WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.480 Luke 19, verse 45. 00:00:04.960 --> 00:00:09.720 When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling. 00:00:10.220 --> 00:00:14.820 It is written, he said to them, my house will be a house of prayer, 00:00:15.599 --> 00:00:18.940 but you have made it a den of robbers. 00:00:20.359 --> 00:00:25.199 Every day he was teaching at the temple, but the chief priests, the teachers of the law, 00:00:25.240 --> 00:00:28.000 and the leaders among the people were trying to kill him. 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:35.939 Yet they could not find any way to do it, because all the people hung on his words. 00:00:36.980 --> 00:00:42.100 One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the good news, 00:00:42.560 --> 00:00:46.659 the chief priests and the teachers of the law, together with the elders, came up to him. 00:00:47.439 --> 00:00:51.859 Tell us, by what authority you are doing these things, they said. 00:00:52.420 --> 00:00:54.179 Who gave you this authority? 00:00:54.179 --> 00:00:59.560 He replied, I will also ask you a question. 00:01:00.399 --> 00:01:07.480 Tell me, John's baptism, was it from heaven or of human origin? 00:01:08.359 --> 00:01:15.460 They discussed it among themselves and said, well, if we say from heaven, he will ask, 00:01:15.459 --> 00:01:17.439 why didn't you believe him? 00:01:18.179 --> 00:01:24.519 But if we say it's of human origin, all the people will stone us, 00:01:24.519 --> 00:01:28.000 because they are persuaded that John was a prophet. 00:01:29.500 --> 00:01:32.919 So they answered, we don't know where it was from. 00:01:34.099 --> 00:01:39.739 Jesus said, neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things. 00:01:39.739 --> 00:01:42.819 He went on to tell the people this parable. 00:01:43.439 --> 00:01:47.679 A man planted a vineyard, rented it to some farmers, went away for a long time. 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:53.179 At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants so they would give him some of the fruit of the vineyard. 00:01:53.759 --> 00:01:56.919 But the tenants beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 00:01:57.959 --> 00:02:04.519 He sent another servant, but that one they also beat and treated shamefully and sent away empty-handed. 00:02:04.519 --> 00:02:08.599 He sent still a third, and they wounded him and threw him out. 00:02:09.340 --> 00:02:12.299 Then the owner of the vineyard said, what shall I do? 00:02:12.840 --> 00:02:15.060 I will send my son whom I love. 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:17.400 Perhaps they will respect him. 00:02:18.280 --> 00:02:21.000 But when the tenants saw him, they talked the matter over. 00:02:21.680 --> 00:02:24.300 This is the heir, they said. 00:02:24.900 --> 00:02:29.039 Let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours. 00:02:29.659 --> 00:02:32.579 So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. 00:02:32.580 --> 00:02:37.040 What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? 00:02:37.780 --> 00:02:41.860 He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others. 00:02:43.060 --> 00:02:46.420 When the people heard this, they said, God forbid. 00:02:47.700 --> 00:02:49.860 Jesus looked directly at them and asked, 00:02:50.300 --> 00:02:53.560 Then what is the meaning of that which is written? 00:02:54.320 --> 00:02:57.900 The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. 00:02:57.900 --> 00:03:03.539 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces. 00:03:04.480 --> 00:03:07.620 Anyone on whom it falls will be crushed. 00:03:08.879 --> 00:03:14.400 The teachers of the law and the chief priests looked for a way to arrest him immediately, 00:03:14.900 --> 00:03:19.659 because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. 00:03:20.460 --> 00:03:22.659 But they were afraid of the people. 00:03:22.659 --> 00:03:26.199 Well, let's pray together. 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:45.000 Father, help us to have a mind that, as it were, takes us into the operating theatre. 00:03:45.000 --> 00:03:52.219 Father, to come before you and ask that by your word and by your Holy Spirit, 00:03:53.539 --> 00:03:57.159 you would cut us open. 00:03:59.400 --> 00:04:02.599 Show us what we are like. 00:04:04.639 --> 00:04:07.840 Show us who you are. 00:04:07.840 --> 00:04:31.399 Father, we submit to you. 00:04:31.399 --> 00:04:39.819 And pray that you would do your careful, skillful work on our hearts and lives today. 00:04:40.579 --> 00:04:42.039 In Jesus' name. 00:04:42.679 --> 00:04:43.179 Amen. 00:04:49.579 --> 00:04:53.519 Well, this is the last week of Jesus' life. 00:04:53.519 --> 00:05:01.620 As we move into chapter 20, it's four days' time before Jesus dies, 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:04.859 when he will be executed on a wooden cross. 00:05:05.579 --> 00:05:09.479 After all, that's why Jesus came to Jerusalem. 00:05:09.699 --> 00:05:11.099 He came to die. 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:14.680 But instead of keeping a low profile, 00:05:15.419 --> 00:05:18.939 perhaps spending the last few days with family and friends, 00:05:19.959 --> 00:05:22.740 Jesus heads straight for the temple. 00:05:23.519 --> 00:05:25.439 Chapter 20, verse 1. 00:05:25.819 --> 00:05:30.199 One day as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts 00:05:30.199 --> 00:05:32.379 and proclaiming the good news. 00:05:32.879 --> 00:05:39.000 The temple was the centre and focus of all religious and social life. 00:05:40.779 --> 00:05:44.659 It was also the home to what was called the Sanhedrin, 00:05:45.339 --> 00:05:48.359 which was a powerful ruling council 00:05:48.359 --> 00:05:51.839 made up of about 70 people. 00:05:51.839 --> 00:05:55.959 Although Sanhedrin isn't mentioned, 00:05:56.139 --> 00:05:59.899 the makeup of that ruling council is at the end of verse 1, 00:06:00.519 --> 00:06:02.899 where we read about the chief priests, 00:06:03.419 --> 00:06:04.659 the teachers of the law, 00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:07.239 together with the elders. 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:13.120 They were responsible for overseeing all religious and social affairs. 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:14.660 They were the rulers, 00:06:15.720 --> 00:06:18.079 the ones who held authority. 00:06:19.639 --> 00:06:21.600 They were like the church, 00:06:22.160 --> 00:06:23.259 the police, 00:06:23.439 --> 00:06:24.379 the law courts, 00:06:24.460 --> 00:06:26.040 all rolled into one. 00:06:26.319 --> 00:06:28.860 Get on the wrong side of the Sanhedrin 00:06:28.860 --> 00:06:31.840 and you could lose your life. 00:06:31.840 --> 00:06:34.759 Their word was final. 00:06:36.920 --> 00:06:39.819 But then if you remember from last week, 00:06:40.480 --> 00:06:43.319 Jesus has just arrived in Jerusalem 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:47.120 and here he is claiming to be king. 00:06:47.960 --> 00:06:50.639 That he is the one who has supreme authority 00:06:50.639 --> 00:06:54.360 and that all people are answerable to him. 00:06:55.139 --> 00:06:58.319 That his word is final. 00:06:59.659 --> 00:07:02.939 And Jesus goes straight to the temple, 00:07:03.339 --> 00:07:05.039 the most public place, 00:07:05.779 --> 00:07:07.599 and confronts the Sanhedrin, 00:07:07.719 --> 00:07:09.459 this ruling council, 00:07:10.180 --> 00:07:11.579 on their home turf. 00:07:11.579 --> 00:07:15.639 This was a clash of authority. 00:07:17.199 --> 00:07:20.899 Now as we follow Jesus into the temple courts, 00:07:21.839 --> 00:07:25.079 we want to also see that Jesus is there 00:07:25.079 --> 00:07:27.919 confronting us. 00:07:28.839 --> 00:07:31.699 Two big things we're going to look at this morning. 00:07:31.959 --> 00:07:36.519 First, Jesus confronts us with his authority. 00:07:38.439 --> 00:07:40.579 Two ways Jesus does this. 00:07:40.579 --> 00:07:42.659 First, through his word. 00:07:42.779 --> 00:07:43.740 Let's pick it up again. 00:07:43.819 --> 00:07:45.079 Chapter 20, verse 1. 00:07:45.479 --> 00:07:47.459 One day as Jesus was teaching the people 00:07:47.459 --> 00:07:48.500 in the temple courts 00:07:48.500 --> 00:07:49.919 and proclaiming the good news, 00:07:50.359 --> 00:07:51.399 the chief priests, 00:07:51.539 --> 00:07:52.500 the teachers of the law, 00:07:52.680 --> 00:07:53.599 together with the elders, 00:07:53.719 --> 00:07:55.360 that's the Sanhedrin, 00:07:55.439 --> 00:07:56.360 the ruling council, 00:07:56.779 --> 00:07:57.639 came up to him. 00:07:58.519 --> 00:07:59.319 Tell us, 00:07:59.860 --> 00:08:01.299 by what authority 00:08:01.299 --> 00:08:02.819 you are doing these things, 00:08:02.919 --> 00:08:03.360 they said. 00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:05.479 Who gave you this authority? 00:08:08.079 --> 00:08:09.779 They were concerned about 00:08:09.779 --> 00:08:13.399 the things Jesus was doing in the temple. 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:17.079 Well, what was Jesus doing in the temple? 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:18.579 What were they so concerned about? 00:08:19.079 --> 00:08:21.759 Well, back up to chapter 19, verse 45. 00:08:23.319 --> 00:08:25.899 When Jesus entered the temple courts, 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:29.299 he began to drive out those who were selling. 00:08:30.659 --> 00:08:32.879 Again, if you remember from last week, 00:08:32.879 --> 00:08:35.700 we learned it was Passover time. 00:08:36.759 --> 00:08:37.279 Thousands, 00:08:38.039 --> 00:08:40.039 tens of thousands of people 00:08:40.039 --> 00:08:42.899 are making their way to Jerusalem, 00:08:43.179 --> 00:08:44.360 to the temple. 00:08:45.179 --> 00:08:46.580 And as they arrived, 00:08:46.740 --> 00:08:47.399 they would go, 00:08:47.500 --> 00:08:49.399 if they didn't have a sacrifice with them, 00:08:49.439 --> 00:08:51.100 they would have to buy an animal 00:08:51.100 --> 00:08:52.620 for sacrifice. 00:08:53.039 --> 00:08:54.220 But to buy, 00:08:54.759 --> 00:08:56.480 you had to have the right currency, 00:08:56.639 --> 00:08:57.820 the right kind of money. 00:08:57.820 --> 00:09:01.560 So those who had come from outside Jerusalem, 00:09:02.040 --> 00:09:04.580 first had to go and exchange their money. 00:09:05.680 --> 00:09:07.280 Get the right kind of currency, 00:09:07.460 --> 00:09:08.360 and then they could buy 00:09:08.360 --> 00:09:10.520 an animal for sacrifice. 00:09:10.720 --> 00:09:11.580 The problem was, 00:09:11.660 --> 00:09:12.720 the temple officials, 00:09:13.120 --> 00:09:15.400 which was overseen by the Sanhedrin, 00:09:15.500 --> 00:09:16.520 this ruling council, 00:09:17.160 --> 00:09:19.360 had it all fixed in their favour. 00:09:20.360 --> 00:09:21.900 It was a way of making 00:09:21.900 --> 00:09:23.900 lots and lots of money. 