1 00:00:02,869 --> 00:00:03,603 We're in this 2 00:00:03,603 --> 00:00:06,573 series going through the book of Matthew, 3 00:00:06,906 --> 00:00:10,543 and we're going to start chapter 14 this morning. 4 00:00:10,543 --> 00:00:13,546 So if you brought your Bible with you, 5 00:00:13,546 --> 00:00:16,549 I want you to open to Matthew 14 6 00:00:17,617 --> 00:00:19,019 and just put your finger there. 7 00:00:19,019 --> 00:00:23,623 I'm going to tell you right now, we're going to go through a lot of Bible today. 8 00:00:23,656 --> 00:00:25,392 I don't expect you to flip through it all. 9 00:00:25,392 --> 00:00:26,760 It's on our app. 10 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,996 If you have our app, you're going to follow along with the scriptures there. 11 00:00:31,064 --> 00:00:35,668 I'll read a lot of it for us in reference quite a bit, but we're going to 12 00:00:35,702 --> 00:00:39,039 primarily be in Matthew 14. 13 00:00:39,839 --> 00:00:43,777 These we're just going to look at two events in the top part of Matthew 14 14 00:00:43,777 --> 00:00:46,746 and this two. These two events don't look like they're connected. 15 00:00:46,746 --> 00:00:49,616 They just look like two separate events. 16 00:00:49,616 --> 00:00:52,919 But I want to suggest that what we call 17 00:00:52,952 --> 00:00:57,657 theologically the study of God, they're connected theologically. 18 00:00:57,690 --> 00:01:01,561 And I'm going to I'm going to walk I'm going to walk us through that. 19 00:01:02,262 --> 00:01:05,131 But there's a big idea, overarching this whole thing. 20 00:01:05,131 --> 00:01:09,035 And I want to share with you the big idea for these two passages this morning. 21 00:01:09,869 --> 00:01:13,173 And I suggest this because Jesus is King now. 22 00:01:13,173 --> 00:01:17,110 And that's what Matthew in his gospel is, is, is making the point 23 00:01:17,110 --> 00:01:23,850 that as the Messiah, the Jewish expected one that was to come, 24 00:01:24,117 --> 00:01:29,055 the deliverer of God's people, the bringer of salvation, that's King. 25 00:01:30,023 --> 00:01:30,957 What it means to 26 00:01:30,957 --> 00:01:34,694 follow him as discipleship and discipleship involves these things 27 00:01:34,694 --> 00:01:40,934 cost, courage, compassion, commands, and cooperation. 28 00:01:40,934 --> 00:01:43,937 So because Jesus is King. 29 00:01:46,239 --> 00:01:47,907 Following him, 30 00:01:47,907 --> 00:01:52,579 being a disciple involves some things, and those things are. 31 00:01:52,579 --> 00:01:56,683 And we'll see them in this, this portion of Matthew 14 cost. 32 00:01:56,716 --> 00:01:59,719 There's a cost involved to being a disciple to follow 33 00:01:59,719 --> 00:02:02,722 in Jesus and requires great courage. 34 00:02:04,023 --> 00:02:06,159 And we'll see that. 35 00:02:06,159 --> 00:02:09,162 And it requires us to develop the compassion of Christ. 36 00:02:10,663 --> 00:02:13,533 He is going to give us commands, 37 00:02:13,533 --> 00:02:16,536 and he's going to ask us to cooperate with him 38 00:02:17,003 --> 00:02:19,839 in his kingdom rule in the world. 39 00:02:19,839 --> 00:02:22,909 And so that that's where we're going with this. 40 00:02:23,810 --> 00:02:25,912 And so I'm going to read a couple passages. 41 00:02:25,912 --> 00:02:30,817 I'll make some some observations, make some application. 42 00:02:31,784 --> 00:02:32,819 And then I'm going to 43 00:02:32,819 --> 00:02:37,957 I'm going to draw us back to some Old Testament stuff that really 44 00:02:39,192 --> 00:02:43,296 these disciples should have had in mind as their, as, as they're going through 45 00:02:43,363 --> 00:02:46,332 what we're going to read about in, in Matthew 14, 46 00:02:47,834 --> 00:02:51,504 let me say this about the Bible, and here's my approach to it. 47 00:02:51,538 --> 00:02:53,740 And here's what we do on Sundays. 48 00:02:53,740 --> 00:02:59,946 I believe very strongly in the truth of Second Timothy 316, 49 00:03:00,313 --> 00:03:05,785 which says, All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching. 50 00:03:05,785 --> 00:03:09,455 That's what I do on Sunday mornings, especially on Wednesday nights I teach. 51 00:03:09,522 --> 00:03:13,860 I do a lot of preaching, I teach, I teach the Bible 52 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:18,064 because what that does is it's profitable for teaching, for reproof, 53 00:03:18,064 --> 00:03:20,400 for correction, for training and righteousness. 54 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:23,269 That word reproof, this is the first thing the Bible does. 55 00:03:23,269 --> 00:03:25,038 It really means rebuke. 56 00:03:25,972 --> 00:03:26,673 What that is. 57 00:03:26,673 --> 00:03:27,740 It points out error. 58 00:03:27,740 --> 00:03:28,474 That's what it does. 59 00:03:28,474 --> 00:03:31,077 First, here's here's what's wrong with our thinking. 60 00:03:31,077 --> 00:03:32,345 Here's what's wrong with our mindset. 61 00:03:32,345 --> 00:03:36,716 Here's what's wrong with our, you know, living like here, here's what's wrong. 62 00:03:36,716 --> 00:03:39,652 And then correction, here's what's right. 63 00:03:39,652 --> 00:03:41,621 Here's how we course correct. 64 00:03:41,621 --> 00:03:45,091 And that process of rebuking error 65 00:03:45,091 --> 00:03:49,762 and getting things straight is training in righteousness. 66 00:03:49,762 --> 00:03:51,931 So that's what we do. 67 00:03:51,931 --> 00:03:53,333 And that's what the Bible does. 68 00:03:53,333 --> 00:03:55,435 And that's what we do as we interact with the Bible. 69 00:03:55,435 --> 00:04:00,573 So because I've been accused in the past many times are going to fast. 70 00:04:00,773 --> 00:04:03,776 Was that slow enough? 71 00:04:03,910 --> 00:04:05,912 Well, okay. Okay. 72 00:04:05,912 --> 00:04:08,948 So that's what we're going to do as you look through this first passage 73 00:04:09,115 --> 00:04:10,083 in Matthew 14. 74 00:04:10,083 --> 00:04:11,417 So let me just read it. 75 00:04:11,417 --> 00:04:13,353 Let me read it first. 76 00:04:15,755 --> 00:04:18,591 These first 12 I'm going to make some, 77 00:04:18,591 --> 00:04:21,594 some comments as we go through this Matthew 14 verse one. 78 00:04:21,594 --> 00:04:25,598 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus. 79 00:04:25,598 --> 00:04:29,269 And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist. 80 00:04:29,269 --> 00:04:31,271 He's been raised from the dead. 81 00:04:31,271 --> 00:04:34,507 That is why these miraculous powers are at work in him. 82 00:04:34,507 --> 00:04:38,878 And then in verse three, Matthew kind of tells us the back story 83 00:04:38,911 --> 00:04:41,414 about John the Baptist being dead. 84 00:04:41,414 --> 00:04:45,184 And so here's the backstory for heritage 85 00:04:45,218 --> 00:04:47,987 sees John and bound him and put him in prison 86 00:04:47,987 --> 00:04:51,257 for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, 87 00:04:51,257 --> 00:04:55,561 because John had been saying to him, it's not lawful for you to have her. 88 00:04:55,628 --> 00:04:58,531 And though he wanted to put him to death, he feared the people 89 00:04:58,531 --> 00:05:00,700 because they held him to be a prophet. 90 00:05:00,700 --> 00:05:03,936 And when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced 91 00:05:03,936 --> 00:05:07,907 before the company and pleased Herod, so that he promised with an oath 92 00:05:07,907 --> 00:05:10,910 to give her whatever she might ask. 93 00:05:10,943 --> 00:05:13,946 Prompted by her mother, she said, give me the head of John 94 00:05:13,946 --> 00:05:15,515 the Baptist here on a platter. 95 00:05:15,515 --> 00:05:19,352 And the king was sorry, but because of his oaths 96 00:05:19,352 --> 00:05:22,322 and his guests, he commanded it to be given. 97 00:05:22,322 --> 00:05:27,293 He sent and had John beheaded in prison, and his head was brought on a platter 98 00:05:27,293 --> 00:05:30,997 and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother. 99 00:05:31,264 --> 00:05:35,234 And his disciples came and took the body and buried it. 100 00:05:35,234 --> 00:05:38,471 And they went and told Jesus, let me unpack this a little bit. 101 00:05:39,305 --> 00:05:40,840 Herod the Tetrarch 102 00:05:42,575 --> 00:05:44,677 interview Bible students. 103 00:05:44,677 --> 00:05:49,382 You remember back when Jesus was born, there was a king in the area named Herod 104 00:05:49,415 --> 00:05:51,150 the Great. You remember Herod the Great. 105 00:05:51,150 --> 00:05:52,018 Is that ring a bell? 106 00:05:52,018 --> 00:05:55,021 Okay, so that's Herod the tetrarch, daddy. 