Don't Mess With Jesus (Matthew 21-22) | Louis Azuma

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So Matthew chapter 21.

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Now how many of you guys.

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Have started driving.

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How many of you guys have started driving?

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Got a lot of, a lot of drivers.

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A lot of people who probably

shouldn't have been driving.

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I started driving.

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Does this scare you, by the way?

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These three boys all raised

their hand in the front row.

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Anyway, the first time, the very

first time I ever drove to school,

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the very first time I drove myself

to school, um, I had my permit.

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My mom was sitting shotgun.

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I ran not one.

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But two red lights consecutively in a row.

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And the reason I did that is because

when I got to a yellow light, I'm

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driving, Kristen probably knows

this street 'cause reco hills.

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Brianna probably knows

this street FR goes.

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I was driving on Santa Margarita Parkway

down the hill towards Marguerite,

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I think right by where you guys go.

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Mes used to live.

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I was coming down the hill and the

light turned yellow and I froze.

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I didn't know what to do.

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I was like, do I go for it?

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Do I break?

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What do I do?

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And so I didn't do anything

and I just kept going.

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And then I ran the red light, and

then one intersection later, same

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thing happens, light turns yellow.

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What do I do?

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I'm too far away for it to be easy

decision, and I just do nothing.

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And I go right on through

the red light once again.

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Now, later on, what I realized

is the best thing to do.

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When you get to yellow light

is something, something.

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Either speed up or slow down.

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Do one of those things because that

way you have a way better chance of

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not breaking the law and stopping

when you're supposed to stop or

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going when you're supposed to go see.

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When you come to a yellow

light, it's really not telling

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you to slow down necessarily.

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It might be telling you to speed up.

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So really what it's telling

you is make a decision.

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A yellow light isn't necessarily.

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Caution.

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It is telling you to decide

you need to do something.

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When you see that light change,

you can't just sit passive and,

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and let your car keep going.

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You gotta do something.

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This passage that we're looking

at tonight is like a yellow light.

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This passage is telling you to do

something and see when it comes

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to what you do with Jesus, you

really only have two options.

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They're not speed up and

slow down your two options.

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When you stand before King Jesus, when he.

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He comes and says to you, here I am.

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I'm the king.

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Here's the message of the gospel.

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Your two options are really repent or die.

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You have two options.

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You have two options from Jesus tonight.

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When you hear his word, when you

hear this sermon, when you go through

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small groups, you're being faced

with the decision with two options.

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Repent or die.

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And that's what Jesus is gonna show us

tonight in Matthews chapter 21 and 22.

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So.

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Last week in Matthew chapter 20, the

last thing that happened was Jesus.

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He's on his way to Jerusalem,

he's going to Jericho and on, and

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that's on the way up to Jerusalem.

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And there's this big crowd, and he

walks by these two blind men and they

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say, son of David have mercy on us.

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They call him the son of David.

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Now, if we've been paying attention

and earlier in Matthew, we had

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two blind men do the same thing.

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They called Jesus son of

David, and he healed them.

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And then what did Jesus tell

'em after he healed them?

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He said, don't tell anyone anything.

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Keep it a secret.

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And then what did they do?

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They went and told everyone, right?

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But this time Jesus heals

them and he doesn't say that.

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And so the crowd gets bigger and bigger.

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He doesn't tell 'em to keep it a secret,

and that's because something's changed

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at this point in the story of Matthew,

at this point in Matthew, Jesus is about

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to make a big statement about who he is.

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I probably should have showed you this.

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This is exactly what I was

talking about, Matthew chapter 20.

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That's how the last chapter ended.

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So now Jesus, he's got this big crowd.

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He's just healed These, these blind men

and the blind men, they know who Jesus is.

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They say, Jesus, you're the son of David.

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You're the king that the

Old Testament talked about.

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You're the king that's gonna fulfill

all these promises that God made.

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You're the king that's gonna make

everything right and fix everything

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that's wrong with the world.

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That's what the blind men are

thinking, and that's what the crowds

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start thinking when they hear this.

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Son of David.

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So look at me at Matthew chapter 21.

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Jesus.

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He, he gets to Jerusalem, he gets to

the Mount of Olives in verse one, and

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then he sends these two disciples and he

says, all right, go to the village and

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you'll see this donkey and this colt.

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So a donkey, and then the colt

is like the, the little donkey.

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It's, it's like the, the kid, right?

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So you've got mama, donkey

and, and little donkey.

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And he says, untie them

and bring them to me.

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And then.

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What we're gonna see in verse four

is Matthew says that this happened.

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Jesus said, 'cause it's like, why?

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Why does Jesus want these two horses?

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Why does he care about this?

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Matthew says that this took place to

fulfill what was spoken by the prophet.

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What prophet will the prophet zacharia?

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And this is what Zacharia says.

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He says, say to the daughter of Zion.

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The Zion, that's Israel.

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So he's saying, say to the people of

Israel, look, your king is coming to you.

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Humble and mounted on a donkey, on a cult.

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The full of a beast of virgin.

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So Jesus is coming as a king, right?

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Your king.

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That's what the prophet said.

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The king is gonna come, but he's not

gonna come as his strong, mighty king

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with a fancy horse, like a battle horse.

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He's gonna ride a donkey.

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A donkey.

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If you've ever seen a donkey

before, they're small.

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They're, they don't look that impressive.

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They're just kind of there.

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Jesus is riding a, a lame

horse into Jerusalem.

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But he's doing this because

he is making a statement.

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He's doing this to show the Jews,

Hey, remember what Zacharia said?

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I'm that guy.

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I'm the king.

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I'm the promised Messiah.

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Who's coming and fulfilling

everything from the Old Testament.

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So the disciples, verse six,

they, they do what Jesus says.

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They bring it, and he comes in

and the crowd, they start putting

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their cloaks down on the road.

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Now, what does, what does that mean?

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Well, that's something that people

did here to show honor and respect.

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They're saying that we don't, we're,

we think you're so worthy of respect,

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Jesus, that we don't want you to

have to touch the ground, right?

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We're gonna put our cloaks down on

the road and make sure it's all nice

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for you to come in and they get.

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It.

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They get really excited and they

shout Hosanna, which means save

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us Hosanna to the son of David.

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Blessed he is he who comes

in the name of the Lord.

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And that's a quotation from the Psalms.

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So there's a lot of Old Testament

stuff happening right now, and

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that's because Matthew is telling

us that Jesus is the king.

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Jesus is the one from the Old Testament

that God has promised to come and see.

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Jesus today is the same king.

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He's the same king, the only king

that can give you what you really.

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Need.

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See, the Jews thought the

Messiah was the, the, the one

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person who could fix everything.

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He could do what they thought

was, was best for the world.

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Who could get rid of maybe the Romans

or, or even in the Old Testament,

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it talks about getting rid of sin.

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That's what the king would do.

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That's what the Messiah would do.

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And Jesus is the same king today, the only

king that you should put your trust in.

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And so our first point tonight is

to submit to the humble Messiah.

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Submit, follow right swear allegiance.

