1 00:00:02,502 --> 00:00:05,505 Well, happy Super Bowl Sunday, everybody. 2 00:00:06,206 --> 00:00:09,242 Today we have the New England Patriots 3 00:00:10,610 --> 00:00:12,545 versus the held off 4 00:00:12,545 --> 00:00:16,816 small weak boo versus the Seattle Seahawks. 5 00:00:17,550 --> 00:00:21,021 And then just for fun, let's just vote with our hands really quick. 6 00:00:21,488 --> 00:00:23,857 I'd like you to clap for the team that you want to win today. 7 00:00:23,857 --> 00:00:25,458 All right. 8 00:00:25,458 --> 00:00:28,461 New England Patriots. 9 00:00:30,096 --> 00:00:31,431 Couple of one of these. 10 00:00:31,431 --> 00:00:34,567 But then on my buddy over, he's like getting a little caveman. 11 00:00:35,502 --> 00:00:37,003 And then how about the Seahawks? 12 00:00:37,003 --> 00:00:37,904 The Seahawks today. 13 00:00:37,904 --> 00:00:40,907 Seahawks. 14 00:00:44,744 --> 00:00:47,047 I think the Patriots got that one. 15 00:00:47,047 --> 00:00:48,548 First service was all Seahawks. 16 00:00:48,548 --> 00:00:51,551 They were like and then 17 00:00:51,751 --> 00:00:56,823 well as always today I will be passionately 18 00:00:57,690 --> 00:01:00,660 cheering on the Minnesota Vikings. 19 00:01:00,693 --> 00:01:04,531 And as always they're not they're they've they're they didn't make it this. 20 00:01:04,798 --> 00:01:06,733 We were almost there. 21 00:01:06,733 --> 00:01:07,867 Not really. 22 00:01:07,867 --> 00:01:10,870 As long as, the Packers aren't there, I have some friends 23 00:01:10,870 --> 00:01:11,704 you're rooting for the Packers. 24 00:01:11,704 --> 00:01:14,707 And definitely as long as the bears are not there. 25 00:01:14,774 --> 00:01:15,742 We're good. 26 00:01:15,742 --> 00:01:16,743 We're good to go. 27 00:01:16,743 --> 00:01:18,378 Actually, I was rooting for the bears, man. 28 00:01:18,378 --> 00:01:20,713 I was like, come on, Caleb. Paint those nails. 29 00:01:22,282 --> 00:01:25,985 Hey. Anyway, Carl is in Idaho today. 30 00:01:25,985 --> 00:01:28,054 He is, 31 00:01:28,054 --> 00:01:32,592 with his family with, with a couple of his grandkids, 32 00:01:32,592 --> 00:01:35,595 and they are enjoying time together. 33 00:01:36,162 --> 00:01:39,365 And just before I get going, I just want to say it's such a privilege 34 00:01:40,033 --> 00:01:45,171 to share a platform with a man who truly loves God and loves others, 35 00:01:45,939 --> 00:01:50,043 and he works his booty off for this community. 36 00:01:51,010 --> 00:01:53,680 And in this church. 37 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:56,683 And so I want to just pray for him really quick. 38 00:01:57,050 --> 00:01:59,519 Father, thank you for Carl. 39 00:01:59,519 --> 00:02:02,522 Thank you for his life and his, 40 00:02:03,223 --> 00:02:05,992 his his calling to be here in this 41 00:02:05,992 --> 00:02:08,995 Madera ranchos, at this church. 42 00:02:09,362 --> 00:02:12,365 I pray that this morning I pray that you would give him rest. 43 00:02:13,700 --> 00:02:16,703 I pray that you would equip him with vision. 44 00:02:16,736 --> 00:02:18,071 Give him energy. This morning. 45 00:02:20,073 --> 00:02:22,408 I pray this in the name of Jesus Christ. 46 00:02:22,408 --> 00:02:24,144 Amen. 47 00:02:24,144 --> 00:02:27,647 Last week our high school and middle school were at Hume Lake. 48 00:02:28,081 --> 00:02:31,084 They were doing some cool things. 49 00:02:31,918 --> 00:02:32,852 Anybody? 50 00:02:32,852 --> 00:02:34,454 Were you there last week? 51 00:02:34,454 --> 00:02:35,121 Who was there? 52 00:02:35,121 --> 00:02:37,657 Was there anybody here that was there last week? 53 00:02:37,657 --> 00:02:40,660 Couple of us. Okay, cool. Was it all right? 54 00:02:40,927 --> 00:02:41,628 It was pretty good. 55 00:02:41,628 --> 00:02:44,330 I talked to Michael, our youth pastor, and he said that where 56 00:02:44,330 --> 00:02:47,433 there were many of our high school and middle school kids, 57 00:02:47,433 --> 00:02:51,738 they got to experience Jesus in a fresh and new way. 58 00:02:51,871 --> 00:02:54,841 And so praise God for that. That's awesome. 59 00:02:54,874 --> 00:02:56,042 This weekend. 60 00:02:56,042 --> 00:02:59,479 Are our, sixth grade and fifth grade. 61 00:02:59,479 --> 00:03:01,147 And we had a few fourth graders. 62 00:03:01,147 --> 00:03:03,950 They were up at Heartland Camp. 63 00:03:03,950 --> 00:03:05,718 My daughter's up there. 64 00:03:05,718 --> 00:03:06,986 Your daughter's up there? 65 00:03:06,986 --> 00:03:08,421 My wife is up there. 66 00:03:09,622 --> 00:03:10,023 And they're 67 00:03:10,023 --> 00:03:13,960 probably just packing up the vans and about to head home right now, but, 68 00:03:14,594 --> 00:03:17,430 I want to pray for those two groups as well, so. God. 69 00:03:17,430 --> 00:03:21,501 Thank you for the opportunity for our our youth, 70 00:03:21,501 --> 00:03:24,737 our younger ones, to learn about you in such a cool environment. 71 00:03:25,205 --> 00:03:26,072 Thank you for Hume. 72 00:03:26,072 --> 00:03:28,041 Like, thank you for heartland. 73 00:03:28,041 --> 00:03:28,741 But God. 74 00:03:28,741 --> 00:03:31,544 But God, hear me here. 75 00:03:31,544 --> 00:03:34,547 May it not be just a weekend for these kids. 76 00:03:36,249 --> 00:03:38,718 May you follow them down the hill. 77 00:03:38,718 --> 00:03:40,887 May you join them in their houses, 78 00:03:40,887 --> 00:03:44,490 their schools, and may that that faith 79 00:03:44,490 --> 00:03:48,728 or that experience that they got to have, may it be stronger. 80 00:03:49,429 --> 00:03:52,832 And would it lead into every area of their life. 81 00:03:54,667 --> 00:03:57,670 I pray that in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. 82 00:03:59,239 --> 00:04:00,340 Cool. 83 00:04:00,340 --> 00:04:03,476 We've been in the middle of a series called Kingdom Now. 84 00:04:04,711 --> 00:04:07,747 There's a crazy looking lion behind me looking through that K. 85 00:04:07,947 --> 00:04:10,883 I think that's pretty sweet, but, before we jump in, 86 00:04:10,883 --> 00:04:13,886 I want to define what this actually means, 87 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:17,523 because in a lot of ways, people believe that the kingdom of God 88 00:04:17,890 --> 00:04:21,527 is is like one day when we die, 89 00:04:21,527 --> 00:04:26,299 we're going to get to go to this heaven and the kingdom of God's there, 90 00:04:26,299 --> 00:04:29,602 and there will be clouds and babies with harps. 91 00:04:31,437 --> 00:04:34,440 But any time Jesus spoke 92 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:36,776 of the kingdom of heaven, 93 00:04:36,776 --> 00:04:39,779 the kingdom of God, he spoke about it very differently. 94 00:04:40,813 --> 00:04:43,816 See, Jesus wasn't creating a new religion. 