WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.320 And we're making our way through the Gospel of Luke and coming towards the end of it. 00:00:04.320 --> 00:00:11.519 And we're really seeing Jesus now. He is moving towards Jerusalem at a rapid pace. And he knows 00:00:11.519 --> 00:00:16.039 ! He knows what's ahead of him. And we're really seeing kind of some insights into the life of our 00:00:16.039 --> 00:00:20.080 Lord Jesus Christ. And we're really going to kind of peel back the curtain a little bit and see his 00:00:20.080 --> 00:00:25.219 heart today. Because we saw the King is coming, and he's been reminding him of this truth. And we saw 00:00:25.219 --> 00:00:31.699 this triumphant entry. And yet we come to verses 41 through 48, and we see that Jesus is brokenhearted. 00:00:32.439 --> 00:00:36.259 What broke his heart? And that's what we're going to look at this morning. So you found your place 00:00:36.259 --> 00:00:40.019 and your copy of God's Word. You can follow along the screen. Verse 41 says this, 00:00:40.820 --> 00:00:48.320 And when he was come near, he beheld the city and wept over it, saying, If thou hadst known even thou, 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:56.700 at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace, but now they are hid from thine eyes. 00:00:57.539 --> 00:01:03.460 For the day shall come upon thee that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, encompass thee round, 00:01:03.740 --> 00:01:12.219 and keep thee in on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee, 00:01:12.219 --> 00:01:19.480 and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another, because thou knewest not the time of thy 00:01:19.480 --> 00:01:26.239 visitation. Verse 45, And he went into the temple, and he began to cast them out that sold therein, 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:32.859 and them that bought, saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer, but ye 00:01:32.859 --> 00:01:39.680 have made it a den of thieves. And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and 00:01:39.680 --> 00:01:46.080 the chief of the people sought to destroy him, and could not find what they might do, for all the 00:01:46.080 --> 00:01:51.800 people were very attentive to hear him. Let's go to the Lord in prayer this morning. Father, 00:01:52.660 --> 00:01:57.740 we're so thankful for the songs this morning that remind us of your goodness to us. Lord, I pray that 00:01:57.740 --> 00:02:04.020 last chorus we sung would be our mindset going into this message, Lord, that you would just open our 00:02:04.020 --> 00:02:08.819 eyes and open our ears, Lord, that we wouldn't just hear the Word of God, but we would apply it to our 00:02:08.819 --> 00:02:14.500 life. Lord, I pray that as we have looked over these past few weeks and seen you as the King of 00:02:14.500 --> 00:02:19.739 Kings and the Lord of Lords, that maybe there's somebody here that hasn't really made that a 00:02:19.739 --> 00:02:24.900 reality in their own life. Lord, I pray that needs to be taken care of today, that they would find 00:02:24.900 --> 00:02:30.879 salvation in you as you promised. Lord, I pray that you would be with me now as I open up your Word and 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:35.099 speak to these people this morning, and that it would be a help. Lord, I pray you'd empty me of self. 00:02:35.099 --> 00:02:39.019 You would cleanse me of sin, Lord. You would fill me with your Spirit, that I could be a help to the 00:02:39.019 --> 00:02:43.280 hearers. And we ask all these things in Christ's name. Amen. Thank you so much for standing. You may 00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:52.419 be seated. I'm sure all of us have watched somebody that we've cared about make a decision we knew was 00:02:52.419 --> 00:02:57.740 probably not the best decision. We saw it coming, you know, from a million miles away, and we're 00:02:57.740 --> 00:03:03.120 thinking to ourselves, don't do it. And we go to them, and we let them know. We maybe go and warn them. 00:03:03.120 --> 00:03:09.800 We try to help. We try to insert ourself into the situation. We try to reason with them. 00:03:11.020 --> 00:03:15.700 But sometimes they're just determined to go their own way. Any stubborn people in here? 00:03:18.180 --> 00:03:22.520 Some of you are so stubborn you won't even raise your hand. Nobody tells me what to do. 00:03:24.379 --> 00:03:27.120 But the reality is we've probably been in a situation like that, either on 00:03:27.120 --> 00:03:31.879 the helping end or on the other end where somebody was trying to reach into our life. 00:03:31.879 --> 00:03:36.259 And I think we understand this truth, that there's a strange kind of pain that 00:03:36.259 --> 00:03:40.659 comes with that. Because when you really love somebody, you don't just 00:03:40.659 --> 00:03:43.439 shrug and say, well, that's their problem. 00:03:44.439 --> 00:03:46.719 No, you try to stop it maybe from happening, but 00:03:46.719 --> 00:03:50.680 when it does happen, you hurt with them, you grieve with them, 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:54.819 you know maybe what's coming, and you try to everything you could to get them to 00:03:54.819 --> 00:03:57.699 avoid it. And because you love them, 00:03:57.699 --> 00:04:02.439 because you care deeply, there's times in life where we have to confront things that 00:04:02.439 --> 00:04:04.280 are maybe uncomfortable to confront. 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:09.780 And really, that's kind of the tension we see as we are closing out Luke chapter 19. 00:04:10.819 --> 00:04:13.179 That Jesus is in this situation, and we saw 00:04:13.179 --> 00:04:16.599 last week, if you were with us in verses 28 through 40, that 00:04:16.599 --> 00:04:18.259 He has made it to Jerusalem. 00:04:18.980 --> 00:04:23.039 The week of the Passover is here, and they have this triumphant entry. 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:28.160 And we saw that Jesus was in control of all the details. He told the disciples 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:31.520 where they would find the donkey, and what they would say to the 00:04:31.520 --> 00:04:35.100 owner of it. And then they laid their garments, and 00:04:35.100 --> 00:04:37.400 Jesus rode into Jerusalem 00:04:37.400 --> 00:04:41.420 to the triumphant rejoicing of the crowd. And they were saying, 00:04:41.820 --> 00:04:43.720 blessed be he that comes in the name 00:04:43.720 --> 00:04:46.800 of the Lord. Blessed be the king. 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:48.000 Excuse me. 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:53.500 But now we see it's a drastic difference in the atmosphere. 00:04:54.459 --> 00:04:58.639 It's almost like Jesus has come to a little lull in the crowd, and He's kind of 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:04.240 coming around the corner, so to speak. And the rejoicing and the cries of the 00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:07.819 people are kind of fading out. And now we see Jesus 00:05:07.819 --> 00:05:12.860 weeping. Not only is He weeping, we are going to see here in a moment that He 00:05:12.860 --> 00:05:16.280 goes to the temple, the place, the house of God. 00:05:16.980 --> 00:05:19.220 And when He gets there, He has to confront 00:05:19.220 --> 00:05:20.480 the corruption that has 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:22.620 infiltrated the worship 00:05:22.620 --> 00:05:23.580 of Him. 00:05:24.980 --> 00:05:27.139 And even as the opposition grows, 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:29.080 Jesus keeps teaching 00:05:29.080 --> 00:05:31.120 the truth. He keeps faithfully 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:32.639 proclaiming it. And really, 00:05:32.840 --> 00:05:34.960 these short verses that we look at 00:05:34.960 --> 00:05:37.220 is a wonderful way 00:05:37.220 --> 00:05:38.939 the Lord just kind of peels back the curtain 00:05:38.939 --> 00:05:41.180 a little bit and lets us see His heart. 