1 00:00:00,900 --> 00:00:03,840 Alrighty, if you have a Bible, we're in the Gospel of Luke. 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:10,200 Really good stuff here. 3 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:18,100 Luke chapter 5. 4 00:00:18,100 --> 00:00:28,520 And we had left off last time where Jesus had healed this leper. 5 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:39,600 And it's just always a blessing to know that God can clean us up no matter what the problem is. 6 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:53,780 I think that every resurrection season, I've got a little tradition where I watch a movie called Risen. 7 00:00:53,780 --> 00:00:55,400 Has anybody seen Risen? 8 00:00:56,460 --> 00:01:00,080 And probably one of the better resurrection movies I've seen. 9 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:02,640 And I don't watch a lot of movies. 10 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:05,620 There's not really a lot to watch. 11 00:01:05,620 --> 00:01:19,660 But in the movie, I think it's Nathaniel is there and this Roman soldier is following Jesus during the 40 days after he resurrected. 12 00:01:19,660 --> 00:01:27,480 And he asks, he asks this Nathaniel, he says, why is it that you followed him? 13 00:01:28,260 --> 00:01:35,720 And right as he's speaking, there's this big eruption and this woman is beating this man. 14 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:39,560 And a guy comes out and hits him and knocks him down. 15 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:41,120 And he's a leper. 16 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:47,640 And I mean, his face is all disfigured and his hands are all gnarled up with this gnarly skin disease. 17 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:50,340 And Jesus grabs a fish and goes over. 18 00:01:50,340 --> 00:01:52,200 And this is in the movie. 19 00:01:52,200 --> 00:01:53,300 This is Hollywood. 20 00:01:53,700 --> 00:01:59,000 But he grabs a fish and he goes over and he gives this guy a fish and he touches him. 21 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:03,040 Just like we read here in chapter 5 where he touched the leper. 22 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,260 He touches him and he hugs him. 23 00:02:05,260 --> 00:02:10,400 And then turns and he just walks back to his disciples. 24 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:13,240 And his disciples are watching this guy. 25 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:17,660 And this guy turns and faces him and he's just as clean as can be. 26 00:02:17,660 --> 00:02:21,320 And he's looking at his hands in awe that he's been healed. 27 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:25,980 And so Jesus walks back and he sits with his disciples. 28 00:02:25,980 --> 00:02:30,520 And Nathaniel and this Roman soldier are standing there. 29 00:02:30,520 --> 00:02:33,320 And Nathaniel looks at the Roman soldier and he goes, that's why. 30 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:35,060 Right? 31 00:02:35,060 --> 00:02:35,860 That's why. 32 00:02:35,860 --> 00:02:36,980 That's why we follow. 33 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:43,720 Folks, listen, we come here and we follow Jesus because of what he's done. 34 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:46,800 What he's done for us personally. 35 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:49,400 I don't know, maybe you don't know Jesus. 36 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,480 And maybe today's your day. 37 00:02:51,480 --> 00:02:53,140 Can I just encourage you? 38 00:02:53,140 --> 00:02:57,200 Let today be your day if he's not your Lord and your Savior. 39 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:01,320 But we follow him. 40 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:02,020 Why? 41 00:03:02,020 --> 00:03:07,960 Because he's the answer to all of our woes. 42 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:09,340 Do you got woes? 43 00:03:09,340 --> 00:03:10,620 Anybody got woes? 44 00:03:10,620 --> 00:03:12,500 I got woes, man. 45 00:03:12,500 --> 00:03:14,220 I got woes. 46 00:03:14,220 --> 00:03:20,100 This morning I walked out on my sidewalk and my wife's chickens had pooped all over the sidewalk. 47 00:03:20,100 --> 00:03:21,260 I've got woes. 48 00:03:21,260 --> 00:03:29,240 Whoa, watch out for that one. 49 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:29,640 Right? 50 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:39,700 But he's worth it, isn't it? 51 00:03:39,700 --> 00:03:40,760 Is it he? 52 00:03:40,760 --> 00:03:42,380 He's worth following. 53 00:03:42,380 --> 00:03:48,380 And mainly because he conquered death, hell, and the grave and is the remedy for our sin. 54 00:03:48,380 --> 00:03:53,480 And so I remember years ago my daughter had a classmate get killed. 55 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,600 And I remember her being so broken. 56 00:03:57,100 --> 00:04:00,440 And I looked at her and said, honey, that's why we walk with Jesus. 57 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:02,960 Because this ain't it. 58 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:04,220 Amen? 59 00:04:04,220 --> 00:04:06,420 Man, that's a good thing. 60 00:04:06,420 --> 00:04:09,240 Couldn't imagine if this was just, this is it. 61 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:10,720 No, this isn't it. 62 00:04:10,720 --> 00:04:13,600 We got a bright future coming. 63 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:17,420 And Jesus affords us an incredible hope. 64 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:19,860 And so we're going to pick up the story here. 65 00:04:19,860 --> 00:04:21,500 I'm, you know, I'm just going to read through this. 66 00:04:21,500 --> 00:04:26,400 I'm going to read from verse 15 to verse 27, excuse me, 26. 67 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,080 If you have a Bible, read along with me. 68 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:30,580 Verse 15. 69 00:04:30,580 --> 00:04:38,060 And it says, however, the report went around concerning him all the more. 70 00:04:38,060 --> 00:04:40,880 As is after he heals the leper. 71 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:48,460 And great multitudes came together to hear and to be healed by him of their infirmities. 72 00:04:48,460 --> 00:04:53,460 And so he himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed. 73 00:04:54,100 --> 00:04:59,760 Now, it happened on a certain day as he was teaching that there were Pharisees and teachers 74 00:04:59,760 --> 00:05:07,280 of the law sitting by who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. 75 00:05:07,280 --> 00:05:10,660 And the power of the Lord was present to heal them. 76 00:05:10,660 --> 00:05:17,740 Then behold, men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed, whom they sought to bring in 77 00:05:17,740 --> 00:05:19,540 and lay before him. 78 00:05:19,540 --> 00:05:24,920 And when they could not find how they might bring him in because of the crowd, they went 79 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:31,280 up on the housetop and let him down with his bed through the tiling on them into the midst 80 00:05:31,280 --> 00:05:32,340 before Jesus. 81 00:05:32,340 --> 00:05:39,000 When he saw their faith, he said to the man, man, your sins are forgiven you. 82 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:45,620 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason saying, who is this who speaks blasphemies? 83 00:05:45,620 --> 00:05:48,300 Who can forgive sins but God alone? 84 00:05:48,460 --> 00:05:53,980 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answered and said to them, why are you reasoning 85 00:05:53,980 --> 00:05:55,020 in your hearts? 86 00:05:55,020 --> 00:05:56,640 Which is easier to say? 87 00:05:56,640 --> 00:06:01,200 Your sins are forgiven you or to say, rise up and walk. 88 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:06,240 But that you may know that the son of man has power on earth to forgive sin. 89 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:14,800 He said to the man who was paralyzed, I say to you, rise, arise, take up your bed and go 90 00:06:14,800 --> 00:06:15,800 to your house. 91 00:06:15,800 --> 00:06:22,520 And immediately he rose up before them, took up what he had been lying on and departed to 92 00:06:22,520 --> 00:06:24,440 his own house, glorifying God. 93 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:32,120 And there they were all amazed and they glorified God and were filled with fear saying, we have 94 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:34,300 seen strange things today. 95 00:06:34,300 --> 00:06:35,120 Let's pray. 96 00:06:35,580 --> 00:06:37,060 Lord, thank you for your word. 97 00:06:37,060 --> 00:06:43,200 And Lord, may we just glean those precious truths out of this passage of scripture, Lord. 98 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:46,540 And just thank you, Lord, that you see us all. 99 00:06:46,540 --> 00:06:47,960 You know what we need. 100 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:53,440 And God, that you can come and you can satisfy our souls. 101 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:57,760 And I just pray that you would speak to our hearts today, Lord, that we would be able to 102 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:02,460 apply these things from the truth of your word, Lord, that it's eternal and it's powerful. 103 00:07:02,460 --> 00:07:06,320 And it's that sharp sword that does surgery on each one of us. 104 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:10,240 So we pray for that to complete us today in Jesus name. 105 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:10,800 Amen. 106 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:10,940 Amen. 107 00:07:10,940 --> 00:07:16,360 So here he is and he heals this leper. 108 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:25,400 The news travels fast, you know, when he told himself to go, told that guy to go show himself 109 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:26,360 to the priests. 110 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:36,780 And then it says that he, so he himself often withdrew in the wilderness and prayed that Jesus 111 00:07:36,780 --> 00:07:37,740 would get alone. 112 00:07:37,740 --> 00:07:42,700 He would get secluded with his father and seek his face. 113 00:07:42,700 --> 00:07:44,580 I just think this is an incredible model. 114 00:07:44,580 --> 00:07:49,880 And he did it quite often throughout his ministry. 115 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:55,140 And I don't know about you, but do you ever wonder those times when Jesus was just alone 116 00:07:55,140 --> 00:07:56,140 with the father? 117 00:07:56,140 --> 00:07:57,040 What did he pray for? 118 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,020 You know, what did he pray? 119 00:07:59,020 --> 00:08:05,340 Now we have instruction of how Jesus prayed the model prayer when the disciples ask him, 120 00:08:05,340 --> 00:08:06,780 Lord, teach us to pray, right? 121 00:08:06,780 --> 00:08:15,520 Most, most, most Calvary Chapel circles say this is a model prayer that, that we call the 122 00:08:15,520 --> 00:08:16,440 Lord's prayer. 123 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:19,820 But I think the true Lord's prayer would probably be in John 17. 