1 00:00:01,633 --> 00:00:02,833 Well. Good morning. 2 00:00:02,833 --> 00:00:05,833 Flip side. Happy Sunday. 3 00:00:06,100 --> 00:00:09,300 It is a beautiful, beautiful Sunday. 4 00:00:11,266 --> 00:00:14,266 Happy Saint Patrick's Eve day. 5 00:00:14,433 --> 00:00:15,600 Wearing my green. 6 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:18,600 So hands to yourself. 7 00:00:19,533 --> 00:00:21,666 It was, also, opening day 8 00:00:21,666 --> 00:00:24,866 for baseball, little league 9 00:00:24,866 --> 00:00:27,866 and our softball league. And, 10 00:00:29,166 --> 00:00:32,166 you know, I've always wondered my whole life. 11 00:00:32,166 --> 00:00:35,433 Who is tougher, boys 12 00:00:36,833 --> 00:00:38,033 or girls? 13 00:00:38,033 --> 00:00:39,333 Girls. 14 00:00:39,333 --> 00:00:40,933 Pregnancy is a big deal, right? 15 00:00:40,933 --> 00:00:42,866 Like that's it. That's, You got that. 16 00:00:42,866 --> 00:00:46,633 But this weekend was the nail in the coffin. 17 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:48,366 Because boys, right? 18 00:00:48,366 --> 00:00:50,433 I mean, boys, we saw the weather. 19 00:00:50,433 --> 00:00:51,900 I'm on the board for the Little League. 20 00:00:51,900 --> 00:00:54,266 We saw the weather man. 21 00:00:54,266 --> 00:00:56,566 It was a crazy storm last week, right? 22 00:00:56,566 --> 00:00:58,500 We saw the weather Friday and feel. 23 00:00:58,500 --> 00:01:00,933 Oh, yeah. Cancel the games. 24 00:01:00,933 --> 00:01:05,766 Cancel opening day, cancel it, cancel everything. 25 00:01:05,766 --> 00:01:07,800 And here's softball. 26 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:10,500 Little weather, little, water that don't hurt. 27 00:01:10,500 --> 00:01:15,700 So, Gianna Cody, the president and her husband are right over there. 28 00:01:15,733 --> 00:01:20,333 Thank you guys so much for, just your devotion to the softball league. 29 00:01:21,033 --> 00:01:24,033 My Pink Panthers, we came out yesterday. 30 00:01:24,300 --> 00:01:26,566 We lost, like, 12 to 0. 31 00:01:26,566 --> 00:01:29,600 But, you know, softball girls are tougher than boys. 32 00:01:29,633 --> 00:01:32,100 Go ahead and, you know, clap for the girls. 33 00:01:35,100 --> 00:01:38,100 You know, Winning's not everything. 34 00:01:39,166 --> 00:01:40,833 Winning is not everything. 35 00:01:40,833 --> 00:01:42,466 I'm telling that to myself right now. 36 00:01:42,466 --> 00:01:43,800 All right, bro? 37 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:45,833 Anyway, happy. I hope you're having a great day. 38 00:01:45,833 --> 00:01:48,000 Happy Sunday. 39 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,000 Pastor Carl is not here. 40 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:51,833 He's also having a good day. 41 00:01:51,833 --> 00:01:53,700 He is up in Idaho right now. 42 00:01:53,700 --> 00:01:57,166 He is visiting his, his son. 43 00:01:57,900 --> 00:02:00,133 Him and Shelley are visiting their daughter in law, 44 00:02:00,133 --> 00:02:03,133 and they're also hanging out with a the guy named Randy. 45 00:02:04,300 --> 00:02:06,033 If you don't know who Randy is, Randy 46 00:02:06,033 --> 00:02:09,600 is their brand new grandson. 47 00:02:09,866 --> 00:02:12,866 So let's clap for Randy really quick. 48 00:02:13,500 --> 00:02:15,133 I'm in. 49 00:02:15,133 --> 00:02:16,166 I'm in education. 50 00:02:16,166 --> 00:02:19,600 So every year I see all these brand new names of kids, right? 51 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:21,733 Like, Phoenix is one of these kids. 52 00:02:21,733 --> 00:02:23,733 I have this year at my school. 53 00:02:23,733 --> 00:02:28,166 And, Randy, I just got to say, Randy is such a cute baby name. 54 00:02:28,166 --> 00:02:30,366 I gotta say, like baby Randy. 55 00:02:30,366 --> 00:02:33,100 But Randy is one of those names you don't see that often anymore. 56 00:02:33,100 --> 00:02:35,900 So anyway, when Pastor Carl and Shelley, you're back, 57 00:02:35,900 --> 00:02:39,433 make sure you make sure you go give him a hug and say congratulations. 58 00:02:40,633 --> 00:02:43,433 And let him ask him how Randy was doing. 59 00:02:43,433 --> 00:02:46,400 I'm sure they have good news. 60 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:48,033 With that Carl, it's. 61 00:02:48,033 --> 00:02:48,766 He's not here. 62 00:02:48,766 --> 00:02:52,000 It's always an honor for me to step in and fill in for Pastor Carl. 63 00:02:52,266 --> 00:02:55,266 What a gifted teacher and preacher he is. 64 00:02:55,933 --> 00:02:59,433 And what an honor it is for me and my family to call this place 65 00:02:59,966 --> 00:03:01,200 our home church. 66 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:04,233 And so thank you all for being part of this 67 00:03:04,233 --> 00:03:08,166 and part of this church, if you're newer here or new today. 68 00:03:08,833 --> 00:03:10,300 Thanks for choosing this place. 69 00:03:10,300 --> 00:03:15,000 Rather than heading up the hill, the snow, or going to run around on a nicely, 70 00:03:15,866 --> 00:03:17,966 nicely done softball field and playing. 71 00:03:17,966 --> 00:03:21,000 Thanks for choosing this place this morning. 72 00:03:22,633 --> 00:03:26,666 If you've been with us for some time, you would know that we've been walking 73 00:03:26,666 --> 00:03:30,733 through the book of Romans, chapter by chapter, 74 00:03:31,333 --> 00:03:34,266 verse by verse. 75 00:03:34,266 --> 00:03:37,800 Romans is a beautiful letter that was written by a guy 76 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,400 named Paul to a church in Rome, an ancient church. 77 00:03:42,133 --> 00:03:44,766 The the group of people that met at 78 00:03:44,766 --> 00:03:49,966 this church were a group of of Jews and non-Jews, 79 00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:54,066 which the Bible refers to them as, as Gentiles. 80 00:03:54,066 --> 00:03:54,366 Right. 81 00:03:55,366 --> 00:03:56,700 And we've been walking through 82 00:03:56,700 --> 00:04:01,700 and it's been such a beautiful journey through the book of Romans. 83 00:04:02,633 --> 00:04:07,100 And today we land on Romans chapter ten. 84 00:04:07,966 --> 00:04:10,966 Now, before we jump in, I have to say that there's a word 85 00:04:11,366 --> 00:04:13,900 in Romans chapter ten that is mentioned. 86 00:04:13,900 --> 00:04:17,833 The this word or a form of this word is mentioned more 87 00:04:18,266 --> 00:04:21,866 in this one chapter than any other chapter in the New Testament. 88 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,433 And so before we jump in, I just want to 89 00:04:25,433 --> 00:04:28,433 to just talk about this one word. 90 00:04:28,500 --> 00:04:29,366 The word. 91 00:04:29,366 --> 00:04:31,233 That's the Greek version right there. 92 00:04:31,233 --> 00:04:34,433 And in English it's pronounced so teria, 93 00:04:34,900 --> 00:04:38,100 so teria, and it's a noun. 94 00:04:38,333 --> 00:04:42,366 And it, and it means, like a place of, of rescue 95 00:04:42,366 --> 00:04:46,766 or safety, physically or morally. 96 00:04:47,633 --> 00:04:50,433 It means to be like, place of deliverance 97 00:04:50,433 --> 00:04:54,366 or healthy, to be saved or saving. 98 00:04:55,966 --> 00:04:56,366 When we 99 00:04:56,366 --> 00:05:00,766 translate that Greek word to English, we often, 100 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:04,400 use the word salvation 101 00:05:05,100 --> 00:05:07,933 or to be saved. 102 00:05:07,933 --> 00:05:12,333 And these are a couple words that, that in, in church circles or like, 103 00:05:12,833 --> 00:05:17,500 religious cultures, we hear these words a whole bunch, like, hey, 104 00:05:18,300 --> 00:05:21,500 salvation is found in blah, blah, blah, right? 105 00:05:21,500 --> 00:05:23,900 Or hey, are you saved? 106 00:05:23,900 --> 00:05:26,033 I remember being in like seventh or eighth grade. 107 00:05:26,033 --> 00:05:29,800 I, my friend was like, hey, come to this little pizza thing in the cafeteria. 108 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:31,600 And it was, 109 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:35,166 Athletes in action, Christian group. 110 00:05:35,166 --> 00:05:36,700 They brought pizza to our school. 111 00:05:36,700 --> 00:05:40,800 And I got in there and I'm all like, you know, walking in and and this big, 112 00:05:41,966 --> 00:05:45,066 the guy leading the thing, he walked up 113 00:05:45,300 --> 00:05:48,333 and before I could even say, hey, where's the pizza? 114 00:05:48,333 --> 00:05:49,800 He said, hey, are you saved? 115 00:05:51,033 --> 00:05:53,100 And I'm like, 116 00:05:53,100 --> 00:05:54,066 save some pizza. 117 00:05:54,066 --> 00:05:55,800 Like, what are you talking about? 118 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:59,133 And so I just want to, like, like, start today's talk with. 119 00:05:59,166 --> 00:06:00,700 These are some words. 120 00:06:00,700 --> 00:06:03,733 Salvation being saved. 121 00:06:04,033 --> 00:06:07,033 So, Terry, they're they're Christian words. 122 00:06:07,900 --> 00:06:10,600 We use these a lot in church. 123 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:13,766 And so the question is, what are we being saved from? 124 00:06:13,766 --> 00:06:16,066 Or what is so teria? 125 00:06:16,066 --> 00:06:19,066 What are we being rescued from? 126 00:06:19,566 --> 00:06:22,566 Now, the book of Romans, it paints a pretty clear picture. 127 00:06:22,833 --> 00:06:27,300 In Romans chapter three, Paul says that we all fall short. 128 00:06:28,033 --> 00:06:29,233 We all sin. 129 00:06:29,233 --> 00:06:31,600 It says we all mess up. 130 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:35,566 That guy, that girl, this guy, that dude, that girl way in the back. 131 00:06:35,566 --> 00:06:38,100 We all mess up. 132 00:06:38,100 --> 00:06:41,100 And then in Romans six, Paul says, 133 00:06:41,766 --> 00:06:44,266 you know, the wages of sin. 134 00:06:45,766 --> 00:06:48,766 You know what you deserve for sin is death. 