WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.899 Let me just pray for us as we get into this passage. 00:00:09.140 --> 00:00:16.480 Father, I just feel so inadequate of bringing this passage to us this morning. 00:00:18.740 --> 00:00:21.059 I feel my words are just not enough. 00:00:23.120 --> 00:00:29.379 I feel like there is so much here of your glory and your beauty. 00:00:29.379 --> 00:00:32.000 Words are not enough. 00:00:33.759 --> 00:00:38.039 And yet I pray this morning, open our eyes to see you. 00:00:39.460 --> 00:00:45.539 Open our eyes to see how glorious and honorable and beautiful you are and what you've done for us is. 00:00:46.500 --> 00:00:50.179 Let us not go away just going through the motions this morning. 00:00:50.899 --> 00:00:53.399 We want to see you in your name. 00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:54.640 Amen. 00:00:54.640 --> 00:00:54.840 Amen. 00:00:54.840 --> 00:00:54.920 Amen. 00:00:58.220 --> 00:00:59.320 Donald Trump. 00:01:02.160 --> 00:01:04.579 I don't know why suddenly everyone started laughing. 00:01:05.079 --> 00:01:07.120 We don't normally start a sermon like that. 00:01:07.960 --> 00:01:14.140 Donald Trump is in many ways a polarizing president. 00:01:14.920 --> 00:01:15.920 Some people love him. 00:01:16.060 --> 00:01:16.859 Some people hate him. 00:01:16.859 --> 00:01:23.140 Social media has got all kinds of things, positive and negative. 00:01:23.140 --> 00:01:37.299 And what we have seen, regardless of the person, is over the last few months in his presidency, the fractures in American society exposed. 00:01:37.299 --> 00:01:58.439 And, you know, one organization decided that the way that they wanted to bring healing into the fractured society was they would put on for 100 days, 100 meals, 00:01:58.439 --> 00:02:08.759 people from every background, 50, 100, 100, 100, 100, 100. 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:09.939 100 meals on. 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:16.280 Because meals are powerful. 00:02:17.759 --> 00:02:22.680 Meals speak of inclusion, welcome, belonging, reconciliation. 00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:28.360 Now, I don't know how many people actually showed up to the meals. 00:02:30.180 --> 00:02:39.560 Because in our day, just as in Jesus' day, sometimes we don't eat together. 00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:41.600 Jews would not eat with non-Jews. 00:02:41.879 --> 00:02:43.960 The rich would not eat with the poor. 00:02:44.200 --> 00:02:46.100 The CEO would not eat with the cleaner. 00:02:48.400 --> 00:02:50.740 Business class doesn't eat with economy class. 00:02:52.680 --> 00:02:55.920 But food can unite and food can divide. 00:02:57.980 --> 00:02:59.340 Because meals speak. 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:05.719 And today we're looking at one of the most significant meals in the Bible. 00:03:06.060 --> 00:03:11.960 And we're following along this series, which is about who is this king that we claim to worship? 00:03:12.439 --> 00:03:13.340 This King Jesus. 00:03:13.580 --> 00:03:18.280 And we've seen that Jesus is the one who turns upside down our ways of operating. 00:03:18.780 --> 00:03:20.920 His glory is the cross. 00:03:20.919 --> 00:03:23.099 His majesty is in serving. 00:03:23.519 --> 00:03:25.239 And today we're going to look at the Last Supper. 00:03:25.979 --> 00:03:26.979 And we're going to look at communion. 00:03:27.280 --> 00:03:31.119 To see how this reveals Jesus and what it means to be part of his community. 00:03:31.919 --> 00:03:33.299 And how he changes everything. 00:03:35.500 --> 00:03:41.560 So we're going to look at this meal which looks back. 00:03:41.879 --> 00:03:43.599 And this meal which looks forward. 00:03:43.599 --> 00:03:47.400 And in Jesus' days, we come to look at this passage. 00:03:47.500 --> 00:03:48.519 Have the bulletin with you. 00:03:51.240 --> 00:03:58.519 Jesus says, Jesus is basically, it says, he comes and he reclines at the table with his disciples. 00:03:59.500 --> 00:04:06.900 And in Jesus' day, the host of the meal would invite people with special honor to come and eat with him. 00:04:07.079 --> 00:04:08.479 It's great networking time. 00:04:08.479 --> 00:04:13.599 You know, who you want to eat with determines who you want to associate with. 00:04:14.859 --> 00:04:17.159 And so Jesus actually is hosting this meal. 00:04:17.240 --> 00:04:18.139 It's not just any meal. 00:04:18.300 --> 00:04:19.699 It's a Passover meal. 00:04:20.680 --> 00:04:23.480 And it's the night before Jesus is going to die. 00:04:24.459 --> 00:04:26.379 It's an emotional time. 00:04:26.379 --> 00:04:31.560 And Jesus' last wish is, I want to eat with my disciples. 00:04:33.339 --> 00:04:38.939 And this Passover, he says, I've eagerly desired to eat this with you before I suffer. 00:04:39.300 --> 00:04:49.360 That means, the last wish that I have, I want you desperately to eat this Passover so that you begin to see what this meal. 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:57.600 That Jews for hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of years, every single year, would get together with their families. 00:04:59.060 --> 00:05:04.680 And they would look back on a deliverance that God had brought for them. 00:05:04.939 --> 00:05:05.699 And what would happen? 00:05:06.040 --> 00:05:08.860 The father of the meal, he would bless the meal. 00:05:09.800 --> 00:05:15.860 And then a youngest child would say, why is this night any different from any other night? 00:05:15.860 --> 00:05:20.699 And the father of the house would begin to tell the story of the exodus. 00:05:20.960 --> 00:05:23.240 He would say, we were slaves. 00:05:24.259 --> 00:05:26.460 We were suffering in Egypt. 00:05:27.819 --> 00:05:32.960 And then, as we were trapped, God, by his mighty hand, he brought us out. 00:05:33.860 --> 00:05:35.699 He brought us out of suffering. 00:05:36.780 --> 00:05:42.520 When we thought we had no future, he came down, he rescued us, and he brought us into freedom. 00:05:43.020 --> 00:05:45.560 He brought us into the promised land. 00:05:46.860 --> 00:05:53.879 And as he kind of told this story, during the meal, there would be different blessings, different thanks to God. 00:05:53.920 --> 00:05:57.259 And then they'd read some psalms, and there'd be some flat bread there. 00:05:58.319 --> 00:06:01.020 And he would take the bread, and he would break it. 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:08.840 And he would say, this is the bread of suffering that our fathers in the land of Egypt ate. 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:12.379 Whoever's hungry, let him come and eat. 00:06:12.379 --> 00:06:15.819 Whoever's in need, let him come and conduct this Passover meal. 00:06:15.860 --> 00:06:17.480 This year we're here. 00:06:17.660 --> 00:06:19.900 Next year, in the land of Israel. 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:21.400 This year we're slaves. 00:06:21.759 --> 00:06:23.500 Next year we'll be free people. 00:06:24.080 --> 00:06:26.400 Every year, that's what they would say. 00:06:27.040 --> 00:06:27.980 Every year. 00:06:28.720 --> 00:06:31.980 And notice they didn't say, our ancestors were slaves. 00:06:31.980 --> 00:06:35.439 They said, we were slaves. 00:06:35.939 --> 00:06:40.920 In fact, this meal was not just about their ancestors' story. 00:06:41.140 --> 00:06:44.220 This was about their story right today. 00:06:44.220 --> 00:06:48.340 Because they were still waiting for freedom to come. 00:06:48.340 --> 00:06:50.780 They still felt that gap. 00:06:50.779 --> 00:06:57.319 But they were looking back at this identity-forming, shaping moment in the past. 00:06:58.119 --> 00:07:00.219 Where God had brought them deliverance. 00:07:00.519 --> 00:07:06.019 And they were looking forward to when God would bring them a Messiah. 00:07:06.019 --> 00:07:11.620 who would come and bring the kingdom of freedom that they were looking for. 00:07:12.680 --> 00:07:15.779 And you know, there'd be four cups of wine, which they would drink. 00:07:15.979 --> 00:07:17.659 Which would symbolize this freedom. 00:07:18.759 --> 00:07:22.299 And they'd remember that the prophet Isaiah had said, 00:07:22.300 --> 00:07:29.980 On this mountain, the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples. 00:07:30.480 --> 00:07:32.120 A banquet of aged wine. 00:07:32.220 --> 00:07:33.220 The best of meats. 00:07:33.500 --> 00:07:35.160 The finest of wines. 00:07:36.080 --> 00:07:37.040 Don't we all love a meal? 00:07:37.400 --> 00:07:38.100 A good meal? 00:07:40.379 --> 00:07:42.580 They're looking forward to a meal. 00:07:44.379 --> 00:07:48.819 Because banquets, if you've been to a banquet, it's about abundance. 00:07:49.280 --> 00:07:50.879 You don't go and just have a little cracker. 00:07:50.879 --> 00:07:54.939 It's about satisfying your deepest desires. 00:07:55.219 --> 00:07:59.420 If I suddenly say to you, let's go to a buffet now at the Four Seasons. 00:08:00.259 --> 00:08:01.639 Are you starting to salivate? 00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:03.620 Okay, steak. 00:08:04.060 --> 00:08:05.120 Succulent steak. 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:05.719 Whatever. 00:08:06.000 --> 00:08:07.339 You know, you suddenly begin. 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:09.860 Your desires are raised. 00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:15.579 Because banquets are about belonging. 00:08:16.159 --> 00:08:17.319 They're about security. 00:08:17.759 --> 00:08:20.279 They're about satisfying your desires. 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:24.879 It's like the ultimate family dinner with the family you actually want to be with. 00:08:25.500 --> 00:08:27.399 That's the kingdom of God. 00:08:28.099 --> 00:08:29.759 And he says it's not just for the smart people. 00:08:29.879 --> 00:08:31.159 It's not just for the wealthy people. 00:08:31.359 --> 00:08:33.039 It's not just people who are very religious. 00:08:33.419 --> 00:08:34.839 It's for all peoples. 00:08:34.840 --> 00:08:40.080 There will be no business class and economy class then. 00:08:40.639 --> 00:08:43.379 North Korea and America will sit down together and eat. 00:08:43.899 --> 00:08:50.120 Arab and Jew, CEO and cleaner, Man United fan and Liverpool fan will sit down together at the table. 00:08:50.120 --> 00:08:54.899 Well, I'm not sure about the last one. 00:08:55.000 --> 00:08:55.399 But anyway. 00:08:57.720 --> 00:08:59.460 But you can all come. 00:08:59.600 --> 00:09:04.720 In a society where we fracture everything, this kingdom is a kingdom where you belong. 00:09:05.220 --> 00:09:07.460 With a host of the meal who is God himself. 