107 00:05:55,054 --> 00:05:57,790 So Herod the Great 108 00:05:57,790 --> 00:06:00,793 pronounced himself as the king. 109 00:06:01,194 --> 00:06:04,597 And so when these wise men, these Magi, came from 110 00:06:04,597 --> 00:06:08,835 the eastern parts and said, where's the one born king of the Jews? 111 00:06:08,835 --> 00:06:10,837 It was a threat to her, the great. 112 00:06:10,837 --> 00:06:14,907 And so in response, you know the story, he makes this edict 113 00:06:14,907 --> 00:06:17,510 that all the little boys two years older and little be killed. 114 00:06:17,510 --> 00:06:19,312 That's this guy's dad. 115 00:06:19,312 --> 00:06:23,916 Okay, that guy here, the great, was decrepit and evil and demonic. 116 00:06:24,984 --> 00:06:26,219 He killed his first wife. 117 00:06:26,219 --> 00:06:27,653 He had a lot of ways. He killed one of them. 118 00:06:27,653 --> 00:06:29,055 He was supposed to be here. 119 00:06:29,055 --> 00:06:31,624 His favorite one killed murder. 120 00:06:31,624 --> 00:06:32,892 Two of his sons. That was said. 121 00:06:32,892 --> 00:06:33,659 It's. 122 00:06:33,659 --> 00:06:36,963 It's safer to be Herod's dog than it is his son. 123 00:06:37,530 --> 00:06:40,466 He was just a horrible, horrible, evil individual. 124 00:06:40,466 --> 00:06:45,171 So this is this one of the sons that he raised, that Herod the Great is gone, 125 00:06:45,171 --> 00:06:48,274 and he took his kingdom, and he divided between three sons, 126 00:06:49,041 --> 00:06:53,012 one a son, he gave half of his kingdom, and then two others a quarter each. 127 00:06:53,212 --> 00:06:59,419 This is Herod the tetrarch, Herod the quarter part leader. 128 00:06:59,419 --> 00:07:02,588 So he's ruling a quarter of the kingdom 129 00:07:02,755 --> 00:07:05,892 where his brother Philip is in Rome. 130 00:07:05,958 --> 00:07:10,430 Okay, so Herod Philip, there's Herod the tetrarch, and Herod Philip. 131 00:07:10,730 --> 00:07:16,335 Well, as the history tells us, Herod the tetrarch goes with his wife, 132 00:07:16,335 --> 00:07:19,972 who was this Nubian princess all treasured, 133 00:07:20,173 --> 00:07:23,443 goes with her to Rome to see his brother Philip. 134 00:07:23,443 --> 00:07:28,114 And while he's there, he's like, hey, Phil, I like your wife a lot better. 135 00:07:28,114 --> 00:07:29,949 I like my wife. 136 00:07:29,949 --> 00:07:33,186 And so he kind of woos her and seduces her. 137 00:07:33,252 --> 00:07:36,522 And that wife of Herod, Philip. 138 00:07:36,556 --> 00:07:40,059 Her only agenda is to be a woman in power. 139 00:07:40,092 --> 00:07:42,161 That's your only agenda. 140 00:07:42,161 --> 00:07:43,062 And I won't go. 141 00:07:43,062 --> 00:07:44,330 I won't bore you with all the details. 142 00:07:44,330 --> 00:07:47,667 We can go through history and watch how her life and unfolded. 143 00:07:47,700 --> 00:07:49,702 All she is is chasing the title of the King. 144 00:07:49,702 --> 00:07:51,170 She wants to be the first lady. 145 00:07:51,170 --> 00:07:55,141 And so she's just positioning herself to be that. 146 00:07:55,141 --> 00:07:58,544 And so she leaves Herod of Philip 147 00:07:58,544 --> 00:08:02,215 and she hooks up with Herod the tetrarch. 148 00:08:02,381 --> 00:08:05,384 Well, Herod the tetrarch can't have two wives. 149 00:08:05,852 --> 00:08:07,053 And so he gets rid 150 00:08:07,053 --> 00:08:11,057 of this Nubian princess, which causes all kinds of geopolitical problems. 151 00:08:11,057 --> 00:08:14,060 So this is just a mess. This is a mess. 152 00:08:14,060 --> 00:08:17,063 And so in the middle of that, 153 00:08:17,296 --> 00:08:19,999 well, all that's going on, verse four, 154 00:08:21,868 --> 00:08:25,538 John had been saying, that ain't right. 155 00:08:26,706 --> 00:08:30,309 He's telling them that's you can't do that. 156 00:08:30,309 --> 00:08:35,414 It's immoral, it's unjust, it's sinful. 157 00:08:35,414 --> 00:08:40,052 It goes against basic morality and God's law. 158 00:08:40,353 --> 00:08:43,356 You can't do that. 159 00:08:44,790 --> 00:08:47,793 And in response, 160 00:08:48,394 --> 00:08:51,397 by pressure from Herodias, 161 00:08:51,731 --> 00:08:53,699 Herod has him arrested and thrown in jail. 162 00:08:53,699 --> 00:08:58,938 Because here's the deal when evil can't refute truth, 163 00:08:59,272 --> 00:09:02,308 it tries to silence the truth tellers. 164 00:09:04,744 --> 00:09:07,747 Cancel culture way back in the day. 165 00:09:08,214 --> 00:09:10,816 It's been around forever. 166 00:09:10,816 --> 00:09:12,418 So let me just shut your mouth. 167 00:09:12,418 --> 00:09:16,355 If I can't, if I can't refute it and that's what they say, throw them in jail. 168 00:09:17,023 --> 00:09:20,026 So in the meantime, here it has this part, this birthday. 169 00:09:20,159 --> 00:09:22,862 Now get this Herodias, the woman 170 00:09:22,862 --> 00:09:25,865 whose chastened power. 171 00:09:26,098 --> 00:09:28,868 She wants John dead. 172 00:09:28,868 --> 00:09:32,238 And so she tells her daughter Salome, 173 00:09:33,039 --> 00:09:36,309 she subroutine 14 and 16 years old. 174 00:09:36,776 --> 00:09:39,378 She says, I want you to dance before 175 00:09:40,479 --> 00:09:41,414 Herod the tetrarch, 176 00:09:41,414 --> 00:09:44,417 which is in actuality her uncle. 177 00:09:45,351 --> 00:09:47,320 And she does. 178 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:51,958 And when the Bible says she danced before him, it's not like swing dancing. 179 00:09:52,592 --> 00:09:55,962 Just like this is an extreme, 180 00:09:56,662 --> 00:10:01,334 seductive striptease that this mother had. 181 00:10:01,334 --> 00:10:05,438 Her 14 to 16 year old daughter danced before 182 00:10:05,471 --> 00:10:08,474 her uncle. 183 00:10:13,346 --> 00:10:16,349 Do you understand how bad this is? 184 00:10:16,682 --> 00:10:17,650 And this? 185 00:10:17,650 --> 00:10:21,220 This uncle is so base 186 00:10:21,754 --> 00:10:25,291 and so out of his mind and so drunk. 187 00:10:25,358 --> 00:10:28,494 He gets so excited by this little girl 188 00:10:29,195 --> 00:10:31,998 that he says, I'll give you whatever you want, man. 189 00:10:31,998 --> 00:10:34,200 And so she, of course says, mama, what should I ask? 190 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:36,469 And she says, 191 00:10:36,469 --> 00:10:39,472 John the Baptist head. 192 00:10:39,538 --> 00:10:42,541 And so as a result, 193 00:10:42,775 --> 00:10:44,810 evil camp, 194 00:10:44,810 --> 00:10:48,014 silence, truth, chase and power. 195 00:10:48,981 --> 00:10:51,984 John's beheaded. 196 00:10:53,219 --> 00:10:54,987 The disciples of John. 197 00:10:54,987 --> 00:10:55,988 Get his body. 198 00:10:55,988 --> 00:10:56,656 Bury it in the go. 199 00:10:56,656 --> 00:10:59,358 Tell Jesus that's the scene. 200 00:11:01,394 --> 00:11:01,761 And in 201 00:11:01,761 --> 00:11:06,332 verse 1413, now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there 202 00:11:06,332 --> 00:11:09,335 in a boat to a desolate place by himself. 203 00:11:11,337 --> 00:11:13,906 Jesus is just, I can't, I just need to. 204 00:11:13,906 --> 00:11:16,575 I need to go away for a little bit. 205 00:11:16,575 --> 00:11:18,744 I need to be alone. 206 00:11:18,744 --> 00:11:20,579 Even if it's been there. 207 00:11:20,579 --> 00:11:23,582 I just can't right now. 208 00:11:25,751 --> 00:11:27,253 Well, I'm going to come back to that. 209 00:11:27,253 --> 00:11:31,290 But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot. 210 00:11:33,993 --> 00:11:35,428 From the towns. 211 00:11:35,428 --> 00:11:37,697 When he went ashore, he saw the great crowd 212 00:11:37,697 --> 00:11:40,299 and had compassion on them and healed their sick. 213 00:11:40,299 --> 00:11:42,735 Now, when it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, 214 00:11:42,735 --> 00:11:45,337 this is a desolate place, and the day is now over. 215 00:11:45,337 --> 00:11:49,075 Send the crowds away to go into the villages to buy food for themselves. 216 00:11:49,075 --> 00:11:50,743 But Jesus said, they don't have to go away. 217 00:11:50,743 --> 00:11:52,144 You give them something to eat. 218 00:11:52,144 --> 00:11:55,781 And they said to him, we only have five loaves here and two fish. 219 00:11:55,881 --> 00:11:57,817 And he said, bring them here to me. 220 00:11:57,817 --> 00:12:00,753 Then he ordered the crowds to sit on the grass and take in the five 221 00:12:00,753 --> 00:12:01,454 loaves and two fish. 222 00:12:01,454 --> 00:12:03,389 He looked up to heaven and said a blessing. 223 00:12:03,389 --> 00:12:05,758 Then he broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, 224 00:12:05,758 --> 00:12:07,460 and the gave them to the crowds. 