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. 00:00:45.400 --> 00:00:48.560 We are wrapping up our series on the Sermon on the Mount. 00:00:49.020 --> 00:00:53.480 As you turn there, I just want to kind of remind everybody, we talked about our Discovering 00:00:53.480 --> 00:00:55.020 Willow class in the announcements. 00:00:55.020 --> 00:00:58.940 If you're looking to make this place your home, or to find out more information about 00:00:58.940 --> 00:01:04.860 Willow Ridge Church, but we're excited about the new season that awaits us in the life of 00:01:04.860 --> 00:01:05.560 our church, right? 00:01:05.660 --> 00:01:09.860 Like, so conversations we're having right now, we're figuring out, giving details about is 00:01:09.860 --> 00:01:13.420 the importance of our small groups, and how we're regathering with them back in the fall. 00:01:13.980 --> 00:01:17.760 Conversations about baptism, as we've seen people give their life to the Lord over these 00:01:17.760 --> 00:01:18.660 last several months. 00:01:18.740 --> 00:01:23.500 And so the encouraging part for me, right, is the movement and the work of God is continuing 00:01:23.500 --> 00:01:26.120 on, and we're continuing to push forward with that. 00:01:26.200 --> 00:01:30.220 So I want to thank you guys, whether you're here joining us, or whether you're at home 00:01:30.220 --> 00:01:34.860 joining us as we push forth to be obedient to God together. 00:01:35.300 --> 00:01:40.780 So the parable that we are going to look at this morning is the parable of the wise and 00:01:40.780 --> 00:01:41.980 the foolish builder. 00:01:42.500 --> 00:01:47.120 And it's important that we know that, like every parable that we've talked about in this 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:50.140 series, the context in which Jesus gives this parable. 00:01:50.680 --> 00:01:56.140 This parable that Jesus shares is at the very beginning of his earthly ministry. 00:01:56.680 --> 00:01:59.080 All right, so Jesus has been out doing some stuff. 00:01:59.620 --> 00:02:04.500 Matthew chapter 4 tells us that Jesus had been going into the synagogues and teaching. 00:02:05.020 --> 00:02:07.560 It tells us that he had been out proclaiming the gospel. 00:02:08.120 --> 00:02:13.500 And so that from the, whether it's in the synagogue, whether it's out into the streets, the message 00:02:13.500 --> 00:02:18.180 that Jesus is teaching is different than any message that they've heard before. 00:02:18.760 --> 00:02:22.540 You know, Jesus is surrounded by religious people. 00:02:23.140 --> 00:02:27.560 Jesus is surrounded by a people who has, it's been ingrained in them of what to do. 00:02:27.880 --> 00:02:32.160 But as Jesus comes and shares something, it's a new message that they're not familiar with. 00:02:32.500 --> 00:02:39.560 But then it also tells us that Jesus has been already performing miracles, that Jesus has 00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:40.600 been healing people. 00:02:41.040 --> 00:02:46.580 And so what is beginning to happen very early on in the stages of Jesus's life, that there's 00:02:46.580 --> 00:02:51.360 this large gathering that surrounds Jesus whenever he goes somewhere. 00:02:51.860 --> 00:02:57.980 In that group that is surrounding with Jesus, there's the group of people who were his disciples. 00:02:58.440 --> 00:03:03.060 Jesus has already started to call that close group that's going to follow him. 00:03:03.400 --> 00:03:07.480 There's another group, while they're not in that inner circle, but they've committed their 00:03:07.480 --> 00:03:11.100 lives to seeking after Christ and they're following him as well. 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:16.680 But an interesting dynamic that we also find in this group that follows Jesus is there's 00:03:16.680 --> 00:03:20.620 the skeptics, there's the critics, and there's the curious. 00:03:21.580 --> 00:03:26.600 So even as Jesus goes, right, they've heard stories of the things that Jesus has taught. 00:03:27.100 --> 00:03:31.420 They've maybe even been in the synagogue when Jesus begins to teach and they think, wait a 00:03:31.420 --> 00:03:34.020 minute, that's different than what all the other teachers are saying. 00:03:34.560 --> 00:03:37.540 They've heard about the miracles that he's performed. 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:45.480 And so they too begin to follow Jesus, not necessarily to follow him and surrender their life, but 00:03:45.480 --> 00:03:47.080 following out of curiosity. 00:03:47.420 --> 00:03:48.700 What is he going to say next? 00:03:48.860 --> 00:03:50.160 What is he going to do next? 00:03:50.160 --> 00:03:55.780 Whether their hearts are intrigued by him or whether they're disgusted by him because they 00:03:55.780 --> 00:03:56.260 disagree. 00:03:56.920 --> 00:04:02.300 And so the setting that we find ourselves at the beginning of Matthew chapter 5 is Jesus 00:04:02.300 --> 00:04:07.640 is on the side of a hill and he looks around and he sees that the crowd is great around 00:04:07.640 --> 00:04:08.000 him. 00:04:08.620 --> 00:04:13.660 And so Jesus sits down and he begins to give the Sermon on the Mount. 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:19.980 And at the end of the Sermon on the Mount, the longest recorded sermon in Scripture that 00:04:19.980 --> 00:04:27.960 Jesus gives, he does like a lot of teachers or communicators or pastors do, he ends it with 00:04:27.960 --> 00:04:28.580 a story. 00:04:29.540 --> 00:04:31.880 And it's the parable that we're going to look at this morning. 00:04:32.540 --> 00:04:35.880 And so let's look at Matthew 7 starting in verse 24. 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:44.280 Jesus concludes this long sermon with this, everyone then who hears these words of mine and does 00:04:44.280 --> 00:04:50.580 not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the rock and the rain fell 00:04:50.580 --> 00:04:56.680 and the floods came and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall 00:04:56.680 --> 00:04:59.720 because it had been founded on the rock. 00:05:00.060 --> 00:05:06.140 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish 00:05:06.140 --> 00:05:12.920 man who built his house on the sand and the rain fell and the floods came and the winds 00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:19.400 blew and beat against that house and it fell and great was the fall of it. 00:05:19.960 --> 00:05:25.720 So everyone who has heard this story of Jesus has all heard the same words. 00:05:26.380 --> 00:05:27.540 They've all sat through it. 00:05:28.160 --> 00:05:29.860 They've heard Jesus talk about prayer. 00:05:30.580 --> 00:05:32.260 They've heard him talk about fasting. 00:05:32.960 --> 00:05:35.000 They've all heard him talk about divorce. 00:05:35.340 --> 00:05:37.880 They've heard him talk about what it means to be blessed. 00:05:37.980 --> 00:05:40.360 They've all heard him talk about retaliation. 00:05:41.000 --> 00:05:47.560 Regardless if they're a committed disciple or they're a distant skeptic, everyone who has 00:05:47.560 --> 00:05:55.240 come and sat on the side of this hill and listened to the words of Jesus have all heard the exact 00:05:55.240 --> 00:05:56.980 same thing. 00:05:57.540 --> 00:06:07.060 And so Jesus begins to tell a story about two men who find themselves in the exact same situation, 00:06:07.460 --> 00:06:17.760 who find themselves with the exact same knowledge, but choose to do something different based off of 00:06:17.760 --> 00:06:20.320 the same information. 00:06:21.620 --> 00:06:27.420 And so Jesus says, as you've all sat here and as you've all heard these words of mine, 00:06:28.300 --> 00:06:29.500 it's like two builders. 00:06:30.860 --> 00:06:37.460 One builder who builds his house and builds his house on the rock and the storms would come, 00:06:37.980 --> 00:06:39.680 but the house would stand. 00:06:40.380 --> 00:06:45.940 But there's a foolish builder and the foolish builder does not build his house on the rock. 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:52.360 Instead, he builds his house on the sand and the wind comes and the rain comes and the floods come. 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:56.100 The same one that came to the other and his house falls. 00:06:56.840 --> 00:06:58.760 Well, one is wise and one is foolish. 00:06:58.920 --> 00:07:01.940 And what makes one wise and one foolish? 00:07:02.620 --> 00:07:07.920 Their willingness to do what they have been told and they have commanded to do. 00:07:08.600 --> 00:07:15.640 And what we begin to find in this parable of what Jesus teaches is that when the storms come, 00:07:15.640 --> 00:07:19.660 they will reveal the quality of the work. 00:07:20.240 --> 00:07:25.780 That when the same storms come to you, when the same storms come to me, 00:07:26.160 --> 00:07:34.940 what's going to happen in our life is the storms of life are going to reveal the quality of the work 00:07:34.940 --> 00:07:41.580 of the foundation in which the house or the life is built on. 00:07:42.300 --> 00:07:45.540 So let's understand this story that Jesus tells. 