1 00:00:02,569 --> 00:00:04,971 Men and women. 2 00:00:04,971 --> 00:00:07,974 Friends, I want to again just add my welcome. 3 00:00:08,341 --> 00:00:11,111 I would love to be able to connect with you and you with us. 4 00:00:11,111 --> 00:00:15,281 These connect cards are a great way to stay connected with us. 5 00:00:15,315 --> 00:00:18,651 Give us any information that would be important for us to know 6 00:00:18,651 --> 00:00:19,719 of what's going on in your life. 7 00:00:19,719 --> 00:00:22,522 Prayer requests please use those. 8 00:00:22,522 --> 00:00:25,025 Make available yourself to those. 9 00:00:25,025 --> 00:00:28,661 I know we bring a lot of stuff in to to Sunday mornings. 10 00:00:28,661 --> 00:00:31,664 We carry the week with us. 11 00:00:31,898 --> 00:00:34,534 And so if you are in need of prayer, 12 00:00:34,534 --> 00:00:38,238 we there's people in this church with prayer lanyards. 13 00:00:38,238 --> 00:00:40,306 Take advantage of that. 14 00:00:40,306 --> 00:00:43,343 Let them intercede on your behalf before 15 00:00:43,343 --> 00:00:46,813 God and be encouraged and strengthened in that. 16 00:00:46,813 --> 00:00:52,752 Also make sure that as you move through today that you're smiling at somebody. 17 00:00:53,019 --> 00:00:53,620 Here's what I know. 18 00:00:53,620 --> 00:00:55,855 I know sometimes some people come to church 19 00:00:55,855 --> 00:00:57,490 and this is the only smile they get. 20 00:00:57,490 --> 00:01:01,628 I know sometimes you come to church hoping someone will give you a smile 21 00:01:01,628 --> 00:01:04,297 and and so let's make sure we're doing that. 22 00:01:04,297 --> 00:01:06,800 This was a great week in the life of our church. 23 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:09,936 We went through VBS all last week. 24 00:01:09,936 --> 00:01:14,941 I want you to pay these numbers two, 68, 86, 21, 25, 41, 96. 25 00:01:14,941 --> 00:01:20,213 Here's what that means 268 kids registered, 86 volunteers, 21 decisions 26 00:01:20,213 --> 00:01:24,918 and rededication, and $2,541.96 27 00:01:25,185 --> 00:01:29,456 given to a very small, impoverished island. 28 00:01:29,522 --> 00:01:30,857 First kids to have food. 29 00:01:30,857 --> 00:01:33,560 So well done, church. Well done. 30 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:36,563 Tricia did a great job leading that 31 00:01:36,596 --> 00:01:39,499 and her whole team did a great job leading that. 32 00:01:39,499 --> 00:01:43,336 It was a great celebration and a great way for kids to get connected to Jesus. 33 00:01:43,336 --> 00:01:46,239 Thank you for your investment in the kids of this community. 34 00:01:46,239 --> 00:01:49,375 We have a little video I want you to to watch in just a moment. 35 00:01:49,375 --> 00:01:52,278 We're going to be ready to go with that. Let's play that video. 36 00:02:00,587 --> 00:02:03,223 Our feet on the ground, our eyes on the cup. 37 00:02:03,223 --> 00:02:05,592 We're ready to serve. Never gonna give up. 38 00:02:05,592 --> 00:02:08,061 We lead with love. When the game gets tough. 39 00:02:08,061 --> 00:02:10,163 Shining for Jesus. That's more than enough. 40 00:02:10,163 --> 00:02:12,665 Come on, let's look to the Lord and trust his way. 41 00:02:12,665 --> 00:02:15,001 Cause he gives us strength every day. 42 00:02:15,001 --> 00:02:17,470 Don't let him stay with just two young. 43 00:02:17,470 --> 00:02:19,305 Stand tall, speak truth. Show love. 44 00:02:19,305 --> 00:02:20,106 Come on. 45 00:02:20,106 --> 00:02:21,708 Live right side by side. 46 00:02:21,708 --> 00:02:25,411 With maybe the lie that the world can't see. Oh, 47 00:02:26,679 --> 00:02:29,315 where a mission to set hearts free. 48 00:02:29,315 --> 00:02:30,750 So when the whistle blows. 49 00:02:30,750 --> 00:02:33,153 And it's time to start with. Play with courage. 50 00:02:33,153 --> 00:02:34,387 With all our hearts. 51 00:02:34,387 --> 00:02:36,789 With things get tough. We won't give in. 52 00:02:36,789 --> 00:02:38,958 We dig down deep. Gonna go for the win. 53 00:02:38,958 --> 00:02:41,461 Come on, let's look to the Lord and trust his way. 54 00:02:41,461 --> 00:02:43,863 Cause he gives us strength every day. 55 00:02:43,863 --> 00:02:46,299 Don't let him say we're just too young. 56 00:02:46,299 --> 00:02:46,866 Stand tall. 57 00:02:46,866 --> 00:02:48,067 Speak to show love. 58 00:02:48,067 --> 00:02:50,837 Come on, live right side, right side with. 59 00:02:50,837 --> 00:02:53,173 Gave me the lie that the world can't see. 60 00:02:55,508 --> 00:02:58,511 Where our mission to set hearts free. 61 00:03:03,316 --> 00:03:05,718 What do we do? 62 00:03:05,718 --> 00:03:07,921 Love like Jesus and live His word. 63 00:03:07,921 --> 00:03:10,390 When things get tough. 64 00:03:10,390 --> 00:03:12,659 We walk by faith and let it show. 65 00:03:12,659 --> 00:03:16,396 When we feel small, he lifts us up 66 00:03:16,396 --> 00:03:19,399 and leads us all when others help. 67 00:03:19,399 --> 00:03:22,602 Instead, we're part of God's amazing plan. 68 00:03:31,911 --> 00:03:34,948 Don't let him say we're just two young stanzas. 69 00:03:34,948 --> 00:03:36,115 Be true. Show love. 70 00:03:36,115 --> 00:03:36,916 Come on. 71 00:03:36,916 --> 00:03:38,184 Liberation. Right? 72 00:03:38,184 --> 00:03:41,187 Shall we gave you the life that the world can't see. 73 00:03:41,421 --> 00:03:45,091 Don't let them say we just two young stand tall speeches. 74 00:03:45,091 --> 00:03:45,692 Your love. 75 00:03:45,692 --> 00:03:49,329 Come on Liberation rash I will be be the life 76 00:03:49,362 --> 00:03:52,332 and the world can't seem to. 77 00:03:53,433 --> 00:03:55,902 Be. The life that the world can't see. 78 00:03:55,902 --> 00:04:00,440 Who, where I'm missing to set free. 79 00:04:01,441 --> 00:04:03,343 You can clap for that. That was good stuff. 80 00:04:04,510 --> 00:04:05,812 That's a great week. 81 00:04:05,812 --> 00:04:07,413 Our team did a great job. 82 00:04:07,413 --> 00:04:08,615 Trish did a great job. 83 00:04:08,615 --> 00:04:10,516 And imagine there were kids in the back 84 00:04:10,516 --> 00:04:13,720 that were kind of doing the motions to that song that was going on. 85 00:04:13,753 --> 00:04:18,491 Imagine all that was done with a part time children's director. 86 00:04:18,491 --> 00:04:21,494 Imagine if we had a full time person. 87 00:04:23,196 --> 00:04:25,465 Yeah, you got to pay for that. 88 00:04:25,465 --> 00:04:26,499 But it's worth it. 89 00:04:26,499 --> 00:04:29,902 Like, like there's so much good that's going on in this, 90 00:04:29,936 --> 00:04:32,939 in this church and for the kids in our community. 91 00:04:33,339 --> 00:04:35,541 And God's got some great things planned for the future. 92 00:04:35,541 --> 00:04:36,042 I'm excited. 93 00:04:36,042 --> 00:04:37,043 Tricia, a great job. 94 00:04:37,043 --> 00:04:39,479 Your team did a great job. 95 00:04:39,479 --> 00:04:43,516 We need to invest more in children's ministry and adult ministry. 96 00:04:43,616 --> 00:04:44,651 No doubt 97 00:04:44,651 --> 00:04:48,955 we got some things coming up as well as for kind of your spiritual formation 98 00:04:48,955 --> 00:04:52,558 and in helping us follow Jesus better parents. 99 00:04:52,558 --> 00:04:54,994 Child dedications coming up on the 12th. 100 00:04:54,994 --> 00:04:55,762 Take advantage of that. 101 00:04:55,762 --> 00:04:57,230 If you got a little one that you want 102 00:04:57,230 --> 00:05:01,234 to dedicate yourself to, raising them in the biblical standard. 103 00:05:01,234 --> 00:05:06,139 Also on that day as a baptism, the last baptism, we had 40 plus this one. 104 00:05:06,139 --> 00:05:07,373 I think we got 20 more. 105 00:05:07,373 --> 00:05:08,875 It's going to be a great celebration. 106 00:05:08,875 --> 00:05:09,876 Take advantage of that. 107 00:05:09,876 --> 00:05:13,079 If you haven't been baptized yet and leading into that 108 00:05:13,079 --> 00:05:16,783 as a baptism class next Sunday as well. 109 00:05:16,783 --> 00:05:17,750 If you want to get baptized, 110 00:05:17,750 --> 00:05:21,020 you want some information about that, please take advantage of that class. 111 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:22,021 Also. 112 00:05:22,021 --> 00:05:24,991 One last thing men pay attention. 113 00:05:24,991 --> 00:05:27,827 Men's event in August. Chili and cornhole. 114 00:05:27,827 --> 00:05:30,797 I think that's commanded in the Bible somewhere. 