WEBVTT 00:00:03.919 --> 00:00:07.200 Welcome to the Rock Family Sermon of the Week. 00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:12.960 For more information about our church, please visit therockfamily.tv. 00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:18.960 Now join us for a message from Pastor Scott Silcox. 00:00:20.879 --> 00:00:25.920 I am excited to be in service with you today for a lot of reasons. 00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:30.239 First and foremost, because you're just cool people to hang out with on the weekends. 00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:31.839 There's that. 00:00:31.920 --> 00:00:38.479 But then there's also the idea, and probably the greatest idea, that we're here all gathered to lift up the name of Jesus. 00:00:38.560 --> 00:00:46.159 And I love it when we come together to brag on Jesus, to tell his story, to give ourselves an opportunity to get better in him. 00:00:46.479 --> 00:00:54.320 And uh how many know that there's not a need represented in this room that he doesn't see you, know you, know exactly what you showed up today looking for? 00:00:54.560 --> 00:00:59.679 And uh and I'm just I'm just excited to be with you today for all of our first-time guests, an honor to be with you. 00:00:59.840 --> 00:01:01.119 So glad that you're here today. 00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:07.599 You're kind of jumping into a series we've already launched off uh and uh called Owen the Saints. 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:13.359 And uh we are excited about it because it's been um just an incredible couple of weeks just leading up to it. 00:01:13.439 --> 00:01:15.040 And today will be no different. 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:17.040 I'm I'm really pumped about today. 00:01:17.120 --> 00:01:20.879 But before I launch off into today, I have to say go tigers. 00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:23.200 I see my boy here wearing the jersey. 00:01:23.359 --> 00:01:30.879 Listen, I wasn't gonna say anything, but he's in the fourth row right here, so it's hard for me to ignore. 00:01:31.359 --> 00:01:34.879 So, and then all of my tigers in the in the in the rafters up there. 00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:35.840 Glad y'all made it. 00:01:36.000 --> 00:01:37.760 I wasn't sure we stayed up late. 00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:39.359 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:01:39.519 --> 00:01:42.000 Yeah, and then there's more LSU up here too. 00:01:42.079 --> 00:01:43.120 That's amazing. 00:01:43.439 --> 00:01:45.439 Oh man, so good. 00:01:46.879 --> 00:01:48.319 Love what I'm hearing. 00:01:48.560 --> 00:01:49.680 Roll tigers. 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:50.239 I don't know. 00:01:50.319 --> 00:01:50.799 I don't know. 00:01:50.879 --> 00:01:53.200 Like, I mean, that's amazing. 00:01:53.439 --> 00:01:54.959 I love how you guys did that. 00:01:55.040 --> 00:01:58.879 You you just that that's smart to do it that way, right? 00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:00.239 That's good. 00:02:00.560 --> 00:02:02.719 Yeah, that's good the way that worked. 00:02:03.840 --> 00:02:04.959 No, no, no, no. 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:08.479 I know every look, there's people in here who are like, I knew they were gonna talk about sports. 00:02:08.639 --> 00:02:11.039 And it's like, okay, just relax, man. 00:02:11.199 --> 00:02:12.639 Like, know your audience. 00:02:12.719 --> 00:02:15.599 This is these people watch sports in this room, all right? 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:19.759 Um, but for those who don't, um, it's good to have you here. 00:02:20.879 --> 00:02:22.400 It's good to have you here. 00:02:22.639 --> 00:02:24.479 It's gonna be an amazing day today. 00:02:24.639 --> 00:02:31.919 Uh I'm just telling you, there's so many great things happening uh in our world and um and around our world. 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:36.479 I just want to say this to all those who showed up over the last two weeks for the lunch and learn. 00:02:36.560 --> 00:02:44.560 Uh, I need to tell you personally how much I appreciate you taking the time to come out and hear the vision of what we're doing here in this church. 00:02:44.639 --> 00:03:00.240 Uh and it's so great because before we came out here for service today, we are in the ready room, and uh this doesn't happen every single week, but we happened to catch all the kids in the ready room uh at the same time when it was time to pray for service, and they couldn't get out. 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:01.360 And it was awesome. 00:03:01.439 --> 00:03:06.240 So all the pastors' kids and some other deacons and elders' kids are in there and they're trapped. 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:08.560 And we're like, sit tight. 00:03:08.719 --> 00:03:09.680 And it was kind of cool. 00:03:09.759 --> 00:03:11.199 We we we just put it out there. 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:14.080 Would any any of you want to lead us in prayer today? 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:16.159 We had one student do that, and uh, Mr. 00:03:16.319 --> 00:03:18.560 Jude Mitchell uh did that for us today. 00:03:18.639 --> 00:03:23.759 He's sitting right up here, and I just want to say to you, I'm so proud of you. 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:24.639 I mean that. 