1 00:00:02,769 --> 00:00:05,271 We're going to jump back into our series, 2 00:00:05,271 --> 00:00:08,274 going through the Gospel of Matthew. 3 00:00:11,077 --> 00:00:11,711 And we're going to be in 4 00:00:11,711 --> 00:00:14,714 Matthew chapter six this morning. 5 00:00:14,881 --> 00:00:17,851 And I'll get there in just a moment. 6 00:00:18,218 --> 00:00:22,055 Recap chapter five a little bit to set the stage, and we'll get into chapter six. 7 00:00:22,989 --> 00:00:26,693 But I just want to, to say, happy 2026. 8 00:00:28,695 --> 00:00:29,529 Thank you. 9 00:00:29,529 --> 00:00:31,364 I appreciate that. 10 00:00:31,364 --> 00:00:36,770 2025 for me went by very fast and, and then they, they 11 00:00:36,836 --> 00:00:39,806 I don't know who they are, but they say that the older you 12 00:00:39,806 --> 00:00:42,809 get, time goes, you experience time faster. 13 00:00:43,043 --> 00:00:46,880 So I feel like I'm 87 years old right now as fast as time goes. 14 00:00:47,247 --> 00:00:49,649 So it, like it just flew by. 15 00:00:49,649 --> 00:00:53,153 I can't imagine 20, 26 flying by, but it's going to. 16 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:55,722 So don't miss it. 17 00:00:55,722 --> 00:00:59,826 But I do want to say, you know, thank you to our California state legislature. 18 00:00:59,826 --> 00:01:03,830 They're taking such good care of us that they've decided that for our benefit 19 00:01:03,830 --> 00:01:07,033 and the benefit of our cats, that it's now illegal to declare a feline. 20 00:01:07,067 --> 00:01:08,701 Did you know that 21 00:01:08,701 --> 00:01:10,270 illegal in the state of California. 22 00:01:10,270 --> 00:01:12,439 Vets can't even do it? 23 00:01:12,439 --> 00:01:16,443 Oh, I cannot imagine the time and money that our legislative branch 24 00:01:16,443 --> 00:01:20,513 spent on deciding that it was should be illegal to declawed cats. 25 00:01:20,547 --> 00:01:22,315 We can do a lot of things for a lot of people, 26 00:01:22,315 --> 00:01:25,318 a lot of kids, but we can't be caught cats. So, 27 00:01:26,553 --> 00:01:27,720 it's just crazy to me. 28 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,056 But hey, let me tell you this. Thank you very much. 29 00:01:30,056 --> 00:01:32,058 I'm proud of you as a church. 30 00:01:32,058 --> 00:01:34,861 Because we did church last Sunday on the 28th. 31 00:01:35,962 --> 00:01:36,963 I'm proud of you. 32 00:01:36,963 --> 00:01:39,933 You showed up because that's what we do 33 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:43,203 on Sundays. 34 00:01:43,303 --> 00:01:46,306 I was amazed, 35 00:01:46,439 --> 00:01:48,274 that just a few years 36 00:01:48,274 --> 00:01:53,213 back, churches in California revolted 37 00:01:53,980 --> 00:01:57,717 against the government telling us we had to shut our doors on Sunday morning. 38 00:01:57,951 --> 00:01:59,953 Last Sunday. 39 00:01:59,953 --> 00:02:01,955 Most of the churches with fountains and coffee 40 00:02:01,955 --> 00:02:04,958 shops closed their doors to rest. 41 00:02:06,626 --> 00:02:09,195 Just amazes me 42 00:02:09,195 --> 00:02:11,865 that they would agree with the government that the best thing, to do on a Sunday 43 00:02:11,865 --> 00:02:14,734 is to close the door. So thank you church. 44 00:02:14,734 --> 00:02:16,469 I'm glad we don't have the fountain or coffee shop, 45 00:02:16,469 --> 00:02:19,472 because we'd have to close our doors on a Sunday after Christmas, so 46 00:02:19,506 --> 00:02:22,509 good for you. 47 00:02:24,010 --> 00:02:25,745 I hope that 48 00:02:25,745 --> 00:02:28,982 those who cancel church watch this message and hear me say that 49 00:02:30,150 --> 00:02:32,785 they won't, because we don't have a fountain or a 50 00:02:32,785 --> 00:02:34,487 coffee shop, so they won't pay attention to us. 51 00:02:36,556 --> 00:02:39,058 But I had to poke the bear because I think it's ridiculous. 52 00:02:39,058 --> 00:02:41,694 So thank you, church. 53 00:02:41,694 --> 00:02:43,396 Good job. 54 00:02:43,396 --> 00:02:45,498 Matthew five six and seven. 55 00:02:45,498 --> 00:02:48,501 It's known as the sermon on the Mount. 56 00:02:49,135 --> 00:02:50,403 The sermon on the Mount is 57 00:02:50,403 --> 00:02:54,107 Jesus's message to his disciples. 58 00:02:54,140 --> 00:02:56,776 It wasn't for the crowds. It wasn't for the populous. 59 00:02:56,776 --> 00:03:00,180 It was for those who would call themselves his disciples. 60 00:03:00,980 --> 00:03:04,717 And in this sermon, Matthew five six and seven, he is. 61 00:03:04,717 --> 00:03:05,618 This is what he's saying. 62 00:03:05,618 --> 00:03:06,886 He said, if you're going to say 63 00:03:06,886 --> 00:03:10,023 that you're my disciple, this is my expectation of you. 64 00:03:10,857 --> 00:03:13,126 That's what this sermon was all about. 65 00:03:13,126 --> 00:03:16,863 If you're going to claim me and claim to follow me, 66 00:03:16,863 --> 00:03:20,300 I want to be very crystal clear with what 67 00:03:20,300 --> 00:03:23,336 I expect of you as my follower. 68 00:03:25,471 --> 00:03:28,041 To be a disciple of Jesus means that our lives 69 00:03:28,041 --> 00:03:31,044 must be very different from the world. 70 00:03:32,345 --> 00:03:35,348 A disciple of Jesus is not a good person. 71 00:03:36,015 --> 00:03:37,784 A disciple of Jesus is not someone 72 00:03:37,784 --> 00:03:40,787 who as Jesus to their stuff to make their stuff better. 73 00:03:41,521 --> 00:03:45,625 A disciple of Jesus looks like what we see in Matthew five six and seven. 74 00:03:46,059 --> 00:03:49,596 And this is Jesus's explanation of what those of us 75 00:03:49,596 --> 00:03:52,599 who claim to be disciples must live like. 76 00:03:54,500 --> 00:03:57,503 And it is not. 77 00:03:59,806 --> 00:04:02,075 Commonly taught 78 00:04:02,075 --> 00:04:04,244 because it's tough. 79 00:04:04,244 --> 00:04:08,281 And so I want to help you understand this as we go through these chapters. 80 00:04:09,382 --> 00:04:12,352 Much of this will cut, 81 00:04:12,352 --> 00:04:15,355 and much of it will hurt. 82 00:04:16,356 --> 00:04:19,359 And it is very demanding. 83 00:04:19,759 --> 00:04:21,661 And we've been through Matthew five already. 84 00:04:21,661 --> 00:04:23,196 We're going to be in Matthew six today. 85 00:04:23,196 --> 00:04:27,066 And I just want to we have to read chapter six in light of chapter five 86 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:31,170 and in chapter five, Jesus spent a lot of time with these words. 87 00:04:31,170 --> 00:04:35,008 You've heard it said, but I say, and what Jesus was doing 88 00:04:35,008 --> 00:04:40,680 was enumerating for us Old Testament law and the intent of it. 89 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:42,548 And he says this, that basically 90 00:04:43,850 --> 00:04:46,653 religious people have paid attention to the activity 91 00:04:46,653 --> 00:04:50,123 and the action of the law, but not the motive and the intent of it. 92 00:04:51,190 --> 00:04:53,293 And so he says, you've heard it say, 93 00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:56,296 and you have lived this way, but you missed the heart of it. 94 00:04:57,897 --> 00:05:00,466 And he says in Matthew five, unless your righteousness 95 00:05:00,466 --> 00:05:02,702 exceeds that of the Pharisees, the scribes, 96 00:05:02,702 --> 00:05:04,570 you will in no way enter the kingdom of God. 97 00:05:04,570 --> 00:05:07,573 And the people who heard that thought, well, we're out of luck. 98 00:05:08,274 --> 00:05:12,145 How are we going to be more religious and righteous than the Pharisees, 99 00:05:12,145 --> 00:05:15,415 the religious leaders and ruling class of the day? 100 00:05:17,517 --> 00:05:18,651 And then Jesus followed 101 00:05:18,651 --> 00:05:21,654 that up with the end of Matthew five and said, 102 00:05:21,721 --> 00:05:24,090 unless you're perfect, like your heavenly father is perfect. 103 00:05:24,090 --> 00:05:25,792 And we're like, well, there's there's no hope. 104 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:29,696 And the point of all of it was to say, listen, 105 00:05:29,696 --> 00:05:33,933 if what Jesus is getting at is not the activity but the heart, 106 00:05:34,801 --> 00:05:37,236 that's why he said, you've heard it say, don't commit adultery, 107 00:05:37,236 --> 00:05:39,872 but if you've lusted, you've been adultery in your heart. 108 00:05:39,872 --> 00:05:41,841 Who's were guilty? 109 00:05:41,841 --> 00:05:43,509 You first say, don't murder, but if you've harbored 110 00:05:43,509 --> 00:05:46,512 a grudge against somebody and hated them, you've committed murder in your heart. 111 00:05:46,579 --> 00:05:49,115 Well, we're guilty over and over and over. 112 00:05:49,115 --> 00:05:52,418 And the point was, this is not just about the external activity. 113 00:05:52,418 --> 00:05:55,421 It's about the heart, the intent of it, the motive. 114 00:05:55,922 --> 00:05:58,925 And there's something much deeper than the activity. 115 00:05:59,459 --> 00:06:02,462 And the point is to realize we cannot live according. 116 00:06:02,462 --> 00:06:04,664 We can't live perfectly according to the activity. 