1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:08,760 If you got your Bibles, we are going to look at this beginning of Holy Week, this Palm Sunday, 2 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:19,420 when Jesus took that trek into Jerusalem and riding up on the foal of a donkey. 3 00:00:19,420 --> 00:00:23,860 And I've ridden, anybody ever rode a donkey? 4 00:00:23,860 --> 00:00:25,540 If you rode a donkey, raise your hand. 5 00:00:25,920 --> 00:00:30,620 Hey, right on, some fellow hee-hawrs. 6 00:00:30,620 --> 00:00:31,100 Yeah. 7 00:00:31,100 --> 00:00:32,760 Eehaw, eehaw. 8 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:38,440 And it's quite an experience. 9 00:00:38,440 --> 00:00:41,720 They travel a little different than other mounts. 10 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:51,260 But it's quite interesting, the fact that the Lord rode. 11 00:00:52,140 --> 00:00:56,800 And I was going to tell a story, but I don't think I have time. 12 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:03,040 So, but we're going to look at two great rides that Jesus makes. 13 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:04,940 And the first one, obviously, is this one. 14 00:01:04,940 --> 00:01:07,640 We'll just mention the second one a little bit towards the end. 15 00:01:08,540 --> 00:01:13,020 But the title of my message is Ride, Jesus Ride. 16 00:01:13,020 --> 00:01:15,700 Sounds like a cowboy church title, right? 17 00:01:15,700 --> 00:01:17,760 Ride, Jesus Ride. 18 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:20,800 And the Lord likes to ride. 19 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:22,800 You know, I was looking at this. 20 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:26,260 And in the scriptures, you know, the Lord rides. 21 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:34,280 Growing up, that's probably why I did some cowboy rodeo stuff and have horses and stuff is because I like to ride. 22 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:39,380 I remember being little trying to ride sheep before there was such a thing as mutton busting. 23 00:01:39,380 --> 00:01:47,920 And I was telling some folks last night, we used to ride a big, great, big, gray goat called Ike. 24 00:01:49,220 --> 00:01:52,160 And Ike was tethered to a ditch and he was big. 25 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:57,640 And so we would get on him and everybody did pretty good until Ike jumped the ditch. 26 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,360 And halfway across the ditch, he would hit the end of his tether. 27 00:02:03,020 --> 00:02:05,280 And things would come to a screeching halt. 28 00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:10,720 And, but it's always exciting to ride something. 29 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:18,280 I know some of you guys are bikers, you know, and a cool ride. 30 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:19,760 I love riding motorcycles. 31 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:22,020 It's just my wife won't let me have one. 32 00:02:22,020 --> 00:02:27,020 She probably should because she's got a pretty good life insurance policy on me. 33 00:02:27,020 --> 00:02:31,040 I'm probably, I'm a little worth more to her dead than I am alive. 34 00:02:32,580 --> 00:02:34,560 But the Lord rides. 35 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:39,560 And as you look through scripture in Deuteronomy 33, it says he rides the heavens. 36 00:02:39,560 --> 00:02:45,100 And Psalm 18 verse 10 says he rides on the wings of the wind. 37 00:02:45,100 --> 00:02:47,040 Some wind riding. 38 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:48,360 That'd be pretty cool. 39 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:49,060 Right? 40 00:02:49,060 --> 00:02:50,520 Psalm 68, four. 41 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:52,860 He rides through the deserts. 42 00:02:52,860 --> 00:02:56,980 Isaiah 19, one says he rides on a swift cloud. 43 00:03:00,820 --> 00:03:07,640 And we see in the New Testament where Lazarus dies and he gets an angel ride. 44 00:03:07,640 --> 00:03:10,400 And I can't wait for my angel ride. 45 00:03:10,400 --> 00:03:12,540 It's going to be awesome. 46 00:03:12,540 --> 00:03:15,060 And exciting. 47 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:17,460 And so here's Jesus. 48 00:03:17,460 --> 00:03:20,900 And we're going to pick the story up in verse 12. 49 00:03:20,900 --> 00:03:24,000 But a little preface here. 50 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,140 It's six days before Passover. 51 00:03:26,140 --> 00:03:31,720 And Jesus is hanging out with Mary, Martha, and Lazarus. 52 00:03:31,720 --> 00:03:34,760 And Lazarus at this time has been risen from the dead. 53 00:03:34,760 --> 00:03:36,660 That Jesus called him out of the grave. 54 00:03:36,660 --> 00:03:38,400 And he was regenerated. 55 00:03:39,340 --> 00:03:45,000 And obviously news travels fast when the dead come back to life. 56 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:48,580 It's kind of a rare thing. 57 00:03:48,580 --> 00:03:53,120 And years ago, I remember talking to my dad. 58 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:55,320 And we were, I was young in the Lord and we were talking. 59 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:56,420 And I'm going, man, how? 60 00:03:56,420 --> 00:04:01,240 Man, these disciples, they just turned the world upside down. 61 00:04:01,240 --> 00:04:02,420 How'd they do that? 62 00:04:02,420 --> 00:04:03,220 So fast. 63 00:04:03,220 --> 00:04:05,060 My dad looked at me and kind of chuckled. 64 00:04:05,060 --> 00:04:09,460 He said, son, it's not every day that somebody rises from the dead. 65 00:04:09,460 --> 00:04:11,180 Never to die again. 66 00:04:11,180 --> 00:04:13,040 And that's what Jesus did. 67 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:15,600 No wonder news traveled fast. 68 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:17,720 And so here they are. 69 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:20,780 They're at Bethany. 70 00:04:20,780 --> 00:04:22,960 This is where Mary anoints Jesus. 71 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:28,820 And that fragrant oil that is going to be with him throughout the Passion Week. 72 00:04:29,860 --> 00:04:36,880 Everybody that encountered Jesus, no doubt, was just lambasted with this fragrance of perfume 73 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:38,360 that she had anointed him with. 74 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:40,920 You know how smell sparks your memory? 75 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:47,180 I think it's one of the biggest reminders that we have is smell. 76 00:04:47,180 --> 00:04:48,740 It reminds you of things. 77 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:58,340 And so no doubt those soldiers, every time they got a whiff of something like that, they remembered 78 00:04:58,340 --> 00:05:00,860 what happened during that Passion Week. 79 00:05:00,860 --> 00:05:03,700 Pretty powerful thought. 80 00:05:03,700 --> 00:05:12,780 And so they're hanging out and they chastised Mary for doing this, saying that the money could 81 00:05:12,780 --> 00:05:13,640 have been used. 82 00:05:14,980 --> 00:05:18,060 And in verse 9, it says, 83 00:05:18,060 --> 00:05:23,980 Now a great many of the Jews knew that he was there, and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, 84 00:05:23,980 --> 00:05:28,780 but that they might also see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 85 00:05:28,780 --> 00:05:34,900 But the chief priest plotted to put Lazarus to death also, because on account of him, 86 00:05:34,900 --> 00:05:38,200 many of the Jews went away and believed in Jesus. 87 00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:42,560 Oh, John chapter 12, I'm sorry. 88 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:48,020 We're out of Luke, we're in John. 89 00:05:48,020 --> 00:05:49,460 I got excited, I'm sorry. 90 00:05:49,460 --> 00:05:57,360 John 12, that was verse 9 that we just, verses 9 through 11 we just read. 91 00:05:57,360 --> 00:05:59,720 But so they were going to kill Lazarus. 92 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:04,200 Here's the, what Jesus raised him up from the dead, and they're going to kill him. 93 00:06:04,620 --> 00:06:11,540 It's like, you know, there's one thing, it's one thing to be kind of stupid, but to be stupid on purpose? 94 00:06:11,540 --> 00:06:13,780 Really? 95 00:06:13,780 --> 00:06:14,520 I mean, really? 96 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:18,600 Jesus just raised Lazarus from the dead. 97 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:19,360 Well, let's kill him. 98 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:21,500 It didn't work last time. 99 00:06:21,500 --> 00:06:23,780 Right? 100 00:06:23,780 --> 00:06:26,680 And people, they don't get it. 101 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:31,860 You've talked to those people that you've shared the gospel with, and they don't get it. 102 00:06:31,860 --> 00:06:34,180 I mean, it's just like a glazed look over their eyes. 103 00:06:34,180 --> 00:06:35,060 They don't get it. 104 00:06:35,060 --> 00:06:42,620 And usually the reason for that is people think they're okay. 105 00:06:42,620 --> 00:06:44,700 I'm okay. 106 00:06:44,700 --> 00:06:45,340 You're okay. 107 00:06:45,340 --> 00:06:45,840 Aren't we? 108 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:46,980 Aren't we all okay? 109 00:06:46,980 --> 00:06:47,720 No. 110 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:49,780 Nobody's okay. 111 00:06:49,780 --> 00:06:51,920 Right? 112 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:56,020 There's this desperate wickedness in our hearts. 113 00:06:56,020 --> 00:07:00,800 And when you come face to face with that, and when you own it, right? 114 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:05,080 It too is like a schoolmaster that drives you to Jesus. 115 00:07:05,080 --> 00:07:09,860 Because I know that that's the only goodness I'm going to find is there in this person. 116 00:07:09,860 --> 00:07:13,000 This person of Christ Jesus. 