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:28.560 You're an amazing young man, you're an incredible leader, and I know that you love that. 00:03:28.639 --> 00:03:29.759 I'm pointing you out right now. 00:03:29.919 --> 00:03:31.199 I know that you love that. 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:37.680 Um, but your prayer life and your your pursuit of Jesus is commendable, it's amazing. 00:03:37.919 --> 00:03:41.759 Never despise what God's doing in a young generation. 00:03:41.919 --> 00:03:49.039 He was able to, he was able to not just pray but articulate very clearly as to what today was all about and what we're doing. 00:03:49.120 --> 00:03:51.599 He even prayed, God, we're building something here. 00:03:51.759 --> 00:03:52.800 That's what he said. 00:03:53.039 --> 00:03:54.319 We're building something here. 00:03:54.400 --> 00:03:56.080 I was like, God, yes. 00:03:56.639 --> 00:03:58.080 Yes, we are. 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:01.439 I love that. 00:04:02.240 --> 00:04:03.759 Amazing young man. 00:04:05.759 --> 00:04:07.039 We're building something here. 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:08.719 I'm not man, I got fired up. 00:04:08.879 --> 00:04:11.680 He done he done prayed me happy about being in service. 00:04:11.759 --> 00:04:21.040 I'm telling you, I'm how many know that that uh that when when when when the vision is taking root, it takes root all the way down, right? 00:04:21.279 --> 00:04:22.480 Every single person. 00:04:22.720 --> 00:04:29.839 And uh one of the things that we've been talking about is the responsibility each of us have to the vision uh of what God's given us. 00:04:29.920 --> 00:04:32.639 And when I say just the vision, I'm not talking about just the rock. 00:04:32.720 --> 00:04:35.600 That's just the assignment he's given our families, right? 00:04:35.839 --> 00:04:41.199 But the real the real commitment is to who Christ is and what he plans to do on the earth. 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:43.839 How many know that he is advancing everywhere? 00:04:48.240 --> 00:04:54.240 You guys are full of faith over here, he's advancing everywhere, everywhere. 00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:59.519 And and and and and and it's hard because people are like, I don't, you don't know my life. 00:04:59.759 --> 00:05:09.199 Uh and and here's the good news um uh I don't need to know your life uh to know that what God intends to do is to make himself known. 00:05:10.000 --> 00:05:22.879 And it doesn't matter how you've seen it expressed or not expressed in your life, it doesn't make him God less true about his intent for mankind and this world. 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:53.439 He loves us, his desires to know us, and he brings us into a community of believers like this, so that we not only can be known by God, you understand that's what the point of bringing you together in church is in the community when we gather together, it's that we are known collectively and individually by God, but then also the world can see a testimony of what it looks like to give lordship over to the over to Jesus Christ. 00:05:56.800 --> 00:06:09.120 I want to make sure we're all saying the same thing, we're all talking the same language here, and then because of that, um, when we get that revelation, it compels us to do something about it. 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:14.240 If you remember at the beginning of this series, we talked about two things the last two weeks. 00:06:14.319 --> 00:06:15.199 The first week was what? 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:17.680 Two awesome. 00:06:17.839 --> 00:06:19.680 So glad you guys are all here. 00:06:21.680 --> 00:06:23.759 Can anybody tell me what the first one is? 00:06:23.920 --> 00:06:24.160 Right? 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:27.439 It's oh when the saints believe. 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:28.560 Now, what did we know? 00:06:28.639 --> 00:06:31.120 What's the actionable piece of belief? 00:06:33.279 --> 00:06:35.279 It's action to sit. 00:06:35.439 --> 00:06:37.680 Remember, to sit with him. 00:06:38.319 --> 00:06:45.519 What it is, is what we said was hey, the chair is a oh geez my gosh, this chair is angry. 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:48.480 Let's just sit it here so we don't have to touch it anymore. 00:06:48.560 --> 00:06:49.040 All right. 00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:51.279 The Lord does not want his seat touched. 00:06:51.439 --> 00:06:57.040 Um it's not enough for me to believe all the good aspects of this chair. 00:06:57.519 --> 00:07:02.160 It's not enough for me to recognize that it's strong, it's good, it's capable, it's sleek, it's amazing. 00:07:02.319 --> 00:07:07.199 It's not enough to do it, to just see it and and declare a thing. 00:07:07.439 --> 00:07:12.319 What proves that I actually believe in this is that I actually sit. 00:07:12.959 --> 00:07:14.319 This is the act of faith. 00:07:14.399 --> 00:07:17.040 This is what it is when we say yes to the Lord. 00:07:17.279 --> 00:07:22.959 And he says, We are seated with him in heavenly places. 00:07:24.160 --> 00:07:27.120 In this posture, there's not striving. 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:28.800 You guys tracking with me again? 00:07:28.959 --> 00:07:33.040 I just got to catch you up because if you don't get this, you're never gonna understand part three. 