WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:22.260 Hi, and welcome to the Willow Ridge Church weekly podcast. 00:00:22.780 --> 00:00:25.880 This is where you can find audio for our current and past sermons. 00:00:26.100 --> 00:00:30.420 We hope that you enjoy this week's installment, and be sure to check back next week to hear 00:00:30.420 --> 00:00:31.260 the latest message. 00:00:31.680 --> 00:00:32.460 Thanks for listening. 00:00:45.360 --> 00:00:46.320 Well, good morning. 00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:48.760 Glad that y'all are here with us. 00:00:48.820 --> 00:00:52.920 If you've got your Bibles, open up to Luke chapter 19 is where we're going to be as we 00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:55.760 continue our study in the Gospel of Luke. 00:00:56.200 --> 00:00:58.560 As you turn there, I just want a couple of other things. 00:00:58.800 --> 00:01:01.940 If you are a first-time guest, here's what I'd love for you to do. 00:01:02.040 --> 00:01:03.540 Find me before you leave here. 00:01:03.820 --> 00:01:07.420 I'd love to meet you, learn your name, have a conversation with you. 00:01:07.480 --> 00:01:11.240 If you've got any questions about Willow Ridge Church, I would love to answer those. 00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:13.680 And so please take the time to do that. 00:01:13.760 --> 00:01:18.940 If you are a visitor, I would love to introduce myself and have you introduce yourself to me 00:01:18.940 --> 00:01:19.340 today. 00:01:19.340 --> 00:01:22.640 Now, as we get into Luke 19, I want to lead off in this. 00:01:22.740 --> 00:01:25.140 All right, I'm going to be brief today. 00:01:25.320 --> 00:01:28.060 I know some of you are thinking, yeah, right, but I'm going to do my best. 00:01:28.120 --> 00:01:29.580 All right, I'm going to do my best to be brief. 00:01:29.660 --> 00:01:30.740 And here's the reason why. 00:01:31.520 --> 00:01:35.100 We've got Hans and Brandy Ostrom and their family with us. 00:01:35.160 --> 00:01:39.060 In fact, if you'll notice on the seats around you, there's a prayer card, hopefully on all 00:01:39.060 --> 00:01:41.140 of them, and even some stickers that are there. 00:01:41.220 --> 00:01:46.660 And they are missionaries, missionary family that we support as at Willow Ridge Church. 00:01:46.660 --> 00:01:51.480 And Hans sent me a message about a month ago where they were going to be here in South 00:01:51.480 --> 00:01:54.080 Carolina, which is their home state where they're from. 00:01:54.820 --> 00:01:58.660 They were going to be here and wanted to be able to spend some time worshiping with our 00:01:58.660 --> 00:02:04.620 congregation and give just some encouragement, some thank yous, some updates on what ministry 00:02:04.620 --> 00:02:06.760 is looking like in Canada right now. 00:02:07.140 --> 00:02:14.560 I know this last year has been a crazy year for all of us, but when you really look outside 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:18.780 of a lot of where other people were having to go through and deal with in other countries, 00:02:19.200 --> 00:02:24.080 we really see that a lot of places are handling this in a harsher way than we are. 00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:28.500 The Ostrom family has had to walk through that, not only in ministry, but just in day-to-day 00:02:28.500 --> 00:02:31.080 life as they raise their family. 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:35.800 And so we are blessed to have him here, to have them here. 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:38.120 So Hans will be up at the very end. 00:02:38.340 --> 00:02:40.380 So, all right, so here's some instructions for you, all right? 00:02:40.420 --> 00:02:41.340 So stick with me on this. 00:02:42.100 --> 00:02:45.440 I'll preach, close up, we'll sing two songs. 00:02:46.120 --> 00:02:50.200 I know that you're thinking at the end of that second song, like, I got to get to San 00:02:50.200 --> 00:02:51.160 Jose, all right? 00:02:51.960 --> 00:02:52.320 Pause. 00:02:52.900 --> 00:02:56.300 Hans is going to come up at the end of that, and then there will be plenty of chips and 00:02:56.300 --> 00:02:59.140 salsa for everybody at San Jose's afterwards, I promise. 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:01.940 So just patiently, patiently wait. 00:03:02.440 --> 00:03:05.200 So Luke 19, I'll tell a story last night. 00:03:05.660 --> 00:03:09.240 Those of you who know me and know me well, you know I love my South Carolina Gamecocks. 00:03:09.900 --> 00:03:15.460 And you know that that relationship with my South Carolina Gamecocks is troubled at times. 00:03:15.860 --> 00:03:18.860 And I love all things South Carolina sports. 00:03:19.000 --> 00:03:20.960 I love all things Gamecocks. 00:03:21.060 --> 00:03:25.020 And so right now, if you're not a big sports fan or you're not a big college baseball fan, 00:03:25.020 --> 00:03:30.640 you might not realize that right now is the opening weekend of college baseball's postseason. 00:03:31.060 --> 00:03:34.700 And so South Carolina is hosting a regional, even though we're not a one seed. 00:03:34.780 --> 00:03:35.740 We can get into that later. 00:03:35.960 --> 00:03:37.080 All right, but we are hosting. 00:03:37.220 --> 00:03:42.840 And last night, we were playing Old Dominion, who is the number one seed in the Columbia Regional. 00:03:43.320 --> 00:03:44.740 And it's a tight game. 00:03:44.900 --> 00:03:46.220 The score's tied one to one. 00:03:46.320 --> 00:03:47.520 Old Dominion lost two to one. 00:03:48.140 --> 00:03:50.120 They won two to one, broke my heart. 00:03:50.120 --> 00:03:53.920 But in the sixth inning, the game is tied one to one. 00:03:55.020 --> 00:03:56.780 And a pop fly is hit. 00:03:57.580 --> 00:04:01.820 And a pop fly is hit to the third baseman for South Carolina. 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:08.420 And you can tell the moment that the ball comes off the bat that it is a high pop fly. 00:04:08.760 --> 00:04:12.280 Like, this isn't a pop fly that looks like your dad kind of underhanded to you, you know. 00:04:12.280 --> 00:04:17.960 Like, this is a pop fly that has just caught the top portion of those metal bats. 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:20.240 And it is shot straight up in the air. 00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:22.680 And you see the third baseman. 00:04:22.800 --> 00:04:25.540 You see him immediately call it, this is mine. 00:04:25.720 --> 00:04:31.140 And then you begin to see him move around and stumble and almost look like he's going to fall. 00:04:31.140 --> 00:04:37.000 And then at the very last second, he kind of regathers his base for his feet underneath him. 00:04:37.120 --> 00:04:41.280 And then the ball falls about two feet away from his glove before he could grab it. 00:04:41.960 --> 00:04:54.620 In my heart, right, as a guy who invests way too much time, energy, and passion into this athletic ability of 18 to 22-year-olds fell apart in that moment, right? 00:04:54.620 --> 00:05:01.360 I absolutely lost it because it's a pop fly and he missed it. 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:02.760 He missed it. 00:05:03.500 --> 00:05:09.460 He is a D1 college athlete and he missed it. 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:14.180 Now, he didn't miss it because his glove faltered. 00:05:15.220 --> 00:05:22.000 I don't know if you've ever had that happen, but sometimes the webbing in your glove can stretch out and literally a baseball can fall right through your glove. 00:05:22.160 --> 00:05:23.480 But that didn't happen to him. 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:26.400 He didn't miss it because his glove faltered. 00:05:27.060 --> 00:05:30.780 He didn't miss it because another player came up and tripped him up. 00:05:30.840 --> 00:05:34.280 If you've ever played baseball or softball, like you know that happens sometimes, right? 00:05:34.380 --> 00:05:41.640 You're saying I got it, the other player's saying that they got it, and all of a sudden you collide and you run into each other and the ball falls right there. 00:05:41.820 --> 00:05:43.180 That didn't happen either. 00:05:44.040 --> 00:05:47.780 He didn't miss it because he had to run a great distance. 00:05:48.380 --> 00:05:52.200 This wasn't a dead sprint to shallow left field. 00:05:52.200 --> 00:05:57.780 This wasn't a sprint over to the opposing team's dugout and try to stretch at the last moment. 00:05:57.980 --> 00:06:05.600 He literally, from the positioning that he started out into the positioning where he was when he missed it, was only a couple feet. 00:06:06.600 --> 00:06:10.520 If he'd have done this from the very beginning, he'd have caught it. 00:06:11.520 --> 00:06:12.540 So what happened? 00:06:13.540 --> 00:06:14.880 I've been watching this team all year. 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:18.000 This third baseman has phenomenal discipline. 00:06:18.900 --> 00:06:20.540 He's got phenomenal footwork. 00:06:21.300 --> 00:06:23.560 Everything about what he does shows great discipline. 00:06:23.640 --> 00:06:25.920 He is a trained Division I athlete. 00:06:26.920 --> 00:06:35.120 And as I'm going through all of this within five seconds and trying for God to redeem the moment for me, right? 00:06:35.780 --> 00:06:46.600 I heard the announcer come across and say that ball went so high up into the lights that what he was having was a hard time seeing it. 00:06:47.700 --> 00:06:53.580 And because he couldn't see the ball clearly, he missed it. 