00:07:46.320 --> 00:07:49.940 One says one built on the rock, one says one built on the sand. 00:07:50.260 --> 00:07:51.060 Well, here's the truth. 00:07:51.400 --> 00:07:53.760 When you would look at both of the houses, 00:07:53.760 --> 00:07:58.200 they both would appear to having been built on the sand. 00:07:58.320 --> 00:08:02.760 So let's talk about this sand in the Middle East and the area in which Jesus lives. 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:06.580 We're not thinking about sand like I have in my backyard. 00:08:06.760 --> 00:08:11.860 You know, one of the things about living in Lexington is depending on what side of Lexington you live, 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:15.720 right, you either have clay that's impossible to dig through, 00:08:15.860 --> 00:08:19.900 or you have sand, which is very easy to dig through, right? 00:08:20.020 --> 00:08:22.300 Now, I have sand at my house. 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:27.480 And so when it comes time to dig, it's very, very easy to dig through that sand. 00:08:27.720 --> 00:08:30.760 That's not the sand that Jesus talks about here. 00:08:31.220 --> 00:08:37.140 The sand that Jesus talks about here is desert sand that experiences floods. 00:08:38.040 --> 00:08:41.180 Well, when the floodwaters would come and mix with the sand, 00:08:41.360 --> 00:08:46.140 and then the sun would begin to bake on the sand, guess what would happen? 00:08:46.540 --> 00:08:50.120 That sand would turn into almost like concrete. 00:08:50.180 --> 00:08:57.140 If you're here with us at church, almost like the tile floor that you guys are sitting on today, 00:08:57.400 --> 00:09:01.740 that level of hardness would be the level what the sand would be. 00:09:01.800 --> 00:09:03.840 So you're there, and you're going to build your house. 00:09:04.100 --> 00:09:05.100 Well, you have to make a choice. 00:09:06.060 --> 00:09:08.900 Do I choose to dig through the sand? 00:09:09.660 --> 00:09:13.060 Do I choose to get out my tools that are possibly going to break? 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:17.940 Do I choose to go through the back-breaking work in order to get the firm foundation? 00:09:18.160 --> 00:09:20.100 Or do I just build on top of it? 00:09:20.520 --> 00:09:21.220 It's hard. 00:09:21.760 --> 00:09:22.420 It'll withstand. 00:09:23.720 --> 00:09:29.600 So one man chooses to do the hard work, and one man chooses to do it his way. 00:09:30.520 --> 00:09:32.700 Well, what would happen during this time is, like we said, 00:09:32.740 --> 00:09:34.880 it would be common to rain, be common to flood. 00:09:34.880 --> 00:09:39.520 This area that Jesus was speaking in, that people would understand, would have been in a valley. 00:09:40.600 --> 00:09:46.580 And so what you and I would consider a light rain, but it would rain over time. 00:09:47.260 --> 00:09:50.300 And not only would the rain that fell from the sky land there, 00:09:50.400 --> 00:09:54.440 but the rain that would come into the mountains would channel and would funnel. 00:09:54.720 --> 00:10:01.400 And what at one point in time looked like dry land would all of a sudden become like a river. 00:10:01.940 --> 00:10:09.300 And what would happen is that hard, packed-down sand that felt like concrete would now turn into mush. 00:10:10.020 --> 00:10:14.580 And the house that was built on the sand would blow away. 00:10:15.220 --> 00:10:20.660 And so what we begin to see is that Jesus says, look, there's one man who does it the wise way, 00:10:20.780 --> 00:10:23.300 who does it the way that he's been told to do. 00:10:23.440 --> 00:10:31.020 But there's another man who does it his own way, who does it the way that he wants to. 00:10:31.680 --> 00:10:37.560 So Jesus looks at this group of people at the very beginning and says, 00:10:37.820 --> 00:10:39.920 you've heard these words of mine. 00:10:41.240 --> 00:10:44.160 You've heard everything that I have to say. 00:10:45.200 --> 00:10:46.720 You're going to have to make a choice. 00:10:47.840 --> 00:10:49.120 Are you going to do it your way? 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:53.020 Are you going to do it the way that I'm calling you to? 00:10:54.020 --> 00:11:00.460 It's important for us to know Jesus both defines wisdom and foolishness in this passage of Scripture. 00:11:01.060 --> 00:11:07.120 You see, for Jesus, wisdom is knowledge and obedience. 00:11:08.000 --> 00:11:11.560 For so many of us, we think that wisdom is just knowing something. 00:11:11.560 --> 00:11:15.000 Well, if I know this, then that makes me wise. 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:21.040 But when it comes to biblical application of Scripture and what God is calling us to, 00:11:21.420 --> 00:11:23.800 wisdom is more than just knowing. 00:11:24.180 --> 00:11:28.820 Jesus says, no, no, no, wisdom is about knowing these words of mine 00:11:28.820 --> 00:11:35.800 and putting them into practice like the wise man who built his house on the rock. 00:11:37.180 --> 00:11:40.540 But then Jesus also defines foolishness. 00:11:41.180 --> 00:11:45.240 You see, there's a difference between foolishness and ignorance 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:52.120 because foolishness is knowing but being disobedient. 00:11:53.040 --> 00:11:58.080 Jesus says, but the foolish man is the one who hears the words of mine 00:11:58.080 --> 00:12:01.800 and doesn't put them into practice. 00:12:02.320 --> 00:12:04.480 So you know what you're supposed to do. 00:12:04.920 --> 00:12:10.600 But as it resonates in your heart, as you process through it in your mind, 00:12:10.800 --> 00:12:15.440 you decide, no, no, no, no, no, Jesus, my way is better. 00:12:15.820 --> 00:12:18.060 This is how I'm going to approach it. 00:12:18.340 --> 00:12:20.540 This is what I want to do. 00:12:21.900 --> 00:12:27.680 And so foolishness wrestles with not what we feel, 00:12:28.440 --> 00:12:30.060 not what we want, 00:12:30.940 --> 00:12:33.560 not what we've been taught by others, 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:40.440 but wisdom is what has Jesus called us, 00:12:41.300 --> 00:12:42.380 commanded us, 00:12:42.660 --> 00:12:45.460 and desired for us to do. 00:12:46.460 --> 00:12:49.300 And church, as we go through this, 00:12:50.060 --> 00:12:51.220 every single week, 00:12:51.860 --> 00:12:53.640 as we journey through Scripture 00:12:53.640 --> 00:12:56.720 and understanding God's standard for our life, 00:12:57.580 --> 00:12:58.580 what we find, 00:12:58.700 --> 00:13:01.820 what rang true almost 2,000 years ago 00:13:01.820 --> 00:13:03.240 that rings true today 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:06.040 is that as the body and as the people of Christ, 00:13:06.140 --> 00:13:07.640 what he calls us to do is to be different. 00:13:08.780 --> 00:13:11.460 That within the course of our obedience to God, 00:13:12.380 --> 00:13:15.680 that we're going to have to do things differently than the way we feel like we want to do them. 00:13:16.680 --> 00:13:19.940 That we're going to have to do things differently than the way that we want to do them. 00:13:20.480 --> 00:13:27.160 That we may even have to do things differently than how others tell us we should do them. 00:13:27.240 --> 00:13:32.540 And it's been the heart of everything Jesus has gone through 00:13:32.540 --> 00:13:36.020 and has taught through them in the Sermon on the Mount. 00:13:36.940 --> 00:13:39.400 You see, beginning in Matthew chapter 5, 00:13:40.160 --> 00:13:45.440 Jesus is going to begin to lay out for them what following him looks like. 00:13:46.100 --> 00:13:48.020 And what following him looks like, 00:13:48.040 --> 00:13:49.500 and I think we as the church, 00:13:49.540 --> 00:13:52.560 we sometimes skate around this and want to ignore this. 00:13:53.320 --> 00:13:56.160 Following Jesus isn't easy. 00:13:57.720 --> 00:14:00.220 Following Jesus is going to be difficult. 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:03.980 Following Jesus is going to be hard work. 00:14:04.980 --> 00:14:07.840 Following Jesus is going to be a commitment. 00:14:09.260 --> 00:14:10.340 Because Jesus says, 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:14.580 it's following me is like the wise man that puts in the work. 00:14:15.660 --> 00:14:18.620 It's like the wise man that does the hard stuff. 00:14:19.080 --> 00:14:21.200 It's like the wise man that pushes through. 