00:07:33.439 --> 00:07:46.720 You have to understand in belief, my faith is the action of sitting in the rest of who he is and letting him fight, contend, and work for me, with me. 00:07:48.879 --> 00:07:56.000 No more striving and no more uh you know religious spirit that just declares things from from out here. 00:07:56.160 --> 00:08:10.639 I declare and decree all the things, but but when your faith isn't isn't seated with him, that's a lot of jargon and a lot of language without any proof that you really believe he's gonna do it. 00:08:12.560 --> 00:08:19.040 And then we talked about last week was oh, when the saints pray, when we pray. 00:08:19.439 --> 00:08:25.680 Power of prayer, that there's a another posture that is not just a seated posture, but it's a kneeling. 00:08:26.240 --> 00:08:26.560 Right? 00:08:26.639 --> 00:08:32.559 There's a couple of postures you can take from here, from here down to this posture right here, right? 00:08:32.799 --> 00:08:37.679 And this is such a powerful place, a more powerful place than I think some of us really understand. 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:41.279 It's a superpower for us to be able to contend. 00:08:41.360 --> 00:08:43.200 And we talked about audacious prayer. 00:08:43.279 --> 00:08:44.399 Do you guys remember this? 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:46.159 What did we talk about? 00:08:46.320 --> 00:08:55.519 Crazy mom prayers, audacious, wild mommy prayers that that that supersede and go beyond regular prayers. 00:08:55.679 --> 00:09:00.720 Your regular prayer is good, but a mom who prays, that's another thing. 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:03.200 There's just something about that audacious prayer. 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:20.159 So there's this tendency for us to not understand that there is a a um there is a working with the Lord that specializes when we have radical faith and radical prayers that he has to swoop in and help and partner with us. 00:09:20.559 --> 00:09:23.840 I'll say it like this some of us are praying too safe of prayers. 00:09:26.559 --> 00:09:32.000 We're praying prayers that are way too safe, way too just like in the box. 00:09:32.240 --> 00:09:36.720 And we do that because if you pray safe prayers, you don't get disappointed. 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:48.879 See, safe prayers already have built within it a safety guard, a measure of safety that that says my feelings can be protected because I put the bar so low. 00:09:52.720 --> 00:09:53.360 All right. 00:09:54.399 --> 00:09:58.240 I'm telling you, you gotta get these things if we're gonna move to step three. 00:09:58.559 --> 00:10:06.480 Step three is important, but if we don't understand, audacious prayer is where he specializes with his people. 00:10:07.279 --> 00:10:10.639 This is in that place when we believe for the impossible. 00:10:10.720 --> 00:10:12.960 We don't just say we believe for the impossible. 00:10:13.039 --> 00:10:17.120 That's not just written on our building, that's not just one of our core values. 00:10:17.279 --> 00:10:20.960 That is that's that's the core belief of the believer, the Christian. 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:25.200 You gotta get to a place where there's audacious, radical. 00:10:25.679 --> 00:10:27.759 God, we gotta have you prayers. 00:10:29.360 --> 00:10:31.840 This this is this is the call of the believer. 00:10:32.320 --> 00:10:34.480 So what is part three? 00:10:34.720 --> 00:10:35.440 Part three. 00:10:35.679 --> 00:10:36.960 Part three, we're gonna talk about this. 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:39.600 Oh and the saints obey. 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:43.200 Don't leave. 00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:49.279 I know that that was not what you were hoping it was gonna be today. 00:10:49.600 --> 00:10:52.240 But I'll be honest with you, we pivoted to this. 00:10:52.559 --> 00:11:11.519 This actually wasn't in our lineup, but after Sunday, I came in on a staff meeting on Monday, and then God just wouldn't leave me alone all day Sunday and in the morning on Monday, and then I just came in and just unleashed on the staff, like I'm just giving you all that he's making me wrestle with, or like, we should probably talk about that. 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:12.960 And that's how we got here today. 00:11:13.039 --> 00:11:24.000 So we are we added a week already, just because of this, and because we we want to take this one step further, because it's not enough to pray an audacious prayer. 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:26.720 There will there will be a response from the Lord. 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:34.000 The question is, will you be courageous, brave enough, or will you be willing to obey what he says? 00:11:34.960 --> 00:11:44.399 Because it's not enough to ask for him to respond that when he responds, we reject, or we ignore, or we pretend we didn't hear it like that. 00:11:44.799 --> 00:11:45.360 Right? 00:11:45.600 --> 00:12:08.879 I would I would bet that in this room, I know this to be a to be a fact, that in this room there are so many of us who are sitting on conversations you've had with the Lord, and the Lord is saying to you to stop interceding on behalf of the thing you asked me for 10 years ago and obey the thing I told you to do 10 years ago. 00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:14.879 Because you're gonna find out that a lot of times our prayer is just in the way of belief. 