00:09:23.899 --> 00:09:27.519 So Jesus confronts them head on 00:09:27.519 --> 00:09:30.860 with the authority of his word. 00:09:31.600 --> 00:09:32.500 Verse 46. 00:09:33.319 --> 00:09:34.279 It is written, 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:36.120 he said to them, 00:09:36.879 --> 00:09:39.980 my house will be a house of prayer, 00:09:41.059 --> 00:09:44.240 but you have made it a den of robbers. 00:09:45.419 --> 00:09:48.039 Look at what Jesus says at the beginning there. 00:09:48.360 --> 00:09:48.819 He says, 00:09:48.980 --> 00:09:52.360 my house will be a house of prayer. 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:54.379 Jesus is quoting here 00:09:54.379 --> 00:09:55.740 from Isaiah the prophet, 00:09:56.180 --> 00:09:57.800 who was looking forward to a day 00:09:57.800 --> 00:09:59.379 when all people, 00:09:59.620 --> 00:10:02.000 regardless of their race and religion, 00:10:02.460 --> 00:10:05.580 would be welcomed to come to God. 00:10:05.840 --> 00:10:07.620 That has been the ministry of Jesus 00:10:07.620 --> 00:10:09.300 all the way through Luke, isn't it? 00:10:09.539 --> 00:10:12.259 He's been welcoming outsiders. 00:10:14.940 --> 00:10:18.259 Here's more of what Isaiah said 00:10:18.259 --> 00:10:19.659 in Isaiah 56, 00:10:19.759 --> 00:10:21.100 where this quote comes from. 00:10:21.100 --> 00:10:23.240 And foreigners, 00:10:23.960 --> 00:10:24.720 outsiders, 00:10:25.139 --> 00:10:27.620 who bind themselves to the Lord, 00:10:27.720 --> 00:10:29.080 who trust in the Lord, 00:10:29.840 --> 00:10:31.019 these are the people 00:10:31.019 --> 00:10:33.259 I will bring to my holy mountain 00:10:33.259 --> 00:10:35.480 and give them joy 00:10:35.480 --> 00:10:37.019 in my house of prayer. 00:10:37.379 --> 00:10:39.019 This is why Jesus had come 00:10:39.019 --> 00:10:40.620 to welcome people in. 00:10:42.680 --> 00:10:44.200 But he has to confront 00:10:44.200 --> 00:10:45.560 these religious authorities. 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:48.019 You're actually hindering people 00:10:48.019 --> 00:10:48.680 from coming. 00:10:48.679 --> 00:10:50.899 Look at the rest of verse 46. 00:10:51.259 --> 00:10:53.319 You've made it a den of robbers. 00:10:54.439 --> 00:10:55.239 This time, 00:10:55.339 --> 00:10:56.519 Jesus is quoting from 00:10:56.519 --> 00:10:58.039 Jeremiah the prophet, 00:10:58.559 --> 00:11:00.620 who is calling on the people 00:11:00.620 --> 00:11:01.659 to repent and 00:11:01.659 --> 00:11:03.679 turn around to God. 00:11:04.219 --> 00:11:06.000 Here's what Jeremiah said. 00:11:07.019 --> 00:11:08.799 You can follow the quote on the screen. 00:11:09.179 --> 00:11:10.719 This is what the Lord Almighty, 00:11:10.859 --> 00:11:11.620 the God of Israel, 00:11:11.739 --> 00:11:12.019 says, 00:11:12.019 --> 00:11:13.879 reform your ways 00:11:13.879 --> 00:11:15.299 and your actions. 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:18.519 Will you steal and murder, 00:11:19.059 --> 00:11:19.960 commit adultery 00:11:19.960 --> 00:11:21.360 and follow other gods 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:22.279 you have not known, 00:11:22.519 --> 00:11:23.960 and then come to me and say, 00:11:24.220 --> 00:11:25.220 we are safe, 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:28.980 safe to do these detestable things? 00:11:29.659 --> 00:11:31.039 Has this house, 00:11:31.399 --> 00:11:32.559 referring to the temple, 00:11:32.759 --> 00:11:34.199 which bears my name, 00:11:34.299 --> 00:11:36.340 become a den of robbers to you? 00:11:36.340 --> 00:11:39.780 But I have been watching, 00:11:40.740 --> 00:11:41.800 declares the Lord. 00:11:43.100 --> 00:11:43.560 You see, 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:44.639 Jesus is coming, 00:11:44.840 --> 00:11:45.639 confronting 00:11:45.639 --> 00:11:48.360 with the authority of his word. 00:11:48.700 --> 00:11:49.759 He speaks 00:11:49.759 --> 00:11:51.240 God's word, 00:11:51.360 --> 00:11:52.700 the words of the prophets, 00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:53.960 as if it was 00:11:53.960 --> 00:11:55.920 his very own word. 00:11:56.860 --> 00:11:58.000 And Jesus is saying 00:11:58.000 --> 00:11:58.680 to the people, 00:11:59.220 --> 00:12:00.960 you need to get in line 00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:02.280 with my word. 00:12:03.080 --> 00:12:04.800 You need to listen to me. 00:12:04.799 --> 00:12:06.899 reform your ways, 00:12:07.279 --> 00:12:07.740 repent, 00:12:08.179 --> 00:12:09.019 get on board 00:12:09.019 --> 00:12:10.639 with what I am doing, 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:12.799 with my mission. 00:12:15.439 --> 00:12:17.259 So Jesus confronts, 00:12:17.319 --> 00:12:17.620 firstly, 00:12:17.779 --> 00:12:18.659 by his word, 00:12:20.179 --> 00:12:20.699 and second, 00:12:20.819 --> 00:12:21.719 he confronts us 00:12:21.719 --> 00:12:22.659 with his authority 00:12:22.659 --> 00:12:24.439 through his identity. 00:12:25.399 --> 00:12:26.179 Chapter 20, 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:26.799 verse 2. 00:12:27.899 --> 00:12:28.599 Tell us, 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:28.959 they said, 00:12:29.019 --> 00:12:30.159 by what authority 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:32.240 you are doing these things, 00:12:32.319 --> 00:12:32.679 they said. 00:12:32.899 --> 00:12:34.059 Who gave you 00:12:34.059 --> 00:12:34.799 this authority? 00:12:35.359 --> 00:12:36.299 What right 00:12:36.299 --> 00:12:37.099 have you 00:12:37.099 --> 00:12:37.819 to be coming 00:12:37.819 --> 00:12:39.419 into our temple, 00:12:39.979 --> 00:12:40.759 telling us 00:12:40.759 --> 00:12:41.519 to reform 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:42.359 and to change 00:12:42.359 --> 00:12:43.019 our lives? 00:12:43.339 --> 00:12:44.579 Who do you think 00:12:44.579 --> 00:12:45.039 you are? 00:12:45.219 --> 00:12:46.159 You're no member 00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:47.079 of the Sanhedrin. 00:12:47.159 --> 00:12:48.339 Where did you come from? 00:12:50.500 --> 00:12:51.019 Well, 00:12:51.099 --> 00:12:52.019 Jesus answers them 00:12:52.019 --> 00:12:52.959 in a strange way. 00:12:53.099 --> 00:12:53.739 It's really 00:12:53.739 --> 00:12:54.500 an expression, 00:12:54.739 --> 00:12:54.899 again, 00:12:54.959 --> 00:12:56.199 of his authority. 00:12:56.959 --> 00:12:57.479 Verse 3. 00:12:57.579 --> 00:12:58.199 He replied, 00:12:58.200 --> 00:12:59.379 well, 00:12:59.420 --> 00:13:00.020 I will also 00:13:00.020 --> 00:13:00.800 ask you 00:13:00.800 --> 00:13:01.759 a question. 00:13:02.440 --> 00:13:03.000 You have 00:13:03.000 --> 00:13:03.580 to answer 00:13:03.580 --> 00:13:04.160 me. 00:13:05.160 --> 00:13:05.780 Tell me, 00:13:06.180 --> 00:13:06.840 verse 4, 00:13:07.300 --> 00:13:08.200 John's baptism, 00:13:08.900 --> 00:13:09.900 was it from heaven 00:13:09.900 --> 00:13:11.960 or of human origin? 00:13:13.080 --> 00:13:14.080 If you remember 00:13:14.080 --> 00:13:14.820 back in Luke 00:13:14.820 --> 00:13:15.560 chapter 3 00:13:15.560 --> 00:13:16.340 where we first 00:13:16.340 --> 00:13:17.340 met John the Baptist, 00:13:17.759 --> 00:13:19.020 he was baptizing 00:13:19.020 --> 00:13:19.520 people 00:13:19.520 --> 00:13:20.420 and as he 00:13:20.420 --> 00:13:21.379 baptized people, 00:13:21.480 --> 00:13:22.379 he was pointing 00:13:22.379 --> 00:13:23.820 people to Jesus 00:13:23.820 --> 00:13:25.120 and preparing 00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:26.420 people for Jesus. 00:13:26.419 --> 00:13:27.319 His message 00:13:27.319 --> 00:13:28.419 was crystal clear. 00:13:28.779 --> 00:13:29.379 John was saying, 00:13:29.659 --> 00:13:30.659 I'm not the Messiah, 00:13:30.860 --> 00:13:31.699 it's not me. 00:13:32.459 --> 00:13:33.860 Jesus is the Messiah. 00:13:34.379 --> 00:13:35.679 Jesus is God's 00:13:35.679 --> 00:13:36.419 chosen king 00:13:36.419 --> 00:13:37.360 and you need 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:37.939 to be ready 00:13:37.939 --> 00:13:38.719 to meet him. 00:13:42.219 --> 00:13:43.120 Verse 5. 00:13:43.219 --> 00:13:44.059 So they discussed 00:13:44.059 --> 00:13:45.179 it amongst themselves 00:13:45.179 --> 00:13:46.000 and if we say, 00:13:46.099 --> 00:13:46.559 well, look, 00:13:47.219 --> 00:13:48.379 if we say 00:13:48.379 --> 00:13:49.860 that what John 00:13:49.860 --> 00:13:50.379 was saying 00:13:50.379 --> 00:13:51.419 was from heaven, 00:13:52.439 --> 00:13:53.219 then he's going 00:13:53.219 --> 00:13:54.120 to ask us, 00:13:54.719 --> 00:13:55.679 why didn't we 00:13:55.679 --> 00:13:56.919 believe John the Baptist? 00:13:57.679 --> 00:13:58.859 Why didn't we trust 00:13:58.859 --> 00:13:59.699 that Jesus 00:13:59.699 --> 00:14:00.620 is the Messiah? 00:14:01.959 --> 00:14:02.839 We don't want 00:14:02.839 --> 00:14:03.539 to do that. 00:14:04.699 --> 00:14:05.139 But, 00:14:05.379 --> 00:14:05.859 verse 6, 00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:06.819 what if we say, 00:14:07.479 --> 00:14:07.839 well, 00:14:07.979 --> 00:14:08.919 what John was saying 00:14:08.919 --> 00:14:10.000 is of human origin, 00:14:10.139 --> 00:14:11.019 it's all made up 00:14:11.019 --> 00:14:12.079 and Jesus really 00:14:12.079 --> 00:14:12.919 isn't the Messiah. 00:14:14.199 --> 00:14:14.599 Well, 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:15.319 all the people 00:14:15.319 --> 00:14:16.439 are going to stone us 00:14:16.439 --> 00:14:17.000 and, I mean, 00:14:17.059 --> 00:14:17.919 look at all the stones 00:14:17.919 --> 00:14:18.639 around here. 00:14:19.059 --> 00:14:19.839 We're going to be 00:14:19.839 --> 00:14:20.359 in trouble 00:14:20.359 --> 00:14:22.359 because they 00:14:22.359 --> 00:14:23.299 were persuaded, 00:14:23.419 --> 00:14:24.120 the people knew 00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:24.980 that John was 00:14:24.980 --> 00:14:25.399 a prophet 00:14:25.399 --> 00:14:26.100 and he spoke 00:14:26.100 --> 00:14:26.720 the truth. 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:29.379 So they chickened out, 00:14:29.460 --> 00:14:29.799 didn't they, 00:14:29.860 --> 00:14:30.379 verse 7? 00:14:30.919 --> 00:14:31.519 Oh, well, 00:14:32.060 --> 00:14:32.419 you know, 00:14:32.480 --> 00:14:33.000 we don't know 00:14:33.000 --> 00:14:34.139 where it was from, 00:14:35.580 --> 00:14:37.080 taking no sides 00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:37.659 other than 00:14:37.659 --> 00:14:38.899 to protect themselves. 00:14:40.259 --> 00:14:40.500 Well, 00:14:40.539 --> 00:14:41.179 Jesus said, 00:14:41.299 --> 00:14:41.700 verse 8, 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:42.779 neither will I tell you 00:14:42.779 --> 00:14:43.720 by what authority 00:14:43.720 --> 00:14:45.019 I'm doing these things. 