117 00:06:04,664 --> 00:06:05,531 We mess up too much. 118 00:06:05,531 --> 00:06:07,133 So we need a solution. 119 00:06:07,133 --> 00:06:10,503 We need a Savior to save us from our failures. 120 00:06:11,738 --> 00:06:12,372 And he just 121 00:06:12,372 --> 00:06:15,375 continues that theme into chapter six. 122 00:06:15,842 --> 00:06:18,811 It's not just about the activity, it's about the motive. 123 00:06:18,811 --> 00:06:21,781 Underneath the activity. 124 00:06:21,814 --> 00:06:23,783 And in chapter six he says, let's 125 00:06:23,783 --> 00:06:27,954 we're going to talk about the actions of a disciple, but we're going to talk 126 00:06:27,954 --> 00:06:32,358 really about the motives in the intense underneath the actions of a disciple. 127 00:06:32,759 --> 00:06:35,928 And he's going to do a three spiritual disciplines in chapter six, 128 00:06:36,462 --> 00:06:39,465 the three most popular spiritual disciplines 129 00:06:39,532 --> 00:06:43,202 that the Jews of his day really thought were important. 130 00:06:43,503 --> 00:06:46,572 They were the these were the three that they said, if we do these, 131 00:06:46,806 --> 00:06:50,042 if we do these consistently will gain favor with God. 132 00:06:50,042 --> 00:06:53,045 And so he's going to deal with the three that they considered most important. 133 00:06:53,413 --> 00:06:57,116 They're the three Jesus considers, for us to deal with. 134 00:06:57,450 --> 00:07:01,120 And they're the disciplines of giving and praying and fasting. 135 00:07:01,487 --> 00:07:04,257 And what Jesus is saying in Matthew chapter six, 136 00:07:04,257 --> 00:07:07,393 if you're going to be my disciple, here's my expectations 137 00:07:08,428 --> 00:07:11,631 regarding your giving, regarding your praying, and regarding your fasting. 138 00:07:11,631 --> 00:07:14,467 Now he makes three assumptions 139 00:07:14,467 --> 00:07:17,503 regarding his disciples and regarding these spiritual disciplines. 140 00:07:17,503 --> 00:07:18,404 So we're going to get into these. 141 00:07:18,404 --> 00:07:21,407 But let me just tell you the three assumptions that he's starting with. 142 00:07:21,541 --> 00:07:26,779 The first assumption is this is that his disciples are already doing these, 143 00:07:26,946 --> 00:07:29,916 giving generously, praying and fasting, 144 00:07:29,916 --> 00:07:32,919 and will continue to do these things. 145 00:07:33,052 --> 00:07:37,423 He doesn't say, if you fast, if you give, if you pray, he says, when you. 146 00:07:38,157 --> 00:07:41,427 So the assumption is he's that his disciples are already doing 147 00:07:41,427 --> 00:07:44,697 these regularly, giving generously, 148 00:07:45,264 --> 00:07:49,802 praying as it not, not the quick little, you know, God help me prayers, but the 149 00:07:50,036 --> 00:07:53,172 but the but the planned time of prayer 150 00:07:54,707 --> 00:07:56,008 and fasting. 151 00:07:56,008 --> 00:07:58,478 Not for medical reasons though there's benefits that 152 00:07:58,478 --> 00:08:01,314 but as a spiritual discipline for a deeper connection with God. 153 00:08:01,314 --> 00:08:04,317 He said, my disciples are already generous. 154 00:08:04,650 --> 00:08:08,254 They're already people of prayer, and they're already fasting, 155 00:08:08,254 --> 00:08:10,389 and I expect them to continue. That's the first assumption 156 00:08:12,024 --> 00:08:12,492 right off 157 00:08:12,492 --> 00:08:15,495 the bat that should be convicting for some. 158 00:08:16,262 --> 00:08:19,198 Secondly, his assumption is that his disciples 159 00:08:19,198 --> 00:08:22,902 do these acts as devotions to God, 160 00:08:23,102 --> 00:08:26,072 not as acts to draw attention of people. 161 00:08:27,607 --> 00:08:30,610 These are done unto God himself, 162 00:08:31,744 --> 00:08:34,747 not to look like we're religious people. 163 00:08:35,781 --> 00:08:38,618 If we do religious work so that other people will think well of us 164 00:08:38,618 --> 00:08:42,455 and think we're super religious, there's no reward for God in anything we do. 165 00:08:43,823 --> 00:08:46,058 The third assumption is this 166 00:08:46,058 --> 00:08:49,028 that these things will be rewarded 167 00:08:49,028 --> 00:08:52,031 by God when they're done with the right motives. 168 00:08:52,698 --> 00:08:55,768 God doesn't reward for activity for activity sake. 169 00:08:57,003 --> 00:08:59,605 He rewards for motive, 170 00:08:59,605 --> 00:09:01,007 and there's a motive behind all that. 171 00:09:01,007 --> 00:09:03,843 And so here's the big idea for chapter six. 172 00:09:03,843 --> 00:09:07,647 These this, this first portion of it here's go to that big idea. 173 00:09:09,615 --> 00:09:10,216 Go backwards. 174 00:09:10,216 --> 00:09:12,251 Where's the big okay. There it is. 175 00:09:12,251 --> 00:09:15,254 Jesus calls us from performance in the presence. 176 00:09:15,755 --> 00:09:18,758 That's the big idea from performance into presence. 177 00:09:20,026 --> 00:09:22,428 The point is this 178 00:09:22,428 --> 00:09:24,030 if what we do 179 00:09:24,030 --> 00:09:27,300 needs applause in order to survive, it's 180 00:09:28,000 --> 00:09:31,003 performance, not worship. 181 00:09:31,470 --> 00:09:33,439 If we need some accolades by people 182 00:09:33,439 --> 00:09:36,542 in order to survive like what we do, then it's just performance. 183 00:09:36,542 --> 00:09:39,445 It's a religious performance. It's not an act of worship. 184 00:09:39,445 --> 00:09:42,448 And God doesn't reward religious performance. 185 00:09:43,049 --> 00:09:46,052 He rewards worship. 186 00:09:46,118 --> 00:09:49,121 Many times, people's spirituality 187 00:09:50,222 --> 00:09:52,992 is an external show. 188 00:09:52,992 --> 00:09:57,196 That's oftentimes a result of an internal security that looks like spirituality. 189 00:09:57,196 --> 00:10:00,199 And that's what Jesus is, is teaching against. 190 00:10:01,901 --> 00:10:03,369 And so in chapter six, 191 00:10:03,369 --> 00:10:06,372 verse one, here's the first verse. 192 00:10:06,505 --> 00:10:10,876 Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to. 193 00:10:10,876 --> 00:10:11,611 But that's the key. 194 00:10:11,611 --> 00:10:13,012 In order to be seen by them. 195 00:10:13,012 --> 00:10:16,182 For then you will have no reward from your father who is in heaven, 196 00:10:16,983 --> 00:10:18,184 even though you're doing the right stuff. 197 00:10:18,184 --> 00:10:21,020 If you do it so that you'll be seen by people, you get nothing from God. 198 00:10:23,656 --> 00:10:24,123 Now that's 199 00:10:24,123 --> 00:10:28,694 interesting because in in chapter five, verse 16, if you if, if, 200 00:10:28,761 --> 00:10:32,331 if you remember when we talked about that chapter 516 says this, 201 00:10:32,632 --> 00:10:36,969 this is Jesus talking in the same way, let your light, those religious, 202 00:10:37,069 --> 00:10:40,773 the good, see the shine before others, that they may 203 00:10:40,773 --> 00:10:44,176 see your good works and give glory to your father who is in heaven. 204 00:10:44,310 --> 00:10:46,979 It sounds like it's contradiction. 205 00:10:46,979 --> 00:10:49,782 It's not because talk about motive 206 00:10:49,782 --> 00:10:54,887 is and so, so what we do for God 207 00:10:54,887 --> 00:10:59,025 and for the kingdom will be seen by others out. 208 00:10:59,258 --> 00:11:02,028 How can activity not be seen? 209 00:11:02,028 --> 00:11:04,063 So it will be seen by others. 210 00:11:04,063 --> 00:11:07,166 But when it's done in a way that makes them 211 00:11:07,166 --> 00:11:10,169 be impressed with God, that's good. 212 00:11:10,803 --> 00:11:12,938 But when it's done in a way so 213 00:11:12,938 --> 00:11:15,941 that you will think better of me, that's bad. 214 00:11:16,475 --> 00:11:17,143 That's what he's saying. 215 00:11:17,143 --> 00:11:18,644 To get that you follow. 216 00:11:18,644 --> 00:11:20,546 So there's no contradiction at all, he said. 217 00:11:20,546 --> 00:11:22,448 What you do will be seen. 218 00:11:23,549 --> 00:11:24,417 The point 219 00:11:24,417 --> 00:11:27,687 is when you're doing it so they'll glorify God. 220 00:11:28,521 --> 00:11:30,656 Good on you when you're doing it. 221 00:11:30,656 --> 00:11:32,692 So think better of yourself. 222 00:11:32,692 --> 00:11:35,161 You get nothing from God as a reward. 223 00:11:35,161 --> 00:11:38,164 That's what he's saying. 224 00:11:38,197 --> 00:11:40,800 And so he deals with he starts with these three disciplines. 225 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,402 And the first one is giving. 226 00:11:43,402 --> 00:11:46,405 And then verses two, three and four, this is what he says. 227 00:11:46,906 --> 00:11:50,443 Thus when you give to the needy, this is the assumption. 228 00:11:50,443 --> 00:11:53,446 You're already doing it and you're going to continue 229 00:11:54,213 --> 00:11:57,616 sound no trumpet before you, as the hypocrites are doing the synagogues 230 00:11:57,616 --> 00:12:01,020 and in the streets, that they may be praised by others. 231 00:12:02,555 --> 00:12:04,824 Truly, I say to you, they receive their reward. 