115 00:05:32,198 --> 00:05:34,667 So just guys, keep your eyes out. 116 00:05:34,667 --> 00:05:39,305 It's an open door event for all guys, so keep your eyes open. 117 00:05:39,339 --> 00:05:42,342 More information come in very, very, very soon. 118 00:05:43,476 --> 00:05:45,978 Matthew 17 119 00:05:45,978 --> 00:05:49,916 Jeff did a great job introducing us to this chapter last week. 120 00:05:49,949 --> 00:05:53,820 Sean, I were able to be in Sioux Falls with our son Wyatt over Father's Day, 121 00:05:53,820 --> 00:05:57,657 which was a great time being together with he and his dog moose. 122 00:05:58,491 --> 00:05:59,992 It's great for us to be back. 123 00:05:59,992 --> 00:06:04,464 I'm going to unpack chapter 17 today. 124 00:06:04,497 --> 00:06:09,469 I'm going to go back a little bit, cover what was covered briefly, a part of it 125 00:06:09,469 --> 00:06:13,172 yesterday because it kind of sets up the rest of Matthew 17. 126 00:06:13,473 --> 00:06:18,978 Matthew 17 is important for our spiritual development 127 00:06:18,978 --> 00:06:22,782 because Jesus really starts pressing into who he is and what it means 128 00:06:22,782 --> 00:06:23,816 to follow him. Now 129 00:06:25,184 --> 00:06:26,552 just push pause 130 00:06:26,552 --> 00:06:28,187 for a moment on Matthew 17, 131 00:06:28,187 --> 00:06:30,456 because I want to introduce you to something that will help you. 132 00:06:30,456 --> 00:06:34,894 This week we talk about the idea of spiritual formation. 133 00:06:34,961 --> 00:06:39,198 Being a disciple a follower of Jesus doesn't mean just accepting him 134 00:06:39,232 --> 00:06:40,600 as our Savior and going to church. 135 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:44,036 There's a process of forming of spiritually. 136 00:06:44,036 --> 00:06:49,242 And in this church we talk about four words belong, become, 137 00:06:49,308 --> 00:06:54,881 give and go, that I belong to God's family by faith in Christ and what he did, 138 00:06:54,914 --> 00:06:59,852 I become made into his image as he, as he. 139 00:06:59,919 --> 00:07:04,657 As he grows me, I give to his kingdom everything he's given me. 140 00:07:04,657 --> 00:07:06,993 I give it back to him and invest in his kingdom. 141 00:07:06,993 --> 00:07:10,696 And then I go on mission with him in the world and my community. 142 00:07:10,696 --> 00:07:14,467 So that's how we're formed spiritually to belong, 143 00:07:14,500 --> 00:07:17,503 become, give and go. 144 00:07:17,503 --> 00:07:22,475 And so to help us kind of assess our own spiritual formation, 145 00:07:22,775 --> 00:07:25,678 what we've done, and this is something new that we put out there, 146 00:07:25,678 --> 00:07:29,715 I want you to take advantage of it on your your mobile device. 147 00:07:30,716 --> 00:07:32,151 We have our app. 148 00:07:32,151 --> 00:07:35,455 And if you go to our app at the bottom right, 149 00:07:35,521 --> 00:07:38,291 there's a more button, I highlight it for you. 150 00:07:38,291 --> 00:07:42,361 You go to that more button and it will take you to this page 151 00:07:42,361 --> 00:07:45,465 where there's a devotional tab. 152 00:07:45,598 --> 00:07:47,467 Click on that devotional tab. 153 00:07:47,467 --> 00:07:50,636 And what we're doing now is we're providing 154 00:07:50,636 --> 00:07:54,173 a five day devotional based on the Sunday message. 155 00:07:54,507 --> 00:07:57,510 And so it's all it's all there on the app for you. 156 00:07:57,510 --> 00:07:59,345 So Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 157 00:07:59,345 --> 00:08:03,182 you can continue interacting with what we just talked about on Sunday. 158 00:08:03,182 --> 00:08:06,452 And in that devotional it gives you a synopsis of it. 159 00:08:06,519 --> 00:08:09,121 It gives you 160 00:08:09,121 --> 00:08:12,291 a summary of it and walk you through it. 161 00:08:12,291 --> 00:08:16,362 And then at the end of the five day devotional, it gives you a huddle. 162 00:08:16,362 --> 00:08:16,996 Questions. 163 00:08:16,996 --> 00:08:20,099 That's what we call our small groups, small group, group questions. 164 00:08:20,099 --> 00:08:23,269 So if you have a group of people, you want to kind of process 165 00:08:23,269 --> 00:08:26,272 the message through more during the week. 166 00:08:26,305 --> 00:08:30,510 You go to the just keep scrolling down to the huddle study guide, a little summary 167 00:08:30,743 --> 00:08:33,913 and then key verses and some questions 168 00:08:33,913 --> 00:08:37,016 to guide you through discussion and then life application. 169 00:08:37,049 --> 00:08:38,117 Some key takeaways. 170 00:08:38,117 --> 00:08:43,055 So all of this based on the Sunday morning message, all on the mobile device 171 00:08:43,055 --> 00:08:46,993 to help you become spiritual, 172 00:08:46,993 --> 00:08:50,763 mature, form your own spiritual development. 173 00:08:51,097 --> 00:08:54,000 So you're not reliant upon showing up 174 00:08:54,000 --> 00:08:57,003 somewhere all the time and then nothing until you show up again. 175 00:08:57,036 --> 00:08:59,739 This is where to keep you involved in God's Word. Out the week. Do you follow? 176 00:08:59,739 --> 00:09:01,440 You follow all that? Yeah. 177 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:06,312 So everything we look at and Matthew 17, it's a really crucial chapter right now. 178 00:09:06,412 --> 00:09:08,781 Everything we look at the day is going to be on the app 179 00:09:08,781 --> 00:09:10,149 there in that devotional section, 180 00:09:10,149 --> 00:09:13,753 the five day devotional and the questions for your small groups. 181 00:09:13,786 --> 00:09:15,721 Take advantage of it. 182 00:09:15,721 --> 00:09:17,156 Matthew 17. 183 00:09:17,156 --> 00:09:19,191 This transfiguration. 184 00:09:19,191 --> 00:09:23,195 That's the key event in Matthew 17. 185 00:09:23,229 --> 00:09:24,730 Jesus is up on the mountain. 186 00:09:24,730 --> 00:09:27,066 He takes Peter, James, and John with him. 187 00:09:27,066 --> 00:09:29,035 And in up on this mountain with Peter, 188 00:09:29,035 --> 00:09:32,371 James and John, Jesus is what we call transfigured. 189 00:09:32,872 --> 00:09:36,742 In other words, God the Father shows up somehow. 190 00:09:36,776 --> 00:09:40,313 Moses and Elijah are there with Jesus, and Jesus 191 00:09:40,313 --> 00:09:44,817 is transfigured into basically the visible 192 00:09:46,152 --> 00:09:47,653 visibly his full 193 00:09:47,653 --> 00:09:51,424 divinity, his full holiness, his full righteousness. 194 00:09:51,424 --> 00:09:54,827 It's all on display and it happens on top of this mountain. 195 00:09:54,827 --> 00:09:57,597 And Peter, James and John get to view this. 196 00:09:57,597 --> 00:10:00,600 They get to see Jesus in all of his glory 197 00:10:01,801 --> 00:10:05,304 is so transformative for these guys that later, 198 00:10:05,304 --> 00:10:09,475 when Peter writes his letter, his epistle in Second Peter 199 00:10:09,475 --> 00:10:13,412 chapter one, verses 16, 17 and 18, he writes about this moment. 200 00:10:13,412 --> 00:10:17,783 It was, it was it's such a pivotal, transformative moment 201 00:10:17,783 --> 00:10:21,520 of the transfiguration of Christ in all of his glory. 202 00:10:21,554 --> 00:10:24,557 And we don't know how, but somehow Moses is there, 203 00:10:24,590 --> 00:10:28,060 the representation of all the love of God and Elijah's there, 204 00:10:28,094 --> 00:10:33,265 the representation of all of the prophets prophesying that this Messiah would come. 205 00:10:33,299 --> 00:10:38,170 They show up with Christ in His transfigured holiness, 206 00:10:38,437 --> 00:10:41,774 all on this mountain, and in essence, 207 00:10:41,774 --> 00:10:45,311 all of the holiness of God in Christ is on display. 208 00:10:46,012 --> 00:10:50,016 And it was proof of Jesus's perfection. 209 00:10:50,016 --> 00:10:55,721 It was proof of his complete and utter sinless holiness. 210 00:10:56,622 --> 00:10:58,357 And he proved it's possible. 211 00:10:59,291 --> 00:11:00,860 And I don't 212 00:11:00,860 --> 00:11:03,863 see this anywhere in Scripture, but in my mind, 213 00:11:03,896 --> 00:11:06,899 I think at that moment 214 00:11:07,500 --> 00:11:11,137 Jesus has been talking to the cycle's a lot about going to the cross. 215 00:11:11,137 --> 00:11:14,540 He knew the cross was coming, and in that moment 216 00:11:14,573 --> 00:11:17,576 he experienced the pleasure of the father. 217 00:11:17,576 --> 00:11:20,980 He experiences the presence of Moses and Elijah, 218 00:11:21,013 --> 00:11:24,183 all pointing to him, him and his full glory. 219 00:11:24,216 --> 00:11:25,785 He could have said, you know what? 220 00:11:25,785 --> 00:11:27,653 This is perfect. 221 00:11:27,653 --> 00:11:29,321 I'm out. 222 00:11:29,321 --> 00:11:31,390 Could have ascended back to heaven. 