00:09:07.460 --> 00:09:10.320 That's what they're looking forward to. 00:09:11.660 --> 00:09:15.840 And I think that's actually deep down what each one of us every single day are craving. 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:19.680 It's what every politician promises us when we vote for them. 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:20.460 Right? 00:09:20.860 --> 00:09:21.379 Security. 00:09:21.720 --> 00:09:22.220 A future. 00:09:22.560 --> 00:09:23.180 Prosperity. 00:09:23.420 --> 00:09:24.639 To make us great again. 00:09:24.860 --> 00:09:25.980 A place to belong. 00:09:25.980 --> 00:09:28.180 To be proud for ourselves and our families. 00:09:29.680 --> 00:09:35.139 And every single politician, whether it's from Nelson Mandela to Chairman Mao to Barack Obama to Donald Trump, 00:09:35.300 --> 00:09:37.300 has appeared as a great hope. 00:09:37.899 --> 00:09:40.899 And then left disappointment in their wake. 00:09:42.980 --> 00:09:48.740 It's why we worry so much about our careers and financial security and about our kids' education, 00:09:48.899 --> 00:09:51.420 about finding a spouse, about avoiding loneliness. 00:09:51.419 --> 00:09:56.579 Because we desperately desire the belonging and abundance of the kingdom of God. 00:09:57.479 --> 00:10:00.019 Do you realize every day you're longing for the kingdom of God? 00:10:02.399 --> 00:10:04.839 And yet it always seems to be out of reach. 00:10:06.279 --> 00:10:08.979 And Jesus says, verse 16, 00:10:09.539 --> 00:10:15.219 I'm not going to eat this meal again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God. 00:10:15.899 --> 00:10:20.699 And fulfilled means this meal today is a little foretaste. 00:10:20.700 --> 00:10:23.700 It's a little picture of that meal in the future. 00:10:24.520 --> 00:10:26.540 It's going to point forward to that reality. 00:10:27.180 --> 00:10:28.280 And I'm going to take you there. 00:10:30.220 --> 00:10:33.180 So the meal of the Passover looks back and it looks forward. 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:37.100 But I want to look at the king who reshapes the meal. 00:10:38.720 --> 00:10:40.160 Because what Jesus does next, 00:10:41.160 --> 00:10:43.320 we kind of don't get this because, you know, 00:10:43.420 --> 00:10:45.759 we kind of, if you've been in church a while, 00:10:45.840 --> 00:10:48.560 we know communion and we know these kind of things. 00:10:48.559 --> 00:10:52.099 But for them back then, what Jesus does next is totally shocking. 00:10:53.039 --> 00:10:56.119 He picks up the bread and he breaks it. 00:10:56.939 --> 00:10:59.039 And all the disciples are expecting him to say, 00:10:59.199 --> 00:11:00.299 okay, this is the bread of suffering. 00:11:00.539 --> 00:11:03.059 And he says, he changes it. 00:11:03.619 --> 00:11:05.959 He says, this bread, 00:11:06.899 --> 00:11:09.819 this is my body, 00:11:10.339 --> 00:11:12.879 which is given for you. 00:11:12.879 --> 00:11:17.200 Do this in remembrance of me. 00:11:17.679 --> 00:11:18.299 Take it. 00:11:18.539 --> 00:11:23.700 This bread is not to remember the exodus in the past in Egypt into the promised land. 00:11:23.820 --> 00:11:26.799 There is a new story which I'm writing right today. 00:11:26.860 --> 00:11:27.740 This is a new bread. 00:11:27.840 --> 00:11:31.000 There's a new deliverance that you're going to look back on and look forward to. 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:35.000 And the only way you're going to get to that kingdom is through me. 00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:37.940 I'm not going to eat this bread again. 00:11:38.019 --> 00:11:39.379 I'm not going to drink this wine again 00:11:39.379 --> 00:11:44.120 because I'm going to forge ahead a way that you can come and sit at this table. 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:47.159 And so when he says, 00:11:47.440 --> 00:11:49.419 this is my body given for you, 00:11:49.539 --> 00:11:51.080 he says, I'm giving you something. 00:11:52.759 --> 00:11:55.860 The way to that kingdom that our hearts are craving 00:11:55.860 --> 00:11:58.620 isn't through getting a better political system 00:11:58.620 --> 00:12:02.759 or through distributing wealth better with communism or capitalism. 00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:06.960 He doesn't say your main problem is education, 00:12:07.080 --> 00:12:08.159 that you need some more morals, 00:12:08.259 --> 00:12:09.460 so I'll give you some morals, 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:10.820 some ethical teaching. 00:12:11.060 --> 00:12:11.720 He says, 00:12:12.139 --> 00:12:14.300 I'm the king of my kingdom 00:12:14.300 --> 00:12:16.919 and you are slaves. 00:12:18.680 --> 00:12:19.659 You are slaves 00:12:19.659 --> 00:12:22.019 and the only way you can eat at my table 00:12:22.019 --> 00:12:24.000 is if I give myself for you. 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:28.799 I'm the only way to satisfy the deepest desires of your heart. 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:31.779 You see, 00:12:32.340 --> 00:12:33.220 do you see that little word? 00:12:33.279 --> 00:12:33.600 It says, 00:12:34.139 --> 00:12:35.639 I give myself for you. 00:12:35.940 --> 00:12:36.860 Do you see that word for? 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:40.940 That word for means on behalf of you, 00:12:41.059 --> 00:12:42.419 in your place. 00:12:42.759 --> 00:12:44.899 I am given instead of you. 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:48.799 Because if you think you can make this meal, 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:50.080 this banquet, 00:12:50.360 --> 00:12:51.899 the desires of your heart by yourself, 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:52.799 you're really wrong. 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:54.959 Because you know what the Bible story is? 00:12:56.579 --> 00:12:59.240 The Bible story and your story and my story 00:12:59.240 --> 00:13:04.279 says the reason we don't enjoy that kingdom 00:13:04.279 --> 00:13:06.079 is because throughout our lives, 00:13:06.139 --> 00:13:07.719 we've been making poor food choices. 00:13:08.639 --> 00:13:09.079 Do you know that? 00:13:10.159 --> 00:13:12.139 It's because you've been choosing to sit 00:13:12.139 --> 00:13:14.459 with somebody else's host of the meal 00:13:14.459 --> 00:13:15.539 and not God himself. 00:13:15.539 --> 00:13:17.339 Because you know Adam and Eve? 00:13:17.819 --> 00:13:18.240 What happens? 00:13:18.579 --> 00:13:19.019 Adam and Eve, 00:13:19.099 --> 00:13:21.240 God tells Adam and Eve, 00:13:21.319 --> 00:13:21.659 he says, 00:13:21.919 --> 00:13:22.240 here, 00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:23.240 I'm offering you a meal, 00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:24.319 tree of life. 00:13:25.279 --> 00:13:26.319 And they say, 00:13:26.559 --> 00:13:26.740 oh, 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:27.819 I prefer the other one, 00:13:28.059 --> 00:13:29.339 tree of knowledge and good and evil. 00:13:29.480 --> 00:13:30.579 I want to be independent. 00:13:30.740 --> 00:13:31.959 I want to have things by myself. 00:13:32.139 --> 00:13:32.779 I don't want you. 00:13:32.819 --> 00:13:33.980 I don't want to sit at your table, 00:13:34.099 --> 00:13:34.259 God. 00:13:35.980 --> 00:13:37.339 And so we dishonor God 00:13:37.339 --> 00:13:38.500 and turn away from him. 00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:40.059 Mount Sinai, 00:13:40.159 --> 00:13:41.299 God gives 10 commandments. 00:13:42.199 --> 00:13:44.000 And he calls Moses and 70 elders 00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:45.099 to go up and see him. 00:13:45.339 --> 00:13:46.279 And do you know what happens 00:13:46.279 --> 00:13:48.199 after he gives the 10 commandments? 00:13:49.079 --> 00:13:50.019 Most of us miss this. 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:51.199 It says they went up 00:13:51.199 --> 00:13:52.919 and they saw God 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:54.339 and they ate and drank. 00:13:55.179 --> 00:13:56.379 Do you know God hosted a meal? 00:13:57.339 --> 00:13:57.799 And he said, 00:13:57.839 --> 00:13:58.699 I want to host you. 00:14:00.399 --> 00:14:01.500 And do you know the very next thing 00:14:01.500 --> 00:14:02.039 they go and do? 00:14:03.139 --> 00:14:04.279 They go down the mountain 00:14:04.279 --> 00:14:06.879 and they say, 00:14:07.479 --> 00:14:07.779 oh, 00:14:07.779 --> 00:14:10.159 Moses is being a little wild. 00:14:10.480 --> 00:14:12.059 We've got to build a golden calf. 00:14:12.439 --> 00:14:13.480 We've got to make an idol. 00:14:13.860 --> 00:14:14.860 And then do you know what it says? 00:14:14.899 --> 00:14:15.159 It says, 00:14:15.220 --> 00:14:15.879 and they sat down 00:14:15.879 --> 00:14:16.740 and they ate and drank 00:14:16.740 --> 00:14:17.939 and they played together. 00:14:18.620 --> 00:14:20.459 And basically what it means is 00:14:20.459 --> 00:14:22.399 they decided, 00:14:22.559 --> 00:14:22.679 oh, 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:23.839 God made a good meal 00:14:23.839 --> 00:14:24.319 but actually 00:14:24.319 --> 00:14:25.659 we want to have a different meal 00:14:25.659 --> 00:14:26.279 by ourselves 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:27.179 doing our thing 00:14:27.179 --> 00:14:28.259 so we indulge. 00:14:28.319 --> 00:14:29.740 We get instant gratification 00:14:29.740 --> 00:14:30.360 for myself. 00:14:30.679 --> 00:14:31.419 Indulge myself 00:14:31.419 --> 00:14:32.179 with what I want. 00:14:32.740 --> 00:14:33.699 Let's comfort eat. 00:14:34.079 --> 00:14:35.879 Let's do sexual immorality, 00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:36.379 drinking, 00:14:36.480 --> 00:14:37.279 all the kind of things 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:38.220 because I want to sit 00:14:38.220 --> 00:14:39.139 at a different table 00:14:39.139 --> 00:14:40.459 because I want to exalt myself. 00:14:40.559 --> 00:14:41.679 I don't want to exalt the king. 00:14:41.980 --> 00:14:43.019 I don't want to honor him. 00:14:43.600 --> 00:14:44.899 I'm going to have a different meal. 00:14:47.220 --> 00:14:47.879 And you know, 00:14:47.939 --> 00:14:48.740 when God says, 00:14:49.039 --> 00:14:49.980 sees these 00:14:49.980 --> 00:14:51.339 throughout scripture, 00:14:51.500 --> 00:14:52.419 do you know what he says? 00:14:54.899 --> 00:14:55.439 He says, 00:14:55.519 --> 00:14:57.939 if you honor me, 00:14:58.539 --> 00:14:59.720 you will receive honor. 00:14:59.720 --> 00:15:01.559 But if you dishonor me 00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:02.740 and turn to another table, 00:15:02.819 --> 00:15:03.720 do you know what you experience? 00:15:04.699 --> 00:15:05.740 You experience shame. 