232 00:12:04,824 --> 00:12:06,092 But when you give, 233 00:12:06,092 --> 00:12:09,695 I expect that you're doing this and you're going to continue to the needy. 234 00:12:09,695 --> 00:12:12,031 Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. 235 00:12:12,031 --> 00:12:14,133 That's an idiom. He's not being literal 236 00:12:15,768 --> 00:12:18,771 so that you're giving may be in secret, and your father, 237 00:12:18,771 --> 00:12:21,774 who sees in secret will reward you. 238 00:12:22,708 --> 00:12:24,243 He's saying, these are the implications. 239 00:12:24,243 --> 00:12:25,644 You're going to call yourself a disciple. 240 00:12:25,644 --> 00:12:30,416 The first implication is that you're generous with your money. 241 00:12:30,683 --> 00:12:33,152 So what he's saying 242 00:12:33,152 --> 00:12:35,588 you're not generous with your money so people will think better of you. 243 00:12:35,588 --> 00:12:38,390 You're generous with your money 244 00:12:38,390 --> 00:12:40,192 because you know 245 00:12:40,192 --> 00:12:43,195 that all you have is come from God. 246 00:12:43,796 --> 00:12:46,799 He's the supplier of all your needs. 247 00:12:47,032 --> 00:12:50,736 And so you can hold what you hold with very loose hands 248 00:12:51,103 --> 00:12:54,106 and be generous in giving it away. 249 00:12:54,907 --> 00:12:56,876 And when you do that, 250 00:12:56,876 --> 00:13:00,579 don't do it as the hypocrites, that word hypocrite. 251 00:13:00,646 --> 00:13:03,182 It's actually a theater word. 252 00:13:03,182 --> 00:13:05,751 And back in the day, and 253 00:13:05,751 --> 00:13:08,721 it's like a masking, you would put on one mask and act as 254 00:13:08,721 --> 00:13:11,724 a certain character, put on another mask and have the different character. 255 00:13:11,757 --> 00:13:14,326 You saying that's hypocritical. 256 00:13:14,326 --> 00:13:16,262 Who you are is not necessarily what people see. 257 00:13:16,262 --> 00:13:18,631 You're putting on a mask. People will think you're somebody you're not. 258 00:13:19,865 --> 00:13:21,834 And he's saying the religious people do this 259 00:13:21,834 --> 00:13:26,005 with their generosity and they want to be seen by people. 260 00:13:26,105 --> 00:13:27,273 They want to put on this mask. 261 00:13:27,273 --> 00:13:31,110 Look how look, how righteous I look, how religious I am, look how generous I am. 262 00:13:31,911 --> 00:13:35,981 And God says, if that if your desire is to is to be generous 263 00:13:35,981 --> 00:13:38,751 so that people will think better of you, that's all the reward you get. 264 00:13:38,751 --> 00:13:40,186 There's some people might think better of you. 265 00:13:40,186 --> 00:13:40,519 That's it. 266 00:13:40,519 --> 00:13:43,522 You get nothing from God as a result. 267 00:13:46,725 --> 00:13:49,295 So don't do it like the 268 00:13:49,295 --> 00:13:52,298 don't do it like the hypocrites. 269 00:13:53,132 --> 00:13:55,201 Don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing this 270 00:13:55,201 --> 00:13:56,068 you need him to like. 271 00:13:56,068 --> 00:13:58,571 You don't have to trump his stuff like nobody needs to know this stuff 272 00:13:59,705 --> 00:14:02,474 between you and God for his kingdom. 273 00:14:02,474 --> 00:14:05,377 And your father, who sees what's done in secret will reward you. 274 00:14:05,377 --> 00:14:08,414 The the idea that that the father sees is 275 00:14:08,414 --> 00:14:11,417 both terrifying and comforting at the same time. 276 00:14:12,284 --> 00:14:16,622 God. One of God's Old Testament names is Elroy, which means the God who sees. 277 00:14:16,622 --> 00:14:18,123 And so that's what Jesus is saying. 278 00:14:18,123 --> 00:14:20,960 Elroy, the God who sees, sees what's done in secret. 279 00:14:20,960 --> 00:14:23,295 And he'll reward you when your motives are right. 280 00:14:23,295 --> 00:14:27,066 Now. That's terrifying and comforting because what's that mean? 281 00:14:27,066 --> 00:14:30,069 That means that God sees you 282 00:14:30,302 --> 00:14:32,671 right? 283 00:14:32,671 --> 00:14:33,939 All that stuff 284 00:14:33,939 --> 00:14:36,942 that you don't want anybody to see. 285 00:14:37,042 --> 00:14:40,045 His name is the God who sees. 286 00:14:40,145 --> 00:14:41,881 So nothing is hidden from him. 287 00:14:41,881 --> 00:14:44,850 That's terrifying. 288 00:14:45,117 --> 00:14:47,987 But it's also comforting 289 00:14:47,987 --> 00:14:52,558 because there's the promise of God that when these religious act to these 290 00:14:52,558 --> 00:14:58,297 spirituals are done with the right motives and nobody knows, he does, 291 00:14:59,732 --> 00:15:02,701 and that father will reward you. 292 00:15:03,202 --> 00:15:06,205 You don't need the applause of people. 293 00:15:06,705 --> 00:15:09,575 And if you want the applause of people, that's the only applause you will get. 294 00:15:09,575 --> 00:15:12,578 You will not get the applause of the father. 295 00:15:12,878 --> 00:15:15,114 That's what he's saying. 296 00:15:15,114 --> 00:15:17,950 And he's going to do more with this giving thing in a minute. 297 00:15:17,950 --> 00:15:20,953 So that's all I'm going to say about it for now. 298 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:22,521 But he's going to come back to it. 299 00:15:22,521 --> 00:15:24,623 So that's the first spiritual discipline. 300 00:15:24,623 --> 00:15:27,626 Jesus disciples will be generous 301 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:31,030 without a fanfare about their giving. 302 00:15:31,030 --> 00:15:32,097 You know, like 303 00:15:32,097 --> 00:15:32,665 there are some 304 00:15:32,665 --> 00:15:35,668 incredibly generous people in this church and you don't know who they are. 305 00:15:36,502 --> 00:15:39,004 And we we've never done and we will never do it. 306 00:15:39,004 --> 00:15:42,308 Top givers event like some churches do 307 00:15:43,175 --> 00:15:45,744 and give out little, you know, crystal doves 308 00:15:45,744 --> 00:15:49,548 and iron crosses for the people who give would never do that 309 00:15:50,683 --> 00:15:53,419 one. I think it's ridiculous to I don't think it's in scripture. 310 00:15:53,419 --> 00:15:56,422 And three, I don't want to steal their reward from heaven. 311 00:15:57,423 --> 00:15:58,824 Now, as I know that 312 00:15:58,824 --> 00:16:01,827 people are generous, I will definitely give them thanks. 313 00:16:02,561 --> 00:16:05,564 But you will never know. 314 00:16:06,832 --> 00:16:08,100 Through this Christmas 315 00:16:08,100 --> 00:16:11,670 season, there was, you know, I asked for $20,000 to give to our 316 00:16:11,670 --> 00:16:16,342 our church planters, six six church planters and network leaders, $20,000. 317 00:16:17,343 --> 00:16:20,112 And then I realized I couldn't divide 20,000 by six very easily. 318 00:16:20,112 --> 00:16:21,647 So transfer 24. 319 00:16:21,647 --> 00:16:24,383 That was easy. 320 00:16:24,383 --> 00:16:27,186 You gave 48,000, I know. 321 00:16:27,186 --> 00:16:28,220 Yeah. Praise God. 322 00:16:28,220 --> 00:16:31,223 And none of you know those who gave 323 00:16:32,191 --> 00:16:35,594 someone, someone text me and said, hey, you will never know. 324 00:16:35,594 --> 00:16:38,597 What about this about this couple? 325 00:16:38,597 --> 00:16:39,999 They're real low profile. 326 00:16:39,999 --> 00:16:42,701 You will never. You wouldn't even guess by the way they look. 327 00:16:42,701 --> 00:16:45,571 They text me and said, hey, we want to, we want to. 328 00:16:45,571 --> 00:16:47,072 This was when I was asking for 20 grand. 329 00:16:47,072 --> 00:16:48,741 They said, hey, God has blessed us. 330 00:16:48,741 --> 00:16:50,709 And we didn't see it coming, but he blessed us. 331 00:16:50,709 --> 00:16:53,612 And so we want to we want to give you ten grand towards that. 332 00:16:54,580 --> 00:16:55,314 It's amazing. 333 00:16:55,314 --> 00:16:58,317 You would never know and I will never tell you who it was, 334 00:16:59,818 --> 00:17:02,821 but it was just quietly in secret. 335 00:17:03,088 --> 00:17:03,522 They don't win. 336 00:17:03,522 --> 00:17:06,025 But you know, there's. 337 00:17:06,025 --> 00:17:09,962 And God says, I saw that and I'm going to reward that. 338 00:17:10,462 --> 00:17:13,465 Does that make sense? 339 00:17:14,033 --> 00:17:16,068 So the first one is prayer and she's going to come back to it. 340 00:17:16,068 --> 00:17:16,969 We'll come back to it later. 341 00:17:16,969 --> 00:17:19,671 And then he talks about praying, verse five. 342 00:17:19,671 --> 00:17:21,673 And when you pray, there it is again. 343 00:17:21,673 --> 00:17:24,676 I expect you to be people of prayer, 344 00:17:24,777 --> 00:17:25,878 not like those. 345 00:17:25,878 --> 00:17:26,478 Now listen, 346 00:17:26,478 --> 00:17:30,149 there's a time for the little shotgun immediate like, oh God, heal prayers. 347 00:17:30,149 --> 00:17:31,917 I guarantee you, when Daniel 348 00:17:31,917 --> 00:17:35,687 was being thrown in the lion's den, he didn't have time to get on his knees. 349 00:17:35,687 --> 00:17:37,156 Oh, my father in heaven. 