00:12:14.960 --> 00:12:17.919 There's an activation, it's not enough for me to pray. 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:21.120 I have to start walking in the direction of where I'm praying. 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:34.960 This is why why when when the church says we're praying for a harvest but doesn't want to get out and tell anybody about Jesus, we're praying for a harvest, come, Lord, send them, Lord. 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:35.919 How about you? 00:12:36.080 --> 00:12:42.639 Get up and walk towards the field, like get up and head that direction. 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:44.720 Here I go. 00:12:45.120 --> 00:12:48.559 Lord, I'm praying for a harvest that I'm willing to pick. 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:54.559 Yo, sorry, I don't mean to use yo. 00:12:54.720 --> 00:13:01.840 I live in a house full of kids right now, like, and it's just like that's what they say all the time, you know, and so I probably will fall into that. 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:02.879 Apologies. 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:04.000 But yo. 00:13:09.039 --> 00:13:10.080 John 2. 00:13:10.320 --> 00:13:11.840 John 2, I want you to turn there. 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:12.879 John 2. 00:13:13.200 --> 00:13:17.759 While you're turning there, I'm gonna show you a picture, tell you a little bit about what we're talking about today. 00:13:18.080 --> 00:13:21.200 This is a picture that is called the Four Evangelists. 00:13:21.279 --> 00:13:25.840 It's in the Louvre in France, and uh it's Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:31.600 Not pictured in here, you can't see it because I had to crop it, but they're standing over a Bible and they're taking notes. 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:37.039 And the idea is they're putting their heads together about how do we tell this story. 00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:46.000 And uh, it's an amazing picture, but in order for us to really communicate all that we're gonna get out of today, I need you to kind of understand uh an idea. 00:13:46.159 --> 00:13:54.639 And if you see above me on this little monitor at the top, I want to give you an idea of how to approach these books when you're reading it. 00:13:54.799 --> 00:13:55.840 I was trying to figure this out. 00:13:55.919 --> 00:14:05.279 It's like, how can I best explain to you that when you read the Bible, you need to understand kind of the narrative of which that that uh author is trying to communicate. 00:14:05.440 --> 00:14:09.600 There's a style he's trying to communicate, there's an audience he's communicating to. 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:14.080 This in particular is really interesting to me, but Matthew is like the case. 00:14:14.240 --> 00:14:15.200 He's building a case. 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:20.080 When he read through the book of Matthew, he's building a case for Christ. 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:22.639 And that is simply this Jesus is the promised king. 00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:24.639 That's what he's trying to communicate, right? 00:14:24.799 --> 00:14:26.159 So this is how he's writing. 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:28.799 When you read the entire book, you get an idea. 00:14:28.960 --> 00:14:32.399 He's building a case for Christ to be king. 00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:36.559 If Mark, you're reading it, it's more documentary style, right? 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:39.679 So if you like documentaries, you're gonna love the book of Mark. 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:40.240 Go through that. 00:14:40.320 --> 00:14:42.879 It's watch what Jesus does. 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:46.559 Like his whole motive through the whole thing, watch what he does. 00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:48.320 Jesus is gonna do some crazy stuff. 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:49.759 Check this out, right? 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:52.960 And then you have the third one, which is Luke, which is the history. 00:14:53.120 --> 00:14:54.720 Very detailed oriented. 00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:57.279 Anyone know what I'm talking about when you read the book of Luke? 00:14:57.440 --> 00:15:00.639 You know he's gotta be some medical doctor or something, right? 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:03.039 You know, the guy is, the guy's smart. 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:03.919 You know what he's doing. 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:07.759 He's being very pro he's he's got precision of what he's putting down. 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:11.440 So there's this other thing, and that that is simply saying, this is what happened. 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:13.120 I want it to be documented. 00:15:13.200 --> 00:15:14.960 This is what happened, this is what is going on. 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:16.639 So it's like a history book. 00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:21.440 But John is interesting, and that's why I'm bringing this up because we're gonna take our passage out of John. 