00:14:21.500 --> 00:14:23.820 Not like the foolish man who was done in a day. 00:14:24.400 --> 00:14:25.960 Not like the foolish man who said, 00:14:26.060 --> 00:14:26.740 well, this is easy. 00:14:27.040 --> 00:14:28.520 Well, not like the foolish man who said, 00:14:28.580 --> 00:14:29.640 well, this is how I feel. 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:35.600 But the wise man who took the words of Jesus 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:38.380 and applied them to his life. 00:14:39.520 --> 00:14:41.240 Now, several years ago, 00:14:41.280 --> 00:14:42.960 I preached through the Sermon on the Mount. 00:14:43.300 --> 00:14:43.460 All right? 00:14:43.520 --> 00:14:45.620 And it took me about 18 weeks 00:14:45.620 --> 00:14:47.240 to preach through the Sermon on the Mount. 00:14:47.400 --> 00:14:48.460 Now, what I want to do is 00:14:48.460 --> 00:14:49.900 I want to preach through the Sermon on the Mount, 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:51.560 but this time do it in about 18 minutes. 00:14:51.640 --> 00:14:51.860 Okay? 00:14:52.160 --> 00:14:54.420 So, pray for me as we kind of go through this. 00:14:55.100 --> 00:14:55.920 Because it's important. 00:14:56.040 --> 00:14:57.440 Jesus starts it out by saying, 00:14:58.140 --> 00:14:59.880 these words of mine. 00:15:00.520 --> 00:15:03.400 So, everything he's built on from that moment 00:15:03.400 --> 00:15:05.360 rests in the understanding of this parable. 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:07.260 From that, I'm going to, 00:15:07.560 --> 00:15:09.200 now that you know these things, 00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:11.380 now that this has been entrusted to you, 00:15:11.500 --> 00:15:13.000 whether you're the skeptic, 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:14.280 whether you're a disciple, 00:15:14.480 --> 00:15:16.900 if you're going to be in a relationship with me, 00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:18.400 if you want to be wise, 00:15:18.540 --> 00:15:21.140 if you want to live in the life that glorifies God, 00:15:21.300 --> 00:15:23.640 then this is what this looks like 00:15:23.640 --> 00:15:25.880 on a day-to-day basis in your life. 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:28.240 And the problem with everybody in the crowd 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:29.660 2,000 years ago 00:15:29.660 --> 00:15:30.820 is the same problem 00:15:30.820 --> 00:15:32.800 with everybody in the crowd today. 00:15:32.940 --> 00:15:35.940 It goes against a lot of the things that we feel. 00:15:36.120 --> 00:15:38.380 It goes against a lot of the things that we want. 00:15:38.380 --> 00:15:41.540 And it even goes against a lot of the things 00:15:41.540 --> 00:15:44.940 that others teach us and tell us to do. 00:15:45.080 --> 00:15:48.340 The gospel so many times comes into conflict 00:15:48.340 --> 00:15:51.240 with what my sinful self still wants to do 00:15:51.240 --> 00:15:52.240 and still wants to pursue. 00:15:53.640 --> 00:15:54.860 And so what I want us to look at 00:15:54.860 --> 00:15:56.580 is just an overview, right? 00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:57.960 We're not going to read it all. 00:15:58.080 --> 00:15:59.080 We're just going to look at an overview 00:15:59.080 --> 00:16:01.580 of the four large areas 00:16:01.580 --> 00:16:05.400 that I think that Jesus attacks in this moment, 00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:06.640 in the Sermon on the Mount, 00:16:06.640 --> 00:16:07.400 that says, look, 00:16:07.500 --> 00:16:09.360 if you want to put these words into place, 00:16:09.560 --> 00:16:10.660 here's what this looks like. 00:16:11.380 --> 00:16:13.040 And it's going to speak against our culture. 00:16:13.800 --> 00:16:15.420 And it's going to speak against, 00:16:15.680 --> 00:16:16.920 for so many of us, 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:18.500 what comes natural to us. 00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:20.340 The first thing is the theme 00:16:20.340 --> 00:16:21.360 of the Sermon on the Mount 00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:23.060 that Jesus commands is this, 00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:25.680 that we are to fight sin and love others. 00:16:26.280 --> 00:16:27.360 Now, I'll be honest with you. 00:16:28.100 --> 00:16:30.020 If we flip around a couple of words, 00:16:30.300 --> 00:16:32.360 it's where our sinful hearts want to push us to. 00:16:33.060 --> 00:16:34.760 Our sinful hearts want us 00:16:34.760 --> 00:16:36.740 to not fight sin and love others. 00:16:36.920 --> 00:16:38.340 Our sinful hearts want us 00:16:38.340 --> 00:16:39.800 to love sin and fight others. 00:16:40.760 --> 00:16:42.760 That can become our tendency in life. 00:16:43.140 --> 00:16:44.440 The sin feels good. 00:16:44.700 --> 00:16:46.140 You're difficult, right? 00:16:46.640 --> 00:16:47.980 This is what I want. 00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:49.480 I don't want any part of that. 00:16:50.260 --> 00:16:53.060 But Jesus is going to speak to the core of this. 00:16:53.720 --> 00:16:55.280 Jesus is going to teach things 00:16:55.280 --> 00:16:56.540 throughout the Sermon on the Mount 00:16:56.540 --> 00:16:57.500 and throughout of his life 00:16:57.500 --> 00:16:58.940 and what we're going to see in Scripture 00:16:58.940 --> 00:17:00.620 that says that you and I, 00:17:00.940 --> 00:17:03.340 as his followers in relationships, 00:17:03.340 --> 00:17:05.260 when we come into conflict, 00:17:05.460 --> 00:17:06.760 do you know what we're supposed to do? 00:17:07.400 --> 00:17:08.600 Jesus says we reconcile. 00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:10.160 We reconcile. 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:12.280 That that is the heart 00:17:12.280 --> 00:17:13.420 and the desire 00:17:13.420 --> 00:17:14.520 and the pursuit 00:17:14.520 --> 00:17:16.000 and the action of a believer. 00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:19.040 That when I'm done wrong by you 00:17:19.040 --> 00:17:23.060 and when you're done wrong by me, 00:17:23.700 --> 00:17:25.380 the working nature 00:17:25.380 --> 00:17:27.740 of what God has called us to 00:17:27.740 --> 00:17:28.880 is to reconcile. 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:33.240 Jesus tells us crazy things 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:34.440 when it comes to fighting sin. 00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:36.960 Like if lust is an issue, 00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:42.260 destroy whatever is causing you to lust. 00:17:42.740 --> 00:17:45.260 The example that Jesus gives in Scripture is this. 00:17:45.640 --> 00:17:47.580 Hey, if your eye causes you to stumble, 00:17:48.100 --> 00:17:48.880 gouge it out. 00:17:49.700 --> 00:17:51.500 Now, did Jesus literally mean that? 00:17:52.600 --> 00:17:53.300 I think yes. 00:17:54.880 --> 00:17:56.140 I think Jesus meant 00:17:56.140 --> 00:17:57.340 whatever causes you 00:17:57.340 --> 00:17:59.360 to fall into patterns of sin, 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:01.600 destroy it before it destroys you. 00:18:08.360 --> 00:18:09.700 What if it was this? 00:18:13.520 --> 00:18:14.080 I mean, 00:18:14.420 --> 00:18:16.940 are we so committed to following Jesus 00:18:16.940 --> 00:18:18.900 that if a piece of technology 00:18:18.900 --> 00:18:20.180 causes us to stumble, 00:18:20.300 --> 00:18:21.940 would we be willing to lay it down 00:18:21.940 --> 00:18:22.860 and take a hammer to it? 00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:26.080 What if it was 00:18:26.080 --> 00:18:27.880 whatever streaming service 00:18:27.880 --> 00:18:29.680 you're a part of? 00:18:31.300 --> 00:18:32.800 Would we delete it? 00:18:33.760 --> 00:18:34.800 Would we cancel it? 00:18:35.740 --> 00:18:36.620 Would we sit down 00:18:36.620 --> 00:18:37.340 and have the boldness 00:18:37.340 --> 00:18:38.400 to sit down with our spouse 00:18:38.400 --> 00:18:39.380 and our kids and say, 00:18:39.800 --> 00:18:40.020 look, 00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:42.540 this causes me 00:18:42.540 --> 00:18:43.880 to go here 00:18:43.880 --> 00:18:45.680 and I don't need to go here 00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:47.060 and so for the betterment 00:18:47.060 --> 00:18:47.700 of my walk 00:18:47.700 --> 00:18:48.380 and for my family, 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:49.060 it needs to be gone. 00:18:50.560 --> 00:18:51.740 Would we be willing 00:18:51.740 --> 00:18:54.300 to go into work tomorrow 00:18:54.300 --> 00:18:56.620 and sit down 00:18:56.620 --> 00:18:57.280 with our boss 00:18:57.280 --> 00:18:59.300 and say, 00:18:59.380 --> 00:18:59.480 look, 00:18:59.540 --> 00:19:00.680 I gotta share something. 