WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.879 Well, as we come to the Word of God this morning, we're continuing on in the Gospel of John. 00:00:07.560 --> 00:00:12.240 For those of you who haven't been here, we've been working through this account of the story of Jesus. 00:00:13.419 --> 00:00:16.300 And it's been a few years, I think, now. 00:00:16.580 --> 00:00:18.039 We're still working our way through. 00:00:18.260 --> 00:00:20.420 Today we're going to pick up the pace just a little bit, 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:24.920 and we're going to hear Jesus touch on a number of things. 00:00:24.920 --> 00:00:30.500 We're in John 14, verse 15. 00:00:30.660 --> 00:00:32.500 John 14, verse 15. 00:00:32.600 --> 00:00:35.460 This is the night of Jesus' betrayal and arrest. 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:41.160 And He's kind of having this last conversation with His disciples and giving them comfort and encouragement. 00:00:41.400 --> 00:00:42.520 This is what He says to them. 00:00:43.620 --> 00:00:46.880 If you love Me, keep My commands. 00:00:47.780 --> 00:00:54.500 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another advocate to help you. 00:00:54.920 --> 00:00:56.600 And to be with you forever. 00:00:57.480 --> 00:00:59.260 The Spirit of Truth. 00:01:00.460 --> 00:01:05.960 The world cannot accept Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:12.540 But you know Him, for He lives with you and will be in you. 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:17.560 I will not leave you as orphans. 00:01:18.379 --> 00:01:19.780 I will come to you. 00:01:19.780 --> 00:01:24.820 Before long, the world will not see Me anymore. 00:01:25.620 --> 00:01:27.239 But you will see Me. 00:01:28.040 --> 00:01:31.640 Because I live, you also will live. 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:37.560 On that day, you will realize that I am in My Father, 00:01:38.319 --> 00:01:41.859 and you are in Me, and I am in you. 00:01:41.859 --> 00:01:48.579 Whoever has My commands and keeps them is the one who loves Me. 00:01:49.459 --> 00:01:52.260 The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father. 00:01:53.019 --> 00:01:56.120 And I too will love them and show Myself to them. 00:01:57.599 --> 00:02:00.599 Then Judas, not Judas Iscariot, said, 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:05.920 But Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world? 00:02:05.920 --> 00:02:07.980 Jesus replied, 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:12.400 Anyone who loves Me will obey My teaching. 00:02:13.199 --> 00:02:18.420 My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 00:02:19.420 --> 00:02:23.219 Anyone who does not love Me will not obey My teaching. 00:02:23.900 --> 00:02:26.500 These words you hear are not My own. 00:02:27.300 --> 00:02:30.080 They belong to the Father who sent Me. 00:02:30.080 --> 00:02:38.460 Well, there's a lot of things in this section of the conversation that Jesus has with the disciples that night. 00:02:38.540 --> 00:02:39.860 I counted at least eight. 00:02:40.300 --> 00:02:41.340 There could be more. 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:44.740 We'll just run over them really fast. 00:02:45.640 --> 00:02:49.420 First of all, Jesus urges His disciples to keep His commands. 00:02:50.840 --> 00:02:55.580 Second, He talks about the Spirit of Truth who is coming. 00:02:55.580 --> 00:03:04.980 Third, He talks more about His leaving and returning and gives assurance that He's coming back. 00:03:06.540 --> 00:03:12.760 Four, He talks about how the disciples will live because Jesus lives. 00:03:15.720 --> 00:03:19.939 Five, He talks about a moment of clear understanding. 00:03:19.939 --> 00:03:25.960 There's going to be this moment in which the disciples realize that Jesus is indeed in the Father. 00:03:27.699 --> 00:03:36.939 And along with that, a moment in which they understand that Jesus is in them, and they are in Him. 00:03:39.099 --> 00:03:47.060 Seven, Jesus talks about how He and God will love the disciples and come to them and live with them. 00:03:47.060 --> 00:03:53.420 And then finally, Jesus reminds them that the words that He is speaking to them are not His own, 00:03:53.500 --> 00:03:58.699 but that they are the words of God, the Father Himself, the One who sent Him. 00:03:59.620 --> 00:04:01.640 So, lots in here. 00:04:01.759 --> 00:04:02.060 Eight things. 00:04:03.460 --> 00:04:04.539 All of them are important. 00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:10.099 All of them are worth taking time to reflect on, but we couldn't possibly fully linger over each one this morning. 00:04:10.099 --> 00:04:17.040 So, we're just going to focus on the one that seems to hold them all together, number three. 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:24.219 And then we'll look at the one that Jesus emphasizes the most on this evening with His disciples. 00:04:26.659 --> 00:04:31.159 So, Jesus talks some more about His leaving and His returning. 00:04:31.620 --> 00:04:36.159 And He gives assurance to His disciples that He is coming back for them. 00:04:36.500 --> 00:04:38.839 This is something that we heard a little bit about already. 00:04:38.839 --> 00:04:40.639 It's how the chapter started. 00:04:40.979 --> 00:04:43.819 If you were here, the disciples are worried. 00:04:44.579 --> 00:04:45.639 They're anxious. 00:04:46.899 --> 00:04:47.399 Why? 00:04:48.679 --> 00:04:51.379 Well, Jesus has just told them that He's about to leave them. 00:04:52.899 --> 00:04:54.579 And where He's going, He says, 00:04:54.799 --> 00:04:56.139 You can't come with me. 00:04:57.659 --> 00:05:03.139 Once again, imagine yourself in the room with the disciples as Jesus says this to you. 00:05:03.139 --> 00:05:08.479 Jesus has done many wonderful things over the past three years. 00:05:09.599 --> 00:05:14.360 But He has also stirred up a hornet's nest of opposition. 00:05:15.419 --> 00:05:18.659 And things are about to get ugly and violent. 00:05:18.660 --> 00:05:24.320 So, we imagine for the disciples that this is not what they want to hear. 00:05:24.439 --> 00:05:25.220 You're leaving us? 00:05:25.300 --> 00:05:26.120 You're going away? 00:05:27.200 --> 00:05:28.680 Like, all by ourselves? 00:05:28.820 --> 00:05:29.880 What are we going to do? 00:05:31.420 --> 00:05:35.000 Well, what Jesus says here in verse 18 is powerful. 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:36.620 He says, 00:05:36.620 --> 00:05:39.819 I will not leave you as orphans. 00:05:41.019 --> 00:05:42.399 I will come to you. 00:05:44.220 --> 00:05:46.740 Jesus speaks to the fear in their hearts. 00:05:48.199 --> 00:05:49.600 What are they worried about? 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:53.840 They're worried that Jesus is about to abandon them. 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:59.000 They're worried that they're going to have to find their way on their own, 00:05:59.060 --> 00:06:00.080 all by themselves, 00:06:00.379 --> 00:06:03.220 like a child that has been left by His parents. 00:06:04.879 --> 00:06:05.860 And Jesus says, 00:06:05.939 --> 00:06:09.180 Listen, I'm not about to do that to you. 00:06:09.840 --> 00:06:10.640 No way. 00:06:11.379 --> 00:06:13.740 I'm not just going to abandon you like that. 00:06:13.820 --> 00:06:16.100 I will not leave you as orphans. 00:06:16.640 --> 00:06:16.879 No. 00:06:16.879 --> 00:06:17.000 No. 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:19.959 I will come to you. 00:06:20.100 --> 00:06:21.219 I am coming back. 00:06:22.180 --> 00:06:23.019 And in the meantime, 00:06:23.740 --> 00:06:26.819 it will seem to the world as if I'm gone. 00:06:28.500 --> 00:06:30.300 The world won't see me anymore. 00:06:31.500 --> 00:06:33.279 But you will see me. 00:06:34.180 --> 00:06:36.259 In the meantime, while I'm gone, 00:06:36.399 --> 00:06:38.100 I will ask my Father, 00:06:38.519 --> 00:06:41.300 and He will give you the Spirit of Truth. 00:06:42.560 --> 00:06:44.180 And He will be with you. 00:06:44.180 --> 00:06:47.180 He will be like I have been to you. 00:06:47.259 --> 00:06:48.740 He will be a counselor. 00:06:49.280 --> 00:06:50.439 He will guide you. 00:06:50.819 --> 00:06:51.620 He will lead you. 00:06:51.699 --> 00:06:52.579 He will help you. 00:06:53.280 --> 00:06:54.600 He will be with you. 00:06:54.740 --> 00:06:55.639 And Jesus says, 00:06:55.800 --> 00:06:57.879 He will be in you. 00:06:58.699 --> 00:06:59.540 To stay. 00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:02.360 In my absence, 00:07:02.780 --> 00:07:03.920 He will be there. 00:07:05.319 --> 00:07:06.920 And when that day comes, 00:07:07.439 --> 00:07:08.300 you will know, 00:07:08.420 --> 00:07:11.100 you will realize that I have not abandoned you. 00:07:11.100 --> 00:07:11.500 No. 00:07:13.020 --> 00:07:14.200 You will see me. 00:07:15.020 --> 00:07:16.740 Though the world does not see me, 00:07:16.840 --> 00:07:17.280 you will. 00:07:17.580 --> 00:07:18.820 And you will realize 00:07:18.820 --> 00:07:22.360 that even though I'm apart from you in body, 00:07:22.740 --> 00:07:24.580 I am with you. 00:07:24.720 --> 00:07:26.280 And I am in you 00:07:26.280 --> 00:07:27.879 by my Spirit. 00:07:28.420 --> 00:07:29.600 And you are in me. 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:32.280 These are awesome words of comfort 00:07:32.280 --> 00:07:33.700 and encouragement. 00:07:33.699 --> 00:07:36.620 You know, 00:07:36.699 --> 00:07:37.459 sometimes it's hard 00:07:37.459 --> 00:07:38.639 when we look out at the world. 00:07:39.319 --> 00:07:40.259 What do we see? 00:07:42.099 --> 00:07:43.659 We see like the world sees. 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:47.180 We see the absence of Jesus. 00:07:48.560 --> 00:07:51.039 We see things going on. 00:07:51.459 --> 00:07:53.060 And it's not like the story 00:07:53.060 --> 00:07:55.560 that we read about when Jesus was here. 00:07:56.699 --> 00:07:58.579 And sometimes doubt creeps in. 00:07:58.579 --> 00:08:00.800 And we wonder, 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:02.859 will things ever be like they were 00:08:02.859 --> 00:08:04.979 when He was here again? 00:08:05.899 --> 00:08:07.539 It's been so long 00:08:07.539 --> 00:08:09.359 since Jesus walked the earth 00:08:09.359 --> 00:08:11.199 shoulder to shoulder with us. 00:08:11.620 --> 00:08:12.459 Where is He? 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:14.959 When is He going to come back? 00:08:17.159 --> 00:08:19.479 When will you show yourself to the world? 