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:27.840 And if you understand what John's trying to do, it's a memoir, but but it's even more than that, it's a theological memoir. 00:15:27.919 --> 00:15:29.360 I should have written it that way. 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:38.080 It's a theological memoir, and the idea is this here's what I saw, and this is what it meant, is really the the next tag for that. 00:15:38.240 --> 00:15:41.039 This is what I saw, and this is what this actually meant. 00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:48.399 Now, this is interesting because John's writing this book, not when he's young, and he's not writing it as things are happening. 00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:59.600 He's writing it in the back side of his life in reflection as to what was this thing I just lived out with Christ. 00:16:00.000 --> 00:16:01.759 What was this life? 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:04.000 What are the things that I can remember? 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:05.120 What can I recall? 00:16:05.279 --> 00:16:12.799 And it's fascinating to me that he chooses the very first thing to talk about as a wedding in Cana. 00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:15.279 This is his first thing. 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:24.000 Now, I want you to pay attention because John does something that the others dwelt, they don't even mention it, but John mentions things that don't make sense a little bit. 00:16:24.320 --> 00:16:37.200 John starts to highlight details about this story that seem insignificant from the natural eye, but we remember he's giving you a picture of what I saw and what it really meant. 00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:39.759 This is what I saw, but it had deeper meaning. 00:16:39.919 --> 00:16:40.799 Does that make sense? 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:48.639 So, to this week, before I go to the next slide, I want you to just promise me this week, go back and read John, but read it through this lens. 00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:54.799 Look at what he's trying to accomplish and see if the book of John doesn't come to life in a totally different way. 00:16:55.200 --> 00:17:02.000 Start to realize, like, oh, this is what was meant, what he was intending for anyone to read this to see a bigger story. 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:04.319 And we're gonna go to John 2 to do that. 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:08.720 John 2, the gospel according to John, chapter 2. 00:17:08.960 --> 00:17:11.359 And I'm gonna read this as a very, very familiar. 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:16.319 Last week we talked about Mary, and I just thought I'd just take this a step further with Mary. 00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:18.079 Audacious prayer, Mary. 00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:19.119 You know what I'm saying? 00:17:19.359 --> 00:17:20.880 Wild, crazy prayer. 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:23.680 Probably none crazier than this prayer right here. 00:17:23.920 --> 00:17:30.720 Mary prayed the most wild thing, and I and you may say this wasn't actually official, officially a prayer. 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:33.519 I I would say this sounds like a lot of our prayers. 00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:38.000 So if it's not official to her, it's step, you're gonna check our prayer life then. 00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:38.720 Right? 00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:40.640 I'm saying it sounds very familiar. 00:17:40.880 --> 00:17:41.599 I'm gonna read it to you. 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:42.319 It says this. 00:17:42.480 --> 00:17:47.759 And on the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 00:17:48.000 --> 00:17:51.759 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:57.200 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. 00:17:57.519 --> 00:17:58.480 That's the prayer. 00:17:58.720 --> 00:17:59.759 Don't miss it. 00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:04.400 They have no wine. 00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:07.200 Some of you prayed that yesterday during the game. 00:18:07.519 --> 00:18:09.599 Like, this prayer. 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:15.759 Look, just saying, some of y'all know this prayer intimately, right? 00:18:17.279 --> 00:18:18.640 But I think you get the gist. 00:18:18.799 --> 00:18:23.119 It's it's short, it's tight, it's a noticed need that she mentions. 00:18:23.359 --> 00:18:24.480 So pay attention to this. 00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:27.680 So it says, and listen, look for the details with me, okay? 00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:28.799 Look for the details. 00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:30.400 Don't get caught up in all the other things. 00:18:30.559 --> 00:18:31.200 Look for the details. 00:18:31.279 --> 00:18:31.920 They have no wine. 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:35.440 And Jesus said to her, Woman, what does this have to do with me? 00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:37.759 My hour has not yet come. 00:18:38.000 --> 00:18:38.640 Verse 5. 