124 00:08:19,820 --> 00:08:23,620 And there Jesus is actually praying for you and I. 125 00:08:23,620 --> 00:08:27,240 And, and those words are powerful. 126 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:30,120 That prayer there in John 17. 127 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:33,560 And then we, we see his prayer there in the garden. 128 00:08:33,560 --> 00:08:39,100 Father, if it's, if it's possible, let this cup pass from me. 129 00:08:39,860 --> 00:08:43,820 And so Jesus shows his humanness when he prays. 130 00:08:43,820 --> 00:08:48,560 Because people always say, well, if Jesus is God, is he praying to himself? 131 00:08:50,060 --> 00:08:54,240 Well, yes and no, right? 132 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:56,500 But he's, he's also fully man, right? 133 00:08:56,500 --> 00:09:01,020 We, we talked about that earlier, that Jesus was fully man and fully God. 134 00:09:01,020 --> 00:09:06,840 The humanness of Jesus did what every human should do and sought God. 135 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:10,520 Every human should pray. 136 00:09:10,520 --> 00:09:13,980 In fact, Jesus says that later in chapter 18. 137 00:09:14,060 --> 00:09:17,120 He says, all men ought to pray and not lose heart. 138 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:19,020 Everyone should pray. 139 00:09:19,020 --> 00:09:28,840 Unless you don't want eternal life, then go about your business. 140 00:09:28,840 --> 00:09:30,960 But everyone should pray. 141 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:35,180 But I'm wondering sometimes what, like right here, what, what did he pray for? 142 00:09:35,180 --> 00:09:39,360 Maybe he prayed for, for that man, that man that was healed of the leprosy. 143 00:09:39,980 --> 00:09:44,920 That, that God would fulfill his will in that man's life, right? 144 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:52,720 Philippians tells us that he who has begun a good work in us will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ, right? 145 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,400 Maybe that's what Jesus was, was praying for. 146 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:59,940 Or maybe he was praying for the priest to actually do their job. 147 00:10:00,060 --> 00:10:11,520 Because when we read through that in Leviticus, it was, it was some, uh, pretty laborious duty to, uh, meet the needs of somebody who had been cleansed from leprosy. 148 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:13,080 Maybe he was praying for the priest. 149 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:19,480 Maybe he was just praying for his, his freshly called disciples that needed prayer. 150 00:10:19,480 --> 00:10:20,560 Do you need prayer? 151 00:10:20,560 --> 00:10:26,160 If Jesus ever lives to make intercession or he prays for you and me. 152 00:10:26,940 --> 00:10:28,760 We got us a good God, folks. 153 00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:39,260 Uh, and so reciprocating that and praying and seeking our God, I think is, is a very good thing for us to do. 154 00:10:39,260 --> 00:10:44,080 Uh, maybe he was, this is where he prayed for, uh, for Peter. 155 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:52,020 You remember when he, when he told Peter, he said, hey, Peter, Satan's asking for you. 156 00:10:54,580 --> 00:10:57,100 Didn't that kind of just make you go like that? 157 00:10:57,100 --> 00:10:58,120 It's kind of like seeing a snake. 158 00:10:58,120 --> 00:10:59,140 Really? 159 00:10:59,140 --> 00:11:01,800 Yeah, Satan, Satan's asked for you, Peter. 160 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:03,120 By name. 161 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:07,420 Everyone in this room right here, Satan's asked for you. 162 00:11:07,420 --> 00:11:09,140 Right? 163 00:11:09,140 --> 00:11:10,620 Satan's asked for me by name. 164 00:11:10,620 --> 00:11:13,160 Lord, please, just stay between us. 165 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:14,000 Right? 166 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:19,200 To sift you as wheat, he says. 167 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:21,980 Satan's going to sift you as wheat. 168 00:11:21,980 --> 00:11:23,820 And we know Peter's history. 169 00:11:23,820 --> 00:11:24,740 Right? 170 00:11:24,740 --> 00:11:27,140 It wasn't always glorious. 171 00:11:27,140 --> 00:11:35,080 And, um, but he says, but I have prayed for you. 172 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:38,220 Jesus had prayed for Peter. 173 00:11:38,220 --> 00:11:40,140 Right? 174 00:11:40,140 --> 00:11:44,740 That, that he wouldn't fail, but that he would, he would continue. 175 00:11:44,940 --> 00:11:48,500 Later, he tells him, when you're converted, strengthen your brothers. 176 00:11:48,500 --> 00:11:50,120 Feed my sheep, Peter. 177 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:54,480 And so, Jesus, I'm thinking, is getting his cup full. 178 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:59,560 Maybe he simply just went in to, for a time of prayer, because he's seen what's coming, 179 00:11:59,560 --> 00:12:00,940 what we're reading about right now. 180 00:12:00,940 --> 00:12:04,220 And he's just getting prayed up. 181 00:12:04,220 --> 00:12:05,460 All prayed up. 182 00:12:05,460 --> 00:12:06,700 I think there's a song about that. 183 00:12:06,700 --> 00:12:06,960 Right? 184 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:08,460 Just being prayed up. 185 00:12:08,860 --> 00:12:11,100 It's a good thing to be prayed up. 186 00:12:11,100 --> 00:12:11,700 Why? 187 00:12:11,700 --> 00:12:13,460 Because it increases your confidence. 188 00:12:13,460 --> 00:12:17,320 It bolsters your faith when you get prayed up. 189 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:20,060 Not, not, not in yourself. 190 00:12:20,060 --> 00:12:23,500 Not a self-confidence, but a God confidence. 191 00:12:23,500 --> 00:12:24,680 Right? 192 00:12:24,680 --> 00:12:27,880 That you're, you're, you're in communion with the Lord. 193 00:12:27,880 --> 00:12:30,120 You've come and you've confessed your sin, I hope. 194 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:31,200 Right? 195 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:34,760 Because if you don't confess your sin and get that right with God, then he doesn't hear you, 196 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:37,420 the Bible tells us, if we're regarding iniquity in our heart. 197 00:12:37,700 --> 00:12:39,440 And so Jesus is all prayed up here. 198 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:39,940 He's ready. 199 00:12:39,940 --> 00:12:41,060 Dukes are up. 200 00:12:41,060 --> 00:12:41,760 All right, let's go. 201 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:43,320 Right? 202 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:45,700 Because the fight's on. 203 00:12:45,700 --> 00:12:48,380 That's a true story. 204 00:12:48,380 --> 00:12:54,660 And so, first of all, first point today is be prayed up. 205 00:12:54,660 --> 00:12:56,040 Seek the Lord. 206 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:57,840 You say, well, I don't know how. 207 00:12:57,840 --> 00:12:58,980 Well, join a group. 208 00:12:58,980 --> 00:13:00,180 Right? 209 00:13:00,180 --> 00:13:03,400 We meet, I don't know how many times we meet at the office to pray. 210 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:04,940 I know I'm usually involved in two. 211 00:13:04,940 --> 00:13:08,320 And I know there's another one on Fridays that's pretty big. 212 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:11,600 I learned how to pray by praying with other believers. 213 00:13:11,600 --> 00:13:13,120 That's how I learned how to pray. 214 00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:17,480 And it's just good. 215 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:20,100 It's just good, good fellowship. 216 00:13:20,100 --> 00:13:23,240 You're just kind of rubbing off on each other in a good way. 217 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:23,780 Right? 218 00:13:23,780 --> 00:13:24,940 A good habit. 219 00:13:24,940 --> 00:13:27,020 So find somebody to pray with. 220 00:13:27,700 --> 00:13:29,500 But also, go into your closet. 221 00:13:29,500 --> 00:13:31,020 Just get along with the Lord. 222 00:13:31,020 --> 00:13:33,180 Open the Bible. 223 00:13:33,180 --> 00:13:34,520 Let God speak to you. 224 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:39,420 And then when he overwhelms you with the truth of his word, seek his face. 225 00:13:39,420 --> 00:13:41,500 Lord, what do you want me to do? 226 00:13:41,500 --> 00:13:45,300 And be ready. 227 00:13:47,060 --> 00:13:53,540 Because God does not, like I shared last week or a couple weeks ago, where Tim was here. 228 00:13:53,540 --> 00:13:54,880 How many enjoyed Tim Barton? 229 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:55,780 Right? 230 00:13:55,780 --> 00:13:57,140 It was good. 231 00:13:57,140 --> 00:13:57,940 It was really good. 232 00:13:57,940 --> 00:13:59,520 I really appreciated it. 233 00:13:59,520 --> 00:14:05,000 But God did not save your wretched hide for you to just sit around. 234 00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:09,840 He saved your wretched hide to go out and be a light in this world. 235 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:11,080 Right? 236 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:13,100 It was like the song we sang. 237 00:14:13,100 --> 00:14:14,100 The first song we sang. 238 00:14:14,100 --> 00:14:15,760 All of our hides is wretched. 239 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:22,180 And he rescues us and he saves us for a reason and for a purpose. 240 00:14:22,180 --> 00:14:27,920 Not to just, you know, take up his space and breathe his air. 241 00:14:27,920 --> 00:14:32,120 But to actually be a voice for the Lord. 242 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:34,820 And so he moves on. 243 00:14:34,820 --> 00:14:38,800 And he says, now it happened on a certain day. 244 00:14:39,240 --> 00:14:43,580 As he was teaching that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by. 245 00:14:43,580 --> 00:14:44,320 Listen to this. 246 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:49,400 Who had come out of every town in Galilee, Judea and Jerusalem. 247 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:54,160 Jerusalem is 85 miles from Capernaum. 248 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:56,160 85 miles. 249 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:58,380 That's a trek back in the day. 250 00:14:58,380 --> 00:14:59,340 Right? 251 00:14:59,340 --> 00:15:01,680 That would be even a trek horseback. 252 00:15:02,720 --> 00:15:06,500 And so these people were coming. 253 00:15:06,500 --> 00:15:11,000 The popularity of Jesus was spreading like crazy. 254 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:12,280 And they came. 255 00:15:12,280 --> 00:15:15,060 These Pharisees and these teachers. 256 00:15:15,060 --> 00:15:18,120 And a long way. 257 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:21,300 Jesus had created such a stir. 258 00:15:21,300 --> 00:15:29,120 And the Pharisees were required to examine and expose false teachers. 259 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:31,560 And because of what Jesus was doing, right? 260 00:15:31,560 --> 00:15:35,700 It was creating so much interest for the people. 261 00:15:35,700 --> 00:15:36,960 Just the common people. 