135 00:06:50,266 --> 00:06:52,733 And so this idea of so tarea, 136 00:06:52,733 --> 00:06:55,733 the reason why Romans ten says it over and over again 137 00:06:55,766 --> 00:06:59,833 is because of this idea that, yeah, I'm not perfect. 138 00:07:00,466 --> 00:07:02,333 I mess up. 139 00:07:02,333 --> 00:07:05,333 I have sinned. 140 00:07:06,266 --> 00:07:08,500 How am I rescued from that? 141 00:07:08,500 --> 00:07:11,500 How am I rescued from death? 142 00:07:12,100 --> 00:07:15,000 Today we're we're going to answer a question. 143 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:19,833 Paul will answer a question in Romans ten that humans have been asking 144 00:07:19,833 --> 00:07:22,833 from the very beginning of time. 145 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:27,433 Every human, every race, every culture, 146 00:07:27,433 --> 00:07:32,933 every religion seeks to answer one big question. 147 00:07:32,966 --> 00:07:36,600 And it is, how do I experience? 148 00:07:37,966 --> 00:07:40,066 So today, 149 00:07:40,066 --> 00:07:43,066 how am I saved? 150 00:07:43,300 --> 00:07:45,000 And in the book of acts, 151 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:49,033 Paul, the writer of this, this letter later is in prison. 152 00:07:49,033 --> 00:07:50,900 He's sitting in there in prison and 153 00:07:50,900 --> 00:07:54,933 and a soldier walks up to him and asks the very same question. Hey. 154 00:07:55,066 --> 00:07:57,500 Hey, guys. How how do I get saved? 155 00:08:00,066 --> 00:08:00,366 And we 156 00:08:00,366 --> 00:08:04,366 find that, through this whole thing, you're saved. 157 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:05,966 The wages of sin is death. 158 00:08:05,966 --> 00:08:09,300 In Romans six, the wages of sin is death. 159 00:08:09,300 --> 00:08:13,866 But there is a gift, a gift of so teria. 160 00:08:14,366 --> 00:08:17,366 And it's found through Jesus. 161 00:08:17,733 --> 00:08:20,733 Now, we've we've named this whole series. 162 00:08:20,766 --> 00:08:22,433 The last few months we've been in Romans. 163 00:08:22,433 --> 00:08:25,433 We've named it Grace. 164 00:08:25,500 --> 00:08:28,500 And then we have this mathematical symbol. 165 00:08:28,833 --> 00:08:31,833 Grace is greater than. 166 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,400 And then fill in the blank. 167 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:39,333 So, like grace is greater than your addiction, right? 168 00:08:39,400 --> 00:08:44,533 Grace is greater than your your, your mindset. 169 00:08:44,566 --> 00:08:48,000 Grace is greater than, sin. 170 00:08:49,300 --> 00:08:50,533 Grace is greater than depression. 171 00:08:50,533 --> 00:08:52,700 We have this slide that has all these different words. 172 00:08:52,700 --> 00:08:57,000 And the idea is that whatever is going on in your life, 173 00:08:57,833 --> 00:09:01,300 God's grace is greater than it. 174 00:09:03,666 --> 00:09:06,666 Let me tell you what grace is really quick. 175 00:09:06,733 --> 00:09:07,600 My dad's over there. 176 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:09,600 He's the guy with the white hair. 177 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:11,600 I got a future coming. 178 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:13,466 Thanks for coming. Death. 179 00:09:13,466 --> 00:09:16,033 One time, me and my dad, we're at Woodward Park. 180 00:09:16,033 --> 00:09:17,700 Some of you guys know where Woodward Park is. 181 00:09:17,700 --> 00:09:20,233 Beautiful park right over there somewhere. 182 00:09:20,233 --> 00:09:23,000 We're riding our bikes like a father and son. 183 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:24,033 It was cute, man. 184 00:09:24,033 --> 00:09:24,466 We were just. 185 00:09:24,466 --> 00:09:26,166 Hey, dad was loving life. 186 00:09:26,166 --> 00:09:27,966 It was a day like this. 187 00:09:27,966 --> 00:09:30,633 We set our bikes up against a tree. Laura. 188 00:09:30,633 --> 00:09:33,800 We are over here, like doing dad and son stuff. 189 00:09:33,833 --> 00:09:37,966 We're just like, hey, let's skip rocks and teach me how to play catch and stuff. 190 00:09:38,033 --> 00:09:39,066 I was like an adult, though. 191 00:09:39,066 --> 00:09:41,700 So is more like, hey, dad, how's politics? 192 00:09:41,700 --> 00:09:46,333 And, while we're over here doing stuff, some high school kids stole our bikes. 193 00:09:47,933 --> 00:09:49,633 They just took off and we came out. 194 00:09:49,633 --> 00:09:52,233 We're like, hey, what in the world where our bikes go? 195 00:09:52,233 --> 00:09:55,200 Oh my goodness, this is terrible. 196 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:56,200 Let's go home. Right. 197 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:57,566 So we're getting in the car 198 00:09:57,566 --> 00:10:01,200 and all of a sudden here come these dudes are riding our bikes. 199 00:10:01,800 --> 00:10:03,633 And there was four of them. 200 00:10:03,633 --> 00:10:07,200 One kid riding my bike with a kid on his handlebars. 201 00:10:08,133 --> 00:10:11,200 Another kid riding my dad's bike with a kid on his handlebars. 202 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:13,800 And they're just like, whoa, what a great day this is. 203 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:17,033 We just got some brand new bikes, and I'm like, hey, hey, dad. 204 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:19,300 There he goes, our bikes. 205 00:10:19,300 --> 00:10:21,600 And he's like, let's go get him. 206 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:23,833 I'm like, all right, man, now you're speaking. 207 00:10:23,833 --> 00:10:25,800 Let's go boom! 208 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:26,733 It's not my style though. 209 00:10:26,733 --> 00:10:27,600 I don't do that stuff. 210 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:30,000 But, that's what I was thinking. 211 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:31,200 So here we go. 212 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:33,333 An adult and his dad, we drive. 213 00:10:35,166 --> 00:10:36,600 We drive ahead of them. 214 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:39,066 We, like, drive a couple. We had this plan, Jana. 215 00:10:39,066 --> 00:10:42,400 We drive ahead of them, we get out and we're hiding 216 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,400 behind some trees 217 00:10:46,633 --> 00:10:47,133 and, like, do. 218 00:10:47,133 --> 00:10:48,366 What are we doing, man? 219 00:10:48,366 --> 00:10:49,700 He's like, we're going to get our bikes. 220 00:10:49,700 --> 00:10:51,400 I'm like, all right, here we go. 221 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:53,133 These guys there and then nothing. 222 00:10:53,133 --> 00:10:55,933 They had no clue man. 223 00:10:55,933 --> 00:10:57,300 They're riding our bikes up. 224 00:10:57,300 --> 00:11:00,300 And all of a sudden we're just like, hey, 225 00:11:01,300 --> 00:11:04,700 one of them boom topples over, the kid goes flying, 226 00:11:04,700 --> 00:11:07,500 the other kid falls on the ground and they're like, what? 227 00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:10,666 The other kid kicks the other guy off and he's just pedaling. 228 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:12,500 Just pedaling like trying to get out of there. 229 00:11:12,500 --> 00:11:14,966 I'm just like, 230 00:11:14,966 --> 00:11:16,566 hey, dude, that's my bike, you know? 231 00:11:16,566 --> 00:11:19,533 And and I get in front of him and finally he stops. 232 00:11:22,133 --> 00:11:23,666 Mercy. 233 00:11:23,666 --> 00:11:25,200 Okay. Mercy. 234 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:29,733 What they deserved was a little better, but that's not myself. 235 00:11:29,766 --> 00:11:32,400 So what they deserve was calling the police, 236 00:11:32,400 --> 00:11:34,900 and they probably deserved to talk. 237 00:11:34,900 --> 00:11:38,700 And a ride in a police car and probably a talking to. 238 00:11:39,700 --> 00:11:40,533 That's mercy. 239 00:11:40,533 --> 00:11:42,000 They didn't get that though. 240 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:43,533 They did not get that. 241 00:11:43,533 --> 00:11:46,533 So mercy is not getting what you deserve. 242 00:11:47,700 --> 00:11:50,700 But here's Grace. 243 00:11:51,033 --> 00:11:54,033 My dad says, where do you guys live? 244 00:11:54,100 --> 00:11:56,333 And they're like, we live. 245 00:11:56,333 --> 00:11:56,766 I don't know. 246 00:11:56,766 --> 00:12:01,266 You remember, like, far away, like they live by Bullard or something. 247 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:05,200 And he's like, get in the car and take you home. 248 00:12:05,933 --> 00:12:07,833 They get in the car, 249 00:12:07,833 --> 00:12:10,333 we're driving. We're talking with him. 250 00:12:10,333 --> 00:12:12,166 The dude I just was about to. 251 00:12:12,166 --> 00:12:12,800 And we're talking. 252 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:15,733 We're hanging out, and my dad offers them a job. 253 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:20,400 That's Grace. 254 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:24,133 Mercy is not getting what you deserve. 255 00:12:24,533 --> 00:12:27,266 Grace is getting something. 256 00:12:27,266 --> 00:12:30,266 Even though you don't deserve it. 257 00:12:30,700 --> 00:12:34,133 Grace is unmerited. 258 00:12:34,766 --> 00:12:38,966 UN achieved unearned gift. 259 00:12:40,400 --> 00:12:42,600 And so we've named this series 260 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:45,166 Grace is greater than fill 261 00:12:45,166 --> 00:12:48,166 in the blank. And, 262 00:12:49,333 --> 00:12:52,333 my endeavor today. 263 00:12:53,166 --> 00:12:56,166 Is not to be flowery 264 00:12:56,466 --> 00:12:59,700 or engaging or or funny. 265 00:13:00,933 --> 00:13:05,100 My task today is to be accurate. 