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:56.420 You know, it wasn't because he was lazy. 00:06:57.500 --> 00:07:00.560 It wasn't because he didn't want to catch the ball. 00:07:01.400 --> 00:07:05.120 It wasn't because he hadn't been trained and people hadn't poured into him. 00:07:05.260 --> 00:07:16.280 It's just that in the moment when his eyes were trying to be fixed on the ball, they got lost in something else that consumed him, that took his eyes there. 00:07:16.520 --> 00:07:24.740 And then that which he was told, that which he was instructed to have his eyes locked in on, he just simply missed it. 00:07:25.640 --> 00:07:26.360 He made an error. 00:07:26.960 --> 00:07:33.480 And it ended up not being the reason that South Carolina lost the game, but in the moment, he missed it. 00:07:34.020 --> 00:07:35.920 But what in the world does this have to do with anything, right? 00:07:37.980 --> 00:07:46.640 I think that there's many people, many people who may be here today, many people who may call themselves Christians, 00:07:47.560 --> 00:08:00.980 many people for thousands of years, that when it comes to Jesus and the gospel, they've heard, they've been instructed, they've been taught, 00:08:02.300 --> 00:08:06.720 they've been given God's word, but they've missed it. 00:08:08.280 --> 00:08:09.080 They've missed it. 00:08:10.180 --> 00:08:15.840 I've shared with you guys this so many times, that's the burden of my heart. 00:08:15.940 --> 00:08:21.820 We're going to hear a lot about international missions and what God calls us to do and to go out. 00:08:22.060 --> 00:08:29.000 Dealing with lost people and sharing the gospel is always complicated and context matters, okay? 00:08:29.280 --> 00:08:36.040 And so I've been to places like India and shared the gospel with people who have never heard the name of Jesus before. 00:08:36.180 --> 00:08:37.040 And I love that. 00:08:37.100 --> 00:08:42.340 And that's filled with its own difficulties in trying to understand and communicate the gospel. 00:08:42.340 --> 00:08:53.960 But then I also come back into a culture that if you've never lived outside of South Carolina or Lexington or even the greater part of the area of the United States, 00:08:54.260 --> 00:09:00.560 what we refer to as the Bible Belt, that there are people who would culturally align as Christians. 00:09:00.560 --> 00:09:12.980 There are people who within surface level behaviors would align themselves with saying that they are a follower of Jesus Christ or I love God or something just in a general statement with that. 00:09:12.980 --> 00:09:18.960 But when it comes to Jesus and the gospel, their eyes have been distracted by something else. 00:09:19.180 --> 00:09:21.040 And in that moment, they miss it. 00:09:22.160 --> 00:09:22.740 They miss it. 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:35.000 And for so many people, I had a conversation with a young man who was visiting our church after the 930 service. 00:09:36.400 --> 00:09:40.500 And he came up to me and he was sharing a little bit about who he is and getting to meet him. 00:09:40.540 --> 00:09:42.260 And it's a wonderful time to meet him. 00:09:42.300 --> 00:09:43.780 And he asked me a question about myself. 00:09:43.960 --> 00:09:51.180 And it led me to tell him the journey of me, of being raised in church and for 22 years of my life completely missing it. 00:09:52.840 --> 00:10:00.960 Doing the things, going to the camps, making decisions, filling out cards, but yet missing it. 00:10:02.180 --> 00:10:05.020 And here's why I think so many people miss it. 00:10:05.820 --> 00:10:08.400 And this is what I want us to really work through this morning. 00:10:08.700 --> 00:10:10.020 And I'll get going, I promise. 00:10:10.020 --> 00:10:11.380 But here's what I mean. 00:10:11.620 --> 00:10:18.020 That for so many people, Jesus simply becomes a means to an end. 00:10:19.660 --> 00:10:23.980 They're told that hell is terrible and you don't want to go there. 00:10:24.020 --> 00:10:24.660 And that's true. 00:10:25.820 --> 00:10:31.060 And they're told that Jesus is the way for not going there, which is true. 00:10:31.900 --> 00:10:41.220 And then their response, their reaction to that is, well then, if that's bad, if he's the way out of the bad, then I'll take Jesus. 00:10:42.220 --> 00:10:45.780 If that's the option, then just give that to me. 00:10:45.780 --> 00:10:52.100 And then we walk away from there missing the fullness of the truth of the gospel. 00:10:52.460 --> 00:10:57.020 Yes, it is true that hell is not where you want to go. 00:10:57.340 --> 00:11:01.000 That hell is eternal punishment within there and destruction. 00:11:01.420 --> 00:11:06.780 And that Jesus is the only way to be not there. 00:11:06.900 --> 00:11:08.080 That's the truth of it all. 00:11:08.240 --> 00:11:16.260 But there's so much more of what the gospel wants to do in our life, of what the gospel wants to transform in us. 00:11:16.340 --> 00:11:20.720 And so what I want us to begin to wrap our minds around is we're going to look at a couple things this morning. 00:11:20.840 --> 00:11:23.360 Is that the gospel, yes, it changes our eternity. 00:11:23.560 --> 00:11:30.160 But the gospel and the work of the Holy Spirit in the lives of men and women who are found in Christ, it changes our today. 00:11:31.860 --> 00:11:33.320 Everything about of who we are. 00:11:34.540 --> 00:11:38.880 When we are saved by the gospel, our eternal destination is changed. 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:45.680 But also our current lives are transformed and the purpose of what God gives us is changed as well. 00:11:46.340 --> 00:11:52.580 Because when men and women and children are changed or saved by the gospel of Jesus Christ, 00:11:52.760 --> 00:11:57.320 our eyes and our hearts are open to the fact that we are a sinner who is incapable. 00:11:58.700 --> 00:12:03.000 Not who can't figure it out, but who's incapable of saving ourselves. 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:09.840 So what we need is Jesus who saves us, who restores us, who redeems us, 00:12:09.960 --> 00:12:14.900 who brings us into relationship with God, who sends us the Holy Spirit, who indwells in us. 00:12:14.900 --> 00:12:19.060 I heard a pastor say one time, and I love this and repeat this so many times in my mind, 00:12:19.140 --> 00:12:24.200 that God loves you too much to save you from your sin and then leave you in it. 00:12:25.460 --> 00:12:33.000 And he wants to restore us so that the person that we were is no longer the person that we are. 00:12:34.200 --> 00:12:38.040 And so things in who we are and what we're about begin to change. 00:12:38.120 --> 00:12:41.180 Before we get into Luke 19, I just want to read a couple passages to you. 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:42.500 Galatians 2.20. 00:12:42.500 --> 00:12:47.800 I've been crucified with Christ as no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me in the life. 00:12:47.880 --> 00:12:49.000 I now live in the flesh. 00:12:49.300 --> 00:12:53.560 I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself up for me. 00:12:53.800 --> 00:12:55.140 2 Corinthians 5.17. 00:12:55.280 --> 00:12:58.600 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is the same person that he was before. 00:12:59.020 --> 00:12:59.360 No. 00:13:00.560 --> 00:13:03.560 If anyone is in Christ, Scripture says he is a new creation. 00:13:04.420 --> 00:13:06.280 The old has passed away. 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:09.460 Behold, the new has come. 00:13:09.460 --> 00:13:15.300 And so here's my concern for those of us who would culturally just align ourselves and say, 00:13:15.620 --> 00:13:17.040 yeah, I'm Christian, right? 00:13:17.200 --> 00:13:21.860 Is that if we miss who Jesus is, if we miss what Jesus came to do, 00:13:22.020 --> 00:13:26.120 if we miss the commands and not the suggestions of the gospel, 00:13:27.500 --> 00:13:34.240 then we ignore all of this, and then Jesus just becomes the means to the end for us. 00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:40.940 And our lives are not submitted and surrendered to him in our life, and we miss it. 00:13:41.060 --> 00:13:42.700 So I want to ask you this question as we get into this. 00:13:42.920 --> 00:13:43.780 Are you missing it? 00:13:44.620 --> 00:13:45.500 Are you missing it? 00:13:46.460 --> 00:13:51.480 And there's been people who have surrounded themselves around Jesus for thousands of years 00:13:51.480 --> 00:13:52.620 who have missed it. 00:13:53.360 --> 00:13:54.420 Look at verse 37. 00:13:55.900 --> 00:14:00.040 As he was drawing near already on the way down the Mount of Olives, 00:14:00.040 --> 00:14:05.760 the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice 00:14:05.760 --> 00:14:08.660 for all the mighty works they had seen, saying, 00:14:08.820 --> 00:14:11.200 Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord. 00:14:11.520 --> 00:14:14.040 Peace in heaven and glory in the highest. 00:14:14.340 --> 00:14:17.000 And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, 00:14:17.280 --> 00:14:18.980 Teacher, rebuke your disciples. 00:14:19.100 --> 00:14:19.600 Verse 40. 