1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:02,160 Alrighty, well 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:06,800 I don't got no fireworks or nothing, just Luke 20. 3 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:07,040 So 4 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:08,240 if you got a Bible 5 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:10,240 turn there, shouldn't shouldn't she 6 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:10,800 just 7 00:00:11,120 --> 00:00:11,440 uh 8 00:00:11,660 --> 00:00:13,100 The scriptures should be uh 9 00:00:13,580 --> 00:00:14,780 should fire us up. 10 00:00:14,780 --> 00:00:15,740 Amen. 11 00:00:16,380 --> 00:00:17,900 All right. 12 00:00:17,900 --> 00:00:20,140 Okay. 13 00:00:20,140 --> 00:00:21,660 It's good to see my old friend 14 00:00:21,820 --> 00:00:23,340 this pulpit. 15 00:00:24,820 --> 00:00:25,140 But 16 00:00:25,380 --> 00:00:25,700 uh 17 00:00:26,660 --> 00:00:26,980 we 18 00:00:27,140 --> 00:00:27,460 uh 19 00:00:27,860 --> 00:00:29,700 we've been looking at Jesus in his 20 00:00:29,860 --> 00:00:31,860 Passion Week, and uh 21 00:00:32,980 --> 00:00:33,540 he's uh 22 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:36,260 he's stirring things up just a little bit. 23 00:00:37,399 --> 00:00:41,079 Not very popular with the religious people. 24 00:00:41,079 --> 00:00:41,399 And 25 00:00:41,559 --> 00:00:41,879 um 26 00:00:42,839 --> 00:00:44,120 we saw him 27 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:45,640 last time. 28 00:00:45,820 --> 00:00:50,140 Going to the temple daily, knowing what was coming, knowing that he was going to 29 00:00:50,380 --> 00:00:52,380 meet resistance, and uh 30 00:00:52,620 --> 00:00:54,300 knowing that this would be uh 31 00:00:54,540 --> 00:00:56,300 this would be a rough week 32 00:00:56,340 --> 00:00:56,899 And yet 33 00:00:57,140 --> 00:00:58,579 he stayed true 34 00:00:58,899 --> 00:01:00,500 to sharing the word of God. 35 00:01:00,500 --> 00:01:02,820 And it says, and the people were very 36 00:01:03,059 --> 00:01:03,940 attentive 37 00:01:04,100 --> 00:01:05,059 to hear him 38 00:01:05,620 --> 00:01:05,940 And 39 00:01:06,180 --> 00:01:09,140 we just live in a day, folks, where that has to be the case. 40 00:01:09,140 --> 00:01:14,100 If you're going to be a follower, a disciple of Jesus, you have to be attentive 41 00:01:14,260 --> 00:01:16,100 to what he says. 42 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:16,840 You know, uh 43 00:01:17,000 --> 00:01:20,360 I've heard it a couple times from a friend of mine this last week. 44 00:01:20,360 --> 00:01:21,560 Why do you call me 45 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:25,400 Lord, Lord, and you do not do the things that I say? 46 00:01:25,500 --> 00:01:26,060 Right? 47 00:01:26,060 --> 00:01:30,380 People will call Jesus Lord, but they won't do what he says. 48 00:01:30,380 --> 00:01:37,180 And uh it's a life of sacrifice, it's a life of uh to identify with his sufferings, it's a life that it 49 00:01:37,420 --> 00:01:39,500 's not overly appealing. 50 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:40,159 At face 51 00:01:40,320 --> 00:01:41,600 value. 52 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:41,920 But 53 00:01:42,159 --> 00:01:46,240 once you start living that way, once you surrender your life to him 54 00:01:46,479 --> 00:01:47,200 and let him 55 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:47,759 live his 56 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:51,600 life through you, that's where you find life. 57 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:53,960 It doesn't make sense to the world. 58 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:56,920 It doesn't make sense to me sometimes. 59 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:57,240 But 60 00:01:58,920 --> 00:01:59,080 I 61 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:01,000 found it to be true. 62 00:02:01,220 --> 00:02:01,460 And 63 00:02:01,620 --> 00:02:07,700 uh, oh, just by the way, I want to thank all of you for praying for our dear little Augie. 64 00:02:07,700 --> 00:02:08,420 And uh 65 00:02:09,220 --> 00:02:09,540 he 66 00:02:09,700 --> 00:02:10,020 um 67 00:02:11,340 --> 00:02:13,260 He's doing much better. 68 00:02:13,260 --> 00:02:13,580 Um 69 00:02:13,819 --> 00:02:16,540 there's still maybe some issues down the road, but 70 00:02:16,780 --> 00:02:17,260 but uh 71 00:02:17,420 --> 00:02:20,780 he's he's eating pretty good and his heart beats a little better 72 00:02:20,940 --> 00:02:22,140 and and everything 73 00:02:22,300 --> 00:02:24,140 and he's changed our lives. 74 00:02:24,140 --> 00:02:24,459 So 75 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:27,720 It's been really, really a good thing. 76 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:29,960 And we're crazy about this kid. 77 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:30,600 And so 78 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,000 if you'd continue to pray for him, 79 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:34,760 we'd appreciate it. 80 00:02:35,380 --> 00:02:36,660 But as we get into the word 81 00:02:36,820 --> 00:02:40,180 here, we're just going to read verses 1 through 8 this morning. 82 00:02:40,180 --> 00:02:41,540 I won't keep you long. 83 00:02:41,540 --> 00:02:43,940 Feel free to hang out and fellowship. 84 00:02:43,840 --> 00:02:44,000 uh 85 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:45,200 afterwards 86 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:45,600 uh 87 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:45,920 because 88 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:47,280 we're just kinda 89 00:02:47,520 --> 00:02:49,760 we're kind of just taking it all in. 90 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:51,600 I'm a little bit numb. 91 00:02:52,780 --> 00:02:54,620 But uh it's it's nice 92 00:02:54,780 --> 00:03:01,980 nice to be here, nice to know that we don't have to tear down, we just hit the power button and we're good to go for a while. 93 00:03:02,099 --> 00:03:02,739 And um 94 00:03:02,900 --> 00:03:03,540 and God's 95 00:03:03,700 --> 00:03:05,300 God's really good that way. 96 00:03:05,300 --> 00:03:08,180 So uh I'm probably gonna take tomorrow off. 97 00:03:08,180 --> 00:03:08,500 So 98 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:19,200 But these are some powerful words here in in this passage here in these eight verses. 99 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:21,440 So read along with me if you would. 100 00:03:21,260 --> 00:03:23,820 It says, now it happened on one of those days. 101 00:03:23,820 --> 00:03:29,340 These are the days what Jesus was spending preaching in the temple and sharing God's word. 102 00:03:29,340 --> 00:03:35,100 One of those days, as he taught the people in the temple and preached the gospel. 103 00:03:34,740 --> 00:03:45,620 that the chief priests and the scribes, together with the elders, confronted him, and spoke to him, saying, Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? 104 00:03:45,620 --> 00:03:48,980 Or who is he who gave you this authority? 105 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:51,000 But he answered and said to them, 106 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:53,720 I also will ask you one thing. 107 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:57,320 And answer me, the baptism of John, was it from heaven 108 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:58,760 or from men? 109 00:03:58,940 --> 00:04:03,020 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say from 110 00:04:03,180 --> 00:04:03,660 heaven, 111 00:04:03,819 --> 00:04:04,459 he will say, 112 00:04:04,620 --> 00:04:06,459 Why then did you not believe him? 113 00:04:06,459 --> 00:04:07,420 But if we say from 114 00:04:07,660 --> 00:04:07,900 men 115 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:12,920 All the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John 116 00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:14,120 was a prophet. 117 00:04:14,120 --> 00:04:16,200 So they answered, and they 118 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:17,480 So 119 00:04:17,800 --> 00:04:19,720 they answered that they 120 00:04:19,959 --> 00:04:21,880 did not know where it was from. 121 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:28,120 And Jesus said to them, Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. 122 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:29,240 Pray with me. 123 00:04:29,220 --> 00:04:30,660 Lord, we thank you. 124 00:04:30,660 --> 00:04:31,780 Thank you that 125 00:04:32,900 --> 00:04:34,419 you are our authority. 126 00:04:34,419 --> 00:04:36,259 You're the one who came 127 00:04:36,580 --> 00:04:36,900 and 128 00:04:37,699 --> 00:04:39,300 took death on 129 00:04:39,540 --> 00:04:42,100 and you overcame and conquered it 130 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:44,840 Lord, the death that we all deserve to die. 131 00:04:44,840 --> 00:04:46,759 Lord, the sin that we've all 132 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:48,759 committed and fallen short of your 133 00:04:48,919 --> 00:04:49,720 glory. 