00:05:41.180 --> 00:05:43.439 Let's just see what really 00:05:43.439 --> 00:05:44.920 moves Jesus. 00:05:45.980 --> 00:05:47.579 And what does it show us here? 00:05:48.340 --> 00:05:50.079 I think kind of the big idea that we see in 00:05:50.079 --> 00:05:51.959 verses 41 through 48 is this, 00:05:52.160 --> 00:05:54.100 is that Jesus loves sinners deeply. 00:05:54.740 --> 00:05:57.340 We've really seen that throughout the gospel of Luke, 00:05:57.439 --> 00:05:59.660 and especially since Luke chapter 9, as He's 00:05:59.660 --> 00:06:02.079 making His way, knowing what's coming, 00:06:02.319 --> 00:06:04.180 He is still there 00:06:04.180 --> 00:06:05.579 loving them deeply. 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:08.340 And because He loves sinners deeply, 00:06:08.340 --> 00:06:10.420 He confronts and He takes sin 00:06:10.420 --> 00:06:11.259 seriously. 00:06:12.379 --> 00:06:14.199 And that sin that He takes seriously, 00:06:14.340 --> 00:06:16.520 it allows Him and compels 00:06:16.520 --> 00:06:18.400 Him to keep faithfully preaching 00:06:18.400 --> 00:06:19.000 the truth. 00:06:20.020 --> 00:06:21.980 Listen, I'm so thankful that Jesus didn't come and 00:06:21.980 --> 00:06:22.640 sugarcoat it. 00:06:23.500 --> 00:06:24.080 That He didn't say, hey, 00:06:24.220 --> 00:06:25.620 y'all are all doing really good. 00:06:26.379 --> 00:06:27.920 No, the Bible says in John chapter 1 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:29.860 that He was full of grace and truth. 00:06:30.720 --> 00:06:32.439 We understand the illustration 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:33.740 when it comes to a doctor's office. 00:06:34.060 --> 00:06:35.400 If something is wrong with me, 00:06:36.259 --> 00:06:37.680 something is... 00:06:37.680 --> 00:06:39.900 I was making sure you weren't going to say anything there. 00:06:40.400 --> 00:06:41.579 But I don't want the doctor to say, hey, 00:06:41.959 --> 00:06:42.699 he looks at the test, 00:06:42.900 --> 00:06:43.800 something's real bad wrong, 00:06:43.819 --> 00:06:44.860 he says, you're doing great. 00:06:45.500 --> 00:06:46.560 That doesn't help me. 00:06:47.819 --> 00:06:49.540 It's going to turn out real bad 00:06:49.540 --> 00:06:50.160 down the road. 00:06:50.280 --> 00:06:52.019 I want somebody that's able to tell me the truth. 00:06:52.280 --> 00:06:53.280 Sometimes you may not like it. 00:06:53.319 --> 00:06:55.560 And I love that Jesus does that for us. 00:06:56.180 --> 00:06:57.519 That He comes and tells us the 00:06:57.519 --> 00:06:59.160 hard truth that we're sinners. 00:06:59.660 --> 00:07:01.460 But He also comes and shows us 00:07:01.460 --> 00:07:02.819 that He's going to make a way. 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:04.800 That's why He's going to Jerusalem. 00:07:05.159 --> 00:07:06.939 That's why the King came. 00:07:07.680 --> 00:07:09.199 So as we walk through these verses, 00:07:09.259 --> 00:07:10.800 I just want us to ask one simple question 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:12.279 that we're going to answer throughout. 00:07:12.680 --> 00:07:15.199 What do we learn about the heart of the King? 00:07:15.920 --> 00:07:17.459 We've seen His entry, 00:07:18.079 --> 00:07:19.639 but now let's look at His heart 00:07:19.639 --> 00:07:20.639 and see what it shows us. 00:07:20.879 --> 00:07:21.899 Number one, we see this. 00:07:21.899 --> 00:07:24.659 The King weeps over rejection. 00:07:26.079 --> 00:07:28.699 I mean, verse 41 is such a contrast 00:07:28.699 --> 00:07:31.259 to the preceding verses. 00:07:31.259 --> 00:07:33.759 Verse 40 says that Jesus is having 00:07:33.759 --> 00:07:35.360 a conversation with a religious crowd. 00:07:35.639 --> 00:07:37.000 He said, listen, if these people 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:38.579 wouldn't rejoice and cry out, 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:40.079 the rocks would cry out. 00:07:41.219 --> 00:07:43.639 But in verse 41, we don't see the rocks crying. 00:07:44.439 --> 00:07:46.240 We see Jesus weeping. 00:07:46.800 --> 00:07:48.120 We see Him crying. 00:07:49.779 --> 00:07:51.120 He was welcomed as the King, 00:07:51.180 --> 00:07:52.240 and He still was, 00:07:52.599 --> 00:07:54.759 but the King's heart was breaking. 00:07:55.759 --> 00:07:57.680 And I think sometimes we may read over 00:07:57.680 --> 00:07:59.399 that phrase when it says, 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:00.639 He wept over it. 00:08:00.639 --> 00:08:03.039 This is more than a quiet tear. 00:08:04.039 --> 00:08:05.939 This is not just Him sitting there, 00:08:06.079 --> 00:08:06.639 maybe solemnly, 00:08:07.339 --> 00:08:09.579 and a single tear is running down His cheek. 00:08:11.319 --> 00:08:13.519 Now, when you really get into the original language, 00:08:13.699 --> 00:08:15.039 and I'm not going to bore you with it, 00:08:15.199 --> 00:08:17.740 but the idea, the word that Luke uses is this. 00:08:17.979 --> 00:08:18.879 It is grief. 00:08:19.060 --> 00:08:20.399 It is deep mourning. 00:08:20.659 --> 00:08:22.519 It is audible weeping. 00:08:23.399 --> 00:08:25.039 This wasn't just a little sob. 00:08:25.899 --> 00:08:28.459 No, Jesus' heart was broken. 00:08:28.459 --> 00:08:31.259 And we have probably been in situations like that 00:08:31.259 --> 00:08:33.960 in our own life where we can't even keep it within. 00:08:34.819 --> 00:08:35.399 You know, anybody like, 00:08:35.460 --> 00:08:36.639 I don't like to cry in public. 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:38.779 Because anybody else an ugly crier? 00:08:40.000 --> 00:08:42.299 And there's snot everywhere. 00:08:43.480 --> 00:08:44.460 Sometimes we try to hold it in. 00:08:44.559 --> 00:08:46.299 Listen, Jesus couldn't hold this in. 00:08:46.299 --> 00:08:49.839 His heart was absolutely shattered. 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:52.479 Because He looks at Jerusalem. 00:08:52.819 --> 00:08:55.439 He looks at this city that was kind of the center. 00:08:55.599 --> 00:08:57.059 It was the apple of God's eye. 00:08:57.219 --> 00:08:58.639 And the temple was there. 00:08:58.719 --> 00:09:00.659 And it was to be the center of worship. 00:09:00.779 --> 00:09:02.699 It wasn't just a political capital. 00:09:03.059 --> 00:09:05.279 It wasn't just a strategically placed city. 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:06.759 No, these were God's people. 00:09:06.839 --> 00:09:07.919 And this was God's house. 00:09:08.240 --> 00:09:11.559 And yet, it is completely kind of gone astray from that. 00:09:11.559 --> 00:09:14.519 But the very city that should have welcomed Him, 00:09:14.859 --> 00:09:17.899 that should have recognized the King, the Messiah is here, 00:09:18.019 --> 00:09:19.659 is completely missing Him. 00:09:21.519 --> 00:09:22.459 And when we think about it, 00:09:22.479 --> 00:09:24.759 maybe I know some of you in this room have been to Israel. 00:09:25.299 --> 00:09:26.399 You've been to Jerusalem. 00:09:27.159 --> 00:09:28.579 And when you get there and it looks at it, 00:09:28.579 --> 00:09:29.459 it's a beautiful place. 00:09:29.500 --> 00:09:30.539 I've seen pictures of it. 00:09:31.119 --> 00:09:31.939 I was like, wow, man. 00:09:32.259 --> 00:09:33.959 The scenery is breathtaking. 00:09:34.139 --> 00:09:36.000 The buildings and the structures. 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:40.500 And as the travelers would have approached Jerusalem at this time 00:09:40.500 --> 00:09:42.419 and the Passover, the buzz was there, 00:09:42.620 --> 00:09:44.539 the city would have been an impressive sight. 00:09:45.620 --> 00:09:50.139 The walls and the building and the temple really rising above the city. 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:52.639 Others would see Jerusalem and they would see the beauty. 