00:15:06.720 --> 00:15:07.779 You experience shame. 00:15:07.860 --> 00:15:08.320 Adam and Eve, 00:15:08.460 --> 00:15:08.879 shame. 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:09.919 The people of God, 00:15:10.120 --> 00:15:11.639 shame comes on you 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:15.639 because we were made 00:15:15.639 --> 00:15:18.860 for the glory that comes from God 00:15:18.860 --> 00:15:19.840 and to honor him. 00:15:19.840 --> 00:15:24.180 And when we turn away 00:15:24.180 --> 00:15:26.019 and find honor 00:15:26.019 --> 00:15:27.440 in any other things, 00:15:27.580 --> 00:15:28.720 what we try and do, 00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:30.120 we get shamed 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:31.160 and then we try and cover 00:15:31.160 --> 00:15:32.080 over our shame. 00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:32.800 We try to boost 00:15:32.800 --> 00:15:33.740 our own egos up. 00:15:34.460 --> 00:15:35.440 Trying to make ourselves 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:36.480 feel better about ourselves. 00:15:36.580 --> 00:15:37.460 And when we do that, 00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:39.120 we end up shaming other people. 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:41.280 Because do you know 00:15:41.280 --> 00:15:42.540 what humanity's meal table 00:15:42.540 --> 00:15:43.139 looks like? 00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:46.080 In Jesus' day, 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:46.800 it looked like this. 00:15:46.960 --> 00:15:47.620 Religious people 00:15:47.620 --> 00:15:48.920 keeping in their own little circle 00:15:48.919 --> 00:15:50.019 and then a sinful, 00:15:50.299 --> 00:15:50.839 shamed woman 00:15:50.839 --> 00:15:52.000 who'd made some poor choice 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:53.120 in her life 00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:54.139 comes along 00:15:54.139 --> 00:15:55.620 and they're like, 00:15:55.779 --> 00:15:56.399 you're not going to sit 00:15:56.399 --> 00:15:57.120 at my meal table. 00:16:00.339 --> 00:16:01.219 Crowds come along. 00:16:01.319 --> 00:16:02.019 They're filled with hatred 00:16:02.019 --> 00:16:02.559 because they see 00:16:02.559 --> 00:16:03.979 this corrupt tax official 00:16:03.979 --> 00:16:04.959 called Zacchaeus. 00:16:08.199 --> 00:16:09.120 And they're like, 00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:10.899 Jesus, ignore him. 00:16:11.819 --> 00:16:12.879 Don't worry about him. 00:16:13.059 --> 00:16:13.659 Worry about me. 00:16:15.199 --> 00:16:16.179 They wouldn't forgive 00:16:16.179 --> 00:16:17.039 or reach out to him. 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:17.360 But do you know 00:16:17.360 --> 00:16:18.120 what Jesus does 00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:19.980 to both that woman 00:16:19.980 --> 00:16:20.860 and Zacchaeus? 00:16:21.059 --> 00:16:21.559 He says, 00:16:21.839 --> 00:16:22.159 Zach, 00:16:22.919 --> 00:16:23.620 come down. 00:16:23.659 --> 00:16:24.259 I want to grab dinner 00:16:24.259 --> 00:16:24.699 with you. 00:16:26.099 --> 00:16:26.779 Because the way 00:16:26.779 --> 00:16:27.659 Jesus does meals 00:16:27.659 --> 00:16:28.099 is different 00:16:28.099 --> 00:16:28.959 from the way we do. 00:16:30.500 --> 00:16:32.259 Because we shame 00:16:32.259 --> 00:16:33.039 other people 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:33.879 to make ourselves 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:35.379 feel greater than us. 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:36.980 You know, 00:16:37.019 --> 00:16:38.000 isn't that the way 00:16:38.000 --> 00:16:40.159 families and offices 00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:41.139 in Hong Kong work? 00:16:41.980 --> 00:16:42.199 You know, 00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:42.819 a teenage girl 00:16:42.819 --> 00:16:43.740 becomes pregnant 00:16:43.740 --> 00:16:45.019 through a poor choice 00:16:45.019 --> 00:16:45.699 and what happens 00:16:45.699 --> 00:16:46.240 as a result, 00:16:46.340 --> 00:16:47.460 the family feels shame. 00:16:48.059 --> 00:16:48.659 They can't tell 00:16:48.659 --> 00:16:49.199 their relatives 00:16:49.199 --> 00:16:49.799 so they end up 00:16:49.799 --> 00:16:51.279 excluding the girl 00:16:51.279 --> 00:16:52.360 and pushing her out. 00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:55.159 They punish her 00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:55.799 for bringing shame 00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:56.460 on the family. 00:16:58.559 --> 00:16:59.120 You know, 00:16:59.299 --> 00:17:00.419 I think we all do this. 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:01.980 This is humanity's meal table. 00:17:02.340 --> 00:17:02.720 I remember 00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:03.179 when I was 00:17:03.179 --> 00:17:04.599 at secondary school, 00:17:07.259 --> 00:17:08.019 I was not, 00:17:08.920 --> 00:17:09.660 there was a kid there. 00:17:09.660 --> 00:17:10.920 He was socially awkward. 00:17:12.480 --> 00:17:14.920 And everyone made fun of him. 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:15.440 No one wanted 00:17:15.440 --> 00:17:16.279 to befriend him. 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:18.300 And I knew 00:17:18.300 --> 00:17:19.120 that I should go out 00:17:19.120 --> 00:17:19.840 and befriend him. 00:17:21.259 --> 00:17:22.080 But what I did, 00:17:22.180 --> 00:17:23.360 I discovered 00:17:23.360 --> 00:17:24.380 that all my friends 00:17:24.380 --> 00:17:25.360 were laughing at him. 00:17:25.880 --> 00:17:26.700 And so I joined in 00:17:26.700 --> 00:17:27.500 with laughing at him. 00:17:28.800 --> 00:17:31.420 Because what I saw 00:17:31.420 --> 00:17:32.920 was I wanted to belong 00:17:32.920 --> 00:17:33.840 to this community. 00:17:34.259 --> 00:17:34.960 And if it meant 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:35.700 that I would shame 00:17:35.700 --> 00:17:36.420 the other guy, 00:17:36.740 --> 00:17:37.700 then I would do that. 00:17:37.700 --> 00:17:39.580 Do you ever 00:17:39.580 --> 00:17:41.120 laugh at people's jokes 00:17:41.120 --> 00:17:42.240 when they're laughing 00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:42.900 at someone? 00:17:43.080 --> 00:17:43.960 Do you ever gossip 00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:45.799 to make yourself 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:46.319 feel better? 00:17:46.980 --> 00:17:48.059 So there's this division 00:17:48.059 --> 00:17:48.840 in society 00:17:48.840 --> 00:17:49.539 in your offices. 00:17:51.200 --> 00:17:52.160 That's what we do 00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:53.600 in our little community 00:17:53.600 --> 00:17:54.500 in our meal table. 00:17:57.420 --> 00:17:59.100 And when Jesus says, 00:18:01.100 --> 00:18:02.519 this is my body 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:04.559 given for you, 00:18:05.220 --> 00:18:05.960 he's saying, 00:18:05.960 --> 00:18:07.740 I hate the way 00:18:07.740 --> 00:18:09.380 that your meal table works. 00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:11.200 I don't accept that 00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:11.940 at my table. 00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:13.319 In fact, 00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:14.100 I'll remove 00:18:14.100 --> 00:18:15.360 from my presence 00:18:15.360 --> 00:18:18.480 anyone of us 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:20.200 who is self-glory seeking 00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:20.920 because we want 00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:22.000 to boost ourselves up 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:23.039 to cover our shame. 00:18:24.180 --> 00:18:25.140 You can't sit 00:18:25.140 --> 00:18:25.779 at my table. 00:18:27.539 --> 00:18:29.019 And God made a way 00:18:29.019 --> 00:18:30.660 for the people, 00:18:31.660 --> 00:18:33.120 a temporary way 00:18:33.120 --> 00:18:33.840 in the Old Testament 00:18:33.839 --> 00:18:34.519 for the people 00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:35.699 to approach God. 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:37.079 Once a year, 00:18:37.179 --> 00:18:38.119 the Day of Atonement, 00:18:38.500 --> 00:18:39.039 two goats 00:18:39.039 --> 00:18:39.639 would be brought 00:18:39.639 --> 00:18:40.419 to stand 00:18:40.419 --> 00:18:41.339 in the place 00:18:41.339 --> 00:18:41.899 of the people. 00:18:42.579 --> 00:18:43.419 And the priest 00:18:43.419 --> 00:18:44.759 would kill one goat 00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:45.939 and the blood 00:18:45.939 --> 00:18:48.000 would cover 00:18:48.000 --> 00:18:49.059 over the shame 00:18:49.059 --> 00:18:49.699 of the people. 00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:51.619 And then he'd take, 00:18:51.859 --> 00:18:53.099 he would take God's anger 00:18:53.099 --> 00:18:53.539 at them 00:18:53.539 --> 00:18:54.220 and then he'd take 00:18:54.220 --> 00:18:54.879 another goat. 00:18:55.119 --> 00:18:55.859 And what he'd do 00:18:55.859 --> 00:18:56.579 with the other goat, 00:18:56.679 --> 00:18:57.759 he would lay his hands 00:18:57.759 --> 00:18:58.160 on them 00:18:58.160 --> 00:18:59.379 and he'd confess 00:18:59.379 --> 00:19:00.480 all the shameful things 00:19:00.480 --> 00:19:01.259 the people had done. 00:19:02.539 --> 00:19:03.420 And then they'd release 00:19:03.420 --> 00:19:03.859 the goat 00:19:03.859 --> 00:19:04.379 and the goat 00:19:04.379 --> 00:19:05.279 would be excluded 00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:06.240 out of the camp, 00:19:07.539 --> 00:19:08.460 out on the side, 00:19:08.579 --> 00:19:09.839 taking all the shame away. 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:12.579 He was substituted 00:19:12.579 --> 00:19:13.299 for the people. 00:19:14.579 --> 00:19:15.599 And Jesus says, 00:19:16.160 --> 00:19:19.079 I am your substitute. 00:19:19.839 --> 00:19:20.879 I am that goat 00:19:20.879 --> 00:19:22.220 who your sin, 00:19:22.359 --> 00:19:23.200 your shame, 00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:24.379 the way that we have 00:19:24.379 --> 00:19:25.519 tried to honor ourselves 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:26.900 and rejected other people, 00:19:27.839 --> 00:19:28.879 it was put onto him. 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:31.859 It was put onto him. 00:19:33.339 --> 00:19:34.879 He pushed out 00:19:34.879 --> 00:19:35.660 and excluded 00:19:35.660 --> 00:19:36.639 on the cross. 