134 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:54,840 And you came to remedy those two things that are so powerful in our lives 135 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:56,199 if we have to deal with them on our 136 00:04:56,460 --> 00:04:57,020 our own. 137 00:04:57,020 --> 00:04:59,340 And Jesus, we thank you that you came. 138 00:04:59,340 --> 00:04:59,979 And because 139 00:05:00,139 --> 00:05:04,780 you were God in the flesh, you were able to conquer both sin and the grave. 140 00:05:04,780 --> 00:05:07,180 And so Lord, as we look at your word today, would you 141 00:05:07,340 --> 00:05:10,700 you minister to our hearts, Lord, take us to a place 142 00:05:10,860 --> 00:05:16,460 with you, maybe that we've never been before, Lord, that as we just draw near to you, realizing 143 00:05:16,580 --> 00:05:16,900 that 144 00:05:17,140 --> 00:05:19,940 in this life uh there's so much trouble. 145 00:05:19,940 --> 00:05:20,500 And yet 146 00:05:20,820 --> 00:05:22,340 you will see us through all of it. 147 00:05:22,340 --> 00:05:23,540 You'll give us the strength. 148 00:05:23,540 --> 00:05:24,900 You'll lift up our heads. 149 00:05:24,900 --> 00:05:27,300 You'll lift up our arms when we get weary 150 00:05:27,780 --> 00:05:29,780 You truly are our all in all. 151 00:05:29,780 --> 00:05:32,180 And I pray that we would uh surrender to that 152 00:05:32,340 --> 00:05:32,900 even today 153 00:05:33,060 --> 00:05:34,419 in Jesus' name. 154 00:05:34,419 --> 00:05:35,699 Amen. 155 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:36,840 And 156 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:39,240 so it says here that uh 157 00:05:39,479 --> 00:05:40,840 one of those days that 158 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:44,039 he taught the people, he taught the people 159 00:05:44,199 --> 00:05:46,599 in the temple and preached the gospel. 160 00:05:46,599 --> 00:05:48,039 And I'm wondering what gospel 161 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:49,720 he preached. 162 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:51,440 You think about the old 163 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:54,880 the gospel in the Old Testament, right? 164 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:59,280 All those passages that pointed to Jesus, I think uh 165 00:05:59,680 --> 00:06:02,080 he might have taken them to Genesis chapter 166 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:03,760 chapter 3. 167 00:06:03,740 --> 00:06:05,580 Right, verse 15 about the 168 00:06:05,900 --> 00:06:06,540 about the 169 00:06:06,700 --> 00:06:08,220 the seed of the woman and the 170 00:06:08,380 --> 00:06:13,580 and the seed of the serpent and how the seed of the woman was going to crush the head of the 171 00:06:13,740 --> 00:06:14,780 of the serpent and 172 00:06:14,940 --> 00:06:17,660 but he would bruise his heel. 173 00:06:16,940 --> 00:06:19,100 Maybe that's what he was talking about. 174 00:06:19,100 --> 00:06:22,060 Or maybe he took them, he had a couple days here. 175 00:06:22,060 --> 00:06:25,820 Many believe this is Tuesday in the Passion Week. 176 00:06:25,820 --> 00:06:26,380 And that 177 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:38,480 Maybe he took them to Exodus chapter 12 about the Paschal lamb, that Passover lamb, that was a picture of the sacrifice that would come. 178 00:06:38,260 --> 00:06:39,940 That when the death angel came 179 00:06:40,100 --> 00:06:41,780 and it saw the home with the 180 00:06:41,940 --> 00:06:46,900 with the blood on the on the doorposts, it would pass over. 181 00:06:48,140 --> 00:06:49,420 You realize you've 182 00:06:50,300 --> 00:06:50,460 if 183 00:06:50,620 --> 00:06:50,700 you 184 00:06:50,860 --> 00:06:54,780 got blood on the doorpost of your heart, the death angel's gonna pass over 185 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:56,480 Right, 186 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:56,800 uh 187 00:06:56,960 --> 00:06:58,160 fulfilling John 188 00:06:58,320 --> 00:06:59,920 chapter 11, verse 25. 189 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:02,480 I did a funeral yesterday and I share that 190 00:07:02,640 --> 00:07:05,280 I share that verse every time. 191 00:07:05,280 --> 00:07:06,960 I'm the resurrection of the life. 192 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:10,320 He who believes in me, though he may die, yet shall he live. 193 00:07:11,060 --> 00:07:12,740 Whoever lives and believes in me. 194 00:07:12,740 --> 00:07:14,740 And then he asked that question, right? 195 00:07:14,740 --> 00:07:16,340 Do you believe this? 196 00:07:16,580 --> 00:07:18,980 I did a funeral the day before. 197 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:22,280 at a gravesite and I asked that question, do you believe this? 198 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:26,440 And this one old boy in the back goes, yep, I sure do. 199 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:27,560 We had a little amen 200 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:29,240 session there for a second 201 00:07:29,480 --> 00:07:30,840 at a funeral 202 00:07:31,540 --> 00:07:35,139 It was awesome. 203 00:07:35,139 --> 00:07:36,820 Because John said, right? 204 00:07:36,820 --> 00:07:38,580 When John the Baptist, there it 205 00:07:39,060 --> 00:07:42,419 behold the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world. 206 00:07:42,419 --> 00:07:43,139 Maybe Jesus 207 00:07:43,300 --> 00:07:45,220 going, that Lamb? 208 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,520 That's me. 209 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:49,080 That's me. 210 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:49,320 Or 211 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:50,600 how about Daniel 212 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:51,400 chapter 2? 213 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:51,560 It was 214 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:53,320 in our reading this week, those of you 215 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:54,920 who are doing the hang-on 216 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:56,600 Bible reading. 217 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:01,000 Powerful, powerful chapter, right 218 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:01,480 where 219 00:08:03,320 --> 00:08:06,600 Nebuchadnezzar has this dream and Daniel comes along 220 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:07,000 and 221 00:08:07,320 --> 00:08:12,360 saves the life of all the astrologers and the wise men in in Babylon. 222 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:15,880 And he tells him, he said, I saw this figure. 223 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:17,120 The same figure that 224 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:21,840 Nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream, a head of gold and chest and arms of silver and 225 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:22,160 a 226 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:23,920 torso of bronze and 227 00:08:25,039 --> 00:08:28,560 Legs of steel and feet mixed with clay and iron. 228 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:34,240 And he says, and then all of a sudden there was this big rock that comes and it crushes 229 00:08:34,500 --> 00:08:34,819 That was 230 00:08:34,979 --> 00:08:37,219 a representation of all the kingdoms of the earth. 231 00:08:37,219 --> 00:08:40,740 It comes and crushes all the kingdoms of the earth and it it 232 00:08:41,300 --> 00:08:42,979 grinds them to powder. 233 00:08:42,979 --> 00:08:44,019 And then this stone 234 00:08:44,259 --> 00:08:46,339 fills the whole earth. 235 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:46,760 Jesus 236 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:49,000 probably told that story. 237 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:49,959 That stone? 238 00:08:49,959 --> 00:08:51,160 That's me. 239 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:52,360 That's me. 240 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:55,120 Or how 241 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:57,040 about Isaiah, right? 242 00:08:57,040 --> 00:08:58,320 We do it at Christmas time 243 00:08:58,480 --> 00:08:59,600 in Isaiah 244 00:08:59,920 --> 00:09:01,280 chapter 9. 245 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:03,360 I'm going to turn over there real quick. 246 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:12,840 Isaiah chapter 9, and I love this, verse 2 says, the people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. 247 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:13,560 Those who 248 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:14,519 Dwelt 249 00:09:14,680 --> 00:09:20,040 in the land of the shadow of death, upon them a light has shined. 250 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,680 Didn't Jesus say, I'm the light of the world? 251 00:09:23,180 --> 00:09:25,020 Maybe he took them there. 252 00:09:25,020 --> 00:09:25,420 Right? 