00:14:19.820 --> 00:14:24.420 And he answered, I tell you, if these were silent, the very stones would cry out. 00:14:24.480 --> 00:14:27.300 So I want us to look at one thing, because we've got to work through this, 00:14:27.360 --> 00:14:29.640 but just one thing within this. 00:14:29.640 --> 00:14:35.480 So the picture that we see is Jesus and the whole multitude of the disciples. 00:14:35.840 --> 00:14:36.880 So this is all of them. 00:14:37.140 --> 00:14:40.360 And they're walking and they're journeying with Jesus, 00:14:40.580 --> 00:14:43.440 and they're celebrating him, what Luke's gospel says, 00:14:43.540 --> 00:14:45.120 because of the works they'd seen. 00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:48.100 So as they're talking around, they're praising God, 00:14:48.180 --> 00:14:51.220 because did you see what Jesus did when he healed that man? 00:14:51.380 --> 00:14:54.140 Did you see what Jesus did when he called the dead girl back to life? 00:14:54.300 --> 00:14:56.520 Did you see what Jesus did when he cast out the demons? 00:14:56.780 --> 00:15:00.260 Do you remember what it's like to see Jesus when he fed the thousands? 00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:04.060 Like you've got all of these conversations that are happening and that are taking place, 00:15:04.100 --> 00:15:06.680 and the people are celebrating all that God has done. 00:15:06.880 --> 00:15:09.980 And this is like this joyous time within him of this. 00:15:10.020 --> 00:15:10.820 This is exciting. 00:15:10.960 --> 00:15:12.900 They can't believe that this is all going on. 00:15:13.040 --> 00:15:15.520 Now let's put this in the context of what is happening. 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:19.740 This is the Passion Week of Jesus headed to the cross. 00:15:21.740 --> 00:15:23.760 And so when I read this, it seems a little weird to me. 00:15:25.760 --> 00:15:28.980 Because Jesus is headed to die. 00:15:30.500 --> 00:15:32.760 And they've been told that. 00:15:34.460 --> 00:15:38.840 Jesus has said, I'm going to go die and be buried for three days and we'll rise again. 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:42.460 And he's on his journey to the cross. 00:15:43.900 --> 00:15:45.220 And they miss it. 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:51.460 In spite of what Jesus had been clearly telling him, they miss it. 00:15:52.660 --> 00:15:56.640 And for many in that crowd, Judas included, 00:15:58.420 --> 00:15:59.960 in spite of what Jesus has said, 00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:03.060 in spite of what they understand, 00:16:03.200 --> 00:16:04.480 in spite of what they've been taught, 00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:06.580 in spite of what they've been exposed to, 00:16:06.580 --> 00:16:11.820 they think that their journey in Jerusalem is going to be this earthly kingdom 00:16:11.820 --> 00:16:15.580 that's going to kick out Rome and reestablish what was there 00:16:15.580 --> 00:16:17.560 and go back to the time of David. 00:16:19.040 --> 00:16:20.860 And as different members, including Judas, 00:16:20.980 --> 00:16:23.300 begin to realize, like, this ain't what's going on, 00:16:23.400 --> 00:16:25.520 they're like, well, then we're going to tap out. 00:16:26.940 --> 00:16:28.820 And so Judas sees this and realizes this. 00:16:28.880 --> 00:16:30.600 He's like, no, 30 pieces of silver, here we go. 00:16:31.800 --> 00:16:32.080 Right? 00:16:32.920 --> 00:16:35.260 And they miss it. 00:16:36.280 --> 00:16:37.620 Because for so many, 00:16:38.880 --> 00:16:40.880 Jesus is just a means to their end. 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:44.860 They've missed, take up your cross and follow me. 00:16:45.640 --> 00:16:49.300 They've missed, if you love me, then you'll obey me. 00:16:50.920 --> 00:16:51.940 They've missed it. 00:16:53.560 --> 00:16:54.880 And so for so many of us, 00:16:55.020 --> 00:16:57.640 what we want to look at and examine our hearts 00:16:57.640 --> 00:17:00.520 when understanding these next two encounters with Christ 00:17:00.520 --> 00:17:03.620 is asking that question, have we missed it? 00:17:04.940 --> 00:17:10.660 Is Jesus not the daily, the moment, 00:17:11.500 --> 00:17:15.160 the second, the very power that we live in, 00:17:15.820 --> 00:17:18.200 that we worship, of who we are? 00:17:19.760 --> 00:17:23.380 Or is Jesus simply a means to the end? 00:17:24.500 --> 00:17:26.860 I filled out a card, I checked a box, 00:17:26.920 --> 00:17:30.160 and I did that, and now my eternity's secure. 00:17:30.380 --> 00:17:31.840 So this moment has happened, 00:17:32.000 --> 00:17:33.820 and that moment will be good, 00:17:33.840 --> 00:17:35.880 so I can just kind of live my life, 00:17:35.920 --> 00:17:37.580 however I mean through here. 00:17:39.920 --> 00:17:42.440 And maybe, if that's the way you think, 00:17:43.580 --> 00:17:44.620 maybe we just missed it. 00:17:45.980 --> 00:17:47.180 Maybe you just missed it. 00:17:49.060 --> 00:17:51.780 And you're going to understand the missing, 00:17:51.880 --> 00:17:54.640 and I think by the way that we not only view Christ, 00:17:55.560 --> 00:17:59.020 but by the way we view Christ and the way we view sin. 00:17:59.180 --> 00:18:00.520 So look at verse 41. 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:06.540 And when he drew near and saw the city, 00:18:06.740 --> 00:18:07.820 he wept over it. 00:18:07.860 --> 00:18:09.040 I want to pause for a second. 00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:12.820 There's been one time in my life 00:18:12.820 --> 00:18:14.880 that I've had the opportunity 00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:17.180 to have my feet on the ground 00:18:17.180 --> 00:18:19.200 and look out over a city. 00:18:20.360 --> 00:18:23.100 And it was in Jaipur in India. 00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:26.520 And Jaipur is a massive city, 00:18:26.660 --> 00:18:28.440 millions of people, 00:18:28.820 --> 00:18:32.000 and there's a mountain range that surrounds Jaipur. 00:18:32.360 --> 00:18:33.700 And on our very last day, 00:18:33.780 --> 00:18:35.680 we drove up to the top of the mountains, 00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:37.900 and we stood on the top of the mountain. 00:18:38.040 --> 00:18:39.820 There was a palace behind us, 00:18:39.880 --> 00:18:41.000 a fortress behind us, 00:18:41.060 --> 00:18:42.520 and there was the city out there. 00:18:42.740 --> 00:18:44.440 And we stood there, 00:18:44.560 --> 00:18:45.960 and we looked out. 00:18:46.180 --> 00:18:46.960 And at first, 00:18:47.040 --> 00:18:50.860 you're looking at the 5,000-foot view 00:18:50.860 --> 00:18:52.660 of the chaos of millions of people. 00:18:53.980 --> 00:18:55.180 But then in that moment, 00:18:55.280 --> 00:18:56.400 you begin to realize 00:18:56.400 --> 00:19:00.540 the vast amounts of lostness that's there. 00:19:02.180 --> 00:19:03.480 There's no part of India 00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:06.960 that's greater than 2% saved. 00:19:08.040 --> 00:19:08.560 No part. 00:19:09.940 --> 00:19:12.320 And so you're seeing millions and millions of people 00:19:12.320 --> 00:19:13.240 of lostness. 00:19:13.400 --> 00:19:15.640 And I remember the impact of that moment. 00:19:15.780 --> 00:19:16.720 And then I look here, 00:19:16.900 --> 00:19:19.180 and Jesus draws near the city, 00:19:19.260 --> 00:19:20.500 and he looks out over it, 00:19:20.540 --> 00:19:21.360 and he weeps. 00:19:21.820 --> 00:19:24.620 And in a little glimmer of a way 00:19:24.620 --> 00:19:26.340 that God gives my heart grace, 00:19:26.380 --> 00:19:27.240 I can understand that. 00:19:28.300 --> 00:19:29.520 Verse 42, saying, 00:19:30.040 --> 00:19:30.880 Would that you, 00:19:31.020 --> 00:19:31.420 even you, 00:19:31.500 --> 00:19:32.320 have known on this day 00:19:32.320 --> 00:19:34.220 the things that make for peace. 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:36.600 But now they are hidden from your eyes, 00:19:36.660 --> 00:19:38.120 for the days will come upon you 00:19:38.120 --> 00:19:39.740 when your enemies will set up a barricade 00:19:39.740 --> 00:19:40.460 around you 00:19:40.460 --> 00:19:41.460 and surround you 00:19:41.460 --> 00:19:42.780 and hem you in on every side 00:19:42.780 --> 00:19:44.380 and tear you down to the ground, 00:19:44.520 --> 00:19:46.300 you and your children within you. 00:19:46.520 --> 00:19:48.080 And they will not leave 00:19:48.080 --> 00:19:51.260 one stone upon another in you 00:19:51.260 --> 00:19:52.720 because you did not know 00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:54.740 the time of your visitation. 00:19:54.940 --> 00:19:56.220 So here's what I want us to get there. 00:19:56.280 --> 00:19:57.140 There's so much, 00:19:57.260 --> 00:19:58.960 and we can't do it justice this morning, 00:19:59.080 --> 00:20:00.940 but so much that I want us to see 00:20:00.940 --> 00:20:02.300 and understand is this, 00:20:02.560 --> 00:20:03.460 that the first aspect 00:20:03.460 --> 00:20:04.740 that we begin to understand 00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:06.500 about Christ and sin 00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:07.660 and our sin to understand 00:20:07.660 --> 00:20:08.580 is the mercy of Jesus. 