223 00:11:31,390 --> 00:11:36,162 Having accomplished a sinless life on earth, having proven to this 224 00:11:36,462 --> 00:11:40,399 that it is possible, and he could have said, I've done it. 225 00:11:40,399 --> 00:11:42,802 I've given you the perfect example of my life. 226 00:11:42,802 --> 00:11:45,438 Good luck. I'm out. 227 00:11:45,438 --> 00:11:48,441 But he didn't. 228 00:11:48,941 --> 00:11:51,277 He came down from the mountain 229 00:11:51,277 --> 00:11:54,080 and he walked to the cross. 230 00:11:54,080 --> 00:11:55,381 Not for his sake, 231 00:11:56,348 --> 00:11:59,418 for my sake and for your sake. 232 00:12:00,786 --> 00:12:05,057 They walked down the mountain and into a mess. 233 00:12:07,093 --> 00:12:09,562 John, the mountain is glory. 234 00:12:09,562 --> 00:12:12,531 But the bottom of the mountain is pain. 235 00:12:14,100 --> 00:12:17,303 He walks into the life of a tormented son. 236 00:12:21,841 --> 00:12:22,541 Of a father 237 00:12:22,541 --> 00:12:25,544 who's pleading for the life of that child 238 00:12:26,946 --> 00:12:28,380 to confuse disciples 239 00:12:28,380 --> 00:12:31,383 to the public failure of his own followers. 240 00:12:31,650 --> 00:12:34,653 See, we love the mountaintops, 241 00:12:34,754 --> 00:12:37,757 but most of following Jesus happens 242 00:12:38,290 --> 00:12:41,293 in the valley. 243 00:12:43,028 --> 00:12:46,031 Where we encounter our own hurt 244 00:12:46,265 --> 00:12:49,268 and we encounter other people in pain 245 00:12:49,468 --> 00:12:51,771 with limited resources, personal weakness. 246 00:12:51,771 --> 00:12:54,774 And we're called to trust God anyway. 247 00:12:55,741 --> 00:12:58,744 That's discipleship. 248 00:12:59,411 --> 00:13:02,081 See, what I know from Matthew 17 249 00:13:02,081 --> 00:13:06,552 is that the mountaintop reveals his glory, but the valley reveals 250 00:13:06,552 --> 00:13:09,555 our faith. 251 00:13:13,259 --> 00:13:16,796 There's a few big ideas I want to walk us through in this. 252 00:13:16,896 --> 00:13:18,664 This passage of Matthew 17. 253 00:13:18,664 --> 00:13:20,399 And the big ideas are these 254 00:13:22,001 --> 00:13:24,770 Jesus shows us in Matthew 17 255 00:13:24,770 --> 00:13:28,507 that kingdom authority resides only in the King. 256 00:13:28,774 --> 00:13:30,743 It's nothing we possess. 257 00:13:30,743 --> 00:13:33,345 It's nothing we own. 258 00:13:33,345 --> 00:13:36,081 But we have access to the authority of the king 259 00:13:36,081 --> 00:13:40,619 through the king Kingdom presence comes only through the cross. 260 00:13:40,619 --> 00:13:44,123 Submission to God and Kingdom 261 00:13:44,123 --> 00:13:47,092 freedom is not selfish. 262 00:13:47,092 --> 00:13:49,862 It's a life of generosity. 263 00:13:49,862 --> 00:13:52,865 And so let's look at this first one. 264 00:13:53,098 --> 00:13:57,269 Jesus shows us that kingdom authority resides only in the King. 265 00:13:57,269 --> 00:14:01,674 And I'm going to go back to verse five and read I'm going to read a few verses. 266 00:14:01,674 --> 00:14:03,075 So just follow along here. 267 00:14:03,075 --> 00:14:07,413 Jeff covered some of this, but it's important to tie it all together. 268 00:14:07,479 --> 00:14:09,515 Starting in verse five of chapter 17, 269 00:14:09,515 --> 00:14:13,452 he was still speaking when, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. 270 00:14:13,452 --> 00:14:17,790 And a voice from the cloud said, this is my beloved son, with whom I am 271 00:14:17,790 --> 00:14:19,258 well pleased. Listen to him. 272 00:14:19,258 --> 00:14:23,195 When the disciples heard this, they fell on their faces and were terrified. 273 00:14:23,195 --> 00:14:27,933 But Jesus came and touched them, saying, rise, and have no fear. 274 00:14:28,334 --> 00:14:31,637 And when they lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only. 275 00:14:31,637 --> 00:14:35,541 And as they were coming down the mountain, Jesus commanded them, tell 276 00:14:35,574 --> 00:14:39,411 no one the vision, till the Son of Man is raised from the dead. 277 00:14:39,411 --> 00:14:43,616 And then the disciples asked him, well, then why did the scribe say 278 00:14:43,616 --> 00:14:44,917 that Elijah must come? 279 00:14:44,917 --> 00:14:46,952 Must first Elijah must come. 280 00:14:46,952 --> 00:14:48,754 And he answered, Elijah does come. 281 00:14:48,754 --> 00:14:51,991 And when he and he will restore all things. 282 00:14:51,991 --> 00:14:54,226 But I tell you that Elijah has already come. 283 00:14:54,226 --> 00:14:57,363 And they did not recognize him, but did him whatever they pleased. 284 00:14:57,363 --> 00:15:00,733 So also the Son of Man will certainly suffer at their hands. 285 00:15:00,799 --> 00:15:04,036 Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist. 286 00:15:04,036 --> 00:15:05,571 Let me unpack this a little bit. 287 00:15:07,306 --> 00:15:09,375 There on this mountain, 288 00:15:09,375 --> 00:15:13,379 Jesus is transfigured and they hear, 289 00:15:14,380 --> 00:15:17,316 they hear from God Almighty. 290 00:15:17,316 --> 00:15:20,119 This is my son, in whom I well pleased. 291 00:15:20,119 --> 00:15:22,254 And what's he say? 292 00:15:22,254 --> 00:15:23,956 Listen to him. 293 00:15:23,956 --> 00:15:27,860 Now, that's kind of surprise to me, because this is God Almighty. 294 00:15:27,893 --> 00:15:31,630 And I would think that if God Almighty is going to speak 295 00:15:31,630 --> 00:15:34,633 to someone and say, now listen to me, 296 00:15:34,667 --> 00:15:36,902 right? 297 00:15:36,902 --> 00:15:39,471 He doesn't say, listen to me. 298 00:15:39,471 --> 00:15:42,474 He says, listen to him. Why? 299 00:15:42,775 --> 00:15:46,578 Because he is the Christ, the son of the living God, 300 00:15:46,612 --> 00:15:49,782 the one through whom is forgiveness, 301 00:15:49,782 --> 00:15:52,785 redemption, and salvation. 302 00:15:52,985 --> 00:15:55,354 He is central. 303 00:15:55,354 --> 00:15:57,589 Listen to what he says. 304 00:15:57,589 --> 00:16:00,259 All attention is on him. 305 00:16:00,259 --> 00:16:03,662 And at that voice the Bible says in verse 306 00:16:03,662 --> 00:16:06,732 six that they fell down on their faces, terrified. 307 00:16:06,799 --> 00:16:12,037 Please know they weren't terrified when they saw this transfiguration take place. 308 00:16:12,037 --> 00:16:15,074 They weren't terrified when somehow Moses shows up. 309 00:16:15,107 --> 00:16:17,876 They weren't terrified when somehow Elijah shows up. 310 00:16:17,876 --> 00:16:22,514 They weren't terrified when they saw the his his clothes shine like the sun. 311 00:16:22,514 --> 00:16:23,615 They weren't terrified. 312 00:16:23,615 --> 00:16:28,554 They were terrified at the voice of Almighty God and at the voice of God. 313 00:16:28,587 --> 00:16:32,591 Terror strikes them and they fall down on their face, 314 00:16:33,092 --> 00:16:37,696 completely overwhelmed at the voice of God. 315 00:16:40,699 --> 00:16:43,702 That's significant. 316 00:16:44,737 --> 00:16:47,106 I wonder how often that 317 00:16:47,106 --> 00:16:50,109 we hear the voice of God and are just so unimpressed. 318 00:16:51,343 --> 00:16:53,679 And when they fall down on their face 319 00:16:53,679 --> 00:16:56,749 after hearing the voice of God, what does Jesus do? 320 00:16:56,782 --> 00:16:59,785 What's the Bible say? 321 00:17:00,386 --> 00:17:03,722 He touches them and he says, rise. 322 00:17:05,691 --> 00:17:08,694 I want you to pay attention to this. 323 00:17:09,361 --> 00:17:11,463 I want you to get this. 324 00:17:11,463 --> 00:17:13,432 He says, rise, have no fear. 325 00:17:13,432 --> 00:17:16,502 After they're terrified, then he says, 326 00:17:16,502 --> 00:17:19,505 rise, have no fear. 327 00:17:19,838 --> 00:17:22,374 See, here's here's how this goes. 328 00:17:22,374 --> 00:17:27,312 We want God to empower, but God must first overpower. 329 00:17:28,947 --> 00:17:32,384 They were not empowered to rise in courage 330 00:17:32,384 --> 00:17:37,222 until they were overpowered by the authority of God Almighty. 331 00:17:37,823 --> 00:17:39,758 We miss this. 332 00:17:39,758 --> 00:17:42,361 Most of us come and we say, God, you gotta help. 333 00:17:42,361 --> 00:17:45,130 You gotta show up. You gotta give me strength, you gotta give me power. 334 00:17:45,130 --> 00:17:46,265 And God says you've not. 335 00:17:46,265 --> 00:17:49,134 First let me overpower you. 336 00:17:49,134 --> 00:17:52,905 I, my word, must first overpower you 337 00:17:53,572 --> 00:17:56,575 in a way that causes submission. 