117 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:18,500 And so let's read verses 12 through 19, and we'll get into this. 118 00:07:18,500 --> 00:07:48,480 And it says, 119 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:54,520 a donkey's colt and his disciples did not understand these things at first. But when Jesus 120 00:07:54,520 --> 00:08:00,440 was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him and that they had 121 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:07,420 done these things to him. Therefore, the people who were with him when he called Lazarus out of 122 00:08:07,420 --> 00:08:13,520 his tomb and raised him from the dead bore witness. For this reason, the people also met him because 123 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:22,180 they heard that he had done this sign. The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, you see that you are 124 00:08:22,180 --> 00:08:30,720 accomplishing nothing. Look, the world has gone after him. Let's pray. Lord, thank you for your word. 125 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:39,500 Lord, thank you for this picture of you coming in humility for us, Lord. And you call us to come to 126 00:08:39,500 --> 00:08:45,600 you and to walk in humility as your word tells us, Lord, that you lift up the humble, but you oppose 127 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:52,820 the proud. And so, Lord, in humility, we come before you and we come looking at your word, Lord, and 128 00:08:52,820 --> 00:09:00,780 thanking you for it, Lord, that it inspires us to be like the one who bought us with his precious blood. 129 00:09:00,780 --> 00:09:06,640 And so, Lord, may we just be that flock, that people group, Lord, that are faithful to our king. 130 00:09:06,860 --> 00:09:16,720 And we pray it in Jesus' mighty name. Amen. And so, so here it is. It's the next day, right? It's the next 131 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:26,560 day probably after he was anointed there and they, he's a great multitude is gathered because why? Because 132 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:34,880 it's, it's, it's going to be holy week. And, and Jesus enters Jerusalem, not as a political conqueror, but as a 133 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:42,500 humble king, bearing in peace and salvation. And the, the Jews were looking for this. They were looking for 134 00:09:42,500 --> 00:09:51,080 the consolation of Israel. They were looking for the Messiah to come and, and, and no doubt had some 135 00:09:51,080 --> 00:10:01,980 expectation. So this great crowd, um, as they come together looking towards this one. And some, um, 136 00:10:01,980 --> 00:10:10,000 believe that the, the, the raising of Lazarus was really a launch for Jesus. This, this, this person 137 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:17,940 who could raise the dead and, and all the buzz about the, the Passover and the religious festivities that 138 00:10:17,940 --> 00:10:24,380 week. And, and, and, and the crowd was looking at him and they all come together and they began to 139 00:10:24,380 --> 00:10:33,840 shout and quote Psalm 118. Hosanna, right? Hosanna, blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. 140 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:40,820 Blessed is the King of Israel. They're, they're recognizing him as a King. But sadly to say, 141 00:10:40,820 --> 00:10:47,600 most of them recognize him as a, as a political King, as a King, that's going to come and overthrow 142 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:55,880 Rome and, and not be under the, the Roman rule anymore. Um, it's, it's filled with the messianic 143 00:10:55,880 --> 00:11:02,100 expectation, but so many people, they missed about what this, what this Messiah was going to be like, 144 00:11:02,100 --> 00:11:07,940 that he was going to, that he was going to fulfill the, the, the writings that we see of the prophet 145 00:11:07,940 --> 00:11:15,140 Isaiah, right? And, um, that word Hosanna means to save us. Lord grant us success. Blessed is he who 146 00:11:15,140 --> 00:11:21,840 comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna. That's what they're saying. And, um, but they got it wrong. 147 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:31,200 Like so many people, right? Oh, I, I, I believe in the teachings of Christ. I think Jesus was a cool dude. 148 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:36,920 I had a, I had a, had one of those rainbow people tell me, yeah, JC's cool, man. He's cool. 149 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:49,360 But he's not their King. He's not their Lord. And that's what he comes to, uh, rule and reign over, 150 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:58,020 not a geographic location there in the middle East. He comes to rule and reign over our hearts, 151 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:05,200 yours and mine. And why is it that when we become Christians, when we're converted, 152 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:13,560 we ask him to come into our hearts. I want him to reside right here and, and to be my, 153 00:12:13,560 --> 00:12:21,240 to be my conscience and to be my guide, guide, um, the palm branches, right? They're laying them down 154 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:28,360 and the disciples and throw their clothes on the coat, symbolized victory and national pride. 155 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:34,400 And, uh, but sometimes re is associated with revolts. So maybe that's what they're thinking 156 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:40,020 is a revolt against Rome. Warren Wiersbe says this, the crowd was shouting for salvation, 157 00:12:40,020 --> 00:12:44,580 but they were thinking in terms of political deliverance, not spiritual. 158 00:12:44,580 --> 00:12:59,000 And so Jesus, he's, he's in a place of humility in verses 14 and 15. It says, um, 159 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:07,240 then Jesus, when he had found a young donkey sat on it, as it is written, fear not daughter of Zion, 160 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:12,620 behold, your King is coming sitting on a donkey's coat. It says that Jesus found the donkey here. 161 00:13:12,620 --> 00:13:17,960 We know that in the other gospels, he sends his disciples to go get the donkey, right? He says, 162 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:22,860 yeah, you're going to find this colt tied, right? So he's, he's getting close to being halter broke, 163 00:13:22,860 --> 00:13:28,880 but that's about it. And those of us who have been on a colt before, if they've never been started, 164 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:35,680 they're just halter broke. Uh, sometimes it's kind of a rodeo, right? They just kind of go and wander. 165 00:13:35,680 --> 00:13:42,920 You can't, you don't really have any, any steering, but this colt was ridden by his maker, 166 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:52,460 the one who created him. And, uh, and he makes a beeline for where the Lord was guiding him with his eyes. 167 00:13:52,460 --> 00:13:58,340 I love the old story between, uh, the conversation in heaven, in horsey heaven, 168 00:13:58,340 --> 00:14:07,740 between secretariat and man of war, you know, and, um, and they get up there and, and the guy, 169 00:14:07,740 --> 00:14:14,320 the, the horse that's overseeing the gate is go man, go. Who's heard of those horses, right? 170 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:21,780 There's go man, go. There's man of war, there's secretariat. Well, go man, go says, uh, uh, or secretariat 171 00:14:21,780 --> 00:14:28,940 and, and, um, man of war. So you're the king up here to go man, go and go man, go says, Oh no, 172 00:14:28,940 --> 00:14:35,220 no. And he points over to a old donkey standing on a heel with his head bowed low. He said, 173 00:14:35,220 --> 00:14:42,680 you're not the king up here. He says, Oh no, he is. That donkey's a king. Yeah. He's the only one 174 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:52,180 that carried the Lord. So, so even, even secretariat, man of war and go man, go are humbled by the donkey. 175 00:14:52,180 --> 00:14:59,960 And any cowboy would be humbled by riding a donkey. It's a sign of humility. It was a sign of peace. 176 00:14:59,960 --> 00:15:06,160 The Kings didn't ride donkeys unless it was a time of peace. And it was just a casual thing because 177 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:14,820 donkeys aren't really that fast. And, um, they, they, they, they preserve themselves. The horse doesn't 178 00:15:14,820 --> 00:15:23,200 preserve himself. A horse is, it runs with rage. It tells us, but I, I got to turn there just for a 179 00:15:23,200 --> 00:15:29,640 second and read to you. This is just a horse guy. I apologize. It's in sound. It's found in Job chapter 180 00:15:29,640 --> 00:15:37,300 40. Uh, if you got a Bible, you can turn there. And it's just the difference between a donkey and a, 181 00:15:37,300 --> 00:15:44,540 and a horse. And, and it, and it says this, excuse me, it's, it's chapter 39 of Job. And you remember 182 00:15:44,540 --> 00:15:50,440 the Lord is questioning Job at this time. And he's, he's going, prepare yourself, Job, because I'm going 183 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:55,480 to ask you some questions, dude. Right? Prepare yourself like a man. And I'm going to ask you. And so 184 00:15:55,480 --> 00:16:03,040 the Lord says, have you given the horse strength? Have you clothed his neck with thunder? Can you 185 00:16:03,040 --> 00:16:10,780 frighten him like a locust? His majestic snorting strikes terror. He paws in the valley and rejoices 186 00:16:10,780 --> 00:16:18,080 in his strength. He gallops into the clash of arms. He mocks at fear and is not frightened, nor does he 187 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:24,280 turn back from the sword. The quiver rattles against him and glittering spear and javelin. He devours 188 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:31,160 the distance with fierceness and rage, nor does he come to a halt because the trumpet has sounded. 189 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:38,860 At the blast of the trumpet, he says, aha, he smells the battle from afar and the thunder of captains and 190 00:16:38,860 --> 00:16:49,300 shouting. That's a horse. That's not a donkey. However, donkeys are, are quite smart. They're quite a bit 191 00:16:49,300 --> 00:16:54,900 smarter than horses because the clash of arms and the sounds they respond to. And they're, 192 00:16:54,900 --> 00:17:01,200 they're very privy to, but the donkey was a beast of burden, right? It was a beast of burden. 