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:12.000 Jesus looks out over Jerusalem 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:15.300 and the vast lostness that's there 00:20:15.300 --> 00:20:17.140 and begins to weep. 00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:19.400 He begins to weep 00:20:19.400 --> 00:20:20.600 because the fulfillment of Scripture 00:20:20.600 --> 00:20:21.660 which will happen, 00:20:21.760 --> 00:20:23.640 the physical destruction of Jerusalem 00:20:23.640 --> 00:20:24.280 that will come, 00:20:24.360 --> 00:20:25.600 and in 70 A.D., 00:20:25.600 --> 00:20:27.320 Rome comes and sacks Jerusalem 00:20:27.320 --> 00:20:28.240 and destroys it, 00:20:28.360 --> 00:20:30.080 but also within here 00:20:30.080 --> 00:20:32.100 is the spiritual destruction 00:20:32.100 --> 00:20:33.340 of all those 00:20:33.340 --> 00:20:35.220 who didn't see Jesus 00:20:35.220 --> 00:20:36.260 for who he was 00:20:36.260 --> 00:20:37.180 and what he came to do 00:20:37.180 --> 00:20:39.020 because they missed it. 00:20:39.780 --> 00:20:40.980 As he walked 00:20:40.980 --> 00:20:41.920 and as he talked, 00:20:42.080 --> 00:20:43.040 their own agendas 00:20:43.040 --> 00:20:44.880 were filled their brains 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:45.660 and consumed them 00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:47.460 and they missed who he was 00:20:47.460 --> 00:20:49.740 and as Jesus stands over the city 00:20:49.740 --> 00:20:50.420 and looks down 00:20:50.420 --> 00:20:51.520 and begins to weep 00:20:51.520 --> 00:20:51.980 because he's like, 00:20:52.140 --> 00:20:52.960 as you're chasing this 00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:53.840 and as you're chasing this, 00:20:53.900 --> 00:20:54.620 and you're chasing this, 00:20:54.760 --> 00:20:55.420 you're missing it 00:20:55.420 --> 00:20:56.160 because it's me. 00:20:56.960 --> 00:20:57.780 It's me. 00:20:59.040 --> 00:20:59.820 It's me. 00:21:01.080 --> 00:21:03.080 And I'm here. 00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:06.760 And we see the mercy of Jesus. 00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:09.880 I don't know. 00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:11.920 Jesus had every right 00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:13.140 to stand over Jerusalem 00:21:13.140 --> 00:21:14.540 and say, 00:21:14.620 --> 00:21:15.200 you fools. 00:21:16.540 --> 00:21:17.920 Jesus had every right 00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:19.960 to stand over Jerusalem 00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:22.060 and lavish in the destruction 00:21:22.060 --> 00:21:22.820 that would come 00:21:22.820 --> 00:21:24.540 because of their disobedience 00:21:24.540 --> 00:21:26.880 and the wrath of God 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:27.520 that would happen. 00:21:28.840 --> 00:21:29.920 but instead, 00:21:30.460 --> 00:21:32.100 he wept. 00:21:32.100 --> 00:21:32.420 He wept. 00:21:33.420 --> 00:21:34.340 He wept. 00:21:35.380 --> 00:21:36.520 And he continued 00:21:36.520 --> 00:21:37.940 his journey 00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:39.480 to the cross 00:21:39.480 --> 00:21:40.620 where he would die. 00:21:41.700 --> 00:21:43.080 I think so many of us 00:21:43.080 --> 00:21:43.680 miss 00:21:43.680 --> 00:21:45.200 Jesus 00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:47.060 because we feel 00:21:47.060 --> 00:21:47.880 that Jesus 00:21:47.880 --> 00:21:48.900 is just this God 00:21:48.900 --> 00:21:49.840 waiting to punish us, 00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:51.820 to catch us in the bad, 00:21:53.060 --> 00:21:53.420 to get, 00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:54.760 I knew you were going to do it. 00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:55.880 Punishment. 00:21:57.480 --> 00:21:58.880 But what we see here 00:21:58.880 --> 00:22:01.400 from the heart of the Savior 00:22:01.400 --> 00:22:02.520 who would bear the burden 00:22:02.520 --> 00:22:04.140 of the sins of the world 00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:06.420 is that when he looks out 00:22:06.420 --> 00:22:07.360 over the people 00:22:07.360 --> 00:22:09.340 who one day say, 00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:10.680 Hosanna, 00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:12.480 and another say, 00:22:12.680 --> 00:22:13.400 crucifying, 00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:16.080 he weeps. 00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:18.060 And we understand 00:22:18.060 --> 00:22:20.100 the mercy of God. 00:22:21.120 --> 00:22:21.740 Next thing, 00:22:21.820 --> 00:22:24.280 let's look at verses 45 and 46. 00:22:25.660 --> 00:22:26.040 It says, 00:22:26.120 --> 00:22:27.140 and he entered the temple 00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:29.800 and began to drive out 00:22:29.800 --> 00:22:30.780 those who sold 00:22:30.780 --> 00:22:31.520 saying to them, 00:22:31.600 --> 00:22:32.180 it is written, 00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:33.220 my house shall be 00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:34.140 a house of prayer 00:22:34.140 --> 00:22:35.280 but you 00:22:35.280 --> 00:22:36.620 made it 00:22:36.620 --> 00:22:37.240 a den 00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:38.360 of robbers. 00:22:38.860 --> 00:22:39.420 So we're going to see 00:22:39.420 --> 00:22:39.740 two 00:22:39.740 --> 00:22:41.020 what seem to be 00:22:41.020 --> 00:22:41.760 contradictory 00:22:41.760 --> 00:22:43.020 pieces of Jesus 00:22:43.020 --> 00:22:44.140 but they're not. 00:22:44.660 --> 00:22:45.260 They're not. 00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:46.600 These play 00:22:46.600 --> 00:22:48.060 into each other 00:22:48.060 --> 00:22:48.900 so we see 00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:50.040 the mercy of Jesus 00:22:50.040 --> 00:22:50.900 but also we're going to see 00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:52.240 the judgment of Jesus 00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:53.140 and as we look 00:22:53.140 --> 00:22:53.960 and we unpack 00:22:53.960 --> 00:22:54.400 scripture 00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:55.600 and we understand 00:22:55.600 --> 00:22:56.340 that there's 00:22:56.340 --> 00:22:57.660 the mercy of God 00:22:57.660 --> 00:22:58.940 and the judgment of God 00:22:58.940 --> 00:23:00.400 and that the goodness of God 00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:01.760 is found in both of those 00:23:01.760 --> 00:23:02.920 that I don't want a God 00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:03.980 who doesn't bring judgment 00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:05.780 because his goodness 00:23:05.780 --> 00:23:06.620 and his holiness 00:23:06.620 --> 00:23:08.380 is found in it. 00:23:09.080 --> 00:23:09.620 And then here 00:23:09.620 --> 00:23:10.860 we see the judgment 00:23:10.860 --> 00:23:11.980 of Jesus. 00:23:12.860 --> 00:23:13.880 And just a little side note 00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:14.940 but I think this points 00:23:14.940 --> 00:23:15.500 to something else 00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:16.020 that we're going to see 00:23:16.020 --> 00:23:16.660 in a few weeks. 00:23:17.540 --> 00:23:18.200 Sometimes I think 00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:19.780 we get wrong 00:23:19.780 --> 00:23:22.100 are the physical impression 00:23:22.100 --> 00:23:23.020 that we get of Jesus. 00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:24.680 I don't know about you 00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:25.860 but I grew up in a church 00:23:25.860 --> 00:23:26.660 that had like 00:23:26.660 --> 00:23:28.940 really pretty 00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:29.580 white, 00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.100 blonde haired, 00:23:30.180 --> 00:23:30.740 blue eyed Jesus 00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.220 in pictures 00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:31.800 in their buildings. 00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.140 You know? 00:23:32.300 --> 00:23:33.180 Like I saw that. 00:23:34.260 --> 00:23:34.980 And we get this 00:23:34.980 --> 00:23:36.060 picture of Jesus 00:23:36.060 --> 00:23:38.060 that it always looked like 00:23:38.060 --> 00:23:38.980 I mean his hair 00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:40.140 was brushed out 00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:40.940 perfect, right? 00:23:41.940 --> 00:23:43.240 He was this soft, 00:23:44.260 --> 00:23:44.700 delicate, 00:23:45.540 --> 00:23:46.440 little man. 00:23:48.200 --> 00:23:49.060 But I don't think 00:23:49.060 --> 00:23:49.920 that's who Jesus was 00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:50.300 at all. 00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.540 And I think 00:23:52.540 --> 00:23:53.040 scripture here 00:23:53.040 --> 00:23:53.800 points to that. 00:23:55.340 --> 00:23:56.320 Jesus walks 00:23:56.320 --> 00:23:58.100 into a space, 00:23:58.300 --> 00:23:59.000 his space 00:23:59.000 --> 00:23:59.420 that others 00:23:59.420 --> 00:24:00.040 have claimed 00:24:00.040 --> 00:24:00.580 for their own. 00:24:01.780 --> 00:24:02.940 He walks over, 00:24:03.220 --> 00:24:04.960 he flips over tables, 00:24:05.340 --> 00:24:07.240 he drives out people 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:08.420 and no one 00:24:08.420 --> 00:24:09.340 does a thing. 