338 00:17:56,942 --> 00:17:59,511 That you fall on your face 339 00:18:01,413 --> 00:18:04,416 out of reverence and fear of who I am. 340 00:18:04,950 --> 00:18:08,754 And when you allow that to happen in your life, then 341 00:18:09,021 --> 00:18:14,093 and only then can I empower you to rise and have no fear. 342 00:18:14,159 --> 00:18:17,162 Do you understand? 343 00:18:18,931 --> 00:18:23,302 We must become weak and overpowered by God 344 00:18:23,836 --> 00:18:28,373 before we can become strong and empowered by His Spirit. 345 00:18:29,508 --> 00:18:32,511 And unless and until you have humbled yourself 346 00:18:32,511 --> 00:18:37,783 and submitted yourself to the authority of Almighty God 347 00:18:37,950 --> 00:18:44,256 and allowed him to overpower and overrule all things in your life, 348 00:18:44,990 --> 00:18:47,359 don't expect him to empower you 349 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:50,362 in your weakness. 350 00:18:52,264 --> 00:18:53,866 And they lifted up their eyes. 351 00:18:53,866 --> 00:18:56,869 And what do they see? 352 00:18:59,071 --> 00:19:01,640 Only Jesus. 353 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:04,643 Why only Jesus? 354 00:19:05,177 --> 00:19:07,412 Because he's enough. 355 00:19:07,412 --> 00:19:10,149 They don't have to see anybody else, 356 00:19:10,149 --> 00:19:12,251 just him. 357 00:19:12,251 --> 00:19:15,254 And then they say this weird thing. 358 00:19:15,287 --> 00:19:17,156 Okay, well, like we just saw Elijah. 359 00:19:17,156 --> 00:19:20,559 But the scribes say that Elijah has to come first and he's gone, 360 00:19:20,559 --> 00:19:23,362 and you're here and the kingdom isn't here. Like, what's going on? 361 00:19:23,362 --> 00:19:24,563 What they were referring to. 362 00:19:24,563 --> 00:19:27,199 And I don't have time to get into this part of it. I just want to give it to you. 363 00:19:27,199 --> 00:19:29,101 You can do some research on your own if you want to. 364 00:19:29,101 --> 00:19:32,905 Is a prophecy in in Malachi four. 365 00:19:35,774 --> 00:19:37,142 That says, in essence, 366 00:19:37,142 --> 00:19:41,146 before the kingdom of God comes upon the earth, Elijah has to come first. 367 00:19:41,146 --> 00:19:41,980 And Jesus says, well, 368 00:19:41,980 --> 00:19:45,918 Elijah did come like the Old Testament prophet Elijah, he's already been here. 369 00:19:45,918 --> 00:19:49,521 But he what Jesus was saying is that he is still to come. 370 00:19:49,555 --> 00:19:51,356 Revelation 13. 371 00:19:51,356 --> 00:19:56,461 The prophecy will come in revelation 13 that two witnesses will come 372 00:19:56,461 --> 00:20:01,333 in the last days in the tribulation, and give testimony to God. 373 00:20:01,333 --> 00:20:03,669 One of those will be Elijah. 374 00:20:03,669 --> 00:20:06,505 And so he's saying, he was here, but he's still coming. 375 00:20:06,505 --> 00:20:10,475 But in essence, he's already been here because John the Baptist was known 376 00:20:10,475 --> 00:20:14,680 as one who moved in the spirit and the power of Elijah to prepare the way. 377 00:20:14,680 --> 00:20:16,114 So Jesus, here's what Jesus is saying. 378 00:20:16,114 --> 00:20:18,617 He's saying, look, don't doubt this. 379 00:20:18,617 --> 00:20:19,952 He said he was coming. 380 00:20:19,952 --> 00:20:22,955 He's already come, and he is still to come. 381 00:20:23,188 --> 00:20:25,657 Just because you don't understand it all right now 382 00:20:25,657 --> 00:20:28,026 doesn't mean there's anything wrong with this. 383 00:20:28,026 --> 00:20:30,295 It means you just don't understand it right now. 384 00:20:30,295 --> 00:20:31,396 Do you follow? 385 00:20:31,396 --> 00:20:33,632 Same thing goes for us. 386 00:20:33,632 --> 00:20:35,467 Same thing goes for us. 387 00:20:35,467 --> 00:20:38,704 And then the Bible in chapter 388 00:20:38,704 --> 00:20:41,707 17 goes through this in verse 14. 389 00:20:42,040 --> 00:20:44,743 And they came, they came. 390 00:20:44,743 --> 00:20:50,782 And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him, and kneeling before 391 00:20:50,782 --> 00:20:56,121 him said, Lord, have mercy on my son, for he has seizures, and he suffers terribly. 392 00:20:56,121 --> 00:20:59,258 For often he falls into the fire, and often in the water. 393 00:20:59,291 --> 00:21:03,161 Honestly, at that point I'd be like, well, don't let him get near fire and water 394 00:21:03,462 --> 00:21:04,796 like it's an easy solution. 395 00:21:07,799 --> 00:21:09,468 And Jesus answered. 396 00:21:09,468 --> 00:21:11,570 Oh no. Yeah. Verse 16, 397 00:21:11,570 --> 00:21:14,840 and I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him. 398 00:21:15,340 --> 00:21:18,343 I mean, this father's desperate. 399 00:21:18,510 --> 00:21:21,513 It's like my, my, my son's in 400 00:21:22,414 --> 00:21:25,417 desperate, and there's nobody to help. 401 00:21:26,652 --> 00:21:28,920 Jesus, you're my final. 402 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:29,788 You're my last. 403 00:21:29,788 --> 00:21:32,791 You're my only hope right here. 404 00:21:33,358 --> 00:21:34,293 And just answered. 405 00:21:34,293 --> 00:21:36,094 Oh, faithless and twisted generation. 406 00:21:36,094 --> 00:21:37,763 How long? Am I to be with you? 407 00:21:37,763 --> 00:21:39,631 How long? Am I to bear with you? 408 00:21:39,631 --> 00:21:41,066 Bring him to me. 409 00:21:41,066 --> 00:21:43,835 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, 410 00:21:43,835 --> 00:21:46,071 and the boy was healed instantly. 411 00:21:46,071 --> 00:21:50,042 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, why couldn't we cast it out? 412 00:21:50,075 --> 00:21:53,478 And he said to them, because you your little faith. 413 00:21:53,879 --> 00:21:57,349 For truly I say to you, if you have faith like the grain of mustard 414 00:21:57,349 --> 00:22:00,819 seed, you will say to this mountain, move from here to there, 415 00:22:00,819 --> 00:22:04,056 and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you. 416 00:22:05,257 --> 00:22:07,159 This dad, 417 00:22:07,159 --> 00:22:12,064 in desperation, brings his child to Jesus 418 00:22:12,664 --> 00:22:16,034 because he knows Jesus is enough. 419 00:22:17,035 --> 00:22:18,704 I don't need to look at anybody else. 420 00:22:18,704 --> 00:22:21,039 Jesus, I just need you. 421 00:22:21,039 --> 00:22:23,842 And he brings his son. Let me just say this. 422 00:22:23,842 --> 00:22:26,511 Apart from Matthew 17, let me just make this note. 423 00:22:26,511 --> 00:22:28,747 Dads, 424 00:22:28,747 --> 00:22:31,583 our main job 425 00:22:31,583 --> 00:22:34,920 is to get our kids to Christ. 426 00:22:36,822 --> 00:22:39,825 We might have a lot of other responsibilities. 427 00:22:39,991 --> 00:22:42,994 They're all secondary to that. 428 00:22:43,395 --> 00:22:47,733 Our job is to get our children to Christ. 429 00:22:50,635 --> 00:22:51,603 To to 430 00:22:51,603 --> 00:22:56,641 to put them in a position where they have the opportunity 431 00:22:56,641 --> 00:23:00,212 to submit themselves to the Lordship 432 00:23:00,212 --> 00:23:05,851 of Christ, to be overpowered by Almighty God, 433 00:23:05,851 --> 00:23:11,690 so that Almighty God can then empower them with His Spirit. 434 00:23:12,090 --> 00:23:13,692 That's our job. 435 00:23:13,692 --> 00:23:15,660 It's their job to respond. 436 00:23:15,660 --> 00:23:16,661 That's not on. 437 00:23:16,661 --> 00:23:19,664 Our job is to get them to him. 438 00:23:20,198 --> 00:23:21,500 Do you understand? Dad's? 439 00:23:24,102 --> 00:23:26,872 Yes. Yes. 440 00:23:26,872 --> 00:23:29,875 Now I'm going to say something as controversial. 441 00:23:32,110 --> 00:23:35,414 One of the best ways to attach your children's 442 00:23:35,414 --> 00:23:39,317 heart to Christ in his kingdom is through their generosity. 443 00:23:39,317 --> 00:23:42,320 And yours as well. 444 00:23:43,255 --> 00:23:45,457 Generosity and given is one of the best ways 445 00:23:45,457 --> 00:23:50,028 to attach your heart and your children's heart to Christ and His kingdom. 446 00:23:50,061 --> 00:23:55,400 The Bible says where your money is, your heart will be also parents. 447 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:59,638 If your children aren't involved in the knowledge and the practice 448 00:23:59,638 --> 00:24:03,341 of your own generosity, and don't 449 00:24:03,341 --> 00:24:06,378 practice their own discipline of tithing, 450 00:24:06,545 --> 00:24:11,483 you run the risk of raising kids with detached hearts 451 00:24:11,550 --> 00:24:14,553 from the kingdom. 