00:08:20.500 --> 00:08:21.479 As Judas asked. 00:08:23.079 --> 00:08:25.139 We may even wrestle with deeper doubts. 00:08:26.620 --> 00:08:28.459 What if He never really came at all? 00:08:28.579 --> 00:08:32.579 Or what if all this that I've believed, 00:08:33.340 --> 00:08:35.279 what if it's just some elaborate hoax 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:37.579 or a conspiracy theory? 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:43.059 It's here in this place of doubt 00:08:43.059 --> 00:08:44.439 and even despair 00:08:44.439 --> 00:08:46.620 that Jesus' words just shine 00:08:46.620 --> 00:08:48.720 like a glorious ray of light 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:49.500 into the darkness. 00:08:50.840 --> 00:08:54.899 I will not leave you as orphans. 00:08:55.939 --> 00:08:57.480 I will come to you. 00:08:58.580 --> 00:09:00.160 I'm coming back. 00:09:01.100 --> 00:09:02.720 There will be a day 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:04.879 when we will no longer see 00:09:04.879 --> 00:09:05.940 the absence of Jesus. 00:09:06.160 --> 00:09:08.160 A day when Jesus returns 00:09:08.160 --> 00:09:10.700 in personal flesh, 00:09:11.280 --> 00:09:12.220 bodily, 00:09:12.680 --> 00:09:15.160 and everything that we've had to believe, 00:09:15.920 --> 00:09:18.540 everything that we have accepted by faith, 00:09:19.040 --> 00:09:21.879 will be plain and undeniable 00:09:21.879 --> 00:09:25.360 before every eye in the world. 00:09:25.360 --> 00:09:28.659 His return will be visible to every eye. 00:09:28.659 --> 00:09:32.799 But for now, 00:09:33.039 --> 00:09:34.679 like the disciples, 00:09:35.360 --> 00:09:36.919 we must walk by faith. 00:09:37.659 --> 00:09:40.179 We must see Jesus with eyes of faith 00:09:40.179 --> 00:09:42.659 while the world does not see Him. 00:09:43.299 --> 00:09:45.659 We must learn to accept this guidance 00:09:46.419 --> 00:09:48.419 of this other counselor, 00:09:48.579 --> 00:09:49.679 the Spirit of Truth, 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:52.179 an invisible, 00:09:52.979 --> 00:09:54.739 intangible Spirit 00:09:54.739 --> 00:09:56.219 that the world can't see 00:09:56.219 --> 00:09:57.439 or know 00:09:57.439 --> 00:09:58.919 or detect. 00:09:59.979 --> 00:10:01.179 But Jesus says 00:10:01.179 --> 00:10:02.179 He will be in you. 00:10:03.539 --> 00:10:04.879 He will be in you 00:10:04.879 --> 00:10:07.579 and I will be in you, 00:10:07.799 --> 00:10:08.379 says Jesus. 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:10.739 These are awesome words of comfort, 00:10:10.899 --> 00:10:12.000 not just for the disciples 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:13.379 in their days of doubt 00:10:13.379 --> 00:10:14.299 and darkness, 00:10:14.779 --> 00:10:15.979 but for us as well. 00:10:15.980 --> 00:10:19.620 And in the midst of these words, 00:10:19.779 --> 00:10:21.200 Jesus says one thing 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:22.840 three times. 00:10:25.539 --> 00:10:26.840 Verse 15, 00:10:27.480 --> 00:10:29.680 If you love me, 00:10:30.180 --> 00:10:31.840 you will keep my commands. 00:10:32.639 --> 00:10:33.759 Verse 21, 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:37.460 Whoever has my commands 00:10:37.460 --> 00:10:39.100 and keeps them 00:10:39.100 --> 00:10:41.019 is the one who loves me. 00:10:42.139 --> 00:10:43.840 And verse 23, 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:46.360 Anyone who loves me 00:10:46.360 --> 00:10:48.600 will obey my teaching 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:49.300 or literally 00:10:49.300 --> 00:10:50.620 will keep my word. 00:10:53.120 --> 00:10:54.480 This must be important. 00:10:54.680 --> 00:10:54.840 I mean, 00:10:54.899 --> 00:10:56.639 Jesus says it three times. 00:10:57.480 --> 00:10:57.639 I mean, 00:10:57.680 --> 00:10:58.379 think about this. 00:10:58.420 --> 00:10:59.600 You're going away on a trip 00:10:59.600 --> 00:11:00.580 and you're leaving 00:11:00.580 --> 00:11:01.740 the care of your house 00:11:01.740 --> 00:11:03.780 to somebody else 00:11:03.780 --> 00:11:05.540 and you're doing the walkthrough 00:11:05.540 --> 00:11:06.259 before you go. 00:11:06.360 --> 00:11:06.840 You're giving them 00:11:06.840 --> 00:11:07.620 the instructions 00:11:07.620 --> 00:11:09.180 and that one thing 00:11:09.180 --> 00:11:10.379 that is the most important, 00:11:10.519 --> 00:11:11.780 that if they do nothing else, 00:11:12.720 --> 00:11:13.540 you tell them about it 00:11:13.539 --> 00:11:14.199 at the beginning. 00:11:14.799 --> 00:11:15.899 You tell them about it 00:11:15.899 --> 00:11:16.639 in the middle 00:11:16.639 --> 00:11:17.240 as you're giving 00:11:17.240 --> 00:11:17.980 your instructions 00:11:17.980 --> 00:11:19.159 and you remind them 00:11:19.159 --> 00:11:20.099 about it one more time 00:11:20.099 --> 00:11:20.500 at the end. 00:11:20.579 --> 00:11:21.599 This is so important. 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:23.199 Don't miss this. 00:11:23.919 --> 00:11:24.059 Well, 00:11:24.079 --> 00:11:24.879 Jesus does the same 00:11:24.879 --> 00:11:25.599 sort of thing here. 00:11:25.719 --> 00:11:27.139 Three times he tells them, 00:11:27.480 --> 00:11:29.419 If you love me, 00:11:29.699 --> 00:11:30.839 you will keep my commands 00:11:30.839 --> 00:11:32.480 or something very similar. 00:11:32.639 --> 00:11:33.439 So these are words 00:11:33.439 --> 00:11:35.779 that we can't just hurry past. 00:11:36.279 --> 00:11:37.399 We got to sit 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:38.079 and reflect 00:11:38.079 --> 00:11:39.099 for a few minutes 00:11:39.099 --> 00:11:41.019 on what Jesus is saying. 00:11:41.019 --> 00:11:43.259 If you love me, 00:11:43.819 --> 00:11:46.419 you will keep my commands. 00:11:56.960 --> 00:11:58.199 Let's start by talking 00:11:58.199 --> 00:11:59.639 about that word commands. 00:12:01.759 --> 00:12:02.720 Let's maybe see 00:12:02.720 --> 00:12:03.439 a show of hands. 00:12:03.559 --> 00:12:04.439 Is there anybody here 00:12:04.439 --> 00:12:06.179 that loves to be commanded 00:12:06.179 --> 00:12:07.579 to do things? 00:12:07.580 --> 00:12:10.680 Nobody? 00:12:12.680 --> 00:12:13.120 Well, 00:12:13.160 --> 00:12:13.780 the Apostle Paul 00:12:13.780 --> 00:12:14.620 seemed to suggest 00:12:14.620 --> 00:12:15.420 in his letter 00:12:15.420 --> 00:12:16.340 to the church at Rome 00:12:16.340 --> 00:12:17.120 that there's a reason 00:12:17.120 --> 00:12:17.700 for that. 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:20.139 All of us have sin in us. 00:12:20.240 --> 00:12:22.139 We're born with sin 00:12:22.139 --> 00:12:23.620 and because of that 00:12:23.620 --> 00:12:24.740 we just have this tendency 00:12:24.740 --> 00:12:25.420 to rebel. 00:12:25.560 --> 00:12:26.100 From birth, 00:12:26.200 --> 00:12:27.780 our natural bent 00:12:27.780 --> 00:12:29.360 is that when we're commanded 00:12:29.360 --> 00:12:30.180 to do something, 00:12:30.540 --> 00:12:31.540 we grumble about it, 00:12:31.580 --> 00:12:32.640 we complain about it, 00:12:32.640 --> 00:12:34.620 and we even rebel against it. 00:12:34.620 --> 00:12:36.399 We don't like being told 00:12:36.399 --> 00:12:37.200 what to do. 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:38.279 We want to do 00:12:38.279 --> 00:12:39.320 what we want to do. 00:12:40.440 --> 00:12:41.679 And so this word command, 00:12:42.240 --> 00:12:43.460 I don't know about you, 00:12:43.560 --> 00:12:45.060 but maybe it sets you 00:12:45.060 --> 00:12:45.980 on edge a little bit. 00:12:47.639 --> 00:12:48.659 And then it kind of 00:12:48.659 --> 00:12:49.560 strikes us oddly, 00:12:49.700 --> 00:12:50.159 doesn't it, 00:12:50.200 --> 00:12:52.340 that in the same breath 00:12:52.340 --> 00:12:54.320 as Jesus speaks about 00:12:54.320 --> 00:12:56.539 commanding us, 00:12:56.799 --> 00:12:58.620 he speaks about love. 00:13:00.840 --> 00:13:01.700 Like what? 00:13:01.700 --> 00:13:04.400 How can these two things 00:13:04.400 --> 00:13:06.080 be together? 00:13:08.780 --> 00:13:10.140 What a strange thing. 00:13:10.940 --> 00:13:12.800 We don't love being commanded 00:13:12.800 --> 00:13:15.660 and we don't like to mix 00:13:15.660 --> 00:13:17.820 love and duty. 00:13:19.580 --> 00:13:21.680 Friendship and obligation 00:13:21.680 --> 00:13:23.340 or expectations. 00:13:25.020 --> 00:13:26.340 And so these words of Jesus, 00:13:26.460 --> 00:13:27.140 they just have a way 00:13:27.140 --> 00:13:28.620 of jumbling up our emotions 00:13:28.620 --> 00:13:29.940 even as we come to them, 00:13:30.020 --> 00:13:31.280 even as we hear them 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:33.120 we got to get past that though 00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:34.299 if we really want to consider 00:13:34.299 --> 00:13:35.500 what Jesus is saying. 00:13:37.019 --> 00:13:38.519 This word commands, 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:41.919 it makes us think 00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:43.740 about the kind of relationship 00:13:43.740 --> 00:13:44.879 that Jesus has 00:13:44.879 --> 00:13:46.139 with the men around the table. 00:13:47.819 --> 00:13:49.379 Theirs is the kind of relationship 00:13:49.379 --> 00:13:52.319 where Jesus commands them 00:13:52.319 --> 00:13:53.539 to do things, 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:55.459 not suggests, 00:13:56.059 --> 00:13:57.919 not encourages, 00:13:57.919 --> 00:14:00.559 not instructs them, 00:14:00.620 --> 00:14:01.559 he commands them 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:02.399 to do things. 00:14:03.079 --> 00:14:03.620 So I mean like 00:14:03.620 --> 00:14:04.539 what kind of relationship 00:14:04.539 --> 00:14:05.899 is this between Jesus 00:14:05.899 --> 00:14:06.740 and his disciples? 00:14:07.259 --> 00:14:08.799 Well, it's not just a friendship, 00:14:09.019 --> 00:14:09.959 there's not commanding 00:14:09.959 --> 00:14:10.559 in friendships. 00:14:11.099 --> 00:14:12.179 I mean they have a friendship. 00:14:12.679 --> 00:14:14.719 It's not just camaraderie, 00:14:14.939 --> 00:14:16.759 they have that too. 00:14:17.879 --> 00:14:19.219 It's not just coworkers, 00:14:19.719 --> 00:14:21.299 they've been working 00:14:21.299 --> 00:14:22.639 on all kinds of things together. 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:24.679 It's not that Jesus 00:14:24.679 --> 00:14:25.600 is their employer. 