95 00:04:44,017 --> 00:04:47,887 He was announcing a new reality, a reality 96 00:04:47,887 --> 00:04:51,391 that God has come to earth through Jesus. 97 00:04:51,958 --> 00:04:53,493 The King is here 98 00:04:54,527 --> 00:04:55,962 and that we 99 00:04:55,962 --> 00:05:00,366 have an opportunity to experience this life. 100 00:05:01,434 --> 00:05:04,904 This, this, this, a kingdom of God is available 101 00:05:05,371 --> 00:05:09,309 to us right here, right now. 102 00:05:10,009 --> 00:05:12,211 Kingdom now. 103 00:05:12,211 --> 00:05:14,480 And so it's been with that lens 104 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:18,351 that we've been walking through the book of Matthew. 105 00:05:19,619 --> 00:05:22,622 And we've been in Matthew for a while now. 106 00:05:23,589 --> 00:05:27,327 But we've been reading it line by line, chapter by chapter, 107 00:05:27,327 --> 00:05:33,866 and we have been looking for for areas of Jesus's life and what he did 108 00:05:34,701 --> 00:05:37,704 that talks to us today. 109 00:05:37,770 --> 00:05:40,606 And so with that said, 110 00:05:40,606 --> 00:05:43,609 I want to jump in the big idea today 111 00:05:43,876 --> 00:05:46,879 is, is this very simple phrase. 112 00:05:48,147 --> 00:05:50,383 But before I jump in, I gotta show you this map. 113 00:05:50,383 --> 00:05:53,953 It's kind of a there's there's a couple of maps, all of Matthew. 114 00:05:53,953 --> 00:05:56,456 We've been all over the place. He was born in Bethlehem. 115 00:05:56,456 --> 00:05:59,992 He came down here to Egypt, escaping some stuff. 116 00:05:59,992 --> 00:06:02,628 And then he he goes up to Nazareth. 117 00:06:02,628 --> 00:06:05,131 And that's pretty much where he was raised. 118 00:06:05,131 --> 00:06:08,167 And then he goes into the wilderness, and then he comes back 119 00:06:08,835 --> 00:06:12,071 and he's hanging out by the Sea of Galilee. 120 00:06:12,538 --> 00:06:17,610 And this is where this is where he he begins to gain some followers. 121 00:06:17,610 --> 00:06:20,313 He starts talking to some of the fishermen that are here. 122 00:06:20,313 --> 00:06:23,282 And they they leave their nets and they follow him. 123 00:06:23,483 --> 00:06:25,918 We just got done walking through the sermon 124 00:06:25,918 --> 00:06:29,288 on the Mount, right near this, this lake. 125 00:06:29,288 --> 00:06:33,960 He gives this talk and it's popularized as the sermon on the Mount. 126 00:06:34,861 --> 00:06:38,898 It's the longest recorded talk of Jesus that we have in the scriptures. 127 00:06:39,399 --> 00:06:42,869 And, and then he starts healing people, and he starts 128 00:06:43,002 --> 00:06:47,940 confronting chaos all over this area, this region, anywhere he goes. 129 00:06:48,107 --> 00:06:51,878 And there's a passage that anybody who came to him, they were healed. 130 00:06:52,678 --> 00:06:54,180 He's casting demons out. 131 00:06:54,180 --> 00:06:56,582 He's healing, people with leprosy. 132 00:06:56,582 --> 00:06:59,152 He's he's doing crazy things. 133 00:07:00,553 --> 00:07:03,556 And he is quickly becoming 134 00:07:04,056 --> 00:07:07,059 one of the most followed and popular 135 00:07:07,093 --> 00:07:10,096 rabbis in Israel. 136 00:07:10,797 --> 00:07:14,133 He's gaining a lot of fans real quick. 137 00:07:15,935 --> 00:07:17,837 But then there was this moment. 138 00:07:17,837 --> 00:07:20,840 We got into it just briefly last week. 139 00:07:20,940 --> 00:07:23,943 There was this sad scene. 140 00:07:24,243 --> 00:07:27,046 There was this this, 141 00:07:27,046 --> 00:07:31,017 scribe or some of your Bibles might call him a teacher of the law. 142 00:07:31,884 --> 00:07:36,589 So he was like a priest, and he walks up to Jesus. 143 00:07:36,589 --> 00:07:41,194 He's seeing all of these amazing miracles, and he walks up to Jesus. 144 00:07:41,427 --> 00:07:44,430 Jesus is about to get on a boat, and he says, Jesus, 145 00:07:45,331 --> 00:07:48,301 I will follow you wherever you go. 146 00:07:50,503 --> 00:07:53,506 What a beautiful thing, right? 147 00:07:53,806 --> 00:07:55,041 But then Jesus looks at him. 148 00:07:55,041 --> 00:07:57,176 He says. 149 00:07:57,176 --> 00:08:00,713 He says foxes have dens, birds have nests. 150 00:08:01,781 --> 00:08:03,850 The Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head. 151 00:08:05,551 --> 00:08:07,353 In other words, if you choose to follow 152 00:08:07,353 --> 00:08:10,356 me, it's not going to be comfortable. 153 00:08:11,958 --> 00:08:14,961 Now, the Bible doesn't say what happened, 154 00:08:15,027 --> 00:08:20,199 doesn't say whether this guy said, sure, let me get on the boat with you or or not, 155 00:08:20,466 --> 00:08:24,203 but but most scholars and and the way the, the, 156 00:08:24,504 --> 00:08:28,641 the, the ancient, Jewish writing, what has been most 157 00:08:28,641 --> 00:08:31,644 people would believe and assume 158 00:08:31,744 --> 00:08:34,747 that he heard this. 159 00:08:35,248 --> 00:08:38,251 And then he probably looked 160 00:08:38,317 --> 00:08:41,320 and thought about his life 161 00:08:41,921 --> 00:08:44,924 and he probably said, no, thank you. 162 00:08:46,292 --> 00:08:47,827 And he probably scooted 163 00:08:47,827 --> 00:08:50,830 way backwards back to his home 164 00:08:51,230 --> 00:08:54,233 and to his plans. 165 00:08:55,201 --> 00:08:56,035 Let me make this clear. 166 00:08:56,035 --> 00:08:59,038 Jesus never marketed comfort ever. 167 00:08:59,372 --> 00:09:02,575 He always said that there was a cost. 168 00:09:03,209 --> 00:09:06,646 But so often many of us walk up to Jesus. 169 00:09:08,381 --> 00:09:09,782 We walk to church. 170 00:09:09,782 --> 00:09:11,551 We're like, man, I've lived a crazy life. 171 00:09:11,551 --> 00:09:14,387 It's time for me to settle down. 172 00:09:14,387 --> 00:09:15,421 All right? Jesus. 173 00:09:15,421 --> 00:09:17,189 And I'm here with my pillow. 174 00:09:17,189 --> 00:09:20,192 And you're going to make things better now. 175 00:09:20,192 --> 00:09:24,630 It's going to be comfortable and, we we want coat. 176 00:09:24,664 --> 00:09:26,132 We want couch. Jesus. 177 00:09:27,900 --> 00:09:30,836 But often Jesus shows up as a coach. 178 00:09:30,836 --> 00:09:32,972 He's holding the whistle. 179 00:09:32,972 --> 00:09:34,941 See what I did there, Andy? See? 180 00:09:34,941 --> 00:09:35,775 And he's a coach. 181 00:09:35,775 --> 00:09:36,943 And he knows that 182 00:09:36,943 --> 00:09:41,113 when the boys show up on the field, he's not making their bed in the dugout. 183 00:09:41,113 --> 00:09:44,116 He says, let's go. We got to get better. 184 00:09:44,383 --> 00:09:48,354 So our big idea today, just a very simple big idea. 185 00:09:48,654 --> 00:09:51,657 Is this where the kingdom of God is 186 00:09:52,291 --> 00:09:55,261 chaos, is confronted. 187 00:09:58,097 --> 00:10:01,100 But your comfort will be challenged. 