00:24:11.020 --> 00:24:11.780 Now let somebody 00:24:11.780 --> 00:24:12.600 come to your house 00:24:12.600 --> 00:24:14.820 and you're sitting 00:24:14.820 --> 00:24:15.400 down for dinner 00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:17.680 and come up 00:24:17.680 --> 00:24:18.780 and turn 00:24:18.780 --> 00:24:19.200 your table 00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:19.460 up. 00:24:20.840 --> 00:24:21.360 Let somebody 00:24:21.360 --> 00:24:21.780 show up 00:24:21.780 --> 00:24:22.540 to your office 00:24:22.540 --> 00:24:23.100 tomorrow 00:24:23.100 --> 00:24:25.040 and come 00:24:25.040 --> 00:24:25.680 into your 00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:26.300 workspace 00:24:26.300 --> 00:24:27.740 and clean 00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.600 your desk 00:24:28.600 --> 00:24:29.020 off. 00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:31.380 Let somebody 00:24:31.380 --> 00:24:31.900 go into 00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:33.100 your bank 00:24:33.100 --> 00:24:33.480 account 00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.200 and take 00:24:34.200 --> 00:24:34.760 from you 00:24:34.760 --> 00:24:35.420 what you 00:24:35.420 --> 00:24:35.960 think is 00:24:35.960 --> 00:24:36.460 theirs. 00:24:36.600 --> 00:24:37.240 How are you 00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:38.080 going to react? 00:24:39.200 --> 00:24:39.840 And Jesus 00:24:39.840 --> 00:24:41.160 walks into 00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:42.600 this space 00:24:42.600 --> 00:24:43.560 in the fullness 00:24:43.560 --> 00:24:44.380 physically 00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:45.680 of who he is 00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:46.240 and not 00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.640 through the 00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:47.220 power of 00:24:47.220 --> 00:24:47.780 a miracle 00:24:47.780 --> 00:24:48.680 walking in 00:24:48.680 --> 00:24:49.360 the power 00:24:49.360 --> 00:24:49.920 of God 00:24:49.920 --> 00:24:50.280 though in 00:24:50.280 --> 00:24:50.860 this moment 00:24:50.860 --> 00:24:52.440 and flips 00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:53.300 over the 00:24:53.300 --> 00:24:53.700 tables 00:24:53.700 --> 00:24:54.760 and everyone 00:24:54.760 --> 00:24:55.520 who's in 00:24:55.520 --> 00:24:55.720 there, 00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:56.720 every person 00:24:56.720 --> 00:24:57.440 who sat 00:24:57.440 --> 00:24:58.420 there and sold, 00:24:58.720 --> 00:24:59.440 every person 00:24:59.440 --> 00:25:00.260 who felt like 00:25:00.260 --> 00:25:01.100 that was a claim 00:25:01.100 --> 00:25:01.740 for themselves, 00:25:02.100 --> 00:25:02.880 every person 00:25:02.880 --> 00:25:03.720 who lost 00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:04.980 money that day, 00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:05.800 they just 00:25:05.800 --> 00:25:06.500 scattered 00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:08.960 because of 00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.780 the physical 00:25:09.780 --> 00:25:11.340 presence of 00:25:11.340 --> 00:25:11.600 Jesus 00:25:11.600 --> 00:25:12.620 in that 00:25:12.620 --> 00:25:12.860 moment. 00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:13.080 Now, 00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:13.580 here's what I 00:25:13.580 --> 00:25:14.380 want to connect 00:25:14.380 --> 00:25:15.040 with this 00:25:15.040 --> 00:25:16.040 for just a 00:25:16.040 --> 00:25:16.240 second. 00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.300 In just a few 00:25:18.300 --> 00:25:18.740 weeks, 00:25:19.820 --> 00:25:20.320 here's why I 00:25:20.320 --> 00:25:20.600 think this 00:25:20.600 --> 00:25:20.900 matters. 00:25:22.540 --> 00:25:23.220 Jesus is going 00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:23.580 to go out 00:25:23.580 --> 00:25:23.880 into the 00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:24.180 garden 00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:26.780 and Judas 00:25:26.780 --> 00:25:27.200 is going to 00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:27.700 approach him 00:25:27.700 --> 00:25:30.440 and he could 00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:30.840 have laid 00:25:30.840 --> 00:25:31.460 him down 00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:33.420 but he 00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:34.180 didn't. 00:25:35.780 --> 00:25:36.300 Instead, 00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:38.360 he allowed 00:25:38.360 --> 00:25:39.080 Judas 00:25:39.080 --> 00:25:40.420 to kiss 00:25:40.420 --> 00:25:40.880 him on the 00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:41.260 cheek 00:25:41.260 --> 00:25:42.800 in the 00:25:42.800 --> 00:25:43.280 betrayal 00:25:43.280 --> 00:25:44.720 and then to 00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:45.200 be handed 00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:45.620 over 00:25:45.620 --> 00:25:46.480 and led 00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:46.760 away. 00:25:48.280 --> 00:25:48.800 And as I 00:25:48.800 --> 00:25:49.400 look through 00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:49.820 this, 00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:51.180 I think we 00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:52.080 begin to see 00:25:52.080 --> 00:25:53.320 is more 00:25:53.320 --> 00:25:54.340 and more 00:25:54.340 --> 00:25:55.480 of God 00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.560 pointing to 00:25:56.560 --> 00:25:57.280 what Jesus 00:25:57.280 --> 00:25:58.640 is doing 00:25:58.640 --> 00:25:59.740 as Jesus 00:25:59.740 --> 00:26:00.340 is living 00:26:00.340 --> 00:26:01.100 over obedience 00:26:01.100 --> 00:26:01.640 and the 00:26:01.640 --> 00:26:02.300 will of 00:26:02.300 --> 00:26:02.780 God 00:26:02.780 --> 00:26:03.400 as he's 00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:03.640 led to 00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:04.080 the cross. 00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.560 But we 00:26:05.560 --> 00:26:05.840 see the 00:26:05.840 --> 00:26:06.300 judgment of 00:26:06.300 --> 00:26:06.600 Jesus. 00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.320 Jesus comes 00:26:08.320 --> 00:26:08.820 in and 00:26:08.820 --> 00:26:09.640 attacks three 00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:10.680 things in 00:26:10.680 --> 00:26:11.400 this moment. 00:26:12.600 --> 00:26:12.860 Jesus 00:26:12.860 --> 00:26:13.940 attacks 00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:14.500 false 00:26:14.500 --> 00:26:14.940 religion. 00:26:16.580 --> 00:26:16.840 Jesus 00:26:16.840 --> 00:26:17.760 steps into 00:26:17.760 --> 00:26:18.480 a situation 00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.280 that is now 00:26:19.280 --> 00:26:20.700 religiously 00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:21.620 acceptable 00:26:21.620 --> 00:26:22.400 by the 00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:23.000 leaders who 00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:23.400 are there 00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:23.760 and we 00:26:23.760 --> 00:26:23.980 don't have 00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:24.320 the time 00:26:24.320 --> 00:26:24.600 to get 00:26:24.600 --> 00:26:24.820 into 00:26:24.820 --> 00:26:25.300 everything 00:26:25.300 --> 00:26:25.640 that is 00:26:25.640 --> 00:26:26.100 taking 00:26:26.100 --> 00:26:26.520 place 00:26:26.520 --> 00:26:26.880 but that 00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:27.680 those who 00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:27.980 are in 00:26:27.980 --> 00:26:28.300 charge 00:26:28.300 --> 00:26:28.620 are saying 00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:28.980 yeah, 00:26:29.060 --> 00:26:29.200 it's 00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:29.420 alright, 00:26:29.540 --> 00:26:30.060 we can 00:26:30.060 --> 00:26:30.500 do this, 00:26:30.560 --> 00:26:30.740 we can 00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.140 live 00:26:31.140 --> 00:26:31.240 in 00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:31.440 this 00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:31.760 and 00:26:31.760 --> 00:26:31.940 Jesus 00:26:31.940 --> 00:26:32.220 says no, 00:26:32.280 --> 00:26:32.360 no, 00:26:32.360 --> 00:26:32.480 no, 00:26:32.480 --> 00:26:32.600 no, 00:26:32.600 --> 00:26:33.080 because it 00:26:33.080 --> 00:26:33.640 walks away 00:26:33.640 --> 00:26:33.960 from the 00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:34.340 standard 00:26:34.340 --> 00:26:35.200 because these 00:26:35.200 --> 00:26:35.500 aren't 00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:36.180 suggestions, 00:26:36.600 --> 00:26:36.980 these are 00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.520 commands. 00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.620 So stop 00:26:38.620 --> 00:26:39.300 living in 00:26:39.300 --> 00:26:39.620 what you 00:26:39.620 --> 00:26:40.300 want it 00:26:40.300 --> 00:26:40.740 to be 00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:41.340 and start 00:26:41.340 --> 00:26:41.880 living in 00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:42.400 what it 00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:42.800 is. 00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:44.960 And Jesus 00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.600 attacks the 00:26:45.600 --> 00:26:45.980 religion. 