262 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:38,820 They thought, we better check this guy out. 263 00:15:38,820 --> 00:15:40,380 He might just be lying under the people. 264 00:15:40,380 --> 00:15:44,720 And that's according to Deuteronomy 13 and Deuteronomy 18. 265 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:46,200 That was their job. 266 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:50,320 But notice the last sentence there. 267 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:52,380 In verse 17. 268 00:15:54,060 --> 00:15:57,560 It kind of jumps out. 269 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:01,460 And the power of the Lord was present to heal them. 270 00:16:01,460 --> 00:16:01,900 Who? 271 00:16:01,900 --> 00:16:02,920 The teachers. 272 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:04,460 The Pharisees. 273 00:16:04,460 --> 00:16:06,140 They needed healed. 274 00:16:06,140 --> 00:16:07,420 Right? 275 00:16:07,420 --> 00:16:09,020 Not just the guy that's a paralytic. 276 00:16:09,020 --> 00:16:10,060 Or not just the leper. 277 00:16:10,060 --> 00:16:12,680 But they needed healed too. 278 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:17,000 They needed healed of their hypocrisy. 279 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:21,540 That they had been stuck in for some time. 280 00:16:21,540 --> 00:16:24,260 And the power was there and available. 281 00:16:24,260 --> 00:16:26,380 To heal them. 282 00:16:26,380 --> 00:16:29,760 Warren Wearsby says this about him. 283 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:30,040 He says, 284 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:36,860 The great desire of the scribes and Pharisees was to understand and magnify God's law and apply it to their daily lives. 285 00:16:37,220 --> 00:16:40,120 However, the movement soon became quite legalistic. 286 00:16:40,120 --> 00:16:46,840 And its leaders laid so many burdens on the people that it was impossible to serve the Lord with gladness. 287 00:16:46,840 --> 00:16:48,380 Like it says in Psalm 100. 288 00:16:48,380 --> 00:16:53,380 Furthermore, many of the Pharisees were hypocrites and did not practice what they preached. 289 00:16:53,380 --> 00:17:02,340 In the Sermon on the Mount, Matthew 5-7, Jesus exposed the shallowness of their Pharisaical religion. 290 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:11,200 And he explained that true righteousness is a matter of the heart and not external religious practices alone. 291 00:17:11,200 --> 00:17:13,400 That's when Jesus said, 292 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:17,360 Hey, he didn't come to call the righteous. 293 00:17:17,360 --> 00:17:20,240 Do you know why he said that? 294 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:23,240 Because there are none. 295 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:29,040 I didn't come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. 296 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:32,000 That's what Jesus came to call, right? 297 00:17:32,220 --> 00:17:33,400 He didn't, he didn't, he didn't. 298 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:36,320 Those who are sick need a physician. 299 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:38,980 But if they're not sick, they don't need a physician. 300 00:17:38,980 --> 00:17:42,320 The Pharisees didn't recognize their sickness. 301 00:17:42,320 --> 00:17:43,600 Do you? 302 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:45,560 Are you sick? 303 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:47,440 I'm sick. 304 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:49,020 Right? 305 00:17:49,020 --> 00:17:50,720 I'm sick of me. 306 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:56,920 I'm sick of trying to, trying to be a goody goody. 307 00:17:57,360 --> 00:17:58,740 I'm not a goody goody. 308 00:17:58,740 --> 00:17:59,140 Okay? 309 00:17:59,140 --> 00:17:59,700 Okay? 310 00:17:59,700 --> 00:18:04,000 I'm the, I'm the cheese of sinners here at Out West. 311 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,180 And that's why God put me up here. 312 00:18:06,180 --> 00:18:09,840 So you all could have something to identify with. 313 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:11,620 Oh yeah, Pastor Scotty. 314 00:18:11,620 --> 00:18:14,100 Good old Pastor Scotty. 315 00:18:17,740 --> 00:18:19,120 Wicked to the core. 316 00:18:19,120 --> 00:18:20,060 Wicked to the bone. 317 00:18:20,060 --> 00:18:26,360 But I don't want to be that way. 318 00:18:26,360 --> 00:18:29,640 I don't like being that way, but I am that way. 319 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:34,000 And Jesus comes along and he starts checking me. 320 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:39,180 And that Holy Spirit, that still small voice, it just, it checks you, right? 321 00:18:39,180 --> 00:18:41,200 It whispers in your ear, what are you doing? 322 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:43,740 Don't do that. 323 00:18:43,740 --> 00:18:55,080 Like the night I was going to road rage, right after I had my, I don't call it a horse accident. 324 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:56,820 It was my horse blunder, right? 325 00:18:56,820 --> 00:19:03,140 And I'm so angry that this, this, it had to be a young guy. 326 00:19:03,140 --> 00:19:05,540 I mean, cause he had one of them horns that sound like a train. 327 00:19:05,540 --> 00:19:07,160 Choo, choo. 328 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:08,740 And I mean, it was loud. 329 00:19:08,940 --> 00:19:12,420 And he pulled in behind me and I'm like, I'm going to kill this guy. 330 00:19:12,420 --> 00:19:13,140 I'm going to kill him. 331 00:19:13,140 --> 00:19:18,660 And the Lord kind of started with, how? 332 00:19:18,660 --> 00:19:21,000 You can't even stand up. 333 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:28,480 Yes, you're right. 334 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:32,900 Maybe I could sit back against the car like this where I don't have to move and get one in, you know? 335 00:19:32,900 --> 00:19:37,940 Such a wicked dude, you know? 336 00:19:38,660 --> 00:19:39,800 And the Lord was just revealing. 337 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:41,880 For a mile, I was following this guy. 338 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:44,980 And he slowed down, you know, right in front of me. 339 00:19:44,980 --> 00:19:48,300 And then sped up and pooped on his horn. 340 00:19:48,300 --> 00:19:53,000 Then turned and did it again. 341 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:55,900 And I was turning and going to my house. 342 00:19:55,900 --> 00:19:58,200 And that last half mile to my house. 343 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:00,580 And the Lord just reminded me. 344 00:20:00,580 --> 00:20:01,240 See? 345 00:20:01,240 --> 00:20:01,940 Told you. 346 00:20:01,940 --> 00:20:03,020 You're wicked. 347 00:20:03,020 --> 00:20:04,980 Desperately wicked. 348 00:20:04,980 --> 00:20:07,760 The heart of man is so desperately wicked. 349 00:20:07,940 --> 00:20:09,700 And that's why I need Jesus in my heart. 350 00:20:09,700 --> 00:20:10,780 Every day. 351 00:20:10,780 --> 00:20:12,580 Every minute of every day. 352 00:20:12,580 --> 00:20:15,100 Because when I try to go it alone, folks. 353 00:20:15,100 --> 00:20:16,720 It's so ugly. 354 00:20:16,720 --> 00:20:18,080 And so it is with you. 355 00:20:18,080 --> 00:20:23,380 Let me come be a little mouse in a corner at your house for a week or so. 356 00:20:23,380 --> 00:20:24,560 Right? 357 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:29,900 We all know, you know, you got that big neon sign on your forehead. 358 00:20:29,900 --> 00:20:30,900 Hypocrite. 359 00:20:30,900 --> 00:20:31,880 Hypocrite. 360 00:20:31,880 --> 00:20:32,820 Hypocrite. 361 00:20:32,820 --> 00:20:35,800 You feel that way sometimes, right? 362 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:40,400 But that's what, that's the constant, right? 363 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,800 That is the constant that should drive us to Jesus. 364 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:46,080 And especially the more you read his word. 365 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:51,380 Because the Bible tells us that the law of God is like this schoolmaster that drives us to Christ. 366 00:20:51,380 --> 00:20:51,640 Right? 367 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:54,440 The law exposes how wicked I am. 368 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:56,020 It can't do anything about it. 369 00:20:56,020 --> 00:20:59,120 But then it drives me to Christ who can do something about it. 370 00:20:59,120 --> 00:21:02,620 That he can actually give me a righteousness that is not mine. 371 00:21:02,620 --> 00:21:03,580 Right? 372 00:21:03,580 --> 00:21:06,080 He loans it to me. 373 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:12,080 And it's always good. 374 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:16,000 His rightness, his righteousness is always good. 375 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:16,920 So Jesus is here. 376 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:17,520 He's teaching. 377 00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:20,520 The Pharisees come from miles around, right? 378 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:21,680 To see him. 379 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:30,580 And so he orchestrates a living, breathing illustration of how to be healed. 380 00:21:30,580 --> 00:21:35,820 So power was there to heal the Pharisees and the teachers, the scribes, right? 381 00:21:35,820 --> 00:21:41,680 And then all of a sudden, he's talking and debris starts falling down into the room. 382 00:21:42,620 --> 00:21:48,400 Because these friends of this guy who was paralyzed, right? 383 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:52,980 Began to take apart the roof. 384 00:21:52,980 --> 00:21:56,640 Because they wanted their friend to be healed. 385 00:21:56,640 --> 00:21:59,880 You got friends that want to be healed? 386 00:21:59,880 --> 00:22:03,300 You got friends that you pray for? 387 00:22:03,300 --> 00:22:06,260 That they'll just come to know Jesus? 388 00:22:07,220 --> 00:22:10,700 I think that's the mark of a true, really good friend. 389 00:22:10,700 --> 00:22:13,040 That you'll bring people to Jesus. 390 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:18,720 You'll either physically bring them to Jesus or gather them up and take them to church with you. 391 00:22:18,720 --> 00:22:21,100 Or you'll bring them to Jesus in prayer. 392 00:22:21,100 --> 00:22:24,840 And be that intercessor. 393 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:27,340 These guys are intercessors for this guy. 394 00:22:27,340 --> 00:22:29,680 Laying on this bed. 395 00:22:33,340 --> 00:22:42,760 They know that if they bring him to Jesus, that there's a good chance that he could be healed with all the things that they're hearing about this Jesus. 396 00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:47,900 And so as he's talking and this debris starts falling. 397 00:22:47,900 --> 00:22:52,440 And this man comes down and he's paralyzed. 398 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:56,860 Can't walk. 399 00:23:00,100 --> 00:23:00,980 And notice. 400 00:23:00,980 --> 00:23:03,720 They came to him. 401 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:07,700 And he saw their faith. 