253 00:09:25,420 --> 00:09:26,540 And then we go down to 254 00:09:26,780 --> 00:09:30,940 verse 6, the Christmas verses, for unto us a child is born 255 00:09:30,680 --> 00:09:35,079 Unto us the Son is given, and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his 256 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:42,040 name will be called wonderful, counselor, mighty God, everlasting Father, Prince of Peace, and the increase of the government 257 00:09:42,199 --> 00:09:43,000 and peace 258 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:43,399 and 259 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:45,279 increase of his government 260 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:47,839 and peace there will be no end. 261 00:09:47,839 --> 00:09:50,480 Jesus is going, that's my government. 262 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:53,360 That's the good news. 263 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:56,319 Christ is the good news. 264 00:09:56,319 --> 00:09:58,319 He is the gospel. 265 00:09:58,319 --> 00:09:59,519 Amen. 266 00:09:59,759 --> 00:10:02,639 Think about your life right now for just one second. 267 00:10:02,639 --> 00:10:04,639 What would your life be 268 00:10:04,880 --> 00:10:06,880 like without Jesus? 269 00:10:09,520 --> 00:10:13,440 I'd be dead or in prison. 270 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:13,680 And 271 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:14,000 um 272 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:16,160 probably 273 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:17,120 dead 274 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:22,840 But when Christ comes into your life and 275 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:23,960 begins 276 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:27,880 to change you, he begins to change your thought processes 277 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:28,520 and your 278 00:10:28,680 --> 00:10:29,000 your 279 00:10:31,260 --> 00:10:33,100 The way you talk, your 280 00:10:33,339 --> 00:10:34,300 attitudes 281 00:10:34,620 --> 00:10:34,860 , 282 00:10:35,339 --> 00:10:38,220 your desires, what's important and what's not 283 00:10:39,760 --> 00:10:40,080 He 284 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:45,440 actually, he actually helps you and I look outside of ourselves 285 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:47,839 because we're so self-consumed 286 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:56,000 I'm not overly excited about looking in the mirror anymore. 287 00:10:57,800 --> 00:10:59,560 I remember hearing John Corison 288 00:10:59,720 --> 00:11:05,959 years ago saying, you know you're getting old when you get out of the shower and you're glad the mirror's fogged up 289 00:11:14,060 --> 00:11:14,380 Skin 290 00:11:14,540 --> 00:11:16,860 sagging where it never sagged before? 291 00:11:16,860 --> 00:11:17,819 I mean it's just 292 00:11:17,980 --> 00:11:18,300 like 293 00:11:18,540 --> 00:11:19,740 wow. 294 00:11:25,820 --> 00:11:27,260 But no doubt he was 295 00:11:27,420 --> 00:11:29,260 he was sharing this good news. 296 00:11:29,260 --> 00:11:33,580 Maybe he took him to Isaiah 52 and 53, the suffering 297 00:11:33,820 --> 00:11:34,860 savior. 298 00:11:34,759 --> 00:11:36,519 Nobody likes to see that one. 299 00:11:36,519 --> 00:11:38,680 We don't like to think about suffering. 300 00:11:38,680 --> 00:11:42,920 And yet, as believers, you and I are called to it. 301 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:44,759 We're called to suffer 302 00:11:47,300 --> 00:11:47,940 Because 303 00:11:48,180 --> 00:11:51,620 this is like a training ground. 304 00:11:51,620 --> 00:11:56,260 Because after this one's over, it just gets gooder and gooder. 305 00:11:58,860 --> 00:12:02,940 But our focus, our focus needs to be 306 00:12:03,500 --> 00:12:04,220 on him. 307 00:12:04,220 --> 00:12:05,980 So we're still in in verse one 308 00:12:06,139 --> 00:12:06,860 here back in 309 00:12:07,019 --> 00:12:10,380 back in the 20th chapter of Luke, and it says. 310 00:12:13,560 --> 00:12:13,880 That 311 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:16,040 the chief priests 312 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:20,680 and the scribes, together with the elders, confronted him. 313 00:12:20,680 --> 00:12:23,320 They did not like what he was doing. 314 00:12:23,620 --> 00:12:25,700 No doubt they didn't like what he did 315 00:12:26,420 --> 00:12:28,180 a couple days before when he 316 00:12:28,339 --> 00:12:30,899 when he cleansed the temple. 317 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:34,920 Jesus is confronted by the religious leaders. 318 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:35,880 They obviously 319 00:12:36,200 --> 00:12:36,840 did not 320 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:39,880 like the preaching of the gospel, 321 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:40,600 but there 322 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:41,080 were 323 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:41,640 were 324 00:12:42,200 --> 00:12:45,080 they were no doubt irritated by the fact that 325 00:12:46,399 --> 00:12:50,639 Here is this itinerant preacher, a carpenter by trade, 326 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:53,040 was invading their space. 327 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:53,839 This was their 328 00:12:54,399 --> 00:12:57,600 house, so to speak. 329 00:12:57,600 --> 00:12:57,920 And 330 00:12:58,160 --> 00:12:58,480 um 331 00:13:00,940 --> 00:13:03,100 And he did it by an obvious authority 332 00:13:03,260 --> 00:13:06,380 and was turning over tables and speaking the word of God 333 00:13:06,540 --> 00:13:09,260 with a power they could not deny. 334 00:13:09,320 --> 00:13:13,160 You cannot deny the power of Christ, you and I. 335 00:13:13,160 --> 00:13:14,120 Try. 336 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:15,720 Try if you will. 337 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:17,240 You can't deny it 338 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:21,400 Because nobody ever did what he did. 339 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:23,240 He he stands alone 340 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:24,120 in that 341 00:13:27,060 --> 00:13:27,380 John 342 00:13:27,620 --> 00:13:32,339 7 tells us, and so there was a division among the people because of him. 343 00:13:32,339 --> 00:13:38,019 Now, some of them wanted to take him, but no one laid hands on him. 344 00:13:40,660 --> 00:13:44,580 Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who 345 00:13:44,740 --> 00:13:45,700 said to him 346 00:13:47,980 --> 00:13:49,980 Why have you not brought him? 347 00:13:49,980 --> 00:13:52,380 And the officers answered, No 348 00:13:52,700 --> 00:13:55,100 man ever spoke like this man. 349 00:13:55,100 --> 00:13:57,420 And then the Pharisees answered them. 350 00:13:57,360 --> 00:13:59,280 Are you also deceived? 351 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:02,720 Have any of the rulers of the Pharisees believed in him? 352 00:14:04,160 --> 00:14:05,200 No, because 353 00:14:05,840 --> 00:14:08,480 that's why they are sad, you see. 354 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:12,680 They don't believe in Jesus. 355 00:14:12,680 --> 00:14:15,160 They didn't accept him, right? 356 00:14:15,400 --> 00:14:23,560 Matthew 7:29, for he, Jesus, taught them as one having authority, not as the scribes. 357 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:27,880 Though the scribes spoke the word of God, there was no anointing of the Holy Spirit. 358 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:31,320 There was no power there. 359 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:33,160 Have you read the word before and just 360 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:35,560 the Holy Spirit just kind of blows your mind with it? 361 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:36,200 You're going, oh 362 00:14:36,360 --> 00:14:39,400 My gosh, this stuff is, it's real. 363 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:40,760 It's alive. 364 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:45,320 It is like that sharp sword that the writer of Hebrews talks about. 365 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:48,560 David Jeremiah says 366 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:48,960 this. 367 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:54,480 He says, the chief priests and the scribes saw themselves as the ultimate authority in the temple. 368 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:55,440 And since 369 00:14:56,540 --> 00:14:59,820 Rome even supported the control of the priesthood. 370 00:14:59,820 --> 00:15:03,420 They had not given Jesus the approval to cleanse the temple, so 371 00:15:03,580 --> 00:15:05,260 they demanded to know 372 00:15:05,420 --> 00:15:08,779 by whose authority he had done so. 373 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:13,680 And that's what it says there in verse 2. 