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To Jesus as your king.

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See, I put that word messiah

there, not king on purpose because

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Messiah carries all the weight

of the Old Testament, right?

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Jesus isn't just any king.

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He's God's chosen king.

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He's gonna do exactly what

God said he's gonna do.

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That's why we call him the Messiah.

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That's why we call him Christ.

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That's not Jesus' last name.

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That's the Greek translation of Messiah.

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So Jesus Christ, Jesus,

Messiah, same thing.

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Jesus the king.

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But why humble?

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Right?

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Why did Jesus choose this specific

prophecy, right, about riding

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on a donkey into Jerusalem?

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Why?

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Why did he do that?

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Well, he wanted the Jews to see

that he first came as a humble king.

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Him not what they wanted,

which was a political king.

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They wanted a king who

was gonna get into Rome.

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'cause the Romans were occupying

the Jewish area at this time

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and they didn't like them.

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They were like, we don't want

these foreigners running our

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country, so let's get 'em out.

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We knew want the Messiah to come

and, and do what we want him to do.

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We want a king who would get rid of our

problems that we think are important.

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But Jesus is a humble king.

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He came not to get rid of

the Romans, not to to set up.

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A, a, a political kingdom where he

would do his, his thing from like a

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physical throne and, and start having

different taxes and different laws.

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He didn't do that.

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He came to die.

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That's what we've been learning in

Matthew, that's what we learned last week.

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Jesus came to die as a

sacrificial substitute.

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Right.

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A, a lamb not to kick out the Romans.

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So even though the crowds are all excited

about Jesus and they're shouting and

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they're worshiping him, and they're,

there's all this excitement it, and.

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The passage we just read, it said

that the crowd was, or the city was

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stirred up like it was shaken up.

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Like, you know when you get a

snow globe and you just shake it?

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That's what Jerusalem

was like at this time.

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It's, it's crazy, but they, the

crowds, they're so excited about Jesus.

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But once they realize that he's

not doing what they want him to

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do, instead of shouting Hosanna,

they're gonna shout something else.

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They're gonna start shouting, crucify him.

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The same people who are so excited

about Jesus are gonna start shouting,

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we want you dead because he's not

doing what they want him to do.

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Now, see, maybe that's why you have

such a hard time following Jesus.

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You want Jesus on your terms.

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You want Jesus to do what you think

he should do, and then Jesus comes

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and you read about Jesus and you hear

about Jesus and you're like, wait,

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that's not what I want Jesus to do.

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Jesus asked me to do things

I don't want him to do.

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I don't wanna follow Jesus like that.

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Jesus, you want me to love that person?

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Jesus.

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You want me to stop saying those things?

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Jesus, you care about

what I think about Jesus.

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You care about what?

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What my words are.

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Jesus.

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You want me to be patient?

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Wait.

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I don't want Jesus to do that.

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Jesus, I want follow you the

way I want to follow you.

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And that's why it's important we

that to submit to him because we,

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we say, Jesus, you're the king.

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I follow you.

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It's kind of like, so right now

the NBA playoffs, the basketball

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playoffs are in full swing, right?

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And whenever a team gets knocked outta the

playoffs, it's like the world's ending.

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And they're always like,

oh, what are they gonna do?

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Is their team gonna stay together?

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And all that?

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And usually what happens this time of

year is there's like a superstar player

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who's on a team that gets knocked outta

the playoffs and they're like, oh, he's

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gonna leave, he's gonna leave the team.

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'cause they didn't do what

the, what the team expected.

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Right.

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And.

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Some NBA players.

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They're like so excited

about their new coach.

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And then the year later they

get knocked outta the playoffs

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and they're like, I'm, I'm out.

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I'm leaving.

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They like their coach until he

does something they didn't like.

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They're like, oh, we, we like the coach.

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Oh.

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But then he started telling

me to pass the ball.

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He started telling me to play defense.

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Oh.

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He started bringing in this

other guy to, to take more shots.

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We do that with Jesus.

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Sometimes we start saying, wait, Jesus.

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I thought following you was gonna

be like this, but now you're

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saying it's actually like this.

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I, I don't know if I can do this anymore.

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I don't want that anymore.

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Jesus, I only want to follow you when

my plans line up with your plans.

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That's not how Jesus as

the king works, right?

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So when I ask you student, do

you submit to God only when his

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plans line up with your plan?

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Us when you're like, oh, well I

really want to date that person,

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but I know that, that God says that

person wouldn't be good for me.

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Now you have trouble following Jesus.

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Right?

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Or maybe you're saying, oh, I, I, I

really wanna watch those things and

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my friends do that, or, I really wanna

dress that way, but I, I know that

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that wouldn't be, be good for my soul.

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I would know that wouldn't

be loving to other people.

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See, Jesus is the only king who can

give you what you really, really need.

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Even if he doesn't give you

what you think you want.

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He gives you what you really need.

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And see right now in his first coming

when he came to Earth, he comes

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humbly to serve, to die, to save.

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He's holding back justice, to

give you time to willingly come.

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So I wanna invite you two to

come to Jesus as the king who

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offers what you desperately need.

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See, you think you want things

because you're like, oh, that

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would be so awesome if I had this.

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But the problem is, is sometimes

we want things that really

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aren't good for us, right?

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We've talked about this

a lot in the gospel.

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Matthew, we, we talked about this

with, with Angelo and Levi, right?

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When it was raining outside Levi's like,

oh, I don't wanna wear Levi's like.

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Five years old.

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He's Angela's son and he's like, oh,

I don't wanna wear my jacket, dad.

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I don't wanna wear my jacket.

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Angela's like, you need

to wear your jacket.

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'cause otherwise you're gonna get

a cold and you're gonna get sick

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and you're not gonna want that.

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Right.

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But see, Levi, he, he's

small, he's little.

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He doesn't think like things like that.

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So he's like, oh, I don't wanna do it.

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You're such a mean dad.

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You're making me do

things I don't wanna do.

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But really, it's good for Levi

to wear the jacket, right?

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Levi doesn't wanna get sick.

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Levi doesn't want to have to, you know?

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I bet if Levi got sick, he'd,

you're really like, man, I

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should have worn my jacket.

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That's us with God.

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God's like wear the jacket.

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And we're like, I don't

wanna wear the jacket.

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Right?

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God says, love that person.

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Be patient with that person.

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Forgive that person.

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Or hey, stop doing, stop watching those

things, or stop thinking those thoughts

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or stop gossiping about that person.

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And we're like, oh, I don't wanna do that.

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And then when you think about

it, you're like, really?

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You know, that actually

would be so good for me.

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Or sometimes God lets you sin and

you're like, oh man, God was right.

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I should have done it.

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That left me so empty

that didn't satisfy me.

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That didn't help me.

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See, Jesus gives you what you really need.

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'cause deep down what we really

want, we want hope, right?

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We're always putting our hope,

our confidence in something.

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We're always saying, oh, when I get

here, then my life is gonna be great.

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Right?

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When I, uh, once I move schools,

once I get out of this class,

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once I can drive, once I get

here, then things will be great.