188 00:10:03,135 --> 00:10:06,505 Chaos will be confronted anywhere Jesus went. 189 00:10:07,006 --> 00:10:10,009 Chaos was stilled. 190 00:10:10,242 --> 00:10:13,245 It was often uncomfortable. 191 00:10:14,847 --> 00:10:18,951 Today we're going to look at two pretty popular scenes. 192 00:10:18,951 --> 00:10:21,787 These narratives, 193 00:10:21,787 --> 00:10:23,956 and as we read them, we're going 194 00:10:23,956 --> 00:10:27,994 to be reading them with this idea that chaos will be confronted. 195 00:10:27,994 --> 00:10:29,762 But watch the comfort levels. 196 00:10:30,730 --> 00:10:33,366 Today we're going to be in Matthew chapter eight. 197 00:10:33,366 --> 00:10:37,470 If you have a Bible or your smartphone or however 198 00:10:37,470 --> 00:10:40,473 you want to join us, we're in chapter eight today. 199 00:10:42,341 --> 00:10:45,244 And I invite you there to as you as we hear this, 200 00:10:45,244 --> 00:10:48,714 as we watch this, hear these with with fresh ears today 201 00:10:49,782 --> 00:10:52,785 and see them with fresh eyes. 202 00:10:53,185 --> 00:10:56,188 Father, would you speak now? 203 00:10:58,024 --> 00:11:00,593 Would you guide my brain, 204 00:11:00,593 --> 00:11:03,596 our brains, as we hear your word 205 00:11:03,963 --> 00:11:05,331 and any plans that I have? 206 00:11:05,331 --> 00:11:08,334 Father, you have freedom to disrupt them. 207 00:11:09,201 --> 00:11:11,737 May you speak to this group of people. 208 00:11:11,737 --> 00:11:14,740 And may this group of people hear you, 209 00:11:15,307 --> 00:11:16,842 even if it's different than first service. 210 00:11:16,842 --> 00:11:19,845 This is a different group of people. 211 00:11:19,912 --> 00:11:22,915 Be with us, God. 212 00:11:22,982 --> 00:11:24,183 All right. 213 00:11:24,183 --> 00:11:26,852 I'm going to start right here. Verse 23. 214 00:11:28,020 --> 00:11:29,255 I have a little subtitle in mind. 215 00:11:29,255 --> 00:11:32,258 I'm going to be reading out of the NIV today. 216 00:11:32,324 --> 00:11:35,561 And my subtitle says Jesus Calms the Storm. 217 00:11:36,028 --> 00:11:37,797 All right. Familiar passage. 218 00:11:37,797 --> 00:11:41,300 Most of us have heard this before, but let's let's jump in. 219 00:11:42,034 --> 00:11:43,736 Goes like this. 220 00:11:43,736 --> 00:11:47,373 Then he, Jesus, got into the boat 221 00:11:47,873 --> 00:11:50,876 and his disciples followed him. 222 00:11:51,177 --> 00:11:55,514 Suddenly, a furious storm came on the lake 223 00:11:55,514 --> 00:11:58,951 so that the waves swept over the boat. 224 00:12:00,086 --> 00:12:02,755 But Jesus was sleeping. 225 00:12:02,755 --> 00:12:06,325 The disciples went and woke him, saying, Lord, save us! 226 00:12:06,425 --> 00:12:09,295 We're going to drown. 227 00:12:09,295 --> 00:12:11,230 Imma pause right here. 228 00:12:11,230 --> 00:12:12,098 I want to pause right here. 229 00:12:12,098 --> 00:12:14,400 Give a little bit of context. 230 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:17,970 Jesus just got done talking to this guy who wants to follow him. 231 00:12:18,370 --> 00:12:21,073 He gets onto the boats. 232 00:12:21,073 --> 00:12:24,677 He's fully God and he's fully human, so he's exhausted. 233 00:12:25,478 --> 00:12:28,581 He finds a little, finds a little cranny over there in the boat. 234 00:12:28,581 --> 00:12:33,886 And he he's taking a little snooze while he's snoozing a furious storm. 235 00:12:33,919 --> 00:12:36,922 Maybe some of your Bibles say a furious squall. 236 00:12:37,790 --> 00:12:42,361 The English translators were trying to make it sound like this is a big deal. 237 00:12:42,762 --> 00:12:46,766 Now, a little bit of, idea about the Sea of Galilee. 238 00:12:46,799 --> 00:12:49,001 It's actually just a lake in Israel. 239 00:12:49,001 --> 00:12:50,503 This is the Sea of Galilee. 240 00:12:52,338 --> 00:12:55,341 Jesus would have gotten into it over there. 241 00:12:56,709 --> 00:13:01,046 And he's planning to go over there, and they call it a sea. 242 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:04,083 But it's actually just a really, really big lake. 243 00:13:04,216 --> 00:13:07,253 It's actually, like, eight miles wide 244 00:13:07,253 --> 00:13:10,256 and about 13 miles long, 245 00:13:11,056 --> 00:13:15,294 which doesn't mean much to a lot of us, but many of us have been to Miller ten, 246 00:13:15,661 --> 00:13:18,364 which is right down the road here, which is like 30 minutes away. 247 00:13:18,364 --> 00:13:25,171 And Milton Lake is, about the same wide or, sorry, long. 248 00:13:25,171 --> 00:13:28,174 So it's about 13, 14 miles long 249 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:31,243 and it's, it's three miles wide. 250 00:13:31,944 --> 00:13:34,947 So I was just kind of curious, kind of put them next to each other. 251 00:13:35,181 --> 00:13:39,485 And then I did this just for, because I seen that on, like, stuff. 252 00:13:39,485 --> 00:13:40,653 And I think it's cool. 253 00:13:40,653 --> 00:13:43,589 And I'm like, okay, so Milton's a big lake. 254 00:13:44,590 --> 00:13:47,326 Sea of Galilee is huge. 255 00:13:47,326 --> 00:13:50,830 And then I want you to know that this it's it's at the bottom of this, 256 00:13:50,830 --> 00:13:54,166 like, valley 700ft below sea level. 257 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:57,736 It's actually the lowest freshwater lake in the world. 258 00:13:58,404 --> 00:14:02,041 And so when the winds mix, something weird happens. 259 00:14:02,041 --> 00:14:05,010 And it actually creates these crazy storms. 260 00:14:05,911 --> 00:14:08,581 Modern day storms record that there were 261 00:14:08,581 --> 00:14:11,584 some ten foot waves happening just a few years ago. 262 00:14:12,852 --> 00:14:14,587 And so so I want you to know 263 00:14:14,587 --> 00:14:17,590 that this was no little drizzle. 264 00:14:17,723 --> 00:14:21,393 I also, I think a lot of us know that some of the disciples 265 00:14:22,261 --> 00:14:24,964 that Jesus recruited, some of the guys that were on the boat 266 00:14:24,964 --> 00:14:28,267 with Jesus were professional fishermen. 267 00:14:29,368 --> 00:14:32,671 They were seasoned in the seas and 268 00:14:33,906 --> 00:14:35,507 it's not like they've never been in a boat before. 269 00:14:35,507 --> 00:14:38,510 And it's not like they've never been in a storm before. 270 00:14:38,577 --> 00:14:42,581 These guys know what to do when the storm happens. 271 00:14:42,581 --> 00:14:44,950 Yet they were panicking 272 00:14:46,652 --> 00:14:48,187 with Jesus right there. 273 00:14:48,187 --> 00:14:51,190 Jesus was right there and they were panicking 274 00:14:52,458 --> 00:14:56,996 and they were afraid with 275 00:14:58,530 --> 00:15:02,601 this guy who just did miracles sitting right there and and I. 276 00:15:02,801 --> 00:15:05,437 And it made me think of this, this moment. 