225 00:12:07,460 --> 00:12:10,096 And they all ate and were satisfied. 226 00:12:10,096 --> 00:12:13,899 And they took up 12 baskets full of broken pieces left over. 227 00:12:13,899 --> 00:12:17,403 And those who aid were about 5000 besides women and children. 228 00:12:17,403 --> 00:12:21,340 And so Jesus hears that John the Baptist, we call him the Baptist, 229 00:12:21,340 --> 00:12:22,641 that John been beheaded. 230 00:12:22,641 --> 00:12:26,712 This wasn't just some some guy out in the wilderness. 231 00:12:27,279 --> 00:12:29,181 This was Jesus's. 232 00:12:30,316 --> 00:12:31,817 This was a cousin. 233 00:12:31,817 --> 00:12:33,719 It was about six months older than Jesus. 234 00:12:33,719 --> 00:12:37,123 And John had the unique privilege 235 00:12:37,123 --> 00:12:40,226 of being the forerunner of Jesus to prepare his way. 236 00:12:40,259 --> 00:12:44,530 So Jesus and John were, in essence, working in tandem, John 237 00:12:44,530 --> 00:12:49,435 going before to prepare people's hearts for what Jesus was going to step into. 238 00:12:49,468 --> 00:12:54,573 And so they were very close, of course, related, very dear to each other, 239 00:12:54,573 --> 00:12:57,710 loved each other dearly, worked 240 00:12:57,710 --> 00:13:00,713 with basically for and with each other. 241 00:13:00,713 --> 00:13:04,583 This was this was this was painful. 242 00:13:04,984 --> 00:13:06,452 This was painful. 243 00:13:06,452 --> 00:13:07,853 And if any of you have lost 244 00:13:07,853 --> 00:13:11,257 somebody that's very dear to you, understand what we're talking about here. 245 00:13:11,857 --> 00:13:16,195 And so Jesus says, I need to I need to get away. 246 00:13:16,428 --> 00:13:21,133 But here's the thing Jesus isn't going away to be in isolation. 247 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:23,135 He's not going away to withdraw. 248 00:13:23,135 --> 00:13:25,771 He's going to wait to pray. 249 00:13:25,771 --> 00:13:28,841 He's going away to connect, not to withdraw. 250 00:13:29,074 --> 00:13:32,211 And this is this is a difference for for us. 251 00:13:32,278 --> 00:13:35,281 Usually when we go through something that's 252 00:13:35,381 --> 00:13:38,617 really, really, really difficult and tragic, we just want to get away. 253 00:13:38,617 --> 00:13:39,785 We want to disconnect. 254 00:13:39,785 --> 00:13:42,521 We want to just I like I can't be around people. 255 00:13:42,521 --> 00:13:43,322 I don't want to be talking. 256 00:13:43,322 --> 00:13:47,860 I don't want to be like, just let me be by myself, right? 257 00:13:51,130 --> 00:13:54,133 Anybody? 258 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,802 Let's do this. 259 00:13:56,802 --> 00:13:59,238 Let's pretend like you're going to talk back to me. 260 00:13:59,238 --> 00:14:00,339 Want to ask a question? 261 00:14:00,339 --> 00:14:02,341 Like with your mouths open. 262 00:14:02,341 --> 00:14:05,344 That would be really, really encouraging. 263 00:14:05,811 --> 00:14:07,313 So do you understand what I'm saying? 264 00:14:07,313 --> 00:14:08,314 Like, I just want to be. 265 00:14:08,314 --> 00:14:09,415 Yeah. Okay. 266 00:14:09,415 --> 00:14:09,915 Good good good. 267 00:14:09,915 --> 00:14:12,651 That's great. Awesome. Great job. 268 00:14:12,651 --> 00:14:14,854 Jesus doesn't withdraw because he wants to be alone. 269 00:14:14,854 --> 00:14:17,857 He wants he wants to withdraw so he can connect it to his father. 270 00:14:18,290 --> 00:14:20,759 There's an engagement to his withdraw. 271 00:14:20,759 --> 00:14:22,595 There's not an isolation. 272 00:14:22,595 --> 00:14:25,998 Our problem is we seek isolation. 273 00:14:27,900 --> 00:14:30,436 We got to be real careful about this. 274 00:14:30,436 --> 00:14:33,973 And he wants to withdraw, to connect to his father. 275 00:14:33,973 --> 00:14:35,841 But what happens? 276 00:14:35,841 --> 00:14:37,243 What happens? We just read it. 277 00:14:37,243 --> 00:14:39,078 What happens 278 00:14:39,078 --> 00:14:39,812 from everywhere? 279 00:14:39,812 --> 00:14:42,815 They just keep coming 280 00:14:43,015 --> 00:14:45,150 and they keep coming and they keep coming. 281 00:14:45,150 --> 00:14:48,520 And the Bible says he had compassion on them. 282 00:14:50,422 --> 00:14:52,825 They had compassion 283 00:14:52,825 --> 00:14:54,960 that that word compassion means literally 284 00:14:54,960 --> 00:14:57,930 his his gut was moved. 285 00:14:58,397 --> 00:15:00,499 He's like, listen, I am hurting. 286 00:15:00,499 --> 00:15:02,134 I'm saddened. 287 00:15:02,134 --> 00:15:05,638 I hate what evil has done, but 288 00:15:05,638 --> 00:15:08,641 these people are in need. 289 00:15:10,876 --> 00:15:13,879 And it's not that I'm not still hurting, 290 00:15:14,413 --> 00:15:17,616 but I need to address their need first. 291 00:15:17,716 --> 00:15:19,952 It's amazing. 292 00:15:19,952 --> 00:15:22,955 It's so courageous. 293 00:15:23,122 --> 00:15:25,591 And he healed their sick 294 00:15:25,591 --> 00:15:28,594 and evening came. 295 00:15:28,761 --> 00:15:31,730 And this said, you know what, 296 00:15:34,300 --> 00:15:37,303 this is somebody else's problem, 297 00:15:37,736 --> 00:15:38,737 right? 298 00:15:38,737 --> 00:15:43,776 How many of us know that it's real easy to identify someone's problem, right? 299 00:15:44,076 --> 00:15:46,278 Rather than accept it as well? I'm here to. 300 00:15:46,278 --> 00:15:48,113 I could do something. 301 00:15:48,113 --> 00:15:50,149 That's not what they say. 302 00:15:50,149 --> 00:15:51,750 It says their problems. 303 00:15:51,750 --> 00:15:54,753 Let someone else take care of it. 304 00:15:55,020 --> 00:15:58,023 All they see is what they lack, what they're not able to do. 305 00:15:58,023 --> 00:16:00,225 And Jesus says, don't you ever send them away? 306 00:16:00,225 --> 00:16:02,494 Why would you send them away when I'm here? 307 00:16:03,696 --> 00:16:07,099 There are so many times, and we're going to see it in the in this passage. 308 00:16:07,099 --> 00:16:11,036 In both of these, there are so many times when have we just remembered 309 00:16:11,036 --> 00:16:15,541 what God had done in the past, there wouldn't be any anxiety about the future 310 00:16:15,641 --> 00:16:18,610 if we'd just remember and we're going to see it. 311 00:16:18,978 --> 00:16:23,515 Had the disciples just remembered what God had done in the past, 312 00:16:23,549 --> 00:16:26,986 they wouldn't have any anxiety about their need in the present. 313 00:16:27,252 --> 00:16:30,255 Why do they do that? 314 00:16:31,123 --> 00:16:34,093 I don't know why do we do it? 315 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:37,563 If we just remember what God had done, 316 00:16:37,763 --> 00:16:40,733 there'd be no anxiety about the present. 317 00:16:44,036 --> 00:16:45,704 Cinema away 318 00:16:45,704 --> 00:16:48,273 just says, no, don't send them away. 319 00:16:48,273 --> 00:16:51,276 I'm here. 320 00:16:51,310 --> 00:16:53,679 You give them something to eat. 321 00:16:53,679 --> 00:16:56,148 And they said, well, we only have five loaves and two fish. 322 00:16:56,148 --> 00:16:59,351 Listen, don't ever say to God, I only. 323 00:17:00,619 --> 00:17:02,454 That's not a good reason. 324 00:17:02,454 --> 00:17:03,922 That's not a good excuse. 325 00:17:03,922 --> 00:17:06,291 I mean, that's where we go most of the time, though, right? 326 00:17:06,291 --> 00:17:09,895 Like my only like, I can't do anything about this. 327 00:17:10,229 --> 00:17:13,499 I only have this much free time in my schedule I don't have. 328 00:17:13,799 --> 00:17:15,000 I can't do anything about this. 329 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:21,040 I don't, I don't I only have this kind of skill set I can't do, I can't do this. 330 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:23,075 I only have this much money. 331 00:17:23,075 --> 00:17:24,476 I can't do that. 332 00:17:24,476 --> 00:17:27,479 Don't ever say I only have the God. 333 00:17:28,113 --> 00:17:29,715 God never asked how much you have. 334 00:17:29,715 --> 00:17:32,718 He just asked what you have. 335 00:17:38,957 --> 00:17:40,359 He said. 336 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:42,161 People 337 00:17:42,161 --> 00:17:43,262 bring them here to me. 338 00:17:43,262 --> 00:17:46,031 You're the crowd. Sit down on the grass, taking five loaves. Two fish. 339 00:17:46,031 --> 00:17:46,498 What are you? 340 00:17:46,498 --> 00:17:47,466 He looked up to heaven. 341 00:17:47,466 --> 00:17:48,200 He gave blessing. 342 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:51,270 That's how they prayed. They nobody prayed. 