00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:42.160 His mother said to the servants, Do whatever he tells you. 00:18:42.400 --> 00:18:50.240 Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. 00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:55.440 Jesus said to the servants, Fill the jars with water, and they filled them to the brim. 00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:59.680 And he said to them, Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast. 00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:00.640 And so they took it. 00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:16.319 And when the master of the feast test tasted the water, now become wine, and did not know where it came from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew, the master of the feast called the bridegroom and said to him, Wow, everyone serves the good wine first. 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:22.799 And when you when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine, but you have kept the good wine until now. 00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:27.759 This is the first of the signs Jesus did in Cana in Galilee and manifest his glory. 00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:29.440 And his disciples what? 00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:31.440 Believed him. 00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:40.000 After this, he went down to Capernaum with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days. 00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:41.759 This is great. 00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:51.119 It's one of the best passages, and it's one of these things that I've probably preached probably a hundred times, but every single time I get into it, I get more out of it. 00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:55.119 I would encourage you, don't give up on the scriptures you think you already know. 00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:56.319 Keep revisiting them. 00:19:56.559 --> 00:20:03.519 God just continues to distill what He's trying to do, and especially the more I understand of the purpose behind it. 00:20:03.599 --> 00:20:12.960 But I look at this passage and it gets me fired up because first and foremost, that is a wild response from Jesus to Mary. 00:20:17.039 --> 00:20:19.599 It's like, woman, what does that have to do with me? 00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:22.240 Hey, they're out of wine, Jesus. 00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:23.519 Rye. 00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:25.599 What's that got to do with me? 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:29.759 And even worse, like in this culture, he called her woman. 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:36.640 I would suggest none of our men do that today in testing. 00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:37.680 Don't do that. 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:38.960 I wonder if that still works. 00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:40.480 No, it does not working. 00:20:40.640 --> 00:20:42.319 It will not work for you. 00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:45.839 But you are not Jesus, right? 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:46.880 Yeah, don't do that. 00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:48.240 You're not Jesus. 00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:52.799 So he says, Woman, what does this have to do with me? 00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:54.480 My hour has not yet come. 00:20:54.640 --> 00:20:58.640 And his mother said to the servants, do whatever he tells you. 00:20:59.039 --> 00:21:00.000 I just want to. 00:21:00.240 --> 00:21:08.400 This this in this encounter with the Lord, Mary notices a problem, turns around and says, Jesus, they're out of wine. 00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:14.880 He responds in a very weird manner, and is as if she didn't hear a word he said. 00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:16.480 Anyone know? 00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:18.240 This is the mom audacious deal. 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:19.440 This is what I'm talking about. 00:21:19.599 --> 00:21:21.519 I've said what I've said. 00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:28.240 Could you just imagine what that in that eye contact was like? 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:33.839 Could you imagine Jesus is around his disciples? 00:21:34.319 --> 00:21:35.359 They're with him. 00:21:35.839 --> 00:21:36.160 Right? 00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:40.400 They're with the disciples are in this this party, right? 00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:42.480 He's with his boys. 00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:44.799 Moms come around the corner. 00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:47.599 They're like, hey, they're out of wine. 00:21:48.880 --> 00:21:52.880 He's like, why are you doing this in front of my friends? 00:21:55.599 --> 00:21:55.920 Right? 00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:58.079 I mean, just get the imagery here. 00:21:58.160 --> 00:22:05.680 Like when your kid's embarrassed that you're like Calling them out in front of their buddies, you know, like, hey, wine, you know the thing you do, right? 