00:19:38.660 --> 00:19:39.619 God's anger 00:19:39.619 --> 00:19:41.400 at our sin 00:19:41.400 --> 00:19:42.539 was placed on him 00:19:42.539 --> 00:19:44.139 on your behalf. 00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:46.039 He was excluded. 00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:46.900 He was shamed 00:19:46.900 --> 00:19:47.759 on the cross, 00:19:48.400 --> 00:19:49.200 humiliated, 00:19:49.460 --> 00:19:50.940 so that we could be 00:19:50.940 --> 00:19:52.000 accepted back 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:53.420 to his table. 00:19:54.420 --> 00:19:54.599 Amen. 00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:56.900 You know, 00:19:57.019 --> 00:19:57.420 generals, 00:19:58.460 --> 00:20:00.599 people in great places 00:20:00.599 --> 00:20:01.059 of honor, 00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:03.559 when you're a soldier, 00:20:04.519 --> 00:20:05.680 when an army goes out, 00:20:05.859 --> 00:20:06.980 a general normally 00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:07.740 stays at the back 00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:08.599 and just sends out 00:20:08.599 --> 00:20:09.099 his troops. 00:20:10.319 --> 00:20:11.639 And if they die 00:20:11.639 --> 00:20:12.299 and they suffer 00:20:12.299 --> 00:20:13.240 and they're in the midst 00:20:13.240 --> 00:20:14.539 of the battlefield, 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:16.079 the general then 00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:17.119 just sends more troops 00:20:17.119 --> 00:20:17.980 until finally 00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:18.960 all the ammunition 00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:19.460 of the enemy 00:20:19.460 --> 00:20:20.039 is used up 00:20:20.039 --> 00:20:20.639 and then the general 00:20:20.639 --> 00:20:21.319 comes in 00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:21.960 and says, 00:20:22.059 --> 00:20:22.319 wow, 00:20:22.420 --> 00:20:23.220 what a great victory 00:20:23.220 --> 00:20:23.759 I have won. 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:26.039 but Jesus 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:27.379 comes himself. 00:20:28.839 --> 00:20:30.400 He comes himself. 00:20:31.240 --> 00:20:31.759 He leads 00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:32.859 the battle lines 00:20:32.859 --> 00:20:34.519 where no one else 00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:34.940 would 00:20:34.940 --> 00:20:36.339 for you, 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:38.099 for you, 00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:39.680 for you. 00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:43.339 Sometimes 00:20:43.339 --> 00:20:45.680 we have the impression 00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:47.599 that God the Father 00:20:47.599 --> 00:20:48.519 is kind of angry 00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:49.240 at us 00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:49.960 and Jesus 00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:50.460 is kind of 00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:51.480 just protecting us, 00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:51.779 you know, 00:20:51.859 --> 00:20:52.279 from Jesus. 00:20:52.380 --> 00:20:52.539 Okay, 00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:53.880 try not to hurt them 00:20:53.880 --> 00:20:54.519 too much. 00:20:55.220 --> 00:20:56.299 But the next verse 00:20:56.299 --> 00:20:58.440 says this, 00:20:58.519 --> 00:20:59.220 verse 22. 00:21:00.259 --> 00:21:01.079 The Son of Man 00:21:01.079 --> 00:21:02.400 goes as it's been determined. 00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:05.759 The Son of Man 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.920 goes as it's been determined. 00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:08.980 You know, 00:21:09.039 --> 00:21:09.980 sometimes bad stuff 00:21:09.980 --> 00:21:10.759 happens in our lives 00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.240 and we wonder, 00:21:11.359 --> 00:21:12.759 is God trying to punish me? 00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:14.359 Ever felt like that? 00:21:14.359 --> 00:21:16.559 Verse 22 00:21:16.559 --> 00:21:18.359 is a powerful verse 00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:19.419 because it says, 00:21:19.659 --> 00:21:21.000 this is a grammar form. 00:21:21.219 --> 00:21:21.359 Okay, 00:21:21.399 --> 00:21:22.119 I'm going to give you grammar. 00:21:22.719 --> 00:21:23.179 Grammar, 00:21:23.299 --> 00:21:23.759 which says, 00:21:24.139 --> 00:21:25.639 it's called a divine passive, 00:21:25.899 --> 00:21:26.659 which means, 00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:28.219 it's Bible speak 00:21:28.219 --> 00:21:28.879 for saying, 00:21:29.659 --> 00:21:31.039 the whole Trinity, 00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:31.959 God the Father, 00:21:32.139 --> 00:21:32.879 God the Son, 00:21:33.039 --> 00:21:34.119 God the Holy Spirit, 00:21:34.379 --> 00:21:35.639 were all sitting around 00:21:35.639 --> 00:21:36.299 a meal table 00:21:36.299 --> 00:21:36.819 plotting 00:21:36.819 --> 00:21:37.859 and planning 00:21:37.859 --> 00:21:39.799 how they could take you 00:21:39.799 --> 00:21:40.699 and me 00:21:40.699 --> 00:21:41.919 out of this place 00:21:41.919 --> 00:21:42.639 of exclusion, 00:21:42.859 --> 00:21:44.199 not being at his meal table, 00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:45.099 and he said, 00:21:45.339 --> 00:21:46.599 how can I bring you 00:21:46.599 --> 00:21:47.219 to myself 00:21:47.219 --> 00:21:48.459 so you can enjoy 00:21:48.459 --> 00:21:49.359 the fellowship 00:21:49.359 --> 00:21:50.419 that we have? 00:21:50.539 --> 00:21:51.500 And the only way 00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:52.299 they could do that 00:21:52.299 --> 00:21:53.399 was if that goat, 00:21:53.639 --> 00:21:55.819 if Christ came for you 00:21:55.819 --> 00:21:57.619 and took 00:21:57.619 --> 00:21:59.419 that exclusion, 00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:00.339 he was excluded 00:22:00.339 --> 00:22:01.559 so you never have to be. 00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:03.899 So God will never punish you 00:22:03.899 --> 00:22:05.179 if you turn to him 00:22:05.179 --> 00:22:06.740 because he's already 00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:07.779 taken the punishment 00:22:07.779 --> 00:22:08.979 on himself. 00:22:10.619 --> 00:22:11.699 That's how much God 00:22:11.699 --> 00:22:12.459 desires you 00:22:12.459 --> 00:22:13.379 to eat at his table. 00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:14.920 that's the king 00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:15.640 that we remember 00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:16.280 at communion 00:22:16.280 --> 00:22:17.860 for you. 00:22:20.360 --> 00:22:21.100 How are we doing? 00:22:23.360 --> 00:22:23.760 Okay, 00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.500 third thing. 00:22:26.620 --> 00:22:27.720 So we've seen the meal, 00:22:27.840 --> 00:22:28.680 it looks back 00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:30.000 and it looks forward. 00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:31.660 When Christ comes, 00:22:31.760 --> 00:22:32.020 he said, 00:22:32.100 --> 00:22:32.740 actually this meal 00:22:32.740 --> 00:22:33.560 is all about me. 00:22:34.120 --> 00:22:34.720 It's all about 00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.280 what I've done. 00:22:35.360 --> 00:22:36.880 There's a new time 00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:39.280 to look back on 00:22:39.280 --> 00:22:40.320 and a new thing 00:22:40.320 --> 00:22:41.300 to look forward to. 00:22:41.299 --> 00:22:42.700 third thing. 00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.440 The disciples 00:22:44.440 --> 00:22:46.279 right in the midst 00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:47.200 of this emotional 00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:48.740 kind of tear-jerking moment 00:22:48.740 --> 00:22:50.539 where Jesus is talking 00:22:50.539 --> 00:22:51.319 about the suffering 00:22:51.319 --> 00:22:52.139 on the cross. 00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:53.700 It's like the closing speech 00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:54.200 of the movie 00:22:54.200 --> 00:22:55.119 where he's describing 00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:56.460 his sacrifice for them. 00:22:56.599 --> 00:22:57.940 You can hear the violins 00:22:57.940 --> 00:22:59.379 in the background. 00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:01.059 And the disciples 00:23:01.059 --> 00:23:01.779 are moved 00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.299 and touched 00:23:02.299 --> 00:23:02.960 by what Jesus 00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:04.039 is going to do for them. 00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:04.500 Are they? 00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.839 Look in verse 24. 00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:07.879 What do they do next? 00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:10.620 They're arguing. 00:23:12.260 --> 00:23:13.200 A dispute arose 00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:13.620 among them 00:23:13.620 --> 00:23:14.280 as to which of them 00:23:14.280 --> 00:23:14.980 was to be guarded 00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:15.640 as the greatest. 00:23:17.760 --> 00:23:18.640 And they're going, 00:23:19.520 --> 00:23:19.760 okay, 00:23:19.840 --> 00:23:20.700 if Jesus is the king 00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.300 of God's kingdom, 00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:22.340 I want to make sure 00:23:22.340 --> 00:23:23.440 I'm on the top table. 00:23:24.080 --> 00:23:24.800 And Peter's going, 00:23:24.920 --> 00:23:25.040 well, 00:23:25.080 --> 00:23:25.720 I should be there 00:23:25.720 --> 00:23:27.520 because I've walked on water. 00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:28.860 And, you know, 00:23:28.940 --> 00:23:29.460 Philip's going, 00:23:29.580 --> 00:23:29.720 yeah, 00:23:29.800 --> 00:23:30.600 but you fell in. 00:23:31.060 --> 00:23:32.400 And they're kind of, 00:23:32.460 --> 00:23:33.160 they're fighting 00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:34.080 against each other 00:23:34.080 --> 00:23:36.700 and totally wrapped up 00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:37.340 in themselves. 