00:26:47.140 --> 00:26:47.480 And I 00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:47.800 think for 00:26:47.800 --> 00:26:48.360 some of 00:26:48.360 --> 00:26:48.640 us, 00:26:48.780 --> 00:26:49.620 the tables 00:26:49.620 --> 00:26:49.900 are being 00:26:49.900 --> 00:26:50.980 overturned in 00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.600 our heart 00:26:51.600 --> 00:26:52.200 is kind 00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:52.660 of asking 00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:53.220 us like 00:26:53.220 --> 00:26:53.700 are we 00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.560 walking in 00:26:54.560 --> 00:26:54.980 here with 00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.720 the expectations 00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.200 of what 00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:56.980 we want 00:26:56.980 --> 00:26:57.360 trying to 00:26:57.360 --> 00:26:57.620 live in 00:26:57.620 --> 00:26:58.360 the suggestions 00:26:58.360 --> 00:26:59.060 and Jesus 00:26:59.060 --> 00:26:59.420 saying no, 00:26:59.420 --> 00:26:59.500 no, 00:26:59.500 --> 00:26:59.560 no, 00:26:59.560 --> 00:26:59.600 no, 00:26:59.600 --> 00:27:00.160 it's the 00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:00.560 commands 00:27:00.560 --> 00:27:00.820 that I 00:27:00.820 --> 00:27:01.640 bring before 00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:02.000 you. 00:27:03.060 --> 00:27:03.500 Jesus 00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:04.460 steps in 00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:05.720 and attacks 00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.440 reputation. 00:27:08.380 --> 00:27:08.580 You know, 00:27:08.620 --> 00:27:09.440 these men 00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:10.380 that are in 00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:10.640 there, 00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.520 this is their 00:27:11.520 --> 00:27:12.180 business. 00:27:13.000 --> 00:27:13.540 This is what 00:27:13.540 --> 00:27:14.440 they're known 00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:14.800 for. 00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:15.920 Jesus says 00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:16.440 right here 00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:16.960 that they're 00:27:16.960 --> 00:27:17.460 a den 00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:18.280 of robbers. 00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.240 I see some 00:27:20.240 --> 00:27:20.860 small business 00:27:20.860 --> 00:27:21.380 owners in 00:27:21.380 --> 00:27:21.560 here. 00:27:23.120 --> 00:27:23.620 What if 00:27:23.620 --> 00:27:24.020 one of us 00:27:24.020 --> 00:27:24.360 got on 00:27:24.360 --> 00:27:25.080 social media 00:27:25.080 --> 00:27:26.980 and said 00:27:26.980 --> 00:27:27.660 your business 00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.720 is a, 00:27:28.860 --> 00:27:29.420 you're a 00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:29.700 thief. 00:27:30.940 --> 00:27:31.560 You're a 00:27:31.560 --> 00:27:31.820 thief. 00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:33.240 How would 00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.680 you respond 00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:34.020 to that? 00:27:35.620 --> 00:27:36.020 Jesus 00:27:36.020 --> 00:27:36.480 steps into 00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:37.040 that moment 00:27:37.040 --> 00:27:38.640 in their 00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:39.340 sin and 00:27:39.340 --> 00:27:40.560 attacks the 00:27:40.560 --> 00:27:41.220 reputation 00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.960 that they 00:27:41.960 --> 00:27:42.600 have that 00:27:42.600 --> 00:27:42.940 have been 00:27:42.940 --> 00:27:43.900 built on 00:27:43.900 --> 00:27:44.440 their sin 00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:45.420 and what it 00:27:45.420 --> 00:27:46.300 causes in 00:27:46.300 --> 00:27:46.840 that moment 00:27:46.840 --> 00:27:47.680 of who 00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.100 they are. 00:27:49.740 --> 00:27:50.540 But also 00:27:50.540 --> 00:27:51.000 maybe in a 00:27:51.000 --> 00:27:51.440 way that 00:27:51.440 --> 00:27:52.620 hits home 00:27:52.620 --> 00:27:53.020 for all 00:27:53.020 --> 00:27:53.460 of us. 00:27:54.620 --> 00:27:54.940 Jesus 00:27:54.940 --> 00:27:55.960 jumps in 00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.700 and takes 00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:57.100 out some 00:27:57.100 --> 00:27:57.440 financial 00:27:57.440 --> 00:27:57.940 standing 00:27:57.940 --> 00:27:59.760 and begins 00:27:59.760 --> 00:28:00.120 to deal 00:28:00.120 --> 00:28:00.420 with the 00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:00.900 hearts of 00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:01.380 the things 00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:01.820 of those 00:28:01.820 --> 00:28:02.060 who have 00:28:02.060 --> 00:28:02.440 pursued. 00:28:04.320 --> 00:28:04.660 And I 00:28:04.660 --> 00:28:04.860 don't know 00:28:04.860 --> 00:28:05.340 about you 00:28:05.340 --> 00:28:05.640 but I 00:28:05.640 --> 00:28:05.860 want to 00:28:05.860 --> 00:28:06.500 ask you 00:28:06.500 --> 00:28:08.660 in your 00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:09.220 heart 00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:09.600 and your 00:28:09.600 --> 00:28:10.140 obedience 00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:10.560 and your 00:28:10.560 --> 00:28:11.380 drive toward 00:28:11.380 --> 00:28:11.880 the Lord 00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:13.380 are you 00:28:13.380 --> 00:28:14.000 willing to 00:28:14.000 --> 00:28:15.360 be a 00:28:15.360 --> 00:28:15.560 little 00:28:15.560 --> 00:28:16.340 unethical 00:28:16.340 --> 00:28:17.500 right? 00:28:18.300 --> 00:28:18.780 For 00:28:18.780 --> 00:28:19.200 financial 00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:19.720 purposes. 00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.200 financial 00:28:20.200 --> 00:28:20.700 gain. 00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:22.300 You know 00:28:22.300 --> 00:28:22.560 like 00:28:22.560 --> 00:28:24.560 what if 00:28:24.560 --> 00:28:25.180 Jesus 00:28:25.180 --> 00:28:27.020 not what 00:28:27.020 --> 00:28:27.280 if 00:28:27.280 --> 00:28:27.740 let me 00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.160 rephrase 00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:28.480 that 00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:29.800 what if 00:28:29.800 --> 00:28:29.940 we 00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.760 acknowledged 00:28:30.760 --> 00:28:32.080 that God 00:28:32.080 --> 00:28:32.520 is with 00:28:32.520 --> 00:28:32.940 us while 00:28:32.940 --> 00:28:33.220 we did 00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:33.800 our taxes? 00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.020 Would we 00:28:36.020 --> 00:28:36.220 do them 00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:36.400 a little 00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:36.700 different? 00:28:38.340 --> 00:28:38.720 Would we 00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.160 be the 00:28:39.160 --> 00:28:39.700 person of 00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.200 integrity 00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:40.740 and Jesus 00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:42.100 steps in 00:28:42.100 --> 00:28:42.960 and brings 00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:43.740 the judgment 00:28:43.740 --> 00:28:43.920 out? 00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.180 Jesus 00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:44.880 steps in 00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:45.180 at these 00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:45.560 areas 00:28:45.560 --> 00:28:45.820 and says 00:28:45.820 --> 00:28:46.160 I'm 00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:46.220 going to 00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:46.420 examine 00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:46.860 this 00:28:46.860 --> 00:28:47.400 and this 00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:47.760 and this 00:28:47.760 --> 00:28:48.520 and flipping 00:28:48.520 --> 00:28:48.920 these 00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:49.840 over 00:28:49.840 --> 00:28:52.240 and we 00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.620 see the 00:28:52.620 --> 00:28:53.020 judgment 00:28:53.020 --> 00:28:54.260 of Christ 00:28:54.260 --> 00:28:55.540 so in 00:28:55.540 --> 00:28:56.080 these two 00:28:56.080 --> 00:28:56.600 areas 00:28:56.600 --> 00:28:57.080 Jesus 00:28:57.080 --> 00:28:58.280 weeps 00:28:58.280 --> 00:28:59.780 over the 00:28:59.780 --> 00:29:00.320 sin that 00:29:00.320 --> 