00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:03.320 There's an individual here 00:19:03.320 --> 00:19:06.540 who I'm in a relationship with 00:19:06.540 --> 00:19:08.800 and it's not God-honoring 00:19:08.800 --> 00:19:10.040 and it's not glorifying 00:19:10.040 --> 00:19:11.180 and if I'm even married, 00:19:11.300 --> 00:19:12.420 it's not glorifying it. 00:19:12.500 --> 00:19:13.060 So I'm done. 00:19:13.860 --> 00:19:14.360 I'm done. 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:15.980 But that's crazy. 00:19:16.080 --> 00:19:16.740 That's insane. 00:19:17.100 --> 00:19:19.480 Jesus would never expect that. 00:19:19.900 --> 00:19:21.660 I'm still paying on my iPhone. 00:19:21.780 --> 00:19:22.640 Why would I break it? 00:19:23.640 --> 00:19:24.180 I don't know if he says 00:19:24.180 --> 00:19:25.420 if your eye calls 00:19:25.420 --> 00:19:26.240 as you gouge it out, 00:19:26.300 --> 00:19:27.080 I think he takes this stuff 00:19:27.080 --> 00:19:27.660 pretty serious. 00:19:29.100 --> 00:19:31.020 That fight sin, 00:19:31.200 --> 00:19:31.800 love others. 00:19:33.140 --> 00:19:34.220 In a world 00:19:34.220 --> 00:19:36.180 in which we're taught 00:19:36.180 --> 00:19:39.300 to press back 00:19:39.300 --> 00:19:40.620 when others press on us, 00:19:40.920 --> 00:19:41.780 Jesus says, 00:19:42.160 --> 00:19:43.380 if someone slaps you 00:19:43.380 --> 00:19:44.340 in the face, 00:19:45.360 --> 00:19:46.540 don't hit them back. 00:19:47.280 --> 00:19:48.980 Give them the other cheek. 00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:50.720 Now, here's the words 00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:52.300 that Jesus uses is this. 00:19:53.560 --> 00:19:54.700 If you punch me, 00:19:55.560 --> 00:19:56.920 I think I can handle that. 00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:57.740 These aren't Jesus' words. 00:19:57.800 --> 00:19:58.560 These are my words real quick. 00:19:58.620 --> 00:19:58.740 All right? 00:19:58.800 --> 00:19:59.480 If you punch me, 00:19:59.500 --> 00:20:00.380 I think I can handle that. 00:20:01.060 --> 00:20:03.140 The words that Jesus uses is this. 00:20:04.300 --> 00:20:06.480 If someone backhands you, 00:20:07.260 --> 00:20:07.520 right? 00:20:07.700 --> 00:20:10.340 Now, the point of backhanding anything 00:20:10.340 --> 00:20:12.840 is to both show power 00:20:12.840 --> 00:20:14.060 and dominance 00:20:14.060 --> 00:20:15.440 and to embarrass the person 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:16.240 that you're doing that to. 00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:18.260 So Jesus says, 00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:21.160 if someone backhands you, 00:20:22.380 --> 00:20:23.620 turn the other cheek 00:20:23.620 --> 00:20:25.940 so that when they come back by, 00:20:26.280 --> 00:20:27.480 they can just hit you again. 00:20:28.800 --> 00:20:32.540 And then you do nothing. 00:20:36.100 --> 00:20:37.580 But stand up for yourself. 00:20:38.580 --> 00:20:39.900 But defend yourself. 00:20:41.180 --> 00:20:41.760 Jesus says, no, 00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:44.000 it's bigger than that. 00:20:44.440 --> 00:20:46.300 We fight sin. 00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:47.440 We love others. 00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:49.660 The second thing 00:20:49.660 --> 00:20:50.460 that's a big thing 00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:52.080 that Jesus talks about in this 00:20:52.080 --> 00:20:53.680 is he addresses the comfort 00:20:53.680 --> 00:20:55.440 of the people who are around him. 00:20:56.340 --> 00:20:58.100 Jesus speaks to the very heart 00:20:58.100 --> 00:20:59.820 of what they long for 00:20:59.820 --> 00:21:01.220 and for what they want 00:21:01.220 --> 00:21:01.980 in their lives. 00:21:02.260 --> 00:21:03.260 And here's what I want to speak to. 00:21:03.580 --> 00:21:04.940 There may not be 00:21:04.940 --> 00:21:06.060 a more unlike, 00:21:06.360 --> 00:21:07.780 Christ-like characteristic 00:21:07.780 --> 00:21:10.240 that the church embodies 00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:12.180 any more so than entitlement. 00:21:13.400 --> 00:21:14.900 And that when we as Christians 00:21:14.900 --> 00:21:17.100 feel entitled as people, 00:21:17.280 --> 00:21:18.900 as this is what we deserve, 00:21:19.240 --> 00:21:20.800 that this is what is owed to us, 00:21:20.900 --> 00:21:23.260 that I deserve to always get what I want, 00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:24.600 that I always deserve 00:21:24.600 --> 00:21:26.720 to get what I feel like is mine, 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:27.980 and Jesus is going to speak 00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:28.820 to the heart of that 00:21:28.820 --> 00:21:29.600 as believers. 00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:30.800 And he says, no, no, no. 00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:32.580 We're going to speak to comfort. 00:21:32.960 --> 00:21:34.060 And at the very beginning, 00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:35.880 Jesus says that it has got 00:21:35.880 --> 00:21:37.120 to be within us 00:21:37.120 --> 00:21:38.700 that what we desire for, 00:21:38.840 --> 00:21:40.000 what we long for, 00:21:40.060 --> 00:21:41.440 and what we pursue 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:43.620 is sacrifice. 00:21:44.120 --> 00:21:45.600 The complete opposite 00:21:45.600 --> 00:21:46.700 of entitlement. 00:21:47.580 --> 00:21:48.460 That even though 00:21:48.460 --> 00:21:49.760 this is what I've been given, 00:21:50.040 --> 00:21:51.200 this is what I lay down 00:21:51.200 --> 00:21:51.780 before you. 00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:53.900 And so that in our lives, 00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:55.540 when we begin to manifest this 00:21:55.540 --> 00:21:56.620 and walk through this 00:21:56.620 --> 00:21:57.980 and play this out in our life, 00:21:58.060 --> 00:21:59.980 it means that we give to the needy, 00:22:00.200 --> 00:22:01.400 that those who are in need, 00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:02.160 that we looked at 00:22:02.160 --> 00:22:02.940 with the parable 00:22:02.940 --> 00:22:04.180 of the Good Samaritan, 00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:05.380 that that's in our heart, 00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:06.480 and that's who we are, 00:22:06.560 --> 00:22:07.980 that we long to give 00:22:07.980 --> 00:22:10.480 to those from our abundance, 00:22:10.740 --> 00:22:12.100 from what we have, 00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:14.220 and even from our sacrifice 00:22:14.220 --> 00:22:15.680 so that others can have. 00:22:16.160 --> 00:22:17.360 Jesus speaks to comfort 00:22:17.360 --> 00:22:18.540 and he addresses something 00:22:18.540 --> 00:22:19.580 that really wrestles 00:22:19.580 --> 00:22:20.360 with all of us, 00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:21.760 especially maybe right now 00:22:21.760 --> 00:22:23.160 as you're thinking about lunch. 00:22:24.060 --> 00:22:24.780 And Jesus says, 00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:25.780 no, we've got to fast. 00:22:26.780 --> 00:22:27.680 We've got to fast. 00:22:28.120 --> 00:22:28.920 Because we've got to say 00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:30.340 that our own personal comfort 00:22:30.340 --> 00:22:32.640 is nothing like the depth 00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:33.980 of the relationship with God 00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:35.160 when I depend on him. 00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:37.300 As we think about our comfort, 00:22:37.400 --> 00:22:38.420 I think the last two 00:22:38.420 --> 00:22:39.980 are really going to ring true 00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:41.380 in what we're talking about 00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:42.640 and what we're living in 00:22:42.640 --> 00:22:43.980 in our days right now. 00:22:44.100 --> 00:22:45.980 And this is not me being pro 00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:47.560 or anti anything 00:22:47.560 --> 00:22:49.140 other than being pro 00:22:49.140 --> 00:22:50.160 the words of Jesus. 00:22:50.800 --> 00:22:52.740 Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount 00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:54.360 says this, 00:22:55.240 --> 00:23:00.120 don't worry about your life. 00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:01.680 We get that. 00:23:02.560 --> 00:23:06.340 Don't worry about your life. 00:23:07.060 --> 00:23:09.160 Jesus says it's in God's hands. 