193 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:08,820 This was a burden. Our Lord was going through here and it's symbolized by this donkey. Also for, 194 00:17:08,820 --> 00:17:17,580 for you equine people, the donkey had what breeders call a Christ stripe. You ever heard of it? Heard of a 195 00:17:17,580 --> 00:17:23,640 Christ stripe. The Christ stripe is the doistal stripe that goes down the middle of his back. And then there's 196 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:28,920 another black, dark stripe that goes right over his shoulders. And so when a donkey's skin is laying on the 197 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:40,500 ground, it's a perfect cross, right? And just an interesting tidbit. And, and, and Jesus chooses this, 198 00:17:40,500 --> 00:17:49,980 this donkey to, to ride into Jerusalem. And Luke tells us that Jesus sets his face. 199 00:17:49,980 --> 00:18:02,700 Isaiah chapter 50 verse seven tells us, it says, the Lord God will help me. Therefore, I will not be 200 00:18:02,700 --> 00:18:12,200 disgraced. Therefore, I have set my face like flint. I know that I will not be ashamed. And many believe 201 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:20,180 that that's pointing to this time when Jesus is riding into Jerusalem, he is laser focused on what 202 00:18:20,180 --> 00:18:31,620 he's about to do and what he was going to experience. And he sets his face like flint. And so this is a 203 00:18:31,620 --> 00:18:38,700 fulfillment of Zechariah chapter nine. That's the prophecy where behold your King. And so he's riding 204 00:18:38,700 --> 00:18:49,320 a donkey, not a war horse. And, and this is what we know is the triumphal entry, not triumphal in the 205 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:57,620 world's terms, but it was triumph of humility over pride and peace over war. That's what Jesus triumphed 206 00:18:57,620 --> 00:19:08,000 over. And he was, he was going to triumph over sin and death. And so this, this was a, 207 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:16,360 this was a day that the disciples didn't recognize here in verse 16 until later, they didn't realize 208 00:19:16,360 --> 00:19:21,860 this. This, this was a, an appointed day. And it says his disciples did not understand these things 209 00:19:21,860 --> 00:19:29,020 at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered. And that's what happens. That's why we 210 00:19:29,020 --> 00:19:35,860 read God's word is because he, as you read God's word, he's going to bring to remembrance those things. 211 00:19:35,860 --> 00:19:41,360 And I think I've shared this with you before. If you put God's word in your heart, then the Holy 212 00:19:41,360 --> 00:19:47,800 Spirit has something to draw on and bring to your remembrance. If you don't read God's word, 213 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:54,740 the Holy Spirit has nothing to work with, right? Except for a bunch of useless gray matter. 214 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:03,780 But when you put it in your heart, right? As the Psalmist said, I write your word on the pages of my heart 215 00:20:03,780 --> 00:20:05,340 that I might not sin against you. 216 00:20:05,340 --> 00:20:16,880 And so they're reminded later after Jesus is glorified, oh, this day, this day that Jesus rides in, 217 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:21,560 it was an appointed day. It was prophesied by the prophet Zechariah. 218 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:29,800 There's a lot of appointed days. There's appointed days for you and me. 219 00:20:29,800 --> 00:20:37,540 We know that in Hebrews chapter nine, verse 27, there's a, there's an appointment for us to die. 220 00:20:37,540 --> 00:20:41,640 That's an appointment you're not going to miss. Just saying. 221 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:43,980 You won't miss that appointment. 222 00:20:47,340 --> 00:20:50,020 For Jesus, there was an, there was an appointment day. 223 00:20:50,020 --> 00:20:53,900 There was an appointment to ride in. There was an appointment day to die. 224 00:20:53,900 --> 00:20:56,600 There was an appointment day to rise from the dead. 225 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:58,900 There was an appointment day to ascend. 226 00:20:58,900 --> 00:21:01,480 There's an appointment day for the rapture of the church. 227 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:07,160 There's an appointment day for the day that Jesus Christ comes back to earth and sets up to his kingdom. 228 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:08,320 It's all appointed. 229 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:10,260 And it's going to happen. 230 00:21:10,260 --> 00:21:11,520 All of it. 231 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:15,600 Because we see so much of it has already happened. 232 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:24,040 I was reading devotionally in, in Ecclesiastes. 233 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:25,640 This morning. 234 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:26,240 It's interesting. 235 00:21:26,240 --> 00:21:30,060 I did a funeral yesterday and I always lead out of, read out of Ecclesiastes. 236 00:21:30,620 --> 00:21:35,480 And, but this is found in verse, verse, verse 14. 237 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:39,480 It says, in the day of prosperity, be joyful. 238 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:43,320 But in the day, listen, of adversity, consider. 239 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:48,140 Surely God has appointed the one as well as the other. 240 00:21:48,140 --> 00:21:52,340 So that man can find out nothing that will come after him. 241 00:21:52,340 --> 00:21:56,540 God's appoint, appointments. 242 00:21:56,540 --> 00:21:59,460 Those, those hard things sometimes are appointed. 243 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:07,600 Maybe just to keep us from getting too comfortable in this life. 244 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:13,440 Because I find myself sometimes wanting to be comfortable. 245 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:15,860 And I know that's not God's heart for me. 246 00:22:15,860 --> 00:22:17,340 To be comfortable. 247 00:22:17,340 --> 00:22:24,760 But to be just uneasy enough to, to set my sights toward heaven, 248 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:31,580 much like Abraham and Sarah, that they were seeking a, a building, a city whose builder and maker was God. 249 00:22:31,580 --> 00:22:33,660 That's what they were seeking. 250 00:22:33,660 --> 00:22:35,940 They knew it wasn't here. 251 00:22:35,940 --> 00:22:38,240 That's why they lived in tents. 252 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:40,360 I can't convince my wife of that. 253 00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:50,620 But this wasn't just a fulfillment of Zechariah 9. 254 00:22:50,620 --> 00:22:53,760 It was also a fulfillment of Daniel chapter 9. 255 00:22:53,760 --> 00:22:55,060 Right? 256 00:22:55,060 --> 00:22:57,720 So if you've got a Bible, turn there real quick. 257 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:00,360 We're going to look at Daniel chapter 9 here for just a couple minutes. 258 00:23:00,620 --> 00:23:04,020 I don't want to go over too much. 259 00:23:04,020 --> 00:23:06,240 But it's pretty powerful stuff. 260 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:09,940 And many of you know this, this passage of scripture, Daniel. 261 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:11,980 So he, he starts out chapter 9. 262 00:23:11,980 --> 00:23:12,800 He's praying. 263 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:18,140 And he realizes that the children of Israel who are in captivity at this time, 264 00:23:18,140 --> 00:23:21,300 Nebuchadnezzar had come in, taken them captive. 265 00:23:21,300 --> 00:23:22,160 Right? 266 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:26,340 Then the Medes and the Persians came and took over the Babylonian empire. 267 00:23:26,340 --> 00:23:30,720 But in the interim, the Bible says, God had told Israel, 268 00:23:31,120 --> 00:23:33,840 When you go into captivity, you owe me 70 years. 269 00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:39,200 God saw that Israel was in debt to him for 70 years. 270 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:44,180 Because for 490 years, they had not rested their ground like they were supposed to. 271 00:23:44,180 --> 00:23:45,920 Giving it a Sabbath rest. 272 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:48,880 He said, 70 years, you've robbed from me. 273 00:23:48,880 --> 00:23:49,940 I'm taking it back. 274 00:23:49,940 --> 00:23:51,780 I'm putting your hind end in captivity. 275 00:23:51,780 --> 00:23:55,300 God chasing those who he loves. 276 00:23:55,300 --> 00:23:56,360 Just saying. 277 00:23:58,180 --> 00:24:02,720 And some people, this whole replacement theology is going around today. 278 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,000 God is not done with Israel. 279 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:06,300 I think that's obvious. 280 00:24:06,300 --> 00:24:11,040 Anybody that can reason or think logically that you realize. 281 00:24:11,040 --> 00:24:13,860 But he says, 70 years. 282 00:24:13,860 --> 00:24:16,420 Daniel realizes that 70 years is about up. 283 00:24:16,420 --> 00:24:17,580 He's an old man now. 284 00:24:17,580 --> 00:24:23,480 And God takes this opportunity as Daniel humbles himself 285 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:26,480 and comes before the Lord to send the angel Gabriel 286 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:27,680 and to give him instructions. 287 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:31,200 He says, Gabriel, I'm going to tell you something about the number 70, 288 00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:32,760 but it's not 70 years. 289 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:34,920 It's 70 weeks of years. 290 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:36,240 How many is that? 291 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:37,760 Bible trivia. 292 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:39,080 What's seven times seven? 293 00:24:39,080 --> 00:24:40,720 49. 294 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:42,060 Put a zero on the end of it. 295 00:24:42,060 --> 00:24:43,180 490 years. 296 00:24:43,180 --> 00:24:48,080 He says, Daniel, there's going to be 490 years determined. 297 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:48,820 Listen. 298 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:50,480 You're going to be 590 years. 299 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:50,480 You're going to be 590 years. 300 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:50,480 You're going to be 590 years. 301 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:50,480 You're going to be 590 years. 302 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:50,480 You're going to be 590 years. 303 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:50,480 You're going to be 590 years. 304 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:50,480 You're going to be 590 years. 305 00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:51,480 You're going to be 590 years. 306 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:52,480 You're going to be 590 years. 307 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:52,480 You're going to be 590 years. 308 00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:53,480 You're going to be 590 years. 