00:09:53.399 --> 00:09:54.419 And they would see the history. 00:09:54.620 --> 00:09:56.720 And they would see the religion and the temple. 00:09:56.879 --> 00:09:59.960 They would swell up with national pride. 00:10:01.259 --> 00:10:03.679 I mean, I've been to Washington, D.C. a couple times. 00:10:03.679 --> 00:10:05.939 And when you go there and you see all these monuments, 00:10:06.139 --> 00:10:07.959 I mean, it just makes you proud of being an American. 00:10:08.719 --> 00:10:11.059 You know, it has that sense when you get in the city, 00:10:11.179 --> 00:10:12.979 like, this is an amazing place. 00:10:15.199 --> 00:10:19.559 But Jesus looks at Jerusalem and He sees what's coming. 00:10:21.159 --> 00:10:24.699 The crowd that just said, blessed be the King, 00:10:26.000 --> 00:10:29.899 is in a week's time or so going to say, crucify Him. 00:10:30.919 --> 00:10:32.479 They're not going to just dismiss Him. 00:10:32.480 --> 00:10:34.360 They're going to completely reject Him. 00:10:35.300 --> 00:10:38.420 And He knows because of that rejection and because of those things, 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:39.960 the judgment that is ahead. 00:10:42.019 --> 00:10:45.139 You say, why is He weeping so dramatically? 00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:48.100 Because He knows where their unbelief is heading. 00:10:48.940 --> 00:10:50.240 And it breaks His heart. 00:10:51.100 --> 00:10:52.840 Because remember, He just told us not that long ago, 00:10:53.100 --> 00:10:56.560 the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost. 00:10:57.220 --> 00:10:58.279 That was His goal. 00:10:58.600 --> 00:10:59.560 That was His aim. 00:10:59.559 --> 00:11:01.539 That's the only reason that He came. 00:11:01.819 --> 00:11:03.000 And the King is coming. 00:11:03.339 --> 00:11:05.019 And the King is going to judge Jerusalem. 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:11.479 But the same King who judges is the same King who weeps over them. 00:11:13.059 --> 00:11:16.719 See, here's what the heart of Jesus shows us in these first few verses, 00:11:16.859 --> 00:11:18.879 in verses 41 through 44, 00:11:18.879 --> 00:11:23.500 is that Jesus in no way delights in their destruction. 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:26.919 Our world has a weird picture of God. 00:11:27.799 --> 00:11:31.879 They think that He's sometimes up on His throne or in His rocking chair with lightning bolts 00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:33.720 and He's just throwing them down and destroying people. 00:11:33.919 --> 00:11:35.700 There's nowhere in Scripture that's God. 00:11:36.860 --> 00:11:38.500 No, actually, here's what we see in Scripture. 00:11:38.799 --> 00:11:40.700 For God so loved the world. 00:11:40.700 --> 00:11:43.720 He doesn't delight in anybody's destruction. 00:11:44.280 --> 00:11:46.820 No, He's not willing that any should perish, 00:11:47.020 --> 00:11:48.640 but that all should come to repentance. 00:11:49.060 --> 00:11:50.259 That's the heart of God. 00:11:50.520 --> 00:11:52.440 And that's why Jesus is so broken. 00:11:52.720 --> 00:11:55.140 He is grieving over their rejection. 00:11:56.240 --> 00:11:59.140 He's willing to give them what they're really looking for. 00:12:00.020 --> 00:12:01.300 He wanted them to bring them in. 00:12:01.320 --> 00:12:02.780 We already saw in Luke 13, I believe. 00:12:03.040 --> 00:12:05.879 He wanted to bring them in like a hen brings their chicks under the wing. 00:12:05.879 --> 00:12:07.559 And to care for them. 00:12:07.759 --> 00:12:08.679 And to protect them. 00:12:08.899 --> 00:12:10.939 And to give them what they needed. 00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:14.480 Verse 42, He says this, 00:12:14.659 --> 00:12:17.720 If thou hadst known even thou, at least in this day, 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:20.000 the things which belong unto thy peace, 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:22.740 but now they are hid from their eyes. 00:12:24.580 --> 00:12:27.779 The inhabitants, the nation of Israel, 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:31.620 the leaders of Jerusalem, 00:12:31.840 --> 00:12:33.039 they wanted peace. 00:12:34.340 --> 00:12:35.679 They wanted freedom. 00:12:35.679 --> 00:12:37.419 They wanted deliverance from Rome. 00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:41.799 They wanted their circumstances to change. 00:12:42.259 --> 00:12:44.299 And that's why they were crying out to Jesus earlier, 00:12:44.679 --> 00:12:46.059 Hey, save us, Hosanna. 00:12:46.459 --> 00:12:47.919 That means save now. 00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:52.919 But they were looking for a different type of king. 00:12:53.779 --> 00:12:55.120 That's not the king they wanted. 00:12:55.399 --> 00:12:58.359 They wanted somebody that could take care of their immediate problems. 00:12:58.360 --> 00:13:02.419 And that's why Jesus' heart is so broken. 00:13:03.139 --> 00:13:08.940 Because he is the one person who can truly give them the peace they are seeking for. 00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:11.120 He's standing right in front of them, 00:13:11.320 --> 00:13:12.919 and they don't recognize him. 00:13:13.879 --> 00:13:16.300 They're saying, well, this isn't who we thought he was. 00:13:16.659 --> 00:13:19.259 This is not the king that we need right now. 00:13:19.259 --> 00:13:21.980 I don't know if he knows this, but Rome's kind of a big deal. 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:27.419 See, the real issue is they were looking for temporary peace. 00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:30.480 I think sometimes we look for that in our own life, don't we? 00:13:31.819 --> 00:13:34.960 Like, what can I do right now to make this stop? 00:13:35.519 --> 00:13:36.700 I mean, you're looking for it at work. 00:13:36.860 --> 00:13:38.000 Sometimes you're looking for it at home. 00:13:38.200 --> 00:13:39.940 Sometimes you're looking for it in a car ride with your kids. 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:42.139 Like, what do we need to do just to get along? 00:13:43.340 --> 00:13:44.300 Okay, maybe that's just me. 00:13:47.040 --> 00:13:50.400 But so many times in our life, we look for just temporary solutions. 00:13:51.519 --> 00:13:53.940 Listen, Jesus didn't come to give you a temporary solution. 00:13:55.019 --> 00:13:58.200 No, his heart broke because people, that's what they wanted. 00:13:58.440 --> 00:13:59.840 But Jesus knew what they needed. 00:14:00.400 --> 00:14:02.920 And he's showing him, he said, if you could have just seen, 00:14:02.919 --> 00:14:07.240 if you would just open your eyes, I have everything you're looking for. 00:14:07.719 --> 00:14:09.360 They're running to and fro trying to find it. 00:14:09.419 --> 00:14:12.959 And Jesus has been saying over and over and over again, I'm here. 00:14:13.740 --> 00:14:14.579 I'm the way. 00:14:14.740 --> 00:14:15.539 I'm the truth. 00:14:15.699 --> 00:14:16.379 I'm the life. 00:14:16.459 --> 00:14:19.879 He's been teaching these truths throughout his whole public ministry. 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:24.719 But the sad part is at the end of verse 42, he says, 00:14:24.979 --> 00:14:26.519 but now they're hid from thine eyes. 00:14:28.939 --> 00:14:30.779 And sometimes we can reject and reject and reject. 00:14:30.779 --> 00:14:35.620 And sometimes Jesus says, okay, you know what the worst thing that God can do for you sometimes? 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:37.799 Give you exactly what you want. 00:14:39.539 --> 00:14:41.000 And that's kind of what they've been saying. 00:14:41.419 --> 00:14:42.539 They've been pushing him out. 00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:43.740 They've been seeking to destroy him. 00:14:43.819 --> 00:14:45.279 We're going to see it again here in a minute. 