350 00:17:37,156 --> 00:17:39,224 How you know is real quick. Oh, God help. 351 00:17:39,224 --> 00:17:40,926 You know there's time for that. 352 00:17:40,926 --> 00:17:44,863 But what Jesus is talking about is people of prayer 353 00:17:45,664 --> 00:17:48,033 like, like and and in their day, 354 00:17:48,033 --> 00:17:49,334 there were three times 355 00:17:49,334 --> 00:17:52,004 that the Jews would pray at nine in the morning, 12 in the afternoon, 356 00:17:52,004 --> 00:17:52,805 at three in the afternoon. 357 00:17:52,805 --> 00:17:56,742 And they were these these set times were as people of God, 358 00:17:56,942 --> 00:18:00,245 we will set these sites, these times aside to pray. 359 00:18:00,412 --> 00:18:03,782 So we talk about so in your in your regular prayer life, 360 00:18:03,949 --> 00:18:07,219 don't be act like the hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray 361 00:18:07,219 --> 00:18:10,322 in the synagogues on the street corners, that they may be seen by others. 362 00:18:10,322 --> 00:18:14,193 Truly I say to you, they receive their reward. Wow. 363 00:18:15,227 --> 00:18:17,129 So apparently some of these people 364 00:18:17,129 --> 00:18:18,630 would make sure that they were 365 00:18:18,630 --> 00:18:22,801 in the public square on the street corners at nine, 12, and three, 366 00:18:22,801 --> 00:18:26,338 so that in their righteousness they oh, I just I'm sorry. 367 00:18:26,371 --> 00:18:28,440 Just I need to pray. 368 00:18:28,440 --> 00:18:30,409 And the people like, oh, they're so religious. Look at that. 369 00:18:30,409 --> 00:18:32,444 I mean, in the middle of it. And they're just stopping to pray 370 00:18:32,444 --> 00:18:34,313 and Jesus like, well, fine, that's their reward. 371 00:18:34,313 --> 00:18:37,316 Like they're not getting the answers from the press, from God. 372 00:18:37,316 --> 00:18:37,950 You want to do it. 373 00:18:37,950 --> 00:18:39,718 So you're saying, fine, that's your reward. 374 00:18:39,718 --> 00:18:43,388 You're saying now God turns off his ears to whatever that prayer was. 375 00:18:43,422 --> 00:18:46,058 Apparently. Oh, 376 00:18:46,058 --> 00:18:49,294 so don't be like that can be like the hypocrites. 377 00:18:50,729 --> 00:18:53,398 But when you pray, go in your room, shut the door and pray to your father 378 00:18:53,398 --> 00:18:56,401 who is in secret, and your father who sees in secret. 379 00:18:56,401 --> 00:18:59,271 Elroy, the God who sees you will reward you. 380 00:18:59,271 --> 00:19:03,208 And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles, the ungodly, 381 00:19:03,208 --> 00:19:04,476 apparently the ungodly pray. 382 00:19:06,645 --> 00:19:09,281 For they think that they'll be heard because of their many words. 383 00:19:09,281 --> 00:19:12,184 Don't be like them, for your father knows what you need. 384 00:19:12,184 --> 00:19:13,952 Before you even ask him. 385 00:19:13,952 --> 00:19:17,222 And so Jesus is saying, look, look, just be careful when we pray. 386 00:19:17,256 --> 00:19:20,225 When, when, when religious people pray, be careful. 387 00:19:20,225 --> 00:19:23,362 And if you're going to be my disciple, don't make a big fanfare of it. 388 00:19:25,030 --> 00:19:28,367 Don't try to impress people by the words you use when you pray. 389 00:19:29,568 --> 00:19:32,271 Just talk to God. 390 00:19:32,271 --> 00:19:35,274 And and honestly, he says, he says, 391 00:19:35,274 --> 00:19:38,076 here's what the hipper the hypocrites pray 392 00:19:38,076 --> 00:19:41,280 because they want to derive their identity by how people view them. 393 00:19:41,780 --> 00:19:44,583 Don't be like that. 394 00:19:44,583 --> 00:19:46,585 And the ungodly pray 395 00:19:46,585 --> 00:19:49,321 because they think that their prayers can control God, because 396 00:19:49,321 --> 00:19:50,389 he use a lot of words. 397 00:19:52,157 --> 00:19:54,126 Don't be like that. 398 00:19:54,126 --> 00:19:57,396 And this creeps into to the church. 399 00:19:57,396 --> 00:19:58,630 It creeps in the disciples. 400 00:19:58,630 --> 00:20:01,633 Oh, very subtly, but very often 401 00:20:02,868 --> 00:20:05,771 when Jesus says in verse seven, when you pray, do not heap up 402 00:20:05,771 --> 00:20:08,774 empty phrases like the Gentiles and God. 403 00:20:09,841 --> 00:20:11,210 That word literally is babble. 404 00:20:11,210 --> 00:20:13,979 Don't babble when you pray, he says. 405 00:20:13,979 --> 00:20:15,614 So what he's saying, like when we pray. 406 00:20:15,614 --> 00:20:18,617 And this is one reason why I ask people to pray for communion, 407 00:20:19,551 --> 00:20:22,754 because people are so uptight about praying out loud, 408 00:20:23,822 --> 00:20:24,289 right? 409 00:20:24,289 --> 00:20:27,292 Like most people, when I say you're like, think. 410 00:20:28,126 --> 00:20:29,328 You know, like, 411 00:20:29,328 --> 00:20:32,331 if I don't look at him, he can't see me. 412 00:20:32,798 --> 00:20:34,032 So he is so uptight about. 413 00:20:34,032 --> 00:20:37,069 And just like, would you just relax like, this is your father? 414 00:20:38,270 --> 00:20:40,839 Don't try to impress people with how you talk to him. 415 00:20:42,174 --> 00:20:44,276 And so many people, when they have to pray in public, 416 00:20:44,276 --> 00:20:47,713 they get real super, you know, religious and hyper 417 00:20:47,713 --> 00:20:50,716 spiritual and 418 00:20:50,749 --> 00:20:53,218 and it's just to make themselves look spiritual only 419 00:20:53,218 --> 00:20:56,622 just says you don't get anything with God and don't babble. 420 00:20:57,222 --> 00:21:00,492 You've heard people babble when they pray, and we've probably done it all 421 00:21:00,492 --> 00:21:03,362 too often. And it's just like filler words. 422 00:21:03,362 --> 00:21:06,698 If you ever heard someone pray and they use God's name as a filler word 423 00:21:08,300 --> 00:21:11,303 oh, Jesus, thank you father, that, 424 00:21:11,803 --> 00:21:14,873 God, you, Father God are here. 425 00:21:14,873 --> 00:21:20,412 Father God, thank you, Lord, that, father God that you hear us, Lord Jesus. 426 00:21:20,412 --> 00:21:23,915 And thank you, Father God, that, that your presence, 427 00:21:23,915 --> 00:21:26,918 Holy Spirit, it's like, what are you saying? 428 00:21:26,952 --> 00:21:28,787 You don't talk like that to people. 429 00:21:30,122 --> 00:21:33,158 Hey, Billy, I just want to ask William that, can use your truck. 430 00:21:33,158 --> 00:21:35,661 Bill it don't you don't say stuff like that. 431 00:21:35,661 --> 00:21:36,061 It just. 432 00:21:36,061 --> 00:21:39,498 It's it's it your brain goes off. 433 00:21:40,365 --> 00:21:43,035 Use blabber. 434 00:21:43,035 --> 00:21:45,937 You've heard people who, when they pray, they want to use all the theological 435 00:21:45,937 --> 00:21:47,439 and doctrinal words that they have. 436 00:21:47,439 --> 00:21:49,308 You know, when someone says, hey, will you pray for my dog? 437 00:21:49,308 --> 00:21:50,809 Like, well, father, thank you 438 00:21:50,809 --> 00:21:53,345 that in the book of Genesis you created all the animals. 439 00:21:53,345 --> 00:21:55,213 And then in Exodus you let us out of Egypt. 440 00:21:55,213 --> 00:21:57,149 And then in Leviticus you give us a lot. 441 00:21:57,149 --> 00:22:00,218 It's like that has nothing to do with praying for the for the poor dogs 442 00:22:00,218 --> 00:22:01,820 puppy like 443 00:22:01,820 --> 00:22:04,823 just quit it. 444 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,396 You understand 445 00:22:11,396 --> 00:22:13,598 the Bible says in Psalms, The Father's in heaven, your on earth. 446 00:22:13,598 --> 00:22:14,866 Let your words be few. 447 00:22:16,702 --> 00:22:18,270 We don't manipulator control 448 00:22:18,270 --> 00:22:21,273 God because they use a lot of words. 449 00:22:23,375 --> 00:22:26,411 We pray like a disciple 450 00:22:26,411 --> 00:22:29,414 and move from controlling God to trusting God. 451 00:22:30,082 --> 00:22:33,085 Prayer is not designed so I can manage God person designed to 452 00:22:33,218 --> 00:22:36,221 so I can align with God. 453 00:22:36,621 --> 00:22:37,622 Prayer was not designed 454 00:22:37,622 --> 00:22:40,625 so I can get God to answer my prayer. 455 00:22:41,026 --> 00:22:44,029 Prayer was designed so I can align my heart with him. 456 00:22:44,396 --> 00:22:47,399 That's it. 457 00:22:47,466 --> 00:22:49,401 It wasn't to get God to do something 458 00:22:49,401 --> 00:22:52,404 on our behalf. 459 00:22:54,639 --> 00:22:55,707 And the father 460 00:22:55,707 --> 00:22:58,710 who sees your prayers in secret will reward you. 461 00:22:59,711 --> 00:23:01,713 Can you imagine 462 00:23:01,713 --> 00:23:03,982 when we pray so we look good before other people are? 463 00:23:03,982 --> 00:23:06,618 When we just babble? 464 00:23:06,618 --> 00:23:09,721 The Bible says we don't get the reward from God. 465 00:23:09,721 --> 00:23:11,523 Can you imagine God saying, well, I could, but 466 00:23:12,657 --> 00:23:13,825 you're missing the whole point of it. 467 00:23:13,825 --> 00:23:16,828 So no. 468 00:23:20,198 --> 00:23:21,600 And so then Jesus says this. 469 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,603 He says, look, because I know you need help with your prayer life. 470 00:23:25,604 --> 00:23:28,607 Prays in like this. 471 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:30,442 And what he gives us 472 00:23:30,442 --> 00:23:33,445 is not what to pray, but how to pray. 473 00:23:34,045 --> 00:23:37,349 And what we have here in verses nine through 13 474 00:23:37,349 --> 00:23:39,751 is what we call the Lord's Prayer. This really isn't the Lord's Prayer. 