309 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:54,480 You're going to be 590 years. 310 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:54,480 You're going to be 590 years. 311 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:55,480 You're going to be 590 years. 312 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:56,480 You're going to be 590 years. 313 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:57,480 You're going to be 590 years. 314 00:24:57,480 --> 00:24:58,480 You're going to be 590 years. 315 00:24:58,480 --> 00:24:59,480 You're going to be 590 years. 316 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:00,480 But, right? 317 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:04,480 Jerusalem is anything but the city of peace. 318 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:11,480 In fact, most rockets in the Middle East are pointed at Jerusalem because there's a hatred 319 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:14,480 for the little Satan that they call Israel. 320 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:19,480 America's right there with them because we're considered the great Satan. 321 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:23,480 But, so 490 years. 322 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:30,480 And he says that from the going forth of the command to Nehemiah. 323 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:32,480 You can look at this in the book of Nehemiah. 324 00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:35,480 To restore and build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince. 325 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:37,480 Listen, there shall be 7 weeks. 326 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:39,480 That's 49 years. 327 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,480 And then 62 weeks. 328 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:45,480 Which that's 69 weeks in total. 329 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:47,480 That's 483 years. 330 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:53,480 And so, as soon as Artaxerxes told Nehemiah to go back, the clock started ticking. 331 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:56,480 483 years. 332 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:57,480 483 years. 333 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:00,480 It says until Messiah the Prince. 334 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:08,480 Most Bible scholars believed that it was to the day that Jesus rode in to Jerusalem. 335 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:14,480 So Robert Anderson, who wrote a book called The Coming Prince, ciphered it out. 336 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:18,480 And it was according to a 360 day year. 337 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:27,480 And he said it was 173,880 days from what Artaxerxes told him to go back to when Jesus rode in on the donkey. 338 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:29,480 And it was fulfilled. 339 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:33,480 483 years are fulfilled of the 400. 340 00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,480 And then the clock stops. 341 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:36,480 Right there. 342 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:38,480 It stopped. 343 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:40,480 The clock stopped. 344 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:42,480 And then it says, 345 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:47,480 And after the 62 weeks. 346 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:49,480 So you got 7 weeks. 347 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:51,480 And then after the 62 week period. 348 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:53,480 Which is 483 years. 349 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:57,480 Messiah shall be cut off, but not for himself. 350 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:02,480 And the people of the Prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. 351 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:05,480 Many believe that was fulfilled by Titus in 70 AD. 352 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:10,480 And the end of it shall be with a flood until the end of the war. 353 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:12,480 Desolations are determined. 354 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,480 That all this has happened in the interim. 355 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:17,480 After the clock stopped. 356 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:22,480 That Jesus stopped the clock by riding down the Mount of Olives. 357 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:25,480 And so there's one week left. 358 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:27,480 Seven years. 359 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:36,480 Seven years to complete the 490 years that the angel told Daniel about in Daniel chapter 9. 360 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:37,480 9. 361 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:39,480 9. 362 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:40,480 And so. 363 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:42,480 That's coming folks. 364 00:27:42,480 --> 00:27:44,480 That's a. 365 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:46,480 That's a coming attraction. 366 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:47,480 Are you watching? 367 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:48,480 It's pretty. 368 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:51,480 It's pretty important for us to be watching. 369 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:54,480 What's happening in our world right now. 370 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:55,480 And so. 371 00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:02,480 It was an appointed day. 372 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:04,480 Zachariah 9.9 is fulfilled. 373 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:05,480 And. 374 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:07,480 Daniel chapter 9. 375 00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:08,480 Is fulfilled. 376 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:10,480 Where the Messiah comes. 377 00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:12,480 And stops the ticking. 378 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:14,480 Of the clock of the 70. 379 00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:16,480 70 weeks of Daniel. 380 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:17,480 One week. 381 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:18,480 Yet to be. 382 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:20,480 Expired. 383 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:22,480 And that time hasn't started yet. 384 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:23,480 And so. 385 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:26,480 Most believe that that will start with the signing of the peace treaty. 386 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:28,480 The clock will start ticking again. 387 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:29,480 Seven years. 388 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:30,480 And that. 389 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:31,480 There'll be. 390 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:33,480 We know it is the great tribulation. 391 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:36,480 And so. 392 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:37,480 As Jesus rides in. 393 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:39,480 No doubt. 394 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:41,480 The people are still buzzed up. 395 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:42,480 Right. 396 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:44,480 Verses 17 and 18 says. 397 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:45,480 Therefore the people. 398 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:46,480 Who were with him. 399 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:48,480 When he called Lazarus out of his tomb. 400 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:49,480 And raised him. 401 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:50,480 Up from the dead. 402 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:51,480 Bore witness. 403 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:52,480 No doubt. 404 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:53,480 They're telling everybody. 405 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:54,480 That's in the city at this point. 406 00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:55,480 And for this reason. 407 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:57,480 The people also met him. 408 00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:00,480 Because they heard that he had done this sign. 409 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:02,480 What's this guy look like? 410 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:03,480 They can raise people from the dead. 411 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:05,480 Do you? 412 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:07,480 I think I want to know him. 413 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:08,480 Do you know him? 414 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:12,480 It's important to know him. 415 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:14,480 Not just know about him. 416 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,480 A lot of people know about Jesus. 417 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:18,480 But they may not know Jesus. 418 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:19,480 Jesus has come. 419 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:20,480 Jesus has come. 420 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:22,480 That we might know him. 421 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:25,480 And the power of his resurrection. 422 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:27,480 That we're going to look at next week. 423 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:29,480 As we celebrate this week. 424 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:30,480 So. 425 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:32,480 No doubt. 426 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:33,480 This raising of Lazarus. 