirty, he must increase, but I must decrease. 358 00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:52.480 Jesus decided to leave Judea when the Pharisees heard about 359 00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:57.079 his popularity. Chapter four, verse three tells us he left 360 00:23:57.160 --> 00:24:01.440 Judea and departed again to Galilee. Chose to go through Samaria. 361 00:24:02.079 --> 00:24:06.200 Jesus came to Jacob's well around noon. Verse six tells us, 362 00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:10.960 now Jacob's well was there. Jesus, therefore, being wearied, from 363 00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:14.480 his journey, sat thus by the well. It was about 364 00:24:14.480 --> 00:24:19.160 the sixth hour. A Samaritan woman came to draw water. 365 00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:22.680 Jesus surprised her by asking for a drink. In verse seven, 366 00:24:23.119 --> 00:24:27.079 a woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said 367 00:24:27.119 --> 00:24:30.799 to her, give me a drink. This was unusual, because 368 00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:35.960 Jews avoided Samaritans. The woman expressed her surprise in verse nine. 369 00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:39.519 Then the woman of Samaria said to him, how is 370 00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:42.799 it that you, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, 371 00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:47.559 a Samaritan woman, For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans. 372 00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:52.079 Jesus offered her something better. In verse ten. Jesus answered 373 00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:54.440 and said to her, if you knew the gift of 374 00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:57.440 God and who it is who says to you give 375 00:24:57.519 --> 00:24:59.799 me a drink, you would have asked him, and he 376 00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:05.400 have given you living water. She was confused about practical matters. 377 00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:08.960 In verse eleven, the woman said to him, Sir, you 378 00:25:09.079 --> 00:25:12.039 have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. 379 00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:16.960 Where then do you get that living water? Jesus explained 380 00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:20.240 the difference in verse fourteen. But whoever drinks of the 381 00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:23.640 water that I shall give him will never thirst. But 382 00:25:23.759 --> 00:25:26.319 the water that I shall give him will become in 383 00:25:26.440 --> 00:25:31.519 him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life. 384 00:25:32.039 --> 00:25:35.480 Jesus then revealed he knew her personal history. When she 385 00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:39.839 mentioned the Messiah, Jesus made a stunning revelation. In verse 386 00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:43.960 twenty six, Jesus said to her, I who speak to 387 00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:47.599 you am he The woman ran to tell her town 388 00:25:47.640 --> 00:25:52.000 about Jesus. Many Samaritans believed because of her testimony, and 389 00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:57.599 even more believed after hearing Jesus personally. Meanwhile, a nobleman 390 00:25:57.640 --> 00:26:01.680 from Capernium came begging Jesus to heal his dying son. 391 00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:06.400 Jesus told him in verse fifty, go your way, your 392 00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:10.440 son lives. The man believed and found his son healed 393 00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:15.000 at the exact moment Jesus spoke. This was Jesus' second 394 00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:20.039 sign in Galilee. After Jesus's time in Samaria, another Jewish 395 00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:24.880 feast approached. Chapter five, Verse one tells us after this 396 00:26:25.000 --> 00:26:28.519 there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went 397 00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:32.079 up to Jerusalem. Jesus returned to the Holy City for 398 00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:37.400 this celebration. In Jerusalem was a pool called Bethesda. Verse 399 00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:41.000 two describes it. Now there is in Jerusalem by the 400 00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:45.640 sheep Gate a pool which is called in Hebrew bethesda. 401 00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:51.000