452 00:24:15,954 --> 00:24:18,957 You follow that part. 453 00:24:20,158 --> 00:24:22,494 Not as much. 454 00:24:22,494 --> 00:24:25,197 The Bible says where your treasure is, your heart is. 455 00:24:25,197 --> 00:24:27,299 Attach your kids hearts. 456 00:24:27,299 --> 00:24:29,401 That's your job. 457 00:24:29,401 --> 00:24:31,269 It's one of the best ways to do it. 458 00:24:33,672 --> 00:24:36,842 And it's this I say like like we tried. 459 00:24:36,875 --> 00:24:38,243 We couldn't we couldn't drive them out. 460 00:24:38,243 --> 00:24:38,977 Why couldn't we? 461 00:24:38,977 --> 00:24:41,980 In other translation, other books 462 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:44,883 of recordings of this very account, 463 00:24:44,883 --> 00:24:47,986 Jesus says, well, some of them only come out by prayer and fasting. 464 00:24:47,986 --> 00:24:48,987 Here's what he's saying. 465 00:24:48,987 --> 00:24:49,855 He's not like 466 00:24:49,855 --> 00:24:53,225 they didn't have time to pray and fast right then, like there was this thing. 467 00:24:53,959 --> 00:24:56,094 What Jesus was saying is like, he's not saying 468 00:24:56,094 --> 00:24:59,464 because something appeared in your life, you have to pray in fastest in or no, 469 00:24:59,498 --> 00:25:00,999 you stay prayed up. 470 00:25:00,999 --> 00:25:02,267 You stay fasted. 471 00:25:02,267 --> 00:25:05,003 So when the time comes, you're ready. 472 00:25:05,003 --> 00:25:06,671 That's what he's saying. 473 00:25:06,671 --> 00:25:09,107 And because you're not prayed up, you're not fasted up. 474 00:25:09,107 --> 00:25:10,942 You're not ready. 475 00:25:10,942 --> 00:25:13,378 But he says even beyond that, he says, I'll tell you why 476 00:25:13,378 --> 00:25:17,682 you couldn't cast him out because your faith is twisted. 477 00:25:18,583 --> 00:25:20,218 You have little faith. 478 00:25:21,253 --> 00:25:24,256 What did he mean by that? 479 00:25:24,556 --> 00:25:29,227 If twisted little faith couldn't drive out demons, here's the. 480 00:25:29,261 --> 00:25:33,298 They had been given the authority to drive out demons a couple of chapters earlier. 481 00:25:33,398 --> 00:25:38,970 Jesus gave them to drive out demons, and they actually did it previously. 482 00:25:39,571 --> 00:25:42,574 So why not now? 483 00:25:43,241 --> 00:25:46,211 Twisted faith. 484 00:25:46,311 --> 00:25:48,480 The problem, 485 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:52,117 as I understand Scripture, is not that they didn't believe, 486 00:25:52,450 --> 00:25:56,021 but that they started to believe what they once believed. 487 00:25:57,122 --> 00:26:00,292 See, when they originally had the authority 488 00:26:00,292 --> 00:26:03,895 that resides in Christ Himself, not in their own authority, 489 00:26:04,629 --> 00:26:09,301 there was a necessity to depend completely on Christ. 490 00:26:09,401 --> 00:26:11,436 And they experienced that. 491 00:26:11,436 --> 00:26:14,940 They experienced the authority of the King, lived out in their lives 492 00:26:14,940 --> 00:26:18,610 because they were completely reliant upon him. Now 493 00:26:19,778 --> 00:26:22,781 they were reliant upon themselves. 494 00:26:23,582 --> 00:26:28,787 They had unbelief in the dependance and the necessity of Christ, 495 00:26:28,787 --> 00:26:33,191 and started to believe in their own ability. 496 00:26:33,458 --> 00:26:37,696 It was twisted faith, and we do the same. 497 00:26:39,898 --> 00:26:41,833 We start relying on our own 498 00:26:41,833 --> 00:26:45,337 resources, our own abilities, our own knowledge, 499 00:26:45,337 --> 00:26:48,340 our own expertise. 500 00:26:49,674 --> 00:26:53,011 We hear what the call of God is, and we think, yeah, but I can't 501 00:26:53,011 --> 00:26:54,946 because I don't because I can't because they don't, because they can't. 502 00:26:54,946 --> 00:26:55,580 Because they don't. 503 00:26:55,580 --> 00:26:58,516 Because all of our focus is on 504 00:26:58,516 --> 00:27:01,453 rather than saying, Lord, if you've called me to it, I'm 505 00:27:01,453 --> 00:27:02,988 your lying completely upon you. 506 00:27:02,988 --> 00:27:06,291 I'm completely dependent upon you and your authority over my life and in my life. 507 00:27:06,358 --> 00:27:07,459 You do whatever you want to do. 508 00:27:07,459 --> 00:27:10,462 I'm just going to say yes. 509 00:27:13,398 --> 00:27:15,266 In Romans 12 verse three, 510 00:27:15,266 --> 00:27:18,970 the Bible says that God has given to each a measure of faith. 511 00:27:19,104 --> 00:27:22,073 Here's what I understand about that 512 00:27:22,073 --> 00:27:24,342 that God gives us a measure of faith. 513 00:27:24,342 --> 00:27:28,947 And honestly, when we're young, it's easy to believe, isn't it? 514 00:27:29,147 --> 00:27:33,518 When we're little, when we're little, we believe everything about the Bible, 515 00:27:33,518 --> 00:27:36,521 everything about God, everything about Jesus, everything about 516 00:27:36,521 --> 00:27:39,791 God's love, everything about us provision, everything about everything about Jesus. 517 00:27:39,791 --> 00:27:42,227 Like we just know I believe it. I believe we love it. 518 00:27:42,227 --> 00:27:44,229 And what happens as we get older? 519 00:27:44,229 --> 00:27:46,698 We start to believe what we once believed 520 00:27:47,932 --> 00:27:50,935 because we rely on our experience. 521 00:27:52,504 --> 00:27:53,772 We give more credence 522 00:27:53,772 --> 00:27:56,975 to our pain than on the Word of God, 523 00:27:56,975 --> 00:28:00,145 and we start to believe everything we once believed. 524 00:28:00,712 --> 00:28:03,148 It's not that we don't believe, 525 00:28:03,148 --> 00:28:05,150 we just unbelief. 526 00:28:05,150 --> 00:28:08,787 And so then this spiritual formation is believing what we once believe, 527 00:28:08,787 --> 00:28:11,790 that we now unbelief that we once believed it. 528 00:28:12,590 --> 00:28:16,061 You follow and our faith get twisted, 529 00:28:17,262 --> 00:28:20,265 and that twisted faith accomplishes nothing, 530 00:28:21,433 --> 00:28:23,735 because we've forgotten that the authority 531 00:28:23,735 --> 00:28:26,738 of the kingdom of God resides in Christ alone. 532 00:28:27,639 --> 00:28:30,642 I don't believe in any of my ability, 533 00:28:30,642 --> 00:28:33,812 any of my resources, any of my opportunity 534 00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:38,083 is Christ and Him alone. 535 00:28:38,083 --> 00:28:39,617 He is my hope. 536 00:28:39,617 --> 00:28:42,620 He's my strength. 537 00:28:47,092 --> 00:28:48,059 Here's what I know. 538 00:28:48,059 --> 00:28:52,797 When you're when you're in your, you know, your early and 20s and stuff, 539 00:28:52,831 --> 00:28:55,300 you're busy building your life and your career and your identity, 540 00:28:55,300 --> 00:28:59,370 your future, your relationships, your hopes, your dreams. 541 00:28:59,370 --> 00:29:04,676 Listen, young one, don't confuse ambition with faith. 542 00:29:05,143 --> 00:29:08,279 You can hustle hard and be spiritually hollow. 543 00:29:09,581 --> 00:29:12,584 Christ and him alone. 544 00:29:17,021 --> 00:29:19,758 You grow a little bit more in your 20s and 30s. 545 00:29:19,758 --> 00:29:22,427 Kind of life takes over. 546 00:29:22,427 --> 00:29:23,628 You got to manage a marriage. 547 00:29:23,628 --> 00:29:25,196 You got to manage a mortgage. 548 00:29:25,196 --> 00:29:28,733 You got pressure, got aging parents, you got kids. 549 00:29:28,733 --> 00:29:30,935 You got expectations and hopes. 550 00:29:30,935 --> 00:29:34,873 You can have so many opportunities and challenges in your 30s and 40s, 551 00:29:36,674 --> 00:29:39,410 so many opportunities and challenges that you forget 552 00:29:39,410 --> 00:29:42,413 that you are completely dependent upon Christ, 553 00:29:43,581 --> 00:29:46,584 capable of nothing on your own. 554 00:29:48,253 --> 00:29:50,855 You get your 50s and up and, 555 00:29:50,855 --> 00:29:55,193 you know, we got experience, we got history, we got wisdom. 556 00:29:55,193 --> 00:29:58,196 And pretty soon our experience, history and wisdom become 557 00:29:58,429 --> 00:30:01,432 can become a substitute for dependance. 558 00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:04,469 And if we're not careful, we drift from the kingdom. 559 00:30:05,837 --> 00:30:07,672 Christ in him alone. 560 00:30:07,672 --> 00:30:10,708 All the authority of heaven resides. 561 00:30:10,708 --> 00:30:11,376 In Christ. 562 00:30:11,376 --> 00:30:14,379 We own nothing. We have nothing capable of. 563 00:30:14,379 --> 00:30:15,914 Nothing gets him and Him alone. 564 00:30:15,914 --> 00:30:17,515 Don't get your faith twisted. 565 00:30:18,616 --> 00:30:21,619 You follow. 