475 00:23:39,751 --> 00:23:43,021 This is the disciples for the Lord's Prayer, as in John 17, 476 00:23:43,522 --> 00:23:45,490 but we call it the Lord's Prayer. So? 477 00:23:45,490 --> 00:23:48,493 So what? We have Jesus pray like this. 478 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:51,563 He doesn't say, pray these words. 479 00:23:51,696 --> 00:23:54,466 He says, here's the format. 480 00:23:54,466 --> 00:23:56,168 Now there's nothing wrong with praying these words. 481 00:23:56,168 --> 00:23:59,037 I pray these words every single morning. 482 00:23:59,037 --> 00:24:02,674 And then I develop my prayer life after this format. 483 00:24:03,708 --> 00:24:04,976 But when we say it just 484 00:24:04,976 --> 00:24:08,280 as the rote memorization, you know it doesn't mean anything. 485 00:24:08,713 --> 00:24:10,649 There's no heart behind it. It's just the words. 486 00:24:10,649 --> 00:24:12,617 The words aren't the special thing. 487 00:24:12,617 --> 00:24:13,518 It's like the, you know, 488 00:24:13,518 --> 00:24:15,921 you were covering Catholic, so you used to pray the rosary 489 00:24:15,921 --> 00:24:18,523 all the time and touch every little bead over and over and over and over and over. 490 00:24:18,523 --> 00:24:20,492 It doesn't do anything. 491 00:24:20,492 --> 00:24:22,327 It's just words. 492 00:24:22,327 --> 00:24:25,330 And so what he's saying is, here's the format. 493 00:24:25,530 --> 00:24:27,532 Our father in heaven, hallowed be your name. 494 00:24:27,532 --> 00:24:30,001 Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 495 00:24:30,001 --> 00:24:31,102 Give us this day our daily bread. 496 00:24:31,102 --> 00:24:32,971 Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 497 00:24:32,971 --> 00:24:35,340 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. 498 00:24:35,340 --> 00:24:35,941 That's the prayer. 499 00:24:37,175 --> 00:24:39,344 It's the format. 500 00:24:39,344 --> 00:24:41,780 And so he breaks it down for us. 501 00:24:41,780 --> 00:24:44,483 So we'll know how to pray. 502 00:24:44,483 --> 00:24:46,952 The model, adoration, submission, dependance, 503 00:24:46,952 --> 00:24:50,455 confession, protection in our regular prayer life. 504 00:24:50,455 --> 00:24:53,458 This is how every prayer should go. 505 00:24:53,558 --> 00:24:55,293 I don't know if you'll ever hear me pray a prayer 506 00:24:55,293 --> 00:24:56,862 that doesn't start with father, thank you. 507 00:24:56,862 --> 00:24:58,697 I praise you because you are God. 508 00:24:58,697 --> 00:25:00,732 You are good. 509 00:25:00,732 --> 00:25:02,100 You're the God who sees. 510 00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:04,469 You're our provider. 511 00:25:04,469 --> 00:25:06,872 Prayer should always start with adoration. 512 00:25:06,872 --> 00:25:09,374 Our father in heaven, hallowed be your name. 513 00:25:09,374 --> 00:25:11,042 I praise you because of who you are. 514 00:25:11,042 --> 00:25:14,012 You are God and I am not. 515 00:25:14,379 --> 00:25:15,547 You're the Almighty God. 516 00:25:15,547 --> 00:25:18,550 You're the sovereign. I am your slave. 517 00:25:18,984 --> 00:25:20,585 I'm going to adore you for who you are. 518 00:25:20,585 --> 00:25:23,588 It's adoring him for who he is and for his character. 519 00:25:24,189 --> 00:25:25,557 Our father in heaven, hallowed be right. 520 00:25:25,557 --> 00:25:28,126 That's what every prayer should start. Some some some about his adoration 521 00:25:29,461 --> 00:25:30,328 and then submission. 522 00:25:30,328 --> 00:25:32,731 Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 523 00:25:32,731 --> 00:25:35,734 Father, your kingdom first. 524 00:25:36,401 --> 00:25:38,503 I have need, I got need. I'm. 525 00:25:38,503 --> 00:25:39,437 And I'm going to bring them to you. 526 00:25:39,437 --> 00:25:42,707 But I want to say right up front, the greatest need in 527 00:25:42,707 --> 00:25:45,710 my life is your kingdom to come. 528 00:25:46,878 --> 00:25:48,914 Father, I praise you because you are God. 529 00:25:48,914 --> 00:25:51,650 You are holy. 530 00:25:51,650 --> 00:25:53,852 You are a lion, the Most High and exalted God. 531 00:25:53,852 --> 00:25:56,555 You're El Shaddai, the Almighty God, and our sustainer. 532 00:25:56,555 --> 00:25:58,456 You are Adonai, the master and our Lord. 533 00:25:58,456 --> 00:26:00,525 Your Jehovah nisi, our banner. 534 00:26:00,525 --> 00:26:03,261 You are Jehovah Jireh, our provider. You're Jehovah, 535 00:26:03,261 --> 00:26:04,629 our Shepherd, you're Jehovah. 536 00:26:04,629 --> 00:26:06,197 I praise you because of who you are. 537 00:26:06,197 --> 00:26:08,400 I just brag on you. 538 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,336 And the greatest thing you can do in my life is to establish 539 00:26:11,336 --> 00:26:12,270 your kingdom in your rule. 540 00:26:13,872 --> 00:26:15,974 And then dependance give us this day our daily bread. 541 00:26:15,974 --> 00:26:18,310 God, I have some needs without a doubt. 542 00:26:18,310 --> 00:26:19,544 I got a lot of needs. 543 00:26:19,544 --> 00:26:21,479 And the Bible says make your requests known to God. 544 00:26:21,479 --> 00:26:22,781 Absolutely, 100%. 545 00:26:22,781 --> 00:26:25,350 So then you bring your request to God 546 00:26:25,350 --> 00:26:27,752 with the caveat of God, these are my needs. 547 00:26:27,752 --> 00:26:28,620 These are my requests. 548 00:26:28,620 --> 00:26:29,654 But may your will be done. 549 00:26:29,654 --> 00:26:31,122 This was Jesus's prayer in the garden. 550 00:26:31,122 --> 00:26:33,658 Father, there's any way that this cup can pass from me. 551 00:26:33,658 --> 00:26:35,694 Take it away, but not my will. 552 00:26:35,694 --> 00:26:37,862 Your will. 553 00:26:37,862 --> 00:26:40,131 So God hears my prayer. 554 00:26:40,131 --> 00:26:42,100 But the greatest thing that you can do for me 555 00:26:42,100 --> 00:26:45,103 is establish your kingdom in my life, in my family, 556 00:26:45,503 --> 00:26:47,672 I have these requests of my kids, 557 00:26:47,672 --> 00:26:50,642 but the greatest thing you can do for them is convict them of their sin. 558 00:26:50,642 --> 00:26:52,744 Establish your rule in their life. 559 00:26:52,744 --> 00:26:55,413 Your kingdom come, your will be done. 560 00:26:57,916 --> 00:26:58,750 And then confession. 561 00:26:58,750 --> 00:27:01,753 Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. 562 00:27:03,121 --> 00:27:06,124 This is such a profound statement 563 00:27:06,324 --> 00:27:09,327 because this thing knowledge meant that I have sinned. 564 00:27:09,527 --> 00:27:12,097 God forgive me, 565 00:27:12,097 --> 00:27:14,666 but your kingdom says that you will forgive me the way 566 00:27:14,666 --> 00:27:17,669 I have forgiven. 567 00:27:17,936 --> 00:27:20,372 Friends, the way we forgive those who trespass 568 00:27:20,372 --> 00:27:23,375 against us is paramount. 569 00:27:23,675 --> 00:27:25,810 That we don't hold grudges. 570 00:27:25,810 --> 00:27:28,813 That doesn't mean we got to be best friends. 571 00:27:28,947 --> 00:27:30,782 But it means I'm not going to live harboring 572 00:27:30,782 --> 00:27:33,752 what you did. 573 00:27:33,985 --> 00:27:34,753 Go on my life. 574 00:27:34,753 --> 00:27:35,954 Go on with yours. It's all good. 575 00:27:35,954 --> 00:27:37,922 I'm not going to hold you captive that anymore. 576 00:27:37,922 --> 00:27:40,191 It's all right. 577 00:27:40,191 --> 00:27:42,727 I forgive you. 578 00:27:42,727 --> 00:27:46,131 Jesus is going to come back to this just minute, and then protection delivers. 579 00:27:46,131 --> 00:27:49,167 Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from your Bible. 580 00:27:49,167 --> 00:27:52,170 Prophecy says evil literally is evil. One. 581 00:27:52,170 --> 00:27:54,406 And then how many of your Bibles have the little caveat at them? 582 00:27:54,406 --> 00:27:56,641 For yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. 583 00:27:56,641 --> 00:27:59,277 Yeah. So that wasn't in the original text. 584 00:27:59,277 --> 00:28:03,281 Probably that was written in the later by a scribe, as are translating 585 00:28:03,281 --> 00:28:04,883 all this for future generations. 586 00:28:04,883 --> 00:28:08,253 And they probably got so wrapped up in this prayer like, oh, little something. 587 00:28:08,386 --> 00:28:08,687 Yeah. 588 00:28:08,687 --> 00:28:10,588 And here's a hint of the glory forever. 589 00:28:10,588 --> 00:28:11,823 He got so excited about it. 590 00:28:11,823 --> 00:28:14,826 There's nothing wrong with tagging that on to this prayer, 591 00:28:15,460 --> 00:28:18,463 but it probably wasn't how Jesus ended this prayer. 