266 00:13:06,500 --> 00:13:09,033 It's to be clear 267 00:13:09,033 --> 00:13:10,733 because the message today 268 00:13:10,733 --> 00:13:13,800 has eternal consequences. 269 00:13:15,166 --> 00:13:21,166 Because we're going to answer the question, how do I experience 270 00:13:21,166 --> 00:13:24,166 so Terraria. 271 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:26,133 And I tell you, I'm 272 00:13:26,133 --> 00:13:29,666 I give you my my one like line from the beginning. 273 00:13:29,666 --> 00:13:31,066 That way we're all clear. 274 00:13:31,066 --> 00:13:34,066 And I gotta say, I gotta preface this. 275 00:13:34,733 --> 00:13:37,566 Every speech class, every sermon class 276 00:13:37,566 --> 00:13:40,566 is either taken or given. 277 00:13:41,566 --> 00:13:43,733 I always we always learn this thing. 278 00:13:43,733 --> 00:13:48,766 Never, ever disrespect your audience in your intro. 279 00:13:48,766 --> 00:13:49,600 And I'm about to. 280 00:13:51,366 --> 00:13:52,066 I'm about ten. 281 00:13:52,066 --> 00:13:53,800 I'm about to. 282 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:56,800 Because here's my one point. 283 00:13:56,966 --> 00:13:57,866 Salvation. 284 00:13:57,866 --> 00:13:59,000 I'll let you actually read it. 285 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:02,000 So Taylor Taylor has read that first. 286 00:14:06,066 --> 00:14:08,433 It says salvation 287 00:14:08,433 --> 00:14:11,733 can't cannot be achieved. 288 00:14:13,233 --> 00:14:16,233 It can only be received 289 00:14:16,666 --> 00:14:22,033 because grace is greater than you. 290 00:14:24,166 --> 00:14:27,200 Grace is greater than anything you can do. 291 00:14:28,066 --> 00:14:31,866 Any money you got, any hair you got. 292 00:14:32,100 --> 00:14:35,900 Grace is greater than how as much Sundays as you come to grace 293 00:14:35,900 --> 00:14:39,300 is greater than your work achievements, your effort. 294 00:14:39,300 --> 00:14:44,700 Grace is greater than anything you can conjure up to try to get. 295 00:14:44,900 --> 00:14:47,900 So today. 296 00:14:50,133 --> 00:14:53,133 It's because salvation can't be achieved. 297 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:57,000 It can only be received. 298 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:01,066 And here's the question I want to just like start with 299 00:15:01,066 --> 00:15:05,800 why is it that humans have such a hard time? 300 00:15:06,300 --> 00:15:08,100 Reason achieving something 301 00:15:09,300 --> 00:15:10,500 without feeling like, what 302 00:15:10,500 --> 00:15:13,500 do I have to do to get it? 303 00:15:13,666 --> 00:15:15,333 Let me just give you an example. 304 00:15:15,333 --> 00:15:18,333 Like, have you ever gotten a compliment? 305 00:15:18,500 --> 00:15:21,633 And you, you think like, how do I compliment them back? 306 00:15:21,633 --> 00:15:25,500 I mean, this happens to me all the oh, That doesn't sound 307 00:15:25,800 --> 00:15:28,233 that doesn't sound exactly right. But let me give you an example. 308 00:15:28,233 --> 00:15:33,633 When people compliment me, my first reaction and instinct is okay. 309 00:15:34,266 --> 00:15:36,266 Hey, Dave, nice shoes. 310 00:15:36,266 --> 00:15:37,000 Hey. Hey, Billy. 311 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:38,300 And I like your shirt. 312 00:15:38,300 --> 00:15:41,300 Like, why is it that I can't just say thank you right? 313 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:44,033 A little while ago, my friend, 314 00:15:44,033 --> 00:15:47,033 he met me at, Dutch Bros. 315 00:15:47,366 --> 00:15:50,366 He's like, hey, Dave, we need to get together. 316 00:15:50,933 --> 00:15:52,800 It was around Christmas time, and 317 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:56,133 and so I, I'm like, sure, let's let's get together tomorrow morning 318 00:15:57,366 --> 00:15:59,666 I get to Dutch Bros a little bit early. 319 00:15:59,666 --> 00:16:01,800 That way I can buy my drinks. So that's not awkward. 320 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:03,400 Like I have to buy his or anything, right? 321 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:05,066 I'm getting there. I'm a little early. 322 00:16:05,066 --> 00:16:09,066 I'm sitting there drinking my drink, and he walks in. 323 00:16:09,066 --> 00:16:10,500 And this is how he walks in. 324 00:16:10,500 --> 00:16:13,500 He walks in like this. 325 00:16:13,566 --> 00:16:15,600 You know, the first thought was, 326 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,600 oh yeah, I didn't 327 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:21,000 I didn't bring a gift for him. 328 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,566 Why he why he didn't tell me it was a gift exchange. 329 00:16:23,566 --> 00:16:26,133 Why didn't he tell me anything? 330 00:16:26,133 --> 00:16:28,033 And my first instinct was okay. 331 00:16:28,033 --> 00:16:28,366 What? 332 00:16:28,366 --> 00:16:32,166 In my car or my pocket, can I give him? 333 00:16:32,833 --> 00:16:35,933 And he walked up and said, Hey Dave, hey, Merry Christmas, man. 334 00:16:35,933 --> 00:16:37,833 I was like, I can't receive that, man. 335 00:16:39,333 --> 00:16:41,600 I made up something like, I left your gift at home. 336 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,600 You know, I. 337 00:16:45,333 --> 00:16:49,066 But why is it that humans feel like 338 00:16:50,166 --> 00:16:53,400 if you do something for me, then I have to do something for you. 339 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:56,833 You scratch my back, then I get to scratch your back. 340 00:16:56,833 --> 00:16:58,500 You do me a favor. 341 00:16:58,500 --> 00:17:01,500 I owe you one. 342 00:17:04,233 --> 00:17:07,566 The point today is salvation can't be achieved. 343 00:17:07,566 --> 00:17:10,766 It can only be received because God's 344 00:17:10,766 --> 00:17:13,766 grace is greater than you. 345 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:16,800 God's gift of grace 346 00:17:17,466 --> 00:17:20,366 can only be received. 347 00:17:20,366 --> 00:17:23,366 Today we're going to jump into Romans chapter ten. 348 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:27,466 If you have a Bible or a smartphone, or if you just kind of 349 00:17:27,466 --> 00:17:30,466 want to follow along, you can go ahead and get there. 350 00:17:31,133 --> 00:17:34,133 And I'm just going to pray this in father, 351 00:17:34,500 --> 00:17:35,400 this morning, 352 00:17:36,566 --> 00:17:39,566 I pray, God that you would be here with us. 353 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:41,200 Thank you for being here. 354 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:44,200 Thank you for bringing these people into this space. 355 00:17:44,466 --> 00:17:47,233 Now, would you open our ears? 356 00:17:47,233 --> 00:17:50,233 Would you open our eyes to hear and see? 357 00:17:50,900 --> 00:17:53,866 And I'm even going to pray this, father, that it would be so unique 358 00:17:53,866 --> 00:17:57,600 to the second service, that it would be so unique to these people 359 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:01,200 in this crowd that you would speak loudly. 360 00:18:02,933 --> 00:18:05,933 I pray that I would hear you so clear 361 00:18:06,233 --> 00:18:09,233 that we would hear you and see you 362 00:18:09,466 --> 00:18:12,466 this morning, especially me. 363 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:15,966 Thank you for your book, Romans ten. 364 00:18:15,966 --> 00:18:18,300 Now help lead us through it. 365 00:18:18,300 --> 00:18:21,300 In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen. 366 00:18:21,900 --> 00:18:22,666 Amen. 367 00:18:22,666 --> 00:18:27,266 All right, so, Paul, he's writing this letter to a church 368 00:18:27,833 --> 00:18:33,400 in Rome full of Jews and non-Jews, Gentiles. 369 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:36,933 And he starts chapter ten with this line. 370 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:40,633 He says in verse one it says this. 371 00:18:40,633 --> 00:18:41,166 He says, 372 00:18:42,433 --> 00:18:45,266 brothers and sisters, 373 00:18:45,266 --> 00:18:47,966 my heart's desire and prayer 374 00:18:47,966 --> 00:18:52,333 to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. 375 00:18:52,566 --> 00:18:54,666 There's our first time 376 00:18:54,666 --> 00:18:57,666 that they may experience so teria. 377 00:18:58,033 --> 00:19:01,033 He starts off with this thing and and 378 00:19:01,300 --> 00:19:03,066 real quick pause. 379 00:19:03,066 --> 00:19:07,000 If anybody ever comes up to you and says, my heart's desire is this, 380 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:10,766 you better lean in, because that is a very strong word choice. 381 00:19:11,500 --> 00:19:16,200 He says, my heart's desire in prayer is that these Israelites, 382 00:19:16,333 --> 00:19:19,333 these Jews, that they would be saved. 383 00:19:21,466 --> 00:19:24,300 And the question is, why is why is his heart's desire so, 384 00:19:24,300 --> 00:19:26,066 so into these Israelites? 385 00:19:26,066 --> 00:19:29,066 And the answer is because he is one. 386 00:19:29,166 --> 00:19:30,800 He is a Jew. 387 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:33,800 He is an Israelite. 388 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:36,600 He. In Galatians he describes himself 389 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:39,900 as a Hebrew of Hebrews, an Israelite, a Jew. 390 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:44,100 And what he's saying is, these are my people. 391 00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:48,166 These are the kids I grew up with. 392 00:19:48,166 --> 00:19:50,333 This is my family. 393 00:19:50,333 --> 00:19:53,600 These are the kids I played in The Sandlot with when I was in third grade. 394 00:19:53,666 --> 00:19:53,966 Like. 395 00:19:53,966 --> 00:19:59,266 And it's my heart's desire and it's my prayer that they would receive 396 00:19:59,266 --> 00:20:02,766 Jesus that they would be receiving so teria 397 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:06,000 salvation. 