00:14:27.279 --> 00:14:28.860 They're not getting paid a cent 00:14:28.860 --> 00:14:30.100 to do any of this. 00:14:30.179 --> 00:14:31.100 They're following Jesus 00:14:31.100 --> 00:14:32.539 around of their own free will. 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:34.220 And Jesus is not 00:14:34.220 --> 00:14:35.519 their military officer 00:14:35.519 --> 00:14:37.080 or their commander. 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:38.240 This is not an army. 00:14:38.740 --> 00:14:40.100 So who is Jesus 00:14:40.100 --> 00:14:41.600 that he commands them 00:14:41.600 --> 00:14:43.480 and they must obey? 00:14:44.340 --> 00:14:45.319 Well, there's more than one 00:14:45.319 --> 00:14:46.580 right answer to that question, 00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:48.759 but I'm only going to highlight one. 00:14:48.759 --> 00:14:50.879 who is Jesus? 00:14:51.819 --> 00:14:53.639 He is their king. 00:14:55.240 --> 00:14:56.500 He's the Messiah. 00:14:58.539 --> 00:15:00.399 Messiah, Christ. 00:15:00.939 --> 00:15:03.220 It means anointed one. 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:04.200 It points us back 00:15:04.200 --> 00:15:06.000 to the prophet Samuel 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:08.519 who God sent to pour oil 00:15:08.519 --> 00:15:09.939 on the head of King David 00:15:09.939 --> 00:15:11.600 to show that yes, 00:15:11.919 --> 00:15:14.340 this is my chosen king 00:15:14.340 --> 00:15:17.720 who will rule over my people Israel. 00:15:18.759 --> 00:15:22.480 and kings command. 00:15:24.120 --> 00:15:25.319 They give orders. 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:27.399 They have authority. 00:15:30.580 --> 00:15:31.799 And it's funny, you know, 00:15:31.899 --> 00:15:32.939 Jesus, I mean, 00:15:32.980 --> 00:15:34.080 he doesn't in any way 00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:36.399 minimize the fact 00:15:36.399 --> 00:15:37.480 that he has this kind 00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:38.379 of authority over them. 00:15:38.419 --> 00:15:39.960 He just speaks as if it's normal. 00:15:40.100 --> 00:15:40.819 If you love me, 00:15:40.860 --> 00:15:42.939 you will keep my commands. 00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:46.360 I've given you commands, 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:48.840 not suggestions, 00:15:49.340 --> 00:15:51.360 not encouragements, 00:15:51.659 --> 00:15:53.060 not instructions 00:15:53.060 --> 00:15:56.060 that are optional commands. 00:15:56.840 --> 00:15:58.980 Jesus commands his followers, 00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:01.500 the disciples, 00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:03.279 by extension, us, 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:06.000 but he has the right to. 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:07.800 He's the Messiah. 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:11.979 He's the king of Israel 00:16:11.979 --> 00:16:14.419 and for all God's people. 00:16:16.059 --> 00:16:17.519 So he has authority. 00:16:19.179 --> 00:16:21.139 And as I was thinking about this, 00:16:21.199 --> 00:16:21.359 you know, 00:16:21.419 --> 00:16:23.259 we really need to let this word 00:16:23.259 --> 00:16:24.799 commands work on us. 00:16:24.799 --> 00:16:27.059 Yes, 00:16:27.359 --> 00:16:29.740 Jesus gives his followers 00:16:29.740 --> 00:16:30.939 orders, 00:16:31.919 --> 00:16:32.419 commands 00:16:32.419 --> 00:16:35.079 to do things, 00:16:35.379 --> 00:16:36.659 to not do things. 00:16:37.299 --> 00:16:38.539 And it's not because 00:16:38.539 --> 00:16:39.399 he's domineering 00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:41.399 or controlling. 00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:43.500 He has every right 00:16:43.500 --> 00:16:44.219 to command us 00:16:44.219 --> 00:16:45.839 just because of who he is. 00:16:46.979 --> 00:16:48.219 He's here to give us 00:16:48.219 --> 00:16:50.500 God's commands for us. 00:16:51.419 --> 00:16:52.440 He serves God 00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:53.899 as our king. 00:16:55.279 --> 00:16:56.299 And this should really 00:16:56.299 --> 00:16:56.960 change the way 00:16:56.960 --> 00:16:57.600 that we think 00:16:57.600 --> 00:16:59.179 about all that Jesus said 00:16:59.179 --> 00:17:00.259 and taught. 00:17:02.620 --> 00:17:04.220 If you're a follower of Jesus, 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:06.880 if you believe in his name, 00:17:08.339 --> 00:17:08.980 if you believe 00:17:08.980 --> 00:17:10.079 that he is the Messiah, 00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:11.079 just like the men 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:11.839 around the table, 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:12.559 the disciples, 00:17:14.220 --> 00:17:14.880 you too 00:17:14.880 --> 00:17:16.359 are obligated 00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:17.579 to obey 00:17:17.579 --> 00:17:18.619 his commands. 00:17:18.619 --> 00:17:20.779 He is the king. 00:17:22.459 --> 00:17:23.199 That's the kind 00:17:23.199 --> 00:17:23.819 of relationship 00:17:23.819 --> 00:17:24.619 Jesus has 00:17:24.619 --> 00:17:25.419 with his followers. 00:17:26.579 --> 00:17:27.779 He gives commands 00:17:27.779 --> 00:17:29.799 and we are to obey them. 00:17:30.739 --> 00:17:31.959 But now let's consider 00:17:31.959 --> 00:17:32.619 where love 00:17:32.619 --> 00:17:33.719 enters into this. 00:17:34.599 --> 00:17:35.459 Three times 00:17:35.459 --> 00:17:35.839 Jesus 00:17:35.839 --> 00:17:37.579 makes it clear 00:17:37.579 --> 00:17:38.599 that love 00:17:38.599 --> 00:17:39.279 is somehow 00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:40.199 a part of this. 00:17:40.500 --> 00:17:41.279 In verse 15 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:41.759 he says, 00:17:41.899 --> 00:17:42.739 if you love me, 00:17:43.239 --> 00:17:43.799 you will keep 00:17:43.799 --> 00:17:44.500 my commands. 00:17:46.259 --> 00:17:47.379 In verse 21, 00:17:47.380 --> 00:17:48.380 whoever has 00:17:48.380 --> 00:17:49.060 my commands 00:17:49.060 --> 00:17:50.060 and keeps them 00:17:50.060 --> 00:17:51.500 is the one 00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:52.300 who loves me. 00:17:53.260 --> 00:17:54.520 In verse 23, 00:17:54.700 --> 00:17:55.000 again, 00:17:55.200 --> 00:17:56.820 anyone who loves me 00:17:56.820 --> 00:17:58.720 will obey 00:17:58.720 --> 00:18:00.240 my teaching. 00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:03.040 What does love 00:18:03.040 --> 00:18:04.220 have to do 00:18:04.220 --> 00:18:05.500 with obedience 00:18:05.500 --> 00:18:07.940 to a commanding king? 00:18:07.940 --> 00:18:10.620 well, 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:11.039 first, 00:18:11.640 --> 00:18:12.480 Jesus says 00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:13.640 that our love 00:18:13.640 --> 00:18:14.019 for him 00:18:14.019 --> 00:18:15.120 should be the basis 00:18:15.120 --> 00:18:16.900 of our obedience. 00:18:17.700 --> 00:18:18.960 It's the foundation 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:20.600 for our obedience 00:18:20.600 --> 00:18:21.539 to his commands. 00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:22.720 If you love me, 00:18:23.380 --> 00:18:24.559 you will do this. 00:18:25.400 --> 00:18:26.740 You will do the things 00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:28.440 I have commanded. 00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:29.960 Now, 00:18:30.019 --> 00:18:30.759 this might be hard 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:31.740 for us to accept 00:18:31.740 --> 00:18:32.920 or it might, 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:34.440 in some of our hearts, 00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:35.440 it might just rub us 00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:36.779 the wrong way. 00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:37.579 Maybe your mind 00:18:37.579 --> 00:18:38.399 goes to some 00:18:38.399 --> 00:18:39.700 unhealthy relationship 00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:41.299 that you've been 00:18:41.299 --> 00:18:41.879 a part of 00:18:41.879 --> 00:18:43.180 or that you've seen. 00:18:44.200 --> 00:18:44.980 Maybe you think 00:18:44.980 --> 00:18:45.440 of somebody 00:18:45.440 --> 00:18:45.899 who's tried 00:18:45.899 --> 00:18:47.019 to manipulate you 00:18:47.019 --> 00:18:48.720 or who's tried 00:18:48.720 --> 00:18:49.379 to coerce you 00:18:49.379 --> 00:18:50.160 into doing something 00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:50.680 that you didn't 00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:51.359 want to do 00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:54.559 and maybe said 00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:55.259 something similar 00:18:55.259 --> 00:18:55.660 to this. 00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:56.339 If you love me, 00:18:56.379 --> 00:18:57.319 you'll do what I say. 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:00.879 Perhaps the first 00:19:00.879 --> 00:19:01.399 thing we need 00:19:01.399 --> 00:19:01.960 to do here 00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:02.599 is to remember 00:19:02.599 --> 00:19:03.240 that Jesus 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:04.579 is not like 00:19:04.579 --> 00:19:05.779 the manipulators 00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:07.140 that we have 00:19:07.140 --> 00:19:08.019 known and seen. 00:19:08.559 --> 00:19:09.880 He is the perfect 00:19:09.880 --> 00:19:11.259 son of God. 00:19:12.339 --> 00:19:13.500 He has come 00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:15.460 to command us 00:19:15.460 --> 00:19:16.359 to do the things 00:19:16.359 --> 00:19:17.200 that God 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:18.599 commands us to do 00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:19.799 and wants us to do. 00:19:21.880 --> 00:19:23.440 And God has the right. 00:19:24.980 --> 00:19:27.160 He has that place. 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:27.480 I mean, 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:28.160 he's God. 00:19:28.440 --> 00:19:29.460 He made us. 00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:31.599 We belong to him. 00:19:31.599 --> 00:19:33.759 Not only that, 00:19:33.819 --> 00:19:34.579 but he's good. 