427 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:35,480 Had such a significant influence. 428 00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:36,480 On the. 429 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:37,480 On the feast. 430 00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:40,480 Time here in Jerusalem. 431 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:41,480 And. 432 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:45,480 People's eyes. 433 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:46,480 Were. 434 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:48,480 Being open. 435 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:49,480 They realize that this dude. 436 00:29:49,480 --> 00:29:50,480 Has to be. 437 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:51,480 Divine. 438 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:52,480 Right? 439 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:55,480 That he has to have divine authority. 440 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:56,480 To raise the dead. 441 00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:57,480 Much like. 442 00:29:57,480 --> 00:30:00,480 Nicodemus being convinced. 443 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:01,480 When he comes to Jesus. 444 00:30:01,480 --> 00:30:03,480 He says nobody can do. 445 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:05,480 These works. 446 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:06,480 Except somebody. 447 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:07,480 Who is from God. 448 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:09,480 Nobody can do this. 449 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:11,480 Nicodemus recognized. 450 00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:13,480 That is a very religious man. 451 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:14,480 And it was prophesied. 452 00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:15,480 Right? 453 00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:16,480 It was prophesied. 454 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:17,480 By Isaiah. 455 00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:18,480 In chapter 35. 456 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:19,480 Verses 5 and 6. 457 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:20,480 It says. 458 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:21,480 Then were the eyes of the blind. 459 00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:22,480 To be open. 460 00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:23,480 And the dead will rise up. 461 00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:25,480 And shout for joy. 462 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:29,480 Isaiah told him. 463 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:30,480 That it was coming. 464 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:32,480 So they came to see Jesus. 465 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:33,480 But they kind of. 466 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:34,480 Also wanted to see the guy. 467 00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:36,480 That had been dead for a while. 468 00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:37,480 Right? 469 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:39,480 They were curious. 470 00:30:39,480 --> 00:30:40,480 R.C. Sproul says. 471 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:42,480 Many came to see the miracle. 472 00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:43,480 But few stayed. 473 00:30:43,480 --> 00:30:45,480 To carry the cross. 474 00:30:45,480 --> 00:30:46,480 Right? 475 00:30:46,480 --> 00:30:49,480 Few stayed. 476 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:50,480 To carry the cross. 477 00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:55,480 So. 478 00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:57,480 The opposition grows. 479 00:30:57,480 --> 00:30:59,480 Towards Jesus. 480 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:01,480 Here in. 481 00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:02,480 Verse 19. 482 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:03,480 Verse 19. 483 00:31:03,480 --> 00:31:04,480 We already read. 484 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:05,480 Over in verse 11. 485 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:05,480 Where. 486 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:06,480 Where. 487 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:06,480 Or. 488 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:07,480 In verse 10. 489 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:08,480 When they were plotting. 490 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:09,480 To kill. 491 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:10,480 Lazarus. 492 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:11,480 Two. 493 00:31:11,480 --> 00:31:12,480 Jesus already told them. 494 00:31:12,480 --> 00:31:13,480 What was going to happen. 495 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:13,480 To him. 496 00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:14,480 They didn't get it. 497 00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:16,480 But here. 498 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:17,480 In verse 19. 499 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:17,480 It says. 500 00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:18,480 And the Pharisees. 501 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:19,480 Therefore. 502 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:20,480 Said among themselves. 503 00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:21,480 You see. 504 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:22,480 That you are accomplishing. 505 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:23,480 Nothing. 506 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:24,480 Look. 507 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:24,480 The world. 508 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:24,480 The world. 509 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:24,480 The world. 510 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:25,480 Has gone after him. 511 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:26,480 Would to God. 512 00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:27,480 That the world. 513 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:28,480 Would go after Jesus. 514 00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:33,480 The blind eyes. 515 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:35,480 Just for some reason. 516 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:36,480 Can't see. 517 00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:37,480 Or won't see. 518 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:38,480 Who he is. 519 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:39,480 And what he offers. 520 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:41,480 Is. 521 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:46,480 Is. 522 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:47,480 It's such a good deal. 523 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:48,480 Right. 524 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:50,480 That you can come. 525 00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:51,480 To God. 526 00:31:51,480 --> 00:31:52,480 Just like you are. 527 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:53,480 He accepts you. 528 00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:54,480 Just like you are. 529 00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:55,480 He loves you so much. 530 00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:56,480 He won't leave you. 531 00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:57,480 Like you are. 532 00:31:57,480 --> 00:31:59,480 He'll change your life. 533 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:01,480 And yet. 534 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:02,480 People won't come. 535 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:07,480 So even his enemies. 536 00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:08,480 Recognizing. 537 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:08,480 Is. 538 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:09,480 Are recognizing. 539 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:10,480 Oh my gosh. 540 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:11,480 This guy's influence. 541 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:12,480 It's incredible. 542 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:13,480 Obviously. 543 00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:15,480 And. 544 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:18,480 They are fulfilling. 545 00:32:18,480 --> 00:32:19,480 Scripture as well. 546 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:20,480 Coming against him. 547 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:20,480 Where it said. 548 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:21,480 In Psalm 2. 549 00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:22,480 The kings of the earth. 550 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:23,480 Rise up. 551 00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:24,480 And rulers band together. 552 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:25,480 Against the Lord. 553 00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:26,480 And against his Christ. 554 00:32:26,480 --> 00:32:27,480 They're going to do it again. 555 00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:28,480 And again. 556 00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:29,480 And again. 557 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:30,480 And again. 558 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:32,480 That old saying. 559 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:33,480 Is true. 560 00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:34,480 Power corrupts. 561 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:35,480 An absolute power. 562 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:36,480 Corrupts absolutely. 563 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:41,480 These leaders. 564 00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:42,480 And their frustration. 565 00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:43,480 Shows the. 566 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:43,480 It's inevitable. 567 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:44,480 It's inevitable. 568 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:44,480 That. 569 00:32:44,480 --> 00:32:45,480 There's going to be. 570 00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:46,480 The clash. 