00:14:46.740 --> 00:14:47.299 You see, 00:14:47.379 --> 00:14:48.060 they do know 00:14:48.060 --> 00:14:49.700 what the correct answer is. 00:14:50.700 --> 00:14:52.039 They just don't want 00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:53.019 to admit to it. 00:14:54.259 --> 00:14:55.659 Jesus is the Messiah. 00:14:55.899 --> 00:14:57.599 He is their King. 00:14:59.459 --> 00:14:59.819 You see, 00:14:59.919 --> 00:15:01.039 while the Sanhedrin 00:15:01.039 --> 00:15:02.379 love to maintain 00:15:02.379 --> 00:15:03.899 this control 00:15:03.899 --> 00:15:05.039 and authority 00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:06.000 over the people 00:15:06.000 --> 00:15:07.819 and telling people 00:15:07.819 --> 00:15:08.599 who could come 00:15:08.599 --> 00:15:10.079 and who had to stay out, 00:15:12.079 --> 00:15:12.339 well, 00:15:12.399 --> 00:15:13.219 isn't that a little bit 00:15:13.219 --> 00:15:13.779 like us? 00:15:13.899 --> 00:15:15.099 We like to control 00:15:15.099 --> 00:15:16.500 our own lives. 00:15:18.199 --> 00:15:19.480 I am the ruler. 00:15:19.480 --> 00:15:22.039 I am the authority. 00:15:23.039 --> 00:15:24.980 I decide what is best 00:15:24.980 --> 00:15:26.420 for me and my life. 00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:29.220 None of us likes 00:15:29.220 --> 00:15:30.039 any one of us 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:31.519 telling us what to do. 00:15:32.500 --> 00:15:33.580 It's my life 00:15:33.580 --> 00:15:34.259 and I will do 00:15:34.259 --> 00:15:35.100 as I please. 00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:36.399 But if Jesus 00:15:36.399 --> 00:15:37.779 is the Messiah, 00:15:38.480 --> 00:15:39.279 that means 00:15:39.279 --> 00:15:40.539 he has supreme 00:15:40.539 --> 00:15:41.759 authority over us 00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:42.800 and the way 00:15:42.800 --> 00:15:43.800 that authority 00:15:43.800 --> 00:15:44.759 is expressed 00:15:44.759 --> 00:15:45.500 to us 00:15:45.500 --> 00:15:46.800 is through 00:15:46.800 --> 00:15:47.759 his words. 00:15:47.759 --> 00:15:49.700 You see, 00:15:49.779 --> 00:15:50.600 we can't claim 00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:51.399 to be followers 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:52.159 of Jesus 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:54.539 and not listen 00:15:54.539 --> 00:15:55.600 to his word. 00:15:56.159 --> 00:15:57.480 You can't have Jesus 00:15:57.480 --> 00:15:59.779 and ignore his word. 00:16:00.779 --> 00:16:02.360 To accept Jesus 00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:03.319 as the Messiah 00:16:03.319 --> 00:16:05.059 means we must submit 00:16:05.059 --> 00:16:05.720 to what 00:16:05.720 --> 00:16:07.179 he has to say. 00:16:08.819 --> 00:16:10.240 And that implies 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:11.980 that we are 00:16:11.980 --> 00:16:13.000 the kind of people 00:16:13.000 --> 00:16:14.379 who are spending time 00:16:14.379 --> 00:16:16.200 reading his word 00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:17.180 and applying it 00:16:17.180 --> 00:16:18.020 to our life. 00:16:19.980 --> 00:16:21.340 To go from 00:16:21.340 --> 00:16:22.120 week to week 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:22.900 without even 00:16:22.900 --> 00:16:24.060 opening our Bibles 00:16:24.060 --> 00:16:26.700 is to say to Jesus, 00:16:27.420 --> 00:16:28.060 Jesus, 00:16:28.300 --> 00:16:29.660 keep your mouth shut. 00:16:30.420 --> 00:16:31.600 I don't want to hear 00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:32.080 anymore. 00:16:33.220 --> 00:16:34.340 Because to close 00:16:34.340 --> 00:16:35.040 our Bibles 00:16:35.040 --> 00:16:36.160 is to close 00:16:36.160 --> 00:16:36.980 our ears 00:16:36.980 --> 00:16:38.820 to what Jesus 00:16:38.820 --> 00:16:39.660 has to say. 00:16:39.659 --> 00:16:41.740 And to close 00:16:41.740 --> 00:16:42.259 our ears 00:16:42.259 --> 00:16:43.159 to what Jesus 00:16:43.159 --> 00:16:44.159 has to say 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:46.299 is to shut 00:16:46.299 --> 00:16:47.179 Jesus out 00:16:47.179 --> 00:16:47.839 of our life. 00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:50.219 The point 00:16:50.219 --> 00:16:51.019 is so simple. 00:16:51.139 --> 00:16:51.779 We can't have 00:16:51.779 --> 00:16:52.459 Jesus without 00:16:52.459 --> 00:16:53.139 his word. 00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:54.799 And the evidence 00:16:54.799 --> 00:16:55.879 that we accept 00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:56.839 Jesus is that 00:16:56.839 --> 00:16:58.000 we welcome 00:16:58.000 --> 00:16:58.799 his word 00:16:58.799 --> 00:17:00.019 into our lives. 00:17:00.100 --> 00:17:00.480 Look back 00:17:00.480 --> 00:17:01.519 at verse 47. 00:17:01.860 --> 00:17:02.319 Look at the 00:17:02.319 --> 00:17:03.299 different responses 00:17:03.299 --> 00:17:04.079 of the people. 00:17:05.319 --> 00:17:05.639 Sorry, 00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:06.539 chapter 19, 00:17:06.639 --> 00:17:07.420 verse 47. 00:17:07.420 --> 00:17:08.759 Every day 00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:10.060 Jesus was teaching 00:17:10.060 --> 00:17:11.060 at the temple. 00:17:11.900 --> 00:17:12.680 But the chief 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:13.060 priest, 00:17:13.180 --> 00:17:13.640 the teachers 00:17:13.640 --> 00:17:14.180 of the law 00:17:14.180 --> 00:17:14.680 and the leaders, 00:17:14.860 --> 00:17:15.240 that's that 00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:16.100 council again, 00:17:17.160 --> 00:17:18.279 among the people 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:19.120 were trying 00:17:19.120 --> 00:17:20.279 to kill him, 00:17:20.900 --> 00:17:22.039 silence him. 00:17:22.500 --> 00:17:23.019 They didn't want 00:17:23.019 --> 00:17:24.300 to hear his voice. 00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:26.680 Yet they could 00:17:26.680 --> 00:17:27.660 not find a way 00:17:27.660 --> 00:17:28.240 to do it 00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:29.140 because all the 00:17:29.140 --> 00:17:30.060 people hung 00:17:30.060 --> 00:17:31.279 on his words. 00:17:33.320 --> 00:17:34.140 Which one 00:17:34.140 --> 00:17:35.220 best describes 00:17:35.220 --> 00:17:35.580 you? 00:17:35.579 --> 00:17:37.460 Do we want 00:17:37.460 --> 00:17:38.220 to silence 00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:38.679 Jesus? 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:42.179 Or are we 00:17:42.179 --> 00:17:42.939 hanging on 00:17:42.939 --> 00:17:44.019 his every word, 00:17:44.899 --> 00:17:45.539 listening to 00:17:45.539 --> 00:17:46.199 what he has 00:17:46.199 --> 00:17:46.679 to say? 00:17:48.119 --> 00:17:48.779 You see, 00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:49.359 we can come 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:50.099 every Sunday, 00:17:51.179 --> 00:17:51.980 read the Bible, 00:17:52.559 --> 00:17:53.139 listen to the 00:17:53.139 --> 00:17:54.259 Bible being taught. 00:17:54.819 --> 00:17:55.539 We can tick 00:17:55.539 --> 00:17:56.079 that little 00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:57.019 religious box 00:17:57.019 --> 00:17:58.159 and we can be 00:17:58.159 --> 00:17:58.879 like the people 00:17:58.879 --> 00:17:59.859 in Jeremiah's 00:17:59.859 --> 00:18:00.639 time who said, 00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:01.199 do you remember? 00:18:02.059 --> 00:18:03.220 We are safe. 00:18:03.220 --> 00:18:05.620 They do their 00:18:05.620 --> 00:18:06.319 little bit of 00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:06.960 worship and 00:18:06.960 --> 00:18:08.319 kind of safe 00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:09.360 within the walls 00:18:09.360 --> 00:18:10.200 of the temple. 00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:11.519 God's not going 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:12.120 to do anything 00:18:12.120 --> 00:18:12.519 to us. 00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:13.720 We're his people. 00:18:13.860 --> 00:18:14.279 We're good 00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:15.259 religious people. 00:18:17.640 --> 00:18:18.079 No, 00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:18.640 says Jesus, 00:18:18.779 --> 00:18:19.440 stop hiding 00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:20.220 behind that 00:18:20.220 --> 00:18:20.880 veneer of 00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:21.720 religiosity. 00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:23.960 Reform your 00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:24.420 ways. 00:18:24.860 --> 00:18:26.019 Get in line 00:18:26.019 --> 00:18:26.759 with my 00:18:26.759 --> 00:18:27.400 word. 00:18:28.900 --> 00:18:29.980 For I am 00:18:29.980 --> 00:18:31.140 your king. 00:18:31.140 --> 00:18:35.000 So first, 00:18:35.180 --> 00:18:36.340 Jesus confronts 00:18:36.340 --> 00:18:36.860 us with 00:18:36.860 --> 00:18:38.580 his authority. 00:18:39.600 --> 00:18:40.140 Second, 00:18:40.660 --> 00:18:41.180 here's the 00:18:41.180 --> 00:18:41.720 second big 00:18:41.720 --> 00:18:42.100 idea, 00:18:42.280 --> 00:18:43.300 Jesus confronts 00:18:43.300 --> 00:18:43.680 us with 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:44.740 our response 00:18:44.740 --> 00:18:46.700 to his 00:18:46.700 --> 00:18:47.259 authority. 00:18:48.020 --> 00:18:48.860 He confronts 00:18:48.860 --> 00:18:49.360 us with our 00:18:49.360 --> 00:18:50.200 response to 00:18:50.200 --> 00:18:50.880 his authority. 00:18:51.300 --> 00:18:51.740 Look down 00:18:51.740 --> 00:18:52.480 at verse 9. 00:18:53.420 --> 00:18:53.880 He went 00:18:53.880 --> 00:18:54.460 on to tell 00:18:54.460 --> 00:18:55.000 the people 00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:56.180 this parable. 00:18:56.420 --> 00:18:56.440 Now, 00:18:56.640 --> 00:18:57.380 you'd imagine, 00:18:57.800 --> 00:18:58.040 you know, 00:18:58.100 --> 00:18:58.700 he's come 00:18:58.700 --> 00:18:59.320 into the 00:18:59.320 --> 00:19:00.920 temple grounds. 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:02.039 This is the 00:19:02.039 --> 00:19:02.660 home turf 00:19:02.660 --> 00:19:03.000 for the 00:19:03.000 --> 00:19:03.580 Sanhedrin. 00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:04.019 They're the 00:19:04.019 --> 00:19:04.340 rulers. 00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:04.740 They're the 00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:05.140 ones in 00:19:05.140 --> 00:19:05.640 authority. 00:19:05.800 --> 00:19:06.060 They have 00:19:06.060 --> 00:19:06.580 the power. 00:19:07.120 --> 00:19:07.700 They're trying 00:19:07.700 --> 00:19:08.180 to kill 00:19:08.180 --> 00:19:08.519 him. 00:19:09.420 --> 00:19:09.779 You would 00:19:09.779 --> 00:19:10.360 think Jesus 00:19:10.360 --> 00:19:10.820 would kind 00:19:10.820 --> 00:19:11.140 of like 00:19:11.140 --> 00:19:11.900 back off 00:19:11.900 --> 00:19:12.220 a little 00:19:12.220 --> 00:19:12.560 bit at 00:19:12.560 --> 00:19:13.259 this stage. 