00:23:09.560 --> 00:23:10.860 It's in control. 00:23:11.260 --> 00:23:13.300 Now we're not called to be foolish, 00:23:13.820 --> 00:23:15.120 but Jesus says, 00:23:15.760 --> 00:23:16.800 don't worry. 00:23:17.260 --> 00:23:19.560 I've got this. 00:23:19.780 --> 00:23:21.420 I know the number of your days 00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:22.580 and I have you here 00:23:22.580 --> 00:23:24.960 for a plan and for a purpose. 00:23:26.300 --> 00:23:27.320 It's a big thing 00:23:27.320 --> 00:23:28.500 that we're battling right now. 00:23:30.100 --> 00:23:33.620 Don't worry doesn't mean be careless. 00:23:34.860 --> 00:23:37.480 Don't worry means trust God. 00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.360 Jesus says, 00:23:40.360 --> 00:23:40.600 Jesus says, 00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:42.100 look, 00:23:42.800 --> 00:23:43.960 as a command, 00:23:44.640 --> 00:23:48.040 don't be anxious. 00:23:48.760 --> 00:23:49.720 I want to say this 00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:50.760 because I had a conversation 00:23:50.760 --> 00:23:51.440 even with somebody 00:23:51.440 --> 00:23:53.080 after our first service. 00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.940 I know 00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:56.760 what anxiety 00:23:56.760 --> 00:23:58.440 feels like. 00:23:59.840 --> 00:24:00.880 I know 00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:02.620 what depression 00:24:02.620 --> 00:24:04.400 feels like. 00:24:07.280 --> 00:24:08.380 The scariest day 00:24:08.380 --> 00:24:08.940 of my life 00:24:08.940 --> 00:24:10.080 was about 12 years ago. 00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:13.120 I walked up, 00:24:13.840 --> 00:24:15.160 was in a season 00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:15.700 of stress 00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:16.420 like I hadn't 00:24:16.420 --> 00:24:17.200 at that point in time 00:24:17.200 --> 00:24:18.320 ever experienced before. 00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:20.800 Walked up onto the stage 00:24:20.800 --> 00:24:21.460 Sunday morning 00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:23.580 to perform my job 00:24:23.580 --> 00:24:24.220 as a pastor. 00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:26.860 The lights cut on. 00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.540 I saw everyone 00:24:27.540 --> 00:24:28.440 in the audience. 00:24:28.820 --> 00:24:29.800 I saw the camera 00:24:29.800 --> 00:24:30.540 that we had 00:24:30.540 --> 00:24:31.200 cut on 00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:33.560 and in the moment 00:24:33.560 --> 00:24:35.960 all of the stress, 00:24:36.420 --> 00:24:37.540 all of the anxiety, 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:39.160 all of the worry 00:24:39.160 --> 00:24:39.800 hit 00:24:39.800 --> 00:24:42.260 and I went into 00:24:42.260 --> 00:24:43.340 a panic attack 00:24:43.340 --> 00:24:44.960 filled with anxiety 00:24:44.960 --> 00:24:45.600 like I'd never 00:24:45.600 --> 00:24:46.340 experienced before 00:24:46.340 --> 00:24:48.700 and in the midst 00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.740 of the service 00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:51.580 I took off 00:24:51.580 --> 00:24:52.380 my mic pack, 00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:53.020 I handed it 00:24:53.020 --> 00:24:53.940 to my youth pastor, 00:24:54.080 --> 00:24:54.420 I said, 00:24:54.800 --> 00:24:55.800 whether you've got it 00:24:55.800 --> 00:24:56.380 or not buddy, 00:24:56.480 --> 00:24:57.220 you've got this. 00:25:01.960 --> 00:25:03.140 I walked out the doors, 00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:06.300 I found an empty room, 00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:10.120 I got on the floor 00:25:10.120 --> 00:25:11.080 and wept like a baby. 00:25:12.600 --> 00:25:13.420 Somebody came in 00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:13.660 and they said, 00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.280 what do you need? 00:25:14.340 --> 00:25:14.480 I said, 00:25:14.500 --> 00:25:15.280 I just want my wife. 00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:21.300 Aaron came in there 00:25:21.300 --> 00:25:24.520 and he just held me. 00:25:26.260 --> 00:25:27.240 I couldn't explain 00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:28.140 what I was going through. 00:25:29.460 --> 00:25:30.540 Went through counseling, 00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:32.260 went to the hospital 00:25:32.260 --> 00:25:33.080 that day immediately. 00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:33.980 They thought I was 00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:35.080 having a heart attack. 00:25:35.380 --> 00:25:36.240 I wasn't having 00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:36.900 a heart attack. 00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:38.080 I think a heart attack 00:25:38.080 --> 00:25:38.900 would have been easier 00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:39.340 because at least 00:25:39.340 --> 00:25:40.280 we know what's going on. 00:25:40.540 --> 00:25:41.120 Found out later, 00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:42.180 going through counseling, 00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:45.100 struggled with anxiety. 00:25:46.600 --> 00:25:47.380 So if you're like, 00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:48.520 I struggle with anxiety, 00:25:48.780 --> 00:25:49.200 let me tell you, 00:25:49.260 --> 00:25:49.820 I get it. 00:25:50.360 --> 00:25:50.920 I know. 00:25:51.320 --> 00:25:52.020 I've been there. 00:25:52.120 --> 00:25:52.840 I've done that. 00:25:52.980 --> 00:25:53.980 I've walked through. 00:25:55.520 --> 00:25:57.180 But I can't ignore the fact 00:25:57.180 --> 00:25:58.040 that Jesus says, 00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.860 don't be anxious. 00:26:00.280 --> 00:26:01.620 That that's a command of God. 00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:03.760 And here's why. 00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:05.600 My heart breaks 00:26:05.600 --> 00:26:06.420 if you're someone 00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:07.680 who struggles with anxiety. 00:26:08.480 --> 00:26:09.840 My heart breaks for you. 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.820 I've been there 00:26:10.820 --> 00:26:11.740 and oftentimes 00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:13.540 I still find that I am there. 00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:15.560 But what Jesus wants you to say 00:26:15.560 --> 00:26:17.280 is, Lord, here's control. 00:26:18.580 --> 00:26:20.260 Everything that brought me 00:26:20.260 --> 00:26:21.800 to that point that morning 00:26:21.800 --> 00:26:22.680 on that floor 00:26:22.680 --> 00:26:24.820 was all of the things 00:26:24.820 --> 00:26:26.100 that I was trying to control. 00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:26.940 And I realized 00:26:26.940 --> 00:26:28.180 I can't do it anymore. 00:26:29.240 --> 00:26:31.860 I can't do it anymore. 00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:34.760 Jesus deals with our comfort. 00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:36.700 Jesus wants to deal 00:26:36.700 --> 00:26:37.360 with our prayer. 00:26:38.380 --> 00:26:39.240 Jesus is speaking 00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:40.700 to a religious group of people. 00:26:41.560 --> 00:26:43.080 They know prayer. 00:26:43.440 --> 00:26:44.080 But Jesus says, 00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:44.780 but I want your prayer 00:26:44.780 --> 00:26:45.400 to be different. 00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:47.020 I want to be different 00:26:47.020 --> 00:26:48.060 than it was before. 00:26:49.180 --> 00:26:50.220 And so Jesus begins to say, 00:26:50.340 --> 00:26:52.200 hey, this is what prayer looks like. 00:26:52.800 --> 00:26:53.600 It's rooted, 00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.940 it's beginned, 00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:56.360 and it's fulfilled fully. 00:26:56.500 --> 00:26:57.820 Number one in praise. 00:26:58.760 --> 00:26:58.880 Right? 00:26:58.940 --> 00:27:00.120 Like our prayers 00:27:00.120 --> 00:27:02.220 begin by declaring 00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:03.260 the goodness 00:27:03.260 --> 00:27:05.200 and greatness of God. 00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:06.480 Right? 