00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:39.759 They've missed everything 00:23:39.759 --> 00:23:40.660 Jesus has said. 00:23:41.380 --> 00:23:42.259 And what are they 00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:42.740 trying to do? 00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.600 They're trying to elevate 00:23:43.600 --> 00:23:44.259 themselves 00:23:44.259 --> 00:23:46.799 like everybody else 00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:47.440 in society. 00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:49.900 And I love this. 00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.740 What does Jesus do? 00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:52.660 Jesus doesn't go, 00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.759 you stupid, 00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:54.940 insensitive idiots. 00:23:55.660 --> 00:23:56.980 I'm having a moment here 00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:57.519 and I just need 00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:58.200 a bit of support. 00:23:58.420 --> 00:23:59.220 He doesn't say that. 00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:01.580 He says, 00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:05.160 he draws this distinction 00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:06.140 between the way 00:24:06.140 --> 00:24:07.240 everyone else works 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:08.279 and the way he works. 00:24:09.300 --> 00:24:09.700 He says, 00:24:09.800 --> 00:24:11.060 the kings of the Gentiles 00:24:11.060 --> 00:24:12.759 exercise lordship over them. 00:24:12.940 --> 00:24:13.560 That means, 00:24:13.920 --> 00:24:14.800 in the world, 00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:16.900 if you're the leader, 00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:18.860 you show your power 00:24:18.860 --> 00:24:19.800 and your boss 00:24:19.800 --> 00:24:20.560 by telling people 00:24:20.560 --> 00:24:21.160 what to do, 00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:22.140 by making sure 00:24:22.140 --> 00:24:22.960 you're in control 00:24:22.960 --> 00:24:23.560 of everything. 00:24:25.019 --> 00:24:26.140 That's what it means. 00:24:26.800 --> 00:24:28.180 Use force if necessary. 00:24:28.660 --> 00:24:28.820 Okay? 00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:30.340 Sometimes that may be 00:24:30.340 --> 00:24:30.900 your boss. 00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:33.100 But those in authority 00:24:33.099 --> 00:24:34.719 are called benefactors. 00:24:35.519 --> 00:24:35.939 And he says, 00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:36.119 okay, 00:24:36.179 --> 00:24:36.819 there's another way 00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:38.099 people try and control 00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:38.919 and boost their ego. 00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:39.939 They either try and control 00:24:39.939 --> 00:24:41.039 things or 00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:43.019 they try and show 00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:44.339 how generous they are 00:24:44.339 --> 00:24:44.859 to everyone 00:24:44.859 --> 00:24:45.599 so that you think, 00:24:45.740 --> 00:24:45.859 oh, 00:24:45.919 --> 00:24:46.639 aren't they amazing? 00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:47.519 You know, 00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:48.579 in ancient Rome, 00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:49.899 every building 00:24:49.899 --> 00:24:50.579 that was built 00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:52.179 was built by a benefactor, 00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:53.279 a rich person 00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:54.619 who donated money 00:24:54.619 --> 00:24:55.699 and then made sure 00:24:55.699 --> 00:24:56.359 that they had 00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:57.579 their name on a plaque 00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:58.240 just to show 00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:59.319 how generous we were. 00:24:59.639 --> 00:25:00.679 We do that in Hong Kong 00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:01.039 as well. 00:25:01.320 --> 00:25:01.500 I mean, 00:25:01.600 --> 00:25:02.480 we even have one 00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.200 on the wall here. 00:25:05.600 --> 00:25:05.779 Now, 00:25:06.920 --> 00:25:07.180 now, 00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:08.420 I'm not questioning 00:25:08.420 --> 00:25:09.940 the motivation of her, 00:25:10.140 --> 00:25:10.799 but actually, 00:25:11.080 --> 00:25:12.480 what Jesus is saying 00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:14.360 is often in our society, 00:25:14.460 --> 00:25:15.539 the way that we do that 00:25:15.539 --> 00:25:17.180 is we try and, 00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:17.740 you know, 00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:18.259 TVB, 00:25:18.320 --> 00:25:19.259 have you seen on TVB, 00:25:19.380 --> 00:25:19.740 they have, 00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:21.740 there's charity donations 00:25:21.740 --> 00:25:22.980 and they bring the big check 00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.539 and they show, 00:25:23.840 --> 00:25:24.140 okay, 00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:25.700 look how great I am 00:25:25.700 --> 00:25:26.460 and then you put your name 00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:26.779 on there 00:25:26.779 --> 00:25:28.000 and we try and get honor 00:25:28.000 --> 00:25:28.920 in our society. 00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:30.400 And Jesus says, 00:25:30.820 --> 00:25:32.220 that's the way 00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:33.000 other people do it 00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:34.000 but not so with you. 00:25:35.100 --> 00:25:36.519 But not so with you. 00:25:37.840 --> 00:25:38.340 You see, 00:25:39.100 --> 00:25:39.960 society's all about 00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:41.140 boosting ourselves up, 00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:43.300 trying to boost 00:25:43.300 --> 00:25:43.960 our own image 00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:45.140 because we feel shamed 00:25:45.140 --> 00:25:45.920 and we try and make 00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:46.759 ourselves high. 00:25:48.019 --> 00:25:48.680 But Jesus says, 00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.560 I'm reshaping you 00:25:49.560 --> 00:25:50.220 in my image, 00:25:50.300 --> 00:25:50.800 not the image 00:25:50.800 --> 00:25:51.860 of our society around. 00:25:52.539 --> 00:25:53.279 I'm going to change 00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:53.660 the honor 00:25:53.660 --> 00:25:54.500 so that you live 00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:55.720 for my honor 00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.640 and you live for honor 00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:57.460 in my eyes, 00:25:57.539 --> 00:25:58.160 not in honor 00:25:58.160 --> 00:25:58.779 of the eyes 00:25:58.779 --> 00:25:59.220 of the people 00:25:59.220 --> 00:25:59.880 around you. 00:26:02.160 --> 00:26:02.700 You see, 00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.180 we say, 00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:04.380 I'm not respected 00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:05.440 by my boss enough. 00:26:05.640 --> 00:26:06.300 He's not seeing 00:26:06.300 --> 00:26:07.220 my full potential. 00:26:07.820 --> 00:26:09.279 I should be more elevated 00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.100 than I am. 00:26:10.779 --> 00:26:11.420 And you've been working 00:26:11.420 --> 00:26:12.140 for six months 00:26:12.140 --> 00:26:12.759 in the company. 00:26:14.120 --> 00:26:15.019 And Jesus says, 00:26:15.100 --> 00:26:15.180 yeah, 00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:16.000 that's how other people 00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:17.000 around you will think. 00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:18.500 But not so with you, 00:26:18.600 --> 00:26:18.980 Watermark. 00:26:19.759 --> 00:26:20.940 The greatest among you 00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:21.320 will become 00:26:21.320 --> 00:26:21.840 as the youngest. 00:26:23.120 --> 00:26:24.519 We lash out angrily 00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:25.100 at our kids 00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:26.200 when they disrespect us 00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:26.759 and don't do 00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:27.600 what we want them to. 00:26:27.599 --> 00:26:29.019 Because we desperately 00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.939 want to gain control. 00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:31.019 We want to be respected 00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:32.159 even by our kids. 00:26:35.059 --> 00:26:35.959 But Jesus says, 00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:39.119 anger is not so 00:26:39.119 --> 00:26:39.899 with you 00:26:39.899 --> 00:26:41.459 because you belong 00:26:41.459 --> 00:26:42.019 to me. 00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.259 And we go, 00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:44.439 yeah, 00:26:44.480 --> 00:26:45.859 but how can I do that? 00:26:46.399 --> 00:26:46.559 Like, 00:26:46.619 --> 00:26:47.579 because that's natural 00:26:47.579 --> 00:26:48.219 for me to want 00:26:48.219 --> 00:26:49.059 to boost myself. 00:26:49.179 --> 00:26:50.159 It's natural for me 00:26:50.159 --> 00:26:50.980 to want these things 00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.980 because we're natural 00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:53.480 self-glory junkies. 00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:55.720 And Jesus doesn't say, 00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:56.240 okay, 00:26:56.360 --> 00:26:57.259 here's the three rules 00:26:57.259 --> 00:26:57.799 that you need 00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.500 to stop being, 00:26:58.940 --> 00:26:59.640 thinking of yourself 00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:00.259 so much. 00:27:00.440 --> 00:27:01.140 He says, 00:27:01.940 --> 00:27:02.640 here's how you get 00:27:02.640 --> 00:27:03.500 reshaped. 