402 00:23:07,700 --> 00:23:10,060 Not the man's faith. 403 00:23:10,060 --> 00:23:12,500 He saw their faith. 404 00:23:12,500 --> 00:23:16,720 Maybe this guy was just at the end of his rope. 405 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:19,060 And he didn't have nothing. 406 00:23:19,060 --> 00:23:21,080 And 407 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:25,020 these people who 408 00:23:25,020 --> 00:23:28,700 lifted him up and took him to Jesus. 409 00:23:29,500 --> 00:23:30,720 Jesus saw their faith. 410 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:35,920 I think sometimes that we need to do that for each other. 411 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:38,440 When I moved to Idaho Falls 412 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:40,320 20 some odd years ago, 413 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:42,720 I cried for four months 414 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:45,180 because I was leaving my church family in twin. 415 00:23:45,180 --> 00:23:47,440 And I remember one guy telling me, 416 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:48,260 a guy I used to hunt with, 417 00:23:48,260 --> 00:23:50,140 and I was a blubber and idiot. 418 00:23:50,140 --> 00:23:51,460 He used to go, 419 00:23:51,460 --> 00:23:53,580 Scotty, we're only two and a half hours away. 420 00:23:53,580 --> 00:23:56,960 What's up, dude? 421 00:23:58,500 --> 00:23:59,020 But what, 422 00:23:59,020 --> 00:23:59,960 you know what it was? 423 00:23:59,960 --> 00:24:01,460 It was that I, 424 00:24:01,460 --> 00:24:04,360 I thought that by moving here, 425 00:24:04,360 --> 00:24:06,320 I was leaving all the people 426 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:08,620 who that if my life fell apart, 427 00:24:08,620 --> 00:24:09,680 they would be like this. 428 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:10,680 They would carry me. 429 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:11,760 Right? 430 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:14,040 You got friends like that? 431 00:24:14,040 --> 00:24:16,400 I got a few friends like that. 432 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:17,300 And I'm just like, 433 00:24:17,300 --> 00:24:18,420 man, 434 00:24:18,420 --> 00:24:19,180 I love you guys. 435 00:24:19,180 --> 00:24:19,740 I don't want to, 436 00:24:19,740 --> 00:24:20,760 I didn't want to leave. 437 00:24:21,760 --> 00:24:22,860 Little did I know 438 00:24:22,860 --> 00:24:26,260 that I've met people like that here too. 439 00:24:26,260 --> 00:24:27,280 Right? 440 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:29,500 And I've got friends like that here too. 441 00:24:29,500 --> 00:24:29,900 That I, 442 00:24:29,900 --> 00:24:31,380 because I know me. 443 00:24:31,380 --> 00:24:33,020 And that I can make a mess. 444 00:24:33,020 --> 00:24:36,540 And I need those people around me 445 00:24:36,540 --> 00:24:38,440 that I know that if I crash and burn, 446 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:39,400 they're going to pick me up. 447 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:41,840 And they're going to take me to Jesus 448 00:24:41,840 --> 00:24:43,420 in one way, 449 00:24:43,420 --> 00:24:43,780 shape, 450 00:24:43,780 --> 00:24:44,380 or form. 451 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:46,400 And whether it's through prayer 452 00:24:46,400 --> 00:24:47,920 or just gathering me up 453 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:49,000 because I'm a puddle. 454 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:51,720 And that's a powerful thing. 455 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:53,500 We need each other. 456 00:24:53,500 --> 00:24:56,180 That's why when COVID separated us, 457 00:24:56,180 --> 00:24:58,500 that's why it affected so many people 458 00:24:58,500 --> 00:25:00,960 is because we need this koinonia, 459 00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:03,120 this fellowship that we have. 460 00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:06,560 And these guys were that to this man. 461 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:08,160 Now, 462 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:13,560 so many people believe 463 00:25:13,560 --> 00:25:15,200 that if you're sick, 464 00:25:15,200 --> 00:25:18,960 if you're debilitated, 465 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:20,040 it's because you're in sin. 466 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:23,720 That's not true, 467 00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:25,200 but it is true. 468 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,340 Let me explain. 469 00:25:27,340 --> 00:25:29,760 That's not true necessarily. 470 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:31,040 We live in a fallen world. 471 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:32,320 People die every day 472 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:34,240 from no fault of their own. 473 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:37,120 They die when they didn't sin. 474 00:25:37,120 --> 00:25:37,980 Somebody else sinned 475 00:25:37,980 --> 00:25:38,520 and they died. 476 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:40,600 So their death is, 477 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:41,280 in a sense, 478 00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:42,320 a result of sin, 479 00:25:42,420 --> 00:25:44,160 but not necessarily their own. 480 00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:46,620 And so it is with sickness. 481 00:25:46,620 --> 00:25:47,180 It's just, 482 00:25:47,180 --> 00:25:48,820 like Solomon said, 483 00:25:48,820 --> 00:25:50,460 time and chance happen to all of us. 484 00:25:50,460 --> 00:25:53,080 So it's not a question 485 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:54,240 of whether you're going to get sick 486 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:55,200 or whether you're going to die. 487 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:56,780 Those things are going to happen 488 00:25:56,780 --> 00:25:58,520 because we live in a fallen world. 489 00:25:58,520 --> 00:25:58,800 Correct? 490 00:25:58,800 --> 00:25:58,960 Correct? 491 00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:06,120 But not all of it's always a direct result 492 00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:07,420 of our personal sin. 493 00:26:10,020 --> 00:26:10,600 Now, 494 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:11,760 some scholars, 495 00:26:11,760 --> 00:26:13,020 when they talk about 496 00:26:13,020 --> 00:26:14,300 this particular fella, 497 00:26:14,300 --> 00:26:16,540 they believe he had syphilis, 498 00:26:16,540 --> 00:26:17,820 which 499 00:26:17,820 --> 00:26:23,340 people in the Western culture 500 00:26:23,340 --> 00:26:26,220 know how most people 501 00:26:26,220 --> 00:26:28,000 got syphilis back in the day. 502 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,020 And it's pretty gross. 503 00:26:31,180 --> 00:26:33,580 But it's a sexually transmitted disease 504 00:26:33,580 --> 00:26:35,840 that attacks the central nervous system, 505 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:36,600 right? 506 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:38,700 That can cause paralysis, 507 00:26:38,700 --> 00:26:43,920 also causes mental debilities 508 00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:45,100 and stuff like that. 509 00:26:45,100 --> 00:26:47,100 And so they think that this guy 510 00:26:47,100 --> 00:26:49,220 possibly was affected 511 00:26:49,220 --> 00:26:50,400 or infected 512 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:52,300 with syphilis. 513 00:26:53,940 --> 00:26:55,600 And I think that the reason 514 00:26:55,600 --> 00:26:57,160 that some of them 515 00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:58,660 have been that way 516 00:26:58,660 --> 00:27:00,100 is because of what Jesus says 517 00:27:00,100 --> 00:27:00,600 to the guy 518 00:27:00,600 --> 00:27:01,640 right off the bat. 519 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:03,500 He doesn't say, 520 00:27:03,500 --> 00:27:04,920 rise up and take your bed and walk. 521 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:06,500 What does he say? 522 00:27:06,500 --> 00:27:08,440 Your sins are forgiven. 523 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:11,580 Your sins 524 00:27:11,580 --> 00:27:13,620 are forgiven. 525 00:27:13,620 --> 00:27:14,840 Oh, man, 526 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:15,440 could you imagine 527 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:16,200 his buddies going, 528 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:17,240 oh, man, 529 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:19,820 that's not what we came here for. 530 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:22,720 Your sins are forgiven you? 531 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:27,280 We thought there would be 532 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:28,700 some kind of fireworks, 533 00:27:28,700 --> 00:27:29,280 right? 534 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:33,560 But Jesus forgives him first. 535 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,440 Isn't that how it's supposed to be? 536 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:38,520 What if the Lord 537 00:27:38,520 --> 00:27:39,540 would have just healed him? 538 00:27:39,540 --> 00:27:41,560 But he wasn't forgiven of his sin. 539 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:42,500 He's still going to die. 540 00:27:42,500 --> 00:27:43,520 Don't you know? 541 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:44,700 Whatever you get, 542 00:27:44,700 --> 00:27:46,000 the very last thing 543 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:46,840 you get sick with, 544 00:27:46,840 --> 00:27:48,120 that's what you're going to die of. 545 00:27:48,120 --> 00:27:50,320 Just saying. 546 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,300 I mean, 547 00:27:53,300 --> 00:27:54,080 the Lord can 548 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:55,580 and sometimes will heal you, 549 00:27:55,580 --> 00:27:56,600 but just know 550 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:58,220 it's coming. 551 00:27:58,220 --> 00:28:00,520 So the last thing 552 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:01,320 you get sick with 553 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:01,820 is the thing 554 00:28:01,820 --> 00:28:03,180 that you're going to die of. 555 00:28:03,180 --> 00:28:08,200 So it's basically 556 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:09,640 when Jesus heals, 557 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:11,300 it was a temporary fix. 558 00:28:11,300 --> 00:28:12,920 Right? 559 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:13,480 It was temporary. 560 00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:15,140 But listen, 561 00:28:15,140 --> 00:28:18,520 when your sins are forgiven, 562 00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:20,120 that's eternal. 563 00:28:20,120 --> 00:28:24,620 that's our greatest need, 564 00:28:24,620 --> 00:28:25,040 you guys. 565 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:27,340 That is our greatest need. 566 00:28:27,340 --> 00:28:28,760 I don't need to be healed. 