00:14:45.579 --> 00:14:48.039 They're trying to find any way they can to destroy him. 00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:53.459 And at some point, God says, okay, they can have what they want. 00:14:54.079 --> 00:14:55.559 And it breaks his heart. 00:14:56.360 --> 00:14:57.539 He weeps over that. 00:14:58.240 --> 00:15:00.799 He does not want them to reject him. 00:15:01.019 --> 00:15:02.480 He knows what they need. 00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:07.399 And we see in verse 43 and verse 44, we kind of think, what's going on here? 00:15:08.860 --> 00:15:10.740 Jesus knows what's coming down the road too. 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:12.819 And we're going to really get into this. 00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:16.120 He's going to talk about the end times, but he's also going to talk about the destruction of Jerusalem. 00:15:16.120 --> 00:15:18.700 This city they love so greatly. 00:15:19.560 --> 00:15:22.060 This temple that was everything about their life. 00:15:22.139 --> 00:15:23.899 I mean, their life centered around this temple. 00:15:24.539 --> 00:15:25.740 And they would talk about it. 00:15:25.820 --> 00:15:27.259 They would give money towards it. 00:15:27.299 --> 00:15:27.639 And they would do that. 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:28.980 Here's what Jesus says. 00:15:29.220 --> 00:15:30.100 It's going to be destroyed. 00:15:31.100 --> 00:15:33.200 It's going to be devastated by Rome. 00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:35.419 And you study history around AD 70. 00:15:35.620 --> 00:15:36.899 This exact thing happened. 00:15:37.700 --> 00:15:38.580 And we look at it today. 00:15:38.779 --> 00:15:39.960 The temple is still not there. 00:15:40.600 --> 00:15:41.740 They're trying to get it there. 00:15:42.200 --> 00:15:43.440 They're looking for an opportunity. 00:15:43.700 --> 00:15:45.340 But it's been completely destroyed. 00:15:45.340 --> 00:15:48.519 The city would fall and the temple would be no more. 00:15:48.780 --> 00:15:50.300 And they couldn't even imagine that. 00:15:52.379 --> 00:15:54.620 And Jesus is saying, you're worried so much about this building. 00:15:55.379 --> 00:15:57.360 And you're missing me standing right in front of you. 00:15:58.460 --> 00:16:00.259 And he's broken from it. 00:16:01.600 --> 00:16:04.920 And here's why Jesus says this judgment is coming. 00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:06.620 At the end of verse number 44. 00:16:07.019 --> 00:16:10.720 Because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. 00:16:10.720 --> 00:16:16.240 I mean, that's a really sad statement here in this portion of scripture. 00:16:17.759 --> 00:16:19.860 God had come near. 00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:23.960 We saw it there in verse number 38. 00:16:24.160 --> 00:16:27.019 When they said, blessed be the king that cometh in the name of the Lord. 00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:29.399 Peace in heaven and glory in the highest. 00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:33.840 It echoed the angels there at the birth of Christ. 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:35.259 Glory to God. 00:16:35.480 --> 00:16:36.280 Peace on earth. 00:16:36.460 --> 00:16:39.100 And glory to all men. 00:16:40.560 --> 00:16:41.820 And yet he had come. 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:43.700 And they missed it. 00:16:45.220 --> 00:16:46.519 I mean, think about that. 00:16:47.379 --> 00:16:48.820 God in the flesh was here. 00:16:49.500 --> 00:16:50.540 And they had no idea. 00:16:51.300 --> 00:16:51.960 They didn't care. 00:16:52.700 --> 00:16:55.240 Because it wasn't the kind of savior they were looking for. 00:16:55.480 --> 00:16:57.660 The Messiah was standing before them. 00:16:57.840 --> 00:16:58.680 He had taught them. 00:16:58.860 --> 00:16:59.639 He had healed them. 00:16:59.820 --> 00:17:01.080 He had fed their bellies. 00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:02.860 He had worked miracles. 00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:08.700 I mean, just not long before this, maybe a few days, he called Lazarus out of a grave. 00:17:09.460 --> 00:17:10.700 And they saw this. 00:17:11.779 --> 00:17:15.720 He had fulfilled prophecy time and time and time again. 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:18.140 I mean, these were people that claimed to know the word of God. 00:17:18.380 --> 00:17:21.160 And yet the word of God is walking amongst them. 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:23.100 And they're like, well, that can't be. 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:24.579 No, it was. 00:17:24.579 --> 00:17:32.460 And he just entered as the king of kings and the Lord of lords, the Messiah, the chosen one. 00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:34.539 And yet they missed him. 00:17:36.399 --> 00:17:39.559 Not because Jesus had failed to reveal himself. 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:44.359 Over and over again, Jesus told them exactly who he was. 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:46.519 And I just want to mention this. 00:17:46.579 --> 00:17:50.200 If somebody says to you, well, Jesus never claimed to be God in the Bible. 00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:52.519 Not true. 00:17:53.559 --> 00:17:55.220 Over and over and over. 00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:56.339 I don't have time to go through all the verses. 00:17:56.579 --> 00:17:58.460 But he says, yes, yes, I am he. 00:17:58.619 --> 00:17:59.259 I am he. 00:17:59.419 --> 00:18:01.559 He tells Pilate, yes, thou sayest. 00:18:01.740 --> 00:18:05.019 He's saying, I'm exactly who I say I am to be. 00:18:05.019 --> 00:18:07.379 Here's why they missed him. 00:18:07.579 --> 00:18:11.099 Because they refused to receive him for who he was. 00:18:12.639 --> 00:18:13.980 And he broke his heart. 00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:17.200 He's saying, I'm right here in front of you. 00:18:17.660 --> 00:18:19.019 And you're missing it. 00:18:20.980 --> 00:18:23.139 See, Jesus never takes sin lightly. 00:18:24.639 --> 00:18:27.279 But neither does he take sinners lightly. 00:18:29.180 --> 00:18:32.579 He's not coming and reveling in the fact that he's about to judge them. 00:18:32.579 --> 00:18:35.980 No, that his judgment is real. 00:18:36.819 --> 00:18:38.240 And it will be real again one day. 00:18:38.679 --> 00:18:40.299 But here's the beautiful thing about this passage. 00:18:40.740 --> 00:18:41.720 So is his compassion. 00:18:43.460 --> 00:18:44.579 He loves us. 00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:49.339 See, sometimes we can become so frustrated with the condition of our world. 00:18:49.539 --> 00:18:50.319 Anybody ever feel that? 00:18:51.439 --> 00:18:53.159 Like, I'm sick of all these political things. 00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:54.480 I'm just ready for all that to be done. 00:18:54.740 --> 00:18:56.859 I'm tired of our world sometimes. 00:18:57.599 --> 00:18:58.819 I'm frustrated with it. 00:18:58.839 --> 00:18:59.740 Maybe like you are. 00:18:59.859 --> 00:19:02.079 We get frustrated with people that reject the truth. 00:19:02.079 --> 00:19:04.839 We get frustrated with people who make sinful choices. 00:19:07.439 --> 00:19:11.279 And we can begin to talk about sinners with anger instead of brokenness. 00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:14.299 I think we need to take some cues from Jesus here. 00:19:16.460 --> 00:19:18.079 Yes, they're indignant. 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:19.159 They're defiant. 00:19:20.399 --> 00:19:21.299 They're sinful. 00:19:21.899 --> 00:19:24.059 But you know, we find out that Jesus still loves them. 00:19:26.159 --> 00:19:28.699 I'm pretty sure we read it in Romans 5, verse 8. 