374 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:18,880 And spoke to him, saying, Tell us, by what authority are you doing these things? 375 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:22,320 Or who is he who gave you this authority? 376 00:15:25,300 --> 00:15:26,100 The authority 377 00:15:26,260 --> 00:15:27,220 of Christ 378 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:34,280 But 379 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:40,920 the things that they saw him do, that's not 380 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:42,360 authority enough. 381 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:43,080 They saw him 382 00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:47,000 raise the dead, they saw him heal the blind. 383 00:15:46,899 --> 00:15:47,620 They saw him 384 00:15:48,180 --> 00:15:50,259 restore physical ailments of people. 385 00:15:50,339 --> 00:15:51,380 They saw him do it. 386 00:15:52,100 --> 00:15:55,220 It wasn't enough authority for them. 387 00:15:55,940 --> 00:15:56,260 But 388 00:15:56,500 --> 00:16:02,420 Jesus, like at other times, he responds in verses 3 and 4. 389 00:16:02,420 --> 00:16:05,620 And he says, and he answered and said to them, I 390 00:16:05,940 --> 00:16:06,260 also 391 00:16:06,500 --> 00:16:09,540 will ask you one thing, and answer me. 392 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:13,120 The baptism of John, was it from heaven or from men? 393 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:15,520 So 394 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:19,680 he's playing a game with them here, obviously. 395 00:16:19,680 --> 00:16:20,400 And uh 396 00:16:22,300 --> 00:16:25,500 They've already purposed in their heart to reject Jesus. 397 00:16:25,500 --> 00:16:27,580 Back in Luke chapter 9, we read 398 00:16:28,380 --> 00:16:31,980 in verse 22 where it says, the Son of Man must suffer many things 399 00:16:32,220 --> 00:16:34,140 and be rejected. 400 00:16:33,940 --> 00:16:41,620 by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and he must be killed on the third day and be raised to life. 401 00:16:45,380 --> 00:16:46,740 Reject. 402 00:16:46,740 --> 00:16:48,260 They were going to reject him. 403 00:16:48,260 --> 00:16:50,820 They were rejecting him. 404 00:16:50,820 --> 00:16:52,660 You may be here today 405 00:16:52,959 --> 00:16:54,480 You may have an opportunity. 406 00:16:54,480 --> 00:16:56,880 In fact, the Lord may be speaking to your heart 407 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:58,640 even right now. 408 00:16:58,640 --> 00:16:59,680 Believe me, I know. 409 00:16:59,920 --> 00:17:01,040 I've had that happen. 410 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:02,560 When your heart goes up a 411 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:05,920 little bit, your heart rate increases, and you're thinking. 412 00:17:07,939 --> 00:17:11,059 I think God might be talking to me. 413 00:17:11,059 --> 00:17:11,620 Right? 414 00:17:11,620 --> 00:17:14,179 Don't reject that. 415 00:17:14,179 --> 00:17:15,140 Respond to it. 416 00:17:15,140 --> 00:17:16,900 Humble yourself in the sight of the Lord. 417 00:17:16,900 --> 00:17:18,100 Let Him lift you up. 418 00:17:18,100 --> 00:17:19,299 And He will. 419 00:17:20,140 --> 00:17:22,140 He's so faithful to do so 420 00:17:22,300 --> 00:17:25,819 to those who will humble themselves. 421 00:17:25,819 --> 00:17:30,140 The word reject here it means to reject after examination. 422 00:17:30,760 --> 00:17:33,639 Because they've been examining him, right? 423 00:17:33,880 --> 00:17:35,480 That was the process 424 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:39,480 for this uh Passover week. 425 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:41,080 The Passover week they would 426 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:41,799 they would 427 00:17:43,040 --> 00:17:45,920 Had to choose a Passover lamb and after 428 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:50,480 examining it for four days to see if it had any flaws. 429 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:52,640 If it did, they had to reject it. 430 00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:54,120 But 431 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:56,520 what did Pilate say about Jesus? 432 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:56,840 I 433 00:17:57,160 --> 00:17:58,120 find no 434 00:17:58,280 --> 00:17:59,880 fault in him. 435 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:01,160 No fault. 436 00:18:01,519 --> 00:18:03,840 Here's the Passover lamb right before him. 437 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:05,360 And he's perfect. 438 00:18:05,360 --> 00:18:08,559 He's that perfect Passover lamb. 439 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:11,000 Warren Wersby 440 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:12,600 puts it this way. 441 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:15,160 It was required that the Jews carefully examine 442 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:16,840 the Passover lamb 443 00:18:17,360 --> 00:18:19,600 From the 10th day to the 14th 444 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:22,399 day to make sure that it had no blemishes. 445 00:18:22,399 --> 00:18:26,639 Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, was watched and tested by his 446 00:18:26,799 --> 00:18:31,360 enemies during that final week, and yet, in spite of what they saw, 447 00:18:31,919 --> 00:18:32,160 And 448 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:32,960 learned 449 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:37,679 they rejected him. 450 00:18:37,679 --> 00:18:41,120 I don't think anybody's going to be in hell on accident. 451 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:42,960 Right? 452 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:46,960 I believe that God's 453 00:18:47,280 --> 00:18:51,520 God's just, but He's also merciful and gracious. 454 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:56,640 But when people are faced with the truth of the gospel and choose to reject it, 455 00:18:58,159 --> 00:18:59,200 Their judgment will 456 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:01,760 be quite harsh. 457 00:19:01,760 --> 00:19:04,399 And rightly so, I believe 458 00:19:06,340 --> 00:19:10,340 Verses 5 through 7 it says, and they reasoned among themselves. 459 00:19:10,340 --> 00:19:12,899 They knew they were in a pickle, right? 460 00:19:13,059 --> 00:19:14,980 It was in a ringer. 461 00:19:15,220 --> 00:19:17,860 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, if 462 00:19:18,100 --> 00:19:18,740 we say 463 00:19:18,900 --> 00:19:19,540 from heaven, 464 00:19:19,700 --> 00:19:23,780 this is the question about John the Baptist, if we say from heaven 465 00:19:24,000 --> 00:19:24,160 He 466 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:26,880 will say, why then did you not believe him? 467 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:27,680 But if we say 468 00:19:27,840 --> 00:19:28,000 from 469 00:19:28,240 --> 00:19:32,000 men, all the people will stone us, for they have 470 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:32,400 per 471 00:19:33,019 --> 00:19:35,419 For they are persuaded that John was a prophet. 472 00:19:35,419 --> 00:19:37,580 And so they answered, and they 473 00:19:38,059 --> 00:19:41,580 they answered that they did not know where he was from. 474 00:19:41,580 --> 00:19:43,500 Stinking liars. 475 00:19:44,460 --> 00:19:45,500 Right? 476 00:19:45,500 --> 00:19:47,420 They knew where he was from. 477 00:19:47,420 --> 00:19:50,380 They knew that John was sent from God. 478 00:19:53,500 --> 00:19:57,020 And unlike Jesus, John was from the priestly line. 479 00:19:57,020 --> 00:19:57,660 He was a 480 00:19:57,980 --> 00:20:00,940 Levite. 481 00:20:00,940 --> 00:20:03,020 And they should have listened to him. 482 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:05,160 So 483 00:20:05,320 --> 00:20:05,640 they said 484 00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:07,160 we don't know. 485 00:20:07,160 --> 00:20:10,600 I heard somebody, a Christian, a well-known Christian 486 00:20:10,840 --> 00:20:13,240 on a talk show, ask. 487 00:20:13,519 --> 00:20:13,679 Was 488 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,880 asked by the talk show hosts, is 489 00:20:17,039 --> 00:20:19,840 homosexuality wrong? 490 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:22,240 And the Christian said, I don't know. 491 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:23,200 You liar 492 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:24,760 You 493 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:26,680 do know. 494 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:28,120 That's like, is fornication 495 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:28,600 wrong? 496 00:20:28,600 --> 00:20:29,480 Is stealing wrong? 497 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:29,560 Is 498 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:30,120 taking the 499 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:31,480 Lord's name in vain 500 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:32,040 wrong? 