592 00:28:18,797 --> 00:28:21,399 Go ahead and use it. Tag it. That's fine. 593 00:28:21,399 --> 00:28:24,469 But Jesus probably ended with let's not do today, but deliver us from the evil one 594 00:28:25,670 --> 00:28:25,970 because 595 00:28:25,970 --> 00:28:28,973 we know that word lead temptation is, is is it 596 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:32,043 could really be translated testing. 597 00:28:34,112 --> 00:28:37,115 Lead us not into testing. 598 00:28:38,283 --> 00:28:39,651 But deliver us from the evil. 599 00:28:39,651 --> 00:28:42,654 And it's in the acknowledgment of First Corinthians 1013. 600 00:28:42,887 --> 00:28:46,257 There's no temptation that has taken you except for what is common to everybody. 601 00:28:46,291 --> 00:28:47,459 God is faithful and just 602 00:28:47,459 --> 00:28:49,828 and will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you can handle 603 00:28:49,828 --> 00:28:51,596 and will, with the temptation, make a way out 604 00:28:51,596 --> 00:28:52,764 that you'll be able to handle it. 605 00:28:52,764 --> 00:28:56,601 So, father, thank you that you are the one 606 00:28:56,601 --> 00:29:00,638 managing both the testing and the temptation that comes my way. 607 00:29:00,772 --> 00:29:03,241 And thank you that there's nothing that I'm going to face today 608 00:29:03,241 --> 00:29:07,979 that's going to be too big for me because you've already determined it. 609 00:29:07,979 --> 00:29:09,848 But protect me from the evil one 610 00:29:09,848 --> 00:29:12,917 because he's a roaring lion that seeks only to devour me. So 611 00:29:13,885 --> 00:29:16,488 I plead your protection. 612 00:29:16,488 --> 00:29:18,490 Do you understand? 613 00:29:18,490 --> 00:29:20,759 It's the model. 614 00:29:20,759 --> 00:29:21,826 And that's the. 615 00:29:21,826 --> 00:29:24,829 That's Jesus's model of prayer. 616 00:29:26,731 --> 00:29:27,432 And then he comes down. 617 00:29:27,432 --> 00:29:30,502 So for you in verse 14, for if you forgive others, their trash 618 00:29:30,568 --> 00:29:32,237 passes, your heavenly father also forgive you. 619 00:29:32,237 --> 00:29:34,172 But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, 620 00:29:34,172 --> 00:29:37,742 neither will your father forgive you your trespasses. Wow! 621 00:29:38,143 --> 00:29:41,446 The only thing that notice is the only thing that Jesus comes back to 622 00:29:41,780 --> 00:29:45,083 about prayer in adoration, submission, dependance, confessions, protection 623 00:29:45,183 --> 00:29:46,551 is this issue of forgiveness. 624 00:29:46,551 --> 00:29:49,554 It's that important. 625 00:29:50,321 --> 00:29:52,023 And what Jesus is saying is you. 626 00:29:52,023 --> 00:29:55,026 If you're going to be my disciple, here's my expectation. 627 00:29:55,994 --> 00:29:58,997 You're going to be generous people, 628 00:29:59,130 --> 00:30:02,100 and they're going to be people of prayer. 629 00:30:04,536 --> 00:30:06,104 And they're going to forgive people 630 00:30:07,806 --> 00:30:10,475 as part of your prayers. 631 00:30:10,475 --> 00:30:12,710 You got it. 632 00:30:12,710 --> 00:30:17,015 And all of this is done in secret, without fanfare. Why? 633 00:30:17,048 --> 00:30:20,118 Because Elroy sees and will reward. 634 00:30:24,355 --> 00:30:25,156 Verse 16. 635 00:30:25,156 --> 00:30:28,393 And when you fast, don't look gloomy like the hypocrites, 636 00:30:28,393 --> 00:30:31,396 for they disfigure their faces, 637 00:30:31,462 --> 00:30:33,198 that their faces may be seen by others. 638 00:30:33,198 --> 00:30:34,999 Truly, I say to you, they receive their reward. 639 00:30:34,999 --> 00:30:36,601 But when you fast, 640 00:30:36,601 --> 00:30:39,571 anoint your head and wash your face, that your fasting may be seen, 641 00:30:39,637 --> 00:30:42,640 may not be seen by others, but your father who is in secret. 642 00:30:42,640 --> 00:30:44,609 Elroy. Your father who sees in secret. 643 00:30:44,609 --> 00:30:46,444 Oh, reward you 644 00:30:46,444 --> 00:30:48,780 the expectation 645 00:30:48,780 --> 00:30:51,549 is that will be people who fast. 646 00:30:51,549 --> 00:30:55,086 And just to be clear, a biblical fast is going 647 00:30:55,086 --> 00:30:58,122 without food, not water, but without food. 648 00:30:58,890 --> 00:31:02,227 And I know that the American church has kind of morphed this. 649 00:31:02,227 --> 00:31:04,162 And, you know, I'm going to fast from 650 00:31:05,263 --> 00:31:08,066 CNN and I'm certainly fast from that. 651 00:31:08,066 --> 00:31:10,802 I'm a fast food Fox News. I'm a fast from social media. 652 00:31:10,802 --> 00:31:15,039 I'm a fast from whatever those might be great things to take a break from. 653 00:31:15,039 --> 00:31:17,041 But that's not a biblical fast. 654 00:31:17,041 --> 00:31:20,011 A biblical fast is fasting from food. 655 00:31:21,813 --> 00:31:24,515 And there's a lot of reasons for that. 656 00:31:24,515 --> 00:31:26,951 The biblical fast is not done for medical reasons, though. 657 00:31:26,951 --> 00:31:29,954 Fasting is a good medical advice for some, 658 00:31:31,623 --> 00:31:35,193 but a fast from food is to deny 659 00:31:35,193 --> 00:31:38,196 the body in order to reawaken the soul. 660 00:31:42,267 --> 00:31:43,868 And a fast from food 661 00:31:43,868 --> 00:31:46,871 is the most difficult fast one can do. 662 00:31:47,639 --> 00:31:51,009 It's training the body to say no to cravings 663 00:31:51,009 --> 00:31:54,012 so the yes to God get stronger. 664 00:31:59,183 --> 00:31:59,784 The point? 665 00:31:59,784 --> 00:32:02,787 One of the points that Jesus makes in fasting 666 00:32:03,087 --> 00:32:06,090 is that if you can't say no to food, you won't say no to sin. 667 00:32:08,559 --> 00:32:11,562 It's a discipline of the body. 668 00:32:12,730 --> 00:32:15,733 That has spiritual implications. 669 00:32:19,003 --> 00:32:20,204 And the point is, 670 00:32:20,204 --> 00:32:23,675 when you do those things that are taxing on your body 671 00:32:23,675 --> 00:32:27,011 in the service of the kingdom, don't look like it's taxing. 672 00:32:29,814 --> 00:32:31,983 And the expectations of Jesus followers 673 00:32:31,983 --> 00:32:34,986 is that we will be people who fast. 674 00:32:35,787 --> 00:32:37,822 And Jesus doesn't say how long, how often. 675 00:32:37,822 --> 00:32:40,825 He just says it will be a part of our life 676 00:32:40,858 --> 00:32:45,596 to go without food so we can spend concerted time in prayer. 677 00:32:45,596 --> 00:32:48,599 Our father in heaven, who are right 678 00:32:49,701 --> 00:32:52,704 and in his word. 679 00:32:53,237 --> 00:32:56,774 It's very similar to what happens, though, when we fast to not 680 00:32:56,808 --> 00:32:59,944 let other people know that we're fasting and how miserable we are when we 681 00:33:01,012 --> 00:33:04,015 do stuff at church and 682 00:33:04,182 --> 00:33:05,650 even though we're really tired. 683 00:33:07,752 --> 00:33:09,954 You know what that's like? 684 00:33:09,954 --> 00:33:10,888 Come and serve. 685 00:33:10,888 --> 00:33:12,890 And oh man, I'm just. 686 00:33:12,890 --> 00:33:15,893 But I'm here. 687 00:33:16,527 --> 00:33:16,995 Right. 688 00:33:16,995 --> 00:33:18,363 Oh, and thank you for being here. 689 00:33:18,363 --> 00:33:22,400 I know your, you know, week was really long, but, boy, thank you for being here. 690 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:23,701 I know you're exhausted. 691 00:33:23,701 --> 00:33:26,704 Why do we have to know you're exhausted? 692 00:33:28,539 --> 00:33:29,007 When are you. 693 00:33:29,007 --> 00:33:29,307 You know, 694 00:33:29,307 --> 00:33:32,310 you serve and do something for God even though you're just under the weather. 695 00:33:33,111 --> 00:33:36,114 You make sure everybody knows you're under the weather. 696 00:33:36,881 --> 00:33:38,116 I'm really not feeling well, but I. 697 00:33:38,116 --> 00:33:41,119 You know, I'm. Praise God I'm here. 698 00:33:41,219 --> 00:33:42,186 Shut up. 699 00:33:42,186 --> 00:33:45,189 Like nobody needs to know. 700 00:33:46,224 --> 00:33:47,458 I get it, you're tired. 701 00:33:47,458 --> 00:33:48,559 Everybody is. 702 00:33:48,559 --> 00:33:51,496 Or we're unbalanced. 703 00:33:51,496 --> 00:33:52,530 I get it, you're sick. 704 00:33:52,530 --> 00:33:53,231 Everybody is. 705 00:33:53,231 --> 00:33:54,732 It's winter time right now. 706 00:33:54,732 --> 00:33:57,735 Who cares? 707 00:33:58,202 --> 00:33:59,737 You know, we don't all need an. 708 00:34:08,012 --> 00:34:10,248 You make sure everybody knows that's the reward you get. 709 00:34:10,248 --> 00:34:10,782 There you go. 710 00:34:10,782 --> 00:34:11,416 Thanks for coming. 711 00:34:11,416 --> 00:34:14,419 When you're tired and letting us all know. But. 712 00:34:15,787 --> 00:34:16,954 And then Jesus gets back 713 00:34:16,954 --> 00:34:19,957 to this treasures thing. 714 00:34:20,091 --> 00:34:21,692 Verse 19. 715 00:34:21,692 --> 00:34:21,993 Look at this. 716 00:34:21,993 --> 00:34:24,562 1920 that let me just tell you, 717 00:34:24,562 --> 00:34:28,032 this sermon on the Mount is Jesus expectation of his disciples. 718 00:34:28,032 --> 00:34:30,902 And it ain't. 719 00:34:30,902 --> 00:34:31,903 This stuff cuts. 720 00:34:31,903 --> 00:34:34,172 And this is going to cut right here. 721 00:34:34,172 --> 00:34:34,705 Okay. 722 00:34:34,705 --> 00:34:37,708 Your you're ready. 