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:35.779 He's glorious. 00:19:36.259 --> 00:19:37.079 He's worthy 00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:38.519 of not just our praise 00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:39.099 and our worship, 00:19:39.219 --> 00:19:40.859 but also our obedience. 00:19:43.019 --> 00:19:44.000 And then the Bible 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:44.859 goes even further 00:19:44.859 --> 00:19:45.719 and tells us 00:19:45.719 --> 00:19:47.000 that the way 00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:48.399 that God loves us 00:19:48.399 --> 00:19:50.099 is such that 00:19:50.099 --> 00:19:51.240 he gives us commands 00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:52.339 not just because 00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:53.500 he can or wants to, 00:19:53.619 --> 00:19:55.139 but for our benefit, 00:19:55.839 --> 00:19:57.159 for our good, 00:19:57.240 --> 00:19:58.139 because that is 00:19:58.139 --> 00:19:59.139 what leads to 00:19:59.139 --> 00:20:00.039 the happy, 00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:00.959 the joyful, 00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:02.240 the prosperous life 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:03.579 that he wants 00:20:03.579 --> 00:20:04.460 us to have. 00:20:09.299 --> 00:20:10.039 So no, 00:20:10.180 --> 00:20:10.860 Jesus is not 00:20:10.860 --> 00:20:11.700 trying to manipulate 00:20:11.700 --> 00:20:12.920 or coerce us 00:20:12.920 --> 00:20:13.660 into some kind of 00:20:13.660 --> 00:20:14.640 sick or twisted 00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:15.940 subservience. 00:20:17.220 --> 00:20:17.700 Rather, 00:20:17.840 --> 00:20:18.779 Jesus is showing us 00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:19.259 what a good 00:20:19.259 --> 00:20:20.559 and healthy relationship 00:20:20.559 --> 00:20:21.420 looks like 00:20:21.420 --> 00:20:23.000 between king 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:24.660 and citizens 00:20:24.660 --> 00:20:25.640 of the kingdom, 00:20:26.100 --> 00:20:27.100 between God 00:20:27.100 --> 00:20:27.840 and his people. 00:20:27.940 --> 00:20:28.900 It looks like this. 00:20:28.900 --> 00:20:30.480 we obey 00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:31.540 his commands 00:20:31.540 --> 00:20:33.680 and we do it 00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:35.440 because we love him. 00:20:37.500 --> 00:20:39.060 Our obedience flows 00:20:39.060 --> 00:20:40.340 out of our love 00:20:40.340 --> 00:20:41.800 for the king. 00:20:43.360 --> 00:20:44.519 The best picture 00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:45.560 I can think of this, 00:20:45.660 --> 00:20:46.680 I hope that you guys 00:20:46.680 --> 00:20:47.400 have seen 00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:48.160 or read this, 00:20:48.320 --> 00:20:48.480 but 00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:51.440 maybe you've 00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:52.000 watched 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:52.960 the Lord of the Rings, 00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:54.600 Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, 00:20:54.680 --> 00:20:55.400 or read the book. 00:20:55.400 --> 00:20:57.820 There's a 00:20:57.820 --> 00:21:00.019 vile and self-interested 00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:00.620 steward 00:21:00.620 --> 00:21:02.019 in that story, 00:21:02.140 --> 00:21:02.920 a steward of the 00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:03.960 kingdom of Gondor. 00:21:04.300 --> 00:21:05.420 And everything about 00:21:05.420 --> 00:21:06.360 the way he governs 00:21:06.360 --> 00:21:07.140 just makes you feel 00:21:07.140 --> 00:21:07.660 sick. 00:21:07.940 --> 00:21:08.940 It's all about him. 00:21:09.360 --> 00:21:10.500 That's all he cares about. 00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:12.420 But then there is 00:21:12.420 --> 00:21:13.140 Aragorn, 00:21:13.820 --> 00:21:15.320 the rightful heir 00:21:15.320 --> 00:21:16.640 to the throne 00:21:16.640 --> 00:21:17.540 of Gondor. 00:21:17.960 --> 00:21:19.340 And everything about him 00:21:19.340 --> 00:21:20.000 is noble. 00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:21.680 He's humble. 00:21:22.539 --> 00:21:23.320 He's gentle. 00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:25.039 He's kind. 00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:26.840 He's wise. 00:21:27.519 --> 00:21:28.380 He's courageous. 00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:30.019 He brings out 00:21:30.019 --> 00:21:31.380 the best in others. 00:21:32.060 --> 00:21:33.160 He leads through 00:21:33.160 --> 00:21:34.039 love 00:21:34.039 --> 00:21:35.299 and service. 00:21:36.860 --> 00:21:37.960 Wherever Aragorn 00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:39.440 goes in the story, 00:21:39.560 --> 00:21:40.860 he helps the afflicted. 00:21:41.080 --> 00:21:41.860 He protects 00:21:41.860 --> 00:21:42.500 the weak. 00:21:43.380 --> 00:21:44.600 He puts his life 00:21:44.600 --> 00:21:45.360 on the line 00:21:45.360 --> 00:21:46.039 for others. 00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:48.519 And he does all this 00:21:48.519 --> 00:21:49.620 without a throne 00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:51.479 before he even 00:21:51.479 --> 00:21:52.879 becomes king. 00:21:53.379 --> 00:21:54.119 And so all throughout 00:21:54.119 --> 00:21:54.599 the story, 00:21:54.679 --> 00:21:55.319 we kind of watch 00:21:55.319 --> 00:21:56.039 as all the good 00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:57.359 characters in the story 00:21:57.359 --> 00:22:00.039 become increasingly 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:01.159 more and more happy 00:22:01.159 --> 00:22:02.259 to pledge their 00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:02.879 allegiance 00:22:02.879 --> 00:22:04.339 to this man, 00:22:05.019 --> 00:22:05.839 to this king. 00:22:06.419 --> 00:22:07.439 They want him 00:22:07.439 --> 00:22:08.139 to be king 00:22:08.139 --> 00:22:10.359 because of how 00:22:10.359 --> 00:22:11.059 good he is. 00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:11.759 It's an honor 00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:12.679 to serve him, 00:22:12.899 --> 00:22:13.739 to be commanded 00:22:13.739 --> 00:22:14.319 by him. 00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:15.539 He is worthy 00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:16.219 of the throne. 00:22:16.399 --> 00:22:16.959 He's the kind of 00:22:16.959 --> 00:22:17.919 leader and authority 00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:19.019 that we want, 00:22:19.180 --> 00:22:20.519 that we need. 00:22:21.320 --> 00:22:22.100 And it's under 00:22:22.100 --> 00:22:22.800 his governance 00:22:22.800 --> 00:22:23.460 and command 00:22:23.460 --> 00:22:24.420 that we will all 00:22:24.420 --> 00:22:25.920 flourish and prosper 00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:27.340 and have the freedom 00:22:27.340 --> 00:22:28.200 that we long for 00:22:28.200 --> 00:22:29.080 and be protected 00:22:29.080 --> 00:22:29.900 from the enemy. 00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:31.860 It's a great picture 00:22:31.860 --> 00:22:32.440 of how it is 00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:32.980 with Jesus. 00:22:34.880 --> 00:22:35.800 Our obedience 00:22:35.800 --> 00:22:36.700 should flow 00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:37.680 out of our love 00:22:37.680 --> 00:22:38.140 for him. 00:22:39.060 --> 00:22:40.360 We obey his commands 00:22:40.360 --> 00:22:41.460 because we love him, 00:22:41.500 --> 00:22:42.240 because he is 00:22:42.240 --> 00:22:42.980 that kind of 00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:43.800 good king 00:22:43.800 --> 00:22:45.140 that we want 00:22:45.140 --> 00:22:46.000 and need. 00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:48.360 Everything about him 00:22:48.360 --> 00:22:49.120 is wonderful. 00:22:50.100 --> 00:22:51.060 He's good. 00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:51.800 He's gracious. 00:22:52.120 --> 00:22:52.820 He's humble. 00:22:53.400 --> 00:22:54.500 He's kind. 00:22:55.080 --> 00:22:56.060 He's wise. 00:22:58.060 --> 00:22:58.660 Courageous. 00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:01.000 He laid down 00:23:01.000 --> 00:23:01.540 his life 00:23:01.540 --> 00:23:02.259 for us. 00:23:03.820 --> 00:23:04.980 It's an honor 00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:06.960 to serve the king, 00:23:07.080 --> 00:23:07.820 to be commanded 00:23:07.820 --> 00:23:09.100 by this king. 00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:12.480 Well, 00:23:12.539 --> 00:23:13.579 now is the place 00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.019 where we should 00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:14.679 really pause 00:23:14.679 --> 00:23:15.319 and think about 00:23:15.319 --> 00:23:16.279 our love for Jesus. 00:23:17.379 --> 00:23:18.279 Jesus says, 00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:19.759 if you love me, 00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:23.019 an if statement, 00:23:24.019 --> 00:23:25.639 it kind of forces us 00:23:25.639 --> 00:23:26.480 to that question. 00:23:27.839 --> 00:23:29.740 Do I love Jesus? 00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:34.559 Do you love Jesus? 00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:43.940 And as we reflect 00:23:43.940 --> 00:23:44.379 on that, 00:23:44.460 --> 00:23:45.119 maybe we're thinking, 00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:45.299 well, 00:23:45.339 --> 00:23:46.299 what does that even mean? 00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:47.579 What does it mean 00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:48.740 to love Jesus? 00:23:50.619 --> 00:23:51.419 What kind of love 00:23:51.419 --> 00:23:52.659 are we talking about here? 00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.819 Maybe like just the feeling? 