The Call of the Midwife

do all you are loved by God and Aunt bee sting everyone.

Where is Grace and East?

God our Father the Lord

Will you join me in prayer?

Lord May the meditations bar art the words of my mouth replacing you

Iraq

we're respectable people, right?

There I get an amen. We dress respectably. We act respectively we speak respectively we're well-read well-known well-connected well-adjusted. Well intentioned well-informed well-groomed if I say so myself.

and well-respected respectively respectively reputable and we have found Jesus be

impressive I mean e Supply that fine wine at that wedding. in Cana destined

pretty quickly show that he's not one to Simply play to the Crown's. No right after that right immediately after that. He went to Jerusalem and he turn the tables on the temple literally.

Now there's an orderly respectable way to register complaints and we don't condone the sorts of protest that might could possibly damage some property.

admit Jesus has a way of getting your attention.

We have seen Jesus miracles. We've heard what he's been teaching. We have observed his follower count rise and rise and Rise. We need even been with people who say anything in Strasburg lives to him. Jesus is an influencer No Doubt.

And so with all of that. you can say that we're .

I mean Jesus has potential. So we want to meet him, you know to bet him out just a little bit to make sure that he's got his theology down that he's respectable after all we take the Bible. Seriously. We know the scripture some people even call us the people of the book. That's why we of all people don't go chasing around after some miracle worker. We've got our positions to protect our reputations to a pool are 401ks. the main thing we are respectable people have to be careful where and when we give our stamp of a fruit. That's my desire. That's why we desire private. Away from the unwashed mat. At a time when others won't be here. Do we go to G's?

at night

he's staying at the house of a friend of a friend because as it turns out there was no room for him at the Holiday Inn.

Jesus welcomes Us in invites us to sit with him at the table and sets me for us some pieces of bread and some fish cuz he said he's got an endless supply.

Is the guest of his house but he's the host of this meeting.

Is it down? Rabbi as we Lean Forward at the table right by you. We know that you are a teacher that comes from God after all no one could do the Miracles that you are doing, but for the presence of God. We're feeling him out a bit ear saving the hard questions for later. This is see what he has to say about himself, but Jesus.

And he looks up at us.

It says I want to throw you. something very important No one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again from above.

No one is that. In a way that he said no one is bike in men.

He put a hand to her. As we do when you want others to think that you are think. But then we remember that we should not be touching our faces. If we want to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases like covet 19. No one Jesus said no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again from above. No one no one. Is it possible that this Jesus is teacher that seems to know everything doesn't even know us for the serious? Where the Pharisees were the discipline the righteous we are God's chosen God's beloved God's people we change God's Commandments and we teach that we must live in God's Commandments and we try to do that. We take pride in our identity our history our Bloodlines. We went to prison we were even martyred rather than recant our allegiance to God and look at all. We do we put on a festival every year for the poor. We help people rebuild after hurricanes and earthquakes. No one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again from above

maybe he doesn't know where we

what we believe

I think I heard of things picked up stick when it in the booth.

for the few

Mennonite

I'm born again why we went to go forward not backwards. We went to grow from where we are not go back to where we've already been. Yes, some people need a new beginning but we're already in and besides those words are embarrassing Born Again born again, if we repeated that, what would

Shirley Jesus you jet

And so just to show that we are in on the joke. We laughingly say, how can someone be born again when they are old Shirley? They can't answer. There's mother's womb a second time to be born.

That's what we said. But what we meant was come on, Jesus give us news we can use tell us something we can do to see the kingdom of God has something practical. But Jesus says let me tell you something important.

We heard that before. It is as if everything Jesus says is important. No, one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and spirit flesh gives birth to flesh spirit gives birth to Spirit.

Okay.

talking about back we get back.