398 00:20:06,900 --> 00:20:08,366 Quick point. 399 00:20:08,366 --> 00:20:13,433 Paul is modeling something that so often we don't do, because I believe 400 00:20:13,433 --> 00:20:16,500 that every single one of us in this place 401 00:20:16,500 --> 00:20:19,500 has hearts, desires. 402 00:20:19,966 --> 00:20:22,233 I have hearts desires 403 00:20:22,233 --> 00:20:25,233 that my kids would be successful. 404 00:20:25,233 --> 00:20:28,866 I have hearts desires that the Pink Panthers would beat the Wolfpack. 405 00:20:28,866 --> 00:20:30,166 Next time. 406 00:20:30,166 --> 00:20:35,100 I have hearts desires that my family and my friends would would grow to know 407 00:20:35,100 --> 00:20:38,100 Jesus more than just a character or 408 00:20:39,066 --> 00:20:40,600 I have a heart's desire 409 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:43,800 that so real would be a real thing. 410 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:47,600 For the thing that I have experienced of Jesus's love and power 411 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:51,933 would be experienced in my family and my friends and my coworkers. 412 00:20:51,933 --> 00:20:53,233 That's my heart's desire. 413 00:20:54,733 --> 00:20:56,833 But hope. 414 00:20:56,833 --> 00:20:59,833 Sanger says this hope is not a strategy. 415 00:21:01,566 --> 00:21:03,466 Paul models something pretty cool. 416 00:21:03,466 --> 00:21:05,900 He says, my heart's desire is this. 417 00:21:05,900 --> 00:21:09,266 But his desires lead to prayers. 418 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:13,500 Let me ask you this. 419 00:21:13,500 --> 00:21:16,500 What are your heart's desires 420 00:21:17,100 --> 00:21:19,866 and are you praying for them? 421 00:21:19,866 --> 00:21:22,700 Or are you hoping it happens? 422 00:21:22,700 --> 00:21:25,300 Maybe it's a job. Maybe it's financial. 423 00:21:25,300 --> 00:21:28,200 Maybe it's for your kids. Maybe it's for yourself. 424 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:31,200 Maybe it's for who? Whoever 425 00:21:31,533 --> 00:21:34,666 do your heart's desires lead to? 426 00:21:34,666 --> 00:21:37,433 Prayer? 427 00:21:37,433 --> 00:21:39,633 I'm sure that every single one of you have somebody. 428 00:21:39,633 --> 00:21:42,633 Something in your brain right now. 429 00:21:42,900 --> 00:21:45,400 I encourage you to write it down, 430 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:48,400 and then I encourage you to pray for that, 431 00:21:48,566 --> 00:21:51,966 because hope is not a strategy, but potentially the most 432 00:21:52,300 --> 00:21:56,200 supernatural and powerful strategy we have access to is prayer. 433 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:00,433 Paul says this. 434 00:22:00,433 --> 00:22:04,333 And then verse two, he goes on, he says, for I can testify. 435 00:22:05,166 --> 00:22:08,166 So I can say, 436 00:22:08,166 --> 00:22:11,166 that about them, that they are zealous for God. 437 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:14,100 They are the Israelites. 438 00:22:14,100 --> 00:22:18,733 I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not 439 00:22:18,733 --> 00:22:23,100 based on knowledge, since they did not know 440 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:27,633 the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, 441 00:22:27,833 --> 00:22:32,166 they did not submit to God's righteous ness. 442 00:22:32,933 --> 00:22:34,100 What he's saying is this. 443 00:22:34,100 --> 00:22:38,600 Hey, guys, my heart's desire is that they would be saved because I know this. 444 00:22:38,633 --> 00:22:40,900 They are zealous. 445 00:22:40,900 --> 00:22:43,633 They are enthusiastic. 446 00:22:43,633 --> 00:22:47,233 They are so devoted to God 447 00:22:47,300 --> 00:22:50,533 and His things that that it's crazy. 448 00:22:50,533 --> 00:22:53,533 They're so engulfed in the law. 449 00:22:54,600 --> 00:22:56,700 But, man, they're missing the mark. 450 00:22:56,700 --> 00:22:58,466 They're a little bit misdirected. 451 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:01,900 It's kind of like the old phrase, 452 00:23:01,900 --> 00:23:04,900 like they're barking up the wrong tree. 453 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,566 And it's it's funny because when scholars read this 454 00:23:08,566 --> 00:23:12,900 and they make little notes about it, they say Paul is actually describing 455 00:23:12,900 --> 00:23:15,466 himself. 456 00:23:15,466 --> 00:23:17,600 In Galatians chapter five, 457 00:23:17,600 --> 00:23:21,566 Paul describes himself as before he met Jesus. 458 00:23:21,766 --> 00:23:26,733 He says, I was a zealous religious Hebrew. 459 00:23:28,966 --> 00:23:31,966 And then I experienced Jesus. 460 00:23:32,233 --> 00:23:35,766 Barking up the wrong tree is a reference to an old hunting phrase. 461 00:23:36,466 --> 00:23:39,566 If you go raccoon hunting and they send the hounds out 462 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:42,300 and the hounds, the dogs will go find a raccoon, 463 00:23:42,300 --> 00:23:45,300 and they'd bark at it and the thing would run up a tree. 464 00:23:45,333 --> 00:23:49,100 And then they they'd sit there and they'd bark up at the tree. 465 00:23:49,133 --> 00:23:51,466 Well, row, row, row, row. Right. 466 00:23:51,466 --> 00:23:53,833 And then the hunter would just walk up with his gun 467 00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:56,133 and he'd say, good dog. 468 00:23:56,133 --> 00:23:59,133 And then he'd point and shoot the raccoon. 469 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:03,533 Barking up the wrong tree means this dog runs. 470 00:24:03,533 --> 00:24:05,533 Barking up some tree. 471 00:24:05,533 --> 00:24:08,533 But the raccoons over there is hanging out, 472 00:24:08,566 --> 00:24:11,266 and the hunter comes up and he says, what are you doing? 473 00:24:11,266 --> 00:24:12,633 What are you barking at, you dumb dog? 474 00:24:12,633 --> 00:24:14,266 There's nothing up here. 475 00:24:14,266 --> 00:24:15,133 Raccoons over there. 476 00:24:15,133 --> 00:24:18,033 Just like, yeah, I trick that dog. 477 00:24:18,033 --> 00:24:21,466 And what Paul is saying is, guys, I know these people. 478 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:25,200 They're devoted to God, they're devoted to religion, 479 00:24:25,833 --> 00:24:28,833 they're devoted to the book, 480 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:32,000 but they're missing the mark. 481 00:24:33,833 --> 00:24:35,566 And I 482 00:24:35,566 --> 00:24:39,700 for a moment, I'm going to say something, and I might walk 483 00:24:39,700 --> 00:24:42,700 between the aisles and step on some toes right here, 484 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:47,200 because there are so many people. 485 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:50,633 And I'm gonna say this, there are many religious people 486 00:24:52,500 --> 00:24:54,500 that are so devoted to 487 00:24:54,500 --> 00:24:57,500 things that are not the main thing. 488 00:24:58,866 --> 00:25:01,733 There are so many people that are so engulfed 489 00:25:01,733 --> 00:25:04,733 in, like, you got to do a certain thing. 490 00:25:04,733 --> 00:25:07,900 You gotta be a certain way, you gotta go to church every Sunday. 491 00:25:07,900 --> 00:25:10,200 You go read every single day, man. 492 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:14,466 And if you don't do that, you go, you're they're devoted to the wrong things. 493 00:25:14,466 --> 00:25:17,000 They're missing the mark. And all those things are great. 494 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:20,133 But some people are so devoted to missions, 495 00:25:20,133 --> 00:25:23,533 we gotta be involved with missions, but they forget about their own neighborhood. 496 00:25:24,933 --> 00:25:29,266 Some people are so involved with social justice, man, we gotta be like, 497 00:25:29,566 --> 00:25:32,733 we all go and they forget about the love and power of Jesus Christ. 498 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:35,900 Some people 499 00:25:35,900 --> 00:25:38,833 are and I'm they're so engulfed in a policy there. 500 00:25:38,833 --> 00:25:40,600 Now we gotta vote for a thing. You know? 501 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:41,800 We gotta do this thing. 502 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:43,300 We are so political. 503 00:25:43,300 --> 00:25:45,600 But they're missing something. 504 00:25:47,866 --> 00:25:50,733 Some people want a certain someone. 505 00:25:50,733 --> 00:25:52,800 Hey, can we teach you about the Bible? Right? 506 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:55,500 Like some religions, they knock on your door. 507 00:25:55,500 --> 00:25:59,833 Some people are so like, yeah, you come in here, I'm gonna teach you a lesson. 508 00:25:59,833 --> 00:26:03,866 They're so convicted that I need to prove everybody wrong. 509 00:26:05,233 --> 00:26:08,233 But they forget to love them. 510 00:26:09,333 --> 00:26:12,333 And by the way, I'm all those people. 511 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:14,966 I've been all of them. 512 00:26:14,966 --> 00:26:17,200 And what Paul is saying is there are people. 513 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:18,966 These people, the Israelites. 514 00:26:18,966 --> 00:26:22,233 Sometimes we're so devoted to the little things. 515 00:26:22,766 --> 00:26:24,366 Gotta wear this, gotta drink that. 516 00:26:24,366 --> 00:26:27,366 Can't drink this, gotta do this, gotta do that, 517 00:26:27,500 --> 00:26:30,233 that they missed the main thing. 518 00:26:30,233 --> 00:26:33,233 Because salvation can't be earned. 519 00:26:33,966 --> 00:26:35,100 It can't be achieved. 520 00:26:35,100 --> 00:26:35,966 It can't be bought. 521 00:26:35,966 --> 00:26:38,966 Doesn't matter how much you pay your tithe. 