343 00:17:51,503 --> 00:17:53,939 Nobody prayed like this, ever. In the Bible. 344 00:17:53,939 --> 00:17:57,076 They all looked up to him because they were expecting something from God. 345 00:17:57,342 --> 00:17:58,911 So they looked up in expectation. 346 00:17:58,911 --> 00:18:01,480 And Jesus says the prayer, the typical Jewish prayer. 347 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:02,214 Blessed are you, 348 00:18:02,214 --> 00:18:05,017 Lord our God, ruler of the universe, who brings forth bread from the earth. 349 00:18:05,017 --> 00:18:06,018 That was the prayer. 350 00:18:07,019 --> 00:18:09,221 It wasn't some long and get it. 351 00:18:09,221 --> 00:18:13,158 Oh Lord God, we just pray 352 00:18:13,158 --> 00:18:16,295 that there's a lot of people here. 353 00:18:16,628 --> 00:18:20,532 They're coming from, you know, like Madera 354 00:18:20,532 --> 00:18:23,869 and Chelsea and Fresno and Clovis. 355 00:18:23,869 --> 00:18:25,771 I think they might be some here from Bakersfield. 356 00:18:25,771 --> 00:18:27,039 There just a lot of people. 357 00:18:27,039 --> 00:18:31,243 Oh, God, you know that they're hungry because they've been here a long time 358 00:18:31,343 --> 00:18:35,547 and they've been listening and they're they're getting there 359 00:18:35,547 --> 00:18:38,217 just so we just, like, there's none of that. 360 00:18:38,217 --> 00:18:40,185 Like, that's how our prayer sounded. 361 00:18:40,185 --> 00:18:42,020 So anemic. 362 00:18:42,020 --> 00:18:44,890 Jesus. Real simple. Blessed are you, Lord. 363 00:18:44,890 --> 00:18:47,993 Our God, rule the universe who brings forth bread from the earth. 364 00:18:47,993 --> 00:18:49,761 That's it. 365 00:18:49,761 --> 00:18:50,562 That's the prayer. 366 00:18:50,562 --> 00:18:53,899 That's the acknowledgment of God and the knowledge of his ability to provide. 367 00:18:53,899 --> 00:18:57,136 And then he says, pass him out. 368 00:18:58,103 --> 00:18:59,905 5000 men 369 00:18:59,905 --> 00:19:04,376 plus women and children, maybe 15, 20,000 people, five loaves, two fish. 370 00:19:04,476 --> 00:19:05,310 Blessed are you, Lord. 371 00:19:05,310 --> 00:19:07,479 Our God really brings forth bread from the earth. 372 00:19:07,479 --> 00:19:10,482 Pass them out. What are they left with? 373 00:19:11,083 --> 00:19:12,618 12 baskets. 374 00:19:12,618 --> 00:19:15,354 How many disciples were there working with Jesus at this point? 375 00:19:15,354 --> 00:19:18,357 12. He's saying, listen, listen. 376 00:19:18,857 --> 00:19:23,629 I want you to remember that when you start with I only, 377 00:19:23,862 --> 00:19:26,932 I end with, here's your basket full. 378 00:19:29,468 --> 00:19:32,471 That's what he's saying. 379 00:19:32,738 --> 00:19:34,373 When you start with I only 380 00:19:34,373 --> 00:19:37,376 are you going to end with, here's your basket. 381 00:19:38,744 --> 00:19:40,879 12 full by 12. 382 00:19:40,879 --> 00:19:43,382 Well how many tribes of Israel were there? 383 00:19:43,382 --> 00:19:46,518 12. What Jesus is saying is I'm all sufficient. 384 00:19:46,552 --> 00:19:49,555 I'm more than sufficient for all my people, 385 00:19:49,788 --> 00:19:52,791 more than sufficient for all my people. 386 00:19:53,659 --> 00:19:55,460 So that's that's the 387 00:19:55,460 --> 00:19:58,597 that's the that's the two accounts and they're tied together. 388 00:19:58,597 --> 00:20:02,267 And I want to walk you through how I think they're tied together. 389 00:20:03,068 --> 00:20:06,071 Two accounts of two meals. 390 00:20:06,305 --> 00:20:08,473 Herod had a meal. 391 00:20:08,473 --> 00:20:11,476 Jesus had a meal, right. 392 00:20:12,010 --> 00:20:14,112 Herod's meal was a party. 393 00:20:14,112 --> 00:20:15,948 Jesus Mill was a teaching. 394 00:20:16,982 --> 00:20:18,917 Herod's meal ended in death. 395 00:20:18,917 --> 00:20:21,920 Jesus's meal ended in life. 396 00:20:22,955 --> 00:20:26,291 Herod's meal was in a palace for the powerful. 397 00:20:26,358 --> 00:20:30,562 Jesus's meal was in the wilderness for the needy. 398 00:20:33,265 --> 00:20:34,333 Herod's meal ended 399 00:20:34,333 --> 00:20:37,336 with the head of a prophet on a platter. 400 00:20:37,936 --> 00:20:41,273 Jesus's mill ended with an overflow of life. 401 00:20:43,508 --> 00:20:47,813 Herod used his power to protect himself and his sin. 402 00:20:47,980 --> 00:20:51,750 Jesus used his power to serve people 403 00:20:52,584 --> 00:20:54,920 and to give himself away. 404 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,756 This is the difference between the two kingdoms, 405 00:20:57,756 --> 00:21:00,759 the kingdom of the world and the Kingdom of God. 406 00:21:01,260 --> 00:21:04,830 Jesus taught us to pray, Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be your name. 407 00:21:04,830 --> 00:21:08,900 Your kingdom come, the rule and reign of God in the world. 408 00:21:08,900 --> 00:21:11,403 This is what it looks like. 409 00:21:11,403 --> 00:21:14,573 The kingdom of the world is going to end in death itself, serving. 410 00:21:14,573 --> 00:21:17,175 It's violent. It's debate. 411 00:21:17,175 --> 00:21:18,210 The kingdom of God. 412 00:21:18,210 --> 00:21:20,612 The heaven of God is life. 413 00:21:23,915 --> 00:21:25,517 Herod used his. 414 00:21:25,517 --> 00:21:28,453 It was a man of corrupt power, 415 00:21:28,453 --> 00:21:30,922 a manipulative woman, 416 00:21:30,922 --> 00:21:34,826 a foolish oath surrounded by powerful people. 417 00:21:34,826 --> 00:21:36,862 And it looked impressive and powerful 418 00:21:36,862 --> 00:21:38,897 from the outside, but it resulted only in death. 419 00:21:38,897 --> 00:21:41,900 That's the kingdom of this world. 420 00:21:43,001 --> 00:21:46,338 Jesus is meal ordinary people. 421 00:21:46,505 --> 00:21:50,275 No palace, no elite, only 422 00:21:50,275 --> 00:21:53,879 compassion and healing and fullness and life. 423 00:21:55,213 --> 00:21:58,350 Unimpressed, unimpressive from the outside, 424 00:21:58,617 --> 00:22:01,620 but resulting in life. 425 00:22:01,820 --> 00:22:03,588 Here's what I want us to understand 426 00:22:03,588 --> 00:22:07,793 about the kingdom of heaven and being disciples of God. 427 00:22:07,793 --> 00:22:09,061 And this of that kingdom. 428 00:22:09,061 --> 00:22:12,431 The kingdom of heaven comes with a great cost 429 00:22:12,831 --> 00:22:15,834 from people of great courage. 430 00:22:16,668 --> 00:22:19,671 The kingdom of Heaven comes with a great cost 431 00:22:20,305 --> 00:22:22,708 and it requires people of great courage. 432 00:22:22,708 --> 00:22:25,310 This was John the Baptist. 433 00:22:25,310 --> 00:22:28,213 You go back in that first section of Matthew 14, 434 00:22:28,213 --> 00:22:30,982 this this whole thing with John the Baptist confronting 435 00:22:32,050 --> 00:22:35,220 Herod the tetrarch and Herodias, his wife. 436 00:22:36,955 --> 00:22:40,559 It hearkens back to the Old Testament story of Elijah. 437 00:22:41,193 --> 00:22:44,363 And if you don't know the story of Elijah, you could read about in First Kings 438 00:22:44,396 --> 00:22:45,697 1819, 2021. 439 00:22:45,697 --> 00:22:51,002 But Elijah was the great prophet of Israel, and Elijah was the one 440 00:22:51,002 --> 00:22:56,308 that confronted evil King Ahab and his horrible wife Jezebel, 441 00:22:57,042 --> 00:22:59,878 who did this battle of Mount Carmel with 400 442 00:22:59,878 --> 00:23:02,881 prophets of Baal or God called down fire. 443 00:23:03,014 --> 00:23:06,017 It was just this incredible 444 00:23:06,118 --> 00:23:08,220 historical event 445 00:23:08,220 --> 00:23:12,357 in the life of the of the Hebrew nation, through the prophet Elijah. 446 00:23:12,491 --> 00:23:16,762 And John the Baptist is called, though generations later 447 00:23:16,762 --> 00:23:20,198 he is called as one who came in the spirit and power of Elijah. 448 00:23:21,032 --> 00:23:23,335 He said he was the Elijah who was to come. 449 00:23:23,335 --> 00:23:27,973 Like there's a correlation between John the Baptist and Elijah, and has had 450 00:23:27,973 --> 00:23:32,477 the disciples just understood what God had done in the past through Elijah. 451 00:23:32,944 --> 00:23:36,181 They would understand what he was doing now in the life 452 00:23:36,181 --> 00:23:40,619 and the death of John the Baptist, for instance, 453 00:23:41,987 --> 00:23:43,622 Elijah confronted 454 00:23:43,622 --> 00:23:46,858 evil King Ahab and his evil wife Jezebel. 455 00:23:46,858 --> 00:23:48,593 What did John the Baptist to confront? 456 00:23:48,593 --> 00:23:52,030 An evil Herod the tetrarch and his evil wife. 457 00:23:52,030 --> 00:23:55,033 Erroneous. 