00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:59.519 How does that work? 00:24:01.859 --> 00:24:03.440 If you feel love 00:24:03.440 --> 00:24:04.159 towards me, 00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:05.379 you will obey 00:24:05.379 --> 00:24:06.200 my commands? 00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.440 I don't think 00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.279 that really fits. 00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:11.619 Love is a feeling, 00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.679 but as most of us 00:24:12.679 --> 00:24:13.480 have learned by now, 00:24:13.599 --> 00:24:14.679 feelings are pretty fickle. 00:24:16.139 --> 00:24:17.399 They come and they go. 00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:18.460 They're affected 00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:19.539 by all sorts of things, 00:24:19.639 --> 00:24:20.460 by how much sleep 00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:21.500 we got last night, 00:24:21.919 --> 00:24:23.440 or by when the last time 00:24:23.440 --> 00:24:24.159 we ate was, 00:24:24.220 --> 00:24:25.819 or by what the weather 00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:26.679 looks like outside. 00:24:27.980 --> 00:24:28.879 It's wonderful 00:24:28.879 --> 00:24:30.179 when we feel love 00:24:30.179 --> 00:24:31.039 towards someone 00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:32.139 or something. 00:24:33.139 --> 00:24:34.240 We want to feel that 00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:34.779 all the time 00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.660 towards Jesus, 00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:37.180 towards the members 00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:38.019 of our family, 00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:38.980 right? 00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:41.460 But I think we all know 00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:42.880 that really loving 00:24:42.880 --> 00:24:43.460 a person, 00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:44.559 it's more than 00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:45.279 just a feeling. 00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:47.859 It has to do 00:24:47.859 --> 00:24:49.380 with how we treat them, 00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:50.519 sometimes 00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:52.859 despite how we feel 00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:53.599 towards them. 00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:53.719 love. 00:24:54.919 --> 00:24:56.019 This gets to that 00:24:56.019 --> 00:24:56.980 other side of love, 00:24:57.119 --> 00:24:58.799 that deeper element 00:24:58.799 --> 00:24:59.500 to love. 00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:01.039 It has to do with 00:25:01.039 --> 00:25:02.259 our care 00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:03.579 and concern 00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:05.019 for others. 00:25:07.119 --> 00:25:08.059 It has to do 00:25:08.059 --> 00:25:09.039 with how we treat them, 00:25:09.719 --> 00:25:11.519 not just how we feel 00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:12.039 about them. 00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:14.299 And family relationships 00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:15.000 are the place 00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:16.779 where we get 00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.839 lots of opportunity 00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:18.699 to see love 00:25:18.699 --> 00:25:19.519 in action. 00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:22.420 here we see 00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:23.720 that commitment 00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:25.539 side of love, 00:25:25.639 --> 00:25:26.379 that loyalty 00:25:26.379 --> 00:25:27.379 side of love, 00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:30.579 that I'm going to be 00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:31.180 there 00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:32.599 and care for you 00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:34.019 and support you 00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:35.539 in sickness 00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:36.579 and in health, 00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:38.440 for better 00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:39.160 or for worse. 00:25:40.639 --> 00:25:41.619 Love is not 00:25:41.619 --> 00:25:42.319 just a feeling. 00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.099 There are times 00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:44.200 when love 00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:45.240 is a choice. 00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:47.400 it's in action. 00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.599 It's that deeper 00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:49.079 attitude 00:25:49.079 --> 00:25:50.099 towards others. 00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:51.019 So now, 00:25:51.279 --> 00:25:52.200 take this deeper 00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:53.359 truth about love 00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:54.640 and hear these 00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:55.380 words of Jesus 00:25:55.380 --> 00:25:55.799 again. 00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:57.019 If you love me, 00:25:58.019 --> 00:25:58.759 you will keep 00:25:58.759 --> 00:26:00.559 my commands. 00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.900 Jesus is not 00:26:02.900 --> 00:26:03.720 promising that 00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.740 obeying him 00:26:04.740 --> 00:26:05.599 will always 00:26:05.599 --> 00:26:06.299 feel easy 00:26:06.299 --> 00:26:07.380 or that we'll 00:26:07.380 --> 00:26:08.220 always like 00:26:08.220 --> 00:26:08.880 to do it 00:26:08.880 --> 00:26:09.420 or love 00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:10.079 to do it. 00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:11.980 In fact, 00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.400 there are many 00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:13.039 times when we 00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.640 must just 00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:14.640 simply choose. 00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:15.960 to obey, 00:26:16.799 --> 00:26:18.539 to do the thing 00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.819 Jesus has commanded 00:26:19.819 --> 00:26:21.380 because we love 00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:21.720 him 00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:24.259 despite how 00:26:24.259 --> 00:26:24.859 we're feeling. 00:26:26.339 --> 00:26:27.180 I was reading 00:26:27.180 --> 00:26:27.960 through the Psalms 00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:29.500 this week 00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.839 and here's a prayer 00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:31.400 of David 00:26:31.400 --> 00:26:32.720 in Psalm 141 00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.299 verse 4. 00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:34.940 He prays to God 00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:35.440 and says, 00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:37.339 do not let my heart 00:26:37.339 --> 00:26:38.079 be drawn 00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:39.380 to what is evil 00:26:39.380 --> 00:26:40.700 so that I take part 00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:41.720 in wicked deeds 00:26:41.720 --> 00:26:42.460 along with those 00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:43.460 who are evildoers. 00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:46.059 Now, 00:26:46.120 --> 00:26:46.600 why would you 00:26:46.600 --> 00:26:47.180 pray a prayer 00:26:47.180 --> 00:26:47.720 like that? 00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.160 Why would you 00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:48.819 ask something 00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:49.380 like that 00:26:49.380 --> 00:26:49.940 unless you 00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:51.160 feel that pull 00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:51.880 in your heart 00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:53.079 towards the 00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:53.940 things that 00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.440 are evil? 00:26:58.680 --> 00:26:59.819 There are times 00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.539 when we must 00:27:00.539 --> 00:27:01.519 choose to obey 00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:01.980 Jesus, 00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:03.319 to do what he 00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:03.799 commanded 00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:05.420 because we love 00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:05.700 him 00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:07.059 even though we 00:27:07.059 --> 00:27:08.100 don't feel like 00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:08.319 it. 00:27:14.500 --> 00:27:15.359 Let's look down 00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:15.819 a little bit 00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:17.759 to verse 21. 00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:20.000 Jesus says there, 00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:20.779 whoever has 00:27:20.779 --> 00:27:21.500 my commands 00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.759 and keeps them 00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:24.500 is the one 00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.659 who loves me. 00:27:27.659 --> 00:27:28.559 It's said maybe 00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:29.139 a little bit 00:27:29.139 --> 00:27:29.599 differently. 