00:22:05.839 --> 00:22:10.000 And he's like, Well, it's got nothing to do with me, it's not my time, it's not my time. 00:22:10.160 --> 00:22:15.920 And then she completely ignores it and looks at the servants and is like, right, you guys do whatever he says. 00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:20.319 And and best we can tell, walks out of the room. 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:26.079 That that's a crazy, that's a crazy prayer. 00:22:26.160 --> 00:22:30.480 That's a that's a crazy interaction with the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, right? 00:22:30.720 --> 00:22:32.400 That's how you know she's mama. 00:22:33.839 --> 00:22:34.799 This is my child. 00:22:34.960 --> 00:22:42.319 I know who he is, I know what I was promised, and now's a good day to start that thing that you're here to do. 00:22:45.920 --> 00:22:46.960 That isn't interesting. 00:22:47.119 --> 00:22:53.519 The father has timing, and yet Jesus moves outside of that. 00:22:55.519 --> 00:23:05.119 Now we know that Jesus has lived his entire life doing only what the except John documents the one time that he doesn't do what the Father says. 00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:13.359 It's an audacious prayer that pushes Jesus into his fullness of what he's trying to do. 00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:15.359 His glory will be seen. 00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:23.680 In this moment, we don't have miracles, but now his glory is going to be revealed, which means this: there'll be no more secrets from here on out. 00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:27.839 There's no hiding who I am now, there's no waiting. 00:23:28.079 --> 00:23:31.279 I am being pushed out by an audacious prayer. 00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:37.359 And then we say, I don't know if I can do that. 00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:38.400 I don't know. 00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:40.640 Mary modeled something for us. 00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:43.200 That shot should move us into a direction. 00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:46.640 But I I I want to give you this thought on it. 00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:53.039 Number one, if you're taking notes, faith prepares you to obey before it knows what obedience will require. 00:23:55.119 --> 00:24:01.359 See, this is interesting because she tells the servants, do whatever he says to do. 00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:03.680 And turns and leaves. 00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:05.119 Now, what are the servants? 00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:07.119 We're just standing here. 00:24:09.440 --> 00:24:11.759 What are we gonna do about the wine? 00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:16.400 She simply says, I'm gonna need you to just do whatever he says. 00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:30.559 Now, listen, I would, I would, if I could just maybe take one point today and I don't know, you'll probably get a few out of it, but I think one of those is like maybe some of us just need to trust and just do whatever he says to do. 00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:39.680 And this tension that they feel, like there's this tension of like, if I obey, what will it cost? 00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:40.480 What will it be? 00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:46.400 But the truth is that obedience is required to see his fullness take place. 00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:52.400 This passage is really interesting to me. 00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:55.359 I'm gonna I'm gonna go to another portion of it at the bottom here. 00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:57.279 If you see, I highlighted this one at the bar. 00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:58.880 It says, Do whatever he tells you to do. 00:24:59.039 --> 00:25:00.240 But watch verse 7. 00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:03.680 He says, Jesus said to the servants, fill the jars with water. 00:25:04.000 --> 00:25:16.319 Now, I don't know about you, but if I'm a servant and I'm sitting here and the the idea is we need wine, what are we doing fooling with the water? 00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:17.680 What's water? 00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:21.599 We should be shopping for some wine, figuring it out. 00:25:21.839 --> 00:25:25.680 And instead, he says, No, I want you to get these pots. 00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:36.640 Now, if you didn't notice this detail that John put in here, he he says, Take these six stone water jars, and what are they used for? 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:39.599 Purification, purification. 00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:58.240 I want to just stop right here and and make a note here that what John is actually trying for us to see is that Jesus, through this image of the wedding and this obedience, he is He is modeling what He's really come here to do, and that is to take an old covenant idea. 00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:05.039 The purification is when you would, through your your ritual uh clean laws, right? 