00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:04.640 Look at me. 00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.759 Remember me. 00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:07.700 The one who reclines 00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:08.339 at the table 00:27:08.339 --> 00:27:10.259 in the place of honor 00:27:10.259 --> 00:27:11.420 who has every right 00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:12.200 to be served 00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:13.299 is me. 00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:15.420 But I am among you 00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:16.920 as one who serves. 00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:19.440 when we take communion, 00:27:19.860 --> 00:27:21.880 we're looking again 00:27:21.880 --> 00:27:23.220 at who Jesus is. 00:27:23.860 --> 00:27:24.620 We're saying, 00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:27.640 because we're all 00:27:27.640 --> 00:27:28.580 like those disciples, 00:27:29.519 --> 00:27:31.259 we constantly struggle. 00:27:31.840 --> 00:27:32.980 We're trying to get honor 00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:34.600 from everyone else's eyes. 00:27:35.360 --> 00:27:36.580 And then we come to church 00:27:36.580 --> 00:27:37.820 and we just take communion 00:27:37.820 --> 00:27:39.420 and we don't realize 00:27:39.420 --> 00:27:43.060 that one of the major reasons 00:27:43.060 --> 00:27:44.080 we don't share the gospel, 00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.400 people, 00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:45.500 one of the major reasons 00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:47.119 why we struggle to share 00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:48.700 our faith 00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:50.180 is because we don't want 00:27:50.180 --> 00:27:50.900 to be shamed 00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:51.819 by other people 00:27:51.819 --> 00:27:52.980 because we crave 00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:54.420 their honor in their eyes. 00:27:56.599 --> 00:27:58.299 And we need to take communion 00:27:58.299 --> 00:27:59.660 regularly to remind ourselves 00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.299 of a king 00:28:00.299 --> 00:28:00.900 who was willing 00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:02.579 to be shamed for us 00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:05.059 so that he might honor us 00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:06.420 because the king 00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:07.759 has served us. 00:28:10.140 --> 00:28:11.500 I don't know if you imagine, 00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:14.619 you imagine Xi Jinping 00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:17.779 hears about a waiter 00:28:17.779 --> 00:28:20.019 who has been 00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:23.859 trying to discredit 00:28:23.859 --> 00:28:26.579 his regime. 00:28:28.799 --> 00:28:29.779 Xi Jinping decides 00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:30.459 to come down 00:28:30.459 --> 00:28:31.119 to the restaurant 00:28:31.119 --> 00:28:31.979 with his troops 00:28:31.979 --> 00:28:32.679 to pay a visit 00:28:32.679 --> 00:28:33.299 to this guy. 00:28:33.419 --> 00:28:34.159 Probably wouldn't happen 00:28:34.159 --> 00:28:35.219 but he'd just send 00:28:35.219 --> 00:28:36.959 the people in front. 00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:39.359 And he comes down 00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:40.159 and he sees 00:28:40.159 --> 00:28:41.719 this waiter in front of him 00:28:41.719 --> 00:28:42.279 who's been trying 00:28:42.279 --> 00:28:43.019 to oppose him. 00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:47.059 Imagine what the waiter 00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:48.440 feels at that moment 00:28:48.440 --> 00:28:49.299 when he sees 00:28:49.299 --> 00:28:50.200 Xi Jinping, 00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:52.059 a man of huge honor, 00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:52.839 authority, 00:28:53.000 --> 00:28:53.399 and power 00:28:53.399 --> 00:28:54.019 in front of him. 00:28:54.079 --> 00:28:54.779 How would you feel? 00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:58.619 Probably terror 00:28:58.619 --> 00:28:59.200 if you know 00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.839 that you've actually 00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:00.519 been trying to fight 00:29:00.519 --> 00:29:01.139 against him. 00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.799 And what would happen 00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:05.759 if she comes in 00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.339 and says, 00:29:06.720 --> 00:29:06.960 okay, 00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:08.359 Walter, 00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:09.019 let's call him 00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.759 Walter the waiter, 00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:09.879 Walter, 00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:11.440 Walter, 00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.220 sit down. 00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.660 I'm going to serve you. 00:29:15.900 --> 00:29:16.359 In fact, 00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:17.099 I prepared 00:29:17.099 --> 00:29:18.119 an amazing banquet 00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:18.680 for you. 00:29:18.900 --> 00:29:19.180 In fact, 00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:20.000 I did it myself. 00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:21.420 I've spent 00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:22.359 the last 10 days 00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:22.940 trying to prepare 00:29:22.940 --> 00:29:23.660 this for you. 00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.839 What's the waiter 00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:26.500 going to be thinking? 00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:29.039 You're probably 00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.839 going to poison me 00:29:29.839 --> 00:29:30.279 or something. 00:29:33.359 --> 00:29:34.500 And if at the end 00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:34.960 of the meal, 00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:36.240 and it's an incredible meal, 00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:36.779 you know, 00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.779 and he's there, 00:29:37.859 --> 00:29:38.759 he's serving him, 00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.619 and then he says, 00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:41.160 and I want you 00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:41.700 to come for me 00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.700 to dinner every week. 00:29:45.879 --> 00:29:46.539 What's going on 00:29:46.539 --> 00:29:47.420 in that waiter's mind? 00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:51.160 His perception 00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:52.099 of the king, 00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:53.240 the emperor, 00:29:53.599 --> 00:29:54.220 the president, 00:29:54.660 --> 00:29:54.980 whatever, 00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:58.500 has got to change. 00:30:01.859 --> 00:30:02.960 But I think 00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.839 what we'd be thinking 00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:04.480 is that's not 00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:05.359 the way things work. 00:30:05.460 --> 00:30:06.319 That's just unrealistic. 00:30:06.579 --> 00:30:07.140 It doesn't work 00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:07.819 in the world like that 00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.559 because people 00:30:08.559 --> 00:30:09.399 who've got power, 00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:10.539 they don't come down 00:30:10.539 --> 00:30:11.700 and think and serve you. 00:30:11.859 --> 00:30:12.740 What they do 00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:15.379 is they serve themselves 00:30:15.379 --> 00:30:16.240 and they use you 00:30:16.240 --> 00:30:17.179 to get what they want. 00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:18.220 Isn't that how 00:30:18.220 --> 00:30:19.259 many bosses work? 00:30:21.179 --> 00:30:22.119 But Jesus is saying, 00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:22.259 yeah, 00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.240 that's how honor works 00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:23.679 in the world, 00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:24.259 but that's not how 00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:25.339 honor works in my kingdom. 00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.559 Because I'm a different 00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:27.179 kind of king, 00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:28.819 I come and serve. 00:30:29.179 --> 00:30:30.059 Xi Jinping may have 00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:30.700 the authority 00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:31.859 to govern a nation. 00:30:32.299 --> 00:30:33.359 He may have the authority 00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:34.200 to imprison you 00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:35.220 or execute you, 00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:37.600 but I have more authority 00:30:37.600 --> 00:30:38.440 than he has. 00:30:39.339 --> 00:30:40.440 I hold galaxies 00:30:40.440 --> 00:30:41.180 in my hands, 00:30:41.259 --> 00:30:41.779 I have the power 00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:43.160 of life and death 00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:44.880 over every single person, 00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:46.519 including the greatest presidents. 