00:19:14.140 --> 00:19:14.820 But no, 00:19:14.880 --> 00:19:15.279 he goes 00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:15.860 right for 00:19:15.860 --> 00:19:16.560 the jugular. 00:19:17.360 --> 00:19:18.180 Look down 00:19:18.180 --> 00:19:18.580 at verse 00:19:18.580 --> 00:19:19.160 19. 00:19:19.860 --> 00:19:20.460 Here we get 00:19:20.460 --> 00:19:21.360 the conclusion 00:19:21.360 --> 00:19:22.200 of the 00:19:22.200 --> 00:19:22.560 parable. 00:19:22.660 --> 00:19:23.100 The teachers 00:19:23.100 --> 00:19:23.640 of the law 00:19:23.640 --> 00:19:24.160 and the chief 00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:24.519 priests 00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:24.960 looked for 00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:25.420 a way to 00:19:25.420 --> 00:19:26.080 arrest him 00:19:26.080 --> 00:19:26.940 immediately 00:19:26.940 --> 00:19:28.560 because they 00:19:28.560 --> 00:19:29.259 knew he 00:19:29.259 --> 00:19:29.960 had spoken 00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:30.880 this parable 00:19:30.880 --> 00:19:32.680 against them. 00:19:34.620 --> 00:19:35.579 Jesus is 00:19:35.579 --> 00:19:36.420 confronting 00:19:36.420 --> 00:19:38.460 full on. 00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:39.220 He's not 00:19:39.220 --> 00:19:40.100 backing off. 00:19:41.019 --> 00:19:41.860 So what do 00:19:41.860 --> 00:19:42.279 we learn 00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:42.880 from this 00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:43.340 parable? 00:19:44.340 --> 00:19:44.660 Well, 00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:45.279 first, 00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:47.960 fruitful 00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:48.759 obedience. 00:19:49.559 --> 00:19:50.019 Let's read 00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:50.680 verse 9. 00:19:51.079 --> 00:19:51.680 He went 00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:52.279 on to tell 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:52.759 the people 00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:53.480 this parable. 00:19:53.480 --> 00:19:54.740 A man 00:19:54.740 --> 00:19:55.360 planted a 00:19:55.360 --> 00:19:55.860 vineyard, 00:19:56.220 --> 00:19:56.759 rented it 00:19:56.759 --> 00:19:57.160 to some 00:19:57.160 --> 00:19:57.620 farmers, 00:19:58.279 --> 00:19:58.819 and went 00:19:58.819 --> 00:19:59.539 away for 00:19:59.539 --> 00:20:00.140 a long 00:20:00.140 --> 00:20:00.700 time. 00:20:02.099 --> 00:20:02.680 Now, 00:20:02.799 --> 00:20:03.380 when we 00:20:03.380 --> 00:20:04.099 read about 00:20:04.099 --> 00:20:05.220 the vineyard, 00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:06.039 it's a 00:20:06.039 --> 00:20:06.380 picture, 00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:07.099 it's picture 00:20:07.099 --> 00:20:08.420 language for 00:20:08.420 --> 00:20:09.259 God's people. 00:20:09.980 --> 00:20:10.480 So let me 00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:10.839 show you. 00:20:10.900 --> 00:20:11.220 If you go 00:20:11.220 --> 00:20:11.799 back to 00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:13.180 Isaiah chapter 00:20:13.180 --> 00:20:13.640 5, 00:20:13.779 --> 00:20:14.160 so keep 00:20:14.160 --> 00:20:14.620 your finger 00:20:14.620 --> 00:20:15.860 in Luke 00:20:15.860 --> 00:20:16.660 20 and 00:20:16.660 --> 00:20:17.259 jump all 00:20:17.259 --> 00:20:17.480 the way 00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:17.940 back to 00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:18.460 Isaiah 00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:19.480 chapter 5. 00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:26.579 So as 00:20:26.579 --> 00:20:27.319 Jesus starts 00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:28.140 talking about 00:20:28.140 --> 00:20:28.819 vineyard, 00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:30.019 it brings 00:20:30.019 --> 00:20:30.519 with us 00:20:30.519 --> 00:20:31.860 a certain 00:20:31.860 --> 00:20:32.680 picture and 00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:33.259 image. 00:20:34.960 --> 00:20:35.420 Isaiah 00:20:35.420 --> 00:20:36.480 chapter 5 00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:41.079 and verse 00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:41.500 1. 00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:52.500 Isaiah 00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:53.220 5 verse 00:20:53.220 --> 00:20:53.519 1. 00:20:53.680 --> 00:20:54.579 So here 00:20:54.579 --> 00:20:54.839 it is. 00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:55.420 It's really 00:20:55.420 --> 00:20:56.140 speaking about 00:20:56.140 --> 00:20:56.779 God's people. 00:20:56.900 --> 00:20:57.120 He says, 00:20:57.180 --> 00:20:57.900 I will sing 00:20:57.900 --> 00:20:58.400 for the 00:20:58.400 --> 00:20:59.099 one I 00:20:59.099 --> 00:20:59.640 love a 00:20:59.640 --> 00:21:00.259 song about 00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:01.259 his vineyard. 00:21:02.220 --> 00:21:02.779 My loved 00:21:02.779 --> 00:21:03.440 one had a 00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:04.140 vineyard on 00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:04.900 a fertile 00:21:04.900 --> 00:21:05.599 hillside. 00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:06.539 He dug 00:21:06.539 --> 00:21:06.960 it up, 00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:07.980 cleared it 00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:08.720 of stones, 00:21:09.200 --> 00:21:09.860 planted it 00:21:09.860 --> 00:21:10.240 with the 00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:10.860 choicest 00:21:10.860 --> 00:21:11.380 vines. 00:21:12.099 --> 00:21:12.720 He built 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.180 a watch 00:21:13.180 --> 00:21:13.740 tower in 00:21:13.740 --> 00:21:14.039 it and 00:21:14.039 --> 00:21:14.620 cut out 00:21:14.620 --> 00:21:15.019 a wine 00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:15.539 press as 00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:15.779 well. 00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:16.740 Then he 00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:17.180 looked for 00:21:17.180 --> 00:21:18.120 a crop 00:21:18.120 --> 00:21:18.940 of good 00:21:18.940 --> 00:21:19.460 grapes. 00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:21.599 but it 00:21:21.599 --> 00:21:22.279 yielded 00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:23.460 only bad 00:21:23.460 --> 00:21:24.120 fruit. 00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:25.880 Down to 00:21:25.880 --> 00:21:26.480 verse 7. 00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:28.059 The 00:21:28.059 --> 00:21:29.000 vineyard of 00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:29.440 the Lord 00:21:29.440 --> 00:21:29.960 Almighty 00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:30.860 is the 00:21:30.860 --> 00:21:31.460 nation 00:21:31.460 --> 00:21:32.579 of Israel, 00:21:33.099 --> 00:21:33.900 the people 00:21:33.900 --> 00:21:34.440 of Judah, 00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:35.940 and the 00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:36.579 vines he 00:21:36.579 --> 00:21:37.380 delighted in. 00:21:38.279 --> 00:21:38.640 And he 00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:39.059 looked for 00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:39.779 justice but 00:21:39.779 --> 00:21:40.660 saw bloodshed, 00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:41.860 for righteousness 00:21:41.860 --> 00:21:43.779 but heard 00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.519 cries of 00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:44.940 distress. 00:21:46.440 --> 00:21:47.079 Now let's 00:21:47.079 --> 00:21:47.620 go back to 00:21:47.620 --> 00:21:48.700 Luke 20, 00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:49.360 back to the 00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:49.799 parable. 00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:50.699 You see, 00:21:51.219 --> 00:21:51.919 God, 00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:53.279 just as 00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:53.859 the time 00:21:53.859 --> 00:21:54.479 in Isaiah 00:21:54.479 --> 00:21:55.199 was looking 00:21:55.199 --> 00:21:56.439 for fruitful 00:21:56.439 --> 00:21:57.319 obedience. 00:21:58.319 --> 00:21:59.159 People who 00:21:59.159 --> 00:21:59.819 would listen 00:21:59.819 --> 00:22:00.399 to the 00:22:00.399 --> 00:22:00.959 words of 00:22:00.959 --> 00:22:01.519 the prophets, 00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:02.599 those who 00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:03.279 would obey 00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:03.519 it, 00:22:03.859 --> 00:22:04.259 those who 00:22:04.259 --> 00:22:04.679 would take 00:22:04.679 --> 00:22:05.399 God's word 00:22:05.399 --> 00:22:06.019 on board, 00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:06.659 and would 00:22:06.659 --> 00:22:07.399 be changed, 00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:08.079 the fruit 00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:08.799 of obedience. 00:22:10.139 --> 00:22:10.500 Chapter 00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:10.919 20, 00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:11.479 verse 10. 00:22:11.480 --> 00:22:12.360 So at 00:22:12.360 --> 00:22:13.180 harvest time, 00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:14.339 he sent 00:22:14.339 --> 00:22:14.860 a servant 00:22:14.860 --> 00:22:15.339 to the 00:22:15.339 --> 00:22:15.819 tenants, 00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:17.019 so they 00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.559 would give 00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:18.039 him some 00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:18.380 of the 00:22:18.380 --> 00:22:18.960 fruit of 00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:19.599 the vineyard. 00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.279 But the 00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:22.079 tenants beat 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:22.460 him and 00:22:22.460 --> 00:22:23.039 sent him 00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:23.960 away empty 00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:24.339 handed. 