John the Baptist thought that people needed to be baptized as a sign of repentance. Jesus prayer in already

Orwell Pat we are at the park about spam. Flash gives birth to flesh Spirits. Give birth Spirit enter the kingdom of God, you know, Jesus may have the right message, but he's got the wrong audience.

protectorate

the one we always when we the respect your

don't be shocked. That I told you.

you

And you must be born again from above. The wind it blows wherever it pleases. You hear it sound but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of.

Jesus get stop from here. There was a knock at the door. And he said the door shall be opened.

Body Shop

We studied this. We've been turpitude there meaning. And we have with rigorous discipline. Hold ourselves in our community if the Commandments that God has given to her. The law of the Lord is perfect refreshing the store the statutes of the Lord are trustworthy making wise the simple the precepts of the Lord are right giving Joy to the heart. The commands of the Lord are radiant giving light to the eyes. The fear of the Lord is pure enduring forever. The decrees of the Lord are firm and all of them are righteous. They are more precious than gold.

Are sweeter than honey.

Jesus says we can't regulate.

Can't legislate.

the wind blows forever

Otis

Spirit is beyond. Spirit doesn't come from a if it isn't achievable for us the grass and maintain and keep

where does that leave?

If no Technique No rituals, no disciplines. No programs no practices and give us the spirits.

How can anyone be born of spirit?

When Jesus returns to the table and sit down we surprise ourselves by blurting out our first honest, how can this be?

pizza spot

let me look.

You are Israel.

You don't understand this thing. You call yourselves a Biblical people yet. You just uses you. You are the discipline the righteous The Chosen the Beloved you teach God's Commandments. You try to live God's Commandments and you still don't understand how this is.

Listen to me. I'm telling you the truth. We speak what we know we testify to what we have seen and you still don't accept it if I speak to you of Earthly things and you don't believe them. How are you possibly believe help me?

And he reminds us who we are.

No one. Has gone into heaven. Except the one who came from heaven. son of man

just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert. So the son of man must be lifted up. But everyone in believe who believes in Him may have eternal life.

Did that?

You know this.

Our ancestors are people. I've been wandering in the wilderness for 40 years. They were tired of promises promises promises without God's fulfillment of those promises. They were hungry. They were thirsty and they grumbled against God and Moses. They no longer trusted them. Well number tells us. That God sent out snakes venomous snakes and we've been taught that it's no accident that God made people space those snakes after all the original murmur in the garden against God was the snake. The snake that tempted Adam and Eve to believe that God wasn't telling them everything that God didn't have their best interest at heart that they could no longer trust God. That's what the snake.

On behalf of our people Moses prayed to God to forgive them their murmuring and to take those snakes away.

God

God told Moses make a bronze snake.

all those who were bitten by the snake with live. That simply looked at

Is he facing a snakes? Was not simply an exercise in God's judgement.

It was also a necessary.

the very thing that they were afraid to face was the symbol that feeling I had to look up.

What does symbol of their spin? with all for the symbol of

just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert show the son of man must be lifted up that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life. I simply had to trust it wasn't there believing that healed them. It wasn't their marriage. They're struggling their techniques their discipline their Works their words their get that save them it was God.

In what God desires is trust the people had to look away from themselves. They had to look up and trust God for food for water for healing trust and you can trust even if you have doubts you can trust even if you're afraid you can trust even if you feel unworthy.

A table we look up.

Jesus God loved the world.

And he gave his one and only son.

At every single individual whosoever believes in him put their life and trusting in Him. Will never be destroyed. But we'll have even now.

And Lasting life for God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world but to save the world through him. This is not a message of condemnation. This is not a message about what you must do or must not do this is not a message about how to change your life.

Now this is a method how to change your birth. Your very nature your identity your origin. listen

Listen to the call of the midwife. Take your eyes off of yourselves and wherever else you leave for security in for salvation throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles and run with perseverance the race marked out for you fixing Your Eyes Upon Jesus the Pioneer and Perfecter of faith. you you are not cold to be respectable successful powerful.

You're invited to be faith.

so

look again. and again and again

easiest the Midway new light

what is the time?