522 00:26:39,300 --> 00:26:40,466 I once been a guy who 523 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:42,533 a couple of years ago we 524 00:26:42,533 --> 00:26:47,133 were meeting a little group and he's like, I messed up, did something. 525 00:26:47,133 --> 00:26:49,800 His wife was mad at him. He's like, well, 526 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:52,800 better tithe a little extra this weekend. And 527 00:26:53,833 --> 00:26:56,833 I thought, why is it so hard? 528 00:26:57,033 --> 00:26:58,066 Because I've been there too. 529 00:26:58,066 --> 00:27:01,566 Like I forgot to read the Bible and then God's a little upset. 530 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,933 Like, why is it so hard that we feel like we gotta earn it 531 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:09,200 when really it's a gift? 532 00:27:10,900 --> 00:27:12,533 Salvation can't be achieved. 533 00:27:12,533 --> 00:27:15,533 It can only be received. 534 00:27:17,133 --> 00:27:20,266 Paul goes on in verse four, 535 00:27:21,300 --> 00:27:22,866 he wraps this whole thing up. 536 00:27:22,866 --> 00:27:27,166 He says, Christ Jesus is the culmination 537 00:27:27,166 --> 00:27:30,600 of the law, like that book and all those things are doing. 538 00:27:30,800 --> 00:27:31,533 Israelites. 539 00:27:31,533 --> 00:27:34,466 Jesus is all of that. 540 00:27:34,466 --> 00:27:36,900 He says it's a culmination of the law, 541 00:27:36,900 --> 00:27:41,666 so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes. 542 00:27:43,066 --> 00:27:45,833 And then he's going to quote Moses for a little bit. 543 00:27:45,833 --> 00:27:48,000 He's going to quote a law book. 544 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,000 Those of you who consider yourself Bible scholars 545 00:27:51,066 --> 00:27:54,066 would know that Deuteronomy 546 00:27:54,300 --> 00:27:57,300 is part of the five books in the Old Testament called the Torah, 547 00:27:57,833 --> 00:28:00,300 and this is a literal law book 548 00:28:00,300 --> 00:28:03,300 that the Israelites lived by. 549 00:28:04,133 --> 00:28:06,866 And Paul is going to quote Moses. 550 00:28:06,866 --> 00:28:09,866 It says in verse five, Moses writes about this, 551 00:28:10,133 --> 00:28:13,766 about the righteousness that that people have by the law. 552 00:28:14,900 --> 00:28:17,200 So the person who does these things will live by them. 553 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:21,866 But the righteousness that is by faith says, do not say in your hearts 554 00:28:21,866 --> 00:28:25,500 who will ascend to heaven that is, to bring Christ down, 555 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:29,233 who will descend to the deep, that is, to bring Christ up from the dead. 556 00:28:29,866 --> 00:28:31,533 But what does it say? 557 00:28:31,533 --> 00:28:32,933 And then he's going to quote Moses. 558 00:28:33,900 --> 00:28:35,366 He says, but what does it say? 559 00:28:35,366 --> 00:28:38,366 The word is near you. 560 00:28:39,100 --> 00:28:41,100 It is in your mouth, 561 00:28:41,100 --> 00:28:43,633 and it is in your heart. 562 00:28:43,633 --> 00:28:45,433 It is in your mouth, and it is in your heart. 563 00:28:45,433 --> 00:28:50,233 In other words, Paul is saying, you don't have to go to great lengths 564 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:54,833 to find or achieve salvation because it's already here. 565 00:28:55,866 --> 00:28:58,866 It's already here. 566 00:29:02,966 --> 00:29:06,300 And then here's the kicker are you ready for the kicker? 567 00:29:06,633 --> 00:29:09,633 Verse nine. 568 00:29:10,100 --> 00:29:12,000 Paul writes, 569 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:15,000 if you declare with your mouth 570 00:29:15,466 --> 00:29:18,833 Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised him 571 00:29:18,833 --> 00:29:22,900 from the dead, you will be saved. 572 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:26,200 So tarea, 573 00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:30,600 for it is with your hearts that you believe and are justified, 574 00:29:30,733 --> 00:29:36,300 and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. 575 00:29:36,533 --> 00:29:38,166 So teria. 576 00:29:40,766 --> 00:29:43,400 There's a lot of things in life 577 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,400 that are kind of gray, kind of in the middle, 578 00:29:47,333 --> 00:29:50,333 but but this is pretty black and white. 579 00:29:52,300 --> 00:29:55,033 And there's no way I can make this more clear. 580 00:29:55,033 --> 00:29:57,933 Rather than just using what Paul said a long, 581 00:29:57,933 --> 00:30:00,933 long time ago, he said, if you believe in your heart 582 00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:05,066 and you, professor, declare with your mouth that Jesus is Lord, 583 00:30:05,300 --> 00:30:07,800 you are saved. 584 00:30:07,800 --> 00:30:10,800 In other words, yes, we all fall short. 585 00:30:10,966 --> 00:30:12,466 Yeah, we all sin. 586 00:30:12,466 --> 00:30:14,900 Yeah, we've all messed up. 587 00:30:14,900 --> 00:30:17,500 Yeah, we all deserve death. 588 00:30:17,500 --> 00:30:20,500 But Romans six says the wages of sin is death, 589 00:30:20,966 --> 00:30:24,600 but the gift of Jesus Christ is satalia 590 00:30:25,866 --> 00:30:28,133 salvation 591 00:30:28,133 --> 00:30:30,800 for those who believe 592 00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:33,800 and confess. 593 00:30:35,033 --> 00:30:35,733 I always wonder why 594 00:30:35,733 --> 00:30:40,000 Paul is so like into this stuff, because that's who Paul was. 595 00:30:41,100 --> 00:30:41,566 I'm sure you've 596 00:30:41,566 --> 00:30:44,933 heard some of the some people call, lip service. 597 00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,600 Oh, they're all bunch of talk, man, but they don't follow it up. 598 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:52,000 When in Matthew, 599 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:56,666 Jesus was was speaking directly to a bunch of religious people, 600 00:30:56,666 --> 00:31:01,466 and he says, you guys honor me with your lips, but your hearts is 601 00:31:01,466 --> 00:31:04,133 far from me. 602 00:31:04,133 --> 00:31:05,366 Jesus said, you honor 603 00:31:05,366 --> 00:31:09,600 God with your lips, but your heart is far from him. 604 00:31:09,600 --> 00:31:12,600 And what he's saying is, guys, 605 00:31:13,466 --> 00:31:16,233 right here, if you first start believing in your heart 606 00:31:16,233 --> 00:31:19,233 and then you profess it with your mouth, that's all you gotta do. 607 00:31:19,666 --> 00:31:22,266 You don't gotta get a gift and dance around it 608 00:31:22,266 --> 00:31:25,266 and shovel and figure out how I got to repay you. 609 00:31:25,266 --> 00:31:26,766 How can I earn this gift? 610 00:31:26,766 --> 00:31:29,766 He says, if you believe in your mouth or in your heart, 611 00:31:29,833 --> 00:31:33,166 declare with your mouth you are saved. 612 00:31:33,900 --> 00:31:38,900 Because salvation cannot be achieved, can only be received 613 00:31:39,900 --> 00:31:42,900 because grace is greater than you. 614 00:31:42,933 --> 00:31:46,033 He follows this up with a pretty interesting phrase. 615 00:31:47,166 --> 00:31:48,433 He says in verse 11. 616 00:31:48,433 --> 00:31:51,433 He says, as Scripture says, anyone 617 00:31:51,766 --> 00:31:55,333 who believes in him will never be put to shame. 618 00:31:56,733 --> 00:31:58,833 For there is no difference between 619 00:31:58,833 --> 00:32:01,833 Jew and Gentile. 620 00:32:02,266 --> 00:32:04,633 The same Lord is Lord of all, 621 00:32:04,633 --> 00:32:07,633 and richly blesses all who call on him. 622 00:32:07,833 --> 00:32:12,066 For every one who calls on the name of the Lord 623 00:32:12,900 --> 00:32:15,900 will be saved. 624 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:20,300 There's no difference. 625 00:32:20,300 --> 00:32:23,366 Some of us, man, we gotta go to church every single Sunday 626 00:32:23,366 --> 00:32:25,833 and the rest of my life we gotta tie 10%, man. 627 00:32:25,833 --> 00:32:28,433 If we can push the 15% now we gotta dress a certain way. 628 00:32:28,433 --> 00:32:31,033 We gotta act a certain way. We gotta do. 629 00:32:31,033 --> 00:32:32,900 There's no difference between the poor 630 00:32:32,900 --> 00:32:35,900 or the the incredibly religious. 631 00:32:36,466 --> 00:32:40,133 What he's saying is, man, there's no difference between Jew and Gentile. 632 00:32:40,133 --> 00:32:41,866 There's no difference between black and white. 633 00:32:41,866 --> 00:32:43,633 There's no difference between tall and short. 634 00:32:43,633 --> 00:32:46,933 There's no difference between this religious person 635 00:32:46,933 --> 00:32:50,566 and the orphan girl who's just saying, Jesus, your Lord. 636 00:32:53,033 --> 00:32:54,233 Because there's only one way to get it. 637 00:32:54,233 --> 00:32:57,000 You just receive it. 638 00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:00,000 Now it's just a side note. 639 00:33:00,266 --> 00:33:02,333 Interesting. 640 00:33:02,333 --> 00:33:06,033 When we say Jesus is Lord, some of us, we can kind of read that or say 641 00:33:06,033 --> 00:33:07,700 it kind of flippantly, like, yeah, 642 00:33:07,700 --> 00:33:09,833 it's kind of easy to say, oh yeah, Jesus is Lord. 643 00:33:09,833 --> 00:33:12,033 Yeah. So what? 644 00:33:12,033 --> 00:33:14,833 But to these people, 645 00:33:14,833 --> 00:33:17,766 remember the Romans, 646 00:33:17,766 --> 00:33:19,900 the Jews 647 00:33:19,900 --> 00:33:22,900 in this church, to the Roman, 648 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:27,100 it would have been saying, Jesus is Lord. 649 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,400 He's the same as our Emperor. 650 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:33,300 It's crazy talk. 651 00:33:33,300 --> 00:33:35,700 I can get killed for saying that. 652 00:33:35,700 --> 00:33:38,300 For the Jew it was saying 653 00:33:38,300 --> 00:33:43,900 Jesus is Lord, the same as Yahweh your God from the Old Testament. 