571 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:46,480 Between. 572 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:47,480 The. 573 00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:48,480 The earthly kingdoms. 574 00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:50,480 In the kingdom of God. 575 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:54,480 Which leads us. 576 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:55,480 To our last ride. 577 00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:56,480 And I'll. 578 00:32:56,480 --> 00:32:57,480 I'll close. 579 00:32:57,480 --> 00:32:58,480 Here. 580 00:32:58,480 --> 00:32:59,480 But. 581 00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:02,480 Because of that. 582 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:04,480 The Lord's going to come again. 583 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:05,480 But this time. 584 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:07,480 He is going to ride a horse. 585 00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:09,480 A white one. 586 00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:11,480 And it's going to. 587 00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:11,480 And it's going to. 588 00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:11,480 And it's going to. 589 00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:12,480 And it's going to. 590 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:13,480 Devour the distance. 591 00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:14,480 With rage. 592 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:15,480 And there's going to be. 593 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:16,480 A sharp sword. 594 00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:17,480 That goes out of his mouth. 595 00:33:17,480 --> 00:33:19,480 And it's going to. 596 00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:20,480 Condem. 597 00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:21,480 Those. 598 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:22,480 Those kings. 599 00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:23,480 Those earthly kingdoms. 600 00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:24,480 That come against him. 601 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:25,480 And. 602 00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:26,480 And. 603 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:30,480 And it's going to be a ride. 604 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:32,480 That we're with him. 605 00:33:32,480 --> 00:33:33,480 Right. 606 00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:35,480 Jude tells us. 607 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:36,480 Quoting. 608 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:37,480 Enoch. 609 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:39,480 Of all people. 610 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:40,480 Well. 611 00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:41,480 He should know. 612 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:42,480 What it's like. 613 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:42,480 To go to heaven. 614 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:43,480 Right. 615 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:45,480 He quotes. 616 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:46,480 Enoch. 617 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:47,480 And he says. 618 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:48,480 In Jude 14. 619 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:49,480 Verse 14. 620 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:50,480 He says. 621 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:51,480 And I saw the Lord. 622 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:52,480 Coming. 623 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:53,480 With 10,000s. 624 00:33:53,480 --> 00:33:54,480 Of his saints. 625 00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:55,480 That'd be you and me. 626 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:57,480 Because that's the second coming. 627 00:33:57,480 --> 00:33:58,480 That is talking about. 628 00:33:58,480 --> 00:33:59,480 Here. 629 00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:02,480 Here. 630 00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:02,480 And so. 631 00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:03,480 All these seekers. 632 00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:05,480 Were at this feast. 633 00:34:05,480 --> 00:34:06,480 And they were. 634 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:06,980 They were. 635 00:34:06,980 --> 00:34:07,480 They were seeking. 636 00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:08,480 But what were they seeking? 637 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:10,480 What are you seeking today? 638 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:12,480 What is it that you seek after? 639 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:14,480 I mentioned the. 640 00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:16,480 The movie. 641 00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:18,480 Risen. 642 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:20,480 And in the movie. 643 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:21,480 There's this scene. 644 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:22,480 Where after the resurrection. 645 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:23,480 This Clavius is. 646 00:34:23,480 --> 00:34:24,480 He's. 647 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:25,480 He wakes up. 648 00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:26,480 And Jesus is sitting up on a rock. 649 00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:27,480 By himself. 650 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:28,480 So he goes up. 651 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:29,480 There to talk to Jesus. 652 00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:30,480 And. 653 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:31,480 And. 654 00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:32,480 And. 655 00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:33,480 He's sitting there. 656 00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:34,480 He don't even. 657 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:35,480 He don't even know what to say. 658 00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:37,480 And in the movie. 659 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,480 Jesus asked him this question. 660 00:34:39,480 --> 00:34:41,480 And maybe he would ask you this question. 661 00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:42,480 He says. 662 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:43,480 Clavius. 663 00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:44,480 What is it. 664 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:45,480 That you seek? 665 00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:47,480 What do you want? 666 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:49,480 You want certainty? 667 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:52,480 You want a day without death? 668 00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:54,480 Is that what you want? 669 00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:55,480 There was some. 670 00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:57,480 Those were some words that Clavius had used. 671 00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:58,480 Obviously. 672 00:34:58,480 --> 00:34:59,480 That had came back. 673 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:00,480 To him. 674 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:01,480 But what is it. 675 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:02,480 That you seek? 676 00:35:02,480 --> 00:35:03,480 Some were seeking a sign. 677 00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:04,480 Right? 678 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:05,480 They just wanted to see a sign. 679 00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:05,480 Oh. 680 00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:06,480 You say you're from God. 681 00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:07,480 Give me a sign. 682 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:08,480 People think. 683 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:09,480 Seeing is believing. 684 00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:10,480 Seeing is not believing. 685 00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:11,480 Folks. 686 00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:13,480 Believing is seeing. 687 00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:15,480 It's faith. 688 00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:16,480 That God. 689 00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:17,480 Honors. 690 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:18,480 It's faith. 691 00:35:18,480 --> 00:35:19,480 That God blesses. 692 00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:20,480 Some. 693 00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:21,480 Some. 694 00:35:21,480 --> 00:35:22,480 Some. 695 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:23,480 Some. 696 00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:24,480 Some were just seeking to kill him. 697 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:27,480 Some were seeking to use him. 698 00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:28,480 Some were seeking. 699 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:29,480 Gain from him. 700 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:31,480 I think that's true today. 701 00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:32,480 Some people. 702 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:33,480 Uh. 703 00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:36,480 What. 704 00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:36,480 Jesus. 705 00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:37,480 What can you do for me? 706 00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:41,480 He's already done everything he needs to do for you. 707 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:43,480 Maybe you should ask. 708 00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:44,480 Lord. 709 00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:45,480 What do you want me to do? 710 00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:49,480 When Paul had his encounter. 