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And then you get there and

you're like, oh, and when I

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get to here, it'll be better.

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Jesus gives us hope.

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: 00:14:30

We're, we're always looking for

something to put our hope in.

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: 00:14:33

We're always looking for something to be

like, oh, I, I really want to get there.

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: 00:14:36

And once I get there, I'll be good.

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: 00:14:38

Jesus gives us that.

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He says, if you, if you trust me, I will

protect you and, and lead you all the way

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: 00:14:45

to heaven, and there'll be no more pain

and no more suffering, and no more guilt

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: 00:14:49

and no more conflict, and no more anger,

and no more bitterness and no more gossip.

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And you can put your hope on

that and, and bank on that.

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: 00:14:58

We also, we all want peace.

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We want security, right?

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We want someone to make us feel okay.

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: 00:15:03

That's why we wear the things we do.

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: 00:15:04

'cause, oh, maybe if I dress this

way, I'll feel good about myself.

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: 00:15:07

Or that's why we care so much about

how we look or how we talk, or how

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we sound, or who we're friends with.

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: 00:15:11

'cause we want to feel okay.

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Or once I, once I start

dating, then I'll feel love.

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: 00:15:16

Or, oh, once this happens to me,

then I'll, I'll feel good enough.

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: 00:15:19

Or once I make this team or

get these grades, then I'll

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: 00:15:22

feel good, I'll feel okay.

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: 00:15:24

And those things always leave you empty.

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: 00:15:28

But Jesus offers lasting security

because you can say, you know what?

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: 00:15:32

When I'm in Christ, when I'm connected

to Jesus, God looks at me and I can't

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earn any more favor than I already

have because I'm love for, for Jesus'

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: 00:15:42

sake, not because of things I do.

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: 00:15:45

Or I'm fully justified in Jesus.

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: 00:15:47

I don't have to worry about that

person's opinion of me because

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I know that the creator of the

universe loves me and his opinion

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matters way more than anyone else's.

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These, the same thing

works with joy, right?

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: 00:15:59

We look for things to make us happy,

but really they leave us wanting more.

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But Jesus satisfies.

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: 00:16:05

He gives us lasting joy that

for the most amount of time.

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And ultimately we need salvation.

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We have a a problem, which is that we

are guilty before a holy God, and we

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aren't good enough to go to heaven.

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And Jesus offers salvation.

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So submit to the humble Messiah because he

will give you everything you really need.

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: 00:16:28

And when you have a hard time

following Jesus because the things

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you think you need aren't happening,

remember that Jesus loves you and

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he trusts you, or you can trust him.

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: 00:16:38

To do what's best for you.

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: 00:16:40

You can trust him to, to not give you

something because, oh, you know what?

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: 00:16:44

Jesus knows that that would

be bad for me in the long run.

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: 00:16:47

So he's not giving me that.

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: 00:16:51

So submit to the humble Messiah, even

when your plans don't line up with his.

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: 00:16:58

So we've seen that the crowd is

really excited about Jesus, right?

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Jerusalem is.

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Shaken up like a snow globe.

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: 00:17:06

Everyone's off shouting and there's

crazy things happening and there's a

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: 00:17:09

lot of excitement, but things are about

to blow up in the gospel of Matthew.

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So keep going with me.

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We're gonna look at, um, the

next few paragraphs together.

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Chapter 21.

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We're gonna start in verse 12.

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So, Jesus, he enters the temple and

you, when the king enters the temple,

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: 00:17:23

you think, oh, it's gonna be some

like triumphant thing and all this.

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: 00:17:27

And maybe it's gonna be, he's

gonna be like, oh, I'm here.

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: 00:17:29

I'm gonna kick out the Romans

and we're gonna do this together.

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: 00:17:32

What does he do when

he gets in the temple?

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: 00:17:33

He flips over some tables.

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: 00:17:36

Why did that was not on my Jesus

entering Jerusalem Bingo card?

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: 00:17:39

What happened?

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: 00:17:40

How did, how did this happen?

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: 00:17:42

And then he's driving out

people, 'cause there's people

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selling stuff in the temple.

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: 00:17:46

He's like, he's like driving them out.

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: 00:17:48

John says he made a whip and started

driving them out of the temple.

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: 00:17:53

And then he tells them it is written.

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: 00:17:55

My house is supposed to

be a house of prayer.

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: 00:17:58

But you've made it a den of robbers.

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: 00:18:00

You're ripping people off in the tempo.

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: 00:18:02

You're making them buy

things that they don't need.

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: 00:18:03

You're charging them way too much.

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: 00:18:05

There's injustice in the temple, and then

the blind and lame are brought to him in

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: 00:18:10

the temple and he starts healing people.

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: 00:18:12

And so then when the crowds see the

healings, they're like, oh, this

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: 00:18:16

is the guy, this is the Messiah.

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: 00:18:17

And I know he's been doing weird

stuff and clearing out the temple,

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: 00:18:20

but he's healing the blinded lamb.

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: 00:18:22

We know the Messiah does that.

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: 00:18:23

Okay, this is the Messiah.

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: 00:18:25

So they call him the Son of David

again, and then the Pharisees

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: 00:18:27

naturally are like way wait.

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: 00:18:29

Do you hear what these people

are saying about you, Jesus?

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: 00:18:31

Is that okay?

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: 00:18:32

They're calling you the son of David.

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: 00:18:34

They're calling, they're saying Hosanna.

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: 00:18:35

That's something that they say

to God in the Old Testament.

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: 00:18:38

Is that, okay, Jesus, are you

gonna, are you gonna be okay

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: 00:18:40

with them calling you God?

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: 00:18:42

Jesus doubles down on this and

then he said, he quotes Psalm

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: 00:18:47

eight and he quotes something

that the psalmist says about God.

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: 00:18:51

Jesus is like, yep, that's about me.

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: 00:18:54

And the Pharisees are even more upset.

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: 00:18:58

But then Matthew pauses here, and so

then Jesus, he goes, he leaves Jerusalem

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: 00:19:03

and then he, he spends the night away

from Jerusalem and he comes back to

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: 00:19:07

Jerusalem, and when he comes back

to Jerusalem, he entered the temple.

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: 00:19:12

And then the chief

priest, the elders, right?

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: 00:19:13

The Jewish leaders we're in verse 23.

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: 00:19:15

Now if you're following along, they

came up to him as he's teaching and

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: 00:19:19

they said, Hey, who said you had

the authority to do stuff like that?

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: 00:19:23

This, you're teaching in the

temple, you're healing people.

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: 00:19:26

You're flipping over tables,

you're kicking people out who said

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: 00:19:28

you're allowed to do this, Jesus.

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: 00:19:30

And here's what Jesus says

in chapter 21, verse 24.

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: 00:19:33

Jesus answered them.

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: 00:19:36

I'm gonna ask you a question, and if

you answer my question, then I'll tell

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: 00:19:40

you by what authority I do these things.

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: 00:19:42

So this is Jesus question.

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: 00:19:44

He's making a deal with them.