00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:30.819 Literally, 00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:31.779 the one having 00:27:31.779 --> 00:27:32.439 my commands 00:27:32.439 --> 00:27:33.240 and keeping them, 00:27:33.899 --> 00:27:34.480 that one 00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:35.599 is the one 00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:36.619 who loves me. 00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:38.519 another truth 00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:39.359 emerges here. 00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.679 Obedience 00:27:41.679 --> 00:27:42.619 to Jesus' 00:27:42.859 --> 00:27:43.239 commands 00:27:43.239 --> 00:27:45.079 is the mark 00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:46.439 of the person 00:27:46.439 --> 00:27:47.099 who truly 00:27:47.099 --> 00:27:48.119 loves Jesus. 00:27:49.439 --> 00:27:50.479 There is a 00:27:50.479 --> 00:27:50.839 visible 00:27:50.839 --> 00:27:52.179 and obvious 00:27:52.179 --> 00:27:53.059 indicator of 00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:53.719 whether a person 00:27:53.719 --> 00:27:54.919 really loves 00:27:54.919 --> 00:27:55.519 Jesus. 00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:57.419 Do they keep 00:27:57.419 --> 00:27:57.979 the commands 00:27:57.979 --> 00:27:58.559 of Jesus? 00:27:58.559 --> 00:28:01.759 Now we're 00:28:01.759 --> 00:28:02.379 being asked 00:28:02.379 --> 00:28:03.059 a different 00:28:03.059 --> 00:28:03.559 question. 00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:06.059 Not do I 00:28:06.059 --> 00:28:06.480 love, 00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:08.159 but am I 00:28:08.159 --> 00:28:09.319 actually obeying 00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:10.799 the commands 00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.440 that Jesus 00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:12.379 gave? 00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.899 We look down 00:28:20.899 --> 00:28:22.379 to verse 23 00:28:22.379 --> 00:28:22.759 now. 00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:24.700 This is the 00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.500 last time 00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:26.079 he says it. 00:28:26.139 --> 00:28:26.839 Whoever has 00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:27.500 my commands 00:28:27.500 --> 00:28:28.039 and keeps 00:28:28.039 --> 00:28:28.359 them. 00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:29.640 No, 00:28:29.759 --> 00:28:30.059 sorry, 00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.900 there it is. 00:28:31.420 --> 00:28:31.960 Anyone who 00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:32.700 loves me 00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.500 will obey 00:28:33.500 --> 00:28:34.759 my teaching, 00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:35.200 literally, 00:28:35.339 --> 00:28:35.779 will keep 00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.519 my word. 00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:40.680 My father 00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.240 will love 00:28:41.240 --> 00:28:42.220 him and 00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:42.500 we will 00:28:42.500 --> 00:28:42.940 come to 00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:43.380 him and 00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:44.220 make our 00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:45.140 home with 00:28:45.140 --> 00:28:45.380 him. 00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:47.019 This is a 00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.359 wonderful 00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:47.920 promise. 00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:50.559 There is 00:28:50.559 --> 00:28:51.220 and there 00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.660 will be 00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:52.339 more to 00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:53.200 this relationship 00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:53.819 than just 00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:54.460 our loving 00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:55.180 Jesus and 00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:55.859 our obeying 00:28:55.859 --> 00:28:56.579 his commands. 00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:58.539 love will 00:28:58.539 --> 00:28:59.059 flow both 00:28:59.059 --> 00:28:59.460 ways. 00:29:00.419 --> 00:29:01.079 Our love 00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:01.779 flows to 00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.519 Jesus as 00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.359 we obey 00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:04.919 him and 00:29:04.919 --> 00:29:05.539 it flows 00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:06.159 from the 00:29:06.159 --> 00:29:06.579 father, 00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.599 from God 00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:08.619 to us 00:29:08.619 --> 00:29:09.639 as we 00:29:09.639 --> 00:29:10.279 obey him. 00:29:12.159 --> 00:29:13.159 My father 00:29:13.159 --> 00:29:13.779 will love 00:29:13.779 --> 00:29:14.339 the person 00:29:14.339 --> 00:29:15.000 who loves 00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:17.259 me and 00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:17.839 keeps my 00:29:17.839 --> 00:29:18.240 word. 00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:19.399 This is 00:29:19.399 --> 00:29:19.960 perhaps a 00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:20.679 special love. 00:29:21.419 --> 00:29:21.599 I mean, 00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:22.139 it seems that 00:29:22.139 --> 00:29:22.559 God has 00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:23.259 loved everyone 00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:23.720 even just 00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:24.319 by sending 00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:25.039 Jesus in 00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:25.400 the first 00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:25.879 place. 00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:27.720 But there 00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:28.240 is perhaps 00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:28.640 a love 00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:29.279 upon that 00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:29.819 love for 00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.440 those who 00:29:30.440 --> 00:29:31.599 love his 00:29:31.599 --> 00:29:32.740 son and 00:29:32.740 --> 00:29:33.839 keep his 00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.180 word. 00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:36.099 My father 00:29:36.099 --> 00:29:36.759 will love 00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.799 that person, 00:29:38.039 --> 00:29:39.599 says Jesus. 00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:42.279 And then 00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:43.119 this sweet 00:29:43.119 --> 00:29:43.839 promise which 00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:44.339 follows, 00:29:45.440 --> 00:29:46.140 and we 00:29:46.140 --> 00:29:46.960 will come 00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:47.420 to him. 00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:48.759 We will 00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:49.099 come to 00:29:49.099 --> 00:29:49.720 that person. 00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:52.519 not just 00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.200 I will 00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:53.620 come to 00:29:53.620 --> 00:29:53.799 him, 00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:54.400 but we, 00:29:54.860 --> 00:29:55.460 father and 00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:55.900 son, 00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:56.660 we will 00:29:56.660 --> 00:29:57.140 come to 00:29:57.140 --> 00:29:57.400 him. 00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.900 This will 00:30:00.900 --> 00:30:01.299 no longer 00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:01.880 be what 00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:02.420 seems like 00:30:02.420 --> 00:30:03.100 a long 00:30:03.100 --> 00:30:03.900 distance 00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:04.839 relationship. 00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:06.000 Jesus says 00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.259 we will 00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:06.700 come to 00:30:06.700 --> 00:30:07.200 him and 00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:07.519 we will 00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:08.240 make our 00:30:08.240 --> 00:30:09.759 home with 00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.019 him. 00:30:13.100 --> 00:30:13.620 That's 00:30:13.620 --> 00:30:13.860 what this 00:30:13.860 --> 00:30:14.160 is all 00:30:14.160 --> 00:30:14.480 about. 00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.680 It's about 00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.360 a relationship 00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:18.240 between God 00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:19.680 and us. 00:30:19.720 --> 00:30:21.839 maybe you 00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:22.420 remember back 00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:23.380 to earlier 00:30:23.380 --> 00:30:23.720 in the 00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.100 chapter. 00:30:27.100 --> 00:30:27.819 In my 00:30:27.819 --> 00:30:28.279 father's 00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.640 house, 00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:29.720 there are 00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:30.160 many 00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:33.680 rooms. 00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.559 Same 00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:35.079 word here. 00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:35.559 Many 00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:36.500 dwelling 00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:37.039 spaces, 00:30:37.220 --> 00:30:38.039 many abodes. 