723 00:34:41,212 --> 00:34:41,846 Resounding 724 00:34:41,846 --> 00:34:45,249 confidence that you do not lay up for yourselves 725 00:34:45,249 --> 00:34:48,386 treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break. 726 00:34:48,386 --> 00:34:50,822 And the IRS take it from you. 727 00:34:50,822 --> 00:34:53,891 Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither 728 00:34:53,891 --> 00:34:56,894 moss nor rust destroys, and where thieves don't break in and steal. 729 00:34:56,928 --> 00:34:59,730 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. 730 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:05,436 Don't lay up for yourselves. 731 00:35:05,436 --> 00:35:10,007 Treasures on earth literally don't accumulate too much. 732 00:35:10,007 --> 00:35:11,843 That's what he's saying. 733 00:35:11,843 --> 00:35:16,314 And Americans are proficient at the accumulation 734 00:35:16,481 --> 00:35:19,484 of stuff. 735 00:35:19,617 --> 00:35:22,120 And American Christians 736 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,288 have so manipulated that 737 00:35:24,288 --> 00:35:28,126 manipulated God's word that we think 738 00:35:28,192 --> 00:35:31,863 because we have a lot of stuff, God's favor is on us. 739 00:35:31,863 --> 00:35:35,099 When Jesus says, don't do that. 740 00:35:40,771 --> 00:35:41,973 Did you know that Americans 741 00:35:41,973 --> 00:35:45,877 spend $1.2 trillion a year on non-essential things? 742 00:35:46,844 --> 00:35:49,547 I did some research 743 00:35:49,547 --> 00:35:52,550 about the accumulation of stuff. 744 00:35:53,184 --> 00:35:55,686 Home sizes nearly tripled it recently. 745 00:35:55,686 --> 00:35:58,689 And yet 1 in 10 Americans rent offsite storage. 746 00:36:01,192 --> 00:36:05,463 Why the accumulation of stuff? 747 00:36:05,463 --> 00:36:09,167 Jesus said, don't do that. 748 00:36:10,434 --> 00:36:12,970 25% of homeowners with two car garages 749 00:36:12,970 --> 00:36:15,973 can't fit their cars inside. 750 00:36:17,175 --> 00:36:20,178 Don't do that. 751 00:36:22,046 --> 00:36:24,081 The average American woman 752 00:36:24,081 --> 00:36:27,084 owns 30 outfits. 753 00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:29,687 No gasp! 754 00:36:32,223 --> 00:36:34,091 Americans throw away 65 755 00:36:34,091 --> 00:36:37,094 pounds of clothes every year per person. 756 00:36:39,263 --> 00:36:42,266 Don't. 757 00:36:43,534 --> 00:36:47,271 U.S children own 40% of the world's toys, 758 00:36:47,638 --> 00:36:51,042 despite being only 3.1% of the global 759 00:36:51,042 --> 00:36:54,045 child population. 760 00:36:55,479 --> 00:36:58,482 Don't do that. 761 00:37:02,587 --> 00:37:05,189 There is so much roof 762 00:37:05,189 --> 00:37:08,726 square footage of storage units the entire U.S. 763 00:37:08,726 --> 00:37:11,829 population could fit under roof of the storage units 764 00:37:11,829 --> 00:37:14,832 in this country. 765 00:37:15,900 --> 00:37:19,003 Darrell, don't do that. 766 00:37:21,839 --> 00:37:22,773 Do not store up 767 00:37:22,773 --> 00:37:25,776 for yourselves treasures on earth, 768 00:37:25,776 --> 00:37:28,779 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven. 769 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:31,682 How do you lay up treasures in heaven? 770 00:37:31,682 --> 00:37:35,553 You use what God has given you on earth 771 00:37:36,554 --> 00:37:39,557 to invest in kingdom work 772 00:37:39,557 --> 00:37:42,560 that will impact people for eternity. 773 00:37:43,394 --> 00:37:45,696 You don't store up 774 00:37:45,696 --> 00:37:48,699 the accumulation of stuff. 775 00:37:53,371 --> 00:37:55,106 This is what Jesus says are 776 00:37:55,106 --> 00:37:58,109 his expectations of his disciples. 777 00:38:06,550 --> 00:38:08,319 This issue of giving. 778 00:38:08,319 --> 00:38:11,055 Giving doesn't create your treasures. 779 00:38:11,055 --> 00:38:13,090 It reveals what you treasure. 780 00:38:15,593 --> 00:38:18,596 And when we treasure the accumulation of stuff, so much 781 00:38:18,596 --> 00:38:21,966 so that we cannot be generous with our finances, 782 00:38:23,301 --> 00:38:26,304 it reveals what we treasure. 783 00:38:38,316 --> 00:38:40,985 I'm so thankful for this church. 784 00:38:40,985 --> 00:38:42,753 Like I said, 785 00:38:42,753 --> 00:38:45,456 being so generous. 786 00:38:45,456 --> 00:38:47,158 I asked for $20,000. 787 00:38:47,158 --> 00:38:50,328 You gave 48,000 because you're generous and nobody knows who gave it. 788 00:38:50,328 --> 00:38:53,698 And let me just share with you one of the responses 789 00:38:54,365 --> 00:38:56,834 from one of the pastors. 790 00:38:56,834 --> 00:38:59,704 My wife and I are at a loss for words. 791 00:38:59,704 --> 00:39:02,973 My wife cried and we both sat in shock. 792 00:39:04,308 --> 00:39:07,311 Things have been getting really rough for us, 793 00:39:07,545 --> 00:39:10,548 but we never stopped on our service unto the Lord 794 00:39:11,282 --> 00:39:14,251 and we're in it to the very end. 795 00:39:14,251 --> 00:39:17,221 We're grateful and in prayer. 796 00:39:18,389 --> 00:39:21,392 Thank you church so much. 797 00:39:25,796 --> 00:39:26,831 Store it for yourselves. 798 00:39:26,831 --> 00:39:29,600 Treasures in heaven. You know how to get your heart more connected to God. 799 00:39:33,270 --> 00:39:35,740 So what's the Bible say? 800 00:39:35,740 --> 00:39:37,475 Where your treasure is, there 801 00:39:37,475 --> 00:39:40,478 your heart will be also. 802 00:39:44,281 --> 00:39:45,883 Where your treasure is there. 803 00:39:45,883 --> 00:39:48,819 Did you realize that your heart follows your treasure? 804 00:39:48,819 --> 00:39:51,822 Your treasure doesn't follow your heart. 805 00:39:53,591 --> 00:39:56,527 Let that sink in. 806 00:39:56,527 --> 00:39:59,497 Your heart will follow where you put your treasure. 807 00:39:59,497 --> 00:40:02,500 Your treasure doesn't follow your heart. 808 00:40:12,209 --> 00:40:14,478 You know how to get your kids 809 00:40:14,478 --> 00:40:17,481 hearts connected more deeply to Jesus. 810 00:40:20,251 --> 00:40:21,185 Teach them to tie them. 811 00:40:21,185 --> 00:40:24,188 Be generous. 812 00:40:24,922 --> 00:40:26,257 I mean, if you take what 813 00:40:26,257 --> 00:40:29,427 Jesus says literally, your heart will be where a treasure is. 814 00:40:29,427 --> 00:40:31,395 I want my kids hearts connected to Jesus. 815 00:40:31,395 --> 00:40:34,999 I better, at a young age, teach them to tithe and be generous. 816 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:40,738 So, dear parents, model it and teach it. 817 00:40:42,306 --> 00:40:44,642 Your kids hearts will not be connected to Jesus 818 00:40:44,642 --> 00:40:47,311 just because you bring them to church. That's important. 819 00:40:49,380 --> 00:40:52,283 But Jesus makes a correlation 820 00:40:52,283 --> 00:40:56,420 that our hearts are our follow our generosity. 821 00:40:57,221 --> 00:41:01,125 So if I want my child's heart to be deeply connected to Jesus, 822 00:41:01,125 --> 00:41:04,128 I have to get his heart to be generous beforehand. 823 00:41:06,464 --> 00:41:07,998 I don't have any statistics. 824 00:41:07,998 --> 00:41:09,133 I don't have any proof about this. 825 00:41:09,133 --> 00:41:11,969 This is just my own. 826 00:41:11,969 --> 00:41:14,972 What I've noticed through the years. 827 00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:17,875 I've been around church a long time, 828 00:41:17,875 --> 00:41:21,178 know a lot of families, a lot of parents on a lot of kids. 829 00:41:23,347 --> 00:41:24,515 Seen a lot of those kids. 830 00:41:24,515 --> 00:41:27,685 Love Jesus when they got out of the house, went to college and grew up. 831 00:41:27,685 --> 00:41:31,355 Saw a lot of kids who didn't, both raised in the church, 832 00:41:32,156 --> 00:41:35,159 both with parents whose hearts love the Lord. 833 00:41:35,860 --> 00:41:39,230 There is a correlation between those kids 834 00:41:39,230 --> 00:41:43,334 whose parents taught them to tithe at an early age, and those who didn't. 835 00:41:45,336 --> 00:41:48,339 With hearts being deeply connected to God, older 836 00:41:48,472 --> 00:41:51,475 while they get older in life, and those who are. 837 00:41:52,776 --> 00:41:54,945 And it ought not be surprising 838 00:41:54,945 --> 00:41:57,615 because Jesus said, 839 00:41:57,615 --> 00:41:59,650 you put your treasure where you want your heart to be, 840 00:41:59,650 --> 00:42:02,653 because your heart is going to follow your treasure. 841 00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:05,923 To understand. 842 00:42:09,260 --> 00:42:12,863 Let me just wrap up with this because there's there's this weird seems a weird. 843 00:42:12,997 --> 00:42:14,765 Verse 22, the eye is the lamp of the body. 844 00:42:14,765 --> 00:42:17,735 So if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light. 845 00:42:17,735 --> 00:42:20,304 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. 846 00:42:20,304 --> 00:42:23,307 If then the light in you is darkness, how great is that darkness 847 00:42:23,307 --> 00:42:25,075 that seems out in left field? 