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: 00:19:45

Hey, if, if you answer my

question, then I'll answer yours.

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: 00:19:48

Here's the question.

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: 00:19:49

The baptism of John, right?

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: 00:19:51

John the Baptist with baptizing people.

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: 00:19:53

Where did it come from?

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: 00:19:54

Is it from heaven or from man?

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: 00:19:56

So did God send John or did John just

start doing this for fun on his own?

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: 00:20:02

And then they think about it.

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: 00:20:03

They're like, okay, well if we say that

God sent John, then Jesus will be like,

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: 00:20:09

well, you should have listened to him.

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: 00:20:10

God sent him.

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: 00:20:11

You should have listened.

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: 00:20:13

But if we say that John started doing

this on his own, the people, the

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: 00:20:17

crowds are gonna get mad at us because.

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: 00:20:21

They think he's sent from God,

so they're in a predicament.

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: 00:20:24

Because if they say, well, John

is from heaven, he's a real

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: 00:20:27

prophet, then they're gonna be

like, well, we should've listened.

463

: 00:20:32

But if they say, oh, Johns just a

regular guy doing some random stuff,

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: 00:20:35

then Jesus is gonna be like, well,

everyone else knows he's a prophet.

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: 00:20:40

So they're, they're stuck.

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: 00:20:41

So they're like, we don't know.

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: 00:20:42

That's their cop out answer.

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: 00:20:43

Right?

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: 00:20:43

It's like when your parents ask you.

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: 00:20:45

Something like, well, did you do

this or did your sibling do this?

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: 00:20:48

And like, you don't wanna tell on

your sibling, but you don't want to

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: 00:20:50

admit that you did something wrong

and you're like, oh, I don't know.

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: 00:20:53

That's what the Pharisees are doing here.

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: 00:20:55

So then Jesus says, well, I won't tell

you where I got this authority either.

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: 00:21:00

But then Jesus goes on

to tell three parables.

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: 00:21:02

So the, the Pharisees, the Jewish leaders,

they're worked up about Jesus' authority.

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: 00:21:06

They're like, Jesus, why is it okay

that you're doing all this stuff?

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: 00:21:10

And so then it creates this

conflict, this battle between

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: 00:21:12

Jesus and the Jewish leaders.

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: 00:21:14

And we're about to see that

in three parables right here.

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: 00:21:16

So there's three parables to,

to finish out this section.

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: 00:21:20

It's Jesus versus the Jewish leader.

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: 00:21:21

So he tells them three parables.

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: 00:21:23

There's one about two sons, there's

one about a master, and some they

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: 00:21:27

call 'em tenants or hired workers.

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: 00:21:29

And then there's a parable about

a wedding feast and what these

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: 00:21:32

three parables all have in common.

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: 00:21:36

Is that the Jews have rejected Jesus.

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: 00:21:39

That's his point.

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: 00:21:40

The point of all these parables is

that the Jews said, you know what?

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: 00:21:44

We heard from God.

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: 00:21:46

He sent us prophets.

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: 00:21:47

He sent us John the Baptist,

and he sent us Jesus.

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: 00:21:50

And we said, no, not my thing.

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: 00:21:54

I don't want God.

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: 00:21:55

I don't.

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: 00:21:55

I want to live my own way.

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: 00:21:58

I'm good enough on my own.

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: 00:22:00

You can.

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: 00:22:01

You can go do your own thing.

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: 00:22:02

God, we don't want you.

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: 00:22:04

And then in a couple of these

parables, Jesus says, Hey, you

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: 00:22:10

guys are actually rejecting God so

severely that you want to kill me.

504

: 00:22:15

And he's right.

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: 00:22:17

They're so upset at Jesus.

506

: 00:22:19

They're so hard in their hearts

to God's message that they're just

507

: 00:22:23

like, we're done hearing from God.

508

: 00:22:24

Let's kill Jesus.

509

: 00:22:28

They haven't just heard God make

a suggestion like, Hey, Jews.

510

: 00:22:32

I really think you guys

should start following Jesus.

511

: 00:22:35

You guys should really start trusting in

his work to save you and not your own.

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: 00:22:41

God's not making a suggestion.

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: 00:22:45

God has come with the command and

the Pharisees, the Jewish leaders,

514

: 00:22:49

they've decided to kill the son

of God because they hate him.

515

: 00:22:53

Now, you might not want to kill Jesus.

516

: 00:22:56

But all of us are in danger of the

same mistake that the Pharisees

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: 00:23:00

are making in these three parables.

518

: 00:23:03

We're all in danger of telling

God, I'm better off without you.

519

: 00:23:09

I'm better off without you.

520

: 00:23:10

I don't need you.

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: 00:23:11

So point number two, repent

of rejecting the ruling.

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: 00:23:15

Judge

523

: 00:23:18

turn.

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: 00:23:18

That's what repent means.

525

: 00:23:19

Turn 180 degree turn.

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: 00:23:22

Turn from rejecting the ruling judge

who happens to be Jesus, turn from

527

: 00:23:28

rejecting Jesus to wanting Jesus, right?

528

: 00:23:31

Instead of saying, God, I don't need you.

529

: 00:23:34

I'm better off without you.

530

: 00:23:36

Instead, we want to say, God, I need you.

531

: 00:23:39

You're everything to me.

532

: 00:23:41

You're the most important

thing in the world.

533

: 00:23:42

You're the one I love most.

534

: 00:23:44

That's what we want to say to Jesus.

535

: 00:23:45

Instead of saying, ah, I don't need you.

536

: 00:23:49

I don't want you.

537

: 00:23:52

Now the main reason that

the Jews are rejecting Jesus

538

: 00:23:59

is because they feel threatened by Jesus.

539

: 00:24:04

Now, that might sound weird to

you, but how do they, Jesus isn't

540

: 00:24:06

coming with like a sword and he's

like, all right guys, here I come.

541

: 00:24:10

How is Jesus threatening them?

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: 00:24:11

Well, let me illustrate this for you.

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: 00:24:13

So when I was in, when I was in fifth

grade in elementary school, I was.

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: 00:24:19

I was the smart kid.

545

: 00:24:20

I was, I was in the GATE program,

if you guys know what that is.

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: 00:24:23

And I was, I was the smart

kid and everyone knew I was

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: 00:24:27

the kid in like math class.

548

: 00:24:28

When I finished my test, I would

like slam my book and be like, done.

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: 00:24:31

I was that kid.

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: 00:24:32

I was super annoying.

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: 00:24:33

I was obnoxious.

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: 00:24:34

I'm so glad that God saved me

'cause I would be a terrible

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: 00:24:36

person even more than I am now.

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: 00:24:39

So I was that kid.

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: 00:24:42

Now in fifth grade there was another high,

there was another elementary school in.

556

: 00:24:47

The great city of ranch and Margarita.

557

: 00:24:48

I went to Truco Mesa.

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: 00:24:50

There was Cielo Vista Elementary School.

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: 00:24:52

Okay.

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: 00:24:53

These two kids transferred from,

from Cielo Vista, Toco Mesa.