00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:25.720 Three times 00:22:25.720 --> 00:22:26.200 the owner 00:22:26.200 --> 00:22:26.860 sends his 00:22:26.860 --> 00:22:27.220 servants, 00:22:27.620 --> 00:22:28.259 and each 00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:28.960 time they're 00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:29.519 rejected. 00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:31.740 And Jesus' 00:22:31.920 --> 00:22:32.759 point is clear 00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.079 to them. 00:22:33.140 --> 00:22:33.299 Look, 00:22:33.620 --> 00:22:34.140 God has 00:22:34.140 --> 00:22:34.839 been so 00:22:34.839 --> 00:22:36.240 patient and 00:22:36.240 --> 00:22:36.860 persistent 00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:37.500 with you. 00:22:37.959 --> 00:22:38.359 He has 00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:39.459 spoken his 00:22:39.459 --> 00:22:40.059 word to 00:22:40.059 --> 00:22:40.599 you through 00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:41.379 his servants, 00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:42.099 the prophets, 00:22:42.539 --> 00:22:43.259 time after 00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.979 time after 00:22:43.979 --> 00:22:44.359 time. 00:22:44.699 --> 00:22:45.279 People like 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:45.779 Isaiah, 00:22:45.979 --> 00:22:46.539 people like 00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:47.019 Jeremiah, 00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:47.819 people like 00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:48.219 Elijah, 00:22:48.579 --> 00:22:49.399 they've come 00:22:49.399 --> 00:22:50.299 time after 00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:50.779 time. 00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:52.619 But you 00:22:52.619 --> 00:22:53.419 will not 00:22:53.419 --> 00:22:54.839 listen to 00:22:54.839 --> 00:22:55.359 what God 00:22:55.359 --> 00:22:55.779 has to 00:22:55.779 --> 00:22:56.079 say. 00:22:58.159 --> 00:22:58.740 And to 00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.240 drive the 00:22:59.240 --> 00:22:59.819 point home, 00:22:59.919 --> 00:23:00.599 Jesus makes 00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:01.219 it very 00:23:01.219 --> 00:23:01.799 personal. 00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:03.319 Verse 13. 00:23:04.179 --> 00:23:04.639 Then the 00:23:04.639 --> 00:23:05.259 owner of the 00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:06.079 vineyard said, 00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:07.179 what shall 00:23:07.179 --> 00:23:07.699 I do? 00:23:08.579 --> 00:23:09.079 I will 00:23:09.079 --> 00:23:09.740 send my 00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.319 son whom 00:23:10.319 --> 00:23:10.839 I love. 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.480 Perhaps 00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:12.119 they will 00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:13.099 respect him. 00:23:13.659 --> 00:23:14.119 But when 00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.519 the tenants 00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:15.059 saw him, 00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:15.599 they talked 00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:15.980 the matter 00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:16.279 over. 00:23:16.639 --> 00:23:17.179 This is 00:23:17.179 --> 00:23:17.899 the heir, 00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:18.759 they said. 00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:19.679 Let's 00:23:19.679 --> 00:23:20.439 kill him 00:23:20.439 --> 00:23:21.619 and the 00:23:21.619 --> 00:23:22.139 inheritance 00:23:22.139 --> 00:23:22.759 will be 00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.199 ours. 00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:24.859 So they 00:23:24.859 --> 00:23:25.460 threw him 00:23:25.460 --> 00:23:25.759 out of 00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.419 the vineyard 00:23:26.419 --> 00:23:28.019 and killed 00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.359 him. 00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.519 You see, 00:23:31.579 --> 00:23:31.879 Jesus, 00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.659 as he speaks 00:23:32.659 --> 00:23:33.480 this parable, 00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:34.859 is making 00:23:34.859 --> 00:23:35.359 it quite 00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:36.059 clear that 00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:36.819 he is 00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:37.799 the ultimate 00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.639 prophet. 00:23:39.639 --> 00:23:40.539 He is 00:23:40.539 --> 00:23:41.179 the very 00:23:41.179 --> 00:23:42.279 word of 00:23:42.279 --> 00:23:42.839 God. 00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:44.919 He is 00:23:44.919 --> 00:23:45.599 God's 00:23:45.599 --> 00:23:45.960 king. 00:23:47.059 --> 00:23:47.579 I am 00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:48.099 here to 00:23:48.099 --> 00:23:48.879 speak God's 00:23:48.879 --> 00:23:49.299 word to 00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:49.539 you, 00:23:49.819 --> 00:23:50.500 and I 00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:50.960 am giving 00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.639 you time 00:23:51.639 --> 00:23:52.339 to repent, 00:23:52.539 --> 00:23:53.200 to change 00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:53.539 of your 00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:53.980 ways. 00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:55.639 But rather 00:23:55.639 --> 00:23:56.419 than accept 00:23:56.419 --> 00:23:57.419 my authority 00:23:57.419 --> 00:23:57.940 and listen 00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:58.359 to me, 00:23:58.480 --> 00:23:58.960 you will 00:23:58.960 --> 00:23:59.779 kill me. 00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:05.099 God is 00:24:05.099 --> 00:24:06.259 so patient, 00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:06.759 so 00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:08.559 persistent, 00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:10.980 longing for 00:24:10.980 --> 00:24:11.700 fruitful 00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.879 obedience from 00:24:12.879 --> 00:24:13.660 his people. 00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:16.180 But if we 00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:16.899 fail to 00:24:16.899 --> 00:24:17.920 respond, if we 00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:18.879 fail to take 00:24:18.879 --> 00:24:19.700 his word on 00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.240 board and 00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:21.559 get in line 00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.319 with his 00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:23.279 vision, 00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:24.920 we will 00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.700 face his 00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:26.160 judgment. 00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:26.420 judgment. 00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:28.220 So the 00:24:28.220 --> 00:24:28.720 second thing 00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:29.240 we learn 00:24:29.240 --> 00:24:32.920 from this 00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:33.940 parable is 00:24:33.940 --> 00:24:34.820 divine judgment. 00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:35.840 Let's pick it up at the 00:24:35.840 --> 00:24:36.800 end of verse 15. 00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:39.899 What then will the 00:24:39.899 --> 00:24:40.460 owner of the 00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:41.419 vineyard do to 00:24:41.419 --> 00:24:41.619 them? 00:24:42.659 --> 00:24:43.839 He will come 00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:44.879 and kill those 00:24:44.879 --> 00:24:46.720 tenants and 00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:47.319 give the 00:24:47.319 --> 00:24:48.720 vineyard to 00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:49.240 others. 00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:51.059 It's so 00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:51.779 clear, isn't 00:24:51.779 --> 00:24:52.099 it? 00:24:52.619 --> 00:24:53.220 If you 00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:54.039 continue to 00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.639 ignore my 00:24:54.639 --> 00:24:55.839 authority, if 00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:56.839 you persist in 00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:57.559 closing your 00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.359 ears to my 00:24:58.359 --> 00:24:59.319 word, then 00:24:59.319 --> 00:25:00.000 God will 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:01.019 ignore you and 00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:01.659 close his 00:25:01.659 --> 00:25:02.480 ears to you. 00:25:04.919 --> 00:25:06.000 Verse 16. 00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:06.659 He will come 00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:07.519 and kill those 00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:08.180 tenants and 00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:08.560 give the 00:25:08.560 --> 00:25:09.300 vineyard to 00:25:09.300 --> 00:25:09.640 others. 00:25:09.980 --> 00:25:10.880 The opportunity 00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:11.860 that you have 00:25:11.860 --> 00:25:14.440 been given is 00:25:14.440 --> 00:25:15.000 going to be 00:25:15.000 --> 00:25:17.320 taken away and 00:25:17.320 --> 00:25:18.040 is going to be 00:25:18.040 --> 00:25:19.420 given to 00:25:19.420 --> 00:25:20.400 someone else. 00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:22.740 Taken away from 00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:23.720 those whom God 00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.279 had called, said 00:25:24.279 --> 00:25:25.040 you will be my 00:25:25.040 --> 00:25:25.480 people. 00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:29.420 Of course, those 00:25:29.420 --> 00:25:30.360 who are his 00:25:30.360 --> 00:25:31.680 people, the 00:25:31.680 --> 00:25:33.320 evidence, are 00:25:33.320 --> 00:25:34.100 those who 00:25:34.100 --> 00:25:35.880 accept the 00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:36.220 son. 00:25:36.660 --> 00:25:37.720 who welcome 00:25:37.720 --> 00:25:38.500 his word. 00:25:40.500 --> 00:25:41.460 You see, we 00:25:41.460 --> 00:25:42.320 might have had a 00:25:42.320 --> 00:25:43.460 lifetime of being 00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.320 taught God's 00:25:44.320 --> 00:25:44.620 word. 00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.960 We might have 00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.980 scripture 00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:48.560 memorized. 