567 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:30,440 I need to be forgiven. 568 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:32,740 And so it is with you. 569 00:28:32,740 --> 00:28:33,840 Right? 570 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:35,380 You don't need to be healed 571 00:28:35,380 --> 00:28:36,320 necessarily, 572 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:37,520 though God may. 573 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:39,640 And to his glory, 574 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:41,040 he does that. 575 00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:43,940 But we need to be forgiven. 576 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:52,240 God is more concerned 577 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:53,220 with the healing 578 00:28:53,220 --> 00:28:55,580 of your eternal soul 579 00:28:55,580 --> 00:28:57,520 than with the temporary healing 580 00:28:57,520 --> 00:28:58,600 of your body. 581 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:00,360 Because obviously, 582 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:02,220 it's going to die eventually. 583 00:29:02,220 --> 00:29:05,800 This greatest need 584 00:29:05,800 --> 00:29:06,760 is forgiveness. 585 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:07,640 In the Latin, 586 00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:08,620 it is 587 00:29:08,620 --> 00:29:10,540 te absolvo. 588 00:29:10,540 --> 00:29:11,340 It means, 589 00:29:11,340 --> 00:29:12,060 I forgive you. 590 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:13,780 And 591 00:29:13,780 --> 00:29:16,000 it's the only cure 592 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:16,540 for guilt, 593 00:29:16,540 --> 00:29:17,160 by the way. 594 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:18,900 Are you guilty? 595 00:29:18,900 --> 00:29:20,940 Have you been feeling guilty? 596 00:29:20,940 --> 00:29:25,500 The old saying is true. 597 00:29:25,500 --> 00:29:26,480 If you feel guilty, 598 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:28,040 it's usually because you are. 599 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:30,720 Right? 600 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:33,000 It's usually because you are guilty. 601 00:29:34,700 --> 00:29:36,880 And how do you get rid 602 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:37,540 of that guilt? 603 00:29:37,540 --> 00:29:39,760 Because guilt 604 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:41,660 is like bricks. 605 00:29:41,660 --> 00:29:42,100 Right? 606 00:29:42,100 --> 00:29:43,560 They just stack up. 607 00:29:43,560 --> 00:29:45,020 It just stacks up 608 00:29:45,020 --> 00:29:46,040 and it gets weighty. 609 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:47,320 And why is it 610 00:29:47,320 --> 00:29:48,880 that when we repent, 611 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:49,800 we come to Jesus 612 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:50,180 and say, 613 00:29:50,180 --> 00:29:50,740 oh God, 614 00:29:50,740 --> 00:29:52,000 forgive me of my sin. 615 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:53,440 And it feels like a weight 616 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:54,380 because a weight 617 00:29:54,380 --> 00:29:55,840 has been lifted off of you. 618 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:57,220 Right? 619 00:29:57,220 --> 00:29:59,240 A weight has been lifted 620 00:29:59,240 --> 00:29:59,920 off of you 621 00:29:59,920 --> 00:30:00,980 and you're forgiven 622 00:30:00,980 --> 00:30:02,100 and you're free. 623 00:30:02,620 --> 00:30:02,860 Ah! 624 00:30:02,860 --> 00:30:03,600 Ah! 625 00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:04,800 Hot dog. 626 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:06,440 Feels good to be forgiven. 627 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:07,380 Amen? 628 00:30:07,380 --> 00:30:09,560 It really does. 629 00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:11,100 And so, 630 00:30:11,100 --> 00:30:12,660 so Jesus 631 00:30:12,660 --> 00:30:14,260 goes right to the heart 632 00:30:14,260 --> 00:30:14,860 of the issue. 633 00:30:14,860 --> 00:30:15,800 You know, 634 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:16,560 over the years 635 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:18,220 I've had people come up 636 00:30:18,220 --> 00:30:19,180 and they've wanted healing 637 00:30:19,180 --> 00:30:20,180 and they want anointing 638 00:30:20,180 --> 00:30:20,700 with oil. 639 00:30:20,700 --> 00:30:21,980 And a question 640 00:30:21,980 --> 00:30:22,880 I often ask, 641 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:23,800 wait a minute, 642 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:25,060 do you know Jesus? 643 00:30:25,060 --> 00:30:27,180 Is he your savior? 644 00:30:27,180 --> 00:30:28,060 Is he your Lord? 645 00:30:28,060 --> 00:30:31,080 Because if he's not, 646 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:32,020 why do you want to be healed? 647 00:30:32,020 --> 00:30:32,120 He's not going to be healed. 648 00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:38,660 Eventually, 649 00:30:38,660 --> 00:30:39,380 something else 650 00:30:39,380 --> 00:30:40,020 is going to come 651 00:30:40,020 --> 00:30:41,220 and take your life from you. 652 00:30:41,220 --> 00:30:42,780 But he promises you 653 00:30:42,780 --> 00:30:43,420 eternal life. 654 00:30:43,420 --> 00:30:44,820 So ultimately, 655 00:30:44,820 --> 00:30:45,840 that's what you need. 656 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:47,080 You need him 657 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:48,020 to come 658 00:30:48,020 --> 00:30:49,300 and to forgive you. 659 00:30:49,300 --> 00:30:53,100 And so, 660 00:30:53,100 --> 00:30:54,080 in verse 21, 661 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:55,720 the Pharisees, 662 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,920 they're on the right track here 663 00:30:58,920 --> 00:30:59,960 where they say, 664 00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:04,620 and the scribes 665 00:31:04,620 --> 00:31:05,460 and Pharisees 666 00:31:05,460 --> 00:31:06,740 began to reason 667 00:31:06,740 --> 00:31:07,320 saying, 668 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:09,140 who is this 669 00:31:09,140 --> 00:31:10,960 who speaks blasphemies? 670 00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:12,420 Who can forgive sins 671 00:31:12,420 --> 00:31:13,260 but God alone? 672 00:31:13,260 --> 00:31:15,060 That's true. 673 00:31:15,060 --> 00:31:18,540 Nobody can absolvo, 674 00:31:18,540 --> 00:31:20,580 as the Latin word says, 675 00:31:20,580 --> 00:31:22,340 or take away 676 00:31:22,340 --> 00:31:24,080 your sin. 677 00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:25,660 No human can do that. 678 00:31:27,420 --> 00:31:28,060 And so, 679 00:31:28,060 --> 00:31:30,560 when we sin, 680 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:31,680 we ultimately sin 681 00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:32,240 against God, 682 00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:32,940 even if you sin 683 00:31:32,940 --> 00:31:33,620 against people. 684 00:31:33,620 --> 00:31:35,420 That is an ultimate 685 00:31:35,420 --> 00:31:36,360 sin against God 686 00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:37,920 and needs to be 687 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:38,740 forgiven by God. 688 00:31:38,740 --> 00:31:39,220 Yeah, 689 00:31:39,220 --> 00:31:40,160 that person can let 690 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:40,740 that go 691 00:31:40,740 --> 00:31:42,340 and actually smile 692 00:31:42,340 --> 00:31:43,120 at you when they see 693 00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:44,240 you in the grocery store 694 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:45,480 and be kind, 695 00:31:46,260 --> 00:31:46,320 sinned. 696 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:47,980 But it doesn't 697 00:31:47,980 --> 00:31:48,640 wipe it away. 698 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:49,740 David, 699 00:31:49,740 --> 00:31:50,940 when he did 700 00:31:50,940 --> 00:31:52,360 his dirty deed 701 00:31:52,360 --> 00:31:53,500 with Bathsheba, 702 00:31:53,500 --> 00:31:56,320 says in Psalm 51, 703 00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:57,520 against you, 704 00:31:57,520 --> 00:31:59,500 you only have I sinned 705 00:31:59,500 --> 00:32:00,960 and done this evil 706 00:32:00,960 --> 00:32:01,860 in your sight 707 00:32:01,860 --> 00:32:03,160 that you may be found 708 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:04,580 just when you speak 709 00:32:04,580 --> 00:32:05,660 and blameless 710 00:32:05,660 --> 00:32:06,560 when you judge. 711 00:32:06,560 --> 00:32:07,640 David knew 712 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:08,260 he had sinned 713 00:32:08,260 --> 00:32:08,840 against God. 714 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:09,620 Yeah, 715 00:32:09,620 --> 00:32:10,640 but what about Bathsheba 716 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:11,620 and what about Uriah? 717 00:32:11,620 --> 00:32:13,300 He kills Uriah, 718 00:32:14,100 --> 00:32:14,360 right? 719 00:32:14,360 --> 00:32:15,760 He commits adultery 720 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:16,920 with Uriah's wife, 721 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:20,700 but he realized 722 00:32:20,700 --> 00:32:22,300 the only way 723 00:32:22,300 --> 00:32:23,060 I'm going to be forgiven 724 00:32:23,060 --> 00:32:24,980 is if God forgives me. 725 00:32:24,980 --> 00:32:32,360 And again, 726 00:32:32,360 --> 00:32:34,100 that's our greatest need. 727 00:32:34,100 --> 00:32:35,220 You know, 728 00:32:35,220 --> 00:32:35,360 I mean, 729 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:35,960 you think about 730 00:32:35,960 --> 00:32:37,020 the people in the Bible 731 00:32:37,020 --> 00:32:37,760 that were raised 732 00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:38,340 from the dead. 733 00:32:38,340 --> 00:32:40,120 Jesus raised three people 734 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:40,620 from the dead. 735 00:32:40,620 --> 00:32:41,400 In the Old Testament, 736 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:42,420 we see three people 737 00:32:42,420 --> 00:32:43,380 raised from the dead. 738 00:32:43,380 --> 00:32:43,880 You know what? 739 00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:44,880 they all died. 740 00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:48,360 They all died. 741 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:51,900 So that just is 742 00:32:51,900 --> 00:32:53,320 kind of an explanation, 743 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,440 exclamation point there 744 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:55,920 on the, 745 00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,260 on the we need 746 00:32:58,260 --> 00:32:59,340 our sins forgiven. 747 00:32:59,340 --> 00:33:01,880 Because 748 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:03,940 if anyone stands 749 00:33:03,940 --> 00:33:05,120 in the place of God 750 00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:06,900 and absolves people 751 00:33:06,900 --> 00:33:07,780 of their sins, 752 00:33:07,780 --> 00:33:09,060 they are doing something 753 00:33:09,060 --> 00:33:10,440 that only God can do 754 00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:11,780 and it is blasphemous. 