711 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:50,480 Or. 712 00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:51,480 Saul of Tarsus. 713 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:53,480 He had his encounter with Jesus. 714 00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:54,480 He said. 715 00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:55,480 Lord. 716 00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:56,480 What do you want me to do? 717 00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:57,480 The first thing he got right. 718 00:35:57,480 --> 00:35:58,480 Was calling him Lord. 719 00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:00,480 What do you want me to do? 720 00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:04,480 Because the Lord has. 721 00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:05,480 When we come to him. 722 00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:06,480 We have to. 723 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:07,480 We come to him by faith. 724 00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:08,480 But then. 725 00:36:08,480 --> 00:36:09,480 He requires some things of us. 726 00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:12,480 He requires repentance. 727 00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:13,480 Turn. 728 00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:14,480 Right. 729 00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:15,480 Turn from your sin. 730 00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:16,480 Turn wholeheartedly. 731 00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:17,480 To me. 732 00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:18,480 Surrender. 733 00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:20,480 Your life. 734 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:21,480 Pick up your cross. 735 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:23,480 And follow me. 736 00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:26,480 If you have a Bible. 737 00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:28,480 Turn very quickly to Rev. 738 00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:29,480 Chapter 19. 739 00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:31,480 And I'll just read it. 740 00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:33,480 I've read this quite a bit before. 741 00:36:33,480 --> 00:36:34,480 But. 742 00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:35,480 I love it. 743 00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:36,480 I think it's a great way to. 744 00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:39,480 Impress our minds right here. 745 00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:40,480 Towards the end. 746 00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:41,480 Towards the end. 747 00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:42,480 In verse 11. 748 00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:43,480 Of chapter 19. 749 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:44,480 Of the book of Revelation. 750 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:45,480 Now I saw heaven open. 751 00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:46,480 And behold a white horse. 752 00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:47,480 And he who sat on him. 753 00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:49,480 Was called faithful and true. 754 00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:50,480 And in righteousness. 755 00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:52,480 He judges and makes war. 756 00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:54,480 His eyes are like a flame of fire. 757 00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:55,480 And on his head. 758 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:56,480 Were many crowns. 759 00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:57,480 He had a name written. 760 00:36:57,480 --> 00:36:58,480 That no one knew. 761 00:36:58,480 --> 00:36:59,480 Except himself. 762 00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:00,480 He was clothed with a robe. 763 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:01,480 Dipped in blood. 764 00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:02,480 And his name is called. 765 00:37:02,480 --> 00:37:03,480 The word of God. 766 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:04,480 And the armies of heaven. 767 00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:05,480 Clothed in the. 768 00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:07,480 In fine linen. 769 00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:08,480 White and clean. 770 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:10,480 Followed him on white horses. 771 00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:11,480 That'd be us. 772 00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:12,480 Now out of his mouth. 773 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:13,480 Goes a sharp sword. 774 00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:14,480 That with it. 775 00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:16,480 He should strike the nations. 776 00:37:16,480 --> 00:37:18,480 And he himself will rule them. 777 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:19,480 With a rod of iron. 778 00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:21,480 He himself treads the wine presses. 779 00:37:21,480 --> 00:37:22,480 Of the fierceness. 780 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:24,480 Of the wrath of almighty God. 781 00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:26,480 And he has on his robe. 782 00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:27,480 And on his. 783 00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:28,480 His thigh. 784 00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:29,480 A name written. 785 00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:30,480 King of kings. 786 00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:31,480 And Lord of lords. 787 00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:35,480 Now one ride has happened. 788 00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:37,480 And one is yet to happen. 789 00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:42,480 And this one's going to be exciting. 790 00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:47,480 It's going to be exciting for everyone involved. 791 00:37:47,480 --> 00:37:50,480 Now it might be extremely fearful for some. 792 00:37:50,480 --> 00:37:55,480 But he's coming. 793 00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:57,480 He's coming. 794 00:37:57,480 --> 00:37:58,480 And. 795 00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:01,480 And it's going to be. 796 00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:03,480 An incredible. 797 00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:05,480 Event. 798 00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:07,480 When Jesus comes. 799 00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:08,480 That second time. 800 00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:09,480 And establishes. 801 00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:10,480 His kingdom. 802 00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:12,480 I'm going to close with this verse. 803 00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:13,480 I was reading it. 804 00:38:13,480 --> 00:38:15,480 And I don't even know why I read it. 805 00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:16,480 I must have read ahead. 806 00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:17,480 And in the devotional reading. 807 00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:18,480 Of the hanging on Bible. 808 00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:20,480 Through the Bible reading. 809 00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:21,480 But. 810 00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:22,480 In. 811 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:22,480 In. 812 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:22,480 In. 813 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:23,480 In Psalm 45. 814 00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:24,480 Verses three. 815 00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:25,480 And four. 816 00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:27,480 I read these verses. 817 00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:28,480 It says. 818 00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:29,480 Gird your sword. 819 00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:30,480 Upon your thigh. 820 00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:31,480 I think we just read that. 821 00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:32,480 In Revelation. 822 00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:33,480 Oh mighty one. 823 00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:34,480 Oh mighty one. 824 00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:35,480 With your glory. 825 00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:36,480 Listen. 826 00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:37,480 With your glory. 827 00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:38,480 And your majesty. 828 00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:39,480 In. 829 00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:41,480 And your majesty. 830 00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:43,480 And in your majesty. 831 00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:44,480 Ride. 832 00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:45,480 Prosperously. 833 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:46,480 Prosperously. 834 00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:47,480 Ride. 835 00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:48,480 Prosperously. 836 00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:53,480 Anyone who rides with Jesus. 837 00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:54,480 Is going to prosper. 838 00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:56,480 Oh maybe not like you think. 839 00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:57,480 Right. 840 00:38:57,480 --> 00:38:58,480 You may not prosper. 841 00:38:58,480 --> 00:38:59,480 You know. 842 00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:00,480 In finance. 843 00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:01,480 Or. 844 00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:01,480 Or. 845 00:39:01,480 --> 00:39:02,480 Or wealth. 846 00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:03,480 Or. 847 00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:04,480 Owning things. 