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: 00:24:59

So they came from this other school

to my school because they wanted

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: 00:25:02

to be part of the GATE program.

563

: 00:25:03

'cause that other school, they

didn't have a GATE program, you know?

564

: 00:25:05

So, um, they wanted to be

part of the GATE program.

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: 00:25:08

So they came to my school and one of my

friends knew these kids and he was like,

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: 00:25:13

these guys, these guys are really smart.

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: 00:25:16

So when they came naturally,

you know what we did?

568

: 00:25:20

We had a nerd off, we had a competition

in the sandbox about who, who is smarter.

569

: 00:25:28

We had this competition and there was

a mediator and he asked some questions

570

: 00:25:32

and we would just rapid fire go.

571

: 00:25:34

We had 10 questions that we all answered.

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: 00:25:36

Now I did win seven one,

but um, I felt threatened.

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: 00:25:41

By these two kids.

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: 00:25:43

Their names were Diego and Nathan.

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: 00:25:44

I was threatened.

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: 00:25:46

I still remember 'em to this day.

577

: 00:25:47

I, I was threatened by these kids

'cause they were coming on my turf.

578

: 00:25:50

They were coming into my sandbox, into

my school, into my gate class, and

579

: 00:25:54

they were trying to be the smart kids.

580

: 00:25:55

And I was like, hang on guys.

581

: 00:25:57

I'm the smart kid around here.

582

: 00:25:58

I was threatened by them, so I had

to defend my territory right now.

583

: 00:26:03

Maybe you've never thought of it

this way, but your selfishness

584

: 00:26:08

feels threatened by Jesus.

585

: 00:26:10

That's why you reject him.

586

: 00:26:13

You're saying, Jesus, you're coming

in here saying, you need to follow me.

587

: 00:26:16

You need to take up your cross and

and die to yourself and follow me.

588

: 00:26:19

Jesus is coming in saying, I'm the king.

589

: 00:26:21

You need to listen to me.

590

: 00:26:23

I'm in charge.

591

: 00:26:24

I'm God.

592

: 00:26:24

You are not.

593

: 00:26:26

And our selfishness feels threatened.

594

: 00:26:27

We're like, hang on.

595

: 00:26:29

I wanna run my life.

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: 00:26:30

I want to do the things I want to do.

597

: 00:26:33

I have a plan for how I

want high school to go.

598

: 00:26:36

I have a plan for my day.

599

: 00:26:38

I wanna do my things.

600

: 00:26:39

I wanna get home and play my games and

do my stuff, and I don't wanna have

601

: 00:26:42

to worry about what other people do.

602

: 00:26:43

I don't wanna have to worry about

serving people and loving people.

603

: 00:26:46

I have my plan and my rules, my

priorities, my preferences, and then

604

: 00:26:51

Jesus comes and says, you're following me.

605

: 00:26:56

And our selfishness doesn't like that.

606

: 00:26:58

And so we feel threatened,

so we push back.

607

: 00:27:03

Even if you're a Christian,

that can still happen to you.

608

: 00:27:06

Right?

609

: 00:27:06

You, we feel this as Christians,

we feel this tension.

610

: 00:27:09

Oh, I, my flesh wants to be selfish, but

the the new heart in me that God gave me

611

: 00:27:14

when he saved me, wants to follow him.

612

: 00:27:17

There's this conflict,

there's this tension,

613

: 00:27:22

but sometimes rejecting Jesus.

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: 00:27:25

It doesn't look like this, right?

615

: 00:27:27

This is, this is what the Pharisees did.

616

: 00:27:29

They said, here's the son.

617

: 00:27:30

Let's kill him.

618

: 00:27:31

Right?

619

: 00:27:31

He's a threat to us.

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: 00:27:34

But see, in another parable, here's what

the, the, the rejecting Jesus looks like.

621

: 00:27:39

See in verse six, there's the

people who want to kill the

622

: 00:27:42

Son, the messengers of God.

623

: 00:27:45

But look here in verse five, there's

some people who just ignore it.

624

: 00:27:48

You see that highlighted there.

625

: 00:27:50

Some people, God's word comes to them,

they hear the command, repent and believe.

626

: 00:27:54

They hear the word of God and they

just say, oh, well, and they just

627

: 00:28:00

ignore it because maybe you're

like, well, I'm not rejecting Jesus.

628

: 00:28:05

I'm not like opposed to Jesus.

629

: 00:28:07

I don't like mind Jesus.

630

: 00:28:09

I just don't want to be in charge

of me, like I'm okay with Jesus.

631

: 00:28:13

I like church.

632

: 00:28:14

I like going, but.

633

: 00:28:17

I'd rather just do my own

thing most of the time.

634

: 00:28:20

But I like being around it.

635

: 00:28:21

I think Jesus is, is good.

636

: 00:28:22

I think I, I like the way Christians

live, so maybe you're these people, maybe,

637

: 00:28:27

maybe you're not trying to, to get rid

of Jesus, but you're just avoiding Jesus.

638

: 00:28:37

Maybe you're just

suppressing the truth, right?

639

: 00:28:39

That just phrase from Romans, it's

like when your trash is too full, but

640

: 00:28:42

you don't take it out, so you put your

foot in it and you suppress the truth.

641

: 00:28:46

Maybe you're doing that with your sermons.

642

: 00:28:47

You're like, well, I know that

I'm holding on to this sin

643

: 00:28:50

and I, I should repent of it.

644

: 00:28:52

I should confess it.

645

: 00:28:54

Maybe that's you, maybe

you just distract yourself.

646

: 00:28:56

You hear the sermon, you feel convicted,

but then you're like, oh, well, I,

647

: 00:28:59

I, I don't wanna think about that.

648

: 00:29:01

And so you just go on and do your own

thing and live your life, and you distract

649

: 00:29:04

yourself and you don't think about it.

650

: 00:29:05

And, and or whenever you're convicted

about something, you're just like, oh,

651

: 00:29:08

well, I, I'll go back to scrolling.

652

: 00:29:10

I'll, I'll just move on.

653

: 00:29:11

And you don't want to think about it.

654

: 00:29:13

Or maybe your rejection

of Jesus is postponing.

655

: 00:29:16

You're like, oh, well, when I'm

older, I'll become a Christian.

656

: 00:29:19

Uh, when I, once I do these

things, I'll become a Christian.

657

: 00:29:23

Once I graduate, I'll become a Christian.

658

: 00:29:25

Once I can do this with this

person, I'll become a Christian.

659

: 00:29:29

Let's all turn around and, and face me.

660

: 00:29:31

Okay?

661

: 00:29:31

I think that'll help you

pay attention better,

662

: 00:29:35

or maybe you're justifying

your rejection of Jesus.

663

: 00:29:40

Maybe you're saying, oh,

it's, it's, it's okay.

664

: 00:29:41

It's really not that bad.

665

: 00:29:43

It's really not.

666

: 00:29:46

You know, I, I'm a, I'm a decent person.

667

: 00:29:48

I, I'm not a Christian,

but I'm not a bad person.

668

: 00:29:50

So I, I think it'll work out for

me that's still rejecting Jesus.