00:19:28.700 --> 00:19:30.500 But God commended his love toward us. 00:19:31.019 --> 00:19:36.000 And that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:43.019 We've got to be very careful once we get on that side of salvation, once we know Christ is our Savior, that we think, what's wrong with these people? 00:19:43.180 --> 00:19:44.080 Here's what's wrong with them. 00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:45.360 The same thing that's wrong with us. 00:19:45.440 --> 00:19:46.000 We're sinners. 00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:47.700 We need a Savior. 00:19:48.039 --> 00:19:53.299 And instead of being frustrated by it, we need to look at the life of Christ and realize, maybe I should weep over it. 00:19:54.819 --> 00:19:57.559 When's the last time your heart was broken over sinners? 00:19:58.319 --> 00:20:02.380 That you weeped over somebody that didn't know Jesus Christ as their Savior? 00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:04.240 We should because here's the reality. 00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:05.400 Judgment's coming. 00:20:06.360 --> 00:20:09.300 They were going to experience it in a physical sense in AD 70. 00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:14.140 But it is also coming a day where every person is going to stand before God and give an account. 00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:16.820 And that's why Jesus is going to the cross. 00:20:16.960 --> 00:20:21.000 So everybody has an opportunity to not have to go to that great right throne judgment. 00:20:23.440 --> 00:20:26.280 So Jesus looks at these people who reject him and he weeps. 00:20:29.060 --> 00:20:31.000 Let me just bring it where we live for just a second. 00:20:32.780 --> 00:20:34.519 I'm so thankful for the heart of the King. 00:20:35.400 --> 00:20:43.019 But if he's our father and he's our Savior, do we have his heart for people that are far from him? 00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:46.200 Don't forget where God found you. 00:20:47.700 --> 00:20:49.040 He found you in the pit. 00:20:49.540 --> 00:20:50.740 He found you in the clay. 00:20:50.860 --> 00:20:54.420 He found you lost in sin, dead in your trespasses, and he still loved you. 00:20:56.300 --> 00:21:00.660 Do lost people frustrate you or burden you? 00:21:01.600 --> 00:21:02.400 They shouldn't. 00:21:03.540 --> 00:21:05.019 They need what you have. 00:21:05.400 --> 00:21:07.600 If you know Christ is your Savior, why don't you love them? 00:21:07.640 --> 00:21:08.700 Why don't you show them the truth? 00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:11.920 Do I simply look at people and what they're doing wrong? 00:21:12.080 --> 00:21:15.100 Or do I see where a life without Christ is taking them? 00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:20.340 Because maybe you need to look at the world and say, hey, I was on that road, but thankfully Jesus Christ showed up. 00:21:22.560 --> 00:21:24.840 See, everybody else sees this great coronation. 00:21:25.340 --> 00:21:27.060 This wonderful week of Passover. 00:21:27.059 --> 00:21:29.759 And yet Jesus is just broken by it. 00:21:30.859 --> 00:21:34.079 Because they're missing the whole reason of why they're doing what they're doing. 00:21:34.079 --> 00:21:37.440 Listen, the Passover was a picture of the coming lamb. 00:21:38.159 --> 00:21:39.000 That's what it was about. 00:21:39.059 --> 00:21:39.879 It wasn't a ceremony. 00:21:40.139 --> 00:21:43.740 But they had turned everything into just this ceremony and this religious facade. 00:21:43.740 --> 00:21:50.620 But see, Jesus' compassion does not cause him from ignoring what's wrong. 00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:53.099 Yes, he weeps over the city. 00:21:53.359 --> 00:21:57.319 But in these next few verses, in verse 45 through 46, he goes into the temple. 00:21:58.079 --> 00:22:00.339 And he confronts what he sees. 00:22:01.620 --> 00:22:03.880 See, not only does he weep, the king weep for sinners. 00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:07.019 The king confronts corrupted worship. 00:22:07.019 --> 00:22:09.460 Look at verse 45 with me. 00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:18.379 And he went to the temple and began to cast out them that sold therein and them that bought, saying unto them, 00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:25.680 It is written, My house is the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves. 00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:30.319 I mean, we talk about a dramatic change in tone here. 00:22:31.660 --> 00:22:35.920 Jesus at one moment is weeping and now he's made his way into the city and he's at the temple 00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:37.820 and we see him cleansing the temple. 00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:45.100 And at first glance, it seems like these two versions of Jesus, they don't go together. 00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:46.900 But they do. 00:22:47.720 --> 00:22:49.779 They absolutely belong together. 00:22:50.080 --> 00:22:50.340 Why? 00:22:50.340 --> 00:22:54.019 Because his compassion does not compromise his holiness. 00:22:54.620 --> 00:22:57.820 And his holiness does not diminish his compassion. 00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:59.900 They are compatible. 00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:02.360 And Jesus shows us that here. 00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:04.279 He loves Jerusalem. 00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:09.440 And because he loves Jerusalem, because he loves the house of God, he confronts what's wrong with it. 00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:13.119 There in verse 46, he gives us his contrast. 00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:17.000 Jesus says, This is what God intends for it to be. 00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:20.599 And this is what you've made the house of God. 00:23:21.920 --> 00:23:27.339 See, the temple, this beautiful building, this beautiful complex, 00:23:27.619 --> 00:23:30.599 was a place meant where people could come near to God. 00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:32.339 A place of prayer. 00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:33.500 A place of worship. 00:23:33.799 --> 00:23:35.659 A place where sinners could seek mercy. 00:23:35.939 --> 00:23:37.699 A place where God could be found. 00:23:37.700 --> 00:23:42.340 And Jesus says, You've made it a den of thieves. 00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:45.920 You're using this system. 00:23:46.160 --> 00:23:47.400 You're using this building. 00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:50.980 You're using religion to get what you want. 00:23:51.779 --> 00:23:53.500 And Jesus is not happy about that. 00:23:54.160 --> 00:23:54.799 He's angered. 00:23:54.840 --> 00:23:58.220 We see other times in his ministry, he takes a whip and he turns over the tables. 00:23:58.440 --> 00:24:00.799 You ever seen somebody turn over a table with a smile on their face? 00:24:00.799 --> 00:24:06.039 It's like, usually if somebody's turning over a table, they're not happy. 00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:09.899 Now, in those cases, it's usually out of anger. 00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:13.019 What we see here in the life of Christ, this is righteous anger. 00:24:14.759 --> 00:24:16.339 He's angry at the right things. 00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:19.220 He's angry at things that break the heart of God. 00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:21.740 And that's what he is doing. 