501 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:33,000 Yes. 502 00:20:33,940 --> 00:20:35,860 Just call a spade a spade. 503 00:20:35,860 --> 00:20:36,900 Let the chips fall. 504 00:20:36,900 --> 00:20:40,180 Yes, it might hurt. 505 00:20:40,180 --> 00:20:41,940 The truth usually does 506 00:20:43,140 --> 00:20:47,700 But the thing, cool thing about the truth is it also usually produces fruit 507 00:20:47,940 --> 00:20:49,220 when it's heated 508 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:52,400 So they were conniving. 509 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:59,680 They were just these conniving, slithering snakes, servants of the enemy. 510 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:01,360 If we say this. 511 00:21:03,600 --> 00:21:04,240 And so 512 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:07,200 we don't know. 513 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:09,440 They're denying God's authority 514 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:10,000 because 515 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:10,560 John 516 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:12,640 came preaching with authority. 517 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:14,240 And what was his message? 518 00:21:14,860 --> 00:21:17,660 Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 519 00:21:17,660 --> 00:21:20,460 Repent, turn. 520 00:21:21,020 --> 00:21:22,540 Turn from your ways 521 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:30,560 Because all authority comes from God. 522 00:21:30,560 --> 00:21:33,200 That's kind of a bizarre thought when you think about it. 523 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:33,760 Romans 524 00:21:33,980 --> 00:21:34,540 13. 525 00:21:34,540 --> 00:21:34,620 1 526 00:21:34,780 --> 00:21:35,180 says, let 527 00:21:35,340 --> 00:21:37,900 everyone be subject to the governing authorities. 528 00:21:37,900 --> 00:21:42,780 For there is no authority except that which God has established. 529 00:21:42,780 --> 00:21:46,220 The authorities that exist have been established by God. 530 00:21:46,220 --> 00:21:47,980 Think about that. 531 00:21:47,620 --> 00:21:48,980 Really? 532 00:21:48,980 --> 00:21:54,020 These authorities that we see around the world that are horrific? 533 00:21:54,020 --> 00:21:55,940 Yeah. 534 00:21:55,940 --> 00:21:57,380 Yeah, they are. 535 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:01,320 It's like God dishes out all this authority. 536 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:03,240 He gives it to world leaders. 537 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:08,840 And then they're responsible, they are responsible for what they do with that authority that God gives them. 538 00:22:08,620 --> 00:22:10,300 God gives you an eye authority. 539 00:22:10,300 --> 00:22:11,100 All of us. 540 00:22:11,100 --> 00:22:15,020 Every human has a certain amount of authority that God delivers to them 541 00:22:16,519 --> 00:22:19,000 He gives world leaders authority. 542 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:21,000 He gives husbands and wives authority. 543 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,000 He gives church leaders authority. 544 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:29,880 He gives older siblings authority over younger siblings, though the younger siblings would argue that to the grave. 545 00:22:32,900 --> 00:22:42,340 I love seeing families with kids like 12 or 13 years apart, and how a four-year-old and a 17-year-old can fight. 546 00:22:42,340 --> 00:22:44,179 It's hilarious. 547 00:22:45,180 --> 00:22:51,980 But the 17-year-old, because he's bigger and stronger, he can usually uh you know gain the upper hand on his younger siblings 548 00:22:54,940 --> 00:22:58,140 And we have authority from God over our own lives. 549 00:22:58,140 --> 00:23:01,820 God's given us this authority. 550 00:23:01,820 --> 00:23:05,580 We can do, to do, or to not do. 551 00:23:06,340 --> 00:23:12,260 That's the question. 552 00:23:12,260 --> 00:23:12,500 But 553 00:23:12,740 --> 00:23:16,019 what people do with this authority is on them. 554 00:23:15,919 --> 00:23:20,400 What you do with your life, the authority, the sovereignty that 555 00:23:20,559 --> 00:23:24,240 God has given each one of you, it's on us. 556 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,760 The decisions that we make, the places that we go. 557 00:23:28,019 --> 00:23:29,539 The trouble that we get in 558 00:23:29,700 --> 00:23:33,460 or not, it's on us. 559 00:23:33,460 --> 00:23:35,059 You look at history and 560 00:23:35,380 --> 00:23:36,899 and and leaders 561 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,480 You know, we've been going through the Old Testament and 562 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:42,920 whether it's Nebuchadnezzar or King David 563 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:44,840 or more modern history with 564 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:45,400 uh 565 00:23:45,640 --> 00:23:46,840 Mao Zedong 566 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:51,640 and Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein. 567 00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:52,040 All 568 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:53,640 these people that I just met and 569 00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:56,840 mentioned abused the authority that God gave them. 570 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:58,040 All of them did. 571 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:00,920 Oh, King David, he was a man after God's own heart. 572 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,640 Yeah, but he abused his authority as a king when he 573 00:24:03,740 --> 00:24:08,140 had one of his soldiers killed so he could sleep with his wife. 574 00:24:08,140 --> 00:24:08,780 Right 575 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:14,440 And Nebuchadnezzar, why 576 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:18,600 God did not cut that guy's head off and just snuff him out, I don't know. 577 00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:20,360 He was merciful, right? 578 00:24:20,360 --> 00:24:23,720 Turned him into a cow for seven years. 579 00:24:23,540 --> 00:24:25,460 And then brought him back to the throne. 580 00:24:25,460 --> 00:24:28,500 Go figure that one. 581 00:24:28,500 --> 00:24:29,060 It's his 582 00:24:29,300 --> 00:24:30,020 authority. 583 00:24:30,020 --> 00:24:32,260 He can do with it what he wants. 584 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:32,880 It's his 585 00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:33,600 life. 586 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,920 Your life is his, whether you know that or not. 587 00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:37,680 I don't know if you know that or not. 588 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:39,840 But your life is his. 589 00:24:39,840 --> 00:24:41,360 We are not our own. 590 00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:43,680 We've been bought with a price. 591 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:50,960 And so 592 00:24:51,280 --> 00:24:55,120 Jesus, he goes, All right, you guys want to go there? 593 00:24:55,660 --> 00:24:58,380 Neither will I tell you by what authority 594 00:24:58,700 --> 00:25:00,539 I do these things. 595 00:25:00,539 --> 00:25:04,940 I think about this and I said, why didn't Jesus just state the obvious? 596 00:25:04,940 --> 00:25:05,900 Right? 597 00:25:07,820 --> 00:25:08,220 He could 598 00:25:08,380 --> 00:25:10,059 he could have just stated the obvious. 599 00:25:10,059 --> 00:25:13,100 Listen, I'm God, you're not. 600 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:22,200 It was like 601 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:25,080 this question that they asked him was 602 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:26,040 it was a gotcha 603 00:25:26,440 --> 00:25:27,160 question. 604 00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:28,680 You've been around people like that 605 00:25:29,220 --> 00:25:32,740 They ask you a question just to get you. 606 00:25:32,740 --> 00:25:36,100 I had a guy call me one time about this, and 607 00:25:37,060 --> 00:25:38,660 his name was Norman. 608 00:25:40,460 --> 00:25:40,780 Is this 609 00:25:40,940 --> 00:25:41,500 a name? 610 00:25:41,500 --> 00:25:43,340 Sorry, if your name's Norman, but 611 00:25:43,820 --> 00:25:47,100 I was just irritated when Norman called me. 612 00:25:47,740 --> 00:25:49,260 And he just wanted to argue. 613 00:25:49,260 --> 00:25:50,940 He didn't want any answers. 614 00:25:50,940 --> 00:25:52,220 He had questions 615 00:25:52,460 --> 00:25:58,380 about Jesus being the Son of God, as opposed to being God in human flesh. 616 00:26:00,539 --> 00:26:00,860 But 617 00:26:03,740 --> 00:26:05,500 they didn't really want an answer. 618 00:26:05,500 --> 00:26:07,660 Where do you get this authority? 