00:29:00.960 has blinded 00:29:00.960 --> 00:29:01.240 them 00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:02.160 to who 00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:02.600 he is 00:29:02.600 --> 00:29:03.380 Jesus 00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:04.180 attacks 00:29:04.180 --> 00:29:05.160 the sin 00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:05.780 that is 00:29:05.780 --> 00:29:06.460 in your 00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:07.120 life 00:29:07.120 --> 00:29:07.420 that is 00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:08.020 preventing 00:29:08.020 --> 00:29:08.800 you from 00:29:08.800 --> 00:29:09.300 obedience 00:29:09.300 --> 00:29:10.240 and following 00:29:10.240 --> 00:29:11.080 him in a 00:29:11.080 --> 00:29:11.440 day to day 00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:11.780 life 00:29:11.780 --> 00:29:12.520 and my 00:29:12.520 --> 00:29:13.460 concern is 00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:14.180 my prayer 00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:14.740 for us 00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.120 as a 00:29:15.120 --> 00:29:15.480 church 00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:16.120 my prayer 00:29:16.120 --> 00:29:16.660 for us 00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:17.140 as a 00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:17.460 body 00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:17.740 of 00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.220 people 00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:18.560 who 00:29:18.560 --> 00:29:19.060 claim 00:29:19.060 --> 00:29:19.580 to be 00:29:19.580 --> 00:29:20.120 believers 00:29:20.120 --> 00:29:20.840 is that 00:29:20.840 --> 00:29:21.220 within 00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:21.700 this 00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.240 are there 00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:22.780 things 00:29:22.780 --> 00:29:23.280 in this 00:29:23.280 --> 00:29:23.760 world 00:29:23.760 --> 00:29:24.300 that are 00:29:24.300 --> 00:29:24.780 causing 00:29:24.780 --> 00:29:25.300 us 00:29:25.300 --> 00:29:26.040 to not 00:29:26.040 --> 00:29:26.280 see 00:29:26.280 --> 00:29:26.760 Jesus 00:29:26.760 --> 00:29:27.700 for clearly 00:29:27.700 --> 00:29:28.380 who he 00:29:28.380 --> 00:29:28.760 is 00:29:28.760 --> 00:29:29.460 to only 00:29:29.460 --> 00:29:29.820 see 00:29:29.820 --> 00:29:30.320 Jesus 00:29:30.320 --> 00:29:30.940 as a 00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.200 means 00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:31.540 to the 00:29:31.540 --> 00:29:31.820 end 00:29:31.820 --> 00:29:32.300 and when 00:29:32.300 --> 00:29:32.740 Jesus 00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.400 steps 00:29:33.400 --> 00:29:33.660 into 00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:33.920 these 00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:34.360 small 00:29:34.360 --> 00:29:35.360 compartments 00:29:35.360 --> 00:29:36.040 of our 00:29:36.040 --> 00:29:36.440 life 00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:36.720 and says 00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.260 but I'm 00:29:37.260 --> 00:29:37.780 not king 00:29:37.780 --> 00:29:38.080 there 00:29:38.080 --> 00:29:38.480 and I'm 00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:39.040 not king 00:29:39.040 --> 00:29:39.320 there 00:29:39.320 --> 00:29:39.800 and I'm 00:29:39.800 --> 00:29:40.380 not king 00:29:40.380 --> 00:29:40.680 there 00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.240 what is 00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:41.380 our 00:29:41.380 --> 00:29:42.020 response 00:29:42.020 --> 00:29:42.320 to him 00:29:42.320 --> 00:29:42.720 is our 00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.120 response 00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:43.380 you're not 00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:43.560 going to 00:29:43.560 --> 00:29:44.060 tell me 00:29:44.060 --> 00:29:44.400 who I 00:29:44.400 --> 00:29:44.680 am 00:29:44.680 --> 00:29:44.960 as he 00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.360 weeps 00:29:45.360 --> 00:29:45.840 over the 00:29:45.840 --> 00:29:46.160 sin 00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:46.680 and the 00:29:46.680 --> 00:29:47.040 broken 00:29:47.040 --> 00:29:47.380 hardness 00:29:47.380 --> 00:29:47.960 of the 00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.460 blindness 00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:49.180 that we've 00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:49.840 sold ourselves 00:29:49.840 --> 00:29:50.160 to 00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:52.260 and my 00:29:52.260 --> 00:29:52.840 fear is 00:29:52.840 --> 00:29:54.840 we miss 00:29:54.840 --> 00:29:55.360 Jesus 00:29:55.360 --> 00:29:58.060 and close 00:29:58.060 --> 00:29:59.660 don't miss 00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:00.120 Jesus 00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:02.420 don't miss 00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:03.100 the joy 00:30:03.100 --> 00:30:05.020 of knowing 00:30:05.020 --> 00:30:05.600 of eternity 00:30:05.600 --> 00:30:06.180 with him 00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:08.820 hell is 00:30:08.820 --> 00:30:09.220 real 00:30:09.220 --> 00:30:11.240 forever 00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.460 is a 00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:11.700 long 00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.140 time 00:30:12.140 --> 00:30:14.400 Jesus 00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:14.900 is the 00:30:14.900 --> 00:30:15.120 only 00:30:15.120 --> 00:30:15.520 way 00:30:15.520 --> 00:30:17.180 don't 00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:17.460 miss 00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:17.680 him 00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:20.080 but also 00:30:20.080 --> 00:30:20.480 this 00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:22.220 if 00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:22.540 Jesus 00:30:22.540 --> 00:30:22.880 is a 00:30:22.880 --> 00:30:23.100 means 00:30:23.100 --> 00:30:23.440 to an 00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:23.580 end 00:30:23.580 --> 00:30:23.740 you 00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:23.900 will 00:30:23.900 --> 00:30:24.060 miss 00:30:24.060 --> 00:30:24.260 the 00:30:24.260 --> 00:30:24.700 beauty 00:30:24.700 --> 00:30:25.840 of 00:30:25.840 --> 00:30:26.140 seeing 00:30:26.140 --> 00:30:26.340 your 00:30:26.340 --> 00:30:26.660 life 00:30:26.660 --> 00:30:26.960 live 00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:27.120 through 00:30:27.120 --> 00:30:27.240 the 00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.500 power 00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:27.620 of 00:30:27.620 --> 00:30:27.720 the 00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:27.980 spirit 00:30:27.980 --> 00:30:29.340 if 00:30:29.340 --> 00:30:29.700 Jesus 00:30:29.700 --> 00:30:29.900 is 00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:30.060 a 00:30:30.060 --> 00:30:30.360 means 00:30:30.360 --> 00:30:30.520 to 00:30:30.520 --> 00:30:30.680 an 00:30:30.680 --> 00:30:31.000 end 00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.800 you 00:30:31.800 --> 00:30:31.980 will 00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:32.440 miss 00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:32.620 the 00:30:32.620 --> 00:30:32.860 old 00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:33.220 life 00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.360 that 00:30:33.360 --> 00:30:33.480 has 00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:34.080 passed 00:30:34.080 --> 00:30:34.500 away 00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:34.660 and 00:30:34.660 --> 00:30:35.260 experience 00:30:35.260 --> 00:30:35.760 the 00:30:35.760 --> 00:30:35.920 new 00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:36.160 life 00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:36.300 that 00:30:36.300 --> 00:30:36.560 comes 00:30:36.560 --> 00:30:36.700 to 00:30:36.700 --> 00:30:36.820 the 00:30:36.820 --> 00:30:37.160 gospel 00:30:37.160 --> 00:30:39.120 and 00:30:39.120 --> 00:30:39.260 then 00:30:39.260 --> 00:30:39.560 really 00:30:39.560 --> 00:30:41.080 if 00:30:41.080 --> 00:30:41.400 Jesus 00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:41.700 is 00:30:41.700 --> 00:30:41.940 simply 00:30:41.940 --> 00:30:42.100 a 00:30:42.100 --> 00:30:42.320 means 00:30:42.320 --> 00:30:42.500 to 00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:42.680 the 00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:42.960 end 00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:44.440 are 00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:44.600 you 00:30:44.600 --> 00:30:44.800 even 00:30:44.800 --> 00:30:45.120 saved 00:30:45.120 --> 00:30:45.520 anyways 00:30:45.520 --> 00:30:47.160 let's 00:30:47.160 --> 00:30:47.420 pray 00:30:47.420 --> 00:30:54.680 Lord we 00:30:54.680 --> 00:30:55.160 thank you 00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:55.700 for