00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:28.779 See, the phrase, the den of thieves, it's stronger than just saying, Hey, there's some dishonest people here. 00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:30.579 There's some hypocrites here. 00:24:31.920 --> 00:24:33.019 No, here's what a den is. 00:24:33.180 --> 00:24:34.359 It's a hiding place. 00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:39.920 It's a place where thieves retreat after they do bad things. 00:24:40.380 --> 00:24:41.519 It's their hideout. 00:24:42.339 --> 00:24:46.620 And he's saying, That's what you've turned this religion into. 00:24:47.120 --> 00:24:49.380 That's what you've turned this place into. 00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:54.260 See, Jesus was exposing a much deeper problem than price gouging the worshipers. 00:24:54.800 --> 00:24:56.000 Because that was a serious thing, too. 00:24:57.000 --> 00:25:00.840 You know, Brother Garrett and the teens are going to go to Six Flags in a few weeks. 00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:01.980 We're going to make an announcement about that later. 00:25:02.360 --> 00:25:02.940 But you know what? 00:25:03.140 --> 00:25:07.280 Once they have you in the park, a hot dog costs like $55. 00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:09.600 Where else are you going to get a hot dog? 00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:12.940 You know, and you've got to have a funnel cake because you can't go to Six Flags without a funnel cake. 00:25:13.100 --> 00:25:13.740 That's biblical. 00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:17.540 And you're thinking, This is a ripoff. 00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:20.299 Listen, that's what they were doing to the house of God. 00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:25.879 You couldn't bring any sacrifice in unless you bought a temple-approved sacrifice. 00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:30.079 And so not only are they taking advantage of these people that are just struggling to make it, 00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:35.339 they're just doing what God has asked them to do and come to the Passover week and to offer a sacrifice. 00:25:35.639 --> 00:25:37.539 Now they're getting gouged on the prices. 00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:39.200 But it's much more than that. 00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:41.759 Here's what Jesus is showing us. 00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:47.240 That religion had become a hiding place instead of a place where repentance could be found. 00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:56.240 He was showing the people around them and really exposing the religious establishment that they were living corruptly. 00:25:56.240 --> 00:26:00.400 And then they were retreating into religious activity and feeling secure because, 00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:02.220 Hey, we're just doing this in the name of God. 00:26:03.120 --> 00:26:05.480 And that's still alive and well today, by the way. 00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:08.819 That people use the Word of God for their own gain. 00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:11.299 And Jesus says, There's no place for that. 00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:15.539 That should not be found in the house of God. 00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:20.680 Let me just remind you that being around holy things does not make you holy. 00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:23.700 They were around all the things. 00:26:24.519 --> 00:26:26.759 They were following the law to a T. 00:26:27.060 --> 00:26:31.060 But religious activity cannot cover an unchanged heart. 00:26:31.900 --> 00:26:33.420 That's what Jesus is exposing. 00:26:34.420 --> 00:26:37.220 And that can be alive and well even at Central Baptist Church. 00:26:38.840 --> 00:26:39.560 Say, Preacher. 00:26:41.580 --> 00:26:43.180 You know how it can be a while? 00:26:43.360 --> 00:26:44.680 Because it's right here in our heart. 00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:47.180 See, they had the temple. 00:26:47.660 --> 00:26:48.759 They had the sacrifices. 00:26:49.120 --> 00:26:49.840 They had worship. 00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:52.159 They had religious activity everywhere you went. 00:26:52.639 --> 00:26:54.539 And Jesus saw beneath that. 00:26:58.059 --> 00:27:02.359 Listen, our religious activity, it can sometimes look impressive. 00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:06.539 But our heart can be so far from God. 00:27:07.500 --> 00:27:09.819 And here's what Jesus says, That shouldn't be. 00:27:10.619 --> 00:27:14.000 You can't ignore that. 00:27:14.179 --> 00:27:16.299 And Jesus will not ignore that. 00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:22.859 There in verse number 46, really what he's doing, he's quoting from Isaiah chapter 56. 00:27:23.879 --> 00:27:28.859 Because not only was the house of God there for the Jewish people, but it would also be a place for everybody to come and find them. 00:27:28.859 --> 00:27:33.279 Because when you study the temple complex, there was a court of the Gentiles. 00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:35.099 You know what the Gentiles knew? 00:27:35.159 --> 00:27:38.139 The only thing they knew about the word of God and the worship of God? 00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:40.439 You had to pay a lot of money just to be accepted in anything. 00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:44.079 And Jesus says, That's not what this place is supposed to be. 00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:46.439 You're missing the point. 00:27:47.879 --> 00:27:52.879 Something that was intended to bring people near to God had become so corrupted. 00:27:54.039 --> 00:27:55.339 And that's why Jesus did what he did. 00:27:55.679 --> 00:27:57.359 That's why he turned over the tables. 00:27:57.599 --> 00:27:59.039 That's why he drove them out. 00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:01.960 Listen, he isn't irritated because it's noisy. 00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:04.319 He isn't irritated because kids are running around. 00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:08.220 He isn't upset because somebody put the table in the wrong place. 00:28:09.220 --> 00:28:10.160 No, that's not why he's upset. 00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:12.259 Here's why it was such a great response. 00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:14.940 Because true worship had lost its purpose. 00:28:16.559 --> 00:28:17.700 They weren't there to see God. 00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:19.160 They were there to check a box off. 00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:22.220 Well, because that's what they say we have to do is we have to check a box off. 00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:25.140 Listen, Jesus isn't interested in you checking boxes off. 00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:28.600 No, he's interested in a relationship with you. 00:28:28.940 --> 00:28:29.759 True worship. 00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:32.299 And we see that throughout his ministry. 00:28:32.600 --> 00:28:36.180 He is confronting worship that no longer worships God. 00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:37.120 You know what they're worshiping? 00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:37.900 Themselves. 00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:40.160 Well, I did my religious thing today. 00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:40.839 I'm good to go. 00:28:41.440 --> 00:28:43.039 Listen, that's not how we should treat church either. 00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.559 Say, well, I'm here on Sunday. 