669

: 00:29:54

Because ultimately

you're like these people.

670

: 00:29:56

You're saying, oh, well I

heard about Jesus, but I'm

671

: 00:29:58

just gonna go do my own thing.

672

: 00:30:00

Maybe that's you,

673

: 00:30:03

or maybe you think you

can get away with it.

674

: 00:30:04

You're like, oh, I'm holding onto sin.

675

: 00:30:06

I, but I.

676

: 00:30:07

I can hide it.

677

: 00:30:08

I can be okay.

678

: 00:30:09

I can still sin and, and do what, what

I wanna do and, and it won't matter.

679

: 00:30:17

See if you keep rejecting Jesus, I

realize that the second phrase of

680

: 00:30:23

this point, he's the ruling judge.

681

: 00:30:27

If you keep rejecting Jesus, whether

it's distracting yourself or whether

682

: 00:30:30

it's outright, I don't want this.

683

: 00:30:32

He will expose you.

684

: 00:30:35

One day or another, Hebrews four says that

the word of God is like a two-edged sword,

685

: 00:30:42

and it reveals the thoughts and intentions

of the heart, and it cuts right between

686

: 00:30:48

what you're thinking, what you're feeling.

687

: 00:30:49

You can't hide anything from God.

688

: 00:30:54

You will stand before God

and you will have to answer.

689

: 00:30:59

Did you repent?

690

: 00:31:00

Him or not, did you follow Jesus or not?

691

: 00:31:04

And you can't say, oh, well I

liked Jesus, I liked church,

692

: 00:31:11

but you, you, you didn't follow him.

693

: 00:31:16

You will stand before God

and he will expose you.

694

: 00:31:20

But even if you're a Christian, if you

keep sending, God will discipline you.

695

: 00:31:23

Maybe you're a Christian, but

you're like, oh, I don't wanna

696

: 00:31:25

tell anyone about this sin.

697

: 00:31:25

I'm too embarrassed.

698

: 00:31:27

I don't wanna confess it.

699

: 00:31:28

I don't wanna bring it to the light.

700

: 00:31:30

I don't wanna tell my leader.

701

: 00:31:31

I don't wanna tell my parents.

702

: 00:31:32

I'm holding onto this sin.

703

: 00:31:33

God loves you too much

to let you keep sinning.

704

: 00:31:36

If you're a Christian, God doesn't

want you to hold onto that sin.

705

: 00:31:40

It's killing you.

706

: 00:31:40

You know it is.

707

: 00:31:41

It's killing your conscience.

708

: 00:31:43

It's hardening your heart.

709

: 00:31:44

You know it's so bad for you,

and God loves you too much to

710

: 00:31:48

let you keep sinning, and so he

will bring that sin to light.

711

: 00:31:53

The Book of numbers says that

your sin will surely find you out.

712

: 00:31:58

Proverbs says that the the wicked run when

no one is chasing them, your conscience

713

: 00:32:05

will track you down until you turn, or

maybe it won't, and you'll stand before

714

: 00:32:12

God and have to deal with you, with

his, with his gaze on you and your sin.

715

: 00:32:21

But remember how, if, if that's you,

if you're holding onto a sin, remember

716

: 00:32:25

how Jesus responds to those who

come in repentance, who come humbly.

717

: 00:32:30

Remember how Jesus treats those people?

718

: 00:32:33

When someone comes to Jesus

and says, Jesus, I'm a sinner.

719

: 00:32:35

I'm guilty.

720

: 00:32:37

I, I'm a terrible person.

721

: 00:32:39

I'm so embarrassed to admit this.

722

: 00:32:41

Does Jesus say, you suck?

723

: 00:32:43

Go away.

724

: 00:32:45

No.

725

: 00:32:46

Right.

726

: 00:32:46

Jesus wants you to bring your sin to him.

727

: 00:32:49

He doesn't want you to hide it first.

728

: 00:32:50

John says that if you confess your sin,

if you agree with Jesus, I'm a sinner.

729

: 00:32:56

He is faithful.

730

: 00:32:57

And just to forgive it and get rid of it.

731

: 00:33:01

So if you're so scared because

you're like, oh, well God.

732

: 00:33:05

Won't like my sin or God.

733

: 00:33:07

God will, I'm so embarrassed about my sin.

734

: 00:33:09

I don't wanna tell someone.

735

: 00:33:10

Well, God already knows about it.

736

: 00:33:11

He already sees it.

737

: 00:33:12

You can't hide it.

738

: 00:33:13

But also other Christians

sin the same way.

739

: 00:33:17

And I know you, you don't believe

that, but remember how Jesus treats

740

: 00:33:21

sinners who admit that they're sinners.

741

: 00:33:26

He says, I've come for

the sick, not the healthy.

742

: 00:33:32

So the Pharisees, right?

743

: 00:33:33

They didn't feel that way about Jesus.

744

: 00:33:35

They didn't want to come to Jesus.

745

: 00:33:36

They didn't wanna admit their sin.

746

: 00:33:37

They realized that Jesus was

calling them out with his parables.

747

: 00:33:40

And so they tried to get him arrested,

and they tried to get him discredited.

748

: 00:33:44

They're like, Jesus, we

don't like what you're doing.

749

: 00:33:46

You're calling us now.

750

: 00:33:47

You're exposing us.

751

: 00:33:48

You're, you're saying that

God's gonna judge us, so we

752

: 00:33:50

wanna get rid of that, right?

753

: 00:33:51

They, they don't just

wanna plug their ears.

754

: 00:33:53

They want to get rid of him, right?

755

: 00:33:55

Like, it's like with

your alarm clock, right?

756

: 00:33:57

That when you wake up, you don't, you

want it to stop your alarm's going off.

757

: 00:33:59

You want it to stop.

758

: 00:34:00

You can either snooze it and just

ignore it, or you can just turn it

759

: 00:34:05

off and get rid of the alarm, right?

760

: 00:34:06

The Pharisees are like, we're just gonna

throw the alarm clock out the window.

761

: 00:34:08

We don't wanna deal with this.

762

: 00:34:09

So that's what, that's what they're gonna

do here in the rest of Matthew Chapter 22.

763

: 00:34:15

So Jesus verses the

Jewish leaders part two.

764

: 00:34:19

So he's gonna ask, they're gonna ask him

three questions about the law, and these

765

: 00:34:23

questions are designed to get Jesus.

766

: 00:34:25

In trouble.

767

: 00:34:26

The first question is, should

we pay taxes to Caesar?

768

: 00:34:29

Now, the Jews ask him this question

because if Jesus says, don't pay

769

: 00:34:32

taxes, guess what they can do?

770

: 00:34:34

They can be like Jesus

said not to pay taxes.

771

: 00:34:37

The Romans should arrest Jesus.

772

: 00:34:39

So if he says, don't pay

taxes, Jesus gets in trouble.

773

: 00:34:42

But if they say, you should pay taxes,

are the Jewish people gonna like that?

774

: 00:34:47

No.