00:30:47.660 --> 00:30:48.420 I'm in control 00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:49.039 of history 00:30:49.039 --> 00:30:50.000 from the first 00:30:50.000 --> 00:30:50.720 to the last. 00:30:50.880 --> 00:30:51.600 If you go from 00:30:51.600 --> 00:30:52.579 the end of the universe 00:30:52.579 --> 00:30:53.660 to the other end, 00:30:54.160 --> 00:30:55.279 billions of years, 00:30:55.579 --> 00:30:56.660 millions of light years, 00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:57.759 that's just a step 00:30:57.759 --> 00:30:58.319 for me. 00:30:58.319 --> 00:31:01.720 And yet I know 00:31:01.720 --> 00:31:03.079 every hair on your head. 00:31:04.159 --> 00:31:05.279 And yet I know you. 00:31:05.839 --> 00:31:06.480 And yet I've come 00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:07.539 to serve you 00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:08.879 personally. 00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:12.379 There is no world leader 00:31:12.379 --> 00:31:13.079 who will go 00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:14.039 and do that for you. 00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:16.179 There is only one 00:31:16.179 --> 00:31:16.779 who will. 00:31:17.500 --> 00:31:18.839 That is Jesus Christ, 00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:20.079 the king 00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:21.740 of an alternative kingdom. 00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:27.220 And he honors you. 00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:28.740 Did you get that? 00:31:28.819 --> 00:31:29.640 He honors you 00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:30.680 because if you read, 00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:33.140 you read down 00:31:33.140 --> 00:31:35.819 and he says 00:31:35.819 --> 00:31:36.660 to his disciples, 00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:40.420 I'm assigning you. 00:31:41.660 --> 00:31:42.299 His disciples 00:31:42.299 --> 00:31:43.039 who have just been 00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:44.019 all about themselves, 00:31:44.500 --> 00:31:45.680 who are just so like us, 00:31:46.339 --> 00:31:46.819 he says, 00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:47.720 I'm assigning you, 00:31:47.819 --> 00:31:48.500 I'm giving you 00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:49.019 a kingdom 00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:51.339 what my father gave me 00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:52.220 so that you may eat 00:31:52.220 --> 00:31:53.660 and drink at my table 00:31:53.660 --> 00:31:55.079 in my kingdom 00:31:55.079 --> 00:31:56.640 and sit on thrones 00:31:56.640 --> 00:31:57.920 judging the 12 tribes 00:31:57.920 --> 00:31:58.520 of Israel. 00:32:02.000 --> 00:32:03.040 What he's saying is 00:32:03.040 --> 00:32:03.940 we sometimes think 00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.600 Jesus died 00:32:04.600 --> 00:32:05.340 just to forgive us 00:32:05.340 --> 00:32:05.840 our sins. 00:32:06.660 --> 00:32:07.160 He did, 00:32:07.360 --> 00:32:08.420 but he did more than that. 00:32:08.880 --> 00:32:09.860 He died to take 00:32:09.860 --> 00:32:10.660 your shame 00:32:10.660 --> 00:32:11.960 and to give you honor 00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:13.320 at his table 00:32:13.320 --> 00:32:15.200 so that you would see 00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:16.200 that he is the one 00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:16.880 that you are to honor 00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:17.980 as the host 00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:19.440 in all of your life. 00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:21.340 No matter what other people 00:32:21.340 --> 00:32:22.420 think about you. 00:32:23.020 --> 00:32:23.360 You see, 00:32:23.560 --> 00:32:24.400 when he steps down, 00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:25.620 if Xi Jinping did that 00:32:25.620 --> 00:32:26.380 and stepped down 00:32:26.380 --> 00:32:27.259 and served someone 00:32:27.259 --> 00:32:27.840 who was a rebel, 00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:28.360 what do you think 00:32:28.360 --> 00:32:29.160 the troops around 00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:29.980 would think about him? 00:32:30.320 --> 00:32:31.360 Would he go up or down 00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:32.120 in their estimation? 00:32:33.280 --> 00:32:34.200 He'd go down, right? 00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:34.759 Because they're thinking 00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:36.220 you should be executing 00:32:36.220 --> 00:32:36.960 this guy. 00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:40.280 But Jesus comes down 00:32:40.280 --> 00:32:41.280 and he takes the shame 00:32:41.280 --> 00:32:42.280 of everyone else 00:32:42.280 --> 00:32:42.860 around him. 00:32:42.920 --> 00:32:43.900 He takes the shame 00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:45.700 and he removes it 00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:46.759 so you don't have 00:32:46.759 --> 00:32:47.500 to live in shame 00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:48.259 but he brings you 00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:49.540 to honor at his table. 00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:51.320 That's where he's taking you. 00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:52.419 That's what he's done 00:32:52.419 --> 00:32:52.939 for you. 00:32:53.159 --> 00:32:53.720 At communion, 00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:54.599 we look back 00:32:54.599 --> 00:32:55.619 to what he's done 00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:56.279 and we look forward 00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:57.119 to where he's going. 00:33:03.839 --> 00:33:04.960 Jesus' command. 00:33:06.059 --> 00:33:07.460 Someone once said this. 00:33:08.939 --> 00:33:10.220 Jesus' command to repent 00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:11.220 could be paraphrased. 00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:12.659 Stop trying to accrue honor 00:33:12.659 --> 00:33:13.619 through that group 00:33:13.619 --> 00:33:15.279 and join my group 00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:16.419 to obtain the glory 00:33:16.419 --> 00:33:17.220 of God's kingdom. 00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:17.319 freedom. 00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:21.039 Because if that waiter 00:33:21.039 --> 00:33:22.240 was criticized 00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:23.220 for not doing something 00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:24.259 well by his boss 00:33:24.259 --> 00:33:25.519 or he felt like 00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:26.400 he didn't get the respect 00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:27.440 that he deserved 00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:28.460 at his work, 00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:31.039 he could turn around 00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:31.819 and that would sting 00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:33.200 but he could turn around 00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:33.559 and say, 00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:33.839 yeah, 00:33:33.960 --> 00:33:35.400 but I'm having dinner 00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:36.100 with the president. 00:33:37.799 --> 00:33:38.200 So, 00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:39.880 that's just small. 00:33:41.980 --> 00:33:43.480 When his kids disobeyed 00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:44.299 and refused to listen 00:33:44.299 --> 00:33:45.039 to his command 00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:45.759 and he was tempted 00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.500 to get angry, 00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:51.140 and lash out at them, 00:33:51.460 --> 00:33:52.180 he could say, 00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:52.619 yeah, 00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:53.500 but I'm having dinner 00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.160 with the president. 00:33:54.299 --> 00:33:55.420 I don't need to crave 00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:57.000 my kids' approval 00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:58.180 or approval 00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:59.119 from other people. 00:33:59.259 --> 00:34:00.000 I don't need that 00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:01.019 because I've got 00:34:01.019 --> 00:34:03.059 a meal with the president. 00:34:05.119 --> 00:34:06.440 And Jesus is not just 00:34:06.440 --> 00:34:07.579 like an ordinary president. 00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.619 He's the king 00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.219 of the universe 00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:10.820 and he invites you 00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:11.519 to eat with him. 00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:13.719 That's where he's taking you. 00:34:13.719 --> 00:34:17.759 So, 00:34:17.839 --> 00:34:18.119 do you see, 00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:18.739 when we come 00:34:18.739 --> 00:34:19.599 to this meal, 00:34:20.319 --> 00:34:22.139 we have a different 00:34:22.139 --> 00:34:22.779 honor system 00:34:22.779 --> 00:34:23.739 with a different king 00:34:23.739 --> 00:34:27.000 which means this. 00:34:28.179 --> 00:34:29.319 When we look back 00:34:29.319 --> 00:34:30.079 at the cross, 00:34:30.299 --> 00:34:30.859 we realize 00:34:30.859 --> 00:34:31.739 all the different ways 00:34:31.739 --> 00:34:32.219 I'm trying to, 00:34:32.279 --> 00:34:33.339 my shame in life, 00:34:33.419 --> 00:34:34.459 the things I've done wrong, 00:34:34.639 --> 00:34:35.799 I come to communion 00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:37.100 and I realize 00:34:37.100 --> 00:34:39.380 he did it for me. 00:34:40.180 --> 00:34:41.120 He's taken it. 00:34:41.320 --> 00:34:42.120 Like that goat, 00:34:42.220 --> 00:34:42.760 it's gone. 00:34:43.460 --> 00:34:44.400 I don't have to live 00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:44.900 in shame. 