00:28:44.600 --> 00:28:45.059 I'm good to go. 00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:46.500 No, that's not why we gather. 00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:48.880 We gather to worship God because he's worthy. 00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:53.200 And to remind us that we can go out and we can be on his mission as we live our life. 00:28:55.160 --> 00:28:57.839 I just want to slow down here for just a second. 00:28:58.839 --> 00:29:03.200 Because I think it can be very easy for us to just read these passages and read, 00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:04.680 especially verse 45 and 46, 00:29:04.819 --> 00:29:07.259 and say, man, those are some terrible people. 00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:09.400 How dare they do that? 00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:13.680 What does Jesus see when he looks at our worship? 00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:19.119 How sincerely are we seeking Jesus? 00:29:19.119 --> 00:29:23.379 Are we just going through the motions? 00:29:23.380 --> 00:29:26.380 I mean, what is church to you? 00:29:26.380 --> 00:29:33.740 Has church become a place where we just can meet with God or is it a place we just kind of hide behind something? 00:29:33.740 --> 00:29:37.880 Jesus says, I know your heart. 00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:41.420 He shows us his heart and how he feels about that. 00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:46.900 He wants us to worship him in spirit and in truth and out of a heart of love. 00:29:48.220 --> 00:29:49.140 I mean, it's very easy. 00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:54.839 We can come in here and we can sing the songs and we can hear the sermon and we can serve in the ministry and we can carry our Bible. 00:29:54.839 --> 00:30:00.959 And we can still have areas of our heart that we refuse to surrender and say, that's mine, Lord. 00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:01.839 You can't touch that. 00:30:02.720 --> 00:30:04.399 No, I think we should take what that song said. 00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:06.619 Take my life and let it be. 00:30:07.740 --> 00:30:09.319 Consecrated, Lord, to thee. 00:30:09.740 --> 00:30:12.579 Everything about us, Jesus is saying, hey, give it all. 00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:15.039 But their worship was, I'm going to give what I want. 00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:16.079 I'm going to get what I want. 00:30:16.179 --> 00:30:17.319 And then we'll call it a day. 00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:20.000 That's not how we worship the Lord. 00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:22.099 It's not what he's called us to do. 00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:25.679 See, that's the danger of religion without repentance. 00:30:27.519 --> 00:30:33.740 We can become very good at looking right while something very wrong is underneath. 00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:36.139 Because that's what was going on here. 00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:40.819 An outsider, somebody coming in for the first time, they said, wow, this is impressive. 00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:43.319 Look at this temple. 00:30:43.439 --> 00:30:44.539 Look at all these sacrifices. 00:30:44.819 --> 00:30:45.879 I mean, how many sheep are here? 00:30:45.939 --> 00:30:46.960 This is crazy. 00:30:48.179 --> 00:30:50.460 And yet Jesus goes in and turns the tables over. 00:30:51.299 --> 00:30:52.980 Because he saw the heart of the issue. 00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:56.819 See, he doesn't confront sin because he lacks compassion. 00:30:57.019 --> 00:31:00.579 He confronts sin because he's holy and he's full of compassion. 00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:02.960 And he wants us to move forward. 00:31:03.179 --> 00:31:05.279 Listen, we need a Jesus who weeps with us. 00:31:05.399 --> 00:31:08.379 But sometimes we need a Jesus who turns over a table in our life. 00:31:09.259 --> 00:31:10.299 We may not like it. 00:31:10.659 --> 00:31:14.939 But sometimes there's some things in our life that Jesus needs to turn the table and say, hey, you're missing it right here. 00:31:15.460 --> 00:31:17.019 Like, this is not helping you. 00:31:17.319 --> 00:31:19.779 I can still see your heart. 00:31:19.779 --> 00:31:21.440 So we see the heart of the king. 00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.879 It weeps over rejection. 00:31:23.099 --> 00:31:25.399 It confronts what is corrupted. 00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:30.740 But as we close this chapter in the last couple of verses, 47 and 48, we see one more thing. 00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:33.940 That the king remains faithful to the truth. 00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:39.880 We read the first line there in verse 47. 00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:41.700 And he taught daily in the temple. 00:31:43.100 --> 00:31:43.420 Okay. 00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.700 No big deal. 00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.720 I mean, that's just what he does. 00:31:46.920 --> 00:31:48.779 Well, that's an easy phrase to run past. 00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:51.140 But we've got to remember what's going on here. 00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:55.160 We see at the end of this verse, they're trying to kill him. 00:31:55.160 --> 00:32:03.700 Him standing up and speaking the truth, preaching the word of God faithfully is going to put him in a very difficult position. 00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:07.900 But you notice what we do about, we notice about Jesus every time. 00:32:08.120 --> 00:32:08.900 He doesn't retreat. 00:32:09.620 --> 00:32:11.160 He doesn't soften the message. 00:32:11.560 --> 00:32:14.820 He didn't change the mission because people are starting to resist him. 00:32:15.060 --> 00:32:16.960 No, he continues to press forward. 00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:21.620 He knows what is coming, and yet he's not trying to avoid it. 00:32:22.500 --> 00:32:28.539 There at the end of the verse, but the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him. 00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:31.019 This was common knowledge. 00:32:32.180 --> 00:32:35.740 I mean, there's multiple times when you go back when we just talked about them raising Lazarus. 00:32:35.960 --> 00:32:37.900 He says, hey, we're going to go and see Lazarus. 00:32:38.220 --> 00:32:41.579 The disciples didn't want to go because they know the tension's building. 00:32:41.579 --> 00:32:47.119 And he said, wait, if Lazarus is sleeping, we don't need to go wake him up because we're probably going to die if we do that. 00:32:47.859 --> 00:32:49.919 And Jesus finally says, okay, he's not sleeping. 00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.539 He's dead. 00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:52.299 Remember what Thomas said? 00:32:52.639 --> 00:32:55.419 Let us go with him that we may die also. 00:32:56.319 --> 00:32:57.740 Everybody knows this is coming. 00:32:58.599 --> 00:33:02.619 You can feel it in the air, and yet Jesus continues to press forward. 00:33:04.659 --> 00:33:06.159 The tension is palpable. 00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:09.559 The leaders want him dead, and the people are hanging on every word. 00:33:09.559 --> 00:33:12.399 And through it all, Jesus keeps pressing forward. 00:33:13.139 --> 00:33:14.259 I'm so thankful for that. 00:33:15.099 --> 00:33:17.319 I'm so thankful Jesus was committed to the truth. 