458 00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:57,469 Elijah exposed the corruption 459 00:23:57,469 --> 00:24:00,472 and the sin of the powerful, powerfully elite. 460 00:24:00,472 --> 00:24:03,442 What did John the Baptist you expose the corruption 461 00:24:03,442 --> 00:24:06,411 and the sin of the powerful elite. 462 00:24:08,313 --> 00:24:10,482 Jezebel wanted Elijah dead. 463 00:24:10,482 --> 00:24:13,452 Herodias wanted John the Baptist dead. 464 00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:15,954 She went evil. 465 00:24:15,954 --> 00:24:18,957 Can't silence the truth of sin. 466 00:24:19,191 --> 00:24:22,194 It will want to silence the truth teller 467 00:24:23,261 --> 00:24:25,430 because it will not contend with it. 468 00:24:25,430 --> 00:24:30,402 And that's why the kingdom of heaven requires courageous people 469 00:24:31,002 --> 00:24:33,972 who are willing to pay a great price. 470 00:24:34,573 --> 00:24:38,710 When wicked people cannot answer truth, 471 00:24:39,144 --> 00:24:42,147 they try to bury the truth teller. 472 00:24:42,514 --> 00:24:44,015 That's just how it happens. 473 00:24:44,015 --> 00:24:45,951 And this isn't anything new. 474 00:24:45,951 --> 00:24:47,919 This is part of the kingdom of heaven 475 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:51,890 that is pressing against the gates of hell. 476 00:24:57,362 --> 00:24:57,696 And it's 477 00:24:57,696 --> 00:25:01,099 always been this way, and it will always be this way. 478 00:25:01,633 --> 00:25:04,903 See, there's a great danger in what's called Dominion theology. 479 00:25:04,936 --> 00:25:07,906 Dominion theology says this. 480 00:25:07,906 --> 00:25:11,776 Dominion theology teaches that, that there are some people who believe 481 00:25:11,810 --> 00:25:17,015 that God's dominion should take place on the earth through the politics 482 00:25:17,015 --> 00:25:20,819 and the power structures of the world before Jesus comes back. 483 00:25:20,819 --> 00:25:25,757 It's like it's the it's taking dominion back from the evil whatever 484 00:25:25,857 --> 00:25:30,161 and establishing this righteous way of living on earth before Jesus comes. 485 00:25:30,228 --> 00:25:31,263 That's dominion theology. 486 00:25:31,263 --> 00:25:36,535 And it's a real insidious because it creeps its way into our politics. 487 00:25:36,535 --> 00:25:39,070 It creeps us away into our church. 488 00:25:39,070 --> 00:25:40,171 I mean, hopefully not. 489 00:25:40,171 --> 00:25:44,476 But like, we think it's our job to make sure that the godly, you know, 490 00:25:44,676 --> 00:25:46,311 and there's nothing wrong with please understand, 491 00:25:46,311 --> 00:25:47,812 there's nothing wrong with godly people being elected. 492 00:25:47,812 --> 00:25:49,614 Please understand that. 493 00:25:49,614 --> 00:25:52,951 But God, the politicians are not going to create heaven on earth. 494 00:25:54,019 --> 00:25:57,022 It's still politics. 495 00:25:58,590 --> 00:25:59,090 Let's not 496 00:25:59,090 --> 00:26:02,093 get confused about this whole thing. 497 00:26:02,294 --> 00:26:05,063 This stuff's just going to keep getting worse until Jesus comes back. 498 00:26:05,063 --> 00:26:06,898 That's just how it's going to go. 499 00:26:06,898 --> 00:26:09,467 Don't be fooled by Dominion theology thinking if we just get 500 00:26:09,467 --> 00:26:12,704 the right people in power, all the evils are taken care of. 501 00:26:12,737 --> 00:26:13,872 It'll never happen. 502 00:26:13,872 --> 00:26:14,940 It's not supposed to happen. It's not. 503 00:26:14,940 --> 00:26:17,342 It's not biblical. 504 00:26:17,342 --> 00:26:20,545 And so the kingdom of God exists in a very corrupt, 505 00:26:20,579 --> 00:26:24,382 evil fallen world, and it comes at a cost. 506 00:26:24,382 --> 00:26:27,385 And courageous people have to pay it. 507 00:26:27,519 --> 00:26:30,522 And it's going to be that way until Jesus comes back. 508 00:26:32,257 --> 00:26:35,260 You follow. 509 00:26:36,194 --> 00:26:39,197 I'm gonna keep pressing. 510 00:26:41,032 --> 00:26:44,035 And this next of the feeding of 5000, 511 00:26:44,469 --> 00:26:48,039 what should have been in their mind is the history of their people. 512 00:26:49,174 --> 00:26:49,941 They should have gone 513 00:26:49,941 --> 00:26:52,944 right back to Moses in the wilderness. 514 00:26:52,978 --> 00:26:55,146 And what Jesus is saying, he's saying, listen, 515 00:26:55,146 --> 00:26:58,149 I'm greater than Moses. 516 00:27:00,418 --> 00:27:01,820 Moses. 517 00:27:01,820 --> 00:27:02,787 Exodus 16. 518 00:27:02,787 --> 00:27:04,723 Are you going to read about yourself? 519 00:27:04,723 --> 00:27:08,827 Moses fed God's people, the people of God in the wilderness. 520 00:27:08,994 --> 00:27:12,931 Was Jesus doing feeding God's people in the wilderness? 521 00:27:13,865 --> 00:27:18,103 Moses prayed that God would sin and God he prayed and God sent manner from heaven. 522 00:27:18,136 --> 00:27:20,171 Jesus said, I am the manner from heaven. 523 00:27:20,171 --> 00:27:21,539 I'm the bread of life. 524 00:27:21,539 --> 00:27:24,376 I'm greater than what Moses did, 525 00:27:24,376 --> 00:27:27,379 what God did through Moses. 526 00:27:28,279 --> 00:27:31,950 And see what's happening here is this 527 00:27:31,983 --> 00:27:36,221 is this this presentation in living color, that Jesus 528 00:27:36,221 --> 00:27:39,691 is the good Shepherd, and there's some really bad shepherds out there. 529 00:27:40,091 --> 00:27:43,895 In Matthew 14, he went ashore, saw a great crowd, 530 00:27:43,895 --> 00:27:47,999 and he had what compassion on them and healed their sick. 531 00:27:48,733 --> 00:27:52,370 Mark tells the same account just from a different perspective, 532 00:27:52,370 --> 00:27:56,041 and Mark adds this when he went ashore, he saw a great crowd, 533 00:27:56,074 --> 00:28:01,179 had compassion on them, because they were what sheep without a shepherd? 534 00:28:01,179 --> 00:28:02,313 That's important. 535 00:28:02,313 --> 00:28:04,182 And they began to teach him many things. 536 00:28:04,182 --> 00:28:06,051 The the shepherd part is important. 537 00:28:06,051 --> 00:28:07,185 There's sheep without a shepherd 538 00:28:07,185 --> 00:28:09,354 he has compassion on because there's sheep shepherd. 539 00:28:09,354 --> 00:28:12,691 They should have gone way back to the Old Testament, because in numbers 540 00:28:12,691 --> 00:28:17,462 27 it says, who shall go before them and come in before them? 541 00:28:17,462 --> 00:28:21,499 Who shall lead them out, and bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord 542 00:28:21,499 --> 00:28:25,070 may not be as what sheep 543 00:28:25,503 --> 00:28:28,339 that have no shepherd says, somebody's got to do that. 544 00:28:28,339 --> 00:28:32,777 Somebody has to arrive on the scene that will lead them out and lead them 545 00:28:32,777 --> 00:28:36,514 in a care for them and meet their needs and have compassion on them, because 546 00:28:36,548 --> 00:28:38,416 otherwise they're sheep without a shepherd. 547 00:28:38,416 --> 00:28:40,185 They should have seen. 548 00:28:40,185 --> 00:28:42,587 We've been waiting for this. 549 00:28:42,587 --> 00:28:45,223 Jesus is him, son of man. 550 00:28:45,223 --> 00:28:49,094 This is a prophecy in Ezekiel prophesy against whom 551 00:28:49,661 --> 00:28:53,932 the shepherds of Israel, all these corrupt ones of power, 552 00:28:53,932 --> 00:28:58,002 of religious power, prophesy and say to them, even to the shepherds, 553 00:28:58,036 --> 00:29:00,905 thus says the Lord God, are shepherds of Israel. 554 00:29:00,905 --> 00:29:03,908 You have been feeding yourselves. 555 00:29:04,309 --> 00:29:06,377 Shouldn't you be feeding the sheep? 556 00:29:06,377 --> 00:29:09,347 He's saying, listen, there are ravenous 557 00:29:09,347 --> 00:29:12,450 shepherds out there who care nothing of this sheep. 558 00:29:12,517 --> 00:29:16,221 All they're doing is using their power to feed 559 00:29:16,221 --> 00:29:20,391 themselves, their own ego, their own sin, their own agenda, their own kingdoms. 560 00:29:20,391 --> 00:29:25,997 And that's exactly what both the religious leaders of Jesus's day we're doing. 561 00:29:25,997 --> 00:29:29,400 It's exactly what King Herod the Tetrarch was doing. 562 00:29:30,435 --> 00:29:33,438 These false shepherds who care only for themselves. 563 00:29:33,505 --> 00:29:37,575 And Jesus is saying, look, I am the good shepherd. 564 00:29:38,443 --> 00:29:39,310 I'll feed my sheep. 565 00:29:39,310 --> 00:29:42,313 I'll lay down my life for my sheep. 