654 00:33:43,900 --> 00:33:46,900 You mean the God who who created the earth, 655 00:33:47,433 --> 00:33:50,266 God of Abraham and Moses and David? 656 00:33:50,266 --> 00:33:52,266 I can get killed for saying that. 657 00:33:54,666 --> 00:33:57,066 I want you to know that the heaviness 658 00:33:57,066 --> 00:34:01,633 of saying and believing Jesus is Lord, and for us, 659 00:34:02,866 --> 00:34:06,733 when we believe in our hearts and say with our mouth 660 00:34:06,733 --> 00:34:11,500 that Jesus is Lord, what you're saying is Jesus is greater than my marriage. 661 00:34:12,933 --> 00:34:15,933 Jesus is greater than my family and my kids. 662 00:34:16,966 --> 00:34:19,800 I really want that that, that promotion. 663 00:34:19,800 --> 00:34:23,033 But but Jesus is Lord. He is in control. 664 00:34:23,033 --> 00:34:27,300 You're saying God, Jesus is greater than my ambitions, 665 00:34:27,633 --> 00:34:30,633 my efforts, my dreams. 666 00:34:31,366 --> 00:34:35,433 When you truly believe Jesus is Lord, 667 00:34:35,433 --> 00:34:38,666 you're saying something inconceivable. 668 00:34:42,500 --> 00:34:44,666 Some of us gather here, 669 00:34:44,666 --> 00:34:46,700 on a weekly basis. 670 00:34:46,700 --> 00:34:48,800 Some of you might be here for the very first time. 671 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:50,833 Thank you for choosing this place. 672 00:34:50,833 --> 00:34:54,166 Some of you maybe grew up in an a church tradition. 673 00:34:54,166 --> 00:34:57,166 Or maybe you're kind of newer to this church thing, 674 00:34:57,266 --> 00:35:00,866 but it's not all the time that we truly get a moment to believe 675 00:35:00,866 --> 00:35:05,033 in our heart and confess with our mouth that Jesus is Lord. 676 00:35:08,233 --> 00:35:11,233 And so I'd like to take a moment. 677 00:35:11,633 --> 00:35:12,933 I've got this little thing in my pocket. 678 00:35:12,933 --> 00:35:14,733 It's a little communion cup. 679 00:35:14,733 --> 00:35:17,733 We're going to move into communion. 680 00:35:18,066 --> 00:35:21,066 I'm not fully done yet, so don't act like you're going home early. 681 00:35:22,700 --> 00:35:25,633 Billy's over here packing up his stuff. 682 00:35:25,633 --> 00:35:27,300 Sorry, Billy. 683 00:35:27,300 --> 00:35:29,566 If you don't have one of these, let me just explain this. 684 00:35:29,566 --> 00:35:31,633 There's nothing about this that is special. 685 00:35:31,633 --> 00:35:33,733 There's nothing about this that is saving. 686 00:35:33,733 --> 00:35:36,000 There's no so terribly in doing this. 687 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:39,000 I know different beliefs and different traditions. 688 00:35:39,033 --> 00:35:42,033 They're like the First Communion is a big deal. Or. 689 00:35:42,166 --> 00:35:45,800 Or I just kind of let you know there's nothing about this 690 00:35:46,366 --> 00:35:49,366 that gets you anything. 691 00:35:49,500 --> 00:35:50,833 This is a symbol. 692 00:35:50,833 --> 00:35:53,500 This is a like a 693 00:35:53,500 --> 00:35:55,866 it's it's a little it's a memento. 694 00:35:55,866 --> 00:36:00,100 It's going to remind us what does save us. 695 00:36:01,066 --> 00:36:02,400 And I have my friend back there. 696 00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,000 If you don't have one of these 697 00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,300 and you'd like to move forward, he has a bunch over there. 698 00:36:06,300 --> 00:36:08,333 I even have a couple over here. 699 00:36:08,333 --> 00:36:12,500 Go and just slip up your hand and and you can get one of these if you'd like. 700 00:36:13,166 --> 00:36:15,400 But let's take a moment, 701 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:18,400 because Jesus himself was sitting at a table 702 00:36:19,433 --> 00:36:21,300 and he took a little piece of bread 703 00:36:21,300 --> 00:36:24,400 that we have as a little like a wafer. 704 00:36:24,933 --> 00:36:27,933 And he said, he says he broke it, 705 00:36:28,500 --> 00:36:30,966 and he says, hey, guys, 706 00:36:30,966 --> 00:36:33,966 this represents my body 707 00:36:34,166 --> 00:36:37,166 that I'm going to give to you. 708 00:36:38,033 --> 00:36:38,866 Because there's every time 709 00:36:38,866 --> 00:36:42,433 you eat this, remember what I've done. 710 00:36:43,200 --> 00:36:47,966 And what he was saying is, I'm about to die on a cross so that you may live. 711 00:36:50,700 --> 00:36:53,700 If you believe with your heart 712 00:36:53,833 --> 00:36:56,600 that Jesus is Lord, 713 00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:59,600 if you believe in your heart that Jesus is Lord, 714 00:36:59,733 --> 00:37:02,733 and let's eat together. 715 00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:17,766 And then the Bible says that in a 716 00:37:17,766 --> 00:37:20,766 in the same way. 717 00:37:20,966 --> 00:37:22,966 Jesus took a cup. 718 00:37:22,966 --> 00:37:25,566 And, this morning we have a little grape juice 719 00:37:25,566 --> 00:37:28,566 that will be symbolic or represent, 720 00:37:29,333 --> 00:37:31,233 what Jesus is about to say. 721 00:37:31,233 --> 00:37:34,233 But he said he took a cup and he said, this is my blood. 722 00:37:35,266 --> 00:37:36,866 This is my blood 723 00:37:36,866 --> 00:37:39,866 that will be poured out for you. 724 00:37:41,300 --> 00:37:44,266 Because salvation cannot be achieved. 725 00:37:44,266 --> 00:37:45,466 There's nothing you can do. 726 00:37:45,466 --> 00:37:46,966 There's no dove you can kill. 727 00:37:46,966 --> 00:37:48,666 There's no amount of money you can pay. 728 00:37:48,666 --> 00:37:53,433 There's no amount of time you can serve to achieve this. 729 00:37:53,833 --> 00:37:57,000 He says, this is my blood poured out for you. 730 00:38:01,900 --> 00:38:03,000 And I'd like to take a moment 731 00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:06,000 to actually confess that if you do believe it, 732 00:38:06,933 --> 00:38:10,100 and I don't want to be cultish or anything, I don't want to sound all weird, 733 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:14,200 but like, if you truly believe that Jesus is Lord, then 734 00:38:14,566 --> 00:38:18,433 I invite you to say that with me on three, one two, 735 00:38:18,833 --> 00:38:21,833 three Jesus is Lord. 736 00:38:22,133 --> 00:38:25,133 Let's drink together. 737 00:38:31,100 --> 00:38:32,966 Now felt a little cultish. 738 00:38:32,966 --> 00:38:34,933 We all did that. I'm like, what if someone's walking by? 739 00:38:34,933 --> 00:38:37,933 They're like, dang, that's a weird church. 740 00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:40,900 I'm not done yet, so don't go anywhere. 741 00:38:40,900 --> 00:38:43,666 That's just the beginning, because Paul actually has a couple more things 742 00:38:43,666 --> 00:38:47,200 to say, actually, and they're very, very, very important. 743 00:38:48,300 --> 00:38:49,566 But first of all, let me say this. 744 00:38:49,566 --> 00:38:54,300 Some of you may have done that for the very first time in your life. 745 00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:58,033 Some of you may have done that for the 10th time or the hundredth time, 746 00:38:59,866 --> 00:39:03,333 or maybe you just stumbled into it and you're like, actually, 747 00:39:03,333 --> 00:39:04,566 yeah, I'm going to do this today. 748 00:39:04,566 --> 00:39:07,566 I believe there's a party in heaven right now, 749 00:39:08,100 --> 00:39:11,933 right this moment that's saying, Praise God. 750 00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:15,700 There are people who are receiving the gift 751 00:39:15,833 --> 00:39:18,833 of so, Terry. 752 00:39:20,833 --> 00:39:24,233 The tendency will be then, okay, now, what do I gotta do now? 753 00:39:24,233 --> 00:39:26,833 What now? What do I gotta do? 754 00:39:26,833 --> 00:39:29,166 But I want you to know 755 00:39:29,166 --> 00:39:30,833 that it's been according to this. 756 00:39:30,833 --> 00:39:31,266 You've been. 757 00:39:31,266 --> 00:39:34,266 It's been received. 758 00:39:34,500 --> 00:39:37,033 Now, I will also add that it's not a one time thing. 759 00:39:37,033 --> 00:39:38,766 Usually some of y'all. 760 00:39:38,766 --> 00:39:43,833 In 1998, when I was at camp this night, I said this thing, and that's cool. 761 00:39:43,833 --> 00:39:45,000 I love that it's beautiful. 762 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:49,033 But I also believe that this is a lifestyle, that this is a 763 00:39:49,133 --> 00:39:54,166 a way of being, that every step I take, I'm breathing in. 764 00:39:54,166 --> 00:39:55,966 Jesus is Lord and everything 765 00:39:55,966 --> 00:39:59,766 I say is saying Jesus is Lord, even when it doesn't sound like that. 766 00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:04,133 And we can spend another three hours talking about 767 00:40:04,133 --> 00:40:07,933 what does it mean to to profess Jesus as Lord. 768 00:40:08,666 --> 00:40:11,966 Tim and I had a good conversation the other day, and Dylan, was it. 769 00:40:13,500 --> 00:40:15,300 We'll get into that later, 770 00:40:15,300 --> 00:40:17,966 but let's first finish, 771 00:40:17,966 --> 00:40:20,966 because now Paul has a couple of questions. 772 00:40:21,066 --> 00:40:24,066 He has a questions for those of you who did this 773 00:40:25,066 --> 00:40:25,700 in verse. 774 00:40:25,700 --> 00:40:27,500 Let's see 14 I think. Yep. 775 00:40:27,500 --> 00:40:30,500 14. He says question time. 776 00:40:31,666 --> 00:40:33,700 How how then can 777 00:40:33,700 --> 00:40:37,433 they Israelites or those people you have in mind, 778 00:40:37,566 --> 00:40:41,033 how can they call on the one they have not believed in? 779 00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:45,900 And how can they believe in the one whom they have not heard? 780 00:40:47,033 --> 00:40:50,633 And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? 