00:33:17.539 --> 00:33:18.619 He was committed to me. 00:33:18.859 --> 00:33:19.819 He was committed to you. 00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:23.099 He was committed to the mission, and it changed my life. 00:33:25.000 --> 00:33:27.119 He knows the opposition is not going away. 00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:34.000 But he does not spend his final days trying to protect himself. 00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:36.299 You know what he spends his final days doing? 00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.619 Preaching the word. 00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.419 Telling the truth. 00:33:40.119 --> 00:33:41.539 Calling sinners to repentance. 00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:43.919 Exposing what needs to be exposed. 00:33:44.379 --> 00:33:48.980 And let me just remind us that faithfulness does not mean the absence of opposition. 00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:52.799 In fact, we find the opposite to be true in much of Scripture. 00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:56.460 That many times faithfulness in our life produces opposition. 00:33:56.839 --> 00:33:57.019 Why? 00:33:57.200 --> 00:33:58.079 Because we have an enemy. 00:33:58.879 --> 00:34:01.000 We have an enemy that's not interested in the truth. 00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:02.799 That's not interested in the gospel. 00:34:02.799 --> 00:34:08.639 That's not excited that everybody in the world would get an opportunity to hear the word of God. 00:34:09.759 --> 00:34:11.340 I'm sure you found this out in your life. 00:34:11.420 --> 00:34:12.719 Truth is not always popular. 00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:13.719 Obedience. 00:34:13.719 --> 00:34:14.719 Obedience. 00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:18.659 A lot of times in our life is not really celebrated. 00:34:19.659 --> 00:34:21.799 People aren't applauding faithfulness all the time. 00:34:21.800 --> 00:34:26.400 But we have to ask ourselves. 00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:28.720 If this is the heart of our king. 00:34:28.719 --> 00:34:33.379 If he was committed to the truth, will we remain faithful to what God has said? 00:34:34.179 --> 00:34:36.939 Are we just as committed to the truth as Jesus was? 00:34:37.900 --> 00:34:41.740 Because Jesus was committed to it all the way to the cross. 00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:46.000 And in fact, while he was on the cross, he was still preaching the truth. 00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:48.940 He was still calling sinners to repentance. 00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:52.059 And one of them on the cross said, Lord, I want that. 00:34:52.240 --> 00:34:54.559 He said, today you'll be with me in paradise. 00:34:55.260 --> 00:34:56.780 That's the heart of our king. 00:34:58.619 --> 00:35:03.320 See, as we come to the end of Luke chapter 19, we step back and we really look at Jesus. 00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:08.320 Jesus, we saw him going to people that nobody wanted anything to do with. 00:35:09.160 --> 00:35:11.960 He said, Zacchaeus, I'm coming to your house today. 00:35:12.700 --> 00:35:13.100 You know what he's saying? 00:35:13.140 --> 00:35:14.100 Zacchaeus, I love you. 00:35:14.720 --> 00:35:17.220 I have exactly what you've been looking for your whole life. 00:35:18.420 --> 00:35:20.700 He was willing to go to people. 00:35:20.820 --> 00:35:22.539 He was willing to take those steps. 00:35:22.780 --> 00:35:25.580 He was compassionate enough to weep for these people. 00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:27.980 He wanted all of them to come to him. 00:35:30.340 --> 00:35:32.800 But he also confronted them, and a lot of people didn't like it. 00:35:33.820 --> 00:35:39.120 The Pharisees, they didn't like when Jesus said things because they'd have to change their lifestyle a little bit. 00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:40.860 They'd have to lose some of their power. 00:35:41.180 --> 00:35:42.360 They'd lose some of their pride. 00:35:43.300 --> 00:35:45.480 And Jesus said, that has no place in a relationship with me. 00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:50.460 But he was faithful to keep teaching even when it cost him. 00:35:51.700 --> 00:35:52.680 And that's the heart of the king. 00:35:54.580 --> 00:35:56.960 See, his compassion doesn't mean he ignores sin. 00:35:58.240 --> 00:36:00.780 His holiness doesn't mean he stops loving sinners. 00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:01.680 I'm thankful for that. 00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:04.319 He's so holy, we can't even understand it. 00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:06.139 And he loves me. 00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:08.059 And he loves you. 00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:15.299 I'm glad opposition didn't deter him from going all the way to the cross. 00:36:15.300 --> 00:36:20.760 So how should his heart shape my heart? 00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:26.500 We've already said it a couple times, but we should probably weep about things that God weeps about. 00:36:27.440 --> 00:36:32.280 I think sometimes we throw a hissy fit and whining complaint about things that really have no eternal value in our life whatsoever. 00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:40.880 When's the last time we thought about that person at work or that person in our family or that person at school that doesn't know Jesus and we actually do cried about it? 00:36:41.680 --> 00:36:43.160 Because you know why we should be broken? 00:36:43.340 --> 00:36:45.420 Because hell is just as real as heaven is. 00:36:46.600 --> 00:36:48.240 And judgment is real and it's coming. 00:36:48.239 --> 00:36:50.099 And Jesus knew that. 00:36:50.699 --> 00:36:51.859 And that's why he came. 00:36:54.399 --> 00:36:59.979 If Jesus confronted what was corrupt in his day, shouldn't I be willing to let him confront what is wrong in me? 00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:03.219 Because I've learned this in my life. 00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:05.279 There's a lot of things that God's still working on. 00:37:06.579 --> 00:37:08.399 Sometimes we say, well, I'm doing better than so and so. 00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:12.440 But listen, God's not caring about what they're doing opposed to what he cares about you. 00:37:13.420 --> 00:37:15.059 And when God speaks to your heart, here's what we need to do. 00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:16.220 Respond to it. 00:37:18.820 --> 00:37:24.480 If Jesus remained faithful when it was costly, shouldn't we do as well? 00:37:25.680 --> 00:37:29.099 When's the last time you just prayed, Lord, would you help me be faithful? 00:37:30.180 --> 00:37:32.500 Would you help me to be faithful to this or to that? 00:37:33.599 --> 00:37:35.760 To the call you've placed in my life? 00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:41.560 See, because following Jesus means more than admiring the heart of Christ. 00:37:42.100 --> 00:37:43.120 We can do that. 00:37:44.160 --> 00:37:46.280 But we should allow his heart to shape our heart. 00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:47.900 To shape our life. 00:37:48.360 --> 00:37:49.380 To shape our priorities. 00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:51.140 I'll leave you with this. 00:37:51.220 --> 00:37:52.860 The heart of the king, it loves deeply. 00:37:53.140 --> 00:37:54.100 It confronts honestly. 00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:55.860 And it remains faithful to the truth. 00:37:56.120 --> 00:37:59.620 The same should be true about our heart as well. 00:38:00.160 --> 00:38:01.460 Would you stand with your heads bowed?