277 00:15:05,437 --> 00:15:06,872 Many of us who are parents like, 278 00:15:06,872 --> 00:15:09,875 why don't we teach our kids how to swim or we take them somewhere? 279 00:15:10,609 --> 00:15:13,612 I was thinking of this moment with my son, 280 00:15:14,046 --> 00:15:15,915 Jack and he. 281 00:15:15,915 --> 00:15:18,717 I remember he was getting a little confidence around the pool. 282 00:15:18,717 --> 00:15:21,720 Right? Like, he like, he's all that, and. 283 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:25,925 And so one day I was holding them, and I just 284 00:15:27,493 --> 00:15:29,528 dropped them, and I was in the water with them, 285 00:15:29,528 --> 00:15:32,531 and I dropped them, and I let them sink a little bit. 286 00:15:32,598 --> 00:15:35,000 And I remember he was trying to swim, 287 00:15:35,968 --> 00:15:38,470 and then he started sinking. 288 00:15:38,470 --> 00:15:42,908 And I remember his eyes looking through the water at me, 289 00:15:42,908 --> 00:15:44,009 and I'm just staring at him. 290 00:15:44,009 --> 00:15:46,745 His eyes were saying this, 291 00:15:46,745 --> 00:15:48,280 are you going to do anything? 292 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:51,283 Like, are you going to let me drown here? 293 00:15:52,551 --> 00:15:55,354 I let him struggle a little bit, and then I pulled them up 294 00:15:55,354 --> 00:15:58,357 because I got to teach them to respect the water. 295 00:15:58,691 --> 00:16:01,794 These disciples, they were afraid of the storm. 296 00:16:02,561 --> 00:16:03,963 Sure. 297 00:16:03,963 --> 00:16:07,232 They were also afraid that Jesus 298 00:16:07,232 --> 00:16:10,202 wasn't going to do anything about it. 299 00:16:11,370 --> 00:16:15,708 There's another, gospel that says it as a little bit. 300 00:16:15,741 --> 00:16:18,744 It says, do you even care about us? 301 00:16:26,352 --> 00:16:26,752 Chaos 302 00:16:26,752 --> 00:16:29,755 will be confronted, but it's not always comfortable. 303 00:16:30,222 --> 00:16:31,690 I'm gonna keep reading it. 304 00:16:31,690 --> 00:16:36,295 Matthew, eight 2626 says he replied. 305 00:16:38,597 --> 00:16:41,867 You of little faith, why are you so afraid? 306 00:16:42,968 --> 00:16:44,570 Then he got up 307 00:16:44,570 --> 00:16:47,106 and rebuked the winds and the waves, 308 00:16:47,106 --> 00:16:50,209 and it was completely calm. 309 00:16:51,510 --> 00:16:53,812 Now, if you were here last week, 310 00:16:53,812 --> 00:16:56,181 you remember this centurion. 311 00:16:56,181 --> 00:16:58,684 Do you remember what happened? 312 00:16:58,684 --> 00:17:00,486 Jesus a Gentile. 313 00:17:00,486 --> 00:17:03,122 He wasn't a disciple. He wasn't Jewish. 314 00:17:03,122 --> 00:17:07,459 This centurion went to Jesus, and Jesus marveled 315 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:10,562 at his faith. 316 00:17:10,562 --> 00:17:12,464 He's like, I've never seen such faith. 317 00:17:12,464 --> 00:17:14,800 Is this such great faith? 318 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:18,003 And then potentially just a couple hours later, 319 00:17:19,271 --> 00:17:22,274 his disciples, the ones that have devoted their life to him, 320 00:17:23,475 --> 00:17:25,044 he's like, 321 00:17:25,044 --> 00:17:28,047 and you guys have little faith in. 322 00:17:30,215 --> 00:17:33,218 27 says. 323 00:17:33,519 --> 00:17:35,521 The men were amazed. 324 00:17:35,521 --> 00:17:38,490 It went from furious storm 325 00:17:38,724 --> 00:17:43,862 squall, ten foot waves crashing over, went from furious storm 326 00:17:43,862 --> 00:17:46,865 to completely calm. 327 00:17:48,033 --> 00:17:49,568 The men were amazed and rightly so. 328 00:17:49,568 --> 00:17:51,737 That must have been some crazy event. 329 00:17:53,272 --> 00:17:54,973 And then they asked, 330 00:17:54,973 --> 00:17:57,976 what kind of man is this? 331 00:17:58,143 --> 00:18:01,547 Even the winds and the waves obey him. 332 00:18:03,615 --> 00:18:04,383 And I gotta say this. 333 00:18:04,383 --> 00:18:05,951 When Matthew is telling this, 334 00:18:05,951 --> 00:18:09,388 when Matthew is writing this, he is writing to an audience. 335 00:18:09,721 --> 00:18:13,025 An ancient Israelite audience 336 00:18:13,358 --> 00:18:17,162 that believe nobody talks to the weather. 337 00:18:19,231 --> 00:18:21,700 Nothing can change 338 00:18:21,700 --> 00:18:25,270 the wind or the rain or the clouds except a god. 339 00:18:26,338 --> 00:18:29,842 The Greeks had Zeus, the god of thunder and the clouds. 340 00:18:30,542 --> 00:18:32,945 And so when Matthew's writing this, he's he's actually 341 00:18:32,945 --> 00:18:35,948 making a theological claim. 342 00:18:37,049 --> 00:18:38,217 This guy, 343 00:18:38,217 --> 00:18:41,220 this man that you're asking, who is he? 344 00:18:41,353 --> 00:18:43,155 Oh, he's got 345 00:18:43,155 --> 00:18:47,793 even the wind and the waves obey him. 346 00:18:48,961 --> 00:18:50,529 And he asks them a simple question. 347 00:18:50,529 --> 00:18:53,532 Why are you so afraid? 348 00:18:54,700 --> 00:18:56,168 I have a true statement up here. 349 00:18:56,168 --> 00:18:57,636 It's a little bit of a tongue twister. 350 00:18:57,636 --> 00:19:00,439 So, But take a moment and 351 00:19:01,807 --> 00:19:04,810 read that for a second. 352 00:19:10,449 --> 00:19:13,452 It says the presence of chaos 353 00:19:13,452 --> 00:19:16,455 does not mean the absence of Jesus. 354 00:19:17,389 --> 00:19:20,392 And then it says the presence of Jesus does not mean 355 00:19:20,826 --> 00:19:23,829 the absence of storms. 356 00:19:24,530 --> 00:19:27,299 Can I break that down for a second? 357 00:19:27,299 --> 00:19:29,801 When you're walking through life 358 00:19:29,801 --> 00:19:32,804 and chaos is happening all around you. 359 00:19:35,974 --> 00:19:38,410 Maybe it's financial or, 360 00:19:38,410 --> 00:19:41,213 maybe it has to do with your marriage or your kids. 361 00:19:41,213 --> 00:19:42,214 Or maybe your work. 362 00:19:42,214 --> 00:19:46,118 When chaos is going, it doesn't mean that Jesus isn't there. 363 00:19:48,687 --> 00:19:50,422 And even the disciples are like, why are you? 364 00:19:50,422 --> 00:19:51,723 Why are you going to save us? 365 00:19:51,723 --> 00:19:56,161 It is human nature to question if Jesus is even there 366 00:19:57,296 --> 00:19:58,263 walking through life. 367 00:19:58,263 --> 00:20:00,632 And oh man, that didn't go according to how I thought, 368 00:20:00,632 --> 00:20:03,168 well, Jesus, where do you even care about me? Jesus? 369 00:20:04,403 --> 00:20:05,003 There must. 370 00:20:05,003 --> 00:20:06,772 God must not exist. 371 00:20:06,772 --> 00:20:09,775 You know, we jump so quickly to these things. 372 00:20:11,043 --> 00:20:13,745 I'm a little embarrassed to say this. 373 00:20:13,745 --> 00:20:14,947 Steve, I'm a little embarrassed. 