619 00:26:08,700 --> 00:26:15,020 They really kind of put him in that place that no matter how he answered, he would be in trouble. 620 00:26:15,020 --> 00:26:16,620 If he said that he had 621 00:26:17,380 --> 00:26:20,980 No authority, then he was in trouble with the Jews 622 00:26:21,540 --> 00:26:25,620 for invading their temple and acting like a prophet. 623 00:26:28,120 --> 00:26:29,400 If he said that he 624 00:26:29,640 --> 00:26:29,799 his 625 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:37,160 authority came from God, then he would be in trouble with the Romans, who were always alert to would-be 626 00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:39,960 messiahs, especially during the Passover week. 627 00:26:42,700 --> 00:26:44,540 And so they were gonna pit 628 00:26:44,860 --> 00:26:45,500 Jesus 629 00:26:45,660 --> 00:26:45,900 and 630 00:26:46,300 --> 00:26:53,580 either the government or Jesus and the religious rulers, no matter what, he was gonna be in trouble. 631 00:26:53,620 --> 00:26:54,340 So he chose 632 00:26:54,500 --> 00:26:55,380 not to answer. 633 00:26:55,380 --> 00:26:57,700 Just ask a question with a question. 634 00:26:57,700 --> 00:26:58,660 That's wisdom. 635 00:26:58,660 --> 00:27:01,700 Sometimes I think as believers we need to do that 636 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:04,279 But notice when the 637 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:08,919 when the Lord gives us life, the best thing that we can do with it 638 00:27:09,559 --> 00:27:11,320 is give it back to Him. 639 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:15,240 It's the best thing you can do with your life. 640 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,240 Just give it to the Lord. 641 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:19,560 Now, I don't know how long it took you 642 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:20,200 to 643 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:21,800 realize that 644 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:26,280 I'm kind of making a mess here. 645 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:26,720 Right? 646 00:27:26,720 --> 00:27:32,799 I'm selfish, I'm self-centered, I'm sinful, I give in to these sinful desires, and uh I'm 647 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:34,880 I'm really making a mess. 648 00:27:34,560 --> 00:27:35,600 It was 23. 649 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:38,400 I was 23 when I finally came to the realization that 650 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:40,720 I'm not doing so well 651 00:27:41,360 --> 00:27:44,000 with this life that God's given me. 652 00:27:44,019 --> 00:27:48,019 And I learned from a very young age that that there was this Jesus 653 00:27:48,179 --> 00:27:49,059 and that that 654 00:27:50,260 --> 00:27:54,419 mankind in his wickedness deserved this place called hell. 655 00:27:54,659 --> 00:27:57,220 I heard about that as a little boy. 656 00:27:58,000 --> 00:27:58,639 And so 657 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:02,639 at 23, I threw my hands in the air. 658 00:28:02,639 --> 00:28:03,840 I said, okay 659 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:04,720 , 660 00:28:05,360 --> 00:28:06,240 I'm sick of me. 661 00:28:06,240 --> 00:28:07,519 I'm sick of hurting people. 662 00:28:07,519 --> 00:28:08,960 I'm sick of using people. 663 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:09,840 I'm sick of 664 00:28:10,019 --> 00:28:10,580 This this 665 00:28:10,740 --> 00:28:12,340 these things that I'm addicted to, 666 00:28:12,580 --> 00:28:15,539 I'm just sick of it. 667 00:28:15,539 --> 00:28:17,460 And so I gave my life to him 668 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:20,240 My 669 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,440 how things changed. 670 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:24,400 Right? 671 00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:29,520 Taste, the Bible says, and see that the Lord is good. 672 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:30,880 He's worth giving your life 673 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:31,520 to. 674 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:32,960 And 675 00:28:33,120 --> 00:28:33,280 his 676 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:35,440 authority is able to 677 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:39,440 equip you. 678 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:44,560 He gives us the authority by his Holy Spirit to take our thoughts captive. 679 00:28:44,560 --> 00:28:46,720 That's a novel idea. 680 00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:47,440 Right? 681 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:48,880 Where most people have to go pay 682 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:49,280 what 683 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:50,640 200 bucks an hour 684 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:52,240 to shrink? 685 00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:55,760 How do you feel about that? 686 00:28:58,540 --> 00:28:59,660 No, just give your 687 00:28:59,820 --> 00:29:02,860 take your thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ as the word 688 00:29:03,020 --> 00:29:04,700 of God tells us. 689 00:29:06,220 --> 00:29:08,940 You have the authority to do that as a believer. 690 00:29:08,940 --> 00:29:12,299 I don't know that the world has the authority to do that. 691 00:29:12,299 --> 00:29:13,740 Because it appears 692 00:29:14,060 --> 00:29:17,340 I don't know about you, the world you live in, but the world that I'm seeing is 693 00:29:17,500 --> 00:29:18,060 no. 694 00:29:18,060 --> 00:29:19,260 People have not taken their 695 00:29:19,500 --> 00:29:20,300 thoughts captive. 696 00:29:20,300 --> 00:29:23,020 Their thoughts have taken them captive, and they are 697 00:29:23,260 --> 00:29:24,620 it, we're a we're 698 00:29:24,860 --> 00:29:28,460 we're a freight train headed towards a huge cliff. 699 00:29:28,740 --> 00:29:30,900 humanity is. 700 00:29:30,900 --> 00:29:32,340 Oh, that we would 701 00:29:32,660 --> 00:29:33,940 glorify the Lord. 702 00:29:33,940 --> 00:29:36,020 Oh, that we would come to him. 703 00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:37,360 And 704 00:29:37,680 --> 00:29:41,840 give what he has given us, give it back to him, and let him 705 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,160 do with it what he will. 706 00:29:45,260 --> 00:29:45,899 I love 707 00:29:46,220 --> 00:29:47,899 Solomon's prayer. 708 00:29:47,899 --> 00:29:49,419 So powerful, right? 709 00:29:49,740 --> 00:29:51,659 Solomon was a mess. 710 00:29:51,659 --> 00:29:54,299 Even after the prayer, God granted him his 711 00:29:54,460 --> 00:29:55,500 wish, right? 712 00:29:55,500 --> 00:29:58,220 Filled him with all kinds of wisdom. 713 00:29:58,300 --> 00:29:58,620 And 714 00:29:58,780 --> 00:30:00,460 knowledge. 715 00:30:01,020 --> 00:30:03,340 The volumes that Solomon wrote. 716 00:30:03,580 --> 00:30:04,860 It's just fascinating. 717 00:30:04,860 --> 00:30:10,780 The man was brilliant, but he was dumb as a post when it came to girls and worshiping God. 718 00:30:11,220 --> 00:30:11,540 Because 719 00:30:11,780 --> 00:30:17,380 he worshipped all these idols. 720 00:30:17,380 --> 00:30:22,500 He had lost sight of the one who had given him the authority that he had. 721 00:30:27,299 --> 00:30:27,620 So 722 00:30:29,139 --> 00:30:30,419 with our lives 723 00:30:32,220 --> 00:30:32,860 And because 724 00:30:33,020 --> 00:30:36,460 Jesus is so powerful, that's why he is able to tell us 725 00:30:36,700 --> 00:30:40,780 in Matthew chapter 11, verses 28 through 30. 726 00:30:40,620 --> 00:30:46,140 Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 727 00:30:46,140 --> 00:30:53,180 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls 728 00:30:52,700 --> 00:30:54,220 For my yoke is easy 729 00:30:54,380 --> 00:30:57,260 and my burden is light. 730 00:30:57,260 --> 00:31:00,539 It's so simple. 731 00:31:00,539 --> 00:31:03,100 And yet we struggle so much with it 732 00:31:08,420 --> 00:31:09,060 And then 733 00:31:10,020 --> 00:31:12,500 in our lives, he 734 00:31:12,740 --> 00:31:15,620 he gives us this this this authority 735 00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:16,040 He gave 736 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:16,440 his 737 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:20,280 apostles authority over the demons and all diseases. 738 00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:23,560 I'm so thankful for the authority of Christ Jesus 739 00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:25,320 in this building 740 00:31:26,340 --> 00:31:28,899 Because this place was dark. 741 00:31:28,899 --> 00:31:31,380 This light right now is just like glorious. 742 00:31:31,380 --> 00:31:35,059 You should have been in this room when we first came in this building. 