781 00:40:51,300 --> 00:40:53,633 And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? 782 00:40:54,766 --> 00:40:57,566 And then he says, as it is written, 783 00:40:57,566 --> 00:40:59,966 how beautiful are the feet 784 00:40:59,966 --> 00:41:03,100 of those who bring good news. 785 00:41:03,300 --> 00:41:08,166 In other words, what he's saying is, how are people supposed to believe 786 00:41:08,166 --> 00:41:11,166 or profess anything if they haven't heard it? 787 00:41:11,566 --> 00:41:14,433 And how are they supposed to hear it unless someone else believes it 788 00:41:14,433 --> 00:41:17,400 and says it? 789 00:41:17,400 --> 00:41:20,000 And then he says, how beautiful are the feet? 790 00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,366 And he's quoting Isaiah, a book in the Old Testament, 791 00:41:23,966 --> 00:41:27,300 because in the Old Testament, Sophia, there were these cities 792 00:41:27,300 --> 00:41:29,366 and they didn't have cell phones. 793 00:41:29,366 --> 00:41:30,300 They didn't they couldn't 794 00:41:30,300 --> 00:41:33,300 call the battlefield and be like, hey, how are the troops doing? 795 00:41:34,200 --> 00:41:36,100 They would have a watchman 796 00:41:36,100 --> 00:41:38,500 and he'd be at the city gate, usually in like a little tower. 797 00:41:38,500 --> 00:41:40,200 He'd be, oh, I can stand on that. 798 00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:42,733 But he'd be up and he'd just be kind of looking around 799 00:41:42,733 --> 00:41:46,366 and he'd be waiting and watching for the messenger, 800 00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:48,133 because there was some 801 00:41:48,133 --> 00:41:51,566 guy, potentially a girl, because girls are tougher. 802 00:41:52,066 --> 00:41:56,200 And the guy would be the his only role would be to run 803 00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:59,400 to another kingdom or wherever the battle was. 804 00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:03,400 He'd run sometimes for miles, and he'd get the news 805 00:42:04,833 --> 00:42:07,700 okay to me, and he'd run back 806 00:42:07,700 --> 00:42:10,100 and the watchman would be like, oh, there he is. 807 00:42:10,100 --> 00:42:13,666 There's the messenger, and the watchman would go down and he'd go 808 00:42:13,666 --> 00:42:16,733 see the messenger, and the messenger would run up and say, oh, 809 00:42:17,833 --> 00:42:19,500 the battle has been won. 810 00:42:19,500 --> 00:42:21,700 We won the battle. 811 00:42:21,700 --> 00:42:24,700 And the watchman be like, that's great news. 812 00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:27,000 Hey, everybody, the battle has been won. 813 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:30,000 And he looked back and he says, your feet are beautiful. 814 00:42:30,933 --> 00:42:32,400 The dude just ran 70 miles. 815 00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:35,066 His feet are not beautiful. 816 00:42:35,066 --> 00:42:37,033 They look like crazy people. 817 00:42:37,033 --> 00:42:38,100 Feet. 818 00:42:38,100 --> 00:42:42,566 But what he's saying is, man, you brought the best news I could hear 819 00:42:43,666 --> 00:42:44,533 the way you did. 820 00:42:44,533 --> 00:42:47,533 It was beautiful. 821 00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:50,600 But how can people hear 822 00:42:51,066 --> 00:42:54,066 if no one says it? 823 00:42:54,100 --> 00:42:56,400 And how do people believe 824 00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:59,400 if no one brings the news? 825 00:43:02,033 --> 00:43:05,133 The last words on earth that Jesus said 826 00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:10,933 before he ascended rose to heaven was this. 827 00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:15,000 He was speaking to a group of people much like yourself, 828 00:43:15,833 --> 00:43:18,833 who believed that Jesus was Lord, 829 00:43:18,900 --> 00:43:21,600 and he told them, 830 00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:24,133 go in 831 00:43:24,133 --> 00:43:28,333 Matthew 28, go and make disciples. 832 00:43:28,733 --> 00:43:30,000 Baptize them. 833 00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:34,533 Teach them the good news of so Korea. 834 00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:39,766 And I want to say this. 835 00:43:39,766 --> 00:43:42,766 It's not just Carl's job. 836 00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:47,533 It's not just for a Sunday. 837 00:43:47,533 --> 00:43:49,100 You don't have to have a little cute, cute 838 00:43:49,100 --> 00:43:52,166 Mike and be up on a stage to say it. 839 00:43:53,866 --> 00:43:55,466 You don't have to have a degree. 840 00:43:55,466 --> 00:43:58,266 Jesus wasn't like, let me see your theology degree. 841 00:43:58,266 --> 00:44:00,666 Let me see what seminary you went to know. 842 00:44:00,666 --> 00:44:02,466 He said, do you believe? Go. 843 00:44:05,066 --> 00:44:05,400 Doesn't 844 00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:08,400 have to be the way that everyone else does it. 845 00:44:08,433 --> 00:44:11,200 It's. It's your way. 846 00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:12,700 Jesus is Lord. 847 00:44:12,700 --> 00:44:13,766 Do you believe that? 848 00:44:13,766 --> 00:44:16,766 Then declare it. 849 00:44:17,733 --> 00:44:19,800 Do you guys see the cycle? 850 00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:22,366 There's a cycle 851 00:44:22,366 --> 00:44:24,866 no one can believe 852 00:44:24,866 --> 00:44:28,000 unless someone else believes and declares it. 853 00:44:28,900 --> 00:44:32,200 And no one can hear it unless someone says it out loud. 854 00:44:33,033 --> 00:44:36,000 And then once they say it out loud, they have the option to believe 855 00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:36,633 or not believe. 856 00:44:36,633 --> 00:44:40,100 But once they believe, then they say it and someone else will believe 857 00:44:40,133 --> 00:44:42,666 and someone else will say it, and then someone else will believe. 858 00:44:42,666 --> 00:44:45,833 And do you guys see the cycle happening over and over? 859 00:44:47,366 --> 00:44:50,366 Jack, let me make this point. 860 00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:53,266 God could have done anything 861 00:44:53,266 --> 00:44:56,266 to bring people to Jesus. 862 00:44:56,700 --> 00:44:59,700 He could have put a big Ole fluffy angel right here. 863 00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:04,433 And the angel, I guarantee you guys been like, dang, what's what do you got to say? 864 00:45:04,433 --> 00:45:06,233 I want to hear what you have to say, 865 00:45:06,233 --> 00:45:08,800 to say Jesus is Lord, but instead he has me today. 866 00:45:10,033 --> 00:45:13,033 He could have, like the Old Testament wrote on the wall, 867 00:45:13,166 --> 00:45:16,500 hey, Jesus is Lord. 868 00:45:17,100 --> 00:45:20,566 I guarantee we would have been like, whoa, okay, I believe now 869 00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:24,000 instead you got me. 870 00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:26,400 God could have done anything. He could. 871 00:45:26,400 --> 00:45:29,233 He could make this little chair spin if he wanted to again. 872 00:45:29,233 --> 00:45:33,300 And then I'd be like, see, you believe he could have done that, but he didn't. 873 00:45:33,500 --> 00:45:37,666 God's normal way to bring people to 874 00:45:37,666 --> 00:45:42,533 Jesus is love, and his power is through lumps of clay. 875 00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:45,000 Roman nine says, 876 00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:48,433 God's normal way to spread the kingdom. 877 00:45:48,833 --> 00:45:52,466 The good news that salvation can be earned or achieved 878 00:45:52,633 --> 00:45:55,566 is through people like you and people 879 00:45:55,566 --> 00:45:58,566 like me. 880 00:46:00,566 --> 00:46:03,566 Don't ever think 881 00:46:03,900 --> 00:46:06,900 that you don't have what it takes. 882 00:46:07,466 --> 00:46:10,466 The Bible is black and white. 883 00:46:10,500 --> 00:46:12,966 How to reach so tarea and then it's black and white. 884 00:46:12,966 --> 00:46:14,100 What you're supposed to do after it. 885 00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:20,233 A friend of mine has a church in Fresno. 886 00:46:20,233 --> 00:46:23,233 His name is Renae Pastor Renae. 887 00:46:23,733 --> 00:46:26,733 I have some family that goes there, and he's a buddy of mine. 888 00:46:27,600 --> 00:46:29,966 I don't know if anybody's ever been to Valley Christian Center. 889 00:46:29,966 --> 00:46:31,700 You guys have. Right? 890 00:46:31,700 --> 00:46:34,500 Nowadays they have this, sign as you're 891 00:46:34,500 --> 00:46:37,600 leaving the parking lot of this church. 892 00:46:37,600 --> 00:46:40,600 They have this sign, and I just liked it. 893 00:46:40,633 --> 00:46:42,266 And you have a chance to make a fancy one. 894 00:46:42,266 --> 00:46:46,400 But I went ahead and wrote it on my computer, and it says 895 00:46:46,966 --> 00:46:48,133 they have this sign of the church. 896 00:46:48,133 --> 00:46:50,766 It says this now. 897 00:46:50,766 --> 00:46:54,600 It says you are now entering the mission field. 898 00:46:56,233 --> 00:46:58,800 I love that idea. 899 00:46:58,800 --> 00:47:01,800 It's not just the pastor's job. 900 00:47:02,333 --> 00:47:04,166 It's not just the the dude 901 00:47:04,166 --> 00:47:07,166 who went to Fullerton 902 00:47:07,166 --> 00:47:11,366 or the theological cemetery or seminary. 903 00:47:12,533 --> 00:47:15,033 It's an all the pastor joke there. 904 00:47:15,033 --> 00:47:18,033 It's not just the guy who gets up in front because he's brave enough. 905 00:47:19,100 --> 00:47:21,600 It's all of us. 906 00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:22,800 Sarah, can you do me a favor? 907 00:47:22,800 --> 00:47:24,833 Can you go put this on the wall over there? 