374 00:20:14,947 --> 00:20:19,151 But in between high school and college, I got to go play on this team. 375 00:20:19,151 --> 00:20:21,720 And we traveled baseball. We traveled all over. 376 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:23,622 And I remember we went to Hawaii, and. 377 00:20:23,622 --> 00:20:27,793 And I went, in this one tournament, and I went, oh, for 20 over 378 00:20:27,793 --> 00:20:30,796 20 means no hits out of 20 at bats. 379 00:20:30,963 --> 00:20:35,701 And I and and out of that 20, I had 18 strikeouts. 380 00:20:36,902 --> 00:20:39,204 I mean, that's not good. 381 00:20:39,204 --> 00:20:42,207 And I remember as a little embarrassing, but I remember thinking, God, I'm 382 00:20:42,207 --> 00:20:43,809 trying to be a good guy, man. 383 00:20:43,809 --> 00:20:46,812 My teammates are over here messing around all night. 384 00:20:46,878 --> 00:20:49,548 They're doing stuff that I think isn't good. 385 00:20:49,548 --> 00:20:51,583 And here I am. I'm trying to be a good guy. 386 00:20:52,784 --> 00:20:53,885 Are you in there? 387 00:20:53,885 --> 00:20:56,888 I remember thinking that. 388 00:20:59,491 --> 00:21:02,494 This is a true statement here. 389 00:21:03,662 --> 00:21:06,632 He says, why are you so afraid? 390 00:21:06,632 --> 00:21:09,635 Jesus never marketed comfort right? 391 00:21:10,235 --> 00:21:12,638 At some point he says, if you choose to follow me, 392 00:21:12,638 --> 00:21:17,709 you have to deny yourself and bear your cross littered throughout. 393 00:21:18,176 --> 00:21:23,081 Littered through the Bible are stories of people who loved God, 394 00:21:23,081 --> 00:21:26,084 who sought God out, who did everything they could. 395 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:30,756 And they went through it. 396 00:21:30,756 --> 00:21:32,991 Can you imagine Adam and Eve 397 00:21:32,991 --> 00:21:36,461 having to watch their son murder his brother 398 00:21:37,796 --> 00:21:39,631 or Noah 399 00:21:39,631 --> 00:21:42,634 building this crazy thing? 400 00:21:42,768 --> 00:21:44,770 Everyone's talking about him. He. 401 00:21:44,770 --> 00:21:47,773 That boy had no friends. 402 00:21:48,173 --> 00:21:50,475 Can you imagine King David being anointed king 403 00:21:50,475 --> 00:21:53,478 and then having to run for his life for years? 404 00:21:55,180 --> 00:21:56,148 Daniel. 405 00:21:56,148 --> 00:21:57,716 All he did was pray. He got thrown into a, 406 00:21:58,917 --> 00:22:01,286 lion's den. 407 00:22:01,286 --> 00:22:04,289 Mary, the mother of Jesus. 408 00:22:04,423 --> 00:22:07,426 Young teenage girl, 409 00:22:07,492 --> 00:22:09,628 had to deal with rumors. 410 00:22:09,628 --> 00:22:11,430 People talking about her. 411 00:22:11,430 --> 00:22:14,433 Her husband didn't know what to believe. 412 00:22:14,499 --> 00:22:17,502 And then she's riding a donkey with a big old belly. 413 00:22:18,036 --> 00:22:20,639 That's chaos. 414 00:22:20,639 --> 00:22:23,642 John the Baptist did his best, but got his head cut off. 415 00:22:24,242 --> 00:22:27,245 Paul, one of the the most, 416 00:22:27,479 --> 00:22:30,482 the most effective missionaries that we know, spent 417 00:22:30,482 --> 00:22:33,452 most of his life following Jesus in prison. 418 00:22:33,452 --> 00:22:37,456 Jesus never said, hey, follow me and make sure you bring your pillow 419 00:22:37,456 --> 00:22:39,191 because it's going to be nice and cozy. 420 00:22:39,191 --> 00:22:41,493 No, he said, 421 00:22:41,493 --> 00:22:44,429 foxes have dens. 422 00:22:44,429 --> 00:22:45,931 Birds have nests. 423 00:22:45,931 --> 00:22:48,266 Son of man has nowhere to lay his head. 424 00:22:48,266 --> 00:22:51,269 This isn't going to be comfortable. 425 00:22:51,870 --> 00:22:57,309 Chaos is typically not a sign that God has left you. 426 00:22:57,309 --> 00:22:59,544 It's typically where God meets you. 427 00:23:03,348 --> 00:23:05,517 I already shared the baseball story, but I'll share this too. 428 00:23:05,517 --> 00:23:07,652 I didn't share this in the first service. 429 00:23:07,652 --> 00:23:09,221 It was after that season. 430 00:23:09,221 --> 00:23:11,123 It was my first couple of years of junior college. 431 00:23:11,123 --> 00:23:14,126 I was playing junior college, small school a few hours away. 432 00:23:15,427 --> 00:23:17,562 The first time living outside my house. 433 00:23:17,562 --> 00:23:20,565 And and it was chaos. 434 00:23:21,433 --> 00:23:24,436 He's living with some dudes that, 435 00:23:25,837 --> 00:23:28,073 just crazy 436 00:23:28,073 --> 00:23:29,207 and things, you know? 437 00:23:29,207 --> 00:23:29,908 And some of you guys know, 438 00:23:29,908 --> 00:23:33,044 I'm talking about the things I got to experience and witness, and. 439 00:23:33,211 --> 00:23:35,380 And I'm over here like, 440 00:23:35,380 --> 00:23:38,383 where's my mom? 441 00:23:39,284 --> 00:23:42,421 But I remember thinking, because I had known Jesus, 442 00:23:42,421 --> 00:23:46,491 I was a fan, but I remember thinking and and and praying 443 00:23:46,858 --> 00:23:49,861 earnestly the first time in my life. 444 00:23:50,796 --> 00:23:52,197 And it was in the chaos. 445 00:23:53,398 --> 00:23:53,865 I got to 446 00:23:53,865 --> 00:23:57,369 experience Jesus's love and his power 447 00:23:57,636 --> 00:24:01,640 and his authority over my life in a way that I had never experienced. 448 00:24:03,542 --> 00:24:05,477 And it was in that chaos. 449 00:24:05,477 --> 00:24:08,480 My life changed. 450 00:24:10,382 --> 00:24:13,351 But it was uncomfortable. 451 00:24:14,052 --> 00:24:16,221 I'm gonna keep going 452 00:24:16,221 --> 00:24:19,224 or else I'll cry. 453 00:24:20,292 --> 00:24:22,861 28 mine has a subtitle says 454 00:24:22,861 --> 00:24:27,199 Demon or Jesus Restores two demon possessed man 455 00:24:28,533 --> 00:24:29,668 when he arrived. 456 00:24:29,668 --> 00:24:32,671 When Jesus arrived on the other side 457 00:24:32,971 --> 00:24:35,874 in the region of the Gathering's, 458 00:24:35,874 --> 00:24:38,877 two demon possessed men 459 00:24:39,644 --> 00:24:42,647 coming from the tombs met him. 460 00:24:42,781 --> 00:24:44,850 They were so violent that 461 00:24:44,850 --> 00:24:47,853 no one could pass that way. 462 00:24:48,753 --> 00:24:50,489 What do you want with a Son of God? 463 00:24:50,489 --> 00:24:51,990 They shouted. 464 00:24:51,990 --> 00:24:55,460 Have you come here to torture us before the appointed 465 00:24:55,460 --> 00:24:58,463 time? 466 00:24:58,763 --> 00:25:00,832 Verse 30 says, some distance from them 467 00:25:00,832 --> 00:25:04,035 there was a large herd of pigs, and it was feeding. 468 00:25:04,803 --> 00:25:07,305 And the demons begged Jesus, 469 00:25:07,305 --> 00:25:11,476 if you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs. 470 00:25:14,779 --> 00:25:15,480 Typically in 471 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,483 our world, there's two types of chaos, right? 