this 00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.240 opportunity 00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:56.900 and time 00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:57.300 we could 00:30:57.300 --> 00:30:57.800 be here 00:30:57.800 --> 00:31:01.140 Lord 00:31:01.140 --> 00:31:01.420 thank you 00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:01.640 for the 00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:02.040 picture 00:31:02.040 --> 00:31:02.460 of 00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:04.240 what you 00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:04.560 show 00:31:04.560 --> 00:31:04.940 us 00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:06.760 as you 00:31:06.760 --> 00:31:07.220 reveal your 00:31:07.220 --> 00:31:07.880 heart 00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:08.420 more and 00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:08.840 more to 00:31:08.840 --> 00:31:09.240 us 00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:11.620 Lord may 00:31:11.620 --> 00:31:12.280 we be 00:31:12.280 --> 00:31:14.960 people 00:31:14.960 --> 00:31:15.300 say 00:31:15.300 --> 00:31:15.740 like Jesus 00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:15.980 you're 00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:17.220 you're not 00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:17.800 just here 00:31:17.800 --> 00:31:18.160 for 00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:19.260 religious 00:31:19.260 --> 00:31:19.820 ritual 00:31:19.820 --> 00:31:20.860 we're 00:31:20.860 --> 00:31:21.760 not just 00:31:21.760 --> 00:31:22.340 here 00:31:22.340 --> 00:31:22.980 for what 00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.400 we can 00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:24.240 get out 00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:24.480 of it 00:31:24.480 --> 00:31:24.820 at the 00:31:24.820 --> 00:31:25.080 end 00:31:25.080 --> 00:31:25.480 of the 00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:25.820 journey 00:31:25.820 --> 00:31:26.560 but we're 00:31:26.560 --> 00:31:26.860 here 00:31:26.860 --> 00:31:27.120 Lord 00:31:27.120 --> 00:31:27.420 so that 00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:27.720 we can 00:31:27.720 --> 00:31:28.700 know you 00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.220 more 00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:29.520 that we 00:31:29.520 --> 00:31:29.820 can be 00:31:29.820 --> 00:31:30.560 transformed 00:31:30.560 --> 00:31:31.280 more 00:31:31.280 --> 00:31:31.520 and we 00:31:31.520 --> 00:31:31.780 can be 00:31:31.780 --> 00:31:32.780 more like 00:31:32.780 --> 00:31:33.080 you 00:31:33.080 --> 00:31:33.380 and then 00:31:33.380 --> 00:31:34.100 Lord what 00:31:34.100 --> 00:31:34.720 we have 00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.160 in that 00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:35.480 moment 00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:35.720 Lord 00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:36.460 is we 00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:37.540 can weep 00:31:37.540 --> 00:31:37.800 over 00:31:37.800 --> 00:31:38.380 cities 00:31:38.380 --> 00:31:38.940 as we 00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.280 look at 00:31:39.280 --> 00:31:39.500 the 00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.060 lostness 00:31:40.060 --> 00:31:40.540 of our 00:31:40.540 --> 00:31:41.300 friends 00:31:41.300 --> 00:31:41.900 and our 00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.360 neighbors 00:31:42.360 --> 00:31:42.740 and our 00:31:42.740 --> 00:31:43.440 family members 00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:43.780 that we 00:31:43.780 --> 00:31:44.700 can weep 00:31:44.700 --> 00:31:45.200 over the 00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.900 lostness 00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:46.340 Lord 00:31:46.340 --> 00:31:47.360 of those 00:31:47.360 --> 00:31:47.960 who are 00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.620 all over 00:31:48.620 --> 00:31:49.380 this world 00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:50.180 who don't 00:31:50.180 --> 00:31:50.600 have the 00:31:50.600 --> 00:31:51.280 hope of 00:31:51.280 --> 00:31:51.820 the gospel 00:31:51.820 --> 00:31:52.480 many 00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:53.040 of whom 00:31:53.040 --> 00:31:53.320 Lord 00:31:53.320 --> 00:31:53.820 do not 00:31:53.820 --> 00:31:54.200 even have 00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:54.680 access 00:31:54.680 --> 00:31:55.160 to the 00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:55.560 gospel 00:31:55.560 --> 00:31:58.800 so Lord 00:31:58.800 --> 00:31:59.080 may we 00:31:59.080 --> 00:31:59.480 be like 00:31:59.480 --> 00:31:59.940 Christ 00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:00.820 and weep 00:32:00.820 --> 00:32:03.920 over them 00:32:03.920 --> 00:32:09.280 Lord 00:32:09.280 --> 00:32:09.900 before we 00:32:09.900 --> 00:32:10.360 walk into 00:32:10.360 --> 00:32:10.900 a room 00:32:10.900 --> 00:32:13.660 and think 00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:14.000 we need to 00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:14.440 start turning 00:32:14.440 --> 00:32:15.200 over tables 00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:18.240 Lord 00:32:18.240 --> 00:32:18.780 may we 00:32:18.780 --> 00:32:21.080 see the 00:32:21.080 --> 00:32:21.480 tables 00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:23.120 that 00:32:23.120 --> 00:32:23.320 you've 00:32:23.320 --> 00:32:23.520 turned 00:32:23.520 --> 00:32:23.900 over 00:32:23.900 --> 00:32:27.260 may we 00:32:27.260 --> 00:32:28.500 Lord 00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.000 repent 00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:31.680 and stop 00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:32.100 trying to 00:32:32.100 --> 00:32:32.360 put the 00:32:32.360 --> 00:32:32.860 pieces of 00:32:32.860 --> 00:32:33.220 the table 00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.800 back together 00:32:33.800 --> 00:32:37.120 but instead 00:32:37.120 --> 00:32:38.880 walk 00:32:38.880 --> 00:32:39.460 toward you 00:32:39.460 --> 00:32:43.960 Lord 00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:44.380 the beauty 00:32:44.380 --> 00:32:45.040 of the 00:32:45.040 --> 00:32:46.440 judgment 00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:46.720 of what 00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:47.200 you bring 00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:47.680 us 00:32:47.680 --> 00:32:49.640 is your 00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:50.080 judgment 00:32:50.080 --> 00:32:51.140 comes with 00:32:51.140 --> 00:32:51.540 warning 00:32:51.540 --> 00:32:54.980 what you're 00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:55.560 calling us 00:32:55.560 --> 00:32:55.800 to 00:32:55.800 --> 00:32:58.740 the life 00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.320 with you 00:32:59.320 --> 00:33:00.560 transformed 00:33:00.560 --> 00:33:01.520 by you 00:33:01.520 --> 00:33:03.960 so Lord 00:33:03.960 --> 00:33:04.560 I thank you 00:33:04.560 --> 00:33:04.860 that we 00:33:04.860 --> 00:33:05.580 are saved 00:33:05.580 --> 00:33:06.360 by grace 00:33:06.360 --> 00:33:06.660 through 00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:07.340 faith 00:33:07.340 --> 00:33:09.240 not something 00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:09.820 we deserve 00:33:09.820 --> 00:33:10.340 it's not 00:33:10.340 --> 00:33:10.780 something that 00:33:10.780 --> 00:33:11.820 we earn 00:33:11.820 --> 00:33:14.200 but it 00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:14.980 comes freely 00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:15.500 to us 00:33:15.500 --> 00:33:16.100 by you 00:33:16.100 --> 00:33:18.460 but Lord 00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:19.180 our response 00:33:19.180 --> 00:33:19.560 to your 00:33:19.560 --> 00:33:20.040 grace 00:33:20.040 --> 00:33:22.800 doesn't 00:33:22.800 --> 00:33:23.440 end when 00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:24.200 we check 00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:24.640 a box 00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:24.980 or say 00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.420 a prayer 00:33:25.420 --> 00:33:27.940 but Lord 00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:28.300 through the 00:33:28.300 --> 00:33:28.740 power of 00:33:28.740 --> 00:33:29.280 your spirit 00:33:29.280 --> 00:33:29.640 may we 00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:30.300 respond to 00:33:30.300 --> 00:33:30.900 your grace 00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:31.800 daily 00:33:31.800 --> 00:33:34.340 being 00:33:34.340 --> 00:33:35.040 transformed 00:33:35.040 --> 00:33:35.480 and made 00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:35.700 in your 00:33:35.700 --> 00:33:36.220 likeness 00:33:36.220 --> 00:33:39.020 it's in 00:33:39.020 --> 00:33:39.280 Jesus 00:33:39.280 --> 00:33:39.520 name we 00:33:39.520 --> 00:33:39.760 pray 00:33:39.760 --> 00:33:41.180 amen 00:33:41.180 --> 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