755 00:33:12,140 --> 00:33:13,140 So in that, 756 00:33:13,140 --> 00:33:14,220 these guys were right. 757 00:33:14,220 --> 00:33:16,600 Unless 758 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:18,480 it's God doing 759 00:33:18,480 --> 00:33:18,840 the one 760 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:19,660 that's forgiving. 761 00:33:19,660 --> 00:33:21,760 Unless it's God 762 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:22,340 that's doing 763 00:33:22,340 --> 00:33:22,880 the forgiving. 764 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:24,680 Now, 765 00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:25,640 we can come along 766 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:26,140 and we can help. 767 00:33:26,140 --> 00:33:26,800 I think I shared 768 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:27,340 this story 769 00:33:27,340 --> 00:33:28,500 a couple weeks ago 770 00:33:28,500 --> 00:33:29,160 about the girl 771 00:33:29,160 --> 00:33:30,440 at the cowboy church 772 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:31,100 that asked me 773 00:33:31,100 --> 00:33:31,840 about her sin. 774 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:32,140 I said, 775 00:33:32,140 --> 00:33:32,360 honey, 776 00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:32,980 they're gone. 777 00:33:32,980 --> 00:33:34,380 They're forgiven. 778 00:33:34,380 --> 00:33:35,280 They're wiped away. 779 00:33:38,180 --> 00:33:39,820 we can confirm 780 00:33:39,820 --> 00:33:40,600 that to people 781 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:41,500 but we don't have 782 00:33:41,500 --> 00:33:42,040 the authority 783 00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:42,780 to forgive 784 00:33:42,780 --> 00:33:44,440 somebody's sin 785 00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:45,380 and give them 786 00:33:45,380 --> 00:33:46,240 a clean slate. 787 00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:47,020 Only God 788 00:33:47,020 --> 00:33:48,120 can do that. 789 00:33:48,120 --> 00:33:49,500 Psalm 103 verse 12 790 00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:49,780 says, 791 00:33:49,780 --> 00:33:50,820 he has removed 792 00:33:50,820 --> 00:33:51,560 our sins 793 00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:52,960 as far 794 00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:54,060 from us 795 00:33:54,060 --> 00:33:54,880 as the east 796 00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:55,780 is from the west. 797 00:33:55,780 --> 00:33:56,420 That's the, 798 00:33:56,420 --> 00:33:57,040 that's the 799 00:33:57,040 --> 00:33:58,200 New Living Translation. 800 00:33:58,200 --> 00:33:59,840 The, 801 00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:00,920 the New King James 802 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:01,140 says, 803 00:34:01,140 --> 00:34:02,300 as far as the east 804 00:34:02,300 --> 00:34:03,060 is from the west, 805 00:34:03,060 --> 00:34:04,800 so far has he removed 806 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:05,700 our transgressions 807 00:34:05,700 --> 00:34:06,220 from us. 808 00:34:06,560 --> 00:34:07,580 That's what God does. 809 00:34:07,580 --> 00:34:09,980 He chucks them. 810 00:34:09,980 --> 00:34:12,160 Right? 811 00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:13,000 And Greg Laurie says 812 00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:14,400 and he posts a sign there 813 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:14,940 that says, 814 00:34:14,940 --> 00:34:15,500 no fishing. 815 00:34:15,500 --> 00:34:21,260 In the sea of forgetfulness. 816 00:34:21,260 --> 00:34:29,600 I hope you're forgiven today 817 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:30,940 or at least you, 818 00:34:30,940 --> 00:34:32,700 if you don't know that, 819 00:34:32,700 --> 00:34:34,120 if you've received Jesus, 820 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:35,500 just know that you're forgiven. 821 00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:36,800 verse 22, 822 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:37,380 he says, 823 00:34:37,380 --> 00:34:39,600 but when Jesus 824 00:34:39,600 --> 00:34:41,180 perceived their thoughts, 825 00:34:41,180 --> 00:34:42,900 he answered and said to them, 826 00:34:42,900 --> 00:34:44,320 he knows what they're thinking, 827 00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:46,460 why are you reasoning 828 00:34:46,460 --> 00:34:47,340 in your hearts, 829 00:34:47,340 --> 00:34:48,680 which is easier to say, 830 00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:50,620 your sins are forgiven you, 831 00:34:50,620 --> 00:34:51,480 or to say, 832 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:53,040 rise up and walk? 833 00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:55,840 Think about that. 834 00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:57,720 Which one would be easier to say? 835 00:34:57,720 --> 00:34:59,860 In a sense, 836 00:34:59,860 --> 00:35:01,400 it would be easier to say, 837 00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:01,580 hey, 838 00:35:01,580 --> 00:35:02,600 your sins are forgiven you, 839 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:02,860 right? 840 00:35:03,320 --> 00:35:05,460 because there's no tangible evidence 841 00:35:05,460 --> 00:35:05,920 whether 842 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:07,860 yes or no. 843 00:35:07,860 --> 00:35:11,080 But, 844 00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:13,460 you would think it would be harder 845 00:35:13,460 --> 00:35:14,060 to say, 846 00:35:14,060 --> 00:35:15,200 rise up and walk. 847 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:17,540 Because if you don't rise up and walk, 848 00:35:17,540 --> 00:35:18,460 you're an idiot. 849 00:35:18,460 --> 00:35:19,920 Right? 850 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:19,980 Right? 851 00:35:24,980 --> 00:35:25,640 And so, 852 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:28,220 I love it when Jesus asks people questions, 853 00:35:28,220 --> 00:35:31,000 because he's actually the only one 854 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:31,760 that knows the answer. 855 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:33,940 Right? 856 00:35:33,940 --> 00:35:34,580 To the question. 857 00:35:38,540 --> 00:35:39,880 But that you may know, 858 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:40,600 verse 24, 859 00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:42,100 that the Son of Man 860 00:35:42,100 --> 00:35:43,380 has power on earth 861 00:35:43,380 --> 00:35:44,380 to forgive sin. 862 00:35:44,380 --> 00:35:45,800 He said to the man 863 00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:46,460 who was paralyzed, 864 00:35:46,460 --> 00:35:47,320 they say to you, 865 00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:47,760 rise up, 866 00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:48,600 take up your bed, 867 00:35:48,600 --> 00:35:49,900 go to your house. 868 00:35:49,900 --> 00:35:54,960 Jesus had the power 869 00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:57,700 to forgive sin. 870 00:35:57,700 --> 00:35:59,540 And so, 871 00:35:59,540 --> 00:36:01,560 that's why he said it first. 872 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:03,960 No doubt to get these guys 873 00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:04,500 to thinking, 874 00:36:04,500 --> 00:36:05,120 oh yeah, 875 00:36:05,120 --> 00:36:06,900 he's a false teacher. 876 00:36:06,900 --> 00:36:11,160 but he, 877 00:36:11,160 --> 00:36:13,320 he doesn't leave it there. 878 00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:14,220 Right? 879 00:36:14,220 --> 00:36:20,180 He says, 880 00:36:20,180 --> 00:36:23,660 I'm going to prove it to you. 881 00:36:23,660 --> 00:36:26,340 It would have been harder 882 00:36:26,340 --> 00:36:28,120 to say your sins are forgiven you, 883 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:29,260 because nobody has the right 884 00:36:29,260 --> 00:36:29,820 to do that. 885 00:36:29,820 --> 00:36:30,460 Later, 886 00:36:30,460 --> 00:36:31,640 we see the disciples, 887 00:36:31,640 --> 00:36:32,840 they tell people 888 00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:34,000 to rise up and walk. 889 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:35,100 Remember at the gate, 890 00:36:35,100 --> 00:36:35,540 beautiful. 891 00:36:35,540 --> 00:36:36,600 Right? 892 00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:38,040 And Peter walks up 893 00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:38,560 and he says that, 894 00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:40,260 silver and gold have I none, 895 00:36:40,260 --> 00:36:41,380 but that which I have 896 00:36:41,380 --> 00:36:42,040 I give to you 897 00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:43,720 in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, 898 00:36:43,720 --> 00:36:45,160 rise up and walk. 899 00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:46,520 And he did. 900 00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:50,020 We don't see any 901 00:36:50,020 --> 00:36:50,980 of the disciples saying, 902 00:36:50,980 --> 00:36:53,860 your sins are forgiven. 903 00:36:53,860 --> 00:36:55,520 I've forgiven you. 904 00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:56,780 God 905 00:36:56,780 --> 00:36:58,280 has forgiven you. 906 00:37:01,500 --> 00:37:02,360 because one 907 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:04,220 is temporary. 908 00:37:04,220 --> 00:37:05,360 That which you can see, 909 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:06,860 you can see the physical, 910 00:37:06,860 --> 00:37:08,620 the physical healing, 911 00:37:08,620 --> 00:37:09,960 but it's only temporary. 912 00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:12,880 When your sins are forgiven, 913 00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:13,780 it's eternal. 914 00:37:13,780 --> 00:37:16,420 It goes along with what it says 915 00:37:16,420 --> 00:37:17,920 in 2 Corinthians chapter 4. 916 00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:18,880 I'm actually going to teach 917 00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:19,980 on this passage this, 918 00:37:19,980 --> 00:37:20,680 this Wednesday. 919 00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:22,180 It says this 920 00:37:22,180 --> 00:37:24,480 in 2 Corinthians chapter 4, 921 00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:25,720 verses 16 through 18. 922 00:37:25,720 --> 00:37:26,340 It says, 923 00:37:26,340 --> 00:37:48,520 Listen to this. 924 00:37:48,660 --> 00:37:50,160 This is some powerful stuff. 925 00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:51,740 But at the things 926 00:37:51,740 --> 00:37:52,680 which are not seen. 927 00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:54,980 For the things 928 00:37:54,980 --> 00:37:55,880 which are seen 929 00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:56,800 are temporary, 930 00:37:56,800 --> 00:37:58,120 but the things 931 00:37:58,120 --> 00:37:59,420 which are not seen 932 00:37:59,420 --> 00:38:00,420 are eternal. 