566 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:23,855 Verses 22 through 23. 567 00:30:23,855 --> 00:30:27,492 Jesus shows us that kingdom presence comes only through the cross. 568 00:30:32,063 --> 00:30:34,632 As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, 569 00:30:34,632 --> 00:30:36,868 The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men, 570 00:30:36,868 --> 00:30:39,304 and they will kill him, and they will be raised on the third day. 571 00:30:39,304 --> 00:30:42,240 And they were greatly distressed. 572 00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:46,778 They have this great moment of deliverance of this young boy who was suffering 573 00:30:46,778 --> 00:30:50,748 from this demonic possession, that that in some Bibles that says epilepsy. 574 00:30:50,782 --> 00:30:52,217 That's how they kind of explained it. 575 00:30:52,217 --> 00:30:56,554 Back then, it was just suffering from this demonic possession. 576 00:30:56,721 --> 00:30:59,290 Jesus cast him out like, that was amazing. 577 00:30:59,290 --> 00:31:03,027 And then immediately Jesus goes into, hey, but don't forget where I'm headed. 578 00:31:03,628 --> 00:31:08,066 This whole thing culminates in the cross and the resurrection, 579 00:31:09,033 --> 00:31:11,336 the cross and the resurrection. 580 00:31:11,336 --> 00:31:12,470 After this healing, he says, 581 00:31:12,470 --> 00:31:16,307 The Son of Man is going to be rejected and beaten and died, and he'll be raised. 582 00:31:16,307 --> 00:31:18,309 And they were so 583 00:31:18,309 --> 00:31:20,111 tore up about that. 584 00:31:20,111 --> 00:31:24,182 And Jesus just wants to remind him, though you've seen the glory of the experience. 585 00:31:24,215 --> 00:31:24,916 The mountaintop. 586 00:31:24,916 --> 00:31:26,751 Though I have a theory over everything 587 00:31:26,751 --> 00:31:30,588 in your valley, it's still headed to the cross. 588 00:31:31,122 --> 00:31:34,359 But the cross has always followed with the resurrection. 589 00:31:35,493 --> 00:31:40,331 See, following Jesus means that my preference is my plans, 590 00:31:40,331 --> 00:31:44,102 my comfort, my money, my schedule, 591 00:31:44,135 --> 00:31:47,639 my calendar, my ideas, my identity 592 00:31:47,672 --> 00:31:53,111 all falls under the Lordship of Christ and it all must be submitted. 593 00:31:53,111 --> 00:31:54,345 Jesus says, you want to follow me? 594 00:31:54,345 --> 00:31:58,016 Take up your cross, submit everything that you have to 595 00:31:58,082 --> 00:32:01,953 me and my kingdom and my way, and it is the way of the cross. 596 00:32:03,588 --> 00:32:04,155 See, we 597 00:32:04,155 --> 00:32:07,158 have to understand that for the disciple, 598 00:32:07,292 --> 00:32:10,495 the cross is not a decoration, it's a direction. 599 00:32:11,029 --> 00:32:14,532 And everything in the disciples life has to point to the cross 600 00:32:14,532 --> 00:32:17,869 completely submitted to the overpowering authority 601 00:32:17,869 --> 00:32:20,872 of God Almighty. 602 00:32:22,140 --> 00:32:23,975 And we have to ask ourselves, 603 00:32:23,975 --> 00:32:26,978 what do I have that is still mine? 604 00:32:28,413 --> 00:32:31,716 My time, my plans, my money, 605 00:32:31,749 --> 00:32:35,720 my hope, my comfort, my family's priorities? 606 00:32:35,753 --> 00:32:40,024 Listen, the call of Christ is not add me to your plans. 607 00:32:40,024 --> 00:32:44,796 The call of Christ is to follow me with everything 608 00:32:44,796 --> 00:32:47,799 in your life. 609 00:32:50,835 --> 00:32:53,705 See, for many, 610 00:32:53,705 --> 00:32:56,708 the biggest obstacle is not obedience. 611 00:32:57,475 --> 00:33:01,412 Somebody say that for many Christians, the biggest obstacle to obedience 612 00:33:01,412 --> 00:33:04,415 is not confusion, it's cost. 613 00:33:06,017 --> 00:33:07,719 For most people who want to follow Jesus, 614 00:33:07,719 --> 00:33:11,255 the biggest obstacle for following Jesus is not that we're confused about it. 615 00:33:13,658 --> 00:33:14,392 The biggest 616 00:33:14,392 --> 00:33:17,395 obstacle is because we understand the cost and is too high. 617 00:33:19,197 --> 00:33:20,298 It's the biggest obstacle 618 00:33:20,298 --> 00:33:23,301 to follow in Jesus. 619 00:33:25,036 --> 00:33:28,039 So usually we know what obedience requires. 620 00:33:28,139 --> 00:33:31,142 We just don't like the cost of it. 621 00:33:31,743 --> 00:33:34,779 And Jesus says, you're going to follow me, follow me. 622 00:33:34,779 --> 00:33:37,215 I'm headed to the cross. 623 00:33:37,215 --> 00:33:40,218 You have to take up your cross, 624 00:33:40,618 --> 00:33:44,022 be completely overpowered by the rule 625 00:33:44,022 --> 00:33:47,959 and reign of my kingdom in your life over every aspect of your life. 626 00:33:48,192 --> 00:33:51,896 Only then will I empower you to walk the way of the cross. 627 00:33:51,963 --> 00:33:54,932 You'll be able to do it. 628 00:33:56,701 --> 00:33:57,935 But my presence comes 629 00:33:57,935 --> 00:34:00,938 only through the cross. 630 00:34:03,274 --> 00:34:04,742 And then in Matthew 17, 631 00:34:04,742 --> 00:34:07,945 Jesus shows that the kingdom freedom is not selfish. 632 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:10,715 It's not about us. 633 00:34:10,715 --> 00:34:12,850 Kingdom freedom. 634 00:34:12,850 --> 00:34:14,585 There's a freedom to be generous. 635 00:34:16,220 --> 00:34:17,321 This is a 636 00:34:17,321 --> 00:34:20,425 weird thing to put at the bottom of chapter 17. 637 00:34:20,458 --> 00:34:25,563 Look at what all this great stuff, this profound teaching, profound moments, 638 00:34:26,264 --> 00:34:29,333 healing and authority, and a call 639 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:33,037 to radical discipleship, all of this, 640 00:34:33,671 --> 00:34:37,341 I imagine this is like, well, this is like, this is a this is 641 00:34:37,375 --> 00:34:40,378 I can't even know how to understand what's going on right now. 642 00:34:41,112 --> 00:34:45,016 This is amazing to be with Christ in this moment, this transfiguration, 643 00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:48,319 the demon and then this call disciple, 644 00:34:48,352 --> 00:34:51,355 radical discipleship. 645 00:34:52,190 --> 00:34:54,559 When they came to Capernaum, collectors 646 00:34:54,559 --> 00:34:58,429 of the two drachma tax went up to Peter and said, is your teacher not pay the tax? 647 00:34:58,996 --> 00:35:00,064 He said, yes. 648 00:35:00,064 --> 00:35:03,067 And when he came to the house, Jesus spoke to him 649 00:35:03,134 --> 00:35:05,636 first, saying, what do you think, Simon? 650 00:35:05,636 --> 00:35:10,508 From who do kings of the earth take toll or tax from their sons or from others? 651 00:35:10,575 --> 00:35:14,312 And when he said from others, he said to him, then the sons are free. 652 00:35:14,512 --> 00:35:16,280 However, not to give an offense to them. 653 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:19,750 Go to the sea, cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, 654 00:35:19,784 --> 00:35:22,220 and when you open its mouth, you'll find a chuckle. 655 00:35:22,220 --> 00:35:25,423 Take that and give it to them for me and yourself. What 656 00:35:26,557 --> 00:35:27,458 does that seem to 657 00:35:27,458 --> 00:35:30,428 fit anywhere in what we've just read? 658 00:35:30,428 --> 00:35:33,097 It's just weird. 659 00:35:33,097 --> 00:35:35,199 All of a sudden the IRS shows up. 660 00:35:35,199 --> 00:35:38,302 Once there, you know, more than their fair share, you know? 661 00:35:38,503 --> 00:35:41,839 And Jesus is filling out the tax form 662 00:35:41,839 --> 00:35:44,842 and sending the like what? 663 00:35:44,909 --> 00:35:45,443 Let me. 664 00:35:45,443 --> 00:35:48,412 This needs some explanation. 665 00:35:48,779 --> 00:35:51,816 The basically this became the temple tax. 666 00:35:52,183 --> 00:35:55,920 And the guy is asking for the the annual fee. 667 00:35:56,154 --> 00:36:00,625 In their day there was a law on the books. 668 00:36:04,829 --> 00:36:05,830 There was a law 669 00:36:05,830 --> 00:36:08,833 in, in, in Exodus 670 00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:13,171 about this tax that had to be paid. 671 00:36:13,704 --> 00:36:16,541 Exodus chapter 30 said that 672 00:36:16,541 --> 00:36:20,578 males, I think like 20 years and older, had to pay 673 00:36:20,578 --> 00:36:23,981 two drachmas tax. 674 00:36:25,283 --> 00:36:27,185 That was on the books. It was the law. 675 00:36:27,185 --> 00:36:29,720 And so this tax man comes in. Peter. 