566 00:29:42,514 --> 00:29:44,716 Why would you look anywhere else? 567 00:29:44,716 --> 00:29:47,719 Why would you be worried about anything else? 568 00:29:49,587 --> 00:29:50,989 And we see the compassion 569 00:29:50,989 --> 00:29:53,992 of Jesus, the kingdom of God. 570 00:29:54,192 --> 00:29:55,660 It comes at a great cost. 571 00:29:55,660 --> 00:29:57,996 People of courage have got to pay it. 572 00:29:57,996 --> 00:30:01,466 But while we pay the great cost of the kingdom, 573 00:30:02,066 --> 00:30:05,069 we have to keep our compassion. 574 00:30:05,904 --> 00:30:09,474 John was so dear and so close and so loved by Jesus. 575 00:30:09,908 --> 00:30:12,343 It was unjustly convicted. 576 00:30:12,343 --> 00:30:15,346 He was murdered and he was martyred. 577 00:30:15,380 --> 00:30:16,681 I want you to understand something. 578 00:30:16,681 --> 00:30:20,819 He was not martyred because he was saying, Jesus is the only way to heaven. 579 00:30:20,819 --> 00:30:25,323 He was martyred because he called out this sin and the debauchery 580 00:30:25,323 --> 00:30:28,393 of life by the people in charge. 581 00:30:30,361 --> 00:30:32,730 It's in your lifestyle is sinful. 582 00:30:32,730 --> 00:30:35,033 Everybody knows it's a parent's obvious. 583 00:30:35,033 --> 00:30:38,036 How can we pretend like this isn't a big deal? 584 00:30:39,671 --> 00:30:42,106 And he killed him for it 585 00:30:42,106 --> 00:30:45,109 and martyred him for it. 586 00:30:46,945 --> 00:30:49,881 And most of us, if this was our experience, we would be. 587 00:30:49,881 --> 00:30:52,817 And I understand we need some space, man. I need some time. 588 00:30:52,817 --> 00:30:55,753 And we would move into those those positions. 589 00:30:55,753 --> 00:30:58,523 Like we would get bitter, 590 00:30:58,523 --> 00:31:00,491 we would grieve, we get tired of all. 591 00:31:00,491 --> 00:31:03,061 And then we just rage against it. 592 00:31:03,061 --> 00:31:06,064 And that's not what Jesus does. 593 00:31:06,130 --> 00:31:09,534 People press into Jesus and ask compassion on him, 594 00:31:09,534 --> 00:31:12,871 and he generously serves them. 595 00:31:14,305 --> 00:31:16,741 It's incredible. 596 00:31:16,741 --> 00:31:19,377 Now, I'm not suggesting that leaders don't need rest. 597 00:31:19,377 --> 00:31:20,311 I'm not suggesting that 598 00:31:20,311 --> 00:31:24,148 when we go through times of difficulty and pain that we don't need rest. 599 00:31:24,148 --> 00:31:25,783 That's not what I'm suggesting. 600 00:31:25,783 --> 00:31:27,185 Jesus will withdraw later. 601 00:31:27,185 --> 00:31:31,155 But again, like I said, he'll withdraw to pray, not to isolate. 602 00:31:35,059 --> 00:31:38,062 Jesus is not indifferent to grief, 603 00:31:38,196 --> 00:31:41,199 but neither is he paralyzed by it. 604 00:31:42,934 --> 00:31:45,003 He has his deep, incredible compassion. 605 00:31:45,003 --> 00:31:51,276 He understands the cost of the kingdom of heaven, and he's willing to pay it. 606 00:31:51,676 --> 00:31:54,779 But he never loses his compassion for those who are in need. 607 00:31:57,348 --> 00:32:00,351 That's strength. 608 00:32:00,518 --> 00:32:03,054 And my friends, he's got basket 609 00:32:03,054 --> 00:32:06,057 full of it for you and for me. 610 00:32:06,891 --> 00:32:08,793 It's a shadow of Psalm 23. 611 00:32:08,793 --> 00:32:11,429 And the disciples knew this. 612 00:32:11,429 --> 00:32:14,799 They they knew the Psalms, some Psalm 23. 613 00:32:14,832 --> 00:32:17,835 The Lord is my shepherd. 614 00:32:17,869 --> 00:32:20,438 I won't be in want. 615 00:32:20,438 --> 00:32:23,474 He makes a table before me in the presence of what? 616 00:32:23,975 --> 00:32:24,676 My enemies. 617 00:32:24,676 --> 00:32:25,777 You know why we have enemies? 618 00:32:25,777 --> 00:32:28,780 Because the kingdom of God is costly. 619 00:32:30,715 --> 00:32:31,582 I'll be courageous 620 00:32:31,582 --> 00:32:35,019 in the face of them because I know I have this shepherd. 621 00:32:37,522 --> 00:32:39,824 But not only like there's this connection 622 00:32:39,824 --> 00:32:43,995 with Elijah, the great prophet, and Moses and this connection with Elijah. 623 00:32:44,028 --> 00:32:48,032 Everybody say Elijah and then say Elijah. 624 00:32:48,666 --> 00:32:52,870 So Elijah was the prophet that came first, great prophet. 625 00:32:52,870 --> 00:32:56,641 And then Elijah took over for Elijah. 626 00:32:56,641 --> 00:33:00,345 But Elisha said, I'll only do it if I get a devil portion 627 00:33:00,345 --> 00:33:03,948 of Elijah spirit and power, which is really interesting. 628 00:33:03,982 --> 00:33:04,983 Again, another tangent. 629 00:33:04,983 --> 00:33:08,519 I'm sorry, this is just fires and I won't go off on this, but 630 00:33:08,786 --> 00:33:12,223 let you know that Elisha, if you look at the miracles 631 00:33:12,223 --> 00:33:15,293 that Elijah did, Elisha twice 632 00:33:15,293 --> 00:33:18,296 as many a double portion. 633 00:33:18,429 --> 00:33:21,666 So Elisha's this incredible prophet. 634 00:33:21,666 --> 00:33:23,634 And again, there's this correlation. 635 00:33:23,634 --> 00:33:28,373 Why it had the disciples just remembered what God had dinner the past. 636 00:33:28,373 --> 00:33:32,276 There would be no over them in the moment. 637 00:33:32,744 --> 00:33:36,347 God's going to give a command, just going to give a command of the disciples. 638 00:33:36,347 --> 00:33:39,817 And have they just remembered what God had done previously? 639 00:33:39,817 --> 00:33:42,186 They wouldn't have any problem obeying this command. 640 00:33:42,186 --> 00:33:45,790 But the kingdom of God always comes with commands. 641 00:33:47,658 --> 00:33:49,627 Let me read to you this story. 642 00:33:49,627 --> 00:33:53,431 Second Kings 42nd Kings four, verse 42. 643 00:33:53,464 --> 00:33:54,232 Three. 44. 644 00:33:54,232 --> 00:33:59,437 This is Elisha with about 100 men that he's responsible for. 645 00:34:00,538 --> 00:34:03,541 The disciples should know this. 646 00:34:04,876 --> 00:34:07,879 A man from Baal shall. 647 00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:12,417 Came from there, bringing the man of God. 648 00:34:12,417 --> 00:34:15,853 Elisha, bread of the first fruits, 20 649 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:20,458 loaves of barley, and fresh years of grain in a sack. 650 00:34:20,491 --> 00:34:24,462 And Elisha said, give to the men that they may eat. 651 00:34:24,495 --> 00:34:29,300 But the servant said, how can I set this before 100 men? 652 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:31,135 It's not enough. 653 00:34:31,135 --> 00:34:33,838 I only have 20. 654 00:34:33,838 --> 00:34:37,075 So he repeated, give them to the men that they meet. 655 00:34:37,075 --> 00:34:42,080 For the Lord says, they shall eat and have some left. 656 00:34:42,180 --> 00:34:45,850 So he said it before them, and they ate, and had some left, 657 00:34:45,917 --> 00:34:47,518 according to the word of the Lord. 658 00:34:48,553 --> 00:34:50,354 That's part of their history. 659 00:34:50,354 --> 00:34:52,190 That's what God's already done. 660 00:34:52,190 --> 00:34:56,260 So when the disciples are on the plane and Jesus says, hey, 661 00:34:56,627 --> 00:35:00,398 feed them, they come back with, we don't have enough. 662 00:35:00,431 --> 00:35:02,200 We only have five loaves. 663 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:05,103 And they should have said, Oh 664 00:35:05,103 --> 00:35:07,338 God, already did this back then. 665 00:35:07,338 --> 00:35:08,372 Jesus is here now. 666 00:35:08,372 --> 00:35:11,375 How much more is he going to do now? Right? 667 00:35:11,943 --> 00:35:14,579 You follow. 668 00:35:14,579 --> 00:35:16,881 Had they just remembered 669 00:35:16,881 --> 00:35:19,717 there'd be no anxiety over the present 670 00:35:19,717 --> 00:35:22,720 or about the future. 671 00:35:26,357 --> 00:35:27,391 It's so interesting. 672 00:35:27,391 --> 00:35:30,394 In Elisha, the command is given. 673 00:35:30,795 --> 00:35:33,264 The disciples ask a question about it. 674 00:35:33,264 --> 00:35:34,232 The commands given. 675 00:35:34,232 --> 00:35:37,101 Again, people eat and there's leftovers. 676 00:35:37,101 --> 00:35:39,070 That's their history. 677 00:35:39,070 --> 00:35:41,906 Now, in this moment, the command is given. 678 00:35:41,906 --> 00:35:45,376 The disciples has a question about it, the commands given again 679 00:35:45,476 --> 00:35:48,713 that people eat and there's a lot of leftovers. 680 00:35:50,214 --> 00:35:53,217 Why do we forget what God's done 681 00:35:54,152 --> 00:35:57,155 and have it over the present and the future? 682 00:36:04,929 --> 00:36:06,297 You know, all this stuff. 