00:25:49.840 --> 00:25:50.700 We could have 00:25:50.700 --> 00:25:51.680 been raised in a 00:25:51.680 --> 00:25:52.680 Christian home where 00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:53.680 we had parents who 00:25:53.680 --> 00:25:55.519 taught us, had the 00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:56.519 privilege of being 00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:57.660 in a good church 00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:58.160 family. 00:25:59.040 --> 00:26:00.840 All signs of God's 00:26:00.840 --> 00:26:01.860 amazing grace, 00:26:02.860 --> 00:26:03.880 his desire and 00:26:03.880 --> 00:26:05.019 longing that we love 00:26:05.019 --> 00:26:05.819 him and obey 00:26:05.819 --> 00:26:06.220 him. 00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:09.259 But yet, as the 00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:10.099 years have gone 00:26:10.099 --> 00:26:13.259 by, it's as if 00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:14.420 our hearts have 00:26:14.420 --> 00:26:15.119 become more 00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:17.039 calloused and 00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:18.180 more hardened to 00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:18.920 God's word. 00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:22.139 I used to read 00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:24.559 God's word, but 00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:25.379 now I have no 00:26:25.379 --> 00:26:25.819 time. 00:26:26.859 --> 00:26:28.200 I used to listen to 00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:28.940 the sermon and 00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.759 engage, but 00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:32.140 well now I 00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:32.879 can't wait for it 00:26:32.879 --> 00:26:33.440 to be over. 00:26:35.039 --> 00:26:35.940 I used to 00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:36.940 enjoy the 00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:38.379 challenge of 00:26:38.379 --> 00:26:38.759 what other 00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.519 people had to 00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:40.259 say and the 00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:41.180 intimacy of 00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:41.980 meeting God 00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.640 in his word, 00:26:42.779 --> 00:26:44.859 but not for 00:26:44.859 --> 00:26:45.140 me. 00:26:47.220 --> 00:26:48.099 Slowly but 00:26:48.099 --> 00:26:50.619 subtly, the 00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:51.440 rejection of 00:26:51.440 --> 00:26:52.359 God's authority 00:26:52.359 --> 00:26:53.180 in our life. 00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:56.640 Well, if 00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:57.380 that's you this 00:26:57.380 --> 00:26:59.240 morning, listen 00:26:59.240 --> 00:27:00.940 very carefully. 00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:03.000 God's 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:04.019 persistence and 00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:06.080 patience will 00:27:06.080 --> 00:27:07.060 one day come to 00:27:07.060 --> 00:27:07.580 an end. 00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.259 The 00:27:09.259 --> 00:27:10.480 opportunities that 00:27:10.480 --> 00:27:11.039 we have been 00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:13.600 given will be 00:27:13.600 --> 00:27:14.539 taken away, 00:27:16.019 --> 00:27:17.420 will be given to 00:27:17.420 --> 00:27:18.380 someone else. 00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:21.259 The point was 00:27:21.259 --> 00:27:22.340 not lost on his 00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:22.859 hearers. 00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:23.859 Look at the 00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:24.399 end of verse 00:27:24.399 --> 00:27:24.919 16. 00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.319 When the 00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:25.919 people heard 00:27:25.919 --> 00:27:26.299 this, they 00:27:26.299 --> 00:27:27.480 said, God 00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:28.259 forbid. 00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:30.099 Oh, that 00:27:30.099 --> 00:27:30.699 would never 00:27:30.699 --> 00:27:31.279 ever happen 00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:31.759 to me. 00:27:32.699 --> 00:27:33.199 I would 00:27:33.199 --> 00:27:33.899 never ever 00:27:33.899 --> 00:27:34.879 ignore God's 00:27:34.879 --> 00:27:35.199 word. 00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:36.099 Not me. 00:27:38.919 --> 00:27:39.679 It's a 00:27:39.679 --> 00:27:40.159 sobering 00:27:40.159 --> 00:27:40.579 thought. 00:27:42.399 --> 00:27:42.740 Jesus 00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.740 confronts us 00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.159 with our 00:27:44.159 --> 00:27:45.039 response to 00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.899 his authority. 00:27:49.019 --> 00:27:49.619 So, 00:27:50.059 --> 00:27:50.619 what 00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:52.980 what is 00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:54.720 my response 00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.659 to the 00:27:55.659 --> 00:27:56.439 authority of 00:27:56.439 --> 00:27:56.740 Jesus? 00:27:58.619 --> 00:27:59.259 What is 00:27:59.259 --> 00:28:00.039 our response? 00:28:01.019 --> 00:28:01.519 This is 00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:01.919 deeply 00:28:01.919 --> 00:28:02.500 personal. 00:28:02.980 --> 00:28:03.240 Look at 00:28:03.240 --> 00:28:04.039 verse 17. 00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:05.399 Jesus 00:28:05.399 --> 00:28:06.179 looked 00:28:06.179 --> 00:28:07.659 directly at 00:28:07.659 --> 00:28:07.899 them. 00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:09.279 It's like 00:28:09.279 --> 00:28:09.579 he's 00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.459 eyeballed 00:28:10.459 --> 00:28:10.659 them, 00:28:11.179 --> 00:28:11.759 staring 00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.539 intently. 00:28:13.659 --> 00:28:13.879 A 00:28:13.879 --> 00:28:14.339 dramatic 00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:15.059 pause. 00:28:15.199 --> 00:28:15.699 Nobody's 00:28:15.699 --> 00:28:16.019 speaking. 00:28:16.139 --> 00:28:16.439 They're just 00:28:16.439 --> 00:28:17.000 looking at 00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.459 each other. 00:28:18.519 --> 00:28:19.039 This was 00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:19.819 pointed and 00:28:19.819 --> 00:28:20.319 personal. 00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:21.119 Jesus 00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:22.159 demands a 00:28:22.159 --> 00:28:22.839 response. 00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:25.359 He 00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:25.939 asked them, 00:28:26.679 --> 00:28:27.399 then what 00:28:27.399 --> 00:28:27.779 is the 00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.279 meaning of 00:28:28.279 --> 00:28:28.740 that which 00:28:28.740 --> 00:28:29.259 is written? 00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.519 The 00:28:30.519 --> 00:28:31.339 stone the 00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:31.759 builders 00:28:31.759 --> 00:28:32.439 rejected 00:28:32.439 --> 00:28:34.319 has become 00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:34.579 the 00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:35.339 cornerstone. 00:28:38.439 --> 00:28:38.919 Well, 00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:39.599 we need to 00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:39.960 do some 00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:40.599 thinking here. 00:28:40.659 --> 00:28:41.139 The imagery 00:28:41.139 --> 00:28:41.879 has changed, 00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.359 hasn't it? 00:28:42.359 --> 00:28:43.159 We've gone 00:28:43.159 --> 00:28:43.579 from the 00:28:43.579 --> 00:28:45.039 vineyard and 00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.399 now we're 00:28:45.399 --> 00:28:45.639 in a 00:28:45.639 --> 00:28:46.159 construction 00:28:46.159 --> 00:28:46.720 site. 00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:48.339 But Jesus 00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:49.000 wants us to 00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.319 make a 00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:49.740 connection 00:28:49.740 --> 00:28:50.379 between the 00:28:50.379 --> 00:28:50.679 two. 00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:52.759 The stone 00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.359 that we 00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:53.879 read about 00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:54.419 here in 00:28:54.419 --> 00:28:55.279 the parable 00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:56.779 is also 00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:57.419 like the 00:28:57.419 --> 00:28:58.720 sun in 00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.339 the parable. 00:28:59.899 --> 00:29:00.740 Both have 00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.700 been rejected. 00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:03.240 Back at 00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:03.980 verse 15, 00:29:04.419 --> 00:29:05.059 the sun 00:29:05.059 --> 00:29:06.579 is thrown 00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.079 out and 00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:07.480 killed. 00:29:07.619 --> 00:29:07.919 He's 00:29:07.919 --> 00:29:08.579 rejected. 