00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:40.960 That's what 00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.400 he's saying 00:30:41.400 --> 00:30:41.740 here. 00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:42.380 We will 00:30:42.380 --> 00:30:42.779 come to 00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:42.940 him, 00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:43.200 we will 00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:43.880 make our 00:30:43.880 --> 00:30:44.360 home, 00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:44.660 our 00:30:44.660 --> 00:30:45.220 dwelling 00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.880 with 00:30:45.880 --> 00:30:46.160 him. 00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:47.920 That's 00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:48.500 the promise. 00:30:48.500 --> 00:30:49.519 a good 00:30:49.519 --> 00:30:50.579 king and 00:30:50.579 --> 00:30:51.160 his people 00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:51.980 together. 00:30:52.619 --> 00:30:53.319 A good 00:30:53.319 --> 00:30:54.000 God and 00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.599 his people 00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:55.400 together, 00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:56.559 living together 00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:56.980 forever. 00:30:57.099 --> 00:30:57.680 That's the 00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.460 trajectory 00:30:58.460 --> 00:30:58.980 here. 00:31:01.619 --> 00:31:02.460 But just 00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:02.759 like the 00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.180 disciples, 00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:04.359 for now, 00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.279 we live in 00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:05.819 the meantime. 00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:07.380 Jesus hasn't 00:31:07.380 --> 00:31:07.880 come back 00:31:07.880 --> 00:31:08.160 yet, 00:31:08.660 --> 00:31:10.059 and this is 00:31:10.059 --> 00:31:10.539 how God 00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:11.039 wants us 00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.519 to live. 00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:13.720 in 00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:14.220 anticipation 00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:15.000 of the 00:31:15.000 --> 00:31:15.519 return of 00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:15.940 the king, 00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:17.319 if you 00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:17.960 love me, 00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.319 you will 00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:20.440 keep my 00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:20.960 commands. 00:31:23.920 --> 00:31:24.559 That's the 00:31:24.559 --> 00:31:25.059 end of my 00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:25.879 sermon this 00:31:25.879 --> 00:31:26.200 morning, 00:31:26.379 --> 00:31:27.339 but now 00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:28.099 it's your 00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:28.779 turn to 00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.200 preach to 00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:29.460 me. 00:31:30.420 --> 00:31:30.779 I mean, 00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:31.500 we couldn't 00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:31.940 go through 00:31:31.940 --> 00:31:32.359 this whole 00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:33.039 message and 00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.720 really get a 00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:33.960 lot of 00:31:33.960 --> 00:31:34.539 benefit out 00:31:34.539 --> 00:31:36.139 of it if 00:31:36.139 --> 00:31:36.460 we didn't 00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:36.980 even talk 00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:37.440 about what 00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:37.980 the commands 00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.440 of Jesus 00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:38.799 are, 00:31:38.859 --> 00:31:39.079 right? 00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:41.059 It's not 00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:41.460 enough to 00:31:41.460 --> 00:31:41.899 just have a 00:31:41.899 --> 00:31:42.559 general change 00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:43.059 of heart or 00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:43.960 attitude towards 00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.500 the commands 00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:45.000 of Jesus. 00:31:45.299 --> 00:31:45.980 We actually 00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.399 have to do 00:31:46.399 --> 00:31:46.599 them. 00:31:46.659 --> 00:31:46.960 We have to 00:31:46.960 --> 00:31:47.519 obey them. 00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.819 So what are 00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.059 they? 00:31:49.659 --> 00:31:49.980 So I'm 00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:50.960 going to turn 00:31:50.960 --> 00:31:51.359 the sermon 00:31:51.359 --> 00:31:52.000 over to you 00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:53.279 guys for a 00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:53.599 little bit 00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:53.879 here. 00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:56.019 What are the 00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.579 commands of 00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:57.139 Jesus to 00:31:57.139 --> 00:31:57.720 his followers? 00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.599 Love one 00:32:00.599 --> 00:32:00.960 another. 00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.399 Make 00:32:05.399 --> 00:32:06.720 disciples of 00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.439 all nations. 00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:10.599 preach the 00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:11.059 gospel, 00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:12.960 the good 00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.319 news. 00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:16.019 Don't be 00:32:16.019 --> 00:32:16.259 shy. 00:32:16.399 --> 00:32:16.699 Shut them 00:32:16.699 --> 00:32:16.839 out. 00:32:16.919 --> 00:32:17.460 There's lots 00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:17.899 of them. 00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:19.939 Do unto 00:32:19.939 --> 00:32:21.119 others as 00:32:21.119 --> 00:32:21.279 you would 00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:21.519 have them 00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:21.819 do unto 00:32:21.819 --> 00:32:21.980 you. 00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:22.519 Treat them. 00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:22.980 Yeah. 00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:29.339 Okay. 00:32:29.980 --> 00:32:30.379 Yeah. 00:32:30.639 --> 00:32:31.019 Love the 00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.379 Lord your 00:32:31.379 --> 00:32:31.759 God with 00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.000 all your 00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.179 heart, 00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:32.419 soul, 00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:32.699 mind, 00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:33.220 and strength 00:32:33.220 --> 00:32:33.839 above all 00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:34.299 things. 00:32:35.859 --> 00:32:36.639 What else? 00:32:38.559 --> 00:32:38.960 Pray. 00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:40.980 Yeah. 00:32:45.419 --> 00:32:46.279 What else? 00:32:48.419 --> 00:32:49.159 Obey his 00:32:49.159 --> 00:32:49.599 commands. 00:32:50.139 --> 00:32:50.419 Yep. 00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:51.099 That's one 00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:51.419 of them. 00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:55.019 To love 00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.439 truth. 00:33:02.240 --> 00:33:02.939 Remain in 00:33:02.939 --> 00:33:03.460 me or 00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:04.079 abide in 00:33:04.079 --> 00:33:04.359 me. 00:33:05.399 --> 00:33:05.919 Yes. 00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:06.519 Stay 00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:07.199 connected to 00:33:07.199 --> 00:33:07.439 me. 00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:09.440 forgive. 00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:09.779 Forgive. 00:33:10.779 --> 00:33:11.600 Yes. 00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.140 Forgive. 00:33:13.100 --> 00:33:13.720 That's a 00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:14.160 tough one. 00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.960 What else? 00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:19.420 Love your 00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:19.900 enemies. 00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:24.420 Seek first 00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:25.820 his kingdom 00:33:25.820 --> 00:33:26.539 and his 00:33:26.539 --> 00:33:27.039 righteousness. 00:33:28.360 --> 00:33:28.580 Yeah. 00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:30.240 acknowledge 00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:30.779 there is 00:33:30.779 --> 00:33:30.980 no 00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:31.299 God 00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:31.720 except 00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.899 Jesus. 