676 00:36:29,720 --> 00:36:33,391 Hey, don't you and your your rabbi Jesus pay this tax? 677 00:36:33,424 --> 00:36:37,094 Apparently Peter and Jesus were the only two from this area 678 00:36:37,094 --> 00:36:40,231 at this moment, and that was the era that was being taxed. 679 00:36:40,398 --> 00:36:43,935 And so Jesus is like, oh, let's talk about that, Peter. 680 00:36:44,001 --> 00:36:44,902 They want the tax. 681 00:36:44,902 --> 00:36:46,837 Let me ask you this question. 682 00:36:46,837 --> 00:36:48,873 Do kings tax their sons? 683 00:36:50,374 --> 00:36:52,543 And we would say, what? 684 00:36:52,543 --> 00:36:53,911 No. Look at Hunter Biden. 685 00:36:53,911 --> 00:36:56,914 He doesn't he doesn't have to leave. But. 686 00:36:58,316 --> 00:36:58,916 You lean Jared 687 00:36:58,916 --> 00:37:01,919 Kushner is going to have to he's going to be just fine. 688 00:37:02,053 --> 00:37:05,723 Like kings don't do that to their it. 689 00:37:05,856 --> 00:37:08,025 Take money from everybody else. Right. 690 00:37:08,025 --> 00:37:11,028 And you know you hear what Jesus is saying. 691 00:37:11,362 --> 00:37:14,332 This is for the this for my father's house. 692 00:37:14,332 --> 00:37:17,301 Dads don't tax their kids. 693 00:37:17,301 --> 00:37:19,537 I don't have to pay nothing. 694 00:37:19,537 --> 00:37:21,839 I'm not under the law. 695 00:37:21,839 --> 00:37:23,874 That's what he's saying. 696 00:37:23,874 --> 00:37:26,877 That law doesn't apply to me anymore. 697 00:37:27,511 --> 00:37:31,148 I don't I don't have any obligation to pay that. 698 00:37:31,882 --> 00:37:34,518 That's what he's saying. 699 00:37:34,518 --> 00:37:37,521 But what does he do? 700 00:37:39,423 --> 00:37:41,659 He says, Peter, I want you to go fishing. 701 00:37:41,659 --> 00:37:42,893 Now, this was out of 702 00:37:42,893 --> 00:37:46,530 the ordinary for Peter because though Peter was a fisherman, Peter fish by nets 703 00:37:46,664 --> 00:37:49,667 and Jesus saying, don't take your net, take a pole. 704 00:37:50,067 --> 00:37:50,935 He was like a pole. 705 00:37:50,935 --> 00:37:52,536 What do you mean, a pole? 706 00:37:52,536 --> 00:37:54,939 Like one line for one fish. 707 00:37:54,939 --> 00:37:58,876 This was so counter to everything that Peter knew 708 00:37:58,876 --> 00:38:00,911 and everything that Peter had experienced. 709 00:38:00,911 --> 00:38:06,784 But because Jesus said it and the father had just said, listen to him. 710 00:38:06,851 --> 00:38:09,186 Guess what Peter's going to do? 711 00:38:09,186 --> 00:38:12,990 Go put a line in the water and he pulls it out. 712 00:38:12,990 --> 00:38:16,761 And this fish has a coin in its mouth. 713 00:38:17,261 --> 00:38:20,398 The law said two drachmas 714 00:38:20,431 --> 00:38:24,402 per man, two men in question. 715 00:38:24,669 --> 00:38:28,139 That means the law required for drachmas. 716 00:38:28,372 --> 00:38:31,876 The coin in the fish's mouth was called a set tier, 717 00:38:31,909 --> 00:38:36,347 which was worth exactly four drachmas. 718 00:38:36,814 --> 00:38:40,651 And so Jesus says, though I am under no obligation 719 00:38:41,185 --> 00:38:44,588 to give, nor be generous, I will. 720 00:38:46,190 --> 00:38:46,691 I'm going 721 00:38:46,691 --> 00:38:49,794 to set for you an example of what a kingdom 722 00:38:49,794 --> 00:38:54,832 freedom of what grace is like, that grace gives 723 00:38:54,865 --> 00:38:57,868 when it doesn't have to. 724 00:38:59,737 --> 00:39:02,373 Jesus says, I'm free to not, 725 00:39:02,373 --> 00:39:05,376 and I'm not obligated to, but I'm willing. 726 00:39:06,310 --> 00:39:09,747 Sea Kingdom freedom is not the right to do less. 727 00:39:09,747 --> 00:39:12,750 It's the grace that does more. 728 00:39:13,584 --> 00:39:16,587 That's what kingdom freedom is. 729 00:39:18,422 --> 00:39:20,458 Spiritual formation 730 00:39:20,458 --> 00:39:25,162 means that the disciple does not ask, what do I have to do? 731 00:39:25,796 --> 00:39:30,134 Spiritual formation means that the disciple asks, what is spiritual maturity? 732 00:39:30,201 --> 00:39:34,839 Call me to do, and it's always more than what the law demands. 733 00:39:34,839 --> 00:39:37,274 That's grace. That's love. 734 00:39:37,274 --> 00:39:40,277 So in a real practical way, 735 00:39:40,311 --> 00:39:43,080 I'm going to do two things in wrap up real practical. 736 00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:47,351 And then one more spiritual thing, real practical ways. 737 00:39:47,618 --> 00:39:50,421 We have the opportunity where our spiritual formation 738 00:39:50,421 --> 00:39:53,457 and discipleship is seen in super practical terms, 739 00:39:54,225 --> 00:39:58,596 to improve our ministry site here, to continue adding staff, 740 00:39:58,596 --> 00:40:02,032 we need to add to serve our church body to reach this community. 741 00:40:02,066 --> 00:40:05,102 We've talked about the lobby reconstruction and we're still doing that. 742 00:40:05,136 --> 00:40:08,072 We're gathering more information and more opportunities for that. 743 00:40:08,072 --> 00:40:09,340 That's still in the works. 744 00:40:09,340 --> 00:40:13,110 The office remodel, the capital improvements we have to increase 745 00:40:13,110 --> 00:40:17,114 our children's ministry leadership and staff and program. 746 00:40:17,114 --> 00:40:19,450 We have to increase our young adult ministry. 747 00:40:19,450 --> 00:40:21,552 It's just too important for us not to. 748 00:40:21,552 --> 00:40:24,121 God's doing a lot of things, moving us. 749 00:40:24,121 --> 00:40:30,428 He's grown us and it all requires sacrifice, not out obligation, but out of grace. 750 00:40:31,462 --> 00:40:32,096 And we've 751 00:40:32,096 --> 00:40:35,099 talked about the idea that every giving unit 752 00:40:36,033 --> 00:40:38,936 over and above our regular tithes and offerings, $1,200 753 00:40:38,936 --> 00:40:41,739 over the course of the next few months. However, that works out. 754 00:40:41,739 --> 00:40:46,577 Some of some of us need to do that in a little bits in recurring form. 755 00:40:46,577 --> 00:40:50,214 Some of us need to do it one big shot. 756 00:40:50,815 --> 00:40:52,516 Some of us just need to. 757 00:40:52,516 --> 00:40:55,186 We want to replace all these chairs. We need to. 758 00:40:55,186 --> 00:40:56,620 Some of us just need to say, you know what? 759 00:40:56,620 --> 00:40:59,423 I'll just take responsibility for my chair. 760 00:40:59,423 --> 00:41:01,792 Or maybe for two chairs for somebody else. 761 00:41:01,792 --> 00:41:04,862 Like it's all not because we have to do, not because we're obligated to. 762 00:41:04,895 --> 00:41:07,231 There's no law about it whatsoever. And we're free under grace. 763 00:41:07,231 --> 00:41:08,199 Not to. 764 00:41:08,199 --> 00:41:11,402 But grace always does more than what the law requires. 765 00:41:11,435 --> 00:41:14,104 Do you follow it? Always. That's just what grace does. 766 00:41:14,104 --> 00:41:16,040 And Jesus models it for us. 767 00:41:17,575 --> 00:41:18,375 We don't. 768 00:41:18,375 --> 00:41:19,877 We don't give to keep the plan of life. 769 00:41:19,877 --> 00:41:22,413 We give to keep the mission moving. 770 00:41:22,413 --> 00:41:26,016 We come off of, we say VBS with all these hundreds of kids, 771 00:41:26,016 --> 00:41:28,018 all these decisions a baptism, 772 00:41:28,018 --> 00:41:31,822 two baptisms, or one baptism ago of almost 40 people, 20 more of it. 773 00:41:31,822 --> 00:41:32,957 This one. 774 00:41:32,957 --> 00:41:35,626 It's just amazing what God is doing, 775 00:41:35,626 --> 00:41:41,065 but it requires us to give and to serve really well. 776 00:41:41,532 --> 00:41:44,802 And we know that every dollar that's invested in Kingdom 777 00:41:44,802 --> 00:41:47,104 work is a disciple making tool. 778 00:41:47,104 --> 00:41:48,839 So thank you. 779 00:41:48,839 --> 00:41:51,108 You're an incredibly generous church. 780 00:41:51,108 --> 00:41:56,013 I love the fact that our VBS can generate over $2,500, and none of that go to us. 781 00:41:56,313 --> 00:41:59,183 Go to feed hungry kids in a 782 00:41:59,183 --> 00:42:02,186 Caribbean island that I can't mention online. 783 00:42:02,720 --> 00:42:04,722 It's just amazing. 784 00:42:04,722 --> 00:42:08,359 And so so wherever that sits with you, it sits. 785 00:42:08,359 --> 00:42:11,662 But I want you to remember God just said, just listen to my son. 786 00:42:13,063 --> 00:42:15,900 The way of discipleship is the way of the cross is the way of submission. 787 00:42:15,900 --> 00:42:20,037 He must overpower everything in our lives before he can empower us. 788 00:42:20,371 --> 00:42:22,306 That's part of what this is about. 