00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:18.400 So when you are purifying yourself for ministry or food or anything like that, since you're to wash up, and and that's where we get our washing of our hands and stuff, and staying clean so that disease doesn't get passed on, and and then there's the purification. 00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:24.400 The physical work of washing our hands was really a metaphorical thing of cleansing our souls. 00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:29.279 That's how that's how the law came to us, and these were all the things we needed to do. 00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:30.720 But what did Jesus come to do? 00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:38.400 He came to what fulfill the law, not to just get rid of it, but he came to be the completion of all these things. 00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:44.559 And so, this idea that he asked them to fill up uh uh uh the ritual purification jars. 00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:52.000 See, that's a little detail that you're not gonna hear other places, but John's like, pay attention. 00:26:52.160 --> 00:26:58.799 He's he's being intentional about every move to tell you that he's here for a bigger purpose. 00:26:59.119 --> 00:27:06.000 The time's not yet for me to come, but since you're pushing me out, let's make a story out of it. 00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:11.440 And I'm gonna do a miracle that tells you a deeper story. 00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:13.759 Is that redemption is here? 00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:20.319 Is that that you used to use an old thing that used to wash the sins away? 00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:23.680 I'm actually gonna replace it with wine, which is the what? 00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:30.880 It's the representation of his blood, who will be the full purification for our souls. 00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:32.400 Come on, somebody. 00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:42.400 John knows what he's doing, and Jesus is really good at doing great things, miraculous things, and still keeping us in the storyline. 00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:48.960 Takes six water pots, and he gives details like 30, 20 to 30 gallons full. 00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:52.079 But this detail I thought was even more fascinating than that. 00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:53.200 Right here, verse 8. 00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:55.759 And he said to them, now drop no, no, I'm sorry. 00:27:55.920 --> 00:28:00.079 Uh uh, verse 7, and they filled them up to the brim. 00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:02.079 What? 00:28:03.359 --> 00:28:07.119 Like you could have just said fill the pots. 00:28:07.519 --> 00:28:10.799 Why you have to put the detail of the brim? 00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:23.359 And I'm just gonna I'm just gonna tell you that oftentimes obedience to the Lord, obedience to the Lord is requiring us to do things without asking all the why questions. 00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:39.119 See, you can sit in this seat and the Lord can tell you what you need to do next and where you need to go and what you need to say and who you need to forgive and all the things that happen when you're seated with him because he can talk to you intimately in relationship. 00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:46.480 But the thing is, is when he starts telling you stuff, we start doing, well, why? 00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:50.559 Why do I have to do that? 00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:56.559 Why, well, Lord, they deserve this that I'm giving them. 00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:02.400 Hey, I want you to get up, I want you to bless this person over here. 00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:03.599 Well, why? 00:29:04.160 --> 00:29:06.160 I don't want to bless them. 00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:09.519 I've been praying for a blessing myself. 00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:20.160 See, from this seat, you gotta be so careful because you can be like that, but eventually you lose his heart. 00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:27.759 You lose his heart, and what he is genuinely wanting from you is not just so that you'll be safe, it's that you'll have a relationship with him. 00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:32.000 And that you'll have an intimate relationship with him that he can talk to, speak to. 00:29:32.079 --> 00:29:37.920 And from this seat, he'll instruct us to do things that we don't have to always have all the details. 00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:39.680 Come on, somebody, touch your neighbor. 00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:41.119 You don't need all the details. 00:29:41.359 --> 00:29:42.480 You don't need all the details. 00:29:42.559 --> 00:29:43.839 What are you saying, Pastor Scott? 00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:48.720 There are people in here who have been praying about the call of God on your life. 00:29:49.039 --> 00:30:00.240