472 00:25:18,483 --> 00:25:20,585 There's this external chaos. 473 00:25:20,585 --> 00:25:22,621 There's like financial stuff. 474 00:25:22,621 --> 00:25:25,290 Marriage. There's, you know, my job's crumbling. 475 00:25:25,290 --> 00:25:28,326 I, you know, I don't know purpose of my life. 476 00:25:28,326 --> 00:25:29,628 There's chaos going on. 477 00:25:29,628 --> 00:25:32,531 Sometimes it's your marriage, sometimes it's. 478 00:25:32,531 --> 00:25:35,534 And then there's this internal chaos. 479 00:25:37,602 --> 00:25:40,605 The internal chaos I'm talking about is here 480 00:25:41,139 --> 00:25:44,142 that oftentimes no one sees. 481 00:25:45,877 --> 00:25:48,880 But it's a rampant. 482 00:25:48,980 --> 00:25:51,182 And being an education and being working in a 483 00:25:51,182 --> 00:25:54,152 as elementary school, it it's insane 484 00:25:55,020 --> 00:25:58,023 to see these kids 485 00:25:58,290 --> 00:26:01,293 kindergarten first grade, third grade sick 486 00:26:01,860 --> 00:26:04,863 going through things mentally 487 00:26:05,430 --> 00:26:08,433 that I can't imagine. 488 00:26:08,433 --> 00:26:11,803 There's external and then there's internal chaos. 489 00:26:11,803 --> 00:26:15,740 And Matthew goes from a storm, a very external thing. 490 00:26:15,740 --> 00:26:18,743 And then he moves to an internal chaos. 491 00:26:20,312 --> 00:26:22,213 A little bit of context 492 00:26:22,213 --> 00:26:25,584 there on the other side of the lake and the gatherings. 493 00:26:25,984 --> 00:26:27,953 This is gentile territory 494 00:26:28,987 --> 00:26:30,889 in ancient, Israel. 495 00:26:30,889 --> 00:26:33,258 These were seen as unclean. 496 00:26:33,258 --> 00:26:36,261 These are unclean people in an unclean land. 497 00:26:36,828 --> 00:26:39,831 They're near a cemetery with dead people, 498 00:26:41,700 --> 00:26:43,234 tombs. 499 00:26:43,234 --> 00:26:44,569 Dead people were dead. 500 00:26:44,569 --> 00:26:47,572 Things were unclean to ancient Jews. 501 00:26:48,540 --> 00:26:51,443 And then there's some pigs right over there. 502 00:26:51,443 --> 00:26:55,580 And we know, thank Lord Jesus, that we can have bacon now. 503 00:26:55,580 --> 00:26:58,216 But pigs were unclean to the Israelites. 504 00:26:58,216 --> 00:27:02,754 What Matthew was doing is he's stacking the deck with unclean things to 505 00:27:02,787 --> 00:27:08,426 to paint this picture, that everything about this moment was chaos. 506 00:27:08,426 --> 00:27:10,161 And disorder. 507 00:27:10,161 --> 00:27:13,164 And then there's these two guys. 508 00:27:13,632 --> 00:27:14,599 We don't know these guys. 509 00:27:14,599 --> 00:27:17,202 We don't know who they were. 510 00:27:17,202 --> 00:27:20,238 They they were just some guys. 511 00:27:20,805 --> 00:27:22,374 They may have been in the community. 512 00:27:22,374 --> 00:27:24,042 They may have went to school. 513 00:27:24,042 --> 00:27:25,777 They may have learned they have parents. 514 00:27:25,777 --> 00:27:29,280 Most likely they may have played in the Little League down the street. 515 00:27:29,347 --> 00:27:34,386 But then all of a sudden they had some internal chaos that couldn't be controlled. 516 00:27:36,221 --> 00:27:37,188 These demons 517 00:27:37,188 --> 00:27:40,191 inside them, that that possessed them. 518 00:27:40,225 --> 00:27:43,395 And it was they were so violent that you couldn't even pass by them 519 00:27:43,395 --> 00:27:46,398 because they'd probably chase you or something. 520 00:27:46,631 --> 00:27:50,101 And they're living in the tombs and they come out and they say, Jesus, 521 00:27:50,669 --> 00:27:53,238 Son of God, 522 00:27:53,238 --> 00:27:54,506 what are you doing? 523 00:27:54,506 --> 00:27:57,509 Did you come here to torture us? 524 00:27:58,209 --> 00:27:58,777 It's interesting. 525 00:27:58,777 --> 00:28:00,478 Right? 526 00:28:00,478 --> 00:28:03,281 A few hours earlier, 527 00:28:03,281 --> 00:28:05,617 the disciples, 528 00:28:05,617 --> 00:28:07,652 the people who claim to be. 529 00:28:07,652 --> 00:28:09,220 I'm following you. Jesus. 530 00:28:09,220 --> 00:28:12,223 They were the ones asking, who is this guy? 531 00:28:12,424 --> 00:28:15,293 Who is the man who comes the wind in the waves? 532 00:28:15,293 --> 00:28:19,197 And then these demons, they recognize him 533 00:28:20,298 --> 00:28:23,301 as the Son of God. 534 00:28:24,302 --> 00:28:27,806 Isn't it interesting that sometimes hell 535 00:28:28,740 --> 00:28:31,609 has better theology 536 00:28:31,609 --> 00:28:34,612 than us humans? 537 00:28:38,183 --> 00:28:40,485 Then he goes like this. 538 00:28:40,485 --> 00:28:42,454 Verse 32, 539 00:28:42,454 --> 00:28:43,321 he said to them, 540 00:28:44,823 --> 00:28:48,526 go. So they came out 541 00:28:49,260 --> 00:28:52,230 and they went into the pigs. 542 00:28:53,298 --> 00:28:54,265 And the whole herd 543 00:28:54,265 --> 00:28:58,136 rushed down a steep bank into the lake, and they died 544 00:28:58,136 --> 00:29:01,139 in the water that most of it's so wild to see 545 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:03,842 those tending the pigs. 546 00:29:03,842 --> 00:29:05,977 They ran off. 547 00:29:05,977 --> 00:29:08,213 I don't blame them. And if it's wild. 548 00:29:08,213 --> 00:29:12,484 And they went into the town and they reported all of this, 549 00:29:13,418 --> 00:29:17,055 including what happened to the demon possessed men. 550 00:29:18,423 --> 00:29:22,393 Then the whole town went out to meet 551 00:29:22,393 --> 00:29:25,497 Jesus to say thank you. 552 00:29:27,031 --> 00:29:30,034 No, the whole town 553 00:29:31,202 --> 00:29:33,471 went out to meet Jesus. 554 00:29:33,471 --> 00:29:37,909 And when they saw him, they pleaded with him 555 00:29:38,409 --> 00:29:41,412 to leave their region. 556 00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:45,483 They begged him to leave. 557 00:29:45,950 --> 00:29:49,320 That word pleaded, is this Greek word para kaleo? 558 00:29:49,320 --> 00:29:51,856 And it's actually the same exact word. 559 00:29:51,856 --> 00:29:57,462 Moments earlier, the demons used when they begged Jesus to send them into the pigs. 560 00:29:59,697 --> 00:30:02,700 They begged him to leave. 561 00:30:06,538 --> 00:30:09,541 Because that was a lot of pigs. 562 00:30:09,841 --> 00:30:14,012 Dave and I were talking the other day and upwards to about 2000 pigs. 563 00:30:14,012 --> 00:30:15,480 Right? 564 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:18,483 That's a lot of pigs, 565 00:30:18,950 --> 00:30:21,953 How are they going to make their breakfast burritos? 566 00:30:22,587 --> 00:30:24,122 But their economy. Jesus. 567 00:30:24,122 --> 00:30:26,624 He disrupted their economy. 568 00:30:26,624 --> 00:30:28,159 This was their finances. 569 00:30:28,159 --> 00:30:29,861 This was their wellbeing. 