00:27:06.580 --> 00:27:07.480 I don't know about you 00:27:07.480 --> 00:27:07.920 and I don't know 00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:08.260 how many people 00:27:08.260 --> 00:27:09.060 still do this, 00:27:09.060 --> 00:27:10.940 but you remember 00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.740 when you used to write 00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.320 love letters, 00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:12.940 right? 00:27:13.560 --> 00:27:14.520 There were some details 00:27:14.520 --> 00:27:15.420 that you had to get to, 00:27:15.500 --> 00:27:16.740 like I'll see you after class, 00:27:16.840 --> 00:27:17.880 let's go here, 00:27:17.960 --> 00:27:18.720 all those kind of things, 00:27:18.760 --> 00:27:18.980 right? 00:27:19.360 --> 00:27:20.220 But they kind of 00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:21.360 usually began 00:27:21.360 --> 00:27:23.800 with dear so-and-so, 00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.940 oh, I love you, 00:27:25.040 --> 00:27:25.700 you're so beautiful, 00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:26.060 right? 00:27:26.320 --> 00:27:27.560 And we'd end it with, 00:27:27.660 --> 00:27:28.460 I'm so lucky 00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:29.220 to be with you. 00:27:30.040 --> 00:27:31.580 And when we look at God, 00:27:32.380 --> 00:27:33.940 when we approach Him 00:27:33.940 --> 00:27:36.220 in a depth that we've 00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:38.120 never communicated before, 00:27:38.460 --> 00:27:40.520 what He longs for 00:27:40.520 --> 00:27:42.280 and what frees our hearts 00:27:42.280 --> 00:27:43.800 is when it's rooted in praise, 00:27:44.800 --> 00:27:45.560 with the declaration 00:27:45.560 --> 00:27:46.540 of who He is, 00:27:47.580 --> 00:27:50.500 that God sent Jesus 00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:52.480 to redeem His people 00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:53.640 so that when we look forward 00:27:53.640 --> 00:27:54.400 in Revelation, 00:27:54.640 --> 00:27:55.540 what do we find? 00:27:55.780 --> 00:27:56.760 What's the end goal? 00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.960 What do we come to? 00:27:58.060 --> 00:27:59.160 We come to the praise 00:27:59.160 --> 00:28:00.720 and adoration of God, 00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:01.200 right? 00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:02.500 It's the closest thing 00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:03.440 to heaven on earth 00:28:03.440 --> 00:28:04.940 that we'll ever experience. 00:28:05.460 --> 00:28:06.300 And Jesus says 00:28:06.300 --> 00:28:08.280 that's what prayer's rooted in. 00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:09.480 But He also says 00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:10.820 that prayer is based 00:28:10.820 --> 00:28:11.860 in repentance, 00:28:12.980 --> 00:28:14.480 brokenness before Him. 00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.760 Understand, 00:28:16.340 --> 00:28:17.440 we're not talking 00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:18.640 about confession, 00:28:19.080 --> 00:28:20.520 which is what we do a lot. 00:28:21.320 --> 00:28:22.680 God, here's what I've done, 00:28:23.280 --> 00:28:23.600 right? 00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:24.540 He knows. 00:28:24.860 --> 00:28:26.340 He knows the list. 00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:28.200 But repentance, 00:28:29.220 --> 00:28:30.420 the true brokenness 00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:31.760 for what we've done, 00:28:32.340 --> 00:28:33.640 the true brokenness 00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:34.680 for the sorrow, 00:28:35.960 --> 00:28:37.040 and then desperately 00:28:37.040 --> 00:28:38.100 seeking His will. 00:28:39.120 --> 00:28:40.420 Desperately seeking His will. 00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:42.080 And so Jesus begins 00:28:42.080 --> 00:28:43.440 to build on 00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:44.180 and build on 00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:44.820 and build on 00:28:44.820 --> 00:28:45.740 all of these things. 00:28:46.380 --> 00:28:47.300 But the last thing 00:28:47.300 --> 00:28:48.180 that we're going to look at 00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:49.540 because I think it culturally 00:28:49.540 --> 00:28:51.100 impacts so much 00:28:51.100 --> 00:28:51.820 of who we are 00:28:51.820 --> 00:28:53.220 is going to be 00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:55.020 what Jesus begins 00:28:55.020 --> 00:28:56.440 the Sermon on the Mount 00:28:56.440 --> 00:28:56.860 with. 00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:59.120 As Jesus addressed 00:28:59.120 --> 00:28:59.980 what it means 00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:01.460 to be blessed. 00:29:02.500 --> 00:29:03.440 To be blessed. 00:29:04.360 --> 00:29:05.140 Being blessed 00:29:05.140 --> 00:29:06.280 is a word 00:29:06.280 --> 00:29:07.980 that everyone uses, 00:29:08.300 --> 00:29:08.580 right? 00:29:08.980 --> 00:29:10.280 Whether you're religious 00:29:10.280 --> 00:29:11.120 or not, 00:29:11.220 --> 00:29:12.180 whether you're a Christian 00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:12.900 or not, 00:29:13.140 --> 00:29:14.140 everybody wants 00:29:14.140 --> 00:29:14.900 to be blessed. 00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:16.100 No one hears 00:29:16.100 --> 00:29:17.020 the word blessing 00:29:17.020 --> 00:29:17.780 and thinks 00:29:17.780 --> 00:29:18.760 that's a bad thing. 00:29:18.840 --> 00:29:19.540 And if we were to poll 00:29:19.540 --> 00:29:20.160 everybody, 00:29:20.480 --> 00:29:21.080 we should get 00:29:21.080 --> 00:29:22.300 100% of the people 00:29:22.300 --> 00:29:23.920 in here watching online 00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:24.300 should say, 00:29:24.540 --> 00:29:25.280 yeah absolutely 00:29:25.280 --> 00:29:27.080 I want to be blessed. 00:29:27.260 --> 00:29:28.580 But then the question is, 00:29:28.760 --> 00:29:29.820 well what does that mean? 00:29:30.020 --> 00:29:31.200 What does it mean for you? 00:29:31.320 --> 00:29:32.420 What does it mean for me? 00:29:32.580 --> 00:29:33.580 And Jesus says 00:29:33.580 --> 00:29:34.700 at the very beginning 00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.880 on the Sermon on the Mount 00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:37.460 that being blessed 00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:38.900 means this. 00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:41.060 And it's going to be different. 00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:43.000 And it's going to mold you 00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:44.260 and shape you 00:29:44.260 --> 00:29:45.540 into something more 00:29:45.540 --> 00:29:46.520 than this world 00:29:46.520 --> 00:29:48.420 would ever have to offer. 00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:49.920 because being blessed 00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:52.040 begins in a desperation 00:29:52.040 --> 00:29:53.280 for Christ. 00:29:54.280 --> 00:29:55.120 Being blessed 00:29:55.120 --> 00:29:56.360 means being desperate 00:29:56.360 --> 00:29:56.960 for him. 00:29:57.280 --> 00:29:58.200 Jesus is going to say 00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:59.380 that being blessed 00:29:59.380 --> 00:30:00.660 means being broken. 00:30:00.800 --> 00:30:00.960 You're like, 00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.340 well I don't want 00:30:01.340 --> 00:30:02.060 to be broken 00:30:02.060 --> 00:30:03.280 but being blessed 00:30:03.280 --> 00:30:04.740 means be broken 00:30:04.740 --> 00:30:05.600 for our sins. 00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:09.480 Being blessed 00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:11.780 means to be humble. 00:30:13.260 --> 00:30:15.000 not prideful 00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:17.640 not what I deserve 00:30:17.640 --> 00:30:18.540 not what I'm owed 00:30:18.540 --> 00:30:19.780 not what you should give me 00:30:19.780 --> 00:30:22.900 but being humble. 