00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:10.619 The stone 00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:11.099 in verse 00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:11.720 17, 00:29:12.220 --> 00:29:12.399 well, 00:29:12.439 --> 00:29:12.939 the builders 00:29:12.939 --> 00:29:13.980 have rejected 00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:14.539 that. 00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:18.299 But just 00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:18.759 as the 00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.379 stone, 00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.480 verse 17, 00:29:20.599 --> 00:29:21.359 becomes the 00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:22.279 cornerstone, 00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:23.500 the cornerstone 00:29:23.500 --> 00:29:24.039 was that 00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:25.960 big foundation 00:29:25.960 --> 00:29:27.659 stone on 00:29:27.659 --> 00:29:28.379 which everything 00:29:28.379 --> 00:29:29.039 is built 00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.539 on and 00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:30.539 holds everything 00:29:30.539 --> 00:29:30.980 together. 00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:31.480 It's the 00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.399 most important 00:29:32.399 --> 00:29:32.740 stone. 00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.740 Remove that 00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:34.259 stone and 00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:34.519 there's 00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:34.899 nothing. 00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:37.079 Well, 00:29:37.099 --> 00:29:37.339 he was 00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:37.599 saying, 00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.139 so the 00:29:38.139 --> 00:29:38.940 sun has 00:29:38.940 --> 00:29:39.599 become the 00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:40.220 foundation, 00:29:40.399 --> 00:29:40.960 the most 00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:41.680 important 00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:42.039 one. 00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:45.099 And in 00:29:45.099 --> 00:29:45.539 case we're 00:29:45.539 --> 00:29:46.019 missing the 00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.319 point, 00:29:46.480 --> 00:29:46.980 Jesus is 00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.279 saying, 00:29:47.899 --> 00:29:48.200 listen, 00:29:48.879 --> 00:29:49.740 I am 00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.139 that 00:29:50.139 --> 00:29:52.659 sun and 00:29:52.659 --> 00:29:53.500 I am 00:29:53.500 --> 00:29:53.899 that 00:29:53.899 --> 00:29:54.599 stone. 00:29:55.899 --> 00:29:56.639 You may 00:29:56.639 --> 00:29:57.460 reject me, 00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:58.759 you may 00:29:58.759 --> 00:29:59.319 throw me 00:29:59.319 --> 00:29:59.579 out, 00:29:59.680 --> 00:30:00.059 you may 00:30:00.059 --> 00:30:00.639 kill me, 00:30:00.779 --> 00:30:01.220 and in 00:30:01.220 --> 00:30:01.779 four days 00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:02.159 time, 00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:02.579 Jesus 00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:03.319 will be 00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:03.759 killed, 00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:04.879 executed 00:30:04.879 --> 00:30:05.379 on the 00:30:05.379 --> 00:30:05.920 cross with 00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.819 the Sanhedrin 00:30:06.819 --> 00:30:07.539 at the 00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:08.059 heart of 00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:08.379 it. 00:30:10.680 --> 00:30:11.460 But I 00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:12.039 will rise 00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:12.420 again. 00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.799 I will 00:30:14.799 --> 00:30:15.519 rise again. 00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:17.000 You may 00:30:17.000 --> 00:30:17.819 discard me, 00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.279 you may 00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:18.740 have no 00:30:18.740 --> 00:30:19.180 use for 00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:19.380 me, 00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:20.120 you may 00:30:20.120 --> 00:30:20.480 choose 00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:20.799 another 00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.440 foundation 00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.000 to build 00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.480 your life 00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:22.840 upon, 00:30:23.840 --> 00:30:24.640 but mark 00:30:24.640 --> 00:30:25.000 this, 00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:25.940 I am 00:30:25.940 --> 00:30:26.259 that 00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:27.120 cornerstone 00:30:27.120 --> 00:30:31.680 to build 00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:32.460 your life 00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:32.840 on the 00:30:32.840 --> 00:30:33.360 authority 00:30:33.360 --> 00:30:33.840 of my 00:30:33.840 --> 00:30:34.400 word and 00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:34.840 you will 00:30:34.840 --> 00:30:35.600 be saved. 00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:38.120 But reject 00:30:38.120 --> 00:30:39.100 my authority 00:30:39.100 --> 00:30:39.640 and my 00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:39.960 word, 00:30:40.059 --> 00:30:40.340 it will 00:30:40.340 --> 00:30:40.860 be like 00:30:40.859 --> 00:30:41.500 removing 00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:41.879 that 00:30:41.879 --> 00:30:42.659 foundation, 00:30:42.859 --> 00:30:43.019 that 00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.839 cornerstone 00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:44.579 and it 00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:45.039 will come 00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:45.699 toppling 00:30:45.699 --> 00:30:46.259 down with 00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:46.919 a crash. 00:30:47.419 --> 00:30:48.079 Verse 18, 00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:49.479 everyone who 00:30:49.479 --> 00:30:50.399 falls on 00:30:50.399 --> 00:30:51.139 that stone 00:30:51.139 --> 00:30:51.639 will be 00:30:51.639 --> 00:30:52.519 broken to 00:30:52.519 --> 00:30:53.000 pieces. 00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:55.399 Anyone on 00:30:55.399 --> 00:30:55.899 whom it 00:30:55.899 --> 00:30:56.579 falls 00:30:56.579 --> 00:30:58.019 will be 00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.639 crushed. 00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:01.559 Jesus 00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:02.240 will have 00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:02.759 the last 00:31:02.759 --> 00:31:03.159 word. 00:31:04.439 --> 00:31:04.699 His 00:31:04.699 --> 00:31:05.379 authority 00:31:05.379 --> 00:31:06.240 reigns 00:31:06.240 --> 00:31:06.939 supreme. 00:31:08.299 --> 00:31:08.819 And one 00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.279 day we 00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:09.740 will all 00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.180 have to 00:31:10.180 --> 00:31:10.539 stand 00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:11.240 before the 00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:11.539 risen 00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:12.000 Jesus 00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:12.819 and give 00:31:12.819 --> 00:31:13.379 an account 00:31:13.379 --> 00:31:13.819 of our 00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.399 life to 00:31:14.399 --> 00:31:14.740 him. 00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.500 Nobody 00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:17.019 else 00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:18.859 but us 00:31:18.859 --> 00:31:20.420 and him. 00:31:21.660 --> 00:31:22.399 There is 00:31:22.399 --> 00:31:22.920 only one 00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:23.480 authority, 00:31:24.440 --> 00:31:25.619 only one 00:31:25.619 --> 00:31:26.740 true word 00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.240 and that 00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:28.139 is Jesus 00:31:28.139 --> 00:31:29.420 the Messiah. 00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:30.859 You cannot 00:31:30.859 --> 00:31:31.460 split 00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:32.680 Jesus 00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.759 and his 00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:34.240 words. 00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:35.440 You cannot 00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:35.799 say, 00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.159 oh I 00:31:36.159 --> 00:31:36.460 like 00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:36.980 Jesus 00:31:36.980 --> 00:31:38.720 but shut 00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:39.279 my ears 00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:39.659 to what 00:31:39.659 --> 00:31:40.279 he says. 00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:43.159 Submit 00:31:43.159 --> 00:31:43.579 to his 00:31:43.579 --> 00:31:44.159 word and 00:31:44.159 --> 00:31:44.859 you will 00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:45.519 live. 00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.579 You will 00:31:47.579 --> 00:31:48.579 know life. 00:31:49.440 --> 00:31:49.759 You will 00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:50.639 enjoy life 00:31:50.639 --> 00:31:51.119 the way it 00:31:51.119 --> 00:31:51.500 is meant 00:31:51.500 --> 00:31:51.720 to. 00:31:52.139 --> 00:31:52.700 Reject 00:31:52.700 --> 00:31:53.480 his word 00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:55.819 and you 00:31:55.819 --> 00:31:56.399 will be 00:31:56.399 --> 00:31:56.960 crushed. 00:31:59.359 --> 00:32:00.180 There is 00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:00.740 just one 00:32:00.740 --> 00:32:01.279 authority. 00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:03.460 What is 00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:04.220 our response 00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:04.759 to him 00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:05.240 today? 00:32:08.900 --> 00:32:09.660 As we 00:32:09.660 --> 00:32:10.220 close, 00:32:10.860 --> 00:32:11.500 we are 00:32:11.500 --> 00:32:11.920 going to 00:32:11.920 --> 00:32:12.259 pray. 00:32:13.460 --> 00:32:14.039 I would 00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:14.559 like us to 00:32:14.559 --> 00:32:15.039 turn to 00:32:15.039 --> 00:32:15.640 those words 00:32:15.640 --> 00:32:16.319 in Hebrews 00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:16.839 that we 00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:18.180 read at 00:32:18.180 --> 00:32:18.660 the beginning. 