683 00:36:06,297 --> 00:36:08,432 That's all of this that we're seeing. 684 00:36:08,432 --> 00:36:11,202 All of this is discipleship training. 685 00:36:11,202 --> 00:36:13,771 He's training his disciples. 686 00:36:13,771 --> 00:36:15,673 This is my kingdom is going to be costly. 687 00:36:15,673 --> 00:36:17,742 You're going to have to be courageous. 688 00:36:17,742 --> 00:36:19,610 I don't want you to lose your compassion in the middle of it. 689 00:36:19,610 --> 00:36:21,879 You're going to have to, like, extend yourself. 690 00:36:21,879 --> 00:36:24,715 And I'm going to give you commands. 691 00:36:24,715 --> 00:36:27,051 Just obey me. 692 00:36:27,051 --> 00:36:28,219 I'll take care of it. 693 00:36:28,219 --> 00:36:30,054 But you have to. 694 00:36:30,054 --> 00:36:33,057 You got to obey. 695 00:36:33,090 --> 00:36:34,225 And this. 696 00:36:34,225 --> 00:36:37,995 This is what this why I started with second Timothy 316. 697 00:36:38,029 --> 00:36:40,932 This scripture 698 00:36:40,932 --> 00:36:42,333 is good for teaching. 699 00:36:42,333 --> 00:36:43,668 That's what we're doing. 700 00:36:43,668 --> 00:36:46,304 So that will be rebuked. 701 00:36:46,304 --> 00:36:47,572 Faulty thinking. 702 00:36:47,572 --> 00:36:48,506 I just don't have enough. 703 00:36:48,506 --> 00:36:51,709 I'm so worried about the future corrected. 704 00:36:51,742 --> 00:36:54,745 Or don't be worried about it, because remember what God's done 705 00:36:55,379 --> 00:36:57,181 so that we can be trained in righteousness. 706 00:36:57,181 --> 00:36:58,482 Okay, well, I'm going to go forward. 707 00:36:58,482 --> 00:37:01,252 Remember, God's done and no worries. 708 00:37:02,620 --> 00:37:04,956 God's going to provide basket fools. 709 00:37:04,956 --> 00:37:07,959 Do you see how this works? 710 00:37:09,627 --> 00:37:11,862 Jesus has compassion on him, 711 00:37:11,862 --> 00:37:16,033 and what he asks of us is just to cooperate with kingdom work. 712 00:37:16,033 --> 00:37:17,435 Just cooperate. 713 00:37:17,435 --> 00:37:19,270 He's going to give it commands as you're going to 714 00:37:19,270 --> 00:37:21,038 your initial reaction going to be like, I don't know. 715 00:37:21,038 --> 00:37:23,274 I don't have enough for that. I can't do that. 716 00:37:23,274 --> 00:37:24,942 Just cooperate with the command. 717 00:37:24,942 --> 00:37:27,945 That's all he's saying. 718 00:37:29,947 --> 00:37:32,183 Disciples come say we don't have him to feed them. 719 00:37:32,183 --> 00:37:33,050 He says, yeah, you do. 720 00:37:33,050 --> 00:37:36,053 Just do it. 721 00:37:39,690 --> 00:37:42,193 Here's what he's teaching them. 722 00:37:42,193 --> 00:37:44,562 Here's the truth you are insufficient, 723 00:37:44,562 --> 00:37:47,531 but you're not useless. 724 00:37:47,999 --> 00:37:49,700 He's he's like, right. 725 00:37:49,700 --> 00:37:51,535 No, I get it. Yeah. 726 00:37:51,535 --> 00:37:55,039 You you don't have enough at all. 727 00:37:55,673 --> 00:37:58,242 But you're not useless. 728 00:37:58,242 --> 00:38:01,512 And the reason you're not useless is because of me. 729 00:38:01,579 --> 00:38:02,613 Jesus says. 730 00:38:04,882 --> 00:38:05,616 See, the 731 00:38:05,616 --> 00:38:08,719 kingdom of God doesn't have supply problems. 732 00:38:09,153 --> 00:38:12,156 The kingdom of God has distribution problems. 733 00:38:14,091 --> 00:38:16,627 We think it's a supply problem 734 00:38:16,627 --> 00:38:19,630 because we look at it and we're like, well, I don't have enough time. 735 00:38:19,697 --> 00:38:21,799 I don't have enough energy, I don't have enough expertise, 736 00:38:21,799 --> 00:38:23,634 I don't have enough ability, I don't have enough money, 737 00:38:23,634 --> 00:38:26,637 I don't have enough, I can't, I mean. 738 00:38:28,306 --> 00:38:29,540 God says, no, no, no. 739 00:38:29,540 --> 00:38:31,509 I've never asked how much you've had. 740 00:38:31,509 --> 00:38:35,179 I've only asked what you have because what you have, I will make enough. 741 00:38:35,546 --> 00:38:37,882 And I'll make so much. 742 00:38:37,882 --> 00:38:41,152 Once you give it to me, it will have baskets left over. 743 00:38:41,319 --> 00:38:44,655 So don't give me the excuse of what you don't have. 744 00:38:44,922 --> 00:38:46,557 I didn't ask what you don't have. 745 00:38:46,557 --> 00:38:49,060 I didn't ask how much you. I asked what you have. 746 00:38:49,060 --> 00:38:49,960 Because when you give 747 00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:53,297 what you have the little bit that is to me, you're insufficient. 748 00:38:53,297 --> 00:38:55,700 I'm not. I'm going to make basket falls. 749 00:38:56,867 --> 00:38:58,469 And he's done it all through the past. 750 00:38:58,469 --> 00:39:01,472 So why would we doubt they need to do it now? 751 00:39:02,740 --> 00:39:04,442 This is making sense, isn't it? 752 00:39:04,442 --> 00:39:07,411 Yes. Yeah. 753 00:39:07,712 --> 00:39:10,715 We have a distribution problem. 754 00:39:11,716 --> 00:39:13,250 All that's required of us is. 755 00:39:13,250 --> 00:39:15,519 But the little bit that we have in Jesus hands. Here's the deal. 756 00:39:15,519 --> 00:39:17,655 Jesus has never asked us to be the source. 757 00:39:17,655 --> 00:39:20,658 He just asked us to be the servants. 758 00:39:22,026 --> 00:39:24,395 That's all he's asked. 759 00:39:24,395 --> 00:39:27,331 He's the source, the five and two thing. 760 00:39:27,331 --> 00:39:29,133 Five loaves, two fish. 761 00:39:29,133 --> 00:39:30,634 The disciples brought scarcity. 762 00:39:30,634 --> 00:39:33,637 Jesus created abundance. 763 00:39:33,704 --> 00:39:36,173 All the disciples saw was limitation. 764 00:39:36,173 --> 00:39:39,176 Jesus saw opportunity. 765 00:39:40,077 --> 00:39:41,979 Disciple said, let someone else take care of it. 766 00:39:41,979 --> 00:39:43,547 You said, no, no, I'm with you. 767 00:39:43,547 --> 00:39:46,117 You take care of it. 768 00:39:46,117 --> 00:39:48,919 Never, ever, ever say to God I only. 769 00:39:51,822 --> 00:39:54,825 That's not an excuse. 770 00:39:55,760 --> 00:39:56,761 Here's the application. 771 00:39:56,761 --> 00:40:01,832 When you don't have enough, remember the picture of disciples 772 00:40:01,832 --> 00:40:04,835 walking away with a basket full? 773 00:40:05,836 --> 00:40:06,904 When you don't have enough? 774 00:40:06,904 --> 00:40:08,939 I don't have enough time. I don't have enough energy, don't have enough money. 775 00:40:08,939 --> 00:40:09,940 I don't have enough resources. 776 00:40:09,940 --> 00:40:11,942 I don't have enough expertise. I don't have enough training. 777 00:40:11,942 --> 00:40:14,011 I don't have enough, I don't have enough. I don't have enough. 778 00:40:14,011 --> 00:40:15,713 I don't have enough. 779 00:40:15,713 --> 00:40:16,881 Get in your head. 780 00:40:16,881 --> 00:40:19,583 A disciple walking away with the basket full. 781 00:40:19,583 --> 00:40:23,320 That's what Jesus does when you take your not enough and give it to him. 782 00:40:24,321 --> 00:40:27,291 Whatever the not enough is. 783 00:40:33,197 --> 00:40:35,466 But what you have in his hand. 784 00:40:35,466 --> 00:40:38,469 Baskets going to you're going to walk away with the basket. 785 00:40:40,738 --> 00:40:42,673 Let me just this is not in the Bible. 786 00:40:42,673 --> 00:40:45,676 I'm just going to tell you some real life metrics for our church. 787 00:40:45,976 --> 00:40:48,813 This is this is just how what, how 788 00:40:48,813 --> 00:40:51,148 churches in America run. And 789 00:40:52,416 --> 00:40:54,585 just some basic metrics for a 790 00:40:54,585 --> 00:40:57,922 healthy, growing church, for a healthy, growing church. 791 00:40:58,756 --> 00:41:01,759 We are at our church flip side, 792 00:41:02,026 --> 00:41:05,029 we are 44% under staffed 793 00:41:06,230 --> 00:41:09,233 and we've been that way for years. 794 00:41:09,266 --> 00:41:11,402 We've been functioning 795 00:41:11,402 --> 00:41:14,672 nearly 50% understaffed for years. 796 00:41:16,474 --> 00:41:19,276 We would have to increase 797 00:41:19,276 --> 00:41:23,481 our staff load by 70 to 80% 798 00:41:24,215 --> 00:41:26,817 to be at a healthy level 799 00:41:26,817 --> 00:41:29,453 for a growing church, 800 00:41:29,453 --> 00:41:30,621 and we have some new hires. 801 00:41:30,621 --> 00:41:32,323 Come and thank you for your generosity. 802 00:41:32,323 --> 00:41:34,892 It's enabled us to make some new hires, and I'm so excited. 803 00:41:34,892 --> 00:41:35,893 And they're going to start 804 00:41:35,893 --> 00:41:40,264 incrementally next gen, some worship stuff, some admin stuff. 805 00:41:40,397 --> 00:41:40,631 I mean, 806 00:41:40,631 --> 00:41:44,835 so there's there's a lot of there's a lot of there's a lot of ministry. 