00:30:23.760 --> 00:30:25.000 Not thinking less 00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:25.700 of ourselves 00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:27.140 but thinking of ourselves 00:30:27.140 --> 00:30:28.440 less. 00:30:30.020 --> 00:30:30.480 Jesus says 00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:31.280 that being blessed 00:30:31.280 --> 00:30:31.700 means that we 00:30:31.700 --> 00:30:32.960 we're desiring 00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:34.320 the righteousness 00:30:34.320 --> 00:30:35.680 of God 00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:36.920 above all things. 00:30:38.860 --> 00:30:39.920 that being blessed 00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:42.400 means that what I give 00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:44.660 is not retaliation 00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:47.080 but what I give 00:30:47.080 --> 00:30:48.700 is mercy. 00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:51.140 Jesus says 00:30:51.140 --> 00:30:52.160 that being blessed 00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:54.220 means that the desire 00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:55.860 of my heart 00:30:55.860 --> 00:30:57.700 of everything 00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:58.860 that I long for 00:30:58.860 --> 00:31:00.420 is an inner 00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:02.500 moral purity. 00:31:03.600 --> 00:31:04.500 Jesus is dealing 00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:05.440 with a group of people 00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:06.300 who know how to do 00:31:06.300 --> 00:31:08.320 all of the right things. 00:31:08.860 --> 00:31:10.140 external 00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:12.060 moral purity 00:31:12.060 --> 00:31:13.820 is where they thrive 00:31:13.820 --> 00:31:15.780 but Jesus says 00:31:15.780 --> 00:31:16.740 it has to begin here 00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:19.260 and then Jesus says 00:31:19.260 --> 00:31:19.520 too 00:31:19.520 --> 00:31:21.320 at the heart 00:31:21.320 --> 00:31:21.920 of the gospel 00:31:21.920 --> 00:31:24.080 what must ring true 00:31:24.080 --> 00:31:25.320 in our lives 00:31:25.320 --> 00:31:27.680 that blessed 00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:29.500 are the peacemakers. 00:31:30.940 --> 00:31:31.920 You see Jesus came 00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:33.580 to bring peace 00:31:33.580 --> 00:31:35.200 to reconcile 00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:37.020 and of the heart 00:31:37.020 --> 00:31:37.600 of the gospel 00:31:37.600 --> 00:31:38.580 of what it plays 00:31:38.580 --> 00:31:39.160 out to 00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:40.320 in our lives 00:31:40.320 --> 00:31:41.240 and in our world 00:31:41.240 --> 00:31:42.480 and in our culture 00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:43.200 is this 00:31:43.200 --> 00:31:44.060 that you and I 00:31:44.060 --> 00:31:45.300 having received 00:31:45.300 --> 00:31:46.280 that you and I 00:31:46.280 --> 00:31:47.520 having been made new 00:31:47.520 --> 00:31:48.260 through the blood 00:31:48.260 --> 00:31:48.760 of Christ 00:31:48.760 --> 00:31:49.580 that you and I 00:31:49.580 --> 00:31:50.320 who walk 00:31:50.320 --> 00:31:50.860 in the freedom 00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.520 and the power 00:31:51.520 --> 00:31:52.280 of the resurrection 00:31:52.280 --> 00:31:53.360 that you and I 00:31:53.360 --> 00:31:54.300 as this is where 00:31:54.300 --> 00:31:55.300 we find ourselves 00:31:55.300 --> 00:31:55.940 if we're going 00:31:55.940 --> 00:31:56.740 to be peacemakers 00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.900 then here's what 00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:58.400 it means 00:31:58.400 --> 00:31:59.540 to love God 00:31:59.540 --> 00:32:00.680 and to love others 00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:01.780 that the heartbeat 00:32:01.780 --> 00:32:02.460 the cry 00:32:02.460 --> 00:32:03.460 of our life 00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:04.900 is how do I bring peace 00:32:04.900 --> 00:32:06.120 between a holy God 00:32:06.120 --> 00:32:07.160 and a sinful man 00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:08.020 and so we declare 00:32:08.020 --> 00:32:08.540 the hope 00:32:08.540 --> 00:32:09.100 of the gospel 00:32:09.100 --> 00:32:09.820 of Jesus Christ 00:32:09.820 --> 00:32:11.300 so that all may hear 00:32:11.300 --> 00:32:12.140 and respond 00:32:12.140 --> 00:32:12.860 to his goodness 00:32:12.860 --> 00:32:13.440 and gracious 00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:15.100 and we bring peace 00:32:15.100 --> 00:32:15.640 through that 00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:16.880 but we not always 00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:18.140 not also bring peace 00:32:18.140 --> 00:32:19.200 between God and man 00:32:19.200 --> 00:32:20.440 but that we work 00:32:20.440 --> 00:32:21.340 as individuals 00:32:21.340 --> 00:32:23.200 that in our daily life 00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:24.780 to show that peace 00:32:24.780 --> 00:32:25.960 and so what do we do 00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:28.100 from the very beginning 00:32:28.100 --> 00:32:30.180 we reconcile 00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:32.120 between each other 00:32:32.120 --> 00:32:33.920 we reconcile 00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:35.500 between us 00:32:35.500 --> 00:32:37.560 because remember 00:32:37.560 --> 00:32:39.280 Peter comes 00:32:39.280 --> 00:32:39.740 and says 00:32:39.740 --> 00:32:41.120 how many times 00:32:41.120 --> 00:32:41.540 should I forgive 00:32:41.540 --> 00:32:42.000 my brother 00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.920 seven times 00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:44.840 and Jesus says 00:32:44.840 --> 00:32:45.220 no 00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:46.700 77 00:32:46.700 --> 00:32:48.540 no matter 00:32:48.540 --> 00:32:49.200 how 00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:50.200 many 00:32:50.200 --> 00:32:51.420 times 00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:52.700 we forgive 00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:53.940 we forgive 00:32:53.940 --> 00:32:55.040 we forgive 00:32:55.040 --> 00:32:56.980 and I want to close 00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.420 with this 00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:58.260 in Matthew 7 00:32:58.260 --> 00:33:00.800 the commentary 00:33:00.800 --> 00:33:02.440 on the end 00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:02.980 of the Sermon 00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.440 on the Mount 00:33:03.440 --> 00:33:04.900 it says 00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:05.500 when Jesus 00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:07.060 finished these sayings 00:33:07.060 --> 00:33:09.040 the crowds 00:33:09.040 --> 00:33:10.240 were astonished 00:33:10.240 --> 00:33:10.960 at his teaching 00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:13.000 for he was teaching 00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.840 them as one 00:33:13.840 --> 00:33:15.240 who had authority 00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:17.100 and not 00:33:17.100 --> 00:33:18.400 as their scribes 00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:19.700 you see 00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:20.400 they understood 00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:22.880 that this man 00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:25.040 that some of them 00:33:25.040 --> 00:33:25.960 who they didn't even know 00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:26.620 was God 00:33:26.620 --> 00:33:29.160 has called them 00:33:29.160 --> 00:33:30.740 to something different 00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:32.160 than what the world 00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:33.300 had for them 00:33:33.300 --> 00:33:35.500 and so they had to make 00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:36.120 a choice 00:33:36.120 --> 00:33:38.020 as they left 00:33:38.020 --> 00:33:40.260 would they be wise 00:33:40.260 --> 00:33:41.060 and put these words 00:33:41.060 --> 00:33:41.780 into practice 00:33:41.780 --> 00:33:44.340 or would they be foolish 00:33:44.340 --> 00:33:46.380 and continue to do them 00:33:46.380 --> 00:33:47.680 their own way 00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:48.840 would you pray 00:33:48.840 --> 00:33:49.420 with me 00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:52.860 Lord we thank you 00:33:52.860 --> 00:33:53.400 so much 00:33:53.400 --> 