743 00:31:37,180 --> 00:31:37,980 Okay, I gotta 744 00:31:38,220 --> 00:31:40,060 I gotta share a story with you. 745 00:31:40,060 --> 00:31:40,380 So 746 00:31:42,300 --> 00:31:42,940 it was 747 00:31:43,660 --> 00:31:44,620 we were having 748 00:31:44,780 --> 00:31:45,500 okay I'm gonna say 749 00:31:45,740 --> 00:31:46,780 we were having hell 750 00:31:48,100 --> 00:31:48,980 With this 751 00:31:49,140 --> 00:31:51,780 fire alarm system connecting with our HVAC 752 00:31:51,940 --> 00:31:52,500 system here. 753 00:31:52,500 --> 00:31:54,420 It held us up for over a month. 754 00:31:54,740 --> 00:31:57,060 I didn't know what we we were up against. 755 00:31:57,060 --> 00:31:57,700 Nobody could 756 00:31:57,860 --> 00:31:59,460 put their finger on it. 757 00:31:59,960 --> 00:32:00,200 So 758 00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:00,840 about 759 00:32:01,480 --> 00:32:01,800 two 760 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:05,240 weeks ago, Lee Kearns 761 00:32:05,400 --> 00:32:08,040 and I were in here putting up the security cameras 762 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:12,200 and my wife, and we went to the back corner of this building. 763 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:13,360 And it's dark back there. 764 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:16,640 The only way you could see in there was flashlights. 765 00:32:16,640 --> 00:32:20,560 And we come across this set of double doors. 766 00:32:21,040 --> 00:32:22,960 This might be kind of superstitious stuff. 767 00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:23,360 I don't know. 768 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:25,280 I think it was some real stuff. 769 00:32:25,300 --> 00:32:25,620 But 770 00:32:26,020 --> 00:32:31,940 and on the double doors were welded these big bars, and across these big bars were all these skulls. 771 00:32:31,940 --> 00:32:36,020 It just it just gave you the e b-jeebies, it just gave you the creeps. 772 00:32:35,700 --> 00:32:36,740 And then above that were 773 00:32:36,899 --> 00:32:40,260 welding into these doors these big black bats with this 774 00:32:40,820 --> 00:32:41,940 oozing gooey 775 00:32:42,100 --> 00:32:43,779 stuff coming out of them. 776 00:32:43,779 --> 00:32:45,700 It was just creepy. 777 00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:48,760 And so my wife and I, we take off, we go to Elko 778 00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:50,440 that one Sunday, and uh 779 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:50,920 Tyler 780 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:52,600 Rose, I believe, shared, and 781 00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:53,320 and um 782 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:57,960 we're coming back, and my wife says, Scotty, what if there's something in that building that 783 00:32:58,679 --> 00:32:58,840 That 784 00:32:59,159 --> 00:32:59,480 uh 785 00:33:00,279 --> 00:33:03,799 we haven't eradicated. 786 00:33:03,799 --> 00:33:05,559 I don't know, well. 787 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:06,120 She said 788 00:33:06,279 --> 00:33:06,519 like 789 00:33:06,679 --> 00:33:07,639 them doors 790 00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:15,480 Because the writing has been on the wall in this building. 791 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:15,799 Right? 792 00:33:15,799 --> 00:33:17,399 I told you about the stay 793 00:33:17,639 --> 00:33:19,320 thing back here. 794 00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:20,280 We 795 00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:23,320 had a little powwow right here in this really dark room right here 796 00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:24,680 praying about this building 797 00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:25,080 and 798 00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:25,960 and um 799 00:33:26,360 --> 00:33:26,920 and and 800 00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:29,480 and I'm going back here thinking, no way. 801 00:33:29,480 --> 00:33:32,280 I'm by myself and I'm pacing back and forth 802 00:33:31,940 --> 00:33:32,580 Back and forth. 803 00:33:32,580 --> 00:33:33,779 I'm just pacing back and forth. 804 00:33:33,779 --> 00:33:33,940 I think 805 00:33:34,179 --> 00:33:35,059 there ain't no way. 806 00:33:35,460 --> 00:33:37,779 This building is too big, right? 807 00:33:38,019 --> 00:33:38,260 And 808 00:33:38,419 --> 00:33:38,740 um 809 00:33:39,380 --> 00:33:39,700 and 810 00:33:39,860 --> 00:33:41,539 it's dark. 811 00:33:41,539 --> 00:33:43,700 And I don't want to. 812 00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:48,200 But all the ones that we just prayed with said, we think this is it. 813 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:50,200 And I'm going, no. 814 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:53,799 And so I'm pacing back and forth right back here in this hallway. 815 00:33:53,740 --> 00:33:54,300 And I 816 00:33:54,700 --> 00:33:57,580 have my hands on my head and I'm talking to the Lord and I'm going. 817 00:33:57,580 --> 00:33:59,260 I says, we can't. 818 00:33:59,260 --> 00:34:04,860 And right there in big cursive letters, it says, stay. 819 00:34:04,860 --> 00:34:05,660 Stay. 820 00:34:06,919 --> 00:34:09,000 I said, You're kidding. 821 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:23,840 So anyway, as the story goes, and there was a couple times I was in this building all by myself, and folks, I'm telling you, every hair on my body stood on end. 822 00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:25,520 And I know what that is. 823 00:34:25,240 --> 00:34:29,080 I know darkness, I know a demonic presence when I, and 824 00:34:29,240 --> 00:34:31,960 right, this was this was Death Alley here 825 00:34:32,280 --> 00:34:32,600 in 826 00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:34,840 the old planet Doom. 827 00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:41,440 So the next Monday when we get back, and we're still there there is no fix for what's going on here. 828 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:44,560 I think we're out months before we can get this thing fixed. 829 00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:47,760 So I take my drill gun, I go take those doors off 830 00:34:47,940 --> 00:34:51,780 As my dad would say, they were heavier than a dead priest. 831 00:34:52,419 --> 00:34:55,940 Now, I don't know how heavy that is, but they were heavy. 832 00:34:57,900 --> 00:35:05,660 And so I picked these doors up, you know, got under them and picked them up and took them across the parking lot, faced them away from the building. 833 00:35:05,460 --> 00:35:10,100 And before I got the hole uh boarded up, I walked through here 834 00:35:10,340 --> 00:35:10,660 and 835 00:35:10,980 --> 00:35:13,140 the fire alarm guy was here 836 00:35:13,540 --> 00:35:16,900 And he said, hey, I just rewired all these 837 00:35:17,700 --> 00:35:18,340 duct 838 00:35:18,740 --> 00:35:19,780 uh detectors. 839 00:35:19,780 --> 00:35:22,020 He says, we're calling for an inspection. 840 00:35:24,060 --> 00:35:26,460 And I'm like, what? 841 00:35:26,460 --> 00:35:27,020 He said there 842 00:35:27,180 --> 00:35:27,260 were 843 00:35:27,420 --> 00:35:27,500 I 844 00:35:27,660 --> 00:35:29,339 you're gonna call for an inspection this week? 845 00:35:29,339 --> 00:35:31,579 Yeah, we're ready for an inspection. 846 00:35:31,980 --> 00:35:33,020 And that wasn't even 847 00:35:33,260 --> 00:35:34,140 on our radar. 848 00:35:34,140 --> 00:35:34,860 I mean, because we 849 00:35:35,020 --> 00:35:37,100 knew we were gonna have to fix this problem. 850 00:35:37,100 --> 00:35:41,340 And I'm just thinking, Lord, could it have been that simple? 851 00:35:41,820 --> 00:35:43,500 I believe it could have. 852 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:51,400 But Jesus has the authority over the darkness that took place in this building. 853 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:52,200 Right? 854 00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:55,880 Greater is He that is in us than He that is in the world. 855 00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:56,600 Amen. 856 00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:58,760 And that's so true. 857 00:36:00,400 --> 00:36:05,040 Because there is no authority except the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ. 858 00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:06,720 There is nothing that can come 859 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:07,600 can rival 860 00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:08,320 him. 861 00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:09,600 Nothing. 862 00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:10,720 Just like. 863 00:36:11,120 --> 00:36:11,440 We 864 00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:14,000 get to be the king's kids. 865 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,640 And he transfers this authority to us. 866 00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:18,880 He gives us help. 867 00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:20,240 He gives us strength to 868 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:22,400 resist the evil one and to 869 00:36:22,720 --> 00:36:23,280 overcome 870 00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:24,000 and to 871 00:36:24,059 --> 00:36:24,859 To be healed. 