807 00:41:44,835 --> 00:41:45,236 Come on. 808 00:41:45,236 --> 00:41:46,637 I'm really, really excited for 809 00:41:46,637 --> 00:41:50,174 and with all of the new hires that are coming, it'll get us to the point 810 00:41:50,241 --> 00:41:54,979 of only being 20% understaffed, which is a huge increase, 811 00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:59,283 but a very thankful to this staff, as are you. 812 00:41:59,283 --> 00:42:03,954 And for many of you who do more than just, you know, 813 00:42:04,788 --> 00:42:07,791 than more than just a little bit, 814 00:42:08,025 --> 00:42:11,495 because we're we've not slowed down, man. 815 00:42:13,597 --> 00:42:14,999 And for the most part, 816 00:42:14,999 --> 00:42:18,002 we were able to keep our compassion for people. 817 00:42:18,235 --> 00:42:21,238 But it comes at a great cost. 818 00:42:21,272 --> 00:42:24,675 But we got a lot of work to do to make up. 819 00:42:25,743 --> 00:42:28,112 And so you know how we're going to make it up. 820 00:42:28,112 --> 00:42:31,382 Aside from the new hires, you know how we're going to make it up. 821 00:42:33,017 --> 00:42:36,387 You you're going to make it up 822 00:42:37,187 --> 00:42:40,190 because you're going to take the little bit that you have. 823 00:42:40,357 --> 00:42:41,292 I got a little bit of time. 824 00:42:41,292 --> 00:42:44,295 I don't have much a little bit of energy, not much, 825 00:42:44,762 --> 00:42:47,531 not much expertise by I'm just finance. 826 00:42:47,531 --> 00:42:51,902 But you just agree today to put all those SKUs aside, 827 00:42:52,803 --> 00:42:55,806 you're going to take a little bit you have and put it in Jesus hands, 828 00:42:55,839 --> 00:42:57,741 and you're going to walk away with the basket full. 829 00:42:58,943 --> 00:43:00,311 And one of the greatest 830 00:43:00,311 --> 00:43:03,347 opportunities you have to do that is in ministry. 831 00:43:05,783 --> 00:43:07,117 The amount of kids we have 832 00:43:07,117 --> 00:43:11,055 at this church, we should have just the metrics. 833 00:43:11,055 --> 00:43:14,058 And that's not the Bible, but just healthy stuff. 834 00:43:14,224 --> 00:43:18,796 We should have at least maybe two full time children's people. 835 00:43:19,463 --> 00:43:22,466 And we got one working between 20 and 30 hours. 836 00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:25,469 Now there's a lot of support, which is fantastic, 837 00:43:25,469 --> 00:43:28,472 but there's a lot of opportunity. 838 00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:32,443 Do you hear my words? 839 00:43:32,509 --> 00:43:34,311 And right now I know what you're saying. 840 00:43:34,311 --> 00:43:36,680 I don't I don't have much time for that. 841 00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:40,951 Like I don't have a choice for I can't I don't know much desire 842 00:43:40,985 --> 00:43:43,988 to talk about needing a basket full. 843 00:43:46,757 --> 00:43:48,959 Take a little bit. 844 00:43:48,959 --> 00:43:50,861 Put it in his hands. 845 00:43:50,861 --> 00:43:54,198 You'll walk away with the basket full of what you don't think you have enough of. 846 00:44:01,105 --> 00:44:01,672 Let us 847 00:44:01,672 --> 00:44:04,942 know how and where you want to jump in with the Kingdom. 848 00:44:04,942 --> 00:44:08,379 Work that's going on here with the little you have. 849 00:44:09,179 --> 00:44:14,218 And this testimony of Scripture is that when you do, you will walk away 850 00:44:14,218 --> 00:44:18,022 with a basket full of what you think you don't have much of 851 00:44:18,022 --> 00:44:21,025 right now. 852 00:44:22,393 --> 00:44:23,961 When we see inconvenience, 853 00:44:23,961 --> 00:44:26,930 Jesus's opportunity, 854 00:44:26,930 --> 00:44:29,233 and when you and I see lack of resource, 855 00:44:29,233 --> 00:44:32,236 Jesus sees the supply of heaven. 856 00:44:36,273 --> 00:44:37,274 Sometimes you see 857 00:44:37,274 --> 00:44:40,678 needs as an interruption to our plans. 858 00:44:41,545 --> 00:44:44,548 Jesus sees knees as an assignment for faith. 859 00:44:47,785 --> 00:44:50,521 And so 860 00:44:50,521 --> 00:44:52,456 courage 861 00:44:52,456 --> 00:44:54,358 cost. 862 00:44:54,358 --> 00:44:56,660 Compassion, 863 00:44:56,660 --> 00:45:00,030 commands and cooperation. 864 00:45:01,031 --> 00:45:04,034 Nothing less than that is discipleship. 865 00:45:05,002 --> 00:45:07,938 That's what it means to be a disciple. 866 00:45:07,938 --> 00:45:10,941 And that's the invitation. 867 00:45:11,075 --> 00:45:14,078 Come be a disciple of Christ. 868 00:45:15,679 --> 00:45:16,714 I want you to pray with me, father. 869 00:45:16,714 --> 00:45:21,351 Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you that you love us. 870 00:45:21,418 --> 00:45:23,754 That nothing we do can make you love us more. 871 00:45:23,754 --> 00:45:26,156 Nothing we don't do can make you love us less. 872 00:45:26,156 --> 00:45:27,391 It's constant. 873 00:45:29,460 --> 00:45:32,463 I pray. 874 00:45:32,663 --> 00:45:34,064 That we would choose to live 875 00:45:34,064 --> 00:45:37,067 in the experience of that love. 876 00:45:41,071 --> 00:45:44,074 I ask in the name of Jesus. 877 00:45:47,578 --> 00:45:49,813 That by the power of your Holy Spirit you would reveal to us 878 00:45:49,813 --> 00:45:53,717 when we have still been living in the other kingdom, 879 00:45:54,184 --> 00:45:57,187 the kingdom of self-serving, and the kingdom of selfishness, 880 00:45:58,188 --> 00:46:01,625 the kingdom of gluttony and sin, 881 00:46:03,193 --> 00:46:05,195 that you'd help us realize the results of 882 00:46:05,195 --> 00:46:08,198 that is death. 883 00:46:09,066 --> 00:46:10,100 But you give us a mind 884 00:46:10,100 --> 00:46:13,103 and a desire for your kingdom. 885 00:46:13,971 --> 00:46:17,141 The kingdom of your son, the kingdom of life, 886 00:46:17,775 --> 00:46:20,778 the kingdom of eternity. 887 00:46:20,911 --> 00:46:23,914 And that we would work in cooperation with you, 888 00:46:24,882 --> 00:46:27,117 that your kingdom would come, that your will be done 889 00:46:27,117 --> 00:46:31,822 even in this moment, in this place and the ranchos 890 00:46:31,822 --> 00:46:34,992 and rolling hills, and responding to sorrow through our church. 891 00:46:35,859 --> 00:46:39,797 God, that we would take the little that we have, the little time, the little, 892 00:46:40,464 --> 00:46:44,668 the little interest, the little ability, the little resources 893 00:46:45,102 --> 00:46:48,138 and continue to place them in your hands. 894 00:46:48,138 --> 00:46:53,343 And as we do, father, do what the testimony of Scripture indicates. 895 00:46:53,677 --> 00:46:56,146 Return to us Basketful as. 896 00:46:58,615 --> 00:47:00,818 We trust you 897 00:47:00,818 --> 00:47:03,020 and we rely on you. 898 00:47:03,020 --> 00:47:05,556 We thank you for the opportunity 899 00:47:05,556 --> 00:47:08,559 to align ourselves with your kingdom. 900 00:47:08,759 --> 00:47:09,693 In your name I pray. 901 00:47:09,693 --> 00:47:11,829 Amen. 902 00:47:11,829 --> 00:47:13,230 Church, I love you. 903 00:47:13,230 --> 00:47:14,498 I'm proud of you. 904 00:47:14,498 --> 00:47:19,469 Thank you for your generosity of your time, your resources, your energy. 905 00:47:19,503 --> 00:47:20,671 Thank you, thank you, thank you. 906 00:47:20,671 --> 00:47:24,174 God's doing good things, but there's a lot more to do. 907 00:47:24,474 --> 00:47:25,843 It's a lot more to do. 908 00:47:25,843 --> 00:47:29,913 And I want you all to get to be involved in the joy of it all. 909 00:47:30,080 --> 00:47:33,116 And so let us know how 910 00:47:33,183 --> 00:47:36,787 we can walk with you, to walk you into all that God is doing. 911 00:47:36,787 --> 00:47:37,354 I want you to. 912 00:47:37,354 --> 00:47:39,156 I want you to experience it. 913 00:47:39,156 --> 00:47:41,859 On that card at the Welcome Center QR code. 914 00:47:41,859 --> 00:47:42,793 Let us know. 915 00:47:42,793 --> 00:47:45,662 We'd love to follow up with you in that we used to come, 916 00:47:45,662 --> 00:47:49,032 but God's doing something and wants to do it in you and through you. 917 00:47:49,032 --> 00:47:52,035 So participate in him with him in that. 918 00:47:52,636 --> 00:47:55,138 This week read Matthew 14 the whole chapter. 919 00:47:55,138 --> 00:47:58,141 We're going to wrap it up in next week or a couple of weeks and 920 00:47:58,175 --> 00:47:59,109 but read the whole thing. 921 00:47:59,109 --> 00:48:02,112 Let it start living inside you. All right. 922 00:48:02,112 --> 00:48:02,946 Let's see.