848 00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:05,480 But Jesus said. 849 00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:06,480 He said. 850 00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:07,480 Life is. 851 00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:08,480 Does not consist. 852 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:10,480 In the abundance of things. 853 00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:12,480 Life consists. 854 00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:14,480 By walking by faith. 855 00:39:14,480 --> 00:39:16,480 With the God who created you. 856 00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:17,480 That gives you a future. 857 00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:18,480 And a hope. 858 00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:20,480 That sometimes. 859 00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:21,480 Like. 860 00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:22,480 Solomon told us earlier. 861 00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:23,480 That. 862 00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:24,480 You don't even really know. 863 00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:26,480 You're going through hard things. 864 00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:27,480 You think. 865 00:39:27,480 --> 00:39:28,480 Where's God. 866 00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:29,480 He's right there. 867 00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:30,480 Maybe even appointing. 868 00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:31,480 Those hard things. 869 00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:34,480 Because if I've said it once. 870 00:39:34,480 --> 00:39:36,480 I've said it a thousand times. 871 00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:37,480 God's so much more concerned. 872 00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:38,480 With our character. 873 00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:40,480 Than he is with our comfort. 874 00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:47,480 I pray that you're riding with Jesus. 875 00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:48,480 Would you pray with me. 876 00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:50,480 Lord thank you. 877 00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:53,480 Thank you for loving us. 878 00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:55,480 Thank you for this future. 879 00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:57,480 And this hope that you give us. 880 00:39:57,480 --> 00:39:59,480 Lord that it's. 881 00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:01,480 It's filled with your. 882 00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:02,480 Your glory. 883 00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:05,480 That's filled with. 884 00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:06,480 Excitement. 885 00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:12,480 Sorry. 886 00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:14,480 And Lord. 887 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:15,480 You're going to. 888 00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:17,480 You're going to complete. 889 00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:19,480 What you've. 890 00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:21,480 Predicted. 891 00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:23,480 Lord you're going to. 892 00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:25,480 Make that appointment. 893 00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:27,480 With your. 894 00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:30,480 Presence. 895 00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:31,480 And with your coming. 896 00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:33,480 And I just pray that we. 897 00:40:33,480 --> 00:40:34,480 By your. 898 00:40:34,480 --> 00:40:35,480 By your spirit. 899 00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:36,480 Lord would be. 900 00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:37,480 Those who are. 901 00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:40,480 Ready. 902 00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:41,480 That we're ready. 903 00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:43,480 When you. 904 00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:45,480 Call us. 905 00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:46,480 That we'll humble ourselves. 906 00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:48,480 As you humbled yourself. 907 00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:50,480 Willing to go to that cross for us. 908 00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:52,480 Willing to lay it all down. 909 00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:55,480 And you require the same of us. 910 00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:57,480 That we're going to. 911 00:40:57,480 --> 00:40:58,480 That we're going to. 912 00:40:58,480 --> 00:40:59,480 That we're going to. 913 00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:00,080 To lay it all down. 914 00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:01,380 That they would. 915 00:41:01,380 --> 00:41:02,300 Just set it aside. 916 00:41:02,300 --> 00:41:03,460 Lord. 917 00:41:03,460 --> 00:41:04,360 That they would realize. 918 00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:05,380 That apart from you. 919 00:41:05,380 --> 00:41:06,340 As your word tells us. 920 00:41:06,340 --> 00:41:07,060 In John 15. 921 00:41:07,060 --> 00:41:08,360 We can do nothing. 922 00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:10,020 Absolutely nothing. 923 00:41:10,020 --> 00:41:11,520 And so Jesus. 924 00:41:11,520 --> 00:41:12,360 I just ask. 925 00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:13,520 That you would. 926 00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:15,400 You would give us. 927 00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:16,280 Your spirit. 928 00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:17,980 That you would save us. 929 00:41:17,980 --> 00:41:18,600 From ourselves. 930 00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:19,940 Lord. 931 00:41:19,940 --> 00:41:20,700 That you would help us. 932 00:41:20,700 --> 00:41:21,460 To put ourselves. 933 00:41:21,460 --> 00:41:22,300 Behind us. 934 00:41:22,300 --> 00:41:23,840 And put you. 935 00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:24,520 Before us. 936 00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:25,920 Lord. 937 00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:25,960 Lord. 938 00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:27,840 And that we would never lose sight. 939 00:41:27,840 --> 00:41:29,160 Of what you did. 940 00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:30,040 This passion week. 941 00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:31,660 As we remember. 942 00:41:31,660 --> 00:41:32,160 Your coming. 943 00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:34,020 We just pray. 944 00:41:34,020 --> 00:41:35,700 For those who. 945 00:41:35,700 --> 00:41:36,920 Lord. 946 00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:37,140 Are. 947 00:41:37,140 --> 00:41:39,780 Just standing on the sidelines. 948 00:41:39,780 --> 00:41:40,400 They're not willing. 949 00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:41,260 To get involved. 950 00:41:41,260 --> 00:41:42,220 Lord. 951 00:41:42,220 --> 00:41:43,100 Call them. 952 00:41:43,100 --> 00:41:44,220 Lord. 953 00:41:44,220 --> 00:41:44,940 That they would see. 954 00:41:44,940 --> 00:41:45,600 What you did. 955 00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:46,480 And be inspired. 956 00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:48,000 To realize. 957 00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:48,280 Lord. 958 00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:48,820 That we. 959 00:41:48,820 --> 00:41:49,920 Absolutely. 960 00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:52,420 In the big picture. 961 00:41:52,420 --> 00:41:53,320 We give up nothing. 962 00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:54,440 And we gain everything. 963 00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:55,200 By following you. 964 00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:57,420 In Jesus' name, amen. 965 00:41:57,420 --> 00:41:58,220 Let's all stand. 966 00:41:58,220 --> 00:42:00,260 I'm going to rock out here. 967 00:42:00,260 --> 00:42:21,960 The king is coming. 968 00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:25,420 Oh, I should get the pick out of here. 969 00:42:25,420 --> 00:42:26,800 Let's try that again. 970 00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:29,900 Oh, the king is coming. 971 00:42:29,900 --> 00:42:34,280 Yes, the king is coming. 972 00:42:34,280 --> 00:42:39,900 I just heard the trumpet sounding. 973 00:42:39,900 --> 00:42:44,080 And now his face I see. 974 00:42:44,080 --> 00:42:48,600 Oh, the king is coming. 975 00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:52,720 The king is coming. 976 00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:55,020 Praise God. 977 00:42:55,020 --> 00:42:59,120 He's coming for me. 978 00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:02,440 Sing that again. 979 00:43:02,440 --> 00:43:03,440 Oh, the king is coming. 980 00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:07,020 Oh, the king is coming. 981 00:43:08,020 --> 00:43:09,400 The king is coming. 982 00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:11,020 The king is coming. 983 00:43:11,020 --> 00:43:13,500 The king is coming. 984 00:43:13,500 --> 00:43:15,500 The king is coming. 985 00:43:15,500 --> 00:43:19,100 And now his face I see. 986 00:43:19,100 --> 00:43:23,300 Oh, the king is coming. 987 00:43:23,300 --> 00:43:23,900 The king is coming. 988 00:43:23,900 --> 00:43:26,780 The king is coming. 989 00:43:26,780 --> 00:43:27,720 The king is coming. 990 00:43:27,720 --> 00:43:28,980 Praise God. 991 00:43:28,980 --> 00:43:30,160 Praise God. 992 00:43:30,160 --> 00:43:33,480 He's coming for me. 993 00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:36,660 Praise God. 994 00:43:36,660 --> 00:43:38,300 Praise God. 995 00:43:38,300 --> 00:43:42,860 He's coming for me. 996 00:43:42,860 --> 00:43:49,240 God bless you guys. 997 00:43:49,240 --> 00:43:50,080 Have a great week. 998 00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:52,900 If you need prayer, come up and pray with the prayer team, would you? 999 00:43:52,900 --> 00:43:53,900 Thank you. 1000 00:43:53,900 --> 00:44:23,880 Thank you.