848 00:42:25,075 --> 00:42:29,179 But in the context of what Jesus is talking about, provision, 849 00:42:29,446 --> 00:42:31,982 sustainer, find out. 850 00:42:31,982 --> 00:42:34,785 Money, possessions, generosity. 851 00:42:34,785 --> 00:42:38,022 You see and listen just as your eyes let light in. 852 00:42:38,255 --> 00:42:41,191 When that's good, light your whole body comes to life. 853 00:42:42,126 --> 00:42:44,428 And so in this context, when you 854 00:42:44,428 --> 00:42:49,166 when what you let in is the graciousness of God 855 00:42:49,500 --> 00:42:53,571 and the generosity of God, that everything you have comes from his hand. 856 00:42:53,737 --> 00:42:55,873 So you can be very loose with what you have 857 00:42:55,873 --> 00:42:58,876 and give it all the way, because you know your father in heaven 858 00:42:59,076 --> 00:43:02,246 sees and will provide when that's the light that comes in. 859 00:43:02,246 --> 00:43:05,249 Your whole life comes to life. 860 00:43:05,482 --> 00:43:08,485 But when what comes in is dark 861 00:43:08,586 --> 00:43:11,589 and you see yourself as your provider 862 00:43:12,122 --> 00:43:15,593 and your life revolves around the accumulation of more stuff 863 00:43:15,859 --> 00:43:19,396 and another lift kit and another golf cart and another vacation 864 00:43:19,396 --> 00:43:21,498 and another wardrobe. 865 00:43:21,498 --> 00:43:24,401 That's a pretty dark light. 866 00:43:24,401 --> 00:43:28,405 And if that light is that dark, how dark is your darkness? 867 00:43:29,940 --> 00:43:32,910 You understand? 868 00:43:35,012 --> 00:43:36,647 And then wraps up verse 24. 869 00:43:39,049 --> 00:43:40,951 No one can serve two masters for either. 870 00:43:40,951 --> 00:43:42,620 He will hate the one and love the other. 871 00:43:42,620 --> 00:43:45,823 He'll be devoted to the one to despise you, that you cannot serve God. 872 00:43:45,823 --> 00:43:47,725 Money. 873 00:43:47,725 --> 00:43:49,560 You can't do it. 874 00:43:49,560 --> 00:43:53,998 Listen, please understand that giving is not God's way of raising capital. 875 00:43:53,998 --> 00:43:57,001 Giving is God's way of raising his kids. 876 00:43:59,503 --> 00:44:00,904 That's what Jesus is saying. 877 00:44:00,904 --> 00:44:03,907 This is the way God raises his children to trust him 878 00:44:04,274 --> 00:44:07,277 and to be like the heart of the father. 879 00:44:07,411 --> 00:44:10,781 Listen, please understand this is not about guilt. 880 00:44:10,781 --> 00:44:13,651 This is about alignment. 881 00:44:13,651 --> 00:44:17,488 And if there's something in these three things that feels like he just feel guilty 882 00:44:17,988 --> 00:44:20,791 because we've claimed the name of Jesus, we claim to be disciple. 883 00:44:20,791 --> 00:44:23,494 But apparently we're not. 884 00:44:23,494 --> 00:44:26,463 We're far short of Jesus's expectation. 885 00:44:26,463 --> 00:44:31,101 Don't just stay and get like, bring that area of your life into alignment. 886 00:44:31,101 --> 00:44:32,236 That's what this is about. 887 00:44:33,904 --> 00:44:34,638 The truth is 888 00:44:34,638 --> 00:44:38,342 that we cannot live for two audiences and maintain one heart. 889 00:44:38,475 --> 00:44:41,979 We cannot say, God, your kingdom come. 890 00:44:41,979 --> 00:44:45,249 But everything you've given me is focused on the accumulation of stuff for me. 891 00:44:46,116 --> 00:44:48,385 You can't live for two audiences 892 00:44:48,385 --> 00:44:51,388 and have one heart. 893 00:44:51,822 --> 00:44:54,825 So Jesus and choose choose your audience. 894 00:44:57,895 --> 00:44:59,763 See, many of us say that we love God, 895 00:44:59,763 --> 00:45:02,766 but the use of our money shows we love ourself more. 896 00:45:03,434 --> 00:45:06,437 That's what Jesus is saying. 897 00:45:07,004 --> 00:45:09,206 And so regarding these three areas 898 00:45:09,206 --> 00:45:12,910 giving, fasting and prayer, my suggestion 899 00:45:14,144 --> 00:45:17,147 choose one of these and maybe you choose fasting. 900 00:45:17,881 --> 00:45:21,452 Choose sometime in the next very near future 901 00:45:21,652 --> 00:45:24,888 you're going to choose to fast one meal or one day 902 00:45:25,989 --> 00:45:28,992 and use that to go without food 903 00:45:29,359 --> 00:45:31,862 and pay attention to what bubbles up inside, 904 00:45:31,862 --> 00:45:35,232 because that's going to be kind of the root of your sin area. 905 00:45:36,166 --> 00:45:38,769 And use that time for prayer and Bible reading. 906 00:45:39,937 --> 00:45:42,573 Or maybe it's regarding this giving thing. 907 00:45:42,573 --> 00:45:47,578 Follow the money trail to your heart and identify one category 908 00:45:47,578 --> 00:45:51,515 that shows your love for earthly treasures more than heavenly treasures, 909 00:45:52,049 --> 00:45:55,052 and reprioritize. 910 00:45:55,052 --> 00:45:58,388 Or choose a time of prayer first thing in the morning, 911 00:45:58,455 --> 00:46:01,825 before the social media, before the news, before the anything else. 912 00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:03,961 This is the time, father. 913 00:46:03,961 --> 00:46:06,797 I'm going to set aside and start my day with you. 914 00:46:06,797 --> 00:46:08,398 I praise your name because of who you are. 915 00:46:08,398 --> 00:46:10,868 You are my provider today. 916 00:46:10,868 --> 00:46:11,635 Your kingdom. 917 00:46:11,635 --> 00:46:12,903 If God, if you could just work 918 00:46:12,903 --> 00:46:15,706 your kingdom into my life today, that would be a win. 919 00:46:15,706 --> 00:46:17,941 Here's my need. I submit them to you. 920 00:46:17,941 --> 00:46:19,843 Protect me from the evil one. 921 00:46:19,843 --> 00:46:22,846 Choose one of those three 922 00:46:22,846 --> 00:46:26,316 and begin to realign your life as a disciple of Christ. 923 00:46:26,316 --> 00:46:27,184 You get an instant 924 00:46:28,185 --> 00:46:30,721 all right. 925 00:46:30,721 --> 00:46:32,523 Listen, I love you. 926 00:46:32,523 --> 00:46:35,292 I'm proud of you. The sermon on the Mount ain't easy. 927 00:46:35,292 --> 00:46:37,961 It was. The sermon will be so easy if we didn't pay attention. What? 928 00:46:37,961 --> 00:46:40,964 Jesus said. 929 00:46:41,732 --> 00:46:43,066 But it's so profound, 930 00:46:43,066 --> 00:46:46,069 convicting when we pay attention to what he said. 931 00:46:47,271 --> 00:46:50,274 I want you to pray with me. 932 00:46:51,108 --> 00:46:54,111 And I would invite you. 933 00:46:54,945 --> 00:46:57,948 To say, father, cleanse my motives. 934 00:47:01,051 --> 00:47:04,054 Reorder my loves. 935 00:47:06,056 --> 00:47:09,059 Train my desires. 936 00:47:10,394 --> 00:47:13,397 And be my reward. 937 00:47:14,264 --> 00:47:17,267 I commit today to being your disciple. 938 00:47:19,036 --> 00:47:20,904 And I trust you. 939 00:47:20,904 --> 00:47:23,907 And I'll follow you. 940 00:47:26,844 --> 00:47:28,145 Father, I thank you for your mercy 941 00:47:28,145 --> 00:47:31,148 and your grace. 942 00:47:32,216 --> 00:47:32,716 I thank you 943 00:47:32,716 --> 00:47:35,853 that you give us high support, but you also give us high challenge. 944 00:47:37,487 --> 00:47:41,191 By your grace, enable us to live according to your word, 945 00:47:41,992 --> 00:47:44,461 to realign our lives as it needs to be realigned. 946 00:47:44,461 --> 00:47:47,464 Some of us have gotten so out of alignment. 947 00:47:47,798 --> 00:47:48,632 Ridiculous. 948 00:47:50,167 --> 00:47:52,469 Thank you for your conviction and thank you for your mercy. 949 00:47:52,469 --> 00:47:55,472 That calls us back, your grace. 950 00:47:55,472 --> 00:47:56,773 That makes us right with you. 951 00:47:56,773 --> 00:47:59,343 Even when we're like, it's amazing, father. 952 00:47:59,343 --> 00:48:02,312 Thank you. 953 00:48:02,412 --> 00:48:03,680 We love you. 954 00:48:03,680 --> 00:48:05,916 We trust you. 955 00:48:05,916 --> 00:48:08,919 May your kingdom come. 956 00:48:09,152 --> 00:48:11,421 In the Ranchos 957 00:48:11,421 --> 00:48:14,424 and Riverstone and Tesoro, 958 00:48:14,491 --> 00:48:17,194 may your will be done 959 00:48:17,194 --> 00:48:18,795 in this place as it is in heaven. 960 00:48:18,795 --> 00:48:21,365 In your name I pray. Amen. 961 00:48:21,365 --> 00:48:23,533 Good job, church. 962 00:48:23,533 --> 00:48:27,738 Now next week we're going to finish chapter six and get into chapter seven. 963 00:48:27,738 --> 00:48:30,974 And I just want to warn you, it's not going to be this easy. 964 00:48:33,143 --> 00:48:36,146 It's going to get a little bit more like, oh, 965 00:48:36,780 --> 00:48:39,316 but you're going to be okay. 966 00:48:39,316 --> 00:48:41,518 You're going to be all right. 967 00:48:41,518 --> 00:48:45,088 And so my encouragement this week read Matthew five. 968 00:48:45,489 --> 00:48:50,093 Remind yourself, read Matthew six and read ahead in Matthew seven 969 00:48:51,528 --> 00:48:52,529 and realize the 970 00:48:52,529 --> 00:48:55,532 expectation of Jesus for his disciples, 971 00:48:55,899 --> 00:48:58,902 and rely on his mercy and his grace 972 00:48:58,969 --> 00:49:01,538 to get us there. 973 00:49:01,538 --> 00:49:01,972 Blessing.