570 00:30:29,861 --> 00:30:32,864 This is how their town survived. 571 00:30:34,299 --> 00:30:35,466 I don't care about those two men. 572 00:30:35,466 --> 00:30:38,136 We had them under control. They were living in the tombs. 573 00:30:38,136 --> 00:30:39,971 It was under control of Jesus. 574 00:30:39,971 --> 00:30:42,974 But why do you have to go do that? 575 00:30:44,008 --> 00:30:45,743 Because Jesus, where the kingdom of God 576 00:30:45,743 --> 00:30:48,746 is, he will confront chaos 577 00:30:48,947 --> 00:30:51,950 and he will challenge comfort. 578 00:30:52,784 --> 00:30:55,253 And this was uncomfortable. 579 00:30:55,253 --> 00:30:58,022 I have another statement right here 580 00:30:58,022 --> 00:31:00,592 and it goes like this too often 581 00:31:01,860 --> 00:31:04,863 we choose comfortable chaos 582 00:31:06,030 --> 00:31:09,033 over costly transformation. 583 00:31:10,602 --> 00:31:13,605 Jesus, Jesus I'm ready. 584 00:31:14,138 --> 00:31:16,441 Come into my life. 585 00:31:16,441 --> 00:31:19,777 Just don't touch my my schedule I got plans. 586 00:31:20,278 --> 00:31:21,746 Jesus take over me. 587 00:31:21,746 --> 00:31:23,581 Except my checkbook. My checkbook is mine. 588 00:31:23,581 --> 00:31:25,383 You got my books. 589 00:31:25,383 --> 00:31:26,084 I need that money. 590 00:31:26,084 --> 00:31:28,119 Got to 591 00:31:28,119 --> 00:31:28,519 Jesus. 592 00:31:28,519 --> 00:31:30,788 Work on my work on my kids, man. 593 00:31:30,788 --> 00:31:33,791 But I gotta catch this game real quick. 594 00:31:36,127 --> 00:31:39,130 God, I want a different life. 595 00:31:39,697 --> 00:31:41,633 Struggling. 596 00:31:41,633 --> 00:31:44,636 But don't make it hard on me. 597 00:31:45,403 --> 00:31:47,672 God, I need a better life. But. 598 00:31:47,672 --> 00:31:49,474 But make sure it good. 599 00:31:49,474 --> 00:31:54,112 Too often we choose comfortable normals. 600 00:31:56,881 --> 00:31:59,884 Over costly transformation. 601 00:32:01,719 --> 00:32:03,254 I think it's wild, man. 602 00:32:03,254 --> 00:32:07,458 Jesus literally says one word go and the demons flee. 603 00:32:08,293 --> 00:32:09,961 There's no sweat. 604 00:32:09,961 --> 00:32:12,964 There's no like, cartoon like battle. 605 00:32:13,298 --> 00:32:14,465 There's no ritual. 606 00:32:14,465 --> 00:32:17,201 Or he's holding the book and it nothing like these movies. 607 00:32:17,201 --> 00:32:18,870 He literally says, go. 608 00:32:18,870 --> 00:32:21,639 Because when we're the kingdom of God, it confronts chaos. 609 00:32:22,674 --> 00:32:23,975 And chaos listens. 610 00:32:23,975 --> 00:32:24,709 Listen to this. 611 00:32:24,709 --> 00:32:28,379 There's nothing in this world or outside this world 612 00:32:28,913 --> 00:32:31,916 that scares us. 613 00:32:32,083 --> 00:32:35,086 None of that scares Jesus. 614 00:32:35,620 --> 00:32:38,623 But it was uncomfortable for these people. 615 00:32:40,792 --> 00:32:47,365 To, James book of James, there's this passage. 616 00:32:47,365 --> 00:32:50,368 It says, consider it pure joy 617 00:32:50,668 --> 00:32:53,671 when you go through troubles. 618 00:32:55,740 --> 00:32:57,742 Jesus later says, and I, we already said this. 619 00:32:57,742 --> 00:32:59,310 Deny yourself. 620 00:32:59,310 --> 00:33:01,012 If you follow me, deny yourself. 621 00:33:01,012 --> 00:33:04,015 If you choose your life, you will lose it. 622 00:33:06,451 --> 00:33:09,420 But if you choose me, you will gain it. 623 00:33:10,555 --> 00:33:11,856 The big idea was simple. 624 00:33:11,856 --> 00:33:15,093 It's wherever the kingdom of God is, 625 00:33:15,893 --> 00:33:18,363 chaos will be confronted 626 00:33:18,363 --> 00:33:21,332 and comfort is challenged. 627 00:33:21,899 --> 00:33:24,769 And having comfort challenged 628 00:33:24,769 --> 00:33:27,772 is not always a bad thing. 629 00:33:30,575 --> 00:33:31,876 I, my friend, is over there. 630 00:33:31,876 --> 00:33:34,879 She's, occupational therapist or something. 631 00:33:35,013 --> 00:33:38,016 Physical therapist. 632 00:33:38,216 --> 00:33:40,752 We all know if you've gone through any type of injury, 633 00:33:40,752 --> 00:33:43,488 if you want to get better, it takes a little bit of pain. 634 00:33:43,488 --> 00:33:44,255 Those stretching. 635 00:33:48,826 --> 00:33:51,829 Someone once said nothing good in life 636 00:33:52,130 --> 00:33:55,133 isn't worth working for. 637 00:33:55,633 --> 00:33:58,202 In between services, I was talking to some people and they're like, hey, 638 00:33:58,202 --> 00:33:58,703 but then. 639 00:33:58,703 --> 00:34:02,240 But then the the storm was calm and then it was comfortable. 640 00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:03,274 I was like, absolutely. 641 00:34:03,274 --> 00:34:06,277 There are times of comfort in our lives and praise God, 642 00:34:06,411 --> 00:34:09,414 that is not constantly a storm. 643 00:34:09,447 --> 00:34:13,151 But Jesus never promised a life of comfort. 644 00:34:18,723 --> 00:34:21,192 In John 645 00:34:21,192 --> 00:34:23,928 the book of John, Jesus says 646 00:34:23,928 --> 00:34:27,131 this little phrase that I just kind of want to like land on 647 00:34:28,266 --> 00:34:30,735 because I think it's powerful, he says. 648 00:34:30,735 --> 00:34:33,938 In this world, there will be trouble. 649 00:34:35,907 --> 00:34:38,910 But take heart. 650 00:34:38,910 --> 00:34:41,913 For I have overcome the world. 651 00:34:43,981 --> 00:34:46,484 God has plans for you. 652 00:34:46,484 --> 00:34:49,487 Plans that are great. 653 00:34:51,122 --> 00:34:52,123 But it's not couched. 654 00:34:52,123 --> 00:34:54,992 Jesus, it's Coach Jesus 655 00:34:56,194 --> 00:34:58,830 because he says, I love you, 656 00:34:58,830 --> 00:35:01,833 but I love you way too much to leave you the way you are. 657 00:35:02,133 --> 00:35:04,969 And it's going to take a little bit 658 00:35:04,969 --> 00:35:07,972 to get there. 659 00:35:09,974 --> 00:35:12,043 Chapter six A couple of weeks ago, 660 00:35:12,043 --> 00:35:15,046 the disciples, they walked up to Jesus and they said, 661 00:35:16,247 --> 00:35:19,250 Lord, teach us how to pray, right? 662 00:35:19,317 --> 00:35:22,120 And Jesus says, okay. Yeah. 663 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,455 All right. Well, have a seat. Here's how you pray. 664 00:35:24,455 --> 00:35:25,590 Something like that. 665 00:35:25,590 --> 00:35:28,626 He says something like Our father who is in heaven, 666 00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:31,329 holy is your name. 667 00:35:31,329 --> 00:35:33,464 And then he says this line, 668 00:35:33,464 --> 00:35:36,300 May your kingdom come, 669 00:35:36,300 --> 00:35:39,137 may your will be done 670 00:35:39,137 --> 00:35:42,140 in earth as it is in heaven. 671 00:35:42,440 --> 00:35:46,277 And I have to say, that is a very dangerous prayer. 