908 00:47:24,833 --> 00:47:26,200 Here's a little couple tacks. 909 00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:29,066 Just put it right on right next to the wall on your way out. 910 00:47:29,066 --> 00:47:31,533 That way. We'll see it just for today. 911 00:47:31,533 --> 00:47:32,533 We'll have it there. 912 00:47:32,533 --> 00:47:33,166 You can do it now. 913 00:47:33,166 --> 00:47:36,166 You're not going to miss nothing. 914 00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:40,600 Salvation cannot be achieved. 915 00:47:41,433 --> 00:47:43,933 No amount of money, no amount of time. 916 00:47:43,933 --> 00:47:45,900 You serve. 917 00:47:45,900 --> 00:47:48,900 No matter how what you do, 918 00:47:49,433 --> 00:47:51,633 you have to humble yourself 919 00:47:51,633 --> 00:47:54,633 and just receive it. 920 00:47:56,066 --> 00:47:58,000 Paul ends this part. 921 00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:01,266 Paul ends chapter ten with something very, very, very sad. 922 00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:05,700 He's quoting Isaiah. 923 00:48:05,700 --> 00:48:07,533 He's quoting at. 924 00:48:07,533 --> 00:48:12,000 And then he he comes to this in verse 21. 925 00:48:16,200 --> 00:48:19,200 Paul is quoting Isaiah 926 00:48:20,300 --> 00:48:22,133 in the Old Testament. 927 00:48:22,133 --> 00:48:25,133 Isaiah was quoting God 928 00:48:25,633 --> 00:48:28,633 speaking to the Israelites. 929 00:48:29,100 --> 00:48:32,100 Let's receive this today 930 00:48:32,333 --> 00:48:34,833 as a warning, 931 00:48:34,833 --> 00:48:36,200 because Paul ends like this. 932 00:48:36,200 --> 00:48:40,433 He says, but concerning Israel, but concerning the Jews, 933 00:48:41,400 --> 00:48:44,400 he says, all day long 934 00:48:44,433 --> 00:48:47,433 I have held out my hands. 935 00:48:48,533 --> 00:48:51,533 To a disobedient 936 00:48:51,600 --> 00:48:54,600 and obstinate people. 937 00:48:57,300 --> 00:48:59,633 In other words, he's saying, 938 00:48:59,633 --> 00:49:02,633 there is always going to be people. 939 00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:09,400 Who don't know how to receive the gift, 940 00:49:09,466 --> 00:49:12,933 and they will be disobedient and they will be stubborn 941 00:49:13,900 --> 00:49:16,233 and they will do their little things. 942 00:49:16,233 --> 00:49:19,733 They will try and try and try and 943 00:49:19,733 --> 00:49:22,733 but here's God saying all day long, 944 00:49:23,833 --> 00:49:27,966 all day long I hold my hands out 945 00:49:29,700 --> 00:49:31,800 to a disobedient people, 946 00:49:31,800 --> 00:49:34,566 to a stubborn people. 947 00:49:34,566 --> 00:49:36,533 See, humans, 948 00:49:36,533 --> 00:49:38,400 we have this 949 00:49:38,400 --> 00:49:41,233 wire in us that says, 950 00:49:41,233 --> 00:49:43,833 I can't just receive it without doing something 951 00:49:45,366 --> 00:49:45,800 guys do 952 00:49:45,800 --> 00:49:48,800 this morning, today, let's not complicate 953 00:49:49,600 --> 00:49:53,266 the good news that salvation cannot be achieved. 954 00:49:54,300 --> 00:49:57,300 It can only be received. 955 00:49:57,900 --> 00:50:01,566 Because when you get the gift, decide to open it. 956 00:50:03,633 --> 00:50:06,000 You can find a key. 957 00:50:06,000 --> 00:50:09,333 And Jesus says that I am the door. 958 00:50:09,433 --> 00:50:11,166 I am the gate. 959 00:50:11,166 --> 00:50:16,400 Nobody gets to the father except through me. 960 00:50:18,600 --> 00:50:21,133 Salvation cannot be achieved. 961 00:50:21,133 --> 00:50:22,500 You can't rub the door. 962 00:50:22,500 --> 00:50:24,033 You can't dance for the door. 963 00:50:24,033 --> 00:50:26,933 You can't give to the door. 964 00:50:26,933 --> 00:50:29,833 But you can believe in your heart. 965 00:50:29,833 --> 00:50:32,833 And you can confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord. 966 00:50:32,866 --> 00:50:34,500 And that door. 967 00:50:34,500 --> 00:50:36,600 What Jesus says is man. 968 00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:38,700 So tarea, 969 00:50:38,700 --> 00:50:40,933 so tarea. 970 00:50:40,933 --> 00:50:42,733 Yes, the wages of sin is death. 971 00:50:42,733 --> 00:50:45,733 Yes, you've messed up a bunch. Yes. 972 00:50:46,766 --> 00:50:49,766 Can you accept the gift? 973 00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:52,666 This morning, 974 00:50:54,433 --> 00:50:54,900 we're going to. 975 00:50:54,900 --> 00:50:55,366 We're going to. 976 00:50:55,366 --> 00:50:57,900 I'm going to close up right now. 977 00:50:57,900 --> 00:50:59,866 But I want to turn your attention to something 978 00:50:59,866 --> 00:51:02,866 really quick at your in front of your table. 979 00:51:02,933 --> 00:51:06,066 Not your table with your table, but in front of you, there's a chair. 980 00:51:06,866 --> 00:51:10,900 And in that chair there's a little welcome card and decide serve, connect. 981 00:51:10,933 --> 00:51:12,733 This is not just for new people, by the way. 982 00:51:12,733 --> 00:51:15,200 This is for everybody. 983 00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:18,200 On the back of it, it says info card. 984 00:51:18,966 --> 00:51:22,400 And then it has some like it has some little options here. 985 00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:23,666 And I'm going to encourage you. 986 00:51:23,666 --> 00:51:26,666 I'm encourage every single one of you today, 987 00:51:27,366 --> 00:51:28,800 some of you, because there's a different 988 00:51:28,800 --> 00:51:32,266 there's a couple of different types of people in this room right now. 989 00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:34,366 There's some of you that said, 990 00:51:35,366 --> 00:51:37,400 yeah, I follow Jesus. 991 00:51:37,400 --> 00:51:42,033 I've decided to follow him for a long time, and today I'm doing it again. 992 00:51:42,833 --> 00:51:43,533 Good. 993 00:51:43,533 --> 00:51:46,533 Praise God there's some of you that may have done that 994 00:51:47,100 --> 00:51:50,100 for the first time. 995 00:51:51,000 --> 00:51:53,800 Or maybe there was a time where Jesus was not Lord. 996 00:51:53,800 --> 00:51:57,533 And then today you're like, okay, Jesus is Lord, I'm gonna believe it. 997 00:51:57,900 --> 00:52:00,633 Imma say it. 998 00:52:00,633 --> 00:52:02,000 If that's you, just tell me. 999 00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:05,866 I decided to follow Jesus even if you've already done it, 1000 00:52:07,266 --> 00:52:08,600 tell me, tell us. 1001 00:52:08,600 --> 00:52:10,733 We love to serve with you alongside you. 1002 00:52:10,733 --> 00:52:13,733 We want to walk with you. 1003 00:52:13,800 --> 00:52:16,133 There's another group of you that 1004 00:52:16,133 --> 00:52:18,433 that may have been a little bit more encouraged 1005 00:52:18,433 --> 00:52:21,433 today, or maybe inspired. 1006 00:52:21,866 --> 00:52:23,866 Maybe there's someone that 1007 00:52:23,866 --> 00:52:28,033 when your heart's desires turned to prayer, maybe someone stuck out 1008 00:52:29,300 --> 00:52:29,833 like. 1009 00:52:29,833 --> 00:52:32,833 Like you. You're thinking of that. 1010 00:52:33,000 --> 00:52:35,266 That son of yours, 1011 00:52:35,266 --> 00:52:38,266 or maybe that coworker. 1012 00:52:38,833 --> 00:52:41,833 I encourage you to write their name down right here. 1013 00:52:42,266 --> 00:52:43,800 Write it down. 1014 00:52:43,800 --> 00:52:46,800 We want to join you in the mission field. 1015 00:52:49,966 --> 00:52:51,200 And then there's 1016 00:52:51,200 --> 00:52:54,300 there's some of us here that are still thinking. 1017 00:52:54,900 --> 00:52:56,700 And I'm going to be honest and blunt about it. 1018 00:52:56,700 --> 00:52:59,700 Some of us are still like, that's it's too easy. 1019 00:52:59,700 --> 00:53:01,500 Can't be that easy. 1020 00:53:01,500 --> 00:53:04,500 What do I have to do? 1021 00:53:07,666 --> 00:53:10,666 Wherever you're at, we'd like to know about it. 1022 00:53:10,700 --> 00:53:13,566 I encourage you to fill this out. 1023 00:53:13,566 --> 00:53:14,400 Give it to me. 1024 00:53:14,400 --> 00:53:15,766 Give it to Jeff. Give it to Heather. 1025 00:53:15,766 --> 00:53:17,166 Drop it in that box over there. 1026 00:53:17,166 --> 00:53:20,166 We want to join you as you move forward. 1027 00:53:20,700 --> 00:53:23,700 Because salvation. 1028 00:53:24,033 --> 00:53:24,900 Is a pretty big deal 1029 00:53:26,333 --> 00:53:29,033 and it can't be achieved. 1030 00:53:29,033 --> 00:53:31,133 Can only be received 1031 00:53:31,133 --> 00:53:35,400 because God's grace is greater than you. 1032 00:53:37,133 --> 00:53:40,133 May you, my friends, 1033 00:53:40,133 --> 00:53:43,566 may you come to believe that Jesus is Lord of your life. 1034 00:53:44,300 --> 00:53:47,300 Truly believe it. 1035 00:53:48,100 --> 00:53:49,300 Me, you, 1036 00:53:49,300 --> 00:53:52,966 my brothers and my sisters, may you declare it. 1037 00:53:53,433 --> 00:53:56,900 Profess it to your kids, your wife, 1038 00:53:57,166 --> 00:54:00,166 your husband, to your family, to your coworkers. 1039 00:54:01,733 --> 00:54:05,166 And may you see so tarry, 1040 00:54:05,433 --> 00:54:09,466 not only in your life, but the lives around you. 1041 00:54:15,900 --> 00:54:18,566 Because salvation can't be received, can't be achieved. 1042 00:54:18,566 --> 00:54:20,400 It can only be received. 1043 00:54:20,400 --> 00:54:22,966 We have one last little song and it goes. 1044 00:54:22,966 --> 00:54:24,200 It's called. 1045 00:54:24,200 --> 00:54:27,200 This is Amazing Grace. 1046 00:54:27,333 --> 00:54:30,433 And we call it amazing Grace because 1047 00:54:32,233 --> 00:54:34,866 undeserved merit is pretty amazing. 1048 00:54:34,866 --> 00:54:37,333 Doesn't make sense for us humans. 1049 00:54:37,333 --> 00:54:40,333 That's why we call it amazing Grace. 1050 00:54:40,466 --> 00:54:42,200 Feel free to stay sitting. 1051 00:54:42,200 --> 00:54:43,766 Fill out the card. 1052 00:54:43,766 --> 00:54:45,333 Feel free to stand. 1053 00:54:45,333 --> 00:54:48,233 But let's finish today with a little bit of singing.