789 00:42:22,306 --> 00:42:23,774 But back to this coin thing. 790 00:42:23,774 --> 00:42:25,543 This this is the this is the highlight. 791 00:42:25,543 --> 00:42:28,145 Don't I don't want you to miss this. 792 00:42:28,145 --> 00:42:30,781 The law and the tax was two drachmas 793 00:42:30,781 --> 00:42:34,218 per person, Peter and Jesus. 794 00:42:34,251 --> 00:42:39,490 Jesus just said, I am not obligated to that law, I am free. 795 00:42:39,557 --> 00:42:42,192 It's not my debt, Peter. 796 00:42:42,192 --> 00:42:46,297 But so I can drive this point home. 797 00:42:46,297 --> 00:42:50,701 I've been talking about the cross this whole time so I can drive home 798 00:42:50,701 --> 00:42:54,305 the point of the cross, go fishing, get a coin. 799 00:42:58,642 --> 00:43:01,612 What Jesus paid 800 00:43:01,912 --> 00:43:04,415 was not his debt. 801 00:43:04,415 --> 00:43:07,318 What Jesus paid was Peter's debt. 802 00:43:07,318 --> 00:43:09,920 Because Peter oda debt he couldn't pay. 803 00:43:11,021 --> 00:43:14,024 Jesus says, your debt 804 00:43:14,191 --> 00:43:18,362 that's required of your life is not my debt. 805 00:43:18,696 --> 00:43:20,598 You just saw my transfiguration. 806 00:43:20,598 --> 00:43:21,799 You saw my holiness. 807 00:43:21,799 --> 00:43:26,337 You saw I'm not going to the cross for my debt. 808 00:43:27,137 --> 00:43:29,540 You have a debt you can't pay. 809 00:43:29,540 --> 00:43:33,077 And I will assume your debt. 810 00:43:33,510 --> 00:43:38,582 And I will pay the price of your debt, because you can't. 811 00:43:38,616 --> 00:43:41,719 That's what the fish story is all about spiritually. 812 00:43:42,553 --> 00:43:45,823 Peter Ota, debt he couldn't pay by law. 813 00:43:46,824 --> 00:43:48,425 Jesus said, you can't pay it. 814 00:43:48,425 --> 00:43:53,397 I will, and I will identify with your debt and pay it. 815 00:43:53,464 --> 00:43:55,799 Do you see the power of this? 816 00:43:55,799 --> 00:43:58,469 It's all about the cross. 817 00:43:58,469 --> 00:44:00,437 This, this picture, this fish 818 00:44:00,437 --> 00:44:04,675 and this coin is all about this sin debt that you and I can't pay. 819 00:44:04,708 --> 00:44:07,344 That Jesus says, no, it's not my debt, it's your debt. 820 00:44:07,344 --> 00:44:09,780 I will willingly pay it anyway. 821 00:44:09,780 --> 00:44:13,250 And it's exactly what Paul says in the book of Colossians, canceling 822 00:44:13,250 --> 00:44:18,155 the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. 823 00:44:18,756 --> 00:44:21,859 This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. 824 00:44:21,892 --> 00:44:25,696 The cross is the payment for my debt, for your debt 825 00:44:25,696 --> 00:44:30,300 that he is not indebted to, that he willingly pays anyway. 826 00:44:31,602 --> 00:44:32,936 Incredible. 827 00:44:32,936 --> 00:44:33,937 Incredible. 828 00:44:33,937 --> 00:44:36,774 God with a Jesus like that. 829 00:44:36,774 --> 00:44:40,544 Why would we not listen to what he says? 830 00:44:42,813 --> 00:44:44,982 And follow him? 831 00:44:44,982 --> 00:44:50,754 Not just on the mountaintop, but in the valley of the shadow of death? 832 00:44:50,788 --> 00:44:55,893 I will fear no evil, for you are with me, your rod and your staff, 833 00:44:55,893 --> 00:44:58,896 they comfort me. 834 00:45:00,831 --> 00:45:02,533 Because that's who Jesus is. 835 00:45:02,533 --> 00:45:05,536 My natural response is, I will belong to your family 836 00:45:05,536 --> 00:45:08,539 by faith, and I will become 837 00:45:09,306 --> 00:45:12,543 Christ like in my life, in 838 00:45:12,543 --> 00:45:16,580 holiness, in discipleship, in righteousness. 839 00:45:16,580 --> 00:45:19,316 And I will give everything that you ask of me 840 00:45:19,316 --> 00:45:21,418 gladly back to you, because it all came from your hands. 841 00:45:21,418 --> 00:45:24,555 And I will go on mission with you in this world 842 00:45:24,555 --> 00:45:27,558 and in my community. 843 00:45:27,958 --> 00:45:30,961 With a God like that, 844 00:45:31,295 --> 00:45:33,897 won't you give your whole life to his kingdom? 845 00:45:37,401 --> 00:45:40,971 See, faith that follows Jesus is not a faith 846 00:45:40,971 --> 00:45:45,375 that stays safe to itself, nor selfish nor self-reliant. 847 00:45:45,843 --> 00:45:50,814 It's a faith that follows Jesus and depends on him, denies 848 00:45:50,814 --> 00:45:54,051 himself, gives and goes. 849 00:45:58,455 --> 00:46:01,458 It's too important to deny. 850 00:46:02,693 --> 00:46:05,429 And it's too important to give secondary effort 851 00:46:05,429 --> 00:46:09,066 and allegiance to Christ and Him alone. 852 00:46:10,134 --> 00:46:12,803 I want you to pray with me, 853 00:46:12,803 --> 00:46:13,103 father. 854 00:46:13,103 --> 00:46:15,239 Thank you 855 00:46:15,239 --> 00:46:18,442 that you have loved us with an everlasting love, that you looked at us 856 00:46:18,442 --> 00:46:22,279 and saw in us people who owed a debt that we could not pay, 857 00:46:23,413 --> 00:46:26,517 that you assumed our debt as your own. 858 00:46:27,785 --> 00:46:30,420 That you paid the price 859 00:46:30,420 --> 00:46:34,625 when you didn't have to thank you that you walked the way of the cross. 860 00:46:36,026 --> 00:46:39,496 Thank you for the high and holy calling that you've given us that says, 861 00:46:39,496 --> 00:46:43,801 if you want to follow me, you too must walk the way of the cross. 862 00:46:43,867 --> 00:46:47,638 Allow me to overpower you so I can then empower you. 863 00:46:48,872 --> 00:46:49,439 Father, I 864 00:46:49,439 --> 00:46:52,509 pray in this moment that if there's anybody here 865 00:46:52,509 --> 00:46:55,512 who is not allowed themselves to be overpowered by your. 866 00:46:56,713 --> 00:46:59,383 That in this moment they would suggest themselves 867 00:46:59,383 --> 00:47:03,353 and humble themselves under your authority, 868 00:47:04,321 --> 00:47:07,357 that they would allow you to overpower them 869 00:47:07,758 --> 00:47:10,294 and submit their lives completely to you. 870 00:47:10,294 --> 00:47:12,996 Friends, I would invite you to this moment to say that very thing. 871 00:47:12,996 --> 00:47:15,866 Father, I give you permission to overpower me. 872 00:47:15,866 --> 00:47:18,869 I submit my life to you. 873 00:47:18,902 --> 00:47:22,639 I believe, Jesus that you paid the price I couldn't pay for my salvation. 874 00:47:22,639 --> 00:47:23,073 Thank you. 875 00:47:23,073 --> 00:47:24,575 I accept that price. 876 00:47:24,575 --> 00:47:27,578 I accept what you did. 877 00:47:28,212 --> 00:47:30,480 And I put myself under your authority. 878 00:47:30,480 --> 00:47:33,183 Oh, God, 879 00:47:33,183 --> 00:47:37,921 as I do that, would you empower me to live a holy life 880 00:47:38,055 --> 00:47:40,357 to folly with my whole heart, 881 00:47:40,357 --> 00:47:43,994 with my to loveth my whole mind, my whole soul, my whole being? 882 00:47:45,662 --> 00:47:47,397 Christ, you are enough, man. 883 00:47:47,397 --> 00:47:51,268 We see you and only you and do in this church 884 00:47:51,268 --> 00:47:54,471 what it is you desire to do in our community. 885 00:47:55,939 --> 00:47:57,908 Revive this church, awaken 886 00:47:57,908 --> 00:48:01,578 those who are spiritually dead and use us to do it. 887 00:48:02,145 --> 00:48:02,913 We love you. 888 00:48:02,913 --> 00:48:05,916 We trust you. In your name I pray. Amen. 889 00:48:06,483 --> 00:48:07,451 And I love you, man. 890 00:48:07,451 --> 00:48:09,820 I'm proud of you. It's so good to be back with you. 891 00:48:09,820 --> 00:48:12,356 I want you this week to read chapter 17. 892 00:48:12,356 --> 00:48:14,258 And every time I open up the Bible, I think, 893 00:48:14,258 --> 00:48:16,994 oh my gosh, I just can't believe this is so good. 894 00:48:16,994 --> 00:48:18,795 And then I start looking towards what's coming. 895 00:48:18,795 --> 00:48:20,297 Matthew 18 is amazing. 896 00:48:20,297 --> 00:48:22,933 It's going to take us a couple of weeks to get through it. It is so good. 897 00:48:22,933 --> 00:48:27,838 So read chapter 17, go on your app, go through the five day devotional, 898 00:48:27,871 --> 00:48:28,472 get together. 899 00:48:28,472 --> 00:48:30,507 Some people talk through those huddle questions. 900 00:48:30,507 --> 00:48:34,878 Let that spiritually form you and read chapter 18 and get ready for next Sunday. 901 00:48:34,878 --> 00:48:35,879 You got it. 902 00:48:35,879 --> 00:48:37,314 I love you. 903 00:48:37,314 --> 00:48:38,782 I'm proud of you. 904 00:48:38,782 --> 00:48:40,984 Stand up. Let's sing.