00:33:34.159 --> 00:33:34.599 Okay. 00:33:34.839 --> 00:33:35.119 Yeah. 00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.559 Acknowledge 00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:37.179 Jesus. 00:33:44.579 --> 00:33:45.359 Do not 00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:45.799 be anxious 00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:46.159 about 00:33:46.159 --> 00:33:46.579 anything. 00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:47.099 Do not 00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:47.720 worry about 00:33:47.720 --> 00:33:48.299 your life, 00:33:48.359 --> 00:33:48.579 what you 00:33:48.579 --> 00:33:48.919 will eat 00:33:48.919 --> 00:33:49.379 or drink 00:33:49.379 --> 00:33:49.740 or what 00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:50.000 you will 00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.299 wear. 00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:58.500 fear not. 00:33:58.500 --> 00:33:58.519 Fear not. 00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:03.000 Yeah. 00:34:11.400 --> 00:34:11.920 Yes. 00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:12.460 Take up 00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:12.960 your cross 00:34:12.960 --> 00:34:13.460 and follow 00:34:13.460 --> 00:34:13.779 me, 00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:14.420 said Jesus. 00:34:19.420 --> 00:34:19.980 Repent. 00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:20.840 Turn away 00:34:20.840 --> 00:34:21.240 from your 00:34:21.240 --> 00:34:21.640 sins. 00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:22.160 Yes. 00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:24.260 Trust. 00:34:26.600 --> 00:34:26.880 Yeah. 00:34:27.360 --> 00:34:27.940 Believe in 00:34:27.940 --> 00:34:28.300 God. 00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.440 Believe also 00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:29.880 in me, 00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:30.480 said Jesus. 00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:36.039 Okay. 00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:36.760 Yeah. 00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:37.380 Present your 00:34:37.380 --> 00:34:37.920 body as a 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:38.660 living sacrifice. 00:34:41.860 --> 00:34:42.660 This is a 00:34:42.660 --> 00:34:43.880 great sample 00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:45.200 that you've 00:34:45.200 --> 00:34:46.180 given of 00:34:46.180 --> 00:34:46.720 the commands 00:34:46.720 --> 00:34:47.280 of Jesus. 00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:48.300 It's so 00:34:48.300 --> 00:34:48.760 important that 00:34:48.760 --> 00:34:49.160 we know what 00:34:49.160 --> 00:34:49.820 they are because 00:34:49.820 --> 00:34:50.380 how can we 00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:50.860 do them 00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:52.140 if we don't 00:34:52.140 --> 00:34:52.400 know what 00:34:52.400 --> 00:34:52.800 they are. 00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:55.080 This is the 00:34:55.080 --> 00:34:55.640 kind of life 00:34:55.640 --> 00:34:56.100 that Jesus 00:34:56.100 --> 00:34:56.720 is calling 00:34:56.720 --> 00:34:57.200 us to. 00:34:57.780 --> 00:34:58.340 And it's 00:34:58.340 --> 00:34:58.980 not that 00:34:58.980 --> 00:34:59.260 we'll do 00:34:59.260 --> 00:34:59.860 it perfectly. 00:35:00.140 --> 00:35:00.580 He knows 00:35:00.580 --> 00:35:00.920 that. 00:35:02.620 --> 00:35:03.400 Jesus died 00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:03.860 so that we 00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:04.160 could be 00:35:04.160 --> 00:35:04.780 forgiven for 00:35:04.780 --> 00:35:05.380 all of our 00:35:05.380 --> 00:35:06.920 falling short 00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.400 of that. 00:35:08.680 --> 00:35:09.320 But this 00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:10.440 is what 00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:10.720 he has 00:35:10.720 --> 00:35:11.120 called us 00:35:11.120 --> 00:35:11.420 to do, 00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:11.820 how he's 00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:12.200 called us 00:35:12.200 --> 00:35:12.640 to live. 00:35:12.780 --> 00:35:13.200 All of 00:35:13.200 --> 00:35:13.880 these things 00:35:13.880 --> 00:35:14.640 and the 00:35:14.640 --> 00:35:15.180 ones that we 00:35:15.180 --> 00:35:15.800 didn't even 00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:16.760 get to yet, 00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:18.080 these are 00:35:18.080 --> 00:35:18.560 the commands 00:35:18.560 --> 00:35:19.080 of Jesus 00:35:19.080 --> 00:35:19.680 and Jesus 00:35:19.680 --> 00:35:20.060 says, 00:35:20.200 --> 00:35:20.360 if you 00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:20.900 love me, 00:35:21.780 --> 00:35:22.100 you will 00:35:22.100 --> 00:35:22.500 keep my 00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:22.940 commands. 00:35:24.100 --> 00:35:24.580 Let's 00:35:24.580 --> 00:35:24.820 pray. 00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:29.100 Father in 00:35:29.100 --> 00:35:29.320 heaven, 00:35:29.820 --> 00:35:30.660 thank you 00:35:30.660 --> 00:35:31.200 for your 00:35:31.200 --> 00:35:31.560 word. 00:35:32.140 --> 00:35:32.580 Thank you 00:35:32.580 --> 00:35:32.900 for the 00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:33.380 truth that 00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:33.740 you bring 00:35:33.740 --> 00:35:34.260 to us. 00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:36.720 I pray 00:35:36.720 --> 00:35:37.120 and ask 00:35:37.120 --> 00:35:37.580 Lord that 00:35:37.580 --> 00:35:38.040 you would 00:35:38.040 --> 00:35:39.560 help us 00:35:39.560 --> 00:35:39.940 as we 00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:40.420 seek to 00:35:40.420 --> 00:35:40.760 live in 00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:41.100 obedience 00:35:41.100 --> 00:35:41.800 to Jesus. 00:35:42.640 --> 00:35:42.980 Lord, 00:35:43.040 --> 00:35:43.540 we confess 00:35:43.540 --> 00:35:44.100 right now 00:35:44.100 --> 00:35:44.560 it's not 00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:46.139 easy and 00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:46.539 there's so 00:35:46.539 --> 00:35:47.079 many times 00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:48.619 that we 00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:48.860 want to 00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.139 do other 00:35:49.139 --> 00:35:49.579 things. 00:35:49.759 --> 00:35:49.980 We want 00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:51.639 to do 00:35:51.639 --> 00:35:52.000 some of 00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.320 the things 00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:52.699 you told 00:35:52.699 --> 00:35:53.059 us not 00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.460 to do 00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:53.799 or we 00:35:53.799 --> 00:35:54.900 want to 00:35:54.900 --> 00:35:57.279 just shirk 00:35:57.279 --> 00:35:57.900 off the 00:35:57.900 --> 00:35:58.340 things that 00:35:58.340 --> 00:35:58.840 you called 00:35:58.840 --> 00:35:59.500 us to do. 00:36:01.199 --> 00:36:01.960 And so we 00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.579 pray and ask 00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:03.159 like David 00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:03.820 did that you 00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:05.019 would not 00:36:05.019 --> 00:36:05.519 allow our 00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:06.059 hearts to 00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:06.599 go there, 00:36:06.759 --> 00:36:07.299 to be drawn 00:36:07.299 --> 00:36:07.779 to those 00:36:07.779 --> 00:36:08.139 things. 00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:08.659 We ask 00:36:08.659 --> 00:36:08.980 that you 00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.559 would enable 00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:09.880 us, 00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:10.139 that you 00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:10.659 would fill 00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:11.099 us with 00:36:11.099 --> 00:36:12.400 a holy 00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:13.739 desire to 00:36:13.739 --> 00:36:14.340 serve you 00:36:14.340 --> 00:36:15.559 remind us 00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:16.380 every day 00:36:16.380 --> 00:36:17.100 of just 00:36:17.100 --> 00:36:18.320 the awesome 00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:18.920 and wonderful 00:36:18.920 --> 00:36:19.460 king that 00:36:19.460 --> 00:36:19.840 you are, 00:36:20.840 --> 00:36:21.660 of your 00:36:21.660 --> 00:36:22.320 great love 00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:22.900 for us, 00:36:23.700 --> 00:36:24.600 and lead 00:36:24.600 --> 00:36:25.059 us in 00:36:25.059 --> 00:36:25.460 obedience, 00:36:25.720 --> 00:36:26.019 lead us 00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:26.400 in doing 00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:27.019 all those 00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.519 works that 00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:28.019 you prepared 00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.660 in advance 00:36:28.660 --> 00:36:29.400 for us 00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:29.840 to do, 00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:31.280 for the 00:36:31.280 --> 00:36:31.960 blessing and 00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:32.519 building up 00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:32.860 of each 00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:33.160 other, 00:36:33.900 --> 00:36:34.600 our families, 00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:35.800 and for the 00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:36.240 people here 00:36:36.240 --> 00:36:36.700 in Davidson. 00:36:37.700 --> 00:36:38.480 We ask 00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:39.220 this for the 00:36:39.220 --> 00:36:39.640 glory of 00:36:39.640 --> 00:36:40.000 Christ. 00:36:40.860 --> 00:36:41.160 Amen.