933 00:38:00,420 --> 00:38:02,140 Get it? 934 00:38:02,140 --> 00:38:04,600 This, 935 00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:05,880 which we can see, 936 00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:06,560 is temporary. 937 00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:09,140 This is a temporary life 938 00:38:09,140 --> 00:38:10,640 that you and I live, 939 00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:13,680 but there's an eternal element 940 00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:14,640 if we're in Christ. 941 00:38:15,100 --> 00:38:15,740 Right? 942 00:38:15,740 --> 00:38:17,260 Eternal life 943 00:38:17,260 --> 00:38:19,140 that we can't see. 944 00:38:19,140 --> 00:38:22,940 And so the healing 945 00:38:22,940 --> 00:38:23,940 would be temporary. 946 00:38:23,940 --> 00:38:25,560 The forgiveness of sin 947 00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:26,120 is eternal. 948 00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:27,860 That's what God's concerned with. 949 00:38:27,860 --> 00:38:34,300 He's not nearly as concerned 950 00:38:34,300 --> 00:38:35,400 with our physical body 951 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:36,080 as we are. 952 00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:37,460 Right? 953 00:38:37,460 --> 00:38:43,480 It's like Jesus says here, 954 00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:43,960 okay, 955 00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:45,920 I'm going to do both. 956 00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:47,980 Which is easier to say. 957 00:38:47,980 --> 00:38:48,940 Rise up and walk 958 00:38:48,940 --> 00:38:50,380 or your sins are forgiven you. 959 00:38:50,380 --> 00:38:51,460 Jesus says, 960 00:38:51,460 --> 00:38:52,340 I'm going to do both. 961 00:38:52,340 --> 00:38:55,220 And I'm going to prove to you 962 00:38:55,220 --> 00:38:56,080 the power of God. 963 00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:58,780 And he does. 964 00:38:58,780 --> 00:39:01,740 The power of God 965 00:39:01,740 --> 00:39:03,160 sets this man free 966 00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:05,000 from his physical ailments 967 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:06,400 and it sets him free 968 00:39:06,400 --> 00:39:07,320 from the bondage 969 00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:08,120 of sin, 970 00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:08,620 death, 971 00:39:08,620 --> 00:39:09,420 and judgment. 972 00:39:12,420 --> 00:39:13,420 I think the Bible says 973 00:39:13,420 --> 00:39:14,360 it's free indeed. 974 00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:16,440 Free indeed. 975 00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:18,240 We are set free. 976 00:39:18,240 --> 00:39:19,360 The truth comes 977 00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:20,880 and he sets us free. 978 00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:22,500 And so, 979 00:39:22,500 --> 00:39:24,020 verse 25, 980 00:39:24,020 --> 00:39:25,660 I'll kind of wrap this up now. 981 00:39:25,660 --> 00:39:26,280 Verse 25, 982 00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:26,620 it says, 983 00:39:26,620 --> 00:39:27,940 immediately he rose up 984 00:39:27,940 --> 00:39:28,540 before them, 985 00:39:28,540 --> 00:39:30,020 took up 986 00:39:30,020 --> 00:39:31,600 what he had been lying on 987 00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:32,180 and departed 988 00:39:32,180 --> 00:39:33,080 to his own house, 989 00:39:33,080 --> 00:39:34,300 glorifying God. 990 00:39:34,300 --> 00:39:35,840 And they were all amazed 991 00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:37,060 and they glorified God 992 00:39:37,060 --> 00:39:38,340 and were filled with fear, 993 00:39:38,340 --> 00:39:38,780 saying, 994 00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:39,820 we have seen 995 00:39:39,820 --> 00:39:41,340 strange things today. 996 00:39:41,340 --> 00:39:42,760 Right? 997 00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:44,140 We have seen 998 00:39:44,140 --> 00:39:45,460 strange things today. 999 00:39:45,460 --> 00:39:47,900 This poor guy 1000 00:39:47,900 --> 00:39:48,780 had been totally 1001 00:39:48,780 --> 00:39:50,500 dependent on others. 1002 00:39:50,500 --> 00:39:51,880 Doesn't that just 1003 00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:52,260 gall you? 1004 00:39:52,260 --> 00:39:54,560 I hate it 1005 00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:55,000 when I have to 1006 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:55,740 depend on people. 1007 00:39:55,740 --> 00:39:57,100 It just kind of 1008 00:39:57,100 --> 00:39:57,660 galls you, 1009 00:39:57,660 --> 00:39:58,080 you know? 1010 00:39:58,080 --> 00:39:59,000 I just, 1011 00:39:59,000 --> 00:39:59,680 you know, 1012 00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:01,540 good cowboy, 1013 00:40:01,540 --> 00:40:03,020 he pulls on his boots, 1014 00:40:03,020 --> 00:40:03,640 you know, 1015 00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:06,260 with his own strength 1016 00:40:06,260 --> 00:40:07,940 and gets after it. 1017 00:40:07,940 --> 00:40:10,780 But there are just times 1018 00:40:10,780 --> 00:40:11,820 when we have to 1019 00:40:11,820 --> 00:40:13,380 depend on somebody. 1020 00:40:13,380 --> 00:40:15,160 And, 1021 00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:16,260 and this poor guy 1022 00:40:16,260 --> 00:40:17,440 had to depend on others. 1023 00:40:17,440 --> 00:40:18,500 Lord knows what he had 1024 00:40:18,500 --> 00:40:19,420 to depend on him for. 1025 00:40:19,420 --> 00:40:20,420 If he was that paralyzed, 1026 00:40:20,420 --> 00:40:21,760 everything from 1027 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:22,860 putting on his socks 1028 00:40:22,860 --> 00:40:23,960 to going to the bathroom. 1029 00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:26,660 But now, 1030 00:40:26,660 --> 00:40:29,000 he knows what it's like 1031 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:29,940 to depend on God 1032 00:40:29,940 --> 00:40:30,700 and he leaves, 1033 00:40:30,700 --> 00:40:32,100 glorifying the Lord, 1034 00:40:32,100 --> 00:40:33,200 praising him, 1035 00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:34,760 praising God, 1036 00:40:36,020 --> 00:40:36,640 praising God 1037 00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:37,260 that his sins 1038 00:40:37,260 --> 00:40:37,780 are forgiven 1039 00:40:37,780 --> 00:40:38,640 and his, 1040 00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:40,060 his bodies restored. 1041 00:40:40,060 --> 00:40:41,820 Verse 26, 1042 00:40:41,820 --> 00:40:43,020 they were all amazed. 1043 00:40:43,020 --> 00:40:43,580 Everybody, 1044 00:40:43,580 --> 00:40:45,040 at least for a brief time, 1045 00:40:45,040 --> 00:40:46,280 even the scribes 1046 00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:47,420 and the Pharisees 1047 00:40:47,420 --> 00:40:48,020 were just like, 1048 00:40:48,020 --> 00:40:48,620 oh, wow. 1049 00:40:48,620 --> 00:40:50,880 I guess he showed us. 1050 00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:56,920 For a brief moment, 1051 00:40:56,920 --> 00:40:57,120 they, 1052 00:40:57,120 --> 00:40:58,060 they all had to do 1053 00:40:58,060 --> 00:40:59,140 a double take. 1054 00:40:59,140 --> 00:41:00,900 Did he really just 1055 00:41:00,900 --> 00:41:01,640 say and do 1056 00:41:01,640 --> 00:41:02,220 what we think 1057 00:41:02,220 --> 00:41:03,160 he did and said? 1058 00:41:05,780 --> 00:41:07,680 finishing with that 1059 00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:08,480 right at the end there, 1060 00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:09,740 we have seen 1061 00:41:09,740 --> 00:41:11,400 strange things today. 1062 00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:13,720 It would be, 1063 00:41:13,720 --> 00:41:14,120 wouldn't it? 1064 00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:16,420 We've seen 1065 00:41:16,420 --> 00:41:17,520 strange things today. 1066 00:41:17,520 --> 00:41:22,980 God is so good. 1067 00:41:22,980 --> 00:41:25,460 And I just want to share 1068 00:41:25,460 --> 00:41:26,700 three takeaways with you 1069 00:41:26,700 --> 00:41:27,520 as we close here 1070 00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:27,740 this, 1071 00:41:27,740 --> 00:41:29,300 this afternoon. 1072 00:41:29,300 --> 00:41:30,800 And, 1073 00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:32,460 really simple. 1074 00:41:32,460 --> 00:41:33,420 First is, 1075 00:41:33,420 --> 00:41:34,720 is Jesus prayed. 1076 00:41:34,720 --> 00:41:35,860 So get prayed up. 1077 00:41:35,860 --> 00:41:37,360 Follow his example. 1078 00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:38,660 Have that. 1079 00:41:38,660 --> 00:41:39,260 If you don't have 1080 00:41:39,260 --> 00:41:41,100 a specific prayer time, 1081 00:41:41,100 --> 00:41:41,640 make one. 1082 00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:42,900 Right? 1083 00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:44,680 it can be when you're, 1084 00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:46,120 when you're quiet in the 1085 00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:46,340 morning, 1086 00:41:46,340 --> 00:41:47,320 maybe reading the word 1087 00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:48,040 or in the evening. 1088 00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:48,680 Some, 1089 00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:49,040 you know, 1090 00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:49,800 some people have, 1091 00:41:49,800 --> 00:41:50,780 have their time. 1092 00:41:50,780 --> 00:41:51,260 But, 1093 00:41:51,260 --> 00:41:52,040 but get away. 1094 00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:53,480 Be quiet. 1095 00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:54,260 Be still, 1096 00:41:54,260 --> 00:41:54,880 the Bible says, 1097 00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:55,740 and know that I'm God. 1098 00:41:55,740 --> 00:41:57,860 Get prayed up. 1099 00:41:57,860 --> 00:42:00,300 I promise you, 1100 00:42:00,300 --> 00:42:01,220 there's a fight coming. 1101 00:42:01,220 --> 00:42:03,500 Whether you're prayed up 1102 00:42:03,500 --> 00:42:03,940 or not. 1103 00:42:03,940 --> 00:42:05,080 Right? 1104 00:42:05,300 --> 00:42:06,240 So being prayed up 1105 00:42:06,240 --> 00:42:07,180 might determine 1106 00:42:07,180 --> 00:42:08,340 whether you get your 1107 00:42:08,340 --> 00:42:09,460 spiritual tail kicked 1108 00:42:09,460 --> 00:42:10,980 or whether you're victorious. 1109 00:42:10,980 --> 00:42:13,060 So get prayed up, 1110 00:42:13,060 --> 00:42:13,460 number one. 1111 00:42:13,460 --> 00:42:14,060 Number two, 1112 00:42:14,060 --> 00:42:16,080 real friends bring 1113 00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:17,180 their friends to Jesus. 1114 00:42:17,180 --> 00:42:19,540 Real friends bring 1115 00:42:19,540 --> 00:42:20,660 their friends to Jesus. 1116 00:42:20,660 --> 00:42:22,920 Or at least point people 1117 00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:23,540 to Jesus. 1118 00:42:23,540 --> 00:42:25,580 Right? 1119 00:42:25,580 --> 00:42:26,620 You say, 1120 00:42:26,620 --> 00:42:26,760 well, 1121 00:42:26,760 --> 00:42:27,380 I don't really know 1122 00:42:27,380 --> 00:42:28,320 how to bring people 1123 00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:28,740 to Jesus. 