00:33:54.220 for this time 00:33:54.220 --> 00:33:55.100 and this opportunity 00:33:55.100 --> 00:33:56.080 that we could be here 00:33:56.080 --> 00:33:58.500 Lord the words 00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:59.460 that you give 00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:01.300 they cut 00:34:01.300 --> 00:34:02.240 to our heart 00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:05.060 Lord the words 00:34:05.060 --> 00:34:05.720 you give 00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:06.820 are powerful 00:34:06.820 --> 00:34:09.540 and they call 00:34:09.540 --> 00:34:10.060 us 00:34:10.060 --> 00:34:11.960 to be different 00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:14.720 to set aside 00:34:14.720 --> 00:34:15.640 our agendas 00:34:15.640 --> 00:34:18.220 to set aside 00:34:18.220 --> 00:34:19.620 our foolish 00:34:19.620 --> 00:34:20.380 ways 00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:22.600 to set aside 00:34:22.600 --> 00:34:23.460 what we want 00:34:23.460 --> 00:34:24.380 to set aside 00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:25.420 what we feel 00:34:25.420 --> 00:34:26.800 to set aside 00:34:26.800 --> 00:34:27.320 the way 00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:28.420 we often times 00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:29.520 encourage each other 00:34:29.520 --> 00:34:30.040 to be 00:34:30.040 --> 00:34:31.440 maybe even set aside 00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:32.220 the way that we were 00:34:32.220 --> 00:34:33.460 raised to be 00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:34.260 but instead 00:34:34.260 --> 00:34:35.020 Lord to take 00:34:35.020 --> 00:34:35.980 your words 00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:37.080 and not to just 00:34:37.080 --> 00:34:37.820 know them 00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:39.580 but to put them 00:34:39.580 --> 00:34:40.420 into practice 00:34:40.420 --> 00:34:42.200 at a depth 00:34:42.200 --> 00:34:43.520 of a layer 00:34:43.520 --> 00:34:44.500 of obedience 00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:47.280 that is rested in 00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:48.280 and found in you 00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:50.460 and in you alone 00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:57.540 Lord I pray for 00:34:57.540 --> 00:34:58.220 every single one 00:34:58.220 --> 00:34:58.880 of us 00:34:58.880 --> 00:35:01.320 whether we are 00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:02.360 gathered in here 00:35:02.360 --> 00:35:04.220 gathered at home 00:35:04.220 --> 00:35:07.800 Lord that today 00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:10.840 whether directly 00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:11.580 or indirectly 00:35:11.580 --> 00:35:12.680 we make a choice 00:35:12.680 --> 00:35:17.360 every head bowed 00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:17.840 and every eye 00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.480 closed 00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:21.900 the first choice 00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:25.220 that you have 00:35:25.220 --> 00:35:25.920 to reconcile 00:35:25.920 --> 00:35:26.740 within yourself 00:35:26.740 --> 00:35:27.380 is this 00:35:27.380 --> 00:35:30.100 am I willing 00:35:30.100 --> 00:35:31.220 to trust Jesus 00:35:31.220 --> 00:35:33.860 am I willing 00:35:33.860 --> 00:35:35.000 to believe Jesus 00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:38.140 am I willing 00:35:38.140 --> 00:35:38.760 to surrender 00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:39.360 to him 00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:42.340 recognize him 00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:42.920 as Lord 00:35:42.920 --> 00:35:43.580 and Savior 00:35:43.580 --> 00:35:48.220 second choice 00:35:48.220 --> 00:35:48.760 is this 00:35:48.760 --> 00:35:50.980 if you've done 00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.320 that 00:35:51.320 --> 00:35:52.980 if that's who 00:35:52.980 --> 00:35:53.600 you are 00:35:53.600 --> 00:35:55.480 you know him 00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:56.280 and are known 00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:56.840 by him 00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:57.700 and are found 00:35:57.700 --> 00:35:58.340 in him 00:35:58.340 --> 00:36:00.780 will you be 00:36:00.780 --> 00:36:01.560 like the wise 00:36:01.560 --> 00:36:02.140 man who 00:36:02.140 --> 00:36:03.220 built his house 00:36:03.220 --> 00:36:04.160 on the rock 00:36:04.160 --> 00:36:06.620 or will you 00:36:06.620 --> 00:36:07.380 be like the fool 00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:09.120 who chooses 00:36:09.120 --> 00:36:09.660 to do it 00:36:09.660 --> 00:36:10.340 your own way 00:36:10.340 --> 00:36:15.400 Jesus 00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:18.580 I pray 00:36:18.580 --> 00:36:20.320 for the hearts 00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:21.460 of the individuals 00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:22.300 in this room 00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:25.140 we all have 00:36:25.140 --> 00:36:25.620 a decision 00:36:25.620 --> 00:36:26.280 to make 00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:30.200 Lord my prayer 00:36:30.200 --> 00:36:31.440 is that we 00:36:31.440 --> 00:36:32.260 would leave here 00:36:32.260 --> 00:36:35.060 surrendered 00:36:35.060 --> 00:36:37.000 to you 00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:38.320 different 00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:39.880 because of you 00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:41.420 seeking 00:36:41.420 --> 00:36:42.460 obedience 00:36:42.460 --> 00:36:43.620 to you 00:36:43.620 --> 00:36:45.300 in your name 00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:45.780 we pray 00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:47.000 amen 00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:49.040 in just a moment 00:36:49.040 --> 00:36:49.740 we're going to stand 00:36:49.740 --> 00:36:50.440 and we're going to sing 00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:51.980 I'm going to be out 00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:52.780 in the hallway again 00:36:52.780 --> 00:36:54.020 like I was last week 00:36:54.020 --> 00:36:55.480 if you want to come 00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:56.060 and talk to somebody 00:36:56.060 --> 00:36:56.700 about a relationship 00:36:56.700 --> 00:36:57.200 with Christ 00:36:57.200 --> 00:36:57.760 I would love to 00:36:57.760 --> 00:36:58.660 talk with you 00:36:58.660 --> 00:36:59.620 pray with you 00:36:59.620 --> 00:37:00.640 encourage you 00:37:00.640 --> 00:37:02.100 point you in the direction 00:37:02.100 --> 00:37:03.080 explain to you 00:37:03.080 --> 00:37:03.500 the goodness 00:37:03.500 --> 00:37:04.140 of the gospel 00:37:04.140 --> 00:37:04.720 of Jesus 00:37:04.720 --> 00:37:06.860 but church 00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:08.260 these aren't 00:37:08.260 --> 00:37:08.980 just words 00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:11.740 every one of you 00:37:11.740 --> 00:37:13.600 myself included 00:37:13.600 --> 00:37:15.120 has a decision 00:37:15.120 --> 00:37:15.600 to make 00:37:15.600 --> 00:37:16.080 as we leave 00:37:16.080 --> 00:37:16.500 here today 00:37:16.500 --> 00:37:18.760 we all know 00:37:18.760 --> 00:37:21.160 we've all heard 00:37:21.160 --> 00:37:24.160 are we going 00:37:24.160 --> 00:37:24.640 to obey 00:37:24.640 --> 00:37:27.560 would you stand 00:37:27.560 --> 00:37:28.200 as we worship 00:37:28.200 --> 00:37:28.820 and respond 00:37:28.820 --> 00:37:29.260 to him 00:37:29.260 --> 00:37:47.040 thanks again 00:37:47.040 --> 00:37:47.560 for listening 00:37:47.560 --> 00:37:47.920 to the 00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:48.360 Willow Ridge 00:37:48.360 --> 00:37:48.700 Church 00:37:48.700 --> 00:37:49.480 weekly podcast 00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:50.420 we hope 00:37:50.420 --> 00:37:51.000 that you enjoyed 00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:51.700 listening to this 00:37:51.700 --> 00:37:52.300 week's message 00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:53.320 if you'd like 00:37:53.320 --> 00:37:53.860 to learn more 00:37:53.860 --> 00:37:54.700 about who we are 00:37:54.700 --> 00:37:55.360 or explore 00:37:55.360 --> 00:37:56.300 additional resources 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