775

: 00:34:47

'cause they don't think they should

pay taxes to Caesar because Caesar's

776

: 00:34:50

like an evil occupying force, right?

777

: 00:34:52

The Romans are occupying.

778

: 00:34:54

And they're like, we

shouldn't have to do this.

779

: 00:34:56

So then the people

aren't gonna like Jesus.

780

: 00:34:57

So they think that they put Jesus

in this impossible position and

781

: 00:35:01

Jesus gives the most amazing

answer you could ever think of.

782

: 00:35:03

He says, you've probably heard it before.

783

: 00:35:05

Give to Caesar what Caesars and give

to God what's God's perfect answer.

784

: 00:35:09

Right?

785

: 00:35:10

No one can get mad at that.

786

: 00:35:13

Second question, they ask him, how

does marriage work in the resurrection?

787

: 00:35:17

Because they're like, well, if what

if you ha, what if you were married

788

: 00:35:20

and then your spouse died and then you

married, you remarried, and then that

789

: 00:35:23

spouse died and so on, and you ended

up having seven different marriages.

790

: 00:35:26

Who are you married to in heaven?

791

: 00:35:28

And Jesus says, well, actually,

well, you don't know, is that it

792

: 00:35:32

doesn't work like that in heaven.

793

: 00:35:33

In heaven.

794

: 00:35:34

There you're not.

795

: 00:35:36

You're not gonna be married.

796

: 00:35:38

So then he answers that

question perfectly.

797

: 00:35:40

And then the last question,

what's the greatest commandment?

798

: 00:35:43

They're like, gotcha.

799

: 00:35:44

Now Jesus, there's 600

something commandments.

800

: 00:35:47

How are you gonna pick the greatest one?

801

: 00:35:48

And Jesus says, love the Lord

your God with all your heart,

802

: 00:35:51

soul, mind, and strength.

803

: 00:35:52

And then he adds a bonus one.

804

: 00:35:53

The second is like it.

805

: 00:35:54

It's like two sides of the same coin.

806

: 00:35:56

Love your neighbor as yourself.

807

: 00:35:58

So he answers these questions

perfectly, and then Jesus turns the

808

: 00:36:02

tables and he asks them the question.

809

: 00:36:03

This is like one of my favorite moments.

810

: 00:36:04

In the whole Bible, Jesus

turns the tables on them.

811

: 00:36:07

They tried to trap him with

all their smart people and

812

: 00:36:09

all of their, their learning.

813

: 00:36:11

They were like, ah, we

can get Jesus on this one.

814

: 00:36:13

And Jesus refutes them.

815

: 00:36:14

And then he goes, I wanna

ask you guys a question.

816

: 00:36:18

I wanna ask you guys a question.

817

: 00:36:20

Here's what he says in

chapter 22, verse 41.

818

: 00:36:24

So the Pharisees are all there.

819

: 00:36:25

And Jesus asked them a question,

what do you think about the

820

: 00:36:27

Christ whose son is the Christ?

821

: 00:36:31

They said to him, the son of David.

822

: 00:36:34

And he said to them, how is it then that

David in the spirit, right in the Bible,

823

: 00:36:40

calls the son of David Lord or sir,

saying verse 44, which is a quote from

824

: 00:36:47

Psalm one 10, the Lord said to my Lord.

825

: 00:36:50

So Yahweh said to my Lord, sit

at my right hand until I put

826

: 00:36:56

your enemies under your feet.

827

: 00:36:58

So David is calling his descendant.

828

: 00:37:00

Sir.

829

: 00:37:01

Right.

830

: 00:37:01

You're, you're the Lord.

831

: 00:37:02

You're in charge.

832

: 00:37:04

Normally, that's not

how things work, right?

833

: 00:37:05

You, your dad doesn't call you sir.

834

: 00:37:10

Right?

835

: 00:37:10

That's not how things work.

836

: 00:37:13

So then Jesus asked him in verse 45, if

David calls him, Lord, how is he his son?

837

: 00:37:17

How does this work?

838

: 00:37:18

How, how can you say that the Messiahs,

the son of David, descended from

839

: 00:37:22

David, but also greater than David?

840

: 00:37:26

The reason right is because the

Messiah is God, Jesus God in the flesh.

841

: 00:37:32

That's why this works.

842

: 00:37:34

The Pharisees have no clue.

843

: 00:37:36

Verse 46, this is how it ends.

844

: 00:37:38

No one was able to answer him a word,

nor I love this from that day, did

845

: 00:37:43

anyone dare ask him any more questions?

846

: 00:37:47

They're just like, we're not

gonna mess with this guy anymore.

847

: 00:37:50

This he's, he's one.

848

: 00:37:51

We're not even gonna try.

849

: 00:37:53

He's utterly defeated them.

850

: 00:37:57

See, Jesus has come as, as Matthew

is describing him, Jesus has come as

851

: 00:38:01

a prophet, he's mastered God's word

and he's here to, to judge Israel.

852

: 00:38:07

But more than that, Matthew's

also saying, he's the king,

853

: 00:38:09

he's the Messiah and he's God.

854

: 00:38:12

And so point number three,

if Jesus is God, we must

855

: 00:38:15

worship the unrivaled prophet.

856

: 00:38:21

Jesus isn't just giving

us advice about God.

857

: 00:38:24

He's not just explaining God's word.

858

: 00:38:26

He has come as God in the flesh.

859

: 00:38:31

There's no one like him, not the

smartest person, not the wisest

860

: 00:38:36

person, not the coolest person.

861

: 00:38:39

There's no one like Jesus.

862

: 00:38:44

If you had a conversation with Jesus.

863

: 00:38:47

I'm confident that you would walk

away floored everyone else did.

864

: 00:38:53

In the gospels, you

hear they're astonished.

865

: 00:38:55

Remember they talk to Jesus.

866

: 00:38:55

They're like, whoa, no

one spoke like this guy.

867

: 00:39:00

That's 'cause Jesus is God in

the flesh, but he's, he's taking

868

: 00:39:04

all of God's wisdom, right?

869

: 00:39:06

God is, God is a genius and he, and

he's bringing it into everyday life.

870

: 00:39:11

He's the expert on everything.

871

: 00:39:13

I don't know if you've ever felt this,

you've ever been around someone or in some

872

: 00:39:16

kind of situation, you're like, man, this

person is completely out of my league.

873

: 00:39:22

Right?

874

: 00:39:22

This person is so just much

greater than, than I am.

875

: 00:39:27

I, I remember this one time I played

soccer with these Mormons and they invited

876

: 00:39:32

me to, like, we were, we were trying to

share the gospel with them, and they're

877

: 00:39:35

like, oh, come play soccer with us.

878

: 00:39:36

So we show up at this

park at like 7:30 AM.

879

: 00:39:39

And play or 6:30 AM play

soccer with these Mormons.

880

: 00:39:42

And I was like, okay.

881

: 00:39:43

Like I'm, I'm pretty good at soccer.

882

: 00:39:45

I could play, I can

hang with these Mormons.

883

: 00:39:47

And then I realized this wasn't

just like a Mormon soccer game.