00:32:18.839 --> 00:32:19.240 Hebrews 00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:20.059 chapter 4, 00:32:20.160 --> 00:32:20.319 we are 00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:20.720 going to 00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.259 use it 00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:22.200 as our 00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:23.740 prayer as 00:32:23.740 --> 00:32:24.319 we close. 00:32:24.440 --> 00:32:24.900 Hebrews 00:32:24.900 --> 00:32:26.160 chapter 4. 00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:28.279 If somebody 00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:28.759 could help 00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.200 me again 00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:29.559 with a 00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:30.200 page number 00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:30.539 that would 00:32:30.539 --> 00:32:31.120 be helpful. 00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:33.119 Hebrews 00:32:33.119 --> 00:32:43.439 chapter 4, 00:32:44.099 --> 00:32:45.119 verse 12. 00:32:51.119 --> 00:32:52.119 So as 00:32:52.119 --> 00:32:52.579 we read 00:32:52.579 --> 00:32:54.399 it, let 00:32:54.399 --> 00:32:54.879 us hear 00:32:54.879 --> 00:32:55.779 God speak 00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.419 to us 00:32:56.420 --> 00:32:59.880 and ask 00:32:59.880 --> 00:33:00.279 him to 00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:00.580 do an 00:33:00.580 --> 00:33:01.019 effective 00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.640 work in 00:33:01.640 --> 00:33:02.200 our life 00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:04.480 and that 00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:04.820 it might 00:33:04.820 --> 00:33:05.480 lead us 00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:06.180 to run 00:33:06.180 --> 00:33:07.080 to Jesus. 00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:11.820 Chapter 4, 00:33:11.900 --> 00:33:12.420 verse 12. 00:33:12.539 --> 00:33:12.880 For the 00:33:12.880 --> 00:33:13.360 word of 00:33:13.360 --> 00:33:14.220 God is 00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:14.840 alive 00:33:14.840 --> 00:33:16.380 and active, 00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:18.320 sharper 00:33:18.320 --> 00:33:18.940 than any 00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.539 double-edged 00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:19.940 sword. 00:33:20.940 --> 00:33:21.500 It 00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:22.180 penetrates 00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:22.720 even to 00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.680 dividing soul 00:33:23.680 --> 00:33:24.259 and spirit, 00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:25.019 joints and 00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:25.300 marrow. 00:33:25.299 --> 00:33:27.059 it judges 00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:27.740 the thoughts 00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.539 and attitudes 00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:29.579 of my 00:33:29.579 --> 00:33:30.139 heart. 00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:32.379 Nothing 00:33:32.379 --> 00:33:33.079 in all 00:33:33.079 --> 00:33:33.659 creation 00:33:33.659 --> 00:33:34.200 is hidden 00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.919 from God's 00:33:34.919 --> 00:33:35.220 sight. 00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:37.079 Everything 00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:38.639 is uncovered, 00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:40.500 laid bare 00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.200 before the 00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.779 eyes of 00:33:41.779 --> 00:33:42.279 him to 00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:42.779 whom we 00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:43.299 must give 00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:43.919 an account. 00:33:47.139 --> 00:33:47.819 Verse 00:33:47.819 --> 00:33:48.379 16. 00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:50.680 Let us 00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:51.059 then 00:33:51.059 --> 00:33:52.779 approach 00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:53.559 God's 00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:54.200 throne of 00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:54.639 grace, 00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:56.180 with 00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:57.059 confidence 00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:59.259 so that 00:33:59.259 --> 00:33:59.740 we may 00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.259 receive 00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:00.960 mercy 00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:02.879 and find 00:34:02.879 --> 00:34:03.700 grace to 00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.460 help us 00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:05.559 in our 00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:06.139 time of 00:34:06.139 --> 00:34:06.500 need. 00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.860 There's 00:34:10.860 --> 00:34:11.360 pain 00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:13.079 in being 00:34:13.079 --> 00:34:14.599 cut open 00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:16.920 but there 00:34:16.920 --> 00:34:17.420 is great 00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:17.960 healing 00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:19.639 as we 00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:20.079 come to 00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:20.460 Jesus, 00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:21.079 the true 00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.460 word, 00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:23.000 who 00:34:23.000 --> 00:34:23.679 fills our 00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:24.220 life with 00:34:24.220 --> 00:34:25.599 grace and 00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:26.079 mercy. 00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:28.579 What a 00:34:28.579 --> 00:34:28.820 king. 00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:31.260 Let us 00:34:31.260 --> 00:34:31.559 pray. 00:34:37.720 --> 00:34:38.900 Father, thank 00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:39.659 you for your 00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:40.740 word to us 00:34:40.740 --> 00:34:41.139 today. 00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:43.679 We 00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:44.659 recognize that 00:34:44.659 --> 00:34:45.460 it is hard, 00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:46.699 it is 00:34:46.699 --> 00:34:47.280 painful. 00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:50.820 we submit 00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:51.620 ourselves to 00:34:51.620 --> 00:34:52.420 you afresh 00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:54.980 and pray 00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.500 that you 00:34:55.500 --> 00:34:55.920 would give 00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:56.700 us open 00:34:56.700 --> 00:34:57.560 hearts and 00:34:57.560 --> 00:34:58.320 open ears 00:34:58.320 --> 00:34:59.800 to your 00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:00.920 word, to 00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:01.320 the Lord 00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:01.740 Jesus, 00:35:02.540 --> 00:35:04.280 and accept 00:35:04.280 --> 00:35:05.080 his authority 00:35:05.080 --> 00:35:05.780 in our 00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:06.260 lives. 00:35:07.640 --> 00:35:08.540 We pray 00:35:08.540 --> 00:35:09.000 this in 00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:09.740 Jesus' name. 00:35:10.620 --> 00:35:10.980 Amen. 00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:11.120 Amen. 00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:14.960 We're 00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:15.199 going to 00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:15.500 sing, 00:35:16.259 --> 00:35:17.079 which is 00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:17.779 another 00:35:17.779 --> 00:35:18.279 prayer, 00:35:19.799 --> 00:35:20.179 and a 00:35:20.179 --> 00:35:20.559 way to 00:35:20.559 --> 00:35:21.000 encourage 00:35:21.000 --> 00:35:21.539 us as 00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:22.059 we sing 00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:22.519 this, we 00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:23.099 sing to 00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:23.679 each other, 00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:24.380 as we 00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:24.940 pray to 00:35:24.940 --> 00:35:26.659 God, that 00:35:26.659 --> 00:35:27.219 as we go 00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:27.739 into this 00:35:27.739 --> 00:35:28.219 week, that 00:35:28.219 --> 00:35:28.659 we don't 00:35:28.659 --> 00:35:29.819 just close 00:35:29.819 --> 00:35:30.359 the Bible 00:35:30.359 --> 00:35:31.279 over, close 00:35:31.279 --> 00:35:32.119 our ears to 00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:32.699 the Lord, 00:35:33.299 --> 00:35:34.359 but go 00:35:34.359 --> 00:35:35.139 into this 00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:36.239 week wanting 00:35:36.239 --> 00:35:37.159 to hear from 00:35:37.159 --> 00:35:38.719 him and 00:35:38.719 --> 00:35:39.259 to live our 00:35:39.259 --> 00:35:40.619 lives as 00:35:40.619 --> 00:35:41.299 followers of 00:35:41.299 --> 00:35:41.539 him. 00:35:41.699 --> 00:35:42.299 Speak, O 00:35:42.299 --> 00:35:42.739 Lord, as 00:35:42.739 --> 00:35:43.440 we come to 00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:44.440 you to 00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:45.119 receive the 00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:45.579 food of 00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:46.019 your holy 00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.279 word. 00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:46.659 Let's 00:35:46.659 --> 00:35:47.859 stand as 00:35:47.859 --> 00:35:48.279 we sing.