672 00:35:50,014 --> 00:35:52,583 I don't know where you're at today. 673 00:35:52,583 --> 00:35:55,486 I don't know what kind of chaos is going around, 674 00:35:55,486 --> 00:35:59,857 around your life or in your life, or in your head, or in your 675 00:36:01,058 --> 00:36:03,294 whatever. 676 00:36:03,294 --> 00:36:06,097 But I do know this 677 00:36:06,097 --> 00:36:08,232 when you pray that prayer, 678 00:36:08,232 --> 00:36:11,235 that chaos is going to be confronted. 679 00:36:13,137 --> 00:36:15,439 But it's not going to be comfortable 680 00:36:15,439 --> 00:36:16,607 in a room this size. 681 00:36:16,607 --> 00:36:19,744 I know that there are struggling parents. 682 00:36:20,811 --> 00:36:23,648 There are some marriages that that are tough. 683 00:36:23,648 --> 00:36:25,950 I know in a room this big that there is 684 00:36:25,950 --> 00:36:28,953 some financial stuff going on. 685 00:36:30,021 --> 00:36:31,289 And I definitely know that there is 686 00:36:31,289 --> 00:36:34,292 some mental health going on. 687 00:36:35,226 --> 00:36:37,161 But where the kingdom of God is, 688 00:36:37,161 --> 00:36:40,164 that chaos will be confronted. 689 00:36:40,932 --> 00:36:42,500 It's not going to be comfortable though. 690 00:36:42,500 --> 00:36:44,502 I want to invite you as we as we wrap up. 691 00:36:44,502 --> 00:36:46,571 Jeff, you can come on up here. 692 00:36:46,571 --> 00:36:47,905 We're going to close with the song. 693 00:36:47,905 --> 00:36:50,908 It's like kind of an older hymn. 694 00:36:50,908 --> 00:36:53,911 It's called the mighty, Mighty Fortress. 695 00:36:54,011 --> 00:36:55,947 A mighty fortress is our God. 696 00:36:58,216 --> 00:36:59,984 But I want to invite you into 697 00:36:59,984 --> 00:37:03,487 a very scary and dangerous prayer. 698 00:37:05,556 --> 00:37:06,591 I'm actually 699 00:37:06,591 --> 00:37:10,194 calling these, like, three Kingdom prayers. 700 00:37:10,995 --> 00:37:13,998 And in a moment, I'm going to give you an opportunity 701 00:37:14,732 --> 00:37:17,301 to think about. 702 00:37:17,301 --> 00:37:19,303 Is this you? 703 00:37:19,303 --> 00:37:21,839 And, hey, I'm up. 704 00:37:21,839 --> 00:37:22,940 It's okay if it's not. 705 00:37:22,940 --> 00:37:25,109 I got to be straight up. From the beginning. 706 00:37:25,109 --> 00:37:29,614 It is okay if you're not ready to make a scary prayer. 707 00:37:30,481 --> 00:37:32,650 And don't just think because we're at church or this. 708 00:37:32,650 --> 00:37:34,785 Is that what happens at the end of a teaching? We. 709 00:37:34,785 --> 00:37:37,655 We sing a song, we stand up, we do the thing. 710 00:37:37,655 --> 00:37:41,659 I want to challenge you that if you're not truly ready 711 00:37:41,659 --> 00:37:44,662 to pray this prayer, may your kingdom come, 712 00:37:45,796 --> 00:37:46,831 then don't pray it. 713 00:37:46,831 --> 00:37:49,800 Please don't. But if you are. 714 00:37:52,069 --> 00:37:53,070 Then I'm in a moment. 715 00:37:53,070 --> 00:37:55,406 I'm going to give you an opportunity 716 00:37:55,406 --> 00:37:58,009 to actually stand up and say, that's my prayer. 717 00:37:58,009 --> 00:38:01,012 And then I'm actually going to pray that over you. 718 00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:04,649 I'm also going to pray this, 719 00:38:04,649 --> 00:38:07,652 that Jesus would calm the chaos around you, 720 00:38:08,419 --> 00:38:11,422 that Jesus would calm the chaos within you. 721 00:38:14,458 --> 00:38:16,560 And then I'm going to pray this 722 00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:19,130 Jesus when my comfort is challenged. 723 00:38:19,130 --> 00:38:22,199 Jesus, when your comfort is challenged, would you help them? 724 00:38:22,967 --> 00:38:25,970 Would you be with them? 725 00:38:29,206 --> 00:38:31,776 A bunch of kids who went to camp this weekend, 726 00:38:31,776 --> 00:38:34,779 last weekend, and many of them were like, yeah, 727 00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:38,549 Jesus, I'm following you. 728 00:38:38,549 --> 00:38:40,951 And then the moment they got back to reality, 729 00:38:40,951 --> 00:38:43,821 some of them were like, it's a little 730 00:38:43,821 --> 00:38:46,824 a little awkward, a little weird. 731 00:38:47,258 --> 00:38:48,626 I mean, just go back to my normal. 732 00:38:53,130 --> 00:38:55,966 And many of us have done that. 733 00:38:55,966 --> 00:38:57,735 And so I'm going to invite you 734 00:38:57,735 --> 00:39:00,738 if this is your prayer and stand up. 735 00:39:00,738 --> 00:39:03,641 And I'd like to know who I'm praying for right now 736 00:39:03,641 --> 00:39:06,077 if this is yours. 737 00:39:06,077 --> 00:39:09,080 And if it's not, don't worry about it. 738 00:39:12,083 --> 00:39:20,191 And. Jesus. 739 00:39:21,325 --> 00:39:24,061 You see, the people in this room 740 00:39:24,061 --> 00:39:27,765 and you see their willing hearts that are praying 741 00:39:28,899 --> 00:39:31,902 that your kingdom would come into their life. 742 00:39:33,104 --> 00:39:36,240 And, Lord, I join them in that prayer. 743 00:39:36,240 --> 00:39:39,243 And we pray that you would immediately, 744 00:39:39,877 --> 00:39:42,880 immediately bring your kingdom. 745 00:39:43,914 --> 00:39:46,917 Over marriages and families and work situation. 746 00:39:46,951 --> 00:39:50,421 We pray that your Kingdom would come on this earth 747 00:39:50,421 --> 00:39:54,692 in these lives as it is in heaven right now. 748 00:39:54,692 --> 00:39:57,695 Kingdom now, now, like right now. 749 00:39:58,596 --> 00:40:00,965 But then, Lord, I pray that over 750 00:40:00,965 --> 00:40:05,102 these people standing, I pray that you would calm the chaos, 751 00:40:06,170 --> 00:40:06,771 the chaos 752 00:40:06,771 --> 00:40:09,774 around them, the chaos inside them. 753 00:40:10,708 --> 00:40:13,778 I pray, father, that you would calm it, 754 00:40:14,979 --> 00:40:16,847 and I pray that you would do it quickly 755 00:40:16,847 --> 00:40:19,850 and even with one word, and make it even supernatural. 756 00:40:19,850 --> 00:40:22,853 We pray that Lord over these people. 757 00:40:24,755 --> 00:40:25,890 Pray for mental health. 758 00:40:25,890 --> 00:40:28,626 Right now. I pray that we would think clearly. 759 00:40:28,626 --> 00:40:31,629 Think of ourselves the way you think about us. 760 00:40:32,296 --> 00:40:35,299 Would you confront it right now? 761 00:40:37,601 --> 00:40:39,770 And then, Lord, 762 00:40:39,770 --> 00:40:42,773 when life gets a little uncomfortable. 763 00:40:44,842 --> 00:40:46,444 Because we know it will. 764 00:40:46,444 --> 00:40:48,612 Oh, God, I pray this. 765 00:40:48,612 --> 00:40:51,916 I declare this over this room that you would walk 766 00:40:51,916 --> 00:40:54,919 alongside us. 767 00:40:55,252 --> 00:40:59,390 That we would know you're there and that we would trust you.