884

: 00:39:50

This was like before work.

885

: 00:39:52

Real soccer players are

coming to play soccer.

886

: 00:39:54

And I knew that as soon as the white

pickup truck with the ladders on top and

887

: 00:39:57

the paint stains pulled up and I was like,

yeah, these people are outta my league.

888

: 00:40:02

So, so these, these three guys who

look kinda like Pastor Rod came

889

: 00:40:06

outta that truck and I was like.

890

: 00:40:08

I'm done.

891

: 00:40:09

It's over.

892

: 00:40:10

I, I am totally.

893

: 00:40:11

And so we started playing, man,

I have never felt that unathletic

894

: 00:40:15

or uncoordinated in, in my life.

895

: 00:40:18

Like I, I was like, this is ridiculous.

896

: 00:40:19

Like these people have played soccer

their whole life and it was crazy.

897

: 00:40:25

See, that's how, that's how

you should feel around Jesus.

898

: 00:40:30

Jesus is, is not just.

899

: 00:40:32

He's not just giving you something

to take your life from a three

900

: 00:40:35

outta 10 to an eight outta 10.

901

: 00:40:36

He's not just like, oh, here's

some helpful stuff for you.

902

: 00:40:40

He's not just giving you like a cheat

code to be happier than most people

903

: 00:40:43

or something to help you sleep at

night when you're scared of dying.

904

: 00:40:46

Jesus is God, and his

words are life or death.

905

: 00:40:53

They're not just, oh, that was helpful.

906

: 00:40:55

That was interesting.

907

: 00:40:57

They're the words of God.

908

: 00:40:58

When Jesus comes and has something

to say to you, when you read God's

909

: 00:41:01

word in the morning, when you pray

to him, when you hear a sermon, it's

910

: 00:41:05

Jesus is, is the king of the universe,

and he's saying something to you.

911

: 00:41:10

He's not just saying, oh yeah, it'd

be, it'd be nice if you did this.

912

: 00:41:14

So do you treat Jesus with

worship or with indifference?

913

: 00:41:19

Are you just like, oh,

okay, take it or leave it.

914

: 00:41:22

Or do you come to Jesus

when you pray to him?

915

: 00:41:24

Or when you think about, oh man, Jesus

asked me to, to do this, to live this way.

916

: 00:41:28

Are you like, oh, oh, maybe

I'll think about that.

917

: 00:41:31

Or are you saying, man, Jesus

is, is God and I mean him?

918

: 00:41:36

I would die without Jesus.

919

: 00:41:38

I'm amazed at Jesus.

920

: 00:41:39

I'm so excited about Jesus.

921

: 00:41:41

So how do you think and feel about

Jesus when you think about God,

922

: 00:41:45

when you sing songs in church,

923

: 00:41:49

what?

924

: 00:41:50

What's your heart posture towards Jesus?

925

: 00:41:56

I got to see Messi play soccer

last, almost about a year ago.

926

: 00:42:03

I got to see Messi play soccer and one

of the best experiences of my life.

927

: 00:42:07

Now, when Messi walked out onto the field,

everyone stands up and starts cheering.

928

: 00:42:16

I've never been in front

of anything like that.

929

: 00:42:18

And he's so short,

you're like, where is he?

930

: 00:42:20

But no, um, I'm a Ronaldo guy, so I had

to say that, but, um, no, but that it was

931

: 00:42:27

unlike anything I've ever experienced.

932

: 00:42:29

So mess.

933

: 00:42:29

He's like warming up and he shoots

the ball and everyone cheers.

934

: 00:42:33

It is like, there's no goalie.

935

: 00:42:34

It's like from like 10 yards out.

936

: 00:42:36

Like, what, what's,

everyone's like, oh me.

937

: 00:42:39

It's crazy, right?

938

: 00:42:40

They're reading his name in warmups.

939

: 00:42:42

Like they, they, they call out the, the

teams that they announced the players.

940

: 00:42:46

This is in Kansas City.

941

: 00:42:47

So he's the opposing team.

942

: 00:42:49

Everyone's cheering, everyone's

like number, trying lean on mess.

943

: 00:42:52

Everyone goes, ah.

944

: 00:42:53

And they read off some

other guy from his team.

945

: 00:42:55

Everyone, everyone's silent.

946

: 00:42:57

And I was like, okay,

well that makes sense.

947

: 00:42:59

But that idea, right?

948

: 00:43:02

We, we, you, we call that aura, right?

949

: 00:43:04

When messy walks out,

everyone's like, what?

950

: 00:43:09

That's, that's how you

should feel about Jesus.

951

: 00:43:13

Right.

952

: 00:43:13

We're, we're feeling this way

about some five foot six guy,

953

: 00:43:16

'cause he can kick a soccer ball.

954

: 00:43:19

Right?

955

: 00:43:19

How, how, how would you feel if

Jesus walked in this room right now?

956

: 00:43:23

How do you feel when you pray?

957

: 00:43:25

How do you feel when you sing?

958

: 00:43:26

How do you feel when you read your Bible?

959

: 00:43:29

How do you feel when you serve his church?

960

: 00:43:31

How do you feel about the

Holy Spirit living inside you?

961

: 00:43:33

If you're a Christian,

962

: 00:43:36

what's your heart posture toward Jesus?

963

: 00:43:42

See.

964

: 00:43:43

King Jesus gives you two

options when you hear his word.

965

: 00:43:50

The gospel gives you two options.

966

: 00:43:53

Follow Jesus, right?

967

: 00:43:54

Turn from your sin, turn from yourself,

and follow Jesus, or stand before God

968

: 00:43:59

in judgment and suffer the consequences.

969

: 00:44:03

So what I want to ask you tonight

is what will you do with Jesus?

970

: 00:44:09

Will you reject him and die?

971

: 00:44:12

Will you repent and live?

972

: 00:44:16

Let's pray.

973

: 00:44:19

God, we want to be serious about you.

974

: 00:44:22

I know it's so hard to be serious.

975

: 00:44:24

There's so many fun things that

happen, so many funny things, so

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many things that make us lighthearted

and not take things seriously.

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But we want to remember that you

are massive and we are small.

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Heaven is real and hell is real.

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And for those of us who

who know you, we are safe.

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But at the same time, you are holy.

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You are not like us.

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And we, we ought to be in awe of you.

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And for those in this room who don't

know you, as one famous preacher said,

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they are dangling over the fires of hell.

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One.

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Aneurysm or car accident would

end their life and they would see

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you in all your glory and they

would suffer for all of their sin.

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They would be naked and exposed

before you, with no place to hide.

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So I pray tonight, God, that people

who don't know you would, would go

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from death to life, that they would,

they would realize they need you.

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: 00:45:32

They need the joy that

you bring, they need.

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: 00:45:35

To follow you.

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: 00:45:36

They need to love you, but also that they

need something to be done about their sin.

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: 00:45:40

They can't do it on their own.

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We pray that you help us

to focus in small groups.

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Help us to take you seriously.

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Help us to honor you

with what we talk about.

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We pray all this in Jesus name.

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Amen.