1124 00:42:28,740 --> 00:42:29,200 Well, 1125 00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:29,980 bring them to church 1126 00:42:29,980 --> 00:42:30,600 and I'll bring them 1127 00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:31,180 to Jesus. 1128 00:42:31,180 --> 00:42:33,280 Right? 1129 00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:36,040 Be a friend 1130 00:42:36,040 --> 00:42:36,620 to somebody. 1131 00:42:36,620 --> 00:42:39,540 The ultimate friend 1132 00:42:39,540 --> 00:42:40,060 will bring 1133 00:42:40,060 --> 00:42:41,420 his friends to Jesus. 1134 00:42:41,420 --> 00:42:43,580 And thirdly, 1135 00:42:43,580 --> 00:42:48,760 Jesus remedies 1136 00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:49,740 our greatest need. 1137 00:42:49,740 --> 00:42:51,580 That truly is forgiveness. 1138 00:42:51,580 --> 00:42:54,480 To know that you're forgiven. 1139 00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:57,200 That your slate is clean. 1140 00:42:57,200 --> 00:42:57,780 That he, 1141 00:42:57,780 --> 00:42:59,620 he wipes it clean. 1142 00:42:59,620 --> 00:43:05,700 And our sins 1143 00:43:05,700 --> 00:43:06,420 are forgiven. 1144 00:43:06,420 --> 00:43:10,780 I hope that yours are 1145 00:43:10,780 --> 00:43:11,060 that, 1146 00:43:11,060 --> 00:43:12,880 that you've heard 1147 00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:13,580 the Lord say, 1148 00:43:13,580 --> 00:43:15,240 Te absolvo. 1149 00:43:15,240 --> 00:43:16,140 Or, 1150 00:43:16,140 --> 00:43:17,480 I forgive you. 1151 00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:20,020 Because, 1152 00:43:20,020 --> 00:43:21,180 that's really 1153 00:43:21,180 --> 00:43:22,200 what sets you free 1154 00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:23,060 to do what God's 1155 00:43:23,060 --> 00:43:23,720 called you to do. 1156 00:43:23,720 --> 00:43:26,220 I remember 1157 00:43:26,220 --> 00:43:27,980 being in that place 1158 00:43:27,980 --> 00:43:29,000 and for years 1159 00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:29,780 being overwhelmed. 1160 00:43:29,780 --> 00:43:30,120 Lord, 1161 00:43:30,120 --> 00:43:30,920 you've really 1162 00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:31,560 forgiven me 1163 00:43:31,560 --> 00:43:32,280 for that stuff? 1164 00:43:32,280 --> 00:43:33,400 Really? 1165 00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:34,180 Seriously? 1166 00:43:34,180 --> 00:43:37,080 Because it's a, 1167 00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:38,260 it's a tough pill 1168 00:43:38,260 --> 00:43:39,180 to swallow. 1169 00:43:39,180 --> 00:43:41,300 I, 1170 00:43:41,300 --> 00:43:42,960 some of you 1171 00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:43,740 are really bad. 1172 00:43:43,740 --> 00:43:47,640 Like me. 1173 00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:50,000 And, 1174 00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:52,120 and you look back 1175 00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:52,700 and you think, 1176 00:43:52,700 --> 00:43:54,300 I don't know how 1177 00:43:54,300 --> 00:43:55,160 you could forgive me 1178 00:43:55,160 --> 00:43:55,620 for that. 1179 00:43:55,620 --> 00:43:56,840 And Lord, 1180 00:43:56,840 --> 00:43:58,040 I'm just by faith, 1181 00:43:58,380 --> 00:43:59,480 just like the faith 1182 00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:00,300 of this man's friends, 1183 00:44:00,300 --> 00:44:01,080 just like faith. 1184 00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:01,320 I'm, 1185 00:44:01,320 --> 00:44:02,440 I'm just coming to you 1186 00:44:02,440 --> 00:44:03,160 believing that 1187 00:44:03,160 --> 00:44:04,140 I'm forgiven. 1188 00:44:04,140 --> 00:44:06,620 And, 1189 00:44:06,620 --> 00:44:08,200 his mercies 1190 00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:08,620 are new 1191 00:44:08,620 --> 00:44:09,360 every morning. 1192 00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:11,660 The joy of the Lord, 1193 00:44:11,660 --> 00:44:13,100 the joy of that forgiveness 1194 00:44:13,100 --> 00:44:13,900 is truly 1195 00:44:13,900 --> 00:44:15,040 my strength. 1196 00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:17,360 That I just realized, 1197 00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:17,580 Lord, 1198 00:44:17,580 --> 00:44:18,420 if you can forgive me 1199 00:44:18,420 --> 00:44:18,880 for that, 1200 00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:19,340 okay, 1201 00:44:19,340 --> 00:44:20,560 you can forgive me 1202 00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:21,780 for wanting to beat up 1203 00:44:21,780 --> 00:44:22,140 a kid, 1204 00:44:22,140 --> 00:44:23,700 even though I 1205 00:44:23,700 --> 00:44:24,560 couldn't have anyway. 1206 00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:26,280 Right? 1207 00:44:26,280 --> 00:44:26,360 Right? 1208 00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:30,000 let's pray. 1209 00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:31,900 Father, 1210 00:44:31,900 --> 00:44:32,480 we thank you 1211 00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:32,860 for 1212 00:44:32,860 --> 00:44:35,120 this day. 1213 00:44:35,120 --> 00:44:38,820 And Lord, 1214 00:44:38,820 --> 00:44:41,700 that you love us 1215 00:44:41,700 --> 00:44:43,280 and 1216 00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:45,100 that you're willing 1217 00:44:45,100 --> 00:44:46,580 to speak to us 1218 00:44:46,580 --> 00:44:46,800 and 1219 00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:48,180 as we come to you 1220 00:44:48,180 --> 00:44:48,800 by faith, 1221 00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:49,140 Lord, 1222 00:44:49,140 --> 00:44:51,040 and even as we bring 1223 00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:51,840 our friends to you 1224 00:44:51,840 --> 00:44:52,360 by faith, 1225 00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:53,540 even maybe even right now, 1226 00:44:53,680 --> 00:44:54,360 there's people 1227 00:44:54,360 --> 00:44:54,860 that have 1228 00:44:54,860 --> 00:44:57,120 a friend on their heart 1229 00:44:57,120 --> 00:44:58,040 that they're praying for, 1230 00:44:58,040 --> 00:44:59,360 that they're praying 1231 00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:00,440 that they would come to you, 1232 00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:01,980 praying that their spirits 1233 00:45:01,980 --> 00:45:02,700 would be healed, 1234 00:45:02,700 --> 00:45:03,040 Lord, 1235 00:45:03,040 --> 00:45:04,220 maybe even their bodies, 1236 00:45:04,220 --> 00:45:06,220 but that ultimately, 1237 00:45:06,220 --> 00:45:06,660 Lord, 1238 00:45:06,660 --> 00:45:07,320 that their sin 1239 00:45:07,320 --> 00:45:08,180 would be forgiven 1240 00:45:08,180 --> 00:45:09,860 and that they would 1241 00:45:09,860 --> 00:45:11,240 walk in this 1242 00:45:11,240 --> 00:45:12,660 newness, 1243 00:45:12,660 --> 00:45:13,040 Lord, 1244 00:45:13,040 --> 00:45:14,620 and this freedom 1245 00:45:14,620 --> 00:45:16,320 from guilt 1246 00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:17,340 and from shame, 1247 00:45:17,340 --> 00:45:17,700 Lord, 1248 00:45:17,700 --> 00:45:18,860 of the things we've done 1249 00:45:18,860 --> 00:45:19,940 in this life 1250 00:45:19,940 --> 00:45:20,920 that truly would 1251 00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:21,700 have brought shame 1252 00:45:21,700 --> 00:45:23,880 to you 1253 00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:25,680 and yet you took it 1254 00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:26,400 upon yourself. 1255 00:45:26,400 --> 00:45:28,040 You paid in full, 1256 00:45:28,040 --> 00:45:29,080 Lord, 1257 00:45:29,080 --> 00:45:30,060 our greatest debt. 1258 00:45:30,060 --> 00:45:30,980 So, 1259 00:45:30,980 --> 00:45:31,200 Lord, 1260 00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:32,140 I just pray that 1261 00:45:32,140 --> 00:45:33,480 this day 1262 00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:34,860 people would 1263 00:45:34,860 --> 00:45:35,800 be willing 1264 00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:36,900 to reach out 1265 00:45:36,900 --> 00:45:38,420 and maybe those 1266 00:45:38,420 --> 00:45:39,580 who need prayer 1267 00:45:39,580 --> 00:45:40,780 could just come forward 1268 00:45:40,780 --> 00:45:41,720 and be prayed for 1269 00:45:41,720 --> 00:45:42,520 and be encouraged, 1270 00:45:42,520 --> 00:45:43,480 Lord, 1271 00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:44,940 that tomorrow's 1272 00:45:44,940 --> 00:45:45,500 a new day, 1273 00:45:45,500 --> 00:45:46,540 that truly your mercy 1274 00:45:46,540 --> 00:45:47,100 is new 1275 00:45:47,100 --> 00:45:49,060 and that we have 1276 00:45:49,060 --> 00:45:51,020 a God 1277 00:45:51,020 --> 00:45:52,520 who has plans 1278 00:45:52,520 --> 00:45:53,120 for us, 1279 00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:53,380 Lord, 1280 00:45:53,380 --> 00:45:54,160 that our minds 1281 00:45:54,160 --> 00:45:55,120 can't even conceive 1282 00:45:55,120 --> 00:45:56,640 as we yield to you. 1283 00:45:56,640 --> 00:45:57,100 So, 1284 00:45:57,100 --> 00:45:57,920 may we do that 1285 00:45:57,920 --> 00:45:58,820 this week, 1286 00:45:58,820 --> 00:45:59,140 Lord. 1287 00:45:59,140 --> 00:46:00,700 May the name of Jesus 1288 00:46:00,700 --> 00:46:01,600 be on our lips 1289 00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:02,640 that we would 1290 00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:03,420 proclaim him, 1291 00:46:03,420 --> 00:46:05,220 not be ashamed of him, 1292 00:46:05,220 --> 00:46:07,140 but in doing so, 1293 00:46:07,140 --> 00:46:07,400 Lord, 1294 00:46:07,400 --> 00:46:08,260 that we would desire 1295 00:46:08,260 --> 00:46:08,980 that righteousness 1296 00:46:08,980 --> 00:46:10,160 that only you can give, 1297 00:46:10,160 --> 00:46:11,540 that we can't muster 1298 00:46:11,540 --> 00:46:12,160 it ourself. 1299 00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:12,900 Lord, 1300 00:46:12,900 --> 00:46:13,800 you have to 1301 00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:14,940 extend it to us. 1302 00:46:14,940 --> 00:46:15,800 So, 1303 00:46:15,800 --> 00:46:16,120 Jesus, 1304 00:46:16,120 --> 00:46:16,960 we just love you. 1305 00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:17,580 We praise you. 1306 00:46:17,580 --> 00:46:18,540 We give you this week 1307 00:46:18,540 --> 00:46:19,520 in Jesus' name. 1308 00:46:19,520 --> 00:46:20,260 Amen. 1309 00:46:20,260 --> 00:46:21,060 Let's all stand, 1310 00:46:21,060 --> 00:46:21,500 shall we? 1311 00:46:21,500 --> 00:46:24,640 I'm going to sing 1312 00:46:24,640 --> 00:46:26,680 a little verse 1313 00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:27,400 from a song 1314 00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:28,700 I heard 1315 00:46:28,700 --> 00:46:29,860 right after I got saved 1316 00:46:29,860 --> 00:46:31,740 and it's called 1317 00:46:31,740 --> 00:46:32,500 I Keep Falling 1318 00:46:32,500 --> 00:46:33,300 in Love with Him. 1319 00:46:33,300 --> 00:46:34,880 Some of you may remember it. 1320 00:46:34,880 --> 00:46:35,460 If you know it, 1321 00:46:35,460 --> 00:46:36,080 sing it with me. 1322 00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:55,200 I keep falling in love with Him over and over and over and over again. 1323 00:46:55,200 --> 00:47:14,920 God bless you guys. 1324 00:47:14,920 --> 00:47:15,900 Have a great week in Jesus. 1325 00:47:15,900 --> 00:47:17,900 Thank you. 1326 00:47:17,900 --> 00:47:47,880 Thank you.