00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:47.080 But I realize 00:34:47.080 --> 00:34:48.680 that where I'm living 00:34:48.680 --> 00:34:49.700 for my own honor 00:34:49.700 --> 00:34:50.580 and my own glory, 00:34:50.640 --> 00:34:51.519 I need to repent 00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:52.920 and say, 00:34:53.920 --> 00:34:54.620 man, 00:34:54.660 --> 00:34:55.420 I don't want to eat 00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:56.160 at the table 00:34:56.160 --> 00:34:57.460 of shame. 00:34:57.539 --> 00:34:58.039 I want to eat 00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.620 at the table 00:34:58.620 --> 00:34:59.400 of your honor 00:34:59.400 --> 00:35:00.240 where actually 00:35:00.240 --> 00:35:01.320 I receive honor 00:35:01.320 --> 00:35:02.380 because you are 00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:02.880 getting honor. 00:35:02.880 --> 00:35:05.559 I live for your eyes only. 00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:08.200 When we take communion 00:35:08.200 --> 00:35:09.320 then as a community, 00:35:10.320 --> 00:35:10.940 we are to then 00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:11.820 be a little picture 00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:13.099 where those divisions 00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:14.280 in society 00:35:14.280 --> 00:35:15.480 are broken down 00:35:15.480 --> 00:35:16.980 where you can come 00:35:16.980 --> 00:35:17.840 regardless of whether 00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:19.200 society says you are great 00:35:19.200 --> 00:35:20.039 or society says 00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.619 you are small. 00:35:21.640 --> 00:35:22.400 Whether you feel 00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:23.140 like you've done enough 00:35:23.140 --> 00:35:23.700 or you feel like 00:35:23.700 --> 00:35:24.760 you've never done enough. 00:35:25.099 --> 00:35:25.539 Whether you feel 00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:26.280 like you're a good enough 00:35:26.280 --> 00:35:26.700 Christian 00:35:26.700 --> 00:35:27.440 or you're not 00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:28.440 a good enough Christian. 00:35:28.680 --> 00:35:29.619 You can come 00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:30.720 because he invites you 00:35:30.720 --> 00:35:31.720 because he did it 00:35:31.720 --> 00:35:32.400 for you. 00:35:32.880 --> 00:35:37.180 And so we are meant 00:35:37.180 --> 00:35:38.079 to be as a community 00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:38.980 a little glimpse 00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:40.760 of the kingdom of God 00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:43.099 that he's creating. 00:35:44.340 --> 00:35:45.200 It's the last thing. 00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:46.599 We look back, 00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:47.440 Passover, 00:35:47.599 --> 00:35:48.160 look back 00:35:48.160 --> 00:35:49.440 to slavery 00:35:49.440 --> 00:35:50.920 and freedom. 00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:52.519 Christ says, 00:35:53.220 --> 00:35:54.000 I am now 00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.940 the one 00:35:54.940 --> 00:35:55.559 who gives you 00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:56.380 from the slavery 00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:57.200 to your shame, 00:35:57.539 --> 00:35:58.160 the slavery 00:35:58.160 --> 00:35:59.220 and brings you 00:35:59.220 --> 00:35:59.880 to freedom 00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:01.260 just like Yiddish ed. 00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:05.420 we see the king 00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:06.760 who brings us together 00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:07.740 in this new family. 00:36:09.180 --> 00:36:09.840 Last thing 00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:10.380 I want to share. 00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:12.700 There is a challenge 00:36:12.700 --> 00:36:13.220 when we come 00:36:13.220 --> 00:36:13.780 to communion. 00:36:15.280 --> 00:36:16.099 A challenge 00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:16.760 and encouragement. 00:36:17.340 --> 00:36:18.180 Here's the challenge. 00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:20.019 Communion 00:36:20.019 --> 00:36:21.059 is really serious 00:36:21.059 --> 00:36:24.660 because 00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:27.440 in 1 Corinthians 11 00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:28.599 Paul says, 00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:30.579 some of you 00:36:30.579 --> 00:36:32.000 have become 00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:32.839 judgmental. 00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:34.259 Some of you 00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.899 have been creating 00:36:34.899 --> 00:36:35.420 divisions, 00:36:35.539 --> 00:36:36.199 little cliques, 00:36:36.399 --> 00:36:36.859 gossiping, 00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:37.779 backbiting against 00:36:37.779 --> 00:36:38.319 other people 00:36:38.319 --> 00:36:39.059 in the church. 00:36:39.619 --> 00:36:40.539 You've been forming 00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:41.879 the rich over here, 00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:43.000 the poor over here. 00:36:43.859 --> 00:36:44.920 And what he says is, 00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:47.079 you're making 00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:47.780 a mockery 00:36:47.780 --> 00:36:48.400 of what Jesus 00:36:48.400 --> 00:36:49.360 has done for you. 00:36:51.260 --> 00:36:51.960 You're not 00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:52.880 taking communion 00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:55.159 when you hold on 00:36:55.159 --> 00:36:57.599 to trying 00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:58.659 to self-righteously 00:36:58.659 --> 00:36:59.260 look down 00:36:59.260 --> 00:37:00.000 on other people. 00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:01.039 You come 00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:02.340 with judgmentalism, 00:37:02.500 --> 00:37:03.720 with unforgiveness, 00:37:04.340 --> 00:37:04.860 with bitterness 00:37:04.860 --> 00:37:05.740 in your heart. 00:37:07.340 --> 00:37:08.300 Some of us, 00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:08.980 we feel like 00:37:08.980 --> 00:37:10.099 we've been disrespected, 00:37:10.639 --> 00:37:11.820 we've been hurt. 00:37:12.260 --> 00:37:12.880 There are things 00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:13.619 which have gone on 00:37:13.619 --> 00:37:14.940 where we have felt 00:37:14.940 --> 00:37:15.780 the anger 00:37:15.780 --> 00:37:16.619 inside of us 00:37:16.619 --> 00:37:17.360 and we have not 00:37:17.360 --> 00:37:18.680 forgiven other people. 00:37:20.079 --> 00:37:20.960 And we don't even 00:37:20.960 --> 00:37:21.559 want to. 00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:24.720 God says to us, 00:37:25.220 --> 00:37:26.680 don't take communion 00:37:26.680 --> 00:37:27.680 until you come 00:37:27.680 --> 00:37:28.160 to me. 00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:30.539 Because 00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:32.140 what I want 00:37:32.140 --> 00:37:33.099 to do in your heart 00:37:33.099 --> 00:37:34.240 is I want you 00:37:34.240 --> 00:37:34.720 to get onto 00:37:34.720 --> 00:37:35.500 that journey. 00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:36.640 And it's a journey 00:37:36.640 --> 00:37:37.320 of forgiveness. 00:37:37.680 --> 00:37:38.539 Maybe it's your spouse, 00:37:38.760 --> 00:37:39.640 maybe it's a boss, 00:37:39.820 --> 00:37:41.519 maybe it's your parents. 00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:44.000 But first of all, 00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:45.220 come and remember him. 00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:47.240 Remember what he's 00:37:47.240 --> 00:37:47.920 done for you. 00:37:48.680 --> 00:37:49.380 Remember how he 00:37:49.380 --> 00:37:49.740 honored, 00:37:49.880 --> 00:37:50.660 oh, he's got the 00:37:50.660 --> 00:37:51.480 greatest glory 00:37:51.480 --> 00:37:51.960 and honor. 00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:53.000 He came and died 00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.619 for you 00:37:53.619 --> 00:37:55.519 to honor you. 00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:56.680 Remember him. 00:37:58.660 --> 00:37:59.320 Let that melt 00:37:59.320 --> 00:37:59.940 your heart 00:37:59.940 --> 00:38:00.900 to bring forgiveness. 00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:02.880 And as you do 00:38:02.880 --> 00:38:03.480 and you come up 00:38:03.480 --> 00:38:04.260 and take communion, 00:38:05.260 --> 00:38:07.519 you can receive 00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:08.220 forgiveness. 00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:09.420 And if you're 00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:10.240 wrestling with some 00:38:10.240 --> 00:38:11.260 stuff in your life, 00:38:11.260 --> 00:38:12.180 we have people 00:38:12.180 --> 00:38:12.960 who can pray 00:38:12.960 --> 00:38:13.640 for you. 00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:14.520 Don't deal 00:38:14.520 --> 00:38:16.040 and leave 00:38:16.040 --> 00:38:16.840 without God 00:38:16.840 --> 00:38:18.040 working in your life. 00:38:18.760 --> 00:38:19.520 And you beginning 00:38:19.520 --> 00:38:20.540 to come free 00:38:20.540 --> 00:38:21.400 from shame 00:38:21.400 --> 00:38:21.880 and guilt. 00:38:22.260 --> 00:38:22.660 Amen. 00:38:22.660 --> 00:38:23.260 Amen. 00:38:23.260 --> 00:38:24.260 Amen. 00:38:24.260 --> 00:38:24.660 Amen. 00:38:24.660 --> 00:38:24.720 Amen. 00:38:24.720 --> 00:38:24.800 Amen. 00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:24.820 Amen. 00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:24.880 Amen. 00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:24.900 Amen. 00:38:24.900 --> 00:38:24.920 Amen. 00:38:24.920 --> 00:38:25.000 Amen. 00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.020 Amen. 00:38:25.020 --> 00:38:25.400 Amen. 00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:25.460 Amen. 00:38:25.460 --> 00:38:25.520 Amen. 00:38:25.520 --> 00:38:25.920 Amen. 00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:26.020 Amen. 00:38:26.020 --> 00:38:26.040 Amen. 00:38:26.040 --> 00:38:26.080 Amen. 00:38:26.080 --> 00:38:26.120 Amen. 00:38:26.120 --> 00:38:26.140 Amen. 00:38:26.140 --> 00:38:26.400 Amen. 00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:26.420 Amen.