872 00:36:25,099 --> 00:36:26,460 He gives us all these things. 873 00:36:26,460 --> 00:36:28,700 I'm going to close with a passage out of 2 874 00:36:28,859 --> 00:36:31,900 Timothy this morning, and then 875 00:36:32,539 --> 00:36:34,220 we're going to do communion. 876 00:36:34,420 --> 00:36:35,460 And it's found in 2 877 00:36:35,620 --> 00:36:36,180 Timothy 878 00:36:36,660 --> 00:36:38,020 4, verses 1 through 5. 879 00:36:38,020 --> 00:36:40,260 And it says, I charge you therefore 880 00:36:40,420 --> 00:36:41,460 before God 881 00:36:42,100 --> 00:36:46,100 and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead. 882 00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:47,680 At his 883 00:36:47,839 --> 00:36:50,160 appearing and his kingdom. 884 00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:51,520 Preach the word. 885 00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:52,319 Be ready in 886 00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:54,079 season and out of season. 887 00:36:54,079 --> 00:36:56,799 Convince, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering 888 00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:58,000 and teaching 889 00:36:57,940 --> 00:37:06,420 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heal 890 00:37:06,579 --> 00:37:08,099 heap up them for themselves 891 00:37:08,339 --> 00:37:09,140 teachers 892 00:37:09,059 --> 00:37:13,940 and they will turn their ears away from the truth and be turned aside to fables. 893 00:37:13,940 --> 00:37:14,500 But you 894 00:37:14,819 --> 00:37:21,700 be watchful in all things, endure affliction, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry. 895 00:37:21,700 --> 00:37:23,859 Folks, that's to all of us. 896 00:37:23,660 --> 00:37:25,980 And so as we go forward, and like 897 00:37:26,300 --> 00:37:28,060 now we have a home here 898 00:37:28,460 --> 00:37:28,780 and 899 00:37:28,940 --> 00:37:31,500 other ministries are going to start up. 900 00:37:32,180 --> 00:37:33,619 Time is short. 901 00:37:33,619 --> 00:37:35,140 Let's go share the gospel. 902 00:37:35,140 --> 00:37:37,140 Do the work of an evangelist. 903 00:37:37,140 --> 00:37:38,579 People need to get saved. 904 00:37:38,579 --> 00:37:40,339 Yes, we're going to have to put more chairs in. 905 00:37:40,420 --> 00:37:41,540 That's okay. 906 00:37:41,340 --> 00:37:41,980 Right? 907 00:37:42,220 --> 00:37:44,060 We may have to go to multiple services. 908 00:37:44,060 --> 00:37:44,460 I don't know. 909 00:37:44,460 --> 00:37:49,340 I don't really like that, but whatever the Lord has for us, we need to be willing to do. 910 00:37:49,340 --> 00:37:50,300 Why? 911 00:37:50,620 --> 00:37:52,940 Because he has the authority to do it. 912 00:37:52,940 --> 00:37:54,140 We just have to come under his 913 00:37:54,300 --> 00:37:56,140 authority and say, yes, Lord, here 914 00:37:56,300 --> 00:37:57,340 am I, send me. 915 00:37:57,340 --> 00:37:59,740 Stand with me, would you, and let's pray. 916 00:37:59,740 --> 00:38:01,660 Take out your elements. 917 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:04,640 Lord, thank you. 918 00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:05,680 Thank you for this 919 00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:07,680 life you've given us. 920 00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:10,880 Lord, these opportunities you tell us that the fields are widened to 921 00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:12,000 harvest. 922 00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:13,680 Pray that the Lord of the harvests 923 00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:14,480 and labors 924 00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:17,320 Lord, that would be us. 925 00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:18,680 Would you equip us? 926 00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:20,760 Would you help us to be 927 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:22,920 your people in these days 928 00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:25,920 Lord, that we would realize that you have come 929 00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:31,280 to give us life and that more abundantly, Lord, and and that is the authority that you 930 00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:32,960 you have within yourself 931 00:38:33,120 --> 00:38:34,560 to give this life that we 932 00:38:34,720 --> 00:38:36,640 we can't have it without you 933 00:38:36,460 --> 00:38:38,860 And so, Lord, help us to never forget that. 934 00:38:38,860 --> 00:38:40,620 Would you be with your people, Lord? 935 00:38:40,620 --> 00:38:42,220 Go before us, direct our steps 936 00:38:42,380 --> 00:38:43,500 in Jesus' name. 937 00:38:43,500 --> 00:38:43,980 Amen. 938 00:38:43,980 --> 00:38:50,060 Let's hold the bread before the Lord as we remember the body that was broken for us. 939 00:38:49,460 --> 00:38:51,380 Father, thank you so much 940 00:38:51,700 --> 00:38:52,420 for your 941 00:38:52,740 --> 00:38:52,980 your 942 00:38:53,220 --> 00:38:53,700 body 943 00:38:53,940 --> 00:38:55,220 that you gave it up. 944 00:38:55,220 --> 00:38:56,500 Lord, you laid it down. 945 00:38:56,500 --> 00:38:56,980 You were that 946 00:38:57,460 --> 00:38:59,140 drink offering, Lord 947 00:38:59,059 --> 00:39:01,940 you were poured out, Lord, as you were uh 948 00:39:02,099 --> 00:39:04,260 brutalized and beaten, Lord. 949 00:39:04,260 --> 00:39:04,740 And uh 950 00:39:04,900 --> 00:39:11,619 we see even in this passage today the hatred that humanity and and the world and the devil have for you 951 00:39:11,460 --> 00:39:14,100 And so, Lord, thank you that you've changed our lives. 952 00:39:14,100 --> 00:39:14,500 You've 953 00:39:14,740 --> 00:39:17,060 made yourself real to us, Lord. 954 00:39:17,060 --> 00:39:22,820 And so we want to honor you today as we remember the body that was broken for us, Lord, that was uh 955 00:39:22,980 --> 00:39:25,780 that was pierced and shredded. 956 00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:28,320 and uh received a crown of thorns, Lord. 957 00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:30,000 None of it did you deserve. 958 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:33,920 And all of us deserved exactly what you received, Lord. 959 00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:34,160 So 960 00:39:34,320 --> 00:39:34,480 we 961 00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:40,079 we worship you, we thank you, we pray that you would bless this bread as we remember your body. 962 00:39:39,740 --> 00:39:40,940 In Jesus' name, let's 963 00:39:41,100 --> 00:39:49,100 partake. 964 00:39:49,100 --> 00:39:50,380 And likewise 965 00:39:52,660 --> 00:39:52,980 He 966 00:39:53,140 --> 00:39:54,740 took the fruit of the vine and said, 967 00:39:55,220 --> 00:39:56,579 this is my blood. 968 00:39:56,579 --> 00:39:57,140 This is 969 00:39:57,380 --> 00:39:59,380 the blood of the new covenant. 970 00:39:59,380 --> 00:40:02,660 Lord, that you signed that covenant in blood. 971 00:40:02,920 --> 00:40:03,400 And uh 972 00:40:03,560 --> 00:40:06,600 your lifeblood, that you would give us life 973 00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:10,200 as we would come to you and receive your sacrifice. 974 00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:13,080 Lord, that uh if we confess with our mouth 975 00:40:13,240 --> 00:40:14,360 the Lord Jesus 976 00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:16,840 and believe in our heart that you were raised from the dead 977 00:40:16,559 --> 00:40:18,160 the dead, Lord, we're saved. 978 00:40:18,160 --> 00:40:21,680 And so Lord, we thank you for that promise, that hope, 979 00:40:22,079 --> 00:40:22,319 that 980 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:25,039 that power, Lord, the power to 981 00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:26,799 cleanse us from our sin 982 00:40:26,960 --> 00:40:31,039 and to remove the fear of death, Lord, because of all that you did. 983 00:40:30,299 --> 00:40:31,500 there at Calvary 984 00:40:31,660 --> 00:40:32,940 as you allowed your 985 00:40:33,260 --> 00:40:33,900 lifeblood 986 00:40:34,059 --> 00:40:35,420 to be poured out. 987 00:40:35,420 --> 00:40:36,619 And Lord, we just 988 00:40:36,940 --> 00:40:40,700 we remember it with thanksgiving as we remember you. 989 00:40:40,700 --> 00:40:41,819 And we pray that you 990 00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:43,560 Bless the cup now as we partake. 991 00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:45,720 In Jesus' name, let's partake. 992 00:40:48,920 --> 00:40:50,280 Okay, we're gonna 993 00:40:50,460 --> 00:40:53,100 We're going to close with a with a little ditty 994 00:40:53,420 --> 00:40:53,820 and uh 995 00:40:53,980 --> 00:40:56,380 might be a knee slapper, but if you need 996 00:40:57,340 --> 00:41:00,300 if you need prayer over at the cross, uh 997 00:41:00,540 --> 00:41:04,220 please, as we're singing, go ahead and go over and get prayed for